Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 1113, for Joseph Stele, New Jersey
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
New Jersey

Stele, Joseph
or Stelle

NUMBER
S. 1113

carded

CONTENTS
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22.912
New Jersey
Joseph Stelle
of Middlesex in the State of New Jersey who was a private in the Comp. commanded by Captain Manning of the Regt. commanded by Vol. Crow in the N. Jersey line for 2 years

Stelle. Records corrected July 27 '03

Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey at the rate of 80 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 6 day of Dec 1833 and sent to J. F. Randolph M.C. present

Arrears to the 4th of Sep. '33 $200
Semi=anl. allowance ending 4 M '34  40
$240

Revolutionary Claim Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by G. C. Stiles Clerk
Book E. Vol. 3. Page 131
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Declaration of Joseph Stelle of the township of Piscataway, County of Middlesex, New Jersey in order to obtain the benefit of an act of Congress passed June 7 1832.

State of New Jersey Middlesex County SS. On this thirtieth day of July one thousand eight hundred & thirty three personally appeared in open court before the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for the County aforesaid, now sitting Joseph Stelle, a resident of said County who being first sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of June 7 1832. That he was born in the township of Piscataway in the County of Middlesex New Jersey on the 29th day of May 1749 as appears from a record in his family bible and that he is consequently in the 85th year of his age - that he lived in said township at the time he entered the service, lives there now, and has always lived there. That by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory he cannot give an entirely satisfactory account of his service, nor swear positively to their length but that according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below and always in the grade of a private that he entered the service for himself (and also served but for himself) being enrolled &C called in the early part of the year 1776 and served (illegible) that year not less than four tours of a month each at Woodbridge, and on that station, from Amb(torn off-illegible) of a month to Bergen (illegible) Paulus Hook. His first tour, as he well recollects, was under Capt Moses Ma(cut off-illegibe)