Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 930, Minard Vanarsdalen, New Jersey

SERVICE
NUMBER
New Jersey
Vanarsdalen, Minard or Mindart
S. 930.
CONTENTS
Carded.

17.375
375
Miner
Windart Vanderdalen
a Verrussit in the State of N. Jersey who was a Quayman in the Quay commanded by Captain Scott of the Reg - commanded by Col in the N. Jersey line for 2 M. Penn
Name Minard
Inscribed on the Roll of N. Jersey at the rate of 88 Dollars Cents per annum to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 11 day of Aug. 1835 and to the H. P. van Dorn M. present
Arrears to the 14th M. $ 17 6 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4th M. 14 4 $ 32 0
Revolutionary Claim, ? Act June 7, 1832. $
Recorded by P. Little Clerk. Book 8, Vol. 3, Page 131

Mindart Vanarsdalen
adm 2
24 mo krummer
88 3/4
James H. Randolph
Dr. Thomas H. Brum
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Interrogatories put by the Court to Munderk Van Andelen upon his application for a pension - and Being duly Sworn according to Law sayeth
I was born in the County of Somerset on the 2 th of Sep r 1760
I have a record of my age home in my bible
I lived at Six mile run in Somerset County when I was called into Service, I have lived in Somerset ever since, except about two years, when I lived in Middlesex County. I now live in Somerset County -
I was drafted into the Service as a Drummer in the militia and served in that capacity from the time I entered the Service which was in the year 1776. - until the close of the war. I was also a substitute several times, once for Henry Stephens for one month, and for Elias for several times -
I served under Gen. Heard - Maj. Nevins - Col. Frederick Fre- linghuysen - Col. Neilson & others Maj. Shareman - Col. Taylor. I think all these were militia officers - I was in the Battle of Germantown, Pennsylvania, commanded there by Gen. For- man of Monmouth. I was then a substitute & private. - I was with Col. Neilson when he took the Refugees about two miles below New Brunswick. Do not recollect the year it was in the winter season Snow on the ground. Capt. Dyall was our Captain
I first entered the Service under Capt. Lott in 1776. in Somerset County 1776 we marched to Hoboken in Bergen County out one month, same year one month at Ramapung under Capt. Fulkerson. Same year in Bergen Hill under Capt. Lott. - Same year one month at Newark under Capt. Moore, one other month under Capt. Lott at same place - 1777 one month under Capt. Lott at Pompton - at Span- ish Town in Middlesex Co one month under Capt. Lott at Eliza- beth town same year one month. During the whole revolutionary war I lay in the Service of the U.S. at Elizabeth town Six months served principally under Capt. Lott & Capt. Fulkerson

When the British lay in Brunswick in the winter of 1778 I was out as a drummer at Cranberry under Capt. Galt two months Col. Nelson commanded the Regiment at a different time in the Spring of the following year we lay at Griggstown one month under Capt. Scott as a drummer At a different time towards the close of the war we were at Correll's ferry on the Delaware and marched into Pennsylvania we were at this time one month and an half commanded by Lieut. John Stolhoff - and the said Mindaert Vanarsdalen doth further depose and say that by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory he cannot swear positively to all the time he was out in the service of the United States during the revolutionary war, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the period mentioned below, and in the following grades for two years as a drummer and for at least six months as a private militiaman carrying a gun. for such services I claim a pension.
We never received a written discharge from the service was discharged verbally when the relief came.
I am known in my present neighborhood by W. T. Rod- gers Esq. Isaac Brokaw, and every body else there who can testify to my character for veracity and their belief of my services as a soldier of the Revolution.
Sworn & Subscribed this 26 th of Dec r 1833 before me Mindaert Vanarsdalen
W. T. Gaston
Richard Garretson of the age of twenty four years being duly sworn on his oath saith that he was out in the service of the U.S. in the war of the Revolution with Mindaert Vanarsdalen the above affidavit was with him at Amboy, Elizabethtown, Newark, and other places he was a good and faithful soldier and have always understood that he done a great deal of duty in the revolutionary war. and also

Verily Believe that he this deponent lives with him for more than two years in such service.
Sworn and Subscribed this 26 th of June 1833 before me —
W. B. Gaston
his Richard X Gantson mark
I William B Gaston one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Somerset do hereby Certify that Richard Gantson & Peter Voorhies who has Sworn to the foregoing affidavits are persons of truth and veracity, and that their Statements therein are entitled to full credit and belief — June 26 th 1833.
W. B. Gaston
I John M Mann Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas of the County of Somerset do hereby Certify that William B Gaston whose proper signature is subscribed to the foregoing Affidavit and Certificate was at the time of the date thereof and now is a Judge of said Court in full commission &c. — In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Bridgewater this 28 th day of June eighteen hundred and thirty three — J. M. Mann

Mindert Van Andelen Mindert Van Andelen
1860/3

State of New Jersey } ss. County of Somerset }
On this fifteenth day of August personally appeared in open court before the judges of the common pleas of the County of Somerset now sitting Wincent Van Andelen a resident of the Township of Franklin in the County of Somerset in the State of New Jersey aged Seventy two 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 act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832. — That he entered the service of the U.S. in the militia of the State of New Jersey — that he was a drummer in all his services about two to three years — that he was a substitute once for Richard Stevens (since dead) for one month — that he was present at the battle of Gemantown, that John Stott (since dead) was then Lieut commanding the company — that after the battle of Germantown deponent returned home to Middletown to bring home a wounded man — that deponent went with militia to Elizabeth town & served there one month under Col Stead — some time after, when forsook, was with Col John Neilson when he surrendered the Refugees near New Brunswick — then was in service at Cranbury — performed service at Pompton, N.J. Hoboken, Bergen, Newark — spent time again at Elizabeth town — Amboy Englishtown & other places now forgotten — can refer to the following persons yet living who knew him during the period of his Revolutionary Service & knew him as in the service, Samuel D. Perrine, Peter Montfort, Rynier Van Dyke, John Myckhoff, Peter Voorhees, in all his services less more than two years service — was born Dec. 28 th 1760 — has no record of his birth — He hereby relinquishes every claim to a pension or annuity, except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency of any state. Sworn and subscribed in open court —
Wincent Van Andelen
Wm. H. Gaston

Summit County ss But Remembred that on this fifteenth day of August A.D. 1832 appeared in open court Peter Voorhees and Being sworn according to law. both on his oath say that he is well acquainted with Mndart Van Amadalen the above applicant. that he knew him during the war of the revolution he served in the service of the united States. knew that he was a Drummer was with him at Germantown - Bergen and other places during the revolution. that he is about the age of 72 years and has always understood that he served a great deal in the revolution - this deponent is 74 years of age -
Sworn in open court -
Wm. H. Gaston
Peter Voorhees
He hereby relinquishes every claim 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 - Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.

We John Zabriskie a clergyman residing in the township of Franklin County aforesaid — and Harrington Barracough  and Harrington Barracough Esq — residing in Franklin in said County hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Mindert Van Arsdale who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be Seventy two 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 day and year aforesaid —
W. H. Gaston
John L. Zabriskie Harrington Barracough
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 John Zabriskie — who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman and that Harrington Barracough  and that  Harrington Barracough  is  the  above  named  applicant  is  a  credible  person  and  that  his  statement  is  entitled  to  credit —
W. H. Gaston
Wm D Sheppard
I John M Mann clerk of the court of Common Pleas for the County of Somerset New Jersey, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Mindert Van Arsdale for a pension —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this Sixteenth day of August in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred and thirty two —
J. M. Mann

No 16. 073.
Min ard Van andater Somerset County New Jersey.
Return of the d. c.
July 24 th 1833
adm a
Hon. James H. Randolph R. Thompson New Brunswick Somerville N.J.

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
24th May - 1833
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 subjjoined 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 Minderb Vanarsdale Somerset Co.
   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.     1776. Drummer, in all his services about 2 to 3 years. 72 Somerset County Living & Traditionary  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

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, _____ of the Court of _____ 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, (l) 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 [i] 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.

New War.
INVALID.
File No. 930 Mindart Van Arsdalen- Drummer N.Y. Zee.
Act: June 7. 1882.
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 386
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Minard Van Auden
affidavit
James M. ...

State of New Jersey 3 Middlesex County 3d. In this first day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, personally appeared Peter Hartfort & John C. Mychett surviving survivors of the Revolution, who being duly sworn, solemnly depose & say, that they are well acquainted with Michael Van Arsdale, an ap- plicant for a Pension named in papers num- bered DA 73, have known him from childhood, have always regarded him as a man of scru- pulous Truth & Honesty, & have not the least doubt of the exact truth of his entire statement in rela- tion to his revolutionary service. And the said Peter Hartfort for himself says, that he knows said Van Arsdale to have been a good & faithful soldier in the Revolution, was with him often in the service, was with him at Elizabethtown Bergen - and knows that he was was out very often afterwards, in the years 76, 77, 78, 79, 80 '81 and during the whole, saw him frequently tho' not in the same company. Knows that said Van Arsdale acted as Drummer, saw him play a drum at St. John's St. John's Bergen in his capacity as Drummer. Believes that said Van Arsdale served as Drummer most of the war. And the said John C. Mychett for himself says, that he in the 76th year of his age, such a soldier of the Revolution knows of said Van Arsdale's being with it since was with him in Pennsylvania in '77 at the battle of Germantown - That said Van Ar- sdale was then a Drummer, and believes that he continued to act as Drummer during

that said Van and also was not frequently of thereafter, but not being with him, cannot un- derline to specify. I am sure that said Van and also has told no more than the truth in his statement; that he is utterly incapable of making a false statement for any purpose.  Subscribed & sworn to the day of aforesaid before me Peter R. Runyon Justice of the Peace  John E. Wyckoff
I certify that Peter Montfort and John E. Wyckoff of the foregoing deposition in the case of Minard Van and also are credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to full credence.
Peter R. Runyon Justice of the Peace
Nicholas Bonar, Clerk of the County of Mid- dlesex, do hereby certify that Peter R. Runyon before whom the foregoing affidavit of Peter Montfort & John E. Wyckoff was taken, is a Justice of the Peace duly commissioned, and that the signature of said Justice thereto offered is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this second day of August one thousand eight hundred and thirty three.
N. Bonar Clerk

Minard F. Maudslay
James F. Randolph N. Brummit

Supplemental Declaration of Minias Van Aldelen of Somerset county State of New Jersey an officer for a pension named in paper numbers N o 6.073.
State of New Jersey
Somerset county ss Personally appeared before the sub- scribed one of the Justices of the Peace in New Jersey county Minias Van Aldelen who being duly sworn on his oath deposes & says that by reason of old age & the consequent loss of memory he cannot speak positively to the precise length of all his services but to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below & in the following manner & following grades. He states the service which he was in opposition to one William Merrill a Tailor in the year 1776 I served a term of a month as drummer under Capt. Lott I also served under Capt. Van Dyke as a substitute for his master William Merrill in Bergen County - Same year he served another term of a month under Capt. Patterson at Communipaw as drummer - Same year served another term of a month under Capt. Lott as drummer at Bergen Hill. He served two other terms of a month each as drummer - in the same year 1776 - the first term at New York under Capt. Merrill the latter term under Capt. Lott at the same place as above principally under Capt. Nichols - In the year 1777 he was enrolled & served almost all the time either for himself or for his master - served his master's term & his own. During this year he performed two terms of a month each as drummer at Cranbury under Capt. Dyott & Capt. Nicholson - Same year another term one of the terms was on an expedition to Barnes Island & captured a party of the enemy. Same year served one month at Griggstown under

Capt. Lott - another term of a month at Pompton under Capt. Lott in the same year - same year he found another term of a month at Franktown Middlesex County under Capt. Lott. In the fall of the same year found another month under Lieut. Toloff (Capt. Fullerson being at the time a prisoner) over March to Dec r - I was in the battle of Germanstown under Col. Wood - Lieut. Fullerson In the same year he found one month at Elizabethton under Capt. Moore & another month on the same station under Capt. Lott. Col. Smith was his superior officer generally during this year Of these eight terms four were performed for himself & four for his master as a substitute for his master to whom he was bound an apprentice - In the year 1778 he was out again & served as before for himself & for his master the paid service his regular terms except upon one occasion when he was excused by his Captain - Lott on condition that he would do his tailoring for him. I was sometimes hired by his master with his consent as a substitute for others. During this year found at least eight terms of a month each viz two terms of a month each at Millstone that neighborhood under Capt. Lott two terms of a month each at Elizabethton & Newville under Capt. Moore - two terms of a month each under Capt. Fullerson on the Woodbridge station - one with term of a month at Pompton under Capt. Lott & one term of a month at Amboy under Capt. Fullerson - Captain Lott & Capt. Fullerson were his regular his service under either was occasional. Of these eight terms before three for himself - four for his master & one as a substitute for one Richard Stevens - In 1779 was out again as usual performing for himself & for his master not less during this year than six terms of a month each and all on the lines between Amboy

Elizabeth Town I'm along the Narrows I succeeded up the country to Osnaburgh - School House. of these two towns - the first three shifts were performed under Capt. Lott and the second part of shifts under Capt. Fulkerson - there being one regular officer commanding each in his turn. The two divisions of the company as they were called & called out - joined this year under Col. Litch in Col. R. Dyke - In the year 1780 being tired of doing all the duty for his master - his master receiving the copper & this declaration only the cuffs he left his master determined to fight for himself. In this year joined his regular town this year not less than four towns of a month each in the same Woodstock Station joined two towns (the first three as he believes) under Capt. Lott & the two other towns (the second of each) under Capt. Fulkerson. This was all in the year in which the principles of the war might have had the company to which this declaration was not belonged was not in that engagement - In '81 joined again on his own account three towns of a month each on the line from Amity to Rahway. Elizabeth Town was two towns - the first joined under Capt. Lott & the last under Capt. Fulkerson. Col. Litch & Col. R. Dyke were the principal officers along the lines - Genl. Howe was in command for a the time. He was out afterwards to the end of the war but not so regularly as before. He resumed former towns in '82 joined on the same station in the neighborhood of Elizabeth Town. From the time he entered the service until he left his un- reasonable master he always participated in the capacity of drummer - that was his trade of his master He took also for himself the same duty - performing the same duty as well for himself as for his master  master After he left his master master after the close of the war he served as a private in the infantry. He acted

as otherwise within the year '80 I afterwards was a several and for the services he claims a sum in money to be paid by me  Edward  Sturtevant  Sturtevant this 1st day of Sept 1833 Harrington Barcalow Justice of the Peace
State of New Jersey } John M. Mann Clerk of the Inferior Somerset County } Court of Common Pleas in and for said County do hereby certify that Harrington Barcalow before whom the foregoing Affidavit was made and whose proper signature is thereto subscribed was at the time of the state thereof and now is a justice of the peace in and for said County duly commissioned & qualified. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this fifth day of August. Eighteen hundred & thirty three. J. M. Mann.