Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 1053, for Cornelius D Low, New Jersey
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(3-1776)
SERVICE | NUMBER
New Jersey | Low, Cornelius D. | S. 1055

carded

CONTENTS
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22.905
New Jersey
Cornelius D. Low of
Somerset Co in the State of New Jersey
who was a Private in the Comp Commanded
by Captain Verburgh of the Regt. commanded
by Col. Van Dyke in the New Jersey
line for 2 years-

Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey
at the rate of 80 Dollars 00 Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 7 day Dec 1833 and del'd Hon J. F. Randolph
Arrears to the 4th Sep '33 $200
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4.34  40
$240

{Revolutionary Claim,
for June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by Go C Stiles Clerk
Book E Vol. 3 Page 120
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State of New Jersey
Somerset County Ss: On application for the benefit of the act of Congress passed June
7th 1832 -
On this fifteenth 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 and for said County of Somerset, Cornelius D Low a resident of the township of Hillsborough
in said County aged seventy five years in
December 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 7th
1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as the herein stated.
On the arrival of the British fleet & army in
the harbour of New York the New Jersey Militia were called on - en masse with orders to
repair to York - he was then about nineteen years of age & living with Capt William
Verbryck of Somerset County under whose command he entered the service. Col. VanDyck commanded the regiment & Major Benjamin Beard
he arrived at New York the latter part of
June 1776. & remained there as as required
& were then marched to Commission pass in Jersey where he was placed under the command of Capt Coonrod Ten Eyck. Field officers Col Hunt & Major James Linn - we remained at Commissionpass until after the battle of Long Island and then marched to Bergen Heights, where our Regiment was placed under the command of Col John Duychinck - the troops remained there
but a few days when they were ordered to march
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to Newark, he continued in the same at Newark until the month of November following (serving part of the time one or two months as a substitute for one Gerardus Banman who is now deceased) near the time of General Washington retreat through New Jersey -  After New Jersey was overrun by the enemy, the militia did but little service until after the Capture of the Hessians and
the Battle of Princeton when they were again
called into active service. His Somerset
Militia were principally posted at the Mill
stone river - the British army had now gone
into winter quarters at Amboy & New Burnswick where they remained during the winter spring, & part of the summer of 1777-
During all this time he served his regular tours of duty as a militiaman every other month under the command of his field & Company officers - some of whom he can name and others not
Col VanDyck - Col Maddagh & Col Quick. Major Beard (who died before the british left New Brunswick), Capns Verbrych. Peterson & Beard
After the evacuation of New Brunswick by the
British, Newark & Elizabethtown were the two
Stations where the services of the Somerset Milita were chiefly required, he served during the remainder of the war at both these stations
He served many month tours under the command of various field & Company Officers most of the names he cannot recollect; he recollects the names of Captain Beard Morse & Vanner, but as he was frequently placed under the command of ? officers he does not recollect their names. Field officers Col VanDyck, Col. Maddagh & Major James Heard, at the greater part of the last mentioned services were performed at Newark & Elizabeth town, Hill
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there were other places where militia service
were required & when he served one or more tours but after so long a time he cannot state the different tours in succession as they occurred nor name all the officers under whom he served
he however perfectly recollects the different
Stations where he performed the service - Viz
Elizabethtown point Pequannock, Rahway
Woodbridge Wheatsheaf-- Westfield, Wesel,
Raritan Landing Quakertown, Germantown
Monmouth, Luccas plains Springfield
with a number of other places where he has
a faint recollection of performing military
service - he served his regular tours in various
stations from the year 1776, when first called
out, until the close of the war that he
served his country at a moderate calculation
between two & three years - [struck through "has no documentary evi"]
he was in the battle of Monmouth the
battle of Germantown & several skirmishes at
Elizabeth town & Staten Island. He has no
documentary evidence he was born in
the year 1775 at the South branch in the said
township of Hillsborough - he lived in Hillsborough when called into service has always lived there except a short time lived at
his brothers in Hunterdon County, & still
resides in the said Township of Hillsborough
there is a record of his age, which is in possession of one of his brothers or Sisters in the State of Ohio, Doctor Henry R Schenk & Jacob SchencK Celia C Schenck William W Hale
& Revd John Zabriskie & many others his neighbors can testify as to his character for veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier of the revolution, and he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a Pension
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or annuity, except the present, and declares
that his name is not on the pension roll of
the agency of any State
Corn'l D Low
Sworn to & Subscribed the day & year as aforesaid
Wm B Gaston

We John Zabriskie a clergyman residing in the township of Hillsborough aforesaid and Peter L Schenck residing in the same [illegible] hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Cornelius D Low who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be seventy five years of age - that he is reputed & believed in the neigberhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion
John L Zabriskie
Peter C Schenk
Sworn & Subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Wm. B Gaston
Somerset Ss. Adam Bellen being duly sworn on
his oath saith that he knew the above
named Con'l. D. Low, & served with him as a
solder in the Army of the Revolution Several times, and at different places thinks they were out together in said service four or five months perhaps more
Adam Bellen
Sworn & Subscribed in open Court
Wm B Gaston
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(illegible)
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[illegible] in my [illegible next 2 words] and who can testify as to my character for persoanlly and their [illegible 2 words] services as a soldier of the Revolutionary  I refer to my former deed within - 

Sworn to & subscribed}    Corn[suberscript]l. D Lowe
this 14th day of  May}
AD 1833 before me}
Wm. B Gaston

Personally appeared before me the undersigned one of the judges for the **** County of Corwyn[?] .  [illegible] isn't for the county [illegible] Cornelius D. Low as being Duly sworn herewith and saith that [illegible] of old age and that is acquainted? [illegible] of [illegible] [illegible] he cannot [illegible] postively as to his service - [illegible], R[illegible] [illegible few words -  *****   *ing] to the best of his recollection he served for  *** *** the **** mentioned below, has in the following ****  For two years, and as a private in the militia & navy in ***, and on such service *** in ** ***** - **** which for the **** among which t **** -
he service was the  [illegible] he **** *****


Corn[subsript]l D Lowe

Sworn & subscribed  
14th  May [illegible] 1833
before me

Wm B Gaston
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This Bureau can furnish the military
record of only such Revolutionary soldiers
as were pensioned or whose widows were
pensioned for their services.
Such of the original muster and pay rolls of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 as are now in the possession of the Government are on file in the Record and Pension Office, War Department. Original rolls and other records
pertaining to service in the Revolutionary War may also be found on file in the archives of many of the original States.
O. W. & N. DIV.
REVOLUTIONARY.
L.W.B.
I. 1053

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
WASHINGTON, D. C.,
October 13, 1898.
Replying to your recent communication you are advised that Cornelius D. Low made an application for pension on August 15, 1832,
at which time he was 75 years of age and residing at Hillsborough, N. J. and his pension was allowed for two years' actual service as a private in the New Jersey troops, Revolutionary war; a part of the time he served under Capt. Verbrych and Col. VanDyke. He enlisted at Hillsborough,  N. J.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

Miss Eva A. Demaree,
1241 Vermont St.,
Quincy, Ills.
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Supplemental affidavits in the case of Cornelius D Low of Somerset County an applicant for a Pension under the act of 1832
Middlesex Court Personally appeared before the Justice of the Peace of the state
the subscriber one of the share the peace in aforesaid County of Middlesex Minard VanArdsale of Somerset County, in the seventy third year of his age who being duly from on his oath states that has been well acquainted with Cornelius D. Low of the County of Somerset New Jersey an applicant for a pension from the commencement
of the revolution - that he himself is a previous
soldier of the revolution & is now drawing his
pension as fact that he knows said Lowe served
in the war of the Revolution - that he served
several tours in each of the years '77 '78 & '79
that he was to the best of this deponent's knowledge a good solder served faithfully - that he is man of truth veracity & that any statement of his relation to his revolutionary services they be relied upon
Minard Van Arsdale
Subscribed before me the 31st Augt 1833-
Peter Runyon
Justice of the peace
Middlesex County Ss. Personally appeared
before me the [illegible] one of the Justices of the Peace in & for said County, Richard Gainton in the seventy fifth year of his aged a 
previous soldier of the revolution & now receiving his pension as [illegible]
that he has known Cornelius D. Lowe of Somerset County an applicant for a pension since the beginning of the war and altho he was not attached to the same company yet he has no doubt that he served several tours in the years '77 '78 '79
that he has always understood that said
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Lowe during the war   faithfully that he
[illegible] esteem for his truth & veracity. That he 
to
with any statement in relation to his revolutionary service which he might have made
his
Richard X Gainton
mark
Subscribed & sworn to the 31st Augt 1833
Peter P Runyon
Justice of the Peace
I hereby certify that the above named deponents Minard Van Arsdale & Richard Gainton are ones highly esteemed for their 
truth & veracity  I treat their statements as entitled to full credit
Peter P Runyon
Justice of the Peace
Middlesex County Ss. Personally appeared 
I hereby certify that Peter P Runyon before the subscriber one of the Justices of the Peace in & for said county John Van Zandt aged eighty two years  a previous soldier of the revolution who being duly sworn on his oath saith that he has been well acquainted with Cornelius D Lowe of Somerset county an applicant for a pension & that he knows said Low was a soldier in the revolution & served with him - that said Lowe served several tours in each of the years '77 '78 '79 & that said Lowe served faithfully & that he is a man universally esteemed for his truth & veracity & that his statement in relation to his revolutionary services is entitled to full credit
his
John X Van Zandt
mark

Subscribed & sworn to the 31st August 1833
Peter P Runyon
Justice of the peace
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I hereby certify that Peter P Runyon before whom the affidavit of Minard Vanarsdale Richard Gainton & John Van Zandt, were taken & known to me to be a Justice of the Peace now, and to have been so at the time of taking said affidavits and that the signature therein is credited.
J A Randolph
Late [Illegible]
Dec. 1833
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I William B. Gaston one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County do hereby certify that Adam Bellis who has sworn to the foregoing affidavit is a person of truth and veracity and that his statement is entitled to full credit & belief
Dated May 14th 1833.
Wm B. Gaston
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State of New Jersey
Somerset County Ss.
I John M. Mann Cark of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas of the County of Somerset do hereby certify  hat William B. Gaston before whom the Ammended proceedings on the within application was had and whose proper signature 
is subscribed thereto is a Judge of the said Court of Common Pleas in full commission
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set
my hand seal this fifteenth day of May fifteenth
day of May Eighteen hundred and thirty three
J.M. Mann
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State of New Jersey
Somerset County  Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace, in and for the County of Somerset, in the State of New Jersey Cornelius D Low, 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 service, but according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the grade of a private. About the middle of June 1776, he was drafted as a militiaman and marched to New York and served a tour of five months under Capn Verbryck and Capn TenEyck who relieved each the May Benjn  Baird and Col. Van Dyck, Major Linn & Col Hunt, Genl Heard Genl Dickerson & Genl Cadwalader, being the Superior officers during this service, and was stationed at New York, Communigan Bergen & Newark watching the enemy one or two month of this service was performed as a substitute for Geradus Beckman-- In December following he was called again, and during the winter
spring and summer of '77 served five tours
of duty a month each time-- two under Capn
Baird, one under Capn Peterson one under
Cape Kershon, and one under Cape Verbrike
and was stationed along the Millstone guarding the lines, - The field officers were Maj Baird Maj Newsin, Cols Vandyck, Meddagh & Quick
In the fall of '77- after the evacuation of New
Brunswick by the British he served two months
by tour at Newark under Capt Baird, watching the enemy - and one at Germantown at
time of the Battle of Germantown his Capts name not recollected - Field officers Maj Nevins and Col Vroom -
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2 m In the winter & spring of 1778 he served two months tour at Newark under Capn Vanness. Maj Heard & Nevins - Cols Vandyck, Meddagh & Frelinghuyson watching the enemy-
3 m In the Summer & fall of 1778 he served the monthly tours at Elizabeth Town watching the enemy- one under Capn Baird, or under
Capn Kershon, & the other under Capn Staats
Field officers were Col. Frelinghuyson, Meddagh & Van Dike and Maj Nevins part of the time dont recollect the other Majors
1 m He also served one other tour during the
same summer underCapn Statts at the
battle of Monmouth Col Frelinghyson
Commandant, Major not recollected
2 m In 1779 he served two tours at Elizabethtown of a month each, watching the enemy, one under Capt Baird & the other under Capt Moore
2 m and during the same year he served two
monthly tours at Elizabethtown Point, watching
the enemy under Capn Baird & one under
Capt Staats. Field officer during these four
last torrs were Col Meddagh & Maj Nevins -
others he does not recollect-
In the latter part of same year he served
2 m two tours of duty - one at Pequannock under Capt Staats, and one at Rahway, but
dont recollect his case or Maj name, Van Dike was Col - engaged in watching the enemy
1 m in the early part of the year 1780, he served one month under Cape Staats at Woodbridge and Weatsheaf watching the enemy - there were no field officers-- it was only a Capens  Command during this year he served another month at Westfield under Capn Staats, watching the enemy. Col Meddagh commandant and another month at Wesel under Capn Staats, no field officer
watching the enemy
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Cornelius D. Low

James F Randolph
Present
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also same year
1 m month at Nanton Landing Capn 
1 m Kershon one other at  Quibbletown under Capn
1 m Staats, and one other at Succasunny Plains under Cape Staats. He also recollects of serving
1 m one other tour of a month at Springfield
under Capn Staats but is unable to State
the year precisely he was relieved however
a few days before the Battle of Springfield
In these four last tours he was engaged in
watching the enemy - and for such
service I claim a pension
Corn'l D Low
Sworn & Subscribed
before me July 10th 1833
Wm J Gaston
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State of New Jersey  
Somerset County ss
John M Mann Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for said County do hereby certify that William B. Gaston before whom in the within affidavit of Cornelius Lowe was made and when his Signature is thereto subscribed was at the time of the date thereof
and now is a Justice of the peace in and for said Court
[Illegible] Commission & [illegible]
in Witness whereof I have hereunto set
my hand and seal said Court
this tenth day of July eighteen hundred and thirty three
---
M. Mann
James F Randolph
Present
Comelius D Low
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Corn'l D Low
3523
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And the said Court do hereby declare their
opinion, after the investigation of the matter & 
after putting the interrogatories presented
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
John Zabriskie who has signed the preceding
certificate is a clergyman residing in the
township Hillsborough aforesaid, and that
Peter C Schenck who has also signed same
is a resident in the same township of Hillsborough is a credible person, and that their Statement is entitled to credit
Wm. B. Gaston
Fred VanDerveen
Wm L. Rodgers
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State of New Jersey
Somerset County Ss
I John M. Mann Clerk the Inferior Court of Common pleas in and for said county do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of Cornelius D. Low for a pension
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this sixteenth day of August in the
year of our Lord Eighteen hundred and thirty two
J. M. Mann

Corn'l D Low
3523
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I duly certify that John Van Zandt who has signed & sworn to the immediately preceeding affidavit is a man of truth & veracity that his statement is entitled to full credit
Peter P. Runyon
Justice of the peace
State of New Jersey
Mid'x County  SS On this second day of
September 1833 before me a Justice
the Peace in and for said County personally
appeared John J Middleworth who has duly sworn on his oath saith that he is in the 78th
year of his age, a soldier of the Revolution
and now in the receipt of a Pension as
such that he was acquainted with Cornelius D
Low, of the County of Somerset, and now,
as he understand, an applicant for a Pension
knows him to be a solder of the Revolution
to have served much as such, recollects distinctly,  to have been with him on several tours think that they served together in Capt Staats Company, that the said Law was out in '77, '78 & '79. Knows that he served a good deal  Believes said Low to be a man of veracity & to to believed under oath or otherwise 
John V Middleworth 
Subscribed & sworn the day & year aforesaid
before me

Peter P. Runyon
Justice of the peace
I hereby certify that John Van Middleworth is a
credible person and his statements are entitled
to credit
Peter P Runyon
Justice of the peace
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I hereby certify that Peter P. Runyon before
whom the within affidavit of John Van Middleworth was taken was at the time thereof
a Justice of the Peace, and that his signature attached thereto is genuine
J F Randolph
Late Rep in Cong
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Testimony
In the case of Cornelius D, Low

James F Randolph
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State New Jersey
Somerset County  On this third day of September Eighteen hundred thirty three before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid personally appeared John Baird of said County, who being duly sworn on his oath saith that he is a solder of the Revolution, served as a Captain in the Revolution and is now in the receipt of a pension as such; that he is well acquainted
with Cornelius D Low of said County said
to be now an applicant for a Pension, knows
him to be a soldier of the revolution recollects of his serving under him in the years 1777, 1778, & 1779 one or more tours of a month each in each of these years believes that said Low served a great deal more - has no personal knowledge of it but has always so understood. Believes said Low to be a man of veracity & that any statement he might make
uder oath is entitled to entire credence
John Baird

Subscribed & Sworn to the day & year aforesaid, before me
Peter P. Bunyon
Justice of the peace
there
I hereby certify that the above named deponent John Baird is a credible person and that his Statement is entitled to credit
Peter P Runyon
Justice of the peace
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I hereby certify that Peter P Runyon before whom the foregoing affidavit of Richard [illegible] John V Middleworth & John Baird were taken is a Justice of the Peace duly [illegible] and that the signature of said Runyon is genuine [illegible]
James F Randolph
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Quincy Ills.
Aug. 20" 1898
Bureau of Pensions
Department of Interior

Have you any record of the application of
Cornelius Lowe for a pension. He served
in the Revolutionary War from Hunterdon
County New Jersey and was under Major Van
Middleworth (or a very similar name) at Trenton, New Jersey
.
Very sincerely
Eva A. Demaree
1241 Vermont St
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3523
Cornelius D Low

Return this 
Admitted
Private 2 years

J. F. Randolph
Present
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WAR DEPARTMENT
Pension Office,
183
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. Those 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.
A Statement, showing the Service of
Duration of the
claimant's service.
Months.
Rank of the claimant.
Names and rank of the Field officers
under whom he served.
Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service.
Proof by which the declaration is supported.
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
Pension Office.
183
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.
A Statement, shewing the Service of 
Period when service was rendered.shewing the 
Duration of the claimant's service.
Rank of the claimant.
Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served.
Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service.
Proof by which the declaration is supported.
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner
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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 f om 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 
County of
On this_____ day of _____ personally appeared (a)  before _______in the county of _____
and State, Territory or District aged (c)______ 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 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)____ with _____ and served in the____ (e) regiment of the 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 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
Sworn to 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 (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I ______of the Court of_____
do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of_____
for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this_____
day of ______& 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:
We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the _____ 
and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with______,  who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _____
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 days 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. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the _______ and that C.D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the ______ and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I,_____Clerk of the Court of______
do hereby certify that the foregoing
contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of
_______ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this ______day of ______
& 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
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alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person 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.
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 the 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.
[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. [Brackets around this paragraph and the next 2 sentences underlined] 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 loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason
recollection, he served not less
of his service; but, according to the best of his
, and in the following grade
I served as a -- For months days
month and
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision there for such service I claim a pension."
streets the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law
is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some one of the phrase about three or four months,
litia, &c. without
ing the tours, the names of the officers and other particulars that they served your
case, be clearly shown under what officers the application is
pursuit.
that the applicant served with an embodied corps called
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
1
The law makes the relinquishment in
The opinion of
the Court is always required.
The Clerk is herein we are
papers.
office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the
Mode of authenticating papers.
every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which conat
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.
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 tidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well
tisses, and the
as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witofficial
character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
note aunties to continental troops only.
The notes from to are all equally applicable to the cases of minia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in
tionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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Oct 1898
Miss E A Demaree
Quincy, Ills
Rev War
INVALID.
File No. 1053

Cornelius D. Low
Priv.  N. J. Line.
Act: June 7. 1832
Index: -- Vol. A. Page 226
(Arrangement of 1870.}