Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 10473, Azor Cole, New York
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(3-1776)

Service 
New York

Cole, Azor or Azer

Number     
S.10473
carded

Contents
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died-April 4-1839 WB

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20.744
New York
Azer Cole of Livingston in the state of N. York who was a  sergeant in the Comp commanded by Captain Collins of the Regt. command by Col. Van Dyke in the N. York line for 9 months


Inscribed on the roll of New York at the rate of 45 dollars - cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.


Certificate of pension issued the 2 day of Oct 1833 and sent to S. G. Grover Springwater


Arrears to the 4th of Sep '33 $112..50
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 No '34 22..50
$135..00 
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832}

Recorded by Go C Stiles Clerk,
Book E Vol. 4 Page 93
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress pased June 7th 1832
State of New York 
County of Livingston } ss 
On this 28th day of September 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas and general Session for said County now sitting Azer Cole a resident of the Town of Springwater in the County of Livingston and State of New York aged Eighty Eight years the 3rd day of August last who being first duly Sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the Benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832 That he entered the service of the US under The following named officers and served as herein stated 
That at the commencement of the revolutionary war he resided in the Town of Ballston then in the County of Albany in the State of New York which was then a frontier Town in the neighbourhood of hostile Indians, and that owing to a paralytic Shock and extreme old age he is unable recollect the dates of his services, but that in the Spring of the year 1776 there was a requisition. for ten me [men?] out of each of the Militia Companies of Ballston to serve 9 month or a year if not sooner discharged and that he volunteered his services as one of the number  that his officers were ensign Shearman, Hezekiah Dunham 2 Lieutenant Silas Gray first Lieutenant, Tyranius Collins Captain, That in the month of May or June of same year the company to which he belonged was called into service and did first rendezvous at Stillwater, in Col Cornelius Van Dykes Regiment at which place he was appointed a Sergant, then marched with his regiment to Fort George, Situate on Lake George and that the next day after his arival at Fort George his Company was detached to Join Col Wyndkoops regiment at Ticonderoga and immediatly marched to that place and that Philip Van Cortlandt was the Lieutenant Col and that General Gates was the Commanding officer at Ticonderoga and that Genl Fish was his aiddecamp [aide-de-camp] that his regiment marched to Skeensborough From thence to fort Ann from thence to Fort Edwards and that soon after he arrived at Fort Edwards his regiment was ordered to New York He immediatly marched with his regiment to Fort Miller at which place Col Wynkoop received countermand
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orders and immediatly marched back to fort Edwards and there remained to the end of that years Campaign and was discharged he thinks some time in the month of December that he was out in the service at this time about six months 
That he again volunteered his service in Capt Collins Company in Col Gordons Regiment does not recollect the month nor the [year] but that it was the year in which the inhabitants were massacred [side note in margin: Nov. 10, 1778] by the Indians & & Tories at Cherry valley that he marched from Ballston to Fort Plank near Fort Plain for the purpose of guarding The Inhabitants and assisting the garrison at place under Col Alden and that before he arrived the indians & Tories made an Assault upon Cherry Valley and massacred a number of the Inhabitants and killed Col Alden who was out of the Fort a short distance taking dinner that the Indians came upon him on surprise & took the Lieutenant Col Prisoner  Col Gordon then took command of the fort at Cherry Valley, and that he with Seven other of the regiment were selected out to accompany Col Gorden through the woods to Fort Plank that soon after they arived there it being In the evening the fort at Cherry Valley was alarmed by the return of a scouting party who incautiously fired off their Guns previous to entering the fort which News was immediatly represented to Col Gorden that the fort was besieged by a large party of British & Indians and were about to enter the Fort, and that he was by order of Col Gorden sent as an Express to Col Van Schaick who was as was then supered with his Regiment at Caughnawaga but on the arival found that Col Van Schaick had moved his forces about four miles below to fort Hunter that he stoped at Caughnawaga at the house of General Fonda and being verry much fatigued Genl Fonda sent his Clerk with the dispatches to Col Van Schaick & that he took some refreshment & went to bed and in about three hours another Express from Col Gordon to Col Van Schaick with a request that Col. Van Schaick would send on to Genl Hand who lay at Schenectady and that the said Express being very much fatigued he took the dispatches and proceeded on to Schenectady with all possible [speed] that he met Genl Hand about four miles from
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Schenectady he delivered his Letter to Genl Hand who gave him some money and directed him to proceed on to Schenectady & obtain some refreshment, and that as soon as he recovered from the fatigue occasioned by the rapid progress he made on his Express rout [route] he returned on his Express rout & Replaced the horses which he had pressed & Joined his Regiment and was soon dischaged [discharged] was out upon this tour as near as he can recollect about Two months, and that he was in the Expedition to Johnston [Johnstown] under the command of General Schuyler for the purpos of disarming Sir John Johnson and that in consequence of his residence being situated on the frontier near the theatre of continued warfare he was alarmed and out on guard & scouting parties for the most part of the revolutionary war and that it is impossible for him to recollect exactly how long he was in actual service but should Judge that he served in all as much as one year. that he was three times driven from his home during the said War by the Indians & that the last time he was driven away Several of his neighbours with Col Gorden were taken prisoners & driven into Canada as he understood & That at this last mentioned time he lost all of his property, and that Several of his neighbours were killed and scalped Indians at same time 
he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity Except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State 
[signed] Azor Cole 
Sworn to, and subscribed the day & year aforesaid in open Court 
[signed] S .G. Haven Dep Clerk 

We Alvah Southworth, & Benjamin Snyder residing in the Town of Springwater in the County of Livingston State of New York do hereby certify that we all well acquainted with Aser Cole who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration That we believe him to be 88 years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier in the revolution and that we concur in that opinion 
[signed] Alvah Southworth  Benjamin Snyder
Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid in open Court 
[signed] S.G. Haven Dep Clerk
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 And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interogations 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 [blank] who have signed the preceeding certificate are residents in the Town of Springwater aforesaid and are credible Persons. And that their statement is entitled to credit. 

I, Chancey R Bond Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas & General Sessions of the peace in the County of Livingston in the State of New York do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Azer Cole for a pension 
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and seal of Office this 28 day of September 1832 
[signed] Chauncey R. Bond Clerk  by S.G. Haven Dep Clerk
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No 14617- 
Azor Cole Livingston County New York 
5.14. 
p. 358 
Admitted 
Sergeant 9 months 

May 9 33

[addition] 90
[+] 22.50
[equals] 112.50


S. G. Grover Springwater New York
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BRIEF in the case of Azor Cole
County of Livingston in the State of New York 
(Act 7th June, 1832.) 
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge?  Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he? 88. 
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
[TABLE]
Period. ┃  Duration of Service. Years, Months, Days.   |   Rank.  |   Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served. |
Vol In 1775  |  6 Months.  |  As a Sergeant  |  Gen.  Capt Collins Col Van Dyke  |
Vol  |  2 Months  Judges he served in all one year  |    |  Capt Collins Col Gordon  |
[END OF TABLE]
5. In what battles was he engaged? None.
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Albany Co. NY.
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditionary evidence, Living Witness & certificate of his revolutionary officers
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Not connected as the regulations require 
I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
[signed]  Dyer Castor Examining Clerk.
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September 20, 1938

BA-J/AWF
Azor Cole
S. 10473

Mr. Lester Card
10 Haviland Street
South Norwalk, Connecticut

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of the following soldiers--

Azor Cole, born in Wilton, Connecticut, about 1744, died about 1837 in Springwater, New York;

Matthew Cole, born 1745 or 1746 in Wilton, Connecticut, Captain of Militia, died in Yates County, New York;

Thaddeus Cole, born June 3, 1753 in Wilton, Connecticut;

Because of the great demand for Revolutionary War data and the limited trained clerical force available for furnishing such information, it is not possible to comply in full with each request which requires so much time and research.

The record of Azor Cole is furnished herein as found in papers on file in pension claim, S. 10473, based on his service in the Revolutionary War.

Azor Cole was born August 3, 1744, place not given nor were the names of his parents shown.

While residing in Ballston, Albany (which was later Saratoga) County, New York, Azor Cole volunteered in the spring of 1776, served six months as
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sergeant in Captain Tyrannus Collins' company, Colonel Cornelius Van Dyke's New York regiment, was stationed at Skeensborough and Ticonderoga to defend the inhabitants from incursions of the Indians.  He volunteered "the year of the massacre at Cherry Valley" and served two months in Captain Collins' company, Colonel Gordon's New York regiment.  He was in the expedition to Johnstown, under General Schuyler, and out of many alarms and scouting parties.  He was driven from his home three times and his property taken by Indians.

The soldier, Azor Cole, was allowed pension on his application executed September 28. 1832, then a resident of Springwater, Livingston County, New York.

The papers on file in this claim contain no discernible data in regard to family.  Azor Cole died April 4, 1839.

In order to obtain date  and name and address of person who recd. last pay- of this pensioner, you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D.C., and furnish the following data:

Azor Cole
Certificate #20744
Issued October 2, 1833
Rate $45.00 per annum 
Commenced March 4, 1831
Act of June 7, 1832
New York Agency.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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Jan. 18 1900 Mrs Annie Crawford Pontiac Mich 
1913 May 21. Hist. to Miss Mary E. Marvin 
1928 Dec. 4 - Hist to Mrs. Juliet Bastien  [initials] anf 
1932 Feb 10 Hist to H.N. Cole M.D.  anf
1936 April 15 hist to John C Pearson
1938 Sept. 20, hist to Lester Card  anf

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Rev War
10473 
INVALID. 
File No. 10,473 
Azer Cole 
Serg Rev War 
Act: June 7, 1832 
Index: -- Vol. A , Page 77 
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Azor Cole 
14817 
S. G. Grover agent Springwater Livingston Co NY
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State of New York 
Livingston County Ss }
On this 14th day of September 1832 Personally appeared before me Samuel Whitney who being First duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath declare that he is well acquainted with Azer Cole of the Town of Springwater and was acquainted with him during the Revolutionary war at which time this deponant was a Resident in the same town where the said Azer Cole Resided which was in the Town of Ballston in County of (then) Albany now Saratoga which said Town of Ballston was then an entire frontier Town which subjected the Inhabitants to continual alarm from the Indians & Tories that this deponant well recollects that the said Azer Cole enlisted under Capt. Tyranus Collins in the year 1776 in Col Vandykes Regiment and served six month's or thereabouts, & that the said Azor Cole was frequently alarmed and called into service at different times during the War as this deponant was intimately acquainted with the said Azor Cole & well recollects. His being called frequently into the service for short periods for the purpos of guarding the frontiers from the continued depredations & Massacres, by the Indians on the inhabitants in said town & its vicinity 
[signed] Samuel Whitney  X
Sworn & Subscribed the day & year first above written Before me 
[signed] Joel Hudson Justice of the Peace 
This may certify that the above named deponent is Represented to me by credible persons as being a man of Credibility 
[signed] Joel Hudson Justice 

State of New York 
Livingston County ss I certify that Joel Hudson before whom the above affidavit was Sworn & who made the above certificate was at the dates thereof a Justice of the Peace of said County legally authorized and I certify that his name as it appears twice above is his own hand writing & signature 
Witness my hand & seal of office Oct. 3d 1832 
[signed] Chauncey R Bond  ck of Livingston County by S.G Haven Dep Clerk
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I John Ball of Schyler Ville County of Saratoga and State of New York Late a Lieut in Col Cornelius Wynkoops Regiment No. 4 of the New York Troops in the year 1776. do certify and declare that in the year 1776 I resided in Town of Ballston now County of Saratoga and that a draft from the Melitia of Ballston was ordered by the General Committee of Albany for ten men to be annexed to Col Cornelius Vandykes Regiment of said State of New York to serve in the Revolutionary Army to serve nine months or unless sooner discharged and that when the melitia of Ballston were called together for that purpose Azor Cole then of Ballston now of springwater County of Livingston did with my brother Stephen Ball and several other young [men] of Ballston volunteer their services saying it should not be said that a draft was necessary to bring them to their duty and did volunteer their services under Captain Tyranis Collins in said Vandykes Regiment and that in the said year 1776 the said Regiment did serve in the Northern department both at Ticonderoga and Skansburg and that the said Azor Cole according to the best of my recollection was a servant in Capt. T. Collins’s Company and been on duty under my command at Ticonderoga and the he was a good and faithful soldier and the said Vandykes Regiment served to the close of the campain of 1776. I think the Regiment was not discharged untill December of that year 
[signed] John Ball
Saratoga County ss
On this 28 day of May 1833 personally appeared before me John Ball who being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath doth declare that the preceeding statement of the Revolutionary service of Azer Cole now of Springwater is in respects true according to the best of his recolection 
sworn and subscribed before me the day and year above writen 
[signed] Gilbert Purdy Justice Peace
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State of New York
Saratoga County } ss
I Alpheus Goodrich Clerk of the County of Saratoga do certify that Gilbert Purdy before whom the within affidavit purports to have been sworn was at the date of the same one of the Justices of the peace in and for the said County, and the I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name subscribed to the said Affidavit to be his proper hand writing & signature. Witness my hand and seal of Office the third day of June 1833 – 
[signed] A. Goodrich Clerk
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Genl Cols afdt
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State of New York 
Livingston County } ss
Personally appeared before me Alvah Southworth a Justice of the Peace in and for said County Azer Cole who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his services but according to the best of his recollection he served in the Revolutionary war not less than the period mentioned below and in the following grades. For not less than nine months I Served as a Sergant and for such service I claim a Pension 
[signed] Azor Cole
Sworn & subscribed this 14th day of June 1833 before me 
[signed] Alvah Southworth Just pairs [peace?]

State of New York 
Livingston County  } ss  I, Chauncey R. Bond Clerk of the said county certify that Alvah Southworth before whom the above affidavit purports to have been sworn was at the date of the same a legally authorized Justice of the peace of said county And that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice and verily believe his name subscribed to the Jurat of the said affidavit is his own proper hand writing & signature 
Witness my hand and seal of office at Genesco this 19th day of June 1833 
[signed] C. R. Bond Clerk (absent) by S.G. Haven Dep Clerk
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34 Judson St 
Pontiac Mich. Oct 26th/99  
Pension Commissioner 
Washington D C 
Dear Sir 
Were the two Revolutionary Soldiers "Asa Clark of Rutland Vermont & Azor Cole of Ballstown New York - Pensioners - If so will you kindly send me record of each one as it is there in the Pension Office 
Very Respectfully 
Mrs Annie Crawford
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Livonia, N. Y. 
May 13. 1913 
Pension Office, War Dept 
Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen: 
Will you kindly inform me if you have on the pension list of Revolutionary soldiers the following names “Daniel Marvin born about 1735-6 in Norwalk, Conn. died there in 1780. The above was believed to have served in Capt. Skinner's Co. at Saratoga Aug 23 to Oct 8 – 1777.
“Azor Cole living in 1778 in Cooperstown, Otsego County New York. Do not know
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whether he enlisted from this state or not. If his name appears kindly give birth date etc, death –
Any other information other than I have asked would be greatly appreciated 
Very truly yours 
[signed] May E. Marvin 
Address
Miss May G. Marvin 
Livonia, N.Y.
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East Ave Brighton Sta Rochester N.Y.
Feb. 21 - 28 
Dept of Interior, Bureau of Pensions 
Washington D. C. 
Will you please send me military record of Azer Cole Rev. soldier who resided at Ballston N.Y at time of enlistment. 
He applied for a pension Sept 28 1832 while residing in Springwater N.Y.
Thanking you 
Very Truly Yours 
(Mrs.) Juliet Bastian 
East Ave Brighton Sta 
Rochester N.Y -

[stamped U.S. Pension Office Mar 1 1928]
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East Ave Brighton Sta 
Rochester N.Y. 
Oct 30-28 
Dept of Interior - Bureau of Pensions 
Washington D.C.
Will you kindly send me the military record of Azer Cole in the Revolutionary war as contained in his application for pension- S File 10473 Rev. War -
Very Truly Yours 
(Mrs) Juliet Bastian 
East Ave Brighton Sta 
Rochester N.Y.
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HAROLD N. COLE, M. D.      JAMES R. DRIVER, M. D.
1352 HANNA BUILDING 
EUCLID AT 14TH ST. 
CLEVELAND 
January 18, 1932. 
U. S. Pension Office, 
Washington, D. C. 
Dear Sirs: 
I would appreciate it if you could give me any information that the Pension Department has in regard to one Azor Cole, who lived in Ballston Spa, N. Y., and later went to Cooperstown, N. Y.
This gentleman was a soldier in the Revolutionary War and any records that the Government have in regard to him would be appreciated by the undersigned. 
Yours very respectfully, 
[signed] H Cole
H. N. Cole, M. D., 
1352 Hanna Bldg., 
Cleveland, Ohio. 
HNC/MS

[stamped Received Jan 20 1932
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The Sons of the American Revolution 
Western Reserve Society 
BOARD OF MANAGEMENT 
DONALD F. LYBARGER  PRESIDENT COURT HOUSE, CLEVELAND, OHIO 
DR. JACKSON BLAIR IST VICE-PRESIDENT 
WILLIAM L. CONNOR 2ND VICE-PRESIDENT 
DR. R. B. GAGE 3RD VICE-PRESIDENT 
HON. JOY SETH HURD 4TH VICE-PRESIDENT 
ROBERT P. BOGGIS SECRETARY TREASURER 
3717 COLERIDGE ROAD, CLEVELAND HTS. O. 
JOHN C. PEARSON REGISTRAR 
3115 WARRINGTON ROAD, SHAKER HTS., O.
CHARLES L. STOCKER HISTORIAN 
REV. ROY E. BOWERS CHAPLAIN 
MAJOR IRA J. EMERY   WILLIAM HOLSINGER 
CHARLES H. FISHER   E. N. NEWBURY 
H. I. HADSELL   HENRY PIRTLE 
DEXTER C. HATHAWAY    J. NOBLE RICHARDS 
KENNETH H. OSBORN 
STANDING COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN 
AMERICAN FLAG  COL. HUBERT TURNEY 
AMERICANIZATION   HON. VIRGIL J. TERRELL 
COLONIAL GUARD  MAJOR IRA J. EMERY 
CORRES & SAFETY.   ALFRED M. BARLOW 
ENTERTAINMENT   HON. JOY SETH HURD 
LIFE MEMBERSHIP   E. N. NEWBURY 
MEMBERSHIP   COL. ANSEL E. BECKWITH 
NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS.   HARRY H. HOARD 
NATURALIZATION   HON. WILLIAM GEORGE KERR   FRED J. DENZLER 
PATRICTIC EDUCATION   HARRY A. BECKETT 
PERMANENT FUND.   JESSE A. FENNER 
PUBLICITY   ARTHUR W. W. BARBER 
RESOLUTIONS.   CLARENCE E. WEISELL 
REVOLUTIONARY MEMORIALS   O. J. PEELING 
RECEPTION.   O. G. STRONG 
STATE AFFAIRS.   GEORGE H. BARBER 
3118 Warrington Rd., Shaker Heights, Ohio. CLEVELAND, OHIO March 19, 1936. 
The Veterans Administration, 
Washington, D. C. 
Dear Sirs: 
In order to verify the Revolutionary War record of an ancestor I should appreciate it if you would send me an abstract of the record of service of Azor or Azer Cole who was pensioned on October 2, 1833 for service as Sergeant in the New York Continental Line, Revolutionary War. At that time he was living in Livingston County, New York. 
It is particularly desirable in this case to know, if the information appears in his pension application, when and where he was born and the name of his wife with place and date of marriage. 
Very truly yours, 
[SIGNED] John C. Pearson 
John C. Pearson, 
Registrar. 

[STAMPED Received MAR 20 1936]
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10 Haviland St. 
So. Norwalk, Conn 
Aug. 16 1938 
[stamped Received Aug 18 1938]
Dear Sir:- 
Some 20 years ago the late David Van Hoosear started to write the History of Wilton, Conn. but died suddenly with the task partly finished. His son has asked me to carry out his fathers work to completion. 
One chapter, naturally, is on Wilton in the Revolutionary war. Among those known to have fought I note 
Azor Cole - born in Wilton approx. 1744 died Springwater New York about 1837. Resided for some years at Ballston New York then removed to Oneida or Otsego Co. 
While a resident in some N.Y. section he applied for and secured a pension. Could I ask you for a copy of such information in Pension folio as would be of interest in the History - such as battles participated in, regiments served in, wife's name, names of children, birth date (if given) etc. 
Matthew Cole born Wilton 1745 / 6 served as Capt. of Militia died in Kinneys Corner, Yates Co. Did he draw a pension? 
Thaddeus Cole born Wilton 10/2/1743 served in Rev. Army. Was he a pensioner? 
Thomas Cole born Wilton 6/3/1753, served as a teamster pensioner. A pensioner  I know you only give information on two names, but cannot tell which of those three were pensioners. If any, send me data as asked for under Azor on one of them, please. 
Thanking you in advance for the courtesy, I remain sincerely yours 
Lester Card 

no signature?
Please include my two regts
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April 15, 1936 
Azor Cole-S.10473 
BA-J/AWF 
Mr. John C. Pearson 
3118 Warrington Road 
Shaker Heights 
Cleveland, Ohio 
Dear Sir: 
Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to Azor Cole, sergeant in the New York troops, Revolutionary War, and a pensioner in 1833. 
The data furnished herein were obtained from papers on file in pension claim, S. 10473, based upon the service of Azor Cole in the Revolutionary War 
He was born August 3, 1744, place not stated, nor are the names of his parents shown. 
While residing in Ballston, Albany (which was later Saratoga) County, New York, Azor Cole volunteered in the spring of 1776, served six months as sergeant in Captain Tyrannus Collins' Company, Colonel Cornelius Van Dyke's New York regiment, was stationed at Skeensborough and Ticonderoga to defend the inhabitants from the incursions of the Indians. He volunteered the year of the massacre at Cherry Valley and served two months in Captain Collins' company, Colonel Gordon's New York regiment. He was in the expedition to Johnstown, under General Schuyler, and out on many alarms and scouting parties. He stated that he was driven from his home three times and his property taken by Indians. 
He was allowed pension on his application executed
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September 28, 1832, then living in Springwater, Livingston County, New York. 
The papers in this claim contain no reference to the family of the soldier, Azor Cole. He died April 4, 1839. 
If you desire information in regard to the last payment of pension, name and address of person paid, you should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D. C., and give the following: 
Azor Cole 
Certificate #20744 
Issued October 2, 1833 
Rate $45.00 per annum 
Commenced March 4, 1831 
Act of June 7, 1832 
New York Agency. 
Very truly yours 
A. D. HILLER 
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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Rev. and [1812]
Wars Section 
February 10, 1932 
BA-J/AWF
H. N. Cole, M. D. 
1352 Hanna Bldg. 
Cleveland, Ohio 
Dear Sir: 
Reference is made to your letter relative to Azor Cole, a soldier of the Revolutionary War. 
The data furnished herein are obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S. 10473, based upon the Revolutionary War service of Azor (Azer) Cole. 
He was born August 3, 1744, place not stated. 
While residing at Ballston, Albany County, New York, he served as sergeant with the New York troops, as follows - In 1776, six months in Captain Tyrannus Collins' company in Colonel Cornelius Van Dyke's regiment; in 1778, two months in Captain Collins' company in Colonel Gordon's regiment. He was in an expedition to Johnstown and on many alarms and scouting parties against the Indians. He stated that he was driven from his home three times and his property taken by the Indians. 
He was allowed pension on his application executed September 28, 1832, then living in Springwater, Livingston County, New York. 
He died April 4, 1839. 
There is no reference to wife or children. 
Very truly yours 
A. D. HILLER 
Assistant to Administrator
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December 4, 1928 
Mrs. Juliet Bastian 
East Avenue Brighton Station 
Rochester, N. Y. 
Madam: 
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S.10473, it appears that Azor (pensioned as Azer) Cole was born August 3, 1744, place not stated. 
While residing at Ballston, Albany County, New York, he served as a sergeant with the New York Troops as follows –
In 1776, six months in Captain Tyrannus Collins' Company, Colonel Cornelius Van Dyke's Regiment; in 1778, two months in Captain Collins' Company, Colonel Gordon's Regiment; he was in an expedition to Johnstown, and on many alarms and scouting parties against the Indians. He stated that he was driven from his home three times and his property taken by the Indians. 
He was allowed pension on his application executed September 28, 1832, while a resident of Springwater, in Livingston County, New York, ageddied April 4, 1839. 
There are no data as to family. 
Respectfully, 
WINFIELD SCOTT 
Commissioner
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[top part of form cut off]
Information as contained in his application for pension on file in this Bureau. S. 10.473
[TABLE]
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.   |  LENGTH OF SERVICE.  |   RANK,  |   OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. CAPTAIN.  |  COLONEL.   |  STATE.   |
Spring to Dec 1776  |  6 mos.  |  Sergt  |  Tyrannus Collins  |  Cornelius Van Dyke   |  N.Y.  |
1778  |   2 mos.  |    |  Collins  |  Gordon  |     |
√  |   √   |     |   Expedition to Johnston   |      |      |
√  |   √   |     |   on alarms & scouting parties against Indians  |      |     |
Served not less than 9 mos. As Sergeant
[END OF TABLE]
Battles engaged in,  √   
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Ballston, Albany Co. N.Y. 
Date of application for pension, Sept 28, 1832. His claim was allowed. 
Residence at date of application, Springwater, Livingston Co. N.Y. 
Age at date of application, 88 yrs. 3 Aug. last. 
Remarks: He stated that he was driven from his home three times & his property taken by the Indians. Sol. died Apl. 4: 1839 (Agency book.) No family data  
Very respectfully, 
Commissioner.

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