Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 6542, for Jacob Lyle, New Jersey

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SERVICE
New Jersey

CONTENTS
Lyle,
Jacob

NUMBER
R. 6542

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Jacob Lyle 6542
New York
No 23919-

[ret?]

Charles Epelstyne Esquire
Livingston
Columbia County
N. Y.

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In the matter of
Jacob Lyle an applicant for a pension under the act of Congress passed 7th June 1832
23919
[Dist to]
Charles Epelstyne
Livingston
Columbia County
State of New York

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State of New York
County of Dutchess

On this 21st day of March in the year of our Lord 1833 personally appeared before me Seth Russell Thomas Esquire one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Dutchess Jacob Lyle a resident of the town of Milan in the said County of Dutchess and State of New York aforesaid aged [seventy] 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

The said Declarent or applicant Jacob Lyle says that he was born in Sussex in the State of
Jersey and was brought up in Monmouth County in the said State of New Jersey this Deponent never was baptized nor has he any record of his age but from his best recollection and belief says that he is over twenty years of age. He recollects that he was quite a boy when the war broke of out first heard that the war broke out at Boston or near there. The deponent lived at the commencement and during the revolutionary war in the town of Middletown County of Monmouth about fifteen miles from where the great Monmouth battle was fought. This deponent did much active service during the revolution. The first service that this deponent recollects of performed was as a volunteer in a company of minute men who were commanded by Peter Schenck of Middletown in Monmouth County New Jersey. John Taylor was lieutenant, Jacob Conover was ensign, [Ralf] Conover was [orderly] Sergeant, James Wall was second sergeant. The number of men in said Company were sixty two - rendezvous at the house of Jacob Conover in Middletown and marched from there to Long Branch on the sea side where were other companies lay at the same place and were commanded by Colonel [Henry] Smock and by

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Major Hunn thinks was some time in September 1776 this Deponent was fifteen at this time and went as a volunteer

In 1777. Term of service at this time deponent
thinks was one month

This Deponent has also served under Captain WallingCaptain Barnes Smock Captain Cornel Conover Captie
Jacob Conover Captain Carhart - This Deponent also all
at the names of the following generally under whom he served
as a soldier during the American Revolution viz. General
David Furman of Mummouth also General Lawrence
Colonel George Taylor was acting Colonel over the troops with
whom this deponent served during said War
This deponent believes that he served during the
year 1778 from the beginning of January until the middle
of December of the same year under Captain Waller and
Captain Smock and Captain Conover all of whom lay
in Middletown in the County of Monmouth as a guard
to protect the public stores and amunition that was deposit
ted at Middletown point this deponent during the whole ┃
time of Eleven and a half months served in the service
of the United States as a volunteer in the capacity
of a fifer for the different Militia company who
were stationed there in the year 1778, and this Depo
nent also recollects of annix bullets for himself &
others, save them in a brass would and as this Deponent
then understood the head was furnished by the French
This Deponent further says that in the year 1779
he also served in the United States service for ten months
under Captain Carhart Captain Conover and he also
thinks under Captain Schenck Captain Smock and
be believes under Captain Wallis all of whome this
Deponent believes were called out with their Companies
to stand guard for a certain period and then a nother
company would relieve them and thus continued to take
their turns all the companies of the
Middletown Regim
ent or memmouth Brigade and this Deponent cannot
State how many companies say there at Middletown point