Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 3839, Matthias Fuller, Penn. Sea Service

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SERVICE   [black star in center of card]              NUMBER
Penn             Fuller, Mathias                                R3839
Sea Service
[handwritten on pre-printed card]

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REJECTED
3839
Matthias Fuller

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Senate Chamber
Dec 21/52
to land of Pensions

Please inform me whether there is an application of Matthias Fuller a revolutionary soldier for a pension, now on file and what is the 
what is the state of the case & whether he or his heirs have any claim for F' pension or others
Yours, respectfully, 
J. W. Millee

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New Jersey
Matthias Fuller
Rejected
3839 [written in chalk]
See letter to Lewis
Conduit to any 
[arrow pointing below]
See this letter in Daniel Riley - RW. R. 8825 [written in chalk]
1833
Rejected [faded]
Letter to 
Hon. J. W. Miller 14th May 1853.

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597
Application 
of
Matthias Fuller
for a 
Pension
P. O.
July 24 1832

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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832

State of New Jersey}
County of Cumberland} SS

On thiz nineteenth day of July, AD. one thousand eight hundred and thirty two, before the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas of the County of Cumberland in the Said State of New Jersey personally appeared Matthias Fuller a resident of Bridgeton, in the County of Cumberland, and State of New Jersey, aged Seventy one years, who being first duly Sworn, according to Law, doth on hiz oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832. That he enlisted in [(the Naval Service of the United States illegible) crossed out] Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania under Captain Rifferts some time in the early part of the Revolutionary war in the army of the United States. he cannot now reccollect the regiment or names of the field officers, at the time of his enlistment he resided in Philadelphia aforesaid, his company remained  in Philadelphia nearly the whole of the next winter after he enlisted, recruiting in the Spring following he marched with his company to Elizabeth Town in New Jersey, after remaining at that place about two months he returned with the company to Pennsylvania ; while there he was in the Battle at Germantown he was honourably 
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discharged by Captain Rifferts. that he was out in the Service of the United Statez under this enlistment nine Months.
He enlisted again in the year 1780 in the Naval Service of the United States in the Revolutionary war under Captain Harr & Lieutenant Bradley on board the Sloop of War called the Triumph[underlined], was in the Service on board Said Vessel about two years. during Said time he was in Several Skirmishes with the British forces and was in one engagement with a British Ship of war called the Eagle[underlined] and Succeeded in Capturing her, after a severe Battle, and forst her in to St. Kittz[underlined], was in no other Battle. after Serving under Captain Harr on board the Triumph about two years, or a little more, he was honourably discharged at Philadelphia 
Soon after obtaining his discharge from Capt. Harr, he Enlisted again under Schevalier De Kenn (or De Can) on board the Same Sloop of War (the Triumph) and Served under Capt. De Kenn about one year, most of the time was cruising on the Delaware & off the Capes, but was in no general engagement during this years Service during this year we received orders to repair to Cadiz in Spain, while we lay at Cadiz, our vessel was by orders from France directed to Sail to the United States as a Castel to bear the inteligence of Peace having been concluded between England and France, we arrived with the inteligence, at Philadelphia in the Spring of 1783. when he was honourably discharged by Captain De Kenn, your Petitioner has no Documentary evidence, and that he knows of  no person, whose testimon- he can procure, who can testify to his 
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Service, he has resided for fours years past in the State of New Jersey but he has been to Philadelphia to try to find some persons who have knowledge of his Service in the Revolutionary war. but could procure no person, those he formerly knew in the Service are all deceased or removed so that he cannot find them, your petitioner is very poor & needy, and unable to go further to Search for testimony, in as much as he knows not where to go, and is very old and infirm.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except that present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State. 
Sworn to and Subscribed the day and year aforesaid} [signed} David Lupton Presiding Judge
               his
Matthias X Fuller
            mark
 
We Jonathan Brooks a Clergyman, residing in the town of Bridgeton, County of Cumberland, New Jersey, and John Sackeld residing at Bridgeton, in the County and State aforesaid, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Matthias Fuller, who has subscribed & Sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be Seventy one years of age: that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he

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resides, to have been a Soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. 
Sworn and Subscribed, the day & year aforesaid} [signed] David Lupton Presiding Judge
[signed] Jonathan Brooks
[signed] John Salkeld 

And the Court Do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter, 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 the Court further certifiez that it appears to them that Jonathan Brooks who has Signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman resident in the town of Bridgeton in the County of Cumberland, State of New Jersey and that John Salkeld -- who has also Signed the same is a resident in the Same place. and is a credible person, and that their Statement is entitled to credit.
[signed] David Lupton
[signed] George Houder
[signed] Edwd Sheppard
[signed] Moses Bateman

I Ebenezer Seeley Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, of the County of Cumberland, and State of New Jersey, Do hereby certify that the foregoing contains
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the original proceedingz of the Said Court in the matter of the application of Matthiaz Fuller for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of office this nineteenth day of July in the year of our Lord one thouSand eight hundred and thirty two.
[signed] Ebenr. Seeley Clk
[handwritten]