Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 12205, Crynes Bartolf, New Jersey

SERVICE
New Jersey
Bartolf, Brynes or Bertholf
NUMBER
S. 12205
CONTENTS
Carded

Date of death not shown on A.B.
New York 14971 Crynes Bertholf May in the State of New York who was a Capt. in the Compy by Captain Board of the Regt. com Col. Day in the New Jersey for 20 d. Rev. 2 7 mo. Apr }
* Bartolf Records corrected Sept 18/05.
Inscribed on the Roll of N. York at the rate of 42 Dollars 42 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 27 day of July 1833 and in the House of William Goshen
Arrears to the 4th of Mo. '31 $284 84 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 S. p. '31 71. 21 $356 05
Recorded by { Revolutionary Claim, } Act June 7, 1832. W. C. Steele Clerk Book E. Vol. 3. Page 46

Lyons Berthoff of New York
5 Specific weight
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24 2 110
23 3 23 3
29 74 0
adm d P 212
22 lbs. per
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Hon. J. G. Wilkinson

BRIEF in the case of Corpus Bertholf of Orange  County in the State of New York (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 82.  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     March 1776 14 Private Gen. Copt Board, Col Day   July 1776 8 do do   Fall " 1 Captain Col Day, Gen. Wayne   Fall 1777 1 do Col Day   1778 1 do do    That he was upon the lines as a Ranger for 2 Years & it is impossible to give particulars, but is positive the service was at least one Year
 5. In what battles was he engaged?  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Bergen County New Jersey  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Living  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
J. Wilson Examining Clerk.  July 18th 33

State of New York County of Orange } ss
On this fourth day of December in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared in open Court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for the said County of Orange, (being a Court of Record now sitting) Deymus Bartholf a resident of the Town of Monroe County and State aforesaid, aged 82 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 Act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832
unrecorded
That he entered into the Service of the United States (as near as he can recollect) in the Month of March 1776 as a private under Captain Joseph Board Colonel Dey was in Command of the Regiment, that he resided at Ramapo when he entered the Service - That he Marched through the County of Bergen stage of New Jersey to Amboy where he - That there were other Troops there - but they were all strangers - and he does not now recollect the names of the Officers - that they were engaged in making intrenchments - after remaining there as short time he returned home having been dismissed - he served on this Town about 2 weeks
2 weeks
That he again entered the Service in June or July previous can not say with precision which - under Captain Board - Marched to

To New York - Dey was the Colonel-passed through the Northern part of New Jersey he cannot state the names of the officers in command they were all strangers to Depo- nent he remained in the City about eight 8 days and returned home - having been dismissed
That in the fall of the same year - the month not recollected he again en- tered the service as a Captain of a Company of Militia - he received a Commission as Cap- tain - cannot say by whom it was signed, it was granted under the Authority of the State of New Jersey, that the said Commission was delivered after it was to Gen Dey and that it never was again returned to him this Deponent - That Richard Dey was his Colonel - he marched to Elegabethtown  where  where Gen Wayne was in command, Gen Dey was there - The British were upon Staten Island remained a short time  one month at Staten Elizabeth Town, then marched to Bengerstown in the State of New Jersey, was there dismissed and returned home having served on this 1 month about  one month .
That he again entered the service in the fall of the year 1777 as a Captain in command of a Company of State  State places called the English Neighborhood in the County of Bergen State of New Jersey That there were no other troops there but the regiment to which this Deponent belonged, commanded by Colonel Dey aforementioned, that he marched from the English Neighborhood To Fort Lee which was in possession

of the British and which they took, and in the same they took two Prisoners a Lieutenant and a Private - returned to the English Neighborhood - were there dismissed and returned home - having served on 1 month this Term  One Month
In the Spring following he again entered the service as a Captain in command of a Company - Colonel Day his Colonel - he marched from Rarapo through New Jersey about Twenty miles to a place called Ten My Fly in Bergen County, was ordered there as a guard - remained one Month was 1 month dismissed and returned home -
And the Deponent further states that he was upon the lines between the British and American Army as a ranger for two years while the British were in New Jersey and New York that he was sometimes at one place and sometimes at another, that it is altogether impossible for him from the very nature of his service to give the particulars or to mention the various places at which he was served, and he says with positive 1 year - ness that he served at least one full year - the whole time under the command of Colonel Day -
1 st That he was born the 20 th day of April in the 1750 at Rarapo in New Jersey County of Bergen -
2 2 That he is has a record of his age which is in his possession in the Town of Monroe aforesaid
3 That he lived at Rarapo aforesaid

when called into Service that he has since lived in Rockland And Orange County and some few years after the war at Pampa and that he now resides at San Monroe aforesaid
4 He was called into the Service as a Militia Man
5 He cannot state the names of any other Officers than those already stated by reason of his old age and the consequent loss of memory —
6 Never Received a written discharge
7 Received a Commission as stated written — Then
8 th That he is known to John McGarrah Robert Fowler of the Town of Monroe aforesaid who can testify as to his character for veracity and their belief of his services as a Soldier of the Revolution -then
He hereby relinquishes any claim whatever to a Pension or Annuity except the Present and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State
Sworn & Subscribed
He says he is aforesaid in open Court
Attest A. H. Plummer Clerk
Cyrus Bartol

Pensoni Papers P. M. n. Bur- thol  A. J. Burton Atty 

In the Matter of the Application Of Erynes Bertholf for a Pension Under the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 State of New York County of Orange ss
In personally appeared before me, the undersigned a Justice of the Peace Erynes Bertholf, an applicant for a Pension 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 the precise length of his service or all the various circumstances but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below and in the following grades - That in the year 1776 in the month of March (as he thinks) he served as a pri- vate under Captain Board, and Colonel Dey on the Tour to Amboy Two weeks - That in June or July following he served under Captain Board, (as a private) eight days in the City of New York - That in the Fall of the year 1776, he served (as a Captain of a Company of Militia and in the regiment of Colonel Dey) at Elizabeth town and Bergentown in the State of New Jersey, One Month - That in the Fall of the year 1777 he served as a Captain at the English neighbourhood Fort Lee and other places in New Jersey, a Term of one month - That in the spring of 1778 he served as Captain in command of a company one Month at Jersey Fly Bergen County New Jersey That in the latter years of the war Deponent was ordered (being a Captain as aforesaid) to

That in the Month of January last Deponent cannot state the year he was ordered out with his company by Col. Anthony Dey to whose regiment he belonged to Millstone about six miles west from New Brunswick - the rest of the regiment were also there the enemy were in New Brunswick which some persons took place - but Deponent does not recollect by whom the troops were commanded - remained there one month - other Militia troops were there but Deponent does not recollect by whom they were commanded
Range of between the British and American lines and watch the movements of the enemy who were in New York and New Jersey, he belonged to the regiment commanded by Col. Anthony Dey - That Deponent cannot pretend to state all his service but on reflecting on the subject he is enabled to state several particular occasions on which he was engaged in that service and for which (together with the foregoing service) he claims the benefit of the act. Deponent recollects that he went out with his company as captain from Ramapo where he resided to Chester on the north river in Bergen County New Jersey to meet the enemy should they land from their ship-ship, then on the river - That Deponent remained there two weeks and returned - There were no other troops there - This was in the fall, but Deponent's recollection will not enable him to state with certainty the year but thinks it was in the year 1780. That in the next winter after the last mentioned service Deponent marched with his company from Ramapo to Watchung in New Jersey where he remained two weeks - no other troops were there
That the next spring thereafter Deponent marched in command of his company to the Englishman's homestead in the State of New Jersey, to watch the enemy who were in Fort Lee - was out only four days - not finding them returned home. That in the Month of June thereafter Deponent marched to Second River in New Jersey where there was a brigade of New Jersey Militia commanded by Gen. Wayne. The enemy were in a fort three or four miles distant Deponent was ordered by the Gen in command of his company remained there

Uncompd One Month , was Discharged and returned home - That in the West face Deponent (Marched) in command of  with his Company to the New Bridge over Warrenton - Mack River About three Miles Above the village where there was a Regiment & Deponent lay at the New Bridge one Month when he returned having seen nothing of the enemy - These are some of the particulars of his service as a Ranger And Deponent says that he acted as a Captain during the whole of his service as Ranger
Sworn Before Me
This 26 th day of March 1833
Cyrus Bartlett
H.W. Elliott J. Ross
I Asa Dunning Clerk of the court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Orange (Do hereby certify that Horace W. Elliott before whom the above Amended declaration was sworn was at the time and now is a Justice of the Peace And that the signature annexed is his true signature
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set My hand and Seal of Office this ninth  eighth day of April 1833
Lewis Dunning Deputy Clerk
5 00 / 11 5 00 / 11 5 00 / 11

Heads to Maj. John Bartholf, Army U.S.A. Plattsburg, N.Y. m.e.l. Feb. 3, 1904 - this to E.P. Bartholf Red Bank N.J.
1915 Dec. 10. Hist to Miss J. G. Craft. f. 1915 Dec. 14. Letter " " relative to place of soldier's birth. f. 1916 Jan. 10 Aud. Int. for date of last payment. Aud 1916 Jan. 14. Miss J. G. Craft advised of receipt of her letter of Jan. 7. Aud 1922 Mar. 11 Hist. to David L. Pierson. Where is reply?
Reformed
12.205
✓ INVALID.
Oct. 16/95 Pl. retired.
File No. 12,205
Cyrus Bartholf Capt. Rev. War.
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index: — Vol. 2, Page 30
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Bartholf Records corrected. Sept. 18, 1905

State of New Jersey
Bergen County ss: John Christie of the Town- ship of Franklin in said County farmer now aged about eighty four years being duly sworn on the Holy Evangelist of Almighty God depones and saith That Brynes Bartholf now of the Town of Nevers County of Orange and State of New York was a Captain in the Militia of the State of New Jersey in the Revolutionary War for several years and commanded a Company of Militia of said State of New Jersey in which this Deponent was a private and that this Deponent did duty under the said Brynes Bartholf as his Captain repeatedly in cases of alarm during said War of the Revolution. That during the War of the Revolution said Bartholf lived at Ramapo in the said Township of Franklin and was, then known as a person of good character. That full faith and cre- dit is due to his representations as a man of veracity. That the said Bartholf was a vigilant active and zealous Officer in the cause of the Country and was invariably turnant when called upon in defense of the Country so far as this Deponent has always understood and believes to be

true and that from the said Ben tho' being a neighbor and an habitant of the same township with the deponent during said war he the deponent is perfectly acquaint- ed with the facts above stated and his general conduct at that time. As further this deponent saith not Then the 3 d day of John Christie August A.D. 1832 at said township of Franklin before me.
Henry B. Hagerman
Judge of the Court of Common
Plas, in for the County of
Bergen
State of New Jersey Bergen County S.S. I Abraham Westerroll Clerk of the County of Bergen & Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County Do hereby certify that Henry B. Hagerman was on the 3 d day of Aug. 1832 an acting Judge of the said Court, duly appointed, commissioned and sworn and authorized by law to administer oaths - and that his signature to the above Oath is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court this first day of September A.D. 1832.
W. M. Mitchell Clerk

Agnes Bartholf of New York

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Orynes Berthoff which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes
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? yes
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?
Each term of service claimed for should be particular
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? is separately set forth. If a claimant does not recollect the essential features of his claim he should
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? to be admitted
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes
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?
yes

 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? Yes Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office?  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? Yes  XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? Yes  XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? Yes. 
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 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 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.
M. Bartholf has made an Amended Declaration - The objection is as to his General Service - which service was done as a Ranger - To state all the particulars of a Ranger Service for two years after an interval of fifty, would require a more tenacious Memory than any man upon the earth has -

Rev. War Section S. F. No. 12205 - Cerynes Bartolf Rev. War.
ad. Ex'r.
Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
Washington, D. C., Jan 10, 1906
SIR:
For use in the above-entitled claim for pension, you are requested to furnish this Bureau with a report in the case of
Cerynes Bartolf or Bertholf pensioned under the Act June 7, 1832, from Mar. 4, 1831, by certificate No. 4971, issued July 27, 1833, rate $142.42 per An. N.Y. Agency, showing date of last payment of pension, name of person paid and date of soldier's death
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
THE AUDITOR FOR THE INTERIOR DEPARTMENT,
Treasury Department.

OFFICE OF AUDITOR FOR INTERIOR DEPARTMENT IN REPLYING QUOTE INITIALS
TREASURY DEPARTMENT
WASHINGTON
January 12, 1916.
The Commissioner of Pensions.
Sir:
In reply to your letter of the tenth instant you are informed that, according to the latest account rendered by the U. S. Pension Agent, at New York City the records of this office show last payment to have been made to Crynes Bertholf, Captain, Army Rev., certificate No. 4971, at $142.42 per month annum to September 4, 1834, to James Ovington, Attorney. Said pensioner resided in Monroe, Orange Co., N. Y., for six years, and previous thereto he resided in Hamptonborough, Orange Co., N. Y., but the date of his death is not shown.
Letter herewith returned.
Respectfully,
Alvin A. Price
Auditor.
RV
By
Deputy Auditor.

AWK Red Bank, N.J.,
Feb. 8, 1904
The Honorable,
The Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.
Sir:-
During the Revolutionary War, a Crynes Bartolf served as a Captain in the N.J. Volunteers, in the Bergen County Regiment. He was afterward pensioned.
I would like very much to have an extract from the papers on file in his case, showing the following points:-
1. Date and place of birth. 2. Date of death, and if widow was pensioned. 3. What his war services consisted of. 4. When he applied for pension, and where he lived at the time. 5. names of witnesses to his identity. 6. Any other points pertinent from a genealogical standpoint.
I will thank you very much for this information, and if a fee is required I will gladly send the same .
Very truly yours,
E.P. Bartolf

Plattsburg New York ms 109 " 10 Oct 8 th 1895
To the Hon. Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.
Sir Will you please inform me who, of the name of Bartholf or Bertholf appear on the Records of Pensions for the Revolutionary War, & if any, for what service - This, in order to aid me in a Genealogical Record -
I know that nine men of the family served in the New York Troops from Orange Co N.Y. but who of family them served in the New Jersey Troops I have not yet got documentary knowledge of -
Very respy
Your obed Servt
John H Bartholf
Major, Surgeon U.S.A Retired

15 West 1st St.,
Res Sect 1
Bayonne, N. J.
Jan. 7-1916
Mr. G. M. Saltzgaber, Department of the Interior, Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Sir: Whether it will be of any use to expose a dead man's trickery or not, I am not sure, but it may be of some interest to record the fact, and it may help to expose other dishonesties perpetrated on our government in the same way. You will recall that I wrote to you Nov. 30/15 concerning data desired of my ancestors - viz. Craynes, Berthog, Nelson Miller and Thomas Pears of Revolutionary War record. Your helpful response dated Dec. 10- advised my writing to the Auditor for the Interior Dept. U. S. Treasury for data he might give, not in record in your Dept. This I did, which brought back very meagre information concerning the family data I was so desirous of obtaining. It, however, sufficed to prove to me some.

thing decidedly crooked on the part of one James Arington.
From Mr Price. Auditor for the Pension Dept. I quote the following, dated Dec. 16.
"In reply to your letter of Dec. 11. 1915, in case of Cynes Berthof, Captain Army Revolution, Certificate # 14,971 New York City-Agency Roll, you are informed that the records of this Office show last payment to have been made at $142.42 per annum to Sept. 4. 1834, to James Arington, Attorney. Said pensioner resided in Monroe, Orange Co., N.Y. for six years, and previous thereto he resided in Hamptonbor- ough, Orange Co., N.Y., but the date of his death is not shown."
This shows James Arington Attorney to have swindled about $500. from the U. S. Treasury. Also to have forged the name of Cynes Berthof a year after said Cynes was in his grave.
I'm only sorry I couldn't have been around sooner to have made this discovery. The only advantage I can see to come of it now is that it may possibly be of interest to put this matter on record. And it may also show up "James Arington, Attorney" as Collector for a few more dead soldiers of the Rev. War.
Very truly yours
(Miss) J. G. Craft
The claim has every appearance of being authentic but of course I can't tell now. Ad Jan. 1916

Data concerning Crynes Bertholf , of Rev. War record - whose certificate 14,971 issued July 27-1833 for $142.42 per annum from Mich. 4-1831, thus places him on re- cord as a Rev. War pensioner.
In a little cemetery in Monroe, Orange Co., N.Y. are the graves of Crynes Bertholf and his wife Welampe (Bogart) Bertholf, and on the headstones which mark their  these graves may be read the following
Crynes Bertholf
Born Apr. 20-1750. Died Dec. 3-1831
Aged 81 yrs., 7 mos., 13 days.
and Welampe - his wife,
Died Jan. 3-1832, Aged 66 yrs., 10 mos., 11 days.
I visited these graves myself in the summer of 1903, and copied the above inscriptions which tally with the old Family Records.
Thus it will be shown that "James Livington, Attorney" used my ancestor's military career to cheat the U. S. Treasury out of Pension money which he, Crynes  would have been entitled to, had he been living at that time, and put in such an application. I am wondering how many other names of bona fide Rev. War soldiers "James Living- ton, Attorney", exploited, to realize to his own pocket, sums of money he had no right to, but that he could accrue some without his dishonesty ever coming to light. "James Livingston, Attorney" neatly tricked the United States government in the ap- plication he presented as coming from Crynes Bertholf, posing himself as Attorney for
This reads as if it was property inherited from brother of Crynes Bertholf 2 May 1831 John Bertholf of the town of Monroe have been John Bertholf for the benefit of his wife Died Jan. 3-1832 Aged 66 yrs., 10 mos., 11 days.

his "client".
Please observe quotations from form you so kindly sent to me, dated Dec. 10-1915 J. G. C.
S. File 21,378
Rev. War
And my bracketed comments on same. Viz -
"Date of application for pension. Dec. 4. 1832"
(A year and a day from the death of appli- cant. Eleven mos. and a day from death of his widow.)
"Residence at date of Application - Monroe, Orange Co., N.Y." (It certainly was, and a per- manent one in a little plot 2 ft x 6 ft.)
"Age at date of application. Born Apr. 20. 1750 at Ramapo, Bergen Co., N.J."
(Birth date perfectly correct, so that Washington Pension Officials can easily figure exactly what it should be on Dec. 4-1832 - the date of application.)
And "James Livington - Attorney" posing as such for my ancestor Crynes Bertholf - who, so far as any of our family have reason to believe, never wrote his name "Bartolf" - collected that pension money dating back prior to Crynes Bertholf's death from Mch. 4-1831, to Sept. 4-1834.
It becomes perfectly obvious to me why I am unable to obtain from Washington the record of the date of my ancestor's death. It would have been very incon- venient to "James Livington, Attorney" to have supplied the Dept. with that particular item of information - or the date of his widow's death. Very truly yours J. G. Craft.

15- West 1st St., Bayonne, N.J. Dec. 13-1915-
Mr G. M. Saltzgaber
Rev War Records Sec.
Rev Sec
Bureau of Pensions Washington, D. C.
Sir:-
Permit me to thank you for the desired records of my ancestors Eynes Bartolf (Bertholf) and Nelson Miller, which you have so kindly and promptly furnished me, in so far as you could from the records available to you.
I have followed your advice; and I wrote on receipt of your letter of Dec 10th, to the Auditor for the Interior Dept. - for the family data concerning Eynes Bertholf as per your instructions. I am in some perplexity as to my geography, however - upon looking over the data you have sent. Your form states
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Ramapo, New Jersey Age at date of application, - Born Apr. 20. 1750 at Ramapo, Bergen Co., New Jersey.
Eynes Bertholf was a resident of Ramapo, N.Y. not so in pension claim, N.J.

And he did serve in the Rev. War in Col. Dey's Regiment of Bergen Co., N.J. We have the right man under discus- sion. He died in Monroe, Orange Co., N.Y. and is buried there beside his wife Wellampe. I have visited their graves, and copied the inscriptions from their tomb stones.
My perplexity is - as to how in the official records at Washington, "Ramapo, N.Y." has been entered as "Ramapo, Bergen Co., N.J." My impression is that Ramapo is in Rockland Co., N.Y. I have many relatives up in that sec- tion, and the place where the old home of Crynes Bertholf once stood, can still be pointed out by those who saw it before it was razed. If Ramapo was ever in Bergen Co. N.J. then I ought to state it as you gave it to me - in the application blanks I have to fill in. I would be glad for any further light on this matter.
Very sincerely Yours (M m ) J. G. Craft

2-2ct. stamps rec'd. & ret'd.
W
"15 East 1 st St."
Bayonne, N. J.
Mr. G. M. Saltzgaber
Nov. 30 - 1915-
Bureau of Pensions - Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:-
In searching over records pertaining to Revolutionary War ancestry in the N. Y. Library yes- terday, I found in the fly leaf of the "Historical Register of Officers in the Continental Army" by Heitman, a slip of paper inserted, evi- dently by you, with your address, on which was written I have no idea what it means by this.
"For Records of Revolutionary Soldiers, write to _____ yourself, to the Rev. War Records Section."
I am accepting this invitation, and if you can add anything to the enclosed data, I will indeed be most grateful.
I am in direct lineal descent from Thos. Sears & Cuyne Berthof on my father's side, and from Nel- son Miller on my mother's side.

Myself and my nephew Harry M. Craft, wish to qualify for the "Sons of the Rev." & the "Daugh- ters of the Rev." and wish to se- cure all the facts that are ob- tainable. Not alone to quali- fy for membership in the above organizations, but to place on record any facts that may be of value to us.
My nephew is in the Naval Re- serves.
My father is a Civil War veteran still living, but a hopeless in- valid, and nearing the end.
It is a matter of pride to keep on record any service rendered to our Country by any of our an- cestors.
Trusting that it may be possible for you to add something to the enclosed sketches. I have the honor to be - sir -
Very gratefully yours -
(Miss) J. B. Craft.

Crynes Bartholf (or Crines Bertholf) Crinus
b. Apr. 20. 1750 } Son of Johannes Bertholf & d. Dec. 3-1831 } _____ Laroe
Mar. and lived in Ramapo - N. Y. Wellemp Bogart - b. Feb. 19. 1766 d. Jan. 3-1832
Note. In
"Officers and Men of N. J. in the Rev. War" p. 381
Crynes Bartholf - Capt.
in Col. Theunis Hey's Regiment, Bergen Co.
It is somewhere stated that Crynes Bertholf was Capt. on Washington's Staff at Valley Forge. Verification of this sought - And any other facts concerning his re- lations in the Rev. War - will be most gratefully received.
This Crynes Bartholf had a cousin of the same name who is believed to have been Corporal Crinus Bartholf of Col. Hathorn's Regt. We would wish to be most careful to get the record of the first named, and not confuse the two.
From J. G. Craft, 15-W. 1st St., Bayonne, N. J.

He THE NEW JERSEY SOCIETY SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
OFFICERS
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Hon. Washington Gardner, Commissioner, Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
My dear Sir!-
I will greatly appreciate the courtesy if you will kindly send me a copy of the pension record of Captain Crynes Bertholf, of the New Jersey Militia, pensioned, New York, July 27, 1853, at the age of 82.
It is needed to connect some valuable records we have in this office and if it can be sent it will assist us greatly in our work.
Thanking you in advance for any courtesy extended,
I am, Yours patriotically,
David L. Pease Secretary.

In The Matter of the Application of Agnes Buttrick an applicant for a Pension under the Act of Congress Passed June 7 th 1832
State of New York } Orange County }
We John Boyd a Clergyman residing in the town of Monroe County And State aforesaid and Jacob V Carpenter - - Of the same place her- by Certify that we are well acquainted with Agnes Buttrick who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we be- lieve her to be eighty two years of age that he is respected and beloved in the neigh- borhood where he resided to have been a sol- dier of the Revolution And that we concur in that opinion
Sworn And Subscribed John Boyd This fifth day of December Jacob V Carpenter 1832 Before me John McFarrah

Orange County ss personally appeared before me John McFarrah one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said County Maria  Anna Tannery who being by me duly sworn doth depose and say that she is seventy three years of age that she was born and brought up in the County of Bergen in the State of New Jersey and was well acquainted with Geryon Berthoff that her father Horace and his father Horace was in sight of each other and that she knows that Geryon Berthoff was a Captain in the Revolutionary War and knows that he was called out into the service a great number of times that she had two Brothers Aaron and John Jenkins that was in his company and was called out with him a number of times also that her husband Peter Tannery deceased was in Captain Geryon Berthoff's company and that she has heard him say that he was called out into the service a number of times under his command — Sworn & Subscribed her Maria Tannery before me this 5 th day March of December 1832 John McFarrah Justice of the Peace
I John McFarrah the Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Orange aforesaid do certify that I am acquainted with Maria Tannery the person who has made the above affidavit before me and that she is entitled to full credit and implicit belief
John McFarrah Justice of the Peace
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 certify that it appears to them that John Boyd who has signed and sworn to the preceding Certificate, is a Clergyman resident in the town of Monroe in the Ulster County And that Jacob T Carpenter who has signed and sworn to the preceding Certificate is a resident of the said town of Monroe and is a person of credibility and that his statement is entitled to full credit - And the Court further certify that it appears to them that Maria Tannery who has made an affidavit to her knowledge of Erynes Bertholf the within applicant served as a soldier of the Revolution that is a resident of the town of Monroe aforesaid and that she is a person of credibility and that her statement is entitled to full belief
I Asa Dunning Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Orange Do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings in the matter of the application of Erynes Bertholf for a Pension And I further certify that John McCarrah before whom the affidavits of John Boyd and Jacob T Carpenter and Maria Tannery were sworn was at the time and now is a Justice of the Peace and that the signature annexed was is his genuine signature
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and seal of office this Thirteenth day of December 1832 Asa Dunning Clerk
Erynes Bertholf "Pension" A. G. Benton Minister

Rev. War Section.
January 14, 1916.
Mrs J. G. Craft, 15 West First Street, Bayonne, N. J.
Madam:
In response to your letter dated the 7" instant, you are advised that its contents have been noted and you are thanked for the interest taken in the Revolutionary War pension claim of Cyrus Bartolf or Bertholf , Sur. File No. 12205.
As however all the persons connected with the adjudication and allowance of said claim are dead, this Bureau has no way of making an investigation into the matter.
Very respectfully,
J. M. [unclear] Commissioner.
See Treas. Dept. Report of Clerk for this case. J

Rev. War Section.
December 14, 1915.
Miss J. G. Craft, 15 West 1st Street, Bayonne, N. J.
Madam:
In response to your letter dated the 13" instant, relative to the claim of Cyrus Bartolf, Sur. File No. 13,205, Rev. War, you are advised that in his application for pension, he stated under oath that he was born the 20th day of April in 1750 at Ramapo in New Jersey, County of Bergen.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.