Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 36,330, for Alexander Stewart, New Jersey
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
New Jersey

Stewart ,Alexander 

NUMBER
S. 36.330

CONTENTS
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           From
23 New Jersey.      4
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N.J. [illegible]
Alexander Stewart,
Capt Stout
N. Jersey private
In the army of the U. States
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At $8 per mo: pennd 24th March 1818
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Certified 31st March 1818 &
sent to Gen W Southard, House
of Representatives
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Paid to 4th Sept 1818.  9/28 mo. $42.57
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(Rev Claim,
Act 18th March, 1818.)

Jersey Line

1 year

[illegible]


Reply sent to Edward Manoy 15  10 Oct 1821
Date of death not on AB
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Alex Stewart
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28| 72  | 2.57
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     160
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      200
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1818.9.4
1818.3.23
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         5 . 9/28 
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     $40
          2.57
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    $42.57
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New Brunswick
New Jersey
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In the case of Alexander Stewart of the County of Middlesex in the State of New Jersey claiming a Pension under the act of Congress of the United States entitled "an act to provide
for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War.

State of New Jersey }
Middlesex County }
On the twenty fourth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & eighteen before me Asa Runyon one of the
Judges of the Court of Common pleas of the County of Middlesex in said State came Alexander Stewart of Woodbridge in the County of Middlesex who being duly sworn according
to Law deposeth, That he enlisted as a soldier in the summer of the year Seventeen hundred and seventy five at New Germantown in said States in the company commanded by Capt Joseph Stout in the first Jersey Regiment on the Continental Establishment - that he this
deponent marched with said Regiment
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into Canada and continued to serve against the common enemy until about the middle of the month of May in the year Seventeen hundred and seventy six when he was made a prisoner of by the enemy; and this deponent further saith that he enlisted for the Term of one year
which expired during his captivity. And this deponent further saith that he is a resident Citizen of the United States and by reason of his reduced circumstances in life he is in need
of assistance from his country for support.

Sworn Subscribed
the day & year
above written
before me
Asa Runyon } Alexander Stewart

State of New Jersey ⎬
Middlesex County ⎬ I Asa Runyon one of
the Judges of the Court of Common pleas of the County of Middlesex in New Jersey
certify that the foregoing affidavit is to me satisfactory proof that Alexander
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Stewart the applicant served in the Revolutionary War as a Soldier against the common enemy for the term of nine months and longer on the continental establishment.-
Asa Runyon

To the Secretary of
the Department
of War-

State of New Jersey
Middlesex County }
I William P Deare Clerk of the court of Common pleas of the County of Middlesex certify that Asa Runyon Esq who hath subscribed his name to the foregoing attestation is one of the Judges of said Court duly commissioned and sworn
and to his official acts full credit is to be given.

Witness my hand & the seal of
said Court this twenty fourth day of
March in this year of our Lord
eighteen hundred and eighteen.
Wm P Deare Clk
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Illinois 52
Recd 17 July 1821

Mt Carmel Ill 25 June
Free

John C Calhoun Esquire
Secretary of War
War Office
Pension Office
Washington City
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State of Illinois
Edwards County }
On this ninth day of June in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred & twenty one personally appeared in open court in the circuit court in and for the County of Edwards in the State of
Illinois being a court of record and proceeding according to the course of the Common law with[illegible] and [illegible] of the point of [ilegible] keeping a record of the proceedings , Alexander Stewart aged seventy three years resident in the said County who being first duly
sworn according to law doth on his oath declare that he served in the revolutionar war, as  follows- that he enlisted in the month of July Seventeen hundred and seventy five at New Germantown in the State of New Jersey in the company commanded by Captain Joseph Stout- that he was taken a prisoner in the month of May seventeen hundred and seventy six at Quebec in Lower Canada and that he remained a prisoner until the close of the war when he was released- that he made application in the State of New Jersey in the
year eighteen hundred and eighteen for the benefit of the act of Congress in March Eighteen hundred eighteen, and that his certificate is No. 23.  And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the eighteenth day of March Eighteen hundred and eighteen and that I have not since that time by gift, sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it as to myself 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 eighteenth day of March Eighteen hundred & eighteen. And that
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I have not nor has any person in trust for me
any property securities, contracts or debts due to me nor have I any income other than what is
contained in the schedule hereto annexed and
by me subscribed.

Schedule- one cow, one [illegible] steer, fivw hogs, two be[illegible] & bed [illegible] for them and one dozen [illegible] and one dozen [illegible] six [illegible] forks-

swear that I have no family living with me except my wife Abigail who is aged [illegible] is infirm.  
That I am [illegible] amm afflicted  with rheumatitis in the general infirmities of age
and that I am poor and incapable of supporting myself without public or private aid

Sworn to declared & subscribed the day & year first aforesaid
Court }. Alexander Stewart

State of Illiinois
Lawson County
I Jesse B. Brown clerk of the Circuit Court of
the County of Edwards in the State of Illinois do
hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the
Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the records of said court- and I do further
certify that it is the opinion of said Court the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the schedule aforesaid is fifty four dollars and ------- cents.

in testimony whereof I have hereunto set my
hand and affixed the seal of the said court 
On this 9th day of June Eighteen hundred and & twenty one-
Witness
Jesse B Brown Clk
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August 4, 1932

BA-J/AWF
XXXXXXXXXXXXX
Alexander Stewart
S. ['30308' crossed out]36330

Mr. B. J. Walter
Wabash Post No. 423
Mt. Carmel, Illinois

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letter requesting information relative to Alexander Stewart, a Revolutionary War pensioner of Illinois.

The data furnished herein were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S.36300, based upon the Revolutionary War service of Alexander Stewart.

He enlisted at New Germantown, New Jersey, sometime in July, 1775 and served in Captain Joseph Stout's New Jersey Company, marched to Canada and was taken prisoner at Quebec, in May, 1775 and held a prisoner until the close of the war.

He was allowed pension on his application
executed March 24, 1818, then a resident of Woodbridge, Middlesex County, New Jersey.

In 1821 he was living in Edwards County, Illinois, 
and gave his age as seventy-three years, and referred to his wife, Abigail, as aged forty-three years.

There are no further data as to family.

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator
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36330
Revy   INVALID.
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File No. __36,330__
__Alexander Stewart__
__Pri Rev War___
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Act: __18th March 18"__
Index: - Vol. __2__,  Page __398__

[Arrangement of 1870.]


1939- Sept 26 Mrs H.T. Collins   AMJ
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OUR AIM
"Community Service"

OUR MOTTO
"America for Americans"

"In Peace As In War We Serve"
The American Legion
Wabash Post No. 423
MT. CARMEL, ILL.

R. J. WALTER
Department of Military Records
and Graves Registration

June 11, 1932.

Veterans Administration,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:

Kindly furnish us with the pension record and
any other information available of Alexander Stewart who served with the Continental Army during the War of the Revolution.

He was receiving a pension while a resident
of Wabash County, Illinois.

Very truly yours,
B.J. Walter
Dept. of Military Records
and Graves Registration,
American Legion,
Wabash Post #423.

BJW/rec

[stamp:] RECEIVED JUN 13 1932 RECEIPT [illegible] PENSION FILES [illegible]
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September 26, 1939

BA-J/AWF
Alexander Stewart
B. L. Wt. 2010-400 acres
Alexander Stewart
S. 36330

Mrs. H. T. Collins
303 East Johnson
Kingsville, Texas

Dear Madam:

The data furnished herein in regard to Alexander Stewart were obtained from claim for bounty land on file under Wt.2010-400 acres, based upon his service in the War of the Revolution.

The date and place of birth of Alexander
Stewart, and names of parents are not given.

Alexander Stewart was Surgeon in the Pennsylvania Line, and continued in the service until the close of the war.

On account of this service, bounty land warrant
#2010, for four hundred acres, was issued May 2, 1791.

Alexander Stewart was living, March 31, 1792,
in Chambersburg, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, and then referred to his wife, Margaret Stewart. He also, at this time referred to his eldest brother, John Stewart, of Paisley, Scotland, to his second brother, Robert Stewart of Paisley, Scotland, and youngest brother, William Stewart, also of Paisley, to his sister, Catharine, wife of Archibald Davies of "Inchinan", Scotland, and his sister, Jannet, wife
of David Pattison of Glasgow, Scotland.

Alexander Stewart died between the dates March 31, 1792 and January 30, 1793; he was survived by his
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widow, Margaret Stewart, who was living in 1820.

Reference was made in 1820 to his brothers,
John Stewart, and Robert Stewart, as deceased, "without leaving issue" to his brother, William Stewart, as deceased, "leaving issue", William Stewart, Mary Stewart, and Jean Stewart, all of Paisley, Scotland.

It was stated that Alexander Stewart had one
other brother and sister, both of whom died without issue. Their names are not given.

The papers on file in this claim contain no
further discernible family data.

If you desire information relative to the
location of the land referred to herein, you
should apply to the Commissioner of the General Land Office, Interior Department, this city, and cite the following data:

Warrant #2010- 400 acres- issued May 2, 1791.
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Alexander Stewart-S.36330

The data which follow in regard to this Alexander Stewart were obtained from papers on file in claim for pension, S. 36300, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.

The date and place of birth of Alexander
Stewart, and names of parents are not shown.

Alexander Stewart enlisted at New Germantown, New Jersey, sometime in July, 1775, served as a private in Captain Joseph Stout's New Jersey company, marched to Canada, and was taken prisoner
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at Quebecs, about the middle of May, 1776, and held a prisoner until the close of the war.

Alexander Stewart was allowed a pension on his application executed march 24, 1818, at which time he was living in Woodbridge, Middlesex County, New  Jersey.

In 1821, he was living in Edwards County,
Illinois, then aged about seventy-three years, and referred to his wife Abigail, aged forty-three
years.

The papers on file in this claim contain
no further discernible family data.

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

Alexander Stewart
Certificate #23
Issued March 31, 1818
Rate $8.00 per month
Commenced March 24, 1818
Act of March 18, 1818
Illinois Agency (transferred from New Jersey)

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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September 26, 1939

BA-J/AWF
Alexander Stewart
B. L. Wt. 2010 400 acres
Alexander Stewart
S. 36330

Mrs. H. T. Collins
303 East Johnson
Kingsville, Texas

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you states that you descend from one Alexander
Stewart who served in the Revolutionary War as an Assistant Surgeon or Surgeon's Mate in New Jersey, and that he came from Scotland. You cite the records of two soldiers with name Alexander Stewart, one who served in Captain Joseph Stout's company in the Second New Jersey regiment, was taken prisoner at Quebec, and later lived in Edwards County, Illinois, and one who served in Captain Kinsey's company in the Fourth New Jersey regiment, continued
in the service until in the month of January, 1781.

You are furnished herewith the Revolutionary
War records of an Alexander Stewart who served as Surgeon in that war, and Alexander Stewart who served with the New Jersey troops. These are the records of the only Alexander Stewart who served as Jersey troops, found on file in the Revolutionary War
records of this office.

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator

[hand-written at bottom of letter:]. See her letter on Bounty Land claim in 2010-400 acres Alexander Stewart [illegible]
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Palmyra Ill
July 9th 1821
25
Jno C. Calhoun Esq
Secty of War
Pension depart.
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Palmyra Illinois June 28 [year illegible]

J C. Calhoun Esqr
Secry of War

Sir,

By a late mail I sent to the War Office the application of Alexander Stewart [illegible] of his pension under the claim of [illegible] I omitted to request that he receive an answer  may be directed to me at this place. I am sorry to  trouble you with this- by directing  his papers thus you will oblige him & your Humble Servt
Edward [illegible]
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Alexander Stewart
from New Jersey to Illinois
10 Oct 1821. from 1 March 1821 

Sep 18
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State of Illinois
Edwards County ss }
On this ninth day of June Eighteen hundred 
and twenty - personally appeared before me 
Jairus Fordyce one of the Justices of the peace in and for the county of Edwards in the state 
of Illinois Alexander Stewart who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath declare that he was a soldier in the revolutionary war- that under the act of Congress of March Eighteen hundred and eighteen- he is inscribed on the Pension roll of the New Jersey & my certificate No. 23.  [illegible] has removed from that [illegible] the State of Illinois and that it is 
his wish that the payment of his pension may be
transferred to the Illinois agency-

Alexander Stewart

Sworn to declared  & subscribed 
on the day first aforesaid.
Jairus Fordyce
Justice of the peace
of Edwards County  }

State of Illinois
Edwards County SS. }
I Jesse B. Brown Cler of the county commissioners Court of Edwards County in the state of Illinois certify that Jairus Fordyce is one of the Justices of the peace of said County duly commissioned &  sworn-- Witness my hand & the seal of said court this ninth day of June eighteen hundred and twenty one--
Witness Jesse B Brown