Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 268, Stephen Grover, Conn.
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(3-1776)
SERVICE
Conn.

Grover, Stephen
Mary

NUMBER
W.268
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CONTENTS
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Reported

 New Jersey 59

Mary Grover

widow of Stephen Grover 

who was a private  Colo Starr

in the Connecticut Militia

for 2 years. 

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80. Dollars

Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1943. 

Certificate of Pension issued the 29th day of April 1843

and sent to  Samuel Miller Esq.

 New Ark

New Jersey

[Act of March 3, 1843],

Recorded in Book A.

Vol. 1. Page 121.
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6720
New Jersey
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Stephen Grover
of ["in" lined out] the state of New Jersey who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Wells of the Reg commanded by [blank] in the Connecticut line for Private 2 years - $80.00
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Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey at the rate of 80 Dollars ["cents" lined out] per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 7th day of March 1833 and sent to Hon Th Frelinghuysen Present
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Arrears to 4th of March 1833 - 160.00
Semi=anl. allowance ending 4 Sept " - 40.00
$200.00

{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7th, 1832.}

Recorded by Vinal Luce Clerk,
Book D Vol. 4 Page 152
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State of New Jersey County of Essex }

On the twenty seventh day of September in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and thirty two personally appeared in open Court before the Judges of the Court of Commons pleas now setting Stephen Grover a resident of Caldwell in the County of Essex aged seventy four years who being duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath you make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832 Dependent saith that he entered the service of the United States the first of February 1776 under the following named officers viz under the command of Capt Solomon Wells of Tolland Connecticut and marched one hundred miles to Boston Massachusetts, where he joined the main Army under the command of General Washington that he remained at Boston two months and returned home that from the time of his enlistment until he arrived home his services amounted to three months that on his return to Tolland he again enlisted under Capt Parker of Willington Connecticut under the command of Col. Sage of Middletown Connecticut and marched to Hartford and embarked for the City of New York where they joined the main army under General Washington that after the battle at Harliam hights [Harlem Heights] in which battle he was not engaged being sick, he was ordered to to Norwalk in Connecticut in charge of the sick, and left the main army and went to Norwalk as ordered that the 1st of September 1776 he received the appointment of deputy commissary under Commissary General Eliphalet Lockwood that he had the sole charge of the Hospital Commissary Stores for four months that he received the pay of commissary had two servants and employed two clercks viz Elijah Whiting and Benjamin Bull and others occasionally - that this term of service amounted
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eight months. That on the first of January 1777 he voluntarily left the army his term of service having expired -- and returned to Tolland that previous to his being discharged he was solicited to continue in the commissary department during the war but that he left the service to prosecute his professional studies.

That he had just arrived home when, it was necessary that a body of troops should be sent into Rhodeisland [Rhode Island] and that the first of April 1777 he again enlisted under Captain Elijah Robinson of Stafford Connecticut and marched to Providence Rhodeisland and served under said Capt Robinson two months, an retuned home being discharged the first of June. That during the summer of 1777 he was most of the time performing military service in the Militia, and thinks that his service amounted to two months -- over and above the term of his months last above mentioned

That about the first of September 1777 he enlisted under Capt Thomas Lawson of Union Township Hartford County Connecticut and marched from Tolland to Albany thence to Stillwater and joined the main Army in Col Woodbridges regiment under General Gates that he was in the battle of Stillwater and also at Saratoga at the surrender of Burgoyne -- that after the surrender of Burgoyne he returned with the main Army to Albany and was discharged the first of December, and arrived home at Tolland about the middle of the same month -- That this term of service amounted to about three months and a half -- That from this period till March 1779 he performed military service in the militia under the command of different officers
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and at different times but from the long lapse of time the names of the officers under whom he served and the exact amount of service rendered he cannot distinctly recollect, but believes that he performed during that period more than six months service -- That in the month of March 1779 he was drafted and performed two months service by a substitute Charles Starns- Deponent saith that he verily believes he did perform in all full two years personal service -- and that he is entitled to full pay as a revolutionary soldier -- That he was personally acquainted with the officers above named that owing to his subsequent pursuits which were those of the ministerial profession he lost his warrant and vouchers and that he knows of no one In Newjersey with whom he served -- deponent saith that in the year 1780 he left Connecticut and came into N Jersey where he spent six months and again returned to the Eastward and completed his studies that in the year 1786 he removed to N Jersey and settled as pastor of the Presbyterian Church in Caldwell Essex County where he has remained ever since -- 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 or district Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforsaid --

Stephen Grover
Aaron L. Burnet Judge
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We Baxter Dickinson a clergyman resident in the Town of Newark and county of Essex and John A. Kiersted residing in Caldwell Essex County hereby certify that we are well acquainted with the Rev'd Stephen Grover who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be Seventy four years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. Sworn and subscribed this the the day and year aforesaid in open court

Baxter Dickinson
John A Keirsted
Aaron L. Burnet - Judge

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories presented 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 Baxter Dickinson who signed the preceeding certificate is a clergyman resident in Newark in the County of Essex and that John A Keirsted who has also signed the same is a resident
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In the township of of Caldwell and is a credible person and that his statement is entitled to edict

Recorder of the Court

 Elias Vandersdale

 I Elias Vandersdale Head Clerk of the County of Common Pleas for the county of Essex do I hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the same court in the matter of the application of Stephen Grover for a pension - and testimony which I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 29th day of September 1832-
 E Van Arsdalein the township of of Caldwell and is a creditable person and that their statement is entitled to credit

By order of the Court
E Van Arsdale Jr Clk

I Elias Vanarsdale Jun'r Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Essex do hereby certify that the forgoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Stephen Grover for a pension -- In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 29th day of September 1832 --

E Van Arsdale Jr Clk
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Declaration of Stephen Grover
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[Top of the page is folded over covering information]

Essex County ss } of the Justices of the peace in and for said County personally appeared Rev'd Asa Hillyer who being duly sworn on his oath did depose and say that his father was a surgeon in the Revolutionary Army belonging to Connecticut line and that some years after the close of the war this deponent was settled as pastor of the Presbyterian Congregation of Bottle Hill Morris County Newjersey and that his father then an aged man came on a visit to his house and that while there the Rev'd Stephen Grover called at his house -- and that his father and Mr. Grover recognized each other and that he then [illegible] they had become acquainted in the Army many years before -- and this deponent saith that his father told him he became acquainted with said Grover while in the commissary department ^at Norwalk in Connecticut and that he the said Stephen Grover had been a revolutionary Soldier and that she had acted as a commissary -- all which this deponent verily believes to be true -- and farther he saith not

Sworn and subscribed before me this 20th day of September 1832 

Asa Hillyer
Steven Dod

State of New Jersey County of Essex } I, Elias Van Arsdale Junior Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common in & for the County of Essex do hereby certify that Stephen Dod Esquire, before whom the foregoing affidavit of Asa Hillyer was made & taken was at the time of taking the said affidavit & now is one of the Justices of the Peace for said County residing therein duly Commissioned and sworn: That I am acquainted with the hand writing of said Justice and

[seal]
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verily believe the signature "Stephen Dod" affixed to said affidavit is genuine and that full faith & Credit may be given to his official acts:-

In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name & affixed the Seal of said Court at Newark in the County of Essex aforesaid the fifteenth day of October A.D. Eighteen hundred and thirty two.

E Van Arsdale Jr Clk
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Affidavit of Rev Asa Hillyer -
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[Text at top cut off]

County of Middlesex } one of the Justices of the peace in and for said County personally appeared Jabez Grover who being duly sworn on his oath did depose and say that he is a Brother of Stephen Grover that the said Stephen Grover is seventy four years of age that he was born in Connecticut Hartford County and that at the time of the revolutionary war was a resident of Tolland That in the year 1776 the said Stephen Grover entered the United States Service as a soldier and served at different times from the year 1776 to the year 1780 and this deponent verily believes the said Stephen Grover performed in all two years military service deponent farther saith that he verily believes that four months of said term he acted in the capacity of Commissary, Said deponent farther saith that the said Stephen Grover is now a Presbyterian Clergyman and that he is settled as pastor of the Presbyterian Congregation at Caldwell in the County of Essex and State of Newjersey and farther he saith not Sworn and subscribed before me this 2d day of October 1832

Jabez Grover

Franklin G Comstock
Justice of the Peace
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State of Connecticut:
Secretary's Office, Oct. 5th 1832

I, Thomas Day, Secretary of said State and Keeper of the Seal thereof, do hereby certify that Franklin G Comstock Esq. before whom the within Affidavit was taken, is and at the caption of said affidavit was, a Justice of the Peace within and for the County Middlesex in said state, duly appointed, commissioned and sworn, and that I believe the within signature purporting to be his, is genuine.

In testimony wherefore, I have hereunto set my Hand, and affixed the Seal of said State, the day and year above written.

Thomas Day

[Written upward along left margin]
Papers
Stephen Grover

[Written downward along left margin]
$80 per an [annum]
Hon. The'o Frelinghuysen
Present.
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S. R. Grover EW
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Declaration

In order to Obtain the Benefit of act of Congress of the 7th July 1838, Entitled an act Granting half pay and Pension to Certain Widows

State of New Jersey .
Essex County } ss On this Seventeenth day of November In the year of Our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and Thirty eight, Personally appeared Before me Samuel B Miller, one of the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common pleas In and for said County of Essex, The Widow Mary Grover a Resident of Township of Caldwell in the County and State aforesaid, Aged Seventy nine Years on the Ninth day of September Last past.-- (Who I hereby Certify Cannot from Bodily Infirmity attend the court)

Who being by me first duly sworn according to Law, doth on her oath make the following Declaration, In order to obtain the Benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 7th 1838, Entitled an act granting half pay and pensions to Certain Widows, That she is the Widow of Stephen Grover Deceased, Who was a private soldier in the Connecticut Continental Line and A pensioner, under the act of Congress passed June 7th, 1832 at the rate of Eights dollars per annum. And placed on the Pension Roll on or about the 7th day of March 1833. -- And the said Mary Grover further declars that she was Married to the said Stephen Grover on the Thirty first day of December In the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and Eighty eight -- by the Rev'd Joseph Grover then Pastor of the Presbyterian Church at Parsippany New-Jersey, And that her Husband the aforesaid Steven Grover, died on the Twenty second day of June
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in the Year of our Lord one Thousand Eight hundred and Thirty Six at his Residence in said County of Essex. That she was not Married to him prior to his Leaving the Service but the Marriage took place previous to the first day of January -- Seventeen hundred and Ninety four Viz at the time above stated. -- And she has not Intermarried but Continues the Widow of the above Named Stephen Grover deceased. And that she has no documentary evidence, except the family Record hereunto annexed.

Mary Grover

Sworn to and subscribed at Caldwell in said County this seventeenth day of November A. D.1838. before me

Sam'l B. Miller - Judge
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In the Matter of the application of the Widow Mary Grover for a pension under the act of Congress of the 7th July 1838.

State of New Jersey
Essex County } ss Personally appeared before me Samuel B. Miller A Justice of the peace in and for said, Stephen R. Grover Esq known to me to be a respectable Person and Entitled to Credit as a witness And being by me duly sworn on his oath saith that he is Forty seven years of age and is the second Child of the Rev'd Stephen Grover and Mary his wife. And that the leaf which is hereunto annexed. Purporting to be a Family Record of the ages of the said deponants Grandfather and grand Mother the Ages and Marriage of the said Deponant Father and Mother Named Stephen Grover and Mary Norris and the Births of their Children. -- This deponent saith was taken from an Ancient Family Bible which has been long in possession of his said Fathers Family, And is now the property of his Mother the above named Mary Grover, and is all in the proper hand writing of his said Father And is as this deponent verily believes a True Record of all thereon stated. And this deponent further saith that his Father the said Stephen Grover, was a Pensioner of the United States at the time of his death, And died at his Residence in said County on the Twenty second day of June Eighteen hundred and thirty six. And has Left a Widow named Mary Grover, who is still Living in the s'd [said] County of Essex & has Remained a Widow and Unmarried ever since the death of her said husband, and is seventy nine years of age and the same person Named on said Record by the Name of Mary Norris.-- And further saith not.

S. R. Grover

Sworn to and subscribed at Newark in said County November 17th 1838 -- Before me [hidden, likely Sam'l B.] Miller -- Justice of the peace
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In the Matter of the application of the Widow Mary Grover for a pension under the act of Congress of the 7th July 1838.

State of New Jersey
Essex County } ss Personally appeared before me Samuel B. Miller A Justice of the peace in and for said, Stephen R. Grover Esq known to me to be a respectable Person and Entitled to Credit as a witness And being by me duly sworn on his oath saith that he is Forty seven years of age and is the second Child of the Rev'd Stephen Grover and Mary his wife. And that the leaf which is hereunto annexed. Purporting to be a Family Record of the ages of the said deponants Grandfather and grand Mother the Ages and Marriage of the said Deponant Father and Mother Named Stephen Grover and Mary Norris and the Births of their Children. -- This deponent saith was taken from an Ancient Family Bible which has been long in possession of his said Fathers Family, And is now the property of his Mother the above named Mary Grover, and is all in the proper hand writing of his said Father And is as this deponent verily believes a True Record of all thereon stated. And this deponent further saith that his Father the said Stephen Grover, was a Pensioner of the United States at the time of his death, And died at his Residence in said County on the Twenty second day of June Eighteen hundred and thirty six. And has Left a Widow named Mary Grover, who is still Living in the s'd [said] County of Essex & has Remained a Widow and Unmarried ever since the death of her said husband, and is seventy nine years of age and the same person Named on said Record by the Name of Mary Norris.-- And further saith not.

S. R. Grover

Sworn to and subscribed at Newark in said County November 17th 1838 -- Before me [hidden, likely Sam'l B.] Miller -- Justice of the peace
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FAMILY RECORD.

[left column]

BRITHS

Ebenezer  Grover Born
Cont. Coventry  1720.

Zurviah   Laraby Born
 Coventry Cont. 1721

 Steven Grover 6th Son-
Bon Tolland Cont .1758 -

 Mary Norris Born
 Morristown a. NJ.m 1759-

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 BIRTHS

 James W. Grover born
 May 4th 1790 -

 Steven R Grover 
Born June 30 1791. -

Maria D Grover
Born  March 22 1794 -  

 Rosalinda L. Grover
 born Oct.15-1795-

 John W Grover
 Born March 5, 1799[struck threw]  1800

Harriet P. Grover
Born March 5 1801
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FAMILY RECORD. 

MARRIAGES.

 Reverend Stephen Grover and  
Mary Norris were- 
Married Decem. 31. 1788 -
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Rev. War Section.

November 4th, 1913.

Mr. Edward W. Dodd.
43 Exchange Place.
New York City.

Sir: -

In response to your letter dated the 31" ultimo and received 1" instant, you are advised that from the papers in claim W. File No.268 Rev. War, it appears that Stephen Grover who was born in 1758 at Tolland, Connecticut, was the sixth son of Ebenezer Grover born in 1720 at Coventry. Connecticut, and Zuriah Laraby born in 1721 at Coventry, and that he resided at Tolland when he enlisted in the Connecticut troops and served as follows:

February 1, 1776. Private under Captain Solomon [handwritten above: omit] Wells: 3 mos.

Immediately afterward, Under Captain Parker and Colonel Sage until September 1, 1776 when he was appointed Deputy Commissary in charge of Hospital commissary stores under Commissary General Eliphalet Lockwood, and continued until January 1, 1777; 8 mos.

[handwritten] April 1, 1777, under Captain Elijah Robinson; 2 mos.

September 1, 1777, under Captain Thomas Lawson, was in the battle of Stillwater and surrender of Burgoyne at Saratoga; 3 1/2 mos.

After this he served several short terms at various times [lined out: "until March 1779. under different Captains (names not stated), amounting to 6 mos."]

[lined out: "He was allowed pension on an application executed"]
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[lined out: "various times"] [3 words handwritten:] under different Captains (names not stated), until March 1779; amounting to 6 months.

He was allowed pension on his application executed September 27, 1832, while a resident of Caldwell, New Jersey, where he had been pastor of the Presbyterian Church from 1786.

Stephen Grover married at Parsippany, New Jersey, December 31, 1788, Mary Norris born September 9th, 1759. He died June 22nd, 1836 at Caldwell, New Jersey where she resided when she applied for pension in 1838. Her claim was allowed.

Their children were:

James W. Born May 4th, 1790.
Stephen R. " June 30, 1791.
Maria D. " March 22, 1794.
Rosalinda L. "" October 15, 1795.
John W. " March 5, 1800.
Harriet P. " March 5, 1801.

Very respectfully,
G. M. Saltzgaber
Commissioner.

2.
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New Jersey

Stephen Grover on roll act June 7th, 1832 to what time paid? V L

John Henry Esq

Died 22d June 1836 p'd [paid] to that period [faintly written above] said to have died 22d June 1836
JH
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Declaration

In order to Obtain the Benefit of the act of Congress of the 3rd March 1843 granting pensions for one year to Certain Widows who have Received Pensions under the act of July 7th 1838.

State of New Jersey
Essex County } ss

On this Twenty first, day of March In the Year of Our Lord one Thousand Eight hundred and Forty three, Personally Appeared Before the Subscriber, one of the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas In and for said County Mary Grover, a Resident of the City of Newark in the County of Essex and State of New Jersey, Aged Eighty three years, -- Who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on her Oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the Benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed on the 3rd March 1843. granting Pensions to Widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary, War, that she is the Widow of Stephen Grover deceased, Who was a brivate Soldier in the Connecticut Continental Line in the War of the Revolution. -- And the said Mary Grover further declares, that she Received a pension from the United States of Eighty Dollars Per Annum under the act of July 7th, 1838. And that she further declars she is still a Widow.

Mary Grover

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and Year above written Before me

Sam'l B. Miller Judge of Common pleas.

And I do hereby Certify that the declarant in the foregoing Declaration named in is Personally known to me to be the identical person who Received the above mentioned pension from the United States.

March 21, 1843. Sam'l B. Miller - Judge of Common Pleas.
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State of New Jersey
County of Essex } ss. I John P Jackson Clerk of the County of Essex Do hereby Certify that Samuel B. Miller before whom the forgoing Declaration and affidavit were made and taken at the time of taking the same was and still is one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County residing therein duly commissioned and sworn, and that the signature "Sam'l B. Miller" to the Jurat of said Affidavit and Declaration and the Certificate thereunder written are genuine --

The Declaration and affidavit referred to being the same sworn to by Mary Grover [seal covering part of the last name]

In Testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and official seal at Newark in said County the Twenty seventh day of March AD. Eighteen hundred and forty three.

JP Jackson Clk
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Newark New-Jersey December 15th, 1838.

J. L. Edwards Esq.

Sir I herewith Transmit to you the Declaration and Evidence of the Widow, Mary Grover For a Pension under the act of Congress of July 7th, 1838. which you will please to attend to in do time -- And Confer a peticular on

Yours with the highest respect
I Remain yours &c.
Sam'l B. Miller
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[handwritten, top left]
V.L.M.

[Typed]
Rev. War Section.

October 27th, 1916.

Mr. Edward W. Dodd,
25 Broad Street,
New York, N. Y.

Sir:-

In response to your letter dated the 30" ultimo, you are advised that the record of Stephen Grover W. File No. 368 Revolutionary War, was forwarded you November 4, 1913.

It is not the practice at this Bureau to furnish the same statement more than once to the same person.

Very respectfully,
[signed] E C Tieman
Acting Commissioner.
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Record Division.

June 24, 1909.

Rev. Stephen Grover Dodd,
Major and Chaplin [sic] U. S. A.
Boise, Idaho.

Sir:

In reply to your letter dated the 11" and received the 15" instant, you are advised that from the papers and pension claim Wid. File No. 268, it appears that Stephen Grover born in Tolland, Connecticut, in 1758, was the sixth son of Ebenezer Grover born at Coventry, Connecticut, in 1720 and Zuriah Laraby, born at Coventry in 1721, and that he resided at Tolland when he enlisted in the Connecticut troops and served as follows.

February 1, 1776; Private under Captain Solomon Wells; three months.

Immediately afterward, under Captain Parker and Colonel Sage until September 1, 1776 when he was appointed Deputy Commissary, in charge of Hospital commissary stores, under Commissary General Eliphalet Lockwood, and continued until January 1, 1777 making a term of eight months.

April 1, 1777; under Captain Elijah Robinson; two months.

September 1, 1777; under Captain Thomas Lawson, was in the battle of Stillwater and surrender of Burgoyne at Saratoga; three and one half months.

After this he served several short terms at various times until March 1779, under different Captains (names not stated) amounting to six months.

He was allowed pension on an application executed September 27, 1832
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Wid. File No. 268, --2.

while a resident of Caldwell, New Jersey where he had been Pastor of the Presbyterian Church from 1786.

He married at Parsippany, New Jersey December 31, 1788, Mary Norris born September 9, 1759, their children were: James W. born May 4, 1790, Steven R. born June 30, 1791, Maria D. born March 22, 1794, Rosalinda L. born October 15th, 1795, John W. born March 5, 1800 and Harriet P. born March 5, 1801.

Soldier died June 22, 1836 at Caldwell, New Jersey, and his widow Mary Grover was allowed pension on an application executed November 17, 1838, while a resident of Caldwell aforesaid.

You are further advised that this Bureau has no printed documents for distribution.

Very respectfully,

Commissioner.
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[Oval stamp, top right part missing]
RECO[RD] DIVISION JUN 11 192[1]
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2.7[illegible]
Revo

Dade City, Florida
June 7th, 1921

[stamp] U. S. PENSION OFFICE. JUN 9 1921

Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir:

Regarding Steven Grover, Revolutionary War soldier, I have the following information:

His address at enlistment was Tolland or Windham county, Conn., the town not known.

Served 1776 in Capt. Parker's company from Tolland county

Served 1778 and Capt. Cady's company, militia - from Windham county.

Before 1781 removed to Granville, Washington county, New York, which is the last address I have.

Tradition says his widow Mary had pension.

Thanking you, I am
yours truly
Emily A. Greenman
Dade City, Florida
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[Oval stamp] RECORD DIVISION JUN 11 1921
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3-049.

Ex. AW Div. Rev War Section

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D.C., June 2, 1921

The attached letter is respectfully returned with the information that the data furnished is not sufficient to enable this Bureau to make intelligent answer to the queries therein contained.

Please fill out such as the blank spaces below as the information in your possession will permit, and return to this Bureau.

[lined out: "No. of claim"], [blank]

Name of soldier, Stephen Grover

[lined out: "P. O."] address of the claimant, at enlistment and after service

Company [blank]

Regiment [blank]

State where enlisted [blank]

If unable to furnish company and regiment give names of commanding officers.

Approximate dates of birth and death

Return attached letter with reply.

Washington - Gardne[r?]
Commissioner.

6-2469

[Round stamp] U. S. PENSION OFFICE. JUN 9 1921
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2/v Drowne 
Oct.
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Revy B

[Logo: eagle, 13 stars, man, date 1775]
Sons of the Revolution
in the State of New York
Fraunces Tavern
Corner Broad & Pearl Streets
New York City

October 19, 1916.
E. C. Tieman, Esq., Acting Commissioner,
Pension Bureau,
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:-

Will you kindly send us the record given in the application for pension by Stephen Grover, who was born in 1758 at Tolland, Conn., and served in the Connecticut Troops during the Revolution. The record is found in Claim W. File No. 268, Rev. War, and the application was dated September 27, 1832.

Yours very truly,
[signature] Henry Russell Drowne
Secretary.

[Round stamp] U. S. PENSION OFFICE. N OCT 21 1916[?]
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[ check mark]
[  round stamp]
PENSON 
U.S. 
O
OCT 
 10
 1916
OFFICE.
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George Foster Peabody[ illegible initials written over Foster]

25 Broad Street

New York City

[ illegible handwritten notes written in right hand corner]
 25 Broad Street.
October 9th, 1916.

 Commissioner,
 Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.

       Dear Sir:
                              May I ask you to forward me a copy of the record of the service of Stephen Grover, a soldier of the Revolution, - to whom a pension was granted In 1832 - claim W. File No 268 Rev. War.

Respectfully, 
Edward W. Dodd

Second request
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[handwritten] mail

George Foster Peabody
25 Broad Street
New York City

September 30, 1916.

Bureau of Pensions
Washington, D.C.

Gentlemen:

Will you kindly send me a record of the papers in claim W. File No. 268 Rev. War in connection with the services of Stephen Grover in the Revolutionary War.
[check mark in right margin]

Very truly,
Edward W Dodd

[Round stamp] U. S. PENSION OFFICE O OCT 4 1916
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[STAMP]

PENSION 
US
D 
NOV
1 
1913
OFFICE.
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George Foster Peabody

43 Exchange Place

New York City

October 31, 1913.

 Department of the Interior,

Bureau of Pensions,

Washington, D. C. Going down

       Gentlemen :

                          Will You kindly forward a copy of the pension claim, of Stephen Grover, Wid. File No. 268.

Stephen Grover resided at Tolland Conn. and enlisted there in the Connecticut troops.

 Respectfully,

Edward W. Dodd
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[Round stamp] RECORD DIVISION JUN 16 1909

[Round stamp] U. S. PENSION OFFICE. O JUN 15 1909
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Boise Idaho

11 June 1909

Chief Clerk, Record Office

Pension Bureau

 Washington D. C

Sir.

    Wishing to join the order "Sons of the Revolution" I write you asking that you will kindly send to me the record of

Stephen Grover - who was at the date of his death in Caldwell  New Jersey - a pensioner as a soldier of the revolution.
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I may add -- as special to myself personally and perhaps of some interest to you also if you are or have been in & of the US Army -- that he was my Grand Father -- that he was a Presbyterian Minister for 50 years in Caldwell New Jersey & that President Grover Cleveland was named from him by his Father who was a colleague as Pastor. You will I am sure excuse this reference -- in an official application -- from a Retired officer of the Civil War -- now of the oldest in the Army viz -- 83 years -- dating back to the Presidency of John Quincy Adams.
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Stephen Grover --

Born in Tolland, Conn't He was in the Battle of Saratoga, as I heard him say -- I do not remember more of his record than that he continued in the Army. He died in 1836. at the age of 76.

Will you please send in addition to a certificate of his having been a pensioner -- his military Record if you can do so conveniently.

Very Respy
Stephen Grover Dodd.
Major & Chaplain US Army Retired.
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If you have any printed documents that you think might be of interest to me as pertaining to the Revolutionary War will you do me the favor to send them to me.

S.G.D.
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[left side column, handwritten ]

 1909 June 24th. History to 

      Rev. Stephen Grover Dodd ¢

1913 November 4.  20 Edward W. Dodd ¢

 1916 Oct. 27  Edward  W. Dodd  that he had been furnished a record

1917 Jan. 4. Hist. to Henry Russell Drowne ¢

 1921 June 21 Hist. to Emily A. Greenman

[right side]

 268
Revy Widow, &c. 
File No. 268
Mary Grover 
Widow
Stephen Grover, 
Conn. Militia, 2. Yrs. 

Act: March 3, 1843.

Index:-Vol, A., Page 285
 
[Arrangemnt of 1870.]
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New Jersey 3197
===
Mary Grover
widow of Stephen Grover, dec'd
who was a pensioner under the Act of 7 June 1832,
and who died on the 22 June 1836
of Essex Co in the State of N. Jersey,
who was a private in the co. commanded
by Captain Wills of the regt commanded
by Col. Sage in the Conn. Militia
line for 2 years
===
Inscribed on the roll of New Jersey at the rate of 80 Dollars [lined out: Cents] per annum to commence on the 26 June 1836
===
Certificate of Pension issued the 14th day of June 1839 and sent to the Saml B. Miller, New Ark, N. Jersey.
===
Arrears to the 4th of March 1839 $223.20
Semi=annual allowance ending 4 Sep '39 40.00
$263.20

{ Act July 7, 1838. }

Recorded by D. M. Curdy Clerk

Book A. Vol. 2. Page 124.
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In the matter of the application for the Widow, Mary Grover for a Pension under the act of Con passed July 7th 1838 -

State of New Jersey Morris County ss

Personally appeared before me Eben F. Smith a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Morris the Rev. John Ford, a reputable clergyman, residing at Parsippany in the County of Morris and State of New Jersey who being duly sworn on his oath did depose and say that he has been Pastor of the Presbyterian Church in Parsippany in said County twenty two years, & the said deponent further saith that there are no records of marriages solemnized by his predecessors in the ministry in this place, that he has ever been able to find; and further, deponent saith that he has been on terms of special intimacy with the Rev Stephen Grover and his family since his residence in Parsippany
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and believes from all his knowledge of the family that the said Mary Grover was his lawful and married wife.

And further this deponent saith not.

John Ford

Sworn & subscribed before me Decem 11th 1838 -

Eben F Smith

State of New Jersey
Morris County ss }

I David B Heard Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in any for the county of Morris do hereby Certify that Ebenezer F Smith Esq. before whom the affidavit of John Ford was taken and made was at the time of taking the same and still is one of the Justices of the peace in and for said County duly Commissioned and Sworn and that the signature of the said Ebenezer F. Smith is genuine and credit is due to all of his official acts as Justice of the Peace

[Seal] Witness my hand and Seal of the said Court at Morris Town this twelfth day of Decem. A. D. eighteen hundred and thirty eight

D. B. Heard Clerk
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Relative to the application of the Widow Mary Grover for a pension under the act of Congress of July seventh AD Eighteen hundred and thirty eight

State of New Jersey
Essex County } ss.

[Each line from here to the signature "Asa Hillyer" has a quote mark to the left.]
Personally appeared before me Samuel B Miller a Justice of the Peace in and for said County The Reverend Asa Hillyar, D.D. a respectable clergyman residing at Orange in the County and state aforesaid. And being by me duly sworn on his oath saith that he is seventy five years of age and has been Pastor of the Presbyterian Church at Orange N. J. upwards of Thirty years and has been acquainted with the Rev'd Stephen Grover deceased and Mary his wife for more than Forty years past and that they always resided together as husband and wife during that time and were reputed so to be until the death of the said Stephen Grover which took place on the twenty second day of June AD. One Thousand eight hundred and thirty six at his residence in said County. And this deponent further saith that the said Steven Grover was Pastor of the Presbyterian Church at Caldwell in said County ^until within a short time of his decease where he had resided during the time above specified and understood that the said Steven Grover was a Pensioner of the United States for services renderd during the war of the Revolution and before he was a minister of the Gospel. And this deponent further saith that the said Steven Grover has left a widow named Mary Grover who is still living in the said County of Essex and has remained a widow and unmarried ever since the death of her said husband and is about Eighty years of age and further this deponent saith not.

Asa Hillyer

Sworn and Subscribed at Orange ^in said County before me this Seventeenth November AD 1838

Sam'l B. Miller
Justice of the Peace
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3982

Declaration and Evidence of the Widow Mary Grover for a pension under the act of Congress passed July 7th, 1838.

[Fainter (pencil?)]
M'd [married] 31 Dec 1788
H d'd [Husband died] 22 June 1836

Admitted
Private 2 years

Sam'l B. Miller

Newark New-Jersey
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Relative to the application of the Widow Mary Grover for a pension under the act of Congress of July seventh AD One Thousand Eight hundred and Thirty Eight.

State of New Jersey
Essex County } ss.

Personally appeared before me Samuel B Miller a Justice of the Peace in and for said County General William Gould of Essex County N. Jersey a respectable person and known to me to be entitled to credit as a witness and being by me duly sworn on his oath saith that he is Eighty years of age and has been well acquainted with Stephen Grover and Mary his wife for more than fifty years last past. deponent well recollects the occasion on which it was said and universally believed that Stephen Grover then Pastor of the Presbyterian Church in Caldwell Essex County New Jersey was said to be married which is as deponent thinks and verily believes to have been in the fall or winter of the year seventeen houndred and eighty [crossed out: seven] eight, that at or above that time said Rev'd Stephen Grover brought to Caldwell Mary Grover his present Widow with whom he lived till his death which was on the twenty second day of June AD Eighteen hundred and thirty six- deponent further saith that said Stephen Grover and Mary his wife were always reputed and believed to have been married and deponent verily believes they were married- deponent further saith that the said Stephen Grover was till within a short period of his decease Pastor of the Presbyterian Church at Caldwell and was a Pensioner of the United States for services renderd during the Revolutionary war and before he was a minister of the Gospel. And this deponent saith that the said Stephen Grover has left a widow Mary Grover who is still living at Caldwell in said County of Essex and has remained a widow and unmarried ever since the death of her said husband and is as much as seventy nine or eighty years old and further deponent saith not.

William Gould

Sworn and subscribed before me the seventeenth day of November AD 1838 at Caldwell in said County

Sam'l B. Miller, Justice of the peace
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State of New Jersey
County of Essex } ss. I Elias Van Arsdale Jun. Clerk of County of Essex and of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for said County do hereby certify That the foregoing contains the original proceedings in the matter of the Application of Mary Grover, widow of Stephen Grover for a pension -- That Samuel B. Miller before whom such proceedings were had, and the affidavits hereto annexed of said Mary Grover, Stephen R. Grover, Asa Hillyer & William Gould were severally made & taken, at the time of taking the same, was, & still is a Judge of said Court & Justice of the peace in & for said County duly Commissioned and Sworn; And that the signatures, "Sam'l B. Miller" affixed to said proceedings and the Jurats of said affidavits respectfully are genuine.

In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name & affixed my seal of office at Newark in said County of Essex the thirteenth day of December AD. Eighteen hundred and thirty eight - 1838 -

E Van Arsdale Jr Clk
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
FORM VAM-51
12-5-41

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*

Division of Veterans' Administration Archives

NAME Groves, Isaac GRADE Private LINE Maryland

WARRANT NUMBER 11248 ACREAGE 100
ISSUED January 8, 1796 to Geo. Ponsonby, assignee

*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
FORM VAM-51
12-5-41

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*

Division of Veterans' Administration Archives

NAME Groves, John GRADE Private "in the Invalid Corps" [in spaces for "GRADE" and "LINE"]

WARRANT NUMBER 13139 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED March 3, 1791 to - not shown -

*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.