Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 12554, Stephen Cory, Mass.
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE
Mass
Cory, Stephen
NUMBER
S. 12554
carded
CONTENTS
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14925
New York
Stephen Cory
of Ulster in the State of N. York who was a Private in the Comp commanded by Captain Woodbridge of the Regt. Commanded by Col: Graton in the Massachusetts line for 2 yrs. 

Inscribed on the Roll of N. York at the rate of 80 Dollars--Cents per annum. to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 26th day of July 1833 and [illegible]

Arrears to the 4th of Ma '33         $160
Semi-anl. allowance ending [ ] '33    $40
$200

Revolutionary Claim 
Act June 7, 1832

Recorded by J.C. Stiles
Book E. Vol. 3. Page 51
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In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7th June 1832
State of New York
Ulster County

On this 11th day of September in the year 1832 personally appeared in open court before the [ ] of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Ulster aforesaid now sitting Stephen Cory a Resident of the town of Wawarsing in said County aged 67 the 10th day of July last who being first duly sworn in according to Law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7th 1832
that he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated--
that he enlisted in the Continental Troops within 1780 (while in his 15th year of age) in the town of [Chaceford] in the State of Massachusetts for 3 years under a recruiting officer forgot his name - went first to Boston and remained there about two weeks - and, from there was marched to West Point- he was placed in Colonel Gratons Regiment under Capt. Woodbridge. remained at West Point the [ ] of the season and the following Winter and early in the spring went with his Regiment to Peekskill in said State remained there and in the neighborhood of Peekskill aforesaid and the greater part of the season--and in the ensuing fall I went to a place called Snake Hill 4 or 5 miles from Peekskill where we built log houses and remained there during the following Winter - and in the Spring we was marched
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again to West Point and remained there 3 or 4 months. When 1400 men was called from West Point of which number he was one to go to the City of Philadelphia at which City he remained about three months. The officers in said expedition are totally forgotten by me - from Philadelphia we was ordered back to West Point where I joined my former Company under Captain Woodbridge - remained at West Point until the rear closed and there received a discharge - which discharge was by me lost. He hereby relinquishes any claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any State--
Stephen Cory
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year aforesaid in open court
Judges:
Abm G Hardenbergh
Abm A Deyo
John Jansen
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states.
Judges:
AG Hardenbergh
Abm A. Deyo
John Jansen 

I Jacob Snider clerk of the Common Pleas and clerk of the County of Ulster Do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the Application of Stephen Cory for a pension his testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of Office this 11th day of September 1832.
Jacob Snyder
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In addition to the foregoing as required by the Declarant states on his oath before me Chs Hartshorn one of the justices of the peace in the County of Ulster and State of New York. that he enlisted in the Continental Army for three years as aforesaid & served that time except three months the war having closed before his time was out - making his time of actual service two years and nine months - and that he knows of no  living witness by whom to prove his said service. Sworn before me this 13th day of April 1833
Chs Hartshorn JP

and also that to several interrogatories procedure by the department he answers first 
1st he was born in the Town of [Chansford] Massachusetts in the year 1765 cannot tell the day & month  
2nd that he does not know that his age was ever Recorded
5th that he entailed as much as he remembers. that his memory is some affected, that he has but little recollection - and has not made his services a matter of consideration for a long period - never expected to be [withested] in the particulars of said services - that he will not [ ] of guess upon oath
7th that he cannot prove his services by any living witness that he knows of that in respect to his reliability he can prove the same by George Lomana, Brookins Blackman, & Abm J Serte - that during his term of service as aforesaid he was a private soldier.
Sworn before me April 13 1833
Chs Hartshorn JP
Stephen Cory
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[Left side:]
18072
Stephen Care
[illegible] March 14. 1833
Obj. 8. 11. 12. 13. 17. 
p. 298
[illegible]
Hon
J C Brodhead
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[Right side:] 
6 mo 79 Marshall
29 [illegible]
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BRIEF in the case of Stephen Coy of Wawarsing of Ulster
County in the State of New York
(Act 7th June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he? 67
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
Headings:
Period| Duration of Service. Years Months Days| Rank.|  Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.|
Enlisted in 1780| 3 Years| As a private | Gen. Col Baton Capt Woodbridge
5. In what battles was he engaged?
not any
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service?
Chaceford, Massts
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by
incidental evidence, or by the rolls? not any
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?
no
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above
Chas G Wilest [signed] Examining Clerk.
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Rev War [handwritten perpendicular to text]
12,554
INVALID.
File No. 12, 554
Stephen Cory
Priv Rev War
File No.
Act: June 7, 1832
Index: -- Vol. A Page 78
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Please Return this
Ellen Ville
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those
answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Stephen Cory which require
further proof or explanation.

I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides?
 yes
II.  Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes
III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason
assigned for his not doing so?
IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served?
yes
V. *Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he
served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amout [sic] of pension
he is entitled? yes
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of
June 7, 1832? yes
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes Not in the manner prescribed by the Department-- See Regulations
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate?
from any other seal? yes
X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal?  yes
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? no
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
No
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? No
XIV. If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath,
certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? no 
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And,
if not, which of them is not so answered? 1.2.5

EXPLANATORY NOTES.
QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he
cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For year --months,  and --days, I served as a -- For--days, I served as a--; and for such service I claim a pension.
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It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held
as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration
of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either
in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the
regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate. In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
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On final Settlement
Aomd
24 mo pri
80$
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Ulster County NY s
 
Personally came before me Chs Hartshorn
one of the Justice of said County Horace Westerns Minister of the Gospel & George Lamoree personally
known by me and being duly sworn deponent &
says that they are acquainted with Stephen Cory
the written named applicant for a Pension
and that they believe he is of the age he states
and by reputation has has [sic] a soldier of the Revolution
Horace Weston [signed] 
George Lamone [signed]
Sworn before me this 13th day of April A.D. 1833
Chs Hartshorn J.P. [signed]
I do hereby certify that the above named Deponents are
men of truth and veracity and entitled full credit for the same
Chis Hartshorn Justice [signed]
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day of April A.D. 1833
Chs Hartshorn J.P.

STATE OF NEW-YORK,
Ulster County Clerk's Office,⎬ ss.
I, Jacob Snyder, Clerk of the County of Ulster, and
Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Ulster County, do hereby certify
That Charles Hartshom- Esquire, was on the day of the
date of the Certificate to the annexed affidavit, a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County of Ulster, duly authorized to take affidavits, &c. and further that I am
well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice, and verily believe the signature "Chs. Hartshorn",
subscribed to the Certificate of the said annexed Affidavit to be genuine. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name, and affixed the Seal of the said Court
and County, this twentieth day of April 1833
Jacob Snyder [signed]