Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 31,077, John Grant, New Jersey Penn.

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
New Jersey Penn.
Grant, John
S. 31,077
CONTENTS

19.130 Kentucky John Grant
of Mercer Co in the State of Kentucky who was a private in the company commanded by Captain J. Anderson of the reg t commanded by Col: Shreeve in the N o Jersey line for 16 months from 1776.
Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky at the rate of 53 Dollars 33 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 3 rd day of August 1833 and sent to Hon Joseph Anderson 1 st Comptroller
Arrears to the 4th of March 1837 $106.66 Pension allowance ending 4 Sep 26.66
$133.33
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by
Wm Allison
Clerk
Book
8
Vol.
7
Page 10
Per letter 15 Augt 1833 to Hon J. Anderson
Paid at the Treasury under the 6 April 1838 Act from 4 March to 4 Sept 1838 Agent Notified 3 July 1839

State of Kentucky, County of Mercer Is:
On this 4th day of March, A.D. 1833, personally appeared in open court before the Justices of the Mercer County Court, now sitting, John Grant, a resident of the County and state aforesaid, aged Twenty Seven Years and upwards, who being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of the Congress of the United States passed the 7th June 1832.
I John Grant of the County of Mercer and state aforesaid, state upon oath, that I was born on the 26th day of November, in the Year 1755, in the County of Bucks, and State of Pennsylvania. I entered the Service of the United States on or about the 1 st of April 1776, and served in the Militia of New Jersey about one month and was discharged. In the fall of the same Year I served another tour in the same Militia, and was discharged about the last of November or first of December 1776. In the first tour above mentioned I served under Capt George Egan in the Second in Capt Joshua Coehran's Company. I do not at this time recollect the names of the field officers.
In December 1776, when the British came into New Jersey, I served a tour of about one month and a half in the Company commanded by Capt Nathan Shultz in Col Chambers Regiment of New Jersey Militia, and was discharged.
My next service was for two months in the Militia of Pennsylvania, in the Year 1777, in Capt Henry Lott's Company. After my discharge therefrom I served one other tour of two months in the same Year, in Col Lacy's Regiment of Pennsylvania Militia. We marched into the City of Philadelphia on the day of the battle of Brandywine.

after my discharge from the tour last mentioned, I again entered the service and served a tour of three months, at Woodbridge New Jersey - the then residence of Gen. Howe - This last tour was performed in the winter of 1777-8 in Capt. Cornelius Hoppock's Company.
In 1778, in the winter I again entered the service and served one month at Elizabeth town New Jersey. The Company in which I served was commanded by George H. Colcombe, who was, I believe, only a Lieutenant -
After my discharge from the service last mentioned I again entered the Army, in what I then considered and now consider, in the Regular service, in the County of Hunterdon State of New Jersey, and continued therein for nine months and about the last of February 1779, I received my discharge. I engage in the service last mentioned in the 4th New Jersey Regiment I think, by Col. Ephraim Martin, in Capt. John Anderson's Company - The 4th Regiment was however divided and I was attached to the 2nd Regiment commanded, I believe, by Col. Johnson.
I was in the battle at Germantown in 1777 and of Monmouth in 1778 - I never obtained a written discharge for any of the services mentioned in the foregoing statement except the last of nine months, which I have long since lost. I never received a wound in any engagement in which I was participated - I have no documentary evidence showing that I performed the services above mentioned. I know of no person now living by whom I can prove the performance of them, except that of nine months; which I can prove

Have no doubt, by the Rev. Joseph Anderson of the District of Columbia - I removed to the State of Kentucky in the Year 1789, and have resided in the County of Mercer ever since - or at least since its formation as a County - With the exception of the times at which I may have gone out of the State on trading expeditions -
I hereby certify with every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present - and I declare that I have never applied or received any pension under any act of Congress - and that my name is not on any pension roll of any Agency in any State or Territory that I know or believe -
Given to and subscribed the day and Year aforesaid
John Grant
We John L. Bridges and Samuel Davis residing in the County of Mercer and State aforesaid, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Grant who has subscribed and sworn to the above foregoing declaration - and have known him for the last twenty five years and upwards; that we believe him to be of the age represented by him in his said declaration - That said Grant has always been respected and regarded by those acquainted with him as a man of fair character. We have the utmost confidence in his honesty and integrity and would be incapable in our opinion of making any statement which he did not believe to be true - This 5th March 1833.
Sam Davis John L. Bridges

Mercer County W.B. March County Court 1833
John Grant the applicant for a pension herein together with Samuel Davis and John L Bridges this day personally appeared in Open Court and signed to and subscribed the same and thereupon 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 Samuel Davis and John L Bridges who have signed the preceding certificate are residents of Mercer County and are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to Credit —
23 March 1833
Thomas Allison Clerk of the Court of Mercer County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of John Grant for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 5 th day of March 1833
Thos Allison
John Grant

John Grant
Texas
Ken.
from 1776 perat.
16 months.
$533 37 100

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
183
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 subjuncted 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, shewing the Service of John Grant
   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.     1776 about 1 Pt. Capt Ely 77 Traditions   " not stated " Capt Coshman N. J.   1777 2 Capt Letts,   2 Col Dacey   1   1778 1 Capt Holcomb   " 9 Capt J. Anderson on Rolls,   Col D'Armond   Martin,  
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) _____, who has 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 , in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[k] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of John Grant a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau.
8 file 31,077
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Apr 1 76 1 mo. Pri George Ely ✓ New Jersey   Fall 76 to Nov. or Dec 76 Joshua Corchon ✓ " "   Dec 76 1 1/2 mo. Nathan Stout Chambers " "   ( 77 2 mo. Henry Rott Pa.   77 2 mo. ✓ Lacey Pa.   ( Winter 77-78 1 mo. Cornelius Stopfrock ✓ N.J.   ( Winter 78 1 mo. George Holcomb ✓ " "   * to Oct 6 79 9 mo. John Anderson { Ephraim Martin Shreve { 4 N.J. 2  
Battles engaged in, Guilford
Residence of soldier at enlistment, ** Enl in Hunterdon Co., N.J.
Date of application for pension, Feb. 4, 1833. His claim was allowed.
Residence at date of application, Mercer Co., Ky. since 1789.
Age at date of application, Born Nov. 26, 1755 in Bucks Co., Pa.
Remarks:
See corrs. in John Grant, with Rev. Nelson in wh. this sol. is referred for Aug 8-1939 Very respectfully,

31077 Rev INVALID.
1908 Nov. 19. Hist. to Dr. C. V. D. Barton 1912 May 1. To Lee W. Grant 1913 Oct. 9. To Dora Shaffer (Miss)
File No. 31,077
John Grant Lin Rev War
Act: June 7 th 1824
Index: — Vol. 2 , Page 165
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Catalogue of Joseph Anderson - in Honor of John Grant -
N. J. Roll
a Red

In the affidavits of John Grant of Kentucky, which he has made, for the purpose of being presented to the War Department to support his claim to a pension - he has among other statements of his services in the Militia of the United States, during the Revolutionary War - stated a claim for nine months service in one of the regular Regiments of New Jersey - At the time mentioned by Mr Grant of his service in the fourth Regiment of New Jersey - in Captain John Suckens Company - I was a Captain in the Third Regiment of New Jersey - commanded by Colonel Elias Dayton - and I recollect that John Grant, with a number of others - - Leica -

found the several New Jersey Regiments - as drafts or substitutes - for the term of nine months - and according to the best of my recollection at the time I believe that John Grant commenced his service as a substitute or drafted militia man - at the time he states he did - and that he was discharged at the time mentioned in his affidavit - given under my hand at the City of Washington - August 1 st 1883
Jas Anderson -

Box 202 Bourbon, Ind.
Oct. 6, 1913.
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:—
Kindly send me the record of John Grant who served in the Revolutionary War as a private in Captain John Anderson's Co., 4th New Jersey Regiment, commanded by Colonel Ephraim Martin. He enlisted May 28, 1778. He resided in Burlington Co. N. J.
in 1782.
Yours respectfully, (Mrs.) Dora Shaffer.

LAW OFFICES GRANT, CARROLL & KENNEDY. SUITE 910 CARLETON BLDG, ST. LOUIS.
May 6, 1912.
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:--
I wrote you some days ago asking for information regarding one John Grant, who enlisted from Virginia in the War of the Revolution. I am now informed that there was is a John Grant on the Kentucky roll of pensioners from Mercer County, Kentucky, August 3, 1833.—Any information you can give me regarding this party as shown by your files will be appreciated.
Yours very truly,
Lee W. Grant

DR. C. VAN DYCK BASTEN
3rd Nov 1908
Kearney, Nebr.
To The Hon. V. Warner,
Ear
Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.
Dear Sir:—
Have you record of Rev. War Pension App. of a John Grant living either in Somerset Co. New Jersey, or
Washington Co. Pennsylvania? or Filbert O.?
If so, kindly send me copy of same. The John Grant I am looking for had a wife Elizabeth Cassan . Your obedient servant C. V. D. Basten. —Grant.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
June 22, 1839,
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," John Grant ————— a Pensioner on the Roll of the Kentucky Agency, at the rate of fifty three Dollars and thirty three Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of March — to the 4 th Sept. 1838.
Respectfully, yours,
Abdoo E. Parrish Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.