Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 22,686, Fones Cole, R.I.
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Service: R. I.
Cole, Fones
s. 22,686
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(left side of document as follows)

New York 30,617
Fones Cole
Of Montgomery in the state of New York who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Cole of the regiment commanded by Col Dyer in the Rhode Island line for 6 months.

Inscribed on the roll of New York at the rate of 20 Dollars and 0 cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834

Certificate of Pension issued the 4th day of May 1836 and sent
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8/

Fones Cole
Pension Claim
amended
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7th of June 1832

State of New York Montgomery County} ss:

On this 13th day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three personally appeared in open court before the judges of the Court of Common Pleas of said county Fones Cole a resident of the town of Broadalbin in said County of Montgomery and State of New York 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 benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832. That in the month of June in the year 1778 he was enrolled in the Rhode Island militia in Capt. John Cole's Company and Col. Charles Dyer's regiment that at the time of his enrolment he resided at North Kingston in Rhode Island. That the militia in the place were at that time ordered out to guard the coast and for this purpose they were divided into two parties, each party serving one month alternately in regular succession and that the said Cole took his turn regularly every other month with the party to which he was attached and that in this alternate manner he served as a private in the Company aforesaid in garrison at North Kingston aforesaid in the months of July, September and November in the year 1778, each month's service extending from some time in the months named to same day in the next succeeding month, but he does not recollect on what day of the month his tour commenced nor on what day of the next month it ended. During the years 1779 and 1780 he served six months at the same place and under the same officers aforesaid and during the years 1781 and 1782 he served five months in each year at the same place in the same manner and under the same officers as foresaid. But during the four last mentioned years he cannot now state
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on what day of the month his regular tours occurred. In addition to the services above mentioned he went out as a volunteer for one month under Capt. Henry Northrop & Lieut. Hutchinson Cole either in March or April of the year 1779 in garrison at Newport and in the month of July in the year 1781 he went to Newport for one month as a substitute for Joseph Wyatt and in August following as a substitute for James Sweet for one month under Capt. William Traffin and Lieut. John Bissell in Col. Thomas Tillinghast's regiment. That in this manner the said Fones Cole was engaged in active service in behalf of the United States for more than two years but that he has no documentary evidence of his services and that he does not know of any person who can testify to any part of his services except one John Green a resident of the town of Broadalbin in this County who was the orderly sergeant of Capt. William Traffin's company at the time the said Fones Cole was a substitute for James Sweet whose affidavit is herewith transmitted.
The said Fones Cole was born at Exeter in Rhode Island in June 1762 - that he has a record of his age received from his father and preserved in his family Bible - That he was living at North Kingston in Rhode Island when he was called into service and since the Revolutionary War he remained there nearly twenty years and that he now resides in Broadalbin in Montgomery County in the state of New York. - That he does not recollect the names of any of the regular officers. That he never received a discharge from the service other than a verbal one and that he is acquainted with William Groom a clergyman and Allen Burr a Justice of the Peace and many other inhabitants of the town of Broadalbin who can testify as to his character for veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity except the present and declares that his name
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is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state. 
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
(signature) George D. Ferguson, Clerk
(signature) Fones Cole

[note: the word "sworn" is written in the left margin next to the signatures.]

We William Groom a Clergyman and Allen Burr a Justice of the Peace both residing in the town of Broadalbin in the County of Montgomery do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Fones Cole who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration & that we believe him to be seventy one years of age - that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
(signature) Jeorge D. Ferguson, clerk.
(signature) Wm. Groom
(signature) Allen Burr, J. P. 

{note: the word "sworn" is written in the left margin next to the signatures]

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that William Groom who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman resident in the town of Broadalbin aforesaid and that Allen Burr who has also signed the same is a resident in the same time and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit.

I George D. Ferguson Clerk of Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Montgomery in the State of New York do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Fones Cole for a pension.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 13th day of June 1833
(signature) George D. Ferguson
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832
State of New York County of Montgomery} ss

On this tenth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared in open court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of said County now sitting Fones Cole a resident of the town of Broadalbin in the said Count of Montgomery duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7, 1832 - That he was born in June in the year 1762 in Exeter in Rhode Island and afterwards removed to North Kingston in Washington County in the same state that in the year 1778 he was enrolled in the Militia of Rhode Island in Col. Charles Dyers' Regiment - that the officers of his company were John Cole, Captain, Hutchinson Cole, Lieutenant, and Thomas Congden, Ensign - That at this time the militia of Rhode Island were ordered out to guard the lines, as the enemy were then threatening an invasion of that State, and for this purpose the militia were divided into two parties which served alternately for a month at a time and the said Fones Cole took his turn regularly with the party to which he was attached in guarding the lines and continued to do so for about four years from the date last aforesaid with the exception of the service hereinafter specified, to wit - In the month of July 1781 he went to Newport Rhode Island and there entered the service as a substitute for Joseph Wyatt for one month under Capt. William Traffin and Lieutenant John Bissell and the month following he remained in the same Company at the same place as a substitute for one James Sweet. In March 1779 he returned to North Kingston
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and enlisted for one month under Capt. Henry Northrop, Lieut. Hutchinson Cole, and Ensign Daniel Congdon and went to the island of Rhode Island as a guard. In the months of June and November following he went as a volunteer under the same officers to the same place and remained a month each time. In June 1781 he went out again as a volunteer under the last mentioned officers for one month in the City of Newport. That he was engaged in active service in behalf of the United States more than two years, but that he has no documentary evidence of his services and that he knows of no person who can testify to any part of his services except one John Green a resident of the town of Broadalbin in this county who was the orderly sergeant of Capt. William Traffin's Company at the time the said Fones Cole was a substitute for James Sweet whose affidavit is herewith transmitted, but he thinks the said Green is mistaken in the year. 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.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
(signature) George D. Ferguson, Clerk
(signature) Fones Cole

We William Groom a Clergyman and Allen Burr a Justice of the peace both residing in the town of Broadalbin aforesaid hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Fones Cole who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration - that we believe him to be seventy years of age - that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion.
(signature) Wm. Groom
(signature) Allen Burr

Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.

(signature) George D. Ferguson, Clerk.
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No. 20465
Fones Cole
Montgomery Co. N. York

Referred to B. Cowell Esq.
[illegible] June 30 '39

Admitted Private 6 months

Hon. Mr. J. Bouce
Home Refer.
[illegible]
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(Note--document is a pre-printed form letter)

War Department
Pension Office 
May 2 [date partially obscured] 1833

Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim under the act of June 7,1832, has been examined and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will show what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: } ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them, and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.

A Statement, showing the service of Fones Cole, Montgomery Co. N. York.
(Note - information from table extracted for legibility)

Enrolled 1778, rank private, under company of Capt. Cole & L. Cole, under Col Dyer, marched through Newport and Rhode Island, age now 71, residing in North Kingston Rhode Island, evidence traditionary

Sub for 1780 [illegible] for Sweet, one month, under Capt. Traffin & Lt. Bissell in Rhode Island, evidence by John Green for one month

Enlisted 1779 June & Nov., served two months under Capt. Northrup & L. Cole, marched to the city of Newport

[illegible] 1781, one month

five months served

I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant, 
J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions

(handwritten note adds:)
It cannot be readily admitted that the above obligations of service are insusceptible of proof & claimants are required by the regulations to produce the best evidence in their power.
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2
Regulations Under the Act of June 7, 1832

The following regulations have been adopted
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3
 will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore. these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
6. To a Soldier. Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it?
To an Officer. Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court. Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace. the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance. [b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. 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 the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of bis service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:
For year months, and days, I served as a ; For mouths and days, I served as a and for such service I claim a pension."
{It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each 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, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with au embodied corps called into service by competent authority that lie was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany 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 of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow 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.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's 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. The notes from [a] to [j] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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in reply to your request of  ___, received ___ for a statement of the military history of Fones Cole a soldier of the revolutionary war, you will find below the desired information as contained in his application for pension on file in the Bureau. S 22,686

Enlisted June 1778, served at various times up to and including 1781, amounting to over 2 years., Rank of private, Served under Capt. John Cole, Col. Charles Dyer, Capt. Henry Northrup, Capt. William Traffin, and Col. Thos. Tillinghast in the state of Rhode Island.

Battles engaged in: (left blank)
Residence of soldier at enlistment: North Kingston, Washington Co. R. I. 
Date of application for pension: Dec. 10, 1832 His cl. was al. (note-claim was allowed?)
Residence at date of application: Broadalbin, Montgomery Co. N.Y.
Age at date of application: Born in June, 1762, Exeter R. I. 
Remarks: There is no data relative to family.

Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
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State of New York Montgomery County} s

John Green of Broadalbin in said County being duly sworn says that hse was in the service of the United States as an orderly serjant (sic) in Capt. William Traffin's Company of Rhode Island Militia in the month of August in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty one and that Fones Cole was than a private in said Traffin's  company as a substitute for James Sweet and that he continued in the service in said company for one month in the town of Newport in Rhode Island and further saith not.
(signature) John Green

Sworn & subscribed this 5th day of December 1832 before me
(signature) Joseph Blair, Justice

I certify that John Green who has subscribed & sworn to the above affidavit is personally known to me and that his character for truth and veracity is unimpeachable and that his testimony is entitled to implicit credit. Broadalbin June 10th 1833
(signature) Joseph Blair, Justice of Peace
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State of New York Montgomery County } ss

I George D. Ferguson Clerk of the said County do certify that Joseph Blair before whom the within affidavit purports to have been sworn and also by whom the within certificate purports to have been made was at the respective dates of the same one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the said County, and that I am acquainted with his handwriting and verily believe his name subscribed to the said affidavit and the said certificate to be his proper handwriting and signature.

Witness my hand and seal of office this 13th day of June in the year 1833
(signature) George D. Ferguson
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State of New York
Montgomery County} ss

Peleg Correy of the town of Otisco in the County of Onondaga and State of New York aged seventy eight years being duly sworn saith that he resided during the War of the revolution in the town of North Kingston County of Washington and State of Rhode Island; that in the year 1778 in the fall of the year or before he saw Fones Cole in the service of the United States, that he was in the company of Captain Henry Northrup and in Col. Dyer's regiment and was [illegible] in North Kingston. That  said deponent saw said Cole in service as aforesaid till the close of the war in 1782. That during the four years that he saw said Cole in service in  [illegible] the deponent believes that he was in said service with him less than one half of the time and this deponent believes that he saw him in said service at various times in all not less than two years. That the said Cole was stationed generally at said North Kingston and was in different companies  he was at Boston Neck and Point Judith and on The Island. That this deponent was in said service at the same time and knows that the said Cole served as he has stated. Cannot tell the precise time the said Cole served but believes it not less than as expressed.
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stated, that this deponent resided near the said Cole during the war of the revolution and was well acquainted with him during all that time. That the said Fones Cole above alluded to was resident in the town of Broadalbin Montgomery County and  state of New York.

(signature) Peleg Corey

Subscribed and sworn to this nineteenth day of May 1834 before me undersigned justice of the peace. I certify that the said Peleg Corey is reputed and  said to be a man of truth and veracity.

(signature) Marcellus Weston justice of the peace in & for the County Mongomery and State of New York
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This document is a duplicate.
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To

A. P. Dermarist, Esq.
Broadalbin
Montgomery Co.
N. York

postmarked Providence R. I. 
[month illegible, year possibly 35]
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Providence Feb. 25th  1834
Sir
Yours of the 19 has been read and in answer have to say that I have no Rolls of the militia in my office who served during the Revolutionary War. What Rolls I have were enlisted troops. I have no doubt however I can procure testimony of living witnesses of the services of Fones Cole if 
he will state particularly all his services, the name of his Captain, Lieutenant, and as many of his company as he can & the town where he was drafted etc. The Militia were divided during the second year into three divisions (not two) & each were on duty one third of the time, generally a  month. I have done so in several instances & feel sure I can in this.
The expenses
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however that will be necessary will be about $10 - including what will paid out to magistrates which must be paid when the evidence is taken, if however it is inconvenient to send the whole send half - I am sure I am perfectly willing to wait untill he gets his pension.
I am respectfully yours
Benjamin Cowell

To A. P. Demarist Esq.
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Hugh W. Cole 
Lawyer
Geneseo, Ill. August 6, 1913

Hon. Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir: - I would like the Revolutionary War record of the following two persons, who were father and son, and both were in said war, as I have evidence by letters and a published family history, but I am unable to locate Company and Regiment. There were in Rhode Island Soldiers.

Benjamin Cole, born at North Kingstown, R.I., ___ 1716, and died at North Kingstown, R. I. Jan. 14, 1812. He lived at North Kingstown, R. I. 

Fones Cole (son of Benjamin Cole above) born at North Kingstown, R.I. June 18, 1762, and died at Union Mills (near Broadalbin), Fulton County, N.Y. May 2, 1839.

Both were in war of Revolution, from Rhode Island. Fones Cole had a middle name (or perhaps it was his first name) Daniel, and it may be that his enlistment was as Daniel Cole, or as Daniel Fones Cole, or as Fones Daniel Cole, or as simply Fones Cole. I give these in order to aid search as much as possible.
Kindly give me all the information you can.
Very truly yours
Hugh W. Cole
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To J. L. Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
Sir
Fones Cole a revolutionary soldier who claims a pension for service in the Rhode Island Militia agrees to accept a pension for six months service.

Washington May 2nd 1836
(signature) Matthias J [illegible Bouce?]
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Joseph Whitecar
Payments to be made at Kenton
by R.I Trenton County
agent for paying pensioners
in the Agency of 
New Jersey

#22,686
(note: bottom of document torn and partially missing)
Record of the mentions office in [page torn] Vol. 8
Page [page torn] Wm. R. Palmer
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War Department
Revolutionary Claim

I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of 7th June, 1832, Joseph Whitecar of the State of New Jersey who was a private in the army of the Revolution is entitled to receive Forty-three dollars and Thirty-three cents per annum during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annual on the 4th of March, and the 4th of September, in every year.

Given at the War Office of the United States this third day of December one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three.

Lew Cass
Secretary of War
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Dec. 29, 1833 Paid to Sept. 4. 1833
Mar 13, 1834 paid to March 4 1834
Sept. 11 1834 paid to Sept 4 18344
March 13 1835 plaid to March 14 1835
Sept 10 1835 Paid to Sept 1835
Mar 10, 1836 paid to March 4 1836
Sept 20 Paid to Sept 1834
Paid to Mar 1837
Paid to Sept 1837
Paid to March 1838
Paid to Sept 1838
Paid to March 1839
Paid to Sept 1836
Paid to March 1840

(Note: written crossways over the listing is the following)
No. 22,686
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This document is duplicate of document #26
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Fones Cole
20,465
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And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that William Groom who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman resident in the town of Broadalbin aforesaid and that Allen Burr who has also signed the same is a resident in the same town and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I George D. Ferguson Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas and for the County of Montgomery in the State of New York do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Fones Cole for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 10th day of December 1832

(signature) George D. Ferguson
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(note - document is damaged and a portion missing)

New York 
Rev.
Fones Cole
Suspended
25 Sept. 1833
Lett to Hon. C. McVean
Jan'y 14 1835
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(left side of document)

22686 
Invalid
Revolution

File No. 22,686
Fones Cole
Pri. Rev. War
Act: June 7th 32
Inde: - Vol. 2, Page 78
[Arrangement of 1870]

(right side of document)
1913, Aug. 12 History to Hugh W. Cole  F.W.
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Broadalbin June 14, 1833
Sir - I sent you the pension Claim of Fones ole drawn up anew. On a careful examination of the claimant I have been able to present his case in a manner rather more intelligible than before as well as to correct an error that [document torn] before intervened. I have no doubt the declaration is correct and that he has produced the best evidence of his services in his power. I have the honor to be, sir, your Obt. Servt.
(signature) A. P. Demarist, Agt.

Hon. L. Cass
Sec'y of War
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Broadalbin N.Y.
Oct. 2nd 1833

J. L Edwards
Commissioner of Pension
Washington D.C.

N.Y.
Or'l Decl (original declaration?) of Fones Cole 
ret'd.

Free
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Broadalbin, Oct. 1, 1833
Sir
I herewith transmit to you the original declaration of Fones Cole. The affidavit of John Green  now attached to the papers in your office was originally attached to the enclosed papers. In other respects I believe the paper is in the same condition in which it was originally forwarded to the war department.
I am Sir with respect
Your Obt. Srvt.
A.P. Demarist
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Wash Feby 10, 1834
Sir
I  return herewith the papers of Fones Cole. His case is suspended for further proof. For proof of his service in Rhode Island I refer you to Benjamin Cowell Esq. Providence Rhode Island who has in his possession a list of those engaged in that service and an account of the time of service of each person. This is the highest proof and the Department you know requires the highest proof that can be had. 

I am very respectfully your obdt. servt.
Cole McVean

A P Demarest Esq.
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(document addressed as envelope and overwritten faintly)

Free

Hon. J. L. Edwards
Comm. of Pensions
Washington City

Aug. 3

Broadalbin 
[illegible] 31



Illegible word written faintly
Fones Cole Jny roll
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Broadalbin July 31 1837
Dear Sir
Mr. Fones Cole a Pensioner who had been allowed $20 a year has requested me to ask  of your honor the reason that he was allowed no more he tells me he thinks there must have been some mistake as his proof was as he supposes as good as those that have been allowed from one to two years he wishes to know whether he is deficient in proof & what is the cause of his not being allow as others have been, I think from my knowledge of the man & the character he sustains in this place there can be no doubt but that his word can be depended upon and that he is entitled to his pension according to his proof. Will you be kind enough to write me on the subject so that Mr. Cole may know what he is deficient in.

Very respectfully your
Allen Burr

Hon. J. L. Edwards Esq.
Com. of Pensions

Direct to A. Burr 
Broadalbin Montgomery Co NY