Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File [BLANK], John Coates, Penn.
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(3-1776)
SERVICE NUMBER
Penn. Coates, John Dis
Coats
No papers
CONTENTS
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Coates, John
His name appears on a list of
claimants to be placed on the pension list
returned by the Circuit Court for the District of
Maryland, submitted to the House of
Representatives by the Secretary of War on April 25,
1794 and printed in the American State Papers,
Class 9, Page 121.
Rank: Captain
Regt: 11th Pennsylvania
Disability: Wounded in his right hand by a
musket ball, which renders his middle finger
useless, and in a great measure deprives him of
the use of his hand.
When and where disabled: May 1777, N. Jersey.
Residence: Eastern
Monthly Allowance: $5
Arrearages: $250.
Remarks: Commissioned Septem. 30, 1776;
mustered, wounded in May, 1777, and appears to have
left the service in October 1777.
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Oct 2 1906
DW Resby
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Coats, John
His name appears on a list of applicants for invalid pension
returned by the District Court, for the District of Maryland
submitted to the House of Representatives by the Secretary of
War on March 2, 1795 and printed in the American State
Papers class 9, page 170.
Rank: Captain
Regit: 11th at Pennsylvania
Disability: Wounded by a ball in his right hand.
When and where disabled: 1777. Piscataway.
Residence: Talbot county.
Remarks: Omitted on the master rolls, October, 1777;
supported to have resigned.
Evidence incomplete, viz: 1st to cause is shown why
application was not made prior to December 11, 1788. 2d the
examining physicians do not state the degree of disability.
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