Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 3564, Mindart Wilson, New Jersey
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(3-1776)
SERVICE
New Jersey

Wilson, Mindart

NUMBER
S.3564
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CONTENTS
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5072
New Jersey
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Mindart Wilson
of -- in the State of New Jersey
who was a Private in the Company commanded
by Captain Lot of the Reg commanded
by Col Freighlinghunnin [Frelinghuysen] in the New Jersey
line for 10 months Private $33.33
Mindart Wilson, Records O.K. Mar 11 '04
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Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey
at the rate of 33 Dollars 33 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 2d day of Feb'y
1833 and sent to Hon I. Southard House Reps
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Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832 -- $49.99
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar 1833 -- 16.66
[total] $66.65

{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Vinal Luce Clerk,
Book D Vol. 4 Page 183

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Latter Hon F. S. Schenck 8 July 1835
Payment suspended -- letter to agent 8 Jany 1835
Let to Hon F S Schenck 16 Dec 1835
" same 25 Feby 1836
" Same 25 March 1836
" Same 5 April 1836
Copies of aff'ts Mindart Van Arsdalen &
Isaac Brokaw, sent to Hon F. S. Schenck
May 23d 1836
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No 6070
Mindart Wilson
New Jersey

22 Jan. '33
Obj. 14 --
Hon. I. Southard Ho Reps
Admitted
10 months
$33.33

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BRIEF in the case of Mindart Wilson of Hillsboro County
of Somerset in the State of New Jersey
(Act 7th June, 1832.)

1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court

2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?

3. How old is he? not given

4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.

[Table, 4 columns, headings:]
Period. | 
Duration of Service. Years, Months, Days. | 
Rank. As a |
Names of General and Field Officers
under whom he served. Gen.

Septr. In 1776 | 5 1 6 1 | Private | Capt Lott Col Frelinghuysen
Van nest, Capt Ten Eyck.

5. In what battles was he engaged?
Springfield Van Nest Mills

6. Where did he reside when he entered the service?
Millstown, Somerset County, New Jersey.

7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?
living & Traditionary

8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?
Defective Age not given, dates of service for 6 months & two tours of one each.

I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.

James Mahon Examining Clerk.
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Mindart Wilson
No 6070.
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The State of New Jersey, Somerset County ss. On this Fifteenth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and thirty two. Personally appeared in open Court, before the Court of Common pleas of said County now sitting Mindart Wilson -- a resident in the township of Hillsborough County of Somerset aged 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 in the war of the Revolution went out under Capt. Lott as a volunteer malitiaman [militiaman], was out one month entered the Service at Millstone in Somerset this was in the year 1776. The Called out under Col. Frelinghuysen we lay near Elizabethtown was out one month this in the month of September, was at the Battle at Springfield under Capt. Van Nest was out then one month when the British lay at New Brunswick after the Battles at Trenton and Princeton, I was out the whole time that they lay at New Brunswick a period of 6 months. was in the Battle at Van Nests mills along the mill stone river Maj Baird was the commanding officer -- at the time of the Battle of Monmouth I was at Elizabethtown under Capt Tulhuson was out then one month, was out a great number of times but does not now recollect the places or the particular times, out out a number to times upon alarms and as minutemen, was under Maj Lee, was under under Col. Frelinghuysen at Communipaw, was under Capt Van Nest Capt Ten Eyck and others, that he never got a written discharge from the service, nor has he any Documentary evidence of his service, was with Simon Stryker who can testify and George Vroom, many with whom I was out are dead and gone. I lived in the County of Somerset at the time I entered the service, I enterd as a private was drafted and volunteered. I have lived in the County of Somerset ever since the war. I was born the 12th of March 1757. his birth is recorded in the family Bible. There is no person now living who can testify to all His services.
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He herby relinquishes any claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and Declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency of any State. Sworn and Subscribed the day and year aforesaid.

[signed] Mindart Wilson

[signed] Wm. B. Gaston

Somerset County ss. Before the Court of Common pleas appeared Mindart Van Arsdalen and Simon Stryker who being Sworn according to Law do on their oath say that they are well known to the above applicant and did serve with him during the war of the Revolution in the service of the United States, was with him at Elizabeth town, and Pompton and several other places, and it was always understood that he was a great deal out During the war of the Revolution.

[signed] Minard Van arsdlen
Simon Stryker X his mark

Sworn in open Court.
Wm. B. Gaston

I do hereby certify that the above named deponents are well known to me as persons of veracity, and credible witnesses.

Isaac Southard
One of the Representatives of New Jersey in the Congress of the United States

I do also certify that I was in court during the Examination of said applicant and that the annexed are the original paper before the court on said examination

Isaac Southard M. C from New Jersey
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We John L. Zebriskie, a Clergyman residing in the County of Somerset, and Mindart Van Arsdalen, residing in the County afs'd, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Minart Wilson who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be [blank] years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion.

[signed] John L. Zabriskie
[signed] Minard Vanarsdalen

Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Wm. B. Gaston

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 John L. Zabriskie who has signed the preceeding certificate is a Clergyman resident in the County of Somerset and that Mindard Van Arsdalen who has also signed the same is a resident in the County aforesaid and is a credible person, and that
their statement is entitled to credit.

Wm. B. Gaston
Rev'd Vanderveer
Squier Firelle

I John M. Mann Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Mindert Wilson for a pension

The following crossed out: "In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this day of August in the year aforesaid."]

In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this sixteenth day of August in the year of Our Lord Eighteen hundred and thirty.

J. M. Mann
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832

State of New Jersey
Somerset County } ss.

On this 22d day of January 1836 personally appeared before me Henry H. Wilson one of the Justices of the peace in and for the aforesaid County of Somerset Mindert Willson a resident of the Township of Hillsborough County of Somerset and State of New Jersey Aged seventy seven years, who being duly sworn according to law, doth upon 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 Capt Fulkerson of Franklin Township, that he was born according to a record of age in his own house 12th of May 1759 that he was living in the Township of Hillsborough when called into service and has continued to live in said Township of Hillsborough and County aforesaid unto this the present time

That he entered into the service of his Country as a Volunteer (and was not drafted or a substitute) 

That he he served under General Heard and Colonel Quick and Major Baird at Millstone in the said County of Somerset during an engagement in that vicinity which he recollects was in the Month of March but cannot tell the year Was in the battle at or near Millstone in his own native county and likewise in the battle of Springfield in the said State of New Jersey that he marched from the Township of Franklin in the County of Somerset To Morristown in said State at which time he was commanded by Capt Quick, -- which was performed in the night with a view to take a certain Capt of refugees there stationed; Major Lee and Colonel John Taylor and Capt Jones & Lieuten
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ant [Lieutenant] Bons Where there immeade [were their immediate] officers at the battle of Springfield Was stationed one winter at the Raritan landing he thinks for two or three months under Colonel Neilson Cannot tell with precision the length of his service knows he laid one month at Morristown and was out three months at Elizabeth Town and along the Millstone out in service repeatedly for a year or two on guard as the enemy laid at Brunswick within eight miles he was repeatedly out in months service (alternately in camp one month and home one month) has no documentary evidence of his service did get a discharge and receipts of service from Capt Verbrick and other officers; but has lost them -- that he was well acquainted with and in service with Isaac Brokaw and Mindert Van Arsdalen who is still living in said County and whose depositions he had had legally taken and are herewith transmitted.

[signed] Mindert Wilson

Sworn and subscribed January 22d 1836.

Personally appeared before me Henry H. Wilson one of the justices of said County Mindert Wilson who being duly sworn according to law deposeth and saith that by reason of old age and consequent loss of memory he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of time of his service but according to the best of his recollection he served as a common Militia man the several times set out above two or three months at the Raritan landing under Colonel Neilson one month at Morristown was out three months at Elizabeth Town under Major Baird and Colonel Jordan And along the Millstone in the County of Somerset as set out before in tours of one month as set out above under Capt. Lott, frequently turned out in cases of emergency for short tours with provisions for three days on alarms being given while the enemy was
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in that vicinity and for those services I claim a pension. Sworn and subscribed } Mindart Wilson

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 or (if any) only on the agency of the State of New Jersey

[signed] Mindart Wilson

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Henry H. Wilson Justice of the peace

I John L Zabriskie a clergyman resident in the Township of Hillsborough and County of Somerset hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Mindert Willson, who has sworn to and subscribed the above declaration; that we believe him to be at least seventy seven years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and I concur in that opinion

[signed] John L. Zabriskie

Declared and affirmed before me this 23d day of January 1836
Henry H. Wilson Justice of the peace

the before named Clergyman being conscientiously scrupulous of taking an oath

I Peter Hulick of the Township of Hillsborough, County of Somerset do hereby certify I am well acquainted with Mindert Wilson the before named applicant and have been for thirty five years and I do fully concur in opinion with every sentiment contained in the above affirmation of John L. Zabriskie

Peter Hulick

Sworn and subscribed this third day of February 1836
Henry H. Wilson Justice of the peace
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State of New Jersey
Somerset County ss.

Personally appeared before me the undersigned a justice of the peace in and for said County the aforesaid applicant who being duly sworn according to law upon his oath saith that since making the aforegoing declaration and affidavit he recollects one tour of service of one month and upwards that he served along the Jersey shore while the enemy were on Staten Island that he served under Colonel Frelinghuysen and his Capt was Capt Lott and at another period of said war he laid encamped at Westfield near three miles from Elizabethtown under Capt Lott and Ensign Van Clief and further saith not.

[signed] Mindart Wilson

Sworn and subscribed before me this 27th day of January 1836
Henry M. Wilson Justice of the peace

I Henry H. Wilson justice of the peace aforesaid do hereby declare my opinion after the investigation 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 I do hereby certify John L. Zabriskie and Peter Hulick who has signed the preceeding certificates are both credible persons and that John L. Zabriskie is a clergyman resident in said Township of Hillsborough and has been for twenty years past and no doubts can be entertained that their statements are fully entitled to credit And I do further certify that it likewise appeared to me the undersigned as well from his own declaration as from his own weakness and inability that the before named applicant could not without great inconvenience and improper exposure appear in open court wherefore the above proceedings have been had before a Justice of peace according to the regulations of the department in such case made and provided

Henry H. Wilson Justice of the peace
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION.
S. F. 3564

3--525
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., ___, 19__

In reply to your request of __, received __ for a statement of the military history of Mindart Wilson a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.

[Table, 6 columns]
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. |
LENGTH OF SERVICE. |
RANK. |
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN. | COLONEL. |
STATE.

Fall 1775 |
Served at various times 11 mos. |
Pct. |
Fulkerson | Quick | N.J.
||| Quick | Frelinghuysen
||| A. Van Neste | John Taylor
||| Lott | Neilson
||| Ten Eyck | Jordan or Gordan

[calculation in left margin: 2+1+3+4+1 = 11 mos.]

Battles engaged in, Springfield, Van Nestes Mills along the Millstone River
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Hillsborough Twp. Somerset Co. N.J.
Date of application for pension, Aug. 15 1832. His cl. was al. [claim was allowed]
Residence at date of application, Hillsborough, Somerset Co. N.J.
Age at date of application, b.Mch 12 1757 May 12, 1759, at Hillsborough, N.J.
Remarks: There is no data on file as to his family

Respectfully,
Commissioner.

3--2856
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1920 May 20 Hist. to Sara J. Wilson

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Rev War
3564
INVALID.
File No. 3564
Mindart Wilson
Privt Rev War
Act: June 7, 1832
Index:-- Vol. A, Page 407
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Mindart Wilson Records O.K.
Mar 11 49
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M. Wilson - N. Jersey act '32
See letter to Hon. F. S. Schenck
& P. Ag't Jan. 2, 1837
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J. L. Edwards Esq'r

Sir

Will you have the Goodness to let me know the result of your examination of the case of Mindert Wilson which I transmitted to you some days since through the Post office.

Yours respectfully
Ferdinand S. Schenck
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Van Arsdelan [Van Arsdalen]
Brokaw
F. S. Schenck

J. L. Edwards Esqr
Washington
D. C

[written upward]
Mar 21
Hon F S Schenck
HR [House of Representatives]
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Washington March 19th 1836

Sir,

Inclosed are the depositions of Mindert Van Arsdalen and Isaac Brokaw in the case of Mindert Wilson for a Pension -- The credibility and good repute of the Witnesses are certified according to law -- To which I will add from my own personal acquaintance that I cordially concur in the certificate given by Henry H Wilson Esq'r in confirmation of the veracity and unexceptionable characters of the said deponents

Very respectfully
Yours &c &c
Ferdinand S. Schenck
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Pension application papers Mindert Wilson
By F S Schenck of New Jersey
Jm ab
Hon F. S. Schenck HR Dec 8
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J. L. Edwards
Pension office
Washington --

[written upward:]
Mindert Wilson No 013 N.J.
Hon F S Schenck HR
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Washington Feby 13th 1836

Dear Sir,

Inclosed are the documents in the case of Mindert Wilson, which I hope will authorise the Department in granting him a pension. I have known him for many years He has always had the reputation of an ardent revolutionary Patriot, one who had participated largely, in the capacity of a common Militiaman in the service of his country at that eventful period which tried the courage of the soldier and the sincerity of the Patriot.

yours respectfully
Ferdinand S. Schenck
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State of New Jersey Somerset County ss.
Personally appeared before me Henry H. Wilson one of the justices of the peace in and for said County Isaac Brokaw who being duly sworn according to law deposed and saith that he has known Mindert Wilson of the County aforesaid for upwards of sixty years past, was with him personally in the militia of New Jersey during the war of the revolution while in actual service. Was stationed with him himself at the following different places at different periods of said war Viz at Elizabeth Town (believes under Capt Baird) likewise at Pompton Plains, at Newark, and along the Millstone in the County of Somerset as a common Militia man cannot say for how long time he said Mindert Wilson was in actual service but is certain that he was at least six months in the service of his country, and believes more -- Which was performed in tours of one, one, two, and three months service -- And further saith not

Isaac Brokaw X his mark

Sworn and subscribed before me this 3d day of Sept 1835

Henry H. Wilson Justice of the peace

I Henry H. Wilson Justice of the peace in and for the County of Somerset before whom the above affidavit was taken and subscribed do hereby certify that Isaac Brokaw the above named deponent has been well known to the undersigned for twenty years last past that his character for truth and veracity is unblemished and far above suspicion and of the truth of the above I have no doubt

March 9th 1836 } Henry H. Wilson
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Henry H. Wilson Justice of the peace

I Henry H. Wilson Justice of the peace in and for the County of Somerset before whom the above affidavit was taken and subscribed do hereby certify that Isaac Brokaw the above named deponent has been well known to the undersigned for twenty years last past that his character for truth and veracity is unblemished and far above suspicion and of the truth of the above I have no doubt

March 9th 1836 } Henry H. Wilson
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State of New Jersey
Somerset County ss }

I John M Mann Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for said County do hereby certify that Henry H Wilson before whom the within affidavit was made and whose proper signature is thereto subscribed was at the time of the date thereof a Justice of the peace in and for said County duly commissioned and sworn.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this seventh day of September eighteen hundred and thirty five.

J. M. Mann

[written faintly, vertically on the bottom]
Mr [illegible]
will certify
that [illegible]
Wilson is
authorized to
administer our
oath --

Hon. F S Schenck
HR [House of Representatives]
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New Jersey
Somerset County ss }

I John M Mann Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said county do hereby certify that Henry H Wilson before whom the within affidavit was made and whose proper signature is thereto subscribed was at the time of the date thereof a Justice of the peace in and for said County duly commissioned and sworn and duly authorized by the laws of the State of New Jersey to administer Oaths & In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this third day of February Eighteen hundred and thirty six.

J. M. Mann

Hon. F.S. Schenck HR

[inverted]
Deposition of Isaac Brokaw in favour of Mindert Wilson
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State of New Jersey Somerset County to Wit. Personally appeared before me Henry H. Wilson one of the Justices of the peace in and for the said County of Somerset, Mindert Van Arsdalen Who being duly sworn according to law deposed and Saith that he has known Mindert Wilson of the Township of Hillsborough County of Somerset and State of New Jersey aforesaid for at least sixty years past knows him to have been a militia man in the war of the revolution has been with in the war of the revolution in the militia of New Jersey himself knows that he was faithful to the call of his Country was with ^him in service at the following places, Viz. at Pompton, Newark Elizabeth Town, Amboy, under Capt Lott, and others and commanded by Colonel Hendrick Van Duyck which services were performed in different tours and at different times during said war has no doubt that he performed at least two tours in a year from his general knowledge of his service has no doubt that he is fully entitled to the full pension of a militia man; cannot say how many tours he said Mindert Wilson performed during said war but has no doubt that throughout said war he the said Mindert Wilson aforesaid performed on an average at least two tours of of one months service in a year or every year upon an average during said war. And further
said deponent saith not

[signed] Minart Vanarsdalen

Sworn and subscribed before me this 26th day of September 1835
Henry H. Wilson Justice of the peace
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State of New Jersey
Somerset County ss }

I John M Mann Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for said County do hereby certify that Henry H Wilson before whom the within affidavit and whose proper signature is thereto subscribed was at the time of the date thereof a Justice of the peace [obscured] commissioned and sworn. In witness whereof
have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court at Bridgewater this twelfth day of October eighteen hundred and thirty five.

[signed] J. M. Mann

I Henry H. Wilson justice of the peace before whom the within affidavit was taken do hereby certify that Mindert Van Arsdalen the within named deponent is a resident of the County of Somerset and well known to the undersigned and is a respectable citizen reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides and that his statement is entitled to credit I have no doubt
Dated July 7th 1836

Henry H. Wilson Justice of the peace

[written vertically]
Deposition of Mindert Van Arsdalen in favour of Mindert Wilson
Hon. F. S. Schenck HR

State of New Jersey
Somerset County ss }

I John M Mann Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said county do hereby certify that Henry H. Wilson before whom the within [?] affidavit was made and whose proper signature is thereto subscribed was at the date thereof a Justice the peace in and for said County duly commissioned and sworn and by the laws of the state of New Jersey duly authorised to administer oaths & In witness whereof I have hereof hereunto set my hand and seal of office this third day of February Eighteen hundred & thirty six.

[signed] J. M. Mann
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State of New Jersey
Somerset County } ss.

On this ^twenty sixth day of October 1836 personally appeared before me Henry H. Wilson one of the justices of the peace in and for said County of Somerset Mindert Willson a resident of the Township of Hillsborough County of Somerset and State of New Jersey aged seventy eight years and upwards 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 as a common militia man, or rather as a volunteer, under under Capt Fulkerson of Franklin Township in the fall of seventeen hundred and seventy five and was out at least one tour of a month [4 words interlined:] upon the first call was living at that time in the Township of Hillsborough County & State aforesaid when he entered the service and has continued to reside in the same unto this the present time; Saith he was born according to a record of age in his own house May 12th 1759 that he entered the service of his country as a Volunteer and was not drafted or a substitute; And further said deponents saith that he served under General Heard of Middlesex New Jersey, cannot name the regiment but was under the command of Colonel Quick and Major Baird was stationed at one time near New Brunswick, at another Near Samptown, and lay near Millstone in the said County of Somerset during an engagement between the Americans and the enemy near that place in which he the said applicant was likewise engaged. At another period of the war was in service along the Jersey shore near Permunipaa [Communipaw, cf. [6]], when the British landed on long Island which took place in August 1776 at which time he was under the more immediate command of Colonel (afterwards General) Frederick Frelinghuysen of
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Somerset New Jersey he was likewise in the battle of Springfield in his own native State which were the only two engagements he was in during the war of the revolution; recollects one forced march from the Township of Franklin County of Somerset to Morristown a distance of about twenty five miles which he performed in the night in the company of and commanded by Cap't Quick with a view to take a certain Cap't of refugees then ^and there and so called [5 words underlined]; recollects at the battle of Springfield his company officers ^were Capt A. Van Neste, Liutenant Boice, and Ensign Jasper Brokaw. And his field Officers Colonel John Taylor of Hunterdon County, and Major Lee of Somerset. And further saith at another period of said war he was stationed and lay two months at the Raritan Landing under Colonel Neilson of New Brunswick N. J. one month near Morristown under Cap't Quick Major Gordan & Baird three months at Elizabeth Town N. Jersey under General Maxwell of Hunterdon County N. J. and was likewise one month at Chatham near Elizabeth town and frequently near home along the Millstone as near as he can tell four months in service there; which was performed in tours of one month each being alternately in camp one month and home one month -- has no documentary evidence of his service did get a discharge and receipt of service at the close of the war from his Capt., Viz -- Capt Ver Brijck; and other officers but has lost them, he was, and is still ^well acquainted with Isaac Brokaw & Mindert Van Arsdalen who are still living in his vicinity and whose depositions of his service is herewith transmitted and further said deponent saith not

[signed] Mindart Wilson

Sworn & subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Henry H. Wilson
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State of New Jersey
Somerset County ss }

Personally appeared before me the undersigned, a justice of the peace Mindert Willson who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that by reason of old age and consequent loss of memory he cannot swear positively to the precise length of time of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods set out in the declaration herewith transmitted Viz two months at the raritan landing one month near Morristown three months at Elizabethtown, four months along the Millstone and one month at chatham all within the State of New Jersey and frequently turned out in case of emergency with provisions for three days when alarm was given, as the enemy lay at New Brunswick within eight miles of said deponents residence. And further said deponent hereby relinquishes every claim to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency of any State to his present knowledge or belief.

[signed] Mindert Wilson

Sworn & subscribed before me this 26th day October 1836
Henry H. Wilson Justice of the peace
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I Henry H. Wilson Justice of the peace before whom the within named applicant Mindert Wilson hath made the aforesaid declaration and whose affidavit and proper signature they bear do hereby certify that the said applicant could not, as appeared from his own declaration and his evident inability arising from old age and bodily infirmity attend in open Court; and I do further certify that it is my honest conviction that the said applicant was a revolutiony soldier and served as he states and this is the general belief in the neighborhood where he resides. And I do hereby further certify the two witnesses Isaac Brokaw & Mindert Van Arsdalen whose depositions are herewith transmitted [5 words inserted] are both personally known to me to be men of unimpeachable character for truth and veracity and their statements entitled to full credit and belief

Witness my hand this 23d day of November 1836

Henry H. Wilson
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State of New Jersey
Somerset County } ss

Personally appeared before me the undersigned a justice of the peace for the County of Somerset Mindert Van Arsdalen who being duly sworn according to law deposed and saith that he the said deponent is now near seventy six years of age and has been personally acquainted with Mindert Wilson for upwards of sixty years past being both of ^them natives of the same neighborhood in the Township of Hillsborough County of Somerset and State aforesaid knows the said Mindert Wilson to have been a militia man in the war of the revolution and true to his Country and the calls of the same Was with him as a militia man himself in service at a number of different places Viz at Pompton Under Cap't Quick when deponent and applicant were both in the same company at which time their Major was a certain Major Gordan of Somerset County, at which time after a long march they took from the enemy a certain team loaded with provisions (from which he afterwards received his proportion of prize money) cannot state the day or year -- at another time was stationed with him at at Newark in the company of Cap't Lott) at Elizabeth Town and ^at Amboy likewise -- General Heard of New Jersey was generally their commander in cheif from his deponents knowledge of the general service ^of the applicant and the willingness with which it was performed is fully satisfied that the said Mindert Wilson rendered his country very considerable service -- cannot from the length of time that has elapsed swear to dates and years of ^his entering or leaving the service of the said applicant although he has distinct recollection of their being repeatedly out in service together [illegible] cannot say how many tours the said applicant served his country but from his general recollection of the
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the matter has no doubt that he the said Mindert Wilson performed at least two tours of one month each in a year and every year during said war and further said deponent saith not

[signed] minard Van arsdalen

Sworn and subscribed before me this 6th day of July 1836
Henry H. Wilson Justice of the peace
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State of New Jersey
Somerset County } ss.

Personally appeared before me Henry H. Wilson a justice of the peace of the aforesaid County Isaac Brokaw who being duly sworn according to law deposed and saith that he has known Mindert Wilson of the Township of Hillsborough County of Somerset and State of New Jersey for at least sixty [?] years past he the said deponent and Mindert Wilson the aforenamed applicant having been born and grown up in the Township of Hillsborough in the same neighborhood and being very nearly of an age they both entered the service of their country at ^or about the same time knows Mindert Wilson to have been a militia man in the militia of New Jersey during the war of the revolution cannot say how long, or how many tours he the said Mindert Wilson performed but as nearly as he cannot recollects he was with him in service at Elizabeth Town in N.J. under Cap't Baird of Somerset, and Pompton Plains, cannot tell the day or year when the aforesaid service was performed but remembers it was in the spring at Pompton Plains they he the said deponent and the said Mindert Wilson assisted in building or throwing up a mud fort at ^that place; was likewise with him at Newark; under Cap't Van Cleef which last named service was performed at that period of the war when the british [lined out: marched] entered Jersey, and Washington and the Americans retreated before them; it being the fall of 1776 as he now believes. frequently was in service with the aforesaid applicant along the Millstone in their native county of Somerset he thinks at least three months, they being on guard ^most all winter being frequently out a month or half month, and home for the same time, as circumstances required; or relief was afforded -- and again further saith he cannot from the length of time that has elapsed and old age
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together with the consequent loss of memory cannot say how many tours he the said Mindert Wilson performed nor give the dates nor times of ^his entering or leaving the service but from his general knowledge has no doubt that he the said Mindert performed at least two tours of one months service in a year or every year upon an average during said war and further said deponent saith not

Isaac Brokaw X his mark

Sworn and subscribed before me this 6th day of July 1836

Henry H. Wilson Justice of the peace

State of New Jersey
Somerset County }

I John M Mann Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County do hereby certify that Henry H Wilson before whom the above affidavits were made and whose proper signature is thereto subscribed was at the times of the several dates thereof a Justice of the peace in and for said county duly commissioned and sworn and authorized by the Laws of this state to administer Oaths &c

In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this twenty second day of November Eighteen hundred and thirty six.

J. M. Mann

[written vertically in left margin] 33,849
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Myndert Willson
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State of New Jersey
Somerset County ss }

I John M Mann Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County do hereby certify that Henry H Wilson before whom the annexed affidavits were made and whose proper signature is respectively subscribed thereto was at the time of the date thereof of each affidavit and the certificate accompanying the same a Justice of the peace in and for said county duly commissioned and sworn and by the laws of the State of New Jersey fully authorised and empowered to administer oaths &c

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this third day of February Eighteen hundred and thirty six.

J. M. Mann
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Revo F.r.e.

S.J.W
c/o WILLIAM PORTER ALLEN
10 WALL STREET
NEW YORK
Room 600

Department of the Interior
Bureau of Pensions
G. M. Saltzgaper [Saltzgaber], Esq.,
Commissioner,
Washington, D.C.
April 30th, 1920.

Hon. Sir:-

I am in receipt of your note on the back of my letter to you of April 26th, 1920, inquiring about Pensions claims and in answer would say, that, my reason for wishing these copies of the claims is to obtain, if possible, some genealogical information as to marriage dates &c., in order to incorporate the dates in an application, or applications, for my joining the Daughters of the American Revolution. I have already got certified copies of the orders of services of these men from the Adjutant General, but am not able to get marriage dates.

The dates of enlistment of Aaron Hand are from 1776 to 1782;
" " " " " Mindart Wilson are " 1775 to 1780; and
" " " " " David Hand " " 1777 to 1782.

Pension Claim No. 651, Widow of Aaron Hand,
" " " 4555 of David Hand, and
" " " 3564 " Mindart Wilson.

If it is not permissible for me to have copies of these claims, would you please tell me if any marriage dates are contained in them?

Respectfully
Sara J Wilson

[round stamp] U. S. PENSION OFFICE. D MAY 1 1920
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MRS. A. V. DANNER
VEVAY, INDIANA

Feb. 1, 1938
Veterans Administration
Washington

Sirs:

The records here show that Michael Wilson Revolutionary soldier of the Va. line received pension 1818, that he died 8-27-1824 Veray, Switzerland Co. Ind.

Michael Wilsons estate Probate Court p. 275 Vol. 1818-1824.

Amos Gilbert & Norman McGruder are creditors, heirs & administrators of Michael Wilsons estate.

I would be very glad if you would send me the military record of this Soldier and any personal items in connection with him.

Respectfully
Mrs. A. V. Danner
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Vevay, Indiana
Feb. 1, 1938

Veterans Administration
Washington D.C.

Sirs:

Will you kindly send me the military record of Augustus Angle, Revolutionary War. U.S. Military Census he is listed in 1843 p. 101 age 80 -- lived in Chester Warren Co. New York, & receiving Pension for service N. Dist. N.Y.

Thanking you in advance
Respectfully
Mrs. Emmett M. Danner
Vevay, Indiana