Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 3994, for Jedidiah Sturgis, New Jersey

SERVICE
NUMBER
New Jersey
Sturgis, Jedidiah
S. 3994
CONTENTS
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Ohio - 7890.
Died May 12, 1838
Redidiah Murgis.
of Hamilton in the State of Ohio. who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Lydon of the Regt commanded by Col. Richmond in the New Jersey line for two years.
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio. at the rate of 80 Dollars 00 Cents per annum. to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 16. day of April, 1833 and sent to Mrs H. Murgis. Madisonville. Ohio
Arrears to the 4th of Mar. 1833, - 160.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept 33. 40.00 $200.00.
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Wm P. Saltonstall Clerk, Book 6 Vol. 8, Page 24

Letter to O. Gony Esq d Madisonville P.O. Harpkins Co Ohio. July 12 th 1842
Dear Paid at the Treasury under the act of 8 th April 1838 from 4 th March to 12 th May 1838 Agent notified Aug 14 1842
1888 July 19 S. F. Cary - history Prior.

The State of Ohio Hamilton County } ss Court of Common Pleas. August term 1832
On this 18 th day of August 1832. personally appeared Jedidiah Sturges a resident of Columbia Township, in the County of Hamilton and State of Ohio aged 74 years who being first sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following decla- ration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States at Elizabethton New Jersey in the month of June 1775 as a substitute for John Mitchell for one year in Capt Lyons Company, first Lieut Bateman & 2 nd Lieut Black - in Col. Richmores Regiment. That he first marched to New York thence to Albany by water in a sloop - thence to Ticonderoga thence to Crown Point. thence to St Johns. thence to Montreal. thence to a place the name of which he has forg- otten, where he remained untill the term of his service expired, and one month longer by the desire of his Officers. where he received his discharge. whi- ch discharge he believes he lost before he returned home to New Jersey -
In the latter part of the year 1776 he entered the service by joining a company of Minutemen under Capt Licum Little Lieut Seth Raymond Ensign Abial Hays
That he marched to Wyoming where he staid

Abiah Hays
That he marched to Wyoming where he staid one month - That he was in the Battle of Monmouth under Col. Spencer and that he was in the Battle of Springfield N. J. - where he received a wound in the left leg - That he was at a place called the Farms near Springfield, when they was burnt by the British was in a scrimmage at Naux Hall and also in a scrimmage at Horse neck -
at one time he was ordered up to the North to join Gen. Gates but before he reached Gen Gates camp, Burgoyne had surrendered and he was marched back to New Jersey he is under the Impression that he served about four years in Capt Lefles Company and does not recollect that he ever got a discharge. 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 the agency of of any State
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Sam. Farnsworth Clerk Sedidiah Sturges

State of Ohio } ss Hamilton County }
Jedidiah Sturgis being sworn according to law saith that he was born in Essex County in the State of New Jersey on the 12 th day of May in the year 1758. That he has a record of his age in his family Bible which is in the possession of his daughter Mrs. Gibson in the City of Cincinnati That he lived in Essex County in the State of New Jersey when he entered the Service, and that he resi- ded in the State of New Jersey since the Revolution- ary war, until the last fifteen years when he removed to Columbia Township in the County of Hamilton & State of Ohio. Where he now lives.
That he entered the Service as a substitute for John Mitchell, and also as a Volunteer in Capt. Lytle's Com- pany of Minute men, and he names Gen. Sullivan and Col. [illegible] as regular officers under whom he did duty, and that the general circumstances of his services are named within. That he received a dischar- ge when his term of service expired as a substitute from Gen. Schuyler, he believes which discharge is now lost. He names Daniel Sturgis and Amos Ward, residing in his neighbourhood as persons who can testify as to his character for veracity and their belief as to the truth of what he has sworn to within and above.
Sworn to and subscribed Jedidiah Sturgis
before me in open Court
Aug t 18 th 1832. Wm. DePue
State of Ohio } ss Hamilton County }
Daniel Sturgis and Amos Ward being sworn say By Beside in the neighbourhood of Jedidiah Sturgis the above applicant that they are well ac- quainted with [illegible]

State of Ohio Hamilton County
Daniel Sturgis and Amos Ward being sworn say Reside in the neighbourhood of Jedediah Sturgis the above applicant that they are well ac- quainted with said Sturgis and have known him for fifteen years more that he sustained and has ever since they have known him sustained an unapproachable character as a man of veracity and a good citizen that they believe his representations as to age that it has been reported in the neighbourhood and believed so far as they know that he has been a revolutionary soldier and that they con- cur in that opinion and further the said Amos Ward saith that he has known the said Jedediah Sturgis for upwards of fifty years and served with him in an expedition to Wyoming on the Delaware river against the Indians in the Revolutionary war and further saith not
Daniel Sturgis further saith that his Grandfather was half brother to said Jedediah Sturgis which is the rela- tionship subsisting between them
Sworn to and subscribed before me at Cincinnati Augt 1st 1832
Amos Ward Daniel Sturgis
No 2007 J. M. ... Notary Public
and the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the two departments that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier & served as he has since the court further certifies that it appears to them that Amos Ward & Daniel Sturgis who signed the foregoing certificate are residents of Hamilton County Ohio and are credible persons and that their statements are entitled to credit
State of Ohio Hamilton County Set I Daniel Paine Clerk of said Court do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Jedediah Sturgis for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed seal of said court & of my office at Cincinnati this 18th of August A.D. 1832
Daniel Paine Clerk

Madison, Ham: Co. O.
July 2 nd 1832.
no deposition here Sir: On the 16 th day of April 1832, a pension certificate was issued from your Office to Jedediah Sturges, entitling the said Sturges, to receive Eighty Dollars per annum, (for Revolutionary services) during his natural life, Payments to be made Semi Annually on the 4 th of Mch & 4 th of Sept r at Cin ci nnati, Ohio, You will see by the accompanying deposition of John Sturges, that the said Jed: Sturges, died on the 12 th day of May 1838, and that a balance of $ _____ was due his widow for the term of time elapsing between the 4 th of Mch 1838 & the 12 th of May 1838, the time of Sturges death. the widow in this case is very poor, a town charge, with a family I have been at considerable trouble in getting the papers arranged, at my own expence, & for which I shall not receive one cent, the officers who have certified me in the matter made no charge, and although the Balance is but small, It would cheer the heart of the poor widow these Hard times, on presenting the enclosed papers to the Agency in Cincinnati, I was informed that they could not pay it only on an order from the Court of Pensions, after Eight months had elapsed, from the death of the Pensioner will you be so kind as to forward direction to the Agency in Cincinnati, to pay the amt due, If consistent with your opinion & the law on the subject, I am entirely unacquainted with the Law, as well as the rules and regulations of your office Please attend to this matter as soon as convenient, write me at Madisonville P.O. Hamilton Co: O. enclosing the papers. I send
I beg leave to refer you to Mr Pendleton or Mr Wallen of the H.R. U.S. As to my character Hon: J. L. Edwards.
Yours &c
A. Jones

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
SECOND COMPROLLER'S OFFICE,
August 9 th 1842.
Sir:
Under the Act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An Act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States,"
The widow of Frederick Sturgis , deceased, late _____ a Pensioner on the Roll of the Ohio _____ Agency, at the rate of Eighty _____ Dollars and _____ Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June  1832 , has been paid at this Department, from the  1 st of March , to the 12 th May 1838 ,
Respectfully, yours,
William L. Harris Comptroller
To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS, Present.

Rev. & 1812 Wars Section.
Jan. 15, 1926.
Mrs. W. A. H. McIlvaine, 30 S. Wade Ave. Washington, Penn.
Madam:
I have to advise you, that the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau fail to afford any information in regard to Nathan, Joseph and Daniel Sturgis of New Jersey.
The Revolutionary War pensioner, S. 3994, Jedidiah Sturgis was born May 12, 1758, in Essex County, N. J. and lived there when he enlisted. In 1832 he was living in Hamilton County, Ohio.
The Revolutionary War pensioner, S. 3998, Benjamin Sturgis was born August 23, 1757, in Morris County, N. J. and lived there when he enlisted and in 1832.
In neither claim is the name of the wife on record.
If either of the above, is the person whose record you wish, please so state and a full report will be sent you.
Respectfully
WINFIELD SCOTT, Commissioner.

MRS. W. A. H. MCILVAINE 30 SOUTH WADE AVENUE WASHINGTON, PA.
Jan. 13, 1926.
Pension Bureau, Dept. of Interior, Washington, D. C.
Several weeks ago I wrote you in regard to the Revolutionary war records of certain men who served in New Jersey. As yet I have had no word at all from you in regard to same.
Will you kindly, at your very earliest convenience look up the war and pension records of the following men who served in New Jersey and forward to me immediately, advising me the expense of same and I shall remit immediately.
These men are all privates and appear in "Stryker's Jersey men":-
Benjamin S. Sturgis, also wagoner Jedediah Sturgis Nathan Sturgis, Morris Co. Joseph Sturgis, Essex Co. Daniel Sturgis, Morris Co.
I am so anxious for this information, so won't you please give it your immediate attention.
Truly yours,
(Mrs. W. A. H.) Florence S. McIlvaine

MRS. W. A. H. MCILVAINE 30 SOUTH WADE AVENUE WASHINGTON, PA.
Dec. 9, 1925.
Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
I am desirous of having the war record of certain men that served in the Revolution with the New Jersey troops and who appear in "Stryker's Jersey men" on Pages 773 and 774, and therefore I feel quite certain you will have them on your files. Names as follows:-
Benjamin S. Sturgis, also wagoner Jedediah Sturgis o Nathan Sturgis, Morris County o Joseph Sturgis Essex County o Daniel Sturgis Morris County
One of these five men is my ancestor, but am not able to tell which and thought possibly something in the pension papers would help unravel the line. After getting the war record of the above I will then advise you as to the preparation of photostatic copies or copy which I will want made.
Kindly send promptly the war records of the above advising as to the expense of same and I shall remit.
Truly yours,
Florence Sturgis McIlvaine (Mrs. W. A. H.)

Rev May
3994
1926 Jan. 15, Mrs. W. A. H. McShane info of birth & residence, etc
INVALID.
File No. 3994
Jedediah Sturgis Pr. N. J. Linn
Act: June 7, 1832
Index:—Vol. A , Page 356
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Madisonville Ohio December 29 th 1832
Sir Enclosed. I return the pension papers of Thos. Stacy & Jedidiah Sturges with their Depositions. Enclosed, drawn in conformity with the Brief, forwarded from your office -
Those cases are considered here as deserving attention as the applicants at least, Sturges is in extreme Indigent circumstances, and being far from the place where he performed the service and the great lapse of time, renders it difficult for him to procure sufficient Evidence. Should the Deposition Enclosed be considered not sufficient to procure his being placed on the pension list roll, there can be obtained a great deal of traditional Evidence in his favor, but it would be attended with considerable cost & trouble which he is not able to sustain, the reason why they have not obtained the testimony of a Clergyman is in consequence of the recent death of the Rev. Mr Langdon of the Methodist Church and the Rev. Mr Jones of the Baptist Church so that there is no resident Clergyman at this time in this township.
J. L. Edwards Esqr Pension Agent Washington City, DC
I am respectfully your obedient Servant W. H. Moore

The State of Ohio Hamilton County
Personally appeared before the undersigned a justice of the Peace within and for the County of Hamilton. Jedidiah Sturges who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: For one year and one month I served as a private soldier a substitute for John Mitchell in Capt Lyons company in Col Brichmores Regiment, in the Northern campaign in the years 1775 & 1776. I as a private soldier served for two years in Capt Lucum Lyttle's company of Minute men, and for such service I claim a pension, and further this deponent saith that it was not in his power without great trouble to procure the signature of a clergyman, there being none resident in the township, where he resides, and further this deponent saith that he has proof a part of his services by one living witness viz Thomas Ward, aged about 71 or 72 years, and further this deponent saith not Sworn to & subscribed before me at my office in Madisonville this 27th day of December 1832 Jedidiah Sturges E. Baldwin JP

The State of Ohio Hamilton County
I Daniel Gano clerk pro tem of the Court of Common Pleas within and for the County of Hamilton do hereby certify that P. Baldwin Esq. before whom the within and foregoing oath was made and whose certificate thereof is attached is now and was at that time an acting justice of the peace within and for said County duly elected Commissioned and sworn into office fully authorized to administer oaths and to all his acts as such full faith and credit are due and ought to be given
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the Seal of our said Court at Cincinnati this 28th day of December A.D. 1832
Dan Gano Clerk pro tem
Mr. A. Moore Esq. Madisonville Hamilton County Ohio
Medical College Hamilton County Ohio Adm for 2 years from 1775