Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 3212, Moses Condit, New Jersey

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[illegible]65
New Jersey

Moses Condit
in the State of N. Jersey
who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Nichols of the RY commanded by CR Van Cortland in the New York line for 14 mo. Private $46.66 (underlined)

N.J. Line Records corrected
Feb'y 15 '04
Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey [illegible] at the rate of 46 Dollars 66 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 23 day of Feb. 1833 and sent to Hon. S Condit
House Reps.

Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832. $69.99 Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar 1833 23. 33

$93.32

{Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by Vinal Luce Clerk,
Book D Vol. 4 Page 145

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State of New Jersey
Essex County SS}
On this twentieth day of September in the year of our Lord One thousand Eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared in open Court before the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Essex now sitting at Newark Moses Condit a resident of the township of Orange in the County of Essex and State of New Jersey aged Seventy two 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 Act of Congress passed June 7th AD 1832
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated - That is to say -
That he was drafted and entered the militia service of the United States as a private soldier on the First of May AD 1777, in a company commanded by Capt. Josiah Pierson, belonging to the First Battallion of the Regiment of New Jersey Militia under Command Col Philip Van Courtlandt & Maj Samuel Hays-- Genl Winds, commanded the Brigade-- resided then in the town of
Newark, County of Essex and State of New Jersey-- continued in active service doing duty on guard at Newark and in excursions to Elizabeth Town and to second River, in said County as emergencies required, full three
months. In the month of September AD 1777 he was again enrolled with others of the class to which he belonged and who composed a part of Regiment above mentioned when in service, he believes under Capt Robert Nichols, on a monthly tour, and served one month under him during which service he recollects, being at the Battle at a place called Second River, near Belleville in this State, Col. P Van Courtland and Maj Samuel Hays were the regular commanding officers of the 1st
Battallion, at this time-- That again in the fall of the same year cannot recollect the month he served as above mentioned in the Company under Capt Robert Nichols, went from Newark in this State to Staten Island in
New York and surprised the picket Guard of the British stationed there who retreated, that he then returned by the way of Elizabeth Town in this State, (remining there a few days to Newark. That in AD 1778 and shortly before the Battle at Monmouth he was ordered out, and marched under May Saml Hays to Staten Island, Genl Dickenson there having command
of the Militia on the Island, & he believes Genl Sullivan was on some part of the Island at the time-- was engaged in a severe skirmish
there, while pursued by the British, and were forced to retreat thence

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to Elizabeth Town in this State: That in June AD 1778 he was again drafted or ordered out in the order of classes as the Militia were
then arranged, to go to Monmouth in this State, entered a company under command of Capt Matthias Lyon, passed on their March
the Scotch Plains Bound Brook Mount Holly as he believes & Princeton when near the latter place recollects the sun was in an eclipse, and they halted till it passed by, at Allen Town found they were in rear of the Enemy- That Genl Herd commanded the militia at the Battle of Monmouth, the company to which he
belonged, was stationed as Picket guard the night before the Battle under command of one Maj Stout that he was stationed during the Battle in the rear of the Army & near the Monmouth meeting House-- After the Battle they were ordered to a place called English Town, & remaining there a few days returned
by the way of Spotswood & New Brunswick in this State to Newark. This was a monthly tour and he served the whole month. That during this year, the times or periods he cannot
now recollect he served exclusive of the service before mentioned, One months in Bergen & Essex Counties the Officers of his Regiment were Genl Winds, Col. Philip Van Courtlandt, Col. Potter & Maj Saml Hays- That in AD 1779 he served one month, being drafted in Capt Robert Nichols company. Also one month in the same year last mentioned under Capt Isaac Gillum as before, at Newark in Essex County N. J. on Guard. Was again enrolled in the Company under Capt Thomas Williams in same Regiment Maj Sam Hays Commanding
in June AD 1780 and was in the Battle at Connecticut Farms in said County of Essex, when the place was burnt by the British Genl
Kniphausen commanding the Hessians in the attack. Was also in the Battle at Springfield in said County of Essex in the latter part of
June AD 1780, when that place was also burnt, followed the enemy from Springfield to Elizabeth Town Point.  Saw several men drop
who were wounded & one Moses Smith & Brown were killed  Smith was a relation of his-- was out at this time four weeks he
believes - He was enrolled and served one month in Newark in this State under Capt Huntington two months, the last from

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of which was in the winter of AD 1782. That he is well acquainted with Linus Baldwin of Newark in this State and Jophiah Condit of Orange in the County of  of Essex.  Genl William Gould of Caldwell -- who can testify to the services herein stated to have been done and whose affidavits to that effect accompany this declaration - That he has no documentary evidence of the above stated services, other than the Pay Roll of Capt Thomas Williams
where his name is enrolled-- In answer to the Interrogatories put him by the Court he says - that he was born in the township of Newark County of Essex and State of New Jersey the 2d of June AD 1760, as a record of his age-- when called into service was living in the township of Newark County of Essex and State of New Jersey - Has lived since the  Revolutionary War in Orange in said County and State, where he now lives-- was drafted
into the service - Genl Winds, Col Philip Van Courtlandt, Col. Potter Maj Saml Hays, and other officers herein before stated or named
were with the troops where he served,-- knows of no continental Regiments or officers whom he can now name-- Was attached during
all his services herein stated, to the first Battallion of the second Regiment of Essex Brigade. He believes that he was in actual
service doing military duty two years during the Revolutionary war but is confident, of having served Eighteen months- That in the
early part of his service, from May first AD 1777. to January AD 1778 he was in service nearly the whole time, but can not recollect
particularly more then above stated - That residing as he did at Newark, in a part of the Country subject to continual inroads by the enemy - he was much of his time on guard and liable to be called upon on all alarms which were very frequent- that he was always ready at a minutes warning, and during the war always able to do duty--and did so when required - 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 or Territory
Moses Condit
Sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid in open Court
A/ Reynolds Judge

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We Asa Hillyer a Clergyman residing in the township of Orange in the County of Essex and State of New Jersey and William Williams residing in the same place hereby certify
that we are well acquainted with Moses Condit who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy two 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-
Asa Hillyer
Wm Williams

Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid in open court

A. Reynolds Judge
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State of New Jersey
Essex County SS
On this 20th day of September AD 1832 personally appeared in open Court before
the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Essex now sitting at Newark William Gould of Caldwell in the said County and State, aged seventy five years
who being first duly sworn according to Law on his oath saith that he is well acquainted with Moses Condit who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration - was living in the town of Newark in said County in the time of the Revolutionary war was then acquainted with the said Moses Condit, thinks he saw him in the service and verily believes, that the matters set forth in the declaration
foregoing are all true-- that he performed all the services stated by him to have been done-- has heard the declaration read 
William Gould
Subscribed & Sworn to the Day & year aforesaid-
A Reynolds Judge

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15703
Moses Condit
of
New Jersey
31 Jan. '33
Ob:j 4.5.14.11,

P 229
Hon I Condit

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The War of the Revolution, but is confident of
having served 18 Months

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BRIEF in the case of Moses Condit of Orange Cy of Essex in the State of New Jersey
(Act 7th June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he? 72
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
Period. |  Duration of Service | Rank
May 1 1777   3 months
Sept In 1777  1 month
Fall 1777  1 month
1778   ----
June 1778  1 month
1779 1 month
"   1 month
June 1780  28 days
1782  2 months

Names of General and Field Officers
under whom he served.
Capt Pierson, Col Van Cortland
Capt Nichols
Do
Major Hays Lut Dickerson
Capt Lyon, Major Stout, Genl heard
Col Potter,
Capt Nicholls
Capt Gillum
Capt Huntingon  He belives he was in actual service doing Militia 2 years during ==
5. In what battles was he engaged?  2d River, Staten Island, Monmouth, Connecticut Farms, Springfield
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service?  Essex County, New Jersey
7.  Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditonary evidence, incidental evidence, or by the rolls?  Living & traditionary
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?  
Defective? papers not attached  & service not stated as required.
I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
J Wilson Examining Clerk
Jy 24 1833

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Rev War
3212
INVALID
File No. 3212
Moses Condit
Priv. Rev. War
Act: June 2 1832
Index: - Vol. A, Page 74
[Arrangement of 1870.]
N.J. Line Records correction  Feb'y 15 '04

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Moses Condit
Payments to be made at Trenton N.J. by the Pens Trenton Bkg. Co Agent for paying Pensioners, in the Agency of New Jersey
Recorded by Vinal Luce
Clerk, in Book D Vol. 4
page 145

3212

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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, Moses Condit of the State of New Jersey who
was a Private in the Army of the Revolution
is entitled to receive, forty Six dollars
and - 66 cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually, on the 4th of March, and 4th of September, in every year
Given at the War Office of the United States, this 23d day of February one thousand eight hundred and thirty three
Lew Cass
Secretary of War.
Examined and
Countersigned. }
J L Edwards

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Mar 12 1836 Paid to mar 4 1836
Sep 12 1836 Paid to Sep 4 1836
Mar 11 Paid to 4 mar 1837
Paid to Sept 1837
Paid to 4 Mar 1838

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Mar 18, 1833 Paid  to May 4, 1833
Sept 18. 1833 Paid to Sept 4, 1833
Mar 10. 1834 Paid to Mar 4, 1834
Sept 10 1834 Paid to Sept. 4 1834
Mar 10 1835 paid to Mar 4 1835
Sept 11 1835 paid to Sept 4, 1835
Paid to 4 Mar 1838

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15703
Moses Condit
of 
New Jersey
Attend
11

141110
Hon. Silas Condit

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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of
Moses Condit which requireother proof or explanation.
1. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides?
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides?
III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so?
IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? No.
V. Has he mentioned 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?
No
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations?
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832?
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion?
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? 
X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal?

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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service?
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?
XIV. If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath,
certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?
No.
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? No
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?

EXPLANATORY NOTES.
QUERE V. 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 his service, but according to the best of his recollection
he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For ----- year  -----months, and----days, I served as a . ----- For ----months ----days, I served as a ---- and for such service I claim a pension.

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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 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 shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration
of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either
in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
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 claimants 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.
QUERE XVI. 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 paper 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.
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, 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.

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Moses Condit
15703
14 months
Paid R

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[Handwritten]

State of New Jersey
Essex County SS

On this twentieth day of September Eighteen
hundred and thirty two personally appeared in
open Court before the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas
in & for the County of Essex now sitting at Newark Linus Baldwin of
Newark in said County & state aged seventy two years last
March who being first duly Sworn according to Law on his oath
that he is well acquainted with Moses Condit who had subscribed
and Sworn to the foregoing declaration - Knows that he served in
the Revolutionary War, saw him in service at Elizabeth Town
in this state, cannot recollect the year particularly thinks twas in
the AD 1777. also saw him in his service on Staten Island
& knew of his losing his gun in a Creek while crossing.
was out in the service with him & seen him often but
cannot say how long he served -

Subscribed & Sworn to the
day & year aforesaid

Linus Baldwin

A Reynolds  Judge




State of New Jersey
Essex County SS

On this 20th day of September AD 1832 personally appeared in open
Court before the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in &
for the County of Essex now sitting at Newark Japhiah Condit of Orange in
said County and State aged Seventy two years, who being first duly sworn according
to Law on his oath saith that he is well acquainted with Capt Moses Condit
who had subscribed & Sworn to the foregoing declaration, knows that he served
in the Revolutionary War as a private in the Militia at Monmouth in this
State at the time of the Battle there - were attached to the same Company
under Capt. Matthias Lyon, this was in June AD 1778. they marched together
to Monmouth, also saw him during the War of the Revolution in
Newark in this state on duty often, thinks he saw him in service at
Belleville - cannot state more particularly, but verily believes that
the said Moses Condit served in the Revolution all the time
he had stated in his declaration -

Subscribed & Sworn to
the day & year aforesaid

Japhia Condit

A. Reynolds   Judge

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[Handwritten]

Essex Couny Ss:
[Directly below are the remains of a seal.]

I Elias Van Arsdale Jr Clerk of the Inferior Court
of Common Pleas in & for said County of Essex
Do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the
Original proceedings of said Court in the matter
of the application of Moses Condit for a Pension
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my
hand & affixed my seal of office this fifth day of October 1832

E Van Arsdale Jr  Clk

[Written crosswise]

E
Moses Condit [underlined]
157 08 [underlined]

14 months

[at bottom]
paid  R

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[Handwritten]

State of New Jersey
Essex County    SS

Personally appeared before me the
undersigned [illegible] Justice of the Peace in
and for the County of Essex and State of New Jersey
Moses Condit of the township of Orange in said County
who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that by
reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory
he cannot Swear positively as to the precise length of
his service, but according to the best of his recollection
he served not less than the periods mentioned below
and in the following grade - In the year AD 1777
I served for Five months [last 2 words underlined] as a private in the New Jersey
Militia - In the year AD 1778 - I served in the same
grade - Three Months. [last 2 words underlined] In the year AD 1779. I served
in the same grade for Two months - in the year AD 1780 I
served as before Two [underlined] months - & in the year AD 1781
& 82 Two months in the same grade of the above
periods of service in the revolutionary war - I am [last word struck out]
swear positively - and believe that I served a
much longer period in each year than above stated-
and for such service I claim a pension -

Moses Condit
Sworn and Subscribed
Before me this 18 Feby 1833

Stephen D Day  Justice of the Peace


I Stephen D Day of the township of Orange County of Essex
and State of New Jersey, one of the Justics [sic] of the peace in aforesaid
County do hereby certify, that I am personally acquainted with
Genl William Gould, Linus Baldwin & Japhia Condit the
witnesses of the service of Moses Condit, in the Revolutionary
war - and have been so for a number of years past, that
I believe them to be men of strict veracity, and their
affidavits entitled to implicit credit. William Gould, resides
in Caldwell, Linus Baldwin in Newark & Japhia Condit
in Orange, all in said County of Essex -

Orange  18th February 1833 -

Stephen D Day

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[Handwritten]

State of New Jersey
County of Essex     Ss.

[To the left of the writing is a seal, with part of a ribbon pointing upward.]

I Elias Van Arsdale Junior Clerk of the Inferior
Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Essex
do hereby certify That Stephen D. Day Esquire before whom
the within affidavit of Moses Condit was made & taken
and by whom the annexed Certificate was signed, was
at the time of taking the said affidavit, & making the
said Certificate one of the Justices of the Peace for said
Coun [The next few words are hidden by the affixed seal.] erein duly commissioned and sworn - That I am acquainted
with the hand writing of said Justice, and know that the signatures
"Stephen D. Day" affixed to the affidavit and Certificate aforesaid
is his genuine hand writing - and that full faith & credit may be
given to his official acts -- In Testimony Whereof, I have hereto
subscribed my name and affixed the Seal of said Court at Newark
in the County aforesaid the Nineteenth day of February AD. Eighteen
hundred and thirty three (1833) ---
E Van Arsdale Jr Clk