Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 25811, for William Hurley, New Jersey
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(8-1776)

SERVICE | NUMBER
New Jersey | Hurley or Henley, William / Rhoda | W.25811; B.L. Wt. 53676-160-55

CONTENTS
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17,383

William Hurley of Monmouth Co. in the State of N. Jersey, who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain McKnight of the (blank) commanded by (blank) on the N.J. main line for 2 years.

Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey at the rate of 80 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 19 day of Aug. 1833 and sent to D.B. Ryall, Esq., Freehold.

Arrears to the 4th of March 1833......$160.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sep........40.00
                                      =======
                                      $200.00

{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by W.L. Williams, Clerk.
Book E; Vol. 3; Page 115.

De(ceased)
Letter to pay May 27, 1857.

De(ceased) March 29, 1857 (widow).
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New Jersey
Rhoda Hurley, widow of (N.J.) William Hurley or Henley, who served in the Revolutionary War as a Private.

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 3rd February, 1853.

Certificate of Pension issued 22nd day of Sep. 1856 and sent to Hon. A.R. Throckmorton, Freehold, N. Jersey.

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page [illegible]

258928

Date of death not on A.B.
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Exec(uted)

258,928

Act wid(ow) 3. [illegible]
Oct. 14, '16

Rhoda Hurley, wid(ow).
William Henley (alias Hurley), Private.

'53 & '76 of Jan. 14, '17.

[illegible]

Rev'y War
Paid? Act 7 June 1832.

53-[illegible]-5908

Hon. A.R. Throckmorton, Freehold.

Vol. H2 = 142.
also Vol. H1 = 145.
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Claim of Rhoda Hurley, widow of William Hurley, dec(eased).

For a Pension.
Act of February 3, 1853.
War of the Revolution

A.R. Throckmorton, Attorney, Freehold, N.J.
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State of New Jersey
Monmouth County//

On this Eighth day of August A.D. Eighteen Hundred and Fifty six, personally appeared before me, Annaniah Gifford, one of the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas of the County of Monmouth and State of New Jersey, Rhoda Hurley, a resident of the Township of Howell in the County and State aforesaid, aged Eighty two years, who is unable from bodily infirmity to attend in Open Court and who being first duly sworn according to law on her oath says that she is the widow of William Hurley, who was a private in the New Jersey Militia in the War of the Revolution and received a pension at the rate of Eighty dollars per annum and was inscribed on the New Jersey Pension Roll on the Nineteenth day of August Eighteen Hundred and Thirty three, as she has been informed and believes. And for proof of the services of her husband, the said William Hurley, she begs leave to refer to his application for a pension on file in the department at Washington.

That the said William Hurley died in the Township of Howell in the County and State aforesaid on the Twenty ninth day of March A.D. Eighteen Hundred and Thirty seven, but that she has no family or other record of the time of his death.

She further states that she was married to the said William Hurley in the Township...
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...of Howell in the County and State aforesaid on the Sixteenth day of January in the year Eighteen Hundred and Twenty six by one John Saplin Newman, Elder in the Methodist Independent Church and that her name before her said marriage was Rhoda Remine. And that she never had any children by her marriage with the said William Hurley, and that she has never before made any application for a pension.
s/ Rhoda Hurley, (X - her mark)

Sworn to and subscribed in the Township of Howell, County and State aforesaid on the day and year first above written before me, Judge as aforesaid. And I do certify that I am personally acquainted with the declarant and that she is entitled to full faith and credit for all acts & declarations under oath. And I further certify that said declarant is unable from bodily infirmity to attend in Open Court. That I have no interest in this claim and am not concerned in its prosecution.
s/ Annaniah Gifford, Judge

State of New Jersey
Monmouth County//

On this Twenty third day of August Eighteen Hundred and Fifty six personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace duly authorized to administer oaths...
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...within and for the County and State aforesaid, Thomas Hurley, aged Sixty six years, a resident of the Township of Wall in the County and State aforesaid, who being duly sworn according to law on his oath says that the said Rhoda Hurley, the applicant mentioned in the foregoing declaration, is a step-mother of said deponent. That William Hurley, deceased, who was the husband of said Rhoda Hurley, was the father of said deponent. That deponent, during the lifetime of his father, the said William Hurley, deceased, always resided within a few hundred yards of his said father's residence in the Township of Howell in the County and State aforesaid. That deponent was present at his father's death and that his father, the said William Hurley, died in the said Township of Howell in the year Eighteen Hundred and Thirty seven in the month of March. The day of the month deponent is not able to state, as he has no record of the time. Deponent further says that his father, the said William Hurley, deceased, was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States at the time of his death and received the sum of Eighty dollars per year from the Government of the United States and that he has seen him receive the money from the agent for paying pensions.
s/ Thomas Hurley

Sworn to and subscribed before me the day & year first above written. And I certify that I know the deponent & that he is entitled to credit. And that I have no interest in the above claim.
s/ Thos. C. Throckmorton, Justice of the Peace
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State of New Jersey
Monmouth County//

On this Twenty fifth day of August Eighteen Hundred and Fifty six, personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace duly authorized to administer oaths within and for the County and State aforesaid, Cornelius Hurley, aged Forty nine years, a resident of Wall (formerly Howell) Township in the County & State aforesaid, who being duly sworn according to law on his oath says that Rhoda Hurley, the applicant for a pension mentioned in the foregoing declaration, is a step-mother of deponent and is the widow of William Hurley, deceased, who was the father of this deponent. That the said William Hurley, deceased, who was the husband of the said Rhoda, died at his residence in the Township of Howell in the County and State aforesaid in the month of March in the year Eighteen Hundred and Thirty seven. The precise day deponent cannot now recollect as he has no record of it but he thinks it [duplicate: it] was on the Twenty ninth day of March. That he was present at the time his father, the said William Hurley, died. Deponent further says that the said William Hurley was a Revolutionary Pensioner and received $80 per annum. That he has frequently seen his Certificate of Pension and been with him often when he received his semi-annual payments of pension from James M. Hartshorne, Esq., who he thinks always acted his father's attorney...
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...to receive the said pension from the agent for paying pensions in Trenton in the State of New Jersey. Deponent further says that Rhoda Hurley, the applicant for a pension as above stated, is now the widow of the identical William Hurley, dec(eased), who was a pensioner as aforesaid and that she has remained a widow ever since the death of her husband, the said William Hurley.
s/ Cornelius Hurley

Sworn to and subscribed before me at Freehold in the County & State aforesaid the day & year first above written. And I certify that I am personally acquainted with the deponent and that he is entitled to full faith & credit. And I further certify that I have no interest in the above claim and am not concerned in its prosecution.
s/ Thos. C. Throckmorton, Justice of the Peace
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January 16th 1826. Married William Hurley to Roda [Rhoda] Remine, both of Monmouth County.
s/ John Saplin Newman, Elder in the Methodist Independent sect.

State of New Jersey
Monmouth County//

I, John Patterson, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said County do hereby certify that the foregoing transcript of the record of the Certificate of Marriage of William Hurley and Roda [Rhoda] Remine is a true transcript thereof as the same remains of record in my said office in Book B. of Marriages, page 181.

In Testimony whereof I have hereto set my Hand and affixed the Seal of my said Office at Freehold in said County this fourth day of September A.D. Eighteen Hundred and Fifty six.
s/ John Patterson, Clk.
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State of New Jersey
Monmouth County//

I, John Patterson, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said County do hereby certify that Annaniah Gifford, whose genuine signature is affixed to the foregoing declaration and affidavit, was at the time of signing the same a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of said County commissioned and sworn and duly authorized to take the same. And that full faith and credit are due to all his official acts as such.

In testimony whereof I have hereto set my Hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court at Freehold in said County this Fourth day of September A.D. Eighteen Hundred and Fifty six.
s/ John Patterson, Clk.

State of New Jersey
Monmouth County//

I, John Patterson, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said County do hereby certify that Thomas C. Throckmorton, whose genuine signature is affixed to the foregoing several affidavits, was at the time of signing the same a Justice of the Peace in and for said County commissioned and sworn and duly authorized to take the same and that full faith and credit are due to all his official acts as such.

In testimony whereof I have hereto set my Hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court at Freehold in said County this Fourth day of September A.D. Eighteen Hundred and Fifty six.
s/ John Patterson, Clk.
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Claim of Rhoda Hurley, widow of William Hurley - alias Henley - to Bounty Land.

Act of March 3, 1855.
War of the Revolution.

[illegible]

A.R. Throckmorton, Attorney, Freehold, N.J.
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State of New Jersey
Monmouth County//

On this Twenty sixth day of September A.D. One Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifty six personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace duly authorized to administer oaths within and for the County and State aforesaid, Rhoda Hurley, aged Eighty two years, a resident of the Township of Wall in the County and State aforesaid, who being duly sworn according to law declares that she is the widow of William Hurley, alias Henley, deceased, who was a private in the Revolutionary War with Great Britain and continued in actual service in said war for the period of fourteen days and upwards. That her said husband was a Pensioner of the United States and inscribed on the Pension List under the Act of Congress passed June 7, 1832 on the Nineteenth day of August 1833 at the rate of Eighty dollars per annum, as she has been informed and believes. That she is unable to state the names of the officers under whom her husband served or the periods and duration of his service but for the proof of said service she begs leave to refer to the application of her said husband for a pension with the proofs accompanying the same now on file in the department.

She further states that she was married to the said William Hurley - alias Henley - in Howell Township in the County and State aforesaid on the Sixteenth day of January Eighteen Hundred and Twenty six by one John Saplin...
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...Newman, Elder in the Methodist Independent sect. and that her name before her said marriage was Rhoda Remine. That her said husband died in the Township of Howell in the County and State aforesaid on the Twenty ninth day of March Eighteen Hundred and Thirty seven and that she is now a widow.

She further states that she now receives a pension for services rendered by her said husband in the Revolutionary War and was inscribed on the Pension List on the Twenty second day of September 1856 under the Act of Congress of the 3rd of February 1853 at the rate of Eighty dollars per annum and for proof of her marriage and the death of her said husband she refers to her application & the papers accompanying the same now on file in the department. She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which she may be entitled under the act approved March 3rd 1855.

She also declares that she has not received a warrant for Bounty Land under this or any other Act of Congress nor made any other application therefor.
s/ Rhoda Hurley, (X - her mark)

Witnesses present:
s/ Thos. C. Throckmorton
s/ A.R. Throckmorton

We, Johnathan O. Brant and Ann Brant, residents of Monmouth County in the State of New Jersey, upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and...
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...acknowledged by Rhoda Hurley in our presence and that we believe, from the appearance and statements of the applicant, she is the identical person she represents herself to be.

We further state that the said Rhoda Hurley is now a widow and that she has remained a widow ever since the death of her husband, the said William Hurley - alias Henley.
s/ J.O. Brant
s/ Ann Brant

The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year first above written. And I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons. That the claimant is the person she represents herself to be and that I have no interest in this claim.
s/ Thos. C. Throckmorton, Justice of the Peace

State of New Jersey
Monmouth County//

I, John Patterson, Clerk of the County of Monmouth, do hereby certify that Thomas C. Throckmorton, before whom the foregoing declaration and affidavits were made and executed and who has thereunto subscribed his name, was at the time of so doing a Justice of the Peace within and for said County commissioned and sworn and duly authorized by law to administer oaths. That his signature thereto is genuine and that full faith and credit are due to all his official acts.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my Hand and affixed my Seal of Office at Freehold this Thirtieth day of September A.D. Eighteen Hundred and Fifty six.
s/ John Patterson, Clerk
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Monmouth Pleas of July Term 1832.
Declaration of Wm. Hurley; No. 4082.

...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 William Painter, Lewis Ayers and John Hurley, who have signed the preceding certificate, [crossed out: and] were Soldiers of the Revolution engaged in the defense of their country, residents of the County of Monmouth and that they are credible...
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Declaration of William Hurley in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7, 1832.

State of New Jersey
Monmouth County//

On this Thirty first day of July Anno Domini 1832 personally appeared in Open Court before the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County of Monmouth now sitting at Freehold, William Hurley, a resident of the Township of Howell, formerly a part of Shrewsbury County of Monmouth and State of New Jersey, aged Seventy two years on the Seventeenth of October next, 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.

That he entered said service as a militiaman sometime in the month of October 1776, a few days after he attained the age of Sixteen years, residing then in [crossed out: the township of Shrewsbury Township, now called Howell, where he now resides] and continued in said service until peace was proclaimed and the independence of our common country was achieved. That during all said period, he was in actual service every other month under the calls, which were made, and also out during said period four or five times under the general calls, which were then made. The militiamen of that district in which he resided were divided into two parts. One half of which were subject to be called every other month & so the other...
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...half, each alternately. Under the general calls or alarms, they were all subject to be called out as circumstances required. The general calls when he was out were when the British & Tories landed at the fort at Jumpping Point at Deal and at Long Branch in said County of Monmouth. That the whole period of time in which he was out in the service, as such militiaman in the service of his country, altogether was at least three years. But he cannot this day state the precise period of each tour, but during said period, he served each of his monthly tours having never been once fined for his non-attendance. That the captains under whom he served were the following in the order they are here named, to the best of his recollection. Captains [crossed out: James] Stephen Fleming, Richard McKnight, John Poland, John Buckalew, James Green, Joseph Cropcrone, Jeremiah Chadwick & Thomas Chadwick. All of whom he believes
are now dead. The field officers he recollects were Col. Daniel Hendrickson, Major Elias Chadwick and General Davis Forman [crossed out: (illegible)].

That during said period he was at no time a substitute but performed his duty always under the then regulations or calls, not being known by any other name at that time. The calls that he was present at, the skirmish at Jumpping Point when Capt. [crossed out: Coleman] Jeremiah Chadwick was killed by his side by the British and Tories. And also in the skirmish Eatontown in said County of Monmouth with the Tories. That his marches during said period were from Cheesequake, Middlesex County, to Manas(quan)...
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...(Manas)quan in said County of Monmouth, guarding the shores and intermediate points against the inroads of the British and Tories. That he never served with any Continental Regiments or Companies; the care of guarding the coast in said County of Monmouth being a great degree entrusted to the militia under the command of General David Forman. That he has no documentary evidences of his services and that he knows of no other persons except Lewis Ayres and [crossed out: (illegible)] William Painter & John Hurley, whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service. 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.
s/ William Hurley (W.H. - his mark)

Sworn to the day & year aforesaid.
s/ John Patterson

New Jersey
Monmouth County//

We, William Painter and Lewis Ayres and John Hurley, of the County of Monmouth do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with William Hurley who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration and that we believe him to be of the age of Seventy two years and that we know him to be a Soldier of the Revolution, having been in the service with him. And that we believe from our knowledge of his services that he was out in actual service at least three year. That he is not only reputed & believed but is known in the neighborhood in which he resides to have been a Soldier of the Revolution and that he is a credible person and his statement is...
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...entitled to credit.
s/ William Painter (X - his mark)
s/ Lewis Ayres
s/ John Hurley

Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid.
s/ John Patterson

Monmouth Pleas of July Term 1832.
Declaration of Wm. Hurley; No. 4082.

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 William Painter, Lewis Ayres and John Hurley, who have signed the preceding certificate, [crossed out: and] were Soldiers of the Revolution engaged in the defense of their country, residents of the County of Monmouth and that they are credible persons & their statement is entitled to credit.

By order of the Court.
s/ W.J. Browne, Judge &c.

I, the subscriber, Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Monmouth in the state of New Jersey, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of William Hurley for a pension.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my Hand and affixed the Seal of said Court, at Freehold, this Thirty first day of July in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Thirty two.
s/ D.H. Ellis, Clk.
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April 18, 1938

William Hurley
W.25811
BA-J/AWF

Mr. Charles H. Adare
Keyport
New Jersey

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of William Hurley of Monmouth County, New Jersey, and of Isaac Cramer (Crammer) of Burlington County, New Jersey.

The Revolutionary War records of this office have been searched and no claim for pension found based on the service of Isaac Cramer, under any spelling of the name.

The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in pension claim, W.25811, based on the service of William Hurley, in the War of the Revolution.

William Hurley was born October 17, 1760 in Freehold Township, Monmouth County, New Jersey. The names of his parents were not given.

While residing in Shrewsbury Township, Monmouth County, New Jersey, William Hurley enlisted sometime in October, 1776, served as a private in monthly tours under Captains Stephen Flemming, Richard McKnight, John Poland, John Buckalew, James Green, Joseph Croporone (?), Jeremiah Chadwick, Thomas Chadwick, Joseph Bishop, in Colonel Daniel Hendrickson's New Jersey regiment; he was in a skirmish at "Jumping Point", and one at Eatontown, con(tinued)...
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2-

...(con)tinued in the service until "peace was proclaimed", have served as much as three years.

The soldier, William Hurley, was allowed pension on his application executed July 31, 1832, then a resident of Howell Township, Monmouth County, New Jersey. He died in said Township, March 29, 1837.

William Hurley married January 16, 1826 in Howell Township, New Jersey, Rhoda Remine; they were both then of Monmouth County, New Jersey. The date and place of birth of Rhoda Remine were not shown, nor were the names of her parents given. There were no children by this marriage.

The widow, Rhoda Hurley, was allowed pension on her application executed August 8, 1856, at which time she was aged eighty-two years, and living in Howell Township, New Jersey. She was allowed, also, one hundred sixty acres of bounty land on her application executed September 26, 1856.

Thomas Hurley was aged sixty-six years in 1856, and Cornelius Hurley was aged in 1856, forty-nine years; they were both living at that time in Wall Township, Monmouth County, New Jersey. They were children of the soldier, William Hurley, by a former wife, whose name was not given.

One John Hurley was living in 1832 in Monmouth County, New Jersey, he served in the Revolutionary War; it was not stated that he was related to the William Hurley referred to above.

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name and address of person paid, and possibly the date of death of this widow, you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D.C...
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...and furnish the following data.

Rhoda Hurley, widow of William Hurley
Certificate # 5908
Issued September 22, 1856
Rate $80.00 per annum
Commenced February 3, 1853
Act of February 3, 1853
New Jersey Agency.

If you desire information in regard to location of land referred to herein, you should apply to the Commissioner of the General Land Office, Washington, D.C., and furnish the following:

Warrant #53676 - 160 acres- Act of 1855

Very truly yours
A.D. HILLER, Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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WIDOW, &c.
File No. 25811
Rhoda Hurley, widow of William Hurley or [illegible], Priv. Rev. War.
Act: Feb. 3, 1853
Index: -; Vol. A; Page 360.
{Arrangement of 1870.}

1920 Nov. 13 - Hist(ory sent) to Mrs. Charles E. Bayer.
1938 April 18 - Hist(ory sent) to Charles H. Adare
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53,676

160 Acres.
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Official
FREE

J. Minot, Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
Department of the Interior
Washington, D.C.
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No 6458.

Rhoda Hurley, widow of William Hurley (or Henley).
Monmouth Co., New Jersey.
Adm(itted) Act Feb. 3, 1853 at rate of $80 per annum commencing at date of said act.

Husband, Private of Infantry, 2 years.
Pay widow.

Certificate to A.R. Throckmorton, Freehold, New Jersey.
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3rd Auditor's Office
Sep. 18, 1846

Sir,

Wm. Hurley (Henley), husband afor(esaid), died 29th March 1837 & his pension has been paid-in-full to that day to his widow, Rhoda Hurley.

Very respectfully,
s/ Wm. S. Taylor, Auditor

J. Cole, Esq.
Acting Commissioner of Pensions

[illegible]
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Pension Office, Sept 12, 1856

The third auditor will please certify the date to which within named pensioner was paid and who received arrears due at the time of he death.

Very respectfully,
s/ J. Cole, Acting Commissioner

{Wm. Henley or Hurley}

[illegible]
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I, Daniel H. Ellis, Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Monmouth in the State of New Jersey, do hereby certify that the annexed paper contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of William Hurley for a pension on the 31st day of July A.D. 1832.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my Hand and Seal of Office this Eleventh day of March in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Thirty three.
s/ D.H. Ellis, Clk.
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Rhoda Henley
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Brief in the case of Rhoda Hurley, widow of Wm. Henley (or Hurley), Monmouth County and State of New Jersey.
Act February 3, 1853.

Claim, ("original" [crossed out: or "for increase"])
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband was a pensioner under Act of June 7, 1832 at rate of $80 per annum and died March 29, 1837 as shown by Auditor's Certificate. Rhoda Hurley, as widow, received the arrears due at his death.
Marriage (Jan. 16, 1826) proved by transcript from County Court records.
[crossed out: (If for increase.) Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?]
Identity of claimant as the present widow of the pensioner proved by Cornelius and Thomas Hurley, credible witnesses.
s/ R. Geddes, Examining Clerk

Name and residence of Agent:
A.K. Throckmorton, Esq.
Freehold, New Jersey
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Freehold, N.J., Sept 4, 1856

Sir,

Enclosed I send the claim of Rhoda Hurley, widow of Wm Hurley, dec(eased), for a pension under the Act of February 3rd 1853. Also, the claim of Catharine Getman, widow of Walter Getman for Bounty Land under Act of March 3rd 1855.

Very Respectfully &c.,
s/ A.K. Throckmorton, Atty. of Claimant

Land Claims taken out &c.
Hon. J. Minot, Comm(issioner) &c.
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Trenton Bank
May 25, 1837
Pension Office

Sir,

The enclosed voucher of the widow of William Henley is forwarded to you for your special direction for payment.

I remain very respectfully your obe(dient) servant,
s/ Westley P. Hunt, for P. Duhmash

J.L. Edwards, Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
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Freehold, N.J., Sep. 30, 1856.

Sir,

Enclosed I send claim of Rhoda Hurley, widow of Wm. Hurley - alias Henley - dec(eased) to Bounty Land under Act of March 3rd 1855 - War of the Revolution.

Very Respectfully &c.,
s/ A.K. Throckmorton, Atty. of Claimant

Hon. J. Minot, Comm(issioner) of Pensions
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Amended declaration of Wm. Henley, No. 4082.
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Amended declaration of Wm. Henley for a pension under Act of June 7th 1832. The original declaration numbered 4082 by the War Department.

New Jersey
Monmouth County//

Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace of the County of Monmouth and State of New Jersey, William Henley, who being duly sworn according to law doth saith that he made his original declaration for a pension on the Thirty first day of July 1832 before the Judges of the Monmouth Pleas numbered 4082. That by reason of old age & 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 & in the following grades. For six months in the years 1776 and 1777, I served as a private in Captain Richard McKnight's Company. I do not recollect the name of the lieutenant, one Barney McCormick, and Irishman was sergeant, being six monthly tours of one month each, namely from the twentieth day of October 1776, when the first monthly tour commenced, to the twentieth of September 1777, when the sixth monthly tour ended. The first tour being from the 20th October 1776 to 20th November of same year. The second from 20th December 1776 to the 20th January 1777. The third from the 20th February 1777 to 20th March same year. The fourth from 20th April to 20th May same year. The fifth from the 20th June to the 20 July same year and the...
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...sixth from the 20th August to the 20th of September of the same year. Said company, when I joined it, was stationed at Tinton Falls in Shrewsbury Township, Monmouth County which was then headquarters. Their duties were to guard the coasts and shores from Deal, in Shrewsbury, to the Highlands in Middletown Township in said County and were during said period frequently at the Highlands at Shrewsbury Black Point, Remsen Neck, Sandy Hook, Red Bank and Manasquan, guarding the coasts, shores and inlets between those points but as their patrolling was daily and they were so frequently at the above places, I cannot at this time state the particular times I was at each of said places. This service was under the monthly drafts or calls under the laws and ordinances of New Jersey. For one year in the years 1777, 1778 and 1779, I served as a private in a company commanded by Captain Stephen Flemming, John Hall was lieutenant, in twelve monthly tours of one month each. The first beginning on the 20 October 1777 and ending the 20th November the same year. The second beginning the 20 December and ending the 20th of January 1778. The third beginning the 20th of February same year & ending the 20th of March same year. The 4th from 20th April to 20th of May same year. The 5th from 20 June to 20 July same year. The 6th from 20 August to 20 September same year. The 7th from 20th October to 20 November same year. The 8th from 20 December to 20 January...
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...1779, the 9th from 20 February 1779 to 20 March same year. [crossed out: From the] The 10th from 20 April to 20 May same year. The 11th from 20th June to 20 July same year. The 12th from 20th of August to 20 September of same year of 1779. One Joseph Perry was the Orderly Sergeant of the company under Captain Flemming. About one half the time, their headquarters were at Colts Neck and the remainder of the time at Tinton Falls, both in said Township of Shrewsbury. Their duties were the same as before stated and their [crossed out: duties] marches were to-and-from the before named places, guarding the coasts and shores from the inroads of the British and Tories and preventing communications from the before named places and the inlets along the coast with the enemy at New York. That while he was under Captain Flemming, he thinks in August 1778, he with Jacob Brown, Peter Stillwaggon and Wm. Beck were sent from Tinton Falls to warn out the militia in Shrewsbury as it was reported the British and Tories had made a landing on the coast. They went on foot to Shrewsbury Town. And the Quakers being there in their meeting, each of the party took a horse for the purpose of doing their duties more effectually as they were directed by their captain. When they got to Eatontown, they were fired upon by a party of Tories. Brown was killed, Stillwaggon was made prisoner and sent to New York. I and Wm. Beck made our escape during the before mentioned time. Daniel Hendrick(son)...
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...(Hendrick)son was their Colonel. David Forman was then General and David Rhea was then adjutant. For four months in the year 1779 and 1780, I served as a private in four monthly tours of one month each in Captain John Buckalew's Company stationed at Tinton Falls as their headquarters, namely the first tour from the 20 October 1779 to 20 November same year. The second from 20 December 1779 to 20 January 1780. The third from 20 February 1780 to 20 March same year. The 4th from 20 April to 20 May of same year of 1780. Their duties were as before stated and their marches along the coasts of Monmouth County guarding the ports and places before named. They continued under the same colonel, Elisha Chadwick was adjutant. One Elisha Walton was their major. For one year and two months, I served as a private in fourteen monthly tours of one month each under the following named captains, namely under Captain John Poland, for [crossed out: one] four months, namely from 20 June 1780 to 20 July same year, from the 20 August to the 20 September of the same year, from 20th October to 20 November same year and from 20 Dec. of same year to 20 January 1781. During this time, the headquarters were at Colts Neck in Shrewsbury and the duties & marches as before stated. For eight months of this time, I served under Captain James Green, stationed still at Colts Neck as one headquarters, namely from the 20th of February to 20th March in 1781, from the 20th of April to the 20th of May in same year, from the 20th...
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...June to the 20th July of same year, from the 20th of August to the 20th September of same year, from the 20th October to the 20th of November same year, from the 20th December in same year to the 20th of January 1782, from the 20th February 1782 to the 20th of March same year, and from the 20th of April to the 20th of May 1782. Their duties and marches were as before stated while in this company. For one month I served as a private under Captain Joseph Cropcrone stationed at Tinton Falls their headquarters, namely from the 20th of June to the 20th of July in the year 1782 and from the 20th of August to the 20th of September in 1782. I served as a private under Captain Joseph Bishop stationed at Colts Neck. Their duties and marches were as before stated. Col. Hendrickson had the command of the militia stationed in Shrewsbury, whose headquarters at Colts Neck and at Tinton Falls, Besides the above stated regular monthly tours of duty, I served one or two of the intermediate months in the year 1777 under the general calls under Captains Jeremiah Chadwick and Thomas Chadwick and was present under Captain Jeremiah Chadwick where he was killed at the skirmish at Jumpping Point. One John Henderson or Hendricks was also killed at the same time and for such service I claim a pension. That I was born in Freehold Township, Monmouth County, on the 17th October 1760...
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...That he has a record of his age in his own Family Bible taken from his father's Family Bible. That he lived in Shrewsbury Township when he entered the service first and has ever since lived in the same place, though the Township of Howell in which he now lives, has since been divided off from Shrewsbury. That his services were all under the monthly drafts or calls under the laws and ordinances of New Jersey. That his marches were never out of the County of Monmouth. Their duties and marches being to guard the coasts and shores from the British and Tories. That during the time of his service he was in the field and not in garrison and was not during said time engaged in any civil pursuit.
s/ William Hurley (W.H. - his mark)

Sworn & subscribed before me this 12th day of August A.D. 1833.
s/ Thos. C. Throckmorton, Justice

New Jersey
Monmouth County//

To wit, John Pantrick, being duly sworn according to law deposeth and saith that he was Sixty seven years of age on the Twenty fifth day of April last. That I am well acquainted with William Hurley, who has sworn and subscribed to the above amended declaration. That I recollect frequently having seen William Hurley in the service during the Revolutionary War as a private. I, at that time living at Shrewsbury Town, and have seen him at Tinton Falls & at Colts Neck under Captains McKnight, Stephen...
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...Flemming, John Poland, John Buckalew, James Green and Joseph Crosseron but I cannot state the particular times. I know he was out in the service during the war as I saw him very frequently. Their marches were all along the coast, sometimes to the Highlands to Black Point, Remsen Neck, Shrewsbury, Long Branch, Deal and to Manasquan to guard the shores and coasts from the British and Tories. That I recollect the time said Henley and three others were surprised and shot at Eatontown by the Tories. I was at the time harrowing corn in Eatontown in a field opposite the place where the Tavern now stands. Eighteen or twenty of the Tories came into the field and seized me & kept me under guard to prevent my giving any notice, when they kept in the cornfield near the road divided in two parties. When Wm. Henley, Jacob Brown, Peter Stillwaggon and William Beck came along on horseback, the Tories fired on them and killed Brown, took Stillwaggon prisoner and Beck and Hurley both made their escape, though they were shot at by the whole party. That I always understood the said William Henley was a good soldier & always done his duty. That he has frequently seen him marching from-and-to the headquarters at Colts Neck and Tinton Falls under the before named officers on the excursions they made along the coasts and shores...
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...That he recollects seeing Jeremiah Chadwick and John Hendrix after they were killed at the skirmish at Jumpping Point in Shrewsbury Township, they were brought up to Shrewsbury Town. I assisted to carry Brown out of the road, after he was killed, to a house in which one Joseph Allen lived at [crossed out: Trenton] Eatontown. That he knows the said William Henley was out during all the war, as I lived in Shrewsbury Township during all that period. I, not being in the service myself at that time, being hand out among the farmers during that period in Shrewsbury and I have no doubt he served the periods which he states. The skirmishes at Jumpping Point was, I think, in 1777.
s/ John Pantrick

Sworn and subscribed before me, one of the Justices of the Peace in & for the County of Monmouth this 12th day of August 1833.
s/ Thos. C. Throckmorton, Justice

State of New Jersey
Monmouth County//

Lewis Ayres, being duly sworn according to law deposeth and saith that he resides in the Township of Howell, Monmouth County, New Jersey. That he will be Seventy two years of age on the sixteenth day of October next. That he is well acquainted with William Henley, who has sworn and subscribed the foregoing amended declaration by making his mark thereto. That they...
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...were boys together and brought up in the same neighborhood about two miles distant. The said Henley being one year and a day his senior in age as he always understood from him when a boy. That he has frequently seen the said Wm. Henley in the service during the Revolutionary War. That he saw him frequently at Tinton Falls under Captains McKnight, Flemming, Buckalew, Thomas and Jeremiah Chadwick, Poland and Lieutenant Cropcrone, since he was stationed as their headquarters and also at Colts Neck, which was for a part of their time the headquarters. That the said Henley entered the service in the fall of 1776 and served under the above named captains until the close of the war, doing his duty as a good soldier every other month. That he, this deponent, entered the same service on the first of March 1778 and that he well remembers the said Henley was out in the fall of 1776, beginning in October of that year, and that from the time he, the said Henley, entered the service in October 1776 until the first of March 1778, I frequently saw him in the service. And that he was from his home every other month and after the first of March 1778, when I entered the service, I saw him almost every day, or every two or three days, with his company's own headquarters being most of the time at the same place...
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...That he has marched from the same headquarters with said Henley to Middletown, Highlands, Long Branch, Shrewsbury, Remsen Neck and Manesquan frequently to guard the coasts and shores from the British and Tories. I was, during said time, under Captains James Liston and Cropcrone, Green, Thomas and Jeremiah Chadwick & others stationed at the same place where the said Henley was under his captains before named. That I have no doubt from my knowledge of the services of the said Henley, under his captains before named, he served the period he has mentioned [illegible] under them and I believe he was out at least three years in actual services. The field officers were Col. Daniel Hendrickson, Major Elisha Walton and General David Forman. The militia in Monmouth County were divided into two parts, one half out every other month. This was under the laws and ordinances of New Jersey and I have reason to believe, from my intimacy with the said Henley and our being near neighbors, had he lost any one month in the service, I would have known it as we were so much together. I believe he strictly served his regular tours of duty, from the time he entered the service until the close of the war, every other month and he was always reputed to be a good soldier. That he is a man of character and veracity & his statement is...
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...entitled to credit.
s/ Lewis Ayres

Sworn & subscribed before me, one of the Justice of the Peace in for the said County of Monmouth 12 Aug 1833.
s/ Thos. C. Throckmorton, Justice

And I, the above Thomas C. Throckmorton, Justice as aforesaid, do hereby certify that it appears to me that John Pantrick and Lewis Ayres, who have respectively subscribed and sworn to the foregoing affidavits, are reputable persons and that they are [crossed out: respectably] respectively credible persons and that their respective statements are entitled to credit. Dated Freehold, N.J., August 12th 1833.
s/ Thos. C. Throckmorton, Justice

I, Daniel H. Ellis, Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas of the County of Monmouth and State of New Jersey, do hereby certify that Thomas C. Throckmorton, Esquire, whose name is subscribed to the Jurat of the above amended declaration of William Hurley and to the Jurats of the two above affidavits of John Pantrick and Lewis Ayres and to the certificate of the said Thomas C. Throckmorton, himself, was at the respective dates thereof and now is a Justice of the Peace of the said County of Monmouth duly commissioned and sworn and that full faith and credit ought and should be attached to all his official acts as such Justice. And I do further certify that the named signed Thos. C. Throckmorton to said Jurats and to the said certificates respectively...
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...are the respective handwritings and signatures of the said Thomas C. Throckmorton, Justice as aforesaid.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my Hand and Seal of Office this Thirteenth day of August in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Thirty three.
s/ D.H. Ellis, Clk.

Amended declaration of Wm. Henley; No. 4082.
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Rec'd 2¢ stamp.

Department of Interior
Pension Dept.

Dear Friend,

Will you kindly send the record of William Hurley - served in Rev. War from Monmouth Co., N.J.

Born 1760 & died 1837.

My grandfather, the s(ai)d Wm. Hurley, was a second son of this William Hurley.

My information will be hopefully received.

Send and charge.:
Mrs. Charles E. Bayer
Care of Dr. Joseph [illegible]
52 N. Stockton Street
Trenton, N.J.

(122.EB.S.)
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Keyport, N.J.
March 30, 1938

Keyport, N.J.

Veterans Administration
Washington, D.C

Gentlemen,

I would appreciate any information you may have on file of pensions paid to the following men, and also their service records.

WILLLIAM HURLEY, son of TIMOTHY HURLEY, born at Hurley's Corners or vicinity Monmouth County, N.J., about 1750, who served in the Monmouth County, N.J., Militia during the Revolution.

ISAAC CRAMER OR CRAMMER, son of CALEB CRAMER, born in or near Bass River, N.J., Burlington County, N.J., about 1760, who served in the Burlington County, N.J., Militia during the Revolution.

I thank you for any information you may furnish me.

Very truly yours,
s/ Charles H. Adare

Charles H. Adare
Keyport N.J.
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION. | 3-525
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D.C., (blank) 19 (blank)

[illegible]

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

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. | LENGTH OF SERVICE. | RANK. | OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. (CAPTAIN/COLONEL) | STATE.
Various times. | Served at a lot of various tours to close of war; 3 years. | Pri(vate) | Stephen Flemming, Richard McKnight, John Poland, John Buckalew, James Green, Joseph Cropcrone, Jeremiah Chadwick, Thomas Chadwick, Joseph Bishop. | Daniel Hendrickson | N.J.

Battles engaged in, * - None stated.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Shrewsbury Twp., Monmouth Co., N.J.
Date of application for pension, Aug. 3, 1832. Freehold Twp., Monmouth County, N.J.
Residence at date of application, Freehold Twp., Monmouth County, N.J.
Age at date of application, Born Oct. 7, 1760 in Freehold Twp. Monmouth County, N.J. Died Mar. 29, 1837 at Howell Twp., Monmouth County, N.J.
Remarks: Soldier married Jan. 16, 1826 in Howell Twp., Monmouth County, N.J., Rhode Remine. There were no children by this marriage. She was allowed pen(sion) on her app(lication) ex(ecuted) Aug. 8, 1856 while a resident of Howell Twp., Monmouth Co., N.J, aged 82 yrs. Sons Thomas, aged 66 years, and Cornelius Hurley, aged 49 years, in 1856. The name of their mother is not stated.

* - Served at skirmishes but no battles.

Respectfully,
Commissioner.

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