Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 16295, William Wick, New Jersey.

SERVICE
New Jersey.
Wick, William
NUMBER
S. 16295
CONTENTS
carded

Was placed in the Ohio, Book by mistake Dead. Let to Harry Mick L. Nov 28. 1839.
33
Pittsburgh Ohio 19.800
William Mick
Trumbull in the State of Ohio was a Corporal in the Corps commanded by Captain Day — of the Regt. commanded by Col. Benoni in the N. Jersey — time for 3 m. 10 d. 21 h.
  3 .. 8 .. 21 h.  $16.72    $11.10  11.68    12.26     $23.36  $58.40  
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio at the rate of 23 Dollars 36 Cents per annum. to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 17 day of Sep. 1833 and unto Richard & Todd Warren
  Arrears to the 4th of Sep. '33  $ 58.40    Semi-ant. allowance ending M. '34  11.68  
$70.08
Revolutionary Claim, Not June 7, 1832. So. O. Stiles Clerk.
Recorded by Book E Vol. 8 Page 133

23575
Am. Week
Trumbull Co.
Ohio
Return.
Adm 6 Months and 18 days 3 Months and 8 days thereof as a Corporal.
1198 168 128 128 126
Birchard & Son Agts Trumbull County Warren Ohio

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
14 April 1833
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 subjjoined 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. These points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: \} ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Patrick Brumball Ohio
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     1776 drafted drafted say he was in service in all between 18-21 6 18 Private Corps Light Horse Capt Day Col Benoni Wetmore Col Sibley Gen Washington Col Arnot Col White Gen Livingston 73 Havana Marrub? N. Jersey Traditionary  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

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 } ss. County of }
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 days 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 if 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 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 an 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 traditional 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 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 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 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.
[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 affix 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.
[k] The notes from [a] to [i] 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.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[t] 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.
Geo. B. Whiting

State of Ohio Trumbull County ss }
On this fourth day of October AD 1832 Personally appeared in open court
before the Honorable the court of Common Pleas for said county now sitting William Wick a resident of Austin Township in the county of Trumbull and State of Ohio aged seventy three years and seven months 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 7, 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated.
The company officers were Captain Stephen Day, Lieutenant Josiah Hand, the Ensigns name I do not recollect
The field officers were Colonel Benoni Heathcote,
Col Sylvanus Seely was officer of the regiment at that time but I do not recollect the rank he held or the names of the other officers or their rank in the regiment in which I served I served two tours of duty under these officers and in the same Regiment and company & under the command of the same officers both times as near as my recollection serves me If there were any changes in the officers of the Regiment or company I do not recollect them, I do not recollect the day of the month or even the year when I was first called out, but it was the first time that the militia of New Jersey was called into the service and before the British landed in New York. I well recollect of seeing their shipping off Long Island, and its appearance was that of a great gathering of dead trees, I think I was out at this time between two or three weeks, when I returned home with all of my company I was a private soldier in the company I lived in the town of Hanover in the county of Morris & State of New Jersey at the time my company was called out I think all of the militia company to which I belonged were called out, whether we went out as volunteers or were drafted I cannot state, At this time I was in an engagement either at Hackensack or Acquackackonk & I do not recollect which the British had effected a landing at whichever place the engagement was & we pursued them and took a few

prisoners. and exchanged a few shots with them, They had a cannon and fired grape shot & killed one man and wounded another who died a few days after. This was the first cannon I had ever heard. After I returned home from this expedition I was again called into the service as a private soldier in the same company and under the officers before stated. & from the town County and State before stated. I was drafted at this time. I cannot recollect the day of the month or year when I entered the service this time, But it was the second time that the militia of Morris county were called into the service of the United States, Our company at this time rendevoused at Morristown, N.J. and marched from thence to Elizabethtown, N.J. when we joined the army of Washington & retreated with him from thence to Woodbridge & Amboy to New Brunswick in N.J. This was the same year that the americans were compelled to retreat from Long Island and I think shortly after it. I cannot state how long I was in this service at this time as I have nothing wherewith to refresh my memory. I was taken unwell as near as I can recollect at Elizabethtown. and my father on hearing that I was out of health came to the Army and took me home with him and brought a substitute for me who continued with the army until he was regularly discharged. The substitute name was Abel Benz. I have not seen him for more than forty years and I suppose he is dead. I a third time entered the service of the United States with a company of light horse I entered as a private and was afterwards elected a corporals and served as such The officers of this company were Captain Jacob Arnold Ensign David Edmiston. Lieutenant William Liddle, I do not know what Regiment we were attached to. nor can I tell who the field officer that had the immediate command of us were but I believe we were attached to a Regim ent of Continental troops commanded by a Col White, who command ed a the light horse, I state this from recollecting that Col White commanded our company when in service & that we acted under his commands, when I entered service in the light horse I resided in the same town, county & State before stated. I cannot state the day month or year when I entered the service of the United States under this engagement as I have nothing to refresh my memory with, and am advised that it is not proper

or advisable to refer to the printed history of the times for that purpose. I was drafted at this time. During this tour of service I was at the Battle of Springfield in the County of Essex N.J. and was detailed by my captain as one of the Guard to attend upon William Livingston Governor of N.J. and was six weeks with him, & went with him to Philadelphia and from there back to Princeton in N.J. the Genl Assembly of N.J. was sitting at Princeton when we returned to that place. I rode a number of times as express and carried dispatches to and from Gen Washington to Gov Livingston, and became familiarly acquainted with both. I was regularly discharged at each time I quit the service but believe I never rec d a written discharge. During the above three periods of service, over & above the period of my enlistment & substitute over and above the services of my second also engaged in the service of the United States, six months and eighteen days, which time I was in good health & performed military duty I am able to state this time with particularity from having been a bound apprentice to the Tanner & Shoemaker, at the time I entered the service, and the man to whom I was bound claimed of me pay as lost time for the period that I served in the army at fifty cents per day and insisted that he was entitled by the indenture of apprenticeship to receive pay for all the time I was away except during my sickness we agreed upon the number of days, and I informed Gov Livingston of the claim, he was friendly to me and said that he would assist me he told me not to pay it that I had served my country & had benefited the my master as much as myself by so doing, and that he should never be paid one cent for the time I had been in the Army, and he never was paid, but gave it up, & submitted to his decision. I have no documentary evidence and I know of no person, whose testimony I can procure who can testify to my service. I was born on the 25th day of February 1759. I have no record except a memorandum entered in my bible from an old bible of my father which transcribed into my own when I left New Jersey in 1804.

I am known in my present neighborhood by the Rev Shadrach Bostwick of Canfield Trumbull Co Ohio and William Marshall Esq of Wethersfield in said Co who I believe will testify as to my character for veracity and also their belief of my services as a soldier of the revolution -
I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declare that my name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state Wm Wick
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid -
George Parsons Clerk
We Shadrach Bostwick a clergyman residing in the township of Canfield, County of Trumbull and State of Ohio - and William Marshall residing in the Town of Wethersfield County and state aforesaid hereby certify that we are well acquainted with William Wick who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be about the 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
Shadrach Bostwick Wm Marshall
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid -
George Parsons Clerk
235/5 Wm Wick
Pension
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 certify that it appears to them that Shadrach Bostwick who has signed the preceding Certificate is a clergyman, resident in the County of Trumbull and that Wm Marshall who also signed the same, is a resident in the same Co and is a creditable person, and that their statement is entitled to Credit
The State of Ohio Trumbull County ss George Parsons Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings in the matter of the application of William Wick for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of office at Warren this 19th day of October A.D. 1832. George Parsons Clerk

16.295 INVALID.
File No. 16295  am
William Wick
Corp Rev-war
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[Arrangement of 1870.]

The State of Ohio      An amended declaration of William Wick a resident of Austintown Tuscarawas County      in said County in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832.
Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the peace in and for the County of Tuscarawas in the State of Ohio, William Wick 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 three months and ten days I served as a private; For three months and eight days I served as a corporal; and for such service I claim a pension.
William Wick
Sworn to and subscribed before me this tenth day of June A.D. 1833
Isaac Medbury Justice of the peace The State of Ohio      I George Parsons Clerk of the Court of Common Tuscarawas County      pleas within and for said County do certify that Isaac Medbury Esquire before whom the foregoing declaration was made and whose name in his own proper hand writing is affixed to the same, was at the time of subscribing his name thereto an acting justice of the peace duly elected commissioned and sworn valed ably to the Laws of said State of Ohio.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of of- fice at Warren this twelfth day of June A.D. 1833 -
George Parsons Clerk
3. Month 10
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Youngstown Nov 18th Hon. Gen. C. S. Secretary of War Washington City
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Youngstown Trumbull County Ohio No. 11-1839 Dr. Sir I am requested by the Widow of William Vick Decd. who was a Pensioner of the United States to get instructions how she might get the Pension her life if at all, and thought the sure way would be to trouble you with the necessary information if you will be so good as to give the director how to proceed, and further she is a Widow that comes under the law to receive a Pension after the Pension is Decd. or not I don't know, she is the Decd. Second Wife, having been S. Vick's Wife say about twelve years, and in rather low circumstances, a copy of his certificate I will give below that it may be of trouble for you to look after it, War Department Revolutionary War I certify that, in conformity with the Law of the United States of the 7th June 1832 William Vick of the State of Ohio who was a corporal in the army of the Revolution is entitled to draw twenty three Dollars and thirty six Cents per annum during his natural life commencing on the 4th March 1831 and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March and 4th of Sept. in each year (Given at the War Office of the United States this 17th day of Sept. 1833
John C. Calhoun Secy of War Examined and countersigned J. L. Edwards Comt of Pensions Pension No. 19800 Payment to be made at Pittsburgh By First Natl. Bank Banks Dept for paying pensions in the agency of Ohio T. H. Raw in the Pension Office in P. & O. Vol 8 page 29 by G. S. C. H. C. H. If this Widow can draw a Pension please give the necessary instructions and let the Widow & yours very Respectfully John C. Calhoun