Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 4,677, for Thomas Talmage, New Jersey
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Service  Number 
New Jersey  Talmage, Thomas  S4677

Contents   Carded
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Np. 5062
New Jersey
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 Thomas Talmage
Somerset Co. in the State of N. Jersey
who was a priv. Voergt in the Company
commanded
Captain McCoy of the Regt commanded
Col. Hunt
in the N. Jersey
line for 2 years
1 year Sugt $60.00
1 year Priv.   40.00
                 $100.00
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Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey
at the rate of 100 Dollars--  Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 19th day of Feby.
1803 and sent to Hon. G.
Southard, N.B.
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Arrears to 4th of Sept: 1832
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4. March 1833
150.00
50.00
$200.00

{ Revolutionary Claim, }
{ Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk
Book D. Vol. A Page 177
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832
State of New Jersey Somerset County

On this thirteenth day of August in the year
of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two personally
appeared in open Court, before the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common pleas now  sitting at Bridgewater in & for the Land County Thomas Tatimage is a resident of the Township of Bridgewater in said County of Somerset aged 77 years in October next. who being
first sworn According to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named Officers and served as herein stated to wit in 1776.  He volunteered at Liberty Corner under Capt. M. Coy Jas Linn May & S Hunt Colo-  Marched to Berrned Brook Theron to Elizabeth Town. This was a months service.  Again, early in the winter of 1777. he volunteered under  M.Coy. Colo. Winds had the command this service continued through the winter at east three months.  Harrassing the enemys time – Watching their manhunts- Took some prisoner & went to the Main army to move  town that winter – In 1776. he was stationed some time at Commonsary Bregan County Colo. Ford had the command. Were at Bergen Point – Saw M British flash enter New York & the city burned.  May Linn was then present after his service in 1777.  He removed to the foot of the Blue Mountains in Sussex County – Immediately after he got there
he volunteered under Capt. Kykendall – May
Meeker & Colo. Seward – Marched to Mynisink
against the Indians – out one months.  Return home, but was immediately ordered back
& went and then performed another month tour.
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In October, after he with about half of Col. Seward's reg(iment), turned out & were marched to New Windsor on the North River. Gen'l Winds had the command; marched from there to Woodbury on the Jersey Shore below Philadelphia just after [Carl Ulrich Von] Donop's defeat at Red Bank. Served one month at least at this time. Next volunteered under same capt(ain) in 1777; marched through Pennsylvania to Yellen Spring Tavern near Chestnut Hill (Maj. Morris was killed there). This was also a month's service. After this, he again turned out against the Indians; marched to Minisink; same officers; out again a month and continued to turn out alternately from month-to-month till June 1778, when removed to the County of [crossed out: Middlesex] Somerset. Then turned out under Capt. McCoy and done duty one month in Col. Frelinghuysen's reg(iment). After this he moved to Middlesex; volunteered under Capt. Hugh Dunn; Col. Webster's reg(iment); was in the Battle of Springfield; followed Kniphausen's troops to Elizabeth Town. Capt. Randolph was killed, also Smith Bloomfield, a solder. Out a month; stationed sometime at Woodbridge; chased the British to Rahway Neck. Then under Capt. Ross, deponent cannot recollect with certainty the whole of his service. Thinks he served in all between two & three years. Never missed or declined to do his duty. Was born in the County of Somerset, New Jersey, 1755. Took his birth out of his father's Bible. Has resided in New Jersey since his birth. He has no documentary evidence of his said services. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever...
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... to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State.
s/ Thos. Talmage

Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid.
s/ Wm. B. Gaston

New Jersey
Somerset County//

Samuel Annin, being duly sworn on his oath saith that he is 79 yrs. of age; was out in the Army of the Revolution upon different occasions & at different times with him, the said Thomas Talmage. He knows a considerable part of what is within stated to be true & verily believes the whole to be true.
s/ Samuel Annin

Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid before.
John Kilpatrick, Judge

New Jersey
Somerset County//

Joseph Annin, being duly sworn on his oath saith that he is 82 years old in November next. Was out in the Army of the Revolution upon different occasions 
& at different times with him the said Thomas Talmage. He knows a considerable part of what is within stated to be true & verily believes the whole to be true.
s/ Jos. Annin
s/ Wm. B. Gaston
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We Peter Labagh, a Clergyman residing in the Township of Hillsborough in said County, and James D. Stryker, residing in the same, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Thomas Talmage, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration. And that we believe him to be Seventy seven years of age next November. That he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the Revolution. And that we concur in that opinion.
s/ Peter Labagh
s/ James D. Stryker

Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
s/ Wm. B. Gaston

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department. That the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Peter Labagh, who has signed the preceding certificate, is a Clergyman resident in the Township of Hillsborough, County of Somerset. And that James D. Stryker, who has also signed the same, is a resident in the same place and is a creditable [credible] person and that their statement is entitled to credit.
s/ Wm. B. Gaston
s/ Dan'l Duboiough
s/ Fer'd Vanderveer
s/ Wm. L. Hoover
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C.M.

Rev. War Section,

March 30, 1932.

Mrs. H. Merrell,
150 West 13th St.
New York City.

Madam:

In response to your letter of the 23rd instant, you are advised that if you desire photostat copies of the original papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S.4877, Thomas Talmage, the same will be furnished you under the provisions of the Act of August 24, 1912, at the rate of fifteen cents a page with twenty-five cents extra for certification, if that is desired. The number of pages ot [to] be copied is seven.

The proper amount should be forwarded to this Bureau by money order drawn to the order of the Secretary of the Interior.

Very respectfully,
s/ Washington Gardner, Commissioner.
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New Jersey
Somerset County//

Be it known that on this 12th of February 1833 before me, William B. Gaston, presiding Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of said County, personally appeared the above named Thomas Talmage, who being duly sworn deposeth & saith that by reason of old age, body infirmity (having been confined to his room for the last two years) and the consequent loss of memory (altho(ugh) it appears that no mention is made of services in the years of 1779 & 1780 & in his declaration, deponent is well convened of his having performed duty in each year until the close of the war as well by no testimony as draft, altho(ugh) there may be errors as to the order of the service in the different years as declared in the declaration, but not in fact) cannot swear positively as to the precise length of all the tours of duty in each year but verily believes, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the time mentioned in said declaration. Viz.: "Between two & three years," but am positive it was over two years as a soldier in the following grades. For (as deponent believes) two years as a common soldier and one year as orderly sergeant & for such service I claim a pension.
s/ Thos. Talmage

Sworn and subscribed the day & year aforesaid before me .
s/ Wm. B. Gaston

I, William B. Gaston, the Magistrate who administered the foregoing oaths, do hereby certify that Samuel Annin, Joseph Annin, Rev'd Peter Labagh, James D. Stryker, as also the recommendation of the Hon. Peter D. Vroom are persons of truth & credibility and entitled to full credit & belief.
s/ Wm. B. Gaston
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New Jersey
Somerset County//

I, John M. Mann, Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Somerset, hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of Thomas Talmage for a pension. And further that [crossed out: the] William B. Gaston, before whom the annexed affidavit of Thomas Talmage was made, was at the time of the taking thereof a Judge of said Court in full commission, duly authorized and empowered to act as such. And that the proper signature of the said William B. Gaston is thereto subscribed. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my Hand and affixed the Seal of said Court this Fourteenth day of February Eighteen Hundred & Thirty three.
s/ J.M. Mann
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$100 per an(num).

1 yr. Lieut(enant)
1 yr. Pri(vate)
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3

It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months, is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. 

*QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.

**QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
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Mr. Bryant:

Please furnish through my desk information as to service, birth, marriage &c. of the following named Revolution Soldier, Thos. Tallmadge [Talmage], Somerset Co., N.J., Sergeant, N.J. Continental Guard.

Bayley, cc:

A pensioner.
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4677
Rev(olutionary) War
INVALID.
File No. 4677
Thomas Talmage
Serg(eant), Rev(olutionary) War
Act: June 7, 1838
Index: -; Vol. A; Page 368
{Arrangement of 1870.}

Nov. 12, 1901 - H(enr)y W. Samson, City thro(ugh) Chief Clk.
Sep. 27, '02 - Edward C. Battis, Salem, Mass., Son to get date of last payment.
1922 Mar. 20 - Mrs. H. Merrel inf(ormed) of cost of copies. A.W.
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3595
Application of Thomas Talmage of Somerset County, New Jersey, for a pension.

Forward certificate to T. A. Hartwell, Sommerville, New Jersey.
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I, Peter D. Vroom, do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Thomas Talmage, who has made the above declaration. That he is a man of truth & veracity & I believe his statement to be correct, not from my own personal knowledge, but because I am satisfied that the said Thomas Talmage, the applicant, from his known and long established good character, is incapable of testifying to in stating any matters in relation to his Revolutionary Services that he does not believe to be strictly true.
s/ Pet. D. Vroom

State of New Jersey
Somerset County//

I, John M. Mann, Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for said County, hereby certify that the above contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of Thomas Talmage for a pension. 

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my Hand and Seal of Office this Twenty seventh day of August in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred & Thirty two.
s/ J.M. Mann
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REVOLUTIONARY.

NEW YORK.
160 West 13th St.
March 23, 1922

Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.

Sir:

Please send cost of photostat copy of declaration of statement of:

Thos. Talmage. Somerset Co., N.J. Priv & Serg. 100. 300. N.J. Cont. Line, Feb. 19, 1833, Mar. 4, 1831, 79.
Rpt. Secy. of War. 1835/N.J. Section. p.74.

Respectfully,
(Mrs.) H. Merrell,
100 West 13th St.,
N.Y. City

S.4677
7 pages
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O.W. & N.

Edward C. Battis,
Counsellor at Law,
Kinsman Building, 81 Washington St.
Salem, Mass.

Salem, Mass., July 28, 1902.

Hon. Commissioner of Pensions;
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:

I write you for genealogical information as to one Thomas Talmage, a revolutionary pensioner, the same being No. 4677 on your roll; and I wish to ascertain whether or not his war record shows any information as to his date of birth and death.

If the latter does not show, will you kindly advise me when his pension ceased because that will probably give me about the year of his death.

Yours truly,
s/ Edw'd Battis
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES Form VAM-51 12-5-41 | Bounty Land Warrant Record Card* | Division of Veterans' Administration Archives

Name: Talman, Giles
Grade: Private
Line: Artillery Officers

Warrant Number: 13832
Acreage: 100
Issued: January 26, 1790 to John May, Assignee

*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.