Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 3777, John Clayton, New Jersey
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SERVICE
New Jersey

Clayton, John
Rebecca

NUMBER
W.3777

B.L. Wt. 15167-160-55
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749
New Jersey
Rebecca Clayton
widow of John
served in the Revolutionary
war as a private
inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
20 Dollars 
Cents per annum, to commence
the 4th day of March, 1848.

Certificate of Pension issued the
23 day of April [illegible] and sent to 
A C McLean
Freehold N.J.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under
February 2, 1848, Page 287 Vol.
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Dead
Letter to Hon R. H. Hamman
[illegible] 10 Decr 1839

Paid at the Treasury under
Act of the 6 April 1838 from
4 March 1837 to 30 Aug 1837 the
day of his death. Agent
notified 18 Decr 1839

30. 39.9
Pennsylvania
John Clayton
Northum Co in the State of Penn
who was a private in the company commanded
by Captain Vandevere of the regt
Commanded by Col. Wall
in the N. Jersey Mil for Seven mo 24 days 1778

Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania
at the rate of 26 Dollars - Cents per annum, to
commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 1 day of February 1836 and sent to Hon. J. B. Anthony, N.N
Arears on the 4th of Sept 1835 $117.
Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Mch 36 13.--
$130.-
{Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832 }
Recorded by Wm Allison Clerk
Book E2 Vol. 5 Page 10
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106 402 Act Apr 3/35
Apr 28/55
Rebecca Clayton
John Clayton
Rebecca Clayton John B
Revolutionary pensioner
Rev. War
160 Acres Jany. 29/56
Wt 15.167 Feb 4/56
N.J. [illegible]
A.C. McLean
Tom's River N J

Cir A.C. McLean, Decies

Vol. C. 148.
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The application of John Clayton of
Warren County New Jersey for a Pension
31.982
Direct to P.B. Kennedy
Clerk of Warren County
Belvidere
New Jersey
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit Act of Congress A D 1832
State of New Jersey
County of Warren
Common Pleas of the Term
of August AD 1834

On this twenty seventh day of August
personally appeared in open Court before the
Judges of the said Court now Sitting John
Clayton a resident of the Township of Knowlton in in the County of Warren and State of New Jersey aged seventy years who being duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7th in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty seven
That he entered the service of the United States as a substitute in the fall of the year seventeen hundred and seventy eight
in a company of Militia commanded by James Wall Lieutenant commandant at
the County of Monmouth, in the State of New Jersey where he then resided - he
remained with said company stationed as a guard over the prisoners confined in the Jail of the County of Monmouth for three months, when he was discharged-- he entered
and served as aforesaid as a private but he does not recollect in whose place he served as substitute. He does not recollect the day or month when he entered the service aforesaid or of the day or month when he was discharged 
About two months after this discharge
as aforesaid he entered as a substitute (does not recollect in whose place) in the company of Militia commanded by Captain William Vancleve in the County of Monmouth aforesaid, marched to the Middletown shores on the line. and
the
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was engaged in patrolling at night the shore and line for two months when he was discharged.
About five or eight months after the last discharge aforesaid, he was [illegible] drafted in the company of militia attached to the Battalion commanded by Major Thomas Hunn.  He does not recollect the names of the company officers, he marched to Mount Pleasant in the said county of Monmouth, where a company of regulars were stationed, remained there one month guarding the shoes, when he returned home to Monmouth aforesaid, where he was discharged. Some time after that he was drafted in the county aforesaid in the company of militia commanded by Captain John Walton, marched to the Middleton Shores where the British had landed, when their company arrived at the shores the British had retreated, and he marched home with his company and was discharged, having been in the service ten days.
Some time after that he was drafted in his [illegible] in the company of militia now in the command of Major Thomas Hunn, does not recollect the names of company officers, he marched to Mount Pleasant aforesaid where some regulars were station, remained there one month and was discharged.
About six months after that, he was drafted in his [illegible] and the same commandant and marched to Mount Pleasant as aforesaid, where he was commanded by Major Thomas Hunn, remained there two weeks, when he was relieved by a substitute.  The deponent [illegible] attached during [illegible] drafts to the company of
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militia commanded by Captain John Walton, the copay was divided into classes, each class served alternately at Mount Pleasant, and were there placed under the command of other company officers.  The regulars at Mount Pleasant were also under the command of Major Thomas Hunn.  The deponent has a distinct recollection of the time in aforesaid marking the service of seven months and twenty four days.  He has no documentary evidence of his services, he served during each tour of duty as a private.  He was born on Monmouth County aforesaid about two miles distance from where the court house now stands, he has no record of his age but an entry in his family bible (now at home) he was born according to said entry on the fifteenth day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and sixty four. During the war of the revolution he resided in Monmouth aforesaid and until twenty two years since when he removed to the township of [illegible] aforesaid where he has resided ever since.   He never received any written discharge from the service and does not know the names of any regular officers who were at Mount Pleasant as aforesaid.
He hereby relinquishes every claimed [illegible] to a pension or annuity except the present, and
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declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.
Sworn and subscribed to on the day and year aforesaid.
John Clayton [illegible]
before us,  Abm Warne  


We, Peter L Jaques, a clergyman residing in the township of [illegible] in the county of [illegible] in the state of New Jersey, and Henry Albertson of the same place both residing in the immediately vicinity of the within applicant, do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Clayton, the above and within petitions who has subscribed and sworn to the within declaration and we believe him to be seventy years of age, that he is reported and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution, ad that we [illegible] in that opinion.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid,
Peter L Jaques
Henry Albertson
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid before us, Abm Warne
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And the said Court do hereby declare their
opinion after investigation of the matter and after pulling
the interrogatories proscribed by the War Department
that the above named applicant was a
Revolutionary Soldier and served as he stated
and the Court further certifies that it appears to
them that Peter L Jaques who has signed the
preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in
the Township of Knowlton aforesaid and that
Henry Albertson who has also signed the same
is a resident in the same Township of Knowlton
and is a credible person and that their
statement is entitled to credit

Alson Waine
John Moore
J Davison Jr

State of New Jersey, Warren County ss 
I Phineas B Kennedy, Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for said County
do hereby certify the foregoing to be the original proceedings of the
said Court in the application of John Clayton Senr for a pension
and further I do certify that Abraham Warne before whom the affidavit
of the said John Clayton and also of the Revd Peter L Jaques & Henry
Alberson were taken and also that the above subscribers
John Moore and James Davison Jr are and were at the time
Justices of the peace and Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas of said County duly commissioned and sworn into office
and I further certify that I am well acquainted with the signatures
of the said Abraham Warne John Moore & James Davison Jr
and am satisfied that the above signatures purport
they to be theirs is genuine. Witness my hand and seal
this 2nd day of September 1834
P B Kennedy  Clk
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State of New Jersey
Monmouth County 

On this twenty fifth
day of November One thousand Eight hundred
and forty five personally appeared before
the subscriber a Judge of the Court of Common
Pleas in and for the above named County
Rebecca Clayton a resident of the Township
of Freehold County of Monmouth and
State of New Jersey in the seventy nine
year of her age 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. That she is the widow of John
(& has always remained a widow)
Clayton who was a native of the County of
Monmouth and State aforesaid, that he
was a pensioner of the United States at
the time of his death, that her said
husband drew at the rate of twenty six
dollars a year, that he moved from
New Jersey to Pennsylvania a number
of years before his death, that he resided
in Pennsylvania during the time he drew
a pension. She further declares that she
was married to her said husband John
Clayton in Cranbury, Middlesex County
the last of June of the first of July the
is not now hose time which in the year
Seventeen hundred and eighty four, and
that her husband the aforesaid John Clayton
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died in August Eighteen hundred and thirty
seven. 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 the with at the time above stated
Sworn to and subscribed
on the day and year
above written

her
Rebecca X Clayton
mark

The words on first page
"& has always remained a
widow" Interlined before
being sworn
[signature illegible] Judge
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12792,
---
Declaration of
Rebecca Clayton
Widow of John
NJ
Act 7 July 1838
Married 1784
Husband died 1837
A C. McLean
Freehold
Monmouth County
N. J.
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State of New Jersey Middlesex County 
On this eighteenth day of November AD 1845
personally appeared before the subscribed
one of the Judges of the Court of Common
Pleas in & for said County John Dey a person
of truth and credibility and eighty one
who first being duly sworn according to
Law deposeth and saith that he is a
brother of Rebecca Clayton widow of John
Clayton deceased that his said sister
Rebecca was married as he knows to the
said John Clayton in the year sevention
hundred and eighty four in Cranbury that
he saw them married. That the said Rebecca
and John Clayton always lived together as
man and wife from the time of their
Marriage till the time of said Claytons
death, that said Clayton died in August
AD 1837, deponent further says that the said
Rebecca has remained a widow since the
said John Clayton her husbands death and
still is a widow.
Sworn to and subscribed
before me the day and
year above written

John Dey [signature]

Thomas Huffman
State of New Jersey Middlesex County
On this eighteenth day of November 1845 personally appeared before the subscriber Samuel Osbern a person of truth and credibility aged seventy eighth year a resident of the
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Township of Monroe County of Middlesex
Who first being duly sworn according to law
deposeth and saith that he knew Rebecca
Dey before her marriage, that he also knew
John Clayton. That he knows the said Rebecca
Dey was married the the said John Clayton
in Cranbury in the year seventeen hundred
and eight four, that he was present and
he saw them the said Rebecca Dey and
the said John Clayton married in
Cranbury in the above named County. That the
said Rebecca and John Clayton lived
together as man and wife from the time
of their said marriage till the said
John's death, that he died in the year
AD 1837. That the said Rebecca is still
the widow of said Clayton she never
having again married since said Johns
death. That he knew said Rebeca and
John well both before and after theie
marriage.
Sworn to and subscribed
before me the day and 
year above written
Thomas Huffman [signature]

           his
Samuel  X  Osbern
           mark
I Thomas Huffman do hereby certify
that I am well acquainted with John Day
and Samuel Osbern. That they are both men
of truth and credibility that the said John
Dey signed the above affidavit in my
presence and that the said Samuel Osbern
his mark to the above affidavit
in my presence that they are both residents
of the Township of Monroe County of
Middlesex and State of New Jersey
Thomas Huffman
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State of New Jersey
[seal affixed below]
I Charles G McChesney Secretary of State of the State of New Jersey do hereby certify that Cyrus Bruen Esquire before whom the declaration of Rebecca Clayton was made and taken, was at the time of the doing thereof a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Monmouth in said State; and that
Thomas Huffman Esquire before whom the 
affidavit of John Day and Samuel Osborn were made and taken was at the time of the doing thereof a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Middlesex in said State, both duly appointed commissioned and Sworn and that full faith and credit are to be given to their official attestations, and that the signatures thereto are in the proper hand writing of the said Cyrus Bruen & Thomas Huffman.

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office at Trenton in said State May the eighteenth AD One thousand eight hundred and forty six.
Charles G. McChesney
Secy. of State

[faintly, at bottom of page; appears to be on a sheet below this one:]
still a widow.
Sworn to and subscribed }
before me the day and }
year above written }.    John Day
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Bounty Land Claim
Application of Rebecca
Clayton 106.402
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Bounty Land Claim Declaration for a Widow of a deceased officer or soldier who has not had a Land Warrant State of New Jersey County of Monmouth }SS On this twenty first day of April AD one thousand eight hundread and fifty five personally appeared before me Amzi C McLean a Master of the Court of Chancery of the State of New Jersey Rebecca Clayton aged 88 years a resident of the County of Monmouth in the State of New Jersey who being duly sworn according to Law declares that she is the widow of John Clayton who was a private in te REvolutionary War. Deponent is unable to state under what officers or in what Company her said husband served in said War. That she now draws a pension as the widow of the said John Clayton, of twenty six dollars per annum that her Certificate bears [?] the 23d day of April A.D. 1849 and recorded in the Pension Office on the Roll of Pensioners under act February 2d 1848 page 287 Vol. 4. The [?] States that she was married to the said John Clayton in the County of Middlesex and State of New Jersey in the day of A.D. 1785 by one Revn Smith a Minister of the Gospel and that her name before her said marriage was Rebecca Dey, that her said husband died at Northumberland on the 30th day of April A.D. 1837 and that she is now a widow. She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which she may be entitled under act - approved March 3d 1855 We William H.H. Johnson Lydia A Johnson and residents Rebecca Clayton her mark.
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of the County of Monmouth and State of New Jersey upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Rebecca Clayton in our presence and that we believe from the appearance and statements of the applicant that she is the identical person she represents herself to be.
William H H Johnson
Lydia A Johnson

The foregoing execution and } 
affidavit were sworn to and }
subscribed before me in the }
day and year above written and }
I certify that I know the affiants to be credible
persons, that the claimant is the person she
represents herself to be and that I have no interest in this claim.
Amzi C McLean
M. C. C.

The Commissioner of Pensions will please forward my Warrant to Amzi C. McLean at Freehold New Jersey who will deliver it to me, respectfully submitted this     day of
A.D. 1855
Witness                                          her
William H H Johnson     Rebecca  X  Clayton 
                                                      mark
State of New Jersey
County of Ocean ss. }  I William I James Clerk
of the Court of Common Pleas of said County, do hereby certify that Amzi C. McLean whose genuine Signature written by himself appears above, is and was at the time of signing the same Master in the Court of Chancery of said State duly commissioned and sworn, that all his official acts as such
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are entitled to full faith and credit and that the aforesaid County Court is a Court of Record 
having general jurisdiction.

Given under my hand
and the seal of said
Court at Toms River
the 24th day of April
A D. 1855
Wm Imlay James
Clk
[seal affixed at left]
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Jonathan Clayton was born in September 13th in the year of Our Lord Seventeen Hundread and Eighty five - 1785. William D Clayton way born in October 21st in the year of Our Lord Seventeen Hundread and Eighty Seven 1787. Mary Clayton was born in November 15th in the year of Our Lord Seventeen Hundred and Eighty Nine 1789
Hannah Clayton was born in Aug 29th in the year of Our Lord Seventeen Hundred and Ninety Four 1794 Robert S Joseph Clayton was born in May 2nd in the year of Our Lord Seventeen Hundred and Ninety Six 1796 John Clayton was born in June 2nd in the year of Our Lord Eighteen Hundred and One 1801
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OUR LORD AND SAVIOUR
JESUS CHRIST,
NEWLY TRANSLATED OUT OF THE
ORIGINAL GREEK;
AND WITH THE
FORMER TRANSLATIONS
DILIGENTLY COMPARED AND REVISED.
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September 1, 1936.

Mr. J. Wilbur Clayton
39 Johnson Road
West Orange, New Jersey.

BA-J/ILL
John Clayton
W. 3777

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your personal request of August 31, for the record of John Clayton of Monmouth County, New Jersey, a Revolutionary War soldier.

August 26, 1936, the record of a John Clayton of Monmouth County, New Jersey, was furnished you as found in pension claim,
S. 613, also, the record of Zebulon Clayton, R. 2034, as requested by you about August 8, 1936. The Revolutionary War record of only
one other John Clayton of New Jersey has been found. His record follows as found in pension claim, W. 3777, based upon his service
in that war.

John Clayton was born January 15, 1764, in Monmouth County, New Jersey, about two miles from the place where the Court House
stood in 1834; the names of his parents were not given.

While a resident of Monmouth County, New Jersey, he enlisted and served on different tours from sometime in the  fall of 1778, as private in the Monmouth County New Jersey
militia, amounting in all to seven months and twenty-four days, ['given as follow: from in the fall of 1778, before he had reached the age to be classed in the militia,' crossed out] under Lieutenant James Wall and Captain William Van Cleve, which services were rendered as substitute for different men, and afterwards, on regular monthly tours in Captain John Walton's company, under Major Thomas Hunn, a part of this time engaged at Mount Pleasant.

He was allowed pension on his application executed August 26, 1834, at which time he resided in Knowlton Township, Warren County, New Jersey.  He stated that he had resided in that township for twenty-two years, having moved there from Monmouth County, New Jersey.  In
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1836, John Clayton was residing in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. He died August 30, 1837, in Northumberland County.

The soldier married the last of June or first of July 1784, in Cranberry, Middlesex County, New Jersey, Rebecca Dey; the date and place of her birth and the names of his parents are not shown.

Rebecca Clayton, the soldier's widow, was allowed pension on her application executed November 28, 1845, at which time she resided
in Freehold Township, Monmouth County, New Jersey; she was then in the seventy-ninth year of her age. In 1848, she was living in Atlantic,
in said Monmouth County, New Jersey.

Rebecca Clayton, the soldier's widow, was allowed bounty land on account of the service of her deceased husband, John Clayton, in
the Revolutionary War of her application executed April 28, 1855; warrant #15167 for 160 acres was issued under the Act of 1855.

The names of the children of John Clayton and his wife, Rebecca, are shown as follow:

Jonathan Clayton, born September 13, 1785. William D.       "          "     October 21, 1787.
Mary               "           "    November 15, 1789.
Hannah          "           "    August 29, 1794.  
Robert & Joseph "      "   May 2, 1796.
John                "           "   June 2, 1801.

In 1845, the daughter, Mary, above, was the wife of Abram Johnson and resided in Freehold Township, Monmouth County, New Jersey. She stated then that her brothers and sisters were all living "at a distance" from her, also, that her brother, John Clayton, lived then in Pennsylvania, where he resided at the time of their father's death and, that the family Bible from which the births of children of her father -(John Clayton) were taken was in the possession of this brother, John Clayton. In 1855, William H. H. Johnson and Lydia A. Johnson were residents of Monmouth County, New Jersey, and were present when Rebecca
Clayton, the soldier's widow, made her application for bounty land; their
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relationship to Mary (Clayton) Johnson was not stated.

In November 1845, John Dey, brother of Rebecca Clayton, was aged eighty-one years, a resident then of Middlesex County, New Jersey; he stated that he was present at the marriage of his sister, Rebecca, to John Clayton, the Revolutionary War soldier.

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name of person paid, and, possibly, the date of death of Rebecca Clayton, you should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following:

Rebecca Clayton, widow of John Clayton,
Certificate #4727
Issued April 23, 1849
Rate $20 per annum
Commenced February 2, 1848,
Act of March 4, 1848.
New Jersey Agency.

If you desired information regarding the location of the land which was granted Rebecca Clayton on account of service in the Revolutionary War of her husband, John Clayton, you should apply to the Commissioner of the General Land Office, this city, and furnish that official the
number of warrant, acreage and Act ,as given in this letter.

Very truly yours,

A. D. HILLER,
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator.
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106402
Rebecca Clayton
wid

Boynton

[stamp:]. FREEHOLD N.J. JAN 25

FREE

Hon. J. Minot
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
D.C.
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Pen. act 2d Feb. 48, N.J.
Boynton

15167

New Jersey

John Clayton
New Jersey
Suspended
12 Sept. 1834
P.B. Kennedy -
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Pension Office
January 26/56

No. 12792
Rebecca Clayton
Hon. Geo. Sykes May 30, 1846

Act 7 July 1838
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[left side]
Reported
2 Certs
38 & '43

[right side]
New Jersey.  8156.
----------------------
Rebecca Clayton
widow of John Clayton
who was a private
in the Revolution
husband died 30th Augt 1837.
-----------------------
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
20 Dollars --- Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
-----------------------
Certificate of Pension issued the
30th day of April 1847
and sent to
A. C. McLean Esq
Freehold
Monmouth Co. N.J.
-------------------------
[Acts of March 3, 1843, and June
17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book A
Vol 2   Page 94
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10257
New Jersey
-----------------------
Rebecca Clayton
Widow of John Clayton
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832
and who died on the 30th August 1837
of Monmouth in the State of N.J.
who was a private in the compy
commanded by Captain ----- of the
Regt commanded by Col. Wall in
the N.J. line for 7 mo. 24 days pri.
----------------------
Inscribed on the Roll of N. Jersey
at the rate of 26 Dollars -
Cents per annum, to commence on the ['4th day of March, 1836.' crossed out]  30 August 1837 
----------------------
Certificate of Pension issued the 30th day of
April '47 and sent to A. C. McLean, Freehold
Monmouth Co.  N.J.
----------------------
Total amount,                 $.     
                                         ___________

[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded Th. Lumpkin Clerk
Book D Vol. 1 Page 193


Reported
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I would like to know what records may show as to John Clayton, Revolutionary war soldier of Monmouth County N.J. -
 
as to his family - any brothers, wife or persons
mentioned, Residence

J. Wilbur Clayton
39 Johnson Road
West Orange,N.J.
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Revy        WIDOW, &c.
---------------
File No. 3777
Rebecca Clayton
Wid
John Clayton
Pri Rev War
-----------------
Act:  Feby 2d/48
Index:-- Vol. A, Page 135

[Arrangement of 1870.]



1936-Sept. - Hist to J. Wilbur Clayton
ILL
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[stamp:]. SUNBURY PA illegible] 26

FREE   
Hon. J. B. Anthony HR

The Hon. J.B. Anthony
M.O.
Washington City

admitted 7 mos.
24 days
$26.--
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Pennsylvania Northumberland County SS On this thirteenth day of January Eighteen undred and thirty six personall appeared John Clayton late of Knowlton township Warren County New Jersey who being first duly sworn declares that the first three months service which he performed was before he was [20?] years of age as a substitute for three several persons whose names he does not know - that he was hired by Lieut. James Wall to serve for the said persons as a substitute that he was there employed in guarding the prisoners in Monmouth jail that at the second time he was drafted for one month and after he joined the army he was commanded by Major Hun that he then returned home, and was drafted again and went out & was again commanded by the same Major Hun & staid one month this is the service which is represented to have been for two months - in his declaration - That if the service is stated to have continous it was a mistake of the scrivener who wrote the declaration. John Clayton Sworn & subscribed in open court June 13 1836 E Y Bright Prot.  Northumberland County SS J Edw Y Bright Prothonotory of the court of Common Pleas of said county do certify that the foregoing affidavit of John Clayton was sworn in open court and subscribed by him in the presence of this court in the day & year aforesaid. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the said court at Thursday Jany 21 1836 Ed Y Bright Prorthry per Charles W Hegrirz Depuy
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Hon J B Anthony Dr Sir I herewith send you an additiaial certificate of John Clayton for the purpose of entitling him to a pension - his declaration was made some time since while living in New Jersy - You will much oblige me by presenting it at the proper department and informing me whether the time of service is sufficiently made out. Respectly your obdt servt Charles W Hegend [Sunday?] Jany 25 1836
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Pa.  Jan 30

Hon. J.B. Anthony HR

Jas. L. Edwards Esqr.
Comr. of Pensions
Washington City
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Washington Jany 29. 1836

J.L. Edwards Esq.

Dear Sir,

I enclose you the supplemental Statement of John Clayton, a soldier of the Revolution.  After examination be pleased to inform me what is the result of his application for a Pension.

Oblige your Obed. Sevt.
J.B. Anthony
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John Clayton Pa.
Pension Office
April 28 1847

Act 7 June 1832 $26.00 per ann.

To what time was he last paid?
GCA

Died 30th Augt 1837
Paid to his death
B.B.
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State of New Jersey
Monmouth County ss. }
Personally appeared before the subscriber a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Monmouth Mary Johnson a resident of the Township of Freehold County of Monmouth and State of New Jersey in the fifty ninth year of her age a person of truth and credibility who first being duly sworn according to Law did depose and say that she is a daughter of John Clayton deceased formerly a Revolutionary Pensioner. The she was married to one Abram Johnson a number of years ago.
That she is a daughter of Rebecca Clayton wife of said John Clayton, that she has often heard her father the said John Clayton say he drew a pension in his life time.  That her Mother the said Rebecca Clayton made her declaration for a pension and sent it to Washington in the winter of 1845 or 6. that the following named persons on the leaf cut from the family Bible
of her fathers the said John Claytons which this deponent recollects to have been in her said fathers possession and used as the entry of the births of his children (viz) Jonathan Clayton, William Clayton, (Mary Clayton now Johnson this deponents name) Hannah Clayton, Robert and Joseph Clayton and John Clayton are brothers and Hannah Clayton a sister of this deponent.  That her said fathers and her said sister all live at a distance from this deponent. That
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the names of the aforesaid main [ilegible] were
recorded was in the possession of her said
brother John Clayton from the death of her said father up till a few weeks since when this
deponent cut the end of from said leaf from said Bible. That her said brother John at this time and at the the time of the death of her said father lived in the State of Pennsylvania. That this deponent well remembers the said Bible containing the said leaf on which the names of the children were recorded as before stated was in her father the said John Claytons possession from her earliest recollection up to the time of his death.
Mary Johnson

Sworn to and subscribed
before me this third day
of April 1817
W J Bowne

Monmouth County SS } State of New Jersey
I Daniel Christopher Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas of the County of Monmouth and State aforesaid do
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hereby certify that William J Bowne before whom the foregoing affidavit was taken is a Judge of the said Court of Common Pleas duly appointed commissioned and sworn into office and that his signature to the same is genuine, and that full faith and credit are to be given to all his official
acts.
[seal affixed at left]

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my
hand and affixed the seal of my office at
Freehold this fifth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty seven
Danl. Christopher Clk
=
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Freehold April 5th 1847

Dear Sir

I send to the department the affidavit of Mary Johnson daughter of John Clayton decd and
Rebecca Clayton his wife and the leaf of the
records of the births of the children cut from
the family Bible. Mrs Clayton declaration was sent to Washington in May or June last and
filed I presume under the act of 1838. The Clergyman who performed the marriage kept no record of any marriages, and the inclosed leaf is the only record evidence Mrs Clayton has been able he obtain which is of any value. And so long a time has elapsed since the marriage took place that  the officiants sent with the declaration are all that can be procured at this late any-
Yours very respectfully
A.C. McLean

Hon. J. L. Edwards
Washington City-
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Freehold May 4th 1847

Dear Sir

Rebecca Clayton widow of John Clayton
deceased has this day called on me as her agent and requested me to ask your Hon if the evidence in her case is sufficient to admit her
claim. She is anxious to hear soon-

Yours very respectfully
A C McLean

Hon. J. L. Edwards
Com of Pensions
Washington City
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Freehold April 18. 1849

Hon. J. L. Edwards

Dr Sir

I send the Declaration of Rebecca Clayton for the purpose of obtaining a Certificate under the Law passed February 2d 1848.  Your Honor will have the goodness to forward it to me at this place.

Yours very respectfully
A. C. McLean
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Record evidence in
the application of
Rebecca Clayton No
106.402
A. C. McLean
Freehold
N.J
Page 46

Notes given by the Commissioners of the several Counties of the State of New Jersey
for Militia service during the Revolutionary War.

[table follows with 5 columns; headings as follows:]
(1) NO. OF CERTIF.
(2) DATE.
(3) SIGNED BY
(4) PAYABLE TO
(5) AMOUNT.

[text under column headings as follows:]
(1) 790
(2) May 1, 1784 
(3) Thos Henderson
(4) John Clayton
(5) $2.10.00
[end of table]


STATE OF NEW JERSEY:
I, THOMAS S. ALLISON, Secretary of State of the State of New Jersey, do hereby certify, that the foregoing is a true abstract from a Book, headed as above, as taken from and compared with the original, now remaining in my office.--
And I do further certify, that Thos. Henderson
was, by an Act passed by the Legislature of this State, December 20, 1783, entitled, ""An Act to procure an estimate of the sums due to the Militia and Troops who have been raised for the defence of the frontiers of the State, and to provide for the settlement of the same," appointed a Commissioner for the County of Monmouth for the purpose of settling and adjusting the Pay-rolls of the Militia and Troops of this State, as aforesaid, and also for signing and delivering out to each and every person a
note for the payment of what may be justly due.
[seal affixed at left]

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed my seal of office, at Trenton,
in said State, this twenty third day of January A.D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six.

Tho. Allison
Secretary of State.
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DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress of the 2d February, 1848, entitled, "An Act making further provision for surviving widows and soldiers of the Revolution."

STATE OF NEW JERSEY,}
Monmouth County ⎬ ss.
On this seventeenth day of April 1848, personally appeared before the subscriber, a Judge of the Common Pleas, in and for said county, Rebecca Clayton a resident of Atlantic
in the county of Monmouth aged 81 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 2d February, 1848, granting pensions to Widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War. That she is the widow of John Clayton who was a Private in the war of the Revolution, and served in the New Jersey Line, and that she received Twenty six dollars ['and    cents' crossed out] per annum under the Act of June 17, 1844.

She further declares that she is still a widow.
                her
Rebecca   X    Clayton
               mark     

SWORN TO AND SUBSCRIBED THE DAY AND
YEAR ABOVE WRITTEN, BEFORE ME.
Joseph Murphy Judge
A. C. McLean Witness

I certify that the above named declarant is personally known to me.

Joseph Murphy
Judge
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State of New Jersey
Monmouth County } ss
I Daniel Christopher Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Monmouth and State aforesaid do hereby certify that Joseph Murphy before whom the foregoing Declaration was executed is a Judge of the aforesaid Court duly appointed Commissioned and sworn into office, and that his signature thereto is genuine, and full faith and credit are to be given to all his official acts as such.
[seal affixed at left]

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of my office at
Freehold in said County this seventeenth day of
May in the year eighteen hundred and forty nine.
Daniel Christopher
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
Decr 12th 1839

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, "The widow of John Clayton, decd a Pensioner on the Roll of the Philadelphia Agency, at the rate of Twenty Six Dollars ['and.    Cents' crossed out] per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832
has been paid at this Department, from the
4 of March 1837, to the 30th August, 1837, the day of his death-

Respectfully, yours
Albion K. Parris
Comptroller.

To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.
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Act '43 - 9266

No 12792
Rebecca Clayton
widow of John
N.J.
Act 7 July 1838

Admd. 7 mo. 24 days pri
$26.00 per ann.

from 30 August 1837 to
4 March 1841

Admd. acts 3 March 1843
and 17 June 1844
$26.00 per ann.

A. C. McLean
Freehold
Monmouth Co
N.J.
Page 51

[left side]
26 D top of T
60 wide
bottom 24 [illegible]
66 wide exclusive of
a Leanter on cash side
of 20 feet wide

May 26, 1846
Recds
Samuel Peace
Rebecca Clayton &c.

Hon. G. Sykes HR

Look at Register for
Rebecca Clayton

Hon. George Sykes
Washington
D. C.
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Freehold May 21st 1846

Hon. George Sykes

Dr Sir

I have three cases pending in the Pension Office in which I would like to ask your aid in bringing
them before the department. They are Maria Pease widow of Samuel Pease Rebecca Clayton widow of John Clayton and William Sickles Son of James Sickles applying in behalf of the children of James Sickles deceased.  Dr McChesney I believe has sent all the papers to the department.  Any aid you may be pleased
to give me will be most thankfully received.

Yours very respectfully
A. C. McLean

Hon. Geo. Sykes
Washington City