Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 19123, for George Staley, New York
Page 1

Service
New York 

Staley, George
Janette

Number
W 19123

Contents
Page 2

4676
New York
Janette Staley
Widow of. George.Staley,N.Y.
who died 26 March 1839
of  Schenectady  in the State of New York
Who was a ?? in the Comp. Commanded by Captain ?? of the Regt commanded by Col. Wemple in the Revolution War for 11 mo.  2 day
,......,
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 36 dollars 90 Cents per annum , to commence on the 7th day of March ,1839  and ending the 5th July 1846 (the day of her death)

Certificate of Pension issued the  13 day of Oct,1848. and sent to.Alex Ray, Present

Arrears to the 4th of
Semiannual.allowance.ending

Revolutionary Claim }
Act July 4 1836
Section.the.3 

Recorded by Th.  Lumpkin, , Clerk
 Book  c. Vol.1 Page  129

Reported

Payable.to
Oliver Staley 
Janette. Dunn
Mary Chambers
Best Mc Carley
Susan Swart only living children

Date of widows [death?]
on [?] July 5, 1846
Page 3

24_402 
New York.
George Staley
of Schenectady, in the State of New York.who.was.a.private in the.Comp. commanded by Captain Wasson.of the Regt .commanded by Col. Wemple of the New York line for 11 months and 2 days

Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate 36 Dollars.and90 cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March ,1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 11 day of Dec.1833 and Sent to G.H. Yates
Schenectady
Arrears to the 4th of Sep.'33     $92.25
Semi annual allowance ending 4 March 34
18.45
$110.70
{Revolutionary Claim
Act June 7, 1832

Recorded by Geo C. Stiles.Clerk,

Book E. Vol.4.  Page 121   

[Right side]
Dead

Paid at this Treasury  under the act of the 6 April.1838 from 11 March  to 27 March 1839. Agent notified  27 Nov.1841
Page 4

FAMILY RECORD. 

BIRTHS. [left side]

George Staley  was born July 6 1753.--
 Janet  McCall was.born August 21 1753.

Their Children
Ann Staley was Born .September 21 1775
Henry Staley was.born May 13 1777
Oliver.Staley.was.Born July 4th .1781.
Jacob.Staley was.Born August.1783
Janet.Staley.was.Born  January.15/1786
Mary Staley.was.born June.12 1788
[right side]
Betsy.Staley was.Born March 18 1791.
Susan Staley  was.Born August.4th 1793. 
George .Staley.was Born.January.13th 1796
Page 5

FAMILY RECORD.

MARRIAGES.

Peter Erven and Mary Gilmore was Married May the 12 1842
Page 6

State of New.York.
County of Schenectada [Schenectady] ss. 

I certify that the following is a true copy of Record of the baptism of Hendrick (or Henry) son of."Jurry" ( in English George) Steely ( other wise spelt Staley )and Jane Mackall (or Mc Call) as the same is contained in the Register of Baptisms solemnized in the..Reformed Dutch Church  of Schenectady by the Revd. Barent Vrooman at the time pastor of said Church viz.
"1777 Jurry Steely " Jany 16 Jane MacKackall }  Henderick"

From which it appears that Hendrick a son of Jurry and Jane Steely was baptised  as  aforesaid on the nineteenth  day of  June  one thousand seven Hundred and  seventy -seven and this the date of said  baptism is expressed in fair legible figures and I certify that I [have?] the office of pastor of s aid Church  Jacob Van Vechten

On the fifteenth Day of July 1848  personally appear before  me the Rev. Van Vechten  above named  to me well known and he under oath   that the facts set forth in the foregoing Deposition by him signed is true according to the best of his knowledge & belief; and I certify that said Van Vechten is the pastor of said church as he represents in said affidavit -
 B.  J. Vedder, J.P.
Page 7

Schenectady County
State of New York

I Silas H Marsh Clerk of the county of Schenectady  Do truly certify that Benjamin V T Vedder Esq.  whose name is Subscribed to the contents of the proof or acknowledgement of the written statements, and [thereon?] within was at the time of taking such proof a Justice of the peace for said County residing within said County and Commissioned and sworn and duly authorized to take the same and that I am well acquainted with the Signatures to the certificates of proof and believe it to be in the handwriting of said Justice.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and official seal of the said county the 17 day of July 1848 .    
 Silas H Marsh  clk
Page 8

19847
In the matter of the application of George Staley
for a pension  Proceedings -

pd 70 to  the care of Giles F. Yates   
Schenectady N.Y.
Page 9

State of New York
County of Schenectady } Ss

On this nineteenth day of October in the year of Our Lord one thousand Eight Hundred  & thirty two personally appeared in open Court before the Judges of the Court of Common pleas in and for said County now sitting George Staley a resident of the town of Princetown in said  County & State, aged Eighty 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 act of Congress passed June 7th 1832.

                He was born in the town Tuxberry--in the County of Hunterton, New Jersey on the six day of July 1753. He has no record of age except that contained in his family Bible-

When he was called into the service of the United States in the army of the Revolution, he was living in this then township of Schenectady, and since the revolutionary war he has lived in the same place then called [Corriesbush] & he now lives in the town of Prince town aforesaid. He entered the service of the United States under the following named Officers of the United States and served as here stated
Early in the year 1775, he was enrolled in Captain Thomas Wasson's company of militia in the Regiment whereof Abraham Wemple was Colonel.  The names of his other company & field officers as best he recollects, were John Little--Lieutenant, + George Wasson 2d & Dr Abraham Swits & Myndert Wemple Majors, Christopher C. Yates, Lieutenant Colonel.








s
Page 10

[smudge possible letter upper left corner] He was not called out until the year 1776 from which time until the end of the revolutionary war he did military duty every year. In the year 1776 after Genl. Waterbury was defeated on Lake Champlain he was called out with part of Colonel Wemple’s Regiment under General Ten Broeck, and was employed with a detachment of men from said Regiment to guard the ammunitions conveyed from Albany to Skenesborough, & from thence to [Butlersbury?]. The enemy was expected to make an incursion in the quarter. But the alarm subsiding, said detachment was dismissed. On this occasion he was from Curriesbush aforesaid about one month and a half.
Early in the summer of the year 1777, he was ordered out with a large detachment of men from said Regiment to join the northern American army, and served [from -crossed out] with said army from the time Genl St. Clair evacuated Ticonderoga until the surrender of Burgoyne. He stood sentry at fort Edward when an express arrived to give information that Ticonderoga had been abandoned by the  Americans. He served during the whole of this northern campaign except for about three weeks when he hired a substitute. He was in the encounter at Snook kill, and at Kingsbury (between Fort Edward & Fort Ann) but was not in the battle of Bemis’s Heights. He then stood sentry, and was among the troops not called upon.He was on Duty during the whole of General Schuyler’s retreat.
Page 11

In the year 1778, he was drafted and sent with a detachment of militia under Colonel Wemple, who aided in bringing canon & ammunition from Ticonderoga aforesaid to Albany.
He was in several tours to the Upper, middle & lower forts of Schoharie also at Cobbleskill - once at Fort Paris in Stone Arabia under Captain Jellis J Fonda for one month or more. He thinks this was in the year 1779. He was three or four times at Schoharie once under Captain Vrooman. He has performed garrison duty at Fort Plain & fort Plank also was often with the militia when called out on alarms, but on these alarms subsiding were sent home. He was in 
the several expeditions with the militia when Cherry Valley Warrensbush & Caughnawaga were destroyed by enemy, & in the fall of the year 1781, when Walter Butler was killed. He has been out on numerous occasions as a scout & in pursuit of the Indians & tories  to Ballston Heldebergh & Beaverdam, Norman’s Kill & other places.
The whole period for which he was from Corriesbush aforesaid in these different expeditions & tours of duty exceeded greatly two [illegible] years
 [3 long squiggle lines run to the bottom of the page]
Page 12

The following are the names of some of the regular officers whom he knew, or who were with the troops where he served, and such continental and militia regiment were companies with which he served, or as he can recollect, viz: Generals Gates, Arnold Schuyler, Gaansevort, Capt. Butler of the Rifle Corps Wiesenfell’s Regiment, & Colonel’s Willett & Dayton, Cortland Dubois; Harper & c
He never received any written discharge from the service.
He has no -  documentary evidence, and knows of no person whose testimony he can
procure who can testify to his service, except those whose depositions are hereunto annexed
The following are the names of persons to whom he is known in his present neighborhood, and who can testify as to his character for veracity, and their belief of his services as a soldier of the revolution, to wit James Walker and Alexander Kelly

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.
Subscribed and sworn to the}
day and year first aforesaid}
  George Staley his x mark
John S. Vrooman   clerk
Page 13

State of New York
County of Schenectady Ss
On the day & year first aforesaid personally appeared in open court before the Judges of the Court of Common pleas in & for said County now sitting Simon J. W. Antwerp a resident of the town of Niskayuna in the County of Schenectady. Who being duly sworn doth depose and say that he was in the time of the revolutionary war and is now well acquainted with George Staley who has subscribed and sworn to the preceding declaration that this deponent knows said Staley served in the Northern Campaign in the year 1777 as set forth in said declaration, this deponent being out in the same campaign with him in the same Regiment for the term of at least three months & further saith not 
 Simon Antwerp
Subscribed & Sworn }
In open Court this 19th October 1832}
John S. Vrooman Clerk [signed]
Page 14

State of New York
County of Schenectady  Ss.

on the day and year first afforesaid personally appeared in open Court before the said Judges of the Court of Common pleas  in & for said County now sitting Lawrence  Schermerhorn, resident of the town of Rotterdam in the county aforesaid who being duly sworn according to the law doth depose and say, that he was in the time of the Revolutionary war and is now acquainted with George Staley who has Subscribed and sworn to the proceeding declaration that this Deponent knows said George Staley served at Ticonderoga as set forth  in said declaration-this deponent being in service with him at the same place.             Lawrence  Schermerhorn

  Subscribed & Sworn
in common court this
19th day of October 1832
John G. Vrooman














































subsor
Page 15

[page is crossed out]


County of Schenectady

On the day & Year first aforesaid personally appeared in open Court before the Judges of the  Court of Common Pleas in and for Said County now sitting a resident of the County of who begin duly sworn doth depose and say that he was in the time of the revolutionary war and is well acquainted with------who has subscribed and sworn to the preceding declaration that this Deponent
Page 16

WE James Walker residing in the City of Schenectady in the county Schenectady aforesaid, and Alexander Kelly residing in the same county do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with George Staley who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration: that we believe him to be Eighty 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
Subscribed and sworn the
day and year aforesaid
 John S Vrooman Clerk
John Walker
Alexander Kelly

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 James Walker & Alexander Kelly who have signed the above certificate both reside within said city & are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit, as is also that of Simon J Van Antwerp & Lawrence Schemerhorn the deponents aforesaid.
I John S Vrooman Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for the county of Schenectady do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of George Staley.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this nineteenth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two.
 John S. Vrooman Clerk





















george 







s
Page 17

[illegible note on left side and right side]
In the matter of the application of Janette Staley widow of George Staley deceased - for a pension under the act of 4th July 1836.
& c
Declaration made by son Oliver & cert. by court. July 15th 1848.
 G.F. Yates [signed]
[illegible]
Page 18

State of New York
County of Schenectada  [Schenectady] Ss
On this fifteenth day of July one thousand eight hundred & forty eight personally appeared in open court, before Samuel W. Juries County Judge of Schenectady County at a county court then & there held Oliver Staley a resident of the town of Princetown in said County , aged, sixty seven years, and he being duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to attain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 4th 1836, & acts explanatory of & amending the same.
That he is one of the children of Janet (or Jane) Staley deceased, who was the widow of George Staley , late of the town of Princetown aforesaid, when served in the war of the Revolution in manners herein after stated. That her husband the said George (or in Dutch Jerry) Stately , resided when the war of the revolution commenced in said town, then called Curriesbush, in the District of Schenectady then so called & within the military beat (as declarant, understood & believes,) commanded by Colonel C Abraham Wemple of the militia.  That the particulars  of his service in said war this Declarant is the of course unable to give but that the same were embodied & detailed as Declarant understood & believes in the papers now on file in the War Pension office in the matter of the application of said George Staley for a pension under the act of Congress passed
Page 19

7th June 1832. That said George Staley was [mark above]a pensioner under said act, and received an annual stipend of about Thirty-six dollars and ninety cents per annum.
And this Declarant further saith, that the said widow, his mother, the said Janet bore the maiden name of “McCall” or “Mackall”. That the exact day of her marriage to or with George or Jerry, he this Declarant is unable now to ascertain from documents or traditionary statements to which he has access, (the precise or exact day) but that he always understood & believed from information derived from his parents, that they were married in the beginning of the month of January in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy-five ( January 1775) by the Reverend Mr Johnson, who temporarily presided over congregations of the Presbyterian faith at Duanesburgh and Schenectada [Schenectady] but  of whose records, if any ever existed no trace can now be found. That Matthias Staley. & his wife & daughter Ann were present at the marriage & also there, all of whom have long since departed this life.
That her husband said George Staley Died on the twenty-sixth day of March one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine. That since his death, she his widow remained single and unmarried & so continued till the day of her death and that she died on the fifth
Page 20

day of July one thousand eight hundred and forty-six ( 5th July 1846). 
And this declarant further saith, that said widow died, leaving her surviving the following named, children all of whom are over twenty-one years of age viz - Janet Dunn of the county of Madison N.Y., Mary Chambers of Schoharie County, Betsy McCarley of Michigan, Susan Swart of Florida N.Y. and this Declarant.

And he further deposeth and saith, that between forty and fifty years of age he saw, and at different time since has perused an old record of the time of the birth of his said father and mother & of their children - which record was contained in an old family- bible. That in process of time said record became nearly illegible, and the sheet of paper on leaf of the Bible on which it was written, became defaced and torn, about twenty four or twenty five years ago, this Declarant procured a Mr. Murray to copy the same, which he did in a newer family Bible (the same now produced in [illegible] the leaf of said Bible containing said transcript or copy is the identical one hereto attached having now been detached from said Bible last named - That the record hereto attached is a true and correct transcript in every particular from the old years, said record has in no respect, been altered or changed & contains as this Declarant informed and believes, a true statement of the times of the birth of the children of said George & Janet, commencing in the year 1775 - and further that the third child named in the list is this Declarant Oliver Staley noted as having been born on the fourth day of July one thousand seven hundred and eighty-one. Oliver Staley
Subscribed and sworn, as aforesaid in open court as aforesaid 
S. St. Marsh clerk [signed]

And said court after an examination of the matter & of the proofs and testimonies exhibited to them, declare their opinion, that said George Staley did serve as a revolutionary soldier as stated in said Declaration. That he died in receipt of a pension of $36 90/100 per annum. That he died on the 26th day of March one thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine. That he left him surviving his widow Janette. That said Janett whose maiden name was Mackall
Page 21

and said George Staley we’re lawfully married in January One thousand seven hundred and seventy-five- That she remained his widow during her lifetime after his decease, till she herself died on the fifth day of July one thousand eight hundred and forty six. That she left her Surviving the following named children who are all over twenty-one years of age, viz- Oliver Staley (the Declarant), Janet Dunn, Mary Chambers, Betsy McCarley, And Susan Swart, all of which is accordingly hereby certified. And the said court further certifies, that the leaf sheet of paper Containing the dates of birth of said children and of all the children of said George & Janett, was detached from or taken out of what purported to be a family Bible of said George & Janett in open court and under the inspection of this court.
S. H. Marsh Clerk [signed]

I Silas H. Marsh Clerk of said County, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings had in said court, and the matter of the application of Oliver Staley made in behalf of his mother Janette Staley , for a pension as the widow of George Staley deceased. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court the day & year first above written.
S. H. Marsh Clerk  [signed] 
[underscore mark]
Page 22

No 19847
Geo Staley
Schenectady Co N.Y.

Admitted
Private  11 mo & 2 days

Giles T. Yates  agt
Schenectady N. York
Page 23

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office, 183
Sir:
The evidence and 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 show what is necessary to be done. These 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 George Staley Schenectady N. York
[table form] 
I am respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J.L.Edwards, 
Commissioner of Pension.
Page 24

2
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, Boatman, &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 an 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 roles of regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, noncommissioned officers, musicians, or privates, well 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 an applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss.
County of }
day of            Personally appeared (a) before A.B. a resident (b) of          in the county of         and State, Territory or District of           Aged (c)            years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, past June 7, 1832. That he enlisted in the army of the United States in the year (d)         , with              and served in the          (e) regiment of the            Line, under the following named officers:
[Here set for the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers, the time he left the service: (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers,) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service : the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched.  [mark] this form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belong 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 they said Court do you hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I                Of the Court of 
Do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of             for a pension.
In testimony, whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this       day of       &c.

If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims 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, and where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[And then we’ll follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the third 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 signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the           and that C.D., who has also signed the same as a resident in the           and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I,          Clerk of the Court of              do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court, in the matter of the application of                 for a pension.

In testimony, whereof, I have hereunto, set my hand and seal of office, this    day of           
&c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof of his power. This is the original discharge or commission: but if neither of these can be obtained, the party was 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 service 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 produced such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison  of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
Page 25

8
will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition of, if one be attempted and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Courtbof Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State Troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
4.How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
6. {To a Soldier.{ Did you ever receive a                   {discharge from the service, and if so, by whom      {was it given and what has become of it?
{To an Officer. { Did you ever receive a {commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, {and what has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinions of the Court,without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons - one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion.If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, gibing such certificates.
The traditionally evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform,and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office,will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of aany person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased,the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant,and the opinion of the Court upo the whole matter.
[line]
(a) The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity in which case the declarations will [illegible] how the rule of laid down is [illegible] guidance.
(b) The declarations must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
(c) The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
(d) The declaration must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
(e) Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be [illegible]. Every claimant must state, with [illegible], the length of his service, and the [illegible] grade, in which her served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he would amend his declarations by making an affidavit to the following words: “Personally appeared before me, [illegible] [illegible], a Justice of the Peace, &c. A.B. Who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saint, that, by reason of all age, and the [illegible] of memory, he cannot swear [illegible]  as to the precise length of his service, but, according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the period mentioned below, and of the following grades : -For [blank ] year, [blank] months, and [blank] days, I served as a [blank] For [blank] months and [blank] days, I served as a [blank]. For [blank] months and [blank] days, I served as a [blank]; and for such service I claim a pension.”
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or for months, is too [illegible], and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia 
, &c. Without specifying the [illegible], names of officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers, he [illegible] served;  the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in the or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
(f) The Law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
(g) The opinions of the Court is always required.
(h) The Clerk [illegible] give his certificate in every case.
(I) The Clerk [illegible] affix his seal, and if it has no devise or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no [illegible] seal of the office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying manner who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet oof paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must[illegible] [illegible] the seal of office of the certifying officer, as to prevent any paper from lacking improperly attached to the certificate.

Proof of Service.
(j) In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in [illegible] affidavits the date of the claimant’s entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and [illegible] to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer , under his seal of office.
[pointing finger stamp] The notes from (a) to (I) are all equally applicable to the cases of Militiamen, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note (j) applies to continental troops only.
(k) This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
(l) If witnesses cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
(m) The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
Page 26

November 18, 1937
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

George Staley
W. 19123
RA-J/MLB

Mrs. Marie Noll Cormack
Federal Writers Project, W. P. A.,
Professional – Technical Division
City Hall, Schenectady, New York

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of George Staley who was pensioned on his application made October 19, 1832.

You are furnished here in the record of the only George Staley found in the Revolutionary War records of this office. The data they’re in were obtained from pension claim, W. 19123, based upon his service in the revolutionary War.

George (sometimes referred to as Jerry) Staley was born July 6, 1753, in Truxberry, Hunterdon County, New Jersey. The name of his parents were not given.

Well, residing in Corricsbush which was later called Princetown in Schenectady district, New York, he enlisted early and 1775 but was not called out until in 1776 when he served one and one and a half months as private in Captain Thomas Wasson’s company, Colonel Abraham Wemple’s New York regiment. He enlisted in May, 1777, in the Northern Campaign to Ticonderoga, was serving at the time General Saint Clair evacuated that place, and until the surrender of Burgoyne, October 17, 1777, names of officers on this chore, not stated. He enlisted in February, 1778, served, not less than six weeks as private under Colonel Wemple in the New York troops and assisted in bringing cannon and ammunition from Ticonderoga to Albany. He enlisted in 1779 and served on several tours at Fort Schoharie , Paris, Plain and Plank under Captains, Jellis Fonda and Vrooman and and Colonels Wemple, Christopher Yates, and Volkert Douw and the New York troops, was out on numerous occasions as a scout and pursuit of Indians and Tories, his service and all amount due to between one and two years. It was stated that during his service he was in the battle of Saratoga and other battles.

The soldier was allowed pension on his application executed October 19, 1832, while a resident of Princetown, Schenectady County, New York. He died there March 26, 27 or 29, 1839 (all dates given).
Page 27

George Staley married early in January, 1775, Janette (name shown also as Jane and Janet) McCall or Mackall, who was born August 21, 1753, the place of her birth and names of her parents not stated. They were married in Schenectady, New York. Janette Staley died July 5, 1846, at the home of her son, Oliver Staley, with whom she lived in Rotterdam, Schenectady County, New York.

The following names of children of George Staley and his wife, Janette, are shown in the claim:

Ann,                               born September 21, 1775
Henry or Hendricks,        “       May 13, 1777, and baptized June 19, 1777.
Oliver,                                “      July 1, 1781
Jacob,                                “      August 16, 1783
Janet,                                 “      January 15, 1786
Mary,                                   “      June 12, 1788
Betsy,                                  “       March 18, 1791
Susan,                                 “       August 4, 1793
George,                               “       January 13, 1796

The only children who survived their mother, Janette Staley, were the following:

Janet Dunce, who in 1848 was a resident of Madison Co., N.Y.
Mary Chambers, “ “ “ “ “ “ “ Schoharie Co., N.Y.
Betsy McCarley, “” “” “” “ “ “ Michigan 
Susan Swart, “” “ “ “ “ “ “ “ “ Florida, N.Y.
Oliver Staley, “ “ “ “ “ “ “ “ “ “ Princetown, N.Y.

The following data are shown in the claim with no explanation of relationship to the soldier’s family:  “Peter Ervin and Mary Gilmore were married May 12, 1842.”

Very truly yours 
A.D. Hiller,
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
 
-2-
Page 28

7142
In [illegible] [illegible] of [illegible] 
of
Janett Staley
[line mark]
Affts of Identity widow [illegible] &c from Thomas Dorn & Derrick Vn Vechten
Married 1777
husband died 24 March 1839
widow died 5 July 1846
Page 29

STATE OF NEW YORK }
County of Schenectady.} ss.
CLERK’s OFFICE,
I SILAS H. MARSH, Clerk of the County of Schenectady, Do hereby Certify, That [illegible name] & B V S Vedder Esqs whose names are subscribed to the Certificate of the proofs, [text crossed out] of the annexed instruments and thereon written, was at the time of taking such proofs [crossed out text] the [illegible] former a [illegible] and the further a cluster of the [illegible] in and for said County, dwelling in the said County, commissioned and sworn, and duly authorized to take the same- And further, That I am well acquainted with the handwriting of such [illegible] [illegible] and verily believe that the signatures to the said Certification of proofs [crossed out text] is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said County, the 18th day of July 1848.
S. H. Marsh Clerk.
Page 30

Thomas Dorn being duly sworn says that he was acquainted with George Staley and Jane. The reputed wife of said George and lived in the vicinity of said Staley for the term of forty or forty five years and that they raised a family of eight children and lived as man and wife and that they were good citizens and lived in peace.
[signed] Thomas Dorn
Sworn before me at Princetown in the County of Schenectady this 13th day of September 1845
A Warren
{Judge of County Courts for the County of Schenectady.

Schenectady City & County Ss I certify that on the 17th day of July 1848 Abr A. Truax named in the certificate below subscribed by him  came before me, and being   person, made oath that  the facts set forth in the said certificate are true to the best of his knowledge & belief - And I further certify that from my [?] knowledge I am satisfied the facts so  certified & sworn to by said Truax are true., 
  [B V S?] Vedder, J.P.
I certify that Thomas Dorn above named who has taken the above affidavit before me is a credible witness & that his statements are entitled to the fullest credit
  A.A. Truax
Page 31

State of New York
Schenectady County Ss}
 I [certify - crossed out] Silas H Marsh clerk of the County of Schenectady do hereby certify that Abraham Warren Esq. whose name is subscribed to the Certificate of proof of the within named Thomas Van [St//on] [illegible] time of taking such proof a Judge of the County Courts for the said County dwelling in said County Commissioned & Sworn & duly authorized to take the same and I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said Judge and verily believe that the signature to the certificate is genuine.
 In Testimony whereof I have herewith set my hand and affixed the seal of said County on 17 day of July 1848
 S. H Marsh  clerk
Page 32

Jane McCall wife of George Staley
 Derick Van Vechten being duly sworn says that  he was ackuainted [acquainted] with Jane McCall previous to her marriage to George Staley which was about the [conclusion?] of the Revolution War and says further that the said Jane McCall was afterwards married to George Staley as it was understood and that witness? was at the dwelling of said Staley and says Jane [?] and it was understood that [?]  report that they were man and wife and that according to the witness   that the said George and Jane lived together for the Term of Sixty or Seventy years as man and wife
  Derick Van Vechten
A. Warren }  Judge of County Courts for the
County of Schenectady
I the undersigned do hereby certify that Derick
Page 33

Van Vechten who has signed & sworn to the within affidavit is a gentleman of high standing for truth & veracity, that he is a pensioner of the United States under the act of 7 June 1832, having been an officer in the revolution & that his statements are entitled to full credit and that said George Warren before whom said affidavit has been taken had moved to the State of Michigan.
  A.A. Truax
Schenectady City & County Ss  I Certify that on the 17th day of July 1828 Abr A. Truax above named came before me, and being duly Sworn made oath that the facts set forth in the foregoing certificate subscribed by him and that to the best of his knowledge and belief and I    with certify that I know the [Deponent?] Derick Van Vechten & Judge Warren and that of my own knowledge, I am satisfied the facts certified to by the said Abr A. Truax in his said certificate are true.
  B.V.P. Vedder  Justice of the Peace
Page 34

Schenectady August 15, 1848.
G.F. Yates Esq.
 Dear sir,
  Perceiving that the accuracy of my certificate in relation to the baptism of Kendrick, Son of George Staley, is called in question at Washington, in that, as is alledged, Jurry is not the German of George, I beg leave to state, that the certificate says not a word about the German, and has no reference to it. The Low Dutch and not the German, is the language in which the records of the Reformed Dutch Church of Schenectady, were kept at the time referred to; and I now reaffirm that George is the the correct English translation of the Low Dutch name Jurry.
  To this I may add that the record above referred to, is in very distinct letters and figures dated "June 19th 1777." and that at said baptism "Jurry Steely" and "Jane Mackall" appeared as husband and wife.
  Jacob Van Vechten
 Pastor of Ref. Dutch Ch. Schdy
The accompanying certificate, by me, was drawn in the other half of this
Page 35

State of New York
County of Schenectady} SS.
  I hereby certify that on the 16th day of August 1848, before the subscriber, a Justice of the peace in and for the County aforesaid, personally appeared Rev Jacob Van Vechten, who, in my presence, drew and subscribed the accompanying statement, and, in being duly sworn, according to law, made oath and stated that the same was true. And I certify further, that I have for many years personally known said Van Vechten, and that he has ^ been during [words crossed out] the whole period I have known him, and now is, the Pastor of the Dutch Reformed Church in the City of Schenectady, as he represents himself to be.
  B.P.S. Vedder, J.P.

County of Schenectada [Schenectady] Ss.
  I the undersigned John Nott being duly sworn depose and say, that during the year 1846 and & previous I had the pastoral charge of the "first Reformed Dutch Church of Rotterdam," in the town of Rotterdam in said County - That then and there I became intimately acquainted with the family of Jane Staley widow of George Staley, who lived with her son Oliver - the said widow being the same person referred to in the preceding affidavit of the Revd Dr. Van Vechten - That I should judge said Oliver to be at least sixty eight years of age - That said Jane Staley & her family worships at my church That I preached her funeral sermon at her late dwelling in said town of Rotterdam on the occasion of her burial - That she was buried a few days after the fourth day of July one thousand eight hundred and forty six
Page 36

(July 1846) as I am enabled to remember from its having taken place so near the day of the celebration of American Independence and ^ from a record I made of the day of her death ^ viz on the fifth day of July in the year last named.
  and I further depose and say, that I was well acquainted with George Staley the husband of said Jane Staley - That he died about nine years ago - That he often during his life time recounted to me his revolutionary service ^ & spoke about his participation in several revolutionary battled, that of Saratoga & others.
  John Nott
Be it remembered that on the 22d day of August 1848, personally appeared before me, the Revd Professor Nott whose name appears to the preceding affidavit, and the said John Nott made oath before me in due form of law, that the facts set forth in the preceding affidavit by him signed, are true and correct - and I certify that I am well acquainted with the Deponent & know that he was pastor of the Reformed Dutch Church of Rotterdam for several years & that his statements are entitled to the fullest credit!
  B.P. Vedder  J.P.

state of New-York} County of Schenectady, } ss.
 Clerk's Office
  I, SILAS H. MARSH, Clerk of the County of Schenectady DO HEREBY CERTIFY,
Page 37

Alexander Ray Esqr
Washington D.C.

under 1/2 oz

[stamp] SCHENECTADY NY AUG
Page 38

Albany N.Y. Augt 22d 1848. 
My dear Sir 
Enclosed you will receive a supplemental affidavit in the case of Jane widow of George (Dutch "Jurry") Staley made by the Revd Dr. Van Vechten. He reiterates his previously sworn statement that Jurry is the Dutch for George. He states in addition that the record of the baptism of their son Hendrick discloses the important fact that said George & Jane were a married couple when they presented their child for baptism, & this you will note was in June 1777. six years before the close of the war & four years if I remember right, or at least several years previous to the date of the last term of revolutionary service rendered by George Staley. In effect you have the 2d best evidence any can of this kind is susceptible of. The first best would of course be documentary or record evidence of the marriage itself. Here you have record evidence of George & Jane Staley appearing as husband & wife on the 9th of June 1777. If they had lived in adultery their child would not have been admitted to the holy rite of baptism.
I also send the affidavit of the Rev John Nott who preached the funeral sermon of Mrs. Staley & he fixes the date of her death or 5th July 1846. Thus are the objections of the Commr. completely & to the letter answered. What hinders his sending on pension warrant at once. I wait for it. 
Respectfully yours 
[signed] G. F. Yates
Page 39

Pension Office
August 9 1848

Sir
  I have the honor to inform you that the papers in the Case of Janett Staley decd, widow of George Staley have been examined and filed under the act of 4 July 1836.
  The service of Claimants husband is admitted, but [illegible] the date of their marriage & not that of the death of Mr Staley have been established by satisfactory proof.
  The certificate of the Pastor of the Reformed Dutch Church as to the Baptism of of [sic] "Hendricks" son of Jurry Steely and Jane Mackall does not appear to be Correctly translated. "Jurry" is not the German for "George" that paper therefore cannot be received as evidence of the Marriage in this case and the testimony of the witness is not satisfactory to show the [?] of its    
Consummation with any degree of certainty.
Page 40

The date of Mrs Staleys death should be established by the Affiant of the Coffin Maker or    Minister who officiated at her funeral or the Physician who attended her in her last illness.

Hon Geo Petrie
Augt 9 48

Hon Geo Petrie
House of Reps
Page 41

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office, 
November 8th 1841 
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,” the widow of George Staley, dcd. a Pensioner on the Roll of the Albany, N.Y. Agency, at the rate of Thirty six Dollars and 90 cents per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of March to the 27th March 1839. 
Respectfully yours 
Albion K. Parris 
Comptroller.

To the Commissioner of Pensions, 
Present.
Page 42

State of New York 
County of Schenectady } ss
George Staley being duly sworn that he is the same person who has sworn & subscribed to the annexed declaration, that by reason of old age & 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 in the grade of a private soldier – 
In the year 1776 he served with part of Colonel Wemple’s Regiment under General Ten Broeck as set forth in said declaration for a term exceeding six weeks –
In the year 1777 from the month of May in that year until the 17th October thereafter this deponent served in the northern Campaign as set forth in said declaration for a term exceeding four months - As specified by him in said declaration in the year 1778 (from the beginning of February to the last of March) he served not less than six weeks with a detachment of militia from Colonel Wemples Regiment aforesaid.
He served under Captain Vrooman at the upper middle, and lower forts of Schoharie & at Cobleskill for at least eight weeks - at Stone Arabia under Captain Jellis J. Fonda more than one month - at fort Plain & fort Plank he has performed garrison duty in the militia company to which he belonged as
Page 43

set forth in said declaration, under Colonel Christopher Yates & Volkert Douw at the time the famous Henry Hare was hung, for a term not less their six weeks - When Caughnawaga was destroyed and on alarms of the approach of the enemy to Cherry Valley & Warrensbush, this Deponent served in said company for different terms in the whole exceeding twenty five days - for which service of thirteen months this deponent claims a pension 
[signed] George Staley X his mark
Subscribed & sworn this 27th Sept 1833 before me by the above named George Staley to me known - his eyesight being defective his name was written by me at his request 
[signed] S. W. Jones Judge of Schenectady County Courts 

State of New York 
County of Schenectady 
Clerks office } ss
I, Giles F. Yates Deputy Clerk of said County, do hereby certify that Samuel W. Jones before whom the foregoing affidavit of George Staley purports to have been taken, was at the time thereof and is now one of the Judges of the County Courts in and for said County, & that the signature to the same purporting to be his is genuine Witness my hand and the seal of said County, this Eighth day of October 1833 
[signed] G. W. Yates Deputy Clk
Page 44

Geo Staley Schenectady NY. Act 7 June 1832
 $36.00 per an
  To what time was he last  paid
  GCA
It appears that the arrears in this case were paid to his widow ^ in 1841 I wish to learn her name -
 GCA
Pension Office
August 4 1848

Died 29 Mar 1839
 Paid to his death
 BJB

Widows name
 Janet Staley
  BJB
Page 45

W7142
Janette Staley
 NY
[crossed out: let to Hon G. Peters August 9th '48]

Act 4 July 1836
Page 46

Schenectady  25 February [48?]
Presbyterian Church -
This is to certify that the Records of this church preceding the year 1796 & far as I have been able to learn, have been lost or destroyed, probably by fire -
L. Trumbull Backus   
Pastor
Page 47

County of Schenectady Ss.  I J. Trumbull Backus within named, do ^ solemnly declare and affirm     that the facts set forth in the within certificate by me signed are true according to the best of my knowledge
  J. Trumbull Backus
On the 15th day of July 1848, personally appeared before me the undersigned, the [within?] & above named J Trumbull Backus to me well known and I certify that he is the pastor of the Presbyterian church within named, and that he [illegible...] to the contents of the above Deposition by him signed, and that his statements are entitled to the fullest credit.
  B.P. Vedder  J.P.

[on side]  In the matter of [...t] Staley decd
Afft of Rev T Backus
 July 1848
Page 48

Rev
WIDOW &C
File No. 19123
Janette Staley
widow of
George Staley
 Private Rev. War
Act: July 4, 1836
Index: - Vol. M, Page 247
 [Arrangement of 1870]

1910 Feb 22 Hist to Florence L. Baker
1920 June 21 Hist to Mrs. H.K. Hardy
1921 June 2 - Charlotte T. Luckhurst  add cost of photos etc  MNF
1937 Nov. 18 Hist to Mrs Marie Noll Cormack   MLD
Page 49

Canajoharie, N.Y.    W 19123
Mar 4, 1910
Commissioner of Pensions
 Dear Sir,
  I have received information from the War Department concerning George Staley who fought under Captain Wasson's Company 2 Battalion (Colonel Wemple) New York Militia in the Revolutionary War.  They told me that perhaps you might be able to give
Page 50

me some further information concerning this man. He received a pension at Schenectady for the years 1784-5. Hoping you will be able to give some information concerning the survivors of this George Staley or into what part he retired after fighting  I remain,
  Yours Truly,
  Florence L. Baker
82 Mill St.
Canajoharie N.Y.
[stamp] U.S. PENSION OFFICE A MAR 5 1910
[stamp] RECORD DIVISION MAR 5 1910
Page 51

[stamp] U.S. PENSION OFFICE D JUN 1 1920
[stamp] DUBUQUE IOWA [illegible]
[postage stamp] 1 One Cent

This Side of Card is For Address

Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.
Page 52

44 W 14th St.
Dubuque Iowa
May 29. 1920
Dear Sir:
  will you please send me the ^ Revolutionary War record of George Staley he was a pensioner for the years of 1784 & 1785 for what did he receive the pensions? Any information will be gratefully received
  Mrs H K Hardy
Page 53

WORKS PROGRESS ADMINISTRATION 
FEDERAL WRITERS’ PROJECT 
Professional-Technical Division 
City Hall, Schenectady, N.Y. 
November 4, 1937 
Director of Veterans Administration 
Washington, D.C. 
Dear Sir: 
In a pension granted to George Staley, October 19, 1832, we find the record incomplete as to his military service. 
In a communication addressed to the Adjutant-General's office, we were referred to your department to check the years of this man's service. The War Department record gives it as 1784 and 1785; the family record is of a duration of eleven months and two days, beginning in 1775. Therefore, it is obvious that there is a discrepancy of dates, and we are very anxious to check this. 
In the family is a record dictated by this pensioner in which he states that he served as a spy for the Colonists. Here, also we find no documentary evidence either in the War Department nor in historical archives. Would you by any chance be able to verify the dates and types of service rendered by Staley. 
The enlistment was from Schenectady,.
Very truly yours, 
Marie Noll Cormack
(Mrs.) Marie Noll Cormack

MNC: TD

[stamp]
NOV 5 1937
21
Page 54

The Dutch Settlers Society of Albany
ALBANY, N. Y. 
President EDWARD J SLINGERLAND 
1st Vice-President MISS PAULINE H. WILSON 
2nd Vice-President HON. ELLIS J. STALEY 
Treasurer MISS LUCIE D. VAN DENBURGH 
36 Besch Avenue, Albany, N. Y. 
Secretary MRS. PETER NELSON 
143 North Pine Avenue, Albany, N. Y. 
Registrar MRS. CHARLOTTE T. LUCKHURST 
156 Western Avenue, Albany, N. Y. 
Executive Committee 
MRS. HERBERT C. TITUS 
MRS. HENRY WILBUR POLGREEN
WILLIAM V. D. P. HANNAY 
ISAAC H. VROOMAN Jr. 
May 20, 1931. 
Pension Bureau, 
Washington, D.C. 
Gentlemen-:
I have two seperate [separate] matters I wish to put before you, they are not in any way connected, First- 
Will you please advise me as to cost of photostat copy of the application papers filed for George Staley, (W. 19123) 
Second - Refering [Referring] to the photostat copies recently sent me of pension papers of Asahel Hollister, (33 pages) I think you have two applications mixed, or at least I am unable to understand them in any other way, among the papers is copy of a letter written to Hiel Hollister of Pawlet, Vt. this man was the son of the Asahel I am interested in and Innett Hollister was the brother of Asahel, and uncle of Hiel, this we know and have ample proof, 
We know nothing of this widow Elizabeth Hollister or any Asahel Hollister in Ohio, I will put on seperate sheet the record we have of our branch of the family also a comparative list of names and dates taken from the records sent. It is I think quite possible that I have portions of two seperate [separate] applications , please advise me about this, you probably have a record of the photostats sent me. 
Very truly yours, 
Charlotte T. Luckhurst
Page 55

Hollister Records. 
Ashbel Hollister born March 4, 1759. 
married Mary Pepper, Jan 10, 1790. 
Died May 4, 1840. 
she was born March 9, 1766 died March 18, 1848, 
both buried in Pawlet, Vermont, moved to Pawlet 1781. 
his brother Innett born March 16, 1781. 
Hiel Hollister was his son. 
Of this line we have ample proof from family Bible etc
Asahel Hollister born May 1, 1763. 
Married Elizabeth Wier Dec. 1787. 
died Feb. 12, 1839. 
she was born 1787. died after Jan. 22, 1849. 
Moved to Arlington Vt. Sept, 1805. 
Moved to Ohio about March 19, 1838. 
Of these we know nothing beyond what is shown in the pension papers,
Page 56

June 2, 1931. 
Rev.&1812 Wars Section. 
MMHF
Mrs. Charlotte T. Luckhurst, 
156 Western Avenue, 
Albany, New York. 
Dear Madam: 
Reference is made to your letter of May 20, 1931 in regard to securing photostatic copies of papers on file in Revolutionary War claim, W.19123, George Staley, also in regard to further information concerning papers filed in Revolutionary War claim, W.7803, Asahel Hollister. 
You are advised that photostatic copies of papers on file in claim, W. 19123, will be furnished you at the rate of fifteen cents a page. The number of pages to be copied is thirty. The cost is twenty-five cents additional for the set, if you desire certification. 
The proper amount should be forwarded to this bureau by money order drawn to the order of the Acting Commissioner of Pensions. 
In the matter of papers filed in claim, W.7803, the letter of Hiel Hollister, dated April 13, 1850 and bureau's reply to him, were many years ago placed with that claim and should have been placed with the claim of Ashbel Hollister, S. 15461. 
You will note from your photos that Asahel Hollister, W.7803 asked for a transfer of his pension to Ohio. 
Very truly yours, 
E. W. MORGAN, 
Acting Commissioner.
Page 57

No 7142
Janett Staley  decd
wd of George
 NY
act 4 July 1836
admd 11mo 2 days pri
$36.90 pr an

from 29 March 1839 to
5 May 1846 the day of 
her death payable to
Oliver Staley  Janett Dunn
Mary Chambers, Betsy 
McCauley, and Susan
Stuart only surviving
children of Janett Staley
dec -
Alexander Ray
Present
Page 58

Washington Augt 25 48
Sir
  In your letter of the 9th inst to the Hon George Petrie (now before me) in the case of Janett Staley decd you say.
  The srce of her     ommited and you re   the date of marriage and the time of Mr Staley death
  I enclose G.F. Yates letter to me in that case 22 int calling my attention to evidence on   that George & Janett Staley was husband & wife on the 9th? Nov 1777 - to which I     you.
  I also submit    affidavit from the Pastor of Ref. Dutch church Schenectady   plan  to you what reared to an stating further that M Staley decd on the 5 Mch 1836
  I remain your
    most O Sv [obedient servant]
  Alex Ray
Page 59

House of Representatives
Washington July 26 1848
Sir
  I enclose herewith an application in the case of Janett Staley ded claiming in her rights to pension of the act 4 July 1836
  I remain very
respectfully
  Geo. Petrie

J.L. Edwards
  Comr of Pensions