York County PA Archives Military Records.....Staley, Peter July 15, 1833
Revwar - Pension 
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Pension Application Of Peter Staley, Natl Archives Microseries M804, Roll #__, Application #W6194
Jefferson County, Virginia, July 15th, 1833, Peter Staley, aged 79 years: “That 
he was called out in July 1776 among the militia from the County of York, State 
of Pennsylvania (the militia being all called out at that time from the said 
county of York). That he marched from York with a Captain Thomas McAnary and 
Major John Finley to Philadelphia, thence through Brunswick, Princeton, Amboy, 
Elizabethtown and Newark to Banian [Bayonne] Town. [Bayonne, New Jersey was 
originally known as Bergen Neck, located south of Bergen, now known as Jersey 
City.] He had a brush with the British on a Sunday morning at Banian [Bayonne] 
Point and General Washington was there, and he had another brush with the enemy 
at Hurlgate Fort. He marched from that place through Jersey to Woodbridge, 
thence through Princeton and back to Philadelphia, where he was discharged by 
Major Finley the month of February 1777.”

“He kept his discharge among his papers for some time, but at length lost it, 
deeming it of no importance he took little care of it. There is no one living 
that he knows of who can tell exactly how long he was in service, nor has he 
any documentary evidence of his service, and he knows of no record of his age. 
He lived, after his discharge, in the county of York in the state of 
Pennsylvania for about 18 months. He then moved to Virginia and settled on a 
tenement in the county of Berkeley, where he lived for about 41 years. He then 
moved to the county of Frederick in the state of Maryland and lived there about 
16 years. He then returned to the county of Berkeley and lived there until the 
26th of February last. He left Berkeley County on that day and settled in the 
county of Jefferson where he has resided ever since…”

Jefferson County, Virginia, September 16, 1839, Margaret Staley, aged 69 
years: “That she is the widow of  Peter Staley…who was a private during the War 
of the Revolution… She was married to the said Peter Staley in the fall of the 
year 1790. That her husband, the aforesaid Peter Staley, died on the 16th day 
of July, 1837.” Her maiden name was Mumson.

The marriage bond was annexed, and was dated September 21, 1790. Peter Staley’s 
brother, Daniel Staley, aged 68 years on November 7, 1839, testified that he 
attended the wedding. Peer Staley was born in Pennsylvania in 1754. Parents 
were not named. Jacob and Stephen Staley were also mentioned, Stephen being a 
clergyman. Relationship not stated.

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