Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 29,093, Richard Corwin, N.J. Penn.
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Corwin, Richard S 29093
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Reported
Set to Clay E. Lewis April 27 '47
[top of page ripped away]
New York Richard Cor
of Suffolk Co. in the State of New
who was a Private
in the Com.
by Captain Patterson of the Regt com
by Col Craig in the [illegible]
line for 2 years Private NJ
Inscribed on the Roll of New York
at the rate of 80 Dollars - Cents per an
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 10th day of February 1846
and sent to William B. Pierce, Esq.
Albany, New Y
Arrears to the 4th of March 1845 $10[illeg]
Semi-anl. allowance  ending 4d. Sept 45  40.00
$1160.00                                                             
ctf. no. on Agency Boots in 32419
{Revolutionary Claim Act June 7, 1832}

Recorded by Thos. Lumpkin Clerk. Book E2   Vol. 4








4
9
Age 32
$40
Recorded by
Book 2
Act June 7, 1832
Tho Lumpkin
Revolutionary
C
Vol. 4
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State of New York
County of Suffolk ss. On this second day of
to be one thousand eight hundred
and thirty two personally appeared in open
Court in the Court of Common Pleas in
and for the County of Suffolk now sitting
Richard Corwin a resident of the Town of
Southampton Brookhaven in the
said County of Suffolk aged seventy six
years who being first duly 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 7. 1832
That he enlisted in the army of the United States
at Springfield in the State of
New Jersey some time in the spring
of the year one thousand seven hundred
and twenty seven, for the time of
three years, in the company commanded
by Captain Patterson in the Regiment
commanded by Colonel Craig in
the Pennsylvania Line, and continued
to serve in the said corps until the expiration
of the said term of three years, that he
was in the battle of Brandywine, the
Battle of Germantown, the Battle of
Monmouth, and several other less note, that
was he traversed the County in New Jersey in various ways in his marches that at the time of Arnold's treachery he with 
the whole Pennsylvania line from Springfield to Windor on the Hudson now New York 
marched with considerable part of the army including
That he was in the service at the time of the
revolt of the Pennsylvania line of troops
though the term of his enlistment had then
for some time expired, that on the night
of the revolt he was on guard and
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that the
said Richard Corwin has always been
consequently did not have the army
with those troops, and a day or two
afterwards he was taken sick and soon was
regular by discharged from the
said service, but received no written
discharge as in consequence of his sickness
he was not with body of the Pennsylvania
troops who were disharged soon after
the said revolt. That he is a native of the
Town of Southold in the County of Suffolk
Long Island, and left the Island just
before it was taken by the British, and
went and resided at a place called
Flat brook about a mile west of
the Delaware River in the State of Penn
-sylvania near the north part of the State
but he cannot recollect the name of the
Town or County, that this was his place
of residence at the time of his enlistment
he having gone into the State of New Jersey
a few weeks before his enlistment
with a body of Pennington Militia
that after his discharge he continued to live in Flatbrook till after the war he then returned to Long Island
and has lived in Suffolk County ever since.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever
to a penion or annuity except the present, , and he declares
that his name is not on the pension
sale of any agency in any State
Sworn to and subscribed
the day and year aforesaid
Richard [his mark] Corwin
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and the said Court do hereby declare
their opinion that the above named
applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier
and served as he states-
Joseph R Huntting Clerk of the Court of
Common Pleas in and for the County of Suffolk do hereby certify that the foregoing
contains the original providings of the
said court in the matter of the application
of Richard Corwin for a pension, the words
the whole of the Pennsylvania line from Springfield
to New Windsor on the Hudson River in New York being interlined in the said declaration-
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and seal of office this
Ninth day of October one thousand
eight hundred and thirty two -
Joseph R Huntting Clk
State of New York
County of Suffolk} ss: Richard Corwin in the
above declaration named being
further duly sworn saith that he knows
of no person living who can testify positive-
ly to his services, that he has never seen
one of his comrades in arms since he
left Pennsylvania immediately after the
War and he has never been in that part of
the county since, and he does not know
whether any of them are now alive
that the Clergyman of the congregation where
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deponent now lives resides eight miles
distant from him that this deponent has lived in the Town of Brookhaven where he now lives for over thirty years, but the general reputation here is not as great as in the Town of Riverhead, that he could go
great many person to testify to the general
reputation of his having been a Revolutionarysoldier besides David Edwards,  Jonathan Dimon and Mary Corwin whose affidavits are annexed but there is no clergy
man, that this deponent knows of now
living to testify to the fact- sworn
Richard [his mark] Corwin
Subscribed and sworn the 10th day of December 1833 before me
George Miller
Commissioner of deeds






State of New York
Suffolk County}ss: I Joseph R Huntting
Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas
in and for the County of Suffolk
hereby certify that George Miller
whose name is subscribed to the
[illegible] of the above and the four
affidavits hereto annexed on the
days of the several dates thereof was
and still is a commissioner of Deeds in and for the said County of Suffolk duly authorised to
take affidavits, that I am acquainted with his writing and verily believe that his name submitted
as aforesaid is in his own hand writing
In witness whereof I have hereto set my hand and seal
of office this 9th day of January 1834-
Joseph R Huntting Clerk
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State of New York
County of Suffolk ⎬ ss: David Edwards of the Town of
Riverhead in the County of Suffolk saith
that he this deponent is aged sixty one yearsthat some time about the close of  the Revolutionary War and when this deponent was between tenand twelve years of age, he boarded at the
house of Daniel Warner in Aquabogue in
the then Town of Southold now the Town of Riverhead, that the father of Richard Corwin in the annexed declaration named lived in the said neighborhood that this deponent well remembers that while he was so boarding and going to school, the said Richard Corwin came home to his fathers, that it was then understood and believed and held the he had been a solder in the Revolutionary
Army, that this deponent distinctly recollects having at the time accounts of the services of the said Richard Corwin in the army and the battles he had been in, the particulars of which he cannot now relate, that he has known and been well acquainted with the same, and he has always been considered and believed to have been a soldier of the Revolution
David Edwards
I certify
that on the fifth day of December 1833 the above named David Edwards subscribed and made oath to the above depostion before me -
I am well acquainted with him that he is nowand for the last twenty years has been a Justice of the peace
in & for Suffolk County and is a man of veracity to be believed on oath-
George Miller
Commissioner of Deeds
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State of New York
County of Suffolk Jonathan Dixon of the Town of Riverhead formerly Southold) in the said County of Suffolk being duly sworn saith that he is aged seventy seven years, that during the Revolutionary War, Jedidiah Corn the father of
Richard Corwin in the annexed papers named
lived within fifty rods of this deponent, that
about the commencement of the Revolutionary War said Richard Colvin left Long Island and went to a place called Flat Brook on
the Delaware River, that during the Revolutionary War, and in the year 1777. this deponentwent to Flat Brook to see a brother of his who went away with the said Richard Corwin and Jedidiah Corwin a brother the said Richard accompanied this deponent to see his brother that when they got there they understood that said Richard Colvin was a soldier in the Revolutionary Army and they returned without seeing him, that at or near the close of the Revolutionary War the said Richard Corwin returned home to his father's in the neighborhood of this deponent, that he then understood and believed and still believes that the said Richard Corwin served
in the army three years, that he has long
had the reputation of being a Revolutionary soldiervthat this deponent believes him to aged seventy six years and he is reputed
man of veracity -
Jonathan Dim
I certify that on the 9th day of December 1837 before me came the above named Jonathan Dimon with whom I am well acquainted
and who is a man of veracity and subscribed and made oath to the above deposition-
George Miller
Commissioner of Deeds
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State of
---
State of New York
County of Suffolk ⎬ Mary Corwin of the Town of Riverhead
in the County of Suffolk being duly sworn and that she is aged sixty four years, that she is the widow Jedidiah Corwin late of the said Town of Riverhead deceased, who was the brother of Richard Corwin named in the annexed papers, that she has often
understood from her husband and her
father in law from thirty to forty years
ago that the said Richard Corwin was a soldier in the Revolutionary War and that he went into the army from a place somewhere on or near Delaware River, that it has always been understood and believed in the family that the said Richard Corwin was a Revolutionary Soldier, that he is reported to be a man of veracity

Mary [her mark]Corwin

I certify that on the 9th day of December 1830 before me came the above named Mary Corwin with whom I am well acquainted and who is a person of
verily and subscribed and made oath to
the above deposition
George Miller
County
Commissioner of deeds
-
State of New York
County of Suffolk} ss. David Warner of the Town of Riverhead in the said County being duly sworn saith that he is aged sixty five years, that the residence of the father of Richard Corwin in the annexed papers named during and after the Revolutionary War, was in the same neighbourhood with the residence of this deponent, in which neighbourhood this deponent has always resided.
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that the said Richard Corwin has always been reported in the said neighborhood to have been a
Revolutionary soldier and this deponent has no doubt that he was such Revolutionary Soldier, that he is well acquainted with the said 
Richard Corwin that he is reported 
be a man of veracity and worthy of belief. on oath
David Warner

I certify that on the 21st day of December 1833 before me
came David Warner above named with whom I am well acquainted, who now is and for the last twelve years hath been one of the Judges
of the Common Pleas in and for the County of Suffolk and who is a man of veracity and subscribed and made oath to the above deposition
George Miller
Commissioner of Deeds
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Act June 7, 1832-
No 35,941.
Richard Corwin
applicant for pension
resented by
Wm D. Dayton
USS
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[illegible] in the 3d
the
of December 1844

Suffolk County before the subscriber a Justice of the peace in and for
the said County personally appeared 
William Griffing a resident of said county in the town of Riverhead aged 75 years  
who being duly sworn doth
depose and say that he is well acquainted with Richard Corwin the same person who is now in application for a pension and has been so acquainted with him
for the past 60 years that from his earliest acquaintance with said Corwin he has uniformlyheard his name pronounced as if spelled Corwinand that such has been the way of pronouncing it by all and accepted by all bearing that name and that there are many families of that name residing in Suffolk County - Deponant further saith that the said  Richard Corwin is reputed to have been &
Soldier of the Revolution war and that he has never [illegible] that a respected by any person wherever
William Griffing
Sworn to and subscribed the day
and year aforesaid before me
And I further Certify
that I am well acquainted with the
Deponent above named and that his
Affidavit is entitled to full credit
David Edwards Justice of the peace
I certify that the said Richard Corwin is a person well known to me to be a man of street veracity and integrity and have heard him often speak of his revolutionary services and will remember when he returned from the revolutionary army
David Edwards Justice of the peace
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Suffolk County State of New York} On this 3rd Day of December 1844 came before the undersigned Justice of the peace David Jager aged 82 years and upwards who being duly sworn did depose and say he is well acquainted with Richard Corwin and has been acquainted with him ever since the Revolution War - that from his earliest acquaintance with said Corwin he has uniformly heard his name pronounced as if spelled Curran and that such is the common pronunciation of the name in the part of the country where he the said Corwin resides - that there are many families of that name residing in Suffolk County. Deponant further saith that the said Richard Corwin has always been reputed to have been a Revolutionary Soldier And Deponant has frequently head the said Corwin speak of having been at the Battle at Monmouth an other matters - and the fact that the said 
Corwin faithfully served his country as Soldier he has never heard disputed     David Jagger
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above written and I certify that the said David Jagger is a credible witness
David Edwards Justice of the peace
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State of New York
Suffolk County SS
Supplimental Declaration
Act of 7th June 1832
On this 4th day of December A.D. 1844
the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County personally appeared Richard Colvin a resident of the town of Southampton in said County aged 85 years and upwards who being first duly sworn according to law
doth on his oath make the following declaration supplemented in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed
7th June 1832- That he was a soldier of the War of the Revolution and served as such for a number of years in the Company, commanded by Captain Patterson Regiment of Col. Craig and Brigade of General Conway, of the Pennsylvania line of the Continental Army. That the particulars of his service &
enlistment are as he verily believes fully set forth in the matter of his original application for Pension made by his attorney George Miller of Riverhead about Eight years
since under the act above named. That while in the Army Declarant was generally known by the name of Curren as that was the Common pronunciation of his name while in the Army, and declarant can only account for the absence of his name upon the Rolls of the Pennsylvania Troops in the supposition
of his name having been misspelled, that Declarant
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verily believes that his name will appear as Curran, and therefore makes a supplimental declaration with a view of having the records of the department examined in his behalf-
Declarant further states that his name is now and always has been pronounced as if spelled Curren by the People of the County in which he resides and that it is so pronounced by all of his acqaintances   Rich Corwin
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year first above written and I certify that the said Richard Corwin is known to me to be a credible man David Edwards Justice of the peace
Suffolk County Clerk Officer J I. Wickham Case clerk of said County do hereby certify that David Edwards whose name is subscribed to the foregoing declaration of Richard Corwin and to the Affidavits of David Jagger and William Griffing hereto annexed was at the respective dates then of a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly commissioned + qualified I further certify that I have examined the signatures of said David Edward to said Declaration + affidavits + verily believe them to be genuine
Witness my hand + official seal this 4th day of December A.D. 1844 J Wickham Case, Clerk
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DRECORD DIVISION REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION
[illeg--mmA8?]
S. 29093
3 - 525
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., Dec. 7, 1922
In reply to your request of
received for a statement of the military history of Richard Corwin or Currin
soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired
information as contained in his ("or his widow's" crossed out) application for pension
on file in this Bureau.
[5 columns thus:
Col. 1: DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.|Col. 2: LENGTH OF SERVICE| Col. 3: RANK| Col. 4: OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED| Subcolumn a) under Col 4: CAPTAIN|Subcolumn b) Under Col 4: COLONEL.| Under Col 5: STATE.
Under "DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT." Spring 1777| Under LENGTH OF SERVICE." 3 yrs.| Under "RANK" Private| Under Col. 4a) Patterson| Under 4b) Thos. Craig| Under STATE: Penn.
 
Battles engaged in, Trenton, Brandywine, Germantown and Monmouth
Residence of soldier at enlistment Flatbrook, N.J.
Date of application for pension, Oct. 4, 1832 His cl was al.
Residence at date of application, Brookhaven, Suffolk Co. N.Y.
Age at date of application, Born in Southold (afterwards Riverhead) Suffolk Co
Remarks: He was living in Southampton, Suffolk Co. N.Y. in 1845. He died
Oct. 27, 1848. Soldier was the son of Jedediah Corwin of Suffolk Co. N.Y.
It is not stated whether soldier ever married.
Respectfully, (Richard Corwin and his family 
"this statement of 1833 not used I think affiant referred to soldier's father's family)
Soldier had a brother Jedidiah whose widow Mary aged 64 was living in Riverhead, Suffolk Co. N. Y. in 1833.
Commissioner,
Date of death from Agency Book
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Richard Corwin
S. F. 29093
A muster roll for April 1780 of the Colonel's co., Col. Thomas Craig's 3" Pa. regt., endorsed by John Boyd, Capt. Lieut 3" Pa regt. had been removed from said claim to be sent to the War Dept. 
Sent to War Dept. Jany 16, 1913
a.e.m.
Oct. 14, 1910
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Supplemental Declaration
State of New York Suffolk County ss
Richard Corwin of the town of South Hampton in said County aged 91 years being duly sworn deposeth + saith that he was born in the town of South hold, now of the town of Riverhead in the County of Suffolk + State of New York. That when Deponent was fourteen years of age, Deponents father apprenticed him to Captain John Simms who then lived in Southold aforesaid. That shortly after Deponent was thus apprenticed, said Captain John Simms purchased a farm in Flat Brook in the State of New Jersey where he moved with his family taking Deponent along with him. That after said Simms moved to New Jersey, he was promoted to the rank of Colonel in the militia of said State of New Jersey. That after the war of the revolution commenced said Colonel Simms entered the service, and Deponents first service was as his waiter upon an expedition to Morristown N.J. for a period of three months. That after this term of three months had expired, Deponent was surprised to ascertain that his name had been returned as having enlisted into the New Jersey Line of Continental Troops. Deponent complained to the officers that his name had been returned without his authority and [  ] that he would not serve, whereupon an officer by the name of Maxwell told Deponent that he would be compelled to serve but gave him provision to enlist into the Pennsylvania Unit. Col Craig's Regiment then being at Morristown Whereupon this
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Deponent did then + there enlist accordingly into the regiment of Colonel Craig of the Pennsylvania Line, and was attached to the Company of Captain Patterson wherein he continued to serve for more than three years or ab is more particularly set forth in his original declaration made in the matter of his application for pension. And Deponent further saith that he was informed at the time there of and has always believed the fact so to be. that the Sergeant who falsely enlisted Deponent into the New Jersey Line from motives of self interest falsely enlisted many others also + became so obnoxious to the soldiers that they allowed him to fall into the water as he was crossing the Schuylkill river + was drowned. Deponent cannot now remember his name, but well remembers these circumstances. And Deponent further saith that his father being poor he received no education + when he entered the service as aforesaid he could not write his name. That he then pronounced his name Curren and so it has been pronounced until this day + so do all the family of that name pronounce the name who reside in the County of Suffolk as can be abundantly established by any of the inhabitants of said County. And Deponent further saith that he has been informed + believes hat a daughter of said Captain + Colonel Simms became the wife of General Harrison late President of the United States. And Deponent further saith that when Esquire Miller of River head undertook to obtain his pension, he did not question him concerning his service herein
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State of New York
Suffolk County}ss
David Jagger of Riverhead in
said County aged Eighty three years & upwards being duly sworn deposeth & saith that sixty years ago or the year after peace was declared. Deponent moved into said town of River head where he has lived ever since. That shortly after coming here he became acquainted with Richard Corwin who now lives in the adjoining town of Southhampton & he has been well acquainted with him ever since. That he has often heard said Corwin relate particulars of his service in the war of the revolution. That he left his home on Long Island as an apprentice & when absent joined the Continental Army at the South where he served a number of years, was in the battle of Trenton  + many other engagements the various particulars of which deponent cannot now remember not having charged his memory therewith. And Deponent further saith that he has always called & heard the said Corwin called Curren. That he never in his life heard the name called Corwin that he not seen the name written Corwin he would
never have known that such was the name [signed] David Jagger
Subscribed & Sworn this 
15th day of July 1845
before me & I certify that
said David Jagger is a
credible witness
Nathan Corwin Justice of the Peace
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member not having charged his memory therewith. And Deponent further saith that he has always called + heard the said Corwin called Curren. That he never in his life heard the name called Corwin that he not seen the name written Corwin he would never have known that such was the name.
Subscribed + sworn this 15th day of July 1845 David Jagger
SUFFOLK COUNTY STATE OF NEW YORK,} ss.
I, J. Wickham Case, Clerk of the County of Suffolk, Do Hereby Certify, that Nathan Corwin whose name is subscribed to the certificate of the proof or acknowledgement of the annexed instrument thereon written, was at the time of taking such proof or acknowledgement, a Justice of the Peace, for said County, residing in the said County, commissioned and sworn and duly authorized to take the same. And further that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of such Justice, and verily believe that the signature to the said certificate of proof or acknowledgement is genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said County, the fifteenth da of July 1845. J. Wickham Case Clerk.
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Richard Corwin Applicant for pension Supplemental Declaration Act June 7, 1832
Agent Wm B Pierce Albany NY
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No 35,941 Act 7 June 1832
Richard Corwin New York Suspended
See letter to George Mills 11 March 1834
Sec Let To Hon. W. L. Dayton Jany 13th,45
Let to W. T. Pierce July 7 '45
" to Same Augt 22, '45
" to same Nov. 28, 1845
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Rev Sec
Pension Office,
Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:
22 Hendrickson Av., Rockville Centre, L. I.
November 9th, 1922.
In making application for membership to the National Society of the Daughters of the  American Revolution, I made same by
right of lineal descent from Richard Corwin.
Under the caption of Ancestor's services, I made the following statement:
Richard Corwin in 1775 signed engagement to support Congress. He was also a Revolutionary  Soldier being present at the battle of Yorktown, and at the surrender of
Cornwallis. Washington once tested his fidelity as a guard by attempting to pass him in the night, but he would not allow him to pass and afterward received commendation for his  fidelity. He was then known and received his pension under the name of "Currin"
Jedediah Corwin, father of Richard, also in 1775 signed engagement to support Congress.
The above is copied from the Corwin Genealogy arranged
by Edward Tanjore Corwin published in 1872, entered in office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington, D.C. Pages 8, 109, 184, 228.
I am in receipt of a letter from the Registrar General of the Society at Washington requesting that I obtain from the Pension
office a certified statement. If such a statement is available, I would appreciate an additional copy of same for my file. The letter from the
Registrar General does not state what sort of a statement I am to ask for but undoubtedly your office is familiar with such requests.
Thanking you in advance,
Yours very truly,
●
Winifred Hope Doe
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29093
Revy INVALID.
File No. 29093 Richard Corwin Pri Rev War
Act: June 7" 32"
Index:-Vol. 2, Page 81 [Arrangement of 1870.]

1922-Dec. 7 Hisk to Winifred Hope Doe [illeg]
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13. Jan. 1854 NY ret.
Smithtown NY. 9 Jany
War Department
Pension
Office.
Washington
Free
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Suff the Court House NY
January 7-- 1833

Sir -Enclosed I return the appli
of Richard Corwin with added
evidence
I am [illegible]
Respectfully
your obt Servant
George Miller
Hon Lewis Coss
Secretary of War
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Geo. Halsey P.M
Free
Messrs Lewis & Pierce
Brooklyn
Long Island
No. 10 front Street

Letter from George Halsey Mar 9 1839 concerning Pvt Corwin
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Geo. Halsey, P.M Free
w Messrs Lewis & Pierce Brooklyn Long Island No. 10 front street
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Suffolk Co. NY March 9th 1839
Messrs Lewis & Pierce
Gentlemen
Mr  Richard Corwin wishes sto make application for a pension - says he has served three years in the Continental army - State Troops - under Capt Patterson & Col. Craig - Enlisted he thinks in Springfield New Jersey  But did not like to serve there & so he served in the Pennsylvania Troops. was in the Battles of Brandywine and Monmouth & some other skirmishes. Says he is 81 years old, was under twenty when he enlisted and is a native of Suffolk Co - he cannot produce any witnesses who saw him in the army, as he thinks they are all dead. But David Edwards Esq - the Justice of peace in this village says he can testify, that he has always known the man and recollects when he returned home from the army, and there was no doubts by any one at the time of his having been in the army - I understand the man has applied once before sometime ago. But failed of getting a pension for want of witnesses. from what I have stated I suppose you can tell pretty near, what the chance will be for him - Very Respectfully Yours, George Halsey
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No 35,941
Richard Corin
NY
act 7 June 1832
Admd 2
years per
$80th per ann
from 4 March 1831
William B. Pierce
Albany
N.Y
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Washington 13th December 1844
Sir-
I have received your letter of the 7th and in answer yo your question remark that the name Corwin [underlined] is generally pronounced Currin [underlined] in Long Island
Yours respectfully S B Strong   

Wm B Pierce Esq Albany
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Third Regiment 1780
We and each of us whose names are hereunto subscribed do acknowledge to
have received from Major Thomas B. Bowen, and Captain Ercurius Beatty, Agents
for the late Pennsylvania Line, the several sums opposite to our Names respectively, in Certificate, dated July 1, 1784, bearing Interest at six percent from January the first 1781, signed by John Pierce, Commissioner and
described as below, being for the balance of a settlement between the United States
and us for Pay &c, to January the first 1781.
Date of Issue| No. of Certificate|Letter| Names|Sums|Signers  
_________________________________________________
Under "Date of Issue": [blank]|Under "No of Certificate" 70.944|Under "Letter" Hx| Under "Names" Richard Curren | Under "Terms(Dollars|90th| 26.60| Under Signers: [blank]

Auditor General's office
Harrisburg Mar. 27th 1847.}
I certify the above to be a true extract taken from the Original Pay Roll Book Pertaining to the Revolutionary War on file in this department: Witness my hand and seal of office the day and year aforementioned
John N Purnance 
Aud. General
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Albany
NY
May 26. 1845
Sir
Through the kindness of Rev D. Sprague of this City I have been furnished with the enclosed muster Roll of Colonel Craig, Penn. Line upon which the name of Richard Curran appears as private. I have shown by a number of affidavits, & by the testimony of the late
member of Congress from Suffolk County, Long Island that the name spelled Corwin is there always pronounced Currin. It is not only occasionally pronounced so, but is
always pronounced so. Richard Corwin the applicant for pension is known on Long Island by the name of Currin & by no other name. Such being the fact which can be
further abundantly established if required, I would respectfully submit whether the enclosed document should not be received as evidence.I first undertook this case
in the Spring of 1839, which you will perceive by referenceto the enclosed letter from [illeg] Halsey.
I am for
Very Respectfully
Your Obt Svt Wm B. Pierce

Hon J.L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
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July 21, 1848 paid
Supper dec.
Richard Corwin

PAID 20
J. L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.
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Albany N.Y.
July 17. 1845
Sir,
Pursuant to you requirements made known in your letter of the 7th Just. I have seen Mr Richard Corwin and obtained his
explanatory statement which I enclose. Corwin was entirely uneducated when he entered the army and could not spell his name. The name has always been pronounced
Curren & was so pronounced by himself, as is shown by its having been so entered upon the army rolls. You will please observe that I have furnished the affidavits of four respectable witnesses that Richard Corwin has always been called Curren in addition to the testimony of Honorable Selah Strong M.C. from Suffolk County
I saw Mr Corwin on tuesday last for the first time, and feel well assured that he is a man incapable of falsehood. He has every
appearance of an honest man, and his reputation is without blemish in the place where he has resided nearly all his life
I am
Very Respectfully
Your Obt Servant Wm B. Pierce (over)




Hon. J L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions

P.S.
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P.S.
In looking on Mr Corwins papers I find that his
age was Stated 85 in Decr last. I think this must
be a mistake for he told me that he was 91. He
has no record however, altho he looks very aged.
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Nov 19/45        paid

Recd.
Richard Corwin
---------------

PAID 10

Hon. J.L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
D.C.
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Albany N.Y. Novr 17. 1845.

Sir/

On the 31st October ultima. I wrote you in reference to the case of Richard Corwin, an applicant under the act of June 7 1832 informing you that his name does not appear upon the public records at Harrisburgh with the reasons given by the Auditor Genl. for the omission.  Since then one or two points of importance in the adjustment of the claim, have occurred to my mind which I beg leave to represent.

1st You inform me that the name of Richard Corwin is found upon a payroll of the 3d Pa.Regt (Col Craigs) as having received $26.66 Such items of payment often appear as
having been made to Soldiers who served for years or during the war. I presume it will not be assumed that such payment determined the length of service, for there were certainly no such enlistments in the Line. This payment proves, I should suppose, that Corwin was not
a deserter; for in such case there would have been no balance due to him. I can, if required show a great number of cases from the public records where like small sums were paid, or remained due to soldiers who served for years in the Line.

2nd Richard Corwin has always asserted that he served from 1777 to 1780. His name, (you inform me) is found upon the New Jersey Rolls of April 1777. This corresponds with his statement to the letter. He enlisted in New Jersey in the spring of 1777 & was then transferred into Col Craigs Regt. Pa. Line. I send you a muster Pay roll of Col Craigs Company for April 1780 upon which his name also appears. Now in the absence of records, must it be denied to him that he served as he states from 1777 to 1780 when all attainable evidence, so fully & exactly correspond with his
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statements? It will appear from the said Master Roll of April 1780 that Richard Curran was one of he Regular Continental Soldiers.  If he had been a months man, he would have been so entered upon the roll, but in the space left for such explanation, no such entry is made.
   In conclusion I will simply add that Mr Corwin is a very [uthy] citizen, and has sustained an irreproachable character in a neighborhood where has has lived from youth to very old age. I consider it morally impossible that his statement should be otherwise than true + correct, for certainly all the evidence that exists fully corroborates it
I am for Very Respectfully Your Obt Servant Wm B Pierce
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Nov. 3, 1848
10
Recd Richard Corwin
Honl
J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
D. C
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Albany NY Oct 31 /45
Sir/
The records on file in the public offices at Harrisburgh Pa show nothing of the revolutionary service of Richard Corwin the applicant for pension under the Act of June 7 1832.  The auditor Genl in whose office those records are kept says it is well known at Washington, that the Pennsylvania Rolls of the Line are very imperfect, so much so that it is not necessary for him to certify to the fact. You will notice that all the evidence furnished strictly accords with Mr. Corwin's Declaration. He states that he first enlisted in 1777 into the New Jersey Line but was immediately after transferred into the Pa Line where he served until the year 1780. In your letter of July 7/45 you say his name is found in the New Jersey Line of March + omitted in June 1777. I furnished an informal muster Roll wherein his name appeared in the Pa Line Col Craigs Regt in 1780. He says he served from 1777 to 1780 in said Regt.
In view of these facts in your letter of July 7th you observed that "Mr Corwin may possibly be able to make such an explanation as will satisfy all doubt in his case." Feeling assured that his claim was a just one and encouraged by your letter
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that his statement if satisfactory would be received in support of his claim. I obtained said  statement at considerable trouble & expense. It was as I thought full & conclusive, but if imperfect it might be amended
I would request that the proofs filed may be
examined in view of his statement obtained pursuant to you requirements. The proofs as far as they go show that his declaration is correct such, that he enlisted into the New Jersey Line in the spring of 1777 was transferred to the Pa line Colonel
Craig where he served 3 years or until 1780
I am for
Very Respectfully
Your Obt Servant
Wm B Pierce
Hon J L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
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Richard Corwin
Applicant for pension 
Act June 7, 1832
Papers Supplemental

Agmt Wm B. Pierce Albany NY.
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State of New York Suffolk County}ss Luther King - of the town of Riverhead in said County aged seventy two years, being duly sworn, deposeth + saith that he is acquainted with Richard Corwin or as he is called Currin and has been acquainted with him for sixty years last passed during which time he has resided in said county, That from Deponents earliest acquaintance with said Corwin he has always understood + believed that said Corwin was a Continental Soldier of the United States during the war of the Revolution, and that he has always been recognized as such in the neighborhood where he resides. Luther King
Subscribed + sworn this ninth day of 
December 1845 before me + I certify that said Luther King a pensioner is a credible witness
Nathan Corwin Justice of the Peace
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State of New York
Suffolk County ⎬ ss

Zadok Aldrich
Town of
Riverhead in said
County aged Eighty
with
years, being duly sworn deposeth & saith
that he is acquainted with Richard Corwin (or as he is called Currin) and has been acquainted with him for seventy
years last passed during which time they have both resided in said County of Suffolk. That from Deponents earliest acquaintance with said to Corwin he has always understood & believed that said Corwin had been
a Continental soldier of the United States during the War of the Revolution & that he has always been recognized as such in the neighborhood where he has resided. and this deponent further say. he has heard Corwin
say he was in the army and well remembers the time he was gone from home and that
his parents expected he was killed in the army also well remembers the time of his return to his home to the great joy of his mother + friends which had given him up to dead. Nathan [his mark] Aldrich
Subscribed & sworn this ninth day of
December 1845 before me & I certify
that Zadok Aldrich is a credible witness Nathan Corwin Justice of the Peace }
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In  the above matter
[illeg] Temperance Horten
of the Town Road in said
County aged seventy three years, being duly
sworn deposeth & saith that he is acquainted with Richard Corwin (or as he is called Currin
and has been acquainted with him for fifty years last passed, during which time they have both resided in said County of Suffolk. That from Deponents earliest acquaintance with said Corwin, he has always understood & believed that said Corwin had been a Continental Soldier of the United States during the war of the Revolution & that he has always been recognized as such in the neighborhood where has resided
Temprance Horton Subscribed
& sworn this ninth day of December 1845 before me & I certify that
Temperance Horton is a credible
witness
Nathan Corwin Justice of the Peace
witness Nathan Corwin Justice of the Peace
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SUFFOLK COUNTY,
STATE OF NEW YORK, } SS. Samuel Case  of Town Riverhead in said County aged Seventy five years, being duly sworn deposeth & saith that he is acquainted with Richard Corwin (or, as he is called Currin) and has been acquainted with him for fifty years last passed, during which time they have both resided in said County of Suffolk. That from Deponents earliest acquaintance with said Corwin he has always
understood & believed that said Corwin had been a Continental soldier of the United States during the war of the Revolution & that he has always been recognized as such in the neighborhood where he has resided
Samuel Case

Subscribed & sworn this [ninth' crossed out] day of December 1845 before me & I certify that said Samuel Case yeon. is a credible witness.
Nathan Corwin Justice of the Peace

In the above matter. SS.
Abraham Luce Town of Riverhead in said
County aged Eighty two years, being duly sworn deposeth & saith that he is acquainted with Richard Corwin (or as he is called Currin) and
has been acquainted with him for seventy or more years last passed during which time they have both resided in said County of Suffolk.
That from Deponents earliest acquaintance with said Corwin he has always understood & believed that said Corwin had been a Continental Soldier of the United States during the war of the Revolution & that he has always been recognized as such in the neighborhood where he has resided.
                 his
Abraham   X    Luce
               mark

Subscribed & sworn this ninth day of December 1845 before me. & I certify that said Abraham Luce yeon. is a credible witness
Nathan Corwin Justice of the Peace
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SUFFOLK COUNTY,
STATE OF NEW YORK,   } SS.
I, J. Wickham Case, Clerk of the County of Suffolk, Do Hereby Certify that Nathan Corwin
whose name is subscribed to the certificate of the proof or acknowledgement of the annexed instrument and thereon written, was at the time of taking such proof or acknowledgement, a Justice of the Peace for said County, residing in the said County, commissioned and sworn and duly authorized to take the same. And further that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of such Justice and verily believe that the
signature to the said certificate of proof or acknowledgement is genuine.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said County, the 10th day of December 1845 --
J. Wickham Case Clerk.
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No, 27 Beckman St
New York April 2nd 1847

Sir

I have the honor to enclose to you a certificate
of the Auditor General of Pennsylvania for payment made to Richard Corwin for service in the Penna line during the war of the Revolution.

By reference to the declaration on file in the case of Richard Corwin presented by me several years ago it will appear that this service in the Penna line corresponds with his statement therein. The Certificate of the Hon.
Mr. Strong is also on file showing that the name "Corwin" is pronounced as if spelled "Curren" which will account for the misentry in the books of the Auditor General-

This claim I truly believe is a just one.  The
records of Pennsylvania being incomplete I respectfully ask that Mr Corwin be allowed the benefit of the proof which may exist at Washington.  He is a very poor man and a 
Pension even at the lowest rate would be gladly 
received.  The service being in the line of the Army certainly indicates that he served for a longer period than six months and that he was honorably discharged is shown by the Certificate enclosed which bears date after the close of the War, and which is for the balance of a settlement to January 11th 1781. This service was in the 8th Regt 1780 as also appears therein.

I have the honor to be
in very Respectfully
Your Obt. Servant
Charles D Lewis

J.L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
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Honl. J.L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
D.C.
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Dec. 18, 1848,

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Rd. Corwin
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