Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 2,921, Moses Dewitt, New Jersey

SERVICE
Dewitt Moses
NUMBER
New Jersey
R. 2921
CONTENTS

State of New Jersey
Superior Sussex County ss On this twenty seventh day of November in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred and thirty four personally appeared in open Court then before the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas now sitting in and for the County of Sussex aforesaid, Moses Devitt, a resident of Wantage Township in the County of Sussex and State of New Jersey aforesaid aged seventy three Years. Who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his Oath make the following Declaration in order to ob- tain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 - That he entered the service of the United States and served under the following named Officers vizt. in the 2 d New Jersey Regiment com d by Colonel John Seward - in the Company of Capt. Jonas Cole, Lieutenant Solomon Kiddough, Ensign Joseph Elston 1 st Sergeant Samuel Vansteet. That he entered as a volunteer in the Year 1779. Thinks in the Spring of that Year - that he served in said Company upon the western or north western frontiers of the State. upon principally upon the Delaware and Lack -anack Rivers - that he was at the Battle of Lackanack in the 22 d July 1779 - that he was out after the Indians when they burnt Peapack - and also when they killed Job Jobs and Levi and Solomon Westbrooks - that he was also stationed at Ten Mile River - that he was station- ed at various places on the R d Delaware Lackanack and Raritan Rivers - at which places - and throughout that Sec- tion of Country he served and done duty in the said Company and under the Officers aforesaid from the said time he entered until the close of the war

in 1783 - he says that Section of Country was subject to frequent and almost contin- =ual - invasions and depredations of the Indians throughout the war - and that it was necessary to have an Armed force constantly in action against them, - he says that he was born in the Township of Wantage in the County of Sussex the 28 th of October in the year 1761 - that there is a record of his age in his father's Bible that at the time he entered the Service he was residing at Wantage where he has lived since the Revolution and where he now lives. - that he volunteered as aforesaid - that he never received any written dis- charge, and has no documentary discharge evidence of any kind - that he knows the said Levi Solomon Middaugh - and S am uel Tautleet two of the said Officers under whom he served who can testify as to his Service - that he is acquainted with the Rev d Abraham Ketcham and William Cole Esq rs who can testify to his character for veracity and their belief of his services as a Soldier of the revolution - 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 and subscribed the day and year aforesaid -
Jos. Miller Presiding } Judge } Moses Dewitt

We Abraham Kitcham a Clergyman residing in the neighbourhood of the R. Moses Derritt, and William Cole residing in the same
do hereby certify that we are well ac- quainted with Moses Derritt who subscribed and sworn to the above Declaration that we believe him to be 73 years of age; that he is respected and beloved 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 above written in open Court
Jos. Gell Miller Presiding Judge
Abn. Kitcham William Cole
On the same day and Year in Open Court before the same Court personally appeared Samuel Van Fleet aged 73 years and being duly sworn according to law on his oath doth depose and say, that he this deponent was Sergeant in the Company commanded by Capt. Josiah Cole in the 2 d New Jersey Regiment commanded by Colonel John Searle in the service of the United States during the revolutionary war — and that he is acquainted with with Moses Derritt who has subscribed and sworn to the above Declaration that he was acquainted with him during said war — and knows that the R d Moses Derritt, was a member of said Company and served as he states.
Sworn and subscribed the day and Year aforesaid —
Samuel Van Fleet Jos. Gell Miller Presiding Judge
The Court hereby certifies that Samuel Van Fleet who has subscribed to the above Affida- vit is a credible person and that his statements is entitled to full credit. Jos. Gell Miller Judge

And the said Court do hereby declare their Opinion. After putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named Applicant was a revolutionary soldier and lived as he states — and the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that Abra- ham Ketcham who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the neighbourhood of said Moses Derritt — and that William Cole Esquire who has also subscribed the same is a resident in the same neigh- =bourhood — and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to full credit —
Done the day above written — Jos. G. Miller Presiding Judge
I Joseph E Edsall Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Rutler and State of New Jersey, do hereby certify that the foregoing the contains the Original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the Application of Moses Derritt for a pension —
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office at Newton this County. Seventh day of November
Ad eighteen hundred and thirty four
J E Edsall Clk

April 5, 1938
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Mrs. Joseph D. Kinney 1733 Virginia Park Detroit, Michigan
MOSES DEWITT R. 2921 BA-J/MLB am
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Moses Dewitt, and desire to know whether he served at the battle of Ticonderoga.
You are furnished herein the record of the only Moses Dewitt found in the Revolutionary War pension records of this office. The data therein were obtained from the papers on file in claim for pension, R. 2921, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.
Moses Dewitt was born October 23, 1761, in the Township of Wantage, Sussex County, New Jersey. The names of his parents were not given.
Moses Dewitt, while still living in Wantage Township, New Jersey, where he had always lived, applied for pension November 27, 1834, and alleged that while a resident of Wantage Township, New Jersey, he volunteered in the spring of 1779, served at various times until the close of the Revolution in 1783, amounting to about one year in all, as a private in Captain Josiah Cole's company, Colonel John Seward's New Jersey regiment engaged in defending the frontiers of New Jersey and Pennsylvania against the Indians, that he was in the battle of Lackawaxen. It is not stated that he was in the battle of Ticonderoga.
His claim for pension was not allowed as he failed to furnish proof of six months' service in accordance with the requirements of the pension law.
There are no family data in the claim.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

New Jersey Moses De Witt Lupensel let S. Fowler H. Scott 1840
Act 7 June 1832

State of New York Tompkins County } Solomon Middaugh of the town of Danby in the County of Tompkins and State of New York being duly sworn. Says, that he was Seventy nine years old the twenty day of August Eighteen hundred and thirty four. That he was born in the town of Wantage in the County of Sussex and State of New Jersey, and resided there until he was of the age of Fifty years. That while he resided in Wantage as above stated he became acquai- nted with Moses Devitt who then and still resides there and knew him at Wantage for the space and period of Forty years. That this deponent was a Soldier in the Army of the Revolution, and served as such from the Commencement of said War until peace was declared in the year Seven hundred and Eighty three. That this deponent was a Lieutenant in Captain Joseph Harkness Company, Captain Samuel Mathews Company, and Captain John Davis Company in the Second New Jersey Regiment. That he knew said Moses Devitt in the Revolutionary war and he was a private in Captain Josiah Coes Company in the Second New Jersey Regiment, under the Command of Colonel John Stryker That he frequently saw him doing duty in said Company, and said Moses Devitt was always with

Said Company whereat was called into service - That this defendant on the twenty second day of July 1779, was in the Battle of Sachanack, and saw said Moses Benett in said Battle. That he can not precisely state the length of time said Benett was in the service, from the failure of his memory and the time that has elapsed since said service
Solomon Middaugh
Subscribed & sworn
October 3. 1834 before me
Frederick G. Stanley as an assistant of the dist
I do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Solomon Middaugh aforesaid who made the above affidavit, that he is a man of good moral character and full faith and credit may and ought to be given to his statement
Frederick G. Stanley as an assistant of the dist
State of New York, Suffolk County } Clerks office
I certify that Frederick G. Stanley Esqr before whom the foregoing affidavit purports to have been sworn was at the date of the same a commis- sioner of the court for said county duly qualified and that his signatures here- above written are genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal at Hempstead the 3 d day of October 1834 Saml. Love clerk of Suffolk Co.

Rev. and 1812 Wars Section
MEE/HMM
August 23, 1929.
Mrs. A. L. Towns 1459 West Second Street Ottumwa Iowa.
Dear Madam:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, R. 2921, it appears that Moses Dewitt was born October 23, 1761 in Wantage Township, Sussex County, New Jersey.
He applied for pension November 27, 1834, at which time he was a resident of Wantage Township, New Jersey, where he had always lived, and alleged that he enlisted in the spring of 1779 and served at various times until the close of the war in 1783, amounting to about one year in all, as a private in Captain Josiah Cole's Company, Colonel John Seward's New Jersey Regiment, defending the New Jersey and Pennsylvania frontiers against the Indians, and was in the battle of Lackawaxen.
His claim was not allowed as he failed to furnish proof of six months military service as required by the pension law.
The above noted  named Moses Dewitt is the only soldier by that name found on the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau.
Very truly yours,
EARL D. CHURCH Commissioner.

March 18-1938
MRS. JOSEPH D. KINNEY
1733 VIRGINIA PARK, DETROIT, MICHIGAN
Pension Bureau Washington D.C.
Miss- Could you give me proof of service at the Battle of Ticonderoga of a Moses DeWitt? Also, what was his rank, did he get a pension, or any other related facts? I do not know his residence. I desire this information for Genealogical Family History and would appreciate an early reply.
Very Truly
Ethel D. Kinney (Mrs. J.D.K.)
above address

1459 West Second St., Ottumwa, Ia., May 14, 1929.
U.S. Pension Dept., Washington, D.C.
Dear Sirs;
Will you please send me the records pertaining to Moses only DeWitt , who applied for a Revolutionary Pension about 1853 or 1854, sup- posedly from Ohio, as it was through Daniel D.T. Benedict, Agent for Pen- sions, of Gallipolis, Ohio.
Very respectfully,
Mrs. A. L. Towns Mrs. A. L. Towns.

Dear Sir M.D.
Department of the Interior. PENSION OFFICE.
Washington, D.C. August 13/878.
Sir:
In reply to your communication requesting copies of the declarations of Peter Silks, Joseph Carpenter, Solomon Middleburgh, Moses DeWitt, and John McKinley, Revolutionary pensioners, I have to inform you that neither the original nor a copy of any essential paper filed in a claim before this office, can be furnished except upon the call of an officer of the Government, or of a court in which it is required for purposes of litigation. It is proper however to add that if the facts desired, be stated, you will be furnished the information, and if necessary, extracts from the data as afforded by the records of this office.
Lyman C. Draper Madison Ms.

1929-Aug 23, 1st to. Mrs. A. L. Davis, M.E.G. 1938 Apr 5 - visit to Mr. J. D. Kinney MFB
Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
REJECTED
2.421
P. O. _____ Moses DeWitt
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Printed List of 1852 Rejected
Suspended during course of suspension
"For further proof & specification"
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
_____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

Newton Superior Court N.Y.
In Sir,
I forward you the annexed Deposition in the case of Moses DeWitt for a pension - he made application to the department in the year 1834, the papers were presented by the Hon. Samuel Fowler their member of Congress from our County, for me the objection to the allowance of the claim then was, that the evidence was too general, & insufficient, not showing the precise time of service and the papers were retained and placed on file as appears, by your answer to the Hon. S. Fowler
Mr. Middaugh's residence is in Dutchess County N.Y. - and Mr. DeWitt being a very old infirm man without means could not obtain from Mr. Middaugh any further deposition - until now. - Mr. Middaugh has visited this County and thus enabled Mr. DeWitt to avail himself of the deposition of Mr. Middaugh here to annexed, - His service was in the militia, - and altho not strictly in actual service during the years spoken of, yet there was a continual repetition of service of short periods at a time throughout the years spoken of. - they where what were called minute men - and almost in constant service
having kept no record or account of the particular times & lengths of time - it is impossible for them at this late day to undertake to state the different times or lengths of time precisely they were in actual service but living on the borders of the State than a wider scope - where the Indians were making constant invasions - they were almost constantly a-duty -
Yours Respectfully Hon James D. Edwards
Robt Hamilton
P.S. Mr. Farnham who made application on the same kind - he has a witness for Mr. DeWitt is now dead

Newton July 14
Free
N.Y. Approved Moses D. Dewart
James S. Edwards Esq. Comm ee of Pensions Washington City
2921

State of New Jersey Superior County ss. Personally came before me the undersigned a Justice of the peace in & for said County; Moses Dewitt aged seventy nine years who being duly sworn deposes and saith that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of service but according to the best of his recol- lection he served not less than the period and time mentioned below - as a private - during the years 1779. 80. 81. & 82 - in actual service - at least one year - for which service I claim a pen- sion -
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 11 th day of July 1840 Robt H. Garth Justice of the peace Moses Dewitt
State of New Jersey Superior County ss. Personally came before me the undersigned a Justice of the peace in & for said County - Solomon Miedlaugh who being duly sworn upon his oath deposes and saith that he is a pensioner of the United States - & served as lieutenant in the company of Capt. Josiah Cole - under Colonel John Stryker - that he is acquainted with Moses Dewitt of said County who has sworn to the foregoing affidavit - and well re- collects that the said Moses Dewitt was a private in said Company under the de- ponent - that the said Moses served in the same during the years 1779. 80. 81. 82 whenever the said Company was out - that the said Company - rendered services on the frontiers of the State of New Jersey on the Delaware & Lackawack Rivers - and

- That I was out a great deal during the years spoken of -- but the deponent never kept any record of the different times, or length of time and from old age & subsequent loss of memory cannot state the precise times or length of time. the said Company was out in actual service, - but the deponent is confident that the said Moses Devitt served in said company - during said years at least one year in actual service -
Sworn to & subscribed before me this 11 th day of July
Solomon Middaugh
1840 - the word "Company" is the 8 th line from bottom first interlined }
Robt M c Carten - Justice of the peace
I certify that Moses Devitt and Solomon Middaugh who have subscribed the foregoing depositions before me are credible persons and that their statements are entitled to belief.
Robt M c Carten Justice of the peace

R. Hamilton
14 Aug. 1860
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Pension Office 11. Aug 1840
127
Sir The additional evidence in support of the claim of Moses DeWitt enclosed in your letter of the 14 th of July has been examined - This is a claim for service as a Minuteman in the New Jersey Militia estimated at 12 months service: In order to further investigation the duration of each term of actual service must be specified as well as the period in every instance in which the service was rendered
Robert Hamilton Esq Newton Sussex Co. New Jersey

Hon J Forster Robertson
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The claim of Samuel Van Vleet to have served from 1778 to 1783 as a sergeant to 1783  for services in the 2 d New Jersey Regiment cannot be allowed. upon the facts stated  for Constant service of such duration may not be performed by corps  by  unless he belonged to any exception in the rolls in the continental army - to which  to which it appears the claimant did not serve  belong . The present papers are placed on file. of the claimant
The claim of Morris de Witt who alleges that he was in constant service from 1779 to the close of the war in the same corps is in a similar condition. Such service was not performed by any corps raised in New Jersey for the service of that State. The papers remain on file.
Hon Samuel Fowler H 1/2

Moses DeWitt's Application.
W. S. Fowler Nov. 1827. Returned
Hon. S. Fowler