Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 10,826, Peter Vernader, New Jersey

SERVICE
SERVICE New Jersey
or Vernader, Peter Vanader
NUMBER
R. 10.826
CONTENTS

34.870
Peter Vanader Chis.

The State of Ohio } Hamilton County }
Peter Vernadu being duly known makes oath and saith that he resides at present in the State of Ohio; & that he believes himself to be entitled to a pension from the government of the United States of America, in pursuance of an act of the Congress of the United States passed the day of A.D. , for services by him rendered in the army of the Revolution. Affiant further states that he was born in New Jersey on the tenth day of December A.D. 1740, and that he is at present seventy eight years of age and upwards; that he removed to & settled in the State of Ohio in the year 1817. has resided therein ever since that period; that he has never received from the government of the United States any pension for his services before mentioned. This Affiant further states that he served in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Thom- as Blanch, in the Company commanded by Cap- tain John Hopper, of which Company Jacob Snyder was the fifer; that he was wounded in a skirmish above the left knee, but does not re- collect the time and place of the skirmish. And further this affiant saith not.
sworn to and subscribed this Eighth day of November A.D. 1839 before me
his Peter X Vernadu Mark
Richd. Melford, Justice of the peace
Witness as to the signature of Peter Vernadu
Edward Gayton Richd. Melford

The State of Ohio
Hamilton County
3 William H. Harrison Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for Said County, do hereby Certify that Richard Mulford is an Acting Justice of the Peace in and for Said County duly Elected & Commissioned and Qualified; that his Commission bears date from the 15 th day of July A.D. 1839 and will expire on the 15 th day of July A.D. 1840 and that his Signature within written is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court at Cincinnati this 18 th day of November A.D. 1839
W. H. Harrison Clerk J. J. Snider Deputy

State of Ohio Hamilton County City of Cincinnati 3 D.
On this twentieth day of June A.D. 1840 personally appeared before Henry Moore one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for the County aforesaid Peter Venada a resident of the City of Cincinnati in the County of Hamilton and State of Ohio aged seventy nine years. Who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declarations, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed March 3rd 1832 That he is now in his Eighteenth year being born on the 10th of November 1760. in Pyramus, Bergeus County New Jersey has no records of his age. and states his age from memory was living in the Penn and County where born when enrolled in the militia service of New Jersey in the nineteenth year of his age He served three months under Captain John Coffey in whose company a man by the name of Snyder was fife the colonel of the regiment was named Mr. Plank Does not remember the names of any of the officers of the regular army in New Jersey at the time he served about the expiration of his first term was wounded in the left thigh by a musket ball in a skirmish with the enemy at the Backensack River and as well as he remembers the name of the surgeon who extracted the ball was Broadax or Broadman. the scar still remains in his thigh about the size of a quarter of a dollar He remembers distinctly being sent with his regiment or company to a place called the New Bridge to prevent the passage of the Refugees In about six weeks after he was wounded he entered the service and was out two months and in the following year he again served three months. The two first periods of service were in the year 1779 and the last period of service was in the year 1780. He lived in New Jersey until the year 1817 when he moved to Ohio City of Cincinnati where he has lived ever since
He does not remember whether he ever received a discharge or not and if he did has long since lost it. He made application several years since through Relancy Story Esq. in proof which he refers to said Story certificate and for the support of his

claim he refers to the certificate of William Grossman and Albert Hoppe his having heard him speak of his services in the Revolutionary War many years before the passage of the act under which he claims a Pension. He knows of no surviving witness by whom his services can be proved. He hereby relinquishes all claim to a pension or annuity except the present one and declares that his name is not on the Pension roll of the Agency of any State.
Given to & subscribed the day & year his Peter Vernader aforesaid Henry Moose } made
Special Judge We William Grossman & Albert Hoppe residing in the city of Cincinnati Hamilton County State of Ohio hereby certify that we are well and well acquainted with Peter Vernader who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration: that we believe him to be seventy nine years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. so affirmed Subscribed to & and Albert Hoppe also certify that he has before me the 23 rd June 1840 heard him speak of his services in the revolutionary war  Richd. Shelford } Many years before the passage of the act under which he Justice of the peace claims a pension
William Grossman Albert Hoppe
And the said Henry Moose does hereby declare his opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above applicant was a Revolutionary soldier, and served as he states, and that the Henry Moose further certifies that it appears to him that William Grossman and Albert Hoppe who have signed the preceding certificate are residents in the City of Cincinnati aforesaid and are credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Henry Moose Special Judge
their certificate

In the year 1838. I was applied to by Mrs. Vernadon to obtain a pension for her husband: I saw Mr. V. who I learned was too feeble to leave his house - I wrote to the Commission, Pension to make grant for his name among the Rolls of the Army Pension, & I also referred to several gentlemen to aid me, one of them was Mr. Halsted, New Jersey - The pension ordered by me, was. should have been without the result, entirely gratuitous - I thought then, & still think the claim was just, & entitled the applicant to relief.
Believe
The State of Ohio Hamilton County
William H. Harrison Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for said County, do hereby certify that Richard Melford was on the 23 rd day of June in last, and now is an acting Justice of the Peace in & for said County duly elected Commissioned and Sworn that his signature within written is genuine. And also that Henry Moore was at the time of signing the within instrument of writing and now is an acting Associate Judge of the Court of Common Pleas aforesaid duly Commissioned & Sworn that his signatures within written are genuine: And that full faith and credit are due to all his acts as such Associate Judge.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of our said Court at Cincinnati this 23 rd day of June A.D. 1840
W. H. Harrison Clerk by J. J. Prider D.P.

Peter Vanader Ohio
Suspended
See Oct 26 th Nov.
1839 E. Taylor
do: 20 May 1840
do. 28 Augt 1840
do: 5 Sep 1840.
do: 20 Oct: 40.
10826
Act 7 June 1832

REJECTED
11.826
P. O. _____
Peter Vanader
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18 .
Discharged: _____, 18 .
Application filed: _____, 18 .
Alleges: The printed list of 1852 gives cause of rejection as
Re-enlisted: "For a detail of actual service and some direct proof."
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18 .

Cincinnati Oct. 11 1840
Rev. J. Edwards Esq Sir
As I missed the last letter of the Department I could not give you its date. The name of the applicant is Peter Vernadeu of this State who claims as a revolutionary soldier of New Jersey - I was of the opinion that it is recording please accept my thanks for your attention to this truthful business
Respectfully yours
Edward Taylor

Cincinnati Nov. 18 1839
Rev. J. G. Edwards
Sir
Please find enclosed the affidavit of Peter Kennedy
Respectfully Yours Edmund Taylor
Will you please inform my father that I have made arrangements to leave here for Washington on the 1st of the month but the Secretary (which state contin- ues) of one of our clerks prevented but so soon as I can I will pay him a visit
AL

Hon. Thomas G. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington

Cincinnati June 24th 1840 James G Edwards Esq
Yr Herewith you will find the declaration of Peter Venedee in order to obtain a pension It may possibly be that in all respects it may not exactly correspond with the instructions of the Department having made it out myself rather than (on an uncertain) any employed Skilled be induced by the old man or employing an attorney. Permit me to remark that evidence as to the time of service has given without any knowledge on the part of the applicant of the number of months service necessary to entitle him to the benefit of the act of June 7. 1832. My own impression would have any weight with the Office. I would unhesitatingly say that I believe it is clear case and that a Pension could be very rightfully awarded to the Appli- cant
Yours att. Servant
William Taylor

Cincinnati May 12th 1840
Hon. Mr Lewis Edwards
Sir
In reply to the printed extract transmitted by the Pension Department I had obtained and set in form the declaration of Peter Vernage for the purpose of procuring a pension for services in the Revolution in the Militia of New Jersey, so much is the old man's mind shattered by disease and the ravages of time that it was only at in- tervals I could procure his relation of his services &c. and when I came to have the necessary required made in the presence of the Judge I found that he could not be made to answer but few of them so rapidly has his mind failed within a short time the statement he had previously given was entirely correct and think it a clear case. Will you please let me know whether any other course can be adopted to obtain a Pension.
I would be obliged to you to tell my father how and all well and that I will write him soon and would be pleased to hear from him
Keep Saffly Yours At Service
Edward Taylor

Cincinnati Sept. 30. 1840
W. Edwards Esq
Sir
Your letter was duly recd and I have ascertained that the old man from a fall he lately received is so disabled as to render it impossible to get any more information in relation to his claim. I therefore write again respectfully suggesting that so far as I have been able to judge from the very commencement of my exertions in his behalf I have viewed it as a case fairly entitled to the favorable consideration of the "Pension Office" - And I trust you will come to the same conclusion after the evidence you now have. There is one thing very certain he will not be a burden to the "Pension Department" long - With sentiments of esteem
I am yours etc
Edward Taylor

Cincinnati August 31. 1840
Rev. J. Edwards Esq. Sir
I enclose the papers relating to the case of Peter Bernauer to you nearly three months since and as I have heard nothing from you on the subject. I fear they may have miscarried. The old people are exceedingly anxious to hear the result. Please inform my father that you are all well and that I should be much gratified to hear from him.
Yours respectfully Edward D. Taylor