Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R 7381, for Jonathan Morgan, New Jersey

SERVICE
NUMBER
New Jersey
Morgan, Jonathan
R 7381
CONTENTS

Jonathan Morgan No 6115
New Jersey
8 Jan. '33
Obj. 4. 5. 11. 12
Non L bond lit-
Rejected
can specify but two months of militia service
P-199
his services as Teamster are inadmissible —
let 8 Feb. '33
Proof that the Team Service is a part of his service

BRIEF in the case of Jonathan Morgan of Peapack County of Morris in the State of New Jersey (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 71  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.     not enrolled 1 As a Gen. Capts Stewart & Farnand   Subject to be called out & was actually called out in case of alarm for a period of more than 6 months as a soldier & 6 months in Wagon Service.  
 5. In what battles was he engaged?  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? 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? Traditional 
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Defective Dates of Service & Rank, not given
X Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Jas McKim Examining Clerk.

Jonathan Morgan, Application
Jonathan Morgan, Application
Pg No 6115.

DECLARATION, IN ORDER TO OBTAIN THE BENEFIT OF THE ACT OF CONGRESS, PASSED JUNE 7, 1832.
STATE OF NEW-JERSEY, } County of Morris } ss.
On this Twenty seventh day of July A.D. 1832 personally appeared, in open court, before the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas for the county of Morris
now sitting Jonathan Morgan a resident of the Township of Pequannock in the County of Morris and State of New-Jersey, aged Seventy one 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, 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States, under the following named Officers, and served as herein stated:
In the early part of the Revolutionary war, but in what year he does not recollect he volunteered in the Township of Pequannock in the County of Morris as a private soldier under one Captain Benjamin Minard and marched under him to Elizabeth Town Point in the County of Essex and remained there one month and was then discharged - He believes that Deiram Smith was his Major but is not positive and does not recollect the names of the regular officers who were with the troops, nor the continental and Militia Regiments - He again volunteered as a private soldier in the same year under one Phineas Farnand of the County of Morris, and marched from the County of Morris under Captain Farnand to Newark in the County of Essex and thence to Jersey City in the County of Bergen, served under Captain Farnand about one month and was then discharged. Major Deiram Smith was he believes the commanding officer of his Battalion but does not recollect the names of the regular officers who were with the troops, nor the Continental and Militia Regiments - He was ordered out in a great number of cases of alarms under Captain Phineas Farnand, and Samuel Farnand was I think the Ensign of the Company, we marched on these occasions from the County of Morris into the County of Essex, sometimes we marched nearly to Newark in the County of Essex and sometimes we marched only a few miles before our marching orders were countermanded. He was in this manner subject to be called out and was actually called out in cases of alarm for a period of more than six months. It was principally against the Refugees we were called out upon these occasions, but sometimes against the British - On these occasions I was under the particular command of Captain Farnand, and not acting with any other troops. -
He volunteered to act as a driver of Provision wagons from the County of Morris to West Point in the State of New York and acted in that capacity for about one month driving a Government wagon, and under the command of an officer whose name I do not now recollect. -
On the 1 st August 1781 he again volunteered to drive a Government wagon and drove from the County of Morris to White Plains in the County of Essex and there joined the American Army and after laying there three weeks proceeded with the army driving a Government wagon through Princeton Trenton Philadelphia and Baltimore to Williamsburg in the State of Virginia during all this march I was

under the command of Captain Thomas Colt. I then proceeded to Yorktown under the command of Captain Thomas Gardner and remained there until after the surrender of Lord Cornwallis, and drove the first American waggon into Yorktown after the surrender. He remained at Yorktown about six weeks after the surrender and was then discharged. On my return from Yorktown to New Jersey I was taken sick at the head of Elk and was detained at the Military Hospital by sickness till some time during the next month of March and drew Rations from Government during my sickness and until my return into the State of New Jersey. -
He further states that he was a volunteer in the New Jersey troops and served therein for a period of more than six months, and that he drove a Government waggon for a period of more than six months, being in all a period of more than one year - that he was in the service of his Country. -
He further states that he never received any written discharge from the service either as a volunteer or as a driver of a Government waggon.
(During the March from White Plains to Williamsburg and thence to Yorktown the army was under the command of General Washington. -
Was born in the County of Morris and State of New Jersey on the eighth day of September A.D. 1761 and has a record of his age entered in the Family Bible which is now in the possession of his sister Dominica Bell.
Was living in the County of Morris and State of New Jersey when called into service, has lived in the County and State aforesaid since the Revolutionary War and still lives in the County and State aforesaid.
Entered as a volunteer into the service and never went out in any other way.
General Washington, General L. Fayette were with the troops when I served but I do not recollect the names of the Continental and Militia Regiments. -
Thomas Van Winkle Pyn and James A. Jacobs will testify as to my character for veracity and their belief of my services as a soldier of the Revolution.
I have no documentary evidence and know of no person whom testimony I can procure to testify to my service as above stated. -

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, is only on that of the Agency of the State of New Jersey.
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid. Jonathan Morgan William Britton
We Thomas Vaninkle and James A. Jacobs, residing in the County of Morris and State of New Jersey hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Jonathan Morgan who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be Seventy one years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid. Thomas Vaninkle James A. Jacobs William Britton
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 Thomas Vaninkle
who has signed the preceding certificate, is now resident in the County of Morris and State of New Jersey aforesaid, and that James A. Jacobs who has also signed the same, is a resident in the County and State aforesaid, and are credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
William Britton Stephen Dail Silas Lindley
I David Day 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 Jonathan Morgan for a pension.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this twenty seventh day of July in the year of our lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two
David Day

Jon t Morgan New Jersey
Petition of Jon t Morgan for a Pension for Militia service in the Revolutionary War.
Jan y 5 th 1834 Ref d to the Committee on Rev d Pensions
Feb. 29 1835 Ref d to the Committee on Rev d Pensions
Feb. 17. 1836 Report vs - to be
See 20th Feb
Parker H. B. B.
Parker H. B. B.

To the Congress of the United States. The petition of Jonathan Morgan, of Morris Co. New Jersey, respectfully states - That your petitioner was a soldier in the war of the revolution, in the Militia service, & performed much duty. That he has faithfully endeavoured to comply with all the rules & regulations of the War Department to obtain a pension for his services under the law of June 1832, but his application at the Pension office has failed, & he has no other mode of obtaining relief, but by appealing to the justice & liberality of Congress. - His service was of a twofold character, viz: 1 st . as a common Militia man in the ranks, bearing his musket - & 2 nd . as a Wagoner, volunteering in the service of the U.S. & driving a team of horse & wagon, laden with military stores, from New Jersey to York town in Virginia, at the time of the capture of Lord Cornwallis Army. To his Militia service it was objected, that it did not amount to 6 months of actual service, & to his service as Wagoner, that none but actually enlisted soldiers were entitled to pension allowance in that service. - In my first application, I found it difficult & indeed impossible to obtain proof of my service in the ranks - but occasionally I have since that time met with old comrades & associates, who recognized me as a Militia soldier in actual service, whose depositions have been taken & forwarded to the pension office at different times, & which, taken together, prove a service of that character, if I mistake not, of more than 6 months duration. I fear that, inasmuch as these depositions have been taken at different times, & sent to the Pension office for the most part singly, some of them may have miscarried, or may not have been attached to the original papers, so as to give one entire & connected view of the whole case. If they have all met the eye of Commissioner Edwards, I cannot but think he would admit the proof of this service for 6 months, to be as conclusive as it can be expected, after a lapse of 50 years. - But I would remark, that the instructions of the Department seem by their language to admit, that in some cases at least, it was expected, that proof could not be found, & I will appeal to the candor & experience of those who are conversant with the Pension law & with its administration, whether there have not been many favorable decisions under it, without a particle of testimony, except the narration & oath of the soldier.
With regard to the Wagon service, I do not know the reason of a distinction between duty performed as a volunteer , & under enlistment . The service was equal, as to hardship & danger, & my responsibility & liability to Martial law for any disobedience was the same. I entered voluntarily & my name was enrolled for this service - I drove a Continental team, drew all my forage & provision from the public stores, & was liable as other soldiers whilst in service, to be punished for bad conduct. And

after arriving at York town whenever my services with the team of horses were not in requisition, I aided as other soldiers did, to carry on the siege-working in the entrenchments, carrying fascines, & performing whatever other duties I was ordered by my officers to do. If there existed any difference between my condition & those who are now called "enlisted" Wagoners, for specific periods, I was ignorant of that difference. - I supposed that enlistment was voluntary , & that I was as much bound to this service, as any other, who are called enlisted soldiers or Wagoners. I was paid & supplied in the same mode - when sick with small pox was treated like other soldiers, & when on my return home as an Invalid, unfit for active duty, was considered & treated by all the army authorities as a disabled soldier, furnished with supplies from public hospitals & public stores. - I trust your honorable body will acknowledge the equity of my claim to a pension under such circumstances - & if the rigid rules of the Pension office exclude me from the liberality & justice of my Country which is extended to others for similar service, Congress will afford me relief from the wants which old age, declining health & poverty have thrown around me. For proof of my services & statements, I must refer your honorable body, or a Committee to which my case may be referred, to my papers, which are on the files of the Pension office. - Such depositions as were subsequently sent to the office, & of which mention is made in this petition, I will endeavor to recollect as far as my memory will enable me, & subjoin a list of them below.
Morris County N. Jersey, Nov. 20 th 1834.
Your aged & faithful servant
Jonathan Morgan
Morris County
New Jersey J st : Jon a Morgan, the foregoing petitioner, well known to me, as a man of fair character, & fully worthy of belief, comes before the subscriber & makes oath solemnly & in due form of law, that the statements of facts set forth in the preceding memorial & petition are just & true, according to the best of his knowledge & belief. -
Morris town Nov. 20 th 1834.
Jonathan Morgan
Sworn & Subscribed
before me this day
above written
Charles Freeman an master in Chancery
I certify, that Charles Freeman Esq r is one of the Masters in Chancery in New Jersey, & that the above signature of his name thereto is genuine. Lewis Condict, late a Rep r . from N. Jersey. - 20 th Nov 1834.

Postscript. — The depositions which did not accompany my original declaration, but which were afterwards obtained & sent, some of them singly & separately, are the following.
viz: 1 st John Oslie's deposition, proving 2 months Militia service.
2 nd John Gould's deposition, specifying proving 3 months service, & believing that more than 3 months was performed, altho' 3 months was all that could be particularized.
3 rd Conrad Oslie's deposition, specifying 2 months service. These 3 depositions all relate to different tours of Militia service, all performed at different times, & amounting to 7 months service. — In my 1 st Declaration, perhaps I was then unable to specify or particularize only 5 months — yet I believe I stated that I had actually performed other Militia duties, amounting to more than 6 months, & which I could not specify, until I accidentally found old comrades who remembered me on other occasions. — My amended Declaration, which was afterwards sent to the Pension office was accompanied with explanation & additional evidence from Thomas Cobb, & perhaps some others. — Thomas Cobb, & Richard Smith testify fully & clearly to my Wagon service, its duration & character, & another deposition given by — Taylor, corroborates other testimony of my duties & service as a Militia soldier. I humbly request, that all these papers may be obtained from the pension office, & be examined in detail.
Jonathan Morgan

Jon s Morgan of Morris County, N. Jersey. Amending Declaration, with accompanying Deposition. May 22 d . 1833.

State of New Jersey Morris County
vs. Morris Com. Pleas, Special term, May, 1833.
Personally appeared in open Court, before the Judges thereof, now sitting, on this 22 nd day of May, 1833, Jonathan Morgan of said County, aged 70 years, well known in said County as a man of good standing, & of fair character for veracity & being first duly sworn, saith, that he is the same Jonathan Morgan, who in the month of July or August last, (1832) before this Court, made a Declaration under oath, of his Revolutionary services, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, of Jan y 7 th 1832. which Declaration, is now, as he supposes, in the office of Commissioners of Pensions, & disallowed or rejected, as this Deponent understands, upon two grounds, viz: 1 st that he specified but two months of Militia service & 2 d that Teamster, are not entitled to a pension, unless drafted for the special performance of such duty, or who were in Continental service. — The person who drew his original Declaration, as this Deponent believes, did not specify as minutely as was necessary, the duties performed by him in the Wagon service, nor the force from whence he rec d . his orders, nor the officers to whom he was accountable — nor was there time nor opportunity, in the hurry of business before the Court, to take down in writing, all the details of his services, so as to enable the proper officers to discriminate in his case, between duties performed in Continental service & in Militia service. — This Deponent now desires to state, in this, his amended Declaration, as far as his memory will enable him, the services rendered by him — the officers under whom he acted, & the duration of his services.
In the summer immediately preceding the surrender of Lord Cornwallis by one or two years at York town, this Deponent was living as a bound apprentice to John Salter Esq r . in Pequannock township, Morris County, a few miles from Pompton in New Jersey. — A part of the Army of the U. States was then quartered at Pompton, as this Deponent believes, & several of the teams belonging to the United States were constantly employed in transporting provisions & military stores from Morris town to Pompton, as well as through Pompton to West point & Kings ferry upon the Hudson river. A lot of pasture ground near where this Deponent lives, was either purchased or hired by the United States officers, for the use of their teams. — In the summer of the year above alluded to, one of the drivers was taken very sick at that place, & could proceed no further. This Deponent with the consent of his then master (being about 15 or 16 years of age) took the place of this sick wagoneer, & drove his team of horses for one month, performing the same duties, carrying military stores, provisions, clothing &c. from the public stores, to Pompton, & to other places, where he was ordered by his superior officers. — He at first thought, this months service was performed immediately before the capture of Lord Cornwallis — but he is satisfied on further reflection, that, it was one or two years before that surrender. — His month was served out faithfully, & expired some time in the fall, when he was dismissed, the former driver having recovered, & this Deponent returned to his employer's service. — He performed all the duties, & assumed all the responsibilities of the first wagoneer. —
On the first of August of the year when Cornwallis surrendered, this Deponent, with the knowledge & approbation of his master, entered or enlisted as a wagoneer, in the Wagon service of the U. States, under Thomas Cobb, & proceeded to the White Plains, where his wagon was loaded with bread & flour for the Army of the U. States. — The Deponent was attached

to a Regiment of Rhode Island troops, which regiment as he supposed, was an escort or guard to the baggage & military chest, & stores belonging to the French army - He pro- ceeded under the immediate orders of Capt. Cobb, who had the direction of this brigade or company of teams & wagons, so attached to the Rhode Island Regiment & French troops, by way of Trenton, Philadelphia, Baltimore & Williamsburg, to Yorktown in Virginia, where he arrived as he believes, some time in September, & remained there on duty, until after the surrender of Lord Cornwallis, being from 6 to 8 weeks, as he thinks. Whilst there, he was employed in carrying provisions, clothing, blankets, shoes &c. from Williamsburg & elsewhere to Yorktown, & wherever the wants of the army required. - He acted under the orders of Capt. Cobb until he reached Williamsburg, when Capt. Cobb, having resigned or retired, he was under the command of Capt. Gardner. Two months - After the surrender of Cornwallis, he was directed by Capt. Gardner to set out with his team for New Jersey, which he did, taking with him, part of the way, some of the sick & disabled soldiers, & leaving them at hospitals & other places where they could be accommodated. - He drove his team & wagon (which was altogether the property of the United States) to the head of Elk, where he was taken sick of the small pox, & gave up his team & all the property with it belonging to the U. States, to Captain Gardner - being unable to drive it any further. - His sickness & disability continued all winter, & he was unable to travel until spring. - In March, he set off for home, with an order from the commanding officer at Elk, to draw provisions from the Commissa- ries on the road, until he reached home. The sold provisions which he recd. he exchanged with farmers on the road, for milk & light food, till he reached home the last of March, having been absent on this tour from 7 th of August, till the last of March making eight months. - During the whole of his wagon service - (his first tour of one month, & his last of eight months) - he was continually in the Continental service, his team being the property of the United States, & always attached to the army, & receiving his forage from the public stores, & his orders from Army officers.
His memory in regard to dates , he knows is particularly frail - but he knows well, that in regard to the facts of his having served his country in the capacity of a Wagoner in the Continental service for nine months, he is not mistaken. For his Militia service, he refers to his former Declaration, & thinks he cannot by reflection, give any other details or particulars, than are therein set forth. - He only believes, that he per- formed more monthly tours of Militia duty than are therein specified at length, & refers the Commissioner of Pensions to the testimony of John Estlin, accompanying this amend- ed declaration, as evidence of his Militia service for six months, altho' the Defendant has been able to specify but two months. He conscientiously believes he has faithfully served six months Militia duty, & nine months of Wagon service, making in all, a term of fifteen months service, for which he claims a pension, being very poor & needy.

State of New Jersey Morris County ss Personally appeared before me Ebenezer H Smith one of the justices of the peace in & for sd County Thomas Cobb sergeant late of the revolutionary army of Hanover in sd County who being by me duly sworn on his Oath saith that he was well ac- quainted with Jonathan Morgan of Hanover as aforesaid in sd County & knew that he the sd Morgan joined the army on or about the first day of August seventeen Hundred & eighty one at the White Plains in the capacity of a teamdriver and carried the baggage of a Rhode Island regiment from Whiteplains aforesaid in the State of New York to Williamsburgh in the State of Virginia & there frequently saw him employed carrying provisions for the army from sd Wil- iamsburgh to the camp of the american army at Yorktown and further saith not
Sworn & subscribed before me the 13 th day of April 1833
Thomas Cobb
Ebenezer H Smith

This Deponent has attained the age of 21 years
I hereby certify, that Thomas Cobb, the within deponent, has been personally well known to me for 30 years past, - that he is a man of truth & probity, & of good standing in society. Ebenezer H. Smith Esq. the Magistrate before whom the deposition was taken is known to me to be a Magistrate Justice of the peace duly authorized to act, & that the signature of his name thereto is genuine.
Morristown, N. Jersey, May 20 th . 1833.
Louis Condick, late a Repn. from New Jersey

State of New Jersey Morris County } Personally appeared before me Robert H. Smith one of the justices of the peace of the sd county Richard Smith of Hanover in sd county being by me duly sworn on his Oath saith that he joined the revolutionary army at Pompton Plains in sd county in August seventeen hundred & eighty one that Jonathan Morgan of Hanover as aforesaid in sd county who he was well acquainted with, then belonged to the sd army and marched from thence to Yorktown in the State of Virginia in company with him or was attached to the same army as a driver of a baggage waggon for the Rhode Island troops and saw him generally every day on the way through New Jersey to Yorktown in the State of Virginia aforesaid & further saith that he hereby believes that the sd Morgan was in the service on that expedition at least six months and further saith not
Sworn & subscribed before me the 13 th day of April 1833
Richard Smith
Robert H. Smith

This Deponent has obtained the deposition of Thomas Bell...
I hereby certify, that Richard Smith, the within Deponent is well known to me personally, as a man of veracity & good standing as a man of probity. That the signature of his name thereto is genuine. Morris town, N.J. May 20th. 1833. — Lewis Condict, late a Repv. from New Jersey.

State of New Jersey } personally appeared before me Thomas Van Winkle one of the Morris County } Justices of the peace in and for the said County of Morris — John Estlin of the said county and being by me duly sworn deposeth and saith, that he is and hath been personally acquainted with Jonathan Morgan from his childhood who was born & brought up in the township of Pequannock in said county and that he served in the Militia in the revolutionary war with me in the year 1780 that he joined the Militia in the summer of that year at Elizabethtown in Essex County State of New Jersey under Benjamin Mincer who was our Captain & Beman Hathaway who was Colonel, under General Wines who was the General Officer, and further that I saw the said Jonathan Morgan out in the county of Essex in the militia several times during that year and at different places under the command of of the above named officers and that I verily believe that he served at least six months in the Militia in the said revolutionary war & further saith not i —
Subscribed and sworn before me the 12 th of April 1833
J Van Winkle
Thomas Van Winkle —
I hereby certify to the Secy of War & Commissioners of pension, that John Estlin is esteemed & reputed to be a man of veracity, & fully entitled to belief as a witness. I also certify, that Thos. Van Winkle, before whom the foregoing deposition of said John Estlin was taken, is a justice of peace in the County of Morris, & that the signature of his name thereto is genuine.
Morris town, N.J. Mar 20 th 1833. —
Lewis Condict late a Reb. from New Jersey

This Deponent has obtained the depositions of Thomas Cobb & of Richard Smith, both of whom were with him on the expedition to Yorktown, & who are known to be men of respectability & good character in this County. - He respectfully refers the Commissioners of Pensions to their Depositions accompanying this Declaration.
Jonathan Morgan
State of New Jersey
County of Morris
Be it known, that before the subscriber, a Justice of Peace in said County, personally came Jonathan Morgan of said County, aged 70 years, & well known as a man of fair character for veracity, & being first duly sworn, saith, that he is the same Jonathan Morgan who has subscribed his name to the foregoing Declaration. That the same was intended to be made before the late Court of Common Pleas at its late session, on the 5 th & 7 th of this month, but was unavoidably prevented. - He says, that he verily believes, all the statements & facts therein set forth, in relation to his services in the war of the Revolution, are true. And he respectfully solicits the Commissioners of Pensions to receive this, as his amended Declaration, intended more fully to explain & specify the nature & character of his said services. Sworn & subscribed before me, at Morris town, this 22 nd day of May, in the year of our Lord, eighteen hundred & thirty three. 1833.
Charles Freeman Esq.
Jonathan Morgan
I hereby certify, to the Secretary of War, & to the Commissioners of Pensions, that Charles Freeman Esq. before whom the foregoing Amending Declaration of Jonathan Morgan was taken, is a Justice of Peace in the County of Morris, duly authorized to take depositions, & that the signature of his name thereto is genuine. Morris town, N. Jersey, May 22 nd . 1833.
Lewis Condict, late a Rep r from New Jersey.

7,381
P. O.
Jonathan Morgan
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
REJECTED
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

State of New Jersey, on the twenty sixth day of May in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and thirty four - Personally appeared before me Thomas Van Winkle one of the justices of the peace in & for the County of Morris John Gould of the Township of Pequannock in said County who being by me duly sworn deposeth and says that he has been acquainted with Jonathan Morgan for along time, before the commencement of the Revolutionary war, that in the year of Seventeen hundred and seventy nine or eighty I saw Jonathan Morgan on duty as a Statia Man, near a place formerly called Horsimus (now Hobucken on a tour of one or two month it being in the under Captain Miner General Wines commanders Spring of the year, and in the fall of the same year I saw the said Jonathan Morgan at Newark in Essex County on another tour of one or two months, and under the same officers, guarding the lines, both times also he says that the year before, he saw Jonathan Morgan at Acquackanonk in the County of Essex on a tour of one or two months under the same officers, guarding the lines Statia duty, at each time he was out, he was on duty as a private soldier & further saith not. —
Subscribed & sworn before me the day & year above stated Thomas Van Winkle
John Gould
I certify that this deponent is a person of good Credibility as to truth & honesty and so esteemed by those acquainted with him Thomas Van Winkle, Justice of the peace

John Gould's Affidavit
I hereby certify to the Secretary of War, that Thomas Van Winkle, the Magistrate before whom the within deposition of John Gould was taken, is well known to me to be a Justice of peace in Morris County, N. Jersey, duly authorized & commissioned, & that the signature of his name thereto, is genuine. — The witness, John Gould, tho' personally but little known to me, yet he is generally reputed & believed to be, a conscientious & an upright man — fully entitled to belief.
Morris town N. Jersey, May 27 th 1834.
Lewis Condict, late a Representative from N. Jersey in the H. R.

Confed M c Partland 24 May 24 5 June An
James L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions War Department.

Dr. Sir,
Enclosed is the amended Declaration of James Young, whose case was suspended partly for want of specifying minutely, the periods & duration of his service, & partly for not stating, whether or not any living witnesses of his service could be found. — The Brief, containing the objections, together with the original Declaration, are on file in your office. — By reference to them & to his amended Declaration, & the testimony of Morris Abe & Robert Young which are annexed to it, it will appear, that his service ran thro' the whole of the Revolution, & that he is fully entitled to a full pension of 24 months, as an Ordinary Pensioner . —
The other paper, is the amended Declaration of John Morgan, heretofore rejected on the ground that he was a Teamster, & not a Wagoner in the service of the Continental Army. — The testimony of Thomas Cobb, & Richard Smith, annexed to his Declaration, abundantly proves, with his own affidavit, that he was a Wagoner, attached to the Rhode Island Regiment & corps of the French army which he accompanied to Yorktown Virginia. — That his service as a Wagoner in the U. S. service, was continued for nine months, & by the deposition of John Ostler, & Morgan's Declaration, it will appear that his Militia duty was performed for six months; — making together, a period of 15 months service, for which he claims a pension. —
James Young, is now a pauper, supported by the township of Randolph, & Morgan would be in the same condition, should he be visited by a pick-up of 10 days.
They will feel extremely grateful for a decision as speedy, as your pressing & urgent duties will admit. — Very respectfully,
Morris town, N. J. May 24 th . 1833.
your friend
Y. ob. Servt.
Lewis Condick.

New Jersey
Revol.
7381
Jonathan Morgan
Rejected
See letter to
Hon. Lewis Condick
24 Oct. 1833.
same June 6. 1834
Tell to S. Condick 18 July 1834
this letter is in clams of Samuel Dugoken
papers sent to Hon. n 10321
L. Lea H.R. Jan 30. 1835. with a letter.
Act 7 June 1832

Deposition of Richard Smith, in support of the Pension claim of Jon a . Morgan.
To be annexed to Morgan's papers now on file in the Pension Office.
Morris B. L. Sney.

State of New Jersey Morris County
Before the subscriber, a Justice of peace in & for said County, personally appeared Richard Smith of Hanson in said County, to me personally well known, as a man of integrity & fully entitled to belief, - & having been duly sworn, saith as follows. I am now in the 69 th year of my age. I am well acquainted with Jonathan Morgan of this County, an applicant for a pension for services in the war of the revolution. I knew him in time of said war, & have known him ever since. I knew him as the driver of a Continental team with a wagon & four horses, in the service of the United States in 1781. - I joined the U. S. Army as an Artificer, in August 1781, at Pompton in N. Jersey, under Captain William Barker of the Corps of Artificers.
Jonathan Morgan then was attached to a brigade or company of teams, under the direction & command of an officer, whose name I do not recollect, and who & drove the team through New Jersey, Pennsylvania & Maryland to Yorktown in Virginia. - His load consisted of military stores for the use of the Army - but whether of provision, clothing, arms or ammunition, I cannot now say with certainty, but according to the best of my remembrance, it consisted principally of flour, bread, & perhaps other provisions. - I believe the greater part of the Army on its route to Virginia, embarked on board vessels at or near the head of Elk river in Maryland, & were thence transported by water to Williamsburg. Another part however went altogether by land through Baltimore, Alexandria &c. The Rhode Island troops, or some part of them, marched by this route, according to the best of my remembrance. This was the route assigned to me, & was the route on which Morgan & others associated with him, drove their teams. - Morgan, I believe, was attached to the Rhode Island troops, altho' I cannot speak with absolute certainty on this point. But I know he drove his team on this route, as I saw him probably every day, & many times in the same day. - I saw him often at Yorktown, with his team & with the Army, during the siege & after the surrender of Lord Cornwallis' Army. He was often engaged in transporting stores for the Army from Williamsburg, Ammunition & other articles, to such points as they were directed. Morgan remained in the neighbourhood of Yorktown & Williamsburg with his team in this employment after the siege, until I left the place which was in January 1782, & he did not return home till the following spring, I believe some time in March. - Whether Morgan was bound to the service by enlistment, as soldiers who carried their muskets, I know not, but I believe he was under the same obligations as all other Continental team drivers were, who belonged to the Army - that his duties & responsibilities were the same - that he was subject to the same discipline & rules for any omission of duty, or disobedience of order. The precise term of Morgan's entering upon his wagon service, I do not know, - but I remember that when I joined the corps to which I belonged, at Pompton, in August 81, Morgan was then engaged in his duties with the Army as above mentioned. Further this Deponent saith not.
Sworn to subscribers before me this 27 th June 1834
Richard Smith
Ebenezer H. Smith Justice of the peace
I hereby certify, to the Commissioners of pensions & to the Secretary of War, that Ebenezer H. Smith Esq. before whom the above deposition of Richard Smith was taken, is a justice of peace & a judge of the Com. This Court is Morris County, & that the signature of his name thereto, is genuine. - I have been personally well acquainted with Richard Smith the Deponent, for more than 20 years. No man in Morris County or elsewhere, stands higher as a man of truth & unblemished moral character, than this same Richard Smith.
Isaac Condit, late a Representative
from N. Jersey.
Morristown, N. Jersey, July 9 th 1834.

State of New Jersey } Personally appeared before me Thomas Van Winkle one of the Morris County ss. } Justices of the peace in and for the County of Morris. George
Saylor of the Township of Pequannock in said County and on being duly sworn by me did depose & say that he had been acquainted with Jonathan Morgan of the same place ever since the Revolutionary war, that he saw Jonathan Morgan under arms as a Militia man at Morristown in the winter of Seventeen hundred and eighty one at the time of the revolt of the Pennsylvania troops at that place I being called out to bear arms as a Militia man at the same time but the length of time that he remained on duty there this deponent cannot recollect, that Benjamin Miner was Captain, don't recollect the Colonel or Generals names further saith not. — —
Subscribed & sworn before me
June 3 rd 1834
Thomas Van Winkle
George his  Gaylor mark
I certify that George Saylor the deponent above named is esteemed a man of truth and veracity by all persons acquainted with him and by me who have been personally acquainted with him for a long time
Thomas Van Winkle Justice of the peace

George Taylor's affidavit
I certify to the Secretary of War, that Thos. Van Winkle Esq. before whom the within deposition of George Taylor was taken, is well known to me to be a justice of peace in Morris County, & that the signature of his name thereto is genuine. Morristown, N. J. June 9 th 1834.
Lewis Condict, late a Rep n . from N. Jersey, in the H. R.

State of New Jersey Morris County.
Before the subscriber, a Justice of peace in said County, personally appeared Conrad Esler of said County, well known to me as a man of truth & fair character, & having been duly sworn, saith as follows viz:
I am a soldier of the revolution, & performed duty in that war, both in the regular army, & in the militia service. I was then well acquainted with Jonathan Moyer & have known him ever since. I remember that he also was a soldier, & performed duty as such in the militia. — I saw him performing militia duty, when stationed at Totowa in Bergen County, near Paterson, in the year after the battle of Monmouth, as it now seems to my memory. I remember well, that it was in the season of water melons being ripe & in good order. — I was in the company of Capt. Dickerson, with whom I had enlisted for three months, & Jonathan Moyer was in Captain Minnis company — Genl. Winder having command of the whole. — Our duty was to guard the lines along the Raritan river below Totowa, to protect the whig inhabitants against Tory depredations, & to detect & break up or prevent as far as possible, the business of "London trading" as it was called, of which there was much done. — The length of time that Moyer was out, I cannot tell with absolute certainty, but according to the best of my recollection & belief he was out on this occasion as much as two months. — I saw him very often — perhaps almost daily — as we were stationed together performing our several duties. — Whilst out on this tour, a detachment was sent off by order of Genl. Winder — under command of Capt. Dickerson & Capt. Minnis, through the upper parts of Bergen County, through the townships of Saddle River & Pompton, & through the mountains down to Hackback , the object of which was to break up the London trading, & to capture the Tories & refugees concerned in it. We killed one or two, who had been out on plundering excursions, & who came from us & refused to halt when ordered. This tour was in the latter part of summer & for part of the fall. — We were out a full month on this expedition — & it was some time after we were first stationed at Totowa before it was begun; & we remained at Totowa a considerable time after returning from it, before we were discharged. Moyer was with me on this excursion, & I think the whole term could not have been less than two months. I was then & subscribed before me at Morristown, this 4th. of June 1834
Conrad Esler mark.
Charles Freeman J.P.

I certify to the Secretary of War, that Charles Freeman Esq. before whom the foregoing or within deposition of Conrad Eber was taken, is well known to me to be a Justice of peace in & for the County of Morris, & the signature of his name thereto is genuine. — I have been personally well acquainted with Conrad Eber, the witness for more than 20 years past. — I know him to be a sober, conscientious & upright man, fully worthy of belief. Morris town N. Jersey, June 9 th 1834.
Lewis Gondart, late a Officer from N. Jersey, in the H. R.

Jan 24
James L. Edwards Esq. Comm. Pensions War Dept
W. L. Slen

House Reps.
January 23 d 1835.
Jas. L. Edwards Esq. Comm. of Pensions,
Sir, The petition of Jonathan Morgan of New Jersey asking for a pension as a revolutionary soldier has been referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions. In order to make a correct decision in his case, it will be necessary for the Committee to be put in possession either of the original papers or copies thereof which are in your office. The foregoing will also apply to the case of Thomas McIntosh of Ky - Will you be so good as to furnish the Committee with the necessary information of in your office -
I have the honor to be Very respectfully Yr. Obt. Servt
Luke Lea
P.S. Both of those claims have been before you, but, as appears, not prepared.