Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 10181, for John Stiles, New Jersey
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(3 - 1776)

SERVICE
New Jersey

Stiles, John
            Mary

NUMBER
R. 10181
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CONTENTS
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No. 5361
New Jersey Morris Co.
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Mary Stiles, widow of
John Stiles
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Pension Claim, under
Law of July 4th 1836
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Return to Lewis Condict
Morristown, N. Jersey
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the 3d section of the act of Congress of the 4th July, 1836.

State of New Jersey, County of ['Hunterdon' and 'Morris' crossed out] Morris SS:
On this 24th day of December, Anno Domini 1839, personally appeared before the Court of Common Pleas of Morris County aforesaid, Mary Stiles, a resident of Pequannock township Morris County, N. Jersey, aged 86 years, who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on her oath make the following declaration, in
order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 4th 1836:- 
I am the widow of John Stiles, who was, as I believe, an Issuing Commissary of provisions in
the militia of Morris County New Jersey, & served in the war of the revolution, from its beginning in 1776 to its end.  It is probable that I may have mistaken the title by which my husband, the said John Stiles was known when upon actual duty; & I admit that I do not know myself, what his proper Military title was. I believe he was sometimes called Quarter Master, & Continuous Commissary.  His duties as far as I understood them in the time of the war, consisted in distributing provisions to the
Militia troops when they were in service at the various places where they were ordered, & also to purchase & collect from farmers, & wherever provisions could be bought. He was absent from his family almost all the war. When he was not following the soldiers in their marches from place to place, was attending them when in camp or at quarters, he was out buying & collecting provisions for their use. His purchases consisted of Beef, pork, flour, Grain &c. He was a man of considerate property, with a good farm, well stocked with cattle, & money at command, & often when not furnished by government with means, he bought supplies for the Militia with his own means, & often upon his
individual credit, & in this way & by means of continental money, I believe he lost a large
proportion of his Estate.-   I do not believe it will be in my power to specify or particularize in detail the various services of my said husband-- stating under whose particular command
he acted, the various places to which his duty called him, or down he was engaged at any one
point. I have heard him often speak of General Winds, Colonel Munson, Colonel Seely, Colonel Hathaway: Captain Minn, Bates, Ward, Baldwin & others, under whose command he acted, furnishing & distributing provisions to troops commanded by them, at different times &
places. How many teams & wagons loaded with supplies were under his direction, I cannot tell
his own team & wagon were almost constantly out, either collecting or distribution, & I believe
he often hired & employed others for the public service; & when money was short & public &
private and it both failed, he often recd. orders, forcibly if necessary, to take grain & meat
to prevent the soldiers on duty from suffering. In the performance of his public duties, he was, as I believe, engaged by order of some of the before named officers, often at Elizabeth town, at Newark, at Morristown, Quibble town, New Brunswick, Amboy, Monmouth, Pompton, Springfield, Connecticut farms- Hackensack, Aquahanack & other places not recollected. At these places,
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he was attending as I believe, to issuing provisions to militia troops, acting under orders
of the before named officers, in offensive & defensive measures, according to circumstances, or such as occasionally were stationed then for guarding & protecting the Country.  Most of those who served with my husband in said war, are dead. I do not know one the officers who is now living. John Esler, who was a neighbor, & Jonathan Morgan, are
the only survivor to my knowledge, who knew of his Commissary duties. Their testimony I hope to obtain, & to it I must refer the Secretary of war & the Commissioner of Pensions, in support
of my claim for a pension.-- I claim for his services as issuing Commissary one month, in
in the winter of 76-7, under Genl Winds & Colonel Munson, at Van Midinnis near Quibble
town, when the enemy were in New Brunswick & Amboy. I claim for one months similar service at & near Redbank & Haddonfield, in the fall season of 1777, under Genl Winds.  I claim also for one month similar service in the month of Jan 78 at the battle of Monmouth including some time before & after said battle, under Colonel Seely.  I claim for one month similar service at Aquahanack & second river, in the Summer of 78, under Genl Winds. I claim for one month similar service at Elizabeth town in the fall of 79, just before winter, under command of Genl Winds & Col. Seely. I claim for one month similar service at Lyons farms between Newark & Elizabeth town & at Newark, in the winter 79, under the same officers. I claim for similar service one month at Pompton, under Genl Winds, Colonels Hathaway & Seely, in September & October, just before Burgoyne's surrender in 1778.  I claim also for one month similar service under General Winds & Colonel Hathaway in the summer of 1780, (May & June) at Springfield & Connecticut farms & the lines below those places, when they were burned by the enemy. I claim also for one months similar
service at Morris town, under Colonel Hathaway, in the fall of the year 1780.

Some of my friends have seen & convened with the before named witnesses of my husband's services, who were our neighbours, & by them I hope to sustain my claim for the before mentioned services, in which they were present. They also state, as I am informed, that my said husband often remained after they had been relieved by another class, to distribute provision until the whole body were discharged from the post. For such service, as well as for the time in which he must necessarily have been employed in purchasing his supplies, I must rely upon the sound judgment & discretion of the Secretary of war & of the Commissioner of Pensions, to make me such reasonable allowance as their sense of justice shall dictate. I would respectfully claim as much time expended in purchasing, as has already been stated in distributing the provisions to the troops, & more especially when it is considered that many duties upon alarms for short periods, as well as for months of distributing duties, must necessarily have escaped the remembrance of the witnesses.-- His purchases were made not merely
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not merely in his own neighbourhood, but he went into the other townships of our own County, as well as into the Counties of Sussex Hunterdon Bergen Somerset &c. & wherever provisions could be had. And I believe my said husband was publicly employed in the line of his duty, as a distributing or issuing  Commissary, & in purchasing supplies as aforesaid, not less than one half of each year, from the beginning to the end of the revolutionary war, altho it is not now in my power to specify his various services further than I have done.

I have no documentary evidence, either of his services, or rank. I believe he held a commission, or some certificate from proper authority, under which he acted, & my
impression is, it was derived from General Winds, or from the Regimental officers.  It has however been gone, or lost, for many years, as well as all his various papers & books of public accounts, none of which have I seen for many years. It is probable his papers & accounts were all given up after the war, to the proper officers appointed to settle them. If they or any of them, are to be found in possession of the government, I would appeal to them as the best evidence of his faithful services, in support of my claim for a pension.

I was married to the said John Stiles at my father's, (John Sanford's) house in
Pequannock Township at Morris County in the month of ['November' crossed out] January 1776, the winter before Independence was declared; & my oldest child, Catharine, now Catharine Davenport, was born a few weeks short of one year after my marriage, & she is now in her 64th year as I believe.  I was married by Revd Joseph Groon, Minister of the Gospel of the Presbyterian Church at Parsippany Morris County. The precise day of the marriage, I cannot tell, having lost my family record, which was contained in an ancient family bible, now mutilated & worn out, with many of its leaves gone, & the family record entirely lost, & has not been supplied.  There is no record of marriages of that early period in the Parsippany Church, as I am informed & verily believe, nor are there any persons who were present at our manage, now living, to my knowledge. My husband entered upon his duties as Commissary or Quarter Master, soon after the birth of my oldest child, Catharine, & from that period, was absent from home upon his public duties the greater part of his time. My said husband, the aforesaid John Stiles, died at his residence in Pequannock township on the 23d day of October 1830, & I have remained his widow to this day, as will more fully appear by testimony hereto annexed.

Sworn to & subscribed on the day & year first written.  The erasure of "Hunterdon" & "General Winds", & of "November", also the erasure & addition of the word "Morris" in 3d line, were all done before signing.


          her
Mary   X    Stiles
         mark

Before me
James Wood
one of the Judges of
Morris County Com. Pleas
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State of New Jersey Morris County ss:
Before the subscriber a Justice of peace in & for said County personally appeared Catharine Davenport, formerly Catharine Stiles of said County, believed by me to be a woman of truth & fair character, who being by me duly sworn according to law, on her oath saith.-- I am the
daughter of John Stiles decd & of Mary Stiles his widow, now applying for a pension, on acct. of the Revolutionary services of my said father. I am now in the 64th year of my age as I verily believe, & have always understand from my parents that my birth day was the 9th of December 1776. I have often seen the record of my own as well as the age of my sisters & brothers, in an old family bible of my fathers, which is very much worn, with many leaves missing & torn out, & its cover gone. ["it" crossed out] Said record was in my fathers hand writing, but within some 6 or 7 years past has been lost & as I believe was torn out by some of the grand children. My remembrance of my own age is from that record & agrees with it.

                her
Catharine  X   Davenport
               mark 

Sworn & subscribed at Morris town
this 19th day of September 1840.

The words "said record", being interlined before signing & swearing.
Silas L. Condict J.P.
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New Jersey Morris County SS:
Before the Subscriber a Justice of peace in & for said County, personally appeared James Kitchel, an aged man well known to me as a man of truth & fair character, who being duly
sworn according to law saith on his oath as follows, viz:- I am now in the 81st year of my age, was a soldier in the war of the Revolution & was well acquainted with John Stiles of Pequannock township in said County, who was a Quarter Master or Commissary in the Morris County Militia, & issued provisions to the Militia when performing Militia duty in defense of the Country. I did not belong to the same Regiment with Stiles, but I have seen him frequently engaged in the performance of his duties as issuing Commissary; but do not believe it to be in my power to particularize or specify the occasions, further than to say, that in the winter of 76-7 I was performing my enlistment of 3 months in Captain Halls company, when the
Enemy lay in Amboy & Brunswick & Genl. Wind with a large Militia force was encamped at Van Mulinnis near Quibble town. I saw John Stiles
acting as an Issuing Commissary upon the lines between Brunswick & Elizabethtown frequently during that winter; but how long he was so employed, I cannot say with certainty. I saw him however in each of the 3 months, performing his duties, as I was constantly employed myself in defending the frontier, & at the skirmish at
Aquakanock in the fall of the year 77 or 78 under Genl Winds. I recollect him performing duty as aforesaid; & again at the battle & burning of Springfield & Connecticut farms in the month of May & June 1780.

I also know Mary Sanford whom he married. Said John Stiles died some 8 or 10 years since, & his widow has not since married.

Sworn & subscribed, December 24th 1839
Before me
Silas L. Condict
---
James Kitchel
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State of New Jersey Morris County ss:
Before the subscriber a Justice of peace in & for said County of Morris, personally appeared John Esler, an aged man, & believed by me to be a man of truth & fair reputation, who being duly sworn according to law on his oath saith as follows, viz:-- I am in the 91st year of my age, was a Militia soldier in the war of the revolution & am a pensioner of the United States under the law of 1832.  I was an orderly Sergeant in time of the revolutionary war & performed Militia duties under the command of several Militia Captains, namely, Captain Jacobus, Captain Minn, Captain Baldwin, Captain Jonas Ward, Captain Mandeville. Captain Kingsland, Captain Hall & probably some others.  I was personally well acquainted with John Stiles in time of the revolutionary war, & before it.  We were boys together, & lived within 3 miles of each other, in Pequannock township Morris
County. Said John Stiles was a Commissary in the same regiment to which I belonged, & I used to draw provisions from him, for the company to which I belonged, as their orderly sergeant. This was a part of my duty, viz: to draw provisions for the Co. & I do not recollect to have drawn from any other man that from Commissary Stiles. I drew from him for our Co. Beef, Flour, sometimes Pork, & hard biscuit & other articles for the Co. which I distributed. Our ammunition was furnished from other quarters, & we found our own arms & clothing, shoes &c. His provisions were carried in a wagon & he followed the regiment. He was a man of considerable property & when not out with the regiment he was often engaged in providing beef & flour in the Country wherever it could be found.

I recollect said John Stiles as a Commissary in the winter of 77, at Van Mulinnis, over New
Brunswick & Quibble town, when the British were in N. Brunswick & Amboy, I drew provisions for our Co. from his wagon that winter not less than a month.  Col Munson commanding the regiment & Genl Winds the Brigade. I remember Commissary Stiles being on duty with our Regt & Company a month, at Redbank, & when on our way there, & returning, commanded by Genl Winds in the fall season of 77- I remember him also with the regiment acting as Commissary under orders of General Winds at Second river & Aquahanock, in the summer season of 78 a month. And I recollect him another month when I was stationed at Elizabeth town, late in the fall, when the nights were cold & frosty in 79 as Commissary as aforesaid &. I drew provisions as before for
my company-- General Winds commanding us & Col. Seely present also-- I remember said Stiles acting as Commissary at Monmouth battle, in June 78, with the Morris militia before & after the battles under Col. Seely not less than a month. I recollect Mr Stiles as Commissary as aforesaid at Newark & Lyons farms in the winter season in 79, for the militia Stationed there, performing guard duty under Genl Winds, Col. Seely & others, not less than a month.  I remember him when acting as Commissary at Pompton, with our regiment under Genl. Winds, Col. Hathaway & Seely in the fall season, before Burgoyne's surrender- a month.
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I saw him also at the Springfield battle in the summer of 1780- with the Morris Militia, under Genl Winds & Col. Hathaway, performing duty as Commissary to the troops stationed on the lines below Springfield after the enemy had returned to Staten Island, having burnt  Springfield. He was with them on that occasion not less than a month, as I believe.- The Militia were divided into classes, & in performing
common guard duty upon the lines, generally they were relieved after serving a tour of a month by another class taking place of the first.- I do not think this was the case with the issuing Commissary-- as it is my impression that Mr Stiles most commonly remained, to give out provisions to the second class, as well as to the first. I am confident he often remained after our class went home-- but how long, I cannot tell.  I saw him much oftener in service in the line of his duty, than at home. And when not upon the lines issuing provisions, he was frequently engaged in procuring beef & grain
for the public service. And when the supply was difficult he sometimes had authority to take provisions from the farmers for the public service, by force.

It is my sincere belief, that I have seen said John Stiles in the public service as an officer as aforesaid, in every year of the war, from beginning to end, & at all seasons of the year. I cannot particularize his services in detail, further that I have & from the time which has passed, it is highly probable that in taxing my memory to fix a particular year for certain services. I may sometimes have fallen into a
mistake in the number of the year. I do not know that he ever carried a musket as soldier, but I believe his service as a Commissary in distributing & sometimes in purchasing provisions, were almost constant throughout the war.

John Stiles married Mary Sanford, whose father lived in Pequannock township, in the same
neighbourhood where I was brought up. He raised a large family of children, & some time after the war ended, he moved with his family into Sussex County in this State & died some 6 or 7 years past, & said Mary Stiles still continues his widow.
John Esler

Sworn & subscribed at Morris town, this 30th October 1839
Before me
Silas L. Condict -J.P.

The interlining of the words "under Col. Seely" in line 5th from bottom, on the 1st page,
was done before signing & swearing.
Silas L. Condict JP
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State of New Jersey, Morris County SS:
Before the subscriber, a Justice of peace for the County aforesaid personally appeared Jonathan Morgan an aged citizen of said County, believed by me to be a man of truth & fair character & having by me been duly sworn according to law, on his oath saith as follows, viz:.
I am in the 78th year of my age, was a soldier of Militia in the war of the revolution & am a pensioner of the State of New Jersey, on account of my revolutionary services. I now reside in ['Hanover' crossed out] Pequannock township Morris County. I was well acquainted personally, with John Stiles, in the war of the revolution, living both of us then in Peqannock
township, & in the same neighborhood. Said John Stiles was actively employed during said war in distributing & giving out provisions, such as beef, flour, bread &c: to the Militia when they
were called out for the defence of the Country; & he was also often engaged in looking out for
& providing said provisions wherever they could be procured in the neighbourhood.  What was his particular rank I do not know, but he was considered & called Commissary, & gave out provisions as aforesaid. I performed a months tour of militia duty late in the fall of 79,. at Elizabeth town under Capt. Minn. The weather was cold & the morningswere very frosty. John Esler was the orderly Sergeant of our Co. & I recollect that said Ester drew provisions for the Co. of John Stiles, who supplied us with provisions during the month. I often saw said Stiles performing the same duties at other times & places, more frequently than I can now particularize.-- I remember him distinctly at Second river & Aquahanack one month, under Genl Wind's command. Col. Hathaway & Seely & other officers were present. Stiles then performed the same service, viz: issuing
out provisions for the troops, late in the summer of 78. I recollect Stiles performing the same
duties at & near Pompton, & along the lines in Bergen County, toward the North river, under Genl. Winds, not less than a month in the fall of the same year. And I also remember him
issuing provisions to some troops being at Morristown in the fall of the year 80, under
command of Col. Hathaway, not less than a month. I had also seen him issuing provisions
to the Militia called out under Genl Winds before & after the battle & burning of Springfield, when
I was under Captain Ward's command, whose company was supplied by Stiles during the month, which was in May & June 80,. to the best of my memory & belief. I also know Mary Sanford, whom said John Stiles married. I knew them both, before & for many years after their marriage - he removed to Sussex County some years after the war, & died some 6 or 7 years past, & said Mary Stiles yet remains his widow. Sworn & subscribed before me, at Morristown, October 30th 1839.
Jonathan Morgan

Silas L. Condict JP

The interlineation of the words "Pequanock, "duty", & "knew"  was done before signing & swearing.
Silas L. Condict JP
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New Jersey Morris Co.
Before the subscriber, a Justice of peace in & for said County, personally appeared Isaac Bedell of Windham in said County, an aged man, well known to me personally to be a man of truth & fair character, who being duly sworn according to law, on his oath declares as follows, viz:- I am in the 77th year of my age since August last, & was a fifer in Capt Peter Layton's company of Militia at the age of 13 years in 76.-  In the year 1778, in March, I was on a tour of a month Militia duty under Capt Ward & Genl Winds & Col. Seely, stationed at Elizabeth town & I collect that John Stiles was at Elizabeth town all that month, issuing out
provisions to the Militia. I occasionally went to the slaughter house with my orderly Sergeant
to help him being our meat to our quarters & I remember that Stiles superintended issuing it
& upon one occasion I remember there was some complaint made of the quality of the Beef,
which brought Genl Winds to the slaughter house & he enquired for Stiles concerning it, & made use of some harsh language. I saw several times a wagon carrying meat to other quarters, which was called Commissary Stiles wagon, carrying out Beef.  I have no recollection of seeing him except in this one tour.
Isaac Bedell

Sworn & subscribed at Morristown, September 4th, 1840.
Before me Silas L. Condict JP
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New Jersey Morris County ss:
Before the Subscriber, a Justice of peace in & for said County personally appeared Lot Dixon Esqr. of Hanover in said County, known to me to be a man of truth & unblemished character, who being by me duly sworn according to law saith as follows, viz:- I am now in the 71st year of my age, was born in Hanover township & have spent my life there thus far, near the river, which 
divides Hanover from Pequannock township. I have been personally well acquainted with
John Stiles, who lived in Pequannock township, & within about half a mile of me for a period of 40 years except during a short period of about two years, during which time he lived in Sussex County, but soon returned to his native place Pequannock, where he ended his life. I was intimately acquainted with him & with his family, & I believe from common sense that he was an active & firm whig in the Revolution, & that he served his country in the time of her struggle for freedom, altho I was myself too young to know any thing of these services.

Said John Stiles as I verily believe, was married to Mary Sanford before the revolutionary
war began. From my earliest remembrance I knew them living together as husband & wife
& they raised a family of children, not less than six or seven. I can recollect said John Stiles & his wife living together as aforesaid, from the year 1788, to the time of his death, which took
place in October, 1830 on the 23 day, as I have this day examined his grave stone, on which the time of his death is engraved. I wrote his last will & Testament, some two or three years prior to his death. Said Mary Stiles, has not married since the death of her husband said John Stiles, & makes her home alternately with her children.
Lot Dixon

Sworn & subscribed at Morristown, February 8th 1840 Before me
Silas L. Condict J.P
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Morris County, New Jersey JSS
I, David B. Hurd, Clerk of Morris County, hereby certify that James Wood Esq. before whom the foregoing Declaration of Mrs Mary Stiles, widow of John Stiles decd. was taken & subscribed on the 24th December 1839 is now, & was at the date thereof, a Judge of the Court of Common pleas then sitting at Morris town, duly commissioned & authorized; & the signature of his name thereto "James Wood", is genuine. And I also certify that Silas L. Condict Esqr .before whom the several annexed depositions of James Kitchel,  John Esler, Jonathan Morgan, & Lot Dixon Esq. were taken & subscribed, is a Justice of the peace in & for said County, duly authorized & commissioned, & the signature of his name to the said depositions, (Silas L Condict) is genuine

Witness my signature, & Seal of Office at Morristown, this 24th of March, Domini 1840.
D.B. Hurd Clerk
[seal affixed at left]
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XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
September 1, 1931

Mrs. Mollie B. Alton
Corder
Missouri

BA-J/AWF

Dear Madam:

You are advised that it appears from the papers
in the Revolutionary War pension claim, R.10181, that John Stiles of Pequannock Township, Morris County, New Jersey, married in January 1776, in said Pequannonk Township, Mary Sanford, the daughter of John Sanford
of Pequannock Township, New Jersey.

John Stiles died, October 23, 1830 in Pequannock Township, New Jersey.

His widow, Mary, applied for pension, December 24, 1839, then a resident of Pequannock Township, and was aged eighty-six years, and stated that her husband, John Stiles, served as issuing commissary in Morris County, New Jersey militia, from late in 1776, six months each year, until the close of the war.

The claim was not allowed as she failed to furnish satisfactory proof of his service, as required by the pension law.

It is stated that they reared a family of six or
seven children, the only name given, being Catharine, their oldest child, who was born December 9, 1776 and married --- Davenport.

Grandchildren were referred to but no names were given.

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator
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New Jersey
Mary Stiles

['let. to L. Condict May 22 1841' crossed out]
['Hon. J. G. Clinton' crossed out]
['January 20th 1842' crossed out]
to Jn Dalrymple Aug 25. 1842
not important
ended not
cert act

10181
['10181' crossed out]

Act July 1836
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REJECTED
10,181
P.O.
Mary Stiles
Service: John
Enlisted:: NJ, 18,
Discharged: 18, 
Application filed: 18,
The printed list of 1852
shows reasons for suspension -
Alleges:
"Claim for service as Commissary
proof required."
Re-enlisted: 
Attorney:
P. O.
Recognized. Contract
Cert. of Dis. Searched for 18
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1885 Sep 30. Mrs M S P Guild
with history Prest
1931 Mch. 23 - Hist C. Mrs. A.
Mellinger aws
1931 - Sept 1-Hist. Mrs Mollie
B. Alton aws
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Mary Stiles, wid of John N S. 1836 Suspd
William Taylor Penna 1832 Pa acting [?]
Markland
[illegible]
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To Rev & 1812 Wars Section - Asoc[?]: M.L.B
Record of John Sanford War claim W 5975

MRS ALEXANDER MELLINGER
2020 JEFFERSON AVE.
TOLEDO OHIO
Mch 19/1931

Mr. E. W. Morgan
Acting Comr Bureau of Pensions

Dear Sir: Thank you for your letter of
March 17th and the record given. This
must be the brother of Mary Sanford
instead of father, who I had hoped
had a Revolutionary record, as he
lived in Pequannock Township & she
did also-
In a book in the Stiles Family it states
Mary Sandford Stiles (daughter of
John Sandford of Pine Brook Morris Co
N.J.) is given in the U.S. Pension
office Record as filing an application
dated Dec. 1839, as widow of
John Stiles. It gives her age then
as 86 (born 1753 to be that age) your
record gives John Sandford born 1758.
after the wealth of information you
gave me can I bother you further
to see if her pension application
gives any information about her
father (they are my ancestors)
If you can help me on following
I will appreciate it greatly
In New Jersey men in the
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MRS ALEXANDER MELLINGER
2020 JEFFERSON AVE
TOLEDO OHIO
N. .J. Rev Sanford

Revolution it gives John Sandford
Morris Co. Militia also Continental
Army - Do you suppose this means
the one you gave me pension record
on as in New York. or two
men?
In some of my lines Sr & Jr were in
service. John Sr also might
have been peacefully sleeping before 
the Revolution
as I will be in Wash during DAR
Congress in April I am anticipating
the pleasure of Congressional Library
so would appreciate a reply as
soon as possible but understand
how these must take their turn
Thanking you very much
Respectfully
Mrs. A. Mellinger
2020 Jefferson Ave
Toledo, Ohio
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Hon. J. G. Clinton
Jany 20th 1842
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274
Pen off
Jany 20th '42

In reply to your enquiry [inquiry]
respecting the case of Mrs Mary Stiles
I have the honor to refer you to the
enclosed copy of my letter of 22 may
last - no communication has been
recd since in relation thereto
The

Hon
Jas G Clinton
NY
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Confer, Mo.
Aug. 1931
United States Pension Bureau
Washington 
D.C.

Sir: Will you be so kind
as to look up the records of
the men I desire in the
Revolution.
(1) Jonathan Stiles (Express rider⎬
(2 ) John Stiles (Commissary of Issues)
Many thanks
Mrs Mollie Beall Alton
Confer Mo.
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L. Condict
22. May 1841
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277
Pension Office
May 22d 1841.
Sir
I have examined the claim of Mrs 
Mary Stiles widow of John Stiles decd for his
service during the war of the revolution as an
[illegible] Commissary, and have placed her papers
upon our files
To justify the allowance of this claim
by the Deptartt documentary evidence both of his
appointment and alleged services will be required
No such evidence accompanies the papers of
Mrs Stiles
[illegible signature]

Hon Lewis Condict
Present

July 11 1831
5361
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House of Representatives
Jany 12, 1842
Sir
I am requested to ascertain the reason why Mrs Stiles
who applied for a pension about two years since from Morris
County New Jersey, through Hon. Lewis Condit failed in her
application
She alleged that her husband, John Stiles, was a commissary 
in the Revolutionary war in the New Jersey line
Very Respectfully
Jas G Clinton

J L Edwards Esq
Comr of Pensions
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March 25, 1931

Mrs. A. Mellinger
2020 Jefferson Avenue
Toledo, Ohio

Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
AWF:MLB

Dear Madam:
You are advised that it appears from the papers in the
Revolutionary War pension claim, R. 10181, that John Stiles
of Pequannock Township, Morris County, New Jersey, married
in January, 1776, in said Pequannock Township, Mary Sanford,
the daughter of John Sanford of Pequannock Township.

John Stiles died October 23, 1830 in Pequannock
Township, New Jersey.

His widow Mary applied for pension December 24, 1839,
then a resident of Pequannock Township and aged eighty-six
years and stated that her husband, John Stiles, served as
issuing commissary in Morris County, New Jersey militia,
from late in 1776, six months each year, until the close
of the war.

The claim was not allowed as she failed to furnish
satisfactory proof of his services.

It is stated that they reared a family of six or seven
children, the only name given being Catherine, their oldest
child, who was born December 9, 1776 and married
_________Davenport.

Grandchildren were referred to but no names were given.

Very truly yours
E. W. MORGAN
Acting Commissioner
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James L. Edwards Esqr
Commissioner of Pensions
War Department
Washington
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Morristown N. Jersey May 15th 41
Dr Sir
I enclose herewith 2 Pension applications
one from Hester Case, for an enlargement of her pension, for reasons
stated therein. The testimony alluded to, will be found in the office.
The other is from Mary Stiles, widow of John Stiles
claiming on acct of her husband's service as a Commissary or
Deputy proving & issuing supplies of provisions for Militia under
Genl Winds & other officers. I have not been able to find any
mention of Stiles' name in any of our State records but many
instances are recorded of services by all the officers named by his
widow & the witnesses who swear positively to the fact, that Stiles
was a purchaser & distributor of provisions & other supplies to the
Militia troops.
Your examination is respectfully solicited, at as early
a day as practicable in behalf of this very aged woman, who is
said to be very destitute.
I have some expectation of being in your city next week
for a few days, & shall be gratified to learn the result whilst there.
Very respectfully.
Your obt servt
Lewis Conduct.
James L. Edwards Esqr
Comm. of Pensions