Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 2507, John Woolverton, New Jersey

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
New Jersey
Woolverton, John Rachael
W 2507
CONTENTS

Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6 April 1838 from 4 March to 4 Sept 1840. Agt notified 24 Sep 1841.
Date of death not seen as
New Jersey 2677
Rachael Woolverton
widow of John Woolverton
Pension paid June 7. 1832 who died on the 10 th December of Hunterdon Co. in the State of N. Jersey who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Ely of the reg't commanded by Col. Chambers in the N. J. Militia line for 9 months
Inscribed on the Roll of N. Jersey at the rate of 30 Dollars — Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834. 10 th December 1837
Certificate of Pension issued the 8 th day of June 1839 and sent to C. Bartles Flemington, N. J.
Arrears to the 4th of Semi-annual allowance ending
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the 3 — }
Recorded by D. Brown
Clerk,
Vol. 2 Page 134

New Jersey 31168
John Woolverton
of Hunterdon Co. in the State of N. Jersey who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Ely of the Regt. commanded by Col. Chamber in the N. J. militia line for 9 months
Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey at the rate of 30 Dollars _____ Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 2 d day of August 1837 and sent to Mr. N. Sloan Flemington, N. J.
Arrears to the 4th March '37 180.00 Semi-ann. allowance ending 1 st Sep. " 15.00
$195.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk, Book E. 2 Vol. 3 Page 170

2617
4165
Richard Woolworth
M d July 1836 Ad d Dec 1837
Act July '36.
Answer to be sent to C. Bartles at Huntington. if Wilson Pray Esq. calls at the Pension office within ten days. then to be returned by him.
Admitted Private 9 months
Wilson Pray Esq. C. Bartles C. Bartles Esq. Huntington N.Y.

Payment to be made at Trenton by P. Dickerson, Esq. Agent for paying Pension- ers, in the Agency of N. Jersey
Recorded in the Pension Office, in Book E. 2. Vol. 3 Page 170 by D. Brown
Clerk.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I certify that in conformity with the law of the United States, of the 7th June, 1832, John Woolverton of the State of New Jersey — who was a Private in the War of the Revolution
is entitled to receive Thirty — dollars and — cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually, on the 4th of March and 4th of September, in every year.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this second day of August one thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven.
J. R. Poinsett Secretary of War.
Camnea and Countersigned. }
J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.

State of New Jersey Hunterdon county ss:
On this fourth day of December in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred thirty eight personally appeared before me Adams B Davis one of the Judges of the court of common pleas of the said county of Hunterdon Rachael Woolvorton a resident of the now township of Delaware late Amwell in the said county of Hunterdon and State of New Jersey aged eighty five years on the Eleventh day of May now last past who being first duly sworn according to law on her oath maketh the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision of the act of Congress passed July 4 th 1836. that she is the widow of John Woolvorton late of the township of Amwell & county of Hunterdon aforesaid deceased who was a private in the war of the Revolution and who was a pensioner of the United States under the act of Congress of the 7 th of June 1832. and received a pension of thirty dollars per annum during the term of his natural life from the 4 th of March 1831. as will appear by his pension certificate which is herunto annexed dated the second day of August A.D. Eighteen hundred & thirty seven. recorded in the pension office in Book E 2. Vol 3. page 170 The deponent recollects that her said late husband John Woolvorton did wear out very frequently doing military duty as a soldier in the war of the Revolution but she is unable to state particularly the places where  staying this place except from hearsay. She recollects of her being at Staten Island, Monmouth, Amboy, Paramus more She refers particularly to the declaration of her said late husband John Woolvorton and now on the files of the pension office for his services by proof thereof She further declares that she was married to the said John Woolvorton in the month of July

in the year seventeen hundred seventy six with Reverend Mr. Frazer of the Episcopal Church who at that time resided in the township of and will affirm that at a place called Ranges that her husband the said John Woolverton died on the tenth day of December in the year Eighteen hundred thirty seven and that she has remained a widow ever since and passed as will appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed. This deponent is unable to appear before the court of common pleas of the county of Hunterdon at the court house in Flemington on account of her bodily infirmity.
sworn & subscribed before me this 4 th day of December AD 1838.
Rachel X Woolverton Mark
Henry C. Davis Judge etc.
State of New Jersey Hunterdon county ss. Samuel Woolverton being duly sworn according to law on his oath saith that he is the son of the Woolverton and the husband of the Rachel Woolverton who has sworn to subscribed the foregoing declaration. This deponent was fifty nine years old in the month of April now last past and lived in the house with his father the said John Woolverton and at the time of his death. That the said John Woolverton died on the tenth day of December in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred thirty seven. and that the said Rachel Woolverton the mother of this deponent still lived with this deponent ever since the death of his father and still remains the widow of the said John

Woolverton and and that the John Woolverton named in the Pension certificate herunto annexed was the husband of the said Rachael Woolverton who hath sworn to the foregoing declaration
sworn subscribed this 4 th of December A.D. 1838.
before me
Adams C. Davis Judge etc.
Samuel Woolverton
I certify that I am well acquainted with Samuel Woolverton who hath sworn to subscribe the foregoing affidavit and that full faith should be to be given to his statements given under my hand this 4 th day of December A.D. 1838.
Adams C. Davis Judge etc.
New Jersey Rutherford county ss: on this fourth day of December in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred thirty eight before me Adams C. Davis one of the Judges of the court of common pleas of the said county of Rutherford personally appeared John Doran of the township of Rutherford in the county of Rutherford aforesaid who being duly sworn according to Law on his oath saith that he was acquainted with Rachael Woolverton who hath sworn to subscribe the foregoing declara- tion. Her late husband John Woolverton and this deponent was at the wedding between of the said John Woolverton who is now deceased and the said Rachael Woolverton who hath sworn to and subscribed the foregoing declaration they were married in the township of Answill in the county of Rutherford State of New Jersey by the Rev. Mr. Frazer of the Episcopal Church who then resided in the township of Answill in the county

Humbert Apurisa This Deponent was a waiter at the said wedding His late wife who is now deceased was a waiting maid at said  before Deponent's marriage wedding. This Deponent was present at the wedding between the said John Woolverton deceased and Rachael Woolverton who later swears to & submits to the foregoing declaration. Saw them married. This Deponent knows that the said John Woolverton who is now deceased was married to his present widow Rachael Woolverton in the commencement of the war of the Revolution the day nor the month or year he does not recollect but is satisfied that it took place as early as the year seventeen hundred & sixty six or seven not later as he thinks. Deponent knows that the said John Woolverton was a soldier in the war of the Revolution was out with him several tours of one month each after the marriage between the said John Woolverton & his present widow Rachael Woolverton who has sworn to the foregoing declaration - sworn to & submitted before me this 4 th day of December AD 1838.
His John X Bray Mark
Adams C. Daring Judge etc
I certify that I am well acquainted with John Bray who has sworn to & submitted the foregoing affidavit and that his statements are entitled to full faith & credit given under my hand this 11 th day of December AD 1838.
Adams C. Daring Judge etc

We Charles Bartollett a clergyman residing in the township of Raritan lately part of the township of Amwell in the county of Hunterdon and Isaac G Farlee residing in the same township hereby certify that we were well acquainted with John Woolverton and the husband of Rachael Woolverton who late soon to subscribe the foregoing declaration that he was reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he used to have been a soldier of the Revolutionary War concurs in that opinion We do hereby further certify & declare that we are acquainted with the said Rachael Woolverton that we believe her to be eighty five years of age and that she is the widow of the said John Woolverton and
Rev Charles Bartollett affirmed Isaac G Farlee by soon subscribed before me this 5 th day of December AD 1838
Charles Bartollett Isaac G Farlee
Francis C Davis Judge etc.
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I Adams O Davis, one of the Judges of the court of common pleas of the said county of Humboldt State of New Jersey do hereby declare my Opinion that after the investiga- tion of the matter and after putting the Interrogatories prescribed by the War Depart- ment that the above named John Woolverton and was a soldier of the Revolution and that the said Rachael Woolverton who fell soon to distribute the foregoing declaration is his widow and that Charles Bartolott who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the now township of Raritan lately part of the township of Newbold formerly of Humboldt aforesaid and that Isaac J Farlee who has also signed the same is a resident of the same township of Raritan and is a credible person and their statements are entitled to credit
I do further certify that the said Rachael Woolverton is old and infirm & is unable to appear before the court of common pleas of the county of Humboldt at the court house in Flemington on account of her bodily infirmities given under my hand this 5 th day of December in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred thirty Eight 1838
Adams O Davis Judge &c

State of New Jersey, Hunterdon county ss: I, Isaac G. Farlow clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas of the county of Hunterdon aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings had before Adams & Davis Esquire one of the Judges of the court of common pleas of the said county of Hunterdon in the matter of the application of Sarah Woolverton widow of John Woolverton and for a pension. And I do further certify,
that Adams & Davis Esquire before whom the foregoing affidavits were taken was, at the time of the doing thereof now is one of the Judges of the said court and that the signature "Adams & Davis" to the
foregoing affidavits thereto is his genuine signature. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court this fifth day of December in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred thirty eight 1838
Isaac G. Farlow clerk

State of New Jersey. Hunterdon County, ss: on this sixteenth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three personally appeared before me Ezra Shamp one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the county of Hunterdon aforesaid.
John Woolverton a resident of the Township of Amwell in the county of Hunterdon and State of New Jersey it being unsafe from his old age and bodily infirmity for him to attend the Court. Who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832. He was born in the said Township of Amwell aforesaid September 5 th 1755. His age was recorded in a small Book which has become lost he does not now know. He resided in said Township of Amwell when he first entered the service of the United States and has resided there ever since. He has no documentary evidence evidence to prove his services, never received a discharge. The militia never received written discharges. From old age and consequent loss of memory he is unable to state the precise length of his services or make a particular detail of them. Of this he is certain. That the militia were classed into classes. That he always went out when his turn came but once and then he hired a substitute, and he once went as a substitute for one Benjamin Howell. The militia were sometimes called out every month, one half at a time and sometimes at greater intervals, and smaller numbers. My first trip in the service of the United States was in the month of April 1770 or 71 which I cannot now state. It was the first time the militia in this section of country was called out. I then belonged to the company of Capt. George Ely. There were 14 of us drafted out of the company to go to New York. I think we

met at Howell's ferry. Chamberlin was I think Major & David Chambers Colonel. He marched to the ferry op- posite New York and there received orders to not to cross but to return to Amboy which we did and was there em- ployed in erecting batteries. I was out during this trip one month. This town is fresher in my recollection as to all the circumstances than any other. The remainder of my time I cannot recite in order nor tell the dates I was at Princeton one town at Patterson one town at Smith's farm 2 towns at Raritan 2 towns at Spring- field 1 town and at Monmouth one town. My Captains were Ely, Snook, O'Barton & Gray, often under Ely than other. Chamberlin was our Major the greater part of the time, and Chambers our Colonel. our towns averaged a month each. I cannot recollect to specify any thing particular of my other towns but I was out many others. Indeed I as above stated always went when my turn came and was never fired. I went as much as any militia man in this part of the country who served only for him- self. To the best of my recollection and belief I was out eighteen months if not more. We were generally oc- cupied in keeping guard in the surrounding country. I was at Princeton the day after the battle. I went also to Monmouth when the militia were called there. The day before the battle I think it was in June. One of our soldiers was tinkering at his gun and it went off and discharged its contents, a bullet and some swan shot into my right arm, which unfitted me to go on to the battle. I went with them for 8 miles further and then stopped. Dickerson was our General I recollect him very well. I stood guard before the house he was in at Springfield & in some other of my trips. I think I stood guard for several

Heard. I saw General Washington once. It was I think at a place called Short Hills, a town I did not mention above. - There were 3 men here, for stealing horses &c. They were Americans, one of them was I think named Hutchinson. - I was Ensign of my Company the two last trips I made. John Pray can testify to some of my services. - I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declare that my name is not on the Pension roll of the agency of any State.
Sworn & Subscribed before me this 16 th day of May 1833.
John Woolverton
John Harris Justice
Hunterdon County ss: { John Pray a resident of the Township of Kingwood aged upwards of seventy seven years of age being sworn according to Law on his oath saith that he is acquainted with John Woolverton who has subscribed and sworn to the above Declaration and have been since our youth. - I recollect going to Princeton on a tour of duty in company with him I also recollect seeing him at the Farms. - I recollect hearing of his being out often when I was not with him.
Sworn & Subscribed before me this 16 th day of May 1833
John Pray
John Harris Justice

We John Waterhouse and James Scott freeholders residents of the Township of Kingwood in the County aforesaid hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Waterhouse who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy seven years of age, that he is respected and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion. —
Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid before me G. F. Smith Justice.
John Waterhouse James Scott
And the said Ezra Thompson one of the Justices of the Peace in & for said County of Hunterdon doth here by declare his opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories pre- scribed by the said Department that the above named applicants were a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states, and I do further certify for him it was unusual from his old age & infirmity to attend the Court, and that the clergyman nearest him died last fall and that John Waterhouse & James Scott who have signed the preceding certificate, are free- holders resident in said Township of Kingwood & are credible persons, and that their statements are entitled to credit, and I further certify that I am acquainted with John May who has sworn to the above affidavit and believe him to be a person of credit & truth, and that his statements are entitled to credit. —
Given under my hand & seal the day & year above written. — G. F. Smith Justice

I. Isaac G Farlee Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas of the County of Hunterdon Do hereby certify that Ezra Shamp before whom the foregoing deposition were taken then was & still is one of the Justices of the Peace in & for the County of Hunterdon, a Justice of a court of record in said County, that I am acquainted with his signature and know that his own proper signature annexed to said Depositions and that faith & credit are due to his official acts. and I do further certify that I am acquainted with John Woolverton the above named applicant, and John Waterhouse & James Scott who have certified to their belief in his services, that they are all three respectable citizens of said County, and worthy of credit.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Flemington this seventeenth day of May in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and thirty three
Isaac G. Farlee Clerk
State of New Jersey } Hunterdon County } ss:
Personally appeared before me the undersigned one of the Justices of the Peace in & for said County of Hunterdon John Woolverton who has made the foregoing Declaration who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that by reason of old age & 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 period mentioned below & in the following grades. For at least 2 months as an Ensign in the New Jersey militia and for at least sixteen months as a private in the same service. He cannot enter into a further detail of his service than he has done. — His duty was in keeping guard over the country to prevent invasion from the enemy & soon scouting parties and such duty as appertained to the militia. — For this service of 18 months he claims a Pension. — John Woolverton
Sworn & subscribed this 14th day of June A.D. 1833 before me
E. D. Shamp

State of New Jersey Hunterdon County } ss:
Tennis Case of the Township of Amwell aforesaid being duly sworn according to Law on his oath saith that he is acquainted with John Wooderton who has made the foregoing Declaration. He recollects being present when the said Wooderton was wounded by accident on his way to Mountmouth as he has stated in his Declaration.
Sworn & subscribed this 22 d of June A D 1833 before me
Geo. Henry
Tennis Case
State of New Jersey Hunterdon County } ss:
I George Henry one of the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in & for said County Do hereby certify that I am acquainted with Tennis Case who has made the foregoing Declar Affidavit and believe him to be a man of truth & veracity and that his statement is entitled to credit. Given under my hand this 22 d of June A D 1833.
Geo. Henry
John Wooderton's
Application
25-119
State of New Jersey Hunterdon County } ss:
I Isaac C. Farlee Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in & for said County of Hunterdon Do hereby certify that Ezra Thompson Esq. before whom the foregoing affidavit was taken then was & still is a Justice of the Peace in & for said County of Hunterdon duly commissioned and that George Henry who has made the preceding certificate & taken the foregoing affidavit is one of the Judges of this Court. That the signatures thereto annexed are in their own proper hands and that faith & credit are due their official acts.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of the said Court this 22 d of June A D 1833.
Farlee Clk

July 13, 1932.
John Woolverton-W. 2507
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BA-J/EE
Mr. A.H. Woolverton 411-417 Capps Building Fort Worth, Texas
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to soldiers of the Revolutionary War with surname Woolverton.
The data furnished herein are obtained from the papers on file in the Revolutionary War claim for pension, W.2507, based upon the services of John Woolverton, the only soldier with that surname found in the Revolutionary War records of this office.
John Woolverton was born September 5, 1755, in Amwell Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey.
While residing in Amwell Township, New Jersey, he enlisted in April, 1776, and served at various times on monthly tours, every other month, until the close of the war, at least eighteen months in all, of which sixteen months were as private and two months as ensign, under Captain George Ely, Snook, Barton, Gray, Carhart and Phillips and Colonel David Chambers, in the New Jersey Troops. His service consisted in keeping guard in the surrounding country and in scouting and protecting the lives and property of the inhabitants. He was injured in the right arm by the accidental discharge of a musket, shortly before the battle of Monmouth.
He was allowed pension on his application executed May 16, 1833, while residing in Amwell Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey.
He died December 10, 1837.
The soldier married in July, 1776, in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, Rachael, whose maiden name was not stated. She was born May 11, 1753.

Soldier's widow, Rachael, was allowed pension on her application executed December 4, 1838, while residing in Delaware (formerly Anwell) Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey, with her son, Samuel Woolverton, who was born in April, 1779.
There are no further data as to family.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator.
Date of her death not on QB

44165 N.Y. July 4 '36 FREE Doc. 8.
Hon. J. L. Edwards, Esq. Com. Pensions Pension office Washington City D.C.

December 13, 1939
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Mrs. Thelma Wolverton Maske 1719 Keeney Avenue Des Plaines, Illinois
BA-J/MLB aw
John Wolverton W. 2507
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of John Wolverton who was born in New Jersey, later lived in Pennsylvania and served in the Washington County Militia, also the records of his cousins - Stephen Wolverton of Monmouth County, New Jersey, and Captain Thomas Wolverton of Sussex County, that state. You state that you do not want the record (which you already have) of the John Wolverton who was born in Amwell, Hunterdon County, New Jersey, and served as private and ensign in Captain George Ely's New Jersey company.
A careful search of the Revolutionary War records of this office has been made and no claim for pension or bounty land found for a John Wolverton, other than that of the soldier of that name whom you described and whose record you have. There are no claims for pension or bounty land on file based upon service in the Revolution of either Stephen or Thomas Wolverton, under any spelling of their surname.
It is suggested that information relative to the military service of the soldiers named above might be obtained from The Adjutant General, War Department, this city.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

HERBERT L. MASKE
General Contractor and Builder of Distinctive Homes
1719 KEENEY AVENUE DES PLAINES ILLINOIS
November 16, 1939
Veterans Administration, Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:
only out
An ancestor of mine, John Wolverton , born in New Jersey, later went to Pennsylvania and served in the Revolutionary War in Washington Co. Militia, mentioned in Pennsylvania Arch. Series 5, Vol. IV Page 246, Series 6 Vol. IV page 258. Two other Wolvertons, Stephen and Thomas, who served as Captain of a company designated Thomas Wolverton's Independent Company of New Jersey, are cousins of John, I believe.
Will you be able to give me their war records?
Another John Wolverton from New Jersey born in Amwell, Hunterdon Co. served in the Rev. war. I do not want his record. I have it. He enlisted at Ringoes, N.J. served as private in Captain George Ely's company, Second Reg. of Hunterdon Co. Militia. He was commissioned as Ensign of this regiment. He is a relative of the John in whom I am interested. In the Newberry Library, Chicago, I found these men listed in Jerseymen in the Revolution:
 Thos. Wolverton, Page 430 Sussex Co. N.J.  John Wolverton, page 829  Stephen Wolverton, Monmouth Co. 829 
As I am very anxious to receive this information I shall greatly appreciate your efforts to help me.
Very truly yours,
Thelma Wolverton Maske
P.S. Penn. Arch. Series 5, Vol. IV page 436 "Thos. and John Wolverton took depreciation pay in Washington Co. Militia without any reference to company or rank".
as above

JOHN B. HAWLEY S. W. FREESE M. C. NICHOLS H. R. F. HELLAND A. H. WOOLVERTON H. A. HUNTER ROSS S. MASON
HAWLEY, FREESE AND NICHOLS
CONSULTING ENGINEERS
411-17 CAPPS BUILDING
FORT WORTH, TEXAS
WATER SUPPLY WATER PURIFICATION SEWERAGE SEWAGE TREATMENT GAS SUPPLY GAS DISTRIBUTION FLOOD CONTROL
May 4, 1932.
One only in file
Director of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
Will you please advise me what your records show as to ones of the name "Woolverton" received a pension for service during the revolutionary war? Also from where they were registered.
Thanking you for any information,
Yours very truly,
A. H. Woolverton

Hon. J. L. Edwards Com'r of Pensions Washington D. C.-

Hon. J. G. Edwards.
Sir.
I herewith return to the Depart- ment the application of Messrs Woolverton & Hart amended as per directions. An early at- tention to them will very much oblige these aged men who feel anxious to receive that remunera- tion offered them by Government to which they think themselves entitled. — In the same bundle which was originally, contained Wool- verton was that of John Bray. Was it also returned? If so I would be obliged if you would write to me to what place. — Our Town- ship is so large that if it had been endorsed to Claremont there would be some risk as to its reaching him and I therefore make inquiry
Respectfully
Yr obt Servt
H. D. MACWETH
Flemington June 21. 1833.

I Milton Bray of the Township of Kingswood county of Hunterdon & state of N J am authorised to attend to the Papers & business of Mrs Rachel Woodbury pension Dec 11 1838
The papers will therefore M Bray be sent to the Kingswood post office Hunterdon Co N J.

July 8 N. J. add. ptt act 1832 Hon.:
FREE
J. L. Edwards. - Commissioner of Pensions Washington City

Flemington, N. J. July 4 th 1837
Hon. J. L. Edwards:
I enclose for your consideration some additional papers, relating to the claim of John Wolerton for a pension - His original papers, were placed on file in the pension office, March in October 1833 - and Mr. Wolerton was informed that the case would be again taken up on receiving further evidence &c - After examination, please direct, that information of the result be sent as soon as practicable - and likewise (if you please) of the case of the widow of the late John Wolerton whose papers I forwarded to the Dept. on the 9 th ult o . With profound respect Yr. ob t Serv t W. H. Sloan

25-119 Elizabeth
John Worlinton
H. D. Maxwell Flemington C. Bowditch Esq. Flemington Clarendon Newark N. Jersey

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Elizabeth Steele  John Woolworth which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yes V. * Has he mentioned 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? no  See page 5 VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yes

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service ? yes
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it ?
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had ?
XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? yes
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? yes
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? yes
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service ? yes
XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct ? yes
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily ? And, if not, which of them is not so answered ?
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. 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 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 shewn 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.
†QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
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 claimants 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.
†QUERE XVI. 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 paper 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.
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, 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.
Witness should set forth in detail what he may know of Declarants service
The witness can or from failure of memory enter into a detail of Declarants service more fully than he has done. He recollects seeing him at the places mentioned & of having heard of his being out. Louis Case a new witness states his knowledge of the accident set forth in the Declaration. — But we now humbly apprehend there can be no difficulty in the allowance of this claim. — He has made the affidavit required. — Two gentlemen of the highest respectability have testified to the general belief of his service in the neighbourhood & their own particular belief. — The Clerk of the Court has certified to the standing of those gentlemen & his own acquaintance with the applicant & his belief in his statement. — The difficulty of procuring witnesses is very great & expensive to these old men. There are but few remaining in each district who were engaged in the struggle for Independence & of them from failure of memory but one or two can be found to testify to the service of each individual and to find those single ones & take their evidence is very difficult & expensive.

John Volantus for a 2 - affidavit } pension 66 -
July 4 th 1837 -

Supplementary affidavit of John Woolerton - State of New Jersey Somerset County ss: - On this 2 nd day of June AD 1837, personally appeared before me James Snyder one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the County of Somerset aforesaid - John Woolerton a resident of the township of Amwell  Ranger in the County of Somerset aforesaid, still being unable from bodily infirmary to attend the Court - who has made a declaration, to obtain the benefit of the act of circuits, passed 7 June 1832, and caused the same to be forwarded to the War Department at Washington, and who being duly sworn accord- ing to Law, doth on his oath further depose and say that according to the best of his recollection at the time, there was a residence of the N. J. militia at Princetown in the County of Somerset, in April 1778 he thinks, he marched with the Company to Amboy under the following officers. George Ely was Captain Agrippas Gordon was lieutenant, William Howell was ensign, David Chambers was col. of the Regiment and Dickerson was our General, I served a tour of one month at Amboy and was discharged. I afterwards served I served two other tours of a month each at Amboy, I served a tour of one month also under the same officers at Elizabeth town, I served a tour of one month under the same officers, except the ensign, at Hackensack, deponent was then appointed ensign of the Company, I lost his commission but it has been mislaid or lost, there are survivors however who know the fact, W. Jos Hoagland of Bucks Co Pa is one, I served one tour at Paramus of a month, I served one tour of a month at Raritan, one tour of a month at Spring- field, one tour of a month at Princeton, after the battle, one tour at Newark of a month, one tour at Newark , one tour of a month at Woodbridge

I served one  two tours of a month each at Smiths farms - one tour of a month at Middle brooks - in the last three tours, our company was commanded by Capt. Garkart, and a part of the time by Captain Philip. I served a tour of one month at New mouth, was wounded by the accidental discharge of a musket of one of our own men, and was discharged in consequence of the wound, before my monthly tour had expired - I served a tour of one month at P'apair from age and loss of memory I can not specify more particularly, but in some of the above men- tioned places at Smiths farms particularly I served more than two tours, and it would often happen that it would be six weeks before we were discharged, I was out whenever I was called upon from the beginning to the end of the war, and have no doubt that at the least calculation I was on it, in service at least eighteen months sworn & subscribed before me June 2 o 1838  James Snyder Justice of the Peace  John has of Woolverton marks

State of New Jersey To all in due course:
Joseph Hoaglands of the County of Bucks in the
State of Pennsylvania being duly sworn according to Law on
his oath, that he is upwards of seventy seven years of age and
receives a pension under the late act of Congress of
June 1832. That he is well acquainted with John
Woolverton who has made the foregoing declaration
that he has been acquainted with him since he was
a child, his fathers farm adjoined that of my father that he served in company with him in the war of the Revolution -
Deponent knows that the said John Woolverton was
out with the N.J. Militia at - the following places I was out with Mr
Woolverton, in a tour at Monmouth, when he got
wounded - I remember being out also with Mr Woolverton
at Hightstown, - was out with him likewise
at Springfield, we belonged to the same company we
were out together likewise in several other tours,
I remember of being with him at Newark, and
at Smiths farms. Mr Woolverton and I were
near neighbors during the war, and I always
knew when he was out on his militia tours. -
I recollect it from the circumstance that I used
attend to & help to oversee his farming business and
domestic matters during his absence. - I have
heard his deposition read, and believe from the ap-
pearances which I had of him, & judging of it
correctness that it is true. Mr Woolverton was
a true Whig, & was always ready to go at the
call of his Country - I remember that Mr Woolver-
ton acted as ensign of the Company at Hightstown
during the tour at that place.
Joseph Hoagland
sworn & subscribed before me
James Smyder Justice of the Peace
June 2 o . 1839

State of New Jersey To all whom these presents shall come, Greeting: David Van Kirk of the township of Kingwood, in the County of Hunterdon & State of New Jersey, being duly sworn according to law, on his oath saith: That he will be eighty one years of age next fall - That he is acquainted with John Woolverton, has been acquainted with him since he was 15 or 16 years old - I know that John Woolverton served in the militia of New Jersey in the War of the Revolution - I was out with him in company with him, one place I remember, at Smith's farms. I think we were there two months together, when we were at Papat's together. Col to Hamlin commanded there George Ely was Captain, we were there one month I am under the impression that we were together at Elizabeth town, - I recollect the above named places particularly Mr Woolverton & I were out together, we served monthly tours, but we were not discharged at the end of the month, I cannot verify any other tours or places where we were out together, but I know that he served during the whole war. But is he always performed his tour when called upon - Deponent heard within two miles of Mr Woolverton, during the war, and always knew when he was out, - Mr Woolverton's statement of his services I have no doubt is correct, according to the best of his knowledge & belief - He is a man of respectability & truth
Sworn, and subscribed before me June 2 d - 1837 James Snyder Justice
David Van Kirk

And the said James Snyder one of the Justices of the peace in & for the said County of Huntingdon doth hereby declare his opinion, after the investiga- tion of the matter, that the above named ap- -plicant John Woolverton, was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states - and I do further certify, that he was unable from bod- -ily infirmity to attend the Court - that Joseph Boag and the deponent above named & David Van Kirk are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit -
James Snyder - Justice of the peace

New Jersey - To all to whom these presents shall come, Isaac G. Farlee Clerk, of the Court of Common Pleas of the said County of Hunterdon, do certify that - James Snyder Esquire before whom the foregoing depositions were taken, then was and still is one of the Justices of the peace in and for the said County of Hunterdon, that his name therein mentioned is his own proper signature - and that faith and credit are due to his official acts - And I do further certify that I am well acquainted with John Robertson who has made the foregoing affidavit - that he is a respectable citizen, and a man of good character for truth and veracity is unquestioned - that he is respected and beloved in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier in the Revolutionary War
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Flemington, this fourth day of July A.D. 1818 hundred and eighteen
Isaac G. Farlee Clerk

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
Aug. 10 1841.
Sir :
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," Rachel Woolverton a Pensioner on the Roll of the New Jersey Agency, at the rate of 30 — Dollars and Cents per annum, under the law of the 4 th July 1836 has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of March to the 4 th Sept. 1840.
Respectfully yours,
Edward G. Lattimer Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.

1932 July 13 - List to Mr AH Woolverton - ECH 1939 Dec 13 - Mrs. Shelma W Mack, said no other record for than this one which she did not want sent. - WJR
Person
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 2507 Rachel Woolverton Widow John Woolverton Priv. Rev. War.
Act: July 4, 1836.
Index: - Vol. M. , Page 358.

July 27 July 24 N-J
FREE
Hon: J. L. Edwards Comm. of Pensions Washington City
$30 per annum
7 18 1837
7 18 1837
7 18 1837

Shirington 24 th July 1837
Sir,
I have rec d . your communication relative to the claim of John Wolouton stating, that he cannot be allowed the ranks of ensign, and that the evidence does not support the aggregate amount of services, estimated by him at eighteen months - but that the Department is satisfied, he has rendered at least nine months service, and will be allowed $30 per annum - The claimant is satisfied that he is entitled to more - But from the difficulty now, of finishing a detailed statement by the testimony of survivors, he is willing to limit his claim to that amount - with profound respect yr. Ob t . Serv t
Hon. J. L. Edwards
W. H. Sloan