Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 3,254, Jehial Day, New Jersey

SERVICE
NUMBER
New Jersey
Day, Jehial
83254
carded
CONTENTS
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Rev War
3254 INVALID.
File No. 3254
Special Day Prin. R. J. Line
Act: June 7, 1832
Index:—Vol. a , Page 89
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Ohio - 7787
Which Day
of Pension in the State of Ohio. who was a Private in the commanded by Captain Brown of the Regt commanded by Col. commanded New Jersey. for six months.
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio. at the rate of 20. Dollars 00. Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 2. day of April 1833 and sent to Sam. H. Hunt, Cincinnati O. Ohio
  Arrears to the 4th of Mar '33  40.00    Pension allowance ending 4. Sept  10.00    23.      $50.00  
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Wm. P. D. ... Clerk, Book C. Vol. 8. Page 110.

1888
July 19 - S. B. eamg history
Prior

No 15049 - 7.787.
Sehial Day of Hamilton County Ohio
Adm 6. Months from 1776. $20. _____
Saml. F. Kent Cincinnati - Hamilton County Ohio

BRIEF in the case of Ishial Day County of Cincinnati in the State of Ohio (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? 74 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.     Draft In 17 76 - 6 - private Gen. Geo. Washington, Sterling, Col. Heard Cap. Danl. Brown, Col. Soward, Col. Frelunhuyzen, Cap. B. Lissaly  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Springfield  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Morris County & New Jersey  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary 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? Correct 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Richd. L. Key Examining Clerk.
The applicant states his service to have been in Monthly Tours, from the May 1776 until the close of the war, he is confident he served one year , but claims only six months as above stated.

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Jehial Day which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yes V. * Has he mentioned 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? no VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yes

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? No clergyman certificate - Witnesses
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? No
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? No
XIV. †If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
XVI. †Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? yes
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. 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."

15049 Jehial Day. V

(Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832)
The State of Ohio
Hamilton County ss
On this fifth day of October 1832 personally appeared in open court before the Honourable Judges of the Court of Common Pleas within and for said county now sitting Jehial Day a resident of Springfield township in the county and state aforesaid aged seventy four 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 Captain Daniel Brown Col Soward Col Frelinhuysen Captain Belyn Lindley and many other officers in Morris County New Jersey as a Militia man serving in was then called monthly tours from the early part of May 1776 until the close of the war during which time he was in the battle of Springfield and in the skirmish of Ward Sassin and continued in the service guarding the lines between Elizabeth town and Bergen he is confident his term of service was not less than one year but he claims but for six months that he has no documentary evidence and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service 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
Sworn to and subscribed the day & yr aforesaid in open Court Jehial Day Dan d  Guant CEX ST
We Thomas Haines and A. D. Williams residing in the county aforesaid hereby certify that we are

well acquainted with Jehiel Day who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be 74 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 & subscribed the day & yr aforesaid
in open Court
Hans Van
clerk
Thomas Humes A. J. Dillworth
Interrogatories propounded by the Court to the Applicant
1 where and in what yr were you born
Ans In the yr 1758 In Morris County N. Jersey
2 Have you any record of your age if so where is it
Ans None that I know of
3 where were you living when call'd in to the service where have you lived since the Revol. war and where do you now live
Ans In Morris Co. N. J. and removed from there to this County place about 18 yrs since where I have resided since
4 How were you call'd in to service were you drafted did you volunteer or were you a substitute and if a substitute for whom
Ans Drafted
5 State the names of some of the regular officers who were with the troops where you served such continental and militia Regts as you can recollect and the general circumstances of your service
Ans Genl Washington Genl Lord Sterling Genl Heard the general circumstances of my service are contained in my declaration
6 Did you ever receive a discharge from the service and if so by whom was it given & what has become of it
Ans None other than a verbal one from my officers

7 State the names of person 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
Aps Jonathan Pitman Esqr. Revd John Thompson Captain John Schooley Thomas Smith George Guinup
Sworn & subscribed the day & yr aforesaid.
in open Court
Hann. Gano
Jeriel Day
Clk P.T.
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 Prothonotaries J. A. J. Wilmbatch who has signed the preceding Certificate are residents of the County aforesaid and are credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit.
The State of Ohio } Hamilton County } set
I Daniel Gano, Clerk Pro Tem, of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County, do hereby certify the foregoing contains the Original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Jeriel Day, for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hands and affixed the Seal of said Court at Cincinnati, this 5 th of October 1832.
Hann. Gano Clk P.T.