Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 7,636, for Joseph Strickland, New Jersey
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(8-1776)

SERVICE | NUMBER
New Jersey | Strickland, Joseph | S.7,636

carded
CONTENTS
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26,946
Ohio, Pittsburgh Age(ncy)

Joseph Strickland of Richland Co. in the State of Ohio who was a Pri(vate) in the Company command by Captain Snook of the reg(iment) commanded by Col. Chambers in the N. Jersey [crossed out: line for] Militia 1 yr. 5 mo. 14 D(ay)s "P(rivate)" $58.77.

Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio P.A. at the rate of 58 Dollars 77 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 23rd day of July '34 and sent to J. Faulk, Jeromeville, Ohio.

Arrears to the 4th of March '34...............$196.31
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sep................29.38 1/2
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                                              $205.69
{Revolutionary Claim Act June 1832.}

Recorded by J.T. Spanger, Clerk
Book C; Vol. 8; Page 128

[illegible]
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Joseph Strickland's pension papers.

Act of 7th June 1832.
2 years service.
Aged 73 years.

29,741
Address:
John Faulk, Esq.
Jeromeville, at Jeromeville P.O., Wayne Co., Ohio.

From 1776 &c.
1 yr. 5 mos. 14 days

$58 77/100
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Declaration.

State of Ohio
Richland County//

On this 2nd day of January 1834, personally appeared Joseph Strickland, a resident citizen of the County of Richland in the State of Ohio before me, Isaac Osborn, one of the Associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Richland in the State of Ohio. The said Joseph Strickland is aged Seventy three years, who being by me first duly sworn according to law deposeth & saith that he makes the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions of the Act of Congress passed June 7th 1832.

The said Joseph Strickland, the applicant for a pension, says that he entered the militia of the State of New Jersey on the 1st of November in the year 1776, about a year prior to the Battle of Germantown. That this applicant was drafted out to serve for the [crossed out: said] period of six months. That he served said tour of duty in said drafted militia of the State of New Jersey and was verbally discharged from the service at the expiration of his said six months service on the first of May 1777. That this applicant served said six months as a Private Soldier. That the name of the captain under whom this applicant served said tour of duty was Capt. Snook and the ensign of the company to which this applicant belonged...
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...was one Ensign Moses "Stout" and the name of the col(onel) who commanded the regiment to which this applicant was attached was one Col. Chambers and the lieutenant col(onel's) name was Col. Chamberlin and the general who commanded the troops was one General Dickinson, who commanded for a part of the time.

That this applicant, when he was drafted out in the militia to serve said tour of duty, he resided in the County of Hunterdon in the State of New Jersey. That this applicant with the company to which he belonged joined the troops at Trenton in New Jersey. That he marched with the troops from Trenton into the State of Pennsylvania at a place where the troops encamped near the Delaware River. And from there they marched up the River Delaware to a place at a large Fouring Mill where they encamped for several days. That whilst there the officers & men received a quantity of flour & meal, which they received at said place, having been rather [crossed out: sorely] sparingly supplied with bread for a few days. Previous to their arrival at that place, & that whilst there, the troops could not get as much as they were in need of. That the troops were rather pinched for provisions; that they were, sometime for five or six days, without meat & at other times...
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...they were out of bread or very much stinted in the quantity allowed them.

That the troops were ordered from the place at the mill to a station on Delaware River called "Connell's Ferry" where the army laid for several weeks, about four weeks, when the troops were stationed & waiting for orders from some of the principal officers where to march to, when they were ordered to cross the river at "Connell's Ferry" and went back again to New Jersey and went to a station at Col. Howten's residence near the "Hopewell" Meetinghouse where the troops were encamped & laid for several days. That whilst the troops were stationed at this place, they were disturbed by an expected attack from the British Troops. That the American Officers ordered the troops to a station several miles from this last place called "Hart's Residence", a place a few miles from the "Hopewell" Meetinghouse where the troops had previously been stationed. That the troops remained here, the principal part of the time, until this applicant was verbally discharged. At the...
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...expiration of his said tour of six months, when he was discharged by his captain from the service, having faithfully served his said tour of duty as a drafted militiaman in the Militia of the State of New Jersey under the said officers above mentioned.

That the said six months was served by this applicant as a Private Soldier. And this applicant further says that he did serve a second tour of duty in the said Militia of the State of New Jersey, having been again drafted to serve a second period of six months in the said Militia of the County of Hunterdon in the State of New Jersey. That this applicant was drafted to serve for six months in the said County of Hunterdon in the State of New Jersey and served from the 15th of July 1718 for a second tour of duty for six months and that he did serve said second period faithfully in said militia as a Private Soldier under the following officers who commanded this applicant during said period of service. The captain who commanded this applicant, Captain "Fisher" the name of the ensign this applicant does not recollect. That this applicant marched with the troops under the command of Capt. "Fisher"...
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...to a place called "Middle Brook" in the State of New Jersey. That the company under Capt. Fisher, whilst lying at Middle Brook, was placed under the command of "General Lincoln" who had the principal command of the Continental Troops & the militia when at Middle Brook. That Col. Morgan commanded a large body of troops called The Riflemen, who were stationed at Middle Brook at the same time that this applicant was stationed there. That the applicant says the militia remained at this place about two or three weeks and then were directed to march down to [crossed out: towards] a place near [crossed out: called] "Germantown". That whilst at this last place, the troops were commanded by a general whose name was Gen'l "Forman". That he ordered the troops to Germantown, where this applicant says the American Troops made an attack on the British Army that were stationed at that place. That this was the first battle or engagement that he was in. That Gen'l Forman took the command of the body of troops, to which this applicant was attached, during the said battle with the British troops. That the col(onel) of the reg(iment) who commanded,...
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...and to which this applicant was attached, was Col. "William Chamberlin". That after this battle or engagement at Germantown, the troops with the company to which this applicant belonged was ordered to a station called "Penn's Peak Creek" and after the troops had laid there, the balance of the time till this applicant's period of six months service had expired, this applicant was again verbally discharged from the service by Capt. Fisher. That at the same time that this applicant was discharged from the service on the 16th of January 1778, two others were discharged from the service, who returned home with this applicant to their residence in Hunterdon County, where this applicant resided. That the name of the two soldiers who went home with this applicant from the service & in company with this applicant was one of the name of "Hilton" and the other was a man by the name of "Hardy". That they both went, on foot, home from the service. That they were in the service with this applicant...
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...during his said second period of six months, as above specified. And they returned home with this applicant from the service, having served as this applicant declares and has above set forth, for such second tour of six months as a Private Soldier in the drafted militia of Hunterdon County in the State of New Jersey, as above specified, under the command of Capt. Fisher, who commanded this applicant during his second tour of six months duty, above mentioned.

And this applicant says that he again entered the service a third time, having been for a third time drafted out to serve in the Militia of Hunterdon County in the State of New Jersey for a third tour of six months duty in said militia, and served this tour of six month under a captain of the name of "Hanpaugh". That the name of the lieutenant of the company to which this applicant was attached was one Lieutenant "John Schenck" and the name of the col(onel) who commanded the regiment in which this applicant saved was one...
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...Col. "Joseph Chambers". That this applicant marched with the troops from Hunterdon County, where this applicant was drafted under the command of said officers, to a place called Trenton. And the troops were at that place a short time & then were ordered to pursue the British and "Hessians" at various intervals through that part of the County until the troops went to a place called "Monmouth" in the State of New Jersey, where this applicant was again in the battle or engagement at "Monmouth" in the State of New Jersey. That in the battle, this applicant was under the command of a Col. "Seeley" who took a very active part in the engagement and was active in the command of the troops. During that engagement, that this applicant recollects, the circumstance that Col. "Seeley" rode a "white or grey horse" in that engagement. That during that battle, this applicant heard Col. Seely "curse & swear" that the damned British, "could not hunt them"...
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...That this applicant in that engagement received a ball through the top of his hat, which cut the hair and a small part of the skin from his head, and another ball through the leg, between the ankle & the knee, which passed through the fleshy part of the leg; making a wound in the flesh but did not break the bones, which however healed in a short time & this applicant was ready for service but could not so well stand, marching on foot a long journey until some weeks after the battle. That the engagement was severe; that the day was excessive hot & sultry. That a great number of the soldiers died by the drinking of cold water & the excessive heat & fatigue of the battle. That this battle was fought in the latter part of June 1778. That this applicant recollects that the army of Gen'l Washington passed through Somerset Co. in New Jersey, by the Hopewell Meetinghouse and that his army encamped at that place a day or two;...
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...the Advance Guard of his army being stationed or camped about two miles from said Hopewell Meetinghouse. That this applicant has served his said tour of six months, lastly above mentioned, as a Private Soldier in the drafted militia of the State of New Jersey, as above specified, and was so verbally discharged from the service by his Captain above mentioned on the first of October 1778. That this applicant served this third period of six months duty, having entered the service on the first of April 1778, and was discharged on the first of October 1778, and served said period faithfully as above mentioned & set forth as a Private Soldier in said militia under his officers above named.

And this applicant further says that he did once more enter the service of the United States for a period of six months by virtue of an enlistment in the troop of the State of New Jersey on the first of June 1779 and was verbally discharged after the expiration of said six months service on the first of December 1779, having served said period of his enlistment under the...
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...following named officers. That he enlisted for said period in the County of Hunterdon in New Jersey for said six months under an officer by the name of Col. Chamberlin, [crossed out: and] said officer enlisted this applicant and paid him about $150 in Continental Bill or money as they were then called in his enlistment. That this applicant was immediately placed under the command of a captain whose name was Captain "Klunq" and this applicant served his said tour of six months under the said captain above mentioned. That after this applicant's enlistment as above mentioned under Col. Chamberlin, he marched under the command of Capt. "Klunq" to a place in New Jersey called the "Cross Road", a place in Somerset Co. so called, and from there he was sent to a place called Elizabeth Town, where the troops remained for several weeks. And was then from this last station sent with a detachment of soldiers to keep a garrison as a guard at a station called at that time Trimbley's Point, where this applicant remained on duty as...
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...one of this guard at said station until the expiration of his said term of six months enlistment had expired, where this applicant on the first of December 1779, was again verbally discharged from the service, having faithfully served his said last period of six months enlistment as a Private Soldier in the Troops of the State of New Jersey, as above mentioned and set forth. That the above is as specified and accurate as this applicant is able, at this
time, to recollect & set forth. And this applicant further says that no living witness can be had or procured by him at this time to prove his above mentioned service or any part of therein. That all who served with this applicant are long since dead & gone. That this applicant was not at any time engaged in any civil pursuit during any point of his above mentioned services...
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...That this applicant has faithfully served for the period of two years as above mentioned & set forth.

That he never received any written discharge from his officers & that he is now old & infirm & not able to leave his room without endangering his health. That he is not able to be on the fatigue of an examination & investigation in a Court of Record and for that reason he has submitted to an investigation before a Judge of a Court of Record.

Interrogatories: 

1st: Where & in what year were you born?
Ans(wer): I was born in Bucks County in the State of Pennsylvania on the 8th March in the year 1760 and am now aged Seventy three years.
s/ Joseph Strickland

2nd: Have you any record of your age & if so where is it?
Ans(wer): I have no record of my age at this time but my brother, John Strickland, has a record in his Bible of the date of my birth & I have often seen it. He now lives in Jefferson Co. in the State of New York, above 400 miles from me...
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...I know my age to be 73 years from the fact of learning it from my parents & I also have seen the record kept by my brother, John Strickland. As above mentioned, the said record is in John Strickland's hands, above 400 miles from me. I saw it about four years since for the last time.
s/ Joseph Strickland

3rd: Did you ever receive a written discharge from the service & if so, by whom was it signed & what has become of it?
Ans(wer): I never received any written discharge from the service at any time but was verbally discharged as above stated.
s/ Joseph Strickland

4th: Where were you living when called into service, where have you lived since the Revolutionary War? & where do you now live?
Ans(wer): I lived when I entered the service at each time in the County of Hunterdon in the State of New Jersey. Since the Revolutionary War, I have lived in the Counties of Hunterdon & Sussex in the State of New Jersey and from there I have moved into Jefferson Co., Ohio. And from Jefferson Co., I moved into Richland Co., Ohio, in Vermillion Township, where I now live & have resided here for the last 14 years past.
s/ Joseph Strickland
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5th: How were you called into service; were you drafted? Did you volunteer or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?
Ans(wer): I was three times drafted & once enlisted, making four tours of duty in all. A Revolutionary Service of two years as above stated & set forth.
s/ Joseph Strickland

6th: Did you ever receive a commission at any time during your service?
Ans(wer): I never received a commission.
s/ Joseph Strickland

7th: State the names of some of the regular officers who served with you at the time you did?
Ans(wer): The captains under whom I served were Capt. Snook, Capt. Joseph Klunq, Capt. "Hanpaugh" & Capt. Fisher. My lieutenants who commanded me were Lieutenant Sarney, Lieut. "John Schenk" and Ensign Moses Stout. The colonels who commanded me were Col. Joseph Chambers and...
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...[duplicate: and] Col. William Chamberlin and Col. Seeley served at the time I was in the service and Col. Morgan was also in the service at Middle Brook in the State of New Jersey & commanded a large body of riflemen at the time I was stationed at Middle Brook.

Gen'l Dickinson commanded part of the time and Gen'l Forman and Gen'l Lincoln.
s/ Joseph Strickland

Sworn to and subscribed before me this 2nd [crossed out: 20th] day of January 1834.
s/ Isaac Osborn, Associate Judge
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We, the subscribers, being inhabitants personally acquainted with Joseph Strickland, the applicant for a pension. That we have known him for several years. That he has always sustained a good moral character for truth & veracity. That we believe him to be a Revolutionary Soldier and that he is reputed & believed to be such in the neighborhood where he resides. That no doubts have ever existed on the subject of his service as a Soldier of the Revolution and that he is a worthy member of the Methodist Church in good standing. And that he is justly esteemed; a man of truth & integrity. January 1st 1834.
s/ John Faulk
s/ Zachariah Leigh (X - his mark)
s/ John Shurnes
s/ Benjamin Martin
s/ James Mitchell
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I, the said applicant, do hereby [crossed out: (illegible)] relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the presents. And I declare that my name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State.
s/ Joseph Strickland

Sworn to & subscribed this 2nd day of January 1834.
s/ Isaac Osborn, Associate Judge

We, John Cox, a Clergyman residing in the County of Richland in the State of Ohio and John Carr, resident citizen of the County of Richland in the State of Ohio, do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Joseph Strickland, the applicant for a pension. That we believe him to be Seventy three years of age and that he is reputed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a Revolutionary Soldier and that we concur in that opinion.
s/ John Cox
s/ John Carr
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Sworn to & subscribed this 2nd day of January 1834.
s/ Isaac Osborn, Associate Judge

I, the said Judge, do hereby declare my opinion after the investigation of the matter & after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that Joseph Strickland, the applicant for a pension, was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states. And I further certify that it appears to me that John Cox, who has signed the preceding certificate, is a Clergyman and resides in the County of Richland in the State of Ohio. And that John Carr, who has also signed the same, is a resident citizen of the County of Richland in the State of Ohio. And that he is a [crossed out: (illegible)] credible person and that their statements are entitled to full faith & credit. And I certify that the said applicant is unable, by reason of old age & bodily infirmity, to attend & bear the fatigue of an investigation in a Court of Record...
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...and has this day submitted to an examination & investigation before me this 2nd day of January 1834.
s/ Isaac Osborn, Associate Judge
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State of Ohio
Richland County//

I, Ellzrey Hedges, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Richland in the State of Ohio, do hereby certify that the Honorable Isaac Osborn who has taken & subscribed the foregoing deposition & proceedings was at the date & time of the taking thereof one of the Associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Richland in the State of Ohio. And that the signature & seal thereto subscribed & affixed is his genuine signature and seal. 

In Testimony whereof I have subscribed my name and affixed my Seal of Office this 11th day of Feb. 1834.
s/ Ellzrey Hedges, Clerk
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Jos. Strickland, dec(eased)
Ohio
Act 1832
File.

J.V. Conley

Claim of: (blank)
Act of: (blank)
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POWER OF ATTORNEY - Revolutionary Pension Claims.

Know all Men by these Presents, That I, William S. Strickland, son of Joseph Strickland late of Richland County Ohio, deceased, hereby constitute and appoint J.J. Coumbs of Washington City my true and lawful Agent and Attorney, to prosecute the Claim of said Joseph Strickland for any amount of Revolutionary Pension, or Increase of Pension, that may be due; and I hereby authorize my said Agent to examine all the papers and documents in relation to said claim, on file in the Departments at Washington City; or elsewhere; to file additional evidence or arguments; and to receive the Certificate which may be issued for said Claim, which Certificate I wish made payable to myself and Mahlon Strickland, Joseph Strickland, Amos Strickland, Sarah Case, Lucinda Mitchel & Rachel Smith, only surviving children, to appoint one or more substitutes under him for the purposes herein expressed; and to do all things that I might or could do were I personally present. Hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said Attorney and Agent shall lawfully do in the premises.

WITNESS my hand and Seal this 27 day (of) February A.D., 1852.
s/ William S. Strickland (seal)

Signed and Sealed in the presence of.
s/ J.M. Rowland
s/ David Calhoun

STATE of Ohio
COUNTY of Ashland//

On this Twenty seventh day of February A.D. 1852 before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, personally appeared Wm. S. Strickland and acknowledged the foregoing Power, of Attorney to be his act and deed, for the purposes therein mentioned.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I hereunto set my hand, the day and year aforesaid.
s/ J.M. Rowland, J. Peace
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Jos. Strickland, dec(eased)
Ohio
Act 1832
File.

J.V. Conley

Claim of: (blank)
Act of: (blank)

STATE of Ohio
COUNTY of Ashland//

Be it known, That on this Twenty seventh day of February A.D., eighteen hundred and fifty two, before the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared William S. Strickland, resident of Marysville in said County, and made oath according to law that he is the son of Joseph Strickland, deceased, late of Richland County in said State [crossed out: who was a Revolutionary Pensioner] who in his lifetime claimed a Revolutionary Pension [crossed out: the rate of (blank) Dollars per annum; that (blank) has been informed that the said Pension ought to be increased.]; that he is directly interested as a claimant in said Pension, and makes this affidavit to be filed with such additional evidence or arguments as my Agent may use in prosecuting said claim.
s/ William S. Strickland

Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid, before me.
s/ J.M. Rowland, J. Peace

I, J.M. Rowland, Justice of the Peace, in and for said County do hereby certify that William Strickland, who executed the foregoing paper is a respectable resident of this County, and is, I believe, directly interested in said claim as therein set forth.
s/ J.M. Rowland, J. Peace

State of Ohio
Ashland County//

I, John Sheridan, Clerk of the Court of Common Please [crossed out: Court] in the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that, John M. Rowland, Esq., before whom the foregoing papers were executed, was, at the date of the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly authorized by law to administer oaths; and the name thereunto subscribed, is his signature.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my official Seal this 3rd day of March A.D. 1852.
s/ John Sheridan, Clerk
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Ought not this case to be admitted certificate. It was examined about a year ago and no objection appeared.
s/ J. Sheridan
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Pension Office
January 27, 1853

Sir,
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7636
Rev(olutionary) War
INVALID.
File No. 7636
Joseph Strickland
Pri(vate); Rev(olutionary) War
Act: June 7th 1832
Index -; Vol. A&B; Page 359.
{Arrangement of 1870.}
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Joseph Strickland, adm(itted)
Ohio; Act 1832; dec(eased)

Ann Waters [crossed out: widow of]
Act 1838; Ohio; dec(eased)

Mrs. Boyer, widow of Jacob
Act 1838; Suspended
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May 30th 1834.

Jeromeville, Wayne Co., Ohio

Hon'l J.L. Edwards

Sir,

I, herewith enclose you the papers of Joseph Strickland, a Revolutionary Soldier. The old gentleman has at length procured evidence of his services. It is hoped therefore that his name will now be placed on the Pension Roll by the War Department as he is an old man who is highly respected in Richland Co., Ohio, where he now resides. He is a member of the church in good standing & contains an unblemished character for truth & veracity.

His friends are desirous that his name should be placed on the Pension Roll as no man is more deserving of a pension than this applicant. He served a long time in the [crossed out: Troops of] Militia of New Jersey and during the most perilous times of the revolution.

I am, Sir, your obed(ient) servant,
s/ John Faulk
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29,741
Joseph Strickland; Ohio.

From 1776 &c. 1 yr. 5 mos. 14 days.
[crossed out: Return enclosed]
$58 77/100

John Faulk, Esq.
Jeromeville, Wayne County, Ohio
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
4th March 1834.

Sir:

The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your
claim.

A statement, shewing the service of Joseph Strickland.

Period when the service was rendered. | Duration of the claimant's service. (Years/Months/Days) | Rank of the claimant. | Names and Rank of the Field officers under whom he served. | Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. | Proof by which the declaration is supported.
(blank)

I am, respectfully your obedient servant,
J.L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

The Militia of New Jersey were not called out for 6 months at a time and as there are so many of the New Jersey troops living, he should obtain proof of service.
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia" and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c, Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged
in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.

Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops.
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.
4. Indian Spies.

As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.

DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of
County of //
On this _____ day of _____ personally appeared (a) before
A. B. a resident (b) of __________ in the county of __________ and State, Territory or District
of _____ aged (c) _____ years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the
following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed
June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) _____ , with _____ and
served in the _____ (e) regiment of the _____ line, under the following named officers:

[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. (illegible) This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]

He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of _____.

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. __________ A. B.

[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I, __________, of the Court of __________ do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of
__________ for a pension.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this _____ day of _____ &c.

If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.

Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:

(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the __________ and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with __________, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _____ years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier
of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.

Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A.B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the __________, and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the __________ and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.

I, __________, Clerk of the Court of __________ , do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of __________ for a pension. 

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this _____ day of _____ & c.

Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.

If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his...
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...alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.

The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.

1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
6. //
To a soldier. // Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it?
To an Officer. // Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant. The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons - one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from
their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.

The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the inquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.

Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.

Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.

No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.

[a] The declarant appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:

"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that by reason of old age, and in 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 that the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: __ For ______ year ________ months, and ________ days, I served as a ________; and for such service I claim a pension."

It is important , in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase, "about three or four months," is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that was the either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.

[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains
the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must
pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.

Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.

(Illegible) The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule (illegible) note [j] applies to continental troops only. 

[k] This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases. 
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact. 
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration:
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State of Ohio
Richland County//

Personally appeared before me, the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Richland in the State of Ohio, Joseph Strickland the within named applicant for a pension, who being by me first duly sworn deposeth and saith that by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot absolutely and positively swear as to the precise length of his Revolutionary Services but according to the best of his recollection he has faithfully served for a period not less than one year and five months and two weeks, during which time he served the whole as a Private Soldier and during which time he was not at any one time engaged in any civil pursuit whatever but was wholly devoted to the army and the service of [crossed out: my] his country and for such service I claim a pension.
s/ Joseph Strickland

Sworn to and subscribed before me this 14th day of [crossed out: April] May 1834.
s/ Paul Sheraden, Justice of the Peace
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State of Ohio
Richland County//

I, Ellzrey Hedges, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Richland in the State of Ohio, do hereby certify that Paul Sheraden, Esquire, before whom the foregoing deposition was taken & subscribed, was at the date thereof an Acting Justice of the Peace within & for the County of Richland in the State of Ohio, duly commissioned and qualified and [crossed out: that] that all his official acts are entitled to full faith and credit and that his signature & seal thereto subscribed and affixed is his genuine signature and seal.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my Hand and affixed the Seal of the Court of Common Pleas at Mansfield this 9th day of May 1834.
s/ Ellzrey Hedges, Clk.
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State of Ohio 
[crossed out: Richland] Wayne County//

I, the subscriber, being personally acquainted with Joseph Strickland, the applicant for a pension, do hereby depose and say that in the month of November 1776, I know that he was drafted out to serve in the Militia of the State of New Jersey. That I know he was in the service as a drafted militiaman. That he was drafted in Hunterdon County in the State of New Jersey. That he served under a Captain Snook of the New Jersey Militia and in a regiment commanded
by Col. Chambers of New Jersey. That the name of the ensign of the company to which said Strickland belonged was Stout. That whilst the said Strickland was out during this period of duty, I said him once at Trenton in New Jersey. That I there saw him and conversed with him on the subject of his services. That I know he joined the army under Capt. Snook and Ensign Stout and saved in a reg(iment) of Col. Chambers [crossed out: the] on the first of November 1776. That I know he was out during the month of November, December, January and February. Following that for these months, I had a personal knowledge of his being in the army. That I saw him when he joined the regiment and saw him whilst in the service at Trenton in New Jersey; on duty whilst he was out in the service. That I know he served for as much as four months at that tour of duty. That for such time I had a personal knowledge of his being drafted and of his services, and as near as I am at this time able to recollect, he was out during the same four months above specified and set forth.

That I know that the said applicant was out as a drafted militiaman in Hunterdon County in the State of New Jersey a second tour of duty...
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...That he joined the company of Captain Fisher in the month of July 1778. That, I think, it was about the middle of July 1778 and that he was out in the service as much as [crossed out: three] three months and two weeks. That I have a clear recollection of the said applicant's services and of his going into the army and his being out with the troops for as much as that length of time. That I saw him at Middle Brook in New Jersey. At one time, whilst out in service during this tour of duty, that he served in a reg(iment) under the command of Col. Chamberlin during the said time. That for said time I had a "personal knowledge" of the said applicant's service as above stated.

And further state that I have a recollection that the said applicant was a third time drafted out to serve in the Militia Corps of Hunterdon County of New Jersey. That the applicant was this third time drafted out and served under Captain Hanpaugh and the lieutenant of the company was a man of the name of "John Schenck" with whom I was well acquainted and I know he served under Col. "Joseph Chambers" Regiment of New Jersey. That I saw the said applicant when he joined the company of Captain Hanpaugh in Hunterdon County in the spring of 1780 and was out in the service as much as five months during this tour of duty before he returned home from the service. That I had a personal knowledge of his being drafted and of his going into the service this third tour of duty and know he was out at least as much as five months at this tour of duty. That it was well known in the neighborhood of the applicant's residence in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, that he was out in the service as above stated. That I know he was, at each of the above periods, drafted in the militia as above stated...
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...and during said times I saw him in the service and had for the periods above specified more or less knowledge of his services for the period of time above specified. That this [crossed out: last] third period of duty was served in 1778.

And I further know that the said applicant served for a period of five or six months in the year 1779. That I saw him in the service, but whether he was enlisted or served as a volunteer, I do not know. That the said applicant informed me that he had enlisted for a period of five or 6 months and which I cannot recollect at this time but I know he was out as much as five months in a company commanded by Captain "Klunq" and served said time in a regiment commanded by Col. Chamberlin of New Jersey. That this tour of duty was in 1779 and I saw the said applicant during this last tour of duty once at "Elizabeth Town" in New Jersey and once at a place called the "Cross Roads" in Somerset County in New Jersey, where he was employed with the army and under Capt. Klunq. That I know he was out as much as five months during this last period of duty as above stated. That I was personally acquainted with the family of the applicant and therefore became acquainted, both by a personal knowledge of the applicant's service and his period of duty, as well as from the repute and information of the family and friends of the said applicant at that time. That during the four periods of duty, which I know the applicant served and during which time I had a personal knowledge of his being out in the army as a soldier of the revolution, I am positive he has served....
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..during the periods above mentioned as much as one year and five months and two weeks, during which time I had an actual knowledge of him & his services. That I frequently saw him in the army whilst on duty and had more or less intercourse with the said applicant and his friends and the family of said applicant for the times & periods above stated and set forth.
s/ James Mitchell

Sworn to and subscribed before me this 30th day of April 1834.
s/ Ellzrey Wilson, Justice of the Peace

I hereby certify that James Mitchell, who has sworn to and subscribed the above deposition is a credible person and that his statements are entitled to full faith and credit.
s/ Ellzrey Wilson, J. Peace

State of Ohio 
Wayne County//

I, John Sloane, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Wayne in the State of Ohio, do hereby certify that Ellzrey Wilson, before whom the foregoing proceedings appear to have been had, was at the date thereof an Acting Justice of the Peace within & for said County of Wayne in the State of Ohio, duly commissioned & qualified. And that all his official acts are entitled to full faith & credit. 

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my Hand and affixed the Seal of said Court at Wooster this 6th day of May A.D. 1834.
s/ J. Sloane, Clerk