Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File [Illegible], for Joseph Pierson, New Jersey

New Jersey
Johnson, Joseph
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Certif. ret d by Ph. Dickinson for correction. 1. July. 1834 - Corrected, ret d . - 2. July 1834.
N o 3080
New Jersey
Joseph Pierson of Essex Co. in the State of N. Jersey who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain S. Pierson of the Regt. commanded by Col. Cortlandt in the N. Jersey Mili. time for 2 years & more
Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey at the rate of 80 Dollars 62 1/2 per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 13 th day of Dec r . 1832 and sent to Jos. N. Tuttle Newark, N. J.
Arrears to 4th of September 1832 120.00 Semi-ann. allowance ending 4. March } 1833 40.00
$160.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk, Book D. Vol. 4 Page 169

8 Application of Deacon J. Person for Pension
paid

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th, 1832.
State of New Jersey } ss. County of Essex } ss.
In the year of our Lord, eighteen hundred and thirty two, On this seventeenth day of August personally appeared in open court before the judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County of Essex, now sitting, Joseph Burson a resident of the Township of Orange in the county of Essex State of New Jersey aged Seventy three years six Months, who being first Duly Sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following de- -claration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832.
That he enrolled in a Company of Militia in the Spring of 1745 under Samuel Burson Capt.; Benjamin Baldwin; & Jonathan Condit, Lieut.; Henry Squier, Ensign, called Cadets & were Uniformed; that the militia of Newark & Secaucus Townships formed one Regiment with Cortland Col. Caleb Bodd & Samuel Hays majors at the com- -mencement of the war. Each Company of Militia was Divided into I believe into Eight Classes & when a part of the Militia only were wanted they were called by classes one two or more at a time -that I believe. That I served in the first class or draft of militia in the State under Capt. James Wheeler of Newark, went on Long Island in the State of New York raising fortifications near Brooklyn, which I think was in the fall of 1775. That in June 1776. I was again on Long Island with the militia, I suppose at this time two or three weeks; the first time one month. That I served one other month under said Capt. Wheeler at Newark Ferry, that in the fall of 1776 part of the British army laying at Elizabeth Town made an excursion to Westfield & thence to Springfield, where we had a battle with them in which I was wounded by a musket ball in the thigh; there being no Hospital near, I went home to my fathers next day & continued there until healed; as near as I remember three or four months; - After this the militia was in almost constant service for two or three or four years & as near as I remember one half mostly at a time sometimes a quarter; many times the whole, & as I have no Documents & have to depend entirely to memory I will endeavour to state as near as I can some of the services I performed though perhaps not

not in the exact order of time in which they were performed. I served one month at Acquackanack near the Bridge two and I believe three at Second River now Belville five or six Monthly Tours at Newark. & two or three at Elizabeth Town was in the Battle at Connecticut Farms. & at Springfield, in 1778 I believe, & also at Second River now Belville was once on Staten Island with part of Standing army & militia. cannot recollect who Commanded I was at the Battle at Monmouth under Capt David Lyon when the militia were formed in a line in the rear of the Standing army was once under Genl. Wines of Morris County when the whole of the militia were called & marched near to Hackensack where the British had built a Fort. was out at this time two or three weeks as the privates were called out oftener than the officers. I served under Captains Eliza. Squier, Thomas Williams, Robert Nichols, — Forstman, — Siegler, Samuel Huntington, Isaac Gillam, & others; most of the time on monthly Tours, Major Samuel Hays commanded. & as I lived with my father during the war about four miles from Newark & six from Elizabeth Town, & Second River, after the British got possession of New York, Staten Island, & Bergen the militia of Essex County were some part of them in constant service to the End of the war & considering the frequent Excursions of the Enemy for Forage & plunder the militia may be said to be almost in constant service, & I positively assert that I never failed to serve when called upon for monthly Tours & alarms except while laid up by the wound & as I was then young & the length of time since, I cannot remember so as to particularise near all the service I performed yet I fully believe that I was more than three years in actual service during the Revolutionary War.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present & declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State, or any Territory.
Sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid
According to record in my father's Bible I was born January thirty first 1759 in the then Township of Newark now Orange, County of Essex State of New Jersey & have ever lived when at home within two miles of where I was born
Sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid in open Court —
Joseph Pierson
E. M. Audall Clerk

Stephen Grover We, Asa Hiltz  Caldwell , a clergyman, residing in the Town- ship of Orange  Caldwell aforesaid, and John N Baldwin residing at Orange  Caldwell do hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Deacon Joseph Pierson who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing decla- ration; that we believe him to be seventy three years of age - that he is reputed and believed in the neigh- borhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opin- ion -
Sworn and subscribed to the day and year first aforesaid in open Court - E Wm Audace Jr Clerk
Stephen Grover John N Baldwin
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 Stephen Grover who has signed the foregoing Certificate, is a clergyman resident in the Township of Caldwell, and that John N Baldwin who has also signed the same, is a resident in the township of Orange, and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit -
E Wm Audace Jr Clerk
State of New Jersey
County of Essex ss. I Eliza Van Arsdale Junior Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Essex aforesaid, do hereby Certify That the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the Application of Joseph Pierson for a pension.
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this Twentieth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two -
E Wm Audace Jr Clerk

3794
Leips d Nov. 28 1832
14.
Admitted 3 1/2 more Private
$80 -
Honble Silas Condi No: of Reps
to Joseph N. Little Newark
N. J.
P118.
E o .

BRIEF in the case of Joseph Henson. of Orange. in the State of New Jersey. (Act 7th June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge?
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he? Seventy three and a half years.
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     In 1775 say. 8. 0 Private Genl. Van Courtlandt,   subsequently more than 2. } years. do.  
5. In what battles was he engaged? Monmouth & Springfield & Connecticut Farm.
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? near Newark.
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? one witness.
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
W. H. Calner Examining Clerk.
19 Nov. '32

Trenton Bank June 28. 1834.
Sir,
Enclosed herewith is a certificate issued incorrectly in the name of Joseph Pierson. It should be Joseph Pierson. The voucher on which payment was made here, has been returned from Washington because it does not correspond with certificate on record.
Will you be pleased to have it corrected & returned to me,
I am very respectfully your ob: servant Philip Dickinson Prest
J. L. Edwards Esq,

Runaway ✓
INVALID.
File No. 3693
Joseph Pierson First Rev War
Act: June 7, 1852.
Index:—Vol. 18 , Page 296
[Arrangement of 1870.]

3794 Affidavit of Obadiah Crane on behalf of Joseph Pierson

New Jersey, Essex County ss:
On this first day of September, in the year of our Lord, eighteen hundred and thirty two, personally appeared before me, the subscriber, Obadiah Crane of the said County, of full age, who being first duly sworn, on his oath saith, That he is personally acquainted with Deacon Joseph Pierson of Orange in this county; that he has known him for more than sixty years; that he was with him in the revolutionary war during several tours of service — that deponent was on Staten Island, and believes that the said Joseph was there, in the year seventeen hundred & seventy seven — he recollects Capt Samuel Pierson, Elyah Squier, Thomas Williams, and served under Capt Robert Nichols — remembers Major Hayes — the general impression is that the said Joseph was wounded during the said war and deponent has no doubt of it — believes that he was in the service at least three years, having seen him at the battle of Springfield, and that of Connecticut Farms, and at various other places, at numerous times, but which this deponent cannot more particularly designate — that the most implicit confidence may be placed in the declarations of the said Joseph, his character being in the neighbourhood and country where he resides beyond suspicion to the best of this deponent's knowledge and belief.
Sworn and subscribed the } day and year aforesaid before } me Elias B Boardman } a Judge of the Inferior Court of } Common Pleas in and for the County of } Essex aforesaid }
Obadiah Crane
State of New Jersey
County of Essex ss: I Elias Van Arsdale Junior Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas, in and for the County of Essex aforesaid Do hereby certify

That Elias C. Boudinot Esquire, before whom the foregoing affidavit of Obadiah Brane was taken, was at the time of taking the said Affidavit and now is one of the Judges of said Court, residing in said County, duly Commissioned & sworn, and authorized to take the same; That I am acquainted with the hand writing of said Judge, and truly believe the signature - "Elias C. Boudinot" affixed to said Affidavit is genuine In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name & affixed the seal of said Court at Newark in the County aforesaid the First day of September in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred and thirty two
E. M. Hildreth
3794 Affidavit of Obadiah Brane
on behalf of Joseph Pierson
Washington Dec. 13 th 1832
I, Elias Boudinot, one of the representatives of the State of New- Jersey in the Congress of the U.S. do certify, that I am & have long been intimately acquainted with Obadiah Brane the person making the within affidavit and the character he sustains in his neighborhood for veracity and that he is entitled to full credit as a witness under oath or otherwise - In witness whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name the day & year above written - Elias Boudinot

Joseph Peterson
Payments to be made at Trenton by the Pres. Treas. Bank of Cong. & Agent for paying Pension- ers, in the Agency of N. Jersey
$ 3693
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk, in Book D. Vol. 4 page 169

WAR DEPARTMENT.
Revolutionary Claim.
I certify that in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 7th June, 1832, Joseph Pierson of Essex County of the State of New Jersey who was a private in the Army of the Revolution
is entitled to receive Eighty dollars and cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually, on the 4th of March, and 4th of September, in every year.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this Thirteenth day of December one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two
Isaac P. Secretary of War.
Examined and } Countersigned. }
J. Edwards

Jan 9. 1833 Paid to 4 Sept 1833 April 13. 1833 Paid to 4 Mar 1833 Sept 18. 1833 Paid to 4 Sept 1833 Mar 8. 1834 Paid to 4 Mar 1834 Sep 10 1834 Paid to 4 Sep 1835 Mar 12 1835 Paid to 4 Mar 1835 Sep 12 1835 Paid to 4 Sep 1835
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