Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 8227, William Coe, Md.
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SERVICE
Md.

Coe, William

NUMBER
S 8227

Carded

CONTENTS
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No 423
Maryland

William Coe
of Baltimore in the State of Maryland
who was a Corporal in the Compay commanded
by Captain Campbell of the Artillery commanded
by____ in the Maryland 
line for two years from 1777
to 1779

Inscribed on the Roll of Maryland
at the rate of 108 Dollars - Cents per an
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 3 day of Sept
1832 and sent to Pensioner
care of Thomas Bailey Eq Balto

Arrears to 4th of March 1832....................... 108
Semi=anl. allowance ending 4 Sept ..  ........54
.................................................................................$162

{Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by R Ela Clerk,
Book D Vol. 7 Page 28
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the
7th June 1832.

State of Maryland, City of Baltimore Ss

On this Twenty Eighth day of July in the year of our Lord
One thousand Eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared
before the Honorable, the Judges of Baltimore City Court, it being a
a Court of Record, William Coe a resident of the City of Baltimore
in Baltimore County and State of Maryland aged Seventy four
years on the fifth day of November last (1831) who being first 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
on or about the 1st February 1776 in Calvert County W.S. of Maryland
with Captain John Allen Thomas who then commanded the 5th Independent
company in Smallwoods Battallion of Inf. Mustered at Leonard
Town in S Mary's County from thence marched to Annapolis and
the month of August was marched to the Northward and was present
in the battle of Long Island, served some time at Long Island
and in the Jerseys, and in the Spring of 1777 was transferred from
said Battallion to a company of Artillery commanded by Capt
William Campbell and continued to serve as a corporal in said
Company until the 11th August 1779 when he was discharged
by furnishing two men in his place to serve to the end of the War
as will appear by the documents furnished and filed in the
Pension Office at Washington some time in the month of April
1818 [illegible] applicant obtained a Pension Certificate bearing
date 22d September 1818. No (2886) Signed "J. C Calhoun
Secretary of War"
on which he received at the office for paying Pensions at Baltimore
Eight dollars [illegible] month until stricken from the Roll under the
act of 1st May 1820 in consequence of having an equity of
redemption in a small piece of property in the City of
Annapolis, then under Mortgage for as much as it would
sell
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sell for which Original Pension Certificate is hereunto attached
He the said William Coe hereby relinquishes every claim whatever
to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declary.
that his name is not on the pension Roll of an Agency in any
State, only on that of the State of Maryland from which it
hath been stricken in manner and for the cause aforesaid
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Wm Coe
N Brice C Judge Balt C
On this said 28gh day of July in the year Eighteen
hundred and thirty two personally appeared Thomas Bailey of
said City, of lawful age and one of the Justices of the peace
in and for the City of Baltimore, who after being duly sworn in
open Court to declare the truth the whole truth and nothing but the
truth deposeth and saith that William Coe now present is the
identical person to whom the Pension Certificate (No 2886) now 
exhibited was granted through his this deponents agency, and
who drew his pension at the Maryland Agency two or three
times within his certain knowledge before the enactment of
the law of Congress of 1st May 1820
Subscribed and sworn to on the day and year aforesaid 
Thos Bailey
N Brice C Judge Balt
City Ct

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the
above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and
served as he states
N Brice Chief Judge Balt
City Court.

I William K. Medcalf Clerk of Baltimore City Court
do hereby certify the foregoing are in the original
proceedings of the said [inserted:] Court in the matter of the application
of William Coe for a pension
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto
subscribed my name and affixed the
seal of Baltimore City Court this twenty
Eighth day of July in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and
thirty two
W M Medcalf Clk
Baltimore City Court
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Sir
In reply to your request of 5th inst, received 5th inst
for a statement of the military history of William Coe. S F 8227
a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired
information as contained in his [crossed out: (or his widow's)] application for pension
on file in this Bureau.

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.
Feb. 1, 1776 to Spring 1777
Spring 1777 to Aug. 11, 1779

LENGTH OF SERVICE.

RANK.
Pri
Corpl.

OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
John Allen Thomas
William Campbell arty Co.
COLONEL.
Smallwood

STATE.
Md
Md

Battles engaged in, Long Island.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Enlisted in Calvert Co Md'
Date of application for pension, Apr. 25, 1818. His claim was allowed
Residence at date of application, Baltimore, Md.
Age at date of application, born Nov 5 1757: died Dec 30 1833
Remarks: Son A. Benson Coe, alive in 1832.
There is no reference to Dumfries Va. in the claim.
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8227
INVALID.
Rev War

File No. 8227
William Coe
Corp Rev War

Act: June 7th 32
Index:--Vol. 1st, Page 74

[Arrangement of 1870.]

1909. Aug. 18. Hist to Charles H. Coe
Letter in Samuel Coe. S. F. 43404 M. B. H
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Baltimore 31 July 1832

Sir,
By request of William Coe I have the
honor to forward his Declaration for the purpose of being
reinstated on the Revolutionary Pension Roll, which if
allowed he requests a certificate may be forwarded
to him directed to the "care of Thomas Bailey Esq. Baltimore"
Wm Coe claims a Balance due him as a pensioner at
the rate of $8.00 per month from the 4th March 1820 to
the 1st May [inserted:] thereafter ensuing being the date of the law which
struck him from the Pension Roll, _ he has applied at
Br. Bank of U.S. at Baltimore and received no satisfaction
therefore respectfully requests information whether or not he
is entitled to the balance claim'd, if so when shal he
apply for it?
I have the honor to be with due respect
Sir, your obedient humble Servant
Tho Bailey

The Honbl. Secretary of War
Washington
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BALTIMORE [illegible]
SEP 22

Pension Office
"Revolutionary Claims"-
Washington

2 Admitted
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Land Office; Annapolis, August 15th 1832,
I certify that it appears by a record of Depreciation certificate,
issued to the officers and Soldiers of the Maryland Quota of 
Continental troops, registered in numerical order, and remaining in
this Office, that William Coe. of the Artillery, received 
certificate No 4,168 for £3..11..0 on the 23rd of June 1783,
George G. Brewer
Regr Ld off. W.S.M
-
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Revolutionary Claim FREE

ANNAPOLIS MD
JUN 20

Hon: Louis McLane
Secretary of the Treasury
Washington DC

[Written at the bottom, upside dow]

June 22d

A Benson Coe enclosed
his father's (William Coe) 
claim _
Recd 22d June 1832
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Recd 22d June 1832 4578.

Court of Appeals Office
Annapolis 20th June 1832

Dear Sir
Enclosed I send you the papers as
directed, hoping that the are all you require, Judge
Gabriel Duvall knew my father when in the army
I have written to him for a certificate or affidavit
of the fact should the enclosed be sufficient you
can send me the necessary form for him to execute
(he being so infirm) to me.
Yours in haste
A Benson Coe

Hon. Louis McLane

[Crossed out: Exd Refi]
? 8,227. Inc
OR

Not allowed

Act [obscurred by paper fold]
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2039

Revolutionary Claims.


TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
12 V 7 July 1832

William Coe of Baltimore in the county of
____ in the State of Maryland has applied to the Secretary
of the Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled ""An act for the relief of certain surviving officers
and soldiers of the Revolution," approved the 15th of May, 1828. He states that he enlisted in the
Continental line of the army of the Revolution, for and during the war, and continued until its termination, at which period he was a Private in captain
Campbell's company in the first regiment of the Md
line; and that he received a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars, provided by the resolve of the
15th of May, 1778; and further, that he was not on the 15th day of May, 1828, on the pension list
of the United States, and that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of March, 1826, nothing

The Third Auditor is requested to report how far the several statements are corroborated by the
records in his office.
By Order of the Secretary.
F. A Dickins

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE,
10th July 1832
 
[Crossed out: It appears by the records in this office, that a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars has been issued to ____in the ____ ]
It further appears that William Coe is [inserted:] not now on the pension
list of [crossed out: the] [inserted:] any agency, and has [inserted:] not been so since the 3 March
1826 [crossed out: at the rate of ____ dollars per month.]

The name of William Coe, cannot be
found among those of the Maryland line to whom
cerficates for the gratuity of Eighty Dollars
were issued-
Peter Hagner Aud

/correct/
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Department of War
Bounty Land Office
July 13, 1832

The name of William Coe, is not returned on the
records of the Maryland line on file in this office
among those, entitled to land bounties from the
U. States nor does it appear that a warrant ever
issued in his name
Wm Gordon
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ANNAPOLIS MD
AUG 13

FREE

Hon Lous McLane
Secretary of the Treasury
Washington
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Rec 15 Augt 1832 4665.
Court of Appeals Office
Annapolis 13 August 1832
Sir,
I had the honor to receive your letter of the 3d Inst
addressed to my father William Coe, an applicant for a
Pension under the act of 15th May 1828. In reply, I have to
state, that I called on Mr Brewer the Regt of the Land
Office, who has charge of the Revolutionary Records and am
informed by him that there are no Rolls of the Artillery
in his office, that it is therefore impossible to obtain a
certificate that my father enlisted for and during the
War, that the certificate he furnished the Department
from the Pay Roll that my father had received pay from
John Hamilton agent of the Maryland Line, up to the
15th Novr 1783 at the time of the disbandonment of the
army, as also that he had received the gratuity is all
the evidence that can be furnished from the Records
in his office of his Revolutionary services; that he (Mr
Brewer) thinks from the circumstance of his having been
paid up to the close of the War, and having received the
gratuity is strong evidence of his having enlisted for and
during the War,

I have the honor to be
Very Respectfully
Your Obt Servt
A Benson Coe

Hon. Louis McLane
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N.B I hope the enclosed certificate will be
satisfactory, there can be no doubt, that
he enlisted for during the war, I trust
in God you will reconsider his claim
as he is very old and infirm and
the worst of all poor with a large
family
A B Coe
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2886.
Maryland

William Coe
Corporal
Maryland line
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War

Inscribed on the Roll of Maryland,
at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on
the 25th of April, 1818.

Certificate of Pension issued the 22d of Sept 1818
and sent to the applicant, care of
Thos Bailey of Baltimore Md.

Arrears to 4th of Sept 1818. 1/10. ............34.66
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4th Mar 1819.......48.00
...............................................................................$82.66

{Revolutionary claim,
Act 18th March, 1818.}

376
then yes

City of Baltimore
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State of Maryland
City of Baltimore Sc
On this Twenty fifth day of April in the year of
our lord one thousand Eight hundred and Eighteen
personally appeared before me the undersigned
William Coe residing in the City of Baltimore
aged about sixty one years or upwards an
applicant for a pension under the 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,"and then and there
made the following declaration on Oath
by me administered "that he enlisted on
or about the 1st Feby 1776 in the fifth [Inserted:] Independent 
Company of Colonel Smallwoods Battalion
which company was commanded by Captain John
Allen Thomas of Infantry, was marched and
Mustered at Leonard town, St Marys County
Maryland on the 29 March of same year _ and
in August ensuing was marched to the 
Northward, was at the battle of Long Island, served
for some time at York Island and in the
Jerseys and in the spring 1777 was exchanged
from said Company into a company of Artilley
[illegible] commanded by Captain William Campbell
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and served in said Company as a Corporal until
August 11th 1779 when he was discharged, by
furnishing two men in his place, to serve until
the end of the war. _ That his name hath
never been placed on any pension list, therefore
hath none to relinquish and from
his reduced circumstances he needs the
assistance of his country for support-
Wm Coe
Subscribed & Sworn
to before me-
N Brice Chief Judge
Balt City Court

City of Baltimore
I Certify that William
Coe who hath this day made the 
aforegoing deposition before me on Oath
in addition thereto brought before me
a certain Henry Massey of the City of
Baltimore, whose declaration is hereunto
annexed, from which documents it appears
to my satisfaction that the said William
Coe served in the Revolutionary War or
the Continental Establishment, against
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the common enemy, and is entitled to a pension
under the act of Congress-
N Brice Chief Judge Balt
City Court

State of Maryland _ City of Baltimore ┃
On this Twenty fifth day of April in
the year of Our Lord One thousand Eight
hundred and Eighteen, personally appeared
before me the undersigned Henry Massey of
the City of Baltimore who being duly sworn
deposeth and saith that he well knows
William Coe now present to have served in
the Revolutionary War, that in the year 1776
they both enlisted in the same Company and
served together until after the battle of
"White plains" when deponant left the
Regiment and entered in a "Look out Boat"
employed in the United States [inserted, to the word "stationed":] & which sailed from Annapolis where said Coe was stationed and that
he perfectly knows the said William Coe
to have continued in the said service
of the United [inserted:] States although transferred to
An Artillery Company for the time
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mentioned in his aforegoing declaration _
Henry Massey
Subscribed & sworn
to before me _
N Brice Chief Judge
Balt City Court

City of Baltimore Sc
I Thomas Harwood Clerk of Baltimore
City Court do hereby certify that the Honorable Nicholas
Brice Esquire before whom the foregoing proceedings was
taking and Certified and who has thereto subscribed his name
was at the time of taking and certifying the same
and still is Chief Judge of Baltimore City Court
duly commissioned and qualified and to all his acts
as such full faith and credit is and ought to be
given _ In Testimony whereof I have hereunto
subscribed my name and affixed the
seal of the said Court this Twenty fifth day
of April Eighteen hundred and Eighteen
Th Harwood Clk
Baltimore City Court

Honored Sir:
When the certificate of Pension issues, have the goodness to direct
"the same to be forwarded through the post office to the care of Thomas Bailey Esqr
Baltimore" I have the honor to be with due repect Sir Your obt. S Wm Coe
[Crossed out, illegible] [Illegible] P. G. Haney
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Payable on the 4th of March
4th of Sept in each year at
the Branch Bank US
Baltimore Md

Recorded
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
Rev Claim

I CERTIFY, That in conformity with the Law of the UNITED STATES,
of the 18th of March, 1818,
William Coe late a Corporal in the
Army of the Revolution
is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Maryland Agency,
at the rate of eight dollars[corssed out: cents] per month,
to commence on the twenty fifth day of April one thousand eight
hundred and eighteen.

GIVEN at the WAR OFFICE of the UNITED STATES,
this twenty second day of September,
one thousand eight hundred and eighteen
J.C. Calhoun
Secretary of War
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LAND OFFICE
Annapolis, June 15th1882;
Certify, that it appears by a Pay Roll remaining in the Office, that William
Coe a private received of John Hamilton,
Agent of the Maryland Line, $77 arrears of pay from the 1st August, 1780,
to the 1st of January, 1782 - also $80.00 cts pay from the 1st January, 1782, to the 1st January, 1783 - also $43.30 cts from the 1st January, 1783, to the 15th of November, 1783.
Gratuity, $80.00 cts. Total received $280.30 cts
George G. Brewer
Register Land Office W. S. Ms.
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Recd 22d June 1832  2039
Revolutionary Claims

For the purpose of obtaining the benefits of the act entitled "An act for
the relief of certain surviving officers and Soldiers of the Army of the
Revolution"" approved on the 15th of May 1828. I, William Coe of the
City of Baltimore in the State of Maryland do hereby declare that I
enlisted in the Continental Line of the Army of the Revolution, for
of and during the war, and continued in its service until its termination
at which period I was a Private in Captain William Campbell's
Company, in the First Regiment of the Maryland Line. And
I also declare, that I afterwards received certificates for the reward of
eighty dollars; to which I was entitled, under a resolve of Congress passed
the 15th of May, 1778.
And I further declare, that I was not, on the fifteenth day of May
1828, on the Pension List of the United States
Witness my hand, this 16th day of June in the year 1832.
Wm Coe

Before me Edward Dubois a Justice of the Peace in the County of
Anne Arundel in the State of Maryland, personally appeared this
day, Ramsay Waters and John N. Watkins of the said County, persons known
to me as credible witnesses who did severally make oath that William
Coe by whom the foregoing declaration was subscribed, is generally
reputed and believed to have been a Soldier in the Army of the
Revolution in manner as therein stated.
Witness my hand, this 20th day of June in the year 1832
Edward Dubois

I William S Green, Clerk of the Court of the County of Anne Arundel
in the State of Maryland do hereby certify that Edward Dubois
before whom the foregoing affidavits were sworn was at the time
a Justice of the Peace and duly empowered to administer oaths.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my
hand and affixed the seal of the said Court,
this twentieth day of June in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two
Wm S. Green of A A Coty Cot