Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 10,182, for Asa Stiles, Connecticut
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Conn.  Stiles, Asa         R. 10182
and               Olive      War of 1812}
War 1812                     Old War Inv. File 27523
                                    B. L. Wt. 26448-160-12
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14759
48.164.? ?
14141
New York
Asa Stiles
of Clinton Co in the State of New York
who was a Private in the company commanded
by Captain Day of the Regt commanded
by Col Gilbert in the Ct 
line for 15 mo.

Inscribed on the Roll of New York
at the rate of 50 Dollars 00 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 11 day of May
1833 and sent to J. D. Woodward, Plattsburgh

Arrears to the 4th of March 1833   $100.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept     25.00
                                                   -------------
                                                        $125.00
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832}
Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk,
Book E  Vol. 4  Page 76
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Asa Stiles
No. 26448
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(copy) care of J. Douglas Woodward
Plattsburgh
N. York
No. 1
State of New York
County of Clinton ss.}
Personally appeared before me John Lynde one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the said County Asa Stiles of Chateaugay N. Y. who made oath on the holy Evangelists that he was honorably discharged from the army of the United States, that he enlisted at Plattsburgh Clinton County New York on or about the eighteenth day of February 1813 into Captain Charles Follet's company 11th Regiment United States Infantry. That he served in the said 11th Regiment until about the first part of August 1813, in the company of Captain Follet in said Regiment, when he was transferred to the 29th Regiment of U. S. Infantry. Deponent being unable to perform military duty in consequence of an injury received on his right knee, was attached to the Hospital Department under the controul of Dr. Wright and Dr. Sacket. That deponent was discharged at Burlington Vermont on or about the last of October 1813. That his discharge was handed to him by Lt. Col. Moody Beedel but whether he or General Parker or both signed it I am not now able to say. That deponent had the discharge at his house in Chazy after he left the service but what
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became of it I am unable to say. I have made diligent search for it but cannot find it. I think and believe it was destroyed by some of the children who had it to play with. It was considered by me of no importance. I was about forty five years of age when I was discharged and rather older. I think I was described in my description list as forty five. Deponent further says that his discharge contained the words Honorable Discharge and that he faithfully served as aforesaid until he was honorable discharged as aforesaid. And further saith that he thinks he was attached to Captain Benjamin S Mead's company 29th Regt U. S. Infantry at the time of his discharge but of this he cannot speak positively.
(signed) Asa Stiles

Subscribed to and sworn before me Nov. 9, 1830
(signed) J. Lynde Jus. Peace

Sworn before me this ninth day of November 1830and I certify that the said Asa Stiles says he was born in the Town of Hebron in the State of Connecticut, that he is about sixty five years of age five feet ten inches high has a common or light complexion blue eyes light hair, says he was by occupation when enlisted
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Treasury Department
3d Auditors Office
March 1st 1832

It appears from the Roll of Discharged men of Artillery and Infantry to the 31st December 1813, that Asa Stiles a private of Capt Smeaths company 11th Regiment enlisted the 17th of February 1813 for during the war, and was discharged the 19th October 1813, for "old age& lameness." See Sheldons ap abt B vo 375, Sub vo 11-43 yrs of age
Peter Hagner
Bounty Land Office
War Department

note 
a pension on [unk] injuries received in service 
see papers on file in the Pension Office
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a farmer and that he wishes to have his land in Michigan Territory, and his patent sent to himself and directed to him at Plattsburgh, N.Y.
(signed) J. Lynde, Justice of the Peace

I certify that the foregoing pages are truly copied from the originals on file in this Office.
War Department
Pension Office
February 24, 1832
J. L. Edwards

pr by Shetoon No 375 Abt B.
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Asa Stiles
Rev Soldier 15 months
address J D Woodward
Plattsburg NY
14759
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the  act of Congress passed June 7, 1832
State of New York
County of Clinton
On this fourth day of October personally appeared in open court, before the Court of Common Pleas of said county now sitting.  Asa Stiles, a resident of Chateaugay in the county of Franklin and state of New York, aged sixty-two years or therabouts, 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 7, 1832
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated.
I was born at Herbron Tolland County Connecticut on the twenty-first of March 1768 as near as I can guess.  I have no record of my age nor was ay every kept to my knowledge or in my belief and the is no person living to my knowledge (?) I can prove my age - I do not know my age with certainty.
I resided at HEbron County and enlisted and volunteer at Lebanon County in the month of June 1780 (the summer befoer Cornwallis was taken into Capt Days company, don't recollect lieut enants name.  Ensign William Bull, Col Hezakian Bissell's Regt. Connecticut Militia for the march to New London Conn. Staid(sic) there about two wek and then marched to Archogau continued there about five weeks. then marched to Pauchataonic where I remained until the time for which enlisted had expired  When I was  discharged at the placed last mentioned under the same officers about the last of September 1780 I had no written discharge. I then returned to Hebron County.
In the last part of June 1782 (next year after Cornwallis was taken) I again enlisted at Hebron Court as as volunteer into Capt John Gilbert's, Col Samuel Gilbert's regt Connecticut State Troop for during the war Lieutnant Hezikiah Bissel and Ensign Robert Booth assigned Booth New York. I served in that Company and regiment for one year when at the close of the war in June 1782 I was discharged at HEbron Court after (?) second enlistment. I marched  from Hebron Conn through (?) to New London, was stationed there two or three weeks whenI returned toHebron afordsaid and remained as a Minute man in said company and regiment above stated to the close of the war.
 I never was a substitute or drafted after the revolutIOn I moved to Shorehaus VT where I resided until1805 when I moved to Cheesy NY and at  Chateaugay where I have ever since resided and now reside I live with my sons at Chateaugay and Cheesy alternately.  I don't recollect the names of any Continental officers who were with the troops when I servedl I hasve no documentayr witness and I know of no person whose testimony I can procyre who can testify to my services except Reuben Stiles whose affidavit annexed I was  I was 12 and thirteen years of age when I first entered the services
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The names of persons to whom I am known in my present neighborhood and who can testify to my character for veracity and their belief of my services are in Chateaugay Ezra Stiles Abial Barnum Dr Morse Timothy Beeman Moses Parmalee John Nichols Solon Nichols and other. In Chary where I now stay a few weeks with my son Samuel Clark Job Atwqood William Eldridge Isaac Aldrige Esq William Hedding Esq William Lawrence Esq Joseph Harris and other, after the Revolution I lived in Hebron Conn until the year 1794 when I removed to Shareham Vt where I resided till 1807 when I removed to Chazy Clinton County NY where resided until 1828 when I removed to Chateaugay Franklin County New York where I have ever since resided and where I now reside. I am now on a visit to my son Asa Stiles Jr who resides where I formerly did in Chazy I have spent considerable time with him during the last year and generally do my legal business Clinton County it being more convenient for me to do so.
I do hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity under any law of the United States providing for Revolutionary officers and soldiers, except present, and declare that my name is not on the Roll of the agency of any State except the Roll of Invalids of the State of New York for a wound which I received during the last war.
Asa Stiles
Sworn to and subscribed this 4 day of October 1832 in open Court before me
Geo M Beckwith acting Clerk of Clinton Conn. Pleas
Geo M Beckwith acting Clerk of Clinton Conn. pleas. And the said Court do declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the abovenamed applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Moses Parmalee who has signed the annexed certificate is a Clergyman and a resident in the town of Chateaugay in the County of Franklin NY and that Stephen F Morse who has signed the same is a resident in the same town and is a credible person and that their statements is entitled to credit.
I George M Beckwith acting Clerk of the County of Clinton and of the Court of Common Pleas of said County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Asa Stiles for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this fourth day of October in the year eighteen and thirty two. Note the word reside erased, the work "putting" a little blotted, the word "proceeding" erased & the word "annexed" is in the County of Franklin NY interlined before execution. I further certify that Caleb Nichol, before whom the annexed affidavit of Reuben Stiles was taken & sworn on the 18th July 1832 was at the time a Supreme Court Commissioner & that his signature to the Jurat of said affidavit is genuine I being well acquainted with it.
Geo. M Beckwith Acting Clerk
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State of New York
County of Franklin ss. We Moses Parmalee Clergyman residing in the town of Chateaugay and County of Franklin and Stephen F Morse residing in the same town and County hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Asa Stiles Sen now a resident of Chateaugay in said County of Franklin N.Y. an applicant for a pension under the act of June 7, 1832. That we believe him to be sixty five years of age or there abouts. 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.
Moses Parmalee
Stephen F Morse
Sworn and subscribed to before me this 18 day of Sept 1832 and certify that the said Moses Parmalee is a clergyman and that said Stephen F Morse is a credible person and that their statement is entitles to credit.
Ezra Stiles Justice of the Peace

State of New York
County of Clinton ss. I the subscriber a Public Notary in said State residing in Plattsburgh in said County do hereby certify that it has been satisfactorily shown to me that Ezra Stiles before whom the above affidavits of Moses Parmalee & Stephen F Morse was taken and sworn on the 18th day of September 1832 was at the time a Justice of the Peace in & for the County of Franklin aforesaid and that the signature of the said Ezra Stiles to the Jurat of said affidavit is the genuine hand writing of the said Ezra Stiles I being well acquainted with it. Witness my hand and seal of office this 22d day of September 1832.
J Douglas Woodward
Notary Public
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State of New York
County of Clinton ss. Reuben Stiles of Chazy in said County being duly sworn says that he is brother of Asa Stiles applicant for a pension under the act of June 7, 1832, and recollects that he enlisted at Lebanon Connecticut in June 1780, into Capt. Days Co Col. Willis Regt. Connecticut State Troops for three months and Deponent recollects that said Asa came out of the service in said company about the last of September 1780, Deponent understood at the time that said Asa had served his time fully out. Deponent then resided at Hebron Conn.
That to Deponent's knowledge said Asa again enlisted in the fore part of June 1782, as a volunteer into Capt John Gilberts Co Col Saml Gilberts Regt Connecticut State Troops for during the war. That said Asa served in said company & Regt until June 1783 Deponent understood at the time that said Asa had served one year under his second enlistment. He enlisted at Hebron Conn and was discharged at the same place. Deponent saw said Asa during his first three months service at New London. He was then at work as a soldier building a fort at that place. Dont recollect that he said his brother in service under the second enlistment but saw him when he went into the service and when he left & understood at the time that the said Asa served in all as a private during the war of the revolution fifteen months. Deponent has frequently talked the affairs of the Revolution with said Asa & from Deponent knows [unk] he has no doubt that said Asa did serve fifteen months as before stated.
Reuben Stiles
Sworn and subscribed to before me this 18th day of July 1832 & I certify that Deponent is a credible person & witness.
Caleb Nichols
Supreme Court Commissioner
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Olive Stiles decln
act July 7, 1838
Reuben Stiles 559
affidavit
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559
Olive Stiles
N.Y.
act 7 July 38
Rejected
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7th July 1838 entitled "an act granting half pay and pension to certain widows."
On this thirteenth day of August 1838, personally appeared before William Hedding one of the Judges of Clinton County Courts Olive Stiles a resident of Chazy in said County aged seventy one 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 7, 1838, entitled "an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows." That she is the widow of Asa Stiles who w as a pensioner under the act of June 7, 1832 & a private in the army of the revolution and served as follows as he has told her. He served as she believes fifteen months as a private in the Connecticut State Troops, & he received pension of $50 per annum under said act.
For a particular statement of his services she refers to his pension papers.
She further declares that she was married to the said Asa Stiles at the town of Lebanon in the State of Connecticut by Rev Thomas [unk] on the fifteenth day of September in the year seventeen hundred and eighty five, that her husband the aforesaid Asa Stiles died at Chazy in said County of Clinton on the fourteenth day of August 1836, that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first day of January seventeen hundred & ninety four, viz at the time above stated.
olive Stiles
Sworn & subscribed to before me & I certify that applicant is a credible person & cannot & is unable by reason of bodily infirmity attend Court which [unk] 11 miles from where this affidavit is taken. She has feeble health & is afflicted with rheumatism on the day & year first above written.
William Hedding Judge of Clinton Co Courts
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State of New York
County of Clinton ss. Reuben Stiles of Beckmantown in said County being duly sworn  says that he was well acquainted with Asa Stiles & Olive Rood during & after the revolutionary war & that they were married at the town of Lebanon Connecticut by Rev Thomas Brockery in the month of September seventeen hundred and eighty five at the house of Jeremiah Rood & that deponent was present at the marriage & saw the ceremony performed, & that to his knowledge said Asa & Olive lived together as husband & wife from said time, up to the period of his death, which took place at Chazy in said County of Clinton on the 14th of August 1836. Deponent does not believe there is any record of said marriage. He is a brother of said Asa Stiles & made an affidavit relative to said [unk] services at the time he applied for a pension under the act of June 7, 1832 & Deponent further says that said Asa Stiles did serve as a private fifteen months as herein stated.
Reuben Stiles
Sworn & subscribed to before me this 11th day of August 1838 & I certify that Deponent is a credible person & witness.
William Heddings Judge of Clinton Co Courts
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State of New York
County of Clinton ss. I the subscriber Clerk of Clinton County Courts certify that William Hedding before whom the annexed affidavits of Mr Reuben Stiles & Mrs Olive Stiles were respecting sworn on the 11th & 13th days of August 1838, was at the time a Judge of Clinton County Courts & that his signature to the Jurat of said affidavit is genuine, & that the annexed are the original proceedings of said Judge in the matter of the application of Mrs Olive Stiles for a pension, In witness whereof I the said Clerk have fastened the papers together by a piece of red tape the ends of which pass under my official seal this 15th day of August AD 1838.
T. Crook Clerk
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Declaration of the children
of Olive Stiles
widow of Asa Stiles
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State of New York
County of Clinton ss. On this third day of January eighteen hundred and fifty before Ira P. Chamberlain a Justice of the Peace in & for said County personally appeared Asa Stiles a resident of Chazy in said County aged fifty nine years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain for himself & brother the benefit of the various pension laws. That his Father Asa Stiles was a private in the army of the Revolution as Deponent has been informed and believes, and was a pensioner of the United States under the act of June 7, 1832 at the rate of fifty dollars per annum. That he died at Chazy aforesaid on the fourteenth day of August eighteen hundred and thirty six, leaving a widow him surviving whose name was Olive Stiles. Her maiden names was Olive Rood, and she was married to the said Asa Stiles at Lebanon Conn on the ninth of September seventeen hundred and eighty five, as deponent has been informed and believes. That said Olive Stiles mother of declarant died at Chazy aforesaid on the second day of July eighteen hundred and forty three: 1843, leaving the following children of said marriage her surviving viz. Asa Stiles, Ezra Stiles and Warren Stiles, said children are the only children of said Olive Stiles and are all of age. The word "seventeen" written on an erasure.
Asa Stiles
Sworn & subscribed to before me this 3d day of January 1850, and I certify that Deponent is a credible person.
Ira P Chamberlain Justice Peace
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State of New York
County of Clinton ss. I the subscriber Clerk of said County certify that Ira P. Chamberlain before whom the within declaration of Asa Stiles was taken and sworn on the third day of January 1850, was at said time a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly qualified and that his signature to the Jurat of the within affidavit is genuine. Witness my hand & official seal at Plattsburgh NY this seventh day January 1850.
Chas. H Jones Clerk
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14.759
Asa Stiles
Clinton Co N York

admitted
15 mo. Private

J D Woodward
Plattsburgh
N.Y.
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BRIEF in the case of Asa Stiles
of Clinton Co in the State of N York
(Act 7th June, 1832)

1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judhe?

2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?

3. How old is he?  62 years

4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.

Period: June In 1780
Duration of Service: 3 months
Rank: Private
Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served: Capt Day Colo Willis

Period: June 1782
Duration of Service: 1 year a month more
Rank:
"
Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served: Capt Gilbert, Colo Gilbert

5. In what battles was he engaged?  none

6. Where did he reside when he entered the service?  Lebanon Cont.

7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?  Traditionary & a living witness

8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?  Correct

I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.

Richard Cutts
Examining Clerk
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April 11, 1936
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BA-J/MCS
Asa Stiles, R. 10182

Miss Harriet Lake
Independence
Iowa

Dear Madam:

The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file under pension claim, R. 10182, based upon the military service of Asa Stiles in the Revolutionary War and upon the disability incurred during his service in the War of 1812.

Asa Stiles stated that he was born in Hebron, Tolland County, Connecticut, on March 21, 1768, as near as he could guess as he did not know his age with certainty. The names of his parents were not given but it was stated in 1831 that they both had been dead about twenty years.

Asa Stiles enlisted in June, 1780, and served three months as private in Captain Day's company in Colonel Hezekiah Wyllys' Connecticut regiment. He enlisted in the forepart of June, 1782, and served until June, 1783, as private in Captain John Gilbert's company in Colonel Samuel Gilbert's Connecticut regiment.

He moved from Hebron, Connecticut, to Shoreham, Vermont, in 1794, and lived there until 1805 or 1807 when he moved to Chazy, Clinton County, New York.

While living at Chazy, New York, he enlisted at Plattsburgh on February 16 or 17, 1813, served as private in Captains Charles Follett's and Benjamin Smead's companies in the 11th Regiment of United States Infantry; while unloading a wagon at or near Burlington, Vermont, May 20, 1813, a barrel of provisions fell and struck him dislocating his right knee and on account of this injury he was discharged October 19 or 20, 1813.
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In 1828 Asa Stiles moved to Chateaugay, New York.

On account of disability resulting from the injury received during his service in the War of 1812 he was pensioned from January 9, 1832. On account of service in the Revolutionary War he was allowed pension on his application executed October 4, 1832, while living at Chateaugay, New York. He then stated that he lived alternately with his sons at Chateaugay and Chazy.

Asa Stiles died August 14, 1836, at Chazy, New York.

He married September 15, 1785, Olive Rood at the home of Jeremiah Rood or Roode (relationship not given) in Lebanon, Connecticut.

In 1838 his widow, Olive Stiles, was living in Chazy, New York, aged seventy-one years.

She died July 2, 1843, at Chazy, New York, leaving the following children only: Asa Stiles, born in Hebron, Connecticut, August 14, 1791, and resident of Chazy, New York, in 1850 where his father formerly lived: Ezra Stiles, resident of Fort Covington, New York, in 1850, aged fifty-one years; Warren Stiles, resident of Salem, Iowa, in 1850 aged forty-nine years.

Reuben Stiles, the eldest brother of Revolutionary War soldier, Asa Stiles, being two years older, was living in Chazy, New York, in 1831, and in Beckmantown, New York, in 1838, and stated that he enlisted with his brother in 1813.

Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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F 27.523
Asa Stiles     War 1812
See his Revy papers for a
pension, Como redated with
those if his widow Olive
Rejd $10.182
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"FRENCH SPOLIATION CLAIMS" AGENCY
LISTS OF OVER 1,200 SHIPS CAPTURED AND OVER 3,000 CLAIMANTS
Correspondence Solicited.     References Given.
GEO. L. CLARK
Counsellor-at-Law
Member of "New York State Bar Association"
Special attention given to claims before congress or any of the Departments
CLARK & HATHAWAY
Attorneys at Law
Plattsburgh, N. Y.
Washington, D.C. May 29, 1885
To Comr of Pensions 916 F, Vt,
Sir, In reply to the enclosed letter I would say- Asa & Reuben Stiles were born in Hebron Conn & ust have enlisted in the Rev. War from that State about 1793, they removed to Shoreham Vt. there about 1801, to Chazy Clinton Co, N.Y. In the war of 1812, both must have enlisted from that town as both resided there until then in Aug 1836, Reuben Stiles (they were brothers) died there in Nov, 1840. His wife Merry did not survive him. Asa Stiles left
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a widow Olive Stiles who died at West Chazy N.Y. July 2, 1843. Both Asa & Reuben Stiles drew a pension for injuries received in one of the Wars, as near as I remember, Asa Stiles (my grandfather) drew for an injury to his foot, Reuben Stiles for a wound or injury in his hip or leg. He was a very lame man.
I am unable to state the organization in which either of them served in either war or their officers, but want very much to know full particulars.
Their father who lived & died at Hebron, Conn was Stephen Stiles. They had a brother Stephen also Samuel & Ebenezer.
Were either the father or the bothers in the Rev. War?
Asa Stiles in the war of 1812, also enlisted his son Ezra Stiles, then only 14 or 15 years of age as an officers aid
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"FRENCH SPOLIATION CLAIMS" AGENCY
LISTS OF OVER 1,200 SHIPS CAPTURED, AND OVER 3,00 CLAIMANTS.
Correspondence Solicited.  References Given.
3rd Page
GEO. L. CLARK
Counsellor-at-Law
(Member of "new York State Nar Association")
Special Attention Given to Claims Before Congress or Any of the Departments.
CLARK & HATHAWAY
Attorney at Law,
Plattsburgh, N. Y.
Washington, D.C.                           1885
Ezra Stiles drew a pension up to his death, Aug 1, 1880 & his widow, Harriet Stiles of Fort Covington N.Y. now draws one. Ezra Stiles was aid to Leiut. Wm F. Hall and was (I think) in the "partie at Fort Erie" and in the Battle of Lundeys Lane." I would like his record date of enlistment. The oldest son of Asa Stiles, Asa Stiles Junior, also enlisted in the war of 1812 (I believe in Capt Atwoods Co) and was in the battle of Plattsburgh. As I understand he drew a Land Warrant for 160 acres of land but never drew a pension.
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He died in 1863. His widow now lived but married again.
I would life the record as to Asa Stiles Jr. last named.
Parden so many enquiries but a "Genealogical History" of the "Stiles Family" is being compiled by Dr. Hury R. Stiles of New York and as my mother was a Stiles, I am interested in having our branch, as far as their military history is concerned correctly inserted.
it will be a great favor if I can have full answers to these enquiries.
Very Respectfully
Geo. L. Clark
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Asa & Reuben Stiles, brothers,
born in Hebron Conn both
removed to Shareham Vt (1793)
& 1801 to Chazy NY- both from
Chazy-Asa died Aug 1836
Reuben died Nov 1840 &
wife Mary  did not survive him
Asa left widow Olive who
died July 2 1843
Asa injury to his foot
Reuben wd or injury to his hip or
leg & was lame
Stephen Stiles was the father
& they had a brother Stephen
also Samuel & Ebenezer were
either the father or brother in
Revy war?
Asa had a son Ezra in war 1812
& a pensioner up to 1880 & his
widow Harriet of Fort Covington
is now a pension
Asa was a son in war 1812
got a Land Warrant but no pension
died 1863 widow mard again
(Substance of letter of Enquiry)
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(3-192)
..............Div.
.............Ex'r.
Department of the Interior
Pension Office
Washington, D. C.,.................., 188  .
In reply to your inquiries relative to the pension claim


14610 Beriah
28894 Lewis
31987 Asahel
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(3-469)
See Revy with Rejected widow 10,182
PENSION BUREAU
"Revolutionary War
War of 1812"
Application No.
Certificate No.
NAME OF SOLDIER,
Asa Stiles
Co.                ,            Reg't
INFORMATION DESIRED
This soldier drew
a pension up
to his death in
1836.
Was it for Rev
services or for
War of 1812?
What was his
Co. & Regt.
wanted for
family history
by Geo. L. Clark
916 F. N.Y.
City
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Asa Stiles
In 1830 of Chatauga (probably Franklin Co) NY, enlisted for the War of 1812, at Plattsburgh NY in Feby 1813 in Capt Follets Co, in 11 Regt and early in Augt 1813 was transferred to the 29 Regt being unable to perform military duty by reason of an injury to his right knee, caused by a barrel of provisions while unloading at Burlington Vt. May 20. He was attached to the Hospital Department & discharged at Burlington Oct 1813. His older brother Reuben enlisted at the same time. He called his age 65 years but in 1832 it was settled by aid of his brother that in 1832 he was 62 years, their parents not having a family record. In 1832 he was in Clinton Co & in 1855 his residence was in Chazy, Clinton Co. On the last of Augt 1814 on the approach of the British army towards Plattsburgh he turned out under Capt Wm Atwood in Colo Miller's NY Militia Regt & was in the battle of Sept 11 when the British were repulsed. It appears that he was in this last service in Chazy, at least he name that place as his enlistment.
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27523
1812 INVALID
File No. 27523
Asa Stiles
Priv. U. S. T.
Act: Mil Est
Index:- Vol. 2, Page 395
[Arrangement of 1870]

see{ O. W. Inv. File 48164, wid. Rej. 10182, Conn Mil, Rev War
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N. York
Olive Stiles
(following all crossed out) 
Letter to J. D. Woodward 24 Sept '38
Nov. 26, 1839 to Jos. L. Goodspeed
J. D. Woodward 30 Jany 1850
Hon. J. R. Thurman Sept 19/50
Hon. J. H. Boyd Apl 1/52

Act 7 July 1838
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1579
Dead
Let to Hon. G. A. Simmons Mar 13/34
Albany
See Rejd widow Revy No 10182
Asa Stiles
Captain Mead's company of the 11th
regt. U. S. Infantry
Ratio of disability, one half
Date of discharge, 20 Oct 1813
Time of closing the testimony, 9 January 1832
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany
at four dollars per month, to commence on the
9th January 1832
Certificate of pension issued on the 21 of Feb 1832 and deld to J. D. Woodward
Present
Arrears to 4th March 1832  $7.48
Semi-an'l all'ce ending
                                  ---------------
                                         $7.48
Act of the ex mil est


See service pension act 1871
Certificate No of his widow
Harriet 30.863 (belongs to
widow of Ezra Stiles)
1885 June 18, Geo F Clark with history         prior
1885 July 12 G F Clark the aff does not wish to decide whether this is the same person who served in Revy war or is a son of that solider, when the soldier does not State it
1898 April 26 G F Clark history & that the pensioners (Revy & 1812) the same person could receive both pensions
Rec Book D Vol 5 Fols 44
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April 11, 1936

BA-J/AWF

Miss Harriet Lake
Independence
Iowa

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the War of 1812 record of Asa Stiles of West Chazy, New York, who served in Captain Follett's company in the 11th regiment, and the record of his son, Ezra Stiles, who served in the same company.

the records of these two soldiers are furnished you herewith, as found in their claims for pension.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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This is not a full abstract & does not include all family data. Hon. Arch W McFarlane, in his letter of Jan. 2, 1935, requested only information in regard to pension rec'd by soldier. MCS
January 15, 1935
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Asa Stiles, R. 10182
BA-J/MCS

Honorable Arch W. McFarlane
512 First national Bank Bldg.
Waterloo, Iowa

My dear Mr. McFarlane:

Reference is made to your letter of January 2, 1935, in which you request the pension number of Asa Stiles who was injured in the War of 1812 and discharged in October, 1813, the amount of pension he drew each month and the total amount which he received.

The records of this office show that while living at Hebron, Connecticut, Asa Stiles enlisted in June, 1780, and served three months as private in Captain Day's company in Colonel Hezekiah Wyllys' Connecticut regiment; that he enlisted in the forepart of June, 1782, and served until June, 1783, as private in Captain John Gilbert's company in Colonel Samuel Gilbert's Connecticut regiment.

He moved from Hebron, Connecticut, to Shoreham, Vermont, in 1794, and lived there until 1805 or 1807 when he moved to Chazy, Clinton County, New York, to live with his son, Asa. While living there he enlisted at Plattsburgh, February 16 or 17, 1813, served as private in the Regiment of United States Infantry in Captains Charles Follett's and Benjamin Smead's companies; while unloading a wagon at or near Burlington, Vermont, a barrel of provisions fell from the wagon and struck him dislocating his right knee and on account of this injury he was discharged October 19 or 20, 1813.

On account of the above mentioned service in the Revolution, he was pensioned at the rate of $50 per annum, commencing March 4, 1831.

On account of the disability resulting from the injury received during his service in the War of 1812 he was pensioned from January 9, 1832, at the rate of $4 per month.
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He died August 14, 1836, at Chazy, New York. He stated in 1832 that he was about sixty-two years of age.

In order to obtain information in regard to the total amount of pension paid to this soldier, and the dates of final payments, it is suggested that you address the Comptroller General, Records Division, General Accounting Office, Washington, D.C., citing the following data:

Asa Stiles, Revolutionary War, Certificate 14141, issued May 11, 1833, rate $50 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1832, New York Agency.

Asa Stiles, War of 1812, Certificate 1479, issued February 21, 1832, rate $4 per month, commenced January 9, 1832, Act of Military Establishment, Albany, New York Agency.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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Arch W. McFarlane
Sixty-Sixth District
Black Hawk County
Home Address
Waterloo, Iowa

Chairman
Printing Committee

State of Iowa
House of Representatives
Forty-Fifth General Assembly
Extra Session
Des Moines

January 
2nd
1935

War Risk Department,
Washington, D.C.

Gentlemen:

Will you be kind enough to furnish me information relative to Asa Stiles, who was injured in the war of 1812, and discharged October, 1813. I am desirous of knowing his pension number, and the amount of pension he drew each month, together with the total amount which he received. You can probably locate the record by referring to Lizzie Chandler Sunier, D.A.R. #132060.

Very truly,
Arch W McFarlane (signature)
Arch W. McFarlane,
512 First Nat'l Bldg.,
Waterloo, Iowa
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National Society United States Daughter of 1812
National Headquarters, 1461 Rhode Island Avenue, N. W.
Washington, D. C.
Business Headquarters
Office of the President National
Mrs. John Francis Weinmann, 2214 Battery Street, Little Rock, Ark.

Independence, iowa
March 17, 1936

Bureau of Pensions
Old War Division
Washington, D. C. 

Gentlemen:-

Do you have the record of ASA STILES, of West Chazy, New York. who is said to have enlisted in February of 1813 in Captain Folletts Company, 11th New York Infantry. Is said to have been injured and to have drawn a pension. Was discharged at Burlington Vermont, October 1813.

Do you have the record of his son EZRA STILES who enlisted February 1813 in the same company- Captain Folletss. 11th New York. Was wounded at Chateaugay River Oct 26 1813 was in the battle of Forte Erie July 3 1814, Chippewa July 5 1814 and at the sortie from Fort Erie Sept 17 1814. Was discharged June 1815.

We shall be grateful for this information which is needed by an applicant for membership in the U.S.D. 1812

Yours very truly
Harriet Lake 
Miss Harriet Lake, President
Iowa Society Untied States Daughters of 1812
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UNITED STATES PENSION OFFICE
WASHINGTON, D.C.
July 7, 1885
Hon. Comr of Pensions
Sir- allow me to thank you for the valuable genealogical data in relation to my mothers family- Asa, Reuben, Asa Stiles Jr, and Ezra Stiles furnished me n yours of the 18th inst In order however to be entirely correct- I desire to ask one or two more questions the answers to which are not quite clear in the
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memorander furnished
1st Was Asa Stiles or his son Asa Stiles Jr in Capt Atwoods Co, Col Millers N.Y.M., Regt in the Battle of Plattsburgh?
We have always understood that it was Asa Stiles Jr. and that he applied for and drew a "Land Warrant" for that service of 160 acres.
2d Was Reuben Stiles in the Revolutionary War? If no when and
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where?
3rd Was Stephen Stiles of Hebron Conn (father of Asa & Reuben) in the Rev, War?
4th Was Samuel or Ebenezer Stiles in the Rev. War or War of 1812?
A reply addressed to me at 916 F. St. N. W. will greatly oblige.
Yours very Resp
Geo. L. Clark
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Asa Stiles in Oct 1832 of Chateauga [Chateaugay] Franklin Co NY aged 62 years (about)
Was born in Hebron Conn. Mch 21 1768 as near as he can guess - having no record. He volunteered
at Lebanon in June 1780 under Capt Day in Col Wyllys Reg't for 3 mo's & after being
Stationed a month in Middletown, marched to New London to build fort, then to Mohegan &
[illegible]dy until discharged. In June 1782 he enlisted under Capt John Gilbert
in Col. Gilbert reg't for & during the war & served a year. After the war in 1794 he
removed to Shoreham Vt in 1805 as [illegible], in 1807 
Settled in Chazy NY & in 1828 he went to Chateaugay.
he has since lived & is now with her sons alternately at both places at present with her
son Asa Jr, who resides in Chazy where he formerly did. he died -- Aug 14 1836 at Chazy
In 1832 his brother Reuben of Chazy testified to his Service. He mar'd at Lebanon Sep't 15 1785
Olive Rood at home of Jeremiah Rood. Olive died July 2. 1843
In Aug 1838 his widow Olive of Chazy aged 71 years
(Reuben is alluded to in 1838 as being in Beekmantown NY & then dec'd [deceased]
he died after Aug't 11. 1838 & before Mch 23 1850)
Asa Stiles of Chazy a witness March 1850 son of Asa states he was born in Hebron Aug 14 1791, that her
brother Ezra is 51 years of age & his brother Warren 49 years
The children surviving Olive were Asa, of Chazy, Ezra of Fort Covington & Warren of
Salem [Solon?], Johnson Co Iowa [no Salem currently in Johnson Co IA]
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PEOPLE'S NATIONAL BANK
CAPITAL, $75,000
SURPLUS AND PROFITS $25,000
T. Edwards, President
T. Scarcliff, Vice-President
R. F. Clarke, Cahsier

Independence, Iowa
June 18th '03
Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.
Can you favor me with a statement of the military history of Asa Stiles, a soldier of the Revolution. He lived in Vermont soon after the war and whether he enlisted from that state I am unable to state.
Very respectfully,
R F Clarke
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I.N.S.
Old War

Department of the Interior
PENSION OFFICE
Washington, D.C. July 11th 1885
Sir,
Yours of the 7th inst. is received, acknowledging the receipt of the history of Asa (2 cases), Reuben and Ezra Stiles, who served in the war of the Revolution and the war of 1812, and requesting this office to determine whether the two cases bearing the same name- one serving in the Revolutionary war, and the other in the war of 1812- are one and the same person, or whether one of them is a son of the other, and also if Reuben served in the war of the Revolution.
The above soldiers moved from Hebron, Conn and finally settled in Chazy, or in the adjacent town of Chateaugay, both in New York, or alternated their residence in both places, and they were presumed to be identical with this if your enquiry. All the particulars relative to their service, age, birth place, and residence, in far as they are given by the soldier, were fully copied. If a soldier has claimed a pension for a disability received in the war of 1812, and omits to state that he served in the Revolutionary war, this office has no other record by which to determine that he served in both wars, and in such a case, it cannot presume to decide the matter for you.
If it has been a family tradition that Asa Stiles Jr served at the battle of Plattsburgh and received a Land Warrant for 160 acres
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you are informed that the records have been examined and he only Asa Stiles found as receiving a Land Warrant, is one for 160 acres, and he makes the following statement in his application.
In November 1830 he was residing in Chateaugay N.Y. and was 65 years old' that he was born in Hebron, Conn; he thinks he gave his age as 45 years when he enlisted Feby 1813, at Plattsburgh, under Capt Folletts in the 11th U. S. Infantry, and was transferred to the 19th Infantry; that he was injured in his right knee, and discharged at Burlington Vt. The official record shows that he was discharged for old age and lameness.
Although it appears that Asa Stiles, Senior, received the Land warrant, yet Asa Stiles Jr. may have been in the battle of Plattsburgh, but he could not have received Bounty Land for that service (if only a few days) in 1830.
In the case of Reuben Stiles, who was two years older than his brother Asa, there is no record of his having applied for a pension on account of his service in the Revolutionary war, but he gave an affidavit in support of the claim of his brother Asa who had stated that he was born march 21, 1768, and enlisted in 1780 when but 12 years and 3 months old.
Reuben states that he had no confidence in the statement of Asa as to his age, but was positive that he enlisted in 1780. The reason for this and other affidavits, was the doubt of Asa having been a regular enlisted soldier. The affidavit of Reuben does not state or imply that he
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served in the war of the Revolution, nor was he liable for military duty until he was 16 years old, by which time the war had practically terminated. It may be useful to you to learn that a Reuben Stiles of Coventry Conn who married Submit Carpenter, was a commissary of Issues in the above war; and died in New Jersey.
There is no record of application for pensions by Stephen, Samuel, and Ebenezer Stiles, and therefore, unable to give you any information whether any one of them served in the Revolutionary war, or in the war of 1812.
Should further explanation be desired of the history furnished to you, be pleased to forward the same with your request and it will be returned with the answer.
Very respectfully

Commissioner

Mr George L. Clark
916 F Street NW
Present
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Special Attention Given to Claims Before Congress or Any of the Departments, Also to Collections and Law Business Generally, Practices Before the U. S. Supreme Court, The Court of Claims, and The Courts of the District of Columbia.
GEO. L. CLARK,
Counsellor at Law
(Late of the New York Bar)
Atlantic Building

Washington, D. C. APril 25th 1890
Dear Sir,
Please send me a statement from the Rolls of the service of Asa Stiles (my grandfather) in the Revolutionary War, from Connecticut, also as to whether he was a pensioner for his services in the Revolution or for service in the war of 1812 from New York.
I desire this information solely for genealogical and family history.
Very respectfully
Geo L Clark
# 26 Atlantic Builg
City

Hon the Commissioner of Pensions
(over)
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[rectangular stamp w/rounded corners] SECOND DEPUTY COMMISSIONER. APR 25 1890

Decem the information
by Monday 12 March
Sons of Revolution meet
at 4 PM that day
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REJECTED
10183
Olive Stiles
Service: widow if
Asa Stiles who
received Rev. War service pension
Enlisted: and 1812 disability pension
Discharged:

Application filed:                             , 18

Alleges: See also and Invalid pension for disability in war 1812 File
Re-enlisted: admt 27523 consolidated with this

Attorney:
P. O.

.............Recognized .............. Contract
.......Cert. of Dis.  Searched for ................, 18
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1885 June 18 G F Clark with history      prior
1885 July 12 G F Clark-why the office can not decide this pensioner is the same person who served in war 1812
1890 April 26 G L Clark-history prior both cases (Revy & 1812) the same person could receive both pension, under the laws as they then existed
June 26 1903, His to R. F. Clark
Independence Iowa
1935 Jan 15 Hon Arch W McFarland furn. amount of pen. etc. WCS
1936 Apr 11 hist to Miss Harriet Lake  MCS
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ALB
Warrant No, 26448
160 acres
WAR OF 1812

Act of 24 Dec 1811 Jany 11 1812

Warrantee Asa Stiles

Soldier Asa Stiles
Private
Service 11th Inf



Nature of claim Bounty Land
single
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1885 July 11 Geo L Clark with history & that Asa Jr could not be entitled in 1830 to Bounty Land for a four days service at battle of Plattsburgh
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House of Reps
Jany 5, 1854

Sir

Will you inform me the amount of pension allowed to Asa Stiles decd of N York, as and Invalid of the war of 1812, when it commenced, and terminated & oblige.
Yours respy
G A Simmons
MC

Hon L. P. Waldo
Comr of Pensions
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Hon. J. H. Boyd
April 1/52
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Pension Office
April 1, 1852
Sir:

The case of Olive Stiles of N.Y. act 7 July 1838 was reported to Hon. J. R. Thurman on the 19 Sept. 1850 since which time no additional evidence has been recd. This is in reply to that part of your letter of the 26th Dec referring to this case, and asking that the certificate might be sent to Wm. Woodward.
I have &c




Hon. J. H. Boyd
H of Reps
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Pension Office
19 Sept 1850
Sir:
I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of the additional evidence in the case of Olive Stiles has mailed through you by Mrs. J. D. Woodward. That evidence does not remove the objections against the admission of this claim which before existed.
The date of the marriage if still left [unk] such evidence as the rules of this Office require. Mere letter signed by individuals representing themselves to hold official [unk] are not recognized as official documents. If known, the marriage was sufficiently established as to date, the difficulty as to the point whether her husband rendered the service alleged, still continues. The [unk] of the Jpint Resolution of 1st July, 1848, is well seated and cannot now ne disturbed.

Hon. J. R. Thurman
H of Reps
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Lebanon Ct Jan 30 1850
J D Woodward Esq
Dear Sir yours of Jan with 2 Dolls enclosed was duly recd and in reply will say I have searched the Records of this Town and found no record of the marriage of Asa Stiles with Olive Rood, the Records were formerly kept very imperfectly as the law did not require them to be kept.
I have written to the Clerk of the Church in Columbia where Rec Wm Brockway formerly preached and have learned that no records were kept by him for some time previous to 1785.
but sir I learn that such a man did live in the limits of this Town of Columbia which was then Lebanon and find that one Simeon Webster of this Town made the wedding shoes for sd Stiles but was not at the wedding though saw them frequently after they were married and know they were married.
The above I have learned by going to Columbia and will refer you to Hon Learned Hebard of this Town as he has for some years been engaged in obtaining Pensions and will soon see all the old Pensioners in this vicinity as the most proper person to obtain the evidence you require.
Yours respectfully
Geo D Spencer
Town Clerk
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Pension Office
January 30th 1850
Sir,
The additional papers in the case of Olive Stiles, deceased, widow of Asa Stiles, transmitted to this office by Hon. J. R. Thurman, have been examined and as they contain no evidence either of the date of the marriage of these parties, or of the service of Mrs Stiles husband, they do not remove the objections to the admission of her claim.
I enclose herewith a copy of my letter to Joseph L. Goodspeed, of 26th Nov 1839, pointing out the difficulties as to the service of Asa Stiles, which appear insuperable; and the evidence in relation to their marriage, is also defective. The children of Mrs Stiles, cannot claim the benefit of the Joint Resolution of the 1st July 1848, as their mother was not living at that time, consequently all the objections to her husbands service heretofore existing, still remain in force.
The only testimony to show the date of their marriage now on file is the affidavit of Reuben Stiles, who is not certified to be credible. The statement of a single witness, without some very strong corroborating facts to support it, is insufficient in any case, to establish the date of an event which occurred more than sixty years ago.
Very Respectfully your obt svt
J L Edwards


J. D. Woodward, Esq
Plattsburgh
N.Y.
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Washington, January 15, 1850
To J L Edwards Esq
Sir;
I have the honor to enclose the papers of Olive Stiles, and forwarded to me by J D Woodward Esq of Plattsburgh. By replying to the inquiries of the same you will oblige me as I propose being absent from Washington during the next ten days, as reply sent directly to Woodward would be equally agreeable to me.
Yours truly
Jno R Thurman
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West  Chateaugay Franklin County
New York November 4th 1839
Hon. J L Edwards Esq
Dear Sir
in the behalf of a poor Widdow Olive Stiles
she inform me that she found papers to you
thru her agent J.D. Woodward [illegible] from Plattsburgh
Clinton County N Y. for a pension the paper was
found in 1838 and the widow has never having had Coy Reaturn
her Husband Asa Stiles Died in August 14 1836
He belong to the Contelinetal Troops Conneticut in
the Old Revolution War the old lady wish me to [illegible]
her and want to no if the papers have [illegible] [illegible]
and if
you cout every man proof and what proof
is lacking and she will try to procur it  She is
neadful of it
you will pleas to Rite me
I am Very Respetfully
Yours- Obt. Sevants
Joseph L. Goodspeed
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(copy)
Pension Office
Nov 26th 1839
Sir:
In answer to your enquiry respecting the case of Mrs Olive Stiles, widow, of Asa Stiles deceased, I have to inform you that his claim was incautiously admitted under the act of 7th June 1832, whereas it now appears upon an examination of his papers that he was but 12 years old at the date of the first term of the alleged service for 3 months in 1780, and that the other service in 1782, is shown by his own statement to have been mustering, patroling, &c which furnishes no ground for a claim. He was according to his own showing not entitled to a pension and consequently that his widow is not entitled. By her papers it appears that she was married to him in 1785, and by his papers that he was born in 1768.
Very respectfully your obt svt
(signed) J. L. Edwards


Joseph L. Goodspeed Esq
West Chateaugay
N.Y.
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Post Master,
Oct. 19, 1838 Lebanon
Proves that no record
evidence of the marriage
of Mrs Olive
Stiles can be found in
the Town where it
was solemnized.
see affdt of Reuben 
Stiles who was present
on the occasion

Lebanon Ct.                    18 inst
Oct. 22
J. Douglas Woodward Esq.
Plattsburg
N.Y.
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Lebanon Ct. Oct. 19th 1838
Dear Sir,
Your letter of the 29th ult enclosing one dollar is at hand. We have examined the town records in this town for the purpose of finding the marriage of Asa Stiles & Olive Rood, but no such record is to be found.
I have also sent to Columbia (formerly that part of Lebanon where Mr. Brockway officiated) and no record of their marriage is to be found on the church records in that place.
Our County Court Clerk lives in Norwich about 12 miles from this place, I understand that he charges one dollar for signing such a certificate as you desire, which with the expenses already incurred will require at least two dollars more, and I think three dollars more will not more than pay the whole, especially if I have to be at extra trouble in going to Norwich. If you please you may send a three dollar bill, and I will see that such certificates as you name are procured and forwarded, and if it does not take the
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the whole of the money I will forward the balance with the certificates.
Yours with respect
Gordon Robinson Asst P.M.
J. Douglas Woodward Esq
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War Department
Pension Office
Sept. 24, 1838

Sir,
The papers of Mrs. Olive Stiles, widow of Asa Stiles, have been examined and filed. The proof in relation to the date of the marriage is ot satisfactory. Parole evidence cannot be received until it shall be made to appear that there is no record evidence of the marriage in the Town where it took place. At the time the applicant's husband was allowed a pension, it was not known that there was in the archives of Connecticut evidence of the services of the militia and State Troops of that State. before the service set forth in his declaration can again be admitted, sone further proof of it must be produced.
I am respectfully your obt servt
J L Edwards

J. D. Woodward Esq
Plattsburgh
N. York
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Kinner Newcomb
affdt
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State of New York
Clinton of Clinton ss. Kinner Newcomb 2d of Chazy NY being duly sworn says that he was a Justice of the Peace in said town & county & administered an oath to Asa Stiles when he enlisted into Captain Follets company 11th Regt U. S. Infantry which was on or about the 18th day of February 1813.
Deponent further says that said Asa Stiles at the time of his said enlistment, was forty two or three years of age only as Deponent understood at the time & Deponent did not at the time of the enlistment of the said Asa Stiles, and does not now believe, that said Asa Stiles knew, or knows how old he is.
Deponent further says that according to his belief said Asa Stiles is, now sixty two years old only. Deponent believes that this affidavit taken in connection with Reuben Stiles affidavit, made before J. Aldridge Nov. 26, 1831 is the best evidence said Stiles produced of his age.
The words "two" or "interlined" & "affidavit"
Kinner Newcomb
Sworn & subscribed to this 9th day of January 1832 & I certify Deponent to be a credible person.
J Douglas Woodward
Notary Public
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Plattsburgh Nov. 30 1831
Hon Secretary of War
Sir
I enclose the affidavit of Reuben Stiles which is supposed to complete the testimony in the case of Asa Stiles and entitle him to a pension of $4 for month. I also enclose your letter to me of the 1st Oct. last. Applicant wishes his pension certificate sent to me by mail.
Very respectfully yours
J Douglas Woodward
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Secy of War
Oct 1 1831
Asa Stiles case
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War Department
Pension Office
October 1, 1831
Sir,
The papers in the case of Asa Stiles have been examined and placed on our files. The fact of his having been discharged from the service partly on account of old age, constitutes so strong and objection to the admission if his claim, that unless he can clearly prove that he was considerably under forty five years of age when he was enlisted, a pension cannot be granted.
I am respectfully your obt servt
J L Edwards

J Douglas Woodward Esq
Plattsburgh
New York
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April 14, 1830
J. L. Edwards Esq
Sir,
You are requested to return to me at "Malone, Franklin County, N.Y." all the papers in relation to the application of Asa Stiles for a pension.
I am, sir, respectfully you obedient servant
J.H. Jackson
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Plattsburgh
Sept. 20



ren: to com: 9 Jan. 1832
$4 per mo:

J. D. Woodward Esq
Present
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Plattsburgh N.Y. Sept. 19, 1831
Hon Secy of War
The enclosed additional affidavit of Capt [unk] is supposed sufficient to obviate the objections in the case of Asa Stiles & entitle him to a pension of four dollars per month commencing Sept 7, 1831.
Yours respectfully
J Douglas Woodward
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Treasury Department
Third Auditors Office
March 13th 1820
It appears from the muster Roll of Captain Smeads company of the 11th Regt [unk] from the 30 June to the 31 December 1813 that Asa Stiles a private enlisted on the 16 February 1813 for during the war & he is remarked thereon transferred the 18 Sept 1813. He appears to have been discharged the 20th October 1813 in account of "old age & lameness"- see aff of W Sheldon AbtB No 37500
Peter Hagner Aud

For the Pension Office
War Dept
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War Department
Pension Office
Sept 28 1831
Sir,
The papers in the case of Asa Stiles are herewith enclosed. I have to request that you will favor this Department with your opinion as to the propriety of granting a pension.
I am respectfully yr obt servt
J. L. Edwards

Dr Joseph Lovell
Surgeon General
U S Army
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Asa Stiles, Clinton Co, N York which require further proof or explanation.

I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides?  yes

II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides?  yes

III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so?

IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served?  yes

V. *Has he mentioned 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?  yes

VI. Has he given the names of the officer under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations?  yes

VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832?  yes

VIII. Has the Court given their opinion?  yes

IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate?  yes

X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal?  yes
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service?  yes

XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?

XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?

XIV. +If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?  yes
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?
Has the proper official certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?  yes

XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?  yes

XVI. ++Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?  yes

XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactory? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?  yes

EXPLANATORY NOTES
*QUERE V. 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 ---- year ----- months, and ----- days, I served as a ----. For ----- months and ---- days, I served as a -----; and for such service I claim a pension."
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Children of Olive Stiles
widow of Asa
Pension Office
New York
July 7, 1838


For Col Edwards
Comr of Pensions
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Plattsburgh April 1, 1850
Sir
In your letter of Nov. 20, 1839, relative to the claim of Olive Stiles as the widow of Asa Stiles deceased, you say "It now appears upon an examination of his papers that he was but 12 years old at the date of the first term of the alleged service for three months in 1780."
In his declaration to obtain a pension taken in 1832, he states that he is about 62 and was born in 1768, as near as I can guess, from whic it is apparent, that he did not know his own age. His services were proven by Reuben Stiles who is now certified to be a credible witness by Judge Hedding. Had objections been made to the sufficiency of the proof in the life time of Mr Stiles, he might have procured other evidence of his service. But he was pensioned at $50 per annum, and it can hardly be said that his claim was "incautiously admitted" when the proof was all which was then required by the Pension Office.
It is true that the widow of Mr Stiles was not living when the Joint Resolution of July 1848 was passed, but we think the principle of that act is applicable to the claim which the children now present.
The additional evidence in regard to the marriage will doubtley be sufficient. I f not, the testimony of Simeon Webster who made "the wedding shoes was be procured."
Respectfully yours
J. D. Woodward
ally for the children

Jas. L. Edwards Esq
Comr of Pensions
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children of Olive Stiles
additional evidence
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State of New York
County of Clinton ss. I William Hedding of Chazy late first Judge of said County certify that I was well acquainted with Reuben Stiles of Beckmantown deceased who made an affidavit before me on the eleventh day of August eighteen hundred and thirty eight in support f the claim of Olive Stiles to a pension as the widow of Asa Stiles deceased. In which affidavit the Deponent stated that the marriage of said Olive Stiles took place at the house of Jeremiah Rood in Lebanon Conn. in September seventeen hundred and eighty five. I further certify that said Reuben Stiles (since deceased) was a credible witness and his statement is entitled to credit.
I make the above certificate at the request of Asa Stiles now a resident of this Town a citizen of respectability under an impression that the usual certificate of credibility was omitted by me when I took said affidavit. Dated West Chazy NY March 23 1850
William Hedding
late First Judge of Clinton Co Courts

State of New York
County of Clinton ss. Asa Stiles of Chazy in said County merchant being duly sworn says that he is a son of Asa Stiles of Chazy & Beckmantown in said County deceased and as Deponent has been informed and believes he was born in the Town of Hebron in the State of Connecticut on the 14th day of August 1791 and was therefore fifty eight years of age on the fourteenth day of August 1849. That his brother Ezra Stiles is fifty one years of age, and his brother Warren Stiles is forty nine years of age, and there is no record of his birth or of the birth of said children to his knowledge.
Asa Stiles
Sworn & subscribed to before me this 27th day of March 1850 and I certify that Deponent is a credible witness.
Ira P. Chamberlain Justice Peace
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case of the
children of Olive Stiles
at the Pension Office

For Col Edwards
Comr of Pensions
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Plattsburgh N.Y.
Jany 8, 1850
Sir,
I enclosed the papers of the children of Olive Stiles deceased and on their behalf claim the amount of pension to which their mother was entitled viz. $50 per annum from March 4, 1836 to July 2, 1843. The letter from the Post Master of Lebanon Conn. shows that no proof of the marriage of Mrs Stiles can be found on the records of the Town where it was solemnized, & hence the evidence of Reuben Stiles who was present on the occasion (whose deposition is on file) is sufficient. The Laws of Congress passed since the application of Mrs Stiles, dispenses with additional proof of service, the fact that her husband was a pensioner being conclusive on that point.
Respectfully yours
J. D. Woodward
atty for the children

J. L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
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To the Honorable the
Secretary of War
City of Washington


5 March 1830
Pension Office 
Asa Stiles
 Invalid
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To the Honorable the Secretary of War
Secretary of War
Whereas Asa Stiles is about to make application to your honor for a pension which he thinks he justly entitled to and has enclosed in this paper the affidavits and facts with regard to his enlistments and Injury sustained while in his line of duty in the service of the United States I do hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with the said Asa Stiles a resident of the town of Chazy on the county of Clinton and State of New York and was well acquainted with him previous to his enlistment and that he was a hardy robust man when he went into the service of the United States and after his discharge and since that time he has been unfit for labor and is in indigent circumstances and really in need of that assistance from the government of the U. S. that is confered on others not half so justly due, as an individual I am well acquainted with the principle facts contained in the affadavits and consider the said Asa Stiles a proper candidate for your Honors consideration and if the facts contained in the statements and affadavits are sufficient in points of law to enduringly your honor in granting the desired pension I think it would, in this case, be an act of benevolence and equity as I think his disability of health was occasioned by his fatigues and hardships in the army and is worthy of public consideration. If there should be any omysion in the affadvits or any thing further necessary to be done in order to obtain the pension your honor is most seriously solicited to communicate to the said applicant what further is necessary.
Your Humble and Obedient Servt
Isaac Aldridge

Chazy February 24th 1830
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Asa Stiles
Invalid Pension Papers

send certificate to J. Douglas Woodward
Plattsburg
N.Y.
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No 1
State of New Yorkl
County of Clinton ss. Personally appeared before me John Lynde one of the Justices of the Peace in & for the said county Asa Stiles of Chateaugay N.Y. who made oath on the Proby evangelists that he was honorably discharged from the army of the United States, that he enlisted at Plattsburg Clinton County New York on or about the eighteenth day of February 1813 into Captain Charles Follets company 11th Regiment, when he was transferred to the 29th Regiment of U.S. Infantry. Deponent being unable to perform military duty in consequence of an injury received on his right knee was attached to the hospital Department under the control of Dr. Wright & Dr. Sacket. That Deponent was discharged at Burlington Vermont on or about the last of October 1813. That his discharge was handed to him by Lt. Col. Moddy Beedel but whether he or General Parker or both signed it I am not now able to say. That Deponent had the discharge at his house in Chazy after he left the service, but what become of it I am unable to say. I have made diligent search for it but cannot find it. I think & believe it was destroyed by some of the children who had it to play with. it was considered by me of no importance. I was about forty five years of age when I was discharged and [unk] older. I think I was described in my descriptive list as forty five. Deponent further says that his discharge contained the words Honorable Discharge and that he faithfully served as aforesaid until he was honorable discharged as aforesaid, and further saith that he thinks he was attached to Captain Benjamin Smeads company 29th Regt U. S. Infantry at the
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time of his discharge but of this he cannot speak positively. 
Asa Stiles
Subscribed & sworn before me Nov. 9 1830
J Lynde Jus. Peace

Sworn before me this ninth day of November 1830 and I certify that the said Asa Stiles says he was born in the town of Hebron in the State of Connecticut that he is about soxty five years of age, five feet ten inches high has a common of light complexion, blue eyes light hair says he was by occupation, when enlisted a farmer and that he wishes to have his land in Michigan Territory and his patent sent to himself at and directed to him at Plattsburg NY.
J Lynde Justice of the Peace
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No 2
State of New York
County of Clinton ss. Kinner Newcomb 2d of Chazy in the County of Clinton of lawful age being duly sworn on the holy evangelists according to law deposeth and saith that he has been well acquainted with Asa Stiles for more than thirty years That Deponent was present and knows & swears that said Asa Stiled enlisted at Plattsburg NY in the month of February (Deponent thinks the 18th day of the month) 1813 into Capt Charles Follets company 11th Regiment of United States Infantry for the term of during the war. That Deponent being a Justice of the Peace of the said County administered to the said Asa Stiles the usual oath taken by recruits when they enlist. That said Asa Stiles within one or two days thereafter joined his said company and continued in the United States service to deponents recollection until the month of October 1813, when he was Honorably discharged at Burlington as Deponent understood at the time. That Deponent thinks he saw the discharge of the said Asa Stiles which was signed by General Parker or Col. Moody Bedel, in the possession of the said Asa Stiles which discharge contained the words Honorable Discharge or words  to that import & has since been lost or destroyed as Deponent is informed and believes to be true and further saith not.
Kinner Newcomb
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 9th day of November 1830 & I certify the Deponent to be a credible & respectable person.
J Lynde Jus Peace
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No 3
State of New York
County of Clinton ss. Reuben Stiles of Chazy in said county of lawful age being duly sworn on the holy evangelists according to law deposeth and saith that he was present at the time Asa Stiles of Chateaugay NY enlisted as a soldier in Captain Charles Follets company 11th Regt U.S. Infantry which was according to Deponents recollection on the 18th day of February 1813 at the house of Edward Hunter Inn Keeper in Plattsburg. That said Stiles enlisted as a soldier to serve during the war. That Deponent enlisted at the same time into the same company & Regiment & served [unk] the same company & regiment until about the 19th of September 1813 when Deponent went to Odeltown with General Hamptons army. That said Asa Stiles was transfered to the 19th Regiment U. S> Infantry in the month of August 1813 & that he continued to serve in said regiment until about the first day of October 1813, when said Asa Stiles was Honorable discharged at Burlington Vermont. That he was then about forty five years of age. That Deponent say the discharge of the said Asa soon after he left the service, which was destroyed as deponent understood by the children about that time. That it was an honorable discharge & was signed by General Parker or Col. Moody Bedel. That said Asa Stiles received a wound in the right knee by unloading a barrel of provisions while in the U. S. service & in the line of his duty which rendered the said Asa Stiles incapable of performing the duty of a soldier, which was the reason why the said Asa Stiles was discharged before the close of the war. That Deponent knows the said Asa Stiles to be the identical person who served as aforesaid and further saith that in the opinion of Deponent the wound or injury which the said Asa Stiles received in the
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service of the United States more than one half disabled him from performing manual labor.
Reuben Stiles
Sworn to and subscribed this 9th day of November 1836 & I certify the Deponent a credible person.
J. Lynde Jus. Peace
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No 4
State of New York
County of Clinton ss. Reuben Stiles of Chazy in said county of Clinton of lawful age being duly sworn according to law on the holy evangelists according to law doth depose and say the addition to the affidavit this day made by him & hereto annexed that the said Asa Stiles in the said affidavit named while in the line of his duty and in the service of the United States on the twentieth day (or about that time) of May 1813 at Burlington in the State of Vermont he received a wound or injury on his right knee by the falling of a barrel containing provisions weighing about two hundred pounds ir weight in unloading a government waggon. That said barrel struck his knee pad & dislocated it. Deponent saw the said wound within a few hours after it was inflicted & has been in timably acquainted with it since that time, and knows that it has greatly incommaded and disabled him from performing manual labor, & Deponent believes it has more than half disabled the said Asa Stiles from obtaining a subsistence by manual labor and further says that the said Asa Stiles has always been lame with said leg since that time he was wounded as aforesaid, & that his present disability was produced by the said wound or injury & from no other cause, and further saith not.
Reuben Stiles
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 9th day of November 1830 & I certify the Deponent to be a credible person.
J. Lynde Jus. Peace
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No 5
Clinton ss. Kinner Newcomb 2d of Chazy in said County being duly sworn according to law deposeth and saith that he has been intimately acquainted with Asa Stiles now a resident of Chateaugay in the County of Franklin for more than thirty years & well acquainted with the injury which the said Asa Stiles received while in the service of the United States in 1813, & that since the infliction of said wound the said Asa Stiles has & always been lame in the right knee & frequently heard the said Asa Stiles complain of pain & weakness of said right leg & from Deponents knowledge of the said wound within a short time after its infliction, & at this time he does not hesitate to say that he is more than one half disabled from obtaining his subsistence by the performance of manual labor & further that his disability has arisen wholly from the said wound or injury and from no other cause.
Kinner Newcomb
Sworn to and subscribed this ninth day of November 1830 & I certify the Deponent to be a credible and respectable person.
J Douglas Woodward
Notary Public
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Plattsburg Clinton County New York November 1830
No 6
It is hereby certified that Asa Stiles of Chateaugay Franklin Co New York late a private in Captain Charles Follets company of the Eleventh regiment of United States Infantry is rendered incapable of performing the duty of a soldier by reason of wounds or other injuries inflicted while he was actually in the service of the United States as aforesaid and in the line of his duty viz By satisfactory evidence and accurate examination it appears that the said Asa Stiles on the twentieth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirteen being engaged as a private soldier in unloading a United States Government waggon containing provisions in barrels weighing about two hundred weight each at or near a place called Burlington in the State of Vermont and while in the act of unloading the said waggon & provisions he received a wound by means of the falling of one of the said barrels from the said waggon which struck him on his right knee joint and displaced the patella & ruptured the capsular ligament.- and that he is thereby not only incapacitated from military duty but in the opinion of the under signed is one half disabled from obtaining his subsistence by the performance of manual labor. (note the word "reason" written on an erasure)
Samuel Beaumont Surgeon
B J Moody Surgeon
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 15th day of November 1830 & I certify that the Deponents are respectable Physicians and Surgeons in their profession and that they both reside in the town of Plattsburg & sometime therein as such Physicians & Surgeons & that there is no army surgeon residing within thirty miles of said plavc to my knowledge or in my belief.
J B L Skinner Justice of the Peace for the town of Plattsburg NY
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State of New York
County of Clinton ss.} I the subscriber a Public Notary in & for said County do certify that John Lynde before whom the annexed affidavit of Asa Stiles, Kinner Newcomb 2d, & Reuben Stiles marked number on two, three four & five were sworn & taken was at the time a Justice of the Peace in & for the said County of Clinton & duly authorized to administer oaths & take affidavits & I further certify that St John B L Skinner before whom the annexed surgeons certificate signed by Drs. Samuel Beaumont & Benjamin J Moors was taken & sworn is also a Justice of the Peace duly authorized to administer oaths & take affidavits & that the signatures of the said John Lynde to the said affidavits above mentioned & the signature of the said St. J B L Skinner to the said surgeons certificate is in the proper hand writing of the said magistrates respectively. I being well acquainted with the same.
In witness whereof I have hereto set my hand and affixed hereto my notarial seal of office at Plattsburg in said County of Clinton this 15th day of November AD 1830.
J Douglas Woodward
Notary Public
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State of New York
Steuben County, ss.} Benjamin Smead, resident of Bath in said County, being duly sworn, says, that in March, 1812, he was appointed as Lieutenant in the U. States army, and was attached to a company of Infantry commanded by Capt Charles Follet- that in consequence of the continued debaucheries of said Follet, deponent had most of the duties of commander to perform during the term up to deponent's promotion to a captain in August, 1813- that the monthly returns which required Follet's signature were kept by himself- that Asa Stiles aged about 45 years, and 6 feet high, was a soldier in said company in the Spring of 1813, although his name is not upon the company book-that the names of Reuben Stiles and Ezra Stiles are on said book, and deponent believes said Asa Stiles was transferred from the 29th Regiment Infty and was enlisted from Chateaugay by Segt Newcomb; that the said Asa Stiles while upon extra duty in the service of the U. States, in the latter part of May, 1813, in Burlington Vt. received a bad wound on his knee, by the falling of a barrel of provisions in unloading a government wagon, as deponent understood at the time from Sergt. Birge and other credible witnesses, and now believes to be true- that deponent urged Doctr Shane, the surgeon to admit said Stiles into the hospital, and he objected because it was only a case of lameness- that said Asa was a long time in camp unfit for duty by reason of the said injury- and that the deponent being transferred at the close of the Summer of 1813 to the command of the ordinance department at Plattsburg and Burlington, further saith not.
Benja Smead
Late Capt 11 US Inf
Sworn and subscribed at Bath aforesaid this 3d day of September 1831, before me; and I certify Deponent is a highly credible person and witness.
Geo. C. Edwards Just Peace & first Judge Steuben Co.
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State of New York
Steuben County ss: I Martin S. Rumsey Deputy Clerk of said County hereby certify that George C. Edwards Esquire whose name is subscribed to the foregoing affidavit, as the person before whom the said affidavit purports to have been worn was at the date of the same a Justice of the Peace and First judge in and for the said County, and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name subscribed to the said affidavit is his proper hand writing and signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said County at Bath this 7th day of September 1831.
R. S. Rumsey
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Reuben Stiles affidavit in
the case of Asa Stiles an
applicant to be placed on
the roll of Invalids
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State of New York
County of Clinton ss. Reuben Stiles of Chazy in said County being duly sworn says that he is the oldest brother of Asa Stiles, an applicant for a pension and has made a calculation as to the age of said Asa Stiles on the 18th February 1813 the time he enlisted into Capt Follets company 11th Regiment United States Infantry; and said Asa Stiles was at that time forty three years of age only. Deponent is two years older than said Asa Stiles. Deponent being at this time sixty three years of age only.
That no record was ever kept of the age of Deponent or the said Asa Stiles and the Father & Mother of Deponent & the said Asa Stiles have been dead about twenty years & Deponents testimony on this point is probably the best evidence which said Asa Stiles can obtain of his age. Deponent further says that he has no confidence in any statement said Asa Stiles may have made relative to his age for Deponent does not believe said Asa Stiles knows how old he is, or was at the time of his enlistment. That said Asa Stiles is ignorant, but honest; and to Deponents knowledge was an able bodied man when he entered the service at the time above referred to- and Deponent further says that said Asa Stiles was considerably under forty five years of age when he was enlisted as aforesaid, and further saith he was mistaken in saying that said Asa was about 45 years of age when he was discharged. Deponent now thinks he was younger. The word "knows" & the word "that" written in an erasure before signing and swearing.
Reuben Stiles
Sworn and subscribed to before me this 26th day of November 1831 and I certify the Deponent to be a credible and respectable person & witness.
Isaac Aldridge Justice

State of New York
county of Clinton ss. I the Subscriber a Public Notary in & for said County do certify that Isaac Aldridge before whom the above affidavit of Reuben Stiles was taken and sworn was at the time a Justice of the Peace in & for said County residing in the town of Chazy & that the signature of the said Justice to the jurat of said affidavit is in the genuine handwriting of said Justice I being well acquainted with it. In witness whereof I have hereto set my hand and affixed my notarial seal of Office at Plattsburg NY this 26th day of November 1831.
J Douglas Woodward
Notary Public
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Certificate of the
Court in case of the
children of Asa Stiles
& Olive Stiles
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County Court and Court of Sessions
At a Court of Common Pleas held at the Court House in Plattsburg in and for the County of Clinton & State of New York on the fifth day of January AD 1850 present Hon Lemual Stetson County Judge of said County & Robt Berkley & Jno. W. Haven, Justices. It was proven to the satisfaction of said Court in open Court (the same being a Court of Record) that Asa Stiles was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States under the act of June 7 1832 at the rate of fifty dollars per annum and that he died at Chazy in said County on the fourteenth day of August eighteen hundred and thirty six. That he left a widow whose name was Olive Stiles, who remained such widow until the second day of July eighteen hundred and forty three, when she died at Chazy aforesaid and that she left the following children her surviving viz.
Asa Stiles Chazy NY
Ezra Stiles Fort Corrington NY
Warren Stiles Saleno Island Co Iowa
and that said children are her only children and are respectively of the age of twenty one years and upwards. The evidence adduced was satisfactory to said Court. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set hand and affixed my seal of Office at Plattsburg this 5th day of January AD 1850.
Chas H Jones Clerk

Note the words "Court of Common Pleas" erased and the words "County Court and Court of Sessions" interlined before signing.
Chas. H. Jones
Clerk