Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 4,078, for William Stout, New Jersey

SERVICE
New Jersey.
Stout, William Rachel
NUMBER _____
W. 4078
CONTENTS

2632 New Jersey
Rachel Stout widow of William Stout N J who served in the Revolutionary war, as a private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 40 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 29 day of Dec r 1848 and sent to
Hon D. S. Gregory Hobbs
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 316 Vol. 4
Certificate returned & sent to H. Burroughs Hopeville, Mercer Co. N.J. June 9, '49
Reported Dec r 29/48

Hunterdon } State of New Jersey County }
Be it known that on this eighteenth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty seventh personally appeared before the Subscriber one of the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Hunterdon a forensic Rachel Stout a resident of the township of Hopewell in said County of Hunterdon aged Se- venty five years the thirty first day of March last who being duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed July 4 th 1836 and the act explanatory of said act passed March 3 rd 1837 that she was Married to William Stout on the 14 th day of November 1788 by the Reverend Oliver Hart, - and that the said William Stout was a Soldier of the Revolution and recollects perfectly well of her late Husband telling her of his be- ing in the American army at Dobson Ferry Connecticut farms & New ark and that she very well remembers of her said Husband telling her that he enlisted with Wil- iam Green under Capt. Leth. - but for how long a time she does not recollect - and that her said Hus- band died on the first day of June 1815 at which time she became a widow and has remained a widow ever since as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed she has no certificate of her marriage nor is there any record of her marriage to the said William Stout except from memory and further saith Subscribed & sworn to the day & date above before Rachel X Stout my David Stout one of the judges mark of the place for Hunterdon County St. Jersey

above ferry to
I David Stout Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of New Bedford before whom the foregoing declaration of Rachel Stout was made do hereby certify that at the time the foregoing application of the said Rachel Stout was made the said Rachel was unable from bodily infirmity to attend the Court of said County Dated January 16 1839 David Stout
Hunterdon County State of New Jersey
I personally appeared before me David Stout one of the judges of the Pleas in & for said County Rachel Stout widow of William Stout who was a soldier of the Revolution who being duly sworn according to law doth depose & say that her Maiden name before she was married to the said William Stout was Rachel Carl, and that she was married to the said William Stout on the fourteenth day of November 1788 by the Revd Oliver Hart a regular ordained Minister of the Gospel of the Baptist denomination & then pastor of the Church in Hopewell Township Hunterdon County New Jersey and that the said Oliver Hart has been dead a number of years & left no documentary evidence of said marriage & that the successor of the said Oliver Hart is also dead & left no records neither, and she has no evidence but of reliable persons who were present when she was married to the said William Stout
I subscribed & sworn to January 16 1839 before me David Stout
Rachel her Stout X Mark

Hunterdon } State of New Jersey County }
personally appeared before me David Stout one of the judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for said County Richard Stout who being duly sworn upon his oath saith that he was personally present at the Marriage of William Stout who was a Soldier of the revolution to Rachel Carle by the Reverend Oliver Hart (now Dead) who was a Regular ordained Minister of the Gospel and was pastor of the Church in Hopewell Hunterdon County New Jersey known as the first Baptist Church and that he recollects the marriage took place in the fall of the year 1788 but can't say as to the exact day but has no doubt the affidavit of Rachel Stout the widow of the said William is correct
Richard Stout
Subscribed & sworn to this twentieth day of February 1839 before me
David Stout Judge
I do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Richard Stout the person who subscribed and sworn to the above affidavit to be a man of strict veracity for truth - of good repute and that all his acts as such is and ought to have full faith & credit
David Stout Judge
1839 Feb 20

Hunterdon } State County }
Hunterdon } State of New Jersey County }
Be it known that on this eighteenth day of September in the year of our Lord and thousand eight hundred and thirty eight before me David Stout one of the judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in & for said County Benjamin Price a Soldier of the Revolution who being duly sworn according to law doth depose and say that he was well acquainted with William Stout a Soldier of the Revolution and entered the service with him under Capt Ralph Lupton on the sixteenth day of July Seventeen hundred and eighty one for three Months and believed he served his time and we were together at Dobson ferry one Month and at Connecticut farms two Months we were chiefly employed to guard the lines we were commanded by Col Seely and Lieutenant Col George Ely
Benjamin Price
Subscribed & sworn to this 18 day of September 1838 before me David Stout one of the judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Hunterdon H. Hasty

Affidavit William Lynn

State of New Jersey Somerset County ss Be it remembered that on this nineteenth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight before me Peter Voorhies one of the Judges of the Inferior Court of common Pleas in and for said County of Somerset Personally ap- peared William Green who being duly sworn according to law did depose and say that he was well acquainted with William Stout dec d . late of the Township of Montgomery in said County of Somerset and enlisted with him as common soldiers in the Revolutionary army under Captain Lott early in the spring of the year seventeen hundred and eighty he thinks for nine months and that he served his time out in company with this deponent and was accounted a good soldier more so than common - that they were marched immediately after enlisting to Elizabeth Town and were kept on the lines until our lines were out and were together in several skirmishes with the British in the time and has seen him in the service at different times for two years or more after and saw him in the army at the close of the war - and knows that after the war with the British he enlisted and went out after the Indians (this I know to be so for he wanted me to enlist with him) and after this he volunteered and went after the Whiskey boys and further this deponent saith
Sworn and subscribed the day and year above written before me William Green
Peter Voorhies

Affidavit Richard Stout

State of New Jersey Somerset County ss
Be it remembered that on this nineteenth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight before me Peter Voorhes one of the Judges of the Inferior Court of common Pleas in and for said County of Somerset Personally appeared Richard Stout who being duly sworn according to law did depose and say that his brother William Stout enlisted under Captain Lott for nine months in the Revolutionary army somewhere about the year Seventeen hundred and eighty and after his time was out he enlisted under Captain Quile for three months and in the year Seventeen hundred and eighty five he enlisted under Captain Suydam and marched to the west after the Indians enlisted for three years and served his time out honorably I have seen his discharge and know he went to Philadelphia to draw his pay after his return this was in the year Seventeen hundred and eighty eight and this same year he was married to Rachel Carle who still survives him a widow This deponent was present and saw them married sometime in the fall of the year 1788 and further this deponent saith not
Sworn and subscribed the day and year above written before me
Peter Voorhes
Richard Stout

State of New Jersey Somerset County ss
Be it remembered that on this seven & twentieth day of September Eighteen hundred and thirty eight Before me Peter Voorhies one of the Judges of the Inferior Court of common Pleas in and for the said County of Somerset personally appeared Catherine Stout who being duly sworn according to law on her oath saith that she was well acquainted with William Stout dec'd in his life time that she came to his father's house to live about the year then one hundred and seventy and remained there until her marriage which took place on the tenth day of September Seventeen hundred and eighty that she knows that he was in the army in the Revolutionary war for a considerable length of time but cannot recollect how long or with whom and further this deponent saith not
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me Peter Voorhies one of the Judges of the Inferior Court of common Pleas in and for the County of Somerset aforesaid
Catherine Stout X Stout mark

4094 ✓ Rachel Sturts Application for Pension
Joseph P. ... State of New Jersey
Mr W Halsted NR. Dec 3

I William Halsted one of the members of Congress of the State of New Jersey do hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with David Stout whose name is subscribed to the foregoing application of Rachel Stout and to the affidavit of Benjamin Price hereto annexed and that the name of David Stout therein subscribed is the proper signature of the said David Stout. And that the said David Stout was at the time said application and affidavit were sworn to before him a Judge of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas of the County of Hunterdon in the State of New Jersey and that full faith and credit are due to his acts as such. Washington December 3 d 1830
W m Halsted
I William Halsted member of Congress of the State of New Jersey do hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with Peter Voorhees whose name is subscribed to the foregoing affidavits of William Green, Richard Stout and Catharine Stout and that the name therein subscribed is the proper signature of the said Peter Voorhees and that the said Peter Voorhees was at the time of the taking of the said affidavits a Judge of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas of the County of Somerset in the said State and that full faith and credit are due to his acts as such. Washington December 3 d 1830
W m Halsted

No 1
Abstract of Pay-rolls discharged by Isaac Salter Pay-master of the Militia of the Counties of Essex and Middlesex.
   No of Roll Date of Service Regiment Officer's names when served under whom Amount     279 July 31. 1779 Essex Capt. Lott Eliz: Funn Lt. Col: Taylor 322 12 "   280 Aug: 31. " " " — " — " — 259 17 9   294 Oct. 31. " " " — " — Col: Seely 486 4 5   304 Nov. 1. " Middlesex " — " — Col. J. Seely 353 1 3   305 Dec. 15. " " — " — " — " — 405 " "  
No 2
Abstract of Pay-rolls discharged by Jesse Hart.
   No Date Regiment Officer's names when served under whom Amount     41 Nov. 19. 1777 2 Somerset Capt. Lott Eliz: Funn Gen: Dickinson 323 19 11   144 Feb. 22. 78 1 Hereford " Guild Trenton Col. Philips 13 15 1   145 May 11. " " " — " " 27 7 11   146 July 1. " " " — Monmouth " 98 10 1  
No 3
Abstract of Bounty-rolls discharged by Jesse Hart Pay-master to the Militia of the Counties of Hereford Somerset.
   No Date Regiment Officer's names Amount     22 Novm 19 1777 2 Somerset Capt. Genl. Lott 239 18 4  

State of New Jersey, ss.
I, James D. Westcott Secretary of State of the State of New Jersey, do hereby certify that No 1 is a true extract from an account headed "Abstracts of Pay-rolls discharged by Isaac Halsey Paymaster of the Militia of the Counties of Essex and Middlesex" as contained in Book A of Audit accounts during the Revolutionary War folios 82 & 83. now remaining in my office. That No 2 is a true extract from an account headed "Abstract of Pay-rolls discharged by Jesse Hart" as contained in the same Book folios 91 & 92. And that No 3 is a true extract from an account headed "Abstract of Bounty-rolls discharged by Jesse Hart Paymaster to the Militia of the Counties of Hunterdon and Somerset" as contained in the same Book folio 93.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of Office at Trenton in said State, this eighth day of February Anno Domini One thousand eight hundred and thirty nine (1839.)
James D. Westcott

Adm. Stout Esq. Blanco tank

  81. Pay Guilt. Seely-  Con: Farms  Siene +     80. Mrs Lott  Elizabeth Town  11  3mo       94  

Rep? New Jersey 4364
Rachel Stout
widow of William Stout
who was a Private
in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 40 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 13. day of Jan. 1843 and sent to Peter Voorhees
Blawenburg P. O.
Somerset County, N. Jersey
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A.
Vol. 1. Page 126.

Perf WIDOW, &c.
File No. 4078
Rachel Stout
Wid.
Wm Stout
Port. Rev. Wae
Act: Foley, Duff
Index:—Vol. 10. Page 239
[Arrangement of 1870.]

New Jersey 2192
Rachel Stout
widow of William Stout
who was a pensioner under the Act of and who died on the 1 st June 1815 of Hartford in the State of New Jersey who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Scott of the Reg t commanded by Colonel in the New Jersey line for 12 months,
Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey at the rate of 40 Dollars - Cents per annum. to commence on the 4 th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 28 th day of March 39. in the  year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine. Trenton, N. Jersey
Arrears to the 4 th of March $ 120.00 Semi-annual allowance ending 20.00
$ 140.00
{ Act July 7, } { 1838. }
Recorded by R. Burdine Clerk, Book A Vol. 1 - Page 134

4760 Deduction of Rachel Stout widow of Wm Stout of N.J. Act 3 March 1840
$40 per ann
Peter Voorhees Blawenburg P.O. Somerset Co. N.J.

State of New Jersey County of Somerset } ss
On this first _____ day of _____ 1845 personally appeared before me the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County of Somerset Rachel Stout, a resident of said County aged seventy nine years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed on the 3 d March 1843, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War. That she is the widow of William Stout who was a private in the War of the Revolution - and served nine months under Captain Guild of the New Jersey Militia, and that he subsequently served more than two years in said New Jersey Militia and that she received a pension of forty dollars per annum under the act of July 7. 1835. -
And she further declares that she is still a Widow -
Sworn to and Subscribed in the days year above written, before me
Rachel Stout
Peter Voorhies Justice of Peace
I hereby certify that the above applicant is personally known me as a person of credibility and truth
Peter Voorhies Justice of the Peace

STATE OF NEW JERSEY.
I, CHARLES G. McCHESNEY, Secretary of State of the State of New Jersey, do hereby certify, that
Peter Voorhees Esquire, before whom the within affidavit was taken, and power of attorney acknowledged, was, at the time of the doing thereof, a Justice of the Peace in and for the county of Somerset in said state, duly appointed, commissioned, and sworn; that full faith and credit are to be given to his official attestations, and that the signature thereto is in the proper handwriting of the said Peter Voorhees
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed my seal of office, at Tren- ton, in said state, this Sixth day of September A. D. one-thou- sand eight hundred and forty- three .
Charles G. McChesney Sec'y of State.

Westley Burroughs (P.O.) Hopewell Mercer County W. Va. agent

DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress of the 2d February, 1818, entitled, "An Act making further provision for surviving widows and soldiers of the Revolution."
STATE OF NEW JERSEY, { Mercer County, { ss
On this Seventh — — — — day of September 1848, personally appeared before the subscriber, a Judge of the Common Pleas, in and for said county, Rachel Stout .
a resident of Montgomery in the county of Somerset , aged Eighty four years, who being first duly Sworn according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the Act of Congress, passed on the 2d February, 1818, granting pensions to Widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War. That she is the widow of William Stout who was a Private in the war of the Revolution, and served in the New Jersey Line, and that she received Forty dollars and — cents per annum under the Act of June 17, 1844  1844 .
She further declares that she is still a widow.
SWORN TO AND SUBSCRIBED, THE DAY AND { YEAR ABOVE WRITTEN, BEFORE ME. {
Judge Jas S. Mannix Judge Witness: Lefferson Stout
her Rachel Stout mark
I certify that the above named declarant is personally known to me.
Jas S. Mannix

STATE OF NEW JERSEY.
I, CHARLES G. McCHESNEY, Secretary of State of the State of New Jersey, do hereby certify, that
James Mannes Esquire, before whom the within affidavit was taken,
was, at the time of the doing thereof, a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas Mercer in said in and for the county of state, duly commissioned and sworn; that full faith and credit are to be given to his official attestations, and that the signature thereto is in the proper handwriting of the said
James S Mannes
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed my seal of office at Trenton, in said state, this Seventh day of Sept A. D. one thousand eight hundred and forty- eight .
Charles G. McChesney Secretary of State.