Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 15,268, David Craig, New Jersey.

SERVICE
New Jersey.
Craig, David
NUMBER
S. 15268
CONTENTS
carded.

20 415
New York
David Craig
of Saratoga in the State of New York who was a private in the Comp. commanded by Captain Dyer of the Regt. commanded by Col. Wilson on the St. L. Louis line for 4 Mo: 20 Dts.
Inscribed on the Roll of N. York at the rate of 15 Dollars 55 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 12 day of Sept. 1833 and due to A. Nash Wallston Spc
Arrears to the 4th of Sept '33 $ 91.10 Sem-ant. allowance ending at 1/2 '33 12.27 22.17 $136.64
Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. W. L. G. [Signature] Clerk
Recorded by [Signature] Clerk Book 6. Vol. 4. Page 52

23344
David Craig for a Pension
[Faint, illegible handwriting]
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adm d 14 mo. 20 ds per $45.55
[Faint, illegible stamp or mark]

State of New York } County of Saratoga } ss.
On this 26 th day of February 1833 personally appeared in Open Court before the Court of Chancery - - - - - - - - - - now sitting at Brewster Springs David Craig of the Town of Greenfield in the County of Saratoga and State of New York 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 provisions of the Act of Congress, passed June 7 th 1832, That he entered the service of the United States under the following named Officers & served as herein stated.
To the question, Where & in What year were you born? The answer, In Monmouth in the County of _____ and State of New Jersey, on the _____ day of _____ 1756
To the question, Have you any record of your age; and if so, where is it?
The answer, In his Father's Family Bible, which was  was in possession of his Brother John Craig In the State of New Jersey.
but he does not know whether it is in existence now or destroyed. To the question where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary War, & where do you now live?
The answer, In the Town of Middlesex in the County of _____ and State of New Jersey, where he lived until after the close of the Revolutionary War When he moved to the then Town of Freehold (now Charlton, in the then County of Albany now Saratoga & State of New York, where he continued to live until 1815 when he removed into the Town of Greenfield in said County where he continued to live until 1826 when he removed to Morris Town in the County of St. Law- rence in the State aforesaid, when In March 1832 he re- moved to the Town of Greenfield aforesaid where he has continued to live ever since & where he now lives.
4 To the question, How were you called into service; were you Drafted, did you Volunteer, or were you a Substitute?

and if a substitute for whom?
The answer is say
In the spring of 1776. He being then enrolled as a private in a company of Militia commanded by Captain John Dye, in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Neilson — 2 nd Colonel — Flynn — Cornelius Johnson Lieutenant, & — Gordon was Ensign & James Vooris was 1 st Sergeant in said company at the Town of Middlesex in the County of the and State of New Jersey being situated on the lines of the Enemy & exposed to daily depredations, that the Company & Regiment afterwards were called upon to turn out and guard the lines, that the said Regiment was called upon to turn out in order to guard the lines, that said Regiment turned out by companies, that one half were ordered to take a tour of one month to be relieved by the other half when that should be expired & so on alternately, that tickets were made out & drawn for the 1 st & 2 nd class — that he this deponent was drawn to serve the 1 st month and served on guard as follows. He with the class of the 1 st tour were stationed at Cranbury about 5 miles distant from Middlesex aforesaid (there were no other soldiers stationed at Cranbury) he with the said class commanded by the said Capt Dye did duty as a private on guard on the lines from Cranbury to Pennington 15 or 20 miles from each other, he served one month in this tour & then continued one month more as a substitute for Free Pines a Soldier drawn on the 2 nd tour that he continued doing duty on guard as aforesaid at the places aforesaid every other month for two years making thirteen months in actual service.
That at the time General Washington turned out with his troops to drive the Enemy from the

Thenceforth; the whole Regiment, under Colonel Neilson aforesaid were called out to join and assist General Washington's Army, against the Enemy at Brandywine that he then served one month extra being in his turn to stay at home making fourteen months of actual service done as aforesaid,
That in one month of his turn to stay at home as aforesaid, he was called out on alarm to, & went to Shrewsbury, North, East from Monmouth, under Captain Walton of the said Regiment and served in Guarding the lines at least twenty days,
That he served as a private from the Spring of 1776 until the Spring of 1778 as aforesaid, in manner aforesaid for at least One Year, two months & twenty days . Besides the Officers named herein, he served under the following named officers—to Wit—Captain Peter Prime, Captain—Flutick, Captain—Peat, Captain— Neilson all officers of said Regiment, he does not re- collect the name or names of any other officer under whom he served during the aforesaid Period—
He does not recollect any continental or Militia Regi- ments who were with the troops when he served. Ex- cept when he went to Brandywine with General Washington's Army, that service being short, he does not recollect the names of the General Officers except General Washington,

To the question, State the names of some of the regular officers who were with the troops where you served; such Continental & Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your service.
He answers & says that he can state no further than he has already stated herein
To the question, did ever receive a discharge from the service; and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? He answers & says that he received no written discharge.
To the question, State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity & truthfulness of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
He states the names of Timothy Day a clergyman Benjamin Dake, John O'Farney, Daniel Coy - Samuel Craig
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a Pension or annuity, except the present and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any agency in any State
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid In open Court E. Corwin.
David & Craig mark

We Timothy Day a Clergyman . . . . residing in the Town of Greenfield in the County of Saratoga & State of New York & Benjamin Dake of Greenfield in said County. - - - hereby certify that we are well acquainted with David Craig who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventyseven years of age, that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he lives to have been a Soldier of the Revolution & that we concur in that opinion, subscribed & sworn to this Timothy Day day & year aforesaid. in open court Benj s Dake E. Coven
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investiga- tion 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, & at Westmoreland the Court further certify that it appears to them that Timothy Day . . . . who has signed the pre- ceding Certificate is a Clergyman - - - - residing in the Town of Greenfield in said County, & that Benjamin Dake who has also signed the same, is a resident in the Town of Greenfield in said County & is a credible person & that their state- ment is entitled to credit.
E. Coven
I G. M. Dorrison Clerk of the Court of Chancery do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original pro- ceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of David Craig for a Pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this 27 th day of February, 1833
G. M. Dorrison, Clerk

23.3.44.
David Craig New York
advised
S. C.
Aaron Nash Ballston Spa New York
Good

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
183
Sir:
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 show what is necessary to be done. Those 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 David Gray  at Saratoga Springs, Saratoga Co. N.Y.
   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.     Ent'd 1776 — 1 11 privt Capt Dye Col. Sheldon 77 years   Sub. — — 1 — — Same Officers Town of Middlesex State of New Jersey Traditionary Bondsman No reason given for not having certificate Clergyman & Citizen Certificate  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
his claims for services performed from 1776 to 1778 13. Months that he further claims for his whole service 14. mo. and 20 days.
45. 3 2/5 45

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)           , who has 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 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 enquiry 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 _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state 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 engaged 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 affix 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 [j] 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.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

This Bureau can furnish the military record of only such Revolutionary soldiers as were pensioned or whose widows were pensioned for their services.
Such of the original muster and pay rolls of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 as are now in the possession of the Government are on file in the Record and Pension Office, War Department. Original rolls and other records pertaining to service in the Revolutionary War may also be found on file in the archives of many of the original States.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
WASHINGTON, D. C.,
O. W. & N. DIV.
REVOLUTIONARY.
March 13, 1897.
Sir:-
Replying to your request for information concerning the military record of David Craig , a soldier of the Revolutionary war, I have the honor to advise you that he made an application for pension on February 26, 1833, at which time he was 77 years of age and residing at Greenfield, N. Y., and his pension was allowed for fourteen months and twenty days' actual service as a private in the New Jersey troops, Revolutionary war. His declaration for pension shows his enlistments and periods of service to have been as follows:
   Dates of enlistment. : Length of service. : Officers under whom service was rendered.   Captain. : Colonel.     May 1776 : 2 mos. : ----- : Neilson.   July 1776 : 1 mo. : Prime : -----   Sept. 1776 : 1 mo. : Hullick : -----   Nov. 1776 : 1 mo. : Pent : -----   Jan. 1777 : 1 mo. : Nixon : -----   Mar. 1777 : 1 mo. : Morgan : -----   May 1777 : 1 mo. : Hullick : Neilson.   June 1777 : 1 mo. : Dye : Neilson.   July 1777 : 1 mo. : Pent : -----   Aug. 1777 : 20 days : Walton : -----   Sept. 1777 : 1 mo. : Dye : Neilson.   Nov. 1777 : 1 mo. : Prime : -----   Jany. 1778 : 1 mo. : Nixon : -----   Mar. 1778 : 1 mo. : Morgan : -----  
He enlisted at Middlesex, New Jersey. The date of his death can probably be ascertained upon application to the Hon. Auditor for the Interior Department, Treasury Department, this city, giving the soldier's full name and military record together with the following data: Cert. No. 20415; New York Agency; Act of June 7, 1832.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Hon. N. M. Curtis,
House of Representatives.

11.1897 - History Hon. W. M. Curtis House of Reps -
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15268 INVALID.
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File No. 15,268
David Craig Priv. Rev. War
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index: - Vol. 1, Page 83
[Arrangement of 1870.]

State of New York } County of Saratoga } ss.
I Alpheus Goodrich Clerk of the County of Saratoga do certify that Oran G. Olis before whom the annexed Affidavit purports to have been sworn, was at the date of the same one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the said County, and that I am acquainted with his hand writing, and verily believe his name subscribed to the said Affidavit, to be his proper hand Writing and Signature
Witness my hand and Seal of Office the 24 th day of May 1833 } A Goodrich Clerk

State of New York
County of Saratoga } ss. Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County, David Craig of Greenfield in the County of Saratoga aforesaid the applicant named in the declaration to which this is annexed made in order to obtain a Pension under the Act of June 7 1832 who being by me duly sworn doth depose and say that by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory he cannot swear positively to the precise day of May 1776 when he entered into the service of the United States, but according to the best of his recollection he commenced his 1 st tour, on the 15 th day of May 1775 and served For two months as a private in manner time since stated in his declaration, when he continued on 2 mo. day 00 his own regular tour and served in manner aforesaid under Captain Prime of said Regiment } 1. 00
Hulick Captain
In September after continuing at home one month he again went on his 3 rd tour under Captain Hu- lick named in his declaration and served as a private in guarding the lines from Grambury to or near Brownstown (the Enemy was in possession of Brownstown) } 1. 00 & served One month
In November & December of the same year he served his 4 th tour under Captain Pratt of said Regiment & was on guard from Grambury to Brownstown aforesaid doing duty as aforesaid For One month } 1. 00
In January & February 1777 he served his regular tour from Grambury to Brownstown in guarding the lines as aforesaid under Captain Nixon } 1. 00 of said Regiment & served One month
In March following he was called on his regular tour to go to Grambury & served under Captain Mor- gan of said Regiment his full tour of One month } 1 & served in guarding the lines from Grambury through Spotsford to on Spotsford Sandy Bay Ferry & so on we continued on guard as aforesaid

there was one other Company of Jersey Militia who served with our Company on Guard, but whose officers were unknown to this deponent & he does not recollect the name or names of their  said officers any one of them when he had served one month, he was verbally discharged at Grambury by the said Captain Morgan in April 1777—
In May 1777 he again went to Grambury on his regular tour tour under the command of Captain Klubick of said Regiment & did duty on guard as a private on the lines from Grambury to Brunswick aforesaid & continued doing duty as aforesaid under the aforesaid officer for one month & was discharged by the said Captain Klubick at Grambury aforesaid in June 1 mo.
In June 1777, immediately after his return he went on an alarm under the aforesaid Captain Dye in Colonel Nelson's Regiment to assist Genl. Washington, went to Sour Mountain where the American Army under Genl. Washington were stationed continued there & served on guard a few days under the said Captain Dye when the whole American Army pursued the Enemy on their retreat from Brunswick, went to Piscataway & halted for there  where  he  he returned to Grambury & there  where  he  he discharged by Capt. John Dye aforesaid & returned to Grambury, having served one month as aforesaid in July 1777 1 mo
When he immediately commenced his regular tour under Captain in said Regiment Peat & served from July to August on Guard from Grambury to Brunswick in manner aforesaid & was discharged by the said Captain Peat at Grambury and returned home 1 mo 10 mo

10 m In August 1777 he was called out on alarm on Scout, under Captain John Walton, of the Militia of Monmouth, does not recollect to what Regiment he belonged, he served under the said Captain Walton & James Craig his Lieutenant. one he joined said Company at English Town & marched to Monmouth Court House from there to Shrewsbury on the Shou, being the lines, where he with said Company continued to do duty on Guard as a private in said Company being the only Company at said place - on duty in guarding the lines from the Court house aforesaid on the lines to Shrews- bury & served in this way at least twenty days & was discharged at Monmouth Court House by the said Captain Walton in September 1777 & returned home to Middlesex
20
In September 1777 he went on his regular tour under Captain Dye, Lieutenant Johnson, & En- sign - Gordon - in Colonel Neilson's Regiment a- foresaid to Morris Town where continued on Guard & was crossed to Stratton Island but were driven back by the Enemy. served One month and was dis- charged by the said Captain Dye at Morris Town in October having served One month & returned home
1110
In November 1777 he went on his regular tour to Crambury under Captain Prime of said Reg- iment & did duty on Guard on the lines at Crambury from Crambury to Morriswick where he continued doing duty as a private under said Officer for One month & was discharged at Crambury by the said Captain Prime & returned home
1110
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In January 1778 he again went on his regular tour under Captain Vose aforesaid of said Regiment & served for One month on Guard as aforesaid from Crambury to Morriswick & was discharged at Cram- bury by the said Captain Vose & returned home
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In March 1778 he again turned on his regular tour under the said aforesaid Captain Morgan in said Regiment & served as as aforesaid on Guard from Granbury to Burns with For One Month & was discharged by the said Captain Morgan at Granbury aforesaid & returned home
{ 3 20 11 10 14 20
That from the 15 of May 1776 to the 15th of May 1778 he served 12 hours of one month each as within States in the manner & under the said Officers as stated, He served For one month as a substitute in 1776
{ 12 mo 1
He also served on Alarm under Captain Dye
{ 1
He also served under Captain Walton all, as herein before stated, during which said time to wit from the 15. May 1776 15. May 1778 he served 14 months and 20 days as a private
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That in his regular tours there was no Continental or Militia Regiments or Company who served when he served except as herein stated, that on his Extra tour to Four Mountain General Washington's Army was there & a great Number of Militia Regiments were there but he cannot state the names of their officers. He further states that he received no written discharge for any part of his service herein before stated nor has he any documentary evidence of his said services nor does he know of any person now living by whom he can prove the same or any part thereof.
Subscribed & sworn to the 22 nd May 1833 before me Oran G. Otey, Justice of the Peace of The County of Saratoga
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