Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 25,783, Henry Holdren, New Jersey

SERVICE
NUMBER
New Jersey
Holdren, Henry or Holden,
No. 25,783
Elizabeth
CONTENTS

Duplicate certificate issued 5 th April 1841. and sent to Earl Wheeler Esq. Bethany Wayne County Penn a Recd to Penn Agent 5 th April 1841. To Penn a from 4 th Sep. 1840. 14 th Sep r April 1841. Notification to E. Wheeler. Bethany, Wayne County - Penn a Recd to Penn Agent 18 Feb 1843. To New Jersey from 4. Sep 1843 27 th July 1843. Notification to Pennsylvania, Branchville, N.J. Duplicate Certificate issued Nov. 2 1848, and sent to A. R. Corbin. Present Letter to A. R. Corbin 2 nd Nov. 1848. Recd to Penn Agent 3 rd Nov '48 To Penn a from 4 March 1848, - 13 th Nov. 1848 Note -ification to A. R. Corbin Present on to Penn a Apr 16. 1837 N. Jersey from 4 Sept 1849 April 23. 1839
New Jersey  New Jersey 64  Pennsylvania  Pennsylvania New Jersey Henry Holdren of Elizabeth Town in the state of New Jersey who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Thorne of the New Jersey line, for the term of five years - Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 14 th of April, 1818. Certificate of Pension issued the 22 nd of Apr 1819 and sent to Wm. J. Pennington Esq Newark, N. Jersey Arrears to 4th of Mar 1819. 10 mos. 7/2/41. 85.56 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 th Sept 1819. 48.00 $133:56 4 Sep 1819 Filed Sept 19 confirmed { Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. } Notification sent Sept 14 th 1820 to E. Green Newton N. Jersey page 138 Book-

4,398 N.P.
Deep River Phil a Pennsylvania
Elizabeth Holden.
widow of Henry Holden
who served in the Revolution-
ary war, as a private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 96. Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence on the 26 th April 1854 2 nd February, 1858.
Certificate of Pension issued 1 st day of August 1854.
and sent to
Earl Wheeler. Honesdale Pa.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 105, Vol. a
10 S. Allen 1 Sep 56
1844, Dinwiddie Oct: 27/58
13. S. Thin And. Mich: 9 th 1865.
A.F. Brmin. Mich: 17 th 1865.
1865 June 21 st Transferred to N.P. from 4 March 1865

State of Pennsylvania Wayne County } ss.
On this nineteenth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty four personally appeared before the Honorable Thomas H. R. Tracy an associate judge of the General Courts of Record in and for said County of Wayne and State of Pennsylvania Elizabeth Holdren a resident of Texas township in said County of Wayne and State aforesaid aged Eighty three years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions made by the several acts of Congress granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the revolutionary war.
That she is the widow of Henry Holdren who was a private soldier in the Army of the revolution. That she was married to the said Henry Holdren in July in the year 1797, and her said husband died on the 26 th day of April A.D. 1854. And that she lived and cohabited with her said husband as his wife from the said time of their marriage until the said time of his decease having by him a numerous family of children. That the said Henry Holdren was a pensioner in conformity to the laws of the United States of the 18 th March 1818 and May 1 st 1820 and drew a pension at Eight dollars per month during his life time in pursuance of an original certificate of which the following is a copy, to wit

"War Department" "Revolutionary Claim" "I certify that in conformity with the laws of the United States of the 18 th March, 1818, and May 1 st 1820, Henry Holden late a private in the army of the Revolution is inscribed on the pension list roll of the New Jersey agency at the rate of Eight dollars per month to commence on the fourteenth day of April one thousand eight hundred, and eighteen. Issued in lieu of one that has been lost or destroyed" "Given at the War Office of the United States this Second day of November one thousand eight hundred and fifty eight" "Examined and countersigned - W. L. Marcy" "J. L. Edwards" "Secretary of War" "Commissioner of Pensions"
And she further declares that she is now a widow, and that she has never before made any application for a pension -
And she further declares that when her said husband first drew his said pension they resided in Sussex County New Jersey about two miles from the Delaware river opposite to Milford Pike County Pennsylvania - That they continued to reside there 21 or 22 years after the first drawing of pension, and then they removed to Berlin township, Wayne County, Pennsylvania where they remained for about two years when they removed to Branchville Sussex County New Jersey where they remained about seven years when they broke up house keeping and came up tourdytown (Palmyra township) Wayne County Penn a .

That from the time they came to Purdytown they have resided in different parts of said County of Wayne, some times with their children and some times with others, mostly in Texas township.
That about four years ago last fall they went down to Chatham New Jersey where they remained with their daughter Catharine wife of Alfred Brinn about two years, and then returned to Wayne County Pennsylvania since which time they have resided in Texas and Clinton townships in said County -
That her said husband died in Texas township aforesaid at the house of one Abraham V. Kimple where this deponent still remains - Sworn to and subscribed
on the nineteenth day of June
A.D. 1854 before me
W. M. Gray Associate Judge
Elizabeth her Holdren mark

State of Pennsylvania Wayne County } ss.
James S. Bassett of the borough of Honesdale in said County of Wayne merchant aged fifty years also appears and being duly sworn deposes and says that he has been personally acquainted with Henry Holdren and Elizabeth his wife for more than thirty years past, that deponent resided at Milford Pike County Pennsylvania when the said Holdren resided in Sussex County New Jersey about two or three miles distant and that deponent afterwards resided in New Jersey within a mile of said Holdren and his wife, and deponent has since resided in Wayne County Penn a . and has often seen and conversed with them in said County of Wayne -
That during deponent's acquaintance with them they have always lived and cohabited together as husband and wife and were reputed as such and are still reputed to have been husband and wife, having a numerous family of children -
Sworn to and subscribed June 19. 1854 before me
Thos M c Rae Notary Public
James S. Bassett

State of Pennsylvania. Wayne County. ss:
I, John Mc. Intosh, Prothonotary and Clerk of the several Courts in and for Wayne County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Thos: H. R. Tracy is and was at the time of taking the foregoing acknowledgements or certificates an acting Associate Judge of the several Courts of Record in and for said County of Wayne, duly qualified and commissioned as such, and that the foregoing signatures, purporting to be his, are genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said County this Nineteenth day of June A. D. 1854.
(The words "of Record" in the 9th line interlined before signing and sealing.)
John Mc. Intosh Prothonotary & Clerk

Henry Holden's Declaration
Correct by all
Adm. #
Newark, N.J.

District of New Jersey ss.
On this fourteenth day of April Eighteen hundred & eighteen before me the Subscriber, One of the Judges of the Circuit Court of the United States for the said district, personally appears Henry Holden, aged about sixty years, resident in Elizabeth town in 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 Holden enlisted in the Continental service in the Autumn of Seventeen hundred & seventy eight, & continued to do duty in Captain Helms's, & Capt. Bowman's companies in the second New Jersey Regiment, until the end of the war in Seventeen hundred & eighty three, when he was discharged with the rest of the Army, having served five years in the New Jersey line upon Continental establishment— that he was in the battle of Newtown in the western expedition under General Sullivan, and in the battles of Monmouth in New Jersey, & the siege of York Town, & capture of Lord Cornwallis in Virginia under General Washington, and that he is in reduced circumstances, & stands in need of the assistance of his country for support And further that having long since lost his discharge, he is unable to produce that evidence of his services, but begs leave to refer to the

The certificate of General Cumming hereunto annexed.
Sworn & declared the day and year aforesaid, before me
Henry Holdren
William Pennycuick
District Judge
I testify that Henry Holdren called upon me this day for a certificate, he is personally known to me & I do certify that he served as a soldier in the Jersey line about five years, having no documents to refer to I cannot re- member the exact time, but knew him as a soldier at the Battle of Monmouth in June 1778 & know that he served until the dissolution of the Army in 1783 given under my hand at Newark N.J. April 13 th 1810.
Ph. Lawrence at the close of the Revolutionary War Lieut. Col. Comd. Jersey Battery
I William Pennycuick Judge of the District Court of the United States in and for the New Jersey District do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Henry Holdren did serve in the Revolutionary War, as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy, and I now transmit the pro- ceedings and testimony taken and had before me to the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned Act of Congress.
William Pennycuick
District Judge

I William Pennington Clerk of the District of New Jersey do certify that the signatures to this instrument, are the proper hand writing of William G. Pennington Esq r Judge of the United States District Court, for the District of New Jersey
As witness my hand and seal at the said District Court at New York this nineteenth day of May A.D. 1812 —
Wm Pennington "
I William G. Pennington District Judge of the United States in and for the New Jersey District do hereby certify on the examination of two credible witnesses under oath I am satisfied that Henry Holden the before named candidate is in indigent circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support —
Newark 12 th January 1819
William G. Pennington District Judge

Copy of Henry Holden Examined Newton, Sussex Co. New Jersey.
Cono-
9664 Montague.
April 19

District of New Jersey Sussex County ss
On this fifth day of June at a Session begun on the fourth Tuesday of May in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and twenty personally appeared in open Court before the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas of the County of Sussex and State of New Jersey. The said Court of Common Pleas being a court of record in the said County, being a court constituted and established by the laws of the state of New Jersey as a court of Record having a seal with power to fine and imprison, and an unlimited jurisdiction in civil cases and where judgments are  only reversable by writ of error common law and now sitting at Newton in and for the said county of Sussex. Henry Holdren, of the age of sixty four years resident in the township of Montague, in the county of Sussex and State of New Jersey who being first duly sworn ac- cording to law doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows: He enlisted in the company commanded by Captain Helms, for nine months in the year 1778, in the 2 d New Jersey Regiment commanded by Colo Israel Shreve. And was this enlist- ment in the battle of Monmouth, and afterwards before the term of service was expired, he 2 d Enlisted at Elizabeth Town, in the company commanded by Captain Nathaniel Bowden in the same Regiment during the war, the principle battles in which he was engaged were the battles of Monmouth, York in Virginia, and two battles with the Indians under General Sullivan in the state of New York.

that on the fourteenth day April in the year of our Lord one thousand and eight hundred and eighteen he applied for a pension at the rate of eight dollars per month he being a private in the army as aforesaid and on the 22 nd day of April in the year one thousand eight hundred and nineteen obtained a certificate under the hand and seal of J B Calhoun Secretary of war of the United States, numbered 9554, payable on the 4 th of March and 4 th of September annually at the Trenton Banking Company. And I do hereby solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March Anno Domini 1818 and that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner dispose of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby so diminish it as to bring myself within 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 on the 15 th day of March Anno Domini 1818. And that I have not any property or securities contracts or debts due to me nor have any income other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed. And this deponent further saith that he is aged sixty four years and on account of his age and infirmity is unable to support himself that he has no trade but is a common laborer that his family consists of a wife aged aged 50 years named Elizabeth who is also incapable of supporting a family and four sons named Henry, John, William & Richard. Henry and William are now in the army of the United States. John aged fourteen lives with me and Richard aged eighteen, lives in Pennsylvania near me and two daughters named Mary & Elizabeth. Mary aged seven years, Elizabeth about three years. My children as aforesaid who are of sufficient ability are the only as aforesaid or are in employment for themselves, and this deponent considers in himself such indigent circumstances as to be unable to support himself without the assistance of his country except by public or private charity. Sworn in open court declared this 15 th day of June 1820 John Aglen  Henry Holdren

Schedule of Property
Real estate none }
Personal estate
1 Table 12 Slates 5 chairs 1 cupboard 2 Digs 1 Pair Tongs 1 Kettle 1 Tea Kettle
No other property except one bed and bedding and the wearing apparel of myself and family
Sworn in open court and declared the 5th day of June A D 1820
Henry Holden
John Ogden
It is the opinion of the court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the foregoing Schedule is five Dollars
June 5th 1820
John Ogden
1. Ephraim Greenfield, clerk of the aforesaid court of common Pleas in and for said county of Super do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the Schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the record of the said Court. And I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is five dollars. In testimony whereof I have here to set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said court on this fifth day of July in the Year of our Lord eighteen hundred and Twenty
E. Greenfield, clerk of the court for the county of Super

State of Pennsylvania, } Wayne County, } ss:
On this Seventeenth day of July in the year of our Lord One thousand, Eight hundred and Fifty four personally appeared before the Hon: Thos: H. R. Tracy Associate Judge of the several Courts of Record in and for said County of Wayne, Elizabeth Holdren a resident of Texas Township in the said County of Wayne and State of Pennsylvania, aged eighty three years who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on her oath make the following declaration in addition to that made by her on the nineteenth day of June last and heretofore forwarded to the Commissioner of Pensions for the purpose of obtaining a pension.
That she was married, as she has heretofore testified, to Henry Holdren a private in the Army of the Revolution: that the marriage took place at the dwelling house of a Methodist Minister by the name of Foster in Wall Street in the City of New-York as early as 1797, and she now thinks after refreshing her recollection and computing with reference to the ages of her children that said marriage must have been earlier than that year; and that the marriage ceremony was performed by the said Foster and in the presence of some twenty or thirty persons most of whom as invited guests all of whom she supposes are now dead. She remembers the names of Daniel Moore and his wife, Isaac Hays and his wife, and two daughters of Daniel Moore's wife by a former husband, as persons who were present at the said marriage: That she has not heard from any of them in thirty or forty years, and she has no brother or sister living, and she knows of no person living who can

testify to other than the reputation of her marriage: That so far as she knows all her early acquaintance of those days are gone from the face of the earth.
She further states that after her marriage she resided with her husband in Westfield, New-Jersey for a few months: - then they removed to Bridgetown New-Jersey, where they remained till her said husband enlisted in the war of 1812, her two sons Henry and Winans enlisting about the same time, when she and her said husband removed to New-York city where, and on Governor's Island, they remained about two years when her husband was discharged from the service and they took up their residence in Rahway, New-Jersey, where they resided, she does not remember how many years, - until they removed to Sussex County, New-Jersey, as she has heretofore testified: That neither she nor her said husband has ever been married to any other person.
That she once had a certificate of her said marriage signed by said Foster which she usually kept in her Bible: that said certificate got lost as many as fifty years ago and she knows of no person now living who could remember to have seen it.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year afore- said before me,
her Elizabeth X Holdren mark,
Wadsworth Tracy Associate Judge
Witness:
M. Wheeler.
Wadsworth Tracy

I certify that by reason of advanced age and bodily infirmity and debility the said Elizabeth Hol- dren was on the nineteenth day of June last at the time of her first declaration was made under oath before me for the purpose of obtaining a pension and now is at the time of making her second declaration for the same purpose unable to appear in person before the court. Dated at Honesdale in said County of Wayne July 17. 1854.
Thos. W. H. Gray Associate Judge
with the review of the same...

In the matter of the application of Elizabeth Holdren for a pension.
State of Pennsylvania Wayne County. ss:
John Holdren of Clinton Township in the county of Wayne and State of Pennsylvania aged forty eight years being duly sworn, doth depose and say that he is a son of Henry Holdren and Elizabeth Holdren, and that the said Henry and Elizabeth had other children whose names inclusive of this deponent are as follows: (the names of the eldest being placed first in the list.) — Sally Holdren, intermarried with Simon Whitlock now deceased; Henry Hol- dren Jr. — Sifer in the war of 1812. now deceased; Richard Holdren, now residing some where on the Chemung. N. Y.; Winans Holdren, drummer enlisted in the war of 1812, never since heard from; John Holdren, this deponent; Catharine Holdren, intermarried with Alfred Brum, residing in Chatham, New Jersey, when last heard from; Susan Holdren, died when a child; Mary Holdren, intermarried with Henry Pierson, residing in Texas Township, Wayne County, Pennsylvania, and Eliza Holdren, intermarried with John Hull, residing in or near Clinton Township, Wayne Co: Penna. That from deponent's earliest recollection in the time of the war of 1812 his said parents resided in the city of New York, and when his said father enlisted in the United States Service they removed to Governor's Island, and remained there during the war; and she knows of no person living who can

and they afterwards removed to Essex County, New Jersey, and remained there according to the best of deponent's recollection five or six years, when they removed to Man- tagu Township, Sussex County, New Jersey, where they remained for twenty odd years; during which time and subsequently until his decease his said father drew a pension of Ninety six Dollars per year.
That deponent's said father and mother always cohabited together and were reputed as husband and wife, until the decease of his said father, which took place on the 26th day of April 1854: That deponent has never seen or known of any Record of the marriage of his said father and mother, but deponent has always understood from his said parents that they were married in _____ in the City of New-York, some years prior to the year 1800, but the precise year he does not recollect; That so far as deponent knows or has been informed neither of his said parents was ever married to any other person.
John his  mark Holdren
Sworn and subscribed July 24, 1854, before me, Elkanah Patmor
Witness to the mark Earl Wheeler
Justice of the peace Wayne Co Penn a I, the above named Elkanah Patmor do certify that I am personally acquainted with the above named John Holdren, and that he is a credible and reputable witness. Deponent at Honesdale in said County of Wayne July 24, 1854.
Elkanah Patmor J P

State of Pennsylvania & I John M. McIntosh Prothonotary of the Wayne County ss. & Court of Common Pleas in and for said
County of Wayne do certify that Thomas H. R. Tracy whose name is subscribed to the foregoing Jurat to the declaration of Elizabeth Holdren and to the certificate thereunder written was at the said date of the 17 th July 1854 when the aforesaid declaration appears to have been made and now is an Associate Judge of the General Courts of Records in and for said County of Wayne duly Commissioned and sworn and also certify that Elkanah Paton whose name is subscribed to the fore- going Jurat to the affidavit of John Holdren and to the Certificate thereunder written is at the said date of July 24. 1854 when said Affida- vits appears to have been made a Justice of the Peace in and for said County of Wayne duly Commissioned and sworn and further that I am acquainted with the hand writing of said Thomas H. R. Tracy and Elkanah Paton and that I believe the aforesaid Signatures to be genuine
I testify whereof I have hereunto set my hands and affixed the Seal of Wayne County being the Seal of my Office at Honesdale this 24 th day of July A.D. 1854
John M. McIntosh Prothonotary
and she knows of no person living who can

WIDOW, &c.
No. 25,783
Elizabeth Holden wid of Henry Holden Per New Mar
Act Feb 30 53
Vol. A , Page 352
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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No 1363
Elizabeth Holden, wid of Henry Penn a
Ld. Earl Wheeler June 23/ 529
Act. 29 July 1848

Henry Holden. N. J. Outl. line. Rec d Wt: No. 8371. for 100 acs. fines 14 th 1791.
Am unable to find that wid: rec d law bounty. Her son in law, Alfred F. Brum, Madison, Morris Co. N. J. will apply for 60 acs for her. Mch: 9 th 1845. B. D. Tuttle.
Elizabeth Holden wid: Henry. per: 2 d Sec: U.S. Thel: roll at #96, per Ann H. Dins 2 d apl. 5 th 1845. has the wid: crown award, with Alfred F. Brum, Madison, Morris Co. N. J.

Revolutionary Services.
I have the honor to be, very Respectfully, Your Obedient Servant.
Samuel Downing Esq. Brooklyn President
Commissioners.

1854
NA 4.920 Elizabeth Holden. Wife of Henry. Wayne Co. Pa.
act 153 $96.00 per An. Mar. April 26 th 1854. date of husband's death
Rev.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR. Pension Office, Official Business
Earl Wheeler. Honesdale.

Bethany, Wayne Co Penn a March 22 d 1841 -
Dear Sir,
Enclosed I forward you deposi- tions in the case of Henry Halderen revolutionary pensioner, upon which to ground two applications.
1 st A new certificate in place of his certificate destroyed
2 d A transfer of said pensioner from the State of New-Jersey to the state of Pennsylvania -
Hoping there will be no objection to his applications and that they will be responded to at your earliest convenience I am Your ob t Serv t
Ebenezer Wheeler
Comm ee of Pensions -

Henry Holdren
Secy 9666
Payments to be made on the 4th of March and 4th of September in each year, by the Agent for paying pensions at Trenton
New Jersey.
9666
Recorded in the Pension Office, by H. L. Evans Clerk, in Book A Vol. 1. page 1218.

Duplicate WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I certify that, in conformity with the laws of the United States, of the 18th March, 1818, and May 1st, 1820, Henry Holdren late a private in the Army of the Revolution _____ is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the New Jersey Agency, at the rate of _____ dollars per month, to commence on the fourteenth day of _____ one thousand eight hundred and eighteen. Issued in lieu of one dated 22 d April 1819. Which has been lost and destroyed _____ Given at the War Office of the United States, this fifth day of April _____ one thousand eight hundred and thirty=forty one
W. B. Lee
Secretary of War.
Examined and countersigned,
J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions.

Paid to 1 March 1843, Paid to Mar 1844 Paid to Sep 1844 Paid to Mar 24 1845 Paid to Sep 24 1845 Paid to Mar 4 1846 Paid to Sep 24 1846 Paid to Mar 4 1847 Paid to Sep 4 1847

New Jersey. Sussex County ss. On this second day of February 1873. before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace for the said County of Sussex, personally appeared Henry Holdren, who, in his oath, declares, that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the Company commanded by Captain Nathaniel Bowman, in the regiment commanded by Colonel Dayton, in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the pension roll of the State of New Jersey; that he removed to the State of Pennsylvania, and was on the 14 th of April 1871. transferred from the roll of New Jersey to that of Pennsylvania to take effect from and after the 1 st of September 1871, that he drew his pension from the Pension Agency in Pennsylvania, up to the 4 th September 1872. - that since that time he has removed back to the State of New Jersey, where he now resides in the township of Frankford in said County of Sussex. - where he intends to remain, and wishes his pension to be there payable in future - The following are his reasons for removing from Pennsylvania to this State - , his son resides in this State where the deponent now resides, with other of his friends - That he did not like the part of the country he was in in Pennsylvania, & prefers to live in New Jersey - Sworn and subscribed to before me this day and year aforesaid - Henry Holdren Robt M. Carter
New Jersey. Sussex County ss. Richard Holdren of said County maketh oath, and saith that Henry Holdren, who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing Affidavit, is the person described in the said Affidavit - and that the said Henry Holdren is the deponent's father, now residing in said County of Sussex - and that he is in possession of the original certificate of Pension, granted him - & the certificate of transfer to the roll of Pennsylvania - Sworn to and subscribed before me this 2 nd day of February 1873 - Richard Holdren Robt M. Carter Justice of the Peace of said County of Sussex

I certify that Richard Holden - who has sworn to and subscribed the next foregoing deposition before me is a person of veracity & entitled to credence -
February 2 d 1843. Robt H m Cartee Justice of the peace
New Jersey Superior County ss.
I, John H Hall Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the said County of Sussex, do hereby certify that Robert H m Cartee Esquire, before whom the foregoing affidavit was taken, and whose name is thereto, & to the above certificate subscribed, was at the date thereof a justice of the peace of the said County of Sussex duly commissioned and sworn, - And that his signature to the said affi- davit and certificate was as genuine -
Witness my hand and the seal of the said Court at Newton in said County this 2 d day of February 1843 -
John H. Hall "

State of Pennsylvania County of Wayne ss.
On this 15 th day of February 1841, before me the Subscriber a justice of the peace for the said County of Wayne personally appeared Henry Holdren who, on his oath declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the Company Commanded by Captain Nathaniel Bowman in the Regiment Commanded by Colonel Cummins, in the Service of the United States; that his name was placed on the pension roll of the State of New- Jersey; that he received a certificate of that fact under the signature and Seal of the Secretary of War, which Certificate on or about the 15 th day of December last at or near Montague township in the County of Sussex, New-Jersey, he left in the hands of Judge James Stull, who had drawn this deponent's papers for 15 or 16 years, or longer, that the said Cer- tificate had become worn out and so defaced and the reading so obliterated that no person could read it, except Judge Stull, and, he only from a knowledge of what it had been, and perhaps the preservation of a copy -
Sworn and Subscribed Henry Holdren the day and year aforesaid before me
Thos H Spangenberg Justice of the Peace

State of Pennsylvania County of Wayne ss.
On this 15 th day of February 1841 before me the Subscriber a justice of the peace for the said County of Wayne personally appeared Henry Holdren who on his oath declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the Company commanded by Captain Nathaniel Brown in the regiment commanded by Colonel Cummins as aforesaid in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the pension roll of the State of New Jersey from whence he has lately removed, that he now resides in the State of Pennsylvania where he intends to remain and wishes his pension to be there payable in future - The following are his reasons for removing from the State of New Jersey to the State of Pennsylvania -
In the State of New Jersey dependent and his wife lived by themselves alone in a very poor old house which was likely to fall down. He had to bring water about 200 yards all the way up hill - He had to carry his wood and hay by hand - Having a son in the State of Pennsylvania by the name of John Holdren whose wife was dead who offered dependent a home, he con- cluded to accept it and did so accordingly where he finds himself much more com- fortable -
Sworn and Subscribed Henry Holdren the day and year aforesaid before me
Thos. Spangenberg Justice of the Peace

State of Pennsylvania Wayne County ss.
Cornelius Hornbeck being only sworn with deponent and say that he was well acquainted with the above named Henry Holman, while he resided in the County of Sussex, New Jersey, having kept a store near by the said Henry Holman's res- idence there, that deponent now keeps a store at Honesdale Wayne Co. Pa and the said Henry has removed into the same County and resides about two miles from him, now - Deponent well knew him to be a pensioner while in New Jersey and now sees and knows him to be the identical person who subscribed the foregoing affidavits, and the identical person described in said affidavits and who has taken the above oaths -
Sworn and Subscribed Feb. 15. 1841 before me.
Cornelius Hornbeck
Thos H. Spangenberg Justice of the Peace
Wayne County ss. I Thomas Spangenberg do certify that I am well acquainted with the above named deponent Armand Hornbeck, and that he is a person of truth and veracity Thos H. Spangenberg J.P.

State of Pennsylvania
Wayne County Bf. I Leonard Grames Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of Said County do certify that Thomas Spangenberg Esquire is a justice of the peace as above and that the foregoing Signatures purporting to be his are genuine In testimony whereof I have here unto affixed my Seal of office and Subscribed my name this twenty Second day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty one -
Grames Prothonotary
Henry Holland paper

APPLICATION FOR A TRANSFER.
New Jersey ss. County of Morris
On this seventh day of April, 1865, before me, a Justice of the peace in and for the County of Morris & State of New Jersey personally appeared Elizabeth Holden, a resident of Morris Co., N.J., who, being duly sworn, declareth that she is the same person whose name was placed, on the 1 st day of August, 1854, upon the list of Revolutionary Pensions, at the rate of ninety six dollars cents per month  annum , from the 26 th day of April, 1854.
That said Elizabeth Holden was last paid at the Philadelphia Pa Pension Agency to the 4 day of March, 1865, inclusive, but now desires and applies for the payment of said pension at, and the transfer of her name to the roll of the Trenton N.J. Pension Agency and appoints Alfred F. Brien my attorney in Madison Morris County New Jersey and hereby certifies and affirms before E. C. Matthews Esq. No 808 Walnut St Philadelphia Pa her attorneys to receive all of such transfer.
Sworn and subscribed to before me, the day and year aforesaid. Elizabeth Holden S. J. Ward Jr. mark William Britton witness
David H. Brien EVIDENCE OF IDENTITY.
STATE OF New Jersey, COUNTY OF Morris, ss. I, Alfred F. Brien Clerk of County Court, in the county above named, do hereby certify that I have the most satisfactory evidence,* viz:
alfred F. Brien's affidavit
that Elizabeth Holden, who has this day appeared before me to take the oath of identity, is the identical person named in the pension certificate, which he has exhibited before me, numbered  , and bearing date at the Department of the Interior the 1 day of August, 1854, and signed by R. McClelland, Secretary of the Interior.
GIVEN under my hand at Morristown this 17 day of April, 1865.
Clerk of Court William M. Cleary clk.
N. B.—When the pensioner is personally known to the agent, and he will certify to his identity, the annexed form may be dispensed with. The number of pension certificate is sometimes on the back of it
*Here state what the evidence is—whether personal knowledge, or the affidavits of respectable persons, giving their names.

APPLICATION FOR A PENSION
see page 10 of file
The official character and signature of the person before whom the affidavit is made, must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
When the fact is personally known to the agent, he is permitted to certify to the official character of a magistrate, and will be held responsible for it.
EVIDENCE OF MARRIAGE

STATE OF NEW JERSEY, MORRIS COUNTY, ss.
I, William M c Leary — Clerk of the County
Morris, do hereby certify that Stephen N. Ward Esq.,
before whom the foregoing affidavit was taken, was, at the time of taking such affidavit, one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said
County of Morris, duly commissioned and sworn, and fully authorized by the laws of the State of New Jersey to take the same, and that the name, S. N. Ward
thereunto signed, is in his own proper hand writing.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said County, at Morristown, this Seventeenth day of April 1865
William M c Leary CLERK.

Honesdale Wayne Co. Penn a . July 25. 1854
L. P. Waldo Esquire Comm r of Pensions Sir,
Your letter of the 23 rd June last in respect to Elizabeth Holdren's application for pension enclosing printed instructions is received —
Enclosed I send you the additional declaration of Elizabeth Holdren and the certificate of Judge Tracy that she is now and was at the date of her former declaration unable to appear in Court — and I send also the affidavit of John Holdren her son made before Esq r Patner with the requisite certificate as to the credibility of the witness with the proper certificate of the Pr t of our Court under seal of office — In all of which we have endeavoured to conform as nearly to your instructions as possible, and to supply what was necessary —
As to the proof of marriage, it having occurred near Sixty years ago it was impossible for us to comply literally with the instructions — No registry and no document exists to prove such marriage — And there is no living witness to the marriage ceremony — But we have given such evidence as in a Court of Law, with very few exceptions would be received as sufficient evidence of the marriage viz. general reputation & cohabitation

In 2 d Starkie's Evidence - (6 th American Edition) page 510. under the title of "Marriage - Proof of - in part" the author says,
"Cohabitation and repute, including the declarations of deceased members of a family, are, it has been seen, evidence not only as to the fact of marriage, but also as to the state and condition of the family, and the relationship of its various members - It seems to be a general rule, that in all civil personal actions except that for criminal conversation, general reputation and cohabitation are sufficient evidence of marriage."
Where as in this case the husband and wife have lived and cohabited together for near sixty years, are notoriously reputed husband and wife, parting only in the death of one of them (101 years of age) and have a numerous family of children, I trust it will be considered sufficient evidence of the marriage - It will be noticed that Henry Holden served in the war of the revolution and in the war of 1812 and that he devoted 2 sons to the service of his country in the last war - I hope there will be no hesitation in allowing the widow her 96 dollars per year from the 26 th day of April 1854 the day of her husband's decease -
Very Respectfully Yours Earl Wheeler

Wayne County Pennsylvania
Henry Holdren, aged ninety four years being duly sworn saith, That he is a Revolutionary Soldier, and hath hitherto drawn a pension under the Act of Congress of 1838 of ninety six Dollars per annum, first through the Pension Agency of this State till the fall of 1842, and since then through the New Jersey Pension Agency, he having resided for the last past six years at Branchville, Sussex County N.J. He further saith that about two months since he removed to Texas township, Wayne County aforesaid, where he now resides, and intends to reside during his natural life. He further saith that his pension certificate was left in the State of New Jersey, but in whose hands he knoweth not. He is desirous of getting a new certificate, which will entitle him to draw his pension hereafter through the Eastern Pennsylvania Pension Agency - Further he saith not.
Sworn and subscribed before me this thirty first day of August Anno Domini 1848
Henry Holdren
O. Hamlin Associate Judge
Wayne County Pennsylvania
Henry Pierson of Texas township in said County being duly sworn, saith that he has for the last sixteen years been well acquainted with Henry Holdren the above named deponent, and is well acquainted with the facts set forth in (his) the foregoing deposition and knows the same to be true, and further saith not.
Sworn and subscribed before me this thirty first day of August
Henry Pierson
A.D. 1848
O. Hamlin Associate Judge

Wayne County Pennsylvania
§ Stephen D. Ward, of Honesdale in said County being duly sworn saith That he is the Cashier of the Honesdale Bank. that in 1841 & 1842 he was clerk of said Bank. That in the two aforesaid years Henry Holdren a Revolutionary Soldier drew his pension of ninety six dollars per year through the said Bank, and that the person who has subscribed the first foregoing deposition is the identical Henry Holdren who drew the pension above mentioned & further saith not. Sworn and subscribed before me this thirty first day of August AD 1848
S. D. Ward
O. Hamlin Associate Judge
I Oliver Hamlin Associate Judge of Wayne County hereby Certify that I am acquainted with the persons who have subscribed in my presence the foregoing depositions, and believe them to be credible and their testimony entitled to full and entire belief.
O. Hamlin
Pennsylvania
Wayne County ss.
I, Phineas G. Goodrich, Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas and Clerk of the several Courts in and for the County of Wayne, do hereby certify that Oliver Hamlin is Associate Judge of the said Courts of Wayne duly Commissioned by the Governor of the State of Pennsylvania to act as such, and that his signature above attached in four places and purporting to be his is true and genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said several Courts of Wayne County at Honesdale in said County the 31 st day of August AD 1848
P. G. Goodrich Prothonotary & Clerk

Id - Certificate Has a later one - Henry Holdren

War Department.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I CERTIFY that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th of March, 1818,
Henry Holden late a private in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the New Jersey Agency, at the rate of Eight dollars per month, to com- mence on the fourteenth day of April , one thousand eight hundred and eighteen .
GIVEN at the War Office of the United States, this twentysecond day of April , one thousand eight hundred and nineteen.
J. Callan
Secretary of War.

Due to 4/1/38 Due to 4/1/39 Due to 4/1/40
Apr 6 1819 to Sept 4 1819 May 3 1820 to March 4 1820 Jan 15 1821 to March 4 1821 Apr 11 1821 to March 4 1821 Dec 21 1821 to March 4 1822 Apr 14 1822 to March 4 1822 Dec 9 1823 to March 4 1824 Apr 27 1824 to March 4 1824 Nov 10 1824 to March 4 1824 Apr 4 1825 to March 4 1825 Oct 25 1825 to March 4 1825 May 4 1826 to March 4 1826 July 20 1826 to March 4 1826 Apr 7 1827 to March 4 1827 Nov 1 1827 to March 4 1827 Nov 13 1828 to March 4 1828 Mar 20 1829 to March 4 1829 Nov 14 1829 to March 4 1829 Dec 12 1830 to March 4 1830 Feb 26 1830 to March 4 1830 Nov 9 1831 to March 4 1831 Nov 1 1831 to March 4 1831 Dec 24 1832 to March 4 1832
Jan 11 Paid to Sept 4 1835 Paid to Mar 4 1835 Paid to Sept 4 1836 Paid to Mar 4 1837 Paid to Sept 4 1837 Paid to Mar 4 1838
Feb 9 1833 to Sept 4 1833 May 27 1833 to Mar 4 1833 Jan 24 1834 to Sept 4 1833 Mar 21 1834 to Mar 4 1834 Sept 4 1834 to Sept 4 1834 May 20 1835 Paid to Mar 4 1835

Q
TRANSFER LETTER.
Q
If there are any facts connected with the payment of a pension about to be transferred that should be known, or is suspended, they should be added.
PENSION AGENCY,
May 20 th 1865.
Sir:
Yours of the _____ instant is received, notifying me of an application for a transfer from this agency by Elizabeth Holden a pensioner under the act of Febry 3 rd 1853.
You are informed that she was last paid to March 4 th 1865, at the rate of 96 dollars _____ cents per Annum.
I am, very respectfully,
E. Paulsen
Pension Agent.
To Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.

Treasury Department,
Third Auditor's Office,
March 15 th 1865.
Sir,
In answer to your letter of 9 th inst: I had to state that the pension of Henry Holden, in 18 March 1858, New Jersey roll, has been paid to 4 March 1854, and arrears to date of death do not appear to have been paid.
Very respectfully,
John Wilson Auditor.
Joseph H. Garrett Esq. Commr. of Pensions
W.B.C.

Honesdale Pa October 20 th 1858
Geo. C. Whiting Esq Commissioner of Pensions.
Dear Sir:
Mr. Henry Halderen was a Pensioner of the "Revolutionary War. He died in this place about three years since. His wife Elizabeth Halderen is now residing in this place, and is now receiving a Pension from the Government.
Is she either in her own right, or in the right of her deceased husband, entitled to any Bounty Lands? An early answer will very much oblige
Yours Very Truly
A. V. Dunning

Breif in the case of Elizabeth Holden. Widow of Henry. Wayne County and State of Pennsylvania. act 3 d Feby; 1853.
Claim, ("original," or "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband was a pensioner under the act of 18 th March, 1818. & Cont d .
Two witnesses testify to general reputation of marriage & cohabitation. The parties raised a large family of children.
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Earl Wheeler Esq. 4 th Street Name and residence of Agent Pa.
[Signature] Examining Clerk.

Hon. Mr. McCallum Sec. Interior. Sir:-
I do not that The enclosed is strictly formal, but I suppose it is sufficient. The old lady is very much in want, and I have volunteered to get her money, for her without any charge for my services, in part have paid her something out of my own pocket.
Yours Respectfully Your obed Servt
Jno Allen Atty at Law Glensdale Penna Aug. 27. 1856.

Honesdale June 19 th 1854
Sir,
Enclosed with this is the declaration under oath of Elizabeth Holden for the pension which was allowed to her husband in his life time (8 dollars per month) who died on the 26 th day of April last (1854)
Kenny Holden drew a pension to his death and was buried with military honors at the advanced age of 101 years
Please direct your reply to me at
Honesdale
Wayne Co
Penn a .
Earl Wheeler
Commissioner of Pensions -

Pension Agency,
Philada April 19, 1850
Sir:
Henry Holden, a Pensioner on the rolls of this Agency set 18 March 1818, at $8 per month, has been paid up to Sept. 4, 1849. In accordance with your instructions of the 16 th inst. received this day, I have marked him as transferred to the Trenton Agency, and will cease to pay him hereafter.
I am, very respectfully Your obedt servt
James Ross Snowden Pension Agent.
J. L. Edwards Esq. Commr of Pensions Washington City

Trenton N.J. Pension Agency April 11. 1850
Sir
On the 2 d November 1848 Henry Holdren a pensioner under act Mar 18 1818 was ordered to be transferred to the Penn a agency, and has I presume been paid there up to the 11 th Sept last.
His certificate & voucher have been presented to me for payment of his stipend for 6 months due 11 Mar 1850 -
He lives in a remote corner of Sussex County, bordering on Penn a , and it is difficult & expensive to get at him -
Under these circumstances will you order him to be transferred to this agency, after ascertaining to what time he has been paid in Penn a
Very Respectfully your ob: Servant Phil p Dick MSN
P. Agent N. Jersey
J. L. Edwards Esq Comm r of Pensions

Trenton Nov 6 1848
Sir
Henry Holden a pensioner under act Mar 18 1818 at the rate of Eight dollars per month was paid at this agency up to the 4 March 1848.
In obedience to your instructions under date 2 nd inst, I will note his transfer
Very Respectfully
Your ob: servant
Phil p Dickinson
P. Agent R. S.
J. L. Edwards Esq. Comm r of Pensions

copy of H. Holden's Certificate.

War Department Revolutionary claim
I certify that in conformity with the laws of the United States, of the 18 th March 1818, and May 1 st 1820, Henry Holdren late a private in the Army of the Revolution is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the New Jersey Agency, at the rate of Eight Dollars per month to commence on the fourteenth day of April one thousand eight hundred and eighteen. Issued in lieu of one that has been lost or destroyed
Given at the War Office of the United States this second day of November one thousand eight hundred and forty Eight
Examined and countersigned
J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
W. L. Marcy
Secretary of War
Copy of Henry Holdren's certificate on file in office of Pension Agent at Trenton N. Jersey

Henry Holden Last certificate
Payments to be made on the 4th of March and 4th of September in each year, by the Agent for paying pensions at Trenton
New Jersey.
Recorded in the Pension
Office by
H. S. Evans Clerk,
in Book H. Vol. 4 page 128.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I certify that, in conformity with the laws of the United States, of the 18th March, 1818, and May 1st, 1820, Henry Holaren late a private in the Army of the Revolution is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the New Jersey Agency, at the rate of Eight dollars per month, to commence on the fourteenth day of April one thousand eight hundred and eighteen. Issued in lieu of one that has been lost or destroyed.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this Second day of November one thousand eight hundred and thirty=forty eight.
W. L. Mares.
Secretary of War.
Examined and countersigned,
J. L. Edwary
Commisioner of Pensions.

Honesdale Sept 19. 1848
A. L. Edwards Esq.
Dear Sir:- I some time since wrote you to request a certificate of Pension for Henry Holarn a Revolutionary Soldier, and enclose such evidence of identity as I deemed might be requisite, and requested you, in case that was not sufficient to apprise me of what was necessary. But as yet I have recd no reply and the absolute need of the old man, his pension being his only support, must be my excuse for troubling you so soon with another epistle, to enquire the fate of the first application. As the petition set forth, the old man has for the last 6 yrs drawn his pension through the N. S. Agency and has lost his certificate, and he now wishes to be transferred to the Pa. agency. Please give an early reply & oblige Very Resp ly Yours J. L. West.

Wonesdale Aug t 31 1848 J. S. Edwards Esq Com r of Pensions
Dr. Sir: A client of mine, Henry Holdren by name, a Revolutionary Pensioner wishes to be transferred from the New Jersey Pension agency to the Philadelphia Agency, he having removed to this Co., Hoping to arrive at the result with little delay, as the September instalment is nearly due, I resolved, in the absence of all knowledge of the requirements of the department, to take such evidence as would appear to be necessary, and send on to you, that the transfer may be made and a new certificate issued, if possible without further delay or trouble. If however this should not be sufficient please send me the necessary instructions that we may draw as soon as possible as the old man depends entirely on his pension for the means of living. If you send on the certificate you can direct to me or Henry Holdren at this place.
Very Resp y Yours J. S. West.

Phila a Bank Feby 20. 1843  J. S. Edwards Esq Comm d . of Pensions Sir
Henry Holden a pension on the roll of the 18. March 1818 at the rate of Eight Dollars pr Month, was last paid, to the 24 September 1842
Respectfully Sam d F. Smith Pension ag t J. C. M c Bacon
Agreeably to the Statement received this day I have inscribed on the Invalid Roll, without further instructions the names of
  John Berrick  44 N. Mo  24 Jany 1843     James Carr  2 " "  3 Sept 1842     Joseph Hoffman  8 " "  8 Nov "     Dan d O'Brien  8 " "  27 Oct "     John Grews  4 " "  1 Jany 1843     Christian Gschott  8 " "  1 Nov 1842.  The other allowances  
I have received former instructions for —

WAR DEPARTMENT.
Pension Office,
27 th July 1843
Sir:
In conformity with the regulations of this Department, you have this day been transferred from the Roll of Pennsylvania to that of New Jersey to take effect from and after the 4 th Sep. 1842.
I am, Sir, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J L Edwards Commissioner of Pensions.
Mr. Henry Holdren U. S. Pensioner. Branchville New Jersey.

N. Jersey Pension Agency Milan Ap 10 1841
Sir
Henry Holman a Pensioner under the Act of March 18 1818 was paid at this Agency up to 4 Septem 1840
I am respectfully Your Ob Serv t M c Dickinson Pension Agt N.J.
Ed wards Esq Comm r of Pensions Washington