Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 957, for Jacob Ludlum, New Jersey
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(8-1776)

SERVICE | NUMBER
New Jersey  | Ludlum, Jacob / Margaret | W.957

CONTENTS
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22,956
New Jersey
Jacob Ludlum of Essex Co. in the State of New Jersey, who was a Private in the Comp(any) commanded by Captain Peck of the Reg(iment) commanded by Col. Crane in the New Jersey line for 2 years & 7 months.

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 14th day Dec. 1833 and sent to L. Condict, Morristown, [N.J.]

Arrears to the 4th of Sep. '33........$200
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar. '34...40
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                                      $240

{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by Geo. C. Stiles Clerk,
Book E; Vol. 2; Page 120
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2644
New Jersey
Margaret Ludlum, widow of Jacob Ludlum, who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private, New Jersey Mil(itia).

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars (blank) Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.

Certificate of Pension issued the 27 day of Dec. 1848 and sent to Hon. D.S. Gregory, H(ouse) of R(epresentatives)

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 302; Vol. 4.

1890 June 2 - A. Edward Woodruff, history given.

Reported Dec. 27/'48
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
20 June 1833

Sir:

The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. These points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your
claim.

A Statement, shewing the Service of Jacob Ludlum.

Period when the service was rendered. | Duration of the claimant's service. (Years/Months/Days) | 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.
August 1776 | (blank) | 3 | (blank) | Private | Col. Thomas | 72 years, Township of Elizabeth, County of Essex, New Jersey. | The affidavit of John Ludlum and the affidavit of Henry Williams & David Williams. His own declaration and supplemental affidavit. |
1777 | (blank) | 6 | (blank) | (Private) | Col. Thomas | 
1778 | (blank) | 5 | (blank) | (Private) | Col. Jaquist | 
1779 | (blank) | 4 | (blank) | (Private) | Col. Catter | 
1780 | (blank) | 4 | (blank) | (Private) | Col. J. Crane | 
1781 | (blank) | 4 | (blank) | (Private) | Gen'l Maxwell | 

I am, respectfully your obedient servant,
J.L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia" and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c, Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged
in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.

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

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

DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of
County of //
On this _____ day of _____ personally appeared (a) before
A. B. a resident (b) of __________ in the county of __________ and State, Territory or District
of _____ 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. (illegible) 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. __________ A. B.

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

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

(k) 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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Declaration.

In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th July, 1838 entitled, "An act granting half pay & pensions to certain widows."

State of New Jersey
Essex County//

On this Thirty first day of August A(nno) Domini 1838, personally appeared before the subscriber, Aaron Coe, Esq., a Judge of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in & for Essex County aforesaid, Margaret Ludlum a resident of Westfield Township in the County & State aforesaid, aged 71 8/12 years, a neighbor of mine, living near me & personally well known to me & who is, as I hereby certify, unable from bodily weakness & infirmity to attend Court & 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 7th 1838 entitled, "An act granting half pay & pensions to certain widows."

I am the widow of Jacob Ludlum, who was a private of the Essex County Militia of New Jersey, as I believe, & served under various officers in the War of the Revolution, whose names are unknown to me. My said husband was a Pensioner of the United States under the Militia Pension Law of June 1832 & his pension was regularly paid to the time of his death, as I believe. For the details & specifications of his Revolutionary Services, I respectfully refer the Commissioner of Pensions & Secretary of War to his declaration & testimony, which I presume will be found on the files of the Pension Office in the War Department.

I further declare that I was married to the said Jacob Ludlum on the 11th day of March A(nno) Domini 1783 by the Rev'd Timothy Johnes, D.D., then Pastor of the Presbyterian Church in Morristown, New Jersey. And that my husband, the aforesaid Jacob Ludlum, died at his residence in Westfield, Essex County, N. Jersey, on the 7th day of February last. Viz.: 1838, & I have remained his widow to the present time. I was born on the 30th of December 1766 & my maiden name was Margaret Pool.
s/ Margaret Ludlum (X - her mark)

Sworn to & subscribed on the day & year first above written at the residence of said Margaret Ludlum in Westfield before me.
s/ Aaron Coe, Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in the County of Essex, N. Jersey
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I, Aaron Cae, before whom the within declaration of Mrs. Margaret Ludlum was taken, do hereby certify that said Mrs. Ludlum is personally well known to me; she is one of my neighbors. I knew her husband, Jacob Ludlum, well. He died on the 7th Feb. 1838 at his residence near me at Westfield. And the said Margaret Ludlow remains his widow to this time. Westfield, August 31st 1838.
s/ Aaron Coe, Judge of Essex Court of Common Pleas
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State of New Jersey
County of Essex//

I, Elias Van Arsdale, Jun(ior), Clerk the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Essex aforesaid, do hereby certify that Aaron Coe, before whom the annexed affidavit of Margaret Ludlum was made and taken, at the time of taking the same was & still is one of the Judges of said Court residing in said County duly commissioned & sworn. And that the signatures "Aaron Coe" affixed to the Jurat of said affidavit & the certificate thereunder written respectively are genuine.

In testimony whereof I have hereto set my Hand and Seal of Office at Newark in the County of Essex aforesaid the Fourth day of September A.D. Eighteen Hundred and Thirty eight.
s/ E. Van Arsdale, Jr., Clk.
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State of New Jersey
Morris County//

I, Orlando L. Kirtland, Minister of the Gospel, depose & say that I am the Pastor of the First Presbyterian Church & Congregation in Morristown, New Jersey, & that the Church records of baptisms, marriage &c. of said Church are in my custody as Pastor thereof, by which it appears that Jacob Ludlum was married to Margaret Pool on the Eleventh day of March in the year of our Lord Seventeen Hundred and Eighty three by Reverend Timothy Johnes, D.D., then Pastor of said Church. In the original record, which I believe to be in the handwriting of Dr. Johnes, the entry of the marriage is made on page 154 in words & figures as follows.:

Viz.: "1783 March 11, Jacob Ludlam & Margaret Pool."

The above is a true copy of the word, which is expressed thereon in fair & legible letters & figures.
s/ Orlando L. Kirtland

Sworn & subscribed this 3rd day of September 1838 at Morristown before.
s/ Elijah Ward, J.P.
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State of New Jersey
Morris County//

I, Joseph Dalrimple, Esq., Clerk of Morris County, hereby certify that Elijah Ward, Esq., before whom the within deposition of Reverend Orlando L. Kirtland was taken on the 3rd day of September 1838, is a Justice of [the] Peace in & for said County duly authorized & commissioned & the signature of his name thereto, ("Elijah Ward") is genuine.

Witness my Hand & Seal of my office at Morristown, Oct. 3rd 1838.
s/ Jos. Dalrimple, Clerk
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V | [crossed out: (3873)] 6175

New Jersey
Margaret Ludlum, widow of Jacob Ludlum.

7 July 1838
[crossed out: 4 July 1836]

Maried 11 March 1783.
Husband died 7 Feb. 1838.

Admitted, Private, 7 months.

Return to Lewis Condict, Morristown, New Jersey.
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Name found on Capt. Swann's Orderly Book in possession of Dr. Condict.

13 months.

Adm(itted), 24 months, Private.
$80

Defective authentication waived by order of the Hon. Secretary.
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State of New Jersey
Essex County//

On this Seventeenth 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 in and for said County now sitting, Jacob Ludlum, a resident of the Township of Westfield in the County of Essex and State of New Jersey, aged Seventy two 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 Act of Congress passed June Seventh in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Thirty two.

Was born in the Township of Elizabeth, in that part now set off as the Township of Westfield, in [duplicate: in] the said County of Essex and State of New Jersey on the Eleventh day of August in the year Seventeen Hundred and Sixty and was Seventy two years old on the Eleventh instant, according to his Family Record, which is now in his possession; where he was living when first called into service and where he has resided ever since and now resides.

That he entered the service of the United States in the Revolutionary War under the following named officers and served as herein stated, as near as he can recollect.

That he first entered the service as a drafted soldier in the spring of the year Seventeen Hundred and Seventy six in Captain Amos Mor's Company and served in said Company that year as much as three months, at different periods. In the spring of the year 1777, was enrolled in the company commanded by Capt. Benjamin Williams and served as a drafted soldier in his company until, he thinks, as much as six months. He then served as a drafted soldier in the militia in Captain Thomas Mulford's Company. Capt. Morse. Capt. Benj(amin) Laing, Capt. Craig., Capt. Wood, Capt. Ephrain Scudder & in Capt. John Sudder's Comp(anies)...
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...(Comp)anies until the close of the war as much as two years and was in actual service as a drafted soldier in the militia as much as two years and nine months, commanded by Col. Moses Jaquish, Col. Thomas, Col. Seely & Col. Jacob Crane. Was in Capt. Mulford's Company when the British Army marched from Elizabeth Town Point to Connecticut Farms and Springfield. was in the skirmish with the British near Elizabeth Town when sixteen of the British were taken prisoners and one of our men killed. Was at the Battle of the Short Hills when Lord Howe came to Westfield in Capt. Morse's Company, commanded by Col. Jaquish. Was at the Battle of Springfield and Connecticut Farms in Capt. Thomas Mulford's Company under the command of Col. Jaquish.  Was in the skirmish near Elizabeth Town when Capt. Sack was killed & Capt. N. Randolph wounded. Went to Staten [crossed out: Patter] Island from Holsters Point with General Sullivan or Lord Sterling; is not certain which. Was well acquainted with General Maxwell. Knew Lord Sterling, General Sullivan, Col. Mattias Ogden, General Dayton, Major Short. Has no documentary evidence. Can prove a part of his services by John Ludlow & went to Sussex with Gen'l Maxwell in Capt. Mattias Potter's Company.

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State or Territory in the United States.
s/ Jacob Ludlum

Sworn and subscribed in Open Court the day and year aforesaid.
s/ E. Van Arsdale, Jr., Clk.

We James M. Hunting, a Clergyman residing in the Township of Westfield, County of Essex and State of New Jersey and [crossed out: Abner Miller] James Rhyno, residing in the same place, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Jacob Ludlum, 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...
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...of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion.
s/ [crossed out: Lacob Ludlum]
s/ James M. Huntting
s/ James Ryno

Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid in Open Court.
s/ E. Van Arsdale, Jr., Clk.

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department. That the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that James M. Hunting, who has signed the preceding certificate, is a Clergyman resident in the Township of Westfield, County of Essex and State of New Jersey and that [crossed out: Abner Miller] James Rhyno, who has also signed the same, is a resident in the same place and is a credible person. And that their statement is entitled to credit.
s/ E. Van Arsdale, Jr., Clk.

I, Elias Van Arsdale, Jr., Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County of Essex in the State of New Jersey, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of application of Jacob Ludlum for a pension.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my Hand and Seal of Office this Twenty second day of August in the year of our Lord Eighteen Hundred and Thirty two.
s/ E. Van Arsdale, Jr., Clk.
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State of New Jersey
Essex County//

Personally appeared before me, Gideon Ross, one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the said County of Essex, John Ludlum, of the Township of Rahway in the said County, who being duly sworn on his oath according to law saith that Jacob Ludlow, now of the Township of Westfield in the said County, resided with the father of this deponent, John Ludlow, in the said Township of Rahway during the whole of the Revolutionary War & that he, this deponent, also resident with his father during the same time, being about Ten years of age when the war commenced. That the said Jacob Ludlum is about Five years older than this deponent, and when quite young, was enrolled in the militia and performed several tours of duty in that war called the months service. During the war, after the British Army landed in New York, and was frequently out in the service whenever an alarm was given when he was not on a tour of duty. That he frequently saw the said Jacob Ludlum on duly at Elizabeth Town, where he was stationed, while in the service and that he served, as this deponent believes, in every year [crossed out: year] during the war. After he was first enrolled, and according to the best of this deponent's knowledge   and belief, the said Jacob Ludlum served as much as two years & upwards in the militia during the War of the Revolution. And further, this deponent saith that he is now confined to his house by sickness & unable to attend the County Court for the purpose of being examined, touching his knowledge, in the premises aforesaid & further saith not.
s/ John Ludlum

Sworn & subscribed before me the Sixteenth day of August Anno Domini 1832.
s/ Gideon Ross
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State of New Jersey
County of Essex//

I, Elias Van Arsdale, Junior, Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Essex aforesaid, do hereby certify that Gideon Ross, Esquire, before whom the annexed affidavit of John Ludlam was taken, was at the time of taking the said affidavit & now is one of the Justices of the Peace for said County residing therein and duly commissioned & sworn & authorized to take the same. That I am acquainted with the handwriting of said Justice and verily believe the foregoing signature "Gideon Ross" is genuine.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the Seal of said Court at Newark in the County aforesaid the Twenty second day of August A.D. Eighteen Hundred and Thirty two.
s/ E. Van Arsdale, Jr., Clk.

I, Samuel B. Miller, do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with John Ludlum, who swore to and subscribed the within affidavit before Gideon Ross, Esq., and that his statement is entitled to full credit and belief.
s/ Sam'l B. Miller, Justice of the Peace
July 8th 1833

[John] Ludlum

Paid.
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State of New Jersey
County of Essex//

Be it known that on the Twenty third day of August in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Thirty two, personally appeared before me, Samuel B. Miller, one of the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for said County, Henry Williams and David Williams, who being duly sworn on their oaths deposeth and saith that they reside in the County of Essex in the State of New Jersey, and one knowing that Jacob Ludlum was a drafted soldier in the War of the Revolution and served under Capt. Thomas Mulford and was in the skirmish at Elizabeth Town with the British and believes the said Jacob Ludlum was [duplicate: was] in the United States service at different periods as much as Two years and Six months. They, living in the vicinity of the enemy lines; the militia was out nearly one half of the time during said war. And further saith not.
s/ Henry Williams
s/ David Williams

Sworn and subscribed before me the day and year aforesaid.
s/ Sam'l B. Miller

State of New Jersey
County of Essex//

I, Elias Van Arsdale, Junior, Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Essex aforesaid, do hereby certify that Samuel B. Miller, Esquire, before whom the foregoing affidavits of Henry Williams & David Williams were taken, was at the time of taking the said affidavits & now is one of the Judges of said Court residing in said County duly commissioned & sworn & authorized to take the same. That I am acquainted with the handwriting of said Judge & verily believe the foregoing signature "Sam'l B. Miller" is genuine.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name & affixed the Seal of said Court at Newark in the County aforesaid the Twenty fourth day of August A.D. Eighteen Hundred & Thirty two.
s/ E. Van Arsdale, Jr., Clk.
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Declaration & Evidence of Jacob Ludlum for a pension.
No. 6589

I, Samuel B. Miller, before whom the above affidavit of Henry William and David Williams was taken, do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the said Henry Williams & David Williams and that their statement is entitled to full credit and belief.
s/ Sam'l B. Miller
July 8th 1833
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State of New Jersey
Essex County//

Personally appeared before me, Samuel B. Miller, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County of Essex, Jacob Ludlum, of the Township of Westfield, County of Essex and State of New Jersey, who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he is the same Jacob Ludlum who heretofore made a declaration for a pension dated the Seventeenth day of August Eighteen Hundred and Thirty two. And that by reason of old age, the great length of time and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length or periods of the war when he served but, according to the best of his recollection at this time, he served as an enrolled and drafted soldier as a Private in the Revolutionary War at the times and not less than the periods mentioned below.

That he first entered the service of the United States, at the place mentioned in his said declaration, in the spring of the year Seventeen Hundred and Seventy six in a Company of Militia under the command of Captain Amos Morse and served in his company that year Three months, stationed at Elizabeth Town Point under the command of Col. Thomas, which service was actual rendered between the middle of August 1776 and the 1st day of January 1777. All as a Private Soldier.

In the month of January Seventeen Hundred and Seventy seven, he was again drafted as a Private Soldier in a company of militia under the command of Captain Benjamin Williams and done One month duty, in the months of January & February. And in the months of March and April, done one month's duty under the said Capt. Williams. And in the months of June and July, done One month's duty in said Capt B. William's Company, stationed of Trimbley's Point and Elizabeth Town Point under...
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...Col. Potter and Col. Thomas. And in the month of September, the same year, he volunteered in a Company of Militia command by Capt. Benjamin Laing and done Three months duty that year as a volunteer under the said Captain Laing and Capt. Ephraim Scudder, stationed at Elizabeth Town and along the lines under the command of Col. Jaquish; making Four tours that year, Three of one month each and One of three months.

In the month of February Seventeen Hundred and Seventy eight, he was again drafted in a Company of Militia commanded by Captain Thomas Mulford's Company of Militia as a Private Soldier, the said (Capt. Williams having resigned) and done One month duty in his company. And in the months of April and May, done One month duty under the said Capt. Mulford. And in June and July, done Two months duty under Capt. Matthias Potter, stationed at Elizabeth Town, under the command of Col. Potter and was marched to Sussex that summer under the command General Maxwell. And in the months of [duplicate: of] September and October, done One month more duty in the said Captain Thomas Mulford's Company, stationed as above stated, under the command of Col's Potter and Jaquish; making Four tours that year, all as a Private Soldier; three of One month each and One of two months.

In the month of February Seventeen Hundred and Seventy nine, he was again drafted in the said Captain Mulford's Company and done One month duty under Captain Wood. And in April, done One month in the same company under Captain Mulford. And in June and July, done One month duty in the same company under Col. Craig. And in the months of September and October, done One month duty under Capt. John Scudder, stationed between New Brunswick and Hackensack along the enemies lines under the command of Col. Jaquish, Col. Jacob Crane; making Four tours that year...
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...of One month each, all as a Private Soldier. In the month of February Seventeen Hundred and Eighty, he was again drafted, or continued as a drafted soldier, in the said Captain Thomas Mulford's Company and done One month duty under the said Captain Mulford. And in April and May, done One month duty under Capt. Amos Morse & in July and August, done One month duty under Capt. Benjamin Laing. And in September and October, done One month duty again under the said Capt. Mulford, stationed at Elizabeth Town, Springfield & Connecticut Farms, under the command of Col. Crain & Col. Jaquish; making Four tours that year of One month each, all as a Private Soldier.

In the month of March & in the year Seventeen Hundred and Eighty one, he was again drafted, or continued as a drafted Private Soldier, in the said Captain Thomas Mulford's Company of Militia and done One month duty in said company. And in May, done One Month duty in the same company under Capt. Matthias Potter. And in July and August, done One month duty under Capt. John Craig. And in October and November, done One month more duty under Capt. T. Mulford; making Four tours that year of One month each, stationed between Rahway and Elizabeth Town Point and along the lines under the command of Col. Jaquish & Col. Crane; making his whole service as a volunteer and drafted Private Soldier in the Militia in the Revolutionary War Two years and Two months, besides being out at common alarms, he residing near the enemy' lines. That the service herein stated to have been performed by him, in the War of the Revolution, was Bonafede and actually rendered. Viz.: Three month as a volunteer and One year and Eleven months as a Drafted Soldier in the Common Militia for all that time. That he was duly called out...
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...with his company and actually stationed at the different places mentioned in this and his said original declaration during military duty, all that time. And that for the time during which the said service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit. As to the marches, battles and skirmishes he was in, & for other particulars, he refers to his original declaration.

As to the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department.:
1st - He says he was born in the Township of Elizabeth, in that part now called The Township of Westfield, County of Essex & State of New Jersey on the Eleventh day of August 1760.
2nd - He has a record of his age, now in his possession.
3rd - He was living in the said Township of Elizabeth when called into service in Essex County, New Jersey, and has always resided there.
4th - He was drafted and a volunteer.
5th - Knew General Maxwell, Lord Sterling, General Sullivan, Col. Mathies Ogden, General Dayton, Major Short &c.
6th - Never received any written discharge from the service.
7th - He refers to Gideon Ross, Esq., Samuel Downer, Esq., Mr. William Baker, William Pierson &c. as to his character.
s/ Jacob Ludlum

Sworn to and subscribed at Newark in said County July 8th A.D. 1833 before me.
s/ Sam'l B. Miller, Justice of the Peace

I, Samuel B. Miller, before whom the above affidavit of Jacob Ludlum was taken, do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the said Jacob Ludlum and that his statement is entitled to full credit and belief.
s/ Sam'l B. Miller
July 8th 1833.
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State of New Jersey
County of Essex//

I, Elias Van Arsdale, Jun(ior), Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for said County of Essex, do hereby certify that Samuel B. Miller, Esq., before whom the foregoing affidavit of Jacob Ludlum to his amended declaration was made & taken, at the time of taking the said affidavit was & still is a Justice of the Peace for said County, residing therein duly commissioned & sworn. That the name "Sam'l B. Miller" subscribed to said affidavit & the several certificates hereunto annexed (wherever it occurs) is his proper handwriting.

In witness whereof I have hereto set my Hand and the Seal of said Court at Newark the Eighth day of July in the year of our Lord Eighteen Hundred and Thirty three (1833).
s/ Elias Van Arsdale, Jr., Clk.
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Mrs. Margaret Ludlum

Adm(itted) Act 7 July 1838 at $80 per an(num), comm(encing) 8 Feb. 1838, del(eted) former pay(ment) at $23.33 per an(num).
Adm(itted) Act '43 & '44 at $80 per an(num), del(eting) former pay(ments) at $23.33.
Adm(itted) Act 1848 at $80.

s/ Sam'l B. Miller, Newark, Agent
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Declaration.

In order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress of 2nd February 1848 entitled, "An act making further provision for surviving widows and soldiers of the Revolution. And a Resolution passed July 1st 1840.

State of New Jersey
Essex County//

On this Twenty fifth day of August in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight hundred and Forty eight, personally appeared before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, Margaret Ludlum. A resident of Westfield in the County of Essex and State of New Jersey, aged Eighty [crossed out: seven] one years, 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 Second day of February 1840 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War. That she is the widow of Jacob Ludlum, who was a Private Soldier of Infantry in the Militia of Essex County, New Jersey, and served under Captain Morse, Captain Benjamin Minars, Captain Thomas Mulford, Captain [duplicate: Captain] Laing, Capt.'s Craig Copain, Wood and Captain Ephraim Scudder's Companies and others during the War of the Revolution, for more than two years. And a pensioner of the United States under the Act of Congress of June 7th 1832 at the rate of Eighty dollars per annum. And died at his residence in said County on the Seventh day of February 1838. And the said Margaret Ludlum further declares that she received a pension under the Act of Congress of June 17th 1844 at the rate of Twenty three dollars & Thirty three cents per annum. And that she is still a widow.
s/ Margaret Ludlum (X - her mark)

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me.
s/ Sam'l B. Miller, Justice of the Peace

I certify that the above 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.
s/ Sam'l B. Miller, Justice of the Peace
August 25th 1848
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STATE OF NEW JERSEY.
I, CHARLES G. McCHESNEY, Secretary of State of the State of New Jersey, do hereby certify that Samuel B. Miller, Esquire, before whom the within affidavit was taken, was, at the time of the doing thereof, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Essex in said state, duly commissioned and sworn; that full faith and credit are to be given to his official attestations, and that the signature thereto is in the proper handwriting of the said Samuel B. Miller.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office at Trenton in said State this Seventh day of September A.D. one thousand eight hundred and forty eight.
s/ Charles G. McChesney, Sec(retary) of State
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State of New Jersey
Morris County//

Before the subscriber, a Justice of [the] Peace for said Court, personally appeared Jacob Ludlum of said County, who being duly sworn on his oath saith as follows.:

I am the same Jacob Ludlum who on the 17th day of August 1832 before the Court of Common Pleas of said County made my declaration to obtain the benefit of the law of the U. States of June 7th 1832, which declaration with a supplement thereto has been returned from the Pension Office for want of specification & details of my services. The writer of my declaration was under a mistake in the date of my first militia duty. I was not 16 years old till Aug. 1776 & my first service was in the first storm of cold weather thereafter. I think it was in December under Capt. Morse at Eliz(abeth) Town, & at the Point, to guard the lines & protect the inhabitants. My 2nd monthly tour was in 1777, in the winter, Jan & Feb., I believe, under Capt. Williams. My 3rd monthly tour was in March & April following, under Capt. Williams, stationed along the Jersey Shore between Eliz(abeth) Town & Amboy, performing the same duties. In all these tours, I was under command of Colonel Thomas & Col. Potter. In one of these tours, Feb. or March, a body of Hessians, 50 or 60, were making their way to join the enemy from N. Brunswick to Eliz(abeth) Town & were all captured at Eliz(abeth) Town, the British having evacuated Eliz(abeth) Town before they arrived. I remember one of them hid himself in Hatfield's Blacksmith Shop, under the bellows. They made little or no resistance; were all taken prisoners & sent to Morristown under a guard. In June & July, I was again under Capt. Morse, guarding of the shore & lines, when the British sent out a strong force from Amboy through Bonham Town & we had a severe fight with them at Short Hills. Some regular troops came with the militia under Gen'l Maxwell, as I think, & Gen Winds & Col. Jaques. Much blood was spilt. Benjamin Simmons was killed. The British came to Westfield where they were encamped overnight. The wounded of our men were hurried off from the village in carts & wagons. The British destroyed much private household property eventually & beside, killed vast numbers of sheep, hogs & cattle. They filled the Church with a flock of sheep; placed an old ram's head with a huge pair of horns in the pulpit & carried away the bell. My next tour, I believe, was in September under Capt. Laing & stationed between Rahway & Eliz(abeth) Town and in the course of the 3 months following. Viz.: From Oct. to December inclusive. I performed Two months duty under Capt. Ephraim Scudder at Eliz(abeth) Town & Rahway; guard duty under Col. Jaques. Many of my tours were performed as a volunteer. The weather, & especially the nights, were extremely cold. I cannot specify more particularly my tours in 1778 than I have done in my declaration as to time & officers. I was stationed & doing duty at Eliz(abeth) Town under Capt. Potter when the Monmouth Battle was fought & we were ordered to the relief of the inhabitants at the Minisink Settlement on the Delaware {River], who had been attacked by the Indians. We marched thr(ough) Morristown & Succasunna to Newton in Sussex, when hearing the Indians had run off. We returned by the same route. Gen'l Maxwell, I believe, commanded & I think Gen'l Winds was also present. My two months service this year was as a volunteer. My tours in 1779 & 1780 are specified, as correctly as my memory will allow, except that we were all out on alarm duty One month at the Battle & Burning of Springfield & the [Connecticut] Farms in June. I performed this tour under Captain Mulford.

During the whole of my militia tours, I was in constant active duty & in no part of the time stated, as in service, was I employed in any civil pursuit.
s/ Jacob Ludlum

Sworn & subscribed before me at Westfield Nov 2nd 1833.
s/ And(rew) H. Clark, Justice of the Peace
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Wm. Clark, having been duly sworn before the subscriber, a Justice of [the] Peace saith as follows. I knew Jacob Ludlum in time of the war & have known him ever since. I knew him on duty at Eliz(abeth) Town under a Capt. Potter, at Eliz(abeth) Town when Monmouth Battle was fought, & again at the same place when the Green Coats came over & we had a hard fight with them. Capt. Randolph & Captain Lock were both present. The former was wounded & died. The latter, killed. I knew him also in service on the Minisink Expedition against the Indians. I was present with [him] all these occasions.& many other monthly tours & many other years during the [crossed out: year] war, which I cannot specify.
s/ William Clark

Sworn & subscribed before me at Westfield, Essex Co., Nov. 2nd 1833.
s/ And(rew) H. Clark, Justice of the Peace

David Williams & Henry Williams being duly sworn, say as follows. Viz.: We were near neighbors to Jacob Ludlum & know him as a soldier in the war. We served with him at the Burning & Battle of Springfield & of Connecticut Farms in June 1780 & again at Eliz(abeth) Town in July after the burning of those towns, where we had another fight with the enemy below the town, in which Richard Woodruff was killed.
s/ (blank)
s/ (blank)

Sworn & subscribed before me at Westfield Nov. 2nd 1833.
s/ And(rew) H. Clark, Justice of the Peace

John Ludlum, being duly sworn saith; Jacob Ludlum lived with my father in time of the Revolutionary War, & I know, he was often out on Militia Service. I used to chop wood at Eliz(abeth) Town Point for the army & very often saw Jacob Ludlum on Militia Duty, building forts at the landing places. I often saw him on duty also at other places; at Rahway, Trimbley's Point, at many different months duty. I have seen him performing military duty more than a dozern times at Elizabeth Town & at the Point. Most frequently, he was in Capt. Morse'sCcompany. I often saw him when starting off from home on militia duty in different months & years of the war with his musket, cartouch box, knapsack & other accoutrements & be absent, generally, a month; sometimes Two & Three months. He was out on these militia tours every year, during the war, from the time he first began duty in the army. 
s/ John Ludlum

Sworn & subscribed before me Nov. 2nd 1833.
s/ And(rew) H. Clark, Justice of the Peace

The above deponents, Wm. Clark, Esq., David & Henry William, & John Ludlum, all of Essex County, are well known to me to be men of truth & veracity of belief.
s/ And(rew) H. Clark, Justice of the Peace

I certify that Andrew H. Clark, Esq., before whom the preceding depositions of Jacob & John Ludlum, David & Henry Williams, & Wm. Clark were taken, is a Justice of Peace in Essex County & the signature of his name to each is genuine.
s/ Lewis Condict, late a Representative from N. Jersey
Nov. 2nd 1833.
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New Jersey
Margaret Ludlum, widow of Jacob Ludlum, who was a pensioner under the Act of 7 June 1832 and who died on the 7th Feb. 1838, of Essex Co. in the State of New Jersey, who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Morse of the Reg(iment) commanded by Col. Thomas in the N.J. Militia line for 7 months.

Inscribed on the Roll of N. Jersey at the rate of 23 Dollars 33 Cents per annum to commence on the [crossed out: 4th day of March, 1836] 8th February 1838.

Certificate of Pension issued the 7th day of Oct. 1839 and sent to Hon. L. Condict, Morristown, N.J.

Arrears to the 4th of Sep. '39..........36.55
Semi-annual allowance ending Mar. '40...11.66
                                       ======
                                       $48.21

{Act July 7, 1838.}

Recorded by D. Brown, Clerk.
Book A; Vol. 2; Page 128

Letter [sent] to Hon L. Condict, Oct. 21, 1839.
J. Ludlum, Aug. 4, 1842.

Cert(ificate) No. 339 issued July 10, 1845 under Joint Resolution of January 23, 1845 at $23 33/100 annum, commencing Mar. 4, '36 and February 8, 1845 & sent to Lewis Condict, Morristown, N. Jersey.
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John Ludlum, Jr., Aug. 1832 of Rahway, N.J., testified that Jacob [Ludlum] resided with the father of John [Ludlum] in Rahway during the whole of Rev(olutionary) War & said John [Ludlum], being 10 y(ea)rs of age when it commenced & Jacob about 5 years older.

June or July 1777, he was guarding the shorelines under Capt. Morse, when the British sent out a strong force from Amboy through Bonham Town & he was in [a] severe fight with them at Short Hills. The Whigs were regular & militia under Gen'ls Maxwell, Winds & Col. [duplicate: Col.] Jaques & the enemy attached Westfield that night; destroyed much household property & vast numbers [of] sheep, hogs & cattle. A Church being filled with ship with a ram's head with large horns in the pulpit & car(rie)d away the bell. In 1778 (June) he was in Monmouth Battle & ordered to the Minisink Settlement, N.Y., on the Delaware River where Indians were troublesome, having made an attack. But before any heard at Sussex Co., Indians had left, ret(urne)d back...
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W.957

Jacob Ludlum.

Born in Elizabeth, that part set off to Westfield, Essex Co., N.J., Aug. 11, 1760 & resided ever since. In Aug. 1832 of Westfield, Essex Co., N.J., aged 72 yrs. He died in Westfield Feb. 7, 1838.

Mar(ied) March 11, 1783 to Margaret Pool by the Pastor of the Presbyterian Church in Morristown, N.J. She [was] born Dec. 30. 1766 & Aug. 1838, living in Westfield. She [was] alive in Westfield in 1843 & also in Sep. 1848. A son, John [Ludlum] in Morristown in Aug. 1842.

Out 1776, '78-9, '80. '81.
[crossed out: Enlisted spring] Vol(unteered) latter part of 1776, Capt. Amos Morse's Company for 3 mos. at [crossed out: different periods] New Brunswick & Hackensack & was on the lines at Elizabeth Town.

Spring 1779, served [crossed out: again & has been] under Capt. Benj. Miller when he resigned. Then aggregating as much at 2 yrs. under Capt. Thos. Mulford, Amos Morse, also Benj. Pierce, Laing, John Craig, Rev'd Ephraim Scudder, John Scudder, until close of the war in command of Col. Moses Jaquesh, Thomas, Seeley & Jonah [illegible] Crane. (Capt. Matthias Potter). Was with Capt. Mulford when the British marched from Elizabeth Town Point to Springfield (1780) & Connecticut Farms (1782). Was in the fight near Elizabeth when 16 of them captured. In battle at Short Hills when Lord Howe came to Westfield. In Capt. Morse's Co. & Col. Jaqesh. Ser(ved) in Thos. Mulford in battle at Con(necticut) Farms & Sprinfield. Col. Jaqesh in expedition under Lord Sterling or Sullivan to Staten Island. In center part of winter of 1777, a body of Hessians started from New Brunswick to join the enemy in Elizabeth where [Jacob] Ludlum was stationed. The enemy having evacuated & were captured.
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A. Edw(ard) Woodruff, N.Y. City.
Rev(olutionary) War, April 12, 1890.
Jacob Ludlum, Ensign, N.J.
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A. EDWARD WOODRUFF,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR-AT-LAW.
No. 120 BROADWAY.
Equitable Building.

New York, April 12th, 1890.

Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.

In the "Register of the Affairs and men of New Jersey in the Revolutionary War", page 105, appears the name of "Jacob Ludlam", Ensign, Captain M. Mires' Company, First Battalion, Second Establishment, November 29, 1776, retired Sept. 26, 1780.

Can you either furnish me, or inform me how I can obtain a record of the services of the services of the said "Jacob Ludlam" whom I believe to be an ancestor of mine?

Any information you can furnish me will be appreciated by.

Yours respectfully,
s/ A. Edward Woodruff
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Rev(olutionary) War

WIDOW, &c.
File No. 957
Margaret Ludlum, widow [of] Jacob Ludlum.
Priv(ate), Rev(olutionary) War
Act: Feb. 2, 1848.
Index: -; Vol. A; Page 416.
{Arrangement of 1870.}
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N. Jersey
Margaret Ludlum
Let(ter sent) to Hon L. Condict, 24 Sep. 1839

Act July 1836
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341
New Jersey
Margaret Ludlum, widow of Jacob Ludlum, who was a Private in the Revolution.

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars (blank) Cents per annum, to commence on the [crossed out: (illegible)] day of [crossed out: (illegible)].
Increased from $23.33.

Certificate of Pension issued the 27 day of Dec. 1848 and sent to Hon. D.S. Gregory, H(ouse) of R(epresentatives).

{Acts of March 3, 1843, and June 17, 1844.}

Recorded in Book A; Vol. 2; Page 97.

8 Feb. 1838.
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New Jersey | 341
Margaret Ludlum, widow of Jacob Ludlum, who was a Private in the Revolution.

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 23 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.

Certificate of Pension issued the 15th day of June 1843 and sent to S.B. Miller, Esq., Newark, New Jersey.

{Act of March 3, 1843.}

Recorded in Book A;  Vol. 1; Page 123.

Reported.
Cert(ificate) No. 339.
Issued under the Resolution of Jan. 23, 1845 and sent to Lewis Condict, Morristown, N. Jersey.

Reported July 10, 1845.
Let(ter sent) to Sec'y of War, Nov. 19, '46.
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4327
New Jersey.
Margaret Ludlum, widow of Jacob Ludlum, who was a Pensioner under the Act of 1832 and who died on the 7 Feb. 1838 [crossed out: of] in Essex Co. in the State of N. Jersey, who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Morse, of the Reg(iment) commanded by Col. Thomas in the N.J. Militia line for 7 months.

Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey at the rate of 80 Dollars (blank) Cents per annum, to commence on the 8th day of [crossed out: March] February 1838.
Increased from $23.33.

Certificate of Pension issued the 27th day of Dec. 1848 and sent to Hon. D.S. Gregory, H(ouse) of R(epresentatives).

Total amount, (blank)

{Act July 7, 1838.}

Recorded Leo. Jenkins, Clerk
Book D; Vol. 1; Page 201.
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Oct 21, '39
James L. [Edwards, Esq.]
Co[mmissioner of Pensions]
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Morristown, Oct 15th 1839

Dear Sir,

The pension [crossed out: certificate] of Margaret Ludlum, widow of Jacob Ludlum, commences on the 8th of February 1838; "& in case of [crossed out: the] her death or marriage before the 4th March 1841, the pension will cease."

Query - If she [duplicate: she] shall continue as she is (Margaret Ludlum) till the 4th March 1841, will her pension then cease, or will it continue till
5 years shall laps? If it is to cease in '41, it will be but a 3 years pension instead of 5 [years], as its title imparts.

The husband lived & died in Essex Co. & I do not know precisely the amount awarded him. My impression however is, that it was a full pension. The widow & her friends expected a pension equal to his. 

Will you be kind enough, for their satisfaction, to explain if the sum is a different one from the husband's?

Very respectfully &c. yo(ur) obe(dient) ser(vant),
s/ Lewis Condict
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New Jersey.
Jacob Ludlum, Act June 7, 1832. To what time paid?

Died 7th Feb 1838. P(aid) to that period.
Act 7 Feb. 1838.
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Margaret Ludlum, N. Jersey Roll, Act July 7, 1838 at $23.33 per annum, com(mencing) 8 Feb. 1838.

Be pleased to say to what time her pension was paid.

Pension Office, Aug. 4. 1842.

P(aid) to 4th March 1841.
s/ J.H.
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James L. Edwards, Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington

May 30, 1848

Rec(eived), Margaret Ludlum, for increase.
'41
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Morristown, N.J., May 29th 1845.

Dear Sir,.

Margaret Ludlum requested me, some months past, to obtain for her benefit, some further allowance on her pension. Allow me to ask in her behalf whether or not she will be entitled to some arrears under the Act of Jan. 23rd '45.

She was pensioned under the Act of July 7th '38. Her husband, Jacob Ludlum, died in Feb. 1838, having been pensioned under the law of June 7th '32 & my impression is that she was paid from his death only. The husband lived & died in Essex Co., N. Jersey.

I have heretofore sent one or two cases, which I supposed were embraced under that law, which you deemed inadmissible. The acts are so numerous & the circumstances of each vary so much that I am liable to be misled by them & reject exceedingly to give you trouble in consequence of my own misapprehensions.

The widows therefore are so aged & infirm as to require attendance of the Judge or Justice at their respective residences, involving an expense they are ill-prepared to meet & which they desire to accord if the laws & regulations cannot sustain their claims. If there be no impropriety in asking the information sought in behalf of Mrs. Ludlum , will you oblige one by an answer.

Very respectfully &c. yo(ur) obe(dient) ser(vant),
s/ Lewis Condict
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341
Marg(are)t Ludlum
Attended to arrears other originally.
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Morristown, N.J., June 9th 1845.

Dear Sir,.


Enclosed is a declaration of Margaret Ludlum, of Essex Co., N.J., under the Resolution of Jan. 23rd 1845.

She was heretofore pensioned under the Act of 1838 & subsequently continued under the Act of '43 &c. He first pension commenced at the death of her husband & she now claims from March '36 to the death of the husband in Feb. '38.

She thinks herself grieved by the decision which allowed her a pension much less than her husband's. Requesting a reexamination of her papers.

Please notify me the result of the examination.

Very respectfully &c. yo(ur) obe(dient) ser(vant),
s/ Lewis Condict

Col. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
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3873
Oct. 12

Dr. Lewis Condit
Morristown in Morris County, New Jersey.

Westfield, N.J.
Sep. 18.
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1839 September 18th. We have been impatient to hear about the pension money but have heard nothing about it. Nor of Mr. Condit, since I was at your house last May. Except we have heard that you have been down to see about the pensions. Widows about Westfield, and about Newark, are receiving the pension. We wish that Mr. Condit would write to us, whether their is any prospect or not. If their is no word or no prospect, write to us. And if their is, write to us. And remain yours &c.
s/ Margaret Ludlum
s/ John Ludlow

Dear Sir,

Excuse me for sending to you the above. I have no doubt you have many testimonials of "impatience", as strong & uniquizical.

Allow me town to say it has been in the office since early in Oct. '38 without an examination, so far as has come to my knowledge. I presume it has been overlooked. Please let me hear from it. The husband (*) was a pensioner under the Act of 1832; was married in 1783.

Very respectfully yo(ur) obe(dient) ser(vant),
s/ Lewis Condict
Morristown, Sep. 20th 1839.

* - His name was Jacob Ludlum of Essex County, N. Jersey.

Col. Edwards
Com(missioner) of Pensions
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Jurat 

James L. Edwards, Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
War Department
Washington

Jurat | Oct. 4
N.J.

Marg(aret) Ludlum, I expect.
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Morristown, N.J., Oct. 1st 1849.

Dear Sir,

Yours of 24th ult(imate) is rec(eived).

You remark, "If the claimant is entitled to a pension, it is under the Act of July 7th 1838." Will you be good enough to see if there be not a misapprehension on this point by the gentleman of your office who made the examination! In looking at my abstract of this case, I find the following memoranda. Viz.: "Married by Rev. Dr Johnes March 11th 1783. Claim founded on the law of 7th July 1838." It must have been my intention (if I drew up her declaration) to present it to your consideration as under that law & if I did not so present it, I committed another cure in the abstract. If you find the cure to be mine, please notify me & I will have a new decl(aration) drawn up & executed.

With regard to the evidence of his service, I presume the widow will prefer submitting it to your decision upon the evidence furnished by the husband of his service, now in your possession, upon which his own claim rested, in preference to the delay, expense & uncertainty of searching the records at Trenton without any clue & which are at best very imperfect & mutilated.

She is penniless, helpless & to a great dyer friendless. I hope & pray in her behalf for your decision upon the testimony, filed by the husband.

Very respectfully & truly yours &c.,
s/ Lewis Condict

James L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
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Morristown, August 1st 1842

Mr. James L Edwards

Dear Sir,

I wish some information respecting my mother's pension. Her name is Margaret Ludlum & her husband's name was Jacob Ludlum. He died about four years since. I wish to know what amount she was allowed per annum and if she has received the amount of her certificate and for how many years she was placed on the list for or whether for life and when her pension ceased [crossed out: when it so ceased]. You will please to give me all the information about it that I may need of the amount per annum and the number of years she drew a pension. If you will please to look to this and send me the information that may be necessary for me to know all that I may [crossed out: presume] want to know respecting the above pension, you confer a great favor upon your humble servant.
s/ John Ludlum

Direct your letter to me at Westfield, Essex County, N. Jersey.
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Declaration pf Mrs. Margaret Ludlum under Resolution July 1, 1848.

Samuel B. Miller, Agent
Newark, N.J.
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State of New Jersey,
Essex County//

On this Twelfth day of September One Thousand Eight Hundred and Forty eight, personally appeared before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, Margaret Ludlum, widow of Jacob Ludlum. a resident of Westfield in the County of Essex and State of New Jersey, who being duly sworn according to law doth on her oath say that she is the widow of Jacob Ludlum, who was during his life time a pensioner of the United States under Act of Congress passed June 7th 1832 at the rate of Eighty dollars per annum on account of Militia Service performed during the Revolutionary War. She further declares that she makes this declaration to obtain the same rate of pension that her said husband enjoyed at the time of his death. Viz.: Eighty dollars per annum in law of the amount she received under Act of June 17, 1844 via $23.33 per annum on the evidence now on file in the Pension Office under the Resolution of Congress passed July First 1848, claiming also arrears thereon.
s/ Margaret Ludlum (X - her mark)

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me.
s/ Sam's B. Miller, Justice of the Peace

I certify that the above named declarant is personally known to me as I represented in the foregoing affidavit.
s/ Sam's B. Miller, Justice of the Peace
September 12th 1849
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STATE OF NEW JERSEY.
I, CHARLES G. McCHESNEY, Secretary of State of the State of New Jersey, do hereby certify that Samuel B. Miller, Esquire, before whom the within affidavit was taken, was, at the time of the doing thereof, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Essex in said state, duly commissioned and sworn; that full faith and credit are to be given to his official attestations, and that the signature thereto is in the proper handwriting of the said Samuel B. Miller.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office at Trenton in said State this Fifteenth day of September A.D. one thousand eight hundred and forty eight.
s/ Charles G. McChesney, Sec(retary) of State
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1068

Mrs. Margaret Ludlum's declaration under the law of March 3rd 1843.

$23.33 per annum.

Send cert(ificate) to Sam'l B. Miller, Newark, New Jersey.

3
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Declaration.

In order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress of the 3rd March 1843 granting pensions for one year to certain widows who have received pensions under the Act of July 7th 1838.

State of New Jersey
Essex County//

On this Thirteenth day of April One Thousand Eight Hundred and Forty three, personally appeared before the subscriber, one of the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for said County, Margaret Ludlum, a resident of the Township of Westfield in the County of Essex and State of New Jersey, aged Seventy seven years, 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 of March 1843 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War. That she is the widow of Jacob Ludlum, deceased, who was a Private of Infantry in the Militia of Essex County, New Jersey, and served under Captain Morse, Winon, Mulford, Laing, Craig, and others, during the War of the Revolution. And the said Margaret Ludlum further declares that she received a pension from the United States of Twenty three dollars and Thirty three cents per annum under the Act of July 7th 1838. And that she further declares she is still a widow.
s/ Margaret Ludlum (X - her mark)

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me.
s/ Sam's B. Miller, Judge of Common Pleas

And I do hereby certify that the declarant in the foregoing declaration, named & personally known to me, to be the Identical person who received the above mentioned pension from the United States.
s/ Sam's B. Miller, Judge of Common Pleas
April 13th 1843
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State of New Jersey
County of Essex//

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 Samuel B. Miller, before whom the annexed affidavit of Margaret Ludlum was made and taken at the time of taking the same was and still is one of the Judges of said Court duly commissioned and sworn, and that the signatures "Sam'l B. Miller" to the Jurat of said affidavit & 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 Eighth day of May A.D. Eighteen Hundred & forty three.
s/ J.P. Jackson, Clk.
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2

State of N. Jersey

Declaration of Margaret Ludlum of Essex Co., widow of Jacob Ludlum, dec(eased).

Claiming under the Resolution of 23rd of January 1845.

The husband, a pensioner under the Act of June, 1832.

Adm(itted) $23.33 per ann(um) from 4 March 1836 to 8 February 1838.

Return to Lewis Condict, Morristown, New Jersey.
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the Resolution of Congress of the 23rd January 1845.

Whereas the Act of the 30th April 1844 prohibited me from drawing a pension for the same period during which my husband was a pensioner, I now make the following statement under oath to obtain the benefits of the revolution above mentioned.

I am the widow of Jacob Ludlum, who was a Private Soldier in the War of the Revolution. I have drawn a small pension, much less than was allowed paid to my husband. The precise sum granted to me as his widow, I cannot now state accurately, nor can I say with entire certainty at what time my pension commenced/ But my impression & belief is that it began from the time when my husband died, which was according to the best of my knowledge & belief, on the 7th February 1838. For the precise sum allowed me, I refer the Commissioner of Pensions to the record of pensions on the files of his office & to my former certificate, which was surrendered to the Agent at Trenton when the last payment was made to me.

I now respectfully ask for the arrears or amount due me from the 4th March 1836 to the time when my pension first commenced, which I believe was at the date of my husband's death.

My husband was allowed the full pension of a Private Soldier as I believe & the sum allowed me as his widow was less somewhat than the half granted to him & I feel myself aggrieved by the decision, being well assured that his long & faithful service in defense of his county amounting to more than two years, as I believe, fully justified the allowance of a full pension.

I therefore respectfully [crossed out: claim] ask the re-examination of my claim by the Secretary of War. That I may be admitted to receive during my widowhood the same time allowed to my husband.
s/ Margaret Ludlum (X - her mark)

Sworn to & subscribed on this 3rd day of June 1845 before me.
s/ Aaron Coe, Justice of [the] Peace

I certify that the declarant is personally known to me & that she is the same individual she represents herself to be in the foregoing affidavit. 
s/ Aaron Coe

I, John P. Jackson, Clerk of Essex County, N. Jersey, do hereby certify that Aaron Coe, Esq., who has signed the foregoing, is a Justice of the Peace for the County of Essex in the State of New Jersey & that the above is his signature.

Witness my signature & the Seal of my Office at the Courthouse in the City of Newark in the State of New Jersey this 7th day of June A(nno) Domini 1845.
s/ J.P. Jackson, Clk.
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Lewis Condict, Esq.
Morristown, New Jersey