Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 1,040, for George Lake, New Jersey

SERVICE
NUMBER
New Jersey
Lake George
S. 1,040
CONTENTS
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New Jersey - N o 28.140 - George Lake - of Gloucester in the State of N. Jersey who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Davis - of the Reg t commanded by _____ in the N. J. Troops line for
9 months private
Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey at the rate of 30 Dollars ~ Cents per annum. to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 18 th day of Mar. 1834 and Hon. W. N. Shinn
Arrears to the 14th of Mar. 1834 - 90.00 Pension, allowance ending 4 th Sep r . " - 15.00 $ 105.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by R. Bendine Clerk Book 6. Vol. 3 Page 120

30.022 George Lake N.J.
Quo privato $30
Hon. W. N. Shinn HR

The State of New Jersey Gloucester County ss.
On this twenty seventh day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty four personally appeared in open court before the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas of the County of Gloucester, in the State aforesaid, now sitting, George Lake a resident of the said County of Gloucester aged seventy years and upwards, 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 entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated, that is to say
In the month of March 1782 he entered as a private in a Company of State Troops Commanded by Captain John Davis and was stationed at Chestnut Neck on Little Egg Harbor River in the County of Gloucester in the State of New Jersey, and remained at that place and in the service until the twentieth of December 1782 when he was discharged from the service by Captain Davis, and returned to his home and was not out again during the war — This Company was raised by in pursuance of an act of the Legislature of New Jersey —

entitled "an act to provide for the defence of the frontiers and for defraying the expenses of the government of this State" passed - December 29 1781; - in which act Capt Simon Lucas was appointed to the command of the Company, who refused to accept the appointment and the said Captain John Davis was appointed in his stead. The whole Troops raised by virtue of this act were under the Command of Major Samuel Hovey, he the declarant served during this tour at least nine Months during all which time he served as a private, and during all which time he was in actual service either in the field or in the Garrison, and for the time during which the service was performed he was not engaged in any Civil pursuit by the act the Troops in Gloucester County were to take the field on or before the first of March and to continue in the service until the fifteenth day of December ensuing, they did not take the field so early as the first of March and remained in service until the 20 th of December of that Year, being at least nine Months - he has no documentary evidence and the only evidence of his services that he has been enabled to produce is the affidavit of Benjamin Dales hereto annexed - And this declarant further saith that during the

the service aforesaid, they had frequent skirmishing with the Refugees
"He was born in the County of Sussex in the state of New Jersey in the year of our Lord seventeen hundred and sixtythree on the Seventh day of May" -
"He has no Record of his age at present, his father died when he was from home that is when this declarant was from home at the time of the West ern insurrection, he being at that time in the service under Capt Elmer Brooks, and when he arrived at home he was unable to procure his papers, his parents have often told him that he was born at the time above mentioned",
He lives when called into service in the Township of Gloucester in the County of Gloucester and state of New Jersey he has lived most of the time since the Revolutionary War in the same Township and County, and he now lives at the same place, he is a Sawyer and has occasionally worked out of the County but he has always considered his home to be in the Township & County above, mentioned, at the place where his father Henry Lake lived" -
"He volunteered when he entered the service."
There were no Regular Officers or Regular Troops, with the Troops where he served, neither where there any Continental or Militia Regiments there.

"there, Captain Jacob Coopers Company "was stationed on the Burlington County "side of Little Egg Harbour, he has seen "this Company often" —
"He never received a written discharge from the service" —
"He is acquainted with Samuel J "Reat Esquire of the County of Burlington "Judge Darnell of the same County, John "Marshall Christopher Sicken and John "Clement Esquires of the County of Gloucester "and many others in his neighbourhood"
He hereby relinquishes every Claim whatever to a pension or an annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State.
Subscribed and sworn to in { George Lake open court the day and { -year first above written { Ephraim Miller }
WE Edmund Darnell and Thomas Evans Junr residing in the immediate neighbourhood of the said George Lake do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with George Lake who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be Seventy Years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion And that we reside in the County of Burlington near the Gloucester County line. —
Subscribed and affirmed { the day and Year aforesaid {
Edm Darnell

in open court
Ephraim Miller
3
Thomas Evans Jr
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 Edmund Darnell Esquire and Thomas Evans who have signed the preceding Certificate are resident in the County of Burlington in the immediate neighbourhood of the said George Lake, and are credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit, and further that there is no Clergyman residing in the neighbourhood of the said George Lake. Ephraim Miller
I John Smallwood Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Gloucester in the State of New Jersey do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the Original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the applica- tion of George Lake for a pension
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office at Woodbury this twenty eighth day of January A.D. Eighteen hundred and thirty four Smallwood Clerk

Gloucester County ss
Beit Remembered that on the thirty first day of December AD 1833 - before me the Subscriber one of the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas of the said County of Gloucester, personally appeared Benjamin Bates of the said County aged seventy two years, and upwards, whom I Certify to be a person of Credibility, whose statement is entitled to credit and belief, who alleging himself to be conscientiously scrupulous of taking an oath, and being duly affirmed according to law saith, that he is well acquainted with George Lake, and has known him since the latter part of the Revolutionary War, and this affiant further saith that he well remembers that the said George Lake belonged to a Company Commanded by Captain John Davis, which Company was stationed at Chestnut Neck in the County of Gloucester from the Month of March till the 20 th of December of the year 1782 he this affiant remembers this, because he belonged to the same Company and performed alike tour of duty himself at the same place, and for which services he now receives a pension from the United States - And this affiant further saith that during the time aforesaid, he saw the said George Lake very frequently, he supposes almost

almost every day, and knows that he performed duty for as long as more nine months -
Subscribed and affirmed { his the date above before } Benjamin + Bates (one) Mark Michael C. Fisher
I John C. Smallwood Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Gloucester in the State of New Jersey, do hereby Certify that Michael C. Fisher Esquire, before whom the foregoing affidavit of Benjamin Bates was made, was at the doing thereof and still is, one of the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas of the said County of Gloucester a duly Commissioner and qualified, and that the signature of the said Michael C. Fisher thereto subscribed is genuine.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of Office at Woodbury in said County this twentieth day of February A D Eighteen hun- dred and thirty four
Smallwood C.R.

Gloucester County ss: On the 10 th day of February AD 1834 before me the subscriber one of the Justices of the peace of the said County personally appeared Simon Lucas of the said County, aged eighty three years and upwards, a person of Credibility, whose state- ment is entitled to Credit and belief who being duly sworn according to law saith upon his Solemn Oath that by an act of the Legislature of New Jersey passed the 29 th December 1781. he was appointed Captain of a company of men to be stationed at Chestnut Neck in the County of Gloucester and to continue in service from the first day of March 1782 till the 15 th of December of that year - That this deponent had performed considerable service during the Revolutionary war but that the situation of his affairs at that time, was such, that he was obliged to decline accepting the Office of Captain of the above mentioned Company - and according to the best of his recollection and belief, at this time, Captain John Davis was the person ap- pointed to that Office in this place instead Subscribed and sworn to this day before me the date above before } Simon Lucas me.

I John L Smallwood Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Gloucester in the State of New Jersey, do hereby Certify that John Lane Esquire before whom the foregoing affidavit of Simon Lucas appears to have been made, was at the time of signing thereof, and still is, one of the Justices of the peace of the said County of Gloucester duly Commissioned and qualified, and that the signature of the said John Lane Esquire subscribed to the said Affidavit is genuine.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office at Woodbury in said County this twentieth day of February A.D. one thousand eight hundred and thirty four. Smallwood Clk

Rev. War
INVALID.
File No.
1040
George Lake, Rev. N.Y. Min.
Act
June 7, 1832.
Index:—Vol.
a, Page 214
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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