Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 23953, for Joseph Stull, New Jersey

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
New Jersey
Stull, Joseph.
S. 23953
CONTENTS

24 711 New York
Joseph Stull
Successor in the State of New York who was a private in the Comp. commanded by Captain J. L. Lusk of the Regt. commanded by Col. J. L. Lusk in the New York line for 9 years "N.Y."
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 80 Dollars 00 Cents per annum to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 4 th day of Feby. 1834 and due to Mrs. Mary Stull Ovid
Arrears to the 14th of Sep. 33 $ 200 Semest. allowance ending A.D. 34 40 $240
Revolutionary Claim, for June 7, 1832. Geo. C. Stull
Recorded by Book E. Vol. A. Page 122. Clerk

Pension Papers - Joseph Stull 2 years private
Act 7. June 1832 23363
N.Y. April 2nd
Admitted Private 2 years
Handwritten by John Dickson in 6 for Mrs. Thomas Stull Ovid - Seneca County New York

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832
State of New York 3 d In this 6 th day of February County of Seneca 3 d
76 personally appeared in open Court before the judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the said County of Seneca now sitting Joseph Hutt a resident of the the town of Pait in the said County of Seneca and State of New York aged Seventy six 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. 1832 That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as here in stated. He resided when the revolution broke out at a place called Middlebrook seven miles west of Brunswick in New Jersey and was an apprentice to the blacksmith trade, and resided there and at the north branch of the Raritan during the revolution, when he was not in service
1/100 The first service was a month's tour as a detached militia man (private) station on Bergen heights before the British took New York, thinks Jacob Tinker was Captain of the Company when detached - Colonel Frelinghuysen was the Colonel of the militia regiment, but does not know if he was out on that tour, British navy lay then in the bay. Can't remember the commander of the station, there were no regular officers as he remembers. Thinks he served two other tours on that station Bergen heights, but his memory is so frail cannot remember the particulars, cannot state the day of the month nor the year, only by recurring to the historical events. Was on Bergen in the service when the first British vessel sailed up the north river to near the Highlands, and was fired upon from Governor's island, Bergen, and Paul's hook. He served a number of tours under Capt. Ten Eyck, month at a time, three or four tours -

4 to 8 weeks
The first militia service of deponent, he thinks was in the year 1775 . The deponent was at another town station at Amboy from a month to eight weeks, was stationed at Elizabeth town three or four other different tours of a month at a time, Capt. McCoy was Captain of the Company, one or more tours at Elizabeth town. Was another tour out under the same Capt. Van Eyck and marched to Germantown in Pennsylvania, was in the battle at Germantown, attacked a picket at Chestnut hill, near Armitage tavern, the Lieut. Breaker of the same Company was killed by deponent, saw in the battle a general officer who was called General Congdon was out a short tour when the British left Brunswick there was some skirmishing, Col. Meddick was Colonel, and McDonald major of the Corps deponent served in of the militia, on this occasion. Before this and while the British lay at Brunswick the deponent was on service most of the winter guarding the lines, to prevent the Enemy plundering, and to watch his movements - Severely cold and hard service - two three months at least.
1776
The deponent laid a month in the service at Rutherford Plains, helped build a temporary fort under the mountain, believing Capt. Logan commanded - lay another tour at Aquada-nock ridge, a month. When The deponent served under so many militia officers, who used to relieve each other after short tours, that he cannot remember their names, and cannot designate the particular stations where those commanded whose names he remembers. would be apt to confound them - Deponent served at Communipaw in Bergen one tour and thinks more under Col. Hunt and Major Lynn, remembers them from the difference in the two men Hunt was intemperate. Deponent served a tour of a month also under

the same Capt. Ten Eyck on an excursion to the Delaware River to secure the boats, to prevent the British getting them to prevent them. Colonel Washington had retreated across the Delaware.
The deponent was young, active, devoted to the cause, and fond of military service. That he was most of the time out in the militia service, as a private soldier, for generally short tours, but frequent, from the time the militia was first called into service in New Jersey on the breaking out of the revolutionary war - until he enlisted into the nine months service in the regular army - making more than fifteen months he is positive besides the nine months service. That it is impossible for him to particularize, each tour of duty the officers who commanded or the events of all of them.
That he enlisted for nine months in the regular line of the state of New Jersey in the spring of the year 1778 in the Company commanded by Capt. Daniel Scott in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Ogden, first Jersey Regiment on the Continental establishment, Gen. Maxwell Commander, That he continued to serve in the said Corps until the nine months expired, the exact time he cannot remember, and was honorably discharged by Col. Ogden at Elizabeth town in New Jersey. He served this enlistment as a private. He was enrolled at Somerville and joined the army at Valley Forge. He enlisted for his class who had to furnish a man for that term by requisition. He was in the battle of Monmouth and some other skirmishes during this term. In all the deponent declares he served as a private in army of the United States in the revolutionary war more than two years.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever

to a pension or annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any state. The deponent further declares that he can remember the following Captains of detached militia under whom he served, viz. Jacob Ten Eyck, Captain McCoy, John Schuring, Philip Van Arsdale. Capt. Logan, Samuel Moffit, and there were other Captains he served under, in the detached militia whose names he cannot now remember. He can prove some part of his service by Folkard Schuring of Brid, who is the son of Captain John Schuring under whom he served a part of the time. Said Folkard was also with the deponent in the service, also by John Van Arsdale, who served with deponent the whole of the nine months regular service, and a part of the militia service.
He was born at a place called the Whitehouse, Hunterdon County New Jersey June 24 th 1756. Has a record of it in an old family Bible, record made by himself more than forty years ago. Since the revolutionary war, and part of the time during it, lived at the North branch, Bridgewater township in Somerset County New Jersey. Moved to the town of Bridgewater (now called) New York Oct. 24. 1805, and has resided here ever since. In the militia service was in a clapsaria furnished a man on requisition, generally months tour, but frequently whole clapses and some times whole companies. The deponent generally volunteered himself.
In his militia service in most of his tours had no regular troops near their stations. Cannot remember many of his militia field officers - was under a great many different field officers from different parts of the state, Col. Tillinghast, Col. Middlesex, Col. Hunt, Major Lynn, Major McDonald, Major Davis. He was under in service at various times. At one time he was in a skirmish with the British who were having Brunswick for New York, Col. Dirk Middagh Commanded, Major McDonald. Captain Peter Commanded the company deponent was in, the Captain was taken prisoner. Was frequently under Captain's Command with no field officers at the stations or on the marches.
In his militia service he received no discharge, and in the nine months regular service he received a regular discharge from Col. Ogden but has lost it, and has now no documentary evidence. He is known to all the judges of this court and to the clerk and most of the old inhabitants of this town. John Van Arsdale is now in this County is known to some part of his friends. His minister of the church is John Van Arsdale and Folkard Schuring of this town also Luke Court of same place can testify to his service. I am examined and subscribed in Open Court this 10 th day of Feb. 1841. Joseph Hester
Attest - John Schuring

day of February 1833 Seba Cllunphy CLK.
John Van Arsdalen of Ovid in the County being duly sworn deposeth saith that he has known Joseph Still the above declarant ever since the be- -ginning of the revolutionary war. Deponent then lived in the same town with him, was in the service of the U.S. as a soldier with him. Knows most of the militia service, he has mentioned in the above declarations, in the Short tour, and served with him - Deponent also served with said Still all the nine months service in the Jersey Regular Service under Captain Peat and Col. Ogden. Was in same Company all the time and knows he served steadily and honou- -rably till he was discharged at the end of the war. Deponent has no doubt from his own recollec- -tion and his actual knowledge at the time, that said Still served as a soldier in the U.S. Service more than two years in the whole during the Revolution -
Sworn in open Court February 6 th 1833 Seba Cllunphy CLK.
John Van Arsdalen
Folkert Sebring of Ovid in said County being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he has known Joseph Still the above declarant in & ever since the year 1776 and was with him in the deponent's father's militia Compa- -ny in actual service of the U.S. and well remembers to see him in the service, at Bergen Monmouth, and Elizabeth town, and makes no doubt said Still served as much as two years in the revolutionary war.
Sworn to in open Court February 6 th 1833 Seba Cllunphy CLK.
Folkert Sebring

John Van Tyle Esq. late Sheriff of this County of the town of Waterloo and Luke S. Covert of Ovid in said County being duly sworn depose & say that they knew Joseph Stull the above declarant during the whole of the revolutionary war and ever since, and both served with him some of the time but not in the same Company, remember the incidents some of them mentioned in his declaration, and saw said Stull on these occasions in the service. The deponents say they have no doubt he served as a soldier in the United States service in the revolutionary war as much as two years.
Sworn to in open Court February 6. 1833 Seba Mearphy clk
John Van Tyle Luke S. Covert
Asa Bennet minister of the first dutch church of the town of Ovid in said County being duly sworn deposeth and saith that Joseph Stull the above declarant is a member of his church in good standing, and he is a man of good credit and this deponent believing he is of the age he represents himself to be 76.
Sworn to in open Court February 6. 1833 Seba Mearphy clk
Asa Bennet
James De Mott and Jonas Suley two of the judges of this Court now sitting being duly sworn depose and say that they have been acquainted with Joseph Stull the declarant who has known to the above declarant more than forty years and believe him to be seventy six years old and deponents have understood that he served in the revolutionary war. That That said Stull's general character

is good, and very fair for truth, candour and honesty, and deponents have no doubt of the truth of his declaration
Given to in open Court February 6 1833 Seba Humphry Clk
Jonas Lely James De Mott
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 (Joseph Stull) was a rev- olutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certify that it appears to them and is within their own knowledge that Asa Bennet who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman re- sident in the town of Ovid in this County and is a cred- ible person. The Court further certifies that the wit- nesses now sworn, subscribed in open Court to the depositions of said applicant, to wit, John Vanars- daelen, Folkard Schuring, John Van Tyle Egr & Luke P. Covert, are well known to the Court and are credible persons, and are all residents of the town of Ovid aforesaid except John Van Tyle Egr who now resides in the town of Waterloo. Their state- ments are entitled to full credit. The Court further certifies, that two of their number have added their testimony, viz James De Mott of Ovid and Jonas Lely of Romulus. And the whole Court being well ac- quainted with Joseph Stull the applicant, do hereby order their certificate to his irreproachable char- acter.
I Seba Murphy Clerk of the Court of Common pleas of Seneca County State of New York do hereby cer- tify that the foregoing contains the origin- al proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Joseph Stull for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of Office this sixth day of February A.D. 1833
Seba Humphry Clk,

Rejection
23 953 INVALID.
File No. 23,953
Joseph Stull
Rev Rev
Act: same 321
Index: — Vol. 2 , Page 393
[Arrangement of 1870.]
✓

Pension Joseph Stall Soldier Memoranda Oct. 1833
Reason why the letter is not returned (lost)
Members of Congress from Seneca, Saint Clark Co. - Adjoining County Then John Dickson They knew the hand & writing - A part was written with frozen ink

Joseph Stull Soldier. has resided in the town of Fred. Seneca County N.Y. Memorandum of Wm Thompson Esq of the same place -
The above application & papers accompanying the original declaration made in February term of the Court, were sent back for more particular specification of the time of service. The Soldier has made a new declaration at this October term in open Court, specifying his irregular service (militia tours) with all the certainty it is capable of - His 9 months regular service was sufficiently specified in his first declaration & clearly proved also by Van Arsdalen who served with him and is now on the old pension list in the Pension Office -
The whole Court have certified to the Soldier's fair character & credibility, of their own knowledge, also the same of the witnesses. The Court knew them all.
The service of 3 years at least as a private is abundantly proved, and the witnesses proved to be highly credible and it is hoped the last declaration of the Soldier specifying more particularly will satisfy the rules of the office - The Soldier served so constantly during the revolutionary war, in the militia, that it was difficult for him to specify the different tours -
N.B. The letter of instructions from the pension office got mislaid among the Court papers, and on the most diligent search cannot be found, which is the reason it is not returned with these papers.
John Thompson

State of New Jersey } Personally appeared before me Somerset County } the subscriber one of the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for said County Richard Brohan who being duly sworn on his oath saith: That he is well acquainted with Joseph Stull formerly of the state of New Jersey now residing in the county of Seneca State of New York that he knew him during the war of the Revolution and well recollects that the said Joseph Stull en- tered in the nine months service but for consequence of the loss of memory consequent upon old age he is unable at this time to give any particular account of the Revolutionary services of the said Joseph but is willing to say that he only believes the said Joseph served out his time and that he was a true and faithful soldier: that the said Joseph has always since the Revolution been reputed a good soldier and that he done a great deal of service. - This deponent was a soldier in the revolution and is now receiving a pension for his services rendered at that time - that he remembers seeing with the said Joseph Stull at the battle of Germantown in Penn- sylvania - he and the said Joseph belonging to the same Company under the command of Capt. Hall The first Lieutenant of said Company John Brohan (brother to this deponent) was killed in that battle. Deponent is certain that the said Joseph Stull served the whole of the term with him and returned with the Company to New Jersey: that the said Joseph Stull is a man of character and respectability and has always sustained a good character for truth and correctness: This deponent further says that upon an

examination of some Revolutionary papers belonging to Capt. Jacob Ten Eyck of this county who was a soldier of the Revolution he verily believes that Joseph Steele served with him (the deponent) under the said Capt. Jacob Ten Eyck in the war of the Revolution but he cannot remember where or at what particular place - There is no doubt on the mind of this deponent but what the said Joseph Steele done considerable service during the war of the Revolution and further this deponent saith not -
Sworn & subscribed before me this 7 th day of September 1833 Richard Brookman
W. B. Gaston
I William B. Gaston Judge of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for the county of Lowndes do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Richard Brohan the abn named deponent and that he is a man of fair character for truth and veracity and that his statement under oath is entitled to credit
W. B. Gaston
State of New Jersey } I John M. Mann Clerk of the Lowndes County } Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for said County do hereby certify that William B. Gaston before whom the abn affidavit was made and by whom the abn certificate was made was at the time

of the estate thereof a Judge of said Court duly commissioned and sworn: And that the proper signature of the said William B. Gaston is subscribed to the said Affidavit and Certificate: In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Bridgewater this seventh day of September eighteen hundred & thirty three J. M. Mann

State of New York County of Seneca.
On this first day of October A.D. 1882 personally appeared in open Court held at the Court house in the town of Ovid in the County of Seneca before the judges of the Court of Common Pleas for said County now sitting being a court of record, Joseph Stull of the said town of Ovid aged seventy seven the 24 th day of June last, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following de- claration in addition to his declaration made before said Court the 8 th of February last, which is hereto appended together with the proof then taken. In the year 1776, he served as a private in the New Jersey detached militia in the service of the United States (then Colonies) at Bergen heights, Bouldy hook & Amboy, in June, July & part of August and September, making three months, in the summer or warm weather, under Captain Jacob Ten Eyck according to the best of his recollection & belief. He thinks, the British landed on Staten Island, and on Long Island, and had a battle with our troops at Flat Bush, whilst deponent was out in service, remem- bers then taking the City in September, he was stand- ing Centry the night the great fire was in New York which made it as light as day on the ground around him, this was but a few days after the British took posses- sion of the City - He was then in service, & had been about three months in the whole, had been home some of the time in the course of the summer, but his actual service at that time according to the best of his re- collection was three months.
In November 1776 according to the best of his recollection he served a month under Capt Jacob Ten Eyck, Washington retreated through Jersey, and he recollects being on the service of destroying the boats
See also the affidavit of the said Joseph Stull

on the Jersey side of the Delaware River in this town which runs into the month of December the same year
3 months In the following winter (1777) he the deponent served in the Jersey detached militia as a private, in the U.S. Service nearly all winter, skirting round the British Stations. In January, February and March embodied in regular detachments, he says according to the best of his recollection full two months.
His master with whom he was serving in the Black- smith trade had now taken British protection, and de- ponent left him. Deponent devoted himself to the service, principally all the time after he left his master. He was then twenty years old. He served under the follow- ing militia Captains whom he remembers, and some others whom he does not remember. Viz. Jacob Ten Eyck Guyon & Co. (Co.), Samuel Moffet, John Sebring, Philip Van Arsdalen, Capt. Logan, & Captain Peter. He the deponent was in the skirmish at Van Stoll's that winter as he believes Capt. Ten Eyck commanded, it may be Sebring.
3 months The next Spring Summer (1778) deponent served in the same militia, in the U.S. Service, in April, June & August, three months according to the best of his re- collection and belief, principally about and in the neighborhood of Elizabeth town. Capt. McCarty & Co. (Co.) commanded the company.
2 months In September the same year (1777) deponent served as above in Capt. Ten Eyck's Company and march- ed to the State of Pennsylvania. In the course of that month & the first part of October the Company with deponent joined the main army under Washing- ton in Pennsylvania, and he was in the battle of Germantown. This Genl. Brink was then killed, he thinks it was in the middle of October when the battle took place. Thinks he was in service as much as two months this time, including the Pennsylvania town & subsequent service in November.
3 months The following fall & winter (1777 & 1778) December, Jan- uary, February & March. This deponent was out in the service of the U.S. as a Jersey militia private, in actual service the most of the time, under different Captains but cannot distinguish them at this late day, at least as much as three months, as he verily believes.

9 months
In the Spring of 1778 he enlisted in the nine months service, in Capt Pratt's Company, Col. Ogden, & Gen. Maffield Commanded - He the deponent served out the 9 months regularly as a private soldier, and was honorably discharged. Was in the battle of Monmouth during this term.
1 month more
After the nine months service in 1779, he served at various times, also in the year 1780 & 1781 in the United States service as a private soldier in the New Jersey militia, under various officers, cannot specify them. He was in the service almost all the time until after the nine months service, and after that but little comparatively but at least as much as three months. He knows he served more than two years in the whole. He finds since his first declaration that Richard Brokaw is living and has added his testimony - And this additional declaration he makes and appends to the first under oath as to both.
Joseph Stull
Sworn in open Court this 1st day of October A.D. 1833 before me Seba Murphy 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 Joseph Stull the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states, and order the additional declaration to be attached together with the affidavit of Richard Brokaw now brought in by said soldier to the original declaration and testimony made before said Court last February term, and renewedly sanction the Court's certificate made at that term, well knowing said soldier to be a man of first rate respectability and credit.
Seba Murphy Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Seneca State of New York do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the recent second proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of Joseph Stull for a pension, and that the papers hereto regularly attached are the original declaration of the said Joseph Stull, with the proof documents & Court's Certificate as made out at the last February term of this Court. Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 1st day of October 1833 Seba Murphy Clk.