Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 1,473, for John D Piatt, New Jersey

SERVICE
NUMBER
New Jersey
Piatt, John D. Jane
N. 1473
CONTENTS

28.082 New Jersey
John D. Pilatt of Bergen Co in the State of N. Jersey, who was a Infan in the Comp y commanded by Captain Pratt of the reg t commanded by Col Ogden in the N. J. line for 2 yrs f 1773
Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey at the rate of 88 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 15 day of Feb 1834 and sent to Mr Golfat Pompton N.J.
Arrears to the 4th of Sep 1833 $22 0 Semi-ant. allowance ending 1/4 1/2 3/4 1 1/4 1/2 3/4 1 1/4 1/2 3/4 1 $26 4.
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. } Recorded by Wm Allison Clerk, Book 2 Vol. 3 Page 125
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Bergen common pleas
State of New Jersey } Bergen County } ss
On the 21 st day of October 1882. personally appeared in open court before the Judges now sitting, being a bank of record so consti- tuted by the laws of the State of New Jersey John D. Pratt a resident of Paterson, Morris County and State of New Jersey aged sixty six years 13 months 13 days last who being first sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed the 4 th June 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated.
That he enlisted as a Piker at the age of ten years in the Company of Daniel Pratt (who was his Father) in the first New Jersey Regiment, New Jersey Line, as well as I can recollect at this time, in the latter part of the year 1778 - in the County of Somerset in the State of New Jersey. Lieut. Glavin was Lieutenant and Robert Robertson Ensign - was marched to Brunswick upper landing thence to Elizabeth - town and joined the Regiment, under Lord Stirling. Matthias Ogden Lt. Colonel - Dehart Major. Marched thence to New York and lay in barracks till the following spring opened. Then was ordered to check to Long Island and from thence to Canada (the Regiment at this time was commanded by Col. Wm's) and proceeded toward Quebec as far as the Three Rivers, there had an engagement with the British, and retreated to L'Isle aux Noeuds and lay there till late in the fall, or beginning of Winter, and then returned to the State of New Jersey - directly after my Father Capt. Dan Pratt recruited

recruited his Company again and was soon promoted to the rank of Major in the New Jersey line. The officer was in Pennsylvania recruiting a new company at the time Genl Washington attacked the Hessians at Trenton. The deponent attending the Hessians as a musician. The Company was marched to the Delaware to aid Genl Washington in the battle - was prevented crossing the river till next day after the capture of the Hessians. From there was marched on to Princeton - saw the dead and wounded in the college. The company quartered one winter at Elizabeth Town, part of the 1st Regt - The deponent thinks the Regt was commanded by Col. M att Alden - after that the Regiment was marched to the westward under Genl Sullivan. The deponent was killed by the horse of Col. Early  Early and disabled to continue his mark with the Regiment. The Troops returned in the fall of 1779 - and went into winter quarters at Middletown near Morristown. Placed under the immediate com d of Genl Washington. Here the deponent joined his com py and continued with them through the winter. The Regiment was marched to Camptown in the summer of 1780 at the time Genl Kniphausen marched the British army to Springfield on his way (as was supposed) to attack Genl Washington at Morristown - was then marched to Springfield was engaged in the battle - Young Alden was killed. a considerable number more killed & wounded. The deponent was in the house of Parson Colden saw his wife & corps, shot by the British - at Springfield - Was taken a prisoner at Pluck - min by the British and released afterwards being a Youth. The deponent cannot recol- -lect with certainty, whether he joined in the retreat after the campaign into Canada. or Volunteered - He was quite a Youth, under the guardianship of his Father - The deponent don't hesitate to say that his whole service would be upwards of four years -

I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity, except the present, and 13. declare that my name is not on the pension role of the agency of any state — John D Pratt Doesn't subscribe to the day before forward. At: Westerlo N.Y.
Interrogatories by the Agent
14. When and in what year was you born in this county. I was born at Raritan-Tumwater county, in the year 1866 —
20. Have you any record of your age, and if so where is it —
ansr. — Don't know of any record that was kept of his age —
30. When were you living when called into service where have you been since the Revolution and where do you now live —
ansr. He lived at New Raritan Tumwater county when he entered the service — has lived in New York till he came of age — then moved to Pompton-Pascack Township where he now resides —
40. How was you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute, and if a substitute, for whom —
ansr. He entered the service by enlistment. don't know at this time of any other engagement to force —
50. State the names of some of the officers that was with you, when you served; such Continental or Militia regiments, you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your service —
ansr. I served with Major Pratt my Father my uncle Jacob Pratt. promoted to be a Capt. knew Col. Hatt. often & Major Dehart — also the Col. who was the first Col. Comd of the Regiment — Col. Dayton left — the circumstances of my service, I have already mentioned in the first part of my deposition

3 rd Did you ever receive a discharge from the Service, and if so, by whom, was it signed, and what has become of it - Answer - We did not receive a discharge at any time -
4 th State the names of persons to whom you are acquainted in your present neighbourhood and who can testify, as to your character as to veracity, and good behaviour, your services as a soldier of the Revolution -
Answer The Rev Isaac S. Demunck, M c Leod of the Puritan Sandpiper -
State of New Jersey } Bergen County } ss
On the 29 th day of October 1832 - Personally appeared before me M c Leod one of the Judges of the Court of common pleas for the County of Bergen in the State of New Jersey being a Court of Record Re - Isaac S. Demunck a clergyman, residing in the Township of Pompton Bergen County and being duly sworn according to law, that he is well acquainted with John D. Peall who has subscribed and sworn to the annexed declaration; that like said him to be about forty years of age; that he is reputed & believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that I do concur in that opinion - Isaac S. Demunck
Sworn before } Deeds of the Reformed Dutch me this 29 th Oct } Church at Pompton 1832 -
M c Leod Personally appeared before me M c Leod a Justice of the peace for the County of Bergen N th Bergen residing in Pompton, who being duly sworn doth on his oath declare that he has been well acquainted with the above named and fully concurs in the above statements sworn to and subscribed by the Rev. Isaac S. Demunck - Nath l L. Boads Sworn before me this 14 th November 1832 - M c Leod

Morris County, State of New Jersey: ss.
C. Personally appeared before me John A. Bleeker Esq. One of the Justices of the Peace in and for said County. Colonel Hiram Smith who being sworn according to Law, on his oath saith: that from his own knowledge John Piatt did serve as a Piper in the year seventeen hundred & seventy six in the First Regiment of the New Jersey Continental Troops under the Commands of Colonel William Wines and Lieutenant Colonel Matthias Ogden and Major William D'Hart. the Company- Officers being Captain Daniel Piatt and Lieutenants Hauen and Robertson. And this deponent further saith that he truly believes that said John Piatt did enlist in said Regiment for one year at least, and that he the said Piatt did serve the said time. =
Hiram Smith
Subscribed & sworn before me this 6 th day of October 1832
John A. Bleeker Justice of Peace
State of New Jersey Morris County ss.
I David Day Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Morris a- foresaid do hereby certify that John A. Bleeker Esquire before whom the foregoing deposition was taken is one of the Justices of the Peace of the County of Morris, Com- missioned & sworn & duly authorized to take such depoi- -tion & that full faith and credit is due to his official acts and that the signature John A. Bleeker is his genuine signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court at Morris Town the sixth day of October A. D. eighteen hun- -dred and thirty two
David Day Clerk

Penguin Count 6 common pleas
On the 24th day of October 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Judges of the Court now sitting, being a Court of record for a constitution by the laws of the State of New Jersey.
Penguin Sandford and Combs who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on their oath declare that they have been well acquainted with John D Pratt who is now making application to be put on the pension list - for many years, that the said John D Pratt is reputed to be a man of strict honesty and of good behaviour - and that he was a Soldier of the revolution.
Sworn & subscribed to, in open Court the day & year aforesaid W. H. Westerlo Clerk
Penguin Sandford
John D Pratt
John D Pratt

Warren County in State of New Jersey
I Personly appeared Before the Honorable Thomas Severyman one of the Justices of the peace in and for the County of Warren Major General Garret Heat who being duly sworn on His Oath saith that He is well acquainted with John Pratt and that He well knew that said Pratt did serve in the first Regiment of the New Jersey Continental Troops two Years and upwards the day and year not Recollected But that it was after the year of Sixteen Hundred and Seventy five and further saith as it
Garret Heat
Sworne and subscribed this 25th October 1832
Before me Thomas Severyman Justice of Peace
(Signature of Thomas Severyman)
State of New Jersey Warren County ss I Francis B Kennedy Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for said County do hereby certify that Thomas Severyman Esq before whom the above affidavit of Major General Garret Heat was taken was at the time of the taking thereof and still is an acting Justice of the peace of the said County of Warren duly commissioned and sworn into office as such, and to whose official acts full faith and credit, is due here and elsewhere And further I do certify that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of the said Thomas Severyman and am satisfied that the above signature purporting to be his is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court at Belvidere this twenty sixth day of October A.D. 1832
(Signature of Francis B Kennedy) Clerk

And the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the inter- rogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a soldier Revolutionary, and served as he states, and the court further certifies that it appears to them that Isaac I. Dornund who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the county of Bergen and State aforesaid and that his state- ment is entitled to credit - Per curiam Mr. Westervelt
I Abraham Westervelt clerk of the Inferior court of common pleas in and for the county of Bergen State of New Jer- sey do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Richard G. Peterson for a John D. Pratt for a Pension.
In Testimony whereof I have here- unto set my hand and Seal of Office this thirty first day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two.
Mr. Westervelt
John D. Pratt Bergen County New Jersey Application for a pension
20234

2699, 2690 New Jersey Jane Piatt - widow of John D. Piatt, who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Fifer - N. J. Sess
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 88. Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Former payments to be deducted Certificate of Pension issued the 9 th day of Oct. 1849, and sent to
J. M. Phillips Present
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 311 Vol. 4,
H. E. Robinson
Jan 22 - 1853

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7 th July 1838 entitled an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows State of New Jersey Morris County ss
On this twenty ninth day of December - Eighteen Hundred and thirty eight Personally appeared before the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County Jane Piatt a Resident of the Township of Pequannock in the County of Morris aged Sixty Eight years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed July 7, 1838 entitled An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows. That she is the widow of John D Piatt who was a fifer in a Battalion commanded by Daniel Piatt as the Deponent has been informed by her husband the said John D Piatt and which she verily believes to be true. She cannot at present recollect the name of the Col who commanded the Regiment to which the said John D Piatt belonged, and the Deponent further saith that the said John D Piatt was pensioned under the act of 1832, and that the said John D Piatt received a pension of Eighty Eight Dollars per annum.
She further Declares that she was married to the said John D Piatt on the ninth day of February Seventeen Hundred and ninety one, that her husband the aforesaid John D Piatt died on the twenty seventh day of March Eighteen Hundred

and thirty seven that she was married to him previous to the first day of January Seventeen Hundred and ninety four viz at the time above stated Sworn to and Subscribed this day and year first aforesaid
Jane Piatt
John J Young
We George R Colfax — and Garet Debow — Both Residing in the Township of Pequannock County of Morris and State of New Jersey do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Jane Piatt who has sworn and Subscribed to the foregoing Declaration. that we believe her to be sixty eight years of age — that it is reported and believed in the neighborhood where she resides to be the widow of John D Piatt deceased late a pensioner of the United States and that we concur in that opinion
Sworn and Subscribed before me This twenty ninth day of December 1838
George R Colfax Garet Debow
John J Young
one of the Justices of the Peace in and for Morris County I John J Young — one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the County of Morris. Declare my Opinion after the investigation of the matter that the above named applicant is the widow of John D Piatt deceased. and I do further certify that George R Colfax and Garet Debow — Both of the Township of Pequannock County of Morris and State aforesaid are credible Persons. and that their statements are entitled to credit — and I do further certify that Jane Piatt is not able to attend Court on account of Bodily Infirmities
John J Young

FAMILY RECORD.
MARRIAGES.
John D Pratt and Jane Kenarie married At February 9 1791
BIRTHS.
Catharine Pratt Was Born March 27 1792 Daniel Pratt Was Born May 22 1794 Mariah Kenarie Pratt Was Born February 4 1804 Hannah Pratt Was Born February 20 1806
State of New Jersey } Morris County }
Personally appeared before the Subscriber a justice of the Peace in and for the county aforesaid Maria H Pratt aged Thirty four years, who being first duly sworn according to law, Deposeth and saith that the above copy the within is her fathers John D Pratt Died family Record, and has been in her possession as long as she can remember, and untill the time of his decease, from that period it has remained in possession of her Mother Jane Pratt Sworn and subscribed before me the 27 day of November 1838 }
Maria H Pratt
John Debevoe
Turn over

FAMILY RECORD.
BIRTHS.
DEATHS.
Hannah Pratt departed this Life March 2 nd 1806 John D. Pratt died March 27 = 1837 =
I do hereby certify that Maria H Pratt who hereby appears as a subscriber to the within document is a credible person and that full faith and confidence can be placed in her statement John D. Johnson Register of Marriages

I do hereby certify that Maria H Pratt who has sworn and subscribed to the within affidavit is a credible person and that full faith and confidence can be placed in her statement
John Debison Justice of the Peace
Thomas Pratt departed this life March 2 1806 John I Pratt died March 27 = 1839 =
DEATHS.
BIRTHS.
FAMILY RECORD.

State of Virginia, Monroe County ss
Personally appeared before the Subscriber a justice of the Peace in and for said County Peter Berry aged Fifty two years who being first duly sworn according to law deposeth and saith. That he is the son in law of John D. Pratt Deceased and Jane his wife, and to his personal knowledge, the leaf containing his father in law family Record was taken out of a bible in possession of his father in law John D. Pratt until the time he died. From that Period, the said bible with the Record has Remained in possession of his mother in law the said Jane Pratt, which leaf containing the family Record and taken out of the bible is herewith transmitted
And the deponent further saith, that he has known the said Bible & Record, which leaf containing the Record and herewith transmitted, and formerly attached to the Bible upwards of Twenty years
And the deponent further saith that John D. Pratt died on the Twenty Seventh day of March Eighteen Hundred and thirty seven and the said Jane Pratt has Remained ever since that Period, and as yet Remains the widow of the said John D. Pratt Deceased
And the deponent further saith, that due search and enquiry has been made, but no other Record than the one now attached to her Declaration can be found concerning the marriage of the said John D. Pratt and Jane his wife
Sworn & subscribed before me This twenty eighth day of December 1838
John J. Young
Peter Berry
I do hereby certify that Peter Berry who has sworn and subscribed to the foregoing affidavit is a credible person.

and that full faith and confidence can be placed in his statement
John J. Young one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the County of Morris
State of New Jersey Morris County ss
I David B. Hurd Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Morris do hereby certify that the application of Jane Pratt and the affidavit of Peter Berry taken and made before John J. Young Esq. was at the time of taking and still is a Justice of the Peace of said County duly commissioned and sworn and that due credit is given to all his official acts
And I do also certify that the affidavit of Maria H. Pratt taken and made before John Debow Esq. was at the time of taking and still is a Justice of the peace of said County duly commissioned and sworn and that due credit is given to all his official acts
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hands and affixed the seal of said Court this Ninth day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine
D. B. Hurd Clerk
4552 to Jane Pratt Acct. July 7. 1838 to Maria H. Pratt Feb. '39 Husband and 27. March '37
Col. Ogden Capt. Pratt
22 June 37
Schottel
Fifer 12 months
A. G. Lydick
Ponds near Paterson N. J.

No 20234
John D. Piatt Bergen County New Jersey New Jersey.
From 1775 Paper Deposited #88.
12 months only
Amos G. Fox Pompton New Jersey

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office.
5 th 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 subjjoined 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. Those 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, showing the Service of John D. Piatt Bergen County New Jersey.
   Period when the service was rendered Duration of the claimant's service Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Continued 1775 Served upwards of 4 - - - Infantry Capt Piatt Genl Washington Col Ogden Three Rivers Springfield Marched to Brunswick Landing to Elizabethtown, to Long Island to Canada was taken prisoner & released, being a youth 66 years Summertown County New Jersey 1. Regt of New Jersey Continental troops Traditional evidence Claremore &c. Witnesses certified evidence 2 living witnesses Papers not properly attached  
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) 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 day 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 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, deposeth 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 tours, 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.
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.
[k] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

July 25, 1939
Beatrice Stræby Odebolt Iowa
BA-J/AWF John D. Piatt W. 1473 Our
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of John Piatt, Adam Follmer, and John Sedam.
The Revolutionary War records of this office have been searched and no claim for pension or bounty land found based upon service of either Adam Follmer or John Sedam. These surnames were searched under similar spellings.
The record of John D. Piatt which follows was obtained from papers on file in claim for pension, W. 1473, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War. This is the record of the only John Piatt found on file in the Revolutionary War pension records of this office. The surname was searched under similar spellings. John
John D. Piatt was born March 17, 1766 in Rariton, Somerset County, New Jersey. He was the son of Daniel Piatt, the names of his mother is not given.
While living in Pluckemin, Somerset County, New Jersey, John D. Piatt volunteered when about ten years of age, served as fifer in a company commanded by his father, in the First New Jersey Regiment, then commanded by Lord Sterling, marched

to New York, thence to Canada, in Colonel Winds' First New Jersey Regiment, was in the battle of Three Rivers, retreated to Ticonderoga, and returned to New Jersey in the fall of 1776. His father, Daniel Piatt, was promoted to Major, and he, John D. Piatt, served as musician in Captain Jacob Piatt's company, in Colonel Matthias Ogden's New Jersey Regiment, was in the campaign around Trenton and Princeton, early in 1777; he was kicked by a horse which made him unable to go on General Sullivan's Expedition to the "Western Country", when he recovered, he joined his company, and was taken prisoner by the British Light Horse, was held only a short time, as he was "a youth" and under the guardianship of his father, he was in the battles of Elizabethtown and Springfield, continued in the service until in the summer of 1780.
Daniel Piatt, the soldier's father, died in the month of April, 1780.
John D. Piatt was allowed pension on his application executed October 31, 1832, at which time he was living in Pequannock Township, Morris County, New Jersey.
He died March 27, 1837.
John D. Piatt married February 9, 1791, Jane Henarie. The date and place of her birth are not shown, nor are the names of her parents given.
Jane Piatt was allowed pension on her application executed December 29, 1838, at which time she was living in Morris County, New Jersey, aged sixty-eight years. She was living there in 1843, and in 1848 and 1849, she was living in Pompton, Morris County, New Jersey. The widow, Jane Piatt, died January 22, 1853.
The following data in regard to the children

of John D. Piatt, and his wife, Jane, are shown in the claim-
Catharine born March 27, 1792 Daniel " May 22, 1794 Mariah Henarie " February 4, 1804 Hannah " February 20, 1806, died March 2, 1808.
Their daughter, Mariah Henarie Piatt, was living in 1838, in Morris County, New Jersey.
Peter Berry aged fifty-two years in 1838 and a resident of Morris County, New Jersey, stated that he was the son-in-law of the soldier, John D. Piatt, and the widow, Jane, but he did not give the name of his wife.
The Captain Jacob Piatt under whom John D. Piatt served in the Revolution, was his uncle.
The papers on file in this claim contain no further discernible family data.
In order to obtain the name and address of the person who received the last payment of this pension, you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and furnish the following data-
Jane Piatt, widow of John D. Piatt Certificate #2690 Issued October 9, 1849 Rate $88.00 per annum Commenced March 4, 1848 Act of February 2, 1848 New Jersey Agency.
Very truly yours
W. H. Sweet E. H. Harker Acting Executive Assistant to the Administrator

New Jersey
John D. Piatt act June 7, 1832 to what time paid?
p st 4 March 1837
JH
V.L.
27. March 1837

Arrears
Superint.
New Jersey 43000
Jane Piatt
widow of John D. Piatt
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832 and who died on the 27th March 1837 of Morris Co in the State of New Jersey who was a Higer in the Company commanded by Captain Piatt of the Regt commanded by Col Agnew in the N Jersey line for one year
Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey at the rate of 44 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836. and to end the 27th March 1837 the day of his death
Certificate of Pension issued the 16th day of April, 1844 and sent to A. Rydacker Paterson, New Jersey
Total amount, $
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by Th. Thompson, Clerk, Book 1 Vol. 2 Page 132

New Jersey 4,300
Jane Piatt
widow of John D. Piatt
who was a pensioner under the Act of June 1832 and who died on the 27. March 1837 of Morris Co. in the State of N. Jersey who was a Fifer in the company commanded by Captain Piatt of the regt. commanded by Col. Ogden in the N. Jersey line for 1 year
Inscribed on the Roll of N. Jersey at the rate of 44 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836. 28. March 1837
Certificate of Pension issued the 30 day of Sept. 1839 and sent to A. G. Lydaker Ponds near Paterson, N. J.
Arrears to the 4th of Sept. '39 107. 18 Semi-annual allowance ending to Mar. '40. 22. 00 $ 129. 18
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk, Book 1. Vol. 2. Page 132

2205. Arrears allowed
New Jersey
Jane Piatt
widow of John D Piatt
who was a Fifer
in the New Jersey line
Reported Dec. 1843
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 44. Dollars -
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 th day of December 1843. and sent to Mrs. Jane Piatt
Paterson New Jersey
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A.
Vol. 1. Page 124.

4300
New Jersey
Jane Pirall
Widow of John D. Pirall who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832, and who died on the 27 th March 1837, of Morristown in the State of New Jersey who was a Fifer in the Company commanded by Captain Pratt of the Key's commanded by Col. Ogden in the Warrenton line for one year. former payments to be deducted
Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey at the rate of $8 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4 th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued, the 8 th day of October 1849 and sent to J. M. Phillips, Present
Total amount, $
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by H. E. Robinson Clerk, Book 10 Vol. 1 Page 205.

2205 New Jersey. Jane Piatt widow of John D. Piatt who was a Piper in the Revolutionary War
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 88 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843. Former payments to be deducted Certificate of Pension issued the 9 th day of Oct 1849. and sent to
E. W. Phillips Present
[Acts of March 3, 1843, & June 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book 2 Vol. 2 Page 99
W. C. Robinson

2690 New Jersey Jane Pratt, widow of John P. Pratt, who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Life
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
44 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 29 th day of Dec r 1848, and sent to
M rs . Lydia Pratt Mount Prospect N. J.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 311 Vol. 11.
Repealed Dec. 29/18
Letter to B. Burnes Aug 16, 1849

Aug. 17-1900 for Ward Piat Franklin Pa.
1924 Dec. 12. Copies mailed to Chas F. Boehrman Esq. 1939 July 25. list to Beal Strieby
Rev  WIDOW, &c.
File No. 1473
Jane Piat Widow John D Piat Fifer Rev. War
Act Feb. 2 d 1848
Index:—Vol. M , Page 180
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Declaration of Oct 31, 1832 (from papers taken from claim by Mr Harding of Chief Clerk's Room on July 29, 1924 + returned on Aug 5, 1924)

Mr D Pratt - P. 1
Payments to be made at Trenton by P. Dickinson Esq. Agent for paying Pension- ers, in the Agency of New Jersey.
Chic # 1473
Recorded in the Pension Of- fice, in Book E Vol. 3
Page 125 by
[Signature] Clerk.
Chic # 1473

WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, John D. Piatt of New Jersey, who was a sergeant in the Army of the Revolution is entitled to receive Eighty eight dollars and cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March, and 4th of September in every year.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this fifteenth day of February one thousand eight hundred and thirty-four.
Lewis Cass Secretary of War.
Examined and } Countersigned. }
J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.

Mar 4. 1834. Paid to Lichar 1834 Sept 4. 1834 Paid to " Sept 1834 Mar 9, 1835 Paid to " Mar 1835 Sept 11. 1835 Paid to " Sept 1835 March 7 1836 Paid to " Mar 1836 Sep 10 1836 Paid to " Sep 1836 (Mar 10 Paid to " Mar 1837)
28. 082

Ponds near Paterson July 31 st 1889
Sir
Enclosed contains Mrs Pratt's Declaration for a Pension - am- =ed according to instruction
I am Very Respectfully your most Obt Servant
A. G. Lyden
Hon. J. L. Edwards

Ms. A. 9. 2. 20 Aug 5 Recd for car Jane Piatt.
Act 7 July, 1836-
Free Hon. J. S. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions City of Washington D. C.

J. D. Piale
Payment to be made at Trenton by
P. Dickinson Esq
Agent for paying Pensioners, in the Agency of New Jersey
Payable on the 4th September and 4th March
Recorded in the Pension Office on the Roll of Pensioners under act February 2d, 1848, Page 311 Vol. 4.
Geo. Smith Clerk.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
WIDOW'S PENSION.
I certify that in conformity with the act of February 2d, 1848, Jane Pratt, widow of John D. Pratt, who was a fifer in the revolutionary war, is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of forty four dollars and cents per annum, commencing on the 4th of March, 1848, and continuing for life, unless she should again marry; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage.
Given at the War Office of the United States this 29th day of December one thousand eight hundred and forty eight.
Rob. L. Marcy.
Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned.
J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions.

Paid to 4 decr 1849 Paid to 4 Sep 1849
No 2690
WAL DEPARTMENT
ADMISSIBILITY
23001-3-63

Pompton N.J. August 14 th 1849
Sir
Mrs Jane Piatt Widow of John D. Piatt dec. has been receiving, for the last ten years, the half pay Revolutionary pension of her dec. Husband.
In the early part of June last a person who left his address, as George Martin - Phillips, 15 th St. opposite the Treasury Department, Washington) Called on said Widow and told her, that there was due her from the Pension Department the sum of Four Hundred and eighty four Dollars, back Pension.
She gave him the necessary papers to draw said pension for her, and he was to make returns in four weeks. She has not heard from Mr Phillips since.
Please inform her, through me, whether there has been such pension due, and if so whether it has been paid to said Phillips.
Respectfully Your obed Servt Isaiah Bruns P.M. Pompton
To J. L. Edwards Esq. & Commissioner of Pensions

VETERANS ADMINISTRATION
WASHINGTON
June 22, 1938
YOUR FILE REFERENCE:
IN REPLY REFER TO:
BA-J/AWF
Beatrice Strieby Odebolt Iowa
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of John Piatt.
In order to identify the record of the John Piatt in whom you are particularly interested, as much as possible of the following data in regard to him are essential- approximate dates of birth and death and places of residence at enlistment and after service.
Upon receipt of this information another search of the records will be made and a report sent you. With your reply please return these letters.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

Odebolt, Iowa
June 4, 1938
Commissioner of Pensions Washington D. C.
Dear Sir:
I am endeavoring to establish my relationship to one John Piatt who served in the Revolutionary War.
Will you kindly send me what information you can in regard to him or his family?
Yours truly, Beatrice Strieby

Odebolt, Iowa
July 6, 1939
Veterans Administration Washington D.C.
Dear Sir:
I am sending you as much information as I have been able to secure in regard to the Revolutionary War record of John Piatt -
A minuteman
Only Born in Holland in 1763 1740 Married Jane Williamson in 1763 Died in 1819
I also have this record of another John Piatt -
Born April 4, 1767
Died March 19, 1823
Married Elizabeth Cline Nov. 19, 1772
- A Colonel in the 35 th year of his life.

I would like to know if you have any record also of
o Adam Vollmer -
Born Dec. 26, 1759
Died Jan. 2, 1832
Married Christine Bore
Served in Capt. S. Miller's Militia under Joseph Hister and return of the company was made May 31, 1781.
Do you have a record as to who his father was?
I am also interested in the record of John Sedam -
However, all the information I have been able to collect in regard to him is that he was from Six Mill (in another record it was Six Mile) Run and served in the New Jersey Regiment of the Revolutionary war.
I have traced relationship to these men and am giving you all the information I have.
Sincerely, Beatrice Strieby

Cash $ 2.50 from Charles T. Cochran ps The Cairo, Apt. 225, Washington, D.C.
Dec. 15, 1922 wants
Photostat copies of 15 pages - certified
From
Rev. War Pension claim
John D. Piatt, widow. W1473 Jane
New Jersey Troops.
Cash $ 2.50
10- 15- 175- 2.25- 2.25- $ 2.50 OK

M233
BUREAU OF PENSIONS Finance Division
DEC 1 6 1922
19 —
Chief of Pen. War Section Sir:
I have this day received from Charles Flockman draft No. Cash for $ 2, 50 / 100 requesting post-office addresses as per letter herewith
Copies mailed Dec. 22, 1922 I have sent copy AW
Very respectfully, O. J. RANDALL Chief of Division JOJ
  Name  (W 42) John D. Pratt Rev. 8  Date  Dec. 20, 1922    No.  W 11473    Photographic copies wanted of     pieces, consisting of  13 pages.    Remarks:     Ext.  Allen  REV. WAR SECTION  CHIEF DIV.    Serial No.  7528  Law Clerk.  
Copies to Law Div for ctf, Dec 21, 1922

Justin Leavemore

I Thomas Sherman a justice of the Peace for the County of Warren in the State of New Jersey do hereby certify to the Honorable the Secretary War and the Commissioner of Pensions, that Major General Garret Vleet, a resident many years of the County aforesaid, whose affidavit with his signature attached to the original declaration of John D. Pratt an applicant for a pension under the act of Congress of the 7th of June 1832. is a person of good standing, credible and fully entitled to belief.
The original declaration of the said John D. Pratt is dated the 31 st day of October 1832.
Given under my hand this 19. day of November 1832.
Thomas Sherman Justice of the Peace for and for said County

Justin Blackner

Morris County State of New Jersey
I John A Bleeker a Justice of the Peace for the County of Morris in the State of New Jersey do hereby Certify to the Bank the last year and the bona fide owner of Pension that Colonel Hiram Smith a veteran many years in Morris County aforesaid who's affidavit with his signature attached to the original declaration of John D Pratt, an application for a Pension under the act of January of the 5th June 1832 is a person of good standing and high creditability, and fully entitled to be believed
The original declaration of John D Pratt referred to above is dated Sept. 1832
Given under my hand This 18 th day of November 1832
John A Bleeker Justice of the Peace for said County.

4243
$ Jane Piatt
Arreas — 8
act 43
$ 44 per m from 4 march '36 to 27 march 37
Pateron ab
Pateron
N. Jersey
A. G. Lydaeker
Paterson
N. J.

State of New Jersey Morris County } }
On this twelfth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight Hundred and forty three Personally appeared before the Sub- loyalty judge a justice of the Peace in and for said loyalty Jane Pratt a Resident of the County of Morris and State aforesaid aged Seventy two years and a woman of Credibility and truth who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on her oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Provision made by the act of Congress passed July 7 th 1838 and the 23 rd of August 1842 granting Pensions to certain widows whose husbands served during the Revolutionary war that she is the widow of John D Pratt Dec d who was a Pensioner of the United States at the time his Death at the Rate of Eighty Eight Dollars per Annum and Died on the 27 th day of March 1837 and that Deponent drawed a pension from that Period at the Rate of Forty four Dollars per Annum and for further particulars the said applicant would now most Respectfully Refer the Commissions of Pensions to her Declaration and evidence under the act of July 7 th 1838 now on file in the Pension office at Washington City for such further Proof as may be Required in the Examination of her said Claim and that and that she Still Remains the widow of the said John D Pratt Dec d Sworn & subscribed before me } Jane Pratt the day and year first aforesaid } George R. (War) Linton Peace }

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 3 rd of March 1843 granting pensions for one year to certain widows who have received a pension under the act of July 7 th 1838
State of New Jersey Morris County
On this twelfth day of September 1843 Personally appeared before the Subscriber a guest of the Deem in and for said County Jane Piatt a Resident of the Township of Pequannock in the County of Morris and State aforesaid aged seventy two years who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on her oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Provision made by the act of Congress passed on the 3 rd March 1843 granting Pensions to widows of Persons who served during the Revolutionary war that she is the widow of John D Piatt who was a fifer in Jacob Piatt Company as the Deponent believes and belonged to Col Matthias Ogden Regiment and that she received forty four Dollars per annum under the act of July 7 th 1838 She further Declares that she is still a widow
Sevon years  last  years  the  year the year first aforesaid
George B. Cogswell
} Jane Piatt
I do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the widow Jane Piatt who has sworn and subscribed to the foregoing Declaration and that she is a woman of credibility and truth and that full faith and confidence can be placed in her statement
George B. Cogswell Subst. P...
That the foregoing was attested before the signing and delivery of these presents
George B. Cogswell L. Pease

State of New Jersey Morris County ss.
I David B Huns, Clerk of the Superior Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Morris in the State of New Jersey do hereby certify that George R Galfax, is a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Morris in the State of New Jersey duly commissioned and sworn as appears of record in my office and I do further certify that the signature of George R Galfax affixed to the foregoing deposition is in the proper hand writing of the said George R Galfax; and that he is duly authorized to administer oaths in the State of New Jersey.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the said Court of Common Pleas on this fifteenth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty three.
D B Huns clerk
[Handwritten initials or mark]

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress of 2 nd February 1848 entitled An act making further provision for surviving widows and soldiers of the Revolution
State of New Jersey Morris County } }
On this fourth September Eighteen Hundred and forty Eight Personally appeared before the subscriber a justice of the Peace in and for the County of Morris Jane Piatt a Resident of Pompton in County of Morris aged seventy Six years who being first duly sworn according to law cloth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Provision made by the act of Congress passed on the 2 nd February 1848 granting Pensions to widows of Persons who served during the Revolutionary war. That she is the widow of John D Piatt who was a fifer in Capt in Major Daniel Piatt Deceased (as she believes) of New Jersey. She cannot at this time state to what Company or Regiment he belonged. She further states the annual amount of her Pension which she received under the act of 17 th June 1844 was forty four Dollars per annum. She further declares that she is still a widow. Sworn and subscribed on the } day and year above written before } Jane Piatt
George P. Coffey
I certify that the above named Jane Piatt is Personally known to me and that she is the same individual who drew a pension as stated by her in the foregoing declaration
George P. Coffey Justice Peace

State of New Jersey Morris County ss
I hereby do hereby certify that George R. Colfane whose name is subscribed to the within affidavit was at the time of taking such affidavit duly sworn and fully authorized by the laws of the State of New Jersey to take such affidavit and that full faith and credit and due credit ought to be given to all his official acts as such justice and that the name George R. Colfane thereto subscribed is in the proper hand writing of the said George R. Colfane
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and affixed the Seal of the said county at Morristown this 9 th day of September A.D. 1828 George H. Sedgwick Clerk
220 2205

Adm o  18
'38
43444
'48 at
$88 per annum for 21 years, 1836, deducting former pays at $44 per annum.
Geo. N. Phillips Present,

Declaration
For increase of pension and arrears of pension, under the Acts of 7 th July, 1838 - 3 rd March, 1843 - 17 th June 1844 - 7 th May 1846 - 2 nd February 1848, and 26 th June 1848, - and for the benefits of the Joint Resolutions of 23 rd January 1845 and 1 st July 1848.
State of New Jersey,
Morris — County, ss.
On this fifteenth day of June, 1849, personally appeared before the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County and State, Mrs. Jane Piatt, (widow of John D. Piatt,) a resident of Pompton, in the county of Morris, State of New Jersey, aged seventy-seven years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain such increase of pension, and arrears of pension as she may be entitled to, under the provisions of the several Acts of Congress, and Joint Resolutions, above recited. I am the widow of John D. Piatt, who was a soldier in the War of the Revolution, and who, prior to his decease drew a pension from the United States under the Act of 7 th June 1832. I have drawn a pension under the Act of 17 th June 1844, at the rate of Forty-four Dollars — per annum. I further declare that I am still a widow.
In presence of Jane C. Fair George R. Cogan
her Jane Piatt Mark
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above mentioned, before me,
George R. Cogan
Justice of the Peace.
I certify that the declarant is personally known to me, and that she is the same individual she represents herself to be in the foregoing affidavit.
George R. Cogan
Justice of the Peace.

Declaration
In order to obtain the benifit of the act of Congress of the 7 th July 1838 entitled an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows
State of New Jersey Morris County } ss.
On this tenth day of July Eighteen Hundred and thirty nine Personally appeared before the Subscriber one of the Judges of the Inferior Court of common pleas in and for the County of Morris Jane Piatt a Resident of the Township of Pequannock in the County aforesaid aged Sixty Eight years. who first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benifit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 7. 1838 entitled an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows. That she is the widow of John D Piatt who was a fifer in a Battalion commanded by Daniel Piatt as the Deponent has been informed by her husband the said John D Piatt and which she verily believes to be true - In making her original Declaration dated 29 th December 1838. she could not at that time recollect the name of the Col, who commanded the Regiment to which the said John D Piatt belonged, but upon more Reflection since that Period. She believes that the said John D Piatt belonged to a Regiment commanded by Col Aaron Ogden. And the deponent further saith that the said John D Piatt was Pensions under the act of 1832 and that the said John D Piatt Received a pension of Eighty Eight Dollars per Annum
She further declares that she was married to the said John D Piatt on the Ninth day of February Seventeen Hundred & ninety one. That her husband the aforesaid John D Piatt died on the twenty seventh day of March Eighteen Hundred seventeen that she was

and thirty seven. That she was married to him Previous to the first day of January Seventeen Hundred and ninety four Or at the time within stated. Sworn to and subscribed the 3 day and year first aforesaid } Jane Piatt before me Silas Cook Judge of the Common Pleas of Morris County
I Silas Cook One of the Judges of the Superior Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Morris do hereby certify that Jane Piatt who has sworn and subscribed to the foregoing Declaration is not able to attend court on account of bodily infirmities July 10th 1839 Silas Cook Judge of the Common Pleas of Morris County
Morris County New Jersey ss.
I, David B. Hurd, Clerk of Morris County, hereby certify, that Silas Cook Esq. before whom the foregoing Declaration of Jane Piatt, was made, on the 10th. day of July, 1839, was, at the time of the taking thereof, a Judge of the Superior Court of Common Pleas, in & for the said County, & that he still is, a Judge, as aforesaid, duly authorized & commissioned, & also, that the signature of his name thereto, " Silas Cook ", is genuine.
Witness my signature, & the seal of my office at Morris Town, this 23 d . of July, 1839.
D. B. Hurd Clerk

State of New Jersey County of Bergen ss; I Abraham Wetmore Clerk of the County of Bergen and Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for said County Do hereby certify that the annexed papers (half sheets) marked A. B. C. & D. contain the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of John D. Piatt for a pension that it was the opinion of the said Court that Peregrine Sandford and William Colfar whose affidavit is contained in the said papers are credible persons & that their statement is to be received - And I do further certify that Wil- iam Colfar Esq. before whom the affidavit of Nathaniel Board, on the said paper marked B. was made and taken, as well as to the annexed affidavit of the said John D. Piatt marked N o 1. was at the time of taking the same, and still is, a Judge of the said Court and also a Justice of the peace in and for said County duly commissioned & sworn, and authorized by law to take the same - That I am acquainted with his hand writing and truly believe that the signature "W m Colfar" affixed to the Surats of the said Affidavits, as well as to the Certificate marked N o 2. & N o 3. written under the last mentioned affidavit is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court this twenty seventh day of December A. D. 1833.
Abraham Wetmore Clerk

State of New Jersey } Bergen county - } On the 18 19 th day of Dec r , 1882 personally appeared before the subscriber a judge of the court of Common pleas for the county of Bergen in the State of New Jersey John Pratt of the Township of Ridgewood, county of Morris, who being first duly sworn according to law, saith, that he is the same John Pratt who on the 24 th day of October 1882 made his declaration in open court then filing in order to obtain a pension under the act of Congress of the 7 th June 1882 -
When the original declaration was made out, there was much business before the Court, and time would hardly permit to be more particular, as to the service he rendered his country in the war of the revolution - Understanding now from the Dept at War and the board of pensioners that more minute detail is required, he will now endeavor, as far as he is capable from the great length of time that has intervened, to give a faithful relation of his services -
and here, as to the matter of his making his application to the court of Bergen, and not, in the county of Morris, where he resided, he would beg leave to state to the Dept at War and commission of pensioners, that he did not know at that time that it was necessary, under the directions of the war depart t to make his application in his own county - That he had been well acquainted with Genl. Safford and resided within two miles of him since shortly after the war of the revolution - and who was then engaged in aiding the old revolutionists to obtain their pensions -
That

That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers -
That he enlisted as a Fifer at the age of ten years, at a place called Raritan in the County of Somerset State of New Jersey in the Company of Daniel Pratt, who was my Father - M c Clure was Lieut. and Robert Robertson Ensign, in the first New Jersey Regiment, then commanded by Genl. Sterling. M c Clure was Lieut. Colonel - Dr Hart Major - The Company rendezvoused at Raritan, and shortly after marched to Brunswick upper landing - where we was marched to Elizabeth Town where we joined the Regiment - from there was marched to New York and lay in Barracks till spring - It was in the latter part of the season that he first enlisted - has no data, nor can he tell with certainty the day or month that he did enlist -
was then ordered to Long Island where they remained a short time - and then embarked in vessels and went to Albany, and from Albany they continued their march into Canada; at this time the Regiment was commanded by Col o . Wins - and proceeded on our march for Quebec, as far as the Three Rivers, where we had a battle with the British was defeated, and was compelled to retreat to Chambly, on our retreat we was annoyed by the enemy and Indians - then continued from place to place till the Brits arrived at Ticonderoga - there we continued till late in the fall, or beginning of Winter - then returned to Verplank's point on the North River - from there to New Jersey - where my Father Capt Daniel Pratt opened a Quarters for recruiting a new company, to which I was immediately attached as Fifer - Capt Pratt was soon promoted to the rank of Major - in

in the New Jersey Line of the Continental Army.
The officers recruited in Pennsylvania at the time Genl. Washington attacked and took the Hessians at Trenton. The deponent attending as musician.
The Company was marched to the Delaware River to assist in the battle, but was prevented crossing the river by reason of the great quantity of floating ice till the next day after the capture of the Hessians. From Trenton we followed Genl. Washington to Princeton where we saw the dead and wounded in the college at that place. The company then returned to Princeton, as near as the deponent, now recollects, about the 1 st of January 1777. When the Company remained till the Campaign opened in the following spring. Then joined the Regiment Col d Mathias Ogden commanded as near as the deponent recollects. About this time the deponent was taken a prisoner by the British Light horse. The officers amused themselves with their Southfield prisoner, being a Fifer. They asked him if he could play Yankee Doodle. He answered them in the affirmative, and by their direction played the tune for them. They were pleased, and with the interference of the Ladies of the house in his behalf, they released him from confinement being a Youth. The deponent continued to serve at the different stations of the Regiment till the Campaign of 1779. Most of the time in the State of New Jersey. One winter the Reg t was quartered at Elizabeth Town. cannot be more particular as to time.
The deponent was with the Regiment at Elizabeth Town in the spring of the year 1779. The Regiment
was

was then ordered to the Western Indian country under Genl Sullivan - was then marched to Easton in Pennsylvania on their way to war with the Indians. here the deponent failed to march any further on account of a wound he received from the kick of a horse by the name of Boiled Breezy; horse in the leg, which entirely unabled him from marching or doing any duty for a considerable time - was ordered to remain until fit for duty - On the return of the Regt the deponent (at the end of the Campaign) joined his company and performed duty again as usual, and then went into Winter Quarters at Mendham, near Morris Town. New Jersey under the immediate com d of General Washington and continued with them through the Winter - In the Spring of 1780 the Regt was marched to Camptown near New Ark.
At this time Lt Genl Kniphausen marched out of the City of New York with a British Army, as was supposed to attack Genl Washington at Morris Town - he was met by the American Army at Springfield where a battle was fought and the Enemy prevented from penetrating into the Country. They retreated directly afterwards to Elizabeth Town Point and embarked for New York - The deponent was in the battle. Lieut. Osgood was here killed. many more killed and wounded. Recollects being in the house of the Revd Parson Caldwell at Springfield - where he saw the wife of this Minister lay a Corp. shot by the British -
During the whole of the period of the deponent's down to the battle of Springfield above mentioned, or rather till April 1780 & shortly preceding the battle of Springfield, he was under the guardianship of his Father

agreeable to the Law of Congress of the 4th June 1832 —
No. 1.
Sworn and subscribed before me this 16 Dec 1833
John D. Litch
Wm Lloyd
No. 2.
I William Lloyd a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Bergen and State of New Jersey do hereby certify to the Honble the Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States that I have been acquainted with John D. Litch who has placed his signature to the above amended declaration near fifty years, that during that time we have resided within two miles of each other, and members of the same church — That he is a man whose high estimation here. That full faith and credit may be given to his testimony
Pompton 16th Dec 1833 —
Wm Lloyd
No. 3.
I do further certify that Isaac S. Demarest who has signed the Certificate attached to the original declaration of Mr D. Litch is a layman resident at this place (Pompton). and that John D. Litch who is affidavit is also there attached to the same is a resident of Pompton. and a man of good standing in society, credible witness and well entitled to belief —
Wm Lloyd

Father Major Daniel Pratt - his Mother died April 1780 the following Summer the deponent left the service; don't remember whether he had a written discharge - suppose he had one - Genl. Vlet took him to his family near Easton -
The deponent cannot recollect with certainty whether he served by enlistment after the battle with Canada, or volunteered his services - he has no date to guide him.
The deponent further states that the Officers of his Company are all dead - also all his comrades in arms, as he believes and the deponent further saith that he cannot add any thing further at this time by way of explanation of his revolutionary services - and that he did not serve at any time under any civil appointment -
and the deponent further saith that his whole service would be upwards of four years as he verily believes - he requests the Genl. at War and the Secy. of War to accept of this as his amended declaration and requests that he may be provisioned agreeable