Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 23438, for Robert Stewart, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
New York.
Stewart, Robert
S 23438.
CONTENTS

York. 24.831
Stewart salem, in the State of New York was a private in the Comp y , commanded by Captain Welf. of the Reg t commanded by Col. Willett in the N. Y. M a line for 7 1/2 months
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 25 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 8th day of March 1831 and sent to John N. Boyo Whitehall N.Y.
Arrears to the 4th of March 31 $ 75.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending Dec r 31 12.50 $ 87.50
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Ele Byrne Clerk Book E. Vol. 4 Page 122

10,654
Robert Stewart
Admitted as other full
Admitted Private 7 1/2 months
6.11.12.
7 Sep 1832 24 Nov 1832
P109
John H. Boyd White Hall Washington Co. N. York

10,654
BRIEF in the case of Robert Stewart, - Salem, Co. of Washington in the State of New York. (Act 7th June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he? 67 years.
4. 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.     Last of May In 1782 "till latter part of Dec r " As a Substitute Gen. { Cap c A. Wolf Col. Mc. Willett  
5. In what battles was he engaged?
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Salem, Washington Co., N.Y.
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Living witnesses.
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?
X  Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
W. Stewart Examining Clerk.

State of New York Washington County ss
On this 28 th day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared in open court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of said County now sitting Robert Stewart a resident of the town of Salem in the County of Washington and State of New York of the age of sixty seven 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 9 th 1832
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as therein stated -
That he entered as substitute for his Brother William in the town of Salem aforesaid about the last of May 1782 into Captain Anthony Wells Company of New York State Militia and Col Macnamara's Rifled Regiment that when he joined the Company they were stationed in Salem aforesaid and that they were there on garrison duty all the time he was out except once they went to Skane in said County on an alarm when it was said that Indians were there the Company he understood were discharged at Sackets Harbor he did not go there for a discharge his Brother taking his place the latter part of December the

same year That at the time of forming the County of Washington & Saratoga our frontier counties and that the military services of the Company to which he belonged consisted in guarding the frontier in going on scouting parties and defending the inhabitants and their property from the depredations of the Tories and Indians that he has no documentary evidence to prove his services that when Fitch and Thomas Boyd were known to him when he served in the war of the Revolution that they served in the same Company that he is known in his neighbourhood by Abraham Allen John Willard Zephaniah Belknap Alexander Prayfit That he was born in the town of Cold Rain in the State of Massachusetts the 3 d Nov r 1766. Has a record of his age in his family bible was living in the aforesaid town of Salem when he entered the service and has resided there ever since cannot state the names of any of the regular officers other than as above — — —
He hereby relinquishes Every claim whatsoever 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 Robert Stewart Sworn to and subscribed the Day & year aforesaid J. S. Leigh CLK

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
14 23438
Washington, D. C., _____, 19_____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Robert Stewart a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     * May 1782 7 1/2 mos. Pvt Anthony Kelp Marinus Killen N. H.            
* substituted for his brother William
Battles engaged in, _____ Residence of soldier at enlistment, Salem Washington Co. N.H. Date of application for pension, Aug. 28. 1832. His d. was ab. Residence at date of application, Salem, Washington Co. N.H. Age at date of application, born Nov. 3. 1765 at Colerain Mass.
Remarks:
No other family data.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

Robert Stewart 10654

we Alexander Brandt a clergyman in the town of Salem in the County of Washington and State of New York and John C. Billings residing in the same place hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Robert Stewart who has subscribed and sworn to above declaration that we believe him to be sixty seven years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion
Sworn & subscribed this 1 st day of July 1833
before me John H Bayd Justice Peace
Also: Brandt John C. Billings
Personally appeared before me the undersigned a justice of the Peace in and for the County of Washington Robert Stewart the above described applicant for a pension who being duly sworn further states in addition to his former statement to which this is annexed that John Hunsdale was a Lieutenant of the company in which he served that the service he rendered was performed as above stated in the town of Salem and that no part of the Continental army was stationed there and he consequently did not know any of the

officers belonging to the army only by hearsay He further states that from reflection and recollection it was the fore part of May he entered the service instead of the latter part as stated in his declaration above
He further states in answer to the fifth interrogatory prescribed by the war department That Col Mearns Willitt Capt Anthony Wells Lieut John Hunsdale as above stated were known to him That the regular Army was never stationed in Salem and he knows none of the officers personally (except as above stated) He further states that he was in the company stationed at Salem as near as he can remember about seven months and a half as substitute for Br Brother William and the services which he had to perform were keeping guard and ranging about the country in quest of Indians that the service was not very laborious
And as to the sixth interrogatory he says that he can swear fifty more than he has named in his declaration but he is advised that it would be un- necessary
Robert Stewart
Subscribed & sworn this 1 st day of July 1833
before me J H Bayd J H

Washington County ss. John H. Boyd one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said County do hereby certify that Alexander Prandfitt who signed the foregoing certificate is a lawful resident in the town of Salem in said County and that Jesse L. Billings who has also signed the same is a resident in the same place and is a credible person and that this statement is entitled to credit. J. H. Boyd Justice Peace
State of New York Washington County ss. I Jesse L. Leigh Clerk of the said County do certify that John H. Boyd Esq. before whom the foregoing affidavits of Alexander Prandfitt and Jesse L. Billings and Robert Stewart purport to have been sworn was at the time a Justice of the Peace of said County as that I am acquainted with his hand writing and only believe his name subscribed to the said affidavits and to the above certificate to be his proper hand writing and signature and that I have annexed thereto half sheets at the several kind of paper and place my official seal thereunto. In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas of said County this 4th day of July 1833. J. L. Leigh Clerk
Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Washington Robert Stewart. The above described applicant for a pension who being duly sworn says in addition to his former statements to which this is subjoined that during the time he was in the service in the United States during the revolutionary war he served in the capacity of a common soldier. Robert Stewart
Subscribed and sworn this 11th day of March 1833 before me J. H. Boyd J. P.

State of New York Washington County ss. I, Noah Fitch and Thomas Boyd both of the town of Salem in said County being duly sworn each doth depose and say for him- self that he has been acquainted with Robert Shura A who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration ever since the war of the revolution that he has resided in said town ever since that he does know that the said Robert was a soldier in the Revolutionary war that he served in the same company part of the time that he did in the year 1782 and under the same officers as is stated in said Robert's declaration. That he is of the in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we know that opinion to be correct.
Noah Fitch Thomas Boyd
Sworn to subscribed the day 2 year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
J. S. Leigh CLK
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 Noah Fitch and Thomas Boyd who has subscribed the preamble affidavit are residents of the town of Salem

aforesaid and credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit
I Joseph S Leigh Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Washington and State of New York do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Robert Stewart for a pension
For testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of Office this 28 th day of August 1832 J. S. Leigh C.R.
Robert Stewart Pension
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State of New York
Washington County ss. On the 28 th day of November in the year 1833, before me Cyrus Stewart a Commissioner of Dues in & for said County, personally appeared Asa Fitch, of the town of Salem in the County & State aforesaid, who being by me duly sworn according to law, doth depose & say, that he served in the War of the Revolution in a Company Commanded by Captain Anthony Welp, in a Regiment Commanded by Colonel Marinus Willet in the year 1782 — which Company was stationed at one period in Saratoga County in the State aforesaid & removed from there to the town of Salem in the County of Washington aforesaid — and that this deponent is personally acquainted with Robert Stewart, now of Salem aforesaid, & knows that he served in the revolutionary War in the same Company with this deponent, but for what length of time said Stewart served, this deponent does not remember. —
Sworn before me the 28 th day of November 1833.
Asa Fitch
Cyrus Stewart Comm. of Dues —
I hereby certify that Asa Fitch who subscribed & swore to the above deposition is a person of credibility & that his statement is entitled to credit.
Cyrus Stewart, Comm. of Dues in & for the County of Washington

State of New York
Washington County ss;
I Jesse S. Leigh Clerk of the said county do certify that Cyrus Stevens Esq. before whom the within affidavit purports to have been sworn was at the date of the same a Commissioner of said County duly appointed and qualified and authorized by law to administer oaths and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name subscribed to the said affidavit and to the within Certificate is the proper hand writing & signature of the said Commissioner
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of the said County this 6 th day of December 1835. J. S. Leigh C.R.
Robert Stewart

Rev Sec?
Port Huron, Mich.
May 24, 1915.
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir, -
Can you give me data of pension applied for by Robert Stewart, Salem, Washington Co., N. Y. As my Stewart ancestors lived at Salem think this may be one of them.
Very Sincerely,
Wm R. R. Canham, 913 Prospect Place, Port Huron, Mich.

Revolution
INVALID.
1915-May 28 Hist. Soc. Mrs. A. R. Canham. V.L.H.
File No. 28.438
Robert Stewart
Pr. Rev. Mrs.
Act: June 7 th 89 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 392
[Arrangement of 1870.]