Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 598, William Bills, New Jersey.

SERVICE
New Jersey
Bills, William
NUMBER
S.598
CONTENTS
carded

17. 0711 New Jersey
William Bills
of Monmouth Co in the State of New Jersey who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Hendrick of the Reef - commanded by _____ in the N.J. Militia line for 2 years.
Dead.
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6. April 1838 Section 4. Sept 1837 to 19. March 1838 the day of his death. Agt notified 26. Nov. 1838.
Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey at the rate of 80 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 12 day of July 1833 and sent to Mr. L. Dayton Freehold
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $160.00 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sept - 40.00
$200.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk, Book E Vol. 3 Page 102

State of New Jersey Monmouth County ss.
On the tenth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hun- dred and thirty two personally appeared in open court before the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Monmouth now sitting, William Billy a resi- dent of the township of Free- hold in the county of Monmouth and State aforesaid, aged eig- hty years since the seventh of July last, who being first duly sworn according to law, Doth on his oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the ben- fits of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as here- in stated. That he entered the service was drafted as a militia man and enter- ed the service shortly after the commencement of the war, does not recollect the presi- dent but thinks it was in the first year. That his officers

were Lieutenants George Cook Captain Ferdinand Smock Major Walton and Gen. David Gorman that at the time of his entering the Service he resided in the Township of Freehold County of Monmouth and State of New Jersey. Was not engaged in any battle of importance till there was occasional skirmishing between them and parties of refugees. At the time of the Battle of Monm- outh he was on duty about three or four miles from the place of action, but was and would have been enga- ged but for the unexpected retreat of the British army He served from the time of his first en- listment as long as his serv- ices were required, that is every other month; and thinks his service amounts to about four years. Besides serving his monthly tours of duty he like- wise acted in the capacity of a minute man, subject to be called into whenever alarm was given. He was engaged principally in guard- ing the stores from Brown-

Paints arrived to the High Canals and Long Branch from the incursions of the British and refugees, who were in the habit of making assaults upon these districts from St. John Island and New York and plundering the inhabitants. That he kept guard at Brown Point, Manasemuck, Long Branch, the Highlands and at several other stations on the coast. That he was sent with the company under Capt. Andrew Smith to Woodbridge in Middlesex County on some business the prospects of which if he ever knows he does not now recollect, he however remembers that it was a very hazardous expedition and that both in their advance and retreat they were compelled to fly from place to place to escape a superior force of British by which the section of country through which they passed was then wasted. Their place of rendezvous was at Manemute Court House from which they secured the different parts of the country as necessity required. That he has no documentary evidence

ands that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his services except Silverus Bills That he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State Sworn & Subscribed in open Court the day and year aforesaid
W. J. Drowne Judge
William his X Bills Mark
I, Silverus Bills aged sixty four of Hamel Township, County of Wauwatoso and State of Wis. do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with William Bills who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that I believe him to be eighty years of age, recollects his being called out to serve his monthly term of duty and that he is respected and beloved in the neighborhood where he resided to have been a soldier of the revolution and concurs in that opinion
his Silverus Bills Mark
Sworn & Subscribed 10 th Sept. 1832 in open Court W. J. Drowne

And the said Courts do hereby declare their opinion after in- vestigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescri- bed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And the court further certifies that it appears to them that Silverus Biles who has signed the preceding certificate is a resident of Ha- nel Township and is a resi- dent person and that his state- ment is entitled to credit
M. J. O'Dowd
William Leoy
John Leavitt
Where and in what year were you born Ans. At Shrewsbury in S o -County in the year 1757
2 Have you any record of your age and if so where is it? It is at its sister in House down on a piece of paper at office.
3 Where were you living when called into service, where have you lived since the revolutionary war and where do you now live Ans. At Fitchburg till Rev o war, In Howland a while then in Fitchburg
4 How were you called into service, were you drafted did you volunteer or when you a substitute, and if a substitute

for whom on his monthly tours was a volunteer as a minute man member 5. State the names of some of the regular officers who were with the troops where you served; such continental and militia regiments as you can recollect and the general circumstances - Also the names of the more frequently mentioned
6. Did you ever receive a discharge from the service and if so by whom was it given and what has become of it? Ans. Not that he knows of.
State the names of the persons in your neighborhood to whom you are known and who can testify as to your character for veracity and their belief of your services as a soldier of the revolution
Ans. Danl. Hays - John D. Barkaloo - Sworn & subscribed in open court Sept 10-1872 } William his Bils M c J. Brown } Mark
I Danilo H Ellis clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in & for the county of Monmouth D. hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of William Bils for a pension under the act of June 7 th 1832. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court this 10 th Day of Sept r A D 1832 W. Hillis Atty

Supplemental affidavit of William Billy, an Applicant for a Pension under the act of Con- gress passed June 7. 1832 - Monmouth J. Personally appeared before me the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace of said County William Billy, who being duly sworn upon his oath, deposes & states, That according to the best of his recollection, he entered the service of the U. States in October 1776 - That he joined the Company of Capt Hendrick Smock & Lieutenant George Potts and served under them his regular term of duty (his first of that year being in October for 2 months in the year '76 (being Oct to Dec )) I served as a private under said officers - Our head-quarters were in the town of Freehold, then called Monmouth Court House - We scoured the surrounding Country, repelling attack, and particularly protecting the Shore - We marched from Freehold to Long-Branch, Shrewsbury - & other points on the shore, such as the High-lands - Brown- -point &c, as set out in this Deposition & declaration - - All this Deposition, service while in the townships of Freehold was of the same nature & confined to the same extent of County - For 6 months in the year '77 (being February, April, June, August, Oct & Dec) I served under the same officers, as a private, and marched & countermarched over the same places above specified, excepting the March to Woodbridge set forth in Deposition & declaration - which Deposition therewith was in this year - For 6 months in the year '78 (being Feb. April, June, Aug Oct & Dec) I served under the same officers - at the same places and upon the same duty as above mentioned in the Capacity of a private - For 6 months in the year '79 (being Feb. April, June August, Oct & Dec) I served as a private under

the same officer, upon like duty at about same place. - For 6 months in the year '80, I served as a private under same officer, upon same duty & same place. - It is impossible for this deponent to specify the precise spot upon which such duty, or any other, was performed - nor much as he does not even recollect to have remained one where two at any one place - For 6 months in the year '81 I served as a private under Capt. John Polins in the township of Howells, to which this deponent moved about this time. (The months of service were February, April, June, August, Oct. & Dec.) and the service upon each of these tours was in said township - This depo- -nent was not in the year '82 in Howells, but he cannot specify how long - His Col. during the latter part of his service (which is Howells) was Col. Wykoff - And his Field officers during his service in Ferrisburg township were Capt. David Hornan, Col. Asker Holman & Maj. Elisha Wal- ton - That deponent acted as a minute man during the whole war & was frequently called out as such but has taken no note of it in making the above estimate of his service -
Deponent further says that he served with an embodied corps called into service under the authority of this state - That he was in the field and for the time during which his service was performed he was not engaged in any civil pursuit -
Given under my hand this 27th day of June 1853 before me - The words (being Feb. April June, Aug. Oct. & Dec.) being first italicized in 2nd line of 2nd page - William Lloyd
his Billy Williams Mark

Treasury Department,
Second Comptroller's Office,
Nov. 22. 1838.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," John, Sylvanus & Stephen Bills three of the the four children of William Bills decd. a Pensioner on the Roll of the Trenton N.J. Agency, at the rate of Eighty Dollars and Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 June 1832 has been paid at this Department, from the 4 of Sept. 1837 to the 19 th March 1838 day of his death.
Respectfully, yours,
Wilson B. Parrish Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions, Present.

114. of the REVOLUTIONARY war as outlined in file in this Bureau
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July 6, 1931
Rev.& 1812 Wars Section AWF
Mr. F. R. Oertel 180 Broadway New York City
Dear Sir:
You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 598, that William Bills was born July 7, 1751 in Shrewsbury, New Jersey.
While residing in Freehold Township, Monmouth County, New Jersey, he served from October 1776 through the year 1780, every other month as a private in Captain Hendrick Smock's Company, Colonel Asher Holmes' New Jersey Regiment, and in 1781 every other month in Captain John Polin's Company, Colonel Wyckoff's New Jersey Regiment.
He was allowed pension on his application executed September 10, 1832, at which time he was living in Freehold, Township, New Jersey.
He died March 19, 1838 (place not stated), leaving four children- John, Sylvanus, Stephen, the name of other child is not given. There are no further data as to family.
The above noted William Bills is the only soldier of New Jersey by that name found in the Revolutionary War records of this office.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator

may 896 Quod penud to Geo T Fish Rochester NY. (see 8-968) Jm B
Nov 15-1904 - His to Erving Lyndall Phila Pa
1913, May 7 History to Mrs. A. G. Rogers. letter with cl. John Magee, W. 1045. for
1913, July 25. History to F. R. Cirtel. for
1914, Aug 18. History to E. L. Smith. for
1931. July 6 - Hist to F. R. Cirtel copy
Geo. H. War INVALID.
File No.
598
William Bills.
Mrs. N. F. Line
Act:
June 7, 1882.
Index: — Vol.
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[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Pension Application " "
Declaration of William Bills-
22888 22165 22882
$80 per ann
Wm. L. Dayton Esq Freehold N. Jersey

We William Donaldson & Cornelius D. Burkhalter residing in Farhorne Township, Munnawatt Co. Certify that we are well acquainted with William Biles, who has signed the preceding affidavit and annexed declaration known to the same. That we believe him to be 80 years old. That he is reputed and believed in the neigh- borhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution, & we concur in that opinion. Then & Subscribed this 28 th day of June A.D. 1833 before me Daniel Erickson Justice } W m Donaldson Cornelius Burkhalter
I, Daniel Erickson — a justice of the Peace of Munnawatt Co., do hereby certify that William Donaldson & Cornelius D. Burkhalter are residents of Farhorne Township, — that they have signed the above Certificate — That they are credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit — Witness my hand June 28, A.D. 1833
Daniel Erickson Justice
N.B. See Certificate of Court that there is no Clay- -man in the neighborhood.

(the Court of Common Pleas of) I, Daniel H. Ellis, Clerk of the Mount County, do hereby certify that the annexed paper contain the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of William Bell, for a divorce - That William J. Borne, John H. Braden & William Lloyd are Judges of the said Court, duly commissioned & sworn - That full faith & credit should be given to their official acts - That I am acquainted with their handwriting respectively & believe their signatures to the annexed paper to be genuine - I further certify that Daniel Erickson, and William Lloyd before whom the Sup- plemental Affidavit & Certificate are taken, one Justices of the Peace of said County, duly commissioned & sworn - That they are enrolled as such in my office - That they are authorized to administer an oath - That I am acquainted with their handwriting & believe their signatures to be genuine - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 29 th of June A.D. 1833 - (The 1 st & 19 th lines were first interlined) - D. H. Ellis M c

Richard Newman B.B. N. Irel, Nov 21 st 43

#116 Dongan Street, West New Brighton, Staten Island, N. Y. July 15, 1913.
U. S. Pension Bureau, Washington D. C.
Gentlemen:
Will you kindly give me whatever information you might have regarding a WILLIAM BILLS who served in the Revolutionary War, and who I under- stand drew a pension from that time up to his death.
This information would be greatly appreciated by me.
Thanking you for your kindness, I am
Yours very truly,
J. H. Oertel
P. S. William Bills served as a private in the New Jersey Militia.

New Castle Lodge of Perfection VALLEY OF NEW CASTLE ANCIENT ACCEPTED SCOTTISH RITE N.A.M.A.J.U.A.S.A.A.
New Castle, Pa. Aug. 12, 1914.
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:-
William Bills (Soldier in Revolutionary war) was born at Shrewsbury, N.J. July 7, 1751, Enlisted as a private Oct. 1776 in N.J. militia under Capt. Hendrick Smock and Col. Asher Holmes, served as Sergt. June 1778 to Dec. 1779 under Capt. Forsyfield and Col. Morgan in Va. and again in 1781 under Capt. Poplin and Col. Wykoff in N.J. Enlisted first time from Freehold, N.J. and second time from Philadelphia, Pa. Fought in the battle of Monmouth, Died March 19, 1838 - Was Pentioned Sept. 10, 1832.
Will you please give me such of his personal and military record as may be in his application for Pension.
I desire this information to secure admission to the Sons of the American Revolution.
Yours truly,
Edward L. Smith
one 2c stamp enclose stamped envelope O.K. M.H.
OK B.H.

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F. R. OERTEL, PRESIDENT W. E. DRAKE, VICE PRES. & TREAS.
NEW YORK, N. Y.
May 27, 1931
July 21 1931 Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D. C. MAY 28 1931 OFFICE
Gentlemen:
Will you kindly look up in your files and advise if you have a record of a William Bills who fought in the Revolutionary War?
He was attached to some New Jersey regiment, and we know he fought in the battle of Monmouth.
Thanking you in advance for this in- formation, we are
Yours very truly,
FRO:EK

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of William Biles 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. L. F. 598.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Oct. 1776. about 2.5 Priv. Heinrich Smith Abel Halsey N.J.   77-78- annually   79-80 2 yrs. 1 mo.   7   1781 1 mo. John Paul W. C. Hoff.  
Battles engaged in, _____
Residence of soldier at enlistment, _____
Date of application for pension, _____
Residence at date of application, _____
Age at date of application, _____
Remarks: _____
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.