Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 7982, William Yates, New Jersey

SERVICE
NUMBER
New Jersey
Yates, William
S. 7982
CONTENTS
Carded

New Jersey 31,942
William Yates of Mercer Co. in the State of N. Jersey. who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Walton of the regt. commanded by Col. Hays in the N.J. line for 10 1/2 months
Inscribed on the Roll of N. Jersey at the rate of 35 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 26. day of April 1842 and sent to Hon. W. Malsted, Hon. of Representatives
Arrears to the 4th of Sept. 1862 402.50
Semi-ant. allowance ending 4th Mar. '43. 17.50
$ 420.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk,
Book E. 2. Vol. 3. Page 172
Reported to Agent

Declaration of Ann Yates (Now of Mercer Co. New Jersey) 35.326 Dct. June 7. 1832
Hon Wm Halsted
Ann W. Halsted A. R.

State of New Jersey, Mercer Co. ss.
On this fifteenth day of June A.D. One thousand eight hundred and forty one. Personally appeared in open court, before the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas now sitting at Nottingham in said County, William Yates (sometimes called Woodcock), a person of credibility and truth a resident of the township of Hopewell, in the County and State aforesaid, about seventy six years of age, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7. 1832. That while a boy about seven years of age as he has heard his mother say, he was taken to a place near Brittain's Tavern in the township of Upper Freehold and County of Monmouth, and there put to service to one Joshua Anderson, with whom he remained until he was about fourteen or fifteen years of age, during which time the said Joshua Anderson, treated him with great cruelty; About this time one Lewis M c Knight, (a Lieutenant in a militia Company in said County) came along the road on horseback, going to Freehold town, where part of our army was quartered, and knowing the said Anderson to be a hard master, persuaded this applicant to get on the horse behind him, and go with him to Freehold, and join the Army, which offer was promptly accepted. Shortly after reaching Freehold he engaged himself as waiter to Lieut. Jonathan Rhea of the Second Jersey Regiment, and at the same time took care of the horse of Colonel or Lieut Col. David Rhea, and continued in that service as waiter, until the winter of 1781, having accompanied them up the Delaware
The records "a person of credibility and truth" were interlined between the fifth & sixth lines. Before the execution hereof — Chas. H. Hovey his Attorney

against the hostile Indians, was at Easton when Gen l Sullivan, was there, and afterwards returned Allentown and Freehold, where Capt: John Walton was raising a troop of Light Dragoons, in which Company, David Rhea a nephew to Lieut: Col Rhea, and Cousin to Lieut Jonathan Rhea, was Lieutenant, who got this deponent to enlist in said Company, under said Walton, in the latter part of January 1782 to the best of this applicants recollection. About the same time, or a day or two after, Thomas Ashton enlisted in the same Company, which said Company consisted of about forty Dragoons besides the officers. Lieut Col Rhea retaining one Thomas — as waiter. Capt John Walton took the said Thomas Ashton as his waiter, and Lieut David Rhea, of said Company took this Applicant as waiter for himself, in which Capacity he remained 'till the expiration of the year, being the term of their enlistment when they were verbally discharged, by Capt John Walton at Freehold town. said Company was under the command of Major Samuel Hays. He hereby relinquishes every claim for a Pension or annuity, except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State and that he (verily) believes he served more than three years active duty in the service of the United States Sworn to and subscribed in open Court the day and year aforesaid William X his mark Gates Chas. Burroughs P. Judge.

We Foster Van Kirk and Richard Dumont do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with William Yates, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be, Seventy Six 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. Foster Van Kirk Sworn and subscribed in } Richard Dumont open Court the day and year } aforesaid.
Chas. Burroughs P. Judge
Said applicant further declares that he was born in the township of Hopewell County and State aforesaid that he has no record of his age, and was living, when called into service, in the County of Monmouth; and with the exception of a few years in the State of New York, has resided in the State of New Jersey. Names to whom he is known in his present neighborhood, Col. Foster Van Kirk. Hon. James White. Dr. Joseph Phillips William Roscoe Esquire, Josiah Worth. John Stevens Esq. &c. That the reason he has not made his application earlier was owing to his being absent in the late country in the State of New York, at the passage of the law, and that until recently he had no knowledge of any living witnesses
Chas. Burroughs P. Judge.
William Yates mark

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the in- terrogatories 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 Col Foster Van Kirk and Richard Dumont who have signed the preceding Certificate reside in the county of Mercer and State aforesaid, and are credible persons, and that their statements are entitled to credit & belief.
Chas Burroughs P. Judge.

State of New Jersey Mercer Co. ss.
On this fifteenth day of June A D 1841, personally appeared in open court, Col. Foster Van Kirk, a resident of Lawrence Township in the County of Mercer and State aforesaid; in the fifty eighth eighth year of his age, a person of credibility and truth, who being duly sworn according to law, upon his oath deposeth and saith that he has always been acquainted with William Gates, sometimes called William Woodcock, was well acquainted with the said William Gates mother who died from fifteen to twenty years ago - This deponent was at the funeral, she went by the name of Betsey Cornell, whose maiden name was Gates, was then a widow - never knew her husband, she had two children by a person called Wood or Woodcock, according to report - never knew him. cannot say that he ever heard she was married to said Wood or Woodcock, but always heard that he ran away. While this applicant for a pension was a child. this deponent has been acquainted with the said William Gates ever since he was old enough to be capable of remembering any person, and upwards of forty years ago - this deponent has heard the said William Gates tell of his services during the Revolutionary War, and heard him converse with old soldiers on the same subject; has heard him speak of Lieut. Col David Rhea, and Lieut Jonathan Rhea of the regular army, in the N. Jersey Regiment for whom he was waiter, and whom he accompanied after the Indians; used to hear

him tell of the exploits that took place while he was in the service, also that he served a year under a Lieutenant David Rhea (as waiter) in a Company of horse stationed at Monmouth Court House near the close of the war. This deponent knows that the said William Yates has been absent in the lake country in the State of New York and verily believes the service as he states in his declaration. Sworn and subscribed in Foster Tunkirk open Court the day & year aforesaid.
Chas. Burroughs R. Judge.

State of New Jersey Ss:
I. Isaac Southard Treasurer of the State of New Jersey do hereby Certify that the following Extracts to wit: No 2218
"William Yates £26.. 14.. 4
"May 1st 1784" A.
is a true Extract and Copy taken from the Margin of Certificates issued by Thomas Henderson Esquire, who was a Commissioner appointed by the Legislature of New Jersey to settle with the Militia of the County of Mon- mouth, and to issue Certificates to them for the amounts found due to them at the close of the Revolutionary War: Which said Margin of Certificates so issued as aforesaid, and from which the above Extract is truly taken and Copied, now remains in my Office as a Public Record.
In Witness Whereof I have hereunto set My hands and Seal (having no Seal of Office) this Nineteenth day of June in the year of Our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and forty one.
Isaac Southard T re

State of New Jersey Monmouth County ss
On the 17 th day of January A.D. 1842 Before the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County Personally appeared Lewis Compton a resident of Freehold township in the County and State aforesaid a son of credatist and truth who being duly sworn according to law on his oath deposed and said that he is well acquainted with William Yates or Woodcock as he was sometimes called during the Revolutionary war this deponent recollects that Lt. H. Knight took the said Yates from an Joshua Anderson (with whom the said Yates was staying) to Freehold town - this deponent thinks he was then under Capt. John Walton at Freehold and to the best of his recollection it was in the year 1779. When the said William Yates was acting as servant or waiter to Lieutenant Matthew Rhea of the 2 d Jersey Reg t with whom this deponent was well acquainted the said Lt. Rhea being of the same township. After the said William Yates was some years absent he returned to Freehold town and the next information this deponent had of the said Yates he was acting as waiter to Lt. David Rhea in Capt. John Walton's company of light Dragoons in the year 1782. Stationed at the village of Freehold, this deponent residing but a few miles from Freehold and being acquainted with the said William Yates frequently had opportu- nities of seeing him in the service in the said company of dragoons. This deponent also recollects that Thomas Ashton was a waiter to Capt. Walton

in the same Company. This deponent saw the said William Yates in the Summer of 1841 - and was informed by the said Yates that he was about to make application for a Pension. This deponent knows him to be the same person who was master to Lieut. Jonathan Rhea of the Continental line and Lieut. David Rhea of the State Troops - Sworn to and Subscribed the day and year above written Before John M. Davidson Justice
Lewis Rankin
No. 1.

State of New Jersey Monmouth County
Be it known that on the 17th day of January A.D. 1842. Before the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County Personally appeared John Smith a Resident of Freehold Township in the County & State aforesaid a person of credibility and truth in the nineteenth ninetieth year of his age who being duly sworn according to law on his oath deposeth and saith that he is acquainted with William Gates or Woodcock as he was sometimes called, that during the Revolutionary war this deponent knew the said Gates while he was living with one Solomon Hudson that he accompanied Lieut. Genl. H. Knight to Freehold while part of the army lay at that place when the said William Gates became master or servant to Lieut. Matthew Phea or Lieut. Col. David Phea of the Continental line. that the said Gates was absent from the State of New Jersey for some years in the Jersey Regiment, this deponent living in the same neighborhood and being frequently out in the Militia had an opportunity of seeing the said Gates while he was at Freehold. this deponent recollects that towards the close of the war about the year 1781 or 1782 Capt. John Walton raised a company of Light Dragoons in the State Service in which company David Phea was a Lieutenant, the said William Gates or Woodcock was master to the said Lieut. Phea in the company of Light Dragoons which

company was Stationed in Freehold Village in the County of Monmouth and State aforesaid This deponent has seen the said William Gates within a year and knows him to be the — Samuelson who was master as is above described and that he informed this deponent that he was about making or had made appli- cation for a Pension for said services in the war of the Revolution and further said not —
I own to and Subscribe the day and year above written Before John H. Davison Justice John Dewitt
No. 2.

State of New Jersey Monmouth County
On the 17th day of January A.D. 1880 Before the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County personally appeared Peter Johnson a Pensioner of the United States residing in the township of Freehold County of State aforesaid in the ninety first year of his age a Person of creditability and truth who being duly sworn according to law on his oath deposes and saith that he was a Sergeant in a Company of Light Dragoons in the County of Monmouth and State of New Jersey under the Command of Capt John Walton in the service of the United States in the year 1782. Stationed at Freehold village in said County of which Co, David Rhea was Lieutenant. This deponent very well recollects that William Yates or Wood- cock was master in said Company to the said Lieut. Rhea and to the best of this deponent's recollection the said William Yates served the year out in the said Co. This deponent has lately seen the said Wil- iam Yates or Woodcock and knows him to be the same person who served in the said Company of Dragoons under Capt Walton and further saith not
Sworn to and subscribed this day and year above written Before John M. Davison Justice
Peter Johnston

State of New Jersey
I Charles G. M c Chesney, Secretary of State of the State of New Jersey do hereby certify that Charles Burroughs Esq r . before whom the within Declaration of William Yates was made and affidavits of Col Foster Bankirk & Richard Dumont were taken was at the time of the doing thereof Presiding Judge of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Mercer in said State duly appointed Commissioned and sworn and that full faith and credit are to be given to his official attestations; That said declaration & affidavits were made and taken in open Court. And I do further certify that John W d Davison Esq r . before whom the affidavits of Lewis Compton, John Dewitt and Peter Johnson were taken, was at the doing thereof a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Monmouth in said State duly appointed Commissioned and sworn, and that full faith and credit are to be given to his official attestations, and that the signatures to the said declaration and affidavits are in the proper handwriting of the said Charles Burroughs & John W d Davison Esq r .
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of Office at Trenton in said State this twentieth day of January A.D. One thousand eight hundred & forty two.
Charles G. M c Chesney Secy of State

O. W. & N. DV. L. W. B. I. 7982.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BUREAU OF PENSIONS, WASHINGTON, D. C.,
December 8th, 1896.
Sir:-
Replying to your request for information concerning the military record of William Yates, a soldier of the Revolutionary war, you are advised that a William Yates, which is the only Revolutionary soldier by that name found upon the Revolutionary pension records, made an application for pension on June 15th, 1841, at which time he was 76 years of age and residing at Hopewell, N. J., and his pension was allowed for ten and one half months' actual service as a private in the New Jersey troops, Revolutionary war; a part of the time he served under Capt. Walton and Col. Hays. He enlisted at Freehold, N. J.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Mr. I. N. Wright,
Bloomington, Ills.

Dec 8-9. To J N Wright Bloomington Ills.
Reuben
7982
INVALID.
File No. 7982 William Yates Brnt Rev War
Act: June 7 th 1832.
Index: Vol. 12 , Page 420
[Arrangement of 1870.]
N

Mr. Gales N. 9 35 346
Rejected
Set to Hon. Wm. H. Calhoun Jan'y 31 st 1842
ad 7. June 32

35, 236 / 828 William Yates New Jersey
Admitted
Private 10 1/2 m. # 35. — Capt Walton, Col. Hays, N.J.
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Act 7 June 1832
Hon: W. Halstead H R

Jan 25. 1842
I'm at
N.Y.
Lewis Compton
M m Dats & Cams
Witnesses { Johnson & Smith }
Schwartz Esq
Some unfulfilled
Pensions
Washington
Hon W Halsted N.Y.

Washington Jan'y 24 th 42
Dear Sir
I will thank you for an early report on the enclosed cases cases of Lewis Compton and Mr. Yates
J. L. Edwards Esq.
Your Respectful W. Hasled
1842 76 66

Bloomington, Ill.
Pension Bureau,
Washington, D.C.-
Will you please send me a copy of the Revolutionary service of William Yates . I
think he enlisted in the Revolutionary Army from North Carolina .
If you have no record

of his services, will you kindly send this letter to some one who has or give me some information as to where I could make further inquire. I am desirous of joining the "Sons of the American Revolution" - and any charges conc.-

quest will be gladly paid.
Very truly,
J. N. Wright-
Bloomington, Illinois.
11-12-1890.

U. OLD WAR & NAVY 19 NOV 21 1896 FILMS OFFICE