Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R 7378, for James Morgan, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass. Sea Service
Morgan, James
P 7378
CONTENTS

34,134. James Morgan James Morgan
Col.
7378

Declaration
City and County of New York ss: On this 29 day of May 1837 personally appeared before the Court of Common Pleas of the City and County of New York, to him known to be the person described in and who executed the foregoing instrument, and who was known to him to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument, and acknowledged that he executed the same for the purposes and consideration therein expressed. and who under oath declares, that he is now in the twenty fifth year of his age That some time in the spring of 1782 the mouth declarant does not recollect - he shipped in the service of the State of Massachusetts on board of the American Loop of War, called the Tartar, then lying in the port of Boston, with a complement of two hundred men, for the purpose of cruising against the British. John Bathurst was the commander of the said vessel Mr Simmons the first lieutenant Second Lieutenant a Mr Pills- -berry, sailing master Mumford Gannet Boatswain Smith and Carpenter Seth Webber, the christian names of the off- -cers not mentioned are not recollectd That declarant sailed with the rest of the crew in said vessel, early in the said spring, and cruised off the West Indies, and off the Bermudas; and was gone about six months from Boston The first English vessel captured, by the Tartar whilst the declarant was on board, was the Brig Star, mounting ten Guns, a letter of Marque bound from New York to some port in the West Indies and which vessel after her capture was manned from said Tartar and sent to Boston and there con- demned for the benefit of the captors The next vessel captured, was a brig, dont recollect her name, also sent her into Boston, believed although not certain that she was called the "Stone Suck", which was also condemned for and in behalf of the captors And also made prize of a brig originally belonging to Nantucket, and hav- -ing been taken by the British was recaptured by the Tartar and also sent into Boston, and there condemned for the last captors benefit And declarant says, that he was discharged from the said Tartar honorably in the latter part of the November 1782, and paid off, and with the rest of the crew who were then discharged And declarant says, that previous to his shipping in the said Tartar, to wit, previous to the month of October 1778 he resided in the Town of Huntington L.I. with his father, and was a prisoner there in that year to the Hessians, they being quartered in said fathers house, and a strict eye was then and there kept on declarants movements by the said Hessians and British - until fi- -nally their conduct becoming so intolerable that declarant in the said month of October ran away from his said fathers house, crossed Long Island sound in a Whale boat - landed at New Bedford - then he footed it to Boston, and there worked for the Americans in the

Ship Gards, as a ship carpenter and fitted to build there, the following ships for the state of Massachusetts to be employed against the British First Ship Penna of sixteen guns. Second Ship Brute of eighteen guns. 3 d Ship Bangs of twenty Guns Fourth Ship Fraz 16 Guns Fifth Ship Rain Bow 12 Guns sixthly and lastly the ship Tartar twenty four guns, this latter being the ship in which declarant shipped and was honorably discharged as mentioned in the fore part of this declaration And declarant further says that after his said discharge he lived in Boston until the 1784 when he removed to Bedford in the state of New York and resided there until April 1804 when he removed to the city of New York, where declarant has resided ever since to the present time. Declarant is now out of health and strength and poor. And he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity except the present and he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any state. And declarant says that he was born the 28 th day of April 1763 at Huntington - County of Suffolk State of New York. That he took the copy of his father's record page from his father's Bible in the year 1783. That declarant has lived as aforesaid stated at different periods and at different places from his birth to the present time, as above stated. That declarant never had any written discharge from said ship Tartar. And declarant says that he entered on board of said ship and acted as Carpenter mate to the said Nathaniel Webber the aforesaid Carpenter. Sworn and subscribed this 29 day of of May before me,
Thomas Greenfield Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the City of
City and County of New York. I Nathan Leggett a resident of of the said City being duly sworn to the before, that he was a Lieutenant in the Fifth New York Regiment of Infantry - in the American Revolutionary war, and now draws a pension as such. That at the time alluded to by the affirming named James Morgan declarant was at Boston on furlough and saw the said Morgan doing duty on on board of the said ship Tartar, as Carpenter's Mate when the said ship lay in Boston as stated by the said James Morgan. That declarant has resided in New York for many years since the revolution and knows from his own personal knowledge that the said Morgan has also resided in the said City for many years and that he is the identical (name) as represented in the aforesaid Declaration.

The foregoing affidavit subscribed and sworn to this 29 day of May 1837 before me Thomas G. Gummere Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the City of New York City and County of New York  Isaac Johnson, ship Master, being duly sworn with before me say, that he resides at No 71 Duane Street in said City - that he was on board of the ship Tartar at the time alluded to by the foregoing James Morgan and that the declaration made by him is correct and true - and that defendant officiated on board of the said Tartar as ship free as a mariner - until defendant since the said Morgan was honorably discharged
Subscribed this 29 day of May 1837 before me Isaac Johnson Thomas G. Gummere Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the City of New York
And the said Court do hereby declare that the above declaration was deliberately read to the said Defendant before his having made oath to the same and it is the opinion of the said Court that the above named defendant was in the Marine Service as he has stated
NO 7 Worms Presiding Judge
Thomas Gummere Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the ori- ginal proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the appli- cation of James Morgan
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this 30 day of May 1837
Thomas Gummere Clerk

Myak Adelph Esqrs Johnson Jas Morgan. Aug 12
J. Edwards Esqr Commission of Pensions Washington

New York Aug 10 th 1837
Sir I enclose Paul Johnson and James Morgan's additional papers for pension
Respectfully
O. M. Griffin
Attorney
No 20 Chambers
J. Y. Edwards Esq

Apr 18 76
PAID
5 L G Edwards Esq Rutgers Jar (Commissary of Pensions Washington

New York April 16 th 1846
J. L. Edwards Esq.
Sir. I am desirous of procuring a pension for the widow of Harmon Rutger who was a commission officer, attached to a company of the Regiment of which Col. Litch was Colonel, and Harmon Rutger was killed at the battle of Long Island. The object of this inquiry is, to ascertain some particular from the Department, to enable me to obtain said pension. It is understood, here, that the rolls of said regiment were burnt at Kingston, N.Y. Any information would be thankfully returned. The widow, is certain that her husband was in service for more than six months before he was killed although it might have been in a subordinate capacity of a commissioned officer. His widow is now over 90 years of age.
In 1837 I made application for pensions for Isaac Johnson and James Morgan, having served during a portion of the revolutionary war - on board of the Schooner of War, Tartar - and shipped in Boston 1782. Johnson's pension was obtained but Morgan's was refused. Please to inform why Morgan was refused. I hope since said application some place may have intervened that may help him - or, I may now be able to avoid the former difficulty.
Respectfully
W. H. Giffen No 20 Chambers St

W Aug 24 Isaac M. Morgan Pay. Claims.
Edwards Esqr Commissioner of Pensions Washington
Mr

New York August 1 st 1837
J. L. Edwards Esq. Sir
About nine weeks since I re- ceived the papers of Isaac Johnson and James Mor- gan, for the purpose of substantiating pensions the one as a mariner and the other as a seaman carpenter mate, in the service of the Revolutionary War. I have written to the Department once since to know if they had been received - but received no answer - I hope I shall not be denied both the same to request to know how this business progresses
Respectfully
J. M. Griffin
No 20 Chambers St

Ms. A. 9. 2. 37 p. 15
James Morgan New York sent June 7. 1832 Rejected See letter to A. M. Griffin 4 Aug. 1837 - & Oct. 13. '37 - also to J. Morgan 22 Jan. 13 June & Dec. 19. 1838 — let to Hon. J. R. Giddings, Feb 7 '44 Rejected 7 June '32

Penguin
James Morgan
Vol 40-10 - Carpenter
male - 5 mo. 14 lbs -
£2.14 - p mo - 98 -
Vol 40-6 - nat un -
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City and County of New York ss. James Morgan an applicant for a pension under the act of June 7 th 1832 being duly sworn doth depose and say - confirmatory of and in addition to what he has heretofore sworn to in his "Declaration" upon the occasion of his said pension - that he does not pretend to have been in actual military service, when he was taken by the Hessians as therein stated - but that deponent possibly maketh oath, that he was on board of the Ship Tartar for eight months and in actual service as a carpenters mate to the Carpenter of said vessel during that time in the revolutionary war, the day and month he commenced or that the same terminated deponent cannot precisely make oath to, owing to the great length of time that has elapsed thereafter. And deponent says that the reason why he did not make application for a pension before was that he was in circumstances not requiring a pension and that he did not know that a pension would be extended to the revolutionary marine service at all until deponent believes that he saw for the first time about the first of April last - a piece cut out of the Globe News Paper a notice intimating that persons of deponent's description could have a pension if they made application.
Sworn this 10 day of August before me James Morgan
NO 3 Wrens
First Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for the City & County of New York
STATE OF NEW-YORK, CITY AND COUNTY OF NEW-YORK, } ss.
I, Thomas Jeremiah, Clerk of the City and County of New-York, and also Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the said City and County, DO HEREBY CERTIFY, That
John D. Strong Esquire before whom the annexed affidavit was taken, was, at the time of taking the same, First Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said City and County, duly commissioned and sworn, and that his signature thereto subscribed is genuine, as I verily believe.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court and County, the 10 day of August 1832
Thos Jeremiah
Clerk.

W. June 13
for Morgan
My affn.
James L. Edwards Esq Conner & Benton Washington D. of Columbia —

New York June 11 th 1888
Sir. I have bin In for that there has bin more forceble amendment of the Pension Law at the present Session - If any Act has bin Passed that will In title me to a Pension - Please to In- form me - as I have no other means of Information Correctly I hope you will pardon me For trouble you so often
Mr J. L Edward Esq
C of. Pension - Respectfully yours &c
James Morgan
126 Munnaw St New York -

Jan 16 N.Y. Oct 1832.
[A large, stylized, crossed-out letter, possibly a 'P' or 'R', with a horizontal line through it.]
James L. Edwards Esq. Canyon of Benton Washington City

New York Jany 12 th 1888
Sir. I hope you will examine for applying again for to be placed on the Pension list I have before stated that I was employed 8 months on board of the Ship Tarter (Capt Clegg) cast. In 1782 - I was employed on board over 2 months before I see Standard. It was my misfortune that I did not line the Ship Papers until a few days before She Sailed - and as one of my Ship mates has bin placed on the P n List I hope And believe that if you will be so good as to present my case to to the Committee of S n they will care me to be placed there also
James Morgan
J. Edward Clegg C. S. N. - -
126 Morton St New York

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 9, 1873.
7378  own P. O. James Morgan
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18 REJECTED
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____ _____
Re-enlisted: _____ _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____ _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

Washington City
Aug 29. 1844
Mr
Everard I transmit the application of James Morgan for a Pension, He states that his evidence is in your Office. Will you be kind enough to furnish an commissioner with papers of such papers as you think important for us to have in passing upon said petition and also to furnish us any evidence in your possession that will bear a bearing upon the
Very respectfully
By order of Comt } Whidbey on Rev't Pension }
J. P. Edwards.

Dec 19. Con. for Massam NY.
J
James L Edwards Esq Law of Station Washington City -

Henry ok December 17th 1838
Dear Sir. I hope you will pardon me for troubling you so often for I think my Canal is so fast I cannot give it up - I have said all along that I was employed on board of the Port 8 months for I was employed on board before Capt. Kethcart took charge of her - and said in her two cruises - But you say by the Pay Role that my time of service is only 5 months 14 days I think it is hard for me to be deprived of the small sum that my share entitled me to if granted - If there is any way that you can point out for me to apply beyond your limits place to in some - I am out of debt out of business and need and the old revolution are dropping off very fast and in a few years we shall all be gone - I hope you will interest for me -
J. L. Edwards Esq. - James Morgan 126 Murray St. N.Y.C.