Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 34,396, Henry Herald, New York

SERVICE
New York.
Herald, Henry
NUMBER
8.34.396
CONTENTS

4,053
New Jersey Rolls
Henry Herald
N York Private 4
James Livingston's Regt 1775. 5 years
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War
70 17 80
Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey at the rate of eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 11 th of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 30 of Octo 1818 and forwarded to John Johnson Esq Newton Sussex N. Jersey
  Arrears to 4th of  July 1818  38 40    Semi-ann. all'ce ending  4 Mar 1818  48 10  
$ 86 40
4/11/18 24/30
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued
Sussex Co - N. Jersey

Notification sent May 10 th 1821, to Ephraim Green Esq t , Newton, N. Jersey. -
L. S. J. H. Sands,
Jan 18/36.

District of New Jersey Superior Court of Common Pleas. } on the sixth day of June in the Year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and Twenty Before the Judges of the Superior Court of Common Pleas held at Newton in and for said County, in the said district of New Jersey personally appeared in open court . The said Court being a Court of Record constituted and appointed as such by the Laws of the said State of New Jersey, having a seal and a jurisdiction in civil cases unlimited in point of amount and keeping a record of their proceedings. Henry Herald aged Sixty Three residing in the Township of Oxford in the County of Sussex & State of New Jersey Years of age, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath declare that he served in the revolutionary war as a soldier as follows 1 st he enlisted as a quarter master Sergeant and was attached to the regiment commanded by Col l James Clinton in the year 1775 and went to Duebuck under General Montgomery. And before he returned from there, he entered the regiment commanded by Col l John Nicholson which Regiment was broken up, in consequence of a new arrangement. And he then entered Col l James Livingston's regiment, for during the war, - he served until the 17 th of August 1780 and was then discharged at Kings Ferry. The regiment being broken up, after which he went to Boston, and entered aboard of the Lyons Frigate capt d John Barry. and went to France and returned in the same

Vipel and was in the Naval Service until the war was ended. " And the deponent saith on his oath aforesaid that he now has in his possession a certificate from the war department under the hand of J. C. Calhoun Secretary of war, and under the seal of that department dated the thirtieth day of October one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, which sets forth that he the said Henry Herald's name is inscribed on the Pension list Role of the New Jersey Agency at the rate of Eight dollars per month to commence on the eleventh day of April one thousand eight hundred and eighteen. That he has received his Pension thereon in full up to the fourth of March 1820 and which certificate is numbered on the Back thereof 4,053. —
And I the said Henry Herald do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March 1818. " and that I have not since that time, by gift Sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval Service of the United States in the revolutionary war passed the eighteenth day of March 1818. - and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities contracts or debts due to me nor have I any income

other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed -
The deponent saith, that he has no occupation except that of Teaching School which he has done in a small way for some years but owing to his age and infirmities, he is not badly calculated to get a living for himself, by that or any other means and cannot support him- self by his own means. He has no family neither wife nor children nor ever had Sworn declared to & subscribed in open court this 6 th day of June 1820.
Henry Herald
John Ogden
Schedule of the property of Henry Herald, necessary clothing & bedding, excepted real estate none of any kind
Personal Estate I have none
Sworn and subscribed H. Herald - in open court this 6 th day of June 1820
John Ogden -

Ephraim Greenfield clerk of the said Court aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the record of the said Court In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court on this third day of July in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and Twenty.
Ephraim Greenfield clerk of the Court for the County of Sussex

34 396 Rey INVALID.
File No. 34 396
Henry Herald Rev Rev War
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 3 , Page 181
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Benny Herald.
The deal of the country court wanting to authenti- cate the signature of the Judge. —
Wart Dept. Pension Office
April 30, 1895
The date of enrol- ment should be men- tioned

District of New Jersey Superior Court. On this eleventh day of April Eighteen hundred and eighteen. Before me the subscriber, one of the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas of said County, personally appear Henry Herald aged sixty one years resident in Superior Court in the said district, who being by me first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress entitled, An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war - That he the said Henry Herald he thinks in the year 1775 enlisted in the State of New York in the Com- pany commanded by Capt. in Col. James Livingston's Regiment that  the  was during the war, and that he continued to serve in the said corps, until the seven- teenth day of August 1780, when he was discharged from service at Deerblanks point in the State of New York, he having enlisted two men in his place - That he was in the Battle of Saint John in Canada, the storming of Quebec with Genl. Montgomery, the taking of Genl. Burgoyne at Springfield in New Jersey & several others - and that he is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support, and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said service - having lost his discharge -
Henry Herald
Sworn and declared before me this day and year aforesaid
J. Johnson
I the undersigned Judge as aforesaid do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Henry Herald did serve in the Revolutionary War, as stated in the pro- ceeding declaration against the common enemy; and that he is in indigent circumstances very much  very much  now transmit  now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me to the Secretary of the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforesaid act of Congress, witness my hand the 11. day of April 1818. -
J. Johnson

Melford Duke to P a Jan 8-1896 to any Gentleman In the office at I want some one in the office that is agree- with getting back to me I will go on and give you the out lines my Step Grandfather Henry Harvald Some six or eight years before my Grand Mother she died Jan 1 st 1893 her name was Catherine Marga- Harvald she never made any application as she had enough he was a tool. etc. Major in some high office my Grand Mother had 2 children my father the youngest he is dead and my aunt I have four Brothers I was in the Mexican Campaign but draw only 8 dollars per month S.A. You think that any thing can be done I will give a part for getting

It you can find out by looking at the books when he drowned last he died in Sussex W Sussex 20 Miles from here he was in the Sherborne place to answer than I am poor and had health I was in the new York Volunt to the Mercer and lost my health no more at present
John H. Snider

The Honorable John J. C. Calhoun Attentive
Free
Secy of War
Pension office -
Washington -
Inverness October 13 th 1843