Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 19409, for Reuben Stevens, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Stevens, Reuben Molly
N 19409
CONTENTS

Albany N. York 30.529
Reuben Stevens
of Tiadella in the State of New York who was a Private in the Company, commanded by Captain Stevens of the 1st Regt. commanded by Colonel ... in the Continental line for 9 months 12 days
Letter to Hon. Perkins King 25. Nov. 1836
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 31 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 8th day of Sept. 1836 and sent to Perkins King Franklin N.Y.
Arrears to the 14th of Sept 1836 $172.31 Semi-annual allowance ending Dec 1837 15.66 $157.97
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by H. H. Addison Clerk. Book 62 Vol. 4 Page 67
100.25 57.72

Reported Dec 29/48
26.85 New York Albany Molly Stevens widow of Reuben Stevens Conn who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 31 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 29 day of Dec. 1848. and sent to Hon. P. H. Sylvester Hoff R
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 186 Vol. 4.

THE NEW TESTAMENT Of our LORD and SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST,
fr Translated out of the ORIGINAL GREEK;
And with the former
TRANSLATIONS
Diligently Compared and Revised, By His MAJESTY's Special Command.
Appointed to be Read in Churches.
EDINBURGH:
Printed by ALEXANDER KINCAID, His Majesty's Printer. MDCCXLVIII.
W 19409
St. John's, New Brunswick

Memorandum.
Hezekiah Stevens Jun r was Born March 29 th 1761.
Molly Mansher
Born Feb r 8 th 1763
And were Married July 10 th 1781.
The Births & Names of Their Children.
Menahem Born Feb r 13 th 1782.
Betsy Born Apr l 1 st - 84.
Jerey Born Dec r 20 th - 86.
John Born Jan y 3 rd - 89.
Nathaniel Born Apr l 22 nd - 91.
Abner Born Oct r 16 th - 93.
Elizabeth Born Aug t 21 st 96.
Per r Dec r 18 th 98.
Stearns, Hezekiah Comm. V.14.429

State of New York Greene County, ss
Nehemiah Stevens of the Town of — Greenville in said County being duly sworn reporteth and saith that he is upwards of fifty years old and is a son of Phebe Stevens and Molly Stevens late the wife and now the widow of the said Phebe, this Deponent further saith that the family record hereto annexed stating the time of his own Father, and Mother's marriage with the names of their Children and the Dates of their birth is an old record, and was written on a leaf of an old family Bible from which it was cut out several years ago — this Deponent further saith that he has known the said record for more than forty years past and it has always been known and recognized in the family as a true record of the facts therein stated this deponent further saith that his Father the said Phebe Stevens died on or about the seventeenth day of June in the year Eighteen hundred and forty two, and that his said Mother Molly Stevens has ever since remained and now is his widow Nehemiah Stevens
Sworn to & Subscribed this third day of May, 1843 before me
Perkins King
A Judge of the county courts for the county aforesaid
I certify that the above Deponent is a Comptable witness
Perkins King Judge as aforesaid

10,074 Mrs Stevens Declaration
Molly Stevens
N.Y.
act 7. July 38.
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9mo 12 days pr
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Chas. E. Jenkins Johnstown Montgomery Pa.

State of New York } County of Green ss. On this Third day of May in the year Eighteen hundred and forty three personally appeared before me Perkins King a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Green County (the said Court being a court of record) Molly Stevens a resident of the Town of Greenville in said County - aged Eighty years - who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following Declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of of Congress passed July 7 th 1838 entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows." That she is the Widow of Reuben Stevens who was a Soldier in the revolutionary army, and was a Pensioner under the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832, she further declares that she was Married to the said Reuben Stevens on the tenth day of July in the year Seventeen hundred and Eighty one - that her husband the aforesaid Reuben Stevens Died on the seventeenth day of June Eighteen hundred and forty two - that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the first of January Eighteen hundred and ninety four - viz., at the time above stated That her surname previous to her marriage was Frazier and that she was married in Westchester County State of New York - she further declares that she knows of no record of her marriage being in existence except the annulled leaf or memorandum cut out of an old Bible a number of years ago which Bible has been destroyed that the memorandum of the marriage & also the birth of the five first children was made in the handwriting of Ezekiel Osborn More than fifty years ago She further saieth that she is unable from infirmity to write sworn to and subscribe - her name this third day of May 1843 Molly her Stevens before me, J. Mark Perkins King Judge of said Court

I Certify that the within named applicant Mrs Molly Stevens is Infirm and in my opinion unable to attend Court
Perkins King The within named Judge
STATE OF NEW YORK, } GREENE COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE. }
I, William Pierson, Clerk of the County of Greene, do here- certify that Perkins King Esquire, whose name is subscribed to the certificate of proof or acknowledgement of the annexed instrument in writing, and thereon written, was at the time of taking such proof or acknowledgement, a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for the county aforesaid, dwelling in the said county, and duly authorised to take the same. And that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Perkins King and verily believe that the signature to the said certificate of proof or acknowl- edgement is genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said county, the 22 nd day of May, 1843
William Pierson Clerk

State of New York
Greene County ss: Molly Stevens of the town of Greenfield in said County being duly sworn Deposes that she is aged Eighty one years, and is the widow of Reuben Stevens who was in his lifetime a pensioner of the United States, and died on the Seventeenth day of June 1842 in said town - that she, this deponent, has ever since remained now is the widow of the said Reuben Stevens - that they were married in the year One thousand Seven hundred & Eighty one in proof of which she refers to the papers sent on by her when she applied for a pension under Act of 7 July 1838. She further says that she has often heard her said husband speak of his services as a soldier in the Revolutionary War, and according to the best of her recollection and belief the following is a correct statement of what he stated in regard to his revolutionary services aforesaid, viz That he entered into the service of the United States as a private and as a substitute for his Father, Reuben Stephens Senior, in the state of Connecticut, in the early part of the war, when he was about fifteen years of age, she thinks about the year 1776 or 1777, and served in that state as near as she can recollect, two years or more, that in the year Seventeen hundred & Seventy nine or Eighty (1779 or 1780) her said husband entered into the service of the United States in the Company Commanded by Capt Benjamin Stevenson in Col. Dubois Regiment & served as a private in said Company several months: that in the year Seventeen hundred and Eighty or Eighty one (1780 or 1781) her said husband, then Reuben Stevens junior enlisted at a place called Poundridge in Westchester County in this State, in a Company Commanded, by Captain Lewis, belonging to Col Crane's Regiment, and continued in the service under the said Capt Lewis until the time of their said marriage, she also says that her said husband's father's name was Reuben and who was also in the service more or less during the revolution and that they were known and distinguished among their neighbors as Reuben Stevens Senior and Reuben Stevens junior. - And this deponent further says that in the year 1794 her husband and herself and family removed

from Pound Ridge to Coeymans Albany County and from thence in the year 1796 they removed to the town of Greenville where this deponent now resides where the said Reuben Stevens Jr. died -
And this deponent is informed and believes that in granting her husband's pension under Act of 7 June 1832 and her own pension under act of 7 July 1838 no allowance was made for the services of her said husband in Col Crane's Regiment in 1780, or 1781 - which allowance she now claims as the widow of the said Reuben Stevens - She further deposes that when her husband applied for his pension under act of 7 June 1832 he employed a man who was not familiar with the business and who did not procure evidence of his services in the State of New York, and that her said husband frequently said that he only received a pension for his services in Connecticut, and that he was entitled to a pension for his services in the State of New York, but that owing to illhealth and being advised by the man he employed to prosecute his claim to relinquish his claim for his services in New York State he did not renew his application - According to to informity cannot write.
Sworn & subscribed before me } this 4 th day of March 1844 } the undersigned, I testified before signing Rupel Wakeley Justice of the peace John S. Bryant
Molly her X Stevens Mark
I certify that the abovenamed deponent is known to me and that she is a credible person -
Rupel Wakeley Justice of the peace
State of New York,
Greene County ss:
James Stevens of the town of Greenville in said County being Sworn says that he is aged Seventy two years, that he is a Brother of Reuben Stevens mentioned in the foregoing affidavit, that his Father's name was also Reuben Stevens, and that they were known as Reuben Stevens Junior & Reuben Stevens Senior -
This deponent further says that he well remembers hearing his father speak of his revolutionary services that he was in the battles of Danbury and White Plains and performed other services - he also deposes that he well remembers the time of his brother's services, particularly that he came home in the winter of Seventeen hundred

and Eighty & Eighty one and that he said he had served his time out within about two weeks, and that he had hired a substitute for the remainder of the time. This deponent thinks that he heard him (his brother Reuben) say that he enlisted in the service at the time abovementioned for nine (9) months and that said service was performed in the State of New York, that his father and family removed from Connecticut to this State about the year 1789. This deponent further says that he cannot recollect the names of the officers under whom his Father & Brother served, but he has often heard them speak of their services in the State of New York and that he believes what Molly Stevens has stated in her affidavit is true. and that he has also heard his brother complain that he did not receive a pension for all the service he had performed -
Sworn & subscribed before me this 15 th day of March 1844 Rufus Wakeley Justice of the peace
James Stevens
I certify that the abovenamed deponent is well known to me and is entitled to belief -
Rufus Wakeley Justice of the peace
State of New York Greene County ss:
I William Pierson
Clerk of said County
do hereby certify that Rufus Wakeley before whom the foregoing affidavits were taken by whom the certificates annexed to each were signed was on the day of the date thereof a justice of the peace in and for the said County duly appointed & qualified and that his signatures above and within written are genuine -
In testimony whereof I have herunto subscribed my name and affixed my seal of office this Eighth day of March 1844
William Pierson Clerk

No 8834 Ruben Stevens
Shelburne Vermont
Not found in roll
Litho -
For the Poor aged In 1844. pay 40 - 3 11/10
5 7/15 Adm. trial
10 Sep 1852 23 Nov. 1852 2 1/4 acres.
Lucas Warehouse Granville Greene Co
NY 2 1/4

8834
BRIEF in the case of  Reuben Stephens  of  Greenwich  in the State of  New York  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Open Court  If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  How old is he? 71 years  State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days. As a Gen.     In 1746 Took the place of his Father who had remained a but Volunteer 2 weeks Cap Dumas Camp Col. Thomas's Regt   1777 Spring Enlisted for 6 mo. served not 2 weeks Cap Cutter   Fall Volunteer for 2 weeks served 2 weeks Campany was commanded by a Cap t from Norwich - Col Webb Regt   Next Spring Volunteer for 3 mo. - served Cap Cutter   Fall volunteered forgot the Capt's name   1779 Spring enlisted for 9 mo. served Cap Weed   1780 Spring Cap Person Col. Hays Regt   1781 was forced to leave 6 mo cont'd to some Fall Fall of 1781 when he was discharged - served Cap Mackett Camp Col. Shelburne Regt of Dragoons   same Fall Volunteer for 6 mo. served Cap Stevens Camp  
 In what battles was he engaged? none stated  Where did he reside when he entered the service? Cap Lewis  In what battles was he engaged? none stated  Where did he reside when he entered the service? don't state  Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?  William Stewart a Clergyman and Joshua Baker prove Traditional evidence - Mary Stevens the Mother & Phebe Sherwood the sister testify that declarant was absent from home in the Revolutionary war -  Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? 
I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
14 28 5 3 9 12
A. Rintzel
Examining Clerk.

Cuba Hiram Application ii
8834
Filed May 1779 Disch'd Jan 1780
Recd 17 th Aug 1779 - Col. Boyd Disch'd 15 Jan 1780 - 5-
1. 1. 4 - 1. 40 - 3 New Capt. Stephen S. 4 8.
Admitted 14 Private 9 mo 14 12 days 9. 12 Perkins King Esq. Nicholas New York

State of New York County of Greene, ss
On the fifth day of September of the year 1832 personally appeared in Open Court, being a Court of record for the County of Greene before the Judges of the said Court now sitting in Hudson Station of Columbia, in the County of Columbia and State of New York aged seventy  70 one year. Who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on this oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the pension made by the Act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832. That he entered the service of the United States and served under the following named Officers and in manner as herein stated. That his first service was in the year 1796 when he was the place of his father at Newburgh the State of New York as a Baker in the Company commanded that by Captain Brann of Newburgh in the Regiment commanded in the Regiment command- ed by Colonel Thomas . That he remained there two weeks, when he was relieved by his father, when that in the same year when the mutiny was called out the volunteers at Hudson commenced into the Company commanded by Captain Caster for about two weeks. That in the spring of the year 1813 he enlisted at Hudson  Hudson for the period of six months in a Company commanded by Captain Brann which said Company is now Brann's in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Wells . That Charles Stewart was Major and one Bell was Sergeant in said Company. That the said Regiment was Brann's at Hudson  Hudson for the purpose of guarding the river; that that

when stationed at Stamford, they had an engagement with the enemy, who tended at Stamford to take away cattle That he continued to serve in the Company and Reg- ment until in the fall of the year 1777 when he was regularly discharged at Stamford aforesaid That in the same fall he volunteered for five weeks under Captain Carter to guard the lines which faithfully served his time That in the spring next ensuing he volunteered he again volunteered at Stamford aforesaid for three months to guard the lines That The name of the Captain in this engagement is forgotten — That in the fall next ensuing he again volunteered at Stamford aforesaid in the Company commanded by Captain Weed and of which Col. Sely was Lieutenant to guard the lines That the officers period of engagement is not recollected; That in the spring of the year 1778 he enlisted at Can- nan in the State of Connecticut for thirteen or nine months in the Company commanded by Captain Parsons in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Boyd That he marched with his said Company to West Point and was there engaged in building a fort That one Parsons was Lieutenant in said Company That he continued in the service aforesaid until January of the year 1780 and was regularly discharged on the third day of January aforesaid That in the spring of the year 1780 he enlisted again at Bedford in the State of New York  State of New York for the term of six months — in the Company commanded by Captain Sackett and of which Mr. Dyer was Lieutenant, That the said Company was attached to Colonel Sheldon's Regiment of Dragoons, That he continued to serve in the company aforesaid in different parts of the County of Westchester, in the State of New York until late in the fall when he was regularly dis- charged at North Castle in said County —

That while under this engagement he was one of a Lieutenants Quarters followed on Major Parsons at Mount Tazewell near Pulaski  Sing-Sing That in the Spring of the year 1781 he was mustered a Class of 11 men to serve six months at Pound Ridge - afterwards he enlisted into a Company commanded by Captain Stevens of New Rochelle. That the said Company was attached to Colonel Sheldons Regiment of Dragoons That he continued to serve in different parts of Westchester County with said Regiment until the fall of the year 1781 when he was regularly discharged at North Castle after said his full term of service having expired That in the November fall he returned into the Company of Militia commanded by Captain Lewis of Pound Ridge of which Robert Parsons was Lieutenant, for five months which he faithfully served and was regularly discharged - That until recently he supposed that he had one or more of the discharges he received in the Army preserved among his papers but on diligent search he is unable to find one; that he has no other evidence of his services than the affidavits of his mother and sister nor does he know of any person whose testimony he can attach who can testify to his services That he was born at Stamford in the State of Connecticut in the Nov 1751 That he has a record of his age in the family bible That during his service under Captain Parsons his father moved his family to Pound Ridge in the state of New York That he has lived in in Granville 38 years That Colonel Sheldons Corps of Dragoons served a part of the time with Col Sheldon That he believes he immutably sustains the character of a person of veracity and believed to have been a Revolutionary Soldier as he states
Sworn & subscribed in open court September 5 th 1832
Frederick J. Stevens
William T. D. Herrance Clerk

WE William Stewart a Clergyman residing in Greenville in the County of Greene and State of New York and Joshua  Baker Joshua  Baker residing in the said town hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Reuben Stevens who has subscribed to and sworn to the above declaration; That we believe him to be Seventy one years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he usually to have been a Soldier in the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion. Sworn and Subscribed to his William X Stewart the day and year aforesaid mark in open court
William V. B. Keermance Clerk
Joshua Baker
And the Said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter And after perusing the interrogatories presented by the War Department That the above mentioned applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that the said William Stewart who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman residing in the town of Greenville aforesaid and that Joshua Baker  Jason Hall who has also signed the same is a credible Person and that their statement is entitled to credit
Dorrance Hart
Presiding Judge
I William V. B. Keermance Clerk of the court of Common Pleas of Greene County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings in the matter of the application of Reuben Stevens for a Pension - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office this 5 th day of September 1832
William V. B. Keermance Clerk

State of New York Greene County ss
I Mary Stevens of the town of Greene in said County being duly sworn deposits & saith that she is the mother of Rich- ard Stevens who resides in said town that he was ninety one years of age last September that her said son Richard was born in the town of Stone- fore County of Fairfield in the state of Connec- ut that her family during the war of the rebellion removed from that town to Pane Ridge, Ulster County in the state of New York that whilst said family resided at Stone- fore and also whilst they resided at Pane Ridge her said son was gone from home and it was understood & believed by her & her family that he was in the army service of the United States as a private soldier that it was a matter frequently talked of by her & family But what particular year or years he was understood to be in the aforesaid service or how long he served she does not recollect nor does she recollect the year in which he was born. In this this deposition all is true.
Sworn this 14th day of July 1882 before me Perkins King a judge of the court of common pleas in & for said County of Greene Her Mary Stevens mother

I William T. B. Heermance Clerk of the county of Greene do certify that Perkins King before whom the within affidavit of Mary Stevens and the annexed affidavit of Phebe Sherwood were sworn, was at the date of the same a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of the said county, and that the signature of the said Judge to the said affidavits is genuine.
witness my hand and Seal of office this 5 th day of Sep. 1832
William T. B. Heermance Clerk

S. J. Stevens
In order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress of 2d February 1848, entitled, "An act-making further provision for surviving Widows and Soldiers of the Revolution".
State of New York } Greene County } ss
On this twenty fourth day of August 1848 personally appeared before the subscriber a justice of the peace in and for the County aforesaid duly authorized by law to administer oaths. Molly Stevens a resident of Greenville in the County of Greene and State of New York aged eighty five years who being first duly sworn according to law both 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 1848 granting pensions to Widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War. That she is the Widow of Beuben Stevens who was a private in the Connecticut Line of the Army of the Revolutionary that he served both in the Regular Army and in the Militia and she believes that he served under Colonel's Webb, Hoyle, and Swift and that he drew a pension for his service untill his decease. Since she declares that she drew a pension of thirty one dollars and she believes thirty three cents per annum under the act of Congress approved the seventh day of July One thousand eight-hundred and thirty eight also under the act approved the seventeenth of June One thousand eight hundred and forty four. Since she would further state that her husband Beuben Stevens served part of his time in the New York Line of the army of the Revolutionary, and she further declares that she is still a Widow.
Sworn and subscribed to on the day Molly Stevens her mark and year above written before me Nepel Wakely justice of the peace In presence of Admira F. Wakely

I certify that the declarant - Molly Stevens is personally known to me and that she drew a pension as stated in her declaration I also certify she is so infirm that she is not able to write her name
Rufus Wakely justice of the peace
State of New York Greene County Clerk's Office
I Isaac Van Schoack Clerk of said County do hereby Certify that Rufus Wakely Esq - whose name is subscribed to the foregoing Acknowledgment and Certificate was at the time of taking said Acknowledgment and Making said Certificate a Justice of the Peace for said County duly Elected and qualified as such according to the laws of the State of New York. And I further certify that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of the said Rufus Wakely and sincerely believe the said Signature to be genuine.
Witness: Isaac Van Schoack Clk
Catskill 29th Augt 1848.
B The commissioner of Pensions will please send a certificate to the applicant if he receives it to give one if not he will send an answer to her directed to Greenville Greene Co NY
By order of Molly Stevens

3932
Molly Stevens
A. 31. 33
Theodore Foster Greenville Green Co NY

STATE OF NEW-YORK, } ss. County of Greene
On this 31 st day of July in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty-three before the subscriber, a justice of the peace in & for the County aforesaid
personally appeared Molly Stevens a resident of the town of Granville in said county, aged Eighty 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 3d of March 1843, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the revolu- tionary war:
That she is the widow of Reuben Stevens who was a pensioner under the act of 7 June 1832, at $31.33 per annum but she is unable to state the regiments in which he served & refers for proof of the same to the papers left on by him when he applied for his pension under said act
She further declares that she was a Pensioner of the United States under the act of Congress, passed July 7, 1838, and that the annual amount of the pension which she received under the said act was thirty one Dollars & thirty three cents
She further declares that she is still a widow. and on account of infirmity cannot write her name
Sworn to and subscribed on the day } and year first above written.
Russell Wakeley Justice of the peace Molly Stevens John S. Bayard her mark
* Certify that the above declarant is personally known to me.
Russell Wakeley Justice of the peace
STATE OF NEW-YORK, } ss. County of Greene
I, William Pierson clerk of said county, do hereby certify that Russell Wakeley Esq. was on the day of the date of the above jurat and certificate, a Justice of the peace in and for the said county, duly appointed and qualified, and that the signature above, purporting to be his, is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal of of- fice and subscribed my name, this Sixteenth day of August. 1843.
William Pierson clerk

June 4 N.Y.
Commissioner of Pensions Washington

New York June 1 st 1835
Sir
Some two years since I transmitted to you the application of Reuben Stevens of Greenfield N.Y. for a Pension under the Act of 1832. Since that time his claim has remained suspended for want of sufficient evidence to sustain it. Having been long acquainted with Mr Stevens I know him to sustain an unimpeachable character in every respect and believe him to be justly entitled to a pension. He is now in indigent circumstances and I have been prevailed upon to present his case again to your Department. Will you therefore have the goodness to inform me in what respect the evidence of his claim already adduced is defective or deficient, and what further proof or testimonial if will be necessary to adduced in order to sustain his application.
I am very Respectfully Your obed Servt
Levi Wakeley
Commissioner of Pensions Washington

Reuben Stevens Recd.

Verd Rochelle November the 15 1704 Then Received of Col. Benjamin Stevenson one Certificate for the amount of Eight Pounds in full of all my Wages with in his Company in the New York State Farms in Westchester County on the Lines in the year of Eighty Six Received By me Rubin Stevens mark

Free
Moore NY 3515
Wm L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.

Pass.
New York
Suspended not 7 June '32
letter 25 Feb 1833
L. Wakeley
W.H. Sumner June 16. 1835
" " P. King July 16 1836
" " " " July 17 " "

56 Wall Street N York June 18 th 1833
Comm ee of Pensions Washington
Hon ble Sir
I now return to you the Pension Application of Mr Reuben Stevens of Greenfield accompanied by several new affidavits of his service which altho' do not embrace the whole of his service stated in the declaration yet I hope will be found sufficient to satisfy the Department that he is entitled to at least two years pay. Mr Stevens visited all the persons whose affidavits are now procured in person & paid several weeks employed in procuring their testimony.
Several weeks since I transmitted to you from Greenfield the applications of John Stanton & Amos Finch & from Albany the application of Mr Isaac Ridgway for an increase of Pension to which I have not yet rec d . returns. To these cases please direct returns to me in this city, when I shall hereafter, probably reside permanently.
Very Respectfully
I am Yr. ob d
Serv t
Lewis Wakeley

State of New York } Greene County } ss.
David Lockwood a resident of the Town of Durham in said County being duly sworn doth on his oath depose and say, that he is aged Twenty five years and upwards, that during the war of the Revolution he was well acquainted with Reuben Stevens of Poundridge in the County of Westchester and State of New York, that he was a corporal; that in the year 1781. in the autumn was on a tour of duty below the White Plains, that the said Reuben Stevens was on duty in the same company with him under the command of Capt Samuel Lewis. Col Crane was the commander of the Regiment and Nathaniel Delavan was a Major in said Regiment. that we were marched from Poundridge to Bedford, White Plains Gardsel New Rochelle and near Kings Bridge & then returned, thinks it was in November it was cold weather that he well recollects the said Stevens being on duty at this time one week.
David Lockwood
Sworn & subscribed before me
June 5 th 1833
Joseph Blanchard Justice of the peace
I certify that I am well acquainted with David Lockwood the above named Witness. that he is a man of truth and his statements are entitled to credit.
Manchard D. Dean
State of New York } Greene County ss. } ss.
I William T. D. Hermance Clerk of the said County do hereby certify that Joseph Blanchard Esquire before whom the foregoing affidavit was duly sworn was at the date of the same a Justice of the Peace of the said County and that his signature thereto, and to the Certificate thereunder written is genuine.
Witness my hand & seal of office this seventh day of June 1833
William T. D. Hermance Clerk

Hidant

Enoch Hoyt of the City of New York, being duely sworn deposeth & saith, That he was well acquainted with Reuben Stevens, formerly of Pound Ridge in the County of West Chester & State of New York but now of Greenlee in said State, That during the War of the American Revolution that he served with said Stevens a period of more than three months in the company commanded by Capt Benjamin Stevens which company was attached to the Regiment of Sheldon Dragoons That this service was performed in the summer of the year 1780 or 1781 which year this Deponent does not certainly remember That during this service the said Reuben Stevens performed duty as a private & sustained the character of a faithful & good soldier, That in addition to the above service the deponent is personally knowing that the said Reuben Stevens was frequently called out to serve in the Militia of the State of New York but the periods of this service & the precise dates thereof he cannot distinctly remember Enoch Hoyt

City and County of New York ss I hereby Certify that on this eighth day of June A.D. 1833. before me personally came Enoch Hays and duly made oath to the within affidavit statement and I do further Certify that I know the said Enoch Hays to be a person of respectability and that his character for truth and veracity is unquestioned according to the best of my knowledge and belief.
James Lozier
notary public
A large, ornate signature in cursive ink, likely that of James Lozier. The signature features elaborate loops and flourishes, particularly around the 'J' and 'L'.

STATE OF NEW-YORK, City and County of New-York, } ss.
I, ABRAHAM ASTEN, Clerk of the City and County of New-York, and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the said City and County, DO HEREBY CERTIFY,
That
James Lozier by whom name is subscribed to the annexed certificate was on the day of the date thereof a Commissioner of I do in and for the City and County of New York duly commissioned and sworn and authorized to administer oaths
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my Hand, and af- fixed the Seal of the said Court and County, the 18 th day of June 1833
Asten

New York, 30/5
Molly Stevens
widow of Reuben Stevens
who was a private
in the Connecticut line
let to Genl Pratt Apr 20. '44, " to same Feb 17. '45
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 31- Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the day of Decr. 1843
and sent to
Theodore Foster Greenville N.Y.
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book 4
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July 20 1843 S. H. C. E. Jon. Kn., N. Y. 1843
7444 New York 7444
Molly Stevens widow of Reuben Stevens who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832 and who died on the 17th June 1842 of Greene Co in the State of N. York who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Stevens of the commanded by in the Connecticut line for 9 mos. 12 days
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany — at the rate of $ 31 — Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 15th day of July 1843, and sent to the D. E. Jen- -kins Johnstown N. Y. C. —
Whole amount due $ 155. 65 —
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by Kelleseum Clerk,
Book A Vol. 2 Page 105

Personally appeared before me the undersigned Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Linn in the State of Iowa, and being first sworn, deposes and says that he is the person described in the foregoing petition, and that the facts stated in the petition are true to the best of his knowledge, information and belief. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 25th day of December, 1882.  James M. [unintelligible] Justice of the Peace  Personally appeared before me the undersigned Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Linn in the State of Iowa, and being first sworn, deposes and says that he is the person described in the foregoing petition, and that the facts stated in the petition are true to the best of his knowledge, information and belief. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 25th day of December, 1882.  James M. [unintelligible] Justice of the Peace
State of Iowa Grinnell, Iowa
Before the undersigned the 25th day of Dec 1882 personally appeared [unintelligible] the above named respondent, and he acknowledged that he has been served with the foregoing petition by being subscribed all which [unintelligible] the 25th day of Dec 1882  James M. [unintelligible] Justice of the Peace for Grinnell in the County aforesaid

State of New-York
Greene County, ss:
I William T. B. Hermance Clerk of the said County do certify that Abijah Reed Esq. before whom the within affidavit was sworn, was at the date of the same a Justice of the Peace of the said County. and that his signature thereto is genuine
Witness my hand and seal of office this thirty first day of December 1832.
William T. B. Hermance Clerk
Reuben Stevens

Albany Sept 9. 1843.
J. S. Edwards Esq Commt. of Pensions Sir,
Enclosed I send you the Certificate of the Comptroller of N.Y. of the services of Reuben Stevens. His pension ($28.33) was granted to him for services in another state - His widow (Molly Stevens) was recently pensioned at the rate of $28.33 per ann under act of 7 July 1838 - and she wishes me to apply for an increase of her pension - I presume it is not necessary for her to make a new declaration -
Respectfully
Your ob't Servt.
Chas. E. Jenkins

Handwritten text in cursive script, possibly in Arabic or Persian. The text is faint and difficult to read, but appears to be a short note or entry.

In pursuance of a law passed the 27th of April, 1784, entitled "An act for the settlement of the pay of the Levies and Militia, for their services in the late War, and for other purposes therein mentioned," the following certificates have been issued, bearing interest at five per cent per annum, viz:
  19 th Oct. 1780 Reuben Stephens Junr £ 8 0 0   1 st Nov. 1781 Reuben Stephens Jr. do 19 5 9   3 rd Reuben Stephens Jr. do 19 5 9    
STATE OF NEW YORK,
COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE, Albany, Augt 16 th .
1843.
I hereby certify the above to be true extracts from Book No. 48 S. now remaining in this office, and that the service for which the certificates above named were issued, were performed under the following officers, viz:
  First—under Capt. Benj m Mowensen in Col. Lewis Dubois Regt.   Second " " Sam l Lewis " " Thaddeus Crane "   Third " " " " "   Fourth " " " " "   Fifth, " " " " "   Sixth " " " " "   Seventh " " " " "   Eighth " " " " "   Ninth " " " " "   Tenth " " " " " 
Philip Scheffer Comptroller

State of New York County of Greene
Perkins King of the town of Greenville in the county aforesaid being first duly sworn before me Rufus Wadsworth Esq a Justice of the peace in and for said county deposeth and saith that he was well acquainted with Reuben Stevens of the town aforesaid who was a pensioner of the United States and who is now deceased, that he is also acquainted with Molly Stevens his widow who now resides in the aforesaid town. Who applied for and as he (this deponent) is informed obtained a pension under an act of Congress passed July 7 th 1837 and also received a pension under the act of Congress passed March 3 rd 1843 that he (this deponent) was employed by said Reuben Stevens to obtain a pension for him for services in the war of the Revolution as a soldier and that through his (deponent's) agency a pension of about the sum of thirty one dollars (as near as he recollects) was obtained that he (this deponent) recollects that at the time said  the certificate for a pension was obtained said Stevens complained that the certificate did not give him as much as he was entitled to and that he repeatedly so complained to this deponent and told him (deponent) either that the department had not allowed him for all the services he had performed or that his declaration did not state all the services he had rendered and which this deponent does not distinctly recollect but he believes he told him the latter and he desired deponent to represent the matter to the war department to obtain an additional allowance but that deponent dissuaded him from making further application or to being to any further trouble about it
The words "act," and the interlined and the word said crossed before signing
Subscribed and sworn this 8 th day of February 1844 before me
Rufus Wadsworth Justice of the peace
Perkins King

I certify that I am well acquainted with the above named deponent that he is a credible witness
Rufus Wakeley Justice of the peace
State of New York
Greene County Clerks office
I William Dierdon Clerk of the County of Greene do hereby certify that Perkins Kings Esquire before whom the foregoing affidavit purports to have been taken was at the time of taking the same a Judge of the County Court in and for said County - and that Rufus Wakeley Esq whose name is subscribed to the above Certificate is & was at that time a Justice of the peace in & for said County - both duly appointed & qualified & authorized to take the same. And that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Perkins Kings and Rufus Wakeley and verily believe that the signatures to the said affidavit & Certificate are genuine.
In testimony whereof. I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said County, the eighth day of August 1844
W m Dierdon Clerk

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Affidavits of Mun Stevens ~ Philo Sherwood

State of New York Greene County ss }
Phoebe Shawnee of the Town of Catskill in said county being duly sworn before Perkins King a judge of the court of common pleas in & for said county deposeth & saith that she is the sister of Reuben Stevens of the town of Greenville in said county. She remembers that when her father's family resided at Stamford in the state of Connecticut & when she was about thirteen years old her said brother Reuben was gone from home & it was under stand and believed at the time by her & her father's family that he was in the service of the united states as a private soldier but what year or how long it was under stand he was in such ser- vice she does not recollect. This deponent fur- ther deposeth & saith that some time after her father's family removed from Stamford to Pinnacle Ridge in the county of Washington in the state of New York and she remembers that whilst they resided there her said brother during the winter season (what year she does not recollect) came home & that it was understood & believed by her & said family that he had returned from said service at being a matter talked of at the time amongst them. Further this deponent saith that soon the 14th day of July 1832 before me Perkins King judge as afore said
Phoebe Shawnee mark

State of New York ss County of Greene
I Perkins being a judge of the court of common pleas in & for said county hereby certify that though I am not personally acquainted with Mary Stevens who has sworn to & subscribed one of the annexed affidavits or with Philip Sherwood who has sworn to & subscribed another of them yet from information on which I rely I am fully satis- fied that they are both credible persons & entitled to credit.
Perkins King Judge of court

Ms. A. 9. 2. 25 June 24th 1836 Ms. A. 9. 2. 25 June 28
1836
James L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Pension office Washington City
Heber Stevens

Frederick Greene Co NY June 22. 1836
Sir, Mr Reuben Stevens of Greenville in this County desires that I would request you to transmit to me the papers in the matter of his application for a pension. The object in asking for the return of them is that he may correct a supposed error in his declaration and add to them further evidence in support of his claim. After that they will be returned to you for further examination. Mr Stevens application was made as I am informed some time during the year 1832 through the agency of Lewis Wakely Esq who would still have charge of the matter; but has removed from the place. Be pleased to inform whether if Mr Stevens should amend his declaration it will be necessary for him to make affidavit in open court or whether it may be done in the usual way out of court.
I have the honor to be your obedient servant
Perkins King
James L. Edwards Esq

Perkins King and 12 1/2 Freuhola Grün Co N.Y.S
Spencer May 17

State of New York } ss County of Greene }
Reuben Stevens of the town of Greenville in said county being first duly sworn according to law before Perkins King a judge of the county courts for said county deposeth and saith that in his declaration for a pension transmitted to the pension officer by Lewis Wakiley Esq. he believes he stated (through a confusion of recollection at the time) that he served in the Connecticut line in the war of the revolution in the regiments of Colonels Noble and Hays - that if he so stated he was in error; and led into to the error as he believes the error from the circumstances of having been once led into action at Stamford (before deponent enlisted into the continental service) by Colonel Noble after Colonel Hays's regiment being with that in which deponent served whilst in the continental service . The regiment in which deponent did actually enlist and serve was that of Colonel Herman Swift in the Connecticut line, which he now clearly and distinctly recalls. He thinks he also stated in his said declaration that he served under Captain Benjamin Stevens in the state of New York in the year 1781. In this he was mistaken as to the year. The service was performed in the year 1780 as he now recalls.
Reuben Stevens
The words "he left in the continental service, interlined in the seventeenth line down next after the words service before subserved & sworn also the words "from" in the line next but one clear and some unimportant errors occur
The foregoing affidavit subscribed and sworn by the said Reuben Stevens before me this 30th day of July 1836.
Perkins King Judge as of course

State of New York Greene County ss
William V. D. Keeneance Clerk of the said County do certify that Perkins King Esquire before whom the within affidavit was sworn was at the date thereof known is one of the Judges of the County Courts of the County aforesaid. and that his signature to said affidavit is genuine Witness my hand & official seal this twelfth day of August 1836
William V. D. Keeneance Clerk

State of New York / ss
County of Tioga (on the 30 day of March March 1836 Nathaniel Scofield of the town of Spencer in said County being first duly sworn before Jeremiah Anderson a Justice of the peace in and for said County deponeth and saith that he is aged 72 years and that he was a soldier in the army of the revolution that in the time of the revolutionary war I was acquainted with Reuben Stevens who then resided with in the State of Connecticut that said Stevens served as a soldier in the army of the revolution in the Connecticut line I believe in 1777 1778 & 1779 in Colonel Swift's regiment and according to the best of the deponent's recollection he was in the army until the year 1880 in Captain Parsons Company that deponent and said Stevens served together that after the war of the revolution said Stevens removed to the town of Greenville  Greenville County of Greene in this State where deponent lived neighbor to him about 20 years and when said Stevens now lives as deponent is informed and verily believes Further deponent saith not
Nathaniel Scofield
This 30 day of March 1836 before me Jeremiah Anderson Justice of the peace J Andrews J.P
The above said Justice of the peace hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Nathaniel Scofield who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing affidavit and that he is a credible person and entitled to credit
J Andrews J.P
Filed Oct. 11. 1836
Subscribed to me this 30 day of March 1836 by Nathaniel Scofield who being first duly sworn, deposes that he is the person described in and who executed the foregoing affidavit and that the facts stated therein are true to the best of his knowledge, information and belief. Before me, Jeremiah Anderson, a Justice of the peace in and for said County, duly sworn and authorized. I am well acquainted with said Justice's hand and writing and believe the signature of Jeremiah Anderson subscribed is genuine. I further know that the foregoing affidavit was acknowledged before me this 30 day of March 1836 by said Nathaniel Scofield to me known to be the person described in and who executed the same and acknowledged the seal of said County this 12th day of May 1836 David Wallis Clerk

Rubin Stephens
Aug. 16. 1836 N.Y.
for M c Lean
Will
James S. Edwards Esq.  XX Capriessum of Pindus 99 Van Schantz Persian after Washington City

Freehold Greene Co. NY
August 10. 1836
Sir,
In the matter of the application of Reuben Stevens for a pension I transmit to you his affidavit correcting some errors which he alleges he committed in his declaration transmitted to you by Lewis Watkins Esq. in the year 1832; and also the accompanying affidavit of Nathaniel Scfield. In Mr. Scfield's affidavit it will be perceived that an error has occurred in stating that he was in the army until the year 1880, instead of 1780. This is so obvious a mistake in figures that it has not been deemed necessary to send back the affidavit for correction, inasmuch as Mr. Scfield lives about 150 miles off; and so far from a Post office that it would occasion a long delay. Whatever mistakes Mr. Stevens may have been in his declaration I am satisfied they were unintentional; and I believe no one who knows him entertains a doubt of the honesty and validity of his claim. I will thank you to inform me after an examination your determination in the matter.
With great respect I have the honor to be your obedient servant
Perkins King
James L. Edwards Esq.

State of New York § County of Greene §
Reuben Stevens of the town of Greenville in said County being first duly sworn according to law deposeth and saith, that if it is stated in his original declaration for a pension that "he had served four-teen days in Captain Dunns company a mistake must have been made by Mr Wakeley, who drew the declaration in spelling the name of the captain; his name was Dan and deponent thought it was so spelled in the declaration. He further saith on his oath aforesaid, that he intended to state in said declaration that he served three months not "six," in Captain Stevens Company; and he thinks that if the service was stated to be six months, the mistake was made by Mr Wakeley in taking his statement, and not noticed by deponent, when read to him. He further saith that he has no distinct recollection of signing a receipt for his pay for the aforesaid service, nor for any other; but he remembers that he did receive his pay, and that if a receipt was given it must have been signed by making his mark for he did not learn to write till after the close of the war of the Revolution; nor since any thing more than his name. He further saith that subsequent reflection has satisfied him that the service aforesaid was rendered in the year 1780 1780 and not in 1781 as he originally alleged.
Subscribed and sworn this 25 day of August 1836 before me
Reuben Stevens
Perkins King a judge of the county courts for the county aforesaid

State of New York Greene County ss:
I William T. B. Germance Clerk of the said County, do certify that Perkins King Esq. before whom the within affidavit was sworn, was at the date of the same, one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, County Courts for the County of Greene aforesaid, & that his signature to said affidavit is genuine.
Witness my hand & the seal of the said County this 30 th day of August 1836.
William T. B. Germance Clerk

Sept 3.
NY.
James E. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington City

Frederick Green Co. N.Y. August 31. 1836
Sir,
Enclosed is a rather supplemental affidavit of Reuben Stevens in his perjury matter intended to answer to the points embraced in your letter of the 17. Inst. in answer to mine of the 10th which you are desired to examine &c.
With great respect I have the honor to be your obedient servant
Perkins King
James L. Edwards Esq

Reuben Stevens -
PAID
Nov 23
Miss James L. Edwards Esq Commission of Pensions Pension office Washington City
Frederick Douglass Nov 18, 1856

Frederick Green Co. Wis. Nov. 17. 1836
Sir, Some time ago I received a pension certificate from your office for Reuben Stevens entitling him to $31.33 per year. At the time I presented it to him he complained that it did not give him enough that he was entitled to a full pension. As I did not see the original papers of course I could know but little about it. He has as I am informed drawn the money on his certificate up to the 4th Sept. He now desires me to ask you to review his case and correct any error (if any) that may have been made in the adjudication of it. It is very incorrect, (for I now give you copy,) that the affidavit of Nathaniel Scapiller which of transmission proved more service than seems to have been allowed by the amount awarded to him in the certificate. An answer when convenient is desired.
Very respectfully I have the honor to be Your Obedient Servt. Perkins King
James L. Edwards Esq.

Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 196-19
Molly Stevens
Widow of
Reuben Stevens
Priv. Rec. War
Act: Sept. 20  1888
Index:—Vol. 11 , Page 247
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Affidavit

State of New York Greene County ss. I William T. D. Hermance Clerk of the said County do certify that Perkins King Esquire before whom the within af- fidavit was sworn, was at the date of the same one of the Judges of the County Courts of the said County, and that his signature thereto, and to the certificate thereunder written, is genuine Witness my hand and seal of office this Twelfth day of June 1833. William T. D. Hermance Clerk

Hidavt

State of New York Westchester County
ss. On This tenth day of June in the Year 1833
Personally came before me Ezra Lockwood One of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County of Westchester, Sylvanus Stevens of Poundridge in said County aged seventy eight years, and being duly sworn. According to law, on his oath saith - That he is well acquainted with Reuben Stevens of the town of Greenville in the County of Greene and State aforesaid and hath been acquainted with him from his infancy - That the said Reuben Stevens was a Soldier in the Revolutionary War, in the Company of Captain Parsons, in the Regiment of Col. Joseph Hays in the Continental line in the year 1779 - The deponent was a Soldier in said Company - and they were at Stony Point, West Point, Peks. Kill and other places - That the deponent served in said Company three or four months with said Reuben and that he said Reuben still continued in the said Company for several months as this said deponent was informed, after he left the Company - That the said Reuben served for the period of his enlistment which the deponent believes to be not less than six months nor more than nine.
Sworn and subscribed the sixteenth tenth day and year aforesaid
Before me - Ezra Lockwood One of the Judges in for said County -
I Certify That I am well acquainted with Sylvanus Stevens the above named deponent and that he is a man of truth and veracity and his statement entitled to credit. Ezra Lockwood One of the Judges in for Westchester County