Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 708, for John Letson, New Jersey

SERVICE
NUMBER
New Jersey
Letson, John
S 708
Carded.
CONTENTS

Duplicate Certificate issued and forwarded to James P. Randolph New Brunswick N.J. Mar. 18 th '36
99.23 99.22 New Jersey John Linton of Middlesex in the State of N. Jersey who was a Private in the Comp y commanded by Captain Lunn of the Reg t commanded by Col. Westcott in the N. Jersey line for 12 Months
Inscribed on the Roll of N. Jersey at the rate of 7 83 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 26 day of June 1833 and Ser t No. 1000 J. P. Randolph Present
Arrears to the 4th of Nov r '33 $16.66 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 th of '33 36.66 $183.32
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Co. C. (file) Clerk, Book C. Vol. 2. Page 21.

Wm Seton's application for a pension. from New Brunswick & Jersey
Admitted to rate 22 months 34 2
Certificate of the time of service of the applicant to be computed at twenty two months.
I hereby consent that the time of service of this applicant be computed at twenty two months. J. M. Randolph June 25. 1833.

State of New Jersey,
Middlesex county ss
On the eleventh day of September eighteen hundred and thirty-two, personally appeared in open court, before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas now sitting at New Brunswick in & for the said county of Middlesex, John Tolson a resident of Raritan Landing in the county and State aforesaid, aged seventy-one 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 th 1832. That he was born at the said Raritan Landing on the 21 st of October, seventeen hundred and sixty-one, a record of which is in his family Bible, and is now exhibited in court. That when called into service he resided at the said Raritan Landing, where he has resided ever since, except about twelve years which he spent in the said City of New Brunswick. That he entered the service of the United States, as a soldier of the Revolution as a mid-  man in the Militia, in seventeen hundred and seventy-eight, under Capt. Hugh Dunn, He was then between sixteen & seventeen years old. At this time he was drafted and the regiment to which he was attached quartered at Woodbridge in said county, and was commanded by Col. Webster. That he served under Capt. Hugh Dunn, Capt. Col. Maj. Dyer and Col. Webster. Was at the battle of Monmouth in seventeen hundred and seventy-eight, and was afterwards at the battle of Springfield  of Woodbridge . At this time Capt. Nathaniel Randolph was killed in pursuing the British from Springfield to Elizabeth town. He marched from time to time to Monmouth, Woodbridge, Amboy, Springfield, Elizabeth town and the Blazing Star opposite Staten Island and continued at Amboy and the Blazing Star until the British troops left Staten Island. Was attached to the Militia and in active service from the

period of the battle of Monmouth in 1778 to the close of the war in seventeen hundred and eighty-three. He never received a written discharge and has no documentary evidence of the facts stated in the foregoing declaration.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity from the present, and declares his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any other.
John L. Ladd
Sworn to, and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Thos Hance
Judge of the Pleas.
We Joseph H. Jones a clergyman residing in the city of New Brunswick and Jehiel Freeman of the same place do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Ladd who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration: that we believe him to be seventy-one 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.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Joseph H. Jones Jehiel O. Ladd
Thos Hance Judge of the Pleas
State of New Jersey Middlesex county ss Before the court of Common Pleas in said county came Thomas Ladd and being duly sworn on his oath saith, that he is sixty-nine years old - is the brother of the above named John Ladd and has always resided in New Brunswick or its vicinity. Recollects that said John

I have entered the State under Cape Cod in the year sixteen hundred and seventy-eight - that he performed several tours of duty, he thinks four or five. Some of them were months, and some six months tours. Served one tour for his father William. I have under Col. Webster. recollects that he was at the Battle of Bunkerhill and was in the service of the United States from that time to the close of the war. - that the militia in the vicinity of New Brunswick and the company to which he was attached were subject to constant alarm and were for years kept much of time under arms. That after the death of Capt. Dyer at the close of the war the said John I have received a captain's commission which he held several years. Served and subscribed the day and year aforesaid -
W. P. Tuttle
Thos Hance Judge of the Pleas
Deacon Small being sworn as aforesaid saith that he recollects of seeing the above named John I have under arms in the war of the revolution. Saw him in pursuit of the British at the time they attempted to seize and carry away Capt. Hylers boats, and knows that he was a soldier in revolutionary war -
Served & subscribed the day and year aforesaid -
Nason Smith
Thos Hance Judge of the Pleas

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 Joseph H. Lewis who signed the breeding certificate is a clergyman residing in the city of New Brunswick, and that behind Freeman who has also signed the same statement is entitled to credit.
V. Apocren R. Ford Simson Mundy } Judges
I J. S. Vanarsdalen Clerk of the court of common Pleas for the said County of Middlesex do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of John Titton for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this eleventh day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two. — J. S. Vanarsdalen C.M.

Supplementary proceedings in the matter of the application of John Estlin the above declarant taken before the Court of Common Pleas in the County of Middlesex in the Term of June 1833. The said John Estlin being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following answers to the several interrogatories contained in the "Regulations under the Pension act of June 7 th 1832".
To the 1 st interrogatory the said declarant answereth & saith that he was born at Bristol Landing in the county of Middlesex and State of New Jersey, on the 21 st day of October Seventeen hundred and sixty-one.
To the 2 nd interrogatory, the said declarant answereth & saith that he has a record of his age in his family Bible as stated in the preceding declaration.
To the 3 rd interrogatory the said declarant answereth & saith that when he was called into service in the war of the Revolution he resided at the said Bristol Landing, and has continued to reside there ever since that period, except twelve years which he spent in the City of New Brunswick & County of Middlesex, and that he is now residing at the said Bristol Landing.
To the 4 th interrogatory the said declarant answereth & saith that he entered the service of the United States as a soldier of the Revolution, in the Spring of eighteen hundred & twenty-eight under Capt. Hugh Dunn. That he was then between fifteen & seventeen years of age, and was drafted in the Militia and attached to a Regiment which encamped at Red Bridge in said County commanded by Col. Wetston — this town was for one month, and was performed in May or June of 1778. Declarant continued to perform months, to wit for himself that is every other month, from that time to the close of the war in

in 1783 - That during that time he also performed the regular monthly tours of his Father William Tison, that the precise number of tours he performed for himself or for his Father he cannot now recollect from loss of memory, but he recollects of serving every other month in regular succession as before stated from May or June Seventeen hundred & seventy eight to the declaration of peace in 1783, and that during that period he served to the best of his recollection eight monthly tours for his Father as his substitute -
To the 5 th interrogatory the declarant answereth & saith - That the names of the Regular officers who were with the troops were he served were Captain Hugh Dunn, Capt Ross Col Winton, Col Crow & Major Edgar. Capt Hugh Dunn had command of the Company to which he was attached. That his services was  were performed in Nuttunwich & its vicinity - at Monmouth, Rahway, Elizabeth Town, Springfield, Blazen Star, Woodbridge and Amboy. was at the Battle of Monmouth on the 28 th of June 1778 - and at the Battle of Springfield on the 23 rd of June 1780 - Cannot recollect the number of the Regiment to which he was attached.
To the 6 th interrogatory the declarant answereth & saith - That he never recd a written discharge - Capt Dunn who commanded him through the whole of the war never gave a written discharge to any of his Soldiers to his knowledge -
To the 7 th interrogatory the declarant answereth & saith - That he is known by the Thomas Tison, Aaron Smith whose affidavits, as surviving witnesses are attached to the foregoing declaration, and by the Rev Joseph H Jones, and Ishiah Freeman whose certificates

are also attached to the said declaration.
Declarare further states that he performed a part of the time in field & a part of the time in the garrison at Woodbridge and that during the time of his service he was not engaged in any civil pursuit —
Sworn and subscribed in open court to the form aforesaid - before us
Thos Hance
James Harriot Peter R. Lunny
Judges of the court of Common Pleas
James
Middlesex County 19
Before me Peter P. Newman one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in said County Came Thomas Seton whose affidavit is annexed to the foregoing Declaration, and being due ly sworn deposes & saith that he cannot from the lapse of time and loss of memory recollect dates or state particulars relating to the service of John Seton in the war of the revolution. He recollects distinctly that he was attached to the company of Capt. Hugh as a Dunn, private, previous to the battle of Monmouth in June 1778, and that he continued to serve his regular tours for himself & for his Father William Seton, to the close of the war. He believes that John Seton the above declarant was in ac- tual service during that period for more than two years Sworn & subscribed before me the 13 th day of June 1833
Mr. Letson
Peter L. Hurn on 11/1/90

I do hereby certify that Thomas Seton & Aaron Smith whose affidavits are annexed to the foregoing declaration, and that Thomas Seton whose affidavit is annexed to the supplementary proceedings are men of veracity, and that implicit faith & reliance may be placed in their said affidavits. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal the 15 th day of June 1833.
Peter P. Burnyon Judge of Middlesex Pleas.
I Nicholas Worram Clerk of the County of  Middlesex Court of Common Pleas in the said County of Middlesex do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of John Seton for a pension, and that the supplementary proceedings thereto annexed are also in due form of law & entitled, and that Thomas Seton, James Harriet and Peter P. Burnyon are Judges of the Court of Common Pleas (a court of record) in the said County of Middlesex, and that the signatures annexed to the said proceedings are their genuine signatures.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the Seal of said Court this fifteenth day of June A.D. Eighteen hundred thirty three.
N Worram Clerk

State of New Jersey, 3
Middlesex County ss 3
Personally appeared before me this Undersigned a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in said county. The Letson the above declarant, who being duly sworn, deposes & saith, that by reason of old age & the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the fol- lowing grades, to wit. In June 1778 he was enrolled in Capt. Hughes Hughes company of Militia as a private, was drafted and served one month. The Drake was Lieutenant. This tour of one month was performed in the vicinity of Mt. Bruno- nich and in the County of Monmouth. On the 28 th of the month he was at the battle of Monmouth, and a day or two after the battle was dismissed. The month follow- ing (July) he served under the same Captain as a Substitute for his Father (William Letson). This month he was stationed at Woodbridge and employed in guarding the lines. The enemy was on Staten Island. The month following (August) he served his own regular tour under the same Captain, and was employed as before in guarding the lines in Woodbridge and its vicinity. The regiment to which this company was attached was command- ed by Major Edger of Woodbridge. That the month following, he served as a Substitute for his Father, and was continued as before reconnoi- tring on the lines in Woodbridge and at the Blazing Star. The British were still on Long Staten Island, and frequently came over to the Jersey side for plan- ders. The following month he served his regular tour under Capt. Roff and was quartered at Wood- bridge. The month following (November) he served as a Substitute of his Father and contin- ued his quarters at Woodbridge, but was kept under

Constant alarm and obliged to march from time to time to Rehoboth, Amboy, Blazen Stan. and Elizabeth Town - The month following he served his own regular monthly tour and was quartered as before at Woodbridge under Capt. Hugh Dunn or Capt. Roff. The month following (January 1779) he served as a substitute for his Father and continued his quarters at Woodbridge employed as before in guarding the Lines - The month following (February) he served his own regular tour and was continued at Woodbridge under Capt. Hugh Dunn & Capt. Roff. During the whole of this winter he with the company to which he belonged was kept in active duty in guarding the Lines & repelling the frequent attacks of the British & Tories stationed on Staten Island -
During the Spring & Summer of 1779 he continued in the service, and performed a tour of every other month alternately, that is, the month of April, June and August, and the services were performed as before in guarding the Lines at Woodbridge and its vicinity under the above named officers - The month of September following he served for his Father under the same officers - The month of October he again served his own regular tour of a month, the following month (November) he served as a substitute for his Father. The following month December he served his own regular tour - The duration of each of these tours performed & of those that follow was one month - and the place where he was quartered the same - That in the year 1780 he was continued in the service under the above named Captains Dunn & Webster and served his monthly tours as before mentioned, to wit, February, April, June, August, October

and December. On the 23 d of June of this year (1780) he was at the battle of Springfield under Capt. Hough's Command. Followed the British into Elizabeth Town & then returned to his quarters at Woodbridge.
That during the years 1781 & 1782 he continued to be attached to the company of Capt. Hough's Command & to perform regular monthly tours, that is every other month alternately, performing one full year's service within those two years, and now stationed as before at Woodbridge & engaged in guarding the lines & protecting that region of country from the aggressions of the British, who were still on Staten Island and in the City of New York. That two months during the two last years he served as a substitute for his father, and that during the months that he was not in actual service, he was subject to frequent alarms, from the British, who were lying in the neighborhood, and was often called out for a day or two to repel attacks made upon New Brunswick, Amboy & other places in the vicinity of Amboy - and that during the year 1783 he performed one or two tours of a month each, when peace was declared, and the company to which he was attached was dismissed - Declarant further states that these services were all performed as a private, and amounted in all to not less than three years , for which he claims a pension.
Sworn & subscribed this 20 th day of June 1833 before me
J. Ford
notary of the peace
John Seton
in service and in actual service from the

I do hereby certify that the foregoing affidavit of John Peterson is executed in due form of law, that Joseph Ford before whom the affidavit was taken is a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in the County of Middlesex (a court of record), and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court this twenty-first day of June A.D. eighteen hundred & thirty three
N. Booracum Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in the County of Middlesex
John Peterson's application for a pension from New Brunswick Navy
of 100 per month 22 months 212
Official seal John Peterson Joseph Ford
I hereby certify that the time of service of this application be computed at twenty two months. J. P. Newcomb June 25. 1833.

1905. Nov 27-Testimony to Mrs James Watt. [Letter in Claim Thomas Miller. S F 43.003] M.B.H.
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Dr. Lyman N.D.
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Tom. Runns
Wahayha
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New Brunswick March 5, 1836
Dear Sir, I enclose to you the application of John Sitton, for a new Pension Certificate, in the case of one lost. He is well known to me, & his representation is implicitly to be relied upon.
That respectfully Your Obedt. Servt.
J. L. Edwards, Esq. Commr Pensions.
James Randolph
P.S. As Mr Sitton's agent in mistake made use of the printed form I lent to him, & the only one I had, will you be so obliging as to furnish with another one?

for a new edition John Letson
N. J.
new ed.

APPLICATION FOR A NEW CERTIFICATE.
State of New Jersey — ss. County of Middlesex — ss.
On this fifth day of March 1836, before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said county of Middlesex personally appeared John Nelson who, on his oath, declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain Hughes in the regiment commanded by Colonel Webster in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the pension roll of the State of New Jersey that he received a certificate, of that fact under the signature and seal of the Secretary of War; which certificate, on or about the first day of March 1836 at or near Princeton Junction in the County of Middlesex aforesaid
he the said John Nelson lost. The said certificate was taken from its usual deposit, preparatory to going to Trenton to draw his pension, and laid aside for that purpose. — The day following the certificate was missed, and although the most diligent search has been made for it, it has not been found.
Sworn and subscribed to before me, the day and year aforesaid.
John Lott
Peter D. Murray Justice of the Peace
NOTES.—The last four blanks are left for the applicant to set forth the time, place, and manner of the loss or destruction of the original certificate.
The oath to be taken before a duly qualified Magistrate, whose official character and signature must be properly authenticated.
¶ If the Pensioner has never received a formal certificate, but has drawn his pension on a mere notification, as was the case in a few instances many years ago, he should leave out the above words in italics , and insert, in lieu thereof, "but has never received a formal certificate, and now wishes to obtain one."
The Pensioner's oath must be supported by the evidence of another person as to identity. The person must swear that he well knows him to be the same person described in the above affidavit. The Magistrate must certify that the deponent is a person of veracity. This oath must also be authenticated by the certificate of the proper officer, under his seal of office, setting forth that the officer before whom the affidavit may be made is a Justice of the Peace, Judge, or Notary Public, as the case may be.
When a person acting as an agent or Attorney for a pensioner, loses the certificate, the affidavit of that person is also required, which must be authenticated as above.
¶ In every case where the Clerk of the Court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should be sent with the papers.
¶ Mode of authenticating papers.—In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officers who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or small ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
¶ No attention will be given to applications from persons who act as agents, unless they are known at the War Department, or are vouched for as respectable persons by some one who is known to the Department.

State of New-Jersey } Middlesex County ss }
On this fifth day of March A.D. 1830. Before me the subscriber one of the Justices of the Peace in & for the said County of Middlesex personally appeared John Tuckerman of the City of New Brunswick & State aforesaid. Now on his oath declared that he is well acquainted with the within named John Tuckerman, knows him to be the above person described in the foregoing affidavit, knows also that the said John Tuckerman is a pensioner, and has frequently seen his pension certificate.
Sworn & subscribed the day & year above expressed before me Peter P. Runyon Justice of the Peace }
John Tuckerman
This is to certify, that I am well acquainted with the above named John Tuckerman, and have full confidence in his veracity. That his statement under oath is entitled to credit & belief. (March 5 th 1830) — Peter P. Runyon Justice of the Peace
State of New-Jersey, Middlesex County ss. I, Nicholas Booracum Clerk of the County of Middlesex do hereby certify that Peter P. Runyon before whom the foregoing affidavits or depositions of John Tuckerman & John Tuckerman were taken was at the time of taking said depositions a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Middlesex duly commissioned and sworn and to all whom official acts full faith &

wherein is given - That I am acquainted with the signature of said Lutter and believe the signature to the foregoing deposition and subscribed to be his proper hand writing In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County at New Brunswick this fifth day of March AD 1835
William W.