Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 2030, Noah Clayton, New Jersey

SERVICE
NUMBER
New Jersey
Clayton, Noah Elizabeth
R 2030
CONTENTS

No 11934 Pittsburgh
Noah Clayton
of Greene Co in the State of Penn a who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain W. Knight of the Reg t , commanded by Col. Henderson in the N. Jersey Mil. time for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Pittsburgh at the rate of 80 Dollars ————— Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 15. day of July 1833 and sent to Hon. A. Stewart
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 160. 00 Semi-ann. allowance ending 4 Sep. 1833 40. 00 $ 200. 00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk, Book E. Vol. 5 Page 73
11.2062

Greene County
Personally appeared before me the subscriber one of the judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Greene, Noah Gayton, and makes the following statement by way of amendment to his declaration to wit - That, he was born in the State of New Jersey, Monmouth County, Freehold Township on the 21 Jany. 1762.
2 That he has no record of his age in his possession 3 That he was living in the State of New Jersey when called into service after the war went to Virginia from thence he came to the western part of Penn a Greene County where he has continued, reside ever since 4 he went into service as a volunteer , substitute for my master John Anthony due. and stationed at duty, I remained out at that time for months, I next entered under Col. Henderson as a as a piper volunteer or by agreement, and served as set forth in my declaration, and remained in the service for one year & four months, until I was taken prisoner as set forth in my declaration where I remained a prisoner upwards of two years. 5 the names of my officers I have given in my former declaration to which I refer 6 I never got any discharge to the best of my recollection

8 I refer to my neighbours John H. Daniel Heaton & Isaac Bonner my neighbours (no clay man as living near me) as to my character for veracity - and as to their beliefs as to my being a Soldier of the Revolution - And I do hereby deny with every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity except the present and do hereby declare that my name is not on the pension Roll of any agency in any state, - declarant further states that by reason of old age and being much affected with deafness and the consequ- ent loss of memory he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his services but from the best of his recollection he has truly set them forth in his foregoing declaration. Sworn & subscribed before me this 22 d day of June AD 1833
Noah H. Clayton mark
Wm Brantley
Greene County
I Jeremiah Glasgow Esq. before whom the deposition of Elisha Clayton was taken do hereby certify that That the said Elisha is a man of credit and that his statement is entitled to credit & belief.
Jeremiah Glasgow

State of Pennsylvania } ss. Lebanon County }
I Enns Hook Prothonotary of the county of Lebanon in and for said county, do certify that the Hon. William Brodfoord before whom the within amending declaration of Isaac Blayton purports to have been sworn to as one of the judges of said Court duly Commissioned & sworn & that I believe his signature thereto to be genuine. Also that Jeremiah Glass, Esquire whose name appears to the within Certificate is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly Commissioned & sworn and that his signature thereto is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Lebanon the 29 th day of June A.D. 1833
Enns Hook Prothonotary

Nov 3 1832
Waynesburg Pa Oct 31
Nov 3 18558 Pa
Noah Clayton
To the Secretary of War Washington City
Reason of application Under the act of June 1832
Free

State of Penn a Greene County ss
on the tenth day of September A D 1832 personally appeared in open court being a court of record and proceeding according to the course of the common law and keeping a record of its proceedings. Noah Clayton of the township of Moyal and County of Greene age d 71 years. who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by an act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 That, he entered into the service of the United States some time in the year 1777 as a militia man and marched from Salisbury township in the state of New Jersey towards the sea shore, and was stationed at a place called Dule, while we lay there there was a Schooner drawn on shore and as we after learned she was captured by two Yankees who were prisoners on board of the vessel, we took the crew of the Schooner prisoners and brought them to Monmouth court house, I next entered in with Col Henderson and remained for about 6 months, I was lying at a place called the falls miles my Captain Richard Graft who was son in law to Col Henderson. While we lay there an express arrived stating that the Tories had burned the Squan River salt works, we immediately marched in pursuit of them but they got into their boats and made their escape and we returned to the falls, again from thence I went to Monmouth court house where I remained about 8 months from thence I went to Middletown at the latter place my Captain's name was John Haskin,

from Middletown & after some time returned to the falls mills. some short time after we marched to towards Monmouth, but I was not in the general engagement, but was stationed (being part of the Jersey material) between the court house & the battle ground during part of the engagement, After this engagement I went back to the falls, from thence I went Lobsberry town and was there taken prisoner by the 42 nd Regiment of Highlanders from thence I was taken to New York where I remained prisoner for better than two years - from New Jersey I went to Virginia where I got married from thence after some removals was came to Greene County where I have been for upwards of twenty six years. deponent says he does not know whether he got a discharge at the end of the war or not but thinks he did not, that he has no record of his age in his pension but the record was a few years ago in the pension of his sister in the state of New Jersey. Noah B Clayton
Sworn & subscribed this day & year as Wm Hays Brooklyn
We Isaac Conner and David Heaton, John Hays residing in the County of Greene hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Noah Blayton who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be of 70 years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that a pension (Daniel Heaton John Hays Isaac Conner)
Sworn & subscribed Sept 10 - 1832 Wm Hays Brooklyn

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states
Pennsylvania } Greene County } Vs.
I William J. Hays Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Greene do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Noah Clayton for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 19 th day of October A.D. 1832.
Wm J. Hays
And the said Court do hereby enter 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 John Hays Daniel Heaton & Isaac Conner who signed the foregoing certificate are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Wm Crawford

No. 1.
Mary Rogers Affidavit in open Court.
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S. M. Hasey, Agt. Shepherd, Armstrong Co. Pa.

State of Pennsylvania, County of Green
On this 22 nd day of March in the year A.D. 1854. personally appeared in open Court before the honorable Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Green and State of Pennsylvania Mary Rogers who being duly sworn according to law doeth and her oath in open Court make the following declaration, That she is aged 64 years and one (1) month and is the daughter of Elizabeth Clayton, widow of Noah Clayton formerly a pensioner of the United States under the Act of June 7 th 1832, on the roll of the Philadelphia Agency at the rate of eight ($8.00) Dollars per annum and who died on the fourteen (14 th ) day of June in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty five (A.D. 1835).
She further states that her mother the aforesaid Elizabeth Clayton was married to her father the above named pensioner Noah Clayton in Hampshire County Virginia by one Benjamin Stone a Baptist Clergyman on the twenty third (23 rd ) day of March in the year (A.D. 1789) one thousand seven hundred and eighty nine and that her name before her said marriage was Elizabeth Fisher and that she died at
Green County State of Pennsylvania on the twenty third (23 rd ) day of October in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight (A.D. 1838) leaving the following named Children all of whom are now living. Euphena Clayton aged 62 years Delila Clayton aged 59 years Martha Clayton aged 57 years Charlotte Clayton aged 55 years Susannah Clayton aged 52 years and this declaration are the only surviving Children of the said Elizabeth Clayton and that the heirs above mentioned as this declaration never before made application for their Pension.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining for the benefit of herself and the other heirs at law of over

above names the means of Russia are the mother at her death under the provision of the act of Congress passed July 7 th 1838. For any other act or resol- ution of Congress.
Attest John Lindsey
Mary Rogers mark
Sworn and subscribed to on the day and year above written in open court before the honorable Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Green and State of Pennsylvania who had herunto signed their names. Samuel A. Gilmore P.P. James Cree Benjamin Hoff Associates Judges
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Greene County } ss
I, John Lindsey, Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County, do hereby certify that Samuel A. Gilmore, James Cree and Benjamin Hoff, before whom the foregoing declaration was made and who have therunto signed their names, were at the time of so doing, Judges of the said Court, duly commissioned and sworn and that all their official acts as such are entitled to full faith and credit.
In testimony whereof I have herunto signed my name and affixed my official seal this 5 th day of April A.D. 1854.
John Lindsey Pro.

No. 16508 Noah Clayton
18 th March 1833
Of 5.7 14.17.
Return
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P299 Alm c D y (ar) $80-
Hon. A. Stewart Uniontown
claimant Pa
E Agnes DR

BRIEF in the case of Noah Clayton of the County of Greene in the State of Penn a (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? 71  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 1777 6 drafted Gen. Col. Henryson, Capt. Wright   and a Prisoner better than } 2 3  
 5. In what battles was he engaged?  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? does not state  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? deposition & tradition  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? no Clergyman's Certificate 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Levin Belt Examining Clerk.

State of Virginia } Hampshire County } ss.
I John B. White clerk of the County Court of the County aforesaid do hereby certify that it appears from the records in my Office that Noah Clayton and Elizabeth Fisher were married on the twenty first (21) day of March in the year (A.D. 1789) one thousand seven hundred and eighty nine by Benjamin Stone under a license issued by the Clerk of said Court —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of the said Court this 15 th day of May A.D. 1854.
John B. White

№ 15,164
Elizabeth Clayton and widow of Noah.
Pa.
S. M. Hosey 19 May 1854.
To Same May 26/54
2630.
Act y th July 1838.

Noah Clayton, Oct 1832. $80 per Annum Died 14 June 1835, paid.
J. Burt Auditor
14 June 1835

Pension Office.
16 th May 1854.
Pittsburgh. Pa. Rall.
Act 7 th June 1832.
$80. per annum.
Noah Clayton.
To what time paid?
When did he die?
J. M c Wade Commr.
Francis Burh Esq.
Third Auditor.

FREE
Mrs. L. Edwards Esq Commissioner of Pensions Washington City U. S.

Milton Town July 6. 1833
J. L. Edwards Esq
Sir
I send you enclosed the Amended declaration of Noah Clayton of Receiver County, Pa. To whom my knowledge of his character I have no doubt of the justice of his claim to a pension.
Very Respectfully
Yr. Obt Servt
Andrew Stewart
P.S. I plan to let you know the result of the examination of his claim as soon as it is decided.

Sheepport Armstrong Co Pa May 10 th 1848
Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.
In his Enclosed is Mary Rogers affidavit in open Court She is a daughter of Noah & Elizabeth Clayton formerly by Green to Pa.
Enclosed also is a certificate of the Court as to the time of Noah & Elizabeth Clayton's decease also the number & names of the heirs, is given.
There is a record of the marriage of Noah Clayton and Elizabeth Ashes at Romney Hampshire Co Va.
Inform me if the record itself must be produced or will a certified copy answer the pur- pose.
In short give me full instruc- tions as to what evidence is yet required, if any.
Is it necessary for me to file a summons or attachment from Mrs Mary Rogers
Answer immediately
To Obey Yours Very S ly
Address — D. M. Hovey, Agt.
Sheepport Armstrong Co Pa

Valentin M. de Lafayette Mary J. D.
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FREE PORT NY 19 P.R. Elizabeth Clayton Ms 38 Commissioners of Pensions Washington City D.C. REPRINT
Elizabeth Clayton Ms. A. 9. 2. 38

Shepherd, Armstrong Co Pa May 19 th 1854
Commissioners of Pensions Washington City D.C. Sir Sir's
Enclosed is a certified copy of the Record at Romney Hampshire Co Va of Sarah Clayton & Elizabeth Fisher marriage This Certified Copy is to be filed with Mary Rogers application for a pension of Pension due her mother E. Clayton widow of John Clayton a Revolutionary Soldier under act of 7 th July 1838
Her application was sent to Pension Office by me May 10 th inst Inform me what additional evidence is required if any
Respectfully Yours
W. H. Hunt
Address — D. M. Hovey, Sgt. Shepherd
Armstrong Co Pa

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
REJECTED
2030
P. O. Elizabeth Clayton
Service: widow of Noah
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____ _____
Re-enlisted: _____ _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____ _____
_____ Recognized. ✓✓ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

No. 2, 157614
Certificate of Court as to the death of Noah and Elizabeth Clayton deceased. and Number of heirs now living etc.
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J. M. Hasey, Agt. Shepherd, Armstrong Co. Pa.

State of Pennsylvania, County of Green.
It is hereby certified that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited before the Court of Common Pleas of the County and State above named that Noah Clayton was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States on the roll of the Philadelphia Agency at the rate of $30 per annum and that he died in Green County on the fifteenth (15) day of June in the year A.D. 1835) one thousand eight hundred and thirty five leaving a widow named Elizabeth Clayton who died in the same County in the State of Pennsylvania on the twenty third (23) day of October in the year One thousand eight hundred and thirty eight (1838) leaving the following children all of whom are now living and are the only surviving children of the said Elizabeth Clayton now living viz. Mary Rogers, Euphena Clayton, Delila Clayton, Martha Clayton, Charlotte Clayton, and Susanah Clayton.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal this 29 th day of March 1854
John Lindsey Prothonotary

Greene County ss
Before me Jeremiah Glasgow one of the justices of the peace in and for said County personally came Elisha Clayton and being duly affirmed by me did say that Elisha Clayton ser- ved a tour of duty in Militia of the State of New Jersey in the Revolutionary war under Capt Richard M c Knight and Capt Thomas Shadwick and was in the battle of Monmouth and during said tour the said Elisha Clayton was taken prisoner by the enemy and did not get away for two years and upwards Affirmed and subscribed before me this 8 th day of September 1832
Jeremiah Glasgow
Elisha Clayton

Pennsylvania } ss. Greene County }
I William J. Hays. Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Greene do certify that Jeremiah Hays Esq whose signature to the within instrument of writing is and was at the time of the signing the same an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the said County duly commissioned, and full faith and credit are due to his official acts, (and that I believe the signature purporting to be his is genuine) In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 19 th day of October A. D. 1832.
Wm J. Hays