Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 45,582, for James Paul, New Jersey

SERVICE
NUMBER
New Jersey
Paul, James
S. 45,582
{ B.L. Wt. 1693-200. Lieut. Issued Apr. 22. 1794 No papers.
CONTENTS

3490.
4
New York Roll
James Paul
Col Shreve 1 st Lieutenant
New Jersey line 1778. 5 years
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War
Inscribed on the Roll of New York
at the rate of 20 Dollars per month, to commence on
the 11 th of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 9 th of Oct r 1818
and Seat to Mrs. B. L. Ford Agent
Herkimer New York
Arrears to 4th of Sept r 1818 96.00
Semi-annual acct ending 4 th Mar 1819 120.00
Arrears to Mo 24/80 $216.00
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
✓ Continued
Herkimer, Herkimer County
See letter 16 May 1802
1806 March 19 E. J. Paul with Reston Ind.
Notification sent to
Simon Mackley Esq.
26 th Sep. 1820. Herkimer
New York

Laura Paille
Hudson
N. York
Admitted
Please send the certificate to Miss Laura Paille Hudson N. York

I, James Paine of the Town of Haverium, County of Hickman of State of New York, do according to the act of the Con- gress of the United States of America entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land & naval Service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War", make the following declaration under oath that is to say - I do solemnly declare that I am a undut. Citizen of the United States, born of the Town County of State of said, and that by reason of my usual circumstances in life, I am in need of assist- ance from my Country for support - I do further declare that I was an Officer in the War of the Revolution the That I served as such in the said War against the common enemy - until the termination of the War - That I was appointed an Ensign in the month of June 1776 in a Company commanded by Capt Nathaniel Bowman of the Second Regiment of Infantry in the New Jersey Line one the Continental Establishment which Regiment was com- manded by Genl Shreve. That after the Battle of Gunantown I was immediately appointed a second Lieutenant in the said Company and immediately after the Battle of Monmouth I was appointed a First Lieutenant in the said Company and contin- ued as such until the close of the War - That all my commissions were burned in my trunk in Philadelphia by accident the year after the close of the Revolution.

That in the month of June 1776 I received a wound in my thigh in a Battle with the Enemy at a place called Short Hills in New Jersey - That in the Battle of Guilford Court House I was again wounded in my groin - That I have no paper or other evidence now in my possession relating to my being an officer, or having served as such officer I do hereby declare that I hereby relinquish all claim to any any pension heretofore allowed me by the Laws of the United States or of any Individual State - Witness my hand this 11 th day of April 1818 James Paul
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 11 th day of April 1818
David Holt Judge of Herkimer Co. N.Y.
State of New York
Herkimer County
I David Holt Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Herkimer, do hereby certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said James Paul, mentioned in & who signed the preceding affidavit or declarations, did serve in the Revolutionary war as stated in the preceding declarations against the Common Enemy, and I now transmit the pro- ceedings of testimony taken before me, to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned Act of Congress -
April 22. 1818 -
David Holt

State of New York Herkimer County
I, Walter Fish Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Herkimer do certify that David Holt who signed the preceding Certificate is a Judge of said Court & that the said Court is one of the Courts of Record of the State of New York. - In witness of which I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of the said Court at Herkimer this 23 rd day of April 1818
Walter Fish, Clerk

x O O James Law's Certificate of Exemplification
No 48 1/2
x Paul 1 st
9 Oct 1818
Com
3490 9 Oct 1818
Mar 19
Harkness
Deakin
Com

Schedule
State of New York (Herkimer County) ss
On this fourth day of July 1820 personally appeared in open court to wit the court of common pleas in and for said county said Court being by the Laws of the State of New York Constituted a court of record James Paul aged fifty six years resident in the town of Herkimer in said County who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath declare that he served in the revolutionary war as follows to wit that I entered the service as a Volunteer of Gloucester county N. Jersey in 1775, and continued in the service in the second Regiment in the Jersey line till after the close of the war in various stations as a private an ensign a 2 d and a 1 st Lieutenant commission when I was discharged at Morristown the date of my original Declaration is April 18 th 1818..... according to my Pension Certificate and the number of said certificate is B 490 And I do Solemnly swear that I was a resident Citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March 1818 and that I have not since that time by Gift Sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval Services of the United States in the revolutionary war passed on the 18 th day of March 1818 and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities Contracts or debts due to me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed to wit Real Estate the right of dower of my wife in and to and to 32 acres of land about 3 1/2 miles from Herkimer subject to the payment of an annual legacy of $6.50
Personal property one colt worth $30 - one cow $12.50 - 2 sheep $9.00 - a Dyke, a hoe 2 axes a pitch fork a rake in all $6.00 a Saddle & Bridle $4.00 - a dung fork & a spade $0.75 a chest of Drawers $3.00 - a chest & trunk $1.00 two tables $3.00 old chairs $1.00 1 pot 2 dish kettles & 1 tea kettle $4.00 - 1 coffee kettle $1.00 brockery ware $3.00 glass ware 75 cents - 2 tin pans 2 stone pots 1 wooden Rule $2.00 a meat barrel wash tub $1.50

My family consists of myself & my wife Sarah who is about 60 Years old quite corpulent and unable to labor sufficient to sup- port herself and owing to wants received in the revolutionary war. I am presently unable to labor I am indebted to several persons in sums amounting to more than one hundred and fifty Dollars Sworn to and declared on the 1 st day of July James  James 1820 before David Scott a Judge of Herkimer County Court of Common Pleas. The court is of opinion that the value of the personal property mentioned in the foregoing Schedule is Ninety Dollars
D Scott
State of New York
Clerks Office
Herkimer County
John J. Brundage
George Hoffman
Judges
Walter Fish Clerk of the court of common
pleas in and for said County do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the Schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the record of the said court and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is one hundred and fifty ninety Dollars In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court on this 13 th day of July 1820.
Walter Fish Clerk of the Court for the County of Herkimer

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No of orig Pay 304 -
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
July 26 1828
James Paul, _____ of Herkimer, _____ in the County of Herkimer, in the State of New York — has applied to the Secretary of the Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled "An Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the army of the Revolution," approved on the 15th of May, 1828. He states that he was as an officer on the Continental line, and served as such to the end of the war
at which period he was a lieutenant in the Second regiment of the New Jersey line; and that he received commutation certificates for the five years full pay granted by the resolve of 22 March, 1783; and, further, that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of March, 1826, four hundred and eighty — dollars, paid to him by the agent in the State of New York.
The Third Auditor is requested to report how far these several statements are corroborated by the records in his office.
Reminder of the Secretary, A. D. Dikins.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE,
31 st July 1828
It appears by the records in this office, that final settlement certificates have been issued for the commutation of five years full pay to James Paul, Lieutenant in the New Jersey line, amounting to Sixteen Hundred dollars.
It further appears that James Paul — — — — is now on the pension list of the New York agency, and has been since the 3 rd March 1826 at the rate of Twenty Dollars per month.
Richd Hagner Aud
100002 / 109727

Revolutionary Claims.
[ A. ]
Form of a Declaration to be made by the Officers.
For the purpose of obtaining the benefits of an act, entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution," approved on the 15th of May, 1828, I, James Paul of the town of Herkheim , in the county of Herkheim , in the State of New York , do hereby declare that I was an officer in the Continental Line of the Army of the Revolution, and served as such* until the close of the Revolutionary war
at which period I was a Lieutenant with the rank of Major  Major Captain in the section regiment of the New Jersey line.
And I also declare, that I afterwards received certificates (commonly called commutation certificates) for a sum equal to the amount of five years' full pay; which sum was offered by the resolve of Congress, of the 22d of March, 1783, instead of the half pay for life, to which I was entitled under the resolve of the 21st of October, 1780.
And I do further declare, that I have received of the United States as a pensioner since the 3d day of March, 1826,† the sum of Five hundred & Eighty dollars, being two years Pension to the fourth day of March 1828 paid to me by the New York agent for paying Pensions.
Witness my hand, this fifth day of July , in the year 1828
James Paul
Before me,‡ Frederick P. Bellinghausen , a Justice of the Peace in the county of Herkheim , in the State of New York , personally appeared, this day, James Paul and Jacob Burill  Agent & Pensioner , of the said county, who did severally make oath that James Paul , by whom the foregoing declaration was subscribed, is generally reputed and believed to have been an officer in the Army of the Revolution, in manner as therein stated.
Witness my hand, this fifth day of July , in the year 1828
Frederick P. Bellinghausen
I, Abijah Peckwith , Clerk of the Court of the county of Herkheim , in the State of New York , do hereby certify, that Frederick P. Bellinghausen , before whom the foregoing affidavits were sworn, was, at the time, a Justice of the Peace, and duly empowered to administer oaths.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, this fifth day of July , 1828
Abijah Peckwith Clerk
* Here insert, To the end of the war, or, (as the case may be,) to the time when the arrangement of the Army provided by the resolves of Congress of the 3d and 21st of October, 1780, was carried into effect; and that I was reduced under that arrangement.
† Here insert, The sum of _____ dollars, paid to me by the agent for paying pensions in the State of _____ . If the claimant has not been a pensioner, this part of the declaration may be omitted.
‡ A Justice of the Peace, or other magistrate duly empowered to administer oaths, as the case may be.

State of New York Hutchinson County
I, David Holt, one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Hutchinson, do hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with Dennis Paine within named. That the said Dennis is in indigent circumstances, having no means of supporting himself except by his own labor. That he has within a few weeks past been confined a prisoner in the Jail of said County for a small debt which he has no means of discharging.
David Holt
September 14. 1818
State of New York Hutchinson County
I, Walter Fish Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in said County do hereby certify that David Holt is one of the Judges of said Court & signed the foregoing certificate - Given under my hand & seal of office at Hutchinson this
Walter Fish Clerk
14 th day of September 1818

Cyrus D. Hart. of the city and county of New York being sworn deposeth that he was well acquainted with one Jas Paul Brewer a resident in the county of Herki- mer and State of New York - that he was admitted in the service of the United States and served in the 2 d Reg t Jersey Common and served by Col. Isaac Shreeve and was ad- mitted to the company of Capt. Nathaniel Bairman - that the said Jas Paul also served with the deponent as a friend of his benefit - with the Marquis de Lafayette in Virginia. that he was knowing of his having served several years in the 2 d Reg t and was honorably discharged.
sworn 18 May 1818 before me
P. Miller Recorder
Cyrus D. Hart late Capt. of the 2 d Jersey Reg t Service of the United States -

Act 1828 Settled at Treasury Cons n with Invalid File #45,082

Atkins (at York) Dec. 1. 1818
Rev. Richard Rush
Sir
Second I send a set of Papers for the pur- pose of having Lauren Paul of this place, who is now a Pen- sioner under the Law of 1818. placed upon the list of those who are to receive the benefit of the late act of Congress. It is possible that Mr Paul's name is already on this list - About three weeks ago I sent to Col. Aaron Ogden, at Wash- ington, a similar set of Papers - A few days ago I rec d from some person at Washington, probably from him or some of his clerks, a bundle of printed blanks with a printed Circular &c. but not one word was written on, or the subject of my Letter, nor any information given as to the result of Mr Paul's appli- cation - I was left entirely to my conjectures on these points, and could not have known or supposed that my Letter to Col. O. had been rec d except from the circumstance that the bundle of blanks was addressed, on the cover, to Mr Paul. I may care - Not knowing what has been the fate of these papers, previously sent. I send this second set, with this explanation - Please to drop the Papers in return to me.
Yours &c
Lauren Paul

45582
Rev INVALID.
File No. 45582
James Paul Lunt Rev. Dr.
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 3, Page 384
[Arrangement of 1870.]