Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 28894, for Lewis Stiles, Connecticut
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(8-1776)

SERVICE
Conn.

Stiles, Lewis

NUMBER
S.28894

CONTENTS
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24. 61. 
New York
Lewis Stiles
of Albany Co in the State of New York
who was a private in the company command
by Captain Suze of the Regt
commanded
by Col Buel in the Ct. min
line for 16 mo 10 dy

Inscribed on the Roll of New York
at the rate of 34 Dollars 4 3 Cents per annum
commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 21 day of Jy
1834 and sent to
J. B. Moore Ramplanill
---
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1833 $136.07
Semi-anl. allowance ending March3   27. 21
=
$163.28
⎨ Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by W. L. Williams  Clerk,
Vol. 4 Page 122

Dead

Sent to W B. Pierce 9. March 1863
Paid at the Treasury under the
Act of the 6th April 1838.
from 4 Sep 1838 to 10 Feb
1839. Agt Notified 10th April
1844.
H. T. Dickson 3 Mar 1837
W. Valentine May 22, 1857 -
Same Sept  28 1857
=
Hon. J. R. Fouke
per illegible
1885 Sept 30 M. M. JP.
with history
Guild prior
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State of New York
Albany County

Azor Bouton of the
Town of Russellville in the County of Albany
and State aforesaid being duly sworn made
oath that he well knows Lewis Stiles late as
Soldier in the Revolutionary war and has heard
well acquainted with him for more than
forty years. And this aforement on his oath aforesaid further saith, that the said Lewis
Stiles enlisted for the term of one year in the
continental Establishment in the year Seventeen Hundred and Seventy Seven, that he belonged to
Capt Isasc Pigion's Company and Colonel
Webbs Regiment as near as this deponent
can recollect, that he frequently saw the
said Lewis Stiles while in the Army afore
said, That the said Stiles wore the clothes and
equipment of soldiers of the regular
Army - and that he verily believes
that he served in the Connecticut service
during the term aforesaid
Sworn & Subscribed
this 2d day of December 1823

Azor Barton (his mark X)
1823. Before me
J. R. Moore
Notary Public
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State of New York
Albany County
I hereby certify than I am well acquainted with the witness name Azor Bouton and that he is a credible witness and a man of truth and veracity. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 2d day of December 1823
J. B. Moore
Notary Publlic
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State of New York}
Rensseller County} SS

William Boughton of Nassau in the County of Ressellear and State aforesaid being duly sworn and State aforesaid being duly sworn under oath that he well knows Lewis Stiles late a soldier in the Revolutionary war and has been well acquainted with him for more than forty years and this deponent further saith that the said Lewis Stiles enlisted for the time of one year in the Continental establishment in the year Seventeen Hundred and Seventy Seven that he belong to Capt. Moses Piggeon Company and Col Webbs Regiment as near as this deponent can remember that he frequently saw the said Lewis Stiles while in the army before said that the Said Stiles wore the clothing and equipment of soldiers of the regular Army and that he verily believes that he served in the Continental Service during the term aforesaid
Wm Boughton

Sworn & Subscribed this 12th day of December 1823 before me in Nassau
Wm Redding Judge
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State of (New York) missing}
Rensselaer County} Ss

I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the with an William Boughton and that he is man of truth and veracity & a credible witness in testimony where of I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 12th Day of Dec 1823
Wiliam Redding

Rensselaer County}
Clerks Office}
I certify that William Redding, whose name is subscribed to the above certificate was a Justice of the Peace, on the Town of Nassau in and for the County of Rensselaer on the day of the date of said certificate
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said County this 15th day of December 1823 
Ben. Smith Clerk
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State of New York}
Albany County ss}

On this 17th day of December in the year of
our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty three, personally appeared in open Court-being a Court of Record for the County of
Allan, to wit the Court of Common Pleas, Lewis Files of the town of Bern in said County aged sixty three years doth who on her oath maketh the following declaration in ortain the provision made by the act of Congress the 18th March 1818, and the 1st May 1819 he the said Lewis is enlisted at County State of Connecticut for the
year in the month of November in the year
one thousand seven hundred and seventy
each in the company commanded by
Capt Mas Rigdon in the Regiment
commanded by Col. Webb, as far as this de
ponent can recollect and believe in the line of the State of Connecticut and continental establishment, and that he continued to serve in the said Corps until the monk
November 1778 (with the exception as about  six  weeks that he was permitted to go home on furlough being sick)
when he received an honorable discharged
from the said service at West Point in the State of New York, that during this time of service he was in no battle, but
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previous thereto was at the take of Gen
Burgoyne when he received a wound in his leg, that he has no other order now in his power of his said surviving except the  depositions of Azor Boughton and William Boughter, which are hereto annexed and knows not that he can obtain any other Short of a journey to Connecticut where he resided at the time-

And in pursuance of the act of the May 1820. I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day March 1818, and that the battle in any manner, disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby to diminish it as to bring myself within provision of  an Acts of congress entitled act to provide for certain persons engaged the lawand naval service of the inter
States in the revolutionary war passed on
the 18th day of March 1818, and that I have
not nor has any person in transit for me
any estate real or personal what follows
in the inventory hereunto annexed certifies
this deponent is a house holder, two of his
daughters live with him and keep house got
him, his wife has been dead about twelve year & 
for his substance be cathiaetsa
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small piece of ground, and makes baskets
for sale, and being aged and infirm and almost destitute of property, find it very difficult to obtain a livelihood and food for his family.

Inventory  & list
one bed & holder with                              $10.00
one old table 2/one barrel 3/..................$. 6.25
one pot 11/ one  sm kettle 32 trammel 4/
                                                                      $2.25
1/2 dz. plates 2/ 1/2  dz knives 4 forks 4/ one dz, pots 3/                                                           $1.124
Part of a set of shoemaker too with 4/ .......... 50
One drawing knife 2/ one spider 3/............$6.25
20 British potatoes at................................ $3.75
                                                                      $18.75
Two-before me in Open Court this 17th Dec. 1823.                                             Lewis Stiles


I Lawrence L. Van Kleeck Clerk of the County ofj Common Pleas in and for the County of  Acbouring do certify that the oath and the schedule thereto and annexed are truly copied from the records the said Court and I further certify at it is the opinion of the said Court
at the total amount in value of property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is Eighteen Dolkar  & seventy five cents.

 In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand fixed the seal of the said Court
in this 17th day of December 1823.
Lawrence L. Van Kleeck
Clerk of the Court of
Common Pleas County
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Service on board
Hunter de as Seaman
disallowed
___________
AomD
16 mo 10 ds pri
_____________________
12 mo articr (articifer)
4 mo 10 ds pri
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DECLARATION
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, June 7, 1832.
_________________________________________
STATE OF NEW-YORK,
COUNTY of Albany}ss

On the Fifteenth day of December 1832, personally appeared in open court, before the Justice Court of the City Albany now sitting, Lewis Stiles--- a resident of Bethlehem---- in the county of Albany----- and state of
New York aged 7 Aug + last Seventy two years, who being 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. 
That in the year 1776, at the early age of 16 he was enrolled in a company at Simsbury in Connecticut, and volunteered to march to New Haven, and after going to Farming the militia was owned back and this declared returned; That in the year 1777 at Simsbury aforesaid he volunteered to march with the militia in a company commanded by Capt Samuel Hays, and marched this the [Brighton] towns and arrived at Albany; from thence to Stillwater, and made a stand there near the Liberty and were under the command of a Col. (Whose name he thinks was Buel) of Litchfield; not long aforesaid
the troops marched from stillwater to Bemis Heights, where shortly after an engagement took place between the American and the British, and many were killed of wounded on both sides; among & the later this declares members after Genl Arnold, who had a have killed under him, and himself the Riflemen was also in the Engagement, and Col Linstead
wounded in the leg. Col Morgan of who was likewise one to this Declarer was also wounded in the calf of the leg, but not very that this Declare continued to serve in the same corps until Burgoyne and his Army surrendered
prisoners of war; after which this Declarer returned home to Simsbury-- In November of the Same this Declare enlisted in a company commanded by Capt Moses Pigeon, to serve for one year, which he this Declare send out faithfully, and was regularly discharged in writing, which he had in his possession for some years afterwards, but has subsequently lost, that the discharge was signed by the commanding officers of the company-That in the year 1780 or 1781, he this Declarer enlisted 
Joseph-- That in the year 1780 or 1781 he this as a marine on board the ship Hunter from New
London, Capt Page on fewer months course in the service of the United States, in the course the Hunter captured two prizes and sent them in to the Port of New London - That he this Declarer has no hesitation in saying, but doth confidently declare, that the whole period of his services in the course of the revolutionary War, did not amount to less than twenty months.----

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.
Sworn to and  subscribed, the day and year aforesaid in Open Court
John G Wasson Clk                        Lewis Stiles

We Thomas Holiday a Clergyman, residing in the Town of Bethlehem and David Hosford residing in the City of Albery hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Lewis Stiles,
subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be Seventy five 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 0th day of Jan. 1833,             Thomas Holiday/David Hosford
John G. Wasson Clk
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 Thomas Holiday who hath signed the preceding certificate, is a Clergyman resident in the town of Bethlehem; and that David Hasford who has also signed the same, is a resident of the the City of Albany and is a credible person, and that their statements are entitled to credit.

I John G. Wasson, Clerk of the Justices Court in the City of Albany
DO HEREBY CERTIFY, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court, in the matter of the application of Lewis Stiles for a pension.
IN TESTIMONY whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this 9th day of January A. D. 1833                          John G. Watson Clk
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On this 15th day of Decr 1832 before the Justices Court of the City of Albany appeared Lewis Stiles, the identical Lewis Stites names
in and who hath Subscribed and sworn to the annexed Declaration on the 11th Sept. last, and who, being now again sworn, deposes & says, that sometime in the month of December 1823, before the Court of Common pleas of the County of Albany, he made affidavit to a Schedule of his property, in to avail himself of the benefit of the act of Congress of the 18 March 1818, but was unsuccessful; that his papers were forwarded to Washington by
John G Wasson Esqr the present Clerk of this Court, of the agent and in behalf of this deponent- that amongst the papers of this deponent at that time, were two affidavits, one of William Boughton of Nassau in Rensselaer
County, and the other of Azer Boughton of Rensselaer County and the other of Azon Boughton of Rensselaerville in Albany County,
both testifying to the Revolutionary Services of this deponent, and to which depositions or affidavits he now refers, and which he has reason to believe are in one or other of the War or Treasury Departments in the City of Washington, and which he believes will be found numbered (1943) and he doth now on his Oath declare that he has served as a revolutionary Soldier for the period of twenty months as a private of for which he now respectfully claims a pension, relinquishing hereby as he has already done in his aforesaid declaration all claims &c. 

Subscribed & Sworn to in Open Court this
day above mentioned.     John G. Wasson, Clk
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Old paper:  Lewis Stiles
Declaration
21878
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State of New York
Albany County ⎬ SS

On this 28th day of June 1833 personally appeared before the undersigned a Judge of the County Court of the County of Albany in the State of New York Lewis Stiles a resident of the
town of Bethlehem in the County of Albany
and State aforesaid aged 73 years on the
7th day of August next who being first duly
sworn according to law doth on his oath
make the following supplementary dec
laration in addition to his declaration
made on the 15th day of December 1832
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 and as he has stated in his said declaration hereto annexed.-
He first entered the service of the United States a volunteer at the town of Simsbury in the County of Hartford in the State of Connecticut in the month of August or first of September 1776 and joined Capt Jonathan Buttles Company of Militia and was immediately marched in the said company towards New Haven, and on then assigning at Farmington the company was stopped and ordered back and he returned home. He served at this time Ten days as near as he can recollect, as a private soldier, the said company belonged to Col. Buel's regiment
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He again entered the said service at Simbury
aforesaid in the month of April 1777 having been called out as a minuteman and joined Capt Buttles Company and Col. Buel's regiment of Militia and was marched to Danbury, and arrived there shortly after that place was burnt and was stationed there and kept guard until in the month of May 1777 and was then dismissed and he returned home to Simsbury - He served at
this time as a private soldier one month
He did not state this service in his first
declaration because he had entirely forgotten
to have it put down in his declaration.
He again entered the said service a volunteer at Simsbury aforesaid and joined Capt Samuel Hays Company and Colo Buel's regiment of Militia on the first of August 1777 and was marched to Saratoga in the manner stated in his
declaration hereto annexed and was at
the taking of Burgoyne, and was marched
down to Albany after Burgoyne Surrendered
and finally dismissed at Simsbury afore
said first of November 1777.
He served at this campaign three months as a private Soldier
He again entered the said service at Simsbury aforesaid in the month of November 1777 and enlisted in Capt Moses Pigeons company and (as he thinks) Col. Webbs regiment, of Connecticut troops for the term of one year as a private soldier was immediately marched to a place called

He does not know but Capt. Pigeon was an artificer that he enlisted as such out is not positive my willing to accept the pay of a private Soldier.
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the continental Village, near the Hudsons River
and nearly opposite West Point in the State of
New York, and was there stationed and
stood sentry and did continental duty about
two months, and was then marched to West Point and was there engaged in building forts and fortification and in doing Garrison duty and keeping guard until his term of one year expired, which was in the mouth of November 1778. He received a written discharge which has long since been lost or destroyed, and
which was signed by his captain as he thinks
but is not positive- 
In the month of May 1781 he enlisted under the command of Chester Bingham a Sergeant of Marines as a marine for the term of four months
at the town of Sheffield in the State of Mass
chusetts, and was marched to New London
in the State of Connecticut and was there
put on board of the Ship Hunter under the
command of Capt. Page, and sailed
immediately on a cruise, and was out four months and a half and took two British vessels as prizes and brot then in to New London where they arrived about the first of October 1781 and about two weeks after New London was burnt by Genl Arnold having served at this time
as a Marine four months and three weeks
He knows nothing of the character of the 
called the ship Hunter vessel, except that she was a vessel of war carrying 20 guns and was said to belong and in the employ of the United States
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(1 year, 4. months & 10 days as a Private Solider
or 1 year as an artificer, 4 months & 3 weeks, a marine on Board of ship Hunter)
.
Government and he understood at the time
he was in the service and in the employ of the U.S. Government at the time he enlisted as a marine and while on board the said ship Hunter
He was in the actual service of the United States in an inscribed/Corps and served as a private soldier one year four months and ten
days, and as a marine on Board the ship Hunter four months and three weeks and for such service he claims a pension-
He was born at Simsbury then in the County of Hartford in the State of Connecticut on the 7th
day of August A.D. 1760. where he resided when he entered the said service except when he enlisted as a marine he was then at Work at Sheffield aforesaid from Sheffield he removed to Livingston's Manor in the State of New York and was and in different counties, ever since
and in the County of Albany for the last 16 or 17 years-
He had a record of his age in his father's family Bible which was carried to the State of Vermont some years ago, and he has not seen it since
He saw and knew at the taking of Burgoyne Gen. Gates Col. Arnold, Col. Morgan, Col.
Bud and others whose names he does not now remember- during his years service in 1777 & 1778 at West Point Col Webber his regiment & Col Meigs & his regiment were
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there, Col. Lisco had charge of the construction
of the ports, the same and ment Genl Putman and Gene Washington and many other officers whose names he cannot recollect. The troops he served with at West Point were first employed in erecting barracks for the soldiers and then built a Fort near the River at the point and another back of the Point called Fort Pitman" and in doing garrison duty. They also due on entrenchment round the fort. He thinks Capt Pidgeon's company to which he belonged were attached to Colo Webbs regiment, but is not positive, the swear positively however that he actually served out the term of one year and was regularly discharged in writing at West Point, Azor Bouton, William Bouton & Luke Hays enlisted in Capt Pigion's company at the same time he did and served with him of the time except Azor Boston who served most
during that ⌨⌨ campaign; a man by the name of
Coop was a Lieutenant & Samuel Pool an orderly Sergeant in the said Company, but he cannot remember the names of the other officers or musing who belonged to it. He never received any pay but drew clothing & rations - He never received any other discharge
except the one alluded to, in writing
Samuel Young. Adam A. Clark
David McCullock, Nicholas Houck, William Beard by Peter Simmons, Tunis Houghtailing and others reside in his present neighbourhood to whom he is known and who can testify to his character for veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution.

Some time in the year 1823 or 1824 He procured the affidavits of Azor Bouton and William Bouton who proved his
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Service of one year in Capt. Pigeon's Company in the Revolutionary War who were with me at West Point and belongs to the same Company, that the said affidavits were promoted to the War Department and he has not seen them since that he has every reason to believe that the affidavits alluded to are now  one file in the War Department- He has uses every exception in his power to find witness to prove his 
are now on file in the War Dept
ment. He has used every exertion in
his power to and witnesses to prove his services at this time, and they cannot be had or found except Azor Bouton who has come from Vermont to this place, and who has made an affidavit here to annexed that he cannot find the said William Bouton nor does he know whether dead or alive-                             Lewis Stiles


Sworn to and subscribed the day and year
aforesaid Before me
J. B. Moore Judge of Albany County Courts
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State of New York
Albany County}

Azor Bouton late of the town of Renpelaerville in the county of Albany and now residing in the town of Arlington in the county of Bennington in the State of Vermont, aged 67 years in November next and a Revolutionary Pensioner, being duly sworn deposes and says that, he well knows Lewis Stiles the soldier in the annexed declaration mentioned and knew him perfectly well in the Revolutionary War, and this deponent on his oath aforesaid further says that he well remembers that the said Lewis Stiles enlisted in Capt Moses Pigeons company in the month of November 1777 for the term of one year and sent to New Point and there served as he stated in his said declaration, And this deponent further says that he the deponent went to West Point with Capt Pigeon as his waiter at the age of 10 years at the same time the said Lewis Stiles enlisted as aforesaid, the said Capt Pigeon being the brotherinlaw of this deponent, and continued, at West Point at least 8 or 10 months during which time the said Lewis Stiles served at that place and was there engaged in building forts, & fortifications and in making fachines, that  the said Lewis Stiles remained at West Point after this deponent left there in the said service, And this deponent further says that he does not know what regiment the said Lewis Stiles belonged to, and thinks that Capt Pigeon was an Artificer and that the said Stiles served as
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an Atificer and was enlisted as such but is not positive as he was very young at that time and his recollection is none verry in perfect, this deponent however well knows that the said Lewis Stiles did enlist in Capt Pigeons company for the term of one year and did serve at West Point as he has stated in his said declaration, and that he well knows that the brother of this deponent William Bouton and one Luke Hays did enlist in Capt Pigeon's company with the said Lewis Stiles at the same time towit in November 1777, that he this deponent did not enlist in the said company but went as a waiter to the said Capt Pigeon his brother in law at his earnest solicitation, And this deponent further says that the said Lewis Stiles resided at the time of his enlistment in Simsbury Connecticut and also the said Luke Hays and that he this deponent and his brother William resides at [unk] in Salem Connecticut, And this deponent in ther days that he did not stay at West Point the whole of the year from November 1777 to November 1778, but the greatest part of the time, and left the said Lewis Stiles remaining at West Point, when he went from there and has no doubt and verrily believes that the said Lewis Stiles did serve out the term of his enlistment as he has stated in his said declaration, And this deponent further says that the said Luke Hays has been dead for a number of years past as he has understood and believes to be true, and that
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he has not seen his brother William Bouton for the last 5 or 6 years and does not know whether he is now alive or not, this deponent further says that the said Lewis Stiles is a man of truth and veracity and that his statement is entitled to full credit and belief.

Azor Bouton

Sworn and subscribed this 15th day of July 1833. Before me

J B Moore Judge of Albany County Courts

Albany County ss. I do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Azor Bouton who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing affidavit that he is a Revolutionary Pensioner under the act of 15th May 1828 that he lately received in the town of Renpelaerville in the county of Albany and now residing in the town of Arlington in the state of Vermont, that he is a very respectable man , is a credible person and that his statement is entitled to full credit and belief. Witness my hand this 15th day of July 1833.

J B Moore Judge of Albany County Courts
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State of New York
Albany County} ss.

I Conrad A Ten Eyck clerk of the city and county of Albany do hereby certify that Joseph B Moore before whom the foregoing affidavit of Azor Bouton were from and who has made the within certificate is a Judge of the County Courts of the County of Albany and that the signature "J B Moore" to the said declaration affidavit and certificate is his genuine signature. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said County this 16 day of July 1833.

C A Ten Eyck Clk for Jonas Wickes Depy
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State of New York
City & County of Albany} ss.

Maria Stiles and Lucinda Cuyler of the said City & County of Albany being each severally sworn, doth depose & say, that they are two of the children of Lewis Stiles deceased, who was a pensioner of the United States, and at the time of his death a resident of the county of Schoharie in said State of New York, that these deponents have been informed and believe that Lewis Stiles aforesaid performed services as "Artificer" as well as that of a private soldier in the war of the Revolution, and on account of said services as "artificer" was entitled to an additional amount of pension for service. That said Lewis Stiles died on or about the seventh day of March in the year eighteen hundred and thirty none, and at the time of his death he left no widow, and that the following are the only children of said Stiles that are now living, viz: John Stiles, Betsey Tippets, Maria Stiles, and Lucinda Cuyler, and each of them are over twenty one years of age. The object of this declaration is to enquire at the pension office at Washington, what services was claimed by said Lewis Stiles in his declaration, also: What was proved & allowed, and which was not allowed, And in order to facilitate the matter, these deponents hereby constitute and appoint William Valentine of Albany, New York their agent to prosecute said claim as well as to procure such information and evidence as will accomplish the desinde object. ---over---
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Subscribed & sworn to before me this 
22d day of April, Eighteen hundred fifty-seven
Maria Stites
Lucinda Cuyler
I certify that I am personally acquainted with Maria
Stiles & Lucinda Cuyler, both residents of the City of
Albany in the County of Albany State of New York, and
they are the identical persons above named & described
James B Sanders
Comm of Deeds
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State of New York
City and County of Albany, Clerk's Office,} ss.

I, Robert Babcock, Clerk of the said City and County, do hereby CERTIFY that James B Sanders whose names is subscribed to the certificate of Proof or Acknowledgement of the annexed instrument in writing, and endorsed thereon, was, at the time of taking such Proof or Acknowledgment, a Commissioner of Deeds in and for the city aforesaid, swelling in the said city ,and duly authorized to take the same; that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Commissioner, and verily believe that the signature to the said certificate of Proof or Acknowledgement is genuine; and that the said instrument is executed and acknowledged according to the laws of the State of New York.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal, this 28 day of April 1857.

R Babcock Clerk
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
Jun 6, 1833
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, showing the service of Lewis Stiles Albany Co
pound
claimant.
Names and rank of the Field officers
under whom he served.
Age at present,
and place of abode
when he entered
Pearl Col Buel
indent
Genl Arnold
Col Morgan
Capt Peron
Manne
Capt Page of the
states his whole ship Hunter
the service.
 72 years
services at
 1 8 at last
claims
Simsby
Jean
Proof by which the declaration is supported.
Traditional evidence
stated credible by the
Court
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
The character of the Ship Hunter required. Privateering service
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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
Storekeepers, &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, mucicians 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 Territor
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
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
(Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he servunder
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. 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.
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.
1,
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
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28894
Revy INVALID

File No. 28, 894
Lewis Stiles
Pri Rev War

Act: June 7th 32

Index:- Vol. 2, Page 395

[Arrangement of 1870]
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Albany March 11, 1843

Sir:

In behalf of Mr Leighton (whose affidavits I enclose) I would request that a certificate may be issued to enable the heirs of Liew Stiles to stand the balance of pension due at the time of his death. The old certificate was last by said Leighton a few days ago, while on his way to Schoharie to execute necessary papers for drawing said balance.

I am very respectfully your obt servant

Wm P Pierce

Hon J L Edwards
Comm of Pensions
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Comptroller Offord
December 31 1832
Elisha Phelps Comptrott of the Public
it that
Count of the State of Connected
it appears both by the journal of the Council of
lity & the books of the Pay Table that Major
Thomas Ball of the Cavalry her
in the year 1776; that none of her company
of Collation has been in
that the 18th of to which
Ballother
into service at New York
. That we John
Pettibone of which no all has been found
the expense of service as charged
to the United States upon the booking the
By Table, & the duration of unified
and that the pay roll of Capt. Samuel
Hays at the Bennington James charged
to the United States under March 1778
but he roll of his company has
that I cannot find the hair of L Stites
on enroll in this office
Phelps
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From an examination of the records of Connecticut
I find that the Gen. Assembly in October 1774
appointed Jonathan Battolph a Captain of one of the militea companies belonging to the 18th Regt
( I ought to remark, that when young, I was
acquainted with him, & remember that his name
was pronounced in Battler, tho spelled as above &
that I was acquainted with one of his sons,
who write his name Battler, & know several
who for the last thirty years have, I believe,
inexored of two written there name.)
The General Assembly in October 1773,
appointed  Samuel Hays Captain of another
company in the 18th regiment of Militia.
Captain Battolph or Battler continued to
command his company after May 1777 &
Hays. I believe after the spring of 1778.
And that I do not find appointment of any Col. 
Balh or Paruell either in the militia or State
troops from 1764 to 1783.
Phelps
Dec. 3rd 1833.
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Since my former certificate I have found evidence regarding the appointment of Lt Col Buell.

Comptrollers Office
Dec 10th 1833

I Elisha Phelps, Comptroller of Public Accounts of the State of Connecticut, do certify that under date January 26th 1776 there is upon the journal of the Council of Safety the following memorandum of record of appointments, viz, "Colo Burrall & Nathaniel Buell appointed a Major in the regiment for Canada &c, were present wanting several regulations & c about said regiment, & sd Buell it seems refuses the birth because Lt Col Mott is feet before him &c."

Afterwards, but under the same date is a memorandum stating that the appointment of Lt Col Mott had produced
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much uneasiness in that part of the State where the regiment was expected to be raised &c &c & concluding that, viz, "On consideration there of it is thought Cert to accept sd resignation (Lt Col Motts) & excuse him from said service & do therefore release & excuse sd Lt Col Mott from the same, & appoint Nathaniel Buell of Salisbury, who was before appointed Major to be Lt Col of said regiment in the room of Lt Col Mott resigned;

Upon the books of the Pay Table under sat May 31st 1777, I find charged to "Epophras Bull Pay Master Burrells Regt to each [unk] pf John Lawrence Jr of Feb 11th 1776 forwarded to him from Congress for said regiment L3750,0,0 & credited to said Ball expences of regt."

[unk] L2833,15,5 at the same charged to the United States

No roll of this regiment or of the companies belonging to it has been found, or evidence of the length of service.

E Phelps
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War Department
Pension Office
12th April 1825

Sir,

The claim of Lewis Stiles to a pension, has been examined, and rejected. His name foes not appear on the tolls of the Connecticut line of continental troops, in this Department, which are considered complete for the period during which the claimant is said to have served. The credit of a record being greater than the testimony of witnesses, no other evidence can be received n support of the claim. The papers in the case will remain on our files, agreeably to the regulations of the Department.

I am respectfully, yr obt sert,

J L Edwards
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Albany NY Sept 14th 1857

Sir

On the 4th of May last I addressed a letter to your office in the case of Lewis Stiles deceased, and recd and answer that no action would be had upon the can until a decision of the Court was obtained as to the right of the children of deceased pensioners, I am informed that the question has been decided, if so, may I ask what that decision is, and a further report on my letter above refered to.

And oblige yours vry respectfully

W Valentine

G C Whiting Esq
Comm of Pensions
Washington
DC
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Albany March 2d 1825

Enclosed you have the papers relative to obtain a pension for Lewis Stiles, which of granted, please enclose & address to the care of Jared Seovelor of City of Albany NY should be my more evidence wanting address to the same.

Lewis Stiles
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New York
Revo
Lewis Stiles
Suspended
Cor. JB Mond 31
Oct. 1833.
Cor. to same 27. Dec. 33
1 yr 4 mo 10 ds unreadable
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Saml Cole Esq

Dear Sir,

With this please find a letter from an excellent gentleman residing in Albany- I wished to call at your office, but am so much engaged it will be almost impossible, but it does not seem necessary, your kindness towards me, your willingness to attend to all my requests has already placed me under obligations, none to be forgotten and to add to them obligating you will please examine this case & if in your power, give me the necessary information before I have.

Hereby yours

Sam Dickson

P.S. Please return letter
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Born in Sum buy Augt 7 17, 1760 also for cines
from Skoffuld removed to Livingston near NY tha lived in diffent Co of NY
ever since of in Albany (o the Cost 16  or 17 years
Fort the barracks is afronted in building Fort was near the point & Fort Putnam & dug entrenchment,
around the fort.
In 1850 the only children living ar
John Stiles Betsey Tippet Maria Stiles & Lucinda Cuyler.
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Hon J L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
DC
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Lewis Stiles (Basket maker)
In Dec 1823 of Berne, Albany Co NY age 63 yrs. He enlisted at Hartford Con for one yr
in Nov 1777 with Capt Pigeon as [illegible] under Col Webb & [ilegible] at West Point without being in a battle previous thereto he was present at the Capture of Burgoyne when he was in the [illegible]
His wife has been dead about 10 year but is a house holder & 2 of his daughters
Keeping house for him Died Schoharie Co May 7. 1839
In Dec 1832 living in Bethlehem N Y Aged 72 Aug 7, 1832 In 1776 when 16 yrs
old and he was enrolled in Simsbury Conn & and told to march to New Haven& after arriving then they were ordered back. in 1777 he vol to make with the Co of Capt Hays which went to Albany
& Stillwater under comd Col Buell & was on the Battle of Lees Height when he was wounded
in the calf of his leg.  After Burgoyne Surrendered he went home to Simsbury.  In 1780 or 1781 he served as a marine on board the ship Hunter of New London Capt Sealy on a 4 mos. [illegible] during which time & [illegible] were captured & sent to New London
In Aug 1776 he vol into Capt. Bartles (or Battles)  Co of militia Col Buell's reg, which marched toward New Haven but at Farmington were ordered back the return home . In April 1777 he was called 
out with Capt. Bartles (or Battles) Coll Buell's Reg going to Danbury where arriving just
after it was burnt when they act as guard for 1 mo. in Aug of 1777 he joined Capt Hay
co in Col Buell's reg of Militia which marched to Saratoga [illegible] Nov 1 1777
enlisted with Capt. Pigeon Col. Webb regiment for 1 year going to Hudson River opposite West Point & about,  was ordered to West Point were employed in building boats & forts & doing other garrison duty. In May 1781 as sgt of marines he served 4 months (marched to New London) on
board ship Hunter Capt Sage took 2 [illegible] into New London about 2 weeks after Arnold
attack -20 guns Enlisted at Stafford when at work

Over
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Born in Sumbury and 7 17, 1760 also far cines
From Sheffuld removed to Livingston nearer NY tha lived in diferent Co of NY
Ever since of in Albany (o the Cost Street 16 or 17 years
Fort the barrack is afronted in building Fort was nearthe point & Fort Putnam & dug entrenchment,
around the fort.
In 1850 the only children living ar
John Stils Betsey Tippet Maria Stiles & Lucy Cuyler
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Albany NY May 4th 1857

Sir

It appears that Lewis Stiles was a pensioner under the Act of June 7th 1832 on account of services as a private in the Revolution, and died in Schoharie Co NY in 1839.

The children say that they was informed by their father in his life time, as well as by thus since, that he performed service part of the time as an Artificer, for which service no allowance was made in the adjustment of his claim for a pension. This loss of service not being considered military at the time his claim was allowed. I desire to be informed what service, if any, he claimed in his declaration or proved by the testimony filed with his papers relating to service as Artificer. If he did so claim or prove any, permit me to enquire of any record of it (in connection with other service of this kind) has been filed in the Pension Department or acceptable thereto, since the adjustment of this claim in 1832.

I am yours very respectfully,

W Valentine

G C Whiting
Comm of Pensions
Washington} 
P.S. Enclosed is the affidavits two if the children
WV
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
May 30th 1843

Sir:

Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An Act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," and the 3d section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions from the pension agents, The adm: of Lew Stiles, Decd, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Albany, NY Agency, at the rate of fifty four Dollars and 43 Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of Sept 1838, to the 10th Feby 1839.

Respectfully yours,

Albion K Parris
Comptroller
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State of New York
City & County of Albany}ss,

David A Leighton of Middleburgh Schohanie County BY being duly sworn deposeth  & saith that he was appointed by the Administrator of Lewis Stiles, deceased, who was a pensioner of the United States under the Act of Congress passed June 7, 1832, to obtain the balance of pension due the said Lewis Stiles at the time of his death. That upon his way to Schohanie Court hence where the necessary papers were to be executed he last the original pension certificate of said Lewis Stiles stated and has since been unable to find.

David A Leighton

Subscribed & sworn this fourth day of March 1833 before me & I certify that said David A Leighton is a credible witness.

Jonas Wickes Comm of deeds
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State of New York
Albany County } ss.

I Henry B Haswell Clerk of the said County do hereby certify that Jonas Wickes before whom the within affidavit purports to have been sworn was on the day of the date of the Jerrat thereto a Commissioner of Deeds in & for said County of Albany, and that his name subscribed to said Jerrat is his proper hand writing & signature.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and affixed the seal of the said County this 4th day of March 1843.

H B Haswell Clerk
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M Edwards
ALBANY MAR 2

Honrbl J. C. Calhoun
Secretary of War
City of Washington
March 7, 1826
19,143
Stiles
Albany Co N.Y.
Jared Scovel
Abany, NY
FREE
Recd of Mar 1825
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Hon Philip Barbour

Sir

I here inclose you a letter from Mr Edwards of 12th April, which is not at all satisfactory to me, this is an answer to my claim as a pentioner with its proofs &c, the papers which I sent are now in your office on file, I have  Sir, in every respect come up to the law which provides in this case, and see no reason to go any further I shall be under the necessity  of petitioning congress next winter together with all that has passed on the subject and the reasons why I could not get my just demands &c. The former Secretary of War rejected my claims on the ground that I sent him the copies instead of the original, this I have sent you and is all that was requested by Mr Calhoun who is since out of the department.

I am yours respectfully

Lewis Stiles
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Dr Geo Wm Crump
Pension Office
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Rensselaerville
Albany County
New York
December 17, 1833

Dr G W Crump

Dear Sir,

I have this moment rec'd an additional communication from the comptroller of the State of Connecticut relating To Colo Buel; regiment in which Lewis Stiles an applicant for a pension alleges to have served, I think you now have all the evidence required in Mr Stiles case, and hope you will forward me a Pension Certificate in his case with as little delay as possible. Dont fail to direct to me at Rensselaerville New York.

I hear nothing from you in relations to the claims of Allen Durant, Lewis Fowler, & David Bailey. Please let me hear soon.

Respectfully yours

J B Moore
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Rensselaeville
Albany County
New York
November 22, 1833

Doct G W Crump

Dear Sir,

Herewith I send all additional affidavit to prove the service of Lewis Stiles in Capt Pigeons company as an artificer in 1778 & 78. This affidavit has been procured at great trouble and expense and I think will be perfectly satisfactory. This makes out the affidavits of two credible witnesses "to prove Mr Stiles service as required in your letter of October 31,1833 the other affidavit being now on file in the department. I hope therefore me shall have no further trouble in relation to this alleged service in Capt Pigeons company for the term of one year. 

As it respects Lewis Stiles service in the militia in Capt L Hays company & Col Buels regt. I have according to your directions written to Elisha Phelps comptroller of the State of Connecticut for evidence that Colo Buell was in the Revy service, I have not yet received an answer I think it quite doubtful, whether Mr Phelps takes the trouble of making an examination or even answering my letter. Mr Stiles is so extremely poor that he is unable to furnish means to pay publick officers for their trouble and I presume Mr Phelps will give himself no trouble upon the subject whatever, without compensation. If he does answer my
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letter I will communicate the result to you without delay. Mr Stiles states to me that according to his best recollection, Capy Hays resided in Simsbury & Colo Buel in Litchfield Connecticut, and he thinks that Capt Hays company was said to belong to Colo Buell regt. I must be permitted to say, that is the rule adopted in this case, had extended to all cases of militia service, verry few would have been able to procure pensions.

Your letter of Nov 15, 1833 was duly received. I receive your explanation with great pleasure as I do all communicating from you and would also hate that I have no wish to charge Mr Edwards with any thing improper or to do him the least injustice. but knowing as I do that verry great inquiry and injustice has been done to Revy soldiers by the decisions of the Pensione Office, both before and since the passage of the law of June 7, 1832, I cannot but blame some person and I know of no one to complain of, except the person who is officially responsible.

With regard to the case of Mr Aaron Potter could I see you and state his forlorn situation precisely as it is, and the course that has been taken by the clerks or some one in the Pension Office to defer his claim over since July 1832 I am satisfied that you would say that I was perfectly right in complaining. The objection made in a letter of Mr Edwards of August 11, 1832, was that his name could not be found upon the rolls and that he had used no exertion to obtain proof of his militia service, The old man destitute of means and almost upon the verge of the grave, travelled on foot going [unk] nearly 300 miles & obtained proof the most considered that he served both in the continental Army & in the militia. His declaration after having been sent to the Department a 2d time, was again returned
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accompanied with a brief. The objections to be [unk] were that he had not procured the certificate of a clergyman & that proof of his service in the Regular army was required. If those requisitions were complied with his "case was considered correct in all respects" and "no other alteration or addition would be required." I went to Connecticut myself and procured the evidence of a clergyman &c but could find no other witness except those he had obtained, His papers were again forwarded to the Department, an answer is received by the letter of Mr Edwards, of October 26, 1833, that the name of Aaron Potter is found upon the rolls, which puts an end to any demand for proof on that account, but contrary to the pledge contained in the brief or letter accompanying it & he is now required to send to Boston to get secure evidence of his militia service. Why was his name not found on the rolls more than one  year ago. It is believed that but a right examination was made to find it, and I have every reason to believe that many others are put to great trouble for that reason, Benjamin E Brooks and Samuel Potters are now receiving pensions for services at Bedford in Capt Ingrahams compy  & Col Potter regt and they were not required to produce any better evidence than Aaron Potter has procured for services with them in the same regt. Is it fair that this Old man who is living in extreme poverty, should be driven to unnecessary extremes to get a pension, while thousands of others no more deserving, if as much, obtain it with but 1/4 the trouble; It appears to me that his case has been wrongly managed and I must ask the privilege of saying so. I have written to the Secretary of State at Boston but have not recd an answer
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whether I shall or not remains to be seen. I presume however that Mr Bangs will take no trouble about it.

I could say much in relation to the claim of Lewis Stiles, but will only mention that he applied for a pension about the time Mr J Q Adams  came into power as President, proved his service by two credible witnesses forwarded his papers there since.

I hope however that I shall be able to establish his claim to a pension under the act of June 7, 1832. If my life and health is spared.

Respectfully your most obedient servant,

J B Moore

Please excuse the imperfection of style in my letters I write in a great hurry, and do not take the trouble to correct them.

J B Moore
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J L Edwards
Com of Pensions or
Dr Geo Wm Crump
Pension Office
War Department
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Rensselaerville
Albany County
New York
January 8, 1834

J L Edwards Esq
or Doct G W Crump

Dear Sir

In your letter of December 27, 1833, you state that "The claim of Lewis Stiles has been again examined with the benefit of Mr Phelps certificate he claims 16 months military service and 4 months & 21 days  naval service, twelve months of the military service, it is alleged was rendered in Captain Pigeons company of Artificers. His name is not found on the rolls of that company, and he is therefore required to establish that service by two credible witnesses who shall detail the manner of entering and leaving the service &c one witness has already been furnished.

The naval service n board the Hunter could not be admitted without proof of the character of that Ship as the records furnish no evidence that she was a publick vessel."

With respect to the two witnesses required to prove Mr Stiles services in Capt Pigeons company. I have to state that I procured Mr Azor Bouton a verry respectable man to come to Albany from the State of Vermont to my office, cost summa for the purpose of proving this service. He made an affidavit proving conclusively that Lewis Stiles served one year in Capt Pigeons company and that he served in the company himself during the whole of that term. This affidavit duly authenticated was forwarded to the Department in July last and it must
over
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must be found with Mr Stiles papers, according to the directions contained in your letter of the 31 October 1833. I procured the affidavit of another witness towit, William Bouton then residing in the County of Rensselaerville in the State of New York who proved also that he enlisted and served one year un Capt Pigeons company of Artificers and that he knew Lewis Stiles and that Stiles belonged to the same company and performed the same service with him, and that they were both discharged at the same time having served one year. This affidavit was forwarded to the Department, the last of November or the fore part of December last. The Clerks in the office must certainly have overlooked one or the other of these affidavits or one of them must have miscarried. They were procured at great trouble and expense on account of the distance of the residences of the witnesses from me and I should be extremely sorry to be obliged to have them taken over again, & with you to make an examination and ascertain whether either of them is missing, and if it is informed me which, in order that I may procure another. Dont fail to inform me immediately as the witnesses are both old men, and may not survive long enough to get their testimony over again. I cannot but think however that one or the other of those affidavits must have been over looked.

With regard to Mr Lewis Stiles service on board the Ship Hunter, he can find no proof whatever in relation to it. He therefore abandons that part of his claim and only claims for his other services
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of 1 year. 4 months & 10 days- you have
it in your letter 16 months. It is 10 months
& 10 days, which he makes out. I have no
doubt you will find both affidavits
alluded to, and in that case will [unintelligle]
a certificate, which you will please
direct to "J.B. Moore Rensselaerville
New York." As all events let me hear
from you without delay
You have at last sent
me a certificate in the case of Aaron
Potter, and direct that he be paid at
the U.S. Br Bank in Hartford Connecticut
Mr Potter now resides in this State and
wishes to draw his money at the U.S. Bank
in the City of New York. If any other papers
except the usual power of atty is required in this case please forward to
me the necessary instructions
What has become of the
claims of Allen Durant and David Bailey
Respectfully your
Obedient Servant
J. B Moore
N. B. Dont fail to let me know which of the affidavits
(if either) of Azor Bouton and William Bouton
is not in the office, with as little delay as possible
J. B. Moore
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State of New York
Rensselaer County

William Boughton of the town of Ste. Johnstown in said county duly sworn doth depose and say that he is eighty years of age, that he served as a soldier in the revolutionary war, that he was then well acquainted with Lewis Stiles now of the County of Albany and is still acquainted with him.  That in the fall of the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy seven and as he thinks in the month of November of that year he enlisted in a company then forming and under the Command of Captain Moses Pigeon of the Connecticut line that as the time of his enlistment he resided at the town of Salem in the County of Westchester & State of New York at which place he enlisted.  That at or about the time this deponent so enlisted as aforesaid the said Lewis Stiles and one Azor Boughton, who is a brother of this deponent both enlisted in the same Company commanded by the same Captain Pigeon for the term of one year, but whether the said Stiles enlisted at Salem or not this deponent is not able to remember.  That after so joining said Company this deponent was marched to West Point as was also the said Lewis Stiles and Azor Boughton, where both the said Lewis Stiles and Azor Boughton together with this deponent served in said company for the full period of their enlistment, and were all discharged at West Point about the same period.   That whilst at West Point, this deponent and the entire Company were employed in building Fort Arnold and strengthening and repairing the Fortifications at that place and its vicinity.  And further that the said Lewis Stiles served as an artificer to the knowledge of this deponent during the period he belonged to said Company and further this deponent says not. [illegible]

Sworn & subscribed this 16th day
of November 1833 before me by the above named William Boughton who is a credible period & entitled to full belief.

[initials illegible] Koon Com [illegible]
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State of New York
Rensselaer County} ss.

I Henry R Bristol Clerk of the said county do certify that John Koon Esq, before whom the within affidavit purports to have been sworn was at the time of taking the same one of the Commissioners of Deeds in & for the said County of Rensselaer, that I am well acquainted with his handwriting and verily believe his signature within written to be genuine.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said County this 18th day of November AD 1833.

Henry R Bristol Clerk