Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R 2157, David Coleman, New Jersey
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New Jersey  Coleman; David  R2157
Or Coelman
Or Coalman
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David Coleman
12,266
Allowed
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State of New York Orange County:
On this fourth day of September 1832 personally appeared before Samuel L. Seward, John Hallock, NathanielP. Hill and Moncue W. Ellicott the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Orange and State of New York being a Court of record now sitting, David Coleman a resident of the Town of Calhoun in the County and State aforesaid who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declarations in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress [illegible] June 7th 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named Officers and served as herein stated, That he first entered in Capt  Harkers Company of nine months men at Wantage in the County of Sussex and State of New Jersey in the month of [illegible]
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Samuel Seely came and took command and while at the block house one night an alarm was made and a house and barn burnt and we were turned out and took sis[x]teen Refugee Negroes, who had occasioned the alarm, and had burnt the buildings, the Detachment were then marched to Mendam and [illegible] to Pas[s]aic falls and joined the New Jersey Brigade and soon after marched to Dob[b]s Ferry below Passaic bay and from thence he was taken with a number of others to Fort Lee as a G[u]ard and stayed about a week and was relieved and went back to Dob[b]s Ferry and stayed a short time and was taken to Fort Lee again under Lieutenant Jacob Hyers And he and these others were sent from Fort Lee in the night to get water at a Spring and while at the Spring a boat came from a British Ship (then laying in the North River a little below Fort Lee) and took us all three and carried us onboard the Ship and from there we were taken by the British to New York and imprisoned in a Sugar house and kept there about three months and had the Small pox there and from thence he the applicant was taken by the British to England and kept as prisoner of war until after peace was concluded. After that he was brought by the British to Charl[e]stown South Carolina and there set at liberty and to be es[x]changed in June seventeen hundred and eighty three and from there he walked home to the State of New York. he was acquainted with Gen Washington and Gen Dayton and many Company Officers besides those above named, and whose names he does not recollect
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he said he was born at Blooming Grove and lived there in the county of Orange and State of New York until he went into New Jersey and enlisted as aforesaid, he was seventy years old last February, he hereby relinquishes every claim to a pension or annuity escept the present and he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any State  [signed] David Coelman
Subscribed and Sworn the 4th day of September 1832 [signed] Asa Dunning 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 Asa Dunning Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Orange do hereby Certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings in the matter of the application of David Coleman for a pension
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of office this 4th day of September 1832  [signed] Asa Dunning
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State of New York Orange County
David Coleman of the town of Mt Hope in the said County being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he is in the Seventy Eighth year of his age and in answer to an enquiry made by the pension department why he did not claim his pension under the act of 1818, deposeth and saith that when he left the service of his country he was destitute of property but from industry and economy he was afterwards possessor of a handsome living and from his being a man of some considerable of property was not entitled to the benefits of the act of 1818  That after the passage of the act of 1832 he applied to an attorney and had his claims made out but the man afterwards died and the papers were lost and he further saith in view of a never ending eternity and in presence of the Almighty God that the statements made in his declaration executed before Horrace Armstrong Esq and now supposed to be on file in the pension office are true  That his statements of services along the susquehanah river are  substantialy true and that in the spring of the year 1781 he did volunteer into a company of nine months men under Capt Harker and went from near a place called Decker town across the mountains west to the Delaware where the encamped along the [illegible] river and this deponent was standing Sentry when the Indians crossed the river and attacked the house of a Mr Jobs and killed the said Jobs and two young men by the name of Westbrook his wifes brothers and carried of[f] the a part of the family of a Mr Shimers and a Mr Decker who was a tory and then with the Indians was killed
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That after he had been under Capt Harker nearly a month he enlisted into the regular service under Capt Helm and in the Regiment then commanded by Col Francis Barber
That he was enlisted by a Sergeant whose name was Evans and received the bounty provided by law as mentioned by the certificate that accompynies his declaration and that he enlisted for three years or during the war and that he done all the service that is mentioned from the time that he was enlisted untill he was taken prisoner at Fort Lee and from the time that he was taken untill he was removed from the shugar house & untill they arrived in England and from the time of their arrival in England untill their going on board of the carteel [?] and from their going on board untill their arrival in Charleston and from their arrival in Charleston untill his arrival at his fathers house  And further he saith not  [signed] David Coleman
Sworn and Subscribed before me this 28th day of September 1839 ["bef" crossed out] [signed] Jesse Finch } Justice
I certify that I am well acquainted with David Coleman who made and subscribed the foregoing affidavit and believe him to be a man of truth and veracity and that his statements herein made are entitled to full credit and beleif and further that he is reputed to have been a soldier in the war of the Revolution and believed so to have been in the neighbourhood where he lives [signed] Jesse Finch } Justice
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Orange County ss.  Jonathan Coleman of Mount Hope in the County of Orange and State of New York being duly Affirmed, Affirmith and saith that he is a brother to David Coleman who hath subscribed and sworn to the annexed declarations and that during the Revolutionary war the said David Coleman left his Fathers house in the Town of ['Blooming grove' crossed out] Wallkill in the County and State aforesaid where this affirmant then resided and this affirmant says that the said David Coleman was absent from home for more than two years and that it was reported and believed in the neighborhood where he had resided and in his Father family that he the said David Coleman was in the Army and that it was at the periods he hath mentioned in his declaration, and this affirmant saith that he and the said David Coleman hath lived nigh each other ever since he returned home soon after the Revolutionary war and that he hath frequently heard it talked of in the neighborhood where the said David and this affirmant reside at different times ever since the- Revolutionary war that he the said David Coleman was a soldier of the Revolution and that this affirmant believes that he was a soldier of the Revolution and that he served as he states and that he is of the age he states
Jonan. Coleman

Subscribed and affirmed
before me the fourth day of May 1833. 
John Penney Justice of the peace

I certify that the above named Jonathan Coleman is a resident of the place he states and that he is a credible person and that his statement is entitled to credit.
John Penney Justice of the Peace
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David Coleman
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Address
Weaver & Coffie
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AFFIDAVIT AND POWER OF ATTORNEY

STATE OF New York.   }
COUNTY OF Orange   } SS.
                                      }

Be it remembered, That on this 30th, day of November
A.D. 1852, I, William H Coleman
do make known and declare that I am the son
and heir-at-law to the estate of David Coleman
who was the.      wife of.   
a Revolutionary solider, who served two years, under the command of Captain Harker+Helms.   in the forces raised by the State of New Jersey and that he and his wife were married about the month of.  A.D.   that he died about the month of November 
A.D. 1840 and that his said wife also died about the month of July
A.D. 1832 and that a pension of.     dollars a year was drawn by said.     on account of said services, and so continued until the year A.D. 18, since which time nothing has been received by either, or the heirs of either of said parties.
The son David Coleman was a volunteer in the state services in the state of New Jersey under Capt Harker in the years of 1780 or 81 and entered out of -- company and the regular services under Capt Helm on the Delaware Frontier 
And that claimant is now 58 years of age; and it is understood and believed that there are arrearages of Pension, and other claims due for said services : Now, therefore, the true intent of all this is to qualify and irrevocably appoint and empower ALFRED J. WORKS, of New Haven City and County, State of Connecticut,

as my Attorney, with power of substitution, to investigate, substantiate, demand, and receive the avails of, said claim or claims, and to say and do all things relative thereto, as simply as I might do : hereby ratifying every thing said or done by my said Attorney, or his substitute, in virtue hereof; ALSO, revoking all Powers of Attorney, or other authority previously given for any such purposes.

Attest,                          
John W Martin            
Horace J Vail                

Witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand  seal, day and date first above named.

WM H Coalman

Subscribed, sworn to, and acknowledged before me, the day and year first above indicated.

John W Martin   Justice of the Peace
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Subscribed, sworn to, and acknowledged before me, the day and year first above indicated.

Orange County
CLERK'S OFFICE, } ss:
I Nathan Westcott, Clerk of said county, and of the County Court of said county, (a Court of Record,) do hereby certify that John W. Martin 
whose name is subscribed to the annexed acknowledgment & affidavit, was, at the time of taking the same, a Justice of the Peace of said county, duly elected and qualified and having full power to take the same; and further, that
I am well acquainted with the hand-writing of said Justice, and verily believe that the signature John W. Martin subscribed to the said acknowledgment affidavit is genuine.

In witness whereof, I hereto subscribe my name and affix the seal of said Court and county this 
2d day of December 1852.
N Westcott
Clerk
[seal affixed at left]

Address
Weaver & Coffie
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State of New York
Orange County ss. On this Eleventh day of July in the year 1839 before the undersigned a Justice of the peace of said County personally appeared William Coleman Farmer of the Town of Mount Hope County and State aforesaid who deposeth and saith that he is a native of the Town of Bloomingrove County and State aforesaid and that he is a Brother to David Coleman who is now an applicant for a Pension That in the spring of the year 1777 he removed with his Father and family from Orange County to a place called Wyoming on the Susquehannah River in the State of Pen[n]sylvania where they remained untill the Battle of Wyoming was fought That in the spring & forepart of Summer 1778 David Coleman aforesaid belonged to & done duty in a company commanded by Captain Whittlesey by guarding the frontiers along the said River from time to time untill the third of July following when they removed back to Orange County-- And the said deponant [deponent] further saith that the said David Coleman left his fathers house then in the Town of Goshen County & State aforesaid Early in the spring 1781 and was absent from home untill about the month of February 1783 which is according to the best of his recollection after an absence of twenty three months- And this deponand [deponent] further saith that he frequently has had conversations with the said David Coleman Concerning his absence and fully believes that he was doing military service in the army and as a pris[o]ner during that time. And this deponant [deponent] further saith that he has heard read the declaration of the said David Coleman of the 10th day of April 1839 made before H. Armstrong Esq.- and from his knowledge of and intimate acquaintance with the said David Coleman he fully believes the said declaration
is true and that it is entitled to full credit & belief.
W Coleman

Sworn and subscribed the day
and year above mentioned before me
Wm S. Little Justice of the peace
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State of New York
Orange County SS. }  I Albert S Benton, Clerk of the County of Orange do hereby certify that William S Little before whom the foregoing affidavits of John Corwin & William Coleman Junr. were subscribed and sworn, was, at the time of taking the same a Justice of the
Peace in and for said County-- And further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice and verily believe that the signature to the said affidavits is genuine

In witness whereof I have hereunto set
my hand & affixed the seal of the said
County the 16th day of July 1839
A. S. Benton
Clerk
[seal affixed at left]


[following is written upside down at bottom of same page:]
The undersigned Justice of the Peace before whom the within affidavit as taken do certify that I am well acquainted with the within named David Coleman Farmer and know him to be a man of unsullied character and that for more than twenty five years he has been a member and is now a Deacon in the Congregational Church in the place where he now resides and that he is every way entitled to full credit and belief-
Wm S. Little Justice of the peace
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I the undersigned Justice of the peace before whom the within affidavit was taken Do certify that I am well acquainted with the within named  William Coleman Farmer and know him to be a man of unsullied character and that for more than twenty five years he has been a member and is now a Deacon in the Congregational Church in the place where he now resides and that he is every way entitled to full credit and belief-
Wm S. Little Justice of the peace
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12,266
David Coleman

Not found on the Rolls
or final settlement-
2 witnesses required

P. 305


Joseph Chattle
Mount Hope N.Y.
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BRIEF in the case of David Coleman
Town of Calhoun in the State of N. York
(Act 7th June, 1832.)

1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Open Court

2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?

3. How old is he?

4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.

[table follows with 4 columns; column headings are as follows:]
(1) Period.
(2) Duration of Service. {sub-headings:  a. Years,  b. Months,  c. Days.
(3) Rank.
(4) Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.

[text beneath column headings as follows:]

(1) In March or April 1781 
(2) [written across sub-headings:] Served until some time in May thereafter } 
(3) As a Private
(4) Gen.
Capt Harker N.J.
[following is written across all columns of table:]
States that in May 1781 he enlisted as a
Sergeant for during the War in the 2d Regt. 
N. Jersey line, under Col. Francis Barber, and after serving some time (not defined) he was taken prisoner, sent to New York, and from thence to England, and was not sent home and exchanged until June 1783.
[end of table]

5. In what babbles was he engaged?  none stated

6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Sussex -- N. Jersey

7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?   No evidence is adduced

8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?  They are duly authenticated

I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.

Wm Gordon Examining Clerk.
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Personally appeared to me the undersigned -
a Justice of the peace in and for the County of Orange and State of New York David Coleman 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 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 two months as a private in Captain Harkers Company of nine month men in 1781. I then served in Col Francis Barkers Regiment the second Regiment of the New Jersey line one year and three months from May 1781 until August 1782 as a private.  I was thence carried by the British as a prisoner of war to England and detained a prisoner of war seven months until June 1783.  This applicant 
says his whole service in the Revolutionary war 
was two years and three months all as a private, and the deponent says that the privates taken prisoner by the British with this applicant was Robert Smith and James Brown both dead as he is informed and believes and [illegible] Saith
that he knows no man living who can testify to any part of his services and he further saith that there is no settled Clergyman in his vicinity that the society to which he belongs are congregational and have never had a Minister more than a few years at a time and then have left and other have been hired by reason whereof the Clergyman-
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the Clergyman, is no ways acquainted with
the reputation of the neighborhood and that
there is no other Clergyman in the vicinity of this deponent with whom he is acquainted. 
And that this applicant served with an im[illegible] Corps called into service by competent authority that he was either in the field or in Garrison or prisoner of near the whole of the time aforesaid, and that during the time in which the service was performed he was
not employed in any civil pursuit.  And for such
service I claim a pension. And he further says that he has no documentary evidence of his services that he was a prisoner of war and detained as such in England at the time peace was made between the two countries and that the American Army was disbanded at the time the applicant was returned to his country as afore stated.
David Coleman

Subscribed and sworn
this third day of May 1833
before me. John Penney Justice of the peace
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State of New York
Orange County } SS.    On this tenth day of April in the year 1839 before the undersigned a Justice of the Peace of said County personally appeared David Coleman of the Town of Mount Hope County and State aforesaid aged Seventy Seven years on the twenty seventh day of February last, and made this declaration under oath to supply a former declaration by him made under the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832. which has been lost.

The send [said] David Coleman being duly sworn says he was born in the Town of Blooming Grove in the County & State aforesaid on the twenty seventh day of February 1762. That when this deponent was about fourteen years of age he removed with his said father to the now County of Luzerne State of Pennsylvania. That during the spring & part of the summer of the year 1778, this deponent being then but a little more the sixteen years of age was called out to assist in guarding the inhabitants then residing along the Susquehanna River from the incursions of the Indians in a company of Militia of which one Whittlesey was the captain & did continue from time to time to assist in keeping guard as aforesaid until the third day of July in said year when the battle of Wyoming was fought and
this deponent with a part of the inhabitants
made his escape & came to the town of Goshen in the County of Orange where he remained until in the month of March in the year 1781 when he went to the State of New Jersey and enlisted into a company of services or nine month men of the State last
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aforesaid in Captain Harkers Company and
was stationed in what was called Minisink on the Delaware River in the State last aforesaid
& was there about one month, when a recruiting party for the United States Army, and this
deponent enlisted into the said Army for during the war this deponent knows the first that he enlisted into said army in the latter part of April in said year from this that as soon as he enlisted he marched to Mendham in said State & he knows that he arrived there one or two days before the first day of May in send year & assisted in raising a May pole on that day at said place.  That when he first enlisted into the regular army he received ten pounds in Special
as a part of the bounty he was to receive for
his enlistment & when he arrived at Sussex
Court House in the State aforesaid he there
received ten pounds which made in all the sum of fifty dollars the amount of the bounty he was to receive for his enlistment. That after this deponent arrived at Mendham aforesaid he was placed into Capt Helms Company of Infantry in Col Francis Barber's regiment. That one Evans
was the recruiting sergeant who enlisted this deponent, that after deponent had remained at Mindham about one month he with a party of men were sent to Sedmonds Clove to build a block house on the Ramapo creek near Judge Sovereign's residence & remained there until some time in the month of July in said year this service was done in part under Lieutenant Shute and
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afterwards under Lieutenant Samuel Seely
that in the month of July in the year last aforesaid the refugees had burned a house & barn at Piscataqua in said State & the men
under Lieutenant Seely were ordered from the block house aforesaid to pursue said refugees, that they pursued said refugees & captured the whole or a part of them on the Piscataqued river, and returned with them to Judge Suffern's when they returned to the block house aforesaid & staid there a few days, when the men under Lieutenant Seely's command were ordered to join the brigade being relieved at the block house by troops from the State of New York that they met the brigade near Pompton in said State, & marched with the brigade to the Falls of the Passaic River where they remained a short time & from there to Dobbs Ferry on the Hudson River that while the Brigade remained
at Dobbs Ferry this deponent was sent out on command as it was called under Lieutenant Seely aforesaid at a Stone House on the road leading to the English neighbourhood that while there a party of the enemys light horse was sent in the night to attack the command but they were repulsed after killing several. that they were relieved & returned to the brigade & was then sent with a detachment to Fort Lee on the Hudson that when he first went to Fort Lee he was under a officer from the first Jersey Regiment but he cannot recollect his name. that
said officer was afterwards relieved by Jacob Hyer who deponent believes was a
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Lieutenant that while at said Fort there was ['no' crossed out] drouth [drought]  & the well in the fort was dry that in order to procure water for the men at the fort is was necessary to go to
a spring on the bank of the River on to go over the mountain to the English neighborhood
That immediately after said Hyer took command
of the Fort a British guard ship lay in the Hudson River immediately opposite the spring on the bank of the river.  that the enemy were in the habit of coming to the spring for water that they fired on one of the enemy's boats & killed several that in the fall of said year as this deponent thinks in the month of October this deponent was sent with Six other men in the night to get water from said Spring for the men at the Fort when they were surprised by a boat crew from the enemys guard ship & this deponent James Brown & Robert Smilie were taken prisoners & carried on board the guard ship & the next day this deponent & the two others were sent to the Sugar House in the City of New York where they remained until in December of said year during which time deponent had the Small pox & had then just recovered When they were ordered on board a British Frigate called as this deponent believes the Alliance of forty guns to go as it was said
to Cape May to be exchanged when they got on board the Frigate sailed for England where they arrived at London in about twenty eight or thirty days & came to anchor below Westminster bridge & was transferred to the Prison where they were
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kept about a fortnight in close confinement where they were then confined about four hundred prisoners & there were about three hundred prisoners carried over in the Alliance with this deponent. That on the passage to England the Alliance was attacked by some French ships & they had an engagement in the
night but the Frigate escaped in said
engagement the prisoners were all put below that one of the prisoners from the State of Virginia was wounded in the leg by a a cannon ball & had his leg amputated the next day. That after this deponent had remained in the
prison about a fortnight leave was given to them to work in the Ship yards that deponent with others continued to work for wages for a part of the time until the month of June in the year 1782 when this deponent with about five hundred prisoners were put on board of a ship
bound for the United States & were landed
at Charleston in South Carolina in the month of July or August in said year where this deponent & said prisoners were exchanged & he received permission to return home where he arrived at his fathers house in the County of Orange aforesaid in the month of February 1783. that during the service aforesaid this deponent was a private & served as such that when he was discharged he received no written discharge & has no documentary evidence of his services
That he knows of no person now living
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who can testify of their own knowledge as to his services. That he has a record of his age in his family bible, but that Alsop Vail & Erastus Mapes of the said County know from reputation in the neighborhood where he resides that he is reputed to have served in the revolution as herein stated. And that he is not a pensioner on the list of any agency of any State or territory of the United States & he hereby relinquishes all claim to any pension except under the act
of June 7 1832. And that there is no minister of the Gospel near him who can know of his services by reputation
David Coleman

Sworn & subscribed
before me the day & year
first above written.
H. Armstrong
Justice of the Peace

We John Corwin & Erastus Mapes residing
in the town of Mount Hope County of Orange & State of New York hereby certify that we are well acquainted with David Coleman who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be seventy seven years of age & that he is reputed & believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution & that we concur in that opinion.
John Corwin
Erastus Mayes

Sworn & subscribed before 
me 11th day of July 1839.
Wm S. Little Justice of the peace
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June 20"/54
[cut off]tha Coleman
June 6. '62
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34,697
David Coleman
Act June 7th 1832
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House of Reps.
Jany 14, 1839

To J.L. Edwards Esqr
Commr of Pensions

Sir

David Colman one of my constituents a worthy but very poor old man some time since applied for a pension (does not State under which act)  and filed for want of sufficient proof of service.
By his statement it would appear that he rendered considerable service in the War of the
Revolution and was a great sufferer having been
a prisoner of war two years and more.  His statement to me is substantially & briefly as follows. After having performed various tours of Militia service he in the year 1780 Enlisted into a company of 9 or 12 men in Sussex Co. N. Jersey com. by Capt Harker went to the Minisink
frontier Chambers fort on Del. River-- about 1st April 1781 Enlisted into a company of Regulars Comd. by Captain Helmes- Col. Francis Barber's Regt.  Soon after which he recd from the orderly Sergent ten pounds which he
supposed was bounty money- Shortly after which his company was marched to Newton N.J. where he recd. ten pounds more, which he supposed was bounty money.  He further states that his company joined the Army at Mendham N.J.-  from thence went to New Ark. To Fort Lee on the Hudson R., where they were stationed during the summer until September when he was taken prisoner by the Brittish, carried to New York from thence to England at which latter place he remained to the end of the war- was brought back & landed at Charleston S.C. & returned to Orange County N.Y. after
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an absence of two years and three months.

I am aware sir that this is a scattered & imperfect statement of this old man's revolutionary services but it strikes me as being within the rule of duty and I trust within the rules governing your office to look further into his claim-- & would therefore respectfully
ask to be informed what were the services declared for by Coleman,. Militia or regular- and also a brief report upon his case

Remaining with great respect
Your Obt Servant
Nathl. Jones
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State of New York
Orange County⎬
On the first day of October 1839- personally came before me Jesse Finch one of the Justices of the peace in and for the said County of Orange, James Finch of Mount Hope in the said County of Orange, who being by me duly sworn according to Law, deposeth & saith that he is well acquainted with David Coleman of Mount Hope aforesaid-- and that he has been acquainted with him and now resides near him and has resided near him since the close of the
Revolutionary war, and that it has ever since that time been very generally understood & believed that the said - David Coleman was the greater part of the time during the
Revolutionary war, in the service of his Country as a soldier and which I have never heard doubted David Coleman could not obtain the benefit of the Act of- Congress of 1818 as he was a man of property owning a tolerable good farm and was in comfortable circumstances in life, and this deponant [deponent] further saith that David Coleman is a man of truth & veracity, and further saith not
James Finch

Sworn & subscribed before 
me this 1st day of October 1839
Jesse Finch Justice }

And I certify that James Finch who has sworn
& subscribed the above affidavit is a man of respectability truty & veracity
Jesse Finch Justice

State of New York
Orange County SS }  I Albert S Benton Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Orange do hereby certify that Jesse Finch before whom the foregoing affidavits of James Finch & David Coleman were subscribed and sworn
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was, at the time of taking the same a Justice of
the peace in and for said County; and further
that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of the said Justice, and verily believe that the
signature to the said affidavits is genuine 

In witness whereof, I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed the seal 
of the said County the first day
of October 1839
A. S. Benton
Clerk
[seal affixed at left]
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David Coleman
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[Right half of page, other half missing]
The United States
to
On account of Militia
No. of Abstract 64 | No. of vou. 19  
When paid April 26th 1781
May 4th
By whom paid Edward Dunlop
Do.
To whom paid David Coleman
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[Stamped] REJECTED
2157
P. O. _
David Coleman
Service: _
Enlisted: _, 18_.
Discharged: _, 18_
Application filed: _, 18_.
Alleges: _
Re-enlisted: _
Attorney: _
P. O. _
_ Recognized.  | _ Contract.
_ Cert. of Dis. _ | Searched for _, 18_.
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Orange County SS:  William Coleman of Wallkill in the County of Orange and State of New York
being duly sworn deposeth and saith- that
he is a cousin to David Coleman who hath subscribed and sworn to the annexed
declaration and hath always lived near each other and that during the Revolutionary war this deponent heard it reported that the said David  the army and that it was generally believed in the neighborhood where this deponent and the said David Coleman resided that the said David Coleman was in the army and this deponent says that he hath lived near the said David
Coleman and the Revolutionary war and that he heard it talked of in the neighborhood frequently even during the Revolutionary war and that the said David Coleman was a soldier of the Revolution and that it was believed in the neighborhood that he was soldier of the Revolution and that this deponent believes that that the said David Coleman was a soldier of the Revolution and served as he states and that he is about seventy one years old, and that he is a man of trust and veracity-
William Coleman

Subscribed and sworn
this third day of May 1833
before me John Penney
Justice of the peace }

I certify that William Coleman who hath subscribed and sworn to the above affidavit is a resident of the place he therein states and is a credible person and that his statement is entitled to credit. John Penney Justice of the peace }
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David Coleman
Pension Papers
Under Act June 7th, 1832
H. Armstrong
Newburgh, N.Y.
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[1st page:]
34,697
N. York
David Coleman

let. to Hon. N. Jones 11 Feb 1839
to H. Armstrong 11 Sept. 1839
to same 13. Nov. 1839

2158

Act. 7 June 1832

[2nd page:]
New York
Revo.
---------------
David Coleman
Suspended
Let. Jos. Chattle
30 July 1833


Act. 7 June '32

[3rd page:]
3515

Rev War
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Pn. 3d Feb. 53
Md:
Boynton
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Newburgh Oct 8th 1839

Sir

In answer to the objections stated in your letter of the 11th of Sept 1839. in relation to the claim of David Coleman for a Pension under the act of June 1832. I have to state to the first objection, "that the claimant if he served as he stated in his second declaration, that he was entitled under the law of 1818. & some reason should be shown why he did not apply under said law", as a reason detailed in the enclosed affidavit that the claimant was possessed of property at that time & now, that would have deprived him of any claim under that law. The second objection
is that his name is not found on Capt Holmes'
rolls, the claimant in answer State in said
affidavit that he does not claim to have served
under Capt Holmes but claims to have enlisted under Capt Helms in Col Barber's regiment.  it will appear by reference to his second declaration that his service was not done under Capt Helms but that he served in a detachment from said regiment & not under the immediate
command of Capt Helms. The enclosed copy
of a law of New Jersey enacted by the Common
Council & general assembly of the 6th of Dec 1780 shows that every private enlisting after the first day of March 1781. should be entitled to $20. as a bounty & prescribes the manner & time of payment the act also appoints Edward Dunlop paymaster for the County of Sussex the certificate heretofore transmitted shows that David Coleman received $10 in April &  #10 in May 1781 from Edward Dunlop which is the bounty given for the enlistment claimed by Mr Coleman & paid to him by the
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paymaster of the County in which he enlisted all go to confirm the statements of Mr Coleman as to his statements, his service in detachments from Capt Helm's company would account for the fact of his name not being found on his rolls
(if it cannot be found there) & his imprisonment
for not having a discharge. Mr Coleman's
Character is now & has been ever above
suspicion as to truth & veracity & his statements are in accordance with the history of those scenes.  Please give the enclosed a careful examination & communicate the result to me
J L Edwards Esqr

I am Respectfully
Your Obt Servt
H Armstrong
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An Act for compleating and keeping up the quota of troops belonging to this State in the Service of the United States.

Whereas the United States in Congress assembled have by their resolutions of the third and twenty first days of October one thousand seven hundred and eighty recommended to the several States to complete by enlistment during the war the quota of troops to them respectively in and by the said resolutions apportioned and the Legislature being desirous of adopting speedy measures for compleating the quota of this State agreeably to the said resolutions:

I. Be if therefore enacted by the Council and General Assembly of this State and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same. That three hundred able bodied and effective volunteers be enlisted into the regiments of this State in the service of the United States before the first day of March next; and also from and after that time such further number as may be necessary to compleate and keep up the quota assigned to this State by the resolutions of Congress; to continue in the said Service during the present war with Great Britain; and that the Governor or Commander in Chief of the State for the time being shall as soon as possible after the passing of this act make application to the Commander in Chief of the army of the United States for such and so many officers as shall appear to the said Commander in Chief of the army to be necessary to be sent into the different Counties of this State for the purpose of enlisting and
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forwarding such recruits as may engage in the service upon the terms in this act expressed - 

II. And for the encouragement of able bodied and effective men who are willing to engage in the service of their country during the present war:
Be it enacted by the authority aforesaid. That every able bodied recruit who shall so enlist himself into any or either of the regiments of this State in the service of the United States after the passing of this act shall be entitled to receive if inlisted before the first day of March next the sum of twenty two pounds ten shillings lawful money of this state; and if inlisted at any time there after twenty pounds lawful money aforesaid; the one half or equal moiety of which sum to be paid to such recruit or his order by the paymaster herein appointed for the county to which he belonged or wherein he resided previous to his enlistment on a certificate from any Justice of the Peace specifying that the claimant hath been duly sworn or affirmed before him to serve as a soldier in one of the regiments of this State in the services of the United States for the term before-mentioned; and likewise a certificate from the officer herein after mentioned, or directed to be appointed to muster such recruits in the count wherein he was enlisted setting forth that such volunteer hath been by him mustered and approved; and the other half of the said sum to be paid to him or his order upon his joining his regiment, on a certificate thereof form the Colonel or commanding officer of the Regiment into which he shall enter himself, by the paymaster herein appointed whose residence shall be nearest to the quarters or station of the said Regiment. Provided always
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that no recruit shall be enlisted nor any bounty paid by any of the said paymasters after the quota of troops from time to time assigned to this State by the resolution of the Congress of the United States hath been compleated.

Section 8.  And be it further enacted That the following persons shall be and they hereby are appointed to pay the said County and Subsistance in the several counties: that is to say
For the county of Sussex Edward Dunlap Esquire
And that the said paymasters shall be and they hereby are severally authorized and impowered to draw from the Treasurer of this State or the Collector of county wherever they respectively reside any sum not exceeding one thousand pounds lawful money aforesaid; and the receipt of each of the paymasters to the Treasurer shall be a sufficient voucher in the settlement of his accounts with the Legislature and to the county collector in his settlement with the Treasurer.

State of New Jersey ss.
I James D. Westcott Secretary of State of the State of New Jersey do hereby certify that the foregoing are true extracts of a law of said State passed the twenty sixth day of December Anno Domini one thousand seven hundred and eighty (1780) entitled "An Act for compleating and keeping up the quota of troops belonging to this State
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in the service of the United States as taken from and compared with the original now remaining in my office on file.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office at the City of Trenton in said State this thirtieth day of September Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred & thirty-nine (1839)  [signed] James D. Westcott
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I the undersigned Justice before whom the affidavits of ["Alsop Vail" crossed out] John Corwin & Erastus Mapes were made do certify that I am well acquainted with them & believe them to be men of truth & veracity & their statements entitled to full credit & belief.  [signed] Wm. S. Little Justice of the peace
Note. The name Alsop Vail is erased and the name of John Corwin inserted in two places above and also the date altered  [signed] Wm. S. Little Justice
I the undersigned Justice of the Peace before whom the foregoing declaration of David Coleman was made do certify that I am well acquainted with him & believe him to be a man of truth & veracity & his statements under oath entitled to full credit & belief.  [signed] H. Armstrong Justice of the Peace
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State of New York Orange County ss
I Albert S Benton Clerk of the County of Orange do hereby Certify that Horace Armstrong before whom the foregoing declaration of David Coleman was subscribed and sworn, who at the time of taking the same a Justice of the peace in and for the said County and further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice and verily believe that the signature to the said declaration, and the certificate following the same is genuine. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said County the 16th day of July 1839  [signed] A. S. Benton Clerk
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The State of New Jersey Services, viz.    Dr.

Amt in continental Amt in specie Interest to 1st Janu. 1787
10
10

State of New Jersey ss

I James D. Westcott Secretary of State of the State of New Jersey do hereby certify, that the foregoing is a true extract from an account headed "The United States to the State of New Jersey Dr. on account of Militia Services,"viz." as contained in a book of accounts during the Revolutionary war now remaining in my office

In Testimony whereof I have here unto set my hand and affixed my seal of office at Trenton in said state, this tenth day of December Anno Domini, one thousands eight hundred and thirty eight. (1838)

James D. Westcott
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[Stamped] REJECTED
2158
P. O. _
David Coleman
Service: Consolidated March 22 1882 with rej'd File No. 2157
Enlisted: _, 18_.
Discharged: _, 18_
Application filed: _, 18_.
Alleges: _
Re-enlisted: _
Attorney: _
P. O. _
_ Recognized. | _ Contract.
_ Cert. of Dis. _ | Searched for _, 18_.
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David Coleman
P. 305
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in the red ink, will apply to the claim of Daniel Coleman 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 not 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 period 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 language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amout of pension he is entitled? No

VI. Has the given the names of the offices under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? 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 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?  [handwritten answer] None
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? [handwritten answer] none
XIII. 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? [handwritten answer] No
XIV. [cross-shaped footnote mark] If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? [handwritten answer] Not found on the Rolls - [illegible] 14 service  If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?
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?
XVI. [double-cross-shaped footnote mark] Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?  [handwritten answer] Yes
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not answered?
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 the 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 ---- year ---- months, and ---- days, I served as a ---- For ---- months and ---- days, I served as a ----; 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 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 ["about three or four months" in italics] is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state 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 shewn 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 an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he 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.
[cross-shaped footnote mark] QUERE XIV. Proof of Service. [heading in italics]
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 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.
[double-cross-shaped footnote mark] QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers. [heading in italics]
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 paper 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.
[hand icon with finger pointing to the right] In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
[handwritten note to the left] for proof of
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Hights Town N. J. July 15th 1839
Dear Sir  I herewith enclose additional testimony in favour of Margaret Hulshart's claim to a Pension - relative to their marriage - which seems to admit of no doubt.
Respectfully yr ob't serv't  [signed] Charles Th. Chesney
J. L. Edwards Esqr Com'r of Pensions Washington City War Dept
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Orange County ss
Hezekiah Woodward of Mount Hope in the County of Orange and State of New York who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he this deponent is well acquainted with David Coleman who hath subscribed and sworn to the annexed declarations that this deponent hath lived a near neighbor to the said David Coleman for forty seven years or more and this deponent hath frequently during that time heard it talked of in the neighborhood and believed that the said David Coleman had been a Soldier of the Revolution and that this deponent concurs in that belief and believes he served as he states and believes he is of the age he states, and that the said David Coleman  is a man of truth and veracity.  [signed] Hezekiah Woodward
Subscribed and Sworn the 4th day of May 1833 before me [signed] John Penney Justice of the peace
I Certify that Hezekiah Woodward who hath subscribed and sworn to the above Affidavit before me is a resident of the Town of Mount Hope in the County and State aforesaid and that he is a credible person and that his statement is entitled to credit.  [signed] John Penney Justice of the peace
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Orange County ss: David Penney of Mount Hope in the county of Orange and State of New York being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he is well acquainted with David Coleman who hath subscribed and sworn to the annexed declarations that this deponent hath lived a near neighbor to the said David Coleman for about Forty Five years and that during that time he hath frequently heard it talked of in the neighborhood and believed that the said David Coleman had been a Soldier of the Revolution and that he this deponent believes that the said David Coleman was a Soldier of the Revolution and served as he states in his declarations and believes he is of the age he there states, and that he is a person of truth and veracity.  [signed] David Penney
Subscribed and sworn the 3d day of May 1853 before me  [signed] John Penney Justice of the peace
I Certify the above named David Penny who hath subscribed and sworn to the above Affidavit before me is a resident of the Town of Mount Hope in the County and State above stated and is a credible person and that his statement is entitled to credit.  [signed] John Penney Justice of the peace
State of New York Orange County ss.
I Asa Dunning Clerk of the said County Do Certify that John Penney Esqr before whom the foregoing affidavits of David Coleman, Jonathan Coleman, William Coleman Hezekiah Woodward & David Penney purports to have been sworn or affirmed to was at dates of the same a Justice of the peace in and for said County and that I am acquainted with
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his handwriting and verily believe his name subscribed to the said affidavits to be his proper handwriting and Signature.
Witness my hand and Seal of office this 6th day of May 1833.  [signed] Asa Dunning 
David Coleman [written along left edge]
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