Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 6,322, William Turner, New Jersey
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
New Jersey

Turner, William
Hannah

NUMBER
W. 6.322
B.L. Wt. 6263-160-55

CONTENTS
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[torn off]1964
New Jersey
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Sarah Turner
widow of William Turner N J
who seived in the Revolutionary war,
as a Sergeant
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Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
120 Dollars -----
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1848.
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Certificate of Pension issued the
11th day of Sept 1848
and sent to C. G. McChesney
Trenton,
New Jersey
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Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February 2, 1848, Page 322 Vol. 4

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Certificate returned
Corrected & sent to
C. G. McCherney Dec. '48
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[left side] 
D??con'd July 24. 1821 and sent to Jos. McIlvaine Burlington New Jersey 

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10. 687
New Jersey - R
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William Turner
of Burlington County in the state of New Jersey
who was a Private in the regiment commanded by
Colonel Shreve of the New Jersey
line, for the term of three years
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Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey
at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on
the 23 of September 1818
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Certificate of Pension issued the 7th of May 1819
and sent to Gen. Joseph Bloomfield
Burlington New Jersey
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Arrears to 4th of March 1819 5 mo. 8/30 & 4/31 -- 43.16
Semi anl. all'ce ending 4 Sept 1819 -- 48.
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$91.16
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{Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818.}
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Vol. F. 155,

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47275 Act 3 March/55
April 6/55
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Hannah Turner Wid [Widow] of
Wm. Turner
Her husband a sergeant
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N. J. Contl line.
Revolutionary War
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Pension Sept. 11, 1848. P. 32 Vol. 4..
NJ. Feby 48 - Nov[sp] 1964
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Ad: 160 acres, Sept. 12, 1855
[signed] Boynton.

[signed] J. H. Mitchen
Present

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Wt No. 6263 iss [issued] Sept 4/53

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Rev W[ar]
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([illegible]) ? A.
Sarah Turner
Indentor [Apprentice]
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D O C - marked A. 19

This Indenture made this first day of November in the year of our Lord One thousand Seven Hundred & Ninety nine. Witnesseth, that Sarah Turner Daughter of William Turner of the Township of Hanover in the County of Burlington, & Western Division of New Jersey and Hannah his w[ife] hath bound and put herself, and by these presents by and with the consent of her said parents doth bind & put her  Self an apprentice to Tanton Earl of Springfield Township County & Division aforesaid Farmer - to learn the art and Mistery of House Wifery - To serve him the said Tanton Earl and Mary his wife - their Heirs Ex'rs Adms'r or any [of] them from the day of the date hereof for & During [the] term of Seven years one Month and nine Days [torn off] ensuing and fully to be Complete & Ended. During [torn off] which term - the said Apprentice her said Master and Mistress faithfully shall serve. their secrets keep. their Lawfull Commands Every Where Readily Obeyed Hurtto her said Master or Mistress she shall not do - nor Suffer it to be done without giving notice to her said Master or Mistress the goods of her said Master and Mistress she shall Embezzle nor Waste - nor lend to any without the Consent of her Said - Master or Mistress - at Unlawfull games she shall not play nor frequent Tavern or Ale Houses without consent from her said Master or Mistress - Fornication she shall not committ. Matrimony the Shall not contract nor absent herself at any time within said term from the service of her said Master or Mistress without their consent but in all things behave her self as a faithfull apprentice During said term and the said Master and Mistress their Heirs Ex'rs Adm'rs or any of them shall find and provide for their said Apprentice Sufficient meat drink, cloathing Washing & Lodging Necessary and Convenient for one in her Station And Shall Within said term give their Said Apprentice twelve Months Schooling - And at the
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Expiration of said term shall give their said Apprentice One New Suit of Wearing Apparel, Including a Cloak - a pair of Stays & bonnett-  besides what other Clothes she then has - and Five Pounds in Money - And for the true performance of the Covenant & Agreements Aforesaid, the parties to these presents do Severally and firmly bind themselves each unto the other -
In Witness whereof they have hereunto set their Hands & Seals the Day & year first above written 
[right] [signed] William Turner
[right] her
[right] Hannah   X   Turner [X being her meark in lieu of signature]]
[right] mark
[right] her
[right] Sarah   X   Turner [X being her mark in lieu of signature]
[right] mark

Signed Sealed & Delivered  in the presence of Us -
[signed] Charles Shreve
[signed] Mary Shreve
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Free

Mt [Mount] Holly N J
Oct. 16
The honourable the Secretary
of the department of War
Washington City
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2 Cases. 2461 ✔
Jno. [Johnathan] Warren,
Judge
Mt. Holly, N. Jersey.
rec'd [received] Oct. 19, 1818.

Adm'd [Admitted]

Gen. Jos. [Joseph] Bloomfield,
Burlington
N. J.
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State of New Jersey Burlington County ss
On this twenty third day of September in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and eighteen before me the Subscriber one of the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common pleas in and for said County of Burlington personally appeared William Turner aged sixty eight resident in said County of Burlington, who being by me first Solemnly affirmed according to Law doth, on his affirmation, make the following declaration in order to obtain the provisions made by the late act of Congress entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & Navel Service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War; that he the said William Turner on or about the eleventh day of March 1778 enlisted for the term of nine months at Chesterfied in the County and State aforesaid in the Company Commanded by Captain Samuel Henry of the second Jersey Regiment commanded by Col Israel Shreve; and at the expiration of the said term of nine months he enlisted again for the term of three years; that he continued to serve in said Corps or in the Service of the United States until the eleventh day of January 1782 When he was Discharged from service in Morris Town in the said State of New Jersey as by the discharge inclosed will appear, that he was in the battles of Springfield, in skirmishes with the savages on the western expedition under General Sullivan; at Monmouth and taking of Cornwallis, And that he is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of the Assistance of his Country for Support.
[signed] William Turner

Affirmed to and Declared to before me the day & year above written
[signed] Jno. Warren

I John Warren Judge as aforesaid, do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said William Turner served in the revolutionary war as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy; and I now transmit the proceedings and testamony taken and had before me, to the Secretary for the department of war pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress
[signed] Jno. Warren
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I Joseph Mc Ilvaine clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas of the County of Burlington, in the State of New Jersey, do hereby certify that John Warren Esquire, who hath subscribed his name to the within deposition & Certificate was at the time of so doing, and is still one of the Judges of the said Court, duly commissioned & sworn according to law, and that full faith & credit are due to his official acts as such
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, this fifteenth day of October the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen
[signed] J Mc Ilvaine Clk

[illegible Court Seal affixed lower left]
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William Turner

Let this remain suspended

Discon'd July 26, 1821 
Sent to Joseph Mc Ilvaine
Burlington 
NJ
[illegible faint writing]
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The courts opinion that the Total amount in value of the property within mentioned is two hundred dollars
Joseph Budd President of the Court
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[printed form,blanks filled by hand]

New Jersey District ss. On this eleventh day of August, 1820, personally appeared in open Court before the Judges of the Court of Common pleas of the County of Burlington, in the state of New-Jersey, being a Court of record, proceeding according to the course of the Common Law--having jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, and keeping records of its proceedings William Turner aged sixty four years, resident in New Hanover Township in the said County, who, being first duly affirmed according to law, doth, on his affirmation declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows:-- he enlisted in Chesterfield in Burlington County in Captain Henry's Company Second New Jersey Regiment commanded by Colonel Israel Shreeve - he enlisted for nine months and served his time out and then enlisted in the same company for three years - served the time out and was discharged at Morris Town in New Jersey - his discharge was sent to Washington when he applied for his pension his pension certificate is numbered 10, 687 - his age as represented in his former application was by misinformation made too much - was in battle of Monmouth - Springfield attacking of Cornwallis and with Sullivan after the Indians
And I do solemnly affirm that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land  and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary war:" passed on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property, or securities, contracts, or debts, due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule following, and by me subscribed towit
three old horses, one colt, 2 Plough & one harrow 2 old Waggons - 4 cows, 6 sheep, 8 hogs. 2 sets plough gears - 1 Bureau - 12 chairs - 3 Ironn Potts - 1 doz queens ware plates - 1 pine  table - 1 stand, some earthen ware - 1 dough Trough - Tea Jacklin common 1 pair Andirons shovel tongs - I have a wife and eleven children, four of whom live with me my wife's named Hannah aged 52 years four of my children live with me Court[sp] William aged 18 years Hanna G aged 15 Harriet aged 18 - Martha aged eight years I am an invalid from a disorder in my Breast and unable to maintain myself-- I have not trade-
[signed] William Turner

Sworn to and declared, on the 11 August [lined thru] day of [/lined thru] 1820 before
[signed] Joseph Budd President of the said Court

I, JOSEPH McILVAINE, Clerk of the Court of Common pleas of the County of Burlington, in the State of New-Jersey, do hereby certify, that the foregoing affirmation and the schedule thereunder written, are truly copied from the record of the said Court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is two hundred dollars and ---- cents. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said court, on this eleventh
August 1820.
[signed] J McIlvaine

[illegible Court Seal affixed lower left]
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William Turner was BornAugust 6th AD 1755.

Hannah Turner was Born April 2nd A.D. 1768

Apollo Turner was Born October 6th A.D. 1785

Sarah Turner Daughter of William Turner and Hannah his Wife wasBorn December 9th Anno Domini 1788

John Turner Son of William Turnerand Hannah his wife was
Born January 1st AD 1791.

Eliza Turner Daughter of William Turner and Hannah his wife was
Born April 11th May 1793

Martin James Son of William Turner and Hannah his wife was
Born November 19th AD 1795

Benjamin Turner Son of William Turner and nnah his wife was
Born February 19th A.D. 1798.

Taunton Turner Son of William Turner & Hannah his Wife was
Born July 29th A.D. 1802

Hannah Turner Daughter of William Turner & Hannah his wife was 
Born May 4th A.D. 1805

Harriet Swan Turner Daughter of William Turner & Hannah his Wife was Born June 4th AD 1808

Martha Ann Turner Daughter of William Turner and Hannah his Wife was Born March 2nd Anno Domini 1812
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Sarah Simmons was
born November 20th 1739 [or 7]

Sarah Sprag [or Spray] was born Novr 20th 1739

[big X through above two entries]

Achsah Turner Daughter of Benjamin and Alice Turner was
born  January the 30th 1822. Wrong put down

[corrected below]
Achsah H Turner Daughter of Benjamin Turner & Alice his wife was Born December the 7th 1821

Benjamin J Hartshorn was born April 21tht 1829

Harriet S Hartshorn Died May 3th 1829

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[signed] Alm Stuart
[signed] John Stuart
Philadelph Pa.
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[printed form page 1 of 2, blanks filled by hand]

FORM FOR BOUNTY LAND UNDER ACT OF 1855.
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No. 1.

STATE OF New Jersey COUNTY OF Burlington } ss:
On this twenty seventh ['day' crossed out] of March A. D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty five personally appeared before me, a justice of the peace, within and for the county and State aforesaid, Hannah Turner, aged 87 years, a resident of Burlington County in the State of New Jersey who, being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the identical Sarrah Turner who received, under act of [lined through] 28th September, 1850, land warrant for [/lined through] February 2nd 1848 a certificate of an annual pension of one hundred and twenty dollars commencing 4th day March 1848 and continuing for life unless she should again marry, for services of her husband as Sergeant in the revolutionary war which certificate she  has in her possession and has had from the time the received the same which was issued the 11th day of September 1848 which said pension she has received and still continues to receive & which pension paper is signed by J L Mason Acting secretary & seal given acting Secretary & seal given and J L Edwards Commissioner of pensions By F S Evans
SHe makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land, granted by the act passed March 3rd 1855, and she hereby declares that she has not applied for, or received, and she believes she is not entitled to, Bounty Land except as above stated, and she hereby appoints John H McCuchen, Attorney at Law, of Washington City, D. C., to prosecute his claim, and receive his warrant when issued. ✺ that she has never married since the death of the said William Turner but is now his widow and has never applied for bounty land before the pension paper is endorsed recorded in the pension office on the roll of pensioners underact February 2nd page 322 Vol 4 - signed Th Rumpkin

Signature of claimant ☞
her
Hannah   X   Turner [X being her mark in lieu of signature]
mark 

Sworn to and subscribed before me, the day and year above written, and I certify that I have no interest in the above claim, and am not concerned in its prosecution, and that claimant is personally
known to me as above stated
[signed] Joseph M Reeves J. P.

✺ If a widow applies, add "that she is now the widow of ___________________ and has never married since his death."
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[printed form page 2 of 2, blanks filled by hand]

No. 2.

STATE OF New Jersey COUNTY OF Burlington } 

Personally came Joseph Hartshorn and Daniel L Platt residents of _________
persons whom I certify to be respectable and entitled to credit, and who, being duly sworn, say, that they were present and saw Hannah Turner sign her name to the foregoing declaration; and they further swear that they have every reason to believe, from the appearance of the applicant, that she is the identical person she represents ['himself' lined thru] herself to be; and who has received and still receives an annual pension of one hundred for her husbands services in the ['war' lined thru] an annual pension of one hundred and twenty dollars per year for her husband services as sergeant and that she now has present a certificate to that effect.
[lined thru] , and they, deponents, do reside in the county of __________ State of [/lined thru]
They also swear that they are disinterested witnesses. ✺ And the deponent resides in the County of Burlington in the State of New Jersey and she has never married since the death of the said William Turner but is now his widow
Signature of Witnesses.
Joseph Hartshorn
Daniel L. Platt

Sworn to and subscribed before me this twenty seventh day of March, 1855, said witnesses being personally known to me [signed] Joseph M. Reeves J. P.

(After the Justice of the Peace has signed the above, it must be sent to the County Court, or any other Court of Record having a seal, the Clerk of which will fill up and sign the following under seal of the Court. Then return the paper to me.)

STATE OF New Jersey COUNTY OF Burlington } ss.
I Samuel Smith Clerk of the County Court, in and for the county and State above mentioned, do hereby certify, that Joseph M Reeves whose genuine signature appears above, is, and was at the time of signing the same a justice of the peace in and for the county and State aforesaid, duly commissioned and sworn; that all his official acts as such are entitled to full faith and credit ; and that the aforesaid County Court is a Court of Record, having general jurisdiction. I also certify that I have no interest in the result of the case, and am not concerned in its prosecution.
GIVEN under my hand and Seal of Offic, at Mount Holley this Thirty first day of March A. D. 8555 [1855]
[signed] Saml. Smith Clerk

✺ [covered by seal] the witnesses will add, "that she has never married since the death of the said __________ but is now his widow."

[illegible Court Seal attached lower left]
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefitsof the acts of Congress of July seventh eighteen hundred and thirty eight, entitled "an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows" and of August twenty third eighteen hundred forty two entitled "an act to amend the acts of July eighteen hundred and thirty six, and eighteen hundred thirty eight allowing pensions to certain Widows"

State of New Jersey Burlington County ss
On this twenty second day of may in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty three personally appeared before me Samuel Black Esquire one of the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas for the County aforesaid Hannah Turner of New Hanover township, in said County, and Western division of New Jersey, aged seventy five years or thereabouts, who, being
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first duly sworn, doth on oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions made by the acts of Congress passed July Seventh A.D. eighteenh undred thirty eight entitled "an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows" and of August twenty third A.D. eighteen hundred forty two, entitled "an act to amend the actsof July eighteen hundred and thirty, six, and eighteen hundred thirty eight allowing pensions to certain widows"
That she is the widow of William Turner late of New Hanover Burlington County, New Jersey, who was a pensioner of the United States under the act of Congress, as she believes of eighteen hundred and eighteen, at the rate of ninety six dollars
per annum received at the New Jersey Agency at Trenton.
That she often heard him say he enlisted in the nine months service  first in Mansfield, Burlington County, New Jersey, in May seventeen hundred seventy eight, and afterward entered the Continental line. That soon after he was appointed a Sergeant and served as such as declarant believes until the close of the revolutionary war.
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For proof of these facts she prays  reference to the testimony on file in the war department.
That she and the said William were married during the latter part of the year seventeen hundred eighty seven or the first part of the year seventeen hundred eighty eight, in the township of New Hanover County and State aforesaid by John Lacy, Esq. then Justice of the
Peace, in and for said County.
That the said Justice of the Peace, at the time of the said Marriage promised to furnish the parties with a certificate of the same, but she never received it, and having made diligent search - she now believes that no record relative[sp] was ever made of the matter and that the said Justice is now many years deceased.
That she remembers only two witnesses present at said marriage - to wi - Caleb Wright and Ann Smart both of whom have since deceased.
That she has no documentary evidence of the marriage except some papers which incidentally shew the fact, such as a copy of the Indenture by which her oldest child by the said William Turner - to wit - Sarah Turner was bound to service by the said William as the father and this declarant as the mother
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and by them as husband and wife and by the said Sarah ast their lawful child, which copy of Indenture, made November first seven teen hundred and ninety nine. has from that time to the present remained in the family (and now marked "A") but by whom it was drawn she does not know.
And also, a family record (now marked "B") containing an account of the birth of their ten children with some other irrelevant matters, which (on what is now marked  "Page 1" has been in the keeping of the family about thirty years in in its present form; and that about that period since this record was made up of certain other pieces of record now lost, but by whom it was made she does not recollect
She believes it was by Gabriel Swain now deceased.
That from the time of said marriage to his death they lived together as hushand and wife about fifty one years and a large proportion of the time in the township where they were married - That they had ten children - to wit - Sarah born twelve months or thereabouts after said marriage and now fifty four years of age December 9th last past. John, born Jany 1st 1791. Eliza born April 11. 1793 - Martin, born November 19, 1795 -. Benjamin, born February 19, 1798. Tounton, born March 22, 1810. William J. born July 29, 1802. Hannah born May ,4 1805. Harriet born June 4, 1808 and Martha Ann born March Second

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eighteen hundred twelve-
That she was not married to the said William prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the first day of January Seventeen hundred and ninety four - to wit at the time above stated
That the said William Turner her late husband died on the fourteenth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty nine - no family record of which was made.
That the deponent as widow of the said William drew the balance of pension due him from the United States at the time of his death, and at the same time surrendered his pension certificate. That she has been from the time of his death and still is, his widow further saith, that her name is not on the pension roll of the United States or of any State, District, or Territory, and the hereby relinquishes all and every claim to a pension other than that now applied for
[right] her
[right] Hannah   X   Turner [X being her mark in lieu of signature]
[right] mark

Sworn and subscribed to before me the twenty second day of May in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty three.
[signed] Sam'l Black Judge

State of New Jersey Burlington County ss
I Samuel Black Esquire - one
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of the Judges of the inferior Court of Common pleas for the County aforesaid Do certify that Hannah Turner has deposed and made the foregoing declaration before me, at her residence - she being unable to appear in open Court by reason of bodily infirmity.
[signed] Sam'l Black
Judge

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State of New Jersey Burlington County } ss.
On this twenty second day of May AD. One thousand eight hundred and forty three personally appeared before me Samuel Black[sp] one of the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas of the County aforesaid Sarah Turner president of New Hanover Township Burlington County aforesaid and being first duly sworn according to law doth on her solemn oath depose That she is aged fifty four years December last past. That she is the oldest child of Hannah Turner - and the late William Turner - late pensioner of the United States of that name. That the deponent has resided in the said town ship County and State - twenty seven years or thereabouts, & that previous thereto she resided in Philadelphia. That during her life she has lived in all with her mother towit Hannah Turner- forty four years or there abouts - and her father the late William aforesaid forty years or there about and up to the time of his death - to wit - the fourteenth day of March A.D. eighteen hundred and thirty nine - That during all her life she has known her said parents to live as husband and wife together in the same house up to the time of his death
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as aforesaid - that deponent always understood her parents - the said William and Hannah to have been married in the Township of New Hanover in the County & State aforesaid by John Lacy Esq - then Justice of the Peace - who is now deceased many years. That the marriage took place during the latter part of the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty seven - (A.D. 1787) or the first part of the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty eight.
That the said Justice of the Peace promised to furnish deponentsfather and mother the said William and Hannah with a certificate of the Marriage but it was never furnished to said deponents knowledge. that deponent has always understood her own birth took place about a year after the said marriage. That she has always understood that her father the said William was previous to the the marriage a voluntary soldier. That to deponents certain knowledge, her father the said William drew a pension of ninety six dollars per annum some fifteen or twenty years previous to his death - from the United States. He drew the money at Trenton New Jersey. - That besides the deponent
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the said William and Hannah had nine children - to wit- John Turner born January first seven hundred ninety one-- who is now lives in Chester township in the County and state aforesaid - Elizabeth or Eliza - born April eleventh, seventeen hundred and ninety three, - who is now living in Upper Freehold - Monmouth County and State aforesaid - and Martin - who was  born November nineteenth seventeen hundred and ninety five - He left home some twenty years ago and has not since been heard of by the family except through the receipt of two letters. He is supposed to be dead. And Benjamin - born February nineteenth Seventeen hundred and ninety eight. - He has always resided in the family, or in the immediate vicinity of his parents. - And Taunton born March twenty second Seventeen hundred eighty who is married and lives in the township of New Hanover aforesaid - And William Turner Jun [Junior] born July twenty ninth one thousand and eight hundred and two. He died about eighteen months ago. - And Hannah Turner born May the fourth eighteen hundred and five. She is married has a family and now resides in New Hanover Township aforesaid - and Harriet Swain Turner, born June fourth eighteen hundred
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and eight - She has married - has one child & resides in New Hanover Township aforesaid - and finally Martha Ann Turner - born  March two eighteen hundred and twelve. - The said William and Hannah - the parents of deponent were methodists by religious profession and their clergymen have been travelling circuit preachers - who have usually removed from the circuit after traveling the same about one or two years and not one of them now resides in the neighborhood.
That the family records are imperfect as a consequence of the imperfect education of the family. That the said Hannah - the mother cannot write and the said William the late father could write but imperfectly. That the only documentary evidence of the before mentioned facts now, are to deponents knowledge - at any time in existence, is a copy of an Indenture - dated and made November first seventeen hundred and ninety by the father and mother the said William and Hannah - and by this deponent - as the one bound to service - which copy of Indenture has always from the day it was made and executed remained in deponents possession, which is document marked A. - And the the family record marked B. - which to deponents recollection has been in the family thirty years.
[right] her
[right] Sarah   X   Turner [X being her mark in lieu of signature]
[right] mark
Sworn and subscribed this twenty second day of May AD eighteen hundred and thirty three.
[signed] Sam'l Black Judge
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State of New Jersey Burlington County } ss.
Personally appeared before me the Subscriber, Samuel Black Esq. one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County, Dr George F. Fort, who alledging himself conscientiously scrupulous of taking an oath, being duly affirmed saith that he was well acquainted with William Turner late of the township of New Hanover deceased from the year eighteen hundred and twenty nine to the time of his death, and with his widow Hannah Turner is now well acquainted, and has been for the last ten years; that from the year eighteen hundred and thirty three up to the present time he has been the family physician of the said William and Hannah Turner, that he frequently attended the said William Turner professionally and in his last illness, that his death. occured on the 14th day of March eighteen hundred and thirty nine from an attack of palsy to which he was subject; that he was a very old man and generally reputed a revolutionary soldier and pensioner of the United States; that William and Hannah Turner aforesaid were always believed by him the affirmant to be man and wife, that it was so understood in the neighborhood and never doubted or called in question by any one; that they were with said affirmant members in good standing in the Methodist Episcopal Church since he had any knowledge of them or either of them that from the period offour to fourteen years he has been well acquainted with the following named persons children of the said William and Hannah Turner, viz: Sarah Turner believed by said affirmant to be
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upwards of fifty years of age, Elizabeth Swain late Elizabeth Turner, Benjamin Turner, Taunton Turner, William Turner Jr. and Hannah, Harriet and Martha Ann Turner, that they were in limited circumstances in life and imperfectly educated, and that the said Hannah Turner has remained and still is the widow of the said William Turner, and is now in straitened [financial difficulties] circumstances; that their ministers have been travelling preachers in the Methodist Connexion and those with whom they have been acquainted have recently moved from this vicinity; that in consequence of bodily infirmity she is unable to appear in open court in the County town a distance of twelve miles, that she is sound in mind and understanding; and further affirmant saith not---
Geo. F. Fort M.D.

Subscribed and affirmed to before me this twenty second da of May in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty three.
[signed] Sam'l Black Judge
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[printed form, blanks filled by hand]

REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION. 3 -- 525

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.

BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _______, 19_____
W. F. 6322

In reply to your request of  __________, received ____________ for a statement of the military history of William Turner 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.
[original document has a table with column headings]

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. Mrch 11, 1778

LENGTH OF SERVICE. Jany 11, 1782
 
RANK. Sgt.

OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN. Samuel Headry, COLONEL. Israel Shreve

STATE. N. J.

Battles engaged in, Sprinfield, Monmouth and Capture of Cornwallis and in sks. [skirmished] with Indians in western Expedition under Genl. Sullivan

Residence of soldier at enlistment in Chesterfield, Burlington Co. N. 

Date of application for pension, Sept. 23, 1818 His cl. al. [claim allowed]

Residence at date of application, Burlington Co. N. J.

Age at date of application, b. [born] Aug. 6, 1755. d. [died] Mch. 14, 1839.

Remarks: He was in 1787 or 1788 in New Hanover Twp. [Township] Burlington Co. N. J. Hannah --- who was b. [born] Apr. 2, 1768 & was al. [allowed] pension on an application executed May 22, 1843 while a resident of New Hanover Twp. N.J.
The only soldier this name N. J.

Respectfully,
Commissioner.
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V. L. M. [handwritten]

[printed letter]
Rev. War Section.

March 14, 1914.

Mrs. Harriet A. Peter.
Hillsboro, Ohio.

Madam:

In addition to the military history of William Turner W. File No. 6,322, Rev. War, you are furnished the following data as to his children:
Sarah. - - - - - - - born December 9, 1788.
John. - - - - - - - - born January 1, 1791.
Elizabeth or Eliza, born April 11, 1793, married --- Swain
Martin. - - - - - - - born November 19, 1795.
Benjamin. - - - - - born February 19, 1798.
Taunton. - - - - - - born March 22, 1800.
William. - - - - - - born July 29, 1802.
Hannah. - - - - - - born May 4. 1805.
Harriet Swain. - - - born June 4, 1808.
Martha Ann. - - - - born March 2, 1812.

Very respectfully,
[signed] G M Saltzgaber
Commissioner,
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in the State of
[illegible] in the company
[illegible] of the Regiment 
[illegible] in the New Jersey
years.
[illegible] the Roll of New Jersey
at the rate of 120 Dollars --- Cents per
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 28 day of 
1843 Philadelphia PA and set to 
Arrears to the 4th of
Semi=anl. allowance ending
Revolution
Act
Recorded by W. [illegible]
Book E.2. Vol. 3
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State of New Jersey Burlington County ss }
I E. Thomas presiding Judge of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas of the County of Burlington aforesaid after an investigation of the matter do hereby Certify, the other members of the Court concurring, that the accompan nying pages numbered from one to twenty three inclusive contain the true and proper declaration of the said Hannah Turner and affidavits severally of Sarah Turner, Dr George F. Fort, George Platt & John Emley and the certifcates severally of the Hon. Samuel Black Esq one of the Judges of the aforesaid court and Oliver H. P. Emley one of the Justices of the Peace of said County that the several persons named as deponents and the magistrates before whom the several depositions were made are highly reputable persons in their several vocations and known to this court as credible. that the accompanying documents marked "A. and B." are the documents refered to in the said declaration of the said Hannah and by the said deponent Sarah Turner. that the certificates & attestation of Joseph S. Read Esq Clerk of the said court on pages fourteen & seventeen and in the former case attached whose names thereto subscribed & seal of said Court affixed are in due form & made by the proper officer
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this twenty fifth day of May AD Eighteen
hundred & forty three
[signed] E. Thomas

I Joseph S. Read Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas ofthe County of Burlington in the State of New Jersey Do hereby Certify that the Hon. Edward Thomas Esq. the person before whom the above certificate was made and whose name is thereto subscribed, was at the time and still is the President Judge of said Court. that the Signature E. Thomas is in the proper hand writing of the said Judge and that full faith and credit are due and should be given to all his official acts here and Elsewhere.
In testimony whereof I have here[to]
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hereto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court at Mount Holly this twenty sixth day of May in the year of Our Lord one thousand Eight hundred & forty three
[signed] Jos. S Read

[illegible Court Seal affixed at left]
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State of New Jersey Burlington County ss
I Samuel Black one of the judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas for the County aforesaid Do certify that I have known the late William Turner and Hannah his wife who is now the widow of the said William Turner dec'd andwho has made before me the foregoing declaration during the last twenty years prevous to his death, which took place about four years ago.
That the said William and Hannah resided in the township of New Hanover Burlington County, western division of New Jersey during the whole period I have been acquainted with them, and they only resided a few miles from my residence. That I have known them as Husband and wife in all about twenty years last pasrt, and they were known as such by all their acquaintances and so respected in the neighbourhood and the community generally
I have never doubted and do not now doubt but fully believe they were lawfully married as she states - that from the time of his death, she has been and still is the widow of the said William Turner, who was reputed to have been a soldier in the revolutionary war, and inconsequence to have drawn a pension from the united States - That those persons who have testified in the matter of her application for a pension
to wit - Sarah Turner Doc't [Doctor] George F Fork, George Platt and John Emley Esquire are credible persons highly respected in their respective vocations and well known to me as such.
Dated May 23d 1843
[signed] Sam'l Black
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State of New Jersey Burlington County } ss.
On this twenty third day of May A.D. eighteen hundred and fortythree personally appeared before me, Oliver H. P. Emley Esq, a Justice of the Peace, in and for the County aforesaid - John Ember resident of the Township of New Hanover in the County and State aforesaid aged sixty years or thereabouts, farmer, who being duly sworn according to law on his solem oath saith. That he has known the late William Turner of New Hanover of the County aforesaid, in the Western division of New Jersey, for thirty years and upwards and Hannah Turner, his wife in his life time and at present his Widow for about the same length of time. That the said William was reputed among all his neighbors and acquaintences as havimge been a soldier in the war of the revolution. and on account of those services to have drawn a pension from the United States.
That for thirty years and upwards he has believed and never to this moment doubted but that the said William and Hannah had been duly properly and lawfully married -
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but precisely at what or by whom they were married he does not know. That he had always known them as husband and wife. that they were so regarded by the Community and he never heard a doubt expressed that it was otherwise. That they were reputed as worthy members of the Methodist Church.
[signed] John Eley 

Sworn & subscribed before me the twenty third day of May 1843
[signed] Oliver H. P. Emley Justice of the Peace

I Joseph S. Read Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas of the County of Burlington in the State of New Jersey do herby Certify that Oliver H. P. Emley Esquire before whom the above affidavit was sworn to and subscribed was then and still is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly commissioned and qualified to administer oaths & that the signature Oliver H. P. Emley is in the proper hand writing of him the said Oliver H. P. Emley and that full faith and credit is due to all his official acts as such as well in Courts of Judicature as elsewhere.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Mount Holly this twenty third day of May AD Eighteen hundred and forty three.
[signed] Jos. S. Read
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I hereby certify that I have well known the late William Turner and his present Widow Hannah Turner ever since I was a very small boy that I have always understood and it has always been understood and believed in the neighborhood and I have never at all doubted that they were lawfully married as she states and at the time she states. That they were both highly reputable and credible persons that I am acquainted with the wittesses who have testified in the case - to wit - in the matter of her application for a pension.
That Dr George F Fort is a highly respectable practicing Physician.
That Sarah Turner who has made her affidavit in the case is the oldest child and daughter of the late William - and the present Widow - Hannah Turner and that George Platt and John Emlay[sp] are also credible persons long well known to me.
New Hanover May 25th 1843
[signed] Olever H. P. Emley J. P.
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State of New Jersey Burlington County } ss.
On this twenty third day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty three personally appeared before me Samuel Black Esq one of the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas for the County aforesaid George Platt, a resident of New Hanover Township, in the County aforesaid Wheel-wright, aged fifty eight years or thereabouts, who being first duly sworn according to law, on his solemn oath saith that he has well known the late William Turner, and Hannah Turner his wife, for thirty years. That the said William was reputed and known among all his neighbors and acquaintances to have been a soldier of the revolutionary war. That he believes the said William in consideration of his revolutionary services, to have drawn a pension under the act of eighteen hundred and eighteen of ninety six dollars per year. That, for the last thirty years of his life the said William Turner lived with the said Hannah Turner as his wife in the immediate neighborhood of this deponent. That he believes the said William and the said Hannah were married more thanfifty years ago. That he has known them to have been worthy and exempla
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ry members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, during the thirty years hehas been acquanted with them. That they have had ten children; That theoldest deponent believes to have been - about four years younger than himself. That the said William died about four years ago. That the the said Hannah has been since his death and
still is his widow.
[signed] George Platt

Sworn andsubscribed to before me the twenty third day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eighthundred and forty three.
[signed] Sam'l Black Judge

[Illegible Court Seal affixed at left]

I  Joseph S Read Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas of the County of Burlington in the State of New Jersey Do hereby Certify that the Honbl. Samuel Black before whom the foregoing declaration of Hannah Turner and the accompaning affidavits severally of Sarah Turner, Dr George F. Ford and George Platt, were made  sworn to & subscribed was at the time of so doing and still is an acting Judge of
said Court of Common Pleas duly commissioned and qualified
[several lines covered up]
addition to the certificate of the twenty third day of May) That the Honorable Samuel Black before whom the foregoing declarations on pages one, two, three four and five of Hannah Turner and the accompaning Affidavits severally of Sarah Turner, Dr George F. Ford and George Platt on pages seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen
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and fourteen were made sworn to and subscribed was at the time of so doing and still is an
acting Judge of said court of Common Pleas dulycommissioned and qualified and that the several signatures of the said Hon. Samuel Black arein his proper hand writing and that full faith
and credit should be given to all his official acts both hereand elsewhere.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Mount Holly this sixth day of June A.D. 1843
[signed] Jos H. Read

[illegible Court Seal affixed at left]
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[illegible Court Seal afixed upper left corner]

I Joseph Read Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas of the County of Burlington in the State of New Jersey Do hereby Certify that the Hon'ble Samuel Black before whom the foregoing declaration of Hannah Turner and the accompaning affidavits severally of Sarah Turner, Dr George F. Fork and George Platt were made sworn to & subscribed was at the time of so doing and still is an acting Judge of
said Court of Common Pleas duly commissioned & qualified and that the several signatures of the said Hon'ble Samuel Black are in his proper hand writing and that full faith and credit should be given to all his official acts both here and elsewhere.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court at Mount Holly this twenty third day of May AD Eighteen and forty three.
[signed] Jos S. Read

[illegible Court Seal affixed at left]

I Joseph S. Read Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas of the County of Burlington in the State of New Jersey, Do hereby certify in
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addition to the certificate of the twenty third day of May 1) That the Honorable Samuel Black before whom the foregoing declarations on pages one, two, three four and five of Hannah Turner and the accompaning Affidavits severally of Sarah Turner, Dr George F. Ford and George Platt on pages seven, eight nine, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen and fourteen were made sworn to and subscribed was at the time of so doing and still is an acting Judge of said court of Common Pleas duly Commissioned and qualified and that the several signatures of the said Hon. Samuel Black are in his proper hand writing and that full faith and credit should be given to all his official acts both here and elsewhere.
In testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Mount Holly this sixth day of June A.D. 1843
[signed] Jos. A. Read

[illegible Court Seal affixed lower left]
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✔
6263
[illeible]
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No. 47257
ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855.
Received April 6, 1855
Wm. Turner
Rev. War
Warrant No. 6263-160-58
J. H. McCutchen
Present
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[left side]
1914 Mch. 14 Hist to
Harriet A. Teter . V. L. M.

[right side]
Revy WIDOW, &c.

File No. 6322
Hannah Turner
Wid.Wm. Turner
Pvt. Rev. War

Act: Feby. 2/48

Index: - Vol. M, Page 285
[Arrangement of 1870.] 

✔✔
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6275
Rev War✔  INVALID.
---
File No. 6275
William Turner 
Sergt Rev War
-
Act: June 7, 1832.
Index: -- Vol. M, Page 380

[Arrangement of 1870.}
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10, 218

Hannah Turner
N. J.
Act 7 July 38
on Rolls
admd [admitted]
2 yrs - Sergt
-------
120$

[signed] John Stuart Esq
Philada
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William Turner Soldier in the Jersey Regt. having served three years the term of his Enlistment, is hereby Discharged-- Given at Camp Morris Town Jan'y  22[sp] 1782 --
A Copy [signed] Elias Elias Dayton Col.
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New Jersey
-------------
William Turner private,
served 3 years & 9 months from 11th
March 1778.
1st Schedule, dated 11 August 1820-
no real estate -
Personal estate consisting of
live stock, plantation utensils & 
household & Kitchen furniture
$200..00
======

2nd Schedule under act March
1823, dated 29 May 1823. -
Household & Kitchen furniture
valed at $21,00

Accounts for decrease of property 2 cows killed for beef & used
by his family-- By sale of all
the other property stated in
his first schedule, and not
included in the last, on the
17th May 1823, to Sarah
Wright in payment of two [?]
rent for a farm due [?]inded
undent to sd Wright
[bottom torn off]

[right side]
due for as much borrowed from sd Harrison; and
to A. Emley for 18 dolls due
for as much borrowed from s'd Emley. -- 
Claimant owes to divers persons $150.

67 years old & has no trade 
wife aged 55- 1 son age 28
3 daughters aged 18, 15, & 11-

Restored 2 apl
1824
$73.80
48
-------
121.80

Hon J.  Mc Ilvaine , Senate
Burlington, N. J.
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Applicant aged 64 yrs. -
unable to maintain himself
"Has a wife & 11 children
of whom 4 live with him" -
wife, 52 yr's old -

Amt. of sched. $200 -

10,687
not entitled
--
Served 9 mo.s
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Pri. 2d Feb. 48. N. J.
[signed] Boynton
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2951
New Jersey
=============
Hannah Turner
widow of William Turner,
who was a Sergeant
in the Revolution.-
=============
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
120 Dollars ----
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1843.
=============
Certificate of Pension issued the
28th day of November
and sent to
John Stuart
Philadelphia
Pa
=============
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A.
Vol. 1, page 127.
By W. O. Niles, Clk
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2551
==============
3444
Hannah Turner's Dec'd
Widow of Wm. Turner of N. J.
Act of 3d March 1843
==============
$120 per An

John Stuart
No. 8, Library St.
Philadelphia
Pa.
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[printed form, blanks filled by hand]

DECLARATION,

In order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress of the 3d March, 1843, granting pensions for one year, to certain Widows who have received pensions under the Act of July 7, 1838.

STATE OF NEW JERSEY, Burlington County } SS.

On this eighteenth day of July 1843 personally appeared before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace, in and for said county, Hannah Turner a resident of New Hanover in the County of Burlington aged Seventy five years, who being personally known to me, and being first 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 March, 1843, granting pensions to Widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War. That she is the widow of William Turner who was a Sergeant in the army of the Revolution and the annual amount of the pension which she received under the act of July 7 -1838 - was one hundred and twenty dollars-
She further declares that she is still a widow.
[right] her
[right] Hannah   X   Turner [X being her mark in lieu of signature]
[right] mark

SWORN TO AND SUBSCRIBED THE DAY AND YEAR ABOVE WRITTEN, BEFORE ME.
[signed] Oliver H. P. Emley Justice of the Peace
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I hereby certify that Hannah Turner who has made the foregoing declaration before me is the Identical person who has established her claim as the widow of the late William Turner and is well known to me
[signed] Oliver H P Emby Justice of the Peace
New Hanover July 18th 1843

[printed form, blanks filled by hand] 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY.
I, CHARLES G. McCHESNEY, Secretary of State of the State of New Jersey, do hereby certify, that Oliver H. P. Emley Esquire, before whom the within was taken, was, at the time of the doing thereof, a Justice of the peace in and for the county of Burlington in said state, duly appointed, commissioned, and sworn; that full
faith and credit are to be given to his official attestations, and that the signature thereto is in the proper handwriting of the said Oliver H. P. Emley
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office, at Trentton, in said state, this nineteenth day of July A. D. one thousand eight hundred and forty-three
[signed] Charles G. McChesney
Sec'y of State.
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Declaration of Hannah Turner for Increase or arrears due her hus back William Turner under Act of June 7, 1932
N. Jersey
[illegible] a cert. for $120 per ann. under act 7 June 1832 in William Turner's name, payable to Hannah Turner, his widow & Deduct the amount paid to him under the act of 1818, after 4 march 1831
John H[illegible]
No. 8 Library St.
Philadelphia PA
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress of June 7. 1832

State of New Jersey Burlington County ss
On this eighteenth day of July A.D. 1843, personally appeared before me, Oliver H. P. Emley Esq a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Burlington aforesaid - Hannah Turner a resident of New Hanover township, in the County and State aforesaid, who being duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the arrears of pension due to the late William Turner at the time of his death under the act of June 7 1832 - entitled an
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act supplementary to the act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the revolution."
That she is the widow of the late William Turner, who was a Sergeant in the continental line, in the war of the revolution.
That the said William was placed on the pension roll of the United States under the act of 1818 -
And received at the New Jersey Agency ninety six dollars per annum to the time of his death - to wit the fourteenth day of March A.D. 1839.
That, as his widow, declarent has established her claim to a Sergeant's pay or pension under the act of July 7. 1838 and under said act received at the New Jersey agency- one hundred and twenty dollars per annum for five years and has surrendered the certificate dated July 12, 1843.
That she now relinquishes her claim to an annuity or pension under the said Act of 1818, and each and every act, except that of March 3 1843, and hereby claims the arrears of pay or pension due to the said William deceased at the period of his death being twenty four dollars per annum from March 4. 1831 - to the period of his death. That being
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the per annum difference between the ninety six dollars per annum actually by him received and the one hundred and twenty dollars per annum really due him line under the said law of June 7, 1832 -
And that she is still a widow.
[right] her
[right] Hannah   X   Turner [X being her mark in lieu of signature]
[right] mark

Sworn & subscribed before me the subscriber one of the Justices of the peace of said County the 18th day of July 1843.
[signed] Oliver H. P. Emley Justice
-
I hereby certify that Hannah Turner who has made before me the foregoing declaration is the Identical person who has established her claim as the widow of the late William Turner and is well known to myself.
New Hanover July 18th 1843
[signed] Oliver H. P. Emley Justice of the Peace

[printed form, blanks filled in by hand]
STATE OF NEW JERSEY.
I, CHARLES G. McCHESNEY, Secretary of State of the State of New Jersey, do hereby certify, that Oliver H. P. Emley Esquire, before whom the within ['affidavit' lined thru] Declaration of Hannah Turner was taken ['and power of attorney acknowledged' lined thru] was, at the time of the doing thereof, a Justice of the Peace in and for the county of Burlington in said state, duly appointed, commissioned and sworn; that full faith and credit are to be given to his official attestations, and that the signature thereto is in the proper handwriting of the said Oliver H.P. Emley
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed my seal of office, at Trenton, in said state, this nineteenth day of July A. D. one thousand eight hundred and forty three
[signed] Charles E. M. Chesney
Sec'y of State
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[printed letterhead, the rest filled by hand]

Auditor's Office of Highland County
W. A. Tater, Auditor
A. W. UNDERWOOD, DEPUTY

HILLSBORO, OHIO, March 6 1914

Commissioner of Pensions-
Washington D.C.

Will you kindly tell me if William Turner who inlisted in the Revolutionary was in the 1st Reg. of Burlington Co. New Jersey was pensioner

Sincerely
[signed] (Mrs) Harriet A. Teter
Hillsboro Ohio
Highland Co.
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Trenton Sep 15, 1848

Dear Sir
I respectfully return the Certificate of Mrs Hannah Turner perceiving a mistake has been made in the amount of annual payment under the act of Feby 2d 1848.
She drew One hundred & twenty dollars (her husband being a Sergeant in the N. J. line of the Rev) under Act of June 17, 1844.
Very Respectfully
Your Obt. Servt.
[signed] Charles G. Mc Chesney

Hon J L. Edwards
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17 July 1824
John Warren

[upside down]
FREE

M Kelly Esq. [unsure]
Feby 18 

Hon Joseph Mc Ilvaine
United States Senator
City Washington
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Mount Holly Feby 17. 1824

Sir
I am under the necessity troubling you at the request of William Turner who feels [feels] anxious to know whether he is to put on the pension list or consigned to the poor house of the County of Burlington, if he is not put on the pension list, and his friends withdraw their aid he must hestantly become a public charge as he is unable to labour and not worth one Dollar Clear estate in the world, and one little daughter afflicted with White Swelling depending on him for Support; The only means is the forbearing of his creditors and the labour of his youngest son who continues still with his father, and by whose labour the family is supported at this time.
In my humble opinion if there is one deserving object to be placed are the pension list, Turner is the man, he served his County with fidelity and received and honorabledischarge at the close of the Revolutionary war, since that time he hath been considered an honest and Industrous Citizen he hath rased a large family who have left him one by our except his little daughter, & younger son, how long the young man may believe it his duty to continue with father I know not. You will confer favour by enquiring into the fate of his application and let me know his destiny.
Yours Respectfully
[sighed] Joseph W. Maine Esq.
[right, signed] Jno. Warren
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Please Direct to Wrights Town Post office, Burlington &c
[signed] J Warren
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In the Case of Wm Turner.
Certificate of indigence 
from
John Warren Esq
Judge of Burl. [Burlington]
[illegible]
worthy to be
believed [?]
Js. Bloomfield
[illegible
Page 68

I John Warren did on the twenty third day of September last past take the Deposition of William Turner and Certified accordingly in order to obtain a pension under a late act
of Congress, and I now beg leave further to Certify that the said William Turner is at this
time in indigent circumstances and gains his livelyhood by his daily Labour.
[signed] Jno. Warren
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[printed form, blanks filled by hand]

WAR DEPARTMENT.

Revolutionary Claim.

I certify that in conformity with the law of the United States, of the 7th of June 1832, William Turner deceased, who was a Sergeant in the Revolution was entitled to receive one hundred and twenty dollars per annum, and having died on the 14th day of March 1839, the amount due at the above mentioned date after deducting all that was paid to him under the act of March 18, 1818, after the 4th of March 1831 is payable from the 4th of March 1831 to the time of his death, to Hannah Turner, his widow.

Given at the War Office of the United States, this twenty eighth day of December one thousand eight hundred and forty three.

[blank]
Secretary of War.

Examined and Countersigned. }
[blank]
Commissioner of Pensions.
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Free

Mr Edwards
March 1823
N.J.

Wm Turner,
Recd. 10 June 1823

The Honorable
John C. Calhoun Esqr
Secretary of War
Washington

Brurlington NJ
June 7
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Burlington New Jersey 7 June 1823 -

Sir,

At the request of William Turner I enclose to you the proceedings before the Court of which I am the Clerk, relative to his claim to a pension -- Your decision may be communicated to him thro' me.
I have the honor to be
Very respectfully --
Your Obt Servt --
[signed] J Mc Ilvaine

The Honble
John C. Calhoun Esq
Secretary of War
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N. Jersey - Burl. [Burlingame]
In the case of Wm. Turner --
Certificate of Indigence.
Decision to be sent 
to Joseph Bloomfield
B[?] N.J.
2461
Page 73

The within Certificate of John Warren Esq. was [this] day written & signed by him & is well worthy of credence - May 5. 1819.
[signed] Js Bloomfield
Page 74

I John Warren did on or about the third day of October last take the deposition of William Turner late a Soldier in order to obtain a pension under a ltate act of Congress and Certifyed accordingly. And now beg leave further to Certify that the said William Turner is in indigent Circumstances and hath no other means of support except by daily Labour
[signed] Jno Warren
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New Jersey-7408-
===================
Hannah Turner
widow of William Turner
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1818
and who died on the 14th March 1839
of Burlington Co in the State of New Jersey
who was a Sergeant in the ___________
commanded by Captain __________ of the
Regt. commanded by Col. Shreeve - in
the New Jersey line for 2 years
===================
Inscribed on the Roll of New - Jersey
at the rate of 120 Dollars -----
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of
March, 1836.
===================
Certificate of Pension issued the 12th day of
July 1843 - and sent to John Stewart
Philadelphia
===================
Whole amount due $600.00 -

[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by  [signed] W M Stewart Clerk.
Book A Vol. 2 Page 137 -

[left side]
Repd [Replied] 13th July
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Declaration of
Hannah Turner
of New Jersey
Act Feb 2d 1848.
=============
[illegible] Ad
Report to
C. G.. Chesney
Trenton
N. J.
-----
for Mrs Turner
Page 77

State of New Jersey Burlington County } ss
On this fifteenth day of July A.D. 1848. Personally appeared before the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly authorized by law to administer oaths Mrs Hannah Turner a resident of New Hanover in the County and State aforesaid aged Eighty [illegible] years, who being first 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 2d February 1848. -- granting pensions to the widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war:
that she is the widow of William Turner who was a Sergeant in the Continental line of New Jersey in the war of the Revolution and that she has drawn a pension at the rate of one hundred and twenty dollars per annum, under the act of 17th June 1844. She further declares that she is still a widow. Sworn to and Subscribed on the day andyear above written.
[right] her
[right] Hannah   X   Turner [X being her mark in lieu of signature]
[right] mark
Before
[signed] Oliver H. P. Emley J. Peace
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I certify that the declarant is personally known to me, and that she is the same individual She represents herself to be in the foregoing affidavit.
[signed] Oliver H. P. Emley J. Peace


[printed form, blanks filled by hand]

STATE OF NEW JERSEY.
I, CHARLES G. McCHENEY, Secretary of State of the State of New Jersey, do hereby certify, that Oliver H. P. Emley Esquire, before whom the within affidavit was taken, was, at the time of the doing thereof, a Justice of the Peace in and for the county of Burlington in said state, duly commissioned and sworn; that full faith and credit are to be given to his official attestations, and that the signature thereto is in the proper handwriting of the said Oliver H P Emley
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed my seal of office at Trentton, in said state, this Eighteenth day of July A. D. one thousand eight hundred and forty eight.
[signed] Charles McChesney
Sec'y of State

[illegible Seal affixed at left]
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County of Burlington towit -- On this twenty ninthday of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty three in open Court before the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Burlington in the State of New Jersey being a Court of record for the County of Burlington in the said State of New Jersey - William Turner resident in the Township of New Hanover in the said County of Burlington, aged sixty seven years the sixth day of August last; who alledging that he is conscientiously scrupulous of taking an oath being duly affirmed according to the laws of the state of New Jusey in such case made, and provided- doth on his solemn affirmation aforesaid make the following declaration in order to obtain the provisions made by the acts of the 18th of March 1818, the first of May 1820, and 1 of March 1823. that he the said William Turner enlisted in the Township of Chesterfield in the County of Burlington aforesaid in the state aforesaid in the company commanded by Captain eveamuel Hendry in the second New Jersey Regiment commanded by Colonel Israel Shreeve in the line of the State of New Jersey on the Continental establishment previous to the engagement at the Short Hills near Elizabethtown in the State of New Jersey but this discharge of this affirmant being at Washington, in the war department this affirmant cannot specify the day month or year when he enlisted that he continued to serve in the said corps until the expiration of nine months when he immediately enlisted in the said company regiment & line for three years at Morristown in New Jersey aforesaid and he served the said term fully out and was discharged at Morristown in the State aforesaid and the said discharge has been sent to the War Department at Washington where he expects it now is. And I do solemnly affirm that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the eighteenth day of March eighteen hundred & eighteen and that I have not since that time, by gift sale, or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it
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as to bring myself within the provisions of the act of Congress entitled, "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary war" passed on the 18th day of March 1818, and that I have not nor has any person, in trust for me any property or securities contracts or debts due to me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed - That since the exhibition of my first schedule -- the following changes have been made in my property --
To Sarah Wright on the seventeenth day of May 1823, sold two horses at twenty dollars each, three cows at twelve dollars each, two old waggons at fifteen dollars - eight hogs at seventeen dollars amounting altogether to one hundred and eighteen dollars. which this affirmant sold and delivered to her at said prices respectively to pay for the arrearages due to her for two years rent for a farm rented by this affirmant upon shares.-
To Thomas Harrison sold on the said 17th day of May 1823 ten sheep at twenty dollars, two ploughs and two harrows at eight dollars - & one lot of old geese[sp] sold and delivered to him in the whole at the price of thirty six dollars, to pay a debt for
money borrowed which this affirmant owed to him.
To Allinson Emley- sold on the said 19 day of May 1823 - one two years old colt at eighteen dollars sold and delivered to him to pay a debt which this affirmant owed to him for money borrowed -
Two Cows which this affirmant killed for beef and used for the support of his family-
That the only property which I now own and possess as follows towit --
one common table value seventy five cents.
one stand value fifty cents.
eight split bottom chairs value two dollars.
four Iron pots & kettles value three dollars.
one tea kettle value twenty five cents.
one pine corner cupboard value two dollars.
one pair of common Andirons value fifty cents.
one pair of shovel and tongs value one dollars.
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one dozen knives and forks value one dollar.
one lot of cups & saucers & other qureensware value one dollar.
one lot of earthen ware value fifty cents.
one dough trough value one dollar.
Three day washing tubs valueone dollars & fifty cents.
four buckets value fifty one dollar.
two meat tubs (Jerces)[sp] value one dollars and fifty cents.
three meat tubss barrels) value one dollar and fifty cents.
one hogs head and three tieces[sp] (Cyder Casks) value two dollars--
making altogether twenty one dollars.
And this affirmant further saith that he owes to divers creditors the sum of one hundred and fifty
dollars. -
[signed] William Turner

Affirmed to & declared this 20th day of May 1823 in open Court
Ebn. [Ebeneezer] Tucker presiding Judge

I Joseph M. Mc Ilvaine Clerk of the said Court of Common Pleas of the County of Burlington in the State of New Jersey do certify that the said the Schedules & affirmation have been admitted to the record of the said Court & that the same are truly copied therefrom.
And I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the first mentioned thedule, is one hundred and sixty two dollars and that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the second shedule, above mentioned is twenty one dollars.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court at Mount Holly this thirtieth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty three.
[signed]J Mc Ilvaine

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