Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 842, Elijah Warne, New Jersey

SERVICE
NUMBER
New Jersey.
Warne, Elijah
S. 842.
CONTENTS
carded.

17.193 New Jersey
Elijah Warner
of Warren in the State of N. Jersey who was a Privat in the Company commanded by Captain Pray of the Regt commanded by Col Bonnell on the N. J. ma line for Truro.
Elijah Warner
Pen. Agent. May 3, 1837.
Order to pay 19. April 1839
Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey at the rate of 23 Dollars 33 Cents per annum. to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 8 day of August 1839 and sent to
L C. D. St. - Present
Arrears to the 1st of March 1839. $46.66 Semest. allowance ending Septm 11.66
$58.32
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by E. D. Buelock Clerk, Book 5 Vol. 3 Page 135-

Application of Elijah Warner of Warren: New Jersey for a Pension
8377
If Pension allowed please direct the Certificate to J. M. Sherrod, Belndere Warren (N. J.)

State of New Jersey.
Warren County ss. Personally appeared, on this third day of September in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and thirty two, in open court before the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas of said county now sitting Elijah Warne, a resident of the township of Mansfield in said county, aged Seventy three years & upwards, 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.
I was born on the 7 th August 1759 at Kingwood in the County of Hunterdon in said State. I have a record of my age in my father's family bible. I lived at Kingwood when first called into the service. I was drafted into the Militia of New Jersey and went out first under Captain James Boag, Major Gerendyke and Colonel Bonnell. we marched to New Brunswick and continued there and in that neighborhood two months. I was a private. I think this was in the year 1776. but can't say what months. we were engaged making mud forts by the marsh, and brush fence to fight behind, but had no other service.
Same year I went out under the same Captain two months. Major Gerendyke and Colonel Bonnell to Elizabeth town. the regular of the British army laid on the Island opposite to us & they fired across upon us whenever they went to work at the fort - so that we

were compelled to bring our cannon down the beach. Then had a chance to build on forts. We had no other skirmish during these two months.
In 1777. I was called to Trenton on a tour under Captain Boag & Lieutenant Dancy - we were sent back & put under other officers whose names I do not now recollect. We were billeted there at Trenton - marched to Burdentown & back again. Had no skirmish this month.
In same year I was called out again under Captain Afterward Major Groendyke to go after the Tories. We were billeted at Trenton - and guarded the Governor Livingston part of the time at Pittstown, when he was examining the Tories.
Then I was out one month with my team carting provisions for the army. Myself & team were pressed into the service. We went to Sussex Courthouse.
Then I was called again to be at the Battle of Monmouth under Captain Boag. I was out one month. Colonel Bonnell & Colonel Beavers then commanded. Recalled, also General William Maxwell was the commander. This tour I was out as a volunteer among 100 men.
I was again called upon under the direction of the General to take all the boats from Trenton to Easton - about forty of us turned out & performed that service & were once engaged nearly a month. Making together in the service the amount of at least five months besides with the team.

I never had any certificate of discharge nor any written documents to prove my service except the affidavit of William Tiet accompanying this application.
I have no clergyman living in my neighborhood but William McLough Kennedy, Esquire and Garret Sacey, Esquire two of the Judges of this court
know of the reputation in the neighborhood of my revolutionary services. 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.
Sworn and Subscribed the day and year Elijah Warren affirmed in open court
E. Warren
We William Kennedy and Garret Sacey residing in the county of Warren, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Elijah Warren who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration: that we believe him to be seventy three 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 in open court the day and year aforesaid.
E. Warren
W. Kennedy Garret Sacey

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interro- gatories 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 William Ken- nedy and Garet Lacey Aspinnes, who signed the preceding certificate are resident in the said county of Warren, and are credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit
J. M. Blair J. M. McCulloch Thos. M. Mays Charles Foster

State of New Jersey.
Warren County ss. Before me one of the judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for said county on the twenty ninth day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty personally appeared Mr. William Tiet of said county aged seventy four years having alleged himself conscientiously scrupulous of taking an oath and February last, who being duly sworn affirmed according to law saith that he is well acquainted with Elijah Warne of Mansfield, in said county who is applying for a pension under the law of Congress of June 7 th 1832. That he knew him in the time of the revolutionary war, and that he was at the battle of Monmouth in New Jersey. That Deponent was in the same engagement, and saw said Warne both on the way to Monmouth and in the engagement - all under Colonel Joseph Beavers - and further saith not.
affirmed sworn , and Subscribed the date above } William Tiet before me
Peter W Blair
I Peter W Blair Esq before whom the above affirmation of William Tiet was made certify that I am well acquainted with the said William Tiet that he is a credible person, and that his statement is entitled to full faith and credit.
Witness my hand & seal the 20 th day of June 1832 -
P. W. Blair

State of New Jersey } Warren County, p 3 v I, Thomas B Kennedy, Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for said County of Warren do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the Application of Elyah Warne for a peremptory And further I do hereby certify that Peter M Blair Esq. before whom the within Affidavit was taken was at the time of the taking thereof an acting Judge of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas of said County duly commissioned and sworn into office as such And to whose official acts full faith And credit is due, And further that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of the said Judge And am satisfied that his signature there to appended is genuine In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand And seal of Office at Belvidere this 10th day of September A.D. 1832.
T. Kennedy Atty
Affidavit of William Root of Service of Elyah Warne in the Revolution.

State of New Jersey.
Warren County ss. Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, Elijah Warne an applicant for a pension under the act of Congress of June 7. 1832. who being duly sworn deposes 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 Seven months I served as a private, and for such service I claim a pension. Elijah Warne
Sworn & Subscribed June 1833 before me Thomas Freeman J.P.
I Thomas Freeman one of the Justices of the Peace before whom the above affidavit was made certify that I am well acquainted with the said Elijah Warne; that he is a credible person, and that his statement is entitled to credit. Witness my hand & seal the 22 nd June
1833
Thomas Freeman Justice of the Peace

State of New Jersey
Warren County ss.
I Phineas B. Kennedy Clerk
of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County certify that the signature of Peter M. Blair Esq. to the additional certificate of credibility of William Vick
and the signature of Thomas Scureman Esquire to the additional affidavit of Elijah Ware are their genuine signatures; that at the times of taking said affidavit and making said certificate were and justice of the peace in and for said county and that the papers accompanying this certificate (excepting the above stated additional ones) are the original papers and proceedings that were before the said court on the application of the said Elijah Ware for a pension.
Witness my hand & seal of office the day of June A.D. 1833.
[Handwritten signature: Ph. B. Kennedy]

New War
INVALID.
File No.
842
Elijah Warne
Ins. N. J. Life.
Act:
June 7, 1882.
Index:—Vol.
2
, Page
390
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Elijah Warre
admit 7m finiate 23.33
Hen Scandit

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of
Elijah Warre further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes 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? yes 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? yes  no VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes 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? yes

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? no
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? yes
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? yes
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? yes
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? yes
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 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 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.

Minton Bank Pension Office April 16 1839
Sir
The enclosed voucher requires your special direction for payment
I remain respectfully
Your Ob t Serv t ,
in behalf of
P Dickinson Pres
Westley P. Smith
J L Edwards Esq Commissioner of Pensions.

Newton Bank Pension Office Apr 25 1837
Sir
I enclose you the vouchers of the Widow of Isaac Brice & Herstep as also vouchers of Elijah Name unpaid pensions for more than one year, the former under act May 15 1828 the latter Nov. 7 1832. These are for your special direction for payment.
I remain with great respect
Your Obedient Wesley P. Stuart Jr P D Pns
J. S. Edwards Esq.