Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 34,580, for Henry Peran, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
Peran, Henry Peron or
S. 34,580
CONTENTS

(1952) New Jersey 4
Henry Pean, Capt Saterly private. New York - Line in the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey at the rate of — 8 — Dollars per month, to commence on the 7 th of April 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 27 th of July 1818 and sent to William S. Pen- nington Esq. Newark. New Jersey.
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1818 —
Continued after ending
4 Mo s 28/30. $ 39 40
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818 }
5 years
continued W h
Saddle River, Bergen Co
Note Pension due September 1820 to Pension M rs Henry William Coffea

34 580
Rev INVALID.
File No. 34, 580
Henry Peran Dis Rev 1880
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 34
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Henry P. Leron
EW
1907 Bergen City
July 18
Sep 18

District of New Jersey, Bergen County ss: On this 14 th day of June 1820. Personally appeared before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Bergen in open court being a court of record, professing a seal having a Jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount & proceeding according to the course of the common law. Henry Piron aged seventy years, resident in the County aforesaid, Who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath declare that he served as a soldier in the Revolutionary War five years & one month in Captain Latterly's Comp y . Genl. Hazens Regiment that the date of his original application was on the 7 th April 1818. that he has rec d . a certificate from the War department as a Pensioner inscribed on the Pension List or Role of the New Jersey Agency dated 27 th July 1818: being Number 1,969. And he solemnly swears that he was a resident Citizen of the United States on the 18 th March 1818; and that he has not since that time by gift, sale, or in any manner disposed of my property, or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provision of an Act of Congress entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War", passed the 18 th March 1818. and that he has not nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities, contracts or debts due to me, nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed & by me subscribed. that my occupation is that of a common labourer that from my age & infirmities I am unable to labour but very little scarcely as much as one day in a week, that with the common infirmities attendant on old age he is often attacked with the rheumatism - so that he is prevented from any labour.  Subscribed and declared in open court on the 14 th day of June 1820. Gab. A. Ford.  his Henry X Piron mark.
Schedule referred to in the foregoing Deposition
  1 young Heifer 2 years old valued at $ 7.50   1 Iron Pot - capacity 4 quarts .75   1 do do " 8 do 1.12 1/2   1 Pail .50   1 do ~ 12 1/2   1 Axe ~ .75   Pension money rec d . & yet unexpended 15.00   $ 25.75 
Subscribed in open court & declared on the 14 th day of June 1820. Gab. A. Ford.
his Henry X Piron mark.
I Abraham Westervelt, Clerk of the said Court of Common Pleas for the County of Bergen aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing oath & the schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the record of the said Court; And I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is twenty five dollars & twenty five cents. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court on this 14 th day of June A.D. 1820.
Henry Piron Clerk

Declaration of Henry Peran —
Informal
Let him state
"The time he entered "the service "
in conformity to the law Admitted
He does not even affirm that he ser- -ved nine months —
War Dept. Pens n Office
12 May 1818

District of New Jersey ss:
On this seventh day of April 1788. before me the sub- scribed, one of the judges of the circuit court of the United States for the said District, personally appear, Henry Peram aged sixty eight years resident in the Township of South Jersey in the County of Sussex in the said District, who being by me first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary War." That he the said Henry Peram enlisted at Fishkill in the State of New York in the company commanded by Captain Satterly in Genl. Mance's regiment, that he contin- ued to serve in the said corps or in the service of the United States until June 1783 when he was discharged from service in Pompton in the State of New Jersey, at which time he enlisted he does not now recollect. That he was in at the battle of the  York Town  battle , that he is in reduced circumstances & stands in need of the assistance of his country for support, & that he has no further evidence now in his power of his said services than the discharge accompanying this declaration. Sworn to and declared before me the day & year aforesaid Henry his Peram mark William Pennington District Judge

I William S. Pennington Judge do hereby certify that it appears to my satisfaction, that the said Henry Duran did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy, and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken & read upon me, to the Secretary for the department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforesaid act of Congress. April 7 th 1810. William S. Pennington
I William Pennington Clerk of the District of New Jersey do hereby certify that the signatures to this instrument are the proper hand writing of William S. Pennington Esq. Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey.
In witness my hand and the seal of the said District Court at Newark this seventh day of April 1810.
Wm Pennington

District of New Jersey ss The before named Henry Peran came be- fore me this 16 th Day of July 1818 and being duly sworn ac- cording to law on his oath saith that he cannot say with precise certainty the particular Day that he enlisted in Col o Hazen's Regiment, but he is sure that he served in said Regiment five years and one month immediately previous to his Dis- charge in June 1783 1783. he thinks that he enlisted in May 1778. That he had a regular Discharge, and delivered it to the clerk of the District Court at the time he made the fore- going Declaration and expected it was sent on with the said Declaration to the war office —
Sworn before me this 16 th July 1818 William Pennycuick District Judge
his Henry X Peran mark
I William Pennycuick District Judge of the United States in and for the New Jersey District, do certify that I am satisfied that the before named applicant Henry Peran is in indigent circumstances and stands in need of assistance from the country, I also certify that I have good reason to be- lieve that the said applicant at the time he made the foregoing Declaration produced his Discharge, and that it has been by accident lost or mislaid The District Clerk thinks that it was inclosed in the application, and transmitted with it to the Pension Office, I am well satisfied that I should not have taken the Declaration under oath in the manner it has been done unless I had myself seen the Discharge August 20 th July 1818 — William Pennycuick District Judge