Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 8,027, for Thomas Lawrence, New Jersey
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(3-1776)
SERVICE
New Jersey

Lawrence, Thomas
Elizabeth 

NUMBER
W.8.027
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CONTENTS
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[left side]
(2,635)
New Jersey
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Thomas Lawrence
Private
of Essex County in the State of New Jersey
who was a private in the Company commanded
by Captain Neal & Clark of the Artillery commanded
by Colonel [blank] in the New Jersey
line, for the term of one year
from 1st March 1776 to 1st March 1777.
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Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey
at the rate of eight Dollars per month, to commence on
the 14th day of April 1818
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Certificate of Pension issued the 19th of Sept 1818
and sent to the Hon. Wm S. Pennington
Newark N. Jersey
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Restored to the Roll on the 12th day of May
1827 and notification sent to George C. Barber Esq
at Elizabeth Town New Jersey Pension
commencing on the sixth of March 1827
Amount due on 4th of
Sept 1827 } $47.76
{ Revolutionary Claim,
Acts March 18, 1818,
and May 1, 1820. }
1 March 1823. }
Mch. 19 x

[right side]
see letter to J.C. Zabrikie
25 Jan. 1839 -
(Dead)-
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2.732
New Jersey
Elizabeth Lawrence
widow of Thomas
NJ Lawrence
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a pri of artillery
[illegible] from $50
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Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
96 Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence on
the [4th day of March, crossed out], 1848.
1 of July
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Certificate of Pension issued the
25th day of March 18[illegible]
and sent to
P. Dickinson
Trenton N.J.
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Envg 15 Nov 1849
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February 2, 1848, Page 302, Vol. 4
302
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Isaac Lawrence was born January the 4th 1782-two
Jennot. Lawrence was born September 17th 178[?]-four
Richard Lawrence was born September the 9th 1786-six
Rachel Lawrence was born 23d January 1789-nine
John Lawrence was born March 18th 1791-one
Wiliam Lawrence was born April the 7th 1793 three
Elizabeth Lawrence was born October 19th 1794 four
Mary Lawrence was born Febuary 24th 1797 seven
Thomas Lawrence was born October the 13th 1799
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State of New Jersey
Middlesex County }

Personally appeared
before the Subscriber Elizabeth Lawrence
who on her oath saith that the within
is the only record of family events in
her possession that said record was
made immediately after the events
therein recorded & [illegible] she further
saith that diligent
efforts have been made to procure other
evidence of Marriage but neither [illegible]
or written evidences can be had

   her
Elizabeth X Lawrence
   mark

Sworn and Subscribed
this 8th Novr 1838 before
Wm B Manning Judge & Witness

I certify that the above named Deponent
is a credible person Wm B Manning Judge

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State of New Jersey
Middlesex County ss.

On this thirteenth day of March A.D.
Eighteen hundred and fifty one personally appeared before me
James McKelvey a Justice of the peace in and for said county
duly authorized by law to administer Oaths, Rachel Clark
a resident of Rahway township in the County of Essex and
State of New Jersey aged Sixty two years, who being first duly
sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following
declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision
made by the law of the United States passed on the first of
July 1848 - That she is the child of Elizabeth Lawrence, the
widow of Thomas Lawrence a private of Artillery, who was
a pensioner of the United States under the act of February
2d 1848 and its antecedents, at the rate of fifty dollars per
annum; that the said Elizabeth Lawrence died on the
Sixteenth day of November A.D. Eighteen hundred and forty
Nine; leaving three children only, whose names are
Mary A. Shotwell, Jennett Marsh and Rachel Clark
and said declarant swears that she makes the above
declaration on behalf of herself & the other children and
refers to the declaration and proofs already on file in the
Pension Office in the case of the said Elizabeth Lawrence.

Rachel Clark

Sworn to, and subscribed on the day &
year first above written before me,
James McKelvey Justice of the peace

State of New Jersey Middlesex County ss. On this thirteenth day
of March A.D. Eighteen hundred and fifty one personally
appeared before me James McKelvey a justice of the peace in
and for the County of Middlesex aforesaid Aaron Brokaw and
Aaron Tucker aged Eighty two and Eighty respectively who
being duly sworn according to law declare that they have
been intimately acquainted with Rachel Clark the above
declarant and her sisters [illegible]
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being duly sworn according to law declare that they have
been intimately acquainted with Rachel Clark the above
declarant and her sisters viz. Mary A. Shotwell & Jannett Marsh
whose maiden names were Mary A. Jannett and Rachel Lawrence
the daughters of Elizabeth Lawrence the widow of Thomas
Lawrence a Pensioner of the U. S. deceased for upwards of fifty
years and that they have not the slightest hesitation in identifying
them as the daughters of the said Elizabeth Lawrence widow of
the said Thomas Lawrence Pensioner deceased, the said
Rachel Clark declarant and Mary A. Shotwell and Jennett
Marsh are natives of New Jersey in which they have always
resided and that the deposition of Rachel Clark is true and
worthy of undoubted credit and that the said Aaron Brokaw
and Aaron Tucker are disinterested.

Aaron Brokaw
Aaron Tucker

Sworn and subscribed this thirteenth day
of March AD Eighteen hundred & fifty one
before me James McKelvey Justice of the peace

It is hereby certified that satisfactory proof has been
exhibited before me a Justice of the Peace in and for the County
of Middlesex and State of New Jersey by the affidavits of
Aaron Brokaw and Aaron Tucker who are persons
entitled to credit, that Mary A. Shotwell, Jennett Marsh
and Rachel Clark are the only surviving children of
Elizabeth Lawrence who was a pensioner of the United States
on account of the services of her husband Thomas Lawrence

In testimony whereof I have set my hand and
seal this thirteenth day of March A.D. Eighteen hundred
and fifty one.

James McKelvey Justice of the Peace
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State of New-Jersey.

I, THOMAS S. ALLISON, Secretary of State of the State of
New Jersey, do hereby certify, that
James McKelvey Esquire, before whom
the within affidavits were taken,
was, at the time of the doing thereof, a Justice of
the Peace
in and for the county of Middlesex
in said state, duly commissioned and sworn; that full
faith and credit are to be given to his official
attestations, and that the signatures thereto are in the
proper handwriting of the said
James McKelvey Esq
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed my seal of office,
at Trenton, in said state, this fourteenth day of March
A. D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty one.

Thos. S. Allison
Secretary of State.
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4059.
Elizabeth Lawrence
N. J.
Act 4 July '36
Married Feb. 1781
Husband died 24. Apl 1834
25 Jan 1839
15 July "

Capt. Thomas Clark
Artillery, New Jersey
Admitted
Private of Artillery
12 months
[X across preceding 5 lines]

J. C. Zabriskie Esq
New Brunswick
N. J.
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the third
Section of the act of Congress of the 4th July 1836
State of New Jersey
County of Middlesex } ss

on this 8th day of November
1838 personally appeared before the Subscriber
Elizabeth Lawrence a resident of the County
and State aforesaid aged 77. years who being
first duly sworn according to law doth on
her oath make the following declaration in
order to obtain the benefit of the provision
made by the act of Congress passed July 4th 1836
That she is the widow of Thomas Lawrence
who was a pensioner on the Government of the
United States She further declares that
she was married to the said Thomas Lawrence
in February 1781 and that her husband
the aforesaid Thomas Lawrence died on the
24 day of April 1834 and that she has
remained a widow ever since that period
as will more fully appear by reference
to the proof hereto annexed
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year
above written before
Wm B Manning Judge
& witness

  her
Elizabeth X Lawrence
  mark

I certify that the above named Deponent
is a credible person and that she cannot in
consequence of bodily infirmity attend in
open Court and make the above declaration

Wm B Manning Judge
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State of New Jersey Middlesex County ss

I Nicholas Booraem Clerk of the County
of Middlesex aforesaid do hereby certify that
William B. Manning Esquire before whom the
within declaration of Elizabeth Lawrence was
made and the annexed affidavits of Elizabeth Lawrence
& John Lawrence taken was at the time of
the making said declaration & taking said affidavits
a Judge of the Inferior Court of Common pleas
in and for said County duly commissioned
& sworn that I am acquainted with the hand
writing of the said Judge and believe his signatures
to the Jurat of the within declaration & annexed
affidavit are Genuine

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my
hand and affixed the Seal of said County
this 9th day of November AD 1838
N Booraem
New Brunswick

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4059.
Elizabeth Lawrence
N. J.
Act 4 July '36
Married Feb. 1781
Husband died 24. Apl 1834
25 Jan 1839
15 July "

Capt. Thomas Clark
Artillery, New Jersey
Admitted
Private of Artillery
12 months
[X across preceding 5 lines]

J. C. Zabriskie Esq
New Brunswick
N. J.
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Thomas Lawrence
Eliz Town
not entitled
2635
19 Sept. 1818.
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State of New Jersey Essex County
Borough of Elizabeth }
On this seventh
day of June eighteen hundred & twenty personally
appeared in open Court in the Court of Common Pleas
of the Borough of Elizabeth in the County & State aforesaid
being a Court of Record, so constituted by an act of
the Legislature of the said State passed on the twenty
eighth day of November Seventeen hundred & eighty
nine, Thomas Lawrence aged sixty three years
resident in the Borough of Elizabeth in the County &
State aforesaid who being first duly sworn according
to Law, doth on his oath declare, that he served in
the revolutionary war as follows- that he enlisted
on the first of March Seventeen hundred seventy six
in New Jersey in the Artillery Company commanded
by Captain Daniel Neal [Neil] and afterwards by
Thomas Clark in New Jersey for one year, and served
for one year in the said Company in the New Jersey
line -- date of his original application April
fourteenth 1818. No. of Pension Certificate 2635

And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident
Citizen of the United States on the eighteenth day of
March eighteen hundred and eighteen & that I have not
since that time by gift sale or in any manner
disposed of my property or any part thereof with
intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself
within the provision of an act of Congress entitled
"An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the
land & naval service of the United States in the
Revolutionary war" passed on the eighteenth day of March
eighteen hundred and eighteen, & that I have not, nor
has any person in trust for me any property or securities,
contracts or debts due to me, nor have I any
income other than what is contained in the Schedule
hereto annexed & by me subscribed-
  Schedule
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Schedule of the property of the declarant

[column 1]
no real estate
personal estate as follows-
Four Cows & two oxen
two horses & two colts
1 old Waggon & one sled & double
Harness
1 old riding chair & Harness
one plough & one Harrow
3 Hogs - three hoes, 2 shovels
& three Pitchforks, one cupboard
two Gum tables, one Doz Chairs
one looking glass, two pots &
three Kettles, one Dozen plates
half a Doz Knives & forks, one Doz
Cups and saucers - pair of Andirons
& tongs two pails, one churn half a dozen milk pans.

[column 2]
Amount of Debts due from
declarant to sundry persons
To Lewis Morgan - $73.--
Ab'm Reynolds - 60
Geo C Thomas - 13
Isaac Wilson - 30
Elijah Kellog - 3.75
David Meeker - 4
Jonas Cooper - 4.50
[total] $188.25

Thomas Lawrence

And the said Thomas Lawrence further says that he is
by occupation a farmer, that as yet he is able to do some
work in the way of his trade - that he has no family except
his wife Elizabeth aged fifty nine years, in ordinary health
for her age -

Thomas Lawrence

Sworn to and declared in open Court in the Court afore
said on the seventh day of June eighteen hundred &
twenty before me
Caleb Halsted Jr Mayor

New Jersey
Borough of Elizabeth } ss-

I George C Barber Clerk of the
Court of Common pleas for the Borough of
Elizabeth do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and schedule
thereto annexed are truly copied from the Record of the said
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Court; and I do further certify that it is the opinion
of the said Court that the total amount in value of the
property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is two
hundred & one dollars.-

In Testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand, and affixed the
Seal of the said Court on this tenth day
of June eighteen hundred & twenty.
Geo Barber Clk of
the Court of Common
pleas for the Borough
of Elizabeth

[seal: BOROUGH OF ELIZABETH around outside]
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New Jersey Roll
Thomas Lawrence pr.
14 April
Declaration
Wm S. Pennington Judge
Newark N. J.
Correct under the law
Apl 14th 1818
New Jersey Roll
Admitted -(see Gen. Bloomfield's
Register.)

Hon. W. S. Pennington,
NewArk
N. J.
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District of New Jersey ss

On this Fourteenth day of April Eighteen hundred & eighteen, before
me the Subscriber, one of the Judges of the Circuit Court of the United States
for the said district, personally appears Thomas Lawrence,
aged about Sixty two years, resident in the township of Rahway in
said district, who being by me first duly sworn according to law,
doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain
the provision made by the late Act of Congress, entitled "An Act to
provide for certain persons engaged in the land & naval service of
"the United States in the revolutionary war", that he the said
Thomas Lawrence enlisted as a private in the company of Artillery
commanded by Captains Neil, Clark & Van Dyke in succession
in the regular continental service, for & during the term
of one year for which we stood engaged viz from the month of
March One thousand seven hundred & seventy six, to the month
of March One thousand seven hundred & seventy seven, when he
was regularly discharged, having served one entire year upon the
Continental establishment, & considered as part of the New Jersey
line, a certificate of all which from Capt. Vandyk the only surviving
of the three Captains, is hereunto annexed.

And this Deponent further saith that he was with his company
in the battle of Trenton in December seventeen hundred and
seventy six when & where the Hessians were taken, & was soon
after viz. on or about the second of January following, in the
battle of Princeton, where Captain Neil the Command'g officer
of his Company was killed & was afterwards engaged in several
skirmishes upon the lines, but in no other important battle.

And that he is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need
of the assistance of his country for support, and has no
other
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other evidence now in his power, of said services*, than the Captain's
certificate having long since lost his discharge.

Thomas Lawrence

Sworn to & declared the day
& year aforesaid, before me

William Pennington
District Judge

I Wm. S. Pennington Judge &c. as aforesaid, do certify, that it appears
to my satisfaction, that the said Thomas Lawrence did serve in the
revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the
common enemy; & I now transmit the proceedings & testimony taken
& had before me, to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant
to the directions of the aforementioned Act of Congress.

Done at Newark this fourteenth day of April A.D. 1818.

William Pennington
District Judge

I William Pennington Clerk of the District
of New Jersey, do certify that the signatures to this
instrument are the proper hand writing of Wm S.
Pennington Esqr Judge of the United States District
Court for the District of New Jersey.

As witness my hand and the Seal of the said
District Court at New. Ark the fourteenth
day of April A.D. 1818.-

Wm Pennington
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To whom it may Concern

This will certify that the barer of Thomas Lawrence Enlisted as a
private Soldier in a Company of Artillery raised by the State of New Jersey
In March 1776 whereof Fredrick A Freelinghuyon was Captain, and shortly
after commanded by Capt Daniel Niel, who was killed at the battle of
Princetown, afterwards commanded by Capt Thomas Clark, who was prov on
a first Lieut. This Company whereof I was a third Lieut. was raised for one year.

In the fall of 1776 when General Washington, was retreating threw New Jersey
It was stationed at Elizabeth Town Point
when the army came to Elizabeth town, the Comp'y Joined, and Retreated
to Yearleys & Makonkies ferrys - a little above Trenton in Pensylvania
The Company was at the taken of the Hessions at Trenton
a few days after recrossed the Delawar, when the Second Action commenced, the
next night Gen'l Washington left his grown, with fires burning, and attacked the
Enemy at Prince town, then crossed the Millstone river, and Marched the
Army to Morris town, from thence we marched to Chatham, where we lay
untill next Spring under the command of Maj Genl Stephens of the United
States Armey

during the time we quartered at Chatham, New Jersey, Gen'l Stephens mad an
Expedition, against the Enemy at Bonumtown [Bonhamtown], and tuke from the Enemy
a number Cattle and Sheap - this company was part of the Command
In this Company I was first appointed a third Lieut
while we lay at yearly Ferrey, I was appointed first Lieut in the United
States Service, part of the men, Inlisted for three years, or during the
War - The Remainder of the Company was discharged, at the end of
the year as first enlisted -- the barer Thomas Lawrence was a good
Soldier, In the field and out, and sarved his Contry faithfully

New York March 25-1818 John Van Dyk Capt Lieut in the
Revolutionary Army U Sat
Service
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New Jersey
Thomas Lawrence Act 1818
to what time paid??   VL
p'd to 4th March 1834
JH
24. Apl. 1834.
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Rahway 1 Mo 19th 1849

J. L. Edwards Esqr
Commissioner of Pensions

The annexed foregoing is a true Copy of
of a Certificate, I have received through the Post
Office, for Elizabeth Lawrence, as the sum therein
mentioned to be paid to her Annually, is the same
she has received for a number of years past under the
acts Granting half pay to the Widows of Soldiers,
of the Revolution; And as the act of the 2nd February
1848 entitles them to receive the Annuity or Pension
which might have been allowed to their Husbands, and
as he in his life time received the Annuity of One Hundred
Dollars per year; I have concluded it must have
been a Mistake or an oversight in filling up the
Certificate for the sum of Fifty Dollars per Annum
instead of One Hundred Dollars per Annum;
And if on receiving of this thou wilt forward
me a Certificate filled up for the sum of One Hundred
Dollars annually; I will immediately on the
receipt thereof transmit the one I have now received
back to thee; or if thou hadst rather have the Original
sent bark previous to granting any other, advise
me to that effect and I will act conformably
therewith

Very Respectfully
thy Friend
Joseph Shotwell Sen
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War Department
Widows Pension

I certify that in Conformity with the act
February 2d 1848
Elizabeth Lawrence
widow of Thomas Lawrence who was a
private of Artillery in the revolutionary war,
is inscribed on the Pension list at the rate of
fifty Dollars per annum, commencing on the
4th of March 1848, and continuing for life, unless
she should again marry; in which case the pension
is not payable after the time of such marriage

[in "cloud" at left] LJ

Given at the War Office of the
United States this 2d day of January
One thousand eight hundred and
forty nine

W L. Marcy
Secretary of War

Examined and Countersigned
J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
A Tue Copy from the Original

Endorsement on the Back as follows
Payment to be made at Trenton by P. Dickinson Esq
Agent for paying Pensioners in the Agency of New Jersey

Payable on the 4th September and 4th March

Recorded in the Pension Office on the Roll of Pensioners under the
act of February 2d 1848 Page 302, Vol 4
Lev Jhn Bins
Clerk
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Pension Office
May 14th 1827
No. other paper came
with this to the hands
of N Berryman

March 1819

The case of Thomas Lawrence was
aded on, and his name restored to
the pension roll, before the receipt
of this Document, the evidence being
Complete without it
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New Jersey Borough of Elizabeth ss.

On this nineteenth day of March one
thousand eight hundred & twenty seven, before
Aaron Woodruff Jnr - one of the Aldermen &
Justices of the peace in & for said Borough
personally appeared David Maxwell, who being by
me duly sworn, on his oath saith, that some short
time previous to the 12th of February 1820, he
can't recollect the day, he received from Messrs
Ross & Compton, a note of hand, dated some
time in the year 1819, made and executed by
Thomas Lawrence whereby the said Thomas
promised to pay to Lewis Morgan, (deponent
thinks three months after date) seventy one
dollars or thereabouts, which note had been
assigned by said Lewis Morgan, to said Ross &
Compton, and by said Ross & Compton to this
Deponent, and for which this deponent paid
fair & valuable consideration. That this
deponent sued said Thomas Lawrence on said
note before William Crane Esq. one of the Justices
of the peace in & for the County of Essex in
the State of New Jersey, and on the 12th day of
February 1820, recovered a Judgment thereon,
against said Thomas Lawrence for the sum
of $72.38 debt, besides costs. And that the
said Judgment was afterwards in the
following manner, namely, the said Thomas
paid, to the magistrate for me, $70, on the 11th
of August 1820, as appears by an entry on his
docket, and which the magistrate paid to
me shortly after. The balance of said Judg-
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[Judg]ment, together with the costs, was collected from
the said Thomas, by Execution. The deponent
further says that said Lewis Morgan, was a
Physician, and has been dead several years,
and that he has been informed that said
note was given by the said Thomas Lawrence
to the said Morgan for his physicans bill -
but of this he knows nothing but from
information

David Maxwell

Subscribed & sworn to
the day & year above
written before me
Aa Woodruff Justice Peace

New Jersey Essex County Borough of Elizabeth ss
On this fourth day of May one thousand
eight hundred & twenty seven, before me Aaron Woodruff
one of the Aldermen & Justices of the peace in & for said
Borough, personally appeared George E. Thomas who being
by me duly sworn, on his oath saith that some time
in the year 1819, the deponent cannot state more precisely, when
Thomas Lawrence of this County become indebted to deponent
in from twelve to fifteen dollars, as near as deponent can
recollect, for goods purchased from the Store of deponent, that
said Lawrence paid said debt, some time in the summer
or fall of 1820, in work at burning brick for deponent
And further this deponent saith not.

Geo. C. Thomas

Subscribed & Sworn to
the day & year above
written - before me

Aa Woodruff &c, Justice
of the peace
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I Caleb Halsted Jun'r Mayor of the Borough of
Elizabeth, County of Essex & State of New Jersey do
hereby certify that Aaron Woodruff Jr the officer
before whom the foregoing affidavits were subscribed
and taken, is an Alderman and Justice of
the peace of the said Borough of Elizabeth, duly
qualified to administer oaths, and that the
signatures to said affidavits purporting to be the
signatures of the said Aaron Woodruff Jr. are
genuine.

In testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand, and
affixed the seal of said
Borough, this fourth day
of May in the year of our
Lord, one thousand eight
hundred & twenty seven.

Caleb Halsted Jr Mayor
of the Borough of
Elizabeth
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GIDEON, PRINTER

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
Dec. 21st 1842

Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An Act
directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners,
and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United
States," and the 3d section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending
the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions from the
pension agents, Elizabeth Lawrence
a Pensioner on the Roll of the New Jersey
Agency, at the rate of Fifty Dollars
and [blank] Cents per annum, under the law of the 7th July
1838, has been paid at this Department, from the
4th of Sept. 1840, to the 4th March 1841.

Respectfully, yours
Albion K. Parris
Comptroller.

To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS,
Present.
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Eliz Lawrence
Payment to be made at Trenton by
P. Dickinson Esq
Agent for paying Pensioners, in the
Agency of New Jersey
Payable on the 4th September and 4th
March
Recorded in the Pension Office on the
Roll of Pensioners under act February
2d, 1848, Page 302 Vol. 4,

Leo Jenkins
Clerk.
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
WIDOW'S PENSION.

I certify that in conformity with the act of February 2, 1848,
Elizabeth Lawrence
widow of Thomas Lawrence
who was a private of Artillery in the revolutionary war,
is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of fifty
dollars per annum, commencing on the
4th of March, 1848, and continuing for life, unless she should again
marry; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such
marriage.

Given at the War Office of the United
States this 2d day of January
one thousand eight hundred and
forty nine

W. L. Marcy
Secretary of War.

Examined and countersigned.
J L  Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.
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[on back of image #30]
Paid to 4 Sept 1848

[written upward]
No 2732
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Inc'd to $96, ded'g $50 per
annum, comg 1 July 1848
& endg 16 Nov 1849, pay'd
to Mary A Shotwell,
Jennet Marsh, &
Rachel Clark, only
surviving children

P. Dickinson
Trenton,
New Jersey
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Trenton New Jersey Pension Agency
March 14 1851

Sir
I am requested by the parties interested
to forward the enclosed Declaration & certificates in the
case of Elizabeth Lawrence's children who
claim an increase under act July 1 1848.
and to ask for a speedy action
thereon

I am Very Respect'ly
You ob't. serv
Phil Dickinson

J.E. Heath Esq
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Revy WIDOW, &c.
File No. 8027s OW
Eliz'th Lawrence
Wid.
Thos. Lawrence
Pvt. Rev. War
Act: Feby 2d/48
Index:-- Vol. A. Page 417
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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James C. Zabriskey Esqr.
New Brunswick
N. J.
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State of New Jersey
County of Middlesex } ss
Personally appeared before
the subscriber, Thos. L. Janeway, who on his oath saith
that the Revd Mr. Richards was formerly Pastor
of this church, and that to the best of this Deponent's
belief, no record of Marriages solemnized by the said
Revd. Mr. Richards exists.

Thomas L Janeway

Sworn and subscribed
this 24 day of Augst 1839
Richard Marsh Justice of the peace

I certify that the above Deponent is Pastor of
the Presbyterian church at Rahway New Jersey and
that he is a credible person.

Richard Marsh Justice of
the peace
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress
of July 7th, 1838, Entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain Widows"

State of New Jersey
County of Middlesex ss

On this 23 day of August 1839.
personally appeared before the Subscriber Elizabeth
Lawrence a resident of the County and State aforesaid
aged 77 years who being first duly sworn according
to law doth on her oath make the following
declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the
provision made by the act of Congress passed July 7,
1838 entitled "An Act granting half pay and pension
to certain Widows" That she is the widow of
Thomas Lawrence formerly of Essex County who
was a pensioner on the Govt of the United States
under the act (as this deponent believes) of March 18
1818. She further declares that she was married to
the said Thomas Lawrence in February 1781. And that
her husband the aforesaid Thomas Lawrence died
on the 24th day of April 1834. That she was not
married to him prior to his leaving the service but the
marriage took place previous to the first of January
seventeen hundred and ninety four viz at the time above stated
This Deponent further declares that when she made a previous
declaration she was under strong impression that the said
Thomas Lawrence was engaged in the service after her marriage

   her
Elizabeth X Lawrence
   Mark

Sworn and subscribed on the day and year above written before
Wm Bellarming Judge
& Witness

I certify that the above named deponent is a credible
person and that she cannot in consequence of bodily
infirmity attend in open Court and make the above declaration

Wm Bellarming
Judge
Page 38

[This paper shown unfolded in image #39]
to the annexed affidavits & declaration are
genuine
In witness whereof whereof I have
hereunto set my hand & affixed
the Seal of Said County this 26th
day of August 2839
N Booraem Clk

[written vertically over the above]
4299 6142
Elizabeth Lawrence
Act. July 7, 1838
Married Feb. 1781
Husband died 24. Apl 1834
Capt Thos. Clark
Mew Jersey Artillery
Admitted
Private 12 months - Artillery
Page 39

State of New Jersey
Middlesex County ss I Nicholas Booraem Clerk
of the County aforesaid do hereby certify that
William B Manning Esquire before whom
the annexed declaration and affidavits of Elizabeth
Lawrence & John Lawrence wee made & taken
was at the time of the making & taking
thereof a Judge of the Court of Common pleas
in & for said County duly commissioned and
Sworn & that Richard Marsh Esquire
before whom the annexed affidavit of Thomas
L Janeway was taken was at the time of the
taking thereof a Justice of the peace in and
for said County duly commissioned & Sworn
that I am acquainted with the hand writings
of the said Judge and the said Justice
and believe these respective signatures
to the annexed affidavits & declaration are
Genuine

In witness whereof whereof I have
hereunto set my hand & affixed
the Seal of Said County this 26th
day of August 1839
N Booraem Clk

[written vertically over the lower part of the above]
4299 6142
Elizabeth Lawrence
Act. July 7, 1838
Married Feb. 1781
Husband died 24. Apl 1834
Capt Thos. Clark
Mew Jersey Artillery
Admitted
Private 12 months - Artillery
Page 40

Elizabeth Lawrence
$50.
J C Zabriskie
New Brunswick
N J
Page 41

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress
of the 3d March 1843 granting pensions for one
year to certain widows who have received pensions
and in the Act of July 7 1838

State New Jersey
County of Essex } ss
-
On this 14th day of August 1843
personally appeared before the Subscriber a Justice
of the Peace in and for said County Elizabeth Lawrence
aged 81 years a resident of Rahway in said County
who being first duly sworn according to law
doth on her oath make the following declaration
in order to obtain the benefits of the provision
made by the act of Congress passed on the
3rd March 1843 granting pensions to certain
widows of persons who served during the
Revolutionary war  That she is the widow of
Thomas Lawrence who was a private and served
during the Revolutionary war and received
(as this deponent believes 96 dolls per
annum) She further declares that she
is still a widow

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year
above written before
Enoch M Shotwell J P

  her
Elizabeth Lawrence
  mark

I certify that the above named Declarant
personally known to me Enoch M Shotwell J P

The words "aged 81 years" between the 11th & 12th lines
interlined before execution Enoch M Shotwell J P
Page 42

State of New Jersey
County of Essex } ss.
I John P Jackson Clerk of the County
of Essex and of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas
in and for said County do hereby certify that Enoch M. Shotwell
before whom the foregoing affidavit of Elizabeth Lawrence was
made and taken, at the time of taking the same, was and
still is one of the Justices of the Peace for said County duly
commissioned and sworn, and that the signatures "Enoch
M. Shotwell" affixed to the Jurat of said affidavit and
the certificate thereunder written respectively are genuine

In Testimony whereof I have hereto set
my hand and official Seal at Newark
in said County the nineteenth day of
August AD 1843.
J P Jackson Clk

[written upward in bottom half of page]
[also in image #40]
Elizabeth Lawrence
$50.
J C Zabriskie
New Brunswick
N J
Page 43

John
J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
District of Columbia

[written upward at left]
N J
Mr Cole
AU
3342

[postmark]
RAHWAY N.J. AUG 29
Page 44

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress
of the Second of February 1848 entitled "An act making
further provision for Surviving Widows and Soldiers of
the Revolution"

State of New Jersey
Essex County } ss

On this twenty eighth day of August 1848 before me
a Justice of the peace in and for the County aforesaid
personally appeared Elizabeth Lawrence a resident in
the Township of Rahway in the County of Essex aforesaid
Aged Eighty eight years, who being duly Sworn
according to Law doth on her Oath, make the following
declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the
provisions made by the act of Congress passed on the
Second day of February 1848 Granting Pensions to
the Widows of persons who served during the Revolution.

That she is the Widow of Thomas Lawrence who was
a common Soldier in the regular Army under Captain
Neale in the Regiment she believes of General Mercer.
(As she states the said Captain Neale [Neil] and General Mercer
were One or both killed on the same day at the Battle at or
near Princeton in this State) And that she has received
the Annual amount of Fifty Dollars Pension under the
Act of the 17th June 1844. She further declares that she was
married to the said Thomas Lawrence on or about the year 1781
that she has now been a Widow upwards of fourteen years
and still remains a Widow.

Sworn to and Subscribed the day and year above
written before me
In Presence of
her
James Moore
Thomas L Shotwell

  her
Elizabeth X Lawrence
  Mark

James Moore Justice of the peace
Page 45

I certify, That the within named Affiant is personally
known to me, and that she is the same individual who
drew a Pension, as stated by her in the foregoing Affidavit

James Moore Justice of the peace

State of New Jersey
County of Essex } ss. I John F Jackson Clerk of the County
of Essex and also of the Inferior Court of Common
Pleas in and for said County do hereby certify that
James Moore before whom the foregoing affidavit of
Elizabeth Lawrence was made and taken at the time
of taking the same, was one of the Justices of the Peace
in and for said County Commissioned and Sworn
That the signatures to the Jurat of said affidavit
and the annexed Certificate are in the proper hand
writing of said Justice and that full faith & credit are due to his official
acts-

In Testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and
official Seal the Twenty Eighth day of August AD. 1848

J P Jackson Clk
Page 46

Rahway 8 Mo 28th 1848

John Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions

At the request of and as Agent
for Elizabeth Lawrence I herewith forward annexed
her Affidavit In order that she may obtain the benefit
of the act of Congress of 2nd February 1848 entitled
an act making further provision for Surviving Widows
and Soldiers of the Revolution. Which if correct in
form and substance or sufficiently so, please to forward
me a certificate in order that she may draw her
six Months pension on and after the 4th of September and if
incorrect send me the Affidavit back again by the return
of the Mail, and state what alterations must be made
in it and I will endeavour to supply the deficiency;
but the very circumstance of her having received the
annual amount of $50 Pension under the act of the
17th June 1844 with this Affidavit I hope will be
sufficient warrant to Grant her the benefit of the [Act]
passed 2nd February 1848 if there should be any
informality in form or substance in the Affadavit
herewith sent

Very Respectfully
thy Friend
Joseph Shotwell Senr
Rahway
New Jersey
Page 47

[left side]
Let to J. C. [Zabriskie] Oct 7 1842 - do.
to same Nov. 19. 1842-
--
Paid at the Treasury under the
Act of the 6. April 1838 from 4th
Sept 1840 to 4 March 1841. Agt
Notified 25 Feby 1843.

[right side]
New Jersey 4,299
Elizabeth Lawrence
widow of Thomas Lawrence
who was a pensioner under the Act of March 1818
and who died on the 24. April 1834
of Middlesex Co. in the State of N. Jersey
who was a Private artillery in the company command[ed]
by Captain Clark of the regt. commanded
by [blank] in the N. Jersey
line for 1 year
===
Inscribed on the Roll of N. Jersey
at the rate of 50 Dollars per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
===
Certificate of Pension issued the 30. day of Sep.
1839, and sent to J.C. Zabriskie
N. Brunswick, N. J.
===
Arrears to the 4th of Sep. '37.  175.00
Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Mar 40.  25.00
[total] $200.00
Act July 7,
1838.
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk
Book A Vol. 2, Page 128
Page 48

[left side]
Let to J. Shotwell Feb 14/49
Reported
Jany 2/49

[right side]
New Jersey
Elizabeth Lawrence
widow of Thomas
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Pri of Arty
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
50 Dollars --
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the
2d day of Jany 1849
and sent to
Joseph Shotwell
Rahway
N. J.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under
February 2, 1848, Page 392 vol. 4
Page 49

[left side]
3342
New Jersey
Elizabeth Lawrence
widow of Thomas Lawrence
who was a Pri of Artillery
in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
50 Dollars --
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the
6th day of Dec 1843.
and sent to J. C. Zabriskie
New Brunswick
N. J.
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A
Vol. 1 Page 123.

[right side]
Reported
Page 50

(2,635)
New Jersey Roll
===
Thomas Lawrence
private
Delaware [crossed out] line 1776 1 year
in the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War
===
Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey
at the rate of eight Dollars per month, to commence on
the 14th of April 1818
===
Certificate of Pension issued the 19 of Sep. 1818
and forwarded to the Hon. Wm
S Pennington Newark NJ.
===
Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1818 $37.60
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 Mar. 1819 48.00
arrs. 4 mos 21 ds. $85.60
{Revolutionary claim,
Act 18th March, 1818.}
1 year
Township of Rahway Essex Co

[right side, written downward]
Stricken off under Act 1 May 1820, and notification
thereof sent to George C. Barber, Elizabeth Town, N.J. on
the 26 June 1820. -
Page 51

[same as #50, rotated]
Stricken off under Act 1 May 1820, and notification
thereof sent to George C. Barber, Elizabeth Town, N.J. on
the 26 June 1820. -

[written upwards]
(2,635)
New Jersey Roll
===
Thomas Lawrence
private
Delaware [crossed out] line 1776 1 year
in the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War
===
Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey
at the rate of eight Dollars per month, to commence on
the 14th of April 1818
===
Certificate of Pension issued the 19 of Sep. 1818
and forwarded to the Hon. Wm
S Pennington Newark NJ.
===
Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1818 $37.60
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 Mar. 1819 48.00
arrs. 4 mos 21 ds. $85.60
{Revolutionary claim,
Act 18th March, 1818.}
1 year
Township of Rahway Essex Co
Page 52

Act 1 March 1823
Pension Office
May 11th 1827
Thomas Lawrence

George C. Barber, Esq
Elizabethtown
N. Jersey
Page 53

Declaration, in order to be restored to the
pension List under the act of first of March 1823

State of New Jersey County of Essex Borough of
Elizabeth - ss-

On this sixth day of March 1827. personally
appeared in open Court of Common pleas holden
at Elizabeth Town in and for the said Borough, which
is a Court of record, being to constituted by an act of
the Legislature of said State passed the 28th day of
November 1789, and keeping a record of its proceedings
Thomas Lawrence resident in said Borough
aged seventy years who being duly sworn according
to Law doth on his oath make the following declaration
in order to obtain the provision made by
the acts of Congress of the eighteenth March 1818 and
the 1st May 1820- That he the said Thomas Lawrence
enlisted for the term of one year on the first day of
March in the year one thousand seven hundred and
seventy six, in the State of New Jersey in the Company of
Artillery then commanded by Captain Daniel Neal
and afterwards by Captain Thomas Clark in the
line of the State of New Jersey on the continental
establishment, that he continued to serve in the
said corps until the first of March one thousand
seven hundred and seventy seven when he was
discharged from the service in Chatham in the State of
New Jersey that his name has been placed on the
pension list and dropped therefrom on account
of his property-

And in pursuance of the act of the 1 May 1820
I do Solemnly swear that I was a resident Citizen
of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818 and
that I have not, since that time, by gift sale or in
any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof
with intent thereby so to diminish it, as to bring
myself within the provisions of an act of Congress
entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged
in the land and naval service of the United States
in the revolutionary war" passed on the 18th day of March
1818. and that I have not nor has any person in trust
Page 54

for me, any property or securities contracts or debts
due to me, nor have I any income other than
what is contained in the schedule hereunto annexed
and by me subscribed.

Schedule

One cow, one hog, two Gum tables, one dozen old
sitting chairs, one small looking glass, one pot, two
Kettles, eight plates, 1/2 Dozen old knives and forks, nine
cups and saucers, tea pot, milk cup & Sugar dish,
pair of Tron andirons, shovel & tongs, 2 pails, 1/2 Doz
Milkpans one sled one hoe, one pitchfork, one old cupboard.

sd Thomas Lawrence

That since the exhibition of my first Schedule
the following changes have been made in my
property.

Account of property exhibited in first Schedule
and not now owned by me, and how disposed of

[Table in 4 columns, presented here by column with rows lettered]
Descript'n of property
[a] Two Oxen
[b] Four Cows
[c] 1 Horse & 1 Colt
[d] one Horse
[e] one Colt
[f] old Waggon & double harness
[g] Ridding Chair & harness
[h] Plough & Harrow
[i] 3 hogs
[j] 2 Shovels
[k] 3 Pitchforks
[l] 2 pots
[m] 3 Kettles
[n] 1 Doz Plates
[o] Doz Cups & Saucers
[p] 1 Churn-

To whom dispos'd of
[a] Sold Saml Moore
[b] Killed & eaten
[c] died
[d] Sold Jon Meeker
[e] Sold E Wilcox
[f] worn out.
[g] worn out
[h] worn out
[i] Killed & eaten
[j] one worn out
[k] two worn out
[l] one broken
[m] one broken
[n] four destroyed
[o] 3 of each destroyed
[p] worn out.

Time of Sale
[a] 3 years ago
[b] 1 each year after 1820
[c] 2 years ago-
[d] 4 years ago

Am't of money or description of property rec'd in return
[a] $75
[d] $40 - 1/2 in store trade & 1/2 in Cash
[e] $50.
-
And the said Thomas Lawrence further says that he is
by occupation a farmer, that he is not able to pursue
his occupation on account of his age, and the Rheumatism,
to which he is subject, that he has no family residing
with him except his wife who is sixty six years old and
not able to work for a living - that he and his wife live
in a part of a house provided for them by their daughter
free of rent who also provides pasture for the cow- That
the property he has disposed of since the exhibition of
Page 55

his last schedule has been applied, some of it
towards the support of himself and wife and some of
it towards paying debts he then owed.-

sd Thomas Lawrence-

Sworn to and declared in open Court, in the
Court aforesaid, on the Sixth day of March 1827.

sd Caleb Halsted Jr. Mayor

I George Barber Clerk of the Inferior Court of
Common Pleas in and for the Borough of Elizabeth,
State of New Jersey, do hereby certify, that it appears
to the satisfaction of the Court that the said Thomas
Lawrence did serve in the Revolutionary war
as stated in the preceding declaration, against
the common enemy for the term of one year, under
one engagement, in the continental establishment.
I also certify that the foregoing oath
and the schedule thereunto annexed are truly
copied from the records of the said Court: and I do
further certify that it is the opinion of the said
Court, that the total amount in value of the
property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is
forty one dollars.

In Testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and
affixed the seal of the said Court
on this sixth day of March 1827.

Geo C Barber Clerk of the
Inferior Court of Common
pleas in & for the
Borough of Elizabeth
Page 56

[this page is unfolded in image #57]
4059
N.J.
4 July 1836

J. C. Zabriskie
New Brunswick
N. J.
Nov 12
Page 57

State of New Jersey
County of Middlesex

Personally appeared
before the Subscribed John Lawrence who
being duly sworn on his oath deposeth
and saith that he is well acquainted
with Elizabeth Lawrence who is an applicant
for a pension that said Elizabeth Lawrence
is the widow of Thomas Lawrence who
was a pensioner on the Government of
the United States and that she has remained
a widow since his death

John Lawrence

Sworn & Subscribed this 8th
day of November 1838 before
Wm B Manning Judge

I certify that the above named Deponent
is a credible person-
Wm B Manning

[written downward at bottom]
4059
N. J.
4 July 1836

J. C. Zabriskie
New Brunswick
N. J.
Nov 12
Page 58

State of New Jersey
County of Middlesex ss

Personally appeared before
the Subscriber John Lawrence who on his
oath saith that Elizabeth Lawrence
an applicant for a pension is the widow
of Thomas Lawrence formerly a pensioner
on the Govt of the United States and that
the said Elizabeth Lawrence hath remained
a widow ever since the death of the
aforesaid Thomas Lawrence This Deponent
further saith that the accompan[y]ing
bible leaf contains the record of the births of the
children of Thomas and Elizabeth Lawrence
the former a pensioner and the latter an
applicant for a pension This Deponent
further saith that he does not know in
whose hand writing the family record is
but he recollects seeing the identical
record or most of it for about 40 years
He further Saith that Thomas Lawrence
was married to Elizabeth Jones (now Lawrence)
by the Rev Mr Richards of Rahway NJ

John Lawrence

Sworn & Subscribed this
23rd day of Augt 1839 before
Wm B Manning Judge

I certify that the above named Deponent
is a credible person The words
"births of the" interlined before execution
Wm B Manning Judge