Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 6206, for William Stockman, New Jersey
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(3-1776) 
SERVICE NUMBER
New Jersey Stockman, William W6206
Nancy or
Stockton Nany
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Let to DC Sexton with the transmission of the [illegible] private in this case on the 26 June 
Sept 3, 1838

New Jersey 2152
Nancy Stockman widow of William Stockman decd
who died on the 11th of March 1815
of Essex Co in the state of N Jersey who was a private in the compy commanded by Captain P Peck of the regt commanded by drig D Corwit on the N Jersey line for 8 mos 2 days private
Inscribed on the Roll of N Jersey at the rate of 26 Dollars 88 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March 1831
Certificate of Pension issued the 25th day of June 1838 and sent to DC Saxtons Brooklyn present NY
arrears to the 4th of March 1838 $187.16
Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sept 13:44
$200.60
{Revolutionary Claim
Act July 4, 1836
Section the 3d} 
rded by illegible Clerk
A Vol 2 Page 132
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V2303
Nancy Stockman
Act July 4 36
P Section

Admitted
Private no 4 & 17 days
do 3 & 15 ser
mo 8 days 2
munginal recon
$26.88

DC Sexton Eq
Brooklyn
NY
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Brooklyn NY Sep 5 1837

Hon G Wm Cramp
Sir you will observe that the depositing of David & on has been repeated with more thing heroness in order to more effictually comply with the fules required also the application of Phebe Lyndsty in order to admit the whom to pass thray Litm stead of being attached by wafers as before
You will also [illegible] that the certificated made by JS Henll certifying to the credibility of D Ses Osborne & Lydia Baldwin who have attached hereto the deposition by [illegible] have been separated & ocpeatr in this instance and annexter to these pappers by the ribon
You will further observe that the remarks made by the clerk of the court upon the waps in the first instance relatn to the papers which have been separated as above disontn
With much Respect
I am your obt servt
DC Sexton

Please address me
Brooklyn NY
DC Sexton
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State of New Jersey
County of Essex//

On this Fourth day of September A.D. Eighteen Hundred and Thirty seven personally appeared before me, Stephen D. Day, one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the County of Essex & State of New Jersey, David Lyon, resident & Orange County and State aforesaid, aged Eighty years the Seventh day of last August, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in the matter of Nancy Stockman, widow of William Stockman, deceased, claimant for a pension for the services of her husband, s(ai)d William Stockman in the Revolutionary War. That he marched to Flatbush on Long Island in the Roll of New York in the forepart of the summer of the year Seventeen Hundred and Seventy six with s(ai)d William Stockman under Capt. John Peck, commanded by Maj. David Condit. Cannot recollect precisely the day of the month but it was at the time of the arrival of the British fleet at the [Paulus] Hook near New York. Remained there a number of days; from thence marched to Bergen Hill, County of Bergen, in the State of New Jersey; from thence to Elizabeth Town Point, Essex County, N.J.

In all that tour, he served two months with s(ai)d William Stockman under the above named officers. That s(ai)d [William] Stockman marched from thence to Newark, New Jersey. That deponent remained at Elizabeth Town Point. Cannot say whether s(ai)d [William] Stockman was a drafted or volunteer soldier at that time but is under the impression he was a volunteer for the term of three months a lieutenant in that tour of service about that amount of time. That himself and s(ai)d [William] Stockman were both engaged in the battle at what was then called Second River in Essex County, New Jersey, in September Seventeen Hundred and Seventy seven, commanded by Major Samuel Day and General Haines. That not a day after the battle, they marched to Acquackanonk, Essex County, N.J.; from thence they marched to The Height near Hackensack in Bergen County, N.J., at which place General Wines ordered out a party of about three hundred [men] to drive a party of the British into the fort near Hackensack. That s(ai)d [William] Stockman and himself were in that party side-by-side, both taking an active...
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...part in a skirmish with the British, in which they succeeded in driving them into the fort. Thinks s(ai)d [William] Stockman was at that time a drafted militiaman; does not know for how long but recollects that he (deponent) was with him in that tour about seventeen days; thence they returned to Newark, N.J., under the command of Maj. Craig, leaving General Wines at Acquackanonk. That he also served one month with s(ai)d [William] Stockman in the fall of the year of Seventeen Hundred and Seventy seven at Newark, N.J., under Col. Robert Nichols, commanded by Maj. Hays and Col. Wm. Waid or Col. Cortland; is not positive which. Recollects the marriage of s(ai)d [William] Stockman to Nancy Lindsey, his widow, in this case distinctly from a circumstance of his having to pay a treat to some of his fellow soldiers in consequence of the marriage, who were then drafted out with him just after the wedding took place. That it was well known s(ai)d [William] Stockman was in the Battle of Monmouth, N.J., in June Seventeen Hundred and Seventy eight. Deponent was not there himself but saw s(ai)d [William] Stockman soon after he returned and heard him relate many incidents that occurred during the battle. Viz.: How much he suffered from heat, thirst, &c. That he received a slight wound from a ball in cracking the top of his head. That he saw s(ai)d [William] Stockman in the militia at Newark, N.J., under Capt. Huntington sometime in the summer, soon after the Battle of Monmouth, and heard him say that he was drafted at the time for one month. Does not recollect what superior officers were in command there & deponent cannot recollect distinctly any particular periods of s(ai)d [William] Stockman's service subsequently but knows that he was in the service at different period until the close of the war. That he [duplicate: he]  frequently volunteered as a substitute in the place of his brother when he was drafted for the monthly tours. That s(ai)d [William] Stockman's residence was in the town now called Orange, Essex, New Jersey, during the Revolutionary War. That he was knowing to the death of s(ai)d [William] Stockman, which took place in the spring of the year Eighteen Hundred and Fifteen. That he has had an opportunity of knowing that his widow, Nancy Stockman, has remained a widow ever since that period. That deponent cheerfully says that s(ai)d [William] Stockman was a good soldier; always ready to perform his duly according to orders and further that he knows that his widow's in needy circumstances and deserving of relief.
s/ David Lyon

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me.
s/ Stephen Day
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I, Stephen D. Day, one Justices of the Peace in and for the County of Essex, New Jersey, before whom the above deposition was taken, do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with David Lyon, who makes the deposition, and have full confidence that his statement is correct. That he retains his mental forces remarkably well and I have at all times found him to be a man of veracity.
s/ Stephen D. Day

State of New Jersey
County of Essex//

I, Elias Van Arsdale, Jun(ior), Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Essex, do hereby certify that Stephen D. Day, before whom the annexed affidavits of Phebe Lindsley, Asa Hillyer, & David Lyon were respectively made & taken, at the time of taking the same was & still is one of the Justices of the Peace of said County duly commissioned & sworn. And also that Lyman S. Averill, whose certificate is hereto annexed, is a Justice of the Peace of said County duly commissioned & sworn. And that the signatures "Stephen D. Day" subscribed to the Jurats of said affidavits & the certificates thereunder, written respectively & the signature "Lyman S. Averill" to said certificate are each & all of them genuine.

In witness I have hereunto set my Hand and Seal of Office at Newark the Fourth day of September A.D. Eighteen Hundred & Thirty seven.
s/ E. Van Arsdale, Jr., Clk.
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I, Lyman S. Averill, one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the County of Essex & State of New Jersey, do hereby certify that I have been acquainted with Lynden Baldwin, a  deponent who made a deposition before me in the matter of Nancy Stockman (claimant for a pension for the services of William Stockman, deceased, in the Revolutionary War) on the 12th day of July 1837. That s(ai)d deponent is a person of good sense & the strictest veracity. That she retains her memory & mental faculties extremely well. That I have every reason to believe her statement in the matter of William Stockman to be correct.

Also, I am well acquainted with James Preston a deponent who made a deposition before me on the 13th day of July 1837 in the matter of Nancy Stockman, claimant for a pension for the services of her husband, William Stockman (deceased) in the Revolutionary War. That said James Preston is a man of strict veracity & he can be relied upon under oath.
s/ Lyman S. Averill, Justice of the Peace

Dated Clinton, Essex County, State of New Jersey, Sep. 4th 1837.
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State of New Jersey
County of Essex//

On this second day of September A.D. Eighteen Hundred and Thirty seven, personally appeared before me, Stephen D. Day, one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the County of Essex & State of New Jersey, Phoebe Lindsley, of Orange, in said County & State, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration. That she is Eighty one years of age. That she was at the wedding of Nancy Stockman, the claimant for a pension &c. She has remained a widow of William Stockton in fall same & married to said William Stockton in the fall & the fall of the year Seventeen Hundred and Seventy seven. Cannot say for certain what month but believes it was in October. The wedding took place in what us now called Orange in said County & State by the Rev'd Jedediah [illegible] and she once had an opportunity of knowing that said Nancy Stockman has remained a widow ever since the death of her husband, which took place in the year 1818. And that she is now in indigent circumstances.
s/ Phoebe Lindsley

Sworn and subscribed before me this Second day of September A.D. 1837.
s/ Stephen D. Day

I, Stephen D. Day, one Justices of the Peace in & for said County of Essex, before whom the above deposition was taken, do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Phoebe Lindsley, above named deponent. That I am satisfied she is in full possession of her mental qualities and that [illegible] my knowledge of her character, I have no hesitation in declaring that her statements under oath may be relied upon as correct. Also, that the interlineation of the word sworn was made before the declaration [illegible].
s/ Stephen D. Day
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State of New Jersey
Essex County//

Personally appeared before me, Stephen D. Day, one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said County of Essex, Asa Hillyer, after being duly sworn according  to law deposeth and saith he has since been at the declaration herein is as certain of the First [illegible] Church in (named [illegible] of the [illegible] record of marriages) [illegible] the said statements of the Pastor.
s/ Asa Hillyer

Sworn and subscribed before me this 12 day of July A.D. 1837.
s/ Stephen D. Day

I, Stephen D. Day, one Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Essex, do certify that I well acquainted with the Rev.'d Asa Hillyer. That full confidence may be given to the above affidavit.
s/ Stephen D. Day
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...the respective signatures "Lyman S. Averill", "L.S. Averill" & "Stephen D. Day" subscribed to the Jurats of said affidavits & to the several certificates thereunto annexed (with wafers) are each & all of them genuine. And that full faith & credit may be given to their official acts.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name & affixed the Seal of said Court at Newark in the County of Essex aforesaid the Seventeenth day of July A.D. Eighteen Hundred & Thirty seven (1837).
s/ E. Van Arsdale, Jr., Clk.
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State of New Jersey
County of Essex//

On this Ninth day of July 1837 personally appeared before the Court of Common Pleas Nancy Stockman, a resident of Clinton in the County of Essex and State of New Jersey, aged Seventy seven 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 provisions made by the Act of Congress passed July 4th 1836. That she is the widow of William Stockman, deceased, who was a Revolutionary Soldier; command in the service of his country in the year Seventeen Hundred and Seventy three or four and served as a volunteer & monthly soldier until peace was proclaimed. He served three months [as] a volunteer soldier under Cap. John Peck at Flatbush, Long Island, in the State of New York, in the spring & summer of the year Seventeen Hundred and Seventy six. Was in the Battle at Springfield, New Jersey. Think he served under Capt. Eliakim Littell. Was also in the battle at Monmouth, New Jersey, where he received a slight wound on the top of his head and was in what was termed the monthly service subsequent to our marriage & him called upon until the war ceased. Cannot recollect the names of only two captains; Capt. Crain and Capt. Robert Nichols, both of whom were stationed at Newark, Essex County, New Jersey.

She further declares that she was married to said William Stockman on the Eighth day of October in the year Seventeen Hundred & Seventy seven. That her husband, the aforesaid William Stockman, died on the 11th day of March Eighteen Hundred and fifteen...
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...and that she has remained a widow ever since that period as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed.
s/ Nany Stockton (X - her mark)

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before.
s/ John Andres, Clk.

I, Elias Van Arsdale, Junior, Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Essex in the State of New Jersey, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Nancy Stockman for a pension.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my Hand and Seal of Office this Eleventh day of July in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Seventy seven.
s/ E. Van Arsdale, Jr., Clk.
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State of New Jerry
County of Essex//

I, Elias Van Arsdale, Jr., Clerk of the County of Essex & of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in & for said County, do hereby certify that Lyman S. Averill, before whom the several affidavits hereto annexed of Lydea Baldwin, Moses Orson & David C. Saxton were respectively made & taken & also Stephen D. [duplicate: D.] Day, before whom the several affidavits hereto annexed of Phebe Lindsley, Asa Hillyer & David Lynn were respectively made & taken, at the time when said affidavits were to made & taken, were each (& still are) Justices of the Peace in [&] for said County duly commissioned & sworn. That...
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State of New Jersey
County of Essex//

Personally appeared before me, Lyman S. Averill, one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the County of Essex, State of New Jersey, Lydea Baldwin, a resident of the Town of Clinton in the County of Essex and State of New Jersey, aged Eighty years the 21st day of March A.D 1837, who first being duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration and sayeth that he was well acquainted with William Stockman, for to his services, his widow, Nancy Stockman of the above named town, County & State, claims a pension. And that she was knowing to the marriage of the s(ai)d Nancy [Stockman] & William Stockman, which was performed by Reverend Jedediah Chapman in the Town of Orange, County & State above named but does not recollect positively the date of the marriage. Know [now] recollects positively that the said William Stockman was in the service of the Revolutionary Wae at different periods subsequent to the marriage of the parties until the war ceased. That she lives near neighbor to the said N(ancy) Stockman. That her husband was frequently a comrade with said William Stock(man) in the service until the war ceased.
s/ Lydea Baldwin

Sworn to and subscribed on this Twelfth day of July A.D. 1837.
s/ Lyman S. Averill
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State of New Jersey
County of Essex//

On this Thirteenth day of July 1837 personally appeared before me, Lyman S. Averill, one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the County of Essex & State of New Jersey, Moses Osborn, a resident of Clinton in the County & State above named, agree Fifty years, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in the case of Nancy Stockman, claimant for a pension under the Act passed Congress July 4th 1836 for the services of William Stockman, her husband, deceased, in the Revolutionary War. That he was present at the funeral of said William Stockman and knows that he died on the 11th day of March A.D. Eighteen Hundred & Fifteen. That his widow, Nancy Stockman, has not been married since that period.

He further declares that he was acquainted with the aforesaid William Stockman for many years prior to his death. That he has often heard him say that he was in the service during the whole of the Revolutionary War at different periods. That he has frequently heard him relate incidents which occurred in the Battles of Springfield and Monmouth in the State of New Jersey. That he has often seen a scar on the top of his head, which said William Stockman said and caused by a wound which he received in the Battle at Monmouth, New Jersey.
s/ Moses Osborn

Taken, subscribed and sworn to on the day and year above written.
s/ L.S. Averill
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State of New Jersey
County of Essex//

On the Twelfth day of July 1837 personally appeared before me, Lyman S. Averill, one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the County of Essex. State of New Jersey, David C. Saxton of the City of Brooklyn, State of New York, aged Thirty five years, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration. That he has used his best endeavors as Acting Agent in the matter of Nancy Stockman of Clinton & County and State aforesaid. claimant for a pension under the Act of Congress passed July 4th 1836 for the services of William Stockman, deceased, who was her husband and
resident of Orange Township, County & State aforesaid, a Militia Soldier in the Revolutionary War, to ascertain whether there is any documentary proof of said William Stockman's services in the Revolutionary War and cannot learn that there is any.
s/ D.C. Saxton

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year last above written.
s/ L.S. Averill

I, Lyman S. Averill, one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the County of Essex and State aforesaid, before whom the above declaration was taken, do hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with the above named declarant and believe his testimony may be relied on under oath.
s/ Lyman S. Averill

Dated this 17th day of July A.D. 1847.
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June 5, 1940

BA-J/MCS
William Stockman, W.6206

Mr. Moses Bigelow
305 Lexington Avenue
New York City

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letter of April 21, 1940, in which you request information relative to the Revolutionary War soldier, --- Stockman of Morris or Essex County, New Jersey and his widow, Nancy, who was granted pension in 1838.

The data which follow were taken from papers on file in the pension claim, W.6206, based on the military service of William Stockman.

The date and place of birth of William Stockman and the names of his parents are not shown.

While living in that part of Essex County, New Jersey, which was later called Orange, William Stockman enlisted in the spring or summer of 1776 and served at various times until the close of the Revolution, as private with the New Jersey troops under Captains John Peck, Eliakim Littell, Crain, Robert Nichols, and Huntington, and Colonel Waid or Cortland. He was in the battles of Springfield and Second River, was in a skirmish with the British near Hackensack, New Jersey, and received a slight wound in the head during the battle of Monmouth. During a part of his service, William Stockman substituted for his brother whose name is not shown.

William Stockman married in what was later called Orange, Essex County, New Jersey, October32, 1772, Nancy Lindsley.

Willian Stockman died March 11, 1815.

As the widow of William Stockman, Nancy Stockman applied for pension July 11, 1837, at which time she was seventy-seven years of age and was...
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...living in Clinton, Essex County, New Jersey. She was allowed pension for the service of William Stockman for eight months and two days during the Revolutionary War.

Phebe Lindsley of Orange, New Jersey, aged eighty-one years, stated in 1837 that she was present at the marriage of William Stockman and Nancy Lindsley in 1777 but it is not shown whether she was related to Nancy.

There are no further data relative to family.

in order to obtain the date of last payment of pension of Nancy Stockman, the name and address of the person to whom it was paid and possibly the date of death of the widow, it is suggested that you address The Comptroller General, Records Division, General Accounting Office, Washington, D.C., giving the following data:

Nancy Stockman, widow of William Stockman, Certificate #2152, issued June 25, 1838, rate $26.88 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act of July 4, 1836, New Jersey Agency.

Very truly yours
A.D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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N. Jersey | V
Nancy Stockman
Letter to D.C. Saxton 3 Nov. '37
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Rev(olutionary War)
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 6206
Nancy Stockman, widow of William Stockman.
Pri(vate), N.J. Line.
Act: July 4th '36 Sec. 3rd
Index: - ; Vol. M; Page 241.
{Arrangement of 1870.}

1940 June 5 - Hist(ory sent) to Mr. Moses Bigelow. M.C.S.
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305 Lexington Avenue
New York City

Apr. 21, 1940

Commissioner of Bureau of Pensions
Dept. of Interior

Revolutionary War Section

Dear Sir,

Kindly inform me as to such date as may be on file in reference to pension granted to Nancy Stockman in 1838, widow of --- Stockman, soldier of the Revolution from Morris County or Essex County, New Jersey.

Yours truly,
s/ Moses Bigelow
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William Stockman, Marginal Reference No. 966
£ 3.0.0 | August 9th | Letter B

William Stockman, Marginal Reference No. 1430
£ 0.17.6 | Sep. 27th | Letter B

I do hereby certify that the above are true copies of the margin references of notes of the sums authorized to be paid to the Soldiers of the Revolution for military services in the County of Essex under an Act of the Legislature of the State of New Jersey passed the 20th day of December A.D. 1783 [crossed out: remaining on file in the Treasury Office].

Witness my Hand at Trenton this 25th day of January A.D. 1838.
s/ Israel Southard, Treasury
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Treasury Office, Trenton, Feb. 6th 1838.

D(ea)r Sir,

Your favor of the 5th has been received. The statement I forward you that the hands of Mrs. Stockman contains all the information that is to be found in the Treasury Office on that subject. The Marginal References do not contain either the day or the year, nor the length of the service.

Yours respectfully &c.,
s/ Isaac Southard, Treasury

D.C. Saxton, Esq.
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Hon. Jas. L. Edwards
Comm(issioner) of Pensions
Washington, D.C.

Jurat | Sep. 3 | N.Y.
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Brooklyn, Aug. 30, 1838

Hon. Jas. L. Edwards

Sir,

You will please have the grounds to make some communication concerning the pension papers of Mrs. Nancy Stockman, widow of Wm. Stockman, deceased, and oblige.

Your obed(ient) ser(vant),
s/ D.C. Saxton
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Hon. Jas. L. Edwards
Comm(issioner) of Pensions
War Department
Washington, D.C.

2303
9 March

File as add(itional) proof.

V | Nancy Stockman
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Brooklyn, N. York, Jan. 26, 1838

Hon. Jas. L. Edwards

Sir,

In the matter of Nancy Stockman (claimant for pension for the services of her husband, Wm. Stockman, deceased) I recently forward you a statement from the Treasury of N. Jersey of £ 3.0.0, may be paid at one time & £ 0.17.6, at another. I conversed with Judge Miller of Newark, N. Jersey, last week, who is agent to obtain pensions for many persons & he informed me that he had examined the records in the Treasury of New Jersey & had now found more than £ 4.0.0 granted to any soldier by the State of New Jersey. He is of the opinion from the amo(unt) paid [to] Wm. Stockman, that he was considered to have done about as much service as any militiaman.

I remain with much esteem your obed(ient) ser(vant),
s/ D.C. Saxton
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Hon. J.L. Edwards
Comm(issioner) of Pensions
Washington, D.C.

2303
Feb. 13

N.Y.
Add. J.H.
V | Nancy Stockman
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Brooklyn, N.Y., Feb. 10, 1838

Sir,

In compliance with your directions of 3rd of November last, some stating that some evidence might be had in support of the claim of Mrs. Nancy Stockman, widow of William Stockman, by application to the Treasurer of the State of New Jersey in the possession of Marginal Record showing the amo(unt) paid to the officers & militia soldiers at the close of the Revolutionary War. The enclosed will show you the result of the application.

I find it very important to obtain information by a [illegible] applicant relating to the Revolutionary War. The s(ai)d man not being personally acquainted with officers & far advanced in life, it is harder to be expected that she could recollect distinctly names, dates &c. like a man who performed the service. The most substantial [crossed out: widows] witnesses are dead, [illegible] I have conversed with several persons who was well acquainted with William Stockman, who say that he was always first & foremost in the war, as for as his business affairs would permit. If any such evidence in addition to what has been given could be of service, it can be obtained. Viz.: That when his brother was drafted, he would employ the brother on the form & do the service himself; give the last loaf of bread or anything other by way of food to poor hungry soldiers as they passed.

Mrs. Stockman is reduced to poverty & stands in need of anything that the law will allow her. You will confer a great favor by replying to this soon as convenient.

Your obed(ient) ser(vant),
s/ D.C. Saxton

Hon. J.S. Edwards
Comm(issioner) of Pensions
Washington, D.C.
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Sept 14
Nancy Stockman 
NY Vol -1836
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Brooklyn, Sep. 7, 1838

Hon. J.S. Edwards

Sir,

Yours of the 8th last is at hand, giving information of the Pension Certificate enclosed to Brooklyn, N.Y. the 26th of June last for Mrs. Nancy Stockman, which has just been obtained to have been found laying amongst advertised letters.

Sir,

I am with much relief your obed(ient) ser(vant),
s/ D.C. Saxton