New York County NyArchives Military Records.....Oliver, Richard Nicholas May 18, 1819
Revwar - Pension Captian Rudolph
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Revolutionary War Penison Application
Heritage Quest Online Revolutionary War Pension Application
M805 Roll 622 Image 217 File S43741
Also on Ancestry under Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant
Application Files, 1800-1900.
on 18 March 1819 received pension from New York,  sent to Benj. Ferris, Clerk
City of New York 
applied as Nicholas Oliver but his full name was Richard Nicholas Oliver.
letter sent to Norris S. Oliver of East Orange, NJ in 1929 
another letter sent to Mrs. John R. Aust or Hust.  (She intermingles him up with
Nickerson/Nicholas Oliver of Halifax Co, VA  but the data do not match.)
Nicholas Oliver enlisted into Captain Rudolph’s Company and remained until the
close of the war.  His company was disbanded on 30 June 1783 in Charleston, SC.
Witnesses were David Brown and Pilip Nulkerson, a classmate from NJ.
His possessions totaled $59.57 1/2, with no real estate.  A list is included.
He states he worked as a Carpenter,  Ship Joiner and Cabinet Maker after the war
but because of a wound in his leg and rheumatism in his shoulders he can no
longer do this much.
on 6 April 1818 he was living in New York, aged 58 (therefore born 1760)
Native of New Jersey.
States wife was named Elizabeth and was  46 in 1821 and in poor health.
States his son Simmons (sp?) is 22 and weakly and slender.  Although he has
tried mechanical jobs, these proved too hard and he has been hospitalized for
months at a time.
His daughter Caroline 13 is at home but is also weak and sickly.
His son David is healthy but only 6.
He is assisted in support of his family by a brother in New Bern, NC (not named)
and a brother-in-law in Charleston, SC (not named.
Note on the front of the file says he died 17 March 1824


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