Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 20,465, for William Lee, New Jersey

SERVICE
NUMBER
New Jersey
Lee, William Abigail
W. 20,465-
CONTENTS

5366.
New York, N.Y. Jersey
Abigail Lee widow of William Lee N.Y. who was a Private in the N.J. Line
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 20 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 22 day of Apr. 1844 and sent to
Lorris Condict Morristown N.J.
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A Vol. 1 Page 123
Rep 22 Apr 44 Lett to C Lee June 21. 1844.
Paid at the Treasury Dept Under the Act 6. April 1838 from 4. Sep. to 5 Dec 1839. age Notified 13. Dec 1844
Rev to Pen Agents Feb 7 1848.
Lett. to Pen agent. Apr. 10. 1849
To Albany NY Friedrich 1848 April 19, 1849
Rate of death annuity as

6973
New Jersey.
Morris Co.
Abigail Lee, widow of Wm Lee. decd.
Pension Declaration Law of 7 th July, 1838.
Return to
Lewis Condict
Morris-Town
New Jersey.

Declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, of the 7 th July 1838, entitled, "an act granting half pay & pension to certain widows."
State of New Jersey Morris County
ss:
On this 24 th day of March, A.D. 1840, personally appeared before the Inferior Court of Common Pleas of the County of Morris, Abigail Lee, a resident of Hanover township in the County of Morris & State of New Jersey, aged 68 1/2 years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath, make the following Declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 7 th 1838, entitled, "an act, granting half pay & pension to certain widows".
I am the Widow of William Lee, who was, as I believe, an enlisted Wagoner & Team Drive in the Army of the United States, in the war of the Revolution, & also, a Militia soldier of Morris County New Jersey, performing Military service in defense of his country in said revolution, for which services he claimed a pension from the United States under the act of June 7 th 1832, as I am informed & believe.
For the details & particulars & specifications of his revolutionary services, I respectfully refer the Commission of Pension & Secretary of War, to his Declaration & papers now on the files in the Pension office as I presume, upon which as I am informed, a pension of Twenty Dollars was allowed him per annum, & was paid to September last.
I was married to the said William Lee, on the 5 th day of April 1791, in Sussex County New Jersey, by my Father, Jeptha Byram, who was for many years a Justice of the peace in said County, & was in the practice of pronouncing the marriage service, or as it is commonly said, of marrying persons who applied to him as a Magistrate, for that purpose. And my husband, William Lee aforesaid, died at his late residence in Hanover township, Morris County, on the 5 th day of December last, viz: in the year of our Lord, 1839; & I remain his widow at this day. I was not married to him prior to his having the pension, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January, nineteen hundred & ninety four, viz: at the time above stated, & at my father's dwelling in Sussex County. — Many years ago, my said husband purchased a large Family Bible, called "Ostwald's Bible", in which he entered or caused to be entered, upon blank leaves therein, a Record of our marriage, & also the births, deaths, & marriages of our several children. The same Bible contains two blank leaves, with appropriate columns for marriages, Births, Deaths &c. &c. In some of these columns are entered the family Record of my husband's father, whose name was Thomas Lee, & also of my own Father, Jeptha Byram aforesaid, as well as the record of our own family, as will be seen

by examining one leaf of said record, cut out from said bible with my consent, & which is annexed to this Declaration. I verily believe it to be a true & genuine record of all the marriages, births & deaths which it records, & it is the only original record thing which is in my possession or within my knowledge.
And as the widow of said William Lee, I claim on account of his revolutionary services, all the benefits to which by the laws of the United States I may be entitled, as well for his service as a driver of a Team or a Wagoner in the Army of the United States, as for his militia service, when carrying a Musket. And it is my desire & request to the Commissioner of Pensions & Secretary of War, that the Declaration & evidence in support of my said husband's claim may be reconsidered, for the purpose of enlarging the little annuity allowed him, having understood that for his wagon service in the Army, no allowance was granted. — It is my belief, that my said husband served his Country as a Continental Team driver or Wagoner, for a period not less than 14 months, viz: for 8 months by enlistment in September 1780, under the command of our Captain or Colonel O'Beck, & Major Gamble or Colonel Gamble, which term of service he fulfilled; & in the spring following viz. 1781, he again enlisted for 6 months in similar service, under the command of Joseph Louis Esd. then a Company or quarter master in the Army at Morristown. which enlistment he also fulfilled, as I believe. The service consisted, as I understand, in carrying Army stores of various kinds, as clothing, shoes, ammunition, flour, grain, feed & camp equipage, to & from Morristown, Easton, Poughkeepsie, Newburgh, Westpoint & other places, as the wants of the army required. I hope to obtain the evidence of one man, who I am told is living, & who was a Wagoner with William Lee my husband, in the same service. His testimony was not taken in support of my husband's Declaration as I understand, & perhaps for the want of some such proof, he was not allowed any remuneration in shape of a pension for such service. And I understand, that altho' the team which my said husband drove, might have been at first provided by his father, & have been originally his property, yet when received into the service of the United States, the whole team of horses was appraised or valued by the proper officers & then became the property of the United States for transporting Army baggage & stores, was at the sole risk of the United States — was always fed, shod & kept at public expense, & the driver responsible to his officers as other enlisted men. Under these circumstances, I appeal to the justice & equity of the Commissioner of Pensions & Secretary of War, for an allowance for these 14 months of Wagon service by my husband, in addition to the small sum allowed him as a Militia soldier.
A few months before my husband's death, he was called on by an old comrade in Revolutionary service, viz: William Cook, to give evidence in his behalf, who was seeking a pension.
And it is in part from my husband's deposition then taken

in behalf of said William Cook, & not yet forwarded to the Pension Office, that I have learned the details of this service, as before stated, a copy of which I propose to annex to this Declaration; desiring & requesting the Commissioners to permit the original deposition of my husband taken as evidence of the service of said Cook, to be referred to as evidence of this my own claim, as far as in his judg- ment & in the judgment of the Secretary of War, it may be proper & right in the adjustment of the claim of a poor widow of a revolutionary soldier, who could have no intent to sway his mind, in giving evidence of the service of another soldier.
Sworn to & subscribed, at the Court house in Morris town, in said County, on the day & year first before mentioned.
Before me,
Abigail Lee
Silas Cook one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas -
State of New Jersey Morris County.
I David B. Hurd, Clerk of Morris County, hereby certify, that Silas Cook Esq. before whom the above Declaration of Mrs. Abigail Lee was taken & subscribed on the 24 th day of March 1840, is one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of said County, duly commissioned & authorized, & that the signature of his name thereto, "Silas Cook", is genuine. I also certify, that Silas L. Condict Esq. before whom the annexed depositions of Lewis Condict & of William Cook were taken & subscribed, is a Justice of the Peace in & for said County, duly authorized & commissioned, & that the signature of his name thereto, "Silas L. Condict", is genuine.
Witness my signature, & the seal of my office at Morris town this 30 th day of March, Domini 1840.
D B Hurd Clerk

I hereby certify to the Secretary of War & Commissioners of Pensions, that the Family Record attached to the next leaf, was by me cut from a Leavitt Family Bible, called "Ostervold's Bible", brought to me by Mrs. Abigail Lee, widow of William Lee now decd. It purports to be a Record of the Marriages births &c. of the Lee family for 2 or 3 generations, & also of Mrs. Lee's father's family, viz: of Jeptha Byram Esq. formerly of Sussex County. It was by me attached by wafer to the next subsequent leaf, & I verily believe it to be a true & faithful Record of the facts therein related. — I was family Physician to William Lee's family as early as 1795, & for many years thereafter. I know he & said Abigail Lee, had lived together as husband & wife before the year 1793, having been personally acquainted with them both, before & after their marriage, & to the time of his death.
Morris town N. J. March 28 th 1840. Lewis Condick.
New Jersey Morris County ss: I certify, that on this 28 th March 1840, before the subscriber, a Justice of peace in & for said County, personally came Lewis Condick, who has subscribed the foregoing certificate, & made oath in due form of Law, that the facts therein stated are true, as he verily believes.
Sworn before me
Silas L. Condick J. P.

W. Williams Lee, on the
FAMILY RECORD.
MARRIAGES.
MARRIAGES.
Thomas Lee was married to Dinah Perrine
Isaac B. Lee 2 nd Marriage was with Mary Thompson 22 nd Jan. 1827
Anner Lee was married to Nicholas F. Cook 29 th Nov. 1827
Jeptha Byram was married to Susannah Washburn February
Mary Lee was married to Edward Howell 21 st April 1832
17 th 1767
Phoebe Lee was married to William F. Kelly 18 March 1833
William Lee was married to Abigail Byram April
Ceres Lee was married to Emily N. ... Jan 27 1834
5 th 1791
John Lee was married to Ellen Capuday Feb 19 th 1837
Susannah W. Lee daughter of William & Abigail Lee was married to Timothy Tuttle October 30 th 1844
Isaac B. Lee was married to Sarah Crane January 12 th 1817
William Lee Jun r was married to Ann Maria Beckman 7 th February 1826

FAMILY RECORD.
BIRTHS
Thomas Lee's Family Record.
Thomas Lee was born Nov 25 th 1727. Dinah Perrine was born June 4 th 1727. Wife of Thomas Lee.
Children.
Dinah Lee was born January 14 th 1754. Peter Lee was born March 10 th 1756. Paul Lee was born September 5 th 1757. Israel Lee was born May 1 st 1759. Phillip Lee was born March 21 st 1761. William Lee was born Jan'y 21 st 1763. Thomas Lee junr was born Decr 17 th 1765.
Jephtha & Byram's Family Records.
Jephtha & Byram was born Aug 14 th 1732. Susannah Washburn was born April 27 th 1740. Wife of Jephtha & Byram. Enoch Byram was born Jan'y 7 th 1765. Susannah Byram was born Jan'y 14 th 1767. Ebenezer Byram was born Nov 20 th 1769. Anna Byram was born Jan'y 13 th 1771. Abigail Byram was born Sept 1 st 1772. Eliab Byram was born Feb'y 13 th 1775.
BIRTHS
William Lee son of Thomas & Dinah Lee born in the State of New York Jan'y 24 th 1753 & Abigail Byram daughter of Jephtha & Susannah Byram born Sept 1 st 1772. Married April 5 th 1791 with a Record of their Family &
Children.
Isaac P. Lee was born March 14 th 1792. Susannah W. Lee was born Oct 4 th 1793. Henry L. Lee was born Sept 20 th 1795. Lucinda V. Lee was born July 31 st 1797. Joseph P. Lee was born April 29 th 1799. William Lee junr was born April 5 th 1801. Cyrus Lee was born Feb'y 10 th 1803. Anner Lee was born May 20 th 1805. Phebe Lee was born April 24 th 1807. Mary Lee was born March 5 th 1809. John L. Lee was born Feb'y 25 th 1811. Edward L. Lee was born Jan'y 19 th 1813.

Copy of of a Deposition made by William Lee, on the 21 st September 1839, before Silas L. Condit Esq. a Justice of Peace, in relation to the service of William Cook;
which Deposition is referred to in the annexed Declaration of Mrs. Abigail Lee, widow of said William Lee deceased. After the preamble &c. Mr. Lee says thus.
" I am now in the 75 th year of my age, was a soldier of Militia in the war of the " Revolution, & also an enlisted Team driver in 1780, for 8 months, & after serving out that " term, I again entered the same service for 6 months. My duty was, carting provision & " military stores of various kinds for army purposes, to & from Morris town, Easton, Trenton, " Pompton, & along the North river. My orders were generally rec d . from Captain O'Neal, & a " Mr. Gamble, who was sometimes called Colonel Gamble. My team was a Continental " team, owned at first by my father, was appraised & taken into public service as a Con- " tinental team, & I drew its forage from the public stores. My service began as a driver, " according to the best of my remembrance, in the month of September 1780, & continued " through the winter & till sometime in April 81, when I rec d . a verbal discharge, my " father being unwilling that I should go with the main army, which was then about " moving off from Morris town. When I entered this service in Sept r . 1780, William Cook " of Hanover, with whom I before had had some personal acquaintance, was then engaged in the " same service & performing the same duty viz: that of a Continental driver of a Continental " team, receiving his orders from the same officers - receiving & delivering provisions & public " stores for army purposes, according to the orders of our officers. - Sometimes Cook & myself " with other teams & teamsters were associated in the same drive, & sometimes he was ordered " on a different route. We were more frequently separated however than together. - He was " a man-fully grown, at that time - & I, was a stout boy, only 17 years old - but well " accustomed to associated with horse & wagon driving. When I left this service in April 1781, I left " William Cook still engaged in its performance, but how long he was so employed, either before " or after my own enlistment, I cannot say. - In May 1781, or early in June, I again " entered upon the same employment under the orders of my Joseph Lewis (who was as I " believed, a Deputy Commissary or Quarter Master,) for the period of six months, signing my " name to an enlistment or engagement in a book, as was done in my first engagement & in " both cases by my father's consent. William Cook was then in public service, as I had " left him, & I occasionally met him with his team & wagon, carting provisions, public stores " &c. for army use, as on former occasions. I served out the period of my engagement, & was " discharged in cold weather. I cannot tell with certainty when I last saw Cook on " duty; but it is my belief that he remained in service as long as I did, in performance of the " same service. Given & subscribed at Morris town, Sept r . 21 st . 1839." " Before me. (Signed) Silas L. Condit, J. P. "William Lee"

State of New Jersey, Morris County, ss.
Before the subscriber, a justice of peace in & for said County, personally appeared William Book of said County, aged 80 years, believed by me to be a man of truth & fair reputation, who being by me duly sworn according to law, on his oath declares as follows, viz: — I am upward of 80 years of age - was a soldier of Militia in the war of the revolution in the early part of said war, & during part of the year 79, 80 & 81, was an enlisted Team driver of a Continental Wagon & horses, & was employed in carting Army flour of all kinds - from one post & place, to such other posts & places as the public service required. I was then well acquainted with William Lee, who also was an enlisted driver of an Army Wagon & horse, performing the same duties with myself & many others. The head quarters of the Army were established at Morris town during much of our service, & there were extensive public stores there, of arms, ammunition, clothing, provisions, flour, Rum, horse feed &c. which were collected there, & there distributed by teams to other places. Said William Lee, myself & others, carted flour & grain of various sorts from Easton, Trenton, Sussex & other places, at all seasons, which we often delivered at the stores in Morris town, & other times we carted them thence to Pompton, West point, New Windsor, & wherever ordered by our officers. — I was enlisted by a Captain Hunt, & I do not now recollect who enlisted William Lee. He was acting under orders often from Major Gurnh & Capt. O'Brien & Joseph Lewis. — We who were Drivers or Teamsters, signed our names to written engagements in a book, binding ourselves to serve a certain time, sometimes for a year, & sometimes less. William Lee was bound to service in the same manner. He entered said service, according to the best of my knowledge & belief in September 1780, & continued in it till sometime in April following; & he again joined the service as a Wagoner as aforesaid, about planting Corn time, early in May, & continued in it till cold winter weather, in December 1781, according to the best of my remembrance & belief. The Team & Wagon which said Lee drove during said service were considered to be the public property - belonging to the United States - we drew our forage, provisions, feed, rations &c. from public stores & officers - the Horses, Wagon covers &c. were all branded or marked, "U. S. A." & the service for the most part was constant. When new teams & drivers engaged - the horses were appraised, valued & considered public property, & were marked or branded as others were.
When said Lee joined the Wagon Department, he was not 21 years old, but was nearly a man in size & strength, full of energy & action. We were of the same township & County, & became well acquainted. I was in this service when Lee first joined it, & I continued in it after his enlistment expired. Sworn & subscribed at Morris town,
March 26 th 1840
William his X Book mark
Before me James S. Condit Q

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DECLARATION, IN ORDER TO OF CONGRESS,
THE BENEFIT OF THE ACT JUNE 7, 1832.
STATE OF NEW-JERSEY, } ss. County of Morris }
On this truth day of April 1833 - personally appeared, in open court, before the Judges of the court of Common Pleas now sitting, William Lee , a resident of Stanox in the County of Morris and State of New-Jersey, aged seventy 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 Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
That he enlisted in the army of the United States in the year
, with and served in the regiment of the line, under the following named officers:
In the month of August 1777 being then a minor, in his 14 th year, he first entered the service of the United States in the Company of Militia in Stanox Morris County New Jersey, as a substitute for his brother Philip Lee, older than himself, but then in delicate health. Captain James Keen commanded the company, - Daniel Gard was Lieutenant, & Sylvanus Seely commanded the Regiment. - The company was mustered at Morris town in August, & was marched to Elizabethtown, where it was quartered for one month, near De Hart's point. - The enemy then were in possession of Staten Island opposite this point, & the duty of the troops stationed there, was to guard the shores & landing places against the incursions of the enemy & to protect the inhabitants from being plundered & destroyed by the Loyalist Refugees. - In this service he was detained with his company one month, was then dismissed or relieved by another company, & went home.
In the same season & year, he performed two other monthly tours of Militia service, viz: in October, & in the latter part of November & for part of December, under Captain Keen. His company was stationed at the same place, & engaged in the same duty as in his first monthly tour. The two last months he thinks he served also in the place of his elder Brother, Philip Lee, who was yet in feeble health.
In the following year (1778) he performed two tours of Militia service, of one month each - the first in June, the latter in September. The first month, he is not certain who commanded his company, but he thinks it was Captain Keen. The September tour was under Captain Bailey, & both under Colonel Seely. Was stationed at the same place, & performed the same duty as in his first service, viz: guard duty.
In the latter part of March in the year 1779, whilst a part of the U. S. Army was at Morris town, he was enlisted or enrolled by his father in the Continental Service, in the Wagon Department under John Pomeroy, a Forage Master, for the term of two months, & served out the term of his engagement in transporting Military Store, provision, clothing & equipage of the Army, from Morris town to Hackensack & Pompton, & sometimes down & again from Easton in Pennsylvania. He rec d . his orders from Pomeroy & from Col. O'Beck of the Army, & his place of rendezvous was with the Army at Morris town. - He always reported himself to the

those officers on returning from a trip, & drew his supplies of forage from the Public Stores. — Late in August following (1779) he enlisted in the Quarter Master's Department of the Continental Army for a period of eight months under Capt. or Major Gamble, & continued in that service till late in April 1780. His service was of the same character as that mentioned in his last engagement under John Pomeroy, viz: transporting with his team & wagon, military stores, provisions & clothing for the army, which was quartered for the winter at Morristown, where General Washington had his head quarters at the widow Ford's house, & when this Department often saw him, in company with Col. Hamilton, Generals Green, Knox & others. — He served out the period of his enlistment, & was discharged verbally.
In June 1780, an alarm was given, & this deponent was again called out for a month's tour of militia duty under Captain Keen, & was marched to Springfield & Connecticut Farms, to which place the enemy had advanced in considerable force, & a large body of militia was collected to repel them. His company was under the immediate command of Col. Seely, & actively engaged in fighting & skirmishing with the enemy who, after burning their villages & churches, retreated to Elizabeth town, & between that town & the Point, they made a stand, & a sharp action took place, in which this Deponent & his company were actively engaged, with various success. Sixteen of the enemy, having by some means become detached from the main body, in endeavouring to make their way back to the main body, were taken prisoners by a small party, of which the deponent was one, & were sent to Morristown under a guard. He served out the month — was discharged, & returned home. —
He was often called out upon alarms, for a period of a week, or sometimes longer & then times shorter periods, & on these occasions, was not stationed at any particular place, but was following the march of the enemy as occasion required. — He was frequently pressed with his wagon & horses, to go upon short expeditions to transport forage, provisions & stores for the army beside his tour of duty upon alarm; these occasional trips with his wagon sometimes occupying two weeks, sometimes three weeks, or more, & he firmly believes that these occasional trips, in all amounted to at least six weeks actual & active service.
He has performed, as he conscientiously believes at the least, six months of militia duty, — eleven months & a half of service in the Wagon Department, attached to the Continental Army of the United States, for which services, he claims a pension from the United States.
The Clergyman of the Parish to which he belongs, is the Rev. Charles Hooper, of the Presbyterian Church, in Morristown, who is a young man, not exceeding 30 years of age, & has been settled as the Pastor of that Church, not quite two years, & can know nothing of his Revolutionary services. — He refers to Doctor Lewis Condict, & Stephen Vail Esq. one of the Judges of this Court for his character as a man of truth, both of whom have known him many years. —

He does not know a single living witness of his service - his neighbours, who saw his comrades, having all died, or removed into the new Western States, & his officers being also dead. - He believes, that the late Major Gamble, who died some one or two years since, in Washington City, was the same officer, spoken of in this Declaration.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State, is only on that of the Agency of the State of New Jersey.
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid. Wm Lee
Stephen Dail
We Lewis Condick & Stephen Dail of the township & county of Morris, New Jersey, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with William Lee who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be of the age of 80 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 day and year aforesaid.
Lewis Condick
Stephen Dail
Isaac Leinhy
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion, that the abovenamed applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states.
Isaac Leinhy
I hereby certify to the Secy. of War, & Commission of Pensions, that for many years, I have been the family physician of William Lee , the foregoing Declarant, & am personally well acquainted with him. - That he is esteemed to be a man of truth & integrity; & I feel the fullest confidence in the truth of his narration, as a Revolutionary soldier.
Lewis Condick late a Repn from New Jersey.
I David Day 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 William Lee for a pension.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this 10th day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty 4 .
David Day Clk
under whom was with the Army at Morris town. - He always reported himself to the

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
May 25 th 1847.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An Act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," and the third section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions from the pension agents, The widow of William Lee, decd., a Pensioner on the Roll of the New Jersey Agency, at the rate of Twenty Dollars and Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of Sept. — to the 5 th Dec. 1839.
Respectfully, yours:
J. Madison Taylor
Comptroller.
To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS, Present.

James L. Edwards Esq. Commission of Pensions Washington.

De Sir,
I enclose herewith the Declaration of Mrs. Abigail Lee, widow of William Lee due a pension under the act of June 1832.
If she is entitled to a pension under the acts of July 7 th 38, & Aug. 42, will she not also be entitled to the one year pension, under the act of March 3 rd 43?
If so, may not her Certificate so state, or must a new declaration be made for her one year pension?
Very respectfully, &c.
Levis Condict.
Morris Town N. Jersey, July 29 th 43.
J. N. Crossin Esq. Commissioner of Pensions.

Mr John Sytor 1847 Washington City District of Columbia

Cyrus Lee
About 1840
P400. Rec Aug 22/42 Russian Office.
Wm Lee N J roll

Littleton July 20-1842
Mr John Fyfe will you be so kind as to tell me if William Le Sue of Littleton Hanover Township Morris County New- Jersey ever drew a Pension and if he did when he began to draw the same and at what amount he drew yearly and when it stopped
Yours John Fyfe
an answer to the above Will oblige your Friend Le Sue
I flatter myself that you will be so kind as to give me a direct answer this is my reason for writing to you Le Sue

William Lee, N Jersey R R, act June 7 1832 at $20 pr Annum.
Be pleased to say to what time paid
Pension Office } Aug 23. 1842. }
p st 4 th Sep 1839
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Abigail Lee.
N Jersey
Act July 7 th 38
Admitted
6 mos.
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$20 per an.
Lewis Condiet Esq. Morris Town N. Jersey.

May 2-1846
Abd Lee
note in the
James I. Edwards Esq. Commisioner of Pensions War Department Washington.

Morristown N. J. April 28 th 1840.
Sir,
Yesterday I enclosed to you the Declaration of Mrs. Abigail Lee, widow of William Lee M c . late a pensioner under the law of June 7 1832. With it, I inadvertently enclosed a letter which has relation to another case, & ought not to be filed with Mrs. Lee's papers. It relates to the claim of Mrs. Rebekah Cook, widow of Captain Daniel Cook, afterward Major Cook.
Mrs. Lee asks an enlargement of her husband's pension, for reasons stated in her Declaration. He was a Militia soldier, & also the an enlisted Teamster of the Continental Army, but for the latter service his claim was not allowed. — If the same testimony had been found at first, which now accompanies the widow's Declaration, I think his pension would have been granted at for a higher sum. If so, I presume there will be no impropriety in granting it to his widow & making the deficiency good to her.
Lee was always dissatisfied with his annuity, & had he not died soon after testifying to the services of William Cook, he would have petitioned you for an additional allowance, relying on the testimony of Cook, having both been Teamsters in the Continental service together.
Very respectfully,
Yours &c. Lewis Conditt.
James I. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions.

Mr. John Tyler 70
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Washington City D.C.

Littleton June 4. 1844.
President Tylor
Dear Sir I wish to know of Abigail Lee Widow of William Lee Deaf of Littleton Hancock County Me. if Congress allowed a Pension and if all well Dr. what number of years and how much per year.
M y Father lived 200 years in the house with me Previous to his death and I knew nothing of his being a Pensioner. till after his death some months & I do believe that his Pension money is now in Lewis Concuits hands
Dear Sir answer Mrs and I will return the money you will do me if I have an opportunity of doing it John Tylor. Your Friend Agnes Lee

Abigail See of William New Jersey
Rejected
See let 22 July 1840
Hon. Lewis Conditt
" " " Oct. 12. 42
was not a widow until after passage of act of 7 July 1838
Act 7 July 1838

Trenton April 12 1849 New Jersey Pension agency.
Sir
Abigail Lee was paid at this agency up to the 4th Mar 1848. and was then transferred to the N. York agency per your letter of 7 th July 1848
I am very Respectfully your ob: Servant J. D. Dickinson
J. L. Edwards Esqr Commt of Pensions

The Commissioner of Pensions
Washington

Monmouth N.J. June 15 th 48.
Sir,
M rs Abigail Lee is on the eve of removing to Wyoming Co. in the state of New York to reside permanently with a married daughter living there. The object of the enclosed deposition is, to have her name transferred from the N.J. Pension Roll to that of N. York, which may be meant her intended residence. Her husband was William Lee, a pensioner under the act of June 32 - & the widow under the act of 38, & continued by subsequent laws to this time.
If the enclosed paper shall be deemed sufficient, will you please send her the proper notification, addressed to her, to the care of W. F. Kelly, (her son in law) Pery, Wyoming Co. New York?
If any thing further be wanting in the application, which I can supply, please inform me.
Allow me also to enquire in behalf of others, whether any new forms - & if any, what further than heretofore, will be required of widows yet living, who are 5 year pensioners, to enable them in s pt . not, to receive their semi-annual stipends.
Very respectfully &c.
Your ob st Serv t .
Lewis Bondit.
Col: Edwards - Commissioner of Pensions

158 President's Lane Quincy, Mass. August 17, 1937.
Pension Dept. - Veterans' Admin. Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:-
Will you kindly send me a summary of the information given in the application for a pension of Abigail Byram Lee , widow of William Lee , a Revolutionary soldier from Morris Co., New Jersey.
The date of issue of her first certificate was Oct. 10, 1843.
Does it give her parentage or place of birth?
I would like this data in order to check it with our family records, and would like it as soon as possible.
Yours very truly
Grace Pratt Bonsall (Mrs. George H. Bonsall)

1937- Sept 3- list E. Mrs. George H. Boush chief
Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 24465
Abigail Lee wid of William Lee Prin Rev. War
Act March 3rd  Yes
Index: Vol. CA , Page 431
[Arrangement of 1870.]
✓

7766.
New Jersey
Abigail Lee widow of William Lee
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832 and who died on the 5th Dec r 1839 of Morris in the State of New Jersey who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Keene of the Regt commanded by Col. Veely in the N. Jersey line for 6 months
Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey at the rate of 20 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 10th day of Oct. 1843 and sent to Lewis Gordon Morristown N.J.
Whole amount due $ 100.-
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by Thos. Campkin , Clerk. Book A Vol. 2 Page 128 .

New Jersey 9885
Let to Cynny Lee Aug 23 1842.
William Lee
of Co. F. Morris in the State of N. J., who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Keen of the commanded by Col. Seely in the N. J. militia line for
6 months
Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey at the rate of 20. Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 24 day of June 1832 and delivered to Conditt, present.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1832 — 40. 00 Semi-ant. allowance ending 1 Sept. " — 10. 00
$ 50. 00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Francis J. Mancion Clerk, Book 8. Vol. 3 d Page 120

State of New Jersey Morris County
Be it known, that before the subscriber a justice of peace in & for the County of State aforesaid personally appeared Mrs. Abigail Lee of Morris County, personally known to me as a woman of trust & of unblemished character, & also known to me as the widow of William Lee deceased. formerly of Morris County, - who being duly sworn, declared as follows
I am the widow of William Lee deceased formerly of Morris County, who was a pensioner of the United States under the law of June 7 th 1832, at the rate of twenty dollars per annum, who died in December 1839. And from my husband's draft, I have also been admitted on the Pension Roll of the New Jersey Agency, at the same rate, viz: twenty dollars per annum - paid at the New Jersey Agency at Newton to 4 th March 1848 - I am now proposing to remove to Perry, in the County of Wyoming in the State of New York to reside with my daughter the husband in that place, probably during the residue of my life: & for this reason I do hereby request of the Commissioner of Pensions, that he will transfer my name from the New Jersey Agency to that of Western New York, at such place as will be nearest to said County of Livingston Wyoming
Sworn & subscribed before me, June 15 th 1848.
The word "York" & the word "Wyoming" written after the erasure of the word Perry was done before the Affidavit was taken -
Abigail Lee
David Day Justice of the Peace
State of New Jersey Morris County p 3
I George A. Sheldon clerk of the County of Morris do hereby certify that David Day, whose name in his own proper hand writing is signed to the above Affidavit was at the time of the doing thereof said David as one of the justices of the Peace in and for the said County of Morris had full power and credit and was and owing to all his special act as such justice
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said County at Morristown this 15 th day of June 1848
George A. Sheldon clerk

5719
New Jersey, Morris Co. Pension declaration of Abigail Lee, widow of William Lee.
Law of 5. March, 1842.
$20 per ann
Return to Lewis Condict Morris Town, N. Jersey.

Declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress of the 3 d . March 1843, granting pensions for one year to certain widows who have received pensions under the act of July  March 7 th 1839.
State of New Jersey, Morris County ss:
On this 19 th day of March, 1844 personally appeared before the subscribers, a justice of the peace in & for the County of Morris, Abigail Lee, a resident of Newark, in the County of Essex  Hudson State of New Jersey, aged 71 years, who being first duly sworn ac- cording to law, doth on her oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress passed on the 3 d . March, 1843, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war.
I am the widow of William Lee, who was a soldier in the Revolutionary war, & also a Wagoner or Teamster therein, & a Pensioner under the Law of June 7 th 1832, at the rate of twenty dollars per annum. I was a pensioner under the act of July 7 th 1838 at the rate of twenty dollars per annum.
And I further declare, that I am still the widow of said William Lee. For the rank, service &c: of my said husband, I respectfully refer to his original Declaration on the file of the Pension Office.
Sworn to & subscribed on the day & year above written before me, Elijah Ward J. P. Abigail Lee
I certify, that the Declarant, Abigail Lee, is personally well known to me.
Elijah Ward J. P.
State of New Jersey, Morris County ss
I, George H. Ludlow, Clerk of Morris County, do certify, that Elijah Ward Ward Esq d before whom the preceding Declaration of Abigail Lee was taken on the 19 th day of March, 1844, was at the date thereof, one of the justices of the peace of said County, duly commissioned & authorized, & that the signature of his name thereto "Elijah Ward" is true.
Witness my signature & the seal of my office at the Court house in Morris Town, this 9 th day of April, 1844.
George H. Ludlow Clerk

I certify, that the word "Morns," in the 7 th line of the within Declaration was erased, & "Eps" intolined, before signing & taking the oath. Also, the word "March," in line 3 rd , was erased & "July" inserted, before signing & swearing.
Elizah Ward J. D.

New Jersey. Morris County. Pension Declaration of Abigail Lee, widow of William Lee Law of July 7 th 1838, and August 25 th 1842.
Return to Louis Gondie Morris Twn. New Jersey.

J. L. Edwards
Commr. of Pensions
Dr. Lewis Bondiet
Morristown
New Jersey

State of New Jersey, Morris County p:
On this 8 th day of July 1843, personally appeared before the subscriber one of the judges of the Superior Court of Common Pleas in & for said County of Morris & State of New Jersey.
Abigail Lee, a resident of Hanover township in the County & now last above mentioned, aged formerly the 89 1/2 years, who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth, on her oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the acts of Congress, passed July 7 th 1838 & the 23 rd of August 1842, granting pension to widows of persons who served during the revolutionary war.
I am the widow of William Lee, who was a pensioner of the United States, at the rate of twenty dollars per year, & I make a declaration under the act of Congress passed July 7, 1838, which is now on file in the Pension Office at Washington, to which declaration I would refer upon the commission of pension to establish my claim under the above recited acts. I remain the widow of the above mentioned William Lee deceased.
Sworn to & subscribed, the day & year above written,
before me,
Abigail Lee
Edward Condict Judge of the court of Common Pleas
for the County of Morris I certify also that the above Declaration, Abigail Lee, is personally known to me & also that the word "thru", after the word "pension" was erased before signing.
Edward Condict
State of New Jersey Morris County p:
I, David B. Hand, Clerk of Morris County, hereby certify, that Edward Condict Esq. before whom the foregoing Declaration of Abigail Lee, was taken & subscribed, is a justice of the Superior Court of Common Pleas of the place in & for Morris County aforesaid, duly commissioned & authorized, & that the signature of an in name thereof Edward Condict, is genuine. Witness my signature, & the seal of my office, at the Court house in Morris Town, this 8 th day of July, 1843. N.B. The initials of Edward, a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, was done before I signed this paper.
David B Hand

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Lee, William GRADE Private LINE New York
WARRANT NUMBER 7392 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED Aug. 26, 1790 To Hon. Mc Kown, 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.