Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 28694, Levi Cole, Conn.
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SERVICE
Conn.

Cole, Levi
or
Coll

NUMBER
S. 28694
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30798. Albany, N. Y.
Levi Cole
of Ticonderoga in the State of New York
who was a private in the Company commanded 
by Captain Matthews of the regiment commanded
by Col. Swift in the Connecticut
line for 6 months.
Inscribed on the Roll of the Albany Agency
at the rate of 20 Dollars 00 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 16 day of August
1836, and sent to E
Pierson Esq, Ticonderoga N.Y.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1836   $100.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sep '36  10.00
[line]
$110.00
{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act June 7, 1832}
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk,
Book E.2. Vol. 4 Page 11

Paid at the Treasury under
the Act of the 6 April 1838
from 4 March to 4 Sept 1837.
Agent notified 7th Nov 1838
Paid at the Treasury under
the Act of the 6 April
1838 from 4 Sept 1837 to
4 March 1838. Agent has
notified 5 Dec 1838.
Let to A L Lynde
May 5 '47
to same June 30 '49.
A J Lyme Apl 16 49,
to M. T. Clough Mar 15/50
[add]ress'g right of heirs to B Land
Date of death not on A B
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Declaration of Levi Coll
In order to obtain the benefit of the act
of Congress passed June 7th AD 1832.
State of New York
Essex County SS
Personally appeared
in Open Court on this 26th day of September AD 1832 before the
Judges of the County Court of said Essex
County now sitting Levi Coll a resident of the town
of Westport in the County of Essex and State of New York
aged eighty (June 8th AD 1832) 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
act of Congress passed June the 7th AD 1832
That he entered the service of the United States under
the following named officers and served as herein after
stated the said Levi Coll was born in Watertown formerly
called Westbury in the County of Litchfield in Connecticut
State AD 1752 & there recorded in the Town Book
& entered the service of the Revolution under Stephen
Mathews Captain & Colonel Sm[illegible] 
Dan Walton first Lieutenant Amos Hecok General
Water Berry commanded the Brigade untill taken
prisoner on Lake Champlain then the command
was taken by General Gate, entered the service
the first of April AD 1776 a Volunteer &
served eight month & received a discharge which
was stolen with a chest of food & some clothing & not
found by this deponant this enlistment was in the said Watertown
& travailed from there to Benington & from Benington
to Sheensborough now Whitehall in the State of New York
& from Sheensborough to Fort Independence where he
remained untill discharged.
Next volunteered in the Unitd States service at Watertown
aforesaid about the tenth of June 1771 & marched to Fishkill in the State of
New York from there marched up the Hudson River
to Red Hook at the same time the British fleet was going
up the River haveing entered for three months in Captain
Joseph Gunngey company Amos Hekok Lieutenant
the colonels name not recollected &
was dismissed after the taking of Burgine without any
regular discharge the third time volunteered

[marginal note] COLE, LEVI
(CONN.)
S-28694
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in the aforesaid Water[crossed out: town]berry in September
AD 1778 for three months in Capt. Guarzey
company Richard & Hecock Lieutenant,
Major Baldwin took the command & marched
through [illegible]town to Danberry Served half a
month & dismissed subject to being called again
any time within the three months engagement
this deponent was not in any Battle but was out
at various other times not before mentioned
for a few days at a time
This deponant lived in Water[crossed out: town]berry serving
the Revolution from there moved to Woodbury
in Connecticut from there moved to Waybridge
in Addison County Vermont from there to
Brandon in said Addison County from there
to Pitsford Rutland County Vermont from
there to Westport in Essex County New York
from there to Ticonderoga from there back
to Westport aforesaid & have remained in
said Westport for about twelve years, last
past where he now lives. Gideon Hammond
David Chandler & John Chandler are
persons known to this deponent & who will
know as to his being a person of Truth & Veracity
and may have an opinion in regard to his services
in the Revolution. The Discharge above named
was given by General Gates the following
men served with this deponent Joel Judd
Titus Dutton Sergeant Major Justis Dayton
Jonathan Roberts Gideon Roberts Elihu
Roberts Zadock Seymour John Farchilds &
others this deponent further saith that he has
made diligent search for witness to prove his service
but he found no one living within his knowledge that can
testify to that fact he further saith that from and
after the above named service the stood enlisted
as a minit man & was regularly enrolled for that purpose 
and was called out at various times once at  [illegible]
[illegible] Connecticut on Danberry and at
some other times, not now recollected where.
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Questions asked by the court
1st Where and in what year were you born
I was born in Waterberry formerly called Westberry
in Litchfield in the State of Connecticut AD 1752
on the eight day of June
2 Have you any record of your age & if so where is it
My name was recorded in Waterberry aforesaid
3 Where were you living when called into service.
Where have you lived since the Revolutionary War
and where do you now live
When called into service I lived in the aforesaid
Waterberry & since the revolution I have lived at Woodberry
in Connecticut in Waybridge in Vermont & in Brandon
in Pitsford Rutland County Vermont & in Ticonderoga
in New York from there to Westport where
I now live
4 How were you called into service were you drafted
did you volunteer or were you a substitute
I volunteered all together
5 State the names of some of the Regular Officers
who were with the troops when you served
Such continental and Miilitia regiments as you can
recollect and the general circumstances of
your service
I recollect Lieutenant Amos Hikok a militia officer Stephen
Mathews Captain Dan Walton Lieutenant
Ensign [illegible] in the service at Mount
Independence Colonel Swift those were all
militia officers
Samuel Beach major }
Pemberton major }
General Gates }
Continental officers
I helped build  a bridge at Ticonderoga
& helped build a [illegible] at Fort at Sheensborough
wagon guard nearly three times a week
[illegible] nights & on fatigue a day
Did you ever receive a discharge from the service
[illegible] and what became
of it
I received a discharge signed by General Gates
which was stolen with some other things & not found
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State the names of persons to whom you are
known in your present neighbourhood
and who can testify as to your character
for veracity and their belief of your services
as a soldier of the revolution.
Levi Frisbie David Chandler Hiram Chase
a Clergyman Gideon Hammond Esq Jesse Braman
Charles Fisher Simpson Goodspeed & others
Levi Coll

Sworn & subscribed this 26th day of
September 1802 in Open Court
Leonard Stow Clerk of the County of Essex
& Clerk of the Court of Com. Plea of said Court SS

We Levi Frisbie of Westport Essex County
and State of New York and Jesse Braman 
of Westport aforesaid hereby certify that we are well
acquainted with Levi Coll who has subscribed 
and sworn to the above declaration that we believe 
him to be about eighty years of age that he is
reputed and believed in the neighbourhood
where he resides to have been a soldier of the
Revolution and that we concur in that opinion.
Jesse Braman
Levi Frisbie

Sworn & Subscribed this 26 day of September
1802 in Open Court
Leonard Stow Clerk of the
County of Essex & Clerk of the Court of
Common Pleas of said County SS

We Asa Post of Elizabethtown Essex County
and State of New York & Jeremiah H Holcomb of Lewis in
Essex County aforesaid hereby certify that we are well acquainted
with Levi Frisbie & Jesse Braman who have subscribed
the above certificate and sworn to the same we certify that
they are men of good character as to truth and veracity
Asa Post
J. H. Holcomb

Sworn & subscribed this 26 day of September
1802 in the Open Court
L. Stow Clerk of the
County of Essex & Clerk of the
Court of Common Pleas of said County 

And the said Court do declare their opinion after the investigation of the
matter and after putting the interrogatories 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 Jesse Braman &
Levi Frisbie who has signed the first above certificate are residents in the town
of Westport and are creditable persons and that their statement entitled
to credit.
Leonard Stow
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We Hiram Chase a Clergyman residing 
in the town of Westport and Levi Frisbie
in the same hereby certify that we are
well acquainted with Levi Coll who has
subscribed and sworn to the above declaration;
that we believe him to be about eighty
years of age; that he is reputed and
believed in the neighborhood where he
resides to have been a soldier of the
Revolution and that we concur in the
opinion.
Hiram Chase
Levi Frisbie

Subscribed and sworn
before me at Westport
this first day of June 1833
John H Low Justice of the Peace

I John H Low a Justice of the Peace of Westport
in the County of Essex do hereby certify
that Hiram Chase one of the above subscribing
witnesses is a person to me well known is a
Clergyman and also certify that Levi Frisbie
one of the above subscribing witnesses is a
person to me well known and a man of good
standing as to truth and veracity.
John H Low Justice of the Peace

[marginal note]
1 - 8 months
2 - 3 m
3 - 15 days
4 - 6 month
[line]
17 1/2 months
[end of marginal note]

Personally appeared before me the undersigned
a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Essex
Levi Coll a man well known to me who being 
sworn deposeth and saith that by reasons of old age
and the consequent loss of memory he cannot
swear positively as to the precise length of time of his service
but according to the best of his recollection he served
not less than the period mentioned below and in the
following grades 1st for eight months 2d three months
3d half a month 4th at a great variety of times, a few days
at a time at least six months the whole time as a soldier
and for such service I claim a pention but I cannot
find any man now living that can swear to my active
service.
Levi Coll

Subscribed and sworn before me at
Westport this 1st day of June 1833 John H Low Justice of the Peace
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COLE, LEVI
(CONN.)
S-28694

State of New York
Essex County SS
I hereby certify that John
H Low who certifyed that
Levi Coll the foregoing applicant subscribed &
sworn to the foregoing affidavid and als swore
Hiram Chase & Levi Frisbie was at the time
of administering said oath a Justice of the Pease
duly qualifyed according to Law in and for
the said County of Essex and I also certify that the
certificate hereunto annexed by Leonard Stow Clerk is his
proper signature. I also certify that I am well
acquainted with the hand writing of the said John
H Low which signature is his proper hand
writing.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and seal of office at Elizabeth this
4th day of June 1838.
Jeremiah Morse Dep Clerk
of the County of Essex
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Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County
of Essex do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the
original proceeding of the said court in the matter of
the application of Levi Coll for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and seal of office this 27th day
of September AD 1832
Leonard Stow Clerk of Essex
Com Pleas
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
Pension Office,
March
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has
been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of
your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and
the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed,
before a pension can be allowed. the notes and the regulations will shew what is
necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed,
you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }).
You will, when
you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and
you will, by compling with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your
claim.

A Statement, shewing the service of Levi Cole
[table]
[column 1]
Period when the service was rendered.
Apl 1776
1777
1778

[column 2]
Duration of the claimant's service.
Years | Months | Days
-- | 8 | --
[blank] | 3 | --
-- | 1 | --

[column 3] 
Rank of the claimant.
Private
"
"

[column 4]
Name and rank of the Field officers under whom he served.
Col Swift & Capt Mathews
Col Swift Capt Guernsey
Same

[column 5]
Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service.
[blank]

[column 6]
Proof by which the declaration is supported.
[blank]
[end of table]

I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant
JAMES L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

[handwritten]
x If Col Swift was not of the Continental 
line, proof of the service in question may be obtained by applying
to Elisha Phelps Comptroller of the State of Connecticut. If of the
Continental line, the proof indicated under now js will be required
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2

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers, all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
The Regular Troops.
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.
4. Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, mucicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.

DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of County of [blank]} ss.

On this [blank] day of [blank] personally appeared (a) before [blank] A. B. a resident (b) of [blank] in the county of [blank] and State, Territory or District of [blank] aged (c) [blank] 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 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) [blank], with [blank] and served in the (e) regiment of the [blank] line, under the following named officers:

[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served
under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the
town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged,
and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons
who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]

He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he
declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of
the Agency in the State of [blank] 
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.

(And then will follow the certificate of the Court.)
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary
soldier, and served as he states.

I [blank] of the Court of [blank] do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of [blank] for a pension.\
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of[blank] & c.

If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the [blank] and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with [blank] who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be
years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier
of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
(And then will follow the certificate of the Court.)
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories 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 A.B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the [blank] and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the
and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, [blank] Clerk of the Court of [blank] do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of [blank] for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this [blank] day of [blank] & c.

Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration,(l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his
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June 17, 1931
Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
AWF: MLB

Mrs. H. I. Rudolph
548 Sixth Street
Bremerton, Washington
Dear Madam:
You are advised that it appears from the papers in the
Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 28691, that Levi Coll
(pensioned Cole), the son of Captain Thomas Coll, of Waterbury,
Connecticut, was born June 8, 1752, in Westbury (later called
Watertown), Litchfield County, Connecticut.
While residing in Westbury, he enlisted and served as private
with the Connecticut troops, as follows: from April 1, 1776,
eight months in Captain Stephen Matthews' company, Colonel
Heman Swift's regiment; from October 10 or 11, 1777, three
months in Captain Joseph Guernsey's company; from August 1, 1778,
fifteen days in Captain Joseph Guernsey's company, Colonel
Baldwin's regiment; in July, 1779, eight days in Captain Joseph
Guernsey's company. He served at various times as a minuteman.
After the Revolution he lived in Woodbury, Connecticut,
Weybridge, Vermont, Brandon, Vermont, Pittsford, Vermont, and
Ticonderoga, New York.
He was allowed pension on his application executed September
26, 1832, at which time he was living in Westbury, Essex County,
New York.
The soldier had three sons living in Westbury, New York,
in 1835; their names are not stated.
Very truly yours
E. W. MORGAN
Acting Commissioner
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June 17, 1931
Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
ANF: MLB

Mrs. H. I. Rudolph
548 Sixth Street
Bremerton, Washington
Dear Madam:
You are advised that it appears from the papers in the
Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 28691, that Levi Coll
(pensioned Cole), the son of Captain Thomas Coll, of Waterbury,
Connecticut, was born June 8, 1752, in Westbury (later called
Watertown), Litchfield County, Connecticut.
While residing in Westbury, he enlisted and served as private
with the Connecticut troops, as follows: from April 1, 1776,
eight months in Captain Stephen Matthews' company, Colonel
Heman Swift's regiment; from October 10 or 11, 1777, three
months in Captain Joseph Guernsey's company; from August 1, 1778,
fifteen days in Captain Joseph Guernsey's company, Colonel
Baldwin's regiment; in July, 1779, eight days in Captain Joseph
Guernsey's company. He served at various times as a minuteman.
After the Revolution he lived in Woodbury, Connecticut,
Weybridge, Vermont, Brandon, Vermont, Pittsford, Vermont, and
Ticonderoga, New York.
He was allowed pension on his application executed September
26, 1832, at which time he was living in Westbury, Essex County,
New York.
The soldier had three sons living in Westbury, New York,
in 1836; their names are not stated.
Very truly yours
E. W. MORGAN
Acting Commissioner
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O. W. and N. Division.
3-525.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.
Conn 28694 
In reply to your request of [blank], received [blank]
for a statement of the military history of Levi Coll
dier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired
firmation as contained in his ([crossed out: or his widow's]) application for pension
onfile in this Bureau.
[note] pensioned as Cole

[table]
[column 1]
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.
Apr. 1, 1776
Oct. 9, 1777
August 1778
July 1779. Served at various times as Minuteman

[column 2]
LENGTH OF SERVICE.
8 mos.
3 mos.
15 das.
8 das.

[column 3]
RANK.
Pvt.
"
"
"

[column 4]
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
Stephen Matthews
Joseph Guernsey
Joseph Guernsey
Joseph Guernsey
COLONEL.
Heman Swift
[erased: Swift]
Baldwin
[crossed out: Swift]

[column 5]
STATE.
Conn.
"
"
"
[end of table]

Battles engaged in, [check mark]
Residence at date of application , Westbury (later called Watertown) Litchfield Co., Conn
Date of application for pension, Sept. 26, 1832 - Cl al.
Residence at date of application , Westport, Essex Co. NY.
Age at date of application, B. Westbury, Conn. June 8, 1752.
Remarks: He was the son of Thomas Coll of Waterbury, New Haven Co. Conn.
Soldier moved to Westport, N.Y. from Ticonderoga about 1820.
Three sons lived in Westport, NY in 1835- names not stated
After Rev crossed out: lived] Woodberry, Conn. to Waybridge Vt
Brandon to Pitssford Vt to Ti tser back
1.4
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed
June 7.1832
State of New York
County of Essex SS
On this sixteenth day of January A.D. 1834
personally appeared in open court before the Judges of the Essex
Court Common Pleas now sitting Levi Cole a resident of the
town of Westport in the said County of Essex & State aforesaid
aged eighty one 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 Act of Congress passed June 7, 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following
named officers & served as herein stated.
He entered into service under Colonel Swift, Captain Stephen
Mathews, first Lieutenant Daniel Walton, second Lieutenant Amos
Heacocks. he enlisted as a private in the town of Westbury now
Watertown in the county of Litchfield & State of Connecticut on the
first of April 1776 from there he marched through Litchfield,
Goshen & Canon to Bennington Vermont & was stationed there
a few days & then marched to Skeensborough now White Hall
and remained there five or six weeks & then marched to
Mount Independence & assisted in making a bridge to
Ticonderoga and the Lake (Champlain) & was stationed
at the last mentioned place until the first day of December
following having served the full term of eight months as a
private & which he enlisted & was then & there honorably
discharged by writing signed by General Gates which said
discharge was stolen.
He enlisted a second time as a private on the 11th of October
1777 for three months. his officers were Col. Swift Capt. Joseph 
Guernsey, Amos Heacock first Lieut. & Benjamin Richard
Second Lieut. & marched through New Milford & Dover to Fishkill
in the State of New York on the Bank of Hudson was then
marched up the river & made one that et c. mem on board the
British fleet & then marched on to Redhook. Stayed there a few
days & returned again to Fishkill & near there dismissed on or near
the 11th of January next after having served not less than three months
but had no written discharge.
He enlisted the third time as a private on the first of August 1778.
Officers were Col. Swift, Major Baldwin & Capt. Guernsey. He
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mustered at Major Baldwin's house & marched thence to Danbury Connecticut
stayed there about two weeks ready to march in any
direction his country should order & from there he returned home
having been absent from home one month & was on duty not
less than fifteen days he [illegible] at home on the first of September
having been dismissed without any written discharge.
He who entered on the service a fourth time in the summer of 1779
[blank] offcers were Capt Joseph Guernsey Col Swift
Lieut Richards [blank]
He marched to Newhaven Connecticut & was there at the time of the
battle. he was not in the battle being left in reserve & was not
called to assist in the battle but was called to assist in burying the
dead & remove the wounded. he left this service without
a written discharge having served not less than 8 days.

Questions proposed to the applicant by the Court &
his answers thereto.
1. Where & in what year were you born?
In Westbury now Watertown Litchfield County Connecticut
on the 8th day of June 1752
2. Have you any record of your age, if so where is it?
His name & birth recorded in the town of Waterbury
Litchfield County Connecticut.
3. Where were you living when called into service, when, where you
have lived the revolutionary war & where do you now l ive?
He was living in Waterbury aforesaid since the Revolutionary
war he has resided in Brandon Vermont & Weybridge &
Pittsford of same state also in Ticonderoga New York
& from that place he moved to Westport in Essex County
N.Y. where he now resides.
4. How were you called into service?
He enlisted the three first terms & the other time he
volunteered.
5. State the names of some of the regular officers who were
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with the troops when you served with Contential & Militia
Regiments as you can recollect & the general circumstances of your
service.
Gen. Gates commanded at Ticonderoga when he was helping
build a bridge and Lake Champlain. he knew Major
Pendleton & continental officers. Col. Swift Major Baldwin
then officers of the Militia that he served under. He recollects
also the other officers mentioned in his sworn declaration.
6. Did you ever receive a written discharge?
He received only one which was from his first term of
service, which was stolen from him & he has never been
able to find the same, though he has made diligent
search for it.
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in
your present neighborhood & who can testify as to your
character for veracity & their belief of your service as a
soldier of the Revolution.
Levi Frisbie Simpson Goodspeed Alonso Burber
Hezekiah Burber Joseph Stary & William Stary

From old age & the consequent loss of memory he cannot state precisely the length of his terms
of service but according to the best of his recollection he served
as a private not less than the periods above stated to wit: his
first term he served the full term of eight months. in his second
term three months, in his third term [blank]
in his fourth term [blank] for each service he claims
a pensin. During all of the above terms he was either in field
or garrison & was not employed in any civil pursuit.
He has made diligent & frequent [illegible] by letters &
other wise for some witnesses who could testify to his services but
has not been able to find any & he knows of no person who can
testify to his services as a soldier of the Revolution. neither has he
any documentary evidence of the same.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to any pension or
annuity except the present & declares that his name is not
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on the Pension Roll of the agency of any state
Levi Coll
Sworn to & subscribed the
day & year aforesaid in Open Court before me
Edwd S. Cuyler Clerk

We Isaac Sawyer a clergyman residing in the town of
Westport & John H. Low of the town of Lewis & 15 days since a
resident of the said town of Westport hereby certify that we are well
acquainted with Levi Coll who has subscribed & sworn to the above
declaration that we believe him to be eighty one years of age
that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides
to have been a soldier of the Revolution & that we concur in
that opinion.
Isaac Sawyer
John H Low

Sworn & subscribed the
day & year aforesaid in Open Court
before me
Edwd S Cuyler Clerk

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the 
investigation of the matter & after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War
department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier
& served as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to
them that Isaac Sawyer who has signed the preceding certificate
is a clergyman resident in the town of Westport aforesaid & that John H.
Law who has also signed the same is a resident in the town of Lewis & that 15 days since he resided in said Westport & is a credible person &
that their statement is entitled to credit.
Edward S Cuyler Clerk
the Court of Common Please of the said County of Essex &c hereby certify that
the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the
application of Levi Coll for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand & seal of office this 16th day of January
AD 1834
Edwd S. Cuyler Clerk
Page 19

N York 29.605
Levi Coll
[crossed out: Suspended]
Letter to E. Pearson Esq
July 21. 1836
GM
Page 20

New York
Levi Coll
Suspended
Letter to
E. Pierson
16 May 1834
to same Nov. 29 '34
Hon R Whitton
Feb. 21, 1835
Act 7. June 1832
Page 21

Revy
28694
INVALID.
File No. 28694
Levi Cole
Prv Rev War
Act: June 7" 32"
Index: --Vol. 2, Page 81
(Arrangement of 1870.)

1911. Mar. 15. Hist to G. W. Miller, M.D.
1931 - June 17 - Hist to Mrs H. J. Rudolph  AWF
Page 22

Treasury Department,
Second Comptroller's Office,
Nov. 2. 1838
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An
act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain
Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury
of the United States," Levi Coll
a Pensioner on the Roll of the Albany N.Y Agency, at
the rate of Twenty Dollars [crossed out: and Cents]
per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832 has
been paid at this Department, from the 4 of March 1837
Respectfully, yours,
Albion K. Parris
Comptroller.

To the Commissioner of Pensions
Present.
Page 23

Ticonderoga March 11 1850
Dr Sr
Levi Coll of Westport in this State
Essex Co. drew a Pension of about
$20 per year but never had any
Land. Is he not entitled to
Land?
And so of Elizabeth Moses, widow of
Shubal Moses. She drew a Pension
for the services of her husband
Are not their heirs entitled
to Land?
Yours Truly,
M. T. Clough

Hon. J. S. Edwards
Comm. of Pensions
Page 24

Treasury Department
Second Comptroller's Office,
November 30, 1838
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An
act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain
Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury
of the United States," Levi Coll
a Pensioner on the Roll of the Albany, N.Y. Agency, at
the rate of twenty Dollars and [blank] Cents
per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832, has
been paid at this Department, from the 4th of Sept. 1837
to the 4th March1838
Respectfully, yours,
Albion K. Parris
Comptroller.

To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.
Page 25

Levi Coll

Ticonderoga
NY Sept 1

N.Y. Sept.

J. L. Edwards Esq
Com. of Pensions
Washington City
D.C.
Page 26

Ticonderoga Sept. 1. 1834
Sir
You wrote me May 16 last that the
case of Levi Coll was suspended & the papers
on file. You stated that the claim to service
in Col Swifts regiment [underlined] after 1776 should be
sustained by the affs. of two credible witnesses.
Mr Coll has been trying to find them but has
thus far been unable to procure them. he
has therefore consented to accept a certificate for
the 8 months service which he performed in the
year 1776. I supposed that you required evidence
respecting the service after the year 76 only.
Please therefore enclose certificate to me.
Yours very respectfully
E. Pearson

J. L. Edwards Esq
Page 27

Levi Colls
application for
a Pension
29.605
1st term alleged - 8 mo
Comptr certificate that
the corps authorized in
June to serve to /lld. 5. mo
Page 28

July 21
NY
Port Y Enny
July 16
free

J. L. Edwards Esq
Com. of Pensions
City of Washington
D.C.
Page 29

Moriah July 15 1886
Sir
I herein enclose an affidavit of Mr. Joseph Fairchild for
the purpose of substantiating the clam of Mr. Levi Coll
to a pension. His papers are on file in your office including his
declaration one or two affidavits &c.
Mr Coll has been to much trouble & expense
in the business or rather his friends for him. For he is
visibly poor and decrepit. If charity has anything to do in
cases of this kind I really hope you will extend it to Mr. Coll.
Though we now suppose with confidence that his claim
will be allowed. We can produce the testimony of those
who have long been acquainted with him to know
that he has always made his revolutionary services &
trials & labors a matter of conversation & various particulars.
He no doubt desires no one doubt he desires a pension
if you knew him you would say so. I however must
leave his case to you trusting you will decide for him.
Yours very respectfully,
E. Pearson

J. L. Edwards Esq
Page 30

Levi Coll
NY

Aug. 4

Fast Hamp
July 29

[crossed out: 18 3/4]

Geo Wm Crump Esq
Acting Commissioner of Pensions
City of Washington D.C.
Page 31

Moriah July 29 1836
Sir
Yours of the 21st is received saying "Mr Levi Coll
will be allowed a pension for six months service
when the evidence now produced" but suggesting
that if he asks for more that from further evidence must
be produced.
On consulting with Mr. Colls friend who
have talked with him it is thought best to
take what is allowed. He probably will be wholly
unable to prove his other terms. He has already been
to much trouble & expense. You will please
therefore send his certificate for the pension allowed.
Yours truly,
E. Pearson

George W Crumb Esq
Page 32

Ticonderoga
Sept 15 N.Y.

Levi Cole

Rec Sept 22 1834
BMC

J. L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
City of Washington D.C.
Page 33

Ticonderoga Sept. 15 1834
Sir
Mr Cole has read the enclosed off. issue.
I wrote to you last Aug unexpectedly. I send
it forthwith. His name is spelt "Cole" instead of
"Coll". It may be so spelt on the rolls & therefore
overlooked. It is spelt by different individuals
differently. This off. means the first term only.
You will have to reject the rest of claim & send a
certificate for that term.
Yours very respectfully
E. Pearson

J. Sl. Edwards Esq
Page 34

Ticonderoga N.Y.
Apl 23

New York
Returned
April 28 1884

J. L. Ed[wards Esq]
Co[mmissioner of Pensions]
Page 35

Ticonderoga April 23 1834
Dear Sir
I have sent to Conn & have provided Mr Philips
certificate slightly corroborative of Mr. Colls claim.
If it is sufficient you will of course allow it. If not, you
will you will let us know the worst. What must be
done to obtain a certificate.
Your obt
E. Pearson

J. L. Edwards Esq
Page 36

N.Y. Feb 17
Pension papers
[underlined] to be submitted
Levi Cole

Ticonderoga NY
Feby 9th

free

Hon. Reuben Whallon
Member of Congress
Washington City D.C.

Hon. R. Whallon
Page 37

Tonderoga Feby 9 1835
Dear Sir
At the request of Mr. Levi Coll & his
friends as well as on my own suggestion I
send you some affidavits in a pension case -
Mr Colls application & one off. are in the Pension
office. I suppose that the objection is that Mr.
Colls name on the rolls is spelt "Cole" whereas in his
application it is spelt "Coll". Be pleased to
know his claim as far as proven & right
he is no doubt entitled. You may know him if
so you I can recommend his honesty.
great haste. the mail is going -
I am truly yours
E. Pearson

Hon. R. Whallon
Page 38

I Wells Stoddard of Watertown in Litchfield
County of lawful age do depose and say that in 
the Revolutionary War I served in a Company
in the United States service commanded by
Stephen Matthews as Captain. The Lieuts name was
Amos Hickson. The Regiment was commanded 
by Col. Herman Swift, Waterbury Brigade
in the same Company with me was a Private by
the name of Levi Cole who was the son of Capt. Thomas
Cole of Waterbury in New Haven County Connecticut.
The said Cole was with me in a Company
from the first of May 1776 to the first of
December following 1776. I understand the same
person now lives in West Port Essex County State of
New York. We marched from Waterbury what
was then Westbury Society to Skeensborough in
the State of New York now White Hall from thence
to Mount Independence where we remained
the greater part of the Tour. My own age is
seventy five years, and furthermore the Deponent
saith not.
State of Connecticut Litchfield County SS Watertown
August 18th 1834
Wells Stoddard

Litchfield County SS Watertown State of Connecticut
August 18th 1834. Personally appeared Wells Stoddard
of Watertown being well known to me as a man of respectability
and truth and being duly sworn made solemn
oath that the facts contained in the foregoing deposition
are correct & true.
Holbrook Curtis Justice of Peace
Page 39

I Frederick Woolcott, Clerk of the
County Court within & for the County of 
Litchfield in the State of Connecticut
certify that Holbrook Curtis now
is & for more than one year last past
hath been a Justice of the Peace for said
County legally commissioned & qualified
& that the signature to the within 
preceding certificate which purports
to be his is genuine.
Witness my hand & the seal
of the Court this first day
of September 1834.
Frederick Woolcott Clk
Page 40

It appears by the State records, that the
General Assembly of Connecticut at that session
in June 1776 ordered two battalions to be
raised to serve with the continental army
in the Northern department until the first
of December 1776; and appointed Heman
Swift Col. Joseph Starr L. Col. of one of them
& Stephen Matthews one of the Captains circle
Comptrollers Office
April 16th 1834

I Elisha Phelps Comptroller of Public Accounts
of the State of Connecticut, do certify that
it appears by the books of the Pay Table, that
the above regiment was in service, & the
expence thereof charged to the United States.
Among the items of this expence, is a charge
for the hospital expence of Capt. Matthews
$43.14.2. No roll of this regiment, or of any
company which belonged to it, has been found,
or evidence showing the duration of services.
Page 41

That two pay rolls of Capt. Joseph Guarnsey
company are charged upon the books of the
Pay Table to the United States under date Sept.
16th 1779; one for their service at New Haven,
& the other service at Horseneck. No roll of
either of these companies has been found, or
evidence showing when they served or how 
long.
And, that the pay roll of Capt. Joseph
Guernsey company, at West Point, in 1780, is
charged upon the books of the Pay Table to
the United States, & that no roll of his company
has been found, or evidence how long it served.
E. Phelps

[marginal note]
Elisha Phelps
Certificate
Page 42

Ethan Andrews
Affidavit

Hon. R Whallen
Page 43

I Ethan Andrews of Middlebury County
of Addison and State of Vermont of 
lawful age testify and say that I once
was acquainted with one Levi Cole during
the revolutionary war of Watertown in
the State of Connecticut now. I suppose
of Westport in the State of New York
and was acquainted with his father and
other connexions and I was in the United
States military service during said war
with one of his the said Levis connexions
I think he was cusin to his father and
he always was called [underlined] Cole and spelt his
name in the same was as before stated
And I further state that I never
knw of any of his connexions called
differently from [underlined] Cole and that they spelt
their names in the same way as far
as I can recollect and further say not.
Middlebury January 20th AD 1835
Ethan Andrews

State of Vermont
Addison County SS
The above affidavit of Ethan Andrews
was duly subscribed and sworn to before me
on the day and year above written.
Dorastus Wooster Justice of the Peace
Page 44

State of Vermont
Addison County SS
I Samuel Swift, Clerk of the County
Court for the said County of Addison do
hereby certify that Dorastus Wooster
before whom the written affidavit
of Ethan Andrews was made, was at the 
time and still is Justice of the peace for
said County, and his name subscribed
thereto is his own signature
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand
and affixed the seal of said Court this 31st day of January
A.D. 1835.
Saml Swift Clerk
Page 45

Barnabas Myrick of Westport Essex County
& State of New York after being duly sworn
according to Law
Deposeth and says that he is
well acquainted with Levi Coll of Westport
aforesaid a man not far from eighty years of
age and has been acquainted with said Levi
for more than five years last past and the
said Levi Coll has been called Cole & this deponent
wrote his name Cole on his book
when he first became acquainted with the
said Levi Coll and learned by him and
his sons that they spelt their names
Coll which is their uniform manner of
spelling their names & further this
Deponent saith not.
Barnabus Myrick

Sworn and subscribed this
fourth of February AD 1835
A. B. Mack
Com. of Deeds &c
Page 46

Charles Hatch of Westport Essex County
and State of New York being duly sworn
according to Law deposeth and says he is well
acquainted with Levi Coll of Westport aforesaid
and has been for more than twenty years last
past and that the said Levi has in conversation
uniformly been called Cole but has always spelt
his name Coll. He is in the opinion of this
deponent is more than eighty years of age he
has also three sons, living in Westport aforesaid
which is always called Cole but uniformly
spell their names Coll further this deponent
saith not.
Charles Hatch

Sworn and subscribed
before me this third day
of February AD 1835
A. B. Mack Com. of Deeds &c.
Page 47

State of New York
Essex County SS
I Edwards S Cuyler Clerk of the Court of Common pleas
in and for the County of Essex do hereby certify that Aaron B. Mack Esq
before whom the foregoing affidavits purports to have been taken is
Commissioner of Deeds in and for said County and duly commissioned
and qualified to take proof and administer oaths according to Law
and further that I am acquainted with the hand writing of said
Commissioner and verily believe his signature to the Jurats thereof to
be genuine.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and official
seal of office this 4th day of February 1835.
Edwd J Cuyler Clerk
Page 48

State of New York
Chenango County SS
I Joseph Fairchild of Coventry Chenango County
and State of New York aged Twenty Eight years
do solemnly affirm and declare that I was a 
Soldier in the revolutionary army in the year 1776 under
Colonel Heman Swift in Captain Stephen Matthews
Company Lieutenant Amos Hicock and Ensign Edward
Riggs and said deponent further declares that he was
personally acquainted with Levi Coll who was also a private
soldier in said Captain Stephen Matthews Company said
deponent and said Levi Coll went in said Company
together to Bennington and staid there one day from
thence to Skinesborough in the State aforesaid and
from thence to Ticonderoga and encamped at Mount
Independence in the State of Vermont said deponent
further declares that he left Derby in the State of Connecticut
in the forefront of the month of June in the year 1776
to join the Continental Troops went as far as Watertown
in Connecticut aforesaid where the aforesaid Levi Coll
joined him said deponent from thence said deponent
and said Levi Coll went together as above stated to
Bennington. Skinesborough, Ticonderoga and encamped
at Mount Independence and said Deponent and
said Levi Coll staid together encamped at Mount
Independence aforesaid until sometime in the
month of November 1776 when said deponent on account
of sickness was discharged and returned home and that
said Levi Coll as said deponent verily believes remained
in Camp with the rest of the Troops at said Mount
Independance after the discharge of said deponent 
and further said deponent saith not.
Joseph Fairchild

Subscribed and sworn
July 8th 1836 before me Z. Hutchinson Just Peace
Town of Coventry
Chenango County SS
I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with the above named Joseph
Fairchild and have been for the last sixteen
years past and that he is a man of truth and veracity. Witness my
hand
dated July 8th 1836
Z. Hutchinson Just Peace
Page 49

STATE OF NEW-YORK,
CHENANGO COUNTY
Clerk's Office, SS.
I PEREZ RANDALL, Clerk of the county
of Chenango, and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, in and
for the said county, do hereby certify, that Zenus
Hutchinson Esquire was on the 8th
day of July 1836 a Justice of the Peace, in and
for said county, duly commissioned and sworn, and that full faith
and credit are to be given to his acts in that capacity: And that I
am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice
and verily believe the signature to
the annexed Affidavit
to be his proper hand writing.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas
the said county, and subscribed my name this 9th day of July 836
P. Randall Clk
Page 50

Bremerton Wash.
May 6 31
Rev. & 1812 Sec
War Sec.
A.W.F.-M.L.B.
To Bureau of Pensions,
Dear sir,
In regards to
Levi Coll the data I can
give is that he was born in Connecticut his family was
at Ticonderoga N.Y. when his son James was born otherwise I
do not know, so that is what
I would like to know, if he was of Jewish descent, I know
his son married and his family
was Prespetherians I do not know
whether he was killed in the war
either so any information you
will give will be greatly appreciated
Mrs H. J. Rudolph
658 Sixth St. Bremerton Wash.
Page 51

[stamp]
ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE
Mar 8 1911
1755662
WAR DEPARTMENT

175562
WAR DEPARTMENT.
THE ADJUTANT GENERAL' S OFFICE.
WASHINGTON, March 8, 1911.
Respectfully returned to
Dr. G. W. Miller,
Friedman Building,
East Chicago, Indiana.
The name Levi Coll, or Cole, has
not been found on the rolls, on file
in this Department of any organization
of New York or Continental troops in
service in the War of the Revolution.
The collection of Revolutionary War
records in this Department is, however,
far from complete, and it is
suggested as a possibility that the
desired information can be obtained
from the Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.

S28691
Cole    H. Ainsworth
The Adjutant General.
Page 52

Friedman Bldg.
East Chicago, and
Mar 5, 1911.
Secretary of War,
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir: -
Will you give me all the facts you have concerning Levi
Coll or Cole,a Revolutionary soldier, who lived at Ticonderoga, N. Y.?
In what capacity did he serve, when enlisted etc?
Kindly give me his wifes name . etc
[arrow pointing to 'P.S.'] He was a pensioner and lived at Westport, N.Y. in 1840. [handwritten] lived with his son
Yours very truly,
G. W. Miller M.D.
[handwritten]
P.S. Census of Pensioners (p. 80)
of Rev. N.Y. Northern Dist.
Printed 1841. Returned by
Marshals of the several
judicial districts.
Pub. by Blair & Rives, Washington.