Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 2748, Garret Broadhead, New Jersey
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
New Jersey

Broadhead, Garret
or Brodhead

NUMBER
W.2748

Affy.
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CONTENTS
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11.095
Pennsylvania
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Garret Broadhead
of Pike Co. in the State of Pennsylvania
who was a Sgt in the Company commanded
by Captain Hoover of the Regt commanded
by Col Martin in the ['Pennsylvania' crossed out] N.J. line for
8 Mo Sgt                40.--
6  "   Pr                   20
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                               60.00
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Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania
at the rate of 60 Dollars ['and  Cents' crossed out] per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 25th day of March 1833 and Sent to O.S. Dimmick, Milford Pike Co. Pa.
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Arrears to the 4th of March 1833        120.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept 1833
                                                                  30.00
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                                                              $150.00
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{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by John T. Spragen Clerk,
Book E   Vol.  5  Page 3--
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[left side]
4153
Pennsylania
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Affy Brodhead
widow of Garret Brodhead decd
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832
and who died on the 21st September 1835
of Pike Co. in the State of Pa.
who was a Pri & Sgt in the Compy commanded by Captain Hoover of the Regt commanded
by Col Martin in the ['Penn' crossed out] N.J.
line for 6 mo Private }
             8. "   Sergeant}
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Inscribed on the Roll of Penna.
at the rate of 60 Dollars ---- Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 10th day of Sept. 1839 and sent Jno
Westbrook Dingman Ferry Pa.
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Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1839             $210.00
Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Mar 40 30.00
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                                                                  $240.00
{Act July 7,}
{   1838.   }

Recorded by D. D. Addison Clerk, 
 Book A  Vol. 2nd  Page 145

[right side]
Dead    reptd 17th Sept.

Paid at the Treasury under
the act of the 6 April 1838 from
4th March 1840 to the 15th May
1840. Agt Notified 29 June 1841.
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1891
April 16  H R. Linderman history              Prior   
May 14.     do         do          do sent him} Prior
               April 16. last


Date of death [illegible]
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19216
Garret Brodhead

Admt.
  40.-  8 mo. Sergeant
  20.    6  "     Private
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$60


O.S. Dimmick
Milford, Pike County
Pa.
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BRIEF in the case of Garret Brodhead, Delaware
County of Pike in the State of Pensylvania
(Act 7th June, 1832.)

1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Open Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he? in his 77th year
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.

[table follows with 4 columns; column headings as follows;}
(1) Period.
(2) Duration of Service.  {sub-headings: a.Years, b.Months, c.Days.
(3) Rank.
(4) Names of General and Field Officers
under whom he served.

[text beneath column headings as follows:]
(1) In 1776, 1776, 1777,  1777, 1777, 1778, 1778
(2) a.[blank] b.1,1,1,1,1,1,8  c.[blank]
(3) As a Private, ", ", ", ", ", Sergt.
(4)  ['Gen.' crossed out] Col's Martin & Sims,
Cap Hoover, " ",  Maj. Fleet - Cap Hoover, 
Lieut. Rosencrantz Col Rosencrantz, 
Cap Hoover, "  "
[end of table]

5. In what battles was he engaged? None
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Sussex County, New Jersey
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?   Traditionary evidence
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? correct

I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
A B Thruston Examining Clerk
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Garret Brodhead
19216

State of Pennsylvania
Pike County ss
On this Twenty third day of November AD
Eighteen hundred and thirty two. In open Court before the honorable John Coolbough and Daniel W Dingman associate Judges of the Court of common pleas in and for said County of Pike now sitting appeared Garret Brodhead a resident of Delaware Township in the said
County now in the seventy seventh year of his age, 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 passed June Seventh AD Eighteen hundred and Thirty two. That he was born in Wallpack Township Sussex County & State of New Jersey in the year of our Lord Seventeen hundred and fifty five and resided there, Except what time he was absent in the revolutionary war as a soldier untill the year Seventeen hundred and ninety five when he removed to the State of Pennsylvania in the same Township and County where he now resides, and has resided there ever since. That in the year seventeen hundred and seventy six, he entered the service of the United States as a drafted Militiaman in the company of the Newjersey
Militia commanded by Captain Emanuel Hoover, and Regiment commanded by Colonel Ephraim Martin & John Cleave Sims, and served in said Company as a private one month, during said time he marched to the City of New York and after performing his Tour of duty returned home,  He further saith that in the fall of the year seventeen hundred and seventy six he was again drafted for the Term of one month and served one month as a private in the New Jersey Militia in the company commanded by Captain Emanuel Hoover, during said time he marched to Elizabeth Town and then joined
the army commanded by General Washington went with him to Newbrunswick and after a short stay at that place he marched with his company to Chatham & from thence to Springfield and after performing his Tour of Duty he returned home. He further saith that in the Month of August in the year seventeen hundred and seventy seven he
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was again drafted for the Term of one month and served one month as a private in the New Jersey Militia in the Company commanded by the said Captain Emanuel Hoover and Regiment commanded by Major Daniel Fliet, during said time he marched to Elizabeth Town where the troops where [were] stationed for some time and from Thence he marched to Woodbridge where he was again stationed and remained there until his tour of duty had been performed,
while at Woodbridge the Fort on Staten Island Commanded by Colonel Barton Surrendered to the American Army.

He further saith that in the month of September Seventeen hundred and seventy seven, he was again drafted for the Term of one month and served one month as a private in the New Jersey Militia in the company commanded by Lieutenant Jacob Rosencrantz and Regiment commanded by Major John Courtright & Colonel John Rosencrantz, during said time he marched through the Counties of Northampton
and Bucks to a place called SeePack near German Town in Philadelphia County in the State of Pennsylvania a short time after he arrived at SeePack in the month of October
The Battle of Germantown was fought, at that time The Militia with which he march from New Jersey and a number of the regular troops were commanded by General Furman after performing his Tour of duty he returned home,
and he further saith in the month of November in the year seventeen hundred and seventy seven, he was again drafted for the term of one month and served one month as a private in the New Jersey Militia in the Company commanded
by Captain Emanuel Hoover during said time he marched to New Winsor in the State of New York and from thence to Mud Fort below the City of Philadelphia soon after he had arrived there the fort was abandoned by the American
Troops and by them blown up, at this time the British Army had possession of the City of Philadelphia after performing his tour of duty he returned home, and he further saith in the spring of the year seventeen hundred and seventy Eight he was again drafted for the Term of one month and served
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one month in the New Jersey Militia in the Company commanded by Captain Emanuel Hoover, during said time he marched to a place called Peen Pack in the County of Orange & State of New York for the purpose of defending
the Inhabitants from the incursions of the Indians which were then frequents from thence he returned to the Fort of Captain Hoover in Wallpack Township Sussex County & State of Newjersey at which place he remained untill
his tour of duty had expired. He further saith that in in [sic] the month of April in the year seventeen hundred and Eighty one he again entered the service of the United States in the New Jersey Militia in the Company commanded
by Captain Emanuel Hoover and served in said
company untill the month of ['January' crossed out] December of same year a term of Eight months as a Sergeant he during said time marched with said company to a place called Minisink in the State of New Jersey where they were stationed for the purpose of defending the
frontier inhabitants from the attack of the Indians.  He further saith that he received several discharges from the commanding officers of his company for several tours of duty he had performed during the war, which have since been lost or destroyed and he further saith That there is no person to his knowledge living who served with him in the revolutionary war.  That he has no record of his age having received the information of his age from his parents while they were living- and he further saith that James G Force is a Minister of the Gosple of the Township of Sandyston Sussex
County & State of Newjersey and that Moses Vangorden & Barnardus Swartwood are two of the oldest inhabitants and residents in the neighborhood and will as deponent believes testify as to his veracity-  and the deponent hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension Roll
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of the agency of any state--
Garret Broadhead

Sworn to and subscribed
the day and year aforesaid ⎬
Note the word January in the 14th line from top of 3d page erased and the word December  inserted or interlined before signing.
C B Seaman Proty

We James G Force - a Clergyman residing in the Township of Sandyston County of Sussex and State of Newjersey and Moses Vangorden & Barnardus Swartwood residing in the Township of Delaware County of Pike and State of Pennsylvania hereby certify That we are well acquainted with Garret Brodhead who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration That we believe him to be seventy seven 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
James G. Force
Barnardus Swartwood
Moses VanGorden

Sworn and subscribed the day and
year aforesaid
C B Seaman

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 James G Force who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman resident in the Township of Sandyston County
of Sussex and State of Newjersey and that Barnardus Swartwood and Moses Vangorden who have also signed the same are residents to of the Township of Delaware County of Pike and State of Pennsylvania and [covered up] persons and that their statement is entitled to credit.-

I Charles B Seaman Clerk of the Court of Common pleas in and for the County of Pike in the State of Pennsylvania Do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings
of the said Court in the matter of the application of Garret Brodhead for a pension  In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this Twenty third day of November
AD Eighteen hundred and thirty two,
C B Seaman Clk
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June 17
addl proof
Affy Broadhead

Dingman's Ferry Pa
June 12
Paid 183/4

J.L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner War Department
Pension Office Washington City
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Copy of record of Baptisms
[table follows with 4 columns, following are the column headings:]
(1) Parents 
(2) Children
(3) When born
(4) When Baptized

[text beneath column headings:]
(1) Garret Broadhead  Affy Decker }, 
Garret Broadhead  Affy Decker }, 
Garret Broadhead  Affy Decker }

(2) Johannes, Cornelia, Nicholas

(3) Jan 31st 1785, May 21st 1786, Dec 2nd 1787

(4) May 8th 1785, June 11th 1786, Jan 27th 187
[end of table]

I do certify the above to be a true copy of a record in my keeping of Baptisms of children presented by Gaunt Broadhead and Affy his wife entered by Elias Van Benschoten then Pastor [of] the Reformed Dutch Congregation of Walpack & Papaquarry, and that parents presenting children for Baptisms in this Church must be known as husband & wife, or they
cannot have their children Baptized. It is the custom to enter the maiden name of the wife.
June 8th 1839
J B Hyndshaw Pastor

I Jas. B. Hyndshaw the above named do depose & say that I hold the office of Pastor of the aforesaid congregation part of which is located in Sussex Co. N.J. & part in Pike Co. Pa. and
that the above is a true Extract from the records of said church now in my hands, excepting the above certificate.
June 8th 1839
B Hyndshan Pastor

Sworn & subscribed 
Before me
Jacob Westbrook J.P.
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I Daniel W Dingman depose and say that I knew Garret Brodhead fifty years or upward and Affy his wife named in the Church Record Affy
Decker. Garret Brodhead died the 21 of Sept 1835 I attended his funeral. he received a pension from Government the last few years of his life for his Revolutionary services. Affy Brodhead is still living and his widow at present she has not been married since his death. they raised their family in the Neighbourhood I reside. The children live also the Neighbourhood all within three miles of my residence. I know them to be the same parent
and children named in the Church Record.  Sworn to by Jas. B. Hindshaw now Pastor of said Congregation.
Danl. W. Dingman

Sworn & Subscribed before
me the 10th day of June 1839.
Jacob Westbrook J.P.

Pike County SS.
I Henry S Mott Recorder &c in & for said County of Pike Do Certify that Jacob Westbrook was at the time of taking the above depositions and
still is an acting Justice of the Peace in and
for the County of Pike duly appointed and commissioned and that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said Jacob Westbrook and the signatures thereto purporting to be his a[re] genuine.  In Testamony [Testimony] whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of my said office this 11th day of June AD 1839
H S Mott Recorder
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Dingmans Ferry Pike Co, Pa June 12th 1839

J. L. Edwards Esq

Dear [illegible] I send the best evidence of the legality of the marriage of Garret Brodhead Decd and Affy his wife the Justice who married them has been decd many years. the magistrate  place in New Jersey no record can be found made by the Justice or any other person
Marvin who swears he was present when they were joined you will observe cannot give a date but swears positive it was before 1790 and my Dear Lu if you will be so kind as to let me here [hear] from you when this document is received
how it is disposed of it will be received as a favor   I know the evidence is not stating the  evidence laid down in the directions and from the war department,  I obtained for her after her
Husbands death the last six months pay due her from the pension office at the said Bank in Phila. when the certificate granting him $60 per annum was left she will not be satisfied unless I
obtain a definite answer from the department yours July &c.
John Westbrook
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Previously entered
Affy Broadhead
Rev No 3502 Pa
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admitted
Pr & Sgt
$60-
died 21 Sep 1835

Act 7 July '38

['Hon. D.D. Wagener' crossed out]
John Westbrook H R
Dingman's Ferry
Pa
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State of Pennsylvania Pike County Ss.

On the twenty seventh day of December one thousand Eight hundred and thirty Eight personally appeared before the subscriber one of the Judges of the Court in and for the County of Pike Affy Brodhead a resident of Delaware
Township in said County aforesaid aged Eighty four years who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on her oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July the seventh one thousand Eight hundred and thirty Eight Entitled an act granting half pay and Pensions to certain widows  That she is the widow of Garret Brodhead Decd who for the last few years of his life received a pension from the Government for his military services as a soldier of the Revolution the sum of Sixty Dollars per Annum   She further states and declares that she was married to the said Garret Brodhead in August one thousand seven hundred and Eighty three and that her husband the aforesaid Garret Brodhead died on the twenty first day of September one thousand Eight hundred and thirty five and she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but that the marraige took place previous to the first day of January one thousand seven hundred and Ninety four at the time above stated
      her
Aff  X   Brodhead
     mark

Sworn to and subscribed on the
day and year above written before
Danl. W. Dingman

Pike County ss.  Personally appeared before me one of the judges of the court in and for said County Henry Marvin after being duly sworn says I was present when Garret Brodhead and Affy Brodhead named in the above declaration
where [were] married I know her statement as to the time to be true
Henry Marvin

Sworn to subscribed on this second
day of February 1839
Danl. W. Dingman
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Personally appeard before me John Westbrook after being duly sworrn says I have known Garret Brodhead and Affy Brodhead about forty
five years all that time they live together as man and wife until his death which time as stated in her declaration I know to be correct I was present at the funeral
John Westbrook

Sworn and subscribed before
me this 2d day of February 1839
Danl. W. Dingman

I do certify that Affy Brodhead who has made the foregoing Declaration before me is too aged and infirm to appear before the Court I have been well acquainted with them for forty years
and upwards before his death during which time they lived together as husband and wife I ['was' crossed out] attended the funeral of Garret Brodhead. I am also acquainted with Henry Marvin and John Westbrook in whose statements I have implicit Confidence
Feb. 2d 1839
Danl. W. Dingman

Penna.
Pike County
I Daniel W. Dingman Junr. Prothonotary of the
Court of Common Pleas of Pike County and Recorder of Deeds &c in and for said County Do hereby Certify that Danl. W. Dingman Esq Before whom the within affidavit and acknowledgement was taken was at the time of taking the same and still is an associate Judge of the County of Pike and I do further certify that the signature Danl. W. Dingman is in his own proper hand writing

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Office at Milford this 4th February AD 1839
D.W. Dingman Jr
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT
Second Comptroller's Office
May 31st, 1841.

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," Executor of Affy Brodhead, decd. a Pensioner on the Roll of the Philadelphia Agency, at the rate of Sixty---
Dolla['and      Cents' crossed out] per annum, under the law of the 7th July 1838, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of March 
to the 15th May 1840.

Respectfully yours,
Albion K. Parris
Comptroller.

To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.
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May 4, 1934
XXXXXXXXXXXXXX

Garret Broadhead-W.2748
BA-J/AWF

Mrs. Adolph A. Wolfe
22 Maple Place
Nutley, New Jersey

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you
request the Revolutionary War record of William Heath of New Jersey, who was killed in service, the record of Garrett Brodhead of Pike County, Pennsylvania and a list of all the Westbrooks who served from Sussex County, New Jersey and Ulster County, New York.

There is no claim for pension on file based upon
service in the War of the Revolution of a William Heath of New Jersey, or who was killed during that war. In order to identify the record of any particular soldier with surname Westbrook, his full name is essential and as much as possible of the following data; approximate dates of birth and death and places of residence at enlistment and after service.

The record of Garrett Broadhead is given below as found in pension claim, W. 2748, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.

Garret Broadhead was born in the year 1755 in
Wallpack Township, Sussex County, New Jersey; names of his parents not given.

While a resident of Wallpack Township, he enlisted and served in the New Jersey militia as follows:
In 1776, two months as private in Captain Manuel Hover's company, Colonels Ephraim Martin's and John Cleves Symmes' regiment; in 1777, three months as private in Captain Manuel Hover's company, a part of the time in Colonel John Rosekranz's regiment; in the spring
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of 1778, one month as private in Captain Manuel
Hover's company; in 1781, eight months as sergeant in Captain Manuel Hover's company, defending the frontier from the Indians.

The soldier, Garret Broadhead, was allowed pension on his application executed, November 23, 1832, then living in Delaware Township, Pike County, Pennsylvania, having moved there in 1795. He died September 21, 1835.

The soldier married in August, 1783 in New Jersey, Affy Decker. She was allowed pension on her application executed December 27, 1838, then eighty-four years of age and living in Delaware Township, Pennsylvania. She died May 15, 1840.

The following is a list of their children as found in the claim
Johanns or Hannah  born January 31, 1785 Cornelia                        "  May 21, 1786 
Nicholas                       "  December 2, 1787

Cornelia was the wife of Nathan Emery in 1839,
date of their marriage not given. The children of
Cornelia and of Johanes ( Hannah) were referred to in 1839 as living in Pike County, Pennsylvania, names not stated.

Henry Marvin, half brother of the soldier, Garret
Broadhead, in 1839 stated that he went to the wedding of Garret Broadhead and Affy Decker, with his mother, who was also the mother of Garret Broadhead, he did not give the name of his mother.

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator
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[left side]
1917, Aug. 9. History to
Asa E. Broadbent.  F.W.
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1924, Jan. 9 - Hist to Wm. J. Conkling.   U M
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1931 - July 9 - Hist to Jessie Ferguson AWJ
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1932 May 20 hist to Mor[cut off]
Biglow see his letter
Daniel Brodhead S.4003
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1934 May 4 list to Mrs
Adolph A Wolfe   AWJ
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1939 Oct. C. Mrs. Florence W[cut off]
adv. only one etc. ADY
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1939 Nov. 14. Hist to James H 
Heller    ADY
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[revy   WIDOW, &c.
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File No. __2748 _____
___Affy Brodhead _____
__Garret Brodhead___
__Sgt. Rev. War _____
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Act: __July 7. 1838. ___
Index -- Vol. __ A __, Page __ 81__

[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Affy Broadhead
Pennsylvania
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Suspended
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let 12 Dec 38 Hon.
D.D. Wagener
do 18 Feb. 1839
let 20 Apl 39 to Hon
D.D. Wagener

Act 7 July 1838
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J L Edwards Esq

My Dear Sir,

Your attention is called to the enclosed-
as soon as examined let me hear from you.

Yours Respectfully
David D Wagener
House of Rep.
Dec 9 1838
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Easton April 14. 1839

J.L. Edwards Esq.
Com. of Pensions,
 Dear Sir,

I call your attention to the case of Affy Brodhead; a widow of a soldier of the Revolution, and would be pleased to have
your decision with the least possible delay. I hope you will have no difficulty in allowing
her a pension - John Westbrook, forwarded the last document in this case-

Very Respectfully yours
David D Wagener
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Personally appeared before me Jacob Westbrook one of the Justice of the peace in and for the County of Pike Affy Brodhead after
being duly sworn saith that she is the widow of Garret Brodhead Decd. who died on the twenty first day of September one thousand Eight hundred and thirty five, that they were married in August one thousand seven hundred and Eighty three my late Husband for last few years previous to his death received Sixty Dollars per annum from the Government on account of his Revolutionary Services
         her
Affy   X  Brodhead
       mark

Sworn & Subscribed before me
the first day of December 1838
Jacob Westbrook J.P.

Personally appeared before me Jacob Westbrook one of the Justices of the peace in and for the County of Pike Henry Marvin after being duly Sworn Saith he was present when Garret Brodhead and Affy Brodhead were married, and that I believe her statement
throughout as above stated is true
Henry Marvin

Sworn & Subscribed before me
the first day of Dec. AD. 1838
Jacob Westbrook J.P.
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Personally appeared before me the subscriber one of the Justices of the peace in and for the County of Pike John Westbrook after being duly sworn saith that Affy Brodhead lived with her late husband Garret Brodhead in the immediate Neighbourhood where I reside forty years and upwards before his death. I believe her statement is made and sworn to before Jacob  Westbrook to be true
John Westbrook

Sworn and Subscribed before me
this 3d day of Dec 1838
Wm T. Wilson J P

Pike County SS .
I Daniel W. Dingman Junr. Recorder of
Deeds &c. in and for the County of Pike Do
hereby certify that Jacob Westbrook and
William J. Wilson Esquires who has taken the proff and acknowledgment of the foregoing instrument was at the time thereof and still are acting Justices of the Peace for said County duly Commissioned as appears from the Records in my keeping.  that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said Justices and verily believe the signatures are genuine

In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Office at Milford this 4th Dec. 1838.
D.W. Dingman Jr
[seal affixed at left]
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Mar. 13. 1839
 
Dingman ferry
March 6

Pa
addl proof
Affy Brodhead

Paid 18 3/4

J.L. Edwards Esq
War Department Pension Office
Washington City
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Pennsylvania Pike County SS.
Personally appeared before me Daniel W. Dingman one of the Judges in and for said  Cty Henry Marvin a resident of the State of New Jersey after being duly Sworn saith he was present at the marriage of Garret Brodhead who is now Decd. and Affy who is now his widow I went to the wedding with my mother who was the mother of Garret Brodhead also we where [were] half Brothers as to the time of the marriage I do not recollect but I am positive it was before the year one thousand Seven hundred and Ninety
Henry Marvin

Sworn and subscribed this
first day of March 1839
Danl. W. Dingman

Pennsylvania Pike County ss.
Personally appeared before me one of the Judges in and for said County Affy Brodhead widow of Garret Brodhead Decd. after being duly sworn says she has three children but no family record at present of their age ['at present' crosse out]  Except that of a Copy of a piece of paper taken on account of the original becoming defaced which was entered in a Large Psalm Book of the Low Duch Reformed Dutch Church which is as follows viz
Hannah was born January 31st 1785 Cornelia was Born May 21 1786
Nicholas was born December 2d 1787
         her
Affy   X    Brodhead
       mark

Sworn and Subscribed before
me this 2d day of March 1839
Danl. W. Dingman
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I Daniel W Dingman do certify that I have been
acquainted with Garret Brodhead Decd. and Affy Brodhead his widow who has made the within and foregoing statement on oath for forty
years and upwards they residing within three miles during that time of my residence the children as stated by her I am personally
acquainted with they where [were] raised by them and now reside in the immediate Neighbourhood, and Cornelia who is the wife of Nathan Emery lives within a quarter of a mile of my residence Hannah and Cornelia have grandchildren and I believe the statement to be true in every particular and I also know that Garret Brodhead in the last few years received a pension from the Government for his Service
in the war of the Revolution

March 2d 1839
Danl. W. Dingman

State of Pennsylvania
Pike County ss. }
I Henry S Mott. Recorder of Deeds &c.  in and for the County of Pike Do Certify that Daniel W Dingman before whom the foregoing writings appear to have been taken and who signed the
above certificate was at the time and now is an acting Judge of the several Courts of Pike County duly commissioned as appears of Record and further that the signature of the said Daniel W Dingman is in his own proper hand writing and that full faith and credit is and ought to be given to his Official acts. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set
my hand and affixed the seal of Office this 4th day of March A D 1839.
H S Mott
Recorder
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Dingmans Ferry Co. March 6 183[illegible]

J.L. Edwards Esq.

Sir

I send you additional documents relative to the claim of Affy Brodhead application for a pension. please examine there and communicate to me the result of such Examination to me.  Direct to Dingmans Ferry Pike County Pa. unless you think it best you can direct to her at the same place Capt. Wagener I Expect has left Washington is the reason why I do not send the papers through him

I am Sir yours most respectfully &c
John Westbrook
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Sir

I enclose you Papers in the Case
of Widow Brodhead- your prompt 
examination will oblige.

Yours Respectfully
David D Wagner
---
Thursday Morning
July 14, 1839
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Affy 2748

Easton, Pa. 6 Apr. 1891.

U.S. Pension Bureau,
Washington D.C.

I respectfully ask for the copy of the
affidavits, etc: giving the military record
of Garrett Brodhead, who was placed in the Pension Roll March 25, 1833, pension to begin March 4, 1831. His name appears as Gawett Brodhead, in the Pike Co. Penna. Pensions List of Revolutionary soldiers, for service in the
N. J. Militia as Sergeant & private at $60
per annum, granted as above, and is found
in Pub. Doc. 514, Vol. II, Penna. Rolls, page 179. I desire to get his full army record for which pension was granted, and also to ascertain if he has not commissioned a Lieutenant or ensign
just before the close of the Revolution, through which he served as a sergeant. His
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affidavits, etc., when he applied for pension will probably clear this, and I desire to get copy of it-

Respectfully,
H.R. Linderman,
Atty. at law-
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Easton, Pa., 21 Jany 1891

H. Green B. Raum
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.

Dear Sir:

I respectfully submit the enclosed letter to you asking that you will have the kindness to refer it to the proper officer in your Department for answer.

In signing it I mentioned my father's name for he has so deny him in Washington ten years ago that I thought it might facilitate my getting the desired information.

I believe you knew my father when he was living
and at the head of the U.S. Mints and Assay office, and if I mistake not you were then in Congress.

I will esteem any information your office can
send out and the favor of a reply very highly.
Respectfully H. R. Linderman
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MRS ADOLPH A. WOLFE
22 MAPLE PLACE
NUTLEY NEW JERSEY

Feb. 12, 1934

Pension Dept.
Rev. War Section
Washington, D.C.

Gentlemen:

Will you please send me the War Record (Revolutionary) of W.M. Heath of Amwell Township, Hunterdon Co. N.J.

[note in margin:]none of N.J. to Kiebel

over
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He was killed in the Revolution so family must have received pension.  Would also like to know who the widow was and where pension was sent.

Must have records for D.A.R.

Thank you

Sincerely,
Florence Westbrook Wolfe
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MRS. ADOLPH A WOLFE
22 MAPLE PLACE
NUTLEY NEW JERSEY

Also the record of Garrett Brodhead of Pike Co.
Pa. who served for a time in a New Jersey regiment during the revolution.  His father was
Daniel Brodhead and on his death Garrett
had to return home
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to take charge of fathers large properties 
leaving 4 brothers to fight in the Revolution
Brothers were
Daniel Lieutenant Colonel of 8th Pa
Jno. Capt in Con. Army
Jno son Danl. Capt. in 6th Pa.
Luke - Col. I believe
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Also - could I have a list of the Westbrooks who fought in the Revolution and where they were from Sussex Co. N.J.  or Ulster Co. N.Y
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[stamp:] RECEIVED NOV 6 1939 MAIL SUB-[illegible] Reader No. [illegible] VETS ADM

8 Record Street
Newport R. I.

U. S. Veterans Administration,
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir,

On October 1, 1939 I wrote to your department requesting information concerning certain ancestors of mine. Haring not heard from
you I am wondering of you are in receipt of my letter.

It is imperative that I have the data I asked for.

Cordially yours,
James Harvey Heller 2nd
(R.I. Soc. Sons of the Revolution)
(U.S. Naval Reserves)
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8 Record Street
Newport R. I
Oct. 1-1939.

[stamp:]. RECEIVED OCT 4 1939 MAIL SUB-DIV Reader No. 3 VETS ADM

U. S. Veterans Administration
Washington, D.C.

Gentlemen-

In an effort to complete the Family Ancestry Records, I find there is some information of  I am sorely in need. I sincerely hope you will be
able to help me in this matter.

Data on-
(1) Captain Jacob Heller Continental Line - Northampton Co. Pa. Militia

(2) Dr. Francis Joseph Smith OR
Joseph Jacobus de Aerts
Emmigrated 1777 served under Lafayette
Comm. Brevet Ensign. (Heitman's 1893)
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2.

[stamp:]. RECEIVED OCT 4 1939 MAIL SUB-DIV Reader No. 3 VETS ADM

Data concerning:

(3) Abraham Winfield
Rev. War Orange Co. N.Y. (?)
Born 1763 - Died 1813 
1 of Ulster Co. N.Y. b. about 1765 applied for penson 1820

(4) Garret Brodhead
Rev. War- Sergeant- Jacob Tices Co.
New Jersey Regiment.
only one

(5) Jacob Heller ?
Joseph Heller-1792-1862
Drafted into WAR OF 1812.
Ohio, all the data I have
one-1812

(6) Thomas P. Healy Newpt R.I.
50 Engineers- World War
War Record- What clasps on
Victory Medal- Is he intitled
to French Commemorative Medal (as far as you know)
Does your office have any records on the various
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3.

pre-Revolution Indian Wars & troubles, such as colonists who fought at Wyoming- Pa.
Massacre.
not pre-Rev

Sincerely thanking you in advance, I remain,

Cordially yours,
James Harvey Heller
(Member-R.IS. Soc. Sons of the Revolution)

James Harvey Heller
8 Record St.
Newport R. I.
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Easton Pa., 15 Jany, 1891

[stamp:] ADJUTANT GENL'S OFFICE, A.C.P. DIVISION RECEIVED JAN 17 1891

Adj. Genl, N.P.A.
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:

Will you kindly refer this letter to the proper officer and bureau that I may be favored with an answer.

I desire & ascertain what record the Department has of the following Revolutionary officers (ancestors of mine), 1st Daniel Brodhead
Colonel of the 8th, transferred in reorganization
of army to 1st Penna, Continental line;  mustered into of service in 1783 either with the
actual or brevet rank of Brigadier General;
(is there record of the latter Commission having been issued?) 2nd Luke Brodhead, Capt. 8th  Penna.  Reg. of the Line, said to have been commissioned Colonel the same day his brother Daniel B. was
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commissioned General; is the record of his?
3rd Daniel Brodhead, Jr., 1st Lieut. Shreve's Battalion, Penna Line.  And more particularly is there any evidence of 4th Garrett Brodhead,
of the New Jersey Militia (who was in active service through the war at different times), 
having been commissioned as ensign, lieut.  or Capt., either actual and or brevet?  I have all the information that I believe [illegible] from the Penna. and New Jersey State official as to their officers, and thought that possibly the records in the War Department would throw some light on what I want to find out.

The favor of a reply will greatly oblige yours,
Respectfully
H R Linderman
(Son of the late Dr. Linderman,
Director of the U.S. Mints for
many years.)

Address
Easton, Pa.
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In reference to Garrett Brodhead I have [illegible] that the interest of his brother Col. Daniel Brodhead who was a distinguished officer, of standing with the Commander in Chief, might have procured for him either a subaltern's commission or a brevet
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Endorsement.

Adjutant General's Office,
Washington, January 19, 1891.

Respectfully returned with the information, that the records in possession of the Government, pertaining to the Revolutionary War, are not on file in the War Department.  Rolls, returns,
etc., of the Military Organizations engaged in that War, are on file in the Pension Office. Possibly the information desired may be obtained upon application to the Commissioner of Pensions.

R. Williams
Assistant Adjutant General.

[stamp:] Old World Navy JAN 23 1891 FILES
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Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 
Prederig A. Godcharles 
Director

State Library and Museum 
Department of Public Instruction 
Harrisburg

                                    June 17,1931

Commissioner of Pensions,
Washingto D.C.

My dear Sir:

The report of the Secretary of War 1835 lists a Garrett (Gawett) Broadhead as a pensioner in Pike county, Pennsylvania for service in New Jersey militia. Will you please send us an abstract of his service, also the age given upon his papers: There is a confusion with another man by the same ancestor of our present Governor.
JCF/VMK
               Very sincerely yours, 
Jessica C. Ferguson
Genealogist 
State Library

Stamped :Pension JUN 18 1931 US OFFICE
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The New Jersey Society 
Sons of The American Revolution 

President                 Assistant Registrar
Adrian Lyon              Edward H. Lum
First Vice-President     Genealogist
Elvord G. Chamberlin   Samuel Copp Worthen 
Second Vice-President              Historian 
Sylvester Halsey Moore Agens   Rev. M.S. Waters
Secretary                                Chaplin
David Lawrence Pierson          Rev. Frank A Smith, D.D.
Treasurer                            Chancellor
Frank E Quiney                  Raymond Townley Parrot
Registrar                              Librarian 
William Johnson Conkling    Russell B. Rankin

                          Headquarters 
               33 Lombardy St., Newark, N.J. 
                      Tel, Mulberry 0820
Hon. Commissioner of Pensions,   
Department of the Interior, 
Washington, D.C. 
       905 Union Building,
Newark, New Jersey
November 26, 1923.

Dear Sir:- 
   Will you kindly furnish certificat showing military history of 
     GARRET BROADHEAD
Sergeant and private, New Jersey Militia, during Revolutionary War, who made application for pension while residing in PIKE COUNTY, Pa.

The information is desired to prove eligibility of an applicant  for membership in this Society. 

Your courtesy will be highly appreciated. 
Very truly yours, 
Wm J. Conkling 
Registrar N.J.S.A.R
C/K
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THE NEW JERSEY COAL DEALERS' ASSOCIATION 901 UNION BUILDING 
OFFICERS
JONAS C. CANNIFF, PRESIDENT 
ERNEST C. STREMPEL, VICE-PRESIDENT CHARLES A. LINDSLEY, TREASURER 
HARRY B. SALMON, SECRETARY 
A. E. BROADBENT, ACTING SECRETARY TELEPHONE 1257 MULBERRY
NEWARK, N.J. Aug 3 1917  
Hon G. M. Sulzgaber, Commissioner of Pensions Department of the Interior Washington, D.C.
 Dear Sir. Will you kindly furnish a certificate showing the military history of Garret Brodhead, Sergeant and Private New Jersey Militia during the Revolutionary War. His name appears in the published list of pensioners under Pike County, Penn, and is printed Gawett Brodhead. He was placed on the pension roll March 25, 1833, and at time of making application was 78 years of age.
 He is also shown in General Stryker's "Officers and men of New Jersey in the Revolutionary War", as Garret Broadhead Private and Sergeant in the Sussex County Militia.
 I desire the information to establish eligibility to membership in the New Jersey Society of the Sons of the American Revolution.
 Thanking you for any information you may be in possession of, I am,
 Very truly yours 
Asa E. Broadbent
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implied with Jan 21 1899
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Wyoming Historical and Geological Society. INCORPORATED A. D. 1858 
PRESIDENT, HON. STANLEY WOODWARD. CORRESPONDING SECRETARY, REV. HORACE EDWIN HAYDEN.
SECRETARY, SIDNEY R. MINER. 
TREASURER, DR. F. C. JOHNSON. 
LIBRARIAN, J. RIDGWAY WRIGHT.
WILKESBARRE, PA. Jany 25 1899 
 
 To the Honorable H. Clay Evans Commissioner of Pensions 
Hon & Dear Sir I respectfully beg the privilege of getting a copy of the Pension affidavits of Sergeant Garrett Brodhead Revolutionary soldier, Pike Co. Penna I am respetfully Yours Horace Edwin Hayden  CORRESPONDING SECRET
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In reply to your request of [blank], received [blank] for a statement of of the military history of Garret Broadhead a soldier of the 
REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (and his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.     W.F. 2748
---------------------------------
[table with 5 columns follows; column headings are:]
(1) DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.
(2) LENGTH OF SERVICE.
(3) RANK.
(4) OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.  {sub-headings:  a. CAPTAIN.
b. COLONEL.}
(5) STATE.

[text beneath column headings as follows:]
(1) 1776, 1777-1778, April 1781
(2) 2 mos, 4  ", 8 "
(3) Pri, ", Sergt
(4) a. Emanuel Hoover,  Emanuel Hoover, 
Emanuel Hoover.  b. Ephraim Martin, John Cleves Symmes, John Rosekrans
(5) N.J.
[end of table]

Battles engaged in [blank]
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Wallpack Township, Sussex Co. N.J.
Date of application for pension, Nov. 23, 1832. His cl. was al.
Residence at date of application, Delaware Township, Pike Co., Pa.
Age at date of application, born in 1755 in Wallpack Township, Sussex Co, N.J.

Remarks: He married in Aug 1783, Affy Decker.
He died Sept 21. 1835 and she was al. pen. on her ap. ex. Dec. 27, 1838, while a resident of Delaware Township, Pike Co, Pa., aged 84 yrs. + 
Children:  Johanna or Hannah born Jan 31, 1785, Cornelia b. May 21, 1786, mar. Nathan Emery, Nicholas, b. Dec. 2, 1787.+She died in 1840.

Respectfully,

Commissioner.

6-2856
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May 20, 1932
BA-J/AWF
xxxxxxxxxxxxxn
Garret Broadhead
W. 2748
Mr. Moses Bigelow
577 Ridge Street
Newark, New Jersey
Dear Sir:  The data furnished herein were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, W. 2748, based upon the Revolutionary War service of Garet (Garret) Broadhead.
He was born in 1755 (no definite date given) in Wallpack Township, Sussex County, New Jersey.
While living in said Wallpack Township, he enlisted and served in the New Jersey militia, as follows: 
In 1776, two months as private in Captain Manuel Hover's company, Colonels Ephraim Martin's and John Cleves Symmes' regiment; from sometime in August, 1777, three months as private in Captain Manuel Hover's company, Colonel John Rosekranz's regiment; in the spring of 1778, one month as private in Captain Manuel Hover's company, Colonel John Rosekranz's regiment; from sometime in April, 1781, eight months as sergeant in Captain Manuel Hover's company.
He was allowed pension on his application executed November 23, 1832, at which time he was living in Delaware Township, Pike County, Pennsylvania.
He died September 21, 1835.
The soldier married sometime in August, 1783, Affy Decker.
She was allowed pension on her application exe-
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cuted December 27, 1838, then a resident of Delaware Township, Pennsylvania, and was eighty-four years of age.
She died in 1840.
Johanna [smudged out] her following children were referred to: Johanna or Hannah born January 31, 1785; Cornelia born May 21, 1786, married Nathan Emery; and Nicholas born December 2, 1787.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator
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[illegible words or name in upper right]
S.40030
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
July 9, 1931
Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
AWF
Jessica C. Ferguson
State Library & Museum
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
Dear Madam:  You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. [number illegible], that Garet (pensioned Garret) Broadhead was born in 1755 in Wallpack Township, Sussex County, New Jersey.
While living in said township, he enlisted and served in the New Jersey Militia as follows--in 1776, two months as private in Captain Manuel Hover's Company, Colonels Ephraim Martin and John Cleves Symmes' Regiment; from in August 1777, three months as private in Captain Manuel Hover's Company, Colonel John Rosekranz's Regiment; in the spring of 1778, one month as private under same officers; from in April 1781, eight months as sergeant in Captain Manuel Hover's Company.
He was allowed pension on his application executed Novembr 23, 1832, at which time he was living in Delaware Township, Pike County, Pennsylvania.
He died September 21, 1835.
The soldier married in August 1783, Affy Decker.
She was allowed pension on her application executed December 27, 1838, at which time she was living in Delaware Township, Pennsylvania, and was aged eighty-four years.
She died in 1840.
The following children were referred to--Johanna or
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[upper left corner of page appears to be torn or damaged, cutting of words or parts of words]
Section
annah, born January 31, 1785; Cornelia, born May 21, 1786, married Nathan Emery; and Nicholas, born December 2, 1787.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator
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November 14, 1939
BA-J/AWF [initialed "Ous" or "Ow"]
Garret Broadhead
W.2748
Mr. James Harvey Heller
8 Record Street
Newport, Rhode Island
Dear Sir:  The Revolutionary War record of Garret Broadhead furnished herein was obtained from papers on file in pension claim, W. 2748, based upon his service in that war.
Garret Broadhead was born in the year 1755 in Wallpack Township, Sussex County, New Jersey. The names of his parents are not given.
While a resident of Wallpack Township, Garret Broadhead enlisted and served with the New Jersey troops as follows:
In 1776, two months as private in Captain Manuel Hover's company, Colonels Ephraim Martin's and John Cleves Symmes' regiment; in 1777, three months as private in Captain Manuel Hover's company, part of the time in Colonel John Rosekranz's regiment; in the spring of 1778, one month as private in Captain Manuel Hover's company; in 1781, eight months as sergeant in Captain Manuel Hover's company, defending the frontiers from the invasion of the Indians.
Garret Broadhead moved sometime in 1795 to Delaware Township, Pike County, Pennsylvania.
He was allowed pension on his application
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executed November 23, 1832, then living in Delaware Township, Pike County, Pennsylvania.

Garret Broadhead married sometime in August, 1783, in New Jersey, Affy Decker. The date and place of her birth and names of parents are not shown.

He died September 21, 1835.

His widow, Affy Broadhead, was allowed pension on her application executed December 27, 1838, then eighty-four years of age, and living in Delaware Township, Pennsylvania. She died May 15, 1840.

The following data in regard to the children
of Garret Broadhead and his wife, Affy, are shown in the claim:
Johanns or Hannah born January 31, 1785
Cornelia                         "   May 21, 1786
Nicholas                       "  December 2, 1787.

Cornelia was the wife of Nathan Emery in
1839, date and place of their marriage not shown.

The children of Cornelia and of Johanna (Hannah) were referred to in 1839 as living in Pike County, Pennsylvania, their names not stated.

Henry Marvin, half brother of the soldier, Garrett
Broadhead, stated in 1839 that he went to the wedding of Garret Broadhead and Affy Decker, with his mother, who was, also, the mother of Garrett Broadhead; he did not give the name of his mother.

The papers on file in this claim contain no
further discernible family data.

In order to obtain the name and address of the
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person who received the last payment of this pension, you should apply to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and furnish the following data:

Affy Broadhead, widow of Garret Broadhead
Certificate #4153
Issued September 10, 1839
Rate $60.00 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1836
Act of July 7, 1838
Pennsylvania Agency.

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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February 6, 1939
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BA-J/ady
Garret Broadhead
W.2748
Mrs. Florence W. Wolfe
22 Maple Place
Nutley, New Jersey
Dear Madam:  Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of William Heath of Pennsylvania or New Jersey who was killed in service, the record of two soldiers with the name Garrett Broadhead, also, that of Broadhead Westbrook.
There is no claim for pension on file based upon service in the Revolutionary War of a William Heath of Pennsylvania, or New Jersey, nor of a Broadhead Westbrook.
The record of Garret Broadhead, W.2748, which was furnished you May 4, 1934, is that of the only soldier with that name found on the Revolutionary War records of this office.
It is suggested that information in regard to the military service of the other soldiers named above might be obtained from The Adjutant General, War Department, this city.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
[handwritten along the left side:] Letter in misc. files under W.
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November 14, 1939
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BA-J/MMHF:MLB
Mr. James Harvey Heller
8 Record Street
Newport, Rhode Island
Dear Sir:  Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Captain Jacob Heller, of Pennsylvania; of Dr. Francis Joseph Smith or Joseph Jacobus de Aerts; Abraham Winfield, of New Jersey, born 1763, died 1813; of Garret Brodhead, of New Jersey; the War of 1812 record of Jacob Heller; of Joseph Heller, of Ohio, born 1792, died 1862, also certain information in regard to service of Thomas P. Healy, World War veteran, medals, etc., to which he may have been entitled, and further, to know whether or not this office has pre-Revolutionary War Indian War records.
A careful search of the Revolutionary War records of this office has been made and no claim for pension or bounty land found based upon service in that war of the Abraham Winfield described by you, nor of any Jacob Heller, nor of any Francis Joseph Smith, or of Joseph or Jacobus de Aerts.
If Francis Joseph Smith ever served in the Revolution under either his first or middle name, and you will so state, also furnish as much as possible of the following data in regard to him, another search of the records will be made in your behalf and a report furnished: approximate dates of birth and death, places of residence at enlistment and after service and given name of wife or widow.
The War of 1812 pension records of this office have been searched, also, for Jacob and Joseph Heller, of Ohio, and no claim for pension was found based upon service in that war of either soldier.
The Revolutionary War records has been found of one Garret Broadhead, only.  His record is furnished you herewith.
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For information in regard to the service record of Thomas P. Hesly, it is suggested that you apply to The Adjutant General, War Department, this city.
This office has no record of services rendered in the Colonies prior to the Revolutionary War.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator