Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 2179, Abijah Dodd, New Jersey

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SERVICE
New Jersey

Dodd, Abijah 

NUMBER
S.2179

CONTENTS

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New Jersey 30.665
Abijah Dodd of Bloomfield in the State of New Jersey who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Drummond of the regt commanded by Col Cadmus in the N.J. militia line for 6 mo. 

Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey at the rate of 20 Dollars --Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. 

Certificate of Pension issued the 28 day of May 1836 and sent to F Sherrill Esq. Bloomfield N.J. 

Arrears to the 4th of Mar. '36
Semi-anl allowance ending 4 Sep. '36. $100.00 + 10.00 = $110.00

{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.} 

Recorded by Geo. Wm Crump Clerk, 
Book E2 Vol. 3, Page 124. 

[Hadwrnitten text to right of document]
Let to Pen Agt. July 21 1836 
Let to Nathan Leake 
Sept 21 1846.

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State of New Jersey County of Essex }SS. On this thirteenth day of August in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred & thirty two personally appeared before Jacob K. Mead Esquire a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Essex in the said State Abijah Dodd a resident of the Township of Bloomfield in the County of Essex and State of New Jersey aforesaid who by reason of bodily infirmity is unable to appear in Court, aged nearly seventy five years having been born on the ninth day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and fifty seven who being first duly sworn 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 entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated. That on the first of March in the year 1776 he entered the service of the United States at Bloomfield aforesaid which was then called Ward Sesson & was at that time included in the Township of Newark, in a company of Militia commanded by Captain Robert Drummond. Henry Squier being the first Lieutenant of the company to serve for one month. that he was first marched to New York & in a few days afterwards to Long Island where besides the duty of keeping guard they were employed regularly in building fortifications. does not recollect who were the superior officers but remembers that some troops arrived from New England while he remained there. is not positive but believes that he regularly enlisted for the above service & served out his term of one month. That he recollects being on duty in the militia in the city of New York when the news of the declaration of Independence was received and thinks he was then under Capt Thomas Pierson. That in the month of August 1776 he was at Elizabeth Town

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performing a months Tour of duty in the militia & thinks at that time he was under the command of Capt. Thomas Williams who was then one of the Captains of the Regiment of Militia to which he was attached and which was at first commanded by Col Thomas Cadmus who continued in commissions for a short time & was succeeded by Col. Philip Van Cortland who continued in command of the Regiment during the war, That he remained at Elizabeth Town upon duty for one month and was there when the brittish landed upon Long Island. Upon that might this deponent was stationed as one of the sentinels at the quarters of Genl Washington who was then in Elizabeth Town. In consequence of exposure this deponent was taken sick and was unable to do duty until the time that the Brittish marched through New Jersey. That on the first day of January seventeen hundred & seventy seven this deponent enlisted in the Township of Newark in the said county of Essex in the state service for three months under Capt James Wheeler John Ogden being Lieutenant & on Parsels being ensign. Major Joseph Morris and Col. Buckner being superior officers. That they were most of the time during this service stationed in the neighborhood of Amboy & in the rear of it. Where they had a skirmish with the Brittish That they marched from there to Newark near the close of their turn of service. When Capt Wheeler died They served out their turn of service & continued after that for about a week until other troops came to relieve them. That from this period until the conclusion of the war this deponent continued regularly enrolled in the militia and they were classed and turned out & performed monthly tours of duty being usually every second month.

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Their duty was in guarding the tines between Acquacanock on the Passaick [Passaic] river on the North at Belleville then called second river Newark and as far as Elizabeth Town on the south From the time that New York was taken by the Brittish Staten Island and the neck of land from Bergen Point in New Jersey Between the Hudson & Hackensack rivers was generally occupied by the Brittish and refugees who ere in the habit of making inroads & incursions into Essex County and the duty of keeping guard & maintaining the stations between Acquackanock & Elizabeth Town had to be performed by the Militia. This deponent says that from the time he was discharged from the three months service until the year 1779 he was in actual service in the militia as much as one half of the time. That is to say he performed actual duty in monthly Tours of duty as often as every other month. In the fall of the year 1777 this deponent was performing a tour of duty & was stationed at second River under Capt. Amos Dodd & Lieutenant Samuel Dodd when they were ordered to the north to assist in the capture of Burgoyne. They were under the Command of Col. Hathaway and General Wines. They marched as far as New Windsor in the state of New York where they heard of the surrender of Burgoyne and halted and remained there a number of days when they were marched back and were discharged near Cooks bridge in Morris County. On this occasion they were out in actual service as long as six or seven weeks. In the year 1778 early in the fall this deponent was in actual service & was in a battle near second river and between that place & Newtown with the enemy consisting principally of refugees and was wounded in the arm in that engagement. Genl Wines of the Jersey

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militia commanded at that time as this deponent believes. This deponent cannot specify with certainty the different officers by whom he was commanded in his different tours of duty. But he recollects performing tours of duty under the following Captains namely Capt Abraham Speer Capt Amos Dodd Captain Thomas Williams Captain Cornelius Speer Capt Joseph Crane Captain Fleming (christian name not recollected) Capt Samuel Pierson. Who were captains in the regiment of Militia above named. He remembers perfectly well of serving more than one monthly tour of duty under some of the above named Captains particularly under Captains Abraham Speer & Amos Dodd this deponent recollects of performing several tours of duty under each - Of these officers under whom he served all are dead except Captain Abraham Speer & Captain Joseph Crane. This deponent continued to perform his tours of duty until the year 1780 after the beginning of which year this deponent was not called upon & did not perform any actual service in the militia This deponent feels entirely satisfied from his recollection and does not hesitate to state under his oath that he was in actualy service during the revolutionary war in the various tours of duty as above stated for a period of more than two years in the whole. This deponent was born in what is now the township of Bloomfield in the County of Essex where he has resided during all his life. This deponent never received as he recollects any written discharge and has no documentary evidence to prove his service but

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believes that the said Abijah Dodd actually performed his services as he has stated them in the foregoing declaration. Sworn & subscribed before me August 13th 1832 Jacob K Mead Judge Aury King
Essex County SS} Personally appeared before the Court of Common Please of Essex in open court in the term of September AD 1832 Linus Baldwin who being duly sworn on his oath saith that he is well acquainted with Abijah Dodd the foregoing applicant & has known him from before the Revolutionary war. That said Abijah Dodd did enlist in the three months service under Capt James Wheeler & performed his full term of service & this deponent was with him in the same company during all the time. That this service commenced in the beginning of the year 1777. & this deponent enlisted in the said company on New Years day. Linus Baldwin. Sworn & subscribed this 20th Sept 1832 A Reynolds Judge 
I Jacob K Mead a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Essex do hereby declare my 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 & served as he states.

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I Jacob K Mead do hereby further certify that Gideon N. Judd who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the Township of Bloomfield in the County of Essex & State of New Jersey and that Moses Dodd who has also signed the same & Aury King & Linus Baldwin whose deposition are hereto annexed are residents of said Township of Bloomfield and are all & each of them credible persons and that their statement & depositions annexed hereto are entitled to credit. Jacob K Mead Judge
New Jersey} SS: I Elias Van Arsdale Junior Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Essex do hereby certify That the foregoing contains the proceedings in the matter of Abijah Dodd for a pension. That Jacob K. Mead Esquire before whom the affidavits of the said Abijah Dodd, Gideon N. Judd, Moses Dodd, Aury King were made and taken by whom the above certificate is signed was at the time when the said affidavits were taken & when he signed the certificate aforesaid and still is one of the Judges of said Court residing in said County duly commissioned and sworn & that full faith may be given to his official acts - I further certify that Abraham Reynolds Esquire before whom the foregoing affidavit of Linus Baldwin was made & taken is also a Judge of said Court of Common Pleas, residing in said county duly commissioned and Sworn: That this signatures Jacob K Mead "affixed to the affidavits and certificate first aforesaid are the genuine signatures & proper handwriting of said Judges - In Testimony Whereof I have hereto set my hand and Seal of office at Newark in the County aforesaid this Twentieth day of April in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred & thirty three (1833) E Van Arsdale, Clk
Abijah Dodd

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REVOLUTIONARY PENSION CLAIMS
Act of June 7, 1832
Suspended Claim 
of 
Abijah Dodd 
N. Jersey. 
POWER OF ATTORNEY,
TO EXAMINE CLAIMS.
CHAS C. TUCKER,
ATTORNEY.
Present.

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POWER OF ATTORNEY.

Know all men by these Presents: That I Isaac Dodd a son of Abijah Dodd deceased
do hereby constitute and appoint CHAS. C. TUCKER, of Washington, D. C., my true and lawful Agent and Attorney to prosecute the Claim of the Heirs of Abijah Dodd for any
amount of Revolutionary Pension or increase of Pension that may be due under the provisions of the Act of _____
or any other Act or Resolution of Congress, and I hereby authorize my said
Attorney to examine all papers and documents in relation to said Claim on file in the Departments at Washington
City or elsewhere, to file additional evidence or arguments, and to receive the Certificate which may be issued for said Claim, and to appoint one or more substitutes under him for the purposes herein expressed: and to do all things that I might or could do, were I personally present. Hereby ratifying and
confirming all that my said Attorney may lawfully do in the premises.
WITNESS my hand and seal this twenty third day of May 1855.
in presence of
Wm B. Baldwin ss
 Isaac Dodd
STATE OF New Jersey Essex COUNTY-ss.
On this 23 day of May 1855, before me a Justice of the Peace
in and for the County and State above mentioned personally appeared Isaac Dodd
and acknowledged the foregoing power of Attorney to be his act and deed for the
therein mentioned.
Wm B. Baldwin

STATE OF New Jersey
Essex COUNTY.} ss.
On this twenty third day of May
1855, before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared Isaac
Dodd a resident of said County, and made oath according to the law that he is the identical Isaac Dodd
who executed the foregoing power of Attorney, and that he is
directly interested in said Claim, and makes this affidavit to be filed with such additional evidence or arguments as my said Attorney may use in prosecuting said Claim.
Isaac Dodd
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above written.
Wm B Baldwin

STATE OF New Jersey
COUNTY of Essex} ss.
James J. Terhune
Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Essex County do hereby certify that William B. Baldwin Esq., before whom the foregoing affidavit and acknowledgement were made and who has thereunto signed his name, was at the time of so doing a Justice
Peace, in and for the County and State aforesaid, duly commissioned and sworn, and that all his [obscured by seal] as such are entitled to full faith and credit.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto signed
my name and affixed my official seal this
29th day of May 1855
 J J Terhune clk

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Abijah Dodd
return all the papers 

30.665 
ADmD

F Sherrill, Esq 
Bloomfield NJ
[other text crossed out]

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Sir. WAR DEPARTMENT. 
Pension Office.
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, 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 shew 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  return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by compiling with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim. 

A Statement, showing the Service of Duration of Abijah Dodd

Period when the service was rendered. 
 Mat '76
Aug 76
1 Jany 77
fall 77

Duration of the Claimant’s service
Years
0

Months
1
1
3
2

Days   
0

Rank of the claimant. 
Pri 

Names and rank of the field officers under. whom he served 
Cap. Drummond
Capt. Pierson in New York 4 July '76
Capt. Williams (alive) & Cra
Captain Whales
Capt. A. Speer

Age at present and place of abode when
he entered the service   

Proof by which the declaration is supported

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

{Handwritten text has been crossed out.]
Note most of the objections made in this paper are unfounded in fact if could have only arisen from an imperfect and hasty examination of it – The declaration is drawn according to the form prescribed at the time and the proofs are taken either in open court or before Judges or Justices certified to be such of the court and attest two additional months specified – But it appears to be almost useless for most applicants to ask for their rights A. Dodd Esq.

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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 }ss. 
On this      day of          personally appeared (a) before               A.B. a resident (b) of             in the county of            and State, Territory or District of               aged (c)            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 provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d)             , with               and served in the                     (e) regiment of the 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 entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. 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      
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.                         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                           of the Court of                     do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of                for a pension. 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this       day of          &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                        and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with                       , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be         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.                          who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the                  and that C.D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the                       and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit. 
I,                         Clerk of the Court of         do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of                   for a pension. 
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this            day of           &c. 
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but it 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 
Each term of service must be specified with its circumstances in detail and proved by the [unreadable] orders Terms which as not thus set forth [unreadable] be regarded

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alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person 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 propound 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 un 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 the 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 character and standing of other persons, 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 are 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 is 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 his 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. 
[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. 
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give 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 different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how 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 bis service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:
For            year          months, and         days, I served as a               ; For            mouths and           days, I served as a                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 au embodied corps called into service by competent authority that lie 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. 
[f]  The law makes the relinquishment indispensable. 
[g]  The opinion of the Court is always required. 
[h]  The Clerk must give his certificate in every case. 
[i]  The Clerk must 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. 
In 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.    
[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. 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 be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office. The notes from [a] to [j] 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. 
[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.

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Rev War 
2179 
INVALID. 
File No. 2179 
Abijah Dodd 
Privt Rev War 
Act: June 7 1832 
Index: Vol. A , Page 98. 
[Arrangement of 1870.]

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Hon M J Bovee 20 Feb 37 New Jersey Abijah Dodd Suspended Let to Hon J. Bovee Feb 20 1837 To Horace Dodd May 5 1853 1832
Dec 1 1852 Rec: & case of Abijah Dodd's heirs 

Free Commisioners of Pensions Washington DC Horace Dodd Bloomfield NJ Dec 2

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2.988
PO Abijah Dodd
Service:
Enlisted: 18 .Discharged: 18 .

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Bloomfield New Jersey Nov 29 1852
T.C. Heath Esq
Sir The heirs of Abijah Dodd deceased having been repeatdly solicited to execute a power of Attorney for different agents with the understanding that there was money due him for services rendered during the revolutionary war. They (the heirs) have requested me to enquire of you in relation to their claim whether there is now due him or heirs anything for services rendered during the revolutionary war
awaiting your replay I remain respectfully Horace Dodd, Pell [?]
J. Commisioners of Pensions Washington DC

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I appoint N Leake Esq to adt for me Arad Joy

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To Hon J.L. Edwards Court of Pensions Sir I have in behalf of all of the surviving children of Abijahs Dodd late a pensioner of the United States, from the State of New Jersey appointed Arad Joy of Ovid N. York our attorney to investigate our claim to a pension due to our said father Dated New Jersey Augt 18 1846 Isaac Dodd Jr

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Abijah Dodd decd of N. Jersey mem.

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Abijah Dodd of N.J. decd Act June 7 '32 Decl- made Dec 2d 1834 Declarant entered militia service Mar 1776 - served 1 mon Convent to Brooklyn and Flat Bush - June same service 1 do; August do do 1 do; Novr similar do 1 do; in 1777 a tour of 3 do 12 mon; June-Sept, Oct, Dec - 4 tours, 1 mon ea 4 do; in 1778 served March June Sept Nov 4 do; 79 Feby, May, Aug, Nov - 4 do; 80 Jany, Apl, June, Sept & Decr - 5 do; '81 Mar June Sept 3 do; 82 Jany, 1 do; 28 mo 12[?]
Clergyman &c certif. & certif of court
Afft of Ichd Baldwin 77 yrs old Pensioner
in 76 IIII 4 first mos; Do - Moses Dodd, 79 yrs - III 3 mos in 77, 78, & 80 mons
Do - Aaron Crane - 84 do - 1 mo in 76 - 5 mos more; Do Jos Harrison 87 do 4 do more ; Do Isaac Dodd 72 do II 2 do do ; 18 mos
These witnesses prove 18 mos service and only swear to service in which they were accompanied by claimant It was active service.

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I wish to call your attentions to the case of Abijah Dood [Dodd] of New Jersey in the case of the Widow Gitman the Bible must the Bible be sent on the high cost out & forwarded. MJ Bovee Hon J.L. Edwards 17th of July 1837

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Abijah Dodd Payment to be made at Trenton by President Trenton Banking Co. Agent for paying Pension = [?] in the Agency of #2129 New Jersey Recorded in the Pension [unreadable] in Book E2 Vol. 3 [unreadable] 124 by Wm Crump Clerk Recevd payment up to Sept 4th 1836

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WAR DEPARTMENT. REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM. I certify that in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June 1832, Abijah Dodd of the state of new Jersey who was a private in the Revolutionary Army is entitled to receive Twenty dollars per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually, of the 4th of March and 4th of September, in every year. Given at the War Office of the United States, this Twenty Eighth day of May one thousand eight hundred and thirty six C.A. Harris Acting Secretary of War. Examined and counter signed J.L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions.

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Aug 9 1836 Paid to 4 March 1836 Sep 9 1836 Paid to Sept 4 1836
Mar 31 Paid to 4 Mar 1837
30.665

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July 20 30.665 NJ July 16 Cols. James L. Edwards Com. of Pensions Washington City

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Bloomfield July 16 1836 Dear Sir, I am requested to state to you, that in making the necessary application, it was ascertained that the certificate of Abijah Dodd had not been received by the agent at Trenton. You will please to ascertain where the difficulty is, & see that it is removed. Yours truly F Sherrill
- We are all well. Lewis will write on Monday.-

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27.815
Abijah Dodd N Jersey nupen [?] E [?] Wm Gould 26 June 1835 [?] released A Dodd 3 Nov 33

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State of New Jersey Essex County On the second day of December in the year of our Lord one Thousand eight hundread and thirty four personally appeared in open court before the Judges of the court of Quarter Session now Sitting being a court of record Aaron Crane of Bloomfield County of Essex aged eighty four years who being first duly sworn according to Law on his oath Saith that Abijah Dod of Bloomfield County of Essex aged Seventy Seven years was with deponantin the 1776 month of November 1776 at Acquackanonk in Cap Amos Dodd Company continued there Scouting & keeping guard untill the brittish came to Acquackanonk the company marched to Povesheen where the continued to the end of the month & was dismissed In December Abijah Dodd was with deponant at Belville in Cap Cornelius Speers Company was on a Scout together at Seacamus at the time they took fat cattle from London traders of three prisoners Served out their month Tour of duty together 1778 In June Abijah Dodd was with deponent on a months Tour of duty in Cap Amos Dodds Company at Newark was soon ordered to Monmouth Marched as far as Spotswood & returned to Newark Served out their month & was dismissed In September Abijah Dod was with deponent on a months Tour of duty in Cap Henry Turolaman Company at Belville kept guard & billeted together 1780 In time Abijah Dodd was with deponent on a months Tour of duty in Cap Amos Dodd Marched to Aquackanonk from thence to Springfield was together in the battle at Springfield from thence to Elosh Town & continued on duty to the end of the month. In Sept Abijah Dodd was with deponent on a months Tour of duty in Cap Gebulon Jones Company at Belville on guard billeted together at Old Garlands and further this deponant Saith not Sworn and Subscribed the day & year aforesaid Eliphalet Hall Rufus Harrison William Gould Court of Record Aaron Crane

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State of New Jersey Essex County }SS On the Second day of December in the year of our Lord One Thousand eight hundred and thirty four personally appeared in open court before the Judges of the court of Quarter Session now Sitting being a court of Essex aged eighty seven years who being first Sworn according to Law on his oath Saith that in November 1776 Abijah Dodd was with deponent at Acquacknonk on a month Tour of duty in Cap Amos Dodd Company & from thence to Povesheen when the British came through Acquackanonk and continued on duty with him to the end of the month 1777 In time Abijah Dodd was with deponant in Cap Cornelius Speers Company at Belville on a Scout with Said Abijah Dodd took some London traders & Salt & other goods not recollected billeted together at Old Garlands 1778 In March Abijah Dodd was with deponant on a months Tour of duty in Cap Thomas Williams Company at Belville was on a Scout together to Seacacus attacked a company of London traders took from them their cargo of Beef, butter & eggs billeted at Old Garlands together In September Abijah Dodd was with deponant on a months Tour of duty in Cap Henry Tarolamons Company at Belville kept guard 1779 In May Abijah Dodd was with deponant on a months Tour of duty in Cap Thomas Williams Company at Elizh [Elizabeth] Town worked at Fortifications kept guard & lay in tents together 1780 In June Abijah Dodd was with deponant on a month Tour of duty at Acquacknonk in Cap Amos Dodds Company from thence to Springfield was in the battle together & from thence after the battle to Elizh [Elizabeth] Town demolished their Fort from thence to the end of the month In September Abijah Dodd was with deponant on a month's Tour of duty at Belville under Cap Zebulon Jones kept guard & billeted together at Old Garlands and further this deponant Saith not. Sworn and Subscribed the day & year aforesaid Eliphalet Hall Rufus Harrison William Gould } Court of Record Joseph Harrison

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State of New Jersey Essex County SS On the Second day of December in the year of our Lord one Thousand eight hundred & thirty four personally appeared in open court before the Judges of the court of Quarter Sessions now sitting being a court of Record Isaac Dodd of the Township of Bloomfield County of Essex aged Seventy two years who being first Sworn according to Law on his oath Saith that in the 1780 In September Abijah Dodd of the Township of Bloomfield County of Essex did one months duty with deponant at Eliz Town they lay in Barracks together 1782 In January Abijah Dodd was with deponant on a month Tour of Duty at Eliz Town keeping Guard in Cap John Ogden Compy Lay in the barracks & further this deponant Saith not. Isaac Dodd Sworn and Subscribed the day & year aforesaid Eliphalet Hall Rufus Harrison William Gould Court of Record
State of New Jersey Essex County SS } We the Judges of the Court of Quarter Sessions now Siting being a Court of Record do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the Said Court In the matter of the application of Abijah Dodd for a pension and the Said Court do further certify that the affidavit of Ichabod Baldwin Moses Dodd Aaron Crane Joseph Harrison and Isaac Dodd attached to the Declaration of Abijah Dodd was taken before the Said Court and that they are respectable old men and their Testimony is entitled to Credit It Witness where of we have hereunto Set our hands and affixed our Seal this Second day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight Hundred and thirty four. Eliphalet Hall Rufus Harrison William Gould Court of Record

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State of New Jersey County of Essex SS I Elias Van Arsdale Junior Clerk of the Court General Quarter Sessions of the peace in & for said County do hereby certify That Eliphalet Hall, Rufus Harrison and William Gould [unreadable] before whom the foregoing proceedings in the matter of Abijah Dodd for a pension were had, were each of them at the time when said proceddings were [unreadable] as aforesaid, Justices of the peace of said County and Members of said Court, duly commissioned & sworn: and that the several Signatures of said Justices wherever they occur in the foregoing proceedings are genuine. In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the Seal of said Court at Newark in the County of Essex aforesaid the Twenty second day of April AD Eighteen hundread and thirty five - E Van Arsdale Jr Clk

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Abijah Dodd
AOMd 6 mo. firi
20$
F Sherrill Esq Bloomfield N. Jersey

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State of New Jersey Essex County }SS Aury King of Bloomfield in the County of Essex being duly sworn before me Jacob K Mead one of the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common pleas in and for Essex County deposeth and saith that he is now seventy eight years of age that he was born & has always resided in what is now the township of Bloomfield aforesaid that he is well acquainted with Abijah Dodd who has made & sworn to the foregoing declaration that he has known him from his childhood & has lived a neighbour to him ever since. That the said Abijah Dodd is about three years younger than this deponant This deponant further says that he well recollects that the said Abijah Dodd enlisted in the three months service under Capt James Wheeler as he has stated above. That this deponant was out in the service with the said Abijah Dodd on long Island under Capt Drummond That he served with him at Elizeth Town in the militia that he recollects serving at the same time with him at Belleville under Capt Speer Capt Fleming Capt Dodd and others. That he well remembers that the said Abijah Dodd marched with the militia to New Windor as he has stated. That on that occasion the said Abijah Dodd was in Capt Dodd's Company & this deponant was in a company commanded by Capt Henry Jorelimon in the same Regiment and this deponant further saith that from his knowledge of the services of the said Abijah Dodd he

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There are a number of persons living who can testify to his service particularly captains Speer and Crane Mr Linus Baldwin Mr Aury King Moses Dodd and others. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state Sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid - Abijah Dodd Jacob Mead Judge
Gideon N. Judd a clergyman residing in Bloomfield in the said County of Essex and Moses Dodd - residing the same place hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Abijah Dodd who has subscribed and sorn to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy four or seventy five years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion And we further certify that he has uniformly sustained the character of of a man of truth and integrity and of correct moral principles & habits and that from our knowledge of his character we think his statements under oath are entitled to full confidence. Sworn and Subscribed before me the day and year aforesaid JK Mead Judge Gideon N. Judd Moses Dodd

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State of New Jersey Essex County } SS On the Second day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty four personally appeared in open court before the Judges of the Court of Quarter Sessions now Sitting being a Court of Record Abijah Dodd a Resident of the Township of Bloomfield County of Essex & State of New Jersey aged Seventy Seven years born the ninth day of November 1757 who being first duly Sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain this benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832 That he entered the Service of the United States under the following named officers and Served as herein Stated 1776 In March Cap Robert Drummond gave orders for his company to meet and be classed & accordingly he entered the Service a private under Cap Robert Drummond & marched to Brooklin on Long Island in the State of New York Joined Col Thomas Cadmus Reg worked at Fortifications billeted at Flat Bush with Ichabod Baldwin at one correls together served out his month & was dismissed. In June thinks about the middle of the month was warned to do a month duty entered the Service under Cap Elijah Squire John Crane Lieut Joseph Crane Ensign Marched to Brooklin Long Island Joined Col Phil Van Courtland Reg worked at fortifications recollects Seeing the british fleet in the Narrows towards the end of the month marched to New York kept guard over military stores at the end of the month duty was dismissed. In August was ordered to perform a months tour of duty entered the Service under Cap Thomas Williams Lieut Samuel Dodd marched to Elizabeth Town Joined Col Phil Van Courtlands Reg worked at Fortifications and kept guard recollects Ichabod Baldwin was in the Same company with him Served out his months duty & was dismissed In November was warned by Tim G. Gould Serg to do a month Tour of duty he entered the Service under Cap Amos Dodd John Crane Liet Joseph Crane Ensign Marched to Acquaknonk was there until the British came through the Jersey from the White plains then marched to Poveshun does not recollect Seeing Col Phillip Van Courtland after marching from Acquacknonk served out his months duly & was dismissed

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1777 - In the year 1777 The first day of January Declarant enlisted for three months under Capn James Wheeler John Ogden Liet & Thomas Parsel Ensign in what was called the 3 months Service or Minutemen in Col Bucknor Regt Joseph Morris Major was stationed back of Amboy in the County of Middlesex State of New Jersey had Several Skirmishes with british Refuges Scouting parties towards the close of Service was ordered to Newark where they continued guarding the linkes untill other troops came & relieved them on the 13th day of April having been in Service 3 months 12 days agreeable to Lynas Baldwin affidavit attached to former declaration. In June was ordered to perform a months Tour of duty entered the Service under Capn Cornelius Speer John Crane Lieut marched to Belville kept guard Col. Phil Van Courtland commanded Regt Caleb Dodd Majr often on Scouts at one time was with Joseph Harrison & others took Some London traders with Salt & other goods one of their names was Massouar billeted together at Old Garlands Served out his months Tour & was dismissed In September does not recollect the day was ordered to perform a months Tour of duty entered the Service under Cap Samuel Parson marched to Newark Joined Col Phil Van Courtlands Regt Samuel Hays Maj on the 13th day of the Month the British Marched through Newark on the 14th followed them to near Belville on the way saw Samuel Crane by the Road Side killed by the British the evening before, on the 15th day was in the battle at Belville General Wines Command our Detachment of Militia the enemy pressed our left wing extremely, indavouring to Surround in Saw Several Refugee Green Coats men left dead in the woods after the Battle help'd off our wounded among them I was wound in my right arm Served out his Months Tour of duty & was dismissed On the 3rd day of October was a Substitute for Cornelius Van Waggoner entered the Service knows the day of the month from his day book Joined Cap Amos Dodd company marched to Elizh Town Joined Col Phil Van Courtland Regt Caleb Dodd Majr kept guard & work at Fortifications with Moses Dodd at the expiration of the month duty was dismissed In December was warned by Corl Garner to perform a months Tour of duty entered the Service under Cap Cornelius Speer Jonah Quimby Lieut Marched to Belville kept guard on a Scout to Seacaucus came in contact with a company

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of Refugees & London traders took from them fat cattle & 3 prisoners the name of one was Morrison from Morris County Served out the Month & was dismissed. 1778 In March was warned by Jno Crane Serg out on a months duty entered the service under Cap Thomas Williams John Crane Lieut marched to Belville kept guard was on a Scout to Seacaucus other places on Hackensack River attacked a Company of London traders took from them their cargo of Beef butter & other aticles not [?] billeted at Old Garlands with Joseph Penson & Joseph Harrison Served out the month duty & was dismissed Col Courtland commanded the Reg In June the 1st knows the day it being called Pinkslure holly day was warned by Tim Gould to perform a months Tour of duty entered the Service under Cap Amos Dodd Lieut Joseph Crane Marched to Newark Joined Col Phil Van Courtland Caleb Dodd Majr great distress news that the british was expected in New Jersey was a Short time in Newark ordered to March to Monmouth got as far as Spotswood orders countermanded returned to Newark Served out his month and was dismissed In September 5th recollects the day from the age of his son was warned to do a months Tour of duty by Sergant Cors Garner entered th Service under Cap Henry Jarolamon marched to Belville Joined Col VanCourtlands Regt Saml Hays Majr kept guard during the month duty & was dismissed In November 3rd (recollects it from a remarkable circumstance in his memorandum book) was warned to perform a month Tour of duty entered the Service under Cap Abraham Speer Joseph Crane Lieut Marched to Newark Jooined Col Phil Van Courtlands Regt Saml Hays Majr kept guard at Camp docks old Ferry & Neck gate by a party of Refugees billeted at David Cranes with Moses Dodd Served out this Month duty & was dismissed. 1779 In February does not remember the day he was warned to March to Belville and perform a months Tour of duty by Tim Gould Serg he entered the Service under Capn Elijah Squire Joined Col Phil Van Courtland Reg Caleb Dodd Maj kept guard on the margin of the Passaic River billeted at old Garlands with Aaron Crane performed his months duty was dismissed In May in planting corn time he had to leave his was warned by by Samuel Williams to take his Tour of duty he entered the Service under Cap Thomas William Amos Harrison Lieut marched to Elizh Town Joined Col Phil Van Courtland Regt Saml Hays Majr worked at Fortifications kept guard Lay on tents with Joseph

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Harrison at the expiration of the months duty was dismissed. In August does not recollect the day was warned by Cors Garner to perform a months tour of duty entered the Service under Capn Robert Nichols Thos Parsel Leut Marched to Acquacknonk Joined Col Phil Van Courtland Regt Caleb Dodd Majr kept guard at Old & New Point Worked at fortifications lay in tents at expiration of the month duty was dismissed  In November was warned to perform a months Tour of duty entered the Service under Cap Elijah Squire John Crane Lieu marched to Newark Joined Col Phil Van Courtland Regt Samuel Hays Majr kept guard at Camps dock Old Ferry & neck gate on a Scouting party with Phineas Crane & others found in the Salt Meadows in the Side of a Stack of hay bags of Salt & dry goods supposed to be hid by London traders made a prise of them & took them to headQuarters billeted at David Cranes served out his months duty & was dismissed. 1780 January 1st was warned when on a Visit at his fathers house remembers it from a peculiar circumstance that occured by Timy Gould Sergant to Serve a months Tour of duty entered the Service under Cap Cornelius Speer Marched to Acquackanonk Joined Col Phil VanCourtland Regt Caleb Dodd Majr kept guard along the Passaic River was on a Scout attacked a party of Refuges & London traders with horses and cattle going to the Enemy took the cattle & some horses Shot a negro in the leg of which wound he afterwards died Served out his months duty and was dismissed In April remembers the grass Just began to grow & look green was warned by Lewis Baldwin to perform a months Tour of duty entered the Service under Cap John Ogden Joseph Crane Lieut Marched to Newark Joined Col Phil Van Courtland Regt Saml Hays Majr kept guard at Bound Creek Neukgate & Old Ferry when ordered out to evening roll call an express came that a number of Hessians prisoners confined at Boonton under the care of Cap John J Fush & was on their way to New York Cap John Ogden Compy persued them & near Hackensack attacked & took 30 prisoners recollects Aaron Crane & Phineas Crane was with him Served out his Month & was dismissed June 3rd knows the date having it in a book was warned to turn out on alarm

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entered the Service Joined Cap Amos Dodd Company of Militia went to Acquacknonk to Join the Regt under Col Phil Vancourtland Saml Hays Majr marched to Vauxhall on the way to Springfield was with a detachment that defended the bridge across Rahway River against a far Superior number of the Enemy untill the British forded the River & almost surrounded them was in the battle at Springfield Saw Harmon Brown & Moses Smith Shot with a cannon ball Lay dead followed them to Elizh [Elizabeth] Town demolished their fort continued on duty to expiration of the month & was dismissed. In Sept does not recollect the day was wrned by Genastbard Segt  to take his Tour on duty entered the Service under Cap Zebulon Jones Joseph Crane Ensign Marched to Belville Joined Col  Phil Vancourtland Reg Caleb Dodd Majr kept guard alone the Passaic River billeted at Old Garlands with Aaron Crane & others at the end of the Months duty was dismissed In December recollects he was on duty in the Holly Day Timothy Gould warned him out on a months duty he entered the service under Capn Cornelius Speer John Crane Lieut Marched to Newark Joined Col VanCourtland Regt Saml Hays Majr kept guard at the Old Ferry Camps dock & bound Creek billeted at David Cranes at the end of the month was dismissed 1781 March know the month from a remarkable occurance in my family was warned by John Squire Serg to do a months Tour of duty entered the Service under Cap Elijah Squire John Crane Liut Marched to Newark Joined Col Van Courtland Regt Saml Hays Majr kept guard at Camp dock neckgate & old Ferry billeted at Josep Baldwin at the end of the month was dismissed In June was warned to perform a month Tour of duty by Cornelius Garner entered the service under Cap Amos Dodd Majr kept guard at Old & New Point Lay in tents at the expiration of the month was dismissed In Sepr does not recollect the day was warned by John Squire on a month duty entered the Service under Cap Rob Nichols Marched to Elizh Town Joined Col Phil VanCourtland Regt kept guard Lay in the Barracks at the end of the month was dismissed 1783 In January does not recollect the day was warned to perform a months Tour of duty entered the Service under Capn John Ogden marched to Eliz Town Joined Col Phil Van Courtland Regt kept guard Lay in the Barracks with Isaac Dodd at the expiration of the month was dismissed

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Declarant further Saith that he was actively engaged in Actual Military Service during the whole time and not imployed in any civil persuit during the time he has stated in his declaration for which he claims a pension He hereby relinquishes every claim to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any agency in any State in the United States. Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid Eliphalet Hall Rufus Harrison William Gould Court of Record Abijah Dodd SS John Duryee a Clergyman residing in the county of Essex State of New Jersey and Isaac Dodd in the same hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Abijah Dodd who hath subscribed and Sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be Seventy Seven years of age That he is reputed and believed in the Neighbourhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the Revolution and we concur in that opinion Sworn & Subscribed the day & year aforesaid } Eliphalet Hall Rufus Harrison William Gould } Court of Record 
Interogatories 1st- Where & in what year were you born Born in the Township of Bloomfield County of Essex on the 9th day of Novembr 1757 2nd Have you any record of your age & if So where is it In my fathers family bible & from that transcribed into my own 3 Where were you living when called into Service &c Was born in the Township of Bloomfield & have lived there ever Since 4 How were you called into Service &c Took my regular Tours of Service was once a Substitute for Cornelius Vanwagner & once in listfor 3 month under Cap James Wheeler 5 State the names of Some of the regular officers &c Was niver imbodied with Continental troops knew Genl Washington Genl Green Genl Putnam Genl Dayton Genl Dele Fayett Genl Wines

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6 Did you ever receive a discharge & if so, where is it Never had a written discharge 7 State the names of persons to whom you are known in your neighbourhood &c Am known to the Rev Gidion N Judd Revd Asa Hilyier DD Reed Cyrus Gildersleeves Revd George Pearson Aaron Crane Isreal Crane Joseph Mun John Mun N Franklin Sherrill Teacher of the Academy Ichabod C Baldwin And the Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter & after puting the Interrogatories prescribed by the war department that the above named applicant was a Soldier of the revolution & served as he States And the Court do further state that it appears to them that  who has signed the proceeding certificate is a clergyman resident in the county and that Isaac Dodd who has also signed the Same is a resident in the county and is a credible person and that their Statement is entitled to credit Eliphalet Hall Rufus Harrison William Gould Court of Record State of New Jersey Essex County } SS On the Second day of December in the year of our Lord One Thousand eight hundred & thirty four personally appeared in open court before the Judges of the Court of Quarter Session now Siting being a court of Record Ichabod Baldwin a resident in the Township of Bloomfield in the County of Essex & State of New Jersey aged Seventy Seven years being first sworn according to Law on his oath Saith that Abijah Dodd of the Township of Bloomfield & county of Essex aged Seventy Seven years was with deponant a private one month at Brooklin Long Island State of New Jersey Soldiering they worked together at Fortifications 1776 in the Month of March 1776 under Cap Robert Drummond in Col Thomas Cadmus Regt billeted together at Flatbush In June about the 15th deponant did a month Tour of duty with Abijah Dodd on Long Island Brooklin under Cap Elijah Squire in Col Phil Van Courtland Regt Col Cadmus having resigned excepting a Short time toward the last of the month they marched to new york where they continued untill their month expired & was dismissed In August Abijah Dodd did one months duty with deponant at Acquacknonk not in the Same Company but were every day almost together during the

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month untill the British came to Acquacknonk they then marched to Povershun and continued their on duty together untill the end of the end of the months duty and was dismissed together & further this deponent Saith not Sworn to and Subscribed the day & year aforesaid }Ichabod Baldwin }Eliphalet Hall Rufus Harrison William Gould } Court of Record State of New Jersey Essex County }SS On the Second day of December in the year of our Lord one Thousand eight hundred & thirty four personally appeared in open sourt before the Judges of the Court of Quarter Sessions now Sitting being a Court of Record Moses Dodd a resident of the Township of Bloomfield County of Essex aged Seventy Nine Years almost who being first sworn on his oath Saith that Abijah Dodd of the Township of Bloomfield County of Essex aged Seventy Seven Years was with deponant in September 1777 in Newark in 1777 Cap Samuel Peirsons Company of Militia a private marched together from Newark to Belville was together in the battle followed the British to Hackensack continued together during the months duty and continued 14 days afterwards before they got relief In October Abijah Dodd was with Deponant at Elizh [Elizabeth] Town in Cap Amos Dodd Company worked together at Fortifications one month & kept guard recollects was dismissed & came home together. 1778 In November Abijah Dodd was with deponent at Newark in Cap Abraham Speers Company kept guard at Old Ferry Neckgate & Camp dock it was the Month that Samuel Williams was taken prisoner when on centrry [sentry] at Neck gate by a party of Refugees billeted together at David Cranes 1780 In April Abijah Dodd was with deponant on a months Tour of duty at Newark at the time the Hessians diserted [deserted] at BoonTon in Cap John Ogden Company at Newark was ordered at evening Rool [roll] Call to persue them near Hackensack River attacked them & made about 30 prisoners and further this deponant Saith not Sworn and Subscribed the day and year aforesaid } Moses Dodd } Eliphalet Hall Rufus Harrison William Gould } Court of Record

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I hereby signify my willingness to receive the minimum pension, or such amount as the Department may consider me intitled to acording to the within Declaration & accompanying testimony. Bloomfield May 21 1836 Abijah Dodd The certificate of the Judges to credibility of witness is marked with a brace

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The answers of Abijah Dodd to the Interrogatories required by the war department 1st he says he was born in Bloomfield 2nd says he made a record of his age in a book in which he kept his accounts and says he will be 79 years old next November 3rd says he lived in Bloomfield when he was called into the service lived there through the Revolutionary War and now lives in Orange 4th says he volunteered under Capt Drummond did sometimes go as a substitute for Moses Dodd 5th says he recollects the names of Capt Drummon Capt Saml Parsons Capt Cornell Speer Majr Caleb Dodd Genl Wines 6th Says he never received a written discharge 7th says that Moses Dodd Joseph Davis Esqr Linus Baldwin and Genl John Dodd know that he served as a soldier in the revolution - most of whom are since deceased he further states that he served under Capt Amos Dodd, Capt Saml Piersons, Capt Caleb Dodd before he was appointed Major- and Capt Abraham Spear I do hereby Certify that the foregoing are the answers to the Interrogatories put by me to Abijah Dodd given under my hand this twenty first day of May AD 1836 Jacob K Mead one of the Judges of the Inferior C of C pleas for Ples