Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 6347, Peter Vandorn, New Jersey

SERVICE
NUMBER
New Jersey
Vandorn Peter Jane
W 6347
CONTENTS

17.665- New Jersey
Peter Vandorn
Monmouth the State of New Jersey who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Schenck of the Reg t commanded by Col. Holmes in the New Jersey line for two years -
Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey at the rate of 80 Dollars per per annum, to commence on the 1 st day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 11. day of Sept. 1833 and sent to S. C. Ryall Freehold -
Arrears to the 1 st of Sept. '33 200. - Semi-ant. allowance ending Mch. '34 40. -
$ 240. -
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J. M. Saffell Clerk, Book E Vol. B Page 137

Mounouth Pleas of July Term 1832.
Declaration of Peter Landers for a pension under the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832.
D o N o 4074
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2 yrs Private

Declaration of Peter VanDorn in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7. 1832 -
State of New Jersey Monmouth County, ss, }
On this thirty first — day of July ————— in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty two, personally appeared in open court, before the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in & for the said County of Monmouth, now sitting, Peter VanDorn, a resident in the town- ship of Freehold, in the said County of Mon- mouth & State of New Jersey, seventy seven years of age on the fourth day of July last, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oaths make the following de- claration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7. 1832 -
That he entered the service of the United States, under the following named officers, and served as herein stated -
That some time in the year 1777, being about eighteen years of age, & being a resident of the said township of Freehold, he entered the said service in a militia company commanded by Captain Thomas Hurn, & that he continued in such service under the said Captain & tho' herein after named, in the manner hereinafter stated, until the close of the war in 1782 - That the company officers under whom he served during his several terms of service, were, beside the said Thomas Hurn, Capt n John Schenck, Capt n Mose Shep- herd, Capt n Barnes Bennett, Capt n Samuel Carhart, Capt n Joseph Stilwell, & others that he cannot now remember - That with the exception of Capt n Hurn, who was his first Captain

he does not remember which of the various the others he was next under, but thinks it was in some measure, in the order in which they are mentioned, & he is also totally incap- ble of specifying the particular time that his several engagements, under his respective Captains before mentioned, commenced and terminated - That he thinks he was under Captain Hume in actual service six months, under Captain John Schenck twelve months, under Captain Shepherd one month, under Captain Bennetts two months, under Captain Carhart six months, under Captain Stilwell six months, & under others whose names he forgets, several more months - That his Field Officers during the time of said service were Colonel George Layton, Colonel Arther Holmes, and Generals David Forman - That he was strictly employed during the terms of his said service, in guarding the shores of Monmouth chiefly along the townships of Middletown & Shrewsbury, except when at the Battle of Germantown - That he was never in service with any Continental regiment or company except at the Battle of Germantown, & knew none of the regular officers, except Captain John Burrows with whom he was acquainted, but in what particular regiment of the line he served, he does not know - That at all times while in said service, he entered & served in obedience to his draft or call as it was termed - That he never entered as a substitute - That his marches while in said service as before stated, were entirely con- fined to the said County of Monmouth & generally along the sea coast bordering on the said township of Middletown, except while going to, remaining at, & returning from, the said Battle of Germantown - That while in

the said service, he was engaged in several skirmishes in the said County of Monmouth, once particularly with the Tories at Conaskunk while under Captain John Schenck. That he was also, as before stated, at the battle of Germantown marched there under the command of Lieutenant Jacob Rice & Field officer General David Forman. That the time of his birth is recorded in the family Bible, now in possession the possession of one of the branches of his family, in the neighbourhood where he resides. That he now lives in the said township of Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey, where he resided as before stated when called into service, & where he has ever lived since the revolutionary war - That he never received any discharge from the said service, & that he has no documentary evidence of such service - That he has no doubt he was in actual service at least three years - That Captain John Schenck, Joseph Gansevoort Aaron Sutfher, & Robert Schenck, are acquainted with, & will testify to, his service, as well as to his character for truth & veracity. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state - Sworn to & subscribed the { day of year aforesaid. }
Peter Vandorn
John Patterson

We Joseph Van Cleave & Aaron Sutphen — surviving soldiers of the Revolutionary war do hereby certify under oath that we are acquainted with the within named Peter Van Dorn & were acquainted with him at the time of the Revolution, we do further certify that the said Peter Van Dorn was to our knowledge a soldier in the Militia of New Jersey at the time of the Revolution. & we do believe that the preceding decla- ration of the said surviving Peter Van Dorn which he has made under oath as to his active  service service in the Revolutionary War, is entitled to full credit, & further that the character of the said Peter Van Dorn, for truth & veracity has never been to our knowledge called in question, but that he is entitled to full credit under oath — Joseph Van Cleave Aaron Sutphen  sworn & subscribed in open court, the day & year aforesaid — } John Patterson
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the inter- rogatories prescribed by the war depart- ment, that the above applicant was a Revolutionary soldier & served as he states — and the court further certifies that it appears to them that Joseph Van Cleave & Aaron Sutphen who have signed the preceding certificate are residents in the County of Monmouth

New Jersey, that they are surviving soldiers of the Revolutionary War, and that they are credible persons, & that their statements are entitled to full credit -
William Lloyd } Judges John Hull } of the John Haddad } said Court.
I Daniel M. Ellis, Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Monmouth, New Jersey, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Peter Van Dorn for a pension -
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office, this second day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hun- dred and thirty two -
D. M. Ellis Clk.
I Daniel M. Ellis, Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Monmouth and State of New Jersey, do hereby certify, that the foregoing

contains the original proceedings of the said Court, on the thirty first day of July last, in the matter of the application of Peter Van Dorn for a pension =
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this twenty third day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty three =
J. H. Ellis C.C.

New Jersey 82 Dane Vandorn N.J. of Hunterdon in the State of N.J.
who was a N J in the commanded by Captain N J of the commanded by in the widow of Peter Vandorn who was a officer in the army of the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll of N.J. at the rate of 80 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831. (Amended) to her husband's death.
Certificate of Pension issued the 15 day of Oct 10. 1836 and sent Marshall D. Ryall  Field N.J.
Arrears to the 14th of Sept 1836 $440.00 Semi-annual allowance ending March 1837 40.00 $480.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by A. H. Alden Clerk, Book J Vol. 1 Page 155
28.36 See let to D. B. Ryall Dec 1. 36

Supplemental affi: :davit of Peter Vanborn.

Supplemental affidavit of Peter Van Dorn amending his declaration made on the thirty first day of July last, before a Court of Record in the County of Monmouth in the State of New Jersey, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832.
State of New Jersey Monmouth County, to wit, } S
Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in & for the said County of Monmouth Peter Van Dorn, who being duly sworn deponeth & saith that by reason of old age & 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 & in the following grades, to wit; That the day after the landing of General Howe General Howe at Sandy Hook, to wit; on the 26 of June 1776 I entered the service as a private in a militia company commanded by Captain Thomas Hurn & was out in actual service under the said Hurn in tours of one month for the space of six months, that I cannot state the precise time I left said service under the command of said Hurn, but I think it was in the summer of the year 1777, the latter part of it, that I entered the service under Captain John Scherck, who was my next Captain after Hurn, but I know my several tours of service were a month each & I think I served at least six tours under the said Hurn, it was in the per-

performance of my monthly tours of duty under my drafts occurring every other months, that I entered the company & served under the com- mand of the said Captain Hume, that while under the command of the said Hume my marches were confined to the township of Middletons guarding the coast, that David Forman was my General & George Taylor my Colonel, until he joined the enemy, when Nathanial Scudder was appointed Colonel, while I served under the said Captain Hume. That I next entered the service and served as a private in a militia company com- manded by Captain John Schenck, who is still living & residing in my neighborhood & I believe the only surviving Captain under whom I served, & whose testimony of my service under him is herewith transmit- ted to the Department, that I served under the said Capt. Schenck at least twelve months but I cannot state either the precise time I entered or left the service under him, but I know that each tour of service comprised one months & I think I served at least twelve tours under the said Captain Schenck, that my service under Captain Schenck was the guarding the shores bordering along Middletons township in the said County, except when I marched to the Battle of Germantown, that I was engaged in the Battle of Brandywine while under the command of the said Captain Schenck, that I served under the said Captain Schenck in the performance of my monthly tours of duty occurring every other months, that my General was David Forman & my Colonel Nathanial Scudder at first & after his death.

Asher Holmes, during the time I served under the said Captain Schenck, that I cannot state precisely the time I entered or left the said company commanded by Capt: Schenck but I think I served twelve tours under him each tour comprising one month; I think my next Captain was Moses Shep- herd, under whom I served as a private in a militia company one tour of one month, that I served under him, under my draft as aforesaid, in guarding the Monmouth Coast, along the township of Middletown, that my Field officers were Genl: David Forman and Col: Asher Holmes, I cannot remember the exact time I commenced & ended my tour of service under Capt: Shepherd, but know that it comprised one month at least; I next I think entered the service as a private in a militia company commanded by Capt: Barnes Bennett, & served under him under my draft as aforesaid at least two months, in guarding the Monmouth Coast principally along Middletown town- ship, the said Genl: Forman & Col: Holmes were the Field officers, during the time I served under the said Capt: Bennett, I cannot remember the time I either entered or left the service under the said Capt: Bennett, but know I served at least two tours & that each tour comprised one month; that I think I next entered the service under Captain Carkhart in a militia company as a pri- vate, under my draft as aforesaid, that I was out in actual service under the said Capt: Carkhart I think at least six months guarding the coast along the township of Middletown, the said Genl: Forman & Col:

Hoers being the Field Officers, I cannot re- collect exactly the time I entered or left the said last named company, but I think I served in said company at least six towns & each town I know comprised one month; that I think I entered the service as a private & served as such, in a militia company commanded by Capt: Joseph Stilwell, under my draft as aforesaid, I was out in actual service in the said company commanded by the said Capt: Stilwell at least six months, guarding the Monmouth shore, I cannot bring to mind the times I entered the said company or that I left it, but I know each town comprised one month & that I served six towns under him; that I served one month afterward under Capt: Hendrick Smock under my draft as aforesaid scouring the pines in the County of Monmouth, but when this town of one month commenced or ended I cannot state, the same Genl: & Col: were the Field Officers; I was also out in service under one Capt: Walling, but at what time or how long I cannot state, & under another Captain whose name I have quite forgotten but when or for what length of time I can not state, and for such service as above described I claim a pension - I would here add that it has been after much forethought & consideration, that I have been enabled to state the periods of my service as particularly as I have above related them, & now feel that my memory impaired as it is by the lapse of years, cannot furnish me with more specific data;

I have been enabled to rectify one or two small inaccuracies that occurred in my original declaration with regard to the time I entered the service & my age when I entered. I know it was the day after the British landed at Sandy Hook that I first entered the service & my having forgotten when that occurred induced me to think it was in the year 1777 instead of 1776 that my service commenced, however the period that Genl. Howe landed is the period my service commenced. I was born in the township of Freehold in the County of Monmouth & State of New Jersey on the 4 th day of July A. D. 1755 AD , That the time of my birth is recorded in the family Bible now in the possession of one of the branches of the family in my neighborhood, that I lived in the said township of Freehold when called into service , where I have lived ever since, & when I now live, that I was always drafted when I entered the service never having acted as a substitute for any one, that I have stated all such general circumstances of my service as I can remember that I never received a discharge from the service except orally by my commanding officer at the end of my respective term; I am well known to my Pastor the Rev: Saml. A. Van Bracken & to John H. Schenk & my old Captain John Schenk who all live in my neighborhood & who can testify as to my character for veracity, & their belief of my services as a soldier of the Revolution; I always served with an enrolled Corps, called into service & believe by the authority of the State of a

New Jersey, that I never served in Garrison but always in the field, & for the time during which my service as aforesaid was performed, I was not employed in any civil pursuits; I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, & I declare that my name is not on the pension roll of any agency of any State.
Sworn & subscribed this 21 day of May A.D. 1833, before me one of the justices of the Peace in & for the County of Monmouth & State of New Jersey.
Peter VanDorn
an erasure on the 1st page being made & there interlineation the one on the 2nd & the other on 4th page being also made before sworn to = also an erasure on the 5th page.
William Lloyd

We Samuel A. Van Vranken a clergyman residing in the township of Freehold in the County of Monmouth & State of New Jersey and John H. Schenck residing in the same place do hereby severally certify under our respective oaths, that we are well acquainted with Peter Van Dorris who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration, that we believe he was seventy  eight years of age on the fourth day of July last; that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution, & that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn to & subscribed this 22 nd day of May A. D. 1833, before me one of the justices of the peace in and for the County of Monmouth in the State of New Jersey. "eight" being erased & "seventy" interlined in it. John Hull
John H. Schenck Saml. A. Van Vranken

State of New Jersey Monmouth County, to wit: }
Personally appeared before the subscribed one of the Justices of the Peace in & for the said County of Mon- mouth, Captain John Schenck, who being duly sworn doth depose & say, that he is one of the surviving soldiers & officers of the Revolutionary War, and that he has applied under the late act of Congress for a pension for his services during said War; that he is well acquainted with Peter Van Dorn who has sworn to & subscribed the above declaration, that he has lived a neighbor to him for a number of years past, that he knew the said Peter Van Dorn well during the said War & remembers that he was out doing actual service under this deponent, in the company of which this deponent was Captain, and that he remembers particularly that the said Peter Van Dorn was in a company of Militia that this deponent com- manded at the Battle of Connibury in the Township of Middletown in the said County of Monmouth, and that the said Peter Van Dorn was engaged while in the said Compa- ny in the said Battle; & further that the said Peter Van Dorn is a man of the strictest veracity, long a member of the church in the neighborhood, and

I William Lloyd one of the judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Monmouth & State of New Jersey, before which the original declaration of the foregoing named Peter Van Dorn was made, in the term of July last of the said Court, & one of the Justices of the Peace in & for the said County, before whom as such justice, the fore- going supplemental affidavit of the said Peter Van Dorn was sworn to & subscribed, Do hereby certify, that Samuel A. Van Branklin who has signed the foregoing certificate is a Glasgow resident in the township of Freehold in the County of Monmouth & State of New- Jersey, & that John H. Schenck who has also signed the same is a resident of the same place &c, a credible person, & that their statement is entitled to credit; & that Captain John Schenck who has sworn to & sub- scribed the foregoing affidavit, is a credible per- son & generally reputed in the neighborhood where he lives to be a surviving officer of the Revolution, & that his statement is entitled to credit, & further that I am personally acquainted with the said Peter Van Dorn & that he is a credible person & that his statement is entitled to credit. Dated May 22 A. D. 1833 = William Lloyd
I Daniel H. Ellis Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Monmouth & State of New Jersey, Do hereby Certify, that William Lloyd & John H. Ellis Esquires,

are both judges of the said Inferior Court of Common Pleas, & also Justices of the Peace in & for the said County of Monmouth, that they are duly commissioned & sworn as such judges & justices, & that the name "William Lloyd" signed to the first of the foregoing supplemental affidavit of Peter Raw & to the foregoing certificate dated May 22. 1833- : is the genuine signature of the said William Lloyd, & further that the said William Lloyd was at the date of the first of the said supplemental affidavit & at the date of the said certificate & still is, a judge and justice as aforesaid, & that full faith & credit are to be given to his official acts as such judge & justice; and that the name "John Hull" signed to the first of the foregoing certificate of John H. Schenk & Sam l A. van Bracken, & to the foregoing affidavit of Captain John Schenk, is the genuine signature of the said John Hull, that the said John Hull was at the date mentioned in the first of the said certificate & affidavit, and still is, a judge & justice as aforesaid, & that full faith & credit are to be given to his official acts as such judge & justice =
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this twenty third day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty three = an interlineation being made before signing & sealing this certificate, in the 8 th line thereof of this page = & also in the 11 th line =
S. H. Ellis

Declaration of Jane Vandorn widow of Peter Vandorn deceased in order to obtain the benefit of the 3rd section of the act of Congress of the 4th July 1836.
State of New Jersey Monmouth County ss. On this sixteenth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty six before William Lloyd Esquire one of the Judges of the Superior Court of the State in and for the said County and State personally appeared Jane Vandorn of the township of Freehold County of Monmouth and State aforesaid aged seventy seven years on the fifth day of July last past who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 4th 1836. That she is a widow of Peter Vandorn who was a private in the Service of his Country during the Revolutionary War under Captain John Schenck and others as set forth in the petition declaration and accompanying evidence of the said Peter Vandorn now in the Pension office at Washington he the said Peter Vandorn having received a pension under the act of Congress of 7th June 1832 of eighty dollars per year during his life time, and to which said declaration & accompanying evidence she the said Jane Vandorn refers for the evidence of the service of her said husband. She further declares that she was married to the said Peter Vandorn on the nineteenth day of January in the year eighteen hundred and twenty seven by the Reverend Benjamin DuBois the Pastor of the Dutch Church at Freehold Monmouth County New Jersey, that her maiden name before her marriage was Jane Williamson called in Dutch Jantje Williamson that James Wall the father of General Samuel D Wall and Polly Dorch now Polly or Mary Wall were married at the same time. That her husband the aforesaid Peter Vandorn died on the eighteenth day of April eighteen hundred

and thirty four, and that she has remained a widow ever since that period, as will more fully appear by reference to the proof herein annexed.
I was and subscribed to on the day and year above written before me one of the Justices of the Peace in for the County of Monmouth
James Van Dorn
The words "one of the Justices of the County of Monmouth" are written in a smaller hand and are not part of the main text.
William Lloyd
I, the above named William Lloyd the Justice before whom the foregoing declaration is made and also one of the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in for the said County of Monmouth State of New Jersey Do hereby certify that the above named applicant James Van Dorn widow of Peter Van Dorn deceased cannot from bodily infirmity attend Court. Witness my hand and seal this twentieth day of September A.D. 1836.
William Lloyd
State of New Jersey Monmouth County ss: On the day and year above named before me William Lloyd the above named Justice personally appeared the Reverend James Olson Pastor of the Dutch Church at Freehold Monmouth County New Jersey who being first duly sworn according to law deponeth and saith that in the record of Marriages kept in the said Church from the year 1736 to the present time he finds the following among many others which he believes to be in the hand writing of Benjamin DuBois now deceased and who from the records of said Church was then its Pastor, namely "January 19th 1777 Peter Van Dorn met Sanctje Williamsen In James Wall met Polly Dorn getrouw met toestemming van de ouders;" that this deponent took the

Pastoral charge of said Church in December 1834 and that he understood Mr Peter VanDorn the late husband of the said applicant Jane VanDorn died a short time before her taking said church and that he has understood and believes that the said Jane VanDorn has ever since remained a widow and now is the widow of the said Peter VanDorn I would to subscribed on the day of year first above written before me the Justice above named - the words "with being a true copy" first intended William Lloyd
J. Patterson
State of New Jersey, Monmouth County ss. On this sixteenth day of September A.D. 1836 before me William Lloyd the above named Justice personally appeared William VanDorn of the township of Freehold Monmouth County New Jersey aged forty six years who being first duly sworn according to law deposes and saith that he is the son of Peter VanDorn and Jane VanDorn the foregoing applicant that the said Peter VanDorn died in the summer of the year 1834 on the eighteenth day of April 1834 and that his mother the said Jane VanDorn has remained a widow ever since his said father's death and that she is the same individual Jane VanDorn who received the balance of her father's pension after his death up to the time of her death, and that her said father received a pension under the act of June 7th 1832 of eighty dollars per year up to the fourth of March preceding his death - I would to subscribed on the day of year above written before me the Justice above named - the words "with being a true copy" first intended William Lloyd
William Van Dorn
I the above named William Lloyd one of the judges of the court of Common Pleas of said County Monmouth and one of the justices of the Peace

20 in & for said county of Monmouth Do hereby certify that James Otterton and William Bankdown who have sworn & subscribed to the two foregoing affi- davits are credible witnesses and that their statements are entitled to full credit, the first named being now the pastor of the Dutch Church of Freehold. That Peter Ban- down the late husband of Jane Bankdown received a pension under the act of June 7th 1832 and that since his decease the above or foregoing affidavit Jane Bankdown made full proof before the Court of Common Pleas of her being his widow in order to obtain the balance of pension due him at the time of his decease. That the original records of Marri- ages kept in the before named Dutch Church was presented before me by the Revd James Otterton containing many hundreds of Marriages made by clergymen of that church from the year 1736 to the present time, and that those entered in the time of Benjamin Durdan their predecessors are in Dutch, and that the copy of the entry of Peter Bankdown & the foregoing affidavit Jane Bankdown and James Walf & Polly Durdan is a true copy from said book of Marriages which is a very ancient book & appears to have been carefully preserved. Witness my hand this sixteenth day of Sept r 1836.
William Lloyd
I Daniel H. Ellis Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Monmouth and State of New Jersey Do hereby certify that William Lloyd whose name is subscribed to the affidavits of the foregoing ordination & affidavits and to the foregoing certificate respectively was at the respective dates thereof now is a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of said county and one of the Justices of the Peace in & for the same County duly commissioned and sworn & that full faith & credit should & ought to be attached to all his official acts as such; and also that the signature "William Lloyd" so subscribed as aforesaid are his proper hand writing; In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office at Freehold this sixteenth day of September Anno Domini eighteen hundred and thirty six.
D H Ellis clk

May 12, 1936.
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Mrs. Thomas A. Smith P.O. Box 483 Bay Head, New Jersey
BA-J/ady Peter Vandorn W.6347
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter relative to Peter Vandorn, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.
The data contained herein are obtained from the papers on file in the Revolutionary War claim for pension, W.6347, based upon the military service of Peter Vandorn in that war.
Peter Vandorn was born July 4, 1755, in Freehold Township, Monmouth County, New Jersey. The names of his parents are not shown.
While a resident of Freehold Township, Monmouth County, New Jersey, Peter Vandorn enlisted and served as a private in the New Jersey troops as follows: From June 26, 1776, to the latter part of the summer of 1777, six tours of one month each in Captain Thomas Hunn's Company, Colonels George Taylor's and Nathaniel Scudder's Regiments. He enlisted, date not stated, served twelve tours of one month each in Captain John Schenck's Company, Colonels Nathaniel Scudder's and Asher Holmes' Regiments and was in the battle of Germantown. He served one month in Captain Moses Shepherd's Colonel Asher Holmes' Regiment, date not given. He served two tours of one month each in Captain Barnes Bennett's Company, Colonel Holmes' Regiment, date not stated. He served six tours of one month each in Captain Samuel Carhart's Company, Colonel Holmes' Regiment, date not stated. He served six tours of one month each in Captain Joseph Stilwell's Company, date not given. He served one month in Captain Hendrick Smock's Company, Colonel Holmes' Regiment, date not given. He also served in Captain Walling's Company, length of service and date not given. He was in several skirmishes in Monmouth County and served until in 1782.

He was allowed pension on his application executed July 31, 1832 while a resident of Freehold Township, Monmouth County, New Jersey.
He died April 18, 1834.
Soldier was married January 19, 1777, by Reverend Benjamin DuBois, Pastor of the Dutch Church at Freehold, New Jersey, to Jane Williamson, who was born July 5, 1759.
She was allowed pension on her application executed September 16, 1836, while a resident of Freehold Township, Monmouth County, New Jersey.
Their son, William Van Dorn, was a resident of Freehold Township, Monmouth County, New Jersey, and aged forty-six years in 1836. There are no further family data.
Very truly yours
A. D. MILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

1931 Sept. 19. Visit to home of Mr. & Mrs. A. K. O. Y. 1931 May 12. Visit to Mrs. Thomas A. Smith's home
Pay
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 6347
Jane Vandorn Wid. of Peter Vandorn Port. Rest. No.
Act: June 7/82
Index: —Vol. Me , Page 295
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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To what time was Peter Vandorn (pri 80 o ), paid at N Jersey agency act 7. June 1832?
G.M.C. Oct. 12. 1856
Died 18 April 1834 - annuity paid to that time
JH
1886 27 39

Washington September 19, 1931.
BA-J/ADY
Mrs. H. M. Dyar, 833 Portola Avenue, Alameda, California.
Dear Madam:
You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W.6347, that Peter Vandorn was born July 4, 1755 in Freehold Township, Monmouth County, New Jersey.
While a resident of Freehold Township, Monmouth County, New Jersey, he enlisted and served as a private in the New Jersey troops as follows:
From June 26, 1776 to latter part of the summer of 1777, six tours of one month each in Captain Thomas Hunn's Company, Colonels George Taylor's and Nathaniel Scudder's Regiments. He enlisted, date not stated, served twelve tours of one month each in Captain John Schenck's Company, Colonels Nathaniel Scudder's and Asher Holmes' Regiments and was in the battle of Germantown. He served one month in Captain Moses Shepherd's Company, Colonel Asher Holmes' Regiment, date not given. He served two tours of one month each in Captain Barnes Bennett's Company, Colonel Holmes' Regiment, date not stated. He served six tours of one month each in Captain Samuel Carhart's Company, Colonel Holmes' Regiment, date not stated. He served six tours of one month each in Captain Joseph Stilwell's Company, date not given. He served one month in Captain Hendrick Smock's Company, Colonel Holmes' Regiment, date not given. He also served in Captain Walling's Company, length of service and date not given. He was in several skirmishes in Monmouth County and served until in 1782.
He was allowed pension on his application executed July 31, 1832 while a resident of Freehold Township, Monmouth County, New Jersey.

He died April 18, 1834.
Soldier was married January 19, 1777 by Reverend Benjamin DuBois, Pastor of the Dutch Church at Freehold, New Jersey, to Jane William- son, who was born July 5, 1759. She was allowed pension on her application executed September 16, 1836 while a resident of Freehold Township, Monmouth County, New Jersey.
Date of death not on A.B.
Their son, William Van Dorn, was a resident of Freehold Township, Monmouth County, New Jersey and aged forty-six years in 1836. There are no further family data.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator.

Bay Head, New Jersey May 1, '36.
Pension Dept. Washington D.C.
Gentlemen, -
Stamp gone when rec. in Re 1812 Wars Section †
Kindly inform me of your find the name of Peter Van Dorn on the pension roll - Revolutionary War. My record states he did receive a pension. He was born July 4, 1755. Died Apr. 18, 1834.
My reason for asking is that Peter Van Dorn is my Great-Great Grandfather and I wish to join the "Daughters of the American Revolution." I have his full war record as it has come to me. Thanking you in advance for the information, I am
Yours respectfully Mrs. Thos. A. Smith. P.O. Box 482 Bay Head New Jersey.

From Mrs.H.M.Dyar, 833 Portola Ave., Alameda, Calif. Aug. 25, 1931.
Veterans Administration Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Rev.&1812 Wars Section, MMHF:MLB.
Dear Sir:-
✓ I desire proof of the Rev.War record of:- Peter Van Dorn, Hilledale, N.J., farmer, born, July 4, 1755; died, April 18, 1834; married, Jan. 9, 1777, Jane(Jannetje) Williamson, (born, July 5, 1758; died, Jan. 28, 1845). 12 children. He served in the Revolution and was pensioned later.
The above four lines are quoted exactly from the family record of my great-grandfather, Peter Van Dorn. He and his children and his grandchildren continued to reside in Monmouth County, N.J.
I should be grateful for any information concerning the above.
Yours Sincerely,
Mrs.H.M.Dyar, 833 Portola Ave., Alameda, Calif.
Amy B. Dyar.

Fulford N.D. Nov 25 3
Nov 28 Jane Van Dusen N.Y. City N.Y. Feb 26
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J. L. Edwards Esq. Comm. of Pensions Washington D.C.

Fruitland N.Y. Nov 24 1896
J L Edwards Esq. Sir
I rec some time last month from the Department a certificate dated 10 Oct 1886 authorizing the payment of $80 a year to Mrs Van Dorn widow of Peter Van Dorn dec late of Monmouth County New Jersey during her life. - I called once at Trenton at the Agency Office for payment & have since been back up with duly executed powers from Mrs Van Dorn but the answer rec was they had no record to pay & declined doing so until such was rec.
As the certificate now allowance is made for payments made to Peter Van Dorn in his life time or to Mrs Van Dorn up to the time of his death from the last payment rec by him, I informed the Agency at Mr Van Dorn had rec his pension under the act of August 1832 & pre sumes the payments to him sh d be deducted. - I hope as Mrs Van Dorn has already had to deduct twice up and of 30 miles, the Depart ment will immediately send orders to Trenton to pay I will await information from you before I again petition to the honorable enquired of and drop for it.
Your immediate attention to oblige me
Yours very Resp y Daniel B Reall
P.S. As Mrs Van Dorn resides some 7 or 8 miles from me I cannot say at what time her husband, it being better than 2 years since I informed the Dept. was the evidence of it as stated by Mrs V.
Yrs DBR

A. B. Rogers Duchess N.Y.
to recd. N.Y. Sept 19th 3/4 deduct
2 years int 80$
Sept 23
207
July 1836.
Peter Vanderborn
free
J. L. Edwards Esquire Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.
1836

Freholds 17th June 1836 ! L Edwards Esq r Dr Sir
Inland is the application of Jane Bandon widow of Peter Bandon a soldier of the Revolution for a pension under the act of July 4th 1836. - The evidence of the services of her husband are now in the Pension Department he having received a pension under the act of June 7th 1832 up to 4th March 1834 and his widow the present applicant having seek the balance due him up to the time of her death which was on the 18th April 1834 the evidence of which is also in the possession of the Department on the Certificate of the Court of Common Pleas of her death to enable his widow to receive the balance then due him. - The proofs are as follows, as to Marriage
1. Declaration of Jane Bandon she was married to Peter Bandon on 19th January 1777. 2. The Deposition of Revd James Patterson Pastor of Dutch Church at Freholds of a copy of the entry made by Revd Mary Tubbs in the Record of Marriages kept in that church on 19 Jan y 1777, the same time the father & Mother of said Band & Wall one of our Seniors. 3. The Certificate of the Court of Common Pleas that Jane Bandon was his widow when she obtained the balance of her husband's pension.
2 nd As to the services of Peter Bandon her husband.
1. She refers to her declaration & accompanying evidence in your Department before her Certificate was granted. 2. The Certificate of Peter Bandon returned to your Department when she obtained the balance of his pension after his death.
3 rd As to Marriage before last services of her husband.
She was married 19 Jan y 1777. His Declaration & proofs will show his services continued to close of the war or nearly so.
4 th As to Peter Bandon's death
1 st . Wm Bandon was present at his death 18 th April 1834. 2 nd . The Certificate of Court of Common Pleas before referred to shows he was then satisfactorily moved.
3 rd . Her own Declaration Deposition of Rev d Mr Patterson & Certificate of Judge Lloyd.
5 th As to her widowhood
1 st Her own Declaration 2 nd Wm Bandon's affidavit 3 rd Mr Patterson & Judge Lloyd's Certificate

6th Asst extant of service -
1st P. Bankson's debt evidence in your paper
2nd The certificate granted him, & returned to the Department since his death.
The the entry of the Marriage in the Book referred to in the testimony of which a attested copy is sent your wife's absence is in doubt I might perhaps obtain with some trouble a literal translation of it but preferred our present best President to whom we claim a close political affinity here will if called upon unravel the meaning in the work of the Department not having a translator -
You will oblige Mrs Bankson by giving this case your early attention she being very infirm as will appear by the Certificate of the Judge I cannot long enjoy it as is apparent from her age & infirmities - You will please enclose the certificate to me at this place -
What is required at the Department to establish the Marriage, under the Laws of this state Marriages were not required to be recorded during the period of the Revolution, I have a case of a widow who was married before a justice of the Peace of which there is no record, all the persons present are deceased she has proof they her husband themselves lived together during the Rev, was as man & wife always esteemed as such will not this be sufficient? to require positive evidence by record or from persons present would strike off a number of poor indigent & meritorious class of applicants. Under the Laws of this state thus living together as man & wife & reputed so to be is prima facie evidence of their being married
You would oblige me & some of the class of widows above referred to by informing me upon this subject -
Yours very Resp Daniel B. Ryall

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Vandorum, Plato GRADE Private LINE Rhode Island
WARRANT NUMBER 3543 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED Dec 31, 1789
To — not shown
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.