Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 12579, Thomas Conkling, New York
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New York

Conkling,, Thomas

S. 12579

carded
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24001
New York
Thomas Conkling
Suffolk in the State of New York
who was a private in the Comp commanded by Captain Griffine of the Regt commanded by _____-___in the New York line for 12 months
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 40 Dollars ------cents per annum commence on the 4th day of March, 1831
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 day of Oct
1833   and sent to G. Miller
Suffolk C.
Arrears to the 4th of Sep '33    $100
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 m(?)   20
$120
Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832
Recorded by G. C. Steles    Clerk
Book E   Vol. 4   Page 93


(written on left margin)
Sent to pensioner  April 1835
Sent to John Fleming  April 1835
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State of New York}
County of Suffolk}
On this Second day of October one thousand eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared in open court in the court of common Pleas in and for said County of Suffolk and State of New York now sitting Thomas Conklin a resident of the Town of Southold in the said county of Suffolk aged seventy six years who being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of said act of Congress passed June 7, 1832 That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated, that he first enlisted in the month of June in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy five at Southold in the said county of Suffolk for the term of six months in the Company commanded by Captain Daniel Griffing and served in the said company until the expiration of his said term of six months that the said company was stationed at Oyster Ponds in the said county of Suffolk on the East end of Long Island until the first of September following his enlistment that they then went to Ticonderoga and Crown Point in the State of New York and from there returned to Albany in the said State about Christmas, that he was regularly (?) discharged from the said service
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on or about the first day of January 1775 that he had no written discharge as he recollects that General Schyler commanded the fort at Ticonderoga
That immediately after said discharge he returned to Southold aforesaid on Long Island and there on or about the first of June following (?) 1776 he enlisted in the Army of the United States for the term of six months in the company commanded by Captain Jonathan Bailey in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Drake in the Brigade of General Scott in the line of the State of New York on the Continental Establishment and continued to serve in the said corps until the expiration of said time of six months . That he went from Southold soon after his enlistment to the city of New York and the West end of Long Island that he was in the Battle on the West end of Long Island on the 27th of August 1776 and returned with the army under the command of General Washington from Long Island to New York. That he went from New York to White Plains was in the Battle of White Plains from White Plains he went to Poughkeepsie  and from there to Havenstown on the West side of the Hudson River.
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and was regularly discharged from the said service at Havenstown
That at the times of his said enlistments he was a resident of the said town of Southold in the said county of Suffolk which is his native town
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension Roll of any army of any state
Thomas Conkling
Sworn to and subscribed in Open Court the day & year aforesaid}

And the said court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served so he states

I Joseph L Huntting clerk of the court of common Pleas in and for the County of Suffolk do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Thomas Conklin for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this ninth day of October one thousand eight hundred and thirty two
Joseph L Huntting   CL
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State of New York}
County of Suffolk}
Gilbert Davis of the Town of Southold in the said county of Suffolk being duly sworn doth depose and say that he knows that Thomas Conklin within named was a soldier in the company commanded by Captain Daniel Griffing in the army of the Revolution in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy five, that this deponent first knew the said Thomas Conklin in the said service in the month of July in that year that the said Thomas Conklin continued in the said service in the said company with tuntil the first of January following in 1776 that the said Thomas Conklin, during the said service served at Oysterponds then Ticonderoga and Crown Point and from there returned to Albany in the said State where he was regularly discharged in January aforesaid, that this deponent was a soldier in the same company during the time aforesaid, that this deponent was not present at the time of the enlistment of the said Thomas Conklin but he has no doubt he enlisted at the time and place stated in the written declaration
Gilbert Davis
Subscribed + sworn the 28th day of June 1833
before me}
George Miller
commissioner of (?)

(written in the left margin)
Suffolk common Pleas declaration of Thomas Conklin for Revolutionary Pension
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Suffolk County SS: Benjamin Payne of the town of Southold in the said county of Suffolk being duly sworn with that Thomas Conklin named in the annexed declaration some time about the last of May in the year 1776 enlisted the service of the United States as a soldier of the Revolution in the company commanded by Captain Jonathan Bailey in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Drake in General Lott's Brigade in the army of the Revolution, that this deponent was not present at the time of his enlistment, but he this deponent was a soldier and an orderly Sergeant in the said company both before and after his enlistment, that the said Thomas Conklin continued to serve in the said company to the knowledge of this deponent until this deponent was taken sick, which was a little before the expiration of the six months for which the said Conklin enlisted, and this deponent has no doubt what the said Thomas Conklin continued to serve until the expiration of the said term of six month
Benja Payne

Sworn the 28th day of June 1833 before me}
George Miller
(?)
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State of New York}
County of Suffolk} ss: Jacob Corwin of the town of Brookhaven in the said county of Suffolk Clergyman being duly sworn doth depose and say that some time in the last of May or first of June in the year 1776 Thomas Conklin named in the annexed declaration was a soldier in the army of the Revolution in the Company commanded by Captain Jonathan Bailey in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Drake
That it was in the town of Southold in said county that he first knew the said Conklin in the said service, that the said Thomas Conklin continued to serve in the said Company until this deponent who was also a soldier in the same company left the active service on account of sickness, which was about three months, and this deponent has no doubt but what the said Thomas Conklin continued to serve in the said Company until the expiration of his term of six month
Jacob Corwin
Sworn the 28th day of June 1833 before me
George Miller
Commissioner of (?)

Suffolk County SS: John Youngs of the town of Southold in said county being duly sworn saith that Thomas Conklin of the said town so above named was a soldier in the company commanded by Captain Daniel Griffing in the army of the Revolution, the first of time in the year seventeen hundred and seventy five, that the said company was then stationed at Oysterponds on Long Island where this deponent then and still Ives, that the said Thomas Conklin continued to serve in the said Company until it left Oysterponds to go to Ticondergoa that the said Thomas Conklin was away with the
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company and this deponent always understood and believes that he went to Ticonderoga and continued to serve in the company until he was regularly discharged on or about the first of January 1776 - and this deponent further saith that the said Thomas Conklin was a soldier in the company commanded by Captain Jonathan Bailey in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Drake in the army of the Revolution, that he served in the said company on Long Island from some time in the month of June in 1776 until the Island was surrendered to the British, that he then, as this deponent has always understood and believes, 
re(?) with the army from Long Island and continued to serve in the army until some time in the winter following, that this deponent was a soldier in the company commanded by Captain Joshua Youngs in 1776 on Long Island but did not serve off of it Island. That this deponent has 
been acquainted with said Thomas Conklin from his childhood that this deponent is now in his seventy fourth year
John Youngs
Sworn the 8th day}
of July 1833 before me}
George Miller
Commissioner of Bonds

State of New York county of Suffolk} ss
Benjamin Norton of the said town of Southold in said county being duly sworn saith that Thomas Conklin above and in the annexed declaration (?) served with this deponent as a soldier in the company commanded by Captain Jonathan Bailey in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Drake in the Army of the Revolution for the term of six months in the year seventeen hundred and seventy six namely from some
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Time in the month of June is that year until some time in the month of December following whom he was regularly discharged from the said service that this deponent served with him during the whole time and was discharged with him, for which service this deponent is now a pensioner
Benjamin Horton

Sworn the ninth day of July 1833 before me}
George Miller
Commissioner of Bonds

I George Miller before whom the five foregoing depositions do hereby certify that I am unacquainted with the deponents Givert Davis  Benjamin Payne, Jacob Corwin, John Youngs and Benjamin Horton that they are persons of credibility and worthy of belief that the said Jacob Corwin is and has been for the last twenty five years a Clergyman in good standing   July 10th 1833
George Miller

State of New York
Suffolk County} ss
I Joseph R Huntting clerk of said county do hereby certify that George Miller whose name is subscribed to the jurats of the five foregoing affidavits was on the (?) of the dates thereof and states is a commissioner of Bonds in and for the said county duly authorized to take affidavits and that I believe his name subscribed to the said jurats and to above certificates is in his own hand writing  I being acquainted with the same
In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and seal of office this 24 day of July  1833
Joseph R Huntting
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N14972
Ths Conklin
Suffolk County
N(?)

K.L

On roll of Capt. Griffings
Company (?) 10th July

Geo Miller
Suffolk Chouse
NY P office
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Sir,
WAR DEPARTMENT
Pension Office,
183

The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has
been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of
your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and
the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed,
before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is
necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed,
you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }).
You will, when
you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and
you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your
claim.

A Statement, showing the service of Th's Conklin Suffolk Co N.Y.
[The following is a table containing the following headings: Period when the service was rendered | Duration of the claimant's service.  Years. | Months. | Days. |  Rank of the claimant. | Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. | Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. | Battles in which the applicant was engaged. | Country through which he marched. | Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period | Evidence by which the declaration is supported. ]

enlstd June 1775} dischd Jay 1776} | 6 months | Private | Captain Griffin | Gen Schyler  | Long Island  White  Plains | Oyster Ponds  L Island | 76 years  Southold Suffolk Co N Y |

June 1776 enlisted } | 6 months | Private | Captain Baily - General Scott | Gen Washington | Crown Point N Y |

I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant, 
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
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2
REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.

The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army,
and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all
persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who
were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to
Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are
also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged
in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:

1.  The Regular Troops.
2.  The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3.  Persons employed in the Naval service.
4. Indian Spies.

As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming
the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of
Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is
considered a Court of Record.

DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory or District of} ss.
County of}
On this          day of          personally appeared (a) before                                  A.B. a resident (b) of                  in the county of              and State, Territory or District of        aged (c)        years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the
following declaration, in order to obtain the 
 benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832.  That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d)       , with          and served in the
(e) regiment of the          line, under the following named officers:              

[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county  and State in which he resided when he enered the service;
 the battles, if any, in which he was engaged
and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons
who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.

He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.

[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I                           of the Court of
do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of
               for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this
day of                  &c.
If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be
found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia,
except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and
subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A.B., a Clergyman, residing in the
and C. D. residing in (the same)
hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with
who has
subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be
years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier
of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
And then will follow the certificate of the Court.
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after
putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary
Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A.B.
who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the
and that C.D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the
and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Clerk of the Court of
do hereby certify that the foregoing
contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the applicacation of
               for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and sealof office, this          day of
&c.

Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission;
 but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if
possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services
of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light
upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will
also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful
in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his
alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
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will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal
means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted
; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected.
All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there
subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account
of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State
troops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
2. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war
, and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute?
And if a substitute, for whom?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such
Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
6. To a Soldier.  Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it giv-
en and what has become of it?
6. To an Officer.  Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what
has become of it?
7.  State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify
as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that he answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are
requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court,
without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons--one of whom should be
the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from
their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed
and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion.
If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character
and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct
proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the
enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before
required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the
proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to
perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record,
or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper
Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a
Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is
his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before
the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the
declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure
, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period
of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the
opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[footnotes]
(a) The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow
the rule laid down for his guidance.
(b) The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides.  If he should fail do do so, he [illegible}
conforming to the rule.
(c) The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
(d) The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
(e) Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the
claim cannot be had. Every claimant
must state, 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 amount of pension he is entitled. 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
loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his
held in the following grades:--For---year----months, and ------
days.  , I served as a------- For months and --- days, I served as a ---------; and for such service I claim a pension."
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 that 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 shown 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.
(f) The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
(g) The opinion of the Court is always required.
(h) The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
(i) The Clerk must fix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he 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.
Mode of authenticating papers. [section title, centered]
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 papers 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.
Proof of Service. [section title, centered]
(j) 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 claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well
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.
The notes from (a) to (i) are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops, The proof required by rule in
note (j) applies to continental troops only.
(k) This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
(l) If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact
(m) The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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In reply to your request of _____, received _____
for a statement of the military history of Thomas Conkling
a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired
formation as contained in his (or his widow's)[last three words crossed out] application for pension
on file in this Bureau.
S. File 12.579
[chart with 6 columns]
{column 1]
DATES OF
ENLISTMENT OR
APPOINTMENT. [header]
June 75 [row 1]
June 76 [row 2]
[column 2]
LENGTH OF
SERVICE. [header]
6 mos. [row 1]
6 mos. [row 2]
[column 3]
RANK. [header]
Pri - [row 1]
[column 4]
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN. [header]
Daniel Griffing (Ticonderoga)[inserted just below] [row 1]
Jonathan Bailey [row 2]
[column 5]
COLONEL. [header]
James Clinton [row 1]
Drake [row 2]
[column 6]
STATE. [header}
3" N. Y. [row 1]
[end of chart]
Battle engage in, Aug 27 76, L. J. White Pl -
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Southold, Suffolk Co. N.Y.
Date of application for pension, Oct. 2, 1832 - allowed -
Residence at date of application, Southold, Suffolk Co., N.Y.
Age at date of application, 76 native of Southold
Remarks: He died June 7. 1834 and the arrears of his
pension were paid to his widow Anna Conkling
no further fam. data
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[postmark] WASHINGTON [illegible] APR 3
Ret in a [illegible]
Letter
J L Edwards
Commissr of Pensions
Claimant dead
[stamped at angle] FREE
[postmark] DEAD LETTER OFFICE 17 JULY
Thomas Conkling by
Suffolk Court House
New York
[at 90 degree angle] M 24007
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War Department
Pension Office
2nd March 1835
Sir
On reviewing the papers
upon which your pension was
granted it appears from evidence
upon the subject, since obtained,
that you did not serve as
long as alleged in your declaration.
By the rolls of Capt
Griffins company it seems
that you did not enlist until
about a month after the
time stated; it also appears that the
enlistments were for five
months instead of six. There
is likewise no evidence in
the department of a tour of six
months service in Capt Bailey's
company Col Drakes Regt in 1776. Some
further evidence is required in relation
to the last tour and explination [sic] 
as to the first
I am Respectfully
Your Obt Servant
J L Edwards

Mr Ths Conkling
Suffolk Court House
N York
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April 6
Mr. Allethern
D C

[text rotated 90 degrees clockwise, above an apparent fold]
Thomas Conklin
[text rotated 90 degrees clockwise, below an apparent fold]
[illegible]
James L Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D. C.
[postmark] New York [date illegible]
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Sir
Mechanics Bank 
New York 4" April 1835

Sir,
Thomas Conkling a Private at $40 pr Annum
Suspended by your Letter of
1st Inst was paid to the 7th of
June 1834 the time of his death, on the 27th December last.
It is presumed this is the person referred to in yours
of 1st Inst altho you write his name Conklin.

I am Very Respetfully
Your Obt Servt




James L Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
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[Round seal which says "Office of Auditor for Interior Department"]

TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
Washington, Oct. 20th 1905

The Commissioner of Pensions,
Sir: In reply to your letter of 17th inst in case of 
Thomas Conkling  Certificate Rev. War Act 1832 New York City Agency,      Roll,  you are informed that, according to the latest account rendered
by the U. S. Pension Agent, the records of this office show
payment to have been made at $40 --
per^6 months to 7 June 1834 in Dec. 1834, date of death.  Pension was paid to his widow
Anna Conkling
Letter herewith returned.
W.
Respectfully,
R S  Person
Auditor
By

[Round seal "U. S. Pension Office Oct 21 1905"]
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AW. [initials, upper lefthand corner]
GCK [initials, upper righthand corner]
Record Division.
3 - 1865.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 8, 1908.
Mrs. A. D. Stockton,
#61 South Clinton Street,
Poughkeepsie, New York.
Madam:
In reply to your letter dated the 28"" and received the 31"" ultimo,
you are advised that the Revolutionary War pension records fail to afford
any information in regard to Handrick and Henry Hoffman described therein.
In order to identify a claim for Revolutionary War pension that may
have been filed on account of the services of Thomas Conklin or Conkling,
some of the following data is essential, names of officers under whom he
served, places of residence at enlistment and after service, approximate
dates of birth and death, and given name of widow.
Very respectfully,
V. Warner
Commissioner.
[round seal, lower righthand corner] U.S. PENION OFFICE A JUN 22 1908 [/seal]
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3 - 397.
(Old No. 3 - 399. )
O. W. and N. Div. Division.
A.E.P. Ex'r.
Inv. File No. 12579
Thomas Conkling
Rev. War.
Department of the Interior,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
Washington, D. C. October 17, 1905
Sir:
For use in the above-entitled claim for pension, you are requested to
furnish this Bureau with a report in the case of Thomas Conkling
pensioned under the Act of June 7, 1832 by certificate
No. 24001 New York  Agency,
showing the date of death of above named soldier
if known.
Very respectfully,
V Warner.
Commissioner,
THE AUDITOR FOR THE INTERIOR DEPARTMENT.
Treasury Department
[round seal, middle bottom of page] U.S. PENSION OFFICE D OCT 21 1905 [/seal]
[rectangular sseal, bottom right hand corner] 
OFFICE OF AUDITOR FOR INTERIOR DEPT. OCT 19 1905 Pension Division. [/seal]
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To the
61 SOUTH CLINTON STREET
To the Pension Office
Washington D.C.
Please send Rev. War Record of
Thomas Conklin or Conkling who
entered from Conn. or New York.
Information desired for entrance
to Historic Society
Respectfully
Mrs S.D. Stockton
61 South Clinton Street
Poughkeepsie N.Y.
[round seal, lower lefthand corner] US PENSION OFFICE A JUN 22 1908 [/seal]
[round seal, bottom, middle of page] RECORD DIVISION JUNE 23 1908 [/seal]
[illegible]
[round seal, lower righthand corner] US PENSION OFFICE A MARCH 31 1908 [/seal]
March 28th 1908
[illegible]
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Pension Office
Please send record of Rev. Service
of Handrick Hoffman and
Henry Hoffman, father & Son
who entered service from Long
Island or New York State
Information desired for D.A.R. entrance
Respectfully
Mrs S.D. Stockton
61 South Clinton Street
Poughkeepsie N Y
March 28th 1908.

[round seal, bottom center of page] RECORD DIVISION APR 1 1908 [/seal]
[round seal, bottom righthand corner] US PENSION OFFICE A JUN 22 1908 [/seal]
[initialed below seal] [illegible] B B
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1908 Apr. 8. Mrs. A. D. Stockton 11 So. Clinton St.
3-595
Poughkeepsie
NY.
data to identify
O. W. AND N. DIVISION.
[seal] Record Division. [/seal]
Department of the Interior,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
April 3, 1908
Searched by S.D. Lamparter
Original No. [gap}
Certificate No. {gap}
Claimant, {gap}
Soldier, Thomas Conkling
Service, N.Y. or Conn.
Rev. War
[insert] Furnished June 22 1908
Born Suffolk Co., N. Y. about 1758
Married Annie Kelsey [/insert]
Remarks: No claim as above
except Invd #12579
[insert] native Suffolk Co, NY. 
76 in 1832 died 1834 
window Anna [/insert]
Chief of Division.
27408b4m2-07
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61 SOUTH CLINTON STREET
Pension Office
Washington D.C.
Thomas Conklin or Conkling
was born in Suffolk Co
N. Y. about 1758 and
removed to Conn. where
he married Annie Kel
l
sey Kelsey.
He returned to New York in
later years and died in
N.Y. State. He served in
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the Revolutionary War
but whether he entered
service from Conn. or
N.Y. is unknown, also
the names of officers
under whom he served.
If further information can
be given from your office
it will confer a great favor
Respectfully,
S. D. Stockton
61 South Clinton St.
Poughkeepsie, N. Y.
June 20th
[seal] RECORD DIVISION Jun 23 1908 [/seal]
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[left side of page]
Oct 17, 1905. Auditor for Int.
Dept date of death. A. E. P.
1908 July 1. Hist. to Mrs. S. D. Stockton
[/left side of page]
[right side of page]
[insert] Rev War [/insert]
12579
INVALID.
File No. 12179
Thomas Conkling
Priv. Rev War
Act: June 7th 1832.
Index: - Vol. A, Page 18
(Arrangement of 1870.)
[/right side of page]
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New York 5 July 1833
I hereby certify that I knew Thomas
Conklin in the year 1775 to serve as
a private, for the term of six months
in the Company commanded by Capt
Daniel Griffin of which I was a Lieutenant
in the 3rd Regiment of the York forces
commanded by Colonel James Clinton
the
Sworn 4th July
1833
Nathll Norton
R Riker
Recorder of the
City of New York
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STATE OF NEW-YORK,
City and County of New-York, SS
I, ABRAHAM ASTEN, Clerk of the City and
County of New-York, and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas
for the said City and County, DO HEREBY CERTIFY,
That
Richard Riker Esq whose name is
subscribed to the [illegible] of the annexed
affidavit was on the day of the date
thereof Recorder of the City of New York
duly commissioned & sworn and
authorized to take the same

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my Hand, and affixed
the Seal of the said Court and County, the
8th day
of July 1833
Abm Aden