Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 561, for Peter Nevius, New Jersey

SERVICE
NUMBER
New Jersey
Nevins, Peter or Nefies
S. 561
carded
CONTENTS

Repo. See Let. to. Ag. 27. May '45.
32.334
New Jersey.
Peter Stevens, dec'd.
of in the State of N.J. who was a Genl. in the Comd commanded by Captain of the commanded by in the N.J. Line. time for 18 mos 27 days.
Inscribed on the Roll of N. Jersey at the rate of 56 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. Ending 25 Novr '38 when he died
Certificate of Pension issued the 27 day of May 245 and sent to J. P. Runyon, New Brunswick
Arrears to the 4th of Semi-annual allowance ending
or Refies
Records OK
Apr. 23, 1904
Revolutionary Claim, let June 7, 1832.
Recorded by J. P. Runyon Clerk, Book E Vol. 3 Page 151
Pay to John & Sarah Stevens by sur. children

Application for a new Certificate.
New Jersey Middlesex County } 3
on this twentieth day of October one thousand eight hundred and twenty five before me the undersigned a Justice of the peace for the said County of Middlesex personally appeared Peter Nefies of the city of New Brunswick in the County of State Peter Nefies whom his oath declares that he served in the Middlesex Militia Col. Taylor's Regiment as a Sergeant and was disabled by a wound in the Army of the Revolution. That his original Pension certificate becoming much injured by wear and weather in the year 1814 he deposited it with James Dury Esq. Agent for Invalids who gave to this deponent the certified copy hereunto annexed signed by said Dury that from that period he has continued to receive his pension regularly until the fourth day of September last when the Agent informed him he must apply to the War Department for a new certificate Sworn & subscribed to the day & year before me Wm. Sprague Jr Peter Nefies his mark
Peter his H. Nefies mark
State of New Jersey } Middlesex County ss } William Deane Clerk of the Court of

Common pleas of the County of Middlesex certify that
above named is one of the Justices of the peace of s d County duly commissioned. Herovm
Witness my hand & the seal of s d Court this twentieth day October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & twenty five. —
W m f c DEANE M c

Additional Mileage John Hannah Merriam Heir of Peter Merriam Esq. Oct Nov 7, 1832
P. P. Rugg Mt. Brunswick New Jersey
$1.50
R

State of New Jersey.
I Charles G. M c Clusney Register of the Prerogative Court of the State of New Jersey, holden at Trenton in and for said State, do hereby certify that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited to said court, that Peter Nevins or Nevis was an Invalid pensioner of the united at the rate of Seventy Six dollars and Eighty Cents per annum, was a resident of Middlesex County in the State of New Jersey and died in the County of Middlesex in said State, in the year One thousand eight hundred and thirty eight, on the twenty fifth day of November, that he left no widow but two children him surviving viz John Nevins and Sarah Nevins.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said court, this third day of April A.D. Eighteen hundred and forty five at the City of Trenton in said State.
Charles G. M c Clusney Register

35709
Declaration of John Nevins for Peter decl. Nevins set June 7, 1832.
adm 15 mo 27 ds/in
56. 33 to 25 Nov. 1838 the day of his death to John Hannah Nevins only surviving child died —
Peter P. Hovey New Brunswick N. Jersey

State of New Jersey } Middlesex County }
On this twenty fifth day of March one thousand eight hundred and forty four Personally appeared in open Court before the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas now sitting in New Brunswick John Nevins a resident of the said city of New Brunswick in the County and State aforesaid in the fifty sixth year of his age who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following decla- -ration in order to obtain the benefit of the provi- -sion made by the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832 That his father Peter Nevins late of Middlesex County deceased was a Sergeant in the service of the United States during the Revolutionary War and while in said service he received a wound for which he received an Invalid Pension as far as applicant can state his said father per- formed much service in the militia and State troops as sergeant in Col Taylors Regiment of Middlesex militia and that on the 10. th day of January 1782 while in the service as aforesaid he received a wound through the lungs and that the act granting him an Invalid Pension does not debar him of the benefit of the act of June 7. 1832. and that for his said services and suffering appli- -cant for himself and sister Ellen Nevins the only children of said Peter Nevins (leaving no widow) ask the benefit of the foregoing act from the fourth day of March 1831 to the twenty fifth day of No- -vember 1838 being the day of his death and would refer the Commissioner of Pensions to his fathers declaration on file at the Department

of War We hereby relinquishes any claim whatever to a Pension or an annuity except the present Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Peter P. Bunyon Judge
John Nevins
The Court are personally acquainted with John Nevins the applicant in the foregoing declaration and believe the facts contained therein are true
Peter P. Bunyon Judge
State of New Jersey
I Charles Wm Chesney Secretary of State of the State of New Jersey do hereby certify that Peter P. Bunyon Esq. before whom the Declaration of John Nevins was taken was at the time of the doing thereof One of the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Middlesex in said State duly appointed. Commissioned and Sworn. that full faith and credit are to be given to his official attestations and that the signature thereof is in the proper hand writing of the said Peter P. Bunyon Esq. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Seal of Office at Trenton in said State. This Twenty Sixth day of March One thousand Eight hundred & forty four Charles Wm Chesney Secretary of State

December 27, 1930
Rev.& 1812 Wars Section EEL
Mr. Harold D. Beatty 15 William Street New York, New York
Dear Sir:
You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S.561, that Peter Nevius (the name also appears as Nefius and Neify) served in 1776 for five months in Captain Wetherell's New Jersey Company; that he served another tour of nine months in the New Jersey Troops, dates and officers' names not given; that he was taken prisoner in New Brunswick, date not shown, and carried to New York where he was held in captivity for about nine months; that he served as sergeant in Colonels Taylor's and John Neilson's New Jersey Regiments, and on January 10, 1782 received a wound through the lungs, battle or place where he received said wound not given; that the entire length of his service was at least two years.
He was allowed pension from January 10, 1786, on account of disability resulting from the above named wound.
He died November 25, 1838, in Middlesex County, New Jersey, leaving no widow, but two children, John and Lenah survived him. His age is not given.
On March 25, 1844, John Nevius, then in the fifty-sixth year of his age and a resident of New Brunswick, New Jersey, applied in behalf of himself and his sister, Ellen Nevius, sole surviving children of the soldier, Peter Nevius, for the pension due their father at the time of his death. The claim was allowed.
The name of the only surviving daughter was given by her brother as Ellen and by the Register of the Prerogative

Court of New Jersey as Lanah.
The name of soldier's wife is not stated.
Very truly yours
E. W. MORGAN Acting Commissioner.

To Mr. A. V. D - Plainfield, N.J. 1930 - Dec 27 - list Dr Harold D Beatty, Esq. Letter in case of Jacob Kline p. 4479
INVALID.
Rev. Has
Jan. 26/98. Honeymann - Mat 289 Juno Ne. NY
File No. 561 Peter Nefies or Neirus Sergt. N.Y. Mil.
Act: .....
Index: - Vol. a , Page 272
[Arrangement of 1870.]

35709. Peter Nevins N. J.
Suspended Adj. to Peter B. Murray Sept. 16 '44 Adj. to Name March 24. '45
Act 7 th June 30

New Jersey.
Peter Stoffes Sergeant
Captain company of the New Jersey Militia in the Army of the Rev d
Ratio of disability,
Date of discharge
Inscribed on the roll of New Jersey — at Two dollars per month, to commence on the 10 January 1786 , increased to $6.33 by the act 24 April 1816 . Com d 24 Oct 1812
Coral Certificate of pension issued the 28 of Oct 1825 and sent to the Pensioner, Care of Wm P Deane, Esq. New Brunswick N Jersey
Arrears to 4th
Semi-ann. all'ce ending

Rev War
4609
INVALID.
See File 561
File No. 4609
Peter Bruns
Quiet Rev War
Act: June 8, 1832
Index:—Vol. A, Page 273
[Arrangement of 1870.]
✓

STATE OF NEW-JERSEY, 1786.
I DO CERTIFY, That I have inspected the Body of Peter Nesbitt that he served in the Middlesex Militia Col. Taylor as a Sergeant and was disabled by a wound and now lives in the Township of Brunswick in the County of Middlesex — and is hereby allowed the Sum of two dollars per Month, from the 10: Jan: 1786.
ISAAC SMITH, Insp: Inv.
I do hereby certify that the above is a true copy of the original certificate which, being pretty much worn is deposited in my Office for the greater security April 4: 1814
W. H. Livingston Agent for Invalids New Jersey.

4. 1814
Insures had been paid to the 5 March 1814
Gathering April
Apr. 14. 1815 paid to Mar. 5. 1815
Mar. 13. 1816 paid to Mar. 5. 1816
Jan. 29. 1817 paid to Sept. 5. 1817
Mar. 4. 1817 paid to this date
Sept. 8. 1817 paid to Sept. 5. 1817
March 7. 1818. Paid to March 4. 1818
Sept. 10. 1818. Paid to Sept. 4. 1818
Mar. 5. 1819 paid to March. 1819
Sept. 6. 1819 paid to Sept. 4. 1819
May 1. 1820 paid to March. 1820
Sept. 4. 1820 paid to Sept. 4. 1820
Mar. 22. 1821 Paid to March. 1821
Feb. 19. 1821 paid to Sept. 4. 1821
May 4. 1822 paid to Mar. 4. 1822
Sept. 15. 1822 paid to Sept. 4. 1822
Mar. 25. 1823 paid to Mar. 4. 1823
Sept. 12. 1823 paid to Sept. 4. 1823
Mar. 20. 1824 paid to March. 1824
Oct. 4. 1824 paid to Sept. 4. 1824
Mar. 21. 1825 paid to Mar. 4. 1825

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Plainfield, New Jersey,
Dec. 17, 1937.
Pension Office, Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:-
Can you inform me, from records in your office, when the payment of pension ceased to the following persons:
Peter Nafey, of New Brunswick, N.J., who died probably about 1835-37
John Neafus, or Neefus, of Bucks County, Pa., who died probably about 1805 or later.
I desire to obtain, as nearly as possible, the dates of death of the persons above named.
Yours truly,
A. V. D. Honeyman

40 3/4 10 3/4 50 3/4

New Brunswick January 1 st 1845
Dear Sir
Enclosed is the certificate of the Secretary of State of New Jersey Also an affidavit of Lewis Johnston The object of which is to move the Revolutionary services of Peter Kepay or Kepies whose children are applying for the Pension which was due to him under the act of Congress of 1832 whose papers are in the Pension Office By giving the application your early attention you will confer a favour on them as well as your humble servant
I am Sir your most obedient Humble Servant
J. L. Edward Esdaile
Peter R. Ruyse

Copy of Invalid Pension Certificate (Very frail)

This Bureau can furnish the military record of only such Revolutionary soldiers as were pensioned or whose widows were pensioned for their services.
Such of the original muster and pay rolls of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 as are now in the possession of the Government are on file in the Record and Pension Office, War Department. Original rolls and other records pertaining to service in the Revolutionary War may also be found on file in the archives of many of the original States.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C.,
O. W. & N. DIV.
REVOLUTIONARY.
March 28, 1899.
Sir:-
In response to your recent communication you are advised that Peter Nefies, a soldier of the Revolutionary war, received a pension commencing January 10, 1786, for wound received while serving as a sergeant in Col. Taylor's Regiment, New Jersey troops. All the papers and nearly all the records pertaining to pensions issued by this Government prior to 1814 were destroyed by the burning of the War Department buildings in that year and in 1800 and no further information can be furnished concerning the above named soldier's service. The only paper on file by Peter Nefies is signed by mark and no tracing of his signature can, therefore, be furnished.
A tracing of the signature of Garret Nafee is enclosed herewith. There is no other Peter Nafies, Nafey, Nefies, Nafee, or similar spelling, found upon the Revolutionary war pension records; nor is there a Henry found as of Penna., or any other State.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Mr. John Nesbitt,
353 West 22nd St.,
New York City.

This Bureau can furnish the military record of only such Revolutionary soldiers as were pensioned or whose widows were pensioned for their services.
Such of the original muster and pay rolls of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 as are now in the possession of the Government are on file in the Record and Pension Office, War Department. Original rolls and other records pertaining to service in the Revolutionary War may also be found on file in the archives of many of the original States.
L. W. B.
I. 561.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C.,
O. W. & N. DIV.
REVOLUTIONARY.
January 26, 1898.
Sir:-
Replying to your communication of a recent date you are advised that a very careful search has been made and from the data given the names of Peter Nafey and John Neafus have not been found upon the Revolutionary war pension records on file in this Bureau.
One Peter Nefies, a soldier of the Revolutionary war, received a pension, commencing January 10, 1786, for wound received while serving as a sergeant in Col. Taylor's Regiment, New Jersey troops. All the papers and nearly all the records pertaining to pensions and bounty lands issued by this Government prior to 1814 were destroyed by the burning of the War Department buildings in that year and in 1800 and no further information can be furnished concerning the above named soldier's service.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Mr. A. V. D. Honeyman,
Plainfield, N. J.

N o . 353 West 22 nd St. New York March 1 st . 1899.
To the Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir.
Will you kindly favor me with with a statement of the services in the Revolutionary War. also a copy of the declaration accompanying the application for a pension, of Peter Nafies, Nafey, Nefies, Nafee (or similar spelling) of Middle- -sex Co. New Jersey. who was very severe- -ly wounded in Jany. 1782, at New Bruns- -wick N. J. and received a pension from the U. S. Government a few years after the close of the War.
Also inform me whether there is a record of any other Peter, from New Jersey, of similar spelling, who received a pension also.
If not too much trouble, could you favor me with a tracing of the signature of the above named, as ap- -pended to his declaration,

MAR 4 1899
Also a tracing of the signature of Garrit Vafee, who applied for a pension from N.Y. City, under date of Apr 23-1818, as per Memo. from your De- partment sent me under date of Jany "K"-1896, the letter being marked in the margin - "O.W. & N. Div."
F. S. M. E. C.
My object in asking for these Auto- graphs, is that the fac. similes may be used to illustrate a family History now in course of preparation.
Thanking you for any courtesy you may extend in the matter, I subscribe myself.
Respectfully Yours.
J. H. Neafie.
P.S. Have you any data referring to a Henry Neafus, Neefus or Neefies of Bucks County, Penns.?

The Ho
for a new Certificate
Respectfully referred to the Sec y of War. 26 Oct. S. L. S.
Permit
480003 116

Free
The Honble
J. Southard Esq.
Secy of the Navy
Washington

Dear Sir
Mr. Stepin an old soldier of our city insists on the enclosed being addressed to you. He has heretofore rec d . his pension regularly, but in Sept r . last the Agent at Trenton refused to pay until he procured a new certificate.
Our elections in this State have resulted I think pretty generally in electing men disposed to continue things pretty much as they now stand - I therefore apprehend that the present officers will be very generally reelected. -
Very truly and Sincerely Yrs
Wm. H. Deane
Oct. 20. 1835
able
Dear Southwick Esq. -

State of New Jersey } Middlesex County } Before me the subscriber one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said County, personally appeared Lewis Johnston, known to me to be a credible person, who being by me first duly sworn upon his oath doth depose and say; That he is in the eighty-fifth year of his age, That he was a soldier of the Revolution, and is now in the receipt of a Pension from the United States for his Revolutionary services, That he was well acquainted with Peter Sipey or Sipes, That they lived in the same neighbourhood from their boyhood, That he was a brave and courageous soldier, Knows that he did much service in the Revolution and performed his tours of duty when called, all through the War excepting the time he was a prisoner and when laid up by the wound he received in the service, Knows that he was out in the five months service on Long Island in the year 1776 under Captain Wetherell, Thinks he was in the nine months service in the Jersey line, Knows he was taken prisoner in New Brunswick while in service and taken to New York where he remained a prisoner as near as deponent can recollect about nine months, this he thinks was in the summer 1780, Knows that he was a sergeant in Colonel John Nelson's Regiment of Middlesex Militia when he was wounded in the body in January 1782 of which wound he suffered much, and thinks he must have been laid up of this six months or more, That he has no doubt but that he did at least two years service during the Revolutionary War and deponent thinks much more besides the time he was a prisoner and when laid up of his wound
I sworn and subscribed the 25th } Lewis Johnston day of December 1844 before me } Peter P. Ruyse Justice of the Peace

State of New Jersey Middlesex County } ss
I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Lewis Johnston the deponent named in the foregoing affidavit and have been for the last twenty years that he resides in the City of New Brunswick, County of Middlesex that he is a reputable person and that his statements are entitled to credit
Given my hand this 26 th day of December 1844
Peter P. Rungren Justice of the Peace
State of New Jersey Middlesex County } ss
I Nicholas Voorhies clerk of the County of Middlesex do hereby certify that Peter P. Rungren Esquire before whom the foregoing affidavit of Lewis Johnston was taken and that the same was taken before a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly commissioned and sworn and that he has subscribed to the several said affidavits and the above certificate and that in witness whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said County this 26 th December 1844
N. Voorhies

Receipts for Cash paid One years' interest on Notes given by the Commissioners of the several Counties for Militia Services.
   No. of Voucher. No. of Certif. Date. SIGNED BY. PAYABLE TO. Amount. 1 y's int.     125 90 June 8. 1784 Thomson Selle Peter Kipsy 19. 17. 0 1. 3. 9   6 724 " " Do Do 22. 8. 8 1. 6. 10   251 794 " 10 " Do Do 1. 10. 0 1. 9  
- 43. 15. 8.
$116 66 $56 33
STATE OF NEW JERSEY:
I, CHARLES G. McCHESNEY, Secretary of State of the State of New Jersey, do hereby certify, that the foregoing is a true abstract from a Book, headed as above, as taken from, and compared with the original now remaining in my office.—And I do further certify, that Thomson Selle was, by an Act, passed by the Legislature of this State, December 20, 1783, entitled "An Act to procure an estimate of the sums due to the Militia and Troops who have been raised for the defence of the frontiers of the State, and to provide for the settlement of the same," appointed a Commissioner for the County of Middlesex for the purpose of settling and adjusting the pay rolls of the Militia and Troops of this State, as aforesaid, and also for signing and delivering out to each and every person a note for the payment of what may be justly due.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office, at Trenton, in said State, this twenty eighth day of October . A. D. one thousand eight hundred and forty- four .
Charles G. McC. Chesney Secretary of State.