Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 2,407, George Budd, New Jersey

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(8-1776)

SERVICE
New Jersey

Budd, George

NUMBER
S. 2.407

carded

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Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey 
at the rate of 30  Dollars ___ Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834,
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Certificate of Pension issued the [illegible] day of Mar 1838, was sent to Hon. J. F. Randolph, H of R
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Arrears to the 4th of [illegible]  =/ 210.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept.  15.00

=/ 225.00

{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act June  7, 1832.}

Recorded by R. Burdin Clerk,
Book ?2_  Vol. 3_  Page 116

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30,8ba
George Budd
New Jersey


Forwarded by R. M. Cooper of New Jersey

[illegible] J. C. Smallwood
May 15, 1804__

Same 20 Aug 1834

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Hon J. F. Randolph

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State of New Jersey
Gloucester County ss

On this fifteenth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two__ before _____The Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas of the County of Gloucester personally appeared George Budd of the said county aged Seventy three years and upward, who alledging himself to be Conscientiously [illegible] of taking an oath, and being duly affirmed according to law, doth upon his affirmation aforesaid, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832.

That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officer and served as herein stated.
That is to say___

In the Month of January 1777 he entered as a volunteer in a Company Commanded by Capt. Fisher, the Company marched from TimberCreek to Philadelphia where we received our arms, we remain there a few days, and were joined by a number of other Companies from New Jersey, and then Marched to Trenton under the command of Col Josiah Hillman  we lay at Trenton a few Days another Marched to a placed called Pennytown west and we staid there a day and night, and the Marched to Somerset
where

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where we quarterd, and join a Col
Taylors Regiment, previous to the
arrival at Somerset and within a
mile or two of Somerset, we were
reviewed by Genl Putnam, were
mained at Somerset about six weeks
when we were discharged, I think
in the month of March in the year
1777-
In the latter part of October
a few days after the Battle of Red
Bank, He entered as a volunteer in
a company commanded by Captain
George Pierce in Col Ellis Regiment
the company paraded at Haddonfield
where we met a good many other
Companies, and where we quartered
and remained about three months
when we marched to Swedesbrough
and joined Col Otto Regiment, we
remained at Swedesbrough about
two months, and were discharged
in the latter part of the month of
March in the year 1778
In April 1778. a few days after
we were discharged. He joined a
Company Commanded by Capt Cornelius 
Newkirk of Salem County, in
do not know what Col commanded
here, I remember Col. Taylor and Col
Alto also but whether it was their
Regiment or not I cant say. We
Marched from Whig Lane which
was our head quarters to Mullica
Hill

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Hill, Billingsport, Swedesborough
Barnesborough and other places in
the Counties of Gloucester and Salem
till our times expired being one
Month where we were discharged;
during this our tour we took
several Reffugees prisoners, we took
them to Blackwoodtown tied them
to some oak trees, and whipped them,
one of them a man by the name of
Timothy Clark died in a few days
after supposed to be from the severe
Whipping that he got there - the 
names of the others were Joseph Betty
and Henry Pinnear. 
Soon after we were discharged,
in the month of May 1778. He entered
as a volunteer in a company commanded
by Capt Richard Banks in
Col Otte's Regiment, our head Quarters
was well at Whig Lane, we marched
from there to Billingsport Red Bank
Woodbury Swedesborough and other
places in the Counties of Salem and
Gloucester till our times expired
which was in the month of June 
a little before the battle of Monmouth.
He next entered in a Company
commanded by Lieut Moffett, (Capt
Pierce bungsick) the Company
Marched to Blue Anchor Farm
from there to the Forks of Little Egg
harbour River in the County of
Gloucester from there we marched
to Leeds Point where we joined

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Col Proctors Artillery, we remained
at Leeds Point about two weeks. We
then Marched to Somers Point about
eighteen miles distant, where we
remained until discharged, which
was in the month of October 1778.
We were out this tour about six weeks.
I then returned home and was
not out again during the war, the
whole time that I was out in a regular
organized corps was ten months.
I was born in Burlington County
in the State of New Jersey on the 16th day
of July in the year 1759. I have no Record
of my age, the family Bible got
destroyed at my Brothers. I was living in
the County of Gloucester near Woodbury
when called into service. I have lived 
in the County of Gloucester most of the same
since the Revolutionary War, 
the remainder of the time being about 
four years I lived in Philadelphia,
some part of my time in Philadelphia 
& stay now some part in Gloucester
County New Jersey at my sons house
Benjamin Budd, he lives at Gloucester.
I volunteed whenever I was
in the service.
I saw Col Proctor at Eggharbour
Genl Putnam at Somerset and I saw
a Captain at Woodbury I think his
name was Cummings, he came down
with a file of men with him, and
took a man from our company

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by the name of [illegible] Leonard, who had enlisted in the United States service during the war but who refused to go, alleging that he had been deceived by Capt [illegible] who had enlisted him, he said he thought he had enlisted to go in the militia and not in the states service, but this Captain took him off, I also saw a Captain of the United States Service at Blackwood town it was he who ordered us to ship the refugees there, I saw  a great many officers at Somerset, but I did not hear their names. 
          I saw Proctors Regiment of Artillery at Egg Harbour, Lees Troop of horses was also there.  I saw Col Otto's Regiment of militia at Swedesbrough 
Col Ellis' at Haddonfield, and Hillman at Somerset.  
          I received a written discharge from Capt Charles Fischer, he gave discharges to all his men when he paid them their wages, this was at his own house in Gloucester County.  I lost this paper in a little while after I had received it, I did not suppose it would ever be of any consequence to me. 
          I am acquainted with James Matlack Esqr Woodbury, Honble Richard M. Cooper Camden Michael le Fischer Esquire,  son of Capt Fisher under whom I served

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James Roe Woodbury.  Ephraim Miller Esquire same place _ and many others _ I was in several small skirmishes, but not in any Regular Battle. 
          He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension role of the Agency of any state.
Affirmed and subscribed
October 15th AD 1832
Ephraim Miller}  [Signature] George Budd 

We Jesse Smith and Michael C. Fisher residing in the county of Gloucester in the state of New Jersey, do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with George Budd who has subscribed and affirmed to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy three years of age that he is [illegible] and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a solider of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion_

Affirmed and subscribed
this 15th of October 1832
in open court
Ephraim Miller} [signature] Jesse Smith
[signature] Michael C. Fisher

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          And the said Court whereby declare their opinions 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 certifies, that it appears to them, that Jesse Smith Esq. and Ephraim Miller, Esq. who have signed the preceding certificate are resident in the said County of Gloucester and are highly respectable citizens, We are filling the office of Sheriff of said County and the other is one of the Judges of the Court of Common
pleas in our said County of Gloucester and that their statement is entitled to full credit.
[signed] Ephraim Miller

          I, John C. Smallwood, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the said County of Gloucester, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of George Budd for a pension in testimony whereof, I have here unto set my hand and seal of Officer this 13th day of October 1832. 
[signed] Smallwood Clk

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Gloucester County, on the 13th day of October AD 1832 before me Ephraim Miller and of the judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas of said County, personally appeared Daniel Parke of the  said county, age is seventy six years, who being duly sworn according to law saith that he is well acquainted with George Budd and knew him during the Revolutionary War. That he, and the said George Budd served at different periods of the war, in the same comanies_ That they served together _in_Captain George Pierce's Company in the fall of the year 1777 and spring of the year 1778. Part of the time in Col Ellis' Regiment, and the remainder of the time with Otto's Regiment during this period they were stationed  part of the time at Haddonfield  part at Woodbury and part at Swedesbrough.  This deponent cannot swear positively as to the length of time which he and the said George served under Capt Pierce but believes it now as much as four or five moths they also served together at another time in a company commander by Leut Moffett (Capt Pierce the Commander being there sick) during which time they were at Eggharbour, Leeds Point, Somers Point and there we saw Col Procter with his artillery, we remained in service this time ore than any month when w were discharged this was in the fall of 1778. 
From transcribed date
above before
[signed] Ephraim Miller} [signed] Daniel Parke

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The State of New Jersey, Gloucester County ss
Be it Remembered that on the fourth
day of September in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and thirty two, before
Mr Ephraim Miller one of the Judges of the
Court of Common Pleas of the said County
personally appeared Henry Roe of the said
County aged Seventy eight years and 
upwards who being duly sworn according to
law saith that he is well acquainted with
George Budd and was well acquainted
with him during the Revolutionary war
That this deponent remembers that the said
George Budd served as Militia Man
in the said War - and that he was at
Somerset in the State of New Jersey in the
Company Commanded by Capt Fisher
in which company this deponent was
Ensign, General Putnam commanded
the company staid there one month
and then came home - he also remembers
that the said George Budd served at
another time under Capt Pierce the
Company quartered at Haddonfield
this deponent was Lieutenant in the
Company, he also remembers that 
the said George Budd served at
another time in Captain Pieces Company
at

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at Swedesborough in Gloucester County
this deponent was Lieutenant in the
Company at this time also. This deponet
also remembers that the said George
Budd served at another time at Egg
harbour in Gloucester County New Jersey
and that he was in a company 
Commanded by Leutenant Moffett, (the Capt
being sick) this Deponent was Leutenant
in the Company at this time also
This Deponent, and the said George lived
in the same neighborhood, and he
believes that the said George Budd
served at other time and places then
above mentioned, but have long or
how often he served this deponent
is unable at this time to say
s/ Henry Roe

Sworn & Subscribed
the date above before
me
s/ Ephraim Miller


And I the said Ephraim Miller do
hereby certify that I am well acquainted with
the above named Henry Roe, that he
is very respectable man, and that his
affidavit is entitled to full faith and credit
Witness my hand the date above written
s/ Ephraim Miller

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Gloucester County ss On the 18th day of February
AD 1833 before me Ephraim Miller one of the
Judges of the Inferior Court of Common pleas
of said County, personally appeared George
Budd the same person who has subscribed
and affirmed to the foregoing declaration
who being duly affirmed according to Law
saith that the whole length of time that
he served during the Revolutionary war
and whilst in a Regular Organized Corp
was ten months, one month and a half of
which time he served as orderly Sergeant in
a Company commanded by Lieut Moffett
at Eggharbour, two months as a private
under Capt. Newkirk & Banks, and the
remainder of the time six months & half
under Capt Fisher & George Pierce as fourth
Sargeant, and for such service he claims a
pension 
s/ George Budd

affirmed subscribed
the date above before
s/ Ephraim Miller

Gloucester Ss on the 18th day of February
AD 1833 before me the subscriber one of the
Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas
of said County, personally appeared Jonas
Cattell of said County, aged seventy four
years and upwards, who being duly
affirmed according to law, saith that
he is well acquainted with George Budd
and

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and knew him during the Revolutionary War
and this affirmant further saith, that
he well remembers, that the said George Budd
served as a Militia man during said war and
that he was with the Troops at the Forks
of Little Eggharbour River, there we quartered
together in a farm belonging to Ard Brush,
dont remember what Captain he was under
as there were several captains, perhaps
eight or ten - this affirmant also remember
that the said George Budd was with the
Troops at Haddonfield and believes that
he was under Lieu. Pierce, he knows
that he was there and doing duty as a
soldier
s/ Jonas Cattell

Affirmed & subscribed
date above before
s/ Ephraim Miller

And the said Ephram
Miller Judge as aforesaid do certify that I
am well acquainted with Daniel Parke & Jonas
Cattell and that they are credible persons and their
statement is entitled to belief 
s/ Ephraim Miller

I John C Smallwood Clerk of the Court
of Common Pleas of the County of Gloucester in the state
of New Jersey, do certify that Ephraim Miller Esquire
before whom the foregoing affidavits were made was at the
doing one of the Judges of the said Court duly commissioner
and aff[covered up] into office and that the signature of the said
Judge annexed or subscribed to said
affidavits is genuine Witness my
hand and seal this first day of March
AD Eighteen hundred thirty three
s/ Smallwood Clk

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2407
Rev War
INVALID
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File No. 2407
George Budd
Priv Rev. War
Act: June 7, 1832
Index:---Vol. A, Page 49
[Arrangement of 1870]

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TRENTON N.J.
JAN 17

Hon. Joseph F Randolph
Member of Congress
Washington DC

[stamp] FREE

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Trenton January 18 1838
Jos F Randolph Esq
Dear Sir
Some time since I mentioned
to you the case of an old soldier from the County
of Gloucester, who had made application to the
General Government for a pension, but had not 
succeeded in obtaining one and I intended to
have written you on the subject before now
but other matters have prevented. His name
is George Budd and a pretty full history of his
case will be found by reference to his papers in
the pension Office. The application was made in 1833
I believe, the papers were then examined and
the only objection made was to a claim for
service as a non commissioned officer. Sergeant
I believe; upon hearing this objection George
Called upon old Mr Rae who was then living
and had been a Lieutenant in Capt Pearce's Co
in which Company the services was claimed for,
and in the presence of Judge Miller and myself
George related to me Roe general circumstances
which were connected with his service as
Sergeant

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Sergeant, the old gentleman remembered some
of them, but remarked that it had been so long
ago, it was impossible for him to speak with
any degree of certainly of the subject he knew
George was in the service with them, but whether
he acted as Sergt or private he was unable
to speak possitively - and Esquire Miller and my
self both devised him to abandon that part of
his claim, which was done, then however
no objection was made viz, that he had
claimed for services incompatible with the service
of the Militia in New Jersey which means as
I understand it, that he claimed for more than
one months service at one tour - the operation
of this rule when applied to the militia of West
Jersey and particularly to a company like Capt
Pearce that was raised in the immediate 
neighbourhood 
of Red Bank Fort Mifflin & is very
unfair, because it is a fact well known that 
from a period of two weeks before the time that 
the British took the fort at Billingsport till
after the taking of Fort Mifflin the Militia
of that neighbourhood were constantly in the
field infact for considerable part of the time
there was a constant fighting or skirmishing kept up
between the parties, and part of the time

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the British occupied the very ground upon 
which Capt Pearce's Company was raised,
but besides it is matter of record that several
[illegible] were made in that year requiring
all the Militia to take the field, so that it was
impossible for a man to be relieved by serving
only one month in a tour-- I think George
claims for about 10 mo. he says that he has not
claimed for enough-- but he is old and poor
and thinks my hand that whilst others who
served with him have obtained 
pensions he cannot get his and
has requested me to say that if
the Department will not allow
him for his whole claim let
them allow a pension for a less
amount of they will not allow 
for more let them allow a
pension for 6 months, which it is not
supposed there could be any objection to
as he was out on at least six different
tours. Will you do the old man the favor
to go to the pension office and examine his
case, and do whatever you may
think
necessary

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necessary in order to further his claim.
The Legislature met yesterday
but very little business has been done as
yet
please let me hear
from you on the subject.
very Resply
s/ J. C. Smallwood
.

[stamp] Trenton N.J. Jan 17

Hon. Joseph F Randolf
Member of Congress
Washington
DC