Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 28900, for Aaron Stiles, New Jersey
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Service                                      Number
New Jersey    Stiles, Aaron     S28900
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1885 Sept 30 Mr M S P Guild
with history  
Albany, N.Y. 30,799
Aaron Stiles
(smudged and unreadable) Co. in the State of N. York
was a Private in the company commanded 
by Captain Ward of the Regt. commanded by Col. Spencer in the N. Jersey
line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany
at the rate of 80 Dollars —— Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 17th day of August
1836 and sent to Simon
 Lusk, Esq. Deposit Delaware Co. N. Y.
Arrears to the 4th of March 36.  400.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sep   40.00
                                                         $440.00
                                   {Revolutionary Claim}
                                   {Act June 7, 1832}
Recorded by D. Brown           Clerk,
Book E. 2 Vol. 4 Page 67
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Admitted
Private 2 years

Simon Lusk Esq
Deposit
County of Delaware
New York
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State of New York )
Delaware County  ) On this fourth day of August
in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty six personally appeared before the under signed one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the said County of Delaware Aaron Stiles a resident of the Town of Tompkins in the said County of Delaware and the State of New York, aged seventy five years this present month of August, who being by me duly sworn according to law doth o nhis oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832 — That in the month of May one thousand eight hundred and seventy seven (being then nearly sixteen years of age) at Hanover Township in the County of Morris and the State of New Jersey where he then resided, he enlisted in the army of the United States for the term of three years, or during the war, in a Regiment commanded by Col. Oliver Spencer known as the 4th New Jersey Regiment, in a Company commanded first by Captain Jonas Ward, and afterwards by Captain James Bunnell of which Company one Maxwell was Lieutenant and Richard Edwards Ensign.That he served as a private in said Company and Regiment from the time of his said enlistment until the month of April one thousand seven hundred and eighty one, or three years and eleven months. That by a new organization of the New Jersey troops in the Spring of 1781 he was about to be mustered in the 2nd Jersey Regiment but upon being examined by the Surgeons of that Regiment he was recommended by them to be discharged from further service on account of wounds and disabilities received while in said service and he accordingly received a discharge signed by general Elias Dayton at Chatham in the State of New Jersey in the month of April 1781, which discharge with other papers he lost in journey to Trenton in the year 1782 and has never seen or heard of it since — That the Regiment into which
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he enlisted was mustered at Middle brook in New Jersey and was stationed about Elizabeth Town and Scotch plains during the greater part of the summer of 1777 watching the movements of the British Army and guarding against their predatory incursions. That in the latter part of the Season they went to Wilmington in the State of Delaware with the main army to oppose the advance of the British upon the City of Philadelphia, built forts at Wilmington and were soon after engaged in the battle of Brandywine, in the division of the army commanded by General Lord Stirling & That in this battle he received a wound by a musket ball in his shoulder, by which the socket of his shoulder was badly fractured and he was confined in the hospital at Bethlehem in the State of Pennsylvania till near the end of the month of November following when he joined his regiment at White Marsh, and a furlough was granted him to go home and stay till his wound was healed. That in April 1788 ["1778" written above 1788] he again joined his regiment, which was then attached to  Genl. Conway's Brigade and was at Valley Forge, where he remained till the British evacuated Philadelphia, when he went with the army in pursuit of them, and was with the baggage guard at the time of the battle of Monmouth, after which he went with his Regiment to King's ferry on the Hudson River, and was in Genl. Maxwell's Brigade till the time the army went into Winter quarters at Hackensack N.J. when the regiment in which he served was detached to Minisink in the State of New York to protect the frontier against the Indians, where they built block houses and spent the winter.  That in the Spring of the year 1779 he went with the Regiment to Easton Penna. when they joined the Brigade, and staid about a month, when they commenced a march for Wyoming and were some time engaged in opening a road to that place.  From Wyoming he went on the expedition against the Indians under General Sullivan, first
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to Tioga Point when they met General Poor's Brigade thence up the churning river, when they had a sharp battle with the Indians, thence to Newtown and on to the Genesee river destroying the Indian Town Corn - On their return from this expedition he remained with his regiment in Winter quarters at Mendham near Morristown N. Jersey. That in the
Campaign of 1780, his regiment served in New Jersey and were part of the troops under the command of the Marquis De La Fayette, guarding the county against, and
watching the movements of the British forces, during which company he was in several skirmishes with foraging parties, and in a considerable engagement with a large body of the enemy at Springfield, at the close of the Campaign he went into Winter quarters
with the Jersey Brigade near Pompton, during
which went a spirit of meeting and swalt was
entered in the Jersey Brigade, which was however quilled, and two of the instigators Tuttle & Gilbert were and and shot. That in consequence of the wound and disabilities received by him while in the said service of the United States he was on the first day of May 1786 placed on the Invalid pension List, Roll of the New Jersey Agency, when he has been transferred to, and is now on the Roll of Invalid pensioners of the agency of the State of
New York, and he hereby relinquishes every
claim whatever to a pension or annuity, except the Invalid pension above mentioned, and the present and he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any State except on the Invalid pension Roll of the agency of the State of New York- [signed] Aaron Stiles
Sworn to and subscribed
the fourth day of August
one thousand eight hundred
and thirty six before me
Peter Pine one of the Judges of Delaware County Com pleas
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and I the said Judge do hereby declare my
opinion that Aaron Stiles the applicant who
has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states and do further certify that the said applicant cannot from bodily infirmity attend Court.
Peter Pine one of the Judges of Del. County Common
Pleas
State of New York Simon Link of Tompkins in the County Delaware County and State aforesaid Post master being
duly sworn say. that he has known Aaron Stiles the applicant for a pension who signed the foregoing declaration and knows him to be the identical person who is now on
the United pension list Roll of the New York agency, that he has from his earlier acquaintance with him understood and believes that he served in the army of the Revolution as he has stated in his declaration
Sworn August 4th 1836
before me
Senior Lusk
Peter Pine one of the Judges of Del Common Pleas
State of New York
County of Delaware SS I Crawford B Sheldon Clerk to the Court of Common Pleas in and
for the County of Delaware, certify
that Peter Pine Esq the person before whom the foregoing affidavit was sworn was at the date the Same Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Delaware (it being a Court of record and that his name subscribed to the said affidavits and the above certificate is his proper hand writing and Signature
In testimony whereof I have
set my hand and affixed the
Seal the said Court this 5th
day of August 1836
C B Sheldon Clerk
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[application form with handwritten entries]
APPLICATION FOR A TRANSFER.
State of New York, County of Delaware ss.
On this twelfth day of August 1826, before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said county of Delaware personally appeared Aaron Stiles who, on his oath, declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain Jonas Ward in the regiment commanded by Colonel Oliver Spencer in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the Pension Roll of the State of New Jersey from whence he has lately removed; that he now resides in the State (District, or Territory,) of New York, where he intends to remain, and wishes his pension to be there payable, in future; and that his reasons for removing to the State of New York were to get a piece of land on which he could reside with his family [signed] Aaron Stiles
Sworn and subscribed to, before me, the day and year aforesaid. [signed] Simon Lusk J.P.
NOTES, -- The oath to be taken before a duly qualified magistrate, whose official character and signature must be authenticated by the certificate of the proper officer, setting forth that the person taking the testimony is a Justice of the Peace, Judge, or Notary Public, as the case may be, and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine.
The pensioner's oath must be supported by the evidence of another person as to identity.  The person must swear that he well knows him to be the same person described in the above affidavit.  The magistrate must certify that the deponent is a person of veracity.  This oath must also have the authentication as above required.
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State of New York
Delaware County ss. On this 12th day of August
1826 before me the subscriber one of the Justices of the peace in & for the County aforesaid personally appeared Silas Crandale to me well known, who upon his oath saith that he hath been personally acquainted with Aaron Stiles, within named for more than twenty five years last past, and has known him to be a pensioner of the United States during that time, that he is an invalid, apparently caused by the wound of a musket ball, and that the has no doubt that he is the identical person
described in the within affidavit-
Sworn and Subscribed to before
the 12th day of August 1826
Silas Crandale
Simon Lusk Justice of the Peace
State of New York
Delaware County ss. I Simon Lusk one of the Justices of the peace in and for the County aforesaid do certify that I am
well acquainted with Silas Crandale above named
that he is a Justice of the peace a number of the Presbyterian Church of this place and sustains a fair character for truth and veracity. Deposit 12th August 1826
Simon Lusk J.P.
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Delaware County Clerks Office ss.
I John E. Buchans Clerk of the County of Delaware and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of same County do hereby certify that Simon Lusk before whom the annexed affidavits of Aaron Stiles and Silas Crandale were taken, was at the time the said affidavits were taken a Justice of the peace in and for said County of Delaware - duly authorized by Law to take said affidavits - and that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said Magistrate and verily believe that the Signature Simon Lusk which appears on said affidavits is the proper hand writing of the said Magistrate -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas of said County this 15th day of August 1826 [signed] J. E. Buchans Clerk
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information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. [handwritten note added:] Aaron Stiles See File 28900
[table with handwritten entries]
| DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. | LENGTH OF SERVICE. | RANK. | OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. [with 2 sub-columns] CAPTAIN. | COLONEL. | STATE. |
| May 1777 | Apr. 1781 | Pvt. | Jonas Ward James Bunnell | Oliver Spencer | N. J. |
[handwritten across bottom of table:] X  He was wounded in the shoulder at the battle of Brandywine for which wound he also received a Pension - from May 1, 1786
Battles engaged in, Brandywine, Newtown and Springfield
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Hanover Twp. Morris Co N. J.
Date of application for pension, Aug 4, 1836 [followed by illegible handwritten text]
Residence at date of application, Tompkins, Delaware Co. N.Y.
Age at date of application, born Aug 1761
[handwritten note at bottom of page:] Send with Hubbard Barrows
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[pension certificate with handwritten entries]
STATE OF NEW JERSEY, 1786
I DO certify, that I have inspected the body of Aaron Stiles that he served in the 4th Jersey Reg as a Private and was disabled by a wound and now lives in the township of Hanover in the county of Morris and is hereby allowed the sum of one Dollar 30 per month 
A May 1st: 1786 70 [signed] Isaac Smith [title illegible]
[circular stamp to the left reads " THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES"]
[following notes are written sideways on the right, partly obscuring the certificate:] April 11 1818 paid to March 6 1818
Apr 15 1819 paid to Mar 4 1819
July 8 1820 Pd to 4 Ma 1820
Ap 22 1821 Pd to Mar 4 1821
Ju 1 1823 Pd to Mar 4 1823
[illegible] 20 1824 Pd to Mar 4 1824
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Stiles, Aaron
N.J. S28900
April [illegible] Paid 12 Dollars
[illegible] 9 [illegible] pull to [illegible]1 87
[entire line illegible]
Nov 11 1791 Paid 16 Dollars for the first and second [illegible] -- from the 5 March 1789 T. Halsted
July 16 1791 paid 16 Dolls from Mar 6th 1790 to Mar 3 1791
Nov 9 1791 paid 8 dolls to Sept 6 1791
Jan 21 1792 Paid 20 Doll being 13 M [rest of line illegible]
July 12 1792 pd 6 doll to Mar 1792
May 23: 93 p. 16 Dols to Mar 8:93
May 15: 94 pd. 16 Doll to Mar 5 94
June 6 95 pd 16 Doll to Mar 5 95
May 12 97 paid 32 Doll to Mar 5 97
[next 8 lines illegible]
Nov 21 1811 paid to Sept 5 1811
Nov [illegible] paid to [illegible]
[next line illegible]
June 25 1814 paid to Mar 5 1814
May 10 1815 paid to Mar 8 1815
May 18 1816 paid to Ma 5 1816
May 13 1817 paid to Mar 5 1817
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[stamped] APR 17 1913
Mrs. Grace E. Milne
Newport R. I.
The Milne Printery
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My father, Daniel Stiles, born April 11th 1787 was the son of Aaron Stiles, a soldier in the revolutionary army, enlisting in New Jersey and later came to New York State.
He recieved [sic] a pension from the U.S. government which was paid at Deposit Delaware Co. N.Y. until his death in 1845 aged 84 or 85 years.
signed Mrs. Lavinia A. Cunningham
Allegany N.Y.
dated March 9 Recd March 13
See [illegible] File 25-316 for 
other part of letters
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Despondant
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(illegible)
New Jersey to New York
Aaron Stiles, Private
in New Jersey regt. during the Revolution
Inscribed on the New Jersey Roll at $5, per month, and increased to $8, per mo
by Act 24 April 1816
Formal certificate (illegible)
31 Oct 1825, and sent to Simon Lusk, Deposit N.Y
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Application for a New Certificate.
State of New York
County of Delaware ss.
On this 14th day of October 1825; before
me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said county of Delaware personally appeared Aaron Stiles who, on his oath, declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain Jones Ward in the regiment commanded by Colonel Oliver Spencer in the service of the United State; that his name was placed on the pension roll of the state of New Jersey that he never received a formal certificate of that fact, under the signature and seal of the Secretary of War; and now wishes to obtain one.The enclosed certificate of Isaac Smith Insp (illegible) being the only Certificate he has ever received.
Sworn and subscribed to, before}
me, the day and year aforesaid.}.  Aaron Stiles 
Simon Lusk Justice of the Peace
Notes. The last four blanks are left for the applicate to set for the time, place, and manner of the loss or destruction of the original certificate.
The oath to be taken before a duly qualified magistrate, whose official character and signature  must be properly authenticated, bye the certificate of the proper officer under his said office.
If the pensioner has never received a formal certificate, he should leave out the above words in italics, and insert, in lieu thereof, “but has never received a formal certificate, and now wishes to obtain one."
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State of New York}
Delaware County}
Clerk Office} ss. In testimony that Simon Lusk (illegible) was on this 14th day of October 1825 as Justice of the Peace in and for the county of Delaware duly commissioned and sworn according to law as such. I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said county this 18 day of October 1825. 
F. Baldwin Dep Clk
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S
3-2233            113
Bureau of Pensions
Finance Division
Dec 31 1925
Chief Rev. Sect
I have this day received from John M. Stiles
cash No.
for $85/100 in payment of (handwritten OK recvd)
photostat copy} as per 
memo herewith
Jan 11.26
photos mailed & 
Finance Div. notf aw (handwritten)
O. J. Randall
Chief Finance Div.
H.C. L (handwritten
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Dec. 30, 1925
Commissioner of Pensions:
Please furnish certified photo-stat copies of four pages from S.28900 Aaron Stiles Rev. War
Mr. John M. Stiles,
Farmers’ Bank Building,
Deposit, 
New York.
[Stamp] Finance Division Dec 31 1925 Bureau of Pensions

received payment 85 cents
A E Wilson
Chief Rev. & 1812 Wars Sect.

(Aaron Stiles)
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Request for Photostating 3-2006
(to be prepared in duplicate.).    Ex. AW
1        Office of the Chief Clerk
Job No. 846.  Date Dec 31, 25
Subject Aaron Stiles Rev S28900
1 copies of 1 pieces consisting of 4 pages to be forwarded when completed to Rev & 1812 Wars Sect Division.
Remarks:  - - - - - - - - - -
Approved
AW Wilson
Chief Sect.                       Chief Clerk.
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28900
Revy Invalid
File No. 28,900
Aaron Stiles 
Priv Rev War
Act: June 7th 32
Index: — Vol. 2, Page 395
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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July - 5 - 1900
Geo C Kennedy (illegible)
1909 Apr. 8 (illegible) to Lavinia A. Cunningham V.L.M.
1913 Apr. 18 (illegible) to Grace E. Milne
1926 Jan 11 photos mailed to Jno. M. Stiles aw
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Hon. Secretary of War
Sir,
on behalf of Aaron Stiles an invalid pensioner I enclose to you his application to be transferred from the New Jersey, to the New York agency for paying pensioners — He has been informed by the agent in N. Jersey that no more payment will be made there and therefore requests that he may be transferred to the N. York agency, and orders given to that agency to the payt. of the amount to be come due him of the 4th Sept. next — 
Respectfully 
Your Obedt. Servt.
Simon Lusk
Deposit N.Y. 22nd August 1826
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Deposit NY
23 October   From   S. Lusk P.M.

Hon. J. L. Edwards
War Department
Washington City

[below Written sideways]
For formal certification
Recd. 31 Oct 1825
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Deposit N.Y. 22nd October 1825
Sir,
I send you the original certificate of Aaron Stiles & the affidavit for which you sent me a blank form, the blanks being so filled out, as to conform to the actual circumstances of his case & which I presume for the tenure of you letter will be sufficient to obtain for hi a new pension certificate — The old certificate being herewith surrendered, it will be necessary that an order be made for the payment of 18 months as rearages (sic) of pension ow due him at this New Jersey agency —
I am Respectfully
your Obedt. Servt.
Simon Lusk
J. L. Edwards Esq.
War Department
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Hon Geo Wm Crump Acting Com of Pensions
Sir,
Enclosed I send the declaration
of Deacon Aaron Stiles an applicant for a pension under the act of Congress passed 7th June 1832
The reason why he has not applied before is that
it was supposed that he could not obtain a pension under that act without relinquishing the
pension he enjoyed as an Invalid- That
opinion was founded on the last clause in the
instructions from the War Department in relation to application for pensions under that
act, and it was not till a few weeks past that
he learned that there was a chance of his
being allowed an additional pension for his
services- As it presented that the records of the
department will confirm the substantial parts
of his declaration it is not drawn as much in
detail as it otherwise would have been, I
have subjoined my own affidavit as to his
identity, as I have drawn his affidavits and
power of Attorney for his same yearly payments
for most of the time for more than twenty years
part, and also acted as his agent in getting his
old certificate stated in May 1786 (if my minor
seek aright) exchanged for a new certificate,
and also in obtaining his transfer from the
Roll of the New Jersey agency to the New York
agency
Very respectfully
Your Obt Srt
Simon Lusk
Please address an answer when the application
has been considered to Deacon Aaron Stiles
Case of Simon Lusk P.M.
Deposit Del C. N.Y
Depose Aug 6. 1836