Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 5561, for Robert Pierson, New Jersey
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(8-1776)

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SERVICE | [No Header] | NUMBER
Continential New Jersey | Pierson, Robert | W. 5561.
Continential New Jersey | Margaret | B.L.W. 39211-160-55

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No. 5474
New Jersey
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Robert Pierson
of Morris Co. in the State of N. Jersey
who was a private in the company commanded
by Captain Crane of the Reg.t commanded
by Col. Spencer in the New Jersey
line for 2 years
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Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey
at the rate of 80 Dollars [blank space] cents ["cents" crossed out] per annum,
to commence on the sixth day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of pension issued the 11th day of Feby,
1833 and sent to Hon. L. Condict, H.R.
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Arrears to 4th of September 1832 120.00
Semi=anl. allowance ending 4. March 1833 } 40.00
$160.00
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by D. Brown    Clerk
Book D. Vol. 4 Page 169

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See let to Hon Lewis
Condict Augt, 31st. 1839
Let to E W Whelpley, Aug 1, 1842
S. R. Halsey  Aug 9 1854
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[Seemingly folded piece of paper/letter with handwriting ]

Declaration Ve[?] of
Robert Pierson
11 6118.
L Offcer
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[The top part is printed, with handwritten entries.  Most of the page is handwritten.]

DECLARATION, IN ORDER TO OBTAIN THE BENEFIT OF THE ACT OF CONGRESS, PASSED JUNE 7, 1832.

STATE OF NEW-JERSEY,
County of Morris             ss.

On this Twenty eighth day of July AD 1832 personally
appeared, in open court, before the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for
the county of Morris now sitting at Morristown, Robert Pierson
a resident of the township of Randolph in the
County of Morris and State of New-Jersey, aged Seventy three
years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following
declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.

That he entered the service of the United States, under the following named Officers,
and served as herein stated:

In the month of August or September AD 1776 I went out in
the New Jersey Militia under 
Captain Kitchell Crane for a Volunteer for the space
of one month and served out under 
Captain Crane the full term of one month and at
the end thereof was discharged by 
Captain Crane. - After the expiration of the above term
I again went out under Captain Crane as a substitute for one John Young for the term
of one month and served out the term of one month as a substitute for the said John Young
and at the expiration thereof was duly discharged  Colonel Spencer commanded
the Regiment and Major Hays commanded the Battalion in which I served. -
About the month of May A.D. 1777 I again volunteered in the New-Jersey militia
for the term of two months under 
Captain Dickerson, and served out the full term for
which I volunteered - the regiment was commanded by Colonel Jacob Drake, and the
Battalion in which I served was commanded by Major James Cook -
In the fall of the year 1777 I again volunteered in the New Jersey Militia for the
term of one month under 
Captain James P. Losey and served out under him the full
term for which I volunteered. 
Colonel Jacob Drake commanded the Regiment and
Major Ludlow the Battalion in which I served.
In the spring of 1778 I again volunteered under Captain Crane for the term of
three months in the New Jersey Militia and served out under Captain Crane the 
full term for which I volunteered  
Colonel Spencer commanded the Regiment and
Major Cook the Battalion in which I served
In December 1778 I enlisted for the term of three months in the Continental
troops and served out the full term of my enlistment. I enlisted under 
Captain Daniel Cook -
Major Hays commanded the Battalion 
Colonel Spencer the Regiment
and General Maxwell the Brigade.- At the expiration of my term of enlistment I
was discharged near Woodbridge in the County of Essex. -
About the month of June 1779 I again volunteered in the New Jersey Militia under
Captain Aaron Bigelow for the term of one month and served out the full term for
which I volunteered - Colonel Drake commanded the Regiment Major Cook the
Battalion and General Winds the Brigade.-
About the month of July A.D. 1779 I enlisted in the Continental troops for the term of six months  I enlisted under Captain Jonas Ward and served out the full term
of my enlistment, Major Hays commanded the Battalion and thinks Matthias Ogden
was the Colonel, the head quarters of the Battalion was at Newark during
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the terms of this enlistment and the troops were employed in keeping [possibly "gunners"] at
Hackensack.
In the spring of 1780 I enlisted in the company of Artificers under Captain Pendleton
for the term of one year and served out the full term of my enlistment -
Elias Breuen was the Major and Jeduthun Baldwin was the Colonel - at the 
expiration of the term of my enlistment I received a written discharge from
Colonel Jeduthun Baldwin which I have since lost. -
I enlisted under Captain Biggelow in the Continental troops for the term of 
two months and was discharged two or three days before my term of enlistment
expired, but my term was out before I got home - During this term of enlistment
I was at the Battle with the Hessians at Red Bank but do not recollect the
name of my Major or Colonel - Being two years and Eight months that he was
engaged in the service of his Country. -
I was born in the County of Essex and State of New Jersey on the 5th day of
November A.D. 1759. - I have no record of my age, It was entered in the family Bible.-
but my Fathers household goods were burnt and with them the Family Bibles -
I lived in the County of Morris and State of New Jersey when called into service. I have
lived there since the Revolutionary war and still live in the same County. -
I volunteered five times. I was a substitute for John Young once, and I enlisted
four times.
General Maxwell General Windes General Arnold, General Washington
and General Sterling were with the troops where I served, but cannot recollect the
names of the Continental and Militia Regiments - Was at the battle at Red Bank, at
the battle of Connecticut Farms where my Mother-in-law was killed, - at the Battle at
Springfield - Was on the march to join the main army at the time of the battle of 
Monmouth, but the battle was fought before we arrived. - Was under General Wayne
in the expedition against Stoney Point. -
I never received a written discharge except from Colonel Jeduthun Baldwin and
that is now lost. -

Stephen Vail Esquire and Robert Young - are acquainted
with me and can testify to my character for veracity and their belief of my
services as a soldier of the Revolution. -

I have no documentary Evidence &
[illegible] - of no person whose Testimony I can
procure who can testify to my Service.
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[A printed form with handwritten entries]

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, is only
on that of the Agency of the State of New Jersey.
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Jesse Upson  [signature]
Robert Pierson [signature]

We Stephen Vail and Robert Young
residing in the neighbuirhood of Robert Pearson do
hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with the said Robert Pearson
who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be
Seventy three 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.

Stephen Vail
Robert Young
Jesse Upson

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 Stephen Vail Esquire
who has signed the preceding certificate, is a resident in the neighbourhood of 
Robert Pearson in the County
of Morris aforesaid, and that Robert Young -
who has also signed the same, is a resident in the said neighborhood and County
and are credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit.

Jesse Upson
Stephen Vail

I, David Day, Clerk of the 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 Robert Pierson for a pension.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my
hand and seal of office, this Twenty eighth day of
July in the year of our lord one thousand
eight hundred and thirty two.

David Day   Clk

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New Jersey
Margaret Pierson
widow of Robert Pierson
who served in the Revolutionary war,
as a Private
N.J. Lines

Trenton agency.
Rate 96 Dollars 00
cents per annum.

Commencing July 27/68

Deat payts made since

Certificate dated May [illegible] /69.
and sent to Claimant
Care of Phil Dickinson
Trenton
[illegible]

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February 3, 1853, page 177 Vol. H
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Dead [illegible] 1875
1875 Oct 18   E.D. Halsey - with printed
Section Re[illegible] stat 718 & form O.O.
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the 2d section of the
Act of 3d February 1853.
State of New Jersey, Morris County Ss:
On this 10th day of October 1854, personally appeared before the Circuit
Court of Common Pleas [last 3 words struck out] of said County & State aforesaid personally appeared
Margaret Pierson, a resident of Randolph township in the Count of Morris
of the aforesaid aged 58 years in September last, who find being duly
sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following Declaration
in order to obtain the benefits of the provision 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 Robert Pierson, who was pensioned as a private soldier in the war of
the revolution by the act of 1832 - although he himself often spoke of
his having been a Sergeant in said war performing the duties of a Sergeant, &
as I am informed, claimed by a subsequent Declaration the pension
allowed to Sergeants, but no increased allowance was made & he recd.
Eighty dollars yearly to the 4th of September 1843. For the proof of the
Regiment & Co. to which said Robert Pierson belonged, & the particular
services performed by him, as well as of his rank in said service, I
respectfully refer to his original & supplemental Declarations & Vouchers
on the files of the Department at Washington.
I further declare that I was married to said Robert Pierson by
Revd. Jacob Briant, Minister of the Presbyterian Church in Randolph, in
the month of October on the 22d day of that month in the year 1826 as by a certificate from the
Marriage Records, hereunto annexed will fully appear. And my said
husband died on the 8th day of September, 1843. I was not married to
him prior to the 2d. of January 1800, but at the time above stated.
I further declare that I am now a Widow & have never been but
ever married -
Sworn to & subscribed, on the day & year above written
Before open Court

Elias B.D. Ogden
Judge

Margret [sic] pierson
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I, Elias B.D. Ogden, Judge of the Circuit Court, holden at
Morristown in the County of Morris, before whom the within deposition &
declaration of Margaret Pierson was taken in open Court, do certify, that
the erasure of the words "Superior, of Common Pleas" - in the lines 4th & 5th
at top, & the insertion of the word "Circuit" in 4th were all made & done
with my concurrence & direction, & before signing by the declarant.
The interlineation of the words "on the 22d day of the month" - line 6th from
bottom - also the words "once married", last line, were interleaved in the
same manner & same time.   The name of declarant "Margaret Pierson"
was written over a blot, which was not intended to be made, but was
accidental.

Elias B.D. Ogden
Judge
______________________________________________

State of New Jersey
Morris County    Ss:

I, Albert H. Stanburrough, Clerk of
the Circuit Court & of the aforesaid County of Morris, do hereby
certify that Elias B.D. Ogden, before whom the within Declaration
of Margaret Pierson, the deposition of Lewis Condict on the next
page was taken & subscribed, is one of the Judges of the Supreme Court
of New Jersey & Presiding Judge of the Circuit Court holden in the aforesaid
County of Morris. The signature of his name 
(Elias B.D .Ogden) to both papers
is the proper hand writing of the before named Judge.
In testimony whereof, I hereunto subscribe my name
& affix my official seal at the Clerks office in
Morristown, this Twelfth day of October (1854)
A.D. Eighteen hundred and fifty four

A. H. Stanburrough   Clk

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Robert Pierson
To
Margaret Youngs

I certify that on the 22nd day of Octr.
A.D. 1826 I married Robt. Pierson
to Margaret Youngs both of Randolph
township Morris County & State of New Jersey. As Witness
my hand this 25th day of April 1827.

Jacob Briant  Minister of the Gospel
Recd and Recorded April 25th 1827.

Zephaniah Drake  Clerk

State of New Jersey
Morris County s.s.

I, Albert H. Stanburrough Clerk of the
County of Morris do hereby certify that
the foregoing is a true copy of the Record of the Marriage
of Robert Pierson To Margaret Youngs as the same remains
of record in my office in Book C of Marriages page 37.
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my
hand and affixed the seal of said County at
Morris Town this Eleventh day of October A.D.
Eighteen hundred and fifty four

A. H. Stanburrough  Clk

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I, Lewis Condict of Morristown N. Jersey, do hereby testify that I
was personally well acquainted with 
Robert Pierson within named, & with
his wife Margaret, now his Widow, & an applicant for a pension, both of
whom I have known many years as husband & wife.
If I mistake not, his original pension papers were prepared by me,
or under my direction: and I well recollect that I drew up for
him, a Supplemental Declaration, setting forth the fact of his appointment
& service as a Sergeant in the revolutionary war, & stating his claim
for an Increase of his pension on that ground, to such a sum, as a
Sergeant would be entitled to receive annually by the Act of 1832.
The said Supplemental Declaration, with the evidence of his rank as
a Sergeant, will doubtless be found on the files of the Pension office.
The said Robert Pierson died not long after the application for Increase
& I think the Claim w[ink blot] no farther pursued. 
The within applicant, Margaret Pierson, is known to me to be the identical
woman, who was his wife whilst he was a Pensioner, & I believe her to be a
person of fair character, & fully entitled to belief.

Lewis Condict

Taken and sworn at
Morris-Town this eleventh
day of October, 1854 before
me -

Elias. B.D. Ogden
Judge -

I do hereby [illegible] that I have for many
years been personally acquainted with
[illegible]  Lewis Condit, the foregoing affiant
and trust his statements are entitled to
full faith and credit.  Oct: 11th 1854.

Elias B.D. Ogden -
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Vol P=93

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239.877. Act of Mar 3
55

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Act of 03/56
Mch 28 (56

Margaret Pierson
widow of Robert Pierson
dec. Priv'.

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W 39211 [illegible]

N.J. Mil.
Rev. war.

[illegible] ely 53 4492
[illegible] 1842 [whole line struck out]

Rev. a pension for
$80 per annum

3rd Nov. 1854.

Ad./ [illegible] Aug: 21/56

Boynton
Saml. B. Halsey
Rockaway
N.J.

[illegible 4 letters written sideways]
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State of New Jersey
Morris County Ss

On this Twenty second day of March AD one thousand 
eight hundred and fifty six personally appeared before me a Justice
of the peace duly authorised to Administer oaths within and for the
County and State aforesaid Margaret Pierson aged fifty nine years a
Resident of Morris County in the State of New Jersey who being duly
sworn according to law declares that she is the widow of Robert Pierson
deceased who was a private soldier in the war of the revolution
between the United States of America and Great Brittain, [sic]  that her
said husband volunteered and served in the New Jersey Militia during
said war for the term of one year at the least and was honorably
discharged from said said [sic] service, That she cannot state
with precision and of her own knowledge in what Company or
Regiment her said husband served nor the time of his entering
or leaving said service, but that he was in actual service more than fourteen days -
She further states that she was married to the said Robert Pierson
in Randolph in the said County of Morris on the 22nd day of
October AD 1826 by one Jacob Briant a minister of the Gospel
and that her name was before her said marriage Margaret Youngs
that her said husband died at Randolph in Morris County on the
eighth day of September AD 1843 and that she is now a widow -
She further states that her said husband was a pensioner
of the United States at the time of his death on account
of his services in the said Revolutionary war and that
since his death and on the third day of November AD 1854
a pension at the rate of eighty Dollars a year was granted
to her as the widow of said Robert Pierson, which pension
she still draws and she refers to the application of said
Robert Pierson for his said pension, for the proof of his said
services as a soldier, to support this application, for this
reason viz that the witnesses who then testified in behalf of said
Robert Piersons application, to his said services are now dead -
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining
the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the act
approved March 3, 1855.

Margaret Pierson
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We Robert Parson and Samuel Johnson Residents of the
Township of Randolph in the County of Morris and State of new
Jersey upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was
signed and acknowledged by 
Margaret Pierson in our presence
and that we believe from the appearance and statements of
the applicant, that she is the identical person she represents
herself to be

Robert Parson
Samuel Johnson

The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed
before me on the day and year above written. And I certify
that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is
the person she represents herself to be and, that I have no interest in this
claim ~

Elisha Mott  Justice of the Peace
of County of Morris

State of New Jersey
Morris County Ss

On this twenty second day of March AD 1856 personally came before me  a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County of
Morris Robert Parson and Samuel Johnson who being by me severally
duly sworn according to law depose and say that the said Robert Parson
says he resides at Randolph in said Morris County aged fifty years and the said
Samuel Johnson says he also resides in said Township of Randolph aged
seventy years   And they both say they are well acquainted with Margaret Pierson
widow of Robert Pierson deceased,  That she is the identical person
who signed the annexed application for bounty land  They further say they
were also well acquainted with her said husband in his life time and knew
them living together as husband and wife for sixteen years previous to the death
of the said Robert Pierson whom they both say they were present at his funeral
saw him a corpse and know him to be dead. They further say the know the
said Margaret Pierson to be a mother of children by said marriage, sustaining
an irreproachable character as mother wife and widow, which she
has remained since the death of her said husband and has not married since
And that they have no interest in her said claim to bounty land ~

W[illegible[   Elisha Mott  Justice

Robert Parson
Samuel Johnson
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Robert Pierson
No. [illegible]118

New Jersey

8. Jan. '33
Obj.  9.11.12

No[illegible]  L. Condict

Admitted
Private
2 yrs
$80

P-199

Respecting clergymans aff.
see let from Hon. L. Condict
Feb. 7. 1833

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[Some of the form is printed, with handwritten answers.]

Brief in the case of Robt. Pierson of Randolph
County of Morris in the State of New Jersey
(Act 7th of June, 1832.)

1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge?    Court

2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?

3. How old is he?   73

4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.

[This will be transcribed by year.]

Period.  In 1777
Duration of Service.
Years,  4 times - Months, 5 - Days
Rank. As a private
Names of General and Field Officers
under whom he served.
Capt. Crane, Col. Spencer

Period.  In 1778
Duration of Service.
Years,  2 as - Months, 6 - Days
Rank. As a private
Names of General and Field Officers
under whom he served.
Capts. Dickerson, Losey, Crane
Cook. Col. Drake.

Period.  In 1779
Duration of Service.
Years,  - Months, 1 - Days
Rank. As a private
Names of General and Field Officers
under whom he served.
Capt. Bigelow, [illegible] Winds, Capt. Hand.

Period.  In 1780
Duration of Service.
Years,  1  - Months, 2 - Days
Rank. As a private
Names of General and Field Officers
under whom he served.
Capt. Pendleton, Col. [illegible], [illegible]
Winds, Maxwell, Wayne  [??this]

5. In what battles was he engaged? Springfield, Stony Point, Connecticut Farms.

6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Morris County New Jersey.

7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?
Traditionary

8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?
Defective   Clerks signature omited [sic]

I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.

Jas Wilson    Examining Clerk
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Mrs. John O. Rinck
405 North Wade Avenue
Washington, Pennsylvania

BA-J/ady
Robert Pierson
W.5561

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter relative to
Robert Pierson and soldiers with the surname
Bainbridge, of the Revolutionary War.

Revolutionary War data furnished by this
office are obtained from claims made to the United
States for pension and bounty land based upon 
military service of soldiers in that war.

A careful search of the records fails to show
such a claim on file on account of the services of any soldier with the surname Bainbridge, all
spellings of the name searched.

The record of the only Robert Pierson, all
spellings of the name searched, that is found on the Revolutionary Ward records of this office is furnished
you herein as found in the papers on file in the claim for pension, W.5561, based upon his military service in that war.
["Searched by E.E. Luke" is written in pencil on the side.]

Robert Pierson was born November 5, 1759, in
Essex County, New Jersey. The names of his parents are not stated.

While a resident of Morris County, New Jersey, he enlisted in August or September 1776 and served one
month in Captain Kitchell Crane's New jersey Company.
At the expiration of this service he enlisted and
served one month in Captain Crane's Company, Colonel Spencer's New Jersey Regiment. He enlisted in the fall
of 1776 and served about one month as private in Captain Josiah Hall's Company, Colonel Ford's New Jersey Regiment.
He enlisted about May 1777 and served two months in Captain Dickerson's Company, 
Colonel Jacob Drake's New Jersey Regiment. He enlisted and served two months in
Captain Biglow's New Jersey Company, and was in the battle
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of Red Bank. He enlisted in the fall of 1777 and served
one month in Captain James P. Losey's Company, Colonel Jacob Drake's New Jersey Regiment. He enlisted in the
spring of 1778 and served three months in
Captain Crane's Company, Colonel Spencer's New Jersey Regiment. He
enlisted in December 1778 and served three
months in Captain Daniel Cook's
Company, Colonel Spencer's New Jersey
Regiment. He enlisted about June, 1779 and served one
month in Captain Aaron Biglow's Company,
Colonel Drake's 
New Jersey Regiment. He enlisted and served about six
months as corporal in Captain Jonas Ward's Company,
Colonel Matthias Ogden's New Jersey Regiment, was in the
battle of Stony Point and was discharged in December 1779.
He enlisted and served one year as sergeant in
Captain Pendleton's Company, Colonel Jedutham Baldwin's Artificer
Regiment;  was in the battles of Springfield and Connecticut Farms, and was discharged in the spring of 1781.
He enlisted, date not stated, and served one month as
private in Captain Artemas Day's New Jersey Company.

He was allowed pension on his application executed
July 28, 1832, while a resident of Randolph Township,
Morris County, New Jersey.

He died in Randolph, September 8, 1843.

Soldier married October 22, 1826, in Randolph, Morris
County, New Jersey, Margaret Youngs, who was born in
September 1796. At the time of their marriage they were
both residents of Randolph Township, Morris County, New Jersey.

She was allowed pension on her applicatin executed
October 10, 1854, while a resident of Randolph Township,
Morris County, New Jersey.

In 1869 her post office address was Walnut Grove, New Jersey, or Dover, New Jersey.

She died in August, 1875, place not stated.

Robert Pierson and his wife, 
Margaret Youngs Pierson had children, their names are not designated.

Very truly yours,

A.D. Hiller
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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Revy arrears

Pierson

[An oval stamp]
[In the middle]

OCT 7 1875

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DEPARTMENT OF [illegible]

[illegible] OFFICE
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Law Office of Edmund D. Halsey
Morristown, N.J.,  Oct 6' 1875

The Coms of Pensions

Dear Sir,

Margaret Pierson
a pensioner of the Rev.
War died in August last
leaving an uncollected amount ["amount" struck out]
pension for [illegible] 4: to the time
of her death.

Will you please write me
who is entitled to collect this
& what steps [illegible] be pursued.
& oblige

Yours vy truy,

ED Halsey
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Pen. Off. Octo 28 1854  [illegible mark]

Sir

Robert Pierson, N.J. Rolls, Act 1832, $80 a year.
   Please state to what time to wid.

Very respectfully,
S. Cole

ChfClkPenOff  [Chief Clerk Pension Office]

Triplett

R.J. Atchison Esq.
Third Auditer

[4043 is written faintly]

He has been paid to 4 Sept 1843

Saml. S. Rind
Acting Auditor
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39.211

[An "S" with a long descender]

Rev Army
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[Written on outside of a folded document]

No 5189
Margaret Pierson
widow of Robert -
NJ


3 Feby 1853
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[Envelope, part of which is torn off]

Free

To the Commissioner of Pensions
District of Colum  [envelope torn off]

[stamped]

Morristown N.J.
Mar
25

[Handwritten sideways]

239.877
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[Combination of printed form with handwritten entries. The handwriting is very faint. The first part of the first 2 lines is missing.]

-ation as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension
on file in this Bureau

Robert Pierson  N. J. 5561

[Column 1 information for 1776]

DATES OF
-NLISTMENT OR
-TMENT.
_____________________________
[ missing letters] Sept. 1776


[COLUMN 2 FOR 1776]

LENGTH OF SERVICE
________________________

Served at various times one year

[COLUMN 3 FOR 1776]

RANK
__________________

Pvt. & Corpl.

OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED

[COLUMN 4 FOR 1776]

CAPTAIN
__________

Kitchell   Crane
Josiah Hall
Dickerson
Aaron Bigelow
James P. Losey
Daniel Cook
Jonas Ward
Artimas Day

[COLUMN 5 FOR 1776]

COLONEL
___________

Spencer
Jacob Drake
Matthias Ogden
Ford

______________________________________

[Column 1 information for 1780]

DATES OF
-NLISTMENT OR
-TMENT.
_____________________________
[ missing letters] 1780

[COLUMN 2 FOR 1780]

LENGTH OF SERVICE
____________________

1 year

[COLUMN 3 FOR 1780]

RANK
__________________

Sgt

[COLUMN 4 FOR 1780]

CAPTAIN
__________

Pendleton

[COLUMN 5 FOR 1780]

COLONEL
___________

Jeduthan Baldwin - Continental Artificers


Battles engaged in   Red Bank, Stony Point,
        Springfield, Connecticut Farms

Residence of soldier at enlistment  
      Morris Co. N.J.

Date of application for Pension   July 28, 1832
   His [illegible]

Residence at date of application
   Randolph Twp, Morris Co. N.J.

Age at date of application,   
    b. in Essex Co.  N.J. Nov. 5, 1759
    d. Sept. 8 1843 at Randolph N.J.

Remarks:  Soldier married in Morris Co. N.J.
                 Oct. 22, 1826 Margaret Youngs.
                 She was allowed pension on an
                 application executed Oct. 10 1854,
                 while a resident of Randolph Twp.
                 Morris Co. N.J. aged 58 years
                 She died in Aug. 1875 -
                 The only one found on the Rev.
                 pens. records

Very respectfully,
Page 26

2 c Postage stamped Env rec'd 7 [illegible]. E.

Rev. W

Sept - 12th. 1921
Dept - of Pensions -
Washington D- C-

Will you
kindly give me the place -
also date of marriage of
my grandfather -
Robert Pierson whose
third wife was my
grandmother Margaret
Clark Young - also would
like to know where he
was born if you have this
information - He was born
1760 - died Sept. 8 - 1844
served as private under
Gen - Anthony Wayne in
Revolutionary War - at the
age of 75 yrs. received
Page 27

his first pension Feb.
11th 1833. Will you kindly
send me any information
you may have as soon as
possible also what the
charges are -  I wish to have
my D.A.R. papers go
through at the Oct.
meeting -

Respl -

Mrs. R. M. (Anna M. Bateman
20 Steuben St. -
E. Orange -
N. J.

[Round stamp mark]

U. S.
PENSION
OFFICE
A
SEP
13 
1921
Page 28

206 Belleville Ave.
Bloomfield, N.J.
July 24, 1914.

Bureau of Pensions,
Department of the Interior
Washington, D.C.

Gentlemen: -

I wish to establish a record permitting
me to enter the New Jersey Society of the
Sons of the American Revolution.

I am the great-grandson of Robert Pierson
of Shongum (near Mt. Freedom) Morris County
New Jersey, who served during the Revolutionary
War and I understand obtained a pension. If
you find this correct, will you kindly furnish
me with your data, which would give date of
his birth and death, name of wife and date
married, amount of pension, etc.

Yours truly,
Frederick C Allen
Page 29

[Printed form with handwritten entries]
[Left side of page]

4.692
New Jersey
Margaret Pierson
widow of Robert Pierson
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Private
N.J. Line

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate
of 80 dollars --
cents per annum to commence on 
the 3d February, 1853
________________________________

Certificate of Pension issued
 3d day of November
and sent to

Saml. P. Halsey
Rockaway
Morris Co.
N.J.

[A piece of the paper on the left side is torn and missing.]

[missing]  Roll of Pensioners under act
[missing] Page 97 Vol.  [missing]


[Right side of page]

Saml P Halsey
Dec 29, 185[missing]

Repd

[written sideways on page]
239511
Page 30

[Printed form with handwritten entries.]

Increase     4.692

Brief in the Case of Margaret Pierson Widow of Robert
Private Revy War. Walnut Grove    Trenton
Morris County and State of New Jersey

Act 2d [illegible]  Feb 3. 1853
_________________________________________________

CLAIM FOR NEW PENSION CERTIFICATE.
PROOF EXHIBITED,

Pensioner at $80 pr. annum Certificate returned,
Claimed increase as provided by 13th Sec Act July 27, 1868.

Personal identity and continued Widowhood properly
Shown.

Admitted May 3. 1869 to pension at $96.00 per ann
to commence July 27, 1868 deducting payments
Since -

Name and residence of Agent.
Claimant
Care Philm Dickinson
Trenton
New Jersey

W. E Trask
Examining Clerk
Page 31

Margaret Pierson
Widow of Robert
N. J.

Admd. Feby 3 1853

2 yrs pn $80
per annum [illegible]

3d Feby 1853

Cert to
Saml P. Halsey Esq
Rockaway
Morris Co
NJ
Page 32

[Some of the document was printed, but most was handwritten.]

Brief in the case of Margaret Pierson widow of Robert

County and State of New Jersey
act 3 Feby 1853
----------------------------------------------------------

Claim, ("original," or "for increase)
["for increase" was struck out]

Proof exhibited, (if original.)

Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.

[The following is handwritten.]

Her husband was pensioner under the act of June
7 1832 at $80 a year (service in his papers)
[??]pary p[illegible] in her case; Marriage, identity
and her widow hood.

[The following printed lines are struck out.]

(if for increase)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?

[The following is handwritten.]

Marriage is proved by Record. Her identity
& widowhood is proved [illegible] Lewis Condict

Name and residence of Agent

Saml P Halsey Esq
Rockaway
Morris Co N.J.

Thornton Triplett
Examining Clerk
Page 33

Margaret Pierson

Saml B Halsey
Rockaway

Payment to be made at Trenton
[illegible] by

P. Dickinson
Agent for paying Pensioners, in the
Agency of Trenton
New Jersey

Payable on the 4th September and 4th
March

[An oval stamp mark is imposed on the top of the writing.]

[illegible] INTERIOR
APR 2[?] 18[?]9
[illegible] PENSION OFFICE

Recorded in the Pension Office on the
Roll of Pensioners under act February
3d, 1853, Page 97 Vol. A.

J. T. Taylor  Clerk
Page 34

[This is a printed form with some handwritten entries filled in.]

[2 illegible initials in the upper left]

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
WIDOW'S PENSION

I certify that, in conformity with the 2d section of the act of
February 3, 1853, Margaret Pierson,

widow of Robert Pierson
who was a Private in the revolutionary war,
is inscribed on the Pension List, at the rate of Eighty
dollars, and -- cents per annum, commencing on the
3rd of February, 1853, and continuing for life, unless she should
again marry, in which case the Pension is not payable after the time
of such marriage.

Given at the Department of the Interior, 
this third day of November,
one thousand eight hundred and fifty-four

R. McClelland
Secretary of the Interior

Examined and countersigned

L P Waldo
Commissioner of Pensions
Page 35

Paid to [illegible letter] Sc[illegible 2 letters]  1854
Page 36

[Envelope of document]

Free
J. L. Edwards Esqr
Commisr Pensions
Washington
D. C.

[at bottom is a round stamp]

MORRISTOWN N.J.

[written sideways across the address]

Aug 1 '42.
Robt Parsons
Page 37

Morris Town July 28th 184[not clear]

J L Edwards Esqr

Dr Sir
[illegible 1st word. ] as have
been committ[??] by the agent who had
made the charge of drawing the money
due to the pensioners of the revolutionary
& late war. In behalf of Robert Parsons
of the Township of Randolph
in this County I wish information
when his pension commenced & how
much entitled to per year etc. How
much he ought to have received when
he first drew. & whether it has been ever
increased.

Yours very Respy [respectfully]

E. W. Whelply

Morris Town N.J.
Page 38

[typewritten]

August 9, 1933
xxxxxxx
BA-J/ADY
W.5561
Robert Pierson

Mr. Moses Bigelow
577 Ridge Street
Newark, New Jersey

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letter relative to one
Robert Pierson, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.

The data contained herein are obtained from the
papers on file in the Revolutionary War claim, W.5561,
based upon his military service in that war.
Robert Pierson was born November 5, 1759 in Essex
County, New Jersey. The names of his parents are not 
stated.
While a resident of Morris County, New Jersey, he
enlisted in August or September 1776 and served one month
in Captain Kitchell Crane's New Jersey Company.  At the
expiration of this service he enlisted and served one
month in Captain Crane's Company, Colonel Spencer's New
Jersey Regiment. He enlisted in the fall of 1776 and
served about one month as a private in Captain Josiah Hall's
Company, Colonel Ford's New Jersey Regiment. He
enlisted about May 1777 and served two months in 
Captain Dickerson's Company, Colonel Jacob Drake's New Jersey
Regiment. He enlisted and served two months in 
Captain Biglow's New Jersey Company, and was in the battle of 
Red Bank. He enlisted in the fall of 1777 and served one
month in Captain James P. Losey's Company, Colonel Jacob Drake's
New Jersey Regiment. He enlisted in the spring
of 1778 and served three month in Captain Daniel Cook's Company, Colonel Spencer's New Jersey Regiment. He
enlisted about June 1779 and served one month in  Captain Aaron Biglow's Comany, Colonel Drake's New Jersey Regiment.
He enlisted and served about six months as a corporal in
Captain Jonas Ward's Company, Colonel Matthias Ogden's New
Jersey Regiment, was in the battle of Stony Point and was
Page 39

[typewritten]

discharged in December 1779. He enlisted and served one
year as a sergeant in Captain Pendleton's Company,
Colonel Jeduthan Baldwin's Artificer Regiment; was in the
battles of Springfield and Connecticut Farms and was discharged
in the spring of 1781. He enlisted, date not
stated, and served one month as a private in Captain Artemas
Day's New Jersey Company.
He was allowed pension on his application executed
July 28, 1832 while a resident of Randolph Township, Morris
County, New Jersey.
He died in Randolph September 8, 1843.
Soldier married October 22, 1826 in Randolph, Morris
County, New Jersey, Margaret Youngs, who was born in
September, 1796. At the time of their marriage they were
both residents of Randolph Township,  Morris County, New 
Jersey. She was allowed pension on her application executed
October 10, 1854 while a resident of Randolph Township,
Morris County, New Jersey.
In 1869 her post office address was Walnut Grove, New
Jersey or Dover, New Jersey.
She died in August, 1875, place not stated.
Robert Pierson and his wife Margaret Youngs Pierson
had children, their names are not designated.

Very truly yours,

A. D. Hiller
Assistant to Administrator
Page 40

August 30, 1934,
The Pension Dept.
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sirs: -
I am writing to
you for information about
the Pierson's, and the Bainbridge's.
Have you the records
for the members of these
families who served in
the Revolutionary War? I think
the family came from Trenton
to Somerfield, N.J. about
1800 and lived on Scotts Mt.
near Belvedere. I can trace
the family to the birth of
their son Charles Pierson [illegible]
1800 Somerfield, N.J. who m.
Margaret Cline Dec. 30, 1830.
Page 41

The father of Charles Pierson
was Robert Pierson who
married Lucy Bainbridge.
My grandma always spoke
of them coming from
Trenton vicinity.
Anything you can tell
me will be greatly
appreciated. Grandma spoke
as if both families had
been prominent, but I know
little about them.
Thanking you for your
courtesy I remain
-  Yours truly,

Ruth Rinck
(Mrs. John O.
405 N. Wade Ave
Washington, Pa.

[The following was printed on a circular stamp.]

Rec'd
Sep 1 1937
MAIL SUB-DIV
VETS ADM 4
READER
Page 42

Chatham, New Jersey
March 25 - 1912

Pension Department.
Washington, D.C.

Gentlemen - 
Kindly send me
volume and page containing
record of pension given to
the third wife of Robert [the following is written above the line]
W5561
Pierson (or Parsons) who
served in the Revolutionary
War. Also, it would -
greatly oblige me if I

[The following is written perpendicularly on the side of the page.]

is only one other says
a pension
Page 43

could have any data
concerning the birth, death,
and marriage of the said
Robert Pierson (or Parsons) and
Jane Dalrymple, his wife.

Thanking you
I remain
Yours truly

Mrs. M. W. Adams
Page 44

577 RIDGE STREET
NEWARK,  N.J. 

[The letter was stamped with a round stamp that said:]
RECEIVED AUG 1 1933
MAIL SUB-DIV.
READER 12
VETS. ADM.

Veterans Administration
Washington

Gentlemen

Please furnish the data from
your records relating to pension
granted to Robert Pierson of
Morris County, N.J., a soldier
of the Revolution - with particular
reference to dates of service &
names of officers under whom
soldier served.

Yours truly,

Moses Bigelow
Page 45

[Left side of page, handwritten notes]

1912 Rpl. 1 Hist. to Mrs.
M. W. Adams.  V.L.M.
1914 Aug. 4 Hist to Frederick
C. Allan  V.L.M.
1921 Oct. 3 Hist. to Mrs. R. M.
Bateman
1933 Aug. 9. Hist. to Moses
Bigelow.  A.D.Y.

1937 Sept. 14. Hist. to Mr. John
O. Rinck  A.D.Y.

[The right half of the page is a printed form, filled in by handwritten entries.]

[The following is handwritten at an angle across the top.]

Revy.

WIDOW, &c.

File No.  5561
Margaret Pierson
Wid"
Robert Pierson
Privt Rev War

Act: Feby 3d 1853

Index: - Vol. [illegible. Perhaps "N" [?]  Page 73

[Arrangement of 1870.]
Page 46

State of New Jersey, Morris County Ss:
Before the subscriber, a Judge of the Inferior Court of Common
pleas in & for said County, personally appeared Robert Pierson
of Morris County, an aged man, & a respectable citizen of the State, known & believed to
be a man of fair character & entitled to belief, who being by me duly sworn according
to law, on his oath declares as follows, viz:

I am the same Robert Pierson, to whom a pension was granted by
the Secretary of War & Commissioner of pensions under the Law of June 7th 1832.
My certificate bearing date February 11th 1833, & allowing me Eighty dollars per
annum.  The object of this application is, to solicit from the Secretary of War, &
the Commissioner of Pensions, a reconsideration of my case. A part of my revolutionary
Services were performed by me as a private soldier, - another part thereof a
Corporal, & another part as a Sergeant. My Declaration was drawn up by a 
young Lawyer, Francis L. Maccullock Esq. & altho' in my narrative to him, I
mentioned my service in the 3 grades as before stated, yet, if I mistake not, he
made no mention of my rank above that of a private soldier, because, as I understood
him, the pay for a private was the same, as for a non commissioned officer.
I was however regularly appointed as a Corporal, & afterward as a Sergeant, & performed
active Military duty in both characters. If the pay rolls, or any other record of
my company can be found, I would refer the Commissioner of pensions respectfully
to them, soliciting his decision according to authentic records, if they can be found, in
preference to my own memory; believing also that all who served with me have died,
or removed from the circle of my acquaintance. Lest they may not be found, I
will state from memory, & according to the best of my remembrance, as well as I may
be able, some of my revolutionary services altho' I have no remembrance of the statement
or narrative as written by Mr. Macculloch in my Declaration.
I served one tour of a month or five weeks, under Capt. Josiah Hall & Col. Ford
at Elizabeth town & upon what was then called the "Mud rounds" in the fall of 1776
I served by enlistment in the 3 months service, 3 months, in Captain Danl. Cook's compy.
near Woodbridge & Amboy, in the winter & spring 1777, during which time my
Captain (Cook) was wounded by a shot through the shoulder, in a fight with the
enemy, near Woodbridge. One month under Captain Artimas Day at Elizabethtown
point. Three months at & near red Bank & Haddonfield, in West Jersey.
These several periods I served as a private, soon after Burgoyne's surrender.
In the spring of the year 1779, being then 21 years old in May, I enlisted at
Page 47

at Parsippany in Morris County, in Captain Jonas Ward's compy
to serve six months. Major Hays of Newark, who was called "Old
Mark Knife" had command of several companies who I believe
were called State troops, & Capt. Ward belonged to his corps
This service was performed along the frontiers, at Newark, Elizabethtown, Blazing
Star ferry, opposite Staten Island, & Major Hays head quarters were at Newark.
At the beginning of this service in May, I was regularly appointed a Corporal, in
Captain Ward's co. & served in that character till my enlistment for the six months
expired. & I was honorably discharged in December 79 near Christmas. The term of
this service, I believe was more than 6 months, & certainly not less than 6 months.
In January 1780, I enlisted in Captain Pendleton's Company of Artificers, &
in Colonel Jeduthun Baldwin's Regiment, to serve for the period of one year.
I believe Col. Baldwin was a New England officer , & probably belonged to the U.S. Army.
But of this I do not speak with certainty. George Gorham had been a Sergeant in Capt. 
Pendleton's Co. & with the consent of the Captain, I took Gorham's place - signed the enlistment
roll - was regularly appointed a Sergeant & performed Sergeants duty in said company
for twelve months. During this years service, our company was stationed upon duty
along the Hudson or North river, & we built a Blockhouse at Dobbs' ferry, about
the time when Arnold's treason was discovered, and Andree was hanged. ~ I served out
the period of my enlistment  as a Sergeant in said Company, & was discharged from this
service near New Windsor & Newburgh, in the spring of 1781 -
These facts I state from memory, having no written documents to correct me, & perhaps
have mistaken some dates or names - but in the facts of service & of my rank, I
speak confidently. ~ I served not less than twelve months as a Sergeant - six months
as a Corporal & more than six months as a private. & humbly pray that my pension
may be enlarged according to my rank;  being now very aged & needy.

Sworn & subscribed at Morris town, this 10th day of June, 1839.
Before me, P. S. Capt. Pendleton's Co. & the rest of Baldwin's corps or regimt.
of Artificers. was hutted through the winter of 80 at & near Morris town, on the same
hills with Knox's Artillery. Genl. Knox was quartered at Ogden's & Genl. Washington at
Widow Ford's in Morristown. I often stood guard, as Sergeant, at public stores, in
Morris town & frequently carried arms beside working as an artificer. Elias Bruen of 
Newark, was a Major under Baldwin.

Sworn & subscribed.  June 10th 1839 - Robert Pierson [signature]

Before me. James Wood
Justice of the peace & I was of the Company
[The above line was written in the same hand as the signature of James Wood.]
Page 48

[The following number was written on the back of a narrow piece of paper.]

239.877
Page 49

Rockaway Morris County New Jersey
24 March 1856

To the Commissioner of Pensions

D[illegible 2 letters]  Inclosed I send you the application
of Margaret Pierson for bounty land on account
of the services of her late husband as a Revolutionary
Soldier ~ As the form of application furnished to me from
your office cannot be exactly followed in this case
because Mrs Pierson is unable to state the precise time
of service nor the Regiment and officers under whom
he served ~ I would be glad to hear from you whether
enough is contained in these papers if true as the records
referred to will prove to entitle her to a warrant
Please also to inform me whether you have
any further light on the John Hilu case ~ you proposed
to Hon G Vail our Representative to obtain from
the land office where the 40 acre warrant was
located the warrant with its assignment and the
name of the person who obtained a duplicate for it
If you have done so I think we shall be able
to trace to detection the villain who practiced the
fraud in obtaining it ~

Yours very respectfully

Samuel B Halsey

P.S. I am the more anxious to know soon whether these
papers are in proper form that I may be able to make
a similar application for another old lady a revolutionary
pensioner in my neighbourhood similarly situated as to
knowledge and proof of her husbands services

S. B. Halsey
Page 50

[This appears to be an envelope]

To the Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
District of Columbia

[The below is written perpendicular to the address]

5474 N. J. 
Margaret Pierson
wid
Robert [There is more wording, but the page is cut off.]

[illegible]
Oct 27/54
Page 51

To the Commissioner of Pensions
D [?] [illegible. Looks like "Ssi]

I inclose the application
of Widow Margaret Pierson for a pension with
the proof of her marriage [illegible] ~ She claims under
the act of 1853 ~ If any other papers or proof is
needed please inform me and it shall be forwarded ~
Her husband Pierson was pensioned under the act
of 1832 as a private at $80.00 and afterwards
claimed an allowance for having acted as a sergeant
but his claim as seargeant for some reason was not
allowed ~ The widow I suppose will be entitled at
all events to the $80.00 pension from 1848 ~

Yours very respectfully

Samuel B Halsey

Rockaway, Morris County New Jersey  Octr. 3rd 1854
Page 52

[Envelope addressed to the Commissioner of Pensions]

To the Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
District of Columbia

[In the upper right corner is a postage stamp, and it has been stamped over. In the middle of the stamping are the letters "AUG". The other letters are illegible.]

[The following was handwritten, perpendicular to the address.]

Robert Pierson
N. J. - a [?], 32

Cole
Page 53

To the Commissioner of
Pensions for United States Soldiers

D. [illegible, possible Si]

Robert Pearson or Parsons
a soldier of the Revolution and a pensioner in consequence
of his service, died thirteen years ago leaving a widow
and several children surviving - His widow is still alive
and thereby, under some law, she is entitled to a pension
since her husbands death ~ She has never applied for it
until now and would be glad to be informed by you
whether she is entitled and if so what steps she must
take to obtain it - Please answer this and if any forms
or papers are required in her case inclose them to
me and I will aid her in her application -

Yours very respectfully
Samuel B. Halsey

Rockaway Morris County N. Jersey
3rd August 1854

[The following is in a different handwriting.]

[?, possibly an R] Doctr Lewis Condict of Morris Town obtained and drew
the pension for W. Pierson while he lived -
Page 54

Col. James L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
Page 55

Morris-town N.J.  June 22.d 1839

Dear Sir,

Herewith you will receive a supplemental statement & claim
of Robert Pierson of this County, for an enlargement of his pension, from the
pay of a private, to that of a Corporal & Sergeant.
I believe the error was with the writer of his Declaration, who
supposed there was no distinction in the amount awarded to a private & a
non-commissioned officer, as under the law of 1818.
If the Army rolls of Pendleton's C[?] & of Colonel Baldwin's corps of Artificers for that year
are to be found, I have no doubt you will find Pierson's statemt corroborated.
He also alludes to a 6 mo. service in Capt. Jonas Ward's co. in 79. - but after
diligent enquiry, I can find no persons living, belonging to it, except Pierson.

Respectfully Yr:

Yours,
Lewis Condict
Page 56

New Jersey Morris Co.

Robert Pierson.
For increase of Pension.

Return to Lewis Condict
Morris-town, N. Jersey.
Page 57

[This document is a combination of a printed form and handwritten entries]

Margaret Pierson
No.
DECLARATION
FOR
INCREASE OF PENSION

[There is an oval stamp. Only the lower part is legible.]
PENSION OFFICE

[The following is handwritten.]

Please acknowledge receipt
to care of 

Phi[?] Dickinson
Trenton
N. J -
Page 58

[This is a printed form, filled in with handwritten pieces.]

State of New Jersey
County of Morris

On this tenth day of April A.D. one thousand eight hundred and
sixty-nine personally appeared before me Edmund D. Halsey a
Master in chancery of New Jersey
Margaret Pierson widow of Robert, aged 72 years, a resident of
Morris County in the State of New Jersey
who, being duly sworn according to law, declares that she
is the identical Margaret Pierson to whom was granted pension certificate No. number
payable at Trenton N.J. at the rate of Eighty ~ dollars per annum
issued under the act of Feby 3 27 [illegible], 1853; that she is still a widow
makes this declaration in order to secure the increase of her pension
to which she is entitled under the thirteenth section of the act of July 27, 1868.

My Post Office address is as follows: Walnut Grove New Jersey (or Dover N.J.)

Witnesses

Saml. B. Halsey
Edmund D. Halsey

Margaret Pierson
Signature of Claimant

Also personally appeared Samuel B. Halsey and Cornelia V.W. Halsey
residents of Rockaway Morris County New Jersey persons
whom I certify to be respectable and entitled to credit and who by me being duly sworn say that they
were present and saw Margaret Pierson sign her name
to the foregoing declaration; and they further swear that they have every reason to believe, from
the appearance of the applicant and their acquaintance with her that she
is the identical person she represents herself to be, and that they have no interest in the
prosecution of this claim.

Saml. B. Halsey
Cornelia V.W. Halsey

Sworn to and subscribed before me this tenth day of April
.D. 1869; and I hereby certify that I have no interest, direct or indirect, in the prosecution of this
claim.  [handwritten note follows] Note erasure of "October" and "eight" interline[??] of "April" & "nine"
Also "V" written over in signature of witness

Edmund D. Halsey
Master in Chancery
of New Jersey
Page 59

[Seal is affixed to left side.]

I Barker Gummen [could also be Summers] Clerk of the Court of
Chancery of the State of New Jersey do
hereby certify that Edmund D. Halsey before
whom the annexed affidavit was taken
was at the date thereof a Master in
Chancery of the State of New Jersey, dwelling
in said State, Commissioned and sworn
and duly authorized to administer oaths and affirmations.
And further that the signature of the said
Master is in his proper handwriting

In Testimony Whereof I have hereto set my
hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Trenton
this Thirteenth day of April AD Eighteen hundred
and sixty nine

Barker Summers  Clk.
Page 60

239.77.
Page 61

[This page is a copy of part of page 2. It has dark marks in the same place as page 2. It seems that part of page 2 was photographed with a printed form placed on top of it. The printed form is filled in with some handwritten entries. I have copied the parts of page 2 here, and then transcribed the printed form.]

State of New Jersey
Morris County Ss

I Elisha Mott a Justice of the peace within and for
the said County of Morris do hereby certify that Robert Parson and Samuel
Johnson subscribed the above and last written affidavit before me and severally
made oath according to law that the matter therein written is true and that I
believe them to be credible witnesses and entitled to belief and that the said
Robert Parson and Samuel Johnson are known to me ~
[covered by printed form]   the day and

[Here begins the printed form.]

State of New Jersey
Morris County           ss.

I. Albert Stanburrough, Clerk of the County of
Morris, do hereby Certify, that Elisha Mott ~ Esq.
before whom the foregoing Affidavits were taken was, at the time of taking such Affadavits one of the
Justices of the Peace in and for said County of Morris, duly elected, commissioned and sworn, and
fully authorised by the laws of the State of New Jersey to take the same; and that the names
Elisha Mott ~~ thereunto signed, is in his own proper hand-writing.

In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and
affixed the Seal of the said County, at Morristown, this
Twenty fourth day of March 1856

A. H. Stanburrough  Clerk

[The outline of a round seal can be seen to the left of the above.]
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State of New Jersey
Morris County Ss

I Elisha Mott a Justice of the peace within and for
the said County of Morris do hereby certify that Robert Parson and Samuel
Johnson subscribed the above and last written affidavit before me and severally
made oath according to law that the matter therein written is true and that I
believe them to be credible witnesses and entitled to belief and that the said
Robert Parson and Samuel Johnson are known to me ~

In witness whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name the day and
year first above written ~

Elisha Mott Justice of the Peace of Morris [There is an illegible word written above the word "Morris".]
County New Jersey
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Robert Pierson
To
Margaret Youngs

I certify that on the 22nd day
of Octr. A.D. 1826 I married
Robt. Pierson to Margaret
Youngs, both of Randolph
township, Morris County [illegible] State of New Jersey
As Witness my hand this 25th day of April
1827

Jacob Briant Minister of the Gospel
Recd. & Recorded the above certificate
April 25th 1827

Zephaniah Drake   Clerk

State of New Jersey
Morris County S.S.

I, Albert H. Stanburrough Clerk of
the County of Morris do hereby certify
that the above is a true copy of the Record of the Marriage
of Robert Pierson and Margaret Youngs as
the same remains of record in my office in record of
Marriages Book 6, page 37 ~
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed the Seal
of the said County this Twenty fourth
day of March A.D. Eighteen hundred
and fifty six

A. H. Stanburrough  Clk

[A seal is affixed to the left of the above.]