Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 23,663, Jasper Brokaw, New Jersey

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(8-1776)

[column headings:
Service
Number]

Service:
New Jersey

Brokaw,
Jasper
Catharine

Number:
W.23.663

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New Jersey N. 28.303
Catharine Brokaw, widow of Jasper Brokaw of Somerset Co. in the State of N. Jersey who was a Pr. V Ensign (Private) in the company commanded by Captain McCoy of the Troops commanded by Genrl. Furman (General) in the N. Jersey Troops line for Ensign 
23 1/2 months 
(illegible) 1/2 month

235.00
1.66
$236.66

Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey at the rate of 236 Dollars 66 0/3 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued 3. day of May 1834 and sent to James F. Randolph, N. Brunswick, N. J. (New Brunswick)

Arrears to the time (crossed out 4th) of his death, (Viz. ?) Oct. 29. 1833

(Crossed out illegible allowance ending)

Reported to Agent 6. May 1834

2 years / month & 25 days 

$627.81

{Revolutionary Claim, Act of June 7, 1832}

Recorded by D. Brown Clerk 
Book E. Vol 3  Page 103

Reported to Agent 6. May 1834

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966
New York, Albany

Catharine Brokaw
widow of Jasper Brokaw N.J. who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private & Ensign

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 236 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March 1848

Certificate of Pension issued the Eighth day of February 1850 and sent to J. M. Thayer (Pension?)

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act of February 2, 1848, Page 14. Vol 4

(Handwritten)
(Let to?) S H Brown 13 June (51?)
(Let to?) R E Fenton 3 March 55

(Handwritten) 
June 19 - 1853 (AB?)

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945-1
Jasper Brokaw
Somerset County
New Jersey

(Crossed Out Return)
Admitted

James F Randolph
Agent New Brunswick, NJ

(Crossed Out J M Thayers ?)
(Crossed Out and Illegible)

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War Department,
Pension Office,
15 May - 1833

Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7 1838, has
been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of
your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and
the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed,
before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will show what is
necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed,
you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: } ) . You will, when
you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and
you will, by complying with this requests greatly facilitate the investigation of your
claim.

A Statement, showing the Service of Jasper Brokaw Somerset County New Jersey

Table
(columns)
Period when the service was (received?)
Duration of the claimant's service.
Years, Months, Days
Rank of the claimant.
Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served.
Names and Rank of the General and Field officers.
Battles in which the applicant was engaged.
Country through which he marched.
Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period.
Evidence by which the declaration is supported.


(Period when the service was (received?))
Vol
not specified

(Duration of the claimant's service.
Years, Months, Days)
2 years in all

(Rank of the claimant.)
Private
Private
Ensign

(Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served.)
Captain Probasco 
Captain (Parkman?)
Captain Van Neste
Captain McCoy
(Faint letters Captain Bain(?), Captain Fulkerson)

(Names and Rank of the General and Field Officers)
(Faint letters illegible at the battle of Germantown - illegible)

(Battles in which the applicant was engaged.)
Germantown
Springfield
in 7 different battles, tho' some of them were of little notoriety

(Country through which he marched.)
N. Y. (New York)
N. Jersey (New Jersey)
Pa (Pennsylvania)

(Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period.)
Franklin township
Somerset County, NJ

81 years old

(Evidence by which the declaration is supported)
(illegible)
(L. Mitrez?)

I am, respectfully, Your obedient servant,
J. L. Edwards 
Commissioner of Pensions

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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.

The following regulations have been adopted:

This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and  "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service but not those who
were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.


Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops.
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3. Persons employed in the Naval service.
4. Indian Spies.

As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.

DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.

State, Territory, or District of County of [blank]
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On this [blank] day of [blank] personally appeared (a) before [blank]
A.B. a resident (b) of [blank] in the county of [blank] and State, Territory or District
of [blank] aged (c) [blank] years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provion made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) [blank], with [blank] and
served in the [blank] (e) regiment of the [blank]
line, under the following named officers:

[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he enered (entered) the service; the battles, if any, in which be was engaged, and the country through which he marched. (hand symbol) This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]

He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of [blank] 
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid, [blank] A. B.

[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I [blank] of the Court of [blank] do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of [blank] for a pension.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this [blank] day of [blank] &c.

If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.

Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the [blank] and C. D. residing in (the same)
hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with [blank], who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be [blank] years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.

[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]

And the said 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 certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. [blank] who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the [blank] and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the [blank] and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.

I, [blank] Clerk of the Court of [blank] do hereby certify that the foregoing
contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the applicacation (application) of [blank] for a pension.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal [blank?] of office, this [blank] day of [blank] &c.

Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light
upon the transaction.

If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his
alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person

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will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected.
All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.

The Court will propoand the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops, of Virginia.

1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute. for whom?
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 services.
6. {To a Soldier.} Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it?
{To an Officer.} Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.

The Court will see that he answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.

The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons -one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from
their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the char-
acter and standing of other person", giving such certificates.

The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party.  And the Courts requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.

Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.

Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is genuine signature.

No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased. the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.

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(a) The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance. 

(b) The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides.  If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.

(c) The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.

(d) The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.


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(e) Every continental officer or soldier must state the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension ho is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely now long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
" Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: For [blank] year  [blank] months, and [blank] days, I  served as a [blank].  For [blank] months and [blank days, I served as a [blank]; and for such
service I claim a pension."

it is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held as the law directs the pension to be paid according to
the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months, is too indefinite,  and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable.  It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil
pursuit. 
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(f) The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.

(g) The opinion of the Court is allways required.

(h) The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.

(i) The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

Mode of authenticating papers.

To every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.

Proof of Service

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(j) In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. underlined {The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses,} and the official character and signature of the magistrate must to certify the proper officer, under his seal of office. The notes from (a) to (-) are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note (j) applies to continental troops only.
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(k) This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.

(l) If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.

(m) The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

R. Neuman

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ss {
State of New Jersey
Somerset County}

On this Twentieth Day of August in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared before me M. Z. Rodgers one of the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas(?) in and for the County of Somerset in the State of New Jersey (underlined) Jasper Brokaw a resident of the township of Franklin in the (illegible) County of Somerset, who from bodily infirmity is unable to appear in Court, and who being Duly Sworn according to Law, doth on his oath make the following (underlined) Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress papers June 7th 1832. That he entered the service of the United States and in the following named officer and served as herein after states.  That he was born October 9th 1752.  Says his memory is very (illegible). Remembers being (illegible) during the Revolutionary War serving his Country to the best of his abilities - was a volunteer under Captain (underlined) Henry Probasco - went with him to New York on a month tour of duty - Then served under Captain Fulkerson - went to Elizabethtown - James Van Duyn was our Lieutenant - went out with Captain Abraham Van Neste, who is now living but very old - was made Ensign when in his company - served out tour with Captain McCoy - was at Springfield (underlined) at the battle there - was over in Pennsylvania and was with Captain Van Neste at the battle of (underlined) Germantown - was at the battle of Monmouth - was a (illegible) was our general - has served he thinks on eight different (illegible) the town(?) - over on a five month tour and after that was (illegible) often - thinks he was pretty much of the time of the war either in active service or waiting for orders (illegible) to march - knows he served more than two years - was in the skirmish of Van Neste Mills - he took some of the British baggage - three of us took one wagon - he served under GenL Frelinghuysen before he was promoted - was in seven different battles - was never wounded - took at one time in company with Cornelius Tunison (since dead) two

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British soldiers and took them to Somerville(?) and delivered them up to Colonel Merrick or some such name - was born in the township of Franklin - he resided most of his life in Somerset County - part of two years in (illegible?) - and part of two years in New York State - has forgotten the names of most of the officers he has served with - and forgets much of the particulars of service seen - but remembers having seen much service.

I do hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension on annuity(?) and opt the(illegible) and declare that my name is not on the pension Roll of the agency of my State

{Sworn and subscribed before me one of the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas and for the County of Somerset New Jersey day and year above written} Jaspar Brokaw

MZ Rodgers

Mr. John L Zubiskie a clergyman residing in the County of Somerset and State of New Jersey and John Van Norstrand residing in Franklin township Somerset County and State of New Jersey, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Jaspar Brokaw who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration - that we believe him to be about eighty years of age - that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in this opinion - 
Sworn and subscribed this twentieth day of August A. D. 1832 - before  us one of the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and from the County of Somerset New Jersey} 

John L. Zubiskie
John Van Nostrand
MZ Rodgers

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I, Simon Stryker, of the township of Hillsborough County of Somerset New Jersey do hereby certify that I was acquainted with Jasper Brokaw during the revolutionary war and ever since - that we were in the second(?) company under Captain Probasco to New York and elsewhere - about two  months(?) - he was for more than two years under Captain Abraham Van Neste - and I knew him to be a good and faithful soldier - Sworn and  subscribed before me one of the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas for Somerset County this fifteenth day of August A.D. 1832}

his mark
X
Simon Stryker

W.Z. Rodgers

I, Abraham Van Neste of the township of Hillsborough County of Somerset State of New Jersey being duly sworn according to Law do depose that I was acquainted with Jasper Brokaw before, during and after the Revolutionary War that I knew him as an Ensign in my company from the spring of 1777 to the end of the War - that he did all the duty required of him during that time - that he was at least in service five years (underlined) and was a good and faithful soldier
Sworn and (illegible) before me one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Somerset New Jersey this fifteenth day of August A.D. 1832}

Abraham V. Neste
WZ Rodgers


I, Peter Monfort, of the township of Franklin Somerset County State of New Jersey being duly sworn according to Law do depose that I was acquainted with Jasper Brokaw before during and after the Revolutionary War - that I served with him several times on several tours of duty before he was (illegible) an Ensign then after he was promoted.  I served under him nearly four years - that he was a (illegible) and good officer - always ready and willing to do his duty.
Sworn and subscribed before me one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Somerset New Jersey this fifteenth day of August A.D. 1832}

P. Monfort
WZ Rodgers

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I, Mindard Van Andalen(?) of the township of Franklin County of Somerset State of New Jersey being duly sworn according to Law do depose that I was acquainted with Jasper Brokaw the within named applicant during the Revolutionary War that I knew him while serving his country as an Ensign in a company of militia commanded by Captain Abraham Van Neste, have seen him on duty at Elizabethtown, Perth Amboy, and Bergen(?) and while at the latter place knew him in command of a party detailed for the purpose of throwing up a temporary fort on Goat(?) there(?) to away the British while in Powles Hook (Paulus Hook), he there(?) as a soldier often(?).  Revolution he has always been a reputable and good (illegible).
Sworn and subscribed before me one of the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in of the County of Somerset New Jersey, this Eighteenth day of August A. D. 1832}

Mindard Van Andalen(?)
W. Z. Rodgers


{State of New Jersey
Somerset County}  John M Mann Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas  in and for said County herby certify that William T. Rodgers

I, Mindard Van Andalen(?) of the township of Franklin County of Somerset State of New Jersey being duly sworn according to Law do depose that I was acquainted with Jasper Brokaw the within named applicant during the Revolutionary War that I knew him while serving his country as an Ensign in a company of militia commanded by Captain Abraham Van Neste, have seen him on duty at Elizabethtown, Perth Amboy, and Bergen(?) and while at the latter place knew him in command of a party detailed for the purpose of throwing up a temporary fort on Goat(?) there(?) to away the British while in Powles Hook (Paulus Hook), he there(?) as a soldier often(?).  Revolution he has always been a reputable and good (illegible).
Sworn and subscribed before me one of the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in of the County of Somerset New Jersey, this Eighteenth day of August A. D. 1832}

Mindard Van Andalen(?)
W. T. Rodgers

And the said W. T. Rodgers does hereby declare his opinion after the investigation of the matters and after putting(?) the interrogation presented by the War Department that the within named applicant Jaspar Brokaw (underlined) was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states - And the said WT Rodgers also certifies that the applicant is unable and cannot from much bodily infirmity attend the said Court - And he further certifies that John L. Zabriskii(?) (underlined) who has signed the preceeding certificate is a clergyman residing in this County and State, and that John Van Norstrand (underlined) who has also signed the same statement is entitled to credit

W. T. Rodgers
one of the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Somerset New Jersey


{State of New Jersey
Somerset County} John M Maim Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Please in and for said County hereby certify that William T. Rodgers

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before whom the foregoing original proceedings in the matter of the application of Jasper Brokaw for a pension were had was at the time thereof and still is a Judge of said Court commissioned and that the name of William T Rodgers subscribed to the said proceedings is the genuine signature of the said William T Rodgers Judge and -
In (illegible) whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this twenty first day of August in the Year of our Lord Eighteen hundred and  (illegible)

J. M. Maim


Somerset(?) County
Personally appeared before me W T Rodgers one of the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in said County Jasper Brokaw the before (illegible) applicant who by reason of great age, bodily infirmity and loss(?) of memory say that he (illegible) now remembers any further details of service he was in during the Revolutionary War, other than what is stated of his service as private and Ensign during that period - that he served at different periods and under different commanders and knows that he served much more than two years of active duty as Ensign - 

{Sworn and subscribed this twenty eighth day of August A. D. 1833} 
Jasper Brokaw
WT Rodgers

And Wm T Rodgers on the Judges as aforesaid do hereby that John L Zabrinksii, John Van Nostrand, Simon Stryker, Abraham Van Neste, P Montfort, and Minard Van Andalen whose certificates and here unto annexed, are reputable citizens and entitled to fair(?) credit

W T Rodgers

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{State of New Jersey
Somerset County}
I John M Maim Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Somerset do hereby certify that William T Rodgers before whom the within proceedings were had and affidavits(?) made was at the time of the date thereof and now is a Judge of said Court and Justice of the peace in and for said county duly commissioned and sworn(?): And that he (illegible) signature of the said William T Rodgers thereto (illegible) are genuine and is his proper handwriting. (illegible) whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court of Bridgewater this sixth day of September eighteen hundred and thirty three.

J. M. Maim


(other side of page)
Jasper Brokaw

James F(?) Randolph
Agent

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{State of New York
Chautauqua County (underlined)} S. S.

On this twentieth day of March 1841 personally appeared before me Elias T Foote Esq. first Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Chautauqua.  Catharine Brokaw a resident of the town of Carroll in the County aforesaid aged seventy five years who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 7, 1832 entitled "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows".  That she is the widow of Jasper Brokaw who was a soldier of the Revolution.  That she was born at Hillsborough in the County of Somerset State of New Jersey on the 2(?) day of March 1765(?) - that from her youth to her marriage she lived but about four miles from the said Jasper Brokaw who afterwards became her husband and that she recollects that it was reported that the said Jasper was in the Army under the command of (illegible) when the Americans retreated from Long Island.  and also that he was in the battle of Monmouth.  That she cannot state the length of time he served nor his officers names.  She does further depose and say that the said Jasper was put upon the pension list while she and her said husband resided in the County of Somerset aforesaid New Jersey but that he died on the 17th of October 1833 in the County of Somerset foresaid and that he never drew his pension money but that this (illegible) after his decease did draw it and that she then surrendered or sent his certificate to the War Office as she verily(?) believes - She further declares that she was married (underlined) to the said Jasper Brokaw on the thirteenth (underlined) day of June (underlined) in the year seventeen hundred and eighty six (underlined) by the Rev. Max(?) Elmore.  That her husband the aforesaid Jasper Brokaw died on the seventeenth day

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of October eighteen hundred and thirty three.  That she was not married to him prior to his having the service but the marriage took place previous to the first of January seventeen hundred and ninety four (illegible) at the time above stated -

She does further depose and say that there is no record of her marriage to her knowledge other than the one hereto attached, that she never heard of any other, nor does she believe that there is any other, that the Record on minutes cut from a Psalm Book hereto attached are in the handwriting of her said husband and that the same entry was made soon after their marriage and has so remained ever since - That she was born in Somerset County aforesaid and lived there until October 1834 when she left and came to Carroll aforesaid and has resided there ever since - That she has not married since the decease of her said husband - that the only evidence she has or knows of of her marriage is the entry made in the Psalm Book hereto attached the deposition of her brother David Brokaw and of Elmer(?) Brokaw also hereto attached - She does further depose and say that she cannot attend Court as the Courts in the County are held at Mayville thirty three miles from her residence on account of bodily infirmity-

She does further depose and say that she cannot write her name on account of old age and bodily infirmity.  That she has not written her name for a number of years.
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before
{E. T. Foote 
First Judge Court Common Pleas}
Her mark
X
Catharine Brokaw

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Chautauqua County S. S. John Brokaw of Carroll in the County aforesaid aged forty nine years being duly sworn doth depose and say that he is a son of the said Jasper Brokaw and Catherine Brokaw the above applicant for a pension that he recollects distinctly that the Record on entry of the birth and marriage of the said Jasper and Catherine was in a Psalm Book in the handwriting of his father and that it has been in said Psalm Book ever since he can remember and that the same Record on entry was taken from said Psalm book and is hereto attached - 
Sworn to and subscribed this 20th day of March 1841 before me
E. T. Foote First
Judge Court Comm Pleas

John Brokaw


(Attached Psalm Book page)
Jasper Brokaw was Born the 2(?) Day of October Year 1752
Caterine Brokaw as born the 2 Day of March In the Year 1765
And they was married 13 Day of June the Year 1786
____________________
Caterine Brokaw was Born the 21 Day of March the Year 1788
Isaac(?) Brokaw was Born 17(?) Day of June Year 1789

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January 9, 1938

Lucy E. Jones
Warren, General Delivery
Pa.

Madam:

I have to advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 23663, it appears that Jasper Brokaw was born October 9, 1752, at Franklin Township, Somerset County, New Jersey.

While a resident of said Somerset County, he served during the War, at various times as private and Ensign in Captains Henry Probasco's, Fulkerson's, Abraham Van Neste's, and McCoy's Companies, under Colonels Vroom, Van Dike, and Frelinghuysen in the New Jersey Troops; he was in the battles of Millstone, Germantown, Monmouth, and Springfield, and served about three years.

He was allowed pension (handwritten W) on his application executed August 20, 1832, while a resident of Franklin

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B(illegible)2

Township, New Jersey.  He died October 17 or 29, 1833 in Somerset County, New Jersey.

Soldier married June 13, 1786 at Hillsborough, Somerset County, New Jersey, Catharine Brokaw, who was born March 2, 1765 at said Hillsborough.  She was his second wife, the name of first wife not on file.

The widow, Catharine, was allowed pension on her application executed March 30, 1841, while a resident of Carroll, Chautauqua County, New York.

Their children were-

Catharine born March 21, 1788,
Isaac          "      June 17, 1789,
John           "     ----- ---  1792,

(handwritten) she died June 19, 1853 A. D. (referring to Catherine, Jasper's wife)

Respectfully,
Winfield Scott
Commissioner

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New York, 7078
____________________________________________________
Catharine Brokaw
Widow of Jasper Brokaw died who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832, and who died on the 17th October, 1833, of Chautauqua in the State of New York who was a Pri & Ensign in the Company commanded by Captain McCoy of the Regt commanded by Genrl Furman in the New Jersey line for 2 years
____________________________________________________

Inscribed on the Roll of Albany N. Y. at the rate of 236 Dollars and 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Increased from $120
____________________________________________________
Certificate of Pension issued the Eighth day of February 1836(?) and sent to J. M. Thayer Esq. Present(?)

Total amount, $ (blank)
[Act July 7, 1838.]

Recorded by H. R. Weightman(?) Clerk, 
Book D, Vol 14(?) Page 531

Page 20

Ref(?) Mar 10 43

Increased to $236.66
July 8 1857(?) (illegible)
(illegible) payments

New_ York_ 7078
____________________________________________

Catharine Brokaw widow of Jasper Brokaw, dead who was a pensioner under the Act of and who died on the 17th October, 1833 _ of Chautauqua in the State of N. York who was a Ensign _ in the company commanded by McCoy _______ of the Regt: ____ commanded by Conl Furman____ in the New _ Jersey_ line for 12 months & Ensign _
________________________________________________

Inscribed on the Roll of Albany, N. York at the rate of 120____ dollars ____ Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
_________________________________________________
Certificate of Pension issued the (illegible) __ day of Mar 1843 __ and sent to Saul(?): A. Brown, Jamestown, N. York__
_________________________________________________
Arrears to the 4th of Semi-annual allowance ending 

$600.00

[Act July 7, 1838]

Recorded by                      Clerk, Book A__ Vol. 2___ Page 70

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903. (illegible0
more(?)
(illegible)

Rev WIDOW, &c.
___________________________________________
File No. 23663
Catharine Brokaw Wid of Jasper Brokaw 
(illegible)
___________________________________________
Act: Feb 2nd 1848
Index:_ Vol. A. Page 91

[Arrangement of 1870.]

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Increased
Admitted Acts
'38
43044(?)
'48 at $236.66
per annum, deducting former payments at $120 per annum.

J. M. Thayer
Agent(?)

Page 23

7777
NY
Catherine Brokaw

Letter to Samuel A Brown(?) Jamestown(?)
Letter to Samuel Brown(?) (illegible)

Act 7. July '38

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Catharine Brokaw
No 7777.
N. Y.
Act 7. July '38
(illegible) 33
___________________________________________

Admitted
12mo.
Ensign
___________
$120 per annum
___________

marriage

Samuel A Brown
Jamestown
N. Y.

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{State of New York
Chautauqua County}

I, John G. Hinckley, Clerk of said County do hereby certify that E. T. Foote was on the 20th day of March 1841 First Judge of the County of Common Pleas in and for said County duly Commissioned and Sworn and duly authorized to take and certify the foregoing Depositions or Affidavits - And further that I am well acquainted with his handwriting and verily believe that several signatures "E. T. Foote" subscribed to the foregoing certificate and to the (illegible) of the above depositions are genuine.

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas of said County this Eighth day of April A. D. 1841
John G. Hinckley Clerk

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(Stamp)
Pension
D
Jul
1
1914
U. S.
Office

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Office of
The Board of Education
Geo. F. Downer, Supt
Thos. Richards, Clerk
Butte, Montana

Board of Trustees
L. T. Gainor, Chairman
P. S. Harrington, Vice Chairman
E. D. Elderkin
C. R. Hopkins
W. M. Tuohy
H. L. Maury
Mrs. Margaret Rozsa

Bureau of Bensions(?) (Pensions):
Kindly send me what date you have concerning Ensign Jasper Brokaw of New Jersey.  I wish to join the D. A. R. (Daughter of the American Revolution) as a direct descendant.

Respectfully,
"Miss" Alice Dinsmoor
4508 Walnut St
Philadelphia, PA

June 30, 1914

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New York, Albany 791
___________________________
Catharine Brokaw

widow of Jasper Brokaw
who was an Ensign
in the Revolution

_____________________________

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 
120 Dollars -----------
Cents (crossed out) per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.

______________________________

Certificate of Pension issued the 7th day of July 1843 and sent to S. A. Brown
Jamestown, New York

______________________________

[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A.
Vol 1. Page 101.


See letter to S. A. Brown
July 31, 1844

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New York, Albany, 791
______________________________
Catharine Brokaw

widow of Jasper Brokaw
who was a Private and Ensign
in the Revolution
______________________________

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 236 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843

Increased from $126
______________________________
Certificate of Pension issued the Eighth day of February 1856 and sent to 
J. M. Thayer
Present(?)
______________________________
[Acts of March 3, 1843, and June 17, 1844.]

Recorded in Book A.
Vol. 2. Page 261

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766
New York, Albany
_____________________________

Catharine Brokaw
widow of Jasper Brokaw,
who served in the Revolutionary war, as an Ensign
_____________________________
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
120 Dollars ----------
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
____________________________
Certificate of Pension issued the
28 day of July 1848
and sent to 
Samuel A Brown
Jamestown
Chautauqua County NY
____________________________

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 9. Vol. 4

Reported

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{Jamestown, NY Seal}

July 29 , 1844(?)

NY
June 17 1844
Catharine Brokaw

(illegible) for in (illegible

No 791 Act 43

Hon. J. L. Edwards
(illegible) of Pensions
Washington

{Free(?) stamp}

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Jamestown Chautauqua County, NY
July 22, 1844

Sir-
Enclosed I send you Mrs. Catharine Brokaw's declaration to obtain her pension under the late act of Congress-
You placed her on the pension list and she received the pay of a sergeant, whereas the evidence as well as the certificate showed that her husband held the commission of an Ensign for a time - Under the 5 year annuity she consented to receive the pay of a sergeant, but that consent and conclude(?) did not bind her under all subsequent Acts-
I hope you will now do the old lady justice and give her all she is entitled to in right of her husbands services-
As an Ensign what would she be entitled to-

Yours Respectfully
Samuel A Brown

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642

April 26 1843

NY
Mar 3rd 1843
Cath. Brokaw

Hon. J. L. Edwards
City of Washington

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Jamestown April 20. 1943,
Hon. J. L. Edwards - 

Sir,

Catharine Brokaw was placed on the pension list at 120 dols a year, she was the widow of a Revolutionary Ensign, but from an offer contained in one of your letters, she consented to receipt of a sergeants pay.

She drew the whole of her annuity 600 Dol (left the pension agents her(?) 25 cts(?) ) at her first drawing.

I now send her declaration to obtain the additional annuity.

If she draws she will need a new certificate, on the old one sent to me, as that was forwarded by me to Van Jenkins(?) pension agent at Albany (to me - crossed out), and by him I suppose sent to you, or to the military department.

I send powers for about (illegible) soldiers twice a year to Albany, and agents are frequently absent a few days which occasions considerable delays; would it be lawful on (illegible) by your Department to send a power naming "the Pension Agent at Albany" or not - the Agent whoever he may be will always be there - 
Yours Very Respectfully,
S. A. Brown

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(Stamp)
Jamestown
Nov

Brokaw

Hon. J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
City of Washington

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Jamestown Nov. 23. 1842

J. L. Edwards Esq,

Sir - In the case of Catharine Brokaw an applicant for a pension I send you the affidavits of Wm (William) Brokaw.

My (illegible), to know the service of her husband, and her identity - Do appears to me the evidence, coming from the respectable witness, it does will be satisfactory to your honor.

Yours Very Respectfully,
Saml (Samuel) Brown

Page 37

Hon,
R. E. Fenton

Page 38

How much pension money was due Jasper Brokaw ( (illegible) of New Jersey) at the time of his death October 29th 1833?

What sum and when did his wife - Brokaw draw on account of her husband's service?

Was the full sum obtained by her which she was entitled?

Who acted as her apart(?) or attorney withdrawing or receiving the sum(?)?

Is there any balance of the general claim remaining?

____________________________________________

(Illegible) Hon. R. E. Fenton, House Reps

______________________________________________

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No. 7777
N.Y.                      April 9 .1841.
July 7, 1838 
Cath Brokaw
c 1839

Hon. J. L. Edwards
Home of Pensions
City of Washington

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Jamestown April 9, 1841
J. L. Edwards Esq.
In envelope I send you (illegible) of Mrs. Brokaw for a pension.
She could not attend court on account of old age and bodily infirmities, and therefore she has  
(illegible) him for her before Judge Foote the first Judge of the county. She is a very (illegible) old lady, and I hope the evidence before you will be satisfactory.
Yours truly,
Samuel A. Brown

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United States of America,
State of New York, Chataugua County SS

Be it know, that before me Solomon Jones a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, personally appeared  Catherine Brokaw, and made date in due form of law that she is the identical person who drew a pension under the act of the 30 of March 1843, on account of the revolutionary service of her husband the late Jasper Brokaw at the rate of one hundred and twenty dollars per annum; that she now makes this affidavit for the purpose of drawing a pension under the act of Congress passed on the 17th of June 1844, entitled "An Act to continue the pensions of certain widows" that she has not intermarried but continues a widow; that she now resides in Canull in the County of Chataugua and state of New York, and has resided there for the space of eight years and that previous she resided in Franklin Township Somerset County, State of New Jersey -
Sworn to and subscribed on mark made this twentieth day of July 1844, after being read and explained in person of

Catherine (x) Brokaw
Mark

Saml. A Brown
In person witness to Catherine Brokaw's mark

Before me Solomon Jones Justice of the Peace. 

I certify the above named officiant is personally known to me, and that she is the same individual who drew a pension as stated by him in the foregoing affidavit
Solomon Jones
Justice of the Peace

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State of New York
Chataugua County ss

I, Alvin Plumb, Clerk of said County, do hereby certify that Solomon Jones Esq whose name is subscribed to the within Affidavit & certificate was on the day of the date thereof, and now is a Justice of the Peace in and for said  County, duly elected and sworn, and further, that I am well acquainted with his handwriting and verily believe the signatures "Solomon Jones" subscribed to said Affidavit and certificate are genuine.  In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed by official seal this twenty second day of July D.D. 1844

Alvin Plumb, Clerk

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State of New Jersey
Somerset County SS}
Personally appeared before me the subscriber one of the Justice of the peace in & for said County Mindert Van Arsdale of said County & 
upon being duly sworn according to law deposeth & saith that he was born in said County of Somerset and is aged eighty two years, that he was a soldier in the war of the Revolution & is a pensioner of the United States
That he was personally acquainted with Jasper
Brokaw (the late husband of Catherine Brokaw
of Chatauque County New York who is applying for a pension as the widow of the aforesaid Jasper Brokaw) when a boy & a young man & knew him to act as ensign in the war of the revolution, that he was with him in the battle of Germantown, also this deponent was with the said Jasper Brokaw when the Militia lay at Amboy, Bergen & Elizabeth Town & that the said Jasper Brokaw did actual service
in the Militia of the State of New Jersey in the war of the Revolution taking his turn & never failing to take his turn alternately in serving monthly with his associates & that this deponent was often in the war of the Revolution with the aforesaid Jasper Brokaw & that the said Jasper Brokaw served as a private & as an ensign through the whole war war [sic] of the revolution & that in all the said Jasper Brokaw served there years or more in the war of
the revolution, & that the said Jasper Brokaw the late husband of the aforesaid Catharine Brokaw was the identical soldier & person who served under that name & that the said Catharine Brokaw of Chautauque County New York who is applying for a pension as the widow of the aforesaid Jasper Brokaw is the identical person, the identical widow of the aforesaid soldier Jasper Brokaw-

Mindert Van Arsdale

Sworn & subscribed before
me this thirty first day of 
October 1842
Ralph Voorhees Justice

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State of New Jersey
Somerset County ss }
I Ralph Voorhees the Justice of the peace who took the foregoing affidavit hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the within named Mindert Van Arsdale for twenty five years or more, that he is a man of respectable standing, is a member of the Reformed Dutch Church at Middlebush (in good standing) in said County & is entitled to full credence in his aforesaid affidavit. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this thirty first day of October 1842-

Ralph Voorhees Justice of the peace
in & for said County of Somerset

State of New Jersey  
Somerset County SS. }
I Dumont Frelinghuysen Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Somerset, Do certify that Ralph Voorhees before whom the forgoing instrument & affidavit was taken was at the time the same was so taken a Justice of the peace of said County & by Law Authorized to take the same.

Lain under my hand and the
Seal of said office this 31st
day of October Eighteen hundred and
forty two
Dumont Frelinghuysen Clerk

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State of New York
County of Seneca ⎬ ss  Personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the peace in & for said County & State Thomas Court upon first being duly sworn according to law deposeth & states, that he resided in Somersette [Somerset] County New Jersey during the revolutionary war, was born in the State of New Jersey & is now aged eighty eight years, that he was when a young man personally acquainted with Jasper Brokaw, the late husband of Catharine Brokaw who is applying for a pension as the widow of the afforesaid [aforesaid]Jasper Brokaw, and that this deponent & the said Jasper Brokaw were in the war of the revolution together, that they served together, that the said Jasper Brokaw was in the battle at Mill Stone with this deponent, at the time some Seventy waggons were taken from the enemy, the british, and that this deponent has from time to time meet with & served with & often seen the aforesaid Jasper Brokaw in the service in the militia of the State of New Jersey in the war of the revolution & that from this deponents personal knowledge of the services of the aforesaid Jasper Brokaw in the war of the revolution, so often seeing him on duty, that he considers the time in all that he served to be not less than three years, and that the said Jasper Brokaw, the late husband of the said widow Catharine Brokaw was the very
identical Soldier who served under that name in the war of the revolution

Thomas Court

Subscribed & Sworn before me
this first day of November 1842
James Foster J. Peace

State of New York 
Somerset County SS. }  I James Foster the Justice of the peace who took the foregoing
 affidavit hereby certify that I have been acquainted with the above named Thomas Court for many years and that he is a person of respectability and fully entitled to evidence in his affidavit above   James Foster Justice

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State of New York  
Seneca County ss: } I do hereby certify that James Foster Esquire whose signatures appear to the foregoing Deposition and certificate was at the date of said Deposition and certificate, a Justice of the Peace in & for said County duly
commissioned and sworn.  And further that I am well acquainted with his handwriting & verily believe that his signatures to said Deposition and certificate are severally Genuine & in his own proper handwriting.

In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my
hand & affixed the seal of said County this
14 day of November 1842

C.D. Hanks Clerk

Page 47

Jan 28.43
NY
C. Brokaw
11

FREE 

Hon. J.L. Edwards
City of Washington
J.L. Edwards

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Jamestown N.Y.
Jan'y 14, 1843

Hon J. L. Edwards

Sir-

Your letter of the 12th ult directed to Samuel A.
Brown Esq of Jamestown has been received and read to me-  I have come to the conclusion that I shall, on account of my age & infirmities accept of your offer, contained in said letter, that is accept of "a pension of $120 per annum", and request you to send a certificate of pension to S.A. Brown accordingly.

Yours very Resply
                her
Catharine  X. Brokaw
                 mark

John Brokaw
Pecant B Brown
Saml A Brown

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Jamestown Jany 16, 1843

Hon. J. L. Edwards

Sir, After I received your letter of Dec. 12th I wrote to Mrs Brokaw and on Saturday last she called on me, and agreed to accept of your offer, contained in the aforesaid letter as for her acceptance on the other [illegible].

I suppose you kept copies of all official letters or else I should send one-    We suppose that he meaning of your letter is that you purpose to put her on the pension  list at 120 Dollars per annum, instead of an ensigns pay, to commence as in other cases, and if so, she accepts if it,
and you may send a certificate to me accordingly

Yours Very Resp'y
Saml A Brown

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642

Admit. Ensign $120
Albany Agency

Send to S. A. Brown
James town
N. Y.

Page 51

State of New York
Chautauqua County } ss.
On this fifteenth day of April 1843 personally appeared before the Hon Elial T. Foote first Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Chataqua, Catharine Brokaw a resident of the Town of Carmel in the County of
Chataqua aged Seventy Eight years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit 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 Jasper Brokaw who was an Ensign in the Army of the Revolution as she verily believes. That she cannot state the number of the regiment or the Colonel who commanded when her husband served as a soldier, but that he served under Capt. A. Van Ness as she verily believes, and that the annual amount of the pension which she received under the act of July 7th 1838 was one hundred and twenty dollars a year-

She further declares that she is still a widow. She does further depose and say that she
cannot write her name on account of old age and bodily infirmity, that she has not written
her name for a number of years -

                her
Catharine. X  Brokaw
                mark

Sworn to and subscribed
on the day and year
above written, before
E.T. Foote First Judge
Chant. Com. Pleas

Samuel A Brown
witness to Mrs Catherine Brokaw's mark

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State of New York
Chautauque County ss: 
I Elial Foote, first Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County of Chautanque do certify that I have been some acquainted with Mrs Catharine Brokaw, the foregoing deponent, for about two years,
and that she is a respectable person, and that full faith and credit ought to be given to her testimony.  I do further certify that in my opinion she cannot write her name on account of bodily infirmity, as she has above testified. 

Dated April 15th 1843
E. T. Foote First Judge
Chant. Com. Pleas

State of New York
Chautauqua County ss ⎬ I, John G. Hinckley Clerk of said County & also Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County do hereby certify that Hon. E. T. Foote whose name is subscribed to the Jurat of the foregoing deposition & to the foregoing certificate and
thereon written was on the day of the dates
of said Jurat and said certificate first Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County duly Commissioned and Sworn: and further that I am Well acquainted with the hand writing of such Judge and verily believe the signature "E T. Foote" Subscribed to said Jurat & said Certificate is genuine-

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto
Set my hand and affixed the Seal
of said Court & County at Mayville
this 19th day of April 1843
John G. Hinkley Clerk

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Catharine Brokaw

Ad 791

admitted

Samuel A Brown
Jamestown,
Chautauque Co
N.Y.

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State of New York
County of Chautauque ⎬SS
---
On this tenth day of July 1848 personally appeared before the undersigned, Judge of the County Court of the County of Chautauque, Catharine Brokaw a resident of the town of
Carroll, in the County of Chautauqua aforesaid,
aged eighty three 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 on the 2d February 1844, granting pensions to widows of persons
who served during the Revolutionary War.  That she is the widow of Jasper Brokaw who was an Ensign in the army of the Revolution, that she cannot state the Regiment or corps in which he served, but she knows he was a New Jersey soldier, and it was said he served under the command of one Van Ness, that she received the sum of one hundred and twenty Dollars per annum under the act of 17th June 1844. She further declares that she is still a widow, and that she cannot write her name on account of old age and debility, and that she has not written her name for many years. She further says that her husband was placed upon the pension list while they resided in the County of Somerset, State of New Jersey, but that he died and never drew his pension money but this declarant did after his decease

                her
Catharine X. Brokaw
               mark

Sworn to and subscribed on
the day and year above ┃
written, Before
Abner Lewis Judge
Chan., Co. Courts

Saml A. Known witness to Catharine Brokaws mark

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Chautanque County ss-  I Abner Lewis Judge of
Chautauque County Courts, do certify that the
within declarant Catharine Brokaw is personally known to me, that I know that she cannot write her name or account of old age and debility, that she cannot attend court on account of old age and debility for she cannot and does not leave her house, and further that she is a person of strict truth and veracity - Dated this 10th day of July 1848 - The word "known" inserted before signing

Abner Lewis
Judge Chane Co. Courts

State of New York
Chautauqua County
Clerks Office    ].  ss.  I Matthew P. Barnes Clerk of said County and also Clerk of the Courts in and for said County do hereby certify that
Abner Lewis Esqr. whose name is subscribed to the foregoing ['deposi' crossed out] certificate and also to the Jurat of the within deposition was on the day of the date of the same Sole
Judge of the Chautauqua County Courts (the same being a Court of Record) duly Elected and sworn, & further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Judge and verily believe that his signature to the said Jurat and certificate are genuine

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and affixed the Seal of said County this Eleventh day of July in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and forty eight
M. P. Remus Clerk

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9451
Supplemental proceedings in the case of Jasper Brokaw, an applicant under the act of '32.

Admitted
Ensign 23 ½ mo
Private      ½
           _____
             24

[crossed out.  'Hon M.S. Southard Lands N.J.'  and 'James P. Randolph']
James F. Randolph
Brunswick N. Jersey

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Application of Catharine Brokaw, for the
Pension due to her late husband Jasper Brokaw

State of New Jersey
Middlesex County ⎬ SS.  On this twenty first day of March, Eighteen hundred thirty four before the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for said County, personally appeared Catharine Brokaw, who being duly sworn, on her oath saith that she is in the 70th year of her age, the widow and
legal representative of Jasper Brokaw, late
of the County of Somerset, deceased; that
said Jasper Brokaw departed this life on the twenty ninth day of October Eighteen hundred & thirty three. And the said Catharine further certifies, that although not married to the said Jasper in the war of the Revolution, yet
that she lived in the same neighborhood, and
distinctly recollects of seeing the said Jasper out in the service, but in what capacity she cannot state from known recollection.  She is the second wife of the said Jasper, and therefore has not the same means of knowing of her husband's services, and she had been united to her at an earlier period.  She does not recollect to have ever been the commission which her husband bore, but she has often heard him say he acted as an Ensign and that he was in many battles, and had seen a great deal of hard service. She cannot and does not entertain a doubt, that her husband was a faithful soldier and

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well deserved the compensation promised in the act of Congress of June 7th 1832, and therefore now respectfully applies for that compensation, confidently trusting that the evidence of her claim which she now furnishes will be deemed ample authority for its allowance.

                her
Catharine  X  Brokaw
               Mark

Subscribed Sworn the day
&  year aforesaid
Peter P. Runyon

And it appearing to the satisfaction of said Court that Jasper Brokaw late of the County of Somerset decd and an applicant for a Pension departed this life on the twenty ninth day of October in the year AD 1833, and that Catharine Brokaw, who has signed & sworn to the foregoing statement, is his widow and legal representative, they directed the facts to be so certified, and I do hereby certify them accordingly

In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and the seal of said Court
this twenty first day of March 1834
N. Booraem Clerk

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State of New Jersey  
Middlesex County ⎬ SS
On this twenty eighth day of April 1834, before me a Justice of the Peace in and for the County afd. personally appeared David Voorhees, [illegible] Known to me to be a credible person, whose statement is entirely to be relied upon, who being duly sworn, on his oath says, that he was well acquainted with Jasper Brokaw the applicant for a Pension named in the papers marked 9451. Knew him before the war of the Revolution lived within a mile or two of him during the whole of that war, recollects him well as an active, efficient soldier, always formal at the port of danger-  Knows that said Brokaw held a commission as Ensign in Capt Van Ness's company, from an early period of the War, and acted as Ensign throughout the remainder of the war, does not recollect precisely the date of his commission but knows it was in 1777, and thinks in the early part of that year did not belong to the same company with said Jasper
and therefore cannot enter into a detail of his
services; but he knows of those services, having seen him out, & been with him a great many times; recollects him distinctly as long as he, the deponent, remained in active service, which was of to the commencement of the year '81 or 2; knows that said Jasper served first as a private until 1777, and afterwards as an Ensign in  '78 '79 '80 '81 & '82, several tours in each year- not less than four or five.  Tho' not in service himself in 82, he was still in the neighborhood, and knew of all that was going
on amongst his neighbors, and saw them going out

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to and coming in from the war. Always regarded
said Jasper as a man of the strictest probity &
veracity, and has no doubt that, so far as his intellect remained, he has given a fair & live account of his revolution my services.

David Voorhees

Subscribed sworn to the
day & year aforesaid
before me
Peter P. Runyon
Justice of the Peace

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State of New Jersey
Middlesex County } SS.  On this twenty sixth day of April One Thousand and thirty four before me a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid personally appeared Isaac Brokaw, known to me to be a credible person whose statement is implicitly to be relied upon, also being duly sworn, on his oath saith that he is the 76th year of his age, a soldier of the Revolution, and now receiving a pension as such- that he was most intimately acquainted with Jasper Brokaw, recorded the applicant for a pension named in the papers numbered 9451, that he knew him when a child, & continued an
intimate acquaintance to the day of his death- lived under the same roof and in the same family with him for a long period, and during the whole of the war of the Revolution- belonged to the same militia company with him, first commanded by Capt Probasco and afterwards, & most of the war by Capt Van Reade, and did duty with him and under him- knows that said Brokaw held the office of Ensign in Capt Van Read's company, and thought had absolutely certain as to the oath of that commission, he believes it was in the Spring  of 1777, certainly in the fore part of that year.  Recollects that said Brokaw performed a tour, repre[?] volunteer, [1 mo.] of not less than one month in the Spring of 1776, at New York, under Capt Probasco, preparatory to the reception of the British, then momentally [momentarily?] reported from Boston.  Recollects of [1 mo] his being out afterwards in that year one month at Boston and in that neighborhood, under Capt Probasco, another [1 mo] month under Capt Fulkerson at Elizabethtown, and another month at least, under Probasco on the retreat of Genl
Washington through the state.  All these services were in [1 mo] guarding the state from the British & tories, and rendered as a private. During the winter of 1776, & up to June 1777, the British had their Head Quarters in Brunswick, the services of the whole militia of the adjacent country, was almost recessant, and the urgency was so pressing that the

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usual regularity in relieving each other, at stated intervals, could not be observed. In estimating the services of this kind, therefore, he is alleged to assume an aggregate, eather than give the details. He feels perfectly safe in saying that from January 1777 to the latter part of June of the same year, he himself did [3 mos] not less than three months duty; and he can with equal
confidence say that the said Jasper Brokaw did not render less. Their services were under Capt Probasco about one half of them, and the remainder, as he believes, under Capt Van Nest. Van Nest was made Captain, he thinks, in the Spring of 1777, and the said Jasper Brokaw Ensign about the same time. In the three 
month's last above specified ,therefore  the said Brokaw was at least one month a half day duty as Ensign.  In the remainder of the year 1777, the said Brokaw [2 mos]  did at least two tour of duty of a month each; one along the Millstone in protecting property from the British & tories, & the other in an expedition in to Pennsylvania which ended in the battle of Germantown, at which said Broden was present.  Both of these tours, as he believes, was under Capt Van Nest, he believes one month Col Van Dyke. He omitted to state with proper place, that he remembers very well the taking of the the
British soldiers by said Brokaw & one Tunison, and of their being carried to Somerville, in the middle of '76, and delivered of there. In the year 
 1778, an active year of the war in New Jersey, the deponent as well as the said Jasper, was very often called upon in alarming as well as on regular tours, and he can confidently say that  said Jasper performed not less than four regular tours of a month each and all, he thinks, under Capt Van Nest.  Three of these tours were on what was called the Elizabethtown station, and then in the western part of
the state and at Monmouth, at the time of the battle there.  They were all in the usual hard service of watch-

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up and endeavoring to expel the enemy, in their scouting
and depredations Col Frelinghuysen was sometimes in
command this year, & Lieut Col Vroom, Gibbs,  Farrand & [illegible]
as well as Col Van Dyke. In 1779 the said Jasper served, as
[illegible] deponent verily believes Nest [illegible] four times of a month 
each. Two of three towns, he thinks, was at Elizabethtown
under Capt Van Nest in guarding the lines he also [illegible] 
that neighborhood under Capt McCoy, at the time of [illegible]
coe's expedition, and another in the same place under
Capt Van Nest, Col Vroom, Frelinghuysen, and Col Van Dyke were alternately in command. In 1780 
the said Brokaw was out as usual, & did not [illegible] four
tour of duty of a month each he thinks he did
not have done less than five to six this year Three of 
these tours was in the Elizabethtown states, in the
usual service of guarding the line out one to Springfield
before and during the battle has servd all 
as he thinks under Captain Nest. He recollects Van 
Nest particularly at Springfield & that Gen. Dickenson
was in command to part if not the whole of the militia line of the militia. 
In 1781 also he said Brokaw as out as usual and
did his full share of duty, not less certainly, three 
4 mo four tours of a month each all, he thinks, on the Elizabethtown 
station, [illegible] the shore from that place
to Perth Amboy, and under Capt Van Nest. 
In 1782,
likewise the same [illegible] in military defence was preserved
if not increased and the said Brokaw was
act as usual on the lines between Amboy & Newark
[illegible] Elizabethtown the Head Quarters,and
performed, as deponent has not the least doubt at
least four tours of a month each, under he believes,
Capt Van Nest, & Col Van Dyke & Frelinghuysen. 
In all his services from the spring of 1777 to
the close of the war the said Brokaw acted and
served as Ensign as this deponent [illegible] he [illegible] 
recalls he the service and services of the Revolution

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and in identifying those performed by his half brother
Jasper Brokaw, the deponent relies upon 
historical 
events to fix dates in his service upon the law of
the state for the length of regular tours, and upon
his our & the concurrent memory of many of the
survivor of the War, for the details into which he
has entered. So far as relates to the aggregate of
service made, he feels not a particle of doubt,
and he is  equally assured as to the office and such
which he the said Jasper generally served in
he [illegible] not be positive, & has not intended to make
an absolute averment as to all the particalay
of the service [illegible] justice is
all that is aimed at, as he presumes, by the War
Department, she has afforded and maintained [illegible] 
knows all land to no other [illegible]
Isaac Brokaw
Sworn & Subscribed on the day }
year aforesaid before me }
Peter P Runyon }
Justice of the Peace }

State of New Jersey }
Middlesex County } I Nicholas Bond Clerk of said
County, do hereby certify, that Peter P Runyon
before whom the affidavit of David Voorhees, 
and Isaac Brokaw was made, is a Justice of the
Peace for said County, duly commissioned &, sworn, and
that the signature of said  Justice, attached to aforesaid county 
In testimony whereof, I have here
unto set my hand & seal of office 
this twenty eighth day of April 
eighteen hundred & thirty four.
N Booram Clerk

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State of New York }
County of Seneca } ss Personally appeared before
the subscriber a judge of the Court of said County
David Brokaw who being sworn according to
law deposeth & saith that he is aged seventy Eight
that he was personally acquainted with Jasper
Brokaw who was a soldier in the war of the
Revolution, that he was also personally acquainted
with Catharine Brokaw, who was the
wife of the said Jasper Brokaw & that this 
deponent was at the wedding of the said Jasper
Brokaw & Catherine Brokaw, which said marriage
took place at Hillsborough Somersette County
New Jersey on the 13th day of June 1786 the
said marriage serimony was performed by the Rev
Mr. Elmore, that the said Catharine Brokaw
here named & who is now applying for a pension is the
identical Catherine Brokaw that was married to
the said Jasper Brokaw a soldier of the revolution
& who was the wife of the said Jasper Brokaw
the identical Soldier who served in the war of the
revolution, and which account she is now applying
for a pension
David Brokaw
Subscribed & Sworn before me }
this 2d day of February, 1841
N.B. Wheeler Judge &c
I certify that I am personally acquainted with
the above named David Brokaw, & I can with
please say that the fullest confidence is to
be placed upon what he has above subscribed
that he is a man of sterling truth & veracity
Ovid 2d day of Feb. 1841.  N.B. Wheeler Judge of sd County

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State of New York }
Seneca County }ss Personally appeared before
the Subscriber a Judge of the Court of said County
Eleanor Brokaw who being duly sworn according to
law upon her oath deposeth & said, that she is
aged sixty
years, that as early as 1786, She was
acquainted & knew Jasper Brokaw a Soldier of
the revolution, although this deponent was but a child
at that early period, she well remembers of attending
the wedding & of seeing the said Jasper Brokaw &
Catharine Brokaw stand up on the floor to be
married, which said marriage took place at
Hillsborough Somerset County on the 13th day
of June 1786 and that the said Catherine
Brokaw the person now applying for a pension is
the identical Catharine Brokaw who was the
wife of the said Jasper Brokaw a soldier of
the revolution & who was married as above named
& has ever since that time to the death of the said
Jasper Brokaw been & remained his said wife
Subscribed & Sworn before me }
this 2d day of February 1841 }
Elenor Brokaw
N.B. Wheeler Judge &c
I certify that I am personally acquainted 
with the above named Eleanor Brokaw & that
she is a person of truth; of good moral character
& is fully to be believed & that I recommend full
confidence to be placed upon her deposition-
Ovid 2d day of Feb. 1841. N. B. Wheeler Judg

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State of New York |
Seneca County ss }
I, do hereby certify that Nathan P. Wheeler
Esquire, was on the second day of 
February 1841, a Judge of the county courts in
and for said County, duly commissioned
and sworn, and duly authorized to take
and certify the foregoing Depositions or 
affidavits, and I further certify that I am well
acquainted with the handwriting of such
Judge and verily believe that his several
signatures to the Jurats of said Depositions and the certificates 
thereunder written are Genuine. In Testimony
whereof I have hereunto set my hand and
affixed the seal of the court of Common
Pleas of said County this 3rd day of 
February Anno Domini 1841.
H. Sandford Clerk
By C. D. Hanks Deputy Clerk

Chautauque County ss I Elial T Foote Esq first Judge
of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County
of Chautauque Do certify that in my opinion  [illegible] 
Catherine Brokaw the above applicant for a pension
could not go to Mayville the seat of Justice for this county
a distance of more than 30 miles from her residence
on account of old age debility and infirmity. I do further
certify that I should think she is of the age she represents
herself to be. I do further certify that she lives in a town
adjoining the one I reside in and about 13 miles from my
residence, and that I was not personally acquainted with 
her previous to the time she made her application 
before me for a pension, but that she produces certificates
from persons in good standing in her town and neigh-

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borhood, with some of whom
I am well acquainted and that
from said certificates, in which I have full confidence as well as
the appearance [illegible] and intelligence of the woman
I confidently believe she is a moral respectable woman and
in good standing in every respect, and that full faith
and credit ought to be given to her testimony - 
E T Foote

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State of New York },
Seneca County } ss Personally appeared before the
Subscriber a Justice of the peace in and for said county
and State, Rev Abraham Brokaw of said County
& upon first being duly sworn according to law
deposeth & saith that he was born in Somerset Co
New Jersey, and is aged eighty two years, that
he was a soldier in the war of the revolution
and is a pensioner of the United States, that
he was personally acquainted with Jasper Brokaw
(the late husband of Catharine Brokaw of
Chautauqua County New York who is applying
for a pension as the widow of the aforesaid
Jasper Brokaw), when a boy & a young man
and was under the said Jasper Brokaw in the
war of the revolution when he was acting as Ensign
at Germantown in the militia of the State of New 
Jersey, at the time above named when the said
Jasper Brokaw acted & was Ensign, it was under
Capt Abraham Van Nest; that the said Jasper
Brokaw was in the battle of Mill Stone when the
large number of waggons were taken from the
British,
that he was in the Monmouth battle in
the Militia of New Jersey, that the aforesaid
Jasper Brokaw did actual service in the
militia of the State of New Jersey in the war
of the revolution taking his turn & never failing
to take his turn alternately in serving monthly with
his associates & that this deponent was often in
the war of the revolution with the aforesaid Jasper
Brokaw & that the said Jasper Brokaw served
as a private and as an Ensign through the
whole war of the revolution & that in all the said Joseph Brokaw served three years or more 
in the said war of the revolution, and that the

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said Jasper Brokaw the late husband of 
aforesaid Catharine Brokaw, was the identical
Soldier & person who served under that name & that 
the said Catherine Brokaw of Chautauqua Co
New York who is applying for a pension as the
widow of the aforesaid Jasper Brokaw is the
identical person, the identical widow of the aforesaid soldier Jasper Brokaw that the
said 
Jasper Braham was an Ensign at the battle 
of Germantown Pennsylvania & that he ever after
that time served and acted & was Ensign & acted
as such through the remainder of the war of the
revolution & until the close of the same.
Abrm Brokaw
Sworn & Subscribed before me }
this 14th day of Oct 1842 }
James Foster Justice
of the Peace in & for Seneca County
State of New York }
Seneca County ss } I James Foster the Justice of the Peace 
took the above affidavit hereby certify that I have well 
acquainted with the above named Abraham Brokaw for Eight
years or more and that he is a clergyman of the first respectability
and entitled to full credence in his aforesaid
affidavit. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my
hand the 14th day of Oct 1842
James Foster Justice
of the Peace in & for Seneca County

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State of New York }. I do hereby certify that J
Seneca County ss: } Foster Esquire whose signatures
appear to the foregoing Depositions
certificate, was at the date of said
Deposition & certificate a Justice of the
Peace in & for said County duly 
commissioned and sworn. And further
that I am well acquainted with his
handwriting & verily believe that his
signatures to the Jurat of said Deposition
& to said certificate are severally
genuine & in his own handwriting. In
Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand
& affixed the seal of said County this 14th
day of November A.D. 1842
C.S. Hanks Clerk

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Catharine Brokaw,
Payment to be made at Albany
by
Thos W. Olcott Esqr
Agent for paying Pensioners, in the
Agency of New York

Payable on the 4th September and 4th
March
Recorded in the Pension Office on the
Roll of Pensioners under act February
2d, 1848, Page 9. Vol. 4
Geo. Jenkins
Clerk
Rec'd Aug. 5, 1848

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WAR DEPARTMENT.
WIDOW'S PENSION.
I certify that in conformity with the act of February 2, 1848,
Catharine Brokaw
widow of Jasper Brokaw
who was an Ensign in the revolutionary war,
is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of One hundred and
twenty dollars per annum, commencing on the
4th of March, 1848, and continuing for life, unless she should again
marry; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such
marriage.
Given at the War Office of the United
States this 28th day of July
one thousand eight hundred and
forty eight.
Examined and Countersigned, 
J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.
By F. S. Evans

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State of New York }
County of Cattaraugus } ss
On this 24th
day of January eighteen hundred and
fifty before the subscriber, a Justice
of the Peace in and for said County
personally appeared Catharine Brokaw
and made oath in due form of
law that she is the widow of Jasper
Brokaw who was a private and
Ensign in the Revolutionary 
War - that [crossed out] and who died some
Sixteen or seventeen years ago
that she and her said husband
formerly lived in New Jersey
that she has drawn a pension
under the several acts
of Congress at the rate of
$120. per annum - that she 
is the identical person named
in an original certificate which
is herewith surrendered - that
she now asks for any increase
of pension to which she may
be found entitled under any

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of the acts and resolutions
of Congress to which she may
be found entitled by 7th of July 
1838, 3d of March 1843, 23d of June
1845, 2d of Feb. 1848, and jt resolution
of July 1st. 1848, that [the record of crossed out]
her husband was inscribed on
the pension list of New Jersey,
that she has resided in this
State since her husband's death
(witness)
John I Stryken
Catharine her X mark Brokaw
Sworn to and subscribed }
before me the day and year }
above mentioned }
Warren H. Reeves Justice of the peace
I certify that Catharine
Brokaw above named is the same
individual she represents herself to be
in the foregoing .affidavit
Warren H. Reeves J. P.

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966
Jamestown N.Y. June 10, 1852,
Hon J. E. Heath
Sir
Your Department is
in the practice, I believe, of giving
an opinion in cases where
real & not hypothetical cases are
presented. This saved the applicant
a good deal of trouble and expence,
and saves your department 
a good deal of labor
for if the case is briefly stated
and you decide against the claimant
there is an end of it, and you
are not necessitated to read
over a mass of voluminous
papers to ascertain whether there
is merit in the application
or not.
Case Jasper Brokaw
died in Somerset Co.New Jersey
about 18 years ago. He
was pensioned under the act of
1818, but never drew any money
in his life time, but his widow

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after his decease at the money he
was entitled to, 96 dols a year I believe.
His widow Catharine Brokaw
was pensioned under the widows
act, myself drew her papers, at 120
dols a year, receiving the pay of a
Sargeant
Since that same attorney,
I do not know whom, has got
her pensioned with the pay of an
Ensign, and the is drawing the
money.
Now the question is, is
not Jasper Brokaws legal representation
entitled to the difference in the
pay between a private and an Ensign
after the passage of the act of 1832 till
the day of his death. An answer
will much oblige me.
I see from the Report of [illegible]
Stuart to the [illegible] Dec. 2 1850, at page
25, 111 offices and 1993 non commissioned and privates are entitled to land Warrants for Revolutionary 
services. Mrs Brokaw wishes me to ask the question whether
her husband is not in the

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above list..

John Hosier was pensioned
under the act of 1818
and when he was pensioned
he lived in the County of
Onondaga in this State. He
and his widow have been
dead many years- was
he in the list of unclaimed Bounty
land above refered to
Yours very Respfy
Saml A Brown

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(Postcard, 1-cent stamp)

[THIS SIDE OF CARD IS FOR ADDRESS ]
(postmarked stamp)  
WARREN
JAN 6 
11:20 A.M.
PA 1926

Pension Bureau
Washington
D. C.

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Pension Bureau
Washington, D. C. Jan 6, 1926
Dear Sir
Have you not my
letter relative to the Military
career of Jasper Brokaw
Rev. Patriot on File? This
is several weeks ago. May
I ask that you give it attention
Yours truly, 
Lucy E. Jones
Gen. Del. Warren, Pa

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Washington City D
Feb 4th 1850
Sir
I herewith transmit
the application (together with her
present certificate
Brokaw
of NYork, widow
of Jasper Brokaw, for an
increase of her pension
under joint Resolution
0f July 1st 1848, and would
request early attention
Very Respectfully
Jno Thayer
Com of Pensions }
Present }

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REV SER
ew
1

Dear Sir:-
Will you please send
me a statement of the
military history of
Jasper Brokaw a soldier
in the Revolutionary War
also Col. Silas Dinsmoor
and Robert L. Dinsmoor or
any by this name of
(Dinsmoor) or (Dinsmore)
Sincerely
Mr. Geo. Gorball
Quincy
Mich

(round stamp)
U. S. 
PENSION
OFFICE
O
JUL 
24
1918

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In reply to your request of, received
for a statement of the military history of Jasper Brokaw
a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired
information as contained in his (and [or crossed out] his widow's) application for 
pension on file in this Bureau. W.F. 23, 663

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT | LENGTH OF SERVICE | RANK | OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED | CAPTAIN | COLONEL | STATE
During almost ┃ served at various | Pri | Henry Probasco | Van Dike | N. J.
entire war | times accounting | and | Fulkerson
| to | Ensign | Abm Van Neste |
| over 2 yrs. |  | McCoy

Battles engaged in, Millstone, Germantown, Monmouth, Springfield
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Lived almost all his life in Somerset Co. N.J.
Date of application for pension, Aug. 20, 1832 His cl. was al.
Residence at date of application, Franklin Twp Somerset Co. N.J
Age at date of application, B Oct 9, 1752, Franklin Twp Somerset Co. N.J.
Remarks: He mar June 13, 1786, at Hillsborough, Somerset
Co. N. J. Catharine Brokaw who was born Mch. 2. 1765 at Hillsborough, N.J. She was his second wife - name of first wife not stated. He died Oct. 17 or 29, 1833 in Somerset Co. N.J. and
al. pen. on her ap. ex. Mch 20, 1841 while a resident of Carroll, Chautauqua, Co. N.Y. 
Children Catharine, born Mch 21, 1788, Isaac, b. June 17, 1789, John, born 1792
Respectfully, 
Commissioner
{wid.'s decl dated Mch 21, 1834 was }
{for her husbands pension }

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(round stamp)
U. S.
PENSION 
OFFICE
D
MAR
12 1903

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BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
Henry Mueller President
C. H. Lane, Vice President.
R. L. Clinton 
E. B. Weirick
D.J. Giard
W. M H. White
Geo. E. Moulthrop.

Office of Education 
R. G. Young, Supt.
Thos. Richards, Clerk.
Butte, Montana, March 6, 1903

(upside down stamp)
[illegible] WAR & NAVY
MAR 14 1903
[ILLEGIBLE]

War Department
Washington 
D.C.
.
Will you kindly look up the
record
of Jasper Brokaw who
was an
ensign in the Revolutionary
War. His home was Boundbrook
New Jersey
His widow drew a
pension.
Respectfully
(Miss) Alice Dinsmoor
117 N. Alabama It
Butte, Mont

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Warren Pa
Dec 18, 1925

(round stamp)
U.S.
PENSION
OFFICE
DEC 
21
1925

Pension Bureau
Washington D.C.
Dear Sir
Will you kindly give an account
of the military record of Jasper Brokaw
who assisted in establishing American
Independence during the war of the
Revolution with references by
Volume and page to the documentary
or other authorities
I have made application for
Membership to the National Society
of the D.A.R. as a descendant
of Jasper Brokaw of Somerset Co., N.J
and
a resident of Hillsborough, N.J.
on Aug. 20. 1812 he applied for a
Pension and his claim was allowed
He died Oct 17th--29, 1833.
His wife was allowed a Pension
on an application executed Mar 20,
1847 while a resident of Carroll, 
Chautauqua County, New York. She died
1853.
Thanking you, I am, Sincerely
Lucy E Jones
Gen.. Del., Warren, Penna

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734 Westover Avenue
Norfolk, Virginia
March 10, 1939

Pension Department
Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:
I would like very much to have
the Revolutionary War record of Jasper Brokaw,
who served with the Somerset County, New Jersey
Militia. He was born in 1752 and
died in 1833. I would like to have all the
information which you have concerning him.
If there is a fee for this service
kindly advise me
Very truly yours,
C. Herbert Tunison

(round stamp)
 RECEIVED 
MAR 11 1939
MAIL SUB-DIV
[ILLEGIBLE] 74

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May 4, 1939
BA-J/AWF
Jasper Brokaw
W. 23663

Mr. C. Herbert Tunison
734 Westover Avenue
Norfolk, Virginia
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which
you request the Revolutionary War record of Jasper
Brokaw, born in 1752, served from Somerset County,
New Jersey, and died in 1833.
The data which follow were obtained from
papers on file in claim for pension, W.23663,
based upon service of Jasper Brokaw in the War of
the Revolution.
Jasper Brokaw was born October 9, 1752, in
Franklin Township, Somerset County, New Jersey.
The names of his parents were not stated.
While a resident of said Somerset County,
Jasper Brokaw served at various times with the
New Jersey troops, as private and ensign, from
the spring of 1776, under Captains Henry Probasco,
Fulkerson, Abraham VanNeste, McCoy, Cornelius
Tunison, Colonels Vroom, VanDike, and Frelinghuysen;
he was in the battles of Millstone, Germantown, Monmouth,
Springfield, and several skirmishes, length
of service about three years.
He applied for pension August 20, 1832, at
which time he was living in Franklin
Township,
Somerset County, New Jersey, having lived about two
years in the State of New York. The pension was

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allowed.
The soldier, Jasper Brokaw, died October 17,
or 29, 1833, in Somerset County, New Jersey.
Jasper Brokaw married June 13, 1786, in 
Hillsborough, Somerset County, New Jersey, Catharine who
was born March 2, 1765 in said Hillsborough; the
names of her parents are not given. She was the
second wife of Jasper Brokaw name of first wife not
given, nor are there any details in regard to her.
The widow, Catharina Brokaw, moved in the
month of October, 1834, from Somerset County, New Jersey,
to Carroll, Chautauga County, New York. She
was allowed pension on her application executed
March 20, 1841, then a resident of Carroll, New York.
She continued to live there, in 1843, 1844, 1848, and
1850. She died June 19, 1853.
The following data are shown in the claim in
regard to the children of Jasper Brokaw, and wife,
Catharine:
Caterine (Catharine) born March 21, 1788
Isaac " [born] June 17, 1789
John who was forty-nine years old in 1841,  then a
resident of Carroll, New York.
Isaac Brokaw, "half brother" of Jasper Brokaw,
was seventy-six years old in 1834, he was a soldier
in the Revolution.
In 1841 the widow, Catharine Brokaw, referred
to her "brother", David Brokaw, then of Seneca
County, New York, aged seventy-eight years. One
Elenor Brokaw in 1841 was sixty years old, and of
Seneca County, New York; her relationship to the
family was not stated.
In 1842 Abraham Brokaw was eighty-two years

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old, a Clergyman of Seneca County, New York; he
stated that he was born in Somerset County, New Jersey,
and had been well acquainted with both,
Jasper Brokaw, and his wife, Catharine, for many
years.
The papers on file in this claim contain
no further discernible family data.
In order to obtain the name and address of
the person who received the last payment of this
pension, you should apply to The Comptroller General,
General Accounting Office, Records Division, this
city, and furnish the following data:
Catharine Brokaw, widow of Jasper Brokaw
Certificate #966
Issued February 8, 1850
Rate $236.66 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1848
Act of February 2, 1848
New York, Albany Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator