Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 16,569, John Ward, New Jersey
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New Jersey
Ward, John
S16569
carded
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(Paper badly torn top and bottom on left - many words lost)

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---- issued the 24 Feby
----- and sent to the Honable
John Tipton US Senate
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Letter  3d Aud JC Lee/LeaJune 1839 (letter ----to several cases)
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Paid at the Treasury under 
the Act of the 6th April 1838
from the 4th Sept 1837 to 4 Sept
1838. Agt noteified 2 July
1839
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Letter to EA Hanegan Apl 20 ' 44
----to -?- of Patterson and 3 Aud
-----1844

--------from 4 March
---------May 1839 Agt. notified
------1844

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135 -
   Indiana 13522

          John Ward
of Cass County in the State of Indiana
who was a Private in the company commanded
by Captain Bailey of the Reg't commanded
by  (blank)  in the Virginia (crossed out)
line for two years
        * N J Line WDD May 21, 1903
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Inscribed in the Roll of Indiana
at the rate of 80 dollars -- cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834
___________

Certificate of Pension issued the 14 day May
1833 and sent to Hon.
John Tipton Logansport
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Arrears to the 4th of March.             160.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept.  40.00
                                                            $200.00 


Recorded by Daniel Boyd
Book E Vol 7 Page 134
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State of Indiana
Cass County
     On the 23rd day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two in open court before the honorable John R. Porter and John Smith Judges of the Circuit Court for the County of Cass in the State of Indiana personally appeared John Ward now a resident of said county aged eighty years in July last who being duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of June the 7th 1832.
     That he entered the service of the United States under the following officers and served as hereafter stated to wit - during the War of the Revolution he resided in Morris County in the State of New Jersey and volunteered and entered the service of the Militia state in the year 1776 in a company of New Jersey Militia under Captain Bennony Hathaway (ensign and Lieutenant names not recollected) was marched to Newark thence to Powler (?) Hook, thence to Bargain Point served two or three weeks and was discharged.  That he again entered the service of the United States as a drafted militiaman under the command of Captain Augustus Bailey (thinks the Lieutenant of the company was Benjamin Pearson)...
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..... in the same year and was marched to Elizabeth Town state of New Jersey served there about one month was then discharged and went home - That he was called out and went into said service every alternative month during nearly the whole of the Revolutionary War - that during part of the time he was under the command of Colonel Cely.  That said Bennony Hathaway was his Lieutenant Colonel during part of the time he served - that he was in an engagement or skirmish at "Smiths Farm" five miles from Elizabeth Town about the first day of June but does not recollect the year that the Continental troops in that section of County were under the command of Colonel Dayton, and Colonel or General Maxwell as well as he now recollects - that at the burning of Springfield he was in Captain Maxwells company and went in pursuit of the British troops after the burning of said town, who were driven across the bay to Staten Island - that he thinks General Green commanded the American army in that section of country at that time - that he was marched away the time of his service with the purpose of engaging in the Battle of Monmouth, but was ordered back by a colonel or general Wines, under -?- of defending Elizabeth Town which was reported to be attacked by the British which turned out not to be the fact - this officer was soon after dismissed or cashund (?)for disobedience of orders - that he served entirely in the militia and was dismissed after the defeat of Cornwallis without any written discharge - that he was born in said.....
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.....County of Morris - that he removed thence to Washington County in the State of Pennsylvania in the year 1796 - resided there two or three years and moved thence to Westmorland County in the same State where he resided until the year 1806 when removed into Prebble County in the State of Ohio - then to Cass County in aforesaid State of Indiana in the year 1829 where he has lived until this time - that he has no documentary evidence and that he knows of no persons 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 any state.
     Sworn to and subscribed in open court the day and year aforesaid.
     John Ward

    We John Scott a clergyman residing in the county of Cass state of Indiana and Richard Brooks residing in the same county hereby certify that we are well acquainted withJohn Ward who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration and having known him four years past - that we believe him to be eighty years of age - that he is reputed and believed in this neighborhood where he now resides  as well as in his neighborhood in Prebble County state of Ohio where he formerly resided to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we.....
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..... concur in that opinion - Subscribed and sworn in open Court this 23rd day of October 1832
John Scott
Rich'd Brooks

    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 certify that it appears to them that John Scott who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the County of Cass in the State Indiana, and  he and the said Richard Brooks are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit.
John R.Porter
John Smith

    I John B. Duret Clerk of the Circuit Court of the County of Cass in the State of Indiana do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of John Ward for a pension.
      In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 24th day of October A.D. 1832
        JB Duret Clk
       by PJ VanDerveer
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Hon. E A Hanegan
Apl 20 1844
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Pension Office
Apl. 20 1844

Sir
     I herewith return the letter of Mr Carter, and have the honor to state that the widow of John Ward dec'd is not entitled to a pension, as noted in, whose marriage to the deceased soldier took place after the year 1793 is embraced (?) by the pension laws.
     The enclosed printed sheets will enable the widow to obtain the balance of her husbands pension, which is payable at the office of the third Auditor of the Treasury.

Hon. EA Hanegan
Senate U. States
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October 9, 1936.

BA-J/ILL
John Ward
S.16569

Miss Josephine B. Brown
333 Harmon Avenue, N.W.
Warren, Ohio.

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of John Ward, 1752-1839, who served from Morris County, New Jersey.

The data which follow were found in pension claim, S.16569, based upon service of John Ward in the Revolutionary War.

John Ward was born in July 1752, in Morris County, New Jersey; the names of his parents were not given.

While a resident of Morris County, New Jersey, he enlisted in 1776, exact date not given, and served two or three weeks as private in Captain Benoni Hathaway's New Jersey company; in that same year, he enlisted, served on alternate tours of one month each until after the surrender of Cornwallis under Captains Augustine Bayles and Munsel, and Colonel Seeley in the New Jersey troops, during which period of service he was in a skirmish at Smith's Farm, near Elizabethtown, and went in pursuit of the enemy following the burning of Springfield. His entire service amounted to two years.

In 1796, the soldier moved to Washington County, Pennsylvania, resided two or three years, thence to Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, where he resided until 1806, then moved to Preble County, Ohio, and in 1829, to Cass County, Indiana.

John Ward was allowed pension on his application executed October 23, 1832, at which time he resided in Cass County, Indiana. He died May 13, 1839.

The soldier was survived by a widow who was living in 1844;...
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...her name was not given, nor the date of their marriage; however, said marriage took place subsequent to the year 1793.

In order to obtain the name of the person to whom the last payment of pension of John Ward was made, you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following.:

John Ward
Certificate #13522
Issued May 14, 1833
Rate $80 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1831
Act of June 7, 1832.
Indiana Agency.

Very truly yours,

A. D. HILLER,
Executive Assistant to the Administrator.
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(writing very faint at top and left side)

May 13 189-5
Rev Pension Office

John Ward

from 1776 private
2 years $80

Bennony
Bailey


Hon. John tipton
Logan Fort
Indiana
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Loganfort 25 Apl 1833

Dr Sir
     With this I have the honor to send you the amended declaration of John Ward a soldier of the Revolution the old man is anxious to know your final decision -
      Yr most obt. sevt.
          John Tipton


Hon. Lewis Cass
Secy of war
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Senate Chamber
April 17th

Sir
     Be good enough to enclose me the necessary information in reply to the accompanying letter.
           Your obt. st.
             E.A. Hannegan
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        TREASURY DEPARTMENT
                   Second Comptroller's Office
                        June 28th, 1839

Sir:
     Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "an act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United Stated".   John Ward
a Pensioner on the Roll of the Indiana Agency. at the rate of Eighty Dollars per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of Sept. 1837 to the 4th of Sept 1838.

      Respectfully yours,
                  Albion K. Harris
                      Comptroller 



To the Commissioner of Pensions,
      (blank)        Present
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   TREASURY DEPARTMENT
     Second Comptroller's Office
         Sept 25th 1844

Sir:
    Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An Act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States", and the third section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions from the pension agents, the widow of John Ward  dec'd a Pensioner on the Roll of the Madison, Indiana Agency, at the rate of Eighty dollars per annum, under the law of the 78th June 832, has been paid a this Department, from the 4th of March to the 13th May 1839 -

Respectfully yours,
Albion W. Parris
Comptroller
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John Ward gd (?)
Dup. Cert. wanted

(vertically in center)

JL Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington 

(horizontally at bottom)

Hon. J. Tipton
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14 July 1834

Hon. L. Cass,
Sir
 I recollect that Mr. Ward handed to me his certificate as set out in his affidavit for the purpose of enabling me to draw a -- of attorney   to out----- and James B. Slaughter to receive and transmit the pension there due to ----, the money was drawn sent to me and by me paid to Mr. Ward his certificate is lost or mislaid and I regret that a duplicate may be found and sent to ----------
       John Tipton
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  16569

    INVALID
  file No. 16569
John Ward
Pri.  Rev. War

Act:- June 7th 32
 Index:- Vol I, Page 394

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1908 Apr 24. Hist to JL Barnett --
  (letter in LF 17035)
1912 Feby 23 Hist. to Mrs. Belle George FLM
1914 Dec. 8 Miss Carlotta George infd. that she should apply to Aud Int. for date of soldier's death and name of widow. AW 
1920 Nov 6 Hist to Kate E. Waterman
1922 Mch 22 Hist. to Mrs. Rebecca G. Morgan
1924 Jan 12 Hist to Maj. Wm. F. Burns (initials)
1929 Dec 21 Hist to Hon. James W Dunbar NEE
1930 Mar 14 Hist to MM Servis (Lervis)   EEH
1931 - Jan 21 - Hist to Mrs. G.E. Moriarty  EEL
1931 May 18 Hist to HonWill R. Wood See letter inquiry encld. Jno. Ward W 1110.         UCS
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1931 May 29 Hist to Milton W. Collett     EEL   
1935 May 14 - Hist to Mr. CC Gardner.    EEL
1936 Oct 9 -Hist to Miss Josephine B.Brown ILL
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Stamp at top:  Dept. of the -- RECEIVED Feb. 20 1922

(Note: the above stamp blocks out some words in the letter!)

                   ------Indiana Feb. 17 1922

Dear Sir,
          Can ------(stamped over)---one a copy of the pension papers of John Ward, who died in Hendrick's County Indiana.  I do not know the date of his death, but he lived there in 1841.
      I am interested in the Ward family which lived in New Jersey and would be pleased to know if this John Ward belonged there, and if he served in the war from that state.  I shall very much appreciate a reply.

     Very Sincerely,
    (Mrs.) Rebecca Gray Morgan
     Knightstown, Indiana
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2 stamps:

left:   Chief's Desk 
            Record
       Feb 21 1922
           Division of
       U.s> Bureau of Pensions


right:    Chief Clerk
            Feb. 21 1922
             Bureau of Pensions
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stamped to right: Pension  Office Oct 16 1920

Bureau of Pensions
Washington, D.C.

     About two weeks ago I wrote asking for a copy of the pension certificate  of my great great grandfather John Ward who served in the War of the Revolution from the state of New Jersey. He applied for a pension in 1833 through General John Tipton, and it was granted through the Madison.....
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.....Agency.
     The copy of pension certificate has not yet been received, and I am most desirous of having it before the third Wednesday in October, at which time there is a meeting of the local chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, where I have made application for membership. One of the  DAR officials informed me that if I wrote to the Bureau of Pensions at Washington, a copy of the pension certificate would be furnished without charge. Having waited two weeks I am worried whether my first letter......
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....went astray.
     will you kindly send a coy of the pension certificate by return mail if possible?  I shall be greatly obliged.
     Address
        Miss Kate E. Waterman
            23 South Wood St.
                  Chicago
                        Illinois

stamped below letter:
 Record Division
Oct 16 1920

hand written in:  Already Answered
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stamped:  Pension Office Oct 2 1920Setp. 29, 1920

Bureau of Pensions
Washington D.C.

Dear Sir,
     Kindly send as soon as possible to the undersigned (who wishes to become a member of the D.A.R.) a coy of the pension certificate of her great great grandfather, John Ward, who volunteered and entered the service of the  United States in the year 1776 in a company of New Jersey Militia under Captain Bennony Hathaway. He applied for the pension in 1833 through General John Tipton, and it was granted through the Madison Agency.
   Address
       Miss Kate E. Waterman
            23 South Wood St.
                  Chicago
                        Illinois
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(copied from form in Pension off.)

                  Treasury Dept.
                   Second Comptroller's Off.
                   Sept 25 1844

".....the widow of John Ward dec'd a pensioner on the roll of the Madison Indiana Agency.....has been paid at this department, from the 2d of March to the 13th of May 1839".

to the Comm. of Pensions

John Ward - 16569 File no.
   of Cass County in state of Indiana
Private in the company commanded
by Capt Augustus Bailey
Residence at enlistment: Morris Co N.J.
Date of app. for pension: Oct 23, 1832
Res. at date of app: Cass Co. Indiana
Born July 1752
In 1806 he moved to Treble Co. Ohio. His widow was living in 1839, name not stated.  
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Information desired:
1. Place where John Ward died
2. Exact date of his death
3. name of his widow

4. Would it be probable that the settlement of a claim in the northwestern part of the state would be made through the Madison Agency?

Miss Carlotta George
915 NC Avenue  
City


Rev. War Section
Dec 8 1914
Pension bureau

Sent to section
by Mr. C.M. BryantDap. Com. Room
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Feb. 14, 1912

Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.

Dear Sir,
 I write to you for information concerning my ancestor John Ward (written in: S16569)
who served in the Revolutionary
War and applied for and received
a pension about 1833.  He prob-
ably served in a New Jersey Regiment, from which state he migrated to Treble Co., Ohio, about 1805.
    Thanking you in advance for 
any information you may vie
me, I am
       Respectfully yours,
         Mrs Belle George

102-10th St. S.E.
Washington, D
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Major William F. Burns
Room 133 State War
and Navy Bld.
Wash.
United States Army

Wants history of S. 16569 of John Ward
New Jersey Troops -

Personal Call Jan. 8 - 1924
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JAMES W. DUNBAR
3D DISTRICT INDIANA

Congress of the United States
House of Representatives
Washington, D.C.

December 18, 1929.

Hon. Earl D. Church, Commissioner,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:

I enclose herewith copy of letter received from Mrs. Harvey Morris, President of the Washington County Historical Society, Salem, Indiana, in which she makes inquiry respecting some Revolutionary soldiers. Can you give me any information regarding records of these men? I have gotten the meager information available from the War Department.

I shall greatly appreciate any assistance that you may give me. Thanking you and with best wishes, I remain.

Very truly yours,
s/ James Dunbar

Enclosure
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PUBLISHERS
HISTORY
GENEALOGY
BIOGRAPHY
HERALDRY

TELEPHONES STUYVESANT: 4352, 4353, 4354.

THE AMERICAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY, Inc.
EIGHTY EAST ELEVENTH STREET
SNOWDEN-SP.BK.-WMG #24

NEW YORK, February 13, 1930

Office of Revolutionary Pension Records,
Pension Bureau,
Department of Interior,
Washington, D.C.

Gentlemen:

We would like to have the Revolutionary War record of John Ward, of New Jersey. Perhaps he was the same who was a private in the Morris County Militia.

Thanking you for your cooperation in this matter, we remain

Yours very truly,
THE AMERICAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY, Inc.
s/ N.H. Lewis

HB/BS
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PUBLISHERS
HISTORY
GENEALOGY
BIOGRAPHY
HERALDRY

TELEPHONES STUYVESANT: 4352, 4353, 4354.

THE AMERICAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY, Inc.
EIGHTY EAST ELEVENTH STREET
SNOWDEN-SP.BK.-WMG #24

NEW YORK, February 13, 1930

Office of Revolutionary Pension Records,
Pension Bureau,
Department of Interior,
Washington, D.C.

Gentlemen:

Having received no reply to our letter of February 13, we fear that it has miscarried and are taking the liberty of repeating same.

We would like to have the Revolutionary War record of John Ward, of New Jersey. Perhaps he was the same who was a private in the Morris County Militia.

Thanking you for your cooperation in this matter, we remain.

Yours very truly,
THE AMERICAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY, Inc.
s/ N.H. Lewis

HB/BS
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228 Miami Ave. E.
Logansfort Ind.
Jan 2 1931

Commissioner of Pensions
Pension Dept.
Washington D.C.

      Will you please be so kind as to send me a copy of the Pension, granted John Ward Pri. Morris Co. N.J. Militia June 5 1834 Senate Document Pension Roll 1st  session 23 congress Vol. 3
     Thanking you I am
       sincerely
            Mrs. Geo. E. Moriarty


stamped at bottom:

Pension Office
Jan 6 1931
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Logansport Ind.
April 29 - 1931

Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.

    I have been advised to write your department, by the Adjutant General's Office, in regards to a service record of a certain John Ward that served in the Revolutionary War.
   There happens to be more than one John Ward in the army at that time, to my grief, and we are unable to discriminate just the one I have reference to.  The information that I furnished was no competent.  Maybe thru your department we can do this.
   The John Ward I am trying to find out about was born in.....
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....New Jersey in 1752 (underlined and OK written), he served in the Revolutionary War, eight years, and died in 1838 (underlined and 39 written), at the age of eighty six years, and nine months.  His wife's name was Pamela Ward.
   I wondered if thru your pension records you could tell me what outfit or capacity this man filled during the Revolution, if you can not find it because of lack of information on my part, please let me know what other info you require.    
     Thanking you for your assistance I am...
                  Sincerely,
                   Milton W. Collett
                    1800 High St.
                    Logansport, Ind.
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CHARLES CARROLL GARDNER
26 PARK ROAD
MAPLEWOOD, N.J.

April 20, 1935.

Veterans Administration,
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sirs:

I am endeavoring to compile a record of the Ward family of Morris County, New Jersey, and I should like very much to know whether any of the following served in the Revolutionary War and either they or their widows were later pensioned. If so, can you supply information as to their service and any family dates, places of residence, etc. as indicated in their applications?

JONAS WARD
PHINEAS WARD
HIRAM WARD
JOHN WARD

All of these men lived in or near the town of Parsippany in Morris County, at the time of the Revolution.

Thanking you for any information that you may be able to give me, I am Yours very truly,
s/ C.G. Gardner
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333 HARMON AVE, N.W.
WARREN, OHIO

Sept. 21, 1936.

Dept. Interior,
Bureau of Pensions,
Revolutionary War Section,
Commissioner,
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:

I would like to have the pension record of JOHN WARD, 1752-1839 who served in the Revolution from Morris Co., N.J.

As I want to use this data in filling out my D.A.R. papers, I would appreciate having it as soon as possible.

Thanking you, I am yours truly,
s/ (Miss) Josephine B. Brown
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May 14, 1935

BA-J/EEL
John Ward-S.16569

Mr. Charles C. Gardner
26 Park Road
Maplewood, New Jersey

Dear Sir:

The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, S.16569, based upon the military service in that war of John Ward.

John Ward was born in July, 1752, in Morris County, New Jersey. The names of his parents are not shown.

While residing in Morris County, New Jersey, John Ward enlisted in 1776, exact date not shown, and served two or three weeks as a private in Captain Benoni Hathaway's New Jersey Company, and in same year, again enlisted and served on alternate tours of one month each until the close of the Revolution under Captains Augustine Bayles and Munsel and Colonel Seeley in the New Jersey Troops and was in a skirmish at Smith's Fram [Farm] near Elizabethtown; his entire service amounted to two years.

In 1796, he moved to Washington County, Pennsylvania, where he resided two or three years, thence to Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, where he lived until 1806, then moved to Preble County, Ohio, and in 1829, moved to Cass County, Indiana.

He was allowed pension on his application executed October 23, 1832, while residing in Cass County, Indiana.

He died May 13, 1839, place not shown.

His widow was living in 1839; her name was not shown and there are no further data as to his family.

Very truly yours

A.D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator.
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May 29, 1931.

Milton W. Collett
1800 High Street
Logansport, Indiana.

Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
EEL:ILL

Dear Sir:

You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S.16569, that John Ward was born in July, 1752, in Morris County, New Jersey.

While residing in Morris County, New Jersey, he enlisted in 1776, exact date not given, and served two or three weeks as a private in Captain Benoni Hathaway's New Jersey Company, and in the same year again enlisted and served in alternate tours of one month each until the close of the Revolution under Captains Augustine Bayles and Munsel and Colonel Seeley in the New Jersey troops and was in a skirmish at Smith's Farm near Elizabethtown; his entire service amounted to two years.

In 1796, he moved to Washington County, Pennsylvania, where he resided two or three years, thence to Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, where he lived until 1806, then moved to Preble County, Ohio, and in 1829, moved to Cass County, Indiana.

He was allowed pension on his application executed October 23, 1832, while residing in Cass County, Indiana.

He died May 13, 1839.

His widow was living in 1839; her name is not stated and there are no further data as to his family.

Very truly yours,

E.W. MORGAN,
Acting Commissioner.
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May 18, 1931

Hon. Will R. Woood
U. S. House of Representatives

John Ward, S. 16569

It appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S.1 6569, it appears that John Ward was born in July, 1752, in Morris County, New Jersey.

While residing in Morris County, New Jersey, he enlisted in 1776, exact date not given, and served two or three weeks in Captain Benoni Hathaway's New Jersey Company, and in the same year he again enlisted and served in alternate tours of one month each until the close of the Revolution under Captains Augustine Bayles and Munsel and Colonel Seely in the New Jersey troops and was in a skirmish at Smith's Farm near Elizabethtown; his entire service amounted to two years in all. 

In 1796, he moved to Washington County, Pennsylvania, where he resided two or three years; thence to Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, where he lived until 1806; then moved to Preble County, Ohio, and in 1829, moved to Cass County, Indiana.

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[handwritten note]Beginning of this letter in clm. John Ward, W. 1110
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He was allowed pension on his application executed October 23, 1832, while residing in Cass County, Indiana. 

He died May 13, 1839.

His widow was living in 1839; her nameis  not stated, and there are no further data as to his family.

Very truly yours

E. W. MORGAN
Acting Commissioner

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[handwritten note]This is a copy of letter by E.E.L. dated 1/21/31
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January 21, 1931

Rev.& 1812 Wars Section
EEL

Mrs. George E. Moriarty
225 Miami Avenue, E.
Logansport, Indiana

Dear Madam:

You are advise that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S.16569, that John Ward was born in July, 1752, in Morris County, New Jersey.

While residing in Morris County, New Jersey, he enlisted in 1776, exact date not given, and served two or three weeks in Captain Benoni Hathaway's New Jersey Company, and in the same yeaagain enlisted and served in alternate tours of one month each until the close of the Revolution under Captains Bayles and Munsel and Colonel Seely in the New Jersey Troops, and was in a skirmish at Smith's Farm near Elizabethtown; his entire service amounted to two years.

In 1796, he moved to Washington County, Pennsylvania, where he resided two or three years, thence to Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, where he lived until 1806, then moved to Preble County, Ohio, and in 1829, moved to Cass County, Indiana.

He was allowed pension on his application executed October 23, 1832, while residing in Cass County, Indiana. 

He died May 13, 1839.

His widow was living in 1839, her name not stated, and there are no further data as to his family.

Very truly yours

E. W. MORGAN
Acting Commissioner.
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[parts of these lines are covered]
. and 1812
ars Section 
EEL

March 14,1930

Mr. M.M.Lewis
The American Historical Society
11 East 11the Street
New York, New York

Dear Sir:

I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S.16569, it appears that John Ward was born in July, 1752, in Morris County, New Jersey.

While residing in Morris County, New Jersey, he enlisted in 1776, exact date not given, and served two or three weeks in Captain Benoni Hathaway's New Jersey Company.

In the same year he again enlisted and served in alternate tours of one month each until the close of the Revolution, his entire service amounting to two years in all, under Captains Augustine Bayles and Munsel and Colonel Seely in the New Jersey Troops, and was in a skirmish at Smith's Farm near Elizabethtown.

[handwritten note in right margin extending from "Bayles"]He gave name as Bailey Rust in N.J. book - it appears Bayles[underlined] so I used that spelling

In 1796, he moved to Washington County, Pennsylvania, where he resided two or three years, thence to Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, where he lived until 1806, then moved to Preble County, Ohio, and in 1829 moved to Cass County, Indiana.

He was allowed pension on his application executed October 23, 1832, while residing in Cass County, Indiana. 

He died May 13, 1839.

His widow was living in 1839, her name not stated, and there are no further data as to his family.

Very truly yours

EARL D. CHURCH
Commissioner.
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[handwritten in top right corner]
M. E. E.
copies from letter by MMHF

Rev. & 1812 Wars Section

December 21, 1929

Honorable James W. Dunbar
House of Representatives
Washington, D. C.

My dear Mr. Dunbar:

Replying to your letter of December 18, 1929, enclosing a request, herewith returned, from Mrs. Harvey Morris of Salem, Indiana, I have the honor to advise you that from the information furnished, the bureau has not been able to identify the record of Martin and Frederick Royse (under the various spellings of the name) in whom Mrs. Morris might be interested. If she will kindly furnish as much as possible of the following data in regard to each, and also in regard to any other particular pensioners in whom she might be interested - approximate dates of birth and death, name of state from which he served and given name of widow - a further search of the records will be made in her behalf.

The following histories are those of the only soldiers named John Ward who were pensioned in Indiana or who served with the South Carolina Troops, found on the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau.

From the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 16569, it appears that John Ward was born in 1752 in Morris County, New Jersey and was a resident of said County until 1796; in 1806 he moved from Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania to Preble County, Ohio.

He was allowed pension for two years of service as a private in the New Jersey Troops,on his application executed October 23, 1832, while a resident of Cass County, Indiana. He died May 13, 1839.

His widow was living in 1839, her name not stated, and there are no further data as to his family.
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Rev. and 1812 Wars Section

January 18, 1924

Major William F. Burns
State War & Navy Bldg.,Room 133
Washington, D. C.

Sir:

I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S.16569 it appears that John Ward was born in 1752 in Morris County,New Jersey and was a resident of said County until 1796; in 1806 he moved from Westmoreland County,Pennsylvania to Preble County, Ohio.

He was allowed pension for two years of service as a private in the New Jersey Troops,on his application executed October 23, 1832 while a resident of Cass County, Indiana. He died May 13, 1839.

His widow was living in 1839,her name not stated, and there is no further data as to his family.

Respectfully,

Commissioner.
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December 8, 1914.

Miss Carlotta George,
915 North Carolina Avenue,
Washington, D. C.

Madam:

In response to your undated letter which was received on the 8# instant, you are advised that in order to obtain the name of the widow and date and place of death of John Ward, Revolutionary War pensioner, Sur. File No. 16,569, you should apply to the Auditor for the Interior Department, U. S. Treasury Department, citing as follows; "John Ward, Certificate No. 13,522, issued May 14, 1833, rate $80. per annum to commence March 4, 1831, under Act of June 7, 1832. Madison, Indiana, Agency."

Very respectfully,

Commissioner.

[handwritten at the bottom of the page]
Mrs George had already been told how to apply to the Auditor.
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John Ward -?- File 16569

Chart:
1776
Length of Service: served at various times during nearly the whole of the war, in all 2 years
Rank: Pri.
Captains: Benoni Hathaway / Augustus Bayles / Munsel
Colonel: Seeley
State: N.J

Battles: burning of Springfield 
Residence: Morris Co. N.J
Date of App.: Oct 23 1832 -?-
Residence: Cass Co. Ind.
Age at date of app: born July 1752 in Morris Co.                             N.J. died May 13 1839

Remarks:  In 1806 from Westmorland Co. PA he moved to Treble Co. Ohio widow was living in 1839 name not stated
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State of Indiana
Cass County
   Personally appeared before me undersigned a Justice of the peace of s'd County John Ward who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that in all the terms set out in the foregoing declaration he served two years as a private and for such service claims a pension.
John Ward

Sworn to and subscribed before me this 25th day of April 1833
Rob't Edwards  J. Peace

State of Indiana
Cass County
      I John B. Duret clerk of the Circuit Court of s'd County do hereby certify that Robert Edwards Esq. before whom the above affidavits appear to have been taken and whose name is subscribed  to the same was at the time and since is an acting Justice of the peace in and for s'd County duly commissioned and qualified and that full faith and credit are due to all and singular official acts.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of our said Court and subscribed my name at Logansport this 25th day of April 1833.
John B. Duret
  by Geo. Lyon DC
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John Ward

I. Yes

II.  Yes

III.

IV.  Yes

V. NO the terms of service for which a pension is claimed should...(nothing more - perhaps below?)

VI.....be stated in full the particulars of each tour.

VII. Yes

VIII. Yes

IX. Yes

X. Yes
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XI. Yes

XII.

XIII. Yes

XIV.

XV. 

XVI. Yes

XVII.  () - 5th 125
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It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months, is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.

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

**QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
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State of Indiana
Cass County
     On the thirtieth day of January 1834 before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace for the said County of Cass personally appeared John Ward who on his oath declares  that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the regiment of Col. Seeley of the New Jersey Militia in the Revolutionary War in the service of the United States that his name was placed on the pension roll of the State of Indiana that he received a certificate of that fact under the signature and seal of the Sec'y of War which certificate on or about the  first day of June 1833 at the term of Logansport Co. was handed to Gen'l John Tipton to be by him sent to the pension agent at  Corydon (?) accompanying a  power of attorney to draw arrearages of pensions and that said  certificate was never returned to him from Corydon (?) and that he verily believes it is lost.
John Ward

Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year afsd. (ie: aforesaid) Wm. Myers.  

State of Indianan
Cass County
      On the thirtieth day of January 1834 before me the subscriber a Justice of the peace for the County of Cass personally appeared Chauncy Carter who on his oath declares that he well knows the above named John Ward to be the identical person to whom a certificate was granted was set forth in the foregoing affidavit and that he verily believes the contents of that affidavit to be the truth.
Chauncy  Carter

Sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year afsd. and I hereby certify that Chauncy Carter is a person of truth and veracity and that his oath should be -?- as such.
Wm. Myers JP
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Indiana -?-
Cass County
      I J.B. Duret Clerk of the County aforesaid  do hereby certify that William Myers Esquire whose hand and seal is affixed to the foregoing certificate of acknowledgment is a Justice of the Peace of said County duly commissioned and qualified and that full faith and credit are due to all his official acts was such.
    In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Cass Circuit Court at Logansport this 30 day of January AD 1834
                    JB Duret CLK
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May 14, 1935.

BA-J/ady

Mr. Charles C. Gardner
26 Park Road
Maplewood, New Jersey

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letter relative to soldiers of the Revolutionary War.

Revolutionary War data furnished by this office are obtained from claims made to the United States for pension and bounty land based upon military service of soldiers in that war.

A careful search of the records fails to show such a claim on file on account of the services of Phineas Ward or Hiram Ward, all spellings of the names searched.

The records of Jonas Ward and John Ward are furnished you herewith on separate pages, as found in the claims for pension based upon service in the Revolutionary War.

Very truly yours

A.D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator