Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 4494, for Hendrick Lane, New Jersey
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(3-1776)

Service
New Jersey

Lane Hendrick

Number
S 4494


carded
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Ohio 12.031 Hendrick Law of Butler 6 in State of Ohio who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Carr of the Regiment commanded by Colonel Quick in the Militia New Jersey for one year. Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio at the rate of 40 Dollars and no cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. Certificate of Pension issued the 3 day of May 1833 [illegible] Hamilton, Ohio. Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $80.00; Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sept 33. $20.00 [totaling] $100.00. Revolutionary Claim Act June 7, 1832. Recorded by George B Whiting Clerk. Book E. Vol. 8 page 15
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The State of Ohio Butler County Court of Common Pleas of the term of July 19, 1832. On this thirty first day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared before the Honorable Judges of teh Court of Common Pleas in and for the county of butler and State of Ohio, Hendrick Lane, aged seventy-two years a resident of the County of Butler aforesaid who being first duly sworn according to law doth upon his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June seventh eighteen hundred and thirty-two. That in the fall of seventeen hundred and seventy six, in the county of  Somerset , New Jersey, he volunteered to serve in a company of militia whose officer’s names are not recollected. deponent was marched to Barzaintown where he remained only about ten days, being driven back by the British to Newark, where he remained with said company until the expiration of two weeks which terminated the period for which he engaged. Deponent next served one month in Captain Carr’s company of Militia at Somerset Courthouse during which deponent volunteered to perform the hazardous service in an ambuscade of Millstone bridge which was crossed by a detachment of five hundred British - deponent was engaged during all the war until the Peace of seventeen hundred and eighty three, in short and irregular tours under different officers and in different companies among whom he recollects the following viz. in Captain Dureigh’s or Dureness’ company of colonel Quick’s regiment
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Regiment in General Herd’s Brigade- deponent next served in Captain Schenck’s company of the Lane Regiment and Brigade as aforesaid- deponent likewise served under Captain Badcock of the same Regiment; deponent was never engaged in any important battles- was never engaged in any one service for a longer period than one month at a time. Deponent believes he served during the Revolutionary War more than one year. He never received a written discharge- deponent has a record of his birth left by his father in deponent’s family bible- deponent lived in New Jersey till the year of eighteen hundred and seven, when he removed to butler County State of Ohio where he has ever since resided. Deponent knows of no person living by whom he can prove his services, but is well known to Francis Monfort, clergyman, and Thomas Kenworthy inhabitants of Butler County aforesaid, by whom he can as he believes prove his character for [illegible] and his general reputation as a soldier of the Revolution. Deponent 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. It appears by the record of deponent’s age, left in deponent’s bible as aforesaid, that he was born on the twentieth day of July in the year seventeen hundred and sixty in Somerset County New Jersey. Hendrick Lane. Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. John Reily, Clerk
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We, Francis Monfort, a clergyman residing in Butler County aforesaid, and Thomas Kenworthy residing in the same county hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Hendrick Lane, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy-two 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 the opinion. Francis Monfort Thomas Kenworthy. Sworn and subscribed in open court 31st July 1832. John Reily, Clerk.   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 certfies that it appears to them that Francis Monfort who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman resident in the county of Butler, and that Thomas Kenworthy who hath also signed the same is a resident of the said county of Butler and is a credible person and that their statements are entitled to credit. I, John Reily, Clerk of the court of Common pleas of the county of Butler aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the month of the application of Hendrick Lane for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office at Hamilton this fourth day of August one thousand eight hundred and thirty two. John Reily
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The State of Ohio Butler County Before me a justice of the Peace in and fore the county aforesaid came personally Hendrick Lane who has sworn and subscribed the within declarations and said Hendrick Lane 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 for a year in the Militia of New Jersey during the war of the Revolution and for such service he claims a pension. The said Hendrick Lane further says that he cannot by reason of the loss of his memory and his old age state more particularly than he has already donevis service and the various tours of duty in which he was engaged, he remembers his being out under Captains Carr, Duryea, and Badcock and he was very frequently out under other officers , but he cannot now remember their names or particular times or dates of the fours. He lived in Somerset County which was exchanged and bordered on the [illegible] during a considerable part of the war and deponent always served his regular tours and marched on all [illegible] and calls which were made on him ex
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cept one tour when he was unable to go out from a lameness in  his back; he was engaged in actual service service during the war of the revolution as he has above stated at least one  year. Hendrick Lane. Sworn and subscribed this 11th day of December A.D. 1832. William Hunter J.P. [Justice of the Peace]
The State of Ohio Butler County. I John Reily Clerk of teh Court of Common pleas of the County aforesaid certify that William Hunter Esquire before whom the within foregoing stated deposition of Hendrick Lane was take was at the taking thereof a Justice duly assigned to keep the peace in the said county of Butler and that the signature hereunto annexed is his genuine signature. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and Official seal at Hamilton the twelfth day of December, one thousand eight hundred and thirty two. John Reily
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In reply to your request of ——, received —— for a statement of the military history of Hendrick Lane a soldier of the Revolutionary War, you will fine below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow’s [crossed out]) application for pension on file in the Bureau. Dates of Enlistment or appointment; Length of Service; Rank; Officers under whom service was rendered; Captain Colonel; State.  [illegible] Battles engaged in, [check mark] Residence of soldier at enlistment [illegible] Date of application for pension [illegible] Residence at date of application [illegible] age at date of application [illegible] Remarks: [illegible] Very respectfully, ——Commissioner.
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Hendrick Lane. A more fully statement of services is given in the affidavit of the applicant added to his original declaration
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Brief objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Hendrick Lane which require further proof or explanation. I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides?  yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? No V. Has he mentioned 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?  no VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? Yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832?  yes VII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes IX. Has the clerk given his certificate?  yes X. Is the Clerk’s seal affixed? and if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yes
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2 XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service?  yes XII. If the clergyman’s affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?  XIV If the applicant’s name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant’s service? XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?  No. XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if no, which of them is not so answered?  No Explanatory Notes. Quere V. In as 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 Peac, &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—year —months, and —days, I served as a ——For —months and —days, I served as a  ——; and for such service I claim a pension.
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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. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the fours; 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 shewn 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. Quere XIV. Proof of Service. In as 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. In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, 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.
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4494 Invalid. Revolutionary War. File No. 4494 Hendrick Lane Priv Rev War. Act: June 9, 1832. Index: - Vol A, Page 214. Arrangement of 1870. Aug 30, 1912. His to Mrs J.E. Cruzen 1919 June 27 Hist. to Mrs. E.E. Combs
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Paxton Ill. Aug 19/12. Commissioner of Pensions Washington, D.C> Dear Sir: Can you have me any war records of Hendrick Lane S. 4494 who was a private in the Somerset COunty New Jersey Militia, and also of Henry Lane who enlisted from Monmouth County New Jersey, both of whom served in the Revolutionary war. please give me the company or any dates that may be found. Very Respectfully. Mrs. J.E. Cruzen. Paxton, Ill. #242 N Carter st.
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June 14-1919 Kendallville Ind. commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C. Dear Sir- WIll you be kind enough to provide me with a certificate of service as shown on your records of Henry Land, Somerset County militia, state of New Jersey in the Revolutionary War. Any charge  you may make for the information will be remitted promptly. Yours very truly Mrs. E. E. Combs 203 W Rush St. Kendallville, Indiana. [stamped] U.S. Pension Office Jun 18, 1919