Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 4800, Simeon Hayward, New Jersey
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(S-.1776)
SERVICE
New Jersey
Hayward, Simeon
Sarah
NUMBER
R.4800
CONTENTS
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State of New Jersey - 11.2.83 Simeon [crossed out] Howard [crossed out ends] Hayward 
Application for Pension under act of June 7 1832 -
[at bottom of paper] L. Condid [underlined]
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7, 1832. State of New Jersey, County of Sussex } SS
On this twenty seventh day of August AD 1832 personally appeared in open court before the Court of Common Pleas now sitting Simeon Hayward a resident of Newton in the County of Sussex and State of New Jersey being first duly sworn according to law saith that he aged seventy five years, has a record of his age in family bible. He enlisted in Morristown, as near as he can recollect in the summer of 1775 - in a company of minute men under Captain Wade of Meadhain Morris Co. but was not called out - were called on and ordered to Bergen and Newark & Elizabethtown under Capt. Benoni Hathaway & James Beach of Morristown served several terms for a month at a time, until relieved - also enlisted under Capt. David Bates of Hanover in Col. Hathaway's Regt. of which Condib [word is chopped off] was Mayor - also under Mayor Lindsly during part of the term under Col. Leely all commanders in the same regiment - The No. of the Regiment not recollected - In the year 1777 - he went in a Company of militia - up the North River to New Windsor and New Birog [Newburgh] under Capt. Halsey- He was out when Springfield was burnt - in a company under Capt. Beach - Genl. Winds - other officers not recollected - went in pursuit of the Enemy to Eliz Town Point - was a [underlined] Sergeant [underlined ends] in all his service - From the nature of the service having been a minute man he is not able to state the whole time of service but from his situation being on the neutral ground during service east of the war he was always liable to be called out - he can state with confidence that his service altogether amounted to more than two years, that he never
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[underlined] missed a call on him [underline ends] for duty - was the Commander of the guard of the Court House - during the Revolt of the Pennsylvania Line - was in Company with the Expedition which took a Picket guard of Hessians at Eliz Town - he never received a discharge He also served at Hackensack and Passaick under Capt. Beach, as he thinks. That since the war and at this time he lives in Newton Sussex Co: NJ. He has no documentary evidence of his service and he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever 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 to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid in open ct. Benjn Halsey, Simeon Heyward. We Noah Cram a clergyman residing in Hardiston and Benjamin Halsey of Newton in the said County of Sussex hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Simeon Hayward who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration ; that we believe him to be seventy five years of age and 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 the opinion. Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid in open court. Benj Halsey Noah Cram AA Haine.
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And the Court do hereby declare this 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 Certify that it appears to them that the Rev. Noah Crane is a Clegyman residing in Hardyston - and that Benjamin Halsey Esquire is a Judge of this Court Residing in Newton in said County - and that they are Credible persons and that their statement is entitled to Credit. Robert Hon. Carter
Jos. Y Miller
Sussex County Jp
J. Joseph E Edsall Clerk of the Sd Court of Common Pleas do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Simeon Hayward for a Pension In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court at Newton this tenth day of September AD 1832
JE Edsall Clk [seal affixed]
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Declaration of Sarah Hayward for Pension under the 2d Session of the act of 3d February 1853. Presented by Michl Nourse H[?]
3 Dec 1852.
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the 2d section of the act of 3 February 1853
State of New Jersey 
County of Sussex } Ss.
On this seventh day of September personally appeared before the Circuit Court of the State of New Jersey Sarah Hayward a resident of Newton in the County of Sussex in the State aforesaid, aged Sity three year, who being duly sworn according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the pension made by the act of Congress, passed on the 3d February 1853 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war; that she is the widow of Simeon Hayward who was a soldier in the said war; was enlisted and served as a minuteman, [crossed out] and served [crossed out finished] under several officers and at various occasions; making in the whole about 200 days, or she verily believes from conversation with her husband and more especially as certified by him under oath in connection with his declaration for the purpose of obtaining a pension during his life, and the several certificates of his identity & credibility tereto attached, now in file in the Office of the Commissioner of Pensions - and to which reference is requested - She further declares that she was married to the said Simeon Hayward on the [blank] day of February eighteen hundred and twenty two; that her said husband died on the Nineteenth day of February AD 1833, that she was not married to him prior to the second day of January eighteen hundred but at the time when stated. She further declares that she is now a widow. Sarah Hayward, her mark. Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before, Elias B.O. Ogden Judge of the Circuit Court of the County of Sussex.
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State of New Jersey, Sussex County Jp}
I Thomas J. Ludlum Clerk of the County of Sussex do hereby certify that Elias B.D. Ogden whose name is subscribed to the foregoing Instrument is and was at the time of signing the same a Judge of the Circuit Court of the County of Sussex and that I am Clerk of said Court and further that I am well acquainted with his hadwriting and that the name Elias B.D. Ogden thereto signed is in his own genuine signature.  In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County this Sixteenth day of November Eighteen hundred and fifty three. Thomas J. Ludlum
[seal affixed]
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11283 
Simeon Hayward NJ
Return e
regd to specify
[underlined] Lewis Condict [underlined ends]
[crossed out] Whitfield S Johnson esq [crossed out ends]
Newton Sussex Co NJ
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WAR DEPARTMENT, Pension Office, 3d June 1833
Sir,
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to to be done. Those 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. 
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A Statement, shewing the Service of Simeon Hayward of Sussex County New Jersey.
[table column headings]
Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. [subheadings] Years. Months. Days. [subheadings end] Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported. 
[row 1] Enlised 1775 but was not called out. Sergeant. Capt Wade. To Bergen, Newark, Elizabethtown. Morristown New Jersey Aged 75. Traditionary. [end of row 1]
[row 2] Called out. served [illegible] $1 each. ". Capt B[? illegible] Hathaway. [end of row 2]
[row 3] Enlisted. ". Capt David Bates. Col. Hathway [?] Majors Condict & Lindsley Col. Seely. [end of row 3]
[row 4] Went in a company 1777. ". Capt. Halsey. Up North River. [end of row 4]
[row 5] Went out when Springfield was burnt. ". Capt Beach. To Hackensack & [?] Redsarsk. 
Alleges from the nature of service, having been a Minute Man, he is not able to state whole or various terms of his service. He can state with confidence that his [illegible] service amounted to more than [illegible] years. 
I am, respectfully, Your obedient servant, J.L. Edwards, Commissioner of Pensions. 
[faintly written at bottom] Daniel Beach but [illegible] give the [illegible]
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line." "State troops," "militia," and 'volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops.
2. The State Troops, Militia and Volunteers.
3. Persons employed in the Naval service.
4. Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians 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
County of }ss.
On this _ day of _ personally appeared (a) before _ A. B. a resident (b) _ 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 provion (sic) made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the Unted 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 he resided when he enered (sic) the service, the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.)
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, 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.
_ 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, they 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 State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, vis:
(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 day 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. and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the _ and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, _ Clerk of the Court of _ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of _ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal _ of office, this _ day of _ &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and is the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person.
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will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case.  The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected.  All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute?  And if a substitute, for whom?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
6. To a Soldier.  Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it?
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 of the Revolution.
The Court will see that [t]he 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 enquiry 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 of 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.
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(a) The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance. 
(b) The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides.  If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
(c) The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
(d) The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
(e) Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had.  Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled.  In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: - For ___ year ___ months, and ___ days, I served as a ___.  For ___ months and ___ days, I served as a ___; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service.  The use of the phrase about three or four months, is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.  Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service.  This form of declaration is highly objectionable.  it must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
(f) The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
(g)
The opinion of the Court is always required.
(h) The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
(i) The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
(j) In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company and line to which he belonged.  The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.  
The notes from (a) to (i) are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers, and State Troops.  The proof required by rule in note (j) applies to continental troops only.
(k) This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
(l) If a witness cannnot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
(m) The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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August 6, 1934
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M-J/EEl
Simeon Hayward R. 4800

Gertrude Benson
520 81/2 Street South
Virginia, Minnesota

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to John Rogers (Rodgers) and Simeon hayward, both of Morristown, New Jersey, soldiers of the Revolutionary War.

A careful search of the Revolutionary War records has been made and no record found of a claim for pension or bounty land having been made to the United States based upon the military service in
that war of a John rogers or Rodgers, as described by you. Such claims are the source of the Revolutionary War date furnished by this office.

It is suggested that as a possible means of obtaining information in regard to the military service of soldiers of that war, you apply to the Adjutant General, War Department, this city, who is custodian of military records.

The record of Simeon Hayward, the only soldier of that name who served with the New jersey Troops,, has been found and his history is furnished you herein, the data for which were obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, R.4800, based upon his military service in that war.

The date and place of birth and the names of the parents of Simeon Hayward are not shown in the papers in the pension claim.
He married in February, 1822, Sarah. Her maiden name and the place of marriage were not stated.

On August 27, 1832, while residing in Newton, Sussex County, New Jersey, Simeon Hayward applied for pension and stated that while residing in Morristown, New Jersey, in the summer of 1775, he was enrolled as a minute man in Captain Wade's Company: that he was then called out and served in Captain Bessel Hathaway's New Jersey Company, and served several tours of one month each: that he enlisted in
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Captain David Bates' Company, Colonel Hathaway's New Jersey Regiment; that he also served under Major Lindsley and Colonel Seeley; that he served in Captain Halsey's New Jersey Company in 1777 and was out under Captain Beach when Springfield was burned; that he "was Commander of the guard at the Court House during the Revolt of the Pennsylvania Line" and was on the expedition "that took a Picket guard of Hessians at Elizabethtown;" that his entire service amounted to at least two years and that he always served as a sergeant.

The claim was not allowed as proof of service of six months in a regularly organized military corps, as required by the pension law, was not furnished.

Simeon Hayward died February 19, 1833, place not shown.

In 1853, his widow, Sarah, was aged sixty-three years and resided in Newton, New Jersey.

There is no reference to children and no further family data.

Very truly yours
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New Jersey Revol: Simeon Hayward Suspended Lee letter to Hon [scratched out] ble L Condict [scratched out ends] 19 August 1833. [ink smear] WL Idmion [ink smear] March 1835 - could not find [line] Act 7 June 1832
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Simeon Haywood, of New Jersey
act of 1832 Suspended 
Michael Nourse, Esq Pasen [?] LPN
Aug 15/53
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No. 3790
[line]
Sarah Haywood widow of Simeon
[crossed out] Let to M Nourse Dec 7/53 [crossed out ends]
4800
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Sarah Haywood wid
Simeon 
NJ Sus
[crossed out] Geddis ABB NJ[crossed out ends]
Act [?] Ttet 3, 1853
P Waldo, Esq Commisioner of Pensions
Michael Nourse CV Present
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Whitfield S. Johnson. 3 pension cases. Augt 5th 33. viz: Nathan McPeak. Simeon Hayward Harmanus Vangile. Sussex Co. N.J.
Hon. Lewis Conduit Washington City
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R 4800
War Departt Pension Off 19 Aug 1833.
Sir - The claim of Nathl Sayre has been examined & suspended - He alleges upwards of two years service in the district of Country in which he still resides, and produces proof of only 3 mo - It can not be admitted that so much service is insusceptible of proof and claimants are required to produce the best evidence in their power. Saml Oliver's alleged service under Joseph Perry as a guard & bidette with 13 others for "night months" is not embraced by the act of 7 June and the balance of his alleged service is insufficient to entitle him to the benefit of its provisions - His claim is therefore rejected. The claims of Simeon Hayward decd & Harmonius Vanzile decd are suspended - The death of the claimants rendering the specification of the period term & grade of each tour of service with names of officers & @ impracticable no allowance whatever can be made upon their declarations - If any farther claim
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should be assuted it should be supported by testimony as circumstatial special [?] as the regulations require in the narrative of the claimant himself. The papers in all the above cases are placed in our files. Act 7, June
Hon L Condict
19 August 1833
OC
R. vol 10 Pa 21
Hon L Condict Resent EDB
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Washington Decem 3, 1853
Sir,
We enclose the declaration of Sarah Haywood for a pension under the 2d Sessions of the Act of 3d February 1853. Be pleased to refer to the papers filed with the "suspended" New Jersey case of Simeon Hayward; Your earliest con[illegible] on the case will oblige
your respectfully ob servant Michl Nourse H [?]
L.P. Waldo Esq Com. of Pensions
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Michael Nourse & Co
Decr 7 1853
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Pension Office
Dec 7 / 53
Sir
The claim of Mrs. Sarah Hayward for a pension, under the ['s' crossed out] act of February 3, 1853 is concluded by the former action of this office in relation to her husband's application for the benefits of the act of June 7, 1832. Her claim cannot be again considered, until additional evidence of her husbands service is filed wth her papers. Respectfully [ink swirl] Michael Nourse & Co. Present.
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Department of Pensions Washington City NJ Jan 30
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J tates the freedom to call the attention of the Department to the application made for Pension by Harmonus Vanzyle - which yet remains in the office undetermined. Also, to that of Abraham Westbrook - in reference to which - the [illegible] was that the evidence was sufficient - if the service of the officers under which he served was recognized as being under the call of the State for
The call of Wm. Hedglrm and of Simeon Hayward still remains without a final action
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It would be hard that those who are really deserving should be rejected - when others claims have been allowed for similar services. because frauds may have been committed on the Department. & Claims have been entertained for services of the [underlined] same [underlined ends] character as these who have now waited for more than two years. It is proper to mention that Hayward & Hedglin are dead leaving widows needy & dependent. Respectfully Yrs
W.L. Johnson Newton NJ Jany 26 1853
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[ink stamp: Received Jul 23 1934 Mail  [number illegible]
Gertrude Benson
520 8 1-2 Street South
Virginia, Minn.
July 20, 1934
Veterans Administration
Washington, D.C.
Gentleman:
I am trying to obtain data for a family history and would like the Revolutionary War records of 
1. John Rogers (also spelled Rodgers)
born in 1732 - died in 1811 living in Morristown, New Jersey in 1775
2. Simeon Hayward [underlined with marks above it] also living in Morristown, New Jersey in 1775
Sincerely, Gertrude Benson.
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[crossed out] Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873. [crossed out ends]
4800
P.O. Sarah Hayward
Service: wid Simeon
Enlisted: [line] , 18
Discharged: [line] , 18
[stamped crosswise, "Rejected"]
Application filed: [line] , 18
[handwritten] Printed list of 1852 shows cause of suspension as follows: "Proof of service required, & the date of the deceased, and if any widow living, if not, the children's names." [handwritten ends]
Alleges:
Re-enlisted:
Attorney:
P.O.
Recognized. 
Contract.
Cert. of Dis.
Searched for
[handwritten sideways] 1934 - Aug 6- Hist to Gertrude Benson - EEL