Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 3204, Joseph Corwin, New Jersey

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(8-1776)

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Service:
New Jersey

Corwin,
Joseph

Number:
S3204

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New Jersey

Joseph Corwin of Morris Co. in the state of New Jersey 
who was a Private in the company commanded 
by Captain Birdds of the [crossed out] New Jersey Troops. 

[illegible] $80.

Joseph Corwin Recordant 
Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey 
at the rate of 80 Dollars per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. 

Certificate of Pension issued the 23rd day of March 
1833--and Sent R Nicholas. Flanders, N.J.

Arrears to the 4th of March 1833.             160.00 
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept 1833   40.

                                                                     $200.00

Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832. 

Recorded by [illegible] Clerk, Book 8 Vol. 3 Page 105

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State of New Jersey
County of Morris.
On this twenty first day of July 1832 personally
appeared before me William Monro one of the
Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the
County of Morris and State of New Jersey Joseph Corwin a Resident Citizen
of the Township of Roxbury in the County of Morris and State of New Jersey
aged Seventy nine years, Who being first duly sworn by me according 
to Law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain
the Benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832 -
to wit-
That he entered the service of the United States about the first of April 1775
as a private Soldier, at Roxbury in the County of Morris N.J. for the Period
of one year against the common enemy in a Company of New Jersey State
Troops under Capt Daniel Budd and Subalterns Wm Corwin and
Cornelius Woods and that this Deponent as one of the members or
Privates of said Company during said period of one year was
almost Constantly engaged in active duty for Common Defense
in performing forced marches to various points of alarm in N. Jersey
and watering the movements of Internal Enemus (Called Tories)
and that at the Expiration of his Term of service of one year
he was paid and Honourably Discharged therefrom ----
and that afterwards to wit about the first of July 1776 he
again entered the service aforesaid for the period of five months
in the New Jersey State Troops at Roxbury aforesaid in a Company
commanded by Capt. Nathan Luce and Subalterns Wm Corwin
George Hager and Victor King in the Regiment of Col Martin Lunt
Co. Munson and Major. Ludlow of General Heards Brigade
that while in the five months service he was in the Battles of White
Plains, Long Island, Forts Washington and Lee and Sundry
Skirmishes at various Points of alarm in New Jersey against the
Common Enemy and was Paid and Honourably Discharged
at the Expiration of the period aforesaid, and that near the
close of the five months service from fatigue and Exposure
he took a violent cold which seriously Effected his back
and Loins, which disability he has Continually felt since
that Period and for a number of years past he has occasion
ally and frequently suffered most Excruciating pains from
the effects thereof - and this Deponent further saith that from
and after the Expiration of the five months service aforesaid

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untill the close of the Revolutionary war and being prompted
by the Zeal and Interest felt by him in the Common cause held
himself Equipt and in Readiness as a private in
the New Jersey Militia
to meet the Common Enemy on all occasions of alarm or
Emergency in the Spirit of Patriotism and Spartan Valour,
While in the service of the N. J. Militia he was under the command
of various captains of the same company, to wit Captains Thos Dickerson
John Starke and Jabez Heaton. Lieutenant Wm Colvin and Jabez
Heaton, in the Regiment of Col Munson afterwards John Starks 
of General Wines Brigade, and that during his
service in the
militia he was in the Battles of Springfield and Connecticut
Farms and on his way to the Battle of Monmouth to join General
Wines but the corps to which he belonged were Ordered to Watch the
movements of the Enemy supposed to be advancing towards Amboy
of Sandy Hook, he was also engaged in many skirmishes
with the enemy at various points of alarm to wit at Pollifly
Pyramus, Hackensack and English Neighbourhood, and in
Consequence of Constant alarms and Calls for the Common
Defense he was obliged to suspend in a measure his avoca
- tions as a Farmer for Support at a great Sacrifise of his
Personal Interest, and that during his period of service in the
Militia of N.J. although in feeble health his terms of service
were various in point of time and were limited according 
tothe Emergency of the Call and the duties to be performed
varying from one to four Weeks at a time and very frequently
and that as near as this Deponents memory serves him his whole
time of service in the N.J. Militia was two full years and
more, and this Deponent further saith that in the summer
of 1777 his House and Barn were occupied by the sick and
wounded of the army as a Hospital to his great Damage
in the destruction of his property & by his personal attendance
and for necessaries furnished for the Comfort of the sick and
wounded for which he never Received any Compensation from
any source whatever and also that he Lost more than two
thousand pounds by the Depreciation of Currency and
Loss on Certificates for Forage and provisions furnished
for the army of the Revolution---

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and this deponent further saith that he was born in the year
1753 as appears of Record in his possession in the Township of
Roxbury (but by a Division of the same now Chester) in the County
of Morris N.J. that during his Revolutionary service he
Resided at the same place where he was Born and that since
that Period he has resided at the same place or within
two miles of the same, and that he now resides at Flanders
in the Township of Roxbury N.J. within those miles of the place
of his birth, that he was called into the service of the
Revolutionary war as before stated and that he never
Received any written discharge for any of his services
in the Revolutionary war and that there are but two
persons now Living to his knowledge who served with
him in the Revolution, to wit John Bunn a private in ┃
Capt Nathan Luce Company in the five months service
and Noadiah Dickerson who served with him as a private in the N.J. Militia, that he is well known by
Wm Morris Esq and has been for Sixty years past who
has some knowledge of his services also, and this Dep -
onent further saith that he was Seventy nine years of
age in April last, and now a Cripple and Very
Infirm and feeble in bodily Health and not able to
endure the fatigue of going to the County Court being
a distance of fourteen miles or more and that he here
- by Relinquishes every claim to a pension or annuity
whatever (Except the present) and he Declares that his
name is not on the pension Roll of any agency in
any State whatever,
Joseph X his mark Corwin
Sworn and Subscribed before
me the day and year above written
Wm Monro

I William Monro one of the Judges of the Court of Common
Pleas in and for the County of Morris N.J. do hereby Certify
that after the Investigation of the matter of the abovementioned
applicant Joseph Corwin Touching his Revolutionary service

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and after putting the Interrogatories to him prescribed
by the War Department, I am fully satisfied that the said
Joseph Corwin was a soldier of the Revolution and served as
he has herein set forth and also that from my personal know
- ledge of the said Joseph Corwin he is unable from Bodily
Infirmity and age to attend the County Court in this his
matter of application for a pension. In Testimony whereof
I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this
twenty first day of July 1852
Wm Monro
New Jersey
Morris County Personally appeared before me William Monro one
of Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for
the County of Morris and State of New Jersey John Bunn
a soldier of the Revolution who being duly sworn by me
according to Law, on his oath saith that he is well acquain ┃
-ted with Joseph Corwin the aforementioned applicant for a pension
of and that he the said John Bunn was a private in a Company
of New Jersey State Troops 
commanded by Capt Nathan Luce and Lieutenants William
Corwin and George Hager and Ensign Victor King that he enlisted
about the first of July 1776 at Roxbury in the County of Morris aforesaid
for the period of five months in what was then Called the five
months service against the Common Enemy and that the said
Joseph Corwin Enlisted as a private the same Company about the same time
for the same period of service, and that to this Deponents own
Knowledge the said Joseph Corwin was at the Battles of Long
Island, White plains, forts Washington and Lee and performed
what was then called the Mud Rounds near the north River
and sundry skirmishes at various points of alarm in N Jersey
all during said period of five months service aforesaid
and that at the Expiration of said service they were Honourably
Discharged near New Brunswick without a Written Discharge, and
that this Deponent has no farther personal Knowledge of the said
Joseph Corwin services in the Revolutionary war, But from personal
conversation with him on the events of the Revolution and from
an accquaintance with him for sixty years past he has no
hesitation in Declaring his full Conviction and Belief
in the statement of the said Joseph Corwin set forth in
his Declaration herein, of his Revolutionary Service
and that the said John Bunn is Eighty years of age
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New Jersey
Morris County I William Monro one of the Judges of
the Court of Common Pleas in and for
the County of Morris and State of N.J., do hereby
Certify that I am Well acquainted with the two Witnesses
whose Testimony before me is herein annexed, touching the Revolutionary services of Joseph Corwin in his matter
of application for a pension also had before me, to wit
John Bunn and Noadiah Dickerson, that I was personally accquainted with them about the Close of the Revolutionary 
war and ever since that Period, and I have no hesitation
in declaring my full Conviction and belief in the Statements
set forth in their affidavits herein had before me and also
of their Good Character and Standing in Society for truth and
Veracity, and also that I am Well acquainted with the said
Joseph Corwin and have been for Sixty years past and that 
I lived a Neighbour to him in my fathers House in the time
of the Revolutionary war, that at the Commencement of the war
of the Revolution I was about twelve years of age, and that 
I have a Distinct Recollection of the said Joseph Corwin
being almost continually absent from his Residence during
the Revolutionary war, and that it was Reputed and Beleived 
in the Neighbourhood at the time that he was in the service
of the army of the Revolution and that I have a more
Distinct Recollection of the fact from the Circumstance of his
Business and farm being almost totally neglected by him
during that period, and also seeing him, on alarms being
made going from and Returning home equipt as a Soldier for
Military service, and also from the fact of his Known
Zeal and Whigism in the Common Cause at that period
I also have a Distinct Recollection of his House and Barn
being Occupied as a Hospital for the sick and wounded in  1777
as he has Stated, and of the General Repute and Beleif of his
having lost money to a Large amount at that time as stated
by him also, that I have lived within three miles of the said
Joseph Corwin since the Revolution and I am fully
Satisfied that he is of the age he has stated in his Declaration
had before me and annexed hereunto, and that the said
Joseph Corwins Character for truth and Veracity has never
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been doubted to my Knowledge or Belief and that
he is and ever has been since the Revolution Reputed and
Believed to have Been a Soldier and actor in the
Revolutionary war, In Witness whereof I have here
-unto set my hand and Seal of office this 27th day
of July 1832
Wm Monro
State of New Jersey
Morris County

I David Day Clerk of the Inferior Court
of Common Pleas of the County of Morris
aforesaid do hereby certify that William Monro Esquire
before whom the foregoing testimony was taken was
at the time of taking thereof and still is one of the acting 
Judges of the said Court duly Commissioned and
sworn and that full faith and credit is due to his
official acts as such Judge and that the name of
Monro affixed thereto is his genuine signature --
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed the Seal
of the said Court at Morristown
this twenty seventh day July in the
year of our Lord One thousand
eight hundred and thirty two -
David Day Clerk
Personally appeared before me William Monro one of the Judges of the Court
of Common pleas in and for said County Joseph Corwin who being duly sworn ┃
deposeth and saith that by Reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory
cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service but according to the best
Recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below and in the following
For one year and five months I served as a private in the State troops
years 1775 and 1776 and for one year and six months I served as a private ┃
New Jusey Militia and for such service I claim a pension
the said Joseph Corn subscribed
by making his mark before me this
of January Eighteen Hundred thirty three
Wm Manor
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and
further this Deponent John Bunn saith not
Sworn and subscribed before
me this 21th day of July 1832
John his X mark Bunn

Wm Monro
New Jersey
MorrisCounty
Personally appeared before me William
Monro one of the Judges of the Court of Common
Jersey
Pleas in and for the County of Morris and State of New
Noadiah Dickerson a Soldier in the New Jersey Militia
in the Revolutionary war who being by me first duly sworn
according to Law on his oath saith that he is well accquainted with
Joseph Corwin the aforementioned applicant for a pension
and has been for Sixty years past, that this Deponent was occasion
-nally out with the New Jersey Militia in the Revolutionary war
in Capt Thos Dickersons Company and Capt Cranes, that
this Deponent was called to the Battle of Monmouth in 1778
man Capt Thos Dickerson, and also to the Battles of Springfield and
Connecticut farms and was at the alarms and Skirmishes at 
Pollyfly and Hackensack in the Revolutionary war all against
the Common Enemy, and that to his Knowledge this said
Joseph Corwin was out with the Deponent in the New Jersey
militia at the Battles and Skirmishes aforesaid against
the Common Enemy this Deponent further saith the he Lived
within a few miles of the said Joseph Corwin in the Revolutionary 
war
and ever since that period and from his personal
accquaintance with the said Joseph Corwin and his
knowledge of him as a true Whig, and his Devoted
Zeal in the cause of American Independence and the
Known Character he sustains for truth and Veracity this
Deponent has no hesitation in Declaring his full Convictions
and Beleif in the statement set forth by the said Joseph
Corwin in his Declaration of his Revolutionary Services
and this Deponent saith he is seventy two years of age and further saith not
Sworn and Subscribed
before me this 21st day of July 1832 Noadiah Dickerson
Wm Monro

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New Jersey
Morris County. I David Day Clerk of the Inferior Court of
Common Pleas of the County of Morris afore -
said do hereby certify that William Monro Esquire before
whom the foregoing testimony of Joseph Corwin on the
eleventh day of January A.D. Eighteen hundred and thirty three
was taken was at the time and still is one of the acting Judges
of the said Court duly Commissioned and sworn and that 
full faith and credit is due to his official acts as such Judge
and that the name Wm Monro affixed thereto is his genuine
signature-

In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed the Seal
of the said Court at Morris Town
by
the twelfth day of January [illegible]
Eighteen hundred and thirty three 1833
David Day Clerk
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No 1243
Declaration
Joseph Corwin
the act of Congress
of June 7th 1832

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No 1243
Declaration
Joseph Corwin

Suspended
Oct 30. 1832

to R: Nicholas
Flanders
N. J.

Obj. 16
Wm.
[illegible]
Private
P --12

Suspended
5. Dec. 32
Obj. 5.

130. R. Nicholas
Flanders
E      N.J.

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BRIEF in the case of John Corwin
of Roxbury Township
Morris County
in the State of New Jersey
(Act 7 June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Judge
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? I does
3. How old is he? Seventy nine years
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
Period.
In 1775 About 17 April
Duration of Service 1 Year
As a Private N.J. Troops
Served under Cpt. Daniel Budd -- Subalterns Wm Corwin & Cornelius Hoods
In 1776 About 1st July
Duration of Service 5 months
As a rank not stated N.J. Troops
Serve under Capt. Nathan Luce -- Subalterns Wm Corwin and George Hager, also Victor
King -- Lt. Col. Munson, Col Martin, Maj.
Ludlow of Gen Heard's Brigade
Year not specified
Duration Two years of more in all
As a Private [illegible]
Served under Capt. Thos. Dickerson, CApt. John Starke, Capt. Jabez Heaton in Col. Munson's Regiment:
afterwards John Starke of General Wine's
Brigade

5. In what battles was he engaged? Battles of White Plains and Long Island, [illegible] Washington and Lee, Springfield & Connecticut Farm -- Skirmishes in New Jersey, and at Pollifly, Paramus, Hackensack, and English Neighbourhood 
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Morris County New Jersey
 7. Is his statement supported by living witness, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Living witnesses and Traditionary
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Whether he entered the service as a Drafted man, a Volunteer or a Substitute, and the precise time of his last discharge are not stated.

I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.

H. Dumas
Examining Clerk.

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Rev War
3204
INVALID

File No. 3204
Joseph Corwin
Privt. Rev War

Act: June 7 1832

Index:-Vol. A, Page 74

Arrangement of 1870

Joseph Corwin Recordant

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May 29th 1833
Mr Cole [illegible]
Is the name of Joseph
Corwin to be found on the pension rolls
as having received a pension for servises
done in the war of 1812 or the revolution if
so please inform me likewise inform me if
the heirs of such pensioners entitled to County
land warrants if so how shall we proceed to obtain
such warrants what must our Certificates 
specify in order to [illegible] such warrants
we think at the time of his service as likewise
when he received the pension he lived in Sussex
Co N.J. we think his pension was near ninety dollar
is the name of John or Augustine Reid
enrolled in the same County or in Monmoth
in N. Jersey for services in the war of the
U States
Very respectfully
Ellen Searles
Address Ellen Searles
Daggetts Wells  Tioga Co
P.A