Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 2197, Moses Elmer, New Jersey

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SERVICE
New Jersey


Elmer, Moses or Moses G

NUMBER
B.L.WT.665-300 Surgn Mate
Dated Sept 29, 1790,
Issued to John Hole assignee
No papers 

carded

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Replied to Agent See letter.

[unreadable] Honorable D. Daylon
August 14th 1845

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New Jersey 32,143
Moses Elmer, died
Essex Co., in the state of New Jersey
who was a Surgeon's Mate in the [blank]
commanded by Captain [blank]
of the rest commanded by [blank]
in the N. Jersey
line from May 1778 to June 1783.
Payable to Apollo M. Elmer, son and only child of Moses Elmer, dec.
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Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey
at the rate of 524 Dollars  7  Cents per annum.
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.  & to end 31st  May 1835, when he died
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Certificate of Pension issued the 16th day of May 1844 and sent to Hon. J.W. Mills
Senate U. States 
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Seminal. allowance ending  [blank]

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

Recorded by D. Brown    Clerk,
Book E.2, Vol. 3, Page 127.

Amount paid under act 1828 at $480 per annum from 4 March 1831
to be ducted [sic].

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I Ebenezer Elmer of the County of Cumberland in the State of New Jersey do solemnly sincerely & truly swear that according to the best of my recollection Doctr Moses Elmer of the State aforesaid was appointed Surgeon's Mate of the Second New Jersey Regiment early in the fall of 1778 & immediately joined the Regiment where I was Surgeon & was duly mustered as such__That he continued in that Station untill [sic] the Brigade was disbanded in June 1783 upon the restoration of Peace.

Eben Elmer

Sworn June 27th 1828
before me
Enos Seeley Justice of the Peace

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I do hereby certify to the Honble Richard Rush, Secretary of the Treasury, that Enos Seely Esq before whom the within deposition was taken was at the time of the [illegible] thereof of the Justice of the peace in & for said County of Cumberland , duly commissioned & authorized by the law of New Jersey to administer oaths.

Witness my hand this 31st day of July, 1828.
Lewis Conduct one of the Reprs
from N. Jersey, in the Congress of the U. S.

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For the purpose of obtaining the benefits of an act entitled, an act for the relief of certain surviving officers(?) of the army of the Revolution, approved on the 15th of May 1828. I Moses Elmer of New Providence in the County of  Essex & State of New Jersey, do hereby declare that I was an officer in the Continental line of the army of the Revolution, & served as such, to the end of the war, at which period I was a Surgeons-mate, in the Second Regiment of the New Jersey line.
And I do declare that I afterwards received certificates.(commonly called as I verily believe commutation certificates) for a sum equal to the amount of five years full pay; which sum was offered by the resolve of Congress, of the 22d.. of March , 1783, instead of the half pay for life, to which I was entitled under the resolve of Congress of the 21st.. of October. 1780. And I further declare that I have not at any time applied for, nor received from the United States a pension.
Witness my hand this 31st. day of of July A.D. 1828
Moses Elmer (sig)

Before me, a Justice of the Peace, duly empowered to administer oaths in the County of Morris & State of New Jersey, personally appeared this day, Doctor Ebenezer Elmer (crossed out) Aaron Coe, & Lewis Condict, of said County, who did severally make oath, that Doctor Moses Elmer, by whom the foregoing declaration was subscribed , is generally respected & believed to have been an officer in the army of the Revolution, in manner as therein states.
Witness my hand this 31st. day of July  AD. 1828.             
Aaron Coe Lewis Condict.
James Wood

Know all men by there present, that I, Moses Elmer of New Providence in the County of Essex & State of New Jersey do hereby constitute & appoint Colonel Aaron Ogden, my true & lawful attorney , with a power of substitution , for me & in my name to receive from the United States, the amount of pay now due to me , under the approved 15th. May 1828 as a Surgeons  Mate in the 2nd. Regiment of the New Jersey line of the Army of the Revolution.  Witness my hand & seal this 31st. day of July in the year of our Lord 1828.   Moses Elmer (sig)
Sealed & delivered in the the presence of 
Lewis Condict.
James Woods

Before me, a Justice of Peace in the County of Morris in the state of New Jersey personally appeared this day, Doctor Moses Elmer, whose name is subscribed to the foregoing power of attorney & acknowledged the former to be his act & deed, & also declares, that the same was not given by reason of any transfer, or of any attachment by or seizure by any (?) whatever of the (?) therein authorized to be received, but that the said (?) is intended to ensure wholly to his personal benefit. Witness my hand this 31st day of July 1828.
James Woods

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I do hereby certify to the Honble Richard Tush, Secretary of the Treasury that James Wood  Esq within named & before whom the within depositions were taken & the acknowledgment of the power of Attorney made is now & has been for several years, one of the Judged of the Court of Common pease &c justice of the peace, in & for the County of Morris & State of New Jersey, 
duly authorized & commissioned by the laws of said State to administer oaths & to take acknowledgments.
Witness my hand this 31st day of July AD. 1828.
Lewis Conduct, one of the Repts from N Jersey in the Congress of the United States.

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795.
Moses Elmer_
Declaration_
Power to A. Ogden
MR (?) substitute

presented 12 Aug 1828

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State of New Jersey
County of Essex  ss.

On this twentieth day of March in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and forty four personally appeared Apollos M. Elmer of Elyabeth Town in the County and state aforesaid of lawful age, who being first duly worn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832__ That  he is the son and only heir of the late Moses Elmer, who he always understood and believes was a surgeons mate in the New Jersey Continental line of the Army of the Revolution__ That his said Father received a pension under the act of congress of the 15th of May 1828 for his revolutionary services, and died on the 31st day of May 1835 and that his fathers wife died before that date__ For the particular of his Fathers revolutionary services he refers to the papers filed in support of his claim under the act of the 15th of May 1828____

Apollos M Elmer

Sworn and subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Wm Willis Justice of the Peace

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State of New Jersey 
County of Essex  ss.

I John P. Jackson Clerk of the County Court of the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that William Willis before whom the foregoing declaration was sworn and subscribed, is a Justice of the Peace and that his signature is genuine__

In Testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and official Seal at the city of Newark in said county the Thirteenth day of March A. D. Eighteen hundred & forty four__

J P Jackson Clk

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2197

INVALID.

Rev War
am

File No. 2197
Moses Elmer
Surgeon Rev War

Act:  June 7th 1832
INDEX:-Vol. A,Page 712

[Arrangement of 1879.]
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35494
Moses Elmer Decd
Surgeon's Mate
N. Jy line
Act 7 June 1832
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N. Jersey Roll 
May 1778 to June 1783
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$ 5224 7/100 per anu.
to be paid up to May 31, 1835
the day of said Elmer's death
to his son and only child
Apollo [name crossed out] M Elmer, decd
[hand with pointing finger] The amount payable [illegible] under act '28 at $480 per ann. to be deducted.
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Hon J. W. Miller
Senate U. S

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795

REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Sept. 6.1828

Moses Elmer, of New Providense, in the County of Essex, in the State of New Jersey has applied to the Secretary of the Treasury for the benefits of the act entitled " An Act for the refief of certain surviviing officers and soldiers of the army of the Revolution," approved on the 15th of May, 1828. He states that he was an officer on the Continental line, and served as such to the end of the war,

at which period he was Surgeon's Mate in the Second regiment of the New Jersey line; and that he received commutation certificates for the five years full pay granted by the resolve of 22 March, 1783; and further, that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of March 1826, nothing.
The Third Auditor is requested to report how far these several statements are corroborated by the records in his office. 
By order of the Secretary,
A.Dickens

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Third Auditor's Office,
12 September 1828

It further appears that Moses Elmer is not now on the pension list of any agency, and has been since the 3rd March 1826.

Moses G. Elmer, appears to have been a Surgeons Mate in the New Jersey line but there is no evidence furnished by the records of this office that he received commutation certificates nor was he as Surgeons Mate entitled to them_
Peter Hagner (?)

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District of Columbia,
Washington County, SCT,

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, That I, Aaron Ogden the Attorney mentioned in the annexed poer from Moses Elmer do hereby constitute and appoint John R. Nourse my true and lawful Attorney and substitute, to effect all the purposes for which the power from the said Moses Elmer was granted.

Witness my hand and seal this month _ day of August 1828.

Witness: J.L. Brightwell     Aaron Ogden L.P.

BE IT KNOWN, That on this month day of August 1828, personally appeared before me MICHAEL NOURSE, Notary Public, the above named Aaron Ogden, and acknowledged the foregoing power of substitution to be his act and deed
JohnR. Nourse
Notary Public

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Be it known that before me Michael Norris, Notary Public for the County of Washington in the District of Columbia personally appeared this day.  John R. Norris, substitute of Aaron Ogden, the attorney named in the foregoing power of attorney from Moses Elmer has made with oath that the same was not given to him by reason of any [unreadable] for or of any attachment, [unreadable or seizure by any legal process whatever of the pay therein authorized the [unreadable] but that the said pay is intended to ensure wholly to the personal benefit of the person by which due power was executed.
Witness my hand and notarial seal this 12th day of August 1828.
Michael Norris  Notary Public
Note: the power to [unreadable] Ogden wants the Certification of the Clerk of the Court, relative to Pensioner Records Being a justice of the peace was in [unreadable] thereof a certificate from the Honorable Lewis Conduct of that effect – similar certificates from Members of the National Legislation have been admitted in [unreadable].  I [unreadable] at the Treasury.  Michael Norris

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Declarations for
Arrears due Moses Elmer
Act of Congress 7th June '36

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No. 1.         Shreve's Regiment

Release of the Officers of the Second Jersey Regiment in service January 6th 1781 with the sums due each on account of the depreciation of their pay agreeably to an Act of the Legislature payed the 6th day of January 1781.
Named: Moses Elmer
Rank: Surg Mate
Time in Service : Aug 28 1778 to Aug 1 1780
Pay for month: 15.0.0
Amt of depren: 321.16
State stores: 8.00
Clothing: 36.14.3
Cash from Commis: 7.10.0
Bal. due: 269.11.0

No. 2
We the Subscribed Officers of the New Jersey Brigade do acknowledge the receipt of twenty dollars each, exclusive of interest, from Colonel Frelinghuysen Commissioner being part of the money due in the depreciation of our pay.
Jersey Camp January 10. 1781.
8_ Moses G. Elmer_ S.M._
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State  of New Jersey

I Charles G. McChesney Secretary of the State of New Jersey do hereby certify that the foregoing marked No.1 is a true extract from Book A. of Auditors Accounts page 3

Seal affixed on left side of page.

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and that No. 2 is a true extract from a paper headed as therein mentioned, as taken from and compared with the originals now on file in my office. 

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Seal of Office at Trenton in said State this third day of July A. D. one thousand eight hundred and forty five.
Charles G. McChesney,
Secy of State

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Declaration in order to obtain the arrears of Pension due Moses Elmerdue as under the Act of Congress passed June 7th, 1832

State of New Jersey
Essex County }
On this seventh day of July AD 1845 before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for Essex County personally appears Apollos M Elmer a resident of said county aged thirty six years who being duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declarations in order to obtain the arrears off Pension due his Father Moses Elmer due under the Act of Congress passed 7th June 1832.
That his Father, the said Moses Elmer was an officer in the War of the Revolution and served for a number of years as a Surgeons Mate in the 2nd Regiment of the New Jersey line of the Continental Army. That the said Moses Elmer was at the time of his death a Pensioner of the United States under the Act of Congress of May 15th 1828 at and after the rate of $480 per annum, but as he was in service at the time of the Act of Congress of 1780 and subsequently thereto until the close of the war. Declaiment believes his said father was entitled to an increased allowance beyond the sum of $480 per annum under the Act of Congress of the th June 1832_ That his Father the same Moses Elmer departed this life on the theirtyfirst day of May 1835 without leaving any widow and that declaimant is and was the only issue of said (illegible) to the 7th day of July 1845 before me and I certify that I am well acquainted with  the (illegible) and named in the  foregoing affidavit and believe him to be a man of truth and veracity}

Elias Winary
Justice of the Peace

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New Jersey
Essex County }

At a surrogates Court held in and for the County of Essex on the Seventh day of July 1845 satisfactory evidence was addressed to prove that Moses Elmer who was a pensioner of the United States under the Act of Congress of 15th of May 1828 departed this life on the thirtyfirst day of May 1835 without leaving any widow and that Apollos M. Elmer of Elizabeth Town Essex County is and was the only child of said deceased and is of lawful age 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto placed my hand and affixed my seal of Office the day and year first above written

Jno. J. Chetwood, Surrogate

Seal affixed on left side of page

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Senate Chamber
June 15 /43

To J. L. Edwards
[illegible]

[illegible]

[illegible] use again to call your attention to the justice office [illegible] of D Elmer.  [illegible] attached [illegible] given us the certificate at your earliest convenience & oblige 
Yours Respectfully
J W Miller

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No 71 Cedar [illegible]
New York July 10th 1845
Dear Sir
The enclosed papers are in support of the claim of [illegible] Elmer of Elizabethtown for the arrears of increased pension due his father Moses Elmer due under the Act of 7th June 1832.  I will be obliged to you if you will transmit them to Mr. Edwards at your convenience.
[illegible] Elmer drew a pension at the rate of $480 per annum under the Act of 1828, but as he was in service subsequently to September 1780 he was entitled according to a late decision after Department to pay at an increased rate.  The enclosed certificate shows that he was in service as late as 1781 and it is evident he served until the close of the war or he could not have been paid under the Act of 1828.  There is doubtless abundant proof of service on file at Washington.  The records of Newberry do not extend farther than the time stated in the certificate referred to.
The Declaration in this case is improperly drawn & executed but the [illegible] certificate contains the necessary facts to authorize the allowance of the claim.
With warm regards
Truly Yours
C. D. Lewis
Hon. Mr. Dayton
Newtons