Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 6860, for Yelles Mandeville, New Jersey
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SERVICE
New Jersey

Mandeville, Yelles or Giles

NUMBER
R 6860
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At a County Court [illegible] at [illegible] & for the County of Chemung & State of New York on the 8 day of October 1851    
Present
Hon A S Thurston County Judge 
On the day & year aforesaid before the said court personally appeared Yelles Mandeville a resident of the County of Bradford Pennsylvania 
aged eighty eight years Y upwards, who being 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 7, 1832 & the various acts supplementary & amendatory thereto:
That he volunteered in the fall of 1777 (or January) (the precise period not recollected) in a company of militia in the Country of [illegible] in the state of New Jersey, at Bellville River, commonly called Second River in a company in the 2d Essex Regiment commanded by Capt Abraham Spier or Spear in Col John Cummings' Regiment for such service as the exigency of the State might require; and was in actual services in guarding the passes at Paterson, Landing, Schuyler's Mines, Second River, Dows' Ferry, Newark & other places, generally for three months at a time, & in occasional 
alarms, until the close of the war in all the various periods not less from the best estimate he can now make than two years:  that the greater portion of his service was under Capt Spier but he was occasionally out under Captain Jerolaman but in the same Regiment: that he performed three or four periods of three months service at Second River from the fall of 1777 to the spring of 1780:  that he was stationed a
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considerable time at Newark, Patterson Landing & Schuyler's Mines:  that he was out three or four times in alarms, a few weeks or days at a time:  but from his great age & probable loss of memory, consequent thereon, as well as the lapse of time & want of documents to refresh his memory, he cannot detail all the particulars of his service:  but from his recollection as to the pay he received, it has been always in his mind that he [illegible] two years service:  he recollects that a considerable time after his last period of service, he received the balance of pay due to him, by a State commissioner.

He further states that he has made several attempts to apply for a pension, but ro the wandering life he has led, the difficulty of finding those with who he served to prove his service, and want of education to understand where to look for documentary proofs of the same, he has never been able until the present period to take the necessary measures to do so:  He further states that he has until very recently supposed he must produce proofs by individuals in the service with him and in consequence of such belief & the fact that few persons were living with whom he did serve, he has long abandoned all hope of success should he make the attempt; and it is only recently the he has been advised that evidence may be found of his service
In answer to the questions directed to be [rest of sentences illegible]
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found of his service
answer to the questions directed to be
depounded to the applicant by the
propounded by the pension application
under the regulations of the War Department he
says:
1 Where and in what year were you born
A. In Essex County New Jersey in April (1776) seventeen
hundred sixty three
Have you any record of your age? If so, where is it?
He has no record of his age. His baptism was in
the Dutch Reformed Church Morris County New Jersey
3. Where were you living when called into service.
2 where have you lived since the war & where now.
A. In Essex County J. when called into service. After
the war for some four years in Morris County J.
about six years in New York City; thence to Tusser
County where he lived several years: six
or seven years in Ithaca Tompkins County by
and about twenty one years in Bradford
County Penna where he now lives to
4" Interogatory he answers that he volunteered.
to 5th He gives the names of Capt Spier & Jerolmon under
whom he served. Majr Hayes under
whom he served at Newark. Majr Dodd &
Co. Cumings under whom he served at second
River & other places. Col Van Cortland whom
he served under a second River and in various
alarms. Gen La Fayette Genl Washington &c
to the 6th hearswers that he never received a written
discharge.
For proof of his service he refers to the papers
annexed. He relinquishes all claim to a pension
except the present & declares that his name is not
Sworn
on the roll of any agency in any State
to in open court ⎬ Jesmond
October 8, 1851
Annie S. Shinston
Chemung County Judge
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Cheming County Ss. William Stuart of Southport in the
said County aged

sixty one years being duly
sworn says that he has been well acquainted with
the above named Giles or yellis Mandeville
for about twenty years last past
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that he believes he is of the age he represents
that he has always been considered in the neighbor
hood where he has resided for the last twenty
years to have been a soldier of the Revolution.
that for many years before he became acquainted with him he heard him spoken of as asRevolutionary soldier in the State of New Jersey
Bergen County, where he lived until about
thirty years of age before his removal to this
County
Sworn to before me
W
Stuart,
In open Court
October 8. 1857

Anil S. Thurston
Channing County Judge
Channing County ss John G McDowell of Channing
in said County aged fifty eight years being
sworn says that he has known the above
named Yellis Mandeville about thirty
eight years; that he has borne the reputation
of having been a revolutionary soldier
& has to the extent of his knowledge &
belief been so estimated in the community
where he was resided
Sworn before me open court

John G McDowell
Court Oct 1837-
Anil S. Thurston
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Chemung County Judge
Note. The words Eighty eight in the 8th line
first page written over erasure before testifying
to the above declaration
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1161
State of New York ⎬
Cheming County ss
I A.F. Babcock Clerk of the said
County Clerk of the County Court
above named do certify that theforegoing

are the original proceedings
of the said Court in the application
of Giles or yellis Mandeville for
a pension. Witness my hand &
Seal of Office the 8 oct 1851
S. C. Reynolds Dep Clerk
of Chemung County
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Sir
Trenton N.J. May 10 1850
In answer to your letter of the 28th April
I have to inform you that the name of
Daniel Hews does not appear on
any of our records. If he belonged to
Morgans division-- no record would be here
and no evidence exists in this office
Yelles in English Giles

find the name of Zeller Man
deville of Essee Co. R
for life
Service Certificate No 760, for $100
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balances of pay due for service
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Respectfully your
at the date. Marrill
Obt Servt
Sec of State of N Jersey
Charles G. McChesney
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No 38272
Yellis Mandeville

New York
Act 7 June 1832

Let 29 Dec'/[illegible]

Th. Maxwell Atty
Elmira N Y
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Voles given by the Commissioners of the several Counties of the State of New Jersey
for Militia service during the Revolutionary War.
NO. OF
CERTIF.
762
DATE.
July 7, 1784
SIGNED BY.
Tho: Clark
STATE OF NEW JERSEY,
PAYABLE TO
AMOUNT.
Yellis Mandeville $7.10.0
Thomas S. Allison
Secretary of state of the State of
New Jersey, do hereby certify, that the foregoing is a true
abstract from a Book, headed as above, as taken from and
compared with the original, now remaining in my office
And I do further certify, that Thomas Clark
was, by an Act passed by the Legislature of this State, December
20, 1783, entitled, ""An Act to procure an estimate
of the sums due to the Militia and Troops who have been
raised for the defence of the frontiers of the State, and to
provide for the settlement of the same," appointed a Commissioner
for the County of Essex
for the purpose of settling and adjusting the pay-rolls of the
Militia and Troops of this State, as aforesaid, and also for
signing and delivering out to each and every person a note
for the payment of what may be justly due.
in testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed my seal of office, at Trenton,
in said State, this twenty second day of July
A.D. one
thousand eight hundred and fifty one
J. S. Allison
Secretary of state.
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Abstract of pay rolls discharged by Isaac Halsey Paymaster to
the Militia of the Counties of Essex & Middlesex
┃ Date of Service
55 ┃
Oct. 7. 1777
56 ┃
┃ Dec. 21
146
May 17. 1778
205 ┃
July 2
20 Oct 12
338 Mar. 9. 1780
339
┃ June - 1779
Regiment
2d Essex
Officers names
Capt. A. Spier
Do
Do
Do
Do
D.
State of New Jersey
head
Where served
Second River
D
Newark
alarm
Do
Second River
Essex
under whom
Amount
Maj. C. Dodd $140.14.0
Do
245.18.0
Maj. Hayes
┃ Col. Van Cortland
Do
Do
Do
1849. 10
44.6.10
84.19.6
397.6.8
24.5.0
I Thomas S Allison Secretary of State of
the State of New Jersey do hereby certify
6
that the foregoing is a true extract from
Book B of Auditors Account page
80 &c as taken from and compared with
the original record in my office
In Testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of Office at
Trenton this twenty second day of July One thousand eight
hundred and fifty one
Secretary of State
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May 4, 1937
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

Yelles Mandeville, R. 6860
BA-J/MCS


Mrs. Ralph Burd
501 East Union Avenue
Bound Brook
New Jersey


Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your request for information relative to
Revolutionary War soldiers, Yellis or Giles Mandeville, ----Casterline,
---- Carpenter, and ---- Hanford.

As means of identification of the records of particular Revolutionary
War soldiers surnamed Casterline, Carpenter and Hanford, it is
essential that you furnish the full names and as much as possible of
the following data pertaining to each: approximate dates of birth and
death, places of residence at enlistment and after service and first
names of widows.

The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in the
pension claim, R. 6860, based upon the Revolutionary War service of
Yelles, Yellis or Giles Mandeville, the only soldier of that name
that is found in the Revolutionary War records of this office.

This soldier was born in April, 1763, in Essex County, New Jersey.
The names of his parents were not given.

While living in Goddard County, Pennsylvania, he applied for pension
on October 8 [not legible]  He alleged that he volunteered in Essex County "at Bellville River commonly called Second River" in the summer or fall
of 1777 and served various times until the close of the Revolution,
amounting to not less than two years in all, with the New Jersey troops
under Captains Abraham Speer and Jaroloman and Colonels John Cummings
and [illegible]. His claim was not allowed as he failed to furnish proof of the alleged service in accordance with the requirement of the
pension law.
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After the Revolutionary War this soldier lived in Morris County, New Jersey, in New York City, in Sussex County, New Jersey, in Ithaca, Tompkins County, New York and about 1831 he moved to Bradford County, Pennsylvania.

He stated that he was baptized in the Dutch Reformed Church in Morris county, New Jersey.

There are no data relative to the family of this soldier.

Very truly yours,

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Adminstrator
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION.
3 -- 525
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C.,
19
In reply to your request of
received
for a statement of the military history of Gil or Allen Mand
a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired
information as contained in his (or his widow's)
application for pension
on file in this Bureau. 6850
DATES OF
ENLISTMENT OR
APPOINTMENT.
1777
LENGTH OF
SERVICE. At various times
Bond
at
the
RANK.
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
Abraham Speer
Jarman
COLONEL.
John Cummings
Van Cortlandt
STATE.
.
Battles engaged in,
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Essex Co.
Date of application for pension, Oct. 8, 1851.
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Residence at date of application, Bradford Co. Penn.
Age at date of application, born in Essex Co. N.J. Apr. 1763
Remarks: ⌨ was not allowed as he failed
to furnish proof  service
as required by the pension laws
there is no data on file as to family
Respectfully,
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MRS. RALPH W. BURD
501 EAST UNION AVE
BOUND BROCK, NJ
The Veterans Administration,
Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:
April 8, 1937
only

I am interested in becoming a
member of the DAR and am a direct descendant
of
Yellis (Giles) Mandeville of New Jersey.
He lived at Brookdale, N. J. (the old name was
Stone House Plains. He was born June 6, 1746
and died June 27, 1812
I have been informed that the said
Yellis Mandeville served in the Revolutionary War
Will you kindly give me any information you may
have regarding his capacity of service, length of
service, battles, date of enlistment, and retirement
or discharge
Thanking you for a prompt reply
Sam
Yours truly
Clara Costerlin Burd
Mrs. Ralph Burd)
I am also interested in finding Revolutionary
data on anyone of a Casterline, Carpenter or
-
Hanford families of which I am a descendant
I precon give me any information regarding
them, I will be grateful.
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Washington. D. C.,
Government Hotel L-M.

War Department,
Pension Office,
Washington, D. C. 

Sirs:
Will  you kindly send me what data you can in regard to Yellis Mandeville or Yellis Manderville who was a private in the Revolutionary War?  All I know about him is that he came from Essex County, New Jersey, from which place he enlisted, I believe.

Will you kindly give me the name of his wife and children (if any) if that can be obtained.  As he was connected with my family I am most anxious to know as much about his history as possible.
Awaiting your valued favors, I am


Very truly yours,
Margaret A. Bloomfield [signature]
Margaret A. Bloomfield,
Government Hotel L-M,
Washington, D. C.


Jan. 27, 1923.

[stamp]
PENSION
G
U  JAN  S
29 1923
OFFICE
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New York, Feb. 16, 1914.

Mr. J. L. Davenport,
Commissioner of Pensions,
Department of the Interior,
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir:-

Will you kindly forward me any information which
shows the military record of Yelles Mandeville, who was a soldier
in the Revolutionary War, having enlisted from Essex County,
New Jersey as a private, as appears by the records compiled by
the late Adjutant General Stryker of that State.
I do not think that this soldier lived long enough
to apply for a pension himself, but his widow Christina Mandeville
survived him, and I have been informed that she applied for a
pension, and if so, she was obliged to comply with the requirements of the department, giving the necessary data, which would
enable her to secure the pension.
Will you kindly send me what if any information
which appears of record in your department, concerning Yelles
Mandeville of Essex County, New Jersey as a revolution soldier.
Very truly yours,
Theo S. Lozier
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OWM

930 West End Avenue
New York City

Dear Sir:
I would like to
obtain the record of
military service of Jelles
or Jellas Mandeville, of 
Passaic County, (or Essex)
New Jersey, said to have
been a soldier in the
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Revolutionary war and
should like a certificate
of service
Kindly let me know
what fee is charged
for same
Truly Yours
---
(Mrs. Clarence M. Smith, June A. Smith
oct 28 1905
●
S.
1905
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M. B
Mr. J. L. Davenport,
Commissioner of Pensions,
Dept. of the Interior,
Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:-
New York, March, 1914.
Will you kindly forward me any information which
shows the military record of Yelles or Giles Vandeville, who was a
soldier in the Revolutionary War, who enlisted from Morris
County New Jersey, as a private, as appears by the records compiled
by the late Adjutant General Stryker, of that State.
I do not think that my ancestor lived long enough
to apply for a pension himself, but his widow Christina Mandeville
, survived him, and I have been informed that she applied
for a pension, and if so, she was obliged to comply with the
requirements of the Department giving the necessary data which
would enable her to secure the pension.
Will you kindly send me what if any information
appears of record in your Department concerning yelles or Giles
Mandeville, of Morris County, N. J. as a revolutionary soldier.
Very truly yours,
Amos B Marshall
786 Valley Road
upper Montclair
N. J.
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1905, Nov 1. history to Mrs. Clarence
W. Smith
M.B.H.
1914 Febr. Hist to Theodore F.
Lozier.
M B H
1914 Mch 13. Hist to Mr Amos B
Marshall
M. 134
1923 Feb 24, Hist to M.A.
┃ Bloomfield au
1937 May 4 Hist to has
Ralph Burd

6860
Yellis  Mandeville
Service;
enlisted:
Discharged:
Application filed:
REJECTED
Alleges:
Claim FILED TOO LATE TO BE ENTERED INTO LIST OF REJECTED CLAIMS
Re-enlisted:
Rejected claims 18301
Attorney:
P. O.
Recognized. Contract.
Cert. of Dis. Searched for
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Hon. 
J. E. Heath
Pension claim
act of June 7th 1832

Comr of Pensions

Washington
DC
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No 38272

Yellis Mandeville
NY
Act  7 June 1832

To Tho Maxwell, Dec 29. 51
Same Jany 25 1853

6860
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December 29, 1851

Sir:  The declaration of Yellis Mandeville, under the Act 7 June 1832 has been examined and filed, but no sufficient evidence of the service is adduced to authorize an allowance by this office.

There is not parole evidence, and the payment shown by the Certificate of the Secretary of State of New Jersey will not cover a period of 6 moths service, without the performance of which no pension can be granted.
To Thomas Maxwell, Esq., Elmira, N. Y.
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the
Elmira Oct 8 1857

Sir
I enclose the application of Yellis Mandeville
for a pension under the act of June 1832-
The proof from the Records of N. Jersey Show the
service. The trradional evidence of his
reputation as a soldier is all I can produce
to shew his identity. From the dates he
gives I do not doubt his service, as a
man who had never been remise
could scarcely state all the little circumstances he does. He is old & very ignorant
but has always bore the reputation of
a strictly honest man for the 30 yrs
I have known him
Respectfully
Your Obt serv.
Th Maxwell

Elmira NY

To the Com of Pensions
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Thos. Maxwell
Jany 28,, 1853.
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Pension Office
Jany 25 1853
Sir
The additional evidence in the case yellis
Mandeville
of NY has been received and
filed with his papers, where the testimoty
of witnesses, who knows of his service,
can not be procured, the reputation of
service must be very clear and conclusive, whereas, the testimony now
addred is vague and in conclusive
Thomas Maxwell
Elmira
NY
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Sept 14.52
Addl evi: in case
of Yellis Mandelville
W Maxell
Elmira
NY
FREE
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Elmira NY Sep 10 52
Sir
I enclose some additional proofs in the case of Yellis
Mandeville, one of whom an old lady the widow of an
Capt. Spear testifies to two years service under Capt.
Spear. The papers on file show that {unreadable} 7 1Q the
balance of pay due to Mandeville was paid to
him after the war. This would indicate that
previous payments had been made, to produce
a balance. The great difficulty of {unreadable}
proofs at this late period, will no doubt induce
the department to relax somewhat of the
strictnes heretofore required.
Respectfully
{unreadable}
{unreadable} Maxwell
Hon. The Court of Pensions
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Bradford County & State of
Pennsylvania

Joe Sheafee
of said County being Duly Sworn deposeth
and says that he is fifty two years old and
that he has been acquainted with Fellis
Mandeville upwards of Forty years and saw
him on Days of publick training and
also on the Fourth of July with others
Drinkings toasts & also I have had heard
him held up as a Revolutionary Soldier
in the State of New jersey & I also have
been acquainted with the said Yellis
Mandville for thirteen years or upwards
in said County
Sworn & Subscribed before
Joel Pr McAfee
me this 6th Day of Sept. 1852
C Covell of
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Bradford County
Ellen M Keer Prothonotary
of the Court of Common PleasThat of the County of Bradford & State of Pennsylvania do herby
 certify that  CT  Covell is was at the time
making the within certificate a Justice of the Rear
into for said County, and that the signature
thereto purporting to be his is genuine In
witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand
Official seal at Towanda the 8th
day of September A.D. 1852

Allen Mc Kean
Prothy
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State of New York
Tompkins County ss.

Rachel Spear of said
County being duly sworn deposes and says that she
is Eighty years of age, and upwards and that during the
war of the Revolution he resided in the town of
Newark County of Essex and State of New Jersey:
that she was at that time and has been since
well acquainted with Yelles Mandeville who during
this war aforesaid resided in the said town of Newark.
and that the said Gillis Mandeville served as a
common soldier in the militia of the said State of
under Captain Abraham Spear
New Jersey for more than two years during the
said war of the Revolution
her
Sworn & subscribed before
Rachel Spear
me this 25th day of August
1852 -
mark
Arthur S Johnson J Peace
Tompkins County
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State of New York,
Tompkins County Clerk's Office,
SS.
and Court, at Ithaca, this
I, HORACE MACK, Clerk of said City, and also State of the rents
in and for said County, do hereby certify, that within Johnson
Esquire, before whom the preceding declaration was subscribed and sworn, and
whose name appears to the Jurat thereto, was at the date of the same an acting
Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly elected, sworn, and auther
fied to act as such, and to take the same: And further, that I am well acquainted
with the hand writing of such Justice, and verily believe that the sign
nature to the preceding Jurat is genuine
Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name, and affixed the seal of the said County and courts at Ithaca-
25 day of August 1852
H. Mack Clerk