Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 1068, for Jonathan H Osborne, New Jersey

SERVICE
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New Jersey
Osborne, Jonathan B.
S. 1068
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CONTENTS

22.959
New Jersey
Jonathan K. Osborne
of Essex Co. in the State of New Jersey who was a Mem. Co. in the Corps commanded by Captain Peck of the Regt. commanded by Col. Thomas in the New Jersey line for 13 months (Minimum) 9 " Private }
Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey at the rate of 85 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 14 th day of Dec. 1833 and Statute I. Conduct Morristown
Arrears to the 4th of Sep. 33 $212.50 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 th Mo. 34 42.50 $255.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by E. C. C. C. Clerk, Book 6 Vol. 3 Page 124

X N o 6587 Jonathan H Osborn
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must state whether actual service during whole period stated or readiness to perform actual service.
If actual service, state what it was — services increased —
Hon. L. Condick.

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
20 June 1833
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. These points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Jonathan H. Osborn
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     May 1776 — 1 — Brook Drummer Col Batter 73 Affidavit of   1777 — 3 — Do Col Rousevelt Townshp Recompense   1778 — 4 — Do Col Thomas Elizabeth John B. Osborn   1779 — 4 — Do General New York and his own   1780 — 4 — private Dechman Townshp Declaration and   1781 — 5 — private Col Jaquith Westfield Supplemental affidavit   2 1 — Col Wines Conesville Deerfield New York  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this _____ day of _____ personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of _____ in the county of _____ and State, Territory or District of _____ aged (c) _____ 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 provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) _____, with _____ and served in the _____ (e) regiment of the _____ line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) 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, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of _____
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I _____ of the Court of _____ do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this _____ day of _____ &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the _____ and C. D. residing in (the same) _____, who has hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _____ 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 days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
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 A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the _____ and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the _____ and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, _____ Clerk of the Court of _____ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this _____ day of _____ &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his

alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following ( m ) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. { Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? To an Officer. { Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?  7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeeth 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 _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the terms, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[k] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

Genl. A. Osborn.
defective authentication: -that by order of the Secretary of War has been waived
adm d 15 mo klummer 9 - pri 24

State of New Jersey, Essex County ss On this Seventeenth day of August In the year of our Lord one Thousand Eight hundred and Thirty two Personally appeared in Open Court Before the Judges of the Superior Court of Common Pleas in and for Said County Now sitting Jonathan H. Osborn A President of the Township of Westfield in the County of Essex and State of New Jersey aged seventy two years. Who Being first duly affirmed according to Law he being conscientiously scrupulous of taking an oath doth on his solemn affirmation make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June Seventh in the year of our Lord one Thousand Eight hundred and Thirty two.
Was Born in the Township of Elizabeth County of Essex and State of New Jersey on the Twenty second day of February Seventeen hundred and Sixty and was seventy two years old last February according to his family record which he has in his possession. Was living in what is now called the Township of Westfield in Said County when first called into Service where he has Resided ever since and Now Resides.
That he entered the Service of the United States in the Revolutionary war as a drafted Soldier and served under the following named officers as herein stated or near as he can recollect.
That he entered the Service in the Spring of the year Seventeen hundred and Seventy six in Captain Horton's Company of Common Militia and served in his Company one Month Commanded by Col. Potter. Served one month at Newark in Capt. Benjamin Sains Company Stationed two Months at William Farms in Capt. Mulford's Company Stationed Two Months at Elizabeth Town in Capt. Randolph Company Commanded by Col. Morris Yaquith and

Went on Staten Island under General Dickinson's command served one Month in Capt. Southwick's Company at Elizabeth Town. Served 2 Months at Rahway in Capt. Vary's. Sangers Company. One Month at Rahway in Capt. Morris Company under Col. Batten's command. one Month at Woodbridge in Capt. Hodges Company one Month at Morris Mills in Captain Morris Company. — One Month at Governor Living- ston's residence near Elizabeth Town in Capt. Cotten's Company Two Months in Capt. Aladick's Mechan Company of Light horse stationed at Rahway & Blazing Star and in that time carried express for Governor Livingston to Trenton one Month in Capt. Sangers Company at Hoback, Princeton one Month at Quibble Town in Capt. Sangers Company commanded by Col. Wines Two Months at the Wheat Sheaf Tavern between Rahway and Elizabeth Town under Col. Yoquash's command one Month at Trembley's point and one Month at Connecticut Farms in Captain Sangers Company Making in all one Year and Nine Months service at different periods to the close of the war was in the Battle of Springfield and Connecticut Farms and in the skirmish at Quibble Town and in a Number of skirmishes along the lines. — Was acquainted with Lord Stirling General Dickinson Col. Matthias Ogden Col. Horner Major Cumming Capt. Pratt Capt. Burrus Capt. May Capt. Ballard has no written discharge nor no documentary evidence of his services can prove by Deacon John B. Osborne and Col. Recompense Stanberry that he was out in the Militia from from 1776 at different periods until the close of the war.
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 in the United States.
Affirmed to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid in open court E. Myrtrude Islets
John H. Morris

We John Rogers. A Clergyman residing in the Township of Westfield County of Essex and State of New Jersey and Dennis Coles Residing in the same place hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Jonathan H. Osborn who has subscribed and affirmed to the above Declaration that we believe him to be seventytwo 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 foresaid in open court John Rogers Dennis Coles E. M. Radcliffe Clerk
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the Investigation of the matter and after putting the Interrogat- ories prescribed by the War Department that the abovenamed applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states. — And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Jonathan H. John Rogers who has signed the preceding Certificate is a Clergyman Resident in the Township of Westfield County of Essex and State of New Jersey and that Dennis Coles — who has also signed the same is a Resident in the same place and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit —
E. M. Radcliffe Clerk

I Elias Van Andraele Jr Clerk of the Superior Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Essex in the State of New-Jersey do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the Original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Jonathan H. Osborn for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this twenty second day of August in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred and thirty two
E. Van Andraele Jr Clerk
Jonathan H. Osborn

State of New Jersey Essex County ss
Personally appeared before me Samuel B. Miller one of the Judges of the Superior Court of Common Pleas in and for said County, Recompence Stantury & John B. Osborn who being duly sworn according to law on their oaths deposeth and saith that they reside in the Township of Westfield County of Essex and State of New Jersey and are well acquainted with Jonathan H. Osborn of the same place and are knowing to his being a Soldier in the Revolutionary War. So deposeth. Recompence Stantury and the said
John B. Osborn deposeth & says that he the said J. B. Osborn served at the old fort at Elizabeth Town point under Major Hays. first that he served at Dubble Town, under Lieut. Vermule. after anded by Col. Wisans, at Rahway under Capt. Lane, at Woodbridge dont recollect the officer, at Springfield & Bemet Farms under Col. Scudder. at Williams Farms, under Scudder, at the
Sworn and Subscribed the day and year aforesaid before me
Sam B. Miller
Recompence Stantury John B. Osborn
State of New Jersey County of Essex ss
Js. I Eliza Van Cleave Junior Clerk of the Superior Court of Common Pleas, in and for the County of Essex aforesaid. Do hereby certify, That Samuel B. Miller Esquire before whom the foregoing Affidavits of Recompence Stantury & John B. Osborn was taken, was at the time of taking the said Affidavits & now is one of the Judges of said Court, residing in said County, duly commissioned & sworn to the said Court. That he is well acquainted with the handwriting of said Judge & verily believe the foregoing signature "Sam B. Miller" is genuine. — In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name & affixed the Seal of said Court at Newark in the County aforesaid the Twenty Second day of August A. D. Eighteen hundred and thirty two —
E. Van Cleave Clerk
company Commanded by Col. Moses Yaquith and

Jonathan H. Gibson No 608 1/2
I Samuel B. Miller Before whom the within affidavit of Reuben Stonebury and John B. Ghorn was taken do hereby certify that I am acquainted with the said Reuben Stonebury & John B. Ghorn and that their Statement is entitled to full credit & belief. June 26 th 1833 — Sam d B. Miller

State of New-Jersey
Essex County ss
Personally appeared before me Samuel B. Miller a Justice of the peace in and for said County of Essex. Jonathan H. Osborn of the Township of Westfield County of Essex and State of New-Jersey. — Who Being duly sworn deponeth and saith that he is the same Jonathan H. Osborn who heretofore made a Declaration for a pension dated the Seventeenth day of August in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred and Thirty two And that by reason of old age the and the consequent loss of Memory he cannot swear posi- tively as to the precise length or periods of the war when he served but according to the best of his Recollection at this time he served as a drafted and Volunteer private soldier in the Revolutionary war at the times and not less than the periods mentioned below. — That he was first drafted at the place mentioned in his Declaration in a Company of Militia under the command of Captain Horton in the Month of May in the year Seventeen hundred and Seventy six and done one Month duty in his company stationed at Elizabeth Town under the command of Col. Catter. In the Months of August and September the same year done two Month duty as a Drummer in Capt. Benjamin Sains Company stationed at Newark under the command of Col. Van Courtland then served two Months the same year under Capt Thomas Mulford stationed at William Formes under Col. Thomas.
In the Month of April or May In the year Seventeen hundred and Seventy seven he was again drafted in a Company of Militia under the command of Captain Nathaniel Randolph and done two Months duty in his Company stationed at Elizabeth town under Col. Morris Jaquish stationed two Months at Elizabeth Town in Capt. Randolph Company commanded by Col. Morris Jaquish and

The same year served one Month in Capt Gorthwait Company - Stationed at Elizabeth Town under the command of the said Col Jaquish.
1770 In the Months of March April & May done two Months duty in Capt 2nd Benjamin Laings Company the same year 1770 done one Month duty in Capt Morris Company. The same year done one Month duty under Capt Huddy Stationed at Rahway and Woodbridge under the command of Col Jaquish.
In the year Seventeen hundred and Seventy nine In the Month of January or February done one  Month duty in Capt Amos Mox Company. - In the Spring in the same year done one Month duty under the said Capt Batter at Governor Livingston's near Elizabeth Town The same year served two Month under Capt Benjamin Laing. Stationed between Rahway and Elizabeth Town & at Connecticut Farms under Col Jaquish.
In the Spring of the year Seventeen hundred and Eighty he Volunteered and done two Months duty in Capt Oledick Mechem Company of Light horse found his own horse & equipments. Stationed at Rahway and Morristown under the command of General Dickinson. - The same year done one Month duty under Capt Laing and one Month at Dibble Town under Capt Laing Stationed Between Dibble Town and Springfield under Col Jaquish & Wines.
In the year Seventeen hundred and Eighty one In the Months of January & February and March done two Months duty under Capt Laing Stationed at the Wheat Hill near Elizabeth town and the same year done two Month duty under the same Capt Laing at Staten Island and the same year one month duty under the said Capt Laing at Connecticut Farms all under the command of the said Col Jaquish.

under the said Capt Loring at Connecticut Farms all under the command of the said Col Yaquish.
Making his whole service as a Drafted Soldier and Volunteer two years and one Month Fifteen Months as a Drummer That the service therein stated to have performed by him in the war of the Revolution was Beneficial and actually rendered for all that time. - That he was duly called out with his Company and actually stationed at the different places mentioned in this and his said Original Declaration during Military duty all that time. - And the said deponent further saith that for the time during which the said service was performed he was not employed in any civil pursuit. - and for such service he claims a pension
As to the field officers he was acquainted with and knew the Marshes and Butts he was in and for other particulars he refers to his Original Declaration
As to the Interrogatories furnished by the war department he saith that he was Born in the said township of Westfield then the Township of Elizabeth on the 22 nd day of February 1760
he has a record of his age was living at the Township of Elizabeth now the Township of Westfield when first called into service.
 4 - he was Drafted & a Volunteer  5 - knew Lord Sterling General Dickinson Col Matthias Ogden Col Bonker & C. Major Cummings  6 - he never received any written discharge  7 - he refers to H on T. Frelinghuysen H on Selaslord Dennis Col. Wm Drea Randolph Col. J. Rep Eff 
Sworn to and subscribed at Newark in said County the Twenty fifth day of June A.D. 1833 Jonathan H. Hester
Sam l B. Miller Justice of the peace
2 20 1833

I Samuel B. Miller before whom the above affidavit of Jonathan H. Osborn was taken do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the said Jonathan H. Osborn and that his statement is entitled to full credit and belief.
June 25 th , 1833.
Sam d B. Miller
State of New Jersey,
County of Essex - 3 rd J s . I Elias Van Arsdale Junior Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in & for said County of Essex Do hereby certify that Samuel B. Miller Esq. before whom the annexed affidavit of Jonathan H. Osborn was made taken at the time of taking the same was & still is one of the Justices of the peace for said County residing therein duly Commissioned & Sworn - and that the name "Sam d B. Miller" subscribed to the said Affidavit & the Certificate thereto annexed is the proper hand writing of said Justice -
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the Seal of said Court at Newark the Twenty fifth day of June A d Eighteen hundred & thirty three 1833) -
E. Van Arsdale J. Clerk

July 5-1902 Mrs. R. S. Stevens Ansonia Conn.
New Haven
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File No.
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Jonathan H. Osborne, Pa. N. J. Lines
Act:
June 7, 1882.
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[Arrangement of 1870.]

State of New Jersey Essex County
Before the subscriber, a Justice of peace in & for Essex Co. Personally appears Jonathan H. Cook of said County, a man of fair character & fully entitled to belief, & having duly affirmed according to law, being conscientiously scrupulous of taking an oath) saith as follows - viz: - I was a revolutionary soldier during the war, performing Militia Service from the be- ginning to the end of the war. And I made my Declaration before the judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas of said County to obtain a pension under the law of Congress of June 4th 1832, on the 17th August 32. & a supplemental Declaration on the 25th June 1833 - which Declarations have since been retitled for further explanation &c. - From the length of time, & difficulty of recalling to remembrance all the services of my revolutionary days - I know I did not in my former declarations set them all forth. In the first year of the war, I know I rendered more services than I then recited when I at first narrated them. I performed Militia Service in the winter of 76-7. in Capt. Laing's company, from Decr. to April, in Jersey that was contiguous, & was stationed at Van Muhlens near Quibble town, under the command of Col. Cook & Col. Wind. Col. Jagus, as a Drummer. - The Enemy had possession of Staten Island. & Brunswick & Amboy, & greatly annoyed the inhabitants all winter by their foraging & plundering parties. We had frequent skirmishes with them during this winter & spring, at Quibble town - Martin's woods - & between Amboy & Woodbridge. Col. Scott of Virginia was present on many occasions with Col. Wind. - Isaac Reyn, John B. Osborn & Aaron Henry Stanley I believe were at Van Muhlens Station this winter & will recollect my services on this occasion, which I did not recollect myself, until I was reminded by them. Another tour of service which I performed, is not stated in my Declaration.
It was done in the hard winter so called, of 1779, 80. A party of N. Jersey Militia, of about 400, under orders of Genl. Dickinson, crossed over the sound to Staten Island, at different points from the Jersey shore in boats, & met together at a time & place agreed on, at the South side of Staten Island, at a place called Burkholder's town, where the British had a fort & some stores collected. - I was in Captain Laing's company, & under Colonel Jagus. - We reached Burkholder's town - destroyed the greater part of the stores of provision - military stores &c. - & took a number of the guards prisoners. Our party took 22 prisoners, & I was appointed as one of the guards to conduct the prisoners off the Island. - Another party of ours attacking the fort & stores in another place, took & carried off a larger number of prisoners. I recollect Ichabod Clark being present on this occasion, & he is the only survivor known to me as being there.
Captain Laing gave me the appointment of Drummer - & after beating about two years, I gave it up with his consent, & again took my musket, being tired of carrying the drum. - Extra  Reyn was my fife  John of my tours of duty mentioned in my 2 d Declara-
tion, the times or months are not mentioned. - I have endeavoured to recall to mind the dates, but find it exceedingly difficult after so long a period, & probably I may be incorrect in some instances now; but will state them according to the best of my re- membrance. - In 1777, the month's duty under Capt. Garthwaite & Col. Jagus, was as I believe in summer, at William's farms. In 1778, the tour under Capt.
Morse & Capt. Beadly, at Rahway & Woodbridge, was performed as I think in the season of sowing wheat, probably in September. In 79, the 2 months under Captain Laing, Col. Jagus, was in the season of winter, being cold weather.
In 1780, the 2 months duty under Capt. Laing near Quibble town & Springfield, was performed in the season of warm weather. The 3 months under Capt. Laing in 1781, were performed in June & in the fall season.

My additional tours of duty stated in my supplemental Declaration, & not mentioned in my first, were not at first recollected, or I should have mentioned them. — I am well satisfied now, that other tours were performed, which have not been stated in either of them nor in this. — After a period of 50 years & longer, my memory is incompetent to enumerate all the monthly tours — or to state such as are finally recollected, in the order in which they were all performed — the months of service, or the names correctly of all the officers commanding. I have faithfully enumerated such as I can remember & no more, according to the best of my recollection & belief. And I firmly believe, that I served in the war of the revolution, not less than a period of thirty months — viz: 24 months as a Drummer, & 6 months as a private for which I claim a pension. And whilst engaged in Militia duty for the time stated, I was in constant, faithful & active service, all the time acting under the orders of my superior officers, & not employed in any civil pursuit. I may in some few instances, (but none are recollected) have obtained a furlough or parole permit, to go home for some clean clothes, or to visit a sick brother or friend — but never without the knowledge & approbation of my commanding officer. —
I have taken much pains to find proof of my service, & I do not know a living witness whose testimony is not suborned. If there be others, they are not within my knowledge. Some whom I have obtained, I did not recollect, nor can I now recollect them as serving with me — & in other instances I recollect being in service with some who have no remembrance of the same service themselves. — And I now recollect distinctly of performing a tour which I believe is not before mentioned. It was in the winter season — the year not recollected. I assisted in guarding & conducting a gang of notorious Refugees, Smith & Hildreth — Lewis Blanchard & some others, to Burlington jail, whom we had taken prisoners. — Lieut: Varnum commanded the guarding party.
Saml B. Miller Justice of the Peace
Jannathan W. Attest
Esqk Reyno, being first duly sworn, saith as follows — I knew John H. Osborn in the war of the revolution & ever since the war. — We performed much Militia duty together in the war — often in the same company — & often associated in similar duties under different captains at the same places. Osborn was a Drummer in the Militia, in Laing's Company, & beat the Drum more than a year — probably as much as two years. In the early part of the war he carried a musket, & afterward was appointed Drummer. I knew Osborn in service at Elizt. town & at the landing, in 76 in the summer & fall under Capt. Horton & Capt. Laing as much as two or three months. — I remember him in Capt. Randolph's company at Elizt. town in 77, under Col. Jagen & Major Hays, in the spring of the year, & again in the same year in Capt. Gathwait's company. I knew him on duty in 78 two months at Elizt. town in the spring, in Capt. Laing's company & in Capt. Morris's company at Tumbly's point & Rahway. — I knew him on duty in 79 at various places — near Elizt. town — at Rahway — Woodbridge, Connecticut farms — in Capt. Morris's — Capt. Potter's, & Capt. Laing's company — commanded by Col Morris Jagen. — I knew him at Scituate town under Capt. Laing, as much as two months at least, & I believe three months. I knew him at the Springfield battle — at Connecticut farms & at the Wheat sheaf — in the engagements with the enemy at Scituate town, Martins woods, & near Woodbridge in the winter & spring of 78-9 — when stationed near Van Marlen's, in Laing's company.

I have mentioned the places & occasions in which it occurs to my memory to have seen Jon s . H. Osborn performing Militia duty - but I verily believe there were many other instances in which I have seen him, which I cannot specify. I know there was not a year during the war in which he did not perform much active duty & many monthly tours.
Saml B. Miller - Justice of the peace
E. C. K. 1790
Recompence Stanley. Being duly sworn, saith as follows: - I have been well acquainted with Jon s . H. Osborn, from our boyhood, having lived in the same neighbourhood nearly all our days. In the early part of the war of the revolution we performed duty together in Capt. Lains' company, & were stationed at Van Mulinen near Dibble town in the winter of 1777, not less than 3 months, as I believe, after a full recollection & conversation with some who were there with us. - John B. Osborn & Jon s . H. Osborn were both present & doing duty there with me. We had some seven skirmishes with the enemy that winter at Dibble town, between Woodbridge & Amboy & at Martin woods - the British having in possession, Amboy, N. Brunswick & Staten Island - & often sending out plundering parties, kept the whole country in constant alarm, & the Militia in constant active duty. - We took our station at Van Mulinen not late in the winter, probably January, & remained till after the frost had come out of the ground in the spring - the weather becoming mild & warm. - I joined Minkin's Horse this spring, & continued in it the rest of the war. Living near Jon s . H. Osborn, I seeing him very often in service, I well know that he was engaged in active Militia duty, every year, from the beginning to the end of the war. - I very well know that he was a Drummer in Capt. Lains' company & beat the drum for a year or two. Ezra Rop was his fife. & I often fell in with him & Rop at different stations performing duty.
Saml B. Miller.
Justice of the peace
Recompence Stanley
John B. Osborn being duly sworn, saith as follows. - Jon s . H. Osborn is my brother & we performed much Militia duty in the war of the revolution, sometimes in the same company, & sometimes in different companies. - I was a Sergeant in Capt. Lains' company, & Jon s . H. Osborn a Drummer & Ezra Rop a fife. He often beat the drum under other officers in this town, as musicians were scarce during part of the war. He carried a musket in the early & latter part of the war, & his drum probably in 1777, 8. & 9, performing this service as near as I recollect & believe, nearly or quite two years. - In the winter of 1776, 7, we were stationed together in Capt. Lains' company at Van Mulinen near Dibble town for a period of at least 3 months under Col. Winds & Col. Cook. We had several seven skirmishes with the enemy this winter & spring, at Dibble town, Martin woods & between Amboy & Woodbridge. Colonel Parker of Virginia was present on one of these occasions & associated with Col. Winds. - I knew him in service under Capt. Horton in the spring of 76, & that he served two months in Capt. Randolph's company in 77 under Col. Jagers, & a month under Capt. Garthwait. In 78 we served together in the spring of the year two months in Capt. Lains' company, under Lieut. Charles Clark, near Rahway, Tumbly's point & Woodbridge, under Col. Jagers. In 79 we performed two months duty in Capt. Lains' company near Rahway & about the farms above Ely's town. In 80 we were together one month under Capt. Lains & Col. Jagers, between Dibble town & Woodbridge. - I know that he performed many other tours of Militia duty in other companies, which I cannot specify. Living together, I knew when he went & when he returned. I knew him under Lieut. Furniss in the winter of 81 guarding Smith's Bridge & some other. Refuge prisoners to Burlington jail. I am confident he performed many tours

of Militia duty in every year of the war from 1776 to 1781 inclusive.
Sam l B. Miller - Justice of the peace John B. Osborn
Jehahad Clark, being duly sworn, saith as follows - viz: - I know John B. Osborn very well during the revolutionary war, & continue. - I know he was a drummer for one or two years during that time, & I often saw him on duty in that capacity, sometimes in Capt. Laing's company, sometimes in others. - I was on the expedition with him to Staten Island, against Buckhollis town fort under Genl. Dickerson. I was in Capt. Ephraim Seaton's company & Osborn as I believe in Capt. Laing's. Col. Jacob Cram commanded the regiment. I was in, & for some pilots or guides by one Dr. Hart. - Our party took & brought off 35 prisoners & destroyed the fort & many of the enemy's stores there. I think it was in the winter 79, 80. This time I did not recollect in my former declarations, nor until lately. - It was brought to my remembrance in conversing with some of my old associates.
Sworn to and subscribed before me at Westfield Apr. County November 1 st 1833. before me
Sam l B. Miller - Justice of the peace
Josiah Gray, being duly sworn, saith as follows, viz: I was a Militia soldier during the war of the revolution, & very well recollect Jonathan H. Osborn, who was also a Militia soldier. I often saw him upon duty at Rahway, & in that neighborhood, in Captain Laing's company, under command of Colonel Morris Jaynes. I cannot specify the times when, nor till how often I saw him on duty. I believe he was a drummer in Laing's company; I often saw him carrying the drum. -
Sworn to and subscribed before me October 31 st 1833. before me
Sam l B. Miller Justice of the peace
I certify that Sam l B. Miller Esq r . before whom the preceding depositions were taken, is well known to me, to be a Justice of peace in Essex County, & the signature of his name thereto in each & every instance is genuine. Lewis Condict late a Rep n from N. Jersey. October 31 st 1833.
I Samuel B. Miller Before whom the above Affidavits of Esq r M c Guire Recompense Stephen Jehahad Clark John B. Osborn and Josiah Gray are long well known to the subscribers to be all men of good standing in society and fully entitled to belief as witnesses October 31 st 1833. Sam l B. Miller