Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 4,645, Joel Condit, New Jersey

SERVICE
NUMBER
New Jersey.
Condit, Joel
S. 4645
CONTENTS
carded.

N o 6243 New Jersey
Joel Condit
of Essex Co, in the State of N Jersey who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Pierson of the Reg t commanded by Col. Van Cortlandt in the N. Jersey Militia line for 1 year Private $40.00
Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey at the rate of 40 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 26 day of Feby. 1833 and sent to Hon. S. Condit, N. R.
Arrears to the 4th of Sept r 1832 60.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4. March } 1833 } 20.00 $80.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk, Book D. Vol. 4 Page 145

State of New Jersey } County of Essex } ss. On this twenty first day of August in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred & thirty two before William Williams - one of the Judges of the court of common pleas in and for the County of Essex and State of New Jersey aforesaid personally appeared Joel Condit a resident of the township of Orange in the County of Essex and State of New Jersey aged seventy nine years who being first duly sworn - according to law doth on his oath make the following dec- laration in order to obtain the benefit of the following declaration act of congress passed June 7. 1832..
That he is by reason of his bodily infirmities unable to appear in court having been confined to his house for a long time, and that he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated.
That he served under Capt Joseph Jonah Pierpont as a volunteer about one month on Long Island. was employed in building forts This was in the spring of the year 1776. in the New Jersey militia. Aaron Burr of Orange who is now living was with him. That he served again in the New Jersey militia one month under Captain John Peck at the time the British fleet came in to New York. That he enlisted in the service of the state of New Jersey for three months under Capt James Wheeler & served as a sergeant in the same three months at Thornton Hill and one month at Newark. That John Munn Bithuel Munn Stephen Peck William Stockman and Moses H. Combs served in the same com- pany with him. That he served in the

New Jersey militia about one month under General Morris at Hackensack, and again for one month under Colonel Van Bortlandt at New Brunswick, and again he was out in the militia performing a tour of militia duty when the skirmish took place near Belleville but does not recollect how long he then served. That he served some time under Major Hays but cannot recollect how long
That he was enrolled among the minute men and served in his turn when called on throughout the war. That living near to the British lines they were exposed to frequent alarms & to be called out to perform monthly tours of duty in guarding the lines, and that he always performed his duty in his turn whenever during the war he was called upon. He recollects serving in the militia under Capt Thomas Williams, Capt Nichols, Capt Elizah Pierson and also Capt Huntington.
was in the habit of performing his regular tours of duty in the militia, whenever called upon during the continuance of the war. He believes from his recollection, that he was in actual service during the war for more than three years. But he feels entirely satisfied and therefore states that he was in actual service in the manner herein before stated for a period during the revolutionary war exceeding in the whole the term or period of two full years.
He further says that he has no documentary evidence which he can produce of his services, not having received written discharges for his services
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 the day and year aforesaid William Williams Judge of Joel Condit Aaron H. Smith
We, Stephen Grover a clergyman residing in the village of Baldwell in the said County of Essex, and minister of the church & congregation of which the above named Joel Condit is a member and now Moses Condit residing in a Orange township in the said County of Essex Do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Joel Condit who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration I have been acquaint- ed with him for forty — years past that he is a farmer having always resided in the place of his nativity. that we believe him to be seventy nine years of age. That he has uniformly been reputed & believed to have been a soldier of the revolution in the neighbourhood where he resides and that we concur in that opinion, and we further certify that from our long acquaintance with him we can unhesitatingly state that we believe him to be a man who has uniformly sustained an imroachable character for truth integrity & uprightness. & that we place entire confidence in the truth of the fore- going declaration which he has subscribed & sworn to — Sworn to and subscribed before me august twenty first 1832 —
William Williams Judge of Stephen Grover Moses Condit

New Jersey Essex County ss.
On this fourth day of November  December A.D. 1832 before me William Williams one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Essex personally appeared Aaron Harrison and Abijah Harrison both of Orange in the said County of Essex who being duly sworn according to law did severally declare & say that they are personally acquainted with Joel Condit the foregoing applicant & that they have been acquainted with him from their early life commencing before the breaking out of the revolutionary war. That they well remember that the said Joel Condit was a soldier in the revolutionary war and that he turned out in actual ser- vice in the militia at different times and performed his tons of duty at differ- ent times. and from their recollection they believe that he faithfully performed his duty when called upon during the revolutionary war. That they have always known the said Joel Condit as sustaining the character of a man of honesty truth & integrity & from their own recollection of his services and from his foregoing declaration they verily believe that he served in the militia in actual service during the revolutionary as he has stated & for the period that he has stated in the said declaration.
Sworn. Subscribed the day & year above written. William Williams Judge
Aaron Harrison Abijah Harrison

And I the said William Williams Judge as aforesaid do hereby certify as my and declare my opinion after the inves- tigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War department that the above named applicant Salah Isham Joel Con- dit was a revolutionary soldier as he states. And I do further certify that it appears to me that Stephen Grove who has subscribed the preceding certif- icate is a clergyman resident in the township of Baldwell aforesaid and that Moses Condit who has also signed the same is a resident of the township of Orange in the said County a credible person and that their statement is en- titled to credit. and I do further certify that Aaron Harrison and Abijah Harrison whose affidavit is herein before contained are old respectable inhabitants of said County of Essex and that their statements are entitled to credit William Williams Judge

State of New Jersey County of Essex ss: I Elias Wm Ridace Jr Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in & for said county of Essex do hereby certify that William Williams before whom the foregoing Declaration of Joel Bondit for a Pension & certificate of Stephen Grove & Moses Bondit & affidavits of Aaron Harrison & Blyah Harrison were made & taken & by whom the foregoing Certificate of Credibility was also signed was at the time of taking & mak- ing said Declaration Affidavits & certificate and still is one of the Judges of said Court duly commissioned & sworn & residing in said County That I am acquainted with his hand writing that the signatures "William Williams" subscribed to said Declaration Affidavits & certificates are the genuine signatures of said Judge & that full faith & credit is due & may be given to his official acts
In Testimony Whereof I have here- unto subscribed my name & affixed my Seal of Office at Newark this Seventh day of December 1832
E Wm Ridace Jr Clerk

Joel Condit
13 Feb. '33
Obj. 5-
W. B. C
$ Your Private $40.-
H. S. Condit

BRIEF in the case of  of  County
for benefit of Exec in the State of New Jersey (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? a Judge  If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? Yes  How old is he? 79  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.     Spring of 76 about 1 — Private Capt Pierson   at the time the British fleet came into New York 1 — " — Capt Jno Peck   4 — Sergent Capt Jas Wheeler   about 1 — Private Genl Wines   don't recollect — — " — Col van Cortlandt   do — — — Capt Williams & Co  
 In what battles was he engaged? 
None mentioned
 Where did he reside when he entered the service? 
don't say
 Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? 
2 living Witnesses
 Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? 
Yes
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
M. C. Easton Examining Clerk.
14 Jan 1833
Believes he served  3 Years

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Joel Condit a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau. S. F. 4645, ✓
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     ✓ Reserved at various times during the Rev. amounting to 2 yrs Priv. and Rgt. Josiah Pierson John Peck James Wheeler Thomas Williams Nichols Elijah Pierson Huntington ✓ Van Kortland ✓ N. J.  
Battles engaged in, _____ ✓
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Orange Twp., Essex Co., N. J.
Date of application for pension, Aug. 21, 1832. His ch. was al.
Residence at date of application, Orange Twp., Essex Co., N. J.
Age at date of application, { 79 years. Born in Orange Twp Essex Co., N. J.
Remarks: { Died Mch. 11, 1833.
There is no data relative to family.
Very respectfully,
(Date of death taken from A. B.) Commissioner.

Feb. 25. History to Cason, Int. Dept.
O.S.
1913, Feb. 24. History to Ethel L. Tibbals. F.W.
1913, Aug. 12. Lo above - Fr. see carbon.
1917, Mch. 29. Hist. to Chas. O. Weill
1918, Jan. 28. Hist. to Lilla Tibbals Payne
1919 July 21. Hist. to W. J. Conkling
Reo Wm
4645 INVALID.
File No
4645
Joel Condell Salomon Harrison
First Rev War
Act:
June 7 th 1832
Index:—Vol.
Page
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Rev sec 121
Jamesville, Wisconsin.
Jan. 21, 1918.
The Pension Bureau,
Washington, D.C.
Please send me a copy of the Pension Papers of "Joel Condit, Sur. File No. 4, 645 Rev. War."
Joel Condit born in 1754 and died March 11, 1833 in Essex Co. N.J.
He served as a private and sergeant.
Also please send copy of his discharge together with any other papers that may be of value to me in joining the D. A. R.
Respectfully,
Lella Tibbals Payne 301 Pearl St.

VICE PRESIDENTS
Send report to Mr O'Neill Mr Romberg's Room City Div.
PATERSON, N. J.
March 22
191
His personal inquiry Mar 24 1917
Dear Charlie:- I wish you would look in the pension dept. and see what you can find about Joel Condit, of Essex Co., who was granted a pension, marked Aug 3 rd 1832. He was a minute man, was in a skirmish at Belleville, according to a letter written from your office years ago from "O.W. & N. Div. --W.4645. I want you to get an official letter as as a friend of mine wants to use it in joining the Daughters of Rev.

Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C.
February 24, 1893
Capt. A. N. Fisher, Chief Clerk, Pension Office.
Dear Sir:
I am requested by a friend to procure a statement of the services, in the Revolution, of Joel Condit, of Essex Co., New Jersey, who was a pensioner on account of such service.
I have to request that you will furnish whatever information may be afforded by the records or files of your office.
Very respectfully, E. M. Dawson

Delaware Ohio.
J. C. Davenport.
Aug. 5, 1913
Department of Interior
Bureau of Pensions.
Dear Sir:
Will you please tell me sign what volume and on what page the Revolutionary record of Joel Conditt is found?
Very respectfully, Ethel L. Tibbals.

Box 46
Delaware Ohio
Feb. 13, 1913.
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington D. C.
Dear Sir: 84640 -
Some time ago I wrote to the Adjutant General at Washington to find out if Joel Condit formerly of Orange, New Jersey was a soldier in the War of the Revolution. I was referred to you. Can you give me any information?
Respectfully yours, Ethel R. Tibbals.

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Hon. G. M. Saltzgaber, Commissioner of Pensions, Department of the Interior, Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:-
Will you kindly furnish certificate giving the military history of JOEL CONDIT, Private New Jersey Militia. His name appears under ESSEX COUNTY, N.J., list of pensioners. Placed on pension list February 26th, 1833.
The information is desired to prove the genealogical record of an applicant for membership in this Society.
Your courtesy in this will be greatly appreciated.
Very truly yours,
W. J. Conkling Registrar.

Dear Leonard
8 months position
If under the circumstances of this case the depart t will issue a certificate for 1 year it will be accepted but therein I would prefer its being returned to me
P. Benedict
$40 per ann

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Joel Goudit- which require further proof or explanation.
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 Query 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?

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's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?
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 each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
†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 authenticates 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 ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
¶ In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.