Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 6125, for Jacob Lane, New Jersey
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(8-1776)

SERVICE | NUMBER
New Jersey | Loane, Jacob | R.6125

Living in July 1833 - His wife was Jane
CONTENTS
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
April 24, 1833

Sir:

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

A Statement, shewing the Service of Jacob Lane.
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.

1776 | (blank) | 2 | (blank) | sergeant | Gen'l David Forman | All this time he was in his 81st year | Affidavits of John & Aaron Chamberlain who served under him during the war, and their evidence as to the belief of the neighborhood. And the Certificate of the Court of the credibility of their witnesses.
1777 | (blank) | 6 | (blank) | sergeant | Gen'l David Forman
1778 | (blank) | 6 | (blank) | lieutenant | Gen'l David Forman
1779 | (blank) | 6 | (blank) | lieutenant | Col. Sam(uel) Forman
1780 | (blank) | 6 | (blank) | lieutenant | Col. Sam(uel) Forman | He lived where he entered the service at Cedar Creek, Cooks Township, Mon(mouth) Co.
1781 | (blank) | 6 | (blank) | lieutenant | [crossed out: (illegible)]
1782 | (blank) | 4 | (blank) | lieutenant | [crossed out: (illegible)]
(blank) | (blank) | (blank) | (blank) | (blank) | Maj. John Cook &c. 
(blank) | (blank) | (blank) | (blank) | (blank) | R. Randolph (he thinks) | Mon(mouth) Co. | Evidentiary evidence.

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

Mr. Jacob Lauer

* He was in his 80th when the declaration was made.
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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 (blank) day of (blank) personally appeared (a) before A.B. a resident (b) of (blank) in the county of (blank) and State, Territory or District
of (blank) aged (c) (blank) 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 (sp.) made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) (blank), with (blank) and served in the (blank) (e) regiment of the (blank) line, under the following 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 (sp.) the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]

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

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, (blank) of the Court of (blank) do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of
the applicant of (blank) for a pension.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this (blank) day of (blank) &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 (blank) and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with (blank), who has
subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be (blank) years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.}

Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A.B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the (blank) and that C.D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the (blank) and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit. I, (blank), Clerk of the Court of (blank), do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application (sp.) of (blank) for a pension.

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

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

If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person...
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August 1st 1813

I Married Jacob Lain to Miss Jane Hulshart, both of the County of Monmouth.
s/ John D. Barkalow, Elder of the Methodist Independent Church
To Mr. Caleb Lloyd, Esq., for to be recorded.

State of New Jersey
Monmouth County//

I, Daniel Christopher, Clerk of [duplicate: of] the Court of said County hereby Certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the original record of marriage as appears on file and of record in my office.

Witness my hand and Seal of Office at Freehold this Twenty ninth day of April A.D. Eighteen Hundred and Fifty three - A.D. 1853.
s/ Daniel Christopher, Clerk
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No 3100

The Petition of Jacob Lane, an applicant under the Pension Law of June 7th 1832.

P.O.

Wm. L. Dayton, Freehold, Monmouth Co., N. Jersey
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Supplemental affidavit of Jacob Lane, an applicant for a pension under the Act of Congress passed June 7, 1832.

Monmouth//

Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace for said County, Jacob Lane, who being duly sworn deposeth & saith that he entered the service of the U. States according to the best of his recollection in the [crossed out: month] last part of July or the first of August 1776, it being a little more than a year after the Battle of Bunker Hill. He joined the company of Capt. John Stout at Cedar Creek & was made a sergeant.

That by reasons of old age and consequent less of memory, he cannot swear precisely as to the length of his service but that according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below & in the following grades. For 2 months (being Aug. or Oct. [crossed out: I served]) winter 1776 I served as a sergeant under Capt. Stout. Our headquarters near Cedar Creek & other places [crossed out: served] where the services were performed, so as at Cedar Creek, Manahawkin (sp.), Toms River and the shore extending from Manahawkin (sp.) to Shewsbury. On this stretch of country we were marched and countermarched on each of the above mentioned six tours of duty, and upon all tours of duty performed in subsequent years. The above district of country was peculiarly exposed & required a constant guard to patrol it from the enemy from New York state line. For 6 months (being Feb. - April, June - Aug. or Sep. & Dec.) I served as a sergeant in the same company under the same captain upon the same duly & at the same places in the year 1777. For 6 months in the year 1778, I served as a lieutenant in the same company under Capt. John Price who took the command at this time. Deponent's commission was dated in the...
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...first part of the year 1778 and was signed by Gov. Livingston. It was taken from deponent as stated in his declaration & I cannot now make other proof of having been a lieutenant except the witnesses to my declaration. My months of service during this year were Jan. - March, May, July, Sept., Nov, and on each of my tours our services were required & performed at the places first above named. For 6 months in the year 1779, I served as a lieutenant under said Capt. Price, upon the same duty & same places as above named. My months of service were January, March, May, Jul., Sep. & November. For 6 months in
the year 1780 I served as a lieutenant under said Capt. John Price upon the same duty and at the same place above named. My months of service were Jan., March, May, July, Sep. & Nov. For 6 months in the year '81 (being January, March, May, July, Sep. & Nov.) I served as a lieutenant under said Capt. Price upon the same duty & at the same places above named. For 4 months in the year '82 (being Jan., March, May, July (and deponent thinks something longer)) I served as a lieutenant under said Capt. John Price upon the same duty & at the same places first above named. These tours & each of them generally began at the beginning and ended at the close of the several months specified.

It is impossible to designate the precise spot of the services of each or any of the tours because we were seldom stationary longer than a few days but who marched over the country & shore mentioned in my 2 first tours upon all subsequent ones. Our Headquarters were near Cedar Creek & our field officers were Gen'l David Forman, Col. Samuel Forman, Maj. John Cook & he thinks Maj. Reuben Randolph some of the time.

This Deponent further says that he served...
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...with an embodied corps, called into service in and County of this State. That he was in the field and for the time during which his service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
s/ Jacob Lane (X - his mark)

Sworn & subscribed this the 11th day of July A.D. 1833 before me. Some lines being [crossed out: "interlined" i.e. underlined] first erased in the 9th, 17th & 19th lines of 1st page.
s/ Reuben Haines, Justice

We, [crossed out: (illegible)] Daniel Conover, Esq. & Wm. Aumack, Esq., both residing in the township of Dover, Monmouth Co., hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Jacob Lane, who has subscribed & sworn to the above supplemental affidavit & annexed declaration. That we believe him to be 80 years
old. That he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution, & that we concur in that opinion.
s/ Daniel Conover, Esq. 
s/ William Aumack, Esq.

Sworn & subscribed this 11th of July 1833 before me.
s/ Reuben Haines, Justice

+A.B. The certificate of court that there is no clergyman &c.

I, Reuben Haines, one of the Justices of the Peace of Monmouth Co., N.J. certify that it appears to me that those men [crossed out: who have] who have signed the preceding certificate under in Dover Township. That they are credible persons & their statement is entitled to credit. Witness my hand this 11th day of July A.D. 1833.
s/ Reuben Haines, Justice
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I, Daniel H. Ellis, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Monmouth County, do hereby certify that the annexed declaration & papers therein attached contain the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of Jacob Lane for a pension - and that John Paterson, John Heddin & John Hulm, whose names are respectively signed thereunto, are Judges of said Court duly commissioned & sworn & that full faith & credit should be give to their official acts. That I am acquainted with the handwriting of each of them & believe their signatures to be genuine.

I further certify that Reuben Haines, before whom the supplemental affidavits are taken & by whom the certificate is subscribed, is an acting Justice of the Peace of this County, duly commissioned & sworn & that his name is enrolled as such in my office. That he is authority to administer the oath. That I am acquainted with his handwriting & believe his signature to said affidavit and certificate to be genuine.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & Seal of Office this 15th of July A.D. 1833.
s/ D.H. Ellis, Clerk
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State of New Jersey
Monmouth County//

On this Thirty first day of July A.D. 1832, personally appeared in open court before the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas for s(ai)d Court, now sitting: [crossed out: (illegible)] Jacob Lane, a resident of the Township of Dover in the County of Monmouth & State of New Jersey in the Eightieth (80th) year of his age, who being first duly sworn according to law, maketh the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed [duplicate: passed] June 7th 1832.

That he entered the service [crossed out: (under)] of United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated. That he entered the service under the laws of this State (but does not know whether it was called drafting or volunteering) at the commencement of the war about one year, or perhaps a little more, after the Battle of Bunker Hill. He joined the company of Captain John Stout and was made an Orderly Sergeant under him. That he served in the militia (sp.) with him nearly two years and done his regular monthly service (To wit; every other month, alternately) in his company about two years or perhaps not quite so long. That after Capt. Stout resigned his commission, Capt. John Price took his place and the deponent was made a lieutenant in his company, and continued to serve as a lieutenant to the deed of the...
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...war. That was out in May part of the County upon his several tours but was generally stationed along the shore, which was subject to many incursions from the British and Refugees from (the) City of New York. Although the actual skirmishes in which he was engaged were of no great importance. That his house was once attacked by one Captain John Bacon, a Refugee, with some of his men, and his house plundered. And he (was) taken prisoner and carried away
with them. That they [crossed out: (illegible)] soon after let deponent go. That they first robbed him of his lieutenant's commission and Bacon sent word to the Governor [crossed out: (that)] that he had it &c. That this was towards the end of the war. That the day before the Battle of Monmouth, Capt. Price and himself collected some of their company of militia (sp.) and started from Cedar Creek to join Washington's army. That they met Col. Morgan and his troops near the burnt farms and marched to Richmond Mill from that place. That deponent was at this time a lieutenant in his company but they had succeeded in collecting so few of them (it not then being the time of their monthly tour) they (To wit; Capt. Price & deponent) joined Col. Morgan as privates and staid with him for [crossed out: (some)] one day & half. That Col. Morgan's troops took no part in the Battle of Monmouth and consequently deponent did not...
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+ years after Battle of Bunker Hill &c.

That after marching to Shrewsbury he returned home to Cedar Creek. That he was out on many scouting parties day & night. That he was kept constantly on the alert and under arms by means of the continual incursions of the enemy. That he recollects one Major John Cook, under whom he served, who was killed by the Refugees at the burning of Toms River. That he remembers Gen'l Daniel Forman and served under him. That he cannot specify the time of his entering the service, except it may be ascertained from the part above mentioned. That he lived at Cedar Creek, Dover Township, Monmouth Co., N. Jersey, at time of
entering service and through the whole war. That his services altogether amount to at least two years. That he has no documentary evidence, although he [crossed out: was] there are persons living who can testify to his service.

And he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity, except the present, and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the agency of any State.
s/ Jacob Lane (X - his mark)

Sworn & subscribed this 31st of July A.D. 1832 in open Court.
s/ John Headdin
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State of New Jersey
Monmouth County//

Personally appeared in open Court before the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas of Monmouth County, John Chamberlain and Aaron Chamberlain, who being duly sworn according to law, deposeth and saith that they are well acquainted with Jacob Lane, the within applicant for the benefit of the pension law passed June 7th 1832. That they knew him during the Revolution and served under him in a company of militia (sp.) of which the applicant was lieutenant. That he first served for one or two years as Orderly Sergeant. That they have heard distinctly read, the declaration hereunto annexed and they believe it to be true (and that his age is about 80 as therein stated). That they believe the applicant served as therein stated and that he is entitled to his pension &c. for two years service as a faithful soldier of the Revolution and so do his neighbors.
s/ John Chamberlain (X - his mark)
s/ Aaron Chamberlain (X - his mark)

Sworn & subscribed in open Court this 31st of July A.D. 1832.
s/ John Headdin
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Questions propounded to Jacoby Lane, an applicant for a pension, according to the rules of the War Department.

1. Where and in what year were you born.
[crossed out: In] 20 miles from New Brunswick in the year 1753.

2. Have you any record of your age and if so where is it.
A family Bible & in my possession.

3. Where were you living when called into service, where have you lived since the Revolutionary War, and where do you now live.
Lived in town was at Cedar Creek & lived there years.

4. How were you called into service, were you drafted, did you volunteer or were you a substitute, and if a substitute, for whom.
Called out under law of State of New Jersey.

5. State the names of some of the regular officers who were with the troops when you served; such continental and militia regiments as you can recollect and the general circumstances of your service.
This is ans(were)d in my declaration, which I refer.

6. Did you ever receive a commission and if so, by whom was signed and what has become of it.
A lieutenant's commission, signed by the Governor, whose name in said 2 affidavits and carried off by [Captain John] Bacon; see declaration.

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.
See my actual [illegible]

Sworn & subs(cribbed) in Open Court this 31st July 1832.
s/ John Headdin
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And the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas of the County of Monmouth do hereby declare their opinion after a full investigation of this case and putting the interrogatory prescribed by the War Department, that the applicant, Jacob Lane, was a soldier of the Revolution and served as he states. And the Court further certify that the witnesses to the foregoing affidavit, Aaron Chamberlain and John Chamberlain are credible persons and their statements are entitled to credit. And they believe there is no clergyman now resides in the neighborhood where he, the s(ai)d applicant, resides.
Judges:
s/ John Patterson
s/ John Hull
s/ John Headder

J.W. & E.R. Bartleson - Printers, Freehold, N.J.

I, the Subscriber, Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas, in and for the County of Monmouth, in the State of New Jersey, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original application of Jacob Lane for a pension.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, at Freehold, this Thirty first day of July in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight hun(dred)...
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Power of Atty. case of Jacob Lane, New Jersey.

Filed 26th Sept.

Sep 29 - '52
Ex.
F.E. Hassler, Present
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POWER OF ATTORNEY

For ascertaining whether any increase or arrears of Pension are due the Widow or heirs of Revolutionary Pensioners, &c.*

STATE OF: New Jersey
COUNTY OF: Ocean County

Be it known that before me [illegible] Joseph Lawrence, a Justice of the Peace, personally appeared William Lane, aged 71 years, who being duly cautioned and then sworn in due form of law, states that he is the son of Jacob Lane, who was a Revolutionary Soldier in the State of New Jersey and that he died on the Tenth day of October 1832 and that (blank) mother, named (blank) died on the (blank) day of (blank) 18 (blank) and that they were married on the (blank) day of (blank) in the year 17 (blank) and that they were residents of Monmouth County in the State of New Jersey and that they resided there (blank) years, and that (blank) resides in (blank) and that furthermore (blank).

BY THESE PRESENTS, constitutes, appoints, and fully empowers and authorizes, irrevocably and with powers of substitution, F.E. HASLER, of Washington city, D.C., as his true and lawful Attorney for me and in my name and stead, to examine into, to prosecute, to demand, and to receive from the U.S. Government and State officers my rights in all and in any manner of claim for increase or arrears of Pension or Land, that may be due me as (blank) of my father, who died leaving the same undrawn, as in right of law (blank) may be entitled.
s/ William Lane

In witness whereof, I have on this 14th day of September 1852, hereunto signed my name, and affixed my seal.
Witness: Jos. Lawrence
Witness: Rhoda Lane (X - her mark)

Signed, sealed, acknowledged, and sworn to before me; and I further certify, that William Lane has always by the community been known as the son of Jacob Lane.

Dated on this 14th day of September 1852.
s/ Jos. Lawrence, J. Peace

State of New Jersey
COUNTY of: Ocean, to wit:

I hereby certify, That Joseph Lawrence, Esq., before whom the foregoing affidavits and acknowledgment were made, and who has thereunto subscribed his name, was at the time of so doing, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, duly commissioned and sworn, and that his signative above written is genuine.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of Ocean County Court, this fifteenth day of September one thousand eight hundred and fifty two.
s/ Wm. Imlay James, Clerk

[illegible] applies, state "the date of marriage, and date of death of her husband."
For what act pensioned, or when pension commenced, if a pensioner - and amount of pension.
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July 19, 1939

XXXXXXXXXXXXXX

Miss Viola E. Patterson
208 Maple Avenue
Red Bank, New Jersey

JACOB LANE
R. 6125
BA-J/MLB

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Jacob Lane of Dover Township, Monmouth County, New Jersey, who, you state, was born May 29, 1753.

The data which follow in regard to Jacob Lane were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, R. 6125, based upon service in the Revolutionary War.

Jacob Lane was born in 1753, twenty miles from New Brunswick, New Jersey. The names of his parents were not stated.

Jacob Lane, while residing in Dover Township, Monmouth County, New Jersey, applied July 31, 1832, for pension and stated that while a resident of Cedar Creek in Dover Township, New Jersey, he enlisted in July or August, 1776, and served a tour of two months as orderly sergeant in Captain John Stout's New Jersey company; that in 1777, he served a tour of six months as sergeant in Captain John Stout's company, Colonel Samuel Forman's New Jersey regiment; that early in 1778, he was commissioned lieutenant and served six months in that year, and six months in each of the years, 1779, 1780 and 1781, and four months in 1782, all tours being under Captain John Price, also that he was under Colonel Morgan for one day, in the New Jersey troops. During his service he was engaged in guarding the blockhouse and shores at Toms River, New Jersey.

His claim for pension was not allowed as he failed to furnish proof of the service stated above. He died October 9, or 10, 1837, in Dover Township, in that part of Monmouth County which became Ocean County, New Jersey.

Jacob Lane married in Monmouth County, New Jersey, August 1, 1813, Mrs. Jane Hulshart who was his second wife; both were then residents of...
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...Monmouth County, New Jersey, where their marriage was recorded in the County Clerk's Office. The date and place of birth of Jane, the names of her parents, her maiden name, the name of his first wife or any details concerning her were not given.

Jacob Lane had children by his former marriage, but the only child whose name was designated was a son, William Lane who, in 1852, was aged seventy-one years and of Ocean County, New Jersey. In the same year, one Rhoda Lane witnessed the signature of said William in Ocean County, New Jersey, but did not state her relationship to him.

In 1853, one James B. Lane was residing in Toms River, Ocean County, New Jersey, and one Lewis Lane was the attending physician to the soldier, Jacob Lane, in his last illness, but their relationship to him or to each other was not given. No reference was made to children of Jane by her former marriage.

No further family data are shown in the claim.

Very truly yours,
A.D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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208 MAPLE AVENUE
RED BANK, NEW JERSEY

May 9, 1939

Veterans' Administration Bureau,
Washington, D.C.

Gentlemen,

Will you please send me whatever information you have relative to the pension claim of Jacob Lane of Dover Township, Monmouth County, New Jersey, born May 29, 1753, and oblige.

Very truly yours,
(Miss) Viola E. Patterson
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6125

P.O. Jacob Lane of Dover, N.J., Sergeant '78 of Cedar Creek
Service: (blank)

REJECTED

Enlisted: (blank), 18 (blank)
Discharged: (blank), 18 (blank)
Application filed: (blank), 18 (blank)

1852 Printed list of rejected & suspended claim shows following cause of suspension: "Claims as lieutenant. Further proof required of commission & service."

Alleges: Enlisted 1776 (Captain Stout) right at Cedar Creek, N.J. [illegible] 1753 & 20 miles from New Brunswick.

Re-enlisted: (blank)

Attorney: (blank)
P.O. (blank)
(blank) Recognized.  Contract.
(blank) Cert. of Dis. Searched for (check mark), 18 (blank).

1939, July 17 - Hist(ory sent) to Miss Viola E. Patterson - M.R.B.
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J.L. Edwards, Esq.

Sir,

Enclosed are the applications of Aaron Chamberlain & Jacob Lane, applicants for Pensions &c.

The sole objection made upon returning the papers was that the testimony did not set forth independent facts in detail &c. I have determined to meet this objection by [crossed out: an] other affidavits in each case, although (sp.) I am aware that I have failed in proving strictly the services of each applicant as determined by him.

The applicants have now (sp.) sworn to their own service expressly & in detail. They swear further that they know of no other or better testimony which they can produce [crossed out: than] under these circumstances. I respectfully submit that they are entitled to the benefit of the Act of the 7th June '32. Neither in the act itself nor in the printed rules of your depart(ment) was it absolutely necessary that any testimony whatever should be given. On the contrary, you expressly said that to require if it would in many instances wholly deprive applicants of the benefit of the act; and the best evidence which could be produced was all that was required at the hands of the applicant. Is it then in accordance with the spirit of the law with the requisitions of your own rules, that their applications should be rejected? If I am not mistaken in reference to the objections of the depart(ment) these papers would have been deemed sufficient to pass the claims of privates, but are not sufficient to pass their claims as officers. They have severally sworn to the loss of their commissions and land to the manner of the loss. And their commission aside, why should more explicit proof be required of them than of privates? It surely cannot be because to pay them is a heavier charge upon the national treasury!!!

The sole result of this demand for specific proof in the case of...
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...officers is to exclude many of those who are most deserving; and who during the war were forthright with the greatest responsibility & care.

I trust sincerely that the papers as now amended may be deemed sufficient and I respectfully ask for these old men your personal attention to these papers  (should they be rejected by the examining officer) before they are again returned up my hands.

Very respectfully your obe(dient) ser(vant),
s/ Wm. L. Dayton

Freehold, Mon(mouth) Co.
Sept 17th 1833

N.B. [i.e. 'Nota Bene' like 'P.S.'] A line in reply of note two past a draft upon your time will be considered a favor. - W.L.D.
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Enlisted 6 mos. Aug. 20, 1776 under Capt. John Stout
Lieutenant and Sergeant

'76:
2 mos. Aug. & Oct. Sergeant under Capt. Stout, '76
6 mos. Feb., Apr., June, Aug., Oct. & Dec. same as above.

'78:
6 mos. as Lieutenant Capt. Price same co. commission
dated '78 & again by Gov. Livingston same June, March, May, July, Sept. & Nov.

'79:
6 mos. Lieut. & Capt. under Price, same months

'80:
6 mos. Lieut. & Capt. under Price, same months

'81:
6 mos. Lieut. & Capt. under Price, same months

'82:
4 mos. Jan., March, June & July

Aaron Chamberlain says Lane was Lieutenant in '78 under Price & Captain until war (close) last service in '80.
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Washington, D.C., May 9th '53

Hon L.P. Waldo,

I enclose herewith evidence from the Secretary of State of N.J. showing the service of Jacob Lane and also an order of Court showing the time of his death &c. The kind of service performed by him was guarding the blockhouse and shore at Toms River, New Jersey. I believe there are no records of that service in existence. 

I am very respectfully your obe(dient) ser(vant),
s/ A. Hillebrand
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Notes given by the Commissioners of the several Counties of the State of New Jersey for Militia service during the Revolutionary War.

NO. OF CERTIF. | DATE. | SIGNED BY. | PAYABLE TO | AMOUNT.
799 | May 1, 1784 | Tho. Henderson | Jacob Lane | £5.8.4


STATE OF NEW JERSEY:

I, [crossed out: CHARLES G. McCHESNEY] Thomas S. Allison , Secretary of state of the State of New Jersey, do hereby certify, that the foregoing is a true abstract from a Book, headed as above, as taken from, and compared with the original now remaining in my office.-

And I do further certify, that Thomas Henderson was, by an Act passed by the Legislature of this State, December 20, 1783, entitled, "An Act to procure an estimate of the sums due to the Militia and Troops who have been raised for the defence of the frontiers of the State, and to provide for the settlement of the same," appointed a Commissioner for the County of Monmouth for the purpose of settling and adjusting the Pay-rolls of the Militia and Troops of this State, as aforesaid, and also for signing and delivering out to each and every person a note for the payment of what may be justly due.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed my seal of office, at Trenton, in said State, this twenty fifth day of April A.D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty three.
s/ Thos. S. Allison, Secretary of State.
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132

Pen(sion) Office
April 13, 1853

Sir,

In reply to your inquiry you are informed that the claim of Jacob Lane, who applied for the benefit of the Act of June 7, 1832, was not admitted for
the lack of evidence of his rank and service. He alleged that he served monthly tours & served in the militia at Monmouth County, N.J. commencing after the Battle of Bunker Hill until the end of the war. His first service was claimed to have been rendered under Capt. Stout as a sergeant and by subsequent service under Capt. Price, whose company he served as a lieutenant. Indeed if the alleged service as said should be found in the office of the Secretary of the State of New Jersey at Trenton. The arrears of pen(sion)...
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...(pen)sion if the claim is established and paid to the [crossed out: children] surviving children, provided his widow is not living.

J.B. Lane
April 13/'53

s/ James B. Lane, Esq.
Toms River, New Jersey
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Sept 30th 1852

Revolutionary Pension
Jacob Lane

Suspended

New Jersey

Sep 30/'52

Filed 29 Sep. 1853
F.E. Hassler
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Washington City, D.C.
Sept 29, 1832

Honorable J.E. Heath
Commissioner of Pensions

Sir,

As attorney for the claim of Jacob Lane, who claimed a Revolutionary Pension under the Act 7 June 1832, I respectfully request a reexamination of the same & of that the affidavits of Aaron Chamberlain, who was a pensioner under Act 1832 in Monmouth Co., N.J., as also that John Chamberlain, also a pensioner of Middlesex Co., N.J., the witnesses in the case be compared with their original applications, & that these be considered at present as new evidence. Should the office require more, it please state fully all requested.

Yours respectfully,
s/ F.E. Hassler
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Potters Creek, N.J. - August 6th 1852

Charles M. Conrad, Secretary of War

Sir,

There was a printed letter come to my office a few days since. Directed to Jacob Lane or heirs, one of his children got hold of it, his widow is still living and she has heard that it was a letter from Washington about Mr. Lane pension. The old woman is a cripple and nearly blind and very poor, with only twenty dollars a year and no home of her own. Therefore, she requested me to look into this matter for her as I have known them for the last thirty years, and was with Mr. Lane when he died about 12 or 15 years since and she lives within a quarter of a mile of my place of business. I, not knowing certain who to write to about the pension business. 

I have taken the liberty to write to you and if you are not the proper one please to show this to the right (sp.) one, and please to wright (sp.) tell the proper (sp.) one to write to me at once, for the [crossed out: says that] old woman says that Mr. Lane was in the Battle of Monmouth and that he was a captain, and tried to get a pension in his lifetime...
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...but failed and after his death there it rested. And if there is money due to Jacob Lane, she of right (sp.) ought to have it and no one else and she also says that she will empower me to collect it for her as she is so old that she cannot do it herself.

Yours &c.,
s/ Samuel R. Bunnell
Postmaster, Potters Creek, Ocean County, New Jersey

N.B. [i.e. 'Nota Bene' like 'P.S.'] If there is any money due to Mr. Jacob Lane or his heirs on account of pension, please to write to me how or where it can be come at and what the amount is, and whether the widow is of right (sp.) entitled to it or not. Direct your letter as above written.

Respectfully yours,
s/ Samuel R. Bunnell
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War Dept., D.C.
Oct 26, '33

Sir,

On examination of the [crossed out: declaration] papers of Jacob Lane and Aaron Chamberlain, the former of whom claims to be the Lieutenant and the latter
the Ensign of a company in actual service in alternate months during several years of the war, their allegations of service cannot in view of the actual legislation of the State of New Jersey be regarded as correct. If these claimants were commissioned officers, they could not have been unacquainted with the course of service.

Their statements relative to both being on service together at the same time affords very strong presumptive proof that they are totally mistaken as to their rank. It is necessary to point out the inefficiencies which exist in their [crossed out: record] statements. Until better evidence of their rank shall be addressed, it cannot be allowed or claimed. The papers are placed on file until such testimony shall be transmitted.

s/ W.L. Dayton, Esq.
Freehold, N.J.
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A.H. Markland
July 30/'53
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476

Pension Office
July 30, 1853

Sir,

The condition of the claim of Jacob Lane of N.J. so long suspended for want of proof of service, has not been materially altered by the additional evidence filed. If it were admitted that the record of service referred to him, it does not show a service of three months.

s/ A.H. Markland, Esq.
Present
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3100

New Jersey

Revol(utionary War)

Jacob Lane
Suspended-

6125

See let(ter) to

[crossed out: Wm. L. Dayton, Agent]
[crossed out: October 26, 1833]
[crossed out: Let(ter) to R. Lane, April, 13/'53]
[crossed out: A.H. Markland, July 30/'53]

Act 7th June 1833
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Monmouth County//

Jacob Lane, being duly sworn says that he knows of no other testimony which he can obtain in support of his declaration made July 31st 1832 unless Aaron Chamberlain can detail additional facts. The other officers of the company are all dec(eased). That the tours of service mentioned in his supplemental affidavit were tours of actual service and not as a Minuteman. That although he lived in vicinity of Cedar Creek during the times of his service, yet he at such times was at headquarters and scouting the shore, not at [crossed out: (illegible)] home (as intimated by the department) but in actual service during the whole of the several tours.
s/ Jacob Lane (X - his mark)

Sworn & subscribed this 9th of Sept 1833 before me.
s/ Reuben Haines, Justice
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Monmouth County//

Aaron Chamberlain, being duly sworn before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace of said County, says that he knows that Jacob Lane served as a sergeant and lieutenant. That he & deponent were under Capt. Price together. That when Price was made captain, Lane was made lieutenant in place of Price, & this deponent was made ensign. this was the beginning of the year 1778. That he knows that Jane was the regular lieutenant of the company until this deponent left the service in the winter of the year '81 (and he believes he was to the close of the war). That he remembers that said Lane was out on his monthly tours and he was then recognized as a faithful officer and regular in his duties. That he knows that he was with this deponent on many different tours at headquarters. That he was out with him at Toms River on several occasion. That this deponent marched & countermarched under said Lane to many different points along the shore from Manahawkin (sp.) to Shrewsbury. That he is [crossed out: (illegible)] well satisfied that said Lane was a regularly commissioned lieutenant. That he knows that he was so reputed in the company in which he served. That he certainly served as such. That during his monthly tours of service, the said Lane was out in actual service and his time was spent at headquarters & on marches under arms. That although said Lane lived in that section of country called Cedar Creek, yet the headquarters was 3 or 4 miles distant, and his monthly tours were passed in service and no part thing at home. That his service as a Minuteman was performed on occasional claims during the month when he was not out on his monthly tours. This was duty to which all the militia (sp.) were subject over & above their regular monthly service. That this...
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...deponent does not know that he can state anything
additional and he is unable to detail any particular 
facts which have left any striking or
deep impress his memory in relation to the service
of said Lane. But that said Lane
did actual service in his regular monthly tours
for about 3 years, he is willing to testify and further
than this he cannot say.
s/ Aaron Chamberlain (X - his mark)

Sworn & subscribed this 17th of Sep. A.D. 1833 before me.
s/ Thos. C. Throckmorton, Justice

I, Daniel H. Ellis, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Monmouth County, do hereby certify that the annexed papers contain the original & supplemental proceeding in the matter of the application of Jacob Lane for a pension. I further certify that Reuben Haines & Thomas C. Throckmorton, before whom the two preceding affidavits were taken, are each of them a Justice of the Peace in & for said County duly commissioned & sworn, and that the names as such are enrolled in my office.

I further certify that I am acquainted with their handwritings respective and believe their signatures to said preceding affidavits to be genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & Seal of Office this Seventeenth day of September A.D. 1833.
s/ D.H. Ellis, Clerk
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23. Toms River N.J.
Oct 22/'52
James B. Lane

Rel. to the claim of Jacob Lane for a pension
Oct. 27/'52

[illegible]

Ref to Com(missioner of) Pensions for answer.
Dept. Int.
Oct. 27/'52
C
Rec'd Oct. 25/'52
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Toms River, N.J. - Oct 22nd 1852

Hon. Secretary of the Interior

Sir, 

I have taken in liberty in behalf of the widow & heirs of Jacob Lane, a Revolutionary Soldier now deceased, to ask for information on the following points. Jacob Lane, who died in 1837, previously to his death applied for a pension under the law granting pensions to the surviving officers & soldiers
of the Revolutionary Army; but owing to some informality in the application he was unsuccessful. We have recently learned that a proper application by his legal representatives might put strict better essays. Now the object of this application is to learn if his name is found on the muster rolls of either the regular army or the militia, as there are no living witnesses to establish the fact, tradition or rather his own opinion, in which living state that he was a lieutenant, but whether his commission was dated during or subsequent to the war is at present unknown. He was engaged in the Battle of Monmouth...
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...This person, who was his second wife, he married about 1829. We want to know on what grounds his former application was rejected, what grade he held in the army, whether in the Continental Army or in the Militia & whether under the existing laws the widow of the children by the first wife are entitled. Had he been still living, the necessity of making many of these inquiries might have been annexed but as it is, we have no other resources.

If you find his name on the Muster Rolls, please state under what officers he served & any other particulars deemed essential to establish the claim. Your earliest commence will confer a particular favor on me.

Yours very respectfully,
s/ James B. Lane
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State of New Jersey
County of Ocean//

Before me the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in & for the County & State aforesaid, personally appeared Lewis Lane, M.D., who being duly sworn according to law on his oath saith, that he was the attending physician of Jacob Lane during his last sickness & that he, the said Jacob Lane, died in the Township of Dover County of (late Monmouth) now Ocean [crossed out: County] on the 9th day of October 1837 as appears from an entry on his, the said affiant's, book of accounts made at the time, and that Mrs. Jane Lane, the present applicant for pension for the military service of the said Jacob Lane in the Revolutionary War, is the widow of said Jacob Lane, deceased, as aforesaid.
s/ Lewis Lane, M.D.

Sworn & subscribed before me this 30th day of April 1853.
s/ Jas. Gulick, Justice of Peace

State of New Jersey
County of Ocean//

I, William I. James, Clerk of the County Court in and for the County and State above mentioned, do hereby certify that James Gulick, whose genuine signature appears above is and was a Judge at the time of signing the same, a Justice of the Peace, [crossed out: duly] in and for the County and State aforesaid duly commis(sioned )...
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...(commis)sioned and sworn; that all his official acts as such are entitled to full faith and credit; and that the aforesaid County Court is a Court of Record having general jurisdiction.

Given under my hand and Seal of Office at Toms River this fifth day of May A.D. 1853.
s/ Wm. Imlay James, Clerk
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State of New Jersey
County of Ocean//

Be it known that on this Eighteenth day of April A.D. 1853, before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared (1) Jane Lane, a resident of (2) Toms River in said County, and made oath according to law that (3) she is the widow of the identical James B. Lane, who was a Soldier in the war of the Revolution, and who has heretofore made application for the benefit of the Pension Act of (4) (blank).

That (5) she 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.

Countermanding and revoking all Powers of Attorney and authority heretofore given, I hereby constitute and appoint [crossed out: SAMUEL M. KNIGHT of Washington City] James B. Lane of Toms River, New Jersey, my true and lawful Attorney to prosecute the claim of (6) Jacob Lane any amount of Revolutionary Pension, or increase of Pension that may be due; and I hereby authorize my said Attorney to examine all papers or documents in relation to said claim, on file in the Department at Washington City or elsewhere, to file additional evidence or arguments, and to receive for my exclusive benefit, the certificate which may be issued for said claim, which certificate I wish made payable at the Washington City, D.C. Agency; 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.
(7) s/ Jane Lane (X - her mark)

Sworn to, Subscribed, and Acknowledged before me the day and year above written, and I hereby certify that I believe the said (8) Jane Lane to be directly interested in said claim as set forth and to be the identical party therein alleged. Note the residence of James B. Lane, and also Toms River, New Jersey was interline [i.e. underlined] before signing.
s/ Jas. Gulick, Justice of Peace

State of New Jersey
County of Ocean//

It is hereby Certified, that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited before me, Clerk of the Court of [illegible] that (9) Jane Lane, the party who has sworn to, and acknowledged the foregoing Declaration and Power of Attorney is the (10) identical person [illegible] reputed soldier aforesaid. I further certify, that (11) James Gulick, Esq., before whom the preceding affidavits and Power of Attorney were made and acknowledged, was, at the time of so doing, a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County and that the signature purported to be his, I believe to be genuine.

In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of Office, this Ninth day of April 1853.
(12) s/ Wm. Imlay James, Clerk

1. Claimant's name or names in full.
2. Post Office address.
3. "That he is the identical man," or, "that she is the widow of the identical man," or, "that he or she is the legal heir of the identical man," &c., &c.
4. Leave this line bank.
5. "He is," "she is," of "they are."
6. Revolutionary soldier's full name.
7. Claimant's signature.
8. Claimant's name.
9. Magistrate's signature.
10. "Identical," "widow of," or, "child of"
11. Magistrate's name.
12. Clerk's signature.

N.B. - Should two or more heirs join in the foregoing, the plural should be substituted for the singular number.