Mapping Veterans of the Jersey Continental Line Who Moved Out of the State as of March 18, 1818
While not every Revolutionary veteran applied for a pension, by the time the Pension Act of 1818 was passed on March 18, 1818, at least 348 veterans of the New Jersey Continental Line had left New Jersey and were living in another State. Use the map below to discover who they were and where they were residing when they made their declaration for a pension.
How to Use the Map
Choose a veteran from the list on the left by scrolling through and clicking on their name. This will narrow the display to show just their unique migration path on the map. Click again on a veterans’s name to unselect and return to the master map that displays all location points. Dates are shown near the points on their journey when known. All points are placed within the geographical center of towns, if mentioned. If a veteran did not indicate a specific town but did give the name of a county as a place of residence, the geographical center of the county is used as the location point. If no county was given, then the geographical center of a State is used.
Clicking on a point will open a tab on the right side of the map, which will give more information about the veteran and the context of that particular location in their journey.
Learn more about the sources that went into the making of this map.
At a Glance
States Where Jersey Continental Veterans Settled After the War
Hover over a bar to see the number of veterans who emigrated to that particular State.
Top Five Counties in New York Where Jersey Veterans Settled by 1818
Onandaga County also was home to five Jersey veterans, and 27 additional counties were home to 4 or less. Two veterans, Matthias Cobb (S.43338) and Ephraim Hayward (W.2613) settled in Essex County, with Hayward making his pension declaration while living in Schroon, not far from Fort Ticonderoga.
Top Five Counties in Ohio Where Jersey Veterans Settled by 1818
As with Pennsylvania, Jersey veterans were scattered all Ohio in smaller numbers. Knox, Montgomery, and Trumbull Counties were home to three Jersey veterans each, with 22 other counties home to two or less. John D. Bowers (W.1216) and John Hubbell (W.9484) of Warren County were the first Jerseymen to hear of the Pension Act, both applying on Apil 16, 1818.
Top Five Counties in Pennsylvania Where Jersey Veterans Settled by 1818
Jersey Continental veterans were spread all across Pennsylvania. Lycoming, Northumberland, Pike, and Washington Counties each were home to five veterans each, and 23 additional counties were home to four veterans or less. Francis Carberry (S.40806) was the first Jerseyman to apply in Pennsylvania, making his declaration on April 4, 1818.
Top Four Counties in Kentucky Where Jersey Veterans Settled by 1818
Only 18 veterans of the New Jersey Continental Line were living in Kentucky when they applied for their pensions under the Act of 1818. Ichabod Blackledge (S.36417), a veteran of Colonel William Winds’s 1st New Jersey Battalion during the Northern Campaign of 1775-76, was the first to apply on April 27, 1818. He was living in Pulaski County at the time of his application.
