Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 5219, Garret A Hopper, New Jersey
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(3-1776)
SERVICE NUMBER
New Jersey
Hopper, Garret A.
Catharine
R. 5219
CONTENTS
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Family Record

Marriages.

Garret A. Hopper and Catharine Cooper, Married the 6th day of May in the year of our Lord 1781.

Albert G. Hopper and Polly Brevoort Married the 15th day of November in the year of our Lord 1806.

Marriages.

Samuel Hopper and Elen Winters Married the 12th day of June in the year of our Lord 1832.

Stephen J. Bogert and Catharine Hopper married the 10th day of May in the year of our Lord 1835.

Christian A. Hopper, and Charity Blauvelt married April 17th 1837.
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Family Record.

Births.

Garret A. Hopper born the 28th day of January in the year 1755.
Catharine Cooper born the 27th day of February in the year 1763.
Albert G. Hopper born the 31st day of August in the year 1782.
Polly G. Hopper is born the 13th of February in the year of our Lord 1785.
Rachel G. Hopper born the 19th day of December in the year 1789.
Polly Brevoort born the 26th day of August in the year 1787.

Births.

Garret A. Hopper born the 21st day of August in the year 1808.
Samuel A. Hopper born the 3rd day of August in the year 1811.
Catharine Hopper born the 10th day of July in the year 1815.
Henry A. Hopper born the 30th day of July in the year 1818.
John Cooper Hopper is born the 26th day of September in the year of our Lord 1821.
Christian Hopper is born the 13th Day of August in the year 1826.
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--lbert Hopper died     Henry Alb Hopper 
-- 3rd AD 1795                died August the 16 AD 1828

--achel Hopper died         John Cooper Hopper   
--ember 3rd AD 1800       died August the 19th AD 1828

--n Cooper died               Garret A Hopper
--cember 29th AD 1800   died December 18th AD 1830

--ly Cooper died                Ellen [Higton]
--ember 3rd AD 1814        Died March 21st 
--muel Brevoort died          1843 and her child 
--gust 25th AD 1805            Died April 12th 1843

--tintis Brevoort died           Rachel Van Buskirke
--rch the 27tnry Berh AD 1813        died January 20th 1850
         
--istian Brevort Died           Catharine Hoopper Died Apr 12th 1850
13th Day of August 1805     Catharine Demarest Died Oct 16 1852
                           AD 1805

--nry Brevort Died the
Day of January AD 1823
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Albert L hopper Born the 24th day of February in the year 1833

John W Bogert born the 3rd day of September in the year 1839

Garret Henry Hopper Born May 25th AD 1852
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State of New Jersey
County of Bergen

In this third day of January 1854 Personally appeared Before me the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace in & for the Said County duly authorised by Law to administer Oaths Albert G H Hopper a resident of the Town of Franklin aged seventy one years & ________  who being duly Sworn  according to Law doath on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the amount of Pension due his Mother Catharine Hopper. at her Deth widow of Garret A Hopper her first & only Husband on account of his Service in the revolutionary War that in the time of the Revolution his Father the aforesaid Garret A Hopper resided in the aforesaid town of Franklin in the County of Bergen & State aforesaid and that during Said Revolution & as he has been informed & Truly Beleaves served under various and diferent offisers during the War of the revolution & that he was Married on the 5th day of May 1781 in the County of Bergen & State aforesaid to Catharine Cooper.  as lawful wife & had three Children only one of which is this Deponent the other Polly wife of Thomas Baldwin of Bergen County those two -- his Said only Children him Surviving & that his Said Mother did not again marry but remained a widow until her death which took Place at the town of Franklin County & St of histe aforesaid on the 12th day of April 1850 leaving this Deponent and the said Polly wife of Thomas Baldwin -- only Children him Surviving.  hi Said Father died in the town of Franklin, County of Bergen & State of N.J. on the 19th December 1830.  That for proof of his Said Service in the revolution as well
Farther
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as his Said Fathers & Mothers Marage [Marriage] Deths [Deaths] &
Births of their Children he relise [relies] upon the proof
which he may be able to obtain and anex [annex]
hereunto & trust that the Department will grant
him Such Pension as his proof & the merits of
the Case Shall warrant that his Said Father
nor his Said Mother never received a Pension
for Said Servis [Service] nor has he him self or his
only surviving sister ever received Such Pension &
that this is the first & only application --
therefor [therefore] which has been made to his Know
-ladge [Knowledge] or belief.
Albert G Hopper
sworn and subscribed
before me this 3rd day of
January 1859  Wm J Ackermay [unclear]  Justice of the peace

State of New Jersey
County of Bergen [illegible] Wm J Ackerman
a Justice of the Peace in & for Said County
do here by Certify that I am well acqua
inted [acquainted] with Albert G Hopper who took & sub
scribed [subscribed] his name to the foregoing that I
have know him for over thirty years last past
that he is a Credible Person & his statem
ents [statements] in the foregoing are entitled to

[next lines on document are hidden because another document has been laid over them.  transcription of the overlaid document follows]

State of New Jersey
Bergen County

I, Garret G. Ackerson, Clerk of the county of Bergen [insertion indicated here with ^, written insertion as follows:] and Clerk of the County Courts in [illegible] for this County [end of insertion] do certify that Abraham F. 
Ackerson before whome the above Declaration and Certificate of Albert G Hopper
was taken, was at the time of doing the same, A Justice of the Peace and also a judge of the Court of
[illegible] [illegible] [those two words could be "Common Pleas"] in and for this County duly commissioned and sworn, and fully authorized to take the same; ad further, 
that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said Justice     and
verily believe that his signature to the above declaration is genuine,
WITNESS my hand and seal of said County, this fifth day of January
in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty four
Garret G Ackerson   Clerk
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[this page is a reproduction of the preceding page, the only difference being that the preceding page is partially obscured by a document laid on top of it.  the transcription which follows is only of the portion which is not visible in the preceding page.]

Credit & full Belief and that I am not
Interested in the matter nor concerned in its
prosecution.     Wm J Ackerman  Justice of the peace
January 3rd 1854
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O.W. and N. Division
Department of the Interior, Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D.C., 189____. 
Sir,
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of Garret A Hopper, a soldier of the Revolutionary War, you will please find below the desired information as contained in his application for pension on file in the Bureau. by his son Albert G Hopper.
[table]
Dates of Enlistment | Length of Service  | Rank Officers under whom service was rendered  (Captain/Colonel) | State
The son states that his father resided in Bergen Co. PA dur. the Rev. war and he believes rendered some service but was unable to say in what capacity. A witness in the case [over]

Battles engaged in, [handwritten] Probably a skirmish at Hoppertown
Residence of soldier at enlistment, [handwritten] Bergen Co Pa
Date of application for pension  [handwritten] by son January 3, 1854.
Residence at date of application, of son,  [handwritten] Franklin NJ
Age at date of application,  [handwritten] 71 years
Remarks:  [handwritten] Soldier was born January 28, 1750
Married Catherine Cooper May 6, 1781. His services were not established and the son's application for pension was disallowed. 
Very respectfully, _____ Commissioner.
AT Norman, Esq
155 West 132" St
New York NY
[in small numbers] 7941 b-3m
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states that he was acquainted with 
the soldier dur [during] the Rev [Revolutionary] war and
that he knew he rendered service
under different offices but was
unable to give their names.  He
thought the period of service was
from 1779 to 1782 and that the
soldier was stationed a portion of the 
time at Nappertown Bergen Co. N.J.
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[printed and crossed out]
[stamped REJECTED]
5219.
P.O. _____
[handwritten] Catherine Hopper
Service:_________
Enlisted: __________, 18
Discharged: _________,18
Application filed: _________,18
Alleges: _________
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No. 15191
Catherine Hopper 
decd Widow of Garrett A
New Jersey
Letters to,
A VanBuskirk July 20/54
same Aug 19 1854
Evans & Fant Nv 6 1854
JG Austin Octo 23 1855
Hon GW Jones Jany 22 185 [paper ripped off and missing]
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[ink postal stamp] Phelps Jul 17 N.Y.
[handwritten sideways on envelope] Catherine Hopper N.J. Original
L.P. Waldo. Esq.
Commifsioner of Pensions
Washington City, D.C.
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Catherine Hoppwe Garrett A N J
Sus _1838
S.A. Pugh _ ApL 29 57 C. [too faint to read]
Ex. by C.C.
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[cypher, could be CP or CR?]
[ink marks appear to be from the document that follows this one]
[writing is illegible - second word appears to be Both?]
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[paper is ripped in half]
Bem
R. OB
Wm F
Left - 
Filed 
Wido
Pens
[sideways on paper] 25, 240 [line] 1000, 50
John Makners
John Ma
[sideways on paper] 144
[ink marks]
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Confidential
Mr. Evans, Esq., &C.
Dear Sir, with regard to the proposition I put forth in my letter as to the Commission to send some one to examin the Record & the pay &c proposed I would say to you that if the examination & authenticity of the record prove satisfactorily & that is all they want to confirm the claim [underlined] then let them send some one to meet me in N.Y. for the Record is Genuine. & no mistake A.V. Buskirk. 
over
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Sir, pleas ascertain the fact if that is all they want. for it is uneleft [?] for me to pay them for their Jurney. &c if they still mean to put off the claim after the examination of the Bible & proves Gatisfactorily.
Yours, &c A. VanBuskirk
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to the Commissioner of Pensions
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Phelps July 17th, / 54
To the Commissioner of Pensions W. Waldo Esq.
Dear Sir, I send you the Case of Catherine Hopper Widow of Garrett A. Hopper of New Jersey whom was a Soldier of the revolution pleas file the papers in my name & report to me at Phelps, Ontario County, New York. Act July 4th, 1836 & oblige yours &c A. Van Buskirk
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March 29, 1854
Wm L.P. Waldo, Esq. 
Dear Sir, I send you the additional testimony of Peter Van Buskirk & Stephen Lutkins in Case of Mary Hopper decd widow of Capt. John Hopper of Bergen County together with the evidence as regards the family record. &c This C Zubriskie is a verry Excentrick old man it is impossible to procure the Leaves or the Bible from him as I told you when at Washington. I humbly trust that those additional evidences in the Case will prove Oath's factory under those circumstances. pleas send me the result of your deliberation to Phelps Ontario County & Oblige you friend. A.V. Buskirk
L.P. Waldo, Esq.
Commifsioner of Pension
Washington DC
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To the Honeroble the Senate & Huse of Representatives in Congrefs Apemble
The Petition of Mary Hopper widow of Captain John A Hopper respectfully represents that her said husband was a Captain for serveral years in the war of the Revolution in the State of New Jersey. That she made application to the Pension Office [underlined] for the proper pension for the service of said John A Hopper but without succefs that the proof of the service of the said Hopper is now on file in Pension Office. She therefore prays that your honurable bodies will cause the papers in case to be sent to Congrefs for the purpose of obtaining such relief as your honoroble bodies may dein right & proper in her case as made & provided by act 4 July 1836. and in duty bound until ever [pray?]
Mary Hopper by A Horry S.A. Peugh
PS The papers are in file in the Pension Office the corner will please call for them. [bracket]
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N.J. huhinded Roll
Catharine Hopper of N.J. 
widow of Garret A. Hopper Died
Act [ink crossed out] of 1838 [underlined]
Additional Evidence
J.G. Austin Atty Present
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Phelps Oct 11th, 1854
Wm L.P. Waldo, Esq.
Sir
In relation to the case of Mary Hopper decd wido of Capt John of N.J. the Difficulty in procurring the old Bible out of the hands of Zabriske in impossible as he appears to be ill disposed towards the airs & is determined not to give it up. & as I am a thinking to return onse more to N.J. I will make one more effort to obtain it. & if not succefsful pleas inform me that if I should be able to procure the testimony of a respectable person having knowledge of the fact as to marage that would be satisfactorily to the Department. as regards the family record. I shall have an administrator appointed and the amount of his official Bond certified to the Pension office. [underlined] hoping this will if procured obviate all objections urged against the Claim as the [miss?] are anxious that Justice should be [dim?] in rewarding them for there farthers service please inform me in detail with the return mail. Oblige your obt. Set., A.V. Buskirk
P.S. Please Direct your letter to Pehlps Ont. Co. N.Y. 
A.V. Buskirk
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Phelps, Feb. the 28 1833
Mr. L. P. Waldo Esq., Commissioner of Pensions,
Dear Sir, I send you the affidavit of Stephen Lutkins in addition to his former Statements now on file in the Pension office at Washington, D.C. in favour of the heirs of Mary Hopper, widow of Capt. John (dec'd) of N.J. Sir pleas Re[spectfully?] examine all the Papers in this Case and report to me at Phelps, Ontario Co., N.Y. I sincerely hope that the Department will decide the Case favourably for the heirs as they are anxiously awaiting to have Justice done to their Father, who devoted all his time & talents in the Revolution to the Cause of the American Independence, be sides [sic] suffering the Loss of all his Property by the British, as he was well known to the British, as well as others, to be ardent supporters of American independence in Bergen Co[unty?]
Respectfully & C.
A Van Buskirk
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Notes given by the Commissioners of the several Counties of the State of New Jersey for Militia service during the Revolutionary War. 
No. of Certif. 71
Date May 10 1784
Signed by Peter Wilson
Payable to Garret A Hopper
Amount [pound symbol] 9.18.4

STATE OF NEW JERSEY:
[Embossed with seal of office
I, THOMAS S. ALLISON, Secretary of State of the State of New Jersey, do hereby certify, that the foregoing is a true abstract from a Book, headed as above, and compared with the original, now remaining in my office. And I do further certify, that Peter Wilson was, by an Act passed by the Legislature of this State, December 20, 1783, entitled, "An act to procure an estimate of the suns due to the Militia and Troops who have been raised for the defence of the frontiers of the State, and to provide for the settlement of the same," appointed a Commissioner for the County of Bergen for the purpose of settling and adjusting the Pay-rolls of the Militia and Troops of this state, as aforesaid, and also for signing and delivering out to each and every person a note for the payment of what may be justly due. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed my seal of office, at Trenton in said State, this twenty-seventh day of July A.D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty-four.
[Signed] Tho. S. Allison
Secretary of State
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Phelps  August 26 th  1854

Wm Evans & Co Esq.

Sir I have a case on file
in the Pension office of the Children of Catherine Hopper
Decd (deceased] widow of Garret A. Hopper of N.J. it has been
filed under the act of July 7 th 1838. [year is underscored] which is rong [wrong]
it Should have been filed under the act of July 4 th 1836. as you will See that the Marriage took
place previous to the last term of Service consequently
he served after his marriage.  as you will see by the proof [?]
the Declaration was Executed by a Judge who also holds [?]
the office of Justice of the Peace in & for the County of Bergen
N.J. as you will see by Examination, the Proof is conclusive
of Shoing [Showing?] more than two years Service one of the Witness
as you Know was a soldier in the revolution. Peter
Van Brunswick & the other resided in the neighboring [?]
hood of the Camp & were of an age & in position
to know that he did Serve as set forth. the records 
at Trenton are very imperfect & can not be relied on
the other case of Tompkins County N.Y. & there died
his service was perrformed in N.J. as you will see & his
Service is abundantly set forth by Witnesses on file
if you will Prosecute those two cases I will give
you fifty Dollars for each case [underscored] if successful [illegible mark]
in getting them alowed [allowed?] & if not successful not to
pay any thing in the matter. pleas [please] Examen [Examine] the papers
& let me Know in Detail. there is additional evidence in 
the case of Gorge Dearman on file    over
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Phelps [] 1854
The Case of Mary Hopper Widow of Capt John of New Jersey. With regard to the old family Bible I have used all the influence I could with him & with his friends to procure the Bible but all of no avail I mean Zabriskie who has the Bible in his possession. I now suggest to you that if you can devise any way in that we can succeed lawfully in getting possession of it to let me know or if the Commissioner will send the Examiner or any other Person & meet me at any place say at the Merchants Hotel in courtland [Cortlandt?] street N.Y. and designate the day I will if possible meet him there, & will then proceed to in Company with him & Examine the Bible or Record in full to our satisfaction. & I will pay all his expenses in Coming & going & give him a present of fifty Dollars Extra for his trouble in the Matter.
yours &.C.
A. Van Buskirk
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Cathe [Catharine?] Hopper
N.J. sus 38
Geo Dearman
NJ sus 32

Examine
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Phelps, Sept the 16 1854
Mr Evans Esq.
Sir, I have written you a letter some three weeks since & have as yet received no answer in regard to the Claims of the Children of Catharine Hopper, widow of Garret Hopper of Bergen Co., N.J. & likewise of Capt Hopper N.J. and George Dearman. And as I am anxious to know the cause of the Delay I have this written & refer you to that letter. Pleas[e] let me know with the return Mail all the Particulars set forth as regards these Claims with instructions &C. in detail as I have other Claims in N.J. to get up as soon as I can get an answer from you &C. Direct your letter to Phelps, Ontario Co., N.Y. 
Yours truly,
A. Van Buskirk
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[illegible] April 7th 1854
Mr. L. P. Waldo Esq.
Dear Sir I received your favor of the 4th of April in regard to the Claim of the heirs of Mary Hopper, Widow of John. I am at a loss to conceive where the objections can [illegible] if it is in not providing the [illegible] research or apoointing an administrator or if the duration of the evidence of Peter Van Buskirk, Steven Lutkins etc. is not all that is required. Pleas let me know in detail on all of the objectionable points & what you still require to be [illegible] in order to allow the claim. -

Pleas send me an answer with return mail. Oblige yours,
A. V. Buskirk
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Phelps August 12th 1854
L.P. Waldo Esq. Commissioner of Pensions
Sir
I received a line from you stating that you had filed the application of the Children of Catharine Hopper dec'd widow of Garret A. of N.J. under the Act of July 4th 1838. Sir pleas[e] Examine the Papers & you will find that it is clearly proved that the soldier served after his marriage. Consequently the Claim should be placed under the Act of July 4th 1836. Likewise you will find that the application or declaration was Executed by an acting Judge in & for the County of Bergen, who holds the office both of a Judge & Justice of the Peace in said County. Enclosed Please find Certificate in the Case of G.A. Hopper. The records at Trenton are very imperfect as you know you think it strange why the widow did not apply in her life time as she lived until 1850. One reason was that one of her Neighbours offered to Prosecute her claim [blurred, crossed out?] she would pay all the Expenses in the matter to which she objected & so the matter dropt. [sic] I hope the testimony in the above Case that is filed will be sattisfactory [sic] as one of the Witnesses, Peter Van Buskirk was a soldier of the revolution & lived in the neighbourhood as well as the remainder of the Witnesses & all of a propper [sic] age to know. After your deliberations pleas[e] report to me at Phelps, Ontario County, N.Y. 
Yours truly,
A. Van Buskirk
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Phelps, August 12th, 1854
Mr. L. P. Waldo, Esq.
Sir I further more inclose a line or two from the Secretary of State at Trenton showing that the name of George Dearman of Tompkins is not to be found on the records in his office.  But the testimony on file in the Pension office will be satisfactorily I hope in the above case.  Pleas file the papers of the two cases in my name & report to me at Phelps, Ontario County N. Y.
and oblige yours truly,
A. Van Buskirk
[bottom left]
Mr. L. P. Waldo Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City, D. C.
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State of New Jersey
County of Bergen
On this tenth Day of July 1854. Personally appeared Before me the Subscriber a Justice of The Peace in & for Said County duly authorized by law to administer oaths John D Ackerman, resident of the Town of Hohokus Bergen County and State aforesaid aged ninety years & upwards who being duly sworn according to law doth (on his oath make the following Declaration as follows that he was well acquainted with Garret A. Hopper in his life time who resided in Bergen County N.J. in the time of the revolutionary War & that [] lived in the Saim [sic] Neighbourhood of the Said Garret A. Hopper of Bergen County N.J. Personally knew of his being Mustered in the Service of the United States as a Private in the American Army in Bergen County, N.J. under Different officers the names by reason of age and Consignment Loss of Memory [] can not recollect the Camp then lay at Hoppertown Bergen Co. N.J. this was in the Spring of 1780. how long had he been in the service at that time I can not recollect distinctly but that time I remember from the circumstance of the engagement that took place at Hoppertown N.J in which some lives were lost in the conflict. The duration of each term of service I Cannot Sware [sic] positively but that he did the duty of a soldier & was under a soldier's obligation at least from 1780 until some time in December of 1782. His service was mostly performed in marches & Counter marches between that place & New york & that in the time of his performing the service he was not employed in any civil Pursuit to my knowledge. I am Disinterested in the Matter.
John D Ackerman [his mark]
Sworn and Subscribed before me this 10th day of [June?] 1854 Abrm. J. Ackerman Justice of the Peace
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State of New Jersey
County of Bergen
I Abrm J Ackerman a Justice of the Peace in & for said County do hereby Certify that I am well acquainted with John D Ackerman, who took & subscribed his name to the fore going affidavit that he is a credible Person & his statements in the above are entitled to full Credit and belief, & also that I am Disinterested in the above matter & am not Concerned in its Prosecution
Abrm J Ackerman Justice of the Peace
State of New Jersey
Bergen County
I Garret G. Ackerson Clerk of the County of Bergen and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for this County do certify that Abraham J. Ackerman before whom the forgoing disposition and certification of John D Ackerman was taken and to which he has subscribed his name was at the time of the doing thereof a Justice of the Peace in and for this County duly bound [illegible] and sworn and fully authorized to take the [] and further [state?] I am well acquainted with the handwriting of said Justice and truly believe that his signature to the [] is genuine. 
Witness my hand and seal of this County and Court this 11th day of July AD 1854
Garret G Ackerson Clerk
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[in margins of document: *and Mary Hopper [interviewed?] before Executor Abrm J Ackerman]
State of New Jersey
Bergen County []
On this fourth day of January 1854 personally appeared before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly authorized by Law to administer oaths Albert G. Hopper [inserted] and Mary Hopper, both [inserted] resident of the Town of Franklin, aged seventy one years and upwards, who being duly sworn, deposeth and says that the following is a true Copy from the Record of an old Bible in their possession known and kept by them as the Family Record of Garret A Hopper in relation to the marriages Deaths and births of said [Family?] as follows.
Garret A Hopper and Catharine Cooper married the 6th day of May in the year of our Lord 1781. Garret A Hopper born the 28th day of January in the year 1755. Albert G Hopper born the 31st day of August in the year 1782. Catharine Cooper born the 27th day of February in the year 1763. Polly Hopper is born the 13th of February in the year of our Lord 1785. Rachel G Hopper born the 19th day of December in the year 1789. Garret A Hopper died December 18th AD 1830. Catharine Hopper died April 12th 1850.
Sworn and subscribed before me this 4th day of January 1854 Abrm J Ackerman Justice of the Peace
Albert G Hopper 
Mary [her mark X] Hopper
I Abrm J Ackerman above named depose and say that I hold the office of Justice of the Peace and also of Judge in and for said County aforesaid and that the above is a true extract from the Records of said Family Bible above named and furthermore that I am well acquainted with Albert G Hopper and Mary Hopper who took and subscribed their names to the foregoing affidavit that they are persons of good moral character and their statements therein are entitled to full credit and belief that I am not interested in the claim nor in its prosecution Abrm J Ackerman Justice of the Peace
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State of New Jersey
Bergen County SS
I Garret G. Ackerson clerk of the county of Bergen and clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said county do certify that Abraham J. Ackerman before whom the foregoing affidavids [sic] of Albert G. Hopper and Abbey Hopper were taken and his certificate thereto, was at the time of the doing thereof a justice of the peace and also a judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said county duly commissioned and sworn and fully authorized to take the [illegible] and further that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of said justice and verily believe that his signatures to the said affidavid [sic] and certificate are genuine.
Witness my hand and seal of said county and court this fifth day of January [illegible] 1854
Garret G. Ackerson clerk
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State of New York
County of Bergen SS [perhaps meant to be Ontario County?]
Be it remembered that on this Eleventh Day of March, 1854, Personally appeared before me the Subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for Said County duly authorised by Law to adminster oaths, Peter Van Buskirk, a resident of the town of Phelps, Ontario County & State Aforesaid but formerly of the town of Harrington, County of Bergen, State of N.J. aged Eighty Eight years & upwards who being duly sworn according to Law, doth on his oath make the following declaration as follows. That he was well acquainted with Garret A. Hopper in his life time of Bergen County, N.J. & that I lived but a few miles from him in the time of the Revolutionary War & I knew of his Being mustered in the Service of the United States under various & different officers that by reason of old age & consignment loss of memory I do not recollect. The camp lay in Hoppertown, Bergen Co. N.J. This was some time in the Spring of 1779. That time I became acquainted with his service how long he had been in the service before that time I do not remember & how long after 1779 he served. I cannot distinctly recollect as to the precise time but according to the best of my recollection he served until some time in the Winter of 1782. His service was part of the time in Garrison as the camp lay at Hoppertown in Bergen County, N.J. & this had the General Depot at Hoppertown aforesaid for the American army & had their Provisions & ammunition &c stored in the Buildings of Capt Hopper at Hoppertown aforesaid & that the said Garret A. Hopper took part in the Battle against the British at that place some time in April 1780, in which the Commanding officer was killed & served in the field & in Garrison for the protection of the inhabitants from the Enemy until some time in the Winter of 1782 as a privet. 
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[handwritten][illegible] furthermore that I am disinterested.  I have no interest in the case above stated.  
Sworn & subscribed this 11th day of March 1852
Before me Henry C. Swift
Justice of the Peace of Ontario County
[signature in different handwriting] Peter Von Buskirk
[handwritten]
State of New York
County of Ontario SS
I, Henny C. Swift a Justice of the Peace in & for said County do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Peter Van Buskirk and that he is a credible witness & I do duly also certify that I have no interest in [obscured by overlying paper]

[typewritten]State of New York
County of Ontario

I, John J. Lyon, Clerk of the County Court, in and for the County and State above mentioned, do hereby certify, that Henry C. Swift whose genuine signature appears above, is, and was at the time of signing the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, duly commissioned and sworn; that all his official acts as such are entitled to full faith and credit; and that the aforesaid County Court is a Court of Record having general jurisdiction.

Given under my Hand and Seal of Office, at Canandaigua, this 13th day of March 1854

John J. Lyon
Clerk
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& furthermore that I am Disinterested & have no interest in the Case above stated.
[signature] Peter Van Buskirk
Sworn & Subscribed this 11th day of March 1854 before me [Henry?] C. Swift Justice of the Peace of Ontario County.

State of New York
County of Ontario SS
I Henry C Swift a Justice of the Peace in & for said County do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Peter Van Buskirk and that he is a credible witness & I do hereby also certify that I have no interest nor am I engaged in the prosecution of the aforesaid claim for a pension.
H.C. Swift, J.P.
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Garret A. Hopper's
[Evidence?]
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State of New Jersey
County of Bergen [SS]
On this 5th day of January 1854. Personally appeared before me the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace in & for said County duly authorized by Law to administer Oaths, Andrew H Hopper, a resident of the town of New Barbadoes, County & State aforesaid aged 67 years and upwards who being duly Sworn according to Law doth on his oath mak[e] the following declaration. That he was well acquainted with the Said Garret A. Hopper in his life time & that the Said Garret A. Hopper was reported and believed in the neighbourhood where he resided to have been a soldier in the revolution and served as such in time of that war. & that I concur in that opinion & that the belief is general & that no doubts ever existed upon the Subject & that I am disinterested & have no interest in the above matter 
Andrew H Hopper
Sworn and subscribed at Hackensack this fifth day of January one thousand eight hundred fifty four before me. John N Ackerman Justice of the Peace 
State of New Jersey
County of Bergen [SS]
I John H Ackerman a Justice of the Peace in & for said County do hereby Certify that I am well acquainted with Andrew H Hopper who subscribed his name to & who made the foregoing affidavit that he is a man of good moral character & his statements therein are Entitled to full Credit & belief & that I am not interested in the matter & are not concerned in the Prosecution of the Claim. 
John N Ackerman Justice of the Peace
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State of New Jersey
Bergen County []
I Garret G Ackerson Clerk of the County of Bergen and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County do certify that John H Ackerman [] before whom the forgoing affidavit and his certificate thereto of Andrew H Hopper was taken was at the time of the doing thereof a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly commissioned and sworn and fully authorized to take the same and further that I am acquainted with the handwriting of said justice and verily believe that his signatures to the same are genuine.
Witness my hand and seal of this County and Court this fifth day of January AD 1854
Garret G Ackerson Clerk
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No. 15.191
Catharine Hopper
Dec. Wife of Garret A.
N.J.

July 7 1838
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State of New Jersey}
Bergen County SS}
On this tenth day of July 1854 personally appeared before m the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly authorized by Law to administer Oaths Abbot G Hopper and Mary Hopper both residents of the Township of Franklin in said County aged seventy one years and upwards who being duly sworn according to Law do on their oaths make the following declaration as follows that the paper hereunto annexed purporting to be a family record were taken from a Bible which belonged to their Father and known and kept by him as the original Family Bible and that said papers were always regarded as this Family Record of the Father Garret A Hopper all of the Township of Franklin in said County.
Albert G Hopper
Mary Hopper
His Mark
Subscribed & sworn this 10th day of July 1854 before [illegible]

Abrm J Ackerman Justice of the Peace
State of New Jersey}
Bergen County SS}
I Abrm J Akerman a Justice of the Peace in and for said County do hereby Certify that Albert G Hooper and Mary Hopper who took and subscribed their names to the foregoing affidavit are both well known to me and that they are credible persons and their statements in the foregoing affidavit is entitled to full Credit and belief and furthermore I am disinterested in the matter and am not [illegible] in its prosecution and that I saw the record []illegible annexed taken from the Original Bible.
Abrm J Akerman Justice of th
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State of New Jersey
Bergen County SS
I Garret G Ackerson Clerk of the County of Bergen and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for this County do certify that Abraham J Ackerman before whom the foregoing Affidavit and Certificate of Albert G. Hopper and Mary Hopper was taken and to which he has subscribed his name was at the time of the doing thereof and still is a Justice of the Peace in and for this County duly [?] and sworn and fully authorized to take the same and further that I am  well acquainted with the handwriting of this Justice and truly believe that his signature to the [?] Affidavit and Certificate is genuine.
Witness my hand and seal of this County and Court the 11th day of July AD 1854.
Garret G Ackerson Clerk
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State of New Jersey
County of Bergen [SS]
On this sixth Day of November A.D. 1854 Personally appeared Before me the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace in & for said County of Bergen, Duly authorized by Law to administer oaths, [original text Garret D. Ackerman crossed out] Stephen Lutkins a resident of the Town of [original text: Hohokus? crossed out] New Barbadoes, County of Bergen, State of N.J., aged eighty-six years & upwards who being duly sworn according law doth on his oath make the Confirmation as folows [sic] that he was well acquainted with Garret A Hopper in his life time of Bergen County N.J. & that he lived in the same  neighbourhood but a short distant [sic] from the said Garret A. Hopper's residence in the time of the revolution. & Personally knew of the said Garret being mustered in service of the United States under Capt. Hopper and other officers at Hoppertown in said County & State above named in the spring of 1779. & as near as I can  recollect it was the fore part of April 1779. At the Camp at Hoppertown in said County, N.J. & served from that time, according to the best of my recollections until some time in December 1782 & was honourably discharged. The American army was quartered at Hoppertown in the aforesaid County & in Marches and Scouting Partys [sic] in which he served for the Protection of the inhabitants from the incursion of the enemy in the vicinity of the camp & between that place & New york. & as I was an eye Witness of most all the [moving? marching?] of the army consequently I was well known to his service. & the Battle at the Garrison at Hoppertown, in which some was killed and some wounded, Between the British & Americans. The said Garret A. Hopper & all the Garrison took Part in the Conflict against the British and the said Garret's time was Wholly Devoted to his service as a Volunteer & Consequently [word mostly obscured by ink blot] was not employed in any civil pursuit to my knowledge [over]
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& in the Conflict with the British the Commanding officer was killed his name I believe was Major or General Boyls, Biles. & G. Wenes were some of the Commanding officers of the garrison according to the best of my recollection & also that I am disinterested in the above Case, also the Battle with the British above stated was in April 1780. 
Stephen Lutkins [+] his mark
#The words of Stephen Lutkins and the words written over New Barbadoes over erasures were done before executor Sworn and Subscribed before me this ninth day of November 1854
Abrm J. Ackerman Justice of the Peace
State of New Jersey
County of Bergen [SS] 
I Abrm J Ackerman a Justice of the Peace in & for said County do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Stephen Lutkins who took and subscribed his name to & who made the foregoing affidavit that he is a man of good moral character & his statements there in are Entitled to full credit and belief & Furthermore that I am Disinterested in the above Claim & are not Concerned in its Prosecution. 
Abrm J Ackerman Justice of the Peace
State of New Jersey
Bergen County [SS]
I Garret G Ackerson Clerk of the County of Bergen and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County do certify that Abraham J Ackerman before whom the foregoing deposition of Stephen Lutkins was taken and to which he has subscribed his name was at the time of the doing thereof a Justice of the Peace in and for said County and duly commissioned and sworn and fully authorized to take the [] and furthermore that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of this Justice and verily believe that his signature to this deposition is genuine.
Witness my hand and seal of this County and Court this tenth day of November AD 1854.
Garret A Ackerson Clerk
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Senate U.S. 
Feb. 1 / 58

Dear Sir:

Enclosed are returns the papers in the case of Catharine Hopper. Sent Jany 22 / 58. 
Yours truly & Respy,
J. H. Heath of Com. Pens.
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H.
Old War and Navy Files
Aug 16, 1893

Pension Office
US
Aug 14 1893
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[Typed] MORNING, EVENING AND TWICE-A-WEEK EDITIONS. [End Typed]
[Letterhead] New York Commercial Advertiser.
Established 1797.
JOHN A. COCKERILL, EDITOR.
CHARLES E. HASBROOK, P
New York, Aug 14 1893
Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington D.C.

Dear Sir: Will you kindly favor me with the war record of Garret Hopper of Bergen Co., N.J. who served in the Revolutionary War? In so doing, you will greatly oblige. Yours very truly, 
A.J. Norman
155 West 132rd St. N.Y. City