Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 15951, for Jeremiah Steves, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
Steves, Jeremiah Sarah
W. 15951
CONTENTS

Albany 30.257
Jeremiah Steves of Oneida Co, in the State of N. York who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Arser of the Regt, commanded by Col Hammond in the N. York levies time for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 80 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 16 th day of Nov. 1835 and sent to B. P. Johnson (Rome, N. Y.)
Arrears to the 14th of Sept. '35. 360.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending March '36, 40.00
$400.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk, Book E-2 Vol. 4 Page 66

rep by, Lett. to In agt. 21. Mar. 1844, do. to A. Jory Aug. 16. 1844. to same Apr. 1845. do Hon. J. J. Lewis 30 Dec. 1845
8398 Albany New York.
Sarah Stevens, decd. who died 9 Aug. 1841. widow of Jeremiah Stevens, who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832 and who died on the 25. Oct. 1840 of Onida Co., in the State of N.Y. who was a Private in the Albany commanded by Captain Atser of the Reg. commanded by C. Hammond in the N.Y. State , time for 2 years.
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany . at the rate of 80 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 1st day of March, 1836. 5 th October 1840
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 th day of May 1844 and sent to Abad Esq. Esq. Onida New York ,
Total Amount, $
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by Flaming Stewart , Clerk, Book 1 Vol. 1 , Page 181 .
to Jeremiah Stevens Elizabeth Austin & Jemima Ward children of Sarah Stevens , decd.

FAMILY RECORD.
BIRTHS.
Jeremiah Steves was Born Jan'y 23 d 1762 Sarah Steves was Born Oct r 22 d 1761 Isaac B. Steves was Born May 13 th 1785 Joshua J. Steves was Born June 22 d 1787 Caleb J. Steves was Born July 6 th 1789 Elisabeth Steves was Born August 4 th 1791 James Steves was Born Oct r 14 th 1793 John W. Steves was Born May 5 th 1798 Samuel P. Steves was Born August 19 th 1800
BIRTHS.
Daniel & Steves Son of Isaac & Lovina was Born 28 th of August 1809 Their Son Jeremiah C. was Born 26 th August 1811 — their Son Samuel P. was Born 12 th of June 1814 Phebe Steves was born Oct r 29 th 1816 Sarah Steves was born 29 th April 1819 Caleb L. Steves was Born 22 d of July 1821 Lafayette Steves was Born 22 d of July 1826

FAMILY RECORD.
MARRIAGES.
Jeremiah Steves was Married to Sarah Tharp 11 th of October 1784
Jeremiah Steves Sen c was born Sept r 2 d 1720 and Died June 6 th 1796 Jemima Steves was born December 28 th 1740 and Died 22 d Sept r 1782 Philip Steves was born May 19 th 1766 and Died 18 th of Jan y 1796 —
MARRIAGES.
Isaac B. Steves was Married March 20 th 1808 Joshua S. Steves was Married March 14 th 1809 Caleb T. Steves was Married Sept r 14 th 1808 Elisabeth Steves was Married March 26 th 1809 — Jemima Steves was Married May 17 th 1812 John W. Steves was Married 4 th Dec r 1816 Samuel P. Steves was Married 21 st Feby. 1820

14412 Jeremiah Steves, Oneida Co. N.Y.
Corporal.
Capt Jonas Dyer Co B 6th Inf. Hammond Mil. N.Y. Westchester Co from 1778 to - 1780.
1780. in Capt Eben Dyer Co, Col Drake's Regt N.Y. Mil - to close war
Total more than 2 Years.
R.I. & Rhode Island
Agent Home
Schuchert - Private 2 years - $80-
Pension payable at Albia
W.H. when granted
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1778-1780 Jeremiah Steves Oneida Co. N.Y.

STATE OF NEW YORK, } ss. Oneida County, }
On this 14th day of Sept 1852 personally appeared in open court now sitting, Jeremiah Stevens in the court of Common Pleas a resident of said county and state, 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 7, 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated: That he was born at Syracuse N.Y. 1762. Record of age in family bible. Resided at Syracuse when he entered service - Since the war has lived at Syracuse - Pittstown N.Y. Canajoharie N.Y. Then Rome Rome . Oneida Co. That in the year 1776 this deponent being a member of Capt Jonas Ots Company - and was a Corporal in said Company - And in Col Jas Hammonds Regt of Militia - his father living at Syracuse near the extent of the American lines - and subject to the constant incursions of the British - This deponent was constantly armed and equipped for service - was called out every few days and nights, always held himself in readiness to meet the calls which were very frequent. This deponent was out on scouts very often for the years 1776. 7. 8-9 to 1780, then being a member and Corporal in Capt Ots Company. In 1780. in consequence of the removal of the Continental line above when he lived to Croton River , the family of this deponent then removed up to Pekskill - And this deponent then became a member of Capt Eben Dyer Company Col Amos Drake Regiment of Militia - Said Company was divided into four platoons or parties - One of which parties was called out every fourth week to guard the inhabitants from the incursions of the British , Tories , Cowboys &c. This service in Capt Dyer Co. continued until 1783 near the close of war. And this deponent states that he has no doubt the time he served actually under arms in defence of the rights and liberties of his Country, during the Revolutionary War - was more than Two Years . - He cannot particularize farther than he has, because his service was performed day & night whenever required - he being literally a Minute Man from 1776 to end of the war - He refers to annexed affidavits of Deeds & Van Rensselaer & Van Buren & Connelly

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
J. K. Joseph B. Read (Dip Clerk)
Jeremiah Steves
We, Moses Gillet Clappman and Levi Hathaway residing in Rome hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Jeremiah Steves who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration: that we believe him to be about 70 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.
the 20th day of August 1832 before me J. Hathaway Judge
Moses Gillet Levi Hathaway
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 Moses Gillet who has signed the preceding certificate, is a resident in Rome & a Clappman and that Levi Hathaway who has also signed the same, is a resident in Rome and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
From distance of 40 miles from Rome it would seem too much to expect personal acquaintance.
By the Court C. Hays Clerk
I, Grace Brown Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in Middlesex do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Jeremiah Steves for a pension.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this 14th day of Sept 1832.
And I certify that Jeremiah Hathaway was a freeholder in said county at the date of application and the signatures are in my hand writing.
Grace Brown Clerk Jos. B. Read Dip Clerk

State of New York, Oneida County ss. John Steves of Onondaga Onondaga Co. aged 62 years being duly sworn deposes and says that he is the brother of Jeremiah Steves of Rome, Oneida Co. named in the annexed affidavit - which he has heard read - and this deponent says he well recollects that his brother was in service as therein stated in Capt O'Leary's Company and afterwards in Capt Boyd's Co. - and that the said Jeremiah was out almost daily in the service, and ever kept himself in readiness to march on every alarm whether by night or by day - And after the family moved to Peking in 1780, this deponent recollects that Capt Boyd's Co. was divided into four divisions one of which every fourth night was called out to guard against the ravages of the British, Tories, Cowboys &c. This deponent further says that the said Jeremiah Steves was literally a Minute man from 1776, to 1783. - and from the best of this deponent's belief, he has no hesitation in saying, that the time he was actually in service was more than two years, and further says not.
John Steves
Oneida County ss. Personally appeared before me John Steves above named to me known as a man of truth and veracity and made oath to the foregoing affidavit this 20 day of Aug: 1832. J. H. Thruway Judge of Oneida now pleads.

State of New-York, } ss. 1, Nathaniel Dayles County of Westchester }
Clerk of the County of Westchester DO HEREBY CERTIFY,
That, before whom the annexed affidavits were taken that  before whom the annexed affidavits were taken the annexed power of attorney, and endorsed thereon, was, on the day of the date of the said affidavits  Commission , a Commission in and for the said County, residing in the said County, commissioned and sworn, and duly authorized to take the same. And further, that I am well acquainted with the hand-writing of the said Commission and verily believe that the signature to the said affidavits  Certificate of Isaac Graham is genuine.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said County, the eighth day of October 1832
N Dayles

State of New York County of Westchester Jonas Orser of the town of Mount Pleasant in the said County being duly sworn on his oath saith that; he is now eighty eight years of age that in the deponent received a captain's commission in the militia of the State of New York in the revolutionary war, same time as the year 1778 that from that time until the close of the revolutionary war he was captain of a company of militia in the County of Westchester in the State of New York, in the regiment of militia commanded by Lieutenant Colonel James Harnmond that he was well acquainted with Jeremiah Stites during the revolutionary war; that said Stites was enrolled in the company of militia then under his command, and was frequently in active service in the lines in said County and was frequently called out at times of alarm and that said Stites performed a good deal of active service, but the deponent does not now recollect the precise time he was in the service that said Stites was a good soldier and a friend to the liberties of his country. And further the deponent saith not
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Sworn to and subscribed, the 8 th day of October 1832 before me
Jonas Orser
A. Graham Commissioner &c.
I Andrew Graham the above commission hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Jonas Orser who has just related and sworn to the above affidavit and that he is a credible person and that his statements are entitled to full belief October 8 th 1832
A. Graham

State of New York County of Westchester ss Benjamin Brown of the town of Mount Pleasant in the County aforesaid being duly sworn on his oath saith that he was an Ensign in the militia of the State of New York in the company commanded by Captain Lucas Osce in the Regiment commanded by Lieutenant Colonel James Hammond in the revolutionary war: that his commission bears date some time in the month year 1778 and that he served under it from that time until the close of the revolutionary war: that he he this deponent knew Jeremiah Steves who he is informed is about making applica- tion for a pension; that the said Steves belonged to said company during the greater part of the revolutionary war: And the Deponent further saith that the militia of the said County of Westchester in which the deponent and the said Steves he lived during the revolu- tionary war, were frequently in the service on the lines in said County and were frequently out on guard and were obliged to be ready for for service at a moments warning; And the Deponent further saith that said Steves was a friend to the independence of his country, and belonged to said company as he was before stated with the militia , but the Deponent saith that he is now eighty one years of age, and in consequence of the great length of time that has elapsed since the revolution he can not recollect how long the said Steves was in the service during the war of the revolution and further Deponent saith not
Sworn to and subscribed Benjamin Brown this 8 th day of October 1832 before me
A. Graham Commissioner V.C.

I Andrew Graham the aforesaid Commissioner do hereby Certify that I am well acquainted with Benjamin Brown who has subscribed and sworn to the above affidavit, and that he is a credible person and that his statement is enti- tled to credit Dated October 8 th 1832
A. Graham

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of congress of the 7th of July 1835 entitled "an act granting half pay & pensions to certain Widows" State of New York
County of Onondaga ss On this 14 th day of February 1835 in open court held in and for said County at Rome in said County personally appeared before the court Joshua S. Steves of Rome in said county aged fifty six years and upwards, after being 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 May 7 th 1835 entitled "an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows" That this deponent is a son of the late Jeremiah Steves of Rome in said county who was a Soldier in the war of the Revolution and later a pensioner of the United States at the rate of eighty dollars per annum, and who died on the 23 rd day of October eighteen hundred and forty, leaving at his death as his widow, Sarah Steves him surviving, who was this deponent's Mother, and who remained his widow till her death, who was this deponent's Mother, was, as he truly believes married on the eleventh day of October Seventeen hundred and eighty four in Middlesex County State of Connecticut, as per attached Old family record, which is the Old Original family record kept by this deponent's father and Mother fifty or sixty years since, and that the said Sarah Steves, widow of Jeremiah Steves - this deponent's Mother died on the ninth day of August eighteen hundred and forty one. That the aforesaid applicant Joshua S. Steves, as one of the children of the said widow Sarah Steves, and in behalf of all of the surviving children of said widow Sarah Steves - viz Caleb S. Steves a resident of Rome in said county - Joshua S. Steves a resident of Rome in said county - John W. Steves a resident of Camillus Onondaga County and Elizabeth who married Ichiel Horton of Vienna in said county & Jeremiah who married Melanchton Ward of Upper Canada, he makes this declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 7 th 1835, and to obtain the pension due to his aforesaid Mother, Widow Sarah Steves at her decease on the 9 th day of August 1841, as above stated in behalf - and for the mutual benefit of all his surviving children. I subscribed & sworn before the court, in open court at the day & date above written
DeWitt D. Duryee Clerk
Joshua S. Steves

The court certify that the above named Joshua S. Stevens is a respectable person, that evidence appeared before the court to the satisfaction of the court that Jeremiah Stevens above named was a pensioner of the United States at the rate of eighty dollars per annum, and that he died on the 25 day of October 1870 leaving a widow, to wit, the above named Sarah Stevens his surviving wife who also died on the 8th day of August 1871 eighteen hundred & forty one, leaving at her decease, the following named children her survivors, being her only children, her survivors, viz, Joshua S. Stevens of Rensselaer County of Connecticut, Caleb J. Stevens of Rensselaer in said County, Elizabeth wife of Abiel Horton of Vienna in said County, Maria wife of Melanchton Ward of Upper Canada, John M. Stevens of Carmelites Onondaga County New York That the above said children are each and all of the age of twenty one years and upwards - The proof which was satisfactory to the court is herewith, viz The deposition of Joshua S. Stevens, Jesse Armstrong, Jay Mathews, John Niles Jr, Henry Tinkham - - - - -  All respectable persons as set forth -
Dewitt D. Calkins Clerk
State of New York County of Onondaga ) ss Personally appeared before the subscriber a justice of the peace, in and for said county, Jesse Armstrong who being first duly sworn according to law, deposeth and saith that he is forty three years of age, that he was personally acquainted with Jeremiah Stevens who was a pensioner of the United States at the rate of eighty dollars per annum and who died on the 25 day of October 1870 eighteen hundred and forty, leaving as his widow Sarah Stevens, who also died on the 8th day of August 1871 eighteen hundred and forty one, that from his personal acquaintance with the said Jeremiah Stevens and Sarah Stevens late his widow for the space of thirty years - and from his acquaintance with the family, he has the most entire confidence in the attached old family record, as containing the true dates of the marriage of said parties, and the true dates of the ages of their children - That at the death of the above named Sarah Stevens she left her surviving children her survivors, the following named children viz, Joshua S. Stevens of Rensselaer in said County, John M. Stevens of Carmelites Onondaga County, Elizabeth wife of Abiel Horton of Vienna Onondaga County, Caleb J. Stevens of Rensselaer Onondaga County, Maria wife of Melanchton Ward of Upper Canada all upwards of twenty one years of age -  Sworn and subscribed before me 11th day of February - 1874  Samuel H. Stevens J.P.  Jesse Armstrong

I certify that Leah Armstrong who signed the foregoing deposition is a highly respectable person  State of New York } County of Oneida } ss  Samuel B. Stevens A.P. Personally appeared before me the subscriber a justice of the peace in and for said county, John Niles Jr aged 46 years, a resident of Rome in said county, U.S. after being duly sworn according to law deposes and saith that he was personally acquainted with Jeremiah Stone late of Rome in said county who was a pensioner of the United States at the rate of eighty dollars per annum and who died on the 25th day of October eighteen hundred and forty, leaving as his widow Sarah Stone, who also died on the ninth day of August 1841. That he has been personally acquainted with said parties forty years, and that from his youth he has been acquainted with the family, that from his acquaintance with the said Jeremiah Stone & Sarah Stone (his widow) as husband and wife, and from the age of their children he has the most entire confidence in the attached Old family record, as stating the true date of the marriages of said parties, and the true date of the age of this children, that at the decease of said widow Sarah Stone she left her surviving, being her only children, her surviving the following named persons Deborah Stone of Rome, Sarah Stone of Rome and Elizabeth wife of John Horton of Rome all of said county. Deborah Stone of Camillus Onondaga County, Ohio who married Melanchton Ward a resident of Upper Canada all of the age of twenty one years & upwards.  Sworn & Subscribed before me on this the 14th day of February 1841  John Niles Jr.
Samuel B. Stevens A.P. I certify that the above named John Niles Jr is a reputable person  State of New York } County of Oneida } ss  Samuel B. Stevens A.P. Personally appeared before me the subscriber a justice of the peace in and for said county, Jay Hathaway aged 52 years, after being duly sworn according to law deposes and saith that he was personally acquainted with Jeremiah Stone of Rome late a pensioner of the United States at the rate of eighty dollars per annum who died on the 25th day of October 1840 eighteen hundred and forty, leaving at his death Sarah Stone, his surviving as his widow, who also died on the 9th day of August 1841 from his personal acquaintance with the said parties as husband and wife, and from his acquaintance with the family & children & marriages, he can place the most implicit confidence in the attached Old family record as containing the true record of the marriage of said parties & the age of their children. That the above named children said widow Sarah Stone left her surviving being her only children, her surviving that fact and all of them are of the age of twenty one years & upwards.  Subscribed & sworn before me on this 14th day of February 1841  Jay Hathaway I certify that Jay Hathaway is a reputable person  Samuel B. Stevens A.P.

States of New York } County of Oneida } ss Personally appeared before me the undersigned a justice of the peace for said county, Henry Tillebert aged 55 years, the being duly sworn according to his depositions and oath that he was personally acquainted with Jeremiah Stone late of Rome, Oneida County, who is now a prisoner of the United States at the rate of fifty dollars per annum, who died on the 25th day of October 1840, eight hundred & forty, leaving as his widow Sarah Stone who also died on the 2th day of August 1841, eight hun- dred & forty one. That this deponent was personally acquainted with the said parties forty or forty five years. That since his first acquaintance with them they have lived together as husband & wife, that he well knew of their deaths & burial, as he attended the funeral of both of them. That from his personal acquaintance with the parties & their children, he has not the least doubt but what the attached Old family record shows the true date of their marriage of Jeremiah and Sarah Stone, and the true date of the age of their children. That at the decease of Widow Sarah Stone, she left her surviving children her only children her surviving, viz. Deborah, Mary, Sarah, William, Caleb, S. Stone, Elizabeth who married Daniel Hastings Vienna, City of Oneida County N.Y. Jeremiah wife of Melanchton Ward of Upper Canada, John W. Stone of Camillus Onondaga County N.Y. all upwards of twenty one years of age. Subscribed & sworn before me this 14th day of February 1841 Henry Tillebert
I certify that the above named Henry Tillebert is a right respectable person Justice of the Peace for the County of Oneida } ss I do hereby certify that the foregoing affidavit of Jeremiah Stone was duly affirmed in open court before me this 14th day of February 1841 Henry Tillebert
I DeLoach DeWolf Clerk of said County do certify that the foregoing affidavit of Jeremiah Stone was duly affirmed in open court before the judges thereof, and said Judge was duly examined - and found correct, and I also certify that Jeremiah Stone before whom the annexed affidavits were made to have been taken before a justice of the Peace of said County duly authorized to take affidavits - that I am acquainted with his signature & believe the same to be in his own proper handwriting, that Fortune C. White is the First Judge of said County and was present with the other judges at the time the foregoing affidavits were presented in open court, and duly affirmed to.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name & affixed my official seal 14th Febry 1841 DeLoach DeWolf Clerk

Rev. & 1812 Wars Section.
January 26, 1925.
Mrs. Charles S. Passmore, 717 W. Granite St., Butte, MONT.
Madam:
I have to advise you that from the papers in Revolutionary War pension claim, W.15951, it appears that Jeremiah, son of Jeremiah Steves (born September 2, 1780, died June 6, 1796) was born at Sing Sing, Westchester County, New York, January 23, 1762.
While residing there in 1776 and 1777 he served whenever called upon and guarded the lines.
He enlisted in January 1778, served as Corporal in Captain Jonas Orser's Company, Colonel James Hammond's New York Regiment, at various times and was in skirmishes, until November 1780 when he enlisted as a private in Captain Eberczer Boyd's Company, Colonel Samuel Drake's (his uncle) New York Regiment, was in skirmishes near New York, and continued to serve at various times, until the close of the Revolution, amounting in all to about two years.
He was allowed pension on his application executed
* Spelled either Hammond or Hamman in the ref. books.

September 11, 1832, while a resident of Rome, Oneida County, New York. He died there October 25, 1840.
Oct. 12, 1784
Soldier married in Middlesex County, Connecticut, Sarah Tharp, who was born October 22, 1761. She died August 9, 1841.
In 1844 the surviving children were:-
Joshua S. born June 22, 1787, married --- March 14, 1809, residing in Rome, New York. Caleb T. " July 6, 1789, married --- September 14, 1808, residing in Remsen, Oneida County, New York. Elisabeth " August 4, 1791, married Jehiel Morton March 26, 1809, residing in Vienna, Oneida County, New York. Jemima " October 14, 1793, married Melanchton Ward May 17, 1812, residing in Upper Canada. John W. " May 5, 1798, married --- December 4, 1816, a resident of Camillus, Onondaga County, New York.
The following children were then dead:
Isaac B. born May 15, 1785, married Lovina --- March 20, 1808. Their sons, Daniel S., born August 28, 1809, Jeremiah C. born August 26, 1811, Samuel, born June 12, 1814. Samuel P. " August 19, 1800, married --- February 21, 1820.
Respectfully,
Acting Commissioner.
Other names not copied from family record as rel. not stated.
Sol. first claimed pension for 2 yrs 6 mos. but his aff. dated May 16, 1835, claims "over 2 yrs. service" according to pay certificates.
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Onondaga ss,
John Steves of the Town of Camillus and County of Onondaga and State of New York being Duly sworn Depoeth and Saith that Jeremiah Steves (now of Home Oneida County and State aforesaid) but formerly living in the time of the Revolution with his parents on the Bank of the Hudson in Sing Sing West Chester county State aforesaid) and was Enrold in Cap t Jonas Osers company in January 1778 being at that time 18 years of age, but in the years of 76 & 77 was with the Militia on guarding the Shore considerably, when the British fleet went up in order to relieve Burgayne, in the years of 79 & 80 he was out guarding the shores against the British & Tories, while their shipping was strung along the River from New York to Peekskill, and Stoney Point and Terplank Point forts in their possession, in them 2 years he was seldom at home and when he was if he set down to eat his gun was in his hand or between his knees, and some of the children watching the mean time, in Nov r 80 he by the help of some friends, got his aged parents in a boat and removed them to Peekskill, he was then Enrold in Cap t Ebenezer Bayd's company on the lines till the close of the war, and was out in scouting and patrolling a great part of the time, While his aged parents were suffering with a large family of children, for the necessities of life, by loosing, by the British and Tories a good Estate, and at the close of the war all was gone, and the children bound out to trades and putten with none Subscribed & sworn before me on this 8 th day of September 1834 John Steves
D. B. Winton Justice of the Peace
I certify that I am well acquainted with John Steves, the person who subscribed to the above affidavit, that he is a man of respectable & good character. Dated Camillus September 8. 1834
D. B. Winton Justice

State of New York Onondaga County } Clerk's Office }
I certify that David B. Winton esquire before whom in and the within affidavit pur- -ports to have been sworn was at the date of the same one of the justices of the peace in and for the said County duly elected and qualified and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verify to him his name subscribed to the first of said affidavit and the within certificate to be his genuine signa- -tures. — Witness my hand and Seal of Office this 10th day of September 1834
R. S. Hef. Clerk
James H. Hef

State of New York Oneida County
On this 22 nd day of June 1833 personally appeared Jeremiah Steves within named and being duly sworn deposes and says, that by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory and great lapse of time - he cannot swear positively 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 viz as a Corporal in Captain Jonas Orson's company of militia, in Col James Hammonds Regiment of the State of New York Militia - This service commencing in 1776 when this deponent was frequently called out but this deponent was not regularly in service until January 1778 - when he was enrolled in said company and appointed a Corporal and continued to serve in said company until about November 1780 , when he was removed up to Peekskill - and that from January 1778 to Nov. 1780 - This deponent was in actual service under Capt Orson for the full term of Six months for which service he claims a pension.
702. And this deponent further says that after his removal to Peekskill in Nov 1780 - This deponent entered immediately into Captain Ebenezer Boyd's company, Col Samuel Drake's Regiment of N. York State Militia. And this deponent says that the time he was in actual service in Captain Boyd's company in Col Drake's Regiment of militia was the full term of two years for which service he claims a pension - This last service was as a private . The deponent claims allowance for the above term of service as Corporal Six months and as private Two Years .
Jeremiah Steves Personally appeared before me this Subsc

Witnesseth that there has been a man credibility with veracity and ma- vack of the foregoing affidavit this 22 nd day of June 1833.
Simon Cornstock a judge of America Com. Pleas
Clerks office of J. George Brown Clerk of said county. Onondaga county do hereby certify that Simon Cornstock before whom the foregoing affidavit was taken was on the day of the date of the same a judge of said county - That I am well acquainted with his handwriting and the above signature is his own handwriting.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said county this 22 nd day of June 1833.
Geo. Brown Clerk J. B. Read By Clerk

State of New York
Cayuga County ss. William H. Dean being duly sworn says that he was well acquainted with Jeremiah Stevens from the year 1740 to the close of the revolutionary war that he resided in Peekskill in Herkshire County and State of New York during that period. That he entered the service in the fall of 1740 in Capt. Ebenezer Boyd's com- pany of militia in Col. Samuel Brainerd's regiment, David Ferriss was first Lieutenant and Elijah Brainerd was ensign and that he continued in service (together with this de- ponent who belonged to the same company) to the close of the war.
William H. Dean
Subscribed & sworn October 31, 1833
before me Thomas Chadwick justice of the Peace
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I certify that the above named William H. Dean is to me known as a man of credibility
truth & accuracy
Thomas Chadwick justice of the Peace
State of New York
Cayuga County Clerk's Office ss
I certify that Thomas Chad- wick Esq. was on the thirty first day of October 1833 a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly commissioned and sworn that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of said Justice and verify before his signature tho' the above affidavit and Certificate to be genuine. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of the Court at Common Pleas of said County this first day of November A.D. 1833 M. L. Myers Clerk

State of New York
Oneida County ss. Jeremiah Slevins of Rome
in said County being duly sworn deposes and says, that the annexed is a minute history of his services and sufferings during one of the revolutionary wars.
110 4. I remember in the fall of 76 after New York was taken by British vessels, a forty Gun ship came up and anchored opposite my father's house and lay several days, and we kept guard while they staid They fired a great many shot at us one of 18 lb fell in the garden my brother was then in our army for 5 months, I was then in my 15 year and bore arms, he was in his 17 th the next winter he and 2 hired men of my father, all listed at one time in my father's barn During the war, I should have gone with them, but my father was near 60 years old and a large family, and none old enough to help him but me, the next boy was more than 8 years younger than one and times so difficult that there was none to hire, and shortly after my father lost nearly all his property by the enemy, the next fall the enemy with a large fleet came up in order to save Burgoyne and we had to keep guard till they returned, the next year if I remember right they took Stoney Point, and landed an army at Pechskill and burnt the village and destroyed the continental stores, and a large share of my father's property was there and went with it, the next year 79 the enemy lay at Stoney Point and every 3 miles lay a guard ship from there to New York & we had to keep guard, and twice they attempted to land, and Capt. Owens Company had to fight them 2 days in succession I amongst them, and succeeded in keeping them off, but soon after our company was called another way, and the shore left unguarded, and they landed and abused my Mother & Grand Mother, and plundered and destroyed nearly all the property we had left, and drove them from the place, Mother with a child in her arms with 6 other children following her with what they could pick up and carry off by hand, 3 miles back from the river, to an uncle's a quaker who helped them to food or they must have starved

In the fall they returned to New York and my father & I repaired one room of our shattered house and moved the family back, we lived there the next winter, the hardest known in these parts for 40 years, the next spring, Delancey's tory Reg t made an excursion, the Continental line being moved to Croton River, they ravaged the country and drove off all the cows belonging to friends of Congress. The family staid there through the summer suffering severely, my father and I above the lines, then and there lay the William Sloop of war that brought us under the spy, and had 3 skirmishes with that crew, after her return By the help of some friends got a boat at Peek's Hill and went in the night and brought off the family to Peek's Hill, then I was in Drakes Reg t , Every company was divided into 4 classes, and 1/4 of them was ordered out on guard and patrolling every night till the war closed, beside all the alarms and scouting at other times In 81 when Gen l Washington made an attempt to retake New York he March'd Dawn near the British lines at Kingsbridge, and I with considerable part of our Reg t was Dawn with him, and after considerable skirmishing, turned his course to the south and took Cornwallis, It was this same fall if I remember right that we joined a party of Continental troops under the command of General Howe and rushed in in the night into Morristown where the tory Reg t of Delancey was staid, we took a number of prisoners and burnt their huts and went off by the light of them we took a large drove of cattle and horses and drove to Connecticut and gave them up for the support of our army, which was much in want of provision about this time, Gen l Howe lay with his artillery at East Chester to guard our retreat, we was so expeditionary as to be near Gen l Howe before the enemy overtook us, we fought on the retreat till we came up to him, his artillery soon put a stop to their pursuit and we came off with flying colors, if there is lack of evidence as to my services in Drakes Reg t - I can't see where the lack is, Capt s Osers & Ensign Brown's Affidavits & John Stevens oath if they are worth noticing, as fully establish one part as the other of my claim, as they know every part of it

My removing from Orson Company to Bayda Did not move me from his knowledge, for he moved to within a short distance of Where I Did, he and Brown both are entitled to pensions, and I Dabut Not but they get them, they are a couple of true Republican Dutchman. They know me well and my father before me, I have Not seen either of them to my knowledge in 50 years they sent me their Affidavits of their own free will, another How comes to my mind, Soon after Danbury was burnt, I was sent Express there with letters to some officers whose names I Do Not recollect, Now as I have had No chance to ask any proof of any of my companions in Drakes Regt, and Believing the proof to be strong that I have brought forward, I have sought for so other, there is Elijah Drake Jasper Drake & William Dean 3 men that were in Drakes Regt when I was, that now lives in Cayuga County that was with me in our circumambulation, considerably, I have been informed they have Recd pensions last Spring, Now if we try once more and this wont Do, I could No Dabut in my mind if my feeble body would endure the toil, find 50 men that would swear for me, that more than 2 1/2 years I was striving to maintain our Independence. My Brothers oath stated at least 2 years and mine likewise but Not thinking of my toils for so many years I Did not think of a Great part of them at that time, & more comes to my mind Since I wrote the above, at one time, the year I cant recollect I was forced with my fathers team to convey stores to our army on the lines Near White Plains, & how long I was out I Dont. Remember  Jeremiah Stevens
Personally appeared the above named Jeremiah Stevens known as a man of truth and veracity and made oath to the foregoing statement all of which is in his own handwriting except the caption. Oct 26th 1833. J. J. P. S. (Walter) Sup Court Commisr.

Clerk's Office — Oneida County
I George Brown Clerk of said County do hereby certify that the original of the foregoing attested copy to have been taken was on the day of the date thereof a Supreme Court Commissioner duly authorized to take affidavits — That I am well acquainted with his handwriting & the signature is his.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Seal of Office this 6 th day of November 1833.
Geo Brown Clerk
Jeremiah Stevens Rev Soldiers
R. Johnson Agent Rome N.Y.
Hon. M. H. Fuller

May 21
MS.
1861
War Department Hon. J. L. Edwards Comm. Palins Washington.
Jeremiah Stevens -

Home May 1835
Dear Sir
I Recd Your last letter to Mr. Beardsly that was concerning my claim, he sent it to me in February, which states that I should make an affidavit to show the amount of the Vouchers I Recd for my services, this Suppos'd I had done in the letter I sent you, which the amount of the one I Recd from Cap t Osers was stated $5. and 2 pence, and the one from Cap t Bayd was 24 and that I was attach'd to another company, the officers Name I cant recollect, but the voucher was something like 6 which altogether makes a trifle over 2 years pay, I have been waiting since Feb y for an answer to a letter sent to Moses Sherwood, but Recieve none, and I fear he is Dead, but it has just occur'd to my mind that he stated in his affidavit that I serv'd in Cap t Osers Company a year and was honorably Discharg'd which was a little short of the time of service, unless I was allow'd something more than a private on account of my Low office, pleas re-examine Sherwoods affidavit that will show that I serv'd 9 months in Bayds company, the other part of my service he knew nothing of, as he mov'd back into the county of Duches with his parents the latter part of the war, I made oath to the truth of that letter that I sent you, before Col B P Johnson, but in the letter you sent Mr. Beardsly 28 th Jan y you stated you had the Honor to return the letter you Recd from me, to Mr. Beardsly

I purpose to see Col. Johnson and make another affidavit and send as soon as I conveniently can, I know my claim is good but my memory very poor, I knew I had served over 2 years but couldn't remember the particulars, I made some mistake in my former statements on account of the failure of memory, but it is not to be wondered at, considering my age, and the distance of time since those things transpired, and keeping no record, I don't remember that I had thought of them certificates for 50 years till last winter they came to my mind, I was fool'd out of them at 2 nd 6 th and the 7 th by a Sharper, it has cost me considerable time and money to support my claim and fail'd as yet, but hope to succeed this time, as I am very ready
Respectfully your OBT Servt Jeremiah Steves
Hon J. L. Edwards

Hon Samuel Beardsly In Congress Washington D.C.

Home 7 th Feby 1835
Dear Sir I rec'd yours of 29 th Jan y , with Mr. Edwards Decision he seems not to regard the letter I sent him with my oath to it, but turns to a letter wherein I stated I believ'd that I serv'd six months in Col t , Ossoss Company & 2 years in Boyds which was the San Jacinto on my mind at that time, knowing that I had serv'd Rising of 2 years, in the course of the War, but can't now remember the particulars, I stated in my last that I rec'd a certificate for my services in Ossoss Comp y for Rising of 18 months which came to my mind of late, which I had not thought of for many years in Boyds Com y , my certificate was for 9 months service and in an other company for Rising of 2 months while in Grimes Reg t , but the officers names I can't recollect, my first application was made in Sep r , 1832 on my own oath & my Brother Johns we both stated that I serv'd as much as 2 years, But it was stated about 2 years, and it was return'd, with this objection that about was no definite time, I then stated as above, which in reality I think is of little consequence what officers I serv'd under, I think it serving to hard to demand of me in my advanc'd age, the particulars of every tour, my services that I was allow'd for was Rising of 2 years but that was while out in actual service, which is not more than half the time I lost by means of the war, I believe but few suffer'd more than I did in the course of the War

Moses Sherwood in his affidavit states that I serv'd one year in Brims Comp y and Was Honorably Discharg'd, No Doubt his statement was from his knowledge of the certificate, I rec'd for my services, I suppose his was for a year as a private and likely my being Corporal I was allow'd some more on that account, I suppose you read the letter that I sent to A d Edward, as it was inclos'd in one to you and not seal'd, I understand that it was returned to you, if so please at your leisure to take particular notice of it, Sherwood stated I serv'd one year, but did not state that all the service was perform'd in the same year, you will see how I explained it in that letter, if you have it in possession, I think it cruel to be so treated

Now Sir you ask if I can obtain any Evidence of the amount of my pay as suggested, I answer that I have no Doubt but I can't were I smart enough to go to the place of my Nativity, but I am old and feeble, and have expended so much already that I am unable to bear the expense of such a journey, and if I can't what would it avail, Moses Howard testified to my services, John Steves & W.W. Dean Capt n , Osce & Ensign Brown and myself, but all seems to be Discredited, Capt n Osce I am informed is since Dead but Coll Johnson told me that he drew a pension, all my old Commanders is Dead, Coll Drake & Hammond, and Capt n Bay'd, Ensign Brown of Osce Com d is living for any thing that I know, the affidavit he sent, I did not see I was not at home when it came but my son asks see it, he says that it stated I was in service the Greater part of the war, and whether Capt n Osce kept a record of the certificates he procured for his men I know not, but I suspect a number of them is living but I cant conceive what purpose it would answer if I had all their affidavits, as all their oaths are rejected which seems to Manifest that we all have perjur'd ourselves, I profess to be a man of truth, and believe that I am so considered by all my acquaintance and likewise all them that have testified for me
Yours with Respect Jeremiah Steves Hon S. Beardsley

Wethersfield County State of New York — } p.
John Jones being duly sworn doth depose & say that he resides in the town of Spencer in the County of Tioga and State of New York, that he is at this time on a visit to his relatives & friends in the town of Cortland in the County of Wethersfield & State aforesaid, that he this deponent is now in the seventy fourth year of his age & will be seventy five years old in December next, that this deponent resided in the said County of Wethersfield during the revolutionary war & from the time he was twelve years old until the year 1815 when this deponent removed to his present residence in Tioga County except an absence of about three years immediately after the year 1806 when this deponent resided in the City of New York
This deponent further saith that during the revolutionary war he was well acquainted with Jeremiah Stevens who now resides as deponent is informed and believed in the town of Rome in the County of Oneida — To which place the said Jeremiah Stevens removed a few years after the close of the American revolution — This deponent further saith that he was a Sergeant in Captain Ebenezer Doyd's Company in Col. Samuel Drake's Regiment of Militia four years and upwards during the Revolution That the said Jeremiah Stevens was

a private in the said Company com- manded by Captain Boyd doing duty therein as such for upwards of three years during the revolutionary War That deponent recollects that said Steeves was in actual service as a private in said Company as early as the year 1779. That this deponent was often out in scouting parties with the said Jeremiah Steves, and doing the various duties & performing the various services incident to the warfare carried on at that time in the County of Washington, That this deponent cannot state with absolute certainty the time said Steves was in actual service, But this deponent knows that said Steves belonged to said Company as early as the year 1779, that he con- tinued to belong to said Company to the close of the Revolutionary war, and was generally if not always out in actual service whenever said Company was called into service, and that the said Steves acquired during that period a high character and reputation as an active, brave & vigilant soldier -
Sworn this 29 th day of September 1834 before
John Jones
me
Wm. H. Briggs Justice of the Peace

Wrote here County State of New York } G. William Nelson & Daniel W. Birdall both of Cortland town in Wrote here County being firstly duly sworn depose & say & each for himself deposeth & saith, that they are and for many years have been well acquainted with John Jones formerly of the town & County aforesaid & now resident in the County of Tioga & State of New York & who has made the affidavit hereto annexed, That said John Jones hath always sustained a high character for truth & veracity & we believe him to be entitled to full credit & belief.
Given this 29 th Sept. 1834 before me
W. Nelson Daniel W. Birdall
Wm. H. Briggs, Justice of the Peace
I William H. Briggs the Justice of the peace above named do certify that I am well acquainted with John Jones, Wm Nelson & Daniel W. Birdall who have subscribed & sworn to the preceding affidavits & that they & each of them are credible witnesses.
Wm. H. Briggs, Justice of the Peace

I Nathaniel Bayles Clerk of the County of Westchester and State of New York do hereby certify that William H. Briggs Esq r before whom the foregoing affidavits of John Jones, William Nelson and Daniel M c Brindle were sworn to, was on the day of the date thereof, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, and that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of said Justice, and verily believe that the signatures subscribed thereto as his are genuine.
In witness whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal of office and subscribed my name this 13 th day of October 1834
N. Bayles Clerk 2

1880
Frank Lloyd Wright Prairie School N. Park

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefits of the resolution of Congress of the 23 rd Jan y . 1845 Whereas the act of the 30 th April 1844, prohibited my late mother Sarah Stevens from drawing a pension for the same period during which her husband my father was a pensioner, I now make the following statement under oath, to obtain the benefit of the resolution above mentioned - I am a son of the widow Sarah Stevens, widow of Jeremiah Stevens, who was a soldier in the war of the Revolution & a pensioner of the United States; I am a son of the widow Sarah Stevens to whom was issued a pension certificate at the rate of eighty dollars per Annum from the 25 th day of October 1840, and I now ask in behalf of the said Sarah Stevens & her surviving children, for the amount due my said mother from the 4 th day of March 1836 to the 25 th day of October 1840 when the new pension commenced in the year 1840 at eighty dollars per annum Sworn to and subscribed before me on this 18 th day of February 1845.
Joshua Stevens
Benj t Johnson Justice
I certify that the declarant is personally known to me, and that he is the same individual he represents himself to be in the foregoing affidavit -
Benj t Johnson Justice
State of New York Clerk's Office Oneida County ss
I Detor Devolf Clerk of the County of Oneida do hereby certify that Benjamin P Johnson Esq who has signed the foregoing, is a Justice of the peace for the county of Oneida in the State of New York, and that the above is his signature
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my seal of office, this 18 th day of February, 1845 at Utica, in the State of New York.
Detor Devolf Clerk

Westchester County ss. Mores Sherwood of the Town of Mount Pleasant and County of West Chester and State of New York being duly sworn on his oath saith that he was well acquainted with Jeremiah Stevens during the war of the Revolution and know him to have been a good patriot and true friend to our country. that he entered the service in the one hundred and one in said County of Westchester in Captain Jones ors company of Col. Hammond Regiment in the State of said in or about the first of April 1778. that he continued in the service for one year that said Regiment was stationed on the lines in said County of Westchester in active service in the field. that after the expiration of said term of one year he was honorably discharged from said service; And the deponent further saith that he is known to his king in the service at several other times during the war, at sometimes for six weeks and at other times for a less period. and altho. the deponent cannot state the precise time yet he believes that he served at said other periods in addition to the year above mentioned, at least nine months. making in all one year and nine months of service.
Sworn this 11 th day of
Oct. 1834 before me
J. Grahams Commissioner of Peace
I certify that Mores Sherwood is a credible witness.
Over
J. Grahams

Facility that I am well acquainted with Andrew Graham. The Comptroller of deeds, whose name is subscribed in his own proper hand to the present affida- vit and certificate, and I know him to be a comptroller of deeds & duly authorized to take affidavits. Oct. 11 th 1834
Aaron Ward. M. C.

Jeremiah Stevens-
NY. June 8.
Hon J. L. Edwards
War Department Pension office Washington City
29 3/4 11 5/8

Home Oneida County N.Y.
Dear Sir
your answer to my last letter to you is Rec'd, wherein I find it stated that without further proof my claim to 12 months Service, in one tour in Capt. Owens Company, cannot be allow'd, Dear Sir, that is what I never attempted to claim, I thought I had fully Explained that, Moses Sherwood stated that I serv'd one year in that Company, but Did Not say that it was perform'd in one year, for that was not the case, in 78, 79 & 80 that years service was made out, which was Not so stated by him, but I thought I had fully Explained it my in letters, it is further stated that an Effort will be made to procure the original pay Rolls of that Company and of Bayds, if that Effort should succeed, you will find that my statement of the amou- -nt of certificates Rec'd for my services in them Com- panies is Exactly Correct, but the other that I was attach'd too for a time I cant so Exactly state but I was near that sum, as I made oath to in my affidavit, I should have waited for the final Decision, but fear them Rolls will Not be found

I Expect that John Bishop Rec'd the full amount of mine and many more as I understood that he bought all he could, as I was informed that he became Independently rich, I conclude that was the way he procured his Riches and if my claim is just, as I think you must perceive by this time that it is, I hope you will decide my case soon as possible, as I am almost past labor; and a family of 8 to buy bread for, with small means the length of each tour I cannot remember, but I know the certificate I had of Capt. Odes was 35 and 2 pence as I stated before, I fear I shall weary your patience, I know my claim to be just and honest, and I poor and needy, and therefore I cannot cease to ask untill I am fully rejected or approved
I am Respectfully your oft Servant
Jeremiah Stevis
Hon J. L. Edwards City Washington

N.Y. 6 July
Rev. L.
Rev. A. H. Stevens
FREE
Hon J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Washington City

Dear Sir
I Rec'd yours of the 10 th Instant, and was in hopes Till I Rec'd it, that pay Rolls of Orsons & Bayds Company would be found, and Still hope they may be found, I stated in my letter of the 2 d Instant, that if found, they would prove my statement Correct in regard to the amount of Certificates, Rec'd of Orson & Boyd, the other I stated was something like 6 th and the Capt s Name I have lost and can't Recollect, Since my last I have Been Down to the land of my Nativity, and found Col. Solomon Orson alive, and he under oath Declared that he well Remembers seeing his father have a package of Certificates for his men and saw him, hand them out to his men, as you will see in his affidavit, which appears to me to be sufficient proof of the length of my services in his father's Company, I went then to Peeks Kill and found a man that I wrote to last Summer to Enquire in the Bounds of Drakes Regt if there was not some living that was knowing to my services, and he found John Jones one of our ser- geants, in Bayds Company and procured his affidavit, last Sept r but neglected to send it, intending to come up in these parts himself, this Jones I have not seen to my Remembrance since the close of the Revolution, and I suppose the reason of his Mistake in the year of my joining Bayds Company was by frequently Being together, as I was often there, Col. Sam l Drake was my uncle, and liv'd a Neighbor to John Jones's father, he states that I was Doing Duty in that Company upwards of 3 years, that is correct, and a great part of that time I lost by means of the war, but the Certificate of Cap t Boyd was only 9 months pay, you state without the Evidence of the Rolls, I should state under oath the Duration of Each term, which I am unable to Do as I kept no account, I was on the lines During the war and a great part of the time under arms, at one time I was in the year 81 with considerable part of Drakes Regt with Gen l Washington, when he made an attempt to take N. York, and march'd Down near the British lines and had a battle and a number of our men kill'd and wounded he then turn'd and cross'd the River and urg'd his way and took Cornwallis, but the length of this or any other tour I cannot Remem r ber, which I have stated to you Before

in addition I would say that seeming discrepancies in this or in any of the papers which have been forwarded are not so in reality. you are aware sir that I cannot at my advanced age remember all the particulars you require as to term of service & where performed &c &c And so with all those who have testified in relation to my Claim. And you sir must be aware also that the sum which my services entitle me to will not be needed long as I am now in my seventy fourth year and feel very sensibly the infirmities of old age. sir none of the affidavits that have been sent to the department did not intend to represent that my service was Continuous but that it was performed at different periods in the aggregate amounting to the time mentioned in the affidavits already sent on if left thought of the Certificates in question prior to Captain Anders death it would have shown my statement to be Correct & would satisfied you long since that my Claim was good

I Enquired of Col. Yoe if it would answer to have the signature of Aaron Ward Esq. who lives a Neat Neighbor to him, and a member of the house of Representatives in Congress, as well, the County Clerk, he told me it was unnecessary to have either; as you was so well acquainted with his hand writing, So I Did not call on Mr. Ward, I call'd on Moses Sherwood and found him apparently Near his End, and almost Insensible, I likewise found Benjamin Brown & Isaac his brother & old Dutch men that Belong'd to Cross's Company when I Did, they both have had pensions for some years and said they can'd remember of having such Certificates and that they answered as well as money to pay for their land, it was call'd Tenant land before the war, and the Owner of the Soil was a tory and forfeited his right to the State, and the tenants bought the Soil of the State Col. Cross search'd his father's old books and papers to find a Record of the amount of those certificates, but can'd find None, and said he Believed his father never kept any Record of them, Judge Hathaway and Col. Johnson, advis'd me to undertake the journey to Westchester County to get all the Information I can'd, Which I much Dreaded to undertake on account of the infirmities of age and poverty, but a friend lent me some money for Expences, and I ventured and am glad to get home much Broken Down, if the proof of the length of my services, by the amount of the certificates I rec'd is Rejected I must loose my just claim, I know it is just and therefore I am unwilling to quit my claim, but if I must loose all my trouble and Expences, I see No way to prevent it, as No proof can be obtain'd of the length of each tour
Home 27 th June 1835
Respectfully your ob't Serv't Jeremiah Stevens
J. L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington City

1925, Jan. 26 - Hist. to Mrs. Chas S. Passmore.
1928 - Feb. 1.0 - Miss Jennie Steves, advised as to dates of birth & death - etc.
Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 1595-1
Sarah Steves Widow of Jeremiah Steves Br. Rev War
Act July 4 th 1838
Index: Vol. M , Page 245
[Arrangement of 1870.]

How I M know
John W Steves gives a copy of the family record which was sent to the pension office to obtain a pension for the widow of Jeremiah Steves of New York
Respectfully Your all servt Daniel T. Jones
Dec 29 1871

My Feb 17
J. L. Edwards Esq Pension Office
Wm. S. Beardsley

No: of Rep:
July. 16 - 1835
J. L. Edwards
Sir, I send a letter from Jeremiah Steele who is an applicant for a pension. I really fear than as his case has been regarded with more than ordinary rigor. He is a man of truth & most excellent character, & I confess it seems to me that he has proved a scoundrel, more or less, during the war, as fully as could be expected after such a lapse of time. Will you read the letter,

after which please to return it to me
I am Sir yr — F. M c andly

Apr 10 1855
Sarah Steves
widow
Jeremiah Steves
N.Y.
Act July 7 th 38

Hor of Reps!
Feby. 24. '44.
Sir, I send an application for a pension - and as I am shortly to leave Wash- ington, I must ask you, when the case is decided, to communicate the result to Friend Joy of Ovid - Seneca Co
Yr H.
Sam l Blandly
Sid. Edward En

Feb. 26, 1848.
Sarah Stevens, etc.
Re. Jan 23 1845.
Cum. No. 8398.

Ovid Feb 22 d 1845
Dear Sir
I beg leave respectfully to enclose application of Sarah Hovey - Respectfully Your Most Ob st Serv t Abad Joy
Hon J. L. Edwards Court of Pensions Washington D. C.

Aug 16 '44
Can
8398
Sarah Steves
My rls 38
J. B. Osborn
Comd. of Post.
Wm King St
at B.

Ovid Aug t 13 th 1844
Hon J. L. Edwards
Court of Pensions
Dear Sir
I almost fear to enclose, the pension certificate that I do least, you should disapprove of it, but when I look at the case, I feel a confidence that you will receive it in kindness, at least that you will not condemn me for daring to do as I have done - I beg leave respectfully to hand you a copy of your letter upon the case -
Pension Office March 4 th 1844
Sir - The papers in the case of Sarah Steves deceased, claiming a pension under the act of July 7 th 1838 have been examined and filed - The proof of the date of the marriage is satisfactory - The certificate of the Comptroller of New York should be produced to establish the Service, as when the claim of Jeremiah Steves the applicant's husband was allowed there were no rolls to which access could be had - The alleged service is said to have occurred at various periods between 1778 and 1780 in Capt Vose's Company Col James Hammonds Regt. and between 1780 and the end of the war, in Capt Boyd's Com. Col Drake's Regt.
Signed H. H.

In answer to your requisition I forwarded to you a letter of which the following is a copy
Pension Office Nov 16th 1835
Sir - The papers of Capt Orsen Company have been found -
They confirm your statement as to Service therein -
The pay Rolls of Capt Boyd except for the year 1780 have not been recovered, under the circumstances of this case a full pension will be allowed - Your pension Certificate will be transmitted as soon as it can be made out Mr Jeremiah Stevens - Room N.Y. Signed "
I beg leave respectfully here to say, that as all of the proof, entitling the Widow or Heirs to a pension, were on file at the date of your communication of the 4th March 1844, previous to the law of the 30th April, and that had her papers been examined fully & correctly, there would then have been a pension granted to her, as her case was then fully made out, that she ought not to suffer from an omission in your office to examine all of her papers on the 4th of March, which if had have been done, would have resulted in

a pension to her, I ask therefore, in justice to the claimant that a pension be granted as due on the 4th March - I pray that you will pardon me, if I have said any thing a miss, I would not intentionally commit an error, nor do I ask any thing but justice.
I am Respectfully Your Most Ob d Serv t Abra d Loy
1844

April 1. 44
D.C.
Prof. Dear Sarah
J. L. Edwards Com. of Pensions Washington D.C.

Ovid March 27 th , 44
Hon J. L. Edwards
Dear Sir
I beg leave respectfully to enclose your letter to Joshua Steves of Nov 16 th 1835; and I ask respectfully if it does not confirm the claim of Sarah Steves in application under the law of 1838. and if it does not remove any objection to a pension in that case.
Respectfully Your Most Obed Servt
Abra. Laps

State of New York Westchester County } ss. Tolman Orson of the town of Mount Pleasant, in said County, being Duly Sworn before me Charles Yoe one of the Justices of the Peace, for the town and County aforesaid. Deproseth and saith that he is now Sixty Seven Years of age, that his Father, Jones Orson, commanded a Company of Militia in the said County, during the greatest part of the Revolutionary War, that some time after the peace took place, he well Remembers to have seen his Father, giving Certificates to the men that belonged to his Company, stating the time they had served, and the amount of pay they was entitled to receive, and as near as this Deponent can recollect, he thinks it was from thirty five to forty Pounds, the then currency of the State of New York, and further this Deponent saith not.
Subscribed and Sworn to before me this 13 th Day of June 1835
Tolman Orson
Charles Yoe Justice of the Peace

Free St Ward
Mr Jeremiah Staves.
a soldier of the Revolution
Rome
Onondaga N. York

Sing Sing N.Y. Oct 11 th 84
Sir
My friend friend Moses Sherwood is still in the land of the living, and he has taken pleasure in qualifying to  the the enclosed affidavits. He knows you well & speaks highly of your services. I have no doubt from what he says that you are entitled to a pension & that in hope that you will succeed. Certainly I am that your distinguished member in Congress  obtain it for you if anyone can I have appended my certificate to the afft. The Clerk's office is 12 miles from Mr Sherwood and he is not able to go there for the certificate. I take pleasure in transmitting the enclosed to you upon the request of Mr Sherwood Yours &c A. D. Jones

The letter confirming my statement
J. L. Edwards Comm. of Pensions
Mr. Jeremiah Steves Rome
N. York

War Department Pension Office Nov. 16. 1835
Sir,
The pay-rolls of Capt. Orser's company have been found. They confirm your statement as to service therein. The pay rolls of Capt. Boyd, except for the year 1780, have not been recovered. Under the circumstances of this case a full pension will be allowed.
Your pension certificate will be transmitted as soon as it can be made out.
I am respectfully Your Obet. Servt. J. L. Edwards
Mr. Jeremiah Stoves Rome N. York

100 1. State of New York Oneida Co. unhyf
Jeremiah Stevens of Rome in the County of Oneida being duly sworn says that the annexed paper contains a true statement of his services, and that he is sure his services are as long as they stated within - Two Years and  an half , and he refers to the affidavits of Capt Orson  Flint  Benjamin Brown - and also William W. Dean all of whom in testify. to the services of this deponent, and the said Jeremiah Stevens most respectfully represents that his services were faithfully & honestly performed and that he endured great privations, and sufferings, and more acts of his country only what has been allowed to others. William W Dean one of the deponent's witnesses is now in the pension roll and this deponent believes that his services were quite as extensive if not more so than the said William W. Dean ,
Jeremiah Stevens
Personally appeared before the subscriber Jeremiah Stevens above named well known to be a man of great respectability, truth and veracity - and made solemn oath to the foregoing affidavit this 21 st day of January 1834.
W. H. Johnson Sup Court Commr J.P.

State of New York Oneida County ss. Jeremiah Stevens of Rome in said Co being duly sworn deposes and says, that he received Certificates for pay due to him as a Soldier from Capt. Otter I received £35 pound & 2 pence — That I received from Capt Boyd a certificate for £24 pounds I also received a certificate from another officer for services in his company, his name I do not recollect for about the sum of £6 — This will make over two years service — These certificates I sold to a man by the name of John Bishop — who is dead — and further says not.
Jeremiah Stevens
sworn before me May 16 1835 — and I certify the said Jeremiah Stevens is a man of truth and veracity to the best of my knowledge —
J. P. Johnson J. P. Court Clerk
£35. 0. 2 — See Vol 6. p 889 24. 0. 0

10. 855
Sarah Stevens Dec d
N. Y. Act July 7 th 38
Ad d
2 years prior
$80 per an.
Certificate to be issued in favor of Joshua S. Stevens, Caleb T. Stevens, Elizabeth Horton, Jeremiah Ward & John W. Stevens pension to commence 25 th Oct r 1840 day of the death of Jeremiah Stevens.
Abad Joy Esq - Ovid N.Y.

Rome January 28 th 1834
Hon W. H. Fitch.
Yours enclosing a Certificate for Erasmus Dinsman has been duly received - and I have taken the liberty to forward you the papers of Jeremiah Stevens which have been returned. Will you have the goodness to examine them and give report to Mr Edwards that there can be no mistake in this matter. Mr Stevens has long been a Magistrate of this town and is a man of an upright and his statement here would be at once received on any matter where he states as he does in the papers herewith sent that he served two years and an half . See his last affidavit the first paper on the file - No 1. See also his affidavit 22 nd June 1833. where he more particularly states it - No 2. See also his original application - no 3. See also his own statement headed with blue paper no 4.
Proof -
  His Captain.  Jonas Stone's affidavit  no 5  { from his service but not exact time    His Ensign.  Benj n Brown  no 6.     William W Dean.  no 7.  
Surely all these must be sufficient to show the services of Mr Stevens. Mr Beardsley our Re present is personally acquainted with Mr Stevens and can testify as to all I have stated concerning him. I hope you will present this case to

The Commissioner of Pensions, and on a careful examination and review - I presume he will grant a Certificate.
I should be pleased to hear from you - do let me know what is going on at Washington - The papers don't tell as I suppose one half of the real doings. One Legislature moving on a broad - full of business - Maj Myers the great man on the State -
How do you like Washington in the whole? Has Mann got astonished the Southerners? or is he waiting for some large game to be started?
Respectfully Yours most obedt Servt, E. P. Johnson

WAR DEPARTMENT.
Revolutionary Claim.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States, of the 7 th July 1838
Sarah Steves dec d (who died on the 9 th Aug t 1841,) widow of Jeremiah Steves, who was a Private in the Rev. War, was entitled to receive a pension at the rate of $ 80. p r ann. Comg: 25 th Octo r 1840 & ending 4 th Mar '41 - which will be paid upon the pro o of the proper vouchers to Joshua J, Caleb T, & John W. Steves, Elizabeth Horton, & Jemima Ward Children of Sarah Steves deceased
Given at the War Office of the United States, this 20 th day of May one thousand eight hundred and forty-four,
Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned. }
Commissioner of Pensions.

14.412 Act 7. June 1834
Jeremiah Steves
Suspended
See letter to
Hon. M. K. Fuller
let to applicant 11 July 1835
let to applicant 26 May 1835
7. June 1834
Let. to Hon. J. Beardsley 30 May 1834
" " 25 Sept "
Let to Hon. J. Beardsley June 13. 1834
Let to same June 28 1835
" to same Feb. 18. 1835
" " same August June 10. 35

V Sarah Stevens N.Y.
at Quincy
- Suspended rel to Dead Bry 4th March 47
Act July 7 th '38

Rev. and 1813 War Section.
February 10, 1928
Miss Jennie Steves 1035 Jefferson St Topeka, Kans.
Madam:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim W. 15351, it appears that Jeremiah Steves (son of Jeremiah Steves born September 3, 1720, died June 6, 1796) was born January 23, 1762 at Sing Sing, Westchester County, New York.
He was allowed pension on account of his services in the War of the Revolution, on his application executed September 11, 1832, while a resident of Rome, Oneida County, New York, and he died there October 25, 1840.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.
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CHARLES S. PASSMORE, Resident Agent 25 W. Granite Street BUTTE, MONT.
January 3, 1945
Pension Bureau Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
Did Jeremiah Steves of New York, A Revolutionary Soldier, served in Westchester County Militia, receive or apply for a pension; or did Partridge Thatcher of that same county receive a pension?
Very sincerely yours
Mrs Chas. S. Passmore 717 W Granite St Butte Mont

1035 Jefferson Street, Topeka, Kansas, November 30, 1927.
The Pension Department, Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:
If possible, will you kindly give me this information? I wish to know the age, give date of birth of Jeremiah or Jerimiah Steves, member of Westchester Militia, 1776, who was granted a pension in the year of 1838, through the Albany, New York, branch, according to the Pension Records, of the State of New York.
I am a great-great grand-daughter of this Jeremiah Steves and we wish this data to help us in compiling family history. Thanking you in advance for your kind consideration , I am
Yours very truly,
(Miss) Jennie Steves.
A handwritten signature in cursive, appearing to read "Jennie Steves", written in dark ink on the lower right portion of the letter.

1035 Jefferson Street, Topeka, Kansas, February 1, 1928.
U. S. Pension Dept., Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:
More than two months ago I wrote to you asking for some information and have heard nothing. Perhaps my inquiry has been overlooked, if so, will you kindly give it to me now.
There was a Jeremiah Steves who belonged to the Westchester Militia, New York, and in the Pension Records, Vol. 2, Page 57, Doc. 444, 25th Congress, 2nd Session, it shows that he was granted a pension in 1838. Can you give me the age of Jeremiah Steves when he applied for pension, through the Albany office, also when he died, and where? This man was my great-great-grandfather and I wish to verify this for the D. A. R. Trusting that you will be able to help me fix the data for my Revolutionary War ancestor, and thanking you for your co-operation, I am
Yours very truly,
(Miss) Jennie Steves.