Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B. L. Wt. 154-100, Shadrack Hathaway, New Jersey

SERVICE
NUMBER
New Jersey
Hathaway, Shadrach Martha
B.L.W. 154-100
CONTENTS

Liberty of Edrick Halkaway in Poland.
Agreed by the Hon. Mr. Southwell Dec. 1802.
A. J. M c Southwell.

State of New Jersey County of Morris } ss.
I, Caleb Russell Clerk of the Superior Court of Common Pleas and General Quarter Sessions of the Peace in and for the said County of Morris do hereby certify that the foregoing foregoing Attorney is acknowledged as duly enrolled and sworn as one of the Justices of the Peace of said County of Morris and that due faith and credence ought to be given to his acts as such.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the Seal of said County this Seventh day of December A.D. 1818.
Caleb Russell

Monroe County Court of General Sessions of the Peace of the Second March here the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty —
As certificate was presented to the court in the words and figures following vizt
Hardyston Superior Court March 10th
March 1780
This is to certify that Shadrach Hathaway enlisted with me during the year the 23 d day of November in the year 1776 in the Fourth Jersey Regt commanded by Col. Ephraim Martin and served as a Sergeant in said Regt until the 15 th day of October in the year 1777 and then was wounded in the Battle of Germantown and died in four days after
Noadiah Ward Capt.
also the following affidavit
Monroe County ss. Ezekiel Parkhurst person- ally appeared before me this day and made oath that he was present when when the late Mr. Dipper married Martha Hathaway to the within mentioned Shadrach Hath- away and that the said Martha is now the widow of the above Shadrach Hath- away — And further saith not — Sworn before — March 13. 1780 Mary Kalsby J. P. Ezekiel Parkhurst

The Court having examined the foregoing Certificates and affidavit adjudged that the said Martha Hathaway is entitled to receive the half pay of her said hus- band, quarterly during her Widowhood.
State of New Jersey County of Morris ss.
I Caleb Russell Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas and Court of General Quarter Sessions of the Peace in and for the County of Morris do hereby certify that the foregoing are true copies of the proceedings presented to Court of General Quarter Sessions of the Peace in and for the adjudication of the said Court for the said Martha Hathaway to receive the half pay of her husband. In witness whereof
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said Court this Seventh day of December A.D. Eighteen hundred and Two
Caleb Russell

Know all men by these presents that We Jacob Ha- thaway, Abraham Hathaway and Shadrach Hathaway only surviving Sons and Heirs at law of Shadrach Ha- thaway late of Morris County in the State of New Jer- sey who was a Sergeant in Capt. Noadiah Wades Com- pany in the 4 th  New Jersey Regt commanded by Col. Ephraim Martin for and during the Revolutionary war with Great Britain for divers good causes and con- siderations us hereunto moving, Have made or- -dained constituted and appointed Henry South- -ard esquire Member of Congress from the State of New Jersey our True and Lawfull Attorney for us and in our Names and for our own use and bene- -fit to ask demand recover and receive of and from the Secretary of war of the united States of Ameri- ca one land warrant for one hundred Acres due to our father Shadrach Hathaway for his Services in the Regt aforesaid, giving and granting to our said Attorney our full Power and Authority to take pur- -sue and follow all such legal courses for the rec- -very and receiving the same as He could do if personally present and upon the receipt of the same acquittances and other sufficient discharges for us to make sign seal and deliver, Ratifying and con- firming all said Attorney shall lawfully do in and about the premises By Virtue of these presents - In Witness whereof We have hereunto set

our hands and Seals this first day of October in the year of our Lord One Thousand eight hundred and two
Jacob Hathaway
Sealed and delivered In the presence of
Mary H. Ward Mark Lemuel Cobb
Abraham Hathaway
Shadrach Hathaway
State of New Jersey Morris County
Be it remembered that on this seventh day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and two before me Joseph Lewis one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the said County of Morris in the State aforesaid appeared Mary Ward of Morris Town one of the Subscribing Witnesses to the foregoing Letter of Attorney a person well known to me for more than ten years past past & after being duly sworn saith that she was present when Abraham Hathaway & Shadrach Hathaway sign- ed & delivered the same as their voluntary act for the pur- poses therein mentioned. This Deponent further saith that she well knew Shadrach Hathaway deceased at the time he enlisted into the Army of the United States for the State of New Jersey about the first of the war. That from common reputation to the said Shadrach Hathaway was killed in the Battle at German Town in the year 1777. This Deponent further saith that she has since known Martha the Widow of the said Shadrach Hathaway deceased & by common reputation she well knows the said Jacob, Abraham & Shadrach to be the only surviving Children of the said Shadrach Hathaway deceased. Orna the Hathaway that they are the same persons they represent themselves to be in the Letter of Attorney aforesaid.
Sworn the day & year aforesaid before me - Jos. Lewis

Warrant to Nathan Hathaway
copy for me

State of New Jersey the twenty second day of March seventeen hundred and eighty six
This Warrant entitles the bearer Martha Hathaway Widow of Mr. Mark Hathaway late a Sergeant in Captain Adadiah Wades Company in Colonel Ephraim Martins Regiment of this State in the service of the United States or her order to receive the sum of one pound seventeen shillings and six pence per month it being the amount of her late Husbands Half-pay from the fourth day of October One thousand seven hundred and seventy nine according to the Resolutions of Congress and to draw the same from the Treasurer for the time being quarterly during her Widowhood
House of Assembly March
1786
Signed in and By order of The House
Council Chamber March 23. 1786.
Signed in By Order of Council W. Livingston Pres.
Benj. a Van Clief

This Warrant is given in lieu of one dated June 17. 1780 on which were receipt in full to the fourth March seventeen hundred and eighty-five 1785 and on which there was no further room for receipts.
Rec d March 24. 1786 of James Mott Treasurer the sum of Twenty Three Pounds ten Shillings and six Pence for one years half pay to the 4 th Instant Jacob Arnold £ 22. 10. 0
Jan 10 1787 Rec d of James Mott the sum of Forty five Dollars being 9 M th allowance on the within Warrant in full to Dec r 24 1786 Caleb Root
£ 16. 17. 6 Jan y 10 1788 Rec d of James Mott Treasurer the sum of Forty five Dollars being 9 M th allowance on the within Warrant in full to Dec r 24 1787 Caleb Root
£ 16. 17. 6 Nov r 18 1788 Rec d of James Mott Treasurer the sum of Sixty Dollars being 12 M th allowance on the within Warrant in full to 24 Dec r 1787 Jos Lewis
£ 22. 10. - Rec d January 14. 1790 of James Mott Treasurer the sum of One hundred & twenty Dollars being two years allowance on the within Warrant in full to 24 Dec r 1789 Jos Lewis
£ 145. 0. 0