Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 2034, Zebulon Clayton, New Jersey
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(3-1776)
Service
New Jersey
Clayton, Zebulon
or Claton
Mary
Number 
R 2034
Contents
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11075
New Jersey
Zebulon Clayton
of Monmouth Co in the State of New Jersey who was a Private in the Company commended by Captain Hunn of the          commanded by     in the New Jersey Militia
2 yrs Private   $80
Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey at the rate of 80 dollars  -- cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March 1834
Certificate of Pension issued the 22nd day of March 1833 and sent H. D. Polhemus, Freehold N.J.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833  160.
Semi-anl allowance ending 4 Sept 1833  40.
$200
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7 1832}
Records by John T. Prague Clerk
Book D Vol 4 Page 145
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State of New Jersey
Monmouth County }ss
On the thirty first day of July A.D. 1832 personally appeared in open court before the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas of the County of Monmouth now sitting Zebulon Clayton a resident of the Township of Freehold in the County of Monmouth and State of New Jersey aged seventy one 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 7th 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated.  That in the latter part of the year 1776 before he was sixteen years of age he went out as a substitute for his brother Asher Clayton under Captain Hunn, that he went out as a substitute also for one Jacob Smith and one John Parent, that he served their monthly tours and done militia duty for them.  This was before he was sixteen years of age.   When he was sixteen years old in April 1777 he was obliged to go out on his own account and commenced the performance of monthly tours of duty and continued until the end of the war.  That he performed his own monthly tours of duty every other month in the militia.  That when he was not out for himself on monthly tours he would go as a substitute for other persons, they paying him for taking their places.  He liked the duties of a soldier better than working on the farm.  He was out pretty generally all the time.  That names of all the persons for whom he served as a sub
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-stitute he cannot now recollect.  The names of the officers under whom he served are Capt. Walton, Capt. Green, Capt. Chadwick, Capt. Thos Cook and Capt. Benja Van Cleef.  Before he was 16 years of age, while serving as a substitute above mentioned, he served under Captain Hunn and he thinks Captain Scharick.  That service in the manner he did, and under so many different officers it is impossible for him at this time to give the order on which he served. The field officers that he recollects serving under were Col. Asher Holmes, Col. Scudder and Gen. David Forman. That his services as a militia man were confined generally to the county.  He recollects however being stationed at Amboy in the County of Middlesex and being a number of times upon scouting parties in that neighborhood.  That he was mostly engaged in the defense of the shores, being generally stationed somewhere along the shore.  That he was frequently engaged in skirmishes with the British and refugees.  That he was at a skirmish at Sandy Hook with the British & Refugees, he was then under Captain Walton.  That all his officers are dead except Captain Van Cleef & he does not know that he can obtain his evidence, as he understands he is old and very infirm and not suffered to go from his house.  That he knows of no persons alive with whom he served except Wm. Hays, Wm. McTeir, Wm Applegate & Wm Parent.  The evidence of some of whom he hopes to ob-
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-tain.  That his brother John Clayton recollects of his serving in the militia but he does not of serving with him at any time.  That he has great confidence in saying that the whole time that he was out and done militia duty exceeds the term of two years.  That he has no recollection of serving with any of the continental troops, and did not know any of the officers.  He frequently saw Captain John Burrows who he thinks commanded a company of regulars and was stationed at the Court House.  That he has no discharge or any documentary evidence of his service.  That he was born in the Township of Freehold Monmouth County, N.J. April 11th, 1761.  That his father kept a record of his age which is now in the possession of his brother John Clayton.  That he has always lived in township where he was born.  That he entered the service under the laws of the State of New Jersey at sixteen.  Before sixteen he served as a substituted.  That Jas Hubert, & Benjn Van Schoick his neighbors know him and can testify respecting his character.  That he hereby relinquishes every claim 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.  
Zebulon Clayton
Sworn & subscribed to this day & year aforesaid.
John Patterson
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State of New Jersey
Monmouth County }ss.
Personally appeared in open court Wm Parent of Monmouth County who being sworn according to law deposeth & saith that he knows Zebulon Clayton, that he knew him in the Revolutionary War.  That he often saw him out with the militia of Monmouth County.  That the said Zebulon Clayton was a good soldier in the Revolutionary War and he verily believes that the said Zebulon Clayton served more than two years in the militia.  That the declaration of the said Zebulon Clayton has been read to this deponent and he believes the matters & things set forth therein are true.  
William Parent
Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid.
John Patterson
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State of New Jersey
Monmouth County }ss.
On this eighth day of August in the year eighteen hundred and thirty eight personally appeared before the Court of Common Pleas of the said County of Monmouth Mary Clayton, a resident of Freehold in the said county aged sixty nine and upwards who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed July 7th 1838 entitled "an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows".  That she is the widow of Zebulon Clayton who was a pensioner of the United States under the Act of June 7, 1832 and a private in the war of the Revolution. 
She further declares that she was married to the said Zebulon Clayton on the sixth day of January in the year seventeen hundred and eighty six.  That her marriage is recorded in the family Bible of the said Zebulon Clayton which has been and still is in her possession, from which Bible the leaf or record of marriages and births hereunto annexed was taken on this day the date hereof.  That she has no other record either public or private of her marriage.  That her husband the aforesaid Zebulon Clayton died on the twenty seventh day of October in the year eighteen hundred and thirty six; 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.  
Mary Clayton

Sworn & subscribed on the day & year above written in open court.
John W. Davison
Joseph Goodenough
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State of New Jersey
Monmouth County }ss.
James H. Clayton being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he was well acquainted with Zebulon Clayton, the husband of Mary Clayton who now claims a pension as his widow in his lifetime, that the said Zebulon Clayton was a pensioner of the United States.  That he died on the 27th day of October eighteen hundred and thirty six, and that Mary Clayton within named is his widow, and has remained so ever since the period of his death.  
J. H. Clayton
Sworn to & subscribed in open court before the Court of Common Pleas of said County August 8th, 1838 by the said James H. Clayton who is a credible person & whose statement is entitled to credit.
John W. Davison
Joseph Goodenough

State of New Jersey
Monmouth County }ss.
I, Daniel H. Ellis, Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas of said county do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Mary Clayton for a pension.  And John W. Davison and Joseph Goodenough Esquires are Judges of the said court duly qualified and their signatures to the above proceedings are genuine.  
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this eleventh day of August A.D. 1838
D. H. Ellis Clk
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State of New Jersey
Monmouth County }ss.
On this twenty sixth day of December A.D. Eighteen hundred and forty eight personally appeared before the Inferior Court of Common Pleas holden at Freehold in & for the County & State aforesaid, Ellen Broomell widow of William Broomell decd, a resident of the County & State aforesaid aged fifty eight years, who being first duly sworn according to law on her oath says that she is one of the children and heirs of Zebulon Clayton and Mary Clayton late of New Jersey deceased.  That her father the said Zebulon Clayton decd during his natural life drew a pension under the act June 7, 1832 (June 7th, 1832) New Jersey Roll on account of his Revolutionary services, at the rate of $80 per annum and died October 27th A.D. 1836 leaving the said Mary Clayton decd above named, his widow him surviving.  That the said Mary Clayton decd mother of this declarant and the widow of the said Zebulon Clayton decd as aforesaid, asserted her claim to a pension under the act of July 7, 1838 (July 7, 1838) as the widow of the said Zebulon Clayton decd pensioner as aforesaid, and was rejected in consequence of her not being able to produce anew the evidence of the services for which her husband was pensioned.  That the said Mary Clayton decd mother of this declarant and widow of the said Zebulon Clayton decd died on the
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29th day of June 1844 leaving the following named children her surviving viz.  Eliza Hooper wife of William Hooper, Maria Gillen, wife of John Gillen, Charles Clayton, Hannah Mount widow of Michael Mount decd, Clarissa Whitsell wife of John Whitsell and this declarant widow as aforesaid, all of whom are now living.
Now the object of this declaration being made is in order to assert a claim on behalf of this declarant and the other surviving children of the said Mary Clayton decd. under the Resolution of Congress of July 1st 1848 to the arrears of pension due them as the children of the said Mary Clayton decd at the time of her death under the act of July 7, 1838 and the subsequent acts thereto at the same rate her arrears as was allowed to the said Zebulon Clayton decd. the husband of the said Mary Clayton decd. 
And she further declares that she makes this declaration for the purposes aforesaid and on behalf of herself and the other surviving children of the said Mary Clayton decd and above named viz.  Eliza Hooper, Maria Gillen, Charles Clayton, Hannah Mount, Clarissa Whitsell & this declarant.
Ellen Broomell
Sworn to and subscribed in open court this 26th day of December 1848 before me.
Thos C. Throckmorton, Judge
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State of New Jersey
Monmouth County }ss.
I Daniel Christopher Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas of the County & State aforesaid do hereby certify that Thomas C. Throckmorton Esq before whom the foregoing oath & declaration was made was at the time and is now a Judge of the said court duly commissioned, sworn and enrolled in my office and authorized by the laws of the said state to administer oaths &c - and that his signature to the foregoing oath & declaration is genuine. 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office and of the said court this twenty sixth day of December A.D. Eighteen hundred and forty eight.
Daniel Christopher Clerk
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State of New Jersey
Monmouth County }ss
I, Daniel Christopher Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas holden at Freehold in & for the County & State aforesaid on this twenty sixth day of December A.D. 1848 do hereby certify that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited to said court that Zebulon Clayton decd. was a pensioner of the United States at the rate of ($80) Eighty dollars per annum; was a resident of the County of Monmouth & State of New Jersey and died in the county & state aforesaid in the year 1836 on the 27th day of October; that he left a widow whose name was Mary Clayton; that the said Mary Clayton the widow of the said Zebulon Clayton decd. resided in the county & state aforesaid and died in the City of Philadelphia in the year 1844 on the 29th day of June; that the said Mary Clayton decd. widow as aforesaid left six children her surviving whose names are Ellen Broomell widow of William Broomell, Eliza Hooper wife of William Hooper, Maria Gillen wife of John Gillen, Charles Clayton, Hannah Mount widow of Michael Mount and Clarissa Whitsell wife of John Whitsell.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office and of the said court this twenty sixth day of December A.D. Eighteen hundred & forty eight. 
Daniel Christopher, Clk.
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No 5138
Zebulon Clayton
Suspd 29 1832
4.5.14.16
Aom @
2 yrs
Private
$80

H.D. Polhemus
Freehold N.J.

E  P 119
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Brief in the case of  Zebulon Clayton
of Monmouth Co in the State of New Jersey
(Act 7th June, 1832)

1.  Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge?  Inferior Court of C. Pleas
2.  If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3  How old is he?  71 years
4.  State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
Period. | Duration of Service | Rank |
Names of General and Field officers under whom he served.
Years, Months, Days | as a | Gen.
in 1776 | 3 monthly tours | private | N.J. Militia Capt Hunn
1777 April | Performed monthly tour of duty till close of war | Capt. Walton, Chadwick
5.  In what battles was he engaged?  
6.  Where did he reside when he entered the service?  Freehold N. J.
7.  Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?  Two witnesses swear to his service generally
8.  Are the papers defective as to form or authentication?  and if so, in what respect?  
Defective  credibility of witnesses not certified  papers not properly attached.
I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
J. M. Duffield
Examining Clerk
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{ 678 }
Family Record
Births
Zebulon Clayton was born in the year of our Lord 1762 April 11th
Mary Clayton was born in the year of our Lord 1768 November 11th
Mary Clayton was born in the year of our Lord 1787 Oct 11th
Nancy Clayton was born in the year of our Lord 1788 Nov 21
Elenor Clayton was born in the year of our Lord 1790 December 10
Eliza Clayton was born in the year of our Lord 1792 October 16
Mariah Clayton was born in the year of our Lord 1796 Feby 18th
James H. Clayton was born in the year of our Lord 1798 May 19th
Charles Clayton was born in the year of our Lord 1800 July 20th
Nancy Clayton was born in the year of our Lord 1802 Nov 29th
Hannah Clayton was born in the year of our Lord 1805 Aug 27th
Clarissa Clayton was born in the year of our Lord 1808 March 26th
Michael Henry Mount was born in the year of our Lord July 6, 1829
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Marriages
Zebulon Clayton and Mary Clayton his wife was married Jany 6th 1726
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April the 2, 1827 Michel Mount and Hannah Clayton his wife was married
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Charles Z Clayton and Mariah Mitchel his wife was married May the 26 1827
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Eliza Clayton and Thomas Hooper was married July 10 1810
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August 26, 1936.
BA-J/ILL
John Clayton - S. 613
Zebulon Clayton R 2034

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

Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of John Clayton, Joseph Clayton and Zebulon Clayton, all of whom served from Monmouth County, New Jersey.
There is no claim for pension or bounty land on file based upon service in the Revolutionary War of a Joseph Clayton of New Jersey.  The records of John Clayton and Zebulon Clayton, pensioners of Monmouth County, New Jersey, are furnished you herein as found in pension claims based upon service in that war.
JOHN CLAYTON S. 613
John Clayton was born March 10, 1764 in Freehold Township, Monmouth County, New Jersey, and resided there during the period of the Revolutionary War, the names of his parents were not given. 
He enlisted in August 1778 and served six tours of one month each as private, some tours in 1779, in Captains Walton's Van Cleve's and Thomas Cook's companies of Monmouth County New Jersey militia, said tours rendered as a substitute for his brother, Asher Clayton.  After reaching the age of sixteen years, John Clayton served, as required by the law of the State of New Jersey, on monthly tours until the end of the war in 1783, as private in the New Jersey militia under Captains Walton, Benjamin VanCleve, Thomas Cook and others, names not given; his entire service amounted to at least two years.  During the period of his service, he was engaged in the defense of the sea coast, and was in frequent skirmishes with the British and Refugees who plundered and destroyed the property in Monmouth County, New Jersey.
John Clayton was allowed pension on his application executed July 31, 1832, at which time he resided in Freehold Township, Monmouth
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County, New Jersey, where he had continued to reside ever since the Revolutionary War.  He signed his name John Clayton, Sen.  The soldier referred to his brother Zebulon Clayton, living then (1832); his brother, Asher Clayton, was then deceased.
John Clayton made no reference to wife or children.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name of person paid, and, possibly, the date of death of this pensioner, you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following:
John Clayton
Certificate #11078
Issued December 22, 1833
Rate $80 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1831
Act of June 7, 1832
New Jersey Agency.
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ZEBULON CLAYTON - R. 2034
Zebulon Clayton was born April 11, 1761 or 1762 (both dates shown), in Freehold Township, Monmouth County, New Jersey, and resided there during the period of the Revolutionary War and afterwards; the names of his parents are not shown. 
Before reaching his sixteenth birthday, he served four tours of one month each as private in Captains Hunn's and Schrenk's companies in the Monmouth County New Jersey militia, some of which service was rendered as substitute for his brother, Asher Clayton.  After reaching the age of sixteen years, Zebulon Clayton enlisted, as required by the law of the State of New Jersey, and served on alternate monthly tours until sometime in 1782, under Captain Walton, Green, Chadwick, Thomas Cook, Benjamin VanCleve and others, and Colonels Asher Holmes and Scudder in the New Jersey militia; his entire service amounted to at least two years.  During these tours of service he was in many skirmishes at Sandy Hook.  He stated that he "like the duties of a soldier better than work on the farm".

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Zebulon Clayton was allowed pension on his application executed July 31, 1832, at which time he resided in Freehold Township, Monmouth County, New Jersey, where he continued to reside ever since his birth.  The soldier died October 27, 1836.
Zebulon Clayton married January 6, 1786, Mary, who was born November 11, 1768; the place of her birth and the names of her parents were not shown, 
In 1838, Mary Clayton, the soldier's widow, was a resident of Freehold Township, Monmouth County, New Jersey.  She died June 29, 1844 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, survived by six children, all living in 1848, whose names are shown as Ellen Broomell, widow of William Broomell, a resident of Monmouth County, New Jersey; Eliza Hooper, wife of William Hooper; Maria Gillen, wife of John Gillen; Charles Clayton; Hannah Mount widow of Michael Mount; and Clarissa Whitsell, wife of John Whitsell.
The names of the children of Zebulon and Mary Clayton are shown as follows
Mary Clayton         born    October 11, 1787
Nancy   "                    "      November 21, 1788
Ellen, or Elenor Clayton "   December 10, 1790 married William Broomell.
Maria, or Mariah         "      February 18, 1796 married John Gillen.
Charles, or Charles Z.   "     July 20, 1800 married  May 26, 1827 Mariah Mitchel
Nancy Clayton             "      November 29, 1802
Hannah   "                   "      August 27, 1805 married April 2, 1827 Michael Mount
Clarissa, or Clarisey  "   "     March 26, 1808, married John Whitsell
The following is also shown -
Michael Henry Mount born July 6, 1829
Zebulon Clayton, the soldier, stated that his brother, John

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Clayton, served also in the Revolutionary War; also, that the record which his father kept of his age (Zebulon's) was in the possession of said brother, John Clayton. 

Very truly yours
A.D. Hiller
Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

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Senate Chambers
Jany 6, 1849
Sir:
Enclosed I send you the declaration of Mrs. Ellen Broomell of New Jersey, one of the heirs of Mary Clayton, widow of Zebulon.
Mrs. Clayton made application several years ago for a pension under act 1838, but the case was then rejected; application is now made under the resolution of Congress of the 1st July 1848.
I am very respectfully,
Your obt. servt.
J.W. Miller

James L. Edwards Esq.
Comm of Pensions
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Supplemental Affidavit
State of New Jersey
Monmouth County }ss.
Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in & for the county and state aforesaid Zebulon Clayton an applicant for a pension being the same person mentioned in the papers marked No 5138, who being duly sworn deposeth and saith, that by reason of old age and the 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.  That he served in the Militia of New Jersey as a private and in no other capacity.  That in the year 1776 I served as a substitute for my brother Asher Clayton & others four months.  That in the year 1777 I served nine months.  In the year 1778 I served nine months.  In the year 1779 I served six months.  In the year 1780 I served six months.  In the year 1781 I served six months.  In the year 1782 I served six months and that for such service I claim a pension.  That the periods of service mentioned above fall short of the time I actually served in the war.  That I rendered these services under the militia laws of New Jersey at different times.  That I served in the militia on my own account, and as a substitute as stated in my declaration for other persons.  That at this late period of my life I am unable to give a more particular or precise account of my services than I have already done being in the 72nd year of my age and having no memorandum to refer to.  
Zebulon Clayton
Sworn & subscribed before me this second day of January AD 1832
William Lloyd
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I John Patterson, a Justice of the Peace and one of the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Monmouth in the State of New Jersey do hereby certify that the affidavits of William Parent and William Hays relative to the services of Zebulon Clayton in the militia during the Revolutionary War and annexed to the declaration of the said Zebulon Clayton and forming a part of the original proceedings of the Court in the matter of the application of the said Zebulon Clayton for a pension / which proceedings are marked No 5138 were sworn to and subscribed before me by the said Wm Parent and Wm Hays, who are known to me and are persons of credibility.
Given under my hand this 26th day of December eighteen hundred and thirty two.
John Patterson

I Daniel H. Ellis, Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Monmouth in the State of New Jersey, do hereby certify that William Lloyd Esq before whom the foregoing affidavit was taken was at the date thereof dully enrolled in my office as a Justice of the Peace duly commissioned and sworn into office, and that full faith and credit are due and ought to be given to all his official acts as such, and further that I am acquainted with the hand  writing of the said William Lloyd and verily believe his name subscribed to said affidavit to be his own proper hand writing and signature.  And that I am also acquainted with the handwriting of John Patterson Esq and verily believe his name subscribed to the above certificate to be his proper handwriting and signature. 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office at Freehold this fourth day of Jany in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three.
D. H. Ellis Clk
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I, Daniel H. Ellis, Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Monmouth in the State of New Jersey do hereby certify that the annexed contains the original proceedings of said court in the matter of the application of Zebulon Clayton for a pension and that John Patterson Esq. before whom the annexed affidavits were taken, was at the date thereof duly enrolled in my office as a Justice of the Peace and a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in said County of Monmouth duly commissioned and sworn into office, and that full faith and credit are due and ought to be given to all his official acts as such.  And further that I am acquainted with the handwriting of the said John Patterson and verily believe his name subscribed to said affidavits to be his own proper handwriting & signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office at Freehold this fourth day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three.
D. H. Ellis Clk
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Mon'th Co. N. J.
Zebulon Clayton's declaration &c under the act of June 1832 for a pension.
P.O.
No 5138
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State of New Jersey
Mon'th County }ss.
Personally appeared in open court William Hays residing in the County of Monmouth who being sworn according to law, deposeth and saith that he is 78 year of age.  That he has known Zebulon Clayton for 56 years.  That he saw him out with the militia of the County of Monmouth many times during the Revolutionary War.  That deponent often served in the same company of militia with the said Z. Clayton.  That he cannot pretend to say how long the said Z. Clayton served in the militia, but judging from what he saw, and from the character the said Z. Clayton sustained as a good soldier all the time deponent knew him - he verily believes that the said Clayton served in the militia more than two years and is probly and honestly entitled to be placed up on the pension rolls under the act of June 7, 1832.  That the declaration of the said Z. Clayton has been distinctly read to deponent and he believes the matters and things set forth therein are true.
X his mark
Wm Hays
Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid.
John Patterson
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Mr. Lewis Compton of Freehold and Benjamin Van Schoick of Upper Freehold hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Zebulon Clayton who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration.  That we believe him to be 71 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.  
Banjamin Van Schoick
Lewis Compton
Sworn and subscribed the day and year above written.
John Patterson

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 no clergyman now resides in the neigbourhood of the said applicant and that the said Lewis Compton and Benjm Van Schoick who have signed said certificate are residents in the neighbourhood of said applicant and that they are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit.  
John Patterson
John Hull
John W. Davison

I Daniel H. Ellis Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas of the County of Monmouth do hereby certify that the
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that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Zebulon Clayton for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court this 31st day of July Eighteen hundred and thirty two.
D. H. Ellis
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Let to J. M. Hartshorne August 30, 1838
"" "" J. N. Lawrence May 26 '43
Hon J. W. Miller July 10 49
T S Allison 19 Jany 1854
Hon T. B. Florence Dec 14 / 54

2034
1838
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Zebulon Clayton's Supplemental Affidavit &c.
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State of New Jersey
Department of State
Trenton, July 15 1854
Hon L P Waldo Comm of Pensions
Sir
At the request of an old and indigent lady who appears strongly persuaded that arrears of pension money are due to her mother who was the widow of Zebulon Clayton of New Jersey, who she says received a pension until his death some 18 years ago, I write to ask you if the records in your office shew that the widow who survived said Zebulon Clayton is entitled to anything?  
Your compliance with this request will be charitable to the lady and a favor to
Your friend & servant
Thos S. Allison
Sec of State of N. J.
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May 24  43
Saml Bogart
Mary Clayton
N.J.

Allentown N. J.
May 20th
Free
Commissioner of Pensions
War Department
Washington City
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Imlaystown  May 16 / 43
Dear Sir
Please inform me of the report of the Commissioner in the case of Samuel Bogart of Monmouth County.
Also in the case of Mrs. Mary Clayton under the act of July 7, 1838 widow of Zebulon Clayton decd. who was a pensioner.

Yours respectfully
Your most obt svt
James N. Lawrence

Hon J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
War Department
Washington
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V300
Mary Clayton
widow Zebulon
N.J.
7 July 1838
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2034
REJECTED
P.O.
Mary Clayton widow of Zebulon
Service:
Enlisted: _________,18  .
Discharged: _________,18  .
Application Filed: _________,18  .
Alleges:
Re-enlisted:
Attorney:
P.O.
Recognized.
Contract.
Cert. of Dis.
Searched for  _________,18  .

1929 May 20 O.W. Clayton adv. as to children A.D.Y.
1939 Aug 26 Hist to J. Wilbur Clayton.  See letter in John Clayton S613 I.L.L.
1939 May 20 Hist to Mrs. Beryl C. Kelley  I.L.L.
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14 N. Exeter Ave
Margate N. J.
2/8/29
 
Stamped:  U.S. Pension Office Feb 9 1929

Dear Sir
You had application for pension from the widow of Zebulon Clayton (widow rejected 2034).  Zebulon Clayton died Oct 27th 1836 and served or was supposed to have served in the Revolutionary War.
In the application for pension did the widow mention any children?  If so, kindly let me have the names of the children.
Yours truly
O.W. Clayton
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Kalispell Montana
815 Third Ave East

Stamped:  Received Apr 8 1939

Veterans Administration
Washington D.C.
Dear Sir:
I wish to make application for membership to the D.A.R.; also I wish to complete a record in "Family Book".  Would you please give me any information concerning Zebulon Clayton you might have on record?
Maybe these statements will assist in the search.  He served in the Rev. War in Samuel Forman's Regiment, N. Jersey Militia.
He married Mary Gorden (daughter of General Gorden) of Trenton.  After service he lived on a farm near Trenton.  Was born (about) 1755.  He died near Trenton I think.
Any information concerning Zebulon Clayton will be appreciated.  
Thank you,
Yours truly,
(Mrs.) Beryl Clayton Kelley

at time of death, maybe he lived at Pittsburg, Pa.
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Rev & 1812 Wars Section

May 20, 1929
O.W. Clayton,
14 North Exeter Avenue,
Margate, New Jersey.

Sir:
I advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, R. 2034, it appears that Zebulon Clayton (or Claton) and his wife Mary had the following children:

Mary Clayton         born    October 11, 1787

Nancy Clayton           "      November 21, 1788

Ellen                           "      December 10, 1790 married William Broomell
or Elenor Clayton         

Eliza Clayton              "      October 16, 1792  married July 10, 1810
                                          William or Thomas Hooper
Maria                        "      February 18, 1796 married John Gillen.
or Mariah Clayton    

James H. Clayton         "     May 19, 1798

Charles or                     "     July 20, 1800  married  May 26, 1827
Charles Z. Clayton              Mariah Mitchel
                                        

Nancy Clayton             "      November 29, 1802

Hannah Clayton           "      August 27, 1805married April 2, 1827                                         
                                             Michael Mount

Clarissa, or Clarisey  "   "     March 26, 1808, married John Whitsell

In 1848 the only surviving children were:  Eliza Hooper, Maria Gillen, Charles Clayton, Hannah Mount, a widow, Ellen
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Broomell, a widow, and Clarissa Whitsell.
The following name also appears on record, Michael Henry Mount born July 6, 1829, relationship not stated.

Respectfully,
E. W. Morgan
Acting Commissioner
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Freehold
Augt 15th 1838
Sir
I herewith send you the papers of Mary Clayton widow of Zebulon Clayton who applies for a pension under the act of July 7, 1838.  Her husband was a pensioner under the act of June 7, 1832.
Yours respectfully,
J. H. Hartshorne

J. L. Edwards Esq.
Comm Pens.