Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 938, John C Wyckoff, New Jersey

SERVICE
NUMBER
New Jersey
Wyckoff, John C.
S. 938.
CONTENTS
carded.

Order to pay 13 April 1841.
18376 New Jersey 17.376
John C. Wycoff
Resided in the State of New Jersey who was a Sergeant in the Company commanded by Captain Jones of the Regt commanded by Col _____ in the N. Jersey line for 6 M. Regt } 3 M. Regt }
Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey at the rate of 40 Dollars _____ Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 17 day of Aug, 1833 and Martha H. [unclear] widow
Arrears to the 4th of March $ 80 Semi-ant. allowance ending 1833 20 $100
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Do. [unclear] Clerk, Book 6 Vol. 3 Page 135
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John Bryckoff
James Randolph R. Brum N.Y.

State of New Jersey
Somerset county ss. To this Third way of be- ber in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared before the Judges of the Inferior court of common Pleas in and for the coun- ty of Somerset in the State of New Jersey in open court the same being a court of record and now sitting John C. Voydoff a resident of said county of Somerset who being duly sworn according to Law and being also ex- amined & interrogated according to the in- structions of the war department doth on his oath make the following decla- ration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of congress passed June 7. 1832 That is to say
That he was born in the county of New Albany at Brantingham on the 16 th day of Decem- ber 1759 & is now in the twenty third year of his age - Has a record of his age kept by his father in an old Dutch family Bible which he has copied into his own - At a very early age his father & family moved into the county of Somerset where he this declarant continued to reside till a near a year be- fore the British took possession of New Brunswick in the year 1778 in December as he thinks when he moved into New Al- bany again and resided there till December

1778 when he again removed into Somerset County. He lived in Somerset when he first entered the service of the United States and has lived there ever since.
He entered the service of the United States in the year 1777 as a volunteer soldier in the militia service in a company which was commanded by Lieutenant Stothoff 2nd Major Newins & before serving  The other officers he does not now recollect  His first Town of duty was in Pennsylvania at the battle of Germantown where he was present. At that battle Lieutenant Brown was shot at his side. How long he was out at at this time he is unable to say. His next Town of duty was at Elizabethtown in New Jersey under the command of ensign Van Dorn, there he served as guard but don't know how long. He afterwards served the following towns viz. One Town under Lieutenant Whitlock, on Staten Island - one Town in the same place under captain Moore of Princeton - one Town at Springfield under captain Jones where a part of the village was burned & where they had an engagement with the British from the hills & from the stone fence - one Town at Woodbridge under the command of captain Lieutenant Hoagland. The above are as near as he recollects the towns of regular service in which he was engaged and he believes in the order in which they are stated. How long he served upon each

he cant say but supposes they were one month each as that was the time for which they were generally called out - He may have been called out in regular service at other times but his recollections of it does not enable him to give any detailed statement thereof - He was often called out on alarms and endured great suffering and hardship during the revolutionary war in service of that kind but it was so irregularly performed that he cannot pretend to give any connected account of the same - He was in the battle of Germantown & the battle or skirmish at Springfield as mentioned above 2 or 3 others - The officers whom he has named are the only ones of whom he has any recollection at this distant day. Whilst serving as a soldier he marched through a part of Pennsylvania, the counties of Huntingdon Somerset & Mifflin in New Jersey and Staten Island - He never served as a substitute nor has he any written discharge from the service or documentary evidence of his service - He is well known however to Peter Boorhens Vincent Van Arsdalen & Isaac Boorhens & John Boorhens who were soldiers of the revolution and are still living and can attest to his service as a soldier of the revolution as to his character for veracity and he is also well known to the Rev.

John L. Zabriskie and Abraham Buhner who are sires in his neighbourhood and can testify to his character for veracity & their belief of his services as a soldier of the revolu- tion - And he hereby relinquishes every claim whatsoever to a pension or annuity except the pension and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state -
Sworn & subscribed in open court this 3rd day of October 1832 John D. Duffee
John C. Wykoff
New Jersey Somerset County ss:
I John Baird
do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with John C. Wykoff the applicant, that I know him during the revolutionary war and know that he served during the war as a soldier having on various occasions been in the service with him - I also know him to be a man of veracity & have full confidence in the truth of the entire statement contained in his said decla- ration -
Sworn & subscribed in open court the day & year aforesaid Farrington B. Coland
John Baird

State of New Jersey
Somerset County ss: } We John L. Zabriskie - a clergyman residing in the county of Somerset & Abraham Brekmann also residing in said county do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John L. Wykoff the foregoing applicant and believe him to be of the age of seventy two years or thereabouts that we know him to be a man of veracity & that he is re- ported in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution & that we concur in that opinion -
Sworn & subscribed in open court the the day & year aforesaid
John L. Zabriskie - A. A. Brekmann
Flemington New Jersey
And the court do hereby declare their opinion that after the investigation of the matter and after putting the in- terrogatories prescribed by the war de- partment that the above named applicant was a soldier of the revo- lution as he states - And the court further certify that John L. Za- briskie - who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman residing in the war when he served - the first term

John L. Zabriskie and Abraham Buhman who are in the county of Somerset and that Abra- ham A. Buhman who has also signed the same is also a resident in said county & is a resi- dent person & that this statement is en- titled to credit - Dated Oct. 3. 1882 -
Wm. H. Gaston Dan: H. Disborough
I John M. Mann Clerk of the Superior court of Common Pleas of the coun- ty of Somerset & State of New Jersey do here- by certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said court in the matter of the application of John C. Wyck- off for a pension -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of court this third day of Octo- ber in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred a thirty two -
J. M. Mann Clk

Supplementary affidavit of John C. Voykoff -
Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for the coun- ty of Somerset & State of New Jersey John C. Voykoff who being duly sworn on his oath deposeth & saith that by reason of old age & the consequent loss of memory he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service but according to the best of his recollections he served not less than the periods men- tioned below, & in the following grades. For the term of three months as a private, and for six months as orderly Sergeant. His first term commenced the first of Septem- ber 1777 & lasted till the middle of October following. His next term was in Nov. 1777 & lasted to the best of his recollection one month, at Elizabethtown under Ensign Van Doren. One term of a month at the same place in the month of March 1778, One term of a month in September 1778 also at Eli- zabethtown under Capt. Moore of Princeton One term of a month at Woodbridge under Lieutenant Hoagland, in November 1778. In the year 1779, he served one term at Eli- zabethtown. In 1780 he served one term part of the time at Springfield which was in June & when the battle of Springfield took place, after this and in the months of September & October he served a term of six weeks at Woodbridge. He is confi- dent that he served longer but his memo- ry fails him to designate any other periods of the war when he served. The first term

months of his service was as private and the remainder as Beverly Sergeant - For this service he claims a pension -
And he further saith that when his original declaration was made it was out of his power to procure the attendance in open court of Peter Voorhies & Isaac Voorhies the witnesses to whom he re- ferred in consequence of old age and in- firmity, both of whom have since died - He thinks he can now procure the tes- timony of Minard van Arsdalen who served with him at the battle of Germantown & who can testify to his character
for veracity - Sworn & subscribed before me this 18 th day of June 1833 James D. Stryker
John C. Wyckoff
State of New Jersey Somerset County:
Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in & for the county of Somerset & State of New Jersey Minard van Arsdalen who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he is well acquainted with John C. Wy- ckoff the forgoing applicant knows him during the war of the revolution & knows that he served as a soldier in active service, that this deponent served with him at the battle of Germantown was with him during the whole of that day

which lasted to the best of his recollection for six weeks. After this they were in different camps & this respondent did not serve with him again but has no doubt but that he served as he states. He further certifies that the said John C. Wykoff is a man of veracity & is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution.
Sworn & subscribed before me this 19 th day of June 1883 James D. Stryker
Minaert Van der Dalsen
I James D. Stryker Justice of the peace in & for the county of Somerset do hereby certify that it appears to me that Minaert Van Andelen who has signed the preceding certificate is a resident in the county of Somerset is a credible person and that his statement is entitled to credit.
June 19. 1883
James D. Stryker
I John M. Mann clerk of the Inferior court of common Pleas in & for the county of Somerset & State of New Jersey do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings had before said court, and the supplementary proceedings had before James D. Stryker in the matter of the application.

of John G. Ivy Koff for a pension. And I further certify that the said James D. Stryker before whom said supplementary proceedings were had is a Justice of the peace in & for said county of Somerset duly commissioned & sworn into office & that the name James D. Stryker signed to said proceedings is in the proper hand writing of the said James D. Stryker —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said court this 19 th day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty three —
J. M. Mann

all 1938
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 19_____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of John G. Wyckoff 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.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Sept 1-1777 Several Pvt Fuller Moore N.J.   various Corpl Moore   times until Sgt Jones   Fall 1780  
Battles engaged in, Germantown & Springfield Residence of soldier at enlistment, Somerset Co. N.J. Date of application for pension, Oct 3-1832. His claim was allowed Residence at date of application, Somerset Co. N.J. Age at date of application, Born Dec. 16-1759 in Cranbury Middlesex Co. N.J. Remarks: There is no data on file as to his family
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

New York
INVALID.
File No.
938
John G. Wyckoff Beryl N. J. Lin
Act.
June 7. 1832.
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3-04 JUN 10 1923
DIVISION
Ex. LVD
Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 9, 1923.
The attached letter is respectfully returned with the information that the data furnished is not sufficient to enable this Bureau to make intelligent answer to the queries therein contained.
Please fill out such of the blank spaces below as the information in your possession will permit, and return to this Bureau.
No. of claim, _____
Name of soldier John C. Mycoff or Mykoff
P. O. address of claimant, Roselle Park,
N.J. 118 Clayant Road
Company Capt. Jacob Ten Eyck
Regiment 1st Battalion
State where enlisted New Jersey
Date of enlistment March 1891
Date of discharge _____
If unable to furnish company and regiment give names of commanding officers.
Records in Trenton N.J. show that he was a pensioner
Return attached letter with reply. Washington Gardner Commissioner.

RETURN THIS LETTER
THIS SIDE OF CARD IS FOR ADDRESS
Bureau of Pensions Washington D.C.

17 N.E.
118 Clay Ave, East
Red Roselle Park N.J. June 7.
Dear Will you please give me the name of wife and children of John C. Bricoff, or Tryckoff, of New Jersey, and oblige
Yours truly
Mrs. J. N. Deyo.

15689
for
John C Wyckoff
admitted proof
Admitted
Sergeant bmo
Pawalt 3 "
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Hon J. F. Randolph
June 25
Present

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
June 25 1833
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of John C Wyckoff
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.      
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this day of personally appeared (a) before and State, Territory or District A. B. a resident (b) of in the county of of aged (c) years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d), with and served in the (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. [This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, 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 the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his
The declaration having in his supplemental declaration claimed proof of service as a sergeant

alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. 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.  6. { To a Soldier. { Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? { To an Officer. { Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?  7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, 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. 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 that 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 shown 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.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he 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.
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 papers 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.
Proof of Service.
[j] 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 claimant's 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.
[k] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
for service in a different grade is required to produce

Pension Office Anntant April 10 1841
Sir
The enclosed voucher requires Your special direction for payment
I am respectfully
Your Ob Servt
Phil o Dickinson
Pension Agent N.bury.
L d Edwards Esq r Commissioner of Pensions

John Smythoff
Emma Branscomb N. Bruns

Supplementary proceedings in the case of John C. Myckoff, an applicant for a Pension under the law of June 1832.
Sussex County } Be it known that on this thirteenth New Jersey, ss } day of July 1833, before me the un- designed, a Justice of the peace in and for the County of Salem, Commissioned & sworn, personally appeared John C. Myckoff, the applicant for a Pension under the law of June 7, 1832, named in papers 15689, who being duly sworn deposes and saith, that he was not aware until the return of his ap- plication at the present time, that there was any disagree- ment in his first & second declarations in regard to the grade in which he served, or in any other respect; that he did serve in the capacity of Sergeant as he has stated in his amended declaration, for the time & in the manner therein set forth; that he supposed his claim as Sergeant was made when his pa- per was originally drawn up, as he intended to make such claim, and verily believes he so stated to the gentleman who drew up his papers; that being a plain unlettered farmer, and wholly unu- sed to legal forms, he could not judge of the sufficiency of his first statement, & would not now have known, if objection had not been made to it, but that it was all that was re- quired to establish his claim to pay as Sergeant; and that this is the true and only explanation he has to offer for the apparent discrepancy in his statements, & for the omission distinctly to make his claim as Sergeant. And the said John C. Myckoff, being advised that his declaration relative to his services is still deficient in points of form, & required amendment, further deposes & saith, that by reason of old age & the consequent loss of memory he cannot now pos- terity as to the precise length of his service, the officers in every instance under whom, nor where, exactly, he served each time, but according to the best of his recollection, & in his firm belief, he served as stated below: His first time was as a private and volunteer in the militia service, in the year 1777, and lasted at least one month and a half.

It was performed principally in Pennsylvania, at New Ga- mantown. He was in the battle at that place. The company to which he belonged was commanded in the first place by Capt. Fulkerson, but he being taken prisoner & confined in the Prison at Norfolk, Lieut. Stoothoff took the command, & was in the command at the time Lieut. Stoothoff served this tour. His superior officer was Major Stevens Col. Moore. His next tour was in the same year, a part of it, also as a private & volun- teer, and under Ensign Van Dorn, Capt. Fulkerson being still confined, & Lieut. Stoothoff not being present. This tour was served at Elizabeth Town in guarding the lines and lasted one month. In March 1778 he again went out as a volunteer & private, and served a tour of one month at the same place in the same service under Lieut. Stoothoff  Lieut. Stoothoff . During this tour he was elected Sergeant, & acted as such at least one half the tour. In September of the same year he served another tour of a month voluntarily, and in the capacity of Sergeant, at the same place in the same kind of service, under the same Capt. Moore. In November of the same year he served another tour of a month as Sergeant, at Woodbridge, under Lieut. Hoagland, he having the command of the company. In the year 1779, he can distinctly recollect of only one tour of a month, altho' from his constant readiness to go out, he is sure he must have performed much more. This tour was at Elizabeth Town, in the capacity of Sergeant, & under Capt. Jones. In 1780 he served a tour of one month as Sergeant, under Capt. Jones, during which the battle of Spring field took place, which he was in. In the same year in the fall of it, he was out again as a volunteer & Sergeant under Capt. Jones, and performed a tour of at least one one month and a half at the Woodbridge station, in the hard service of guarding the lines. He has no doubt of having performed much more service, but he finds it impracticable to specify it in the manner pointed out in the instruc- tions from the Department, & he therefore contents

himself not claiming a pension for such as he has encu- tered. And this deponent further saith, that in relation to his services, as Sergeant he knows of no one by whom he can prove them, but he refers to the following certificate of James S. Perrin, Esq. Counsellor at Law in confirmation of this statement that he did name to him his services as sergeant at the time the first declaration was made; and to the certifi- cate of several of his personal & intimate acquaintance as to his character for veracity & probity. from subscribed the 28th day of March 1833 John T. Wye Rott above mentioned before me
John T. Wye Rott Justice of the Peace in & for said County of Dorset
I hereby certify that I knew the original papers of John C. Ployhoff the foregoing applicant for a pension that in the conversation wherein he related his ser- vices as a soldier of the revolution he mentioned that he had always refused to accept a commission from which I inferred that he had served only as a private & accordingly so stated in his declara- tion. From an interview with him very shortly afterwards & before his papers were returned for supplementary action I ascertained that by com- mission he meant a lieutenant's and captain's commission & did not refer to that of sergeant - The omission to state his service as orderly ser- geant arose from the misunderstanding above mentioned - I further certify that he has in- variably insisted & declared that he served as orderly sergeant during the war of the revolution & that he is a man of good standing & fair

reputation & is highly esteemed in his neigh- bourhood as a man of truth and integrity I am personally known to him and have been for many years & speak of his reputation from direct and personal knowledge —
Sworn & subscribed before me this 13 th day of July A.D. 1833
James S. Morris
Wm. Schure Justice of the Peace
I hereby certify that the above named respondent, James S. Morris, is a barrister at Law, and a gentleman of undoubted veracity, and that his statement above made  has been is entitled to implicit credit.
Wm. Schure Judge of Sessions (P. 1833)

State of New Jersey
Forrest County ss. Before me the undersigned one of the Justices of the peace in and for the County aforesaid, personally appeared John Mitchell in Ralph Voorhees, Jeremiah Voorhees, Frederick Van Liew, Abraham Voorhees & David Williamson who being duly sworn, severally depose & say that they are well acquainted with John C. Wyck off the applicant for a Pension named in paper marked numbered 15689, are near neighbors to him - Know him to be a man of the strictest probity & veracity, have no hesitation in believing his entire statement in relation to her revolutionay services, & would implicitly credit any statement on that or any other subject made by him under oath.
From subscribed this 31 st day of July, 1833 before me Harrington Barbalaud Justice of the peace
John Mitchell S d Ralph Voorhees Jeremiah Voorhees Frederick H. Van Liew Ab m Voorhees David Williamson
I do hereby certify that John Mitchell S d Ralph Voorhees Jeremiah Voorhees Frederick H. Van Liew Abraham Voorhees and David Williamson are persons of the highest respectability and that this statement above made is entitled to full credence.
Harrington Barbalaud Justice of the peace
July 31 st 1833
I certify that Harrington Barbalaud who has been sworn to me as Justice of the peace personally well known to me, and that I know him to be a Justice of the peace in full commission and duly qualified. James M c Naughton

State of New Jersey } I John M. Mann Clerk of the Inferior Somerset County } Court of Common Pleas in and for said County do hereby certify that John Torrance and Farington Barkalew before whom the foregoing affidavits were made and whose proper signatures are thereto sub- scribed were at the time of the state thereof and now are Justices of the peace in and for said county in full commission & In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this fifth day of August eighteen hundred and thirty three J. M. Mann