Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 33875, William Ward, New Jersey

SERVICE
NUMBER
2
New Jersey
Ward, William
S. 33875
CONTENTS
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2093 New Jersey
William Arward Capt Robt Forman Jersey Line
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War
Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 6th of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 6 of Aug 1818 and sent to Wm P Deane Esq New Brunswick
Arrearages to 1st Sept 1818 4 mos 20 days $ 30.75
{ Revolutionary claims, { Act 18th March, 1818, }
One year ✓
He is they was, to New Brunswick New Jersey

33 875 Rev INVALID.
File No. 33 875
William Ward
Rev Rev War
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 439
[Arrangement of 1870.] ✓

Additional evidence in the case of William Ward Jersey June. —
July 1808
To be returned to Wm. Beall. New Brunswick.

District of New Jersey ss.
Be it remembered that on the sixth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, personally appeared before me William S Pennington Esquire District Judge in and for the District of New Jersey, William Ward who being by me duly sworn according to law, saith, that some time in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy six he regularly enlisted as a private soldier in the continental establishments in the company company commanded by Captain John Ross, in the 3 d Regiment of the Jersey line, commanded by Colonel Elias Dayton - that he served from that time, one year, being the term of his enlistment, when he was discharged at Mount Holly in the State of New Jersey, and received a written honorable discharge, which he has since lost, and it is not now in his power to produce the same - that in a short time afterwards he again enlisted in the nine month service in the company commanded by Capt John Voorhies in the same Regiment as aforesaid, that he served under the last enlistment for nine months, when he was again honorably discharged in Monmouth County New Jersey and received a written honorable discharge which he has also lost, and this deponent further saith that he is past seventy years of age - in a decrepit state of body and extremely poor - and by reason of his reduced circumstances, is in need of assistance from his country for support - and that his residence is in Mount Holly, New Jersey.
me the day & year first above
William Ward
William S Pennington District Judge
William S Pennington District Judge in the United States

in and for the District of New Jersey, being satisfied that the above recited Applicant William Lloyd served in the Revolutionary War against the Commonwealth so hereby certify that the foregoing declaration on oath was made before me as therein set forth all which is respectfully transmitted to the Secre- tary of War William S Pennington
I William Pennington Clerk of the District of New Jersey do certify that the signature to this instrument is the proper hand writing of William S. Pennington Esq. Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey all without my hand and the seal of the said District Court at Newark this sixth day of April A.D. 1848. Wm Pennington "

Additional evidence in the case of William Ward 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"
Middlesex County ss: On the twenty eighth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen before me Thomas Hawes Esq. one of the judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Middlesex in the State aforesaid came John Smith of the Township of South Amboy in said County and the said John Smith being duly sworn deposes and saith that he is well acquainted with William Ward of Monmouth County now present here that the said William Ward was a soldier in Captain John Ross' company in the Third Jersey Regiment on the continental establishment and served together with this deponent in the same company for one year and were at Secondoboga and Fort Stanwix together in the year Seventeen hundred and seventy six; And this deponent further saith that the s d William =

Ward afterwards enlisted and served together with this deponent in Capt. Longstreets company in the first Jersey Regiment and for nine months - the company during the term being principally commanded by Captain Peter Voorhees - and that the said William Ward as this deponent believes was honorably discharged - and this deponent further saith that the said William Ward is in indigent circumstances I do hereby certify that the said William Ward is in indigent circumstances and in need of assistance from his country for support. Given under my hand this 20 th July 1818 before me. - Thos. Spencer John J. Smith Mark
Middlesex County ss: I James Shay of the city of New Brunswick in the State of New Jersey being duly sworn deposeth and saith, that he is well acquainted with William Ward the Applicant - that the said William Ward was a soldier together with this deponent in Capt. John Rop's company in the third Jersey Regiment in the Army of the Revolution and served for one year - that this deponent, William Ward and John Smith above named were a great part of the time in the same mess and were at Secondengaga =

together and this deponent further saith that the said William Ward is in indigent circumstances and stands in need of assistance from his country for support. —
Sworn & subscribed this 20 th July 1818 before me — Thos Hance
James Sharp
I Thomas Hance Esq. one of the judges of the court of common pleas of Middlesex county do hereby certify that John Smith and James Sharp the witnesses above named are entitled to credit and the evidence is to me satisfactory that the said William Ward is in indigent circumstances & stands in need of assistance from his country for support. —
Thos Hance
New Jersey } Middlesex } I William P. Deane clerk of the court of common pleas of the county of Middlesex certify that Thomas Hance above named is one of the judges of said court duly commissioned & sworn. Witness my hand & the seal of said court this twenty eighth day of July Eighteen hundred and eighteen. —
Wm P. Deane clk

If the Chief Clerk of the Pension office will be so good as to examine the Muster rolls of Col. Dayton's third Jersey Reg t he will find that William Ward served the whole of the year 1776, & was at Ticonderoga, one month at least after the expiration of the year for which the Reg t first engaged.
Feb Mar Apr May June July Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec

not found in the Wm Ward books
Wm Ward not on rolls 211
Further evidence is ne- cessary to show that he served the 9 months re- quired by the law of the 18 th March 1818 —
This evidence should be that of some state authority —
Wm Dept Pen off 6 May 1818

William Ward
(2093)
Sept 1818

SCHEDULE.
State of New-Jersey, } Middlesex County, ss. }
On this Twentyeth day of June — 1820, personally appeared, in open court, in the Court of Common Pleas in and for the county of Middlesex , in said state, being a Court of Record, proceeding according to the course of the common law with jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, keeping a record of its proceedings, William Ward — aged Seventy Seven years, resident in East Windsor — in said county, who, being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, declare, that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows: to wit, in the Third Jersey Regiment in Prop's Company Commanded by Col. Dayton, that he made his Declaration in order to Obtain the benefit of the Act of March 18. 1818 in April of same year, this pension Certificate is No 2.093
And I do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the 18th day of March, 1818; and 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 and naval service of the United States, in the Revo- lutionary war," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, nor has 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 hereto annexed, and by me subscribed.
Schedule
No goods, or chattels, or other effects
and I do further declare that I have no trade or occupation and am incapable of obtaining a support by labour.
Sworn to, and declared and subscribed on the day aforesaid. Robert M Chesney Presiding Judge.
William Ward
I, William P. Dears — clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the county of Middlesex — do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said court, that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is dollars and _____ cents. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said court, on this twentietth day of June
1820.
W. P. Dears att