Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 23767, for Israel Lee, New Jersey

SERVICE
NUMBER
New Jersey
Lee, Israel
S. 23767
CONTENTS

4441 New York
Israel Lee
(Sioga) in the State of New York who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Austin — of the Regt. commanded by Col. Stark — in the St. Lawrence line for 10 1/2 Months — "
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 34 Dollars 99 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831,
Certificate of Pension issued the 17th day of Jan'y 1833 — and sent to H. N. Lachman Guardian
Arrears to 4th of Sep. 1832 32.49 Semi-annual allowances ending 4th '33 17.49
$69.98
{ Revolutionary Claim, { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Geo. H. Dill Clerk, Book D Vol. 5 Page 109
Let. To L. Bond dist 26. July '34

No. 8500
Israel Lee
Admitted
Apr 10 1832 Nov 9 1832
R 40.
 456.16 335  70   8383  1.66   34.49 
H. W. Jackson
Flanna
New York

110 8500
BRIEF in the case of  Israel Lee of Catharine  County of Tioga  in the State of  New York  (Act 7 June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Before a Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? Seventy three years, 73  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.     was drafted in December In 1776 until Feb 1777 — 3 — private Gen. Stark's Col. Stark's Lt. Col. Christie or Augustus  Brigs Com'dy Capt Benedict  Hathaway's Com'dy   Concord about 15 Oct 1777 — 1 — do Army Capt Joseph  Bone   20 June 1778 — 1 — do Capt. Parsons , Gen. Lee , Gen. Scott   in January or Febry cannot say if it was the year before, or after — 1 — do Genl Washington Capt Jonathan  Hathaway's Com'dy   at Battle of Monmouth March of May cannot tell the year, drafted — 1 — do Majr Hays  Genl  Washington = Capt Hathaway   1 Aug 1781 — 1 — do 75 days at another time  Officer was named  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? of Monmouth at Bordentown.  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Monistown, Morris County New Jersey  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? his tradition is supported by the belief of a blue man & another respectable citizen or two, whose character and credibility are vouched by the Court  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? No. returned 
X Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Chas. E. Warren Examining Clerk.

New Jersey Morris County. Supplemental Declaration of Isaac Lee, praying for Enlargement of his Pension.
Received
Lib. 26. July 34 to Dr Condict
Return to Lewis Condict Morris town, N. Jersey.

State of N. Jersey, Morris County
Before the subscriber a Justice of peace in said County, personally appeared Major William Lee of said County, personally well known to me as a man of respectability - of truth, & good standing, & being duly sworn, saith as follows, viz: I am in the 72 nd year of my age - was a Militia soldier in time of the war of the revolution, & well acquainted with Israel Lee now an applicant for a pension for Militia services in said war. Israel Lee is my elder brother - I was an apprentice to John Mills to learn the trade of a Tanner, Currier & Shoemaker in the early period of the war. I then lived with my father, distant about 2 miles from John Mills, & saw my brother Israel sometimes daily - sometimes twice & thrice a week, except when he was absent on tours of Militia duty, which was the case every year whilst the war continued. - I often saw him when preparing to start on Militia tours & Militia alarms, with his gun, cartridge box & knapsack & often saw him return home after having performed these tours. I have heard him often relate his adventures when a soldier. He has frequently slept with me at our father's in the war, & I with him at his Master Mills' after his tours of duty, & have listened frequently half the night to hear his adventures. I know there was not a year whilst the war was carried on, in which he did not perform several tours of monthly duty - generally drafted - & several times as a substitute for his Master Mills, when tanning & shoe repair required his presence. I firmly believe that Israel Lee performed Militia duty as a substitute for John Mills his Master, at least 4 different monthly tours, at different seasons. I had opportunities of knowing, by being often at Mills' & hearing him say, that Israel had gone out botany in his stead, & hearing the same thing from Israel after his return home. - I was often out with my father's team at Eliz th town & elsewhere during the war, & often saw my brother Israel there under arms, performing Militia duty, and at various other places where he was stationed. - I have also seen him at Eliz th town certainly not less than 4 different times. I have also seen him on duty at Chatham, near the bridge. - I know him 4 or 5 different times when stationed at Morris town, jail to guard the prisoners there, & to guard the Military stores collected in that place. I remember him on duty at the jail when two Tory officers were hanged - viz: Dey & Mee. - We lived within two miles of Morris town, & I was often on errands & business very often every week when at home. This duty of guarding the prisoners & jail he performed sometimes under Captain Beach - Sergeant Umbfield, Sergeant Young, Lieut. Boekman & Gurney - his other tours were some of them under Capt. Braly - Capt. Bates - Capt. Joby Beach & Capt. Joseph Beach. - I was on a tour of Militia duty myself with Israel Lee, at the battle & burning of Springfield in 1780, & again at the battle & burning of Connecticut Farms where Mr. Cudwell was shot. - I firmly believe from my intimate knowledge of Israel Lee during the war, that upon an average, he must have performed at least 3 months duty in each year besides alarms of life, more than one month - & in some years when the State was overrun by the enemy, he must have performed, sometimes 5 - & in the earlier part of the war probably 6 months duty a year.
Further this Deponent saith not.
Sworn & subscribed before me at Morris town, June 6 th 1834
Wm Lee
Charles Freeman J. P.
I hereby certify to the Secretary of War, & Commissioner of Pensions, that Morris Lee, Israel Doylfield, Silvester Tuttle, Robert Young & William Lee, are all of them citizens & residents of this County in which I have spent my whole life - that each one & all of them, have been personally well known to me for 30 years & longer - that they are all of them credible witnesses here, when they are less known, & are fully entitled to belief. - The applicant, Israel Lee has been absent from this County many years, & has resided in the State of New York. - I know only his general character & reputation, which I have every reason to believe is fair, & unblemished.
Lewis Condict, late a Rep er from New Jersey, in the House of Reps.
Morris town N. Jersey July 2 nd 1834.

Declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832
State of New York } ss. Tioga County
On this first Tuesday of September in the Year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty two, personally appeared in open court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of Tioga County now sitting Israel Lee a resident of the town of Rathbone in said County of Tioga & State of New York aged seventy three years on the first day of May last, who being 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 drafted & enlisted the United States Service as a private & served in the United States Army ten months and a half in the following manner and under the following named officers.
He first entered the the army in a company commanded by Austin or Augustus Bailey & was attached to Col Stark's regiment entered in the Month of August 1776. about ten days previous to the battle on Long Island & left the same at the expiration of three months Marched from Morristown (at this and every other time that he entered the Service) Morris County State of New Jersey, & at this time marched on to Elizabeth Town Point New Jersey he says while he was at Elizabeth Town he heard the cannon which was fired in the battle above mentioned. He remained with the army until fort Lee was evacuated, during which time he was attached to Capt Benson Hathaway's company short time at Elizabeth Town with the main army & marched to New Brunswick from thence to Bound Brook thence to Springfield & was then discharged he was drafted at an other time, & he entered the said Service, under Capt Joseph Beach

does not recollect the Colonel or any of the field Generals William Windes had the command of the troops at the time, at this time of Service he entered about the 15 th of October 1777 & remained with the army one month, was stationed at Aquacuncue Bridge New Jersey, was placed there to prevent the British from foraging in that Section. He on the twentieth of June 1778 he was drafted & he again entered the Service Service, & was commanded by Captain Savage. Marched from Morris town, to Baskin Ridge - thence to Allen town, when the Company came up with the main army, under the command of Gen Washington. Then moved on with the army near Monmouth, he then marched with Gen Lee who made an attack on the British army early in the morning, was ordered to retreat which was done until met by the main body, then Company to which he belonged was attached to Gen Scott as he now thinks in the after noon of that day, he remained on the Battle ground until ten o'clock next day, & among the train of the British he will recollect a person who was called Old Mole, who was known from his great size & figure he was then marched to Springfield New Jersey on the 20 th (or about that time) of July, was discharged he was again drafted & he entered the Service in the Month of January or February, cannot say whether it was the winter before or the next one - after the battle of Monmouth, he entered in the Company of Capt Jonathan Hathaway a brother of Benoni Hathaway before mentioned, does not recollect any of the field officers, marched to Middle Town New Jersey & was then attached to Gen Windes as he was then called at this time he remained in the Service one month, during his month, he was in a small engagement with a British foraging party.

During this term of Service, he was in a small engagement with a British foraging party at Borden town New Jersey, in which the loss on the side of the United States, was 10 or 12 killed & some wounded, Caleb Tuthill, Walter Anderson John De Camp & Thomas Mitchell, were with him in this engagement, he well recollects one circumstance, which took place while when he was retreating, with Thomas Mitchell, as he & Mitchell were getting over a fence together, Mitchell accused him of striking him on the back, which he denied, when on examination Mitchell found a bullet, which had struck him on the back, passed through his blanket & entered & lodged in a piece of pork which he had in his knapsack.
He was drafted and entered the said Service at an other time in the Month of October 1777 & continued in the same one month, in consequence of ill health was made a Water to Benoni Hathaway who had been promoted to Colonel, at this time marched to Red Bank (as it was then called) then to Somerset Court House thence to Claiden Head, then to Mount Holly, thence to Haddon field, when it was reported that Red Bank fort had been given up to the British then returned to Morris town & was discharged was not at this term of Service in company of any of the regular troops. He was drafted at an other time & he entered the said Service, in the Month of May as he now thinks, but cannot tell the Year, but it was at the time, that General Kniphausen, took Spring field in New Jersey do not recollect any of the company officers Major Joseph Linsley was one of the field officers General Howe had the Command at the time Kniphausen, came to Springfield, he recollects that a man who was called Hays who was called Major, was there who took about thirty men to protect the Women & Children in their

of flight before the enemy. He was one of that number He then marched about two miles northeast from Springfield, & remained with company a short time over one month & was then discharged. He was drafted, & served the United States in the army one month at Morris Town, to guard the prisoners that were in jail at that place a sergeant's guard was all that was stationed there, & Lieut. Timothy Rosenberfield, had the command, the month or year he cannot recollect. He was again drafted & served in the said Service Army, one month from the first day of January 1781. This was at the time the Pennsylvania troops under General Wayne mustered, the Captain was a stranger to him & does not recollect his name he thinks Colonel Hathaway had command of the troops with which he marched, he marched to Long Hill & remained there until he was discharged. He was drafted, at another time & served in the said army, a half month at Chatham Village which was in the month of October, cannot recollect any of the officers of the company, one duty of Chatham was the colonel who had the command of the Regiment he well recollects this time from the fact of one Rice Williams attempting to pass a centry, & who was shot in that attempt. At the time he entered the Service, he lived at Morris Town, Morris County New Jersey, & all the Service he done was in that state, he has no documentary evidence, & he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his Service
This informant says he was born at Pearsall, Nassau County, State of New York, on the first day of May in the Year Seventeen hundred & fifty nine, the only source he knows of his age is what he copied from his father's Bible, which

he was in his late years, at the time he was called to the Service he lived at Morris town Morris County New Jersey. Lived at that place about five or six years after the revolution then moved to the Town of Minisink Orange County New York, & in the year eighteen hundred and seventeen moved to Goshen Orange County New York at which place he now lives. He was drafted, at every time he enlisted the Service, & he recalls General Lee, General Lee, Colonel Stewart & Colonel Drake, several times he never received a dis charge he is acquainted with Thomas Mills Esquire & Joseph P. Dargis who live in the neighbour- hood of the deponent who can testify as to his character for veracity & their belief as to his service as a soldier of the revolution
Israel Lee
Sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid Green H. Tuttle Clk
We James Reynolds Esquire and residing in the town of Hector, Tompkins County New York & John Jackson of Goshen Orange County & the State of New York do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Israel Lee who has been known to the above recitation that we believe him to be seventy three years of age and he is a soldier and believed to be in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution & that we concur in that opinion
Sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid Green H. Tuttle Clk
James Reynolds John Jackson
The foregoing deposition was now read and to it is attached by the court

1 st Where and the what Year were you born I was born at Pells Hill in Westchester County & State of New York in the first day of May in the Year Seventeen Hundred & fifty nine
2 nd have you ever heard of your age and at what time it is —
I have a record which I copied from my father's bible which I now have in my possession.
3 rd Where were you living at the time you were called into Service? Where have you lived since the revolution? When as you men- tioned, I lived at Morristown Morris County New Jersey, at the time of my entering the Service I moved from that place to Minisink Orange County New York, in the Year eighteen hundred & seventeen he moved to Bathurst Niagara New York where he still resides
4 th How were you called into Service were you a volunteer, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute, and if a substitute for whom I was drafted at every time I refused the Service
5 th State some of the names of some of the regular officers who were with the troops when you served, such as Generals & Colonels Regiments, as you can recollect and the General Circumstances of your Service I recollect Gen Scott General Sir Colonel Stark & Colonel Drake General Hurd & General Wind
6 th Did you ever receive a discharge from the Service & if so for whom was it given & what was the reason of it I never received a written discharge
7 th State some of the names of some persons to whom you are known as your present neighbors and who can testify as to your character & services & their belief of your services as a Soldier in the revolution.
Thomas Mills & Joseph I Darling Esqrs

Penetration
23767 INVALID.
File No. 23767
Israel Lee
Rev Rev War
Act: June 7 th 32 nd
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 939
[Arrangement of 1870.]

State of New Jersey, Morris County, ss:
At an Inferior Court of Common Pleas, held at Morristown in & for the County aforesaid, in the regular Term of July, Domini 1834, personally appears Israel Lee, formerly of said County, State, & well known to some of the Judges thereof personally, & by all of them believed to be a man of fair character & fully entitled to credit. & having been duly sworn according to law said as follows, viz: — I am now in the 76 th year of my age, & am the same Israel Lee, who on the first Tuesday of September 1832, made my Declaration to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of June 7 th 1832 for revolutionary services, before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of Tioga County in the State of New York. — I was then at a great distance from where I lived in the war time, & where my duties were performed. I did not then know, that there was a man living, who had stood with me on the battlefield, or walked with me the rounds of a faithful sentinel, at night when on guard duty. I had no comrade to refresh my recollection, & recall to my remembrance the scenes of the revolution. I have now visited the County & neighborhood in which the days of my apprenticeship were spent, & where I first took my musket against the enemy of our Country. To my surprise, I have found some few of my old comrades & fellow soldiers living. The rehearsal of our Militia services, & the sight of the places on which we stood in revolutionary days, have brought back to my memory some services & duties which I know I actually performed, which I did not remember when I made my Declaration in Tioga, & which of course were not then stated by me. I trust however, that neither the Secretary of War nor the Commissioner of Pensions, will be reluctant or unwilling to hear patiently this my supplemental or additional Declaration of services not before stated because not then remembered, but which I know were actually performed for my Country, some part of which, if not all, I hope I may be able to prove by living witnesses, & for which I hope to receive the benefit of the law of June 7 th 1832. — For the services stated in my original Declaration, a pension was granted to me at the rate of $34.99 cents pr. annum, dated January 17 th 1833, which I now surrender & forward herewith — hoping to receive an enlargement of my pension, according to the whole of my services, stated in this & in my former Declaration.
My age — the time & place of my birth, & places of my residence, with such other particulars as the rules & regulations of the Department require, are all contained in my first Declaration, & need not therefore be now repeated. Nor shall I now repeat any of the services enumerated in my first declaration, but confine my narrative to such as have some been recited to mind — except when necessary for the sake of explanation. — I was an indentured apprentice to John Mills living in Morristown, when the war began, learning the trade of a Shoemaker, Tanner & Currier. The Tannery required the time & personal attention of my Master Mills so much, that he could not be spared from it without much hazard; & at his request, I performed several months' tours of Militia duty as his substitute, leaving him to take charge of the shop & tannery. Perhaps I did not state this fact in my first declaration, not knowing then that it was required — nor did it occur to my mind then, as I now recollect. My old Master Mills is yet living, & about 90 years of age or upward.
When I lately called to see him, I expected he would be able to recollect & to testify to some part of my services — but I found his memory so far gone, when I called to see him , that he could scarcely remember an apprentice of my name, or that he had ever known me. — I had known Robert Young, & Morris Aber when I was an apprentice, but having neither seen or heard of them in 30 years or more, I did not suppose they were yet living. — On my visit here at Morristown at this time, I found them living. My conversation with them & with William Lee my brother, have recalled to memory the Militia duties which I am now about to state, & which are not set forth in my first declaration. Their respective depositions will accompany this statement. —
In the 7 th Declaration, I stated I was discharged at or near Brandyfield, after having followed the main Army under Genl. Washington from Eliz. town, through New Brunswick, & thence to Boundbrook & Springfield. This retreat of Genl. Washington, thro' N. J. & the march of the Militia with him has been called & known by the name of the "Mud-march," & was in the fall of 1776. — I had been at home but a

very short time. (a few days only) when there was an order for the whole Militia to turn out to repel the enemy, then said to be out & in great force, overrunning the country from Eliz. town to Springfield. My Master Mills directed me to take his place, & I went as his substitute under Capt. Joseph Beahm. We marched directly to Springfield, where we met the enemy, & had a very important engagement with them. Col. Ford, Col. Drake, Col. Starks, & Col. or Major Bott were all present. Genl. Williamson I think was also present, & Genl. Hester seemed to have the command. A great body of Militia were assembled. A body of Westchequer were taken prisoners, some 70. or 80, & sent to Morris town under a strong guard. — It was in cold weather, snow on the ground. I believe in December. — The enemy retreated back to Eliz. town, which place I think they held almost all the winter — as well as all Staten Island Amboy & N. Brunswick. — The Militia had to keep a strong guard on active duty all winter, to watch their movements & drive back their plundering parties. We were stationed on guard duty at Springfield, & on the Eliz. town road nearly all the winter. Whilst on this cold weather tour, Capt. Benoni Hathaway of Morris County, conceived the project of attempting to take a strong picket guard of the enemy, stationed near the mansion house of Gov. Livingston which he had evacuated, & which was near Eliz. town. I volunteered to be on one of the parties with him. As we approached the sentry, & came near him, our Captain being in front — the sentry perceived Hathaway by the light of the fire (burning the fence behind which we were heartily concealed) The sentry & Capt. Hathaway both fired at the same instant, as tho' it were but one report. The sentry was killed, & Hathaway dangerously wounded in the side of the neck, & near the ear. — We all rushed in with fixed bayonets killed several, & brought off 30 or more prisoners, & wounded Capt. Hathaway. We were not relieved from this duty on the lines, until late in the winter — near the middle of Feb. & I was sent upon this tour as a substitute for my Master Mills, not less than two months. — The battle of Springfield, mentioned in this tour, is a different one from that which is mentioned in my first declaration. There having been two battles or skirmishes at the same place, they are sometimes confounded. I was present in both. The last one was that in which the village & church were burnt by the enemy, & is the one spoken of in my first declaration. — I remember seeing my neighbours Robert Young & Moses Allen on duty at this time. — In the fall of 1777, about Corn harvest, I performed a month's Militia duty under Captain Beahm, & was stationed at at the house of John Roe Botten hill, performing guard duty, with a view as we supposed to secure the stores at Morris town from being seized, by any sudden incursion of the enemy, conducted by Tories or Refugees ships. — In the spring of 1778, about Corn planting, I performed another month of Militia duty as a substitute for my Master Mills, under Capt. David Bates. I was stationed just below Watch mountain (now called Orange). Early in the fall (of the same year I believe) I performed another month's duty — stationed at present river & along the Pylapack river, sometimes on the Essex side, & sometimes on the Bergen side. We stormed a small fort of the enemy's at Pollyfly, near Hackensack. Capt. Beahm I think commanded the company & Genl. Hester the whole. People were beginning to move early even in some parts of the country. — I performed one month's duty at Rahway, & another at Turvey's point, opposite Staten Island, which was then held by the British. I believe Capt. Hathaway commanded us in both these tours. One of these tours was in the spring season, & I was a substitute for my Master Mills: — the other was when farmers were engaged in pulling their flax. I cannot speak of the year with certainty, but I think both were in the same year of the Monmouth battle. — Whilst at Rahway, we had a skirmish with a foraging party of the enemy near the road toward Amboy, sent over from Staten Island. Whilst the enemy occupied Amboy & New Brunswick, they sent out a strong party up the Raritan river into the neighborhood of Boundbrook, & we were ordered out to meet them. Captain Vanhook commanded us. We marched by Soughill, staid one night at Col. Sedgwick's on Soughill, next day proceeded across the mountain within a few miles of Boundbrook, where we learned that the enemy had returned to N. Brunswick. — We staid & reconnoitered a few days, then returned as far as Tuckahoe, now called New Providence, in Essex County, & was quartered about 10 or 12 days, near the church — hearing the Rev. Mr. Olney preach one Sabbath. Whilst here, there was an alarm that the enemy were at Newark. — We marched forthwith to Newark — performed guard duty three two weeks, when we were relieved — dismissed, & went home. — In year I cannot state otherwise than that it occurred whilst Brunswick & Amboy were possessed by the enemy. — Green apples were then about the size of a small musket ball, & the weather warm. On this tour we were engaged a month.

I performed several monthly tours of guard duty at Morris town which were entirely forgotten & omitted in my first declaration. This place was considered safe as regarded visits from the British, altho' it seemed to be often their ultimate object of their incursions westward of Elizabeth town, & toward Springfield. Prisoners, in considerable numbers, were often sent to Morris - some lodged in the jail, some in barns under strong guards, & some in private houses. Large military stores, of clothing, provisions - shoes - ammunition &c. were kept at Morris, & strong guards were thought necessary, to secure them against the designs of Tories & Loyalists. I do not recollect of stating any other guard duties at this place in my first declaration, except under Sergeant Umbesfield, or Humphreys & etc. I know perfectly well, that I performed several other monthly tours of duty there, under other officers, none of them as a substitute for my Master Mills, than on my own individual account. - One of these tours was performed in guarding the jail, when there was a large number of Tories or Refugee prisoners, who, as was said, were recruited as soldiers for the enemy's army in Sussex County, under a Captain Sleaf, & a Captain or a Lieutenant, whose name was John Mee. - They were making their way in disguise, toward the enemy then on Staten Island, & New York, & were all made prisoners, & brought & lodged in Morris jail. There was a Doctor, or Surgeon among them whose name I believe was Farmer, said to be a very respectable man. They were all there before Judge Morris, convicted, & condemned to death. - Doctor Farmer was pardoned, through the intercession of friends & promises of reformation - the privates were also pardoned on condition of enlisting in the American army. The two leaders, or officers, Capt. Sleaf, & Mee, were said to be found with British commissions about their persons, & were hanged by Sheriff Carmichael on Morris town green, in presence of a large multitude. I guarded the jail at this time, a full month, under Capt. Beach. I believe it was in the fall of the year 79 - but am not positive as to the year. - I was stationed twice at the public stores, to guard them, one month was under Lieutenant How: Pinnock, as officer of the guard, & another under a common officer. - John Quincy. The first of these tours was in cold wintry weather, & snow covered the ground. The other was in milder spring weather, in the latter part of the war - the year I cannot now tell. One of them was about the time of the revolt of the Pennsylvania line. In one of the tours when guarding the prisoners at the jail, the jail being all filled, there were several who slept in the large Court room - some on the table & some on the seats. Among them, was one color named Smith - gently disposed, & of good appearance. I was stationed with my gun & fixed bayonet near the door. Smith I observed one evening, did not take off his coat as usual when he lay down - was wakeful - & frequently at the window. - In the latter part of the night, I heard a horse stop in the street, directly under a window of the Court room, where Smith had been standing. He called on me for permission to go down stairs, pretending an urgent call of nature. I refused, & ordered him back to his place. - He then approached near to me, drew out his watch & offered it to me, if I would permit him to go down stairs. - I presented my bayonet & threatened him with death if he did not instantly go back to his place - & he then obeyed.
In the spring season of 1780 - (in May I believe) I was stationed on a monthly tour of duty under Capt. Beach near Springfield, when the enemy made a rapid march from Elizt. town to Connecticut farms in a large body & burnt the village & Church & plundered the country as they marched through it. A large military force encountered them at the farms, & I believe some of the Regular troops under Col. Dayton were also present. Captain Beach marched down from our station near Springfield, & we had a sharp skirmish with the enemy at the farms. During the affair, or soon after it ended, Mrs. Caldwell wife of the Rev. James Caldwell, was deliberately shot dead through a window near which she was seated with her infant in her arms. - This tour, was not long before the battle & burning of Springfield, mentioned in my former declaration - probably about two weeks before the affair of Springfield. -

I performed a month's tour of guard duty at the jail in Morris town in the fall of the year 1781 under Capt. Beack. - During this tour, a man whose name was Richard Dove Stevens was hanged by Sheriff Jacob Arnold, having been convicted & condemned on a charge of either picking, or making & passing counterfeit paper money. I was of the guards under Capt. Beack, who conducted Stevens from the jail to the gallows. A large number of other prisoners were also in confinement at the same time, & we regularly mounted guard every night till we were relieved at the end of the month & discharged. - It was a cold wintry weather when we were discharged, & I believe the tour included a part of the months of November & of December. - I have not been able to find a fellow soldier who stood guard with me on this tour, altho' I certainly performed it. - I remember several who were with me, on this occasion, but not one of them is now living.
I was conscious in my first Declaration, that I had not stated the half of the Militia duties which I had actually performed, because in the hurry & confusion of business in Court when so many others were pressing, I could not recollect them: - nor could I then find, in the County & State when I lived, a single fellow soldier who had ever stood at my side, whose memory could assist my own. - If any of the services herein set forth have been already claimed & allowed in my former Declaration, they will as a matter of justice, not be again passed to my credit. - But I humbly trust, that such tours as were not stated then, & as are now set forth & sustained by the testimony of those who were with me then, & even eye witnesses of my services, will be permitted to be added to the pension formerly granted to me by the Certificate which I mentioned in the first part of this my amended Declaration, & which I hereby surrender & return herewith to the Pension Office. These additional services, I firmly believe amount to the number of, at least, thirteen months, which I claim to have added to my former pension, in such manner as shall be just to my Country & no more than just to myself. -
In all the monthly tours which I have stated, my services, both as a substitute for my Militia bills, & on my own individual account, I was engaged in constant, faithful & active duty, never absent from my station nor from my duty. Nor was I employed in any civil pursuit during any of these tours, but was always acting in strict obedience to the orders of my superior officers.
Sworn & subscribed in open Court, this first day of July 1834. Israel Lee
Wm Morris
Attest, J. S. Dabrinsple Clerk
I, Joseph Dabrinsple, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court, in the matter of the application of Israel Lee, for an enlargement of his pension. And I hereby further certify, that Silas C. Clark Esq. before whom the annexed deposition of Morris Abel was taken, - & that Charles Freeman Esq. before whom the annexed deposition of Robert Young, Phebe Campfield, Timothy Tuttle & William Lee, were taken are both of them, Justices of the Peace in & for said County of Morris, duly authorized & commissioned - & that the respective signatures & the names of said Silas C. Clark, & Charles Freeman Esq. to the said depositions, are genuine.
In testimony whereof, I hereunto subscribe my name, & affix the seal of the Court, at Morris town, this first day of July, Domini 1834.
By order of the Court.
J. S. Dabrinsple Clerk

New Jersey, Morris County.
Be it known that on this 11 th day of June 1834, before the subscriber a justice of peace in said County, personally appeared Morris Aber, to me well known as a credible witness & entitled to belief, & being by me duly sworn, saith as follows.
I am now in the 76 th year of my age, was a soldier in the war of the revolution, & performed much service as a Militia man. I was then well acquainted with Israel Lee, & met him often in the course of the war. - We were frequently stationed at the same place as Militia soldiers, employed in the same kind of duty, often under the same field officers, but probably not under the same Captain very often. My health & memory have failed so much within the last year, that I do not think it will be possible for me to tell with any certainty, the names of our company officers, when we have been together on duty. Nor will it be in my power to state the months or the years, in which these services were done - but the places, - or some of the places where I saw him are now within my remembrance. Such instances as are within my recollection I will state, according to the best of my memory & belief.
The Militia of this part of N. Jersey performed most of their revolutionary services in Essex County, & were probably more frequently stationed as guards near Elizabeth town, & at the various landing points opposite Staten Island between Eliz. town & Perth Amboy, where the British had possession almost during the whole of the war. Much of my own duties were performed along these shores, & it was here when I saw Israel Lee, oftener than elsewhere. - During the first year of the war - & in the summer when the British fleet took possession of New York & Long Island, the Militia were kept out in large bodies almost the whole time, & were employed in building forts & guarding the inhabitants along the lines opposite Staten Island, & in the neighborhood of New York. - & it was not until cold winter weather, & after the taking of the Hessians at Trenton, that the Militia found any rest & were permitted to remain at home. - Israel Lee was then living with John Mills, near Morris town, learning the trade of a Tanner & Shoemaker. - I often saw him out on tours of Militia duty this season, - at Elizabeth town, & at the landing points opposite Staten Island, & if I mistake not he then belonged to Capt. Baileys company. Col. Stark, Col. Drake & Col. Ford, & Genl. Heard, were in command, & were present. - When Genl. Washington retreated through Jersey before the enemy, the Militia then assembled along these lines fell into the rear of his army & followed as far as N. Brunswick & some as far as Princeton, & then they returned by Bound Brook & Plainfield to Morris County, when the weather was very cold. This march was commonly called the "Mud-march": - & during this summer & fall, I very often fell in with Lee on duty, & firmly believe, that I saw him then engaged, not less than 4 months at different times. We were all suddenly called from home again to meet the enemy coming up from Elizabeth town. - We fell in with them at Springfield, where there was a severe engagement. A number of Hessians or Watdens were made prisoners & sent to Morris town under a strong guard. - I saw Lee out on this occasion, & think it was in the first part of the winter season. - The British had a strong force in New Brunswick all this winter, & in early spring a large Militia force was called out & encamped & stationed near Dibble town, at Van Maelens under the mountain, to watch the movements of the enemy & to intercept their foraging parties. Genl. Wines I believe commanded this Militia encampment, which was kept here till late in the spring. - I was on duty at this place, & recollect seeing Israel Lee then on duty also, often. I cannot tell how long he remained there, but my impression is, that he must have been there at least, as much as two months. I remember Lee on one tour at Chatham, stationed near the Raritan river bridge, & on another tour when stationed at Boiling hill, in the fall of the year. He was stationed here on guard duty, as I was myself, & I believe I was stationed at the house of a man whose name was Bell. The year I cannot tell. - I performed several monthly tours near Rahway & near Flemings point in different seasons, where I also saw Lee on duty - once when Genl. Howe was fit for coasting Boiling, & another in the spring of the year. - I have seen Lee on duty at Newark - & at Newark mountains, on different tours, performing guard duty - & I remember him again at Watchung, along the Raritan river, & near Hackensack. I performed several tours, guarding prisoners in Morris town jail at different seasons, when I also saw Israel Lee engaged in the same service, & in guarding the large public Military stores which were collected in Morris town. Two Captains of the name of Boers Joseph & David - seem to have

the charge of guarding their stores & the post - & sometimes they were guarded by their Lieutenants - Pison - Gunning, & Ensign or Sergeant Umberfite or Humphreysville. My impression & belief is, that I have seen Lee in performance of this duty not less than 3 months at different seasons, & in different years, but I cannot at this remote day, mention the year nor the season. There were criminals in this jail at different times, some of whom were publicly hanged by Sheriff Carmichael, & strong guards were kept here almost constantly, at the jail, & near the public stores. - I also remember Isaac Lee on militia duty at Connecticut farms in Etna Co. when the church & village were burnt by the enemy, & when Mr. Baldwell was shot through a window. I also recollect him on militia duty again at Springfield, when that village & church were burnt, & a fierce battle was fought. The two last I believe were in warm weather, & in the latter part of the war. These are all the instances which I now remember of the militia services of Isaac Lee. I feel very confident, that I saw him in the performance of militia duty, more or less, in every year of the war, but further particulars I cannot call to remembrance. I sworn & subscribed before me at Mansfield this 11th June 1834.
Isaac C. Black A. P.
Morris Moore
Before the subscriber, a Justice of peace in Morris County, personally appeared Timothy Tuttle of Morris town, well known to me personally for many years, as a man of truth & fully worthy of belief. - Having been duly sworn, saith as follows, viz: - I am now in my 67th year, & altho' not old enough to perform militia duty in time of the revolutionary war - yet I have a distinct remembrance of many events of that war. - My father, Thomas Tuttle, a Cooper by trade, who lived in Morris town, & was a near neighbour to John Mills, who was a Tanner of Leather, & shoemaker. Mills had several apprentices learning his trade, who were intimate playmates with me & with my two older brothers, Caleb & Silvanus Tuttle, both of whom were soldiers, bearing arms, & doing more or less duty throughout the war. - I well remember 3 apprentices of John Mills at that time, viz: John Freeman, Isaac Lee & Walter Irwin - all of whom were often from home, - said to be on guard duty. - Irwin was once brought home from guard duty, very sick - languid for some time, & at last died at John Mills' house. Some of Mills' apprentices also died about the same time. - John Freeman was also brought home from a tour of guard duty as was said, exceedingly low & more emaciated in flesh, than any almost any person I have ever seen. He finally recovered - enlisted as was said & as I believed, in the regular army - again sickened & died in the service. - Isaac Lee, whom I then knew well, & who is now here on a visit to his old friends, after many years absence, was often absent from Mr. Mills, sometimes for a month, & sometimes longer than a month - said to be gone out with the militia, on duty, as a soldier. - I sometimes saw him go, sometimes return, with his gun - cartouch box, knapsack &c. & have often heard him talk on his return, of his adventures, escapes from danger &c: whilst on militia tour. - I firmly believe that he was gone from Mr. Mills as I have before stated, several times in each year of the war, & absent, as I have before also stated. - My recollection of these particulars is clear, & of many other events in the war. - The battles when the Army encountered were in full view from my father's house & from Mr. Mills'. They were spread along the range of hills west of Morris town, & within a quarter of a mile of our house. My father's house, as well as his Boohoo's shop, was often filled with soldiers - every floor at night covered with them, very much to the annoyance of the family, & more especially of my mother. - General Washington's headquarters were at Morris town two winters, besides being here himself several times at other periods. He quartered once during the winter at Arnold's & Hake's tavern, - once winter at the house of the widow of Colonel Jacob Ford, & once for two or three weeks at the house of Colonel Benoni Hathaway, near my father's house. I sworn & subscribed before me at Morris town this first day of July, Anno Domini 1834. Charles Freeman J. P.
Henry Tuttle

New Jersey, Morris County.
Be it known, that on this 5 th day of June, 1834, before the subscribers, a justice of peace in said County, personally appeared Robert Young, a soldier of the revolution, to me well known as a man of credibility & good standing as a witness, & fully entitled to belief; & having been by me duly sworn, saith as follows, viz: — I am now in the 80 th year of my age — was a soldier in the revolutionary war — was born & brought up in Morris County, & was well acquainted with most of the people living in Morris town in time of the war. — I then knew Israel Lee as an apprentice to John Mills, learning the trade of a Tanner, Currier & Shoemaker. — I knew said Israel Lee doing Military duty in time of the war, & think we were several times associated together in the same company. I know I have often met with him, when we were both on duty at the same time & place. — I well know that I have seen him out upon monthly tours, in more instances than it is now possible for me to particularise & specify. — I can remember places where I have seen him on duty, much more distinctly than I can remember the months, or years — or the names of his commanding officers. — Such instances, as I have a distinct recollection of, I will now state, according to the best of my memory & belief. —
I performed much guard duty myself at Elizabeth town point, Rahway & Newark's point, opposite Staten Island, which was in possession of the enemy almost the whole term of the war. — At these places I have seen Israel Lee engaged on monthly tours of Military service, & most frequently at Eliz th town. Early in the war the precise year, I will not undertake to tell, lest I might be mistaken, I saw him on duty at Eliz th town & at the several points of passage opposite Staten Island, I verily believe, as much as 3 or 4 months, in the course of the summer & fall months, & my impression & belief is, that he belonged to Capt. Bailey's company, in Col. Stark's, or Col. Ford's regiment. — Late in the fall of that year, & soon after the "Muddy-bottoms march," as it was called, when the British General Washington's army through N. Jersey — the whole Militia was suddenly ordered out to Springfield, in cold weather, where a large portion of Hessian & Loyalists had made their way. The Morris Co. Militia was all out, altho' they had just returned from N. Brunswick & Bound Brook — & had a sharp fight with the enemy at Springfield. — I saw Israel Lee there at that time & we were stationed there & in the neighbourhood, not up there a month. — A considerable body of Hessian or Loyalists were taken prisoners between Springfield & Connecticut farms, & sent to Morris town.
In the latter part of the war, towards its close, I saw Israel Lee again on a tour of duty, when Springfield was burnt — & Connecticut forces burnt & when Mr. Caldwell was shot through a window. This was in warm summer weather, & I believe Genl. Windes had command of the Militia. A body of Rhode Island troops was present under Col. Angel. I remember Israel Lee at another time in the winter season, when a large body of Militia was stationed near Durdle town, at Fox Malanus under the mountain, & when the enemy was in N. Brunswick & Amboy. — Genl. Windes had command here. — I saw him on a tour when he was stationed at North hill in Morris County, in the fall season — & at another time when I was returning homeward from a tour opposite Staten Island, I found Lee stationed on a tour of guard duty at Chatham near the bridge over the Raritan river. A man whose name was Williams, in a drunken frolic at the bridge, seized hold of the gun of one of the sentries whose name was Garrigus — & a brother of Garrigus, also on sentry duty, came up to Williams as he was struggling with Garrigus, & shot him through the groin, of which he died. I saw him as he lay dying. Garrigus was acquitted of all blame. — I knew Lee also when guarding a large number of prisoners one month at Morris town, when two Tory or Loyalist officers, one Cliff, & John Mee, were hanged by Sheriff Carmichael on Morris town green. — We were both in the same company as I believe, & commanded by Captain Joseph Beach. I remember Lee another month, guarding Morris town goal, under Lieut. Gurney, or Lieut. Pierson, not certain which. —

I was out one month on duty at & near Aczabanough, & second time in Eper & Bergen Counties, during which time we stormed a Fort of the Tories & British, called the Pollyfy fort in Bergen County, not far from Hackensack.
I remember said Lee on another occasion at Newark, on guard duty, & on another occasion at a place called Newark mountain, now Orange. There were occasions on which I was myself, either going to or returning from tours of Militia duty myself, & knowing Lee well, had conversation with him. — I believe on one of these occasions he was commanded by Capt. David Bates. The years nor the months, are not within my remembrance at all, but it seems to me, that one was in the spring season & the other in cold fall weather. — I found several tours near Rahway Turnpike & Woodbridge, & have a recollection of Israel Lee being with me one of these tours in the season of pulling flax, & on another tour when green corn & apples were fit for eating. Israel Lee's master was a tanner, Currier & skin maker, & I have an impression & belief, that some of his tours were performed as a substitute in place of his master, John Mills. — I am well satisfied, that Lee performed more duty, & I have no doubt that I often saw him out on Militia duty, beside the places & the occasions which I have mentioned. I have stated them according to the best of my remembrance & belief. — There may be errors as to time & officers — but I only believe the facts which I have stated are all true.
Further this deponent saith not.
Sworn & subscribed before me at Morris town, this 8th. Jan. 1834.
Robert Jones
Charles Freeman J. P.
Before the subscriber, a Justice of peace in & for Morris County N. Jersey, personally appeared M rs . Phebe Barnfield formerly Hathaway a widow, living near me, & personally well known to me to be a woman of unblemished reputation & fully worthy of belief, & being by me duly sworn, on her oath saith as follows, viz. — I am now in the 87th year of my age, & in the early years of my life, between my 8th. & my 18th years, I lived in the family of John Mills, now a very aged man, upward of 90 years, as I believe. It was in time of the war of the revolution, & during that time, the army under General Washington was encamped on the hills in sight of John Mills' house. Mr. Mills conducted a Tan yard, for making leather, & also carried on the business of Shoemaking. — He had several apprentices bound to him to learn the trade of Shoemaking & leather dressing, & among them were Israel Lee, John Freeman, & Walter Irwin & Timothy Mills , all of whom were frequently called on to perform soldiers duty, or Militia duty, & they occasionally left Mr. Mills employ. to go on Militia tours, as I understood & believe. — I remember that John Freeman was brought home to Mr. Mills after having been some soldiers, as was said, for some months, very sick, & greatly reduced in strength & flesh. He was received & treated with great kindness & attention in Mr. Mills' family, & restored to health. Such was his attachment to a soldiers life, that soon after recovering, he enlisted, as was said in the army, left Mr. Mills' family, & not long after was again taken ill & died in the army, as I understood & believe. — Walter Irwin, was also brought home to Mills' house from a Militia tour of duty, as we understood, languid for several weeks & died at Mr. Mills' house. — Some of Mr. Mills' children viz. Hattah, Ruth, & Betsy — also sickened & died about the same time, & to all appearances of the same sort of disease. — Israel Lee, whom I well remember, & who is now in Morristown on a visit to his old friends, was often out from home, a month at a time, & often longer, performing as was said, Militia duty — frequently every year whilst the war lasted. It was sometimes understood, that he went out in the place, & instead of his master Mills, whose care & attention seemed necessary at home, & especially in the Tannery & shop. — I often assisted in fixing his clothes & getting his provisions ready, & saw him start off, with his musket, & knapsack — & often saw him return home after an absence of a month or longer. He often fired off his gun a rod or two before he reached the door, & I used to say to Mr. Mills, "here comes Israel again". —
Sworn & subscribed before me at Morristown, this 2nd. day of Jan. 1834.
Phebe her Barnfield mark
Charles Freeman J. P.

admitted
10 2 no private

Tioga County ss Personally appeared before me the undersigned, a Justice of the peace in & for the County of Tioga, State of New York Israel Lee of the Town of Bath in said County & State aforesaid, who being duly sworn deposeth & saith, that by reason of old age, and 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 following grades For ten Months, & fifteen days I served as a private, & for such service I claim a pension. That he hereby relinquishes every claim whatsoever 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. He further deposeth & saith that the Second term of service mentioned below, should have been October 1778 & not 1777, as mentioned, because he now recollects that it was immediately the fall after the battle of Monmouth. Sworn & Subscribed this 15 day of December 1832 Israel Lee before me Thomas Mills a Justice of the peace in & for the County of Tioga.
I certify that the declaration of Israel Lee the above deponent is entitled to full credit (and belief) December 15 th 1832
Thomas Mills Justice of Peace
State of New York
Tioga County ss I certify that Thomas Mills Esq. before whom the above affidavit & certificate were taken was at the time of taking the same a justice of the peace in & for said County of Tioga and that I am well acquainted with his handwriting & hereby believe his signature subscribed to the same to be genuine. Witness my hand & Seal of Office this 19 Dec r 1832 David Riddle Deputy Clerk of Tioga County ss.

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 & served as he states.
And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that James Reynolds who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman resident in the town of Hector Tompkins County, New York. & John Erickson who has also signed the same is a resident in the town of Catherine Steger County, State aforesaid, and is a creditable person & that their statement is entitled to credit.
J. B. Baldwin. First Judge

I Green M c Mathie 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 Israel Le for a pension in testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 8 day of September 1832
Green M c Mathie Clerk By David Riddle his Deputy Clerk
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