Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 10,183, for Richard Stites, Virginia

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va
Stites, Richard.
P. 10/83
CONTENTS

Richard Stites was born September 17 th 1876

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed 7 June 1832 State of Illinois } Brown County } On this 1 st day of December A.D. 1847. Personally appeared in Open Court Before the Court of Brown County now sitting, Richard Stites a resident of Brown County & State of Illinois aged sixty nine  seventy years, who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 That he entered the service of the United States on day of March 1 st - under the following named officer and served as herein stated That he resided in London County & State of Virginia in the year A.D. 1,811 and was drafted and a private brought and served and a private during two months under Capt Bevers & Col Dabney and served under Genl Lafayette and was Marched to Richmond Virginia where the troops lay two or three days and were routed and pursued by the British until reinforced by Genl Wayne when we turned upon the British and pursued them through Richmond & down to the Green Springs where we had the Battle with them in which Battle he was wounded in the right thigh which so disabled him that he could not bear arms and continued under the Surgeons care three weeks in the army when his friends came and moved him home in a waggon as he could not walk The wound where the ball passed through his thigh left a scar to this day That he received a discharge kept it many years and lost it in Fleming County Kentucky He will recollect the name of Col Dabney loss on the discharge other particulars thereof he does not recollect - The reason he never before applied for a pension, is, he was able to work and maintain his family with the means he had But now he is

That the attached part of his Bill contains his age which was not  not  by  by him he is old and cannot work longer - That he knows of no documentary evidence of his service or any one that he can procure to prove his service - Two months before being wounded is all that he served on duty - The scar of the wound he received in the Battle at the Green Springs is the best evidence he can produce.
The wound he received disabled him from further service or any labor
for among others  among others That he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State -
Sworn to and subscribed this day and year aforesaid before me { Richard Hiles James Brockman
{ Richard Hiles } Albert G Alexander Clerk
We the undersigned a clergyman residing in the County of Brown aforesaid and John Taylor Jr. residing in the same hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Richard Hiles who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration. That we believe him to be seventy nine years of age - That he is reputed and believed to be in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion John Taylor Jr. Clergyman Clark Dennis Clergyman
Sworn to and subscribed this day and year aforesaid before me { A G Alexander Clerk for James Brockman Deputy Clerk
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the Matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states and the Court further certifies that it appears to them that John Taylor Jr. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the County of Brown aforesaid and that Clark Dennis who has also signed the same is a

is a Resident in Brown Co. aforesaid and is a credible person and that this Statement is entitled to credit.
Robert Dawson, County Clerk, Stearns & Crawford Counties,
J. A. G. Alexander Clerk of the Court
Concurring Court do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application Richard Stites for a Pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 4 th day of December 1844.
A. G. Alexander Clerk.
Interrogatories
 1 st When and in what year were you born?  2 nd Have you any record of your age & if so where is it?  3 rd {When were you living when called into service; were you a Doughty? Did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? and if a substitute for whom? When were you living since the Revolutionary war; and where do you now live?  4 th {How were you called into service; were you a Doughty? Did you volunteer or were you a Substitute? and if a substitute for whom?  5 th State the names of some of the Regular Officers who were with the troops where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your service.  6 th Did you ever receive a Discharge from the service; and if so by whom where was it given, and what has become of it?  7 th State the names of the Persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood and who can testify as to your character for veracity and their belief of your services as a Soldier of the Revolution. 
We the Judges of the Court aforesaid having propounded the foregoing Interrogatories to Richard Stites the Applicant believe his Statements in the foregoing Declaration are true.
Robert Dawson
Alexand. Crawford
Judges of the Court.

Surgeons Affidavit  It is hereby certifyed that Richard Stites (whose application for a Pension is within) was this day examined by me in relation to the wound in his right thigh which he affirms was received at the Battle of the Iron Springs in _____ in the year _____ while in the discharge of his duty as a Soldier of the United States. By an examination of the wound I believe it was such as to disable him from labor at considerable time and partially disable him from labor for the same. That he has now but little or no inconvenience from said wound.  Given under my hand at Rushville Brown County & State of Illinois this 28th day of November 1844.  I were to and Subscribed before me James Brockman, Surgeon 36th Reg't Ills. Militia. } Surgeons  Spencer Dowden Justice Peace }
I hereby certify that James Brockman _____ and _____ whose certificate as Surgeon appears above is reputable in this profession and Residents of the County of Brown aforesaid.  Nov 28 1844. Spencer Dowden Justice Peace
I do hereby certify that the county Commissioners cannot certify that James Dowden is a Magistrate as above and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my Seal of Office and subscribed my name this 4th day of December A.D. 1844.  A. G. Alexander 66. 6 of B. 4
35. 551
Declaration Richard Stites Illinois Oct 25 June 1832.

Revolutionary
Richard Stiles Hochens. Suspended Claim Illinois
Richard Stiles, of heirs Brown Co. Illinois
Feb. 1883.

POWER OF ATTORNEY
For ascertaining whether any increase or arrears of Pension are due the Widow or heirs of Revolutionary Pensioners, &c.*
STATE OF Illinois } COUNTY OF St. Clair }
Be it known that before me
Hezekiah M. Barton a Justice of the Peace personally appeared Richard Stiles aged about 74 years, who being duly cautioned and then sworn in due form of law, states that they are the heirs of Richard Stiles who was a revolutionary soldier in the State of Illinois and that he died on the 10th day of July A.D. 1847 and that his mother, named Richard Stiles died on the 20th day of August 1847 and that they were married on the — day of — in the year 1789 and that they were residents of Preston in the State of Virginia and that they resided there — years, and that they resided in Illinois about 10 years and that furthermore we  BY THESE PRESENTS , constitute, appoint, and fully empower and authorize, irrevocably and with powers of substitution, F. E. HASSLER, of Washington city, D. C., as our true and lawful Attorney for us and in our name and stead, to examine into, to prosecute, to demand, and to receive from the U. S. Government and State officers our rights in all and in any manner of claim for increase or arrears of Pension or Land that may be due us as heirs at law of Richard Stiles who died leaving the same undrawn, as in right of law we may be entitled.
In witness whereof, we have on this 27th day November 1852, hereunto signed our names and affixed our seals
Catherine Rose Seal Mary Taylor Seal Richard Stiles Seal Jonathan Stiles Seal Elizabeth Stiles Seal
Witness: } Witness: }
Signed, sealed, acknowledged, and sworn to before me; and I further certify, that they have always by the community been known as the heirs of Richard Stiles
Dated on this 27th day of November 1852.
M. Barton J.P.
State of Illinois } to wit: COUNTY of St. Clair }
I hereby certify, That
Hezekiah M. Barton Esq.
before whom the foregoing affidavits and acknowledgment were made, and who has thereunto subscribed his name, was at the time of so doing, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, duly commissioned and sworn, and that his signature above written is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of St. Clair County Court, this 15th day of December one thousand eight hundred and fifty two
Benjamin L. Stout Clerk.
* If a Widow applies, state "the date of marriage, and date of death of her husband." † State under what act pensioned, or when pension commenced, if a pensioner—and amount of pension.

Rejected - Letter to E. Wright, N. Mends 1845.
Hen. Wm. A. Richardson March 14, 1856
10183

1885 Sept 30 Mm M S P Guild with History Prior
Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1870.
10/183
P. O. Richd Stiles
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

Springfield Illinois Dec. 7. 1844
J. L. Edwards Esq.
Enclosed are the Deducations of Cornelius Lewis and Richard Stites which who made application in 1843. and your furnished Instructions. It You will perceive by the Dates that the Papers were prepared at different Dates in consequence of the Clergyman not having been sufficiently acquainted to give their testimony in relation to the claimants
I have endeavored to conform to your instructions as near as the law would admit
Please to inform me explicitly if any deficiency as the claimants are near the grave, and line 60 Miles distant from me.
Your Obedt Servt. Erastus Wright