Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 7633, John Hays, New Jersey

SERVICE
NUMBER
New Jersey
Hays, John Elizabeth
W 7633
CONTENTS

New Jersey 895
Order to pay 26 March 1838.
Elizabeth Hays
widow of John Hays
who died on the 15 th March 1822 of Monmouth Co in the State of New Jersey who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Nulick of the regt commanded by Col Neilson in the N.J. mil- tias for eight months.
Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey at the rate of 26 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 day of May 1837 and sent to B. DuBois Stock Ex. Proviso.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1837 $160. - Pension allowance ending 4 Sep 1837 13.33
173.33
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836. Section the 3 rd }
Recorded by M c Alister Clerk, Vol. 1 Page 141
John Hays

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the third section of the act of Congress of the 4 th of July 1836-
State of New Jersey } County of Monmouth } fs.
On this twenty second day of October A D 1836 personally appeared before the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in & for said county & state Elizabeth Hays a resident of said county & state aged seventy two years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of congress passed July 4 th 1836. that she is the widow of John Hays deceased who was a private soldier in the revolutionary war who served in the beginning of the war under Captain Dey at Amboy & that vicinity & also under Captain Thanglam as this applicant has been informed by him & others his companions in arms-who after the British lay at New Brunswick served chiefly under Captain Joakim Hulick in Colonel Neilsons Regiment at Cranbury, Spotswood & other places in that vicinity to the end of the war, he was out after we were married a great deal, at least as much as twelve months, not successively but putting the alternate months together. She further declares that she was married to the said John Hays on the twentieth day of November in the year seventeen hundred and eighty, by the reverend Thomas Smith a presbyterian clergyman pastor of the church at Cranbury, that said Smith kept no record of marriages as she has been informed & believes that she has no record of her marriage nor has ever had one. That she has a record of the births of her children, a contemporaneous record, and here now produced in court. That her husband the aforesaid John Hays died on the seventh day of March A D 1822 and that she has remained a widow ever since that period as will more fully appear from the proof hereto annexed.
Sworn & subscribed the day & year above written before me one of the judges of the court aforementioned in open court being first read
William Lloyd
Elizabeth Hays Mark

State of New Jersey } County of Monmouth } ss
Benjamin Griggs aged sixty two years a brother of the present applicant Elizabeth Hays who hath survived her husband John Hays deceased being duly sworn in open court deposeth & saith that John Hays & Elizabeth his sister were married by the Rev Mr Smith at the house of my mother during the war - that he has never known of any record of the marriage and believes that there is none, that a family record of the births of their children was kept, & that the one now produced in court is that record which is in these words - "Benjamin Hays was born the 30 day of April in the year 1781" that this record is on the blank leaf between the old & new testament in the old family bible - that he cannot remember the year of the marriage from his tender age but from the record aforesaid believes it to have been the preceding year - that the aforesaid John Hays died in March 1822 that Elizabeth Hays the present applicant is his widow & has remained his widow single & unmarried ever since - that said John Hays was always reputed by the old soldiers of the revolution to have served his country faithfully throughout the war in battling for her freedom
Sworn & subscribed this twenty second day of October A D eighteen hundred and thirty six in open court before me William Lloyd
Benjamin Griggs
I William Lloyd a Judge of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in & for the county of Monmouth do hereby certify that the foregoing affidavits are worthy of belief & that their statements should have full faith & credit. that I have examined the aforesaid record contained on the blank leaf between the old & new testament or rather a leaf printed upon only on one side & on the other containing the manuscript record, on the printed side is the date of the book as follows "M D C C L X X I I I" on the other the above record viz "Benjamin Hays was born on the 30 day of April 1781" bearing every mark of antiquity
By the court
William Lloyd Judge

I the subscriber clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Monmouth do hereby certify that William Lloyd before whom the foregoing affidavits purport to have been taken & by whom the foregoing certificate is given is a judge of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas of said County duly commissioned & sworn, and that full faith and credit is due & ought to be given to all his official acts as such, and that the preceding signatures "William Lloyd" signed to the same are the proper hand writing of the said Judge
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of said Court this twenty second day of October 1836
N. H. Ellis Clerk

State of New Jersey } ss. Monmouth County }
Daniel Story, aged eighty one years an old soldier of the Revolution & pensioner of the United States being duly sworn according to law deposeth & saith that he was well acquainted with John Hays the husband of Elizabeth Hays, who hath survived her husband and is now or about to apply for a pension under a late law of Congress that he was acquainted with him before the war commenced, that he was out in the service with him at Perth Amboy under captain John Dey in the month of November in the year 1776, that he remembers the month particularly because Fort Washington was taken by the British the same month. He also remembers the month from a piece of service performed with  by him & others which was the taking of a sloop from the Tories of Staten Island & bringing her into Cross creek near Amboy. This deponent cannot specify any other month in which he was in the service but believes him to have been a good & faithful soldier to his country.
Daniel Story
Sworn & subscribed before me a Justice of the Peace in & for the county of Monmouth New Jersey this thirteenth day of September 1838 The word "with" erased & the words "by" & others interlined before signing.
John Hadden
John Hadden is Justice of the Peace in & for the county of Monmouth do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Daniel

Story the foregoing deponent, that his statements are entitled to full faith & credit, that he is esteemed in the neighbourhood & by all who know him to be a man of strict veracity & that I am well convinced of the truth of the facts stated in the foregoing deposition.
John Hadden
I the subscriber Clerk of the Superior Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Monmouth do hereby certify that John Hadden before whom the foregoing affidavit purports to have been taken is & then was a justice of the Peace of said County duly commissioned & sworn & that full faith & credit is due & ought to be given to all his official acts as such & that the foregoing signatures "John Hadden" are the proper hand writing of the said Justice. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of said court this twenty second day of October 1836
H. H. Ellis
Declaration
of
Elizabeth Haddad
vs

February 5, 1931
Honorable C.L. Rigby Stanwood Iowa
Rev. & 1812 Wars Section JRL am
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter of January 28, 1931, with which you enclosed one, addressed to the Commissioner of Pensions, from Mr. William J. Sullivan, of 1021 South Euclid Avenue, Oak Park, Illinois, in which he requests data from a number of Revolutionary War pension claims.
The demand for such data is very great and the clerical force available for the work is limited so it has not been possible for the bureau to comply with requests which involve such an amount of research work.
Two of the records which Mr. Sullivan requests are as follows:
It appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W.7633 , that John Hays was born in Middlesex County, New Jersey, date not given.
While residing in Middlesex County, New Jersey, he enlisted early in the Revolution and served at various times on short tours of one month each until in 1782, amounting in all to about three years, as a private under Captains John Dey, Waglum, Joakim Hulick and Colonel Neilson in the New Jersey Troops.
He died March 7, 1822, in Monmouth County, New Jersey.
The soldier married, November 20, 1780, Elizabeth Griggs. They were married at the home of her mother, whose name is not stated.
The widow, Elizabeth, was allowed pension on her application executed October 22, 1836, at which time she was aged seventy-two years, and resided in Monmouth County, New Jersey.
Children are referred to, only name given is Benjamin Hays, born April 30, 1781.
Widow's brothers were David & Benj. Hays In 1836 David resided in Middlesex Co. & Benj. in the Monmouth Co. N.J. Date of her death not on AB
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Elizabeth Hays N. Lynn v. Affidavit in behalf of Elizabeth Hays
admitted 8 mo. p 26. \frac{66}{100}
added your communication to 73 San Bois Street Frederick Monmouth County New Jersey

Elizabeth Hays ap- plication for a pension under the act of July 1, 1836. State of New Jersey } Middlesex County } ss
John Lott aged seventy eight years a soldier of the Revolution and pensioner of the United States, a native of said county and resident of Hunterdon being duly sworn according to law deposeth & saith that he was well acquainted with John Hays a native of Middlesex county who some years ago removed to Monmouth who has since died leaving a widow Elizabeth Hays the present applicant. That he knew said John Hays near the commencement of the war when he served as a private militia man in Captain Waugham's company at Springfield in the year 1776 can't remember the month, but remembers well that peaches were ripe, that he served one month there at that time that he served also in the same year at Elizabeth Town but cannot remember what month nor under whose command. That he was out one month at Woodbridge in the same year but cannot remember the month nor the officers. remembers that the British were at that time on Long Island. That he was at Cranbury under Captain Loakin Hulick the winter that the British lay at New Brunswick, thinks it was in Jan y May Feb y & March of 1777 - that he was one month at Spotswood under said Hulick in the same year, remembers it from a piece of service performed by the company in letting off a pond of water & taking thence a quantity of iron which had been thrown therein to keep it from the Whigs - that he was one month at Black Horse in Burlington county under the same captain in the month of June 1778 the same month that the battle of Monmouth was fought remembers about his being at a cherry tree - that he was out & assisted in taking a number of London traders as they were termed from the vicinity of South Amboy

of truth & veracity & that his statements are entitled to full faith & credit as contained in the foregoing affidavit & that his mark thereto affixed is his true & proper sign manual Peter B. Mearns
State of New Jersey } Middlesex County }
Isaac Inedeker, a revolutionary soldier & pensioner of the United States a native & resident of said county, aged seventy seven years being duly sworn according to law deposeth & saith that he was well acquainted with John Hays for- merly a resident of said county but who died in Monmouth county leaving a widow Elizabeth Hays the present applicant - that he knew him before the commencement of the Revolutionary War - that he ser- ved as a private militia man in Colonel Neilsons Regiment in Captain Joakim Hulicks company at Wood- bridge one month - thinks it was Colonel Neilsons Regiment in the year 1776. that he served also at Cranberry - in the winter of 1777 under the same captain it was the winter the British lay at New Brunswick cannot tell how long. that he was also at Spotswood one month, in the cider making season but cant tell the month or year, that the company there took iron from the mill pond which had been thrown in there - that he served one month at Chesequakes, head quarters was at Captain Morgans cannot remember the year but remembers well that the musquitos were very full that he was at Springfield one month but cannot tell the year nor month but remembers that peaches were ripe. that this deponent was often out in the same company with him, was out with him frequently but cannot through the lapse of years

remember the particulars of the service - That he was always reputed to have been a good soldier & faithful to the interests of his country -
Sworn & subscribed before me a Justice of the Peace in & for the county of Middlesex this fourteenth day of September 1836.
Peter P. Measuroll
his mark X Isaac Snedeker
I Peter P. Measuroll a Justice of the Peace in & for the county of Middlesex do hereby certify that I am acquainted with the affiant Isaac Snedeker, that he is a man of truth & veracity & that his statements in the foregoing affidavit are entitled to full faith & credit & that his mark thereto affixed is his true & proper sign manual.
State of New Jersey } ss. Middlesex County }
Gerick Griggs aged sixty eight years a native & resident of said County & mother of Elizabeth Hays, who hath survived her husband John Hays being duly sworn according to law deposes & saith that he was well acquainted with said John Hays during his lifetime, that he became acquainted with him in the spring of the year that the British lay at New Brunswick & knew him till his decease which was about ten or twelve years ago perhaps more - does not remember the exact time of his death - that he knew him while a private militia soldier under the command of Captain John Hulick - that Hulick's company was in Colonel Neilson's regiment as he has been informed & verily be-

lives - that from the time that this affiant first became acquainted with him to the end of the war he performed his regular monthly tours of duty to the best of this affiant's knowledge - he cannot remember of his ever obtaining a substitute or being cleared of duty & knows that he was liable to full militia service - That this affiant had means of knowing as he lived in the same house with him & when he was not out on duty was employed on the farm with him - but that this affiant cannot specify the months in which he was out after this long lapse of time - this affiant remembers to have heard from said Hays & others old soldiers & companions in arms that he was at Spotswood, Chesapeake, Paulus Hook, Blazing Star & other places in the vicinity & along the shore from Amboy to the north river & occasionally a little up the river - but this affiant cannot now specify the services nor the set times in which they were performed - this affiant further deposeth & saith that he was present at the wedding of said John Hays & Elizabeth Griggs now Elizabeth Hays the present applicant - that the Reverend Thomas Smith pastor of the Presbyterian Church at Cranbury at that time who has since died married them - that the wedding was at his mother's house - that it was during the war but cannot remember the precise year - thinks it was as much as three years before the close of the war - thinks it was in the fall of the year or early in the winter - that said parties had several children borne in lawful wedlock - Benjamin was the first child - he remembers distinctly that it was during the war - that said Hays was out after the marriage - that he was out after the birth of Benjamin the first son but cannot tell where nor in what year that service was

was performed - remembers it from his having to till the farm while his brother in law was out in the service - that he lived on the farm one year at least after he was married - thinks it was two - that said Hays removed from the farm before the close of the war - thinks it was in the spring when peace was declared - knows of no record of the service or a record of the marriage - believes him to have been a good & faithful soldier & has always so far as he has spoken of it at the time of the war & ever since -
Sworn & subscribed before me a Justice of the Peace in & for the county of Middlesex - } Derick Griggs this fifteen day of September 1836 Sworn before Albert Cornell justice
I Albert Cornell a Justice of the Peace in & for the county of Middlesex do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with this affiant Derick Griggs & know him to be a man of veracity & truth & that his statements in the foregoing affidavit are entitled to full faith and credit. Albert Cornell justice
I the subscribed clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for the county of Middlesex in the state of New Jersey do hereby certify that Isaac Story, Peter P. Measrobb, and Albert Cornell before whom the foregoing affidavits purport to have been taken as resting & by whom respectively the foregoing affidavits are given are & were at the time of signing thereof severally & individually Justices of the Peace in & for said county duly commissioned & sworn & that full faith & credit is due & ought to be given to all their official acts as such and that the pre- ceding signatures purporting to be the signatures of

The said Indentures signed to the same are the proper handwritings of the said Indentures respectively.
In testimony whereof I have here- unto set my hand & seal of said Agent this twentieth day of October — in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty six
J. Mooraccu CR

B. Dubois Nov 17. 1836
Rec Vol 39 Page 236.

War Dept. Pensions Office Nov 17 1836
Sir The papers in the case of Elizabeth Hays have been ex- filed with suspended cases in the office. Second It is alleged that her husband John Hays performed a number of times as a militia man of New Jersey. In order to a favorable decision it is indispensable that  each term of actual service should be particularly specified by the witnesses as required by the enclosed printed regulation, under the act of 7 June 1832.
B. DuBois Junck Esq. Freehold N.J.

Supplemental Declaration of Elizabeth Hays. of Freehold, Monmouth New Jersey.

I Daniel H Ellis clerk of the Inferi- or Court of Common Pleas in & for the county of Monmouth in the state of New Jersey do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Elizabeth Hays widow of John Hays deceased for a pension - and that the sig- natures "William Lloyd" are the proper sign manual of William Lloyd Esquire Judge of the said court of common Pleas in & for said county & state -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this fifth day of December AD 1836 -
D H Ellis

Further Declaration of Elizabeth Hays in order to obtain the benefit of the third section of the act of congress of the fourth of July 1836
State of New Jersey County of Monmouth } ss
On this fifth day of December A.D. 1836 personally ap- peared before the Superior Court of Common Pleas in & for said county & state Elizabeth Hays widow of John Hays deceased a res- ident of said county & state aged seventy two years who being first duly sworn ac- cording to law doth on her oath make the fol- lowing declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of congress passed July 4 th 1836 that she is the widow of John Hays deceased who from the time that this deponent became acquaint- ed with him viz early in the winter of 1777 to the close of the war served in the militia service as a private under captain Loakim Fulick in Colonel Neilsons Regiment at Cranbury Spotswood & other places in that vicinity through the central part of this state & so towards New York City monthly tours of duty according to the regulations of the mi- litia service according to this deponents know- ledge & belief as follows viz three months Jan- uary February & March in the year 1777 at Cran- bury under Capt Fulick, the months of May, July September & November of said year under said officers in vicinity of said places; in the year 1778 the months of January March May June (the time of the battle of Monmouth) July September November under command of said officers as aforesaid; in the year 1779 the months of January March May July September & November under the command as aforesaid; in the year 1780 the like months & command as aforesaid except the months of

November the month in which the marriage was celebrated; in the year 1781 the months of January, March & November (his other regular monthly turns being supplied by a substitute, under like command as aforesaid; in the year 1782 the months of March, May, July & September under command as aforesaid. Of which said periods of service no documentary evidence exists in this deponent's knowledge. And as to the services of said John Hays before this deponent was acquainted with him she only knows from having heard him & his associates state, of which no documentary evidence exists as far as this deponent can learn & believes. This deponent believes him to have served under Captain Wauglam & Captain Fox in the beginning of the war at Amboy Elizabeth town & that vicinity, for evidence of which this deponent would refer to the evidence of his companions in arms already on file in the office of the war department given in behalf of this applicant. This applicant further states that no evidence of a documentary character respecting her marriage to said John Hays exists, as this deponent after search in the proper offices verily believes & she believes there has never been any. This deponent further states that she was married on the 28 th November 1780 by the Rev Thomas Smith pastor of the Presbyterian church at Cranbury, that said Hays died the 7 th March 1822, that she has remained his widow ever since that period as will more fully appear by reference to the proof already on file before you in the war office.
Sworn to & subscribed on this day & year above written in open court before me.
Elizabeth Hays
Second, respecting her marriage to said John Hays? First interlined
William Lloyd

We Charles J Hopkins a clergyman residing in the township of Freehold County of Monmouth and State of New Jersey and Edmond Griggs residing in the same place hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Elizabeth Hays the widow of John Hays deceased of the place aforesaid who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration that we believe her to be seventy two years of age, that she is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where she resides & generally where she is known to have been lawfully married to said John Hays by a clergyman of competent authority & to have lived with him during his lifetime as his wedded & lawful wife & that said John Hays was always reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resided by the soldiers of the revolution to have been a soldier of the Revolution & that we concur in that opinion
Edmond Griggs sworn, & Charles J Hopkins (being conscientiously scrupulous of taking an oath) affirmed, & subscribed the day & year aforesaid William Lloyd
Edmond Griggs Charles J Hopkins
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter & after putting the requisite interrogatories that the above named applicant Elizabeth Hays widow of John Hays deceased was duly married, & that said John Hays was a Revolutionary soldier & served as above stated. And the court further certifies that it appears to them that Charles J Hopkins who signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in Freehold Township Monmouth County & State of New Jersey and that Edmond Griggs who also signed the same is a resident in the same place & is a credible person & that their statement is entitled to credit By the court
William Lloyd

11053 Jan 26 Elizabeth Hayes N.J. 457 Adelphi 1836 Thomas M c Intosh Jan 23 rd
Rev. John L. Russell Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.

Hon. S. L. Edwards.
It is fully believed that abundant evidence has now been submitted to show that Elizabeth Hays is entitled to a pension under the act making provision for the widows of the Revolutionary soldiers deceased. Confident that the rules of the department as sent forth have been substantially complied with a favourable answer is patiently expected.
If however you deem the proof insufficient still, you will please inform me which of the deponants is discredited & by what rules you judge of the credibility of evidence that the claim may no longer be deferred. Presuming however that there is an equal disposition in the department & the nation to favour the surviving relics of a former day who have conferred inestimable blessings on posterity I cannot but believe that no further difficulty will be raised & the full pension granted. Should this hope be disappointed specify the particulars of the failure.
Yours respectfully B. Dubois Smock
Jan y 19 th 1837
Monmouth County New Jersey

NO 31
Dec 12
addept 4 July '36
See Mr. [unclear] for [unclear]
Hon. J. A. Calvards Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.
See

Freehold Monmouth Co New Jersey
Dec 7 th 1836
Hon J L Edwards Esq,
I send you enclosed a supplemental declaration of Eliz a th Hays of this place for the benefit a late Act of Congress in behalf of the widows of the soldiers of the Revolution
The other papers on file together with the present it is hoped will be abundantly sufficient to shew the merits of this application & entitle her to the grateful remuneration of her country.
Should there however be wanting any thing considered material it is hoped & expected that it will be your pleasure to give specific information, so that unnecessary trouble & expense need not be incurred by one so illly able to bear it.
With the highest respect
your fellow citizen B. DuBois Smock

Supplementary Affidavit of Derrick Griggs in behalf of Elizabeth Hays' applica- tion for a pension

I the subscriber clerk of the Inferior court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Monmouth in the state of New Jersey do hereby certify that William Lloyd before whom the foregoing affidavit purports to have been taken and by whom the above certificate is given is & was at the time of doing thereof a justice of the peace in & for said County duly commissioned & sworn & that full faith & credit are due & ought to be given to all his official acts as such & that the foregoing signatures "William Lloyd" signed to the same are the proper hand writing of the said Justice respective.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this twentieth day of January AD 1837—
J. H. Ellis Clk.

New Jersey Monmouth county ss. Derrick Griggs aged sixty eight years a native & resident of Middle- sex County New Jersey & brother of Elizabeth Hays being duly sworn according to law further depo- seth & saith that John Hays deceased formerly of Middlesex County & who died in Monmouth County leaving said Elizabeth Hays his widow & who still remains his widow single & unmarried, perform- ed military duty in the Revolutionary War under the command of Captain Joakim Hulick in Colonel Wilson's Regiment as a private militia man in the County of Middlesex aforesaid after he was married to said Elizabeth Hays the present applicant in the year 1782 making monthly tours in the months of May & July as this deponent distinctly remembers from certain farming operations as harvesting &c when said Hays was absent in said service - this deponent also fully believes & knows that he performed a number of other monthly tours after said marriage but has no collateral event by which to compare them so as to arrive at the precise time - and also that he was a good & faithful soldier throughout the revolution, & that all the old soldiers of the Revolution whom this deponent has heard speak of his services so represent -
Sworn & subscribed before me a Justice of the Peace in & for the county of Monmouth this 30 th day of January 1837 - the word "knows" first interlined -
Derrick Griggs
William Lloyd
I William Lloyd a Justice of the Peace in & for the county of Monmouth do hereby certify that Derrick Griggs is a respectable inhabitant of Middlesex County New Jersey, and that his statements are entitled to full faith and credit -
William Lloyd Justice

Mrs. Hays Petel Shiverson
Hon. J. G. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Washington
Truro N.H. March 1st
Mr. J. G. N.H.

Hon J. L. Edwards. Sir,
Allow me to enquire after the fate of the application of Elizabeth Hays for a pension. In your last communication you stated that unless further proof of service was made a pension for more than six months could not be allowed. and you also wished for clearer evidence of service after the marriage. Two new affidavits have been made containing the requisite proof & sent on to your department. (Allow me here to state that Derrick Grigg has represented to me that he is about three years older than stated in his last affidavit. he mistook his age and on looking at the record subsequently he ascertained his error.)
It was hoped that a speedy answer would have been received allowing our claims. for we cannot believe but that the spirit of gratitude which characterized our legislation in behalf of these worthy & venerable relicts of a former age would also be felt by its agents in office & urge them to a prompt & noble fulfilment of their duties, consistent with their station. This belief I wish still to cherish. & shall unless a continuation of neglect force me to the contrary opinion.
If the proof adduced is still deemed insufficient state in what particulars it fails that, if possible, it may be supplied. If it is sufficient do not let us suffer any farther by delay.
The applications of Hannah Pettit & Sarah Riverson I should also like to hear from soon they are both extremely poor, & on the verge of the grave & unless the hand of government aids them they must die in wretched poverty & want. Let these considerations have their proper effect.
Feb 28 th 1837. - I remain Monmouth Co. New Jersey
Yours etc etc B. DuBois Smock

War Dept. Pensions Office
April 4, 1887
Sir
The amended declaration of Elizabeth Hays has been ex d filed with the other papers in her case in this office. Before a final decision can be had in her case the service alleged to have been performed after her marriage must be particularly specified, and whatever proof of the whole or a part of said service can be obtained should be exhibited. The proof of service after her marriage is too indefinite. No allowance can be made for any time of service of which there is not positive proof.
The declaration and affidavits in the case of Sarah Niverson have also been ex d placed on file in the office with suspended cases. As in the case of Elizabeth Hays, proof proof for each time of

actual service should be proved by the testimony of witnesses who had a personal knowledge of said service. It is no set proof of service either after the el- -ants marriage. Record proof of the service in Captain Huddy's Comptes & fine receipts should be obtained from the public archives at Trenton, or a copy of the law authorizing such service, exhibit
The papers in the case of Man Pettit have also been ex d filed and suspended cases. The same objections as in the case respecting the proof of service as in the foregoing. The testimony of the witnesses is given in too general terms. The terms of service for which an allowance be made should be particularly specified and sworn to by the witnesses.
B. DuBois Arnoch
April 4. 1837
N. Jersey
B. DuBois Arnoch Esq Freehold. N. Jersey

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Elizabeth Hays New Jersey
Suspended
Let. 17 Nov 1836 to
B. L. Hudson Church,
do 3 d Jan y 1836
do 4 th April 1837

#1021 South Euclid ave. Oak Park Ill. Jany 25 th 1931-
U.S. Commissioner of Pensions - Washington D. C.
Dear Sir:-
I will esteem it a great favor if you will send me the pension records of the following soldiers and their wives with a Revolutionary War record.
William Van Cleef - Sergt & Captain Curche - his wife - pensioned Oct 16-1841-
Garrett Van Cleef - Private and Dragoon. Dinah, his wife - pensioned Aug 1-1837-
Joseph Van Cleave - Private Elizabeth, his wife - pensioned Sept 16-1840- Elizabeth Hays of Monmouth Co. N. J. was a pensioner June 1-1840- Very sincerely - Wm. J. Sullivan -

FORTY-FOURTH SESSION
Senate
Forty-Fourth General Assembly
CHARLES L. RIGBY TWENTY-FOURTH DISTRICT CEDAR AND JONES COUNTY STANWOOD, IOWA
COMMITTEES
BANKS AND BANKING, CHAIRMAN AGRICULTURE BOARD OF CONTROL CITIES AND TOWNS COMMITTEE ON COMMITTEES CONSERVATION HIGHWAYS JUDICIARY No. 1 POLITICAL AND JUDICIARY DISTRICTS RAILROADS TAX REVISION WAYS AND MEANS
January 28, 1931.
U. S. Commissioner of Pensions Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
I would consider it a great personal favor if you would send the information that Mr. William J. Sullivan requests in the enclosed letter to him. Thanking you in advance, I am
Yours very truly,
C. L. Rigby
ML enc

1931 - Feb 5 - Hint. to Hon. C. L. Rigby for Wm J. Sullivan - E.E.S.
Rey WIDOW, &c.
File No. _____
7633
Elizabeth Hay
Wid. of
John Hay
Port N. J. Miln
Act: _____
July 11 th 1866, sec. 3 rd
Index:—Vol. _____
24
Page _____
304
[Arrangement of 1870.]