Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 964, Nathaniel Budd, New Jersey

SERVICE
NUMBER
New Jersey
Budd, Nathaniel
8.964.
CONTENTS
carded.

28048 New Jerse
Nathaniel Budd
of Bergen Co in the State of N. Jersey who was a Private in the Compty command. by Captain Ray of the Reg't commanded by Col. Ford in the N. Jersey line for 2 Years
Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey at the rate of 80 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 28 day of Jan'y 1834 and sent Hon. L. Conduct Morris Town N.J.
Arrears to the 4th of Sept '33 — $200.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Mar '34 40.00
$240.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by M c Grannell Clerk, Book E Vol. 3 Page 103
17091

State of New Jersey } Bergen County } ss
Personally appeared before the Subscriber a Justice of the peace in and for said county Nathaniel Budd of the Township of Lodi County & State aforesaid aged 72 years and personally well known to the Subscriber as a man of truth and good standing and being duly sworn saith that he is the same Nathaniel Budd who on the 23 rd of October 1892 made a Declaration before the Inferior Court of common pleas in and for the County of Bergen then sitting when his original Declaration was made out the pressure of business before the court was such as to prevent him from detailing minutely each hour of duty he performed as he has since learned was required. He has endeavoured to refresh his memory by bestowing more thoughts and reflection on the subject and desires that the Secretary of War and Commission of Pension will receive this as his amended Declaration in which he will endeavour to set forth more specifically and in as much detail as his memory will allow the Revolution services he performed.
That He entered the service of the United States and the following named officers in the war of the Revolution, and served as herein stated.
In the month of August 1776 He volunteered for one month under Capt Stephen Day in Col. Fords Regt. Station at Elizabeth Town, Essex County at which place the deponent with the company were employed in building fortification and performing guards duty. Served the time and was discharged.
In the month September immediately after the expiration of his month service as above stated He again volunteered and served two months under Capt Jacob Brookfield in Col Thomas Regt. Station duty and services as above stated served the time and was discharged - during the above three months services the British had possession of Staten Island.
In the latter part of November or the first of December of the same year He again volunteered for one month under Capt Stephen Day in Col Fords Regt. Station at Elizabeth Town performing

guard duty served the time and was Honorably Discharged in this his last mentioned service as far as he can recollect the Regiment with some of the Pennsylvania Militia who were then stationed at Elizabeth town point crossed the Sound in flat bottom Boats to Staten Island surprised and took the enemy and took some prisoners and burned a Hessian camp
In the the month of June 1777 He volunteered and served three month in Capt Jacobs Crows company in Col Gage's Regt. performing guard duty along the Hills from Elizabeth town point to Amboy, the British had possession during the time of Staten Island, served the full period when he was Discharged in the month of September following
He then volunteered and served at different periods for four months and was employed during the time in making cartridges for the use of the Army. In his first Declaration the above four months service was stated that he performed them as his regular four months of Militia duty - which is erroneous and must it should have read as now set forth whether the error is mine or the Clerks He does not know
In the month of March 1778 He volunteered and served six month under Capt Joseph Horton in Col Gage's Regiment stationed at Elizabeth town point and along the Hills to Amboy performing guard duty at each and every place served the full six months and was Honorably Discharged during the last mentioned six month service they had a skirmish with the British at Elizabeth town point who had crossed over from Staten Island
In the month of November of the same year He again volunteered and served three month under the above named Capt Joseph Horton Station duty and served as stated in his six month service above when he was Discharged in the month of Feb

In the month of April 1779 He again volunteered under his former Capt Joseph Horton in Col Gage's Regiment again Stationed along the Kills from Elizabeth town point to amboy guarding the Shores and Landing places also defending the Inhabitants Served the full period of Six month when he was Discharged in the month of October during the fifteen months Service he performed under Capt Joseph Horton the Patriots had possession of Staten Island and and were in the habit of looting the Kills to forage and plunder the Inhabitants
In his first Declaration it is stated that he served an uninterrupted Service under Capt Joseph Horton for fifteen months which Statement is incorrect, the deponent has served as above stated by Six three and six months and the deponent firmly believes that from the month of October at which time he was Discharged he served not less than two months in different periods until the month of February 1780 it was a continual warfare during the time the alarms were all but long tent
In the month of February 1780 he was ordered out for one month under Capt Elisha Little Company of Artillery in Col Gage's Regiment Stationed at Elizabeth town and the point performing guard duty Served the time and was Discharged
In the month of June September and October of the same year He was ordered out by the above named Capt Elisha Little Stationed along the Kills from Elizabeth town point to amboy guarding the Shores and Landing places also defending the Inhabitants the Patriots had possession of Staten Island during the time in the last mentioned three monthly tours He was Honorably Discharged at the expiration of each period, In his first Declaration the Battles are stated in which he was engaged during the last mentioned In the month of May and July He was ordered out by his said Capt Elisha Little Stationed along the Kills from Elizabeth town point to amboy guarding the Shores

and Landing places the British had possession of Paul- Island during the time and was Honorably discharged after having served eight months.
From the great length of time which has elapsed since the before recited services were rendered many particulars must have escaped his memory. He has in his first and amended Declarations related all which he can remember as connected with his services and which are calculated to explain them In the order of time and in the names perhaps of some of his superior officers he may in some instances have fallen into mistakes. He asks a reasonable allowance for the frailty of humane memory whilst he has faithfully endeavoured to adhere conscientiously to the truth in all the events and occurrences of which he has spoken and he verily believes that he has faithfully served his country in the war of the Revolution for the full period of Twenty Eight months as a private in actual service in the field for each term alleged for which he claims a pension under the Law of June 7 th 1832 and was not employed in any civil service during the time and does not know of any man living who he has known to testify to his service he rendered in the war of the Revolution and now submits his case.
Sworn and subscribed to Nathaniel Budd before me the 18 th day of Jan y 33.
A.D. 1834 - David S. Christie Justice of the Peace State of New Jersey, County of Bergen ss; I Abraham Westervelt Clerk of the County of Bergen and Clerk of the inferior Court of Common Pleas in & for said County do hereby Certify that David S. Christie Esq. whose name is subscribed to the Jurat of the above affidavit of Nathaniel Budd was on the day of the date thereof still is a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County duly commissioned & sworn; and that his signature to said Jurat is genuine and in his own proper hand writing.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court this Eleventh day of January A.D. 1834.
Mr. Westervelt, Clerk

State of New Jersey - Bergen County Superior Court of Common Pleas. at a Special Term held June 27. 1833.
Personally appeared in open court this 27 th day of June 1833. Nathaniel Bader an applicant for a pension under the Act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 who under oath made the answer herein after written to the questions propounded by the court in pursuance of the instructions of the United States War Department.
To question 1. I was born in the year 1761 at Springfield Essex county N.J.
To question 2. I know of no existing record of my age, except my father's family bible which contained it was burned with his house at Springfield by the British troops June 23. 1780.
To question 3. I was living at Springfield N.J. when called into service, I lived there until 1796. when I removed to my present residence in Lodi Township Bergen county N.J. where I have resided ever since.
To question 4. I volunteered the first period of my service in 1776 in 1777. I was called out by virtue of an act of the New Jersey State Legislature as I have always understood. In 1778 I volunteered for eighteen months; and in 1780 and afterwards I was drafted in pursuance of the laws of the State of New Jersey.
To question 5. The service I was engaged in was principally guarding the lines between the British Army at New York and the American troops, at Amboy Elizabeth town and Springfield and the country adjacent. General Washington was at Morristown during part of my service and I was engaged in skirmishes in which Colonel Drayton of the Continental service and Colonel Angell of the New England lines assisted with their regiments.
To question 6. I received no discharge as I served only in the militia to whom discharges were not granted to my knowledge.
To question 7. Robert Campbell John A. Bury Adam Boyer & the Reverend James T.C. Roseman are neighbours to

whom I am known who will testify to my general character for veracity and to their belief of my services.
Given to, subscribed in open court the 27th day of June A.D. 1833. W. M. Wells Clerk
Nathaniel Budd
We James V. C. Romney — a clergyman residing in the county of Bergen and David J. Christie residing in the same county do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Nathaniel Budd who has sub- scribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration that we believe him to be seventy one years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier in the revolution and that we concur in that opinion
Given and subscribed the 27th day of June 1833.
James V. C. Romney David J. Christie
in open court. W. M. Wells Clerk
And the court do thereupon hereby declare that having this twenty seventh day of June A. D. 1833. put the Interrogatories prescribed by the War Department to Nathaniel Budd the applicant, in open court, they were answered by him under oath in the manner above stated to the satisfaction of the court. And the court further certifies that it appears to them that James V. C. Romney who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the county of Bergen, and that David J. Christie who has also signed the same is a resident in the same county and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit
By the court
W. M. Wells Clerk
I Abraham Westerveld Clerk of the Inferior court of common pleas in and for the county of Bergen do hereby certify that the foregoing and annexed papers contain the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Nathaniel Budd for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office the 27th day of June A. D. 1833.
W. M. Wells Clerk

No 17091 Nathaniel Gadd New Jersey
Recd of M
adm'd
Ward Lewis Bondict , Asst.
Abraham Hethcock Clerk Bergen County Court N Jersey

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office.
22 d May 1833
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will show what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, showing the Service of Nathaniel Judah Jordan
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Aug 1776 1 Priv Capt Col M. J. Age 71 Survey W. Stamps   Feb 1777 Priv For Age 72 Subsistence   Sept-Oct. 2 " Priv Thomas Brandywine Age 73   Nov 1 " Priv For Red Bank M. J.   Mar July Aug M. J.   1777 3 " Capt Jaquith Red Bank   1778 March 18 " Capt Jaquith Red Bank M. J.   1780 Feb Priv For   Artillery   when Sept 6 "   May July 1781  
The applicant was frequently called out during first five years of the war etc
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office.
22 d May 1833
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. These points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Nathaniel Sudd Ferguson
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Aug 1776 1 Priv Capt Col M. J. Age 71 Survey Writings   2 d Vol Priv Ford Age Tradition   Sept-Oct. 2 " Priv Thomas Brandywine Age   Nov 1 " Priv Ford Red Bank M. J.   Mar July Aug Collins M. J.   1777 3 " Capt Ferguson Brandywine   1 Red Bank   1780 March 18 " Capt Ferguson Brandywine M. J.   1780 Feb Priv Genl Head Genl Head   1780 Artillery   1780 Sept 6 "   May July 1781   1781  
The applicant was frequently called out during first five years of the war
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this _____ day of _____ personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of _____ in the county of _____ and State, Territory or District of _____ aged (c) _____ 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 provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) _____, with _____ and served in the _____ (e) regiment of the _____ line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers, the time he left the service, (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. [This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of _____
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I _____ of the Court of _____ do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this _____ day of _____ &c.
If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the _____ and C. D. residing in (the same) _____ hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _____ years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
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 A. B.
who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the _____ and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the _____ and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, _____ Clerk of the Court of _____ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this _____ day of _____ &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person

will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefor, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations I have provided, according to the nature of his case. The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it? { To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?  7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that he answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons -one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed rebuttable  rebuttable in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, 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. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of 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 that 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 shown 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.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he 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.
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 papers 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.
Proof of Service.
[j] 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 claimant's 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.
[k] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
Gyer Castor Sam Clark

um um
January 8, 1925.
Edward B. Rommel, 20 Charles St., Bloomfield, N. J.
Sir:
I have to advise you that from the papers in Revolutionary War pension claim, S.964, it appears that Nathanial Budd was born in 1761 at Springfield, Essex County, New Jersey, and resided there during the Revolution.
He enlisted in August 1776, served as a private at various times, amounting in all to 28 months, under Captains Stephen Day, Brookfield, Jacob Crane, Joseph Horton and Elda-kim Littell, Colonels Ford, Thomas and Jaques in the New Jersey Troops, and was in skirmishes at Staten Island, Elizabethtown Point, Amboy and Springfield where in June 1780 his father's (name not stated) house was burned and his father taken prisoner and carried to New York.
He was allowed pension on his application executed October 23, 1832, while a resident of Lodi Township, Bergen County, New Jersey. (Death not on A. B.)
There is no further data on file as to his family.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.
Note:
Omitted Capt Brookfield's first name as sol. said it was Jacob + in the N. J. Book, p. 383, there is a Capt Job Brookfield.
The b. of Amboy was in 1777 + sol. said this was skir on June 7, 178 um

New Alan
INVALID.
1925, Jan. 8 - Hist to Edward G. Rommel - u m
File No. 964 Nathaniel Budd Prin. N.Y. Line
Act: June 7, 1882.
Index: — Vol. a , Page 49
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Nathl. Budd. $80.00 Jan. 28 th 1834.
Payments to be made at Trenton N Jersey by Philena Dickinson Esq Agent for paying Pension- ers in the Agency of
28048
1964 New Jersey
New Jersey
310 48 2480 1240 19880 310 458.
Recorded in the Pension Of- fice, in Book E Vol. 3
Page 123 by Geo. Cromwell Clerk.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, Nathaniel Budd of the State _____ of New Jersey _____ who was a Private in the Revolutionary Army
is entitled to receive _____ Eighty _____ dollars and _____ cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March, and 4th of September in every year.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this 28 th day of January one thousand eight hundred and thirty=
Four L. Wood Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned. }
J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions.

Apr 2. 1834 Paid to Oct 4. 1834 Sept 13. 1834 Paid to Sept 4. 1834 Mar 13 1835 Paid to Oct 4 1835 Sep 15 1835 Paid to Sep 4 1835 Mar 8 1836 Paid to Mar 4 1836 Sept 10. 1836 Paid to Sept 4. 1836. Mar 9 Paid to 4 Oct 1837 Paid to 4 Sep 1837 Paid to 4 Mar 1838
No 28048

New Jersey Bergen County
Nathaniel Brooks Militia application for a Service pension
1790-91 artillery service not ascertained
Adm d Eliza m p 80
Lewis Condict Present

no 1 State of New Jersey } ss. County of Bergen }
On this twenty third day of October A D 1832 personally appeared in open court before the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Bergen now sitting at New Barbadoes Nathaniel Bonda a resident of the town- ship of Lodi in the county of Bergen aforesaid in the State of New Jersey aged seventy one years whose being first duly sworn according to Law with or his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June the seventh A D 1832.
That he entered into the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated.
In August he served in the year 1776 he served one month in Capt. Stephen Day's company of New Jersey militia in the regiment under the command of Colonel Lord and the brigade of General Williamson. In September and October of the same year he served two months in Captain Jacob Brownfield's company in Colonel Thomas's regiment attached to General Williamson's brigade and in November of the same year he served one month again in Captain Stephen Day's company of Colonel Lord's regiment in the brigade then under the command of General Wines. These three months he served as a volunteer in the New Jersey militia raised according to the act of his knowledge by act of the provincial legis- lature of New Jersey.
In June July and August in the year 1777 he served under arms for three months in the New Jersey militia in Captain Jacob Cramer's company in Colonel Lagnish's regiment and General Howe's brigade; in the next four months of that year he was detached from his company and employed in making cartridges for the Army as his regular time of duty.

In March 1778 he enlisted as a volunteer in Captain Joseph Horton's company in Colonel Laignish's regiment in General Heath's Brigade in which I served for eighteen months from that date.
In February 1780 I served in Captain Elisha Little's company of New Jersey militia in the artillery in Colonel Laignish's regiment and in General Heath's brigade; also in the months of June September and October of the same year and in the months of May and July 1781 he served in the same manner one month at each time: in these last six months he was drafted in his monthly terms with his division of the company which he belonged to; which according to the best of his knowledge was by the direction of a Law of the Legislature of the State of New Jersey.
The service on which he was engaged during the whole of the above mentioned terms was guarding the lines between the British army which then lay at New York and the American troops and the well affected part of the State; and in intercepting roving and foraging parties; the scene of his service was at Amboy, Elizabeth and Springfield and the country between these places in the State of New Jersey. He was engaged in a skirmish at Amboy on the 7 th of June 1780 when the British landed 7000 men at Elizabeth town, in which Colonel Dayton's regiment of Continental troops was engaged; and on the 23 rd and 24 th of the same month he was engaged in continued skirmishes with part of the same troops at Springfield on the first of which days (the 23 rd ) his father's house at Springfield with many others at the same place was burned down by the enemy. General Washington with the American army at this time lay at Morristown. And in the skirmishes on the 23 rd & 24 th a regiment of New England troops under the command of Colonel Angle acted with the New Jersey militia. Applicant's father

was in this excursion taken prisoner and carried by the enemy into New York. Besides the services above stated when he was regularly called out and continued under arms in the service the applicant was frequently called out on alarms, and incursions of the enemy during the first five years of the war;
He was born in the year 1761. he knows of the existence of no record of his age: His father's family (in which his birth was recorded) was burnt with the house at Springfield by the enemy on the 23 d of June 1780. He was born at Springfield in the county of Essex in the State of New Jersey where he continued to reside except while about on the services above stated until the year 1796 when he removed to his present residence in Dover in Bergen county in the State of New Jersey where he has resided ever since.
He received no written discharge and believes that none of the militia of New Jersey were discharged. Noah Little of Springfield in the county of Essex knows of the actual performance of the greater part of the services above stated and is still living and has here in court Robert Campbell John H. Beyer and Adam Beyer.
are neighbors who live near him and can testify to his character for veracity and to their belief of his services as a soldier in the revolution. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to an annuity except the present and declares that his claim is not on the pension roll or agency of any State.
Sworn to and subscribed to the day and year first above said. Nathaniel Badd J. M. [unclear]
Noah Little appearing also in person in the court above said on this 23 d day of October 1832 and being first duly sworn according to Law maketh oath and saith that he is acquainted with Nathaniel Badd for remainder see no 4.

That the applicant above named that he knew him during the revolutionary war; that during that war the said Nathaniel Brea was a resident of Springfield in the county of Essex as above stated that he knows of his own personal knowledge that the said Nathaniel Brea was not engaged in military duty in the service of the United States in that war: that he knows that he volunteered as above stated in Captain Titcomb's company in General Henshaw's Brigade at March 1778. and served eighteen months.
That he knows of his during the time above stated in Captain Brookfield's company and he also knows that the said Brea was engaged as above stated in Carriage making for the army but for what period of time he does not now recollect: but from his knowledge of Nathaniel Brea during the revolutionary war he does not doubt that he performed the services above mentioned.
Sworn and subscribed in open court this 28 th of October 1832.
Noah his Little mark
W. H. H. H. H.
We Adam Boyd and John H. Boyd both residing in the county of Bergen in the State of New Jersey hereby certify that we are acquainted with Nathaniel Brea who has sworn to and subscribed the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy one years of age and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he now resides to have been a soldier in the revolution and we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed in open court this 31 st of Oct. 1832
Adam Boyd John H. Boyd
W. H. H. H. H.
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the

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 do further certify that it appears to them that Adam Buya who has signed the preceding certificate is a resident in Hackensack in the county of Bergen and that John A Berry who has also signed it is a resident of the township of Lodi in the same county, and are both well known to the court and that they are creditable persons and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Peapcuriam.
W. M. Mendenhall
I Abraham Westcott the clerk of the Superior court of common Pleas in and for the county of Bergen do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Nathaniel Brice for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 31 st day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two.
W. M. Mendenhall

New Jersey Essex County
Personally appeared before me Jonathan I. Squire one of the Justices of the peace in and for said County. Noah Little who being by me duly sworn on his oath saith that he is well acquainted with Nathaniel Budd, and has been since the commencement of the Revolutionary war - that in the months of September & October 1776 he done two months duty in the New Jersey Militia under Capt. Jacob Brookfield's company , Col. Thomas Regiment, in General Wil- iamson's Brigade at Elizabeth Townpoint. And this deponent further saith, that the said Nathaniel Budd, in the months of June, July & August 1777. Served three months in Captain Jacob Cranz company, Col. Jaquishes Regiment, in General Heidtz Brigade, of the Jersey Militia - This deponent further saith that the next four months said Budd was taken from his company, & employed in Making Cartridges for the Army - as his regular tour of duty - This deponent further saith that in March 1778. Said Budd enlisted as a volunteer in Capt. Joseph Hestons company, Col. Jaquishes Regiment in General Heidtz Brigade, in which he served eighteen months in the New Jersey Militia - And this deponent further saith that he was know- ing to said Budds belonging to an Artillery company, and that he was in the Battle of Amboy with him, but does not know what length of time he did service in said company -
Sworn & Subscribed before me.
N O A H L I T T L E
The 1 st day of July 1833.
Jonathan I Squire Justice of the peace
I do hereby certify, that the above named Noah Little, is a Man of good Character, and entitled to full Credit -
Jonathan I Squire Justice of the peace
State of New Jersey
County of Essex } ss. I Elias Van Arsdale Junior Clerk of the County of Essex & of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for said County (Do

hereby certify That Jonathan T. Squire before whom the foregoing affidavit of Noah Little was made. States, at the time of taking the same was one of the Justices of the peace for said County duly commissioned & sworn, that I am well acquainted with his hand writing & know that the name "Jonathan T. Squire" subscribed to the said affidavit and the certificate thereunder written is the proper hand writing of said Justice. —
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name & affixed the seal of said Court, at Newark the Second day of July A.D. Eighteen hundred and thirty three (1833) —
E. M c Culloch Clerk

20 Charles St,
Bloomfield, N.J.
12/20/24
Bureau of Soldiers' Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:-
The records of the State of New Jersey show that Nathaniel Budd, my great, great grandfather, a veteran of the Revolutionary War, filed claim for pension (Invalid No. 964), "the original of which," says the Adj. General of the State of New Jersey, "is filed at the Bureau of Pensions in Washington."
Please tell me if I can secure a copy of this pension claim or an abstract of the information it contains.
I want to learn more about Nathaniel Budd and his Revolutionary activities and much information must be given in that pension claim.
I am a veteran of the World War 1917-1918. Thanking you in advance, I am,
Yours very truly,
Edward B. Rommel.