Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 2878, for Burnet Montgomery, New Jersey

SERVICE
NUMBER
New Jersey.
Montgomery, Burnet
S. 2878.
CONTENTS
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N o  18468 17.632 New Jersey
Burnet Montgomery of Monmouth Co. in the State of N. Jersey who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Grover of the Reg t commanded by Col. Freeman in the N. Jersey Militia time for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of N. Jersey at the rate of 80 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 4 day of Sept r . 1833 and sent to Dan k B. Ryall Esq r Trurold N. J.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 160.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sep. 1833 40.00
$200.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk Book E. Vol. I Page 121

Monmouth Pleas Of July 1832 Declaration of Burnel Montgomery
N o 4070

State of New Jersey County of Monmouth ss:
On this thirty first day of July - Anno Domini 1832 personally appeared in open court before the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County of Monmouth now sitting at Freehold in said County Richard Montgomery a resident of the township of Upper Freehold County and State aforesaid, aged seventy nine years on the seventh day of December last past, 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 7th 1832 -
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated:-
That when he was between eighteen and nineteen years of age he entered said service as a volunteer in Captain Warfield's Mowers Company being the first troops that marched out of the County of Monmouth, they marched to Elizabeth town and returned again in about ten days, the British not having then landed, in about two months after as near as he recollects he entered the monthly service for four or five months, doing duty every other month, after the expiration of this time he enlisted for three months in Captain Joseph Porden's Company of Dragoons and served his time out within a month after his time was out, he joined Captain Robert Rhea's

time of and served therein until the close of the Revolutionary War and until peace was proclaimed doing duty and out in service every other month during that period besides being out several months under the general alarms, that the whole time he was out in actual service was between three and four years at least, that the Captains under whom he served during said service that he now recollects besides those above named were Captain Alexander Montgomery Captain Robert Rheaz and Captain James Alexander Montgomery Brown, the field officers under whom he served that he now recollects, where General David Forman and Col Samuel Forman  Samuel Forman , that he was born in Allentown - and resided in the said township of Upper Freehold when he entered said service and where he has lived ever since, that he was born on the 7th December 1752 and that he has no other record of his age than his own family bible now in his possession in which he entered it upwards of fifty years ago taken from his father, that he was in the service as above stated as a vol- unteer in the monthly service and entitled and that he never received other than a verbal discharge from the service that he now recollects, that he was in the Battle of Germantown then under Captain Borden and also at the defence of Red Bank where Colonel Donop was killed

Under Captain Bordas he thinks, that his marches were principally in the County of Monmouth from Tom's River to Amboy in Middlesex County guarding and protecting the intermediate points and places, he was also at Elizabethtown Farmtown and at Red Bank as before stated in his marches, can't recollect the names of any continental regiments or companies or the names of any of the regular officers of the army with whom he served, that he has no documentary evidence of his services, and that he thinks he can prove his services by Col David Hays and William Lloyd Esq; He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state. - Sworn to the above the 8th day of March 1844 John Patterson
New Jersey Monmouth County ss. We Col David Hays William Lloyd Esq and the of the County of Monmouth do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Burrel Montgomery who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, and that we believe him to be seventy nine years of age and that we know him to have been a soldier of the revolution in the service of the United States, and that we have no doubt from our knowledge of his services that he was entitled to a pension

between three and four years, that he is not only respected and beloved in the neighborhood to have been a soldier of the revolution but that these deponents respectively know him to have been such, having served with him in said service, that he is a credible person and that his declaration and statement is entitled to credit. —
sworn to subscribed the day & year aforesaid —
John Patterson
David Hay W m Haight
And the said board do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War department, that the above applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states — and the board further certify that it appears to them that the said Col David Hay and William Haight who have signed the preceding certificate are residents of the said County of Monmouth and were both in the service of the United States during the Revolutionary War, the first as a Lieutenant and the second as a sailmaker and midshipman during a period of the contest and afterwards as a soldier, and that they are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to full credit.
By Order of the board
R. J. Brown Judge

I, the Subscriber, Clerk of the Inferi-
or Court of Common Pleas, in and for the county of Monmouth, in the state of New-Jersey, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the Application of Burnet Montgomery for a Reunion
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, at Freehold, this thirty first day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two
H. H. Ellis  Clerk

I Daniel H. Ellis, Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Monmouths in the State of New Jersey, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Burnet Montgomery, for a pension, made before the said Court on the thirty first day of July, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty two =
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this sixth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three.
D. H. Ellis Clerk

Rephan
2878 INVALID.
File No. 2878
Burnet Montgomery Dist Rev War
Act: June 7, 1832
Index:—Vol. A , Page 262
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Second amended Declaration of Brunei Montgomery His original declara- tion marked No. 4070.
4070
$80 per ann
24 th Private
Dan t B. Ryall, Esq r Freehold N. Jersey

Second amended declaration of Burrel Montgomery for a pension under act of June 7th 1832.
State of New Jersey Monmouth County ss: Person- ally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace of the County of Monmouth and State of New Jersey Burrel Montgomery who being duly sworn according to law depones and saith that he made his original declaration numbered 4070 by the War Department on the thirty first day of July 1832 that by reason of old age & the consequent loss of memory he cannot swear positively 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; that he cannot state more particularly than he has in his first and second declarations his services mentioned therein; in the service rendered in the years 1777, 78, 79, & 80, in his first amended declaration then head quarters were at Freehold in Monmouth County from whence they marched to Middletown Point the High Lands Long Branch Deal and to Manasquan and the intermediate points and places, their duties were to guard the coasts and shores of the County of Monmouth from the inroads of the British and Tories, their duties were confined to said County, and it would be impos- sible for him to state the particular times and places he was at in said service

as they were kept marching and pat- rolling from their headquarters to the before named places and the intrenched points guarding the coasts and shores and protecting the same from the inroads of the British and Tories, the services during said period were performed under Captains Rhea Drew and Montgomery but he cannot from lapse of time particular- state the order of time he served under them during said period or the particular service under each but he says the whole time there mentioned was served under them, As to Holmes was then Colonel during this service he thinks, I was born in Upper Freehold township Monmouth County on the 7th of December 1748 where he lived when called into the service and where he has ever since resided; that he has in his possession the record of his age being his father's family bible, that his services were all under his own calls or drafts under the laws & ordinances of New Jersey except in his enlistment men- tioned in his former declaration, he never being a substitute for another that I never received any other than an honorable discharge, that during the time he was in service he was in the field & not in Garrison except and during said time he was not engaged in any civil pursuit now described before {Barnet 10/10/1848}

on this 27th day of August A.D. 1833- } Thos. C. Throck. motion justice
State of New Jersey Monmouth County ss. David Day of the township of Upper Freehold Monmouth County being duly sworn depones and saith that he is eighty years of age upwards that he is well acquainted with Barnel Montgomery who has sworn to and subscribed the foregoing affidavit that he was well acquainted with him during the revolutionary war and has been intimately so ever since, that the said Barnel Montgom- ery served at least six months in the company of Capt. Baugher Grove & being lieutenant of said com- pany Robert Rhea being Captain as part of the time, he said the said Barnel joined the company in the spring or summer of 1776 and ended in the winter of said year, that said Barnel with the aforesaid company marched from Allentown to South Amboy & Hoped to Perth Amboy from there to Elizabeth town & after being there some time they were man- oeuvred to Monmouth, that the British were in possession of Staten Island when they arrived at Amboy, that he the deponent understood at the time that said Barnel enlisted with Captain Joseph Borden's company of Dragoons and he also understood he was in the Battle of Germantown

and in the defence of Red Bank under Borden, that he frequently saw said Montgomery in the service under Captain Rhea Mew and Montgomery he thinks and others but he cannot state the particular times and places, that he believes he served the periods of time he has stated, the duties of the Militia of the County of Monmouths being to guard the coasts and shores from the British and Tories, that the Head Quarters of the Militia from Upper Freehold during most of the war was at Freehold from whence they frequently marched to Middletown Point the Highlands, Shrewsbury Linton Falls Long Branch Deal and Manasquan that he frequently saw said Montgomery in the service at the Head Quarters and other places before named, and he has no doubt he served to his share of duty during the war, that he is a man of good character and is a credible person and that his statements is entitled to credit
Sworn subscribed before me one of the Justices of the Peace in Monmouth County this 27 th day of August AD 1833
David Hays
Thos C Workman Justice

And I the above Thomas B. Shockmorton hereby certify that it appears to me and I know the fact that David Hay who has sworn & subscribed the foregoing affi- davit before me is a highly respect- able citizen of our County and that he is a credible person and his statement is entitled to full credit. Dated Freehold Monmouth County New Jersey August 27 1833 -
Thos B Shockmorton
I David H Ellis Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas of the County of Monmouth and State of New Jersey do hereby certify that Thomas B. Shockmorton whose name is subscribed to the head of the two above affidavits of Samuel Montgomery and David Hay and also to the certificate of the said Thomas B. Shockmorton himself was at the time of signing the same now is a Justice of the Peace of the said County of Monmouth duly commissioned and sworn and that full faith and credit ought to be attached to all his official acts as such and also that the name signed Thos B. Shockmorton to said heads and to the said certificate are respectively the proper handwriting and signatures of the said Thomas B. Shockmorton herein as aforesaid. - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office at Freehold this twenty eighth day of August Anno Domini Eighteen hundred & thirty three -
D. H. Ellis Clk

Supplemental affidavit of Daniel Montgomery for a pension under the act of June 7th 1832.
New Jersey Monmouth County ss: Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace of the County of Monmouth and State of New Jersey Daniel Montgomery who being duly sworn, deposes to know that the facts are true that by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot now point out 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 days I served as a private in a volunteer company commanded by Captain Bargallie Brown, David Hay being the lieutenant, this was some time in the spring of 1776 before the British landed at Staten Island, the company marched to Eliz- abethtown from Upper Freehold and returned in ten days after they left Upper Freehold as it was ascertained the British had not landed but David Forman was then Colonel at that time. I cannot now recollect the exact date but the of duty was done but believe it was the latter part of April of that year. For two months and a half I served as a private in a com- pany commanded by Captain Robert Rhea this service commenced about the tenth of May 1776 and the first month ended about the tenth of June of same year, the second month commenced about the tenth of July and ended about the tenth of August of same year, the half month commenced about the tenth of August and closed about the first of September of same year during this monthly service they were sta- tioned at Manasquan in Monmouth County guarding the coast and shores, and were out under the authorities of the State; For three months I served as a private enlisted soldier under Captain Joseph Borden in a company of Dragoons and served my time out, this enlistment to the best of my recollection commenced about the first day of September 1776 and ended about the first of January 1777, I never

had any discharge at the expiration of my time of service, I served my full time on buttes out under this enlistment, while in Captain Braine's company was was at the Battle of Germantown and there engaged with the enemy, and after the battle they we retreated to a place called Allentown in Pennsylvania, he thinks General David Forman was had the command over their company at that time, being a field officer, afterwards they returned to the Army side of the Delaware and marched to Red Bank and was engaged in its defense when Col Col. Donop was mortally wounded, their company were all dismounted and their horses left under a guard about a half mile from the work he was in the fort with his company & their orders were not to fire until they could see the number on the Heprans coat buttons - For two years I served as a private in a company of Infantry  the commanded by Captain Robert Rhea James was and afterwards Montgomery was being to the best of my recollection the months of February April June August October and December in the year 1777 and the months of January March May July September and November in the year 1778 and the months of January March May July September November in the year 1779 and the same months in the year 1780 each term of a month commencing on the first and ending on the first of the following months - these periods of time where under the words calls or drafts called out under the legal authority of the state, the field officers were during this period of time General David Forman and Col. Saml Forman, during this service their duties were to guard the shores from the British and Tories, that he does not know of any surviving witness of his services which can be found except David Hay and William Haught who have testified to his original declaration, that he was in the service and in the field & not in Garrison and that during the time

We William Foster a clergyman residing within about three miles of Burnel Montgomery in the neighboring and adjoining township in the County of Middlesex and Asher Borden residing in the township of Upper Freehold in the County of Monmouth and State of New Jersey Do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with the said Burnel Montgomery who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be eighty two years of age that he is respected and beloved in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion. Sworn and subscribed before me one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the County of Monmouth this fifth day of June A.D. 1833.  Wm Foster Asher Borden  H. H. Carty
I the above Justice before whom the above William Foster and Asher Borden have been sworn and who have subscribed the foregoing certificate Do hereby certify that the said William Foster who has sworn to and subscribed to the preceding certificate is a clergyman residing in the County of Middlesex in the neighboring & adjoining township to Upper Freehold in the County of Monmouth in which the above named Burnel Montgomery resides, and that Asher Borden who has sworn and subscribed the same certificate is a resident in the township of Upper Freehold and is a credible person that the above statement is true and correct.  Dated June 1 st . 1833.  H. H. Carty

he was in the service he was not engaged in any civil pursuit, that I am known in my present neighborhood by the Reverend William Foster and Arthur Brant who can testify to my character for veracity and their belief of my service as a soldier of the Revolution.
Sworn & subscribed before me one of the Justices of the Peace in & for the County of Monmouth this 21 day of May 1833.
Harriet H. Montgomery
The "words" I "me" "him" & "his" party "Robert Rhea James Dunn and Alexander Montgomery" on the 2nd page and the name Asahel Borden on this page first interline before I was to -
William Lloyd
I William Lloyd, one of the Judges of the Superior Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Monmouth, in the State of New Jersey, and one of the Justices of the Peace in & for for the said County, do hereby certify, that I was a Judge of the said Court at the time the original declaration of the foregoing named Burnet Montgomery was made in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832, that the said Burnet Montgomery swore to & subscribed the foregoing supplemental affidavit before me as such Justice, that I am well acquainted with the said Burnet Montgomery, knew him at the time of the Revolutionary War, know that he was out in actual service during the said War, that he is a very old man, & very infirm, that he is reported & believed in the neigh- borhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that I know

such to be the fact, having seen him out in actual service during the Revolutionary War, that he is a credible person & that his statement is entitled to credit. - Dated June 6. A. D. 1833 =
William Lloyd
I Daniel H. Ellis, Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Mon- mouth in the State of New Jersey, do hereby Certify that William Lloyd Esquire before whom the forego- ing affidavit of Burnet Montgomery was made was, at the date of the first to said affidavit & still is a judge of the said Court & a justice of the Peace of the said County, & that Richard L. Beatty Esquire before whom the foregoing certificate of Wm Foster & Asher Borden, was sworn to, was at the date of the first to said certificate & still is, a justice of the Peace of said County, both commissioned & sworn in office, the one as such judge & justice, the other as such justice, & that both are entitled to full faith & credit to all of their official acts, & that the name signed "William Lloyd" to the first of the foregoing affidavit of Burnet Montgom- ery, & also to the certificate of the said William Lloyd, & the name signed "R. L. Beatty" to the fore- going first to the foregoing certificate of Wm Foster & Asher Borden, & to the certificate of the said Richard L. Beatty, are respectively the genuine signatures of the said William Lloyd and Richard L. Beatty Esquires =
In testimony whereof I have here- unto set my hand & seal of office this sixth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three =
D. H. Ellis