Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 10,108, for Philip Stever, Pennsylvania

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Penn
Stever, Philip Elizabeth
R. 10.108
CONTENTS

4762
In let. to Hon. J. D. Wagener
October 31, 1839.
let. to dr. 5 Feb. 1840
rejected.
Hon. R. Prodhead 28 Jan 1853
did not serve six months
Act of July 36

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
10,108
P. O. Elizabeth Steven
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

J S Edwards Esq My Dear Sir,
I have not ad- dressed you for some time, and now do it with pleasure, in behalf of a Widow of the Soldier of the Revolu- tion - Mrs. Stevens the applicant is a lady of Reputation and all she has testified to, may be relied upon as true - The other witnesses, are all respectable, and hope you will have no difficulty in determining upon her claim, and should be done with as little delay as possible, as she is feeble - Your prompt attention will confer a favor upon very ODS & H S S.
David D Nagener Easton Pa.
Oct 19. 1839
I enclose her Papers.

Washington City
July 2 1840
Dr. Edward E.
Com. of Pensions,
I again call your attention to the case of Eliza both Stever, which has been exam- ined & Papers filed - Your report was against the Applicant, upon the ground that the Evidence of the period of service was not sufficiently proven - The records at Harrisburg Pa. since some years were, in part, consumed and upon examination, no record of his service can be found -
She has however, 4 Notaries proving her service which I hope upon secure connec- tion may be considered sufficient at all Events. I ask another examination & your answer -
Yours Respectfully David D. Nagle

X 4762 Elizabeth Stever
Ga
Act 4 July '56
Witness never applied
10108
Hon. D.D. Wagener
Easton Ga

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania County of Northampton
On this fourth day of October A D 1839 personally appeared before me the Subscriber one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County Elizabeth Stever of the Township of Laurens in said County (whom I hereby certify to be unable from bodily infirmity & old age to be unable to attend Court) aged Eighty-Six years in June last who being duly sworn according to Law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision of the act of Congress passed for the relief of widows of Soldiers of the Revolutionary War: viz. That she was then married to Philip Stever who was a Captain in the Revolutionary War - That in the fall of 1776 (after he was married to her some time and both resided in Hazycock Township then, and now Bucks County Penn a having him a Captain in the militia previous thereto) he was drafted and called out in the service of the his Country and was elected and Commissioned as a Captain - He was called out for three Months, and marched under the Command of Col John Kelleher from the Township aforesaid to Amboy and was stationed at that place, Elizabeth and Rachelman until the three months had expired when he and his men were discharged and came home, and remained home until the next fall, (the fall of 1777) when he was again called out, elected and Commissioned a Captain and marched from his place of residence in Hazycock Township aforesaid under the Command of the same Colonel to which march which is above Philadelphia (and was after Philadelphia was taken), and was stationed at that place and at the Guffey mills in Chester County Penn a until the three months had expired and then came home - At the Guffey mills a little schism was had with the British and he lost his Commission and and his all Baggage as he informed her when he returned home - That he was several times out driving them upon Colish Contracts but one, served six months in the regular service as Captain - She further declares that she was married to the said Philip Stever in April 1774 in Westminster Township which adjoins Hazycock in Bucks County aforesaid and that her husband the said Philip Stever died on the 13 th day of August 1807 at his residence in said Hazycock Township since which time she has resided with her son in Laurens Township Northampton County aforesaid which is near Hazycock and is now his widow not having been married since his death all of which will more fully appear by the proof herewith annexed and herewith exhibited
Sworn and subscribed this 4 th day of October A D 1839 before me one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of Northampton County
E. B. Hays Jr
her Elizabeth X Stever mark

The Commonwealth of Penn a County of Northampton,
On this fourth day of October A d 1839 before me the Subscribed, the Judge within mentioned personally appeared Nicholas M c Carthy who being duly sworn according to law says that he now was is a resident of a 6 Vaycock Township which adjoins to the Township of Northampton, he further deposes, that he was well acquainted with Captain Philip Steer who resided at the time of his death in said Township and was and is now well acquainted with his widow Elizabeth who is within mentioned. That he well recollects that the said Philip Steer became a Captain of the militia in the fall of 1776 for the time of six weeks - then at that time, and marched to Amboy under the Command of Col. De Lancey - Keller and well recollects that the fact of him and his men returning at the end of three months, the time for which they were drafted and called out - that the said Philip Steer had acted in the Capacity of Captain here, but not in the regular service. That he also well recollects that in the fall of 1777 (1777) he was again drafted and acted in the Capacity of a Captain for three months, that he recollects it from the fact of his being drafted and called out about the same time and being under the Command of the same Officer and stationed at the same place, that he was a private in the Company of Capt. George Steinhauer, and both he and Captain Steer marched their Companies from the Township of Vaycock opposite under the Command of Col. De Lancey to Shippensburg in Dauphin County from thence to White Marsh above Philadelphia - where they came under the Command of Col. Darcy & Genl. Potter and marched from there to the Grey Mills in Berks County where they were stationed until the three months had expired and were then discharged - That the said Philip Steer acted all the time in the Capacity of Captain and he (the deponent) served as a Private in the Company of the said Captain Steinhauer That he well recollects Captain Steer being married to his wife now his widow before his entering the service and they lived and cohabitated together as man and wife in said Township of Vaycock to the time of his death that he was not present at their marriage but it was so announced in the neighborhood and they were always after considered as such. That both  Stear and Steinhauer Captain Steer and the deponent are in the Schuylkill at the Grey Mills, at which time Captain Steer lost his Commission having handed it with his baggage to his Sergeant who was killed
Sworn and subscribed this 4th day of October A d 1839 before me one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of Northampton County aforesaid
Geo. H. G.
Nicholas M c Carthy

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania County of Northampton
On this 4th day of October A.D. 1839 before me the Subscribers, the Judge before named, personally appeared Margaret Maugle of the Township of Rock Hill in the County of Bucks, who being duly sworn according to law says that she was well acquainted with Philip Steer and is now and always has been well acquainted with his wife now his widow - That she was a hired girl and lived with the father of her said wife widow Steer who was present at her marriage with Philip Steer - Her maiden name was Elizabeth Weisbeck and she was married to the said Philip Steer in the year 1774 that she (the deponent) was present at the marriage in consequence of her living with the father of the said Elizabeth at the time - That the marriage took place in Redminster Township Bucks County Penna and they lived together as man and wife in the adjoining Township (Hockley) until the time of the death of the said Philip Steer which took place about the year 1807 and the said Elizabeth has ever since remained his widow Sworn and Subscribed this 4th day of October A.D. 1839 before me one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of Northampton aforesaid
Geo. Hays Jr.
Margaret Maugle her mark
I George Hays Jr. the Judge before whom the foregoing proceedings were had, do here- by certify that I am acquainted, with the above named Elizabeth Steer, Nicholas McCarty and Margaret Maugle, and that they are persons of respectability and their statements entitled to full credit and belief - Witness my hand this 4th day of October A.D. 1839 -
Geo. Hays Jr.
Pennsylvania Northampton County ss.
I William Hackett Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Northampton aforesaid hereby cer- tify, That George Hays Junior Esquire before whom the foregoing proceed- ings were had was at the time thereof and still is an Acting Judge of the Court of Common Pleas aforesaid, duly commissioned and sworn to that full faith and Credit are due to all his official Acts; and that the signatures "Geo Hays Jr." subscribed to the said proceedings are of the proper handwriting of the said George Hays Jr. Esq.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the said Court at Easton the eleventh Day of October A.D. eighteen hundred and thirty nine
Wm Hackett Prothy.