Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 6348, Moses Van Gordon, Penn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Penn.
Van Gordon, Moses
W 6348
Van or Gordon
B.L.Wt. 26847-160-55
Elsie
CONTENTS

11.111
Pennsylvania
Messrs Van Eerden
of Pk Co in the State of Pennsylvania who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Van Allen of the ... commanded by Genl Putnam - in the Pennsylvania line for
2. 0. 0 $ 50. 00
Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of 50. Dollars Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 27 th day of March 1833 and Genl C. S. Kimmick. Milford. Pa
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 - 160. 00 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept 1833 - 40. 00
$ 200. 00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by John P. Sprague Clerk Book 8 Vol. 5 Page 63v
see letter to W. Nye Nov. 8. 1856 - R. Brodhead Ap l 6, 1837, Pen. Agt. Ap l 6, 1837.
Ch s Brodhead Nov 5, 1853

State of Pennsylvania
Moses Bangarden
Pike County p.
19219
On this twenty third day of December AD eighteen hundred and thirty two In Open Court before The Honorable John Coolbough and Daniel W. Dingman associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Pike Now Sitting appeared Moses Bangarden a resident of Lehman Township in the said County now in the seventy ninth year of his age who being 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 Seventh AD eighteen hundred and thirty two, That he was born in Wallpack Township Sussex County in the State of New Jersey, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty three and shortly after the termination of the French War, he removed with his father in to the Township of Delaware now Lehman then Northampton County now Pike in the State of Pennsylvania, where he has resided ever since except what time he was absent as a soldier in the revolu- tionary war. That in the year of our Lord 1775 he entered the service of the United States, as a volunteer in the Pennsylvania Militia in the Company commanded by Captain Johannes Van Etten, he marched into the County of Sussex in the State of New Jersey where he apprehended and took prisoner a number of Tories and lodged them in Jail of Sussex County The names of the Tories were Brink, Price and Hagerty. Barnardus Swartwood & Andrew Dingman were in the same Company with deponent and assisted in taking said Tories. He further saith that in the same year he was drafted for the term of two months and served two months in the Pennsylvania Militia in the Company commanded by Captain Johannes Van Etten, during this time he marched in the State of New Jersey to Amboy where his Company was stationed with other New Jersey Troops The Troops

at that place were commanded by General Robert Doe during the time the Troops were Laying at Amboy the British fired several Cannon from their Fort on Staten Island and shot several Balls into the Court House at Amboy and killed one man. There was also several shots fired from the American Fort at That Place at the British on the Islands, after performing his Tour of duty he returned home, He further saith That in the latter part of the said year he was again drafted for the term of Two Months and served Two Months as a private in the Pennsylvania Militia in the Company commanded by the aforesaid Captain Johannes Van Etten, he marched during said term, to the City of Philadelphia, and after staying there three or four days he marched to Trenton in the State of New Jersey, he crossed the Delaware River at Trenton on the Ice, after a short stay at that place the Troops were ordered to march to Prince Town he marched to That place and after a a few days marched to the Place called the Six Mile Run, where he joined the Continental Army under the command of General Putnam, & afterwards returned to Prince Town delivered up the arms he had received and received his discharge verbally from the Commanding Officer & returned home, in the beginning of the year 1777. He further saith That in the fall of the year 1777 he was again drafted for the term of Two Months and served Two Months in the Pennsylvania Militia in the Company commanded by the aforesaid Captain Johannas Van Etten, during said term he marched through Allentown in the State of Pennsylvania, to Montgomery County where the Troops encamped in the woods, after performing duty there for about three weeks was sent by his Officer to take charge of some soldiers who had sickened with the Small Pox, a disease which prevailed at That time extensively in the army—

he further saith That in the year 1779 he was again drafted for the term of Two months and served Two months in the Pennsylvania Militia as a private in the Company Commanded by Captain Johannes Van Etten & Lieutenant Cornelius Decker during this tour he marched in pursuit of the Indians to a Place Called Shohola in the County of Northampton (Now Pike) where according to previous arrangement he met a Company of Continental Troops. from thence he marched to a place Called Coshocton on the Delaware River in the State of New York where he discovered a party of Indians. The Indians were attacked by our Company and after receiving a fire fled into the woods and escaped. On his march to Coshocton the Company apprehended a Tory descending the Delaware River in a canoe, and at the last mentioned place an other Tory was apprehended by the name of Mitchell who after undergoing a strict Examination was delivered over to the Continental Troops. He further saith That in the same year he again entered the Service in the Pennsylvania Militia enrolled in the Company commanded by the aforesaid Captain Johannes Van Etten and served Four months as a private in the Fort thrown up around his Father Jacobus Van Gorden's House on the Pennsylvania side of the Delaware River in Delaware Township during said time a Body of Troops came to our assistance from the lower part of Northampton County and remained some time in the Fort, at this time the Indians frequently committed murders and outrages on the Frontier, Inhabitants on the Delaware River, He further saith that in the year 1780 he again entered the Service in the Pennsylvania Militia enrolled in the Company Commanded by the aforesaid Johannes Van Etten and served six months as a private at the Fort above mentioned at which Fort a number of the Frontier Inhabitants had taken Refuge for protection against the Indians during this year

Several Skirmishes took place along the Delaware River with the Indians and a number of the Inhabitants were killed, and he further saith That in the year 1781 he again entered the Service as a private in the Pennsylvania Militia enrolled in the Company commanded by the aforesaid Captain Johannes Van Etten, and served six months at the fort before mentioned continued in said Fort until the Fall of the year of said year when the Indians returned to Canada and returned no more to disturb the Frontier Inhabitants after which he was discharged - and he further saith That during the Revolutionary War he served as a private in the United States Service for two years at least, either as a drafted Militia man or volunteer, and for which service he claims a pension, he further saith That he does not recollect of receiving any written discharge from his officers if ever he did receive any they have been lost or destroyed, he further saith That he hath no records of his age, having been informed of his age by his Parents while living, he further saith That Barnardus Swartwood was with him when he performed several hours of duty in the Revolutionary war, who he believes will certify to the same and he further saith That James G Force is a Minister of the Gospel of the Township of Sandyston County of Sussex and State of New Jersey and That Barnardus Swartwood and Garret Brodheads are two of the oldest Inhabitants and residents in the neighborhood and will as deponent believes testify as to his veracity, and the deponent 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.
Nyjer Van for con
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
3 Seaman Frost

State of Pennsylvania
Pike County ss.
and now the Twenty third day of November A D Eighteen hundred and thirty two we John Coolbough and Daniel W Dingman Associate Judges of the Court of Common pleas in and for said County do hereby declare our opinion after investigating the matter and after putting the Interrogatories prescribed by the War department That the within named applicant Elloes Van Gordon was a revolutionary Soldier and served as he states and It further appears to us That James G Force who has signed the preceding Certificate is a Clergyman resident in the Township of Sandyston County of Sussex and State of New Jersey and that Barnardus Swartwood and Garret Brodhead who have also signed the same are residents in the County of Pike and State of Pennsylvania and are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to Credit.
John Coolbough Daniel W Dingman
Charles B Seaman Clerk of the Court of Common pleas of Pike County in the State of Pennsylvania do hereby Certify That the foregoing contains the Original Proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the Application of Elloes Van Gordon for a Pension In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set My hand and Seal of Office this Twenty third day of November A D Eighteen hundred and thirty two
Charles B Seaman CLK

We James G Force a Clergyman residing in the Town- ship of Sandyston County of Sussex and State of New Jersey and Barnardus Swartwood and Garret Brooked residing in the County of Pike and State of Pennsylvania hereby Certify That we are well acquainted with Moses Vangorden who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration That we believe him to be Seventy nine 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 } James G. Force. the Day and year aforesaid } Barnardus Swartwood Deaman Prof Garret Brodhead
State of Pennsylvania Pike County ss.
On the Twenty Third day of November A.D Eighteen hundred and thirty Two in Open Court before the honorable John Coolbough and Daniel W Dingman Associate Judges of the Court of Commonpleas in and for the County of Pike. now sitting, came Barnardus Swartwood a resident in Schman Township in the said County now in the seventy third year of his age who being duly sworn according to Laws deposeth and saith That he is well acquainted with Moses Vangorden who has signed the foregoing declaration That he served in the united States Service during the revolutionary war as a private with the said Moses Vangorden on several Tours of duty but how long he cannot at this time particularly recollect.
Sworn & Subscribed the Day of 23 rd Aforesaid
Barnardus Swartwood
Deaman Prof

3.333 Pennsylvania Phila Elsie Van Gordon widow of Moses Van Gordon Pen n who served in the Revolutionary war, as a private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued the 24 th day of Dec r 53. and sent to Hon. R. Broadhead W. S. Smith
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 112 Vol. CC
Set to Hon. Rich d Broadhead, 17 th January, 1854 Set to W m Smith, 17 th Jan y ; 54, Sir Chas d Broadhead Feby 21 1857.

Declaration of Elsie Van Gorden for the Benefit of the Act of Congress of February 1833.
State of Pennsylvania } On this 19 th day of September 1853 Pike County S.S. } before the Court of Common Pleas of the County aforesaid, personally appeared Elsie Van Gorden, a resident of Westfall Twp, County aforesaid aged Seventy Eight years, who being duly sworn doth on her oath make the following Dec- laration to obtain the benefit of an act of Congress passed February 3 d 1833 making provision for widows of Revolutionary soldiers married since the year 1800, That her husband, Moses Van Gorden was a pension- er of the United States under the act of June 7 th 1832, that his certificate of pension, which has been in her possession since his death, is herewith returned. That his yearly pay was Eighty Dollars, that the said Moses Van Gorden at the time he drew his pen- sion was a resident of Lehigh Twp Pike Co Pa. She further declares that she was married to the said Moses Van Gorden on the 12 th day of June 1814, by Jacob Quick Esqr - That the said Quick moved into York State and is now dead - That she has no record evidence of her marriage - That she lived and cohabited with the said Moses Van Gorden as his wife until the 2 d Tuesday of October 1838 when he died - That she recollects the day from the fact

that he died whilst attending the Pennsylvania State Election held on that day.
She further swears, that she is now a widow, not having married since the decease of the said Moses Van Gordon,
Sworn to and subscribed in open court the day and year aforesaid before, { her } Me. } Elsie X Van Gordon mark.
G. R. Barrett. Dist. Judge
test J. H. Sturgis Prothonotary
Pike County ss.
I, James E. Eldred, Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Pike Do certify that the above and foregoing declaration of Elsie Van Gordon, was made in our Court of Common Pleas on the nineteenth day of September 1853. —
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this nineteenth day of September September — One Thousand Eight Hundred and fifty three. —
James E. Eldred
Prothonotary
[Signature]

Ch. C. Brodhead Nov 12/55
Vol V. page 71.
83.196 death 3/58 Apr 20/58
Elsie (Van) Gorden N.Y. Moses (Van) Gorden Pa.
Dear Mother
9-26-84
Pensioner
Pa Feb 33-3335
Ad: 16000 May, 20/56 B.R. [initials]
M
Charles Brodhead Bethlehem Pa

State of Pennsylvania, } On this 24 th day of March County of Pike ss } A.D. One Thousand eight hundred and fifty five, personally appear- ed before me, a Justice of the peace in and for the County and State aforesaid Elsie Van Gordon aged Eighty One years, a resident of Lehman Town- ship, County of Pike, Pa who being duly sworn according to Law says she is the widow of Moses Van Gordon who was a soldier of the Revolution and a pensioner of the United States under the act of Congress of June 7 th 1832. That her said husband died, and as his widow she proved his death, their marriage &c, and that she is now on the Pension list of the United States under a Certificate of which the following is a true copy.
Department of the interior
Widows Pensions
I certify that in conformity with the 2 nd section of the act of February 3. 1853, Elsie Van Gordon, widow of Moses Van Gordon, who was a private in the Revolutionary war is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of eighty dollars per annum commencing on the 3 rd of February 1853, and continuing for life, unless she should again marry; in which case the pension is not payable after the time of such marriage -
Ebenezer Dance countersigned
L. P. Waldo
Commissioner of Pensions
Given at the Department of the interior, this twenty fourth day of December one thousand eight hundred and fifty three
H. McClelland, Secretary of the interior
that she makes this statement and gives the above copy of her Pension Certificate in lieu

of again making proof of marriage which would be expensive and burdensome. She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which she may be entitled under the act approved March 3 d 1855, and that she has never received any bounty land under any act of Congress, and is now a widow, In presence of her
A. G. Brodhead John J. Linderman
Elsie J. Van Gorden mark
We Albert G. Brodhead and John J. Linderman residents of Lehman Township, Pike County, & State of Pennsylvania upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Elsie Van Gorden in our presence and that we know the applicant to be the identical person she represents herself to be.
A. G. Brodhead John J. Linderman
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written; and I certify that the affiants are credible persons, that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim.
John J. Van Gorden J.P.

State of Pennsylvania County of Pike ss
I James E Eldred Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County do hereby certify that John S Bangender Esquire before whom the foregoing and within affidavit and declaration were taken and acknowledged was at the time of so doing and still is an acting Justice of the Peace duly Commissioned and sworn and duly authorized to take the same, that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said Justice and the signature purporting to be his is genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office at Milford this 28 th day of March A D 1855
James E Eldred Prothry

Born in.
Fees $1.50/100
Hon.
Richard Broadhead U.S. Senate

An Act dissolving the marriage of Elsa Middough and Seri Middough
Whereas it appears to the Legislature that Elsa Vangorden was on the eighteenth day of December one thousand seven hundred and ninety-five joined in marriage to Seri Middough with whom she lived about fourteen years in which time she had five children that during the time the said Elsa continued to live with the said Seri he treated her in a most cruel and inhuman manner by beating her and at different times threatening to take her life so that she was often obliged to fly to her neighbours for protection and it also appears that the said Elsa is a woman of a  of of good Moral character. And Whereas It would be cruel in the extreme to oblige a woman to live with a man that has continued so inhumanly and barbarously to treat her
Therefore , Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same That the marriage contract entered into by the said Elsa Middough and Seri Middough her husband be and the same is hereby declared to be null and void and they are hereby set free and discharged from the marriage contract and all duties arising from the same as fully and effectually as if they had never been joined in marriage but nothing herein contained shall be construed to effect or render (illegitimate)

illegitimate any Children born of the said Elsa during the coverture.
John Ladd Speaker of the House of Representatives.
P. C. Lane , Speaker of the Senate.
Approved The Thirty-first day of March Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and twelve
Simon Snyder
Secretary's Office
Pennsylvania  Is.
I Do hereby certify that the foregoing and annexed is a true and correct copy of the original act of the General Assembly as the same remains on file in this Department.
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my Hand and caused the Seal of the Secretary's office to be affixed at Harrisburg this Sixteenth day of February Anno Domini One thousand eight hundred and fifty four.
E. S. Goodrich Depy. Secy. of the Commonwealth.

19.219 Moses Van Gorden
Adm c I y's Private P.O.s
C. S. Dinnick Milford

BRIEF in the case of Moses Van Gorden  Schnan Township  County of Pike  in the State of Pennsylvania  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Open Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 79  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     1776 — time of service in 1st Conn not stated 2 Private Gen. Putnam Col. Van Etten   In 1776 — 2 " " " "   1776 — 2 " " " "   1777 — 2 " " " "   1779 — 2 " " " Lieut. Decker   1779 — 4 " " " " "   1780 — 6 " " " " "   1781 — 6 " " " " "  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Some skirmishes with the Indians  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Pike County, Pennsylvania  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? a living witness, and traditional evidence  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Examining Clerk.

April 5, 1940.
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Mr. Charles N. Doolittle North Richelieu Place, Newark, New Jersey.
BA-J/CC am Moses Van Gordon W.6348
Dear Sir:
The data which follow were obtained from papers found in pension and bounty land claims on file under W.6348, based upon service of Moses Van Gordon, or Van Gorden (the family signed both ways) in the Revolutionary War.
Moses Van Gordon the son of Jacobus Van Gordon, was born in the year, 1753, in Wallpack Township, Sussex County, New Jersey. The name of his mother is not shown.
Shortly after the French War Moses Van Gordon (as he signed) moved with his father to Delaware Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, later Lehman Township, Pike County, Pennsylvania.
He volunteered in 1776, served as private, at various times until 1781, amounting in all to two years, in Captain Johannes Van Etten's Pennsylvania company, marched to Sussex County, New Jersey where he assisted in taking a number of Tories prisoners, was in an engagement at Staten Island and in several skirmishes with the Indians.
The soldier was allowed pension on his application executed November 23, 1832, at which time he was residing in Lehman Township, Pike County, Pennsylvania.
He died on the 2 nd Tuesday of October 1838, while attending the Pennsylvania State election.

Moses Van Gordon married June 12, 1814, Mrs. Elsie Middaugh the widow of Levi Middaugh from whom she was divorced March 31, 1812, to whom she had been married about fourteen years. Her maiden name is not shown. No reference is made to a former marriage of Moses Van Gordon.
Soldier's widow, Elsie Van Gordon, was allowed pension on her application executed September 19, 1853, at which time she was aged seventy-eight years and a resident of Westfall Township, Pike County, Pennsylvania.
March 24, 1855, Elsie Van Gordon, then a resident of Lehman Township, Pike County, Pennsylvania, made application for the bounty land which was due on account of the service of her husband, Moses Van Gordon, in the Revolutionary War. She was granted one hundred sixty acres of bounty land on Warrant No.26847, under the Act of March 3, 1855.
John Van Gorden (as he signed) one of the sons of Moses Van Gordon, the soldier, was living in Pike County, Pennsylvania in 1853. The names of the other sons are not shown nor is the age of son John recorded in this claim.
In 1853, one John D.Van Gorden was Justice of the Peace in Pike County, Pennsylvania, his relationship to soldier not stated.
Levi Middaugh and his wife Elsie had five children, their names are not shown.
For information in regard to the location of the land cited above, you should address the Commissioner of the General Land Office, Interior Department, this city, and furnish the warrant number, the acreage, and the act under which said warrant was issued.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of person paid and possibly the date of death of Elsie Van Gordon, widow of Moses Van Gordon, you should address the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data:
Elsie Van Gorden (as she was pensioned) widow of Moses Van Gordon, Certificate No.3335, issued December 24, 1853, rate $80.00 per annum, commenced February 3, 1853, Act of February 3, 1853, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

✓ 26,847
5 Rev Army

No. 3830
Elsie Vangorder, wid. of Moses.
Letter Charles Brodhead, Delaware P.O. Pike Co. Pa. Dec. 12. 53.
Recd Feb. 3. 53.

26: Sref:
2 nd Tuesday 38. of Oct: of Popston.

✓ Pension Office, 22 d Dec r 1853,
Sir,
4254
Please certify the time to which the within named pensioner was paid, on the date of his death.
Very Respectfully,
J. Cole
For the Commissioner,
Moses Van Gordon, Act 1832. $80 per Ann. Paid to 4 Sept. 1835, no death.
F. Birch
Auditor
Francis Root
Trans. Auditor. Hearings, Dept.

Oct. 26, 1853.
I am asking copy of papers of Moses Van Gordon, Esq.
Chas. Barthead,
Delaware, Pike co., Pa.
Want copy of
Mr. Cole
Mississauga Washington City

82,196
Hon. L. P. Waldo
Commissioner
Washington City
D.C.
FRIDAY

71 Richeieu Place, Newark, N. J. Mar 8, 1940
Veterans Administration, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
Will you kindly send me the Revolutionary War Records, if such are available, of Alexander and Moses van Gorden or Garden who served in the Northampton Co militia under Capt Johannes Van Etten?
Sincerely yours,
Charles H. Doolittle

Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 6348
Elsie Van Gorden
Wid
Moses Van Gorden
First Rev War
Act: Feb. 37  1853
Index:—Vol. 16 , Page 295
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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1939 - Dec 12 - Hint to Mrs. Horace H. Walters little filed in W 6349 - alv. Van Gordon - cc
1940 - April 5 - Hint to Chas. M. Hootlittle cc

Private
Hon, L. P. Waldo
Wadsworth April 19, 1851 L. P. Waldo
8316

Bethlehem April 17/1855.
My dear Sir.
Enclosed you will receive the application of Elsie Van Gordon, widow of a Revolutionary soldier, for Bounty Land.
In this matter I would respectfully ask that a Warrant may be issued immediately. If the rule adopted by your Dept is carried out, then is the act of Congress nullified as far as regards Mrs Van Gordon. Minor children of course she has not. She is now hopelessly blind and paralyzed so that she cannot live over a month or two. The amount she receives from the Govt as a pension goes but a trifling way towards her support. Could her Warrant be issued now so as to enable her to secure the proceeds, it would go a great way towards smoothing her latter days & give her that attention & care which her condition requires. Hoping that cases like hers may be made exceptions to the General rule,
I remain Truly Yours
Charles Brodhead.

April 5, 1940.
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Mr. Charles H. Doolittle N. Richelieu Place, Newark, New Jersey.
BA-J/CC Alexander Van Gorden W.6349
Moses Van Gordon W.6348
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Alexander and Moses Van Gorden or Gorden who served in the Northampton County militia under Captain Johannes Van Etten.
You are furnished herewith the Revolutionary War pension and bounty land record of Alexander Van Gorden and that of Moses Van Gorden.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

December 13, 1939.
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Mrs. Horace G. Walters, 751 Milford Road, East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania.
BA-J/CC Alexander Van Gorden W.6349
Moses Van Gordon W.6348
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Timothy Dinnick of Connecticut, of Alexander Van Gorden and Moses Van Gorden of Pennsylvania.
There is no claim for pension on file based upon service in the Revolutionary War of a Timothy Dinnick . You are furnished herewith the Revolutionary War pension records of Moses Van Gordon and Alexander Van Gorden.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

December 12, 1939.
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Mrs. Horace C. Walters 751 Milford Road, East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania.
BA-J/CC Moses Van Gordon W.6348
Dear Madam:
The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in pension claim, W.6348, based upon service of Moses Van Gordon, or Van Gorden, (the family signed both ways,) in the Revolutionary War.
Moses Van Gordon the son of Jacobus Van Gordon, was born in the year, 1753, in Wallpack Township, Sussex County, New Jersey. The name of his mother is not shown.
Shortly after the French War, Moses Van Gordon (as he signed) moved with his father to Delaware Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, later Lehman Township, Pike County, Pennsylvania.
He volunteered in 1776, served as private, at various times until 1781, amounting in all to two years, in Captain Johannes Van Etten's Pennsylvania company, marched to Sussex County, New Jersey where he assisted in taking a number of Tories prisoners, was in an engagement at Staten Island and in several skirmishes with the Indians.
The soldier was allowed pension on his application executed November 23, 1832, at which time he was residing in Lehman Township, Pike County, Pennsylvania.
He died on the 2 nd Tuesday of October 1838, while attending the Pennsylvania State election.

Moses Van Gordon married June 12, 1814, Mrs. Elsie Middaugh, the widow of Levi Middaugh from whom she was divorced March 31, 1812, to whom she had been married about fourteen years. Her maiden name is not shown. No reference is made to a former marriage of Moses Van Gordon.
Soldier's widow, Elsie Van Gordon, was allowed pension on her application executed September 19, 1853, at which time she was aged seventy-eight years and a resident of Westfall Township, Pike County, Pennsylvania.
March 24, 1855, Elsie Van Gordon, then a resident of Lehman Township, Pike County, Pennsylvania, made application for the bounty land which was due on account of the service of her husband, Moses Van Gordon, in the Revolutionary War. She was granted one hundred sixty acres of bounty land on Warrant No. 26847, under the Act of March 3, 1855.
John Van Gorden (as he signed) one of the sons of Moses Van Gordon, the soldier, was living in Pike County, Pennsylvania in 1853. The names of the other sons are not shown, nor is the age of son John recorded in this claim.
In 1853, one John D. Van Gorden was Justice of the Peace in Pike County, Pennsylvania, his relationship to soldier not stated.
Levi Middough and his wife Elsie had five children, their names are not shown.
For information in regard to the location of the land cited above, you should address the Commissioner of the General Land Office, Interior Department, this city, and furnish the warrant number, the acreage, and the act under which said warrant was issued.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of person paid and possibly the date of death of Elsie Van Gordon, widow of Moses Van Gordon, you should address the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data:
Elsie Van Gorden (as she was pensioned) widow of Moses Van Gordon, Certificate No. 3335, issued December 24, 1853, rate $60.00 per annum, commenced February 3, 1853, Act of February 3, 1853, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

Bethlehem. Penna.
Feb. 11. 1857.
Sir
I notice a decision of the Court of Claims whereby it is declared that Revolutionary Pensioners under the Act of 1833 are entitled to draw from March 4 th 1848. As the Attorney of Elsie Van Gordon (widow of Moses Van Gordon), a pensioner under that Act, I would enquire in what manner the difference must be applied for.
I must
Charles Brothhead,

Brief in the case of Elsie Van Gordon, widow of Moses Tike County and State of Pennsylvania act 3 d Feb y 1853.
Claim, ("original," or " for increase ")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
I instant was a pensioner under the act of 7 th June 1832. One Witness testif g to general reputation of Marriage & cohabitation. Senator Broadhead Certif s to his knowledge of the parties living together as man & wife for many years. (If for increase.) Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Hon. Richard Broadhead Y. S. Name and residence of Agent
J. C. [Signature] Examining Clerk

Wieford Jan'y 3 rd 1854
Dear Sir
I enclose you an affidavit in the case concerning which I write you, and I am informed I can inform procure proof of the facts set forth in the same
Yours truly William Smith
sent to Gordon
P.S. I also send the affidavit of P.W. Long to obtain a land warrant. If any thing more is wanted please let me know about the same
Yours truly W Smith
Ans. 17 th Jan'y 1854

Respectfully left to the Commissioner of Pensions.-
The parties within named lived and Co-habited together as man & wife as long as I can recollect & I was born in 1811 within one mile of them - My Father lived within one mile of them the last 40 years of his Life.-
Richard Brodhead
Oct 9. 53
The old man died about according to my recollection about the year 1838

Delaware P.O. Pike Co Pa - Dec. 6 th 1853.
My dear Sir.
Enclosed you will find the application of Elsie Van Gordon, for a pension, under the late act.
You knew the old man to have been a soldier, also that they were neighbors of yours & lived & cohabited together as man and wife, as far back as you can recollect, which please certify to the Dept.
There is about a months pay due the old lady on the enclosed certificate, it having been due the pension at his death. Inquire of Mr. Maldo whether that amount could not be added to her certificate, when granted to avoid the trouble & expense of a separate application - It would come very good to her, yet it is hardly worthwhile to go through the whole process to obtain so trifling amount.
Yours &c
Charles Brodhead
Hon. Rich d Brodhead U. S. S. Washington City D.C.

Delaware Pt. Pike Co Pa Oct. 24/53
My dear Sir.
Moses Van Gordon of Penna, was a Rev. Pensioner under the act of 1833, by certificate dated March 27 th 1833.
His widow is about to make application to the Legislature of Pennsylvania for an annuity.
Will you please send me a certified copy of his declaration & proofs, to be used as evidence of service before our Legislature.
Respectfully Yours
Charles Brodhead.
L. P. Waldo
Com of Pensions
Washington City

Easton Penn a Aprne 2. 1837
James L Edwards Esqr Sir.
By a Circular issued from the Treasury Department the 29 th of September last it is ordered that no Pensioner be paid (where more than one year is due) until evidence of his Identity has been Transmitted to the Commissioner of Pensions and a Special direction authorizing the payment has been given -
The Enclosed Power of Atty &c has been examined by the agent in Phil a and his reasons for not paying are marked on the Back -
I do not know what evidence you may require in order to justify you in ordering the amount to be paid - But I will say to you in addition to what appears upon the face of the papers itself - That I know the Pensioner myself and that he is in free life, has not drawn his pension for 12 months and that I am well acquainted with the Justice of the peace and the Records where names appear upon the papers. They are all honest men and I believe the amt of Pension Claimed is justly due - If you should feel justified in ordering payment be pleased to notify me of the fact and Return the Enclosed Power of Atty &c
Truly your Friend
W t Brohead Jr

Payments to be made at Philadelphia by First U. S. Bank Agent for paying Pension- ers, in the Agency of Pennsylvania
Recorded in the Pension Of- fice, in Book E Vol. 5 Page 53 by John S. Sprague Clerk.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
Revolutionary Claim.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, Moses Vangordon of the State of Pennsylvania who was a Private in the Army of the Revolution is entitled to receive Eighty dollars and 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 27 th day of March one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three
Lewis Cass
Secretary of War.
Examined and } Countersigned. }
J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.

State of Pennsylvania } County of Pike } ss
Before the subscriber a justice of the peace in and for said County aforesaid, personally appeared Albert G. Rodhead and John Swartwood both of the Township of Lehman County and state aforesaid, who being duly sworn, say they were well acquainted with Moses Vandorden the husband of Elsie Vandorden during his life time, that he was reputed to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that they believe him to have been so - That he was also a Pensioner of the United States as we have good reason to believe -
That they were not personally present at the marriage of Moses Vandorden and Elsie, but they well recollect it to have taken place at the time stated - That they do know and swear to the fact, that from that time on they lived and cohabited together as man and wife until the 2 nd Tuesday of October 1838 (being Election day) when he died, and that the said Elsie has not since married, but continues his widow, -
Sworn and subscribed, } Albert G. Rodhead This 22 nd day of November 1853 }
John Swartwood
John Vandorden, Justice of the Peace
I know the above named witnesses to be respectable and their statements entitled to full credit & belief
Richard V. Brodhead

State of Pennsylvania County of Pike S.S.
I James E Eldred Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County do hereby certify that John D Van Sorden before whom the within affidavit was taken, was at the time of so doing and still is an acting Justice of the Peace in said County, duly commissioned and sworn, and to all whose acts as such full faith & credit ought to be given, and that the signature within purporting to be his, is genuine. Witness my hand and Seal of office at Milford this 3 rd day of December A.D. 1853.
James E Eldred Prothonotary

State of Pennsylvania Pike County S.S. } 3
Before me the Subscriber one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the said County of Pike personally came John Bangoran of the said County who being duly sworn according to law acts Depose and say. That he is one of the Sons of Moses Bangoran now deceased who when living was in the revolutionary war. That he has been informed and does truly believe that an effort is being made to obtain a pension for Mrs. Elsey Madamough as the widow of the said Moses Bangoran. The said Elsey is not the legal widow of the said Moses Bangoran. The facts are that the said Elsey was the wife of Levi Madamough who went into the Army. And while absent the said Elsey married the said Moses Bangoran supposing the said Levi Madamough to be dead. The said Levi Madamough lived some two or three years after the said Elsey was married to said Moses Bangoran. The said Levi Madamough & Elsey Madamough were never divorced. The above stated facts are true and can all be proved.
Sworn and Subscribed }
before me this 27 th day }
of December A.D. 1853 }
Samuel Corthright S.P. }
John Bangoran
State of Pennsylvania }
Pike County S.S. }
I, James E. Eldred Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County of Pike certify that Samuel Corthright is a magistrate duly commissioned and sworn and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal of office and subscribed my name this 27 th day of December A.D. 1853.
J. E. Eldred Prothonotary