Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 41520, William Erwin, New Jersey
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(3 - 1776)

SERVICE
New Jersey

Erwin, William

NUMBER
S. 41520
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CONTENTS
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New Jersey
['Pennsylvania' crossed out]

William Erwin
Capt Kinsey Private
Army U. States   N Jersey
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at $8 per mo: comd. 2d April, 1818
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Cert. issued 12th April, 1818 &
sent to Hon: Genl Bloomfield,
House of Reps. U. States.
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Int. to 4th Sept 1818. 5 3/31 mo. $40.77
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(Revy Claim,)
(Act 18 March, 1818)

War

New Jersey Line
seven years

died Aug 9 1835
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New Jersey

Documents relative
to William Erwin
a private in the
Revolutionary War
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William Irwin, is on
the regt as belonging to Capt
Bowman's Co 2d regt. N.J. Line
enlisted in 79. for the War
Perhaps Genl Bloomfield
can give some information
in this case,---

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    $4077

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State of New Jersey Burlington County SS.
On the thirty first day of March in the year of
Lord eighteen hundred and eighteen personally
appeared before me Thomas Fenimore Esquire one of the Judges of the County Common pleas of said County of Burlington, William Irwin of the City of Burlington and County aforesaid, to me personally well known for thirty years last past, who being duly affirmed according to law did depose and say- that he enlisted as a private soldier in the army of the United States or
the Continental establishment in the month of February seventeen hundred and seventy six under Captain Jonathan Kinsey in the Fourth New Jersey Regiment Commanded by Colonel Ephraim Martin- that after the battle of Monmouth he was drafted into the Company of Captain Nathaniel Bowman in the second Jersey Regiment commanded by Colonel
Israel Shreve- that he served under the Marquis
De LaFayette, Captain De Hart being his Captain- that he served at the siege of York Town and was continually the service of the United States from the time of his enlistment till the year seventeen hundred and eighty three -that on the fifth day of June in that year he received his discharge from Major Richard Cox- which discharge he has lost- that ever since his discharge he has resided in the State of New Jersey and by reason of his reduced circumstances in life is in need of the assistance of his country for support
Wm Erwin

Affirmed in the day & year aforesaid ⎬
Thos. Fenimore Judge
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I Thomas Fenimore one of the Judges of the Court of Common pleas of the County of Burlington and State of New Jersey do certify that it satisfactorily appears to me, that he within named William Erwin served in the Revolutionary War against the Common Enemy, in the manner and during the time mentioned in his Deposition - Given under my hand the
31. March 1818
Thos Fenimore Judge

Joseph McIlvaine Esquire Clerk of the Court of Common pleas of the County of Burlington in the State of New Jersey do certify, that Thomas
Fenimore Esquire- whose name is subscribed to the preceding Deposition & certificate is one of the Judges of said Court duly commissioned

Given under my hand & seal of Office
the 2d April 1818
J. McIlvaine
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William Erwin
Burlingon

1.33
pd 13 April 1818
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New-Jersey District ss. On this thirteenth day of July 1820, personally appeared, in open Court before the Judges of the Court of Common pleas, of the County of Burlington, in the state of New-Jersey, being a Court of record, proceeding according to the course of the
Common Law--having jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, and keeping records of its proceedings.    William Ervin aged sixty two
years, resident in Burlington in the said County, who, being first duly affirmed according to law, doth, on his affirmation declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows:-- I enlisted at Slab town in Burlington County in the winter of 1777 in Capt. Jonathan Kinseys company in the fourth New Jersey Regiment.  I remained in that company till after the battle of Monmouth in which I was engaged- the following spring I was transferred to the 2nd New Jersey regiment in Capt [illegible] in what company I served under General [illegible] against the Indians of New York. I was there for two years under the Marquis De la Fayette and served at York town when Cornwallis was taken I were discharged at Newbury Huts on the north river on the 5th of June 1780.  My original application was made in March 1818 immediately after the passing of the pension act but I do not recollect the precise day, and my certificate is numbered 133-

And I do solemnly affirm that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of
my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary war:" passed on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property, or securities, contracts, or debts, due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule following
and by me subscribed.  to wit-- one horse one waggon- one pig one ten plate stone 1 desk 1 bureau 12 chairs 3 tables 1 looking glass 1 chest 2 hut 2 pair of Andirons 1 shovel and tongs 2 iron pots and teakettle 1 pan 1 gridiron 4 tubs 3 pails 1 rain cask 2 fish barrels 1 more barrel 1 lye tub 1 soap tub 1 Wheel barrow 1 spade and  hoes one saddle and bridle and four flour casks-

I have a wife & four children one daughter Sarah aged 30 years a Daughter Elizabeth aged 20 Margaret 19 and a son William a cripple aged 16 none of whom are able to assist in my support
I am a pariter by trade but my age and ill health have long prevented me from attending to it -
Wm Ervin -

Sworn to and declared on the thirteenth
day of July 1820 before
Joseph Budd President
of the said court

I, JOSEPH McILVAINE, Clerk of the Court of Common pleas of the County of Burlington, in the State of New Jersey, do hereby certify, that the foregoing affirmation and the schedule
thereunder written, are truly copied from the record of the said Court; and I do further certify,
that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is sixty dollars and
--- cents. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said court, on this thirteenth day of July 1820.

J McIlvaine
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March 13, 1937

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WILLIAM ERWIN
S. 41520
BA-J/MLB

Love E. Erwin
2243 Cleveland Boulevard
Granite City, Illinois

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the record of William Erwin who served in the New Jersey troops in the Revolutionary
War, and was granted a pension.

You are furnished herein the record of the only soldier found in the records of this office named William Erwin, under any spelling, who served in the Revolution from New Jersey. The data therein were obtained from pension claim, S. 41520, based upon his service in the
Revolutionary War.

The date and place of birth and names of the parents of William Erwin are not shown.

He enlisted at "Slabtown" in Burlington County, New Jersey, in February, 1776, or in the winter of 1777, served as private in Captain Jonathan Kinsey's company, Colonel Ephraim Martin's New Jersey regiment, was in the battle of Monmouth, and in the spring following
that battle, was transferred to Captain Nathaniel Bowman's company, Colonel Israel Shreve's New Jersey regiment, also served in Captain
De Hart's New Jersey Company, was in General Sullivan's Indian Expedition to New York, was in the siege of Yorktown when Cornwallis was
taken and was discharged June 5, 1785.

William Erwin was allowed pension on his application executed March 31, 1818, at which time he was a resident of Burlington,
Burlington County, New Jersey.

In 1820, William Erwin was still a resident of Burlington, New Jersey, aged sixty-two years, and referred to his wife whose name and age he did not give, and to four children, as follow:
Sarah aged thirty years, Elizabeth aged twenty years, Margaret aged nineteen years and William aged sixteen years.
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In February, 1824, William Erwin was living in Pennsylvania, and made affidavit in the City of Philadelphia that he had lately moved to
that state. He died August 9, 1835.

In order to obtain date of last payment of pension and name of person paid, you should write to the Comptroller General, General
Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data:

William Erwin
Certificate #133
Issued April 12, 1818
Rate, $8 per month
Commenced April 2, 1818
Act 18th March, 1818
New Jersey Agency.

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, City of Philadelphia towit
On this tenth day of February eighteen hundred and twenty four before me the Subscriber Mayor of said City of Philadelphia personally appeared William Erwin who on his solemn affirmation (being conscienciously scrupulous of taking an oath) declares, that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the Company
commanded by Captain Nathaniel Bowman, in the Second New Jersey Regiment commanded by Colonel Israel Shreve in the service of the United States, that his name was placed on the pension roll of the State of New Jersey, from which he has lately removed; that he now resides in the State of Pennsylvania where he intends to remain, and wishes his pension to be there payable in future, that he at present receives eight dollars per month -
Wm Erwin

Sworn and subscribed the day  and year above mentioned before me the said Mayor- in
testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and caused the seal of said city to be affixed -
Robert Wharton
Mayor
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Granite City, Feb. 25, 1937

Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Pensions,
Rev. War Section,
Washington, D. C.

Dear Commissioner,

Am renewing my search again for the record of Wm. Erwin who was a Serjeant in Capt. Meade's Company, 1st regiment, N. J. Continental troops in 1778, and who has granted a pension.

I wish very much to have all that is recorded of him so that I may be eligible to the Daughters of the American Revolution.

Please state amt. of charges if any, and I will remit. Thanking you in advance. I am

Cordially Yours,
Love E. Erwin,
2243 Cleveland Blvd.
Granite City, Ill.

[stamp:] RECEIVED MAR 1 1937 MAIL SUB-DIV. VETS ADM READER #35
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O. W. & N. Div.
Department of the Interior,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
Washington D.C.  Jany 28 1897

Respectfully returned to the writer, who is
requested to furnish, of purposes of identification, as much as possible of the information called for below.
D.J. Murphy
Commissioner.
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Full name of Soldiers
John Erwin
William Erwin

Place of residence before service:
(Town, county, and State, if possible.)
Monmouth County, N.J.

Place of residence after service:
(Town, county, and State, if possible.)
Monmouth Co. N.J.

Date of death (as near as possible):
John Erwin (1825)

Christian name of widow:
of John Erwin - Martha

Did either he or his widow receive a pension?
Do not know

Remarks:
Wm Erwin (or John Erwin) was
wounded at battle Monmouth C.H.
accdg. to tradition he was
much crippled in leg thereby &
new pension therefrom

Your name and address;
Harry N. Quigley,
Marion, Ohio-


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41520
Revy.   INVALID.
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No. __41.520
__William Erwin __
__Pri Rev War___
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Act: __18th March 18"
Index:- Vol. __3__, Page __161 __

[Arrangement of 1870]
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Mar. 11. 1897- History to
Mr. Harry N. Quigley
Marion- Ohio
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Hist. to Love E. Erwin
MLB
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Sir
I enclose the affidavit of William Erwin, who applies to have his name removed from the pension roll of N. Jersey to that of Penn. ylvania-   I have deemed the City seal
a sufficient authentication within the regular
times of your office-   In all legal proceedings
it supersedes the necessity of proving a magistrates hand writing, or his authority to administer an oath-

Very Respectfully
yr obt Servt-
Jos. McIlvaine

J.L. Edwards Esq
Pension Office-
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Philada Feb. 10. 1824