Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 695, for Aury King, New Jersey
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778)
SERVICE
New Jersey

King, Aury

NUMBER
S. 695
Carded
CONTENTS
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9755
New Jersey
Aury King
of Essex in the State of New Jersey
who was a Private in the Compy commanded
by Captain of
the Regt commanded
by Col Cadmus in the New Jersey
line for
2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey
at the rate of 80 Dollars - Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 12 day of June
1833 and sent to Amri 
Dodd Newark New Jersey
Arrears to the 4th of Mar 1833 $160.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept.  40.00

$200.00
Recorded by
Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.
Haggett
Vol.
Clerk,
Page 119
payment suspended it to
again to pensioner her
1835, Let to
Let to S. B. Miller so at 1835
F. Sherrill 28 May 36
do to A. King 9 Aug 1836-
Red $30.23 March 1837
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2314
Aury King
Essex County
New Jersey

Adm for
2 years
may be admd 9 no
Let 27 May 36

Amzi Dodd
Newark
New Jersey
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
Pension Office,
183

Sir,

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

A Statement, shewing the service of Auty King Essex County New Jersey
Period when the
1776
enlist
-
1777
Duration of the
claimant's service.
┃ 42 ┃


Rank of
the
Age at present,
Proof by which the declaration is supported.
1
1
┃ 6
to
12 ┃
or more ┃
in all ┃
a
claimant.
priv.
Names and rank of the Field officers
under whom he served.
Col. Cadmus-
Genl. Green
Genl Wines-
Maj. Quackenbush
.Col Hathaway
Gene Wines, Mary Dodd
and place of abode
┃ when he entered
the service.

78
Newark N. Jersey
Traditionary
Living Witness

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.
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, mucicians 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.
Ste, Terror, or Dist
County of
On this
day of
of
A.
personally appeared (a) before
in the county of
and State, Territory or District
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)
served in the
(e) regiment of the
with
line, under the following named officers:
and
Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served
under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the
town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged,
and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons
who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he
declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of
the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
And then will follow the certificate of the Court.
A. B.
tionary soldier, and served as he states.
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revoluof
the Court of
hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter 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:
A.B., a Clergyman, residing in the
hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with
subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be
and C.D. residing in (the same)
who has
of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier
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 Revo-
Intionary 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
for a pension.
contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of
do hereby certify that the foregoing
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 serupon
the transaction.
vices of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light
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
alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
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will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal
means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted
; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be exexpected
. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and
case.
there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of
troops of Virginia.
service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
war, and there were you owing when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary
And if a substitute, for whom?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such
Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
To a Soldier
Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given
, and what has become of it?
To an Office, has become of it?
Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify
as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are
requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court,
without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons--one of whom should be
the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from
their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he
the represents, and that he is reputed
and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion.
If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character
and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct
proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the
enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before
required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper
county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform
and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record,
or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper
Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a
Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is
his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before
the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the
declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure
, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period
of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the
opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will be
low the rule laid down for his guidance.
The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not
conforming to the rule.
The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the
claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so
definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension
loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should
he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the
by making an affidavit in the following words:
Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason
positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his
than in the following grades:--For---yeardays
, I served as a -. For - months and --- days, I served as a
months, and ------
and for such service I claim a pension."
is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law
the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about tree or four months,
too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years
in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is
highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement;
the particular place or place where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority
; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil
pursuit.
The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
The opinion of the Court is always required.
The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no pubseal
of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the
papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains
the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must
pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses
who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as
the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses
, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in
note applies to continental Troops only.
This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration
Bernan
Clk
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Ann King
23714
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Aury King
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State of New Jersey
County of Essex
On this seventeenth day of
August in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred
and thirty two
personally appeared before the
Inferior Court of Common Pleas at the Court
house at Newark in and for the said County
of Essex in the said State Aury King a resident
of the township of Bloomfield in the County
of Essex aforesaid in the said State, who being
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 is seventy eight years of age having been
born on the twenty eighth day of May
in the year seventeen hundred & fifty four
that he in March or April 1776 he
marched under Capt Robert Drummond
from this County to Long Island & served
under him for one month
the
when the
British fleet arrived at Sandy Hook, this
deponent was ordered out under Capt
Henry King, in Col Thomas Cadmus and
were marched to Long Island & thinks
he was under the command of Genl Green
while on Long Island. Col Cadmus Regiment
of Militia was taken from the Island to
Paulus Hook and were marched through
Newark to Elizabeth Town & after remaining
for some time at Elizabeth Town the company
under Capt King to which this deponent ┃
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belonged was marched back to Newark and
from there to Second River when he remained
until he was discharged having served for
one month
His next tour of duty was
for one month under Cap Amos Dodd
at Acquackanock was engaged in building a
fort there was under the command of Genl
Wines-
His next service was as follows
he enlisted under Capt James Brown in a
company of Artificers was under Major
Quackenbush went to Peekskill on the North
River and to a place then called the continental
village which had been burned by
the brittish on the
they went up the North
River & destroyed many of the towns on the river
they were employed in building barracks
and the accommodations for the Soldiers
This deponent continued in this service
for six months & until discharged. Mr
Harmanus Shear is the only person
living who he recollects as being with
him in this service. His next services
as nearly as he can recollect were in performing
monthly tours of duty at Belleville then called
second river in this County. These tours of
duty were performed under Capt Henry King
Capt Abraham Speer and Leutenant
Joseph Crane who was a Lieutenant in
Capt Amos Dodd Company, but who commanded a company or detachment
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After the Brittish passed through New Jersey
he performed a months tour of duty at Second
river under Capt Samuel Pierson
at the time that the Brittish were
making the attack upon the fort on mud
Island in the Delaware river this deponent
was out in the service & was marched to
Elizabeth Town under Capt Fleming
made a descent upon Staten Island
but were forced off.  Major Caleb Dodd Major
Samuel Hays, Colonel Frederick Frelinghyson
Genl Dickinson all of the New Jersey Militia
were in that service, this deponent with his
company was marched to Newark & thence to
second river, & were discharged.
This deponent
was in service and was at the battle of
Springfield under Capt Henry Jalmon
in Col Van Cortland, regiment. This deponent
had a brother in the same company, Arent
King now deceased, who was wounded having
three of his fingers on his right hand shot
. for which his brother received a pension
from the State of New Jersey during his life
Shortly before the Surender of Genl
Burgoyne this deponent was marched
in Captain Henry Jonahmon Company
from second river aforesaid to the Northward
they were commanded by Major Caleb Dodd
Colonel Hathaway, and General Wines
This service lasted six or seven weeks
they marched to new joindson on the north river
recollects performing one months tour
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in the Artillery under Hermanus Speer who
was a sabatern officer Capt Nathaniel
Champ commanded the company
He recollects performing monthly
tours of duty in the Militia under the
following officers in addition to those already
mentioned viz. Captain Kidney Captain
Thompson, Captain Amos Dodd Capt Thomas
Williams. He is perfectly satisfied and
therefore unhesitatingly states that he was
in actual service during the revolutionary
was for a period of between two & three
years
This deponent was born in the
township of Newark in that part of it which
is now the township of Bloomfield in the
County of Essex where he has resided during
all his life this deponent never received
any written discharge from service as he
recollect & has no documentary evidence
to prove his services, but there are some
persons living by whom he can prove
his actual service particularly Capt
Abraham Speer Harmanus Speer Moses
Dodd Abijah Dodd, and others who were
in the service with him & performed tours
of duty with him. He hereby relinquishes
eving claim whatever to a pension or annuity,
except the present and declares that his
name is not enrolled on the pension roll
of the agency of any State
subscribed in open
17 August 1832
Aury King
Ellen Arsdale Jr Clk
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Gideon N. Judd a Clegyman residing 
in Bloomfield in the County of Essex
and Moses Dodd residing in the same
place hereby certify that we are well
acquainted with Aury King who has
subscribed and sworn to the foregoing
declaration that we believe her to
be seventy eight years of age that he is
reputed and believed in the neighbourhood
when he resides to have been a soldier
of the revolution and that he continues
by that opinion
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year
aforesaid in open Court
Gideon N. Judd
E. Van Arsdale
Moses Dodd
New Jersey Essex County ss.
Samuel Ward, a resident
of the Township of Bloomfield in the County of Essex
being duly sworn, on his oath saith that he is
well acquainted with Aury King and has repeatedly
seen him in the service of the United States
during the Revolutionary war - that he
know that the said King is a man of
credit, and that his statements may be reled upon as true by the department of war under Capt King to which this deponent
by
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that he has no doubt that the said King
was in actual service more than two
years in the Revolutionary war
born and Subscribed in
Court this Seventeenth
of August A.D. 1832
his
Samuel Ward
mark
E Van Arsdale Clk
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State of New Jersey
Essex County ss

Aaron Crane being
sworn according to law deposeth &
saith that he is now eighty two years of
age that he is acquainted with the above
applicant Aury King that he knew him
before during & since the war of the
Revolution, that he knows of his serving in
the malitia as he has stated in his above
declaration, that he was with the said
Mary King at Long Island, at Elizabeth
thereof own at the battle of Belleville and  at Aquacanock
and at at number of the other places stated by him
in his above declaration and the deponent
faith that he is satisfyed that the said Aury
King done more than two years actual
duty during the revolutionary war
Sworn to and subscribed
before me this 20th
Aaron Crane
20th day of September 1832
as
Jonas Crane Justice of the peace
in and for the said County of Essex
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And the said Court do hereby certify and declare
their opinion after the investigation of the matter and
after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war
Department that the above named applicant
Aury King was a revolutionary soldier and served
as he states. And the Court further Certify
that it appears to them that Gideon N. Judd
who has subscribed the preceding certificate is a
Clergyman resident in the Township of Bloomfield
and that Moses Dodd who has also signed the same
is also a resident of the said Township of
Bloomfield in the said County of Essex and is a
credible person & that their statement is entitled
to credit and the Court do further certify that
Samuel Ward Aaron Crane
whose respective affidavits are hereto annexed in
respectible Inhabitants of the County of Essex & that
their statements on intitled to credit. And the Court
do further certify that Zenas Crane
Justice of the peace in & for the said County of Essex, and that
his official acts an entitled to credit-
By order of the Court
Andale Bell
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Essex County ss: I Elias Van Arsdale Junior
Clerk of said Court of Common Pleas & of
said County of Essex Do hereby certify that the
foregoing contains the original proceedings of
said Court in the matter of the application
of Aury King for a Pension
And I do further certify that year
have before whom the annexed affidavit of
Aaron Crane was made & taken at the time
of taking the same way & still is are of
the Justice of the peace of said County of Essex
duly commissioned & sworn & that the name
Zenas Crane Justice & subscribed to said of
affidavit is the genuine signature of said Justice
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto
the 25th
set my hand & seal of Office
day of December AD 1832-
E. Van Arsdale
Clk
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INVALID.
Rev War-
695
Aury King
Pri. N.J. Line

June 7, 1832.
Index: -- Vol. a
 Page 206 ┃
Arrangement of 1870.]
Aury King Oct 31, 1904
Records corrected,
{graphic star}
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New Jersey 9735
Aury King
in the State of N. Jersey
Private in the
commanded


line for nine months
commanded
Col. Cadmus in the N. Jersey

Inscribed on the Roll of N Jersey
at the rate of 30 Dollars
Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831
Certificate of Pension issued the 23d day of March
1837 and sent to Pensioner
Bloomfield, N.J
Arrears to the 4th of
Semi-anl. allowance ending
Recorded by D. Brown
Book E.2 Vol. 3
Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.
Clerk,
Page 141
S
&
letter to S. B. Miller
P. Agt March 22d
1837. do to Pen Jan 24.
1839
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Payments to be made
at Trenton New Jersey
by the Pres. Trenton Banking
Agent for paying Pensionors
 in the Agency of
New Jersey
Here a new
Cut: for $30
per annum.
Recorded in
the Pension Of
fice, in Book E Vol.
3
Page 119 by
JW Clagett

Pensioner at
Bloomfield
N. Jersey
Clerk
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
certify that, in confirmity with the law of the United States
of the 7th June, 1832,
of the State of New Jersey
was a private in the
 Army of the Revolution
is entitled to receive
Revolutionary Claim.
4th of Stevery year
Eighty
dollars and
cents per annum, being his natural life, commencing on
the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March, and
GIVEN at the War Office of the United
Examined and
Countersigned.
J L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.
States, this Twelfth day of
June one thousand eight
hundred and thirty three
 John Robb
Acting Secr of War
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Mar. 1834 paid to 4 Mar 1834
Sept 10. 1834 paid to 4 Sept 1834
Mar 11 1835 Paid to 4 Mar 1835
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Aury King states that his pension was stopped on
account descrepency
between this declaration & Testimony in favor of
Spear - The difference is this
in his testimony he says
he was elected Ensign & declined serving. While in his own
declaration he declares he served his difference can be easily reconciled
by adding to the testimony in the capacity of
of an officer. It would then read thus. Elected Ensign & declined serving in the capacity of an officer. Mr King is considered 
an honest man & his character good.
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Bloomfield N.J.
Jan 21
Jonathan Edwards Esq.
of
Aury King
Pension Ord
Washington City, D,C.
Page 25

Dear Sir:

I now address your honour respecting my pention.
I am now near the end of my journey to the grave being in my eighty fifth
year and quite infirmed and entirely destitute of any means of support except
the small pension which I receive from government. I am now boarding with
my grandaughter on whose labour and generosity I must rely for support the
remainder of my days unles my pension can be increased and if I can receive
my former pension it will make my few remaining days as I hope comfortable
I  hope sir you will consider my situation and if consistent with your
side of justice let me have some more pension my former pension was
eighty Dollars which be verry acceptable to me at this time
I remain yours with Respect
Bloomfield 19th Jany 1839
New jersey Essex County
Aury King
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This certifies that Mr Aury King is a
member of my congregation, and
maintains the character of an honest
and respectable citizen. His circum
stances in life, render it highly desirable and necessary that he should receive
the Benefaction of his country
as a revolutionary soldier and as
such is cordially recommended to
your kind consideration.
Bloomfield N.J.
April 11th 1836
Seymour
Pastor of the Presby
Cong.
Bloomfield
N. Jersey
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To what time was Aury King of N. Jesrey Act 1842 last paid?

As of the  4 March 1835  JH

L. Edwards
March 23. 1837
.

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Aury King
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Declaration of Aury King-

In the year 1776 in the spring he served as a
private soldier on Long Island at the fortification & was
on Long Island in June when the British fleet arived at
the Narrows. After remaining on Long Island for some
weeks longer the soldiers were ordered and then to
Elizabeth Town & he went with them where we remained
some time. He cannot say how long he was on the Island
before the arrival of the fleet, but is confident it was several
weeks. In September of the same year, as nearly as he can
recollect, removed from Elizabethtown to Belville, thence
to Aquacanock & remained as he supposes about one
month at the latter place. In 1777 he served at Beville
from February until June about every other month, & the
remainder of the year does not recollect where he was
out is very sure he was on duty most of the time.
In the year 18 he was at Willes on the service
for some time, cannot recollect how long. He was at
the battle of Springfield in 1779
He was in the battle of Belville, went up the North
River at the time Burgoyne was taken went with the
soldiers to Hackensack in charge of the British, was
in the continental Vilage up the North River building
accommodating or the soldiers, as has not recover
in this of this occurrences. In thinks he performed
by more ten every month during the war. Hardy
sure he performed duty two years or more during the
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State of New Jersey
Essex County ss

personally appeared before me Jacob K
Mead one of the Judges of the Inferior Court
of Common John for the County of Essex
Aury King who being duly sworn according to law on his
oath saith the within statement is true according to the
best of his knowledge and belief
Sworn before me this 19th day
of May AD 1826-

Aury King
Jacob K Mead Judge
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Aury King
N. Jersey
Jan 28

Washington City
Commissioner of Pensions
James L. Edwards Es
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Newark New Jersey January 25, 1837
J. L. Edwards Esq

Sir Mr Any King stated to me
that he saw you had a conversation
at Bloomfield last summer and
with you in relation to the
renewal of his pension Certificate, which no doubt will
Recollect, And further states that subsequent thereto he
understood that it is not in you power Agnely.
to the Rules in your office to render him any
assistance
-
And as he has heretofore understood
by your Letter of October 30th 1835 dinated to me
that a certain part of his claim by the service
render the United States as Artificer in 1777. Con
furnish no ground for a claim under the act
of June 7th 1832. As it was not rendered in the
Corse of continental Artificers.-- And as it is
further stated in said Letter that the Aledged service
under Capt Speer. does not appear to have been
Rendered under the Regular draft of the Compatent
authority agreebly to the Laws prescribing
the duties of the Militia & Therefore is not within the
provisions of said act
And Mr King being will
satisfied that all the service stated by him in his
Declaration & Supplemental Affidavit was actually
tendered the United States and more then is included
in them & considering his service as Artificer
Among the most ardious of his duties having
to labour by day & and
guard at night, he has
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Therefore directed me to forward his
Petition to the Hon William Chitwood member of Congress from this County for the purpose of having the same
presented to Congress, with a request from Mr King that
you would tender Mr Chetwood Such ade as
would not be incompatable with the rules of
Your office

With the highest respect
I Remain your most
Obedent Separt &
Sam B. Miller
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James L. Edwards Esquire
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
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Newark New Jersey October 3, 1835.
J. L. Edwards Esq.
Sir Enclosed in the New
Declaration or supplemental statement of Messrs
Aury King & Simon Stivers, whose pensions were
Suspended on the 3rd of June last.
As to Mr Aury King he is well known
here to be a man of fair character, which I presume
his old Declaration will abundantly show, And
in consequence of his advanced age & Infirmited is
unable at this time to go into a more manute
and particular description of his services which will
fully appear by his enclosed affidavit
And as to Mr Simeon Stivers he is also
Considered, A man of fair character & alleges that
he is entitled to a full pension although he only
Recewed a Certificate in part owing or he supposes
to sum miston made in his Original declaration
In not including his services in the latter part of
the war of the Revolution Viz in the year 1780-
1781 - & 1782. Although he is now well satisfied
that he stated the service for these years at the time
he gave in his statement to Colonel J. Plume who
drafted sd Declaration, which ever the sd Stiders now
saith he did not discover at the time his papers was
Seperate before the Court of Common please in this
County- And as to further proof the stole they have
no more than what is now annexed to said papers
their principle witnesses being now did & beg leave
to refer you to the evidence now on file in your
office-
I therefore hope will reinstate the said
applicants with such addition to off Simeon Stevens
of the nature of the case will surtify
Remain Respectfully yours

Sam B. Miller
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Aury King
Saml B. Miller
Newark New Jeney
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Affidavit of
Simeon Steers &
Isaac Tompkins
Relative to Aury King
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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, Aury King of the Township of Bloomfiled
in the County of Essex and State of New Jersey, Who being
duly duly sworn doth on his oath depose and say
that he is now eighty one years of age, and that he
is the same Any thing who heretofore made a
Declaration on oath before the Judges of the Inferior
Court of Common pleas in and for said County of Essex
and had a pension certificate granted him under the
act of Congress passed June 7th 1832. And was
informed a Letter signed by J. L. Edwards Esquire date
June 3, 1835. That the payment of his allowance
had been suspended until he made out a detailed
statement of each term of actual service supported
by the best attainable proof of his service
Therefore this deponent now Saith in answer
to the above stated requirements; shot owing to the
great length of time old age infirmity and
consequent loss of memory he cannot now enter
into a more monate and particular detail of his
Service then is given in his Original declaration
Except that he served a short time in a company
of Artillery Commanded by Lieutenant Hormons
Speer as stated in his affidavit in support of the
Claim of the said Hermanus Speer for a pension
which service being of so short duration it was omitted
being put down in his Original declaration of the
time although he now believes it was mentioned by
him at the time his Original papers was made out.
And this deponent further saith that he is
well satified that he did not state in his affidavit in
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in support of the Claim of Harmon Speer that he
served with said Speer Nine months in 1777 as stated
in Mr Edwards letter to the Hon J. Frelinghyson of
June 3d 1835, in Captain Browns Company of Artificers
under the command of Major Quackenbush but that the
said Harmon Speer Served nine months in said
Company of a volunteer. - And that he this deponent
served in said Company about two months at the same
time he was with the said Company
as by referance to said affidavit, will appear. And he
further saith that if he stated in his said Declareation that he enlisted under Captain Brown for
six months it is not correct it should have been
stated as Voluntary service of an Artificer for
Six month And this deponent further saith that he did
serve six months in the year 1777 under Major
Quackinbush as stated in his said declaration only
that he was not the whole time under Captain Brown
but was as near as he can now recollect about four
months of the Time of work under the common
of Capt John Stay and was the whole time under the
Command of the sd Major Quackenbush on stated
in his said Declaration & when he was at work
under Capt Brown he was in company with the said
Hormon Speer But when at Work under Capt Stay
he was at work at a different place & dost now waller
that he saw the said Speer when at work under Captain
Stag - he this depoennt being a Mason & said Speer
a Carpenter by trade. But always understood that the
said Harmon Speer served under said Capt Brown and Major
Quackenbush Nine month. And he further saith he
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did not at the time he made his declaration recalled to
mention Capt John Stag as he now believes which had right
to have been put down for four months or above stated
And this deponent further saith that the service
States in his said Declaration to have been performed
by him in the war of the Revolution was confined one
actually rendered - That he was duly called out by the
Government and actually stationed at the different places
mentioned in his said Declaration doing military duty
all that time. Provided the six month service under
Major Quackinbush Con be called Military service
And that for the time during which the said service
was performed he was not employ in any live
persuit.
And this deponent further saith that he
resided all the war of the Revolution near the
enemies lines and believes that he has not stated
near all his service & that he was out & in actual
service full five month in or for the first
Three years of said was commencing in the summer
of the year 1776.- And in the residue of said
as he was out & in active service not less then
four months in each year & if he must make
out a New Declaration he cannot make it for a
Shorter period then above stated. - And he further
saith that at this time of life, It is impossable
for him to make out with accuracy a
detailed statement of each term of actual Service
When
the Captains he served under and
stationed, That to do this he apprhennds
is beyond the effort of the human
mind in its last state after so great a
lapse of time, unless some written memorandom
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being by had been kept and preserved to guide the
memory. And this deponent further saith that
Captain Abraham Speer, William Crane Nathaniel Crane
and Joseph Crane Could be good evidence for him
Living but are now all dead. Samuel Wood is also
dead whose affidavits as he believes is with his declaration
at the pension office & he also believe that the affidavits
of Aaron Crane & Moses Dod is also on file with
his said eleration of that knows of no other witness
now living who can testify to his services except
Simeon Stiven & Isaac Tompkins whose affidavits
is hereunto attached. And he further saith that Captain
Henry Geralemon has bee dead for a Number of years last
post & further saith not.Sworn to & subscribed at Newark in
Aury King
said County September 20th 1835.
before me Sam B. Miller Justice of the peace
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State of New Jersey
Essex county

 personally appeared before me the
Subscriber a Justice of the peace in and for said
County Simeon Stivers and Isaac Tompkins both of the
Township of Newark in the County of Essex and State of
New Jersey known to me to be men of good Character
and entitled to belief as Witnesses. And being by me
duly sworn doth on their oath depose and say the
said Simeon Steven that he is seventy four years of
age and the said Isaac Tompkins that he is
Seventy four years of age that they were soldiers in
the Revolution that they were during the Revolutionary War
well acquainted with Ann
any thing of the Township
of Bloomfield in said County of Essex and believe
the said Aury King to be or much or Eighty years
of age.-And the said Deponents further saith
that the knowing that Harmon Speer had command
of a peace of Artillery as Lieutenant in the time of
the Revolutionary War and that the said Aury King
done duty in said Company of Artillery as a private
for a short time under the said Lieutenant Court now
say how long & attached to Colonel Philip Van Courtlands
Regiment of Essex County New Jersey. And they further
say that they saw the said Harmon Speer at Springfell
with his peace of Antitlery in the summer of 1780
and at the time of the Springfield Battle, and that the
said Any thing was on duty with the said peace
of Artillery at that time under the command of
the said Lieutenant Speer.- And the said Isaac Tompkins
further saith that he saw the said Aury thing with
the said peace of Artillery under the common of said
Speer stationed at Newark & Bellville.-- And further saith
Not.
sworn to and subscribed at
Newark in said County
Simon Stivers
the 16th day of June A.D.
1835 before me
Isaac Tompkins
Sam B. Miller Justice of the peace
I
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State of New Jersey
Essex County
Personally appeared before me the
Subscribed
a Justice of the peace in and for said
County the within named Simeon Steen and being by me
duly sworn on his oath deposeth and saith that in addition to

what he has stated in the within affidavit. That he is
knowing that the within Mention Aury King belonged
to a company of Militia Commanded by Capt Henry
Coleman for a considerable leignth of time during the
Revolutionary War & that he this deponent & the said
Aury King done a number of monthly tours together
under the command of the said Capt Gorton Station
at one Near Second River there  now Called Belville under the
command of Col Van Courtland Court now name the
months for years but it was
front to the close of the
War. And further saith not.
Sworn & Subscribed at Newark
in said County October 5th 1835
Simon Stevens
Before me Saml Miller Justice
of the peace
.
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State of New Jersey
County of Essex
fs. I Elias Van Arsdale Jun. Clerk of the Interior
Court of Common Plead in + for the County of Essex
Do hereby certify that Samuel B. Miller Esq. before whom the several affidavits hereto annexed of Ann King, Simeon Stivers, + Issac Tompkins were made & taken, at the time of taking the same was & still is one of the Justice of the Peace of said County resident therein & duly commissioned & Sworn and that the signature "Sam B Miller" subscribed to the Jurats of said affidavits respectively are genuine -
In Witness Whereof, Have hereto set my hand + affixed the seal of said Court at Newark on this County
aforsaid, the Twenty second day of October A.D.
Eighteen hundred and thirty five -
Elias Van Arsdale Jr Clerk