Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 4589, for Stephen Lyon, New Jersey

SERVICE
NUMBER
New Jersey
Lyon, Stephen
S. 4589
CONTENTS
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30281
New Jersey
Stephen Syon
of Essex Co in the State of New Jersey who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Becker of the Reg t commanded by _____ in the line for 18 months private
X New Jersey Line, at 25 per Record completed. X
Enrolled on the Roll of New Jersey at the rate of 60 - Dollars - Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 3 d day of Dec 1835 and sent to S r B Miller Newark N.J.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1835 240.00 Semi-ann. allowance ending 4 Sept 30.00 $270.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Dan Boyd Clerk, Book 82 Vol. 3 Page 144

Application of Stephen Lyons of Essex County New Jersey - for Pension under Act of Congress passed 7 th June 1892

Declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed 7 th June 1832
State of New Jersey } Essex County } ss:
On this Eighteenth day of September in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and thirty two, personally appeared before the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas held at Newark in and for the County of Essex, in open Court Stephen Lyon a resident of the Township of Springfield in the County and State aforesaid aged Seventy eight years, who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his Oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit the Act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832
That he was born on the third day of July Seventeen hundred and fifty five in the Township of Newark, in that part thereof afterwards set off and now known by the name of the Township of Springfield in the County of Essex aforesaid, where he has resided ever since - that he has no record of his birth now in his possession, the family record having been some time since destroyed or lost - That soon after the commencement of the Revolutionary war he served six months as a private in the
6 months - { New Jersey Regulars in the Company commanded by Captain Joseph Meeker, and Lieutenants George Ross and Mead whose Christian names he does not recollect, - That during this time, they lay at Elizabethe Town in the winter and afterwards moved to New York and from thence to Long Island - He afterwards was enrolled in the Militia of New Jersey in the Company commanded by Captain Isaac Reeves, and Lieutenants John Edwards, David Little and Ensign Pennypacker Parcel, belonging to the 2 nd Battalion commanded by Major Samuel  Stephen Hayes, of Col. Van Cortlandt Regiment of Essex County, under whom he served as Sergeant of said Company for one year and three months, of monthly tours of duty, and at different places
1 yr. 3 mo. { That he recollects while under Captain Reeves, they were in the City of New York doing duty when the British Fleet came in from Sandy Hook and landed their troops on Staten Island, that he was then moved over with his Company to Long Island, watching the movements of the British opposite, and after remaining there a few days they were ordered home - That they were repeatedly called out on alarm when they did extra duty, That while under the aforesaid Captain Reeves, he was at the Battle of Springfield in the said County and was also in the Battle and at the burning of the Connecticut Farms Meeting House - and followed the British on to and did duty at Elizabethe Town Point in the County aforesaid - He also did duty as Ser-
3 mo { geant for three months on the lines back of Amboy in the County of Middlesex

Middlesex in State of New Jersey, where the British lay in large numbers, and with whom they had repeated skirmishes - he knows of no person living to substantiate his statement excepting Timothy Meeker whose affidavit is hereunto annexed - that he also enlisted for a year in the Continental Army, but did not serve as when as when the Army moved up to the North from New York City and New Jersey he was left behind. That he knows of no person living who can testify to his services  from this excepting  Eliza Cook who also enlisted in the Continental Army at the same time  and who can testify to his services  and who is  now living  in the  State of New Jersey - he never was discharged by a written discharge from the Regulars, nor from the Continentals and that he did more than two years active service as he has above specified the same - He has no documentary evidence, neither does he know of any other person living who can testify to his services - He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not down on the pension roll of the Agency of any State.
Stephen Lyon
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid in open Court Wm Williams Judge
Joseph Gildersleeve We Isaac R. Goffe a Clergyman residing in the Township of Springfield in the County of Essex aforesaid and Joseph Camp residing in the Township of Newark hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Stephen Lyon who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be seventy eight years of age That he is respected and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion Joseph Gildersleeve J.M. Camp. Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid Wm Williams Judge
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named Applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states - And they do further certify that it appears to their satisfaction that Isaac R. Goffe Joseph Gildersleeve - who has signed the foregoing

ing certificate, is a Clergyman, resident in the Township of Spring- field aforesaid, and that Joseph W. Camp who has also signed the same is a resident of Newark ~ aforesaid, and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit, and the said Court do further certify that Timothy Meeker ————— whose affi- davit is hereto annexed is an old and respectable inhabitant of the County of Essex, of good standing for veracity and truth, and that this statement is entitled to credit and belief —
Wm Williams Judge
I, Elias Van Arsdale Jrn. Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Essex and State of New Jersey, do hereby certify that the foregoing and annexed Affidavit, contain the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the Applica- tion of Stephen Lyon for a Pension —
In Testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and seal of Office this fifth — day of October 1832
E Van Arsdale Jr Clerk

Application of Stephen Lyon, Essex County St. Lucy
17081
Ad

Declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed 7 th June 1832
State of New Jersey } Do: Essex County }
In this Eighteenth day of September in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and thirty two, personally appeared before the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas holden at Newark in and for the County of Essex, in open Court Stephen Lyon a resident of the Township of Springfield in the County and State aforesaid aged Seventy eight years, who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his Oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit the Act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832
That he was Born on the third day of July Seventeen hundred and fifty five in the Township of Newark, in that part thereof afterward set off and now known by the name of the Township of Springfield in the County of Essex aforesaid, where he has resided ever since - that he has no record of his birth now in his possession, the family record having been some time since destroyed or lost - That soon after the commencement
6 months - { of the Revolutionary war he served six months as a private in the New Jersey Regulars in the Company commanded by Captain Joseph Meeker, and Lieutenants George Ross and Abraham  Abraham whose Christian name he does not recollect, in that during this time, they lay at Elizabeth Town in the winter and afterwards moved to New York and from thence to Long Island - He afterwards was enrolled in the Militia of New Jersey in the Company commanded by Captain Isaac Reeves, and Lieutenants John Edwards, David Little and En- sign Remington Parcel, belonging to the 2 nd Battalion commanded by Major Samuel  Stephen Hayes, of Col. Van Cortlandt Regiment, of Essex County, under whom he served as Sergeant of said Company for one
1 yr. 3 mo. { year and three months, of monthly tours of duty, and at different places That he recollects while under Captain Reeves, they were in the City of New York doing duty when the British Fleet came in from Sandy Hook and landed their troops on Staten Island, that he was then moved over with his Company to Long Island, watching the move- ments of the British opposite, and after remaining there a few days they were ordered home - That they were repeatedly called out on alarms when they did extra duty, That while under the aforesaid Captain Reeves, he was at the Battle of Springfield in the said County and was also in the Battle and at the burning of the Connecticut Farming Meeting House - and followed the British on to and did duty at Eliza- beth Town Point in the County aforesaid - He also did duty as Ser- 3 mo { geant for three months on the lines back of Amboy in the County of Middlesex

Application of Stephen Lyons, Essex County, N. J. with amendments annexed
Certify that I am acquainted with the late Stephen Lyons and that his statement is entitled to full credit and belief and that I know him to be the same Stephen Lyons that made the foregoing Declaration New Ark New Jersey August 5 th 1833 } Sam d B. Miller
J. Condit
G.H.

Alterations, additions and amendments to the Declaration of Stephen Lyon of the County of Essex and State of New Jersey in accordance with the requirements of the War Department in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7 th 1832.
New Jersey
Essex County
{ ss:
Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Essex aforesaid Stephen Lyon who being duly sworn according to law on his oath maketh the following answers to the interrogatories required by the War Department to be propounded to every applicant under the Law aforesaid viz. To the first interrogatory Where & in what year were you born? he answers That he was born on the 3 rd day of July A D 1755. in the Township of Newark, Essex County, New Jersey, as he has already set forth in his declaration.
2 nd Have you any record of your age and if so where is it? He answers That he has no record of his birth in his possession, the family record having been some time since lost or destroyed - as he has set forth in his declaration -
3 rd Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war and where do you now live? He answers, That he lived in the Township of Newark when called into service, that he has lived there in the same place, now set off & called the Township of Springfield in the County of Essex, since the Revolutionary war and lives there now and has lived in the same house for fifty four years last past -
4 th How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer or were you a substitute? He answers That he first entered the service as a volunteer as a private in the New Jersey Regulars commanded by Capt n Joseph Meeker as he has more particularly specified in his declaration and served therein six months . That he afterwards was enrolled on the list of Militia of the County of Essex, New Jersey and served one year and three months , in monthly tours of active duty, as one of the sergeants of the Company commanded by Capt n Isaac Reeves as he has more particularly set forth in his declaration. That he also did other duty of three months as a sergeant in the Militia of Essex County on the lines west of Amboy - Making in all two years of active duty, six months thereof as a private and one year &

Six months thereof as a Sergeant; for which service he claims a pension; besides the extra service of engagement alarms & skirmishes when out for a few days at a time as he has set forth in his declaration -
5 th State the names of some of the Regular Officers who were with the troops where you served, such Continental & Militia as you can recollect & the general circumstances of your services? He answers that he recollects that Major or Col. DeHart was their superior officer while he was in the regular Troops of New Jersey and that Genl. Lord Stirling was commanding officer; that Major Samuel Hays was commanding officer of the Battalion of Militia to which this deponent belonged & that Philip Van Cortland Esq. was Colonel of the Regiment of Militia to which this deponent was attached; and that by reason of his age and consequent loss of memory he cannot at this time relate the circumstances of his service other than he has specified the same in his declaration to which for further information on this subject he refers -
6 th Did you ever receive a discharge from the service & if so by whom was it given & what has become of it? He answers that he never received a written discharge, but only by word of mouth of his commanding officer & that he never left the service except by permission of his officer or when his term had expired -
7 th State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood & who can testify as to your character for veracity and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution? He answers that he is known by Rev. Joseph Gildersleeve, by Joseph W. Camp Esq. formerly Sheriff of the County of Essex who have testified to my veracity & of their belief of my services as will appear upon reference to my declaration - to Doct. John Condit of Orange in this County - to Matthias Denman, William Stites Esq. & Balah Woodruff Esq. of the Township of Springfield & to all the reputable inhabitants of the Township last aforesaid who are generally all acquainted with this deponent - and that during the service of the duty above specified he was not occupied in any other  official pursuit but was truly performing the same - Sworn & subscribed this 29 th of May A.D. 1833 - before me {
Stephen J. Lyon
Saml. H. Miller - Justice of the peace
And I do also certify that it appears upon reference to the proceedings of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Essex in the declar-

tion of the said Stephen Lyon hereto annexed. That said Court have already certified to the truth, veracity, credit, & respectability of Timothy Meaker who affidavit is annexed to said declaration —
Sam l B. Miller Justice of the peace
State of New Jersey County of Essex
3 rd Jo: I, Elias Van Arsdale Junior Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Essex aforesaid Do hereby certify That Samuel B. Miller Esquire before whom the foregoing affidavit of Stephen Lyon was made and taken & by whom the certificate thereunder written was signed, was when the said affidavit was made & taken, and when he subscribed his name to the said Certificate (& still is) a Justice of the peace for said County, residing therein, duly commissioned & sworn
That the above written signatures "Sam l B. Miller" are in the proper handwriting of said Justice & that full faith are due to his official acts —
In Witness Whereof, I have hereto set my hand, & affixed the seal of said Court at Newark the Twenty Eighth day of May A.D. Eighteen hundred and Thirtythree — I further certify under my hand & the seal of said Court, that William Williams by whom the affidavits in the original proceedings in this matter, hereto annexed were made & taken, was at the time of taking the same a Judge of said Court residing in said County duly Commissioned & sworn & that the signatures "W m Williams" affixed to said affidavits are his proper handwriting —
E. Van Arsdale Jr. Clerk
New Jersey Essex County ss: Personally appeared before me, the undersigned a Justice of the Peace & c Stephen Lyon who being duly sworn deposeth and saith That he is the same Stephen Lyon mentioned in the declaration hereto annexed, That by reason of old age and 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 period mentioned below and in the following grades: For six months duty as a private in the Company of New Jersey regulars commanded by Capt. Joseph Meeker, Col. De Hart, Genl. Lord Sterling, commanding the Regiment and Brigade, as he believes from his imperfect recollection. That he enlisted on this duty, the latter part of Dec r 1775, — That soon after the expiration of this service he was enrolled in the Militia of Essex County, N. J. in the Company commanded by Capt. Isaac Reeve, and served under him one year & three months as Sergeant of said Company, in different

monthly tours all performed in the County of Essex and during the whole war, that he is unable to specify the months or years when the same was performed, but expressly charges the truth to be that he performed the same as above mentioned faithfully and truly. he recollects however that soon after his enrollment he was on duty under the last named Captain at New York when the British came into N. York Bay and landed on Staten Island which was in June 1776, if he recollects aright. He also did three months duty at one time on the lines back of Amboy in the County of Middlesex N.J. as Sergeant in Captain Matthias Lyon's Company in the Winter of 1778, - making in all two years of active duty. Six months as a Private in the Regulars and one year & six months as a Sergeant in the Militia, under the respective Captains above mentioned, & as he has set forth the same in his declaration aforesaid - and for such service I claim a pension
Subscribed and sworn this fifteenth day of August, 1833. before me
Stephen Lyon
Sam d B. Miller Justice of the peace
I Samuel B. Miller before whom the above affidavit of Stephen Lyon was taken do hereby certify that I am acquainted with the said Stephen Lyon and that his statement is entitled to full credit and belief and that I know him to be the same Stephen Lyon that made the foregoing Declaration New Ark New Jersey August 5 th 1833
Sam d B. Miller
J. Condit
Application of Stephen Lyon, Essex County N.J. July with amendments annexed
C.M.H.

New Jersey 1836 Stephen Lyon M. P. S. J.
Suspended
at D. & H. Hall 30 days 1835
Hon. J. Frelinghuysen am? Mar. 17 - 1834. Hon. J. Frelinghuysen Charles H. Housley Manuel Manuel

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
18 May — 1833
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. 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, shewing the Service of Stephen Lyon Esq. County N.Y.
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     1775 6 Priv Capt Meeker Cole M.D. Age 78 Traditional   Enrolled 1 3 Sergt Reeves Van Coten Springfield N.Y. Essex Livingston   3 Con Farm N.Y. Co   N.Y. N.Y.  
That he did more than 2 years active service
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

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 Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this _____ day of _____ personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of _____ in the county of _____ and State, Territory or District of _____ 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, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) _____, with _____ and served in the _____ (e) regiment of the _____ line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth 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. [This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of _____
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
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 a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the _____ and C. D. residing in (the same) _____ hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _____ years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. _____ who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the _____ and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the _____ and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
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 in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person

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, 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 Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be 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 opinion 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, giving such certificates.
The traditional 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, or 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 any 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 upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant 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 declarant 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 had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he 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 should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and 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, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; 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 four months , in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the 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 the applicant 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 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 opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of 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 officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of 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 pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being 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 Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line 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.
[k] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
G. H. Castor Sam. Clark

Suspended
Let. Hon. T. Frelinghuysen
17 mar. '34 do to D. H. Hall. 30 may 1835. do J. B. Miller aug 22: 35. do do B d Miller October 28 - " -

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3-2233
BUREAU OF PENSIONS Finance Division
June 7 1927
Chief Rev. War. Section Division.
I have this day received from Anna T. Buckley cash No. for $1.20, requesting
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Photos marked Finance Division June 15 O. J. RANDALL Chief Finance Division.
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June 2, 1927.
Commissioner of Pensions:
Sir:
Please furnish two negative copies of each of four pages, (not certified) from the Rev. War pension claim, S. 4589 of Stephen Lyon.
Anna T. Buckley, 1731 Columbia Road, N. W. Washington, D. C.
recd, payment
$1.20
Chief Rev. & 1812 Wars Section.

Reopen
4589
INVALID.
File No. 4589
Stephen Lyon ★ First Rev War
Act: June 7, 1832
Index:—Vol. A , Page 231
[Arrangement of 1870.]
★ N.J. Line. Apr. 25, 1904. Records completed. S.
1927- June 15- Photos mailed to Anna J. Buckley av. J.

J. L. Edwards Esq. Comm: of Pensions Washington D. C.

Newark Oct 22 nd 1834,
J. L. Edwards Esq. Accnt. of Pensions Sir
Some time last Spring the Hon. Theo. Frelinghuysen remitted to me the Pension papers of Stephen Lyon of Essex County at Jersey, together with your note to him stating the objections thereto. The case of said Lyon being one which I had asked the favor of Mr. Frelinghuysen to attend to, he being at Washington. Owing to my business and absence from the U. States during the past summer, I have been unable to attend to the same before this time. The objections as stated by you are that said Lyon claims for services performed in the New Jersey line, & that you cannot find his name upon the list, and require him to prove it by living witnesses, &c. I have called upon said Lyon (being very infirm & unable to leave his house) & stated the objections. He referred me to the witnesses Timothy Meeker & Eleazar Cook, both Pensioners of the U. S. who served with him & who have already testified for him as the only persons living to his knowledge who can testify respecting it. I have seen them both (last Spring) and they say that they have already testified to the above mentioned service as distinctly as they can now recollect.

the same and upon reading over to them the declaration of said Lyon and their affidavits thereto annexed, they said they were correct & that they could not testify to anything else or in any other way if they were again sworn - I communicated the same to said Lyon who desired me to forward to you again his declaration & amendments thereto & to state the above, and to ask you to refer to their affidavits as to the above service, and see if they are not sufficient to substantiate his statement and if you do not so consider them to allow him for the remainder of his service as he has set forth & proved the same - I allow him a certificate of pension according to the proof, 2 years service independent of the above as will be seen upon reference to the last amendment to his declaration herewith sent.
The above named individuals at the time of my calling upon them as aforesaid were very infirm, one very aged (Isaac Smith Decker is since dead) and I found great difficulty in bringing them to recollect circumstances which they had previously mentioned, & which I knew to be true, and am convinced that it is hopeless for Mr Lyon to expect further testimony from them by reason of their infirmities & loss of memory - I hope Sir that you will excuse me for saying that I trust that Mr Lyon will receive a pension at least, despite of the above named individuals & many others have rec d . Pensions, before no stronger testimony.

Especially  And as it is impossible from the lapse of time & death of many & indeed of almost all the companions of Mr Lyon to give you better & more definite proof of his services - If a pension is allowed or any further communication is deemed necessary - please direct the same to me at this place & it will receive due attention - As I am in a measure a stranger to you I would refer you for information if you desire it to the Virgil Marcy Esq. Hon: Mabelon Dickerson Hon. Ph. Dickerson Hon: James Parker - Hon: Wm. Grelig - Hughes: Hon. Samuel L. Southard. M. H. C. Clarke Esq. Francis Markoe Jr. Esq. &c - whom you probably may see occasionally -
Yours Respectfully
Chas. H. Halsey
(Atty. at Law)
Newark. N.J.
P.P.
The case of James Clark Essex County N.J. was returned some time ago, amended, from which I have not since heard - I would be obliged if it could receive your early attention -
Yours &c C.H.H.

Y. S. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of persons
Washington City

Newark New-Jersey September 25 th 1835. Y. S. Edwards Esq
Sir Enclosed is the Supplemental Affidavit of Stephen Syon & the affidavits of Mr. Joseph Baisan & Doct. David Martain in support of the claim of the said Stephen Syon for a pension Mr. Syon is a Respectable old man quite Infirm & I am well satisfied has stated truly that he is unable at this time to give a more minute & particular description of his services in the war of the Revolution than he has already done in his Original papers now on file in your office. — As to the affidavits of Timothy Muehner & Eleazer Socher alluded to in the applicants present affidavit I have to state that Mr. Muehner is now dead & that Mr. Socher is quite infirm & has been confined to his bed for the greatest part of his time for the last year & I thought it useless to call on him to get any further explanation as to his knowledge relative to the services of Mr. Syon
I must therefore solicit your attention to the said application upon the evidence which will now be before you hoping it will be satisfactory as to his Militia Service. Mr. Syon having Relinquished his claim to the Six Months in the Continental army.
I Remain Respectfully your obedient Servant & c.
Sam l B. Miller

Stephen Lynn
30.287
Payments to be made at Scranton by J Dickinson Esq. Agent for paying Pension- ers, in the Agency of New Jersey.
4589
Recorded in the Pension Of- fice, in Book E 2 Vol. 3 Page 144 by Dan Boyd Clerk.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, Stephen Syers of the state of New Jersey..... who was a private of Infantry in the Army of the Revolution is entitled to receive ... Sixty ..... dollars and ..... cents per annum, during his natural life, 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 Third day of December one thousand eight hundred and thirty- five
Secy War
Secretary of War.
Exa. Count
J. L. Edward
Commissioner of Pensions.

Stephen Lyon
R. J. Aug 17.
FREE
James L. Edwards Esquire Commissioner of Pensions Washington City

Y. S. Edwards Esq Newark New-Jerz August 12 th 1835.
Sir I received your favour of the 7 th Instant by yesterday's Mail & perusing by the contents that you had not noticed my Letter to You of the Ninth July 1835. Enclosing a copy of a Law of New Jersey, Relative to the Three Month Service Claimed by Mr John C. Sun, the same Letter also alluded to Mr Stephen Lyon's Claim on the Militia Service generally in the parts of New-Jerz
Sir - You state in your Letter of the 7 th Instant it is not known what Claim is referred to under the appellation of Mr Lyon I now state it is the same Stephen Lyon referred to in your Note of Mar 30 th 1835. to D. A. Hall Esq & mentioned in my Letter of July 9 th - If my Letter has not been received or is not to be found in your office You will please to Inform me & I will send you a copy with a Another copy of said Law enclosed. - You will see by that Letter that Mr Stephen Lyon is willing to Renounce his Claim as to the Six month Service in the Continental Establishment & will endeavor to obtain more evidence as to his militia Service if to be found but has been waiting for the required copy. - Any communication from You on the subject will be thankfully received.
I remain Respectfully Yours &c.
Sam l W. Miller

New Jersey } 14: Personally appeared before the undersigned a Justice Essex County of the Peace in and for the County of Essex, Eleazer Looker who being duly sworn according to law on his oath saith that he is now in the eighty first year of his age, that he personally is acquainted with Stephen Lyon & knew him during the Revolutionary war, that this deponent was in Capt. Meeker's Com- pany of New Jersey Regulars at the same time that said Lyon belonged to the same and did duty with him as he has set forth in his amendment to his declaration this day taken, That this deponent after this service was enrolled in Capt. Reeve's Company & knew that said Lyon did the duty or a greater part thereof as he has stated the same under said Capt. and as Sergeant, that deponent at times was in the classes other than those in which said Lyon did duty which is the reason that he does not know of all his duty. That at the time when said Lyon was on the lines west of Amboy this deponent was enlisted in Capt. Matthias Lyon's Company and was stationed about 1 1/2 mile below said Lyon on the lines aforesaid, that he frequently met said Lyon on duty and knew that he served three months at that time. That he has known said Lyon ever since the war. That said Lyon did a great deal of duty, of which deponent did not serve with him for the reason above stated as well as from the fact of the services of deponent being done at places & at times when & where said Lyon was not present. That he merely believes said Lyon did more than two years of monthly duty besides his 6 months enlistment, all of which he performed as a Sergeant excepting when under Capt. Meeker.
Subscribed & sworn this 4 th Sept. 1833 before me
his Eleazer X Looker mark.
J. L. Grover Justice of the Peace

J. S. Edwards Esquire Commissioner of Pensions Washington City

Newark New Jersey November 12 th 1835. Y. S. Edwards Esquire
Sir Enclosed is a Supplemental Affidavit of Mr. Stephen Syon, By which you will perceive, he is willing to Relinquish his Claim for a pension or to the grade of Sergeant & Corn in under the act as A Private Soldier if the evidence already furnished should be considered insufficient to establish the grade of Sergeant. — But since taking said affidavit I have seen Mr. Eleazer Socher & found him so far recovered from his indisposition as to make an affidavit relative to the Claim of Mr. S. Syon as a Sergeant under Captain Pease & Edwards, But could not state the length of time that Mr. Syon served as such. And is under the impression that he stated the same in substance in his former affidavit. — Which subsequent affidavit I also enclose to you. — And having made diligent inquiry as to the service of Mr. Syon I can find no other person now living Except Mr. Eleazer Socher who served in the same Company with him under the 1 st Capt Pease & Edwards and Mr. Socher being old & infirm I apprehend it can hardly be expected that he could state Mr. Syon's services in detail. Sir I believe I stated to you in my Letter of the 25 th Sept r last that Timothy Meeker who was a Sergeant in the same Company was dead when affidavit I signed was on file with Mr. Syon's papers. Since which time Mr. Joseph Perron has also died whose affidavit I enclose to you at the same time. Mr. Syon is a Worthy old man & Very anxious to have his Claim brought to a close as soon as convenient that he may enjoy the fruits of his labour what few days he has left to live here.
I remain with all due respect Your Obedient Servant &c.
Saml. Miller

Amendment to Stephen Lyon's Decla- -ration, for Pension under Act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832.
Service in Meckers co. not duly established -
Grade of Serjt. no warrant -
No term of militia longer than 1 mo. see let. to Miller 28 th Oct. 1835.
Adm d 18 mo. pri 60 th
Hon. J. Wheeling Ky. Stn Return to Levi Condit, Marytown N.J. J.B. Miller Esq Newark N.J.

State of New Jersey } Personally appeared before me Lyman S. Essex County ss - } Averill one of the Justices of the Peace for and for the County of Essex. Timothy Meeker
of said County who on his Oath saith - That Stephen Lyon was appointed by the Company or by his Superior Officers under the Command of Captain Isaac Reeve, a Sergeant, in the year One thousand seven hundred and seventy six about the first of June and continued in that capacity during the revolution - any War (and further this deponent saith not - Taken. Subscribed and sworn before me this nineteenth day of December One thousand eight hundred and thirty three -
Lyman S. Averill -
John B. Meeker
State of New Jersey } County of Essex }
ss: I Elias Van Arsdale Junr. Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Essex do hereby certify That William Stiles, Stephen R. Grover & Lyman S. Averill are each of them Justices of the Peace in and for the County of Essex residing therein, duly qualified Commissioned and sworn: And that the signatures, "William Stiles," "S. R. Grover" and "Lyman S. Averill," subscribed to the Deeds of the respective affidavits hereto annexed of Stephen Lyon, Ebenezer Looker and Timothy Meeker are genuine -
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and fixed the Seal of said Court, at Newark in the County of Essex aforesaid, the Eleventh day of January A.D. eighteen hundred and thirty four -
E. M. Russell Clerk

New Jersey Essex County
ss: Personally appeared before the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, Stephen Lyon of said County who being duly sworn according to law on his Oath saith that he is the same Stephen Lyon in the Declaration hereto annexed, mentioned, and makes the following amendment thereto - That from the lapse of time and the little use until of late for him to remember the several duties and services performed by him during the Revolutionary War, he is unable at this period of his life being now in the Seventy ninth year of his age, to specify all the duties which he then did in the service of the United States, but among the most important that he recollects, and for which he claims compensation are the following to wit That in the last part of the month of Dec r 1775 and a short time previous to the 1 st January 1776, he enlisted as a private in the Company of New Jersey Regulars commanded by Capt n Joseph Meeker of the County of Essex and immediately entered upon his duties as a private as aforesaid and served in said Company for and until the full term of six months had expired, which was the period of his enlistment, when he was discharged by order of his Captain and returned home - That while he belonged to the said Company as above mentioned, the Company lay at Elizabeth Town during the remainder of the Winter, the members whereof performed the regular duties of soldiers in encampment until the latter part of March following his enlistment when he was marched with the Company to New York City and from thence to Flatbush, Long Island, where he remained until the expiration of his term of enlistment when he returned home - Major afterwards Col n De Hart he believes was one of the Superior Officers and Lord Sterling then was Colonel and afterwards appointed General - That immediately after his return which was in the Spring of 1776 he was enrolled in the Company of Militia of Essex County, New Jersey, commanded by Captain Isaac Reeves of Springfield, belonging to 2 d Battalion commanded by Major Samuel Hays of Newark in Col n Philip Van Cortlandt Regiment - That this applicant soon after his enrollment as aforesaid and before doing the duty hereinafter mentioned was appointed by said Captain Reeves with the concurrence of his officers, one of the Sergeants of said Company, which appointment applicant recollects
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recollects was made for the reason principally, and he expressed at the time, of Applicant's knowledge of the duties of a Soldier acquired during his enlistment in the Company of Regulars as aforesaid - That the Company of Militia was divided into three classes which did monthly duty alter- nately through the war, in one of which deponent always did his turn of duty regularly, excepting when he was on longer tours of duty as hereinafter is mentioned - That a class from each Company in the Battalion was out at a time and formed one company and did duty under the different officers of the Battalion who also did monthly duty alternately which was the reason of this deponent doing duty at times under officers other than those of his own Company - That from the time of his appointment as aforesaid during all the war & during the time of performing all the service hereinafter stated he acted and did the several duties required as Sergeant, when ever he was on duty as hereinafter specified - That in the latter part of May 1776 he was ordered out and did duty as Sergeant under Captain Reeve as aforesaid from that time until the 8 th or 10 th of July following, in all one month and twenty days certainly, but deponent believes the period of time when on this duty to have been longer - That during this time he with the Company aforesaid was at first stationed at Newark on guard until about the 20 th of June when news came that the British were anchored with a large fleet inside of Sandy Hook and were expected to attack New York: that he was thereupon marched to New York City where he was station- ed on duty until the enemy landed on Staten Island about the 1 st or 2 nd of July as he believes, when he with his Company was marched down on Long Island opposite where the British fleet lay, where he remained on duty until about the 8 th or 9 th of July when his Company marched back thro' New York to Newark and were all discharged by word of mouth of the Captain until further orders, about the 10 th of July 1776 as he has above stated - That in August 1776, the month following the above duty, he was ordered out again with the whole Company under Captain Reeves aforesaid to throw up fortifications at Elizabeth Town Point to pre- vent the enemy from crossing from Staten Island to New Jersey That at first it was supposed that this duty would continue but one month, but when that time expired he was not permitted to return home or be relieved from duty, by reason of the deficiency of men to guard the Point, and he continued on duty for two months thereafter without being relieved or
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3 Mo: returning home, making in all three months duty, as one of the Sergeants of his Company faithfully performed at Elizabeth Town Point in erecting fortifications and standing guard, during the summer of 1776. That altho' he belonged to Col. Van Cortlandt Regiment, yet he believes that they were commanded by Col. Spencer of Elizabeth Town who was there all the time and Col. Van Cortlandt who lived at Belleville used to come down occasionally to the Point. That he does not recollect of any duty that he performed there after until January 1777, when he did one months duty as Sergeant with his own class, but was commanded as he believes by Captain Isaac Smith of Newark Township now called Livingston Township standing guard between Newark and Elizabeth Town. That in  1 Mo: April 1777, he did one months duty standing guard at Newark under Captain Reeve, as a Sergeant and with his Company . That in July 1777 he  1 Mo: did one months duty as a Sergeant under Captain Grier as he thinks, standing guard at Elizabeth Town with his Company . That in October  1 Mo: 1777 he did one months duty under Captain Thomas Williams of Orange then Newark Township, as Sergeant, standing guard at Newark with his Company . That in January 1778 he was ordered out and did three months duty from that time as Sergeant with his Company under  3 Mo: Captain Reeve aforesaid, on the lines west of Amboy New Jersey and was stationed between Rahway and Woodbridge. That during this time he was on duty standing guard &c. His object being to watch the enemy who lay in considerable numbers at Amboy and to prevent their excursions into the Country, and with whom they had frequent skirmishes. That Major Sand. Hayes of Gwynn's Battalion was there also on duty and he also recollects that Col. Potter & Col. Spencer of the Regiment of Essex County Militia were also on duty on the lines aforesaid. That it was about the middle of April 1778 when he returned home from the last named duty. That in the months of July & August 1778, he did one months  1 Mo: duty as Sergeant under Captain Elijah Grier of Springfield or Grier Town (then Newark Township), standing guard at Newark and towards Springfield with his Company . That in November 1778 he did one  1 Mo: months duty under Captain Reeve, as Sergeant, standing guard at Elizabeth Town with his Company . That in January 1779 he did one months  1 Mo: duty as Sergeant under Captain Reeve standing guard at Newark with his Company . That in April and May of 1779, he did one months  1 Mo: duty as Sergeant with the Company under Captain Isaac Gilmam as he thinks and believes, standing guard between Elizabeth Town and Springfield. That in July 1779, he did one months duty as Sergeant under  1 Mo: Captain Reeve with the Company standing guard above Newark and towards Belleville. That in the months of October and November

1 Mo: 1779 he did one months duty as Sergeant under Captain Reeve, standing guard with the Company fellow Newark at the Ferry leading to the city of New York - That in February 1780 he did one 10 mo: months duty as Sergeant under Captain Reeve standing guard in and near Newark and at Low's Dock, Newark with his Company - That in 11 mo: May 1780 he did one month's duty again under Captain Reeve as Sergeant, standing guard at Elizabeth Town and with his Company That within a day or two after his return from the last mentioned duty, an alarm was spread through the Country that the ene- my were landing at Elizabeth Town Point from Staten Island and were marching towards Springfield through Connecticut Farms, that he immediately repaired to the rendezvous of his company and was marching by Captain Reeve towards Con- necticut Farms. This was about 6 th of June 1780, that the next day the battle and burning of Connecticut Farms occurred That deponent & his Company were in said battle and Capt n Reeve was shot through the body which disabled him forever thereafter from doing duty - That Lieut. John Edwards took command of the Company immediately and deponent and Company con- tinued in the fight and followed the enemy to Elizabeth Town - That deponent continued with the Company on duty as Sergeant thereof for one month from the time the Company first came out standing guard back of Elizabeth Town where the Enemy lay in numbers - That during this month the enemy marched to Springfield he thinks about the 23 rd of June 1780. That 1 Mo: he with his Company was in the battle of Springfield fought about the time last above mentioned, and followed the enemy to Elizabeth Town Point, from whence they crossed over to Staten Island That by reason of the state of the Country, deponent & Com- pany were continued on duty as guard until the end of a month when they returned home - That in the month of 1 Mo: September 1780 he again did one months duty as Sergeant, standing guard at Newark under Lieut. Edwards and with his Company aforesaid - That he 1 Mo: did one month's duty late in the fall of 1780 he thinks, in Dec r . as Sergeant with the Company under Captain formerly Lieut. Edwards standing guard between Springfield and Newark - That in the winter 1 Mo: of 1780 & 1781 he again did one months duty as Sergeant under Captain Edwards standing guard at Newark with the Company that he did a great deal more service than above specified and a great deal in alarms of which he cannot now give the dates or circumstances - That being a Sergeant in Captain Reeve's Company, and of the Class also to which he was attached, he was always entitled to & always did serve as a Sergeant when on duty, altho' the company at the time was not commanded by Captain Reeve, the officers as well as men doing monthly duty alternately as above herein mentioned - That the above duty was honestly, truly & faithfully performed & for it he claims a pension - That he also enlisted or was about to be enlisted for one year in the Continental Army but it marching away before it was effected he never did any duty therein that he has procured the affidavit of Ebenezer Dooker and Timothy Meeker as to his services which are hereto annexed, which with Timothy Meeker's herewith annexed to his original declaration he submits as the only testimony now living which he can procure.
Taken and sworn this 20 th day of December 1833 before me.
William Hiles
Stephen Lyon

Relation to M rs Stephen Syon
Saml B. Miller New- ark New-Jersey.

State of New-Jersey,
Essex County ss. Personally appeared before me Samuel B. Miller, A Justice of the peace in and for said County, Stephen Lyon of the Township of Springfield in the County of Essex and State of New- Jersey. - Who being by me duly sworn doth on his Oath depose and say that he is the same Stephen Lyon who heretofore made a Declaration on oath Before the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common pleas of Essex County New-Jersey for the purpose of obtaining a pension under the act of Congress Passed June 7 th 1832. - And this deponent further saith that agreeable to the directions from the war department of August 22 nd 1835. he does by this his affidavit Relinquish all claim to the six months services, claimed by him in his said Declaration to have been done and performed in the continental army, he knowing of no further evidence in support of that part of his claim. And confines his claim for a pension to the common Militia service, stated in his said Declaration to have been done and performed by him in the war of the Revolution.
And this deponent further saith that he is now Eighty years of age and that owing to the great length of time Infirmitys & consequent loss of Memory he cannot now enter into a more minute and particular detail of his services in the war of the Revolution than is given in his Original papers now on file in the pension office that said service was Bonafide and actually rendered by him. - That he was duly called out by the Government and actually stationed at the different places mentioned in his said papers during Military duty all that

time therein mentioned. — and as he now believes the affidavits of Timothy Muehner & Eloyer Soohner now on file will fully show as to his militia service And he further saith that for the time during which the said service was performed he was not employed in any civil pursuit. — And this deponent further saith that he knows of no further evidence as to his militia service except that of Joseph Pearson of Orange whose affidavit is herunto annexed — and further saith not.
Sworn and subscribed at Springfield in said County This 22 nd day of September 1835. before me
Stephen Lyon
Sam l B. Miller Justice of the peace

Essex County ss } Personally appeared before me Sam l B. Miller a Justice of the peace in and for said County, Joseph Pierson, of the County of Essex and State of New-Jersey. — Well known to me to be a Man of good Character & entitled to belief as a Witness — And being by me duly sworn doth on his oath depose and say that he is Twenty six years of age. That he was a Soldier in the Revolution that he was during the Revolutionary War well acquainted with Stephen Lyon of the County of Essex and State of New-Jersey. — That he believes the said Stephen Lyon to be as much as Eighty years of age and is knowing that the said Stephen Lyon , Belonged to a Company of Militia Com- —manded by Captain Isaac Reeves in the said County of Essex and that the said Captain Reeves was Wounded in the Battle at Connecticut Farms and died soon after with said Wound, And that the same Company was after death of said Capt o  Reeves commanded by Captain John Edwards . — And this deponent further saith that although he and the said Stephen Lyon did not belong to the same Company, They were in active Service and on duty together a number of Months Years during the Revolutionary war, he cannot now say how many, Stationed at Newark under the command of Colonel P. Von Courtland & Major Samuel Hays and at Elizabeth Town point, a part of the time under the said Colonel Van Courtland and as he now believes a part of the time by Colonel Thomas but that he always belonged to the said Colonel Van Courtland's Regiment. — and further saith not. Sworn and subscribed at Orange, Joseph Pierson in said County September 21 st 1835 before me
Sam l B. Miller — Justice of the peace

State of New-Jersey } Essex County, } ss. Personally appeared before me Samuel B. Miller A Justice of the peace in and for said County. Doctor David Martin of the Township of Springfield County of Essex & State of New-Jersey. — Well known to me to be a Respectable Physician of that place — And being by me duly sworn on his oath deposeth and saith. — That he Resides within about two Miles of Stephen Lyon of the said Township of Springfield and has been acquainted with him for a Number of years past most and believes him to be as much as eighty years of age. — And this deponent further saith That considering the great length of time that has elapsed since the war of the Revolution the present age of the said Stephen Lyon his Infirmities and consequent loss of memory he is of the last opinion that the deponent is rendered unable to give a minute and particular description of each term of actual service at this time. — and further saith not.
Sworn and subscribed at Springfield in said County September 22 nd , 1835. Before me
Sam l B. Miller — Justice of the peace
State of New Jersey } County of Essex } ss. I Elias Van Ausdala Jun r . Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas held at Newark in & for the County of Essex Do hereby certify That Samuel B Miller Esq r before whom the foregoing affidavits of Stephen Lyon, Joseph Pierson & David Martin were severally made & taken, at the time of taking the same, was & still is one of the Justices of the peace of said County, duly commissioned and sworn: and that

the name "Sam B. Miller" subscribed to the Jurats of said Affidavits respectively are genuine -
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name & affixed the Seal of said Court, at Newark aforesaid the Twenty third day of September A.D. 1835 -
E. Wm. Underwood Clerk

Mr Elyer Soaher

State of New Jersey, Essex County ss Personally appeared before me Samuel B. Miller a Justice of the peace in and for said County, Stephen Syon of the Township of Springfield in the County of Essex & State of New Jersey Who being by me duly sworn doth on his oath depose and say, That he is the same Stephen Syon Named in a Letter from J. L. Edwards Esq. to Samuel B. Miller & dated War Department Pension Office October 20 th 1835.
And this deponent further saith that although he acted and done a Sergeant's duty for the Most part of the time during the Revolutionary War he has now no Recollection that he ever had any Written Warrant, Either from Captain Sheeves or Captain Edwards or any other officer during said War. And is now under the Impression that no written Warrant were given, either to Sergeants or Corporals that served in the Militia in this part of the State of New Jersey in the time of said war, and were only named on the Captain's Roll as Sergeant or Corporal which ever it might be. — And this deponent further saith that the witnesses by whom he could have proven the fact of his service as a Sergeant in the war of the Revolution are now dead or rendered unable by old age and Infirmity, to establish the fact. — He therefore now saith that if the evidence now on file in the pension Office is insufficient to establish the grade of Sergeant he is willing to doth hereby Relinquish said grade of Sergeant & come in under the act of Congress of June 7 th 1832 as a private Soldier, and further saith not. Sworn to & subscribed at Springfield in said County November 5 th A.D. 1835 Stephen Syon before me — Sam l B. Miller — Justice of the peace

State of New Jersey County of Essex
ss. I Elias Van Arsdale Jun: Clerk of the inferior Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Essex Do hereby certify That Samuel B. Miller Esq: before whom the annexed foregoing Affidavits of Eleanor Looker and Stephen Lyon were severally made & taken, at the time of taking the same, was, & still is a Justice of the peace of said County duly commissioned & sworn and that the signatures "Sam B. Miller" affixed to the Jurats of said Affidavits respectively are genuine In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name & affixed the Seal of said Court at Newark the Twelfth day of November A.D. Eighteen hundred & thirty five Elias Arsdale Jr. Clk.

State of New-Jersey Essex County ss. Personally appeared before me Samuel B. Miller a Justice of the peace in and for Said County, Eleazer Socher of the County of Essex and State of New-Jersey. Well known to me to be a Man of Good Character and entitled to belief as a Witness - And being by me duly Sworn doth on his oath depose and say that he is Eighty three years of age That he was a Soldier in the Revolution that he was during the Revolutionary war well acquainted with Stephen Syon of the Township of Springfield in the County of Essex & State of New-Jersey That he believes the Said Stephen Syon to be as much as Eighty years of age & is knowing that the Said Stephen Syon belonged to a company of Militia commanded by Captain Isaac Pheas in the Said County of Essex and after the death of the Said Isaac Pheas he Belonged to the same Company commanded by Captain John Edwards and that he is knowing that the Said Stephen Syon acted as Sergeant under both of the above named Captains, & This deponent further saith that he cannot now say how long the Said Syon served in Said Company. & Further saith not.                     his Sworn to & subscribed at the                     Eleazer E. Socher Township of Clinton in Said                     mark County this 10 th day of November A.D. 1835. before me
Sam l B. Miller Justice of the peace