Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 17,001, for Matthias Parr, New Jersey

SERVICE
NUMBER
New Jersey
Parr, Matthias
S. 17.001
carded
CONTENTS

19376 Indiana
Mathias Parr
Residence in the State of Ind
who was a pr in the co commanded by Captain Horton of the regt commanded by Col Sarton in the regt time for 1 yr & 10 mos
Inscribed on the Roll of Ind at the rate of $23 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 1st day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 28 day of Aug 1832 and 1832 Rep
Arrears to the 1st of March 146 66 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4/1/32  36 66 $183.32
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832 }
Recorded by Dan Boyd Clerk Book E Vol. 9 Page 124
Set to F. M. Frinch Aug 23. 1
Date of death not on. A. B.

N o 13. 110.
Matthias Parr.
N. J. Roll not N Roll from 1776 private 1 y st 40 months. $73 \frac{33}{100}
Frank Run Wm. O. Ross, of Johnson Co. Indiana.
14 th Feb. 1833.
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BRIEF in the case of Matthias Parr of Johnson County in the State of Indiana (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? a Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 75 years.  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.     # In 1776 — 1 — — private Col. Elias Dayton 3 d Reg. New Jersey line   1777 — — 4 — do Col. Nathl. Horton.   1777 — — 2 — do Col. Stephen Brown.   1778 — — 3 — do Col. Peter Dickerson.   1779 — — 1 — do Col. Nathl. Horton.  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Battles at Springfield & Sarey.  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Morris County. New Jersey. 
Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditional evidence — John Parr proves the term of 1. year in 1776. —
 8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? 
No.
I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
B. F. Pleasants Examining Clerk.
* Matthias for one year but says he continued in service longer — but does not say how much longer —

State of Indiana } Johnson Circuit Court Johnson County } September Term 1832
On this Eighteenth day of September in the year 1832 (in the said Court now sitting) personally appeared, before the Honorable Bethuel G. Morris, President Judge of the said Johnson Circuit Court and David Roman and William Preston (one of the) Associate Judges of the said Court in Open Court Matthias Parr a resident of the said County of Johnson aged about Seventy five years who being duly sworn according to Law doth on his Oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed June 8 th 1832
That he enlisted in the Army of the United States about the last of January in the year 1806 for the term of one year
and served in the Third Regiment of the New Jersey line under the following named Officers Service The Regimental Officers of the Regiment to which he belonged were Colonel Elias Dayton Lieutenant Colonel White and Major Francis Barber The Officers in command of the Company to which he belonged were Thomas Patterson Captain, Mott first Lieutenant, William McDaniel Second Lieutenant and Edward Patterson Ensign He served under the enlistment aforesaid for more than a year and until the month of March or April in the year 1807 when he was regularly discharged which discharge he has lost That he received his discharge at Albany in the State of

New York - That he was careful about preserving said discharge and does not now recollect the form of it or by whom it was subscribed but he is confident that it was an honorable and regular discharge. That he lived at the time he enlisted in Roxbury Township in Morris County in the State of New Jersey - He was engaged in an Expedition against the Mohawk Indians in the State of New York - He was stationed at Johnstown in the State of New York for a short time after the accomplishment of the object of the expedition - from thence he was marched to the German flats in the said State of New York where the troops to which he belonged lay for a short time - from thence they were marched to Fort Stanwix or (sometimes called Fort Schuyler) Stanwix in New York which they were employed in rebuilding - and from thence in the autumn of 1786 they were marched to Tienderoga where they were stationed until the next Spring - He was taken sick in the latter part of the winter while at Tienderoga and was removed to the hospital at Albany where he continued until he was discharged.
And the said declarant further states that he performed ten months service as a volunteer Militia man during the war of the Revolution after the service above mentioned. That said last named service was performed in four several tours of duty as follows to wit:
He entered the service of the United States under the following named Officers and served as herein stated.
He volunteered to serve for four months in a company of New Jersey Militia commanded by Captain Nathaniel Horton - He does not now recollect the

names of the Subaltern Officers of said Company - Captain Horton commanded but part of the time and was succeeded in the command by Captain Sharp
He was under the command of General Wines of the New Jersey Militia - The only Regimental Officer in command was Lieutenant Colonel Gaston - That he entered the service as last aforesaid as near as he can now recollect some time in the Spring of the year 1777 his memory does not serve him to be more particular as to time - At the time when he so volunteered the British had possession of Newark in New Jersey - That the object of the service was to dispossess them and to guard the Jersey Shore - He was engaged in a small skirmish with the British at Newark and after their retreat he was employed in guarding the Shore until the expiration of his term of service when he was dismissed without any written discharge
No Continental troops served with the militia to which he belonged in this expedition
And afterwards, and he thinks in the Autumn of the said year 1777 he again entered the service of the United States as a private in a Company of New Jersey Militia commanded by Captain Stephen Brown
He does not now recollect the names of the Subaltern Officers of the Company - The only Regimental Officer in command that he recollects was Major Edmiston - He was under the command of General Wines of the New Jersey Militia - He served two months at this time and was employed upon the Hudson River in the State of New York to prevent the British forces from the City of New York from penetrating the interior of the State to form a junction with

the enemys army under General Burgoyne - He was a volunteer - He was dismissed at Amboy in New Jersey without any written discharge - No Continental Troops served with the Militia to which he belonged
And afterwards and this declarant thinks in the year 1778 but at what time in the year he is unable to state he again entered the service of the United States as a private in a company of New Jersey Militia commanded by Captain Peter Dickerson - He does not recollect the names of the Subaltern Officers of the company - The Regiment was under the command of Colonel Stark or Start which name is correct he does not now recollect - Nor does he recollect any other Regimental Officer in command at the time - He volunteered for one month but continued in the service for three months - He was in a Skirmish at Burlington in New Jersey shortly after the British had taken possession of Red Banks in the same State - He with the detachment to which he belonged was first marched to Burlington and from thence to the Red Banks where they were stationed for some time in order to protect the country - There were no Continental troops in the service with the detachment to which he belonged at this time - He was dismissed at the Red Banks after a service of three months without any written discharge
And afterwards as near as he can recollect in August of the year 1779 he again entered the service of the United States as a private in a company of the New Jersey Militia commanded by Captain Nathaniel Morton and Lieutenant Nathaniel Terry - He does not recollect the name of the Ensign - There were no

Regimental Officers in Command of the detachment to which he belonged at this time for the Company was detailed to guard the New Jersey shore and did not act in conjunction with any other troops except upon the day in which he entered the service - He entered the said service at Springfield in New Jersey on the day of the battle at that place which battle he was in. The Continental troops who were engaged in said battle were commanded by General Washington in person and by General Maxwell. He served at this time one month.
And this declarant further states that in all the cases above mentioned except the last he entered the service at Roxbury in Morris County in the State of New Jersey. That he served as a private in all the cases and in all except the first named as a volunteer Militia man. That owing to the great length of time which has intervened since the services were performed - to something perhaps of the forgetfulness of old age and to an habitual indifference about preserving correct dates he has been unable to fix with any degree of certainty the times in which he entered the service and the times at which he left the same. That in addition to the above service he was frequently engaged in short expeditions. That from his local situation in the vicinity of a hostile Army he was liable to be and was frequently called upon to repel invasion. In one instance of the kind he was in the battle of Spanktown in the State of New Jersey.
And the said declarant in answer to the questions propounded by the house as required by the Instructions from the War Department says that to the best of his knowledge and belief he was born in Roxbury Township in Morris County in the State of New Jersey on the 19 th day of September in the year 1759.

He has not now any record of his age - He had one once in a Bible which has been lost - He was living in the said (Township)  County of Roxberry in Morris County and State of New Jersey at the time he first entered the service and between the several terms of service aforesaid and for two or three years afterwards, from thence he removed to Adkin river in Wilkes County in the State of North Carolina where he continued to reside for about twenty years - from thence he removed to Roan County in the State of Tennessee where he resided about nine years - from thence he removed to Knox County in the said State of Tennessee where he lived about nine or ten years and from thence he removed to the County of Johnson in the State of Indiana where he has resided for about three years and where he now lives - This his declaration above details all the answers that he is able to give to the fourth fifth and sixth Interrogatories contained in the Instructions from the War Department and by the Court propounded to him.
He is known to John Thompson Sheriff of the said County of Johnson. Samuel Heriot Clerk of this Court Joseph Young, (Henderson) Mason King John Postle and Joseph Ashby a blacksmith of his neighbor who can testify as to his character for veracity and their belief of his services as a Soldier of the Revolution - He believes that he can prove his services in the Continental Army as first above named by his brother John Parr who was engaged in the same service - He has no documentary evidence of any part of his services as aforesaid and he knows of no other person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his services.
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 or Territory North Bear Dam
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid in Open Court
Sam P. Herrriott Clerk "
We Joseph Ashley — a clergyman residing in Franklin Township in the County of Johnson in the State of Indiana and John Thompson — residing in Franklin — in the said County of Johnson and State of Indiana aforesaid hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Matthias Parr who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration — that we believe him to be seventy five 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
Joseph Ashley
John S. Thompson
Sworn to and subscribed in Open Court on the day and year aforesaid
Sam P. Herrriott Clerk "

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 certifies that it appears to them that Joseph Ashley who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in Franklin Township in the county of Johnson State of Indiana and that John Thompson who has also signed the same is a resident of Franklin in the said county of Johnson and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit
D. H. Morris
William Keaton
I Samuel Merritt Clerk of the said Johnson circuit board do hereby certify that the fore- going contains the original proceedings of the said board in the matter of the application of Matthias Para for a Pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of Office as Clerk of the said Johnson circuit board this 18 th day of Septem- ber in the year 1832
Sam l P. Merritt Clerk

State of Indiana Johnson County
Johnson Circuit Court September Term 1832
On this Eighteenth day of September in the year 1832 personally appeared in Open Court in the said Johnson Circuit Court now sitting John Parr who being duly sworn according to law upon his oath saith that in the month of January or February in the year 1826 his brother Matthias Parr then a resident of Roxbury Township in the County of Morris and State of New Jersey enlisted in the Army of the United States in the Third Regiment of the New Jersey line - that he the said Matthias Parr served under the said enlistment in an expedition up the Mohawk river and thence to Secondogga at which latter place he the said Matthias Parr was taken sick in the latter part of the winter or in the first part of the spring in the year 1827 and was sent off to the hospital at Albany in the State of New York - after which time this deponent knows no more of his services and further saith not John Parr
Sworn to and subscribed in Open Court on the day and year aforesaid
Sam l P. HERRIOTT Clk

State of Indiana Johnson County. On this 21 st day of May in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight hundred & thirty three personally appeared before me the undersig- ned a Justice of the Peace in and for said County Matthias Parr who being duly sworn deposes and saith that by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory he cannot swear positively as 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 One year and two months I served as a private in the Third Regiment of the Jersey line of the Army of the United States under the Officers & Enlistment under the Officers named in my annexed and forego- ing declaration, (yet on entering s o service the enlist- ment was for One year) For ten months I served as a private in the New Jersey Militia, as set forth forth in my annexed foregoing Declaration And that during the several periods of such service I was not employed in any civil pursuit, And for such service I claim a Pension. Matthias Parr
Sworn and subscribed before me on the day and year first above written. James Knowlton Esq d Justice of the peace
That he received his discharge he has lost That he received his discharge at Albany in the State of

State of Indiana Johnson County. On this 21 st day of May in the year 1833, Personally appeared before me the undersigned a justice of the peace in and for said County John Parr aged seventy three or seventy four years who being duly sworn according to law, upon his Oath, says that in the Month of January or February last in the year 1776 his brother Matthias Parr then a resident of Roxbury Township in the State of New Jersey entered the service of the Army of the United States under enlistment in the Third Regim- ent of the New Jersey line. That he the said Matthias Parr served under said enlistment under the following named Officers to wit. Col. Elias Dayton, Lieut. Col. White and Major Francis Barber. That the name of the Captain under whom said Matthias served in said Regiment was Patterson. That he the said John (This deponent) Enlisted in the Regiment above named. The name of the Captain of the company to which this deponent belonged was Thomas Redding That this deponent served with said Matthias Parr in an expedition against the Mohawk Indians, & after the accomplishment of the Object of said expedition they were marched to the German Flats in the State of New York where they then remained for a short time from thence to Fort Stanwix, as stated in the said Matthias Parr's foregoing declaration & from thence to Onondaga. That this deponent has personal knowledge of the said Matthias Parr's services in said Regiment up to some time about the latter end of winter, or first of the spring in the year 1777, when the said Matthias Parr

was taken sick at Leondaroga and  and was sent off to the Hospital at Albany in the State of New York after which time this deponent knows no more of his services. John Parr
And further saith not Sworn to and subscribed before me this day & year first above written James Chenoweth (Seal) Justice of the Peace
I James Chenoweth the justice of the peace aforesaid do certify that John Parr who made & sub- scribed the foregoing affidavit is a credible person and that his statement is entitled to cred- it.
Given under my hand & seal this 21 st day of May 1833 James Chenoweth (Seal) Justice of the Peace
State of Indiana Johnson County I Samuel Herrcott Clerk of the Circuit Court in the County aforesaid certify that James Chenoweth Esquire whose official sig- nature appears above to the amendment of the decl- aration of Mathias Parr to the Affidavit of John Parr & to his own certificate is an an acting justice of the Peace in & for said County duly commis- ioned & qualified & that full faith and credit are due & ought to be given to all his official acts as such. In Witness where- of I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the Seal of said Court at Franklin this 21 st day of May 1833 Sam l Herrcott Clerk
at he received his discharge at Albany in the State of

August 1, 1935
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Mrs. Ira E. Tranter 448 East Madison Street Franklin, Indiana
MATTHIAS PARR S. 17001 BA-J/MLB
Dear Madam:
You are furnished herein the record of Matthias Parr as found in the papers on file in pension claim, S. 17001, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.
Matthias Parr was born September 19, 1757, in Roxbury Township, Morris County, New Jersey.
While a resident of said Roxbury Township, New Jersey, he enlisted in January or February, 1776, served as private in Captain Thomas Patterson's company, Colonel Elias Dayton's 3 rd New Jersey Regiment, was engaged in an expedition against the Mohawk Indians in New York State, and while at Ticonderoga in the latter part of the winter or early spring of 1777, he was taken sick and sent to the hospital at Albany, New York, length of this service one year two months. He volunteered in the spring of 1777 and served four months as a private in Captains Nathaniel Horton's and Sharp's companies, under Lieutenant Colonel Gaston, and was in a skirmish at Newark. He volunteered in the fall of 1777 and served two months as private in Captain Stephen Brown's New Jersey company. He volunteered in 1778 and served three months as a private in Captain Peter Dickerson's company, Colonel Starke's New Jersey regiment, and was in a skirmish at Burlington. He volunteered at Springfield, New Jersey, the day of the battle there, and served one month as private in Captain Nathaniel Horton's New Jersey company, and was in the battle of Springfield. In addition to the above-described service, he was frequently engaged in short expeditions for the purpose of repelling invasions and in one instance of which he was in an engagement at Spanktown, New Jersey.
After the Revolutionary War, the soldier lived for two or three years in Roxbury Township, New Jersey, then moved to Yadkin River

in Wilkes County, North Carolina, where he continued to reside for about twenty years, thence to Roane County, Tennessee, where he lived about nine years; from there to Knox County, Tennessee, for about nine or ten years, and from there moved to Johnson County, Indiana.
Matthias Parr was allowed pension on his application executed September 18, 1832, while a resident of Johnson County, Indiana, where he stated he had lived about three years.
No reference was made in the claim to wife or children.
In 1832, soldier's brother, John Parr, made affidavit in Johnson County, Indiana, in support of the pension claim of Matthias Parr, the soldier.
In order to obtain date of last payment of pension, the name of person paid and possibly the date of death of the soldier, you should write to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following:
Matthias Parr Certificate #19376 Issued August 28, 1833 Rate, $78.33 per annum Commenced March 4, 1831 Act June 7, 1832 Indiana Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

the spring of 1777 and served four months as private in Captains Nathaniel Horton's and Sharp's companies, under Lieutenant Colonel Gaston, and was in a skirmish at Newark. He volunteered in the fall of 1777 and served two months as private in Captain Stephen Brown's New Jersey company. He volunteered in 1778 and served three months as private in Captain Peter Dickerson's company, Colonel Starke's New Jersey regiment, and was in a skirmish at Burlington. He volunteered at Springfield, New Jersey, the day of the battle there and served one month as private in Captain Nathaniel Horton's New Jersey company, and was in the battle of Springfield. In addition to the above described service, he was frequently engaged in short expeditions for the purpose of repelling invasions and in one instance of which he was in an engagement at Spanktown, New Jersey.
After the Revolutionary War, the soldier, Matthias Parr, lived for two or three years in Roxbury Township, New Jersey, then moved to Yadkin River in Wilkes County, North Carolina, where he continued to reside for about twenty years, thence to Roane County, Tennessee, where he lived about nine years, then to Knox County, Tennessee for about nine or ten years, and thence to Johnson County, Indiana.
Matthias Parr was allowed pension on his application executed September 18, 1832, then a resident of Johnson County, Indiana, where he had lived about three years.
No reference was made in the claim to wife or children.
In 1832, soldier's brother, John Parr, made affidavit in Johnson County, Indiana, in support of the pension claim of Matthias Parr, the soldier.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

17.001 INVALID.
1932 Dec. 15 - Hirt to Perry Parr (See ltr in div. of John Parr S. 19617) mld 1935 Aug. 1, Hirt to Mrs. Ira E. Irigater (See ltr in Box 101-400 of James Parr) mld 1936 May 5 - ltr to memo- rial Blanchard
File No. 17551
Matthias Parr
Pr Rec War
Act: June 7" 32
Index: —Vol. / , Page 295
[Arrangement of 1870.]

SPECIAL FOLLOW - UP
Rec-4-1936 Rev 7812 Rev 1812 M.
WAR DEPARTMENT OFFICE OF THE QUARTERMASTER GENERAL WASHINGTON
Enl. Feb. 1776
4-27-36
Name Rank Company Organization Date of Death Parr, Matthias Pvt. N.J. Regiment 4-17-1846
The records of this office show that the original APPLICATION FOR A HEADSTONE for above decedent was forwarded your office on 4-6-36 for verification of service. This application has not as yet been returned to this office.
An early verification of the service, with the return of original application if in your possession, would be appreciated by this office in order that action may be taken toward the supply of the headstone.
For The Quartermaster General,
JOHN T. HARRIS JAS. H. LAUBACH, Lt. Colonel, Q. M. Corps, Assistant.
Mrs. Enich said hold this Special Follow up - Enich

May 5, 1936
Matthias Parr-S.17001 BA-J/AWF
The Quartermaster General Memorial Branch War Department Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your Special Follow Up request of April 27, 1936, in which you state that the original application for headstone for Matthias Parr who enlisted in February, 1776, served in a New Jersey regiment, and died April 17, 1846, was forwarded to this office April 6, 1936 for verification of service, and has not been returned.
Search has been made in the effort to locate the application to which you refer, and no record has been found of the receipt of it.
The record has been found of one Matthias Parr who served in the New Jersey troops. That record is furnished herein as found in the claim for pension, S. 17001, based upon service in the Revolutionary War.
Matthias Parr was born September 19, 1757 in Roxbury Township, Morris County, New Jersey. The names of his parents were not stated.
While a resident of said Roxbury Township, he enlisted in January or February, 1776, served as private in Captain Thomas Patterson's company, Colonel Elias Dayton's 3rd New Jersey Regiment, was engaged in an expedition against the Mohawk Indians in New York state, and while at Ticonderoga in the latter part of the winter or early spring of 1777, he was taken sick and sent to the hospital at Albany, New York, length of this service one year and two months. He volunteered in
He was not in the Rev. War Section, as I called the index div., original Regt. - Mrs. Andrews reported not in Mr. Murchison's pension; Mrs. Casden who travelled all but those for me, she said, did not find it; Mrs. Dunbar of the 801 files stated that she found no correspondence on it. I did not want to report it not in Rev. War. - until I made inquiry - M.H.

December 15, 1952
BA-J/MLB
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John Parr, S. 17617
Matthias Parr, S. 17001
Mr. Perry Parr 53 Leroy Street New York City
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter of December 3, relative to John Parr and Matthias Parr, soldiers of the Revolutionary War.
You are furnished herein the histories of both soldiers as requested, the data of which were obtained from the papers on file in their claims for pension, based upon service in the Revolutionary War.
JOHN PARR, S. 17617
John Parr was born June 14, 1759, in Roxbury Township, Morris County, New Jersey.
While a resident of said Roxbury Township, New Jersey, he enlisted the middle of February, 1776, and served twelve or thirteen months as a private in Captain Thomas Reading's company, Colonel Elias Dayton's New Jersey regiment, after which he volunteered and served two months under Captain Abraham Dickerson. He enlisted in the summer of 1778, served nine months as private in Captain Henry Luce's company, Colonel Shreve's New Jersey regiment, was in a skirmish at Crosswicks and in the battle of Monmouth. He enlisted in 1780, served one month as private under Captain Israel Luce in the New Jersey troops and was at the battle of Springfield.
After the Revolution, the soldier moved to Wilkes County, North Carolina, where he resided about twenty years, then moved to Roane County, Tennessee.
He was allowed pension on his application executed June 27, 1813, while a resident of Roane County, Tennessee.

In 1833, he was living in Johnson County, Indiana, having moved to that county from Shelby County, Indiana.
It is not stated that John Parr was married.
Matthias Parr, soldier's brother, was living in 1833.
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MATTHIAS PARR, S. 17001
Matthias Parr was born September 19, 1757, in Roxbury Township, Morris County, New Jersey.
While a resident of said Roxbury Township, New Jersey, he enlisted in January or February, 1776, served as private in Captain Thomas Patterson's company, Colonel Elias Dayton's 3rd New Jersey Regiment, and was engaged in an expedition against the Mohawk Indians in New York State, and while at Ticonderoga in the latter part of the winter or early spring of 1777, he was taken sick and sent to the hospital at Albany, New York; length of this service one year two months. He volunteered in the spring of 1777 and served four months as a private in Captains Nathaniel Horton's and Sharp's companies, under Lieutenant Colonel Gaston, and was in a skirmish at Newark. He volunteered in the fall of 1777 and served two months as private in Captain Stephen Brown's New Jersey company. He volunteered in 1778 and served three months as a private in Captain Peter Dickerson's company, Colonel Starke's New Jersey regiment, and was in a skirmish at Burlington. He volunteered at Springfield, New Jersey, the day of the battle there, and served one month as private in Captain Nathaniel Horton's New Jersey company, and was in the battle of Springfield. In addition to the above described service, he was frequently engaged in short expeditions for the purpose of repelling invasions and in one instance of which he was in an engagement at Spanktown, New Jersey.
After the Revolutionary War, the soldier lived for two or three years in Roxbury Township, New Jersey, then moved to Yadkin River in Wilkes County, North Carolina, where he continued to reside for about twenty years, thence to Roane County, Tennessee, where he lived about nine years; from there to Knox County, Tennessee, for about nine or ten years, and from there moved to Johnson County, Indiana.

Matthias Parr was allowed pension on his application executed September 18, 1832, while a resident of Johnson County, Indiana, where he stated he had lived about three years.
No reference was made in the claim to wife or children.
In 1832, soldier's brother, John Parr, made affidavit in Johnson County, Indiana, in support of the pension claim of Matthias Parr, the soldier.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator

August 1, 1935
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Mrs. Ira E. Tranter 448 East Madison Street Franklin, Indiana
James Parr B.L. Wt. 1701-400 *****
Matthias Parr S. 17001 *****
BA-J/MLB
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter of July 23, in which you request the Revolutionary War records of James Parr, also, of Mathias Parr who died in Johnson County, Indiana, in 1846, and in which you request the number of the pension claim of Abner Hanks who also died in Johnson County, Indiana, in 1846.
The number of the pension claim of Abner Hanks in whom you are interested is S. 31729, Revolutionary War.
You are furnished herewith the record of the only soldier named James Parr found in the Revolutionary War records of this office, also the record of Matthias Parr.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

Aug 23 44.
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Commissioners office
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Franklin Pa. Aug. 17. 1844
Mr James S. Edwards Dear Sir
The application of Matthias Parr a revolutionary pensioner, to me for aid in procuring an increase of pension on account of services rendered during the revolutionary war and not included in his present pension, has emboldened me to ask from you such instruction and information in regard to the manner of proceeding and the amount and nature of proof requisite to sustain the claim.
The additional service rendered (for which no compensation has been granted, because not contained in his declaration) was performed as a wagoner in which capacity he alleges he served the U.S. one year. He further informs me that his attorney in drawing his declaration declined to insert this service tho' informed of it. Admitting him that it was not embraced in the act of June 7. 1832. His pension was granted I think in Aug. 1833.
What amount of pension is granted to the widows of Revol. pensioners by the act of June 17. '44 and when does the pay commence?
Have the goodness as soon as your convenience will permit to satisfy my inquiries
And greatly oblige
Your Obedt Servt
Tabitha M. Finch
This state has gone for the whigs

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
April 23 d 1833
SIR :
I return herewith the papers in support of the claims of the persons whose names are hereto annexed.
These papers are in several respects defective. This Each case is accompanied by a brief. The objections are contained in the negative answers, in red ink, given to the questions.
Particular attention should be paid to the accompanying regulations and to the explanatory notes subjoined to the brief.
The extraordinary press of business in this office, arising from the great number of claims under the act of June 7, 1832, has hitherto prevented us from attending to the applications sent by you. The investigation of the cases presented under this law has been difficult and laborious, and notwithstanding the greatest exertions have been made by this Department, an earlier attention to your business has been found impracticable.
The brief has been prepared to meet all cases, and thus to save the excessive labor which would otherwise be imposed upon the office, and which would consume so much time as to render the delay two fold greater than it now is in the investigation of claims and writing letters. Each case is considered correct in all respects except in relation to those questions to which a negative answer is affixed. No other alteration or addition will be required.
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. Edwards
William C. Rofly Franklin Indian
Matthias Parr