Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 1122, for Abraham Terhune, New Jersey

SERVICE
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New Jersey New York
Jerhune, Abraham
S 1122.
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22.713/10  Abraham Terhune of Somerset Co in the State of New who was a Private in the Coast  Infantry by Captain Van Bendekerk of the Regt. commanded by Col. Dubois in the New Jersey line for 2 years .
New York and New Jersey line. Records corrected July 1833 Incribed on the Roll of New Jersey at the rate of 80 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 1 day of Dec.  1833 and payable to  Hon. J. P. Randolph Arrears to the 4th of Sep 33  $ 200 Semestral allowance ending 1st  40.  $ 240
Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.  Col. Steele Clerk. Recorded by Book 3 Vol. 3 Page 133

Abraham D. Shune
✓ 60 m
suspended?
Admitted Private 2 years
James Randolph N Brummit

e New Jersey - Somerset County. Supple- mentary
127

State of New Jersey Somerset County ss
On the thirteenth day of August in the year of our Lord, one thousand, eight hundred and thirty-two, personally appears in open court before us the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas now sitting in Bridgewater in and for the said County of Somerset. Abraham Terhune, a resident of the Township of Montgomery, in the said County of Somerset and State of New Jersey aged seventy-two 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 eighteen hundred and thirty-two." That he the said Abraham Terhune was born near Cranbury in the County of Middlesex & State of New Jersey, on the fifteenth day of June Seventeen hundred & sixty, a record of which is made in his family Bible and is now exhibited into Court. That he entered the service of the United States in the Spring (he believes in April) of Seventeen hundred & seventy-six under Capt. Van Benschoten and General Putnam. That he continued in the service of the United States under the said Capt. Van Benschoten, Capt. Duryea, the officers having command of the Continental Line Stationed at Fort Montgomery and the West Point Fort in the State of New York for three years, and afterwards under Capt. Gulick and Capt. Quist in the State of New Jersey, until the close of the war, except two or three short intervals during the two last years of this period. That the names of the field officers under whom he served were Genl. Putnam, Governor Clinton, Col. Dubois and Genl. La Fayette in the State of New York, and Capt. Gulick, Capt. Quist & Genl. Washington in the State of New Jersey. That he was at Fort Montgomery when it was taken, & was also at the Battle of Springfield in the State of New Jersey. That when he entered the service he resided at Poughkeepsie in the County of Dutches in the State of New York. — That he entered first before the

was, sixteen years of age as a substitute for his bro. John Sedhune who had enlisted for nine months and for whom he served about five months. he then served as a substitute for Leister Overhiser afterwards for Peter Mongert, then for Daniel Hoffman, Daniel Sedhune and others whose names he does not now recollect. And was seven times drafted and served on his own account in New York. During the two last years of the war he served in the state of New Jersey as a substitute for Abraham Dean, and several times for himself. That he marched principally from Poughkeepsie to Fishkill. Poughkeepsie, White Plains, West Point &c in New York, and through New Brunswick, Spotswood, Amboy, Springfield &c in New Jersey. That he assisted in building the West Point Fort under the command of Governor Clinton and Genl. La Fayette and was at least one year stationed at that fort. That he always served out the full period for which he was drafted and also the time which he was to serve as a substitute for others. That he has no documentary evidence, and knows of no one who can testify to his service, his brothers having removed to the State of Kentucky or other distant parts of the United States. That he has resided ever since the Revolutionary War and is now residing within three miles of Princeton in the State of Vermont. And 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.
Sworn and subscribed the day & year aforesaid before us Abraham Sedhune W. W. Gaston Dan. H. Disbrough

Genl Vanderveer 3 Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in said County of Somerset.
We George S. Woodhull a clergyman residing in the Township of Montgomery in the county of Somerset and Jacob M. Lane of the Township of Montgomery and County aforesaid do hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with the above named Abraham Toshune who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be seventy two years of age - that he is respected and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, & that we concur in that opinion. We do further certify that he is now, and has been for many years, a member in full communion of the Presbyterian Church, and that his integrity & veracity have never to our knowledge been questioned.
Sworn and subscribed the day & year aforesaid before me. George S. Woodhull A. J. Gaston Jacob M. Lane Judge of 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 George S. Woodhull who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman residing in the said Township of Montgomery and that Jacob M. Lane who has also signed the same statement is entitled to credit.
A. J. Gaston Danl H. Durbrough Genl Vanderveer

I John M. Mann, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Somerset, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Abraham Tishman for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this Thirteenth — day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two. —
J. M. Mann
Supplementary proceedings in the matter of the application of Abraham Tishman the above applicant taken before me John Tishman one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in the County of Somerset and State of New Jersey, the twenty eighth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three — The said Abraham Tishman 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 doth upon his oath answer I say — That he was born near Cranberry in the County of Middlesex and State of New Jersey on the fifteenth day of June Seventeen hundred & sixty.
To the 2 nd interrogatory the said declarant answereth saith that he has a record of his age in the family record of his family Bible, which was exhibited in, and examined by the court as stated in the foregoing declaration. —
To the 3 rd interrogatory the said declarant answereth saith, that when he was called into service as a soldier in the war of the Revolution, he resided at Poughkeepsie in the

County of Dutches in State of New-York, and that ever since the Revolutionary War he has resided in the vicinity of Princeton in the said County of Somerset.
To the 4 th interrogatory the said declarant answereth and saith - That he entered the service as a substitute for his brother John Leshune for whom he served as nearly as he can recollect six months - That he was drafted several times in the militia during the period of the war, but does not recollect how often - That he never served  in served in his regular turn when drafted and also for as a substitute for John Leshune, Leister Overheiser, Peter Mansport, Daniel Hoffman, Abraham Dean, Daniel Leshune and others, whose names he does not now recollect.
To the 5 th interrogatory the said declarant answereth and saith - That the names of the regular officers who were with the troops where he served, were General Putman, Governor Clinton, General La Fayette and General Washington. Cannot now recollect the number of the Regiment to which he was attached, but was connected with the regiment that assisted in the erection of the Fort at West Point, and was more than six months stationed there.
To the 6 th interrogatory the said declarant answereth and saith that to the best of his recollection he never received a written discharge from the service, but was always dismissed at the expiration of each term by a verbal discharge from the Captain or his Orderly.
To the 7 th interrogatory the declarant answereth and saith that he is well known to all the persons residing

in his neighborhood and in the borough of Princeton, and particularly to the Revs George C. Marshall and Jacob M c Lane, whose certificate in relation to his character for veracity he is affixed to the foregoing declaration.
And the said W m Teshune under his oath aforesaid further saith, that from the time he entered the service in the spring of 1776 he continued in actual service either for himself or as a substitute for others until the spring of 1779 a period of three years, and that he then removed to the State of New Jersey where he again attached to the Militia and continued in the service most of the time to the close of the war - That he always served as a private and although he is unable from the loss of memory to state the precise length of time that he served yet he can and does state positively that he served as a soldier in the war of the Revolution Three full years , and to the best of his recollection and belief about four years, and for that he claims a pension. - He cannot state the precise duration of each term of engagement for they varied from one to six months. The first term he served was for his brother John Teshune, who had enlisted in the nine months service, and for whom he served as a substitute for the last six months of his enlistment - and at the building of the West Point Fort he was attached to the troops under Governor Clinton, & was stationed there for upwards of six months -
The declarant further saith that at this late period he can find no witness to prove his service; that the only persons to whom the facts are known and recollected are Daniel Teshune who resides in the State of Kentucky, and W m Teshune

residing in Saratoga County in the State of New York.
Sworn & subscribed at Princeton in the County of Somerset the day and year aforesaid before
John Tishler Judge of Somerset Pleas.
William Sedgwick
I, the undersigned Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the said County of Somerset do hereby certify that the foregoing contain the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Abraham Tishler for a Pension, and that the Supplementary proceedings thereto annexed are also in due form of law executed, and that John Tishler is a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas (a Court of record) in the said County of Somerset. And that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Bridgewater this first day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three.
J. Mann
B. M. June 25 th 1778 June 23 rd 1780 June 25 th 1783

New: Henry - Somerset County application of Abra Serene for pension under act of June 7. 1832
N o 6482

State of New Jersey
Somerset County ss 3 Be it remembered that on the ninth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three, before me John Tishman one of the Justices of the Peace in for said County, came Abraham Tishman and being duly sworn made the following declaration Supplementary to his Declaration numbered 4482. That he entered the service early in Seventeen hundred & Seventy-six, he thinks in May, at Poughkeepsie in the State of New York in the Company of Capt. Matthew Van Benschoten as a volunteer and served for six months in succession as a substitute for his brother who had enlisted for nine months. His Col. he thinks was Dubois. During this period he was stationed near White Plains & employed in guarding the lines between that and Poughkeepsie. The battle of White Plains took place during this term but he was not at it, was the whole time engaged in the public service and not in any civil pursuit. In the same year he served another tour of one month on the lines near White Plains, under Capt. Van Benschoten. In Seventeen hundred & Seventy-seven, he served not less than four months tours of a month each for himself, and one tour of a month as substitute for Peter Monfort, and two tours of a month each as a substitute for Leister Overheiser, all under Capt. Van Benschoten, and at the White Plain station in guarding the lines. During this year he was at Fort Montgomery when it was taken. In Seventeen hundred & Seventy-eight, up to March of that year he served two tours of a month each, one for himself and one for Daniel Tishman as he thinks, and both under

Capt. Van Benschoten and on the lines as before mentioned. In March Seventeen hundred and Seventy eight he went to West Point and served there during the remainder of the year, not less than five tours of a month each under Capt. Van Benschoten & Col. Dubois, and was engaged in building the forts at the Point and Fort Putnam on the elevation above the Point. Four of these tours were for himself, One for Daniel T. Telfer and One for Daniel Hoffman as he thinks. In Seventeen hundred & Seventy nine he continued his regular tours at West Point, and served not less than five tours of a month each, all he thinks at that station, and under Capt. Van Benschoten, (Matthew, or John, he does not recollect which) & engaged as before, principally in building fortifications. In the winter of 1779-80. in March he thinks of 1780 he left New York and removed to the state of New Jersey in the County of Middlesex, and soon after joined the company of Capt. Gulick, and served three tours of a month each at Amboy Station under Capt. Gulick, during which the battle of Springfield took place, which battle he was in. One of these was for himself and two as a substitute for Abraham Dean. In the year Seventeen hundred and eighty one he performed not less than three tours of a month each. viz. One tour of a month at Amboy under Capt. Gulick for himself, One tour of a month at Shatswood and that neighborhood under Capt. Guest for Abraham Dean, and one tour at New Brunswick also under Capt. Guest for himself. He thinks he served more during this year & the preceding

year, but it is impossible to specify with precision or to remember distinctly. He was out he thinks and performed monthly tours after eighty-one & up to eighty-three when peace was declared. Sworn and subscribed the day & year aforesaid
before me John Leshure Justice of the Peace in & for said County of Somerset
Abraham Leshure
and the said Abraham Leshure under his oath aforesaid further saith, that John Leshure whose affidavit is herunto annexed is the same as mentioned in the previous supplementary proceedings, as residing in the state of New York. And that he is unable to procure the testimony of Daniel Leshure the other witness referred to, who is supposed to reside in the state of Kentucky. That he has not seen the said Daniel Leshure in twenty-five years - has never received a letter from him during that period - that he does not know the name of the town or county in which he resides, or where a letter would reach him. Nor does he know that he is living.
Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid before me John Leshure Justice of the peace in & for said County -
Abraham Leshure

State of New Jersey Somerset County ss
Before me John Terhune one of the Justices of the Peace in & for said County, & Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in said County, came John Terhune Deer and being duly sworn deposed & saith that he is Seventy-five years of age - that he resides in Somerset County in the State of New York, that he has been well acquainted with Abraham Terhune the foregoing declarant from his early youth to the present time. That from the com- mencement of the war to the winter of  Seventeen hundred & seventy-nine  the said Abraham Terhune resided near Poughkeepsie in the State of New York. That from age and infirmity, and the consequent loss of memory he the said deponent is unable to state with precision the services which were rendered by the said Abra- ham Terhune in the war of the revolution, but he recollects that the said Abraham was enrolled in the Militia as a private some time in the sum- mer of Seventeen hundred and Seventy six, and from that time to the winter of Seventeen hundred & seventy nine, & eighty he was nearly the whole of his time in actual service, either for himself or as a substitute for others. That during this period to wit, in the years Seventeen hundred & Seventy six, Seventy seven, Seventy eight & Seventy nine he saw the said Abraham Terhune several times under arms & on duty, in Captain Matthew Van Benschoten's company, in Col. Brinkerhoof's regiment, and also under Col. Van Rensselaer. Remembers of meeting the said declarant (Abraham Terhune) near Kings Bridge in the year winter of Seventeen hundred and Seventy- seven & eight under the command of the said Capt. Van Benschoten, and was out with him in

The same year at Fort Meigs near White Plains in the State of New York, and that they were then commanded by Col. Van Rensselaer. That he also recollects of visiting the said Abram Tishcum at Fort Putnam and saw him there engaged in the building of that fort. That he the said deponent and the said Abram Tishcum were always attached to different companies & is therefore unable to state from his own knowledge the particulars of his service, but recollects that the said Abram Tishcum was out in actual service and not engaged in any civil pursuit during nearly the whole of the years, Seventeen hundred & Seventy seven, Seventy eight and Seventy nine, and that in the winter of Seventeen hundred & Seventy nine & eighty the said Abram Tishcum removed from the State of New York to the State of New Jersey. After this time the said deponent had no further knowledge of his services.
John Tishcum
Sworn & subscribed before me the 20 th day of August 1833. John Tishcum the deponent the deponent of Somerset Place
I do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the above deponent (John Tishcum) who has subscribed and sworn to the above affidavit and that he is a man of integrity & veracity, and of high moral standing, in the neighborhood where he resides, and that his testimony is entitled

to belief — August 2 nd 1833
Wm. Lishman Justice of the Peace & Judge of Sessions Sir
I John M Mann Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in the County of Somerset, do hereby certify that the foregoing are the Supplemental proceedings proceedings in the application of Abraham Lishman for a pension and that they are executed in due form of law — And that John Lishman before whom the said proceedings have been taken is a Justice of the Peace in the said County of Somerset, and that the signature thereunto annexed is his genuine signature —
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Bridgwater this Ninth day of August Eighteen hundred and thirty three.
J. M. Mann

Supplemental aff- idavit in the case of Abraham Pi- keene.
James P. Randolph Agent.

State of New Jersey
Somerset County ss
On this 14 th day of September 1833 before me John T. Schuyler a Justice of the peace in & for the county aforesaid, personally appeared Abraham T. Schuyler and being duly sworn on his oath with that he is advised by instructions from the Pension office of the United States, he is required to give a "full account of his services" that some parts of his former declarations, and especially his original declaration demanded explanation, and that "material defects" appear with respect to the names of his officers in New York. He has understood therefore to furnish such a statement of his services as his memory, greatly affected by the lapse of time & the infirmities of age, would enable him to do, and he had hoped that he had complied with all that could be deemed material to a just decision in his case, and that if, in the coercion which the rules of the War department applied, to elicit the details of a service rendered nearly sixty years ago, his memory had sometimes been found at fault in matters which would escape the recollection of almost any one he would not be held to so strict account for it, as to impugn the credibility of his recollection as to his substantial allegations. The points to which he understands his attention now to be particularly called are, first, the nature of his services in New York; second, the names of those for whom he served as a substitute; and third, the names of the officers under whom he served in New York. His services in New York were almost without interruption - at the  on the lines near White Plains especially it lasted almost the whole year, and ran certainly through the winter. He cannot be mistaken about this. He well remembers that the snow was waist high, that the weather was intensely cold, and that in some of their incursions to protect the property of citizens from plundered by the refugees & Loyalists, they came near freezing to death. The sufferings which he endured

on these occasions he will never be forgotten whilst he remembers any thing. He is unable to say what the gene- ral practice was as to calling out the Militia in winter, He well remembers remembers what he did, and knows that the service which he performed was of such a na- ture that it could not be omitted during the win- ter. And whilst he was engaged in building the forts his services were not remitted. Forts Montgomery, Constitution and Independence, were all gone, and something was necessary to the defence of that important section of the country. He served Summer and winter, and almost all the time, and served willing- ly and faithfully. With respect to the names of those he substituted, they are all mentioned in their reg- ular order in his amended declaration. He substitu- ted John Terhune for six months in 1776, Peter Morfart and Leister Overhuysen in 1777, Daniel Terhune & Daniel Hoffman in 1778 & 1779, and after- wards in 1780 & 81 in New Jersey. Abraham Dean & others whose names he cannot recollect. These persons were all named he believes in his original or supple- mental declaration. As to the third point, the names of his officers, which he is informed is materially defective, he cannot upon the severest scrutiny of his recollection tell wherein. He does not know whether his own immediate officers are referred to, or the continental officers which he has occasionally mentioned. He thinks he is right as to the militia officers, that he served as he stated under Matthew & John Van Brunschoten and under Col's Bruckenhoop and Dubois. He knows he did serve under them, and he believes at the times and in the manner stated. He also well recollects that at the Battle of White Plains, Washington, Clinton and Putman & he thinks Sullivan were there. He also re-

collected Clinton at the time of the taking of Fort Montgomery in Oct 1777 & that he saved himself by jumping in- to the river and swimming a part of the distance across crops. He was then taken up by a small boat from vessels then lying in the river, and landed on a place on the east side. A horse was furnished him there, he made a bridle with his garters and went on his way to New Windsor. Gen. Putman was present with the declarant when & where Gen. Clinton landed. On the next day, he thinks, Forts Constitution & Independence were given up, and the Militia returned to Fishkill, himself among the rest. It was about this time (the Fall of 1777) that Burgoyne surrendered, and he staid at his father's house one night on his way to Morristown, where he was conducted as a prisoner. At West Point his immediate of- ficers, he feels confident were Capt Van Brunschoten & Dubois. Of the Continental officers he par- ticularly recollects a Frenchman, a pretty tall, spare man, whom he is impressed with the idea now, was Gen. Lafayette. Gen. Lafayette he thinks was sent then by Gen. Washington to select sites for the Forts. This officer was a Frenchman, and had the general supervision of the works, & he believes the command of the troops. He carried a rattan which he pretty often applied to the backs of the soldiers to keep them at work. He may be mistaken as to this Frenchman being Lafayette, but he is not mistaken as to his being a Frenchman and making a free use of his rattan. He has now the belief together upon all the points embraced in the instructions of the inst. and has given such further accounts of his service, as may be hoped, with his former statements be considered a full and true one. It is at any rate a plain & candid one, & given with an earnest desire to enable the

Department to arrive at the truth; and with perfect po- lity of intention, if not in exact conformity with facts. With the exception of the single witness he has obtained, he has no aid to his memory at all from living witnesses, and being thus thrown solely upon his own unassisted and unaided resources, it would not be strange if they had failed him in some immaterial respects. For the information consequent upon old age the instructions from the war-De- partment have benevolently provided, and he confidently trusts in the application of the same spirit in his own case. He will only further say, which he does in the full consciousness of his re- sponsibility, that in whatever other respects he may have deviated from facts in minute detail he is perfectly sure of having performed the aggregate, and more than the amount of service for which he claims a pension.
Sworn & subscribed the same day & year aforesaid before me
John Dehune Father of the Petitioner
Abraham Dehune

State of New York
On this day personally appeared Daniel Hebard, of the place in & for the said County, known to me to be the person described in and who executed the foregoing instrument and acknowledged that he executed the same for the purposes and consideration therein expressed. Given under my hand and the seal of said County this 12th day of March 1933. Daniel Hebard
Subscribed before me this 12th day of March 1933.
Peter Lansing
Daniel Hebard, justice of the peace

This is to certify that the foregoing deponent, Peter Lansing is a man of veracity and that his statement under oath is entitled to full credit and belief — Poughkeepsie Nov 12 th 1833 — D o rs d Richard Justice of the peace
State of New York Dutchess County ss
Be it remembered that on the 13 th day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred thirty three before me Solomon Stoughton one of the Justices of the peace in & for the county of Dutchess, came William Wolven, and being duly sworn according to law upon his oath, saith that he is seventy six years of age, that he resided during the war of the Revolution in the vicinity of Poughkeepsie where he now resides, that he performed several tours in the militia during the war under Capt. Vail and others whose names he has forgotten — that the tours he performed were generally for one month each — a de- cision was made upon the company to which he was attached of every third man, to perform a tour of three months each, and that in stead of suffering a draft, the class of three, would each perform a tour of one month , and so perform the aggre- gate of duty required of them — that in this way he performed a tour of one month at West Point, & of another month at Fish kill & Verplank's Point, and that the military duty performed by the dif- ferent companies to which he was attached, during the war was generally in periods of one month each, although some of the tours were for one & two weeks and others for three months. His deponent further
saith Sworn & subscribed before me the William Wolven day & year aforesaid Solomon Stoughton Justice of the peace

I do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with William Molson the above deponent, that he is a man of truth & veracity, and that his affidavit is entitled to full credit & belief. April 13 th 1833.
Solomon Staight Justice of the peace
State of New York I, of the County of Ulster, do hereby certify that before me Solomon Staight one of the Justices of the peace in & for said County, on me known to be known to be the person described in and who has been sworn to and acknowledged that he is seventy-eight years old, has always resided in the town of St. Eustace  Forestville in said County of Ulster, where he now resides. That he served in the war of the Revolution, that his brother John Van Brunschwig was a captain in the militia during the war. That he was acquainted during the war with a family of the distance of a home from him & is now residing in the vicinity of Princeton in New Jersey, is one, that they then resided near Poughkeepsie and to his knowledge performed military duty during the war. That he was out on duty with them at the time Fort Montgomery was taken, under his brother Capt. Van Brunschwig, on the 13 th of Oct 1777. That the militia of this neighborhood were required to perform military duty during the summer & winter. That he distinctly recollects of performing a portion of duty in the winter of 1777 & 1778. That the militia of this neighborhood were ordered as to perform a tour of one month each. That when a requisition was made upon the militia for three months months tours, they acted by an arrangement among themselves, so divided these tours as to make them monthly, or one month each; of this he has a perfect recollection. Sworn and subscribed

before me this 13 th day of March 1833 —
James M. Parkhurst
Solomon Staight Justice of the peace
I do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the above named James M. Parkhurst, that he is highly respected as a man of truth & veracity and that his testimony under oath is entitled to full confidence and belief. Mar 13 th 1833 —
Solomon Staight Justice of the peace
State of New York
County of Onondaga
ss I Henry Brainerd Clerk of the County Courts of the said County of Onondaga do hereby certify that Solomon Staight Esq. before whom two of the preceding examinations on affidavits were made was at the time of testifying the Peace of said County duly elected and qualified and also that Daniel Hobbs Esq. before whom the other of said exam- inations on affidavits was made was at the time of acting Justice of the Peace of the said County and further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justices and nearly be- lieve that their respective signatures affixed to said affidavits and the certificate subjoined thereto are the genuine signatures of said Justices. In witness whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my Official Seal the 13 th November 1833 —
Henry Brainerd Clerk

State of New Jersey Somerset County ss. 3 On the twenty eighth day of August eighteen hundred and thirty three, before me John Forshner one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said County of Somerset, personally appeared Abraham Forshner, who being duly sworn on his oath saith, that he is the same Abraham Forshner whose application for a Pension is depending at Washington, on an objection to a Specification of certain tours of duty, which he alleges to have performed in the State of New York, in relation to which some explanation is called for, that in regard to those tours, he ad- vocalizes what he has heretofore said, that they were in fact tours of only one month each; - that his real however, not the legal service term of engagement of the Militia. A requisition was made upon the company, in which he served, for a certain number of men, to serve as he believes, for six months, - that instead of resorting to a draft to determine whose lot it should be to go, the company by mutual agreement, furnished the required number, each party serving a month at a time, until the total amount of service to be performed by the whole was rendered. That in this way he served as he stated, for himself and as a substitute for others, four months in 1777 - eight months in 1778, and, and five months in 1779, except that he may be mistaken in calling the first two months in 1778 two tours . He knows he served two months , and it may have been a single tour or two tours, he is not positive which. He is confident, He is confi- dent of the amount of service he has stated, and also of the manner of it; and can say with

absolute conviction, that he served more than he has stated; that his service was almost a continued service during his residence in New York. He makes this explanation which he trusts will be satisfactory; but that the Department may be enabled to judge of the reliance to be placed in his statements, he has added a certificate as to his general reputation and credibility from those who are well acquainted with him, and who are themselves above reproach, which he hopes will silence every scruple. —
Subscribed and sworn to the day & year aforesaid before me John P. Fishburne Justice of the Peace
Abraham Terhune
We, the subscribers, understanding that Mr. Abraham Terhune, the person mentioned in the foregoing certificate, is an applicant for a Pension, and that some testimonial as to his character is desirable, — take pleasure in stating, that we have been long acquainted with Mr. Terhune; — that he has always, since we knew him, borne a respectable moral & religious character; and that we consider his veracity as unimpeachable, and his statements as worthy of entire credit.
Princeton, Aug. 30 1833.
Sam t Miller Alexander James Barnham John Maclean Sam t L. Howell Albert B. Dods Sam t Gayard

INVALID.
New York
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Abraham Terhune
Pa. N. J. Line
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June 7, 1892
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Records corrected July 27 '93

Supplemental proceedings in the case of Abraham Docherty.
James M. Woodworth Rev. President

This is to certify that the above named Samuel Miller & A. Alexander are the principle Professors in the Theological Seminary at Princeton. That James Carnahan is President and John Maclean vice President of the College of New Jersey. That Albert B. Boudit is one of the Professors in said College — That Samuel J. Hoveell is also a professor in said College. That James D. Green is a Member of the Legislative Council of the State of New Jersey, and that Samuel Bayard and John R. Thompson are gentlemen of the first respecta- bility. These persons all reside in the Ne- ighbour of Princeton, and sustain a character for truth and veracity above reproach.
New Brunswick Augst 31 st 1833 John P. Fishburne Justice of the Peace in and for the said County of Somerset.
Whereby certify that John Fishburne, whose name is above subscribed, before whom the affidavit of Abraham Fishburne was made, is known to me to be a Justice of the Peace, duly commissioned & sworn, and authorized to administer oaths. I am also acquainted with his signature, & know the foregoing to be gen- uine. I also certify that I am personally acquainted with Abraham Fishburne the affiant for a Pastor, and know him to be a credible person — conscien- tiously scrupulous in his statements; and that I have not a doubt of the truth of the explanation he has given in relation to his services in New York. James P. R. Macdonald Aug. 31. 1833.