Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 967, William Campbell, New Jersey

SERVICE
NUMBER
New Jersey
Campbell, William
S. 967.
CONTENTS
carded.
B. Jan. 20, 1765 Monmouth Co., N.J. there in 1832.

New Jersey 9593
William Campbell of Monmouth Co. in the State of New Jersey who was a St M ty S er in the Company commanded by Captain Van Clief of the Reg t commanded by Col  in the New Jersey State Militia
3 Mo. Im. Major 13.50 21 " Drummer 77 $ 90.30
Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey at the rate of 90 Dollars 50 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 30 th day of May and sent to 1833 D. M. Hartshorne, Straheld, N.J.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 181.00 Semi-ant. allowance adding 4 Sept. 45.25
$ 226.25
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { bot June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J. T. Sprague Clerk, Book Vol. 3 Page 105
1832 67/5 1765 1832 86/6 1746 1832 34/8 1708

At a Court of Common Pleas holden at Freehold in and for the county of Monmouth and State of New Jersey of the Term of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two.
Present. John Patterson } And others John Hall } Esquires John W. Davison } Judges —
Declaration of William Campbell in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7. 1832
State of New Jersey } ss: County of Monmouth } On this thirty first day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hun- dred and thirty two personally appeared in open court before the Judges of the Superior Court of Common Pleas of the county and State afore- said now sitting, William Campbell a resident of the Township of Upper Freehold in the County of Monmouth and State of New Jersey aged sixty seven years on the twentieth day of January last past, who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the follow- ing declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7. 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named Officers, and served as herein stated. That he entered the militia as a drummer sometime in the month of September in the year 1779 under Captain Benjamin Van Cleef and served as such drummer until the close of the war being stationed at Freehold and was not permitted to leave the place except upon an alarm or some other emergency — That General David Forman kept him at Freehold as a drummer and afterwards promoted him to Drum Major — that he was in actual service

as such drummer and drum-major all the time during the remainder of the war that he served under some other captains to wit David Baird & Captain Rodolph in the Continental service who was stationed at Freehold in the latter part of the war That he lived when he entered the service in the Township of Freehold in the county of Monmouth and State of New Jersey - that he served as a volunteer - that he was in no regular engagement with the enemy - that he never marched out of his native county - that he was with no Continental Regiments or companies except under Captain Rodolph as above stated but he recollects Captain John Walton and Captain John Burrows afterwards major who were continental officers - That he has no documentary evidence of his service - that he can procure the testimony of his old Captain Benjamin Vancleaf and Aaron F. Walker who can testify to his service - that he hereby relinquishes every 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 to & subscribed in open court the day & year aforesaid. } William Campbell
John Haddad
State of New Jersey } ss: County of Monmouth } Benjamin Vancleaf being duly sworn according to law upon his oath certifies that he is well acquainted with William Campbell the person who had signed and sworn to the above declaration - that he believes him to be sixty seven

years of age, and knows that he served as a drummer for about three years during the latter part of the war and believes that he was out as such drummer and as drum Major stationed at Freehold for at least two years during the Revolutionary war that he is a credible and respectable person and that his declaration is entitled to credit - that he was quite a boy when he first entered under this department before the time when he was obliged by law to turn out -
Sworn & subscribed in open court.
John Haddad
Benjamin Van Cleave
State of New Jersey } ss: County of Monmouth } Aaron F. Walker being duly sworn according to law upon his oath certifies that he is well acquainted with William Campbell who has signed & sworn to the above declaration believes that he is sixty seven years of age that he served as he has above stated - that he thinks the said applicant entered the service some time in the year 1779 when he was quite a boy & knows that he served as drummer and drum Major at least two years during the latter part of the war & that he was not permitted by General Forman to leave Freehold - except as above mentioned - that he is a respectable and credible person & that his statement is entitled to credit -
Aaron F. Walker
Sworn & subscribed in open Court the day & year aforesaid
John Haddad
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

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soldier and served as he states - And the court further certified that it appears to them that Benjamin Tancleave and Aaron F. Walker, who have sworn to and subscribed the foregoing affidavits, are surviving soldiers of the Revolution, residents in the county of Monmouth and are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Jehu Patterson John Hull John W. Davison
I Daniel H. Ellis clerk of the court of Common Pleas of the county of Monmouth and State of New Jersey, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application William Campbell for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this thirty first day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two.
D. H. Ellis Clk

C o 4184 Mrs Campbell
21. Jan'y 1833
Obj. 5.
J. M. Hartshorne Freehold N. J.
3 mo. 8 th Maja 13.50 21. " Drummer 77. -  $ 90.50
Page 207.
J. M. Hartshorne Freehold N. J.
Gett a number fm. E. Hancosi

BRIEF in the case of
William Campbell of Monmouth Co. in the State of N. Jersey (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge?  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 67 years,  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.     In 1779 Sept. To the end of the war As a Drummer Drum Major Gen. Capt. Van Cleef, Militia  
 5. In what battles was he engaged?  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Monmouth Co. N. J.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Living witnesses  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.
D. Brown
Examining Clerk.

Amendatory Affidavit of William Campbell to his original Declaration Made July 31 st 1832 in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7. 1832 State of New Jersey
Monmouth County ss. Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Monmouth and State of New Jersey, William Campbell 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 entered the Militia of New Jersey as a volunteer, in the month of September (the day he cannot state) in the year 1779 and served therein in the grade of a drummer the term herein after mentioned to wit: he served a continued term of three years and one month at Freehold in said County under Captain Benjamin Vanclieve and General David Forman beginning in the month of September (the day he cannot state) in the year Seventeen hundred and seventy nine, and ending in the month of October in the year Seventeen hundred and eighty two as a private drummer: He was then promoted to Drum-Major and served as such, a term of three months at the same place and under the same officers, beginning in the said month of October in the year last mentioned, at the time his first term ended, and ending with the close of the war in the month of January in the year Seventeen hundred and eighty three. The other Field Officers were Major Barnes B. Smock and Col: Asher Holmes: He further saith that Freehold was the head quarters of General Forman around which he kept a constant guard, that the said Capt. Vanclieve's Company or some part thereof constituted the said guard & that he the said William Campbell was the drummer for the same & that whenever the said Capt. was absent from head quarters, he

the said William Campbell was retained there by his General under his immediate command to beat for the said Guard and for other Companies that might be at head quarters, (Some of the Captains names he has given in his declaration) but that he was never under the command of any of the said Captains except Captain Tancleave whose regular place of service was at Freehold aforesaid - that the survivors of the above tours whom he now recollects are Captain Benjamin Tancleave and Aaron F. Walker whose affidavits are attached to his original declaration, that he never received any warrant of office as Drum Major, but only a promise from his General, and from the fact of the termination of the war so soon after he never obtained it, that if the evidences of his service as Drum Major should not be deemed sufficient, he relinquishes all claim as to that, and claims a pension only for his service as a drummer, that he was born in Freehold in said County of Monmouth on the 20 th of Jan y . A.D. 1765. That his age is recorded in his father's family Bible now in his possession.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 9 th day of May 1839 Thos C. Hrickmorton
William Campbell
State of New Jersey Monmouth County p: Personally appeared before me the undersigned a justice of the peace in and for the County and State aforesaid Captain Benjamin Tancleave, who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he is a surviving soldier of the Revolutionary War aged Eighty six years, that he was a Captain in the Militia of New Jersey during said war, that William Campbell who had signed and sworn to the above affidavit, served in this deponent's Company as drummer and as drummer to the guard stationed at Genl. Forman's head quarters

at Freehold from the fall of the year seventeen hundred and seventy nine the month & day he cannot state but he knows it was in the fall of that year until they laid down arms at the close of the war in year 1783. that Freehold was the head quarters of General Forman around which there was a constant guard, and a part of this Deponent's Company usually formed the said guard and the said William Campbell was a drummer to the said guard, that whenever this deponent was absent from head quarters upon duty elsewhere or out of service, he knows that the said William Campbell was retained by Genl. Forman under his immediate command as drummer to the said Guard and was never permitted to leave head quarters except upon an alarm.
Sworn to & subscribed before me Justice as aforesaid May 9th 1833 Thos. C. Shrock attorney
Benjamin Van Clief
State of New Jersey Monmouth County Personally appeared before me the undersigned a justice of the Peace in & for the said County & State Aaron F. Walker who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he is a surviving Soldier of the Revolution aged Seventy four years, that William Campbell who has signed & sworn to the first above affidavit entered the Militia of New Jersey as a drummer in the fall of the year 1779 and served under therein under Capt. Van Clief and Genl. Forman as drummer to the guard stationed at the General's head quarters from the time he entered the same, all the time until the close of the war in the winter of the year 1782-3 - that Freehold was the head quarters of General Forman. And this deponent performed the duty of one of the guard to the same, that the said William Campbell was chosen by Genl. Forman for the drummer of said guard & the said William

Campbell served as drummer to the same the period above mentioned and was not permitted by the said General to leave the said head quarters except upon an alarm, that the said William Campbell was quite a boy when he entered the service but was large enough to beat the drum
Sworn to and subscribed before { E. B. Basker me Justice as aforesaid May, 9th 1832 }
Tho: C. Throckmorton
We Corlis Lloyd and Garret Wikoff residing in the Township of Free-
hold in the County State above mentioned hereby certify that we are well acquainted with William Campbell who has subscribed and sworn to the first above affidavit, that we believe him to be 68 years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he always resided, until within a year past to have been a Drummer in the Revolutionary war, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn to and subscribed this 17th day of May 1833 before me Justice as aforesaid Tho: C. Throckmorton { Corlis Lloyd Garret Wikoff
And I the said Thomas Throckmorton Justice of the Peace as aforesaid do hereby certify that it appears to me, that there is no Clergyman residing in the neighborhood of the said William Campbell, and that Benjamin Vanclieve, Aaron F. Walker, Corlis Lloyd and Garret Wikoff, who have signed the affidavits and certificate preceding respectively, are resident in the said Township of Freehold, that they are all credible and respectable persons, and that their several statements are entitled to full credit,
Dated May 17th A.D. 1833. Tho: C. Throckmorton
I Daniel H. Ellis clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Monmouth State of New Jersey, do hereby certify that Thomas C. Throckmorton before whom the foregoing proceedings or affidavits were taken sworn to and subscribed, is now and was at the several dates thereof, enrolled in my office as a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County duly Commissioned and sworn into office, and that full faith and credit are due and ought to be given to all his official acts as such, and further that the several signatures "Tho: C. Throckmorton" signed above, are respectively the true hand writing and genuine signatures of the said Justice.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court at Freehold this twenty th day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three.
D. H. Ellis Clk

L. W. B. I. 967.
This Bureau can furnish the military record of only such Revolutionary soldiers as were pensioned or whose widows were pensioned for their services.
Such of the original muster and pay rolls of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 as are now in the possession of the Government are on file in the Record and Pension Office, War Department. Original rolls and other records pertaining to service in the Revolutionary War may also be found on file in the archives of many of the original States.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C.,
O. W. & N. DIV.
REVOLUTIONARY.
September 2nd, 1897.
Sir:-
Replying to your request for information concerning William Campbell , a soldier of the Revolutionary war, you are advised that he made an application for pension on July 31st, 1832, at which time he was 67 years of age and residing in Monmouth County, N. J., and his pension was allowed for two years' actual service as a drum major and drummer in the New Jersey troops, Revolutionary war; a part of the time he served under Capt. Van Cleaf. He enlisted in Monmouth Co., New Jersey.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Mr. Warren N. Trusdell,
780 Broad St., Newark, N. J.

2/97 History to W. R. Trusdell Newark - N. J.
Newark
INVALID.
Sect. Mr.
File No.
962
William Campbell Ph. N. J. etc.
Act:
June 7, 1832.
Index:—Vol.
2
, Page
56
[Arrangement of 1870.]

For Answer to the first objection in the case of William Campbell See original Declaration -
2 nd — Same
3 rd
4 th See original & Amendatory -
5 th See Amendatory affidavit
6 th See original And Amendatory -
7 th See original -
8 th See Same.
9 th See Same & Amendatory
10 th See Same & do -
11 th See Amendatory affidavit - { This was not thought necessary originally 12 th See Justice's certificate. Amen d } where living witnesses could be produced
13 th See original & Amendatory.
14 th See Amendatory affidavit
15 th See certificate of court, orig l : & affidavits of witnesses Amendatory.
16 th See both } As to the character of the Applicant, see 17 th See both } affidavits of witnesses attached to original declaration

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of
William Campbell further proof or explanation.
which require
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? No, see Quere 5. VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal?
He showed state, as nearly as possible, each term and its length.

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?
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?
XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
“Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: For _____ year _____ months and _____ days. I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension.”

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.
† QUERE XIV.  Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the 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.

ESTABLISHED 1861.
WARREN N. TRUSDELL,
DEALER IN
COMMERCIAL PAPER, BANK, GAS, INSURANCE AND INDUSTRIAL STOCKS.
OFFICE, 780 BROAD STREET.
AGENT FOR THE MUTUAL BENEFIT LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY. ASSETS OVER $58,000,000.
Q u m
C O
Newark, N. J., Aug. 10 1897.
To the Honorable Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.
Dear Sir:
Will you please advise me if the name of William Campbell , who enlisted as a drummer boy, and served in the revolutionary war, from New Jersey, was on the pension rolls in your department. He died in Monmouth County New Jersey some forty or fifty years ago, and oblige
Yours very respectfully
Warren N. Trusdell