Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 7410, for Zephaniah Morris, New Jersey
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New Jersey

Morris, Zephaniah

R7410
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27263
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State of New Jersey 
Monmouth County
      On this 13th day of May 1833 personally appeared Zephaniah Morris before me John Patterson one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Monmouth - who cannot from bodily infirmity attend Court - a resident of the township of Shrewsbury in the County of Monmouth and State of New Jersey aged eighty one years on the 20th of Sepr. next - who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration ignorer to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832. that he  entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated.

Question 1.   Where and in what year were you born?
A. He was born in the township of Middletown in the County of Monmouth and State of New Jersey in the 20th day of Sept. 1744

Question 2 - Have you any record of your age and if so where is it?
A.  His birth is recorded in his family Bible with that of his wife and children.  Where his birth and that of his wife were taken from he can't say but from the best recollection he can give the subject he believes his age is recorded in is correct.

Question 3 - Where were you living when called into services - where have you lived since the revolutionary war and where do you live now?
A.  He was living in the township of Middletown when he was first called into service he continued to live there until he purchased (?) one half of the farm formerly that belonged to Colonel John Morris who had forfeited the same. This he thinks was in the year 1779 he then removed to the township of Shrewsubry and from here he......
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.....was taken prisoner and carried to New York this John Morris was a colonel in the British service before the commencement of the revolution.

Question 4; How were you called into service were you drafted did you volunteer or were you a substitute and if so  substitute for whome?
A. I was called to take myTour of Duty under the command of Barns Imark (?) this was the first Captain he was under.

Question 5. State the names of some of the regular officers who were with the troops Where you served such continental and militia regiments as you can recollect and the general circumstances of your service.
A.  From old age and the consequent loss of memory he cannot name any of the continental officers he remembers General David Furman and Colonel Asher Holmes and Major Ulisshe Walton he was out under the command of all them he had a bandage (?) on account of which he was excused from monthly after the first 2 months -?- turned out on alarms  -?-

Question 6. did  you ever receive a discharge from the service and if so by whom was it given and what has become of it.
A. he has no recollection of ever receiving a discharge that is a written one.  when ever his month service was out he with the rest of the company were discharged  and went home - as he has before said he first Capt. was Borns (?) Imack(?) he was out under him two months he was in the skirmish when the 1500 wa off his brother Elishe Morris was wounded - he was in the skirmish with a sorty of Refugees at Jumpen Point after Colonel John Morris a British colonel had left his place and gone over to the British  army and he and his brother had bought his place they removed on to the home - the house was entered in the night by the British and Refugees.  He was....
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.... made prisoner carried off to New York and put in the Shuger House he was kept a prisoner for 11 months and then was exchanged and returned home he thinks that he was a prisoner 1779

Question 7 - State the names of Persons to whome you are known ind your present neighborhood and who can testify as to your character for veracity and there belief of your service as a soldier of the revolution.
An - William Painter and Abraham Lane are knowing to his services and believes will testify to the same.  The applicant safety his name is Not on any agency of any state and that he relinquishes all pension or annuity except the present.
Zachariah Morris

Sworn and subscribed before me the day and year above written.  John Patterson
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State of New Jersey
Monmouth County
     Before me John Patterson one of the Judges of the Court of common Pleas in and for the County of Monmouth in the State of New Jersey personally appeared the under subscribers and after being duly sworn according to law desposeth and say - that they were well acquainted with Zephaniah Morris the within applicant and that they well remember that he was prisoner with the deponents in New York      confined in the Shuger House in the time of the Revolutionary War and from what they know of the applicant and from what he has stated in his application they say that it is entitled to credit and belief by all to whome it shall come.  The witnesses say that they were soldiers of the  Revolutionary Ware in the service of the country the ---(smudged---- of the Ware.
William Boynton his X mark
Abram Lane

Sworn and subscribed before me the 14th day of May 1833
John Patterson

in parentheses next to John Patterson's name:
  Joseph Johnson sayest on his oath that when he was removed from the Shuger House to the the hospital (?) he found Zephaniah Morris  thene  -?- to the small pap and prisoner he had the small pap at the time himself.
    Joseph Johnson
  Sworn before me John Patterson

   And the said John Patterson one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Monmouth doth hereby certify that the said Zaphaniah Morris is not able to attend Court by reason of bodily infirmities - and I am of the opinion after the investigations and after putting the interrogatories  prescribed by the War Department - that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states and I further certify that it appears to me that Abraham Lane and William....
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.....Painter, and Joseph Johnson who has signed the above affidavit are all soldiers of the Revolutionary War residents in the County of Monmouth - credible persons and that their statement is entitled to full credit.
John Patterson

    I the Subscriber Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Monmouth in the state of New Jersey do hereby certify that John Patterson to whom the above application of Zephaniah  Morris was made before whom the foregoing affidavit was taken was at the time of taking the same and now is one of the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for said county duly enrolled in my office and that full faith and credit are due and ought to be given to all his official acs as such and that the name John Patterson subscribed thereto is the proper handwriting of said Judge.
  In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this twenty fifth day of July AD eighteen hundred and thirty three.
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October 5, 1927
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Zephaniah Morris, R. 7410
George Taylor,
BA-J/MIB
S. 925

Nellie Keith Nieson
229 North Sacramento Street
Willows, California

Dear Madam:

You are furnished herein the records of Zephaniah Morris and George
Taylor.
R. 7410
ZEPHANIAH MORRIS
The data herein were obtained from pension claim, R. 410, based
upon service in the Revolutionary War of Zephaniah Morris.
Zephaniah Morris was born September 20, 1749, in the Township of
Middletown, Monmouth County, New Jersey. The names of his parents are
not given.
Zephaniah Morris, while a resident of Shrewsbury, Monmouth County,
New Jersey, applied for pension May 13, 1833, and stated that while
living in Middletown Township, New Jersey, he enlisted in 1779 and served
a tour of two months as a private in Captain Barnes Smock's New Jersey
Company and that while serving that tour was in a skirmish in which his
brother, Elisha Morris, was wounded, no further details of which were
given; that he and his brother [illegible] purchased and moved to the farm in
Shrewsbury which was formerly owned but forfeited by Colonel John Morris
(no relationship shown) who had gone over to the British service, and that
after he moved there he and his brother were surprised one night by a party
of British and refugees who took Zephaniah prisoner, carried him to New York
where he was held eleven months in the Sugar House then exchanged
and returned to his home; that he volunteered, also, on alarms and served
under Colonel Asher Holmes and Major Elisha Walton, no further details given.
His claim for pension was not allowed as he did not render six months'
military service which was the requirement of the pension law. The date
of soldier's death is not on file in this office.
Reference was made to Zephaniah Morris' wife and children but their
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GEORGE TAYLOR
S. 925
War.
The record of George Taylor follows as found in the papers on file
in pension claim, S. 925, based upon his service in the Revolutionary
George Taylor was born March 2, 1756, in Middletown Township,
Monmouth County, New Jersey. The names of his parents are not shown.
While living in the place of his birth, George Taylor enlisted
June 1, 1776, and served five tours of one month each in succession, as
private in Captain John Holmes' company, under Colonel George Taylor (no
relationship stated) until Colonel Taylor joined the British troops,
then he served under Major Elisha Walton in the New Jersey troops. He
served, also, monthly tours at various times from February, 1777, when
a few days after his enlistment he was chosen orderly sergeant and served
as such through 1782, amounting in all to thirty-six months, under
Captains Thomas Walling, Samuel Carhart, Jonathan Pearce, Joseph Stillwell,
Samuel Dennis and Moses Sheppard and Colonel Asher Holmes, in the New Jersey
troops. During his service he was in several skirmishes with the
British and Tories, one at Ganet's Mill below Middletown Township and one
at Shoals Harbour in Middletown, was also in the battle of Germantown.
George Taylor moved about 1818 from Middletown Township to Freehold
Township, Monmouth County, New Jersey, where he was allowed pension on
his application executed July 31, 1832. He was still living there in 1833.
He died February 5, 1835.
No reference was made in the claim to wife or children of George
Taylor.
In order to obtain date of last payment of pension and name and
address of the person paid, you should write to the Comptroller General,
General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the
following data: George Taylor, certificate #17482, issued August 22, 1833,
rate $120 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act June 7, 1832, New Jersey
Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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....by the proper authority (?) when he was captured - the paper are placed on file.
John PattersonEsq.
Middletown
New Jersey


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Jno. Patterson
October 23 33

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Rec'd  -- 2 -?- 65
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WAr Dept.
PO
October 23 33

Sir,
    The papers of James Herbert (written in: couldn't find) are again returned.  He must  -?- the times place and officers of each term of his service and support his allegations by the testimony of  witnesses (?) if any are to be found agreeable to the regulations.  He alludes to a muster roll as bearing his name which should be forwarded.  The service with his team was not military service within the regulations and cannot of course be computed.
     (This entire next paragraph crossed out)

      The claim of Zephaniah Morris has been rejected.  There are not six months service in the Capt. Barnes Lodes/Lmodes company alleged in the declaration, and it is certainly doubtful whether he served in the company at all as his name cannot be found upon the Rolls which are in this office, nor are there any witnesses who prove the fact. His imprisonment  in New York does not entitle him to be placed on the roll as it does not appear that he was in actual service in an embodied corps called in service by the proper authority when he was captured.  The papers are placed on file.
Jno. Patterson Esq.
Middletown
New Jersey
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1937 Oct. 5 Hist to Nellie Keith Nilson (Nilsson?)- MCB

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top line crossed out

  7410
Zephaniah Morris

List of 1852 Rejected and Suspended claims shows following cause of Rejection.

Stamped "REJECTED"

"Not six months military service"
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New Jersey

Revol

Zephaniah Morris

  REJECTED

Letter to

John Patterson (crossed out)
October 23 1833 (crossed out)

7410

Act 7 June 32
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October 5, 1937
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Zephaniah Morris, R. 410
George Taylor,
BA-J/AB
8. 925
Nellie Keith Nieson
229 North Sacramento Street
Willows, California

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the records
of the following Revolutionary War soldiers of New Jersey, all probably
from Monmouth County, Edward Patterson Cook, Jr. (1735-1825); Elazorus
Brewer (1731-1820); Zephaniah Morris; George Taylor and John Taylor.
Because of the large number of requests for Revolutionary War data,
and the limited trained clerical force available for furnishing such
information, it is impossible for this office to comply in full with
each request which requires so much time and research. The records of
Zephaniah Morris and George Taylor, both of Monmouth County, New Jersey,
are furnished you herewith.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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229 North Sacramento St.,
Willows, California
September 18, 1937

Veterans Administration
Washington, D. C.

Gentlemen:
 
I would greatly appreciate it if you would give me the
Revolutionary War records of the following:
 Edward Patterson Cook, Jr  New Jersey
(1733-1826)

Elazerus Brewer  "
(1731-1820)

Zephaniah Morris  "

George Taylor  "

John Taylor  "
 
I think they were all from Monmouth County. The first four
are great grandparents of my grandparents. The fifth an uncle
far removed.
I wish to establish, if possible, the tradition that Colonel
Taylor, who fought in the battle of Monmouth is the George
Taylor noted and that John Taylor was his son. If your records
show others named Taylor who fought at Monmouth, please include
them.
I thank you for the records you sent me rec
John Hagerty -- another ancestor.
ly concerning
very sincerely yours,
Nethie Keith Niesen
Nellie Keith Niesen
229 North Sacramento St.
Willows, California
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Morris, Zadack.   Private.       Delaware

10846.                 September 2, 1789
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