Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 2122, Valentine Christian, New Jersey

SERVICE
NUMBER
New Jersey
Christian, Valentine
S 2122
banded
CONTENTS

1188
Pennsylvania.
Valentine Christian
of Madison in the State of Pennsylvania who was a private in the company commanded by Captain _____ of the Regt. commanded by Col. Drayton in the N. Jersey line for 15 months.
To the care of C. G. Ricketts. Orangeville Penn a .
Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of - 50 Dollars or per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 29 th day of October 1832 and sent to Pensioner Madison Columbia Co. P a .
  Arrears to 14th of Sept. 1832  75.00    Semi-ann. allowance ending 4 th Mch 1833  25.00     $100.00  
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Wm Duffield Clerk Book D Vol. 6 Page 51

Rev War
2122
INVALID.
File No. 2122
Valentine Christian
Print Rev War
Act: June 7 1832
Index:—Vol. A , Page 64
[Arrangement of 1870.]
✓

Admitted Parole 15 mo.
$ 50.00
Sent to
Pensioner
Madison
Columbia Co.
Pa.

BRIEF in the case of Valentine Christian of Madison in the State of Pennsylvania (Act 7 June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge?
In the Court of Common Pleas.
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he?
77 years
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 1775 Novr deduct 5 mo: not allowed 17 private Gen. New Jersey Line. Lieut. M c Michael, Col. Drayton   '77 Sept. 1 " Capt. Bell   '77 Oct. 1 " Capt. Cooper   '778 Fall 1 " { Drafted under Capt. Gerhart. a. Henry, or ass.   '778 + '779 inadmissible 3 Boiter   23   8   15  
5. In what battles was he engaged?
None mentioned
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service?
New Germantown, New Jersey.
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?
By tradition.
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?
Correct
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Mcuffield Examining Clerk.

Feb 18
Valentine Christian of Pennycuick
No 1690

State of Pennsylvania Columbia County Set
on the Seventh day of August A D 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Hon. Seth Chapman Esquire President and his Associates Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the County aforesaid Now sitting Valentine Christian a Resident of Madison township County of Columbia aforesaid aged Seventy Seven 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, and served as herein after stated, That he entered the service That he enlisted at New German town in the State of New Jersey in the Company commanded by Lieutenant Edward McMichael for one year in November 1775 and served under Colonel Elias Drayton and Captain Rop until April 1777 in the New Jersey line, and was discharged at Morristown New Jersey by Edward Cox first Lieutenant. That he again entered the army under Captain John Bell at Elizabeth town New Jersey in September 1777 and served one month and was discharged by the said Captain John Bell That in October 1777 he entered the Militia under Captain Benjamin Cooper at Elizabeth town and served one month and was discharged by Captain Cooper at Elizabeth town - That in the fall of 1778 he was drafted in Captain Gearhart's Company at Acknowledgement New Jersey and served one month and was then discharged That in the fall of 1777 he was drafted at Elizabeth town in New Jersey and served one month in Captain James Claffey's Company and was discharged at the end of the term - That in the winter of the year 1778 & 1779 he was engaged to Cart provisions under Arthur Henry Wagon Master in the service of the United States at Valley Forge and served three months
Deponent was born in Hunterdon County New Jersey in the year 1756 and that he has a record of his age at his residing in Madison township Columbia County in the family Bible - I lived in Bethlehem township Northampton County New Jersey when I was called into service and his since lived near Jersey town in

Columbia County Pennsylvania a County formed out of Northumb County. Deponent enlisted in the Service under Captain Ross for the first term to serve one year - and the other term of Service as before stated was drafted - Deponent has already stated the Names of his officers & the circumstances of his Services. Deponent received a discharge from Lieutenant Edward Leaf which he has mislaid or lost. Deponent has no documentary evidence and knows of no testimony that he can procure to testify to his Services - Deponent 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 & Subscribed in open Court Jacob Eyerly Prob
His Balentine X Christian Mark
We Rufus Park and Caleb Thomas residing in Madison Township Columbia County hereby Certify that we are well acquainted with Balentine Christian who has sworn & subscribed to the above declaration. That we believe him to be Seventy Seven years of age that he is respected and beloved in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the Revolution and we concur in that opinion - and we further Certify that there is no Clergyman residing in the vicinity of the said applicant
Sworn & Subscribed the day & year aforesaid J. Eyerly Prob
Rufus Park Caleb Thomas
And the said Court do hereby declare that their opinion after the investigation of the matter and putting the Interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states And the Court further Certify that Doctor Rufus Park and Caleb Thomas Esquires who signed the preceding Certificate are residents of Madison Township in said County and

are Credible persons and that their Statements are entitled to Credit -
I caused Refr to Isaac Lewis Esquire John Fumton, James Lania Esquire of Madison township, Royal Hopkins of Bloom township to testify as to character for veracity
Jethro Chapman (Seal) Leonard Rupert (Seal)
Columbia County Set -
I Jacob Ely, Prothonotary, of the Court of Common Pleas of Columbia County do hereby Certify that the foregoing contains the Original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Valentine Christian for a pension - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of the said Court at Danville the Seventh day of August A D Eighteen hundred & thirty two - Jacob Ely, Not.