Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 1,023, Tunis Hoagland, New Jersey

SERVICE
NUMBER
New Jersey
Hoagland, Junis
S. 1,023
CONTENTS
carded

Died July 13-1837 (From A.B.)
New Jersey 28044 Junius Hoagland
of Somerset Levin the State of New Jersey who was a priv. of Inf in the Comp commanded by Captain Stryker of the Regt. commanded by Col. — in the New Jersey line for 2 years
Incribed on the Roll of New Jersey at the rate of 100 Dollars (10) Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 18 day of May 1831 and Martha J. Hoagland M c Intosh
  Arrears to the 4th of Ap. 33  $ 250    Semi-ant. allowance ending Ap. 34  50     $ 300  
Revolutionary Claim, } Act June 7, 1832. } G. A. ... Clerk.
Recorded by Book C , Vol. 2 , Page 116 .

James Hoagland 4901
J. P. Randolph Agent

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of June 7 th 1832
State of New Jersey Somerset County } ss
On this fifteenth day of August 1832, personally appeared in open court, before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Somerset, now sitting James Hoagland a resident of the Township of Franklin in the County of Somerset and State of New Jersey, aged eighty three 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 th 1832
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated
That in the year 1776 he enlisted as a volunteer in the Foot Company under the command of Captain Hendrick Probasco. He went with the company from Millstone to New York and continued in said company about two weeks - - - - -
That he enlisted in the Troops of Horse in the year 1776 under the command of Captain John Stryker, of which Troop, Reynier Wright was Lieutenant, and Peter O. Schenck cornet. That he continued in said company, as a volunteer, during the whole of the Revolution That he went to Princeton several times, does not recollect how often, He staid at Princeton

at a time, a fortnight. That he frequently went to Elizabeth Town, staid there a fortnight and sometimes longer, That while standing as sentry at Mount Holly near the Black Horse Tavern, he saw the British, but they did not attack them, The British left Mount Holly and departed to Monmouth, The Troop followed after and passed the British at Bordentown, After passing, the Troop proceeded to Monmouth, That he was in the battle at Monmouth, That his memory fails as to many other particulars, than those herein stated, But remembers that he was several years in the service - That at the time of the Revolution he was a resident in the Township of Franklin in the County of Somerset, And State of New Jersey -
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 sworn to, and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
W. H. Gaston
Yours of his X Hoagland marks
I Henry H Schenck of the Township of Hillsborough in the County of Somerset and State of New Jersey being duly sworn according to law do depose and say that I believe Francis Hoagland was in the service under the command of Captain John Stryker at least five years.

And certainly knows that he was in the service two years: And that the above declaration is in all things true, to the best of his knowledge and belief
sworn to, and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
W. H. Gaston
Henry H. Schenk
I Reynier Veghte of the Township of Hillsborough in the county of Somerset and State of New Jersey being duly sworn according to law do depose and say, That I am acquainted with the late Junius Hoagland, know that he enlisted in the service of  service of  the  the  Corps of  Corps of  Artillery  Artillery under Captain John Stryker in the year 1776 and continued in the service at least five years, That he was always obedient to the calls of his Superior Officers, Was a brave and dutiful soldier, and always obeyed commands And that his declaration is in all things true, to the best of his knowledge and belief
sworn to, and subscribed the day & year aforesaid
W. H. Gaston
Reynier Veghte
We John P. Labickii, as clergyman, residing in the Township of Hillsborough in the county of Somerset and State of New Jersey and the Abraham  T. Van Dyke  of the of the township county and State aforesaid, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Junius Hoagland, who has subscribed and sworn to the above decla- -ration; that we believe him to be eighty

three 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 to, and subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Wm H Gaston
John B. Talbott A. J. Sanderson
And the said board do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the abovenamed applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the board further certifies, that it appears to them that John P. Labriski, who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman resident in the Township County and State aforesaid, and that John P. Labriski  Abraham J. Van Dyne , who has also signed the same, is a resident of the Township County and State aforesaid, and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Wm H Gaston
John Kirkpatrick
Wm D Stewart
I John McManus Clerk of the board of Common Pleas in and for the County of Somerset, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said board

Hoagland for a petition. In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hands and seal of Office this fifteenth day of August 1832
I John M. Mann Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Somerset do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Lewis Hoagland for a petition
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hands and seal of Office this fifteenth day of August in the year of our Lord one Thousand eight hundred and thirty two 1832
J. M. Mann

Answers to the Interrogatories prescribed by the War Department
1 st I was born in the Township of Franklin in the County of Somerset & State of New Jersey on the tenth day of March 1749 - - -
2 nd I have my age recorded in the Family Bible now in my possession
3 rd I have always lived in the Township of Franklin in the County of Somerset & State of New Jersey
4 th I was drafted at the General call of the Militia in New Jersey about January - and that in the latter part of the year 1776 - I enlisted as a volunteer in the Troop of Dragoons commanded by Captain John Stryker - Rynier Veyte was Lieutenant, Peter Schenck County, Walton White, Colonel and - General - I was at the battles of Monmouth & Springfield, & continued in the service until the end of the Revolutionary War & was in actual service not less than two years
5 th I recollect Colonels Stryker & White - General Beard & General Dickinson were with the Troops, when I served - I also recollect the Regiments commanded by Colonels Meddagh, Van Dyke & Melinshuyzen, and that the services I performed were frequently hazardous, & I always discharged my duty
6 th I never received a discharge from the services, but continued therein until the end of the War 7 th I am known in the neighborhood where I reside by James D. Stryker Esq r Dan l H. Dishborough Esq r Doctor W m D. McRissack and to the Honorable Theodore Melinshuyzen U.S. Senator, Newark, N.J. who can testify as to my character for veracity & their belief of my services as a soldier of the Revolution - And I further state that Henry Schenck & Rynier Veyte are the two only persons who remember my services in the War - that each of them has made a foregoing affidavit & that in consequence of the decease of Rynier Veyte I cannot obtain his second affidavit, but that of Henry Schenck will follow my affirmation - I have also been acquainted with Myndert Wilson who knew of my services in the Revolutionary War and he has also consented to testify to an Affidavit of my services, which affidavit will follow that of Doct r Henry H. Schenck
Sworn & Subscribed before me date August 3 rd 1833 Wm. J. Gaston
Yours his mark Hoagland

State of New Jersey Somerset County
Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Somerset, Junis Hoagland who being duly sworn, deposeth & saith, that by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of this service; but according to the best of his recollections he served not less than two years, as a common soldier - that is to say for the period of two weeks, as a common soldier in the foot Company of Captain Hendrick Probascos - & for the period of two years as a common soldier in the Troop of Horse commanded by Captain John Stryker & for such service I claim a pension
Sworn & subscribed to the above interrogations and affidavit, before me this 3 rd day of August 1833 W. W. Gaston
Junis Hoagland mark
Henry H. Schenck being duly sworn according to law deposeth & saith that he is well acquainted with Junis Hoagland the above named applicant for a Pension, that he entered the service of the United States in the year 1776, that he was first  enlisted as a volunteer drafted at the General Call of the Jersey Militia in the foot Company of Captain Hendrick Probascos, thinks Abraham Quick was Colonel, that he next enlisted as a volunteer  in the Troop of Horse (in the year 1776) commanded by Captain John Stryker, Walton White was Colonel and Heard General, Deponent knows that Junis Hoagland fought in the battles of Monmouth & Elizabeth Town, or Springfield And that he frequently "rode express" for Governor Livingston Deponent further declares that said Junis Hoagland continued in the service during the whole of the Revolutionary War & was always obedient to the calls & commands of his superior officers And that he was in actual service not less than two years Sworn & subscribed before me Henry H. Schenck W. W. Gaston

Mynhardt Wilson being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath depose that he has been acquainted with Janis Hoagland, the above named applicant for a Pension, since their earliest days - that he knows he was first drafted at the General Call of the Militia in New Jersey, in the first Company of Captain Hendrick Pacheco - under Colonel Abraham Quick - in the year 1776 - That after a short time he enlisted as a volunteer in the Troop of Horse commanded by Captain John Stryker and Colonel Walton White (as I think) - I have frequently seen him in the service, I saw him at the battle of Springfield and am very confident that he continued in actual service more than two years - I might state his different tours of duty but extreme old age & consequent loss of memory renders the facts as they then transpired very confused in my mind - I believe Janis Hoagland highly deserving of a Pension but from the weakness & infirmity of his body & mind he cannot state precisely his different tours of duty & all his services in the Revolutionary War -
Sworn and subscribed before me this 3 rd day of August - 1833 -
Wm B. Gaston
Mynhardt Wilson
Somerset County ss: I William B. Gaston one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County. Do hereby certify that Henry H. Schenck, Bynum Wright & Mynhardt Wilson, who have sworn to the foregoing affidavits, are persons of truth and veracity, and their statements are worthy of full credit and belief.
Wm B. Gaston
Janis Hoagland 4901-

State of New Jersey } Somerset County } ss I John M. Mann Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for said County do hereby certify that William B. Caston before whom the above Affidavits were made was at the time of the state thereof and now is a Judge of said Court and Justice of the peace in and for said County: And the signature subscribed to said Affidavits and Certificate is the proper signature of the said William B. Caston.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Bridgewater this fifth day of September eighteen hundred and thirty three.
J. Mann
not recollect how often, nor where or when

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October 16, 1925
Agnes W. Storer 230 Baldwin St., New Brunswick, New Jersey
Madam:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 1023 it appears that Tunis Hoagland was born March 10, 1749 in Franklin Township, Somerset County, New Jersey.
While living in said township he enlisted about harvest time in 1776 and served two weeks as private in Captain Hendrick Probasco's Company, Colonel Abraham Quick's New Jersey Regiment.
He enlisted late in 1776 and served in tours of one month each, under Captain John Stryker and Colonel Walton White in the New Jersey Troops as follows:
In 1776 three months as private, in 1777 five months as private, in 1778 four months as private and express rider and was at the battle of Monmouth, in 1779 as private four months, in 1780 as private four months and was at the battle of Springfield, in 1781 three months and in 1782 three months as private.
He was allowed pension on his application executed

August 15, 1832 while a resident of Franklin Township, Somerset County, New Jersey. He died July 13, 1837.
There is no data on file as to his family.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.

1924-Dec-11-Filed to R. J. Cook- being MMNF- 1925-Oct. 16-Filed to Agnes H. Storey
New War
INVALID.
File No. 1023
James Howland Pro. N. J. L. Inc.
Act: June 7, 1832.
Index:—Vol. a , Page 175-
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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This certifies that I am personally acquainted with Jurien Honzland , a Pension applicant marked No. 4901. that I have known him from my childhood - He has always possessed the reputation of a man of truth and uprightness - & his statements when he is known would be received with respect and credit -
Washington Jan. 7. 1834.
Theo. Tlingmyer.

4901 Miss Margaret
J. P. Randolph Alice

Supplemental proceedings in the case of Tunis Hoagland, an applicant under the law of 1832 State of New Jersey
Forment County 3d: On this nineteenth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three, before me the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, personally appeared Tunis Hoagland, known to me to be the same Tunis Hoagland applying for a pension under the act of June 1832, mentioned in paper numbered 4901, who being sworn, on his oath saith, that although he cannot from loss of memory & other infirmities consequent upon old age, say from the great lapse of time since they were rendered, say with precision and positively how long he served in the war of the Revolution, yet, from the conversation and information of others, from a general recollection of the history & incidents of the service, and from the knowledge that the militia of New Jersey was all regularly called, & called out very frequently in the performance of tours whose duration was fixed by law, he is enabled to render such an account as he hopes will satisfy the requirements of the War Department, and which, at the same time, he is fully confident, does not exceed in the detail, or aggregate, the services he performed. According, then, to the best of his recollection, and with the lights aforesaid, he performed not less than the number of tours mentioned below, for the times therein mentioned, and in manner as he has stated, and always in the grade of a private. He must first promise that he is made to say, in his former declaration, what he did not aver, that he was enlisted soldier. This is a mistake. He was at no time enlisted, nor did he volunteer, either, in the military reception of that term, except on his first tour. He was called, and performed his services in obedience

to call or order. He belonged, at the commencement of his services, to a company of infantry commanded by Capt. Probasco. His first tour was under Capt. Probasco in the fore part of the year 1776, on Staten Island in the state of New York, and lasted at least half a month. This was just previous to the landing of the British, and their movements were intended to prevent their from accomplishing that purpose. He shortly after this joined the company of Howe then raised in his neighborhood, & commanded by Capt. John Sky Kee & Lieut. Keight. In this company he continued for the remainder of the war. He, of course, voluntarily joined this company, and hence this mistake in designating all his services as colonial service. During the remainder of the year 1776, as is well known, the militia of New Jersey were out most of the time, and almost en masse. He never faltered in his duty, nor failed in the performance of his tour. He can safely say that he did at least three months duty in the cavalry in the year 1776, in tours of a month each, all under Capt. Sky Kee, and generally under Gen. Howe. This service was rendered in the district of country from Elizabeth Town to Trenton, no particular station being assigned to them, and the nature of the service requiring very frequent changes of places and positions. They were generally in the neighborhood of Elizabeth Town until the British entered New Jersey. They then fell back, or retreated with the rest of the troops, and took such route after they passed New Brunswick as the direction of their captain directed. They were, in consequence, not present either at the battle of Trenton or of Princeton. During the winter of 1776-7, and up to June of 1777, while

The British lay at New Brunswick, the services of their company were almost constant, & were dampers, as well as ardours. Their tours were not, and could not be, exactly regular. They were out frequently altogether, and always at least one half, and were in the practice, a part of the time, of relieving each other once a fortnight. They were scouting about along the Millstone, as near to New Brunswick as they dare go, and were occasionally posted at Princeton, which was then a depot for provisions & prisoners, &c. During the time mentioned, viz: from January to June 1778, he performed continually not less than three months service, all, as before, under his own captain. In the remainder of the year he did not less than two tours of a month each, under Capt Stuyves, or the Elizabethton station - Gen Heards being generally in command, or his deputy. In the year 1778, he did not less than four tours of a month each under Capt Stuyves. Two of these in the forepart of the year were at Elizabethton and in that neighborhood, in guarding the lines. One was in West Jersey, before at the time the British evacuated the State from Philadelphia, during which the battle of Monmouth took place, at which battle he was present - and the fourth tour was on the lines, as before, between Elizabethton & Amboy. In his two first and in his last tour, he was commanded by Gen Heards, or Gen Dickerson. In the tour in June, and during the battle of Monmouth, Col Moulton White of the Continental Troops commanded his company. In his addition to his duty in guarding the lines, this year and afterwards,

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he was repeatedly employed in carrying communications and despatches of one kind or another to Govt Service there. This was termed express riding . In 1779 he performed at least four tours of a month each, on the lines, as before, between Amboy & Elizabeth- town, and in guarding the lives & property of the inhabitants, and all his own captain's style. The incursions of the British from Staten Island were frequent, & their depredations numerous and aggravated. In 1780, he remained on the same station, and in the same ser- vice, and performed not less than four tours of a month each, under Capt. Stuyvesant  Stuyvesant  in 1781, was active at the  at the  Headquarters  Headquarters . In 1781, he continued as before on the lines, and in the same service, and performed not less than three tours of a month each under Capt. Stuyvesant. In 1782 he also performed not less than three tours of a month each, under Capt. Stuyvesant, on the same station, and in the same ser- vice of guarding the lines. Indeed, with the exception of the battles he has mentioned, and one or two sharp skirmishes with small de- tachments of the enemy, the account of one year's service, is a type of the whole, as it was pretty uniform in nature and hazard. He re- peats his conviction that he has not misstated any thing material, and certainly not over- stated the amount of his services; and he ac- cordingly prays that he may be allowed a pension for the claim of specification he now makes - referring for their ample consideration to the testimony of living witnesses, heretofore and now produced.
Subscribed known to the day before me and before me
Tunis his  mark Hoagland
John P. Schuyler Justice of the Peace

State of New Jersey } Somerset County } ss.
On this nineteenth day of December, 1832, before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, personally appeared David Voorhees, Mr. known to me to be a credible person, whose testi- mony is entitled to the fullest credit, who being duly sworn, on his oath saith, that he is in the 76 th year of his age, a soldier of the Revolution and now receiving a pension as such - that he well knows Tunis Hoagland, who has subscribed & sworn to the foregoing declaration, has known him from his boyhood, lived a neigh- bor to him during the whole of the War of the Revolution, knows that he belonged to Capt Sturken's company of Jersey, that he served in it from 1776 to the end of the War - that he was a faithful & good soldier, and an undoubted friend to his country - recollects him well in the Winter of 1776-7 and during the whole time that the British lay in Brunswick, that he was out in almost constant service all that time, under his own Captain, commanded, as he thinks, by Col. Dickerson, and has no doubt of his performing full time three to four months service recollects well afterwards, and during the whole of the War, and that he was out in each and every year from 1776 to 1783, several tours in each year - and knows that his station was, at the vicinity of Eli- zabethtown. Knows said Hoagland to be a man of veracity & general probity, and has no hesitation in believing the entire statement which he has, this day made.
Subscribed & sworn to the day & year after
said before me
Wm. Johnson Justice of the Peace
David Voorhees

State of New Jersey Somerset County ss 7 Court of Common Pleas in and for said County do hereby certify that John Schunne before whom the foregoing affidavits of Tunis Hoagland and David Corlies were made and whose proper signature is subscribed to said affidavits was at the time of the state thereof and now as a Justice of the peace in and for said county duly commissioned & sworn
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Bridgewater this twentieth day of December in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and thirty three
J. M. Mann

1890
James Newland
Admitted Private of Drury 2 years. ✓
Hon The Wrlngton N.E. Senate James F. Randolph James F. Randolph
N.L.

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
April. 29.
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 tubular 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
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.              
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.
Mr Lewis Hoagland J. L.

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 , 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.
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.
[k] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

230 BALDWIN STREET NEW BRUNSWICK NEW JERSEY
Sept. 4, 1925
United States Pension Bureau Washington D.C.
! Please send me the Pension Record of Junis (or Dennis) Hoogland of Hillsborough (Millstone) New Jersey, who was, I think, a member of a Troop of Light Dragoons, also an Express Rider in the Revolutionary War, from Somerset County.

He was born about 1752 -
2 Also of Nathaniel Holland Beaman -
From Lancaster, Worcester Co - Mass -
Oct. 5, 1747 -
Died at Rutland, Vt. May 17, 1817.
His widow, Sarahful Beaman, applied for a pension Oct. 23, 1837 from Newport, St. Lawrence Co - Lower Canada. He was captain in the 1st Worcester Co - Col. Josiah Whitney's regiment.
3. Was Captain John Wadsworth Moulthrop, born about 1730-35 at New Haven, or East Haven - a prisoner? I find him mentioned in accounts of the New Haven Alarm with the above title. With thanks for the information; Agnes W. Storer

LEHIGH VALLEY COAL SALES COMPANY
W.J. CONKLING SALES AGENT
UNION BUILDING NEWARK, N. J.
November 28, 1924.
Hon. Washington Gardner, Commissioner of Pensions, Bureau of Pensions, Department of the Interior, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:-
Will you kindly furnish pension certificate of TUNIS HOAGLAND, SOMERSET COUNTY, NEW JERSEY. His name appears as Private of Dragoons, New Jersey Militia,
The information is desired for genealogical record of the Hoagland family.
Your courtesy will be highly appreciated.
Very truly yours,
W. J. Conkling 905 Union Building, Clinton Street, Newark, N. J.
C/W.

mmh
December 11, 1924
W. J. Conkling 905 Union Bldg., Clinton St., Newark, New Jersey.
Sir:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 1023 it appears that Tunis Hoagland was born March 10, 1749 in Franklin Township, Somerset County, New Jersey.
While living in said Township he enlisted about harvest time 1776 and served two weeks as a private in Hendrick Probasco's Captain Hendrick's Company, Colonel Abraham Quick's New Jersey Regiment.
He enlisted late in 1776 and served in tours of one month each, under Capt. John Stricker  under Capt. John Stricker and Colonel Walton White in the New Jersey Troops as follows:
In 1776 three months as a private, in 1777 five months as private, in 1778 four months as private and express rider, and was at the battle of Monmouth, in 1779 as a private four months, in 1780 as private four months and was at the battle of Springfield, in 1781 three months and in 1782 three months as private.
He was allowed pension on his application executed
This was an error in the original document Corrected Oct. 16-1925 mmh

ed August 15, 1832 while a resident of Franklin Township, Somerset County, New Jersey. He died July 13, 1837.
There is no data on file as to his family.
Respectfully,
Acting Commissioner.