Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 729, for Samuel Mundy, New Jersey

SERVICE
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New Jersey
Mundy Samuel
S 729
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17002
New Jersey
Daniel Mundt
of River Road in the State of New Jersey who was a Private in the Continental Army by Captain _____ of the Regt _____ by Col Hunk in the New Jersey line for Private 2 years $60.
Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey at the rate of 80 Dollars per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 11 th day of July 1833 and paid to Mary J. Mundt New Brunswick New Jersey
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $160.00 Semi-annual allowance ending Sept " 40.00 $200.00
Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by Virial Luce Clerk Book E Vol. 3 Page 121
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Notes

James Mundy
James Randolph Present.

That he was born on the second day of October 1755 in the Township of Woodbridge in the County & State aforesaid - At the com- mencement of the war and when he entered the service of the United States he lived in the city of New Brunswick being then an apprentice to one James Bolles. Since the revolution he lived for two or three years in New Brunswick when he remov- ed into Piscataway where he has lived ever since & still lives - He has no record of his age but ascertains it from some writings of his father excerpts it from his apprenticeship records He entered the service of the United States as a volunteer & militiaman in the winter of the year 1776 under the command of Colonel Head & went to Long Island to disarm the loyalists or disaffect them - This was before the Battle

fleet arrived arrived at Long Island & while the Asia lay in the Harbour of New York - They went to Long Island & disarmed all the disaffected that they could find - In the Spring following he turn- ed out with twenty two of the citizens of New Brunswick to Cranberry in the county of Herk- Ulster to serve for five months in the State Troops under captain Peter Garrison afterwards Brigade Major Lieutenant John McCune and Insign Lieut.  Major . The third day after the British fleet arrived they joined the their regiment at Woodbridge commanded by Colonel David Forman, Lieutenant Col. Henderson & Major Parker - They then marched to the city of New York where they were for a few days & then marched to Long Island where they were attached to a Brigade from New England in which they per- formed duty till until they made their retreat from Long Island - He was in a great many skirmishes on the Island & was present and en- gaged in the main battle of Long Island wherein Generals Sullivan and Sterling surrendered themselves prisoners to the enemy - The regiment to which he belonged got off the Island about 11 o'clock at night on the night of the retreat of the American forces to New York, leaving their tents standing - was in New York 4 or 5 days & then marched to Fort Washington where they stayed till the enemy took possession of New York - During their stay on York Island were in frequent skirmishes almost daily - After the British vessels went up the River & on the Brigade to which he was attached went to the White Plains & there the American forces were principally spent and continued there till after the Battle of White Plains - From thence they marched

up the country some distance & crossed the North river & came to Haverstraw & from there marched to Fort Lee, thence through Hackensack to Newark in the State of New Jersey. At Newark the colonel of the regiment received orders to take his regiment to Perth Amboy & cross the over into Monmouth county to disarm certain disaffected per- sons in that county. Immediately after this service He was discharged with the rest by the colonel, their term of service having expired. At this period the British were on their march from N. Brunswick & this declarant was not recollect of being called out again till after the battle of Tren- ton, when he served again under various officers, at different places until the end of the war. He cannot now detail the his several terms of service. Knows that he performed his regular tours of Militia duty, but is not certain whether he was called out every third or fourth month. The militia of New Jersey were divided into classes each of which served in its turn. He distinctly recollects to have served two tours of a month each under captain Robert Rop, one under captain Freeman & one under captain Lufaden the names of other captains under whom he served are forgotten. Colonels Beard and Major Cagan were generally their field officers. He served at the following places viz. Long Island, New York, Paulus Hook Hackensack, White Plains, Elizabethtown Woodbridge, Monmouth, Shrewsbury & & marched through the country between

The said Plour. He never served as a substitute, but always in his own behalf as a volunteer.
He has no written discharge from the service nor any documentary evidence of his service but is well known to Isaac Breidenburgh a soldier of the revolution with whom he served part of the time & who can testify to his service as a soldier of the revolutionary war - And is also well known to the Rev John Cross a clergyman of New Brunswick who resides in the city of New Brunswick  New Brunswick and can testify to his character for veracity and the believability of his service as a soldier of the revolution. And he hereby relinquishes all claims whatever to an annuity or pension except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State.
I solemnly subscribed in open court the 29 th day of May 1842 before me Isaac Mundy Judge
State of New Jersey Middlesex County ss I Isaac Breidenburgh of the city of New Brunswick being sick and infirm & unable to appear in open court do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Samuel Munday the above named applicant & know him to be a man of veracity & that he was a soldier of the revolution. That he served a term of five months at the time and in the manner represented by him in his said application.

tions & that I have no reason to doubt but that he served at least two years as a soldier in the revolutionary war - Sworn & subscribed
before me one of the Judges of the Inferior court of common Pleas of Middlesex county N.E. This fifteenth day of Sept. 1832 N. Woodcock Judge
Isaac Wredenburgh
State of New Jersey Middlesex county ss:
We John Cross a clergyman residing in the city of New Brunswick and Wm B. Manning residing also in said county of Middlesex do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Samuel Mumey who has sworn to & subscribed the above declaration. That he is a man of veracity & that we believe him to be of the age of seventy six years or thereabouts and that he is reputed in the neighbour- hood where he resides to have been a sol- dier of the revolution & that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn & subscribed in open court the day & year aforesaid N. Woodcock
John Cross Wm B. Manning
And the court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter & after putting the interrogatories

proscribed by the war department that the above named applicant was a soldier of the revolution & served as he states & the court further certifies that it appears to them that John Bros — who has signed the preceding certificate is a large man & resides in the county of Washington  Forrest That Wm B. Manning who has also signed the same is resident in said middle of county & is a credible person & that their statement is entitled to credit.
Dated Sept. 14 th 1832. N. Morrison
H. Ford
Simon Morray
I Ferdinand J. Van Buren clerk of the Superior of common pleas court of the county of said state do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said court in the matter of the application of Samuel Morray for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affix- ed the seal of said court this nineteenth day of Sept. in the year of our Lord one thou- sand eight hundred & thirty two J. Van Buren clerk

James M. May Application p. 7 June 1888
1888
certificate to be sent to Dr. J. N. Stevens W. B. N. N. N. N.

Supplementary affidavit of Samuel Munday -
New Jersey
Middlesex county ss: Personally appeared in open court before the undersigned Judges of the Inferior court of common Pleas in & for the county of Middlesex in N Jersey Samuel Mun- day the forgoing applicant who being duly sworn on his oath saith that by reason of old age and 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 to wit, for the period of one month in December 1775 or January 1776 on a Tour to Long Island to disarm the Tories, and in the capacity of a private he served five months by enlistment, which commenced three days after the British fleet arrived off Long Island, also in the capacity of a private. From the expiration of these five months service being en- closed in the Militia of New Jersey, he served as a private his regular Tours being a month at each time till the end of the war - but he cannot from the causes above men- tioned state with precision whether these Tours were every third or fourth month - He is certain that he was in actual ser- vice as a private during the war at least two years & served under the officers men- tioned in his forgoing declaration & others whose names are now forgotten and ... upon the return

for such service he claims a pen- sion
Sam Mundy
Sworn & subscribed in open court this 15 th day of March 1833
Thos Bance, Judge
And the court do further certify that Isaac Breckenburgh who has signed the first certifi- cate herunto annexed is an aged man and respected & believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolu- tion, and that he has made an application for a pension in consequence thereof & also that he is a credible person & that his statement is entitled to credit
Thos Ford
Thos Bance
Chas D. Cartwright
March 15. 1833 -
I Nicholas Boorman clerk of the Inferior Court of common Pleas in and for the coun- ty of Middlesex do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original and supplemen- tary proceedings of the said court in the mat- ter of the application of Samuel Mundy for a pension -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court this 15 th day of March A.D. 1833 -
N Boorman clerk

Sam Monday -
certificate to J. S. Nixon M. B. M. ? h. 9 -

State of New Jersey Middlesex county ss. Personally appeared before me the Subscriber one of the Justices of the Peace in & for the said county of Middlesex Samuel Mundy who being duly sworn on his oath deponeth & saith that by reason of old age & the consequent loss of memory he cannot swear positively as to the precise time & length of all his services but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the period mentioned below & in the following grades. He entered the service as a volunteer under Captain Taylor afterwards Colonel & under Col d Heald & went to Long Island to disarm the Tories. I was in the service at this time one month. in the winter of 75-76 In the spring he enlisted at Cranbury in the five months service & served five months under Captain Peter Gordon (afterwards Brigade Major) and Lieutenant John Murrell and Ensign Lieutenant Skelton & Ensign Sley and joined Colonel Forman's regiment Lieutenant Colonel Henderson & Major Sam Parker & marched to Woodbridge & then to New York & joined the brigade under Gen l Heald. After being in New York a few days, he was marched with his regiment under his Colonel Forman to Long Island & joined a New England brigade. He was in a great many skirmishes on the Island & was present & engaged in the main battle at the time of the surrender of General Sullivan to Sterling. During which they took Col d Johnson & a number of officers & privates. They left the Island & retreated to New York in the night & was then marched to Fort Washington. They then were marched to White Plains to the main army under Washington and was engaged in the battle there & then went 10 miles or less affected - This was before the Battle

to Courtland's manor & thence proceeded to Fort Lee & then to Hackensack & Newark & then was marched under his own colonel Forman to Amboy & across to Monmouth where they took a number of Tories & sent them on to Philadelphia I then was discharged in December 1776. In the winter after his discharge volunteered & served as a volunteer for two months under Captain Combs at Woodbridge & engaged in scouts & harassing the enemy along the lines. Cornwallis at that time laid in Brunswick & Washington at Morris. During which period the Battle of Princeton & Trenton was fought while he was at Woodbridge. In June 1777 was regularly entered in the militia & was drafted & delayed & ordered out & served one month under Captain Roff during which he was at Woodbridge & was in the skirmish between Howe & Sterling near Scotch Plains, at Short Hills - the principal part of which was on his father's farm. Immediately after- wards in the summer of 1777 he was ordered out & served three months under Capt Roff & Major Edgar & Col- elon Webster & was stationed in the township of Woodbridge guarding the lines & watching the enemy, then on the Island. In the winter of 1777-1778 was ordered out & served three months under Captain Freeman & was stationed in the township of Woodbridge guarding the lines engaged in scouting parties & went over after the enemy several times on the Island & recollects one night capturing the guard & bringing them off. In the spring of 1778 was again ordered out and served two months under Captain Roff & the same field officers & was at the Woodbridge Station & was engaged all along the lines

from Elizabeth town to Piscataway & along the Shore. In the summer of 1778 after the battle of Monmouth he was ordered out & served three months under Captain Freeman & Colonel Lewis & Webster in the middle of the State watching the enemy & engaged in Skirts along & through that section of the State. In the summer of 1779 was ordered out & served one month under Captain Lufandey & two months under Capt. at Woodbridge & Major Edgar engaged in guarding the lines & protecting the property & persons of his fellow citizens. In the winter of 1779 & 1780 was ordered out & served one month under Captain Lufandey at Woodbridge & recollects an encounter a foraging party of the enemy at what is now called New Brunswick & that seven of his associates - one officer & six privates were killed and others wounded. In the year 1780 was ordered out & served three months under Captain Roff & was stationed between Woodbridge & Elizabeth town & was down during the time along Shore & around by Starling Star & up to Amboy - guarding the whole line - the Tories & refugees being on the opposite shore - besides these specifications he is sure he served a great deal more being on the lines the greater part of the war & has not included in the above the many alarms in which he was called out & is confident he served the whole not less than three years but cannot now par- ticularly at this time specify. All the time he was out he was wholly engaged in the war & did not pursue any
1 mile per mile for three services he claims a pension. I now subscribe this Twenty seventh day of June A.D. 1833 before me
Sarah Mundy
Notary Public Justice of the Peace
to us or disaffected - This was before the British

I Nicholas Woodcock Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas of the County of Middlesex do hereby certify that Peter P. Runnall one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said County duly qualified and sworn and that the signature to the written supplemental declaration purporting to be his signature is his own proper hand writing. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office This twenty fifth day of June in the year of our Lord one Thousand eight hundred and thirty three
N Woodcock Clerk
John Mansel Barnes
John Mansel

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Samuel Mundy a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. S.F. 729.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Dec. 1775 or Jan 1776 1 mo. Pri Taylor Heard N.J.   Following Spring 5 mo. Peter Gordon David Forman   June, 1777 4 " Robert Ross. Crow   Winter 1777-1778 3 " Freeman.   monthly tours at various times Ross. Crow.   Entire service Freeman   2 yrs. Lupardus.  
Battles engaged in, Long Island, White Plains Residence of soldier at enlistment, New Brunswick, N.J. Date of application for pension, Sept. 15, 1832. Residence at date of application, Riscataway Twp, Middlesex Co. N.J. Age at date of application, B. Oct. 2, 1755; Woodbridge Twp, Middlesex Co. N.J. Remarks: His claim was allowed.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

Sayl Mundy Sam Mundy
Admitted
Private 2 years dupe area $80-
James Francisco Recent. Avery

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Samuel Mundy which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides ? II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides ? III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so ? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served ? V. *Has he mentioned 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 ? No see qum 5 VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations ? VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832 ? VIII. Has the Court given their opinion ? IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate ? X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed ? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal ?

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? XIV. † If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
 EXPLANATORY NOTES.
‡ QUERE V. 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 the 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.
†QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
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 claimants 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 affidavits must be properly authenticated, as above directed.
†QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end 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.

1351 Q SLk. V. Washington D.C. May 12, 1912.
Hon. J. L. Davenport Com. of Pensions
Very dear Sir:
I respectfully request to be furnished with a full copy of the Revolutionary service of Samuel Mundy
Pl. Middlesex Co. N.J. Militia as stated by him in his declaration for pension.
Very respectfully, E. B. Carman

1912, Aug. 15. History to L. D. Corman. for
Revolution
729
INVALID.
File No.
729
Samuel Mundy
Pro. N. J. Line
Act: June 7, 1832.
Index: — Vol. 2 , Page 268
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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