Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 40,849, Tobias Cole, N.H.
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SERVICE                                                                 
N.H.

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Cole, Tobias

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NUMBER
S. 40,849

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CONTENTS
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13,657
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Pennsylvania 

Tobias Cole of Troy in the State of Penna [=Penn w/ superscript a] who was a private in the regiment commanded by
Colonel Grokeid [?]of the N Hampshire
line, for the term of 2 years War

Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 25 of April 1818.

Certificate of Pension issued the 28 of August 1819, and sent to Jas. McKean
Athens[?], Bradford [illegible]
Penn

Arrears to 4th of March 1819              82.63
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 Sept 1819     48.00
[illegible]                                  Dous: 130n63

Revolutionary claim,
Act 18th March, 1818

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20/[illegible]

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Notification sent -- [illegible] eq. 1820 to
Geo. Scott Tou anda [=Towanda] Bradford Co. Pa
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Tobias Cole
Private
Col Read's N.S. Regiment
1780 - 2 years & 6 months

25th April [undecipherable]

On [illegible] [illebible]

The deposition of two credible & disinterested witnesses, duly to be taken & authenticated (or the certificate of an officer of the Regt) to prove the service of applicant is required
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STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA.
Bradford County, SS. [=scilicet]

On this twenty fifth day of April 1818, before me the subscriber, one of the Associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Bradford, in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, personally appears Tobias Cole aged forty five years, resident in Troy Township Bradford County in the State aforesaid, who being by me first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress, entitled, "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War." That he the said Tobias Cole enlisted for three years in April 1780 in Summer the state of New Hampshire in the company commanded by Captain James
Worth[?] Carr in Colonel George Reeds regiment of the new hampshire line that he continued to serve in the said corps in the service of the United States, about two years and six months until October one thousand and seven hundred and eighty three when he was discharged honorably from service near west point in the state of New York, that he was in the battles of [indecipherable] and White Plains and was at the city of New York and in the Battle of [indecipherable] Genl Burgoyne in various squirmishes [=skirmishes?] the said Cole further declares that he had a written discharge but that it was burnt in a hous[e]
The said Cole had [indecipherable] about twenty Eight years since
And that he is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of the Assistance of his Country
for Support--and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services.

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Tobias  X  Cole 
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Sworn to, subscribed and declared before me,
the day and year aforesaid.
John McKean Olsonate
Judge of Common Pleas
Bradford County State of Ne [sic]
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I, John McKean one of the Associate Judges in and for Bradford County in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction that the
said John Cole did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the Common Enemy; and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me, to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress. I [indecipherable] here certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Cole by reason of [indecipherable] circumstances in life stands in need of assistance from his Country for support 

Dated August 21, 1818

John McKean associate
judge of Common Pleas
Bradford County

STATE PENNSYLVANIA
BRADFORD COUNTY, SS.
John Man assonate

I, George Scott Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of
Bradford aforesaid do certify and make known that John McKean is, and was at the time
of signing and taking the foregoing depositions and certifying the same, Associate Judge of the County of Bradford, in the State of Pennsylvania, that the signature
is his proper hand writing, and that full faith and credit are due to his acts as such.  In testimony whereof I hereto set my hand and Seal of Office, at Meansville, in the county of Bradford aforesaid, this twenty ninth day of August D. 1818

George Scott Prothy
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Henbr [?] J G Calhoun

The depositions herewith transmited Mr Cole has Received at considerable expense
and travel as the witnesses reside at a Considerable Distance from me. I know nothing of their credibility but can see no reason why the[y] should be interested in this [indecipherable] nor any impediment for them to testify in courtly[?] As Mr Cole obtained this deposition himself I think there can be no doubt but the both [indesipherable]
to the same Tobias Cole whose name is
annexed to this declaration[?] in Mr Cole is very [indecipherable] and I have no doubt but he has served[?] sufficient time to entitle to a pension by the provisions of the Act of Congress

Very respectfully
yours

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July 5, 1819
Burlington[?]

Jno McKean[?]
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Declaration
of Tobias Cole
an old revolutionary
Soldier
13.657
Bradford Co  July '19
PA

Con[?]
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Pennsylvania District Ss [=scilicet]
On this eleventh of September 1820 personally appeared in open Court of Common pleas, held in Meansville for the County
of Bradford, being a Court of record proceeding according to the course of common Law with a jurisdiction [illegible] in point of amount, and keeping a record of proceedings, Tobias Cole, aged 57 years, resident in Bradford County in said district, who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision
made by the act of Congress of the Eighteenth of March 1818 and of May 1820; That he served in the revolutionary war in the Company comanded [sic] by Capt James
Carr, in the second regiment of the Newhampshire [sic] Line, comanded [sic] by Colonel George Deed, and has obtained a pension under the act of the 18 of March 1878; his certificate being numbered (13657.)

And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident Citizen of the United States on the 18 of March 1818; and that I have not since that time by gift, sale, or in any manner,
disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it, as to bring myself within the provisions on an act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary War," passed on the 18 day of March 1818, and that I have not, nor has any person in trust[?] for me, any property or securities, contract or debt due to me, nor have I any income other than what is
contained in the schedule annexed hereto, and by me subscribed

Schedule of Property
I have beside necessary cloathing [sic] and bedding one yoke Steer, 3 years old. one Cow; one yearling haiffer [sic]; two Calves, Three shots[=shoats?]; Two Small Iron pot; 4 chairs;
and some other very old, worn out or broken house utensils.
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I have no debts due to me.
I am indebted in the following debt.
one debt of thirty Dollars.
another of thirty Dollars.
one debt of seven Dollars.
one debt of nine Dollars.
I have no trade, and follow farming business; but by age and bodily infirmities I am unable to pursue any occupation

I have my wife, Elizabeth, fifty two years of age, and thorough infirm, living with me; also one Daughter Margareth, seven year old; also another daughter Sarah, fifteen year old, of a very weakly habit and Constitution, unable to do any work, living with me.

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Tobias X Cole
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Sworn & Subscribed this 11th 
day of Sept AD. 1820

George Scott Prot

Bradford County Ss[?]
I George Scott Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of
Bradford do hereby Certify that the foregoing oath & the Schedule thereunto annexed are truly copied from the records of the said Court and I further Certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is Seventy dollars & Seventy five Cents --
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set
my hand & seal of office this 16th day of Sept
D. 1820
George Scott Prothonotary
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AW [? initialed in upper right corner]

Rev. War Section.

Sept. 9, 1932.

Hon. Louis T. McFadden,
House of Representatives.

In re: Tobias Cole -- War of Revolution,
                                 Survivor File 40849.

You are advised that from the papers in the above noted claim for pension, it appears that Tobias Cole enlisted at Somersworth, New Hampshire, in April 1780, served as a private in Captain James Carr's Company, Colonel George Reid's New Hampshire Regiment and was discharged in October 1783.

He was allowed pension on his application executed April 25, 1818, at which time he was living in Troy Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania, aged fifty-five years. In 1820 he referred to his wife Elizabeth aged fifty-two
years and daughters Margareth aged seven years and Sarah aged fifteen years.

The date and place of soldiers birth and death are not on record, nor is there any further data on file as to family.
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For the date of soldier's death, date of last
payment of pension and name of person paid, you should apply to the Pension Section, Interior Department Division, General Accounting Office, Ordnance Building,
1800 E. St. Washington, D. C. citing all of the following data: Tobias Cole, Certificate No. 13,657, issued August 28, 1819, rate $8 per month, commenced April 85 [sic!], 1818. Act of March 18, 1818, Pennsylvania Agency.

Very truly yours,

Washington Gardner
Commissioner.
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State of New York
Oswego County

William Colby of the Town of Granby County of Oswego and State of New York being duly sworn deposeth and saith that in the month of November one thousand seven hundred and seventy six he this deponent enlisted to serve
during the war as a private soldier on the continental establishment in the second regiment of the New Hampshire line command then by Colonel Hale and afterwards by Colonel George Reed, to serve during the war, that he this deponent did
Military duty as a soldier in the continental army of the revolution until June seventeen hundred and Eighty three that in the year Seventeen hundred and Eighty one he this
deponent became acquainted with Tobias Cole (who is now an inhabitant of the Town of Troy County of Bradford and State of Pennsylvania) that he this deponent knows that the said Tobias Cole was a soldier in the army of the revolution on the continental establishment
during the years seventeen hundred and eighty one, two and three, and in the said second Regiment of the New Hampshire line for that during the said years this deponent was a fellow soldier and mep.[?] [illegible] of the said Tobias Cole and further this deponent saith not

State of New York Oswego County Ss ["scilicet"]
William Colby

On the Eighteenth day of June Eighteen hundred and nineteen personally appeared
before me Peter D. Hugunin one of the Judges of the Court of Common pleas in and for the County of Oswego William Colby the deponent above named and duly made oath that the contents of the above affidavit
by him subscribed are just & true

Peter D. Hugunin
Judge Oswego
Com. Pleas
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State of New York
Oswego County

I certify that Peter D. Hugunin Esquire before
whom the within affidavit was taken was
on the date thereof a Judge of the Court of
Common Pleas for said County of Oswego

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand affixed the seal of said County this Nineteenth day of June 1819.

Jos. Davis Clk

William Colby,s [=Colby's?]
Affidavit
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State of New York
Herkimer County
Ss [scilicet - applied to the two lines above]

Nathaniel Walden of the Town of Danube Herkimer County & State of New York, personally came before me the subscriber one of the Judges of the Court of Common pleas in & for said County, and being duly Sworn & upon his Oath saying that he inlisted [sic] into
the service of the United States in the year 1775. and that he served the United States in the Revolutionary War, seven years & nearly four months, and says that in the year 1782 & 1783 he was well acquainted with Tobias Cole who served in the same Regiment with this deponant [sic], which Regiment was Commanded by Colo. George Reed of the New Hamshire [sic - word split over line break] line, & further says that said Cole served as a
private in said Regiment, & now is aged about fifty for [sic] years of age, and this deponant [sic] further says that he knew said Cole in the service afore said [sic] more than one year

Sworn before me this 24th day of June 1819

Nathaniel Waldren


John Herkimer [?]

State of New York
Clerks office
Herkimer County
Ss [scilicet - applied to the three lines above]

I Certify that John Herkimer Esqwhere [sic] signature is placed at the taking of the foregoing affidavit was at the date thereof one of the Judges of the Court of Com- Pleas in & for the County of Herkimer
and that the said Court is a Court of
Record in the State of New York 
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my
name and affixed the seal of our said Court
at Herkimer the 25th day of June 1819
Walter Fish
Clerk
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40 849
INVALID.
Revy [?] ---

[word cut] No. 40,849
Tobias Cole
Pri Rev War
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Act: 18 March 18
[In]dex: -- Vol. 3, Page 94

[Arrangement of 1870.] [printed in brackets]

[written vertically] 1922 Sept.9. Heist[?] to Hon L.T.McFadden an [or au?]
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SIXTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS
LOUIS T. MCFADDEN, PA., CHAIRMAN.
PORTER H. DALE, VT.
EDWARD J. KING, ILL.
FRANK O. SCOTT, MICH.
ADOLPHUS F. NELSON, WIS.
JAMES G. STRONG, KANS.
L. J. ECHOLS, W. VA.
EDWARD S. BROOKS, PA.
ROBERT LUCE, MASS.
CLARENCE MACGREGOR, N.Y.
JAMES W. DUNBAR, IND.
LESTER D. VOLK, N. Y.
T. FRANK APPLEBY, N. J.
HENRY F. LAWRENCE, MO.
E. HART FENN, CONN.
OTIS WINGO, ARK.
HENRY S. STEAGALL, ALA.
CHARLES H. BRAND, GA.
W.F. STEVENSON, S.C.
EUGENE BLACK, TEX.
T. ALAN GOLDSBOROUGH, MD.
PHILIP C. THOMPSON, CLERK.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
COMMITTEE ON BANKING AND CURRENCY
WASHINGTON

September 7, 1922.

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OFFICE OF 
THE COMMISSIONER
SEP 8 - 1922
U.S. BUREAU OF PENSIONS


Honorable Washington Gardner,
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.

My dear Mr. Gardner:

I am in receipt of letter, dated September 6, 1922, from the Bradford County Historical Society, Towanda, Pa., reading as follows:

"We are anxious to get accurate information concerning TOBIAS COLE, a pensioner of the Revolutionary War, who lived in Burlington and Troy Townships, Bradford County, Pa.  He was living in Troy as late as 1832.  We are unable to locate WHEN and WHERE he died.  The records of the Pension department (Revolutionary Soldiers) undoubtedly contain this information, or WHERE HE WAS LIVING when pension ceased.  These facts and anything relativ ["v" overstruck with "e"] to his family that may
appear in his claim would greatly aid us in memorializing
our patriot families.  Will you have the kindness to
make inquiry through the Pension Department for me.   Your favor will be greatly appreciated."

If it is possible for you so to do, will you please give
me the information requested.  If this information is not available in your files will you kindly refer this letter to the proper office or department that may furnish same, and greatly oblige


Yours very truly,
[signed] L.T. McFadden