Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 22,295, Jacob Headley, New Jersey
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(B- 1776)


Service [heading on left]  Number  [heading on right

New Jersey                Headly, Jacob                                    S22,295

Contents

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No. 11,164
Pennsylvania
________________________
Jacob Headly
of Bradford Co. in the State of Penns.
who was a private in the company commanded
by Captain Bates of the troops commanded
by Major Hayes in the N. Jersey Militia
[word crossed out] for 18 months Private $60.00

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Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania
at the rate of 60 Dollars ----------cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831
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Certificate of Pension issued the 2d. day of April
1833 and Sent to D. Bullock
Smithfield Pa.
_________________________________________


Arrears to the 4th of March 1833  120.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept. 1833  30.00
[total] $150.00

{Revolutionary Claim,
Act of June 7, 1832}

Recorded by D. Brown Clerk
Book [F or possibly H] Vol. 5 page 23
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Declaration [illegible] to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress passed June [illegible]
State of Pennsylvania
Brandford County ss
On this eighteenth day of September 1832 personally appeared in open court before the honorable Edward Herrick [illegible] the honorable John [illegible] Jonathan Stevens [illegible] judges of the Court of said county now sitting Jacob Headley a resident of the township of Grenville in the county & state aforesaid age 69 [illegible] who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration [illegible] to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress [illegible] June 7th 18 [illegible] that he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as he now states.  That he lived in Morristown in Morris county New Jersey, in the [illegible] 1776 & 77 and a call was made for a certain number [illegible] from that vicinity to go to [illegible] New Jersey [illegible] others and was [illegible] a company of militia commanded by Capt. Bates [illegible] for one month guarding the line against the [illegible] of the British who were stationed in New York City at the expiration of one month he returned home and after his return he [illegible] one month at Morristown [illegible] to guard the prisoners [illegible] at one time while engaged the [illegible] for the jail. [illegible] officers at Morristown [illegible] but cannot be positive.  He next enlisted at Morristown under Capt. Jonas Ward & went to Newark where his Company was stationed & occupied the academy for their quarters which was sufficient to accommodate the [illegible] & remained there for the term of six months being the point for which he enlisted at which time he [illegible] a discharge which he has lost & does not recall who signed it.  [illegible] was to guard against the British who were stationed in New York.  He does not recall any [illegible] as to the time of the above service than that it terminated about ten days before Christmas & certainly by the year 1777 but is not positive.  He was not in any battles during this time.  There was some slight skirmishing [illegible] but nothing to any extent.  Major Hayes was at Newark [illegible] an attempt was made by the
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British to learn the [illegible] of Major Hayes but they were discovered [illegible]
He next served one month in Elizabethtown under Capt. Josiah Hall in guarding the coast against the British in New York.  This was on a call made by some authority on the militia in Morristown for a certain number of men in which this applicant turned out without being [illegible].  He recollects that a sergeant [illegible] was broken & whipped for getting drunk & not [illegible] to this applicant who was a sentry.  This was in the summer season but does not recall the month or year.
He next enlisted at Morristown for six months & went to Dobbs Ferry in New Jersey & joined a company commanded by Capt. Stephen Baldwin.  There were two or three other companies there & he [illegible] a major was there but does not recollect his name.  He served at Dobbs Ferry during the six months & was engaged in guarding the country.  He was engaged in a slight skirmish in taking a British fort on the North River with a [illegible] who soon surrendered.  He thinks Gen. Washington lay at [illegible] during this time but is not positive.  At the expiration of his term he [illegible] a discharge which he has lost.  He does not recollect the name or year of this service but thinks it was in the summer.
He next enlisted at Morristown & went to Lyons farms a few miles northerly from Elizabethtown where he served three months & was engaged in guarding the country.  He does not recollect the name of any of the officers but recollects the Captain was a German.  At the end of his term of three months he [illegible] a discharge which he has lost.  This was two or three companies in this service & he thinks a Col. Seeley was there.
He went out on several short excursions of a few days' time in cases of [illegible] and was in a [illegible] skirmish at Springfield in New Jersey.  His recollections & fading memory does not permit him to be more [illegible] as to dates than is contained in the foregoing.
He had no documentary evidence and no proof of his service which he can obtain.  He believes David Ross & [illegible] Westgate with others of his neighbors can certify as to his reputation as a soldier of the Revolution.  He had no record of his age.  His service was wholly in the militia.  His native place is Morristown New Jersey.  He lived there ten years or more after the war & then went to Vermont & lived in the town of Broadport.
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about 14 years has since died in Bradford County [illegible] would state that he lived in [illegible] about 12 years after leaving Vermont before coming to Pennsylvania.  He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present & declares his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid.
J P Bull, Prot.    Jacob Headley
Mr. David Ross [next 2 words lined out] & Wanton Westgate residing in the township of Granville & Wanton Westgate residing in the township of Burlington both of Bradford County Pennsylvania hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Jacob Headley who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be 69 years of age, that he is respected and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution & that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid.
J. P. Bull, Prot.                     
Winton Westgate
David Ross
and the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states and the court further certifies that it appears to them that [crossed out next 2 words] Samuel Strait Wanton Westgate who has signed the above is a resident of Burlington township & David Ross who has signed the above is a resident of Granville township both of Bradford County Pennsylvania, that they are creditable persons and that their statements are entitled to credit by the court.
J. P. Bull Prot
I James P. Bull clerk of the court of the Court of Common Pleas of Bradford County Pennsylvania & prothonotary thereof do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Jacob Headley for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 18th day of September 18 [illegible]
J. P. Bull Prot
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State of Pennsylvania Bradford County JP [bracket]
I James P Buell Prothonotary of the county of Common Pleas of said county do certify that Elishea S. Goodrich who signed the within is and was at the time of his signing the same an acting Justice of the peace duly commifsioned as such in and for the county of Bradford aforesaid and that his official acts & proceedings are entitled to full faith and credit - his signature being to the affidavit if Jeremiah Guyton In witness whereof I have hereto set my hand & seal of office the 18th Feb 1833
for JP Buell Prothonotary
ES Goodrich Dep
[seal visible on left side]
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No. 17.519
Jacob Headley
Jan. 10. 1833
Obj. 11.12
Darius Bullock
Smithfield PA
AOMd
18 mos P-200
$60. [ink swirl]
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Brief in the case of Jacob Headley County of Bradford in the state of Pennsylvania 
(Act 7th June, 1832
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge: Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity:
3. Hold is he: 69 in February
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
Period    Duration    Rank   Names of General   
              of Service              and Field Officers
                                            under whom he 
                                             served
In 1767      1 month  private  Capt Bates
winter of    1 month               not mentioned
                   6 month unlisted Capt Jonas Ward
                   1 month                Maj Hays
                   6 month     do      Capt Stephen 
                                                Baldwin
                   3 month     do      num of Capt 
                                                wit reduction
5. In what battles was he engaged?
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Morristown N.J.
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Evaluation any evidence only no wasan given for nor precuring the testimony of a clergyman
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?
Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case  above mentioned.
Vinal Luce Examing Clerk
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October 3, 1927
Mrs. E. CV. Howlett
385 Huron St., West
Pontiac, Mich

Madam:

I have to advise you from the papers in
the revolutionary War pension claim S. 22295,
it appears that Jacob Headley was born in February
1763 at Morristown, Morris County, New
Jersey.
While a resident of said Morristown, he 
enlisted and served as a private, with the New
Jersey Troops, as follows-
In 1776 and 1777, one month in Captain
Bates’ Company; soon after one month in a
Sergeant Guard under sergeant Broadwell; in 1777
six months in Captain Jonas Ward’s Company; and
one month in Captain Josiah Hall’s Company; six
months in Captain Stephen Baldwin’s Company; and
three months as a Guard, no officers stated, and
for these last three enlistments, there are no dates
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given.  He was in the battle of Springfield, New
Jersey, and several skirmishes.
He was allowed pension on his application
executed September 18, 1832, while a resident of
Granville, Bradford County, Pennsylvania.  He died
December 15, 1835.
There are no data as to family.
Respectfully.
Winfield Scott
Commissioner
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22295
INVALID.

Revolution 

File No.  22,295

Jacob Headley
Private Rev War

Act: June 7th 32

Index: - Vol. Q, Page 17

[Arrangement of 1870}
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Apr. [?] 15 - 1901
M P Gardine, Newark N.J.
1913 Aug 1 Hist. Lo Mrs. L.T.
McFadden V.L.M.
_____________
1914 Feb 27 Lo Fr. Mr. Genl. U.S.A. Frr. For Tombstone
__________________________
1927 Och. 3-1-1ish to Mrs. EV Howlett AWF
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State of Pennsylvania
Bradford County ss}  Jerimiah Taylor of Granville
Township in said county being duly sworn deposeth
& saith there is no resident clergyman in said township
nor was there any in the month of September
last past
Said & subscribed this 11th day  [signed] Jeremiah Taylor
of February 1833
before me E. S. Goodrich Justice of the peace
certify that the above named Jerimiah Taylor
is a man of good character for truth & verity
certified Feb 13 1833  [signed] E. S. Goodrich Just of the peace
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REVOLIUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION  3-525
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D.C.
S7222295

In reply to your request of, ________, received ________
for a statement of the military history of Jacob Headley
a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired
information as contained in his (or his widow’s) application for pen-
sion on file in the Bureau.

[column headings Dates of Enlistment of Appointments; Length of Service, Officers Under Whom Service was rendered. Captain.  Colonial.; State]

1776 1777 1 mo., Prvt.  Bates, [blank], N. J.
soon after [1777 written on line below], 1 mo, [blank], Sergt Broadwell, in Sgts guard, [blank]
[soon after written on line above] 1777,  6 mons, Jonas Ward, [blank], [blank]
[check mark] 1 mo, Josiah Hall, [blank], [blank]
[check mark] 6 mos & 3 mos, Stephen Baldwin as a guard, [blank], [blank]
Battles engaged in, Springfield, NJ
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Morristown, Morris Co. NJ
Date of application for pension, Sept 18 1832 [illegible]
Residence at date of application, Granville, Bradford Co., Penn
Age at date of application, b. Feb 1763 at Morristown, N J
d. Dec. 15, 1835 *
* from A B
Respectfully,
Commissioner
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Newark, NJ Nov. 10, 1901

General Pension Bureau

Gentlemen.

Will you kindly send me
the information of genealogical
importance given in th
applications for persions of such
were nade by Sergeant James
Headley, and Privates Ephramm
and Jacob Headley or Morris County
N.J. and Francis Headley of Sussex
County, all of whol served in
the Revolutionary War.  I shold
also like an account of their
military services.  Sergeant Jams
was my ancestor and I think
that the other three were his sons.

Yours very truly

M. P. Gardiner
853 S. 11th St. Newark
N.J.
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Pension Department

Gentelman-

will you please
furnish me a copy of the
original applications of
Jacob Headley of
Granville Center
Brad Co. Pa.
a Revolutionery soldier.
Whatever the charge I will
gladly pay.

Very truly.
Mrs. L. T. McFadden
Canton
Pa
July 29/13
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[round seal of the Daughters of the American Revolution]


General Richardson Chapter
Pontiac, Michigan

Comm'r of Pensions
Revolutionary War Section
War Dept.
Washington D.C.

Dear Sir:  will you kindly send me what data
may be on file in your office concerning
Jacob Headley (1763-1838). placed on pension roll
1832 from Granville, Bradford Co. Pa. for service. 1777.
in Capt. Bates Co., Morris Co. N.J. militia also served
other enlistments.  Said to have been b. in Morris Co.
N. J. and d. in Granville Center. Pa.  Wife's name
given as Hannah Hindes.
Respectfully
May R. Howlett (Mrs. E. V.)
General Richardson Chapter D.A.R.
385 Huron St. West
Pontiac, Michigan