Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 22385, for Jacob Martin, Pennsylvania
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Service
Penn

Martin, Jacob

Number
S22385
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Pennsylvania 22.654
Jacob Martin
of Philadelphia, of the State of Pennsylvania, who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Busyan of the Regiment commanded by Col. Moore in the Pennsylvania line for nine months.
Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of 20 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 27 day of Nov. 1833 and sent to M. Taylor, No. 7, George St., Philadelphia.
Arrears to the 4th of Sep. 1833. $50.
Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Mar 1834. $10
$60.
Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by Wm. H. Palmer, Clerk
Book E, Vol. 5 Page 40
New Cer. issued and forwarded to Pensioner at Philadelphia, 19th Mar. 1835
[illegible] about 1775 to Germantown where he applied in 1833. Was at battle of Trenton.
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THIS IS TO CERTIFY, That on the Eleventh day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and Two, Mr. Jacob Martin, a single Man, Of Abbington Tfhys, and Mrs. Barbara Streeper, a Widow, of Chestnuthill were lawfully joined in HOLY MATRIMONY, before me, the undersigned, having pre-viously declared themselves free, respectively, from prior engagements, or other lawful impedi-ments.  

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, this 12th day of November A.D. 1832
F.D. Schaefer,
formerly Pastor of the Lutheran Congrefation at Germantown, but now Pastor of the German Lutheran Congregation in the City of Philadelphia.
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No 2571
Jacob Martin
Pennsylvania
31. Oct. 1832
to Claimant, Philadelphia
Oly. 5. 11. 12. 13
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Rejected
June 4, 1832
Service not 6 months
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BRIEF in the case of Jacob Martin of Chestnut Hill in the State of Pennsylvania
(Act 7 June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge?
In District Court, U.S
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
[blank]
3. How old is he?
75 years
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
Period | Duration of Service (Years, Months, Days) | Rank | Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served
In 1776 | Not definite | As a Sergeant | Col. Moore, Capt. Holmes
5. In what battles was he engaged?
Trenton
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service?
Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?
By tradition
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?
Defective, no certificate of credibility and reputed service and attached.
I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
J. M. Cuffree
Examining Clerk.
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3571
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District Court of the United Sales in and for the Eastern District of Pensylvania  JS

On this twentieth day of August in the year of our lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared before the Honerable the Judge of the Said District Court, Jacob Martin a resident of Chesniut Hill in the County of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, aged seventy five 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 7. 1832.  That he enlisted in the army of the United States in the year 1776 with Colonel John Moore, Maj Solomon Bulh and Cap. Thomas Holmes:  The two first of whom were the Colonel and Major respectively of the regiment and the last the Captain of the Company in which he was enlisted  He was appointed a Sergeant and acted as such during the time he was in service.  He left the service a few days after the 1st day of January 1777 having been then honorably discharged by General Washington.  He resided in the County of Philadelphia and State of Pennsyl-vania when he entered the service.  He first entered into active service at Amboy in the State of New Jersey where the main army their laid.  He then marched with the regiment to which he was attached to Fort See on the Hudson river.  From this they were obliged shortly after to retreat in consequence of an attack upon, and capture of, the fort by the British.  The regiment in in company with which was the deponent retreated with the main army commanded by General Washington by rapid and severe marches thro' Jersey to Trenton and from thence crossed the Delaware into Pennsylvania about the beginning of November of 1776.  They remained in Bucks County in that State for about seven weeks until the 25th of December 1776.  On the evening of that day and during the morning of the 26th the army crossed the Delaware, and the depont was then engaged
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in the eventful and important battle of Trenton which as is well known resulted in the capture of a considerable number of prisoners by the Americans; shorty after which battle he was honerably discharged (as before mentioned) his time having expired.  He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or any annuity except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the pension role of any agency in any State. 
Jacob Martin
Sworn to and Subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Jos. Hopkinson
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named applicant was a revolutionary Soldier and server as he states-
Jos. Hopkinson
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The petitioner refers to the affidavit of George Peters, lately deceased, which is annexed to his application now in the War Department, presented by Col. Watmough.
J. Hopkinson
In answer to the objections which have been returned to Jacob Martin's application for a pension, he further deposes that he enlisted in the United States Army in the month of July in the year 1776 and was discharged on the first day of January 1777 or within two or three days of that time, the deponent not being able to recollect the exact day though he is confident that it occurred within two or three days of that time. He was appointed a sergeant and served as such. Enclosed is the testimony of persons living in his neighborhood as to his situation and their belief in relation to his revolutionary services. The applicant further deposes that there is no clergyman in the neighborhood of sufficient age to have known him in his youth, and that being at that time attached to the society of friends, there is no certificate of baptism existent. The Rev M. Schaeffer, whose name is annexed to the enclosed certificate of Marriage is, under the circumstances, the only witness of this kind he can produce. He now deposes that at that time he was about 45 or 46 years of age. George Peters, whose affidavit is attached to his original application and who served with him in the army, is since the date of the affidavit referred to, deceased and was the only surviving associate of his youthful days.
Jacob Martin
Sworn and subscribed before me, a justice of the peace for the County of Philadelphia.
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ME.E.
Rev. and 1812
Wars Section
May 21, 1928
Miss R. B. Hall
Ken Oak Road
Mt. Washington
Baltimore, Maryland
Madam:
[handwritten: Her letter in file of William Martin, S.40117]
I advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 22385, it appears that Jacob Martin, while a resident of Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, enlisted in June or July, 1776, served two months as private in Captain Thomas Dungan's Company, and four months and seven days as sergeant in Captain Thomas Holmes' Company, Colonel John Moore's Pennsylvania Regiment of the Flying Camp, was in the battles of Fort Lee and Trenton, and was discharged about January 3, 1777.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 20, 1832, while a resident of Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, at which time he was aged seventy-five years. He was born in Pennsylvania, date and place not stated.
He married, July 11, 1862, Mrs. Barbara Streeper, a widow of Chestnut Hill; at that time, he was referred to as being of Abington
Township.
There are no other family data on file.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner.
Death not on A. B.
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Pennsylvania
Jacob Martin
Rejected
Did not serve six months
See letter to Claimant
Dec. 4. 18
and to M. Taylor
July 23
Act 1832
Pa
6947
Act 7th June 1832
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION.
3-525
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., [blank], 19[blank]
S.F. 22385
In reply to your request of [blank], received [blank] for a statement of the military history of Jacob Martin, 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.
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. | LENGTH OF SERVICE. | RANK. | OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. (CAPTAIN., COLONEL.) | STATE.
June or July 1776 | 2 mos. | Private | Thomas Dungan | Penn.
then enlisted | Jan 2 1777 | Sergeant | Thomas Holmes, John Moore | [blank]
Battles engaged in, Fort Lee, Trenton
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Date of application for pension, Aug 20, 1832 His cl. was al.
Residence at date of application, Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
Age at date of application, 75 years, born in Pennsylvania, date and place not stated.
Remarks: He married July 11, 1802, Mrs. Barbara Streeper of Chestnut Hill. Soldier is referred to then "of Abington Twp." The above noted is the only soldier of this name, Pennsylvania troops found on the Rev War records.
Respectfully,
[blank]
Commissioner.
6-285C
Never sent.
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Revolution
22385
INVALID.
File No. 22,385
Jacob Martin
Private Rev War
Act: June 7th 1832
Index:--Vol.D, Page 253
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1928 - May 21. Hist to Miss R.E. Hall MEE
See her letter in claim of Wm Martin S. 40117 MEE
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6947
P.O. Jacob Martin
Service:
Enlisted:
Discharged:
Application filed:
Alleges:
REJECTED
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Philadelphia Sept 24, 1833
Dear Sir
I have enclosed the application of Jacob Martin for a Pension. You will act on it as soon as you can.
Very respectfully yours
M. Taylor
J. L. Edwards, Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
No 7 George St
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Jacob Martin which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? [blank]
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? [blank]
III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? [blank]
IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? [blank]
V. Has he mentioned 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? No. His explanatory note. He entered the army in the year 1776 in July and was discharged on the first of January 1777 - he was appointed a sergeant and served as such.
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? [blank]
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? [blank]
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? [blank]
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? [blank]
X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? [blank]
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? No. Enclosed is the testimony of personal living in his neighborhood.
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? No.
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? No.
XIV. If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? [blank]
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? [blank]
XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? [blank]
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? [blank]
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
*QUERE V. 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 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; 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.
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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 to the 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 expressions are objectionable. 
QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants 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 affidavits must be properly authenticated, as above directed.
QUERE XVI. 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 paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Answer to interrogatory:
The applicant says that there is no clergyman in the neighborhood of sufficient age to have known him in his youth and that being at that time attached to the society of friends, there is no certificate of baptism existent. Mr. Schaeffer, whose name is annexed to the enclosed
certificate of marriage, is, under the circumstances, the only witness of this kind he can produce and that only in relation to his marriage. George Peters, whose affidavit is annexed to his original application and who served with him in the army, is since the date of the affidavit referred to, deceased and was the only surviving associate of his youthful days.
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Free
J. L. Edwards, Esq.
War Department
City of Washington
Jacob Martin
Pa
[Seal: Phil 28 May]
Addl. declaration
Jacob Martin
Pa.
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Jacob Martin, Penn 7th June 1832 - Paid at $20 per annum to 4th Sep 1834
Please state the time and rate at which the above-named pensioners were last paid.
Pension Office
Mar. 18, 1835
3rd Audit Officer
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27.745 22.654
Jacob Martin
Penna
Adm 9. Months
$20
M. Taylor
No. 7. George Street
Philadelphia
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WAR DEPARTMENT
Pension Office,
23rd Mar. 1833
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 show what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, showing the Service of Jacob Martin
Period when the service was rendered. | Duration of the claimant's service. (Years, Months, Days) | Rank of the claimant. | Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. | Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. | Proof by which the declaration is supported.
1776 | [blank], 25, [blank] | Private | Capt. Dungan | 77 years, Phila. County | Traditionary
[blank] | [blank], 4, [blank] | [same] | Col. Moore | [same] | [same]
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J L EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army,
and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia" and "volunteers, all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c, Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops.
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.
County of
On this day of personally appeared (a) before
A.B. a resident (b) of in the county of and State, Territory or District
of aged (c) 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), with and served in the (e) regiment of the 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. [stamp of a hand] 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.
I
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 C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be  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
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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 in 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 whom 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 the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons--one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the inquiry 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.

(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 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: For [blank] year [blank] months, and [blank] days, I served as a [blank]. For [blank] months and [blank] days, I served as a [blank]; 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 to the 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 expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement the particular place or 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 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 ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
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 sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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J. L. Edwards, Esq.
War Office
Washington, D.C.
[Seal: Phila 29 June]
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Philadelphia July 20th 1833
Sir,
Mr. Jacob Martin, a Revolutionary soldier who has made application for a pension sometime, wishes me to obtain from you the information whether or not his application is correct. He is very poor and wants what little he may obtain much. An answer will confer a particular favor on
Your obedient servant
W. Taylor
7 George Street
J.L. Edwards Esq.
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Chestnut Hill Philadelphia County
We the Subscribers, Inhabitants of the County of Philadelphia, Do hereby certify that we have known the Bearer, Jacob Martin, a number of years past and that he has always been considered honest and industrious. And that he has now being aged and infirm and very poor and unable to work and support himself. And to the best of our belief, he was a Soldier in the Revolutionary Army of the U.S.
Witness our Hands this 7th day of November 1832
Joseph Dickinson
Jonathan Bell
George Riechner
William Gilinger
Jacob Reaver
Danl. Snyder
John Amy
John Huly
Samuel Nicholas
John Runner
David Ayer
Jacob L Jones
Henry L Lentz
Jacob Haas
Charles Rev
George V. Rex
Israel Gilbert
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City of Philadelphia SS.
On this sixth day of March 1835, before me, the subscriber, an Alderman of said City, personally appeared Jacob Martin, who, on his oath, declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the Company commanded by Captain Thomas Holmes in the Regiment commanded by Colonel John Moore in the service of the United States, that his name was placed on the pension roll of the State of Pennsylvania, that he received a certificate of that fact under the signature and seal of the Secretary of War; which certificate, on or about the thirteenth day of February last, at or near the corner of Noble and Second streets at an Auction, his certificate together with other articles were taken from his pocket by some person to him unknown.
Jacob Martin
Sworn and subscribed to before me, the day and year aforesaid.
J. Badger, Ald.
M. Taylor, being duly affirmed according to law, deposes and says that he well knows the above-named Jacob Martin to be the same person described in the above affidavit. I certify that M. Taylor, this deponent, is a person of veracity.
M. Taylor
Affirmed and subscribed March 6th 1835 before me.
J. Badger, Ald.
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City and County of Philadelphia Ss.
I Richard Palmer, Esquire, Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of said County, do certify that S. Badger, Esquire, before whom the within affidavits were taken, was at the time of taking the same, and now is an alderman of the City of Philadelphia aforesaid, duly commissioned and appointed, and full faith and credit may and ought to be given to his official acts as such.
Given under my hand and seal of Office this sixth day of March 1835.
R. Palmer
Prothonotary
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27745
Jacob Martin
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State of Pennsylvania
County of Philadelphia SS.
On this twenty-first day of September Anno Domini 1833, personally appeared in open Court before the Honorable Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County and State aforesaid, now sitting Jacob Martin, a resident of Germantown Township in Philadelphia
County aforesaid, aged seventy-seven 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 as a volunteer in the militia the latter end of June 1776 as a private in the company commanded by Capt. Thomas Dugan and Lieutenant Miles, at Moorestown, then in Philadelphia County, now in Montgomery County. Some short [time] after he joined the company, they marched from Moorestown to Trenton in the State of New Jersey, and through New Jersey to Perth Amboy, in the State of New York, at which place they were stationed. They remained there not less than two months. He then enlisted as a private in the company commanded by Capt. Thomas Holmes, the other officers of the company he cannot at this time recollect. The company belonged to what was called the Flying Camp and were commanded by Col. John Moore and Maj. Solomon Bush. They remained two or three weeks of Perth Amboy and were then marched to Newark in the State of New Jersey, at which place they remained eight or ten days before they were ordered to Fort Lee on the north River in the State of York, at which place they were stationed.
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They had not been at Fort Lee more than three or four weeks before they had to retreat and have the Fort in possession of the English. They crossed the North River into the State of New Jersey and marched through New Jersey to Bucks County in the State of Pennsylvania, at which place they encamped and remained there two months or more, before they were ordered to Trenton. And in the morning of the 26th of December 1776, they took nine hundred Hessian prisoners. After they took the prisoners, they returned to their former quarters in Bucks County, and on the 2nd or 3rd of January 1777, they were discharged by General Washington. He had been in the service from the time he enlisted until he was discharged, some few days more than four months, and he was in the service altogether six months and some days.
He is a native of Pennsylvania. He did not receive a discharge from General Washington, and therefore, he has no documentary evidence of any kind in his possession, nor is there any minister living, (to the best of his recollection), who can testify to his services or character.
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 any agency in the United States.
Jacob Martin
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
F. A. Raybold
Prothonotary
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We, John Amey, residing in Germantown Township, in Philadelphia County aforesaid and William Cooper, a resident of the City of Philadelphia, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with
Jacob Martin who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 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 that we concur in that opinion.
John Amey
Wm. Cooper
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
F. A. Raybold
Prothonotary
And the said Court do hereby declare this 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 solder, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that John Amey and Wm. Cooper, who have signed the above certificate, are residents as above stated and are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit.
J. B. Sutherland
Edward King
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J. Richard Palmer, Esquire, Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of the City and County of Philadelphia, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Jacob Martin for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of said court this twenty-first day of September AD 1833.
J. R. Palmer, Prothy
27745
Jacob Martin
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State of Pennsylvania
County of Philadelphia
On this twenty-seventh day of May A.D. 1833, personally appeared before the subscriber, Jacob Martin, a resident of Chestnut Hill in the County of Philadelphia, and being duly sworn according to law deposes and says that he enlisted in the army of the United States sometime in the month of June in the year 1776 with Colonel John Moore, Maj. Solomon Bush and Captain Thomas Holmes and that he left the service a few days after the 1st day of January 1777, having served the full term of six months.
Jacob Martin
Sworn Subscribed on the 28 day of May A.D. 1833 - for
Jos. Hopkinson, District Judge of United States for Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
By a reference to the files of the War Department, it will be found that the said Jacob Martin filed a petition setting forth his term of service. Since then, he has been able to produce witnesses who can testify to the time he remained in the army and whose depositions are hereto annexed.
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Personally appeared before the subscriber a [strikethrough] who being duly sworn according to law deposes and says that he is acquainted with Jacob Martin and that the facts contained in the petition is true to the best of his knowledge and belief.
Paid Bishop, I am mainly satisfied the that at Best of my knowledge that this to be the the truth that Jacob Martin was at that time.
Personally appeared before me one of the Aldermen of the Northern Liberties in the County of Philadelphia, Zenas Fisher, who being duly sworn according to law did depose and say that the facts stated in the preceding deposition of Jacob Martin with whom he is well acquainted, are true to the best of his knowledge and belief.
Zenas Fisher, his mark
Sworn and subscribed May 27, 1833, before me,
Jno. Goodman