Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 34,417, for John Masters, New Jersey

SERVICE
Masters, John
NUMBER
S. 34417
New Jersey
CONTENTS
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New Jersey
John Masters,
Capt Scott private,
New Jersey line 75-1/year In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 14 th of April, 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 th of Sept. 1818 and sent to Wm. S. Pennington, Esq. Newark New Jersey
Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1818. 4-mo. 24/30. 37.00 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 th Mar 1819. 48.00
$85.60
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Bergen County.
dead. See letter 9 th April 1836 to P. Agt.
John Masters

John Masters's Declaration
Ex d and found on the roll of
New Jersey
2 for
Judge Pennington
Newark
N.J.-

District of Columbia ss:
On this fourteenth day of April 1818. before me the Subscriber one of the judges of the circuit court of the United States for the said District, personally appeared John Masters aged sixty eight years resident in Fauquier county in the said District who being lay me first duly sworn, according to Law, both on his oath made 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 Naval services of the United States in the revolutionary War" That he the said John Masters enlisted in the fall of the year 1775 at Long Pond in the county of Fauquier in the State of Virginia in the State of Virginia in the Company commanded by Captain Scott in the Second Virginia Regiment commanded by Col. Shane  well in the heavy line on the Andover station ment that he continued to serve in the said corps for one year when the term of his enlistment expired he was dis- charged, That he immediately after the term of his enlist- ment expired reenlisted at Burlington in the State of Virginia in the Company commanded by Capt Samuel Marshall in the 2 d 2 d Virginia Regiment at that time commanded by Col. Shane that he continued to serve in the said corps for the term of Three Years, when he having the privilege of by the terms of his enlistment being for three years, or during the War. to stay during the War, he was returned by his own consent for the War, and served until the War closed in the year 1783, having served all the time

The Term of Seven years on the Continental establishment when he was discharged from service at or near Fort Point in the State of New York. That he was in the Battle of Springfield and Monmouth, and that he is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support. and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services - having lost his discharge - Sworn to and declared before me The day & year aforesaid
his John H. Masters Mark
William S. Pennington District Judge
I William S. Pennington Judge of the United States Dis- trict Court for the District of New Jersey do certify that it appears to my satisfaction, that the said John Masters did serve in the revolutionary War, as stated in the preceding declaration against the Common enemy, and I now trans- mit the proceedings and testimony taken & read before me to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforesaid act of Congress.
Newark 14 th April 1802.
William S. Pennington District Judge

I, William Pennington Clerk of the District of S. Jersey do certify that the signatures to this instrument are the proper hand writing of Wm. P. Pennington Esq re Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey.
As witness my hand and the seal of the said District Court at Newark this fifteenth day of April A.D. 1813.
Wm Pennington.

District of New Jersey. Bergen County ss: On the 14 th day of June 1820. Personally appeared before the Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Bergen aff d being about of record possessing a seal having a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount & proceeding according to the course of the Common Law. John Masters aged seventy one years last May resident in the County of Bergen who being first duly sworn doth on his oath declare that he served as a Soldier in the Revolutionary War seven years in Capt. Holmes Comp y 2 d Jersey Reg t New Jersey line - that the date of his original application was on the _____ that he received a Certificate from the War Department as a Pensioner inscribed on the Pension Roll list of the New Jersey agency dated the _____ day of _____ being Number _____ - And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident Citizen of the United States on the 18 th 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 thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provision 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 the 18. 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 & by me subscribed. That his occupation is that of a common labourer. That owing to his great age he is unable to labour enough to support himself & family. That my family consists of myself, my wife Sally aged about sixty five years. can labour some, not enough to support herself and a daughter named Lydia aged twenty two years in health and can labour & may support herself -
Sworn to and declared in open Court this 14 th day of June 1820 Gab. H. Ford.
his Jn o X Masters mark
Schedule referred to the foregoing deposition -
  W th 50 acres of mountain land in the interior of Bergen County which he has agreed for at twenty shillings per acre to be paid for as he receives his Pension money and on which he has paid from Pension money already received twenty eight dollars 28.00   1 Cow valued 18.00   1 Yoke Oxen 50.00   1 Iron Pot 1.00   1 Little .75   4 Plates .25   4 Knives & Forks .50   98.50. 
Sworn to and declared in open Court this 14 th day of June 1820 Gab. H. Ford.
his Jn o X Masters mark
Abraham Westerveld Clerk of the said Court of Common Pleas for the County of Bergen do hereby certify that the foregoing oath & the schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the Record of the said

Court; And I do 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 ninety eight dollars & fifty cents. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the Seal of the said Court on this 14 th day of June An. Dom. Eighteen hundred and twenty.
[Signature] Clerk
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Genl Masters
3124 Bergen City
ON
Apr 11
11 am

Trenton Bank Mar 16. 1836
Sir,
Robert Labaree by
Your favor of the 14 th instane is rec d . Nathan Spencer a pensioner under the act June 7. 1832 (not 1836) at 33 33 / 4 Dollars per annum was paid up to the 4 Mar 1835. In compliance with your instruc- tions our books have been regulated according
Hercwith I trans mit the certificate of John Masters a pensioner under act of 18 Mar 1818, now deceased, together with a voucher on behalf of his children to receive the balance due. The pension has not been claimed for more than two years, and of course his name was not repeated in our last semi- annual statement.
If found correct your allowance for the payment is respectfully requested.
I am very respectfully your ob t servant
Philip Dickinson Pres t
J. L. Edwards Esq Comm r of Pensions.

34 417 Pay INVALID.
File No. 34, 417
John Masters His Rev War
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 213
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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