Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 43617, David Gordon, New Jersey
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[document has two sections: top section has three columns with two lines, bottom section has two columns with fifteen lines]

([illegible]-1776)

[column header] SERVICE

New Jersey

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Gordon, David

[column header] Number

S 43617

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CONTENT
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[handwritten]

4572

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New York

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David Gordon

of Monroe [?] . . . . in the state of New York

who was a private in the regiment commanded [illegible]

Colonel Maxwell of the New Jersey

[illegible]ine, for the term of 7 years

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[illegible]nscribed on the Roll of . New York . . . 

at the rate of  . . . 8. . . . . Dollars per month, to commence o[illegible]

the 23rd of May 1818

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Certificate of Pension issued 13th of March 1819

and deliver'd to the Pensioner.

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Arrears to 4th of March 1819 - 9 mos 13/31 = $75..35

[illegible]emi-anl. all'ce ending 4 Sep 1819 [$]48..

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[total amount] $123.35

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{Revolutionary claim,
Act 18th March, 1818}

[handwriting illegible] Continued [?]
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Notification sent the 29th [illegible] to the Hon. D. Care [illegible] N.J

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David Gordon 23 Mar 1818 - private

Col Maxwell of N-Jersey

7 years - [illegible]

[illegible] of service

[illegible
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[upper left corner] State of New York

[upper left corner] Orange County

[illegible] -- on this 23 May 1818 before me the [illegible] Just Judge of the County of Orange personally appears David Gordon aged 63 years resident in Monroe in said County, who just duly sworn [illegible] doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the [illegible] Act of Congress [illegible] "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War" that he the said David Gordon enlisted in Morris County State of New Jersey in the company commanded by Capt. Dickerson in the 3rd Jersey Regiment commanded by Genl. Maxwell and that he continued to serve in said company in the service of the United States, to the close of the War a period of 7 years when he was discharged at Newburgh in Orange County by Genl. Dayton -- that he was in the battle of Monmouth, Germantown, Brandywine, White Plains, Yorktown --that he was in [illegible] in need of the [illegible] of his country for support - that he has no other [illegible] in his [illegible] of his said service [illegible] and [illegible]

[his mark on right side of document]
DavidXGordon 

[signed center of document]
Natn H. White

I Nathan H. White Judge [illegible] do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said David Gordon did serve in the Revolutionary War as stated in the preceding declaration [illegible] against the common enemy [illegible] that before me to the [illegible] for the department of war [illegible] of the aforementioned act of congress dated May 23. 1818

[signed bottom right] Natn H. White
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[top left corner] State of New York
[top left corner] Orange County

I David M. Westcott clerk of the court of Common Pleas in and for said County of Orange do certify that Nathan H. White is just judge of the said court and that his name set to the witness affidavit and certificate is the [illegible] hand writing of the said Nathan H. White in witness whereof I have hereunto [illegible] the seal of said court on the 2 day of June 1818.

[signed bottom right]
David M. Westcott Clerk
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[all handwritten, backside of document]

David Gordon

7572

Sept 1819

86.38

Cont

[illegible]

W. Case
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[upper left corner] State of New York
[upper left corner] Orange County

On this fifth day of December one thousand eight hundred and twenty in open court, to wit, the court of Common Pleas this day holden at the courthouse in Goshen in and for the county aforesaid, the said court being a court of Record for said County by virtue of the Statutes and Constitution of the State aforesaid personally appeared, David Gordon aged sixty three years resident in the town of Monroe in said County, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary Wars, as follows, to wit, in the third regiment commanded by Colonel Ogden, in the company commanded by Captain Jeremiah Ballard of the New Jersey [illegible] for the term of about seven years. That the date of his original declaration is the twenty third day of May one thousand eight hundred and eighteen. That the number of his Pension Certificate is 7572. And the said David Gordon in open court as aforesaid doth take the following oath to wit “I David Gordon do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the eighteenth day of March one thousand eight hundred eighteen and I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any pact thereof with intent thereby so to [illegible] with it as to being myself within the provisions of an Act of Congress entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons
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engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War" passed on the 18th day of March 1818 and that I have not nor has person in trust for me any property or securities contracts or debts due to me nor have I any income other that what is contained in the [illegible] and by me subscribed" And the said David Gordon in open court as aforesaid produces the following schedule that is to say I have one griddle worth $0.50 -- Two Pots $2.00 -- Five old knives and forks .38 -- one Tea kettle .63 -- One old wash tub .25 half a dozen plates .25 -- Half a dozen cups and saucers two Pot Hooks .12 -- One ax .50 -- one [illegible] .25 -- one cupboard .75 -- one table .50 --The whole worth $6.38 ---- I am indebted $40.00 ---- And the said David Gordon further states that his occupation is that of a [illegible] that he is able to work and can as as about half the labour of a common man -- That his family consists of his wife Susannah ages sixty eight years old able to do but little work. His son Henry Gordon ages twenty years able to work. His son David, aged eighteen able to work though not able to support himself. His son William aged fourteen years not able to work at all. His daughter Charlotte aged about twelve years able to cook --

[Gordon's mark is signed between his first and last name with an X]
his
David X Gordon
mark

Sworn before me in open
court this 5th Dec 1820

Jas McClintock Dep Crk
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[top left corner] State of New York
[top left corner] Orange County

I James McClintock Deputy Clerk of the court of Common Pleas in + for the said County of Orange do hereby certify that the foregoing oath & inventory of David Gordon are truly copied from the record of the said court + that it is the opinion of the said court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is $6.38 six dollars + thirty eight cents -- In testimony where of I have here unto set my hand + affixed the seal of said court this 25th Dec. 1820

Jas McClintock Dep. Clk
of Orange Com Pleas
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[typed document]
[upper right corner] August 4, 1938
[upper right corner] xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[upper right corner] David Gordon
[upper right corner] S. 43619
[upper right corner] RA-J/MLB

[left aligned] Mrs. Karl Dunfee
109 Maple Place
Cranford, New Jersey

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the record of David Gordon, a soldier of the Revolutionary War, of Monmouth County, New Jersey, whose will, you state, was probated December 23, 1819, in that county, and whose wife was named Jean or Jane.

A careful search of the Revolutionary War records has been made and no claim for pension or bounty land found based upon service in that war of the David Gordon described by you. The record has been found, however, of a soldier of that name, of New Jersey, which might prove of interest to you in your research. It is furnished herein as found in pension claim S. 43617, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.

David Gordon enlisted in Morris County, New Jersey, served as private in the New Jersey troops under Captains Dickerson and Jeremiah Ballard and Colonels Elias Dayton and Ogden, was in the battles of White Plains, Brandywine, Germantown, Monmouth and Yorktown and was discharged at the close of the war in 1783, having served seven years.

The soldier was allowed pension on his application executed May 232, 1818, at which time he gave his age as sixty-three years, and was a resident of Monroe, Orange County, New York.

In 1820, David Gordon was still living in Monroe and again gave his age as sixty-three years with no explanation of the discrepancy. He stated then that his family consisted of his wife, Susannah aged sixty-eight years; his sons, Henry aged twenty years, David aged eighteen years, William aged fourteen years and his daughter, Charlotte aged about twelve years. No other reference was made to children.
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In order to obtain date of the last payment of pension, the name of the person paid and possibly the date of death of this soldier, you should write to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data:

[off center aligned] David Gordon
[off center aligned] Certificate #7572
[off center aligned] Issued March 13, 1819
[off center aligned] Rate $6 per month
[off center aligned] Commenced May 23, 1818
[off center aligned] Act 18th March, 1818
[off center aligned] New York Agency
[off right aligned] Very truly yours,
[off right aligned] A.D. Hiller
[off right aligned] Executive Assistant to the Administrator

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I hereby certify that the [illegible] David Gordon aged about [illegible], -- did enlist on the 29th day of July 1777 as a private soldier in the 3rd Jersey Regiment commanded by Coln. Elias Dayton on the Continental [illegible] and that he served as a private in the [illegible] Regiment [illegible] the said regiment was [illegible] about the month of March 1783 at which time I left the Army [illegible] under my hand at Elizabeth Town in the state of New Jersey this 4th day of March, 1818 --

[aligned right] Jere Ballard
[aligned right] formerly a Captain in
[aligned right] the 3rd Jersey Regiment

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I William Pennington district judge of the United States in and for the district of New Jersey do hereby certify that I am acquainted with the hand writing of Jeremiah Ballard formerly a Captain in the Jersey line, and now residing in Elizabeth Town in the county of Essex and state of New Jersey, and that I am satisfied that the foregoing certificate is in the proper hand writing [illegible] said Jeremiah Ballard, and also that I will know that said Jeremiah served in the Revolutionary [insert] War as a Captain in the Jersey line and I believe in the 3rd Jersey Regiment commanded by Colonel Elias Dayton

[bottom left] [illegible] 4th March 1819
[bottom right] William S. Pennington
[bottom right] District Judge
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[letterhead top center]
109 Maple Place 
Cranford, New Jersey

U.S. Bureau of Pensions Dept.
Washington 
D.C.

[document stamped off right, Received July 12 1938 Mail Sub-Div [illegible]]
[handwriting to right of stamp illegible]

Gentlemen: --
Enclosed you will find
my ancestral chart in which 
the will of David Gordon was
probated Dec. 23, 1819, in 
Monmouth County, New Jersey
Book G, page 175, The date
of birth is not mentioned,
nor to whom he was 
married. Please advise.

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[letterhead top center] 109 Maple Place 
[letterhead top center] Cranford, New Jersey


[left aligned] U.S. Bureau of Pensions Dept.
Washington 
D.C.

[document stamped off right, Received July 12 1938 Mail Sub-Div [illegible]]
[handwriting to right of stamp illegible]

Gentlemen: --
Enclosed you will find
my ancestral chart in which 
the will of David Gordon was
probated Dec. 23, 1819, in 
Monmouth County, New Jersey
Book G, page 175, The date
of birth is not mentioned,
nor to whom he was 
married. Please advise.
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If he is the [illegible] David
Gordon, who was Ensign [underlined]
in "Captain Elisha Walton Co."
1 Regiment Monmouth County, New
Jersey May 7, 1777, and Captain [underlined] 
in 1778, In his deeds [underlined], he 
mentions (my wife Jane [underlined]),
but she signed them Jean [underlined].
I will greatly appreciate
the information, too, when
each of them were born, 
and to whom they were
married.

[right aligned] Thanking you in
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[genealogical tree, landscape oriented, base or trunk]
Grace Gordon Dunfee
[branch down] Carrie Johnson mother
[branch center] Ref. Marriage Cert.
[branch up] WM. J Gordon 
father
B. May 1837
D. Aug. 1920
M. Aug 18 1877

[branch tracing WM. J Gordon line]
[branch down] Caroline McElwaine
Grandmother
B. 1803
D. 1886
[branch center] Ref. Deed + Mortgage
[branch up] David D. Gordon
Grandfather
B. 1801
D. Jan 1850

[branch tracing David D. Gordon line] [check mark]
[branch down] G. Grandmother
[branch center] Ref. Will
[branch up] David Gordon
G. Grandfather
B.
D.

[branch tracing David Gordon line] [check mark]
[branch down] Jane or Jean
G. G. Grandmother
B.
D.
[branch up] Capt. David Gordon
G. G. Grandfather
B.
D.
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[handwritten] 1938, Aug 4 [illegible] to Mrs. Karl Dunfee
MLB

43617
[print] INVALID
[illegible]
File No. 43617
David Gordon
[illegible]
Act. 18th March 1818
Index:-- Volume [illegible], Page 201
[center aligned] [Arrangement of 1870]