Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 33,915, John Willson, New Jersey War Of 1812

SERVICE
NUMBER
New Jersey
Willson, John or Wilson
S 33915
War of 1812
CONTENTS
A. m. N. J. + us in 1812 at Warrenton Somerset Co. N. J. aged 53 yrs

(120) ct.
New Jersey
John Willson, 1 st Lt
Capt Mitchell Priv. Army U.S. N.J.
At $8 per mo; Com d 1 st April, 1818.
End: issued 10 th April, 1818. V sent to Hon: M. Dickerson, Senate U.S.
awd. to 4 th Sept. 1818. 5 4 / 31 . . . $ 41.03
(Rev. J. Claim, Act 18 th Mar: 1818)
Jerry Line, (9 mo)
Warrent, Somerset Co.

Wm Wilson Capt. Mitchells Co. Ogdens or 1 st Jersey Rgt.
(Correct)
New Jersey rolls.
Ms 33910

Declaration and statement of John Wilson of the township of Warren County of Somerset & State of New Jersey
To the Honorable, The Secretary of the Department of War,
Agnably to the provisions of an act of Congress passed the eighteenth day of March 1818 to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war I do declare that in the month of December (I think) 1781 I enlisted as a soldier in the state of New Jersey in the United States army for nine months, and was commanded by Lieutenant Catlin. I have forgotten my Captain's name - I was marched on the first day of January 1782 to Hackensack in New Jersey - In the month of January 1782 (as near as I recollect) I then enlisted into the army as a soldier of the United States during the war, under Captain Alexander Mitchell, in the first Regiment commanded by Colonel Ogden - I was stationed at Morristown in New Jersey that winter The next summer I was marched to Kings Ferry from thence to Newburgh on the North River in New York - from thence I was marched to New Windsor and after the death of Colonel Barber I was put under the command of Captain William Pratt, our own company having been broken up - I was then marched to Mudrun Creek and there discharged

in the year 1789. I sold my right to my county lands, and gave my discharge to the man that I sold it too by the name of Abraham Grate who has never returned it to me - I believe he drew the land in the State of Kentucky where he now lives, and it is out of my power to send you my discharge - I am now 53 years of age and have no property either real or personal - I have nothing to support myself with but the labour of my hands from day to day - I also fought the battles of my country from the year 1812 until June 1815 and met the same enemy in the field although my head was whitened with age and my limbs old that I met and fought in my youth to gain the independence of my country was born in the State of New Jersey and have lived here all my life, only when employed as a soldier, and from my reduced circumstances I need the assistance of my country for support, Dated April 1. 1818 John Willson
The above statement and declaration was signed in my presence and sworn to before me the subscriber one of the judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Somerset in the State of New Jersey by the said John Willson this first day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and 1818, who said that the said statement was true according to the best of his knowledge. G. H. Thompson

Somerset County State of New Jersey
ss I, Garret T. Tinson
one of the judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Somerset in New Jersey do hereby certify that satisfactory evidence has been made before me that the aforesaid John Wilson served as a soldier in the revolutionary war in the army of the United States against the common enemy from the year of our Lord 1781. in the month of December until the disbandment of the army in the year 1783 - Date this first day of April at Somerville Somerset County New Jersey A.D. 1818
G. T. Tinson
State of New Jersey County of Somerset
ss. I, Am. C. Swan clerk of the court of common pleas in and for the county of Somerset do hereby certify that G. T. Tinson esq. before whom the foregoing affidavit & certificate was taken was at the time of the taking thereof one of the judges of our said court of common pleas for said county of Somerset and that to all his official acts as such full faith and credit is due and ought to be given as well in courts of jurisdiction as otherwise -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office the said day of April A.D. 1818.
Am. C. Swan

33915 Rev INVALID.
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File No. 33,915-
John Tillson Rev Rev was
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 450
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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