Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 936, John Wilber, New Jersey

SERVICE
NUMBER
New Jersey
Wilber, John
S. 936
carded.
CONTENTS

17.483
3
New Jersey
John Wilber
of Monmouth Co in the State of N. Jersey who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Walton of the Regt. commanded by _____ in the N. J. militia time for 2 years.
Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey at the rate of 80 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 22 day of Aug 1833 and sent to
D. B. Ryall - Freehold
Arrears to the 14th of March 1833 $160.00 Servant. allowance ending Sept - 40.00
$200.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk, Book E Vol. 3 Page 135

Monmouth Pleas Of July Term Declaration of John Milles
No 4079

State of New Jersey ss  On this  thirtieth day of July  thirtieth day of July In the Monmouth County year of Our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Thirty Two personally appeared before the Judges of the Superior Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Monmouth John Miller. A Resident of the Township of Dover in the County of Monmouth in the State of New Jersey, Aged seventy  seventy three years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath, Make the following declarations. In order to Obtain the benefits of provision. Made by the act of Congress, passed June Seventh Eighteen Hundred and Thirty Two That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year of 1778 under Capt John Walton of the County of Monmouth in the State of New Jersey. Also In the year 1779 In the Militia by Draft for time of others for the Six Months, and in the year 1780 enlisted under Capt David Emley for Nine Months and in the year 1781 enlisted under Capt Joshua Huddy for one year Making together three years. During which time I served as a faithful soldier under the Command of General Davis Freeman of Monmouth County and State of New Jersey During which time was in a number of engagements but for the Most part were stationed at Middletown. Sandy Hook, and at the block house at Jones River, that he never had any written discharge He merely relinquishes every claim whatsoever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that this name is not on the pension list roll, of any agency in any State. —
sworn to the days of year aforesaid. — John Patterson
his John P. Miller mark
New Jersey Monmouth County ss: I and being duly sworn according to law depose and state that he is seventy four years of age, that he is well acquainted with John Miller who has subscribed to the above declaration that he believes him to be seventy three years of age, that he knows he was a soldier of the Revolution in the service of the United States that he served under Captain David Emley as an enlisted soldier for nine months and also for a year under Captain Huddy that he was out in the Militia service frequently during the war, and that he has no doubt

for his knowledge of his neighbor he was only in the service for at least three years, that he always bore the character of an active and good soldier, that he was red and bound in the township of Down in Mon- mouth County when the defunct died and that he is and always has been reputed to have been a good soldier in the service of his Country and that he the defunct knows him to have been such, that he is a credible person and his declaration and statement is entitled to full cred- it. —
Given under my hand the day of your adjournment
John Patterson
Garret Pons
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories presented 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 Garret Pons who has signed the preceding oaths and certificate is a resident of the township of Down in said County of Monmouth and is known to the Court to be a highly res- pectable citizen and that he is a credible person and his statement is entitled to credit. —
By order of the Court
W. J. Browne Judge or

I, the Subscriber, Clerk of the Inferi-
or Court of Common Pleas, in and for the county of Monmouth, in the state of New-Jer- sey, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original Proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the Application of Hon. Wilber for a Pension
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, at Freehold, this thirty first day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two
H. H. Ellis

I Daniel H Ellis Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Monmouth and State of New Jersey Do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Mrs. Miller for a pension on the thirty first day of July last past -
In Testimony whereof I have here unto set my hand and seal of official Tenor this twentieth day of July Eighteen hundred and thirty three -
D. H. Ellis Clerk

September 25, 1937
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Mr. J. Wilbur Clayton 39 Johnson Road West Orange, New Jersey
JOHN WILBER S. 936 BA-J/MLB
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of John, Richard and William Wilbur, all of New Jersey.
There are no claims for pension on file based upon service in the Revolutionary War of a Richard or a William Wilbur, all spellings of the surname used in the search of the records. The record was found of only one John of New Jersey. His record follows as found in pension claim, S. 936, based upon his service in that war.
John Wilber (surname appears also Wilbur) was born in 1759 in the Township of Dover, Monmouth County, New Jersey. The names of his parents are not shown.
While residing in Toms River, Township of Dover, Monmouth County, New Jersey, John Wilber enlisted July 1, 1778, served as a private in Captain John Walton's company, Colonel Samuel Forman's New Jersey regiment, stationed at Middletown guarding the shores; during that tour he was in two or three skirmishes with the British and Tories, including one in Middletown at a place called Gut and another along the seashore, and was discharged April 1, 1779. He enlisted May 1, 1779, and served six continuous monthly tours as private in Captain Bigelow's New Jersey company, engaged in guarding the shores at Toms River, and was in a skirmish with the British at Little Egg Harbour Creek, in which some of the British were killed and wounded. He enlisted January 1, 1780, served as private in Captain David Imlay's New Jersey company, was in a skirmish with the British and Tories at Westecomb and was discharged about October 1, 1780. He again enlisted about October 23, 1780, served as private in Captain Joshua Huddy's New Jersey company, was in the engagement sometime in March, 1781, when the blockhouse at Toms River was attacked and his captain was taken prisoner, and all his company except the soldier and two others were either killed or taken prisoners and was discharged in October, 1781, after having served a tour of one year.

John Wilber was allowed pension on his application executed July 31, 1832, at which time he was a resident of Dover Township, Monmouth County, New Jersey. He was still living there in 1833.
No reference was made in the claim to wife or children of John Wilber.
In order to obtain date of last payment of pension, the name and address of person paid and possibly the date of death of this soldier, you should write to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data: John Wilber, certificate #17483, issued August 22, 1833, rate $80 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act June 7, 1832, New Jersey Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

J. L. Ed. Conn.
off J. L. Edmonds Esq. Will open and read the will and he will obey 16 old soldiers of that Revolution.

J. L. Edwards Esquire
Comm ee of Pensions
Washington
Wednesday
Eng rate ee Hours of the Production
to be sent

Freehold N Jersey July 20 1839.
J. L. Edwards Esq r .
Sir
Inclosed is the original and amended declaration of John Milner for a pension under act of June 1832 Number 4079. You will oblige the applicant & myself by giving it your attention - You perceive by the number it was early rec d by the department. The original declaration was submitted in August 1832 & I never rec d it until May 1833 for correction from the department - It is certainly entitled to immediate consideration now -
The declarations with the amendments of the applicants below have most of them for some months been sent to you & as none was received what gentlemen in this place are receiving certificates in cases remitted or less a few days since - Must stop below all who are politically opposed to Mr Randolph & Mr Condeable. Members of Congress employ them or of them at Washington to get them considered. I have told them it is necessary that the administration of their affairs would look to them when in turn had any mail brings certificates for some who papers I know some remitted after they  they I cannot then I have written a dozen letters on the subject you obtain an answer.
Will you in due time the attention of someone in the department to these claims Yours very Resp y
Daniel B. Ryall

Nicholas Wm. Schulte Joseph Pacher do Mrs. Stanley - do George Taylor - do Capt. M. Schulte N o 4085 Mrs. Brinley Brg n 4061 Mrs. Haight " 4072 Mrs. H. Schulte Alexander Loro Burnet Montgomery N o 4070 Mrs. Anderson N o 4073 Lewis Cooverhoon 4062 James Hendrickson 4069 David Cooper 4088 James P. P. 4063
N o 3. I do not number every receipt in Filey but I do not keep a memorandum of them No! the others gave me the receipt. D. H. Royall

1079
John Wilbur
Adm l by Committee 2 yrs $80
D. B. Ryalls Esq Freehold N. J.
J. H. Ellis

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
30 April 183 3
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 subjóined 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
   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.      
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.
Mr John Wilbur

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 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) _____, who has 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, (1) 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 [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.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

1937 Sept 25 - Hick to J. Wilbur Clayton - M.L.B.
New War.
INVALID.
File No. 936 John Wilber Pris. N.Y. Line
Act: June 7/1892.
Index: — Vol. a , Page 406
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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TRENTON'S NEWEST FIREPROOF HOTEL
J. Milbur Clayton 39 JOHNSON RD. & EAGLE ROCK AVE. West Orange, N. J.
HOTEL HILDEBRECHT
West State Street at Chancery Lane
TRENTON, N. J.
Aug 26, 1937
Revolutionary War Records Section,
War Department, Veterans Bureau
Room 1852 Navy Bldg, 19 th & Constitution Ave, Wash D.C.
Greetings:
I'm writing to see if you could give me data to supplement data on the Revolutionary War soldiers John, William and Richard Wilbur , of Monmouth County, N.J., which I already have obtained from the Adjutant General's office of N.J. here in Trenton.
I had planned looking in on your records on a proposed vacation trip the early part of this month, but plans went astray and I'm trying to see if you can briefly give me some gene data of to use in compiling data on the Wilbur family in N.J. - I do not want war records of these men , I have that, all I want is their birthdate, who they married & children, any reference to their parents or brothers & where born, and date & place of death. - if available etc.,
I do know the below in addition to their war records: and sons of Edward Wilbur who died about 1812. John and William Wilbur were brothers - Richard Wilbur is suspected of being a 1 st Cousin
John Wilbur was born in 1859 per Trenton Records, had wife Elizabeth per 1824 deeds, was living in Dover Township, near Toms River Monmouth County in 1830, age 70 to 80 per 1830 census records seen last summer by me at Washington, and had sons John L. 1785 to 1864 and probably son James L. and daughter Meribah
William Wilbur probably born before 1758, lived in Dover Township, Monmouth County in 1813 per deeds, is believed to have had son James W. 1780-1865 but of this William very little more is known - not in 1830 census
Richard Wilbur - little is known of him beside his war record, he was of Allentown, in western Monmouth County in 1780, but isn't in the 1830 census
Do not give war records, I have them. In case you're busy now etc could you send this data at a possible future date when you might have some time to give to it - with respectful & grateful thanks for any effort you may take in giving me any of above data - I will close, sincerely J. Wilbur Clayton 39 Johnson Road West Orange, N.J.

Amended declaration of John Milner for a pension under the Act of June 7 th 1832. -
Rev. Iney Monmouth County ss. Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace of the County of Monmouth and a native of New Jersey John Milner who being duly sworn depo- seth and saith that he made his original declaration under oath before the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County of Monmouth for a pension under the Act of June 7 th 1832 on the thirty first day of July last past at Freehold in said County, that by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory he cannot swear positively 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 nine months in the year 1778 and 1779 I served as a private enlisted soldier in a com- pany of Infantry commanded by Captain John Walton of the County of Monmouth, that I enlisted under said Captain on or about the first day of July 1778 for the term of nine months and served until about the first day of April 1779 when I received with the others a verbal discharge, none in writing being given to him that he recollects of, that he and their company were stationed during the whole period of nine months in the town- ship of Middletown, their duties were

to guard the coast and shores from the inroads of the Britts and Refugees, detach- ments of scouts from this Company patrolled the shores and while night and day during the whole period of his enlistment, this Company was under the Command of Major Walton the brother of Captain John Walton who was then field officer, Samuel Forman was then Colonel, the brother of General David Forman he thinks, that during this period he was engaged in two or three skirmishes with the Britts and Tories, once at a place called the Gut in Middletown, and in another in- stance they lost three men who were taken prisoners being part of a scouting party, this was along the sea shore at night; For six months in the year 1779 I served as a private in a Company Commanded by Captain Bigelow at Toms River in the Township of Dover in said County of Monmouth, David Emley was the Lieutenant of said Company. This service was in six monthly tours of one month each following each other in succession the first third & fifth, in his own monthly tours or drafts under the laws and ordinances of New Jersey the second fourth and sixth as a substitute for one James Crippencott, said monthly tours commenced a short time after my discharge from Captain Walton after the expiration of my nine months enlistment under him, and after I had returned home to Toms River in Dover Township, the first monthly

town commencing on or about the first day of May 1779 and ending on or about the first day of June following when the second month commenced as a substitute for said Lippincott, at the expiration of which my second monthly town from the first day of July to the first of August commenced, on the first day of August commenced my second monthly town as a substitute for said Lippincott and ended the first of September, then my own monthly town was served until the first of October, then the third town as a substitute for said Lippincott ending the first of November in 1779, being six continuous monthly towns of one month each under the laws and ordinances of New Jersey, during this period of time, the company were stationed at Long River that being their Head Quarters, their marches were from there to Little Egg Harbor guarding the coasts and shores from the inroads of the British and Tories, that on one occasion they attacked the British and Tories in their boats on Little Egg Harbor Creek and drove them off with their boats, killing and wounding some of them in their boats; For nine months in the year 1780 I served as a private enlisted soldier in Captain David Emleys Company, who was promoted to the Captaincy, namely from the first day of January or thereabouts in the year 1780 to about the first day of October 1780, I cannot state precisely the beginning or ending of this

term of service for nine months, but I rec- lect it was towards or rather the beginning of the Fall of that year when I was dis- charged after serving out my time of nine months enlistment under Captain Emly, during this period of enlistment the Company's head quarters were at Toms River and their duties were to guard and patrol the coasts and shores from thence to Little Egg Harbor, that while under his Capt. Emly's command they had a skirmish with the British and Tories at Westfield, they waylaid a part of the Company sent out as a scout, and wounded one of our men named John Smith, when they were driven into the swamps by our party, I never received any written discharge from Captain Emly, none such being given that I recollect, my discharge was a verbal one; For one year I served as a private enlisted soldier under Captain Joshua Huddy and Lieuten- ant Bellmore who had the command of the Militia after Captain Huddy was taken prisoner at the Block House at Toms River, this term of enlistment continued to the best of my recollection about three weeks after my term of enlistment under Captain Emly had expired and I had been discharged as aforesaid namely from about the twenty third day of October 1780 to the twenty third day of October 1781, during the period of this enlistment and service the head quarters of the Company was at Toms River and their marches and duties were as before stated to guard the coast and

shows from the British and Tories from that place to Little Egg Harbor, now called Tuckerton and their marches were between those places, that at the time the Block House at Toms River was attacked and taken and Captain Had- dy was made Prisoner I was stationed with one Kinney who was enlisted in the same Company about half a mile from the Block House as a benty in a field near the road on which the enemy marched to the Block House, one John Eldridge and David Dodge was stationed as a benty in the road about seven or eight hundred yards from my and Kinney station, about daylight or a little after we heard the enemy advancing by the noise they made in walking the ground being somewhat frosted and in a minute or two after I heard the benty on the road hail them and fire, I retreated with Kinney towards the Block House he in advance of me, when I arrived near the Block House I found it was surrounded by the enemy and Kinney was killed on the old side of the Block House, I did not then attempt to enter but retreated across the Bridge where I met one Captain Brown a sea Captain and George Cook, Dodge who was on benty with Eldridge got in the Block House and was killed Eldridge did not get in and saved himself one Major Cook of the Militia who lived at Toms River the brother of George Cook whom I met on the Bridge

was also killed before he got in the Block House, after the alarm of the advance of the enemy I myself John Eldridge who was on duty and one Joseph Parker were all who made their escape that I now recollect the rest being killed or taken prisoners according to the best of my recollection this was some time in the month of March 1781 but I am not certain, after this event in order to serve out my time of enlistment for the year I joined the Company which was ordered and stationed at Toms River under the Command of Lieutenant Helmore until the expiration of my years enlistment which was I think in October 1781 as before stated this Lieutenant Helmore was Lieutenant under Captain Huddy and made his escape by being out on a scouting Party at the time the block House was taken, at the expiration of this years enlistment I received only a verbal discharge from said Lieutenant none in writing being given that I recollect of, that after my discharge from this term of enlistment I volunteered on a number of occasions in scouting parties of Militia for four five and six days at a time to watch the coasts and shores before mentioned but cannot recollect the number of times or length of service or the particular individuals or officers under whom I served, and for such service I claim a pension, that I do not now recollect

any other continental officers with whom or under whom I served during the period of the Revolution further than I have stated, that I was born in the town- ship of Dover in the County of Monmouth and State of New Jersey in the year 1759 where I lived when I entered in the service and where I before and ever since have lived, that I have no record of my age never having seen or heard of any that I understood from my mother I was born in the year before stated, that I am known in my present neighborhood by James Davis Esquire William D Borden and Captain James Newell who can testify to my character for veracity and their belief of my service as a soldier of the Revolution that during the time I was in the service I was not in garrison, and was not employed in any civil pursuit, and that there is no clergyman resident in the neighborhood where I reside -  Sworn and subscribed before me this 16th day of July AD 1833 - 3  John H. Davison  John his M c Millen mark

We Irvin Davis William D Borden James Newell and Elijah Robbins residing in the township of Dover in the county of Monmouth and state of New Jersey Do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Wilber who has subscribed and sworn to the above amended declaration by placing his mark thereto; that we believe him to be seventy four years of age; that he is respected and beloved in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion and that there is no clergyman residing in the neighborhood in which he or we respectively reside, and that the said John Wilber is of good character for veracity and that his statement is entitled to credit.
Sworn and subscribed before me one of the justices of the Peace in and for the said County of Monmouth this seventeenth day of July A.D. 1833.
Irvin Davis
W. D. Borden
James Newell
Elijah Robbins
Joseph Lawrence
And I the said Joseph Lawrence one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the county of Monmouth and state of New Jersey before whom the above certificate of Irvin Davis William D

Borden James Newell and Elijah Robbins was subscribed and sworn to, Do hereby certify that I reside at Toms River in the township of Dover County of Monmouth and State of New Jersey that it appears to me and that I know the fact that the said Davis William Borden James Newell and Elijah Robbins who have finally signed the preceding certificate are respectively highly credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit; and also that there is no clergyman resident in the neighborhood in which the said John Miller who has sworn and subscribed to the above amended declaration resides, and also that the said John Miller with whom I am also personally acquainted is of good character for veracity and is a credible person and that his statement is entitled to credit. - Dated Dover Monmouth County New Jersey July 17 th 1833.
J. P. M. [Signature]
I Daniel H Ellis clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Monmouth and State of New Jersey, Do hereby certify that John W. Davison whose name is subscribed to the final of the above amended declaration of John Miller and Joseph Lawrence whose name is subscribed to the final of the above certificate of Davis William Borden James Newell and Elijah Robbins

and also to the above certificates of the said Joseph Laurence himself were approved respectively at the respective dates of the same Justices of the Peace of the said county duly commissioned and sworn and that full faith and credit should be attached to all their official acts as such and that the name signed Wm H Davison to the first and the name signed Joseph Laurence to the two last and their respective handwritings -
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office at Richfield this twentieth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three -
R. H. Ellis Clk