Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 32,186, Isaac Cox, Md.
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(3-1776)
SERVICE NUMBER
Md. Cox, Isaac S. 32,186
CONTENTS
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25524
Indiana
Isaac Cox
of Rush Co in the State of Indiana
who was a private in the corn commanded
by Captain Hines of the regt commanded
by Col Smallwood in the Maryland
line for 7 months

Inscribed on the Roll of Indiana
at the rate of 23 Dollars 33 Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of march, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 21 day of Jany
1834 and Hon Amos
Lane H R

Arrears to the 4th of Sept 5833
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 March 11.67
$70-
{Revolutionary Claim.}
{Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by Danl Boyd Clerk,
Book E Vol. 7 Page 107

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letter 6 Sept 1836
Sec of War.

Date of death
not on AB
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State of Indiana}
Rush County} SS. In the Rush Circuit Court
September Term A.D. 1832

On the 22d day of September AD 1832 personally
appeared before the Rush Circuit Court at the term aforesaid,
Isaac Cox a resident of Noble Township in said County and
State aged about 77 years who being duly sworn according to
law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to
obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of congress
passed June 7. 1832 That he enlisted in the army of the United
States in the year 1775 in the month of [illegible] but does
not recollect the day of the month in the company of Andrew
Hines in the 4th regiment of the Maryland Line under the following
named officers to wit. The regiment was commanded by
Col Smallwood that Gen Wayne commanded the Troops to
which he was attached the principal part of the time.
Gen Washington was the commander in Chief of the Army.
The Lieut of the company to which this applicant was attached
was Isaac McCracken that he enlisted in Washington
County in the State of Maryland which county was struck off
from Frederick County in said State but whether this county was
struck off before or after his enlistment he [illegible] to point.
That after his enlistment as aforesaid he marched through
the State of Pennsylvania by way of Lancaster in the State
of New Jersey and joined the troops under Gen Wayne in 
Morris County in the State of New Jersey and marched to the
main body of the army under Ben Washington and was in
the Line at the White Plains, the Lights Haerlam [Harlem] & Fish
Kill. That he was not in any general battles but was
in a number of skirmishes while employed in scouting
parties and was at a commanding at a place called
Hackenstack [Hackensack] or Quaskensack as he thinks about 14 or 15 miles
from Fort Lee. That after this applicant, according to the best
of his recollection the army marched to then Brunswick in the
State of New Jersey. That his time for which he enlisted
to wit. the term of one year expired while the
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army was retreating from Fort Lee but that he
procedure with the army after his time expired through
Princeton & Trenton to Philadelphia where he was discharged
& received a certificate of his discharge from the said Capt
Hines, which he retained into his possession until he
broke up house keeping in the year 1813 since which
time he lost or mislaid it so that he cannot find it
He was from a month to 6 weeks after his time [illegible]
before he got a discharge. He hereby relinquishes any claim
whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present,
& he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of
any agency in any State
Isaac X ^his mark^ Cox

Sworn to & Subscribed the day & year
aforesaid before me Robert
Thompson Clerk

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion
that the above named applicant was a revolutionary
Soldier and served as he states
I Robert Thompson Clerk of the said Rush Circuit Court
do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings
of the said Court in the matter of the application of Isaac Cox
for a pension

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set
my hand and the seal of said Court
this 19th day of November A.D. 1832
Robert Thompson clerk
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State of Indiana}
Rush County}

In the Rush Probate court of the
Term of May A.D. 1833

On the 16th day of May A.D. 1833 personally appeared in open court before
Elias Paston Esqr Judge of the Rush Probate Court at the May Term
aforesaid Isaac Cox a resident of Noble Township in the County
and State aforesaid aged seventy seven years who being duly sworn
according to law on his oath makes the following declaration in order to obtain
the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832

That he enlisted in the army of the United States in the year 1775
in the month of November but does not recollect the day of the month
in the company of Andrew Hines and served in the fourth regiment
of the Maryland Line under the following named officers to wit: The
Regiment was commanded by Col Smallwood That Genl Wayne
commanded the troops to which he was attached the principal part
of the time General Washington was the commander in chief of the army
The Lieutenant of the company to which this applicant was attached
was Isaac McCracken. This applicant enlisted in Washington
County in the state of Maryland which county was struck off from
Frederick County in said state but whether this county was so struck
off before or after this enlistment he will not be positive. That after his
enlistment at aforesaid he marched through the state of Pennsylvania joined
the troops under Genl Wayne in Morris County in the state of New Jersey
and marched to the main body of the army under General Washington and was
with him at the White plains, the lights of Harlam & Fish Kill
That he was not in any general Battle but was in a number of
skirmishes whilst employed in scouting parties and was at a [illegible] at a
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place called Hackenstack or Hackendsck as th thinks about
fourteen or fifteen miles from Fort Lee. That after this 
according to the best of his recollection, applicant marched with
the army to New Brunswick in the state of New Jersey.
That the time for which he enlisted, to wit the Term of one
year for which he enlisted expired while the army was retreating
from fort Lee but that he proceeded with the army after his time
expired through Princeton and Trenton to Philadelphia where he
was discharged and received a certificate of his discharge from the
above mentioned Capt Hines, which this applicant retained in his
possession until he broke up house keeping in the year 1813
since which time he has lost or mislaid it so that he cannot find
it. This applicant further states that he was enlisted and served during
the whole of the aforesaid tour as a private soldier and that he served
the active year for which he was so enlisted, & the additional time which
he served after the expiration of the year I before he received his discharge
he will set down positively at one month, making in the whole
one year and one month & he further states that he has no documentary
evidence, and he knows of no person whose Testimony he can procure
who can testify to his said services, & He hereby relinquishes every claim
whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that
his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state or (if any)
only on that of the agency of the state of Maryland
Isaac X ^his mark^ Cox
Sworn to & subscribed in open court the
day & year aforesaid before me
Robert Thompson clerk
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We Elmer H Cox - a clergyman residing in the said Noble
Township in Rush County aforesaid and Alexander Young
residing in the same Township & County hereby certify that we are
well acquainted with Isaac Cox who has subscribed and sworn to the
above declaration; That we believe him to be seventy seven years
of age, that he is reputed and believed to be in the neighborhood
where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution
& that we concur in that opinion
Elmer H Cox
Alexander Young
Sworn to & subscribed in open court
the day & year aforesaid
Robert Thompson clerk

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. & the Court further certifies that it appears to
them that Elmer H Cox who has signed the preceeding [preceding] certificate
is a clergyman resident in the neighborhood of the said Isaac Cox, & that Alexander Young who has also signed the same is a 
resident in the same neighborhood and is a credible person
and that their statement is entitled to credit.

I Robert Thompson Clerk of the said Rush Probate Court
do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original
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proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application
of Isaac Cox for a pension -
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand
and the seal of said Court this 16th day of April in
the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty
three
Robert Thompson clerk

Application of Isaac Cox
for a pension
Rush County Indiana
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In the matter of
Isaac Cox
Petition for Pension
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State of Indiana
County of Rush Ss}
On this fourth day of October 1826
personally appeared in open Court being a Court of
Record for the said County so declared by Law Isaac
Cox resident in said County aged seventy one years
who being first duly sworn according to law doth
on his oath make the following declaration in order
to obtain the provision made by the act of Congress
of the 18th March 1818, and the 1st May 1820: that he
the said Isaac Cox enlisted for the term of one year
in the month of November in the year 1775 in the
State of Maryland in the company commanded by
Captain Andrew Hines, in the regiment commanded
by Col. Charles Griffin in the line of the State of
Maryland on the continental establishment; that he
continued to serve in the said Corps until Decr. 1776
when he was discharged from the service in Philadelphia
in the State of Pennsylvania, that he
hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension 
except the present, that his name is not on the
roll of any State except (nexcit) and that the
following are the reasons for not making earlier
application for a pension that Deponent until lately
was able by his labour to support himself not having
had any family since 1818 and was likewise aided
by the generosity of his collateral relations, until
lately when his infirmities prevented bodily labour
And in pursuance of the Act of the 1st may 1820 I
do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the
United States on the 18th day of March 1818 and that
I have not since that time by gift sale or in any
manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with
intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself
within the provisions of an act of congress entitled "an
Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the
land & naval service of the United States in the
revolutionary war" passed on the 18th day of march
1818 - and that I have not nore has any person in 
trust for me any property or securities contracts or
debts due to me - nor have I income whatever
That since the 18th of March 1818 no change
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have been made in my property - This Deponent has at
not time since March 1818 owned any property either real or personal
save necessary bedding & clothing, nor does he now
except 6 pewter plates & a ten gallon kettle is a common
labourer, & depends upon private charity for subsistence

In presence of  
Albt S White

Sworn to & declared in open
court the day first above
named
Robert Thompson clerk Isaac X ^his mark^ Cox

I Robert Thompson Clerk of the Rush Circuit
Court do hereby certify that it appears to the
satisfaction of the Court that the said Isaac
Cox did serve in the revolutionary war as stated
in the preceeding declaration against the common
enemy for the term of nine months under one engagement
on the continental establishment, I also
certify that the foregoing oath is truly copied from
the records of the said Court; and I do further certify
that it is the opinion of said Court that the
total amount in value of the property exhibited
above it tow Dollars & fifty cents

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set
my hand and affixed the seal of the
said Court on this 4th day of October 
1826
Robert Thompson clerk
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State of Kentucky Fleming county, to wit,

Personally appeared before me the subscriber
a Justice of the for said county
Laurence Williams and made oath that
Isaac Cox served in the United States
Service in the war of the revolution as
a regular Soldier in captain Andrew
Hines's company in the Regiment
commanded by Colonel Charles Griffin
of the Mariland [Maryland]line this respondant
further states that said company to
which the said Isaac Cox belonged joined said
Regiment at for near Fort Lee in the State of New York in the
month of November 1776 this respondant
states that he served in the same Regiment
with said Cox from the time he joined it
untill the latter end of December at which 
time this respondant was discharged given
under my hand at Flemingsburg this 30th 
day of August 1826

Wm Goddard Justice of
the peace for Fleming County
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State of Kentucky Fleming County Sct.

I Joshua Stockson Clerk fo the Court for the county
aforesaid certify that William Goddard Esqr, before
whom the foregoing statement was sworn to, & subscribed
by him was at the time of signing the same
and now is an acting Justice of the peace in
and for said County duly commissioned & qualified
as such and entitled to credit.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my name and affixed the
Seal of said Court at Flemingsburg
this 4th day of September 1826
Joshua Stockson clerk
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State of Ohio Hamilton County Ss.
personally appeared before me one of the acting
justices of the peace within and for sd
County the undersigned Jacob Cox
who being dulySworn according to law
deposeth and saith Isaac Cox regulary served
in the united States service in the revolution
war as a regular Soldier in Capt 
Andrew Hines Company and also that
he has seen a regular discharge which
sd. Isaac brough [brought] home with him
when discharged and further this deponent
saith not

Jacob Cox

Sworn to and subscribed
before me
this 19th day of
Sept 1826
William Baxter J. P.

The State of Ohio
Hamilton County Sct
I Daniel Gano Clerk of the Court
of Common Pleas in and for said County do
hereby certify that William Baxter Esq
before whom the above affidavit was made
and whose certificate thereof is attached
is not, and was at the time of taking the same, and acting
Justice of the Peace in and for Hamilton County duly elected
commissioned and Sworn into office and to all his official
acts full faith is due and ought to be given.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed the seal of our said Court at
Cincinnati this 20th of September 1826
Danl Gano
Clk
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No 20564.
Isaac Cox.
19 Feby 1833
see letter
for 1776  Jun 7
$23.33/00

The applicant [illegible] to the
no Flying corps which [illegible]
[illegible] to some [illegible] months.

papers sent to gg
Brens Annepolis
Md

Hon. A. Lane
N.R
E.E.K Indiana
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October 20, 1926

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

BA/EEL
Isaac Cox-3.33138

Mrs. R.M. Cluggish
Knightstown
Indiana

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the
Revolutionary War record of Isaac Cox, who received pension while
residing in Dudley Township, Henry County, Indiana, in 1840.

You are furnished herein the history of the only soldier
named Isaac Cox or similar spelling, found on the Revolutionary
War records of this office, who received pension while residing
in the state of Indiana. The data are obtained from the papers
on file in pension claim, S.32308, based upon his military services.

The date and place of birth and the name of the parents of
Isaac Cox are not shown.

Isaac Cox enlisted in Washington (that part which was formerly
Frederick) County, Maryland, in November, 1775, served as a private
in Captain Andrew Hines's Company. Colonel Smallwood's Maryland Regiment,
was in several skirmishes and discharged the latter
part of December, 1776, having served thirteen months.

He was allowed pension on his application executed September
22, 1832, at which time he was aged seventy-seven years and resided
in Noble Township, Rush County, Indiana. He stated that
he lived in Kentucky at one time but did not give the date.

It was stated that "since 1818, he has had neither wife or
children." No names of wife or children were given.

In 1826, one Jacob Cox made affidavit in Hamilton County, Ohio,
and in 1828, one Daniel Cox was postmaster at Pleasant Ridge, Rush
County, Indiana in 1833, the Reverend Elmer H. Cox resided in Rush
County, Indiana no relationship of any of these persons to the soldier
was shown. 
Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator.

[in left margin beside paragraph 5,6 & 7 above follows]

His cl.
mder act
of 1818
was rejected
as the service
was not
on cont. 
line

[in right margin beside paragraph 4-7 above follows]

Hist man
does not 
put Hines
in Smallwood's
Regt
lest he
may have
known
that yet
as he was
not appointed
to 6" Md
until Sep.
1776
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Auditor's Office, Annapolis, Oct: 31st, 1822
I hereby certify, that it appears from the muster rolls remaining in
the Auditor's Office, that Andrew Hynes was appointed
a Captain in the Sixth Maryland
Regiment, on the tenth day of December 1776
and resigned 1st March 1779
Thomas Karney Auditor General,
State of Maryland.
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State of Indiana
Rush County Ss} I Robert Thompson Clerk of
the Circuit Court of said
County do hereby certify that 
it appears to the satisfaction of the Court that the
said Isaac Cox did serve in the Revolutionary
War as stated in the preceding declaration against
the common enemy for the Term of nine months under
one engagement on the Continental establishment
 - I also certify that the foregoing oath is truly cipied
fromt he Records of said Court; and I do further
certify that it is the opinion of said Court that no
change has been made in the Deponent's property
since the October Term of this Court 1826 & that
it is of the same value as then
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand & affixed the
seal of this said Court on
this 9th day of October 1828
Robert Thompson Clerk
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Washington Feby 16. 1828
Sir
The enclosed letter will direct you, I with
[illegible] would examine for the papers for Isaac Cox
on file i nyour office It seems they were
forwarded to you by a Mr Veeder
Mr Cox lives in Rush County Indiana.
If his papers be defective return them to
me with the objections, and blank forms
for the guidance of the old man
Very Respectfully Yr
Obt. Servt
James Noble
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Rushville (In.) 14 October 1826

Sir
I enclose the supplemental declaration of
John Legon Pensioner with an affidavit of Mrs
P. Rush, & and authenticated copy of the Deed
to Jacob Cayler attached - This is done in
pursuance to your letter of the 22d May to wit. pointing
us particularly to notes e & g in the blank
form - The directions have been followed as
particularly as possible & every step taken by
the old man within his power - It is hoped the
proofs are satisfactory - his original declaration
was sent on in April last - Please write me
the result, & if the pension to be granted, where he 
can receive it
I also enclose the papers of Isaac
Cox an original applicant - Since 1818 he has
had neither wife children nor property but has 
boarded with his friends as his declaration shews
- I presume his vouchers re sufficient - his
merits surely are genuine - Of his application
also please give me the result
Respectfully your
ob. Servt.
Charles H Veeder

Hon. James Barbour

P.S. The reasons for not making an earlier application
are in both cases given - Not having the law at
hand I cannot tell what its requisitions are in
the behalf but presume I am substantially
correct C.A.V- The afft. of Saml Atley
is herein annexed to Legon's papers
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Pens. Office
22d Oct
Isaac Cox.

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Revolutionary Claims
Hon. Peter B. Porter
Secretary at War
Washington City
D.C.

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Rushville Ind
October 10th fver
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Rushville Rush County (Ind.)
October 10th 1828
Sir
In October 1826 Isaac Cox filed
his declaration with proofs les for pensions in 
your Department - Instructions were recd that
the papers were regular except the Colonel's
name - & a late letter from Mr. Edwards
of the War Departt. (dated in Apl alt) to
Genl. J. Noble of the Senate has been forwarded
to the applicant by which he is informed that
an amended declaration correcting the name
of the Colonel would probably be [illegible]
- Accordingly the enclosed supplemental
declaration is forwarded with the confident
hope that it may be satisfactory - The
applicant is a needy & infirm old man of
the most irreproachable morals - the proofs
being with you it was deemed unnecessary (as
it was very difficult) to repeat them - Indeed
the instructions of Mr. Edwards did not demand
it - you will please communicate
the result to Daniel Cox Port Master at
Pleasant Ridge Rush County Ind = with
such despatch at your convenience permits
Very [illegible] your obt
& humble Sert
Albert S. White for
Isaac Cox

The Hon. Secr. of War}
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Isaac Cox
20564

Hon. A. Lane
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BBRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those
answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of
Isaac Cox - which require
further proof or explanation.

I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides?
yes

II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides?
yes

III. If the applicant did nto make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason
assigned for his not doing so?
~

IV. Has the declarant mentioned the peiod or periods of the war when he served?
yes.

V. Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he
served, in the language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension
he is entitled?
No

VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations?
yes.

VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of
June 7, 1832?
yes.

VIII. Has the Court given their opinion?
yes.

IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate?
yes.

X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished
from any other seal?
yes.
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to
their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary
service?
No

XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining
it?
No.

SIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one
living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?
No.

XIV. +If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who
administered the oat certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? -
Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under
his seal of office? -

XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age,
as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
 - - -

XVL. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?
yes.

XVIL. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And,
if not, which of them is not so answered?
No.

EXPLANATORY NOTES.

QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how
long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being
duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and consequent loss of memory, he
cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection
he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: For [blank]
year [blank] months and [blank] days, I served as a [blank]. For [blank] months
and [blank] days, I served as a [blank]; and for such service I claim a pension."
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It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the applicant served.
and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of
the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too
indefinite, an all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.

QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he
must prove his service by tow credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits
the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as
well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer
the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature
of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.

QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not
written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the
certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end 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.

It is probable that an application to G.C.
Brewer Esq Register of the Land office at
Annapolis Md. may obtain for him
direct proof of his services ~

The applicant name is not found on the
Rolls of the Md line He should therefor
prove his service as required in note to Que. 16.
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Isaac Cox
Indiana

14


Saml Biggs
Rushville
Ind
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free

War Department
Pension Office
Washington
D.C.

[vertically on the left side of the page follows]

[illegible] 2 April 1828
Thos. Krney
Annapolis Md

[round black stamp on left side inscribed as follows]

ANNAPS MD
MAR
31
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Isaac Cox,
Revo. Indiana.
Recd Oct. 31 1826 and rejected
same day. See letter to C.
H. Veeder, Rushville, Inda.

Suspended, April 8, 1828.
See letters to Hon. James Noble
Senate U.S. to Th. Karney
could not sent
24 Oct. 1828 - and to A.S.
White, Nov. 3 1828. [rest is crossed out and illegible]
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Auditors Office
Annapolis Md
Free

[top left: round black stamp inscribed as follows: ANNAPS MD
OCT 31]

War Department
Pension Office
Washington
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Auditor's Office;
Annapolis 31st Oct 1828.

Sir,
I herewith enclose a certificate as evidence
of the services of Capt Andrew Hynes of the 6th Md
Regt on the continental establishment. 
I am very Respectfully
Your Obt Svt
Thomas Karney

J. L. Edwards Esqr
War Department
Pension Office
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20,121
Isaac Cox
Rush Co. Inda

Charles H Veeder
Rushville, Inda

Recd 31 Oct 1826

Rejected - See letter
31 Oct. 1826

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Rushville In
October 16

Free

Hon. James Barbour
Sec at War
Washington
D.C.

(Pension Department)
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Declaration in order to be placed on the pension
List under the Act of the 18th March 1818

State of Indiana}
Rush County Ss} 

On this 7th day of October 1828 personally 
appeared in open Court being
a Court of Record for said County
of Rush within the fifth judicial Circuit of Said
State, Isaac Cox resident in said County aged 73
years who being first duly sworn according to Law
doth on his oath make the following Declaration in 
order to obtain the provision made by the Acts of
Congress of the 18th March 1818 & the 1 May 1820
that he the said Cox enlisted for the Term of one
year in the month of November A.D. 1775 in the
County of Washington in the State of Maryland in 
the Company commanded by Captain Andrew Hines in 
the Regiment commanded by Colonel Smallwood in the
line of the State of Maryland on the Land continental
establishment that he continued to serve within
said corps until December A.D. 1776 where he was
discharged from the service in the City of Philadelphia
in the State of Pennsylvania; that he hereby relinquishes
every claim whatever to a pension except the present; 
that his name is not on the roll of any State
except the said State of Maryland and that the 
following are the reasons for not making earlier
application for a pension to wit that he did not
sooner stand in need of the assistance of his country
for support. And in pursuance of this Act of 1st
May A.D. 1820 I do solemnly swear that I was a 
resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day 
of March 1818 & that I have not since that time
by gift sale or in any manner disposed of my property
or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish
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it as to bring myself within an Act of Congress entitled
"An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the
Land & Naval Service of the United States in the Revolutionary
War" passed on the 18th day of March 1818
& 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 is set forth in
the Declaration & Schedule thereto annexed by me subscribed
& sworn to at the October Term of Said Circuit
Court of Rush County 1826 now on file in the
War Department in the City of Washington to which 
this Deponent refers - That since the 18th of March
1818 the same changes & no other have been made in
my property as is set forth in my said Declaration
of October 1826 - and this Deponent makes this Declaration 
supplementary to the Said Declaration of
October 1826 & confirms the same except the part which states his Colonel's name to have been Griffin
& says that said mistake was inadvertently made
by his amanuensis & not observed by Deponent in
consequence of imbecility & advanced age, & for proof
do refer to said Declaration & the Documents
thereto annexed with the exception of that part of
Laurence Williams deposition which states the name
of Deponent's Colonel to have been Griffin & supposes
that such mistake arose from the circumstances
that he (Williams) as Deponent thinks had served in 
said Griffins Regiment & further Deponent says that
said Williams resides in Kentucky & that he (the
Deponent) cannot without great difficulty procure
the corrected affidavit of Said Williams & further
saith not  
Isaac X ^his mark^ Cox

Sworn to and declared on
the 7th day of October 1828
in open court before 
Robert Thompson Clerk

(over)
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War Dept
And. Septr 9. 1834

Mr Lewis Cass
Secretary at War
City of Washington
Pleasant Ridge Ia
August 21st.

Pension office
6 Sept 1821
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Rush County Ind August 15th 1834

Dear Sir
Considering you to be the true Friend
of your Country, and having in some Degree
experienced the hardship and Dangers that
Soldiers are Exposed to I make free to
address this line to you, Relative to my
Pension as I think there is a mistake
Some where for I am only allowed the
Small Sum of $23,,33/3 when I think I
have Proved Beyound [Beyond] Doubt that I 
Listed for one year and that I Served
about thirteen months in the Revolutionary
war that I was Regularly
Discharged as the papers in the War
office will abundantly shew; Some
five or Six years ago when asking my Country
for help I then, through Charles Veeder
of Rushville as my attorney made
Proff [Proof] of my Enlistment in the Comp.
of Capt Andrew Hines of the Maryland
Line By Jacob Cox and also of my
Discharge by the Same witness and
I also Proved by Lawrence Williams
my being in the Service for he was 
a Soldier at the Same time and
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From the same State But not in the same
Company, - and the only Difficulty that
was in my way then to keep me from
Drawing was that I appeared that
Capt Hines was not Enrolled on the
Regular line till the fall of Seventy
Six which was the time I was Discharged
in December - and that there is Some
thing wrong in this matter is clear I have
forgot the year or there is a mistake in 
the Record and now Claiming under
the Late Law for the Relief of the Soldier
of the Revolution I have made all the 
Proof that I was Required too, and the
time was as before Stated thirteen 
months or thereabouts and still I am
put off with the small sum aforesaid
while others that dont Pretend to Claim
for so long a time are geting [getting] more
than I do - I never asked my Country
for assistance till Reduced to the necessity
of having help from Some Source
or other - I have been unfortunate
as many others beside me has been
I went to Kentucky to Settle with
some Property and Bought Land and
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the title was not good I lost my land
and my Property was gone and I turned
out upon the world old and unable to
work, therefore I Beg the Charity of my
Country to Support me while I do live
which cant be long as I am now in 
my Seventy Ninth year and the sum
allowed me is quite Insufficient for my
Support Therefore I hope you will
as a friend to a Soldier Examine my
Papers and case and Secure me
Further Relief If in your Power
I should have written Sooner this Sring
But I thought your time was taken 
up while Congress were Sitting that
you could not attend to my case
But now I hope you will not fail
to Examine and See where the error is
and let me know - I am with Sentiments 
of High Esteem your friend
Isaac Cox
Mr Lewis Cass
Secretary at War
The Papers Referred to are all filed in the war
office
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Rev. War Section,
Record Division.

Feb. 18, 1922.

Mr. Clarence R. Smith,
814 S. 14th St.
New Castle, Ind.

Sir:

In response to your letter of the 13th instant,
you are advised that the Revolutionary War records of
this Bureau fail to afford any information in regard
to Lewis Hackett, or Tookett, or Tackett, Michael McDermit,
(under any spelling of that name) and Isaac Cooks.

One Michael McDermot, who was pensioned from March
25, 1814, on account of disability, resulting from gunshot
wound of right thigh, at the battle of Mississinewa,
while serving as a private, in the Michigan Dragoons, died
in Shelby County, Ohio, July 13, 1848, leaving a widow
Hannah, who was living in Delaware County, Indiana, in 1859
and stated that she had a child, name not given, who then
lived in Henry County, Indiana. He is the only pensioner
of that name found on the rolls, prior to, or during 1840,
and by reference to the census of 1840, quoted by you, it
will be seen that Michael McDormit of Henry County, Ind.
was 69 years old, which preclude the possibility of his
having served in the Revolution. (R. File 16,364.)

One Isaac Cox who enlisted in Washington County, Md.
and served from November 1775, to December 1776, as a 
private in Captain Andrew Hines' Company, Colonel Smallwood's
Md. Regiment, was allowed pension on his application
executed October 4, 1826. while living in Rush Co.,
Ind. aged 71 years, and he was still living there in 1834.
His residence in 1840 and the date of his death is not
on record. (S. File 32,186.)

Very respectfully,
Washington Gardner
Commissioner.

[written vertically down left margin of this page follows]

see his letter in
Old War Wid. Rejected 16264. Hannah wid Michael
McDermot
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RECORD DIVISIN. 3--525.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 19__

S.F. 32.186

In reply to your request of [blank], received [blank]
for a statement of the military history of Isaac Cox
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.

[column headers: | DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. | LENGTH OF SERVICE. | RANK. | OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. | [sub headers here: | CAPTAIN. | COLONEL. |] | STATE |]

| Nov. 1775 | Dec 1776 | Pvt. | Andrew Hines | Smallwood | Md. |

Battles engaged in, [blank]
Residence of soldier at enlistment, enlisted in Washington Co. Md
Date of application for pension, Oct 4, 1826 ths cl. was al
Residence at date of application, Rush Co. Ind
Age at date of application, 71 years
Remarks: No data about family

Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

[illegible form number at the bottom]
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[some calculations at top left as follows]
1826
71
1755

1840
82
1758

Knightstown Indiana
July 26 - 1936
A.D. Hiller
Washington D.C.

Dear Sir: - Will you please give me data
for the revolutionary service of Isaac Cocks
listed as receiving a pension 1840 while
residing in Dudley Twp. Henry County
Indiana aged 87
Thank you for information sent me concerning
Richard Conway - 
Sincerely
Mrs R. M. Cluggish
CDl69l
n2
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NO 7374
The Peoples National Bank
RUSHVILLE, INDIANA
CAPITAL, 660,000.00
SURPLUS, 875,000.00

EARL M. PAYNE, PREST. C.A. MAUZY, VICE-PREST.
RALPH PAYNE, CHSHIER CARL E. WEBB, ASST. CASHIER

Nov. 8, 1913.

Honorable Commissioner
of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.
Honorable Sir: -
Would you kindly supply me with any information
that you office may have concerning Isaac Cox, who was a Revolutionary
pensioner. Mr. Cox was a resident of Rush County, Indiana
and was drawing a pension as late as 1834.
Thanking you for your kindness, I am 
Yours very truly,
Miles S. Cox
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War Dept.
Pension Office
31st JanY.1829.

Charles H. Veeder
Postmaster
Rushville, Indiana
Sir:

I have received your letter of the 16th instant in relation to the
case of Isaac Cox. If he can prove that he served nine months in 
Hines Company after the year 1776 by the evidence of two credible
witnesses, I think it probably that no objection will be made to the
admission of his claim.

J.L.E.
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War Department, Pension Office
November 3, 1828

Albert S. White, Esq.
Rushville, Rush Co. Ind.

Sir"

Your letter of the 10th ultimo covering the supplemental declaration
of Isaac Cox, came duly to hand. I find that Cox enlisted, according
to his own account, in November 1775, and served until December, 
1776, under Captain Andrew Hines. On examining the rolls of
Maryland Continental line, it appears that Captain Hines was not appointed
as officer in the continental army until December 1776. 
If, therefore, Mr. Cox belonged to his company at the period set forth
in his declaration, he must have served under Capt. H. at a time when
he was not attached to the continental establishment. As the act
providing for revolutionary soldiers, extend to those only who belonged
to said establishment, his claim, of course, cannot be allowed.
The papers will remain on our files, agreeably to the regulations of
this Department.

JL.E.
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War Department
Pension Office
April 8, 1828

Hon. James Noble
Senate, U.S.

Sir: 

In answer to the enlosed [enclosed] letter, I have to inform you that Isaac
Cox's claim was rejected on the 31st October, 1826, and Mr. Veeder
was informed thereof. The reason for not allowing the pension was
that Griffin's regiment in which he alleged to have served, was not
on the continental establishment, and the law provided for none who
did not so serve. He now says that he was attached to Colonel
Smallwood's regiment. His name is not on the Maryland rolls:
but this will not be an insuperable objection, as he has proved
that he served in Captain Hines's Company and I find that Hines
was an officer of the Maryland continental line. Let him make a
new declaration according to the enclosed form, setting forth his
service in Colonel Smallwood's regiment, and perhaps a favorable
decision may be had.

J.L.E.
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Depmt of War
Pension Office
31 Oct. 1826

Charles A. Veeder, Esq.
Rushville
Indiana

Sir:

The claim of Isaac Cox to a pension on account of revolutionary service has been examined and rejected. He states that he served in a regiment commanded by Colo. Griffin, of the Maryland line. No Colonel of that name belonged to that line of continental troops; and the law of the 18th of March 1818, under which Cox claims, provides for those only who served on the continental establishment. Cox's declaration will remain on our files agreeable to the regulations of this Department.

* * * * * * *    J. L. E.