Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 914, for Jacob Smith, New Jersey
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
New Jersey

Smith, Jacob

NUMBER
S. 914.

carded
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CONTENTS
b. Jan. 2, 1757 in Lebanon Twp. Hunterdon Co. N.J. & there at enl.
In 1832 res. of Oxford Twp. Warren Co. N.J.
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17.493
New Jersey
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Jacob Smith
of Oxford in the State of N.J.
who was a Pri. in the Com commanded
by Captain---- of the Regt. commanded by 
Col. Taylor in the N.J. militia- 18 ½ mo
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Inscribed on the Roll of Connt
at the rate of 61 Dollars 66 Cents per ann
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 22 day of Aug
1833 and sent. L. Cor[cut off] Present
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Arrears to the 4th of March      $123.3[cut off]
Semi-anl. allowance ending.        30.8[cut off]
                                                    ______
                                                     $154.1[cut off]
{Revolutionary Claim
{Act June 7, 1832

Recorded by E D Bullock Clerk
Book E. Vol. 3-  Page 131-
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11289
Application of Jacob Smith
of Warren Co., New Jersey for
a Pension.

If Pension allowed please direct
Certificate to J. M. Sherrerd
Belvedere
Warren Co.
New Jersey
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State of New Jersey
Warren County ss. 
On this first day of September 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 of the said County of Warren now sitting,
Jacob Smith a resident of the township of Oxford in the County and State aforesaid, aged seventy five years on 2nd January last who being first duly 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. He first went out in the New Jersey Militia in the month of March 1776 under Captain Thomas Jones, in Colonel John Taylors
Regiment of the Militia, marched to Amboy, and thence to Staten Island and was out three months, or that tour as a private.  He next went out as a private under Captain William Gearhart in Colonel Samuel Tenbrooks Regiment of New Jersey Militia, and continued three months at that time-

He next went out as a private under Captain Benjamin Coopers company in Colonel Frederick Frelinghuysens Regiment of New Jersey Militia and continued one month at that time.
Again as a private under Captain John Ditmars one month.
Again as a private under Captain David Frazier one month-
Again as a private under Captain George Haver one month-
Again as a private under Captain Samuel Groendyke two months
Again as a private under Captain William Jones one month-
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all in the Militia of New Jersey.  That he cannot recollect the day when he entered the service altho he recollects it was the month of March and year 1776- that he cannot recollect the precise time when he left the service.  That
when he entered the service he resided in the township of Lebanon in the County of Hunterdon and State of New Jersey.  That he entered the service as one of the volunteers in the militia and performed all his tours when drafted until the year 1780- amounting in the whole to eighteen months and an half-
That he has no certificate of service or of dismissions from the service, nor any other documentary evidence except the accompanying affidavits of Christopher Smith
Michael Shurts--

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever 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 in the United States-

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid in open Court

P.W. Blair
Jacob Smith

He James Davisson Jr Esquire and John Davisson residing in the township of Oxford
in said County of Warren, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Jacob Smith who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be Seventy five years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that
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we concur in that opinion.
Ja. Davison Jr.
John Davison

Subscribed, the day & year aforesaid
in open Court
P.W. Blair

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 James Davison Jr and John Davison who signed the preceding certificate are resident in the said township of Oxford in the said County of Warren, and are credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit-
P W Blair
Wm Kennedy
Wm McCullough
Wm P. Robson

I, Phineas B Kennedy Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas of the said County of Warren, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains
the original proceedings of the said court on the
matter of the application of Jacob Smith for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and seal of office this first day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two
P.B. Kennedy Clk
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State of New Jersey
Hunterdon County }
I Henry Aller, one of the Justices of the peace in and for the said County--- Personly [personally] appeared before me Michael Shurts farmer of the township of Lebanon and County of Hunterdon this Thirty first day of August Eighteen hundred and Thirty two and was sworn on the holy Evangelist of all mighty god and on his oath saith that Jacob Smith Shoemaker now of Oxford in County of Warren  N.J. volunteered himself for one month as a militia man in the year Seventy Six under Capt Thomas Jones and went to Staten island and also further saith that he saw him in the year of Seventy Seven at Elizabeth Town as a militia man from Summerset [Somerset] County.  this Deponent further saith not-

Michal Shurts

Sworn and Subscribed
before me this 31 day of
August 1832
Henry Aller
Justice of the peace

State of New Jersey
Hunterdon County ⎬ I Isaac G. Farlee Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County of Hunterdon Do hereby certify that Henry Aller Esquire before whom the above affidavit was taken, is one of the Justices of the peace in and for said County of Hunterdon, duly commissioned and sworn, and that full faith
and credit are due to all his official acts as such

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set
my hand and affixed the seal of said Court
at Flemington, this thirty first day of August
AD. Eighteen hundred and thirty two
Isaac G. Farlee Clk
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State of New Jersey
Hunterdon County SS.  I Henry Aller, before whom the within affidavit of Michael Shurts was taken certify that the said Michael Shurts is a
credible person, and that his statement is entitled to credit

Witness my hand and seal the 24th day of June AD 1833
Henry Aller
Justice of the peace

I Isaac G Farlee Clerk of the Court of common Pleas of said County certify that the above signature of Henry Aller is genuine, and that at the time of doing thereof he was a Justice of the Peace of said County - Witness my hand & seal of office the day of June 1833-
Isaac G. Farlee Clk
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State of New Jersey,

Warren County Ss: Before me, One of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said county, on the twenty sixth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared, Christopher Smith who being duly sworn on the Holy Evangelists of Almighty God saith that he is a younger brother of Jacob Smith who is applying for the benefit of the law entitled "an act supplementary to "an act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldier is the revolution. That he recollects his being out in the militia of New Jersey, at different times during the whole of the year,-that he verily believes that he was out at least as much as one year at the different times, but cant specify the times he was out under his different captains. that he resided in the counties of Hunterdon and Sussex (now Warren) in the State of New Jersey over since the termination of the Said war; and further Saith not. 
Sworn and Subscribed the date above before me
[signatures]
J Kinney Jr

Christopher Smith

I. John Kinney Jr before whom the above affidavot was made certify that Christopher Smith is a credible person, and that his Statement is entitled to credit-
Witness my hand and Seal the 18th June 1833
[signature]
J Kinney Jr
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State of New Jersey
Warren County SS. I Phineas B. Kennedy Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas of the County of Warren. Do hereby certify that John Kinney Jr Esquire. before whom the foregoing affidavot of Christopher Smith was taken. was at that time and is now one of the Judges of the Said court of Common Pleas and that the Signature annexed to the Same is his genuine signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereinto Set my hand and affixed the Seal of said county at Belvidere the twenty eight day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two~
[signature]
J B Kinney clk
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State of New Jersey
Warren County SS: Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace and one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for Said county, on the 18th June 1833. Jacob Smith of Said county, an applicant for a pension under the act of Congress of June 7, 1832 who being duly sworn deposeth and Saith, that by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot Swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and  in the following grades. 
For one year, six months and an half. I Served as  a private and for Such Service I claim a pension. during all which time I was not engaged, in any civil employment.
In further answer to the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, which I answered before  the Court, but which were not written and some with my declaration, I now answer.
I. I was born at the township of Lebanon in the County of Hunterdon and State of New Jersey on the 2nd January 1757, which 
II. I know from the record in my fathers Bible, a copy of which I have in my own bible, now in my possession and by which I have refreshed my memory.
III. When I was first called into the Service, an during the whole war I lived at the Said township of Lebanon. after the war I lived about ten years at Griggs town in Somerset County than removed to Schooleys Mountain in Morris County where I lived three year; them removed to Lebanon aforesaid where I lobed about five years, and thence to the township of  reford [?]
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in Sussex (now Warren) County where I now lived and have resided ever since. 
IV When first called into Service I went out as a volunteer and afterwards went only as a drafted militia man, and one month as a substitute for John Grandin-one month as a substitute for John Condit-one month for Andrew Swayze, one month for Matthias Crammers-one month for Henry Hockenberry, one month for William Shaver. One month for William Best and one month for Philip Anderson. All of the Said county of Hunterdon
V. I recollected as officers in the militia Majors Bloomfield and Stillwell-Colonels Taylor. Frelinghuysen and Terbrook- Generals Hurd and Dickerson-I Saw General Washington at Pompton and Paramus in Bergen County, I think in 1777- I recollected seeing the third Jersey regiment in the Continental line at Whitehouse in Hunterdon County
VI. I never received any discharge in writing from the Service-
VII. Col. James Darrison Jr. and John Davisson live in my immediate neighborhood and have testified to my character for veracity and neighborhood belief of my revolutionary Services before the Court in my original application-There is no Clergy man living in my neighborhood,
Sworn and Subscribed the date above before me,
[signatures]
Jacob J [ last name is illegible]
Wm. P. Robeson
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I William P Robeson the Justice of the Peace and Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of the Said County of Warren before whom the preceding affidavit of Jacob Smith was made certify that in my opinion the Said Jacob Smith from bodily infirmity cannot attend the regular terms of the Court-and that there is no clergyman living in his neighbor-that he is a credible person and his statement is entitled to credit.
Witness my hand and Seal the 18th June 1833-
[signature]
Wm P. Robeson

State of New Jersey
Warren County Ss: I. Phineas B. Kennedy Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the Said County, certify that William P. Robeson before whom the annexed affidavit of Jacob Smith was made, and who has certified above, was at the time of the doing thereof a Justice of the Peace and Justice of Said Court-and that his Signatures are genuine-That the Signature of J Kinney Jr to the certificate of credibility of Christopher Smith, is his genuine Signature, and that at the doing thereof he was a Judge of Said court-I also certify that the papers attached are the original proceedings in the case of Said Jacob Smith and the affidavits the Same that were before the court except the above additional affidavit and certificates-
Witness my hand and Seal of office the 27th June AD 1833~
[signature]
P. B. Kennedy clk
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[illegible]
18 1/2  [illegible] private
$61.66
L Condict
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11289
Jacob Smith, N.J.

Return e i S no

first service of 3 mo. is thereon
presumptively to be but 1 mo. by
the witness - whose testimony should
be taken more in detail if more
service was rendered

time & places of other services
must be stated, and be
proved by best surviving
testimony.

J. M. Sherrard Agt
Belvidere
Warren Co. New Jersey
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
Pension Office,
3d June 1833

Sir:

The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. These points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }). You will, when
you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and
you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your
claim.
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Statement, shewing the service of Jacob Smith, of Warren Co. New Jersey
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[table follows, with 9 columns; column headings are as follows:  
(1) Period when the service was performed.
(2) Duration of the claimant's service {sub-headings:  a. Years. b. Months. c. Days.
(3) Rank of the claimant.
(4) Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served.
(5) Names and Rank of the General
and Field officers.
(6) Battles in which the applicant was engaged.
(7) Country through which he marched.
(8) Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period.
(9) Evidence by which the declaration is supported

[text beneath column headings:]
(1) Vol. 1776, ", ", ", "
(2) a. [blank]. b. 3, 3, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 1 c. [blank]
(3) Private
(4) Capt Thos. Jones, Capt William Gearhart, Cap. Benjn Cooper, Capt. John Ditmer, Capt David Frazier, Capt. George Harver, Capt Samuel Groendyke, Capt. Wm Jones
(5) Colo. Mo. Taylor, Colo. Saml. Tenbrooks, Colo. Frederick Frelinghuysen
(6) [blank]
(7) To Amboy & Staten Island
(8) Township of Lebanon- County of Hunterdon & State of New Jersey---
Aged 75
(9) Traditionary & Living witness
[end of table]

Applicant Alleges in conclusion that he volunteered in the service & performed all his terms of 1 when drafted--untill 1781 & thinks his whole service amounted to Eighteen months & half

I am, respectfully,

Your obedient servant,

J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.

The following regulations have been adopted:

This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.

Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops.
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3. Persons employed in the Naval service.
4. Indian Spies.

As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.

DECLARATION,

In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.

State, Territory, or District of [blank] |
County of [blank] } ss.
On this [blank] day of [blank] personally appeared (a) before [blank] A.B. a resident (b) of [blank] in the county of [blank] and State, Territory or District of [blank] aged (c) [blank] 
years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provion [provision]  made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) [blank]  with [blank] and served in the
[blank] (e) regiment of the [blank] line, under the following named officers:

[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he enered [entered] the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. -->This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons
who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]

He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of [blank] 

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.           A. B.

[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.

I [blank] of the Court of [blank] do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of [blank] for a pension.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this [blank] day of [blank] & c.

If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.

Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:

(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the [blank] and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with [blank] 
who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be [blank] 
years of age; 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.

Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.

[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]

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 A.B. [blank] who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the [blank] and that C.D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the [blank] and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.

I, [blank] Clerk of the Court of [blank] do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the applicacation [application] of [blank] for a pension.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this [blank]  day of [blank] & c.

Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.

If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
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will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected.  All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.

The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
6. {To a Soldier{ Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it?
{To an Officer. {Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.

The Court will see that he answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.

The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons -one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed
and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion.  If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.

The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct
proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.

Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.

Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record,
or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.

No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
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[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not
conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the
claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:--For [blank] year [blank] months, and [blank] days, I served as a [blank]. For [blank] months and [blank] days, I served as a [blank]; and for such service I claim a pension."

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. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement;
the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

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 papers 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.

Proof of Service.

[j] 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 claimant's 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,
-->The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops, The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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Rev War

Invalid
File No. q14
Jacob Smith
Priv. N. J. Mil.
Act: June 7, 1832.
Index:-Vol. a, Page 345-
{Arrangement of 1870.}
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Explanation and Specification of Services of Jacob Smith in the Revolutionary war-
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State of New Jersey.
Warren County Ss. Before me one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for Said County, on the 15th August  AD 1833. personally appeared Jacob Smith of Oxford of Said county. who is applying for a pension under the act of Congress of June 7.1832-whom I certify is a credible person and his statement entitled to credit. who being duly sworn according to law saith, that his memory is very frail, but upon recollection and reflection he is enabled to make the following explanations of his Services with details & e-
This whole Services were performed as a private in the New Jersey militia and under Colonels John Taylor, Samuel Tenbrook-and Frederick Frelingheison, but can specify all the tours under which colonel it was he served-and under Generals Hurd-Wines-and Maxwell.
My first tour of three months which I declared service was in this manner I first volunteered for one month and served it as stated before under Captain Jones and Colonel Taylor at Amboy, and Staten Island-when dismissed I immediately hired for a month and staid it, for Jeter Cumback, at Elizabeth town under Captain John Stephens-when dismissed I again hired for a month and staid it for Abraham Van horn at Pompton and Paramus under Captain Groendyke-and at end of month returned home-these made my first tours of three months as Stated in my declaration and which commenced in month of March 1776-
My second tour of three months as Stated in my declaration was
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in the Same manner-I was at home not more than one month when I went out, one month under Captain William Gearhart at Elizabeth-town and Amboy-at the end of the month I hired as  a substitute for William West and served that month under Captain John Hager at Amboy-I then hired for another month as a Substitute for John Connett and Served the month at Newark under Captain Benjamin Cooper and Colonel Frelinghuysen-and then returned home-thus making my Second tour as I called it of three months each- I was at home then but one month when I performed another months service at Elizabeth town under Captain Cooper again.
My next tour was one months Service under Captain John Detmars-month and year not recollected-thinks it was at Springfield-during the tour we had a little fight with the British and they had to retreat. My next tour was one months Service under Captain David Frazier-month and year not recollected-this month we were at Elizabeth town-He was a particular officer about our provisions and was considered a very good officer.
My next tour was on months service under Captain George Haver-month and year not recollected-this month we served at Amboy.
My next tour was two months service under Captain Samuel Groendyke-month and year not recollected. this first month we Served near Somerville along Raritan and while British on possession of New Brunswick-next month I was substitute for Andrew Swayze and Served under Capt. Groendyke at same place.
My next tour was on months Service under Captain William---
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Jones month and year said as collected this month and served
at Newark
My next tour was one months service under Captain William
Carehart as a substitute for John Eversole month & years sd 
recollected this month I served at Elizabethtown neighborhood
My next tour, was, for one month under same captain for
myself and at same neighborhood month & year not recollected.
my next tour was for two months, first one month for myself 
under David Schamp & next as a substitute under
same Captain for Thomas Alliger month & year not recol. 
The whole time we were along Raritan and the  
neighborhood
my next tour was one month service under Captain Tinbrook
that
it was time huckleberies were ripe. I eat too many &
got the bloody fluse
My last tour was for half a month service under Capt 
Carehart at Elizabeth Town month & year not recollected has
[illegible] out for a month but dismissed at end of half a month
I think by order of Major Bloomfield  making seven tours I was out as a substitute
and eleven months & a half for myself altogether eighteen
months & half during all which time I was engaged in no civil
employment. I have no documentary evidence nor do I know 
of any living witness of my service except that 
before forwarded 
to the department, nor can I recollect any more particulars of
my service. I went out every time I was drafted as 
stated in my original declaration, besides volunteering and
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have as herein before stated
Jacob Smith
Sworn & Subscribed the date above }
before me }
Wm P. Robeson }

State of New Jersey
Warren county ss
I Phineas B. Kennedy Clerk of Court of Common Pleas
in and for said County certify that the above Signature
of William P Robeson Esq is genuine, and that at the
doing thereof he was Judge of said court
Witness my hand & seal of office the 16th August
1833
P B Kennedy Clk
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Form VAM-51
12-5-41
BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
Division of Veterans' Administration Archives
NAME Smith, Jacob GRADE Private LINE Pennsylvania
WARRANT NUMBER 10329 ACREAGE 100
ISSUED November 5, 1791
to Jacob Lunckle
or Sunckle
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 in the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Form VAM-51
12-5-41
BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
Division of Veterans' Administration Archives
NAME Smith, Jacob GRADE Private LINE Pennsylvania
WARRANT NUMBER 10384 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED March 2, 1792
to Jacob Miller, Admr

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.