Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 871, for Josiah Steele, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Steele, Josiah Phebe
No 871
CONTENTS

2204 New Jersey
Phoebe Steele
widow of Jonah Steele
who was a Private
in the Conn  New Jersey Line
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars - Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 th day of December 1842 and sent to William Gould .
Caldwell New Jersey
[Act of March 3, 1843]
Recorded in Book A Vol. 1 Page 126

New Jersey Roll.
1,729
Jonah Steele, Private,
Connecticut Line
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 30 th of March 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 th of June 1818 and sent to the Hon. Col. S. Pen- nington, Newark, N. Jersey.
Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1818.
Source and date of payment
5 months 2/31 $ 41. 57 4/30.
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Wai. H. H.
Livingston. E. S.

THE NEW TESTAMENT
OF OUR
LORD AND SAVIOUR
JESUS CHRIST,
TRANSLATED
OUT OF THE ORIGINAL GREEK;
AND
WITH THE FORMER TRANSLATIONS
DILIGENTLY COMPARED AND REVISED.
NEW-YORK :
PRINTED BY SAGE AND CLOUGH,
For William Durell.
.....
1803.

Josiah Steele was Born August 24 th 1760. Phebe Smith was Born June 16 th 1771. They were married August 15 th 1790. Josiah Steele Jr. was born May 16 th 1791. Amanda Steele was Born Sept 24 27 th 1793. Elizabeth Steele was Born Sept 11 11 th 1795. Marshfield Smith Steele was born May 1 st 1797. Phebe Steele was born June 2 nd 1799. Matilda Steele was Born October 5 th 1801. George Cotton Steele was born Jan y 13 th 1804. Warren William Steele was Born Feb y 11 th 1806. Sol on Chester Steele Born Jan y 21 st 1808. John Amzi Steele Born April 1 st 1811. Amanda Steele Whitehead died in Ohio February 3 rd 1830 aged 36 years & 1 mo & 8 th days leaving a husband & 8 Children to lament her loss. Elizabeth Steele Williams died October 23 rd 1833 at night aged 38 years 4 mo and 12 days. leaving a husband and 4 children to mourn her loss. Josiah Steele died Oct r 23 rd 1836 at 11 o'clock A.M. Aged 76 years 1 mo & 29 d.

State of New Jersey Essex County ss
On this Twelfth day of July in the year of our Lord one Thousand eight hundred & thirty nine before me William Gould one of the Justices of the peace in & for the County of Essex personally appeared George C Steele resident of the Township of Livingston County of Essex & state of New Jersey aged thirty five years who being first sworn according to Law on his oath declares that from his early youth he has been & familiarly acquainted with his Father Josiah Steele due family bible containing the Births and deaths of the family And being well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Josiah Steele due knows that the several entries made on the leaf of the said family bible are in the hand writing of the said Josiah Steele due excepting the two last entries on the said leaf And that he the said George C Steele did cut and take from the said family bible of the said Josiah Steele due the said leaf containing the Births and deaths of the said family at particular request to be forwarded to the war department and further saith not
Taken and sworn before me the day and year first above written George C Steele I do hereby certify that George Steele is a respectable person and that his affidavit as above stated is entitled to full credit & belief William Gould J. P.
State of New Jersey County of Essex ss
I Elias Van Rensselaer Jun: Clerk of the County of Essex of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in & for said County do hereby certify that William Gould before whom the foregoing affidavit of George C Steele was made & taken, at the time of taking the same was & still is a Justice of the Peace for said County duly commissioned and sworn that the signature "William Gould" affixed to the

Jurat of said Affidavit is genuine - And that full faith is due & may be given to his official acts -
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my my hand & seal of Office at Newark in said County the Twelfth day of July A.D. Eighteen hundred and thirty nine -
E. Winland Clerk

4597
Sheba Steele
at July 7. 1838
M arried 15. August 1790 husband June 22 nd Oct 1836
M arried 15. August 1790 husband June 22 nd Oct 1836
See p. 330

State of New Jersey Essex County ss }
Declaration
On this Eight day of January in the year of Our Lord One Thousand eight hundred and thirty Nine personally appeared in open Court before the Judges of said Court of Common Pleas now sitting in and for said County of Essex Phebe Steele aged Sixty Seven years Sixteenth last June who being first sworn according to law on her oath makes the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed July 7 th 1838 entitled an act Granting half pay and pensions to Certain Widows &c
That she the said Phebe Steele is the Widow of Jonah Steele late of the County of Essex and State of New Jersey deceased who was a Sergeant of Infantry in the Connecticut line of the Army of the Revolution at the Rate of ten dollars a month during his life agreeable to his pay Certificate No 530 dated the 3 rd day of August 1829. S D Ingham Sec y of the Treas y Marion Waine N.Y. And the said Phebe Steele further saith that she was lawfully married to the said Jonah Steele deceased on the Fifteenth day of August in the year of our Lord one Thousand seven hundred and Ninety by the Rev d Stephen Grover Minister of the gospel and Pastor of the first Presbyterian Church at Caldwell in the County of Essex And that her said husband Jonah Steele died on the Twenty second day of August October in the year of our Lord one Thousand eight hundred and thirty Six in the Seventy seventh year of his age at his residence in the said Township of Caldwell County of Essex And the said Phebe Steele further saith that she was not married to her said husband Jonah Steele prior to his leaving the service but their Marriage took place at the time above stated on the said 15 th day of August 1790 and that she has not been married since but continues the Widow of the above named Jonah Steele due to the day of the date first above written Sworn and Subscribed the day and year first above written }
E. Wm. Macalister Clerk
Phebe L. Steele

State of New Jersey County of Essex
3 rd ss. I Elias Van Arsdale Jun: Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas holden at Newark in & for the County of Essex do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Phebe Steele widow of Josiah Steele late of the said County dec d for a pension. —
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this Eighth day of January in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred and thirty same. —
E. Van Arsdale Jun: Clerk

State of New Jersey Essex County ss } On this Fourth day of January in the year of our Lord one Thousand eight hundred and thirty Nine before me William Gould one of the Justices of the peace in and for the County aforesaid personally appeared Mary Grover Widow of the Rev Stephen Grover deceased who being sworn according to Law on her oath saith that on a Sabbath day Morning between the hours of nine and ten O'clock of said day Josiah Steele and Phebe Smith came to this house and were Married by her said husband Stephen Grover Minister of the Gospel of the first Presbyterian Church in Caldwell the being present at the time deponent further saith that she does not Recall the day of the Month nor the year but has a perfect know- ledge of the fact from an accident that took place after they was Married they each Mounted their horse and Riding a few Rods from the door the bride Phebe's horse stoped into a mud hole by which means the said Phebe either Surprised or fell off her horse recollects it was in the Summer season of the year and further her deponent saith not Sworn and subscribed this day and year, first above written } William Gould Justice of the peace Mary Grover
State of New Jersey Essex County ss } On this Eighth day of January in the year of our Lord one Thousand eight hundred and thirty nine before me William Gould one of the Justices of the peace in and for Said County personally appeared Amos Williams Jun Forty five years of age Resident in the Said County, respectable person and known to me to be Intitled to Credit as a Witness and being by me sworn according to Law on his oath saith that he has this day examined the Family bible of Josiah Steele deceased late of the County of Essex & State of New Jersey between the leaves of the old and New Testament a Record of the births Marriages and deaths of the Family and among other facts stated there words written Josiah Steele and Phebe Smith was married August Fifteenth One

One Thousand Seven hundreds and Ninety 1790 And deponant further saith that he is well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Josiah Steele deceased and verily believes it to be written in said Family bible by the said Josiah Steele at the time it took place and further this deponant saith not
Sworn and Subscribed the day and Year first above written William Gould Justice of the peace
Amos Williams Jr
State of New Jersey } County of Essex } ss. I Elias Van Arsdale Jr. Clerk of the County of Essex Do hereby certify that William Gould before whom the foregoing affidavits of Mary Grover & Amos Williams were severally made and taken at the time of taking the same was and still is one of the Justices of the Peace in & for said County duly commissioned and sworn - And that the respective signatures "William Gould" affixed to the jurats of said affidavits are genuine -
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office at Newark in said County of Essex the Eighth day of January A.D. Eighteen hundred and thirty nine - 1839 -
E. Van Arsdale Jr. Clerk

Josiah Steel Capt. Bernard's Co. Col. Butler's Regt 1 st Connecticut Regt
Ex d with the Regt. & found correct under the Law (court)
Constituent role.
En d Private Col. Willy. Capt. Judah En d 20 Ap d 1779 Disch d 12 June 1780 Above service was performed by Josiah Steel S.36791

New Jersey district: be it remembered that on the thirtieth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen. Personally appeared before me, William S Pennycuick district Judge of the United States in and for the District of New Jersey Josiah Steele of the Township of Livingston in the County of Essex and State of New Jersey and being duly sworn according to law doth solemnly declare and swear that he enlisted in the Regt. commanded by Colonel Samuel Wyllys afterwards commanded by Col. Babulam Butler being the first Connecticut Regt. in the month of January one thousand seven hundred and seventy seven, and Captain Silas Bontons Company commanded in the first place by Capt. Bernard - for and during the War that he continued in service till the end of the War - and Received a discharge from Genl. Washington with the Badge of Merit for six years faithful service - that he has by farming Industry acquired a few acres of poor land - that he has a family of ten Children and that he has for twenty years past been subject to the Sciatica and Rheumatism - and that he stands in need of support from his Country - and that he signed his discharge to Richard Platt of New York. which is probably new in the War Office -
Josiah Steele
Sworn before me the 30 th
Day of March 1818
William S Pennycuick District Judge
William S Pennycuick District Judge of the United States in and for the District of New Jersey - being satisfied that the above named

Applicant Josiah Still served in the Revolutionary war against the common enemy from the month of January Seventeen hundred and Seventy Seven until the end of the war. So hereby certify that the foregoing Declaration was made before me as there in set out, all which is respectfully transmitted to the Secretary of War.
William Pennington
Note It will be perceived that the foregoing applicant has left out of his Declaration under oath, the words, "from his reduced circumstances" and it is proper to add that this was not inadvertently done, he informed me that he was poor and stood in need of assistance from his country for support, yet he could not conscientiously say that his circumstances were reduced, for this reason, that he has as much property at this time as he ever had, that since his discharge from the Army he has been poor for the greater part of the time struggling to maintain his family, but by the observance of a regular course of industry, and frugality, he hath kept till this time, what little he hath been able to save from his earnings, and therefore cannot say that his circumstance are reduced, unless his advanced age and bodily infirmities rendering him less able to procure himself and family subsistence, should be considered as such, but this he considers as too strongly bordering on mental prevarication to be resorted to by a correct mind, It may not be improper for me to remark, that I have for a long time been acquainted with Mr Still and am well convinced, that he is an honest and deserving man, and have also understood that he is a poor man in low circumstances, with a considerable family to maintain, and that he is fully within the meaning and intention of the acts of Congress for the benefit of which he applies
William Pennington

I hereby certify that the signature to this instrument is the proper hand writing of William S. Pennycuick Esq. United States District Judge for the District of Albany. As witness my hand & seal of the said District Court this fourth day of April A.D. 1818.
Wm Pennycuick Esq of the U.S. District Court Albany District

Jan. 28. 1839 4597 N.Y.
Wm Lloyd 1 July Mrs. J. L. Edwards Esq. Washington
Ince { Washington Pension Office Jan 4 1839

Apr. 10. 1894 - History to Mrs. H. De V. Pratt, Jr. 150 - Main St. Elmira, N.Y.
Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 871
Phoebe Steele,
Widow
Isiah Steele,
Gen'l Line Priv. Riv. War.
Act: March 3, 1843.
Index: — Vol. M. , Page 238
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Dr. W. De W. Pratt, Jr., 150 Main Street, Elmira, N.Y.
Department of the Interior Bureau of Pensions.
Thanking you for your kind answer & my letter of inquiry concerning the military record of Josiah Steele , I ought to say that he is not the man I was looking for. This Josiah Steele (who made application for pension April 9 th 1818) was the

son of the man whose record I wish to find His father was born in 1724. died in March 1801. If you find any record of him may I trouble you to send it to me. Thanking you for your kind attention, I am Yours very truly
A. W. Pratt.
MAR 18 1897
Address
Mrs. H. J. V. Pratt Jr.
150 Main Street
March 11. 1897. Elmer H. H.

Declaration of Widow Thebe Steele to obtain the residue of his pension - died Octob 22. 183
James Steele no 582 on 63
W. H. ...
the ... who ...
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State of New Jersey Essex County
On the Twenty eighth day of February 1837 before me William Gould one of the Justices of the peace in & for Said County personally appeared Phoebe Steele widow of Josiah Steele deceased a pensioner of the United States who being sworn according to Law on her oath saith that on the Fifteenth day of August 1790 she was Married to Josiah Steele by the Rev Stephen Grover Minister of the Gospel at Caldwell in the Said County of Essex
of further saith Not Taken & sworn before me the day & year first above written
William Gould Justice of the peace
Phoebe Steele.
State of New Jersey
Essex County
On the twenty eight day of February 1837 before me William Gould one of the Justices of the peace personally appeared George Steele who being sworn according to Law on his oath saith that Josiah Steele who was a pensioner of the United States died on the twenty second day of October 1835 he being present at the time of his decease
Geo C Steele
Taken & sworn before me the day and year first above written
William Gould Justice of the peace

State of New Jersey,
Essex County ss.
I Elias Van Arsdale Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas of Said County do hereby certify that satisfactory evidence has been produced to this Court to show that Josiah Steele was a pensioner under the Law of the United States of 15 th of May 1828 agreeable to his pension Certificate at the Pension office Trenton dated August 3 rd 1824 at the time of his death and a resident in the County of Essex and that he died at his late residence on Twenty Second day of October 1836
And that he left a Widow named Phebe Steele who is still living in Said County of Essex & unmarried.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of Said Court at the City of Newark in Said County this twentieth day of March in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred & thirty seven.
E. Van Arsdale Clerk
Know all men by these presents That I Phebe Steele of the County of Essex & State of New Jersey Widow of the above named Josiah Steele late of the County of Essex & State of New Jersey pensioner of the United States do hereby nominate & appoint Worthing D. Hunt my true & Lawfull Attorney and in my name to receive from the pension agent of the United States for paying pensions in New Jersey my pension or the pension due my said husband Josiah Steele deceased from the 3 rd day September 1836 to the time of his death Octob r 22 nd 1836
Witness my hand & Seal this Sixth day of March 1837
Sealed & delivered in the presence of
William Gould
Nathaniel M. Gould
Phebe Steele.
State of New Jersey
Essex County ss.
On the Sixth day of March 1837 before the subscriber a Justice of the peace in & for Said County personally appeared Phebe Steele Widow of Josiah Steele deceased above named & acknowledged the foregoing power of Attorney to be her act and deed.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & Seal this day & year first above written.
William Gould Justice of the peace

Saml B Miller (D. D. Brann J. S. Rhea) } Judges of the Court } of Common Pleas } Essex County —

State of New Jersey
County of Essex
Jo: I Elish Van Andra & Clerk of said County of Essex do hereby certify. That William Jones before whom the acknowledgement of the within power of Attorney & the annexed affidavit of Phoebe Steele & George C Steele were made and taken at the time of taking the same was & still is a Justice of the Peace in & for said County duly commissioned & qualified therein that I have well acquainted with the hand writing of said Justice & the signature "William Jones Justice of the Peace" subscribed to the certificate of said acknowledgement & to the jurats of said affidavit are the genuine signatures of said Justice. In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of Office at Newark this 20 th March A.D. 1837.
E. Van Andra Clerk

Declaration of Widow Phebe Steele to obtain the residue of his pension - died Octob 22. 1837
Ms. A. 9. 2. 20 p. 88 L. 26. 31

Revolutionary Claims N o 530
Under the act entitled an act for the Relief of Certain Surviving officers Soldiers of the army of the Revolution approved 15 th May 1828
Pay Certificate of Sarah Steele
I Certify that Josiah Steele of Leavington Township in the County of Essex in the state of New Jersey is entitled to receive pay under the above-mentioned Act as a Surviving sergeant of Infantry in the Connecticut line of the Army of the Revolution at the rate of Ten dollars a Month payable during his life on the third day of March and third day of September in each year. It is provided by Law that the said pay shall not in any way be transferable or liable to attachment Levy or Seizure by any legal process whatsoever Given under my hand and the Seal of the Treasury of the United States this third day of August in the Year One Thousand eight hundred and twenty nine and of Independence the fifty fourth
Mason Mairne V.L.
S. D. Ingham Sec y of the Treasury
$125.00

Ch 20.180.1840
582
Grace Pension Office Washington
Hon. S. Edwards Washington
Caldwell New Jersey April 14 1840

Caldwell April 14 th 1840
Yon d Sir
I Rec d Mr Steele pay Certificate Returned with your letter dated March 28 th 1840, from which I am now for the first time informed by the family that Mr Josiah Steele drew a pension as a private from the year 1818 to nearly the year 1828. Then under the law of May 15 th 1828 by a new act of provisions & subsequent to the first he obtained a Certificate as a Sergeant & Rec d his pay "since annex" untill the day of his death at which time my agent Westley P Hunt at the pension office Trenton New Jersey informs me by letter dated April 13 th 1840 as follows: "upon payment upon the death of pensioners the pay Certificate is always forwarded to Washington Mr Edwards has not Received the Certificate from me as it was sent to the Treasury department together with the Vouchers & he can obtain them The family of Mr Josiah Steele deceased are confident that the papers &c of the last law proceedings for pensioners dated May 15 th 1828 are ample & sufficient to entitle the widow to her pension You will find in Mr Steele last pay Certificate dated August 3 rd 1837 Sec d Longham Sec y of the Treas y - Marion Warren N.J. No 530
In your letter to me Ref d to above you say "And it may be said also that Mr Steele husband in his declaration under the act of 1818 makes no allusion to service as a Sergeant" You will please Sir to refer to the papers of 1828 & not of 1818 In the further

investigation of the subject you should find it right to give Mr Steele Sargants say you will evant the present Certificate returned which I will do immediately at your request Any further information I will forward with pleasure when called for
I remain Hon Sir
Your aff d Friend
William Gould
L d Edward Br g Washington

Hon d L. Edwards
Washington

Caledwell July 12 th 1839
Hon ble Dear Sir
I rec d yours of the 24 th of June 1839 requiring the Bible leaf containing the Births & deaths of the family of Jonah Steele dec d Octob r 1838 &c. all which I send you.
I did not send the declaration & vouchers of Mr Steele pension due after his death for the purpose of collecting the residue of his pension (after his death) but to shew the fairness of his widow's claim to a pension.
I Rec d for the heirs of Jonah Steele all that was due after his death at the pension office at Trenton & they have no further demand on his account.
I am Hon ble Dear Sir
Your aff te Friend
William Gould
Hon ble L. Edwards Washington

Hon. J. L. Edwards Esq.
Washington

Hon d Sir
I send you a declaration in behalf of the widow Phebe Steele for a pension under the act of Congress July of the 1838 Also the declaration & Certificate made out to obtain the widow of Jonah Steele Pension after his death for his widow
Will you please to return me the Declaration & Certificate above referred to when you have done with it — if a Receipt is is necessary I will send you one immediately
I am Hon d Sir
Your Humb le Serv t
S d Edwards Esq r
William Gould
Calderwell Esq r County Jan y 14 th 1839

Hon. L. Edwards Denson Esq. Washington
562.631

Kalawell Dec 2 nd 1839
Hon ble J. D. D. Sir
I have just Rec d a pension Certificate for Phebe Steele Widow of Josiah Steele deceased from your office stating that he was a private in the war of the Revolution and she intitled to eighty dollars per annum whereas he was a serjeant of infantry in the Connecticut line of the Army &c and she intitled to $120.00 per annum for 5 years.
pay Certificate No. 12-84-12
I take the liberty to send you a copy of Josiah Steele pay Certificate
Revolutionary Claims No 333
Under the act entitled an act for the relief of certain surviving officers & soldiers of the Army of the Revolution approved 5 th May 1838
I certify that Josiah Steele of Livingston Township in the County of Essex in the State of New Jersey is intitled to receive pay under the above mentioned act as a surviving serjeant of infantry in the Connecticut line of the Army of the Revolution at the rate of Ten dollars a month payable during his life on the third day of March & third day of September in each year - It provided by Law that the said pay shall not in any way be transferable &c - Given under my hand & the seal of the treasury of the United States this third day of August in the year one thousand eight hundred & twenty nine.
J. C. Ingham Sec y of the Treasury
Marion Wayne No 1
I hereby return you her Certificate for Pension
I remain Hon ble Sir Your humble Serv t Wm. Gould New Jersey

Mar 5-18740
Hon. Josiah Steele M.P. roll.
4487
Free { War Department Pension Office
L. Edwards Esq. Washington

Caldwell March 2 nd 1840
Hon ble Dear Sir
In your favour of the 28 th of Feb ch last requiring Isaiah Steele pay Certificate - I have been informed that at the discharge of a pensioner his Certificate was returned to your office Mr Steele Certificate is in the pension office at Trenton in the special care of Mr Westley P Gault Esq r an officer in the Trenton Bank will you have the goodness to send for it
I am Sir I D Edwards Esq r Most aff ly William Gault
Westley P Gault Esq r
Please to deliver to the order of I D Edwards Esq r Mr Isaiah Steele pay Certificate & oblige Your Humble Serv t
Caldwell March 2 nd 1840
William Gault

Cincinnati. N. O. July 17 th 1840
Free { Pension office Washington
J. M. Campbell Esq. 2
Acting Com r of pensions Washington
Wm Gould Caldwell, N. O.

Hon d Sir
I had the pleasure to receive your letter from the pension office (Washington) dated December 5 th 1839 in which you stated that the mistake made in Mrs Phebe Steels Pension Certificate sent me should be rectified &c of which I informed her for which I get my pay Principle & interest for there is nearly a day or a week I do not receive a message from her to know whether it has arrived
Dear Sir If you have any respect for me or Mary on me please send it as soon as possible
Hon d Sir
I am Yours with due Respect.
W m Quimby Esq r
William Gould

Letter to Mrs. Gould 5. Dec. 1839 to same 21. Feb. 1840 to same 28. March. " to same 21. April "
New Jersey 4487
Phebe Steele widow of Josiah Steele
who was a pensioner under the Act of and who died on the 22 d Oct. 1836 of Essex Co. in the State of N. Jersey who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Budd of the regt. commanded by Col. Wyllie in the N. Jersey line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey at the rate of 80 Dollars ————— Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836. 23 d October
Certificate of Pension issued the 31. day of Oct., 1839 and sent to Mrs. Gould Caldwell, N.J.
Arrears to the 4th of Sept. 39 228 64 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 th March. 40 00
$268 64
{ Act July 7, } 1838 }
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk, Book A. Vol. 2. Page 134

V New Jersey 4487 Phoebe Steele
let. to Wm. Gould 24. June 1839 to do. Sept. 10. 1839
Col. Wm. Gould Col. Wm. Gould Sept. 10. 1839 Sept. 10. 1839
Admitted Private 2 years
William Gould Esq. Caldwell N. Jersey Set July 1838

4551
Hope Steele
$80 per a
Wm. Gould Caldwell N. Jersey

State of New Jersey Essex County ss
On this Thirteenth day of September One Thousand eight hundred & forty three personally appeared before the Subscriber a Justice of the peace in & for the County of Essex Phebe Steele a Resident of the Township of Livingston in the County of Essex & State of New Jersey aged Seventy one 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 provisions made by the Act of Congress passed on the 3 rd day of March 1823 granting to widows of persons who served during the revolutionary war, that she is the widow of Josiah Steele who was a private in the war of the revolution (Regiment & Company not known) and died on the 22 nd day of October 1836 that she received a pension of Eighty dollars per annum for five years and she further declares that she is at this time the widow of Josiah Steele aforesaid Sworn to and subscribed on the day & year above written Phebe Steele Before me William Gould Justice of the peace
I the subscriber do further declare under my seal of office that I have been personally acquainted with the widow Phebe Steele from her youth that I obtained her certificate from the pension office from which she drew her pension which is in the following words War Department 5 Years Pension I certify that in conformity with the Act of July 7 th 1838 Phebe Steele of the state of New Jersey widow of Josiah Steele who was a private in the war of the Revolution and died on the 22 nd day of October 1836 is now entitled to receive a

Pension at the rate of eighty dollars per annum commencing on the twenty third day of October 1835 and in case of the death or Marriage of Said widow before the 4 th of March 1841 the pension will cease on the day of such Marriage or death
Given at the war office of the United States this 31 st day of October 1839
J. R. Poinsett Sec y of War Examined & Countersigned J. L. Edwards Commr r of Pensions
William Goulds J. P.
State of New Jersey } County of Essex } ss. I John P. Jackson Clerk of the County of Essex Do hereby certify That the name "William Goulds" above written is his proper hand and writing, that before him the foregoing affidavit of Phoebe Steele was made & taken, that the time of taking the same the said William Goulds was & is one of the Justices of the peace in & for said County duly Commissioned and sworn, and that full credit is due to his official acts.
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand & official seal the Twenty first day of September A.D. 1843
J. P. Jackson. Clerk