Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 10,283 1/2, for John Stufflebean, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
Stufflebean, John Elsee
R. 10,283 1/2
CONTENTS

Illinois 7318 Kentucky
John Strublebean
of Estates in the State of Kentucky who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Levitt of the _____ commanded by _____ in the Reserve time for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky at the rate of 80 Dollars _____ Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 29 day of March 1833 and South Daniel Brick Richmond Kentucky Arrears to the 14th of March 1833 $160.00 Semi-annual allowance ending Sept _____ 40.00 $200.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by Daniel Boyd Clerk Book 8 Vol. 7 Page 27
Letter to Pensions 25 th March 1842. Levi to Pensions Aged 19. Sept 1842
To Illinois from 4 March 1842 5 th Oct 1842. Notification to D. J. Baker. Kasaskia. Illinois
Set: to David J. Baker, Ills. May 10. 1844 -
Date of death not on A.B.

11904 Eliza and  John  the  Stafford  Stafford July 2, 1838 Re May 12, 1845.

State of Illinois. ss. On this twenty thirteenth day of April in the year of Our Lord One thousand eight hundred and forty five personally appeared before the Circuit Court in and for the County of Randolph in the State of Illinois, judicially sitting Elsee Shufflebean, a resident in the County of Randolph aforesaid, aged eighty three years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed July 7, 1838 entitled "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows": That she is the widow of John Shufflebean who was a private in the Army of the Revolution, in which, as she has always understood and verily believes he enlisted in the State of New York during the war, and in which he served until he was taken a prisoner by the Indians in the service of the British. - This fact however she knows not of her own knowledge, but only as she has always heard and understood from her said husband John Shufflebean in his life time and sincerely believes to be true; but she knows of her own knowledge that the said John Shufflebean in his life time was, from the twenty ninth day of March in the year One thousand eight hundred and thirty three until the time of his death, a pensioner under the laws of the United States and regularly drew his pension as such pensioner, and that during all that time and at the time of his death he the said John Shufflebean had in his possession an original pension certificate of which the following is a true copy; to wit: "War Department Revolutionary Claims, I do certify that in conformity to the law of the United States of the 7 th June 1832 John Shufflebean of the State of Kentucky, who was a private in the Army of the Revolution is entitled to receive eighty dollars and cents per annum during his natural life, commencing on the 4 th of March 1831, and payable semi-annually on the 4 th of March and 4 th of September in every year. Given at the War Office of the United States this twenty ninth day of March One thousand

eight hundred and thirty three. New Cause Secretary of War" examined and countersigned S. J. Edwards, commissioner of pensions. Recorded in the Pension Office in Book 6. Vol. 7 page 27 By Daniel Boyd Clerk" which original certificate the the said Elsee Stufflebean surrendered to the Pension Agent at Springfield in the State of Illinois upon her receiving the arrears of pension due to said John Stufflebean at the time of his death but retained a copy of the same as above written. Said John Stufflebean was transferred from the Roll of Kentucky to that of Illinois on the 5 th of October 1842 and resided in Illinois until the time of his death. She further declares that she was married to the said John Stufflebean in the fall season, and to the best of her recollection and belief in the year One thousand seven hundred and ninety two or one thousand seven hundred and ninety three. She is unable to state the month or year of her marriage to said John Stufflebean with any greater certainty than she has done above. It took place in or near the town of Paris now called, in Bourbon County in the State of Kentucky more than fifty one years ago. and of this fact she is certain and that she and the said John Stufflebean lived harmoniously and uninterruptedly together as husband and wife from the time of their marriage until the time of his death; that is to say for upwards of fifty one years immediately preceding his death, during which space of time she had by the said John Stufflebean ten children, the said John Stufflebean was illiterate and could not write even his own name, nor can any of his children write, nor can this applicant, the said Elsee Stufflebean write and no family record of the marriage of herself and and the said John Stufflebean has ever been made or kept, nor does any such record exist at this time to her knowledge. Nor does she know of any person now living who was present at the time of her marriage with the said John Stufflebean. The marriage ceremony was performed by one John Todd

who to her best recollection and belief was a preacher of the Gospel but she has no reason to believe that the said John Todd is now alive and if he is alive she knows not where he lives, nor does she know that any record of said marriage was ever made; She was at the time of her marriage to the said John Shufflebean the widow of Joseph Ketchum deceased and her maiden name before her marriage to the said Joseph Ketchum was Elsie Garrison. She further declares that her last husband, the said John Shufflebean died on the sixteenth day of January in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty four near to the town of Kaskaskia, in the County of Randolph in the State of Illinois, at the advanced age of one hundred and ten years eleven months and one day; that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January in the year One thousand seven hundred and ninety four, viz at the time or rather in the year seventeen hundred and ninety two, or seventeen hundred and ninety three above stated
Sworn and subscribed on the day and year above written in open Court before the Judge then of Gustavus Koerner Judicially sitting
Gustavus Koerner
her Elsie Shufflebean mark
John A. Langlois, CLK. of said circuit Court.

State of Illinois ss. On this thirtieth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty five personally appeared before the Circuit Court in and for the County of Randolph in the State of Illinois judicially setting Jacob Shuffelbarn a resident of said Randolph County aged Forty five years who being first duly sworn according to law doth depose and say, that during the whole of the last forty years of the life of John Shuffelbarn who was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States late of said County deceased, named also in the application of Elsee Shuffelbarn hereto attached, he this deponent was well acquainted with the said John Shuffelbarn, and during all of which time deponent was equally well acquainted with said Elsee Shuffelbarn the wife of said deceased pensioner and since the death of the said John Shuffelbarn and up to the present time he has known the said Elsee Shuffelbarn and this deponent knows and states that during the said forty years and up to the time of the death of the said John Shuffelbarn the said Elsee lived and continued to cohabit with said John Shuffelbarn as his lawful and wedded wife and such wife during the whole of said forty years, she was believed to be by this deponent and reputed to be by and among all the people to whom they said Elsee & John Shuffelbarn were known. The said John Shuffelbarn & the said Elsee Shuffelbarn always lived harmoniously together ever treating each other and demeaning themselves towards each other as affectionate and faithful husband and wife should do that deponent knows said John Shuffelbarn and Elsee his wife from his earliest recollections in the State of Kentucky where they lived together in the relation of husband and wife until four or five years before the death of the said John Shuffelbarn when they moved together into said Randolph County near to the town of Kaskaskia in said County and thenceforward lived together as husband & wife in the dwelling house of this deponent until the death of the said John Shuffelbarn. Said Elsee had ten children by her said husband John Shuffelbarn, and this deponent has never heard the legality of the marriage of the said Elsee to the said John Shuffelbarn doubted or questioned, nor does this deponent believe it, nor has he any reason to believe the legality of their marriage.

has ever been doubted or questioned by any person. This deponent was reared and lived from early infancy to manhood in the State of Kentucky and most part of that time in the family of the said John Shuffelbrian and he says that the said John Shuffelbrian and his wife Elsee as also all their children were and are wholly illiterate and unable to write even their own names and no family record has ever been made or kept of the birth, marriages or deaths of any of the members of the family of said John Shuffelbrian and deponent is confident that no family record has ever been made of the marriage of the said Elsee to the said John Shuffelbrian, nor does this deponent know that any public record of such marriage has ever been made and he has no reason to believe any such record now exists as searches have been made in the place where such record if in existence would be most likely to be found, for the same and without success & as this deponent has never heard of the existence of such record. This deponent does not know any person now living who performed the ceremony of marriage between the said Elsee and John Shuffelbrian, nor does he know any person now living who was present at the time of the performance of said ceremony. He has always understood and verily believes that said Elsee and John Shuffelbrian were married at the time and place and by the person as named in the written application for a pension, of the said Elsee Shuffelbrian hereto attached. The said Elsee Shuffelbrian of whom this deponent now therein speaks is the same identical person who has made the application hereto attached for a pension from the United States and further this deponent says not - Sworn and subscribed on _____ his the day and year above _____ + _____ written in open court before _____ mark the Judge thereof Gustavus Koerner.
John Langlois, Clerk of said Circuit Court

I John A. Langlois clerk of the Circuit Court in and for the County of Randolph in the State of Illinois do hereby certify that the foregoing application of Elsee Stufflebean was duly sworn to and subscribed by her and the foregoing deposition of Jacob Stufflebean was duly subscribed and sworn to by him, in open court judicially sitting, on the thirtieth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty five.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court on this first day of May in the year last aforesaid
John A. Langlois CLK
I Gustavus Hovner one of the Justices of the Supreme Court of the State of Illinois and sole Judge of the Circuit Court in and for Randolph County in said State do certify that Elsee Stufflebean did on the thirtieth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty five subscribe the application hereto attached & swear to the same and on the same day by her Jacob Stufflebean did subscribe & swear to the foregoing affidavits as done in open court judicially sitting & I do further certify that that John A. Langlois whose signature appears to the above certificate was at the date thereof and now is the clerk of said Circuit Court, that his said signature is in his proper hand writing and is in due form of law - Given under my hand this first day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & forty five
Gustavus Hovner

4945. M c Shaffleton

State of Kentucky Essex County } S.S.
On this 28 th day of August 1832 personally appeared in open court before Jas. McGuire Samuel Tipton Thompson matter justice of the County Court in & for the County of Essex aforesaid now sitting. I do here shuffle bear a resident of the County of Essex aforesaid aged about 80 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 under the following named officers & served as herein stated — That he was born on the east side of the Hudson River not far below Albany in the State of New York — That in 1777 he was living on a small River or Creek that empties into the Delaware River he thinks it was called Navasene or Navasing — he is no scholar & cannot tell how it was spelt; he lived in the State of New York not more than 8 or 10 miles from the Delaware River — not far from the Pennsylvania line & also the Jersey line —
That he then enlisted in 1775 or about that time in the service of the United States under Capt. Jacob DeWitt. He was Capt. of a company of Rangers or Spies to guard the Frontier. He continued being stationed a while

at Hackendack - at Sopas - New Windsor, Pomona & other small towns - He mentions receiving ten pounds on the Brave Head as bounty money when he enlisted - About two years after he enlisted he went by direction of his Capt with others of the Company to spy & guard in the neighborhood of the Delaware in New York State against the Indians - While out he was surprised at the House of one Casaw near the Delaware & taken Prisoner by the Indians & Lorons - Brant commanded the Indians - Brant was an Indian - part or full blood - was called Bold Brant - was said to be com- missioned by the King - That he with others who were taken Pris- oners, were taken by the Indians over the Delaware after going up it some distance on logs or rafts afterwards crossed the Susquehanna River in same way - we were taken to the Mohawk Settlement of Indians where he the applicant, with others were compelled to run the gambit - He continued a Prisoner with the Indians about some nine months - was then about 18 miles below the Falls of Niagara

Sold by the Indians, to Colo Butler the British commanded there - He was then taken to Detroit & remained there about two years, he thinks may be a little more - all night he with five others on the 26 April but what year he cannot recollect run away from at Detroit, went down the river Lake by water one hundred miles or more - then struck through the wilderness & came down the Muskingum River to the Ohio - where there fell in with James Garrison coming to Reubens - he joined his company & came to Reubens where he has resided ever since - He has no documentary evidence in his possession to prove his services. & knows of no person, who testimony he can procure to establish them except his Brother Michael Stoffleham, who is living resides now where in Illinois - In 1823 he went to Illinois & took his Brother, affidavit with a view to make application for a pension but never made application or did any thing more in the business - He knows no one

his Mother's affidavit - He hereby reaffirms every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present & declares that his name is not on the pension Roll of the agency of any State -
Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid 31 st  his John Stubblebeam mark
Mr Samuel Kelly a clayman residing in the County of State of Ohio & Mill. Mcguire residing in Zane County do hereby certify that we are & have been so long well acquainted - with John Stubblebeam, who has subscribed & sworn to the foregoing declaration - That we believe him to be about 80 years of age - that he is respected & beloved in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution & that we concur in that opinion - We further certify that said applicant is a man of good character - a plain honest old Dutchman - we have known Sworn & subscribed him between 30 & 40 years the day & year aforesaid 31 st Joseph Kelley
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter & after putting the interrogations prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier & service, he states - And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Samuel Kelly who has signed the preceding certificate

is a resident of the County of Estill Ky & a clergyman & that William W. G. Nixon, who has also signed the same is a resident of Fann County & a credible person of good character & that their names are entitled to full credit -
James Myrre J. B. G. C. Samuel D. Stirtz Samson Walters J. B. G. C.
I Rott Clark clerk of the Court of Estill County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of John Stufflebean for a Pension
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 20th day of August 1832 -
Rott Clark Elk

May 7, 1932
BA-J/MLB XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX JOHN STUFFLEBEAN R. 10283½
Mr. Willard H. Stufflebean 531 Harrison Street Brookfield, Missouri
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter relative to John Stufflebean, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.
The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, R. 10283½, based upon the military service of John Stufflebean in the Revolutionary War. First page of the pension not for
He was born near Albany, New York, date not stated.
While living in New York State near the Pennsylvania and New Jersey line, he enlisted about 1775 or 1776 and served about two years as private in Captain Jacob Dewitt's New York company of rangers; after this he was taken prisoner by the Indians and British and held near Niagara Falls and at Detroit about two years and nine months, when he, with five others, made his escape and went to Kentucky.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 20, 1832, while a resident of Estill County, Kentucky, aged about eighty years.
He died January 16, 1844, near Kaskaskia, Randolph County, Illinois.
Soldier married in the fall of 1792 or 1793 in or near Paris, Bourbon County, Kentucky, Elsee Ketchum, the widow of Joseph Ketchum. Her maiden name was Elsee Larrison.
John and Elsee Stufflebean had ten children but the only name given was that of Jacob Stufflebean, who in 1842 was aged forty-one years and living in Kaskaskia, Illinois. The soldier and his wife, Elsee, moved from Kentucky about that year to live with their son Jacob. In 1845, she was aged eighty-three years. See pension file

In 1823, soldier's brother, Mike or Michael Stufflebean, was living in Lawrence County, Illinois. About 1829 he moved to Vermilion County in that state and died about 1830. Sons of Michael Stufflebean were referred to but no names given.
There are no further family data on file.
The foregoing history is that of the only soldier named John Stufflebean found in the Revolutionary War records of this office.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator

Eliza Stubblebain for widow of John for Rev Pension act July 1838 Illinois suspended file
Passed June
Apr 1840

Vol. 10, No. 1
1888
January
102836
July 1, 1888

Millersburg, Ind. Jan. 24. 1833.
Hon. S. Cass,
Sir,
I return herewith enclosed the declarations & c of John Shuff- leham & David Swindler, amended so as to meet the requisitions of the Department. The former from age, infirmity & poverty being unable to go to Illinois to procure an additional affidavit from his mother, his only witness, I wrote to the Postmaster in the County, where he formerly resided, and learn that he died about eighteen months since. Their facts are set forth in the Supplementary proceedings. None the Applicants are personally known to me as very worthy men. Are

Early action upon this case is solicited — very respectfully
Yours &c. &c.
Samuel Brinker
Hon. Lewis Cass.

✓ Stamped Envelope Rev. Rec 7014 w Baltimore, Md. 11/28/21
Pension Bureau Washington D.C. Gentlemen:-
Would you please send me the Revolutionary Record of John Stufflebeam of Pennsylv- ania - I would appreciate it if you would send it as soon as possible. Thanking you - I am
Very truly -
Mrs. Ira A. Smith
FROM Mrs. Ira A. Smith Buck's Lane West Arlington Baltimore, Md.

Skankia Illinois April 27th 1844
J L Edwards Esq Commissioner of Pensions Sir
In accordance with the instructions contained in your letter of the 14th ult to Hon. Sidney Breese of the U. S. Senate in regard to the obtaining the arrears of pension due to John Stufflebran late a Prisoner of the United States, etc? under the provisions of the act of 2nd March 1829 requiring such arrears to be paid to their widows &c I now forward, at the request of Mrs Elsee Stufflebran the widow of said deceased, her application for the same, prepared, I believe, as those instructions require, together with the Original Certificate, issued to her husband in his life time, and request that you will instruct the Pension Agent for the Agency of this State to make payment of the arrears to James F. Orwig, Esq of the city of Springfield in this State - her attorney in fact, for receiving the same.
I am very respectfully your obedient servant David J. Baker

D. J. Baker May 10. 44

Pension Office, May 10. 1844.
Sir
I return you the vouchers in the case of Mrs. Stufflebean.
The arrear due at the time of the death of her husband John Stufflebean must be paid by the agents on whose books his name was at the time of his death.
David Baker Kaskaskia
Ills. —

Paris Ky. April 7. 1845.
D. J. Baker
Sir, I rec d yours requesting that I would enclose you a copy of the certificate of marriage of Mr. Shufflesham, which was supposed to be of record in this county. I have caused a careful search of the records of the county court of Bourbon county, and can find no record of the marriage referred to in your letter. The fact is that ministers & others authorized to administer the marriage ceremony, are very careful, in having a record made as required by law. The fact of abolition is with us proof of marriage - It may be possible upon enquiry among the old settlers, in the neighborhood the fact could be proved. If the old lady could state what portion of the county she resided in, I could make enquiry, but being recently a citizen of the county my acquaintance is limited - Respectfully R. H. Harris

Alton Illinois
May 1 1845
J L Edwards Esq Commissioner of Pensions Sir
I enclose herewith the application of Mrs Elsee Stufflebean of Randolph County in this State, the widow of John Stufflebean a U S Pensioner late of the same County etc? for a pension, with the request that you will at your earliest convenience consider the same and notify me of your decision thereon. It is perhaps impossible to prove by any record evidence or by the testimony of living witnesses, present at the marriage, the fact of its having actually taken place and, I trust, when the advanced age of the applicant and the new and unsettled condition of the country when and where it occurred are considered, evidence of a character other or more satisfactory than that now presented will not be expected or required.
I enclose also the letter of Hon. R. Haver late a member of Congress from Kentucky & now residing in the county where the marriage ceremony was performed, on this subject.
I am very respectfully &c David J Baker

Lancaster Ill No 27. Fred To Reily P.M.
Mr Dan l Breck Richmond Ky -
96. N. 1/2

Cincinatti M ch 20 1852
Mr Van Buren
Sir
Your letter of Enquiry as to Michael Guffelbaum was duly recd. Mr Guffelbaum left this County about three years since for the County of Permilliard , I was well acquainted with him while living in this neighborhood. He died about 18 months since as I have been informed by one of his sons.
Respectfully yours
J. M. Riley

25 March 1842.
John Stufflebean
G. G.

Pension Office
25 th March 1842.
Sir
The enclosed printed instructions should be strictly complied with, before your name can be transferred from the Kentucky to the Illinois Agency.
I am H e
Mr John Stufflebean M. I. Pensioned Kaskaskia Illinois

Haskaskia Sept 6. 1822
5
J. L. Edwards Esq Commissioner of Pensions
Sir
At the request of Mr. John Stubbleban of this (Randolph) county, I enclose herewith his application for a transfer of his pension from the Kentucky to the Illinois agency. Hoping the papers may be found to be correctly prepared.
I am very respectfully your obedt servt. David J. Baker

J. L. Edwards Esq Commission of Pensions Washington

Mar 18 1842
Mr
J. L. Ken New Bedford
Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions Washington City
Col. Edwards Esq.

Seymour Ky 10 th March 1842
Dear Sir
Jacob Shuffelbearn is now here on his way to the State of Ill. in care of his son - This removal is forced on this old man to be with his son and you are requested to transfer his name to the Ill. Pension agency Notify him at Kaskaskia Rendal 60 Ill. The evidence of his wish removal is enclosed
Very Respectfully yours & his
Joseph Hicklin

John Stufflebeam
Will
from 1776 print 2 years $80.
David
Over
Daniel Breck Richmond Ky.
cannot swear positively as to the p- lection he served not less than the periods in- year — — months and — — days. and — — days, I served as a — — ; and

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of John Stufflebean which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides ? yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides ? yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so ? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served ? yes V. *Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled ? yes VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations ? yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832 ? yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion ? yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate ? yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed ? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal ? yes

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? yes.
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? has a witness,
XIV. † If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? no.
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? no.
XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? no.
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? 1 2
Witness is dead
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
“Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. 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 _____ year _____ months and _____ days. I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension.”

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.
QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the affidavits must be properly authenticated, as above directed.
QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
. a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished

1887 Feb. 4. Dr. M. Gen l for more data for identification & when properly furnished the history desired will be furnished. P.M. in skeleton copy within
Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1870.
1916, Sept. 14. Data furnished auditor for Interior Dept., etc. Enclosures returned. L.H.
1921 Dec. 12 visit to Mrs. Ida A. Smith - En.
1932 - May 7 - Dist. 6 - Mr. Hillard of
Rufflebean - M.P.
1932 - May 24 - Mr. Hillard of Rufflebean ad.
list mailed as above - M.P.
1932 - May 24 - H. H. Stufflebean ad.
rel. to Cales etc. M.P.
1940 Feb. 20 - Dist. 6 - Daisy L. Whitehead - M.P.
10,283 1/2
P. O.
Oliver Stufflebean
Service: _____
REJECTED
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

Pension Office. file June 23, 1848.
Sir,
The claim of Eliza Hufflebear, widow of John Hufflebear, under the act of July 7, 1838, has been examined and filed. She cannot obtain a pension under that act, for the reason that her husband received a pension for the entire period to which its provisions are limited. She will, however, be entitled to the benefit of the act of March 3 d 1843, provided she can produce satisfactory evidence of the date of her marriage and of the service of her husband. If there is no record evidence of the marriage and no living witnesses who were present at its celebration, the testimony of old neighbors might be adduced, who could, probably, prove the date of its occurrence by some associated event in their own lives; and their evidence should be strengthened by a statement of the ages of the claimant, oldest

children, which might  could be proven in the same manner. The proof of cohabitation cannot be regarded as evidence of the date of the marriage, but it may be ascertained with sufficient precision by the mode referred.
John Huffleban was pensioned for two years service in the Pennsylvania Line in the company of Capt. Dun at a time when the means of information within the reach of this office were very limited. His name cannot be found upon the Rolls of that State now in our possession and therefore must be sustained by the certificate of the Secretary of the State of Pennsylvania at Harrisburg, before the claim can be admitted.
David J. Baker, Esq Alton, Illinois.
J. I. Baker June 22. 1845.

450 WAR DEPARTMENT. 1887 B RECEIVED JAN 27
228 Q.M.G.O. CEMETERY JAN 28 1887 H.C.
Jan'y 24, 1887
H.C. Simpson.
For headstone for grave of a soldier of the Revolution. Jacob Stufflebeam or Sufflebeam - died Dec/84
Q.M. General
1 st Endorsement 75
Respectfully referred to the Commissioner of Pensions with request that the correct name and military record of the within mentioned soldier of the Revolution (said to have been a pensioner) be furnished this office, if ascertain- able from the pension records.
G. B. Root Quartermaster General, U.S. Army
Q.M.G.O. 3 Jan'y 29/87 3 228-'87

Randolph Co Ill
Modoc Ill. Jan. 24. 1887
New Boundary of War
Washington D.C.
Dear Sir,
I write you in person in regard to an old Revolutionary Soldier who died and was buried without a stone or anything to mark the grave of the remains of one who spent the whole time of the Grand Struggle that wrought so grand a change and secured the liberty of which the American people are so feelingly. The name of the soldier was "Jacob Stufflebeam" or "Jacob Suffle- beam". I cannot learn definitely which he was a "Quay Serjeant". He drew a pension from the Government up to his death which was sometime in December 1844, or January 1845. He claimed to have been born about two years after "The Great Washington" the father of his Country 1734, and consequently was one hundred and ten years and eleven months of age at the time of his death. The record of the pension of at the time of his death ought to show best his age, the age in which he served during the Revolution we

We think and feel that he ought to have a Frankstone, and not knowing to whom to write in this matter, I your humble servant address you Hon Sir on this matter and pray you to place the matter in its proper place and have a stone sent us which we will see to having set up rightly and over the proper spot of ground, in due honor to him whom we owe so much
We hope Hon Sir that this matter will not inconvenience you, and that in due time we will be able to erect the stone & celebrate the opportunity as it rightly deserves Praying that your Hon Sir will assist us, I am as ever your
Humble Servant
H. C. Simpson
Modoc, Randolph, C. Dec

TB. 2, Belleville, Illinois, February 1, 1940.
Veterans Administration, Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:
Will you kindly send me copies of records of the two soldiers named on the two enclosures? Both are wanted to establish eligibility to membership in the society of Daughters of the American Revolution.
Please include names of wives and children and any other information available.
Thanking you greatly, I am
Very truly yours, (Miss) Daisy L. Whiteside.
Deed

Daisy L. Whiteside, R. 2, Belleville, Ill.
John Stuffelbean (Stubblebein) who served in the Pennsylvania line; after the American Revolution, he removed to Randolph Co., Illinois; died near Kaskaskia, Randolph Co., in 1844; all possible data wanted.

Kentucky Agency Louisville Sept. 24. 1842
J. L. Edwards Esq. Comm. Pension
Sir
It appears from the Books of this agency that John Stufflebean a Pensioner now on this Roll under the act 7. June 1832 at Eighty Dollars per Annum was last paid on the 10 March 1842 - Forty Dollars for his semi-annual pension due on the 4 March 1842.
In compliance with your letter of advice of the 19 th Inst. I have closed his account on my Books the same being transferred to the Illinois agency
I am with much
Respect Yours &c.
H. W. Mendenhall Pen. Agt.

February 20, 1940
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Miss Daisy L. Whiteside Route #2, Belleville, Illinois.
SA-J/CC John White S.32589
John Stufflebean R.10283½
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of John White, who was born in 1761, in Stafford County, Connecticut, moved to Wabash County, Illinois and died there about 1834, and that of John Stufflebean who served with the Pennsylvania troops, moved to Randolph County, Illinois and died there in 1844.
You are furnished herewith the Revolutionary War record of John White and of John Stufflebean described by you.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

May 24, 1932
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Mr. Willard H. Stufflebean 531 Harrison Street Brookfield, Missouri
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter of May 17, in which you state that several months ago you requested the record of John Stufflebean, a Revolutionary War pensioner, and had not yet received a report.
The records of this office show that on May 7, 1932, in response to your letter received April 2, 1932, the record of that soldier was written for you.
It is hoped these data have reached you by this time. It is regretted that they could not have been furnished sooner, but the demand for Revolutionary War data is great and the clerical force available for furnishing such information is limited.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator

Brookfield, Missouri
531 Harrison Street,
5-17-1833
Mr. H. D. Hiller, Veterans Administration Washington, D. C. Dear Mr. Hiller:
Re:JOHN STUFFLEBEAN, PRIVATE. Penn line 3-29-1833 - - - - Estill County, Kentucky - - -3-4-1831 age 82-
Several months ago I wrote you requesting information regarding a Revolutionary soldier who drew a pension while residing in Estill County Kentucky, John Stufflebean . He was a private, of Pennsylvania line and his pension began March 4-1831 and was placed on pension roll March 29th 1833,, at the age of 82.
So far I have not had an answer from my letter regarding the report and history of above soldier.
You would do me a great favor in helping me secure these records.
Hoping to have an early reply, I am
Most sincerely,
Willard H Stufflebean
at- Willard H Stufflebean 531 Harrison Street, Brookfield, Missouri.

531 Harrison St. Brookfield, Mo.
Mr. H D Hiller, Veterans Administration, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
Please refer to your records of Revolutionary Soldiers, and give me the full history of John Stufflebean, who drew a pension while a resident of Estill County Kentucky, and was placed on the pension roll 3-29-1833 and his pension began 3-4-1831, he was a private in the Pennsylvania Line, and received pension at age 82.
Hoping you can accommodate me, I am
Most sincerely yours,
Mr Willard H Stufflebean
Mr. Willard, H Stufflebean 531 Harrison Street, Brookfield, Mo.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., Dec. 12, 1921
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of John Stufflebean a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     1775 or 1776 2 yrs. Pvt. Jacob DeWitt's co. of Rangers NY.  
after this he was taken prisoner by the Indians & British & held near Niagara Falls until about 2 yrs - 9 mos. when he escaped. -
Battles engaged in, None stated
Residence of soldier at enlistment, NY State near the Pa. & N.J. line
Date of application for pension, Aug 20, 1832 - at
Residence at date of application, East岭 Co. Ky.
Age at date of application, about 80 - near Albany Ky.
Remarks: He was in the Fall of 1792 in Paris, Bourbon Co. Ky. Else, wid. of Joseph Stufflebean, whose maiden name was Harrison. Sol. d. Jan. 16, 1845 in Randolph Co. Ill.
They had 10 ch. names not stated except son Jacob who lived in Randolph Co. Ill. & was 85 yrs old in 1845.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.
age of sol. not given as stated by widow - does not agree with sol's statement -

February 20, 1940
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Miss Daisy L. Whiteside Route # 2 Belleville, Illinois
JOHN STUFFLEBEAN R. 10283½ BA-J/MLB
Dear Madam:
The data which follow in regard to John Stufflebean were obtained from the papers in pension claim under File No. R.10283½, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.
John Stufflebean was born on the East side of the Hudson River not far below Albany, New York. The date of his birth and names of his parents were not given.
While living in New York State near the Pennsylvania and New Jersey line, John Stufflebean enlisted about 1775 or 1776 and served about two years as private in Captain Jacob Dewitt's New York company of rangers; after this, he was taken prisoner by the Indians and British and held near Niagara Falls and at Detroit about two years nine months, when he, with five others, made his escape and went to Kentucky.
John Stufflebean was allowed pension on his application executed August 20, 1832, while a resident of Estill County, Kentucky, aged about eighty years. He died January 16, 1844, near Kaskaskia, Randolph County, Illinois.
The soldier married in the fall of 1792 or 1793 in or near Paris, in Bourbon County, Kentucky, Elsee Ketchum, the widow of Joseph Ketchum. Her maiden name was Elsee Larrison.
John and Elsee Stufflebean had ten children, but the only name given was that of Jacob Stufflebean, who in 1842 was aged forty-one years and a resident of Kaskaskia, Illinois. The soldier and his wife Elsee, moved from Kentucky about that year to live with their son, Jacob. In 1845, Elsee was aged eighty-three years and living in Randolph County, Illinois.

In 1823, soldier's brother, Mike or Michael Stufflebean, was living in Lawrence County, Illinois; about 1829, he moved to Vermilion County, same state, and died about 1830. Sons of Michael Stufflebean were referred to but no names given.
There are no further family data shown in the claim.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

Old war D.P.
Department of the Interior PENSION OFFICE
Washington, D.C. Feby 3 d , 1887
Sir,
Yours of the 29 th ult is received, enclosing a letter of the 24 th ult, from Mr. H. C. Simpson, of Modoc, Randolph County Illinois, addressed to the Secretary of War, requesting the military history of Jacob Stubblebean, or Sufblebean, a soldier in the war of the Revolution, now deceased, over whose neglected grave it is desired to erect a tombstone.
The data furnished by Mr Simpson is inadequate to properly identify the party he names with a pensioner bearing the family name of Stubblebean, but whose name was not Jacob, or with another pensioner whose name is written Jacob Stubblebean.
The former, died in Illinois, and had a son Jacob living in that state; the latter pensioner, was born, lived, and died in the state of New York.
Further more specific information is desired from Mr. Simpson before it can be positively determined whether the soldier of his enquiry was or was not one of the above pensioners. It is necessary that he should be certain that there has been no mistake by his informant in stating his christian name to be Jacob. It would aid very much in the identification for this office to be briefly informed, so far as may be known, the name of the name of the town, in, or near which he was buried, the state in which he lived during & after the Revolutionary war & particularly from what state he removed to Illinois, the state in which he was married with the christian name of his wife, whether there is not a family tradition, at least of a prominent incident during his service in the Revolutionary war, with details  at least of military duty against hostile Indians, & if so, the name of the Commander.

March the 4 th day 1842 — Those are the reasons for which I leave the state of Kentucky on this day and remove to Illinoyis is that w th am infirm and old and cannot keep house and my son Jacob Stufflebean has come after me living in said state of Illinoyis and my wish is live with him —
David Snowden John Stufflebean
John his Stufflebean mark
Estill County ss This is to certify that John Stufflebean personally appeared appeared and said oath to the I have reasons for leaving the state given under my hand this 4 th day of March 1842
David Snowden JP
Henry Estill County ss I Rott Clark clerk of the Court for the County aforesaid do certify that David Snowden whose signature is signed to the above certificate is a magistrate as stated above duly commissioned and qualified as such and that the foregoing certificate signature purporting to be his is genuine given under my hand and seal office this 8 th day of March 1842
Rott Clark clerk.

United States of America State of Illinois County of Randolph
On this fifth day of September in the year one thousand eight hundreds and forty two, before me the subscriber, a justice of the peace for the said county of Randolph personally appeared John Stufflebean who on his oath declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain Jacob De Witt in the Regiment  service  of the  United States, that his name was placed on the pension roll of the State of Kentucky from whence he has lately removed; that he now resides in the State of Illinois where he intends to remain, and wishes his pension to be there payable in future. The following are his reasons for removing from Kentucky to Illinois; was that he might spend the residue of his life with, and have the society and assistance of his son then or now settled & residing in Illinois, and with whom he said John Stufflebean now lives, and that the infirmities of his advanced age rendered him unable to carry on any business or perform any labor so as to contribute in any good degree to the support of himself or his wife, still alive, and considered the assistance and friendly administration of some person indispensably necessary for his and his wife's comfortable enjoyment of life.
Sworn and subscribed to before me the day & year aforesaid. Dwight Hunt
John his  Stufflebean mark

State of Illinois
Randolph County, ss.
I Andrew J. Dickinson clerk of the County Court of Randolph County do hereby certify that Dwight Hunt before whom the foregoing application of John Shuffelbrian appears to have been sworn to, was at the time of his administering such oath, in the day above mentioned, an acting Justice of the peace for said County duly qualified as such and that his signature thereto is in the proper hand writing of the said Dwight Hunt.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said Court this fifth day of September in the year 1842
A. J. Dickinson, Clerk
State of Illinois
Randolph County, ss.
for Jacob Shuffelbrian of the County of Randolph in said State of Illinois aged forty one - years being duly sworn depose and say that he is well acquainted with John Shuffelbrian whose name appears to the foregoing application and who has subscribed and taken the foregoing oath and that he is the same person described in said application and affidavit and further deponent says not - sworn subscribed to before me, his
Jacob + Shuffelbrian mark
Dwight Hunt - a justice of the peace for the County of Randolph in the State of Illinois

State of Illinois Randolph County ss.
I Dwight Hunt being the justice of the peace before whom the foregoing affidavit of Jacob Shuffelbarn has been by him sworn to, do hereby certify that I am well & personally acquainted with the said Jacob Shuffelbarn who has subscribed and sworn to the affidavit last above contained, and that said Jacob Shuffelbarn is a person of veracity and of good character and standing and a resident of said county. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal this fifth day of September in the year 1842.
Dwight Hunt
State of Illinois Randolph County ss.
I Andrew J. Dickinson clerk of the County Commissioners' Court for said County do hereby certify that Dwight Hunt before whom the foregoing affidavit of Jacob Shuffelbarn appears to have been sworn to by him the said Jacob Shuffelbarn was, at the time of his administering such oaths on the day last aforesaid, and is now, an acting justice of the peace for said County duly qualified as such - and that the name of the said Dwight Hunt subscribed to the affidavit last aforesaid and also to the certificate last above hereof, is in his the said Dwight Hunt's own proper hand writing.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said court this fifth day of September in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty two.
A. J. Dickinson Clerk

J. Shuffelbean
Destruction of Pea in Buxton Harbor Dec 16 1973 Then about 20 years old

State of Kentucky Estill County ss.
On this 21 st day of January 1833 personally appeared in open Court before the Justice of the Estill County Court, now sitting John Stubblebean orwidow of said County who being first duly sworn according to law, doth and his oath made the following declaration supplementary to his declaration made in this Court on the 20 th August 1832 in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832.
He states that when he made his original declaration he supposed that his Mother Michael Stubblebean was living somewhere in the State of Illinois - that he had obtained his affidavit in 1823, which he forwarded - That when his Declaration was returned, he has ascertained that his Mother aforesaid died about 18 months ago that he believes he is dead and his affidavit now becomes the best testimony, certified as it is, which he can produce - He knows of no other person, whose testimony he can produce to prove his services - He states that his great age & infirmities

Spencer for his making an effort to go to Ulverston to inquire after his Mother - that he got David Mack says to write a letter to the Postmaster in the County which he resided when the last heard from him - that an answer was returned giving in- formation of his death, which is hereunto forwarded -
He states that he was born in the town of Ulverston on the east side of the Kendrew River not far below Ulverston - the name of the place or County he does not recollect - nor does he know the year, in which he was born - He knows he was about Twenty years of age when the sea was destroyed at Morecambe, which he will recollect - He never had any record of his age -
He states that Sand Kelley a clergyman & William M c Guire a justice of peace County have long been his neighbours & have tried concerning his character & the value of his services - Subscribed & sworn to the day & year aforesaid John his Hufflebun Mark

And the said Court do hereby declare that they in the opinion of the  concur of the said Court contained in the certifi- -cate thereof attached to the original declaration of the said applicant -
Sampson, Walters Nicholas Merrill Patterson, B, Clark
I Robert Clark Clerk of the Court of Hills County of Georgia do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original & supplementary proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of John Snufflehead for a pardon - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand Seal of Office this 1 st day of January 1833
Robert Clark

Deposition of Michael Stoughton

State of Illinois } Lawrence County } ss
Personally came before us the undersigned two one of the Justices of the peace in and for said county, Michael Stufflebeam of the same county & after being truly sworn according to Law deposeth & saith, That John Stufflebeam his Brother, was an entitled soldier in the Revolutionary war under Captain Jacob Dewit of the American army. & further this deponent saith not
Michael Stufflebeam
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 12th day of June AD 1823.
V. J. Bradley Justice of the Peace
State of Illinois } Lawrence County } ss
I James M c Lean Clerk of the Circuit Court in and for said county do certify that Valentine J Bradley and Henry M c Gilham whose names is subscribed to the foregoing deposition is and was at the time of signing the same acting Justices of the peace in and for said Co and that full faith and credence is to be given to all their official transactions - In testimony whereof
I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Lawrenceville The 12th June AD 1823
J. M c Lean