Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 2050, Job Borden, New Jersey

SERVICE
NUMBER
New Jersey
Borden, job
S. 2050
CONTENTS
carded

Chic 13:177 B. Borcum
of Warren in the State of Ohio who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Perkins of the Brigade commanded by Maj. Painter in the New Jersey Militia for one year 10 Mo.
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio at the rate of 73 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 24 day of May 1833 and sent to the Commission Lebanon Ohio
Arrears to the 4th of Mar 1833 $ 146:60 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sep. 33 36:65 $183:25
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Geo. B. Whiting Clerk Book 6 Vol. 8 Page 2
Dead Letter to Joshua Borden, 20 June 1842 Paid at the Treasury under the Acts of April 6 th 1838 and Aug 23 d 1842 from 4 th Sept r 1838 to 30 th Jan y 1839. Ag t notified Oct y 7 th 1842.

State of Ohio Warren County ss on this 24 th day of October in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred & thirty two personally appear- ed in open court before the court of common pleas for Warren County Ohio now sitting John Barden a resident of Warren County Ohio aged seventy two 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 - That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers & served as herein stated, That about the time  Some time not precisely recalled after the commencement of the revolutionary war & as he believes in the month of January in Burlington County New Jersey, he went into the service under one Capt. Samuel Perkins Joseph Collins Lieutenants & Israel Wilkins Ensign - That he mustered one Major Painter as the officer in whose battalion he served. That said company was marched to the Army just about the time of the battles of Trenton & Princeton in both of which they apparently fought under the said Capt. Perkins, that he remained in the service as he understood as a volunteer under the said Capt. Perkins until about four months after the battle of Monmouth, that he was in said last mentioned engagement under Capt. Perkins & as before stated he was discharged about four months afterwards at a place in East Jersey between Trenton & Mon- mouth & was never in the service afterwards - That in the battle of Monmouth he was wounded in the arm with a buckshot which wound is still visible & which at the time deprived him of the use of his arm - that he has no doc- umentary proof of his said services, nor does he know of any individual who from his personal knowledge can testify to the services

of this applicant.
Job X Borden Mark
He hereby relinquishes all 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 and subscribed the day and year aforesaid }
J. K. Wilds Clk
We Wilson Thompson a clergyman residing in the County of Warren and State of Ohio, and William Glenny residing in the same State and county, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Job Borden who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy two years of age, that he is respected 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, William Glenny on the day and year aforesaid } Wilson Thompson
J. K. Wilds Clk }
And the said court propounded the interrogatories required by the War department, which with the replies are as follows:
1 st Where, and in what year were you born? Ans. In the year 1760 in Burlington County New Jersey
2 nd Have you any record of your age; and if so, where is it? Ans. I have no record of my age
3 rd Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the revolutionary war, and where do you now live? - When called into the service I lived Ans. in Burlington County New Jersey - since the revolutionary war I have lived in New Jersey till the last 15 years since which I have lived in Warren County Ohio

4 th How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom? - I was always in the service as a volunteer
5 th State the names of some of the regular officers who were in the troops where you served; such continental and militia regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your service? I remember Genl above Washington & Genl other officers as I have stated in the specification specification
6 th Did you ever receive a discharge from the service; and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? My discharges were all verbal
7 th State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify to your character for truth and veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the revolution? See Mr Glenny Lewis Chamberlain & Wilson Thompson
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 Wilson Thompson who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the County of Warren and that William Glenny 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

The State of Ohio Warren county ss I Jonathan H. Wilds clerk of the court of Common Pleas within the county aforesaid certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said court in the matter of the application of Col Borden for a pension
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the court aforesaid at Lebanon this 8 th October A. D. 1832
J. H. Wilds clerk Col. Borden Petition for pension

Rev War
2050
INVALID.
File No. 2050
Job Borden Print Rev War
Act: June 7, 1832
Index:—Vol. A. , Page 36
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Free Providence, R.I.
James L. Edwards Esq.,
Pension office Washington City D.C.

Payments to be made at Cincinnati by J. Reynolds Pres t U. S. B r Bank Agent for paying Pension- ers, in the Agency of Ohio
Recorded in the Pension Of- fice, in Book E Vol. 8 Page 2 by Geo. B. Whiting Clerk.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
Revolutionary Claim.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, Solomon Beman of the State of Ohio who was a Private in the Army of the Revolution
is entitled to receive Seventy three dollars and thirty 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 24 th day of May one thousand eight hundred and thirty- three
John H. Hopkins
Secretary of War.
Examined and } Countersigned. }
J. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.

Mr. Borden & Chio
$73:30-

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of John Borden 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? No 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 VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? No VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? Yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? None 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?  yes
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?  yes
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?  yes
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?  5 not
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.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
Sept. 29 th 1842.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An Act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," and the 3d section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions from the pension agents, The child of Job Borden, dec d . a Pensioner on the Roll of the Ohio Agency, at the rate of Seventy three Dollars and 33 Cents per annum, under the law of the 4 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 1 st of Sept. 1838, to the 30 th Jany 1839.
Respectfully, yours,
 William L. Harris
Comptroller.
To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS, Present.

Additional statement of John Borden an applicant for a pension under the act of Congress of June 7 th 1832 - This applicant further says that he is sure he entered the service of the United States about one month prior to the battle of Trenton which he is informed took place in Decr. 1776 & he is certain that he continued in the service until about four months after the battle of Monmouth which he is informed was in June 1778 so that he must have been in the service about 22 months being discharged in October 1778 - He further says that he musters one Genl Bloomfield as a general officer at one time whilst he was in the service, He states that he served all the time in the field & no part of the time in garrison He states that from his old age & consequent loss of memory he cannot prove more positively than as above to the extent of his service in the revolutionary war. That the above statement is made according to the best of his recollection & for this service he claims a pension his
Sworn & subscribed before me This 29 th of Apr 1833 - Ralph Blackburn J.P.
John Borden Mark
At the same time & place came Thomas Corwin who swears that John Borden who has subscribed & sworn to the above statement is the same John Borden who applied for a pension before the court of common pleas for Wayne county Ohio on the 4 th of Oct 1832 where papers have been transmitted to said court with objection sworn & subscribed before me This 29 th Apr 1833. Ralph Blackburn J.P.
Thomas Corwin

The State of Ohio Warren County } I Jonathan H. Wilds clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within for the county aforesaid do hereby certify that Benjamin Blackburn Esq. who appears to have taken & certified the within affidavits was at the time the same appear to have been taken & certified and now is an acting Justice of the peace within for the county aforesaid duly commissioned & sworn into office & that full faith & credit are of right ought to be given to his official acts. I certify that the signatures purporting to be his are genuine —
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the Court aforesaid at Lebanon this 29 th day of April A.D. 1855
J. H. Wilds, clk