Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 44829, Jacob Fox, Conn
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(3 - 1776)

SERVICE
Conn

Fox, Jacob
or
Jacob McCoy

NUMBER
S. 44829
B.L. Wt. 725-200- Lieut
Issued Apr. 5. 1793 to
Reuben Murray, assignee
No papers.

CONTENTS
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New York Roll
1458
Jacob Fox
Lieutenant (Capt Shumway)
Connecticut Line 1777 2 years
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.

Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 20 Dollars per month, to commence on the 3d of April 1818.

Certificate of Pension issued the 30 of June 1818 and sent to Morse & Stewart
agts Cherry Valley NY

Arrears to 4th of Sept 1818
$101.33
5 mos 2/30
died Aug 10, 1827

{Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March 1818}

Prentis
Decatur Otsego
continued
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notification sent to George Morell Esq Cooperstown N York
13 October 1820

Let. W Bell Kemp
April 20th 1844
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notification sent to George Morell Esq, Cooperstown N York
13 October 1820

Let. to W. Bell Kemp
April 20th 1844
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Jacob Fox
Pensioner

Morse & Stewart
agents

Cherry Valley
NY
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To the Hon John C, Calhoun
Secretary of the War Department of the United States.

The petition & declaration of Jacob Fox of the Town of Decatur in the county of Otsego & State of New York aged seventy four years & upwards on oath [unk] forth & declares that on or about the first of February one thousand seven hundred & seventy six he received an ensign's commission in a Battallion raised in Connecticut by order of Congress: signed by John Hancock President & Charles Thompson Secretary of Congress.
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which is hereunto annexed and he further on oath declares that soon after he received his said commission he marched with his company to the northern part of New York & was attached to Colonel Burralls Regiment of the Connecticut line, and marched from thence to Linebeck, and he further says that he continued on the Land & Naval service of the United States as an ensign until 1777 when he received from Congress a Lieutenant's commission in Capt Shumway's company in Colonel Samuel Prentiss Regiment in Huntingtons Brigade of the
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which said commission is now lost
Conneticut lines, [inserted text: which said commission is now lost] that
he continued to serve in said
Regiment as a Lieutenant
until [struck out: about] some
time in the year 1780 when [inserted: some of] the officers of his Regiment were [discharged?]
in consequence of their being
more grades of officers in the american services than in the British services, in
consequence of which a difficulty
arose in the exchange of prisoners

And he further says that he after the
arrangement (?) aforesaid
of the said officers he returned to his to his law
he returned to his place of residence
in Connecticut,  and in February 1781.
he received a commission
from the State of Connecticut
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and was in actual service under it until the close of the war.
And he further on oath declares that he was in the action of the [unk] on [unk] Champlain under Arnold & that he served against the common enemy in several skirmishes and he further says that he has never received any pension from Government, that he does not know that he can produce any other proof of the time he served as aforesaid than his own oaths.
That he is now in reduced circumstances & has very little property and by reason of his reduced circumstances
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is absolutely in need of assistance from the country for support, and he further says that by an act of Congress passed at the [unk] session, he conceives that the Secretary of the War Department can place him on the pension list; at Twenty dollars per month & he therefore prays that he the said Jacob may be placed there [unk] & in duty bound will ever prat.

Jacob Fox

Sworn & subscribed this 3d day of April 1818 before me.

James S. Campbell one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Otsego in State New York.
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State of New York
Otsego County B
I, James S. Campbell
one of the Judges of the Court of
Common Pleas of the County of Otsego
and State of New York do hereby
certify
that from the Declaration
under oath of Jacob Fox,
and from the commission of said Jacob that of
which are herewith transmitted to the
Secretary at War it appears to my
satisfaction that said Jacob Fox
served in the war
of the Revolution
against the common enemy for the
Term of nine months and longer
and that, from his reduced circumstances
in life, he is in need of
assistance from his country for support
James S. Campbell
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I George Morrell Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Otsego & State of New York do hereby certify that James S Campbell is and has been for a year past one of the Judged of the said Court, and that full faith ought to be given to his acts as such, and that the signature to the foregoing certificate is his.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of sd Court this 4th day of April 1818.

Walter W Webb Dept Clk
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Jacob Fox
Decatur No 1458

George Morrell
Cooperstown Agt

1458
30 June 1818
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District of New York
Otsego County} ss.
On this twenty first day of June 1820, personally appeared in open Court, being a Court of record for the county aforesaid, Jacob Fox aged seventy five years, resident in [unk] in the county of Otsego in said District, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the revolutionary war, in Captain [unk] company, Colonel Samuel Prentiss regiment, belonging to the Connecticut line: And the date of his original declaration was on the third day of April 1818 on which he has received a pension certificate, No. 1458. 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 or sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to being myself within the provisions of 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 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 hereunto annexed, and by me subscribed.

ARTICLES OF REAL AND PERSONAL ESTATE

Two cows- 1 year old heifer- 1 hog- 1 axe- 1 hoe- 1 bung fork- 2 pitch forks- 18 [unk] draw collars, 1 wood clock- 1 lone chest- 2 tables- 1 stand of chairs- 1 brass kettle- 1 pot- 1 dish kettle- 1 frying pan- 1 [unk] [unk] & tongs- 1 tea kettle- 1 bake kettle- 6 cups & tureen- 6 knives & forks[unk item]- 5 small [unk]- 6 tea spoons- 5 table [unk]- 2 platters- 3 bowls- 1 [unk item]- 1 creamer- 5 tin [unk] pans- 1 earthen [unk]- 1 churn- 1 bread board- 1 stone butter pot- 2 wheels- 1 [unk]- 2 wash tubs- 3 pails- 1 tumbler- 2 wine glasses- 3 casks- 2 flat irons. Carpenter tool worth $3- debts due to me $11- I am owing $210. My family consists of myself & wife unable to labour, my daughter Locretia 19 years of age healthy.

Jacob Fox

Sworn & declared on this 21st June 1820 Before the Court

Geo Morrell Clk

ANd of debts owing by Pensioner $210
[unk] of [unk] [unk] [unk] $11
[unk] pf property                 60
owes over & above property $139
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State of New York
Otsego County Clerks Office ss. I George Morrell Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Otsego & State of New York do hereby certify that the foregoing oath & the schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the Records of the said Court; and I do 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 sixty dollars.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the said Court on this 24th June 1820.

Geo Morell Clk
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O. W. and N. Division
3-525
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.,                               , 190
S. 44829

In reply to your request of        , received         for a statement of the military history of Jacob or Jacob McCoy Fox a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his application for pension of file in this Bureau.

S. 44829
Dates of Enlistment or Appointment: Commissioned Jan. 23, 1776
Length of Service: to 1777
Rank: Ensign
Officers Under Whom Service was Rendered:
Colonel Burrell
State: Conn

Dates of Enlistment or Appointment: 1777
Length of Sercive: to 1780
Rank: Lieut
Officers Under Whom Service was Rendered: Captain Shurnway, Colonel Samuel Prentice
State:

Dates of Enlistment or Appointment: Feb 1781
Length of Service: to close of war
Rank: "
Officers Under Whom Service was Rendered:
State:

Battles engaged in, Lake Champlain and several skirmishes
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Connecticut.
Date of application for pension, Apr. 3 1818- His cl. was al.
Residence at date of application, Decatur, Otsego Co, NY
Age at date of application, 74 yrs.
Remarks: Soldier died Aug. 10, 1827 leaving a widow- name not stated. She afterwards married John Kaple. A daughter, Locretia Fox was 19 yrs of age in 1820.

Very respectfully, 

Commissioner

From Agency Book (John Kaple S. 13593)
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June 14, 1932

Jacob Fox- S. 44829
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
BA-J/EEL

Mrs. Guy M. Pitts
926 West Love
Mexico, Missouri

Dear Madam:

The data furnished herein are obtained from the papers on file in the Revolutionary War claim for pension, S. 44829, based upon the military service of Jacob Fox in that war.

Jacob Fox (the name also appears as Jacob McCoy Fox), while residing in the state of Connecticut, was commissioned January 23, 1776, ensign of the battalion raised in Connecticut for the reinforcement of the Northern Department, marched with his company, captain of said company not named, to the northern part of New York and joined Colonel Burrall's Connecticut Regiment; marched from there to Quebec, and was later in the action of the fleet on Lake Champlain under Arnold; in 1777, exact date not given, he was commissioned lieutenant in Captain Shumway's Company, Colonel Samuel Prentiss' Connecticut Regiment and served until 1780; in February, 1781, he received a commission from the state of Connecticut, rank and officer's names not given and served until the close of the war.

He was allowed pension on his application executed April 3, 1818, at which time he was aged seventy-four years and "upwards" and resided in Decatur, Otsego County, New York.

He died August 10, 1827.

He left a widow, her name not given. In a year or two after his death, said widow married John Kaple, who was also a soldier of the Revolutionary War and a pensioner. She survived him but the death of his death is not shown.

A daughter of Jacob Fox, named Lucretia, was aged nineteen years in 1820. No other names of children of Jacob Fox are given.

One B. M. Kemp, of Roseboom, Otsego County, New York, stated that the widow of Jacob Fox was his aunt; the name of his parents not given.
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John Kaple- S. 13593

The data furnished herein are obtained from the papers on file in the Revolutionary War claim for pension, S. 13593, based upon the military service of John Kaple in that war.

John Kaple was born in 1750, in Stonington, Connecticut.

While a resident of East Haddam, New London County, Connecticut, he enlisted the fore part of May, 1776, and served six months as a private in Captain Eliphalet Bulkley's Company, Colonel Wolcott's Connecticut Regiment; during this service, he was stationed at New London as a guard and assisted in building Fort Trumbull at that place; he also volunteered with a small body of troops to go to Long Island for the purpose of surprising some Tories and to "bring off" some stock, but were discovered by the enemy and compelled to return; after his discharge from the above named tour, he went to his family in Lebanon, Connecticut, to which place his wife has moved during his absence, enlisted there the latter part of August, 1778 and served two months as a private in Captain Smith's Company, Colonel Ely's Connecticut Regiment.

After the Revolution, he lived in New London, Columbia County, New York, and in Warren, Herkimer County, New York.

He was allowed pension on his application executed October 15, 1832, while residing in Decatur, Otsego County, New York, where, he stated, he had resided for thirty years, except about four or five years when he lived with his son in Westford, New York.

The name of his wife and son are not given and there is no reference to his marriage with the widow of Jacob Fox.

Date of death not

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator
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June 20, 1925

S. M. Fox
721 Pierre Street
Manhattan, Kansas

Sir:

I have to advise you, that in the Revolutionary War pension claim Survivor File 44829 of Jacob Fox, also called Jacob McCoy Fox, the letter of B. M. Kemp of April 17, 1841 stated that his aunt was the wife of the said Jacob McCoy Fox and after his death married John Kaple. Her name is not stated, nor is there any further data on file relative to her in the above noted claim and there is no data at all relative to the wife of Jon Kaple, Revolutionary War pensioner S-13593, except that he had a wife during the Revolution.

Respectfully,

Commissioner
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May 8, 1812

Captain S. M. Fox,
Manhattan, Kansas

Dear Captain:
In response to your request of this date, you are furnished the following information concerning Jacob Fox of Otsego County, New York, and Jedediah Fox of Germanflatts, Nv.
From the papers on file in pension claim File No. 44,830, Rev. War, it appears that Jedediah Fox was allowed pension on his application executed April 6, 1818, at which time he was a resident of Germanflatts, Herkimer County, N. Y.
He resided at Bozrah, Connecticut, when he enlisted, December 15, 1775, and served as a Private in Captain Benjamin Throop's company, Colonel Charles Burrall's Connecticut regiment; he was on the expedition to Canada, promoted Sergeant December, 1776, and was discharged February 15, 1777, at Mount Independence, Vermont.
In 1820, he stated that he was sixty-eight years of age, his wife seventy years, and that they resided with his son, names of wife and son are not stated.
Filed in this claim is an affidavit executed August 6, 1818, in Otsego County, New York, by Jacob M. Fox, aged 74 years, who testified that in 1775, he was Ensign of Captain Benjamin Throop's company Col. Burrall's regiment, in which Jedediah Fox was a soldier.
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Sur. File No. 44,829, Rev. War, Jacob Fox was allowed pension on his application executed April 3, 1818, while a resident of Decatur, Otsego County, New York, and 74 years of age.
He was commissioned January 23, 1776, Ensign, company not stated, in Colonel Burrall's regiment; was in the action under Arnold on Lake Champlain, and in several skirmishes; promoted ----- 1777, Lieut. in Captain Shumway's company, Colonel Samuel Prentiss' regiment, and served until 1780, when he returned to his home in Connecticut.
In February, 1781, he received a commission from the state of Conn, rank and officers not stated, and served until the close of the War.
In 1820, he referred to his wife, name and age not stated, and his daughter Locretia 19 years of age. He died August 10, 1827, leaving a widow, name not stated, who afterwards married John Kaple.
No further family data on file.

Very respectfully,

Acting Commissioner
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F. W.   Ex'r

725-200-Rev.

August 18, 1904

Sir:-

In reply to your inquiry concerning the location of land warrant issued to Jacob Fox, you are advised that communications with regard to that matter should be addressed to the Commissioner of the General Land Office, this City, citing the following data:
"Jacob Fox, Bounty Land #725- 200 acres- Revolutionary War."

Very respectfully,

Acting Commissioner


Capt. O. W. Bell,
Camp G. H. Thomas,
Chickamauga National Park,
Lytle, Ga.
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Mrs. Guy M. Pitts,
926 West Love,
Mexico, Mo.

Mexico Mo. May 3, 1832

Department of Interior,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.
Revolutionary War Records
Gentlemen:

In Lineage Book, N. S. D. A. R., Natl. No. 111920 I find the Revolutionary war service of Jacob Fox (1744-1827) served as ensign and Lieutenant, Conn. troops. He was born in New London, Conn; died in Decatur, N.Y.

Will you please send me his pension record. Also of Isaac Spoor, private in Col. Van Rensselear's N Y. reg. Same National number. Very truly,

Mrs. Lucy M. Pitts
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S. M. Fox
721 Pierre Street
Manhattan, Kansas

April 14, 1925

The Commissioner of Pensions,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.

Sir:
I respectfully ask a certificate covering the following Revolutionary War pensions, as indicated.

In 1841 the widow pf John Kaple, S. 13593, a Revolutionary War soldier, then of New York state applied for a widow's pension.
April 17, 1841, B. M. Kemp testifies as to her identity, and calls her his aunt. Before marrying John Kaple, she has been the wife and widow of Lieut. Jacob Fox ("Lieut. Jacob McCoy Fox" ?), also a Revolutionary War pensioner, of Connecticut, who died, Aug. 10, 1827, at Decatur, Otsego County, N. Y.
I respectfully ask for the Christian name of this widow Kaple, and such data as related to her identity as given in deposition of said B. M. Kemp-- if possible, her place of birth?

Timothy W. 25226} In Connecticut-- probably in Lyme, or New London, there was a Lydia Beckwith, drawing a Revolutionary War pension as widow of a soldier. I have no further data. Can you give me the name of her Beckwith husband, and the military service on which her pension was based?

Very respectfully,

S. M. Fox
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Chadron, Neb. Feb. 11" 1919
U. S. Pension Bureau
Washington D. C.

Will you please send me statement verifying the fact that Jacob McCoy Fox (or Jacob M. Fox) received a pension for service in the Revolutionary War. I think he was granted a pension in 1818 and was living in Decatur New York at the time.

Yours respectfully
Mrs. S. A. Gillett
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Worcester, N. Y.
2/18/16
Rev Dist

The Pension Dept
Washington, D. C.:-
Will you please send me some information in regard to the following persons who are my ancestors:-
I. One of my great great grandfathers name was Abraham Becker. He served in the Revolution, and if his name is found on the pention lost; I would like to find out something concerning his family. He was born in 1723 according to family history- Family history also tells that he was the son of Johannes Becker, and that one of his sons; name was Lodowick (my great grandfather). Would like to know if these facts are correct, and if possible I would like names of all his children he had at the time he was pensioned, and who he married etc.
II. I would also like to find somethin concerning Jacob Fox who served in the Revolution. It is said he went as waiter for Col. Whiting and was finally promoted to Capt. or Lieutenant.
He was born in Conn. in 1762 (or near that
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Jacob Fox also served in the French War 3 yrs. He was 14 yrs. old when he entered the Revolutionary War according to family history. He had three wives during his life. One was named Sally Kaples, another Lydia Camp, but do not know dates of marriages. He had one daughter Lucretia who was born in 1800.
Would like to know if he, was pensioned and all there is on records concerning him if he was.
III. Another ancestor was Ebenezer Dailey and I would like to know if he served in the Revolution. I find the name of Ebenezer Dailey among the lost of soldiers of the Revolution but am not sure it is my ancestor. I do not know much about him except that he married a Mary Spore in Dutchess Co N.Y. do not know date. He had one brother John & four sisters names Anna, Margaret, Sabre & Polly. Possibly the Ebenezer Dailey whose name appears among the lost of soldiers in the Revolution was a father to the one I have just described. If so is it possible to find out with only the descriptions I have given?
IV. Please tell me what you can find concerning Henry Hagadorn a soldier in the Revolution Albany Co. Militia under Col. Van Schoonhaven. Do not know anything else concerning him except that he had a daughter named Eva. Any information concerning these will be very thankfully received.

address
Mrs. Ella Fox
Worcester, N. Y.
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Camp G. H. Thomas,
Cgickamauga National Park
Lytle, Ga.,
August 12th 1904

The Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington D. C.

Sir:

Will you please inform me whether Jacob Fox a 2nd Lieut. of either the 1st or 6th Conn. Regiment, War of Revolution, was an applicant for pension. If so you can you furnish me a statement of his military service, and nature of Pension is allowed.

I think he was granted a tract of land by way of pension, and if such is the case can you inform me also the location of same and place of residence of applicant at date of application.

Very respectfully,
O W Bell
Captain 7th Cavalry
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44829

Revy INVALID

File No. 44829
Jacob Fox
Lieut Rev War

Act: 18" March 1818
Index:- Vol. 3, Page 175

[Arrangement of 1780]
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Aug. 18, 1904 Hist. to Capt O. W. Bell, Lytle, Ga.    F.W.

1911 Feb. 8 Hist. to Hon. S. M. Fox
1912 May 8 to Captain S. M. Fox
1916 Feb. 29 history to Mrs Ella Fox 

1919 Feby 21 to Mrs. S. A. Gillett

1925 June 20 Letter re- [unk] name W. S. M. Fox see letter in claim John Kaple- S13893

1932 June 14 Hist to Mrs GM. Pitts   EEL

See history in case John Kaple
S. 13593
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In CONGRESS
The DELEGATES of the UNITED COLONIES of New-Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay, Rhode-Island, Connecticut, New-York, New-Jersey, Pennsylvania, the Counties of New-Castle, Kent, and Suffex on Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North-Carolina, South-Carolina, and Georgia, to Jacob Fox Gentleman Greeting.
WE reposing special Trust and Confidence in your Patriotism, Valour, Conduct, and Fidelity, DO by these Presents, constitute and appoint you Ensign of the Company in the Battalion raised in the Colony of Connecticut by order of Congress for reinforcement of the Northern Department in the Army of the United Colonies raised for the defence of American Liberty, and for repelling every hostile Invasion thereof. You are therefore carefully and diligently to discharge the Duty of the Ensign of said Company by doing and performing all Manner of Things thereunto belonging. And we do strictly charge and require all Officers and Soldiers under your Command, to be obedient to your Orders as their Ensign. And you are to observe and follow such Orders and Directions from Time to Time, as you shall receive from this or a future Congress of the United Colonies, or Committee of Congress, for that Purpose appointed, or Commander in Chief for the Time being of the Army of the United Colonies, or any other your superior Officers, according to the Rules and Discipline of War, in Pursuance of the Trust reposed in you. This Commission to continue in Force until revoked by this or a future Congress. Dated at Philadelphia the 23d day of Jany AD 1776.

By Order of the Congress
John Hancock President

Attest Chas Thomson
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Pen Off
Apl 20th 41

Sir
In answer to your enquiry whether your aunt who is the widow of John Kaple and was formerly the widow of Jacob Fox (each of her late husbands being pensioners) is entitled to a pension I have to inform you that it will depend upon the date of her marriage to Jacob Fox. If married to him before his service in the army expired she is entitled under the act of 4 July '36 & 3 March 37- and if her marriage took place after he left the service she can assert no claim for his service. Nor can she can set up any claim for the services of her last husband because her marriage did not take place "before" Jany 1794.

B. M. Kemp Esq
Roseboom
NY
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Apl 17 '41
[unk]
NY
Mr. Kaple


The Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
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Sir, I have an aunt who would like to know, whether she is entitled to draw a pention, under any pention laws of the United States- her case, as I understand, is this- she was the wife & about 16 years ago became the widow, of Col. Jacob McCoy Fox, who was a pentioner on the pention roll, of the U. S. at the time of his death-within a year or two after the death of her first husband, she married one John Kaple, who died about two years ago last September. He was also a pentioner of the United States, at the time of his death. Can she draw a pention as the widow ir [unk] of Col. Fox- or does her marriage to Kaple above named, prevents & if so can she obtain a pention, as the widow of Mr. Kaple? under any laws now in force. An answer to the above queries will very much oblige a woman who very much needs a pention of the law entitles her to have it.
Let the answer be directed to me, at Roseboom Post Office, Otsego County, New York.

Respectfully,
B. M. Kemp

To the Commissioner of Pentions

S. 13593
John Kaple
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In CONGRESS
The DELEGATES of the UNITED COLONIES of New-Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay, Rhode-Island, Connecticut, New-York, New-Jersey, Pennsylvania, the Counties of New-Castle, Kent, and Suffex on Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North-Caroline, South-Carolina, and Georgia, to Jacob Fox Gentleman Greeting.
WE reposing special Trust and Confidence in your Patriotism, Valour, Conduct, and Fidelity, DO by these Presents, constitute and appoint you Ensign of the Company on the Battalion raised in the Colony of Connecticut by order of Congress for reinforcement of the Northern Department in the Army of the United Colonies raised for the defence of American Liberty, and for repelling every hostile Invasion thereof. You are therefore carefully and diligently to discharge the Duty of the Ensign of said Company by doing and performing all Manner of Things hereunto belonging. And we do strictly charge and require all Officers and Soldiers under your Command, to be obedient to your Orders as their Ensign. And you are to observe and follow such Orders and Directions from Time to Time, as you shall receive from this or a future Congress of the United Colonies, or Committee of Congress, for that Purpose appointed, or Commander in Chief for the Time being of the Army of the United Colonies, or any other your superior Officer, according to the Rules and Discipline of War, in Pursuance of the Trist reposed in you. This Commission to continue in Force until revoked by this or a future Congress. Dated at Philadelphia the 23d day of Jany AD 1776.

By Order of the Congress
John Hancock President

Attest Chas Thomson [unk]

44829