Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 7593, for Caleb Stout, New Jersey

SERVICE
NUMBER
New Jersey
Stout, Caleb
S. 7593
CONTENTS
carded

2153
Virginia
Walter Stout
of Harrison Co. in the State of Virginia who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Brearly of the Regt. commanded by Col. Maxwell in the New Jersey line for 12 months.
Inscribed on the Roll of Virginia at the rate of 40 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 day of November 1832 — and deliv d to Mrs. Johnson Bridgeport Va
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832 $60.00 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Mar 33 20.00
$80.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Not June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Geo. C. Hiles Clerk. Book D — Vol. 7 — Page 127
Lit. Pur. Asgmt 10 March 1835 — { pay returned } at Bell " " " do. to P. R. R. { Oct. 15. 1835 } R. C. Jefferson dis. to M. Goff Dec. 21. 1835 — do. to J. S. & G. B. P. a/c 9 Jan. 1836 Dead.

Caleb Stace

Virginia State, Harrison county, S.C.
On this 18 th day of July 1832 personally appeared before me Jacob Coplin, one of the justices of the peace in & for the county aforesaid, Caleb Stout now in his 85 th year of age, who being first duly sworn according to law, does on his oath make the following declarations, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of congress passed June 7 th 1832, entitled "an act supplementary to the act for the relief of certain surviving officers & soldiers of the revolution," That being a resident of the county of Huntingdon in New Jersey, he enlisted in the army of the United States in the year of 1775 and in the month of September as well as he now recollects under Sergeant Thomas Galt and served in the 2 d Jersey Regt. commanded by Col. W m Maxwell or Maxwell, under Joseph Braly cap t - Jonathan Philips - lieutenant of the company to which he was attached, David Ray being major & Ephraim Anderson Adjutant of s d regiment, and Ensign Redding or Redden he believes to have been the name of his company's ensign. That being so enlisted, he remained for some time with s d regiment at Trenton in Jersey, from which place he marched, as he now believes, in February 1776, for Canada, proceeding through Jersey into York state, up the Hudson through Albany, crossed Still Water, along Lake George, by the fort Ticonderoga, Crown Point, & St. Johns, from thence to Montreal, where he was taken sick and remained about two weeks. Recovering from his indisposition, he proceeded on to Quebec and again joined the army, with which he continued until it returned to the United States, when being sick with the Small Pox, he and 50 or 60 others, likewise unable to

marks, were left behind, made prisoners and sent to Halifax, Here he remained about two years, the greater part of this time in a prison ship, the Rainbow. That when offered to go from the Prison ship, he was fortunate in getting on board a vessel, in the bay of Fundy, in which he sailed to Newburyport, and thus escaped from captivity, making his way home from thence by land. He also states, that while with the troops at Quebec, before he took the Small Pox, he was for a time aiding in the attack which was carried on against Quebec from Point Levy, under the command of Gen. Amroth, afterwards the traitor. That upon his return to Jersey in August 1778, he was enrolled in the militia of Jersey, drafted, and served at several times under Col. Nathan Stout, altogether a period of four or five weeks. He further states, that he has no evidence in support of his pretensions, except the testimony of two of his fellow soldiers in the campaign against Quebec above mentioned, which was some years ago forwarded to the War Office. He hereby relinquishes any claim whatever to a pension or annuity, except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency of any state and never was.
Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid.
Caleb his  X Stout mark
I Jacob Caplin, justice of the peace in the county of Harrison aforesaid, in Virginia, do hereby certify that the above named applicant, Caleb Stout, made oath, the day & year first before named, to the truth of the foregoing declaration; and I further certify, that s d applicant cannot from bodily infirmity attend the court of this county to give in the above statement. Jacob Caplin J.P.

We, Robert Parks, a clergyman of the Methodist Protestant church, and Joseph Morris, a clergyman of the Baptist church, do certify, that we have long known Caleb Stout, who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be eighty four years of age - as stated by him; that he is reputed & believed in his neighborhood to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn to and subscribed this 18 th day of July 1832
Robert Parks Joseph Morris
I, Jacob Coflin, justice of the peace in & for the county of Harrison in Virginia, as above, do certify, that Robert Parks & Joseph Morris this day subscribed & swore to the truth of the above certificate signed by them, before me, and I do also certify that they are clergymen of the respective churches stated by them, Given under my hand this 18 th day of July 1832 - Jacob Coflin J.P.
I David Davison Clerk of the Court of Harrison County. Certify that Jacob Coflin is a Magistrate as above and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his is genuine - In Testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my Seal of Office. -
And subscribed my name this Eleventh day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two
D Davison

Caleb Sturtevant County Report -
Notes.
Notes on New Jersey prior to Dec 1775 when the P. M. only upon call out -

Caleb Sturtevant #40.
On the 5 th July this Pensioner stated that he was born in 1748. & is now in his 87 th year of age. - That at the commencement of the Revolutionary war, he resided in Hunterdon County New Jersey - and in September of that year, he enlisted under Capt. Jos. Brady. - Lieut. Thomas Yard. - Regiment at Fronton remained there about 3 months. Then marched to New York through Bernsthan, Albany, & Half Moon & Saratoga. Then crossed the Mountain to Lake George and Ticonderoga - then started on Lake Champlain on the Ice & crossed it 120 miles to Fort John, thence to Montreal. Thence down the St. Lawrence to the Three Rivers. Continued down the river to Quebec. (in this expedition there was but one company the one to which he belonged) Joining the main army at Quebec under Genl. Arnold. Don't recollect his col d name. Remained there until the British re-encroachment came up when the American army had to retreat. - at Quebec he with the Small P.O. was placed in an Hospital. Not in the hands of the British army. was put on board of a Prison Ship. (the Rainbow) and sent to Halifax. was delivered to Genl. Burgoyne. Continued on the Prison Ship for about 18 months. then landed at Halifax. made his escape got aboard of an American trader returning to the U.S. landed at Newbury Port. was gone from home about 2 years.
Col. H. H. Hemenway wrote his declaration. gave him the same statement that I now give. he charged $10.
The said statement was made in my presence and acknowledged before me.
Suzanne Harrison.
A true Copy.
W. G. Gillington
Nov. 18. 1834.

Oct 72
Calhoun to Inverness
James L. Edwards Com te of persons City of Washington
2153
FREE

Greenbush Belcher 7 th 1835-
Sir
Sir I enclose you a power of att o Given by the heirs of Caleb Starks Esq re - all the heirs except one who lives in the State of Illinois ; and of course his signature cannot be had.
I forwarded the same to the agent at Richmond Va o , - he refused to pay unless the other heirs signed the power of att o ; I believe the power of att o is in accordance accordance with the form laid down by the dear departed mother - and should all be paid except that part which would be going to the absent heir.
I think you will be convinced when you look at the enclosed papers that 4/5 th of the anti-due should be paid if so please forward them to Richmond Jeffries , Richmond Va o , with the direction for the agent to pay £B - yours &c The Edward Com te of persons Nathan Goff

REJECTED
10.2 H 10 1/2
Caleb Stout
1818 Stout St
not in file
Oct 11 77
letters to Sonax well Jun. 28 1832

Rev War
75-93
1912 Jan 31 Hist. Soc. Mrs. Isaac Post V.P.M.
INVALID.
File No. 75-93
Isaac Post
Rev War
Act: June 1 st 32
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 358
[Arrangement of 1870.]
✓

Testimony in the case of Caleb Storit.
Neither of the lines within brackets from the result of the year in 1895, when the all can be tested all of importance to all the time of the year when all of the year all of the year all of the year when all

State of New Jersey } ss Personally appeared before me Hunterdon County. William Marshall one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said County Timothy Titus of said County who being sworn upon the Holy Gospel of Almighty God did Depose and say that he was personally acquainted with Caleb Stout formerly of the County and State aforesaid now Resident of Harrison County State of Virginia in time of the Revolutionary war between Great Britain and the United States that he the said Caleb Stout listed under Capt Joseph Brearly of the Second Ridgement Jersey line he was then Marched to the northward where he was taken Prisoner by the enemy and he listed in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy five and returned home in the year of one thousand seven hundred and seventy eight following and further this Deponent saith not Subscribed and sworn before Timothy Titus on this Ninth day of June AD 1821 William Marshall

Caleb Hunt
Misima
Rijato Dav.
12. 1823
In letter to Honble. Mr. Johnson H. Reps.
Affidavit John G. Allen
same letter May 4. 1824
January 12. 1832 ref. to the Committee on Rev. Pensions

State of New Jersey ss Personally appeared before Hunterdon County Judge William Marshall one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said County Anthony Morgan who being sworn on the Holy Gospel of Almighty God did depose and say that he was well acquainted with Caleb Stout now Resident of Harrison County State of Virginia formerly of Hunterdon County New Jersey In the time of the Revolutionary war between the United States of America and Great Britain In the year of our Lord Seventeen hundred and seventy five and six that he the said Caleb Stout listed as a Soldier under Captain Brearly of the New Jersey Line Second Regiment he then marched with said Capt. Brearly on the Northern Expedition to Canada or Quebec Where he was taken Prisoner and held by the enemy two years or more before he returned home as he firmly believes and further this Deponent saith not
Subscribed and sworn before me this 3 rd day of June 1821
William Marshall
Anthony Morgan
State of New Jersey ss before me William Marshall Hunterdon County Judge one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said County Personally appeared John Golden of said County who being sworn upon oath saith that he was personally acquaint- ed with Caleb Stout formerly of the County and State aforesaid now Resident of Harrison County State of Virginia In the time of the Rev- olutionary war between Great Britain and the United States of America that he the said Caleb Stout listed under Captain Joseph Brearly of the Second Regiment New Jersey Line in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy five and was marched on the Northern Expedition to Canada that this deponent saw him while on his march that he was there taken Prisoner by the enemy and did not return home to his family untill the year A.D. Seventeen hundred and seventy eight and further this deponent saith not taken before me this twelfth day of June A.D. 1821
William Marshall
John Golden

The State of New Jersey Hunterdon County ss.
I John T. Blackwell Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Hunterdon do hereby certify that William Mayhew before whom the fore- going affidavits were taken, was at that time and now is one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the said County of Hunterdon, a lawful Judge and competent there to be given to all his official acts as such
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this 20 th day of June A.D. 1892
J. T. Blackwell Clerk of Court

Virginia
At a Court held for Harrison County on the 16 th day of July 1821 (being a Court of record established by an act of the general assembly of this Commonwealth
Personally appeared before the Court afore- said Walter Stout aged 73 years resident of Harrison County Virginia and in addition to his declaration made July 20 th 1818, being duly sworn according to Law, doth on his oath declare that He enlisted in the year 1775, in a com- pany of Regulars commanded by Captain Brearly of the 2 nd Jersey Regiment commanded by Col. Maxwell Jersey line whose brigade not recollected. That he enlisted for one year and went in the expedition to Quebec under General Arnold and was taken prisoner by the Enemy and remained a prisoner nearly two years, when he effected his escape. In pursuance of the act made the 1 st May 1820, I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March 1818 and that I have not since that time, by gift Sale or in any manner whatever disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval Service of the United States in the Revolutionary war passed on the 18 th day of March 1818. That I have

not nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities contracts or debts due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule herunto annexed and by me subscribed. I own one horse five Sheep Household furniture is worth about $13. Caleb Stouts
And he the said Caleb also declared as follows I am by occupation a weaver but am unable to work I have in family two, Myself and wife aged 70 Years, our joint labour will not support us Caleb Stouts
Sworn to and declared before the court for said County the 16 th day of July 1821
I John Nelson Jr. Clerk of the County Court of Harrison County Virginia do hereby certify that the foregoing is truly copied from the records of said Court; And I do further certify that it is the opinion of said Court that the total amount of value of the property exhibited in the foregoing schedule is $50.00. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this 16 th day of July 1821
Wilson G. Little

Caleb Stout mar-
Old Register Page 177.
Caleb Stout
Col. Mather's N. Jersey Regt
1775 - About 1 st Oct - for 1 yr -
For the (at the 1775 - the allied the at the
Rept

Dec 19.
Caleb Stunk Va. Hill Oct 1832
2153
J. L. Edwards
Assessment of pension
Washington
CG

Richmond Va 15 th Decr 1835.
Dear Sir,
I enclose you the papers of the heirs of Caleb Stone decd, with a request that you examine them, and direct the agent at this place to pay the pension, the only objection to is, that the Court did not certify, that the heirs were of Lawful age, - I would refer you to the Rev Joseph Johnson, who I think can satisfy you on these subjects - I know that the heirs of Caleb Stone are of Lawful age, Col Johnson can also state to you, who I am, and what my shortcoming are of knowing - If you show to how in declining direct the agent to pay the pension you will please enclose the papers to my brother Nathan Goff of Clarkeburg Va Yours. & W P Goff

Caleb Stout
January 12. 1832 Ref. to the Committee on Rev. Pensions —
Mar. 13 1832 Bill — n o 462

22 d Congress 1 st Session
Congress of the United States In the House of Representatives
January 12, 1832
On motion of Mr. Maxwell
Resolved, That the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions be instructed to enquire into the expediency of placing the name of Caleb Stout, a Soldier of the Revolutionary War upon the Pension Roll.
Attest M. S. Clarke Clerk.

Worley - in 76 march d to Puebla and was taken sick in return - left & captured - prisoner about 2 years - Militia - 4 or 5 weeks - refers to two affidavits on file -

information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. Colt Street L.S. 19-93
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Sept. 1775- Went in 2nd protection to Quebec where he was taken prisoner. He remained a prisoner nearly two years when he escaped and returned to Jersey Aug. 1778. Joseph Brantley William Maynard N.J.   1778 4 or 5 mths Sat. 1778 William Stark in militia "  
Battles engaged in, Village of Quebec.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Hunterdon N.J.
Date of application for pension, July 16th 1821
Residence at date of application, Harrison Co. Pa.
Age at date of application, born in 1748
Remarks: In 1821 his wife was 70 years old as shown in State d.

The Farmers Bank at Clarksburg
CAPITAL STOCK $ 100.000
A. J. FLETCHER, PRESIDENT
CHARLES W. FURBEE, CASHIER
CLARKSBURG, W. VA.
1/18 1912
The Commissioner of Pensions, Washington D. C.
87593
Please give Pension Record of Caleb Stout Who enlisted 1875- Regular Leavies under Capt Beech, 2 nd N. J. Col. Maywell, Jersey line Mrs Ida Casper, Post, Lodt Creek, N. H. D. No 2 Box 54, West Virginia,

• Testimony in the case of James Stout
The said James Stout with the following and other depositions 1775 - 1776 - 1777 - 1778 1779 - 1780 - 1781 - 1782 1783 - 1784 - 1785 - 1786 1787 - 1788 - 1789 - 1790
18180
Respectfully Hon. E. B. Jackson

State of New Jersey
Hunterdon County ss. Before me James Ewing one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in said County personally appeared James Monjoy of the city of Trenton in said County of Hunterdon a person to me well known and worthy of credit, who being duly sworn deposes and saith that he is personally acquainted with Caleb Sturt now here personally present, that he was an enlisted Soldier in Captain Joseph Breailey's company in the 2 nd New Jersey Regiment then commanded by Col; William Maxwell, at the time when he this deponent joined the said Company which was in September or October 1775 at Trenton aforesaid, that the company continued in Trenton until the beginning of February 1776 when they were marched away on the northern expedition against Quebec that the said Sturt marched with them, and continued in the said company until the 6 th day of May 1776 when he was left on the at present Levy Battery  the  the  the sick with the small Pox, and was taken prisoner by the British
Sworn at Trenton in said County June 25. 1821
James Monjoy
before me J. W. M. M. G.
7611
New Jersey, Hunterdon County ss.
I John T. Blackwell Clerk of
Hunterdon pleas do certify that James Ewing, Esquire, before whom the foregoing affidavits were taken then was and still is one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for said County, duly commissioned & sworn & full credit is due to all his acts as such. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of said Court the 30 th day of June AD 1821. Blackwell

State of New Jersey.
Hunterdon County ss Before me James Swig one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in said County of Hunterdon, personally appeared Jacob Edmonds of the said County a person to me well known and worthy of credit who be- ing duly sworn to, deposeth and saith that he is well acquainted with Caleb Sturt now here pre- sent, that the said Sturt was an enlisted soldier in Capt Joseph Poccary's company in the 2 nd New Jersey Regiment then commanded by Col. William Maxwell at the time when this deponent joined the said company which was in the begining of October 1775, that he re- collects hearing his name called night and morning until they were marched away on the northern expedition against Quebec, which was about the 1 st of Febry 1776 he re- collects that the said Sturt was taken sick in Montreal and left there for some days, that he soon after overtook the Regiment and went on to the plains of Abraham, from which place they were sent together to Point Levy where they continued on duty until the 6 th day of May 1776 when the said Sturt was left behind sick with the small pox where he fell into the hands of the British & was taken prisoner.
Jacob Edmonds
Sworn at Trenton in said County June 25 1821
before me J. A. Swig J. B.