Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 3856, for Nathaniel Salmon, New Jersey

SERVICE
NUMBER
New Jersey
Salmon, Nathaniel
S. 3856
Carded
CONTENTS

R.D. Palmer Ap d 6 1855
9107
Died July 23, 1827
Nen-Person Nathaniel Palmer
of _____ in the state of _____ who was a _____ in the regiment commanded by Colonel _____ of the _____ line, for the term of 20 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Nen-Person at the rate of 20 Dollars per month, to commence on the 20 of April 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 8 of April and sent to  Mr. Ogden New London, Mass. @ 3, 76
Arrears to 4th of Mar 39  209.95 Semi-annual acct ending 10/11/320 10 30 35  $329.95
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued

Nathaniel Salmon.
9107 Roxbury
Con
April 19
Sep 19
ES

District of New-Jersey, } ss. Morris Countp,
On this 18 th day of July, 1820, personally appeared in open Court, before the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas, holden at Morris-Town, in and for the County of Morris, in the term of July, in the year aforesaid. [The said court being a court of record, possessing a seal, proceeding according to the course of the common law, having a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, keeping records of its proceedings, and its Judgments being removeable by writ of error only]
Nathaniel Salmen aged Sixty six years, resident in the township of Roxbury in said county, who being duly sworn - according to law doth on his oath declare, that he served in the war of the Revolution in the 2 d - New Jersey Regiment, under Col Israel Shaw, in Capt Lusk's company that his declaration for a pension was made on or about the 23 rd of April 1818 & the number of his certificate is 9.107-
And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts or debts, due to me; nor have I any income, other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed. my occupation or trade is that of
a Tailor, but by reason of age & defect of eye sight, am unable to pursue it, my bodily health is very infirm, having been for a year or more afflicted with a rupture in my right groin, & a lame rump of one hip which totally incapacitates me to labour. My family consists of myself 66 years old, & my wife Elizabeth, aged 56 years. Her son Enoch lives with us, who is twelve years old, but neither my wife nor her son are capable of earning any thing towards the support of the family; she being very lame in one arm by Rheumatism.
Nath l Salmen
Sworn to and declared the 18 th day of July 1820 before
Col H. Ford

SCHEDULE referred to in the foregoing deposition of
Kathaniel Salmon
This deponent has no house or land but is permitted to occupy the small house & lot of one acre, on which he resides, free of rent.
The following articles compose his personal estate viz:
2 Cows. 2 hogs 2 pigs, 1 watch, one cup board, 1 chest, 7 old chains 1 iron pot, 3 iron kettles, 1 tea kettle, 1 pewter platter, 1 pan 1 grid- iron, 1 griddle 1 1/2 andirons shovel & tongs 2 pails, 2 buckets rack gross buttons, 26 plates & platters, 1 tea pot, cups & saucers 1 sugar dish & bannister, 2 Decanters & tumbler Spoons Knives & forks 3 trammels 1 meat barrel 1 firkin 2 wash tubs, meat ax dung fork, hoe, 2 smoothing irons, 1 basket 4 or 5 old barrels, 1 brickle, 1 base Razors, candle stick & funnel, bread tray, table & stand, churn, milk pot. 6 or 7 hens & a few chickens 2 spinning wheels, 1 Reel, 3 looms -
This deponent has no notes, no bonds, or securities for money
Sworn to & declared the 10 th day of July 1820 before
Gab l H. Ford
Kath l Salmon
And this deponent further states that he is justly indebted in the sum of one hundred & twenty dollars & thirty seven cents, to sundry persons whose names are particularly mentioned in a statement in writing presented before the Court, with the sums due to each person respectively, which monies he is bound for & expects to pay, if he should be enabled so to do. —
Sworn to & declared the 10 th day of July 1820
before Gab l H. Ford
Kath l Salmon

State of New Jersey, } ss. County of Morris. }
I, Robert H. M c Carter, Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for said County of Morris, do hereby certify that the foregoing oath, and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the Record of the said Court; And I do hereby further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is one hundred and eight dollars and fourteen cents. $ 108.14
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said Court, this fifteenth day of July, in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and twenty.
Robert H. M c Carter, Clerk of the Court for the County of Morris

Nathaniel Salmar 20 th 1818 - Ensign Shrewsbury 76 Two years
Samuel 4

New Jersey Sussex County ss
on the Twentyeth day of April 1818 Before me the Subscriber one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County personally appeared Nathan Salmon aged Sixty Six years residing in the County of Sussex in said State who being first measured Sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the Late Act of Congress entitled an Act to provide for certain persons Engaged in the Land and Navy Service of the United States in the Revolutionary war that He the said Nathan Salmon Enlisted in the year Seventeen hundred and Seventy Six in Captain Henry Lucas's Company in Colonel Israel Povey's Regiment in the State of New Jersey in the Jersey Line that he continued to serve said Corps in the Service of the United States one year as an Ensign in said Company and Had a Commission So to due he then joined the New Jersey Regiment in Captain Joseph Clarke's Company Where he continued and did the Duty of an Ensign for one other year He then Resigned His Commission and Quit the Army he further Saith that he was in the Battle at Monmouth and also in the Battle at Red Bank Pennsylvania and that he is in Reduced Circumstances in Life and Hands In need of the Assistance of His Country for Support and that He Has no other Evidence Now in his power of his said Service Sworn and declared Before me the date above
John Ledell
Nathan Salmon

May 10, 1934
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DA-J/REL
Nathaniel Salmon-S.3856
Laura Miller Steele 15 North Franklin Street Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
Dear Madam:
The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, S.3856, based upon the military service in that war of Nathaniel Salmon.
The date and place of birth and the names of the parents of Nathaniel Salmon are not shown in the papers in the pension claim.
In 1776, exact date not shown, Nathaniel Salmon was commissioned ensign and served one year as such officer in Captain Henry Luce's Company, Colonel Israel Shreve's 2 nd New Jersey Regiment; then entered Captain Joseph Harker's New Jersey Company and served as ensign for one year, after which he resigned his commission. He was at the battles of Germantown and Monmouth. The dates of the last service are not shown.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 20, 1818, while residing in Sussex County, New Jersey, at which time he stated that he was sixty-six years.
In 1820, he was residing in Roxbury, Morris County, New Jersey, and again stated that he was aged sixty-six years. He then referred to his wife, Elizabeth, as aged fifty-six years and to his wife's son, Enoch, who lived with them and was aged twelve years. There are no further particulars in regard to soldier's wife and her son and no reference was made to any children of the soldier.
Nathaniel Salmon died July 23, 1827, place not shown.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator.
Found sol. in Cont. serv in N.J. foot also Capt Lyce & Col Shreve in Cont. serv but Capt raised was listed in mil. Found all officers in Shelton
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The Affidavit of William Salmon

I John Lydon Judge as Above Said do hereby certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Nathan Salomon did serve in the Revolutionary war as stated in the preceding disolution against the common Enemy and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me to the Secretary for the Department of War pursuant to the directions of the above said act of Congress as witness my hand this Twentyeth day of April 1818
John Lydon
And I the said Judge do hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with the said Nathan Salomon and was when he did the services as before stated in his declaration and now know that he was in the Army and did the duty of a very diligent and I further certify that he is at this time a dear neighbour to me and is as poor as the can well be and truly stands in need of assistance for the support of nature as witness my hand the date above
John Lydon

State of New Jersey Superior Court of the
I, Ephraim Green, Jr., Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Superior do certify that John Ogden Esq., before whom the foregoing affidavit appears to have been made, and who has thereunto subscri- bed his name, was at the taking and signing the same one of the judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for said County of Superior duly commissioned and sworn, and to all his acts as such full faith and credit is and ought to be given - In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of Superior Court this 4 th day of July in the year of our Lord one Thousand eight hundred & Eighteen.
E. Green Jr.

1834 - may 10 - visit to Laura Miller Steele Letter to Veto Ad. Est
Rev. Mar
3856
INVALID.
File No. 3856
Nathaniel Salmon Ensign N.Y. Line
Act: Mch 18 th /78
Index: - Vol. A , Page 328
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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VETERANS ADMINISTRATION
WASHINGTON
May 10, 1934
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Laura Miller Steele 15 North Franklin Street Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of Ludly and Nathaniel Solomon or Salmon, of New Jersey, also names of parents of Charles Steele, a Civil War soldier.
There are no claims for pension on file based upon service in the Revolutionary War of a Ludly Solomon. Such claims are the source of Revolutionary War data furnished by the Veterans Administration. The record of only one Nathaniel Salmon has been found. The various spellings of that surname have been used in the search of the records.
The record of Nathaniel Salmon is furnished you herewith.
Your letter has been transferred to the proper division for reply in regard to the Civil War soldier.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator.

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Salmon, Vincent GRADE Private LINE North Carolina
WARRANT NUMBER N 12581 and 13711 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED May 18, 1797 To Gabriel Holmes, assignee
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.