Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 6,248, for John Lee, New York

SERVICE
New York
Lee, John or Lester, Esther.
NUMBER
R. 6248
CONTENTS
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Letter to Hon L. C. C. Oct. 13. 1835 to L. C. Conditt & P. Agt. Oct. 15. 1835
N o : 5475
New Jersey
John Lee
of Morris Co. in the State of N. Jersey who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Delavan of the Reg t commanded by Col. Thomas in the N. Jersey Mil. line for 12 months & 10 days
Inscribed on the Roll of N. Jersey at the rate of 41. Dollars & 9 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 11 th day of Feby. 1833 and sent to Hon. L. Conditt, N. R.
  Arrears to 4th of Sept r 1832  61.63    Semi-ant. allowance ending 4. March 1833  20.54     $ 82.17  
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk Book D Vol. 4 Page 161

A Record
Of the Deceased, with their ages.
Time When Deceased. The Ages. Sally Lee departed this life. Dec. the 30 th 1789 Aetatis 1 " 3 " 8 5 " Years M o Days John Lee jun r departed this Life March the 29 th 1792 Aetatis 1 " 3 " 8 5 " Years M o Days Daniel H. Lee departed this Life June the 28 th 1814 Aetatis 20 " 10 " 8 " years M o Days John Lee departed this life Sept 22 1825

A Record  Of the Family of John Lee, and  Escher his Wife.
   Names of parents and Children. When born. When Married.     John Lee. Oct o the 18 th . 1753. May the 15 th . Anno Domini 1781.   Escher Norton. Feb y the 7 th . 1753.   Philip Lee. Feb y the 12 th . 1782. Oct o the 18 th . 1808.   Phebe Lee. Jan y the 18 th . 1784. May the 24 th . 1808.   Sally Lee. Sep t the 25 th . 1788. -----   John Lee Jun r . Dec r . the 24 th . 1790. -----   Daniel H. Lee. Aug t the 20 th . 1793. -----   Weston Lee. Jan y the 24 th . 1799. -----  
— April 20 th . 1812. —  and continued

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the 3 d section of the act of Congress of the 4 th July, 1836. State of New Jersey, Morris County ss:
On this 20 th day of March, 1839, personally appeared before the Court of Common Pleas of said County, Mrs. Esther Lee, a resident of Morris township in the County of Morris & State of New Jersey, aged 76 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 4 th 1836.
I am the widow of John Lee, who was a private as I believe, in the Militia of the State of New York, or of the State troops of that State, & performed military service in the revolutionary war, under the orders of Colonel Clinton, or General Clinton, along the Hudson river, & in various other places unknown to me. For particulars & details of his service, I respectfully refer the Commissioners of pensions to the Declaration of John Lee, my deceased husband, now on the files of the pension office, upon which a pension of forty one dollars & nine cents ($41.09) per annum was granted him, under the law of 1832, & regularly paid to him to the 4 th September 1835, as I believe, by the Pension Agent of New Jersey. — I was married to the said John Lee, on the first of May, 1781, at Yorktown, Westchester County, State of New York. — Yorktown was then called & commonly known by the name of Greenpond, or Greenpond. My father's name was Horton, & my husband's parents, as well as mine, lived at Greenpond, now Yorktown, when we were married by Rev. Samuel Sackett, then Pastor of the Church there, called, "Kirk of Scotland". My husband & I resided there till the war was over, after which we removed to Poughkeepsie, or rather a little above Poughkeepsie, in Dutchess County.
My husband, the said John Lee, performed military service after our marriage in 1781, to the end of the war, but how much, I cannot tell. I know he was called out upon military duty, under Captain Henry Strang & Capt. Purdy, along the Hudson river & near to the City of New York & Harlem. In the year 1782, the next year after our marriage, he was in the public military service a great portion of the year.
I believe the records of the Church kept by Rev. Mr. Sackett at Greenpond, were lost, in time of the revolution, altho' I do not know that they contained any record of marriages solemnized by him. I have a bible record of our marriage, kept by my husband, containing the time of our marriage & the ages of our children, which I expect to send to the Pension office. Mary Lee, sister of my husband, was present at our marriage, as appears by an affidavit hereto annexed. His younger brother, Robt. P. Lee, & Henry Strang, have both made depositions of the military services of my husband, which are hereto annexed. They were taken before James White Esq. Justice of the peace in Westchester County in March 1837, & were forwarded to me in New Jersey, without the official character of the justice being certified.

by the County Clerk, & without any certificate of the veracity of either of the 3 witnesses. They were returned to West Chester, to have those deficiencies supplied, & never came back into my hands until within a month past, having been left in care of a friend in N. York city, by whom they were forgotten or neglected till this time. And this is the true reason why my application has been so long delayed, since the death of my husband, who died on the 22 d day of September, 1835, in consequence of a fall & injury by his wagon. After our marriage he was often called out upon military duties, for several weeks at a time & was in several skirmishes along the river Hudson; & if by the Laws of my Country, I am entitled to a pension during the few days which may remain for me, in consequence of my husband's revolutionary services, it will be strangely received. I have remained a widow since the death of my husband, the aforesaid John Lee, to the present time, as will more fully appear, by reference to the testimony herewith annexed.
Sworn & subscribed at Morris town, the day first mentioned sig. March 20 th 1839
Before me
Esther Lee
John H. Keen one of the Judges of the Court of common pleas in and for said County
Subby certify to the Commissioners of Pensions, that I have been personally well acquainted with John Lee & Esther Lee his widow, the above Declarant, from the time of their removal from Dutchy Co. N. York, to Morris Co. N. Jersey, which was not less than 15 or 20 years since: - that they were much respected by all their neighbours as pious & exemplary members of society - that said John Lee died in the fall season of 1835, & that his widow, the said Esther Lee, has not married since his death, as I well believe.
Lewis Condict.
Morris County, New Jersey ss.
This day personally appeared before me, a justice of peace of said County, Lewis Condict, who has subscribed the above certificate, & made oath in due form of law, that the facts stated in said Certificate, are true, to the best of his knowledge & belief. And I certify, that I believe said Lewis Condict to be a credible witness, & entitled to belief.
Sworn & subscribed before me, at Morris town
April 13 th 1839.
Niles S. Condict Justice of the Peace

Col. Jas. L. Edwards
Commission of Pension.

Morris Town N. J. Oct. 26/44.
Sir,
Your letter of the 21 st was rec d . on the 24 th , & yesterday I went to the late residence of Estlin Lee, widow of John, to learn the precise date of her death, according to your suggestion. Her daughter Hester Overton, (a widow) states, that she (Estlin Lee) died on the 2 nd of April, 1842, & her father, John Lee, on the 22 nd . Sept. 1835.
She also states - that her Mother left three children & no more - viz: Philip Lee, living in the State of New York - Phebe, widow of James Van Wagner of New Jersey, & herself (Hester Overton)
I was under a mistake myself - supposing there were 2 sons & but one daughter.
Please inform me what further measures, if any, will be necessary, on the part of the children.
The Declarations of the husband, (law of 1832) & of the widow, will be found on your files. I am not certain whether she claimed under the act of 1836 - or 1838 - or both.
Very respectfully
Your obed. servt. &c:
Lewis Conditt
Col. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions.

Declaration of John Lee N o 311 B

DECLARATION, IN ORDER TO OBTAIN THE BENEFIT OF THE ACT OF CONGRESS, PASSED JUNE 7, 1832.
STATE OF NEW-JERSEY, } County of Morris } ss.
On this first _____ day of August A.D. 1832 personally appeared, in open court, before The Judges of
the court of Common Pleas now sitting John Lee a resident of Morristownship in the County of Morris and State of New-Jersey, aged 78 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 entered the service of the United States, under the following named Officers, and served as herein stated:
That on the 1 st day of August 1776 he entered as a volunteer the Troops raised by the State of New York, for a period of five months, in a Company commanded by Capt. James Kronkwright, in a Regiment under the command of Colonel Thomas Thomas. That the Company mustered at Peekskill & marched to Kingsbridge Westchester County, N. York, and thence on to York Island & thence to White Plains with the Army under Washington. At the close of this term he was discharged verbally & returned home the 1 st day of January '77. He went immediately to East Chester, in a Company under the command of Capt. Flyatt, where he remained for two weeks keeping guard on the lines. In the month of April he was again out in a Company under Capt. Delavan on the same duty as before.
In August '77 he entered again for five months at Peekskill in a Company under Capt. Flyatt, Joseph Drake Lieutenant. He was with his Company for 2 months on the lines keeping guard in East Chester. His Company then went to Fort Stanwix when he hired a Substitute who went to Fort Stanwix with his Company & served out the five months. This deponent having hired the Substitute to go to Fort Stanwix, himself continued to do duty for the space of six weeks or more on the lines in East Chester.
During the whole of the year '78 he was constantly out on scouting parties, seldom being at home many days in succession.

6.12 In June '79 he entered a Company under Captain 11. Hoadly - and was for six weeks or more with his company watching the British who lay at Red Bank & Point & Stony Point. 12. The other officers at this time were Lieutenant Colonel Hyslop, Major Strong, and Colonel Drake. Besides this period of six weeks he was out for several days at a time on many scouting expeditions, making two months or more in actual service at this time. During the years '80, '81 & '82, he was out the greater part of the time on scouting parties - and on any service which the occasion demanded. He was not out during these years in any regular service.
From the commencement to the close of the War this deponent verily believes that he was almost continually in the service of the country, and that computing the whole time he did more than three years of active steady service.
He served always as a volunteer, was never drafted but once. This deponent was born in Piscataway, Middlesex County, N. Jersey, on the 15 th day of October 1753, as appears from his family bible. His parents removed while he was a child to Westchester County, in New York State where and in Dutchess County he resided for sixty years. In 1815, he removed to Morristown, Morris County, N. Jersey where he now lives - Now had a written discharge.
For testimony of his character for veracity he refer to S r Lewis Condict who has been acquainted with me for 15 years or more and to Major W m Lee, both of Morris County, who has known him for 40 years & more.

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.
Stephen Vail We Lewis Conditt & Wm Lee , John Lee residing in the County of Morris hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with John Lee who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be seventy eight 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.
Stephen Vail
Lewis Conditt Wm Lee
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 Lewis Conditt
who has signed the preceding certificate, is a resident in the Township of Morris in the County aforesaid, and that William Lee who has also signed the same, is a resident in the Township of Hanover in the County aforesaid and are credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Stephen Vail
William Brillin
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 John Lee for a pension.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and seal of office, this first day of August in the year of our lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two.
David Day Clerk

Ms 3113. New Jersey. John L...
Resp. 24 dec. '32
Obj. 45. h. 13.
Flora L. Benedict
No. 17aps.
See letter 23 Jan'y 1928
Agreement
12 mo. 1085 7 mo 624 1/2 $ 41.09
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BRIEF in the case of  John Lee.  Mount Township  of  Morris County  in the State of New Jersey  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? Seventy years  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     In 1776 Aug. 1. " 5 " Volunteer Gen. Col. Thomas Thomas, - Drake.   1777 January " 2 " Lt. Col. Hyatt.   " April " 1 " Maj. Strong.   " August " 12 " Capt. James Kronwright, - Hyatt, Debaran, - Joshua Drake, - Neddy.   1779 " 2 "   7 11  
 5. In what battles was he engaged?  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Westerlo in Dutchess County N. York  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditional.  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? (See the Brief of objections.) 
"He says he served more than 3 years, always as a Volunteer, and was never drafted but once."
X Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
W. Sumner
Examining Clerk.

Esther Lee 4.528
N.J.
Rejected
Sec. Lewis bond
Aug 20 '39
to same Dec: 19. 1840
" " Oct. 13. 1842
let to D. L. Gendrot Oct 19
1844. Same Nov 2 o 1844.
6248

REJECTED
6248
P.O. Arthur Lee Service: vid of John
Enlisted: _____, 18 . Discharged: _____, 18 .
Application filed: _____, 18 .
Alleges: _____ _____
Re-enlisted: _____ _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____ _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
my Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18 .

Nov 1861
Pension Office
Repost
Nov 13 Berlin
Heidelberg
10 P. M.
15th
15th
The Secretary of War

sr. 2 Morris Town, October 5 th 1835.
Dear Sir,
I hope you will excuse the trouble I give you, in asking your attention for a moment to the cases of two or three Revolutionary pensioners, whose papers are herewith enclosed. — The Agent at Trenton, (as you may see by the endorsement) objects, that the copy of the Certificate is not correct . — The variance consists in substituting figures, for letters. John Lee for instance, is dated "eleventh," in the original, & is copied "11 th " in the oath of identity. There are some 15 or 20, in which this difference (figures for letters) is the only one, & for this reason, payment is declined. I would not complain, if any public notice had been given. These papers have generally been made out in this manner, & have not hitherto been rejected. The men, being very aged & infirm, & coming to me some 15 & 20 miles, I have generally advanced their money, to save them a second call. — My object is, to ask of you, if you should deem it admissible, to suffer them to pass, & such others as have no other objection. — Some of them have since died, & others live at a great distance.
I am fully aware of the necessity of great caution & precision in all these transactions, & now, having notice of what is required, I will gladly hereafter conform to the precise letter of the instructions. —
John Lee & David Skellinger, are of the same character, with some 15 or 20 others, with which I will not trouble you. — William Tuttle, is under the Act of 1828, & the objection to the pension is, that instead of reading from 4 th March to 4 th Sept r . it should read from 3 rd March, to 2 nd Sept r . inclusive .
The Certifs. accompany the other papers, & you will confer on me a special favor, by returning to me, the whole of the 3 cases, with such decision, as you shall deem to be proper.
Very respectfully,
Your ob t . serv t . & friend
Lewis Condick.
Cases of John Lee David Skellinger } Enclosed. W m Tuttle } (Law of 1828)
The Hon ble Lewis Cass Secretary of War.

Oct 19 '44
Ellen Lee
Mid Feb 32
N. J.
Col. James L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Washington

Sir,
The daughter of Esther Lee, & the only child living in New Jersey, desires to know, in what mode, she may renew her Mother's claim, as widow of John Lee, a pen t under the Act of June 7 th 1832. Mrs. Esther Lee at first claimed under the act of July 36 - having married before the close of the war.
Your letter of Dec. 19 th 40, thinks the claim cannot be sustained under that Act, but may under the law of '38.
She died however, (as I think) without making such Declaration but of this I am not certain.
Such information as may be proper, will be acceptable to the Daughter & thankfully rec d by her.
Will it be necessary for her to administer?
Very respectfully,
Your ob t serv t
Levi Condict
Mount Town, N.J. Oct. 17 th 44.
Col. L. Edwards Esq r
Comm ee on Pensions

Dec 14 1840
Am 26 N.Y.
James L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington.

Morris town Dec. 11 th 1840
Dear Sir,
Permit me to enquire of you in behalf of Esther  M rs Lee widow of John Lee, whether or not she w d be entitled to relief under the act "providing half pay pension for 5 years", passed Dec r 1838. The time of marriage is stated in her Deed n on file, as well as the time of his death.
In your letter of Aug t 20, '39. you state that her claim "under the act of July 4, 1836, is disallowed". That her her husband's last service was in 79 - & her marriage in 81
If in view of the facts stated, she w d be entitled under the act of 38 - she w d apply under a new Deed n . - if you think not she w d not incur the expense & trouble of it, being very old & infirm.
Very respectfully
Your ob t Serv t
Levi Condict.
Col. Edwards.

This paper belongs to those on file in Pension Office in the name of Eliza Lee, widow of John Lee, Morris B.P. V. Junr.
FI 207

March 2 nd 1837. -
I hereby certify, that there are in my possession, no records of the First Presbyterian Church of Yorktown, of an earlier date than May 2 nd 1807, & I know of none in the possession of any of the members of the congregation.
H. G. Thompson.
Pastor 1 st Pres. Church Yorktown
This paper belongs to the file of Mrs. Esther Lee, widow of John Lee, late of Morris Co. N. Jersey. It was forgotten or overlooked, when the papers were put together.
L. Condict.
May 24 th . 1839.

Oct 11. 1842
N.Y.
Esther Lee
full
James L. Edwards Esq. Commissaire y Pennam War Department Washington

Morris town N. J. Sept. 7th. 1842.
Dear Sir,
In your letter of Dec. 19th. 1840, relating to Estlin Lee, widow of John Lee, you speak of a removal of her Declaration under the act of July 7th. 38? She would have done so, had she not been prevented by extreme feebleness & infirmities, under which she finally sunk.
Her children desire that justice may be done in the case & that they may not suffer through the inability of the mother further to proceed.
Permit me to enquire, is it not competent for you to adjudge this case under the original declaration, & allow whatever its merits may require?
I do not know that the children can descend instead of the mother, altho' her rights seem to merge in the children, as being vested in them. If in your judgment any step is necessary on their part, please inform me: but if it can be dispensed with, as not essential to procuring justice, please to recommend it.
Another difficulty is in the way of action by the children. There are five daughters living in this County; & others are dispersed in different parts of the State of N. York, & cannot be brought together.
Very respectfully &c.
Your aff. Servt.
Isaac Candell.
Col. Edwards
Tenison Commissioners

In the case of Mrs Esther Lee Widow of John Lee Late of Morris County State of New Jersey Deceased
State of New York
Westchester County ss: Thomas Strong being Seventy three years of age and within one month and two Days of being Seventy four years of age being Duly Sworn Deposeth and saith That he this Deponent was well acquainted with John Lee the late husband of Esther Lee above named ever since the beginning of the American Revolution he then living in Westchester County next Door to to this Deponent's Father and there Resided During the whole of the Revolution and some years after before he Removed from said County That the said John Lee Entered into the American army for Six months Service as this Deponent then understood and was absent with the Army for some time and then Returned home Sick with what was then called the Camp Distemper and after some weeks sickness he got better and Returned to his Regiment and served his time out That the said John Lee Served in the Militia when they were called out to do Service on the lines During the whole war of the Revolution That this Deponent at the time young served with the said John Lee the last of the said war about 1781 and 82 in patrolling on the lines which then Extended from Peekskill to Bedford and Pound Ridge to the State of Connecticut and Past through Crompond where this Deponent and the said John Lee Lived That this Deponent was also acquainted with the said Esther Lee before she was married to the said John Lee which marriage took place near the end of the Revolution as but when in particular in what year or month this Deponent is not able to state Particulars This Deponent further saith that he is and always has been a member of the Presbyterian Church on the Plan of the Kirk of Scotland in Yorktown formerly called Crompond That about thirty years ago Search was made for the Record of said Church kept before and through the Revolution by the Rev. Samuel Sackett the Pastor of the Church at that time and who did

about the end of the Revolution and it could not be found and that the Record of of said Church if any was then kept was probably lost in the confusion of the war by removing from place to place which the said clergymen Samuel Lash -it was compelled to do during the said war of the Revolution
Thomas Purney
Taken and sworn before me this 2 d day of March 1837
James White } Judge of the peace

In the case of Esther Lee widow of John Lee late of Morris Town and County of State of New Jersey Deceased
State of New York
Westchester County ss: Robert P Lee of York Town in the County of Westchester and State of New York Attorney at Law being Twenty years and ten Months old being Duly sworn Deposeth and saith That John Lee the late husband of Esther Lee was an Elder Brother of this Deponent and Resided in York Town formerly called Bronx in the County of Westchester During the American Revolution and until 1800 when Removed from said County That the said John Lee Entered the Service in the Spring of Seventy Six under Captain Cronk for Six months That he became home Sick Remained Several weeks and then Returned to his Company That he frequently went with Parties During the said Revolution to storm and beat up the quarters of Colonel Delanceys Regiments of Loyal Refugees at Morristown in said County Some times with and Some times without the aid of Continental troops That in 1782 this Deponent went with a Party of Militia under Captain Henry Stans as a volunteer and the said John Lee was with that Party in pursuit of the Enemy who had made an Inroad above the Lines and Drove off Cattle and took some Prisoners and plundered the Inhabitants That John Lee he was in the Militia Stationed on the lines at York Town aforesaid under Colonel Samuel Drake when they were Surprised and routed by a Party of British horse who Burned the Meeting house took Some Prisoners and plundered the Inhabitants That the said John Lee was Married to the above named Esther Lee in the Spring of 1781 in May and this Deponent was at said Marriage That this Deponent has been informed and Believes that the Record of Marriages and Deaths kept by the Rev. Samuel Sackett who was then Pastor of the Presbyterian Church and Congregation at Bronx in the Manor of Cortlandt now York Town in said County was lost or Destroyed in the Confusion made by the war as the said Samuel Sackett died at the Conclusion of said Revolution and said Record after particular and Diligent Search made for it shortly after the Revolution could not be found nor hath the same been ever found since
Sworn this 2 Day of March 1837 before
Robert P Lee
James White, Clerk of the Court.

I hereby certify that Mary Lee and Robert O Lee and Thomas Strong are personally known to me to be persons of truth and veracity and good moral character.
York. Town Sept the 1 st 1834
James White { Justice of Peace

In the case of Mrs Esther Lee Widow of John Lee late of Morris County State of New Jersey Deceased
State of New York
West Chester County ss: Mary Lee of York Town being Seventy eight years old and sister of the said John Lee above named being duly sworn Depo was eth and saith - That in the Spring of the year 1781 this Deponent, at the Marriage of the said John Lee to the above named Mrs Esther Lee by the Rev d Samuel Sackett the then Pastor of the Presbyterian Church at Crompond in Cortlandt Manor now York Town in the County of West Chester That the said John Lee went in the Army under Capt n Cronk in the 1776 for a tour of six months come home sick from the Army and was several weeks sick and then returned to the Army again That during the whole of the American Revolution both before and after his marriage he was in service with the Militia under Colonel Samuel Brake when they were called out and was with that Regiment at York Town when they were attacked and routed by the British horse That in 1781 and 1782 he was with Parties of the Continental troops who went below the lines to the lower part of West Chester County and was in several skirmishes with the British troops that took place in the lower part of the County as this Deponent was then informed and Believes That this Deponent has been informed and believes that the Record of Marriages and Deaths & Births kept kept by the said Samuel Sackett Pastor of the Church at that time in York Town has been sought for and could not be found and is believed to have been lost through the multiplicity of confusion produced by that war - That the said John Lee during the said Revolutionary war was more or less engaged in booting stores for the Army and particularly when the American troops were lying at Valley Forge and Monmouth and until the Battle took place at different times and this Deponent further saith not - Sworn this 2 nd Day of March 1836
Mary Lee
James H. White { Sister of John Lee

affidavits in the case of Mrs. Esther Lee
State of New York:
Westchester County ss. I John H. Smith Clerk of the County of Westchester, certify that James White Esquire before whom the within deposition of Robert P. Lee, Mary Lee, and Thomas Stearns were taken, was, on the second day of March last past, and still is a justice of the peace in & for the said County, and that the signature of the said James White, to the several of those depositions, respectively, and to the within cer- tificate of the character of the said deponent, bearing date
Sept. 15 th 1837 is the genuine signature of the said James White. In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of the County, & subscribed my name this 16 th Day of June A D 1837
John H. Smith Clerk

State of New Jersey } Morris County } J.P.
Personally appeared before me, Silas L. Condict, a justice of peace in said County, Lewis Condict, a man of trust, & fully entitled to belief, who being by me duly sworn according to law, on his oath saith as follows viz:
I have been personally well acquainted well acquainted with John Lee, formerly of Dutchess Co. New York, for a period of 15 years & longer during which time said Lee & his family have resided in Morris Township.
The leaf which accompanies this deposition, purporting to be, "a Record of the Family of John Lee & Esther his wife", was by me separated from the family Bible now in possession of Esther Lee, widow of said John Lee, & which I verily believe to be the original & authentic family record of said family, containing, as I verily believe, a true account of the age of said John Lee & Esther Lee, & the time of their marriage.
Lewis Condict.
Sworn & subscribed before me at Morristown, 15 th . April, 1839.
Silas L. Condict Justice of the Peace
State of New Jersey
Morris County
J.P. I, David B. Hunt, Clerk of Morris County, hereby certify, that John Hunt Esq.
before whom the accompanying Declaration of Mrs. Esther Lee, widow of John Lee, late a Pensioner of the United States was taken & subscribed on the 20 th . of March, 1839, is a judge of the Court of Common Pleas of said County, duly commissioned & authorized, & the signature of his name thereto, "John Hunt", is genuine. And I do further certify, that Silas L. Condict, before whom the annexed & preceding depositions of Lewis Condict, were taken & subscribed on the 15 th . April 1839, is a justice of peace in & for said County, duly commissioned & authorized, & that the signature of his name to both, "Silas L. Condict", is genuine.
Witness my hand, & seal of office, at Morristown, this 15 th . April, Anno Domini, 1839.
D B Hunt Clerk
One true copy of the foregoing...

11528
New Jersey, Morris Co.?
Esther Lee, Widow of John N.P. Lee au?
Declaration etc.
abt 4 July 1836
Michael May R.I. Husband and 22 yrs.
Pickler
for
for
Return to
Lowis Condier Morris town, N. Jersey.
May 25.
for

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Lee, John GRADE Private LINE North Carolina
WARRANT NUMBER 12331 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED January 3, 1800 to Sol. P. Goodrich, assignee official note: "See warrant on file in the G.L. Office"
*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.