Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 40,584, for Cornelius Tollen, Pennsylvania
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE
Penn.
CONTENTS
Tollen, Cornelius
or
Tollon
or 
Tollin
NUMBER
S. 40,584
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To
12,369
R from
Ohio [Pittsbg crossed out]
Cornelius Tollen of Smithfield in the State of Ohio who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Wayne of the Pena line, for the term of one year

Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on
the 10 of July 1818

Certificate of Pension issued the 15 of July 1819 and Sent to Ephraim Root Esqr [Esquire] Steubenville, Ohio

Arrears to 4th of March 1819 62.70
Semi-anl, all'ce [annual allowance] ending 4 Sept 1819 48
7mo 26/31 $110.70

{Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818.}
Continued
Decr [December] 25th 1833 transfd [transferred] from (Ohio, Pittsbg [Pittsburgh] agy [agency]) to Ohio Cincinnati, agy [agency] from 4 March 1833- & notice sent to himself at Springfield Clark County Ohio on the same day.
Died Aug. 1 1835.

Notif.  Sent to Ephraim Root Esq 16 Nov 1820 Steubenville Ohio
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FREE
James L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
[in round stamp: SPRINGd. O. NOV 3]
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The State of Ohio}
Clark County } ss
On this second day of November 1833 before me the subscriber President of the town of Springfield in said County, and as such, duly authorized by law to administer oaths and take depositions, personally appeared Cornelius Tollen who on his oath, declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the Company
commanded by Captain Caleb North, in the Batallion [Battalion] [Regiment crossed out] commanded by Colonel Anthony Wayne in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the pension roll of the State of Ohio, and that his pension was formerly paid at Chillicothe in said State from which place his name was transfered [transferred] to the Pittsburg agency he having resided in the County of Belmont in said State; from whence he has lately removed, that he now resides in Clark County in said State, and within the limits of the Cincinnati agency, where he
intends to remain, and wishes his pension to be there payable in future; the  following are the reasons for his removing from said County of Belmont and the Pittsburg agency to said County of Clark, and the Cincinnati agency. His son and son in law with whom he has been living about five years, removed from their former residence in said County of Belmont to the vicinity of Springfield in said County of Clark, and deponent having no other home was compelled to reside with them.
Sworn and subscribed to, before me the day and year aforesaid - }
James S. Halsey Prest [President] 
his
Cornelius X Tollen
mark
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At the same time came John Babb of lawful age who being duly sworn deposeth [deposes] and saith that he has been acquainted with Cornelius Tollen whose affidavit is contained [in crossed out] on this sheet for about seven years; that he was present at the taking of said affidavit, and verily believes him to be the identical person therein described. He relies for this belief on the fact that during all the above period he has resided in the vicinity of the said Tollen, that the said Tollen has been during the
whole of said period of drawing his pension Semiannually, and he was reputed and
believed in said neighborhood to have been a revolutionary pensioner, of which fact deponent has not the least doubt.
John Babb
Sworn and subscribed before me Nov. 2d 1833}
James S. Halsey President

The State of Ohio}
Clark County} ss
I James S. Halsey President of the town of Springfield within said County, do hereby certify
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that the above named affiants Cornelius Tollen and John Babb, this day personally appeared before me at my office in said town and made oath to and subscribed, each for himself the foregoing depositions purporting to be theirs. And I further certify that I have been personally acquainted with the said John Babb for nearly a year past, and that from such acquaintance I believe him to be a man of respectability and veracity. Given under my hand and the Corporate seal of said town this 2d day of November 1833
James S. Halsey Presd [President]
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State of Ohio Jefferson County ss. Court of Common pleas.
In the Matter of Cornelius Tollon a Revolutionary pensioner}
Be it remembered that at the August Term of this Court in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & twenty comes Cornelius Tollon of said County of Jefferson & files a Declaration of his services &c in the words & figures following to wit-
On the 25th day of August A.D. 1820. personally appeared in open Court being a Court of Record for the said County Cornelius Tollon aged sixty nine years resident in said County, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath declare, that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows, to wit, In Captain Caleb Norths Company in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Anthony Wayne, Fourth Battaltions [battalion] of Pennsylvania line, he has received a pension certificate from the Government of the United States the number of which is 12.369. the date of his original Declaration was the 10th day of July 1818. 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 dispose of my property or any part 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 & navel service of the United States in the Revolutionary war passed on the 18th day of March 1818, and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities contracts or debts due to me, nor have I any income other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed-
his
Cornelius X Tollon
mark
1 Spotted Cow ----- $10.00              1 Mare     $25.00
1 Read Calf           3.00                       Cotmettle- 2.50
Read Cow                10.00                 1 Spinning wheel  1.00
7 Head of Sheep & lambs    7.00      Horse geers      1.50
2 Stacks of wheat        15.95             1 year of a lease 22 acres   27.50  
1 Read Muly heifer 7.00                    1 Patch of corn & potatoes    20.00
1 Spotted Calf       3.30                       Dresser furniture &c          2.25
9 Hogs & 6 pigs     10.00                     1 Table       .50
1 stack of pots        4.00                     1 Meat tub   .25
1 Shovel                    .25                      1 Tramnel     .25
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The amount of my debts which I justly owe & which is now due is $271.31. 
There are no debts due to me whatever-
his
Cornelius X Tollon
mark
My family consists of my wife aged sixty years & a very frail weakly woman two boys, the elderst [eldest] 17 years of age & the other 14 years of age, who labour but cannot support me & their mother, I was a farmer but am and for some time part have been unable to do any work, even for five years past. I am indebted to others as mentioned above in the amount of $271.51
his
Cornelius X Tollon
mark
Whereupon the said Cornelus Tollon being sworn to the facts above stated, and producing satisfactory evidence to the Court that the aforesaid Schedule contain all the property by him owned and that the value thereof is $147.95 and no more. Therefore it is ordered by the Court that the Declaration & Schedule aforesaid be entered of Record & certified by the Clerk of the Court to the war department
Atter John Patterson Clk [clerk]
State of Ohio Jefferson County ss
I John Patterson Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the said Court of Jefferson do certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed are truly copyed from the Records of said Court-- And I do further certify that it is the opinion of the court that the total amount in value of the property
exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is one hundred and forty seven Dollars & ninety five cents --
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Steubenville this 23d day of September AD 1820
John Patterson Clk [clerk]
E Root, Agent.
Cornelius Tollen (173)
12,369
15 July, 1819.
Ephraim Root, Steubenville, Ohio.
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Cornelius Tollens of Smith force- Ohio
Waynes Regt 
1776 one year
The evidence produced does not prove nine months service. Further proof is required - corroborating the statement of the applicant duly taken and authenticated.
The name is variously spells in the declaration Let the precise mode of spelling it be
designated
16 Apl [April] 1819.
July 10, 1818
[round stamp with partially legible: JUL 15]
Free
Hon. J.C. Calhoun
Secretary at War
Washington City
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Cornelius Tolen of Smithfield in the county of Jefferson in the State of Ohio upon oath makes the following declaration: - That the said Cornelius Tolen, in the month of
February AD 1776 enlisted as a private for the term of one year in Capt. Caleb Norths Company in Col. Anthony Waynes Regiment. then as the declarant believes the 4th Regiment of the Pennsylvania line; that the declarant marched with his company to Chester town, thence sailed to Trenton - thence to Brunnwick [Brunswick] thence to New York where he remained two months - thence to Albany and Ticonderoga - that the declarant faithfully served the whole of said term in said Company, and in the month of April 1777, at Chester town be left the army, that in consequence of not having received his pay in full he did not take a regular certificate of his discharge; --
That the Declarant is 66 years of age infirm and from his reduced circumstances in life is now in need of assistance from his country for support; and that he hereby relinquishes his claim to every pension heretofore allowed him by the Laws of the United States
his 
Cornealus Z Tollin
mark
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This may certify that the bearer Cornelius Tolen enlisted in my Company (then a Captain in Anthony Wayne's regiment, Pennsylvania Line) early in the year Seventeen hundred & seventy six that he continued in the same regiment until the ensuing Spring, at which time I was promoted and joined another Regiment; how long he continued after the first year's service I cannot say.
Witness, my hand, this second day of June 1818
Caleb North
late Lt [illegible] Penn Line

I Thomas Fleming of Smithfield in Jefferson County and State of Ohio, do on oath testify, that in the second day of June AD 1818, at the request of the aforenamed declarant Cornelius Tolen I called upon Caleb North for the annexed certificate. that I received the same from him that in consequence of being unacquainted with the legal requisites in such cases, the said certificate of Col. North was not legally tested and proved. That from the description given by Col. North I sincerely believe in Cornelius Tolen to be the same man mentioned in the said Certificate. I further testify that the said Cornelius Tolen is in reduced circumstances and standing in need of assistance from his country for support.
Thos [Thomas] Fleming
State of Ohio}
Jefferson County} ss
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On this 10th day of July 1818 personally appeared before me Benjamin Tappan, president Judge of the 5th Judicial circuit in the State of Ohio, the
aforenamed Cornelius Tolen and Thomas Fleming and in my presence subscribed and made oath to the aforewritten declaration and affidavit by them respectively made, and it appearing to my satisfaction that the aforenamed Cornelius Tolen served for more than nine months, to wit, from the 1st March 1776 to the March 1777 at one period of the war of the Revolution on the
continental establishment against the common enemy
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Cornelius Tolen of Smithfield in the county of Jefferson in the State of Ohio, upon oath makes the following declaration: that the said Cornelius Tolen, in the month of February 1776 enlisted as a private for the term of one year in Capt. Caleb Norths company in Col. Anthony Waynes Regiment. then as the declarant believes the 4th Regiment of the Pennsylvania line; that the declarant marched with his company to Chester town, thence saild [sailed] to Trenton - thence to Brunnsick [Brunswick] thence to New York where he remained two months- thence to Albany and Ticonderoga - that the declarant faithfully served the whole of said term in said Company and in the month of April 1777, at Chester-town he left the army, that in consequence of not having received his pay in full
he did not take a regular certificate of his discharge; 
That the declarant is 66 years of age infirm and from his reduced circumstances in life is now in need of assistance from his country for support; and that he hereby relinquishes his claim to every pension heretofore allowed him by
the Laws of the United States
his
Carnealus [Cornelius] X Tollin
mark
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and that the said Cornelius Tolen is in necessitious circumstances and stands in need of assistance from his country for support, I hereby certify the testimony in the case and the proceedings thereon to the Secretary of the Department of war;
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the county aforesaid to be affixed, this 10th day of July AD 1818
Benj'n Tappan

State of Ohio Jefferson County ss
By the direction of the Hon Benjamin Tappan, President Judge of the 5th Judicial
district of the State of Ohio. I have hereunto my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Steubenville this 10th day of July AD 1818.
for John Patterson Clk [clerk]
Jas Patterson Dpty Clk [Deputy Clerk]
E Root Atty for Petit Steubenville
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January 8, 1925

George S. Dial
25 1/2 South Limestone St.,
Springfield, Ohio.

Sir:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 40584 it appears that Cornelius Tollen (who signed by mark Tollen, Tollon and Tollin) enlisted in February 1776 and served until April 1777 as a private in Captains Caleb North and Christy's Fourth Company, Colonel Anthony Wayne's Fourth Pennsylvania Regiment. He was allowed pension on his application executed July 10, 1818 while living in Smithfield, Jefferson County, Ohio aged sixty-six years.
In 1820 he referred to his wife aged sixty years and two sons aged seventeen and fourteen years, no names given.
In 1833 he was living in Clark County, (Post Office Springfield) Ohio with his son and son-in-law with whom he had recently been living in Belmont County, Ohio,

[handwritten note on left side of page]
Captain North stated that Capt. Christy succeeded him when Capt North was promoted and that soldier served one year [underlined] under him & also stated he served on until Apr. so served Christy as at that time the soldier stayed on for a short time where his years [ser] was out.
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their names not stated. He died August 1, 1835.
The name does not appear as Toland, and the above noted is the only Cornelius Tollen, or similar spelling, found on the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau.
Respectfully,

Commissioner.
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40584
Revy INVALID.
File No. 40.584
Cornelius Tollen
Pri [Private] Rev War
Act: 18 March 18
Index: - Vol. 5, Page 572
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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June 23/94 Hist, to
Jos. G. Toland, 1022 Sun St
Chicago, Ill.

May 11. 1897 History
to Mr. J Toland 411
Robinson Ave. Austin, Ills.
Mch. 4 - 1903 Hist to
R.F. Killey Springfield Ohio
1925 Jan 8 Hist to Geo S Dial
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FIRST DEPUTY COMMISSIONER FEB 24 1903 U.S. PENSION OFFICE

Springfield Ohio  Feb 21, 2903
R.F.D. #4,
Mr. P. S. Davenport
Sir will you give all information concerning one Cornelius Toland that was Revolutionary soldier it is thought drew pension. 
And if there account of what Regiment he belong to and who was his officer please inform me. Very respectfully
R. J. Kelley
R.F.D. #4 Springfield Ohio
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15,000-6-96
The Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co.
MEMORANDUM. LOCAL OFFICE.
Chicago,
Hon H. C. Evans
Com of Pensions
Dear Sir
Will you kindly give me military history of
Cornelius Toland member of Capt Caleb North’s Company 4th Penn Regt (Col Anthony Wayne) enlisted as far as I can learn in January 1776
What I want to find out is, the length of time in service in the War of the revolution. Trusting I am not annoying you by my request and that I will receive a reply as your earliest convenience I am Yours Resp’ly J Toland
411 Robinson Ave. Austin, Cook Co Ills.
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[circle stamp]
PENSION OFFICE U S
APR 23 1897

[rectangle stamp]
 OLD WAR & NAVY FILES
U S P O
APR 26 1897
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LAW OFFICES OF GEORGE S. DIAL
ROOMS 2, 3 AND A DIAL BLDG.
No. 254 S. LIMESTONE ST.
SPRINGFIELD, OHIO

Dec. 17th 1924
Hon. Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
Please give me the record of Cornelius Toland in the
Revolutionary War, who enlisted in Virginia.
His family think he held an officer's commission; but
we are in doubt of that.
There was a man of same name, who died here 1852, but we think he was a son of the soldier. His wife's name was Ervilla.
We do not know date of birth and death of the soldier.
Yours truly,
Geo. S. Dial

[circle stamp]
PENSION OFFICE U S
DEC 19 1924
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[Post mark: PITTSBURGH Pa Nov 28]

J L Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
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Office Bank U States Pittsburgh
27th November 1833
J. L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Sir
Yours of the 23d inst [instant] is recd [received] and in compliance with your request, I state that Cornelius Tollen has been paid his pension, here, up to the 4th March 1833.
I am very respectfully
Your obedt Servt [obedient servant]
A Brackenridge
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Philadelphia County Sct
Caleb North of the city of Philadelphia Merchant aged sixty six years personally appeared before me the subscriber one of the associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for the city and County of Philadelphia and being
duly affirmed saith that he commanded the fourth company of the fourth Regiment of the Pennsylvania line in Revolutionary war in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy six, that during the year aforesaid
Cornelius Tollen enlisted in the said Company and served faithfully the term of his enlistment which was one year deponent can not say with certainty whether he continued longer than one year in the Continental service as deponent was promoted and the com[illegible] of the company was intrusted to Captain Christy. Deponent further saith that the said Regiment was commanded by Colonel Anthony Wayne, and the troops were called at the time "continental troops"
Caleb North
Affirmed before me the fifth day of June A.D. 1819
Hugh Ferguson
I certify that Caleb North by whom the above affirmation was made resides in
the city of Philadelphia and is well known to be a respectable citizen and is a credible witness-- witness my hand and seal the fifth day of June AD Eighteen hundred and nineteen.
Hugh Ferguson