Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 4,844, for Daniel Skellenger, New Jersey

SERVICE
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New Jersey
Skellenger, Daniel
S. 4,844
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See letter 13 Oct. 1835 to Hon. L. Cope do. Oct. 15 1835 to L. Bondict v P. G. L. to J. Hagen Oct 7 1842
30.000 New Jersey Daniel Skellenger Munro in the State of New Jersey who was a private in the Co. commanded by Captain _____ of the reg t commanded by Col Martin in the Continental line for 18 months N. J.
Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey at the rate of 60 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate & Pension issued the 31 day of July 1835 and sent to Leonard Morris Morristown
Arrears to the 4th March 1835 $240.00 Semi-annual allowance ending Sept r 30.00 $270.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Danl Boyd Clerk, Book 82 Vol. _____ Page 161

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New Jersey Declaration of David Skellenger, of Morris Co: N. Jersey. See Eliza P Skellenger.
inferred
6th Condited 18 th June 1875
adm a 18mo. pri. 60
Return to Lewis Condait Morris town, N. Jersey. See papers of Eliza P Skellenger

State of New Jersey, Morris County.
Before the Judges of the Superior Court of Common Pleas, at Morris Town, in said County, & in open Court, personally appear Daniel Kelleger, a resident of said County & State, & 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 1832. — I was born in Canterbury, in the State of Connecticut, about 14 or 15 miles above Norwich, on the 12 th day of March, 1757, agreeably to a record kept in the family bible by my father — which record is in my possession. When I was about two years old, my father & his family removed from Connecticut to Long Island, Suffolk County, in the State of New York. — When the troubles of the revolution began, my father removed from Long Island in New York, to Morris County, in New Jersey, & settled in what is now Chester township. This removal to N. Jersey, was in the spring of 1776. I was living with my father at this place, then called Black-river, when I first entered the Militia service of the United States. I belonged to the Militia company of Capt. Nathan Leu, afterward Col. Leu. In the summer of 76, the precise month, I cannot now tell, but it was before the battle of Long Island, there was a demand for Militia service, & I entered as a Volunteer, to serve a bout of duty under Capt. Leu. The regiment was commanded by Col. Morris, & we were marched through Morris town, Newark, & Pockahook, & thence into New York city, where we quartered one night. Next day we crossed over to Long Island, which was about a week before the battle of Long Island was fought. — Our regiment & company was in that battle & our Army was defeated. We succeeded in getting over from the Island, the evening before Genl. Washington crossed with his main army, & we returned to New Jersey, performing guard duty, & protecting the citizens at Pockahook & Newark from Long Island depredations & plunder, till we were discharged verbally & went home. — We had been out six weeks, on this tour before we were discharged, & the greatest consternation prevailed whilst Genl. Washington was retreating before the enemy. — My 2 d tour was performed under Captain Nathan Horton. We were stationed at Eliz th town point opposite Staten Island, guarding the landings, & protecting the citizens — the whole Militia out & commanded by Genl. Williamson & Genl. Head. Col. Drake commanded our regiment. This tour was in September, & I was a volunteer. We staid a month, when then discharged verbally, & returned home. My 3 d tour was in Nov. the latter part of the fall season. I was again a volunteer under Capt. Horton & was stationed at the landing points below Eliz th town, performing guard duty under Col. Jacob Drake, Adjutant Bort & Genl. Head. — We were on duty at Eliz th town, when Genl. Washington retreated through N. Jersey & crossed over the Delaware into Pennsylvania. — Our tour expired just before & we were again verbally discharged & went home. — In the following winter, the enemy lay at New Brunswick & Amboy, & a large body of Militia was assembled & united under command of Genl. Windes, whose head quarters was at Christian Muhlens or Vermelis, under the mountain near Scribble town, a few miles West & North of New Brunswick. — I went as a Volunteer with Capt. Nathl. Terry, & we were stationed with Genl. Windes at this place, to restrain the plundering & foraging parties of the enemy, who greatly annoyed the inhabitants along the frontier lines. We went out in cold wintry weather — in the first part of February, as I believe, & were not relieved or discharged till some time in April. It was after the battles of Trenton & Princeton, & there were frequent skirmishes & fights between the Militia & the enemy, in the neighborhood of Scribble town — Woodbridge — Martins woods & Amboy. I was out on this occasion, not less than two months. — I performed a tour of a month, in the time when farmers were planting corn (in May) under Capt. Nathl. Terry & Genl. Windes. We were stationed part of the time at Eliz th town point, guarding the lines & the inhabitants — & another part of the time at Acquackanonk & along the Raritan river. — In the time of Hay harvest, I performed a month's duty as a Volunteer under Capt. Horton — stationed at Eliz th town, under Col. Jacob Drake & Genl. Windes, performing guard duty. — In one of these two last named tours, I had a fall from a cherry tree & broke my arm. —

In September I performed as a volunteer, a month's Militia duty under Capt. Horton & Col. Drax, at Eliz. town point, guarding the lines protecting the inhabitants. & I performed another month of similar duty at the same place & under the same officers in November following. — Early in the spring of 1778 — March & April, I served as a volunteer one month, under Capt. Horton & Col. Duer — station & duty the same as before. In warm weather I performed another month's duty at Eliz. town, as a volunteer in Capt. Horton's company, under Genl. Winder. We were stationed at Eliz. town, & Genl. Winder, with the whole of the Militia under his command, took up their line of march toward Monmouth. Before he reached N. Brunswick information was recd. that all the bridges across the streams had been destroyed, & we returned back to Eliz. town. The cannonade from Monmouth was very distinctly heard. — We served out the month at Eliz. town, were then verbally discharged, & went home. — In the latter part of this summer, I volunteered a month's duty under Capt. Horton — Col. Drax, Genl. Winder — stationed at Eliz. town & our duty the same as before, viz: guarding the lines & shores — the enemy possessing Staten Island. In the fall season, when farmers were making cider, I was stationed a month, partly at Newark, & partly at Agawamuck along the Raritan river, under Capt. Horton & Genl. Winder. — One of his neighbors, Saby Bell, was accidentally shot through the head & killed, whilst at Agawamuck. In the spring season of 1779, I volunteered a month's duty under Capt. Horton — was again stationed at Eliz. town on guard duty as before — was verbally discharged at the end of the month (May) & went home. In the summer, a body of Indians had fallen upon a settlement at the Minisink, on the Delaware, which they burned & destroyed, & the Militia of this part of N. Jersey, under Genl. Winder, were ordered out against the Indians. I volunteered under Captain Terry, & we marched thro' Sussex County, to Dingman's ferry on the Delaware. Before we reached the scene, the Indians had burned the place & been off. — We returned home by nearly the same route, & were about a month on this expedition. It was in the time when cherries were ripe. — In the fall of the same season I performed a month's duty under Captain Horton — stationed again at Eliz. town point, opposite Staten Island, under Col. Duer. — And in the month of March, 1780, I performed a month's guard duty at Eliz. town point, under Capt. Horton — was discharged verbally early in April & went home. — The enemy were strong in N. York & Staten Island, & guards were constantly kept up along the Jersey shore opposite, — In May, I was stationed on a month's tour of duty near Eliz. town, under Capt. Horton, & the British & Hessian drove the whole Militia before them from Eliz. town & thro' the County to Connecticut farms, where there was a hard skirmish. The enemy burnt the Village & Church & retreated — the Militia following close on their heels & annoying them through Eliz. town to their boats in which they crossed to Staten Island. The wife of a Minister, a Mr. Caton, was shot through a window at Connecticut farms. — Before we were discharged, the enemy again re-enforced & drove all before them to Springfield — where was another battle, in which much blood was lost. Some Continental troops were present in this action. — Col. Dayton & Col. Smith's regiments. The latter regiment defended the bridge across the creek, & suffered much from the fire & bayonets of the enemy. — The enemy burnt Springfield & the Church, & retreated thro' Eliz. town to Staten Island. — We were detained to guard the County about Elizabeth town, the farms, & Springfield, till after harvest in July, & we were not dismissed before the 20 th or 25 th July, & were out on duty & in constant action sooner not less than two months & a half at this time. The whole Militia of the surrounding County was then out, & I believe Genl. Winder & Genl. Mott commanded them. — After the Springfield battle, some time in the fall, I performed a month's guard duty near Elizabeth town, under Capt. Horton, & Colonel Duer & Col. Felichayson. I was discharged verbally in the latter part of October, & went home. Early in the following spring, viz: in April, 1781, I performed a month's Militia as a volunteer under Captain Horton, Col. Sedg., & was stationed at Elizabeth town, near Lewis farms, guarding the lines on this frontier, & protecting the inhabitants. This is the last Militia service, of which I have any distinct & clear recollection. I have performed more Militia duty in each year, from 76, to 81, inclusive, than I have already stated, & particularly on reference to alarms & short tours. But my memory will not enable me to particularize them.

I have stated my services according to the best of my recollection & belief. Yet after the lapse of so many years, it is very probable, that in regard to dates, & sometimes in regard to the names of my officers, I may have fallen into some errors - yet, as to the facts stated in connection with my services, & the duration & extent of the services, I know that my statement of their amount, is actually within the limits of the truth, & that I have faithfully performed at the least, one year & ten months militia services, as a volunteer private, in the war of the revolution. & for these services I claim a pension. - During the several tours of duty thus performed, my services were constant & faithful, always acting in obedience to the orders of my superior officers, & never absent from duty unless by their permission. Nor was I during any of these tours, engaged or employed in any civil pursuit. - I never had any commission, nor any other than a verbal discharge. I am now in the 78 th year of my age since March last, & live in the township of Chester, in Morris County, where I have lived for 57 - years.
The tour of duty performed against the Indians, up the Delaware, at the settlement called then, the Munimicks , I have put down as of the year 1779 - & so it still appears to my memory: - yet I am not certain, whether it was in 1778, or in 79. - I know however, that I performed the service. -
Sworn & subscribed in open Court before me,
Daniel Skelleng
Isaac Cook Presiding Judge
We, Jacob Brice, a Chazyman, residing near Daniel Skelleng, & knowing him well as a man of respectability & good standing in society, & David Norton, a neighbor of said Daniel Skelleng & knowing him well, do hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with said Daniel Skelleng who has sworn & subscribed to the foregoing Declaration - that we believe him to be in the 78 th year of his age - that he is respected & believed to be in the neighborhood where he resides, a soldier of the revolution, & that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid, in open Court before me
Jacob Brice & David Norton
Isaac Cook Presiding Judge

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, & after putting the interrogatories presented by the War Department, that the above named applicant, Daniel Skellinger, was a Revolutionary soldier, & served as he states; - And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them, that the Rev: Jacob Briant, who is a Clergyman, well known to the Court, & David Horton, who have signed the preceding certificate, are resident citizens of Morris County, & are credible persons, & that their statement is entitled to credit.
Silas Cook
I, Joseph Dalrymple Esq. Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Daniel Skellinger for a pension. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand & seal of Office, this _____ day of _____ Anno Domini 1834.
By order of the Court,
Morris Com. Pleas. Sept. Term, 1834.
Personally appear in open Court on this 29 th day of Sept. 1834. Elisha J. Skellinger, known to this Court to be a man of veracity & good standing, & being duly sworn, saith as follows. viz: - I am in the 78 th year of my age, & was a Militia soldier in the war of the revolution. I then lived with my father in Morris County, N. Jersey. Daniel Skellinger, now an applicant for a pension, was my brother & was also a Militia soldier in said war. We frequently performed Militia service together in the same monthly term, in the same company & regiment, & frequently we performed duty at different times & in different places. I cannot mention all the occasions & terms in which we were together upon duty, but such as I can recollect distinctly, I will state, according to the best of my remembrance. In the first year of the war, we served together in Capt. Lewis's company of Militia, in Colonel Ephraim Martin's regiment, as volunteers. We marched in warm weather through Morris town to Newark & New York & crossed soon to Long Island, & were together in the battle of Long Island with our company. I remained with Genl. Washington's army that summer after his defeat & retreat to Long Island - White Plains & afterwards into N. Jersey, & was dismissed near New Brunswick. I remember Danl. Skellinger on Militia duty in the summer of the Monmouth battle. We were stationed together at Eliz th . town, in Capt. Horton's company, I think, on guard duty, under Genl. Winder. I was ordered to march toward Monmouth, & had proceeded some distance, when information was said to be rec d . that certain bridges had been destroyed, & that the streams could not be passed, & we returned to Eliz th . town. We heard distinctly the firing of cannon from the battle ground. - In the fall of the same year, soon after Bushkill's harvest, we were on duty together near Eliz th . town, & were stationed at our Townley's, near Gov. Livingston's residence, on guard duty. - We were together on duty on the expedition against the Indians at Minisink, under Capt. Terry & Genl. Winder in the summer of the same year, I know not. I remember him again on duty at Eliz th . town, at a time when an expedition was organized & crossed in the night over to Staten Island after a detachment of the enemy, stationed about 4 or 5 miles from the shore. The enemy, hearing of our approach, escaped. Capt. Walter Horton commanded. It was in the fall season, but the year I cannot tell. - I also remember Danl. Skellinger at the battle & burning of Springfield in the summer of the same year, in the latter part of the war, & at Connecticut Farms, when Mrs. Peters was shot. Capt. Horton commanded the Col. - Col. Tuthill, Genl. Winder & Genl. Heard were present. - I remember him on many other occasions, when leaving home, except for Militia terms, & again returning home after months of absence, as from Militia duty. And I know well, that we performed together many other terms besides those which I have specified, but which I cannot now particularize, from loss of memory. His terms were generally for a month, & sometimes longer.
Sworn in open Court, before me Silas Cook
Elisha J. Skellinger

Morris Common pleas, Sept. term 1834
On this day of September 1834, before the judges of said Court, personally appear Robert Young, an aged & respectable citizen of said County, known to the Court to be a credible witness, & having been duly sworn, on his oath saith as follows. I am in the 81 st year of my age - was a soldier in the war of the revolution, & performed much duty in every year of the war, from its beginning to its end. - I was then well acquainted with Daniel Skellinger, now an applicant for a pension, & have known him ever since. He then resided at Black River, now called Chester, distant about 4 or 5 miles from my place of residence. Much of my Militia service was performed in Essex County, at Elizabet town, at Ashaway, Tumbly's point, & the several landing places opposite Staten Island & New York, which places were held by the enemy during the whole time of the war. I performed my duties in Captain Godd's, Col. Lewis's  Col. Lewis's  Col. Lewis's  Col. Lewis's Capt. Lewis's, & in other companies, & in Col. Decker's regiment - tho' sometimes Col. Lewis, Col. Stark, & Col. Lord had command. Genl. Windes & Genl. Head, were frequently present, when more than one regiment was present. Daniel Skellinger I believe belonged to Capt. Norton's company, tho' sometimes he was in Capt. Lewis's & Capt. Lewis's company. I have known him on Militia duty under each of these Captains in different years, & at different seasons of the same year, when we have been stationed, sometimes at the same place, & at other times tho' at different points, yet near to each other, & often seeing each other on parade & performing guard duty. Early in the war, I cannot now tell in what year with any certainty, I knew said Skellinger on Militia duty, stationed at Elizabet town point, in two different monthly tours, under Col. Decker, Genl. Head & Genl. Williamson. The first tour was early in the fall, & the second tour in cold weather, probably in Nov. & December. - The next time I saw him on Militia duty, I think was in the latter part of winter, when the enemy were in N. Brunswick & Amboy. A large body of Militia was stationed at our Van Maren's, under the mountain, near Leavitt town, to watch the enemy & protect the country from depredations of the British & Tories. I was there, & recollect said Skellinger also on duty also. The Militia were kept embodied there for several months under Genl. Windes. I do not know how long Skellinger was there on duty, but my belief is, that I knew him there longer than a month. There was frequent skirmishing with the enemy in that winter & spring. - I recollect Skellinger on Militia duty at Elizabet town point in the spring season, about planting corn time, guarding the lines & protecting the inhabitants, & I remember him once again on the same duty at the same place, about the time of the Monmouth battle, in hot weather. I was on a tour with him also along the Raritan river near Aguekenack & in the neighborhood of Hackensack. One of our officers, named Bell, was accidentally shot thro' the head on this tour, which was in the fall season I think. - Genl. Windes had the command. Col. Fitzhugh, a Col. Hathaway & Col. Sely I believe were present. - I remember him also on an expedition against the Indians up the Delaware river, at Minisink, under Genl. Windes, & at the battle & burning of Connecticut farms, & of Springfield, toward the latter part of the war. I only believe I saw him more frequently on duty at Elizabet town, & at the various landing places, than I have here mentioned, & that he was commonly in the company of Capt. Norton, Capt. Lewis, & Capt. Lewis. - My memory has become infirm as to dates, & I cannot particularize months or years, but have stated the facts of his services, according to the best of my recollection & belief. I won't subscribe in open Court the date first mentioned, before me. - N.B. Robert Young, was indisposed, & unable to attend Court at the time when Mr. Skellinger's Declaration was made. He has this day, Oct. 18 th , appeared before me, & made solemn oath to the truth of the above statement, & to which he subscribed his name in my presence. Charles Greenlee J. P. Robert Young

Morris Com. Pleas, Sept. Term 1834
Personally appear in open Court on this 29 th day of September 1834. David Horton, a respectable citizen of this County, & known to this Court to be a man of trust, & a reputed soldier of the revolution, & having been duly sworn, doth on his oath declare as follows, viz: - I am in the 85 th year of my age - was a Militia soldier in the war of the revolution & performed Militia duty in said war from the summer of 1776 in every year of the war to its close. I was well acquainted with Daniel Skellinger at the first beginning of the war, & have known him ever since. Our farms were adjacent to each other, & we often performed duty under the same officers. I know, that from the length of time, & the failure of my memory, it is not in my power to particularize but a very few instances in which we served together, but such as are within my remembrance, I will relate. - I have a distinct recollection of being on a tour of duty not less than a month with him, against the Indians, up the Delaware river, near Minisink, in Capt. Horton's company, under Genl. Winds command, in the summer or fall - the year I do not recollect. - I was with him on another tour near Aqu- hannock & Hattensack, along the Pocopon river under the same officers, when Toby Bell was accidentally shot, by one of our men. It was in the fall season, & we were out at least a month - but the year I know not. We were together again upon a monthly tour of duty under Capt. Horton, at Elizt. town just before the battle of Monmouth was fought. Genl. Winds had command, & we were marched from Elizt. town towards Monmouth, near to a stream called Tom's river, when we were met by 2 or 3 horsemen, who informed Genl. Winds, that the bridges were cut away, & we were marched back to Elizt. town & did not reach the battle ground. - In the winter or early in the spring season, when the enemy occupied Amboy & New Brunswick I recollect Skellinger being stationed at Van Brunsin's near Smith town, with a large Militia force under Genl. Winds. We were together in Capt. Tacy's company if I mistake not, & the Militia were encamped in that place along under the mountain towards Boundbrook for several months. I was there myself all winter, & believe that Skellinger must have been present at that station at least two months, & probably more. We had a number of skirmishes with the enemy in the course of this winter. We were together on duty at Connecticut farms when the Church & village were burnt in warm weather, towards the close of the war, for a month. I served also with Skellinger on several tours stationed in Elizabeth town, & at the points of landing below the town & opposite State Island, sometimes & most frequently with Capt. Webb. Horton performing guard duty, building breast works at the point & defending the inhabitants. On these tours, Col. Jacob Ford, sometimes was present, sometimes Col. Jacob Drake, Captain Bolt. Genl. Winds, Genl. Head & Genl. Williamson. We were sometimes drafted, & often volunteered our services. I was a sergeant in Capt. Horton's company & performed my duties in that character whenever I was in the service. Our service was performed more at Elizt. town & at the landing, than at any other place, & I very likely believe, that Skellinger & myself performed Militia duty in that town & at the points opposite Island State, at different monthly tours & in different years of the war, not less than six months, besides those which I have endeavoured to particularize at other places. But it is not in my power to particularize the months nor the years, but I very likely believe we did duty there together in every year, & almost in every season.
Sworn & subscribed in open Court the date above mentioned before me
Titus Booth Presiding Judge.
David Horton
I, Joseph Dalrymple, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Morris County, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original pro- ceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Daniel Skellinger for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court at Morris town, this 18 th day of October Dominion 1834. - The deposition purporting to be a deposition of Robert Young, not executed before this Court, but before Charles Fre- eman, Esq., who is a Justice of Peace, duly commissioned in said County.
Joseph Dalrymple Clerk

Rev War
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File No. 4844
Daniel Skellenger
Print Rev War
Act: June 7 th 1839.
Index:—Vol. 70 , Page 343
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Payment to be made at Trenton by Pres t Trenton Banking Co Agent for paying Pension- ers, in the Agency of
New Jersey Rel d and new one issued Aug 10 1835 leaving date July 31 '35
Recorded in the Pension Office, in Book E Vol. 3 Page 61 by Isaac Wynn Clerk.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I certify that in conformity with the law of the United States, of the 7th June, 1832, Daniel Shillington of the state of New York ..... who was a private in the Army ..... of the Revolution ..... is entitled to receive Sixty ..... dollars and ..... cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1834, 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 Thirty first day of July one thousand eight hundred and thirty-five
C. H. Harris, acting...
Examined and } Countersigned. }

30.009

State of New Jersey, County of Morris.
Before the subscriber, a justice of peace in & for said County, personally appeared Daniel Skellinger, for many years a resident of said County & State, & believed by me to be a man of fair reputation & fully entitled to belief - who having by me been duly sworn, saith as follows, viz: - I am now, as I believe, in the 79 th year of my age, & am the same Daniel Skellinger who sometime in the course of last autumn, as I believe, made my Declaration before the Court of Common Pleas of said County of my services in the Revolutionary war, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of June 7 th 1832, which Declaration, is, as I understand, now before the Commissioners of Pensions, who require "an explanation of the reasons which occasioned a delay of more than two years after the passage of the law, before they made any declaration of actual service during the Revolutionary war.
When the first pension law passed, I understood it to be intended only for the relief of the poor, who were unable to furnish themselves with a comfortable living. Several of my acquaintances who had applied, had been either rejected, or stricken from the roll after admission, because of their property. - When the Militia Law of 1832 was passed, I supposed for some time, that it was based on the same principle, viz: poverty. - I learned after some time, that none were excluded for this reason, but that all were included, who had performed actual service, for the defence of the Country. I had previously determined, that as I did not fight merely for dollars & cents, that I would not tax my Country for my own livelihood, whilst I could live decently & comfortably upon my own means. - I had a farm of about 150 acres, & whilst my health was good, I lived by the "sweat of my face" & with the blessing of Heaven, comfortably, until about this time, I had the misfortune in my old age, to have my barn destroyed by fire, in the fall of the year, containing upward of 30 tons of cut hay - upward of 200 bushels of oats, - all my crop of wheat & rye, together with all my beechweat, which had been just threshed out & was laying on the barn floor, ready to be taken into the granary. - I also lost 4 valuable horses in the stack at the same time, together with many of my best & most valuable farming utensils & tools - all destroyed by fire, by the act of an incendiary, as was believed in the night or morning . - In my old age, I was unable to retain this lot. - I had to buy bread for my family, provender for my cattle, to stock my farm with utensils, & a barn to build, which involved me in embarrassments which were unavoidable. - Contrary to my former intentions, I now considered it my duty to ask my Country for that assistance, which the Law of 1832 extended to all who had fought her battles, & won her liberties. And after struggling with my misfortunes, & endeavouring to extricate myself from my embarrassments, I applied for a pension, to which I feel myself honestly & fairly entitled, & which I humbly hope may be granted to me.
Sworn & subscribed, before me, at Morris town, June 28 th 1835. -
Daniel Skellinger
G. H. Johnson Justice of the Peace

State of Pennsylvania Morris County
I, S. J. Pugh, Robbinfield Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Morris aforesaid do hereby certify that Peter S. Johnson before whom the within affidavit was taken and whose name is subscribed to the certificate of the same, was at the time of taking of such affidavit, and still is one of the Justices of the Peace of said County of Morris, duly Commissioned and sworn - and further I do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice, and hereby believe that the signature to the within Certificate is in the proper hand writing of the said Justice.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of the said Court at Morristown the twenty sixth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty five.
S. J. Pugh Clerk