Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B. L. Wt. 98-100, John Yater, New Jersey

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
New Jersey
Yater, John
B. L. Wt. 98-100
CONTENTS

John Zater Sergeant
N.J. line No. 90-

Know all Men by these presents that We John Yates & Henry Yates - only Sons of Sergeant John Yates of the Jersey line in the Continental Army of the United States do make and appoint John Armstrong and of New York New Jersey our Attorneys for us and in our names and for our use to demand pay for, and receive from the Secretary of War or person authorized to deliver the land warrant due to Sergeant John Yates deceased & who was our father and all lawfull acts & means for the recovery thereof as fully in every respect as we ourselves could do, if personally present - In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands & seals this twenty fifth Day of Oct. 1802 in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and two sealed & delivered in presence of John Yates Mark Robt. H. Cumming
Henry Yates
John Yates & Henry Yates the grantors of the above previously come before me James Hedden one of the Judges of the Inferior court at Common Pleas in and for the County of Essex generally acknowledged that they signed sealed & delivered the above Power of Attorney for the use & purposes therein expressed acknowledged before me Day & Date as above the ninth day of Nov r 1802 James Hedden

I certify that John Yates the reputed father of the within Greenough was a soldier in the Jersey line & was killed (I think in the year 1781 - M c Laughlin late Lieut Col Command Jersey Battery

This Bureau can furnish the military record of only such Revolutionary soldiers as were pensioned or whose widows were pensioned for their services.
Such of the original muster and pay rolls of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 as are now in the possession of the Government are on file in the Record and Pension Office, War Department. Original rolls and other records pertaining to service in the Revolutionary War may also be found on file in the archives of many of the original States.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C.,
O. W. & N. DIV,
REVOLUTIONARY.
January 14, 1898.
Sir:-
Replying to your request for information concerning John Yater, a soldier of the Revolutionary war, you are advised that John and Henry Yater, only sons of the above named soldier, made an application for bounty land on November 9th, 1802, at which time they were residing in Essex County, N. J., and their claim was allowed for the actual service of their father as a sergeant in the Revolutionary war. The papers on file in this Bureau afford no further information concerning the above named soldier.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Mr. Philip H. Friese,
2004 Park Avenue,
Baltimore, Md.

2004 Park Ave.
Baltimore, Dec. 29, 1897.
To the Pension Bureau.
Will you be kind enough to send me at the above address what there is on record concerning John Yater, a native of New Jersey, who served as sergeant in the Revolutionary Army, and was killed, such

is the tradition of the family, at or shortly after the battle of Monmouth.
There was a grant of land in Ohio, in recogni- tion of his services, of the patent for which I have a copy.
I would like especially to know the date of his birth, the particulars of his death, his length of service, his regiment with the name of his colonel.
It would gratify

me exceedingly to obtain this information along with other particulars if there be any at your command.
Very respectfully,
Philip H. Greene

N. Jersey line The claims of John Chestee James Emmerton Esq. Thomas Young Esq. and John Gater. all of the N. Jersey line
lodged by John McCumming
nos. 95. 96. 97. 98 Jan. 14/98 To Mr. P. H. Friese. Baltimore, Md.

Henry Dearborn Esq. Secretary at War Washington

Sir,
Inclosed you have the Power of the Heirs of Wm Yates, Wm Chester & James Emmerton. - Wm Yates was killed on Berger & near this place about the year 1901. Chester died in this town Town & Emmerton after residing here for a number of years went to sea and has not since been heard of The Land to them will indeed be worth but little. If it could be located in lots of one hundred acres it would well sell for four times as much as it will as when sold in tracts of 4000 acres. - But the old soldiers have been the sport of fortune Will anything probably be done for their soldiers' share? I am sure has been taken by forged Powers.
There is a power for a Land War- ranty signed by Patrick Tolly. I believe in your office. I have been so informed. a Man by the name of who assumed the name of Patrick Tolly was brought to me to certify that he was a soldier in the Jersey line. I knew Patrick Tolly of the Jersey line so well that I was positive this Man was not Patrick Tolly & refused to certify but have heard that the power was lodged. I have thought proper to give this notice to you.
I am Sir with regard & esteem Yours etc Servt
W. D. ...

The Papers for Henry Wright. I have likewise inclosed. His Father was a Soldier under me & was a Mail Driver for me in 1787 & was drowned in the North River crossing with the Mail & left this Boy then a Child —
Yours J. Mc
It is required to prove that James Hedden is one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Essex. I will send the evidence — he now Ogden one of our Senators & who was the Clk. of our County that before Hedden into Office can certify the same to you if necessary —
Yours J. McManus

Know all men by these presents that I John Mumming of Newark New Jersey do make constitute & appoint John Condit Esq. my Attorney for me & in my name to ask demand and receive from the Secretary of War all such bonds Warrants as are or may be issued to any Persons by virtue of Powers here before granted to me & to receipt for the same and his receipt will be acknowledged by me as if the same had been done by me in my own proper Person or in trust my Hand & Seal at Newark this 29 th Day of November 1807.
Witness present - James Hedden
J. Mumming
Be it known that John Mumming the Gran- tor of the above personally came before me James Hedden Esq. & acknowledged that he signed sealed & delivered the above as his free & Deed for the uses & purposes above mentioned acknowledged before me this 30 th Day of November 1807 -
James Hedden