Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 2,421, Jonas Cattell, New Jersey
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
New Jersey

Cattell, Jonas

NUMBER
S. 2.421

carded
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17.857

New Jersey
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Jonas Cattell
of Gloucester in the State of N. Jersey who was a Private in the [Corp.?] commanded by Captain Williams of the Regt. commanded by Col. Ellis[?] in the N. Jersey line for fifteen months
[ineligible]
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Inscribed on the Roll of [N. Jersey?] at the rate of [?] Dollars ____ Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 28 day of Sept, 1833 ____ and due to [???]
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[?] to the 4th of [?]
Semi-and. allowance ending 4th [1833]

$100
    25
$125

$125
    25
 $150

{Revolutionary Claim}
{Act June 7, 1832}

Recorded by Jo. [?] Clerk,
Book [?] Vol. [4? 1?] Page 105

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death not on a.B. (handwritten sideways)
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[?]
$15 [?]
[?]
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The State of New Jersey
Gloucester County

On this sveneth fay of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two, personally appeared in [?] before the judges of the [?] of Common Pleas of the County of Gloucester, more fitting, Jonas Cattell, resident of the township of Deptford in the [?] County of Gloucester, aged seventy four years nearly - who [?] himself to before [???] of taking an oath, one being duly affirmed according to law, when his [?] affirmation makes the following acceleration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed the 4th of June 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named Officers and served as herein stated.

That in the Spring of the year 1776 he entered as a soldier in the militia of New Jersey in the company commanded Captain Jonathan Williams for one month, that they were quartered at Billingsport, and during their [?] the fort was built, he [their?] [?] assisted in building the same ---
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he then (struck through) next went out in a company commanded by Capt Cheesman they
were stationed at James Davis's about
two miles East of Woodbury where they
remained one month-- he then went
out in the Company of Artillery commanded by Capt Samuel Hugg, they
started from Haddonfield and Marches
through Morrestown, Mount Holly, and
thence to Trenton, where they arrived
several days before the Battle of Trenton
which Battle, as well as the Battle of Princeton this declarant was in - We were ┃
out at this tour about six weeks, and
arrived home about the first of the
month of January 1777-

In a few days after we returned
home from Trenton I was drafted in
accompany commanded by Capt Williams
we started from Haddonfield and Marched
through Moorestown, Mount Holly, &
Princeton and other places to Somerset
where we quartered in the Court House
we staid about two months at this place
during which time we had hard service
to perform -
for one month

I next went out under Capt Cheesman and was stationed at the Four Gun Battery a little before Mudfort on the Jerseyside, I was then
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there and in the engagement when
the Augusta & Martin were blown up
and when the Fort was burnt -- this
was in October 1777 --

Next went out in a company
Commanded by Capt Pierce for one
month and was stationed at a place called
the Stone House at the head of
Great Mantua Creek in the County
of Gloucester - this was very soon
after the above mentioned service
perhaps in November or Decem 1777.

Immediately after my term of
service had expired, I entered a
Company Commanded by Capt Joseph
Thorne we were stationed at Gloucester
guarding some Reffugees and Traders
who were imprison there - during the
latter part of the month we took the prisoners to Mt. Holly where we left
them, and returned home - very
soon. I believe the next day
after we got home - 

Very soon, I believe the next day after we got home______
I was drafted in a company commanded
by Capt Cheesman for one month we
were quartered in the quaker meeting
House at Haddonfield during this
term we had a skirmish with the
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Yangers at a place called the Little
Bridge, which is not far from Gloucester
and about 4 miles from Philada on the
Jersey side, we killed several of them,
Col Hillman Commanded at that time
a few days after we had another Kinnish
with them at Blackwell lane near
the Little Bridge Col Hillman Commanded
there also - we returned to our quarters
at Haddonfield, and in a few days
after and during the same month
we attacked the enemy at the Big
Bridge which is over Great Timber
Creek about two miles below the Little
Bridge they drove us back in this
last Skirmish and forced us to retreat
we had several killed in these Skirmishes
Major Ellis Commanded in the last skirmish Col Helman being sick, this was about January or February 1778

I then went out in the Company
Commanded by Capt Aaron Lehew[?], and
was stationed at the North Branch of Timber Creek where we remained one
month, and were discharged

I then went to Mr Holly
in a company of Artillery commanded
by Capt Hugg - we lay at Mt.
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Mount Holly between 2 & 3 Weeks
and were discharged before our month had expired, it being about harvest
time and no enemy near, this
was I think early in July 1778

I then went to Eggharbour under
Capt Williams where we staid about
six weeks, during this service we took
one of the enemy's Barges, she got aground
in Little Eggharbour River near the Bay
and upon our firing into her the men on
Board got on shore and ran off, she had 3
and perhaps 4 Swivels on board - Col Ellis
Commanded us at this time, General
Pulaski was also there with some horseman 

I was also in service for one month
in Company Commanded by Capt John
Seder during the time, we were stationed
at Red Bank and helped to build the
Fort at that place. I cannot tell the time of this service

I was also one month in a
Company Commanded by Capt John Davis
at Haddonfield. We quartered in my Masters house during
this term of service I was taken prisoner by
the Enemy (^New Levies or green coat, as we called them) one George Gill was also
taken prisoner at the same time (^he is dead) I think.
was a prisoner about nine days then
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*I was also out for several weeks under Capt. Benjamin Hartley, during this service I was at [??]
they put me (locked me up, crossed out) every night in the Smoke House of Isaac Kay Esq, and it was generally locked and picket Guards
were stationed around - the other
prisoners were kept in the saucers Shop of
William Griscomb in Haddonfield*

*I was also out for several weeks under Capt. Benjamin Hartley, during this service I was at [??]

In making the foregoing State
ment I may be mistaken as regards
date. I remember well that I served fifteen
Months and perhaps a few days more
I was under age at the time, and was an
Apprentice boy to one John Middleton
Blacksmith at Haddonfield, who has
long since deceased his widow is still
living but she is nearly one hundred
years of age and her faculties are very
much impaired, so much so that Judge
Clement doubted the propriety of taking
her affirmation
I did however go to see
her myself about ten days since she
Knew me and shook hands with me
told me she remembered when I was taken
Prisoner and that he saw them Knock
me down and hand cuff me-- and other
facts relating to my being taken. My
Master received all my wages, I never
received account of it, excepting we used
to be allowed a shilling a day eaven[?]
when we were working at the fort, some
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of this I received
I was born in the County of Gloucester
near Woodbury NJ in the year 1758
The following of the Record of my age taken
from a bible formerly belonging to my
father "Jonas Cattell was born the sixth day
of the week and the third day of the eleventh
Month Called November 1758 about
3/4 of a hour before sunrise" - this is in my
fathers hand writing. the Bible is at
my own house. I was living when
called in service at Haddonfield in
New Jersey, I have lived since the
Revolutionary War in the house where
I now live in Deptford Township Gloucester County NJ. I was always
Drafted when I went into service
I saw Gen Knox at Trenton but I do not
remember to have seen him until the
next day or two days after the Battle
I was in service at the time of the
Battle of Red Bank and was in the
fort the same day, but Col Green turned
us all out before the Battle I saw him
there, and I saw many other Regular
Officers but I did not know any of
them but him I had seen him before at Mudfort - I saw Genl Pulaski
at Eggharbour as above mentioned -
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I Knew Genl Newcomb, Col Ellis and Maj[?]Hill & Major William Ellis the three last intimately; I never received a discharge
I am acquainted with James Mattack
Esq, Jacob Glover Esq, James Roe, John Read
Col Rob L Armstrong, Joseph Fithian &
many others who reside in my neighbourhood
He hereby relinquishes every claim
whatever to a pension or annuity except
the present and declares that his name
is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency
of any State
to & Subscribed
Jonas Cattell
day & year aforesd
Ephrance Miller
affirmed
We James Mattack and Joseph Franklin ┃
of Woodbury in the County and State afores
do hereby certify that we are well acquainted
with Jonas Cattell who has
subscribed and affirmed to the
above declaration that we believe him ┃
to be seventy three years old, that he is repre
and believed in the neighbourhood
where he resides to have been a soldier in
the Revolution and that we concur in
that opinion
Subscribed the
day & year aforesaid
James Matlack
Ephrame Miller
Joseph Franklin
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And the fair 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 h states, And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that the said James Matlack and Joseph Franklin are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to full credit  [illegible]

I Johnle Smallwood Clerk of the Common Please of the County of Gloucester, do hereby Certify that the foregoing contains the Original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Joanas Battell for a pension, and I do hereby further certify that the said Court of Common Please of the county of Gloucester is by the laws of the state of New Jersey, A Court of record, having a Seal which is hereto affixed --

[SEAL]

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the fair Court at Woodbury with the said County this Seventh day of August AD One thousand Eight Hundred and thirty two  Smallwood Clk.
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Gloucester, ss. New Jersey:  James Matlack Esq a person of credibility being duly affirmed according to law, saith that he is well acquainted with Jonas Cattell and has known him for thirty years past, that he is reputed and believed in this neighbourhood, being the same where the said Jonas resides that he was a soldier of the Revolution, and that this affirmant concurs in that opinion, and this affirmant further saith that shortly before the death of Gel Davenport of this town/Woodbury/ this affirmant had a conversation with him, in which conversation the General told this affirmant that Jonas Cattell had been to see him to procure his testimony on his, Jonas' application for a pension, and that Jonas had reminded him of a fact that had entirely gone from his memory.  It was concerning a visit that some of the officers and men of the company to which they both belonged had paid to a man that lived in a cave near Mount Holly called the Mount Holly Hermit, Jonas had reminded him of the manner in which they approached the Hermits Cave, of what  to get him out, and how he looked +c. and this affirmant further saith that General Davenport died shortly after this time, and before his testimony relative to Jonas' services had been procured, and before the next court was held. and this affirmant further saith that he has understood from both the Genl + Jonas that the company to which they belonged at the period above mentioned was Capt Huggs Co of Artillery. James Matlack 
Subscribed + affirmed Jluy 30 1833 before me one of the judges of the Court of Common Pleas, Glou County} Ephraim Miller 
10,683. admd $15.mo.pri 50$
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10683
Jonis Cattle
Gloucester County N. Jersey

Return J m
J. C. Smallwood Woodbury N.J.
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
21st May 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 shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your
claim.

A statement, shewing the service of Jonas Cattell, Gloucester Cty., N. Jersey.

Period when the service was rendered. | Duration of the claimant's service. (Years/Months/Days) | Rank of the claimant. | Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. | Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. | Battles in which the applicant was engaged. | Country through
which he marched. | Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. | Evidence by which the declaration is supported.
[illegible] 1776 | (blank) | 1 | (blank) | Pri(vate) | Cap. Williams | [illegible] | Princeton, Trenton | | N.J. | 74; Billingsport, N.J. | Traditionary & Witness.
[illegible] 1776 | (blank) | 1 | (blank) | Pri(vate) | (blank) | (blank) | (blank) | (blank) | (blank) | (blank)
Sep. 1776 | (blank) | 1 | (blank) | Pri(vate) | Cap. Chesman | (blank) | (blank) | (blank) | (blank)
Dec. 1776 | (blank) | (blank) | 42 | Pri(vate) | Cap. Hugg | (blank) | (blank) | (blank) | (blank)
Jan. 1777 | (blank) | 2 | (blank) | Pri(vate) | [illegible] | [illegible] | (blank) | (blank) | (blank) | (blank)
Oct. 1777 | (blank) | 1 | (blank) | Pri(vate) | Cap. Chesman | (blank) | (blank) | (blank) | (blank) | (blank)
Nov. 1777 | (blank) | 1 | (blank) | Pri(vate) | Cap. Pierce, Cap. Thorne | (blank) | (blank) | (blank) | (blank) | (blank)
Jan. 1778 | (blank) | 1 | (blank) | Pri(vate) | [illegible] | Col. Hillman | (blank) | (blank) | (blank) | (blank)
[illegible] | (blank) | 1 | (blank) | Pri(vate) | Cap. Chew | (blank) | (blank) | (blank) | (blank)
[illegible] | (blank) | (blank) | 14 | Pri(vate) | Cap. Hugg | (blank) | (blank) | (blank) | (blank)
[illegible] | (blank) | (blank) | 42 | Pri(vate) | Cap. Williams | Col. Ellis | (blank) | (blank) | (blank) | (blank)
[illegible] | (blank) | 1 | (blank) | Pri(vate) | Cap. Herder | (blank) | (blank) | (blank) | (blank)
[illegible] | (blank) | 1 | (blank) | Pri(vate) | Cap. Herder | (blank) | (blank) | (blank) | (blank)
[illegible] | (blank) | 1 | (blank) | Pri(vate) | Cap. Danes | (blank) | (blank) | (blank) | (blank)
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            15 in all
[illegible] 3.4 Hartley

I am, respectfully your obedient servant,
J.L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
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2 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, musicians or privates, will in the first in
stance, 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        County of
day of                       }
A.B. a resident (b) of
personally appeared (a) before
in the county of
and State, Territory or District
years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the
following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provison made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) served in the
(e) regiment of the
with      and
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served
under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service, the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of                     
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
And then will follow the certificate of the Court.
A. B.
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 in the
hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with               and C.D. residing in (the same)
subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be
      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 day 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 certify that the foregoing
for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this &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 alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
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will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be 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? And if a substitute, for whom?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
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 enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject. Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the
proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a
Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure [illeg. due to fold in document] 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 sufficiently reason for not confirming 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 serves; 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 on 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 __________; 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 he tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable.  It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was  performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
(f) The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
(g) The opinion of the Court is always required.
(h) The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
(i) The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers. 
 Mode of authenticating papers. 
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the 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.
(j) In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
The notes from (a) to (i) are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note (j) applies to continental troops only.
(k) This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
(l) If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
(m) The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
R. Newman
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The State of New Jersey Gloucester County Ss: On the seventh day of Augst AD 1832 before me Ephraim Miller one of the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas of sd County, personally appeared James Davis of the said County, aged sixty eight years and upwards, who alleging himself to be conscientiously scrupulous of taking an oath, and being duly affirmed according to law, saith that he is well acquainted with Jonas Cattell who has lived within sight of where this affirmant lives for near fifty years past, this affirmant remembers that the said Jonas served as a militia man in the Revolutionary war, he was in the company commanded by Captain Cheesman, the company was quartered in the kitchen part of the house here this affirmant then and still lives, another affirmant saw the said Jonas doing military duty almost every day, this was in the fall of the year 1776 perhaps in September or October, this affirmant believes that the said Jonas Cattell served at other times during the Revolutionary war, because he remembers to have heard so at the time, he also remembers to have heard that the said Jonas was taken prisoner by the enemy, and believes that he was taken prisoner by the enemy - and further this affirmant saith not    James Davis
Affirmed + Subscribed August 7 1832 before me at Woodbury Ephraim Miller
I Ephraim Miller Judge as aforesd do hereby testify that I am well acquainted with Jacob Shone, George Budd, James Davis, and Amos Cattell whose affidavits were taken before me and are written upo this sheet of paper, that they are respectable and credible citizens of this county, and that their statement is entitled to full credit and belief. Witness my hand  Ephraim Miller
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State of New Jersey Gloucester County Ss:
I remembered that on the seventh day of August AD 1832 before me Ephraim Miller one of the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas of the sd County personally appeared Amos Cattell of the County who being duly affirmed according to law, saith that he is in the sixty fifth year of his age - that he remembers that his brother Jonas Cattell served a considerable time in the militia during the Revolutionary war, he remembers that he served one tour of duty under Dapt Davis another under Capt Hider, another under Capt Cheesman and another under Capt Hugg in a company of artillery this affirmant cannot say how long he served with the above named officers or where he went to, but remembers to have heard that Jonas was at Red Bank and at an engagement with the enemy at Blackwells lane, he heard this at the time from his brother Nathan who is now dead, and from Jonas himself and from other persons - he also remembers that Jonas was taken prisoner during the war while they were at Haddonfield. This affirmant was quite young during the war and was not out himself, but he had four brothers who were out, they occasionally came home to see their mother, and he remembers at one time to have heard Jonas speak about his helping to build the fort at Red Bank and at another time of his helping to build the fort at Billingsport, he thinks that Jonas went into the eastern part of this state during one of his tours, but of this he is not certain, he is certain that some of his brothers did go to east Jersey, and he thinks they all went             Amos Cattell.
Affirmed + subscribed the date above before me Ephraim Miller
I John C Smallwood Clerk of the Court of Commo Pleas of the County aforesaid do certify that Ephraim Miller Esquire before whom the foregoing affidavits were taken was at the time of taking the same one of the judges of the said Court of Common Pleas of Gloucester County - Witness my hand and seal August 7 1832 Smallwood Clk
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Anna Jane Bright
Ridgeville
Indiana
Dear Madam:
April 20, 1939
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
BA-J/MCS
Jonas Cattell
S. 2421
The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, S.2421, based on the military service of Jonas Cattell.
Jonas Cattell was born November 3, 1758, near Woodbury, Gloucester County, New Jersey. The names of his parents are not shown.
While a resident of Haddonfield, Gloucester County, New Jersey, he enlisted and served as private with the New Jersey troops as follows:
from April, 1775, one month in Captain Jonathan Williams' Company in Colonel Ellis' Regiment; from July, 1776, one month in Captain William Company in Colonel Ellis' Regiment; from September, 1775, one month in Captain Richard Cheeseman's Company in Colonel Ellis' Regiment; from November or December, 1776, one and one half months in Captain Samuel Hugg's Company and was in the battle of Trenton and Princeton; from
January, 1777, two months in Captain Jonathan Williams' Company in Colonel Hillman's Regiment; from April or May, 1777, one month in Captain John Hider's Company in Colonel Ellis' Regiment; from October, 1777, one month in Captain Richard Cheeseman's Company in Colonel Ellis Regiment and was in an engagement at Mud Fort; from November, 1777, one month in
Captain George Pierce's Company in Colonel Ellis' Regiment; from December, 1777, one month in Captain Aaron Chew's Company in Colonel Ellis' Regiment; from January, 1778, one month in Captain Cheeseman's Company in Colonel Willis' Regiment and was in skirmishes at Little Bridge, Blackwell's Lane
and Big Bridge; from April, 1778, one month in Captain John Davis, Company in Colonel Willis' Regiment and was taken prisoner and held about nine days; from June, 1778, two or three weeks in Captain Samuel Hugg's Company; from August, 1778, three weeks in Captain Joseph Thorne's Company; from September, 1778, one and one half months in Captain Jonathan Williams' Company in Colonel Hillis' Regiment; he also served three weeks in Captain Benjamin Hartley's Company in Colonel Ellis' Regiment, time not stated.
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Jonas Cattell was allowed pension on his application executed August 7, 1832, at which time he was living in Deptford Township, near
Woodbury, New Jersey, where he had lived since the Revolution.  In August, 1832, Amos Cattell was living in Gloucester County,
New Jersey, and stated that he was then in the sixty-fifth year of his age and that he was not in the Revolution but had four brothers who served, only names given were Nathan who was dead in 1832 and Jonas whose record is given above. There are no further data relative to the family of Jonas Cattell,
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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1929, Aug. 30, hist. to Mts. Graydon M. Horn MCS
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1932 May 16 hist. to Mrs.Warren S. Uv. Holloway.  MCS
_______________________________
1939 Jan. 31.  hist. to Bonne Da.  MCS
___________________________________
1939. April 20. hist. to Anna Jane Bright, MCS
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2421, INVALID.
Rev War
File No. 2421
Jonas Cattell
Privt Rev. War
Act: June 7, 1832
Index:--Vol. A, Page 56.
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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# 2421
Payments to be made
at Trenton by pres. Tr. Wkg 60
Agent for paying Pensioners, in the Agency of Jonas Cattell.
N. Jersey

Dead
Sep 18. 1849
Recorded in the Pension Office, in Book E Vol [smudge] Page 105 by Go C Stiles Clerk.
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Supposed to be forwarded by mistake
Pensioner not dead
3. qr. 1849
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Oct. 16. 1833  Paid to Sept 4, 1833
Apr 2.  1834  Paid to Mar 4, 1834
Sept 11. 1834   Paid to Sept 4, 1834
April 1`0 1835 Paid to Mar 4 1835
Ap 6 1836  Paid to Mar 4, 1836
Sep 9 1836 Paid to Sep 4 1836
Ap 15  Paid to 4 Mar 1837
Ap 15  Paid to 4 Mar 1837
Paid to 4 Sep 1837
Paid to 4 Mar 1838
Paid to 4 Sep 1838
Paid to 4 Mar 1839
Paid to 4 Mar 1840
Paid to 4 Sep 1841
Paid to 4 Mar 1842
Paid to 4 Sep 1842
Paid to [illeg] 1843
Paid to 4 Mar 1845
Paid to Mar 1844
Paid to September
pd to 4 Mar 184[smudge]
pd to 4 Sep 184[smudge]
Paid to 4 March 18[smudge]
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Paid to 4  Mar 18[smudge]
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WAR DEPARTMENT. Revolutionary Claim.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, Jonas Cattell of the State of New Jersey who was a private in the revolutionary Army. is entitled to receive Fifty dollars and 0 cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th March 1831, and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March, and 4th of September, in every year. 
GIVEN at the War Office of the United States, this 28 day of September one thousand eight hundred and thirty three.  John Robb. Examined and Countersigned.} J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions.
[hand-written on bottom of page: "that he now resides in Gloucester County and has resided there for the space of fifty year past and that]
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The State f New Jersey Gloucester County.
   Be it remembered that on the eleventh day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three, before me the subscriber one of the judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas of the said county of Gloucester - personally appeared Jonas Cattell of the said County aged seventy four years and upwards, who alleging himself to be conscientiously scrupulous of taking an oath, and being duly affirmed according to law saith, that the whole length of time that he served in the Revolutionary war, and whilst in a Regular organized body was at least fifteen months and a half, and was performed at the places and in the following manner --
One month under Capt Jonathan Williams in Col Ellis Regiment, during this month we were quartered at Billingsport and assisted in building the fort at that place =- this service was in the spring of year 1776, thinks in the month of April --
One month under the same Capt Williams at Elizabeth town and Amboy Col Ellis was with us during this tour and commanded Sometimes this service was in the
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the months of Jully and August 1776 this service I had forgotten when my declaration was made out --
  One moth in a company commanded by Capt Richard Cheesman in Col Ellis Regiment, during this tour we were stationed at James Davis' about two miles east of Woodbury, this was in the months of September and October 1776. One month and a half in a company of artillery commanded by Capt Saml Hugg during this tour, we were at Trenton + Princeton and at the battles at those places, the service commenced in the latter part of November or first of December 1776 and ended in the early part of January 1777.
  Two months in a company commanded by Capt Jonathan Williams in Col Hillmans regiment this service was performed at Somerset and commenced in January 1777 and ended in March 1777
   One month in a company commanded by Captain John Hider in Col Ellis regiment, this service was performed at the fort at Red Bank which fort we built during this month, and was in the months of April and May 1777 One
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One month under Capt Richard Cheesman in Col Ellis regiment during this month we were stationed at the four-gun battery a little below Fort Mufflin on the Jersey side, this service was in the month of October 1777 --
   One month in a company commanded by Captain George Pierce in Col. Ellis regiment, during this month we were stationed at the Stone House at the head of  great Mantan Creek, [Mammoth Creek?} this service was performed immediately after the expiration of the last service, it ended in November or early December 1777. the reason of our being sent to this place was to protect the inhabitants from the Refugees and Tories, they had robbed Captain Moffetts house and shot at him and committed other depredations in the neighborhood --
  One month under Captain Aaron Chew in Col Ellis Regiment, during this tour we were stationed at Chews landing on the North Branch of Timber Creek this service commenced as soon as the last ended, and ended in January 1778.   One month in a company commanded by Captain Cheesman in Col Ellis Regt. during this month we quartered in the quaker meeting hose at Haddonfield this
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this service commenced very soon after I arrived home in January 1778 and ended sometime in February same year One month in a company commanded by Capt Ino Davis in Col  Ellis Regiment during this tour we quartered at Haddonfield in my masters Ino Middletons house this service commenced in April 1778 and ended in May 1778 - during this tour I was taken prisoner --
One half of a month at least, in a company of artillery commanded by Capt Samuel Hugg this service was performed at Mount Holly, commenced about the middle of June and ended at Harvest time say the first of July. We entered for a month but were discharged sooner on account of harvest and because the British Army had left Philadelphia
   Three fourths of a month at least in a company commanded by Capt. Joseph Thorne in Col Ellis Regiment this service was performed at Gloucester guarding some refugees and traders who were in prison there, he thinks they were discharged a few days before their month was out - this service was performed in August 1778.
   One month and a half in a company commanded by Capt Jonathan Williams
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in Col Ellis Regiment this service was performed at Egg  Harbour Leeds Point and Somers Point and commenced early in September 1778 and ended the latter part of October same year --
   Three fourths of a month at least in a company commanded by Capt Benjamin Heartly in Col Ellis Regiment - I cannot give the date of this service I know it was performed because I remember that during the tour we took 2 refugees boats loaded with bacon eggs butter 1 calf fowls + intended as we supposed for the British Army which the lay in Philadelphia We were during this tour at Moorestown Coles church, Coopers Ferries and along Pennsaukin Creek + this affirmant further saith that during all the time aforesaid he was not employed in any civil pursuit but was in actual service in a regular organized body, and most of the time at a considerable distance from his home, he served all the time as a private And this affirmant further saith, that he was born in the county of Gloucester New Jersey in the year 1758 "he has a record of his age, it is the Family
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Family Bible now at his own house" -- "He was living when  called in service at Haddonfield in the county of Gloucester New Jersey, has lived since the Revolutionary War in the Township of Deptford in the County of Gloucester aforesaid, near Woodbury and now lives at the same place in the same house."
  "He was always drafted when called into the service except when under Capt Samuel Hugg in the Artillery then he thinks he volunteered"
   "General Knox was with the troops where he served at Trenton and Princeton Col Green was with the troops where he served at Red Bank, Col Procter was with the Troops where he served at Egg Harbour General Pulaski was also there --
   Gen Washingtons army was at Trenton and Princeton, Col Greens Regiment was at Red Ban (they were mostly coloured men) -- Col Proctors artillery was at Egg Harbour and Pulaski. Troop of horse was also there -- at the times when he was at the above-mentioned places Col Hillmans Regiment of militia was at Somerset + Col Ellis at Haddonfield and other places in the county of Gloucester when he was there"
"he never received a written discharge"
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He is acquainted with James Matlack Esquire, Jacob Glover Esquire Michael C Fisher Esquire, John Clement Esquire Joseph Franklin, Dr Fithian Dr Foster Col. Robert L Armstrong, and many others in his neighborhood"
  And this affirmant further saith that at the time of the making of his declaration in August last, he was unable to state his services in the order in which they were performed, he remembered the places where he was at, and the Captains under whom he served, but did not remember in all cases the different periods of his service --since that time he has thought more about the matter and talked with some of the old men who were out during the war, and he is now enabled to fix the dates of his services he thinks pretty correctly --  Jonas Casttell
Affirmed and subscribed at Woodbury aforesaid the day and year first above written Michael. C. Fisher
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State of New Jersey Gloucester County Ss
   On the fifteenth day of June AD 1833 before me the subscriber one of the judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas of the said County, personally appeared John Clement Esq. of the said County aged sixty three years and upwards a person of credibility whose statement is entitled to full credit, who being duly affirmed according to law, saith that he is well acquainted with Jonas Cattell and has known him since the year 1777 that this affirmant then lived in Haddonfield and the said Jonas lived at the same place and was apprentice to John Middleton And this affirmant further saith that he verily believes that the said Jonas Cattell was out and performed duty as a soldier in the Revolutionary War because his father Nathaniel Clement was in the service during said war, and he has frequently heard him speak about Jonas, and about his being in the service when he was and particularly of his being at Red Bank, here a circumstance occurred that his father often spoke of, it was about a camp kettle belonging to a company that lay at Red Bank at the time [crossed out: "and between which company and the company that Jonas was in, there had been a little dispute or difficulty"] Jonas took the camp kettle which contained their meat, and hung it up at the top of a hickory
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tree, when it was ascertained that the meat and kettle were gone, a good deal of disturbance was made by the company the Col was informed of it, and when the kettle was discovered hung up in the tree, it was immediately charged upon Jonas, it being thought that he was the only man in camp that could have put it there, the Col obliged Jonas to go up and get it and restore it to the owners, and Jonas very narrowly escaped a flogging, and this affirmant further saith that he has frequently heard other persons speak about Jonas being in the service in the Revolutionary war --  John Clement
Affirmed + subscribed date above before me Michael C. Fisher
Gloucester County ss:  on the 22d day of June AD 1833 before me the subscriber one of the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas of said County personally appeared Jn Roberts of Haddonfield in said county aged sixty six years a person of credibility whose statement is entitled to full credit and belief, who being duly affirmed according to law, saith that he is well acquainted with Jonas Cattell and knew him during the Revolutionary War the said Jonas then lived at Haddonfield and was apprentice to Ino Middleton a blacksmith - and this affirmant further saith
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saith, that about the years 1777 + 1778 during the time that the British army was in Philadelphia, he frequently saw the said Jonas Cattell in the service in the militia of New Jersey, and doing duty as the other soldiers at Haddonfield aforesaid he is unable to say how long the said Jonas served or in what companies he served but he remembers that he saw Jonas at different times during the above mentioned years 1777 + 78 and he remembers that the companies of Captain's Williams Davis Cheesman, Hartly, Hider + others were there -- and he supposes that Jonas must have belonged to some of these companies -- And this affirmant further saith that his father Jacob Roberts was a commissioned officer during the Revolutionary War -- and kept a public house at Haddonfield at the time that the militia were quartered there, and that his fathers house was much resorted to by the officers and soldiers of the militia whilst there - which are the reasons why he remembers what he has stated above, as he was not out in the service himself. John Roberts
Subscribed + affirmed date above before John Clement I John C. Smallwood Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Gloucester do certify that Michael C Fisher and John Clement Esquires before whom the foregoing affidavits of Jonas Cattell the said John Clement Esq and John Roberts were made, were at the doing thereof, respectively Judges of the said court of Common Pleas of the said County of Gloucester, duly commissioned + qualified and that the signatures of the said Michael C. Fisher and John Clement subscribed to said affidavits are genuine. Witness my hand and seal of office at Woodbury this twenty fourth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand and eight hundred and thirty three  Smallwood Clk
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The State of New Jersey. Gloucester County Ss
Best remembered that on the twenty sixth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two, before me the subscriber one of the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas of the said County, personally appeared Jacob Shone of the said County, aged seventy eight years and upwards who being duly sworn according to law deposeth and saith that he is well acquainted with Jonas Cattell, and was well acquainted with him during the Revolutionary War - That he knows that the said Jonas did serve in the Revolutionary War as a militia man and that he was at Amboy and Elizabeth Town in the eastern part of the State of New Jersey - because he this deponent served in the same Batallion with him, but under different captains, he under Capt Williams I under Capt Perkins - that afterwards they served together in the same company under Captain Williams at Red Bank, Mudfort and Billingsport - that they served together at Red Bank one month at Medford and Billingsport one month and one month in East Jersey - That this deponent also served one month at Eggharbour [Egg Harbor] in the County of Burlington under Capt Weatherby and from circumstances detailed by the said Jonas to this deponent he has very little doubt but that the said Jonas did also serve one month at the same place under Captain Stokes - as this deponent does not
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not believe that the circumstances detailed by him could have been detailed by any but one who was present and further his deponent saith not                  Jacob Shone
Sworn and subscribed at Woodbury in the County + State aforesaid the day and year first within written}  Ephraim Miller
The State o New Jersey, Gloucester County Ss: On the second day of August AD 1880 before me the subscriber one of the Judges of he Inferior Court of Como Pleas of the said County personally appeared George Budd aged seventy three years and upwards, who being duly affirmed according to law upon his solemn affirmation saith that he is well acquainted with Jonas Cattell, and was well acquainted with him during he Revolutionary War that this affirmant served one month in the same company with the said Jonas Cattell during the said war in the militia, the company was commanded by Captain Peirce, and lay most of the time at Swedesboro N.J. this affirmant does not remember the particular period of the above mentioned service, but remembers that it was shortly after the British came to Philadelphia  George Budd
Affirmed + subscribed the date above before me at Woodbury Ephraim Miller
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[Letterhead] Jay County Hospital
[Written on letter] Only one
[Stamped] RECEIVED 3:15 DEC 27 1938 MAIL SUB [?] DIV VETS. ASN.[?] READER 21
December 22, 1938
Veterans Administration
Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:
Would you please send me the copy of the application for pension of Jonas Cattell or Jonas Cottell of Gloucester County, New Jersey and also of Jonas Cattell or Jonas Cottell of Burlington County, New Jersey. Any way the two Jonas Cattells do not know which I use for my records.
Sincerely yours
[Written] No signature?
Bonnie Day
Portland, Indiana
P.S. He was a revolutionary war soldier.
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[Stamped] REVOLUTIONARY & 1812 WARS SECTION BUEARU OF PENSIONS MAR 21 1932
1314 Franklin Ave
Columbus, Ohio
March 17, 1932
Pension Department
Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:
Can you tell me the name of the wife and the names of the children and any other information that you might have on:
Jonas Cattell, Private, Revolutionary War, New Jersey Militia, Pension beginning Sept. 28, 1833, age 76. In census of pensioners of June 1st, 1840, he lived in Deptford, Gloucester County, New Jersey, age 82.
Thanking for any information, I am
Sincerely
Mrs. Warren S. M. Holloway
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Gloucester N.J. June 4, 1929.
U.S. Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C]
U. S. Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.
Dear Sir. Please send me any information you may have concerning an ancestor of mine, Jonas Cattell, who was, I believe, a Pensioner having served (as near as I can ascertain) under Colonel Joseph Ellis; at
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Haddonfield, wth Gloucester Co Militia 1780; also under Captain John Wood - New Jersey militia - believe his death occurred about 1854
Thank you for any information you may have. Yours sincerely, 
Mrs. Graydon M. Horn 07 Middlesex St. Gloucester N.J.
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P.S. If Mrs. Jonas Cattell ever received a widows pension and you have a record of her maiden name or her parents names please include with other data.  H. H.
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Ridgeville 2nd 2/9/39
Veterans Administration Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:
Please send me a survey of application for pension of Nathan Cattell or (Cottell) a Rev. soldier from New Jersey I think Gloucester Co. Thanking you I remain Yours Truly Anna Jane Bright
[Stamp: APR 13 1839 Received]
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Anna Jane Bright
Ridgeville
Indiana.

BA-J/ILL
Jonas Cattell
S. 2421April 30, 1939.

Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Nathan Cattell, of Gloucester County, New Jersey.
A search of the Revolutionary War records of this office has been made and no claim for pension or bounty land found based upon service of a Nathan Cattell, under any spelling of that surname. The record has been found of only one soldier with that surname, namely, Jonas Cattell. His record is furnished
you herewith as it will be of interest to you.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER,
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator,
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January 31, 1939
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
BA-J/MCS
Jonas Cattell, S.2421
Bonnie Day
Jay County Hospital
Portland, Indiana
Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your request for the records of Revolutionary War soldiers from New Jersey named Jonas Cattell or Cottell,
The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, S.2421, based on the military service of the only Jonas
Cattell (searched under all spellings) that is found in the Revolutionary War records of this office.
Jonas Cattell was born November 3, 1758, near Woodbury, Gloucester County, New Jersey. The names of his parents are not shown.
While a resident of Haddonfield, Gloucester County, New Jersey, he enlisted and served as private with the New Jersey troops as follows:
from April, 1778, one month in Captain Jonathan Williams' Company in
Colonel Ellis' Regiment; from July, 1778, one month in Captain Williams' Company in Colonel Ellis' Regiment; from September, 1775, one month in Captain Richard Cheeseman's Company in Colonel Ellis' Regiment; from November or December, 1776, one and one half months in Captain Samuel Hugg's Company and was in the battles of Trenton and Princeton; from
January, 1777, two months in Captain Jonathan Williams' Company in Colonel Hillman's Regiment; from April or May, 1777, one month in Captain John Hider's Company in Colonel Ellis' Regiment; from October, 1777, one month in Captain Richard Cheeseman's Company in Colonel Ellis' Regiment and was in an engagement at Mud Fort; from November, 1777, one month
in Captain George Pierce's Company in Colonel Ellis' Regiment; from December, 1777, one month in Captain Aaron Chew's Company in Colonel Ellis Regiment; from January, 1778, one month in Captain Cheeseman's Company in
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...Colonel Ellis' Regiment and was in skirmishes at Little Bridge, Blackwell's Lane and Big Bridge; from April, 1778, one month in Captain John Davis' Company in Colonel Ellis' Regiment and was taken prisoner and held about nine days; from June, 1778, two or three weeks in Captain Samuel Hugg's Company; from August, 1778, three weeks in Captain Joseph Thorne's Company; from September, 1778, one and one half months in Captain Jonathan Williams' Company in Colonel Ellis' Regiment; he also served three weeks in Captain Benjamin Hartley's Company in Colonel Ellis' Regiment, time not stated.

Jonas Cattell was allowed pension on his application executed August 7, 1832, at which time he was living in Deptford Township, near Woodbury, New Jersey, where he had lived since the Revolution.

In August, 1832, Amos Cattell was living in Gloucester County, New Jersey, and stated that he was then in the sixty-fifth year of his age and that he was not in the Revolution but had four brothers who served, only names given were Nathan who was dead in 1832 and Jonas whose record is given above. There are no further data relative to the family of Jonas Cattell.

Very truly yours
A.D. HILLER, Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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May 16, 1932
BA-J/MOS
XXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Jonas Cattell
S. 2421
Mrs. Warren S. M. Holloway
1314 Franklin Avenue
Columbus
Ohio
Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter requesting information in regard to Jonas Cattell, a soldier of the Revolution.
The data furnished herein were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, S. 2421, based upon the service of
Jonas Cattell,

He was born November 3, 1758, near Woodbury, Gloucester, New Jersey.
While a resident of Haddonfield, Gloucester County, New Jersey, he enlisted and served as private with the New Jersey troops as follows: from April, 1778, one month in Captain Jonathan Williams' Company in Colonel Ellis' Regiment; from July, 1776, one month in Captain Williams' Company in Colonel Ellis'
Regiment; from September, 1775, one month in Captain Richard Cheeseman's Company in Colonel Ellis' Regiment; from November
or December, 1776, one and one-half months in Captain Samuel Hugg's Company and was in the battles of Trenton and Princeton;
from January, 1777, two months in Captain Jonathan Williams' Company in Colonel Hillman's Regiment; from April or May, 1777,
one month in Captain John Hider's Company in Colonel Ellis' Regiment; from October, 1777, one month in Captain Richard
Cheeseman's Company in Colonel Ellis' Regiment and was in an engagement at Mud Fort; from November, 1777, one month in Captain George Pierce's Company in Colonel Ellis' Regiment; from December, 1777, one month in Captain Aaron Chew's Company in
Colonel Ellis' Regiment; from January, 1778, one month in Captain Cheeseman's Company in Colonel Ellis' Regiment and was in skirmishes at Little Bridge, Blackwell's Lane and Big Bridge; from April, 1778,
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one month in Captain John Davis' Company in Colonel Ellis' Regiment and was taken prisoner and held about nine days; from June,
1778, two or three weeks in Captain Samuel Hugg's Company; from August, 1778, three weeks in Captain Joseph Thorne's Company;
from September, 1778, one and one half months in Captain Jonathan Williams' Company in Colonel Ellis' Regiment; he also served three weeks in Captain Benjamin Hartley's Company in Colonel Ellis Regiment, time not stated. He was allowed pension on his application executed August 7, 1832, at which time he was living in Deptford Township, near Woodbury, New Jersey, where he had lived since the Revolution.
There are no data relative to wife and children of the
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator
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Rev. and 1812 Wars Section MCS/eel
August 30, 1929
Mrs. Graydon M. Horn
807 Middlesex Street
Gloucester, New Jersey
Dear Madam:
   I advise you from the appers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S.2421, it appears that Jonas Cattell was born November 3, 156, near Woodbury, Gloucester County, New Jersey. While a resident of Haddonfield, Gloucester County, New Jersey, he enlisted and served as a private with the New Jersey Troops as follows:
  From April, 1776, one month in Captain Jonathan Williams' Company in Colonel Ellis' Regiment; from July, 1776, one month in Captain Williams' Company in Colonel Ellis' Regiment; From September, 776, one month in Captain Richard Cheeseman's Company in Colonel Ellis' Regiment; from November or December, 1776, one and one-half months in Captain Samuel Hugg's Company, he was in the battles of Trenton and Princeton; from January, 1777, two months in Captain Jonathan Williams' Company in Colonel Hillman's Regi-
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ment from April or May, 1777, one month in Captain John Hider's Company in Colonel Ellis' Regiment; from October, 1777, one month in Captain Richard Cheeseman's Company in Colonel Ellis' Regiment and was in an engagement at Hud Fort; from November, 1777, one month in Captain George Pierce's Company in Colonel Ellis' Regiment; from December, 1777, one month in Captain Aaron Chew's Company in Colonel
Ellis' Regiment; from January, 1778, one month in Captain Cheeseman's Company in Colonel Ellis' Regiment; he was in
skirmishes at Little Bridge, Blackwell's Lane and Big Bridge; from April, 1778, one month in Captain John Davis' Company in Colonel Ellis' Regiment, he was taken prisoner
and held about nine days; from June, 1778, two or three weeks in Captain Samuel Hugg's Company; from August, 1778, three weeks in Captain Joseph Thorne's Company; from September, 1778, one and one-half months in Captain Jonathan Williams' Company in Colonel Ellis' Regiment; he also served
three weeks in Captain Benjamin Hartly's Company in Colonel Ellis' Regiment, time not stated. He was allowed pension on his application executed August 7, 1832, at which time he was living in Deptford Township, near Woodbury, New Jersey, where he had lived
since the Revolution.
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A claim for pension was not made by the widow of Jonas Cattell and there are no data relative to his wife and children.
Very truly yours,
E. W. MORGAN
Acting Commissioner.