Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 45336, Cornelius Drake, N.C.
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE
New Jersey [very faint]
Drake, Cornelius
NUMBER
S. 45336
CONTENTS
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Duplicate Certificate issued
Sep. 10. 1836 and forwarded
Decr Lewis Condict Morristown
N Jersey
See letters to Agt. & Hon L.
Condict Sept. 30 1836 -

Died -

724
New Jersey Roll.
Cornelius Drake
Capt Dickinson
Private 4
New Jersey Line
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey
at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on
the 22 of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 27th of May 1818
and sent to Lewis Condict, Esqr.
Morristown, N. J.
Arrearages to 4th Septr. 1818
4 months 13/30 $35.46.
{Revolutionary claims,
Act 18th March, 1818,}
seven years
Rockaway Morris
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District of New-Jersey, Morris County, ss.
On this Thirteenth day of July 1824 personally appeared
in open Court, before the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas, holden at Morris-Town, in and for the county of Morris, in the term of July in the year aforesaid, (the said Court being a Court of Record, possessing a seal, proceeding according to the course of the common law, having a jurisdiction unlimited in point
of amount keeping record of its proceedings, and its judgments being removable by writ of error only ) Cornelius Drake aged Sixty nine years, and resident in said county, who being first duly affirmed according to law, doth, on his affirmation make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the acts of Congress of the 15th March, 1818 and the 1st of
May, 1820, that he the said Cornelius Drake he enlisted for the term of one year on February 14th 1776 in the Company commanded by Peter Dickerson in the 3d Jersey Regiment commanded by Colonel Elias Dayton
on the Continental Establishment that at the expiration of the year he enlisted again in the same Company and continued to serve untill the disbanding of the Army in 1783 that he was present at the affair of the short Hills in Essex County State of New Jersey in the year 1777 that he was engaged in the Battles of Brandywine, German town, and Monmouth and that he was present at the taking of Cornwallis at Yorktown and that he served in the Western Campaign in the year 1779 against the Indians under General Sullivan That his name has been placed on the pension list and droped therefrom on account of property
Affirm
And in pursuance of the act of the 1st of May, 1820, I do solemnly that I was a resident Citizen of the United States, on the 18th Day of March, 1818, and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or any manner,
disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts or debts, due to me;
nor have I any Income, other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed. as follows Viz. - 
2 Cows    1 Small wash Kettle
1 small hog   1 Tea Kittle
1 Old Waggon   1 Brass Kettle
1 Old plough   1 pr. Smoothing Irons
1 Looking Glass    Andirons shovel & Tongs
1 Corner Cupboard   4 Old Flower Barrels
2 Tables   2 Cider Barrels
2 old feather beds & bedding  1 large spinning wheel
2 Beadsteads    1Reel
6 Chairs    1 Flesh Barrel
4 Old Chairs
1 Large iron Kettle    1 Soap Tub
1 Small Iron Pot    small quantity of dishes
1 Old Chopping ax   2 Small pails
1 Small cedar wash Tub
This deponent hath no bonds, no notes or other securities for money due to him-- He has no house, but rents a small Tenement for which he is owing $10.00 being the half yearly rent - That he is owing the following sums as
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nearly as he can ascertain-- To Thomas Stought for rent
as aforesaid $10.00 - To Doct C.B. Woodruff about $5.00.
That he has a grandson & a Daughter from whom he
has received some little assistance. That his employment
is a farmer and he has hitherto been able to
lent a small place but that in Consequence of his
advanced age (he being sixty nine years and nearly
nine months old) the profits he is able to derive from
that pursuit has become entirely inadequate to his
maintenance -
Cornelius Drake
Declared to and affirmed
in open Court this
thirteenth day of July
A.D. 1824
David Mills Judge

I Zephaniah Drake Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common pleas for the County of Morris hereby certify that it appears to the satisfaction of the Court that the said Cornelius Drake did serve in the Revolutionary War, as stated in the preceding declaration against the Common enemy for the terms of nine months under one engagement, on the Continental Establishment. I also certify that the foregoing statement and the Schedule thereto annexed are truly copied
from the records of the said Court; and I do further Certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is Ninety Eight dollars and Eighty Seven Cents
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed the Seal of the
said Court on this thirteenth day of
July one thousand Eight hundred and
twenty four

Zephaniah Drake
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Cornelius Drake's
Correct DM
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State of New Jersey
Morris County ss.
Personally came before me Lewis Condict one of the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County of Morris, Cornelius Drake, who being duly sworn according to law, deposeth and saith, that he served in the American Revolutionary War under the Continental Establishment, against the common enemy; that he enlisted near Cook's Bridge, in the County of Essex, and State aforesaid, on the fourteenth day of February in the year seventeen hundred and seventy Six in Captain Peter Dickerson's Company, in the third Regiment of the Jersey line, commanded by Col. Elias Dayton, that he served in said Company and Regiment in the different stations of private, corporal, and sergeant, for the full term of seven years, three months, and twenty three days, without any intermission, when he was regularly and honorably discharged, at Newburgh, in the State of New York, on the sixth day of June, in the year seventeen hundred and eighty three; that during the said service, he was engaged in several battles, viz. at
the Short Hills, in Essex County, aforesaid at Staten Island
in the State of New York at Brandywine, in Pennsylvania
(at Germantown, in Penn) at Monmouth, in New Jersey in the Western Campaign, under Gen Sullivan against the Indians and at the Battle of York Town in Virginia, at the Capture of
Cornwallis army: that he sold his discharge about five
years after the war, to one William Taylor, who, this
Deponent believes, took it with him to the Gennessee Country; and that it cannot now be obtained.
This Deponent further saith that he now resides at
Rockaway, in the County of Morris aforesaid; that he is rising
sixty three years of age-- in reduced circumstances, and needs the assistance of his country for support; that he has
never heretofore received any pension from the Government
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of the United States, and prays to have his name place
on the Pension List under the act of Congress of the 18th
March, 1818.
Cornelius Drake
Sworn and subscribed before me
Morris Town the 22d day of
April, Dom: 1818.
Lewis Condict

State of New Jersey Morris County ss.
Personally came before me Lewis Condict one of the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas, in and for the said County of Morris, Ezekiel Stillwell, who being duly sworn according to law, deposeth and saith, that he is well acquainted with Cornelius Drake the person in the foregoing Deposition named; that he & said Drake were in the same Company for several years in the service of the United States in the Revolutionary War; and that the time and place set forth by the said Cornelius Drake in the said deposition, of his entering and leaving the said service are as this deponent believes, correct and true
his
Ezekiel x Stilwell
mark
Sworn and subscribed before me
Morris Town the 22 day
of April Doms 1818.
Luois Condict

N.B. The interlineation is the 6th line, of the words," & E. Drake was in the same Company", was made before administering the oath.
L. Condict

I, Lewis Condict, a Judge of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas for the County of Morris in the State of New Jersey, do hereby certify, that it appears to my satisfaction, that the said Cornelius Drake did serve in the Revolutionary war as stated in the foregoing Deposition, against the common enemy; and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony had and taken before me to these Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the act of Congress of the 18th March, Dom: 1818
Morris Town 22d April 1818
Lewis Condict
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State of New Jersey
County of Morriss
I Robert A. McCarter Clerk of the said
County of Morris, do certify, that Lewis
Condict Esquire before whom the foregoing affidavits are made, is and was, at the doing thereof duly enrolled one of the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Morris, and that full faith and credit is due and ought to be given to his official acts as such.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto
subscribed my name and affixed the seal
of the said County, the second day of May
AD. Eighteen hundred and eighteen.
Robert H. McCarter
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State of New Jersey, Morris County:
On this 11th day of September 1837 before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the peace for the said County of Morris, personally appeared Cornelius Drake, who on
his oath declares, that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captains Dickerson & Ballard, in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Dayton, 3d Jersey Regt. in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the pension roll of the State of New Jersey, from whence he has lately removed; that he now resides in the State of New York, County of Monroe, where his children live, & where he intends to remain, & wishes his pension to be there payable in future.-
The following are his reasons for removing from Morris
County New Jersey, to the County of Monroe, in the State of New York, His two only surviving daughter removed from New Jersey to Penfield, Monroe, in the State of New York about twelve years since, & having himself lost his wife
& broken up house keeping. & become aged & infirm, he desires to be with his daughter in his old age, to enjoy the comfort of their society in his old age. He has also
two sons living in the same town, viz: Penfield, Monroe County New York.
Sworn & subscribed before me, at Morristown, this 15th September, 1837
Elijah Ward J.P.
Cornelius Drake
New Jersey, Morris County ss:
Before the subscriber, a Justice of peace in & for
said County, personally appears Lewis Condict of said County, to me well as a man of truth & entitled to belief, & having been duly sworn according to Law, on his oath saith as follows, viz: I have been personally well acquainted with
Cornelius Drake the above deponent for a period of about twenty years & have transacted his pension business from the time he was first placed on the Pension roll of the New Jersey agency, under the law of 1818 & I know him to
be the same Cornelius Drake described in the affidavit
Sworn & subscribed before me at Morristown N. Jersey, September 15th 1837
Elijah Ward J.P.
Lewis Condict
I, Joseph Dalrimple Esq Clerk of Morris County, New Jersey, do hereby certify that Elijah Ward Esq the Magistrate before whom the above affidavits of Cornelius Drake & Lewis Condict, were taken, is a Justice of peace in for the County of Morris, duly commissioned & authorized, & that the signature of his name to said affidavits, is genuine. Witness the signature of my name & my seal of office at Morristown, September 15th 1837-
[stamped seal]
Joseph Dalrimple Clk
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Morris Common pleas September Term 1824

At a Court of Common Pleas holden at Morris town in
and for the County of Morris on the twenty ninth day
of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and twenty four
Present
Jesse Upson
David Mills
Cornelius Ludlow
& Others
Esquire Judges
State of New Jersey
Morris County S.S. ⎬ Cornelius Drake a person applying
for a pension under the laws of the United States being
duly sworn in open Court (In the Inferior Court of
Common pleas in and for said County of Morris) this
twenty ninth day of September in the year of our Lord
eighteen hundred and twenty four upon his oath deposeth and saith. That this deponent in the year A.D.
eighteen hundred and seven bought a small house and
lot of land in Morris County for the sum of two hundred
dollars which sum was paid by this deponent, that
he continued to live on said place until the year
eighteen hundred and twenty two when he sold it
for the sum of two hundred and ten dollars, that
with this money in part he bought a small place
in the township of Roxbury in said County for which
he was to pay the sum of seven hundred and twenty
five dollars, having paid down as part purchase money
the said sum of two hundred and ten dollars received
as aforesaid, expecting to be able to pay the rest by
Coleing and Cutting wood off the place thus bought
But the sickness and death of a part of his family
disabled him from making the residue of the
payments and compelled him to give
up the place to the Vendor and loose all his first
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payment (two hundred and ten dollars) except ten dollars,
that he was afterwards compelled to rent a small
house and lot of land for the sum of fifty dollars but
in consequence of the increasing infirmity of age and
sickness he has not been able to make it adequate
to his support, but is now in debt upwards of One
hundred dollars. And being seventy years of age the
ensuing 20th October 1824 hath no prospect of redeeming
himself from these difficulties
That he has had no other property since the 18th day of
March eighteen hundred and eighteen except two old
mares, which he sold for forty dollars and received as
pay forty dollars worth of grain for the subsistence
of himself and family. That the reason of this Deponent not having exhibited a schedule of his property
prior to the passage of the act of Congress of the 1st of
March 1823 was his hope and expectation of his being
able to live without any other assistance than
that derived from his own exertion he then considering himself as sufficiently strong in body to earn a living.
Sworn and subscribed in open Court in the Court
of Common pleas in and for the County of Morris
said Court being a Court of Record the day
and year first above written
Cornelius Drake
Sworn and subscribed in open Court the 29th day of
September 1824 Jesse Upson Esquire one of the
Judges of the Inferior Court of Common pleas
in and for the County of Morris
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New Jersey
Morris County
ss
J. Zephaniah Drake Clerk of the
Inferior Court of Common pleas in and
for the County of Morris, do hereby Certify that the
foregoing deposition was sworn to and Subscribed
in open Court, and that the foregoing deposition is a
true copy the original of which is on file in my office

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto
Subscribed my name and affixed the Seal
of said Court this twenty nineth day 
of September A D one thousand eight
hundred and twenty four
Zephaniah Drake
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To
5
Willis G. Wade
New York
Wane County
at Rose
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Matt
Cornelius Drake
pens act 1818 N.J.
See page 31 N.Y Pn. Roll
Mr. Cole
Feby 2 -'52
W. G. Wade
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VIDE Page 36 NJ - Oct 1818,
Webster Monroe County
Mr. F. G. Wade I Received your letter last week
Cornelius Drake lost his wife twenty six years ago last March
and remained a widower till he dyed he Died ten
years ago this December
he drew his pension in New Jersey Morris County
near Morristown and he was an ordly [orderly] Sargent in the war
but only aplyed [applied] for a common soldier pension
he moved from there with us twenty four years ago
and then drew his pension hear in Penfield in Penfield 
village franklin Clark Esquire interseeded [interceded] for him
in getting his pension for him but franklen [Franklin] Clark is
Dead now and where his warrant is I cant tell
of expect you can find his name there at Washington
for he was a faithful Soldier during the war and went
threw a great many hardships & was in several Battles
he might of drew & Sergent pension if had of a plaid for it
If you will will send us what way to proceed to git [get] it we
will attend to it and come and have it made right
out if his warrent [warrant] and hear at penfield Village you
can find it at Washington I expect
Penfield Munroe County at the village was where
he drew his pension last, your
Joshua Mott
Webster is where we live now
penfield was denied about ten years ago
and we fell in to Webster
Pleas to send an answer
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RECORD DIVISION
REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION
3-525
Att: S.45336
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C.,  ----------, 19 ---
In reply to your request of,
received
for a statement of the military history of  Cornelius Drake 
a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired
information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension
on file in this Bureau.
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.
Feb 14, 1776
LENGTH OF SERVICE.
June 6, 1783
RANK.
Pot
Corp
Sgt
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
Peter Dickerson ┃
Ballard
COLONEL.
Elias Dayton
STATE.
N.J.

Battles engaged in, Short Hills, Staten Island, Brandywine, Germantown Monmouth Gen. Sullivan's Expedition against Indians, Yorktown

Residence of soldier at enlistment, Enlisted near Cook's Bridge Essex Co. N.J

Date of application for pension, Apr 22 1818. His claim was allowed

Residence at date of application, Rockaway Morris Co. N.J.
Age at date of application, born Oct. 20, 1754.

Remarks: In 1824 soldier referred to a daughter and grandson also in 1837 soldier states, his wife being dead, he moved to Penfield Monroe Co. N.Y. to be with his two daughters & two sons. The above noted is the only Cornelius Drake found in the Rev War records of this Bureau
Respectfully,
Commissioner.
6 -- 2856
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45336
Revy
INVALID.
---
File No. 45336
Cornelius Drake
Pri Rev War
Act: 18 March 1818
Index:-- Vol. 3, Page 137
[Arrangement of 1870.]

In margin
1923 Jan. 10 Hist. to Mrs. Malinda J. Willie
1932 Jan. 27 Photos mailed to Chester Jones through
H.B. Bolton & Account. Div. ntfd. 9 N.Y
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Suspended. See letter
of the 21st Augt 1824, to Zepha
Drake, Esqr
1 May 1820
Suspd see letter to Zephaniah
Drake, 21 Augt. 1824
see return within recd
29 Nov. 1824
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[stamped] Free
Sept 7
Morriston
N.J.
James L. Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
War Department
Washington

W. Burdine
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Hon John C. Calhoun
Secretary of War--
Free
Washington City

[stamped] Free
Recd. Nov. 29. 1824

Morristown Nov 27
N.J.
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Albany N.Y. from 4th
Sept 1837 - 25th Sept 1837
Notification sent to
Hon L. Condict - 
Morristown N.J.
---
Albany
New York
file Sept '18
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To what time was Cornelius Drake, of N.
Jersey, act 18 March 1818, last paid?

J.L. Edwards
Sept. 30. 1836
He was paid to the 4 March 1834
JH
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J. L. Edwards Esqr
Commissioner of Pensions
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Dr. Sir,
Cornelius Drake, for reasons set forth in his affidavit, desires to be
transferred to the N. York agency. I believe Albany is the warnt pay agency.
to his residence, unless there be one at Rochester. He is now here, & is waiting only for his certificate of transfer, & you will greatly oblige him & me, by sending it to me, with as little delay as may [?]
Your's truly
Lewis Condid
J.L. Edwards Esq
Morris town, N.J. Sept 13th 1837-
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Sept 10 New Jersey
NJ
Original Claim under act 1 May 1820
Cornelius Drake private 
served 6 yrs from 1776
Schedule dated 13th July 1824.
2 cows, 1 small hog, Old Waggon
aged plough, some articles of furniture,
valued count $98.87.
Owes $10 for house rent and %5 to Dr. C.B. Woodruff, Sept. 18
Has a daughter & grandson from 
whom he has received some little
assistance. Age 70 years, a farmer by occupation but from his advance
age unable to follow it.
A letter was written from the Pension office ? claimant to state what alterations have taken place in his property since the 18th March, 1818, and why he did not exhibit a schedule of his property, prior to 1st March, 1824.(letter dated 21st Augt 1824)
In a deposition made by claimant before the County court for Sept. 1824, he states that in 1807 he bought a small house & lot for $200, & continued to live on said place 'till 1822 when he sold it for $210 - and with this money 
in part bought a small estate for $210, with the expectation of being able to pay the balance by cutting wood off the place, but sickness [torn] the death of a part of his family
[torn] as it ? of his have to make the residue of the payments and was compelled to give up the place to the person from whom he purchased it and loose all his just payment except $10.00, afterwards rented a small house and lot for $50, but in consequence of increasing infirmity of age and sickness, has not been able to make it adequate to his support but is now in debt upwards of $100. - That he has had no other property since the 19th of March 1818 except 2 old mares, which he sold to $40, payable in grain for the subsistence of self and family - that the reason for this not having exhibited a schedule of his property prior to the passage of the Act of 1st March, 1823, was his hope and expectation of being able to support himself without any other assistance than that derived from his own exertions. he then considering himself sufficiently strong in body to earn a support.
Zephaniah Drake Esqr.
Morristown, N.J.
Dec. 23 - 1824
40.53
1.3
41.56
List evidence dated 29th Sep [crease] 24
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State of New Jersey
County of Morris
ss
Before the subscriber, a Justice of Peace in the County
before named personally appeared Lewis Condit of said
County, well known to me as a person of oracity, & having by me been duly sworn
according to Law, on his oath declare as follows, viz:- I am well acquainted with
Cornelius Drake of this County, a Revolutionary pensioner of the U. States
under the Act of Congress of 18th March 1818, & May 1st 1823, at the rate of Eight
dollars per month, commencing on the 22d day of April, 1818. who has this day
appeared before Elijah Ward Esqr & taken the oath of identity, & also acknowledged
Power of Attorney. I know him to be the identical person named in the Pension
the new certificate
Certificate petembered 724 paid on the 10th day of September 1836, in lieu of one
dated 27th May, 1818. which has been lost or mislaid. & signed by C. A. Harris
acting Secretary of War & countersigned by Geo. Wm Crump, acting Commissioner
of Pensions. I have known said Drake, well, for about 20 years past, & aided
him in preparing his original pension paper in 1818, as well as in obtaining for him
his semi-annual payments from that time, to March 4th 1834, since which time
payments have been made thereon, owing to the following reasons, viz: said Come
line Drake is a widower an aged man, & is not a housekeep, but lives with his
children, some of whom reside in Morris Co. New Jersey, & some in the Lake County
in the State of New York frequently he has continued an entire year in New York
State, & on his return to N. See has drawn his pension for twelve months. This was the
can in 1831 & 1832 & probably in other years, according to the length of his out to his
Chitsun there. In March 1835, or in Sept of that year, (not certain which) Drake
executed his power of atty as usual. & on presenting it at the Trenton agency, the Power
the oath of identity rather, was object was informed, the date of the Certificate
having been copied inaccurately, in figures, "1818, instead of being written their one
thousand eight hundred and eighteen. It was not paid at the office in Tenton-- I had
however advanced the money to Drake, when his power of Atty. was executed, at his request
he being decious to return to the lakes, & had actually four there before the rejected
papers were returned from the Trenton agency. The precise County of Town in N. York
in which he had gon to quit his daughter, being to me unknown-- knowing neither the
duration of his out nor the name of the Post office. I waited his return to Morris
which is eather considered his home.-- In March last, 1836, he, Drake, returned, &
his papers, viz. Oath of identity & Power of Att. were received & presented at the office
in Trenton for payment, when his certificate, which for years prior had been kept
there for safety, as well as for convenience, had been mislaid or lost, or ared off, &
could not be found. And if I mistake not, the Chief Clerk in the Tenton Agency
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Westly P. Hunt Esqr. remarked, that if the certificate were found, the case must, by the
rules of the office be reported, or refunded to the Department at Washington, in consequence
of remaining undrawn so long a time, & that he must wait the instructions from thence.
Since the 4th (or on the 4th) of this present month, Drake came again from the lake
County & learning that his Certificate was lost or mislaid at Trenton, made the deposition
before Elijah Ward Esqr. relation to its loss & asked for its removal, which has been done.
& his new certificate has been sent to me, & now is before me, dated 10th Septr 1836.
The Commissioner of Pensions, is respectfully referred to said Deposition, & to my own also
which accompanies it; the official character of the magistrate, Elijah Ward Esqr. the same
before whom this is taken, being duly authenticated thereon. The peculiar circumstances of this case, requiring full explanation, must be my apology for so long a statement
Sworn & subscribed before me at Morris Town
Lewis Condict
this 20th September, 1836.
ElijahWard J.P.
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Morristown, N. Jerry Septr 20th 1836
Dear Sir
I respectfully solicit your attention to the case of Cornelius Drake, a
pensioner under the act of 1818, in whose behalf a new certificate was issued on the18th
of this month, as you will find by reference to your office books &c: -
The long period which has elapsed since leaving his last paymt. (March 1824)
owing partly to the loss of his certificate, under an application to you indispensible.
The circumstances are detailed in the accompanying deposition. If it be satisfaction,
will you be kind enough to direct the Trenton agent to make paymt. on producing the proofs, vouchers &c. made out conformably to existing regulations? -
I would also ask your attention to the case of Saml. Shipman of this State, who
was suspended in consequence of some defects, which had been discovered in his
original papers. He was paid to March 4th 1835 at Trenton. After suspension,
further testimony was taken to prove the justice of his claim. & a letter written by
Col. A. Ogden, explanatory of some of Shipman's services. These new documents finally
satisfied the doubt of the Department & Shipman was restored, about June
or July last, the precise time is not now remembered. It being now 18 months since
his last paymt. it is probable that without express instructions from you, the
Agent at Trenton may not consider himself authorized to pay.-- Will you be
kind enough to give directions accordingly, as may under existing circumstances be proper? -
Shipman is live, & was at my dwelling yesterday.
Mr. Hunt, on enquiry respecting Shipman's certificate in the past summer, & after
his restoration, told me it could not be found in the office. On writing to
F.B. Chitwood of Elizth. towns, it has recently been found.
Please to attend to this affair, as soon as may suit your convenance,
as Shipman & Drake are very needy.
Please deep me a line, directed to
me at Trenton, N.J. where I expect to be on the 26 & 27th inst. being
obliged to attend a meeting of the Trustees of Princeton College, the day before
Commencement, & going there to Trenton
In haste. Yours with esteem & ?
L. Condict
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Sept ?
Jas L. Edwards Esqr.
Commissioner of Pensions
War Departm.
Washington
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Trenton Bank
Pension Office
Sep 22 1837
Sir:
I have to inform you the Cornelius Drake a Pensioner upon the roll of this agency all of March 18. 1818 was paid to 11 Inst.
The books will be regulated as you direct.
I am, very respectfully
Your Obedient Servant
Philp. Dickinson Prest.
J. L. Edwards Esquire
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Free
Hon. J.C. Calhoun
Secretary of War
Washington

Mr. Edward
[stamp] Morristown
July 30

567
Cornelius Drake
Recd. Aug 1824
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Hon.
J. C. Calhoun
Sir enclosed you have the application
of Cornelius Drake, please to communicate
the result of his application, to me
as soon as it is determined,
yours respectfully
Zephaniah Drake
Morris Town
July 30th 1824
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Cornelius Drake
N. Jer.
for
new Cir.
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State of New Jersey Morris County
Personally appears before the subscriber, a Justice of peace in & for said County,
Lewis Condict, known to me as a man of truth, & being by me first duly sworn
according to law, saith as follows, viz:- I am personally well acquainted with
Cornelius Drake, whose name is subscribed to the annexed deposition
taken before Elijah Ward Esqr on the 5th September 1836. I have known
him many years, as a pensioner of the U. S. under the act of Congress of March
18th 1818, & know him to be the identical person described in the affidavit before
mentioned. His Certificate of Pension for ninety six dollars a year or for
"eight dollars per month" during his natural life", was left in my care for his
use & benefit, & was by me deposited for safe keeping & for convenience, with the
Agent of the U. S. for paying pensions at Trenton, in his office, some years past
where it has remained I verily believe, until lately, it has been mislaid, or
lost, & cannot be found, as I am informed & as I verily believe. I therefore request
respectfully of the Commissioner of Pensions, that he will cause a new certificate
to be issued for Mr Drake, in lieu of the original so mislaid or lost.
Sworn & subscribed before me, at Morristown N. Jersey
this 5th day of September, 1836.
Lewis Condict
[seal]
Joseph Dalrimple Esq Clerk of the Court of
Common Pleas of the County of Morris, certify that Elijah Ward
Esq is a Magistrate as above, & that his signature
to the above deposition of Lewis Condict, & also to
the annexed deposition of Cornelius Drake, are both
genuine. Witness my signature, & the seal of my
office at Morristown, September 5th 1836
Jos Dalrimple Clk
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APPLICATION FOR A NEW CERTIFICATE.
State of New Jersey
County of Morris
SS.
On this fifth day of September 1836, before me,
the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said county of Morris personally appeared Cornelius Drake who, on
his oath, declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain Ballard in the regiment commanded by Colonel
Dayton in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the pension roll of the State of New Jersey that he received a certificate of that fact under the signature and seal of the Secretary of War; which certificate, on or about the 10th day of June 1818
at or near Morristown in the State of New Jersey
he delivered to Lewis Condict, by whom
he always since has understood, it was deposited at Pension Agency at Trenton, for
safe keeping, in case of the agent for paying pensions, at which office he understand, &
believes it has been lost or mislaid & cannot be found. He prays it may be renewed
Sworn and subscribed to before
me, the day and year aforesaid
Cornelius Drake
at Ward J.P.
NOTES. -- The last four blanks are left for the applicant to set forth the time, place, and manner of the loss or destruction
of the original certificate.
The oath to be taken before a duly qualified Magistrate, whose official character and signature must be properly
authenticated.
If the pensioner has never received a formal certificate, but has drawn his pension on a mere notification, as was
the case in a few instances many years ago, he should leave out the above words in italics, and insert, in lieu thereof,
"but has never received a formal certificate, and now wishes to obtain one."
The Pensioner's oath must be supported by the evidence of another person as to identity. The person must swear
that he well knows him to be the same person described in the above affidavit. The Magistrate must certify that the
deponent is a person of veracity. This oath must also be authenticated by the certificate of the proper officer, under
his seal of office, setting forth that the officer before whom the affidavit may be made is a Justice of the Peace, Judge,
or Notary Public, as the case may be
When a person acting as an agent or Attorney for a pensioner, lose the certificate, the affidavit of that person is also required
, which must be authenticated as above.
In every case where the Clerk of the Court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate
of a member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should be sent with the papers
.
Mode of authenticating papers. -- In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the
papers is not written on the same sheet which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be
attached thereto by a peace of tape or small ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying
officer so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate
No attention will be given to applications from persons who act as agents, unless they are known at the War Department
, or are vouched for as respectable persons by some one who is known to the Department.
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Jas. L. Edwards Esq.
Pension Commissioner
Washington
Page 37

Quit
Dr Condict of N.J. presents his effectual complement to Mr. Edwards, & regrets
exceedingly the necessity of again applying for a new certificate. It seems there is
much of remissness in the case of Certificate left at the Trenton Office for safe keeping
They were formerly kept there securely, & for many years. And it was a great convenience to the Pensioner, since the Certificate must always be present, when a payment
is made. Carrying them back & forth was hazarding them to be lost, & they soon
became worn & ragged. There are some two or three others missing at the office,
but it is hoped they may yet be found. Will Mr. Edwards direct the certificate of
Drake, as soon as it can be [reissued] to be forwarded to Dr. C.
Sept 6th 1836.
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3-049.
Ex. Ew Div. Rev. War.
Department of the Interior,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C. Dec. 14, 1922
The attached letter is respectfully returned
with the information that the data furnished is
not sufficient to enable
this Bureau to make intelligent
answer to the queries therein contained.
Please fill out such of the blank spaces below
as the information in your possession will permit,
and return to this Bureau.
name of widow
No. of elim-
Name of soldier
Cornelius Drake
P.O. address of claimant soldier at enlistment
& after service
Company
Regiment.
State where enlisted
Date of birth
Date of death
If unable to furnish company and regiment
give names of commanding officers.
Return attached letter with reply.
Washington - Gardner
Commissioner.
6 -- 24611
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Evansville Ind.
Dec - 18th 1922
Department of the Interior
received your letter to day and in
answer to your letter will say con
not fill out the paper you sent
me that is what I wanted for to
send me now the record of this man
Cornelius Drake 8 months you to
and me the record of when he died
and where he died and where born
and when, his company Regiment
and all a full record of him
hope to hear from you soon
to
Mrs Milinda J Willie
307 Goodsell St
Evanville Ind
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Evansville
Nov 16/22
to the pension department
dear sirs
sometime agog wrote to this
department for Cornelius drakes record
have failed so far to get
any answer will you please
send this record Cornelius drakes
fathers name was Joseph drake 
Cornelius drake was a soldier
in the revolutionary war in 1776.
what will the charges for
this record of any
Malinda J willie
307 goods it St. -
Evansville Ind
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Pier 25, North River, New York
Jan. 15, 1932.
PERSONAL   Mat. 9708
Mr. H. B. Bolton,
723 Mills Bldg.,
Washington, D.C.

My dear Harvey:

You will probably remember that I spoke to
you when I was in Washington the last time about the records in the Pension Bureau.
I should like to secure a photostat copy of
the application made by or in behalf of the two following soldiers, who served in the Revolutionary War:

Cornelius Drake  S 45336 N. J.
He died in Monroe County, N. Y.
Isaac Drake      R 3072   N. J. & Pa.
He died in Jackson Co., Mo., June 29, 1837.

Both soldiers served from Morris Co., N.J.

I believe that this is permissible, and that on
application to the Pension Bureau they will furnish the same.  If you will let me know the cost, I will forward check to cover the same at once.

Also when you are in the Bureau, will you ask the
young lady in charge if a certain James Drake, who served in the Revolutionary War in the New Jersey State Troops and the Hunterdon County Militia received or made application for a pension. The
said James Drake, according to records which I have died in Schuyler County, N.Y. in 1816, and I am therefore very doubtful as to whether he received a pension on account of his early death.
Sincerely,
Chester A. Jones
CNJ-S
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Pier 25, North River, New York
Jan. 22, 1932.
STAMP Administrator's Office
Jan 23 1932
Received

Mr. A.D. Hiller, 
Assistant to Administrator,
Veterans Administration,
Washington, D.D.

My dear Mr. Hiller:

I have yours of the 21st inst., and can assure you that I appreciated very much indeed the attention which you have given to my request forwarded through our Mr. H.B. Bolton. 

Also, may I thank you for looking into the record of one James Drake?

Yours very truly,
Chester A. Jones
CNJ_S
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Rev. & 1812
No. 62
January 21, 1932.
Rev. & 1812 Wars Section.
xxxxxxx
Revolutionary War claim for pension
of Cornelius Drake, S.45336/  Actual 1 of each page.
$2.70 . . .18 pages
xxx
Kindly leave margin of 11/2 in. at top of each page and return papers in each case in folder with corresponding name and number. The word "omit" written in pencil on those pages which are not to be copied.
Chief, Rev. & 1812 Wars Section.
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List to Chester N. Jones:
Soldel. April 22, 1818 & Court record 3 pages
Joshua Mott's letter to W. G. Wade Feb, 2, 52, Webster Munroe Co. & back of page 2 pages
sol. schedule July 13-1824 2 "(page)
Zephaniah Drake's letter July 30. 1824 to
Hon. J.C. Calhoun  1 "(page)
Sol. affid. Sept. 29 - 1824 & Court record 3 "(pages)
Lewis Condict's affid. Sept. 5, 1836 1 "(page)
Sol. appli for new Ctf. Sept. 5, 1836 1 "(page)
Lewis Condict's affid. Sept. 20 - 1836 2 "(pages)
so appli for transfer Sept. 11-1837  1 "(page)
Lewis Condict letter to J. L. Edwards Sept. 15, 1837- 1 " (page)
Sol. Ct. Jacket No. 724 1 "(page)
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January 21, 1932.
BA-J/MMHF
Mr. Chester W. Jones,
Pier 25, North River,
New York.

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letter of January 15,
1932, addressed to Mr. H. B. Bolton, this city, in
which you request photostatic copies of original
papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claims of
Cornelius Drake, S. 45336, and Isaac Drake, R. 3072; also, if application was ever made by James Drake who served in the New Jersey troops and who died in
Schuyler County, New York in 1816.

Mr. Bolton has remitted $3.60 to cover cost of
the photostatic copies, twenty-four pages at fifteen
cents a page and copies are being made. They will be
mailed direct to you as soon as completed as requested by Mr. Bolton.
There is no claim for pension on file based upon
the service of the above described James Drake.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator.
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Rev.& 1812
January 20, 1932
BA-J/MMHF:MLB

Mr. H. B. Bolton
723 Mills Building
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir:
Your remittance of $3.60 has been received, which is the
necessary amount to cover cost of the photostatic copies of
papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claims of Cornelius
Drake, S. 45336, and Isaac Drake, R. 3072, ordered by you for Mr. Chester W. Jones,

The photostats will be mailed direct to Mr. Jones marked personal, as you requested.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator