Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 2575, William Gould, New Jersey

SERVICE
NUMBER
New Jersey
Gould, William
S. 2575
carded
CONTENTS

17585  New Jersey  William Gould of Essex in the State of New Jersey who was a Private in the Cont t commanded by Captain Nichols of the Reg t — commanded by Col. Van Cott in the N. York line for 2 Years
New Jersey Line. Records corrected Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey Jan y 1864 at the rate of 80 Dollars 50 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 23 day of Aug.  1833 and due to the Hon. S. G. D. per W. G.
Arrears to the 14th of March $160 Semi-ant. allowances ending 11/11/33 40  $200
Revolutionary Claim, per June 7, 1832. Recorded by Jo. C. Atkin Clerk Book 6 Vol. 3 Page 113

The declaration of William Gould
15722
commissary was
25/10/18
6/10/18
15/10/18
25/10/18

On this twentieth day of September 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas now sitting William Gould a resident of the County of Essex & State of New Jersey aged Seventy five years the twenty seventh day of this Instant Sept. Born in the year one thousand seven hundred & fifty seven 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 th 1832
That he entered the Service of the United States under the following named officers & served as herein stated That on hearing of the battle of Bunker hill (Boston) in the summer of the year 1775 residing in Newark in said County being a private in Cap n — Robinsons Company was ordered by him to attend Company training for instruction had to parade every morning at 4 o'clock which drill continued generally through the Summer Season of that year in the Month of March 1776 his Company was commanded by Cap n Jonah Pierson & divided into two Clases & he was ordered to March to Brooklyn Long Island & there performed one months duty under the Command of Robert Nichols Cap n Subaltern officers not recalled Regiment Commanded by Col l Philip Schuyler Courtland Samuel Hays Maj r at the expiration of the month returned home to Newark the first of April 1776 again in May returned to Brooklyn perform a month's tour of duty under Cap n Jonah Pierson was billeted at Flatbush at the end of the month returned home to Newark in June or July the British army took possession of Long Island & soon after of New York the Town of Newark being much opposed & deponent living on the line of the enemy turned out Solon here & served as a private Soldier under Cap n Nichols & Cap n Elijah Squire three Months — Same field officers as before in November the British overran New Jersey drove deponent out of Newark he being fond of a Military life was on the lines of the Enemy during the whole of the winter late in the fall of the year while laying at Springfield volunteered under Cap n Squire & Hathaway to march to Elizabeth Town with about 60 Men Surrounded a Cap n Main Guard of Hessians 2 o'clock at night very dark killed the Cap n & several others took 3 prisoners without the loss of a man Cap n Hathaway & Henry Wade wounded The British having possession of Hackensack. Tiquamont Belleville Newark & Elizabeth Town In the year 1777 his Company being divided in two Clases took him every other month guarding the lines three Months

Company Command by different officers as they took their turns on duty as soon as the Enemy left Newark he returned home Company divided into three Classes he took his turn on duty guarding the lines & making fortifications at Elizabeth Town under the Command of Capt Josiah Pearson Robert Nichols Elijah Squire & others not remembered four months so soon as the rivers & bays were frozen over the British were continually harassing & sending out their Scouts & foraging parties he served one month four of duty at the old Ferry under Capt James Wheeler one month under Capt Abraham Speer at Belville one month under Capt Robt Nichols one month under Capt Josiah Pearson at Newark kept guard at Old Ferry & Bound Creek four months cannot particularly remember the dates of months in the year 1778 after Rivers broke up divided the Company into three Classes in April went to Elizabeth Town to make fortifications & breast works had to Man the lines at 4 o'clock in the morning Commanded by Capt Elijah Squire one month Capt Isaac Decker one month under Capt Josiah Pearson one month under Capt Cornelius Speer one month Ralph Post Ensign Col P Van Courtland Major Samuel Hays in the year 1779 performed one month four of duty at Hazackanock in January under Capt. Mr Speer Col S. Turner Orderly Sergeant of the Column Cold could stand a Centinial but 15 Minu at a time a Centinial every four in March performed one month duty at Newark at the Old Ferry under Capt James Wheeler, divided the Company into three Classes & served every turn through the Summer & fall three months under Capt Elijah Squire Josiah Pearson Col Speer & Lieut J Speer & Posts in the year 1780 Removed from Newark to Caldwell Second Capt Cornelius Speer Company his Company at being divided into three Classes took his regular turn on duty through the year excepting one month family sick was out three months & so on through the war, was out at all times of Alarm which was very frequent was with General Hines at the Battle of Belville Col Philip Van Courtland Maj Caleb DOD & Hays was with Gen Duke's detachment crossed the Sound at Haldad Point Commanded by Maj Hays attacked the British & Refugees at on Staten Island drove them into their fort near the Narrows took a number of prisoners was at Springfield when it was burnt was at the Battle at Monmouth Commanded by Capt Joseph Lyon Saw Gen Washington knew him having once called at my Father's house passing through the Jersey,

was with General Mines at Hachensack & volunteered with Capt. Hall Wheeler to go & monitor & report the situation of the British in their fort near that place escaped being killed or taken prisoner (Situation hopeless was in several skirmishes while the British had possession of New Jersey not mentioned hereby believes he was in the service of of the United States a private soldier more than three years during the war has no documentary evidence or written discharge has a number of persons who would testify to his service among which are Dorothy Gould, Nath. Crane, Aaron Crane, Moses Condit whose affidavits are herunto annexed he hereby relinquishes every claim to a pension or annuity except the present & declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of this or any other State or territory to his knowledge
Subscribed & sworn to the day & year aforesaid in open court
William Gould
A. Reynolds Scribe
We Asa Hildreth County of Essex clergyman residing in the Joseph Harrison residing in the same hereby certify that we are well acquainted with William Gould who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy five years of age the 27 day of this instant that he is a respected & believed to be a soldier of the revolution in the neighborhood where he resides & we that we concur in that opinion
Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Asa Hildreth
Joseph Harrison
A. Reynolds Scribe

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter & after putting the Interrog- atories prescribed by the War Department that said appli- -cant was a revolutionary soldier & served as he states And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Asa Witherbee who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the township of Orange in said Essex County & that Joseph Harriman who has also signed the same is a resident in the same place is a credible person & that their statement is entitled to credit
By order of the Court E. M. Muzzall J. Clerk
I Elias Muzzall J. Clerk of said Court of Common Pleas of said County of Essex do hereby certify that the foregoing & attested affidavit of Timothy Gould Nathaniel Crane Aaron Crane & Mary Gould contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of William Gould for a Pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this tenth day of October A.D. 1832
E. M. Muzzall J. Clerk
Wm Gould

County of Essex State of New Jersey ss on this twentieth day of September 1832 personally appeared in open court before the Judges of the Court of Common pleas now sitting Timothy Gould Nathaniel Crane Aaron Crane & John Condit who being first severally duly sworn according to Law on their oath declare that they are well acquainted with William Gould was with him in the revolutionary war & believe him to be a soldier during the war & that he was in the battles & skirmishes as stated in his affidavit entitled to a pension Timothy Gould Sworn to and subscribed Nathaniel Crane the day & year aforesaid Aaron Crane John Condit A. Reynolds Judge

No 15722
William Gould Essex County New Jersey
Friend Rev. A. J. M.
Witnesses not certified too credible. It is desirable that the witnesses should give a statement more in detail.
Luor Condit
Hudson Eastingtown, Newark New Jersey

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
21 st May 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 subjoined 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 William Gould 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 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.     Called March 1776 - 1 - Private Col Phillips & Gen. Cornwallis 75 years Traditionary evidence   May - - 1 - " Col. Pierson, Col. Nichols Newark clergymen   Vol. July - - 3 - " Col. Nichols N. Jersey certificate & living witnesses papers   Vol. Nov. " Not stated - - " Col. Squire Not properly attached   Called Oct 1777 - 3 - " different officers   Served - - 4 - " Col. Squire   Served - - 1 - " Col. Wheeler   Served - - 1 - " Col. Squire   Served - - 1 - " Col. Nichols   Served - - 1 - " Col. Pierson   Served 1778 - 4 - " -   Served 1779 - 1 - " -   - - 1 - " Col. Wheeler   - - 3 - " -   Served 1780 about 3 - " -  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

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 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.
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 place 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.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
17. 25-75-
Washington, D. C., _____, 19_____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of William Gould a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Summer 1775 enlisted at Pvt. Robinson Philip Van Cortlandt New Jersey   servertime Isaiah Person   Robert Nichols   Elijah Squire   3 years in Ill. Hathaway   Jamies Wheeler   Abraham Speer   Isaac Beane   Cornelius Speer   Joseph Bryan  
Battles engaged in, Belleville, burning of Springfield, Monmouth
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Newark Essex Co. N.J.
Date of application for pension, Sept. 20 1832
Residence at date of application, Essex Co. N.J.
Age at date of application, born Sept. 27. 1757 in W.H. of Caldwell
Remarks: There is no data on file as to his family
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

1913 June 8 Hist. to H. J. Cookling 1920 Sept. 18 Hist. to Mrs. A. G. Sawyer 1922 Dec. 11 Mrs. A. G. Sawyer info no 1872 for this mfr. ad.
Rev War
2575 INVALID.
File No. 2575-
William Gould First Rev War
Act: June 7  1852
Index:—Vol. 21 , Page 144
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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MARY MELROSE CHAPTER DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION WATERLOO, IOWA
November 17, 1922.
Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:-Will you kindly inform me as to the military history of William Gould, of Essex County, N.J. who I am informed served in the War of 1812. His application for pension was made September 20, 1832. I have his Revolutionary record, but desire this one
Thanking you very much, I am
Sincerely Charlotte Alden Sawyer
(Mrs A.G. Sawyer) 726 West Park Avenue, Waterloo, Iowa.
Rev 1717 his application 1832 at Rev + with 1832
I searched old board in old windows, no love Gould for War of 1812 - Re too old to have lived for Service pension as born in 1747-

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Hon. C. M. Sulzberger,
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Department of Interior,
Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:-
Will you kindly furnish the military history of William Gould, private N.J.Militia, during the Revolutionary War.
His name appears in Essex County Pension List under act of congress passed June 7, 1832.
Was placed on Pension Roll August 20, 1835, commencement of pension March 4, 1831.
Was 77 years of age at date of application.
The certificate is desired to prove the eligibility of an applicant for membership in this society.
Very truly yours,
Chairman Committee on Increase of Membership.

Rev. War Section.
aw
Dec. 11, 1932.
Mrs. A. G. Sawyer, 726 W. Park, Ave. Waterloo, Iowa.
Madam:
In response to your letter of the 17" ultimo, you are advised that in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 2575 of William Gould of Essex Co. N.J. who made application Sept. 20, 1832, it is not stated that he rendered service in the War of 1812.
Nor do the pension records of the War of 1812, show a claim for pension on file on account of the services of William Gould, described above
Very respectfully,
Washington Gardner
Commissioner.

Record no claim as Exp
Waterloo, Iowa. July 25, 1920.
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir- Will you kindly send me the pension record of William Gould , Essex County, New Jersey, placed on the pension rolls August 23, 1883 . Pension commenced March 4, 1881 .
Thanking you in advance for the kindness, I am
Very truly yours,
Charlotte A. Sawyer. (Mrs A. G.)
Mrs A.G. Sawyer, 223 Allen Street, Waterloo, Iowa.

Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the peace in & for the County of Essex State of New Jersey William Gould who being duly sworn deposes & saith that by reason of old age & the consequent loss of memory he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his services but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below & in the following grade a private soldier to the close of the war & was born in the Township of Caldwell in the year 1757 his name & age recorded in his father's Family Bible & from that transcribed into his own
1 st month 1776 Served full term was regularly discharged (Serbit Orders) Thinks he never had a written
2 nd month Served month was regularly discharged
3 rd 4 th 5 th month As stated in declaration was in 3 rd month on Long Island making fortification and towards the last of the month called over to New York Lay there about five weeks remember rations (very salt beef & dry peas good baked bread) don't remember was called on to do more duty than keep guard & remove guns & ammunition to a place of safety from New York ordered to Pauls Hook continued there & in King's Town without having any regard to particular tour of duty until report that the British was pushing their way into the Jerseys every thing & every body in confusion cannot remember particular better than stated in declaration on the report above stated was ordered home to Newark in Sept (apples was ripe & often stole green corn to boil) continued on duty in Newark until the British came into Newark having no recollection of particular period of time
6 th 7 th 8 th month First of November Capt n Josiah Peirons company of which at that time deponent was a private soldier was ordered out on duty & sent to guard the ferry on the Passaic River & continued on duty until the British army came into Newark there was no Continental troops in Town until a few days before the British army came in & then they retreated & so did the militia troops without making defence deponent was on duty in the months of November December and January without being discharged 1 st month under the command of Capt n  Josiah Peirons 2 nd Capt n Elijah Squire & 3 rd does not remember, at first retreated back of Newark Mountain keeping guard saw John Dehiron & one Wright dreadfully cut and mangled by a British foraging party and left supposed to be dead but afterwards recovered ordered from thence to Springfield Capt n Elijah Squire commanded the company Dec r in this month took the Hessian Guard at Elizabeth Town as stated in declaration returned to Springfield took with him a Hessian Gun & Fife & drum was obliged

to throw away the drum to help carry the wounded kept the gun & sold it next day for 4 dollars Continental money continued at Springfield the Fairns & South Orange until the beginning of February was then discharged & returned to what was called Horseshoe since called Caldwell having served faithfully three months then joined Capt. Cornelius Speer Company of Militia Great want of men to guard the lines of the Enemy turned out on duty the first of March under Capt. Cornelius Speer John Brant sent marched 1777 9 10 8 11 to Aquackunk served one month building a fort and guarding the lines and was regularly discharged
The first of May marched to Belleville continued there one month keeping guard commanded by Capt. Abraham Speer without seeing farmers planting corn served one month and was discharged The family with whom deponent lived moved back in May to Newark while deponent was on his month's tour of duty when his month was out he went also he can well remember the time from a particular circumstance of disobedience to his Master for which when he returned home he was corrected The British & Refugees came into Newark turned out on alarm under Capt. Josiah 12 Purvis he lived in Newark & deponent belonged to his Company continued on duty one month served 2 nd month under Capt. Robert Nichols at Eliz. Town Point making breast works at the Point after his time was out he was 13 discharged & went home to Newark
14 The first of September took his regular turn on duty under Capt. Elijah Squire at Elizabeth Town making fortifications & guarding the lines was regularly discharged The first of November again took his turn on duty 15 commanded by James Wheeler at the Old Ferry on Passaic River was regularly discharged
1778 16 January Great want of provisions & men turned out on a month's tour of duty first of Jan y to Belleville commanded by Abraham Speer cold weather good sleighing refugees very troublesome served one month was regularly discharged April turned out under command of Capt. Elijah 17 Squire marched to Eliz. Town served one month keeping guard and working at breast works was regularly discharged

Ordered out on duty on alarm about the eighteenth of June under the command of Cap t Joseph Lyon marched from Newark by way of Westfield Bound Brook Princeton Allentown to Monmouth as stated in declaration on the 27 th at evening Root call express came for to march to a grist mill the British surrounded our guard we ran half a mile orders countermanded the guard killed & taken prisoners returned. Stood guard that night very dark rained some could only see when it lightened, often when on Centinel heard scouts of British and Americans meet a dreadfull Clash of arms Scream of dying & wounded expected every minute to be shot, next morning early went with Ralph Post & others to the Grist mill pond found a poor Soldier lying dead on the bank he was shot through the Artery of his thigh had bled through the pond & bled to death, suffered much for want of on water. Cap t Lyon not an efficient officer at about 10 or 11 paraded & marched near to a Meeting house, the Battle ground was a hill near said Meeting house went up the hill through a fine Lot of Rye trod down by horse & foot that not a straw was standing in 20 minutes dreadfull day heat intense after the battle dug pits & buried the dead returned home to the best of knowledge was on duty 22 days. In July took his term of duty commanded by Isaac Rivers Cap t ordered again to Eliz t Town, as near as can remember, leaving here lived one month was discharged
18 19 In October lived one month under Cap t Isaac Rivers at Newark at old Ferry was regularly discharged and returned home about the middle of November was called out on alarm under Cap t Josiah Pearson at Belville continued to keep guard & scouting to prevent Refugees stealing & plundering the inhabitants one month or a little more was discharged remembers when he got home it was within a few days of Christmas holy day
20 1779 21 In Jan y one month at Amboy as stated in declaration & discharged one month thinks in March remembers it was cold & snow on the ground at Newark as stated under Cap t James Shuler
22 23 In June one month under Cap t Elijah Squire at Eliz t Town keeping guard lived month & was regularly discharged
24 In August lived one month under Josiah Pearson Cap t at Bound Brook keeping guard found a canoe with London goods as was

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was called in the Ruds & flags Capt Seized them poor Soldiers got nothing Served out the Month was discharged In November One month under Capt Cornelius Speer at Acquacknonk John Speer Lieut Ralph Port Ensign Served out the month was discharged
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In February extreme Cold Served one month at Acquacknonk under Capt Cornelius Speer refugeus & Henry Troublorome Served out the month was discharged on recollection thinks Capt Cornelius Speer's Comp any was divided through the winter season into two Classes & not in three as stated in declaration remember that the refugees & British often through the winter took our people prisoners when in the meadows getting Salt hay, among whom was John Brane of Caldwell In April or May Cannot recollect was one month at Eliz a Town under Capt Elijah Squire keeping guard Served out this month & returned home Cannot remember the precise time of alarms has made no account of them except at Monmouth Battle more particu- lar than in declaration - on reflection his Fatigue & hardship much greater than represented & service longer than stated in declaration was never in any civil pursuit during the war while on duty
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William Gould
Taken & sworn before me the 22 nd day of July 1833
David Harrison
State of New Jersey Personally appeared before me David Harrison one of the subscribers of the peace in & for the County Somerset Timothy Gould Isaac Peir
Who being duly sworn & of full age deponeth & saith that they are well acquainted with William Gould the subscriber who claims a pension and have been for a long time believe him to be a member & a Ruling Elder in the Presbyterian Church at Caldwell in good standing that he was a Holding of the revolutionary war a Friend to his Country is a respectable citizen entitled to credit, is now & has been a subscriber of the peace eight years And that Timothy Gould Nath l Brane Aaron Brane & Moses Bondit are respectable old men & their affidavits are entitled to credit
Timothy Gould
Isaac Peir
Taken & sworn before me the 22 nd day of July 1833
David Harrison

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State of New Jersey
ss. I Elias Van Arsdale Junr. Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for said County of Essex, Do hereby certify, That, Abraham Reynolds Esq. before whom the several Affidavits in the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of William Gould for a perjury are made and taken, at the time of taking said Affidavits respectively, was & still is a Judge of said Court duly Commissioned & sworn, and that the name "A Reynolds" wherever it occurs, in said proceedings is his proper hand writing - Also certify That, David Harnis Esq. before whom the annexed affidavits of William Gould Timothy Gould & Isaac Pier were made & taken, at the time of taking the said Affidavits was & still is a Justice of the peace for said County residing therein duly commissioned and sworn That the Signatures "David Harnis" Affixed to said Affidavits respectively are genuine -
In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of said Court at Newark, the Twenty Fifth day of July AD Eighteen hundred and thirty three (1833)
E Van Arsdale Jr. Clerk
State of New Jersey
Essex County ss,
Personally appeared before me David Harrison one of the Justices of the peace in and for said County Timothy Gould who being duly sworn according to law on his oath Saith that he was personally acquainted with William Gould in the revolutionary war and that he was a private soldier in the same Battalion with deponent called the South Battalion of the Newark Regiment Commanded by Col Phillips Van Cortland Samuel Hays Maj that they were on Military duty together taking the Guard of Hessians at Elizabeth Town was with him on Staten Island under General Dickinson was with him at Hackensack under General Wines was with him at Newark on duty at the time that General Washington came into Newark retreating before the British Army was with him at Springfield at the time the British came there

and Burnt the meeting House was with him on monthly tours of duty at Acquackunkk Battled at Albany Vanriper was with him at Belville and at Newark when the Stone of William Cary and the Brigg that lay at the wharf was Burnt was with him at Elizabeth Town and at Springfield at different times am know him to be as stated in the foregoing affidavit taken and sworn before me this Sixth day of August 1833 Timothy Gould
David Harrison
(State of New Jersey) Personally appeared before me David Harrison one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said County. Moses Condit who being duly sworn according to law on his oath saith that he was personally acquainted with William Gould in the Revolutionary war and that he was a private soldier in the Company of Josiah Pison in the Township of Newark with him in said County and in the Regiment commanded by Col Phillip Van Cortlandt and that he recollects that he saw him frequently doing monthly tours of duty in the Town of Newark in the revolutionary war and that he was with him at Monmouth under Capt Lyon at the time of the Battle with the British there as stated in the foregoing declaration and that they both lived in the Township of Newark nearly through the revolutionary war sworn before me this 7th day of August 1833 Moses Condit
David Harrison
Newark Open Co.
State of New Jersey 3 I do certify that I am well acquainted with Timothy Gould & Moses Condit the subscribers to the two affidavits immediately preceding this certificate and believe them entitled to full faith & credit in all their statements under oath. Elias Brink
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