Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 1,009, Anthony Hansell, New Jersey

SERVICE
NUMBER
New Jersey
Hansell, Anthony
S. 1,009
carded
CONTENTS

22.897 New Jersey Anthony Harsell Middlesex in the State of New Jersey who was a Private in the Co. H. commanded by Captain Mooyer of the Regt. commanded by Col. Neilson in the New Jersey line for 10 months — " —
Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey at the rate of $3 Dollars 33 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 6 day of Dec. 1833 and sent to J. P. Rau — Dolph Present
  Arrears to the 4th of Sep. 33  $83"33    Semi-ann. allowance ending A. N. 34  16.66     $100  
Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. Geo. Hiles Clerk
Recorded by Book 5 Vol. B Page 116

Anthony Hance's application for a Pension under the act of 1832
27.110
Duplicate
James M c andolph Agent

Declaration of Anthony Hance of Middlesex County, New Jersey in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7 th June 1832
State of New Jersey
Middlesex county, ss. On this twenty fifth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three personally appeared before the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in & for the said County of Middlesex Anthony Hance who resident of the said county, State aforesaid who being duly sworn according to law on his oath makes the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832. That he was born in the year of eighteen fifteen hundred & sixty one as appears from a record of his age now in his possession in his Bible in the township of South Amboy county, State aforesaid He lived then when he entered the service during the war from which I still lives there. He entered the service after the death of his brother Joseph in the year 1778 under Capt James Moyer's Company He & Abram, against his private & served always as a private that year under three officers two terms of a month each along the Jersey Shore below the mouth of the Raritan Bay and guarding that place. In the year 1779 he served at least three terms of a month each under Capt Moyer along the South Amboy coast engaged in scouting & patrolling the country. In the year 1780 he served at least three terms along the Bay Shore under Capt J. Moyer engaged in guarding & defending the defences, families & property of his fellow citizens from the depredations of the enemy's forces. In the year 1781 he served at least two terms on the same station guarding the Jersey coast along the Amboy township there & the Chesapeake Peninsula resident along that coast & adjacent country under the same Captain & he was actively engaged during the times specified in the duties set forth his time.

he serves much more but cannot at this time more particularly for just being desirous to come at a less than greater amount of services that he performs. He does not recollect ever being stationed near him and of course cannot name any of the officers of the regular service that serves with him. He never received any written discharge from the service but for proof of his character he leaves to refer to James C. Goble a clergyman resident in his neighborhood & also Stephen Hall another neighbor of his both of whom can attest to his character for veracity. His belief as to his services is the application I have to David Hall, & Anthony Collins, Francis Letts David Lamberson (and he knows of no other witnesses) who can attest to his services. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present He declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any Agency in any State from the subscriber { Anthony Hansell the day & year aforesaid } before the judge aforesaid { Peter D. Perry on judge }
We James C. Goble a clergyman resident near South Amboy in the county of Middlesex New Jersey and Stephen Hall resident in the same vicinity hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Anthony Hansell who has signed before us the foregoing declaration that we believe him to be seventy two years of age that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution & that we concur in that opinion. subscribers from the day & year aforesaid { James C Goble Stephen Hall }

David Lamberson & David Hall of the township of South Berne county, State of Pennsylvania being duly sworn according to law on their oaths say that they are & have been well acquainted with Anthony Mansell who has signed the foregoing affidavit to the declaration from early life - that they were at school together and together were there the war of the Revolution they both concur in saying that said Anthony Mansell was with them a soldier of the Revolution that he entered the service there, there is the year of 1775 joined in Capt Morgan's company & Col Abrams regiment that he served in the subsequent years '79 '80 '81 & in the close of the war - that they know that he served & was chiefly stationed along the Jersey Shore under his Captain - Morgan engaged in guarding that coast & protecting the country - they both concur in saying that he is a man of truth & veracity upon their long acquaintance with him personal knowledge of his service they have no hesitation in saying that his statement is entitled to full credit
Subscribed sworn to the day, year aforesaid
David Hall David Lamberson
Peter P. Pennypacker Judge
Anthony Collins & Francis Letts both residents of the county of Middlesex county, State of Pennsylvania being duly sworn according to law on their oaths say that they are well acquainted with Anthony Mansell have been from boyhood the intimate who has signed from to the foregoing declaration - that he was attached to the same company with them in the war under Capt Morgan & that he served several years in '78 '79 '80 '81 & during the war - that he is a man of truth & veracity they both concur in saying further that his statement in relation to his revolutionary service is entitled to credit
Subscribed sworn to the day, year aforesaid
Anthony Collins Francis Letts
Peter P. Pennypacker Judge

And the Judges aforesaid do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant, Anthony Hance, was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And they further certify that it appears to them that James C. Goble who has signed the preceding certificate, is a Clergyman resident in the County of Middlesex, and that Stephen Hall, who has also signed the same, is a resident of said County and a neighbor to said applicant, and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit. And they also certify that it satisfactorily appears to them that David Hall, David Lambard, Anthony Collins & Francis Ettz, who have been examined as witnesses in said application, are all persons of fair reputation, and that their statements are entitled to full belief.
Robert McHenry Peter P. Remyon J. D. Russell
Jacob Van Winkle
Nicholas Bonaer, Clerk of the County of Middlesex, and of the Court of Common Pleas of said County, do hereby certify that the fore- going contain the original proceedings in the case of the application of Anthony Hance for a Pension.
In testimony whereof I have here- unto set my hand & the seal of the Court this twenty ninth day of August, one thousand eight hundred & thirty three.
N. Bonaer Clerk

State of New Jersey
Middlesex county ss Personally appeared before the undersigned one of the Justices of the Peace in & for said county Anthony Harsell known to me to be the person described in the foregoing paper who being duly sworn is his oath saith that he served during the period in his original declaration set forth that his services were not performed under Col. Abrams and that the insertion of that name was a mistake have been a mere clerical mistake - His services were performed in Capt. Moylan's company - of  and his company was within the limits of  of Col. John Neilson's regiment in which Col. Layton was Lieut. Col. and he thought he said so before - As to his liability to be called out as often as he has declared he refers to an abstract of the laws of the Convention Legislature of New Jersey prepared under the direction of the Hon. James F. Randolph by him forwarded to the Department. The clauses of the militia committee of one eighth of each company but for clauses I indeed all the militia could be called out & from their residence along the shore exposed to the continued depredations of the enemy from Staten Island they were called upon to serve almost all the time and he has served he is confident much more than he has specified but he cannot further particularize. His services he thinks were faithfully & honestly performed and he respectfully calls its re-examination & confidently trusts to a favorable decision from those to whom are entrusted the rights and interests of the soldiers of the revolution.
Subscribed before me to Anthony Harsell the 18th Oct - 1833
J. Wood Justice of the Peace

State of New Jersey Middlesex County
I Nicholas Booracum Clerk of the Inferior court of common pleas
in and for the said county of Middlesex do hereby certify that I was in Force before when the within affidavit was taken was at the time a Justice of the peace in and for said county of Middlesex duly commissioned once sworn that his signature subscribed thereto is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand Seal of office at New Brunswick this 19 th day of October AD Eighteen hundred and thirty three
N Booracum Clerk

Rev War
INVALID.
File No. 1099
Anthony Russell
Rev. War Line
Act: June 7, 1832.
Index: —Vol. 2 , Page 156
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Anthony Harell
see letter to J. T. Randolph 2 nd Oct r
C. Admitted Private 10 months
J. T. Randolph

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office.
2 Oct
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Anthony Harell
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.      
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
[Faint, illegible handwriting at the bottom of the page]

 REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832. 
The following regulations have been adopted:
 This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service. 
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops. 2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers. 3. Persons employed in the Naval Service. 4. Indian Spies.
 As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record. 
DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1852.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of
On this _____ day of _____ personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of _____ in the county of _____ and State, Territory or District of _____ aged (c) 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 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) _____, with _____ and served in the _____ (e) regiment of the _____ line, under the following named officers:
 [Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.] 
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of _____
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of &c.
 If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out. 
 Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz: 
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the _____ and C. D. residing in (the same) _____, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _____ years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Clerk of the Court of _____ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
 If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (1) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his 
In whose regiment was Morgan's Company in 1778? The accounts of the Lambtons & Claimant appear to differ! See note to David Hall's case

alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? { To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?  7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the inquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served ; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison ; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[k] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.