Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B. L. Wt. 2345-100, for Stephen Sneethen, New Jersey
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
New Jersey
Sneethen, Stephen
or 
Snedon.
NUMBER
B.L. Wt. 2345-100.
CONTENTS
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Nov 23d 44

Wm Gordon.
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Washington 23d.. Novr.. 1844.

Recd.. of the Commissioner of Pensions, Land Warrant No.. 2345, in behalf of Mary Sneethen & Elijah Sneethen, Niece & Nephew, of Hudson Sneethen, Grand Nephew the only heirs at Law of Stephen Sneethen decd.. who was a Soldier in the New Jersey Line - entitling the said heirs to one hundred acres of Land.

Lewis Condict Atty. in fact
for said Heirs.
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State of New Jersey, Morris County. 
Surrogates Office September 2nd.. 1844.
I certify that satisfactory evidence was adduced to me, to prove, that Stephen Sneethen, who, it is represented & believed, was a soldier by enlistment in the army of the United States & served during the Revolutionary war in the regiment commanded by Col. Ogden or Col. Dayton of the New Jersey line, did, after his discharge from the Army, reside in the City of New York, where his Mother, then a widow, & other friends also, resided. That in the year 1783, or 1784, he, the said Stephen Sneethen, sailed from the port of New York, in a vessel bound for the coast of Africa, or some foreign port, & was never [inserted: afterward] seen or heard of by his relatives, who believe that he was lost at sea. That said Stephen Sneethen was never married: that his parents are dead: that he had no sister, & but one brother, viz: Elijah Sneethen, who was then living, was a married man, & spent the greater part of his life in Morris Town New Jersey, when he died in December 1805, leaving four children & no more, viz: Stephen, Mary, Samuel, & Elijah: of these four children: two are dead, viz: Stephen & Samuel: Stephen was married & left one son & but one child, whose name is Hudson: Samuel left no child: Mary & Elijah are living: Mary is now in Morris Town, & Elijah resides in Newburg in the State of New York. Hudson, the grandson of Elijah, & grand nephew of Stephen Sneethen, left Newburg about two years past, & is believed to be now living in one of the Southern States, & in the twenty sixth year of his age.
I am satisfied, that the above named Mary Sneethen & Elijah Sneethen, children of Elijah Sneethen, & Hudson Sneethen his grandson, are the only surviving heirs at law in [fre.?] of Stephen Sneethen decd.. formerly a private soldier in the New Jersey line of the Continental Army in a regiment commanded by Col: Ogden or Col: Dayton, as is inferred from a published letter of  Hon: W. L. Dayton, a Senator of the U. States, dated 20th.. March.

Witness my hand and seal of office, the second day of September, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred & forty four.
William N. Wood
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Stephen Sneethen
N. 2345
Lewis Condict Esqr
Morristown
N Jersey
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State of New Jersey Morris County Ss:
I, Mary Sneethen, one of the heirs at Law of Stephen Sneethen, a soldier of the Revolution, do, upon oath, testify & declare, to the best of my knowledge & belief, that said Stephen Sneethen, did enter the service in the year of our Lord       for the term of    during the war, & served as a private in the Regiment No..    under the command of Colonel Matthias Ogden, or Colonel Elias Dayton (uncertain which of the two) of the New Jersey line, & that he continued to serve as aforesaid, until the close of the war of the revolution. And I further declare, that I have never received a Warrant for the Bounty land promised to said Stephen Sneethen on the part of the United States; nor do I believe that he ever received it, or transferred his claim to it in any manner whatsoever; therefore
Know all men by these presents, that I, Mary Sneethen, aforesaid, do hereby constitute & appoint Lewis Condict, of New Jersey, to be my true & lawful Attorney, for me & in my name, to demand & receive from the Secretary of War, of the United States, a Warrant for the quantity of land due to me as aforesaid; & my said Attorney is hereby fully authorized & empowered, to constitute & appoint one or more substitutes or attornies under him, for the special purposes above expressed
Mary Snedon
Attest - Silas Condict
Silas L. Condict

Personally appeared the above named Mary Sneethen, subscribes to the forgoing declaration, & made oath to the same, & in my presence acknowledged the power of Attorney thereto subjoined, to be he free act & deed, for the purposes therein mentioned. 
Silas Condict, Justice of Peace
Atty.. Silas L. Condict  October 10th.. 1844

In testimony that the above written Silas Condict Esqr.. was a magistrate authorized to administer oaths & take acknowledgments in the State of New Jersey, at the above date, & that his name there subscribed appears to me to be his usual signature, I have hereto affixed the County Seal & subscribed my name & quality, at Morris Town New Jersey, this 18th.. day of November, AD. 1844.
George H. Ludlow Clerk
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I, Lewis Condict of Morris Town New Jersey hereby certify, that I have been personally well acquainted with the County of Elijah Sneether, the brother of Stephen Sneether within named as a soldier of the revolution, since the year 1790, about which time he removed from New York City with his family, & settled in Morristown where he carried on his trade (a Tailor), until his death, a period of 20 years & longer.

The two persons whose names are subscribed to the two depositions hereto annexed, and
written "Mary Sneden & Elijah S. Sneden, are both the children of said Elijah Sneethen the
Tailor, the brother of Stephen Sneethen the soldier. Said Elijah Sneeden when I first
knew him, then wrote his family name Sneethen & occasionally Snethen, & so he continued to write it, until a few years prior to his death. I was his family physician from the year 1794 to his death, & in my entries in my account books, both day book & Ledger his name is written Sneethen & Snethen, & so his name was written on his sign board.  At what precise period he varied in the mode of writing it- or why he changed, I do not know. I believe his family now writes it with the Letter  "d", instead of "h" & with one e in the first syllable. Morristown N.J. November 17th 1844.

New Jersey Morris County SS:  Lewis Condict

Be it known, that before me, Elijah Ward, a Justice of peace in & for said County, personally came Lewis Condict believed by me to be a man of truth, & made oath in due form of law, that the statement of facts in the above deposition
are true, to the best of his understanding & belief.

Sworn before me, November 17th 1844.
Elijah Ward JP

In testimony that the above written Elijah Ward Esq was a magistrate, authorized to administer oaths & take depositions & acknowledgements in the State of New Jersey at the above date, & that his name there subscribed appears to be to be his usual signature.

I have affixed the County seal to my certificate on the first page, & subscribed my name & quality at Morris Town, this 18th day of November 1844.
George H Ludlow Clerk
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State of New York, Orange County ss:
I Elijah Sneethen, one of the heirs at law of Stephen Sneethen a soldier of the Revolution, do upon oath, testify & declare, to the best of my knowledge & belief that said Stephen Sneethen, did enter the service in the year your Lord [blank] for the term of during the war, & served as a private in the Regiment No. [blank] 
under the command of Colonel Matthias Ogden, or Colonel Elias Dayton (uncertain which of the two) of the New Jersey line, & that he continued to serve as aforesaid, until the close of the war of the revolution.  And I further declare, that I have never received a Warrant for the Bounty land promised to said Stephen Sneethen on the part of the United States, nor do I believe that he ever received it, or transferred his claim to it, in any manner whatsoever-therefore

Know all men by these presents, that I, Elijah Sneethen aforesaid do hereby constitute & appoint Lewis Condict of New Jersey, to be my true & lawful Attorney, for me & in my name to demand & receive from the Secretary of War of the United States, a warrant for the quantity of land due to me as aforesaid; & my said attorney is hereby authorized & empowered, to constitute & appoint, one or more substitutes or attornies under him, for the special purposes above expressed.
Attest. Joseph Simpson
C. F. Belknap
Elijah Sneden

Personally appeared the above named Elijah Sneethen, subscriber to the foregoing Declaration & made oath to the same; & in my presence acknowledged the power of attorney thereto subjoined to be his free act & deed, for the purposes therein mentioned. N.B. the word "free" in the first line above, was interlined before signing.

Attest.
C. F. Belknap
Justice of the Peace
in & for Orange County
(was & Magistrate)

In testimony that the above written authorized to administer oaths & take acknowledgement, in the State of New York, ['I have' crossed out] at 
the above date, & that his name there subscribed, appears to me to be his usual signature.

I have hereunto affixed the County Seal, & subscribed my name & quality at [blank] 
on this [blank] day of [blank] A.D. 1844.
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STATE OF NEW YORK, ORANGE COUNTY, SS. - I, JOHN C. WALLACE, Clerk of the County of Orange, do hereby certify, that C. F. Belknap--
whose name is subscribed to the Certificate of the proof or acknowledgement of the annexed deposition & Certificate and thereon written, was at the time of taking such proof or acknowledgement, a Justice of the Peace --
in and for the county aforesaid, dwelling in the said county, commissioned and sworn, and duly authorized to take the same; And further, that I am well acquainted with the handwriting
of the said C. F. Belknap and verily believe that the signature to the said certificate of proof or acknowledgement is genuine.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my Hand and affixed the Seal of the said county, the 30th day of October 1844
John C. Wallace Clerk