Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 7,274, for John Mitchell, New Jersey

SERVICE
Mitchell, John
NUMBER _____
R. 7.2 74
CONTENTS

Report to Calver Waldo Weston Lewis County N.Y.

No. 30.202
John Mitchell

5 th and State troops N o & Pa. Jersey & New York regulars and militia He does not remember the names or ds o or names of regts. The general circumstances of his service is set forth above as nearly correct as a frail memory en- ables him now to do.
6 th He rec d discharges signed by each of his captains above named at the end of his several terms. He kept none of them any time they were soon mislaid or lost most of the first were gone before he rec d the last one.
7 th That he is known to many persons in his present neighborhood both in Harrison and Lewis counties amongst them he will name John Hays & John White highly respectable men who can testify as to his cha- racter for veracity and their and the neighbor- hood belief of his services as a soldier of the re- -volution There are no elderly men residing near him. Persons who have subscribed this day and year aforesaid.
John Mitchell
We John Hays and John White residing in Lewis county in the State of Virginia hereby certi- -fy that we are well acquainted with John Mitchell who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy four years of age that he is reputed and believed in his neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
John Hays John White

And I the said Samuel Z Jones a justice of the peace in and for Lewis county in the state of Virginia aforesaid do hereby declare my opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war department that the above named applicant (John Mitchell) was a revolutionary soldier and served as in states. and I the said justice do hereby further certify that it appears to me that John Hays and John White who have signed and before me sworn to the preceding certificate are sufficient citizens of Lewis county in the said state of Virginia that they are credible men. and this statement is entitled to credit. I the said justice do further certify that the applicant resides at least 20 miles distant from Harrison county Court House that he is too infirm to travel there without great inconvenience and risk. and that there is no clergyman residing near him.
Given under my hand at the County of Lewis in the said state of Virginia this 15 th day of November A.D. 1833.
State of Virginia Lewis County ss.
Samuel Z Jones J.P.
I John Talbot clerk of the County Court of Lewis County aforesaid, do hereby certify that Samuel Z. Jones is a Magistrate as above, and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my Seal of Office at Weston this 2 nd day of December 1833.
J. Talbot Clerk

No. 30.302
John Mitchell
Report to Calver Wales Norton Lewis County N.Y.

State of Virginia } ss. Lewis county }
On this 15 th day of November 1833 personally appeared before me the subscribers a justice of the peace in and for the said county of Lewis in the said State of Virginia. John Mitchell a resident citizen of Harrison county near the line which separates Harrison and Lewis counties and nearest to the Justice of Lewis than any in Harrison aged seventy four 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 provisions of the act of congress of the 7 th June 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as hereinafter stated. That in the year 1776. He volunteered as a minute man to be ready at the firing of a gun - now or any other signal which should be agreed on. He was under a captain Gourd. He lived in Morris town. He was forthwith called out in July 1776 was marched to a place called Elizabeth Town. Thence to Berkemridge. went to several places in Jersey that he has forgotten the name under both Smith and General Hazard or Lord. He was out two months as a private minute man and returned home in September 1776. was again forthwith called out and marched under his same captain. Same Col. & same General. marched to Elizabeth Town from Thence to Berkemridge again from Thence to other places to him now unknown. He was continued three months this tour in the service and was discharged by his captain Gourd. (Daniel) He thinks. He was discharged at Elizabeth Town in Jersey in January 1777 He went home. Then again in March 1777 He was called out (having served the previous year in all five months as a private

minute man in captain Gears company Then he in March 1777 was raised as a minute man under captain Joseph Hall He was marched to a place called Red Bank He then went to other places & to a place called Brandyfield There had a battle with the British but He & his men were around the armourers. This was not far from Morristown The Americans claimed the victory. From here he was marched into Pennsylvania to Chester then to Philadelphia. Thence to Brandywine. Thence to Germantown. fought a bloody battle in this battle General Washington was defeated by the British. The British then took possession of Phila- delphia. The Americans marched to Red Bank. From there about one month after the battle at Brandywine we had a battle at Germantown where we were again defeated by the British troops. Col. Washington with his troops went to Sherry Valley to winter He was permitted to re- turn home in Nov. having served as a mi- nute man and private soldier This tour full eight months. Then he remained at home till in April 1778. when he was again raised out as a minute man under captain Sutton In same Col. Hathaway he was marched from Morristown in Jersey to Springfield then to Elizabeth town thence to a place called Mon- mouth where sometime in June or July we had a battle with the British Here he was in this battle on a hot day. The Americans claimed the victory on this day. From here was again marched to Red Bank and is charged having served this tour four

months as a private soldier & minute man in this year 1778. In Augt. 1778 he was again ordered out for one month marched to Elizabeth Town & other places was in no battle was let go home in Sept 1778 having served one month his own man captain Jacob Hall as a private a minute man. Then in April 1779 he was ordered out un- der captain Joseph Haloy Col. Hathaway was ordered to Brookbridge thence to different other places never forgotten under general Lee at last was marched to Pawhus Hook where in June or July (he thinks the latter month) had an engage- ment with the British we claimed the victory having killed & taken prisoners about 200 Englishmen. Here in July (about the last) 1779. He was discharged having served three months this time as a minute man a private. Then again in August 1779 he was or- dered out under captain Heard was marched from Morris county to Springfield thence to Lyons farm 10 miles west thence to Brookbridge and to other places under Col. Hathaway in Nov. when he was suffered to go home. Having served three months this time as a minute man soon after some troops became mutinous and refused to do duty until they were paid for past services He does not now remember whether they were Jersey or Pa. troops but he was again called out in Decr. 1779 under his old captain Heard. Col. Hathaway, and general Heard. He was marched to a place called Chatham and there stationed until the revolting soldiers submitted to duty again

which he thinks was in February 1780 He was discharged having served two months this time. In May 1780 he was again ordered out under his first named officer, marched to Charleston again continued there two months was discharged in July 1780 having served two months. In July 1781 He was ordered towards Virginia was taken sick and not perform any services again He served in all not up three times of service and four months as a private soldier during the revolutionary war. He is now very infirm & disabled. He has no documentary evidence he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his services as a soldier of the revolution although some of his fellow soldiers are certainly alive. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present used as claims that his normal is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state. Subscription and record to this day and Year aforesaid -
John Mitchell
The several interrogatories presented by the war department were responded to the declarant to which he answered as follows viz.
 1 st That he was born in Morris County in Morristown in Jersey in 1759 - as he has always heard -  2 nd That he has no record of his age -  3 rd That he was living in Morristown in Jersey He lived there till the year 1800 when he removed to Harrison County Virginia where he now lives along the line which separates it from Lewis County Va  4 th That he was a minute man the whole of his service and was called out without any limitation other than the emergency which caused the call or arose whilst he was in the field.  5 th He was at the battle of Brandywine. Germantown and Monmouth under the command of the chief General Washington. He saw General Lee - Lacy his own Genl. Heard and others He saw Continental 

5 th and State troops N a Pa. Jerry & New York regulars and militia He does not remember the names or dt o or names of regts. The general circumstances of his service is set forth above as nearly correct as a frail memory en- ables him now to do.
6 th He rec d discharges signed by each of his captains above named at the end of his several terms. He kept none of them any time they were soon mislaid or lost most of the first were gone before he rec d the last one.
7 th That he is known to many persons in his present neighborhood both in Harrison and Lewis counties except that he will named John Hays & John White highly respectable men who can testify as to his cha- racter for veracity and their and the neighbor- hood belief of his services as a soldier of the re- -volution There are no clergy men residing near him. Persons said subscribed this day and year aforesaid.
John Mitchell
We John Hays and John White residing in Lewis county in the State of Virginia hereby certi- -fy that we are well acquainted with John Mitchell who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be some four years of age that he is reputed and believed in his neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed this day and year aforesaid
John Hays John White

And I the said Samuel Z Jones a justice of the peace in and for Lewis county in the State of Virginia aforesaid do hereby declare my opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war department that the above named applicant (John Mitchell) was a revolutionary soldier and served us in states. and I the said justice do hereby further certify that it appears to me that John Hays and John White who have signed and before me sworn to the preceding certificate are resident citizens of Lewis county in the said state of Virginia that they are credible men. and this statement is entitled to credit. I the said justice do further certify that the applicant resides at least 20 miles distant from Harrison county Court House that he is too infirm to travel there without great inconvenience and risk. and that there is no clergyman residing near him.
Given under my hand at the County of Lewis in the said state of Virginia this 15 th day of November A.D. 1833.
State of Virginia Lewis County ss.
Samuel Z Jones J.P.
I John Talbott clerk of the County Court of Lewis County aforesaid, do hereby certify that Samuel Z. Jones is a Magistrate as above, and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my Seal of Office at Weston this 2 nd day of December 1833.
J. Talbott Clk

John Mitchell. ap/pleam
Harrison city.
Not Enlisted
Rejected

John Mitchell. Applicant
on July the 11 th Mitchell gave the following narrative of his age and services in the war of the R. was raised in Morris County New Jersey, and is in his 73 rd year of age - about three years before the R. commenced. he was placed on the Muster Roll, and afterwards stood as a Muster to man until the war closed - he was called out for short trips - the first time at Springfield under Capt Daniel Goad for ten days. was in the Battle of Springfield - Next trip was out at the time the Pennsylv- ania Key Stone Battery was in the service ten or twelve days. these two trips comprise all his services. Colonel Waldo wrote his declaration, gave him the same statement in substance he now gives - There to his declaration before him in Gloucester County.
Jonathan Cole & Benjamin Conrad have known this man for many years, have conversed with him frequently about his age, from his own separate statements can't exceed 60 yrs. old -
a Copy
W. G. Dingleton
Nov. 17. 1834

John Mitchell Virginia -
Rejected
In Mr. Singleton's Report
Enclosed -
Feb 16 clear: 35 ct. Loff
7274

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
REJECTED
729 4/11
P. O. John Mitchell
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18