Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 465, for Reuben Husted, New Jersey

SERVICE
Husted, Reuben Ruth
NUMBER
W. 465
New Jersey
CONTENTS

5.317
New Jersey
Reuben Husted, private,
New Jersey Line, 4 years
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 16 th of April 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 15 th of January 1819 and delivered to the Hon. Col. E. Bateman, Warden of Pen. W. St.
Arrears to 4th of Sep r 1818  19/30 37.06 Semi-ann. all ce ending 4 th Mar 1819 48.00
$85.06
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Somerset County
Discontinued, under law, March
Verification sent E. S. day 21 Feb 1820, Bridgetown. J. S. M. S.

New Jersey 5636
Ref?
Ruth Husted
widow of Reuben Husted
who was a Private N J in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 40 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 4. day of June 1844 and sent to D. M. Rice Trenton, N. Jersey
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A, Vol. 1, Page 122.

Reuben Husted's
Pension Application -
New Jersey line
15 th April - 1818
The time, and manner of leaving the service must be mentioned by the appli- cant. -
Admitted
Hon. E. Bateman
H. of Rep -

State of New Jersey
Cumberland County ss.
Reuben Husted of the County and State aforesaid being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that he was enlisted in March 1775 for one year by Lieutenant John Mylante, into the West Jersey Company of Artillery, in the continental service, commanded by Capt. Samuel Hugg, that he continued in service in said Company till the expiration of the time for which he was enlisted, when he was honorably discharged in Gloucester County, in said State, which discharge is lost; that he was present and engaged at the capture of the Hessians at Trenton in December 1776, and also at the Battle of Princeton the January following; and that his circumstances in life are so reduced that he needs the assistance of his country for support.
Subscribed sworn to, and declared before me this sixteenth day of April 1818.
James D. Merle
State of New Jersey
Cumberland County ss.
John Wood of the County and State aforesaid being duly sworn, deposeth and saith that in April 1775 he was enlisted into the Company of Artillery commanded by Capt. Hugg; that Reuben Husted was a private in said company at that time; that Reuben Husted did not leave said company till the following spring when he was discharged, the time for which he enlisted having expired; that this deponent was present and engaged at the capture of the Hessians at Trenton in 1776 and at the battle of Princeton shortly after; and that at the battle of Trenton Reuben Husted was stationed at the gun of which this deponent was gunner.
Subscribed and sworn to before me April 17th 1818.
James D. Merle
John Wood

State of New Jersey Somerset County ss
2
I James Clark President of the Court of Common Pleas of the County and State aforesaid do certify that I have in my possession an ancient paper found amongst the effects of Joseph Dayton my wife's father and which I believe to be a genuine commission issued under the direction of the continental Congress to said Dayton as 2 nd Lieutenant of the West Jersey company of Artillery the said Joseph Dayton having been in service some time in said company when he was taken sick and returned home and died: and that I know the circumstances in life of Reuben Husted to be such as to need the assistance of his country for support.
Given under my hand and seal this eighteenth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen
James Clark
State of New Jersey Somerset County ss
I James D. Westcott one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the County and State aforesaid do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Reuben Husted did serve in the revolutionary war as stated in the preceding declaration, on the Continental establishment, against the common enemy; and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me to the Secretary of the Department of War pursuant to the direction of the act of Congress — And I further certify that the circumstances in life of said Reuben Husted are so reduced as to need the assistance of his country for support.
Given under my hand June 9 th 1848
James D. Westcott

3 I Ebenezer Seeley Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas of the County of Cumberland, New Jersey. Do hereby certify that James D Westcott Esquire who has attested the Declaration on oath of Reuben Husted herein annexed, and also the affidavit of John Wood is a judge of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas - also that James Clark who has certified respecting the said Reuben Husted is also a judge of the said Inferior Court of Common Pleas. - In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of the said Court the ninth day of June, Anno Domini eighteen hundred and Eighteen.
Ebenezer Seeley Clerk
State of New Jersey Cumberland County ss.
Reuben Husted who made the preceding Declaration on oath being again duly sworn on this 28 th day of December 1818, doth on his solemn oath depose and declare, that he left the service of the United States in March 1777, and was honably discharged at the house of Capt Samuel Hugg in Gloucester county, the time for which he had enlisted having expired. REFERRED
Subscribed and sworn to before me December 28 th 1818.
James D Westcott

5901
Declaration of Ruth Husted of New Jersey "Act July 4. 1836"
L. W. Rice Trenton N. J.

Declaration of Ruth Husted Act of Congress "July 4, 1836"
State of New Jersey, } Cumberland County: } ss
On this fifteenth day of July One thousand eight hundred and forty three. — Personally appeared before the Subscriber. One of the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas. in and for said County Ruth Husted, a resident of the Township of Fairfield in the County of Cumberland and State of New Jersey, in the Eighty Sixth year of her age, who being first duly sworn accord- ing 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 4, 1836. That she is the — widow of Reuben Husted, late of the same place, who was a Soldier in the Army of the Revolution in the State of New Jersey, and for which service he drew a pension from the United States till the time of his death at the rate of Ninety Six dollars by the year, that she well remembers he was in the Army after their marriage, and would refer the Commissioner of Pen- sions to the declaration of her husband on file at the Department for his service as therein set forth, on the account of which she claims a Pension.
She further declares that she Ruth Johnson was married to the said Reuben Husted, on Thursday the sixteenth day of April, in the year Seventeen hundred and Seventy- Eight by the Rev'd Mr Hollinshead at Fairfield in the same County, who has been deceased many years and who has not left any record of marriages, nor has she any Bible record of their marriage or births of their eight children, all those who were present at

her marriage are now deceased. her husband was no Scribe but was in poor and needy circumstances being nearly ten years older than she. her eldest son is now living and is upwards of sixty four years of age. Since the eighth day of December last past. That her husband the aforesaid Reuben Husted died on the fourteenth day of May Eighteen hundred and twenty seven. and that she has remained a widow ever since that period. as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed.
Sworn to and subscribed on the 3 day and year above written before "21 st January 1878" Ruth Johnson
her X Husted mark
Ephraim C. Whitman Judge. certifies as to bodily inf- irmity only "not being acquainted with her. E. C. W."
I do hereby certify that I am personally ac- quainted with Mrs Ruth Husted the above declarant and know her to be a person of credibility and truth and on account of bodily infirmity and great age she is unable to appear in Open Court. and I further certify that she is the widow of Reuben Husted
Spencer Gray Justice of the Peace
A. B. There is but one Judge in the Township where Mrs Husted resides (viz) Judge C. H. Whitman - he never having heard or known Mrs Husted - he therefor thought it best that Spencer Gray Esq. who is well acquainted with Mrs Ruth Husted to certify from personal knowledge to her good standing and credibility which was accordingly done

State of New Jersey } ss Cumberland County }
Be it known that on the 15 th day of July eighteen hundred and fifty three before the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Cumberland personally appeared David Whitaker a resident of the Township of Fairfield in the County of Cumberland in the fifty ninth year of his age a Person of Credibility and Truth who being duly sworn according to law on his oath depose and saith That he has been acquainted with Ruth Husted the widow of Reuben Husted dec'd for fifty five years past that defendant was well acquainted with the said Reuben and Ruth Husted for upwards of twenty nine years before his death, that at that time they had children. Defendant believes that they were married as stated in her declaration she being a woman of Credibility and Truth and such is the opinion of the neighbourhood. She is very aged and in poor circumstances. Sworn to and subscribed the day and year above written David Whitaker Before Spencer H. any Justice Peace

State of New Jersey } Cumberland County } ss
On the _____ day of A.D. One thousand eight hundred and forty three before the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for the county aforesaid. Personally appeared Reuben Husted of the township of Fairfield in the county of Cumberland. a person of credibility and truth who being sworn according to law on his oath saith, that he is the son of Reuben Husted and Ruth Husted. that he was sixty four years of age on the Eighth day of December last past. that he is their eldest child has always understood and believes so, that his Father the said Reuben Husted was an indiffer- ent miter and left no records of his marriage or the births of his children, that he well remembers his Father was a Pensioner of the United States at the rate of sixty six dollars & the year that he died some time in the month of May eighteen hundred and forty seven. that his mother Ruth Husted has remained a widow ever since the death of her husband Reuben Husted. Sworn and subscribed the day _____ X and year above written. Before
X Reuben Husted now about sixty six years of age. has moved to Ohio. a few weeks before the declaration of his mother was taken. which accounts for not obtaining his affidavit.

State of New Jersey
I Charles P. M c Cluskey Secretary of State of the State of New Jersey do hereby certify that there is in the files of this office a marriage bond in the sum of Five hundred Dollars to John Livingston Esq r of the date bearing date "April fourteenth" Seventeen hundred and Seventy Eight" given by Beuben Busker and Charles Johnson of Fairfield in the County of Cumberland and State of New Jersey for a Marriage license for Beuben Busker of the one part and Ruth Johnson of the second part both of the Township of Fairfield in said County State
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office at the City of Trenton in said State this twenty second day of July A D One thousand Eight hundred and Forty three (1843)
Charles P. M c Cluskey Sec y of State
... of ...

State of New Jersey } Cumberland County } ss
Be it Known that on the fifteenth day of July Eighteen hundred and forty three before the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Cumberland Personly appeared John - the  Chesney a resident of the Township of Fairfield in the County of Cumberland in the sixty ninth (69) years of his age a Person of credibility and truth who being duly sworn according to law on oath deposeth and Saith That he has been acquainted with Ruth Husted the widow of Reuben Husted dec'd for fifty eight - - years part that deponent was well acquainted with the said Reuben and Ruth Husted for upwards of forty years before his death that at that time they had Children deponent believes that they were married as stated in her declaration She being a woman of credibility and truth and such is the opinion of the neighbourhood She is very aged and in poor circumstances Sworn to and subscribed the day } John M c Chesney and year above written } Before Spencer Lacey justice Peace

State of New Jersey } Cumberland County } ss
On the fifteenth day of July A.D. One thousand Eight hundred and forty three before the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid Personally appeared Daniel Husted of the Township of Fairfield in the County of Cumberland a person of Credability and truth Who being Sworn according to law on his oath Saith that he is the Son of Reuben Husted and Ruth Husted That he was fifty five years of age on the twenty first day of September last past that he is their fourth Child has always understood and believe so, That his Father the Said Reuben Husted was an indifferent writer and left no records of his marriage or the births of his Children that he well remembers his Father was a Pensioner of the United States at the rate of thirty six dollars by the year that he died some time in the month of May Eighteen hundred and Twenty Seven that his mother Ruth Husted has remained a widow ever since the death of her Husband Reuben Husted Sworn to and Subscribed the day and year above written
Daniel Husted Jr
Before Ephraim H. Mitchell Justice of the peace

State of New Jersey
I Charles G. M c Clure Secy of the State of the State of New Jersey do hereby certify that the Deposition of Ephraim H. Whitaker & the Deposition of Daniel Pastore and affidavit of Daniel Pastore was taken at the time of the doing thereof, one of the judges of the Superior Court of Common Pleas and Justices of the Peace, also Spencer Fran Egan before whom the affidavits of Dana Whitaker and John M c Clure were taken and Certificate of breadability of Ruth Hunted subscribed was at the time of the doing thereof a Justice of the Peace, within the County of Cumberland and State of New Jersey, duly appointed, commissioned and sworn; in & for said County, that full faith and credit are to be given to their official attestations and that the signatures thereto are in the proper handwriting of the said Ephraim H. Whitaker and Spencer Fran Egan.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office at Trenton in said State, this twenty sixth day of July A.D. One thousand Eight hundred and forty five
Charles G. M c Clure Secy of State

Reuben Foster
5319
15 July 1819
Not entitled

SCHEDULE.
STATE OF NEW-JERSEY.
CUMBERLAND COUNTY, Inferior Court of Common Pleas, of the Term of
June 1820 -
On this twenty second day of June 1820, personally appeared in open court, being a court of record for the said county, Richard Knapp, labourer aged sixty five years, resident in Fairfield in said county, who, being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows: that he enlisted for one year, in March 1776 in the West Jersey Company of Artillery and served therein the time for which he was enlisted when he was honorably discharged, was at the Battles of Trenton and Princeton. His declaration on oath he believes is dated April 16 th 1818, and his certificate is dated January 15 th 1819. - numbered 5317.
Three large handwritten flourishes or signatures.
And I do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the eighteenth day of March one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, that I have not since that time by gift, sale, or in any manner disposed of my property or of any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled, "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War," passed on the 18th day of March 1818; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property, or securities, contracts, or debts, due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed.
Schedule of Real and personal estate -
  Two Horses and old waggon 60 00   Two Cows & four Pigs. 27 00   Ten Sheep & their wool 10 00   one & half tons salt hay 7 50     $ 104 50. 

  amt. Bro. own — $104.50   One plow & harrow & hoe 6.00   Three pots & two bottles 1.00   Pair andirons, shovel tongs & two trammels 2.50   Three hundred & fifty Pounds Pork 9.00   Seven old Chains 75   Old Bureau 2.00   a Plain Cupboard 1.00   Two tubs & two pails 75   Three tea pots 1/2 doz. Cups & saucers 37 1/2   1 Doz. Plates & three Bowls 50   4 Earthen Pots, & one tea Canister 37 1/2   3 Pork Tubs & four milk pails 1.00   Pan & Spider, one pair Bellows 0.50   2 hog heads & 8 old Barrels 30   4 Bushels small potatoes & half bush Beans & Peas 1.25   1 Cutting Box & two Pitch forks & Dug Shovel 7.25   1 Hoop tub, one old wheel barrow 25   2 Wheels - 1/2 doz harness & forks & 1 doz Shovels 1.00   16 old Spools - Looking Glass 87 1/2   two Baskets. 3 earthen Platters, 4 earthen bowls 37 1/2   One State & one pine table 75   Two Glass tumblers, one old chest & trunk 25   Sye tub & Grubbing hoe, & two flour Sacks 56   Three bushels Rye, half Bushel Basket 2.22 1/2   Drawing knife old gold iron 12 1/2   Nine acres poor rye 12.00   $152.26 
Appraised by us, by order of the Court
June 1 st 1820.
W m Whitecar David Whitecar

And I do further swear that my family consists of myself, age as above specified, very infirm and incapable of much work, my Wife Ruth aged Sixty Three, very infirm, my Daughter Violetta aged Thirteen, and my Grandson Daniel aged Six years, and my Son Ebenezer upwards of Twenty years of age whose services I must soon lose.
Subscribed & sworn in Open Court June 22 d 1820
Reuben Husted
James Clark
In the opinion of the court the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is one hundred and fifty two Dollars and twenty six Cents.
James Clark
CUMBERLAND COUNTY, ss.
I, EBENEZER SEELEY, Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas of said county, do hereby certify, that the said court is a court of record, being so constituted by law, having a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount and possessing the power of fine and imprisonment; and I do further certify, that the foregoing oath and the schedule hereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said court; and that it is the opinion of the said court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is One hundred and fifty two dollars and twenty six cents . In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said court, on this Twenty fourth day of June 1820.
June
1820
Ebenezer Seeley Clerk

May 6, 1940
BA-J/AWF Reuben Husted W. 665 765
Miss K. E. MacGeorge 438 Broadway Camden, New Jersey
Dear Madam:
The data furnished herein concerning Reuben Husted were obtained from papers on file in claim for pension, W. 465, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.
The date and place of birth of Reuben Husted, and names of his parents were not stated.
Reuben Husted enlisted in New Jersey, sometime in March, 1776, served one year as private in Captain Samuel Hugg's company of "West Jersey Artillery", and was in the battles of Trenton and Princeton. There was reference to subsequent service, no details given.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 16, 1818, at which time he was aged sixty-three years, and a resident of Cumberland County, New Jersey. He was living in 1820, in Fairfield, Cumberland County, New Jersey.
He died May 14, 1827, in Fairfield, New Jersey.
Reuben Husted married "Thursday", April 16, 1778, in Fairfield, New Jersey, Ruth Johnson; they were both then of Fairfield Township, Cumberland County, New

Jersey.
The date and place of birth of Ruth Johnson, and names of her parents were not given.
The widow, Ruth Husted, was allowed pension on her application executed July 15, 1843, then in the eighty-sixth year of her age, and a resident of Fairfield Township, New Jersey.
Reuben Husted and his wife, Ruth, had eight children. Their eldest child, Reuben, was born December 8, 1778, and in 1843, was living in Ohio, having moved there from Fairfield Township, New Jersey, only a short time before. Their fourth child, Daniel, was born September 21, 1787, and was living in 1843, in Fairfield Township, New Jersey. Their son, Ebenezer, was twenty years old in 1820, and their daughter, Violetta, was thirteen years old, in 1820.
A grandson, Daniel, was six years old in 1820, and living with the soldier, Reuben Husted, and his wife, Ruth. The names of the parents of the grandson, Daniel, were not stated.
Reference was made to one Charles Johnson of Cumberland County, New Jersey, in 1778. It was not stated that he was related to the widow, Ruth (Johnson) Husted.
The papers on file in this claim contain no further discernible family data.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name and address of person paid, and possibly the date of death of the widow, Ruth Husted,

you should apply to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and furnish the following data:
R Ruth Husted, widow of Reuben Husted Certificate # 5636 Issued June 4, 1844 Rate $40.00 per annum Commenced March 4, 1843 Act of March 3, 1843 New Jersey Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

Ref  WIDOW, &c.
1940 May 6. link to microfilm George - see his letter in Hosea Husted S. 34412 awg
File No. 46
Ruth Husted Widow Reuben Husted Priv. Riv. War.
Act: March 3, 1843.
Index - Vol. A , Page 854
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Rep 21 man 464
New Jersey
Anth Husted
widow of Reuben Husted who was a pensioner under the Act of 1818 and who died on the 14 May 1827 of Cumberland Co. in the State of N. Jersey who was a Private in the Co. commanded by Captain _____ of the _____ commanded by _____ in the N Jersey line for 12 Year
Inscribed on the Roll of N Jersey at the rate of 40 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the First day of May 1844 and sent to J.W. Rice As of Reps
Total Amount, $200.00
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by J. L. Mann Clerk, Book D. Vol. 1. Page 197.

New Jersey 22. March
Reuben Husted 1823 prior served 1 y. from 1796.
1 st Sched: dated Jun 1820
Personal Property $152.20
(none real)
Sched: under act of Mar: 1823.
Total amt including bed & bed- ding ————— $37.81.
Account for the decrease of property &c.
Certificates from three Constables stating that they sold under Execution property of Claimant to the amt. of $92.13 (enclosing a list of articles sold comprising
nearly the whole exhibit in 1 st Sched.) —
Claimant age 84 y. unable to labor. occupation a farm- er. wife 86 y. very infirm.
Red May 17. 1823
Wm. Seeley Esq Clerk of Court
Bridgetown N.J.
See letter to Hon. T. J. Yorke Aug. 10. 1821
March 1819

V o 5901. Ruth Husted N. Jersey Rejected
Let u SWRace Sep. 19. 1843
Act 4 th July '36

9806
Ruth Husted
N.J.
Act July 7 th 38
aa dp
1 year
priv
$40 pr an
M Rice
Toronto
Can.

House of Representatives, U.S. Washington City D.C. August 7, 1841.
Sir, Will you oblige me by informing me if Reuben Hinton of New Jersey - made his declaration of service and claim to a pension under the act of 1818 - and if so, the date of his declaration and application - and other any information on the subject you may have in your office -
Very respectfully Yours M c W. A. Jones, York
James L. Edwards, Cemetery Road - Sept 11 th 1841

Reuben Husted Application for Pension

State of New Jersey County of Cumberland ss.
On this twenty second day of March 1823, personally appeared in open court before the Inferior Court of Common Pleas, for the said County and State, being a Court of Record, Reuben Husted resident in said County aged Sixty eight years, who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provisions made by the acts of the 18 th of March 1818 the 15 th of May 1820 and 1 st of March 1822, that he the said Reuben Husted is enlisted for the term of one year on the 2 nd Tuesday of March in the year 1776 in the State of New Jersey, in the Company of Artillery, New Jersey line, commanded by Captain Samuel Hays on the Continental establishment, that he continued to serve in the said Company during the whole time for which he was enlisted, was present and engaged in the battles of Trenton and Princeton, and was honorably discharged after the said term had expired, at Gloucester in the State of New Jersey, I further swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the eighteenth of March, eighteen hundred and eighteen, 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 to diminish it, as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress

entitled, "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval Service of the United States in the Revolutionary War," passed on the 18 th day of March 1818, and that I have not, nor has any person for me in trust any property, or Securities contracts or debts due to me. Nor have I any income, other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed, that since the exhibition of my first Schedule the following changes have been made in my property, the articles therein mentioned as having been sold by Constables, comprising nearly all contained in my Schedule of June 1820, except one horse which was sold by me in 1821, to W m B. Darvin and the money received applied to the purchase of another horse which died soon after.
The following is a Schedule of the property owned and held by Ruthen Husted ofumberland County New Jersey, an applicant for restoration to the Roll of Revolutionary Pensioners, as exhibited to the Subscribers the 21 st day of March 1823, together with a Statement of what we considered true value
   Two old bedsteads and two straw beds 2.00   One old feather bed 5.00   Three old pillows 50   Three blankets, worn 3.00   One covered, do 2.00   $ 12.50  

  Three old pillows 3.00   Three blankets, worn 2.00   One covered. Do $12.50   
  12.50   Bed spread, cotton sheets & bed ticks, old 1.00   One old chest 25   2 boxes (wooden) & a broken desk. (very old) 37 1/2   3 flour barrels 75   7 splint brooms } 05   an old trunk & baggin 50   2 Meal bags 2.50   1 pair moccasins 1.50   Shovel & tongs 1.25   2 Trammels 1.62 1/2   Lot of Iron pots and tea kettles 25   Frying pan & Spider 31   Lot of tin ware 50   " of Spoons, knives and forks 12 1/2   " of small articles 25   2 Sack Irons 37 1/2   Sugar, drawing knife &c 1.00   Gold chains 62 1/2   Old Spinning wheel 20   16 old shoes 1.55   Lot of earthen ware Do. Do. Lucean ware 1.25 = 50   Bible, Testament & Psalm Book 20   Looking glass (broken) 1.00   Bedstead & under bed (old) 5.00   Weather bed 1.00   a plain pine Cupboard 1.50   an old Bureau 50   Old wheelbarrow 25   Earthen pots &c 06   an old Lumber 86 1/2   1 pair of Bellows 25   an old pine table 
$37.81 1/2

Witnessed by us the day and year first above written.
William M. Chesney
Eph. Paternan
Inventory of goods Sold as the property of Reuben Husted on the first day of September 1821 - and bought by Daniel Husted.
2 Plowing hoes 2.25 3 Broad Hoes 50 Lot 50 One yoke and Bell 62 1/2 2 Chains & pins 50 Lot of old iron 75 2 Augers 25 Harrow teeth 70 2 Wash tubs 1.00 Barrel and fish 50 Barrel Pickles 1.00 Tub & pook 3.25 Barrel & frames 2.50 Large wheel 50 Lot 62 1/2 Lot 50 Soap tub 50 Lot of Corn 15.00 Black Cow, with white face 7.00 Brindle Cow 9.00 Cow & Six pigs 7.00 Barrow 3.00 2 Shoats 2.00 Hogshead & Vinegar 50 Cutting box 25 Lot 06 Hogshead - 50 Pigshead 37 1/2 Barrel & Shovel 1.37 1/2 59.63

Hogshead - 50 Chisde 37 1/2 Daniel D. Drowne - 1.75  59.63
  Horse  59.63 3/4    2 pair Gears  10.00    Lot of Rye  4.00    2 flour Bags  5.00    2 Sitchforks  25    Waggon & Shelvings  25     13.00     $ 92.13 3/4  
The Subscribers who were Lawful Constables, on the 1 st of September 1821. Do hereby certify that they sold on that day by virtue of three several Executions in favour of Henry Howell, George Harris and Daniel Husted respectively the foregoing inventory of personal estate of Reuben Husted, and that it was cried off at Public vendue to Daniel Husted the being the highest bidder, and that he paid to us money to the full amount of said Executions.
March 22 nd 1823. Curtis Trenchard Constable - Matthias Burch former Constable -
I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Curtis Trenchard & Matthias Burch, who have signed the above certificate, & from an inspection of the records of the township of Fairfield, Cumberland County, New Jersey, as well as the public notoriety of the matter, do know that they severally were at the time they so represent, Lawful Constables of said Township & County. Eph. Bateman - Cedarville March 22 nd 1823

And I do further swear that my family at present consists of myself, age as above specified, by profession a Farmer, but in- capable of supporting myself by labour, and my wife Ruth aged Sixty Six very infirm.
Subscribed and Sworn before us - March 22 nd 1823
Benben Husted
Ebenezer Elmer James D Westcott John Sibley
State of New Jersey - Cumberland County
I Ebenezer Seeley Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Cumberland County, do certify that Ebenezer Elmer, James D Westcott & John Sibley Esqrs before whom the above affidavit of Benben Husted was made, are Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas of said County, which Court is a court of record being so constituted by law and possessing a jurisdiction unlim- ited in point of amount, and that the said Schedule and oath have been admitted to the record of said Court, and that the same are truly copied therefrom, 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 thirty seven dollars

aforesaid Schedule is Thirty Seven dollars
and eighty one cents - In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and do affixed the Seal of the said Court, on this twenty Second day of March 1823.
Then & there blank of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas, of the County of Mon- mouth, New Jersey.

5920
Declaration of Ruth Husted of N. Jersey Act of March 3 d 1843.
$40 per ann
D. W. Rice Trenton N. J.

State of New Jersey Cumberland County } ss
On this twenty second day of May Eighteen hundred and sixty four, before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County personally appeared Ruth Husted a resident of Fairfield in the County, and State aforesaid in the eighty seventh year of her age, a person of veracity, 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 act of Congress passed on the 3 d March 1843, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war, that she is the widow of Reuben Husted who was a private in the army of the Revolution as is set forth in her declaration under the act of Congress, passed July 7, 1838" on file at the war department and the annual amount of the pension which she received under the act of July 7, 1838, was forty dollars. She further declares that she is still a widow.
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me
Abraham H. Whittier.
J. Peace
her Worth Husted mark
ton and 91

State of New Jersey
I Charles G. W. Chesney Secretary of State of the State of New Jersey do hereby certify that Ephraim H. Whiticar before whom the within declaration of Ruth Husted was made and taken was at the time of the doing thereof a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Cumberland in said State, duly appointed Commissioned and sworn; that full faith and credit are to be given to his official attestation, and that the signature thereto is in the proper handwriting of the said Ephraim H. Whiticar.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of Office at Trenton in said State this twenty fourth day of May A.D. One thousand eight hundred and forty four
Charles G. W. Chesney Secy of State

9806 Declaration of Ruth Husted N.S. Act July 7. 1838.
D. W. Rice Trenton N.J.

Declaration of Ruth Husted. Act. July 7. 1838.
State of New Jersey } Cumberland County } ss.
On this ninth day of October A.D. Eighteen hundred and forty three. Personally appeared before the Subscriber, one of the Judges of the inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for said County. Ruth Husted a resident of Fairfield in the County and State aforesaid in the eighty sixth year of her age a Person of credibility and truth, and on account of bodily infirmity, is unable to appear in open Court. 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, 1838 entitled an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows. That she is the widow of Reuben Husted who was in the service of the United States during the Revolutionary war and drew a pension from the government at the time of his death. She further declares that she was married to the said Reuben Husted on the sixteenth day of April seventeen hundred and sixty eight, and that her husband the aforesaid Reuben Husted died on the fourteenth day of May eighteen hundred and forty seven. That it appears she cannot prove any service of her said husband after their marriage but the marriage took place previous to the first of January seventeen hundred and ninety four. Viz. at the time above stated. for further facts she refers to her declaration on file under act of July 4, 1836.
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before
Ebenezer H. Whitson Judge } Ruth Husted " her mark

State of New Jersey
I Charles G. M c Chesney Secretary of State of the State of New Jersey do hereby certify that Ephraim H. Whittier Esq. before whom the declaration of Ruth Husted was made and taken was at the time of the doing thereof a Judge of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas of the County of Cumberland in said State duly appointed Commissioned and Sworn, that full faith and credit are to be given to his official attestation, and that the Signature thereto is in the proper handwriting of the said Ephraim H. Whittier.
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official Seal at Trenton in said State this Seventeenth day of October A.D. One thousand eight hundred & forty three.
Charles G. M c Chesney, Secy of State

May 6, 1940
Miss K. E. MacGeorge 438 Broadway Camden, New Jersey
BA-1/AWF Hosea Husted-S.34412 Reuben Husted-W.465
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of the following men:
Daniel Richmond enlisted in Gloucester County, New Jersey, died in Salem County, New Jersey;
Reuben Husted, of Cumberland County, New Jersey;
Hosea Husted, of Cumberland County, New Jersey; Silas Newcomb, of Cumberland County, New Jersey.
The Revolutionary War records of this office have been searched and no claim for pension or bounty land found based upon service of either Daniel Richmond, or Silas Newcomb. These surnames were searched under similar spellings.
You are furnished herewith the Revolutionary War records of Hosea Husted, and Reuben Husted.
Very truly yours
A. D. MILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator See list of names Hosea Husted S 34412