Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 32,451, for Caleb Post, New Jersey
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(S-1776)
SERVICE – Continental New Jersey
Post, Caleb
NUMBER – S.32.451
CONTENTS
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Illinois 26.106 
Caleb Post of Grove Co. in the State of Ill. who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Alanson of the Regt. commanded by Col. Seely in the New Jersey Militia
1 Yr at $40.00
Inscribed on the Roll of Illinois the rate of 40 Dollars 0 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. 
Certificate of Pension issued the 6th day of March 1834 and Sent to S. Haight, Sgt. At Arms G. U.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1834	$120.00 
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept 34 	$20.00
$140.00

Revolutionary Claim, 
Act June 7, 1832. 

Recorded by J T. Sprague Clerk, Book C Vol. 8 page 60 
date of death not on Agency Book 

WA [illegible] conditionally June 23, 1837 let [illegible] 1837 to D. Nay [illegible]
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Caleb Post 
21246 
S. Haight, Officer
Sergeant at Arms 
Senate

Adm. 1 year 

S. Haight 
Office Sergeant at Arms 
Senate U.S
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State of Illinois 
Green County 

On this 7th day of December 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Judge of the County Commissioners Court now sitting in the town of Carrollton in said County Caleb Post now a resident on Apple Creek prairie in the County and State aforesaid aged sixty nine 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 7th 1832. That he entered the service of the United States as a militiaman in the New Jersey drafts and served during a part of the months of May & June 1776. This service was performed under Capt. Stephen Munson.  During the same year in the month of July or August I was a substitute for John Post my Father. This service was performed under Benj. Carter Capt. I then enlisted for three months under Capt. Joseph Briton and performed the tour of duty on the morning during which time we destroyed an Indian village and then returned to Newark New Jersey where were discharged.  The next tour of duty I performed was under Capt. David Bates.  We started from Old Whippany near Morristown and went to Morristown to guard some prisoners taken I think at Trenton.  In this tour I served during the month of October the year I do not recollect. I then performed a month’s service under Capt. Debough, or Debow
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on the Minnesink on the Delaware River against the Tories who were stealing horses and taking them to the British.  This was in the spring of 1777.  I then enlisted under Capt. Jonas Ward for six months commencing in June & ending in December 1777.  Our company was stationed at Newark New Jersey.  Our service during this time consisted in intercepting Tory parties that were trading with the British.  We scouted from Newark up the Second & Newark rivers to Hackensack thence to Hackquacknam in the English neighbourhood, thence to Woodbridge & Bridgetown then in boats up Bound Creek to Elizabethtown, thence to Newark when I was discharged.

I then was in the Battle of Snuff Mills in N. Jersey and also in the Battle of Springfield where our troops suffered much for want of food.  In the Battle of Springfield I was under Capt. Stephen Munson, the year I do not recollect.  During all the above tours of duty I was under the same Field Officers, Major [illegible] Allen, Col Sylvanus Seeley, & Brigadier Genl. Wines and Adjutant Samuel Ball of the State Troops of New Jersey.  At the time I performed all the above tours of duty I resided in the town of Hanover, County of Morris and State of New Jersey.  My discharges are lost.  I performed much other service in the State troops of New Jersey in short tours.  The affidavits hereto annexed is all the proof I have of my services.  I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declare that my name is not on the
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pension roll of the Agency of any State.

1st Where were you born and in what year 
(Ans) I was born in the year 1765 Dec 17- in the town of Hanover County of Morris and State of New Jersey

2. Have you any record of your age and if so where is it
(Ans) I have no record of my age in my possession now as it was destroyed with house by fire

3. Where were you living when called into service.  Where have you lived since the Revolutionary War and where do you now live 
(Ans) I lived in Hanover, Morris County & State of New Jersey where I lived until after the close of the war, when in 1784 I removed to Adison, Adison County Vermont where lived about 40 years, and in the fall of 1827, I removed to Apple Creek prairie in the County of Greene & State of Illinois when I now reside.

4. How were you called into service, were you drafted, did you volunteer or were you a substitute & if a substitute, for whom
(Ans) I was a substitute for my father John Post one month; the balance of the time I was a volunteer as I was not old enough to be drafted.

5. State the names of some of the Regular officers who were with the troops when you served and such Continental and Militia Regts. as you can recollect and the general circumstances
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of your service.
(Ans) I have no recollection of any of the Officers of the Continental troops, nor any other officers than as mentioned above.  The circumstances of the service I performed are particularly set forth in the foregoing Declaration. 

6. Did you ever receive a discharge from the service and if so by whom was it given and what has become of it.
(Ans) I rec’d a discharge from Capt. Ward but was long since destroyed, or lost.

7 State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighbourhood and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and good behaviour, your service as a soldier in the Revolution.
(Ans) I refer for the goodness of my character as a good & peaceable citizen, and for my veracity to Asahel North, Gideon Spencer, John Dee, Adonijah Griswold & Henry Griswold.

Sworn to subscribed the day & year aforesaid 
Caleb Post

We Elijah Dodson a Clergyman, and John Dee, Asahel North, Gideon Spencer, Adonijah Griswold and Henry Griswold all residing in the neighbourhood of the above named Caleb Post in the County of Greene & State of Illinois hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Caleb Post who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be sixty nine years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been
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a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion.

Sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid 
Elijah Dodson
John Dee 
Asahel North
Adonijah Griswold

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the above mentioned applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states and the court further certifies, that it appears to them that Elijah Dodson who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the County of Greene and is a credible person and that the other persons who have signed said certificate are creditable persons and that their statement is entitled to credit.

Jesse V. Mounts
Cyrus Tolman 

I Mortimer Kennett Clerk of the County Commissioners Court for Greene Co Illinois do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Caleb Past for a pension in testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this 6th day of December 1832.

Mortimer Kennett Clk
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Caleb Post 

Stephen Haight 
Office Sergeant
at Arms Senate
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I Jacob Post of Addison in the County of Addison & State of Vermont aged Seventy one years, being duly sworn depose & say, that I am brother to Caleb Post, who now resides in the State of Illinois as he says, and who has made application for a pension for services rendered in the United States army in the Revolutionary War, and that we were both born & lived in the town of Hanover Morris County in the State of New Jersey until several years after the Revolution, when we moved into the State of Vermont, and I and my Brother Caleb both served as Soldiers under Col. Sylvanus Seeley, and Brigadier Genl. Wines but not under the same Captains, except at one time I served with him the said Caleb, one month under Capt. Bates, but I also know that the said Caleb served as a Soldier several other times and recollect well the Captains, and was acquainted with them under which he the said Caleb served (viz) Capt. Munson, Britton, Deboe, Carter, all of which to my knowledge he the said Caleb Did service as a Soldier under, but the term of time or times that he served I do not particularly recollect as it has been a long time since and further say not.

Jacob Post
Addison Nov 23d 1833 

State of Vermont
Addison County
Addison November 23d 1833
Personally appeared Jacob Post and made solemn oath that the
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foregoing deposition by him subscribed is true according to his best recollection before me.

Henry Smith Justice Peace 

I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Jacob Post who has subscribed the foregoing Deposition, that he is a credible Witness, and every way entitled to full credit and belief; 

Henry Smith Justice Peace 
Addison Novm 23d 1833 

State of Vermont 
Addison County 
I Samuel Swift Clerk of the County Court for the said County of Addison, do hereby certify that Henry Smith before whom the with affidavit of Jacob Post was made was at the time a Justice of the Peace for said County and his name subscribed thereto is his Signature.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this 26th day of November AD 1838 

Samuel Swift Clerk
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Addison Novm 28th 1833 

Dear Sir, 
I received a letter from a Mr. Canaday of Carrollton Ill Dated Oct 3d 1833 in which were enclosed some affidavits which were obtained in Vt. by Mr. Caleb Post who resides in Ill. stating in his letter to me that those affidavits were incomplete, requesting me to have them corrected, and enclose them to him immediately, but I being absent from home at the time the letter come to hand the business was not done so soon as it otherwise would have been, and hearing from Mr. Whitford that he had covered with you on the subject, I thought best to transmit them to you; and Mr. Whitford has wrote to Mr. Post- to inform him of the course we have taken and for him to send to you such other writings as he may have or think proper to send S. Haight.

Yours truly H. Smith 
NB. if you should do the business for Mr. Post and get any compensation we wish you to secure ours also, which is $4000
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION. 3-525
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
Washington, D.C.
S. F. 2.451

In reply to your request of ___, received ___ for a statement of the military history of Caleb Post a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. 

[column headings: DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT., LENGTH OF SERVICE., RANK., OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED., (CAPTAIN., COLONEL.), STATE.]

May & June 1776; served at various times amounting in all to 1 years.; Pvt.; Stephen Munson, Benjamin Carter, Joseph Briton, David Bates, De Bow, Jonas Ward; Sylvanus Seelye; N.J.

Battles engaged in: Snuff Mills, Springfield 
Residence of soldier at enlistment: Hanover, Morris Co. N.J. 
Date of application for pension: Dec. 1832. His cl. Was al.
Residence at date of application: Apple Creek Prairie, Greene Co. Ill. 
Age at date of application: Born Dec. 17, 1763 at Hanover N.J 
Remarks: He was the son of John Post.  In 1784 soldier moved from N.J. to Addison County, Vermont where he lived about 40 years & in the fall of 1827, he went to Greene Co. Ill. It is not stated whether he had a wife or children.
had a brother Jacob

Respectfully, 
Commissioner.
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32 451 

Revy INVALID. 

File No. 32,451 
Caleb Post 
Pvt Rev War

Act: June 7 ‘32
Index: --Vol. 2, Page S26 
Arrangement of 1870.

1918 May 17 Hist. to Laura [illegible].  Letter in S.F. 25-68 James Gay.
1921 Feby 15 Hist. to Mrs. Art5hur R. Taylor
1921 June 16. Q.M. Gen. given tombstone data.
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315 S. Kosciusko St. 
Jacksonville, Illinois
January 11, 1921

Director of Bureau of Pensions, 
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir: 
Will you kindly send me record of the services of the Revolutionary soldier, Caleb Post, who served from Morris, New Jersey? He was, I understand, a pensioner. 

Can you tell me anything regarding the services of Joshua Whitford? He was from New Jersey but I do not know whether he was ever pensioned or not. 

Assuring you of my appreciation of any data you may send me, I am, 
Very truly yours, 
Mrs. Arthur Runyon Taylor

[stamped]
U.S. PENSION OFFICE
JAN 15 1921
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315 S. Kosciusko St. 
Jacksonville, Illinois
Feb. 4 1921

Director of Bureau of Pensions, 
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir: 
Will you kindly send me record of the services of the Revolutionary soldier, Caleb Post, who served from Morris, New Jersey? He was, I understand, a pensioner. 

Can you tell me anything regarding the services of Joshua Whitford? He was from New Jersey but I do not know whether he was ever pensioned or not. 

Assuring you of my appreciation of any data you may send me, I am, 
Very truly yours, 
Mrs. Arthur Runyon Taylor

[stamped]
U.S. PENSION OFFICE
FEB 8 1921
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Carmi Ill
7th June

Free

James L. Edwards Esqr 
Commissioner of Pensions 
Washington City
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Carmi Ill 
Pension Agents office 
4 June 1837 

Sir,
Enclosed are the papers of Caleb Post and Saml Eblin for your inspection and order, as to making payment- there is two years pay due to Mr. Post- though he has not neglected this long to make application - he has twice sent vouchers which were imperfect.  There is 18 months payment due to Mr. Eblin. I believe all is fair and honest in both cases.

Yours with Respect 
Daniel Hay 

James L Edwards Esqr 
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
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I Newton Russell of Charlotte in the County of Chittenden & State of Vermont, aged seventy years being duly Sworn depose and say that in the year 1776 and for several years previous & for several years after lived in the town of Hanover, County of Morris and State of New Jersey and know and am well acquainted with Caleb Post now in Charlotte aforesaid, a resident as he says of the State of Illinois, and who in the year 1776, long before & after lived in said Hanover, Morris County, State of New Jersey and know that the said Caleb Post served as a soldier six months in the State troops of New Jersey from June to December in the year 1777 in a company commanded by Jonas Ward under Col. Sylvanus Seeley and Brigadier Gen’l Wines.  I know also, that the said Caleb Post served as a soldier at other times & years in said New Jersey troops a portion of which time was under Capts. Bates, Munson, Britton, Debaugh or Deboe, Carter, but how long or at what times, I cannot particularly recollect. As we lived in the same place & a part of the time served under 

STATE OF VERMONT.
Chittenden County, ss.

I Nathan B. Haswell, Clerk of Chittenden County, do hereby certify that, William Noble Esqr before whom the annexed affidavit N1 is taken, was at the time thereof, a Justice of the Peace, duly qualified, acting under the authority of this State, and that I believe his name thereto subscribed, to be his own proper signature. 

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, at Burlington, this 14 day of November A.D. 1833. 
Nathan B Haswell
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I Newton Russell of Charlotte in the County of Chittenden & State of Vermont, aged seventy years being duly Sworn depose and say that in the year 1776 and for several years previous & for several years after lived in the town of Hanover, County of Morris and State of New Jersey and know and am well acquainted with Caleb Post now in Charlotte aforesaid, a resident as he says of the State of Illinois, and who in the year 1776, long before & after lived in said Hanover, Morris County, State of New Jersey and know that the said Caleb Post served as a soldier six months in the State troops of New Jersey from June to December in the year 1777 in a company commanded by Jonas Ward under Col. Sylvanus Seeley and Brigadier Gen’l Wines.  I know also, that the said Caleb Post served as a soldier at other times & years in said New Jersey troops a portion of which time was under Capts. Bates, Munson, Britton, Debaugh or Deboe, Carter, but how long or at what times, I cannot particularly recollect. As we lived in the same place & a part of the time served under the same officers, I well recollect the above statement to be true.  I was in the Snuff Mill Battle, Springfield Battle, and know that the said Caleb Post also, was in said Battles and further say not.   Charlotte July 23 1832 
Newton Russell

NO 1 
State of Vermont
Chittenden County 

Charlotte July 23d 1832 Personally appeared Newton Russell and made solemn oath that the foregoing Deposition by him Subscribed is true according to his best knowledge and belief, Before me, William Noble Justice Peace.
I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Newton Russell who has subscribed the foregoing deposition, that he is a credible witness, even entitled to full credit & belief 
Wm Noble Justin Peace 
Charlotte Nov. 13, 1833.
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State of Vermont 
Chittenden County

Charlotte July 25th 1832. This may certify that I have been acquainted the Deacon Newton Russell who has subscribed the within deposition for fifteen years past and I consider him to be an honest upright man and a man that supports a good character.

[illegible] Noble [illegible] Town Clerk for the town of Charlotte

I Jacob Post of Addison in the County of Addison & State of Vermont, aged Seventy years Depose and say that I am well acquainted with Caleb Post now in Addison aforesaid, and resident as he says of the State of Illinois, and I know of his having served as a Soldier in the State troops of New Jersey Several times in the Revolutionary War.
Jacob Post
Addison August 27th 1832 

State of Vermont 
Addison County

Addison August 27th 1832 
Personally appeared Jacob Post and made solemn oath that the statements made in the foregoing by him Subscribed to be true.
Before me 
Henry Smith Just Peace 

State of Vermont 
Addison County 

Addison August 27th 1832 
This may certify that we have acquainted with Caleb Post, and lived in the neighbourhood with him for upwards thirty years consider him to be an honest upright man and a man that supports a good Character. 

Henry Smith Justice Peace 
Lyman Clark Town Clerk 
Gideon Seeger Jun P.M.
Wm. Whitford
Dea. Rufus Smith