Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 4519, for David Sutfin, New Jersey
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE | NUMBER
New Jersey | Sutfin, David | S4519
 | Carded
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CONTENTS
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[left panel]
Pency Nov. 22, 1834
Dec. 8, 1834 to Hon. L. Cass
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[illegible] 12. 1835
[illegible] let. to Mr [illegible] Mar. 24 '35
Transf. to New Jersey fr
5 Mar. 1834. - Apr 6 1835
Letter to Penr Aug 16, 1845,
[right panel]
No Ser [illegible]
[crossed out New York] 20281
Dav. Sutfin
Phelps in the State of N York
who was a private in the Comp. commanded
by Captain Walton of the Reg [illegible]
by Col Holmes in the N Jersey
line for 2 years
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subscribed on the Roll of N. York
the rate of 80 Dollars ____ Cents per annum,
commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 13 day of Aug
[illegible] and [illegible] D. McNeil
Philps
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Arrears to the 4th of Mar '35  | $160
Semi-anl. allowance ending [illegible] | 40
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$200
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{Revolutionary Claim,
June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by [illegible] Clerk,
6 Vol. 3 Page 79
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1 Brief  No 7962

David Sutfin

Admitted
P. Male 2 years $80
detail specification
required
5:10.14:16
18 Sep 32
24 [illegible]
Page 83
David McNeil
[illegible]
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N97960
BRIEF in the case of David Sutfin of Phelps County
of Ontario in the State of New York
(Act 7th June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge?
  Before a Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
 - - -
3. How old is he?
72 years
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
Period | Duration of Service. | Rank. | Names of General and Field Officers
 | | | under whom he served. 
 | Years Months,Days. | As a | Gen.
In 1776 | - 4 - | private | Capt John Walton Col. Holmes
 1777 | - 4 - | " | " " " "
 1778 | - 4 - | " | Capt James Craig
 1779 | - 4 - | " | Col Morgan. Capt. Craig
 1779 to the end of the war | - 4 - |  | 
5. In what battles was he engaged?
   Battle of Monmouth
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service?
 Monmouth New Jersey
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by
incidental evidence, or by the rolls?
living witness and traditionary Evidence
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?
  they appear to be correct
X Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above
mentioned.

James Rd  Examining Clerk
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104
David Sutfin
To N. Jersey
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Application for a Transfer
State of New Jersey | 
Monmouth County | SS:
On this twenty fourth day of October 1834
before me the subscriber a Justice of the peace
in and for the said County of Monmouth personally
appeared David Sutfin, who on his oath declared
that he is the same person who formerly belonged to
the company commanded by Captain John Walton
in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Asher
Holmes in the service of the United States in the
Revolutionary War, that his name was placed on
the pension roll of the State of New York from
whence he has lately removed; that he now resides
in Monmouth County in the State of New Jersey
where he intends to remain, and wishes his pension
to be there payable in future. The following are his
reasons for removing from New York to New Jersey
to wit: that he was residing in State of New York with
his daughter and son in Law Mr & Mrs William R.S.
Betts: that they removed from New York to New Jersey
in the month of April last, and this Deponents intention 
to continue to reside with them, was his
reason for removing as aforesaid, together with the
very natural desire of returning to, and spending the
remainder of his life in the place of his nativety:
he having been born and spent most of his life
in the County of Monmouth, in New Jersey, where
he now resides.
Sworn to and subscribed | 
the day and year aforesaid | David Sutfin
before me Justice as aforesaid | 
William Lloyd
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State of New Jersey | 
Monmouth County | ss
On this twenty fourth day of October
in the year of our Lord 1834 before the subscriber
a Justice of the Peace for the said County personally
appeared James M. Hartshorne who being duly
sworn according to law deposeth and saith, that
David Sutfin who has taken the within oath is
the identical person described in the within
affidavit:
Sworn to and subscribed before | J. M. Hartshorne
me Justice as aforesaid, by the said | 
James M. Hartshorne, who is a person | 
of respectability and veracity | 
William Lloyd

I Daniel H. Ellis Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common
Pleas in & for the County of Monmouth in State of New Jersey
do hereby certify that William Lloyd before whom the fore
going affidavits were sworn to and subscribed, is a
justice of the Peace in & for said County, duly commissioned
and sworn in office as such; that full faith and credit are
due and ought to be given to all his official acts as such
and that the signature William Lloyd signed to the
foregoing affidavits are the genuine signatures of the
said Justice.
[seal applied] In Witness whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and seal of Office this
twenty fourth day of October A.D. Eighteen 
hundred and thirty four
D.W. Ellis Clk
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David Sutfin
Declaration
7962
Passed
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STATE OF NEW YORK, |  On this thirty Seventh day of August 1832,
Ontario County, | ss.   personally appeared in open court, before the judges
of the Court of Common pleas for said County of Ontario now sitting
David Sutfin a resident of Phelps in the county of Ontario
and State of New York aged 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 7th,
1832, That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein
stated. In the year 1776 he volunteered a private in Capt. John Waltons
Company of New Jersey Militia in Col Holmes Regiment resided at
this time in Monmouth in the State of New Jersey. That during this
year he served four months at different term of one month each
at Monmouth and along the Jersey shores guarding against the
enemy. That in the year 1777 he served four months at terms of
one month each in the Company and Regiment aforesaid in the vicinity
of Monmouth and along the Jersey lines guarding against the enemy
and watching the movement of the Tories which at that time were
very troublesome - That in the year 1778 he served four months
at terms of one month each in Capt. James Craigs Company and
Regiment aforesaid of New Jersey Militia at Monmouth and
along the Jersey lines, was in the Battle of Monmouth in the month
of June of this year, was that day under command of Col Morgan
of the Virginia line, in the right wing of the Army. That in the year
1779 he served four months at terms of one month each at
Monmouth and along the Jersey shore in Capt James Craigs Company
and Regiment aforesaid guarding against the enemy and Tories.
That from the year 1779 until the close of the War he served in
one of the above named companies four months of each [illegible]
in guarding the Jersey Frontiers at different points, doing the
duty of a Soldier as was required of him. That he was born
in the town of Freehold County of Monmouth and State of
New Jersey in the year 1760 in which Town he has resided
Since the war until about one year past, when he removed
to Phelps County of Ontario and State of New York where
he now resides, that he has no documentary evidence of
service, but is well acquainted with James Craig, under whose
command he served a part of his time, during the Revolution
also with Aaron Reed and William T. Thompson, who reside in
the Town of Freehold in the State of New Jersey, whose Certificate
is herewith attached, who have certified to their belief of his
having served in the Revolution - And that he is also an acquainted 
with William R. S. Betts a clergyman who resides in
his present neighborhood, who will certify to the same.
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
Charles Crane, | David Sutfin
Clerk | 

Clerk
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is thereunto attached who have certified to their belief of his
having served in the Revolution - And that he is also an acquainted 
with William R. S. Betts a clergyman who reside in
his present neighborhood, who will certify to the same.
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
Charles Crane, | David Sutfin
Clerk | 

I William R. S. Betts a Clergyman residing in the the Town of Phelps
in the County of Ontario and State of New York
[crossed out]
hereby certify that [crossed out] I am well acquainted with David Sutfin
who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that [crossed out] I believe him to be seventy two years of
and, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the Revolution
, and that [crossed out] I concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
in open Court, |  Wm R. S. Betts.
Charles Crane Clerk | 

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 William R. S. Betts
who has signed the preceding certificate is a resident of Phelps
in the County of Ontario and State of New York and is a clergyman
and [crossed out] a credible person and that [crossed out] his statement is entitled to credit.

I, Charles Crane, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas aforesaid, do
hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application
of David Sutfin for a Pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this twenty seventh day of
August A.D. 1832.
Charles Crane
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State of New York | 
Ontario County ss | On the 5th day of July 1832 before
me the subscriber a Judge of the County Court for said
County of Ontario, personally appeared David Sutfin of same
mind who on his oath deposeth and says, that he is the same
person who entered service in the Revolutionary War in the
year 1776 as near as this deponent can recollect a private
in Captain John Waltons Company of New Jersey Militia in
Col [illegible] Regiment that during the year 1776 he served
four months (at different term of one month each) at Monmouth
New Jersey and that vicinity guarding against the enemy and
doing the duty of a soldier - That in the year 1777 he served
four months in the company and Regiment aforesaid on Captain
James Craigs Company at different terms in the vicinity of
of Monmouth New Jersey guarding against the enemy and
watching the movements of the Tories, doing the duty of a
Soldier as was required of him. That in the year 1778 he served
four months at different term in Captain James Craigs Company
and Regiment aforesaid of New Jersey Militia guarding
against the enemy and Tories, was in the battle at Monmouth at
the time the Americans defeated the British doing the duty 
of a soldier as was required of him for said term of four
months - That in the year 1779 he served at different times
four months at Monmouth and its vicinity along the lines in
Captain Craigs Company and Regiment aforesaid guarding
against the enemy and doing the duty of a soldier as was
required for said term of four months. That in the
years 1780, 81 and 82 he served during said years
at different times twelve months at Monmouth and that
vicinity guarding against the enemy doing all the
duties required of him as a soldier for said term of
twelve months. That he is entitled to a pension from the
United States for services rendered during the Revolutionary 
War according to a late act of Congress providing for the
relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the
Revolution passed June 7, 1832. That he has never received
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any benefit from any former act of Congress relative to
pensions - That he has always resided at Monmouth
New Jersey until the last year since when he has
resided in Phelps, County of Ontario & State of New York
where he now resides-   David Sutfin

Sworn to & Subscribed before me
the day and year before written
David McNeil Judge
of the County Courts
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State of New Jersey | 
Monmouth County | ss
Personally appeared in open Court before
the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas of
the County of Monmouth on this first day of August
AD 1832 James Craig who being duly sworn according 
to Law deposeth and saith, that he is in
his 79th year, that he has known David
Sutfin ever since he was a boy - That they
were neighbours, that he very often saw
the said David Sutfin out with the Monmouth 
militia in the performance of
monthly tours of duty and upon alarms
& general calls of the militia. That this deponent 
was a captain of Militia about
three years during the war. That the said
David Sutfin served a great deal in his company 
of Militia, the time he is not
able to say. That deponent is very certain 
from what he saw & knew of the
said David Sutfins services in the Militia
during the Revolution, that the
said David must have served more than
two years in the militia- That the
said David was always a good whig
and good soldier and always done his
duty - That the declaration of the
David Sutfin made before the Hon
David McNeil Judge of Ontano County
Court in the State of New York &
hereunto annexed, has been distinctly
read to this deponent and he believes
the matters & things set forth therein
are true, and that the said David
Sutfin is justly honestly entitled
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to be placed upon the pension Roll 
under the act of June 7th 1832.
That the said David Sutfin sometime since
removed from the County of Monmouth
and is not resident of the County at
this time
Sworn & Subscribed | 
the day & year above written | James Craig
N. J. Bowens

We the subscribers residents of the Township 
of Freehold in the County of Monmonth 
& State of New Jersey do hereby
certify that we were well acquainted
who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration
with David Sutfin, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration when he lived in
said township of Freehold, from which
he is now removed into the State of
New York in the County of Ontano
That we believe him to be 72 years of
age, and that he was reputed & believed 
in the the neighborhood where he
resided before he removed, and also
since his removal; to have been a solder
of the revolution, and that we concur
in that opinion.
Sworn & Subscribed the |  Aaron Reed
day and above written |  William J Thompson
John Patterson
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And the said Court do hereby declare
the opinion after the investigation of the
matter and after putting the interrogatories
prescribed by the War Department that the
above named David Sutfin was a Revolutionary 
soldier and served as he states.
And the Court further certifies that it appears
to them that there is no clergyman [crossed out] living at
this time in the neighborhood where the
said Land Sutfin formerly lived, and
that the said Aaron Reed and William
J. Thompson who have signed the preceding
certificate are credible persons resident
in the neighborhood where the said
David Sutfin formerly lived before he removed 
into New York and that this
Statement is entitled to credit.
John Patterson
William Lloyd
John Hull

I Daniel H Ellis Clerk of the Infenor Court of
Common Pleas of the County of Monmouth
do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original
proceedings of the said Court in the matter of
the application of David Sutfin for a Pension

In testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and
affixed the seal of said Court 
this thirteenth day of August
AD 1832
D. H. Ellis Clk
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104 Oct 30
David Sutfin
for transfer
No 20,281

J. L. Edwards Esqr
Commissioner of Pensions
War Department
Washington City, D.C.

104
See letter to Hon. L.
Cap. 8 Dec 1834
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Rev War [check mark]
4519
INVALID.
File No. 4519
David Sutfin 
Privt Rev War
Act: June 7. 1832
Index: -- Vol. A, Page 230
[Arrangement of 1870.]
[check mark]
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J.L. Edwards Esqr
Commissioner of Pensions
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Freehold October 24th 1834
New Jersey
Sir
I herewith enclose affidavits on the application
for a transfer of the name of David Sutfin
from the pension roll of the State of New York to that
of New Jersey.
I wish you to inform me distinctly where
the last six months pension due on the 4th of September
last, will be paid, in as much as Mr
Sutfin has been to New York, and the agent there
refused to pay his pension due on the 4th of September
last, upon the ground that he had removed to New Jersey.
I wish therefore to know whether the arrears
due on the 4th of Sept last will be paid at Trenton after
the transfer, and if not at Trenton, then where it
will be paid-
You will please to inform me of the proceedings
whatever they may be, in the case, as soon as convenient.

Yours most respectfully &c
J. M. Hartshome

J. L. Edwards Esqr
Commissioner of Pensions

N.B. Mr Luthin requests particularly that his six months pension
due on the 4th Sept. last, may be paid at Trenton, for he has
been to New York since the 4th of Sept and the agent there
refused to pay him merely upon the ground that he
had removed to New Jersey; whether it was right and
just to refuse to pay him, because he had removed
I cannot say, but he wishes to know expressly where
it will be paid, that he may have no more
difficulty about it.
Please to inform me
J.M.H.
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April 6 | Free
Rec'd Apr 6 '35

James L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
War Department
Washington City
M. Edwards is requested
to open & read immediately
Mck
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Freehold New Jersey
April 1st 1835
Sir
I regret exceedingly to be under the
necessity of troubling you again in relation to the transfer
of the name of David Sutfin from the list of N.Y.
to that of N.J. but the necessities and importunities
of the old man make it my duty again to call
your attention it. A small story of the past may explain
to you his situation. He removed from N.Y. to N. J. in April
last, and not knowing that it was necessary to have his name
transferred, be applied here in Sept to receive in arrears
and I wrote on immediately to the Department requesting a
transfer. I received in answer the form of affidavits
which were perfected according to directions and sent
to the Department, and the answer then was, that nothing
could be done until some new regulations were made.
Hoping that it could be arranged by the 4th March I applied
to the Dept in Feby last, through Mr Parker, and
the answer was that nothing could be done until after
the 4th of March. On the 9th of March I wrote to you again
upon the subject, and have received no answer.
Thus you will perceive that the old man is one whole year
in arrear, & what is worse he is getting still more in arrear
without much protect, at present, of remedying it, and his only
crime appears to be that he has removed from one state into another.
Though the matter is but a small one to the Dept yet it is one of
immensity to him, and he may cry out like the frog in the fable
though it be spent you, yet it is death to me". I hope you will
attend to it immediately. He wishes to be paid the arrears
in N. J. which will from the 4th of March 1834. and I hope you will
give directions to that effect.
Most Respectfully
Your obt Servt
J. M. Hartshorne

James L Edwards Esq
Comr of Pensions-
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Leeds N.Y. Aug 11 / 45
John VanVechten
For transfer of David Sutfin's
pension
V34. Meaug 14 /45
Pension Office
Mr Evans
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Greene County Leeds August 11th 1845
Wm L Mersey Esqr Secretary of War
David Sutfin late a resident of
the State of New Jersey has removed to the
State of New York now resides in the
Town of Catskill in the County of Greene
he is in possession of a Pension Certificate
in conformity to the Law of the United States
of the 7th June 1832 by which he
is entitled to receive Eighty Dollars a year
is desirous to have his name transferred to
the pension list at Albany so as to be enabled 
to draw his money from the person
Agent at Albany & not knowing what will 
be required by the war department to
accomplish the object therefore will consider
it a favor to obtain the necessary information
as he is in indigent circumstances & not
able to pay the person agents the exorbitant
demands usually charged for such business
Respectfully
Yours
John VanVechten
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paid to 4 March 1834 for Book of
the 3d Andr's office
April 6 1835
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Transfer David Sutfin
from New York to New Jersey
from 4th March 1834,
immediately - Send notification 
to Mr. Hartshorne
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this case the proof of service by his old Captain was
taken before the Court of the County of Monmouth, New Jersey
and also the neighbourhood report as will be seen on Examination.
I have also obtained the certificate of John R. Convice who has acquainted
with the Witness ([illegible] Craig)
D. McNeil, agent
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Mar 12
1834
[date stamp TRENTON N.J. MAR 9]
ansd Mar 12 '35
JL Edwards Esq
Com. of Pensions
Pension Office
Washington City D.C.
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20, 281
Freehold New Jersey
March 7th 1835
Sir
Through Mr Parker of New Jersey I received
your note stating that nothing could be done in relation
the transfer of the name of David Sutfin from the
roll of N.Y. to that of N.J. until after the 4 [illegible]
Will you please to inform whether the Dept. will
make the transfer and when?
whether if transferred the Dept* will pay him from
4th March or 4th Sept. 1834- if only from 4th Sept last
how he will receive the arrears - he has received up
to the 4th March 1834 & not since by reason of the delay
in transferring his name.
The necessary affidavit was sent on six months
Since -
Your immediate attention to the above
will much oblige your humble serv.
J M Hartshome

L Edwards
Comr of Pensions
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Nov 14
[date stamp NOV [illegible]] | FREE
J. L. Edwards Esq
Comr of Pensions.
War Department.
Washington City D.C.
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Freehold Nov 10th 1834
New Jersey
Sir
About three weeks since I enclosed
to you the application on the part of David Sutfin
for a transfer of his name from the pension list of N. York
to that of New Jersey, and have heard nothing from
you since.
Will you be good enough to inform me whether any thing
has been done with it, as the old man is very anxious
to know where he is to receive his arrears due on
the 4th of September last.
You will very much oblige the old gentleman
as well as myself by answering the quere I suggested
in my last letter (be) where is he to receive the arrears
of his pension due on the 4th of September last? his
name is on the N.Y. list, but the agent there refused
to pay him because he had removed to New Jersey & would
not swear that he lived in New York, and the agent at Trenton 
refused to pay him because his name was not on the
N. J. list-
Will you inform me whether William Cottrell claim
has been allowed and the amount - be applied under
Surgeon's certificate.
Your immediate attention to the above will very
much oblige your most obt-servt
J M. Hartshomt

J.L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
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David Sutfin
Payments to be made
at N York
by [illegible]
Agent for paying Pensioners, 
in the Agency of
4519
NY,
Recorded in the Pension Office, 
in Book 6. Vol. 3.
Page 79 by [illegible]
Clerk.
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
Revolutionary Claim.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States
of the 7th June 1832, David Sutfin
of the State of NYork
who was a private in the Revolutionary
Army
is entitled to receive Eighty dollars and
______ cents per annum, during his natural lie, commencing on
the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March, and
4th of September, in every year.
GIVEN at the War Office of the United 
States, this 12 day of
Aug one thousand eight
hundred and thirty-three
Lew Cass
Secretary of War.

Examined and
Countersigned. }
J L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.
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April 15, 1835 pd to 4 Mar 1835
Sept. 9 -1835 pd to 4 Sept. 1835
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March 9 1836 Paid to 4 Mar 1836
Sept 8 Paid to 4 Sep 1836
Paid to 4 Mar 1837
Paid to 4 Sep 1837
Paid to 4 Mar1838, by
Paid to 4 Sep 1838
Paid to 4 Mar 1839
Paid to 4 Sep 1839
Paid to Mar 1840
Paid 4 Sep 1840
Paid to Mar 1841
Paid 4 Sep 1841
Paid to 4 Mar 1842
Paid to 4 Sept 1842
paid to 4 March 1843
paid to 4 Sep 1843
paid to 4 Mar 1844
Paid to 4 Sep 1844
Paid to 4 Mar 1845
Paid to 4 Sept 1845.
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State of New York | Personally appeared before me the Subscriber, one
Ontario County ss | of the Judges of the County Court for said County, David
Sutfin, who on his oath deposeth and saith, that he served during the
Revolutionary War, the periods mentioned below, and in the following [illegible]
the precise month, owing to his having not kept any written record
and the loss of memory, he is unable to give
I served a private in Capt James Briggs Company of New Jersey Militia in Jones of one month each in the year
1776 four months. I served as aforesaid in the year 1777 in
monthly tours, four months. I served as before mentioned in the year 1778
in monthly tours, four months. I served as before mentioned in the year 1779
in monthly men, four months. I served as before mentioned in the year 1780
monthly tours, four months. I served as before mentioned in the year 1781
monthly tours four months. I served as before mentioned in the year 1782
in monthly tours, four months and for such service I claim a pension
my services were performed according to my Declaration, hereunto annexed
belong the New Jersey Frontier. That I never received a written discharge for
service, but was always verbally discharged.- I know my age to be seventy
Three Years, from a Record it in my family Bible. That I was a resident of
Monmouth, New Jersey, when entered each term of service, above mentioned
Sworn to and subscribed before | 
me this 11th day of December 1832 | David Sutfin
David McNeil Judge
of the County Courts

I John R. Conover, a resident of Seneca, County of Ontario, and State of New York
do hereby certify, that I am well acquainted with James Craig who has signed
a certificate hereunto annexed, and appeared as a witness, in the case of
David Sutfin for a pension, that the said James Craig reside, in the town of Freehold
County of Monmouth, and State of New Jersey. That he is reputed and believed in the
neighborhood where he resides, to be a person of Faith and veracity. That this deponent
resides a number of years in the same neighborhood with the said James
Craig and there he believe him to be a person of good character
Shore to and subscribed before | 
me this 14th day of December 1832 | Jno R Conover
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David McNeilJudge
of the County Courts
I do hereby certify that I am acquainted with John R Conover
who has signed the above certificate for the purpose of proving the
Character and veracity of Capt. James Craig, whose Certificate is
hereunto annexed, taken before the Judges of the Inferior Court of
Common Pleas for the County of Monmouth, in the State of New Jersey
that the said Conover is in my opinion a person of truth and veracity, and
that his certificate is entitled to credit.
David McNeil Judge
of the County Courts

State of New York | 
County ss: | I, Charles Crane Clerk of said Court
do hereby certify that David McNeil, whose name is
subscribed to the foregoing certificates of affidavit, was at
the respective date thereof a Judge of the Court of said
County, and that I am [illegible] his hand writing, and
verily believe the said signature to be his proper act and
deed
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my
name, and affixed my seal of Office, at Canandaigua
this 30th day of December A.D. 1832
Charles Crane