Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 18,504, for William Mc Cullough, New Jersey
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(8-1776)

SERVICE | NUMBER
New Jersey | McCullough, William | S.18,504
carded
CONTENTS
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R. Part
Let(ter to) P. Dickinson, P.A., Nov.9 /'50
Let(ter to) Alexi Ray, May 17 /'37
Let(ter) to Hon. M.M. Dumnick 9 Feb. 1833

17,150
Virginia Rich
William M. McCullough, of Warren Co. in the state of New Jersey, who was a Private and a Conductor of Arms in the company commanded by Captain (blank) of the reg(iment) commanded by Col. Thompson in the New Jersey line, for 2 years.

Increased from $320.

Inscribed on the Roll of Richmond, Va., at the rate of 480 Dollars (blank) [crossed out: Cents] per annum, to commence on the 4th of March 1831.
Terminating 9th February 1840.

Certificate of Pension issued the 2nd day of Nov. 1850 and sent to Hon. W.A. Newell, Allentown, N.J.

Arrears to 4th of (blank)
Semi-anl, allowance ending (blank)

{Payable to administrator for benefit of children.}

{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by M.E. Robinson, Clerk
Book E; Vol. 62; Page 25
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Letter C.
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Town of Petersburg
County of Dinwiddie
State of Virginia//

On this 15 day of August 1855 personally appeared before me, Andrew Swan, Mayor of said town [illegible] and made oath in due  form of law. That William McCullough (deceased), late of N. Jersey was a revolutionary pensioner of the United States at the rate of $320. That he died in New Jersey on the 9th day of February 1840 leaving surviving a widow & children whose names are Letitia B. Dinsday, Jane Van Autwish, Benjamin McCullough & William B. McCullough.

That his said widow has since deceased & also has Jan Van Autwish & Benjamin McCollough & that there is now surviving no widow, & the only surviving Children of the said William McCollough are Letitia B. Dinsday & William B. McCullough 

Subscribed & sworn to before me the 15 Aug. 1850 
s/ Andrew Swan, Mayor
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State of New Jersey
Hunterdon County//

I, Peter J. Clark, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County aforesaid, do hereby certify that it satisfactorily appears to said Court that William McCullough, formerly of the County of Mercer in the State aforesaid, deceased, was a Revolutionary Officer and received a pension for his service of Three Hundred Twenty dollars a year; that he departed this life on the Ninth day of February One Thousand Eight Hundred & Forty and left a widow, Mary McCullough, who is now living.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court this first day of [crossed out: August] November One Thousand Eight Hundred
and Forty three.
s/ Peter J. Clark, Clerk
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State of New Jersey
Hunterdon County//

On this Twenty ninth day of August One Thousand Eight Hundred and Forty three before me, one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County aforesaid, personally appeared Mary McCollough, a resident of the township of Amwell, in the County aforesaid, in her Eighty second year of her age, known to me as a credible person, who being duly sworn on her oath saith that she is the widow of William McCollough, formally of the County of 
Warren in the State aforesaid, and that her husband was engaged in the service of the War of the Revolution in the capacity, she understands, of a Major 
Master, that for his services in said war he received a pension of Three Hundred and Twenty dollars per annum; that she is informed this allowance was not in accordance with the account due to his grade and capacity, and that a balance is still due to him, she therefore as his legal representative in all
premises, applies for said increase of her pension or for such other allowance as may on a remuneration and adjustment of his claim be found to be justly one, referring to the papers in his case on the files of the War Department for the necessary proof of services, and to...
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...the paper which may accompany this application for evidence of his title to such increased compensation.
s/ Mary McCullough

Subscribed & sworn the day & year aforesaid before me.
s/ Adams C. Davis, Judge &c.

State of New Jersey
Hunterdon County//

I, Peter J. Clark, Clerk of the County aforesaid, do hereby certify that Adams C. Davis, before whom the foregoing  application of Mary McCullough was sworn to, was at the time a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County aforesaid, duly commissioned & sworn, and that his signature hereto in his own handwriting.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of Office this first day of [crossed out: August] November One Thousand Eight Hundred and Forty three.
s/ Peter J. Clark, Clerk

N.J.
Wm McCullough

Hon. Isaac G. Farler, Ho(use of) Rep(resentatives)
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State of New Jersey
Warren County//

On this fourth day of September A.D. 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas of the said County of Warren, now sitting William McCullough, Esquire, a resident of the Township of Mansfield in said County, aged Seventy [crossed out: one] two years on the 18th December last, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7. 1832. That he entered the service of the United States, under the following named officers and served as herein stated.

I was born in the Township of Greenwich in said County on the 18th December 1759. I have a record of my age in my family bible transcribed from my father's family bible. I lived at Greenwich when I was first called into the service and have lived in the said County of Sussex & now Warren ever since. I was about Seventeen years old when I first entered. I volunteered in the summer of 1776 in a company of New Jersey Militia, commanded by Captain Andrew Melick, Lieutenant Benjamin McCullough, my father, and Ensign Philip Sayer. We marched in the three months service to Perth Amboy by way of White House. Bound Brook & Somerville & Piscataway (sp.).

We were under the command of Colonel Mark Thomson and General Philemon Dickerson. One month we were at Fort Amboy. One month at Middlebrook, quartered in a house of John Poole and one north quartered in Domine Hardenburgh...
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...house at Somerset. There was nothing in particular served during this three months except a skirmish with the artillery near Bound Brook (sp.) & in which we had nothing to do with the small arms.

In the fall of 1776 my father enlisted a company for three months as Captain, Scott was Lieutenant. I volunteered in this service & served during the whole of the term. During this time we had an action with the British at Springfield under the command of Colonel Lord and Major McNight, who had his horse shot under him.

I recollect his taking his pistols out of his holders and still encouraging the men. Captain Kirkendall was wounded the same night close on my left in the next company.

It was in December or January & there were some New England Militia present. When going into the battle my father asked me to stay back with the baggage, saying that if both were killed there would be no man at home to take care of the family, but I had so great an anxiety that I went forward among the first. The engagement took place at night by moonlight. We had the advantage at first of being on higher ground and having a stone fence in front, and by their light one could see them & they not see us. I recollect hearing the bullets whistle by us. We had to retreat that night but were reinforced next morning & pursued them as far as Westfield, where General William Maxwell had his quarters. I recollect seeing General Washington & LaFayette...
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...in their winter quarters at Morristown. Nothing also occurred during this three months except some small skirmishes.

I went again in the February following under my father as captain near Basking Ridge when General Lee was taken by the British lighthouse. During this month which I [crossed out: think] recollect was the winter we quartered at Domini Hardenburgh's house again and was at Millstone & Bound Brook (sp.) I recollect well the skirmish we had with them at Milstone, in which we took from them Forty four horse teams loaded with different kinds of grain & hay .

Robert Maxwell, one of the privates in our company, shot the foremost horse of the foremost team which threw them into confusion, by which means we captured them all. The light horse & officers broke the ice of the Millstone as that we could cross & had the teams. The teams were sold & proceeds divided among the soldiers.

After the above I served two weeks or thereabouts under Capt. Wm. Bond in different parts of the County of Sussex to apprehend Capt. Moody & some Torey who was enlisting a company for the enemy. We could not catch Moody, although (sp.) me were out all hours of the night & hunted every part of the County. While out this tour he had a chase as we sought after Moody but it turned out to (be) Colonel Major Shores who took us for British. We took his horse but he escaped & when we got to Captain Shepherd we found out our the left his mistake & left his horses.


We had surrounded a house of one Britain who was suspected to harbor Moody. We found him at home but no Moody. Before I could stop the...
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...men, one of them by name of Quick had pushed his bayonet into Britain's thigh after he gave up to us.

After this I was out as a Wagon Master under Colonel Moore Furman & Peter Gordon in the commissary department. And in Pennsylvania under Colonel West & Hafer, for two years and received a captain's pay during said term. I was in Pennsylvania as far as Carlisle (sp.), at (the) head of (the) Elk (River) in Maryland & in different parts of New Jersey. I was one whole winter purchasing grain & giving certificates for it.

I have no documentary evidence of my service except the affidavits of Michael Mires, Daniel Vhet, Esquire, accompanying this application.

William Kennedy, Esquire, one of the Judges of this Court and Ezekiel Ayers can testify to the neighborhood belief of my services. I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declare that my name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State.
s/ William McCullough


Sworn to and subscribed the date above in open court.
s/ P.W. Blair
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We, William Kennedy and Ezekiel Ayers, residing in the Township of Greenwich and Independence in the said County of Warren, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Colonel William McCullough, Esquire, one of the Judges of this court, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration. That we believe him to be Seventy two years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to be a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
s/ Ezekiel Ayers
s/ Wm. Kennedy

Sworn & Subscribed open Court the date above
s/ P.W. Blair

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 William Kennedy and
Ezekiel Ayers, Esq., who have signed the preceding certificate, are residents of the said County of Warren; are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit.
s/ P.W. Blair
s/ John More
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Application of Col. Wm. McCullough of Asbury, Warren Co., New Jersey for a pension.

8378

If pension allowed to Col W. McC., one of the Jackson Electors at the last Presidential Election, please direct Certificate to G.M. Shenerd, Belvidere,  Warren Co., New Jersey.

I, Phineas B. Kennedy, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in & for said County certify and that the signatures of William Samson, Jr., and William Kennedy to the credibility of Daniel Vhet & Michael Mires, Esq., are their genuine signatures, and at that time of making them they were a Justice and Judge of said County, and that full faith is due to their certificates. I also certify that the papers attached are the original proceedings (except said certificates) on the application of William McCullough, Esq., for a pension.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of Office this 20 July A.D. 1833.
s/ P.B. Kennedy, Clk.
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Warren County//

Before me, one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said County, on the Fourth day of September Eighteen Hundred and Thirty two, personally appeared Daniel Vhet, Esq., aged Eighty years the 9th of July last, who being duly sworn according to law saith that he is well acquainted with William McCollough of Mansfield in said County who is now applying for the benefit of the law of Congress of June 7, 1832 for the Militia of the Revolution, that he well knew said McCollough in the revolution, that he was out one month in the Militia of New Jersey at Springfield under Capt. Benjamin McCollough in Colonel Thompson's regiment one month at Somerville (sp.) under Capt. McCollough in Colonel Thompson's regiment amd further the deponent saith not.
s/ Daniel Vhet

Sworn and subscribed the date above before me.
s/ William Larrison, Jr.

I, William Larrison, Jr., Justice of the Peace in and for said County, before whom the above the above affidavit was taken, certify that I am well acquainted with Daniel Vhet, Esq., who made said affidavit, that he is a person of credibility, and that his statement under oath as aforesaid is entitled to full faith and credit. Witness my hand & seal the 28th June 1833.
s/ William Larrison, Jr.
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State of New Jersey
Warren County//

Before me, one of the Justices of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County, on the 3rd September 1832, personally appeared Michael Mires, who being duly sworn (under) oath that he is well acquainted with William McCollough of Mansfield who is applying for a pension under the law of Congress passed June 7th 1832. That he knew said McCollough was out in the revolution, was as a private under Captain Benjamin McCollough and Andrew Melick several times. And that he understood that he was out at the Battle of Springfield & Millstone.
s/ Michael Mires, Junior (X - his mark)

Sworn & subscribed the date above before me.
s/ P.B. Kennedy

State of New Jersey
Warren County//

I, Phineas B. Kennedy, Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for said County do hereby certify the foregoing are the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of William McCullough, Esq., for a pension and further do I certify that Wm. Larrison, before whom the affidavit of Daniel Vhet was taken was and still is an acting Justice of the Peace of said County & that Wm. Kennedy, before whom the affidavit of Michael Mires was taken was and still is an acting Judge of the said Court of said County. And further that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of the said Justice and Judge and am satisfied that their signatures to said affidavits are genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of Office this 7th day of September A.D. 1832.
s/ P.B. Kennedy, Clk.
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State of New Jersey
Warren County//

I, William Kennedy, Esquire, one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County, before whom the affidavit of Michael Mires, Jr., was taken within, certify that the said Michael Mires is a credible person and that his statement is entitled to credit. Also that the said William McCullough could not procure the attendance of a clergyman to prove this neighborhood belief of his revolutionary services, without great inconvenience and expense to himself & clergyman. The Clergyman of his neighborhood being blind. Witness my hand & seal the 26th June A.D. 1833.
s/ Wm, Kennedy

Application of Col. Wm. McCullough of Asbury, Warren County, New Jersey for a pension.

8378

If pension allowed to Col W. McC., one of the Jackson Electors at the last Presidential Election, please direct Certificate to G.M. Shenerd, Belvidere,  Warren Co., New Jersey.

I, Phineas B. Kennedy, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in & for said County certify that the signatures of William Samson, Jr., and William Kennedy to the credibility of Daniel Vhet & Michael Mires, Jr., are their genuine signatures, that time of making them they were a Justice and Judge of said County, and that full faith is due to their certificates. I also certify that the papers attached are the original proceedings (except said certificates) on the application of William McCullough, Esq., for a pension.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & Seal of Office this 20 July A.D. 1833.
s/ P.B. Kennedy, Clk.
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April 12, 1932
BA-J/AWF
William McCullough
S. 18504

Mrs. Samuel C. McCormack
"Carsonhurst"
Sulphur Springs, Missouri

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter requesting information in regard to William McCullough, a soldier of the War of the Revolution.

The data furnished herein were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S. 18504, based upon the Revolutionary War service of William McCullough.

He was born December 18, 1759 in Greenwich Township, Warren County, New Jersey. He was the son of Benjamin McCullough, the name of his mother is not stated.

He enlisted in the summer of 1776 and served as private in a company of New Jersey militia, under Captain Andrew Melick, Lieutenant Benjamin McCullough (soldier's father) and Colonel Mark Thompson, and was in a skirmish at Bound Brook. He enlisted in the fall of 1776 and served in his father's company under Colonels Mark Thompson and Ford, and was in the battle of Springfield. He enlisted in the February following and served one month in his father's company, and was in the battle of Millstone. Later he served one week under Captain William Bond. He was appointed sometime in November, 1777, Captain of a Brigade of Teams and served under Colonels Robert Hooper, Jacob West, Moore Furman and Major Peter Gordon, and served until in 1781.

He was allowed pension on his application executed September 4, 1832, then a resident of Asbury,...
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...Mansfield Township, Warren County, New Jersey. His pension lowed at the rate of $320 per annum and increased to $480 per annum.

He died February 9, 1840 in Warren County, New Jersey.

He married August 18, 1824, Mary, her maiden name is not given. She was his second wife, the name of his first wife is not shown.

The widow, Mary, died sometime in 1840 in Cincinnati. It is stated that she had no children by her husband William McCullough.

The following children survived their father - Lititia Diposway or Desosway, the wife of Israel D. Diposway or Desosway; Jane Van Antwerp, who died in the fall of 1840; Benjamin McCullough, who died in the fall of 1840; and William B. McCullough, who in 1851 was living in Dearborn County, Indiana.

Very truly yours,
A.D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator

Next time say, "solder was in 1834 Judge of the Court of Pleas in Warren Co., N.J. & as one time was a member of the Legislature of the State of N.J."
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P(ension)

18304

INVALID.

File No. 18,304

William McCullough
Pri(vate) Rev(olutionary) War

Act: June 7th '32

Index: -; Vol. 1; Page 249

[Arrangement of 1870.]
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July 2/'94 Sent Hist(ory) Jas F. Rusling, Trenton.
July 18/'96 Statement J.F. Rusling, Trenton, N.J.
2 April '12 hist(ory) to Samuel C. McCormack.
[illegible] 21 - Mrs. Samuel C. McCormack & further advised in regard to same soldiers she formerly requested.
s/ [illegible]
May 26 - Mrs. S.C. McCormack add no further data
s/ [illegible]
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17,150
New Jersey

William M. McCullough, of Mansfield, in the state of N.J., who was a Pri(vate) in the com(pany) commanded by Captain (blank) of the reg(iment) commanded by Col. Thompson in the N.J. [crossed out: line) Troops 7 1/2 mo(nths).

Inscribed on the Roll of N.J. at the rate of 25 Dollars (blank) Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 5 day of Aug. 1833 and sent Hon. L. Condict, present.

Arrears to 4th of March '32..............$50.00
Semi-anl, allowance ending Sep. 4, '32...$12.50
                                        -------
					 $62.50

{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by E.D. Bullock, Clerk
Book E; Vol. 3; Page 121

See letter to Hon. L. Condict 20 August 1833.
Let(ter) to Hon. T. Frelinghyson 28 April 1834.

Feb. 9, 1840
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17150
New Jersey

William M. McCullough, of Warren Co., in the state of New Jersey, who was a Private & Com(mander) of Teams in the company commanded by Captain (blank) of the reg(iment) commanded by Col. Thompson in the N. Jersey line for 24 months Com(mander) of Teams.

Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey at the rate of 320 Dollars (blank) Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 15 day of Mar. 1834 and sent to Hon. T. Frelinghuysen, U.S. Senate.

Arrears to 4th of Mar. '33..............$640.00
Semi-anl, allowance ending 4 Sep. '33...$160.00
                                        -------
					$800.00

{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by Jno. Cromwell, Clerk
Book E; Vol. 3; Page 121

His(tory sent to) J.G. Farlee Dec. 27 '43
W.A. Newell Sept 3/'50


Wm. M. McCullough pension increased from $25. to $320. per annum 15 May 1834. Agent notified.
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Increase

Wm. McCullough, dec(eased)

Va.

Act 7 June 1832

Ad(mitted) 2 yrs. Cond(itional) to army $480 per annum 4 Mar. 1831 to 9 Feb. 1840, when he died.

Payments under said at $320 per annum to be deducted.

Payable to Israel D. Disfornay, adm(inistered) for the benefit of Lititia B. Disfornay and Wm B. McCullough his only surviving children.

Certificate to be sent to Hon. W.A. Newell, Allentown N.J.
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Greenwich, March 5, 1778

The bearer hereof Mr. William McCullough, Conductor of a Brigade of Teams in the service of the United States under my direction is empowered and authorized by virtue of these presents to draw rations and forage whenever either shall be expired.

Those are therefore required to whom if may concern to govern themselves accordingly.

By order of Jacob West, D2 Mgr.

s/ Thos. Parry, Clerk
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Morristown, N. Jersey, 12th April 1834.

This day appears before the subscriber, a Judge of the Com(mon) Pleas Court of Morris County, Col. Wm. McCullough of Warren County, well known to me to be a man of veracity, being sworn according to law, saith that the within paper, signed Thos. Parry, Clerk was delivered to this deponent at the time of its date for the purposes that it expresses, & has been in deponent's possession to the present time. He knows said Thos. Perry well. Knows he was Chief Clerk to Colonel Jacob West and recognized as such by all who knew him & knows that the signature of his name to this paper is in his own proper handwriting.
s/ Wm. McCullough

Sworn before me, the date above written.
s/ James Wood

My olde orders from Jacob West.
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Washington
March 4, 1857

Jas. E. Heath, Esq.
Com(missioner) of Pensions

Sir,

In the case of William McCullough, dec(eased) late of New Jersey, presented by me on the 31 Jan. last for the son and executor, I now present proof that William B. McCullough is the son and the executor. And also a further certificate from the clerk of Warren County, N.J. where said pensioner lived and died. Showing the same fact that W.B. McCullough in the son and executor, and that one other child survived said pensioner.

I remain your hon(orable) obed(ient) ser(vant),
s/ Alex Ray
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Washington
January 31, 1857

Jas. E. Heath, Esq.
Com(missioner) of Pensions

Sir,

In the case of William McCullough, dec(eased) late of New Jersey, and who during his lifetime was a pensioner under Act 7 Jun 1832, on account of his revolutionary service as a Wagon Conductor at the rate of $320 per annum.

Application is now made by his son and executor for an increase of his father's pension to the rate of $480 for services now being the amount of pension to which an officer of his grade is entitled.

Son, W.B. McCullough, informs me that the widow, Mary McCullough, who died in 1849 (to whom his father married Aug. 18, 1824) died without issue. By the time this case shall be recorded in the order of examination proof of executorships &c., &c., will be filed.

I remain your hon(orable) obed(ient) ser(vant),
s/ Alex Ray
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House of Rep(resentatives)
29 Sep 1850

Dear Sir,

By your letter of the 3rd past, I was informed that when certificate of the Court as to the death of Wm. McCullough of N.J., the certificate would issue in the case. May I ask the favor of it as soon as possible as such certificate is filed in the case.

Very respect(fully) & faith(fully) yours,
s/ W.A. Newell

Col. Edwards
Com(missioner) of Pensions
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Dr. Crump
Pension Office
Get Wm. McCullough sus(pended) papers.
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Washington, April 22, 1834.

Dr Crump.

D(ear) Sir,

I enclose an old acquaintance. Col. McCullough's pension application at the request of Dr. Condict.

Please give it your attention to help him.

Yours very respectfully,
s/ [illegible]
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Pension Office

Hon. T. Frelinghuysen, U.S. Senate.
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Free. T. Frelinghuysen

The Hon. Lewis Condict, Morristown, New Jersey

FREE
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War Department
Pension Office
April 26, 1834

Sir,

I have the honor to inform you that the papers enclosed by you on the 22nd inst. [a.k.a. Of the current month] in support of Col. Wm. McCullough's claim for an increase of pension have been examined and his claim admitted for $320 per annum. 

A pension certificate cannot be issued until the one in his possession shall be returned to this office.

I have the honor to be very respectfully yo(ur) obe(dient) serv(ant),
s/ J.L. Edwards

Hon T. Frelinghyson
U.S. Senate
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Col Will(iam) McCullough
Warren Co., N.J.

[crossed out: Requisitions of ben(efit) not complied with as certificate of clergyman.]

Admit
7 1/2 mo(nths) Private

 20.00
  3.33
  1.66
======
$25.00

Hon. L. Condit, present
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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 Col. William M. McCullough, Warren Co., New Jersey, which require further proof or explanation.

I.   Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? C(ape) May County
II.  Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes
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? yes
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 (sp.) of pension he is entitled? yes
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? yes
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate ? yes
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? yes
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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
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? (blank)
XIV. *If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? yes
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? yes, A.O.
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? yes
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? yes
XVI. **Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? yes, A.O.
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 (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."
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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. 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 shewn 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.

*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 official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.

**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.

In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, 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.
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William McCullough, Esq.
$25.00 
August 5th 1833

Payments to be made at Trenton by Pres. of Tren(ton) Bank Com(pany), Agent for paying pensioners, in the Agency of New Jersey.

Recorded in the Pension Office, in Book E; Vol. 3; Page 121; by E.D. Bullock, Clerk
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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, William McCullough of the State of New Jersey who was a Private during the Revolutionary War is entitled to receive Twenty Five dollars and (blank) cents per annum, during his natural lie, commencing on the 4th of 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 5 day of August one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three.
s/ [illegible], Acting Secretary of War

Examined and Countersigned. }
s/ J.L. Edwards, Commissioner of Pensions
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State of Indiana
Dearborn County//

On this 27th day of January 1857, before me John Palmarsh, in and for the State and County aforesaid, being duly authorized to administer oaths, personally appeared William B. McCullough, a resident of said County, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath state that he is the son and executor of William McCullough, who during his lifetime was a revolutionary pensioner on the New Jersey Roll at the rate of $320 per annum, and which he continued to receive up to the day of his death, which took place in the State of New Jersey on the 19 Feb. 1840. And left a widow, Mary McCullough, who died (in) 1849.

Now the object of this declaration being made is to assert a claim for an increased rate of pension on account of said William McCullough's services as a Wagon Master or Conductor of Wagons, and for the payment or the increase thereon from the 4 March 1831 to the 15 Feb 1840 when he died.

s/ Wm. B. McCullough, Son & Executor

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year first above written.
s/ John Saltmarsh, a Justice of the Peace

(seal)
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State of Indiana
Dearborn County//

I, Abram Brown, Clerk of the Dearborn Circuit Court do hereby certify that John Saltmarsh, the officer before whom the within affidavit was made, was at the time of taking the same and still is an Acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified and that full faith and credit is due all his official acts.

Witness my hand and the seal of said Court at Lawrenceburgh this Twenty eighth day of January, A.D. 1857.
s/Abram Brown, Clerk
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Virginia. At a Hastings Court held for the town of Petersburg at the courthouse of the said term on Friday the 16th day of August A.D. 1850.

It is hereby certified that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited before the Court of Hastings in and for the town and State aforesaid, that William McCullough, deceased, late of New Jersey was a pensioner of the United States at the rate of $320 per annum, that he died on the 9th day of February 1840, leaving surviving him a widow and four children whose names are 

Lititia B. Diposway (wife of Israel D. Diposway), Jane Van Antwerp, Benjamin McCullough and William B. McCullough

That his said widow has since deceased, that the said Jane Van Antwerp died in the autumn of 1820 and the said Benjamin McCullough died in the autumn of last year (1849) and that the said Letitia B. Diposway and William B. McCullough are the only surviving children of the said William McCullough, dec(eased) and that letters of administration have been granted to the said Israel D. Diposway upon the estate of the said William McCullough, deceased, and to his acts as such, full faith and credit should be given. In testimony whereof, I, David M. Bernard, Clerk of the said Court, have hereto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court this 16th day of August A.D. 1850.
s/ D.M. Bernard, Clk.
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Add(itional) aff(idavit) of Col. McCullough of services &c.
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State of New Jersey
Warren County//

Before me, one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County, on the 28th September 1833, personally appeared Col. William McCullough of Asbury Township of Mansfield in said County, whom I certify is a credible person, who being duly sworn according to law saith that he is the same William McCullough who has made an additional declaration to obtain a pension as a Wagon Master under the Act of June 7, 1832. That the teams referred to as told by him to his higher officers were told to Peter Gordon & Moore Furman for the Army of the United States; that they were the same teams that had been duly appraised when I entered them in the army under Colonel Hooper & West under whom my services were first performed. That my services were all performed in the Quarter Master's department and that I received for my services Forty dollars a month, being Captain's pay - and that during the whole time I was responsible to the Quarter Master's department of the United States Service, and was engaged in no civil employment.
s/ William McCullough

Sworn & Subscribed the date above before me.
s/ Wm. P. Robison
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State of New Jersey
Warren County//

I, Phineas B. Kennedy, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County certify that the annexed signature of William P. Robison is genuine, and that at the time of the doing thereof he was a Judge of said Court, duly commissioned &c.

Witness my hand & Seal of Office the 20th November A.D. 1833.
s/ P.B. Kennedy, Clerk
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Michael Myers
Affidavit
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State of New Jersey
Warren County//

Before me, one of the [crossed out: Justices] Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for said County on the Eighth day of October A.D. 1833, personally appeared Michael Myers of said County, aged Eighty years and upwards, whom I certify is a credible person and his statement entitled to credit, who being duly sworn according to law upon his oath saith that he is well acquainted with Col. William McCullough of Asbury in the Township of Mansfield
in said County who is applying for a pension under the Act of Congress of June the 7th 1832. That he knew said William McCullough, performed Military Services as a private in the Militia of New Jersey, also that he served as a captain of a Brigade of Teams in the Quarter Master's department of the
Revolutionary War under Col. Jacob West and Moore Furman, that the service of Wagon Master was performed in the years 1779-1780 and part of the year 1781, and further this deponent saith not.
s/ Michael Myers (X - his mark)


Sworn and subscribed the date aforesaid before me.
s/ Garret Lucey

State of New Jersey
Warren County//
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Aff(idavit) of Peter Peltz of services of Wm. McCullough.

L. Condict, Morristown, N. Jersey
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State of New Jersey
Warren County//

Before me, one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County, on the 30th August 1833, personally appeared Peter Peltz of said County, aged Seventy four years and upwards, whom I certify as a credible person and his statement entitled to credit, who being duly sworn according to law saith that he was well acquainted with Col. William McCullough, now of Asbury in the time of the Revolution, that the said McCullough was at that time a Captain of a Brigade of Teams in the Quartermaster's department under Colonels Hooper and West and General Moore Furman.

I recollect seeing said McCullough in 1777 commanding a Brigade of Teams, who army laid at Morristown - deponent also knows of his being out and acting as a captain under said officers at different times at least three years; that deponent lived in the neighborhood of said McCullough and was well acquainted with him.
s/ Peter Peltz

Sworn and subscribed the date above before me.
s/ Wm. P. Robison

State of New Jersey
Warren County//

I, Phineas B. Kennedy, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in & for said County certify that the above signature of William P. Robison is genuine, and that the doing thereof he was a Judge of said Court.

In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand & Seal of Office the 14th September 1833.
s/ P.B. Kennedy, Clerk
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Affidavit of Jacob Petty of services of Wm. McCullough, Esq.
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State of New Jersey
Warren County//

Before me, one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County, on the 30th day of August 1833, personally appeared Jacob Peltz of said County, aged Seventy three years and upwards, whom I certify as a credible person and his statement entitled to credit, who being duly sworn according to law saith that he was well acquainted with Col. William McCullough, of Asbury in said County the time of the Revolutionary War, that said McCullough then acted as a Captain in the Quarter Master's department under Colonels Hooper and West three years and upwards.

That deponent was a wagoner and drove a continental team under him as captain from October 1776 to last of 1778 - that afterwards he knows said McCullough was out as a captain, while deponent was under another Captain - and further saith not.
s/ Jacob Peltz (X - his mark)

Sworn & subscribed the date above before me.
s/ Wm. P. Robison

State of New Jersey
Warren County//

I, Phineas B. Kennedy, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County certify that the above signature of William P. Robison, Esq., is genuine; and that at the time of doing thereof he was a Judge of said Court.

Witness my hand and Seal of Office the 14th day of September 1833.
s/ P.B. Kennedy, Clerk
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Affidavit of P. Winters of services of Col. McCullough as Capt(ain) of Brigade of Teams.
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State of New Jersey
Warren County//

Before me, one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County, on 28th September 1833, personally appeared Peter Winter of said County, aged Seventy three years & upwards, whom I certify is a credible person & his statement entitled to credit, who being duly sworn according to law saith that he was well acquainted with William McCullough of Asbury in said County in the Revolutionary War - that he commanded a brigade of teams as Captain when he first knew him in fall of 1779 and saw him frequently after having a brigade of teams and commanding them as captain until towards the close of the war.
s/ Peter Winters

Sworn & subscribed the date above before me.
s/ Wm. P. Robison

State of New Jersey
Warren County//

I, Phineas B. Kennedy, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County certify that the above signature of William P. Robison, Esq., is genuine, and that at the doing thereof he was a Judge of said Court, duly commissioned &c.

Witness my hand and Seal of Office the 25th November A.D. 1833.
s/ P.B. Kennedy, Clerk
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State of New Jersey
Middlesex County//

On this Twentieth day of September 1833, before me, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Middlesex, personally appeared John Bray, known to me to be of the most respectable character & whose testimony is entitled to the fullest confidence (sp.), who being duly sworn on his oath saith that he was in the service of the United States in the War of the Revolution, in the Commissary Department, and is soon receiving a pension to the amount of the full pay of a Lieutenant - that he is well acquainted with Col. William McCullough of the County of Warren, said to be an applicant for a pension for services
as Wagon Master or Captain of a Brigade of Teams. Knows that he was in the regular service of the United States and subject to military discipline and Martial Law, and not under direct contract. That he was regularly appointed to the command of the Brigade by, he believes, the colonel of the regiment
to which he was attached, and that he was subject to the orders of the Quarter Master General, in whose department he was associated. That he ranked in pay and emoluments with a Lieutenant, as he understood, and received pay accordingly. 

Deponent well recollects of said McCullough's having provisions from him when he was at Raritan Landing, and at various times, which he could not have
done if he had not been regularly attached to the army, as he issued no rations to persons under civil or private contract. The period [crossed out or periods] at which said McCullough served so far as this deponent's knowledge extends, was between '79 & '80, and he thinks the duration of his service was not less than two, nor more than three, years within that time. Deponent himself served from 1779 to 1783, almost all the time, and he recollects of seeing said McCullough frequently during that period, and his impression in that said McCullough remained in services nearly or...
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...with the period that he did. Deponent is not aware of the extent of the claim of said McCullough, but from his knowledge of his general character, he should have no hesitation in giving full credence to whatever statement he may make on the subject of his services he knows, and he feels well assured, too, as to the intent of them; and he also knows that he was not under a civil contract, but a military engagement, and subject as all other military persons to the discipline and admonitions of Martial Law.
s/ John Bray

Sworn & subscribed on the day & year aforesaid before me.
s/ Peter P. Remyon, Justice of the Peace

I hereby certify that Peter P. Remyon, before whom the foregoing affidavit was made, is Justice of the Peace, duly commissioned and sworn, and that the signature of said Remyon is in his own proper handwriting.
s/ Ja. F. Randolph, Judge

28 Sep. 1833
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(Wm McCullough's case)
Affidavit of Peter Gordon of Geneva, Ontario County, New York

Washington, Dec. 3rd, 1833. Tevin Condict
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State of New York
County of Ontario//

Before me, Godfrey J. Gronieuor, Esquire, a Supreme Court Commissioner residing in said County of Ontario on the Twenty fifth day of October in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Thirty Three, personally appeared Major Peter Gordon of Geneva in said County of Ontario, aged Eighty five years and upwards, whom I certify of my own personal knowledge to be a person of undoubted truth and veracity, and that his statement is entitled to full credit, and who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he is acquainted with Col. William McCullough, who as this deponent is informed, is applying for a pension under the Act of Congress of June 7th 1832. That the Deponent knew the said William McCullough in the Revolutionary War whilst he, the said deponent, was stationed at Trenton in the State of New Jersey as Deputy Quarter Master of the State of New Jersey about the years 1778 and 1779.

That the said McCullough was Commander of a Brigade of Teams as Wagon Master for two years and upwards and for which service he, the said McCullough, and his Brigade was paid monthly, that the said McCullough was paid at the rate of Forty dollars per month and that at that time the said McCullough was a resident of Sussex County in said State of New Jersey and further saith not.
s/ Peter Gordon

State of New York
Ontario County//

On this Twenty fifth day of October Eighteen Hundred and Thirty three before me, the subscriber, a Supreme Court Commissioner of the said State came the above named Peter...
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...Gordon, whom I know to be a man of undoubted truth and veracity and whose statement is entitled to full credit, and subscribed and took the foregoing
oath.
s/ G.J. Gronieuor, Sup(reme) Court Commissioner

I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with G.J. Gronieuor, the Supreme Court Commissioner above named and with his handwriting & fully believe that his signature to the above certificate is in his own proper hand writing.
s/ John Dickson, Member of Congress

Dated April 22nd 1834
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I hereby certify to the Commissioner of Pensions that Major Peter Gordon, the within deponent, now living in the State of New York, was formerly a citizen of New Jersey & lived in Trenton many years when I knew him intimately.

He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of New Jersey & Speaker of the House about the year 1803,4 - & was when a member, elected Treasurer of the State, which office he held till about the year 1815 or 1815, when he removed to State of New York. He is a conscientious man - having as I believe, a strict regard to truth, & is fully entitled to belief. He now receives a pension for his services in the War of the Revolution.
s/ Lewis Condict

Washington, Dec. 3rd 1833.

(Wm McCullough's case)
Affidavit of Peter Gordon of Geneva, Ontario County, New York
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Common Pleas
Feb. Seven 1851

In matter of the pension of Wm. McCullough of Warren County, New Jersey.

Certificate of Clk.
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State of New Jersey
Warren County//

I, Simeon Cook, Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas of the County of Warren, holden at Belvidere in and for the said County and State, do hereby certify that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited to the said Court, that William McCullough was a Revolutionary Pensioner, that he was a resident of the said County of Warren and State of New Jersey, and died in the said County and State on or about the fifth day of February in the year of Our Lord One
Thousand Eight Hundred and Forty, that he left a widow Mary McCullough, who left this State some time since, and went to the City of Cincinnati, where it is said she died sometime in Eighteen Hundred and Forty nine. That the said Mary McCullough had no children by the said William McCullough.

And that by a former marriage the said William McCullough left two surviving children, to wit, William B. McCullough, son and executor and Letitia B. Desosway (the wife Israel D. Disosway) both now living, and are his only surviving children.

In Testimony whereof, I, Simeon Cook, Clerk as aforesaid, have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of my said Office at Belvidere this 27th of February A.D. 1851.
s/ Simeon Cooke, Clk.
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State of New Jersey

I, Thomas S. Allison, Register of the Prerogative Court of the State of New Jersey do hereby certify that the last will and testament of William McCullough, late of the County of Warren, dec(eased) was proved in due form of law before the surrogate of said County, on the Twentieth day of February Eighteen Hundred and Forty by William B. McCullough, the son of said decedent, and one of the executors named in said will, and that he is duly authorized to take upon himself the execution of said will as such executor.

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court at Trenton this Fifth day of February Eighteen Hundred and Fifty one.
s/ Thos. S. Allison, Register
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Additional declaration of Col. Wm. McCullough of Warren Co., New Jersey for a pension.

Employed by contractor.

J.M. Shenerd, Agent, Belvidere, Warren Co., New Jersey.
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State of New Jersey
Warren County//

Before me, one of the Judges of the Court of Common Please in and for said County on the 12th day of August 1833, personally appeared Jacob Peltz of said County , aged Seventy three and upwards, whom I certify is a credible person and that his statement is entitled to credit, who being duly sworn according to law saith that he is well acquainted with Col. William McCullough of Asbury in said County, who is applying for a pension under the Act of Congress of June 7th 1832. That I well knew said McCullough in line of the Revolutionary War and served under him as a wagoner while he was captain of a Brigade of Teams. That I well knew he served as Captain as aforesaid for two years and upwards - that deponent recollects it was in the years 1777-1778 & 1779.

And under Colonels Hooper, West & Furman & know that time he quit the service said McCullough sold Seventy four horse teams.
s/ Jacob Peltz (X - his mark)

Sworn & subscribed the date above before me.
s/ Garret Lacey
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State of New Jersey
Warren County//

Before me, one of the Judges of the Court of Common pleas in and for said County, personally appeared James Gardner of said County aged Seventy two years and upwards, whom I certify is a credible for and his statement entitled to credit, who being duly sworn according to law saith that he is well acquainted with William McCullough of Mansfield in said County who is applying for a pension under the Act of Congress of June 7, 1832; that he knew said McCullough performed services as a captain of a Brigade of Teams in time of Revolutionary War at different places in Pennsylvania and once gone to the head of (the) Elk (River) in Maryland, also at several other diff(erent) times & places but can't particularly specify but deponent has no doubt he was out as captain at least as much as two whole years.
s/ James Gardner (X - his mark)

Sworn & subscribed [crossed out: the date above] before me 14th August 1833.
s/ J. Kinney, Esq.
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Aff(idavit) of services of Col. Wm. McCullough, a Wagon Master & Pen(sioner) Rev(olutionary) War.
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State of New Jersey
Warren County//

Before me, one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County, on the 12th day of August 1833, personally appeared Peter Peltz of said County aged Seventy four years & upwards, whom I certify is a credible person and his statement entitled to credit, who being duly sworn according to law saith that he is well acquainted with William McCullough, Esq., of Mansfield in said County who is applying for a pension under the Act of Congress of June 7, 1832; that he well knew said McCullough in the time of Revolutionary War and knew that said William McCullough in the year 1777 commanded a Brigade of Teams in the service of the United States. That deponent saw him actually engaged as a captain at Asbury in the County of Sussex in that year and distinctly recollects seeing him at other times but can't specify the particular times & places and further saith not.
s/ Peter Peltz

Sworn & subscribed the date above before me.
s/ Garret Lacey

State of New Jersey
Warren County//

I, Phineas B. Kennedy, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County certify that the foregoing signatures of Garret Lacey and John Kinney, Jr. are their genuine signatures & that at the times of doing thereof they were Judges of said Court.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of Office the 14th day of August A.D. 1833.
s/ P.B. Kennedy, Clerk
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Additional declaration of Col. Wm, McCullough of his services as Wagon Master.
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State of New Jersey
Warren Co.//

Before me, the subscriber, one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County, on the 12th day of August in the year of Our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Thirty three, personally appeared William McCullough, Esquire, of the Township of Mansfield in said County, whom I certify is a
credible person and his statement entitled to credit; who being duly sworn according to law saith that he is the same William McCullough who has heretofore made a declaration before the Court of Common Pleas of said County to obtain a pension under the Act of Congress of June 7, 1832 and forwarded the same to the War Department

That at that time he was informed and believed & so stated in his declaration that he was not entitled to compensation for his services [crossed out: in the (illegible) testament] as a Wagon Master. That he has since been informed that those who performed regular service in that department are entitled to pensions. He therefore makes this additional declaration of his services in that respect. He received an appointment as Wagon Master under Colonel Robert Hopper of Easton, Pennsylvania, he thinks in the year [crossed out: 1776] 1777.

I joined the army, laid at Morristown in New Jersey now immediately [illegible] company in Brigade of Teams as a captain. This was in the first part of fall in the month of November. I had Twelve teams under me & sold Seventy four horse teams. And I continued to haul grain & flour & feed to Kearny [crossed out: until] through the next spring and until the army moved in that place. During this tour & while under Colonel Hooper, I went [illegible] my brigade to Harrisburg and Carlisle & returned to Easton...
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...loaded with provisions & clothing sent by the army. I continued under Colonel Hooper, to the best of my recollection, at least eight months and received pay during said time was a captain.

My next engagement was the same year under Colonel Moore, Furman and Major Peter Gordon, as a captain of a Brigade of Teams and formed under them from early in the [crossed out: fall] summer through (sp.) the fall, winter & spring and part of next summer 1778-9 in carting forage and grain from Monmouth 
County to the army of Brunswick and other places in East Jersey until I sold out my Seventy four horse teams to them at Trenton in the month of June 1779 & in this June I was engaged as a captain and received pay as a captain for at least eleven months.

One tour of my service with my Brigade of Teams was through (sp.) Pennsylvania and Maryland to the head of (the) Elk (River). This was while I was under Colonel Furman.

From the time I was engaged with Colonel Hooper there, there was no or intermission but I engaged immediately as I left him [illegible] with Colonel Furman, and continued in their joint employment at least nineteen months.

My impressions are that I was out as much as three years and I am confident I received pay as a captain for three years but my memory is so pail that I cannot specify more than the times above mentioned. During all this time I was engaged in no civil employment. I never received any discharge in writing nor had any commission except it was a certificate which has been lost many years since, not being thoughts of any value. I have no...
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...living witnesses by which I can prove my service except in the Peter Peltz, [crossed out: John Warford] Jacob Peltz and James Gordon whose affidavits are hereto attached, nor do I know of any other persons living who knows of my services.
s/ Wm. McCullough

Sworn & subscribed the date above before me.
s/ Garret Lacey
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Explanatory declaration of William McCullough, Esq.
Warren County, N. Jersey

Old Document finds the grade as Conductor of Teams.

$390 per annum.

Adm(itted) 24 mo. Conductor of Teams.

Return to Lewis Condict, Morristown N. Jersey.
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State of New Jersey
Morris County//

Be it known, that before the Subscriber, one of the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in said County, personally appeared Colonel William McCullough of Warren County in said State, being well known to me as a man of integrity & veracity & fully entitled to belief, & having been duly sworn according to law saith as follows. Viz:- I am the same William McCullough, who have heretofore made a declaration before the Common Pleas Court of Warren County to obtain a pension for military service in the Revolutionary War, under the act of June 1832, & of a supplemental declaration, claiming the benefits of said law for services rendered during said war in the Quarter Master Department of the U.S. Army, commanding & having charge of a Brigade of Teams & Wagons belonging to the army of the United States. The date of the aforesaid declaration I cannot give, this being now on the files of the Pension Office. 

A Certificate of pension for $25 or $20 per annum, as I believe has been allowed me for some part of my services as a Militia man, carrying my musket, & my claim for a pension for services in the Quarter Master's Department of the U.S. Army has been suspended, as I understand for want of further details of those services. By a letter from the Commissioner of Pensions, dated 9th Dec. 1833, addressed to Lewis Condict, I am requested to, "state the circumstances of my appointment, the nature of my obligations to the military authority, before & after the sale of my teams to the U(nited) States, & the term of service." My present object is to explain these several points, so far as my advanced age & the lapse of years will enable me.

I have no books of accounts, nor written memoranda. My memory is frail, & especially in regard to dates - but according to the best of my recollection & belief, I will faithfully endeavor to comply with the request of the Commissioner in these several particulars.

And first, as regards the circumstances of my appointment as Wagon Master, in 1776, on the breaking out of the war, I performed Militia duty, carrying my musket, in defense of my country against the common enemy, & was actively engaged for several months in that duty, in 1776, & did during a considerable part of 1777, if my memory does not deceive me as to dates, his father, Benjamin McCullough, was then an active & zealous Whig - a man of some property & influence in the then County of Sussex - now Warren, & was well known to most of the leading friends of the cause of Liberty in that quarter of New Jersey, & the part of Pennsylvania adjoining our County.

Colonel Hooper & Dep(uty) Q(uarter) Master Gen'l of the U.S. in 1777 or '78, was stationed at Easton on the Pennsylvania side of the Delaware River, & Colonel West, also a Dep(uty) Q(uarter) Master Gen'l lived in Sussex, on the Jersey side of the river. My father was intimately acquainted with both of them, & I was also well known to them. I presume they had some confidence in my zeal & activity, as well perhaps as in my qualifications. I was indentured by them to engage in the Q(uarter) Master's Department, & after consulting my father, & obtaining his consent, I agreed to accept the appointment of Wagon
Master from Col. West, as I believe, & entered upon this duty by taking charge & direction of a Brigade of Teams, as it was then called, as soon as the teams & wagons could be procured for the service. My father had a number of horses, & I had also a number of my own, which we immediately...
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...surrendered to the service of the County. I believe I furnished 3 teams, & wagons, & my father 4 teams & wagons. Robert Maxwell, a neighbor & a brother of General Maxell, furnished a team & wagons. David Davis, George Davis & Giles Davis, 3 brothers & neighbors of my father, furnished each a team wagon &c. & Hugh Pugh & Peter Fox also furnished each a team, wagon &c. These teams, in all 13, were appraised under orders of Col. West, by men appointed by
him, & according to the best of my recollection & belief, at the residence of Col West. A read was made of the value of these teams be the Clerk of Col. West, & some time thereafter these teams & wagons, harness(es) & equipments were regularly bought by the officers of the Quarter Master's Department &
if I mistake not, Peter Gordon & Moore Furman were the officers who purchased them & paid for them.

The time when the purchase was made, I cannot now state but I think it was made, as early as means of payment ever provided. I remember well, that I rec(eived) in sheets, continental paper money, the payment for my own & my father's teams, & that my bosom was nearly filled with these sheets of paper. The lives of these teams were all considered as liable to military law & discipline, subject to be tried for offences & punished at the discretion of a Court Martial. Whether or not they were enlisted men as other soldiers, my memory does not permit me to say with any absolute certainty but I verily believe their engagements with the U(nited) States, were of the same nature & character as those of privates in the line of the army. 

As to the nature of my own obligations to the Military authority, before & after the sale of the teams to the U(nited) States & the terms of the service; I was to observe,- that my obligations & duties were the same before the sale as after the sale, & the terms of service also the same. If there was any difference in these respects, I do not remember in what it consisted. My orders were rec(eived) from the same forces. My compensation was the same, paid by the same officers, my official app(ointments) of duty were to the same officers. My responsibilities were the same in both cases & my employment the same.

I always considered myself liable to Martial Law & discipline to trial & punishment for violation of duty or breach of trust, by sentence of Court Martial, & in short, to all the rules & regulations which apply to those belonging to the line of the army. My orders were rec(eived) at all times from the Quarter Master's Department, & I enforced them faithfully & rigidly upon all those under my command, according to the best of my understanding & ability. The nature of my duty was to superintend & direct the transmission of all military stores from one post to another, according to orders rec(eived) from my commanding officers, to prevent them at all times from injury & waste & to expedite their transportation. I have no doubt that I rec(eived) either from Col. West or from the Quarter Master Gen'l, something in the nature of a commission, perhaps a warrant or written certificate of my appointment. But of this, I have no distinct recollection. The nature of the gives me this impression, but of the fact, I have no remembrance. If I rec(eived) such commission or warrant, I have long since lost or mislaid it. 

I have accidentally found lately an old paper, dated 5th March 1778, signed, Thos. Parry, the Clerk of Col. West, my principal superior officer, which I know to be genuine paper, rec(eived) by me, & written by Parry at its date which I annex hereto, as explaining in some measure, the nature of my duties & connection...
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...with the Army of the U(nited) States. This is the only paper of the kind, known to me, as having escaped the ravages of time, & I know it to be genuine. Bearing the signature of said Parry, in his own proper handwriting, which was well known to me. I believe Parry is dead or if yet living, it is unknown to me where he is. My duties were performed principally on the route between New Windsor & Morristown - Trenton & Morristown, Carlisle in Penn(Sylvania & Morristown. When Gen'l Washington & his army moved toward the South, for the capture of the British army under Lord Cornwallis, I accompanied them with the teams under my charge, as far as the head of (the) Elk (River), charged with conducting military stores to that place.

I continued in the public service in this capacity from the time of my appointment, which I think was in 1777, until near the close of the war, & was discharged honorably at Trenton, when there was no longer any need of our services in the year 1781, as I believe, & about the season of planting corn, probably in May.

I was paid off at Trenton by Major or Capt. Peter Gordan, or Moore Furman, by one or the other of whom I quickly received my pay. My sons were for the most part rec(eived) from Col. West, Col. Hooper, Major Gordon & Col. Furman.

I was intimately acquainted with Major Peter Gordon, & with John Bray, Esq. in time of the Revolutionary War, & have known them ever since. I have obtained from them deposition relating to my Revolutionary services, which accompany this paper, & to which I respectfully refer the Commissioner of Pensions. My compensation was two shillings per day, which I regularly & uniformly received. My rank, as I understood it, & as I still believe, was that of captain, & I would refer to the before mentioned deposition of Peter Gordon, as confirming my statement.
s/ Wm. McCullough

Sworn & subscribed before me at Morristown, this 12th April, Domini, 1834.
s/ James Wood

I, Jos. Dalrimple, Clerk of Morris County, do hereby certify that James Wood, Esq., before whom the foregoing deposition of William McCullough, Esq., & also before whom the annexed deposition of said William McCullough, proving the genuineness of a paper annexed, signed Thos. Parry, as Clerk of Col. Jacob West & bearing date 5th of March 1778, is one of the Judges of the Superior Court of Com(mon) Pleas in (&) for said County, duly commissioned & authorized, & the signature of his name "James Wood" to both of said depositions is genuine.

Given under my hand, & the Seal of said Court in Morristown, this 12th day of April, A.D. 1834.
s/ Jos. Dalrimple, Clk.
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I hereby certify to the Secretary of War & Commissioner of Pensions, that I have been personally well acquainted with Colonel William McCullough, the within Deponent ever since the year 1804, a period of 30 years. That he sustains the character of a man of great respectability & moral worthiness, in public & in private life. He has long been a Judge of the Pleas in the County where he lives & for a term of 10 or 12 years, was a member of one branch or the other of the Legislative Assembly of New Jersey; & is all the walks of life, he has enjoyed the confidence & respect of his neighbors, & of all who have known him.

Lewis Condict, late one of the Representation from N. Jersey.

Morristown, N. Jersey 15th April, 1834.

We are acquainted with the applicant, above named Col. William McCullough, & take pleasure in certifying to the great respectability and worth of his character & that his statements are entitled to full credit.

Washington April 22, 1834.
s/ [illegible]
s/ Sam'l L. Southard
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REVOLUTIONARY SERVICE.

O. W. & N. Div.

MEMORANDA.

Please supply as much as possible of the data called for below.

Full name of soldier: William McCullough

Place of residence before service:
(Town, county, and State, if possible.)
Don't know but Sussex & Warren Co, N.J.

Place residence after service:
(Town, county, and State, if possible.)
Asbury, Warren Co., N.J.

Date of death (as near as possible):
Feb. 9. 1840 (at Asbury, N.J.)

Christian name of widow:
Don't know.

Did either he or his widow receive a pension?
He did, I think.

Remarks:
He was Pri(vate) & Capt. "Teams Brigade" I suppose what we would call, "Brigade Q(uarter) M(aster)."

Your name and address:
JAMES F. RUSLING,
COUNSELLOR AT LAW,
14 E. STATE STREET,
TRENTON, N.J.
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Rev. War & 1812 Folder

MRS. SAMUEL MCCORMACK
"CARSONHURST"
SULPHUR SPRINGS, MO.

April 20-'33

A.D. Hiller

Dear Sir,

Will you kindly let me know if James J. Compton was a soldier in the Revolutionary War? James J. Compton was born Dec. 24-1770 & married Esther Steele of N.J. He was the son of a Janice Compton. I've been told by my mother, who has passed on, He had a daughter Elizabeth who married Lucas L. Voorhees. I'm not sure about the "L" they had a son James Compton Voorhees, who married Jane McCullough, who were my Grandparents. All lived in New Jersey around Bound Brook & Pluckemin. I've always been told...
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...[duplicate: told] I was eligible to become a D.A.R. [Daughters of the American Revolution] on the Voorhees, Compton & McCullough sides. The New Jersey records seem to hard to get straight. Jane McCullough (my grandmother was daughter of Wm. McCullough, born Dec. 12-1754, Asbury, N.J. - I think) and he was the son of Benjamin McCullough - and I don't know who his wife was. If you can help me get any line I'll be so grateful as I've been accepted in a
D.A.R. Chapter & just feel dreadful to not be able to prove the above.

I'm enclosing a stamped envelope for a reply.

Thanking you I am very truly yours,

s/ Mrs. S. Carson
s/ Florence Wimmer McConned
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MRS. SAMUEL MCCORMACK
"CARSONHURST"
SULPHUR SPRINGS, MO.

I received this from our Aunt. Wm. McCullough was born 1759, died in 1843. He was a Capt. of Teams Brigade 1776-1781 & private of 1st Regiment, Sussex Militia, pensioned at $323 per year. He married Ann Nester (she was the son of Benjamin McCullough & Hannah Cook, came from Scotland.)

Wm. McCullough's children were... (over)
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...Jane McCullough, married James Compton & others.
John McCullough married Ann Collin.
James McCullough married Bennett.
Rebecca McCullough married John Baldwin.

Will this help?

Mrs. Samuel C. McCormack
"Carsonhurst"
Sulphur Springs, Mo.
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MRS. S. CARSON MCCORMACK
CARSONHURST
SULPHUR SPRINGS, MO.

Oct. 12-'32

Veterans Bureau
Washington, D.C.

Last March I wrote the above Bureau & received a reply stating my letter would receive attention in due time. I've written twice since, no reply. Does it take eight months for one to get a little information from Washington?

Now, I expect a reply within ten days. I have written to several other places in Washington today to know why one has to wait so long, almost one year & still no word...
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MRS. S. CARSON MCCORMACK
CARSONHURST
SULPHUR SPRINGS, MO.

...Have you any record of Joseph Compton having a Revolutionary record? My great grandmother was Elizabeth Compton, daughter of Joseph Compton. I do not know her maiden name. Elizabeth Compton married Lucas Voorhees & their son, James Compton Voorhees was my grandfather. He married Jane McCullough. Jane McCullough's father was Wm. McCullough...
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...son of Benj(amin) McCullough. To find the record of either or all for I've been told I can become a D.A.R. Member on either the Compton-Voorhees or McCullough side, as we have always been told that they all fought for their Country. All the old members have passed on and I know the Voorhees bible & the McCullough bible were burned in fires when the homes the destroyed. Please give this attention at once...
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MRS. S. CARSON MCCORMACK
CARSONHURST
SULPHUR SPRINGS, MO.

... I only asked for the McCullough record in my other letters. Please give this your attention at once.

Sincerely yours,
s/ Mrs. S. Carson
s/ Florence W. McCormack
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MRS. SAMUEL MCCORMACK
"CARSONHURST"
SULPHUR SPRINGS, MO.

March 1st 1932

Mr. A.D. Hiller
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir,

Will you please let me know if the following is correct. Wm. McCullough, born 1759, married Ann Webster, was a Capt. & Conductor of Teams Brigade 1776-1781 and a private in 1st Regiment, Sussex Militia.

Pensioned 1832 at $323 per year & increased to $480. He died 1843. He was a son of Benjamin McCullough and Hannah Cook. His children were William McCullough (&) Jane McCullough...
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...John McCullough 
James McCullough
Rebecca McCullough.

Thanking you for an early reply same.

Very truly yours,
s/ Mrs. S. Carson
s/ Florence W. McCormack

P.S. Has James Compton [crossed out: (illegible)] Revolutionary record. He came from New Jersey, I think.
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Wm. McCullough
S. 18504

May 26, 1933

BA-J/MHHF/eel

Mrs. Samuel Carson McCormack
Carsonhurst
Sulphur Springs, Missouri

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter of April 20, 1933, in which you request the Revolutionary War records of James Z. Compton, who was born in 1770, and of William McCullough, whom you describe also.

This office had no record of a Revolutionary War soldier of New Jersey with name William McCullough other than the one whose record was furnished you on April 12, 1933. A James Compton who was born in 1770 could not have served in the Revolutionary War (1775-1783). Since you state that he was the son of James, the Revolutionary War records were searched for the record of his father, but no record found of a James Compton of New Jersey. This information was furnished you also, on April 12, 1932.

It is regretted that this office has nothing further to aid you in your research.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator.
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October 21, 1932.

BA-J/MHHF/ILL

Mrs. S. Carson McCormack
Carsonhurst
Sulphur Springs
Missouri.

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter of October 12, in which you state that you wrote this office in March, 1932, received an acknowledgment of receipt of your letter, but no further responses and that you have written two subsequent requests and no reply to date of your letter referred to above. You state that in your former letter you requested the record only of Revolutionary War soldiers with surname McCullough.

The records show that on March 1, 1932, you requested the Revolutionary War record of William McCullough, son of Benjamin, and that of a James Compton of New Jersey, that your letter was acknowledged and just as soon as it could be reached in order of receipt, it was answered, which was on April 12, 1932. On that date, a full record was furnished you of the only William McCullough of New Jersey that was found on the Revolutionary War records of this office; at the same time you were advised that no record was found of James Compton of New Jersey.

No subsequent letters in regard to the matter have been received from you. Those letters, or reports, were mailed to your correct address in an official return envelope. If you will kindly refer to your files, you will no doubt find them inadvertently overlooked during this long period.

In your letter of October 12, in addition to the record of William McCullough, you request the record of Joseph Compton and of a Revolutionary War soldier with surname Vorhees.

In order to identify those records, should they be on file,...
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...the full name of the ------ Voorhees is essential and as much as possible of the following data relative to him and Joseph Compton: approximate dates of birth and death, places of residence at enlistment and after service and given name of widow.

Very truly yours,

D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator.