Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 6539, for Aaron Luzader, New Jersey
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Service: New Jersey PA

Luzader, Aaron

Number: R 6539
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No. 30.174

Aaron Luzader
Report to John J. Allen member of Congress

Hon. J.J. Allen
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[Note: Monongalia County is part of present day WEST Virginia]

State of Virginia
Monongalia County

On this 28th day of November 1833 personally appeared before me John Nuzum a Justice of the peace in and for said county of Monongalia in
the said State of Virginia Aron Luzader a resident of said county of Monongalia in the said State of Virginia aged one hundred and two 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 Act of Congress of the 7th June 1832.  That  he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served was herein stated viz.: That  in March 1776 he volunteered in the county of Somerset in Jersey in a company of Jersey Militia under Captain Lindly or Lindsey for three months. He was marched from Somersett County to Baskenridge thence to Paulus Hook thence to Amboy there joined a regiment under Col. Abram Drake thence to Bargain Town near New York there sometime and back to Elizabeth Town  He was appointed a sergeant when he first volunteered and acted as such the three months and was discharged at Elizabethtown having served three months as a Sergeant.  Again he forthwith volunteered for three months under the same Captain Lindly or Lindsey.  he was again made a sergeant marched to Amboy and there again joined his old Col. Drake was from there marched to Long Island in New York.  There had a battle with the British  were defeated with great loss  we retreated and the British marched to New York City and took possession of it. He was marched back to Bargain town and again discharged having served this tour three months as a sergeant .  He again forthwith volunteered under his same former Captain in Col. Drake's regiment.  This was about the last of September 1776.  He was marched to Fort Washington in New York he acted as a sergeant there sometime in November the British made a successful attack on this fort took it with many prisoners.  His Reg't retreated before the surrender and was marched to Fort Lee which was taken in three days after we retreated into PA near Philadelphia from thence under General Putnam to Trenton where General Washington took ---[words very faded] troops called Hessions Here his....
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third tour expired of three months making in all this year 1776 nine months as a sergeant - then he forthwith volunteered again under the same gallant Captain Lindly or Lindsey for three months more as a sergeant in the Jersey Militia.  He was marched as well as he can now recollect across the Delaware river into Pa [illegible] a few days was marched to Princeton where we had another hard battle where we killed 300 or 400 of the enemy and one American General killed whose name he has forgotten.  The American army or some part of them particularly the Jersey Militia were marched to Elizabethtown into winter quarters.  He continued there as a sergeant till in March 1777 when he was discharged having in all served one year as a sergeant in four engagements of three months each.  Again in March 1777 he volunteered under Captain Day in a company of Jersey Militia for three months. He again joined Col. Drake's reg't was marched to Amboy from Somersett County thence to Paulus Hook thence to Elizabethtown there continued again as a sergeant till June he was discharged having served three months this tour.  Again in August 1777 he volunteered under the same Captain Day as a sergeant in the Jersey Militia for three months.  He was marched down on the Delaware River about opposite Wilmington in Delaware State.  We crossed over into either Pa or Delaware to Chester and from there under Col. Drake was marched to a place called Brandywine had an engagement was defeated with great loss retreated and marched to different places and sometime about one month after the battle at Brandywine had an engagement at a place in Pa called Germantown here we were again defeated.  The British took Phila. General Washington marched to place called Cherry Valley where sometime in Nov. 1777 he was discharged having served this year between March and Nov six months in two tours as a sergeant.  He now removed to [Virginia - crossed out] Green County Pa.  He was here ordered out as an Indian...
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...Spy in March 1778 for three months under Captain Bradford.  He lived on Whiteley Creek in Pa.  He spied up towards Monongalia and towards Redstone old fort called for three months again he acted as sergeant under Capt. Crawford and Col. Evans till June 1778 when he was discharged.  Then in March 1779 he volunteered as an Indian Spy under Capt. Crawford again and Col. Evans was again ordered to spy on Whitely Dunkard and Muddy Creeks.   He done so again acting as a sergeant in Capt. Crawford's company till June 1779 he was discharged.  Having served this tour three months as an Indian Spy a sergeant again in May 1780. He volunteered  for three months under the same patriotic captain Crawford the same Col. Evans.  He was again a sergeant and again ordered to spy westward and on Whitely Muddy and Dunkard Creeks and report once every week to Capt. Crawford.  He done so till August 1780 when he was discharged having served three months this tour as an Indian spy or sergeant.  Again in June 1781 he volunteered as an Indian Spy under Capt. Clarke for three months under Col. Crawford the same man that had been his former Captain.  He was again made sergeant and spied on Whitely Dunkard and Muddy Creeks and westward reporting to Captain Clarke once in two weeks till September 1781 when he was discharged have served three months as an Indian Spy this tour a sergeant. He again  forthwith volunteered under his same officers for two months as a sergeant and Indian spy. He acted as before on the same ground till Nov 1781 when he was again discharged having served two months this tour as a sergeant.  Again in March 1782 he volunteered for three months as an Indian Spy under his same captain Clarke was stationed out where Brownsville now stands and ordered to spy westward which....
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... he [?] till in June 1782 was discharged having this tour served three months as an Indian Spy a sergeant Col. Crawford again commanded this tour. Again in 1783 he again volunteered under Captain Bowman as a sergeant in a company of Pa Ma [Penn. Militia?] was stationed at Brownsville under a Col. whose name he cannot recollect he thinks Thornton. He again commanded [?] as a sergeant Indian spies westward from  Brownsville from June 1783 till in Sept 1783.  This year he was discharged.  He served in all during the revolutionary war three years [smudged] and eight months at least as a sergeant.
  He has no documentary evidence - he knows of no persons whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his services as a soldier of the revolution.  He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension rolls of the agency of any state.
  Subscribed and sworn to this day and year aforesaid.  Aaron Luzader X his mark

  The several interrogatories prescribed by the war department were propounded to the applicant to which he [?]  this:
1st.  The he was born in Somersett county n New Jersey as he has heard from his parents
2nd.  That he has no record of his age
3rd.   That he was living in Somersett county in New Jersey from thence he removed to Monogalia county VA  where he now lives hand drawn here pointing to the right] The writer committed an error in the [caption?] and subsequent parts of the above declaration  and in the answer to the 3rd interrogatory in writing in the first instance "Harrison" instead of Monongalia he crossed it and has written Monongalia see above.
4th. He was first a volunteer and at all times so except his first tour in Pa in 1778.  He was then ordered out as a spy.
5th.  That he knew Genls. Washington Wayne Putnam Lee Lacy Potter Maxwell and some others whose names he has forgotten.  He saw regulars & Ma Pa & Va & N. York troops state and continental.  The general circumstances of his service is set forth above as fully as he can now do it at his very advanced age.
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...6th. - He recd discharges from each of his captains above named countersigned by his Cols.  He cannot now say where they are.  He supposes they were mislaid.  He never
considered them of service to him in any other respect than to authorize him to go home.
7th. He is (and long has been) well acquainted with many men in his neighborhood of whom he will name William Eisner and Enoch Ferrell who can testify to his character for veracity and [?] and the neighborhood belief of his services as a soldier of the revolution.  There are no clergymen residing near him some itinerant preachers whom he does not know.
Sworn and subscribed this day and year aforesaid.
Aaron Luzader his X mark

  We William Eisner and Enoch Ferrell resident citizens on Monongalia County do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Aron Luzader who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration.  That we believe him to be one hundred and two years old.  That he is respected and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and we concur in that opinion.  Sworn and subscribed this day and year aforesaid.
William Eisner his X mark
Enoch Ferrell
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And I the said John Nuzum / Nuziens a Justice of the Peace as aforesaid in and for the said county of Monongalia in the State of Virginia do hereby declare my 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 I the said Justice do further certify that William Eisner and Enoch Farrell who have signed and before me sworn to the above preceding certificate are resident citizens of Monongalia county in the said State of Virginia.  That they are known to me to be credible men and that their statement is entitled to credit and I the said Justice do further certify that the applicant lives at least 20 miles from his courthouse. That he is too old and infirmed to attend court and that there are no clergymen residing near him.  I further certify that the words [Ganiron?] above were first written and erased and the word Monongalia written in four several places before signing.  given under my hand at my county and state aforesaid this 28th day of November 1833.

John Nuzum J.P.
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Monongalia county to wit

  I Thomas P. Ray clerk of the county court of Monongalia Co. do hereby certify that John Nuzum Esquire whose hand and seal is affixed to the foregoing certificate is a magistrate of the county of Monongalia and State of Virginia and that due faith and credit ought to be paid to all his acts and deeds as such.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of office at Morgantown the 16th day of December in the year 1833 and 58th year of the Commonwealth.
Tho. P. Ray
Clerk
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Rev.&1812 Wars Section.    A.D.Y

November 21, 1928.


Dorothea M. Richards,
823-11 " Avenue, South
Nampa, Idaho.

Madam;

I advise you that from the papers in the Revolt
lution
ary War pension claim, R. 6539, it appears that Aaron
Luzader was born in 1731, day and month not given, in
Somerset County, New Jersey.
He applied for pension November 28, 1833 while a
resident of Monongalia County, Virginia and stated that
while residing in Somerset County, New Jersey he enlisted
March 1776, served four tours of three months
each as a sergeant in Captain Lindly's or Lindsey's Company
, Colonel Abram Drake's New Jersey Regiment and was
in the battles of Long Island and Princeton.
He enlisted March 1777, served two tours of three
months each as a sergeant in Captain Day's Company,
Colonel Drake's New Jersey Regiment, was in the battles
of Brandywine and Germantown and was discharged November
1777.
That while residing in Green County, Pennsylvania
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he enlisted March 1778, served three tours of three
months each as Indian spy and sergeant in Captain
Crawford's Company, Colonel Evans' Pennsylvania Regiment
.
He enlisted June 1781, served three months in
Captain Clarke's Company, Colonel Crawford's (his
former captain) Pennsylvania Regiment. He again enlisted
, date not given, served two months under the
same officers. He enlisted March 1782, served three
months under the same officers.
He enlisted in 1783, served three months in Captain
Bowman's Company, Colonel Thornton's Regiment.
His claim was not allowed as he failed to furnish
proof of the alleged service.
It is not stated that he served in the War of 1812
or that he received land from the United States.
Soldier moved from Green County, Pennsylvania to
Monongalia County, Virginia in 1793.
There are no family data.
For information relative to land that may have
been granted by the state from which he served, you
should consult the archives at the capital of that
state.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT,
Commissioner.
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Aron Luzader
Va

6539
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1928 Nov 21  Hist. to Dorothea M. Richards
1929 Apr. 2 Fred Gilkeyson adv. rel. to correct dates and spellings 

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[Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873 - crossed out]
[stamped] REJECTED

6539
P.O. ___
Aaron Luzader
Service: ___
Enlisted: __, 18
Discharged: ___, 18
Application filed: __, 18

Printed book of 1852
[Alleges: -crossed out] Suspended & Rej.  clms. gives as cause of suspension: "For further proof"
[Re-enlisted: - crossed out]
Attorney: __
P.O.: __
Recognized. __Contrac
__Cert. of Dis.  searched for ___, 18
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Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
MMHF

April 2, 1929

Frederick Gilkyson,
Brigadier General,
The Adjutant General,
Trenton, New Jersey.
 Sir:
 I advise you that Aaron Luzader (R. 6539) applied for pension November 28, 1833 at which time he was a resident of Monongalia County, Virginia, which in 1863 became West Virginia, and on the date of application stated he was born 1731.
 The spelling of the name of that county is sometimes confused with the spelling of the name of the river of similar pronunciation.
  Respectfully,
  E.W. MORGAN
Acting Commissioner.
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In Reply Refer To No.
 STATE OF NEW JERSEY
Office of the Adjutant General
 Trenton
April 4, 1929.

Commissioner of Pensions,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:
 This is to acknowledge receipt of your letter of April 2d, and to express my thanks for the information contained therein concerning the Revolutionary War pension claim of AARON LUZADER.
  Very truly yours,
  [signed] Frederick Gilkyson
 Frederick Gilkyson
Brigadier General,
The Adjutant General.

[stamp] REVOLUTIONARY & 1812 WARS SECTION BUREAU OF PENSIONS APR 5 - 1929
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IN REPLY REFER TO
NO.

STATE OF NEW JERSEY
OFFICE OF THE ADJUTANT GENERAL
TRENTON  March 25, 1929.

Revolutionary War

Commissioner of Pensions,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:

Our transcript of the rejected claim for pension of Aaron Luzader ( No. 6539 ) gives the year
of his birth as 1731, and states that the affidavit
was taken November 28, 1833.
It seems hardly possible that he would
have reached the age of one hundred and two years
before concerning himself with the matter of a
pension, and I shall appreciate having you verify
these dates.
It is noted that the affidavit was taken
in Monongahela County, Virginia." There is no
county of this name in Virginia, although I find
there is a " Monongalia County in West Virginia at
the present time. In this intended?
Very truly yours,
Frederick Gilkyson
Frederick Gilkyson,
Brigadier General,
The Adjutant General.

[stamp] U S PENSION OFFICE MAR 26 1920

Luzader
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823 11th Ave, So.,
Nampa, Idaho
Feb 21, 1928

Bureau of Pensions
 Dept. of War
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sirs:
   Will you please give me information in regard to Aaron Luzadder (or Lieuzader) who served in the American Revolution also in the War of 1812.
He received a grant of land of fourteen hundred acres from the government.  This land was at Grafton West Virginia.
I should like to know if there is any record of his services during the Revolution for which he received this land.  In what capacity did he serve?
Yours truly,
Dorothea M. Richards 

[stamped]:
Pension Office 
Feb. 25 1928
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Form VAM-51
12 - 5 - 41
Lyall, Thomas
WARRANT
Names 8486
---
BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
Sergeant
ACREAGE.
Division of Veterans' Administration Archives
New Jersey
August 7, 1789
to
Peter Anspach
assignee
The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of ""Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800"" which are
registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent
dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800.
Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Form VAM-51
12 - 5 - 41
Lybea, John
NUMBER
WARRANT 7410
BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
ACREAGE
Private
Division of Veterans' Administration Archives
New York
ISSUED July 12, 1792
to Joseph Purdy, assignee
The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of ""Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800"" which are
registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent
dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800.
Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.