Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 5266, David Housler, New Jersey

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
New Jersey
Housler, David
R. 5266
Isabel
CONTENTS

9248
New Jersey
David Houslene
of Mount Holly in the State of N. J. who was a Pri - in the Com commanded by Captain Anderson of the Reg commanded by Col in the N. Jersey line for State Troops 8 mo
Inscribed on the Roll of N. Jersey at the rate of 26 Dollars 66 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 16 day of April 1833 and Lieut. Abraham Brown, Mount Holly, N.J.
Arrears to the 4th of March: 53. $53.32 Semi-ant. allowance ending Sept. 53. 1339 $66.65
{ Revolutionary Claim, { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by E.D. Burrook Clerk Book 6 Vol. 3 - Page 115
See letter W. N. Shinn 28 Oct
1893
Papers copied & sent to Gen. W. N. Shinn H.R. Mar 20. 1834
Shinn, Mar 1834
Let. Hon. Lake Lea. May 19 '34 " Gen. Catlin Nov. 18. '34

Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D. C.

Shippensburg, M c Kean Co. Pa. June 13. 1859.
To the Hon.
Commissioner of Pensions
Dear Sir,
The heirs of Joseph Housler, who reside in this place, having learned that their uncle, David Housler, now deceased, and who was a soldier in the army of the Revolution, is entered on the pension list in your office; but that he refused to draw the same, during his lifetime. That the said David died near Mount Holly, Burlington Co. New Jersey, about twenty years since.
If then be the facts, they are prepared to prove their identity and say that the said David Housler has had no relatives but themselves for many years past.
Please answer this at your earliest convenience
And oblige
Your Ob t Servant
Richard Chadwick

State of New Jersey Gloucester County, ss 3
On this third day of February in the year of our Lord, One thousand eight hundred and forty, personally appeared before me, one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the said County of Gloucester, in the said State of New Jersey; John Mullen, aged seventy seven years, and who is known to me to be a person of credibility, and who having acknowledged him- self to be conscientiously scrupulous of taking an oath, being first duly affirmed according to law doth declare and say, that he this affirmant is the son of Joseph Mullen, deceased, who was in his life time resident in the County of Burlington in the said state of New Jersey, and held the office of Justice of the Peace in and for the said County of Burlington and by virtue of such his said office of Justice of the Peace, was duly and lawfully authorised to solemnize marriages - that this affirmant was acquainted with David Housler late a pensioner of the United States, now deceas- ed, that this affirmant was present at a mar- riage solemnized before his father the said Joseph Mullen, deceased in his life time and while he was so Justice of the Peace in and for the said County of Burlington, between the said David Housler, and Isabel Mason, this mar- riage ceremony having been performed by this affirmant's father the said Joseph Mullen; and the said David and Isabel being then and there by him declared Man and wife - that the said marriage ceremony was performed at the house of the said Joseph Mullen in Mount Holly, county of Burlington, state of New Jersey, and several years previous to the conclusion of the War for Independence - that a brother and sister

of the said David Hunsler and a sister of this affirmant were present at the performance of the ceremony, but all of whom are now deceased - that the said David and Isabel always cohabited together, after the performance of the said ceremony as man and wife as this affirmant has been informed and verily believes untill the death of the said David Hunsler which took place on or about the month of November, One thousand eight hundred and thirty six; that there were no children of the said marriage, that Isabel the Wife still sur- -vives and has not married again since the death of her said husband - and further the affirmant sayeth not — John Mullen affirmed and subscribed the day and year before written before me Ephraim Miller

I, Henry Bradshaw, clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Gloucester in the state of New Jersey, do hereby certify that Ephraim Miller whose name is subscribed to the afore written deposition or affirmation was at the time of the taking thereof a justice of the peace in and for the said County of Gloucester, duly qualified and commissioned, that the signature "Ephraim Miller" annexed thereto, is the genuine signature of the said justice - and that full faith and credit are due to his acts. —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office this fourth day of February in the year of our Lord, One thousand eight hundred and forty —
Henry Bradshaw clk

V 6729
Isabel Houston  wid. of
Act. July 7. 1838 = David
Marr'd May 1781 Husband died 7. Nov 1831
V 266
Hubt. D Wall H.R.

State of New Jersey Burlington County ss: On this seventeenth day of Fe- bruary in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty, personally appeared at an Inferior Court of Common Pleas held at Mount Holly in & for the County of Burlington in the State of New Jersey, before the undersigned, Judges of the said Court, Isabel Housler, a resident of Mount Holly in the County of Burlington aforesaid, widow of David Housler, late a pensioner of the United States, aged eighty six _____ years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on her oaths make the following declaration in or- der to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the Acts of Congress passed July 7. 1838, en- titled "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows." That she is the widow of the said David Housler, who was as before sta- ted late a pensioner of the United States, and was a private in the army of the Revolution as evidence of which and of his services, this de- clarant prays leave to refer to his declara- tion filed in the Office of the Secretary of War of the United States, and his certificate of pension hereto annexed. She further de- clares that she was married to the said David Housler in the month of May in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty one (though she cannot state the precise day of the month, as the certificate of her marriage, although long retained, has in consequence of frequent remo- vals been lost, mislaid or destroyed). That her husband the said David Housler, died on the seventh _____ day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight

hundred and thirty six; that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the mar- riage took place previous to the first of January, seventeen hundred and ninety four, and at the time above stated - that this declarant has never married since the death of her husband but remains still the widow of the said Da- vid Housler -
her Isabel Housler mark
Sworn to and subscribed in open court, on the day and year above written before
E. Thomas Amos Stites - Matthew M c Henry
Judges &c
I Joseph V. Read Clerk of the Inferior court of common pleas of the county of Burlington in the state of New Jersey Do hereby cer- tify that the persons whose names are heretofore subscribed as judges, were at the time of subscribing their names, and now are judges of the court aforesaid, and the names thereunto subscribed is in the proper hand writing of them the said Edwards Thomas, Amos Stites, and Mat- thew M c Henry judges aforesaid
In testimony whereof I have here- unto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court at Mount Holly this 19 th day of February A.D. 1840
J. V. Read

7157.
Application of David Houder for a pension under the Act of June 7 1832
$ 26:66 per ann
Abraham Brown Esq Mount Holly N. Jersey

State of New Jersey, Burlington County, ss:
On this eighteenth day of August in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared in open court, before the Superior Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Burlington aforesaid, now sitting, David Housler a resident of Mount Holly, in the County of Burlington and State of New Jersey aforesaid, aged eighty years and upwards, 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 herein stated. Benjamin Fenimore, a Captain in the State troops of the State of New Jersey, being engaged in raising a company of soldiers to enter into the service of the United States, this declarant on or about the first day of June (he cannot state the precise day) in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy six, voluntarily engaged or enlisted with the said Captain Fenimore to serve in his said company for the term of five months. This engagement was made at the village of Slab Town, in the Township of Springfield, in the County of Burlington aforesaid. John  John Talbert, Samuel Housler and David Anderson, acted as lieutenants, and Samuel Housler as ensign, of Captain Fenimore's said Company, which constituted a part of the battalion or regiment, commanded by Colonel Courtland and was called the five months flying camp. This declarant after his said engagement, marched with his company under the command of his officers to Long Island, and was in the battle of Brooklyn or the Yellow Mills on the twenty fourth day of July seventeen hundred and seventy six. After this battle the American forces retreated to Kings bridge and from thence to White Plains in the State of New York. This decla-
His Subscribers Matthew H. Housler Reuben H. Housler John H. Housler

nant was in the battle of The White Plains on the twenty seventh day of October in the year last afore- said - From The White Plains this deponent retreated with the American Forces to Fort Lee, and remained in the service until after the middle of the month of December in the year aforesaid, when he received a discharge from the service, and returned to Mount Holly in the county of Burlington - The place he then considered as his home - This declarant being an illiterate man, and being from his situation and the then state of the coun- try, obliged continually to remove from place to place, lost his discharge - He cannot there- fore set out its precise date, or the name of the officer by whom it was signed - He is however confident that he was in the service more than six months, under his five months engagement with Captain Fenimore from the circumstance that the certificate he received for his pay was for more than fifty dollars, which he distinctly re- collects - and which at eight dollars per month could not have been the case, if he had not served for more than six months - Upon this de- clarant's return he was almost immediately taken prisoner, and carried before some Hessians then lying at Mount Holly under the command of Count Donop and Colonel Bock - He was how- ever so fortunate as to effect his escape the same day - Shortly after the retreat of the Hessians from the State of New Jersey, but this deponent has no means by which he can ascertain the precise time, David Anderson who had acted as lieutenant in Captain Fenimore's company, having re- ceived a commission as captain in the New Jersey State troops, This declarant engaged as a volunteer to serve in the said troops under

the said Captain Anderson - This engagement was for no specific period - Shortly after this last engage- ment, declarant being sick, was left to board at Isaac Haines' near Mount Holly as an invalid soldier - Upon his recovery and in the year seventeen hundred and seventy seven, this declarant served under Captain Anderson for two or three months between Bir- mingham & Philadelphia, in the counties of Burlington and Gloucester in the said State of New Jersey, their duty being to resist the Tories and refugees who then infested those parts of the said State - From the ex- piration of this service and until the British passed thro' the State of New Jersey in the year seventeen hundred and seventy eight, this declarant continued in service under Captain Anderson, some portions of the time remaining at home by the permission of his said Captain, and at other times marching under his command to perform such duty as was required - And among other military services performed by this de- clarant during that period, he marched to the salt works established in Monmouth County in the State of New Jersey aforesaid, under the command of his said Captain, to guard the said works from the attacks of the Tories and refugees who infested the neighbourhood  From this last engagement this declarant never re- ceived any discharge - but he was not called upon to perform any active service under it subsequent to the year seventeen hundred and seventy eight - This declarant was born on the eleventh day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and fifty two at a place then called Newbolds Island in the Township of Mansfield in the County of Burlington in the State of New Jersey - The only record he has of his age was written down by Abraham Ludy, to whom this declarant was

apprentice, in a little book which is now produced before the Court. This declarant resided at Isaac Haines, near Mount Holly aforesaid when he entered the service, and has continued to reside ever since the revolutionary war, either in Mount Holly or within three miles of that place, & within the same Township. The names of some of the persons to whom this declarant is known are contained in the depositions & certificates annexed to this declaration, and who have testified to their belief of his services as a soldier of the revolution.
This declarant 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.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid (the same being contained on two separate pieces of paper attached together and the names of the subscribing judges being also signed in the margin of the first piece of paper) and the words "Colonel" and "This declarant" being first interlined. The name "Samuel Bourn" first stricken out and the name "Sherebiah" first written on an erasure) before
his David X Haeusler mark
Thos. Swain } Judges of the Inferior Matthew L. Henry } Court of Common Pleas of the County Zebulon M. Williams } of Burlington. Geo. Haysom

State of New Jersey Burlington County ss: Samuel Clark, Esquire, late a justice of the peace in and for the said County, and late a judge of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for the said Coun- ty of Burlington aged seventy three years last March - having appeared before the said Court, now sitting, and being duly sworn according to law, doth depose and say that he is well acquainted with David Housler who has made the annexed declaration - That he bears a good character for veracity - That it is within the know- ledge of this deponent that the said David Housler did engage or enlist with Captain Benjamin Freeman, and march under his command to Long Island, as set forth in the said declaration - That he returned to Mount Holly and was taken prisoner by the Hessians about the time set forth in the said declaration - And this deponent further saith that he is a native of Mount Holly and has always resided there - and that it was ge- nerally reputed and believed there that the said David Housler, after the retreat of the Hessians from Mendham volunteered to serve as a private under Captain Da- vid Anderson, and did serve as he has stated - And this deponent further saith that, forming his opinion partly from his own knowledge, and partly from tra- dition and common repute, he does firmly believe that the said David Housler was a soldier of the revo- lution, and did serve as a soldier of the revolu- tion for the time and in the manner set forth in his said declaration -
Sworn to and subscribed in Open Court } Samuel Clark the 18 th day of August A.D. 1832 before }
Thos Swain
Zebedee M. Wills
Matthew M. Murray
Geo H. Haysom

We, George Y. Morehouse, a clergyman residing in Mount Holly in the county of Burlington in the State of New Jersey, and Daniel Smith residing in Mount Holly aforesaid, do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with David Housler who has subscribed and sworn to the annexed declaration; that we believe him to be eighty years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion
Sworn to and subscribed by the said George Y. Morehouse, and affirmed to and subscribed by the said Daniel Smith, the said Daniel Smith having alleged himself to be conscientiously scrupulous of taking an oath, the day and year aforesaid
George Y. Morehouse Daniel Smith
Thos Swain Zehedee M. Willy Matthew M. Henry Geo. Haysom
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 certifying that it appears to them that George Y. Morehouse who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman residing

in Mount Holly in the County of Burlington aforesaid, and that Daniel Smith who has also signed the same, is a resident in Mount Holly aforesaid, and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit
Thos. Swain Matthew M. Henry Zehedee M. Wells Geo. Haymond
I, Samuel J. Read, Esquire, Clerk of the Superior Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Burlington in the State of New Jersey, do hereby certify that the foregoing (written on four separate pieces of paper at- tached together) contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of David Housler for a pension -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this eigh- teenth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two.
S. J. READ

Acts of July 14, 1892, and March 3, 1893.
REJECTED
5266.
P. O. _____
Habel Heausler
Service: widow of David
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: Rept _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

David Housler N.J. pri. 26.66 act of June when last paid. 18 Nov 39 — GMC
Paid to Sept. 4. 1836. at $26.66/pri.

David Hoagland, late a pensioner on the New Jersey Revolutionary Roll, died some two years ago, leaving a widow, yet living in Mount Holly, N. J. aged upwards of 80. no children — James Cakin was requested to ascertain whether the widow can continue to draw the pension, or whether it ceased with the life of her husband —
Washing
Nov 18-1859

Payments to be made at Trenton by Pres. of Trenton Bank: Comp. Agent for paying Pension- ers, in the Agency of New Jersey
Recorded in the Pension Of- fice, in Book C Vol. 3 Page 115 by E. D. Bullock Clerk.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
Revolutionary Claim.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, David Hoosler of the State of New Jersey who was a Private in the Army of the Revolution is entitled to receive Twenty Six dollars and Sixty Six 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 Sixteenth day of April one thousand eight hundred and thirty-Three
Lew. Cass
Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned. }
J. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.

May 16. 1833 Paid to H Chan 1833 Sept 4. 1833 Paid to 4 Oct 1833 Chan 4. 1834 Paid to H Chan 1834 Sept 4. 1834 Paid to 4 Sept 1834 Mar 4 1835 Paid to 4 Mar 1835 Nov 12 1835 Paid to 4 Sept 4 1835 Sep 8 1836 Paid to Sep 4 1836
109.21.8

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Housley, John GRADE Private LINE Maryland
WARRANT NUMBER 11307 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED October 14, 1792 ( torn ) To Henry Davis, assignee
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.