Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 14979, Philip Board, New Jersey

SERVICE
New Jersey
Board, Philip
NUMBER
S. 14979
carded
CONTENTS

7072 Kentucky
Philip Board
of Mercer Co in the State of Kentucky who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Beam of the Regt. commanded by Col. Dye in the N. Army ma- tured for 2 years.
Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky at the rate of 80 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 28 day of July 1833 and sent to Hon. R. M. Johnson.
Arrears to 4th of March 1833. $160.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept. 1830. 40.00
$200.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk Book B Vol. 7 Page 3.

State of Kentucky Mercer county } On this 1 st day of October in the year 1832 Personally appeared in open court before the justices of the county court of Mercer county now sitting Philip Board a resident citizen of said county and district aged 72 years past 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 the 7 th day of June 1832 - viz. I Philip Board do hereby solemnly declare on my oath that I am now 72 years old and I was born in the county of Bergen and State of New Jersey where I resided when the revolutionary war commenced and I was called into the service of my country as follows - on the 20 th day of August 1776 I was drafted in the New Jersey Militia of said county of Bergen in Capt Joseph Beam's company of Col Dyer Regiment and we marched to Elizabeth town point and thence back to Bergen town near Dowles Hook and when on the march crossing Hackensack, we could dis- tinctly hear the firing of the Battle of Long Island. my time of service in Capt Beam's company was two months and when my time expired I was discharged at Fort Lee and re- turned home having faithfully performed my duty as a soldier during the time aforesaid, and in the month of January 1777 while the British were in possession of New Brunswick after the Battles of Trenton and Princeton I was again drafted in Capt Beam's company and we were stationed at Mill- stone as a guard under Col Dyer upwards of one month when I was discharged, after remaining at home one month I volunteered one month in Capt Peter Hays company of Rangers. And again each alternate month I was drafted in the Militia service until after the capture of Lord Cornwallis and in this way I performed three tours under Capt Joseph Board.

two tons under Capt Elias Romine, two tons under Capt Richard Dye. two tons under Capt David Van Buren and four tons under Capt Beam and several other tons under some other officers whose names I cannot recollect I was first under Col Dye, then Col Klinghuyzen who commanded while we were stationed at Hackensack while I was in service I was stationed at Mill Stone, Elizabethtown New Ark Hackensack and the English neighborhood - during part of the time the British occupied New York I was stationed at New Ark and Bergen as a guard, and we were alternately stationed at the above named places when ever called out and when the Battle of Monmouth was fought I was on the march to aid but did not arrive in time, I was not in any general battle, but was in a skirmish with the refugees in the English neighborhood and I solemnly aver that I was engaged in actual service in the New Jersey Militia & Rangers upwards of two years in the whole, and indeed I believe nearer three years, my officers changed so often and my services being confined to the state of New Jersey and on the North River I cannot recollect the names of all of them, I have no documentary evidence and I have long since lost my discharges, and I do not know of any persons who knew me while in service now in this state except Peter Huff and Daniel Covert who were present at many of the places where I was stationed and they can relate the incidents which took place but they did not personally know me - my neighbors all know that I have often long since spoken of my services in the Revolution and among them are Col John Covert Peter Huff and Daniel Covert. Still further I farther declare that I am not now a pensioner of the United States

or of any state, and I hereby relinquish all claim which I may have to any pension or annuity except the present I further state that after the revolutionary war I resided in the state of New Jersey until about 1789 when I removed to Kentucky and now live on Chapline in Lincoln county Witnss my hand this 1 st day of October 1832. Ph t Board
Merer (county sig) This day Peter Huff and Danel Covert residents of sd county came into open court and being first sworn according to law do on their oaths declare that we have conversed with the above named Phileb Board who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration and the sd Huff states that he has no doubt that sd Board was with him in the service of the militia of the state of New Jersey at Mill Stone during the winter 1777 - and also in camp near Hackensack and the sd Danel Covert has no doubt he was in service with him at Elizabeth town, Bergen Town & near Hackensack as the sd Board told him of many of the incidents which took place at these places more than thirty eight years ago soon after the sd Board came to Kentucky and he became acquainted with him that the sd Huff and Covert both declare that they have no hesitation in stating their firm belief that the said Phileb Board performed the services he has detailed - Witnss our hands this 1 st day of October 1832 Peter Huff Danel Covert
Merer (county sig) This day Mr Jipse Head a clergyman residing in the sd county of Merer and Peter Huff, Danel Covert & Silas Hinkle & John Sedowack residing in the same county do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with the above Phileb Board

who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be of the age he has stated, that he is respected and beloved in the neighborhood in which he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution, and we concur in this opinion and we further certify that said Board is of respectable citizens and a man of truth with whom we have long been acquainted, Witness our hands this 1 st day of October 1832
State of Kentucky
Joseph Head
Mercer County Jess Co. Court 1832
Peter Huff Daniel Convent
This day Philip Board the applicant for a pension herein and Sipe Head Peter Huff Daniel Convent Silas Harlan and John Ludwig came personally into Open Court and made oath to the truth of the statements by them respectively subscribed and thereupon the Court declare it as their opinion of respecting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that said foregoing Board is an old soldier of the revolution and said as he in his written statement for a pension has declared the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Sipe Head is a clergyman residing in the County of Mercer and that Peter Huff Daniel Convent Silas Harlan and John Ludwig who have also signed the same are residents of said County of Mercer and credible persons and that their statements are entitled to Credit
Silas Harlan John Ludwig
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I Thomas Allison Clerk of the County Court as aforesaid certify that the foregoing & within contains the original proceedings in the matter of the petition of Philip Board for a pension In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of my office this 2 nd day of October 1832
Thos Allison

He was orderly Sergeant under Capt. David Board in the New Jersey Line, and served seven years
Know all Men by these Presents, That I, David Board, and executor son Philip Board dec d , a Revolutionary Pensioner
who was a Soldier in the Army of the Revolution, do hereby constitute and appoint GEORGE H. MONSARRAT, true and lawful Attorney, for me and in my name to prosecute against the Government of the United States, before any Department thereof, any and all claim or claims I may have to arrears of pay or Pension money, under any Act or Acts, Resolution or Resolutions, of the Congress of the United States, and especially the Acts 4th July 1836, 7th July 1838, 3rd March 1843, 17th June 1844, 2nd February 1848, and 29th July 1848—as well as the more ancient Acts of 18th March 1818, 15th May 1828, and 7th June 1832.
Said Attorney is moreover authorised in my name to demand at any Department of the said Government, a reconsideration of any decision hitherto or hereafter to be given, touching my interests, and to obtain from any Department or the archives thereof, any and all information or evidence of whatever character relating to or in anywise bearing upon the claim or claims we hereby seek the investigation of.
Said Attorney is moreover authorised to do any and all things necessary to carry out the foregoing purposes, and to receive the Certificates of Pension or other character of drafts or evidences of the amounts due me and to appoint one or more Sub-Attorneys, and to confer upon him or them all the powers therein conferred upon hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said Attorney may do by virtue of these presents.
WITNESS my hand and seal this 25 th day of March 1853
Jno. S. May                      David Board Borne to Bull for Ex. of Philip Board Dec J. A. Stevenson
State of _____ County, sec _____
BE IT KNOWN, that on the _____ day of _____ 1853, before the subscriber, a _____ in and for the County and State aforesaid,
personally appeared _____ subscribers to the foregoing Power of Attorney, and acknowledging the signing, sealing and delivering the same to be _____ own voluntary act and deed for the uses and purposes therein set forth.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I do hereunto subscribe my name, _____ J. P.

State of Kentucky Mercer County
I, Thomas Allen, Clerk of the Court for the County aforesaid, hereby Certify, That Mr. J. Gannett Esq. before whom the within Power of Attorney was made, and who has thereunto subscribed his name, is, and was at the time of so doing, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, duly elected, Commissioned and sworn, and that his said signature is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of my office as Clerk of Mercer County Court this 26 th day of March 1853
David Richards
John C. Hays
James

Rev. War
1799 INVALID.
Own
File No. 14 979
Philip Board
Prin. Real War
Act: June 7th 1832.
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 39
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Philip Boars
Mercer Co
from 1776 print 2 years $80.
1832 52 1760
Wm R. M. Johnson

B R I E F objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Philip Board 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? N. 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's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? 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 each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
† 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 official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
† QUERE XVI.  Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
¶ In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.