Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 1,011, David Harrison, New Jersey.

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Harrison David
S. 1,011
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221954  New Jersey  David Harrison of Essex Co in the State of New Jersey who was a Private in the Contl. commands by Captain Dodd of the Regt. commanded by Col. Thomas in the New Jersey line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey at the rate of 80 Dollars 00 Cents per annu. to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 10 th day of Dec r  1833 — and Ad d Hon. L.  Condict present
  Arrears to the 14th of Ap. '33  $ 200    Semi-ant. allowance ending Ap. '34  40     $240  
Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by Leo Stiles Clerk. Book E Vol. V Page 116

David Garrison of N. J. Eng.
adm d 24 mo pri 80 $
Return to L. Condit Morristown, N. J. Eng.

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7. 1832.
State of New Jersey, Essex County ss. AD 1832
On this twenty sixth day of September personally appeared in open Court before the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas of the County of Essex and State of New Jersey. Now sitting David Harrison a resident of the township of Caldwell in the County of Essex and State of New Jersey aged Seventy two 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 Act of Congress passed June 7. 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named Officers and served as hereinafter stated some time in June in the year 1776 he served under Capt. Caleb Dodd and Lieut. John Ogden at Elizabeth town near Orange ferry from thence he marched into the County of Bergen in said State and was stationed between Bergen town and Bergen point to guard the ferry shore and served one half of a month for his father. On the 20. of July of the same year this applicant became 16 years of age and on the 24. of the same month was enrolled on the Militia Roll of Capt. John Peck's company of the then Township of Newark now the township of Orange in the County of Essex and the same day entered on a monthly tour of duty in the company of the said Capt. John Peck and Lieut. Caleb Dodd the other Officers not remembered and encamped in Ponds between Elizabeth town and the point and at the expiration of this term he entered a monthly tour of service for his father and removed from the encampment to the point house the company Officers not remembered. The Regiment was commanded by Col. Thomas of Elizabeth town and Major Samuel Hays of Newark. After the expiration of this monthly tour of service he returned to Newark and there remained doing Militia duty until General Washington came into the town when retreating before the British Army their service at this time was one month after this the Militia returned home to remove their families out of the way of the British Army and before they could remove their families and goods the British Army had possession of Newark and Orange. After the British Army left Orange and went to Newark Lieutenant Josiah Kimby of the Continental Army requested the Militia to volunteer and keep a guard in the lower part of Orange this Applicant with a number of others volunteered and kept a Guard at the house of Isaac Munn in Orange while there the British came with a flag and two hundred American prisoners which the said Lieutenant Kimby received from them. The next night we had notice that the British was out from Elizabeth town towards Springfield in the morning we marched on to the place where they were

When we got there Capt. Elijah Squier with his company had made prisoners of the footmen which were Hessians the Company of Lighthouse made their escape excepting one man killed and one horse die then stayed there two or three days and kept a Guard then returned to Orange a part of the Militia had been to Aquack- -nonk and taken goods from the store of one Drummond who had left home and gone with the British he then was one of the Guard that Guarded the goods at night at Orange and went the next day to Chatham and there delivered them to Continental Officers who took charge of them and the next day we returned to Orange this Service under Lieutenant Quimby was at least one month. After the British left New Ark Capt. John Peck collected his company and went to New Ark in the beginning of 1777 and his company officers and took their station in the Storehouse of Joseph Haddon Esq. and billeted his Company with the inhabitants of the town as there was no preparations for drawing provisions which term as near as this applicant can recollect was two months, at the beginning of the same year Capt. John Peck resigned his Commission, and Thomas Williams was Elected Captain of said company and this applicant since credit on Capt. Williams pay roll which is still extant between the 8 th of May and the 8 th of July of this year 1777 one month and two days. After this time the Militia were called and applicant took his monthly tour of duty to the end or close of the war and turned out on all alarms. Applicant served a tour of duty of one month on Staten Island. Applicant performed a monthly tour of duty in the town of New Ark under Capt. Thomas Williams and served one term at Connecticut Farms at Springfield of one month. Applicant served one month at Elizabeth town under General Wines a Mr. Woodruff being Adjutant of the Regiment and was stationed in the Storehouse of Doct. Barnet the Company Officers not recollected. Applicant served one month in the town of New Ark under Capt. Elijah Squier one month under Capt. Samuel Hunterton. This applicant volunteered under Capt. Hunterton in Major Samuel Hays Battalion which was made up of men from Essex Morris and Sussex and marched from New Ark to Chatham from Chatham to Morristown from Morristown to Whippany Plains from Whippany Plains to New Ark from New Ark crossed the River Palser and Hackensack and landed on Shacklehill from thence across Passaicus Island and through the English Neighbourhood to Hackensack from thence on a northerly course to or near the New York State line from thence through Paramus to Hoppers town totaway Patankas and Pascipany to Moorestown which tour took us just three weeks. That in the year 1781 this Applicant served as a Substitute for his father one month in New Ark and its vicinity. This Applicant has on the pay roll of Capt. Thomas Williams June 26 th 1780 Seventeen days Credit and from the 21. November

Substitute for his father one month in Newark and its vicinity This Applicant has the pay roll of Capt. Thomas Williams June 26 th 1780 Seventeen days Credit and from the 21. November
November 1780 to the 13 th January 1781 Eight days Credit all for services beyond his monthly course of duty. This Applicant served one month in the last of February and beginning of March in the town of Newark in 1782 the last Military duty that he performed the officers of the Company not remembered the Battalion was commanded by Major Samuel Hays of Newark which terms he thinks will make out nearly three years services. This Applicant during the foregoing terms of services was at the Battles of Monmouth Connecticut at Springfield and Second River and at Skirmish with the British near Newark. That this Applicant resided at Orange in the township of Newark during the Revolu- tionary War and that he has resided in the County of Essex ever since. He has no documentary Evidence of his services He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or Annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the agency of any state or (if any) only on that of the agency of the said state Sworn and Subscribed The day and year aforesaid
David Harrison
Sam l B. Miller - Judge
We Stephen Grover a Clergyman residing in the Town ship of Caldwell - and Isaac Pice a householder residing in the same place hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with David Harrison who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be seventy two years of age; that he is respected and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a Soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion
Stephen Grover
Isaac Pice
Sworn and Subscribed The day and year aforesaid
Sam l B. Miller - Judge

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 in the States. And the Court further certify that it appears to them that Stephen Grover who has signed the preceding Certificate is a Clergyman resident in the township of Caldwell. And that same Peer who has also signed the same is a resident in the township of Caldwell, and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit. Ebenezer D. D. D. Elias Van Aisdale Jr Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas do hereby certify that the foregoing containing the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of David Harrison for a pension In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this fifth day of October in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred & thirty two
E. Van Aisdale Jr Clerk

New Jersey Essex County ss: Simon Condit being duly sworn according to law on his oath deposeth and saith that he was seventy years of age on the eighteenth day of October last past, that he was well acquainted with David Harrison in the Revolutionary war that he then resided in Orange in the said County of Essex, that this Deponent knows that the said David Harrison was very fre- quently in the service in the Militia, that this Deponent served & quartered with the said David Harrison at least three months at different times, this Deponent cannot say in what years particularly but knows that it was during the time while actual service was required in the Revolution sworn & subscribed in Simon Condit open Court this twentieth day of September AD 1832
W. Reynolds a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Essex County.
State of New Jersey Essex County ss Be it remembered that on this twentieth day of September eighteen hundred & thirty two Personally appe- ared in open Court before the Court of Com- mon Pleas of the County of Essex, Cyrus Free- man who being duly sworn according to law on his oath deposeth & saith that he was seventy one years of age last March, that he is acquainted with David Harrison, that he knew him in the Revolutionary war and

that the said David Harrison then lived in Orange in said County of Essex, that he knows said David Harrison voluntarily served in the fall or winter of the year AD 1776 under Josiah Quincy for one month, and that he knows said David Harrison served one month in & near Newark in the spring of the year AD 1782 which was the last service he remembers of having been rendered by the militia of Orange.
Sworn & subscribed in open court the day & year aforesaid. Cyrus Freearr
A. Hecmoldt Judge
New Jersey Essex County ss: Be it remembered that on this 20 th day of September AD 1832 personally appeared in open court before the judges of the Superior Court of Common Pleas of the County of Essex Sophia Condit who being duly sworn according to law on his oath deposes and saith that will be seventy two years of age on the 27 th of this present month, that he was acquainted with David Harrison, that he knows that the said David Harrison was frequently out in the militia service during the Revolutionary war & that he served with him at Newark at the Battle of Second River, that he saw him at the Battle of Monmouth in the service in the militia.
Sworn & subscribed in open court the day & year aforesaid. Joseph Condit
A. Hecmoldt Judge

Personally appeared before me Timothy Gould one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the County of Essex Josiah Quimby of the County of Morris formerly of the County of Essex who being duly sworn on his oath saith that he was well acquainted with David Harrison in the Revolutionary war and that he is seventy two years of age and that he did one months duty with him at Elizabeth Town point in the militia in the year 1776 but does not recollect the officers and that he was out under Lieutenant Quimby after the British left Orange as a Volunteer as much as one month and that the said Harrison and I was on a monthly tour of duty at New Rochelle when the Militia went on Staten Island under General Dickerson and Major Samuel Hays and that he Verily Believes that he performed his monthly tour of duty through the war as a Militia soldier and that he believes that he was a good friend to his Country Sworn and Subscribed before me this 24th day of September 1832
Josiah Quimby
Timothy Gould
Personally appeared before me Timothy Gould one of the Justices of the peace in and for the County of Essex Sarah Harrison Sister to David Harrison the applicant named in the foregoing Declaration now an inhabitant of the Township of Oldenburg in the revolutionary war was an inhabitant of the Township of Newark who being duly sworn on her oath saith that she lived in her fathers house at the beginning of the revolutionary war and untill the close thereof with her Brother David Harrison and was knowing to his going out in the Militia to perform Military duty for his father in the year 1776 before he was sixteen years of age and that on the 20th day of July of the same year according to the family record of her father he was sixteen years of age and was immediately called upon to perform Militia duty for himself and that he did duty in the Militia whenever called upon to the close of the war for himself and some for his father and that she Very well recollects of his going to Monmouth at the time of the Battle with the British there and that she Verily Believes that he was in the Militia service more than two years and often heard it said that he was a good soldier sworn before me this 25th day of September 1832
Timothy Gould
Sarah Harrison

State of New Jersey County of Essex ss: I Elias Van Andrae junior Clerk of the Superior Court of Common Pleas in & for said County of Essex & Clerk of said County do hereby certify that Abraham Reynolds before whom the foregoing Affidavits of Linda Condit Cyrus Freeman & Joseph Condit & the following af- fidavit of Samuel Perry were made & taken at the time of taking the same was & still is a Judge of said Court duly commissioned & sworn that I am ac- quainted with the hand writing of said Judge and that the signature "A Reynolds" subscribed to the jurats of said affidavits are genuine. And I do further certify that Timothy Ganeel before whom the fore- going affidavits of Joseph Quimby & Sarah Morrison were made & taken & that Abner Ball before whom the annexed affidavit of John Teed was made & taken at the times of taking said affidavits were respectively & still are Justices of the peace in & for said County of Essex, that I am acquainted with the hand writing of said Justices respectively & that the signatures "Timothy Ganeel" & "Abner Ball" subscribed to the respective jurats of said affidavits are genuine.
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my seal of office this fifth day of October A D 1832.
E Van Andrae Jr Clerk

New Jersey Essex County ss: Be it remembered that on this 20 th day of September AD 1832 Personally appeared in open Court before the Judges of the Superior Court of Common Pleas of the said County of Essex Samuel Perry who being duly sworn according to law on his oath deposeth and saith that he is eighty four years of age, that he knew David Harrison during the Revolutionary War that he then resided in Orange that he served with him in the Town of Newark in the begin- ning of the year seventeen hundred and seventy seven, that the said David Har- rison now resides in the Township of Cal- dwell & has always resided in the County of Essex since the Revolution. Sworn & subscribed this 20 th day of September 1832 Samuel Perry
Preempts Judge
State of New Jersey } Personally came before me Abner Ball Essex County } one of the Justices of the peace in & for said County John Seed who being duly sworn deposeth & saith that he has perfect knowledge of David Harrison. Serving a monthly term at Elizabeth Town deponent was also on monthly term at the same time & place, does not recollect the year but some part of the revolutionary war - Sworn & subscribed Sept 19 th 1832 John Seed Abner Ball Justice of the peace his mark

I, Abraham Reynolds one of the judges of the Superior Court of Common Pleas of the County of Essex do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Simon Condit , Cyrus Freeman, Japheth Condit, Josiah Quinby, Sarah Harrison, Samuel Perry and John Teed whose affidavits are respectively herein before contained, that they are old and respectable inhabitants of the County at that time resident as they state in their affidavits aforesaid and that they are still residents, as aforesaid excepting Samuel Perry who has departed this life since the making of his aforesaid affidavit and that all of them are entitled to full credit & belief in witness whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name this 28 th day of September A.D. 1833.
A. Reynolds
New Jersey Essex County
Be it remembered that on this thirtieth day of September A.D. 1833, personally appeared before me Elias E. Bardinot one of the judges of the Court of Common Pleas of Essex County, David Harrison who being duly sworn according to law on his oath, saith that he is the same David Harrison in the declaration herein to annexed, mentioned and on his oath aforesaid makes the following addition and amendment to the same viz: To the 1 st Interrogatory prescribed by the War Department he answers that he was born on the 20 th day of July A.D. 1760 in that part of the then Township of Newark now called the Township of Orange in the County of Essex & State of New Jersey. To the 2 nd He answers that he has the Family record kept by his Father, now in his possession wherein the records ages of all the members of the Family are recorded. To the 3 rd He answers that his first entrance into service was at that he was living at Orange in the Township of Newark when called into service where he lived until the close of the Revolutionary War when he moved up to that part of the then Township of Newark now called the Township of Caldwell where he has resided ever since. To the 4 th He answers that he first entered the service of the United States as a substitute for his Father David Harrison now dec d and after he was sixteen years of age he did regular militia duty for himself & also as a substitute for his Father until the close of the war as herein after stated. To the 5 th He answers that he first entered the service of the United States as a private as a substitute for his Father, in the month of June 1776 in the Company commanded by Captain Caleb Dodd and Lieut. John Ogden, at first stationed at Elizabeth Town near Orange, then from thence removed to Bergen where stationed between Bergen Town and Bergen Point to guard the same, and performed one half month's duty when he returned home, his Father's month being expired, he having performed the other half month himself before defunct was substituted for him. That on the 20 th July 1776, defunct was sixteen years of age and on the 24 th of the same month he was enrolled in Capt. John Peck's Company of Militia of Orange in the Battalion commanded by Major Samuel Hays, attached to the Essex Regiment commanded by Col. Philip Van Cortlandt, and on the same day entered upon and from that time did one month's duty for himself under the Captain
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performed the other half month himself upon... That on the 20th July 1776, deponent was sixteen years of age and on the 24th of the same month he was enrolled in Capt. John Peck's Company of Militia of Orange in the Battalion commanded by Major Samuel Hays, attached to the Essex Regiment commanded by Col. Philip Van Cortlandt, and on the same day entered upon and from that time did one month's duty for himself under the Captain
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Last aforesaid, stationed between Elizabeth Town and the Point, encamped all the while and doing duty as Guard. At the expiration of this term which was in August 1776, he entered upon and did one month's duty as a substitute for his Father at the same place nearly being removed from the encampment to the Point House. At the expiration of this term he returned home during these times of duty at Elizabeth Town, Col. Hays of the Middle Commander of the Militia there assembled, Major Hays of Newark was also there in command. That in the latter part of October
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he again commenced another month's duty for himself at Newark. Standing guard as soon as still there on duty when Genl. Washington's Army came into the place about the 22nd Novr. 1776. That deponent continued on duty until his month expired and until two days before Washington left Newark, when deponent returned home for the purpose of removing the property & family of his Father as the British were then expected to enter Newark the same day that Washington left and at the same time took possession of Orange where they continued some days. That after they left and early in December 1776, Lieut. Josiah Pringle of the Continental Army who was at Orange having been posted at Fort Stanwix induced a number of Militia not otherwise on duty to volunteer under him to keep guard at the lower end of Orange and towards Newark among whom deponent volunteered and was stationed at the house of Isaac Allerton in Orange as the guard house. While there on duty the British came with a flag of truce and about 200 American Prisoners whom they said Pringle recd. from them. That the next night they recd. information that the British were not from Elizabeth Town towards Springfield, but the morning said Pringle marched there to intercept where they found that Capt. Elijah Pyncheon with his Company had succeeded in capturing about 70 Hessians. Deponent under said Pringle remained there two or three days on guard and then returned to Orange. That while deponent was on this duty other of the volunteers aforesaid had marched to Acquackunk in this County and taken prisoners from the corps of one Drummond who had joined the British and brought the same to Orange about the time deponent returned who kept guard at night over the same and then with others marched with said goods as far as Chatham on their way to Morris Town, where they delivered them to a Continental Officer who took charge of them, the next day deponent returned to Orange. During this service deponent was out in active duty under said Pringle more than one month, he cannot precisely specify how much longer but he expressly charges the truth to be that he did more than a month's service under him and for a month longer than he claims pay. That after the British left Newark, Capt. John Peck collected his Company among whom was deponent and went to Newark on duty in the beginning of the year 1777. That is the month of January of that year, and were stationed as their guard house in the storehouse of Joseph Hadden Esq. The Company billeted around among the inhabitants of the town as in preparation, were made for drawing provisions, that during this service standing guard deponent did two months duty and then returned home. That Capt. Peck having resigned the beginning of the year Thomas Williams was elected Captain under whom deponent did duty standing guard at Newark one month and from 8th May to the 8th July 1777 as deponent was not paid and is credited by the pay roll of said Williams lately in the possession of William Williams Esq. of Orange now decd. After this the Militia were closed and applicant did his monthly tour of duty, that is every third month regularly until the close of the war, and also monthly tours of duty for his Father who was also attached or enrolled in the same Company. That in the months of August and September 1777 he did one month's duty as a substitute for his Father, standing guard at Newark under Capt. Williams. That
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1 mo. in the Fall of 1777 deponent did one months duty at Newark and during this service went on an expedition under his Capt. William, to Staten Island then in possession of the British, and returned from off the Island the next day. They were commanded by Genl. Dickinson. That in the month 1. mo. of January 1778 deponent did one month's duty standing guard at Newark under Capt. Elijah Sykes. That in the month of Febru- ary 1778 he did one month's duty standing guard at Newark as a sub- 2. mo. stitute for his Father and under Capt. Robert Nichols of Newark. That in the month of April 1778 deponent did one month's duty stand- ing guard at Elizabeth Town, stationed in the Stone house of Doct. 1. mo. Barnett. he does not recollect the Company Officers, but were com- manded by Genl. Mings of Morris County. That in the month 12 days. of June 1778 he did 12 days duty, being called out and marched towards Monmouth, that he was under the command of Capt. Matthias Lyon, & Jonathan Coudit. That they marched the first night as far as Westfield in this County, from thence to Bound Brook, from thence to Stoney Brook, from thence to Princeton, from thence to where the Amer- ican Genl. Dickinson were encamped near Hightstown, as he thinks from thence through the Pines to Upper Freehold Meeting House where the Battle of Monmouth took place, and was there at the Battle of after which he returned by the way of Spottswood, New Brunswick, Piscataway and Springfield to Orange. 1 mo. That he did one month's duty standing guard at Newark in the latter part of July & the former part of August 1778 under Capt. Samuel Huntington. That he did one month's duty 1 mo. at Newark standing guard as a substitute for his Father, in the latter part of September & the former part of October 1778 under Capt. Robert Nichols. That again he did one month's standing guard at Newark under Capt. Nichols as a substitute for his Father. 1 mo. That he again did one month's duty standing guard at Newark in the latter part of December 1778 and the former part of January 1779. 1. mo. That he again did one month's duty standing guard at Newark under Capt. Elias Baldwin, as a substitute for his Father. That he again did one month's duty standing guard at Newark in the latter part of May & former part of June 1779 under Capt. Huntington aforesaid, and immediately upon the expiration of which duty, he volunteered under the same Captain upon an expedition for the purpose of arresting disaffected persons, which expedition was composed of volun- teers from the Counties of Morris, Essex & Sussex forming in all a Battalion which was commanded by Major Samuel Hays aforesaid. They marched from Newark to Elizabeth thence to Morris Town, thence to Watrous Plain where they staid 3 or 4 days, thence to Raritan thence to Newark, thence across the Passaic & Hackensack to Snake Hill, across Seacow Island through English Neighborhood to Hackensack thence North to or near New York State line, from thence thru Paramus, Hopewelltown, Totowa, Rockaway & Parsippany to Morris Town, where the prisoners whom they had arrested on the march were deposited in the Jail, after which they the Battalion were dismis- sed by Major Hays at Morris Town & deponent returned home. Upon this expedition they were absent exactly three weeks and on 28 days or 3 weeks, 2 days calculating the latter as the one employed in returning home from Morris Town. That in August or Sept. 1779, a Party of British came over from Staten Island to Elizabeth Town & man-
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and Marches thence thro' Newark to Belleville or as then called Second River where they had an engagement with the Militia under Genl. Miley. Thence passed on fording the River Passaic to Haverdon Hackensack on a Hill where they fortified themselves & eventually passed on Northward, I left this part of the Country entirely - That during this time Applicant was out immediately upon the alarm being given of their March, which was the day before the Skirmish at Belleville or Second River, that deponent was in said Skirmish from thence he followed the Enemy, under his Capt. Williams & quartered at first at Acquackunk where they remained 4 or 5 days thence passed the River & occupied the same ground (Blauvelt and Hill) left by the Enemy the Night before, thence Marched to Pottamug where they quartered all night, thence to Hackensack thence to Pollyfly, & thence on their return to Acquackunk where they were dismissed, that Applicant was out on 10 days this duty ten days - That he again did one months duty in Novem- ber 1779 as a Substitute for his Father, standing guard &c at Newark 1. mo. under Capt. Matthias Lyon - That he again did duty for himself in 1. mo. January 1780 standing guard &c at Newark & vicinity under Capt. Wil- liams aforesaid - That he again did duty in April 1780. for one 1. mo. Month standing guard &c at Newark under what Commanding Officer he cannot recollect but Major Hays was the Superior Officer on duty. That he again did duty in June 1780. in consequence of the advance- ment of the Enemy from Staten Island to Elizabeth Town & thence to Connecticut Farm where they burned the Meeting House and dwell- ings, when they returned to Elizabeth Town this was about the 7 th June 1780, at which time deponent was out & as the Enemy remained at Elizabeth Town, deponent continued on duty on guard at North Farm towards Springfield until the advancement of the Enemy before Springfield, that deponent was in the battle of Springfield which was about the 23 rd of June 1780, & followed the Enemy in their retreat to Elizabeth Town & was there after their crossing to Staten Island, 18 days and deponent was out on this duty eighteen days in all, & for which on the pay roll of Capt. Williams lately in the possession of William Williams now decd. late of Orange, dated 26 th June 1780. deponent is credited 17 days, - That in July or August 1780 he again did one 1. mo. months duty on guard &c at Newark under Capt. Robt. Nichols the Commanding Officer of the Company, Major Hays also out, & whether he did this duty for himself or his Father he cannot now recollect - That in Octo- 1. mo. ber 1780 he again did one months duty at Newark standing guard &c but the names of Officers he cannot now recollect - That from the 21 st November 1780. to the 15 th January 1781. Eight days 8 days credit is allowed him on the pay roll aforesaid which was lately in the possession of Mrs. Williams late of Orange and for extra duty - That in the months of February & March 1781. he again did one months 1. mo. duty standing guard at Newark &c under Capt. Williams as he thinks That in June 1780. he was on duty one month at Newark standing 1. mo. guard &c Major Hays was out & Commanded, but the Officers of the

Company he cannot now recollect - That in September 1780 1. Mo he again did one months duty on guard &c at Newark under Captain Isaac Gillam - That in November 1781, he again did 2. Mo one months duty standing guard &c at Newark, that he does not recollect the officers of the Company, but Major Hays was at this time on duty & deponent during this month quartered at the house of one Isaac Crane in the Town of Newark, now decd. That in the January 1782 he again did one months duty standing 1/Mo. guard &c at Newark under Captain Williams as he thinks, and was quartered at the house of one Job Coleman, now decd. - That in the last of February & beginning of March 1782 deponent did 1. Mo. one months duty standing guard &c at Newark, the officers he does not recollect but Major Hays was out on duty & depon- -ent was quartered during the month at the house of the Father of Capt. Huntington, in the Town aforesaid. That one of the two last named months duty he performed as a substitute for his Father, but which of them he does not recollect - That this was the last duty he recollects of doing in the service of the United States, That he is confident he did more duty during said war, but by reason of old age, the lapse of time & the little use until a short time since of treasuring up the circumstan- -ces of said war, he cannot now specify the same more par- -ticularly than he has above set them forth, and for the term of two years six months & three days above mentioned which he served faithfully in the Revolutionary War & during which he was not engaged in any civil pursuit, he claims a pension - To the 6 th He answers that he never recd. a written discharge from the service, but was always discharged by word of mouth of the Commanding Officer of the Company - To the 7 th He answers that he refers to the Rev. Stephen Grown, Rev. Baker Johnson, William Gould Esq. Timothy Gould Esq. Calvin J. Crane, of Caldwell, Hon: Silas Condit, David D. Crane Esq. & Robert Baldwin of New- ark, Abraham Reynolds Esq. of Paterson. Jacob H. Mendt of Bloomfield & to all the respectable persons in the County of Essex to whom he is generally known -
Subscribed & sworn the day & year aforesaid before me E. E. Bouchard
David Harrison

State of New Jersey County of Essex
I, Elias Van Arsdale Junior Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Essex Do hereby certify that Elias E. Bordinot before whom the foregoing affi- davit of David Harrison was made and taken, at the time of taking the same was, one of the Judges of said Court duly commissioned and sworn, that the name "E. E. Bordinot" affixed to the Joint of said affidavit is his genuine signature. — I further certify that Abraham Reynolds, by whom the accompanying Certificate as to the credibility of the parties hereto named in the foregoing proceedings was made, at the time of making the same was also one of the Judges of said Court duly commissioned & sworn. And that the signature "A. Reynolds" subscribed to said Certificate is genuine —
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my seal of Office this Fifth day of October A.D. Eighteen hundred & thirty three 1833/—
E. Van Arsdale Clerk

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E. Wanlendale. Clerk of Essex new Jersey
Herrack

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
22 nd May 1 1833
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. These 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, showing the Service of David Harrison of Essex County, New Jersey
   Period when the service was rendered Duration of the claimant's service Rank of the claimant Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Feb. 1776 13 Private Capt. Col. David Harrison Essex County New Jersey Age 72 Traditionary Living Witnesses   1776 1   When Washington was in New Jersey before the Battle of Branford 1   Vol about Lieut. Col. David Harrison   1777 2   1777 1 2 Capt. David Harrison   Engaged near the Lycoming 1   1   1   1   1   1   Vol 21         Feb. 1781 1   1782 1  
The whole service he thinks will amount to nearly Three Years .
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.
* refers to Pay roll not produced

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, 1832.
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 _____ of the Court of _____ 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 day 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.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this _____ day of _____ &c.
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 (l) 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 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 enquiry 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 [j] 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.

David Harrison $80. Payments to be made
Dec. 14 th 33.
at New York
by Pres. Mr. Bk. Co.
Agent for paying Pension-
ers, in the Agency of
New Jersey
Recorded in the Pension Of- fice, in Book E. Vol. 3.
Page 11. by G. C. Stiles Clerk.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, David Harrisson of the State of New Jersey who was a private in the Revolutionary Army
is entitled to receive Eighty dollars and cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March, and 4th of September in every year.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this 10 th day of December one thousand eight hundred and thirty- Three
L. H. C. A. P.
Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned. }
J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.

Mar 6, 1834. Paid to Mar 4, 1834
Sept 20, 1834 Paid to Sept 21, 1834
Mar 14 1835 Paid to Mar 11 1835
Sep 11 1835 Paid to Sep 4 1835
Mar 12 1836 Paid to Mar 11 1836
Sep 7 1836 Paid to Sep 4 1836
Apr 18 Paid to 4 Mar 1837
Paid to 21 Sep 1837
Paid to 4 Mar 1838
Paid to 4 Sep 1838

New War
INVALID.
File No. 1011.
David Garrison. Dis. N. J. Line.
Act: June 7, 1892.
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 156
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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