Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 23,852, John Coe, Conn.
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(S-1776)

SERVICE
conn.

Coe, John
        Lois

NUMBER
W.23,852
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28537 New York
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John Coe
of Chatauqua in the State of New York 
who was a Private in the Compy commanded
by Captain Rogers of the Regt commanded
by Col. Gay in the Connecticut
line for 2 years

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Inscribed on the Roll of New York
at the rate of 80 Dollars 00 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

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Certificate of Pension issued the 12 day of April
1834 and sent to Hon A
Hazeltine Ho. Reps
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Arrears to the 4th of Mar. '34               $240
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept 34     40
                                                              $280

{Revolutionary Claim, }
{Act June 7, 1832.

Recorded by Jno. Cromwell Clerk,
Book E Vol. 4  Page 130


on opposing page
Dead
Letter to Hon A Lewis 20 
April 1846. Let to J.A. Brown
Sept 23d 1846  let to Hm A
Lewis H R Dec 28 46
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5711
New York Albany
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Lois Coe
widow of John Coe
Conn.
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a private
29t July 1848
decd former pay to an $80 under act
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Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 
80 Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence on 
the 4th day of March, 1848.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 
28th day of June 1851
and sent to
L. M. Drury Esq
Canandaigua
N. Y.
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Recorded on the Roll of Pensioners under act
February 2, 1848, Page 44, Vol. 4,

wid. died Aug. 27, 1851
see A. B.
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State of New York}
Chautauqua County} Ss
On this thirteenth day of February in the year 1834 personally appeared in open court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of said county, not sitting, John Coe, a resident of the town of Ellery in the county and State aforesaid, aged seventy seven 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 Act of Congress passed June 7, 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated. He says that in the month of June 1776 his  brother Andrew Coe enlisted in the town of Southbury in the county of Litchfield and State of Connecticut, for six months, the Colonels name was Gay, the Captains name was Rogers, the Lieuts name is not recollected the Ensigns name was Joel Hinman, who did the enlisting, the generals name was Wadsworth, that the said Andrew was taken sick and this deponent took his place, as a substitute, that in the month of June this deponent under the command of the aforesaid officers marched to the city of New York, that soon after they crossed over to Long Island, then they went to Harlem in the night, than they marched to Kings Bridge, from thence to White Plains in Westchester, that he was in the battle at White Plains, that thence in his company were pulled in that engagement namely Garnet, Potter and Smith that in a company two more men were killed by one Cannonball, that said last men were from 6 to ?? rods to the left of this deponent when they were killed that their names were
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Daniel Downs, ((John Chilson (crossed out)) & Macey Garnett, that after the battle they marched back to their camp, that they staid there until they were discharged which was in the month of December of that year, that this deponent then served six months, and returned to Southbury.
That i the month of December in the same year he enlisted at Southbury aforesaid for the term of three months under the command of Captain David Hinman, Lieut name Gibbons, Sergeants name Plumb, that the Colonels name was Beardsley that they marched to New Rochelle church, and were quartered in a house said to be owned by old Gov. Jay, staid there until he was discharged. After he enlisted and served for three months during this expedition.
That Capt Daniel Hinman Lieut. Porter & Ensign Heacock raised  company of Minute men that this deponent in the month of March or first of April 1777 enlisted in this company at Southbury aforesaid that when the alarm was made that the British were at Danbury, this deponent & his company marched to Danbury a distance of 18 miles, that they followed then to Compo hill where the British were taken on board of their ships, that in April or May they marched to Stamford and staid 4 or 6 weeks, that this deponent & company
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in the month of June as this deponent believes were ordered to March to the north to join Gen. Schuyler as was said that they [illegible word] marched under the command of Col. Benjamin Hinman, that they marched through Litchfield, Goshen & Stackbridge to Bennington that they convened there some time before the battle that he remained there as a guard for some little time when they were ordered to march to Saratoga, that he was present at the time Gen Burgoyne surrendered that he belonged to what were called the rangers, that he was not in either of the battles before the surrender of Burgoyne, but his company was employed [2 illegible words] in scouting parties that after the surrender of Burgoyne the whole regiment marched down the river to Fishkill, staid there a few days, from thence were marched to the highland said there till December when he went home to Southbury with his captain & company that he served more than eight months in said year after he enlisted in said minute company.
That in June 17?? crossed out 1774 this deponent under the command of said Captain Hinman marched from Southbury aforesaid to Redding & from thence to Norwalk that they served as a guard for more than three months, that the reason why they were returned was because the British fre
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quently came over from Long Island for the sale of [unk], [unk] cattle &c- that some time in October he & his company marched back to Southbury, that he served more than three months in this expedition, That in July 1779 this deponent marched again under said Captain Hinman to Fairfield on the Sound, then to Norwalk, that they arrived at Norwalk before the town had stoped [unk], that they staid there about 6 weeks, and some time in October they marched home, that he served three months in this expedition.
That in the fall of the year 1779 he enlisted at Southbury aforesaid into a company of horse commanded by Capt Curtis, Lieuts name Hand, Ensigns name Baker, that in the spring of 1780 a party of British under the command of one Johnson came from Long Island at Danby to plunder a whig by the same of Dayton, which they effected, that an alarm war made & this deponent and said company of troops under said Curtis command immediately went to Danby, that they staid there and in that neighborhood six weeks, that Col Preston was the Colonel of the Regiment ofhorse. That in the last of Sept 1780 an alarm was made by reason of the treason of Arnold, that the while regiment of horse was
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then called out, that this deponent under the command of said Curtis, & Col. Preston went from Southbury aforesaid, to Westpoint, was held there as a guard as much as two months when they all returned home, the Majors name was Bull. That in April 1781 this deponent and about 20 more enlisted as teamsters for six months under the command of Capt Johnson, that this deponent drew a bounty of ten dollars, when he enlisted, that he drew his regular rations, that he was employed for the whole of said six months in transporting public stores from Hartford, Danbury and other places to Fishkill in New York, that by his enlisting contract he was bound to serve six months and did serve six months- that he has no documentary evidence excepting the affidavits of Timothy Johnson and Asa Munn hereto affixed, and that he know of no other persons, whose testimony he can procure, who can testify to his service, He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pensions or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State.  

John Coe

Sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid.
Phila Orton a Judge of Chautauqua Common Pleas
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The Following answers were made to the interrogatories propounded by the court. He says he was born at Southbury, Connecticut Sept 20, 1757, that he has no record of his age but the one he finds in his family Bible, which is as much as forty years old, he lived at Southbury aforesaid when he was called into service, that he staid there as much as 20 years after the war, then he & his family moved then to the Rogue Grants in [unk] county, that they lived there till 1813, that he then moved to Skeneateles, that he lived there till 1827 when he moved to [unk] aforesaid where he has since resided. He says that he took the place of his brother Andrew Coe, when he first served (that the said Andrew has been dead about 4 years) that he enlisted, [unk] during his first term when he was a substitute for his brother Andrew Coe- that he has frequently seen Gen. Washington, Wayne, Putnam, Gates, Wadsworth, Schuyler, Arnold & Stacks- that he never received a regular discharge, but generally had a permit to go home, excepting when the company went home with him, all of his [unk] are lost- that he is acquainted with the Rev Sylvester Higby & Elder Joseph Bailey.

John Coe

Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid.
Phila Orton
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We Sylvester Higby a clergyman residing in the town of Ellery in the county of Chautauqua & Joseph Bailey a clergyman residing in Stockton in said county, do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Coe, 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 neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution, & that we concur in that opinion.

Sylvester Higby
Joseph Bailey

Affirmed & subscribed the day & year aforesaid,
Phila Orton

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, & after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier & served as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Sylvester Higby who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, residing in the town of Ellery aforesaid and that Joseph Bailey who has signed the same is also a clergyman and
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is a resident of the town of Stockton, and that they are credible persons and their statement is entitled to credit.

I, James B Lowry, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the county of Chautauqua  do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of John Coe for a pensions, and that Philo Orton is one of the Judges of said Court, & his signature subscribed above genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 13th day of February in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred & thirty four.

Jas B Lowry Clerk


30481
John Coe

admd
24 mo pri
80$

Mr. Hazeltine

Hon. A. Hazeltine
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State of New York
County of Chautauqua ss.

On this 18 day of April 1848, personally appeared before the subscriber, County Judge of said County Lois Coe aged eighty seven years resident of the town Ellery in said county who being first duly sworn doth on her oath make the following  declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed 29th July 1848.
This declarant states that she is the widow of John Coe deceased who was a pensioner of the United States at the rate of $80 per annum & who died in the town of Ellery in said county on the 19 day of February 1846.
This declarant states she was married to the said John Coe on the twenty third day of April in the year seventeen hundred  & eighty one in the town of South Berry in the State of Connecticut- that from the time of her marriage to the say of the death of her said husband she lived with him in lawful wedlock & had several children born prior to 1800- that a family record of the births of her children has been in existence many years- that it was sent with the affidavit of her son Henry Coe- to the pension Office in support of her claim to a pension- that it contains a correct statement of the dates of the births of her said children.
This declarant states that since the death of her said husband she has not again married.

Lois Coe her mark

Sworn & subscribed to the day & year first above written Before me
Abner Lewis, Judge Chau. County Courts

I hereby certify that by reason of old age & bodily infirmity the above names Lois Coe
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is unable to appear in Open Court- & further certify that satisfactory evidence was adduced before me that John Coe- the husband of the said Lois died in the 19 day of February 1846- & that since his death the said Lois Coe has not again married. And further that said Lois Coe, is so infirm and nervous that she is unable to write her own name. That I wrote it by her request, and that she made her mark as appears. Dated April 18th 1850.
Abner Lewis, Judge Chau. Co. Courts


State of New York
Chautauqua County Clerks Office ss.
I hereby certify that Abner Lewis by whom the annexed affidavit purports to have been taken and certificate made, was at the date of the same Judge of Chautauqua County Courts duly elected and sworn, and that I am well acquainted with his handwriting and verily believe that his signature "Abner Lewis" to said Jurat and certificate is genuine.
Witness my hand and official seal at Mayville this 3rd day of May 1850.
O. Stiles Clerk
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Dear Sir
I recd, yours of the 10th wishing me to examine our Town and Church records for the certificate of the marriage of John Coe to Lois Johnson in April 23d 1781. I have examined the Town Records of Woodbury and Southbury and also the church Records and cannot find the name of John Coe to Lois Johnson there are old people here who remember the time of their marriage and their living together but I have not been able to find any one who was present at their marriage. The Town Clerk always recorded what certificate of marriage were handed to him but at the time of their marriage Southbury was a part of Woodbury- and not one certificate of Ten were ever sent to the office for Record.
I found the church Records at that period were better kept than the Town Records at that period and then there was no Record made of the marriage except the Priest married them. 

Yours respectfully
Walter Johnson
Town Clerk for the Town of Southbury
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NEW TESTAMENT
OF OUR
LORD AND SAVIOUR
JESUS CHRIST,
TRANSLATED 
OUT OF THE ORIGINAL GREEK 
AND
WITH THE FORMER TRANSLATIONS
DILIGENTLY COMPARED AND REVISED.
First New-York Edition.
NEW-YORK
PUBLISHED BY E. DUYCKINCK, SMITH AND FORMAN, COLLINS AND CO.
J. TIEBOUT, S.S. BURTUS, AND B. CRANE
George Long, Printer
1812
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A Family Record
Noble Coe was born Jan 31st 1782
Albert Coe was born Feb 12th 1784
Hadazsah was born April 2nd 1786
Alvin was born August 5th 1788
Sabrina was born August 18th 1791
Matilda was born Feb 21st 1794
John was born Dec 5th 1797
Warren was born July 15th 1800
Henry was born Jany 17 1803
Lois Ann was born July 16 1807
Father was born September 20 1758
Mother was born Oct 12 1762
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State of New York
County of Chautauqua ss,
Henry Coe of the town of Ellery in said County. aged forty seven years being duly sworn doth depose & say that he is the son of John Cor deceased, and Lois Coe his wife- that his father the said John Coe was a pensioner of the United States at the rate of $80 per annum, that he died in the town of Ellery in the county of Chautauqua on the 19th day of February in the year eighteen hundred & forty six (1846). This deponent stated that his mother the widow if the said John Coe is still living & has made an application for a pension, which has not been granted.
This deponent states that the annexed is the family record of his parents childrens birth- that it was prepared many years since by this deponent, & has been kept in his family as the family record, and that it contains as he believes a true statement of the time of the birth of his parents said children & he believes it to be accurate. ANd further says not.

Henry Coe

Sworn & subscribed to this eleventh day of February 1850, before me
W. Green Justice of the Peace

I certify that the above named Henry Coe is personally known to me & that he is a man of credibility.
W. Green Justice of the Peace
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State of New York
Chautauqua County Clerks Office} ss.
I hereby certify that William Greene Esquire whose name is subscribed to the Jurat of the within affidavit was on the day of the date of said Jurat a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly elected & sworn and further that I am well acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe that his signature to said Jurat and also to the certificate within is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County this 11th day of February AD 1850.
R. O. Green Dep. Clerk


14083
Lois Coe
widow of John
New York 

Act 7 July 1838
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Rev. and 1812 Wars Section

December 10, 1834

Frank L. Moore
Suites 5 and 6, Commercial Bldg.,
Moscow, Idaho

Sir:

I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim W. 23852 it appears that John Coe was born September 20, 1757 or 1758 in Southbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut.
While a resident of said Southbury he enlisted in June 1776 and served six months in Capt. Rogers' Company, Colonel Gay's Connecticut Regiment and was at the battle of White Plains. The above named service was as a substitute for his brother Andrew who enlisted and was taken sick; and Andrew died about 1830.
John Coe enlisted December 1776 and served three months in Captain David Hinman's (his grandfather's) Company, Colonel Beardsley's Connecticut Regiment.
He enlisted the last of March or first of April 1777 and served over eight months in Captain David Hinman's Company, Colonel Benjamin Hinman's Connecticut Regiment.
He enlisted in June 1778 and served over three
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months in Captain David Hinman's Connecticut Company, and again in July 1779 and served three months in said company.
He enlisted in the fall of 1779 and served six weeks in Captain Agur Curtis' Company, Colonel Preston's Connecticut Regiment, and again the last of September 1780 and served two months in said company and regiment. All of the above service was as a private.
He enlisted in April 1781 and served six months as teamster under Captain Johnson in the Connecticut Troops.
He was allowed pension in his application executed February 13, 1834 while a resident of Ellery, Chautauqua County, New York where he died February 19, 1846.
Soldier married April 23, 1781 in Southbury, Connecticut, Lois Johnson born October 12, 1762, She was allowed pension on her application executed April 18, 1848 while living in Ellery, New York. Their children were:
Noble  born  January 31, 1782
Albert  "  February 12, 1794
Hadazeah  "  April 2, 1786
Alvin  "  August 5, 1788
Sabrina  "  August 18, 1791
Matilda  "  February 21, 1794
John  "  December 5, 1797
Warren  "  July 13, 1800
Henry  "  June 17, 1803, living in Ellery, N.Y. 1850
Lois Ann  "  July 16, 1807

Respectfully,

Acting Commissioner
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John Coe- Pensions on N. York roll, Act June 7th 1832
DecRinson
29 July "48-586 Seh Cle
NY 2d Feby 48-5701 Max 31/57
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No. 690 A,
Lois Cole
Widow of John
New York
Chataquets
admitted 
Private - $80-
com 4 March 1848
N.D. 19 Feb 1846
Act 29 July 1848,
Hon; R.S. Rose
H. R.
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Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 23852
Lois Coe
Wid of
John Coe
Priv Rev War
Act Feb 2d 1848
Index: Vol    , Page  
[Arrangement of 1870.]

1923 July 11- Hist. to P.K. Sahuklaud (Mrs.) MMMHF
1924-Dec 10-Hist. to Frank L. Moore MMMHF
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14083
Lois Coe
widow of John
New York
Rejected
let 4th/April 50
Hon R. L. Rose

(was not a widow at the time of the passage of act 7 July 1828)
Act 7 July 1838
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678
New York Albany
Lois Coe
widow of John
who was a private
in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate 
of 80 Dollars and 00
Cents per annum, to commence
on the 19 July 1846
Certificate of Pensions issued
the 28 day of June 1837
and sent to 
L.M. Drury Esq
Canandaigua
June 17, 1844
Recorded in Book A
Vol. 2 Page 92
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583 A
Lois Coe
widow of John Coe
who served in the Revolutionary war,
as a Private 
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 
80 Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence
the 4th day of March, 1848
Certificate of Pensions issued the
8th day of June 1850
and sent to 
Hon. R.L. Rose
House of Reps
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act 
July 29 1848, Page 70 Vol 1
Book A
Reported
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No 745
Lois Cole, wid of
John-
N.Y.
Act 17 June 1844 & to 2 yrs Pri $80
per anm from 19
Feby 1846, when her
husband died
Payments at same 
rate under 29 July
1848 to be deducted
[illegible] sent to 
L.M. Drury
Canandaigua
N.Y.
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John Coe. It is said that he sent his Pension Certificate to Washington & Report to Hon, A. Lewis, House of Rep. Inform M.L. what Coe's representative must to to get his money
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Washington Feb. 19, 1850

Sir:
Herewith is presented the application of Henry Coe in behalf of his mother Lois Coe, widow of John Coe under the act of 17th June 1844.
Application in behalf of Mrs Coe has been made heretofore, but it was unsuccessful, for reasons to me unknown. If it was on account of the services of her husband, John Coe, that objection is cured by the Joint Resolution of 1st July 1848.
If it was on account of the marriage it is submitted, that the proof now offered is sufficient to establish that fact.

Very respectfully your obt servt
L. M. Drury

J. L. Edwards Esq
Comr of Pensions
Washington
D.C.
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Chautauqua , N. Y. May 10, 1830

Sir;
Herewith is presented the declaration of Mrs Lois Coe widow of John Coe, decd under act 29th July 1848.
The claim was heretofore presented under act of 7th July 1838, but was rejected under the  [unk] decision of the Secretary of the Interior which excludes those who were not widows at the time of the passage of the act,
Proof of the marriage will be found among the papers filed in the case. It consists of the family record of the birth of children &c, it is the only evidence attainable.
The letter from the Town Clerk of Southbury herewith presented shows that no record of the marriage is to be found on the books of the Town or Church.

Respectfully your obt servt
L. M. Drury

J. L. Edwards Esq
Comr of Pensions
Washington
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State of New York
County of Chautauqua ss.
Lois Coe of the town of Ellery in said County being duly sworn doth depose & say that she is the widow of John Coe deceased late of said County, a revolutionary pensioner of the United States at the rate of $80 per ann. that the said John Coe died on the nineteenth day of February in the year 1846. This deponent further states that she is in the receipt of a Pension as the widow of the said John Coe at the rate of $80 per ann under the act of 29th July 1848, that she now applied for the amount of pension due from the date of her said husbands death to the time of the commencement of her own viz on the 4th March 1848. And further says not.

Lois Coe her mark X
Henry Coe witness to Lois Coe's mark

Sworn & subscribed to this 29th day of March 1851 Before me
Chas. G. Maples} Justice of the Peace for said County
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I certify that I am well acquainted with Lois Cor (widow of John Co deceased late of the town of Ellery in the county of Chautauqua state of New York) and know her to be the same person named in the within affidavit and I also certify that she cannot write her name on account of old age and debility. Ellery March 29th 1851

Chas. G. Maples} Justice of the Peace
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John Coe
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State of New York
Monroe County ss.}
Asa Munn of the town of Parma in said County, being duly sworn depose and says that he is well acquainted with John Coe now of the town of Ellery of the County of Chautauqua, that he has been acquainted with the said John Coe, from a child, that they both formerly resided & were brought up in the town of Southbury in the County of Litchfield in the State of Connecticut, that sometime in the month of December in the year 1776, according to this deponent's best recollection, the said John Coe and himself enlisted as soldiers in the revolutionary army, in the company commanded by Capt. Dana Hinman, that they both enlisted on the same day, the enlistment was for the term of three months, and that the said John Coe was in actual service during that time and was honorably discharged sometime in the month of March 1777.
And this Deponent further says that said John Coe and this Deponent enlisted in a regiment of troops of the Connecticut Militia under Capt Agar Curtis, Lieut Solomon Hurd and Ensign Baker. This was in the year 1779, according to his best recollection, that in the spring of 1780, said troops were called out in consequence of an attack of the British on the town of Derby & he thinks that said John Coe was in actual service at that time as much
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[unk] County ss.
Simeon Munn of Brighton in said county being duly sworn deposes and says that he is well acquainted with John Coe & his parents & the captain that the said John Co e served under in the revolutionary war, and that he was born in the same town with the said John Coe, and that he believes the statements that the said John Coe makes as to his services in said War are true from the information this deponent has received from them and others- also says that the said John Coe is a man of truth & veracity and that his word may be relied upon.
Simeon Munn

Sworn & subscribed this 22 day of Jany 1834 at Rochester N.Y. before me
William S. Bishop
Justice of the Peace of said County

I certify that I am acquainted with the abovenamed Simeon Munn & that his character is good for truth & veracity.
William S, Bishop
Justice of the Peace

Monroe County Clerks Office ss.
I certify that William S. Bishop Esquire was at the date of the above affidavits a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe that his name subscribed to said affidavits is his proper hand writing and signature. Witness my hand and official seal this third day of March 1834.
Leonard Adams Clerk
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State of New York
Wayne County ss.
Timothy Johnson of the town of Galen in the county of Wayne and State of New York, being duly sworn, doth depose and say, that he is well acquainted with John Co, who now resides in the town of Ellery in the county Chautauqua in said State, that he has known and been personally acquainted with him from a child, that in the summer, and this deponent believes, the month of June, in the year A.D. 1776, this deponent and the said John Coe, resided in near each other in the town of Southbury, in the county of Litchfield in the State of Connecticut, at which time this deponent and Andrew Coe, the brother of the said John Coe, enlisted into Captain Rogers' company, in Southbury, in Colonel Gay's regiment of the Connecticut troops, General Wadsworth commanded the Brigade; this the said Andrew Coe was taken sick and the above named John Coe took his place and served the time out, and was together with this deponent, honorable discharged at the expiration of the said term; which was according to the best recollection, about the twentieth day of December, 1776; That immediately after the enlistment, they went to New York, and from there across to Long Island; then to Harlem & from there over Kings Bridge, where they were discharged as above stated, during which time the said John Coe served as a substitute for said Andrew Coe; this deponent and the said John then returned home to Southbury, This enlistment was made
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State of New York
Wayne County ss.} David Johnson of the town of Salem in said County being duly [unk] deposes and says that he is well acquainted with John Coe also his parents & the Captian to the said john Coe service under in the revolutionary war and that he was home in the same town with the said John Coe and that he belivees the statements that the said John Coe makes as to his services in said war are true from the information this deponent has recd from them and [unk] also says that the said John Coe is a man of truth & veracity and that his word may be relied upon- also that the said David Hinman Captain mentioned by the said John Coe was his grandfather (David Johnsons grandfather).
David Johnson

Subscribed and sworn before me this 15th day of Jany 1834.
Hiram P Jones Justice of the Peace of the town of Salem in the county of Wayne & state of New York
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I certify that I am acquainted with David Johnson the above deponent & that he is a man of truth & veracity -
Hiram O. Jones Justice of the Peace
 in and for Wayne County NY
David Johnsons
Affidavit
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Joel Himan, Ensign of said company.
And this deponent further saith that often he and the said John Coe had been at home about nine days, the said John Coe, as he understood and verily believes, enlisted under Captain Hinman for three months service and this deponent understood and verily believes, served to the end of the term and was honorably discharged.
And this deponent further saith that after the above service, he frequently said the John Coe and learned from him that he was under enlistment and for the most of the time in actual service, that he frequently heard of his being engaged in service and in the alarms, though he cannot state for how long a time. And this deponent saith that he fully believes the statement of the said John Coe, that he is a man of truth and that his statement is entitled to credit.
Timothy Johnson his mark X

Subscribed and sworn January 14th 1834 before me Hiram P. Jones a Justice of the Peace of the town of Salem in the County of Wayne and State of New York.
I certify that I am acquainted with the above named Timothy Johnson and that he is a man of truth & veracity.
Hiram P. Jones Justice of the Peace of Wayne Co NY
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State of New York
Wayne County} ss. I Cullen Foster Clerk of the count of Wayne aforesaid do hereby certify that Hiram P Jones before whom the aforegoing affidavits purport to have been sworn, and whose signatures appear to the above certificates of credibility, was at the day of the dates of the same a Justice of the Peace in said County duly commissioned and sworn, and that I am acquainted with his hand writing, and verily believe his signatures to said certificates and affidavits are genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said county this sixth day of March 1834.
Cullen Foster, Clerk
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Law Offices of
Frank L. Moore
Latham D. Moore

Suites 5 and 6
Commercial Building

Moscow, Idaho

Hon. Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir:

My daughter is eligible for membership in the D. A. R., but I desire a little information concerning our ancestor who served as a soldier in the Revolutionary War.

His name was John Coe and my mother, now deceased, told me at one time that he enlisted from either Connecticut or Vermont, she did not know which, and that he drew a small pension. The character of which is unknown to me. She also told me that she thot he died between 1845 and 1847.

Is it asking too much of you to examine your records and advise me of the time of his service, the colony from which he enlisted and the date of his death if you have it?

Your kind attention to this matter will be appreciated.

Thank you, I am
Yours very truly,

FLM/NM
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17 Fulton St.
Jamestown, N.Y.
May 19th 1923

Bureau of Pensions,
Washington D.C.

Will you kindly send me the record of JOHN COE a Revolutionary soldier mentioned in the 1840 Pension List from the Town of Gerry, Chautauqua Co. N. Y.
An early reply will greatly appreciated.
Thank you in advance,
Very truly yours
Mrs. P. K. Shanklenad
chairman Rev. soldiers graves com.
Jamestown Chapter W.A.R.
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Revolutionary War Section
MMHF
W. 23852
3-525
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
Washington, D. C., July 11, 1823

In reply to your request of                , for the history of John Coe, a soldier of the Revolutionary War, the following is taken from his and his widow's claim for a pension.

*Dates of Enlistment or Appointment: June 1776
Length of Service: 6 mos
Rank: Pvt
Officers under whom service was rendered: Captain Roger, Colonel Gay
State: Conn.

Date of enlistment or appointment: Dec. 1776
Length of Service: 3 mos.
Rank:
Officers under whom service was rendered: Captain David Hinman, Colonel Beardsley
State:

Date of Enlistment or Appointment: Mch 31 or Apr 1 1777
Length of Service: over 8 mos
Rank:
Officers under whom service was rendered: Captain David Hinman, Colonel Benjamin Hinman
State:

Dates of enlistment or appointment: June 1778
Length of service: over 3 mos
Rank:
Officers under whom service was rendered: Captain David Hinman
State:

Dates of enlistment or appointment: July 1779
Length of service: 3 mos
Rank:
Officers under whom service was rendered: Captain David Hinman
State:

Dates of enlistment or appointment: Fall 1779
Length of Service: 6 wks
Rank:
Officers under whom service was rendered: Captain Agur Curtis, Colonel Preston
State:

Dates of enlistment or appointment:
Last of Sept 1780
Length of Service: 2 mos
Rank:
Officers under whom service was rendered: Captain Agur Curtis, Colonel Preston
State:

Dates of enlistment or appointment: Apr 1781
Length of service: 6 mos
Rank" Teamster
Officers under whom service was rendered: Captain Johnson
State:

Battles engaged in, White Plains
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Southbury, Litchfield Co, Conn
Date of application for pension, Feb 13, 1834. His cl. was al.
Residence at date of application, Ellery, Chautauqua Co, NY
Age at date of application, Born Sept 20, 1757 or 1758 in Southbury Conn
Remarks: *The 6 mos service this noted was as a substitute for his brother Andrew. The above named Capt. David Hinman was soldier's grandfather, soldier died Feb. 19, 1846 in Ellery, N.Y. He married Apr. 23, 1781 in Southbury, Conn Lois Johnson b Oct 12, 1762 and who was al. pen. on her ap. ex. Apr. 18, 1848 while a resident of Ellery, N.Y. See supplement for further fam. data

Respectfully,

Commissioner
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July 11, 1823

Mrs. P. K. Shankland
17 Fulton St.,
Jamestown, N. York

Madam:
In addition to the military history of John Coe, War of Revolution, W. 23852, you are herewith furnished the following family data,
Children of John Coe and his wife Lois:
Noble     born   January 31, 1782
Albert     "    February 12, 1784
Hadazsah     "    April 2, 1786
Alvin     "    August 5, 1788
Sabrina     "    August 18, 1791
Matilda     "    February 21, 1794
John     "    December 5, 1797
Warren     "    July 13, 1800
Henry     "    June 17, 1803, living in Ellery, N.Y. in 1850
Lois Ann     "     July 16, 1807

Respectfully,

Acting Commissioner