State of New Jersey
County of Morris on the 24th day of July, 1832 
appeared before me, William Munro, one of the Judges 
of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the county of 
Morris and the State of New Jersey, Henry Welter, a 
resident Citizen of the township of Roxbury in the 
county of Morris and the State of New Jersey, aged 
ninety seven years, who being first sworn by me 
according to law on his oath, and made the following 
declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act 
of Congress passed January 1832 to wit: -- that he 
enlisted and entered the Company of Volunteers as a 
drummer in the month of May 1775 for the period of 
three years for common defense against the common 
enemy in the State of New Jersey and that he ?enlisted 
or entered the service of ? in a company at New 
Germantown, Hunterdon County NJ under the command of 
Captain Godfrey Rhinehart, Lieut. John Read and Ensign 
Morris Crammers which company was attached to a 
Regiment under command of Col. John M Holme of General 
?Freelinhausen’s brigade of the New Jersey Militia 
which company of volunteers pledged themselves to 
?house equipt and in control readiness for the period 
of three years for the common defense against the 
common enemy which and whenever called upon in the 
State of New Jersey and that during that period of his 
service his ? were ?sudden marched to various points 
of alarm and ? in acts of subjugating the Tories or 
internal enemies, while in the service he was also 
called to Elizabeth Town, Newark, Amboy, New 
Brunswick, Quarell?Lawn, Middle Booth? Short Hills, ?, 
?Aquamanauk, Morris Town, Trenton, Springfield, and ? 
and various other places in New Jersey and that during 
the latter part of his three years service a change of 
Officers took place in said company and ?Micham Candy? 
was appointed capt, Morris Crammers lieut and Matthieu 
Crammers Ensign who continued to act as officers the 
three years service expired and that during his years 
of enlistment he was more than two full years engaged 
on active duty in the common cause for Independence 
and that ?his ? further South? That ? Subsequently? 
Paid for three years Service and discharged at 
?Metuchen near New Brunswick after May 1778 by a 
written discharge signed by General Heard, Gen  Freel-
--inghuyson? Col Martin, Col McHolme and Col Taylor of 
the Militia and this ?Saith that he was born in 
Germany in Europe and came to America with his father 
when he was about 5 years of age and settled in 
Roxbury Township, Morris County N. J. ?deformed ?saith 
that he has no family record of his age but was 
informed by his parents that he was born sometime 
about 1735, that he lived in the Township of Roxbury 
near New Germantown when he enlisted or entered the 
service in the war of the Revolution as before stated 
that he has no documentary evidence of his service in 
his possession his discharge having been lost or 
destroyed and that he does not know of only one person 
now living who served with him or had any knowledge of 
his revolutionary service, to wit, John M Fisher, who 
was an orderly Sergeant in said company to which the 
?Diponent belongs, that he is personally known to Wm 
Mormon? Esq, John Sharp Esq, and Samuel Wier and ?Lar 
Bienfer, a minister of ? ast? And this diponent saith 
that from his great ? bodily infirmity he is unable to 
attend the County Court a distance of twenty miles and 
that he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever his 
pension or annuity (except the present) and declares 
that his name is not in the pension roll of New Jersey 
or any other state whatsoever,  Henry Walter
Scribe and Subscribed before me the 24th of July 1832
Wm Monro