Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 10,292, for Henry Stults, New Jersey
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(8-1776)

SERVICE | NUMBER
New Jersey | Stults, Henry | R.10,292

CONTENTS
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Henry Stults

11,118

State of New Jersey 
Middlesex County//

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June the 7th 1832.

On this tenth day of September Eighteen Hundred and Thirty two, personally appeared before me, Robert McChesney, one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Middlesex in the State of New Jersey, being a Court of Record, Henry Stults, a resident of the Township of South Amboy in the said County of Middlesex, aged Seventy seven years on the 24th day of February last, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June the 7, 1832.

That he entered the service of the United States in the Militia of New Jersey as a private and served as herein stated. Viz.: That in the year 1775 or 1776, was called into service in the company commanded by Vincent Wetherill as captain and under Colonel Heard and marched to Long Island in the State of New York for the purpose of disarming the Tories of that place. Was out on that tour three weeks in the year 1776. Was again called into service under the same captain and Colonel John Dyken and marched to Perth Amboy and Blazing Star and was engaged in guarding the shores opposite where the enemy lay on Staten Island. Was out on this tour two weeks at least, how much longer cannot certainly say. After this was again called out into service in Captain David Chamber's Company under Colonel Jacob Hyre, he thinks, and marched to Bergan, Bergan Point, Paulus Hook opposite the City of New York. At the time, the British fleet sailed up to that city and was engaged in protecting the people in that part of the State from the excursions of the enemy. Was out on this tour one month. After this was called out again under the same officers and marched to Woodbridge, Elizabeth Town for the same purposes. Was out on this tour at least two weeks. After this was called out into service and stationed in the village of Cranbury early in January 1777. At the time the British Army lay at the City of New Brunswick and continued there until about the first of June following, being relieved part of the time while stationed there. Was under the same officers but some part of the time under Colonel John Neilson. While out in this service was engaged in numerous scouting parties for the purpose of confining the enemy within the lines and protecting and guarding the surrounding inhabitants from their plundering parties and almost constant depredations. Was out on this tour two months and a half after this. Was called into service again under the same captain and...
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...Colonel Neilson and marched to Elizabeth Town and other places, guarding and protecting the inhabitants from the excursions of the enemy, which were very frequent. Out on this tour two weeks and more, cannot tell exactly. After this was called into service again under the same captain and either Colonel Neilson or Colonel William Scudder, is not sure which, and marched to Slabtown, Mount Holly, Allentown - retreating before the British Army in 1778. At the time they crossed from Philadelphia into New Jersey, and from the last mentioned place, marched to Englishtown and from there to where the
Battle of Monmouth took place. Was near but not engaged therein. Few of the militia being engaged therein. Was out on this tour between two weeks and a month. After this was called out again in the service under the same officers, he believes either in the year 1779 or 1780, and marched to Springfield, Newark and other places, for the purpose of driving the enemy from those places of which they had got possession, especially Springfield, which place they burnt. This tour lasted from two weeks to a month, cannot be certain the exact time. Besides the above tours, he was out very frequently on sudden alarms and he believes was out on such occasions at least as much as one month. And he also believes he has forgotten other tours in which he was out in the service, but being now old and very infirm, so much so that he has been confined pretty much to his house a long time past. By reason of which, his memory  is greatly impaired and from the best calculation he can now make under these circumstances, he verily believes he must have been engaged in the service in the whole from first to last as long as nine months. And this applicant further declares that he has no documentary evidence relating to his services excepting the affidavit hereunto annexed. And he hereby declares that he relinquishes every other claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present. And he also declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State and this applicant in addition to his services, as above mentioned, declares that he acted as Sergeant a great part of the time and spent a considerable time in warning out the militia on many occasions. Was thus engaged from two weeks to a month in the whole.
s/ Henry Stults

Sworn to and subscribed before me the subscribed the day and year above said.
s/ Robert McChesney
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Interrogatories put by Robert McChesney, Judge as aforesaid, unto him, the foregoing named applicant, namely Henry Stults.

1. When and where were you born.
2. Answer, I was born the 24th day of February 1755 in the Township of South Brunswick, in the County of Middlesex and State of New Jersey.

2. Have you any Record of your age, and where is it.
Answer, My age is recorded in my Bible, which is in my possession.

3. Where were you living when called into service, where have you lived since the Revolutionary War and where do you now live.
Answer, In the said Township of South Brunswick and I have lived there and in the Township of South Amboy in the said County and I now reside there.

4. How were (you) called into service.
Answer, As a volunteer.

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-
Answer, I do not recollect the names of any other officers who commanded where I served than those I have mentioned in my foregoing declaration and the general circumstances of my services are also all therein related as far as I can remember.

6. Did you ever receive a discharge from the service.
Answer, No, other than a verbal one.

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.
Answer, I am known to John Day, Esquire, John Stonalner, John Gordon, Garret Davison, Alexander Snediker, Isaac Snediker, James Mount, John Applegate and Henry Fisher &c. &c.
s/ Henry Stults


Sworn to and subscribed before me, the subscriber, the day and year above said.
s/ Robert McChesney
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[illegible]

I, Henry Pastor, of the First Presbyterian Church in the [illegible] Cranbury in the County of Middlesex and Reuben Morris, of the [illegible] County, do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Henry Stults, who has sworn to and subscribed the foregoing declaration and interrogatories and believe him to be Seventy seven years of age or thereabouts, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier in the Revolution, and the we concur in that opinion.
s/ Symmes C. Henry
s/ Reuben Morris

Sworn to and subscribed before me, the subscriber, the day and year above said.
s/ Robert McChesney

And he, the said Robert McChesney, Judge as aforesaid, do hereby declare it to be his opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the
foregoing interrogatories prescribed by the War Department. That the above named applicant was a soldier and served as he states. And he further certifies that it is known to him that the said Symmes C. Henry, who has signed the above certificate is a Clergyman resident in the vicinity of the said applicant in the County of Middlesex and that Reuben Morris, who has also signed his name to the same is a resident in the said County also and is a creditable person, and that their statement is entitled to credit. And he further certifies that in his opinion that he, the said applicant Henry Stults, labors under such bodily infirmities that he cannot attend [crossed out: attend] the Court of Common Pleas of said County of Middlesex to have his case investigated in witness whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name.
s/ Robert McChesney

State of New Jersey
Middlesex County//

I, F.S. Vanansdale, Clerk of the Court of the County of Middlesex, do hereby certify that Robert McChesney, before whom the foregoing proceedings were had
was at the time a Judge of s(ai)d Court and that his signature as thereto written is the proper handwriting of said Judge.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my Hand and Seal of Office this 17th day of September A.D. 1832.
s/ F.S. Vanansdale, Clk.
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11,118
Henry Stults
N.J.
Dead
E.J.
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
(blank) 183(blank)

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 complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your
claim.

A statement, shewing the service of Henry Stults, N.J.

Period when the service was rendered. | Duration of the claimant's service. (Years/Months/Days) | Rank of the claimant. | Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. | Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. | Battles in which the applicant was engaged. | Country through
which he marched. | Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. | Evidence by which the declaration is supported.
1776 called | (blank) | (blank) | 21 days | private) | Capt. Wetherill | Col. Heard | (blank) | Long Is(lan)d, N. York | 77, Born in Middlesex, N.J., entered service there and now lives in s(ai)d Co.
1776 called | (blank) | (blank) | 24 days | private | Capt. Wetherill | Col. Dyken | (blank) | (blank) | (blank) | (blank) | (blank) 
1776 called | (blank) | 1 mo. | 14 days | private | Capt. Chambers | Col. Hyer | (blank) | Paulus Hook | (blank) | (blank) | (blank) 
1776 called | (blank) | 1 mo. | 14 days | private | Capt. Chambers | Col. Hyer | (blank) | Elizabeth Town | (blank) | (blank) | (blank) 
May 1777 continued till June.| Capt. Chambers | Col. Hyer | (blank) | (blank) | (blank) | (blank) | (blank) 
Out other tours. | 2 mos. | 15 days | (blank) | (blank) | (blank) | (blank) | (blank) 
After this. | (blank) | (blank) | 14 days | private | Capt. Chambers | Col. Neilson | (blank) | (blank) | (blank) 
Between one and 2 months.
1779 between one and 2 weeks. | (blank) | (blank) | (blank) | (blank) | Capt. Chambers | Col. Neilson | (blank) | Springfield | (blank) 
Out frequently.
Served in all (he believes) 9 months and acted as a Sergeant a great part of the time.

One surviving witness proves generally Certificate of Clergyman and citizen.

I am, respectfully your obedient servant,
J.L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
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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:
1. The Regular Troops.
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3. 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 claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians 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 //
On this _____ day of _____ personally appeared (a) before
A. B. a resident (b) of __________ in the county of __________ and State, Territory or District
of _____ aged (c) _____ 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) _____ , with _____ and
served in the _____ (e) regiment of the _____ line, under the following named officers:

[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. (illegible) This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons 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 _____.

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. __________ 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.
I, __________, 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 __________ and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with __________, 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 alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person...
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... 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. (To a Soldier) Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it?
6. (To an Officer) Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what 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 he 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.

The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry 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.

[a] 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.
[b] 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.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] 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 which he served, in language so definite 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:

"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A.B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:--For (blank) year (blank) months, and  (blank) days, I served as a  (blank). For  (blank) months and  (blank) days, I served as a  (blank); and for such service I claim a pension."

It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months, is too indefinite, and all such 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 highly objectionable. It must, 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 an 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.

[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] 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 public seal 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.
[j] 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 witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.

The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

This applicant departed this life the 3 day of October 1832.
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April 24, 1940

Henry Stults
R.10292
BA-J/MLB

Mrs. E.M. Brooks
265 Randy Street
New Brunswick, New Jersey

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Henry Stults who, you state, was born February 24, 1755, married Ellen Cortelyon, December 4, 1780, lived in South Amboy Township, Middlesex County, New Jersey, and died October 3, 1832.

The record of Henry Stults follows as found in the papers of pension claim, R.10292, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.

While residing in the Township of South Amboy, Middlesex County, New Jersey, he applied September 10, 1832, for a pension and alleged that while he was a resident of South Brunswick Township, New Jersey, he volunteered in 1775 or 1776, and served at various times until sometime in 1779 or 1780, amounting in all to at least nine months, as a private and part of the time acting as sergeant, under Captains Vincent Wetherill and David Chambers, and Colonels Heard, "John Dyken" (evidently meant for Daychinek), Jacob Hyer, John Neilson and William Scudder in the New Jersey troops, and that during his service was called out on frequent and sudden alarms and on securing parties, guarding the shores and inhabitants along Staten Island from plundering and constant depredations by the enemy.

Henry Stults' claim for pension was not allowed as proof of service was not furnished in accordance with the requirements of the pension law...
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...Henry Stults died October 8, 1833, place not stated. There are no family data shown in the claim.

Very truly yours
A.D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

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[crossed out: Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.]

REJECTED

10,292

P.O. 
Henry Stults
Service: (blank)

Enlisted: (blank)
Discharged: (blank)
Printed list of 1852 Rejected & Suspended Claims shows following cause of suspension.:
"No proof of service."
Application filed: (blank)
Alleges: (blank)
Re-enlisted: (blank)

Attorney: (blank)
P.O. (blank)
(blank) Recognized. (check mark) Contract.
(blank) Cert. of Dis. Searched for (check mark)

1935 [illegible] 18 - Hist(ory sent) to Albert L. Stokes. M.L.B
1939 Jan. 28 - [illegible] already furnished.
1940 Apr. 24 - Hist(ory sent) to Mrs. E.M. Brooks
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R.10292
Henry Stults

War Depart(ment)
Pension Off(ice)
June 21, 1833

Sir,

I have to communicate the examination of the following claims for pensions under the Act of 7 June '32.

No amendment having been made to the original declaration of Robert Ayres to remedy the indefinite recital of his service, the same objection subsists to the commission of his closing, which has heretofore been communicated to you. The witness taken in the case of R. Thomas is not certified to be credible. (could not find)

The claims of Benj. Maple, dec(eased), Cornelius Gulick, dec(eased) & Henry Stults, dec(eased) are suspended. It is impracticable to ascertain from their original declarations the amount of their respective claims and their death interpose a serious obstacle to the removal of the objection formerly communicated.

The same objection was upon the first examination taken to file claims of [crossed out: Henry Stults] (cannot find claim) Isaac Jonley, Lewis Beaman & John Clayton. They have now been returned, with a general affidavit affirm ing an aggregate of the service for which they respectively claim. That form of affidavit was adopted by the office as a convenient mode of removing any vagueness or ambiguity in relation to [crossed out: alleged] others alleged in the original declaration but not to super(cede)...
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...(super)cede the declaration itself. It [crossed out: was intended to amend] should only be resorted to for purposes of amendment. The objection to
the claims last alluded to was not founded upon any vagueness of expression in the previous allegations of tours but to the omission to specify the tours.

The allegation of an aggregate amount of service composed of numerous tours without definite recital of them is objectionable in itself & contrary to the
regulations. If the allegation is founded upon a mere impression it is an unsatisfactory cause of a claim & if authorized by any definite data within the regulations of the claim & is entitled to a knowledge of them in order to test its accuracy. Their claims are also suspended & their papers placed on file with the exception of Rob't Ayres & R. Thomas whose papers are herewith enclosed.

Act 7 June

C.G. McChesney
21 June '33
D.C.

Re: Vol. 9; Pa(ge) 208.

Ayres 8886
Thomas 10,941

C.G. McChesney, U.S. H(ouse) of Represent(atives)
Hightstown, N.J.
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January 23, 1939.

BA-J/ady
Henry Stults
R.10292

Mr. A. L. Stokes
Box 221
New Brunswick, New Jersey

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letter relative to Henry Stults, a soldier of the Revolutionary War of Middlesex County, New Jersey.

This office has no further information in regard to Henry Stults than that which was furnished you July 18, 1935, Revolutionary War pension claim, R.10292. This is the only Henry Stults that is found on the Revolutionary War records of this office.

Further information in regard to his service might be obtained from the Adjutant General, War Department, this city.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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July 18, 1935

Henry Stults
R.10292
BA-J/MLB

Mr. Albert L. Stokes
Box 397
New Brunswick, New Jersey

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of Henry Stults, of Middlesex County, New Jersey, whose wife was named Ellen Cortelyou, and Jacob Meserole, of the same county, whose wife was named Cathlina.

There is no claim for pension or bounty land on file based upon service in the Revolution of a Jacob Meserole, under any spelling. Such claims are the source of data furnished by this office in regard to soldiers of the Revolutionary War.

The record was found of a Henry Stults of New Jersey and is given below as shown in the papers on file in pension claim, R.10292, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.

Henry Stults was born February 24, 1755, in the Township of South Brunswick, Middlesex County, New Jersey; the names of his parents are not given.

On September 10, 1832, Henry Stults, while residing in the Township of South Amboy, Middlesex County, New Jersey, applied for pension and alleged that, while living in South Brunswick Township, New Jersey, he volunteered in 1775 or 1776, that he served at various times until sometime in 1779 or 1780, amounting in all to at least nine months, as a private and part of the time acting as sergeant, under Captains Vincent Wetherill and David Chambers, and Colonels Heard, "John Dyken" (evidently meant for Durchinck), Jacob Byer, John Neilson and William Scudder, in the New Jersey troops, and that during his service was called out on frequent and sudden alarms and on scouting parties, guarding the shores and inhabitants along Staten Island from plundering and constant depredations by the enemy.

His claim was not allowed as proof of service was not furnished in accordance with the requirements of the pension law...
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...Henry Stults died October 8, 1833, place not stated. There are no family data shown in the claim.

Very truly yours
A.D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

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Box 221
New Brunswick, N.J.
Dec. 12, 1938

Veterans Administration
Washington, D.C.

Gentlemen,

Please advise whether you have any record of the Revolutionary War service of HENRY STULTS of Middlesex County, N.J.

Thanking you, I am very truly yours
s/ A.L. Stokes
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Box 397,
New Brunswick, N.J.,
June 25, 1935

Veterans Administration,
Washington, D.C.,

Dear Sirs,

Please advise me whether the pension records furnish any data regarding the Revolutionary War service of the following:

Henry Stults, Middlesex Co., N.J. Militia, name of wife, Ellen Cortelyou
Jacob Meserole, Middlesex Co., N.J. Militia, name of wife, Cathlina.

Thanking you, I am very truly yours
s/ Albert L. Stokes
Albert L. Stokes.
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State of New Jersey
Middlesex County//

Be it known that on the 8 day of September 1832 before me, Robert McChesney, one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County of Middlesex, personally appeared Andrew Applegate, who being duly sworn according to law did depose and say that he is well acquainted with Henry Stults and
knew him previous to the Revolutionary War, and that he well remembers being out with him in the service of the United States in the Militia of New Jersey and served with him, the said Henry Stults, in the company commanded by Vincent Witherell on Long Island. Also in the company commanded by Captain David Chambers and was in the service with him at Elizabeth Town, Paulus Hook, Bergen point, Cranbury and several other places not now recollected. And further saith not.
s/ Andrew Applegate

Sworn to and subscribed before me, the subscriber, the day and year above said.
s/ Robert McChesney

And I do hereby certify that Andrew Applegate, the witness, is a creditable person.
s/ Robert McChesney, Justice of the Peace

State of New Jersey
Middlesex County//

I, F.S. Vanansdale, Clerk of the Court of the County of Middlesex in s(ai)d State, do hereby certify that Robert McChesney, before whom the foregoing affidavit was sworn was at the time a Judge of Court af(oresai)d and duly authorized to administer oaths.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my Hand and Seal of Office this 17th day of September A.D. 1832.
s/ F.S. Vanansdale, Clk.
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New Jersey
Revo(lutionary War)

Henry Stults
dead
Suspended

[crossed out: Let(ter sent to) C.S. McChesney 21 June 1833]

10292
Act of June '3[illegible]
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253 Handy St.
New Brunswick, N.J.
Mar. 23, 1940

Veterans Administration
Washington, D.C.

Gentlemen,

Please advise if you have any record of the military service in the Revolutionary War of HENRY STULTS of South Amboy Township, Middlesex County, N.J. He was born Feb. 24, 1755 and died Oct. 3, 1832. He married Dec. 4, 1780 Ellen Cortelyou.

Thanking you, I am very truly yours
s/ E.M. Brooks
Mrs. E.M. Brooks
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RECEIVED
MAR 25 1840
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