Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 33752, for Ezekiel Stillwell, New Jersey
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Service
New Jersey

Stillwell, Ezekiel
Number 
S33752
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9310R

New Jersey
Ezekiel Stillwell

of Morris County in the state of N. Jersey
who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Martins of the N. Jersey line, for the term of seven years
Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey
at the rate of 87 Dollars per month, to commence on the 11th of Apl 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 13th of Apl 1819
and set to Joseph Jackson 
Portmaiter, Rockaway
Arrears to 4th of Mar 1819 10 and 26/(illegible) $86.36
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4th Sept 1819- $48.00
                           $134.26

Revolutionary claim,
Act 18th March , 1818.

(illegible)
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Ezekiel Stillwell/Private
Martins Regt.
N Jersey Line-
Fall of 1776 to 5th June 1783-
11th April 1818-

found on roll
Adm@

Joseph Jackson, Esq
Post master
Rockaway

The Judge has not certified as to (illegible) circumstances of applicant~
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State of New Jersey
Morris Conty, ss.

Be it remembered that on the eleventh of April in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and eighteen personally appeared before me Joseph Jackson one of the judges of the inferior Court of Common pleas in and for said County, Ezekiel Stillwell, who being duly sworn according to Law on his Oath saith, that he was born in the County of Morris in New Jersey, and that in the fall of the year 1776. he enlisted as a common Soldier, in Captain Abraham Lyons company in the fourth Jersey Regiment of Continental troops, commanded by Colonel Ephraim Martin in General, Maxwells Brigade for three years , or during the war, and served untill (sic)June the 5th-or-6th in the year seventeen hundred and eighty three, when he was discharged at Newburgh in the State of New York-He thinks that at the time of his discharge he was under Captain Jeremiah Bollard and attached to Colonel Barbours Jersey Battalion-His discharge he has since lost-he hath resides , and still resides in the County of Morris in New Jersey-and is now in the fifty fourth year of his age, and that, from his reduced circumstances, he needs the assistance of his country for support. and begs to be put on the pension lost of common soldiers of the United States.
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Ezekiel Stillwell

Sworn and subscribed before me the date as above, In witness whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my seal
Joseph Jackson
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State of New Jersey
Morris County s.s
Be it remembered that on the eleventh day of April in the year of our Lord eight hundred and eighteen, personally appeared before me Joseph Jackson one of the judges of the inferior Court of common pleas in and for said County, Cornelius Drake, who being duly sworn according to Law, on his Oath saith,  that he is personally acquainted with the within named Ezekiel Stillwell, and served with him on Jeremiah Bellards company in the third Jersey Regiment Continental troops under Colonel Elias Dayton for at least two years, and was personally present, when he obtained his discharge, (with this deponent) either on the fifth or sixth day of June on the year of our Lord seventeen hundred and eighty three, at Newburgh in the State of New York, and that he hath known the said Ezekiel Stillwell ever since, and now knows him to be in very reduced circumstances, and in need of assistance from his country for support-
(signature)
Cornelius Drake

Sworn and subscribed before me the date as above
Joseph Jackson

I Joseph Jackson, Judge of the inferior court of common pleas, aforesaid, do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction, that the said Ezekiel Stillwell did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy; and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me, to the secretary for the Department if War, pursuant to the directions of the act. of Congress, approved 18th March 1818-
Joseph Jackson
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State of New Jersey
County of Morris ss
I Robert H. McCarter Clerk of the County of Morris, do hereby certify that Joseph Jackson Esq before (illegible) affidavits are made, and was at the (illegible) thereof duly enrolled (?) one of the Judges of the inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Morris, and that full faith and credit is due to his official acts as such
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County this seventh day of May AD eighteen hundred and eighteen
Robert H. McCarter

I Joseph Jackson, one of the judges of the inferior Court of common pleas in and for the County of Morris and State of New Jersey. Do hereby certify to the Hon. J.C. Calhoun, Secretary at War; That Ezekiel Stillwell the applicant for a Soldiers pension, above named, is personally Known to me, and is in very Reduced circumstances having no property of his own, or any thing, in expectance from any relatives, and is extremely feeble from age and bodily infirmity.
In witness whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my Seal the eighth day of April, in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and nineteen.
Joseph Jackson
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Ezekiel Stillwell
affidavit for Pension

No 9310
Sep 1819

Con
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District of New Jersey
Sussex County Ss

On this Twenty eight day of November in the year of our Lord eighteen Hundred and twenty, personally appeared in open Court before the Judges of the inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Sussex, aforesaid in the State of New Jersey, the said Court being a court of record in said County being constituted by the laws of this State a court of record having a seal proceeding according to the course of the common Law, with power to fine and imprison having a jurisdiction unlimited in paint of amount in civil causes and Keeping a record of their proceedings; Ezekiel Stillwell of the Township of Independence n the County of Sussex late of the County of Morris in the said State; who being first and duly sworn according to law doth upon his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as following; he enlisted for a term of three years or during the war in company commanded by Captain Abraham Lyon in a regiment commanded by Colonel Ephraim Martin of the New Jersey line, in which service he continued till the dissolution of the said regiment when this deponent was transferred to a regiment commanded by Colonel Francis Barber of the New Jersey Line and placed under the immediate command of Captain  ___ Holmes, from whim this declarent (sic) received his discharge after a service of about Six years and six months that this declarent does not remember the years of his enlistment or discharge but he was in the battle of Brandywine Monmouth and Springfield in New Jersey. That this deponent on the day eighteen hundred and -- applied for a pension to the war Department of the United States and has received a certificate numbered
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of his being placed on the pension list roll of the New Jersey agency. And this declarent (sic) doth solemnly sear that he was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March A.D. 1818, and that he has not since that time by gift sale or otherwise disposed of his property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it as living himself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," passed on the 18th day of March 1818 and that he has not nor has any person in trust for him any property or securities contracts or debts due to him nor has he any income other than than what is contained in the schedule hereunto annexed and by him subscribed-and this declarant says that he is fifty five years old, by occupation a laborer but by reason of a wound in the foot from a (unknown word) has is unable to labour that his family resides with him consists of his wife named Hannah about forty seven years old who is too unhealthy to contribute to the support of his family further than too (sic) do the little cooking and the like business of his family; and of one son named Timothy about fifteen years old, of too tender an age to contribute the support of this deponent
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Ezekiel Stillwell

Sworn to and declared on in open Court this 28th day of November A.D. 1820
Tho Stewart
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Schedule of the property of Ezekiel Stillwell, necessary clothing and bedding excepted
Real estate-none
Personal estate
1 dresser- a lot of earthen ware, two axes, 4 chairs, 1 large spinning wheel-1 churn. 1 chest. 1 table. 1 stand 1 iron pot 1 iron kettle, frying pan, 1 Iron Tea Kettle 1 (illegible) Shovel, and Tongs- Stone Jug. 2 Trays 5 Knives and forks-four Spoons- 6 Tea Spoons, 1 Pitch fork a deskill upon which there is now due about Six Dollars- Some beef and other provisions now on hand
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Ezekiel Stillwell

Sworn to and Subscribed in the Court the 28th day of Nov 1820

Tho Stewart

It is the opinion of the said Court that the amount in value of the above enumerated property is twenty dollars and ninety five cents. Done in open Court this eight day of November  AD eighteen hundred and Twenty
Tho. Stewart

I Ephraim Green Clerk of the Court aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing path and the Schedule thereto annexed and Truly Copied from the records of the said court and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the Court that the Total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is Twenty dollars and ninety five cents
 In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the Said Court on this thirty first day of January A.D. 1821
E Green, Clerk of the Court of the County of Sussex
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33752
Revy 
Invalid

File No. SS.752
Ezekiel Stillwell
In Rev War

Act: 18 March 18th
Index:1 Vol: 2, Page 397

(Arrangement of 1870)
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3-082

Department of the Interior
Bureau of Pensions
J. File No
Application No. 33752
Certificate No--
Name of Soldier
Ezekiel Stillwell
Co. N.J. Reg't----
Information Desired
Papers

E. Stillwell

(stamp says First Deputy Commissioner M Apr 18 1910)

(stamp says Submitted Files Apr 18 1910)
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Ezekiel Stillwell

Payable semi-annually. The first payment on this Certificate will be made on the 4th of September next, in Trenton, by the President of the Trenton Banking, Company

33752

Recorder
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War Department
Revolutionary Claim

I Certify that, in conformity with the Law of the United States the 18th of March 1818,
Ezekiel Stillwell late a private in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the New Jersey Agency, at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the eleventh day of April one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this thirteenth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and nineteen. 

J C Calhoun
Secretary of War
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Sept 8 1819 Pd to Sept 4 1819
Apl. 28. 1820 Paid to Mar 4.1820
April 4 1822 Paid to March 4. 1822
Apl. 24.1822 Paid to Sept 4.1822
Apr 2. 1824 Paid to Mar 4 1824
Apl 23 1825 Pd to Sept 4 1825
Mar 20. 1826 Pd to Mar. 4 19236
Oct 2.1826 Pd to Sept 4.1826
March 20, 1827 Pd to March 11 1827
Sept. 6 1827 Paid to Sept 4 1827
Mar 5 1828 pd to Mar 4 1828
Sept 4 1828 p to Sep 6 1828
Aple 13 1829 pd tp Mar 11 1829
Nov 2 1829 pd to Sept 4 1829
Mar 20. 1830 pd to Mar 4 1830
Sept 10. 1830 pd to Sept 4 1830
Mar 8 1831 pd to Mar 4 1831
Sept 4. 1831 paid to Sept 4 1831
Mar 14 1832 paid to Mar 4 1832
Sept 8 1832 pd to Sep 4 1832