Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 11166, for Stephen Osborn, New Jersey
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE
New Jersey
Osborn, Stephen
NUMBER
S. 11166
CONTENTS
learded
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( 3 -- 230.)
ALID. (Series of act 1832 Revy war
Cert. No. 16093
[N]ame, Stephen Osborn
[R]ank Private; Service, New Jersey

Agency
Original Roll North Carolina
Agency 
Transf'd  18,   to
" 18, to

Issue. Class
Entered
Issued July 1. 1833,  18
Mailed  , 18
Rate and Period, $80.00 from March 4 1831
(per Annum )
Died July 11, 1840 (AB)
Deductions:
Disability:

Issue. Class
Issued  , 18
Mailed  , 18
Rate and Period, $  , from  , 18
Deductions:
Disability:
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Davidico
Declaration of
Stephen Osborn
for a Pension
in lieu of one
filed under the
old law
which was returned
Admit as private
2 yr $80.00

Osborn, Stephen
N.J.S11166

Salem NC Ethoben
Ater
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Declaration in order obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7 1832.

State of North Carolina
Davidson County//

Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions May Term A.D. 1833

On this 16th day of May personally appeared in Open Court before the Justices of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for the County of Davidson now sitting, Stephen Osborn, a resident of the County of Davidson in the State of North Carolina, aged about 80 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 follow named officers and served as herein stated. He states that he served in the Revolutionary War. That he enlisted in the State of New Jersey, in Somerset County, in the regular service in the First New Jersey Regiment Continental (2 efforts but no connection) by Col. Ogden in the company commanded by Capt. Silas Howsh or Hosh. That he cannot recollect the day and [duplicate: and] month when this enlistment took place but, to the best of his recollection, it was in the spring or summer of the year 1776. That he enlisted for a term of three years but [crossed out: was] continued in service eighteen months longer until he was discharged on the first of January [crossed out: 1871] 1781, when he was discharged afo(resaid) by John N. [illegible], the Jr. Commandant of the First Regiment of Guards by order of the commissioned guards at Hampton, signed [illegible] C. Frelinghuysen, Secretary, which discharge was in writing and is hereunto affixed. That he served not less than four years and six...
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...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 and served as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Zebulon Hunt & Wm. Kennedy, who have signed the proceeding certificate are residents of the County of Davidson. That they are credible person and that their statement is entitled to [crossed out: and] credit.

And the court is satisfied that from the restrictions of the old man being Ninety, helpless & friendless, he was not able to procure a Clergyman to certify for him; none living at his immediate vicinity.
s/ Thos. Hampton, J.P. (seal)
s/ James Wisconsin, J.P. (seal)
s/ Jno. M. Smith, J.P. (seal)

I, David Mock, Clerk of the Court of the Pleas and Quarter Sessions for the County of Davidson, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Stephen Osborn for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my Hand & affixed my Seal of Office this 16 May 1833.
s/ D. Mock, Clerk

Osborn, Stephen
N.J. S.11166
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...[duplicate: not] in the field. During at which time his duty was military and was engaged in no civil pursuit whatever. He states that he has no documentary evidence of his service, except the aforesaid discharge, and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure to certify to his service. He states that he was born in Somerset County, State New Jersey in the year 1753. That he has no record of his age.

That when he entered in the service he lived in the State of New Jersey in Somerset County & that immediately after his discharge, he move to the State of North Carolina, Rowan County, now Davidson, where he has resided ever since. He [illegible] states that in his present neighborhood he is known to Zebulon Hunt & David Mock & Wm. Kennedy, who can testify to his character for veracity and their belief of his service as a Soldier of the Revolution.

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declare that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State.
s/ Stephen P. Osborn (X - his mark)

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
s/ D. Mock, Clerk

We, Zebulon Hunt & Wm. Kennedy, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Stephen Osborn, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration. That we believe him to be 80 years of age. That he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a Soldier in the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion.
s/ Zebulon Hunt
s/ W. Kennedy

Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid.
s/ D. Mock, Clerk
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Osborn, Stephen
N.J. S.11166

...[duplicate: six] months as a Private.

That he continued the whole of his service in the same company and regiment as he states. That which in this service, he was in the battle or skirmish at the [crossed out: State] Short Hills, where he thinks the brigade or division of which his regiment was attached, was commanded by a general named Marfield or Moorfield, in which affair he was wounded in the right thigh, near the hip, by a musket ball, and from which wound he was confined in the hospital seven months, which confinement is included in above service, and from which wounds he retains effects to this day.

That he was likewise present at the Battle of Long Island with his company, where Lord Sterling commanded the enemies forces and where at his said prison, Lord Sterling was taken prisoner, and he was likewise present at the Battle of White Plains.

He states that at the time when [Benedict] Arnold's treachery was discovered, he was with his company at a point thirty miles from [crossed out: there] West Point That the news of [Benedict] Arnold's treachery around at their encampment in the evening, when they were immediately put upon the march toward the road in order to assist in any emergency there anytime happening. Then at the dawn of day, they were within 3 miles of the place, Having arrived at West Point a short time, they were marched back to New Jersey. That he did duty in the greater part of his service in that State in marching from one point to another where danger was apprehended. He states that he was likewise present at the taking of the Hessians at Trenton. That he does not know what general officer was in chief command but thinks his regiment was commanded by Gen'l Marfield. That he was in garrison sometime at Fort Washington, sometime billeted in New York when...
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October 1, 1937

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

Mr. H. H. West
214 South Hill Street
Los Angeles, California

STEPHEN OSBORN
S. 11166
BA-J/EEL: MLB

Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Stephen Osborn, Sr., whose name you found on
a list of pensioners of the 1840 Index, as aged eighty-seven years and a resident of Davidson County, North Carolina.

You are furnished below the record of Stephen Osborn as found in pension claim, S. 11166, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.

Stephen Osborn was born in 1753 in Somerset County, New Jersey. The names of his parents are not shown.

While a resident of Somerset County, New Jersey, he enlisted in the spring or summer of 1776, served as private in Captain Silas Howell's company, Colonel Ogden's First New Jersey Regiment, was in the battles of Long Island, White Plains, Trenton and Short Hills where
he was wounded by a musket ball near the hip in the right thigh and was discharged January 31, 1781, by John N. Cummings, Major Commandant, First New Jersey Regiment.

After the Revolution the soldier moved to that part of Rowan County which later became Davidson County, North Carolina.

Stephen Osborn was allowed pension on his application executed May 16, 1833, while a resident of Davidson County, North Carolina. He
died July 11, 1840.

It is not stated whether Stephen Osborn ever married.

In order to obtain date of last payment of pension and name and address of person paid, you should write to the Comptroller General,
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General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the
following data:

Stephen Osborn
Certificate #16093
Issued July 1, 1833
Rate, $80 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1831
Act June 7, 1832
North Carolina Agency.

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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Stephen Osborn
S. F 11166
N. J.
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We Report on our opinion that Stephen Osborn of the first Jersey Regt is entitled to his Discharge
[illegible] Jan of 31. 1781.
By order of the Commander.

Fred. Frelinghergen Secretary

The Consequence of the Above Stephen Osborn is Discharged.
Jn N Cummings, Major Comdt
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H. H. WEST CO.
Manufacturers' Representative
214 South Hill Street
VAndike 1818
Los Angeles, Calif.

18 September 1937

Veterans Administration,
Washington, D.C.

Gentlemen:

In list of pensioners, from the 1840 Index, is:
Revolutionary Soldier STEPHEN OSBORN, SR., 87 years old, a resident of Davidson County, North Carolina.

Will you kindly favor me with an abstract of his pension record pertaining to military service, and family references to be used in a History of Revolutionary soldier Hezekiah West of the Carolinas, and oblige,
 
Yours very truly,
H. H. West.

HHW/M

Received
Sep 22 1937
MAIL SUB. DIV.
VETS. ADM.
READER/ 30
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Corvallis Oregon 5/6 '31

Commissioner of Pensions:

Dear Sir:

I would like information regarding Stephen Osborn who fought in the, Revolutionary War, his wife's maiden name was Kesiah Sweeton, at one time several years later he lived in North Carolina, but I cannot say whether he lived there at the time of the war.
I will be very grateful for any information you can
give me.

Very Respectfully
Mrs. J. A. Van Groos
3300 Van Buren St.
Corvallis Oregon
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June 23, 1931

Mrs. J. A. Van Groos
3300 Van Buren Street
Corvallis, Oregon

Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
EEL

Dear Madam:

You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolu-tionary War pension claim, S.11166, that Stephen Osborn was born in 1753, in Somerset County, New Jersey.

While residing in Somerset County, New Jersey, he enlisted in 1776, served as a private in Captain Silas Howell's Company, Colonel Ogden's First New Jersey Regiment, was in the battles of Long Island, White Plains, Trenton and Short Hills, where he was wounded in the right thigh near the hip by a musket ball, and was discharged Jan-uary 31, 1781, by John N. Cummings, Major Commandant, First New Jersey Regiment.

After the Revolution, he moved to Rowan (later Davidson) County, North Carolina. He was allowed pension on his application executed May 16, 1833, while residing in Davidson County, North Carolina.

He died July 11, 1840.

It is not stated that soldier was ever married.

Very truly yours
E. W. MORGAN
Acting Commissioner.
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Rev War
11166
INVALID.
File No. 11,166.
Stephen Osborn
Priv Rev War
Act: June 7th 1832
Index: --Vol. A, Page 282
[Arrangement of 1870.]

1931 - June 23 - Hist. to
Mrs J A. Van Groos, EEL