Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 7,687, Ephraim Harriott, New Jersey
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New Jersey  Harriott, Ephraim or Harriot Mary  W. 7687
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28.043
New Jersey
Ephraim Harriott 
of Middlesex in the State of New York
who was a private in the Couth {Ineligible} commanded
by Captain Parker of the Regr commanded
by Col. Herd in the New Jersey
line for 18 months.

Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey
at the rate of 60 Dollars 00 Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 18 day of Jany. {ineligible}
1831 {ineligible} and seutte J. Frelingherpen {ineligible} Mle. Patent {ineligible}

Arrears to the 4th of Sep {ineligible} '33 $150
Semi-anl. allowance ending AM.'34  30
$180
{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by Geo. C. Steles {ineligible} Clerk, 
Book E, Vol. H, Page 116

Dead Widow Claim. See
letter to Hon. J. F.  Randolph
Oct. 13, 1837
clo - clo - March 7.'38.
Widow Mary a omitted July 5, 1838

120
30
150
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New Jersey, 2, 179{ineligible}

Mary Harriott, 
widow of Ephraim Harriot, de{ineligible}
N. J.
who died on the 5th of September 1833,
of Middlesex Co. in the State of New Jersey
who was a private in the company commnde {ineligible}
by Captain Parker, of the segmt. {ineligible} commnde {ineligible}
by Col. Herd, in the New Jersey
line for 18 months, private. 

Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey
at the rate of 60 Dollars ___ Cents {crossed out} per anm, 
{ineligible} o commence on the {crossed out} {written in} 6th day of March, 1834. 6th day
of September 1833.

Certificate of Pension issued the 5th day of July 
1838, and sent to the 
Hon. Joseph F. Randolph, FC.,
Arrears to the 4th of March 1838, $269.64
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept. " 30.00
$299.64

{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act July 4, 1836}
{Section the 3 d}

Recorded by G. T. Rhodes Cler {ineligible}
Book A. Vol. 2,  Page 127.
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Declaration of Ephraim Harriot of Woodbridge
Middlesex County N Jersey in order to obtain the
benefit of the act of Congress of June 7th 183  2 {crossed out}
State of New Jersey}
County of Middlesex} Fr On this 25th day of July {inserted} 1833 personally
appeared before me James Harriott a Judge of the
Court of common pleas in and for the county aforesaid
Ephraim Harriott a resident in the township of Woodbridge
in said county 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 on the 
7th of June 1832.  That he is unable from advanced
age and bodily infirmity to attend Court in order to
make his declaration that from similar causes and the 
loss of memory he cannot swear positively to the 
precise amount of his servises nor the length of each
town but according to the best of his reccollection.  That
he was born on the 27th day of August 1753 as appears from
a record of his age in a bible now in his possesion
that he is now consequently in the 80th year of his age
that he has always resided in the county of Middlesex
at or near where he now lives, that he entered the service
of his country in the latter part of the year 1775
as a volunteer and private and went on an expedition
to Long Island for one month against the tories under
Captain Samuel Parker and Col Nathaniel Herd soon
after this town in the same year as he thinks or early 
in the year 1776 he again volunteered under the same
Captain and Colonel and served another town of a 
month to Staten Island for a similar purpose von {ineligible}
To disarm the tories and to suppress other disaffections in
the year of 1776 the enemy under General How took possession
of Staten Island and from this time forward the servises
of the Malitia and volunteers ware constant and most arduous
for several years he stood to his post and bore his part in
the labors and hazard of that ever memorable period ----
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{pencil writing 2}
He was at no time in any regular battle but was often
in great peril and frequent skirmishes and one he was
in at amboy when one of his townsmen Robert Coddington
was wounded who has recievd a pension for many years
During the year 1776 he was out very often but can only
spisify three months of volinteer service under Capt 
Ross in the country from Woodbridge to Milstone Middlebrook
 
{pencil writing 3}

Fc in the year following 1777 he again was out as a 
volinteer and private not being drafted from an occasionly
lameny in his hip and served two months under Capt 

{pencil writing 2 mo}

Freeman Col Crow the superior officer on the Woodbridge
Station guarding the lines  In 1778 he served as a volinteer
for 3 months under Capt Asher Randolph on the same station
and similar service in 1779 was out again as he believes
two months under Capt Manning Col Webster was in
the same service and station in 1780 serviced three

e was at no time in any regular battle but was often
in great peril and frequent skirmishes and one he was
in at amboy when one of his townsmen Robert Coddington
was wounded who has recievd a pension for many years
During the year 1776 he was out very often but can only
spisify three months of volinteer service under Capt 
Ross in the country from Woodbridge to Milstone Middlebrook
Fc in the year following 1777 he again was out as a 
volinteer and private not being drafted from an occasionly
lameny in his hip and served two months under Capt 
Freeman Col Crow the superior officer on the Woodbridge
Station guarding the lines  In 1778 he served as a volinteer
for 3 months under Capt Ashe{n} Randolph on the station
and similar service In 1779 was out again he believes
two months under Capt Manning Col Webster was in
the same service and station in 1780 served three 
months under Capt Randolph same service and same 
Station Indeed his service was all in the same district
of country from Amboy along the shore to Newark thence
extending into the country to plainfield quiillonn {illegible} 
Middlebrook Somerset Court house Rariton landing N. Brunswick Fc. Fc In 1781 Was out again three Months at least 
Under Capt Manning & Col Crow same station and 
servis he continued to go out occaisionally as a volinteer
to the end of the war untill the period of the final
 evacuation of the British forces from New york but his
{but this crossed out} serving were so extremly irregular as to make
it quite impracticable at this remote period and at his
advancid age with decayed memory to specify in this
mode pointed out in the regulations of the war department
he is confident the whole service would amount
to more much more than two years altogether his
Service scarcely ever led him into the presence of the 
Continental troops or officers and he is unable to mention
more than the names of Gen Mercer who was at
Amboy at one period of his service and Gen Green

for 3 months under Capt Ashe{n} Randolph on the station
and similar service In 1779 was out again he believes
two months under Capt Manning Col Webster was in
{pencil writing 2 mos}
the same service and station in 1780 served three 
months under Capt Randolph same service and same 

{pencil writing 3 mos}

Station Indeed his service was all in the same district
of country from Amboy along the shore to Newark thence
extending into the country to plainfield quiillonn {illegible} 
Middlebrook Somerset Court house Rariton landing N. Brunswick Fc. Fc In 1781 Was out again three Months at least 
Under Capt Manning & Col Crow same station and 
servis he continued to go out occaisionally as a volinteer
to the end of the war untill the period of the final
 evacuation of the British forces from New york but his
{but this crossed out} serving were so extremly irregular as to make
it quite impracticable at this remote period and at his
advancid age with decayed memory to specify in this
mode pointed out in the regulations of the war department
he is confident the whole service would amount
to more much more than two years altogether his
Service scarcely ever led him into the presence of the 
Continental troops or officers and he is unable to mention
more than the names of Gen Mercer who was at
Amboy at one period of his service and Gen Green
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Who was with the army in the engagement Springfield this declarent was not however at Springfield at the time of the battle declarent never received a written discarge [discharge] from the service nor has he any documentary evidence of such service but he refers to the testimony of Samuel Harvest a surviving soldier of the revolution now in the 78 year of his age and to Mary Hampton still older than himself to testify to his revolutionary services and also to the certificate of of the Rev William B Barton a clergiman [clergyman] of the neighborhood and to Joseph Marsh on of his neighbors who can testify to his caricter [character] for varasity [veracity] and truth and their belief of his service as a soldier of the Revolution, he hereby relinquishes every claim relative to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.

Sworn and subscribed the day and
year above and before me one of 
the Judges aforesaid of the common pleas
in and for the County of Middlesex.
James Harriot [signature]
[to the right, ink blot and the name Harriot]

I James Harriot one of the judges of the inferior Court of Common pleas in and for the County of Middlesex of N Jersey do hereby certify that Ephraim Harriot who has sworn and subscribed the foregoing dec-laration is unable by reason of age and bodily infirmity to attend Court and has on that account made sad declaration be-fore me
James Harriot [signature]
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We William B. Barton a Clergiman [clergyman] residing in the county of Middlesex and Joseph Marsh residing in the same County and neighborhood here certify that we are well acquainted with Ephraim Harriot who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be in the 80th year of his age and he stated that he is respected and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that belief.

Sworn & subscribed before me one of 
the Judges of the common pleas in
and for the County of Middlesex NJ
[signed to the right] } 
William B. Barton 
Joseph Marsh

[signed below]
James Harriot

And the said Judge does hereby declare his opinion often the investigation of the matter and after [illegible - word ending in -ting] the interrogations prescribed by the war department that the above named application was a revolutionary Soldier and served as he states and the said Judge does hereby further Certify that William B Barton [name filled into space] who has signed the above certificate is a Clergiman resident in the county of Middlesex and that Joseph Marsh [faded] who has also signed the same is a resident in the same County and in the neighborhood of the declarant and is a credible person and that their statements is entitiled [entitled] to credit and that Samuel Harriot and Mary Hampton who certify to the revolutionary servises of of [sic] said application is [above a carat] credible persons and that their statement in relation to said services entitiled to Credit
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[v or checkmark] 2727
New jersey
Mary Harriot
widow of Ephraim
Adm d'18 mo pri
[illegible]
[crossed out] [illegible] Randolph agent [end crossout]
N Brunk
deduct - died 5 Sept 1833. Her pension to commence 6 Sept 1833.
Hon. Jas. F. Randolph HR
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State of New Jersey
Declaration of Mary Harriott, widow of Ephraim
Harriott, in order to obtain the benefit
of the 3rd section of the act of Congress of the 11th of
July 1836
State of New Jersey | 
Middlesex County | ss On this fourteenth day of
September in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and thirty seven, before the
Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of said
County, now sitting, personally appeared
Mary Harriot, a resident of said County in the
seventy sixth year of her age, who being first
sworn according to law, on her oath maketh the
following declaration in order to obtain the benefit
of the provision made by the act of Congress
named July 4, 1836.  That she is the widow of Ephraim
Harriot, late of said County, deceased,
who was a private in the Middlesex Militia
in the companycommanded ,as he believes
by Capt [crossed out] Randolph in Col [illegible] regiment, that
She remembers well that her husband was out frequently
after their marriage on the lines, as it
was called to protect the lives and property of the
inhabitants from the British, Tories and [illegible]
That this service lasted until the British finally
left [illegible] [illegible] in 1783; that she cannot
undertake to specify the tours her husband
performed, in the mode she is informed
the rules of the War Department requires, that
she is positive as to his services for [illegible] this year
after they were married; that she must therefore
refer to the account which her husband himself
rendered, and to such further testimony, of
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any, she may be able [illegible] to collect.  Her husband
made a statement of his service, but did not live
to receive the reward of them provided by the government.
She received what was due to him at 
the time of his death.
She further, on her oath, declares, that she was
married to the said Ephraim Harriot in January
or February, in the year one thousand seven
hundred and eighty one, by the Rev Abel Rols of
Woodbridge, long since deceased; she is not positive as to the month.  It was about eleven months
before the birth of her first child, which, according
to the official family record, [illegible] she [illegible]
herewith, was in January 1782: that her husband
the aforesaid Ephraim Harriott, died on the
fifth day of September, Eighteen hundred and
thirty three, and that she has remained a widow
ever since that period, as will more fully appear
by reference to the [illegible] annexed.
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year
above written, before the Court
 | her
 | Mary x Harriot
 | mark
James Harriot Judge
Whereupon the said Court pronounces it as
their opinion that the said Mary Harriot
is the widow and legal representative of
Ephraim Harriot, dead, that the said
Harriot died on the fifth of September Eighteen
hundred and thirty three, and that 
the said Mary has ever since remaines
she widow of the said Ephraim
I Nicholas Booraem Clerk of the Court
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of Common Pleas in and for the court
of Middlesex New Jersey, do hereby
certify that the foregoing are the original
proceedings of said Court in the
matter of the application of Mary
Harriot for a Pension in right of her
late husband Ephraim Harriot
[seal applied] In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and seal of said
Court, this sixth day of October
one thousand eight hundred
and thirty seven
N Booraem Clerk
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Ephraim Harriot Bn August 27 1753 Died 5 Sept 1833
Mary Harriot his Wife Bn August 28 1762
Our Son Samuel Bn January the 12 1782 Died April 13 1790
Salle Bn December the 7 1783
George Bn April the 3 1786 Died June 11 1794
David Bn July the 13 1788
James Bn October the 6 1790
Samuel the Second Bn December 20 1792 Died March 31 1800
Mary Bn March the 2 1793
Ephraim Bn November 19 1797
John Alfoard Bn February 12 1800
Hampton Bn December 16th 1802 Died 12 Janu 1822
Hampton Bn December 20th 1805
John Alfoard Bn February the 1800
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State of New Jersey | 
Middlesex County | ss. On this sixth day of
October 1836 before me a Justice of the Peace
in and for [illegible] County aforesaid, personally
appeared Ephraim Harriot Known to me as a
credible person, where testimony is to be relied
upon, who being duly sworn, on his oath saith
that he is in the 40th year of his age, and a
son of Ephraim & Mary Harriot that his
father, the said Ephraim Harriot, departed
this life on the fifth day of September 1833, and
that his mother survives, and still remains,
and has as a [illegible] remained, the widow of
the said Ephraim.  Deponent further saith
that he is acquainted with the family record,
in which is contained the names & dates of [illegible]
of his father & mother, record of their children,
that his own name is in that record, and
it is by that that he acclaims his own age;
that he has regarded that record as the
true and authentic record, [illegible]
[illegible]; that that record
is now, as he understands, to go to the Pension
Office, [illegible] of an application by his
mother for the pension due to the services
of his father
Subscribed and sworn the | Ephraim Harriot
day & year aforesaid before | 
James Harriot Justice of Peace
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State of New Jersey | 
Middlesex County | [illegible] : On this sixth day of October 1837,
before me a Justice of the Peace in and for the County
aforesaid, personally appeared James Harriott, one
of the Judges of Middlesex Pleas.  Known to me to
be a credible person, who being only sworn on his
oath saith, that he is in the 72nd year of his age,
a brother of Ephraim Harriot, formerly of the
County of Middlesex dec. Knows that said Ephraim
Harriot was married in the winter of
1781. by the Rev Arel Roe, of Woodbridge, was present
at the marriage.  Knows that said Ephraim
departed this life on the fifth day of September
1833, and left a widow, Mary, Knows that said
Mary is still living, the widow of said Ephraim
not having intermarried since his death.  Deponent
further saith, that although not old enough
to be at arms until the close, or near the close of
the revolutionary war, yet has a distinct
recollection of many of the events of that day
He lived at home, as did his brother until a
short time after his marriage Knows that
his brother Ephraim did service after he
was married, that he went out repeatedly
on occasions under Capt Harriott in 1781,
and the year following, performing short tours
of duty.
Sworn [illegible] before me the | 
day and year aforesaid | James Harriot
Ichabod Potter Justice of the peace
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State of New Jersey | 
Middlesex County | I Nicholas Booraem Clerk
office County aforesaid, do hereby certify
that James Harriott is a Judge of the Pleas
of said County and also a Justice of the
Peace [illegible] that Ichabod Potter is a Justice
of the Peace of said County, and that
their signatures to the [illegible] affidavits
of Ephraim Harriot & James Harriott are
genuine.
 | In testimony whereof I have herewith
[seal applied] | set my hand and seal of office
 | this 6th day of October 1837
 | N Booraem Clerk
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Hon. J. F. Randolph
[illegible]
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City of New York, ss; Before me Thos. G. Talmage
one of the Alderman of the City of New York, personally
appears Samuel Harriot, of said City, vouched to me
as a credible person, and whom I believe to be such
Who being duly sworn according to Law, doth on
his oath, say, that he is the Brother of Ephraim
Harriot, formerly of the County of Middlesex, State
of New Jersey, deceased; that he as well as his
Brother aforesaid, served in the war of the Revolution
in the State of New Jersey; that they
both lived at home at their Father's House
most of the War; that his Brother Ephraim got 
married in the Winter of the Year 1780 that 
they were both out in the Militia Service
after that time, especially on occasions of Alarm;
that he remembers distinctly that he and his
said Brother Ephraim were out in the Spring &
Summer of 1781. once under Capt Freeman,
at a time when a marauding Party landed
from Staten Island.  The Militia of the neighborhood
were all mustered; they served three 
days.  His said brother Ephraim was out again
in 1781 in the summer under Capt. Parker, and
served one day and two nights in defending the
neighborhood from Marauding parties.  They were
both afterwards out in 1782, and served one Month
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and three days at a time in forced embodied
for the occasions.  At one of these times they were
under Capt Swan.  This was in the Spring
of 1782.  and they were out three days.  The
times they were thus out were numerous
but he cannot remember them all.  They
were on all the occasions he has specified
under regular officers, in embodied Corps.
and subject to Military discipline. 
Subscribed & Sworn this 
twenty ninth day of June 1838
before me.
Thos G Talmage
Samuel Harriot
Alderman of the Ward
STATE OF NEW YORK | ss.
CITY AND COUNTY OF NEW YORK, | 
I Joseph Hoxie, Clerk of the City and County of New York, and also Clerk of the
Court of Common Pleas for the said City and County, DO HEREBY CERTIFY, That
Thomas G Talmage, Esq before whom the annexed
deposition was taken, was, at the time of taking the same, An Alderman of
said City & a Judge of said Court in and for said City and County, duly
commissioned and sworn, and duly authorized to take the same, and that I believe the
signature of said Alderman thereto subscribed is genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said
Court and County, the 29 day of June 1838
Joseph Hoxie Clerk
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Revy WIDOW, &c.
File No. 7687
Mary Harriot
Wid. of
Ephraim Harriot
Pvt. N.J. line
July [illegible] 36, Sec 3'd
Index:-Vol. A, Page 305
[Arrangement of 1870]
[check mark]
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Ephraim Harriott N.J. act 7 June when [illegible]?
G.N.O.
July 3 1838
Died 5th Septr 1833 [illegible] to that period
JH
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N. Jersey
Mary Harriott
let. to Hon. J. F. Randolph}
22. June '38
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Ephraim Harriott
clk
M Luci
Admitted
Private 18 mo
No service details after
1781. But says he was occasionally
out [illegible] the enemy
evacuated N York
[illegible] T Frelinghuysen
J F Randolph Esq
New Brunswick
6 months only can [illegible]
in this case
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WAR DEPARTMENT
Pension Office
20 Sept 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 subjected 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 complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your
claim.
S Statement, showing the Service of 
[table with no entries]
I am, respectfully,
J. L. Edwards,
Commissioner of Pensions.
The court must certify that applicant is dead that applicant
dead, thus he has a widow [illegible] his name
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed io extend, an 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, dratted, 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, Territory, or District of | ss.  
County of |
On this day of personally appeared (a) before
A. B. a resident (b) of in the county of and State, Territory or District
of aged (c) 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) , with and 
served in the (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service ; (and If he served 
under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the 
town or county and state in which ; e resided when he entered the service ; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, 
and the country through which he marched. [illegible] This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons 
who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &C.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he 
declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any Stake, or (if any) only on that of 
the Agency in the State of 
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.  A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary 
soldier, and served as he states.
I   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  for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this
  day of  &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be 
found, thev will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, 
except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and Slate 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   and C. D. residing in (the same)
hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with   , who has
subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be
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 sent
  of office, this        day of &c.
[braced area] 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 he 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 [end braced area]
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[start bracketed section] 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, it 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. [end bracketed section]
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?
 | To an Officer | Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what
 | | 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 uf 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.
[illegible footnotes]
* J M Randolph now a member of [illegible]
The Com of Pensions has decided that he is. in then the [underlined] spirit of the regulation
by frequently accepting his certificates R.
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[illegible] July 3
NJ
Hon J F Randolph
[illegible]

Mrs Harriot
J L Edwards Esq
Pension Office
Washington
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House of Rep July 2nd 1838
Dear Sir,
I enclose you a new
affidavit in the case of Mrs Harriot.
My corespondent requires
me to look at the papers personally
My duties here will not however
permit that, & I must ask your
full attention in the [illegible]
Yours Tr
Jos F Randolph
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[illegible] Mar 5
[illegible]
Jos F Randolph

J L Edwards Esq
Pension Office
Washington
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Washington March 3rd 1838
J L Edwards
Sir,
I enclose you some written
evidence in the case of John Thomas
to which I called the attention of
the Department some days since in
behalf of my friend Mrs Smallwood.  There 
is also the case of George Budd, in
which no report has been made.  May I
ask a report in both cases soon
Yours Tr
Jos F Randolph
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Mary Harriot
act 4 July 1836
N. Jersey See
letter to Hon. Jos. F.
Randolph, Oct 13 1837
do - do - March 7 '38 
[crossed out] enclosing
here its in [illegible] 5.4699 of
paper Rulef VanPelt
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Ephraim Harriott
Admitted 
Private 18 months
Certificate to be made
to Mary Harriott
Widow of claimant [illegible]
to the 5th September
1833
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State of New Jersey | 
Middlesex County ss | I Nicholas Moorman Clerk of the Inferior
Court of common Pleas in and for the county aforesaid
do hereby certify that it satisfactorily appears to Said Court
now in Session that Mary Harriot who has Subscribed
& Sworn to the annexed application for the Pension
due to Ephraim Harriot late of the township of Woodbridge
in the county & state aforesaid  deceased, is the widow
& legal representative of Said Ephraim Harriot, and that
Said Ephraim Harriot departed this life on the fifth
day of September Eighteen hundred and thirty three, as 
Said Widow has stated
[ribbon and seal applied] Given under my hand & the seal of Said
Court this 12th day of December AD 1833
N Boorman Clerk
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State of New Jersey | He this thirtieth day of September
Middlesex County | Eighteen hundred
and thirty three, before me a Justice of the Peace
in and for said County, personally appeared Mary
Harriott, she being duly sworn deposeth & saith
that she is the widow & legal representative of
Ephraim Harriott late of the township of Woodbridge
and County & State aforesaid deceased and the
applicant for a Pension named in papers marked
and numbered 26810 that said Ephraim died
on the fifth day of September Eighteen hundred
and thirty three, and that she the said Mary
Harriott now applies for the Pension which
would have been awarded to her late husband
Ephraim Harriott.  Relative to the services
of late husband, she can only speak
from what she has heard him say they were
not married at the time those services were
rendered, but having less often heard him
tell of them, she cannot validate the truth of
his statement made in that respect
Subscribed & sworn to the day | 
year aforesaid before | Mary Harriot
James Harriot Justice of the Peace | 
On the day / year aforesaid also appeared before
me, Ephraim Harriott, Jr. who being duly
sworn, on his oath saith that he was most
intimately acquainted with Ephraim Harriott
mentioned in the foregoing affidavit, that he also
[illegible] Knows Mary Harriott whose name is affixed
to said affidavit.  That he knows that said Ephraim
Harriott departed this life as it states on the 
fifth day of September 1833, and that said 
Mary Harriott is his widow and legal
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[illegible] | 
Subscribed [illegible] to the day | 
Year aforesaid before me | Ephraim Harriot
James Harriot Justice | 
of the Peace | 
I hereby certify that the above named deponent
Ephraim Harriott is a credible fellow and
that his statement is entitled to all credence
James Harriot Justice of the Peace
I hereby certify that [crossed out] James Harriot whose signature
in his own hand writes is offered to the foregoing
affidavit is Known to me to be a Justice of the
Peace, duly commissioned [illegible]
James Randoph
Oct 19 1833 [illegible]
State of New Jersey Middlesex ss
I Nicholas Booraem Clerk of the court of common
Pleas in & for the county of Middlesex do hereby certify
that James Harriot before Whom the two foregoing depositions
were taken was at the time a Justice of the peace
duly commissioned & sworn in & for Said county and
[crossed out] Signature attesting Said depositions is Genuine
[seal affixed] In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my
hand and affixed my official Seal at
New Brunswick this 31st day of October
AD 1833 N Booraem clerk
Ephraim Harriott
Admitted
Private 18 months
Certificate to be made
to Mary Harriott
Widow of claimant [illegible]
to the 5th September
1833
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State of New Jersey Middlesex County ss
thirteenth December 1832 Personally Came before me James
Harriot one of the Justices of the Peace in & for
Said County Mary Hampton who being Duly
Sworn upon her oath Deposeth & Saith that
She this Deponent has been Personally Acquainted
With Ephraim Harriot for thirty years and
upwards & that She this Deponent & Ephraim
Harriot Both reputed in the Township of Woodbridge
in the Said County of Middlesex &
that [illegible] in [illegible] beginning of the revolutionary War With
Greate Britain Some time before the British
focus Came through the State of New Jersey
that the Said Ephraim Harriot Inlisted and
Went a Campaign for Some time [crossed out] onto Long
Island for the Purpose od Disarming the Tories
who were Said to be turning out & training
In behalf of the King & also one other Campaign
onto Staten Island for the Same purpose
& after that During the War In Times of Alarm
which was very frequently he the said Ephraim
Harriot was Turning out and Carrying Arms
In Defense of his Country
Taken and Subscribed before
me the Day above said
James Harriot | Mary Hampton
State of New Jersey | 
Middlesex County ss | Personally Came before me James
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Went a Campaign for some time [crossed out] onto Long
Island for the Purpose of Disarming the Tories
who were Said to be turning out & training
In behalf of the King [illegible] one other Campaign 
onto Staten Island for the Same purpose
& after that During the War In Times of Alarm
which was very frequently he the said Ephraim
Harriot was Turning out and Carrying Arms
In Defense of his Country
Taken & Subscriber before
me the Day above said
James Harriot | Mary Hampton
State of New Jersey | 
Middlesex County | Personally Came before me James
Harriot One of Justices of the Peace in and for
the Said County of Middlesex Samuel Harriot Who
being duly Sworn upon his oath Deposeth & Saith
that he has been Personally acquainted with Ephraim
Harriot for Sixty years & upwards that he and
this deponent hath resided in the Township of Woodbridge
in the time of the Revolutionary War that he
this Deponent Knew of the Said Ephraim Harriots
Performing one Tour of Duty an a Cappaign onto
Long Island and one other Onto Staten Island and
afterward at all times in Case of alarm Turning
out in Defence of the Country to the End of the War
Sworn to & Subscribed | 
before me this third Day | Samuel Harriot
of March 1832 | 
James Harriot
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State of New Jersey
Middlesex County ss
Perth Amboy July 22nd 1833 Personally Came before me
Joseph Marsh Esq Recorder of the City of Perth Amboy County
& State above s'd.  James Harriot who being duly Sworn
Deposeth & Saith that he has been acquainted with Ephraim Harriot
Ever Since the Commencement of the Revolutionary War that he the
Said Ephraim Harriot & this Deponent resided in the
Township of Woodbridge in the said County of Middlesex
& State of New Jersey & that Knew the Said Ephraim
Harriot to perform a Tour of Duty to Long Island in the State
of New York for the Purpose of Deforming the [illegible]
Inhabitants in that Region at that time Commonly Called
Torys Shortly after the Commencement of [illegible] I Believe
in the Actions of 1775 & after that one other Tour onto
Staten Island for the same purpose & under the same officers
Viz Col Nethennuel Hurd & Capt'n Samuel Parker & after
that time He Believes in Every Successive year from the
Time the British Took [illegible] of New Jersey & Staten Island
in the State of New York until the Close of the War
He Knows the Said Ephraim Harriot to be Carrying Arms and
Defending the Lines & Likewise Karrying the Enemy &
that he knew him at times to be in greate Peral and that
He Believes him to have run as many [illegible] as Almost any other
Individual on the Lines of his acquaintances.
& Although this Deponent was too younge to be in the Service
Yet he was old Anough to take Notice what was Passing
& to remember a greate Many Circumstances Which [crossed out]
Took Place in the Perilous Times
Taken & Subscribed before | James Harriot
Me the Day above Said | 
Joseph Marsh
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Ephraim Harriott
2b 810
I Nicholas Booraem Clerk of the Inferior Court
of Common Pleas and for the County of Middlesex
New Jersey do hereby certify that the
foregoing contains the original proceedings in
the matter of Ephraim Harriott an applicant
for a Pension.  That [crossed out] James Harriott before
whom said application was made, and the
affidavit of Mary Hampton & Samuel Harriott
here taken is a [illegible] od said Court only commissioned 
[illegible] and that his signature hereto
affixed is genuine.  And I further certify that Joseph
Marsh, before whom the affidavit of James
Harriott was taken, is by virtue of his office as Recorder
authorized also to act as Justice of the Peace
and to administer oaths and that the signature
of said Marsh is Genuine
The testimony whereof Made here
unto set my hand and the seal
of said Court the ninth day
[seal with ribbon affixed] August one thousand eight
hundred [crossed out] thirty three
N Booraim Clerk
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Deposition of
Saml Harriott
in the case of E.
Harriott an applicant
for a Pension
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State of New York | Ss Personly Came before me
County of New York | Abraham Vanwest
Alderman of the 9th ward
In the City of New York.
Samuel Harriott who being duly sworn upon his oath
Deposeth and saith that Ephraim Harriott is now in
the 80 year of his age that he has bin acquainted
with him for 70 years that they both resided in
Woodbridge in the county of Middlesex and State of
New Jersey at the time of the revolutionary War
and that he knew Said E Harriott to perform a 
touer of duty to Long Island for the purpose of disarming
the tories and surprising other disaffections at the commencement 
of the war in 1775 as he Believes and soon
after [crossed out] to perform another touer of duty to Statand
Island for the same purpose and  very often afterwards
he knew him turning out and having arms and
doing duty as a volunteer in guarding the lines
and defending the same and harassing the Enimy and at
times within their own limits move on less every
year successively viz 1776, 77, 78, 79, 80 and 81 from
the time the British took possession of Statand Island
in the State of New York Under the Command of Gen
How untill the final Termination of the war untill the
vacuation of the British from New York and he knew
him at times to be in great peril, and privation and
to suffir much Loss and to run a great degree of risk.
Sworn and Subscribed before me | Samuel Harriot
the 1st day of August 1833 | 
 | I hereby certify that I am
Amb VanWest Alderman | acquainted with Samuel
of the 9th Ward in the  | Harriott the above deponent
City of New York. | & know him to be a
 | Man of veracity that his
statement is entirely to be relied upon.  I also certify that
I am personally acquainted with Abraham Van West
before whom the foregoing affidavit was taken &
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Know him to be am alderman as he represents
and that the signature of said [illegible] next is
genuine.  I also further certify that this account
is a part of the testimony in the case
of Ephraim Harriott the applicant for a
Pension but that the paper arrived too late
to be attached to the presented before the Court.
New Brunswick Aug 10, 1833
James F Randolph
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Mary Harriott
Hon Jos F Randolph
[illegible]
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City & County of New York,SS. Be known that on this twenty first day
of Decembar one thousand eight hundred and thirty seven,
before me an Alderman and exofficio a Justice in and for the City aforesaid, in the ninth Ward
thereof, personally appeared Samuel Harriott, a resident thereof,
satisfactorily vouched to me as a credible person, who being sworn
according to law, on his oath saith, that he is the brother of Ephraim
Harriott, formerly of Middlesex County, State of New
Jersey, deceased; that he himself formerly resided in said State
and County; that he lived there during the War of the Revolution,
at his father's house most of the time; that his late brother,
the said Ephraim, also lived with his father until his marriage,
which was before the war terminated sometime, but 
he does not recollect the year; that both himself and his
brother were enrolled in the militia, and did duty as militia
men in the service of the revolution; that his brother was older than himself; that this service continue, either in monthly
tours, or on frequent occasions of alarm, or both, up to 1782
and he thinks up to 1783; that he has a distinct recollection
of the marriage of his brother Ephraim, and that he did
service frequently after that marriage.  He recollects that
he was out once or twice in 1781 & 1782, under Capt
Freeman, and also under a Capt Swan from Scotch
Plains or that neighborhood.  He believes, however, that
there were on occasions of alarm, and not in the usual
monthly service.  He and his brother also served under 
Col Holster and Col Crow, upon occasions of this Kind.  The 
forces at such times were regularly [illegible] and officered
and the service lasted sometimes only a day or two, and
sometimes longer.  He confirms himself to this period of
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the war, because he understands that it is only the service of
his brother after his marriage, that it is necessary now to
establish of that he can and does speak with absolute
certainty, and in the mode he has detailed.  His brother
was out frequently in service, upon occasions of alarm, under
regular officers, Captain Holonek, after his marriage.
He was then in service in 1781 and 1782; and he [illegible]
he glad of his testimony enabled his brothers widow
to obtain the allowance the law provides for her.  [illegible]
Subscribed and from the day  | haven't will add, that he is
and year aforesaid, before me | in the eighty third year of his
John V Greenfield | age.
Alderman 9th ward Samuel Harriot
State of New York | S.S.
City and County of New York | 
I Thomas Jeremiah, Clerk of the City and 
County of New York, and also Clerk of the Court of
Common Pleas for the said City and County, do hereby
Certify that John V Greenfield before whom the
[crossed out] above deposition was taken, was at the time
of taking the same Alderman of the Ninth Ward
in and for said County, duly commissioned and
Sworn, and duly authorized to take the same
and that I believe the Signature of Said
Alderman thereto Subscribed is genuine.
In Testimony thereof, I have hereunto set my
[seal affixed] affixed the seal of the Said Court
[illegible - covered by seal] the 21 December 1837
Thos Jeremiah Clk