Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 4,893, Joseph Henry, New Jersey

SERVICE
NUMBER
New Jersey
Henry, Joseph.
99.4893
CONTENTS
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District of New Jersey Sussex County ss
On the thirtieth day of November in the term of November 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 in and for the said County of Sussex the said court being a court of Record proceeding according to course of the common law having jurisdiction unlimited in points of amount in civil cases  bases , keeping a record of its proceedings and its Judgements being removable by writ of error only. Joseph Henry resident in the Township of Hardwick in the said County of Sussex, and aged sixty four years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the acts of Congress on the 18 th day of March 1818 and the first of May 1820, that he said Joseph Henry served in the revolutionary war as follows - he enlisted at Somerville in the State of New Jersey in the spring of the year in the year 1776 or 1777 as a sergeant in the company commanded by Captain McMyers in the first New Jersey Regiment commanded by Col Ogden for three years and served in the Regiment aforesaid during the said term of three years and was discharged at Newark in the said state of New Jersey from the service aforesaid, the said company being then commanded by Captain Jacob Piatt, that the first battle he was engaged in was that of Staten Island the next he was in was that of Short Hills the next was that of Brandywine and afterwards that of Germantown and that this deponent has not at present any other evidence of his service

And in pursuance of the act of Congress of the first of May 1820 I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March 1818, and that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War", passed on the 18 th day of March 1818 and that I have not nor has any person for me any property or Securities contracts or debts due to me, nor have I any income other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed — That this deponent saith that he is by occupation a day labourer, that he is unable by reason of age and infirmity to gain a sufficient by his said occupation =on or by any other means except by the assistance of his country or by public or private charity. That his family consists of his wife named Katy aged fifty five years, who is incapable of affor- =ding any assistance towards the support of the family being very infirm.
Sworn and declared in open Court the 30th day of Nov 1820
His Joseph T Heern Mark
Thos Stewart

Schedule of Property referred to in the foregoing affidavit, Real Property
I have in my possession a house and lot of Land situate in the Township of Hardwick in the said County of Sussex consisting of four acres of land for which I agreed to pay One hundred Dollars and am now indebted on this lot to Henry Nutton sixty
dollars Personal property: necessary clothing and bedding for my self and family excepted, 1 bed. 4 sheep. 1 dresser. 2 pots 1 kettle. 1 chest. 4 chairs, 1 knives and forks. 2 Pails. 1 churn. 1 wash tub 1 Pair tongs 1 cradle
Sworn to and declared in open court the thirtieth day of Nov 1820
Joseph his Henry mark
Tho Stewart
It is the opinion of the Court that the total amount of property exhibited in the foregoing schedule is One hundred and three dollars thirty seven cents including real estate
Tho Stewart
I Ephraim Greenhull clerk of the said Court aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the records 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 one hundred and three dollars and thirty seven cents. (including real estate) - In Testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court on this thirty first day of January A.D. 1821 -
E. Greenhull clerk of the Court of the County of Sussex

of the County of Sussex
New Jersey Superior Court. I, James Taylor, the undersigned one of the judges of the court of common pleas of said County, Christopher Philhower, an aged man, and respectable as I believe, and being duly sworn according to law, on his oath saith that he is well acquainted with Joseph Henry the above applicant, for to be enrolled on the pension list of the United States, as a soldier in the Revolutionary war. That this deponent and the said Joseph Henry was brought up near neigh- bours together in the County of Hunterdon New Jersey. This deponent further says that in the years 1778 and 1779, he was in the militia service under Col. Jno. Taylor and that the militia was attached to the regular continental Troops, and was commanded by General Maxwell. That during his service he frequently saw, and was well known to the aforesaid Joseph Henry being a soldier in the regular service of the United States, and I have known him to come home on a furlough, and again return to the service and that he served about two years and was then discharged by getting one Morris Able to serve out his time who this deponent says served from March to the end of the war Revolutionary war

and this deponent further saith not
Sworn and subscribed before me on this 25 th Feb y 1823. Chas. Phelps
Jno. Johnson
State of New Jersey Superior Court
Yo s J. Ephraim Green Esq r Clerk of the court of common pleas in and for said
county do certify, that John Johnson Esq r before whom the within deposition were taken was at the time of taking said deposition and now is one of the Judges of the court of common pleas in and for said county, duly commission- ed and sworn into office as such accor- ding to law, and that full faith and credit should and ought to be given to all his official acts as such as well in courts of justice as thereout
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said court at Newton this twenty sixth day of February in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and twenty three
E. Green

Rev. and 1812 Wars Section MEE/cel
April 25, 1929
Joseph Henry R. 4893 J
Mrs. V.H. Gottschalk 2707 Adams Hill Road, N.W. Washington, D.C.
Madam:
I advise you from the Revolutionary War records of this bureau it appears that Joseph Henry, of New Jersey, ? R-4993 , did not receive a pension from the United States Government. His claim was not allowed. It does not appear that his widow ever received a pension.
Respectfully,
E. W. MORGAN Acting Commissioner.

17.759 2
Joseph Henry
Ephraim Green Newton, N.J.
Rec d 10 March 1822
Waterbury Church H
Rev. Henry J.
did not serve 6 months in congregation.
Rejected for letter
3 May 1823
Cashmere
48.90
Secretary of War Washington
See no

Please to send to post office N. J. Superiority.

No 31,094
Joseph Henry N Jersey - act 7 June 1832 - Suspended.
Let to Mr S. Fowler, June 5. 1834. Same 24 January 1835. do to R Cope, July 21. 1836. same Oct. 24. 1836. - do. to same Aug. 25. 1838.
4893

Act of July 14, 1862, March 3, 1873.
REJECTED
4894
P. O. Joseph Henry
Service: Consolidated July 26 1885 with same soldier rj files 4893
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: at Garrisonville N J 1776 or 77 D t Capt M c Myers 1 st Inf Col s Ogden

1929-Apr. 25, Mrs. V.H. Gottschalk pen. not allowed, MEE.
Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1865.
REJECTED
4893
P. O.
Joseph Henry
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized.
_____ Contract
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

Casper Lindenberg's Affidavit

State of New Jersey Munlodon County ss:
Personally appeared before me Richard Core one of the Judges of the Court of Common pleas in and for the County aforesaid Caspar Lindberry who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath say that he is acquainted with Joseph Hiney now an applicant for a pension formerly of Lebanon Township Munlodon County and State of New Jersey and of Sussex County in said State That the said Joseph Hiney is about 78 years old, That he was enlisted in the United States Service in the Revolutionary war That he served three years, and he this deponent saw him in the camp in Elizabeth Town in New Jersey in the U.S. Service he then had on and wore the United States Regimental suit The name of the Captain he served under was Blank
Sworn and subscribed to before me this 1st day of Jan. 1835
his Caspar Lindberry mark
Richd. Core Judge

Catharine Henry's Affidavit
1817

State of New Jersey Huntingdon County } ss:
Personally appeared before me Richard Core one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County aforesaid Catharine Henry who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath say, that she is acquaint- ed with Joseph Henry now an applicant for a pension, formerly of Lebanon Township Huntingdon County and State of New Jersey and now of Sussex County in said State. That the said Joseph Henry is about 78 years old. That he was enlisted in the United States service in the Revolutionary War. That he served as an enlist- ed soldier three years. Remembers that he came home once upon furlough with a frozen foot or leg and understood that he had the privilege of doubling his furlough which he did. My husband George Henry took him back to camp, I think to Elizabeth Town in New Jersey where he left him —
Sworn and subscribed to this 1 st day of Jany 1835 before me
Richd Core J.
Catharine Henry marks

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7 th June 1832
State of New Jersey Warren County } s On this twenty second day of September 1836 Personally appeared before me Peter W. Blair --- one of the Judges of the court of common pleas in & for the County of Warren aforesaid Joseph Henry a resident of the Township of Knowlton in the said County & State aged eighty years who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832.
This deponent saith. I was born in the Township of Lebanon in the County of Hunterdon in the State of New Jersey aforesaid in the month of June in the year 1756, and am now eighty years old. I entered the service of the United States & served as herein stated. I enlisted for three years - in the first Regiment of the Jersey line in February 1777 at Somerville in New Jersey under Capt. Myers or M c Myers. Colonel Dayton Ogden commanded the Regiment under General Maxwell. We marched to Morris Town where we were received. In the spring of that year, we were marched to Rahway where we had a little skirmish with the enemy. We were then marched to Elizabeth Town, where we laid some time and then marched up the North river above Hackensack, where we laid a short time. We then marched back to Elizabeth Town and crossed over to Staten Island before day break under Gen l Maxwell and Gen l Sullivan, where we had a skirmish with the enemy and took about 100 prisoners. We then retreated to Elizabeth Town. A short time after that, we had a battle with the enemy at the Short Hills in which I was. We were afterward marched to Princeton under Gen l Sullivan, & from thence to Philadelphia. Shortly afterward we were marched to Wilmington, and I was in the battle of Brandy- wine in September 1777 where Gen l Washington commanded.

In October following I was in the battle of German Town, where my captain M c Myers was killed. After this battle we retreated up the Schuylkill river, and I was placed some time afterward under Capt e Venanglo. We wintered at Valley Forge in the winter of 1777-78. In the spring of 1778 I crossed the Schuylkill river with the army. I then received a furlough for four weeks with liberty to double it, not being fit for duty on account of having had my leg frozen the past winter. I then went home where I remained about eight weeks & then joined the army at Elizabeth Town. I was engaged in the defence of the Eastern part of New Jersey against the enemy the latter part of the year 1778 and whole of the year 1779 under Capt e Venanglo & Capt e Voorhies, Gen l Maxwell commanded. I was discharged at Elizabeth Town in March 1780. I had an honorable written discharge from Gen l Maxwell & Col. Ogden. Also a certificate of my back pay & back rations and of my services. I put the discharge & the certificate in the hands of Major Rhinehart a neighbor of mine, to endeavor to obtain my back pay, back rations and my share of public lands. He died a short time afterward & I have never been able to get these papers back from his heirs, who can give no account of them, and I believe them to be lost. When discharged I returned home to Lebanon Township where I lived until about the year 1800 when I moved into Sussex County, New Jersey where I resided until last April. I then removed into the Township of Knowlton, County of Warren in said state where I live at present. I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and I declare that my name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any state. Sworn to & subscribed the day year above mentioned before me
His
Joseph I. Henry mark
[Handwritten signature: J. I. Henry]

We Frederick Salade and William Hillyer residing in the Township of Knowlton County of Warren & State of New Jersey hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Joseph Henry who has sworn and subscribed to the above declaration; that we believe him to be eighty years of age; that he is believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution & that we concur in that opinion
F. Salade
Sworn & subscribed this 22 nd day of Sept. 1836 before me
P. W. Blair
William Hillyer
And I Peter W. Blair the aforesaid Judge do hereby declare my opinion after the investigation of the matter & after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And I further certify that it appears to me that Frederick Salade and William Hillyer who have signed the preceding certificate are residents in the Township of Knowlton & County of Warren and credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit
P. W. Blair
State of New Jersey Warren County
§ 1/2 Personally appeared before me Peter W. Blair one of the Judges of the inferior Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Warren aforesaid Joseph Henry now an applicant for a pension, of the Township of Knowlton in said County of Warren who being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath say, That he did not apply for the benefit of the pension law of 1818 until about the year 1824 because he was possessed of property, but at that time he became poor & needy and did then employ Lawyer Gustus of Sussex County to apply for him. That the said Gustus did send on to Washington his declaration & papers, which were returned for some informality or deficiency. That he applied again about three years since under the law of 1832 when he employed John Moore Esq. And the papers were again returned

for some alleged insufficiency. after the last application he was discouraged for some time, from making any further attempts to obtain a pension by the many difficulties thrown in the way by the Department & the difficulty of procuring other witnesses who resided in a distant County. Having lately procured such witnesses I have made the present application
Sworn & Subscribed this 22 nd day of Sept 1832 before me
his Joseph I. Henry mark
P. M. Blair
State of New Jersey Warren County
ss: I do hereby certify that the within mentioned applicant Joseph Henry, cannot from bodily infirmity attend the court to make his declaration. Dated Sept 22. 1836
Joseph Henry's declaration
P. M. Blair
State of New Jersey. Warren County ss. I, Obinias B Kennedy Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for said County do hereby certify that Peter W Blair Esquire before whom the three annexed affidavits were taken and who hath also given the two annexed certificates, was at the time thereof and still is an acting judge of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas of the said County of Warren duly Commissioned and sworn into office as such, and to whose official acts full faith and credit is due here and elsewhere. And further I do certify that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of the said Peter W Blair and am fully satisfied that the signatures to said affidavits and certificates purporting to be his are genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Belvidere this 23 rd day of September A.D. 1836
O. B. Kennedy Clerk

State of New Jersey
Huntingdon County } ss: I Richard Cope one of the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Huntingdon aforesaid before whom the within Affidavits, were respectively subscribed and sworn to by, Caspar Lindabury, Catharine Henry, Christopher Philhower, Anne Lindabury and Andrew Bray, were taken, do hereby certify, that I am well acquainted with the said, Caspar Lindabury, Catharine Henry, Christopher Philhower, Anne Lindabury and Andrew Bray, and that they are each personally credible witnesses, and that full faith & credit to their respective statements in the said, affidavits are due
Sept. 30 1836
Richd. P. Cope
State of New Jersey } ss Huntingdon County } ss
I Isaac L. Farlu clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for said County of Huntingdon, do hereby certify that Richard Cope esquire who signed the foregoing certificate, is one of the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas, (and was at the time of signing the same,) duly commissioned and sworn, and that full faith and credit are due to all his official acts, and that his signature is genuine In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Flemington this seventeenth day of October A.D. Eighteen hundred and thirty six
Isaac L. Farlu Clk

State of New Jersey
Huntingdon County S s : Personally appeared before me Richard Core one of the Judges of the inferior Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Huntingdon aforesaid on this 29 th day of June 1836 Christopher Philhower who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath say that he is acquainted with Joseph Henry now an applicant for a pension formerly of Lebanon Township Huntingdon County & State of New Jersey and now of Warren County in said State. That the said Joseph Henry is about 80 years old. That he enlisted enlisted in the United States Service at Somerville in the year 1777 under Capt n  Myers or M c Myers in the Jersey Line. Remembers that the said Joseph Henry came home once on furlough. Saw him several times during the war in Elizabeth Town as a listed soldier in his regimental suit. That it has always been the opinion & general belief in the neighborhood when the said Henry lived when he entered the U. S. Service, that he served as a soldier in the revolutionary war for several years. He also remembers that the said Henry had a discharge when he returned home from the service. Chris Philhower
Sworn & subscribed before me this 29 th June 1836
Rich d Core

State of New Jersey
Hunterdon County ss Personally appeared before me Richard Core one of the Judges of the Inferior Court of common pleas in & for the said County on this 11 th day of July 1836 Anne Lindubury of the Township of Lebanon in said county who being first duly sworn according to law on her oath saith that she is a sister of Joseph Henry formerly of the said Township of Lebanon afterward of Sussex county & now of Warren County in said State of New Jersey and an applicant for a pension. That the said Joseph Henry is about Eighty years old - Remembers of his being out some time in the United States Service in the regular army in the revolutionary war. And that he lived in the army for some years - Also that it was the general belief and opinion that he in this neighborhood that he served some years as a soldier in the revolutionary war. have often heard that he was in the battle of German Town & Brandywine - Have frequently heard my friend Casper Lindubury say that he saw the said Joseph Henry in Camp as an enlisted soldier with his regimental suit on. Have also frequently heard my mother com- plain & express great anxiety for the safety of her son the said Joseph Henry whilst he was in the U. S. Service Sworn & subscribed this her 11 th day of July 1836 before Anne X Lindubury me marks
Richd Core

State of New Jersey Huntingdon County
Personally appeared before me Richard Core one of the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Huntingdon aforesaid Andrew Bragg who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath say that he is acquainted with Joseph Henry now an applicant for a pension, formerly of Lebanon Township Huntingdon County & State of New Jersey, afterward of Sussex County in said State and now of Warren County in said State. That the said Joseph Henry is about 80 years old. That it is reputed & believed in this neighborhood where the said Henry lived in the revolutionary war that he was enlisted as a soldier & served as such in the United States Service for several years, and remember of having heard that he was in the battle of Germantown soon after that battle. That he this deponent is a resident of the Township of Lebanon, County of Huntingdon & State of New Jersey, and is over seventy six years old. Sworn & subscribed before me this 2 nd day of July 1836
Richd. P. Core
Andrew Bragg
State of New Jersey Huntingdon County
I Isaac G. Farlee clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas, in and for said County of Huntingdon do hereby certify that Richard Core Esquire before whom the foregoing affidavits of Casper Lindabury, Catherine Henry, Christopher Philhour and Andrew Bragg & Anne Lindabury were taken & sworn, then was, and now is one of the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for said County of Huntingdon, duly commissioned and sworn, and that full faith and credit are due to all his official acts as such, and that his signature is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Flemington this sixteenth day of July A.D. eighteen hundred and thirty six Isaac G. Farlee clerk

(copy)
War Department
Pension Office
Oct. 24 1838
Sir
The papers in the case of Joseph Henry have been examined and placed on our files. It appears from our rolls that he deserted from Capt. McMyers Company 1 st New Jersey Regiment in March 1778. And although it appears that he was mustered in Nov. following, yet it does not appear that he served sufficiently long after his desertion to bring his case within the provisions of the Revolutionary pension laws — If he can show when he was discharged from the service, we may be able to make a more satisfactory investigation — He should produce proof on that point —
The affidavits he has exhibited are satisfactory so far as they go; but they are not sufficiently explicit to remove the objection in this case
I am &c
(Signed)
J. L. Edwards
Comm d
Rich d F. Coxe Esq r of New Jersey

Aug 24.
Jo. Henry.
James L. Richards Esq.
Commissaire of Pensions

Washington City
24 th Aug t 1838
Mr. Joseph Henry a Revolutionary soldier having applied for a pension, and filed his Declaration proofs &c in the Pension Office, and you having decided against his claim (see your letter to me of 24 Oct. 1836 a copy of which I herewith enclose), I do as Agent for Mr. Henry most respectfully & urgently request that you will reconsider this matter, and I beg leave to submit a few observations upon the subject for your notice. —
Mr. Henry's case is peculiarly a hard one, and the decision against him is too rigid. With almost positive proof in his favor, & other strong circumstantial proof, this poor & worthy old man is cut off from a pension which all his old Revolutionary friends & acquaintances think he is truly entitled to.
You state in your abovementioned letter to me, that he is set down on the muster rolls as a deserter, in Mar 1837 and that he was mustered in Nov. following. — Now Sir, the circumstance of his having been set down as a deserter, establishes beyond a doubt that he must have been an enlisted soldier at the time he was so set down — And the circumstance of his name appearing on the rolls as being mustered in Nov. following establishes the fact that he was in the service after the alleged desertion as an enlisted soldier —
From the spirit & intention of the Regulations of the War Department, it is obvious that every facility was intended to be granted to the applicants in

these cases to make out their claims, for in the absence of positive proof circumstantial proof is allowed to be taken - Mr Henry has the advantage of both - The muster rolls exhibit positive proof of his enlistment, & of services after the alleged desertion - and his declaration & affidavits produced by him are strong, circumstantial, if not in some cases positive proof of his services - He states under oath in his declaration that he served three years and had an honorable written discharge - One of his witnesses swears that he saw him have such a discharge - Another swears that her husband carried him back to the camp at Elizabethtown where he left him - A third that he saw him in camp with the U.S. Regimentals on - And others as to the general belief in the neighborhood of his services - A strong presumption therefore arises that the alleged desertion mentioned in the muster rolls, grew out of the fact stated in his declaration, to wit, that he had a furlough early in the spring of 1778 for 4 weeks with the privilege of doubling it, being unfit for duty on account of having had his leg frozen while lying at Valley Forge during the winter of 1777-78. and that he was not able from the situation of his leg to join the Army for some time - or from the circumstance that the Capt. d of his Company was changed, and the fact of his having a furlough not being known at the time he was set down as a deserter -
And now let me say that I am personally acquainted with all the witnesses produced by Mr. Henry, & that they are highly respectable persons, & entitled to full credit & belief - And I can aver from my own knowledge (and under oath if necessary) having lived in the neighborhood where the applicant resided during & some time

after the War, since my birth, that the opinion & belief is general that he served as he has stated in his declaration, & that there never have any doubts existed upon the subject. - Nor has the alleged disunion ever been heard of. - And it is well known that he was in the hard fought battles of Brandywine, Germantown, Short Hills & several others.
I am well acquainted with Mr. Henry, & can truly say that he is a worthy & respectable citizen, & has been a member of the church a long time. & I do not believe that he would take a false oath for all the pensions granted by the government.
I remain Sir
With the greatest respect
Your most ob dt Servt
Richd. P. Coe
# His Capt. McIllyes was killed at the battle of Germantown in Oct 1877
Samuel L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions

Joseph Henry's declaration
31,094
Da d March 78 Mark in Nov 11

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7 th June 1832.
State of New Jersey
Warren County S 10 : On this ninth day of June 1836. Personally appeared before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, in & for the county of Warren aforesaid now sitting, Joseph Henry a resident of the Township of Hampton in the said county, in the state of New Jersey aforesaid, aged eighty - years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832.
This deponent saith, I was born in the Township of Lebanon in the county of Hunterdon, in the state of New Jersey afores d . in June in the year 1756 and am now eighty years old. I entered the service of the United States & served as herein stated. I enlisted for three years in the first Regiment of the Jersey Line in February 1777 at Somerville in New Jersey under Capt n  Myerson M c Myers. Colonel Waldron Ogden commanded the Regiment, under Gen l Maxwell. We marched to Morris Town where we were received. In the spring of that year we were marched to Rahway where we had a little skirmish with the enemy. We were then marched to Elizabeth Town, where we laid some time, and then marched up the North river above Hackensack, where we laid a short time. We then marched back to Elizabeth Town, and crossed over to Staten Island before day break under Gen l Maxwell and Gen l Sullivan, where we had a skirmish with the enemy & took about 100 prisoners. We then retreated to Elizabeth Town. A short time after that we had a battle with the enemy at the Short Hills in which I was. We were afterward marched to Princeton under Gen l Sullivan, & from thence to Philadelphia. A short time afterwards we were marched to Wilmington, and I was in the battle of Brandywine in September 1777 where Gen l Washington commanded. In October following I was in the battle of Germantown, where my Captain M c Myers was killed. After this battle we retreated up the Schuylkill River, and I was placed some time afterwards under Capt n Brangle. We wintered at Valley Forge in the winter of 1777-78. In the spring of 1778 I crossed the Schuylkill  Delaware river with the Army into West Jersey . I then received a furlough for four

weeks, with liberty to double it, not being fit for duty on account of having had my leg frozen the past winter. I then went home where I remained about eight weeks, and then joined the Army at Elizabeth Town. I was engaged in the defence of the eastern part of New Jersey against the enemy the latter part of the year 1778 and the whole of the year 1779 under Capt s Bendagle and Capt s Voorhis, Gen l Maxwell commander. I was discharged at Elizabeth Town in March 1780. I had a honorable written discharge from Gen l Maxwell & Col. Ogden. Also a certificate of my back pay & back pay ration of my services. I put the discharge and the certificate in the hands of Major Rhinehart a neighbor of mine to endeavor to obtain my back pay, back rations and my share of public lands. He died a short time afterward & I have never been able to get these papers back from his heirs who can give no account of them, and I believe them to be lost. When discharged I returned home to Lebanon Township where I lived until about the year 1800, when I moved to Sussex County State of New Jersey, where I resided until last April. I then removed into the Township of Knowlton, County of Warren in said State where I live at present. I hereby relinquish every claim whatsoever to a pension or annuity, except the present, and I declare that my name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any state.  Sworn to & subscribed the day Joseph I. Henry 1841 in year above mentioned mark John Moore
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states
John Moore
Sam Mohn
Caleb H. Salentini

State of New Jersey } Warren County } ss I, Thomas B. Kennedy clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas of the County of Warren 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 Joseph Henry for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this ninth day of June 1836
T. B. Kennedy Clerk
Joseph Henry 1836

MRS. V. H. GOTTSCHALK 2737 ADAMS MILL ROAD, N. W. WASHINGTON, D. C.
Hon. Mr. -
Auditor
Treasury Dept., U. S. A.
Dear Sir:
May I ask you for the report of last payment of pension to the following Revolutionary Soldier.
Joseph Henry of N. J. R. 4893 (Pension Bureau) case no. Did his widow receive pension?
Sincerely yours
K. C. Gottschalk