Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 4010, for Martin Stine, New Jersey
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(8-1776)

SERVICE | NUMBER
New Jersey | Stine, Martin | S.4010

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CONTENTS
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3721
Ohio

Martin Stine of Butler in the State of Ohio who was a Private in the Comp(an)y command by Captain Logan of the reg(iment) commanded by Col. Wines in the N. Jersey line for 2 years from 1775.

Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio at the rate of 80 Dollars (blank) Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 29th day of Dec. '32 and sent to John Woods, Hamilton, Ohio.

Arrears to the 4th of Sep. 1832..............$120.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar. '33..........40.00
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                                             $160.00
{Revolutionary Claim Act June 1832.}

Recorded by Nathan Rice, Clerk
Book D; Vol. 10; Page 48
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The State of Ohio, Butler County Court of Common Pleas of the Term of July 1839//

On this day to wit the 27th day of July in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Thirty two, personally appeared before the Honorable

[crossed out: George F. Smith, Esquire, President and Daniel Millikin, Joel Collins and John F. Thomas, Esquire, (illegible)] Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Butler in the State of Ohio, Martin Stine, a resident of the County of Butler aforesaid, aged Seventy eight 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 provision made by the Act of Congress passed June seventh Eighteen Hundred and Thirty two, that he served in the militia of the United States during the War of the Revolution. He believes the whole time that he was in actual service would amount to more than two years. This deponent first entered the service under Captain Logan in Morris County, New Jersey about the close of the year Seventeen Hundred and Seventy five. He was marched by Captain Logan to Amboy. After remaining at Amboy about three weeks, he was permitted to return home. A short time after he returned home, he was drafted into Captain Welch's Company [crossed out: of] of militia. He was marched under Colonel Wines to Elizabeth Town where he was engaged in several skirmishes with the enemy. This deponent, owing to age and infirmity, cannot recollect the names of all the officers under whom he served nor the...
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...names of the various places where the skirmishes occurred in which he was engaged. He served at different intervals during the war. He was in the Battle of Rahway and was at that time attached to the regiment of Colonel Wines. This deponent further states that he was at the Battle of Monmouth. He was then under the immediate command of Captain Wikoff, who was attached to the regiment of an officer known among the soldiers by the name of Colonel Frelinghouse but whose real name deponent thinks was Frelinghuysen. Deponent states that when the battle was over, an address was delivered that part of the militia to which he belonged by General Morgan, by whom also they were discharged at that time. He says the battle was fought in June Seventeen Hundred and Seventy eight while the British were in possession of Philadelphia or about the time they evacuated Philadelphia. Deponent was pressed with his wagon and four horses to haul arms and ammunition to the American fort. Deponent knows of no person living in this country by whom he can prove his services. Deponent never belonging to the regular army; never received a written discharge from any of the officers under whom he served. He has a written record of his age by which it appears that he was born in March Seventeen Hundred and Fifty four in Morris County, New Jersey. He is well known to John G. Echles, Thomas Alston, William McDonald; residents of the County of Butler and who reside in his neighborhood and by whom he can, as he believes, prove his good character and...
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...that he has always been reputed in the neighborhood to have been a Soldier of the Revolution. Deponent has lived in the County of Butler aforesaid for more than Twenty six years. 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.
s/ Martin Stine

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
s/ John Reily, Clerk

We, John G. Eckles, a Clergyman and William McDonald residing in the County of Butler, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Martin Stine, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration. That we believe him to be Seventy eight years of age. That he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the Revolution. That we have known him for more than Twenty five years. That he sustains a good reputation for truth and honesty and that we have the fullest confidence in the truth of the above declaration.
s/ John G. Eckles, Clergyman
s/ Wm. McDonald 
 
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid in Open Court.
s/ John Reily, Clerk

[crossed out: And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department being put that the above named applicant was a]...
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...[crossed out: Soldier of the Revolution and served as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that John G. Eckles, who has signed the preceding certificate, is a Clergyman resident in the County of Butler and that William McDonald, who has also signed the same, is a resident in the County of Butler and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit.]

I, Thomas Alston, a resident of the County of Brother in the State of Ohio, do hereby certify that I have known Martin Stine, the above named applicant for Forty years. He is a man of good character for truth and veracity and has always been reputed and believed where he has resided to have been a Soldier of the Revolution and that his declaration is entitled to credit.
s/ Thomas Alston

Sworn and subscribed this 27th day of July 1832 in Open Court.
s/ John Reily, Clerk

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 and served as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that John G. Eckles, who has signed the preceding certificate, is a Clergyman resident in the County of Butler and that William McDonald and Thomas Alston, who have also signed...
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...the certificates herein before stated, are residents in the said County of Butler and are credible persons and that their statements are entitled to credit.

I, John Reily, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Butler aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Martin Stine for a pension.

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my Hand and Seal of Office at Hamilton this fourth day of August One Thousand Eight Hundred and Thirty two.
s/ John Reily

The State of Ohio
Butler County//

Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Butler aforesaid, Martin Stine, a resident of said County, who subscribed and swore to the above declaration before the Court of Common Pleas for said County at the Term of July 1832 of said Court. And said Martin Stine being by me duly sworn deposeth and saith that, by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively to the precise length of his service as a Soldier of the Revolution but according to the best of his recollection he...
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...served not less than the periods mentioned below as a Private Soldier in the War of the Revolution for one year. I served as a private in the company of militia of Captain Logan. For five months I served in the company commanded by Captain Welsh as a private. For four months I served in the company commanded by Captain Neighbor as a private. And for four months I served as a private in the company commanded by Captain Wikoff. I served a tour under another captain but I cannot remember his name nor the length of the time. I was out for service under the captains above stated. I claim a pension.
s/ Martin Stine

Sworn to & subscribed before me this 19th November 1832.
s/ William Hunter, J.P.

The State of Ohio
Butler County//

I, John Reily, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County aforesaid, certify that William Hunter, Esquire, before whom the within stated deposition of Martin Stine was taken, was at the taking thereof a Justice duly assigned to keep the peace in the said County of Butler. And that the signature thereunto annexed is his genuine signature.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my Hand and Official Seal at Hamilton the Twenty third day of November One Thousand Eight Hundred and Thirty two.
s/ John Reily
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Martin Stines
Ohio
No. 2338

4.5
[illegible]

Let(ter) Oct. 29, 1832 to John Reily, Hamilton, Ohio
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BRIEF in the case of Martin Stine of Butler County in the State of Ohio.
(Act 7th June, 1832.)

1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court.
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? (blank)
3. How old is he? 78 years.
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
Period. | Duration of Service. (Years/Months/Days) | Rank. As a: | Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.
Close In 1775 | Served more than two years. | Private | Col. Wines; Capts. Logan, Wikcocks & Capt. Wikoff in New Jersey Militia. | 
5. In what battles was he engaged? Rahway, Monmouth.
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Morris County, New Jersey.
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditionary.
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Defective in regard to length of service.

I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.

s/ Chas. Little, Examining Clerk
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4010
Rev(olutionary) War
INVALID.
File No. 4010
Martin Stine
Pri(vate); N.J. Line
Act: June 7, '32
Index -; Vol. A; Page 357.
{Arrangement of 1870.}
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Martin Stine from 1775, Private for 2 years at $80.

The applicant, who is old & very fail & weak, has stated in his supplemental affidavit the time he served as near as he can. No further testimony can be readily obtained.
s/ J. Woods
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Martin Stine, which require further proof or explanation.

I.   Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? Yes.
II.  Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? Yes.
III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? (blank)
IV.  Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? No.
V.   *Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? No.
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? Yes.
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? Yes.
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? Yes.
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate ? Yes.
X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? Yes.
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? Yes.
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? (blank)
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? (blank)
XIV. *If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office? (blank)
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? (blank)
XVI. **Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? Yes.
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? Yes.

EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* - QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A.B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:--For (blank) year (blank) months, and  (blank) days, I served as a  (blank). For  (blank) months and  (blank) days, I served as a  (blank); and for such service I claim a pension."
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It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months, is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.

*QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.

**QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.