Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 34,009, John Berry, Continental Penn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental Penn.
Berry, John
S. 34,009
CONTENTS

101 R New Jersey.
John Berry, (Washington Life guard) Gloucester Co. in the state of N. Jersey, was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Wayne, of the Penns a line, for the term of eighteen months.
Enscribed on the Roll of New Jersey, at the rate of 8. Dollars per month, to commence on the 31. of July, 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 7. of May, 1819, and sent to F. Davenport, agent Woodbury, Gloucester Co.: N.J.
  Arrears to 4th of March, 1819  57. 29.    Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4. Sept. 1819.  48.    7 mos. 5/31.  105. 29.  
{ Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818. }
Not entitled.
Verification sent the 15. July 1820, to Gen. Mathew, Esq. Woodbury, N. Jersey.

John Berry, Private, Gloucester Co. N.J. Various Services, Col: Wayne's regt. Penn a line, 18 months.
31 st July, 1818.
Adm o
F. Davenport, agent.
John Steelman, judge, Woodbury, Gloucester Co. N. Jersey.

John Berry, Private, Gloucester Co. N.J. Various Services, Col: Wayne's reg't. Penn a line, 18 months.
31 st July, 1818.
Adm o In
F. Davenport, agent.
John Steelman, judge, Woodbury, Gloucester Co. N. Jersey.

John Berry Penn line 175-176
Top Document by Perry Pills
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To the Honourable A. C. Calhoun Secretary of the war department - Pension office
State of New Jersey, Gloucester County P
On application to obtain a pension for services rendered the United States of America
Be it known that before me John Stevenson one of the Judges of Superior Court of common pleas for the county of Gloucester & State of New Jersey Personally appeared John Berry a native of the county & State aforesaid Aged about Fifty eight years of age who being duly sworn on the Holy Evangelist of Almighty G.D. doth depose and say that from his reduced circumstance he needs the assistance of his country for support that he was enlisted in the service of the United States during the war of the revolution - By Captain Grayden. Lieutenant Edwards, & Sergeant Consequo. in the
3rd Battalion Commanded by Col. Shaeffer of Pennsylvania (native of Philadelphia), enlisted in the year 1775 or there about until the year 1779 We marched from Philadelphia to New York & from thence to Kings bridge and built Fort Washington and a few days before the Fort Washington was taken I being one of the Centry went over to Hacken back to Stone Gard. after the Fort was taken we went to Philadelphia over Twelve months being out we went to Col. Shaeffer to Little. The English had taken his Books & could not settle. I received 14 or 18 dollars then enlisted under Captain James Lang, Lieutenant Hargis. Commanded by General Wayne. Served about Eighteen months or there about. The last of the 18.

Months Lieutenant Hays acted in stead of Col o James Long. General W H H (G) sent for Two men out of a company for his Life Guard I being one of the men that was chosen. I served  there there eighteen months or there about until the last three years was out the commander of Washington's Life Guard while I served was Major Gibbs who gave me my Discharge by order of Gen l Washington to come Home. And then I went out a privateer in the Rattle Snake. Commanded by Captain Wm Green. Lieutenant John Badcock, went a Cruise & after return I was Discharge by Capt Green. The whole of my Service in the United States four years & six months or there about I sworn & subscribed } his the thirty first day of } John Berry July Anno Domini } Mark one thousand eight hundred & eighteen John H. Matthews
Testimony that the foregoing state of facts are true that the said John Berry did serve during the revolu- tionary war the term therein specified and that the said Claimant is in legal Circumstance

Circumstance I do hereby certify
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal the thirty first day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & eighteen
John Steelman
John
State of New Jersey
I Thomas Hendry, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, in & for the County of Gloucester, State of New Jersey, do certify, that the above named, John Steelman, Esquire, is in Commission, as one of the Judges, of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas, in & for the said County of Gloucester.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, & affixed the Seal of Office, of the said Court, at Woodbury, in the County of Gloucester, State aforesaid, the Tenth day of September, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred & eighteen.
Hendry Clerk

John Berry
Copy
10,404
Not entitled
Sept. 1819
Not entitled.

The Court is of the Opinion that the Total amount in value of the property exhibited in the within Schedule is One hundred Thirty Nine dollars and 52 Cents
$139.52
By the Court
John Clement Charles Ogden Joseph Rogers

On this Third day of July , 1820, personally appeared in open court, before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, of the county of Gloucester , in the state of New Jersey, being a court of record, proceeding according to the course of the Common Law--having jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, and keeping records of its proceedings. John Berry
aged Sixty Three years, resident in Hamilton Township in said County, who, being first duly Sworn according to law, doth, on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows: in the Company commanded by Captain Alexander Graden and James Lang , and he thinks it was the Third Regiment . He served under Major Gibbs , in Washington's Life Guards and in the Battalion commanded by General Anthony Wayne in the State of Pennsylvania Line . Upon a declaration made on oath on the 31 st July 1818 I obtained a pension Certificate Numbered 10,404 .
And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not since that time, by gift, sale, or in any other manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it, as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts, or debts due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed. to wit - 150 acres of scrubby Timber (pine) Land valued at 60 Dollars 3 cows, 2 Oxen 2 yearlings, 3 Sheep, 1 house $73.00 - 6 chains, 1 chest, 1 table & enough trough $1.75 Iron Ware $3.02 - 3 axes $1.50 Crockery Ware 25 Cts (one Feather Bed & two straw beds & some bed cloathing) in all amounting to $139.52 - I have debts due to me $6.00 - I owe $51.00 - I am by occupation a Farmer & labourer, and unable to labour on account of the Rheumatism with to and declared, on the which I have been afflicted  for Ten years past. My Family consists of before  wife Phebe aged 60 years, two children & one grand child, to wit Eliza aged 20 years Prescilla aged 17 years & John Berry aged 11 years - My wife is more hale than myself, but not able to support herself.
Sworn and subscribed on the Third day of July AD 1820 John Clement Pres t of said Court
his John X Berry marks
I, Thomas Hendry Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the county of Gloucester in the state of New Jersey, do hereby certify that the foregoing Oath and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said court: and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule, is one hundred thirty dollars and fifty two cents . In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this Tenth day of July , 1820 Hendry Clk

John Calhoun Esquire Secretary of the War Department
Upon John Berry's request I have enclosed his Application for the inspection of the Secretary, in order that he may be reinstated on the Pension Roll
James M'Clack
Woodbury N.J.
August 28 th 1823

John Barry's Application

District of New Jersey ss.
On the seventeenth day of June 1823
Personally appeared in Open Court, being a court of Record and before the Court of Common Pleas, in and for the County of Gloucester in the State of New Jersey, proceedings according to the course of common Law, having jurisdiction unlimited in point of Amount, and keeping records of its proceedings. John Berry, resident of the Township of Hamilton in the said County of Gloucester aged Sixty six years, who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on his Oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provisions by the Acts of the 18 th of March 1818, the 1 st of May 1820, and 1 st of March 1823, that he the said John Berry enlisted for the Term of three years and served in a Company commanded by Captain James Long, which was afterwards commanded by Lieutenant Hargus in the Regiment commanded by General Anthony Wayne in the line of the State of Pennsylvania on the Continental establishment, previous to the service aforesaid he served in the Companies commanded by Captain Alexander Greaden in the 3 rd Battalion commanded by Colonel Shay, who commanded the 3 rd and 5 th Battalion of the Pennsylvania Line — He was taken out of the Company commanded by James Long and placed in Washington's life guards under the command of Major Gibbs (a Virginian) that he served in the Continental establishment about four years and six months, one year under Colonel Shay and three years and six months under Lieutenant Hargus and Major Gibbs — when he was discharged from the service in Morris Town in the State of New Jersey in the year 1779. 80. by Major Gibbs —
And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the eighteenth day of March eighteen hundred and eighteen, and that I have not since that time by gift, sale or in any other manner disposed of any property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and Naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War passed on the 18 th day of March 1818. — And

And that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts or debts due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed, viz One hundred and fifty acres of Land, called "Brush Land" the Timber having been cut off to make coal Wood for a Furnace.
The value at this time is not more than thirty Dollars
  I have two poor old Cows 30.00   The value of each - - - $8.00 16.00   3 Sheep - - - do do 1.00 3.00   one old Mare - - - - - 4.00   4 chairs, 1 chest, 1 table, 1 dough trough - 1.75   Iron Ware - - - - - 2.00   2 old axes $1.00 CrockeryWare 50 Cents 1.50   -----   $ 58.25 
I have one father bed and one Straw Bed & some bed clothing, but not a sufficiency to keep myself & wife warm in the Winter Season
his John X Berry mark
That since the exhibition of my first Schedule the following changes have been made in my property viz - one Cow, two Oxen, two yearlings, I have sold at several times to sundry persons for the payment of a part of my Debts and for the support of my family -
The Horse died about the 1st of Mar 1823
The Mare above mentioned I have since purchased
One of the Axes mentioned in my former Schedule I gave to the Smith to repair the other two -
I was by occupation a Farmer but now a Labourer I am

I am much afflicted with the Rheumatism, I am a cripple, and at times unable to walk, arising from my leg being broken by a waggon passing over it
My Family consists of myself, Wife and (some times) a grand child. my wife's (Phebe) age is 63 years - my two children Eliza and Presilla have become free from my service by age, and left my House; and no person, except my grand child aforesaid. 'John Barry' aged about 7 years (who sometimes comes and stays with his Grandmother) resides with me -
My wife is more healthy than myself but unable to support either herself or me
Sworn and declared in Open Court on the 17 th day of June AD 1823
Christopher Sickler Presiding Officer
his John X Berry mark
The Court is of the Opinion that the Total amount in value, of the property exhibited in the within Schedule is 'Fifty eight dollars' and twenty five cent -
$58.25
Christopher Sickler Presiding Officer John Clement Isaac Wilkins Joseph U Clark
Judges of the Court of Common Pleas

I Jeremiah J Foster Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Gloucester in the State of New Jersey do hereby certify that the foregoing Certificate and the Schedule thereto annexed are truly Copied from the Record of the said Court And I do further certify that it is the Opinion of the said Court that the Total Amount in Value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is fifty eight dollars & Twenty five Cents
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Seal at Woodbury in said County this eighteenth day of June A D One Thousand eight hundred and Twenty Three
J. J. Foster CLK

34009 Ray INVALID.
File No. 84,009
John Berry His Rev. wife
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2, Page 33
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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action & stating the land he has is not worth the tax that is paid on it. & that he is frequently supported by his neigh- bours, that is a cripple & unable to work - aged 66 yr. - wife 63 yr. unable to support herself 1 Grand child 7 yr. -
James Matlack Esq. Woodbury N. J.
Restored.
Sep 1819
New Jersey
John Berry, priv. served 18 months 
1 o Sched: made July 1820 150 acres of poor land $60 - 1 Horse 73. Furniture 6.52 Total 139.52
Indebted 51.50.
2 o Sched: in Genl Act Mar: 1823 17 June 1823.
The land has been reduced by cutting off timber to $30. - Personal property 28.25 Total $ 58.25
accounts for the decrease &c
The House valued at $73. died about 1 Mar. 1823. - 1 cow 2 oxen, 2 yearlings, sold to pay his debts -
A petition to the Secy. signed by 49 persons, pray- ing for applicant's resto-

John Barry's Petition

To the Honourable
J. C. Calhoun Secretary of War
We the subscribers, Inhabitants of the Township of Danielson in the County of Gloucester and State of New Jersey do State and set forth the following facts. Viz -
That for more than ten years past we have been acquainted with John Barry (late a Pensioner under the Law of the United States of the 18 th March 1818, as per Certificate numbered 10,404 now shown to us) That he is an old and infirm Man, Subject to Rheumatic pains, which together with his deformed leg (which was broken by a wagon running over it) has crippled him so much as to disable him from supporting himself, therefore he is frequently assisted by his neighbours, and stands in great need of further assistance from his country -
Although he occupies a few acres of barren pine brush land, not worth paying the small tax laid thereon, of little or no value either for tillage or any thing else, he is unable to support himself or his aged wife who is also afflicted and feeble -
Many of us have been acquainted with this old man before and ever since the former war, and do state that he was from respect a faithful soldier and that he now stands in great need, and is as much entitled to a Pension, as any other old soldier -
He is a temperate and careful man, but still he is extremely poor -
April 24 th 1823
Samuel B. Finch Samuel B. Finch Benjamin Gaskill Benjamin Gaskill Daniel Gaskill Abner Gaskill Jonathan Gaskill John Estell Jesse H. Bowen Ezekiel Lee
William Watson Richd Bape Richd Bape Jacob Atkinson Jacob Atkinson Peter Steelman Jonas Hoffman Moses Snoland Benjamin Haseen Maurice Pelgrims

James Wilsey Wilson L. Achey Frederal Champion William Bullett Hegedich Champion John Lord Thomas Lotton Philip Romney John Lord John Richards Robert Miskelly Sam. Pettit Bernard Lafferty Charles Bartlett
John Canlan Mark Adams William Miskelly David Campbell Jr. Jacob Wintling John M. Curby Joseph Estlin Charles Bartlett Junr James B Adams James Adams Francis Laughlin