Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 2852, for Aligah Moore, New Jersey
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SERVICE
New Jersey

Moore, Aligah
              or
            Elijah

NUMBER
S. 2852

carded

CONTENTS
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Ohio  22.333

Elijah Moore
Brown Co in the State of Ohio.
who was a Private in the Co commanded
by Captain Philips.  of the Regt commanded
by Col. Philips in the New Jersey 
line for 9 mo.s & 12 days.

$31. 33/100

Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio.
at the rate of 31. Dollars 33. Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of Marcch, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 16.th day of Octr
1833. and sent to N. Beasley
Decatur, B. Co. Ohio.

Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1833.            78.33
Semi-amt. allowance ending 4 Mar 34  15.66
                                                              $93.99

Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832

Recorded by Wm. R. Palmer, Clerk,
Book E.  Vol. 8  Page 17.
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2/1   4/10  22.333
Elijah Moore
Ohio

Adm 9 months &
12 days.  $31.33

62.66
15.67
________
78.33
18.66
________
97.99

N.  Beasley
Decatur
Brown County
Ohio.
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
14th October 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 show what is necessary to be done.  These 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 compling with request, greatly facilitate the investigations of your claim.

A Statement, showing the Service of Elijah Moore

Period when the service was rendered.
Duration of the claimant's service.
                      Years    Months   Days
1777                                1         12                         
Aug 1777                         1
March 1778                     1
June 1778                        1
Oct 1778                          2
1779.                               3

Rank of the claimant.
priv

Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. 
1777   Cap. Philips
Aug 1777 Col Philips
                Cap. Titus
March 1778 Col Hauton
June 1778    Col Philips
                     Cap. Titus
Oct 1778       Cap. Titus
1779              Cap. Philips

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



Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service.
73 years
Hunterdon
County
New Jersey

Proof by which the declaration is supported.
Traditionary
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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, mucicians 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, Territy, or is
On this
day of
County of
of
A.
personally appeared (a) before
aged (c)
in the county of
and State, Territory or District
years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the
following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed
June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d)
served in the
(e) regiment of the
with
line, under the following named officers:
and
Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served
under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the
town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged,
and the country through which he marched. 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
the Agency in the State of
declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of
Sworn to 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 (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary
soldier, and served as he states.
1
of the Court of
do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of
the application of
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this
day of
& c.
If, on examinat
tion 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
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
was
hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with
and C. D. residing in (the same)
subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be
who has
years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier
of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
And then will follow the certificate of the Court.
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after
putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary
Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B.
who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the
and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the
and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I,
Clerk of the Court of
do hereby certify that the foregoing
contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of
for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal
of office, this
day of
& c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission
; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if
possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services
of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light
upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will
also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful
in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his
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alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal
means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted
; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected
. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and
there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his
case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of
service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State
troops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war
, and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute?
And if a substitute, for whom?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such
Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
6.
To a Soldier
Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given
, and what has become of it?
Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what
office, has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify
as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are
requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court,
without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons--one of whom should be
the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from
their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed
and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion.
If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character
and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct
proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the
inquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before
required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper
county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform,
and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record,
or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper
Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a
Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is
his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before
the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the
declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure
, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period
of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the
opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow
the rule laid down for his guidance.
The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not
conforming to the rule.
The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
The declare
want must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the
claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so
definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the
loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following works
Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason
of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his
recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following year
months, anddays
, I served as a-
-- For --
months and --- days, I served as a ; and for such service I claim a pension."
in all cases in determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law
directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase or four months,
is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years
in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is
highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement;
the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent
thority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil
pursuit.
The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
The opinion of the Court is always required.
The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public
seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the
papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains
the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must
pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses.
who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as
the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses
, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
to are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in
note applies to continental
This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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26.460

Elijah Moore
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State of Ohio Brown County
on this 22th
day of July one
Thousand Eight hundred and thirty three, personally appeared in open
Court before the Judges of the Court of Common pleas within and for the
County and State aforesaid now sitting, Elijah Moore a resident of the
County of Brown and State of Ohio, aged Seventy three years in the tenth day
of March last, as stated to him by his Parent while living, who being first
duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration
in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 1832
That he entered the service of the United States in the spring of the year 1777
as a drafted militia man in the County of Huntington in the State of New
Jersey  (but in what month he cannot recolect as his memory is so much
emposed, and served forty two days under Capt Henry Phillips, and he
believes that at Joseph Phillips Commanded the regiment, to which he
was attached, that they were first marched to a place and then, Southland,then
to Elizabeth town, where they remained for some time, they were frequently
out on what [illegible] scouts to guard in the bank Count of second River until his time of service
the peril of the United
was out and he returned home & that he again entered the
States in the same County and State as for as a drafted militia man
and served one month under Capt Titus in July or August 1777 and he
Cannot Recolect which, and was attached to the Brigade Commanded by
General Dickinson, who commanded the regiment he cannot recollect they
will marched to Woodbridge and was there stationed untill there time
was out, and he returned home that he entered the service of the United States
March 1777 and State aforesaid, and sowed one month under Capt Mat & untenant Parks & Col. Houton Commanded the ┃
Regiment, they marched down to near Smiths farm in Jersey, and while
but in Party of Religus Cress on the seer and unto a house, and after
night a party of our men this deponent being one, went and attacked them
and drove them off, and one of the Americans was held, at the end of the
month he returned home. That he again entered the served as a
drafted Militiaman he believes in the early part of June 1778 under Capt
Titus and Col Phillips Command the Regiment, and served under them in
the Battle of Monmouth where had five Bullet has made in his huntinty
shirt, but escaped unhart, and when his tour of one month was out
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5
he returned home, 
That he again entered the service of the United States
in the same County and State aforesaid, as a drafted militiaman  in the month of September or to be but thinks it
was in October in 1778. and served two months under Capt Titus
and
Col Hanton Commanded the regiment, they were marched to a place
Cold Soneth's farm on second River where there was a garrison kept
they were frequently called out to guard the bank of the river to keep the
British from crossing over & Plundering the inhabitants when his time
was out he returned home. 6th That he again entered the service of the
and State
aforesaid, and served under Capt Phil Phillips and Col Phillips and in
what was then cald the flying Camp, and after serving there months
was taken sick with the fever and was taken home by his Father while
on this Tour they were marched to Smith form when he had been before
and while there was taken as before stated, having served in all nine
months and twelve days for which he claims a pention from the
United States, that he has no documentary Evidence and that he knows of no
Person, whose testamony he can procure, who can testify to his service
the discharges he had was stolen from him to gather with knapsack while
lying sick, that he has no record of his age. that he was born in the County
of Huntington in the State of New Jersey on the 10th day of March 1760 as
Stated to him by his Parents while they were living, he removed from jury
to Comberland County Pensylvania from that he moved to Mason County
Kentucky from there he moved to Adams County now in Ohio some
thirty years ago and from there he moved to Brown County Ohio where
he now resides and when he has resided for the last six years, he hereby
Relinquished every claim whatsoever to a pention or annuity except the present
and declares that his name is not on the Pention Roll of the Agency of any
State
Aligah Moore
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid in open Court
G W. King Clerk
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We George W King and Samuel K Stevers presiding in the County that are well acquainted with Elijah Moore who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration
That we believe him to be about seventy three 
years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighbourhood
resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion
G W King
Sworn and subscribed the day year aforesaid in open Court
G. W King Clerk

and the said Court do hereby declare there opinion, after the investigation of
the matter, and the interagatories prescribed by the war department being
put, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier, and served
as he states, and the court further [illegible] that it appears to them that 
George W King and Samuel K Stevens is is residents of the County of Brown and State of Ohio, and is credible persons and that their
Statement is entitled to credit
G. W. King Clerk of the Court of Common
Pleas of Brown County State of Ohio do hereby certify
that the foregoing contains the original proceedings
of the
said Court in the matter of the application of Abijah
Moore for a pension.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and seal of office
this 22d day of July AD 1833.
G. W. King Clerk of Brown
County Ohio
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Rev. and 1812
Wars Section
ANFeel

January 28, 1929

Mrs. P. B. Zink
Hillsboro
Ohio

Madam:

I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War
pension claim, S.2852, it appears that Aligah Moore (pensioned
Elijah) Moore was born, March 10, 1760, in Hunterdon
County, New Jersey.
While residing in said county, he enlisted and
served with the New Jersey Troops as follows:
In the spring of 1777, one month and twelve days
in Captain Henry Phillips' Company, Colonel Joseph Phillips
Regiment; from July or August, 1777, one month in Captain
Titus' Company; from March, 1778, one month in Captain
Mott's Company, Colonel Houghton's Regiment; from June,
1778, one month in Captain Titus' Company, Colonel Phillips
' Regiment and was in the battle of Monmouth, where
he had five bullet holes made in his hunting shirt but
he escaped unhurt; from October, 1778, two months in
Captain Titus Company, Colonel Houghton's Regiment and
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from August or September, 1779, three months in Captain
Phil. Phillips Company, Colonel Phillips' Regiment.
After the Revolution he moved to Cumberland County,
Pennsylvania, from there to Mason County, Kentucky, and
from there to Brown County, Ohio, where he was living
when he was allowed pension on his application executed
July 22, 1833.
It is stated that his father was living during the
Revolution, his name is not given, and there are no further data as to family.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner.
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JL Edwards Comm of Pensions
Washington City

Ohio
Received August 4 1833

July 29th

Free
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Brown County Ohio
Decatur 26th
July 1833
J. L. Edwards Commissed for Pontian
Indeed I send you the Claim of Elijah More
for a pention, when you investigate his claim
Place
you will please forward to me at this the true
Respectfully
N Beasley
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[column 1]
1914 July 7. Hist. to Mrs.
P.B. Zink.
1929. Jan. 28. Hist to
Mrs P.B. Zink - See letter
in William Caldwell
S.2116 bef.

[column 2]
Rev War
2852
INVALID.
File No. 2852
Elijah Moore
Pivt Rev War
Act: June 7" 1832
Index: - Vol. A, Page 261
(Arrangement of 1870.]
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Hillsboro D. June 30, 1914,
To the Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D.C
Dear Sir
I wrote you last April
for a copy of the pension certificate
of Aligah Moore who served in
of the Revolution from New Jersey, and
was pensioned when a resident
Brown Co. O. Was placed on
pension roll Oct. 16-1833,
You sent me the pension certificate
of Elijah Moore of Jefferson Co.
who was transferred to Virginia
Will
you kindly send me the
copy of the pension certificate
Elijah Moore of
Brown Co.
Yours very truly
Mrs. P. B. Zink
232 Vine St.