Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 33,916, James Willson, New Jersey

SERVICE
NUMBER
New Jersey
Willson, James or Wilson
S 33916
CONTENTS
in 1825 aged 68 yrs. & res Franklin Twp. Somerset Co. N.J.

33916 Rev INVALID.
File No. 33916
James Wilson
Rev Rev
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 456
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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(75) New Jersey 11 James Wilson, 11
Capt Pratt private, N.J. Reg Army U. S.
At $8. per mo: com. 1 st April, 1818.
Cert: issued 5 th April, 1818, & sent to Hon. Genl. Bloomfield, House of Representatives U. S.
Am. to 4 th Sept. 1818. 5 4 / 8 mo $ 41.03.
Rev. claim. Act 18 th Mar: 1828.
Jersey Lim 9 months 78
Continued
James Wilson

Notification sent to William P. Leare, Esq. 27 th December 1820. New Brunswick, N. S.

Application of James Wilson, for a pension
I am of opinion the applicant has the property
A. Howells
James Wilson (75) Sept. 1810 C.M.
New Jersey Sent to Com. P. Deare Sir. New Brunswick Dec 27. 1820

Schedule
State of New Jersey Somerset County
On this third day of October 1820 personally appeared in open court, in the court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Somerset, in the State being a court of Record proceedings according to the course of the Common Law, with jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, keeping a record of its proceedings, James Wilson aged sixty eight years resident in Franklin in said County who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath depose, that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows: in the Company commanded by Captain David Pratt, in the first Jersey Regiment commanded by Colo Boden in the army of the Revolution, that he made a declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of March 1818, about the first day of April 1818 and his pension Certificate is N o 75.
And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th of March 1818, & that I have not since that time by gift sale, or in any manner disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land & Naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War passed on the 18 th of March 1818, & that I have not nor had any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts or debts, due to me, nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule herunto annexed, & by me subscribed -
Schedule
I have no property of any kind or description.
Also this deponent further saith that he has neither wife, nor child that he has been supported for many years by a family with whom he hath lived ever since the war, Also that they have supported him for many years out of mere charity, having resided so many years with them, that he has no trust. That he is extremely weak & feeble, & all together incapable, of obtaining a support with such public or private charity.
Sworn to, & declared & subscribed on the day of A. Howell pending probate
James Wilson mark
I Samuel Swan Clerk of the court of Common Pleas of the County of Somerset do hereby certify that the foregoing oath & the schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the records of the said court - That the applicant has no property -
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my seal of office, at Bridgewater on this 4 th day of October A D. 1820
Sam: Swan Clk

James Wilson
New Brunswick

In the case of James Wilson of the Township of Franklin in the County of Somerset and State of New Jersey claiming to be entitled to a Pension under the Act of Congress entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war"
State of New Jersey } Middlesex County } }
On the first day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen before me Thomas Hance one of the judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Middlesex in the State of New Jersey came James Wilson the applicant above named and being duly sworn according to law on his oath saith that he enlisted in the company commanded by Capt. Daniel Lyatt in the Spring of the year One thousand seven hundred and seventy eight in the first Jersey Regiment on the continental establishment commanded by Col. Matthias Ogden - that he enlisted at Mount Holly in New Jersey and in the month of June in the same year was in the battle of Monmouth and after serving for the term of nine months (the period for which he enlisted) received his discharge at Elizabeth Town =

= which discharge he has lost. — And the deponent further saith that he afterwards served several tours in the militia against the common enemy and that since his discharge as aforesaid he has always continued a resident Citizen of New Jersey and of the United States and that he is now by reason of his reduced circumstances in life in need of assistance from his country for support. —
Sworn & subscribed this 1 st April 1818 before me
Thos Hance
his James K Wilson Mark
Middlesex County ss: On the first day of April 1818 William Van Horne of New Brunswick in New Jersey to me known being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he knew James Wilson the applicant in the war of the Revolution that the said James Wilson was a soldier in the first Jersey Regiment on the continental establishment of which deponent was also a soldier — that the said James Wilson served at least nine months in the said Regiment and deponent recollects his being duly =

= discharged from the Regiment at Elizabeth Town the Term of the said Wilson having expired. —
Sworn & subscribed } this before me — } William X Van Horn Thos Hance } Mark
State of New Jersey } Middlesex County } I Thomas Hance one of the Judges of the Courts of Common Pleas of the County of Middlesex in the State aforesaid certify that the foregoing affidavits are to me satisfactory proof that James Wilson the applicant served as a Soldier in the Revolutionary War on the continental establishments against the common enemy for the Term of nine months. —
Thos Hance
To the Secretary of the } Department of War. —
State of New Jersey } I William P Deane clerk of the Middlesex County } Court of Common Pleas of the County of Middlesex certify that Thomas Hance Esq. who hath subscribed his name to the foregoing attestations is one of the Judges of said Court duly commissioned and sworn to his official acts full credit is to be given Witness my hand & the seal of said Court this first day of April one thousand eight hundred eighteen. Wm P Deane