Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 29,102, Timothy Crane, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
Crane, Timothy
S. 29,102
CONTENTS

24 537 New York
Timothy Crane
of Johnstown in the State of New York who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Hayes of the Regt. commanded by Col. Bortland in the N.Y. M. line for 13 mos 26 ds.
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 46 Dollars 19 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 19 day of Jan 1834 and South for Ind. Examiner  H. N. N. P.
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1833.  $115.47 Semi-ann. allowance ending March 34.  23.09
$138.56
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk, Book C Vol. 4 Page 94

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7 th of June 1832.
State of New York } County of Saratoga } ss.
On this 27 th day of August, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three, personally appeared in open court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for said County, now sitting _____ Timothy Crane a resident of the town of Charlton in said County, aged seventy-three years and upwards, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832
He was born in the town of New- ark, in the County of Essex, State of New- Jersey on the 27 th day of May 1760, as he was informed by his parents, and as appears from a record thereof made by them in their family bible. Than this there is no other record of his age that he knows of. The said record is in existence in New York aforesaid. When called into the service of the United States in the war of the revolution, he was living in the aforesaid town of Newark he has lived in said town since said war, and continued there to reside until the year 1791, when he moved to the aforesaid town of Charlton where he at present resides.

In the month of January or February 1777, he the declarant was called into said service. He was then enrolled at Newark aforesaid in a Company of Militia Commanded by Captain Joseph Hays in Colonel Cortland's Regiment. His other com- pany & field officers whom he recollects were Nathaniel Camp Lieutenant, Elias Baldwin Ensign, & Samuel Hays Major Commandant, & Aaron Ogden Commis- sary.
He the declarant after his enrollment as aforesaid served in said Company as a Private from the month of January or February aforesaid in the year 1777 until the close of said war, except during the periods of time as herein after set forth when he served in other companies. More than half the time during the whole of said period of six years or thereabouts, this Declarant was in service against the common enemy & the Tories, on alarms, in the field of battle, in skirmishes, and in the garrison, from place to place in said State of New Jersey & elsewhere, by the commands and orders of his superior officers.
By reason of old age and the conse- quent loss of memory, this Declarant cannot swear positively as to the precise terms of his active service, marches & station's, but according to the best of his recollection, he served in the

grade of a private soldier as aforesaid not less than the periods mentioned below.
This Declarant would state that he believed and understood the fact to be that the militia of said state were di- vided into six classes, two of which were ordered out at one time to be constantly on guard at the different military posts & places in said State, and on extraordinary occasions, as when the enemy made an in- cursion they were all ordered out. The declarant of course belonged to one of these classes, and his term of service on his own account during said six years was not less therefore than eighteen months . But the Declarant in addition to said service of at least eighteen months on his own account, served for a term not less than, and this declarant honestly believes for a period greatly exceeding six months was substituted for his brother served James Brown who resided at home to attend to business and the affairs of his father's family , and also as a substitute for other persons whose names the declar- ant cannot now recollect.
The Declarant mounted guard at Newark aforesaid immediately after his enrollment as aforesaid in the month of

January or February 1777 for the full term of two months. The British had a fort about five or six miles from Newark, and parties of the refugees in British pay often made predatory incursions on Newark which gave rise to skirmishes in which the declarant with detachments from said Regiment engaged every few days.
In the month of August thereafter, as a substitute for some person whose name the declarant cannot now call to mind, he served not less than four weeks in Captain Samuel Hunting's Company of Militia, he believes in the same Regiment before named; and was employed during said term in mounting guard at Newark aforesaid.
In the month of September thereafter, (whither on his own account or as a substitute his memory does not serve him to say) he did military duty under the Captain first named or rather in his company, for he thinks Lieutenant Camp then had the command, for a term not less than four weeks .
During this last term of service, a Party of refugees came over at Elizabethtown and carried off all the cattle they could find. They did the same at Newark aforesaid. The declarant with his Company marched to Bloomfield under command of General Wines, of the militia attacked the refugees, and drove them down to the river. Here it seems they

had cannon. General Mines ordered declarant's Company back to Bloomfield where they lay encamped all night. The next day they pursued the refugees but could not overtake them. The detachment with which the declarant served followed them about ten miles when they forded a river. The detachment aforesaid did so likewise & pursued them as far as Hackinsack or near that place. Here the detachment encamped over night. On the following morning the enemy had crossed the river, and so the pursuit ended & the detachment returned to their quarters at Newark aforesaid, where they continued to perform garrison duty.
In the year 1778, Captain Camp aforesaid, being transferred to a Company of Artillery Elias Baldwin aforesaid took the command of the company first named, and the declarant performed garrison duty under said Baldwin at Newark aforesaid for the full term of two months. In the month of June thereafter the declarant performed military duty as a substitute in a company of militia commanded by Captain Elijah Squire.

526 he thinks in the same Regiment aforesaid. With said Company the Declarant marched to Elizabethtown; thence they embarked in boats, it was said for Amboy. The enemy fired upon them from Staten Island. Towards night they went up a creek some distance and encamped there all night. The next morning General Wines sent for them, and they went back to Elizabethtown, and from thence they marched westward, in consequence of a report that the hostile Indians were butchering the inhabitants of Wyoming. The Declarant march- ed on this occasion with his said Company about sixty miles, when information was received that the enemy had departed, and so Declarant marched back to Newark a- foresaid, and there mounted guard with the militia Company aforesaid in which he had been enrolled. In this last tour he the Declarant served for a period exceeding two months. —
The British having possession of New York parties of the enemy were con- tinually making descents on the Jersey set- tlements. In consequence it was necessary to have the different posts and passes in that State continually garrisoned, and

the services of the militia were in constant requisition. In the summer & winter of the year 1779, the declarant served under said Captain Baldwin performing garrison duty at Newark aforesaid, this declarant is certified for a period in the whole exceeding six months. and  days
In the month of January 1780 a Scotch Regiment came over to Newark took one Joseph Hedden & some soldiers prisoners, and burnt the academy at that place and then retreated. A party of four of which the declarant was one went in pursuit, and succeeded in capturing three of the enemy who had strayed from their Regiment, and he conducted them to Morristown.
In the month of June thereafter Knyphausen made an incursion into New Jersey. He landed with his troops at Elizabethtown, proceeded with his troops to Connecticut farms where they killed Mrs Colwell & burnt several houses. They afterwards went to Springfield. In the course of their march they were constantly annoyed &

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opposed by parties of the militia with whom the Declarant served, and were consequently obliged to return to Elizabeth-Town where they erected a fort, and lay encamped about two weeks. Knyphausen then received a reinforcement, and advanced a second time toward Springfield. Here or near this town a battle took place in which the declarant engaged. Captain Aguirre aforesaid selected fifty men of whom the Declarant was one. These men drew two dozen cartridges each which were used with effect upon the enemy. The detachment to which the declarant belonged did not retire from the field till near sunset when they went back to their quarters. The enemy having burnt Springfield retreated to New-York. The whole period of the Declarant's service of the Declarant during the year 1780, was not less than eight months and twenty days.
8 mos 20 days
In the year 1781, the Declarant served until Cornwallis surrendered, to wit for a term exceeding six months. Captain Baldwin aforesaid having resigned the Declarant served during this year under Captain Nichols of the militia, he thinks in said Regiment first named.
6 mos
in the year 1780

In the years 1782, & 1783, the Declarant served as a volunteer under Captain Hendrics, who commanded a whale boat, which plyed in Newark bay to prevent the enemy from entering the said bay. He thus volunteered at different times and for different terms of time as the exigencies of the case required. This Declarant cannot state positively the different terms of his service under said Captain Hendrics, but is certain they in the whole exceeded two months - and this Declarant verily believes and accordingly testifies, that he served during said war for a period in the whole not less than three years , and accordingly claims a full pension. This Declarant would further testify that his said service was actual and active service, and that while engaged in it, he did not follow any Civil pursuit.

THE FOLLOWING are the names of some of the regular officers whom he knew, or who were with the troops where he served, and such continental and militia regiments or companies with which he served, or as he can recollect, viz :
Colonel Ogden, Colonel Dayton, Captain Reeves, Gilham & Parsons of the militia, General Washington, General Schuyler & others
He never received any written discharge from the service.
He has no _____ documentary evidence, and knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service except those whose depositions are herunto annexed
The following are the names of persons to whom he is known in his present neighborhood, and who can testify as to his character for veracity, and their belief of his services as a soldier of the revolution, to wit: John Gatchell, Daniel Osborn, Samuel Reddick, Daniel Skinner, Daniel Smith.
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.
Subscribed and sworn to the day and year first aforesaid
Note that on the 4 th page the words "four" weeks Timothy Crane "weeks" were written on a scrap, before execution
H. Loomis Clerk

unrecorded Mar. 1861
29 102 Rev INVALID.
W. C. S. S. S. S. Wm R. Sissoms, Birm
File No. 29,102
Timothy Crane
Rev Rev 1860
Act: June 7 th 89
Index:—Vol. 9 , Page 87
[Arrangement of 1870.]

28 1/2 Dimitri nane For a Pension August 27 1833
Brain Mark Pleasure I am the in the in the
300 Giles F. Yates Agent Schenectady N.Y.
St. Mark Agent

State of New-Jersey } Essex County ss } Personally appeared before me Samuel B. Miller A Justice of the peace in and for said County of Essex David Tuhenor aged Twenty five years Myrae Sayns aged Eightyfive years and Robert Hays aged Seventysix years all of the Township of Newark County of Essex and State of New Jersey who being first duly sworn on their oaths depose and say that they are all well acquainted with Timothy Crone of the Township of Charlton County of Saratoga in the State of New York that he is aged about seventy three years. — That he Resided in the Township of Newark County of Essex and State of New Jersey during the Revolutionary War. — That they were well acquainted with the said Timothy Crone from the commencement of the war until the close of the same. And one well knowing that the said Timothy Crone was a Soldier in the war of the Revolution and that he served as a private Soldier in Captain Joseph Hays Company of Militia also in a Company of Militia commanded by Capt. Robert Nichols and are also knowing that he served in Capt. Elias Waldwin and Elijah Squire companies and others and are knowing that the said Timothy Crone was a Regular Soldier in the war of the Revolution and continued in the Militia Service until the close of the said war and are well satisfied that he was on Regular duty more than two years.
Sworn to and Subscribed at Newark in said County this Twenty sixth day of June A.D. 1833
W. B. SCARLET Robert Hays
before me — Samuel B. Miller Justice of the peace

I Samuel B. Miller Before whom the above Affidavit of David Tichenor, Myzel Sayre and Robert Hays was taken do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the said David Tichenor Myzel Sayre and Robert Hays and that their statement is entitled to full credit and belief. Newark June 26 th 1833. Sam d B. Miller
State of New Jersey County of Essex Inferior Court of Common Pleas in & for said County of Essex Do hereby certify that Samuel B. Miller Esq. before whom the foregoing affidavits of David Tichenor, Myzel Sayre & Robert Hays were made & taken, at the time of taking the said affidavits was and still is one of the Justices of the Peace for said County duly qualified and duly commissioned and sworn. And that the name "Sam d B. Miller" subscribed to said affidavits & the certificate there- under written is the proper hand writing of said Justice. And that full faith & credit may be given to his official acts. In Testimony Whereof I have here set my hand & the seal of said Court at Newark the Twenty Seventh day of June A d eighteen hundred and thirty three (1833)
E. M. Woodruff Clerk

WE John Gilchrist residing in the Town of Chautauqua in the county of Saratoga aforesaid, and Daniel Ostrom residing in the Town of Howland  Timothy Crane who do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy three 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 opinion.
Subscribed and sworn the { day and year aforesaid}
A Goodrich Clerk
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 John Gilchrist and Daniel Ostrom who have signed the above certificate are both credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I Alpheus Goodrich Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for the county of Saratoga do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Timothy Crane for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this Twenty fourth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three
A Goodrich Clerk
minutes of the proceedings of the peace

State of New-York County of Schenectady } ss
I, Timothy Crane of the town of Charlton in the County of Saratoga in said State, in the matter of my application for a pension under the act of 7 th June 1832, being further duly sworn and examined, do depose and say, that in the month of January or February 1777, I was enlisted in the town of Newark as set forth in my declaration under said act, accompa- nying this my Supplemental affidavit, in a Company of militia commanded by Captain Joseph Hayes in Colonel Cortland's Regiment - my other Company and field officers being the same as de- tailed in my said declaration.
In this Company I served, (although the officers thereof did not con- tinue the same) for the term of six years, or until the end of the revolu- tionary war, except during such terms as I was drafted to serve in other com- panies, as in my said declaration is set forth. During said six years I was, in actual and active military duty for

in the garrison and in the field for a period in the whole greatly exceeding two years. But I cannot specify further or more par- ticularly than as followeth.
From the day of my enlistment as aforesaid I performed garrison duty at Newark aforesaid under said Captain Joseph Hayes for a term of at least or exceeding two months.
In the month of August thereafter I served as a substitute for some person whose name I cannot now call to mind, in Cap- tain Samuel Hunting's Company of Militia I believe in the same Regiment before named & I continued so to serve for the full term of four weeks or one month at Newark aforesaid, discharging garrison duty at said place.
In the month of September thereafter, whether on my own account, or as a substitute I cannot recollect, I perform- ed military duty in the Company first named, Lieutenant Camp Commandant, at Elizabethtown, Bloomfield, Newark & elsewhere under command of General Wines aforesaid, against a party of refugees as spe- cified in my said declaration, for a term not less than thirty days.
In the year 1778, in the same Company first named, Elias Bald- win Commandant (Captain Camp being trans- ferred to a Company of Artillery). I performed garrison duty at Newark aforesaid,

in the garrison and in the field for a period in the whole greatly exceeding two years. But I cannot specify further or more par- ticularly than as followeth.
2 From the day of my enlistment as aforesaid I performed garrison duty at Newark aforesaid under said Captain Joseph Hayes for a term of at least or exceeding two months.
In the month of August thereafter I served as a substitute for some person whose name I cannot now call to mind, in Cap- tain Samuel Hunting's Company of Militia I believe in the same Regiment before named & I continued so to serve for the full term of four weeks or one month at Newark aforesaid, discharging garrison duty at said place.
-28 In the month of September thereafter, whether on my own account, or as a substitute I cannot recollect, I perform- ed military duty in the Company first named, Lieutenant Camp Commandant, at Elizabethtown, Bloomfield, Newark & elsewhere under command of General Wines aforesaid, against a party of refugees as spe- cified in my said declaration, for a term not less than thirty days.
1 In the year 1778, in the same Company first named, Elias Bald- win Commandant (Captain Camp being trans- ferred to a Company of Artillery). I performed garrison duty at Newark aforesaid,

for a term not less than sixty days or two months - one Abiel Canfield was then Lieutenant of said Company. I think this last named tour of duty was performed in the spring of the year. In the month of June then next ensuing I served as a substitute in a Company of militia commanded by Captain Elijah Squire, I believe, in the same Regiment of Colonel Cortland. I now remember the name of another officer not mentioned in my said declaration; viz. Lieutenant Caleb Wheeler. On this occasion I marched to Elizabethtown in said Company of Captain Squire. From thence we embarked in boats, it was supposed for a boy. Shortly after under Command of General Molineux aforesaid we marched westward towards Wyoming about sixty miles, and thereupon returned to Newark aforesaid where I performed garrison duty in the Company first named. In this expedition from the time I commenced my march to Elizabethtown until I finished performing garrison duty as last aforesaid I was under arms for a term exceeding two months in succession. In addition to the particulars of my service in this last expedition given in my said de- claration, I now remember that on my return from the west part of said Regiment was ordered to Monmouth, while the remainder (of which my Company formed a part) were stationed at the Newark garrison aforesaid.

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I am well convinced, and accordingly do now testify, that the period for which I was in actual and active duty during the year 1778, was not less than six months, yet I can only specify four months. In the summer and winter of the year 1779, I served for the full term of six months, not in one tour of duty, but in three of not less than two months each under said Captain (Baldwin). I now remember the names of some other of- ficers who served with me this year & I think in said Regiment; viz - John Van Duren, Asher Brown - & - Papeles & Edwards Lieutenants -
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In the month of January 1780, a Scotch Regiment came over to Newark as specified in my said declaration and committed many depredations. On this occasion (said Captain Elias Baldwin hav- ing resigned) the Command of said Company devolved on Robert Nichols, and Abiel Canfield was Lieutenant. I served in said Company for a term, not less than twenty days. In this expedition I escorted three prisoners to Morristown - In the summer of the year last named, when Tryphensen made his incursion into New Jersey, as set forth in said declaration, I marched to and performed field duty at Connecticut Farms
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Springfield & other places as detailed in my said declaration, under Captain Squire & Captain Nichols aforesaid for a term not less than three months - And in the winter of the same year I performed garrison duty at Newark aforesaid, and also in the fall of the same year, being under arms the whole of the summer and winter aforesaid & part of the fall of that year, and including my service in the month of January aforesaid, will make in all a service of at least eight months and twenty days, during said year 1780, and such service was actual & active service, and I was not during any part of said period engaged in any Civil Pursuit.
I served in the year 1781, under Captain Nichols aforesaid, at the places before specified and in my said declaration set forth, for a term in the whole during this year of at least six months, but I cannot possibly specify all the particulars of my service, nor the different tours. In fact nothing extraordinary occurred to leave an impression on my memory. I remember that a party of twelve or fifteen, of which I was one, went to Elizabethtown, where it was reported some refugees had secured cattle in a barn; whence they intended to take them away by night. We laid in wait for them discovered them, fired upon and drove them off. Of the prisoners I took one and brought

him to Newark, where he was put under guard. I engaged in many such expeditions, but my memory does not serve me sufficiently well to specify them all.
I did a great deal for others as a substitute as well as on my own account which made my tours of duty longer and more numerous than those of many other persons in the same Regiment.
I stated in my declaration that I commenced my service under Captain Hendricks in the year 1782. On second reflection I think I commenced such service, or at least performed some duty under said Captain Hendricks in the year 1781. In the years 1782 & 1783 I served as specified in my said declaration for a term exceeding two months, and for the aforesaid service of more than two years & six months I claim a pension
Timothy Crane
State of New York } County of Chenango } Surrogate's Court } ss.
Personally appeared in open court, on the fourteenth day of December one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three

Timothy Crane above named & who has subscribed the preceding deposition; and the said Timothy Crane made oath that the facts set forth in said deposition are true and correct, according to the best of his knowledge recollection and belief. Given under my hand the Seal of said Court the day & year last aforesaid
J. H. W. S.
Surrogate.

124.
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J. L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions War Department Washington
Hon. Nobramer H. R.

J. L. Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
Sir.
I received your
circular returning for amendment the papers of Timothy Crane, in the matter of his application for a pension under the act of 7 th June 1832. The main objection appears to be, that he alleges to have served six months and longer at one period. In answer thereto I would state, that he did not intend to be understood to say that the six months he thus served, were in succession - but that during a certain year he served, in all at least six months. This explanation he has endeavoured to give that supplemental  this exp A. 1. 1. specific account that he should give a more specific account of each tour included in the six months &c I presume he will be satisfied to have you allow only such portion of his alleged services, as is properly specified, inasmuch as he alleges to have been under arms for a pe- riod in the whole exceeding two years - Mr Crane

J. L. Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
Sir,
I received your circular returning for amendment the papers of Timothy Crane, in the matter of his application for a pension under the act of 7 th June 1832. The main objection appears to be, that he alleges to have served six months and longer at one period. In answer thereto I would state, that he did not intend to be understood to say that the six months he thus served, were in succession - but that during a certain year he served, in all at least six months. This explanation he has endeavoured to give in his supplemental declaration. If it should be adjudged, that this explanation is not sufficient, or that he should give a more specific account of each tour included in the six months &c I presume he will be satisfied to have you allow only such portion of his alleged services, as is properly specified, inasmuch as he alleges to have been under arms for a period in the whole exceeding two years - Mr Crane

does not reside in this city, and when he came to have his supplemental declaration drawn, there was no Justice of the peace at hand, before whom he could testify. He therefore qualified before me as Surrogate. I thought this might answer from reading a clause in one of the Circulars issued by you, in which you state, that supplemental affidavits may be taken before any officer authorized to administer oaths. Should this not answer, I will on your requisition get him sworn before a Judge or Justice.
I am with sentiments of respect
Your mo: O Bt Servt
G. H. H. S.
Schenectady Dec 26- 1833

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Timothy Crane
13 mo. 26 days
e. Oct. 16 33
Adm? 43.33 2.81  46.14
Hon. M c Crane H R
92.38 23.09  115.47
G. F. Yates Esq.  Saturday  New York

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
Sir:
Nov 16 33
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. These points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: } ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Timothy Crane
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.              
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c, Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of } On this day of personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of in the county of and State, Territory or District of aged (c) 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 provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) , with and served in the (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 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 opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
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 A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his
There is no evidence in the Department that the militia of the State of New Jersey were in service at one period for six, or eight months at a time. It was an occasional period and rarely exceeded one month.

alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom? 
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
 6. { To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it?  { To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it? 
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the inquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, 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. 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 _____; 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 that 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 shown 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.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must fix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he 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.
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 papers 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.
Proof of Service.
[j] 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 claimant's 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.
[k] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[U] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
No claim for pension not specified in the annexed form but one can be allowed

I agree to accept a Pardon for 13 months & 26 days, since for Timothy Crane, provided a further allowance be made on his furnishing such testimony as the rules require.                     programme