Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 25,442, John Cole, Continental New York
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE: Continental New York
Cole, John Olive
NUMBER: W. 25442
CONTENTS: [left blank]
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7658
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New York
John Cole 2nd
of Ontario in the State of N York
who was a private in the regiment commanded by
Colonel Stevens of the N. York
line, for the term of Nine month 1782
Inscribed on the Roll of New York

at the rate of 8
Dollars per month, to commence on
the 9 of May 1818
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Certificate of Pension issued the 15 of Mar
and sent to Judge Phelps

Arrears to 4th of Mar 1819
78,96
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 Sept 1819. 48 "
9 mo. 23.4  35.35
[total] $126.96
Lamb
Revolutionary claim,
Act 18th March, 1818.}
Continued
[on side] [Notifn?] sent Nov 25th 1820 to Fletcher M Haight
Angelica, Allegany Co N.Y.
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4932
New York Albany
Olive Cole
widow of
John 2d  NY
who served in the Revolutionary war
 as a
Private of Artillery
[Aned?] from $35.82
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
96 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, 
to commence on
the [4th day of March - crossed out[, 1848.
1st of July
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Certificate of Pension issued the
10th day of June 1831
and sent to
.
A. Joy Esq
Ovid N.Y
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February 2, 1848, Page 44, Vol. 4

[opposite page] 733
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Declaration of
John Cole
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May 9th 1818
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private - name of Col. not
recollected - afterwards transfered
to Steven's Regt N York line
Ap82 Nine month.
Admitted

The Honorable
Secy of War
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State of New York
Ontatio County } Ss
 On this 9th day of May 1818 before me Stephen Phelps a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County and State personally appears John Cole aged 57 years resident in the town of Middlesex in said County and State who being by me first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the late 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- That he the said John Cole enlisted for Nine Months the last of March or the first of April
1782 at Pittstown in the County of Albany and State of New York in the company commanded by Capt Anthony Wells of the New York line and the name of his Colonel he has forgotten. That he served in said Corps about two months when he was transfered into a company commanded by Capt. Moody in a Regiment of Artillery commanded by Col. Stevens of the New York line. That he continued to serve in serve in said Corps until the expiration of the said term of Nine Months when he was honorably discharged from service at West point in the State aforesaid. That he is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support and that having lost his discharge he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services --
his x mark  John Cole
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The foregoing declaration
Sworn to and declared the day and year aforesaid before me.
Stephen Phelps
Ontario County ss - I Stephen Phelps a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said John Cole did serve in the Revolutionary War as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy for the time of Nine months or more of the continental establishment and by satisfactory proof I have no doubt of his being in reduced circumstances and entitled to the provisions of the aforementioned Act of Congress and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me to the Secretary for the department of War pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned Act of Congress --
Canandaigua May 9th 1818 --
Stephen Phelps
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The Honorable the Secretary for the Department of War if my claims are allowed will pleas to forward a certificate of the same to Stephen Phelps Esqr of Canandaigua who is my agent April 9th 1818-
  John Cole  his x mark
-
Witness Alexis Phelps
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State of New York
Ontario County ⎬ Ss
Clerks office 
In Testimony that Stephen Phelps
whose name is subscribed to the foregoing certificate was on the day of the date of
the same one of the Judges of the Court of
common pleas in and for the County of Ontario
and that the same is his signature I hereunto subscribe my name and affix the county seal at Canandaigua this
5th day of June AD 1818
Hn McNair Clk
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application of
John Cole 2nd
7658
15 Mar '19
Alfred
Allegany Co
NY.
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State of New York ⎬ Ss
County of Allegany
On this twenty fifth day of October 1820 personally appeared in open Court being a Court of record for said County of Allegany John Cole aged sixty one years
resident in the town of Alfred in said County who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath declare that he served in the revolutionary war as follows. That about a year before the close of the revolutionary war but the exact time this applicant
not now ascertain he enlisted at Pittstown in the County of Rensalaer [Rensselaer] & State of New York at the time for the
term of nine months in the company commanded by Anthony Phelps Captain that he was afterwards
transferred to the company commanded by Captain Moody and regiment commanded by Col. Stephens (the christian names of the two last mentioned officers this applicant cannot recollect )
In the New York line corps of Artillery as is stated in the original declaration made by this
applicant two years ago last April or May but which ^ month this applicant cannot now ascertain will more fully & at large appear. That he has received a pension
and that the number of his certificate is 7658
and I do solemnly swear that I was a resident
citizen of the United States on the 18th day of
March 1818 and that I have not since that time
by gift 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 nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities contracts or debts due to me; nor have I
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any income other them what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed & by me subscribed
Real estate none
Personal property
one Cow 6 pigs 4 sheep 1 big wheel 4 chains 
1 ax
3 Small Iron Kettles cracked 5 flour barrels 
1 flat iron
1 Candle stick 4 brown crocks 1 Earthen pitcher 2 small bottles 3 Earthen bowls 8 plates 3 cups & saucers 1 tea pot
1 pewter platter 2 pails 1 churn, 1 hatchett 3 knives & forks 6 pewter spoons 1 spider  1 [tramwell?] 1 cow bell
1 piece of a chain 2 hogs
John Cole his x mark
I am a farmer but from the rheumatic complaint in the arm & shoulder am unable to pursue my occupation Olive Cole my wife aged fifty one years likewise afflicted with rheumatic complaint
Abigail Cole aged 15 years she is small weakly & unable to go out to work Davicas Cole aged 10 years she is too young to support herself Daniel Cole aged 3 years
  John Cole  his x mark
Sworn to and declared
on the 25th day of October 1820
Before
Amos Peabody Clk
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Amos Peabody Clerk of the County of Allegany do hereby
Certify that the foregoing oath and 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 of the value of the property exibited in the afforesaid Schedule is thirty four Dollars and four cents In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court on this 25th day of October AD 1820
Amos Peabody Clerk of
the Court of Common Pleas
Edward Renwick  Dep Clerk
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Declaration
To obtain the benefit of the provisions made
by an act of Congress passed July 7. 1838 & c
State of New York
Allegany County ss. On this twenty fourth day
of November one thousand Eight hundred and
forty Eight (1848) personally appeared before me William G. Angel County Judge of the said
County of Allegany, Olive Cole a resident of the town of Alfred in said County aged Seventy nine years who being first duly sworn according to Law Doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made
by an act of Congress passed July 7, 1838, entitled an act granting half pay & pensions to certain widows, and acts explanatory thereof and amending the same passed March 3, 1843, & June 17, 1844 & Joint Resolution
of ^ 1st July 1848 &c, that she is now the Widow of John Cole late of the aforesaid town of Alfred who departed this life on the 24th day of December 1846
That she was married to the aforesaid John Cole on the 8th day of October 1787. - That her husband John Cole was as declarant always understood by him a soldier of the United States during a portion of the war of the Revolution, That during
said war he resided in the town of Pittstown in
the County of Renssellaer in said State of New York from whence she believes he entered the service by intestment and served under Captain Moodie and others. That he was at the said day of his death a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States in
consideration of the services by him rendered in said war. That as declarant was not married to him until after said war she cannot relate the particulars
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of his service and being now aged & forgetful she cannot state the particulars thereof communicated to his from time to time by her said husband but as he was a pensioner at the time of his death, (as she believes) under the act of 1818, she respectfully refers
to his papers on file in the pension Department at Washington in the matter of his application for his said pension for proof of his Revolutionary services in said War and Declarant further says that
she was married as aforesaid to her husband said John Cole in Pittstown in said County of Rensselaer on the Eighth day of October Seventeen hundred and Eighty Seven by the Revd Mr. Swartfager a German
Minister of the Lutheran denomination who then lived and preached in said County of Renssellaer that the following persons were present at her marriage
to wit Abraham Francisco, Nelson Francisco, Betsy Francisco, Lucretia Francisco and others. That previous to her marriage as aforesaid she resided in Pittstown aforesaid and bore the maiden name of Francisco. That her husband the aforesaid John Cole died as aforesaid on the twenty fourth day of December Eighteen hundred & forty six. He died on
a visit at the residence of our of his sons at Middlesex in the County of Yates in the said State of New York. That the family record of the said John Cole was kept upon some blank leaves in his family bible, the the same has been mutilated and only part of the same can now be found that a part of
the said record accompanies this declaration attached to an affidavit made by John V. Pierce
that the said record was made more than twenty years ago and is in the hand writing of her son
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That she does not know by what means the said record became mutilated unless by wear and lapse of time, that the said record did contain the date of her marriage with the said John Cole which was the same as herein before stated (October
8.1787) which was the true date of her marriage and she says that the part of the record accompanying this is a true register of the birth of her children and is true & correct, and she further says that she still
remains the widow of the said John Cole & has not intermarried since his death,
  Olive Cole  her x mark
Subscribed & Sworn to before
me the
day and year first
aforesaid Olive Cole
is not able to
attend Court by reason
of the infirmities of age
W. G. Angel County
Judge of Allegany Co

State of New York
Allegany County ss. I Martin Butts Clerk of
the County Court of the County & State aforesaid
Do hereby certify that William G. Angel is the
County Judge of the said County duly commissioned and qualified that he was duly elected such Judge on the 7 day of June 1847 and that his term of Office will expire on the 31st day of December 1851. And that his signature above written is
genuine.
Given under my hand and the seal of
the said County Court this 5th day of March
1849.
Martin Butts Clerk
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Leonard Cole was
Born in the year
1789 Jan 26 Son
John Cole
Thomas Cole was born
in the year 1791 Jan
Son of John Cole
Elizabeth Cole was
Born 1793 Nov 12 [Bass?]
Daughter of John Cole
Olive Cole was born
in the year 1793
Nov 8th Daughter of
John Cole
Cornelius Cole was born
in the year 1798 Nov
26 the son of John Cole
Cathreine Cole was Born
in the year 1801 may
16th Daughter of John Co[le]
Abigail Cole was Born
in the year 1805 July
26th Daughter of John Co[le]
Dorcas Cole was Born
in the year 1810 July
14th Daughter of John
Cole
Daniel Branard was
Born in the 1817 [July - crossed out] April
17th
Son of Olive Cole
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Arthur Odell was Born
in the year 1806 august the 5 day
Sarah daughter of Arthur
and Catherine Odell was
May the 5 day 1840
Delia Loreta daughter of
Arthur and Catherine Odell
was Born July th [?]
day 1842
James Urven son of Arthur
and Catherine Odell was born 
July the 20 day 1844
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State of New York
Allegany County Ss
John Pierce of Alfred in the said
County of Allegany being duly sworn deposes and says that he was well and intimately acquainted with John Cole a Revolutionary pensioner late of the said town of Alfred deceased, that he was also
acquainted with the family of the said John Cole & particularly with Olive Cole the widow of the said John Cole, that he has often seen the family record of the said John Cole written upon some unprinted leaves in his family bible, that a part of the said
record is hereto annexed, that the part of the said record containing the date of the said marriage of the said John Cole to his wife Olive now his widow is torn out & is missing from the said bible, that he saw the leaves of the record hereto annexed taken
out of the said bible & knows them to be a part of the family record of the said John Cole, that he saw those same leaves containing the names of the [said - crossed out] Children of the said John Cole & the date of their birth more than fifteen years ago and that all the names & dates written in blak [black] ink on said leaves were written thereon the first time he saw the said record & were the same as they now appear
That that part of the said record which is missing set forth that that the said John Cole was married to Olive Francisco at a date anterior to the birth of their son Leonard who as appears by the said record
was born on the 26th of June 1789, the particular date of the marriage this deponent does not recollect
and further says not-
  John V. Pierce
Sworn & Subscribed
this 8th day of November
1848. Before me
W. G. Angel Judge of Allegy [Allegany] Co.
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I certify that the within named John V. Peirce
is a respectable person & entitled to credit
W. G. Angel

State of New York
Allegany County I Martin Butts of the County
Court of the County & State aforesaid Do hereby certify
that William G. Angel is the County Judge of the
said County duly commissioned & qualified to
act as such and that his signatures above and
within written are genuine.
Given under my hand and the seal of
the said County Court this 5th day of
March 1848.
Martin Butts Clerk
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Mrs. Henry C. Bowen
320 Dennis Street
Adrian, Michigan
Dear Madam:
June 6, 1940
C
BA-J/AWF
John Cole
W. 25442
The data which follow were obtained from claim
for pension, W. 25442, based upon the military service
of John Cole in the Revolutionary War.
The date and place of birth of John Cole, and
names of his parents were not given.
While a resident of Pittstown, Rensselaer County,
New York, John Cole enlisted sometime in March or April,
1782, served about two months in Captain Anthony Welp's
New York company, was transferred and served nine months
in Captain Moodie's company, in Colonel Stevens' Regiment
of Artillery.
York.
He was allowed pension on his application
executed May 9, 1818, at which time he was a resident
of Middlesex, New York, aged fifty-seven years. He
was living in 1820, in Alfred, Allegany County, New
He died December 24, 1846, in Middlesex, New York
, at which time he was on a visit to one of his
sons, name of this son not designated.
John Cole married October 8, 1787, in Pittstown,
New York, Olive Francisco, of said Pittstown. The
date and place of her birth, and names of parents
are not shown.
The widow, Olive Cole, was allowed pension on
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her application executed November 24, 1848, then a resident of Alfred, New York, aged seventy-nine years. She continued to live in Alfred, in 1851.

The following data in regard to the children
of John Cole, and his wife, Olive, are shown:
Leonard born January 26, 1789
Thomas     "    January 12, 1791
Elizabeth   "  November 12, 1793
Olive         "  November 8, 1795
Cornelius   "  November 26, 1798
Cathrine     "  May 16, 1801
Abigail       "  July 26, 1805
Dorcas    "  July 14, 1810
Daniel Branard  April 17, 1817

The following data are shown, also, relationship
to the family not stated:
Arthur Odell was born August 5, 1803;
Sarah, daughter of Arthur Odell and Catharine Odell, was born May 5, 1840
Delia Dorcas, daughter of Arthur Odell and Catharine Odell, was born July 4, 1842;
James Wrenn, son of Arthur Odell and Catharine
Odell, was born July 20, 18-

The widow, Olive Cole, stated that the following
persons were present at her marriage: Abraham Francisco,
Nelson Francisco, Betsey Francisco, and Lucretia Francisco;
 their relationship to the widow not given.

Anne Francisco, a resident of Glenville, Schenectady County, New York, in 1849, then aged ninety years, the widow of Cornelius Francisco, whom she married
December 12, 1770, referred to their children John, born August 1, 1785, and David, born May 1, 1788; their relationship to the widow, Olive Cole, not shown.

The papers on file in these claims contain no
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further discernible data relative to family.
In order to obtain the date of last payment
of pension, name and address of person paid, and
possibly the date of death of the widow, Olive Cole.
you should apply to the Comptroller General, General
Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and
furnish the following data:
Olive Cole, widow of John Cole
Certificate #4932
Issued June 10, 1851
Rate $96.00 per annum
Commenced July 1, 1848
Act of February 2, 1848
New York Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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Revy
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 25.442
Olive Cole
wid of John Cole
Priv Rev. war
Act: Feb 2nd 1848.
Index: -- Vol. _, Page _
[Arrangement of 1870.]

1940 -
June 6- Hist to Mrs. Henry C. Bowen See her
letter in Jonathan Cook
S 29094  [?]
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Olive Cole, wid
of John, (am? '38 to '48
old case of mine
from
Arad Joy
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N.Y. Albany Roll, act 18 March 1818,
John Cole 2d (Ontario Co N.Y.. formerly) pri $8 per month
To what time last paid? Died 24th Decr 1846
Pd. to his death [?]
To 3d Auditors Office
Pension Office,
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4932,
New York Albany
Olive Cole
---
widow of John Cole
who served in the Revolutionary war
, as a pri of arty
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
35 Dollars 82
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the
3d day of July 1819
and sent to
J.I. Slingerland
Albany
N.Y.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February 2, 1848, Page 42 Vol 4
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620
New York, Albany
Olive Cole
widow of John Cole 2
who was a pri of arty
in the
Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
35 Dollars 82
Cents per annum, to commence on
the [4th day of March 1844 - crossed out].
24 December 1846
Certificate of Pension issued the
3d day of July 1849.
and sent to
J. I. Slingerland
Albany
NY
[Act of JUNE 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book A
Vol. 2
Page 88,
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Inc to $96. [deg?] $35.82
Comg [commencing] 1 July 1848,
Albany
A. Joy
Ovid
N.Y.
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Increase
under joint
Resolution
1 July 1848
Ovid May 31 '51
Sir I inclose Pension certificate & declaration 
of Olive Cole for Increase
Respectfully
Your Obt Servt
Arad Joy

Hon J E Heath
Coms of Pens  [Commissioner of Pensions]
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No 695.
Olive Cole
widow of John Cole 2d
N.Y.
Act 17 June 1844
Married  1787
Husband died 24 Dec 1846
Admd 2 months
pri. & pri of Arty 7 mo.
$35.82 per ann
fr 24 Dec 1846
1848
Adm Act 2d Feb  1848
Hon J. I. Slingerland
Albany N.Y.
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Payment to be made at Albany by
Thos W. Olcott
Agent for paying Pensioners in the
Agency of New York

Payable on the 4th September and 4th
March
Recorded in the Pension
Office on the
Roll of Pensioners under act February
2d, 1848, Page 42, Vol. 4
Geo. Jenkins  Clerk
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
WIDOW'S PENSION.
I certify that in conformity with the act of February 2, 1848
Olive Cole
widow of John Cole 2d
who was a private of Artillery
in the revolutionary war,
is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of thirty five
dollars and eighty two cents per annum, commencing on the
4th of March, 1848, and continuing for life, unless she should again
marry; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such
marriage.
Given at the Department of the Interior
this 3d day of July
one thousand eight hundred and forty nine -
J. Ewing
Secretary of the Interior.

Examined and Countersigned,
 J L Edwards
  Commissioner of Pensions.
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Declaration
State of New York
County of Allegany Ss On this 26th day of May 1851. personally appeared before me the subscriber County Judge
in and for said County Olive Cole a resident of
said County who being first duly sworn according to Law deposes and states that she is the widow of John Cole 2d deceased, who during his natural life was a revolutionary pensioner under the act of Congress of 1818, at the rate of ninety six dollars per annum and that she is in the receipt of an annual pension of thirty five dollars and Eighty two
cents. Now the object of this declaration being
[made?] is in order to open a claim at the same rate of pension her husband received, claiming on the evidence filed in her late husbands case and under the
resolution of Congress approved the first day of July 1848. she further declares she is still a widow.
  Olive Cole  her x mark
Sworn & Subscribed before
me this 26th day of May 1851
W. G. Angel County Judge
I do hereby certify that Olive Cole above named is well known to me and that she is the widow of John Cole who was a revolutionary pensioner, And I further certify that the said Olive Cole is unable to write by reason of the infirmities of age, and that the
above statement to which her name is affixed was read & fully explained to her before putting her hand
thereto
W. G. Angel
County Judge
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State of New York
Allegany County
Clerks office.  Ss. I, John J. Rockefellow Clerk of the County Court of said County Do hereby certify that William G. Angel whose signature appears to the Jurat of the within declaration & to the within certificate was at the date of said Jurat the County Judge of the said County of Allegany duly authorized to administer oaths for general purposes
and that his signature " W. G. Angel ' to said Jurat & certificate are in his genuine hand writing-
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto 
set my hand & affixed my official
Seal at Angelica in said County
the 26th day of May 1851.
John J. Rockefellow
 Clerk
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State of New York
Schenectady County ⎬ ss
I Anne Francisco
a resident of the Town of Glenville in the said
County of Schenectady, aged Ninety years, being duly sworn according to law do depose and say that I am well acquainted with Olive Cole who is now the widow of John Cole who was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States. That I have known the said Olive Cole from her infancy & the said John Cole since he was a boy. That during the War of the Revolution the said John and Olive Cole
and myself lived in the Town of Pittstown in the County of Renssellaer in said State of New York, and in less then two miles from each other. That the said Olive bore the maiden name of Olive Francisco
That I well remember when the said John Cole
and the said Olive Francisco were married to each other. They were duly married to each other in my presence the fall of the year Seventeen hundred and Eighty
seven by the Revd Mr Swartfeger, in Pittstown
aforesaid, I was married to my deceased husband Cornelius Francisco as appears from my family Record December 12th, 1779, and the said John and Olive Cole were married to each other as aforesaid about eight years after I was married. My son David was born as appears from my said Family
record on the first day of May, Seventeen hundred and eighty eight. The following is a copy and a true extract from my said Family Record, to wit, "David Francisco was born May
1st 1788," and I well remember
that the said John and Olive Cole were married
to each other as aforesaid in the fall of the year before my said Son David was born. My son John was born as appears from my said Family Record
on the first day of August 1785, and I well remem-
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ber that my son John was a child of about two years of age when the said John and Olive were married as aforesaid, After their said marriage they lived together as husband and wife and raised a family of children
the oldest of whom was Leonard and would be if now living at last sixty years of age, Thomas their next son is now at last fifty eight years of age. They had a large family of children, Said Olive is now the widow of the said John Cole and lives in Alfred Allegany County, State of New York. I was present and saw the said John and Olive duly married to each other at the time and place aforesaid, the said John Cole died in December of the year
1846, And further I say not
  Anne Francisco  her x mark
Subscribed and sworn to before me 
this 21st day of June A.D. 1849.
 Abner Smith Justice of the peace

I hereby certify that Anna Francisco the above
deponent is a highly Reputable person and a credible witness whose Testimony on any subject is entitled to full faith and credit that she is and [an] aged lady but is posse [possessed] of a strong mind and good memory, and that full confidence an be placed in her statements, she is not
able now to write her own name, & is therefore oblige to make her mark or cross, and that the facts contained
in the foregoing Deposition where by her communicated to me before the above deposition was by her executed
before me
Abner Smith Justice of
the peace
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I hereby certify that Anna Francisco the above
deponent is a highly reputable person and a credible witness whose Testimony on any subject is entitled to full faith and credit that she is and [an] aged lady but is possesst [possessed] of a strong mind and good memory, and that full confidence
can be placed in her statements, she is not
able now to write her own Name & is therefore oblige
to make her mark or cross, and that the facts contained [the rest of the handwriting ic sut off - but is on previous page]

State of New York, COUNTY OF SCHENECTADY.
CLERK'S OFFICE,
I, SILAS H MARSH
Clerk of the city of Schenectady, DO HEREBY CERTIFY,
That Abner Smith
Esq. whose name is subscribed
to the CERTIFICATE of the proof or acknowledgment of the annexed instrument
and thereon written, was at the time of taking such proof or acknowledgment, a Justice of the Peace for the town of Glenville
dwelling in the said Town and County, commissioned and sworn, and duly authorized
to take the same. -- AND FURTHER, That I am well acquainted with the hand writing of such Justice, and verily believe that the signature to the said Certificate of proof or acknowledgment is genuine, and that said instrument is executed and acknowledged according to the laws of this state.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said County,
the 22d day of June 1849.
  S.H.. Marsh Clerk
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Hon J. L. Edwards
Sir
Please to report this case
to me as soon
as posible-
Yours
John J Slingerland
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Mrs. Henry C. Bowen
320 Dennis Street
Adrian, Michigan
Dear Madam:
June 6, 1940
BA-J/AWF
John Cole-W.25442
Jonathan Cook - S.29094
Reference is made to your letter in which
you request the Revolutionary War record of Jonathan
Cook, pension claim, S.29094, and the Revolutionary War
record of John Cole, born October 6, 1761, served
with the New York troops.
The Revolutionary War records of John Cole and
Jonathan Cook are furnished you herewith.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
See Mrs. P. Owen's letter [in?]
Jonathan Cook
5.29094
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[Note: this is a different John Cole]
THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Form VAM-51
12 - 5 - 41

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
Division of Veterans' Administration Archives

Name  Cole, John
Grade Private
Line Maryland
Warrant Number 11054
Acreage 100
Issued March 22, 1797
to Abijah Holbrook, assignee

The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of ""Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800"" which are
registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent
dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of Novembber 9, 1800.
Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.