Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 188, for Nehemiah Osborn, New Jersey

SERVICE
NUMBER
Waverly
Osborn, Nehemiah Mary
N. 188
B.L.W. 26285-160-55
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New Jersey 9356.
Nehemiah Osborn
Chatham in the State of N. J.
who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Chandler of the Reg. 2 commanded by Col. Crane in the N.J. Militia for
2 years —
Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey at the rate of 80. Dollars 00 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 10. day of May 1833. and sent to Hon L. Condict, Morristown, N.J.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833. 160. 00.
Remnant. allowance ending 4 Sept. — 40. 00
$ 200. 00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Francis P. Francioni Clerk, Book E. Vol. 3 d Page 124

A Duplicate Certificate issued the 28 th Sept 1837 and sent to,
L. Condick Morristown New Jersey
on August 19/34 Triplicate issued and sent to L. Condick Morristown N.J.
5221 New Jersey Mary Osborn widow of Nehemiah Osborn who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private Capt Chandler P. N.J.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars 00.
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 28 th day of Nov 1847 and sent to
Lewis Condick Morris Town New Jersey
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 310 Vol. 4

88.996 } Act March 3/55 April 21 "
ai S. Condick Nov 20/53 Set: Hon. M. Pennington, Mich. 11/54
Mary Osborn, wid. of Nehemiah Osborn, Pkt
Rev Wm Plaintiff states that she is pensioner under the act of 1838 and refers to her papers on file in support of her claim for land
N. 9. Feb 118-5221
W. 160 acs May 20 20/56
BBP/MD
MD
Vol A. page 114
Lewis Condick Morristown P. I.

Schumann Osborn So 6116
New Jersey
8 Jan. '33
DA. 5.14.16
Non L. conduct
Admitted.
Private - 2 years -
New Jersey Militia
P-199
2

BRIEF in the case of  Abraham Osborn of Chatham  County of Warren  in the State of  New Jersey  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 72  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.  
   In 1776 1 Private Gen. Capt Chandler & Genl Mundy   " 1 2 do   From this time until the summer of 1780 he performed duty a great part of the time as Minute Man 1 Month Capt Little Col Crane   Continued in the service of the U.S. States as a minute man in the utility of New Jersey during the whole War of the Revolution!  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Convenient Farms Springfield  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Elizabeth County of Essex, New Jersey.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Living & traditional 
 8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Defective Papers not attached & Service not stated as required 
I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
J. Michell Examining Clerk.

FAMILY RECORD.
BIRTHS.
Nehemiah Osborn Was born on Sunday January 3 d 1762
Mary Osborn Was born on Friday September 21 st 1765
David Lillie Osborn Was born on Thursday January 4 th 1787
Rachel Osborn Was born on Friday October 30 th 1788
Ezra Osborn Was born on Friday March 27 th 1790
Betsy Osborn Was born on Monday August 13 th 1792

FAMILY RECORD.
BIRTHS.
November 18 th 1793 on Sunday Was born & died without name our third daughter
Asa Osborn Was born on Saturday December 19 th 1796
Matthias Osborn Was born on Wednesday September 20 th 1797
Nehemiah Osborn jun. Was born on Friday February 8 th 1799
Samuel Osborn Was born on Monday February 16 th 1801
Baldwin Osborn Was born on Sunday August 6 th 1804

FAMILY RECORD.
DEATHS.
January 11 th 1794 Died without Name our 3 rd daughter
Betsy Osborn Died April 7 th 1794
Bartholomew Osborn died Jun 5 th 1808
Rachel Osborn died July 21 st 1808
David Little Osborn died March 29 th 1826
David Little Osborn died April 3 rd 1826
Lydia Osborn was born died March 16 th 1833
FAMILY RECORD.
MARRIAGES.
Nehemiah and Mary Osborn Was Married April 4 th 1784

88996 Bounty Land Claim.
Law of March 3 rd 1855.
Declaration of
Mary Osborn for Bountyland Widow of Nehemiah Osborn a Rev. Soldier Dept P. N. Jersey
Return to Lewis Council Monmouth N. Jersey

State of New Jersey } p County of                }
On this 31 st day of March, one thousand eight hundred and fifty five, personally appeared before me, Lewis Condick, a Notary Public within and for the State of New Jersey, Hannah  Mary Osborn, aged 90 years, a resident of Essex County in the State of New Jersey, who being duly sworn according to law, declares that that she is the widow of Nehemiah Osborn deceased, who was at the time of his death a pensioner of the United States under the Law of 1832, that she herself is also a Pensioner of the United States under the Law of 1838, and that she is now a widow.
For proof of the services of her late husband, Nehemiah Osborn, and of her marriage to the said Osborn, she would respectfully refer the Commissioners of Pensions, to the declarations and evidence accompanying them of her late husband and herself, now on file in this office.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the act approved March 3, 1855. She also declares that she has not received a warrant for bounty land under this or any other act of Congress, nor made any application therefor.
Mary her X Osborn mark
We, Matthias Osborn, & David A. Oakley, of Essex County in the State of New Jersey upon our oaths declare, that the foregoing declaration was acknowledged and signed by Hannah  Mary Osborn, in our presence, and we believe from the appearance and statements of the applicant that she is the identical person she represents herself to be.
Matthias Osborn David A. Oakley
The foregoing declaration and affidavits were sworn to and subscribed before me, on the day and year above written; and I hereby certify, that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim. N.B. the erasure in 3 rd line above was made before signing, & "Mary" inserted for "Hannah", erased, in two places, also before signing.
Lewis Condick, Notary Public

I, Lewis Gondick, the Notary within named do hereby certify as follows, viz: I was personally well acquainted with Nehemiah Osborn decd. - the husband of the within applicant Mary Osborn, also well known to me: his pension papers - vouchers &c: under the law of June 7/32, as well as his various Powers of Attorney, authorizing payment semiannually at the N. Jersey Agency, were generally prepared by me, & paid to me as his Attorney for his use & benefit, until his death, the precise time of which event I do not recollect, & the frailty of his widow's memory did not allow her to state, with certainty, & it was omitted in her Declaration for that reason. The date of his death, will readily be found stated in the Declaration of his widow - with proof of the marriage - his services &c &c - to all of which, reference to the Commissioners of Pensions, is respectfully made. The said Mary Osborn, is the identical person she represents herself to be - & perhaps her Decla- ration may have been predicated on the Act of 1838, & of the Act of July 1848. I have no interest in this claim. In testimony whereof I hereunto subscribe my name & affix my Notarial Seal at Morristown N. J. this 31 st March, 1855.
Lewis Gondick, Notary Public
I, George Vail, of Morristown N. Jersey, a Member of the House of Representatives from said State, do hereby certify to the Commissioners of Pensions, that Lewis Gondick above named, is a Notary Public of said State, duly commissioned as such - that I have seen his Commission, which is signed by Hon: Peter D. Vroom, former Governor of this State, & now Minister Plenipotentiary of the U. S. at Berlin - That said Commission bears date, Sept. 29 th 1836, & is duly attested by the Great Seal of said State of N. Jersey. The signature of said Lewis Gondick to the above Certificate, is his own proper hand writing & by the laws of said State Notaries Public are duly authorized to administer oaths.
Geo Vail, M C

12638.
New Jersey. Morris County.
Pension Declaration of Mary Osborn, widow of Nehemiah Osborn.
Law of July, 1838. etc:
M married before 1794 Repaired husband died 14 March Return to
Louis Condick
Morris Town, N. Jersey.

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7 th July, 1838, entitled, "An act granting half pay & pensions to certain widows!"
State of New Jersey, Morris County, ss.
On this 23 rd day of March, 1846, personally appeared before the subscriber, a Judge of the Superior Court of Common Pleas in & for said County & State, Mary Osborn, a resident of the Township of New Providence in the County of Essex, aged 80 years or thereabouts, 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, entitled, "An act granting half pay & pensions to certain widows" - also of one other act, or joint resolution of Congress, the title & date not known, which extends the benefits & provisions of the first recited act, to women who have become widows since its enactment.
I am the widow of Nehemiah Osborn, who was a Militia soldier of New Jersey in the war of the revolution, whose service I cannot specify, nor give the names of his commanding Officers, with any certainty. For their particulars, I respectfully refer the Commissioners of pensions to my husband's Declaration & testimonials of service, which will be found on the files of the Pension Office at Washington, upon which he was admitted to a pension of Eighty dollars pr. annum, under the law of June 7 th 1832.
I was married to said Nehemiah Osborn, on the 14 th day of April, 1784, by Rev. Mr. Hoyt, Minister of Gospel at Connecticut farm, Essex County N. Jersey.
My husband kept a record of the names & time of the birth of our several children in his family Bible, which record is, as I verily believe, a true record of the time of our marriage, & of the birth of our children. It has been taken out from the said family Bible, & is the same which is annexed by copy to this Declaration, opposite side. My husband, the aforesaid Nehemiah Osborn, died at his residence in New Providence Essex County New Jersey, on the 14 th day of March 1846, & I remain his widow. We were married prior to the first day of January 1794 - viz - at the time above stated: & I do not know that he performed any duties in the revolutionary war after our marriage.
My age & bodily infirmities render me unable to ride to Newark, which is our County town, & much farther from my residence than Morris Town, where my deceased husband always transacted his pension business, & which is much more convenient for me than Newark. I am greatly in need of the bounty of my Country, & shall be truly grateful for such relief as the laws can afford me.
Sworn to & subscribed at Morris Town, on the day & year above written, before me,
Mary Osborn mark
Joseph Lloyd J. C. C.

I hereby certify, that from the extreme age of Mrs. Osborn, the within Declarant, & the debility & bodily infirmities which afflict her, I am satisfied she could not attend the Court, in her present feeble state, at the Court house in Newark, or elsewhere, without much personal inconvenience & hazard.
Morris Town 23 d March, 1846.
Joseph Lovell J. C. C.
State of New Jersey Morris County, ss.
Before the subscriber, one of the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in for- said County & State, personally appeared Matthias Osborn. known to me to be a man of truth, who being first duly sworn according to law, on his oath declares as follows.
I am 48 years of age, am the son of Nathaniel Osborn within named, & am satisfied that my dece d father, said Osborn, died at his dwelling house in Essex County, on the 14 th day of March 1846, & that my Mother Mary Osborn still remains his widow.
Taken & subscribed March 1846. before me, March 23 d
Matthias Osborn
Joseph Lovell J. C. C.
State of New Jersey, Morris County, ss.
I, George H. Ludlow, Clerk of Morris County, hereby certify, that Joseph Lovell Esq r before whom the preceding Declaration of Mary Osborn, & also the above deposition of Matthias Osborn her son was this day taken & subscribed, is one of the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in & for said County, duly commissioned & qualified, & that the signature of his name thereto, "Joseph Lovell" is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name, & affixed my seal of Office, at the Court House in Morris Town this 23 d day of March, Anno m 1846.
George H. Ludlow clerk.

Pension Office
Re Martha Frank.
FREE
Lewis Condick Esqr Morristown N. Jersey

New Jersey, Morris Co. Pension Claim of Mary Osborn, widow of Nehemiah Osborn. Additional proof of Marriage
Return to Lewis Condict Morris Town, N. Jersey.

State of New Jersey, County of Essex, ss.
Be it known, that before me, John Little, a justice of Peace in & for said County, personally came Asa Osborn, & Matthias Osborn, both of New Providence, my neighbors & were known to me, as men of good moral character, & fully entitled to belief, who being duly sworn according to law, do, on oath, declare as follows.
viz: I Matthias Osborn, was born in September, 1797. I, Asa Osborn, was born in December 1795. We are sons of Nehemiah & Mary Osborn. Our father was a Revolutionary soldier, & a pensioner of the United States, & recd. $80. per annum. Our parents had five other children older than we, viz: David, Rachel, Ezra, Betsey, & one other which died an infant without a name. The time of their respective births, will be found in a Bible family Record now in the Pension Office, filed with the Declaration of our Mother Mary Osborn, dated in March 1846, our father having died about that time.
This Record being copied from an old one, & at a date later than the births of the children, the Commissioners of Pensions has required proof of "the time when the copy was made".
The original record was made, as we believe, by our father himself, who though without much learning, wrote a plain common hand writing. It was written upon a blank leaf, of an old family Bible, long in use, the binding worn out; some leaves missing, others torn & loose. The blank leaf on which the names & ages were written was also loose & defaced. A new family Bible was purchased, containing blank pages prepared for a family record, into which the old record was copied by brother David, the oldest son, who wrote the fairest & best hand of the family. David had served an apprenticeship to the Hatter trade in Chatham, & at this time was living in Chatham, about two miles from father's, where he in partnership carried on his trade.
I (Asa Osborn) recollect that brother David came from Chatham to father's house & spent a sabbath with him, soon after this new Bible was purchased, & he then copied the old record into the new Bible, at father's request, in my presence. David removed from Chatham to Brooklyn, near New York city in the year Eighteen hundred & eighteen, & lived there until the year 1826 when he died. And it was in the year before his removal to Brooklyn that he made this new record from the old Bible, copying it into the new one. — The old bible & the old record

have both been gone many years.
In this new family Record, there was found one error: viz: in respect to the year of Asa's birth, which in the new record, reads "1796", whereas, it should read 1795, - making as it now stands, an interval of but 9 months between the ages birth of Asa & Matthias. We do not know precisely when this error was first discovered. It being in David's hand writing it was thought best that he should correct it. Having removed to Washington, perhaps he was not reminded of it when he occasionally visited our parents, & as it could not mislead any of the family, it was probably considered of little consequence, & we believe it was never corrected.
With this one exception, we verily believe the transcript is a just & true record of births of all the children of our parents, the said Nehemiah & Mary Osborn. They were natives of Essex County, & as we have always understood & believe, were brought up from childhood, in the Parish called "Connietine-farm Church", which Church & village are said to have been burned by the Enemy, in time of the Revolutionary war, at the same time when the wife of Reverend James Caldwell was shot through a window & killed. And we are informed there are no Parish records of births, marriages or baptisms, in that Church, which go back to that period, in which our parents were married. After their removal from Connietine farms into Morris County & into the Parish of Turkey, as it was then called (now called New Providence) their children which were born there, were baptized, as we believe in the Church at that place. The Church records there, as we have been informed & believe, altho' not entire & perfect during the ministry of Rev. Mr. Elmer, yet a portion of them have been found & preserved & copied lately by Judge Littell, who has for many years been, & now is, a member of the Church-jurisdiction, & in whose custody we have lately seen some of said records, in which the baptism of some of the children of Nehemiah & Mary Osborn is found, of which we were ignorant until within a few days. We have requested a copy of such of our baptismal record as Judge Littell may be able to furnish, duly certified, & which we expect may be annexed to this deposition.
In the Grave yard of said Church at New Providence, our oldest sister, & the second child of our parents, was buried. A plain Grave stone was erected to her memory by our father, shortly after her death, which at this time is standing, & is now quite covered with moss. After clearing off the moss from its face, the

Inscription which is thereon engraven is very legible & plain, & in words, letters & figures is as follows viz:
Rachel Osborn
died July 21, 1808.
in the 20 year of her age.
This monument has stood at the grave of our said sister, more than thirty years, as we believe, & the Inscription as above, copied , is truly copied.
Sworn & subscribed at New Providence Essex County, September 29 th 1849.
Before me, John Little Justice of the Peace
Matthias Osborn Asa Osborn

State of New Jersey, County of Essex j:
Be it known, that before me John Little a justice of peace in & for said County, personally appeared Philimon Bonnell, & Rachel Bonnell his wife, both of whom are well known to me as my near neighbours, & as persons of unblemished character & fully worthy of belief, who being by me duly sworn according to law, declare as follows viz:
I, Philimon Bonnell, am in the 68 th year of my age: & I, Rachel Bonnell, am in the 62 nd year of my age. We were married to each other, in the year of our Lord 1806, & have lived together as husband & wife to this time.
We were born & brought up in Morris County, where we lived until the year 1848, when we removed to the village of New Providence in Essex County, but still in the same neighbourhood. From our early childhood we were acquainted with the family of Nehemiah Osborn, who lived near our parents in Morris County. The children of said Osborn were our associates in our amusements & sports - going to the same school daily, & attending public worship together in the same Church. Their children were probably 9 or 10, & their two oldest, David & Rachel were about our age. David learned the trade of a Hatter, & followed that business several years, & finally removed to Brooklyn near New York, where he died about 20 years since. Rachel died 40 years since or thereabouts. Comparing the age of said David & Rachel with our own age, we are fully of the belief, that they were both born before the year of our Lord fourteen hundred & ninety. - Their parents, removed from Morris County across Raritan river, to New Providence in Essex County, about 8 or 10 years since, where he, Nehemiah Osborn died, & where his widow, Mary Osborn now lives with a son
Sworn and Subscribed at New Providence Essex County September 29 th 1869
Philimon Bonnell Rachel Bonnell
John Little Justice of the Peace

State of New Jersey, County of Morris
Be it known, that before me John Little a Justice of the peace in & for said County personally appeared Jonathan C. Bommel Esq. a neighbour of mine, well known to me personally, as a man of fair character, & fully entitled to credit, who being duly sworn according to law, on oath declares as follows - viz: I am a native of Morris County, where I was born on the 29 th day of September, 1790. From my early boyhood I have known Nehemiah Osborn & his family, who lived about half a mile from my father's dwelling. Said Osborn had a numerous family of sons & daughters, who were my play mates & school mates in early life, & those who are living are still my neighbours to this day. His oldest son was David, who learned the Hatter's trade in Chatham, where he followed the business several years & removed with his family to Brooklyn, near New York City where he died upward of 20 years since. His 2 nd child was Rachel, who died 30 years since & perhaps longer ago. These two, were older than myself. Their 3 rd child was Ezra, & he was nearest my age, being some 5 or 6 months older than myself, as we always considered & believed. There were some 6 or 7 other children of said Nehemiah Osborn, who were younger than myself, & were all associated together, belonging to the same school & associated in the same amusements almost every day. We had the habit of going to church together at New Providence, a village near us, on the Essex County side of the Passaic river. Osborn lived on the Morris County side of the Passaic, from my early recollections of the family, until some 8 or 10 years past, when he removed to New Providence where he died about the year 1846, leaving a widow, Mary Osborn, now living with a son at New Providence. He was reputed & believed to have been a soldier in the war of the Revolution, & rec d from the U. States, a pension.
Sworn and Subscribed at New Providence Essex County September 29 th 1849
John Little Justice of the Peace
J. C. Bommel

John Little a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Essex before whom the annexed affidavits were taken do hereby certify that I have been an Elder of the Presbyterian Church since the year 1834 and have been part of that time Clerk of the Session thereof, and have had possession of the Church Records, and have been at some pains to learn from the Ancient Records and from the best materials I could obtain the History of the Church and in doing this have copied from an old Book of Records of the Revd Jonathan Elmer who ministered to this Congregation from Oct 1757 to the 1792. his Records of Baptisms Marriages and deaths in which it is Recorded under the head of "Baptisms" "Decr 25 th 1788 Rachel daughter of Nehemiah Osborn" and "May 9 th 1790 Ezra son of Nehemiah Osborn"
A difficulty arising about the year 1790 between the Congregation (or a part of it) and their Pastor Mr Elmer which resulted in his dismission in 1792 is the probable cause why no more of the Children of Nehemiah Osborn are recorded although he Baptized some Children after his dismission.
And I further certify that I have known Mr Nehemiah Osborn and his wife since about the year 1800 that they lived together as man and wife until his death in March 1846 in the same neighborhood in which I have lived and I believe the woman with whom he lived was his lawful wife - Her maiden name was Mary Baldwin daughter of Gabriel Baldwin whom I knew when I was a small boy -
John Little
New Providence
October 1849

State of New Jersey, Essex County, ss:
I, John P. Jackson, Clerk of Essex County, do hereby certify, that John Lillill Esq. the Magistrate before whom the several depositions herunto annexed were taken viz of Mathias Osborn, Asa Osborn, Philimon Bonnell, Rachel Bonnell & J. G. Bonnell, is now, & was at the time of the taking of the same, a justice of the peace in & for the said County, duly commissioned & authorized, & that the signature of his name thereto, (John Lillill,) as well as to the certificate so signed by him, are all his own genuine signature.
In testimony whereof I herunto subscribe my name & affix my official seal at the City of Newark this Twenty fourth day of October, A.D. Eighteen hundred and forty nine.
J. P. Jackson, Clerk

Pension Office.
Dr. L. Condick , Present.

Declaration of Nehemiah Osborn
Eq No 6116.

1 Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832
State of New Jersey County of Morris } ss.
On this twenty-seventh day of July 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas held at Morristown in and for the said County of Morris, Nehemiah Osborn a resident of the township of Chatham in the County and State aforesaid aged 72 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 act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 was born on the third day of January A.D. 1760, and has a record of his age in his family Bible that he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated.
In the month of June or July in the Year 1776 he served in the township of Elizabetta County of Essex and State of New Jersey and volunteered in the Militia of New Jersey in the company of Captain Chandler under command of General Wills for a monthly tour he marched through Morristown, and Suffered to Minisink at the Delaware between New Jersey & Pennsylvania in pursuit of the hostile Indians and performed the monthly duty at that place at which time his company had a skirmish with the Indians and was dismissed at the expiration of the month. At Minisink under the same officers, has no documentary evidence of his dismissal - again volunteered under Captain Chandler & General Wills in the fall of 1776 thinks it was the month of October for one month, resided at the time in Elizabetta Township and was stationed part of the month in Elizabetta Town and quartered in the house of John Heberman, then marched through Rahway to Woodbridge in the County of Middlesex & performed duty the residue of the month in guarding the

shore between Woodbridge and Amboy along the sound between Elizabetta Four Point and Amboy, after the expiration of the month, he was retained to serve another month on the same station and was -ted in the house of Jacob Platt and kept guard along the shore between Amboy and Trem- blys Point in the County of Middlesex and performed the second months duty under the same officers during which time he was engaged in several skirmishes against the British at Blazen Street and other places between Amboy and Elizabetta Four Point, the British were a part of them stationed at Staten Island, was dismissed un- -der the same officers but has no certificate or doc- umentary evidence of dismissal. From the time of his dismissal until the summer of 1780 he performed duty a great part of the time in the Militia as a Min- ute man, and was called upon every few days to turn out in times of alarm and to guard the shore opposite Staten Island between Elizabetta Four and Amboy, sometimes on duty a fortnight at other times a week and continued to do duty whenever any occasion required until the summer in the year 1780 as he thinks, at which time he volunteered in the artillery under Captain Elisha Little, Col. Jacob Craw. General Wines, and during that month was at the Battle at Connecticut Farms, the Continental Army was at this time encamped between Connecticut Farms and Morristown - was within thirty rods of the Church at Connecticut Farms when it was burnt. - was at the house where Mrs Caldwell lay dead, who had been killed on that day, the British retreated, and returned in a few days

to Springfield where another battle was fought, at which time he was present, some of the Continental troops left Morristown where the main army was stationed and came down to the Battle of Springfield. Recollects that one Pease was killed that day between Springfield and Connecticut farms, he assisted in carrying him home, the British retreated to Staten Island and the Mount out and was dismissed until he was called out again on alarm - after this he was on duty frequently as a Minute Man and called out at every alarm to guard the Shore, and was stationed part of the time at Elizabetta Farm, some times at Rahway in the County of Essex and had frequent skirmishes with the enemy, and continued in the service of the United States as a Minute Man in the Militia of New Jersey during the whole war of the Revolution - In the time of the war he was acquainted with General Washington, General Lee, Col. Elias Dayton, Col. William Deyo, Col. Motts, Ogden, General Livingston, Captain Aaron Ogden and many others whom he has forgotten - he resided in the township of Elizabetta County of Essex State of New Jersey during the whole war and now resides in the township of Chatham County of Morris where he has resided for thirty five years past and he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service - He is known to Jonathan C. Borne & Brown, his neighbors in his present neighborhood, who can testify to his service as a soldier of the Revolution. He hereby relinquishes ever claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the

Person Role of the Agency of any State. I now to learn subscribed the day and year above said William Britton
We Jonathan C Borne & Brown Brookfield residing in the township of Chatham in the County of Morris and State of New Jersey hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Jeremiah Osborn who has subscribed and sworn to the above Declaration, that we believe him to be 72 years of age: that he is respected and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Given under my hand and seal this day and year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty Jonathan Bonar William Britton Brown Breadfield
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 Jonathan L. Bamel Brown Brook - Sold - who have signed the preceding certificate

New Jersey } fr: Morris County
Before the subscriber, one of the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas of the County aforesaid, personally came Morris Aber, of said County aged 75 years last May, who being duly sworn, on his oath saith, that he was on a tour of militia duty in the year 1776 & probably in harvest time as he thinks, under Capt. Beckwith, & Col. Isaac Martin of Sussex County, in Genl. Windy's Regiment, against the hostile Indians upon the Delaware river, at a settlement called the Minisink. That the Indians had burned & plundered the place, before our arrival, but we had skirmishes with them at different times, & lost one man, a Yankee, in Beckwith's Company. - That he remembers Nehemiah Osborn, as a private in Capt. Chandlers Co. & Martin's Regiment, on the same expedition - that he believes he saved one mount or man, probably five weeks at that time - was considered a good soldier, & faithfully discharged his duty - & when the Indians were dispersed, the men were all discharged overally, & returned home. Further he saith not.
Sworn & subscribed this 27 th July 1832 at Morris town, before me.
Morris Aber
Thomas Dickerson
The above deponent Morris Aber, has been well known to me personally, for more than 20 years, & is known to be a man of truth & is well entitled to belief.
Morris town, N. Jersey April 15 th 1833.
Lewis Bondict, late a Rep n . from New Jersey.

are Residents in the township of Chatham County of Morris and State of New Jersey and are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit -
William Brath Stephens Vail David Day Clerk of the Superior Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Morris do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Schenck Osborn for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court this twenty seventh day of July in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hun- dred and Fifty two - David Day Clk
Schenck Osborn esq. Morris Plains N.J. of his services.

I hereby certify to the Commissioner of Pensions, that I was personally present in Court when the within Declaration & Deposition were proposed, & altho' they are not attached together by tape & a seal, yet I know them to be the same papers & in the same condition, as when the Court directed the seal of Office to be attached thereto. —
Morris town, New Jersey
April 15 th 1833 —
Lewis Condict, late a Rep a from New Jersey.
I do also certify, that Nehemiah Osborn the Declarant maintains a character for probity & truth, altogether free from reproach, & is considered a man of strict integrity wherever he is known.
April 15 th 1833. —
Lewis Condict, late a Rep a from N. Jersey.
Declaration of
Nehemiah Osborn
1106116.
20

This Bureau can furnish the military record of only such Revolutionary soldiers as were pensioned or whose widows were pensioned for their services.
Such of the original muster and pay rolls of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 as are now in the possession of the Government are on file in the Record and Pension Office, War Department. Original rolls and other records pertaining to service in the Revolutionary War may also be found on file in the archives of many of the original States.
W. 188. L.W.B.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C.,
O. W. & N. DIV.
REVOLUTIONARY.
August 29th, 1900.
Sir:-
In response to your recent communication addressed to the Honorable Secretary of the Interior, and referred to this Bureau for reply, you are informed that Nehemiah Osborn made an application for pension on July 27th, 1832, at which time he was 72 years of age and residing in Chatham Township, Morris County, New Jersey. His pension was allowed for two years actual service as a private in the New Jersey Militia, Revolutionary war. He was born January 8th, 1760, and first entered the service in the month of June or July 1776, at which time he was residing at Elizabeth, Essex County, N. J. He served in the company commanded by Capt. Chandler and in the regiment commanded by Col. Crane. He participated in the battles of Connecticut Farms and Springfield. He died at New Providence, Essex Co., N. J., March 14, 1846.
His widow, Mary, (to whom he was married April 4th, 1784), made an application for pension March 23, 1846, at which time she was 80 years of age, "or thereabouts", and residing at New Providence, Essex Co., N. J., and her pension was allowed for the service of her husband as above set forth. Their children's names were: David, Rachel, Ezra, Betsy, Asa, Mathias, Nehemiah, Samuel and Baldwin.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
J. W. Meeker, M. D., 59 Butler St., Brooklyn, N. Y.

Aug. 29. 1900
cker Brooklyn ny
Oct. 5 - 1900 above - name of died's father not shown
188
Revy WIDOW, &c.
File No. 188
Mary Osborn,
Widow.
Nehemiah Osborn,
Pris. Rev. War.
Act: Feb. 2. 1848.
Index: — Vol. M. , Page 103
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Nehemiah Osborn, N.J. Act 7 June 1832 $80 00 pr. am
To what time was he last paid? J. B. L.
Pension Office Dec d 14 th March 1846, P. in full M rs 23 rd 1849

V 12. 638
Mary Osborn -N. J.
Let. to Hon. L. Condict, June 11, '46
" Hon. W. L. Marcy, Nov. 17, '46.
" Dr. L. Condict Oct. 5. 5. 48
to same April 4. 49
Let to Dr. L. Condict Augh 10-49-
Act 7 July 38.

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S Neo Amp

New Jersey Mary Asborn widow of Nehemiah who was a Private in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1846
Certificate of Pension issued the 28 th day of Nov 1849 and sent to
Dr Lewis Condick Morris Town New Jersey
[Act of JUNE 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book A
Vol. 2 Page 98

Morristown N. Jersey Sept. 20 th 1850.
James L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions. Sir,
A Certificate of Pension was issued from your office in favor of Mary Osborn, widow of Nehemiah Osborn a private, of New Jersey, for the yearly sum of Eighty dollars, which was paid to 4 th March, 1850; & which has been mislaid or lost, & cannot be found, altho' due diligence & a close search has been made for it. The date of the certificate, I do not recollect, nor am I positive as to the title of the act on which her claim was predicated - but my impression is, that she claimed under the joint resolution of July 1 st 48. My belief is, that the Certificate was left with some other, at the Trenton Agency, where payment has been made up to 4 th March 1850, since which time, I am confident I have not seen it. Sure I am it is not in my possession. The object of this application is, respectfully to request of you a renewal of it, with the assurance, that if the lost paper shall be found, & come to my hands, it shall be disposed of as you may direct.
Accompanying this, is a line from Phil o Dickinson Esq. the Agent of U.S. for paying pensions in Trenton, N. Jersey.
Very respectfully &c.
Levi Condict
State of New Jersey, Morris County Jr.
Before me Robert G. Wilson a justice of peace duly authorized to administer oaths in the County aforesaid, personally appeared Levi Condict, above named, well known to me as a man of truth, who being duly sworn, doth on his oath declare, that the statement above, in respect to the loss of a pension certificate of Mrs. Mary Osborn, is true, according to the best of his knowledge & understanding.
Levi Condict
Sworn & subscribed, this 20 th Sept. 1850.
Before me. Robert G. Wilson Justice of the Peace
New Jersey - may the Cert te have been sent inadvertently, by the Agents to the Auditor's Office with Mrs. Osborn's vouchers in the last quarter accounts?

Trenton Sept 18 1850
Dear Sir
I have recd yours enclosing Mary Osborns voucher. - The certificate is not here and if it cannot be found application must be made for its renewal.
If I had a voucher on hand for the previous six months I might fill the blanks - but they it has been long sent to the Auditor's Office with the last Drs accounts -
Yours Respectfully Dick Mason
Dr L. Condick
as the Certifs. have been sent in and not to the Auditor's Office.

N 12/1/38 K
Mary Osborn wid of Nehemiah NJ
act 7 July 1838
Rejected, mss. and 14 March 46
Adm. act 17 June 44 $80 - p.m.
14 March 46 to 4 March 48
Adm. act 2 July 48 $80 00 p.m.
14 March 48
Dr. Lewis Benedict Moms Tony NJ

Mary Osborn $80 pr. ann. from 4 th March, '48.
Payment to be made at
Trenton Feby 2 by P. Dickinson
Agent for paying Pensioners, in the Agency of
New Jersey
Payable on the 4th September and 4th March
5221 - 12/48
Recorded in the Pension Office on the Roll of Pensioners under act February 2d, 1848, Page 310 Vol. 4
J. P. Chase Clerk
a new one issued in lieu of this supposed to be lost 395

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
WIDOW'S PENSION.
I certify that in conformity with the act of February 2d, 1848, Mary Osborn of New Jersey widow of Nehemiah Osborn who was a Private in the revolutionary war, is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of Eighty 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 Department of the Interior this 28 th day of November one thousand eight hundred and Forty nine.
T. Emory
Secretary of the Interior.
Examined and Countersigned
J. B. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.

Dec 16, 48,

Morristown N. J. Dec. 14 th '48.
Sir,
Your favor of the 5 th inst. requiring "evidence more satisfactory of the marriage of Mary Osborn, prior to Jan'y 1794", is before me.
You add - "the paper, purporting to be a family register, for reasons already stated, cannot be admitted as conclusive proof" &c.
I have looked over the letters & vouchers in my possession, but do not find the objections - or "reasons already stated". I am therefore at a loss, as to the defect alluded to.
The record, according to my memorandum, did not accompany the original claim - & further proof of marriage was called for - upon which the family register, was sent. The claim was rejected, on the ground of want of proof of service: & I have it in my memorandum book, that the family record was admitted as proof of marriage.
If you will be kind enough to inform me in what particular point the defect exists, & there can be testimony to supply it, I will attend to it.
My impression is - that on purchasing a new family bible, some years after marriage - but long before the enactment of the pension law, this family record was entered in this bible - the old one having been worn out or perhaps lost & scattered. I think this record - & not a copy, was sent, having been identified &c.
Very respectfully &c.
Lewis Bondick.
Col. Edwards, Commt. of Pensions.

Col: ? Edwards
Commission of Pensions

Livingston N.J. Sept. 13 th 48.
Dr. Sir,
Herewith you will have the Declaration of Mary Osborn, widow of Nathaniel Osborn of Essex Co. die d . a pensioner under the act of June 7 th 32, at $80. pr. an. Soon after the death of her husband, (probably in March 46) she claimed a pension under the law of 1838, which was rejected or suspended for want of sufficient proof of the husband's service.
The joint resolution of 1 st July last, as I understand it, admits the widow on the same proof which admitted the husband, & on this ground she rests her claim, for the same annuity.
Under the impression that a new Declaration might be superfluous - I inquired of you by letter, whether or not under this joint resolution, a mere reference to her Declaration of 46, by inviting your re-examination of it, would bring it under your cognizance?
Receiving no reply - her chitown hearing of a new law, have solicited me to forward her papers.
Very respectfully,
Y r ob st . serv t .
Lewis Conditt
Col. Edwards. Commt. of Pensions.

James L. Edwards Esq.

Morris Town N. J. March 25 th 1846
Dr. Sir
Herewith I send the Declaration of Mary Osborn widow of Nehemiah Osborn lately deceased who claims a pension under the Law of July 1838.
The husband was a pensioner under the Militia Law of June 7 th 1832.
Please notify me the result of your examination of the case.
Very respectfully
Your ob t . serv t . &c.
Lewis Conditt
Col. Edwards, Commission of Pensions.

N Jersey Mary Osborne, wid. of Nehemiah —
Oct. 2. Feb. 48
I issue triPLICATE in lieu of lost certificate dated 23 Sept. 50.
Send to Levi's Conduct Morristown N.J.

Application for the renewal of lost Pension Certificates.
To the Commissioner of Pensions.
Sir
I hereby respectfully request the renewal of two Certificates of Pension viz: of William Conkling, an Invalid Pensioner - a veteran in the war against the Indians, & also in the late war, in the 6 th of Capt. Gage's Infantry, if I recollect aright at Eight Dollars pr. month; also Mary Osborn, widow of Nehemiah Osborn, a revolutionary pensioner, at first by the law of 1838, & afterwards by the law of 1843 at the rate of $80. pr. annum. Both were of New Jersey - & their pensions were regularly paid at Trenton, up to March last. The foregoing statements are from memory only, & further details may be had by reference to original papers on file in the Pension Office.
At the time of the last semi-annual payment (March 54) these certificates were left with the Pay agent Mr. Dickinson - & some weeks thereafter my Grandson, Lewis G. Bush, going to Trenton, was by me requested to call on Mr. Dickinson for them.
The deposition of said L. G. Bush hereto annexed, will shew the manner of the loss of said papers. From the fact of their being stolen, they probably have been destroyed. Having been the Atty in fact for preparing the vouchers & receiving from the agency their respective pensions, I respectfully request the renewed papers to be enclosed to me, as early as convenient - if the renewal be deemed consistent.
Yours ob t serv t , &c:
Lewis Condict
Monmouth N. Jersey, Aug t 14 th 1854.
P. S. Being personally a stranger to you, I refer to Col. Edwards, the former Commissioner - or to Hon. Elisha Whittlesey 1 st Comptroller of the Treasury.

State of New Jersey. ss.
Before me Lewis Condick, a Notary Public of said State, personally came Lewis G. Bush, of full age, & entitled to belief, who being by me duly sworn according to law, on his oath declares as follows, viz: In the month of May 1854, going to Trenton in said State on business, I was urged by my Grandfather, Dr. Lewis Condick, to call on the U.S. Pension Agent, Phil n . Dickinson Esq r , for two Pension Certificates - viz: of William Conneling an Invalid Pensioner; - & of Mary Osborn, widow of Richard Osborn, a revolutionary pensioner: which certificates I received & placed carefully in my Portmanteau or Valise, with other papers & clothing. Returning homeward by Rail road at evening, I placed my Valise near my seat in the car, nearly filled with passengers. On arriving at Newark, I missed my Valise, which was kept close to my seat. A suspicious looking man - a foreigner as I supposed, had been seated near me, who left the car at Rahway, half an hour before I reached Newark. I made diligent & careful search & enquiry for the Valise as soon as I missed it, & was assisted by in the search by the conductor & others, but all in vain. I went with the train to Jersey city, & thence across the river to New York. On reaching Jersey city, a thorough search was made for the said Valise, but it could not be found. The search & enquiry was renewed next morning, but no tidings of it were obtained; nor have I, after repeated enquiry by myself & several friends, been able to obtain any intelligence of the said Valise, or any of its contents; & my belief is, that it was taken off by the foreigner before mentioned, who left the car at Rahway.
Sworn & subscribed at Morristown, August 14 th . 1854.
In testimony whereof I have unto subscribed my name, & affix my notarial seal, at Morristown, this 14 th day of August 1854.
Lewis Condick, Notary Public.
N.B. The word "it", interlined, & the word "by" erased, before signing & swearing.
L. C. Bush.

Monmouth N. Jersey Oct. 22 nd 49.
To S. L. Edwards Esq. Comm te of Pensions
Sir,
Herenwith you will receive several depositions relating to the Marriage of Nehemiah & Mary Osborn, in compliance with your letters of August 10 th & April 4 th 49.
By an inscription on a gravestone, & also by a copy from a Baptismal record of their children, corroborated by depositions of the early associates of their children, you will be satisfied, I trust, that the family record transmitted with the Widow's Declaration in 1846, is fully entitled to credit, having been made many years before the Pension law for widows was enacted. The first child Rachel was born in 1788, & their 2 d in 1790, & both baptized in the same years of their birth.
The great age & destitute situation of the widow, renders a decision of her claim very desirable to her & her family.
Please notify me the result as early as may be consistent.
Very respectfully
Your obed servt.
Lewis Condict.

To James L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions
Sir,
About the 25 th August 1848, I forwarded to your Office by mail, the Declaration of Mrs. Massy Rodgers of Morris County N. Jersey, widow of James Rodgers, an Enlisted soldier in the Continental Army of the revolutionary war, & a pensioner by the law of March 18 th 1818.
This widow claimed a pension under the act of Febry 2 d 1848, & the joint resolution of July 1 st 1848, to the same amount as allowed to her husband. For details, I respectfully refer to the papers, on file in your office.
And on or about the 14 th Sept r . 48, I also forwarded the Declaration of Mary Osborn of Essex County N. J. widow of Nehemiah Osborn, a pensioner under the act of June 7 th 1832. for revolutionary services. This widow also claims a pension under the act of Febry 2 d 48. & the joint resolution July 1 st 48. For particulars - see the papers on file.
From the Pay Agent at Trenton, I learn that the names of both widows are enrolled at his office, but that he knows nothing of their certificates.
Knowing from long experience, the regularity & routine of business transactions in your Bureau, I presume the certificates in these cases were completed. The certificate to Phoebe Allen, former widow of Rice Price, which was rec d by me, several weeks since - the declaration was mailed for your office about the same time.
It is possible, they may have been misdirected - or lost by the way.
I have enquired of my family, as to papers rec d during some absence from home, & after the most diligent search & inquiry, they are not to be found. And it is my sincere belief, that said certificates have not been rec d here - or if rec d by any of my family - that they have been mislaid or lost, & cannot be found.
The said widows, Rodgers & Osborn, are both living, to the best of my knowledge & belief - & I am well satisfied that neither of them has rec d a certificate, under the declarations last sent by me to the Pension Office, & that no payment therefor has been either applied for or rec d by either of them. They are both of them too aged & infirm, & so blind, as to be disqualified from applying for relief by themselves: & in their behalf, I respectfully as their Agent, solicit, that Pension certificates be issued in their behalf, to enable them to receive at the New Jersey Agency, such monies as may have been awarded them under the Pension Laws.
Very respectfully,
Your obt. serv t
(Deposition on next page.)
Lewis Bonditt

State of New Jersey Morris County ss:
Be it known, that before me, David Day, a justice of peace in & for the County, aforesaid - personally appeared Lewis Condick, whose name is subscribed to the within paper, & who is believed by me to be a man of truth, & made oath in due form of law, that the contents of said paper so by him subscribed, are just & true, to the best of his knowledge & belief.
Sworn & subscribed at Morristown, March 28 th 1849.
Before me,
David Day Justice of the Peace
Lewis Condick
New Jersey Morris County ss:
Clerks office. March 28 th 1849.
I, A. H. Stanborough, Clerk of Morris County do hereby certify, that David Day Esq. the Magistrate before whom the above deposition of Lewis Condick was this day taken, is a Justice of Peace in & for said County, duly commissioned & authorized, & that the signature of his name thereto, (David Day) is genuine. Witness my hand, & the seal of my office at Morristown, the date above written.
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said County of Morris This Twenty Eighth Day of March A. D. Eighteen hundred and Forty Nine -
Albert H. Stanborough CLK

April 1849
May Ashland PR
James L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington

Monistown N.J. April 9 th 49.
Sir,
Your letter of 4 th inst. calling for further proof of the marriage of Nehemiah & Mary Osborn, is before me.
Allow me to remark, that perhaps you may have overlooked the fact, that she has been placed on the Pension List, as I learn from the Agent at Trenton, under the joint resolution of July 1 st 48, & that her Certificate had been lost or perhaps sent to a wrong office & never rec d : so that she cannot draw for her annuity. Application for a new Certificate was made some 2 weeks ago since, & nothing heard of it since.
If this be correct, the proof of marriage must have been deemed sufficient. Please inform me on this point.
My impression is - that the proof as to the time when the new family record was copied from the old & mutilated Bible, was as ample as it will cost to be, & that it was long before the Law was enacted which pensioned the husband, or the widow, & before there could have been any instrument to ante-date the marriage.
There is no disinclination to furnish all the testimony which the circumstances & facts admit of: except the dispersed condition of witnesses & the delay which must result. The age & destitution of the widow make it desirable to obtain a decision as soon as practicable. If however, upon revision, you shall deem the present evidence too defective, we will endeavour to supply it - though it is thought she can live but a few months at most.
Very respectfully, &c.
Your aff. servt.
Levi Condict.
The Commissioners of Pensions.

Essex New Jersey Essex County Ames Mary Osborn widow of Nehemiah Osborn
Pension Claim. Law of February 2 nd 1848 v Joint Resolution, July 1 st 1848.
Return to Lewis Condoid Monistown New Jersey

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 & soldiers of the revolution" Also, of the joint Resolution of Congress, of July 1 st 1848, "relative to pensions evidence, in applications for pensions."
State of New Jersey Essex County ss.
Personally appeared before the subscriber, one of the Justices of the peace of Essex County, in the State of New Jersey, Mary Osborn, a resident of New Providence in said County & State, aged 85 years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following Declaration, in order to obtain the benefits 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"; & also of the joint resolution of Congress, passed 1 st July 1848, "relative to evidence in applications for pensions."
I am the widow of Nehemiah Osborn dec d ., who was a Militia soldier of Essex County in the war of the revolution, & a pensioner of the United States under the act of June 7 th 1832 at the rate of Eighty dollars pr. annum. And I am the same Mary Osborn, who applied for a pension, as the widow of said Nehemiah Osborn, by a Declaration made before Joseph Lovell Esq r . a judge of Morris Common Pleas Court in March 1846. I was married to my said husband, April 4 th 1784; & my said husband died March 14 th 1846, & I remain his widow to this day.
For proof of the service of my husband — of our marriage & of his death , I refer the Commissioners of pensions to my husband's, & to my own Declarations & the vouchers which accompany them, now on the files of the Pension Office. And I respectfully claim, under the act of 2 nd February 1848, & of the joint resolution of 1 st July 1848, the same rate of pension annually, allowed to my said husband, to time of his death. Sworn to & subscribed on the 11 th day of September 1848. Before me, Daniel H. the Justice of the Peace Mary X Osborn mark.
And I do hereby certify, that Mary Osborn the above Declarant, is personally known to me, & is a woman of unblemished character, & fully entitled to belief.
Daniel H. the Justice of the Peace

State of New Jersey Essex County ss:
I, John P. Jackson, Clerk of Essex County, do hereby certify, that Daniel H. Noe, — Esq. before whom the within Declaration of Mary Osborn, was taken & subscribed on the 11 th day of September, 1848, is & was, at the date thereof, one of the Justices of the peace, in & for said County of Esx. duly commissioned & authorized, & that the signature of his name thereto, (viz Daniel H. Noe,) is genuine as I verily believe. )
In testimony whereof, I hereunto subscribe my name, & affix my official seal, at the Court house at Newark, this Thirteenth day of September Domini 1848.
J. P. Jackson Clerk

Official Business
J L Edwards
Comm te . of Pensions
Lewis Condick Esq
Morris Town
N. Jersey

Aug 31. 88
Mrs. Osborne, mdm of General Osborne
Levi's Landing,
MD Amies
James L. Edwards Esq., Commissioner of Pensions War Department Washington.

Morristown N. J. Augt. 25 th 48.
Sir,
The Declaration of Mary Osborn widow of Nehemiah Osborn, was sent to the Pension office, about the 25 th March 1846.
The husband was a pensioner under the law of June 7 th 1832, at the rate of $80. pr. an: & died 14 th March, 46. The widow claimed under the law of July '38. - Her claim was rejected, because of the insufficiency of the proof of survive , to entitle the widow to a pension.
The joint resolution of Cong t . of July 1 st 48, "relation to widows" (as I understand it) would seem to sustain her claim.
The object of this note, is, respectfully to enquire, is it necessary for this widow, to prepare & send to your office, another Declaration, in order to bring her claim before you? It's whole merits, at least so far as is in her own - or in the power of her children, are on your files, & they would avoid the trouble & expense of a renewal, unless in your judgment, the regulations of the office render it indispensable.
It is probable, an Appeal was requested from your decision. If so - I think it was withdrawn, with others - in consequence of the pressure of more important duties, engrossing the attention of the Secretary of War.
But if not withdrawn in Dec r 46. I now respectfully request, in behalf of this widow, that it be so considered, for the purpose of being again before you for adjudication, under the above resolution of 1 st July '48.
A reply is respectfully requested.
Your very ob t . serv t .
Levin Condick
Col. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions.

April 22, 1846
Rev Mr
Mary Estlin
Jerimiah Runyon.
Ann L. Edwards Esq. Commissary of Prison War Department.

Washington, April 21 st 1846.
Dr. Sir,
Thinking I should encroach on your business hours less by the pen, than in a personal interview, I adopt the former mode.
I believe there are but two claims of my presentation which have not passed under your review viz: Mary Brown, & Jennie Runyan, both of N. Jersey. These are both quite recent, & I feel no desire to urge them, knowing they will receive due attention in their order.
There are two other classes of longer standing.
The 1 st consists of cases, deferred or postponed, & in which some further testimony might have been expected.
The 2 nd is made up of cases in which nothing has been allowed - or so small a pension granted, as to be entirely unsatisfactory to the applicants, & who desire a review of their claims on equitable grounds by the Secretary of War.
I do not know, whether or not, the rule of priority will apply to either of these - having been revised already.
As early, as in your judgment may comport with your duties, I shall be gratified in your attention to the first class. The convenience of the Secretary must be consulted as to the other. The most prominent are those of Phoebe Fairchild, widow of Abraham Fairchild, under the law of 1836 - Martha Emmell widow of George Emmell - under the act of 1838, & Mary Rodgers widow of James Rodgers. " 1838 & 1844.
The cases are not complicated, nor is the testimony voluminous.
I will ask your concurrence in presenting the cases to the Secretary, & will attend with you at any hour which may be most convenient to both.
I will prepare a summary statement of the grounds of each claim & the equitable grounds view entertained of each. And if there be any thing I can do with propriety, in either case before you, to abridge your labors, please inform me. A line to my address, at the Exchange Hotel, Washington will come to hand readily.
Very respectfully,
Your ob dt serv t -
Levi Goodrich.
Col. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions War Department.
Mr. Levi Goodrich Washington D.C. 1846 April 21 st 1846

State of New Jersey County of Morris
Be it known, that on this 19 th day of April, 1833, before the the subscriber, a Justice of Peace in & for the County aforesaid, personally came Nehemiah Osborn of said County, well known to the subscriber as a man of fair character & of good standing as a man of truth, & being duly sworn, saith, that he is the same Nehemiah Osborn who, on the 29 th July last, 1832, subscribed to the annexed Declaration, his name, before the Court of Com. Pleas of the County of Morris to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed 7 th June 1832. — In further expla- nation of his militia service in the war of the revolution, & to specify some part of them more minutely than they are detailed in said declaration, he now asks permission of the Secretary of War & the Commissioner of Pensions, to state, — that he lived with his father upon the lines, between the hostile armies, during the whole war, within the township of Elizabeth town in the County of Essex & State of New Jersey, & that unless it was in the dead season of winter, scarcely a week passed, but that parties from one or the other army was in possession of his father's premises. — Being a Whig, his father & himself were instructed by the militia officers of the company to which he & his father belonged, to hold themselves at all times in readiness to move at a moment's warning, whenever alarm was given of the enemy's approach. — From this circumstance, all the neighbouring militia who were thus situated, were called & known by the name of "minute men". — Having their arms, ammunition, blankets & provisions always in readiness. — In this state of preparation they were often called from their beds, to encounter marauding & plundering parties, either of the British & Hessians, or of Tories & Refugees, who very greatly annoyed the frontier inhabitants, — taking them prisoners, & stealing horses, cattle & sheep. These calls would detain him for various periods, according to the force of the invading parties. Sometimes he would be absent perhaps not more than two days — at others, a week — two weeks, & sometimes more than a month. — General Knyphausen, with his Hessian troops were in actual possession of Elizabeth town & Staten Island, for a very considerable time — probably for several months, & the neighbouring militia were performing guard duty the whole time, along the Jersey shore from Perth Amboy to Elizabeth town, & often to Newark & Hackensack. Sometimes the whole company to which he belonged would be ordered out, & at other times one half or two thirds. — It is impossible for him now, after the lapse of 50 years, to say how long a period at the utmost, he was thus employed — but he has a distinct remembrance of some occasions which he can specify, & which are not detailed in his first declaration. — In the fall of 1780, he performed two tours of a month each — the first in September, & the last in November, guarding the shore & landing places between Amboy & Elizabeth town. Capt. Chandler commanded the company within whose bounds this department lies, & he believes he commanded on these occasions. — In the spring & summer of 1781, he was out in continuous service, from early in April  March to the middle of August. — He was then at home for one week, when he was again ordered out, & continued in service till the last of September or 1 st of October. — Early in December following he was called out on the same duty, & continued in service till the middle of February following 1782. — Late in April 1782, he was stationed with his company near Amboy, at a place called Strawberry-hill, & was kept out in continuous service till the first of August. The duty performed, was to guard the Jersey shore at Amboy, the blazing-star ferry, Trembley's Point, & other landing places. — The militia was sometimes commanded by Captain Chandler, at others, by Captain Wood & Capt. Britton — the whole being under Col. Ogden, Dayton, Crane, or General Winds, who occasionally alternated with each other in command. —

On their various tours of militia duty, skirmishes were very often had with the enemy, & not unfrequently in the night. — Parties of Tories & Refugees would often crop over from New York or Staten Island & steal cattle, horses, sheep &c. & parties of Militia would pursue & engage them, with various success, sometimes recovering the property & taking prisoners. — On one occasion upon the salt meadows between Elizabeth town & Newark, they fell in with & encountered a strong party of Tories & Refugees, conducted by Smith Hatfield, a notorious Refugee. This deponent & one of his companions, Joseph Day, were taken prisoners — conducted by Hatfield to New York & put on board the prison ship, where they were kept a week & exchanged as prisoners. — When stationed along the shore, parties of Militia often cropped over the enemys lines to Staten island & capture parties of the Hessians & British & bring off — cropping the ground sometimes on the ice, & at others in flat boats & canoes. —
There were very few months elapsed from 1776 to 1782, but this deponent was engaged in Militia service in the manner mentioned in his first Declaration, & as now stated. The lapse of time & frailty of memory prevent him from giving further details, or from stating precisely the whole amount of time he has thus served, but he feels a conscientious & honest conviction, that he actually served more than three years, from the beginning to the close of the war, in the character of a private soldier, in which capacity he asks to be remunerated by his country. — He knows no living witness of his services, except Morris Aber, whose deposition is annexed to his original declaration. —
This deponent was in the skirmishes of ash swamp, Short hills, Connecticut farms, Springfield, & at the engagement in Elizabeth town, as the Militia pursued the enemy retreating from the burning of Connecticut farms church & village, & some other skirmishes of less note. —
Sworn & subscribed before me the date first mentioned.
Benjamin Shorr
Charles Freeman J. Pierce
Charles Freeman Esq. before whom the foregoing deposition was taken is well known to me to be a justice of the Peace in & for Morris County New Jersey, & the above signature of his name thereto is genuine.
Lewis Condict, late a Refugee from New Jersey.