Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 7868, for Thomas James, New Jersey

SERVICE
NUMBER
New Jersey
James Thomas Ann
W 7868
CONTENTS

Reported to a gust , see letter
Papers under acts of 1838 & 1843 within —
New Jersey 1141
Thomas James, dec.
of Middlesex Co, in the State of New Jersey who was a Private in the commanded by Captain of the  commanded by in the N. Jersey line for two
Payable to Ann James, his widow
Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey at the rate of 80 Dollars Cents per annum. to commence on the 10th day of March, 1824. 1826 end 17th January 1831, when he died
Certificate of Pension issued the 12th day of February 1844 and sent Hon. J. G. Farlee House of Representatives
Arrears to the 4th of Semi-ant. allowance ending
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
May 15, 1828
Recorded by D Brown Clerk Book Vol. Page

Dear Sir, I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 14th inst.
and in reply to inform you that the same has been forwarded to the proper authorities.
I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
James M. [unclear]
James M. [unclear]
Recorded on Roll of Pensions, No. 1234 February 2, 1818. Page 10

Thomas James pri N.J. Line did he receive Bounty Land -
L. for G.S.V.C.
June 30 th 1848
A Warrant for land bounty was granted the 7 th May 1800 to W m Duncan assignee of Thomas James, as Private of the N. Jersey Line

Thos. James
Served 6 mo. only therefore is not entitled to pension under the Law of the 18 th May 1878. War Dept. Pensions Office April 31 st 1878 discharge annexed
Rejected
St. Vincent No

State of New Jersey } Middlesex County }
on the eleventh day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen before me the Subscriber one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Middlesex in New Jersey personally appears Thomas James of the Township of South Amboy in the County of Middlesex & State aforesaid aged fifty six years, to me known, who being by me first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the late Act of Congress entitled "An act to provide for certain persons "engaged in the land and naval service "of the United States in the Revolutionary War"
That he the said Thomas James enlisted in the year Seventeen hundred and eighty two or Seventeen hundred and eighty three at Allentown in New Jersey in the company commanded by Capt. Allen in the Second Jersey Regiment commanded by Col. Jennings and served on the continental establishment to the end of the War of the Revolution - and he

- G o . Washington June 5 th 1783. J. Trumbull Int. Secretary - registered in the Books of the Battalions Sam l M c Inte, adjutants - And this deponent further saith that he is now in such reduced circumstances of life, that he is need of assistance from his Country for support. -
Sworn & declared before me the day & year aforesaid
Job Van Winkle
his Thomas J. James mark
State of New Jersey } Middlesex County } I Jacob Van Winkle one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Middlesex afores d . do certify; that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Thomas James did serve in the Revolutionary War as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy; and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress - April 11 th 1818
Job Van Winkle
State of New Jersey } I William P. Deane clerk of Middlesex County } the Court of Common Pleas of

the county of Middlesex in the State aforesaid certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Thomas Jones did for him Jacob Van Mickle Esq. who to all intents his name to the foregoing attestations is one of the judges of said court duly commissioned and sworn - Witness my hand and the seal of said court this eleventh day of April Eighteen hundred and eighteen. -
Wm. P. Delle Clerk Middlesex.

State of New Jersey County of Middlesex } ss:
Be it known, That on this eighteenth day of September, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and fifty- five, personally appeared, in open Court, before the undersigned Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, sitting also for the County aforesaid, Sa- maliel James, aged fifty two years, a resident of the Township of South Amboy, in the County of Middlesex, in the State of New Jersey, who, being duly sworn according to law, on his oath declares, that he is the Son, and only surviving child and heir at law, of Thomas and Mary James, deceased, late of the Township of South Amboy, in the County of Middlesex, in the State of New Jersey; That his father, the said Thomas James, was a soldier of the Revolutionary war, of the Jersey line, and served until the end of the war, and was hon- orably discharged, first on furlough, on the fifth day of June A.D. 1783, in accordance with the proclamation of the Continental Congress of the 11 th of April, 1783, as made known to the Army by General Washington, on the 19 th of April 1783; that his father received a printed and written discharge, (which find annexed) on which he remained on furlough, until the final Disbanding of the Army, as per procla- mation of October 19 th 1783. That his father the said Thomas James, having thus served until the end of the war, (if it ended at the date of the Proclamations of Peace to the Army on the 19 th of April, 1783, as above, and if the said war

did not end until in October 1783, then he remained in service, as per the terms of his discharge (see the reverse side thereof) more than nine months during said war, or more than nine months during said war, became entitled to a pension of eight dollars per month, under the act of March 18 th 1818, for which he made application on the eleventh day of April, 1818, (see said application annexed) which application was rejected, contrary to law, and without due consideration; That his father, the said Thomas James, because of his want of means, and because of his acute sense of the injustice of the rejection of his claim, heightened by his knowledge of the fact, that pensions were afterwards granted to many of his comrades in service, in accordance with the provisions of the same law, under which he had applied, and his claim been rejected, never afterwards renewed his application, and died without having ever received any of the benefits to which he was justly entitled under the said act of March 18 th 1818, and afterwards under the act of May 15 th 1828.
He further declares on his oath as aforesaid, that he has heard, and believes, that his father, the said Thomas James, received after the close of the Revolutionary war, the bounties which had been offered to those who remained in service until the end of said war; thus proving conclusively, (if so) that his said father did serve until the end of said Revolutionary war,

and therefore was entitled, to the pension for which he applied under the act of March 18 th 1818, as aforesaid. He further declares on his oath as aforesaid, that his father the said Thomas James, as aforesaid, always lived after he applied for his pension as aforesaid, in the Township of South Amboy, in the County of Middlesex, in the State of New Jersey, where he was well known, and where there are many persons yet living who well know, that he was always a poor man, in comparison with many who drew pensions for life under the said act of March 18 th 1818, that all he was ever worth, could never have produced an income to him or any one else, of ninety six dollars per annum, and that his right to a pension could not therefore have been barred, or in any way vitiated by the act of May 1 st 1820.
He further declares, on his oath as aforesaid, that his father, the said Thomas James, the warman as aforesaid, died in the Township of South Amboy, as aforesaid, on the seventeenth day of January, A.D. 1831, never having drawn, any part of the pension to which he was entitled, under the act of March 18 th 1818 as aforesaid; and that as he verily believes, no part of said pension, has ever yet been paid by the United States, and now rests of right, and by the usages of the Department in affiant, as the only surviving legal heir and representative of his father, the said Thomas James, deceased as aforesaid. He further declares on his oath as aforesaid, that his father

The said Thomas James, the warman, deceased as aforesaid, died intestate, and left a widow Ann James, whose name before her marriage was Ann Dye, who was the mother as aforesaid of affiant, and to whom a pension of eighty dollars per annum was granted under the act of July 15 th 1838, which and was afterwards, under subsequent acts, continued to her for life; and that she died in the county of Middlesex New Jersey, on the 15 th day of August, A.D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty one.
He makes this Declaration for the purpose of obtaining the pension to which his father the said Thomas James, the warman, deceased, as aforesaid was entitled, and for which he applied as aforesaid but did not receive; and he further declares, that the reason he has not sooner made application, is, that his father's former application, and his discharge as herunto annexed have long been lost and have only lately come to the knowledge of affiant; who hereby constitutes James L. Street, of the city of New Brunswick, in the State of New Jersey, his true and lawful Attorney in this behalf, and respectfully requests the Hon Commissioner of Pensions, and other officers of Government to recognise him as such.
For proof of his father's service, he refers to his discharge, annexed; for proof of the marriage of his father and mother, he refers to the evidence on the files of the Pension office, on which a pension as aforesaid

was granted to his mother Ann James as afore- said, where will also be found the proof of his father's death, as aforesaid; for proof of the death of his mother, the said Ann James, he refers to the records of the third Auditor's of- fice, where will be seen the date, to which her pension was paid; And for proof of his father's pecuniary condition, from the time of his application for his pension, as herein- to annexed, to the date of his death; for proof of identity, and that affiant is the only sur- viving child of his father, he refers to the affidavits annexed, of those, who were inti- mately acquainted with his father and mother and their family. And if a Certificate is granted for said Pension from the 11 th day of April, 1818; he requests that said Certificate may be made payable at the New Jersey Agen- cy at Trenton; but if the amount of said Pen- sion as now due, should be made payable on Draft, he requests that said Draft may be made payable in the City of New York.
Gerrit Smith
Sworn and subscribed in open court, this eighteenth day of September, A.D. 1855, before us; and we hereby certify that we are fully satisfied of the truth of the facts set forth in the above declaration.
James C. Goble
A. G. P. Brewster
Bethuel Ward
Hanson Brewster
Judges.

State of New Jersey County of Middlesex, ss.
Be it known, That on this twenty ninth day of September, A.D. one thousand eight hundred and fiftyfive, before me, personally Caine Isaac Letts, aged seventy six years, a res- ident of the Township of South Amboy, in the Coun- ty of Middlesex, in the State of New Jersey, and made oath in due form of law, as follows: To wit:
Question. Mr. Letts, How old are you?
Answer. Seventy six years.
Q. How long have you lived in South Amboy?
A. All my life.
Q. Are you acquainted with Gamaliel James, of South Amboy; and if so, how long have you known him?
A. I have been well acquainted with him ever since his childhood.
Q. Whose son is he?
A. He was always known in the neighborhood, as the son of Thomas and Ann James, and was always acknowledged by them as their legitimate son.
Q. Had they ever any other children?
A. They had one other son, who died in his early boyhood, and no other children.
Q. How long were you acquainted with Thomas James and his family before his death?
A. I was acquainted with them from the time I was 16 years old, which was about the year 1797, and always afterwards while he and his widow lived.
Q. Was there ever any other man of the name of Thomas James, living in Middlesex County?

A. I never knew, or heard of any other.
Q. Did Thomas James serve in the Revolutionary war?
A. I always heard that he was a soldier of the Revolutionary war, and never heard any body express any doubts of it.
Q. Do you know whether Thomas James ever owned much property, at any time that you knew him?
A. He owned a small piece, (I do not know how many acres,) of very poor sandy land, on which he had a small, and very poor house, where he lived and died, he was always known as a very poor man.
Q. What was his whole property worth a year, that is what would it have rented for?
A. It never could have been worth over thirty dollars a year while he lived, it was indeed hardly worth paying tax for.
Q. Do you suppose that Thomas James needed the assistance of his Country, to enable him to live comfortably?
A. I know he did, and that General James Morgan and others helped him much for years before he died, and that he suffered for want of assistance.
Q. Do you know anything of his death?
A. I know that he died in the winter, in the cabin where he had stayed, which was so open that the snow blew all through it, and while some of the neighbors were burying him, I was hauling wood, to keep his widow and family from freezing.
Q. Do you know whether Mrs. Anne James, his widow is dead?
A. I know she died about four years ago. (over.)

Q. Do you know whether she ever drew a pension? A. I do not, but always heard, that she did for some years before her death, and have no doubts of it. Q. Have you any interest in this claim? A. None. Isaac Letts
Also, at the same time, personally came before me, Mrs. Mary Letts, wife of the above signed Jonathan Letts, aged seventy one years, and made oath in due form of law; that she was personally well acquainted with Thomas James and his family for thirty years before he died; that she does not know what was the value of his property, but knows that he was always a very poor man while she was acquainted with him and his family; she has often carried them provisions, and clothes, and knows that they were assisted by other neighbors; that the only child or relation of Thomas James now living, is Gamaliel James, his son, who now lives in the neighborhood. She further declares on her oath, as aforesaid, that she has no interest in this claim. Mary Letts
Also, at the same time, personally came before me, Stacy Dishrow, a resident of the Township of South Amboy, in the County of Middlesex and State of New Jersey, who being duly sworn according to law, on his oath declares, in form and manner following, to wit:
Question, Mr. Dishrow, what is your age? Answer, Seventy one years.

Ques. How long have you lived in the Township of South Amboy?
Ans. All my life.
Q. Are you acquainted with Gamaliel James of said Township, and if so, how long have you known him?
A. I am, and have been well acquainted with him, from his childhood.
Q. Whose son is he?
A. He is the son of Thomas and Ann James; at any rate, he was always claimed by them as their son, and I never heard that any body doubted it.
Q. Was there ever any other Thomas James, lived in South Amboy?
A. I never knew, or heard of any other man of that name, in South Amboy, or anywhere else.
Q. How long were you acquainted with him before he died.
A. From the time I was a boy; — I do not remember when or how I first got acquainted with him, I knew him always.
Q. Were you acquainted with him as far back as 1818.
A. Certainly, yes, and long before that time, and always afterwards while he lived.
Q. Do you know what was Mrs. James name before her marriage with Thomas James?
A. I do not, but always heard that it was Ann Dye.
Q. Do you know whether they had any other child, or children, than Gamaliel?
A. Yes, they had, but they died in infancy or very young; Gamaliel is the only child,

or relative of his parents now living, so far as I know.
Q. Did Thomas James ever own any property?
A. Not much, he lived in a small open cabin, on a piece of poor sandy land, on which no man could make a living, it was not worth paying tax for.
Q. How much a year, was Thomas James ever worth, while you were acquainted with him?
A. Nothing! he had no income, and his cabin would not have rented for anything, for it was not fit to live in, and nobody would have paid rent for the land.
Q. Was he so poor as to require assistance from his neighbors?
A. Yes, he was always a very poor man while I knew him, and his neighbors often helped him; and with the help that he received, the family often lacked the necessaries of life. I have plowed for him, and with other neighbors, helped to tend a patch of corn and truck year after year for him.
Q. Do you know whether he was a Revolutionary Soldier?
A. I do not, for I was too young to know that, but it was always said that he was; and I never heard any body express any doubts of it; his widow, Ann James drew a pension on account of his services in the Revolution. And the neighbors always wondered why he did not get a pension, as well as some others in the neighborhood, that it was said were in service with him.
Q. Do you know whether Thomas James and his widow are both dead?

A. I know that he died in the winter twenty four or five years ago, and she died in the summer, four years ago, but I don't know the day of the month on which either of them died.
Q. Have you any interest in this claim?
A. None. Stacy Disbrow
Also, at the same time, personally came before me, Mrs. Mary Disbrow aged sixty four years, wife of the above signed affiant Stacy Disbrow, a resident of the Township of South Amboy, in the County of Middlesex, in the State of New Jersey, and made oath in due form of law; that she was well acquainted with Thomas James and his family for twenty years before he died; that she does not know what he was worth, but knows that they were always very poor, so much so that the neighbors had to help them, they lived, and he died in a poor little cabin, that did not keep the snow out; there is but one of their children living, and that is Emanuel, all the others died in their infancy, and early childhood, so that they were not known, except to the nearest neighbors; — That Thomas James died in the winter while the snow was blowing through his cabin, about 25 years ago; and that Ann James his widow, who drew a pension, which en- abled her to live more comfortably died in the summer time, four years ago; — She further declares, on her oath as aforesaid that she never knew a

heard of any other Thomas and Ann James, but the father and Mother of Samuel James, and that she has no interest in this Claim. Mary Disbroad
Also, at the same time, personally came before me, Nathaniel Killger, a resident of the Township of South Amboy, in the County of Middlesex, and State of New Jersey, who being duly sworn according to law, made oath as follows, to wit:
Question, Mr. Killger, How old are you?
Answer, Sixty nine years.
Q. How long have you lived in the Township of South Amboy.
A. All my life.
Q. Were you ever acquainted with Thomas James?
A. Yes, from the time I was acquainted with every body, until he died.
Q. From 1818, until he died, what was he worth at any time?
A. Nothing, he was a very poor man, always more in debt than all his property was worth, as I have abundant reason to know, from having acted as Constable many years, and often visited him in that Capacity.
Q. Did he own any land?
A. Yes a few acres, of Sand and Swamp, on which no man could make a living, and that would not have rented for anything if he had left it; It had no house on it during his life time, but a little open cabin, scarcely habitable, where he lived

and died.
Q. Do you know whether he required the assistance of his country, to live?
A. Yes he did, and if it had not been for the assistance furnished him by Genl. James Morgan, and others, he and his family must have perished; as they did very nearly a part of every year.
Q. What was his wife's maiden name?
A. Ann Dye.
Q. How much family had they?
A. None, that lived beyond infancy or early childhood, except Samaliel James, who now resides in the Township of South Amboy.
Q. Was there ever any other Thomas James who lived in South Amboy?
A. No nor any where else, that I ever heard of.
Q. Do you know whether he was a revolutionary soldier?
A. Only as I know, that George Washington, was a Revolutionary Officer; of which I never heard of a doubt.
Q. Have you any interest in this claim?
A. Not a cent. Nathaniel Wilger
Sworn and subscribed before me, on the day and year, first above written, and I certify that the above signed affidavits are credible persons, to me well known, and are all entitled to full faith and confidence in the statements by them severally sworn and subscribed as above; I further certify that I have no interest in this claim. Andrew J. Disbrow J D

State of New Jersey County of Middlesex, ss.
I, Nicholas Booraem, County Clerk, and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, within, and for the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify, that Jacob Knudkle, whose genuine signature appears above, to the original recitation, of Thomas James annexed, was at the time of signing the same, one of the judges of the Court of Common Pleas, of the County of Middlesex, in the State of New Jersey; and that William P. Deane, whose genuine signature appears attached, was at the time of signing the same, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, of the County of Middlesex, in the State of New Jersey; and that full faith and credit are due, to all the official acts of said Jacob Knudkle, judge, and said William P. Deane, Clerk, as aforesaid.
I further certify, that James C. Noble, John P. Roosevelt, Bethuel Walbridge Dyer, and John V. Van Brunt, whose genuine signatures appear above, are, and were, at the time of signing the same, judges of the Court of Common Pleas, of the County of Middlesex, in the State of New Jersey, and that said Court was then in session, and that full faith and credit are due, to all their official acts.
I further certify, that Andrew J. Disher, whose genuine signature appears above, is and was at the time of signing the same, a Justice of the Peace, within, and for the County of Middlesex, in the State of New Jersey, duly commissioned and sworn, and that full faith and credit are due, to all his official acts.
I further certify, that said Court, has always been a Court of Record, having general jurisdiction and a clerk and seals, and that I have no interest in this claim.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, at the City of New Brunswick, this twenty second day of October, A.D. one thousand and eight hundred and fifty five.
Robert C. Lee

107638. Act of July 7. 1838.
Mrs. Sarah James.
Widow of Thomas James
N. Jersey
act of July 38.
admd
2 yrs pri 80 3/4 per 1831
no deduction - Cranberry Motion County N.J.
In Marginal Record page 301 paid £25. 5. 11
800 1/2 per 1830-12 20.17
Hon. P. Dickerson Hon. J. H. Randolph

Act of July 7, 1838. Declaration of Ann James
State of New Jersey, Middlesex County ss
On this seventeenth day of August A.D. One thousand eight hundred and thirty sixth  nine , personally appeared before the subscriber, one of the Judges of the Inferior court of common pleas in and for the county of Middlesex, Ann James resident in the Township of South Amboy, in the county and state aforesaid, aged Sixty nine years on the Eleventh day of this present month, 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 7, 1838" entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows"
That she is the widow of Thomas James, who was a private in the militia, state troops, and continental line, as this declarant has often heard him say, that he served in the militia a number of times, during which time he was engaged in the Battle of Monmouth, where he received a wound the escar of which this declarant has often seen and which her husband carried to his grave, after serving a number of tours, under Capt James Morgan and other officers, her husband, the said Thomas James, enlisted about the first of January 1781 in Amboy under our Lieut. Simon Van Mickle for twelve months or one year, having served the twelve months out in guarding the Amboy shores, he again enlisted under Lieut. Nicolas Morgan in the month of January 1782, was quartered part of the time at Cheesquakes, the second enlistment was for twelve months more, engaged again guarding the same shores, at the close of this last enlistment, the said Thomas James enlisted for during the war, and immediately marched off to the North, after peace was declared he returned home to Amboy, he received a discharge which this declarant
I 2-2 Here the word "eight" was inserted and was written over the word "sixth" before the declaration was signed and attested to Joseph H. H. H. H. H.

has often seen, but which she now believes to be lost, as she has made diligent search and cannot find it. She has had in her possession since his death a power of attorney given to James Morgan (for the lands due the said Thomas James as a soldier) in the year 1797, which is attached to this declaration, or such parts thereof as has not been destroyed by time, being married to the said Thos James seven years after the close of the war. She can only speak of his services as he has often related them to her. She declares further, that she was married to the said Thomas James, in the early part of the month of September, Seventeen hundred and Ninety (1790) by a Methodist Clergyman at Amboy, whose name she cannot now recollect, as he was a travelling preacher and remained in the neighbourhood, only short time. She received no certificate of marriage, nor has any records of their marriage as neither of them could write. Elizabeth Rose of New York if now living is the only one that this declarant knows of who was present, and an eye witness to their said marriage.
That her husband the aforesaid Thomas James died on the Twentieth day of January Eighteen hundred and thirty one that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January Eighteen hundred and Ninety four viz at the time above stated and that she still remains his widow.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year above written Before Joseph McSherry Jr.
Ann James mark
I hereby certify that Ann James the above declarant is lame and unable to appear in open court and that I have known her many years as a credible person and entitled to credit and belief
Joseph McSherry Judge

State of New Jersey Middlesex County } ss
On the seventeenth day of August - 1839. Before the subscribers a Justice of the peace in and said County Personally appeared Daniel Petty resident of the township of South Amboy in the County of Middlesex and State aforesaid, a person of credibility and truth, and a pensioner of the United States who being duly sworn according to law upon his oath deposes and saith. That he was well acquainted with Thomas James from during the revolutionary war until his death That during the Revolutionary war the said Thomas James enlisted, and served in the same Company that this deponent did, for two years, the first year under Lieut Simon Van Rinkle and Captain Asher Randolph the second year under the same Capt and Lieut Nicolas Morgan. in the years 1781 and 1782. was engaged in guarding the Amboy Shines head- Quarters at Amboy and Cheesquakes, at the close of the second term of enlistment the said Thomas James enlisted in the regular Service and went off to the northward When the war ended, he returned home to Amboy, and about the year 1790 he got married to his present widow who resides near this dept and since their marriage always has
Thomas James died some time in the winter of 1831. he was a good soldier and must have served as much as three or four years during the Revolution Sworn and subscribed the day and year above written Before Joseph M'Clusky J.P.
Daniel Petty

State of New Jersey Middlesex County } ss
Be it known that on the 18 th day of August A.D. one thousand Eight hundred and thirty nine, before the Subscribed a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, personally appeared David Green a resident of South Amboy, a Person of credibility and truth a pensioner of the United States in the Eighty second year of his age, who being duly sworn according to law upon his oath deposeth and saith. That towards the close of the Revolutionary war this deponent was well acquainted with Thos James who was under the Lieut. Nicolas Morgan in the year Service guarding the shores along Amboy and was principally statis- sed at Cheesequakes. He said Thos James enlisted in the Continental Army and was gone some time. When Peace was proclaimed he came home, lived a several years afterwards he married; his widow is still living, but is lame and quite feeble. He was always called a good and brave soldier. I have been well acquainted with them both since the Revolutionary war. Thos James died about Eight years ago. in cold weather some time in the Winter his widow has not married since. Sworn & subscribed the Day & } year above written — } David Green Joseph W. Johnson Jr. P. } mark

KNOW all Men by these late Presents, That I Thomas James late Colonel of the late army of the United States of America in the New- Jersey line of the late army of the United States of America, have made, ordained, constituted and appointed, and by these Presents do make, ordain, constitute and appoint Abraham in the State of New-Jersey, my true and lawful Attorney, for me and in my name to receive of the Secretary at War of the United States my Warrant for all such Lands that I am entitled to receive as aforesaid by any resolve or law of the late or present Congress, and in my name or otherwise to give such receipt or discharge as may be necessary, and Attorney or Attorneys un- der him for the purpose aforesaid, to make and at his pleasure to revoke, ratify, and by these Presents confirming all and whatsoever my said Attorney or his sub- stitute or substitutes shall lawfully do or cause to be done in the premises—IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and seal, this Seven teenth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-
and Delivered in presence of
his Thomas James
Abraham his Attorney

London 18th Dec 1841
My dear Sir,
I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 16th inst.
London 18th Dec 1841
My dear Sir,
I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 16th inst.
and in reply to inform you that the same has been forwarded to the proper authorities.
and in reply to inform you that the same has been forwarded to the proper authorities.
I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
J. C. Mansel-Pleydell
J. C. Mansel-Pleydell
18th Dec 1841
18th Dec 1841

State of New York City and County of New York } ss
Be it known that before me the subscriber a Notary Public in and for the State of New York, residing in the city of New York, personally appeared Elizabeth Rose, of said city, and made oath in due form of law, that she is Twenty Six -- years of age, that she is personally acquainted with Mrs Ann James, who is an applicant for a pension under the act of July 7 th 1838, - that she knows her to have been the wife, and is now the widow of Thomas James deceased, who were married in the township of Southamboy, in the State of New Jersey, in the year Seventeen hundred and Ninety (1799) by the Minister of the Gospel of the Methodist persuasion, that this deponent was present at said Marriage, and saw the Marriage Ceremony performed, but cannot remember the minister's name, nor the exact date of Marriage, but is positive as to the year as above stated. Given to and subscribed on this 27 th day of December 1839 before me
Elizabeth Rose
Sylvester Spencer Notary Public
I certify that I have been personally acquainted with the above named Elizabeth Rose for the last two years, and know her to be a very respectable old lady and a credible witness, and that the words "a Minister" in the above affidavit were written on an erasure before execution.
Sylvester Spencer Notary Public

State of New Jersey
Charles G. M c Chesney, Secretary of State of the State of New Jersey do certify that Joseph M c Chesney Esq r before whom the within Declaration of Ann James was taken, was at the time of the taking thereof one of the Judges of the Superior Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Middlesex in said State, duly appointed, Commissioned, and sworn and the said Joseph M c Chesney Esq r before whom the within affidavits of Daniel Pott y and David Owen were taken, was at the time of the taking thereof a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Middlesex in said State, duly appointed, Commissioned, and sworn and that I am well acquainted with the signature of the said Joseph M c Chesney which I believe to be genuine and that full faith and credit are to be given to his official attestations.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Seal of Office at the City of Trenton in said State the twelfth day of November A.D. one Thousand Eight hundred and Forty.
Charles G. M c Chesney Secretary of State

State of New Jersey Middlesex County
On the Twenty first day of June 1845 before the Subscribers Justice of the peace in and for said County. Personally appeared Mrs Ann James widow of Thomas James who was a Soldier in the revolution- ary war as is set forth in this deponents declaration now at the war office, a resident in the township of South Amboy in the County and State aforesaid in the Seventy first year of her age, a person of credibility and truth, who being duly sworn according to law upon her oath deposeth and saith, that she has made diligent search for the record if any was ever kept, of her marriage that the Clergyman who married them was a transient Methodist preacher in that part of the country, on that Circuit, and that she is unable to find any. This deponent further believes that the said Preacher did not keep any record, and this deponent further declares that neither her husband nor herself ever kept any record of their marriage but declares this leaf now taken by her out of the Bible contains the true age of their eldest son, Laurence James, who was born on the 30 th of October 1791, that the same is in the hand writing of James Wright, a School Master who has been dead many years, that the same was written by the said Wright more than thirty years ago that the same has always been in her possession. She further declares that she is unable to state the Officers name who enlisted her husband in the Continental line before the close of the war that fact was proved by Daniel Perry who was present at his enlistment and informs this deponent that he cannot recollect the recruiting Officers name the power for banns due her husband that was attached to her declaration she hoped would have been satisfactory, having lost his discharge which this deponent often saw and that

LAWRENCE JAMES
SON & OF
Thomas and Ann James
Was Born OCTOBER & XXX
ANNO DOMINI
M DCC XCI.
and that she is yet unable to give any living witness who was acquainted with that officer at such an hour as now very soon. I I remain obedient to at the time that before me Gandy, brother to from Mr. Parnell most

State of New Jersey
I Charles J. M c Chesney Secretary of State of the State of New Jersey do Certify that Garret G. Voorhies & his signature before whom the within affidavit of Ann James was taken, was at the time of the taking thereof a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Middlesex in Said State duly appointed & com- missioned and sworn and that his signature thereto is genuine being personally ac- quainted with his hand writing and that full faith and credit are to be given to his official attestations.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Seal of office at the city of Trenton in Said State this twenty fifth day of June A.D. One Thousand Eight hundred and forty one — 1841 —
Charles J. M c Chesney Sec. of State

Thomas James Wood P.S.
At 6 S. Randolph High Wy.
Oct 15 May 1924

19 th June
I enclose Pension papers in the case of Mrs James. please let me know the result of your examina- -tion —
Yours very Respectfully
Th. Dickerson
July 19. 1841
J. B. Howard Esq. Comm. etc.

Winton N.Y.
June 25 th 1841
Dear Sir
Joseph M c Cluskey Esq d of Covnberg - Middlesex County - forwarded to me this morning the affidavit of Mrs. Ann James - further testimony in her case - which he desires me to say was in the charge of Phil p Dickenson Esq d while he had a seat in Congress. which required the proof herewith transmitted. he will feel greatly obliged to you. if you will forward it to the Commission of Pensions - and direct the result to him at Winton where he will be in ten days on business
Permit me to thank you for the attentions I have rec d from you on similar occasions and believe me
Respectfully
Y r ob. Serv t
Charles J. M c Cluskey
Report to Hon. J. F. Randolph H. of Rep
For Joseph F. Randolph H. C.

application of Ann James Mother of Thomas of New Jersey for the benefit of the ad of May 15, 1828
James H Randolph Agent New Brunswick N.J.

Thomas James decd?
N.J.
act 15 May 1828.
adm?
$80 from March
'26 to 17 Jan'y 1831 the
day of his death to
Ann James his
widow.
Hon. J. B. Farle H.R.

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 15 th of May, 1828.
State of New Jersey, County of Middlesex ss:
On this ninth day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty three, before me a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of said County, personally appeared Mrs. Ann Farmer, a resident of the township of South Amboy, in said County, aged seventy three years, who being duly sworn according to law, took on her oath to make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions of the act of Congress passed on the 15 th day of May, 1828: That she is the widow of Thomas Farmer, late of the township and County aforesaid: That said Farmer entered the army of the Revolution in the New Jersey Continental Line, for and during the war, and served to the end thereof as a soldier, under the command of Col. [blank] in Col.
Company; that in virtue of such service, and in proof thereof, he received at the end of the war a reward of eighty dollars, in pursuance of the act of February 15, 1778, and one hundred acres of Bounty Land; and that she relies upon these facts, and proofs, with her declaration under the act of Congress of July 7, 1838, to sustain the present claim. She therefore hereby relinquishes every claim to a pension or annuity, except the present, which would have been due and paid to her late husband, the said Thomas Farmer, if he had asserted his claim in his life time, and declares that his name was never on any pension roll of the United States. She asks for the payment due to her late husband under the act of 15 th May 1828, from the 21 st March, 1826, to the 17 th January, 1831, when her said husband died, as will appear by her papers on file under act of 7 th July 1838.
Sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid, before me
Ann Farmer mark
Jacob Van Riper

State of New Jersey Middlesex County } for I Nicholas Root and Clerk of the County of Middlesex of the peace do hereby Certify that Jacob Van Winkle Esquire before Whom the within declaration was made was at the time of the making thereof an authorized Justice of the peace of the County of Common- pleas of the County of Middlesex duly Commissioned and sworn that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of the said Judge and do hereby believe his signature to the said Swiss declaration is genuine
In witness whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and affixed the Seal of said County this fif- teenth day of March AD 1843
N. Root Clerk

James L Edwards Esq.
North Amboy 22 Feby 1843
Sir
Thomas Janus (now deceased) was a Pensioner under the Acts of Congress. It is represented that money is due to him or his representatives. Can you inform me if any money is due & how it is to be obtained. Janus resided near this place & I make the enquiry in behalf of his widow Ann Janus who is brief by persons stating that there is money due & offering to get it for 50 per Cent.
Yours very respectfully
James Parton

Tho Palmer du o Oct 1828 sup d
avvmp Isaac G. Farber Hours of Repose

Deed of Gift
July Term 1843
State of New Jersey } Middlesex County } ss I Nicholas Root clerk of the the court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Middlesex aforesaid (the said Court being a Court of record) do hereby certify that it was formerly affirmed to the Judges of said Court that Thomas James formerly of the Township of South Raritan in the county of Middlesex, deceased was a Soldier of the revolution and expected his life on the twentieth day of January Eighteen hundred and thirty one and that he left a son named Agur James
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court this 26 th day of January AD 1844 Nicholas Root Clerk

Pay  WIDOW, &c.
File No.
7868
Ann James
Wid.
Thos James
Putt Rev: War
Act:
Feb 12/48
Index:—Vol.
A
Page
370
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Reported July 3. 1841
As Hon. James Patten Mar 18 1803 " to S r Randolph April 6. 43 " " " " July 16 "
6260
New Jersey Ann James widow of Thomas James dec d
who was admitted under the Act of and who died on the 17 th January 1831 of Middlesex in the State of New Jersey who was a Private in the Comp y commanded by Captain Van Klief of the Reg t commanded by Lord Sterling in the New Jersey line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey at the rate of 80 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 2 d day of July 1841 and sent Hon. J. F. Randolph House of Representatives Arrears to the 4th of March 1836 $400.00 Semi-annual allowance ending
$400.00
Act July 7 1838.
Recorded by
Vol. 2 d
Page 125
Clerk

James F. Randolph, Agent New Brunswick N.J.
Ann James N.J. vol 38 for pension acct May 15. 1828.
May 17 1843

Thomas James del. N. Y. abt 15 May 1828 See papers under the act of 7. July 38
1828 16 10 69

Supplemental Declaration of Ann Turner, of South Amboy Township, Middlesex County, New Jersey, under Act of 15 th May 1828.
State of New Jersey, Middlesex, ss. On the thirteenth day of May one thousand eight hundred and forty three, before me a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County aforesaid, personally appeared Ann Turner, known to me to be a credible person, and satisfactorily proved to me to be the widow of Thomas Turner, formerly of the Township of South Amboy, County of Middlesex, deceased, who being duly sworn, on her oath, saith: That she resides in South Amboy Township, Middlesex County, New Jersey; That she is the widow of Thomas Turner, formerly of said Township & County, deceased; That she is the same person who under the act of July 7, 1838, applied for a pension in right of her husband. The said Thomas Turner served in the War of the Revolution, and received in answer to that application a Pension of eighty dollars a year for five years; That among the papers accompanying that application was a Power of Attorney executed by her sd husband, Thomas Turner, to one James Morgan, authorizing him, or the said Morgan, to dispose of certain Property & Land due to her sd husband for her services in the Revolution; That for some reason or other to her unknown or not remembered the said Power remained in possession of her husband, & subsequently in her possession, and was finally lost after Pension Office cost the application; That she has understood her husband never received

a Patent for her Land, but only a Warrant, and that consequently no act or concurrence of hers was necessary to dispose of that Warrant or the rights under it; at any rate she does not now recollect of ever being called upon for that purpose; or that she may, however, be wrong; but a circumstance of that kind might easily be forgotten in her failing memory. She be- lieves her husband did dispose of her Land to one Duncan, or some such name. She however finds it difficult to add any thing to the proof al- ready on the files of the office Board, in relation to her claim, her identity, proof of marriage, and of the death of her husband, and of his enlist- ment and services. She does not know of another person in all of her family of the name of Thomas James, nor that any other part of that name existing as her husband did. She must there- fore refer to the papers already on file for all the necessary proofs, for the claim she now makes. She knows nothing further she deems material on the subject, and has depended and still depends upon the un- rewarded kindness of friends to assist her to her rights, and to something which will smooth her path through the few days that remain to her, and trusts that her claim may be free- dily acted upon and willingly allowed. She will add that she was married, as she has sta- ted to Thomas James in 1790, and has not intermarried since the death of her husband. She is still his widow.
In witness whereof she has hereunto set her hand and seal this 3rd day of June 1841.
Ann James marks
Ann James

year aforesaid before me
Note the words "office", "not" and "of" interlined before execution thereof.
D. H. Randolph, Judge
State of New Jersey
I Nicholas Doremus Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Mercer do hereby certify that Daniel H. Randolph Esq. before whom the foregoing declaration of Penn Jones was made was at the time of the taking or making said declaration a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Mercer duly commissioned and sworn and that his signature to the said declaration is genuine.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court this 13 th day of May AD 1843 N Doremus Clerk

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress of 2 nd February 1848 entitled An act making further provision for surviving Widows and Solacings of the Revolution
State of New Jersey } Middlesex County }
On this fifth day of January one thousand eight hundred and forty eight  nine personally appeared before the Subscriber one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the County of Middlesex aforesaid Mrs. James a resident of the township of South Amboy in the County of Middlesex aforesaid aged eighty years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress passed on the 2 nd February 1848 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War That she is the widow of Thomas James who was a private of Militia in the Revolutionary War That she is the identical person who drew a Pension under the acts of Congress of the 3 rd of March 1843 and the 17 th of June 1844 at the rate of eighty dollars per annum on account of Revolutionary services of her late husband the said Thomas James She further declares that she is still a widow I swear to and subscribed on the day and year above written John L. James Before Peter B. Harington Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Middlesex
Note The word eighth in and the word nine inserted before the word appeared

State of New Jersey } ss I certify that the foregoing named Middlesex County } Mrs. James is personally known to me and that she is the same individual who made a petition as stated by her in the foregoing declaration
Peter P. Warren Justitia of the Peace
State of New Jersey Middlesex County ss I Nicholas Boorman Clerk of the County of Middlesex aforesaid do hereby certify that Peter P. Warren Esq. before whom the foregoing declaration of Mrs. James was made was at the time of the making said declaration a Justice of the Peace in & for the County of Mid- dlesex duly commissioned sworn, and that his commission to the said Justice & and the above declaration & General
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said County the ninth day of January AD 1869
N. Boorman Clerk

Ann Sumner
Proof of the time of receipt of her husband Thomas Sumner.
James A. Randolph atty

State of New Jersey
Middlesex County ss. I Nicholas Booraven clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Middlesex aforesaid (the same having a board of record) do hereby certify that Simon James of the Township of South Amboy in said County in name to the satisfaction of the Judges of said Court that Thomas James formerly of the Township of South Amboy in said County deceased departed this life on the Twentieth day of January AD Eighteen hundred and thirty one and that she is his widow
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court this 20 th day of July AD 1843 N Booraven Clerk

State of New Jersey, Middlesex County, ss. On this twentieth day of July, one thousand eight- hundred and forty three, before me one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County aforesaid, per- sonally appeared Ann James, a resi- dent of the Township of South Amboy in the County aforesaid, in the 44th seventy fourth year of her age, known to me as a credi- ble person, who being duly sworn, on her oath saith: That she is the widow of Thomas James, formerly of the Town- ship of County aforesaid deceased, that her husband was a soldier of the Revolution; that she has applied for and obtained a pension of eighty dollars a year for five years for his services, as such; that she is informed, that a further act has passed applicable to her case; and that she therefore applies under said act of March 3. 1843. for the benefit of its provisions, referring to the pa- per already on file in her former application for the necessary proof to support the present claim. She further says that she is still the widow of the said Thomas James, not having intermarried since his death.
Subscribed and sworn to this day in year aforesaid before me } Ann James Mark
D. Hitz Randolph, Judge, &c.

State of New Jersey
Midselec County ss I Nicholas Brown Clerk of the Court of common pleas of the County of Middlesex of service do hereby certify that David Fitzsimon Esq. Esquire before whom the within declaration of John Brown was made was at the time of the making of said declaration a Judge of the Court of Common pleas in and for said County duly sworn and sworn and sworn and that his signature to the Journal of proceedings is genuine
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court this 20th day of July A.D. 1843
N. Brown Clerk

As you advised. About nine months ago Mrs. Louisa , widow of Thomas , of Middlesex, applied to the Pension office for the benefit of the Act of May 15, 1828, generally known as Col. Ogden's Act. About five months since I was informed by the Com te of Pensions that the case was admitted, or would be, upon my sending in a Certificate from the Court as to the date of the death of the husband. This I did in a few days, since which I have not heard a syllable of it. I am apprehensive the Certificate in question never reached the office, or that the papers in the case have been mislaid or overlooked. Will you please state these facts to the Com te of Pensions, & inquire of him what has become of the case?
Very truly yours, James B. Randolph
Mr. Isaac G. Lewis.
2nd. 90 th Yrs - 4 th March.

Rev. Amos Elmer of Samuels James of Middlesex County New Jersey.
Will be married on this date Please read this.

(1)
New Brunswick New Jersey November 1 st 1855.
Hon. J. M c Cart Comm. of Pensions
Sir,
I respectfully ask a reexamination or review, of the case to which the inclosed letter from the Department, of the 29 th of Oct. m t . relates; And I have to request, that such reexamination or review, may be made by yourself, the Chief Clerk of the Pension Bureau, or some Competent Clerk of the department; And I have to request this, because the inclosed return, is false in its statement of facts, false in its inferences, and finally, false in its direction.
1 st The writer appears to have intended to say something about an arrearage of pension, due Thomas James of New Jersey, under the act of 1838, — And mentions a subject, but no predicate. And if he had given a predicate, the proposition would have been false, because, no claim has been made for Thomas James of New Jersey, for arrears of pension, or any thing else, under the act of 1838.
2 nd The writer reaffirms the error, (but does not thereby make it true) of his predecessor of 1848, in saying that Thomas James was not entitled to the benefits of the act of 1818, because his discharge shows but Six Months Service ; The falsehood here, consists in telling only a part of the truth, for while his discharge shows Six Months Service on its face, it also shows that Thomas James served until the end of the war ; And the first section, of the act of March 18 th 1818, grants pensions to those officers and soldiers of the line, who served until the end of the war , without reference to any number of months service, as certainly as it does to those who served Nine Months or longer , (over) (Go page 2 nd as make 21)

I have no personal feeling, in this matter, for I have no acquaintance with the examining Clerk, who sent out the order to return in the case; but there is so much evidence of carelessness, and want of all sense of justice, presented in said return; — that I could say no less, than I have said.
To my mind the following facts are clearly involved in the case: —
 1 st Thomas James served until the end of the war, and was therefore entitled to his pension under the act of 1818, c. 2.  2 nd He received 80 $ of pay, which was in full, for 12 1/2 months service, and he was therefore entitled under said act.  3 rd The act vests in the claimant, Thomas James, the right to 96 $ per annum, on his complying with certain requisitions; he complied with the demands of the law, and had therefore a vested right to his pension, from the 18 th of April 1818, to the 17 th of January, 1831, the day of his death, for the evidence on file in the case, plainly shows, that the modifying act of May 1 st 1820, could not have changed his right to the continuance of his pension.  4 th  Vested rights descend at common law, and by the usages of the Department, of the United States Government, to the heirs of the original claimant; for which, see correspondence between Secretary Woodbury and Commissioner Edwards, from March 29 th to April 17 th 1839; — on pages 491, 2, 3 of Maye & Moulton , Washington 1852. 
Pardon the prolixity of this, while I remain, not James L. Stevens; But, Very Respectfully; James L. Steel. Atty.

during the war; — there are two classes entitled, those who served until the end of the war; and those who served nine months or longer, during the war; And Thomas James belonged to the first named class, as his discharge clearly shows; which, see on both sides, and the act of March 18 th 1818, in connection therewith; — But:
3 rd The writer assumes that Thomas James could not by construction, have served three months more, so as to have been entitled under the nine months clause, of the 1 st section of the act of 1818; — This is false, because he received Eighty Dollars of pay, for his service in the line, and 80 $ was full pay at the end of the war, for 12 1/2 months services as a private of Infantry; for the fact of his having received that amount of pay, see the pay rolls of Col. Cummings Regt; (And if they are not on your files, I will furnish the proof.)
4 th The writer assumes , that the son cannot recover, because the act under which the father claimed, was for his own personal benefit; — Exactly! Then, why was it not granted to him? Certainly not because he was not entitled to it, but because the fact, of his having served until the end of the war, and the fact, of his having recd. the 80 $ of pay, were not noticed in the original examination of the case, in 1818; but the error of the writer, has, is, that he applies the rule of the Department, that has reference to unclaimed pensions , (which this is not) to a pension claimed, but not paid , and therefore an arrearage , which by law, and the usages of the Department, vests in the heirs of the original Claimant.
5 th The enclosed letter is falsely directed, for no James L. Stephens Stevens has ever addressed the Pension office, on the subject of the rights of Thomas James or his son; — It is James L. Street .

New Brunswick New Jersey. October 22 nd 1855.
Hon. J. M c Cart y Comr. of Pensions.
Sir,
Enclosed, please find application of Emanuel James, of this County, for pension, to which his father Thomas James was entitled, under the act of March 18 th 1818; and for which the said Thomas James made application, as will be seen by his original declaration annexed; — That his claim was wrongly rejected , appears too plain, to need any comment; permit me however, to suggest, — that if the Revolutionary war ended in April, 1783; — as per opinion of M c Intosh General M c Intosh, of February 12 th 1825; (which see) then Thomas James, as by the face of his discharge, served until the end of the war, and was therefore entitled to his pension, under the first clause of Section 1, of the act of March, 18 th 1818; — but if the war did not end until in October, 1783, then, (as per reverse side of his discharge) he was not discharged, but merely on furlough, and was in service more than nine months , during the war, and was therefore entitled to his pension, under the second clause of Section 1, of the act of March 18 th 1818. But there is another fact, that proves conclusively, that he served until the end of the war, (no matter when it ended) and that is, that

he received the 80 $ of bounty, promised, by the act of May 15 th 1878, to those who served until the end of the war; for this last fact, see the final pay rolls of Col. Cummings, or Cummings' Regt.
Asking for the case, a careful review, of the law, the facts, and the application thereof, of the rules of construction, and the usages of the department, since 1825; — It remains,
Very Respectfully,
James L. Strode, Adj.

Perth Amboy N.J. Sept. 3d. 1880
To the Commissioner of Pensions
Dear Sir
At the instance of the party interested, I write to enquire as to his right to obtain the arrearages of his father's pension. The circumstances of the case so far as he is able to give them is as follows, to Wit:
Thomas James of the township of South Amboy County of Middlesex and State of New Jersey, was out in active service during the Revolutionary war under at least Capt. Morgan, his son at whose instance I write says that he never obtained a pension, that he died in 1821 on Jan'y 17th of that year, that some four or five years subsequent to his death, his widow Ann James obtained the pension, and continued to draw it semi-annually up to the time of her death which took place on Aug. 10, 1851. He says his mother never drew the arrearages of pension prior to the time of her making good her claim thereto as widow of Thomas James.
What he wishes to know is, whether he being the only surviving heir of Thomas James is not entitled to the pension from 1878 under the act of Congress of that year up to the time of his father's death or the time when his mother first drew the pension in her right of widowhood.
If the circumstances can be substantiated as above stated is he entitled to anything and if so what?

4. There is the evidence of the service of Thomas Samson that the drawing of a pension by his widow in right her of must be on account in good office. But in order to avoid the delay incident to an examination thereof he wants to be informed as early as convenient that which has been if any in the case as stated.
He is a poor man, and cannot afford to secure the services of a pension agent.
An early reply will be of much moment to him, With very great respect.
I am good Sir the best of
E. H. Roberts
P.S. Please direct to me in Post Ambury for Samuel Samson

7668 Ann James
Thos. James Private Revolutionary war, act 15 May, 1828 $80 per an. to commu- 3 March 1826 and terminate 17 January 1831 when he died. Payable to his widow Ann James. N. Jersey Roll
Send copy to James P. Radcliff New Brunswick N. Jersey
7638 Ann James. N. Jersey. Act 7 July, 1838. Let to Hon P. Dickerson Feb 7 22, 1841.
Act 2 July '38

Rev Nov 30
New Jersey
3010.
Sarah Bames widow of Thomas Bames who was a Private in the N. Jersey line
for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 30th day of Nov. 1843 and sent to
James F. Randolph New Brunswick N.J.
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A Vol. 1. Page 123.

BY HIS EXCELLENCY GEORGE WASHINGTON, Esq; General and Commander in Chief of the Forces of the United States of America.
THESE are to CERTIFY that the Bearer hereof Thomas James Volzien — in the New Jersey Battery  Regiment , having faithfull- ly served the United States six months — and being inlisted for the War only, is hereby DISCHARGED from the American Army.
GIVEN at HEAD QUARTERS the fifth day of June 1783.
G. Washington
By HIS EXCELLENCY'S
Command,
William Livingston
REGISTERED in the Books
of the Regiment, Battalion
John M. Laurens
Adjutant.

HEAD-QUARTERS, June 5 th - 1783.
THE within CERTIFICATE shall not avail the Bearer as a Discharge, until the Ratification of the definitive Treaty of Peace; previous to which Time, and until Proclamation thereof shall be made, He is to be considered as being on Furlough.
GEORGE WASHINGTON.
Thomas James W. 2. 1868. New Jersey