Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 7499, for Josiah Munson, New Jersey

SERVICE
NUMBER
New Jersey
Munson, Josiah Miriam
R. 7499
CONTENTS

See letter to Hon. Leon- ard D'August 1833
set to Pension Agent, app. 6/1837.
• " Hon. M. Dickerson, Nov. 3, 1837.
Order to pay 25 April 1840
N o 6660 New Jersey
Josiah Munson
of Sussex Co. in the State of New Jersey who was a Quartermaster in the Wagon Dept. commanded by Captain of the  the  commanded by D. Martin Forman in the N. Jersey line for 7 months Wagoner $23.33
Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey at the rate of 23 Dollars 33 Cents per ann. to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 6 th day of March 1833 and dated to Hon. M. Dickerson, President
Arrears to the 4th of Sept. 1832 34.99 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 th March 1833 11.66 $46.65
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk Book D. Vol. 4 Page 163

Joe Munson 9514
Adm.
Private
7 mos
$23.88
Hon. M. Dickerson
Present

State of New Jersey County of Sussex ss By Personally appeared before Robert S. McCartee one of the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas of the said County of Sussex in the state of New Jersey. Joseph Munson a resident of the township of Byram in the County of Sussex and state of New Jersey aged sixty seven years and ten months, who being first 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 7 th 1832. that in the 17 th year of his age he enlisted in the service of the United States in April 1782 for one year unless sooner discharged. under Aaron Forman a quarter Master: to serve as a teamster in the Waggon department, and when not charged with a team to perform any other service in the Waggon department that should be required of him by the Waggon Master General or any of his Deputies at the sum of ten Dollars per Month. That he enlisted at Morris town in the County of Morris and state of New Jersey and he with a number of others marched from Morristown aforesaid to Newburgh in the state of New York and performed such duties as was required of him by the Waggon Master and Quarter Masters Generals or their deputies. That when the Army took the field as he thinks in August of the year 1782 he went from Newburgh to New York with a team of four horses to a west point and took a field piece and went down the Hudson River to Verplank's point on the east side of said River. and that the Lieutenant name who commanded the field piece was Samuel Joffords or Joff. of the Massachusetts line, there was also another officer attending said field piece as a lieutenant by the name of Jackson also of the said Massachusetts line as this deponent believes That the Main Army was encamped at Verplank's point and had quarters established there as this deponent thinks that after the encampment broke up in the fall this deponent went with his team to Newburgh and New Windsor. where the army brought State for the winter - and after giving up his team and performing sundry other services - such as assisting in delivering forage and carrying despatches into the state of Connecticut, late in the fall or some time in the winter he received his discharge

from Timothy Pickering by the Quartermaster General - which discharge this deponent has not found, but has lost the same many years ago - That he received a horse either from the Quartermaster General or the Wagon Master General in part pay of the arrears of his pay - That after he returned to Morris town when he recided at the time of his enlistment he received the balance of his pay from the same Aaron Forman under whom he had enlisted - That he thinks he served under the enlistment between seven and eight months - and perhaps nine months - That the General Commanding the division of the Army to which he was attached was as this deponent thinks General Howe - That the name of the Wagon Master General under whom he served while in the Wagon Department before this deponent left Newburg was Major Thomas Boyd well as this deponent thinks - That this deponent has full proof of his enlistment by the affidavit of Abraham Cory, who now resides in the township of Randolph in the County of Morris and State of New Jersey - which affidavit accompanies this declaration that Mr Abraham Cory enlisted in the Wagon Department at the same time with this deponent together one Stephen Freeman, who also has been dead for thirty years or more - That this deponent is unable to attend at the Court house in Newton in the County of Sussex when the Court is now sitting by reason of a fall which has so lamed this deponent, that he is unable to leave his bed without help - That the route taken by this deponent after he enlisted to join the Army at Newburg was through Haver and Pompton plains in Morris County - Ringwood & Smith Clark in Sussex County which at the time was much infested with Refugees and Tories - and from them into New York State to New Windsor - That he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present - And he declares his name is not any pension Roll of any state whatever
Sworn and Subscribed before me this 27 th day of August AD 1832 Robert H. Carter Esq.
Josiah Morrison

State of New Jersey County of Sussex ss. I Robert A Mc Carter one of the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas of the County of Sussex do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Joseph Munn Esq who makes the foregoing declaration on oath in order to obtain the provisions of the Act of Congress of the 7 th June AD 1832, that he is one of the Justices of the peace of the said County of Sussex a highly respectable man, and whose reputation for integrity is not surpassed by any man in the County of Sussex that he has been generally reported during his neighborhood to have done duty
in the service of the United States during the revolutionary war - and that full faith ought to be given to his declaration - That I am also well acquainted with Abraham Gony whose affidavit accompanies this certificate and declaration and who resides in the County of Morris and can cheerfully testify to his good character for truth and veracity - That I attended at the house of the said Joseph Munn Esq in the township of Byram in said County of Sussex and found him confined to his bed and unable to sit up or even get out of his bed without help accompanied by a false, as he said - In Witness Whereof I have hereunto set my hand this twenty seventh day of August AD 1832 Robert A Mc Carter
State of New Jersey Sussex County ss. I Joseph E Edsall Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas of the County of Sussex do hereby certify that Robert A Mc Carter Esquire whose name is subscribed to the above certificate was at the day of the date thereof and now is one of the Judges of said Court duly commissioned and sworn. That I am acquainted with the hand write of the said Judge and verily believe the signature of "Robert A Mc Carter" above subscribed to be in his own proper hand write
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto affixed the Seal of said Court and set my hand at Newton this 28 th Day of August 1832 J E Edsall

8.682
Miriam Munson N. J. Josiah
Act 3 March, '43
R. Nicholas, Esq. Flanders P. O. N. J.

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 3 rd March 1843 granting a pension to certain Widows of Revolutionary Soldiers, also the act of Congress of 17 th June 1844 to continue the pensions of certain Widows State of New Jersey.
Morris County ss } On this 16 th day of February 1846
Personally appeared before me Samuel H. Hicks one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Morris William Munson the Widow of Isaiah Munson Esq re a resident of Roxbury in the County of Morris N.J. aged seventy four years the 24 th of Nov. last past, who being by me first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the acts of Congress of 3 rd of March 1843 and also of 17 th June 1844 granting half pay and pension to certain Widows, that she is the widow of Isaiah Munson Esq re who in his life time was a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States, that he served in the war of the Revolution as a teamster as will appear from his warrant granting him a pension issued at the war office of the United States the 5 th day of March 1833 by Lewis Cass Secretary of War and granting him a pension of $23.33 per annum - she further declares that she was married to the said Isaiah Munson on the 5 th day of August 1792 and having been married to her said husband after the close of the Revolutionary war she has no personal knowledge of his Revolutionary services but relies upon the evidence of such services furnished by him to the war department and its possession upon which his pension warrant before referred to was issued to him. She further declares that her husband the aforesaid Isaiah Munson died on the seventeenth day of January 1843 - that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the first day of January 1794 at the time above stated - She further declares that she has in her possession a record of her marriage and the birth of her children but that said record

was accidentally lost or mislaid a few years since in moving and cannot be found. she does not know of any person now living who was present at her marriage, but refers to the evidence of Aaron Salmon Esq, Daniel Pery and Mrs Sarah Drake who were near neighbors to the family at whose house she was married at the time of her marriage. she further declares that she has not been married since the death of her late husband Josiah Munson but is now his widow and is unable from age and bodily infirmity to appear in open court to make this her declaration sworn and subscribed by Merian X Munson before me the 15 th Jany 1848
1848 by the said Merian Munson making her mark in my presence
Samuel Hilt
I Samuel Hilt one of the Judges of the court of common Pleas in and for the county of Morris Off: do hereby certify that I have her personally acquainted with Josiah Munson de d & his widow Merian Munson above stated for the last fifty years and ever since my first acquaintance with them they were reputed to have been married and lived together as wife and husband and raised a family of several children, and I further certify that the said Merian Munson who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration before me is in my judgment unable from her age and bodily infirmity to appear in open court at the court house in our said county at the time to execute the foregoing declaration and that in so doing her bodily health would be endangered Given under my hand at Roxbury in the county of Morris this 15 th day of Jany 1848
Samuel Hilt

This may Certify that I Abraham Williamson the settled minister of the Gospel over the first Presbyterian Church in the Town of Chester in the County of Morris New Jersey died on the 18 th January or near that time 1843, in the funeral sermon of Josiah Munson Deceased at Roxbury in said County who at the time of his Decease was a member of the Church under my Charge - and the husband of Miriam Munson who is about applying for a pension as the widow of the said Josiah Munson Deceased who is reported to have been a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States at the time of his death Some time since my house this 20 th day of December A. D. 1845, at Chester in the said County of Morris - Abraham Williamson

Morris County
New Jersey
Personally appeared before me Philip Schuler one of the Justices of the peace in and for said County Reading State who on his oath states that Sarah Munson Esq the husband of Miriam Munson who has made the foregoing declaration before Samuel Hills Esq died suddenly at my house in Poughkeepsie in the County of Morris N.J. on the seventeenth day of January in the year Eighteen Hundred and forty three, and that on the next day the eighteenth, his funeral service was preached by the Rev. Abraham Williamson the Pastor of the Presbyterian Congregation in which I reside, at my house in said Township. Sworn and subscribed before me this 18 th day of Feb y 1846
Reading State
Philip Schuler Just. of the peace
Morris County
New Jersey
Personally appeared before me Philip Schuler one of the Justices of the peace in and for said County Daniel Perry who being by me duly sworn according to law on his oath states, that he is twenty three years of age on the 2 nd day of April last past, he distinctly recollects of the marriage of Sarah Munson to Miriam Young now his widow - the marriage took place in August 1792 a few days after this deponent was twenty years of age, this deponent was born August 2 nd 1772 - this deponent was out at the wedding, but saw Mr and Mrs Munson the next day after their marriage, when they acknowledged that they were married, and were then on their way to visit Mr Munson's parents near Morris town - this deponent believes they were then married, as he has full confidence in their acknowledgment of the fact at the time, as this deponent and Mr Munson were on terms of intimacy at the time of the marriage as they worked together in the forge at Brooklyn in said County before and after the marriage for more than ten years, he further believes they were married at the time he has before stated from the fact of the general reputation of their marriage, and their commencing keeping house soon after and living together as husband and wife until Mr Munson's death and raised a family of seven children their eldest

son Elias G. Munson is fifty two years of age in July last past this deponent is certain of this fact as Mr Munson once informed her near neighbors at the time this son was born and has lived in the same County as neighbors with the exception of three years until Mr Munson's death
Sworn and subscribed before me Febuary 12 th 1845
Where Nicholas Just of the peace
Daniel Perry
Morris County
New Jersey ss
Personally appeared before me Where Nicholas one of the Justices of the peace in and for said County Madam Sarah Drake who being by me duly sworn according to law on her oath saith that she is fifty two years of age the 20 th of August last was well acquainted with Josiah Munson and Miriam Young, now the widow of the said Josiah Munson since from the year 1784 this deponent lived in the year 1791 and two near neighbors to Ed. Jacob Drake in the County of Morris with whom the said Miriam then lived, and when she was married to Josiah Munson in the latter part of the summer of the year 1782 she distinctly recollects the marriage as she was invited to the Wedding but could not go, she is positive it was in the year 1782 as herself and husband removed from where they then lived the spring of 1793 and settled one and a half miles from where Mr and Mrs Munson had settled the fall previous (after their marriage) this deponent distinctly recollects the marriage and is positive as to the time as she has before stated, she saw them the next day after they were married and they were then going to Morris town to visit Mr Munson's friends, they were then reputed and believed by the neighbors to have been then married, and lived together as husband and wife from that time until Mr Munson's death and raised a family of several children, the eldest son Elias G. Munson was born in the summer of 1793 as she distinctly recollects as she was at their house a few days after this son was born and he is now fifty two years of age the last summer
Sworn and subscribed before me by the said Sarah Drake making her mark on my presence Febuary 12 th 1845
Where Nicholas Just of the peace
Josiah X Drake
mark

Morris County
New Jersey
Personally appeared before me Phoebe Nicholson one of the Justices of the peace in and for said County Aaron Salmon Esq who being by me duly sworn according to Law on his oath saith that he is Seventy Seven years of age in August last past - has been acquainted with Isaiah Munson and Mariam now his widow for the last fifty eight years was well acquainted with them both before they were married they were young people together, and quite intimate, and living near each other in the township of Roxbury in the County of Morris N.J. he recollects distinctly of the marriage of the said Isaiah to the said Mariam Young now his widow, this defendant was himself married in Febry 1792 and the said Isaiah Munson and Mariam Young was married in the fall of the same year they were expected and believed to have been then married as they shortly after commenced keeping house and lived together as Husband and wife until the said Munson died in 1843 this defendant is certain of the fact as he was in the practice of doing team work for said Munson after he commenced house keeping such as carrying wood for him for the use of his family, this defendants first child was born the 28 th day of July 1793 and Elias Y Munson the Eldest Child of the said Isaiah Munson and his wife Mariam now his Widow, was born a few weeks before this defendants first child, and as now fifty two years old the past summer defendant is certain of this fact from his own family records and his distinct recollection of the Birth of the said Elias Y Munson as he was frequently there and intimate with the family at the time
Sworn and subscribed
Aaron Salmon
Before me March 2 nd 1846
Phoebe Nicholson Jus t of the peace
and the birth of her Children but that said record

1. m. lost or mislaid a few years since in Morristown
Morris county the state of New Jersey ss
I, When Nicholas a Justice of the peace in and for said County of Morris do hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with Miriam Munson the widow of Joseph Munson Esq who has made the foregoing declaration before Samuel Hilt's Esq one of our said Justices of the court of Common Pleas of our said county and believe her to be a person of truth and veracity - and I am also personally acquainted with Rachel Stark, Daniel Perry, Sarah Drake and Aaron Salomon Esq the Witnesses whose affidavits are given in her behalf to her declaration and answered thereto, and which were taken in due form of Law before me as a Justice of the peace of said county, and I do cheerfully certify they are each and all of them members of the church in good standing and of good repute for truth and veracity and that their statements under oath or otherwise are not true to the full of their knowledge.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my signature this third day of March A.D. 1846 Nicholas J. P.
State of New Jersey ss County of Morris ss
I George H. Ludlow Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Morris do hereby certify that Samuel Hilt's Esq before whom the foregoing declaration of Miriam Munson was taken was at the time thereof one of the Judges of

thereof one of the Judges of the County of Monroe duly commissioned and sworn as such Judge - and also that when Nicholas Ely before whom the affidavits of Richard Stark, Daniel Perry, Sarah Drake and Aaron Salomon Ely were taken and which is annexed thereto - was at the doing thereof one of the Justices of the peace in and for our said County duly commissioned and sworn as such Justice, and that full faith and credit is due to the official acts of the said Samuel Hiltz as such Judge as well as to the official acts of the said when Nicholas as such Justice of the peace, and that the signature of the said Samuel Hiltz subscribe to said Declaration - as well as the signature of the said when Nicholas subscribed to said affi- -davits are their genuine signatures
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said County at Monroe Town in said County this twelfth day of March A.D. 1840 -
George H. Seedlow CLK
...with of her Children but that said record

Personally appeared before me the subscriber one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the County of Morris State of New Jersey Abraham Cory who deposes and says that Josiah Munson a petitioner for a pension under the late act of Congress - enlisted to serve the United States in the Wagon Depart- ment for one year unless sooner discharged that said Josiah Munson enlisted under Aaron Herman Quartermaster in Morris Town Morris County State of New Jersey and left said place and went to Newburgh in the State of New York and continued there until the Army took the field which was some months after he enlisted but cannot recollect precisely the time after which time I have no further knowledge of his services under the United States
Sworn and subscribed before me this 2 nd day of July 1832
Abraham Cory
Peter Munson Justice of the Peace
I hereby certify that the above-named deponent is well known to me as a credible witness
M. Dickerson

State of New Jersey Morris County ss. I David Day Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Morris aforesaid do hereby certify that Peter Freeman Esquire before whom the within deposition was taken is a Justice of the peace of said County duly commissioned and sworn —
And I do further certify that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice and verily believe that the signature to the within certificate of taking the deposition is the proper hand writing of the said Justice —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court at Morristown this twenty seventh day of July A.D. Eighteen hundred and thirty two —
David Day Clerk

...William ... an ... of the ... ...Justice of the peace in and for said County ... ...Copy who being duly sworn according to law upon ...sath saith that Isaiah ... and he ... ...Defendant in April 1782 enlisted in the service of the ... ...under the ... one ... dollar ... ...to ... that ... was ... in dollars ... ...finding ... said ... the ... ...Munson did actually ... ...with the ... to ... at ... ...Newburgh ... and ... until the money ...took ... when they ...
...sworn before me this 18 day of June 1833 Wm Logan Justice of the peace
Gov. Morris
This may certify that I am and for many years last past, have been acquainted with ... the person subscribing to the above affidavit, and know him to be a man of respectability and entitled to full credit. Wm Logan
State of New Jersey Morris County ss. I David Day Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Morris aforesaid do hereby certify that William Logan Esq. before whom the foregoing deposition was taken was, at the

time of the taking thereof a Justice of the Peace of the County of Morris duly Commissioned and sworn and that full faith and credit are due to his official acts, and that the signature W m Logan thereto annexed is his genuine sig.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court at Morris Town the nineteenth day of June A.D. Eighteen hundred and thirty three —
David Bayliss
[Faint, mirrored text from the reverse side of the page, likely bleed-through from the original document.]

State of New Jersey Superior Court. U.S.
I. Joseph E Edsall Clerk of the Superior Court of Common Pleas in & for said County do hereby certify that Charles Lewis Esq. whose name is subscribed to the foregoing certificate and before whom the foregoing affidavit of Josiah Munson was made
and taken at the date thereof was and now is a Justice of the peace in & for said County. and that I. believe the signature purporting to be his to be genuine
In Testimony whereof I. have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court at Newton this Eighteenth day of June A D Eighteen Hundred and thirty three
J. E. Edsall Clk
This is to certify that I have been acquainted with Josiah Munson (the maker of the within affidavit) for the last thirty years and know him to be a Man of the strictest honour and probity = a person who has filled the office of Justice of the peace for the last twenty years with credit to himself and to the satisfaction of his fellow citizens = a man on whose word entire reliance may be placed
21 st June 1833
Charles Lewis, a Justice of the peace for the county of Sussex

Sussex county } The State of New Jersey } Personally appeared before me Charles Lewis one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the said county Josiah Munson and being duly sworn agreeably to law upon his oath saith that in addition to a former deposition taken before court of common pleas for the said county of Sussex in August 1832 that he served in the wagon depart- ment in the service of the United States in the year 1782 under enlistment for one year unless sooner discharged and that he served at least seven months, at ten dollars per month he finding his own clothes sworn the 17 th Jan y 1833. Josiah Munson before
Charles Lewis

Winton Bank Pension Office
April 21 1840
Sir
The enclosed vouchers of Cornelia Mepler and Sarah Munson require your special attention for payment
I am very respectfully Your Ob t Serv t
Phoebe Dickinson Best
J. L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions

Hinton Bank Pension Office
March 16 1837
Sir
The two certificates  and vouchers Enclosed are forwarded for your special attention for payment
I remain very respectfully
Your Obedient Servant
W P Wren for
P. D. Nicholson Pres & Pension agent
I sincerely Conceive of Pension

Newfoundland August 11 th Hon Commissioners of Pensions.
Sir - The Heirs of Joseph Tenyck, wish me to ascertain, from you, whether L. A. Chandler Esq Attorney, at Rock Barrage, in the County of Morris and State of New Jersey, has received any money from your Department on account of pension of said Joseph Tenyck deceased.
The Heirs of Josiah Munson, deceased, also wish me to ascertain - whether S. H. Potter Esq of the County of Sussex, in said State, has received any money on account.

of pension of said John H. Munson -
As the heirs cannot ascertain from said Attorneys, what has been done in the above two applications.
Yours Respectfully
James Board Concord Mass Merrill B. Chapman

James L. Edwards Esq.
Hanover P.O. Nf March 27 th 1840
Enclosed are the papers of Miss Mary Ann application for a pension - Please accept the return to me at this office and much oblige Yours &c.
Respectfully - R. Nicholas

8.682
Miriam Munson
Wid. of N. J. Josiah
Let. to R. Nicholas, June 13,
 James Evans, Aug 25/58
78199
Act 3 March, '43

Mar. 3, 1896.
Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
Josiah Munson pen- sioned to
Mrs. J. D. H. Slee Elmira, N.Y.
7499 P. O. Miriam Munson Service: wid. of Josiah
REJECTED
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract
_____ Searched for _____, 18

218 West First Street.
Elmira, N.Y.
Pension Office
Some weeks since - I sent to the Pension Office - a blank filled as nearly as possible - in conformity to requirements - In my haste I think I omitted to enclose a stamp - & I hope such discourtesy - has not cost me the promised attention of which I

our most desires - I was seeking information of our Social Museum - in the interest of my Elizabethton to become a S.A.R. - This Rev Myron C. Mansfield of San Thomas - I learn that - the records are sufficient - to entitle you to the privilege - but I await - your words to make it clear & conclusive.

May I ask an prompt attention to my letter as per above - as I shall - pardon for again troubling you with my inquiries -
Yours sincerely You Wm L. D. H. Shaw
Wednesday March the fourth - Ninety - Six
Dear Mr Harrison - I have the honor information of our Social Museum - in the interest of my eligibility to become an M. A. E. This has brought a number of New Members - I have spent the present sufficient to settle now for the coming but I cannot - you deserve to have it - Shaw & Son's chair.

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Munson, Lent GRADE Drummer LINE Connecticut
WARRANT NUMBER 6168 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED Oct. 7, 1789
to Benjamin Tallmadge assignee
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.