Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 9849, for John Terhune, New Jersey
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New Jersey
Terhune Johns Sarah
W9849
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3440
Michigan Detroit
Sarah Terhune
Widow of John Terhune
who died on the 9th January, 1839 of Washtenaw in the State of Michigan who was a private in the company; commanded by Captain Outwater of the Regiment; Commanded by Dolonel Day in the New Jersey line for 
Inscribed on the Roll of Michigan at the rate of 240 Dollars no cents per annum, to commence on the 10th day of January 1834 former payments to be deducted
Certificate of Pension issued the 14th day of January 1850 and sent to How. A Felch , M. S. Senate
Arrears to the 4th of    
Semi annual allowance ending 

Revolutionary Claim Act July 4, 183, 3
Section the Act
Recorded by Henry Robinson Clerk
Book D. Vol. 1 Page 303
D.B. Flecher July 21/58
D. B. Flecher Dept 17/58
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Dead. See letter to Hon. A. Kendall July 31 1839
Michigan 19.47
John Terhune
Washtenaw in the State of Michigan who was an Ensign in the company commanded by Captain Stags of the Regiment Commanded by Col Day in the [illegible] for two years. 
Inscribed in the Roll of Michigan at the rate of 240 Dollars 00 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 9th day of August 1883 and sent to John Allen ann above WC. Michigan Arrears to the 4th March ’33 $480.00
Semianl allowance ending 4 Sept ’53 $120.00
 $ six hundred 
Revolutionary Claim Act June 7, 1832
Recorde By Wm R. Palmer Clerk
Book of E. Vol 8, Page 101
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No 5147 
Sarah Terhune
John
Michigan
Col Day
Captain Flag
 mo Private
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State of Michigan
Washtenaw County
On this twenty fifth day of February in the year eighteen hundred and forty personally appeared before the in circuit court of the State of Michigan in and for the county of Washtenaw. Aforesaid and state aforesaid Sarah Terhune of Pittsfield (formerly Pitt) in said county aged seventy nine years and upwards who being duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Provision made by th Act of Congress passed July 4th 183. That she is the widow of John Terhune was as an ensign in captain Ontwater’s  ( or Atwater’s) company attached to a Regiment under Command of Colonel Dye of Hackensack, New Jersey Militia. That the said John Terhune resided at Hackensack in the County of Bergen adn State of New Jersey. At the time he first entered the army; according to the recollection of the said Sarah in the year seventeen hundred and seventy six. That by reason of her advanced age and bodily infirmity she is unable to state the time definitely. That the said John first entered the said army as a volunteer and was first stationed at Amboy. That at that time the British Army lay off Sandy Hook and that said company (and Regiment) she thinks was attached to the United States Army and stationed at Amboy with the expectation that the British would and on the New Jersey Shore. That the British landed on Long Island and from there [illegible] New York. that the said John was connected with the Revolutionary Army from the time he first entered until the close of the war. Being engaged for different periods of time and for different services the whole of which she cannot now recollect. that at the time of the decease of said John Terhune he was a Pensioner of the United States. That his name was inscribed on the Pension Roll agency of the State of
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Michigan at Detroit. That after the decease of the said John Terhune she the said Sarah made the necessary application and proof in this court and obtained the balance of Pension due to said John Terhune and returned the Pension Certificate of the Said John Terhune to the agent for paying pensions at Detroit aforesaid and she begs leave to refer to the declaration and proof on which the said John Terhune obtained a pension as aforesaid for a more particular statement of the service of said John Terhune in the Army of the United States. And also to her declaration and the Evidence therein recited on which she obtained the balance of his pension after the decease of the said John. For particularly as to the decease of the said John. She further declares that she was married to the said John Terhune on the twenty sixth day of December in the year Seventeen hundred and seventy nine that her husband the aforesaid John Terhune died on the sixth day of January in the year Eighteen hundred and thirty nine. and that she has remained a widow every since that period as will more fully appear by reference to the proofs hereto annexed. 
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year aforewritten before said court.
Sarah Terhune
We Enoch Terhune and Valmon Brown residing in Pittsfield in the county of Washtenaw and State of Michigan being first duly sworn according to law do depose an stat that in the lifetime of John Terhune, late a Pensioner of the United; we were well acquainted with the said John Terhune and Sarah his wife both then of Pittsfield aforesaid. That the said John Terhune died at Pittsfield aforesaid on the sixth day of January in the year Eighteen Hundred and thirty nine leaving his wife Sarah a widow. That we know the said Sarah to be the person she represents herself to be; to be in the foregoing declaration that ever since the decease of the said John we have been
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intimately acquainted with the said Sarah and
know that she has remained a widow, unmarried, ever since the decease of her said husband.

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid before the said Court.
Enoch Terhune
Talmon Brown

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, that the above named applicant is the widow of John Terhune late a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States was married to the said John and the said John died as she states, and that ever since his decease she has remained a widow unmarried as she states in the foregoing declaration. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Enoch Terhune & Talmon Brown - who have subscribed and sworn to the preceeding affidavit are credible persons and
that their statement is entitled to credit.

I Leonard C. Goodale Clerk of said
Court do hereby certify that the foregoing
contains the original proceedings of the said
Court in the matter of the application of
Sarah Terhune for a Pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set
my hand and seal of office the
27th day of July AD 1840
L. C. Goodale Clerk
Md 76 Dec 1779
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State of New Jersey
Passaic County

I William R Bogardus
Pastor of the Dutch Reformed Church of
Acquackanock in said County and state
do certify that in the church Book of said
Church in my possession, there is recorded
the Marriage between John Terhune, and
Sarah Vreeland in the hand writing of the
Rev. Henry Schoonmaker who was one of the
former pastors of said church, with whose handwriting I am acquainted, and that said
record is as follows, married
met Licence Dec on 26th 1779
John Lechine met Sarah Precland"
December twenty sixth, one thousand seven
hundred and seventy nine
the above is a true copy of the record
with the exception of the date which I have
expressed in works also
William R Bogards above
named depose and say that I hold the office
of pastor of the Reformed Dutch Church in
County town and State aforesaid and
that the above is a true tract from the
records of said church, with the exception
above named as certified by
me
Wm R Bogardus
Sworn and Subscribed to before
me this fifteenth day of April A.D. 1840
Samuel Van Same Justice of the peace
I, Samuel Van Saw the above named Justice of
the peace of the County of Passace and State of
New Jersey aforesaid do certify that I am well
acquainted with the Reverend William R. Bogardus
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Above named and know him to be the person he Represents himself to be and that he is a Person of Good moral Character and unimpeachable Veracity and that his statement is Entitled to full credit
Samuel Van Saun Justice of the Peace

State of New Jersey
Passaic County ss: - I George A. Ryerson Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for the county of Passaic aforesaid, do hereby certify that Samuel Van Saun whose name is subscribed to the Jurat of the foregoing affidavit of William R. Bogardus, and to the above Certificate, was on the 15th of this instant, and still is, a Justice of the peace in and for said county, duly commissioned and 
sworn - that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of said Justice, and verily believe that the signatures above purporting to be his, are genuine_
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said Court, at Paterson, in said County, this twenty second day of April A.D. 1840_
Geo. A. Ryerson
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21.648
19647
John Terhune
Michigan T.

Adm 2 years as Ensign

John Allen Esq
Ann Arbour
Washtenam County
M. T.
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
23d July 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 show what is
necessary 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 compling with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your
claim.
A Statement, showing the Service of John Terhune

Period when the |
service was rendered. |
Vol
May 1776
July  "
Sept  "
Jany  1777
____________________
Duration of the |
claimant's service. |
Years. |
Months.|
1.
1.
6.

Days.|
35
_____________________
Rank of claimant. |
Ensign
____________________
Names and rank of the Field |
officers under whom he served.  |

Cap. Stagg
Col. Deys
Cap.  Flagg. Col. Deys
Cap. Van Houten
Col Dey
Maj. Hutches
Cap. Vreeland
_____________________
Age at present, and place of |
abode when he entered service. |
74 years.
______________________
Proof by which the declaration is supported. |

I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

Amended declaration says he served 
1. year & 6 mo pr
2 years Ensign
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2
[Form: REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832. No handwriting on the form.]
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3

[Standard Form: REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832. No handwriting on the form.]
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Declaration

In order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress passed June 7th AD 1832

Territory of Michigan
County of Washtenaw    ss

On this 30th day of November A D 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Circuit Court of said County now sitting John Terhune a resident of the Township of Ann Arbor in the county aforesaid aged seventy four years on the 15th day of April next (agreeably to the record made by his Father Albert Terhune in the Township of Hachinsack in the County of Bergen State of New Jersey in the Family record and now in the possession of a Sister of Brother of said Terhune)  who after being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of an act of Congress passed June 7th 1832
That in the month of May 1776 he volunteered as a Soldier into the Militia  Company British were duly expected__That they rained there about one month when they were verbally discharged by Leftenant Sobieski (he thinks the discharge was a verbal one) 
In the month of July in the same year the Militia company to which he was attached were ordered out to Elizabethtown
under the command of Capt Slang of the Regiment of Col Deys where he rained with the regiment about one
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month while there a guard was stationed at Elizabethtown point. where they were fired upon every day by the British from Staten Island under the command of Gen. Howe.  The Regiment were then ordered to Powles Hooke where they remained a few days when they were ordered to Fort Lee on the North River__They remained there on fatigue until General Washington crossed the North river on his retreat from White Plains in the fall of the same year when he the deponent with the Regiment dispersed the British army driving all before it.
In the month of January 1777 he volunteered in the Militia Company of Capt Vanhouten in the Regiment of Col. Dey's as aforesaid and marched to Somerset within seven miles of New Brunswick which was at that time in the possession of the British__The Regt of Col Dey remained in the neighborhood 
of New Brunswick about five  weeks when they were verbally discharged by the Col. __
In the month of April or May of the dame year he again enlisted as a volunteer into the Militia company raised by Major Hutches at Gloster to go against the Refugees who were there plundering the Country in which service he remained six months during that time they had several skirmishes with the Refugees in one of which he was taken prisoner and severely wounded - but afterwards escaped.  During the summer they had a severe conflict with a company
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of refugees who had possession of Fort Lee headed by Col. Ward in which the Militia succeeded in driving the Refugees from the fort with considerable loss.  After Col. Ward and his men were driven from the fort and the neighborhood _ the Militia of the County were ordered to organize into Companies, and stand ready to serve against the British or Refugees as Minute Men.  In the Company of Capt Freeland he obtained the commission of Ensign (signed by Gov. William Livingston of New Jersey) which he afterwards lost when swimming the Hackensack River in July 1779 retreating from the British Commanded by Col. Bushkirk.  That he served as a minute man from the time he received his commission until the close of the war__That he was engaged in very many skirmishes was at the taking of Powles Hook by Maj. Lee, and was the first man that carried and laid hold of the picketts of the gate.  Was at the Battle of Monmouth between Gen Washington Y& Gen. Howe.
That in the year 1780 the British passed through Hackensack collecting plunder and burning houses   That he the deponent John Cassidy Elias Bevrt & one Bush followed in their rear.  And took four prisoners.  who's remained behind the main body of the Army while in the very acts of robbing Jacob Sobieskies house.  They were sent to Morristown__ That embracing the whole time he the deponent was in actual service during the was of the Revolution
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it amounted to three years and six months.  that he saw General Washington frequently during that time as well as Genl  Putman & Genl Green__That he has no documentary evidence and that he knows of no person (except Peter Dey 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 nam is not on the Pension rolls of any State or Territory.
Sworn to and subscribed they day and year aforesaid in open Court
James T Allen Clerk
John Terhune

We Ira M. Wead a Clergyman residing in the Township of Ypsilanti  and Elias M Skinner residing in the same place hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Terhune who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we  believe him to be in the  seventy fourth year of his age that he is refuted and believed in the neighborhood where he resided to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in the opinion
E. M. Skinner
Ira M. Wead

Sworn & subscribed the day and year aforesaid in open court
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James. T. Allen
Clerk
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after after the investigation of the matter and after putting the
interogationtions prescribed by the War Department that the above applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served
as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to the them that Ira M. Wead is a Clergyman resident in the Town of Ypsilante in the Territory of Michigan and that E. M. Skinner who has also signed the same is a resident in the said town of Ypsilante and that he is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit
Sol. Gibley
Geo. Morell
Ros. Winslow

I James T. Allen Clerk of the Court of Washtenaw County Territory of Michigan do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the
matter of the application of John Terhune for a pension
James T Allen Clerk of the 
County of Washtenaw

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my 
hand and affixed the seal of said County at Ann Arbor the 30th day of November A D one thousand eight hundred and thirty two
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[Written on side: In the Matter of John Terhune for Pension]

Territory of Michigan
County of Washtenan⎬ Ss.
This certifies that on the eleventh day of May A. D.
One thousand eight hundred and thirty three, John Terhune personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County 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 one year and six months Served as a private. For two years Served as an Ensign. And for such service claim a pension
John Terhune 

Sworn & Subscribed before
Me the day and year above
Written. John Allen. J. P. W. C. ⎬

Territory of Michigan
Washtenaw County SS I Jas T Allen Clerk of the County of Washtenaw aforesaid do hereby certify that John Allen Esqr the Justice before whom the foregoing affidavit was made is and was at the time said affidavit was made, an Acting Justice of the Peace in said County duly Commissioned and Qualified and I further Certify that I am Acquainted with hand writing of said Justice and believe the above signature to be his
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County at Ann Arbor the 20th Day of June AD 1833
Jas T Allen Clerk
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January 29, 1940.
BA-J/ILL
John Terhune
W. 9849

Vera Terheun Adams
218 N. W. 15th Avenue
Miami, Florida.

Dear Madam:

The data which follow were found in the papers on file in pension claim, W. 9849, based upon service of John Terhune in the Revolutionary War.

John Terhune was born April 15, 1759; he was the son of Albert Terhune of Hackensack Township, Bergen County, New Jersey.
The name of his mother was not shown.

While a resident of Hackensack Township, New Jersey, John Terhune enlisted in May 1776, and served on different tours as a private until early in 1777, under Lieutenant Zabriskie, Captains
Stagg and Van Houten, and Colonel Teunis Day in the New Jersey troops; during this period, he was in frequent skirmishes while stationed at Amboy and Elizabethtown, was in the battle of Fort Lee, and was wounded in a severe conflict near Brunswick, was held prisoner a short
time and made his escape (nature of his wound not stated). He was commissioned in 1777, ensign in the New Jersey troops, served in Captains John Vreeland's and John Outwater's companies under Colonel
Teunis Day, was in the battle of Monmouth, in the battle of Paulus Hook and made his escape by swimming the Hackensack River, later
assisted in taking a number of prisoners, when the enemy plundered houses in Hackensack Township; he served subsequently on tours in the New Jersey troops, specific dates not shown. His service as private amounted to about one year, six months, and as ensign, about two years. It was not stated that he rendered service as sergeant.

John Terhune was allowed pension on his application executed November 30, 1832, at which time he resided in Ann Arbor Township, Washtenaw County, Michigan Territory. He died January 6 or 9,
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1839 in Pitt, or Pittsfield, Washtenaw County, Michigan.

John Terhune married December 26, 1779, Sarah Vreeland; they were married by the Pastor of the Dutch Reformed Church of
Aquackanouck, Passaic County, New Jersey. The names of her parents were not shown.

Sarah Terhune, the widow of John Terhune, was allowed pension on her application executed February 25, 1840, at which time she
resided in Pittsfield, Michigan. She gave her age then as seventy-nine years and upward, but did not state the date and place of
her birth. In 1849, she resided in Lodi, Michigan.

In September 1858, the soldier's granddaughter, Mrs. D. B. Fletcher, and her mother resided in Saline, Washtenaw County, Michigan. This granddaughter stated that four heirs survived her grandmother, Sarah Terhune, the pensioner, and that her aged mother was
one of said heirs, but she did not state any of their names, nor the name of her own husband.

In 1840, when Sarah Terhune made application for pension, Enoch Terhune and Talmon Brown, residents of Pittsfield, Michigan, stated
that they were well acquainted with John Terhune and his wife, Sarah, during his lifetime; no relationship between these persons and the soldier's family was stated.

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name and address of person paid and, possibly, the date of death of this
pensioner, you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, this city, and furnish the following data:

Sarah Terhune, widow of John Terhune,
Certificate #3449
Issued January 14, 1850
Rate $240 per annum
Commenced January 10, 1839
Act of July 4, 1836
Detroit, Michigan Agency.

Very truly yours,

A. D. HILLER,
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator.

2.
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State of New York
Saratoga County
Town of Malta     ⎬Ss.

David R Bogert of the State, County & Town aforesaid being duly sworn before me Alpheus Goodrich one of the Justices of the Peace in and for Saratoga County doth depose and say, that Mr. John Terhune resided at Hackensack in the State of New Jersey during the War of the Revolution and that Mr. Terhune served in the company of Capt. John Outwater during the whole war according to the belief and recollection of the deponant & that in the Year 1779, in the Summer Mr. Terhune was an Ensign and was ordered by Capt. Outwater on a scouting party on the lines, of which deponent was one and escaped when the party were engaged in a skirmish with Capt. Van Allen of Buskirk (British) Regiment and deponent and another were taken prisoners. & that Deponent found Mr. Terhune still in Service on the lines in different Years when deponent was serving under other Officers than Capt. Outwater & when deponent returned and served again under Capt. Outwater near the close of the War Mr. Terhune still in the Service. And further deponent saith not.
David R Bogert.

This Certifies that on the 16th day of November A.D. 1832, the above mentioned David R Bogert appeared before me and made Oath to the foregoing deposition and that I am acquainted with the said deponent & believe him to be a person of truth and veracity whose statement may be relied upon. A Goodrich Justice 

State of New York
Saratoga County  ⎬
I Thomas Palmer Clerk of Saratoga County & Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County do hereby certify that Alpheus Goodrich _ before whom the above deposition in writing was proved was at the time of taking such prof a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County duly commissioned and Sworn and that full faith and Credit are to be given to his acts in that capacity and that I am acquainted with the handwriting of the said Justice of the Peace & verily believe the signature to the above certificate of proof to be his proper handwriting. 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas of said County and subscribed my name this Sixteenth day of November A.D. 1832.
Thomas Palmer
Clerk
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Pension Office
Jany 7th 1850.

Sir,

In answer to the application of Mrs.
Sarah Terhune, Widow of John Terhune,
for increase of pension, I have the honor to
inform you that before her claim can be
adjusted, she must return the pension certificate she now holds under the act of July
4th 1836.

I have the honor to be
Sir, Very Respectfully
Your Obt. Servt:

J L Edwards
Commissr. of Pensions

Honr. A. Felch
U. S. Senate
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Pension Office
Dec 8 1849

Sir,

The certificate of Mrs. Sarah Terhune widow of John Terhune under Act 4th July 1836 has been filed with his papers. She should make a declaration under Act 1 July 1848, if living, setting forth her claim to the same rate of pension which was allowed her husband when a new certificate will be issued at the married rate. Her declaration may be made before a Justice of the Peace, who should certify to her identity and the official character and signature of the magistrate should be certified by the proper office under his seal of office, or by a member of Congress. If the widow be not living, and her death took place befoe the passage of the act of 1 July 1848, her children if there be any, would not be entitled. But if her death should have occurred after the date of that Act, and then be
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children surviving her they or someone of them whould make the claim, sharing in open court what childred there are, and the time of her death.

Hon. Alpheus Felch
S. U. S.

Honb. Alpheus Felch
Dec. 8/49
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5147
Sarah Terhune
Act. July 4. 1836

Married 26. Dec 1779
Husband died 9th January 1839

Col Day
Capt Outwater⎬  New Jersey

Admitted
Private 6 mo $20

C. W. Lund Esqr

Ypsilante
Michigan
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Mrs. Terhune's papers.
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(Copy)
Pension Office,
September 17th 1840.

Sir,

The papers in the case of Mrs Sarah Terhune, widow of John Terhune, have been examined and filed with suspended cases.

Upon referring to her husband's papers under the Act of 7th June 1832, it is found that he alleged service as an Ensign in the New Jersey Militia for a term of two years without specifying his tours of service or presenting any record or documentary evidence of his having been commission as such. He also alleged several terms of service previously performed as a Private. The claim was improperly allowed on the testimony exhibited.
It will therefore be necessary to produce record or documentary proof of the service as a Commissioned Officer to be entitled under the Act of 4th July, 1836. Perhaps some proof may be obtained making application to the Secretary of State of New Jersey at Trenton. If the required proof cannot be produced, the claim cannot be allowed for more than six month as a
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I am, very respectfully
your obt. Servt
(Signed) J. L. Edwards

Charles D Lane, Esq.,
Ypsilante
Michigan
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Hon. A. Felch
Feb 18. 48
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Pension Office
Feby 18 1848

Sir
I have the honor to return herewith the letter of your Correspondent, and to refer you to the enclosed copy of my report of the 17 Sept 1840 in the case of Sarah Terhune widow of John Terhune addressed to her Agent Chas W Lane, for the reasons for not granting her a pension at the same rate that was allowed her husband. 

Unless Mrs Terhune can furnish such evidence of her husbands Rank and Service as was required by that report her stipend cannot be enlarged.

A copy of that report was furnished the Hon R. McClelland in 9th July 1841.

Hon Alpheus Felch
Senate U States
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The [Illegible] Office.
Sept: 16" 1858.

Sir,

I have the honor to enclose herewith Copies of certain papers in the case of Mrs Beheathland Batles widow of William.
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Mr. Gordon  Sir: John Terhune. Ever receive land as a war man or Ensign in the New Jersey Continental line? Was he reported a war Man or Officer?
Blyth.

The name of John Terhune is not returned either as an officer or private on the records of the New  Jersey Continental line.

Room 15_
Sept. 17/58
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Washington Dec. 4. 1849.

Sir:

In the case of Mrs. Terhune I can but believe there is some mistake about the testimony on which her husbands pension was granted, and that in truth there was evidence of his holding a commission as Ensign. If the Commissioner will again have the files examined for the purpose of finding it I shall feel greatly obliged. If such testimony should be found I presume she will be entitled to payment of the amount at the increased note from the time of the death of her husband until the present time.

If it is not found still under the law of last session of Congress (Laws of 1848 page 220) she is entitled to draw her Pension according to the rank under which her husband drew, and it must be increased to that amount.

Very Respectfully &c.
Alpheus Felch
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Col. J. L. Edwards

Com. of Pensions
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Increased to $240
per annum commencing
10 January 1839,
deducting former
payments at $20,
per annum.

Hon. A. Felch,
U. S. Senate
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State of Michigan}
County of Washtenaw}  Ss.

On this Twenty Sixth day of December
in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and forty nine, personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace within and for
said County of Washtenaw: Sarah Terhune a resident of Town of Lodi in said County of Washtenaw, aged Eighty Eight years,
who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit
of the provision made by act of Congress granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the revolutionary war, and of the Joint Resolution of Congress relative to evidence in applications for pension approved
July 1. 1848. That she is the widow of John Terhune who was an Ensign in the revolutionary war and served therein in that capacity in the Company commanded by
John Freeland, Regiment commanded by Tunis Day, in the New Jersey Line, and was present at the Battle of Monmouth.

That she was married to said John Terhune prior to January 1 AD. 1794; to wit: on the Twenty Fifth day of December AD 1780-
that the said John Terhune died on the Sixth
day of January A.D. 1839- That the said John Terhune for several years be-
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fore his death received from the United States a pension for revolutionary war services as an Ensign at the rate of Two hundred and forty_ Dollars per annum, which he continued to receive until the time of his death.

She further declares that she is still a widow, and claims the same rate of pension allowed to her said husband.

Sarah Terhune

Sworn to and subscribed before me on
the day and year first above written and I
certify that I am acquainted with Sarah Terhune
who subscribed the above declaration in my presence and am satisfied of the truth of her above declarations and that she is the identical person which she is therein represented to be_

Robert J. Barry
Justice of the Peace within and for
said County of Washtenaw
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Note
The word name of the Col of the regiment, she does not recollect, wether Spelt Dey_or Dye_

Note_ The name of the word Sarah was written with steel pen, and was hardly intellible, the marks were inked by me Terhune was written with a quill
She was unable to write the word Sarah ever
Robert J Barry
Justice of Peace

State of Michigan
County of Washtenaw ss

I John C. Mundy Clerk of the County of
Washtenaw and also Clerk of the Circuit
Court of said County, do hereby Certify that Robert J Barry before whom the annexed Declaration purports to have signed was at the date of said Declaration a Justice of the peace in and for said County, duly Elected and qualified, and by law authorized to take affidavits and acknowledgements, and I do further certify that I am acquainted with
the hand writing of the said Robert J. Barry, and verily believe his Signatures thereto
genuine

In Witness wheof I have hereunto set my
hand and affixed the seal of said County and
Court at Ann Arbor this twenty seventh day of
December in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and forty nine

John C. Mundy - Clerk
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Pension Office
February 18th, 1848.

Sir,

I have the honor to return, herewith, the letter of of your correspondent, and refer you to the enclosed copy of my report of the 17th September 1840 in the case of Sarah Terhune, widow of John Terhune, addressed to her Agent  Charles W. Lane, Esqr., for the
reasons for not granting her a pension at the same rate that was allowed her husband

Unless Mrs Terhune can furnish such evidence
of her husband's rank and service as was required by the report, her stipend cannot be enlarged.

A copy of that report was furnished the Hon.
R. McClelland on the 9th July, 1846.

I have the honor to be,
Very respectfully,
Hon U S Senr.
GW_ Crump

Hon. Alpheus Felch,
Senate United States
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Washington Feb. 5. 1848

Sir,

Herewith I take the liberty of enclosing to you
a letter to me in reference to the pension of Mrs. Sarah Terhune widow of John Terhune, a soldier in the war of the Revolution. May I trouble for such information as will enable me to answer the communication?

I am, Sir, Very Respectfully
Your Obt Sert.

Alpheus Felch

Hon J. L. Edwards
Com. of Pensions
Washington
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J. L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
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Pension Agency
Detroit Jany 8. 1842

J. L. Edwards Esq
Commissr. of Pensions

Sir

I forward herewith the Pension Certificate
of Mrs Sarah Terhune, at her request, for the purpose of ascertaining whether she is not entitled to Twenty Dollars pr. month, the amount which was paid to her husband in that
of twenty Dollars pr. annum.

I am Sir
respectfully your
obedient Servant
E. P. Hastings
Auditor Genl
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Will Mr Edwards please examine the accompanying letter of Mr Allen and return the same to me with his reply_


R McClelland
June 28. 1846
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Hon R McClelland
July 9, 1846.
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Pension Office
July 9, 1846

Sir,

I have the honor to return herewith Mr. Allen's letter respecting the case of Sarah Terhune widow of John Terhune, and to enclose you a copy of my letter to her agent C W Land dated Sept 17th 1840, which will furnish you with the reasons for her not receiving the same amount of pension that was granted her husband.

If Mrs. Terhune will produce the evidence of her husband's rank and service as an Ensign as required by that letter her pension may probably be increased

Hon R. McClelland
House of Reps
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Oct 3. 1840
Ann ab Michn -

FREE

Hon J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington 
D. C.
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Ypsilante Sept 25 1841

Hon. J. L. Edwards Esq

Sir

Your favor of the 17th of Sept came duly to hand by which I learn that there is no testimony on file in your department to prove the service of John Terhune as a commissioned officer in the army of the Revolution and that it will be necessary for his widow, Sarah Terhune to produce Record or documentary Evidence to prove his service as a commissioned officer and that if it cannot be procured the Claim Cannot be allowed for more than Six Months Service as a private.

I have submitted your letter to Mrs. Terhune and She instructs me to say to you that she has no knowledge of any person living at present by whom she can prove her husband's service under the commission and that in consideration of the fact that she cannot expect to survive but a few months at most, she thinks she would prefer having a certificate for the pension which she would be entitled to draw for the 6 months service of her husband as a private. May I request of you to forward her a certificate as soon as possible as relief will come too late unless it is
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Shortly received. Enclose it to me at the place
and by so doing you will confirm an additional favor upon her & oblige

Very Respectfully
Your Obt Sevt

C. W. Lane
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Pension Office
July 21, 1858.

Madam,

In answer to Your letter of the 10th Instant, I have to state that Mrs. Sarah Terhune was pensioned under the Act of 4th July, 1836, at the rate of $240. per annum from the 10th day of January, 1839, the day husband death. The Certificate of Pension issued 14th January, 1850 & was sent to Hon. A. Felch, of the United States Senate.

For the amount of pension received by Mrs. Terhune, you are referred to the Hon Auditor of the Treasury.

Mrs. Terhune is not Entitled to an increase of her pension as the pension of an Ensign could not be over $240, per annum.

Mrs. D. B. Fletcher
Saline
Washtenaw
Mich.
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Saline  July 10th 1858

Sir through the advice of Ex Governor Welch & take the liberty of addressing you concerning pensions of my Grandfather and mother which they received from Government for services performed by them during the American revolution we are now settling their estate
and we fall short the proof of the amount of pension received by Sarah the wife and widow of John Terhune Mr. Welch said if I stated the particulars of the case you would use the information we asked for for which we would feel gratified for my Grandfather was an
ensign during the war of 1776 and and from the commencement untill the close of the war the last ten years of his age he received a pension $240 dollars a year and at his Death his wife Sarah applied for his pension as the widdow of John Terhune she sent her husband
certificate with proofs of her marriage through the hands of N Lane her lawer to Washington and she received a pension of 20 dollars a year but unfortunately Mr Lane lost this certificate in getting this 20 dollar pension Grandmother was quite old and it became nessary for her to
have a Guardian appointed to transact her  business he said he said he did not believe she got the amount of pension was her right he applied again to Washington and had it raised a little but how much we cannot learn
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from him. Mr Welch thinks he done business for the name of Sarah Terhune but to what amount his memory does not serve now if you will give us the amount of pension received by Sarah Terhune in the years 48-49 50 - and what the just amount would be to the widdow
of an ensign and what would be the amount of the widdow of a soldier you would greatly oblige the heirs of John and Sarah Terhune who is old and entirely blind and unable to do business for self depending of the kindness of others

Yours Respectfully
Mrs D B Fletcher
town of Saline
County of Washtenaw
State of Michagan
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Saline Sept 8 1858

to Mr. Whiting

Sir I have written to the third Auditor as you directed he said he could not find the name of Sarah Terhune on the roll and wished me to write to him again and be more particular in giving the names of the parties I found it unnessary to write to him again at the time I wrote to you. Mr. Felch advised me to write to Mr. Hastings the pension agent at Detroit, Michigan. I received his answer about the same time that I received yours. he sent me the amount of money he had received for her from Government which agreed precisely with amount you stated she was pensioned the same amount paid by him to the order of Guardians of my Grandmother and with it the duplicates to the same amount received by the Guardian 
this Guardian and his security has delayed the settlement of my Grandmothers estate for 8 years in hopes they could buy out the heirs which are 4 in number they have bought them all excepting my mothers which I have persevered through the kindness of yourself and Mr. Felch which I sincerely thank you for. Mr. Felch has been very kind and is willing to assist me until the affair is settled the Security offered my mother 80 dollars for her assignment and use every deception to obtain it but failed the Guardian in 1850 received from Mr. Hastings in March the sum of 24.60 and in Nov 1850 115 dollars being the rate of 240 per annum as you stated this with the rest of the estate interest and principal amounts to nearly 5000 dollars in filling his account he swears there is but
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$30 due the heirs all but my mother part they have secured to themselves the judge appended the 27 day of August for the hearing but the Guardian would not appear before him the judge has now set the day of hearing on the 24 of Sept if he does not come on that the judge will send for him in such a way he cannot refuse if I can get answer to this previous to that time it will assist very much in confidence of past favor that I have received from you I humbly ask for another in the summer of 1830 the Guardian told my mother that Grandmother was entitled by law to a certain amount of land due her husband and if she did not call for it while she was living her heirs could not get it after her Death now in the first I want know from you if my Grandfather was entitled andy land and secondly if there has been any land Granted to any person in the name of John or Sarah Terhune and there has not been any Granted can the heirs of John and Sarah can claim it there has not been any land received to unless my Grandmother kind Guardian Heman Ticknor has received it for himself for the man that would wrong the children of a revolutionary soldier of any amount of money would secure any amount of land he could draw from Government

Respectfully Yours
Mrs D B Fletcher

Town of Saline County of Washtenaw State of Michigan
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Saline Sept 13th 1858

Sir in answer to your last I have to state to you it is not nessary to make any further search for the name of my Grandmother on the pension list for in writing to Mr. Hastings pension Agent at Detroit Michigan Mr. Hastings states that he has received from Washington for my Grandmother the sum of 2700 and some dollars the exact amount Mr. Whiting stated she was pensioned under the act of 1836 and likewise the depth of my Grandmothers Guardians name signed to the same amount received by him from Mr. Hastings the Guardian received this amount secretly and with not the knowledge of my Grandmother or heirs and has kept it for 8 years if he has property enough left he must pay both interest and principal which amounts to 4300 I will give you the names of my Grandparents 
my Grandfathers name John Terhune Ensign and served in the Continental line of New Jersey during whole of the revolutionary war he was pensioned 240 per annum to the day of his Death which was January the 6 1839 my Grandmothers name was Sarah Terhune who received 20 per annum about 1850 her Guardian received 2560 and kept it both of my Grandparents pensions have been received and paid principal by W. Hastings at Detroit Michigan

Yours in Respect and except our sincere thanks
for your kindness

Mrs D B Fletcher and Mother
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Augt 6, 40
Michn
Sarah Terhune
Act 1836
No 5147
FREE
papers
Hon.
J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
D. C.
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Ypsilanti Mich. July 29, 1840

Dear Sir

I enclose you papers for the purpose of procuring a pension for Sarah Terhune who resides in an adjoining Township 
The certificate of Clerk was not obtained as you will see until a day or two since in Consequence of the proof of Marriage not having come to hand before.
I trust sir that they will receive your immediate attention and that you will communicate to me with all convenient haste the decision of the department upon this
Soon three months since papers were Enclosed by me to your department through the Hands of Hon A. S. Porter to obtain a Pension for Mrs. Polly Shipman and as yet I am ignorant of the determination of the department upon this Will you communicate to me the result at your Earliest Convenience and oblige

Yours Respectfully
Chal W Lane

Hon J. L. Edwards
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Washington Jan. 3d. 1850.

Sir,

Agreeably to the suggestion contained in your favor of the  8" att on the subject of Mrs. Terhune's Pension. I enclose to you her application for the increase of her annuity to the amount received by her husband. I beg leave who to call your attention to the question when this increased amount should commence.

I am, Sir, Very Respectfully
Your Obt. Servt,
Alpheus Felch

Hon. J. L. Edwards
Com. of Pension
Washington
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Sarah Terhune
of John
Michigan

Suspended

See let. 17 Sept.
1840 Chs W. Lane

Act 4 July 1836.
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[Postal Stamp: SALINE MICH JUL 12]

For Increase pay
Sarah Terhune
John  Mich_00 _1836

FREE

Geo. E. Whiting
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
D. C.
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Sarah Terhune
John - husband 1836

The within paper
appears to have been
inadvertently filed in
the bounty land claim
of the heirs of Richard
Foster herewith.,

Respectfully retd.
J. Handelir
A. A. G.
A.G. Office,
Oct. 16 /58.⎬
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John Terhune Michn. Act of June 1832
to what time paid?
Pen. Office.
Sep 15, 1840

Ensign 240  died 1839
Died 9th Jan. 1839 pd. to that period
J H
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Michigan 3449

Sarah Terhune
widow of John Terhune, who was a 
Pensioner under the Act of June 1832
who died on the 9, January 1839
of Washtenaw Co. in the State of Michigan
who was a Private in the company commanded
by Captain Outwater in the regt. commanded
by Col. Day in the N. Jersey
line for _______

Inscribed on the Roll of Michigan
at the rate of 20 Dollars _____ Cents per annum
to commence on the 10th January 1839

Certificate of Pension issued the 8 day of October 1840 and sent to C. W. Lane
Ypsalante, Michigan

Arrears to the 4th of March 1840  42.87
Semi-annual allowance ending to Sep "  10.00
$52.87

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

Recorded by D. Brown  Clerk
Book C. Vol. 1. Page 206

let. 17 Jany 1842
E. P. Hastings.
Hon. R. McClelland
July 9, 1840
Let. to Hon. Alpheus
Felch Feb 18 48
Law Dec 8/49
Let. to Hon. A. Felch
Jany 7: 1850
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Revy WIDOW, &c.

File No. 9849
Sarah Terhune
Wid
John Terhune
Privt Rev. War

Act: July 4th  1836
Index: - Vol. M  Page 267
[Arrangement of 1870.]

1939 - July 1 - Hist to
Mrs. Walter P Staebler J L L

1939 - Jan 29 - Hist to Vera T. Adams.
J L L.
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July 1, 1939.

BA-J/ILL
John Terhune
W. 9849

Mrs. Walter P. Staebler
1315 Sheehan Avenue
Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to John Terhune, who was born in Hackensack, New Jersey, and died in 1839, in Washtenaw County, Michigan. You request an explanation in regard to notations showing his rank as sergeant and ensign.

The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, W. 9849, based upon service of John Terhune in the Revolutionary War.

John Terhune was born April 15, 1759; he was the son of Albert Terhune of Hackensack Township, Bergen County, New Jersey;
the name of his mother was not given.

While a resident of Hackensack Township, New Jersey, John Terhune enlisted in May 1776, served on different tours as a private until early in 1777, under Lieutenant Zabriskie, Captains
Stagg and Van Houten, and Colonel Teunis Day in the New Jersey troops; during this period, he was in frequent skirmishes while stationed
at Amboy and Elisabethtown, was in the battle of Fort Lee, and was wounded in a severe conflict near Brunswick, was held prisoner a
short time but made his escape (nature of his wound not stated). He was commissioned in 1777, ensign in the New Jersey troops, served
in Captains John Vreeland's, and John Outwater's companies under Colonel Teunis Day, was in the battle of Monmouth, in the battle of Paulus Hook and made his escape by swimming the Hackensack River, and
later assisted in taking a number of prisoners, when the enemy plundered houses in Hackensack Township: he served subsequently on tours in the New Jersey troops, specific dates not shown. His service as private amounted to about one year and six months, and as ensign about two years. It was not stated that he rendered service as sergeant.

John Terhune was allowed pension on his application executed
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November 30, 1832, at which time he resided in Ann Arbor Township, Washtenaw County, Michigan Territory. The soldier died January
6, or 9, 1839 in Pitt, of Pittsfield, Washtenaw County, Michigan.

John Terhune married December 26, 1779, Sarah Vreeland; they were married by the Pastor of the Dutch Reformed Church of Aquackanouck, Passaic County, New Jersey. The names of Sarah's parents were not given.

Sarah Terhune, the widow of John Terhune, was allowed pension on her application executed February 26, 1840, at which time she
resided in Pittsfield, Michigan. She gave her age then as seventy-nine years and upwards, but did not state the date and place of her
birth. In 1849, she resided in Lodi, Washtenaw County, Michigan.

In September 1858, the soldier's granddaughter, Mrs. D. B. Fletcher, and her mother resided in Saline, Washtenaw County, Michigan. This granddaughter stated that four heirs survived her grandmother, Sarah Terhune, the pensioner, and that her aged mother was
one of said heirs, but she did not state any of their names, nor the name of her own husband.

When Sarah Terhune made application for her pension in 1840, Enoch Terhune and Talmon Brown, residents of Pittsfield, Michigan,
stated that they were well acquainted with John Terhune and his wife Sarah during his lifetime; no relationship between these persons
and the family of John Terhune, the pensioner, was stated.

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name and address of person paid, and, possibly, the date of death of this pensioner, you should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, this city, and furnish the following data:

Sarah Terhune, widow of John Terhune,
Certificate #3449
Issued January 14, 1850
Rate $240 per annum
Commenced January 10, 1839
Act of July 4, 1836
Detroit Michigan Agency.

Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER,
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator.

2.
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[Official Stamp: RECEIVED
MAY 29 1939
MAIL SUB-DIV.
VETS. ADM.
READER #16]

City of Miami-Florida

Miami, Fla.
May 25, 1939

Veteran's Administration,
Dept. of Pension Records,
Washington, D.C.

Re: Revolutionary Discharge of John Terhune
St., Ourtwater's Company, New Jersey State
Troops.

Dear Sir:

In order to facilitate my proposed membership in a patriotic organization, it is necessary for me to secure a record of the above.
I was referred to you by the War Department, who have the above record, but incomplete, showing neither date of entrance nor discharge.

At one time I had the discharge of this relative, but through the years it has become lost.

Also any assistance on the following War Between The States service of James T., Henry J., or George P. Middleton, Savannah, Ga.,
who served during that time.

Any assistance you might give me will be sincerely appreciated.

Yours truly,

Vera Terheun Adams
218 N. W. 15th Ave,
Miami, Fla.

TA/m

P.S. Also, please explain what the "Society of the Cincinnati" is.
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1315 Sheehan Ave.
Ann Arbor, Mich.
April 24, 1939.

U. S. Veteran's Administration,
Washington, D. C. 

Gentlemen:

Can your office provide me with certain facts concerning John Terhune, a sergeant or an Ensign of the Revolutionary War?

The man, in whose record I am interested, was born about 1759 at Hackensack N. J. and may have enlisted in New York, at one time, as well as in New Jersey, his home state. He received wounds during his service and for that reason I believe he must have received a pension. He lived until
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January 1839. He is buried in Washtenaw County, Michigan.

I wish to know, particularly, why I find him mentioned in one instance as Sergt. John Terhune but in another as Ensign.

How can this discrepancy be explained?

Yours truly,

Mildred G. Staebler
(Mrs. Walter P.)

Re- (JOHN TERHUNE)
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January 29, 1940.

BA-J/MMHF/ILL
John Terhune
W. 9849

Vera Terheun Adams
218 N. W. 15th Avenue
Miami, Florida.

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of John Terhean who served as sergeant in Captain Outwater's company, New Jersey troops, the
Civil War records of James W., Henry J., and George Middleton of Savannah, Georgia, also, to know what the organization, "Society
of the Cincinnati", is.

This office has no record of services rendered in the Confederate Army in the Civil War, hence, no records of the Georgians cited above.

For a very full description, organization and purpose, of the society of the Cincinnati, it is suggested that you consult Harper's "Encyclopedia, United States History".

The record of the only John Terhune (not found Terheun) of New Jersey, that is found on the Revolutionary War records of this office, is furnished you herewith.

Very truly yours,

A. D. HILLER,
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator.

Carbon in Misc. Corr also -
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Sarah Terhune

Payment to be made
at Detroit
by E. P. Hastings, Esqr.
Agent for paying Pensioners,
in the Agency of Michigan

Mr W Allison

Hon A Felch

Senate

Recorded in the Pension
Office, in Book C. Vol. 1.
Page 296 by
D. Brown, Clerk.
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.

I certify that, in conformity with the 3rd section of the law of the United States, of the 4th July, 1836, Sarah Terhune, of the State of Michigan widow of John Terhune___ who was a Private in the War of the Revolution is entitled to receive --Twenty -- dollars and ----cents per annum, during the time she may remain unmarried, commencing on the tenth of January 1839 -
and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March and 4th of September.

Given at the War Office of the United ....

Examined and
Countersigned.