Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 11,532, John Willy, New Jersey

SERVICE
NUMBER
New Jersey
or
Willy John Wiley Dorothy
R. 11.532.
CONTENTS

848.906
New Jersey 9743
John Wiley of Morris in the State of New Jersey who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain [blank] of the Regt. commanded by Col. Drake in the New Jersey line for 22 Months
Let 13 April 1837 - Pen. Agent
Lt 67 Dalrymple Aug 25 1842
Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey at the rate of 73 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 12 th day of June 1833 and sent to Isaac Nicholas Flanders Esq.
Arrears to the 14th of Mar 1833 $146.00 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sept. 36 67 $183 33
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. Clagett Clerk, Book E Vol. 3 Page 135

23725
John Wiley Morris County New Jersey
Adm for 1 year and 10 months
Rheece Nicholas Islanders New Jersey

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
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 subjoined 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. Those 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 John Wiley Morris County N.J.
   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.     enlist Feb. 1775- 1 priv. Genl. Montgomery Blackets col. Borar 78 town - Ludlow Co. N.J. Traditionary   1777/78 24 "   June 1779 6 10 " col. Drake. Genl Wines   June 1780 7 "   Aug. 1781 3 "   1 10  
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. 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 and 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 place 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.
□ The notes from [a] to [j] 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.
[k] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] 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.
R. Newman Br

Application for Pension John Wiley of Roxbury Merri County St. L.
23/25

New Jersey } Personally appeared before me John Sharp 3 rd one Morris County, } of the Justices of the Peace in and for said County. Stephen A. Laurence and Samuel Wier two Respectable Citizens of said County who being by me first duly sworn according to Law on their oath saith that they are both personally acquainted with John Wiley the afore named applicant for a Pension and have been for thirty years past and that they are both neighbours to the said John Wiley and have the fullest confidence in the credibility of character of the said John Wiley and of the truth and veracity of the statement by him set forth and subscribed in the foregoing application for a Pension and that from our acquaintance with him we believe him to be Seventy Eight years of age as he has represented and that he is Reported and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the Revolution and we both concur in the same Opinion Sworn and subscribed before me } Stephen A. Laurence this 26 th day of January 1833 } Samuel Wier John Sharp 3 rd of Peace
Morris County New Jersey } to wit I John Sharp 3 rd one of the Justices of the Peace of the County of Morris N.J. aforesaid do hereby certify that after the investigation of the matter of the application of John Wiley for a Pension and after putting the Interrogations to him prescribed by the War Department I am fully satisfied that the said John Wiley was a Soldier of the Revolution and served as he states, and I certify further that the character of the said John Wiley for truth and veracity has never been doubted to my knowledge, and that the two witnesses whose testimony precedes this Certificate, to wit Stephen A. Laurence and Samuel Wier are persons of credibility and of good character for truth and veracity neighbours of the said John Wiley and entitled to full credit whether in or out of Court and I further certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings had before me in the matter of the application of the said John Wiley for a Pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of Office this 26 th day of January Eighteen Hundred & thirty three John Sharp 3 rd of Peace

State of New Jersey } Declaration in order to obtain the Benefit County of Morris } of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832
Personally appeared before me John Sharp 3 d one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the County of Morris N.J. John Wiley a Soldier of the Revolution aged Seventy Eight years a Disenfranchised Citizen of the Township of Roxbury in the County of Morris and State of New Jersey who being by me 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 7 th 1832 "to wit" that he was Born at Andover in the County of Sussex N.J. March 17 th 1754 and is in his Seventy ninth year since March Last, and that he entered the service of the united States in the War of the Revolution and served as herein set forth "to wit" that he enlisted as a private soldier in the Month of February or March (as near as he can Recollect) in the year 1775 (for the Northern Campaign to Montreal and Quebec under General Montgomery) for the period of one year at Hacketts Town in the County of Sussex N.J. in a Company under the Command of Captain Henry Luce, Lieutenants George Ronaldson and Benjamin Landon and Ensign W m Helms in Col. Edwards Reg t and that after spending a few weeks with the Recruiting Officer Ensign Nathaniel Salmon in filling up said Company, they were ordered to Trenton Head quarters to be inspected and reviewed and returned to Hacketts Town by way of Morris Town, and marched shortly after to Albany on the north River on their way to Montreal and Quebec that while at Albany he was taken sick and left in the Hospital there and was not able to Rejoin the army again during the Campaign that he was under Charge of the Hospital Surgeon seven Months under a severe attack of Fever and Inflammatory Rheumatism that he was Discharged from said Hospital as convalescent by the Hospital Surgeon verbally in the Month of Feb y 1776 and arrived home the following Month after an absence of one year, and the said John Wiley further saith that in the summer of 1777 and 78 he was ordered out on alarms as a private of the N.J. Militia once in each year and was one week in each service before Discharged the precise Month he cannot now Recollect, and further that on the fourth of June 1779 he again entered the service of the united States in the N.J. Militia as a private by Draft under Captain James Harris at Roxbury in the County of Morris for a period of six months in Col. Jacob Drake's Regiment of N.J. Militia and was stationed at Sandy Hook to guard the sea shore from Sandy Hook to New Brunswick against the Depredations of the enemy, the said Militia being under the Command of General Wines and in the Month of December following he was Honorably Discharged at Sandy Hook by General Wines by a verbal Discharge and was six Months and ten Days in said Service, and further in the summer of 1780 he was ordered out as a private in the N.J. Militia on an alarm and was at the Battle

of Springfield N.J. and was about one week on said Duty and was Discharged Verbally by his Officers does not Recollect Distinctly the time but But thinks it was the Last of June or for part of July in that year, and that in August 1781 he was again Called out by Draft under Captain John Johnson of the New Jersey Militia for a Term of three months duty as a Private from the Western Regiment of Morris County and was Stationed at Elizabeth Town to guard the Lines While General Washington went to the south with the Regular Army to Capture Lord Cornwallis and performed said Term of Duty and was Honourably Discharged at the expiration of three months and a few Days by Capt Johnson Verbally, and the said John Wiley further saith that he had no further Recollection of his services in the Revolutionary War, and further saith that he has not any family Record of his age Except such Traditionary Information as he Received from his Parents, and that he has no documentary evidence of his services in his possession not having Received any Written Discharge, that he does not know of any person now Living who has any knowledge of his Revolutionary services that he now Resides in the Township of Roxbury in Morris County and has Resided there or in said Township ever since the Revolutionary War, and that he entered and served in the war of the Revolution as before stated that he has a Recollection of Generals Montgomery Wines & Maxwell and Colonel of the Army and is Personally Known to Stephen A. Laurence and Samuel Kier two Respectable Citizens and Neighbors of his where he Resides and has been for thirty years past to whom he Refers for proof of his good character, and that he 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 whatever.
Sworn to and subscribed by the said John Wiley before me this 26 th day of January Eighteen Hundred thirty three John Sharp 3 d of Peace
John Wiley
New Jersey 3 d of John Sharp 3 d Justice of the Peace as aforesaid do hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with the above named applicant for a Pension John Wiley and have been for fifteen years past and I am fully of the opinion that the said John Wiley is of the age he Represents and that he was a soldier of the Revolution and served as he has herein set forth and that the said John Wiley is unable from bodily infirmity and age to attend the County Court in this his matter of application for a Pension to all which I hereunto subscribe my name Officially the day and year aforesaid Jan'y 26 th 1833
John Sharp 3 d of Peace

State of New Jersey Morris County ss.
I David Day Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas for the County of Morris aforesaid do hereby certify that John Sharp B d before whom the within Declaration and testimony has been taken was at the time of the doing thereof an acting Justice of the peace in and for the County of Morris and that full faith and credit is due to his official acts as such and the name John Sharp B d thereto affixed to each is his genuine signature
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court at Morristown the fourteenth day of February A. D. Eighteen hundred and thirty three
David Day Clk

8246
Dorothy Wiley
St. John
Act 3 March 1934

Declaration in order to obtain the Benefit of the acts of Congress of the 3 rd March 1843 and 17 th June 1844. State of New Jersey } County of Morris } on this first day of October 1845 Personally appeared before the Subscriber one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County of Morris Dorothy Wiley the surviving Widow of John Wiley Deceased who in his life time was a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States the said Dorothy Wiley now being a resident of the Township of Washington in said County of Morris and now eighty three years of age, who being by me first duly sworn according to Law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the acts of Congress of 3 rd March 1843 & 17 th June 1844 that she is the widow of John Wiley Deceased of said County who was a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States and served as a private in the New Jersey quota of troops that enlisted in the year 1775 in the Company under the Com- =mand of Capt d Henry Suse, Lieutenants George Ronalds & Benjamin Landon, Ensign William Helms, in Col. Edwards Bonnets Regiment in the Campaign to Montreal and Quebec, as she has often heard her husband say and in the fall of the year 1781 he was drafted as a private from the Militia of Morris County N.J. and performed a tour of duty for about three months at Elizabeth Town under Captain Ab m Johnson She further declares that she was married to her late husband the said John Wiley on the eighth day of May in the year Eighteen Hundred and Eighty in the County of Morris aforesaid by Rev d Woodhull Esq r , that her husband the aforesaid John Wiley died on the thirteenth day of July 1844 and that she is now his surviving widow as will appear by the proof annexed that she has not any family record of her age or marriage in her possession or that she can obtain to her knowledge but relies upon the testimony of Mrs a Margaret Swackhamer to prove her marriage who was personally present at the time, together with such other corroborating testimony as she may be able to obtain

That she is unable from her age and bodily infirmity to appear in open court to make this her declaration and that she is poor and without any means of support and needs assistance and further saith not sworn and subscribed before me by the said Dorothy Wiley by her {signature} Dorothy Wiley making her mark on my presence } mark this first day of October A.D. 1845
Ephraim Marsh
I Ephraim Marsh a Judge of the court of common pleas in and for the county of Maine St. before whom the foregoing Decla- r. of Dorothy Wiley was taken as herby certify that I have been person- ally acquainted with the family of John Wiley dec d for a number of years past and to the said John Wiley being a pensioner of the united states at the time of his death. That I am personally acquainted with the said Dorothy Wiley and believe her to be the widow of the said John Wiley and that I have full confidence in the statements set forth by her in the foregoing Declaration she being in my opinion a person of truth and honesty. And I further certify that to my personal knowledge from her age and bodily infirmity - she is unable to attend the term of court to execute the foregoing Declaration - and further that I am personally acquainted with the witnesses conveyed to wit Benjamin Swage and Margaret Southworth and believe them to be credible witnesses in a court of justice Given under my hand this first day of October A.D. 1845.
Ephraim Marsh
Maine county
Nov. Term 45
Personally appeared before me Rhen Nicholas deputy in justice of the peace in and for said county Benjamin Swage who on his oath saith that he has been personally acquainted with the family of John Wiley dec d for thirty years past, Deposition his wife being the daughter of the said John Wiley, that in this deposition personally I know that the said

John Wily was a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States at the time of his decease - that he knew by report that Dorothy Wily above named is the Widow of the said John Wily De d and that he died on the 13 th day of May 1844 and that the said Dorothy Wily is now at this Deponent's residence in Washington in said County of Morris in full health and that he has full confidence in her statements as to her age, marriage and otherwise in her Declaration above, she the said Dorothy being a person of truth and veracity and a member of the Presbyterian Church ever since this deponent's first acquaintance with her family Sworn and subscribed } before me this 1 st Oct r 1845 } Then Nicholas Just of the peace - Benjamin Swayze
Morris County } New Jersey - } Personally appeared before me Then Nicholas a Justice of the peace in and for said County Margaret Swackhamer the wife of John Swackhamer of said County who on her oath saith that she is seventy seven years of age and is the sister of the aforesaid Dorothy Wily - this deponent distinctly recollects of her sister Dorothy's marriage to John Wily by William Woodhull Esq r although quite young at the time but she was present at the marriage, but cannot now from the length of time since say positively the day month or year of the marriage but is satisfied from her own age that it is more than sixty years ago Sworn and subscribed } before me this first day } of October A.D. 1845 } in making her mark on my pardon Then Nicholas Just of the peace Margaret X Swackhamer mark

I Rhea Nicholas one of the Justices of the peace in and for the County of Morris N.J. do hereby certify that I have been personally acquainted with John Wiley Esq for thirty years last past and know him to have been a Revolutionary prisoner of the united States at the time of his death and have been acquainted with his widow Mary for the same period of time (to wit) the within named Dorothy Wiley I also know them together as husband and wife from the time of my first acquaintance with them to the time of Mr Wiley's death which was in Febry 1844 they have always been reputed as lawful husband and wife and raised a family of several children the eldest son William Wiley I am personally well acquainted who is now over sixty years of age and has a family of children and several Grand children. John Wiley and his wife the said Dorothy resided to my knowledge in the same neighborhood for the last thirty years of his life and I am informed by credible persons that they also resided at the same place over since the Revolutionary war until about one year previous to Mr Wiley's death when his son in law removed them on account of their age and infirmity to his house where Mr Wiley died and where his widow the said Dorothy is now living and I fully add my testimony with great respect to her good character and credibility as well as to the good character and credibility of the witnesses Benjamin Savage and Margaret Swackhamer with whom I am personally acquainted. Given 1 st Nov 45 -
Rhea Nicholas J.P.
State of New Jersey County of Morris ss
I George H Ludlow Clerk of the court of common pleas of said County of Morris do hereby certify that Ephraim Allard Esq before whom the within declaration of Dorothy Wiley was made was at the doing thereof one of the Judges of the court of common pleas of said County of Morris and that Rhea Nicholas Esq before whom the annexed affidavits of Benjamin Savage and Margaret Swackhamer were taken was at the doing thereof one of the Justices of the peace in and for said County both being duly commissioned and sworn as such official officers of said County and that the signatures of the said Ephraim Allard Esq and Rhea Nicholas are both their genuine signatures. In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of the said Court at Morristown in said County this 18 th day of October A.D. 1845 -
George H Ludlow Clerk

September 13, 1932.
Mrs. Daniel J. Smith 13 Emma Street Plainfield, New Jersey.
BA-J/MHF/ILL John Willy R. 11532
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the record of John Wiley, a Revolutionary War pensioner.
The record given below is from the papers on file in pension claim, R. 11532, based upon the service of John Willy, as he signs, in that war; his name is borne as Wiley on the pension rolls.
John Willy was born March 17, 1754 in Andover, Sussex County, New Jersey.
He enlisted in 1775 in Hackettstown, New Jersey, served as private in Captain Henry Luce's Company, Colonel Bond's New Jersey Regiment and was discharged in February, 1776 and returned home the following month, having been in the service one year; he was out on an alarm of one week in 1777, and on an alarm of one week in 1778, no officers names given; he enlisted June 4, 1779 and served six months and ten days as private in Captain James Harris' Company, Colonel Jacob Drake's New Jersey Regiment; he was ordered out on an alarm in June, 1780, served one week and was in the battle of Springfield; he enlisted in August, 1781 and served three months as private in Captain Abraham Johnson's New Jersey Company.
He was allowed pension on his application executed January 26, 1833, at which time he was a resident of Roxbury Township, Sussex County, New Jersey, where he had resided ever since the Revolution.
This soldier died February 13, 1844 in Washington Township, Morris County, New Jersey.
John Willy married on May 8, 1780 in Morris County, New Jersey.
See folky of all the papers this is called Wiley - Wiley's sig. is Wiley my X so that was why I said Willy or Wiley in my letter of Jan. 23, 1929 - MMP

Dorothy, whose maiden name and date of birth are not stated.
In 1845, the soldier's widow, Dorothy, was eighty-three years of age and was living in Washington Township, Morris County, New Jersey, with her daughter who was the wife of Benjamin Swayze; the name of this daughter is not stated. The soldier had lived with this son-in-law about a year before his death and died at his home. The soldier and his wife, Dorothy, had other children; the only name given is William, the eldest, who was more than sixty years of age in 1845, at which time he had children and grandchildren.
In 1845, the widow's sister, Margaret, was the wife of John Swackhammer of Morris County, New Jersey.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER, Assistant to Administrator.
Name explained on pen. roll.

Apr. 21, 1905 History to Herbert O'Donnell, Brooklyn, N. Y. 1910. Sept. 13. Hist. to Herbert O'Donnell. 1910 Sept. 23. Dupl. of Hist. to Herbert O'Donnell. 1916 Sept. 26 Hist. to H. J. Croakling 1919 Sept. 23 Hist. to Theo. De Munde. P.O. 1929 Jan 23 - Hist. to Theo. De Munde. 1922 Sept. 13 Hist. to Mrs. Daniel J. Smith.
11.032
Dorothy Wiley Service: widow of John Wiley
REJECTED
Enlisted: _____, 18 Discharged: _____, 18 Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____ _____ Re-enlisted: _____ _____
Attorney: _____ P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract. _____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

2-1609.
Department of the Interior. BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
If not called for in 15 days, return to THE COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS, WASHINGTON, D.C.
Official Return Rev. Section
11 Cooper St

82 46
Dorothy Whaley
M.D.
Feb. 6 Day: Twazee
Dec. 16 1848
11532
act 3 March 1843

Mary Stiles widow of John Stiles, whether there has been any pension allow within two years - Abigail Hall wife of Capt. Hall, has there been pension allowed -
John Wiley - any pension - Ruth Till widow of Peter if any pension
J. L. Dabridge Marriottown N. J.
Statement of Widow Moore the widow of Calib

Paia 15
Edwards Esq Pension Office Washington City D.C.

The commission of Pancoast will please accept the return to these papers to Benjamin Swazie at Pleasant Grove P.O. Morris County New Jersey

Walter Dand Pension office
March 24 1887
Sir
The inclosed Certificates and vouchers are transmitted to you, for your special direction authorizing payment, they are applications for more than one year
I remain respectfully
Your Ob. Servant
W. P. Hunt, Jr.
J. Dickerson Pres't
J. L. Edwards Esq. Committee of Pensions

Sir
Gen. H. H. [unclear] Dec. 10 45
The claims of Dorothy Wiley has been examined. The papers filed - The proof of the sale of the marriage is not satisfactory - If she was married as early as 1780 there can be found old neighbors of intelligence & respectability who if they have no knowledge of them before 1794 may by comparison of their own with the ages of Claimant's children be able to prove the relation of husband & wife prior to that date - She claimed distinctly stated what knowledge she has of her husband service -
The alleged service of her husband in '76 should be confirmed by the records at Trenton at least so far as the Com missioning of his Officers. Capt. Luce & Col. Bond is also of the alleged service in '79 un- der Capt. Haines or Harris of Col. Drake's regt. of Morris Co. militia the proof

from those records should be adduced.
W. H. Swasey Dec. 16. 45.
Benjn Swasey Esq Clement Grove Morris Co N. J.

Rev Sec
Sept 6, 19.
Dear Sir..
Will you please give me the Military History of John Wiley, private Soldier of the American Revolution who enlisted at Hackettstown New Jersey in 1775. Applied for pension Jan 24. 1833. his claim allowed. Resident at date of application Roxbury township Warren Co. N. J. Born at Andover N. J. Mar 17 th 1754. Died Feb 13. 1844.
I will consider it a great favor to hear from you as soon as convenient. Yours Respect
Geo. De Munnick. 346 Keap Street Brooklyn N. Y.

22-50000-100000 August 23, 1932
The Commissioner of Pensions Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
I am writing for information concerning my great grandfather, a soldier in the Revolutionary War, enlisted in Hackettstown, N. J., I think.
His name was John Wiley; he was born in Andover, N. J.; and he married Dorothy Schuyler. He received a pension, I believe. I think he was in the Expedition of Quebec.
My mother's maiden name was Margaret E. Wiley.
Yours very truly,
Mrs. Daniel J. Smith
13 Emma Street Plainfield, N. J.

60 Clark Street Brooklyn, N.Y.
9/5/10
Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.
Dear Sir —
Will you be so kind as to send me what information you have of John Wiley who enlisted at Hackettstown, New Jersey, and served in the Revolutionary War. If you could give me some of the battles he took part in I would be grateful. Also any other information.
Thanking you, I am,
Very truly
Herbert O'Donnell 60 Clark Street.
Brooklyn, N.Y.

91 Rowsley Street, Bridgeport, Conn. November, 13, 1928.
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, District of Columbia.
Below you will find a brief sketch of my Great-Great-Grand-Father, John Wiley . Will you please give me any Military history you may have?
John Wiley, born at Andover, N.J. March, 17, 1754 resident of Roxbury Township, Warren County, N.J. at time of application for pension January, 26, 1833. Claim allowed. Died February 13, 1844 in Washington Township, Morris Co. N.J.
Paragraph from letter from War Department, Washington, D.C.
"A man named John Wiley is mentioned as a member of class number 40 of Capt. Carter's Company of New Jersey Militia, on a record in this office of the proceedings of a New Jersey Commission, which met on May 7, 1778, and proceeded to class certain companies of New Jersey Militia. This record does not show whether or not the said Wiley rendered any actual service as a soldier. No record has been found of the service in the Revolutionary War in a New Jersey organization of any other John Wiley."
I would like to get this information as a matter of record, in order also to make application in the Sons and Daughters of the American Revolution.
Yours very truly,
Theo. W. DeMund, Jr.

Rev Sec 1 LHM
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PAST PRESIDENTS
JOHN FRANKLIN FORT JOHN LENORD MERRILL
Sept 14, 1916
Hon G. M. Saltzgaber, Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:-
Will you kindly furnish certificate giving military history of John Wiley, Private, Morris Co., N.J., during the Revolutionary War.
Under Morris County, N.J., I find as follows:
"John Wiley, Private, New Jersey Cont'l Line.
Application placed June 12, 1833
Commencement of pension March 4, 1831
Annual allowance $73.33, Total sum $219.99
Age at date of application, 79 years "
The information is desired to prove eligibility of Jacob Wiley, Civil War veteran, to membership in this Society.
Very truly yours
W. J. Conkling

AST
3-871.
RECORD DIVISION.
Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Briefed by A. MacD. 9/8/10
Claim No. _____
Certificate No. _____
Claimant _____
Soldier John Wiley
Service N.Y.
Additional Service Rev.
No. _____ claim, State records _____, 191 _____
No claim, combination records _____, 191 _____
REMARKS:
Rej 11,532 No other claim as above.

Sci Dec. 16, 1895
The claim of Dorothy Wiley has been examined & the papers filed.
The proof of the date of the marriage is not satisfactory. If she was married as early as 1780 there can be found old neighbors of intelligence & respectability who if they have no knowledge of them before 1794 may by comparison of their own with the ages of claimants-children-

be able to prove the relationship of husband & wife prior to that date. She should distinctly state what knowledge she has of her husband's service.
The alleged service of her husband in 76 should be confirmed by the records at Trenton at least so far as the commissioning of his officers Capt. Luce & Col Bond so also of the alleged service in 79

Under Capt Harris or Harris of Col. Dakota's regt of Morris Co. Militia the proof from these records should be adduced.
To
Benj Swazee

Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
Washington, D. C., _____, 190__
No. _____
Mr. _____
Co. _____, _____ Regiment (State.)
P. O., _____
Co., _____ (State.)
You are hereby directed to report in person to
Dr. _____
(St. and No.), _____
Town, _____
County, _____, State, _____
upon any Wednesday within three months from date hereof, for a medical examination.
Return this slip with the date of the examination noted below by the surgeon making the same.
Very respectfully, [Signature: H. Ware] Commissioner.
Examination made by me this _____ day of _____, 190__
Examining Surgeon.
Attorney: _____
P. O.: _____

Letter crossed This + are reply 8132 to her father's letter -
September 14, 1932
Director of Pensions Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
I am writing for information concerning my great grandfather, a soldier in the Revolutionary War, enlisted in Hackettstown, N. J., I think.
His name was John Wiley ; he was born in Andover, N. J.; and he married Dorothy Schuyler. He received a pension, I believe. I think he was in the Expedition of Quebec.
My mother's maiden name was Margaret E. Wiley.
Yours very truly,
Mrs. Daniel J. Smith
13 Emma Street Plainfield, N. J.

60 Clark Street, Brooklyn, New York.
Sept. 16, 1910
To the Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
My dear Sir:-
I received the statement of the military history of John Wiley who served as a private in the Revolutionary War, please accept my thanks for same. As this copy was for an uncle of mine I write again to ask you if you would send me a duplicate for myself as I find this so interesting I would like to possess a copy.
On this statement under "Record Division" are the letters A. C. M. and R File 11532.
I noticed the party mentioned died in Washington, Morris Co., New Jersey, I think this should be Washington Township.
Thanking you for your courtesy, I remain,
Very truly yours,
Herbert O'Donnell
P.S. I believe Capt. Henry Luce took part in the Expedition to Quebec

Rev. & 1812 Wars Section MHP/eel
January 23, 1929
Theo. W. DeMuth, Jr. 91 Rowley Street Bridgeport, Connecticut
Sir:
I advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, R.11532 it appears that John Willy or Wiley was born March 17, 1754 in Andover, Sussex County, New Jersey.
He enlisted at Hackettstown, New Jersey in 1775 reserved as a private in Captain Henry Luce's Company, Colonel Bond's New Jersey Regiment and was discharged in February 1776 having been in service one year.
He was out on two alarms of one week each in 1777 and 1778, no officers named.
He enlisted June 4, 1779 and served six months and ten days as private in Captain James Harris' Company, Colonel Jacob Drake's New Jersey Regiment and was also ordered out on an alarm in June 1780, served one week and was in the battle of Springfield.
He enlisted in August 1781 and served three months

in Captain Abraham Johnson's New Jersey Company.
He was allowed pension on his application executed January 26, 1833 while a resident of Roxbury Township, Sussex County, New Jersey where he had lived ever since the Revolution. He died February 13, 1844 in Washington Township, Morris County, New Jersey.
He married May 8, 1780 in Morris County, New Jersey, Dorothy, maiden name not stated. In 1845 she was aged eighty-three years and was living in Washington Township, Morris County, New Jersey with a daughter who was the wife of Benjamin Swayze and at whose home the soldier died. They had other children, no names given except William Wiley, the eldest, who in 1845 was over sixty years of age and had children and grandchildren.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.

sion on file in this Bureau.
John Wiley P File 11,532
   DATE OF RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     1775 1 yr. Pvt. Henry Lee Bond N.J.   Summer 1777 1 wk " ordered out on an alarm "   Summer 1778 1 wk " " " " " " " "   June 4, 1779 6 mo 10 days " James Harris Jacob Drake "   June 1780 1 wk " ordered out on an alarm "   Aug. 1781 3 mos. " Abraham Johnson ✓ "  
Darney Co.
Battles engaged in, Springfield
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Edison or Hackstown N.J.
Date of application for pension, Jan 26 1832 His ch was ch
Residence at date of application, Pembury Morris Co. N.J.
Age at date of application, to Andrew Jackson Co. N.J. Mar 17 1754
Remarks: was aged 83 at  In 1845 she lived in Washington N.J. with daughter, wife of  Benjamin ... They had other children - no names stated wife  William the eldest wife in 1845 was over 60 yrs of age and had  children and grandchildren
Very respectfully,
He also had a sister
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Margaret who mar. John Brackhammer
Commissioner.

V. S. M.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
R File 11532
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Rev. War.
Washington, D. C.,
Sept. 23, 1919.
Theo. De Mand
346 Keap Street.
Sir: Brooklyn, N.Y.
In reply to your request of Sept. 6", received Sept. 8" for a statement of the military history of John Willy or Wiley a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     1775 1 year Pvt. Henry Luce Bond N.J.   Summer 1777 1 week " ordered out on an alarm. "   Summer 1778 1 week " ordered out on an alarm. "   June 4. 1779 6 mos 10 days " James Harris Jacob Drake "   June 1780 1 week " ordered out on an alarm. "   Aug 1781 3 mos. " Abraham Johnson ✓ "  
Battles engaged in, Springfield.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, enlisted at Hackettstown, N.J.
Date of application for pension Jan'y 26. 1833. His claim was allowed.
Residence at date of application Roxbury Township, Morris County, N.J.
Age at date of application, born Mar 17. 1754 at Radnor, Sussex Co. N.J.
Remarks:
died Feb'y 13. 1844 in Washington Twp. Morris Co. N.J.
He married May 8. 1780, in Morris County, N.J. Dorothy. In 1845 she lived in Washington Twp. N.J. with a daughter, wife of Benjamin Swayze. They had other children, no names stated except William, the eldest who in 1845, was over 60 years of age and had children and grand children.
Respectfully,
ACTING Commissioner.