Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 43,347, John Coleman, New York
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New York | Coleman, John | S. 43,347
Contents
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18.343

New York R
John Coleman
of Dryden int he state of N. York
who was a private in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Dubois of the N.York line, for the term of 3 years.
Inscribed on the Roll of N. York at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 10th of August 1818-

Certificate of Pension issued the 8 of Nov. 1821 and sent to John Ellis, Esq. Dryden , N.York

Arrears to the 4th of September 1821- 294.92
Semi anl all'ce ending 4 Mar. 1822  48.00
3 yrs. 22/31 4/30   [Total] $342.92
{Revolutionary claim,
Act 18th March, 1818.} 
1st May 1820

Tompkins County-
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17,130.
John Coleman,
Declaration -
Tompkins Co. N.Y.
4th July, 1820.
Various Services.
Col. Dubois's regt. [regiment]
N. Y. line- 3 years,
1777 to 1780.

Not found on the rolls.
It is required, that the applicant's service, or 9 mo.s thereof, in continuance, in Col. Dubois' reg.t [regiment] be proved by the testimony, on oath, of two or more disinterested & credible witnesses, certified as Such by the Judge.

[left margin] John Ellis, agent , Dryden, N.Y. rec.d [received] 19. July, 1820.
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State of New York
Tompkins County} Ss.
On this fourth day of July 1820- Before me the Subscriber, one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County, Personally appeared John Coleman, aged seventy one years, the fifteenth day of last July, resident in the town of Dryden in the said county, who being by me first duly Sworn, according to Law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provisions 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 John Coleman enlisted for the term of one year, on or about the first of January in the year 1776 in the town of New [illegible] in the state of New York, in the company Commanded by Capt Belknap of the Infantry, in the line of the State of New York on the Continental establishment, that he continued service in said corps, or in the service of the United States until the expiration of said year, when he was discharged from service in the Fort Montgomery in the state of New York on the first day of January 1777- And that he then saw John Coleman, enlisted again for the term of three years on the first day of January 1777, as he believes in the town of Poughkeepse in the state of New York, in the company commanded by Captain Roserantz of the Infantry in Colonel Lewis Dubois' Regiment, in the line of the State of New York, on the Continental establishment that he continued to serve in said corps or in the service of the United States, until after the middle of January in the year 1780, when he was discharged from Service in the town of Pumpton or Morristown, in the state of New Jersey, when in the company commanded by Capt- Dubois and in the Regiment aforesaid. That he was in the Battles against the Indians , on the Chemung River, when Genl Sullivan marched into the Indian Country, and that he is in reduced
circumstances, and stands in need of the assistance of his
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country for support, and that he has no other evidence
now in his power of his said services, except the annexed
affidavits of Samuel Weed, and Daniel Lillie, he having
lost his said discharge-
Sworn and declared before me
the day and year aforesaid
John Ellis

I, John Ellis, Judge, &c as aforesaid, do certify that it
appears to my satisfaction, that the said John Coleman
did serve in the Revolutionary war, as stated in the
preceding declaration, against the common enemy for
the term of three years at one time, on the continental
establishment, and I now transmit the proceedings
and testimony taken and had before me, to the secretary
for the department of war, pursuant to the directives
of the aforementioned act of Congress, I am
also satisfied that he needs the assistance of his
country for support, and also certify that a previous
declaration was dated the tenth day of August
1818-
John Ellis
Dated July 4th 1820

State of New York
Tompkins County
Clerks Office
I George P. Frost Deputy Clerk of said County
Do certify that John Ellis Esquire, before
whom the foregoing affidavit and Declaration
was made, was on the day of the date thereof
a Legal acting Judge of the Court of Common
Pleas in and for said County of Tompkins
and that full faith and credit are to
be given to his acts in that capacity
and further that I am well acquainted with
the hand writing of the said Judge and verily believe
the signature "John Ellis", above subscribed to be his hand writing
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and affixed
the seal of said County this sixth day of July 1820
Geo. P. Frost
Deputy Clerk
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State of New York
Tompkins County ⎬ ss On this twenty fifth day of
September A.D. 1821 personally appeared in open Court being a Court of Common Pleas holden in and for said County in said State constituted a Court of Record by the same
of said State with power to hear try and determine all actions, real, personal and mixed arising in the said County and also all transitory acts although the same may not have arisen within the said County and with other powers - John Coleman aged Seventy three years last July resident in the Town of Dryden in the said County, who being first duly sworn
according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows. That he the said John Coleman enlisted for the time of one year on or about the first of January 1776 in the Town of New Burgh in the State of New York in the company commanded by Captain Belknap of the Infantry
in the line of the State of New York on the 
continental establishment, that he continued to serve in said corps or in the service of the United States until the expiration of said year when he was discharged from service in Fort Montgomery in the State of New York - on or about the first of January 1777 and that he the said John Coleman enlisted again for the term of three years on or about January 1777. ^ and that he the said John Coleman enlisted in [?] for the term of three years or about [illegible] as he believes, in the town of Poughkeepsie in the State of New York, in the Company commanded by Captain Rosecrants of the Infantry in Colonel Lewis Dubois Regiment it being the fifth in the line
of the State of New York in the Continental establishment, that he continued to serve in said Corps or in the service of the United States until the latter end of January 1780, when he was discharged from service in the Town of [Pomton?] or Morristown in the State of New Jersey when in the Company commanded
by Captain Dubois in the Regiment aforesaid
 and that he made his declaration to obtain
Pension on the tenth day of August 1818 but has
not received any pension Certificate as yet. And
I do solemnly swear that I was a resident Citizen
of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818 and that I have not since that time by gift, sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any part
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thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an 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"" passed on the 18th day of March 1818 and that have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities contracts or debts due me nor have I any other income than what
is contained in the Schedule hereunto annexed and by me subscribed and that I have no family and am a Cooper by occupation but wholly unable to perform on account of a disorder called by the Doctors the St. Anthony's fire and I live by hiring my board. 
John Coleman X his mark

Sworn to and declared  
before me the day and year
aforesaid in open Court
Luther Gere
A schedule of the property of John Coleman
of the Town of Dryden in the County of Tompkins
a Revolutionary Soldier. Taken September 25th day 1821
Real Estate none
Personal property as follows to wit;
One Old Chest--$1.00
One old ladder - 2.00
1 Promissory Note against James Lewis - 70.00
Due from others- 11.00
Promissory Note against Jacob Wager - 2.62
Money in hand - 0.13
1 Small shirt - 1.00
[total] $88.25

Debts that the said John Coleman owes to the doctors and others - $49.00
Value of Balance of property is $39.25
Luther Gere
John Coleman X his mark
I John Johnson Clerk of the Court of Common
Pleas in and for the County of Tompkins do hereby Certify that the foregoing oath, and the schedule thereunto annexed, are truly copied from the Record of the said Court; and I do further witness
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that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the total amount in value of the Balance of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is Thirty nine Dollars and twenty five cents. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of the said Court on fifth Day of October 1821. 
John Johnson Clerk
per Miles Finch Dep Clk
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Rev. War Section.                                       AW

May 24, 1921


Mr. R. W. G. Vail
Minnesota Historical Society,
Saint Paul, Minn.

Sir:

In response to your letter of the 18" instant, you are advised that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, Survivor File No. 43,347, it appears that John Coleman was born July 15, 1748, place not stated.  He enlisted at Newburgh, New York, about January1, 1776 served as private in Captain Belknap's Company of Infantry, and was discharged January 1, 1777.  He re-enlisted January 1, 1777, at Poughkeepsie, New York, served as private in Captain Rosecrantz and Captain Henry Dubois' Companies, Colonel Lewis Dubois' Regiment, was in the battles during General Sullivan's Indian Expedition, and was discharged about the middle of January 1780.

He was allowed pension on his application executed July 4, 1820, while living at Dryden, Tompkins County, New York.  There is no data on file as to his family.

The Revolutionary War records of this Bureau fail to afford any information in regard to Jonathan Coleman and Enos Smith described by you.

Very Respectfully,

Washington Gardner
Commissioner.
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MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY
SAINT PAUL
SOLON J. BUCK
SUPERINTENDENT
[EDWARD GRAVES LIBRARIAN - crossed out]
R. W. G. VAIL
LIBRARIAN
May 18, 1921
Dept. of Interior,
Bureau of Pensions
Old War & Navy Div
Washington, DC

Gentlemen
I would be very
grateful if you would give me
the service of my ancestors
in the Revolution, named below.
Very truly yours,
RWG Vail
(1) Jonathan (or John) Coleman, of
Orange Co., N.Y. Wife Hannah
said to have been a pensioner.
(2) Enos Smith (1754-1818) of
Orange Co., N.Y. Had
wife Phebe Vail
[stamp] PENSION OFFICE U.S. MAY 20 1921
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Hist to Blair

43347
INVALID.
Revy
File No. 43.347
John Coleman
Pri Rev War
Act: 18 March 18th
Index:-- Vol. B, Page 95
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Dec. 3-19
Mrs. Lydia C
Allegany N.Y
1921 May 24. History
to Mr. R. W.G. Vail
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Mr Edwards
Recd 5 Nov 1821
[on side]   Free
Hon John C. Calhoun Esquire
Secretary of War
Washington City

Dryden NY
Oct 24
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Dryden Tompkins County New York
October 22 1821
Sir
Enclosed are John Coleman's shedule [schedule] of his property. Mr. Coleman wishes to have his papers decided upon as soon as convenient and the result transmitted to me.
I am Respectfully your
Obedient Servant
John Ellis

Hon. John C. Calhoun Esquire
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War Department
Pension Office
30 April 1821.
Sir,
The documents in the case of
John Coleman have been examined and his claim
decided to be admissible under the Law of 18 March 1818,
but before a pension certificate can be issued in his
favor, it will be necessary for him to exhibit a Schedule
of his property, in conformity with the act of 1 May 1820.
His papers are retained on file in this office.
Respectfully
J. L. Edwards

John Ellis Esq
Dryden NY
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State of New York
Orange County} ss
on the 27th day of December
1819 personally appeared before me the subscriber one of the Judges of the Court of Common pleas in and for the said County Samuel Weed well known to me who being duly sworn made oath and saith that he is and was well acquainted with John Coleman
the within named applicant that he the said John did belong the Captain Dubois Company in Col. Lewis Dubois Regiment being the 5th of the New York line and because he remained in the said Regt until sometime in the spring,1780. this deponent belonged to the same
Regt and took his discharge in the fall
1779 and this deponent further states that the
said John was in the Campaign to the westward
when Gen'l. Sullivan and Gen'l Clinton marched
into that Country and that he the said
John was in the Battle with the Indians on the
Chemung River where this deponent was present.
Samuel Weed

The above affidavit was taken and sworn to before me the day and year first above.
written
Isaac Belknap
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I Samuel J Wilkin Depy Clerk of the
County of Orange, State of New York and of the Court
of Common pleas of said county do
hereby certify that Isaac Belknap
was on the 27th day of December
Instant a Judge of the Court of
Common pleas for said County
duly commissioned & sworn
residing in said County
and I do further certify that I
am acquainted with the
hand writing of the said Isaac
Belknap and verily believe the
signature "Isaac Belknap" to the
within affidavit attached to be
the proper hand writing of the said
Judge - In Witness whereof I have
hereto Signed my name and
affixed the seal of the said county
this twenty Eighth day of December
in the year 182[0?].
S J Wilkin
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State of New York
Tompkins county } Ss -
Daniel Lillie of the Town of Locke in the County
of Cayuga & State aforesaid, aged fifty four years
being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that he is
now, and always has been since a small Boy, well 
acquainted with John Coleman, named in the
annexed declaration who is now before me, that
this deponent always understood and verily believed that he enlisted into the New York line of troops in the revolutionary war
year for the term of three years, and that he always understood and verily believes that he did serve said three years for which he entered and was honorably discharged, and that this deponent well recollects of
seeing said Coleman, at home on furlough in his 
uniform dress in the course of his said service, And that this deponent well recollects of seeing said Coleman discharged after he returned home from the army. Then he having occasion to examine said Coleman papers to settle business for him, that he did many times examine & read said discharge & that he well recollects
of its reading that he had served faithfully, and that he has no interest in the event of said Coleman application.
[signature] Daniel Lillie
Subscribed and sworn
this first day of July 1820
Before me
John Ellis, one of the Judges
of Tompkins Com. Pleas
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I certify that the within named Daniel Lillie
is a credible witness this first day of July 1820
John Ellis, Judge &c
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[stamp] O.W & N. DIV. NOV 28 1900 RECEIVED
Allegany Catt. County
New York
Nov. 24, 1900
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington D.C.
Are there in the pension
records of the Revolutionary war
any mention of "John Coleman of
New York State". I am anxious to
gain information of a certain John
Coleman and since there are five
mentioned in records here it is
difficult to determine the right
one. If you have such records will
you kindly give me what information
you can. Age, when died, what company (& &c ?
Address) Mrs. Lydia C Blair
Allegany Catt. Co. N.Y.
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[stamp] ITHACA N.Y. MAR 27
John Coleman
-
John Ellis
Agt.
Dryden, NY
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Recd. 3 April 1821
-
Hon. John C. Calhoun Esquire
Secretary of War
Washington City
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Dryden Tompkins County New York
Sir -
Enclosed you will receive John 
Colemans claim to obtain a pension [illegible] for him It is requested that his papers may be returned as soon as convenient so that he may procure other testimony, as the (Coleman) has lately been informed that he can procure the testimony of one William Slutt, who was a soldier, and served in the same company & mess with said Coleman & Weed, and is now living in Ulster county New York.
I think there cannot be any doubt of 
Coleman's serving the three years as stated in
his declaration as I have been intimately 
acquainted with him for almost twenty years, and
have always considered him to be a man of truth
and veracity, and of very steady habits, he is
very much superannuated by age and infirmities
and is I believe supported pretty much by
the charity of his children, as he is destitute
of a Home of his own.
I am Respectfully your
Obedient Servant
John Ellis


Hon. John C. Calhoun Esquire
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State of New York
Orange County Ss  on the twenty ninth of January eighteen hundred and twenty one personally appeared before me Isaac Belknap the subscriber one of the Judges of the Court of Common pleas in and for the said County of orange Samuel [Weed?] well known to me who being duly sworn made oath and said that he is and was well acquainted with John Coleman in this affidavit named and described. That the said John Coleman belonged to Captain Henry Dubois Company in Col. Lewis Dubois Regiment being the fifth of the New York line in the Revolutionary War - That the said John enlisted into said company according to the recollection of this Deponent in the Spring of  seventeen hundred and seventy seven ^ and served at least two years in the same company till the fall of of [sic] Seventeen hundred and seventy nine when this Deponent took his discharge - That the Deponent served in the Company of Capt Henry Dubois with the said John Coleman for the whole of the two years aforesaid, and was of the same mess with him during that time
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And this Deponent further saith that the said John Coleman was in the Campaign to the westward when General Sullivan & General Clinton marched in to that country, and that the said John was in the battle of Newtown on the Chemung river when this Deponent was present
  And this Deponent further saith that he has no interest in the result of said Colemans application for a pension for said Jurat
  Samuel Weed
In the 19th line the words "and served at least two years" are inserted before acknowledged
The above affidavit was taken & sworn to before me the 29th of January 1821 -
  Isaac Belknap one of the Judges of Common pleas for Orange County}
I certify that I am acquainted with the above named Samuel Weed and that he is a reliable witness
29th Jany 1821
 Isaac Belknap as above

State of New York
Orange County Ss}  I James McClintock, Deputy Clerk of the County of Orange Certify that Isaac Belknap whose name is above subscribed was on the day of the date of the above affidavit & certificate a Judge of the Court of Common pleas in & for Orange County duly commissioned & sworn & that I am well acquainted with his hand writing & that the name above subscribed is his own proper hand writing  In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said County Feby 20, 1821.  J.M.Clintock Dep [clerk]