Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 1,010, Aaron Harrison, New Jersey.

SERVICE
NUMBER
New Jersey
Harrison, Aaron
S. 1,010
CONTENTS
carded

28.106
New Jersey
to Aaron Wanison of Essex Co in the State of who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain DeWitt of the Regt commanded by Col  ... .. in the New Jersey line for Philadelphia .
1 Yr 1 Mo 14 D $ 43.53
Enscribed on the Roll of New Jersey at the rate of 13 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 11 th day of July and sent to W. V. Cordick, Mansfield, N.J.
Emears to the 4th of Sept 1833 - 108.32 Pemi-ant. allowance ending Oct 31 21.66
$130.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by John ... Clerk, Book 6 - Vol. 5 Page 116
RR B

State of New Jersey On this fifth day of September A.D. 1832 Essex County ss 3 and thirty three, personally appeared me Danl Babbitt one of the Judges of the Superior Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Essex, Aaron Harrison a resident of Orange in the County of Essex and State of New Jersey, aged seventy nine 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 7th 1832 - That he entered the Militia Service of the United States as a Volunteer in the Month of March A.D. 1775, under the com- mand of Capt. Josiah Pierson of Newark & marched to Long Island, New York and continued in service there One Month , during which period he was employed, in throwing up breast Works, & constructing other fortifications Some of the New England Troops were there on the same duty - Capt. Josiah Pierson's Company was at the above stated time composed of a few men from each company in the County, and he believes was the only Company that marched from this part of New Jersey at that time - All whom he can rem- ember, as accompanying him on this tour are dead - Again in July of the same year - on the arrival of the British Fleet in New York Bay he was drafted, or called out under command of Capt. John Beck, and marched again to Long Island New York, at this time Matthias Ward was Colonel & David Condit Major - of the Regiment to which he was attached - he continued on duty at Long Island a few days, then returned thro Bergen in this State to Elizabeth Town N.J. - and continued in actual service till the British Army passed thro the State in pursuit of the American Army in the latter part of November A.D. 1776, a period of not less than Four Months - he cannot recollect more of this period of service, than that he was stationed, at Elizabeth Town & Newark, and was constantly on duty - Again in January A.D. 1777 he entered the U.S. Service under the same Captain - and continued in the service as a private, doing duty at least Three Months , embracing the Winter & Spring Months of that year - During the first year of the War, the Militia in this part of the State of N.J. were out most of the time, after which they were classed & performed their duty by turns - During the remainder of his service in the Revolutionary War he was for the greater part of the time under the command of Capt. Thomas Williams, he was also under the command of others whose names he does not recollect - together not less than Five Months - That he served as a private in the New Jersey Militia, during the Revolutionary War not less than Thirteen Months , during which time he was engaged in

in no civil pursuit but was in actual service - After the death of Maj. David Condit in AD 1777, & the capture of Col. Matthias Ward - Col. Philip Van Courtlandt & Maj. Samuel Hays took command of the Regiment & Battalion to which this declarant belonged - During the Autumn AD 1776 - he was at Elizabeth Town or in its vicinity most of the time - near which was the enemy's Garrison, separated only by the Sound, (so called) across which cannon shot were frequently exchanged - We erected Breast Works & fortified the position as strongly as possible - After this he was generally at Newark N.J. where a guard was continually kept up during the war - to prevent the enemy from foraging & plundering the country & inhabitants - He was out at the Battle in Springfield St. also engaged in a skirmish at Elizabeth Town in which Moses Smith a neighbour of his was killed, and with the assistance of his brother James Smith, conveyed his body to Orange or what was then called Newark Mountain - Mrs. Caldwell was also killed at the same incursion of the enemy - Was also at Hackensack N.J. under Genl. Wm. Windy to repel the enemy who were in search of Corn & Cattle - but cannot recollect the particular times or exact durations of the above mentioned services - Has credit on such pay Rolls of Capt. Thomas Pillsbury de d as are now in existence many having been lost - the periods of service there mentioned are - From May 8 th to July 8 th 1777, one month & four days as Corporal - & from the 7 th June to the 20 th of the same month 1780 - Thirteen days - Abijah Harrison & David Lyon, of Orange in the County of Essex, New Jersey, are the only living witnesses now recollected who can testify to his services in the Revolutionary War - In Answer to the Interrogatories put him - he answers - That he was born in Newark, Essex County New Jersey 14 th October 1753 as appears by a record in the Family Bible - in his possession - was living in Newark, in that part now included in the township of Orange, when called into service, has lived there since & now lives there - Entered the service a Volunteer - Rec d no written discharge from service - Recollects the names of no other than the before named Officers - Is known to the Hon d Isaac Pierson & the Rev d George Pierson - who can testify to his character for veracity & their belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution
I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present declaration that my name is not on the pension Roll of the agency of any state or Territory
Subscribed & sworn to this 25 th day of September AD 1833 Before me - Danl. Babbit
Aaron Hargrave

We George Pierson a Clergyman, residing in the township of Orange, in the County of Essex and State of New Jersey and Isaac Pierson residing in the same place, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Aaron Harrison, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be seventy nine years of age - That he is reputed & believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion Sworn to & subscribed the day & year George Pierson aforesaid - before me Isaac Pierson Dan l Babbit
And I the said Dan l Babbit one of the Judges of the Superior Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Essex, do hereby declare my 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 that from extreme bodily infirmity he is wholly unable to attend the Court - And I do further certify that George Pierson who has signed the foregoing certificate - is a Clergyman resident in the township of Orange aforesaid and that the Hon ble Isaac Pierson who has also signed the same is a resident of the same place and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to full credit - that Abijah Harrison and David Lynn whose affidavits, respectively, are hereto annexed, are credible persons, and their statements entitled to credit - Dan l Babbit. 5 th September 1833
State of New Jersey Essex County ss } Abijah Harrison of the township of Orange in the County of Essex and State of New Jersey being duly sworn according to law on his oath saith, that he has been well acquainted with Aaron Harrison who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration from his youth to the present time - that he recollects seeing the said Aaron Harrison at Elizabeth N. J. doing duty as a private in the New Jersey Militia in the Revolutionary

but cannot state the month or year - recollect, he assisted in conveying the body of Moses Smith home to his family, when killed by the enemy at Elizabeth Town - believes the said Aaron Harrison to be upwards of seventy nine years of age - has seen the family record of his age in the said Aaron Harrison's Bible - believes him to have been an active & faithful soldier in the Revolutionary War - believes him to have been a Volunteer in March A.D. 1776 in the service on Long Island & New York - under the command of Capt. Josiah Pierson, and that all the services stated, as performed, by the said Aaron Harrison were performed by him.
Subscribed & sworn to this 5 th day of September 1833 Dan l Babbit
Alijah Harrison
J. B. Smith Orange New Jersey
G. F. B. Smith Orange New Jersey
State of New Jersey } David Lyon of the Township of Orange in the County of Essex Essex County ss } and State of New Jersey, aged seventy four years, being duly sworn on his oath saith that he has been from his youth up, well acquainted with Aaron Harrison, of the same place who is about to make application for a pension, & who has subscribed & sworn to the foregoing declaration - that he distinctly recollects, that the said Aaron Harrison served in the same Company of Militia with this deponent under the command of Capt. John Peck during the Revolutionary War. that they were together on duty on Long Island New York in June 1776 on the arrival of the British Fleet in New York Bay, also on the March from thence to Bergen N.J. & to Elizabeth Town N.J. in July or August of same year - believes the said Aaron Harrison was a Volunteer on Long Island in March 1776, and that he was active & faithful in all the duties required of him as a soldier - And that all the said Aaron Harrison has stated in his declaration is true -
Subscribed & sworn to this 5 th day of September 1833 Dan l Babbit
David Lyon
State of New Jersey - County of Essex ss: Elias VanArsdale Jun r : Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Essex Do Certify that Daniel Babbit before whom the foregoing affidavits were made & taken, was at the time of taking the same one of the Judges of said Court duly Commissioned & sworn, and that the signature "Dan l Babbit" above written whenever it occurs is the proper hand writing of said Judge. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the Seal of said Court at Newark the sixteenth day of September A.D. 1833 E. VanArsdale Jr. Clerk
29.559

Aaron Aaronson, p 43. 32 Payments to be made Febry 11 th 1834 at Boston — N.E. by Rev. Israel B. Root Agent for paying Pension- ers, in the Agency of N.E.
W 1010
P. Kingsley
Recorded in the Pension Of- fice, in Book E Vol. 3.
Page 116 by J. T. Spofford Clerk.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, Aaron Penison of the State of New Jersey who was a Private during the Revolutionary War , is entitled to receive Forty Three dollars and Twenty Five cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March, and 4th of September in every year.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this 11 th day of February one thousand eight hundred and thirty- four
L. D. Bishop
Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned. }
J. L. Edward
Commissioner of Pensions.

Mar 22. 1834 Paid to 4 Mar 1834.
Sep 10 1834 Paid to 4 Sep 1834
Mar 10 1835 Paid to 4 Mar 1835
Sept 11. 1835 Paid to 4 Sept 1835
Mar 12 1836 Paid to 4 Mar 1836
Sep 12 1836 Paid to 4 Sep 1836
Mar 11 Paid to 4 Mar 1837
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Aaron Harrison, N. Jersey.
Idue 1. yr $ 1 Month—
Return to Levi Condict Morris town, N. Jersey. —

I Free Washington
Lewis Condit City of Washington

Red War
INVALID.
File No. 1060
Aaron Harrison Pris. N. J. Mil.
Act: June 7, 1832.
Index:—Vol. a , Page 156
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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