Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 1057, for John Mc Clean, New Jersey

SERVICE
NUMBER
New Jersey
McLean, John
S. 1057
CONTENTS
carded

9:482
New Jersey
John McLean
Mem to in the State of New Jersey who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Shepherd of the Dept commanded by Col Holmes in the New Jersey Militia for 10 Months
Inscribed on the Roll of N. Jersey at the rate of 33 Dollars 30 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 th day of May 1833 and sent Col Monnett N Jersey
Arrears to the 4th of Mar 1835 $66:60 Femi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sep 33. 16:65
on Agreed Book. $83:25
1833 { Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Geo B Whiting Clerk, Book 6 Vol. 3- Page 121

State of New Jersey) on this 13 th Day of July 1832 Person Monmouth Co. (My appeared before me John Patterson one of the judges of the court of common Pleas in and for the county of Monmouth John McCleas. Who cannot from bodily infirmity attend at court - a Resident of the Township of Middletown - in the county of Monmouth and State of New Jersey aged 73 years on the 27 Day of October last Past - Who being first Duly Sworn according to law & then on his oath made the following declarations in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress Passed June 7 th 1832 that he entered the services of the united States under the following officers and served as herein stated
1 Q Where and in What year Was you Born
A - I Was Born in Middletown county of Monmouth and State of New Jersey on the 27 th Day of October 1759
2 Q - have you any record of your age and if so Where is it
A - the Bible that belonged to my father in his lifetime contains the names of his children - the date of their Birth - in which my Birth is recorded and the Time that I Was born
3 Q - Where Was you living When called in Service - Where have you lived Since the Revolutionary War - and Where Do you live Now
A - he was living in the Township of Middletown With his father When he Was called into Service and has continued to live in the same Place ever since
4 Q - how Was you called into Service - were you Drafted - Did you Volunteer - or Were you a Substitute - and if a Substitute for Whome

A When he came of the age required by law he was called out to take his Taro. Which he did under the command of Capt Joseph Stellwell Who Was a Militia Capt State the names of some of the regular officers Who were with the Troops - where you served - Such Continental and Militia regiments as you can recollect and the general circumstances of your services
A - he recollect John Burras being at Middletown When he was out under capt Stillwell - General David Forman had the Command - Asahel Holmes Was the Colonel or Major he is Not certain Which When he Was first called out - Elisha Walton Was the Major after Holmes Became Colonel - he cant say how long he Was out under capt Joseph Stillwell - but he Believes he Was capt at the Time the of Independence Declaration Was Declared in the year 1776 and remained in that office untill the year 1780 or 1781 at Which Time Mairs Shepard became there capt and all the Time that Stillwell Was capt for the whole 4 or 5 years he Was out in the Service Whence his Tower of Duty came - and in the same Way he served under capt Shephard - and While he Was out under capt Stillwell - he Was taken Prisoner at the house of John Stout Where the Gards Was Stationed - from thence they Were marched onto Sandyhook Put on board the Gards ship - and there keep 4 or 5 day - he there met With a friend Who interferred in his Behalf - he Was sent home on parole - he Remained at home for some Time - but the Trouble increasing on the River and in the Neighbourhood Where he lived - he Not being exchanged - he again took the field and Went out under capt Shephard - the Conspiracy Was discovered at Tinton falls in the Township of Shrewsbury - and about this Time his Opponent say he Was shot threw the hand and in the thigh exceedingly by his own Gun Taken into the Township of Shrewsbury and there Was attended by Doct Hulburt until he Was Well - Shephard commanded from the year 1780 or 1781 to the end of the War - and he served under him to the end of the War as far as he can recollect - he can inform his being attached to the Colours of the Regiment

complaint that has Very much injured his Speech and im- paired his memory - he cannot specify Time and place Under Belief as they have long since gone - however he Recollects - he Was in a Serenade With the Negroes under the Command of Colonel Tye at the Township of Shrewsbury at a Place called Black Point - at the Gut near Sandy Hook With a party of Refugees -
Sworn and subscribed before me The day and year above written John his McCleese mark
and the said John McCleese further maketh oath that his Name is not on the pension role of any agency of any State - and that he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a Pension or annuity except the present - that he has no documentary evidence as he knows of but there is still living Joseph Johnson and Linton Doyle and James the Barker who Produce Will Testify to his Service
Sworn before me the 3 rd Day of August 1832 John his McCleese mark
John Patterson Judge
State of New Jersey } We it remembered that on this 3 rd Day Monmouth ss } of August 1832. Before me John Patterson one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Monmouth Personally appeared Joseph Johnson and Linton Doyle, Richard Crawford two Soldiers of the revolution and on their oath say that they no member John McCleese Was not With them in in the said War but having they can't say they Believe his statement is true and entitled to credit
Sworn before me the } Joseph Johnson Day and year above written } Richard Crawford John Patterson

State of New Jersey Before me John Patterson one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Morris do hereby personally appeared Capt John Schenck
Who being first duly sworn on the holy evangel of Almighty God Did Depose and say that he knows Capt Schenck the Within applicant for a Pension that he knew him in the Revolutionary War as a Soldier but does not know he was at the Battle of Brandywine - yet from the knowledge they have of the said applicant's services and from the character which he sustained during the War as a Soldier he should say he is entitled to be placed on the Pensions roll under the act of Congress passed June 11th 1832 he believes the the applicant is entitled to a credit in his Within Declaration Sworn and subscribed this 20th Day of August
John Schenck
I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of the original now on file in my office and of the whole thereof.
State of New Jersey Before me John Patterson one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Morris personally appeared Linton Doughty and John Mason who being sworn according to law the said Linton Doughty says John McLean was taken prisoner when the Gards at the Highland of Ulster with him and John Mason says on his oath that he remembers of seeing the said John McLean the Within Applicant out with the Militia in the War of the Revolution they both say he was wounded as he holds in his hands this they believe to be true as they have often heard it stated by him and by others who knew it - from the currector of the said John McLean both at the time of the War and since they believe his statement is entitled to full credit
Linton Doughty
John Mason
sworn and subscribed before me the 11th Day of August 1832
John Patterson
Mr. John McLean 1020

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 19_____
1007
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of _____ a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau.
John McNamee
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     1776 3 mos Pvt. John McNamee N.J.   1781 5 mos James Shepard ✓ N.J.                                            
Battles engaged in, ✓  Residence of soldier at enlistment, Middletown Twp. Monmouth Co. N.J.  Date of application for pension, July 11, 1832 He was at  Residence at date of application, Middletown Township N.J.  Age at date of application, Oct. 27, 1759 in Middletown, N.J.  Remarks: There is no data on file as to his family. He died July 2, 1833.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

New War.
Ms May 19. Hist. to C.A. Hopkins
INVALID.
File No. 1054
John M c Lean*
Prin. N. J. Univ.
Act: June 7, 1832.
Index: — Vol. a , Page 242
[Arrangement of 1870.]
John McLean* Records corrected. July 28, 1906.

Rev Sec 924 Madison avenue New York N.Y. May 8/22
Dear Sir:
Can't be informed, at your convenience, as to what way be stated as to the date and place of birth, and place of enlistment or of residence at that time etc of John McCleary (McCleary) pensioned in Monmouth county, New Jersey

in 1833 ?
If this applicant makes any reference to Somerset county,
N.J. it will be of value to me:
very respectfully
C. A. Hoppin

I, the Subscriber, Clerk of the Inferi-
or Court of Common Pleas, in and for the county of Monmouth, in the state of New-Jersey, do hereby certify that John Patterson to whom the above application was made & before whom the foregoing affidavit was taken was at the time of taking the same and now is One of the Judges of said Court duly enrolled in my office and that full faith and credit are due & ought to be given all his official acts as such and that the name of John Patterson subscribed thereto is the proper hand writing of the said Judge
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, at Freehold, this sixteenth day of August  March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two  three
W. H. Ellis Clerk

And the said John Patterson one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Monmouth Doth hereby certify that the said John McCloud the Within applicant is not able to attend at Court by reason of bodily infirmary and fear of the oppressing after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories Prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states and I do further certify that it appears to me that Ginton Daughty and John Napson who have signed the preceding affidavit are old soldiers of the revolutionary War Residents in the County of Monmouth credible persons and entitled to full credit
John Patterson

John M c Cleese
$33:30

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of John W. Lean which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? 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? 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 Quincy VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? 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?

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? 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? 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? Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? 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? XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
Ch. See Serial 16
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.

John M c Glone

State of New Jersey } Supplementary Affidavit of John McLean Monmouth Is }
Personally appeared before me the undersigned John Patterson one of the Judges of the Court in and for the County of Monmouth this 7 th day of March 1833 John McLean Who being duly sworn Deposes and saith by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his services but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the period mentioned be- -low and in the following order - all the time he was out it was in the capacity of a Priest - for five years I served as a priest under Capt. Stillwell in Wore of the Reuelations - he served under Capt. Shepherd as much as five months - as a Priest in the Wore of the Reuelations - he was confirmed for two years with the band he received sworn and subscribed the
day and year above written }
John his McLean mark
John Patterson