Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 12543, Richard Coe, Md.
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SERVICE
Md.

Coe, Richard

NUMBER
S. 12543

carded

CONTENTS
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12543
INVALID.
Rev War

File No. 12,543
Richard Coe
Sergt Rev war

Act: June 7th 1832.
Index: - Vol. A, Page 77

[Arrangement of 1870]
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847
Dist of Columbia

Richard Coe
Sergeant, 4
Maryland line, 1776. 3 years.
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.

Inscribed on the Roll of Dist. of Columbia
at the rate of -8- Dollars per month, to commence on
the 30th of April 1818.

Certificate of Penension issued the 4th of May 1818
and delivvered to the pensioner. _

Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1818
[Crossed out: Semi-anl all'ce ending]
4 mos: 5 days - $33:33

{Revolutionary claim,
Act 18th March, 1818 }

Alexandria Dist Cola
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Dt of Columbia 24

Richard Coe
of Washington Co in the [crossed out: State] [inserted:] Dist of Columbia
who was a Sergeant in the company commanded
by Captain Simms, of the Regiment commanded
by Colonel Smallwood in the Maryland
line, for the term of 3 years & 10 months
from February 1776 to 27 December 1779.

Inscribed on the roll of District of Columbia
at the rate of 120 Dollars per [crossed out: month] [inserted:] annum, to
commence on the 4th day of March 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 9th of July
1832 and delivered to
Pensioner. Present

Arrears to 4th of March 1832....120:00
Semi-anu'l all'ce ending 4th
Sept 1832.............................................60:00
.............................................................$180 00

{Revolutionary Claim,
Acts 
and [crossed out: {March ,1?, 1818, and May ?, 1820}.]
7 June 1832.

Recorded D. Vol 8 Page 180

[Illegible] letter to Hon. D. Jenifer
H. R. [Illegible] 23d 1838.
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[Illegible]
July 20. 1838

Sir
Richard Coe a Seargent
in the Revty War - was placed on the
Pension list 1818 [illegible] his pay for
18 months and then sicken off the
pension list _ he was reinstated in
1831- I desire to know whether
in any & in [illegible] case that has been
pay allowed for the time stricken
off until restored - or whether [illegible]
[illegible] Law would authorize it _
[Line, illegible]
[Signature, illegible]
JMd
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The Honble
The Secretary at War
Washington City
Pension Office
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District of Columbia, ss.

On this 30th day of April 1818, before me the subscriber, one of the
Judges of the Circuit Court of the United States for the said district, personally appears Richard
Coe aged 64 years, resident in Alexandria
in the said district, who being by me first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, make the
following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress, entitled "An
act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the
revolutionary war:" That he the said Richard Coe enlisted in or near Piscataway
in the state of Maryland in February 1776 in the company commanded by Captain
Patrick Simms of the 7th Maryland Regt command by [inserted:] Col Smallwood; that he
continued to serve in the said corps, or in the service of the United States until the 27th of December
1779, when he was discharged from service in Morris town state
of New Jersey, that he was in the battles of [two words crossed out, illegible] White Plains
Brandywine & Germantown
and that he is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support;
and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services, except his written discharge
which he produced before me, sighted by Alexr Roxburgh, Capt Commandt
[inserted in margin:] and countersigned by Genl W. Smallwood
Sworn to and declared before me, the day and year aforesaid.

W. Cranch

I, William Cranch Judge, &c. as aforesaid, do certify, that it appears
to my satisfaction, that the said Richard Coe did serve in the
revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy; and I now transmit
the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me, to the Secretary for the Department of
War, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress.
April 30. 1818.
W. Cranch

SEAL OF THE COURT.
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Sergt
2 years
admd
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District of Columbia
Washington County 

On the ninth day of July in the year of our Lard 1832, personally appeared before me the undersigned one of the Justice of the Peace in and for the said County, Richard Co a resident of Pifcataway in the county of Prince George and State of Maryland aged seventy eight years who being first duly sworn according to laws doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the pension made by the Act of Congress prepared June 7, 1832, that he enlisted in anneal Piscataway in the State of Maryland Feb 1776 in the company commanded by Capt Patrick Simms of the 1st Maryland Reb. commanded by Col. Smallwood:
the he continued to serve in the aid Corps in the service of the United States until the 27th of Dec 1779 at which time he was discharged: that he was in the Battle of White Plains, Brandywine and Germantown: and that he marched through Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York. The he has been placed on the Pension Roll under the Act of 15th May 1828 march 18, 1878and was stricken from the roll on account of property.
We hereby relinquish every claim what is to be a
pension or as annuity except the purse and he
declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any agency in any state.
Richard Coe

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year afore named.
Jm. N Cllaudlder
Justice of the Peace
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[Mostly illegible]
Head of
Jany 3 1780
Baltimore
6th
Boston
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[Mostly illegible]
Richard Coe (Sergeant) having
it being a
ment he is a
high
more for further
my hand the
27th December
Alexr Roxburgh Capt Cornett
Richard Coe
W Smallwood

[In margin:] Coe Richard (MD.) S-12543