Mapping Veterans of the Jersey Militia Who Moved Out of the State as of June 7, 1832
While not every Revolutionary veteran applied for a pension, by the time the Pension Act of 1832 was passed on June 7, 1832, approximately 1,002 veterans of the New Jersey militia had migrated out of the State. Use the map below to discover who they were and follow their journey, from their birthplace, if known, to where they entered the service during the war, 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 Militia 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 1832
The area that would become the five boros of New York City counted 41 Jersey veterans all together - Kings (Brooklyn): 1; New York (Manhattan): 35; Queens: 1; Richmond (Staten Island): 3; Westchester (containing the Bronx): 1.
Top Five Counties in Pennsylvania Where Jersey Veterans Settled by 1832
Jersey veterans were concentrated mostly in the southwest corner of the State in the area surrounding Cincinatti. Trumbull County was the only other county with more than 10 veterans claiming residency (11), with the 132 remaining veterans who settled in Ohio spread across 52 counties.
Top Five Counties in Ohio Where Jersey Veterans Settled by 1832
Mercer and Washington Counties also had 15 Jersey veterans claiming residency. Luzerne (13) and Beaver (13) Counties were the two others that were home to more than 10 Jersey veterans, with 26 counties counting below 10. Butler, Clarion, Erie, Franklin, McKean, Mifflin, and York Counties had only a single Jersey veteran claiming residency.
Top Five Counties in Kentucky Where Jersey Veterans Settled by 1832
Owen and Shelby Counties also had two Jersey veterans claiming residency. Twenty eight (28) other counties were home to only a single Jersey veteran who applied for a pension under the Act of 1832.
“That it will appear evident to anyone (who considers that the British had possession of New York and Staten Island from 1776 till the close of the war, and that they were constantly making incursions into New Jersey for the purpose of plunder and devastation, and that the defence of New Jersey against these incursions was thrown entirely upon the Jersey militia) that there was seldom a period during the revolutionary war when the Jersey militia were idle.”