Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 7367, for David Morehouse, New Jersey

SERVICE
NUMBER
New Jersey or New York
Morehouse, David or Mourhouse Sarah
R 7367
CONTENTS

N o 7.946.
Sarah Morehouse deceased widow of David New Jersey
At July 4. 1836
4 July 1836
Isaac W. Morehouse Newark N.J.

State of New Jersey County of Essex, } 88.
I, John R. Weeks, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Essex, do Certify that David W. Balcom - before whom the foregoing affidavits were  was taken, was, at the time of taking the same, an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County, commissioned and sworn, and duly authorized to administer oaths, and that the signatures to the Jurats of said affidavits are  is genuine.
In testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my Hand, and the Seal of said Court, this Second day of April - A. D. 185 The words "was" & "is" being first erased
J. R. Weeks

To
The Commissioner of Pensions Sir
I received your communication under date of March the 9 th 1853 and therein formed to make out the legal claim of David Moushouse my father
Viz David Moushouse was born in Springfield township, County of Essex, and State of New Jersey AD 1753
In the year 1775 The said David Moushouse entered the United States Service as a Volunteer in the American division commanded by Gen l Montgomery According to my best belief and knowledge he David Moushouse joined the corps at New York at that time, and marched with the Army to Canada
The David Moushouse was in the battles and hardships during the whole of that campaign and rendered sympathetic aid and care of the sick and suffering with the small per requisites of his own safety for at that time he had not had it nor did he then  take  it He was one of those that retreated from Canada to Crown Point at the head of Lake Champlain and continued in and with the Army untill the expiration of the term of his Volunteer Service Viz 18 eighteen months
Shortly after his return into New Jersey he the aforesaid David Moushouse in the year 1776 reentered the Service as a Militiaman

and was in the battle of Springfield and there in battle received a wound in his right hand taking away his thumb and making him a cripple the remainder of his life
Furthermore I hereby testify that my grandfather David Morehouse Sen d and also my grandfather Isaac Winans Both of them served in the Revolutionary War and both of them was in Prison in the old Sugar House in New York at the same time and my grandfather Winans died in Prison with the sufferings that was there inflicted on him
David Morehouse my father returned to his home at the close of the war and there lived untill his death which took place in 1791
For David Morehouse Died May the 1 st 1791 after a short illness of four days of the small pox at or in Springfield Township County of Essex and State of New Jersey leaving a widow with seven children I. Isaac W m Morehouse am the only surviving son and Susan Morehouse the only surviving daughter
Susan Morehouse Daughter of David and Sarah Morehouse was born in Springfield Township County of Essex and State of New Jersey April the 15 th 1778
I Isaac W m Morehouse Son of David and Sarah Morehouse was born in Springfield Township County of Essex and State of New Jersey on the day of April 12 th in the year 1782 I the applicant Isaac W m Morehouse am now aged Seventyone years on the present 12 day of April 1853

Sarah Morehouse wife of David Morehouse remained the widow of David Morehouse untill her death which took place in the year 1839 aged 84 years she died in said Ark at f. of old age
I Isaac W Morehouse do hereby make appli- cation for the whole of back dues and claims of my father David Morehouse who was a private soldier in the war of the Revolution as before herein stated
Isaac W Morehouse
State of New Jersey
Essex County ss I Swear to and Subscribe before me this Second day of April A D Eighteen hundred and fifty three and I Certify that Isaac W Morehouse is a creditable person
J W Balcom Justice of the Peace
Isaac W Morehouse

State of New Jersey Essex County
On this Second day of April Eighteen hundred and fifty three before the subscribers a justice of the Peace in and for said County of Essex Personally appeared Susan Morehouse aged Seventy five years a resident of the City of Newark in the State of New Jersey who being duly sworn according to Law declares That she was well acquainted with David Morehouse who was a Soldier in the War of the Revolution, recollects his being in the service but when the officer was he was under (she cannot recollect from the length of time,) but thinks he was under different officers at different times, she this deponent then resided in the Township of Springfield and has some recollection of the said David Morehouse being wounded at the battle of Springfield, but the exact nature of the wound she cannot now state. That she is well acquainted with Isaac N Morehouse the son of said David Morehouse and have known him from infancy and know that he is now the only living child of the said David Morehouse and this deponent further saith that she has often heard the said David Morehouse in his life time relate his different services he was engaged in during that struggle for Independence.
and she swears that she is a disinterested witness.
Sworn and subscribed before me the day & year aforesaid
D. W. Balcom } Justice of the Peace } Isaac N Morehouse for Mother

To Commissioner of Pensions
Sir
Rec d Your letter of the 23 rd of April stating that the office over which you preside at Washington contained no evidence of the Service of of My father David Morehouse
I have went according to your direction and have made application to the Compt- roller of the State of N.Y. at Trenton and the enclosed document will shew the re- sult of my enquiries there
I have have also been personally myself to Albany to have the Records of State search'd there and the success I met with there was only to find the name of my father David Morehouse in a levy of troops call'd out for two months in the year 1779
The heads of the department at Albany advised me to make application to the Comptroller at Philadelphia saying that Congress in the first years of our Na- tions Independence was held there and in accordance with the advice I have Over

wrote twice enclosing a fee for the oversight of the Records &c but have never recd any an- swer in return
You will perhaps remember that I received last winter from Washington forms to enable me to make out my claim for the services of my father as a Soldier in the Revolutionary war - and according to the Act of Congress pass'd July 9 th - 1836 - section 8 th reads thus
That "The claimants must in every case wherein there is no record or docu- mentary Proof of the Revolutionary service of the deceased Officer or Soldier, Produce the testimony of at least one creditable witness
This last requirement I have fulfill'd to the letter, and in all other respects you can perceive there has been no lack of vigilance on my part - to give satisfaction, but as my claim is a truly just one trifles cannot discourage me, and I trust - that those in a more prominent position for the fulfilment of duty in this case, will spare no pains in enabling me to obtain that which I am jus- tly entitled to for the service of my father in the War of the Revolution. Moreover I would hope for the credit of those heretofore in

service of the Government and care of such documents as contains the names of those who repordised their all for the sake of freedom (may be found (where they should be) at the City of Wash ington.
Yours Very Respectfully
Isaac W Morehouse
No 1 Merchant St New York N.Y.
(Please answer this as soon as possible)
As It may not may not be out of place herein to state again, that my father David Morehouse, was in the Northern campaign under Genl Montgomery and served 18 eighteen months in the army at that one time
After which he was call'd out at different times during the whole War as before stated in my Testament before the proper authorities at New York and now in your office at Washin -ton -
I. W. M.

No 7946.
Sarah Morehouse dec widow of David
N.J.
at Isaac N. Morehouse July 6. 1853
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Augt 30/53
Same Nov 30. 1853
7367
Act July 4. 1836

STATE OF
NEW-JERSEY.
I, THOMAS S. ALLISON, Secretary of State of the State of New Jersey, do hereby certify, that I have examined the Revolutionary records in my office, and do not find therein any evidence of the service of
David Morehouse;
and I do further certify, that the records of this office being only certificates for balance of pay due, the fact of the name not being found therein, is not conclusive evidence that he was not in the service.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed my seal of office, at Trenton, this Sixth _____ day of
May _____ one thousand eight hundred and fifty- three .
Thos. S. Allison Secretary of State.

Newark November 19 1843
PS Dear Sir I find that I cannot produce the proof that you require as to my fathers service in the Revolutionary war all the all that I have stated to you I know to be True yet I cant prove the truth for I have search the records of Pennsylvania and Jersey and the state of New York and I can find nothing of the volunteers that served In the northern Campaign all the it is evident that they did serve in that Campaign I found my fathers name on the records in Albany of two month service in the militia and the Comptroller refused to give me a certificate on account of the shortness of the service and all of those that fought with my father in the war is all dead Mr Smith an old pensioner while he was alive he said that he fought by the side of my father in that war as for my fathers death and my Mothers marriage and death that I could satisfy you if that would be of any use in this case and If there is a prospect of my obtaining any thing please to inform me and I will give it up all the my application is just and far more so than many that have obtained pensions I remain your humble servant

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
7367
P. O. Barah Morehouse Service: _____
REJECTED
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
uf Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

New Ark Nov r 10 th 1853
16/
L. P. Waldo
Sir
Your letter of July was duly rec d and would have been sooner answer'd but the delay has been occasion'd by my endeavouring to obtain more evidence in which I have not been successful for all are dead that had the requisite knowledge except an uncle of mine residing in the state of Ohio and by letter I am inform'd has become so childlike from age that he remembers nothing scarcely from day to day
You mention in your letter that the declaration of Sarah Morehouse deceased should have been made before a court of record. To which I have to reply by saying that he was judge of the court as well as justice of the Peace
According to the act Pass'd June 1 1853 I have obtain'd the following witnesses to prove my identity and also my character and standing in the Baptist Society in this place of which I have been a member in full for over fifty years as before stated
Yours Respectfully Isaac W Morehouse