Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 22380, for William Maple, New Jersey
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New Jersey
CONTENTS
Maple William
NUMBER
S2380
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Date of death
not


Pennsylvania 22.736
William Maple
Greene C. in the State of Penn
who was a private in the Co
by Captain Mills. of the Regt
commanded
commanded
by Col Seely in the New Jersey
line for 15 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Penna
the rate of 50 Dollars 00 Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 14 day of Dec
1833 and sent to How
Andrew Stewart, of. Reps.
Arrears to the 4th of Sep. 1833. 125
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar 34. 25
$150
Recorded by
Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.
William Palmer Clerk,
Vol. five Page 40.
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WAR DEPARTMENT.

Pension Office,
23 Nov. 1833
Sir.
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has
been examined, and the papers are herewith returned.
The following is a statement of
your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and
the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed,
before a pension can be allowed.
The notes and the regulations will shew what is
necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed,
you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }). You will, when
you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and
you will, by compling with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your
claim.
Period when the
service was
19.
rendered.
1780
A Statement,
Duration of
claimant's service
Rank of
the
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┃ 9
┃ C.
shewing the service of William Maple
claimant.
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Names and rank of the Field officers
under whom he served.
Cap. Mills
┃ Col Seely
of
Cap. Hogelinhe


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Age at present,
and place of abode
when he entered
the service.
┃ 78 years
┃ Phila
Penn
Proof by which the declaration is supported.
by
Naditionary
the
I am, respectfully
2
Your obedient servant
JAMES L. EDWARDS,
The claimants services as a Waggoner
unless the claimant shall prove by living witnesses he
regularly enlisted and detailed
from the line as a way
indeed he should and other evidence that
Paradilian and of this at that time
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army,
and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia" and "volunteers," all
persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who
were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to
Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are
also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged
in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
The Regular Troops.
2.
The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
S.
Persons employed in the Naval Service.
4. ┃
Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claim
ing the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, mucicians or privates, will, in the first
instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of
Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is
considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of
County of
3
On this
day of
A.B. a resident (b) of
personally appeared (a) before
of
in the county of
and State, Territory or District
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 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d)
served in the
(e) regiment of the
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served
under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the
town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged,
and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and perton
who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he
declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of
the Agency in the State of
A. B.
And then will follow the certificate of the Court.
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary
soldier, and served as he states.
of the Court of
do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of
the application of
for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this
day of
& c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be
found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia,
except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and
subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the
hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with
and C. D. residing in (the same)
who has
subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be
years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier
of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
And then will follow the certificate of the Court.
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 A.B.
who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the
and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the
and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I,
Clerk of the Court of
do hereby certify that the foregoing
contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of
for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal
of office, this
day of
& c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission
; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if
possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services
of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light
upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration,(l) and he will
also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful
in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his
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alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal
means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted
; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected
. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and
there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his
case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of
service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State
troops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war
, and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute?
And if a substitute, for whom?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such
Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
6. ┃
Soldier
Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given
, and what has become of it?
Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what
To an Office has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify
as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are
requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court,
without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons--one of whom should be
the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from
their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed
and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion.
If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character
and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the
whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before
required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper
county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform,
and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record,
or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper
Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a
Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is
his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before
the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the
declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure
, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period
of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the
opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow
the rule laid down for his guidance.
The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not
conforming to the rule.
The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the
claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in
defnite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled, 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:
me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason
memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his
he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:--For---year----months, and
days, I served as a . For months and days, I served as
and for such service I claim a pension."
determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law
It is important, in all cases to
of the Pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months
directs the pension to be paid according to the
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
in every case, be clearly shown 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
in 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.
The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
The opinion of the Court is always required.
The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no pubseal
of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the
papers.
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 papers 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.
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 claimant's 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 witcases
, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
counting evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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William Maple
27.736
---
Stewart on behalf of claimant
Agrees
to remember
the services
as Waggoner
Dec 18 1833
I know the applicant to be a worthy old
man & that he me to be a
being made to me proper
Statement knowingly
F. S. Evans
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27.748
Wm
Maple 
Declaration
Green C. Pay
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Green county
Penylvania


On the 16th day of September 1833
pensonally appeared in open Court
for the Judges of the Court of common
Pleas now sitting William Maple and seventy
Eight years
who being duly sworn did on his oath
me the following declaration in order
obtain the benefit of the act of the 7th June 1832.
That he enlisted in as a soldier
in the United States in the following named officers
and served as herein Stated
that he first part the
son of the United States in the spring of
1779 after the battle of monmouth at Philadelphia 
in Pennsylvania under Captain Mills that he
marched to Elizabeth town thence
to Newark
thence to Shrewsbury that they had a skirmish with
the Enemy & refugees at Middletown in New York
that he was under command of C. Seely that
in this tour of Service than nine months
under arms when he was discharged by Col
Seally at Monmouth
That in the spring
following viz 1780 he engaged again for six
months under Captain Time Hogelin at a place called
Cranberry in New Jersey that they marched
to Princeton Elizabethtown
Middletown that
that Col Nixon was in command that he served out
his tour of six months in New Jersey after this
he went out in July 1781 and was shortly
put into the waggon service
and continue to
drive waggon till the end of the war
of
he was fifteen months as above stated under
arms and the balance of the time
being
about two years he was employed in
driving  waggon for the army under General
Washington. That he was in discharge
or written evidence of his service
he know of any witness by whom he
can prove his service but that his
Neighbor, Doct Richen Mickle, Colol Spragg
the Reverend John Forder will certify
master & reputation as a soldier of the
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He
hereby relinquishes any claim to my the pension

or annuity white and declares that
and is not on the roll of the agency
State
The time and to the young
and to be put by the war Depart he
is as follows viz.
he was born in the State of New Jersey
princtown June 22d 1755
that he has no record of his age
that he lived when he entered the service
Newing
that after the was about
forty two years ago he returned to
Green County Pennsylvania when he shall

that he entered the service by enlistment for
nine month, & afterwards in the
militia or state troops of six months &
all the and of the war in the water
by two or
that his offices were captain Mills
captain in Col July Co Nev
not be has no written discharge
at his righten Dr Reuben Mickle Cole
Shragg & the Reverend John Fordyce
will certify to his good man & his
reputation as a revolution sold in

Subscribed
William late
in open Court Sept. 16. 1833
E Hook
Pith
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We the Reverend John Fordyce, Doct Reuben Mickle
and Caleb Spragg all of Greene County Prom
do hereby certify that we are well
acquainted with William Maple who
has sworn to the foregoing declaration
that we will
them to be Secuty
Eighty years of age
that he is white
& belived to a soldier
the revolution in the neighberhood where he resides & we concurr in
that opinion, and further that he is a
man of good recorded on the
Sworn & Subscribed
in Open Court Sept. 16. 1833
Mickle
E. Hook
Caleb Sraggs
John Gorder
the Court do hereby declare the opinion offer the notion
of the matter and after putting the interogatores prescribed by the
in department, that William Mople who has sworn and
subscribed the foregoing declaration was a revolutionary
soldier and served as he states. And the Court do forth
certify that it appears to them that John Fordyce who has
signed the above certificate is a Clergyman resident of
Greene County Penn. and that Reuben Mickle and
payments of the same place and
are credible persons and this then statement is butted
led to Court
Green County
of
Pennsylvania ⎬ I Enos Book Prothonators of the Court
of Common pleas in & for said County do herby certify that the
foregoing contains the original five
 of the said court in the matter
of the application of William Maple
for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand
and seal of the said court this 17th day of September AD
Enos Hook
1833
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●
and 1812
Wars Section
EEL

                                                               June 18, 1930
Georgetta Maple
310 Boston Street
Galion, Ohio

Dear Madam:

I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War
pension claim, S. 22380, it appears that William Maple
was born June 22, 1755, near Princeton, New Jersey
While residing in the State of New Jersey, he enlistin
the spring of 1779, and served nine months as a private
in Captain Mills' Company, Colonel Seely's New Jersey
Regiment.
it
He enlisted in the spring of 1780 and served six months
as a private in Captain Tine Hogelin's Company, Colonel
Nixon's New Jersey Regiment.
He also served from July 1781 until the end of the
war as a waggoner for the army.
About 1791 he moved to Greene County, Pennsylvania.
He was allowed pension on his application executed
September 16, 1833, at which time he was a resident of
Greene County, Pennsylvania
There are no data as to his family.
The Revolutionary War records of this bureau fail to
show that pension was ever claimed on account of the services
of William Talley, Tally, Talby, Tolby, or of William Tolley,
of Virginia, and the War of 1812 records fail to show that
pension was ever claimed on account of the services of Robert
Very truly yours
E. W. MORGAN
Acting Commissioner.
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INVALID
Rev War
22380
William Maple
Priv Rev War
June 7th, 32
Vol 20 Page 253
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ersonal inquiry
Mr. John J. Mapel
Hotel Donald,
Washington,
Apr. 24, 1916.
D.C.
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                                                            January 16, 1932

                                                                           BA-J/EEL
Mrs. Howard W. Page
Brookhaven
Linden Hills Station
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Dear Madam:


Reference is made to your letter requesting further information
in regard to William Maple, a soldier of the Revolutionary War, whose
full history was furnished you on October 23, 1930.

In the papers on file in the Revolutionary War claim for pension,
S. 22329, based upon the military service of William Maple in that war,
the name of soldier's wife is not given and there was no formal application
for pension ever made by anyone as the widow of the above named
soldier.
In order to secure the date of last payment of pension, the name
and address of person paid, and possibly the date of death of the Rev
volutionary War pensioner, William Maple, S. 22380, you should address
the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division,
this city, citing all of the following data:

William Maple, Certificate No.22736, issued December 14, 1833,
rate $50 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1832,
Pennsylvania Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator.
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Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
HEL

                                                                     October 23, 1930
Mrs. Howard W. Page
Linden Hills
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Dear Madam:

You are advised that it appears from the papers in
the Revolutionary War pension claim, S.22380, that William
Maple was born June 22, 1755, near Princeton, New
While residing in the State of New Jersey, he enlisted
in the spring of 1779, and served nine months as a
private in Captain Mills' Company, Colonel Seely's New Jersey
Regiment, and was in a skirmish at Middletown,
He enlisted in the spring of 1780 and served six
months as a private in Captain Time Hogelin's Company,
Colonel Nixon's New Jersey Regiment.
He also served from July, 1781, until the end of the
war as a waggoner for the army.
About 1791 he moved to Greene County, Pennsylvania.
He was allowed pension on his application executed
September 16, 1833, at which time he was a resident of
Greene County, Pennsylvania.
There are no data as to his family.

Very truly yours

E. W. MORGAN
Acting Commissioner.
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Rev. & 1812 Wars
Section.

                                                                                  May 25, 1917.
Mrs. Laura Williamson,
1316 N. La Brea Ave.
Los Angeles, Calif.

Madam;

This added
I have to advise you, that from the papers in the
pension claim, S. 22380, it appears that William Maple was
born near Princeton, New Jersey, June 22, 1755, and while
living in New Jersey he enlisted and served from the Spring
of 1779, for nine months as a private in Captain Mills' Company
, Colonel Seely's New Jersey Regiment. He enlisted in the
Spring of 1780 and served six months as a private in Captain
Tine Hogelin's Company, Colonel Nixon's New Jersey Regiment.
He also served from July 1781, to the close of the war as a
waggoner for the army. He was in a skirmish at Middletown.
He was allowed pension on his application executed September
16, 1833, while living in Greene County, Pennsylvania.
There is no information on file as to family.

He was placed on the pension roll December 14, 1833, at
the rate of fifty dollars per annum.
                                                         Respectfully,
This added on acct of her
letter which
said PA troops-
                                                           WINFIELD SCOTT,
                                                             Commissioner.
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MRS. HOWARD W. PAGE
BROOKHAVEN
LINDEN HILLE STATION
MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA
                                                        Jan 1 - 1932

Veterans administration
Bereau of Pensions
Washington
Commissioner of Pensions

Dear Sir:
I would like some
information on William Maple
Revolutionary War pension
claim
S22380
This pension was allowed in 1833 Green Co. Pa.
when was the last pension payed
and to whom
Did his widow
receive a pension, and if so
what was her name. Have you
the date and place of death of
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MRS. HOWARD W. PAGE
BROOKHAVEN
LINDEN HILLS STATION
MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA
William Maple or his wife
Thank you for any
information you may give me
The historical Society of
New Jersey is anxious to clear
this Maple history.
Yours sincerely
Miriam De H Page
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 HOWARD W. PAGE
BROOKHAVEN
LINDEN HILLS POST OFFICE
MINNEAPOLIS, MINN.
                                                          October 9, 1930
United States
Department of the Interior
Bureau of Pensions
Washington D.C.

To the Commissioner of Pensions:

Will you please tell me if there is a
record of a pension being granted  
for Revolutionary War service
to either
Jacob and William
Maple (often spelled Maple) of New Jersey
and any mention of the names
of wife and children
than you
Respectfully yours
Miriam de Haven Page
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Page 677
Maph
Maple
GEORGETTA MAPLE
310 BOSTON STREET
GALION, OHIO
                                              April 9, 1930
U.S. Dept of the Interior
Rev & 1812 Wars Section
Washington, D.C.

Gentlemen:

At your convenience may I ask
for the revolutionary War record of the
following, as found in the
"Officers & men of New Jersey"
In the Revolutionary War
Page 677
Maple, Stephen  Middlesex County
Maple, William    Middlesex County
Both Privates
I am especially interested in William
Maple
I believe he is my great, great grandfather
thanking you, I am
Miss.
Very truly yours

Miss Georgetta Maple
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GEORGETTA MAPLE
310 BOSTON STREET
GALION, OHIO
I have also been told the following
man served in the Revolutionary war
and was also a pensioner. I have
been unable to find any records
of same.
William Tally Loudoun County Va
His daughter Penence tally married
Robert Cockrell who was in the war
of 1812.
If I am not asking too much
does the recorder) tell who is the
father of Robert Cockell & he grandfather
of this Robert Cockell is
George Cockell
Very truly yours
Gergetta Maple
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OFFICE OF
THE COMMISSIONER
MAR 22 1927
U.S. BUREAU OF PENSIONS
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                                                        Los Angeles, Calif.
                                                        1316 N. La Brea, Ave.
                                                         Mar. 17, 1927.

Winfield Scott, Commissioner.

Dear Sir:
Will you kindly furnish me with the military
records of Bastion Keener and William Maple Revolutionary war
William Maple Private Familitia, placed on pension Dec. 14, 1833, commencement of pension, Mar. 4, 1831, age 79, annual allowance $50.
All I know of Bastian Keener is that many of his descendants yet reside
in Greene county Pennsylvania, and the copy of service attached
returned  May 25, 27
Thanking you I am
Resptfully,
Mrs. Laura Williamson