Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 461, Thomas Gearon, New Jersey And Sea Service From Philadelphia
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New Jersey and Sea Service from Philadelphia
Gearon, Thomas/Barbarie
W.461
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CONTENTS
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[ Note: Left side of folded paper.]

To Pensioner  22 Feby 1836
T Dickinson    22    "         "
to Same          25 March 1836
J. M. Hartshorne March 25.1836
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 [Note: Right side of folded paper.]

                            28,077
                         New Jersey
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                    Thomas Gearon
Monmouth Co in the State of N. Jersey
who was Priv Inf. and Cav &Sgt. in the Compy commanded by Captain Shepperd of the regt
commanded by Col. Holmes in the N. Jersey mili. [ill.] for 2 yrs from 1777. 
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Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey
at the rate of 107 Dollars 50 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 15 day of Feby
1834 _____  and sent to J. M. Hartshorn, Freehold N. J.

Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1833             $268.75             
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mch '34     53.75
                                                                   $322.50
                                              {Revolutionary Claim}
                                                 {Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by Wm L Allison  Clerk,
Book 6   Vol. 3.  Page 112
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       (Note: Left hand of folded paper.)
                              1805
                          New-Jersey
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Barbarie Gearon, DCd.
widow of Thomas Gearon (NJ)
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832
who died on the 1st April 1842
of Monmouth in the State of New_Jersey
who was a Segt. [ill.] in the Company
commanded by Captain Shepperd of the
Regt commanded by Col Holmes in the
New Jersey line for 1 year, Sgt; 9 mos. Pri. Co. 7; 3 mos. Pri. In.  
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Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey
at the rate of 107 Dollars & 50 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 13th day of
October 1843 and Sent to

J. M. Hartshorne, Freehold, N.J. 
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Total amount,                   $537.50
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                                  [Act July 7, 1838.]
Rec'd by Tho. Lumpkin.              Clerk
Book D.        Vol. 1                      Page 197
X Gearon
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Payable to Thomas Geason [Gearon}, John Geason [Gearon], Rebecca Smythe, wife of John L Smythe, and Catherine Ackerman Children
wife of John B Smith and Catharine Ackerm.., ..leged wife of John L. Ackerman, children of 
Thomas Geason [Gearon] and Barbarie Geason [Gearon]. 
   
[ill.} Oct. 10
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Thomas Gearon
 27375
New Jersey

for 1777 private
of Cavalry and Infy. & Sgt. 
2 yrs.  
Segt 1 year             $60.--
Pr. Cavalry-9 mo.   37.50
Pr. Infy. 3 mo.          60.-- 
                              $107.50/100



Mr. Hartshorne
Freehold
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                                   WAR DEPARTMENT,
                                            Pension Office

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. 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 compling with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
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A Statement, shewing the Service of Thomas Gearon
_______________________________________. Duration of the claimant's service; Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served:
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1776/77: 6 mos; private; Col. Forman, Col. Saylor; Col. Holmes-Capt. Stillwell
1778: 
1779: 6 mos, private; Capt. Gordon, &c. 
1780
1781:  1 yr.; Sergt; Capt. Sheppherd, &c.
1782:  9 mos., Horseman; Capt. Walton, &c. 
[Total - 2 years, 9 mos.] 
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Age at present: 73 years
Place of abode when he entered the service:
Middletown Point, New Jersey; Monmouth
County 
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Proof by which the declaration is supported:
1776/77: Living Witnesses
1779: Traditional Evidence; 1 Living Witness
1781: 2 Living Witnesses
1782: 2 Living Witnesses

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.
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, 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.
State, Territory, or District of} ss.
On this          day of.   County of
A. B. a resident (b) of. personally appeared (a) before of 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
and 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. 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.
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
hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with
and C. D. residing in (the same)
subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be who has
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. 

(Handwritten note:) 
It does not appear that evidence of services of each term might not be procured.  If so large a part of militia war in service, evidence in all probability may be produced. (
(Faint writing):  Sufficient Service would [ill.] it.
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alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person 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 expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
     The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
1. Where and what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?
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.
6. {To a Soldier. {Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by who was it given and what has become of it?
{To an officer. {Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
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 he 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 who 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 represents, and that he is reputed
and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary solider, 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.
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[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will
follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] 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.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] 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 he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c, A.B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: -For---year---months, and ---- days I served as a ----. For ---months and ---- days, I served as a ---; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according tot he grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months, is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expression 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 places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] 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 public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

             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 end 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.
[j] 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.
>The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers, and State Troops, The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and seat to the War Department, with the declaration.

(Handwritten note at bottom): 
Evidence of rank must be produced or accounted for.  
(More faint handwriting:) 
He states [ill.] he is [ill.] no account.
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9.415
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State of New Jersey
Monmouth County ⎬ss:
      On this third day of May eighteen hundred and forty three personally appeared before the Court of Common Pleas of the said County Thomas Gearon and John B. Smith and Rebecca his wife, residents of the Township of Freehold in said County, who being first duly Sworn according to Law, do on their oaths make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed July 7, 1838, entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows."  That the Said Thomas Gearon and Rebecca Smith are two of the children of Barbarie Gearon, deceased, the widow of Thomas Gearon, who was a private and Sergeant in the War of the Revolution, and who was a pensioner under the act of June 7, 1832.
They further declare that the Said Barbarie
Gearon was married to the Said Thomas Gearon
on the Sixteenth day of July in the year Seventeen hundred and eighty Six: that her husband the aforesaid Thomas Gearon died on the first day of April eighteen hundred and forty two.  That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the Service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January, Seventeen hundred and ninety four viz: at the time above Stated: and that the Said Barbarie Gearon died on the thirteenth day of January, eighteen hundred and forty three.
Thomas Gearon
John B. Smyth
Rebecca Smyth
Sworn to & subscribed before the Court on the day & year last aforesaid}
W. J. Brown
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State of New Jersey
Monmouth County} SS:
     I Samuel Mairs Clerk of the Inferior Court
of Common Pleas of the said County do hereby certify that it has been proven to the Satisfaction of the said Court that Thomas Gearon who was a pensioner of the United States, died on the first day of April
eighteen hundred and forty two; and that he left
a widow named Barbarie Gearon, and that the
Said Barbarie Gearon died on the thirteenth day of January, eighteen hundred and forty three. And that Thomas Gearon, John Gearon, Rebecca Smyth wife of John B. Smith, and Catharine Ackerman wife of John L. Ackerman are the only children of the Said Barbarie Gearon, and that the said Thomas & Rebecca
reside in the County of Monmouth aforesaid - that the said Catharine resides in New York, and that the said John resides [in] the State of Ohio.
     And I do hereby further certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the Said Court in the Matter of the application of the children of Barbarie Gearon for a pension. And that William J. Bowne is the presiding Judge of the Said Court, and his Signature to the foregoing declaration is genuine.
And I do hereby further certify that Thomas C.
Throckmorton Esquire before whom the annexed affidavit was Sworn and Subscribed, is now and was at the date thereof a Justice of the peace of Said County duly Commissioned and qualified, and that his Signature thereto is genuine.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and Seal of Office this first day of June eighteen hundred and forty three.

                              Samuel Mairs Clerk
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State of New Jersey
Monmouth County ⎬ SS:

Be it remembered that on the 31st
day of May A.D. 1843. personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace of Said County
Aaron A. Marcellus who being duly Sworn
Saith that he is the pastor of the Dutch
Reformed Church of Freehold in Said
County, that he hath in his possession the
Marriage Register of Said Church, which
contains a record of the Marriages Solemnized
by the different Ministers of Said Church
that this deponent finds recorded in Said
Register the Marriage of Thomas Gearon
and Barbarie his wife, by the Revd. Benjamin
Dubois who was for many years the pastor of Said Church, and the following
is a true copy of Said Marriage in the
words & figures following to wit: "Thomas
Geran & Barbarah Hymes was married
July ye 16th 1786.
                                   A A Marselus

Sworn to & Subscribed before
me Justice as aforesaid the
day & year aforesaid by
the said Aaron A. Marcellus
who is a credible person &
whose statement is entitled
to credit.}
Thos C Throckmorton
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Declaration of Thomas Gearon in order to
obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7. 1832.

State of New Jersey
Monmouth County} ss:

       On this nineteenth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three, personally appeared in open Court before the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County of Monmouth, now sitting Thomas Gearon a resident of the Township of Freehold, County and State aforesaid, aged Seventy three 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 7. 1832. That he entered the Service of the United States under the following named officers and Served
as herein Stated:
That he entered the Militia of New Jersey about the first of July 1776, and Served therein under Captain Joseph Stillwell & Lieutenant Moses Shepherd at Sandy Hook, every other month alternately during the latter part of the year 1776.  And the whole of the year 1777, guarding
and defending the inhabitants of the frontiers and Shores from the Brittish and Tories, and watching the Motions of the enemy.
That David Forman was their Genl.; George Taylor their Colonel but he soon became a Tory and went off to the Brittish.  And then Asher Holmes the Major was promoted to a Colonel.
That sometime during the year 1777 Capt. Stillwell was promoted to a Major, and Lieutenant Shepherd to a Capt.
That during the year 1778 and part of year 1779 he served in the militia aforesaid in the Same Company under Capt Moses Shepherd and Lieutenant Lambert Johnston every other month alternately.  Stationed at Middletown as their
head quarters and guarding and watching the Shores from Shoal harbour to Long Branch. Field officers the Same as last mentioned: that some time in the Month of June 1779
he enlisted as a volunteer in the Militia of N.J. as one
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of the thousand to be raised for the defence of the Frontiers of this State. And Served a tour of Six Months at least as a private under Captain David Gordon, Lieutenant Jacob Woolcott___ and Ensign not remembered beginning Some time in the month of June 1779 and ending
on the 15th day of December following: that their headquarters were at Middletown and their duties were the same as those of the Monthly Militia above mentioned.
That Sometime in the Month of April 1780 he went to Philadelphia and enlisted as a common Sailor before the Mast on board the Brig Rebecca, Letter of Marque under one Capt. John Burrows.  (Cant recollect the other officers names he being with them so short a time) and Sailed on the 1st of May 1780 from Philadelphia, onboard said Brig under the command of the Said Capt. Burrows and had arrived at Gulf Stream Southeast from the Capes of Philadelphia where the Brig was taken.  And the whole crew made prisoners by the English Sloop of War, Delight, (Copper bottomed): that he was taken immediately to New York
and put on board of the Prison Ship Schorpion on the 18th of the Same month May, and remained there as a prisoner of War for about five weeks: he was then removed to the Hospital Ship Hunter, and remained there as a prisoner (an invalid) for Seventy two days when he was exchanged and he returned immediately
home: that on or about the first of January 1781,
he enlisted again as a volunteer in the Militia of
New Jersey as one of the eight hundred and twenty men to be raised for the defence of the frontiers of this State and Served a tour of one year, in the grade of an orderly Sergeant being elected by the vote of his company under Capt. Moses Shepherd, Lieutenant Lambert Johnston, and ensign David Imlay -- beginning about the 1st of January 1781, and ending on the first day of January 1782: that their head
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That Some time in the month of February 1782 he enlisted again as a volunteer in Said Militia, in a Company of Horseman, And Served a tour of at least nine months and a half under Captain John Walton, Lieutenant David Rhea and Cornet Jonathan Forman, who was during the time Succeeded by Jaques Denise who was appointed Cornet in the place of Forman beginning about the first of March 1782, and ending about the tenth of December following, five or Six days before the expiration of their term: they were Stationed at Freehold as their head quarters, but a party of fifteen men under the Command of Cornet Denise were detached from head quarters and Stationed at Pleasant Valley about four or five months before the expiration of their tour and remained there, quartered among the farmers, until they were discharged, and this applicant was one of the fifteen: that he, this applicant, found his
own his horse, Saddle & bridle, Carbine, Pistols, holsters, Sword and all other accoutrements necessary for the equipment of a horseman, and that he was allowed twenty Shillings per month for his horse over and above the pay allowed to the afoot: their duties were
to guard and defend the inhabitants of the Frontiers and to watch the motions of the enemy, and to give the earliest intelligence of their movements, to General Washington at his head quarters.  And this applicant rode the express which carried intelligence of the
arrival of the fleet at Sandy Hook from the Chesapeake Bay; that all the militia of that State that were to be raised by enlistment during this year were under the Command of one Major Hays as this applicant was informed,
but as he never Saw the said officer, he does not know any thing about him: William Van Pelt and John  Chasey are the only persons he knows of, now living, who
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to wit: at the Highlands of Neversink, Conaskunk, Pleasant Valley, and Sandy Hook.
That his marches generally extended along the shores and frontiers of Monmouth County, patrolling the Shores and roads to and from head quarters to the intermediate points along the whole extent of the Said Shore. 
In answering the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department he says:
1. That he was born in Amboy Middlesex County N. J. on the 1st day of March 1760.
2. That he has no record of his age; the family bible which contained it was taken by his older Sister and he has not seen or heard of it in forty years, but he has often Seen his age recorded in it previous to its being taken away & while it was in the possession of his mother.
3. That he lived at Middletown Point when called into Service (his mother having moved there when he was Sixteen months old), that he lived at Middletown Point aforesaid until the year 1799 after the Revolution, that he then removed into the Township of Freehold where he has resided ever Since and Still resides: all in
Monmouth County New Jersey.
4. That the Manner of his being called into Service is Stated.
5. That there were no regular officers with troops where he Served or Continental or Militia regiments, except the Militia Regiment of Monmouth County under Col. Holmes to which this applicant belonged, and that the circumstances of his service are mentioned above.
6. That he never received any discharge in writing, none being given to the Militia, and has no documentary evidence of his Service, but he knows of John Eldridge, William Van Pelt and John Chasey whose testimony he can procure and who can testify to his Service; nor did he receive any warrant as Sergeant.
7.  That he is known to Rev. John Fountain who
has become So old and infirm as to be unable to
perform the duties of a Clergyman and Samuel
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Stillwell in his present neighborhood who can
testify as to his character for veracity and their
belief of his Services as a Soldier of the Revolution.
That he always Served with an embodied corps called into service by the Authority of the Laws and ordinances of the State of New Jersey; that he always Served in field and not in garrison: and that for the time during which his Service was performed he was not engaged in any civil pursuit, and all the above Service was performed in the grade of a private except the tour of one year as orderly Sergeant.
That 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.
                                         Thomas Gearon
Sworn to and Subscribed the day and
aforesaid in open Court} 
John Patterson

State of New Jersey
Monmouth County ⎬ss: 
William Van Pelt being duly Sworn deposeth and Saith that he is a surviving soldier of the Revolution aged Seventy three years; that he is well acquainted with Thomas Gearon who has Sworn to and Subscribed the foregoing Declaration, and knows that the said Thomas Gearon Served a tour of at least nine and a half months during the year 1782 under Capt.
John Walton in a Troop of horsemen raised by enlistment in the County of Monmouth aforesaid, Stationed at Freehold a part of the time, and the remainder at Pleasant Valley
under Cornet Denise, for this deponent enlisted at the Same time and Served the Same tour with the said Thomas Gearon under the Said officers in the Said Company of horsemen beginning about the first of March, 1782 and ending in December following:  Wm Van Pelt 
Sworn to & Subscribed in open Court: Oct. 19th. 1833. John Patterson}
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State of New Jersey
Monmonth County}SS. 
John Chasey being duly Sworn deposeth
and that he is a Surviving Soldier of the Revolution aged seventy eight years.  That he is well acquainted with Thomas Gearon who has Sworn to and Subscribed the foregoing Declaration, and knows that the Said Thomas
Gearon Served a tour of at least nine and a half months in a troop of Horse Commanded by Capt. John Walton and Lieut. David Rhea under an enlistment in the Militia of the said State, beginning about the first of March 1782 and ending in the month December following, for this deponent enlisted and Served the Same tour under the Said officers, with the Said Thomas Gearon.  That he also knows that the said Thomas Gearon Served a tour of one year under Capt. Moses Shepherd Stationed at Middletown at their head Quarter, beginning in the month of January 1781, and ending in the month of January 1782, under an enlistment
for that period, for this Deponent Served the Said tour with the Said Gearon under the Said Captain at the Same time & place, and under the Said  enlistment, and further that the Said Thomas Gearon acted, as orderly Sergeant in Said Company under Shepherd.  
                                              John Chasey
Sworn to & subscribed in open Court
October 19th. A.D. 1833}
William Lloyd

And the Said Court do hereby declare their opinion 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 William Van Pelt & John Chasey who have sworn to & subscribed the above affidavit are surviving soldiers of the Revolution, resident in the said County of Monmouth, that they are 
credible persons, and that their affidavits are entitled to full credit that the said applicant could not, without too much inconvenience, expend & produce in court a clergyman & another respectable person.  
       By order of the Court              William Lloyd
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We John Fountain, a Clergyman formerly
residing in the Township of Freehold --
in the County of Monmouth New Jersey; and Samuel Stillwell residing in the same place, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with
Thomas Gearon who has Subscribed and Sworn to the annexed Declaration.  That we believe him to be Seventy three years of age.  That he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a
Soldier of the Revolution and to be a man of good character for truth and veracity: and that we concur in that opinion.  
                                         Jno. Fountain
                                         Samuel Stillwell
Sworn & Subscribed before me one of the} Justices of the Peace in & for the County}
of Monmouth & State of New Jersey.}
Wm H Whitlocke Justice

And I the said Wm H Whitlocke Justice as
aforesaid do hereby certify that it appears to me
that John Fountain who has signed the preceding certificate is a credible person, a clergyman resident as above stated, and that Samuel Stillwell 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. And there is no clergyman residing
in the neigborhood of the said Thomas Gearon, who has been acquainted with him for any length of time.
Wm. H. Whitlocke Justice
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                                                 March 18, 1938

The Quartermaster General
Memorial Branch         Thomas Gearon
War Department           W. 461         
Washington, D. C.         BA-J/AWF

Dear Sir:

      Reference is made to your request for the
Revolutionary War record of Thomas Geran of Monmouth County, New Jersey, who died in New Jersey, April 1, 1842.

      The data furnished herein were obtained from papers on file in pension claim, W. 461, based upon service of Thomas Gearon in the War of the Revolution.  The name is shown, also Geran, and Geason. 

     Thomas Gearon was born March 1, 1760 in Amboy, Middlesex County, New Jersey. The names of his parents were not given; he moved with his mother, when about sixteen months old, to Middletown Point, Monmouth County, New Jersey.

     While residing in said Middletown Point, Thomas Gearon enlisted about July 1, 1776, and served as private in monthly tours, every other month, in Captain Joseph Stillwell's and Moses Sheppard's company, Colonels George Taylor's and Asher Holmes' New Jersey regiment, until the month of June, 1779.  He enlisted sometime in June, 1779, served as private in Captain David Gordon's New Jersey Company, six months. He went to Philadelphia, sometime in April, 1780, and enlisted as a sailor on board "the Brig
Rebecca Letter of Marque", Captain John Burrows, sailed from Philadelphia, sometime in May, and the
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Brig and all the crew were taken prisoner by the
English Sloop of War, "Delight", carried to New York and put on board the prison ship "Schorpion", held about five weeks, when removed to the hospital ship "Hunter", and held a prisoner seventy-two days, when exchanged and returned home to Middletown Point, New Jersey. He enlisted about January 1, 1781, served one year as orderly sergeant in Captain Moses Sheppard's New Jersey company.  He
enlisted March 1, 1782, served nine one half months in Captain John Walton's troop of horse, under Major Hayes. During the service, he was in skirmishes at the Highlands of Neversink, Conaskunk (?), Pleasant Valley, and Sandy Hook.

      Thomas Gearon moved from Middletown Point in 1799 to Freehold Township, Monmouth County, New Jersey. He was allowed pension on his application executed October 19, 1833, then a resident of the Township of Freehold, New Jersey. 

     Thomas Gearon married July 16, 1786, Barbarie Hymes. He died April 1, 1842, and the widow, Barbarie, died January 13, 1843.

      The following children were allowed the pension due their mother, Barbarie Gearon Thomas Gearon of Monmouth County, New Jersey; Rebeccah Smyth, wife of John B. Smyth of Monmouth County, New Jersey; Catharine Ackerman, wife of John L. Ackerman of New York; and John Gearon of the State of Ohio.  

      Reference was made to an older sister of the soldier, Thomas Gearon, her name not stated. 

     The application for headstone for Thomas Geran [Gearon] is returned herewith, also two little slips of paper, one typewritten and one in pencil, giving a description of Thomas Geran [Gearon].
                               Very truly yours

                               A. D. HILLER
                               Executive Assistant
                               to the Administrator
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1938 - March 17 - [ill.] the Memorial 
Branch [ill.]

Revy WIDOW, &c.
File No. 461
Barbaril [Barbarie] Gearon
Widow
Thomas Gearon
Sergt. Rev. War.
Act: July 7. 1838.
Index:-Vol. A, Page 276

[Arrangement of 1870.]
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9415
Barbarie Gearon
New Jersey
Act July 7th '38
_________________
Admitted
1 Year    Jers+.  $60
Pr. Cav.  9 mo.    37.50
Pr. Inf.    3 mo.    10.00
per an.             $107.50

Certificate to be [ill.]
in favor of
Thomas Gearon
John Gearon
Rebecca Smyth wife of
          John B Smyth
                and
Catherine Ackerman
            wife of John L. Ackerman
children of Thomas Gearon
& Barbarie Gearon 
J. M. Hartshorne Esq
Freehold
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                                           Pension Office
                                                  1843
Sir
The papers in the case of Barbarie Gearon deceased claiming a pension under the Act of July 7th 1838 have been examined and are herewith returned [ill.] the official signature
of Thomas G T
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27375.
Declaration 
of
Thomas Gearon}  For a Pension
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State of New Jersey
Monmouth County} SS:
Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in & for the Said County, John Eldridge, who being duly Sworn deposeth
and Saith that he is a Surviving Soldier of the Revolution aged Seventy four years: that he is well acquainted with Thomas Gearon who has Signed & Sworn to the Annexed declaration; that he knew the Said Thomas Gearon in the Revolutionary War: and Saw him in the Militia of Monmouth County, and Served with him almost every other month under Capt Stillwell and Shepherd during the years 1776. 1777. 1778 & 1779: that he cannot now tell the particular times and places he Saw the said Gearon in Service and Served with him, but frequently at Head quarters Middletown, and along the Shores of Monmouth County, where they were Stationed as guard or Sentry, but he
recollects one tour of Service perfectly well, which the Said Thomas Gearon performed to wit: one year under Capt Moses Shepherd under an enlistment in the Militia of N.J. at Middletown their head quarters, beginning in the Winter, Early of___1780-1; and ending in the Winter, Early of___1781-2: he knows that the said Thomas Gearon Served the Said tour of one year in the grade of a Sergeant in Said Company under the said Capt. Shepherd, for he, this Deponent, enlisted at the Same time, and Served under the Said Capt. Shepherd, with the Said Thomas Gearon, the said tour of one year to wit: from about first of Jany. 1781, to the,
to about first of Jany. 1782. That during this tour their head quarters were at Middletown and their duties were to guard & protect the Shores of the Said County from the Brittish & Tories, who were continually landing upon the Said Shores in Small parties from New York & Long Island for the purpose of foraging plundering &c. that the Thomas Gearon Sustained the character of being a good Whig and Soldier: that he is now a Respectable and credible person & that his statement are entitled
to credit:  
                     John X Eldridge
                          his mark
Sworn to and subscribed this 19th day
October 1833 before me Justice as above mentioned} 
    [Signature cut off] [Text continues on next page]
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And I the said Wiliam Lloyd Justice aforesaid do hearby certify that it appears to me that John Eldridge who has sworn and made his mark to the forgoing affidavit, is a surviving Soldier of the Revolution resident in the Said County of Monmouth, that he is a credible person and that his affidavit is entitled to full credit.  In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this nineteenth day of October A.D. 1833
                                       William Lloyd

I Daniel H. Ellis Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Monmouth in the Sate [State] of New Jersey do hereby certify that the annexed papers contain the original proceedings of the Said Court in the matter of the application of Thomas Gearon for a pension, and further that William H Whitlock and William Lloyd before whom the foregoing certificate and affidavit were Sworn to and Subscribed and who have Signed their names to the jurats thereof respectively and to the certificates Succeeding are enrolled in my office as Justices of the Peace in & for Said County duly Commissioned and Sworn into office and that full faith and credit are due and ought to be given to all their official acts as Such, and that the Said William Lloyd is one of the Judges of the Said Court: that the Signatures "Wm H. Whitlock" and "William Lloyd" Signed to the foregoing are respectively, the true hand writing and genuine Signatures
of the Said Justices. 
In witness whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and Seal of Office at Freehold this nineteenth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three.
                       D. H. Ellis [ill.]
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                        Freehold N. J. Augt 9, 1843

Sir
     I herewith enclose to you the papers
on the application of the children of Barbarie
Gearon widow of Thomas Gearon, who was a
private & Sergeant in the War of the Revolution.
For proof of Service they refer you to the
evidence on file with the papers of Thomas
Gearon under the act of June 7, 1832.

                           I am  Most Respectfully
                               Your Obt Svt
                                J M Hartshorne

JL Edward Esq.
Com of Pensions
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State of New Jersey}
Monmouth County}:
Personally appeared before me the
undersigned a Justice of the Peace in for the Said Thomas Gearon, who being duly sworn deposeth and Saith that he is the identical Thomas Gearon named in the Declaration numbered 27375, that he never received any warrant or certificate of office as orderly Sergeant but was chosen by the votes of his company, to wit: Capt. Shepherd's: that the
Captain, Lieutenant and ensign, were chosen by the Legislature, and commissioned by the Governor of the State of New Jersey and were called commissioned officers, but that the Sergeants and corporals were chosen by the Company and were called non-commissioned officers, and they never received any
certificates or warrants of their appointment, and he verily believes that this was the practice
throughout the whole State under the enlistments in the Militia, he having never heard of an instance to the contrary during the whole war.  And that this was the distinction between the enlistments in the Militia and the enlistments in the Continental army - the former being under the State regulations, and the latter under the Continental.   
                                    Thomas Gearon
Sworn to and Subscribed before me 
Nov. 29th 1833}
William Lloyd

State of New Jersey}
Monmouth County} SS:

Personally appeared before me the
undersigned a Justice of the Peace in & for the 
Said County James Wall who being duly sworn deposeth and Saith that he is a Surviving Soldier of the Revolution aged 77 years; that he is well acquainted with Thomas Gearon who has Sworn to and Subscribed to the above affidavit, that he knew the said Thomas Gearon during the Revolutionary War: that he resided
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in the Township of Middletown Said County: that he knows that the Said Thomas Gearon enlisted and served Six months, under Capt. David Gordon at Middletown aforesaid during the year 1779, commencing in June and ending in December Same year, for this Deponent enlisted and Served at the Same time and place under the Said Capt. -- the Same tour of Six months: that there were Six horsemen attached to the Said Company enlisted at the Said time under the Said Capt. Gordon and that this Deponent was one of the Said horsemen; and further that the practice of choosing officers so far as he understood it, at that time was for the State to commission three officers in each Company to wit: Capt., Lieut , & Ensign, and that the Sergeant and corporals were elected by the votes of the members of the Companies, but never received any warrant or certificate of office and were called non-commisioned officers; he never knew any certificate to be given as Sergeant either in the enlistments in the Militia or in the Common Militia, but he believes it was otherwise in the Continental Army.       
                                        James Hall
Sworn to and Subscribed
James Hall before me. Nov 29th 1833}
                              William Lloyd]

And I the said William Lloyd Justice as aforesaid do hereby certify that it appears to me that James Wall who has Sworn to and Subscribed the foregoing affidavit is a Surviving Soldier of the Revolution resident in the Said County of Monmouth, that he is a credible person and that his affidavit is entitled to credit. 
Witness my hand, Nov. 29th 1833. 
                                                     William Sealy
I, Daniel K Ellis Clerk of the Inferior Court of
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Common Pleas in & for the County of Monmouth and State of New Jersey, do hereby certify that William Lloyd before whom the foregoing affidavits were Sworn to and Subscribed, is enrolled in my office as a Justice of the Peace duly commissioned and Sworn into office as Such in & for said County, and that full faith and credit are due and ought to be given to all his official acts as Such, and further that the Signatures Signed "William Lloyd" to the foregoing are the true hand writing and genuine Sgnatures a the Said Justice.

In witness whereof I have hereunto
Set my hand and Seal of
Office at Freehold this 29th
day of November A.D. 1833.
                     W.H. Ellis. [ill.]
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[Part of a a paper folded in quarters].  

Thomas Gearson 
free
J. L. Edwards Esq
Comr. of Pensions
Washington City.  D.C.

Freehold  N.J.
March 8th, 

NJ. Mar. 11

N. Jersey
Capt. Gordon
   "      Shepherd
   "      Walton 
Monmouth Co.
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                           Freehold March 7th 1836

Sir
      In your letter of the 22d [ill.] addressed to Thomas Gearon you State that upon a review of his papers it appears that his claim has been inadvertently admitted."
      I think from a Statement of the circumstances which occurred at that time I can Satisfy you that his claim was only admitted after the fullest examination. I Sent his papers to the Department in Oct. 1833. They were
examined immediately.  His claim was refused and the papers sent back. I then took the liberty of appealing from that decision, to yourself, and returned the papers to you.  On the 13th of Nov. following you wrote to me as follows: "The evidence in detail in Support of the claim of
Thomas Gearon only extends to his Service in Shepherds company and in Waltons troop of horse. These if admitted will not entitle him to a full pension. If he expects to be placed
on the roll for two years service, his other services must be established agreeably to the regulations."  
      The papers were again returned.  Evidence was then adduced in Support of his Service in Capt. Gordon's Company.  And his claim again Sent to the department, which was then allowed.  So you will perceive that his claim was not admitted until after three examinations one of which was immediately before yourself on appeal. 
     Permit me to call your attention to the claim itself. He claims a pension for three particular towns of Service, one of 6 months -- one of 1 year & another of 9 1/2 months making 2 years 3 1/2 months which I think is proved in the clearest manner. (The other Service which he States was considered as merely [ill.], and no evidence was adduced in Support of it because he proved Service Sufficient without it, to entitle him to full pay.)  The first tour of 6 months in Capt. Gordon's company, was under an enlistment in the Militia or State troops, by virtue of an act of the Legislature of N.J. passed June 2d 1779 entitled "An act to embody for a limited time one thousand of the
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militia of this State for the defence of the frontiers thereof ."  One company was to be raised in the County of Monmouth by this act
to consist of 75 men, 5 Segt.,  5 Corpl., ensign, Lieut., & Capt. -- and to be continued in Service until 15th Decr. 1779.  This tour of service is supported by the evidence of at least one Survivor.
    The tour of 1 year in Capt. Shepherd's Company was under an enlistment, by virtue of an Act passed Dec. 26. 1780 entitled "An act to raise by voluntary enlistment 820 men for the defence of the frontiers of the State." -- 259 men were to be stationed in the County of Monmouth under this Act, enlistment to continue to 5th Jany 1782. -- This time of Service is Supported by the evidence of at least one Survivor.  
      The tour of 9 1/2 months in Capt. Walton's troop of Horse was under enlistment by virtue of an act passed Dec 29, 1781 entitled  "An Act to provide for the defence of the frontiers and for defraying the expenses of the Government of this State".  422 men were to be raised by this Act, & to be ready to take the field on or before 1st March 1782 & continue in Service until the 15th December 1782 and to be Stationed in the frontier counties. In the County of Monmouth one company of horsemen
to consist of 40 privates, 3 com'd officers, & 4 Sergts -- to be raised and commanded by Capt. John Walton, Lieut. David Rhea.  
          This tour is proved by two Survivors. 
     I think there must be Some mistake in relation to this pension, which you say is Suspended, for I cannot conceive  how a case can be made out and Sustained by law and evidence, more clearly and more Satisfactory than this.  I always considered it one of the Strongest and most meritorious cases that were presented from this County, for it will perceived by his declaration, that he was in the Service during nearly all the war, either in the militia or under enlistments. 
      If any further explanation is required in relation  to either of the tours which I have mentioned above and upon which he relies for his pension, please State in particular which to it is and what more is required.
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The Laws were particularly referred to in my communications to the Department in relation to this claim.
     In your letter to him you also State that he has confounded the training and patrolling of the companies to which he belonged with the military Service of an embodied Corps."  This I cannot understand, for he actually belonged to an embodied corps, under military organization, in obedience to the orders of the competent authority -- and in those Corps done the Service for which he claims a pension.

 An answer is requested as soon as  convenient
      I am Respectfully your obt Servt - 
            J. M. Hartshorne

James S. Edwards Esqr
      Comr. of Pensions
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                                      Freehold New Jersey
                                            Nov. 29th 1833.

Sir
       In your letter of the 13th in [ill.] you state that "The evidence in detail in Support of the claim of Thomas Gearon only extends to his Service in Shepherd's Company and in Walton's troop of Horse. These if admitted will not entitle him to full pension. If he expects to be placed on the pension for two years Service his other 
Services must be established agreeably to the
Regulations."
      Although I do not feel willing to grant that his claim was not sufficiently proved, yet knowing that further evidence could be adduced (tho' with much trouble and expense) I have obtained further testimony which is herewith enclosed. He claims only for those Services which are proved positively by survivors.
      If you do not consider the Services in 1776, 1777, &  78, Sufficently proved (see affidavit of John Eldridge) it may be considered as surplusage. In the year 1779 He states six months & proves it by a Survivor -- (affidavit of James Wall.)  He States 1 year in 1781 and proves it by two Survivors (see affidavits of Chasey & Eldridge), and in 1782 He States 9 months and proves it by 2 Survivors (See affidavits of Van Pelt and Chasey).
      He then states and proves by Survivors 2 years & 3 months without any kind of question or doubt.  No more can be required. The Laws authorizing these Services are particularly
mentioned and referred to in my last letter about the 1st Just.
      As to his rank as Sergeant (about which you require Some explanation) I think you will find in the additional affidavits altogether Satisfactory. There were no warrant or certificates given to the non-commissioned officers, for there was no person authorized to do it. The Commissioned officers were chosen & commissioned by the State, & the Sergeants were elected by the Company.  And who could give them a commission or
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any thing in the nature of it?  Not the Governor - for then they would not be called non-commissioned officers. And certainly no other person under the laws of this State had authority to grant commissions or any thing in the nature thereof.
     If you will take trouble to look at some of these laws for embodying the militia (and here you must recollect the distinction between the enlisted militia and the continental troops) you will find that I am fully borne out in this idea. I refer you to Wilson's laws of N.J. page 251 as it is the only law upon that Subject published entire. You will find in that Act that the Commissioned officers are named, but that the Sergeants and Corporals were to be chosen afterwards, & are called non-commissioned officers.
     The fair presumption then is, from the oath of the applicant all the circumstances corroborating it, that there was no certificate or any thing in the nature of a con[illegible] given to Sergeants.  And unless Some facts are Shown to the contrary you cannot avoid the conclusion. But if it Should appear that the practice was different, yet I conceive that he is entitled to Sergeant's pay.
      The regulations require the best evidence,  which would be the certificate but if that cannot be obtained, and is accounted for, it is certainly violating every principal of evidence, to say, that he shall not prove it in any other way. He swears that he never received a warrant or certificate.
Testimony by Survivors then is certainly the best evidence that can be produced in this case, and he has proved the fact of his Sergeantship by two witnesses who swear positively and cannot be mistaken. (See
affidavits of Eldridge & Chasey.) And I never knew that more than two witnesses were necessary to prove any fact, but if more be necessary he can prove it also by John Brown who was Second Sergt in th same company (and who bye the bye has already received his pension as Sergt - and that too, without any such proof as is required in this case.

                            Yours Respectfully &c
                             J. M. Hartshorne

J. L. Edwards, Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
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Payment to be made
at Trenton
by P. Dickinson, Esq
Agent for paying Pensioners,
in the Agency of
New Jersey.


Recorded in the Pension
Office, in Book  Vol.__
Page___  by

Tho. Lumpkin, Clerk
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                       WAR DEPARTMENT
                 REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM
     I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States, of the 7th July, 1838, Barbarie Geason [Gearon], deceased, late widow of Thomas Geason [Gearon], deceased, who was a Sergeant, a Private of Cavalry, and Private of Infantry, in the Revolution was entitled to receive One hundred and Seven dollars and fifty cents per annum, commencing on the 4th March 1836 and terminating on the 4th March 1841, but she having Since died, the amount due is payable to Thomas Geason [Gearon] 
John Geason [Gearon] , Rebecca Smyth wife of John B. Smyth and Catharine acknowledged wife of John L. Ackerman, children of Thomas Geason and Barbarie Geason [Gearon] deceased.


      Given at the War Office of the United
      States, this 13th day of October, 
      one thousand eight hundred and forty three.

                                      Secretary of War.
Examined and}
Countersigned.}
Acting Commissioner of Pensions