Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 405, John Case, New Jersey

SERVICE
NUMBER
New Jersey
base, John Elizabeth
W. 405-
CONTENTS

5997 New Jersey
John Case
the State of N. Jersey who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Reeling of the _____ commanded in the New Jersey for 8 mos Private — $26.66
scribed on the Roll of New Jersey the rate of 26 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 21 day of Feb. 1833 and put to Hon L Coudin Home Reps
Due as to 4th of Sept. 1832 — $39.99 Pensional allowance ending 11 Mar 1833 13.33 $53.32
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Viral Luce Clerk, Book D Vol. 4 Page 145

John Basc.
No 4. 652
f 26. 66 ha a

DECLARATION, IN ORDER TO OBTAIN THE BENEFIT OF THE ACT OF CONGRESS, PASSED JUNE 7, 1832,
STATE OF NEW-JERSEY, } ss. Morris Com. Pleas, July & August Special term, 1832. County of Morris }
On this Eleventh day of August, 1832 personally appeared, in open court, before the Judges of the Superior
the court of Common Pleas now sitting, John Base, a resident of Morris township in the County of Morris and State of New-Jersey, aged Eighty three 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, 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States, under the following named Officers, and served as herein stated:
He was born on the 7 th May, 1749, in Somerset County, agreeably to a family record kept by his father, in the family bible, not now in his possession. He lived in Flemington, Hunterdon County when he first entered the service, & lived there during the war, when at home. — After his marriage, he moved into Somerset County, where he has lived there about 30 years: — then moved to Morris County, Morris township, where he has lived there last 8 or 9 years, with a daughter. — He never had a written discharge nor a commission, but acted as a Sergeant in some tours of his militia service. — His first tour of militia duty was performed under Captain Charles Redding, & Lieut. Elias Barton for one month. His company was stationed on the Raritan river, where the town of Somerville now stands. The duty was to guard the lines from predatory incursions of the enemy & the Tories. — He does not recollect who was the Colonel, nor whether or not there was a Regiment stationed there. Cornelius Stout acted as Major of battalion. His 2 d tour of militia duty, was under Captain Redding & Lieut. Barton; was marched to Springfield & stationed there a part of the time, performing guard duty on the lines & protecting the inhabitants. — He believes it was during this month's service, that Genl. Washington's Army retreated through the Jerseys before the British, & thinks it was late in the fall, in cold weather. The march was called the "mud march"; & his company followed the army as far as N. Brunswick, probably, when they separated & his company returned home, having served out the month. —
His 3 d tour was one month under the same company officers. — was stationed upon the Raritan river, guarding the lines & protecting the inhabitants. The enemy was then in New Brunswick, & had a considerable force about Boundbrook, above New Brunswick, where their foraging parties ran down on their several tours, he acted as Sergeant to his company & was paid as such. His memory is very frail as to time, but thinks his last tour was in the winter season, but the year, he cannot state.

3 bro. serv
He served his 4 th & 5 th term of Militia duty of a month each in continuous service as he believes, under Captain Elisha Barton, Cornelius Polhemus & Lieut. - was stationed along the Raritan, the British being in N. Brunswick, & often sending out foraging parties, & keeping the County in constant alarm.
He served three other  several months under Captain Cornelius Polhemus, but cannot ascertain the year nor the months. One of them was spent along the Raritan, between Boundbrook & Somerville. Another was spent between Springfield & Ely's town, about Connecticut farms & Watfield, to protect the inhabitants from the foraging parties of the enemy, which were sent out in various directions & considerable force, keeping the whole neighbouring County in perpetual alarm & terror. The Tories & refugees, being well acquainted with the County served as guides to the enemy, & frequently in the night, would carry off as prisoners, some of the leading & influential whigs, & plunder their dwellings. - In the 3 d month under Capt. Polhemus, if he mistakes not the time, - he was marched with his company in warm weather, from the Raritan beyond New Brunswick, into Monmouth County, & was personally engaged with his company in the Monmouth battle, - the only battle in which this deponent was ever engaged. -
8 months
Colonel Feligheysen of Somerset usually commanded the Militia of Somerset, & of other Counties when stationed there, & composing a Regiment. Deponent remembers him occasionally as his commanding officer. - He thinks he was sometimes under the command of Col. Suck. & of General Dickinson. -
He was frequently out upon alarm duty along the lines for short periods - sometimes a few days, - sometimes a week, or two weeks, as occasion required. He verily believes, he has faithfully served his County in Militia duties for a period of nine months at least, exclusive of wagon service, for which he hopes to be remunerated by his government.
He also engaged in the Wagon Department with his team of four horses, under Henry Bock, a wagon master & served eight months, when the small pox was taken by several who were engaged in this service, & broke up the Brigade. His employment was collecting provisions, & distributing clothing, provisions & stores from Trenton & Morris town to the Army whenever they were needed, & sometimes the baggage of the Army. - These wagon services, were before the Monmouth battle as he thinks.

He is well known to Agur Lindsly & Ephraim Fairchild, since his residence in Morris County, his neighbours, & to them he refers the Court for his character, & the general neighbourhood belief of his revolutionary services. — He has had no school instruction, & is unable to write his name.
Stephen Vail
his John + Gase mark
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, is only on that of the Agency of the State of New Jersey.
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Stephen Vail
his John + Gase mark
We Agur Lindsly & Ephraim Fairchild residing in the County of Morris hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with John Gase who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be Eighty three years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighbourhood 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 aforesaid.
Stephen Vail
Agur Lindsly Ephr. Fairchild
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 Agur Lindsly and Ephraim Fairchild who have signed the preceding certificate, are resident in the Township of Morris in the County aforesaid, and that  who have signed the foregoing certificate are  residents in the and are credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Stephen Vail
I David Day Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of John Gase for a pension.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this Eleventh day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two.
David Day clk
The above Declarant, John Gase, is a plain illiterate old man, not known to me personally more than two or three years past, — but is esteemed by his neighbours who are to me well known, to be a man of truth & honesty. — From the simplicity of his manner, & narration, I have doubt no of his services, as he has stated them in his Declaration.
Morris town, August 13 th 1832.
Lewis Bondiet , one of the Representatives from N. Jersey.

I do hereby further certify to the Secretary of War, that when the within Declarant, John Gase, was examined before the Court, I was present. - He was enquired of by me, whether he could find any living witnesses of his revolutionary services. - His reply was, that he knew none living, - but that he would go to the Counties of Somerset & Hunterdon, in which he had lived when his services were performed - & possibly he might find some of his old comrades. Some weeks after Gase called on me, & informed me his visit to those Counties had been unavailing, that his old associates in Militia duty had either died or removed, & that no proof could be found, & he desired me to send on his Declaration. In the mean time the Court had broken up & no further proceedings therein could be had.
Feby. 16 th . 1833.
Lewis Bondact, a Representative from N. Jersey.
I do hereby further certify, that John Gase was examined by the Court, when he was
Feb. 16 th 1833 L.B.
John Gase. No. 4. 652

John base No 4652
New Jersey
Sup. 7. Jan 9 '33
Obj. 5. 13.
Non. L. conduct
28 Jan 33
Obj 13
let 12 Feb. 33
P 198
P 223
P 241
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BRIEF in the case of Geo Case of Morris County of Morris in the State of New Jersey (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? 83  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 17 1 Private Capt. R. King. Col. Seely, &c   " 1 " Capt. Barton, Col. Frisinghuy   " 2 X Sergeant - son   " 3 X Wagon Genl Dickerson   " X 8  
He verily believes he served his country faithfully nine months?
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Morristown  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Hunterdon County New Jersey  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditional  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Defective as to his service 
X Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
9 months Militia 8 as Wagon
Geo Case Examining Clerk.

Louis Lendit Ypsilanti clo. to same June 2 d 1845 Hon. John A. Garluy April 18/41 ref.
400 New Jersey
Elizabeth Case, widow of John Case, who died on the 19 January 1839 of Morristown in the State of N.J. who was a Pri in the Co commanded by Captain Redding of the reg commanded by in the W. S. line for 8 months
Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey at the rate of 26 Dollars 62 1/2 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1839. 19 January 1839
Certificate of Pension issued the 26 day of Sept 1844 and sent to Doct r Lewis Lendit, Morristown, N.J.
Arrears to the 14th of Semi-annual allowance ending
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the 3 d }
Recorded by Book
Vol.
Page
Clerk,
139

State of New Jersey, Morris County ss.
Be it known, that on this 25 th day of April 1844, before the subscriber, a justice of the peace, in & for said County & State, personally appeared Mary Baird, of Morris County, believed by me to be a woman of truth & fair character, aged 62 years, who being by me duly sworn according to law, on her oath declares as follows, viz:
I am the wife of William Baird, a resident of Morris County, am now in the 63 rd year of my age - am the oldest child of John Case now decd. & of Elizabeth Case his widow.
My father, said John Case, was a Pensioner of the United States, & resided in Morris County at the time of his death, which occurred on the 19 th day of January 1839.
My mother, who now resides in Morris County, is an applicant for a pension, on account of the Revolutionary services of my father, & she still remains his widow.
In my early days, & from my first remembrance, my father, had a small bible, which I, & some of the younger children were in the habit of taking to school, & reading from it, as a school book. On a blank leaf of this bible, there was recorded my own name, & time of my birth, together with the names & birth of all my brothers & sisters - there being in all, seven children - viz: Mary, Peter, Anna, Catherine, Hannah, Elizabeth, & John Roseberry, the latter being called after the name of my mother's father. This family record, I verily believe was sacredly true & accurate in all respects. The book in which it was written, from being much used at school & at home, became worn & its leaves became loose & torn & some of them were soon lost. - My mother supplied me with a piece of linen cloth, called a sampler, upon which, with my needle, & under the direction of my school Instructress, I formed the letters of the Alphabet. It was my mother's desire, that I should copy from the bible, this same family record, upon my sampler, to preserve it for the use of the family, after the Bible should be entirely worn out or destroyed. Accordingly, the names of all written on the Bible family record, with the date of the birth of each, were by me transferred to this sampler, under the direction of my Instructress & carefully compared with the original. This sampler, has been from that time in the possession of the family & of myself, & is the only family record we have. I know it was truly & correctly copied from said Bible, & that the Bible itself has been for 30 years or more entirely gone, & nothing of it remaining. This sampler, or family record, is now sent with my Mother's declaration to the Office of the Commissioner of Pensions; & if it can be returned, after examination at the Office, I shall consider it to be a particular favor conferred on me.
Sworn & subscribed, the day & year above written Mary Baird before me
Joseph Wirt, Judge & Justice

Declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the 5 th section of the act of 4 th July, 1836
State of New Jersey, Morris County ss:
On the Thirteenth day of May 1844, personally appeared before me Joseph Dorr one of the Judges of the Court Common Pleas, Elizabeth Case, a resident of Morris Township in the County of Morris & State of New Jersey, aged 84 years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath, make the following Declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed July 4 th 1836.
I am the widow of John Case, who was a private, & probably a Teamster, in the war of the revolution.
As to the duration of his service - the name of his Officer - the battles in which he was engaged, or any other particular details of his military duties, I respectfully refer the Commission of pension to my said husband's original Declaration & documents on the files of the Pension Office, he having been allowed a pension of $26.66 p r m th under the law of June 7 th 1832.
My father's name was John Rombay, who lived at the time of my marriage, in Sussex County, (now Warren) New Jersey, near the Delaware river, a short distance from Easton, where I was married to John Case, a few days before the Christmas holidays in the month of December, 1779. The ground was hard frozen, & there had been two or three falls of snow just before our marriage - though the ground was then bare. The precise day of the month, I do not recollect, nor have any record or certificate of the marriage.
I was 19 years of age on the 23 rd day of August, immediately preceding my marriage, being born on the 23 rd day of August 1760. The marriage ceremony was performed by a clergy- man of the Dutch or German Church, who was a stranger to me, invited from Easton, & whose name I do not know. Diligent enquiry has been made for a marriage record, & the result of the enquiry is - that there is no parish nor other public marriage record in existence, in Easton, or Sussex, of that period, as I am informed, & truly believe.
My first child, Mary, now the wife of William Baird of this County, was born on the 7 th August, 1781, about one year & eight months after our marriage. I had six other children, viz: Peter, Anna, Catherine, Hannah, Elizabeth, & John Rombay, named after my father.
We had a small family bible, in which the birth & name of each child had been carefully & truly recorded. This bible had been sometimes used by our children as a school book, & soon became worn & the leaves loose & defaced. My daughter Mary, had worked at school upon a linen sampler, as it was called, the letters of the alphabet, with her needle, & before

the said Bible was worn out & gone, she, my said daughter Mary, copied all the names of the said children, & the date of the birth of each one from said bible record, upon the the linen sample. I send herewith the said sample, as the only family record in my possession, & I know that the names & births of my children are correctly & truly recorded therein as copied from the bible, which is not in existence, & has not been, for many years.
Anne Smith, of Hunterdon County, in this state, a sister of my said husband, was present at our marriage, & saw the marriage ceremony performed. I send herewith her deposition, taken before Samuel Still Esq. - My brother, Joseph Roseberry, was also present at our marriage, but I have not seen, or heard of him for several years - & do not know whether he is living or dead. There were several other persons present, but I do not know that any of them are living.
After my marriage to said John Gase, we lived several years in Hunterdon County, & from thence removed to Somerset County about the year 1799, where we spent several years, & removed to Morris County where my said husband died, on the 19 th day of January, in the year of our Lord 1839, & I have remained his widow to this time, as will more fully appear by testimony herewith annexed.
Sworn & subscribed, the date first before mentioned, before me, the date of the year, in the 3 d . line above, having been altered, so as to read in figures, 1839.
Elizabeth her X Gase mark Joseph Lovell Judge & Justice
State of New Jersey, Morris Com: Pleas.
I, George H. Ludlow, Clerk of the Common Pleas of Morris County, do hereby certify, that Joseph Lovell Esq. before whom the above Declaration of Elizabeth Gase was this day taken & subscribed, & before whom also the annexed Deposition of Mary Baird was taken & subscribed on the 25 th day of April, is now, & was at the taking thereof, Judge of said Court, & also a Justice of peace in & for said County, duly commissioned & authorized; & the signature of his name thereto, "Joseph Lovell", is genuine.
Witness my signature & the seal of my office at the Court - House in Morris Town, this 13 th May, 1844.
George H. Ludlow

State of New Jersey Somerset county ss.
Be it remembered that on the twenty third day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty four personally appeared before me Samuel Hill one of the judges of the Inferior court of common Pleas in and for the county of Somerset aforesaid Ann Smith of Flemington in said county who says that she is Eighty two years of age and that she is the sister of John Caro deceased being both the children of Peter Caro of the said county deceased. That her said brother John Caro was married as this deponent thinks and believes in the winter of nineteen hundred and twenty nine to one Elizabeth or Mary Roseberry (as she was famili- -arly called) of the county of Sussex in this State. That the said deponent was present at the marriage.
The marriage was solemnized at the house of the father of the said Mary Roseberry (John Roseberry) in the county of Sussex aforesaid on the River Delaware and about a mile from Phillipsburg. And this de- -ponent further says that she cannot recall who performed or said the marriage ceremony, but that it was duly said and performed by some one apparently qualified.
And this deponent further says that at the time of the marriage aforesaid she went to the home from the house of her father in Flemington

countly affirmed in company with her father, her Uncle John Carr and his wife, one John Hanes and his wife one Cornelius Lowe and others, and that they all went on March 21st and were present at said Marriage.
And this Deponent further says that the said John Carr and his wife Betsy formerly Betsy Norbury lived together uninteruptedly as man and wife till the death of the said John Carr, and that they had a number of children, to wit two sons and five daughters.
And this Deponent further says that she recollects that at the time of the marriage aforesaid the ground and brooks were frozen and that it was before Christmas.
Sworn and subscribed before me this day and year above written.
Samuel Hile
Judge etc
her Anne X Smith mark

405
Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 405
Elisabeth Case, Widow John Case, Priv. Riv. War.
Act: July 4, 1836.
Index: —Vol. A , Page 112
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Father John Case Son
{ Aug 1777 Capt. Nathan Stout 2 nd reg Hunterdon Co. N.J.
John Case Jr - minute man Hunterdon Co., N.J.
Writer asked for the above
Father                      Uncle Peter - John -
Son John mar. Eliz. Rosebury da. John Rosebury
Children
b. Aug 7. 1781 Mary - mar. Mrs. Baird
 Peter  Anna  Catherine  Hannah  Elizabeth  John Rosebury 
Not identical with above.

Col. J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions. Washington.

Morris Town N.J. May 17 th 1844
Sir,
Herewith is enclosed the Declaration & vouchers of Elizabeth Case, widow of John Case, a pensioner under the Act of June 7 th 1832. She claims under the law of 1836, having married in 1779. The family Record accompanying it, is one "sui generis" & "you'll ne'er look on it's like again". For its rarity, & its antiquity, your Antiquarianism may, for aught I know, desire it to be deposited in the Hall of the American Institute.
Doctor Thornton, no doubt would have given it a place among the models in his Depository.
The old Lady, the proprietor, is very solicitous for its return, & I am pledged to her, to request it of you, after your decision, if in any way consistent with your rules & regulations.
Please notify me the result of the claim.
Very respectfully,
Your ob t . Serv t . &c.
Lewis Bondair
Col. J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions.
Family Record on linen sampler worked by Mary Case Baird, referred to, is not on file in this Bureau, nor is there any official explanation or endorsement as to the disposition made of it.
aw. Oct. 20, 1917. J.S.C.

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New Jersey. Morris Co.
• Declaration of Elizabeth Case, widow of John Case.
Law of July, 1836.
husb d. Jan 19 th 39
ad m. d.
8 mo pri-
26.66
Return to Lewis bondict.
Morris Town, N. Jersey. Jan 19 Jan'y. '39 - The day of her husband's death.

New Jersey Morris Co. Elizabeth Case, widow of John Case. Declaration & Statement. Resolution of 23 d January 1845
Return to Lewis Condict Morris Town, N. Jersey.

Declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the resolution of Congress of the 23 d . January, 1845.
Whereas, the act of the 30 th . of April 1844, prohibited me from drawing a pension for the same period during which my husband was a pensioner. I now make the following statement under oath, to obtain the benefits of the resolution above mentioned.
I am the widow of John Case, who was, as I believe, a private in the war of the revolution; I have drawn a pension at the rate of Twenty six dollars & sixty six cents, per annum from the 19 th . day of January 1839 & now ask for the amount due me from the 4 th . day of March 1831 to the 19 th . day of January 1839, when my former pension commenced, in the year 1839, at the rate of twenty six dollars & sixty six cents per annum.
Sworn to & subscribed, on this 26 th day, Elizabeth her Case mark of March 1845, before me, by making her mark Jonathan Miller Justice of the peace
I certify that the Declarant is personally known to me, & that she is the same individual she represents herself to be in the foregoing affidavit.
Jonathan Miller Justice of the peace
J. George H. Ludlow Clerk of the County of Morris, in the State of New Jersey, do hereby certify, that Jonathan Miller Esq. who has signed the foregoing is a Justice of the peace for the County of Morris in the State of New Jersey, & that the above is his signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name & affixed my seal of office, this 26 day of March Anno Domini 1845, at Morris Town, State of New Jersey.
George H. Ludlow Clerk

Pension Office, April 18 th 1861.
Sir:
I have the honor to return herewith the enclosed letter of Mr. Wm. E. Daubenheyer, and to inform you that there is a pension case of Mrs. Elizabeth Case, widow of John Case ad. , which was filed from St. Jersey; but there is nothing in the letter from which it can be certainly inferred to be the claim inquiring about.
John Case was, himself, a pensioner under the Act of 1832, at the rate of $26.66 per annum, upon 8 months service in St. Jersey line, & made his application from Morris Co. of that state; but entered service during the Revolution from the county of Hunterdon. - His widow, Elizabeth Case was, in entering on the Pension roll of St. Jersey at the same rate as above, to commence on 19 th Jan'y 1839, & if alive, is still in receipt of this pension. - If this be the case the enclosed letter refers to, & the claimant wants any particular information about it,

it will be furnished. —
Hon. John A. Garthy Present. 3
Wm H. Wmley April 18.

Dr. L. Comdick
2 June 1865

Pension Office June 2 d 1845
12
Sir,
I have received your letter of the 28 th ult o . There was never in any instance whatever a pension granted to a widow under the act of July 4. 1836 for the same period during which her husband claimed received a pension. It is indeed extremely doubtful whether the law of 1836 was intended to give a pension to a widow for any period if  after  after March 4. 1837. her husband drew a pension. The Attorney General, however, gave it as his opinion that the widow might be paid from the time when her husband's pension ceased; but from no earlier period. After the law passed which gave the widow a pension from 1836 under the act of 1838, without any regard to the time to which her husband was paid, making a double pension in some cases, the act of April 1844 passed. That act cut off a double pension; but as many had put themselves to trouble and expense in preparing papers before the act of 1844 passed, the resolution of January 1845 and the law of February 1845 were enacted to relieve those widows who were thus disappointed, and those only.
Dr. Lewis Condict Morristown N. Jersey

Dr. S. Conant April 24 th 1845

330 Pension Office, April 26 th 1845.
Sir,
The declaration of Elizabeth Case, for the benefit of the joint resolution of Congress of January 23 d 1845, has been examined and placed on file.
M rs Case has already received a pension under the act of July 4. 1836.
The resolution above referred to was passed for the exclusive benefit of claimants under the act of July 7. 1838, whose claims had been received in the office, but not admitted, when the act of April 30. 1844, passed, which act, prevented many of them from receiving a pension under the act of July 7. 1838, or of 3 d of March, 1843.
Doctor Lewis Canfield, Morris Town, New-Jersey.

Washington March 25. 1861
Commissioner of Pensions, —
Dear Sir: Will you please furnish the information desired in the enclosed letter. Mrs. Case authorized some gentleman to procure her pension, but has never recd. anything. Is she entitled to a pension as the widow of John Case of Huntordon W. I.? If so has any one drawn it?
Respectfully yours John A. Emery

James L. Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions Washington

Morris Town N.J. March 27 th 45.
Dear Sir,
Enclosed is the application of Elizabeth Carr, widow of John Carr, a pensioner under the act of 1832.
She is a pensioner under the act of 1836, & now claims the annuity due from 4 th March 1831, to the date of the beginning of her present pension viz - 19 th January 1839.
Please notify me the result of the examination.
Very respectfully
Your ob. serv. &c.
Lewis Condict.
Col. J. L. Edwards Commr. of Pensions.

State of New Jersey } Hunterdon County }
Be it remembered that on the twenty third day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty four personally appeared before me Samuel Rice one of the judges of the inferior court of common pleas in and for the county of Hunterdon aforesaid Attest Atkinson of Flem- ington in said county who being duly affirmed (Alleging himself to be conscientiously scrupulous of taking an oath) says that he is twenty four years of age, that he was well ac- quainted with the John Lake adverted to in the preceding affidavit of Ann Smith, that he was the brother of the said Ann Smith. And this Affirmant further says that the said John Lake in the year one thou- sand seven hundred and eighty four lived with his wife formerly Mary Norbury near Flemington in the county of Hunterdon where he con- tinued to reside till about the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety nine when he moved as this affirmant thinks and believes to the county of Somerset in this State And this Affirmant further says that the said John Lake and Mary his wife as far as this Affirmant knows & believes always lived together as man and wife and were so reputed from the time of their marriage, of which this Affirmant has heard but knows nothing personally - Attest Atkinson

Duly affirmed the day and year above written before me Samuel Hill Judge etc
State of New Jersey } ss Hunterdon County } ss
I Samuel Hill one of the judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Hunterdon affirm to hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with Ann Smith the above deponent and also with the above affiant, and that they are persons of credibility. My testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this twenty third day of April A.D. one thousand eight hundred and forty four.
Samuel Hill
State of New Jersey } ss Hunterdon County } ss
I Peter J. Clarke Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County do hereby certify that Samuel Hill whose name is subscribed to the foregoing deposition, affirmation and certificate is one of the judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Hunterdon aforesaid, and that his signature subscribed respectfully to the above deposi- tion, affirmation and certificate is genuine. Given under my hand and seal of office this 23 rd day of April A.D. one thousand eight hundred and forty four.
Peter J. Clarke