Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 30134, for John Stills, New York
Page 1

(3-1776) 
SERVICE 
New York 
Stills, John 
NUMBER 
S.30134 
CONTENTS
Page 2

Massachusetts  31 295
John Stills
of Berkshire Co. in the State of Massa.
who was a Private in the company commanded
by Captain Hicks of the Rgt commanded by Col Van Schaick in the N. Yk
line for 10 mos
Inscribed on the Roll of Massa.
at the rate of 33 Dollars 33 Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 19th day of Dec. 1837 and sent Hon G. N. Briggs Ho of Reps
Arrears to the 4th of Sept. 1837   $216.64
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar '38  16.66
$233.30
{Revolutionary Claim,
Act, June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by D. D. Addison Clerk
Book. E   Vol. 3d   Page 81
Page 3

See let:  to Hon G. N. Briggs 29 May '40
Paid at the Treasury under this Act of the 6th April 1838 from 4 March to 4 Sep 1839.  Agt notified 15 July 1840
Page 4

33321
John Stills
Mass.
Adm 10 mos $33.33
per ann. private.
NYork Contl line
Capt Hicks
Col Van Schaick

Capt Hick, was comd
[illegible] 1776. -
Page 5

State of New York
Rensselaer County } Ss
I, Henry R Bristol Clerk of the same County do hereby Certify that Carpenter G Conklin before whom the within affidavit appears to have been taken was at the time of taking said affidavit A Justice of Peace in & for the said County of Rensselaer and that his signature within written is Genuine
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & Seal the 23d day of September 1835
[signed] Henry R. Bristol  Clerk

State of New York
Rensselaer County 
I Joh Pierson of the City of Troy in the County of Rensselaer do certify that I have been acquainted with Jonathan Brown within named for more than twenty years last past.  That his reputation for truth and veracity has ever been & still is good and that in my opinion he is entitled to full credit as a witness - Dated Troy  Oct 26th 1835
[signed] J. Pierson
Page 6

State of New York   County of Rensselaer
Jonathan Brown of the Town of Pittstown in the County and State aforesaid being duly Sworn deposeth and Saith that he was an Ensign in the Revelutionary Army in the Company Commanded by Captain Benjamin Hicks belonging to Colonel Goose Van Schaick's Regiment of the New York State Troops, that he had his Commission Signed by John Hancock and others and Counter Signed by General Philip Schuyler which said Commission was forwarded to the Office of the Secretary at War at the time this deponent made his application to that department for a pension - That the Deponent was a recruiting Officer in the Spring one thousand Seven hundred and Seventy Six Stationed on Said Service in the Town of Pittstown aforesaid where this deponent then and ever Since has resided, that Some time in the month of March in the said year one thousand Seven hundred and Seventy Six the precise day he is unable to State and while on Such recruiting Service as aforesaid he this Deponent enlisted John Stills into his company as a private Soldier for the Term of ten months that he the Said John Stills joined the Said Regiment at Albany, and marched from there with the Regiment to Lake George where he faithfully Served as Such private Soldier under this deponent in his Said Company for the Said Term of ten months the full term of his enlistment when he was paid off and honorably discharged, the said John Stills resided in Pittstown forward and at work for the Father of this Deponent at the time he enlisted
Jonathan Brown
Sworn this 23d day of September 1835
Carpenter G Conklin
Justice of the peace
Page 7

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, & served as he States - And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that Geo. N. Briggs & Asahel Jordan who signed the preceding certificate are residents of the Town of Lanesborough in the County of Berkshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts and that they are credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit- 
[signed] William P. Walker Judge Probate

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Berkshire SS. I Henry W Bishop Register of the Court of Probate within & for the County of Berkshire aforesaid do certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of John Stills for a pension -- 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto inscribed my name and affixed the seal of said Court of Probate this thirteenth of October in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred & thirty five. 
[signed] Henry W. Bishop Register Probate
Page 8

Commonwealth of Massachusetts 
Berkshire County ss.
On this thirteenth day of October AD 1835 personally appeared in open Court, before the Honorable William P. Walker Judge of the Court of Probate within & for said County of Berkshire now sitting John Stills a resident of the town of New Ashford in the County of Berkshire Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged Seventy seven years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 1832 - That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers & served as herein stated. That he was born in the City of New York in the year seventeen hundred & fifty eight - that he entered the service of the United States in the line of the New York State Troops in the month of March Seventeen Hundred & Seventy six - that he then resided in Pittstown in the State of New York - that he enlisted for the term of ten months into a company commanded by Capt. Hicks that the other officers of the company were Lieut. Young & Ensign Brown - that the said company was attached to a Regiment commanded by Col. Van Schaick that he was mustered in Albany & was marched to a fort on Lake George - that he was stationed a part of said term at Albany before they were marched & after he marched to Lake George, he was dispatched with a small party under Capt. Hicks to Canada, that they went down Lake Champlain in a Batteaux
Page 9

as far as Chambly - that on his return he joined his company & was stationed at [illegible] Lake George the residue of said term of ten months - that he served out the term of his enlistment faithfully - that he had no written discharge - that for evidence of his service he referred to the affidavit of Jonathan Brown hereto annexed where he knows of other [illegible] by whom [illegible…] - That he recollects of seeing Genl. Schuyler at Albany & at Lake George - that he was commander of the troops to which he was attached - that he cannot name any other officers - He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity, except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State 
[signed] John Stills
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid 
[signed] W. P. Walker Judge of Probate 
We Asahel Jordan residing in the Town of Lanesborough and Geo. N. Briggs. also of said town hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Stills who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be Seventy Seven years of age - that he is reputed and believed, in the neighbourhood when he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution & that we concur in that opinion & that there is no Clergyman residing in the town where he resides – 
Sworn and subscribed the day & year aforesaid 
[signed] Geo N. Briggs   Asahel Jordan
[signed] W. P. Walker J. Probate
Page 10

No. 33321 
Massachusetts 
John Stills 
Suspended 
Let to Hon G. N. Briggs Nov 3 35 
Let to Same Dec 7th 35

Admitted
Page 11

John Stills 
born ‘58. 
Mar. 76. 10 mo. Capt. Hicks  Col VanSchaick
Page 12

30134 
Revy INVALID. 
File No. 30.134 
John Stills 
Pri Rev War 
Act: June 7th 32 
Index: - Vol. 2, Page 396 
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Page 13

TREASURY DEPARTMENT. 
Second Comptroller's Office 
July 10th 1840. 
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States,” John Stills a Pensioner on the Roll of the Massachusetts Agency, at the rate of thirty three Dollars and thirty three cents per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of March to the 4th Sept. 1839.
Respectfully yours 
[signed] Albion K. Parris 
Comptroller. 
To the Commissioner of Pensions, 
Present.
Page 14

May 25, 1840
[illegible] Stewart

J. L. Edwards present

Hon G. N. Briggs
HR
Page 15

23 May 40 
Sir
Enclosed I send you a letter of [illegible] Harmon of New Ashford Mass on the subject of [illegible] pension 
[illegible] G. N. Briggs

P.S. A few days [illegible] send a certificate for Anna Ford, will you please look at the papers [illegible…] I have lost any [illegible] which I might have had
GNB