Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 12591, Zebulon Coats, Mass. New York Privateer
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
Mass.
New York
Privateer

Coats, Zebulon

NUMBER
S. 12591

carded
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Repated

8378.
New York
Zebulon Coats of New Fane in the Stae of New Y. who was a Private in the com. commanded by Captain Clark of the Regt. commanded by col. Willet in the * Mass line for 7 Mo. 18 days
Privateer, * N. Y., and Mass. Nov. 4/05
Records completed for
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Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 25 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1835 when suspended and last paid.
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Certificat of Pension issued the 10th day of May, 1848 and sent to Hon. W. Duer
Hos of Reps
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Arrears to the 4th of
Semi-anl. allowance ending
Reduced from $36.66

{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.} Recorded by Tb Sumpkin Clerk, Book E2 Vol. 4. Page 13.
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State of New York
Niagara County &c: On this 5th day of September 1832 personally appeared in open court before the Court of General Sessions of the Peace in and for said county now sitting Zebulon Coats a resident of the Town of New Fane in said county of Niagara aged sixty nine 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 7th 1832 - That he entered the Service of the United States under the following officers and served as herein aforementioned
That some time in May as applicant thinks, in the year of 1779, he volunteered and entered on board the Brig Nancy a privateer then lying at New London commanded by Captain Michael Mallaly, said vessel sailed from said port of New London some time in May 1779, and cruised for three months against the British, during which time applicant served as a sailor - on board said vessel - and during said cruise said vessel ell in with and captured a British vessel called the  "Lady Spencer" bound to New York laden with clothing and provisions for the British army - Pinkham was Lieutenant & Champlin was second-Lieutenant  of said Brig Nancy.
And Applicant further says that in the year 1780 in the fall but the month he cannot state he volunteered and entered the service in the New York State militia - that applicant at this time resided in the Town of Stephentown then Albany since called Rensselaer county in the State of New York, and Served three months as such volunteer in John Schemmerhorns company who was Captain - for six weeks and in Captain Stephen Niles company six weeks - that during said
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three months Service he marched from Stephentown to Albany NYork and from there to Middle Fort Schohorrie New Yourk - and was also stationed a part of said three months at CoblesKill not far from said Middle Fort - while under the command of Captain Nelson Hausten was Lieutenant - while applicant was stationed at Middle Fort Colonel Norman of the militia commanded - applicant cannot state the names of any more of the officers - 
In September 1781, while residing at Stephentown aforesaid applicant again volunteered in the militia and joined the company of Captain Lansing of Albany Ostander Lieutenant of said company, and marched from Albany to West Point stayed there but short time and marched from there to Middle Fort aforesaid, and while Stationed at Middle Fort an attack was made on the Fort by the enemy's forces under the command of Sir John Johnson of Brant and Col Butler according to applicants best understanding - applicant was acting as sentinel when said attack was made and the attack was continued from six in the morning until four in the afternoon when the enemy retreated and were pursued by the Americans - during the last mentioned period of Service applicants company a part of the time were attached to Colonel Grahaus regiment of the militia - and applicant says that he served in said last expidition [expedition] under said captain Lansing the period of three months and was discharged at Middle Fort - aforesaid-
And Applicant says that in the year 1782 and while living in the Town of Hancock
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in the State of  Massachusetts he again volunteered and joined the company of militia commanded by Captain Samuel Clark - the time of the year declarant is unable to State Captain Clark lived at Williamstown in said state of Massachusetts - and served in said company three months - The names of said Ensign and Lieutenant applicant has forgotten - said company was a part of the time attached to a regiment commanded by Col Willet of the United States army - Rawley was the Major of the Militia corpse [corps] to which applicant was attached - Applicant joined said company at Hancock aforesaid and marched to the city of Albany and from there to Middle Fort aforesaid, and after staying there a few days the company to which applicant belonged with another company of militia from Massachusetts were detached from the troops at said Fort, and under the command of Major Rowley marched to Fort Plain on the Mohawk River, and joined the forces under the command of Colonet Willet where Applicant remained for the period of eight weeks - during which time applicant was employed in building a blockhouse - While at Fort Plain the enemy under command of Col Butler advanced to a point below the Fort - and the Americans went in pursuit - applicant was of the number of pursuers - under command of Col Willet - The enemy were come up with at Johnstown and a battle there took place Applicant was in the battle Maj. Rowley Captain Clark & his Lieutenant were
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wounded and the Captains waiter killed in the course of the action the British took a brass field piece and the same was again mistaken by the corpse under Major Rowley - The British were repulsed - This period of service as before stated was three months -
During the time Applicant resided in Stephentown aforesaid, he turned out at different times with the militia as a volunteer or minute man as many as four or five times and served a number of days at each time as such volunteer making in all according to the best recollection of applicant More than two months - making in all including the service aboard said Brig the period of fourteen months which applicant served in the revolutionary war -
And applicant says that he has no documentary evidence by which he can prove said service or any part thereof and knows of no person whom he can procure to testify to or corroborate the same - And said applicant hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present that he has never been placed on the pension list or roll of any agency of any State -
Sworn & Subscribed to before me in open Court this 5th day of September A.D. 1832. Henry Catlin Clerk of the Court of General Sessions of the Peace of Niagara County
Henry Catlin
State of New York
Niagara County &c.
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Jehiel Wisner a clergyman residing in the Town of New Fane and David Weisner residing in the same place hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Zebulon Coats who had subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be sixty nine years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion
Jehiel Wisner
Danel Wisner

Sworn & Subscribed to before me this 5th day of December A.D. 1832 in open court
Henry Catlin clerk of the Court of Common Please of the Place of Niag County
Henry Catlin Clerk

And the court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogations prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states - and the court further certifies that it appears to them that Jehiel Weisner who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the Town of New Fane in said courts and that David Weisner who has also signed the same is a resident in the same town and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit
J.MCollim
A. Alvonier
Otis Hathaway
Members of the Court in attendance

Niagara County &c
I Henry Catlin Clerk of the Court of General Sessions of the Peace of Niagara County do hereby Certify that the foregoing contains the originary proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the Application of Zebulon Coats for a Pension

The Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office at Lockport the fifth day of September A.D. 1832
Henry Catlin Clerk
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5857.
In the matter of Zebulon Coats a revolutionary soldier - who claims a pension under the act of Congress of June 7, 1832 - he having served in the revolution any near as appears by his declaration 17 Months - as a volunteer
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State of New York
Niagara County &c: On this first day of January in the year 1833 personally appeared before Robert Fleming one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said county Zebulon Coats of the Town of New Fane in said county who being first duly sworn makes a further declaration in affidavit supplementory to his original declaration hereunto annexed for the purpose of obtaining the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832 and says that he was borne in the year 1763 at Stonington County of New London in the State of Connecticut - That after the close of the war applicant lived at Stephentown now county of Rensselaer and State of New York twelve years as near as applicant can recollect - and from Stephentown applicant removed to Galway in the County of Saratoga and State of New York where he resided about ten years and from there applicant moved to Burlington County of Otsego & State of New York where he remained five or so years and from there applicant moved to Pompey County of Onondaga and State of New York and there resided eight years as near as applicant can recollect and from there applicant removed to New Fane in County of Niagara and State of New York where he has resided ever since and now resides - applicant has a record of his age which is at home in his bible - Applicant has no recollection of ever having received a written discharge at any of the periods of his discharge
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Applicant cannot state more explicitly and positively, by reason of old age and consequent loss of memory the precise length of time he served in the war in the land division but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below and in the following grades -
For three months as a private being his first period as a soldier - For three months as a private soldier being the second period of applicants land service - For three months as a private, being the third period - And applicant served three months being different periods which applicant turned out at different periods as a volunteer in the war as stated in his official annexed declaration applicant has stated the several times he so turned out as upwords of two months - but applicant believes that i could not have been less then three and he thinks it exceeds that time - and which different periods make in all twelve months as a soldier besides the service as Seaman - And for which applicant claims a pension - Applicant is acquainted in neighbourhood where he resides with Judge James Van Horne Gen James Weisner Jehiel J Davis Weisner - and which person can testify to applicants character for truth and veracity and also their belief that applicant served as he states in the revolutionary war -
Zebulon Coats

Sworn and Subscribed before me Jany first 1833. 
R. Fleming Dist Judge
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Service as "sailor" disallowed - as also the augmentation of a two to a 3mo. tour in '82 -

aomd.
11 mo. pri
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$36.66

Mass certificate 3 mo 21
NY certificate 3 mo 27
[Total] 7mo 8d
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State of New York
Niagara County &c:
I hereby certify that Zebulon Coats the person who has made the above affidavit is known to me and that I am well acquainted with him and I do certify that he is a person of good reputation and that his statement is entitled to implicit credit - R. Fleming Jus Peace
Jany 1 1833

State of New York
Niagara County &c:
I Henry Catlin Clerk of said county do certify that Robert Fleming before whom the preceding affidavit and certificate purports to have been sworn to and made was on the day of the date thereof first Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said county and duly authorized to take such affidavit and further that I am well acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe that his name subscribed to the acknowledgement of the said affidavit and subscribed to said certificate is his own proper hand writing and signature - And I said clerk do further certify that I have this day reaffixed my seal as officer to my first certificate above within contained, of the proceedings of the court on the original application and declaration of Zebulon Coats - and said papers contain as such proceedings I have caused to be counciled according to the regulations of the War Department - And that the said papers so counciled and resealed contain the original proceeding of said court in the matter of said application
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office at Lockport this first day of January AD 1833
Henry Catlin Clerk of Niagara
County Court of Common Pleas Sessions
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5857
Zebulon Coats
privateer
interrogatories
papers not authenticated
aoma
suspend

Mass Certificate 3.21 [21 crossed out, replaced with] P-18
N Y Certif. 3.27
[Total] 7 mo 8 day

Josef Center
Lockport
NYork
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BRIEF in the case of Zebulon Coats, of New Fane in the State of New 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? Sixty nine years.
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.

Period.
Volunteer in 1779 May} Privateer Brig Nancy
Enlisted Mil: 1780 fall
1781 Sep.
1782

Duration of Service.
3 Months
3 Months
3 Months
3 Months
Unwritten 2 Months (says all his service was fourteen months)

Rank.
As a 
Sailor
private

Names of General and field Officers under whom he served.
Gen.
Capt Michl Mallaly
Capt Jno Schermerhorn Capt Step. Niles} Col N Norman
Capt Lansing
Capt Saml Clark, Col Willet

5. In what battles was he engaged? Johnstown
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Stephentown, N.Y. - Hancock Mass.
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? a clergyman & David Wisam certify to traditionary evidence
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?

X Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mention.

D Kintz Examining Clerk.
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O. W. and N. Division.
J. S. C.
Ser file 12591
Rev War

3---525.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.,

In replay to your request for a statement of the military history of Zebulon Coats, a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.
May 1779
Nov 1779
Sept 1780
July 1871

LENGTH OF SERVICE.
3 mos.
3 "
3 mos.
3 "
2 "

RANK.
Sailor
Pri
Pri

OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
Michael Malally (captured the "Lady Spencer" British)
John Schermerhorn
Stephen Niles
Lansing
Samuel Clark
COLONEL.
Privateer Brig "Nancy"
Van Rensselaer
Maj Rowley

STATE.
Conn.
NY.
"
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Mass.

Battles engaged in, called out on alarms, attack on Middlefort & Johnstown in Middleburg
Residence of soldier at 2nd enlistment, Stephentown, NY; 1781 - Hancock Mass
Date of application for pension, Sept. 5 1832
Residence at date of application, New Fane, Niagara Co, N.Y.
Age at date of application, B. Stonington, Conn. 1763
Remarks: Sol & wife living in 1847

Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
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August 28 47
Aod JY
Zebulon Coats

Hon J.L. Edwards
Coms. of Pensions
Washington DC
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Ovid N.Y. Aug 23rd 47
Sir
I have intended to obey your instruction in your of the 14th same, in the case of Zebulon Coats, in inclosing the within proof, the Justice before whom the paper is sworn writes me - I finally conclude to inclose you his letter, & one that you addressed to Mr Coats -
Respectfully
Your Obl Servt
Arad Joy

Hon J L Edwards
Coms. of Pensions
Washington DC
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May 8, 1847
Tele to can
Zebulon Coats.

Hon J L Edwards
Coms. of Pensions
Washington DC
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Ovid N.Y. May 3rd 1847
Sir
I enclose secy certificate - whether it refers to an applicant whose papers are on file in your office from this state, I know not, it will be for your to decide that point. I ask no pension unless you, after a careful examination, shall say a pension is honestly & justly due, I disclaim any intention of wrong in this case, I ask you to protect the Government, equally with the old soldier
Respectfully
Your Obl Servt
Arad Joy

Hon JL Edwards
Coms. of Pensions
Washington DC
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Reduced from $36.66
Zebulon Coats
NY
Act 7 June 1832

Anu
7 Mo 18 days pri
$25.33 per am
from 4 March 1835

Hon W. Duer
House of Reps
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Washington May 3, 48
Sir:
I respectfully call your attention to the enclosed letter
Your obl. servt.
W. Duer
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L 667
Jany 30, 1837

Pension office
Secretary of War,
Washington,
D.C.

Zeb Coat
Leir Pratt
NY
Pension office
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Lockport Niagara County
N.Y. Sept 20, 1837

Reputed Friend
Zebulon Coats authorized me to collect the small pension due him. The power was forwarded to Albany and returned by the agent, with the remark, that "the payment is suspended".
Zebulon Coats pension was June 5 Apr 1835, N8378. He is at an utter loss as to the cause of the suspension & if done without cause please testify this error - if with causes please state to me the reasons in reply. At any rate please advise me whether it was paid.
Truly
L.A. Spalding
To the Scy of War

Leir Pratts pension warrant was sent to Albany & returned to Washington. He wished it or a new one forwarded to him, to my care, at this place
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Hon. W. L. Marcy
Secy. of War
Washington,
D.C.
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March 24, 1846.
Lockport N.Y.
Mch15/46

L.A. Spalding
asked for a new pension Certif. for Zebulon Coates [Coats].

L84. Recmch 28/46
Pension Office.

N.Y.
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Niagara Co N.Y.
Lockport 3rd mr 15.1856

Reputed Friend,
Zebulon coats, a Revolutionary Pensioner is for whom I collected pensions some time ago & which for some reason was stopped about ten years since, has applied to me to ask for his pension Certificate, the old one having been surrendered, I believe in consequence of too much pay having been granted or an Error of some kind -
Will you please have the necessary examination made & if proper issue a new certificate with Instructions as to how much is now due him & send the necessary forms to enable him to obtain it, if anything is due.
With much respect
Your friend
L. A. Spalding

Hon. Wm. L. Marcy

The papers had better be forwarded to my Can for him.
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
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Secretary's Office, Boston:
April 28 1847.

I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of Zebulon Coats is borne upon a Pay Roll of Capt Samuel Clark's Company of the 3 months men on a detachment up the Mohawk River, being a part of Col Barnabas Sear's reg, as a private from July 18 to November 2 1787 including allowance of 5 days for travel, 3 months & 21 days.
It apppears from said roll that Capt Clark and a Lt Dudley Holdridge were both wounded the 20th October.
The above is all the evidence of service of anyone of the name, shown by the military records in the department
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And I further Certify, That, before search made for evidence of said facts, the application hereto annexed was filed in this Office, in the form in which the same now appears; that the search was made by myself and my clerks alone; and that said application, and the certificate above set forth, contain all the facts and circumstances within my knowledge, pertaining to the case.

In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
John G. Paisley,
Secretary of the Commonwealth
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Application For Certificate Of Revolutionary Services, Made By The Party Who Rendered The Service
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The Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is hereby requested to furnish evidence from the Rolls in his office, of the service of myself Zebulon Coats in the war of the Revolution. I enlisted from the town of Hancock, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, in the year 1781 in the Company commanded by Captain Samuel Clark and I served as follows viz:
"Mustered at Lanesboro, marched to Albany - were put under Major Rouley, and marched up the Mohawk River to Fort Plain, had a battle at Johnstown, Major Rouley and Captain Clark were both wounded, service three months or upwards.
Witness my hand this seventh day of April A.D. 1847
Signed by said agent in my presence
[illegibly faded signature]

Zebulon Coats
By Arad Joy his agent

The said Arad Joy appears, by documents exhibited before me, to be the lawful agent of Zebulon Coats
[illegibly faded signature]
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Oct 23 47
Add tes
Zebulon Coats

Hon JL Edwards
Coms. of Pensions
Washington DC
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Ovid Oct 19th 1847
Sir
I enclose you, as I suppose the proof required in the case of Zebulon Coats, by yours of Sep 11 last
Respectfully
Your Obl Servt
Arad Joy

Hon JL Edwards
Coms. of Pensions
Washington DC
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Wilson N. Y. August 14th 1847
Arad Joy Esq
I received your [letter] of July 24th have not been able to get the affidavit untill [until] now as to the fact of his being a pensioner heretofore
Mr. Coats old certificate is lost or at least it was in the hand of Lyman A. Spalding his agent of Lockport and he cannot find it
I send you a letter from the Department to Mr Coats in 35 you will see by it the reason that his pension was stopped perhaps it may be of use
if it is necessary he will get Spaldings affidavit that Coats had such certificate and that it is lost Spalding lives fifteen miles from here on me should have seen him again perhaps he can find it among his papers
Respectfully yours
Normal Shepard
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Zebulon Coats
Pensioner of N. York
Law 1832
old case of mine from Arad Joy
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Copy
War Department,
Pension Office,
August 6th 1835.

Sir,
On a re-examination of the papers upon which you pension was allowed under the Act of 7th June, 1832, it appears that the claim was inadvertently admitted. There is no evidence in the Department of the successive tours of three months each of the militia in 1780, 1781 & 1782 as described in your declaration. The militia were out occasionally and for short terms except when detached. No part of your claim can again be admitted without the fullest explanation. The agent has been directed to suspend the payment of your pension.
I am, Very Respectfully,
Your Obl Servt
Signed J. L. Edwards

Zebulon Coats
New Fane, New York
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June 11 47
Recsto elm of Zebulon Coats

Hon JL Edwards
Coms. of Pensions
Washington DC
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Ovid June 26 '47
Sir
I enclose you the Comptrollers Cert which I have to day recd. in complyance [compliance] with your letter of the 21 May - I don't offer it as proof, I know nothing about it, it may refer to another man, but it is the Cert ref & of course I forward it to you, for your decision
Respectfully
Your Obl Sevt
Arad Joy

Hon. J L Edwards
Coms. of Pensions
Washington DC
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Feb 3
[illegible]
Zebulon Coats

Hon J.L. Edwards
Coms. of Pensions
Washington DC
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Ovid N. Y. Jany. 29, '48
Dear Sir
When I was in your Office, I was informed that a pension Certificate had been issued for Mr Zebulon Coats of N. York, under law of '32 as I do not find it on reaching home, I beg leave to write & to inform you, least it has been mine carried, can you give any information about it
Respectfully
You Ob. Servt.
Arad Joy

Hon J L Edwards
Coms. of Pensions
Washington DC

N.B. The last proof was forwarded Oct 19th last
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Zebulon Coats, Niagara Co. N.Y. Act of June 1832
$36.00 per anu -
To what time was a hast
G.C.A.
Pension office May 5 1848
Paid to H. March 1835
BLB
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State of New York
Niagara County &c
James D Cooper and Asa Gates both of whom I certify respectable person after Duly Sworn according to Law Depose and say that they are personally acquainted with Zebulon Coats Late a pensioner of the United States and at present an applicant for a pension through Arad Joy of New York State these Deponents Depose and say that the said Zebulon Coats is still Living and that he's the identical person about described
Sworn and subscribed before me this 13th day of August 1847 
Norman Shepard Justice of the Peace

J.D. Cooper
Asa Coats
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State of New York
Niagara County Clerks office 
I certify that Norma Shepard before whom the within Deposition was taken at the time of taking the same a Justice of the Peace in & for said County duly elected & sworn/authorised by law to act as such, that I am well acquainted with his hand writing I verity believe his signature thats subscribed is genuine
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand the seal of said Court, this 20 day of August 1819
Jno VanHorn Clerk
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Arad Joy Esq
Cosd Seneca County
N.Y.

eeCilsonNY
Oct 16

5
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Wilson Oct 15th 1847
Arad Joy Esq
After a long time I have perfected the affidavits of Mr. Coats and L.H. Spalding his old agent and send them here enclosed. Likewise I send you a Letter from the Department in 1834 Spalding thinks he sent the old Certificate to the State agentry(?) office and the agent kept it but is not sure at to that fact. I know of no further proof to send indeed it seems that there can be no bettter called for it is certain Mr. Coats served in the revolution and probably three months in each year but for want of regular returns as should have been done the records were not full
he is very old and cannot prove by his fellow soldiers the service he has done as he says he might have done three years ago but now they are dead and he to [too] must soon follow he has a wife of his youth Living who has for two years past been unable to walk a step The old man road[rode] with me to Lockport and back 30 miles to see Spalding I expect this is all I can do. I hope you will inform me as soon as the matter is settled
Yours &c
Norman Shepard
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Arad Joy Coy
Ovid Seneca County
N.Y.
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State of New York County of Niagara &c
Lyman A. Spalding whom I Certify is a highly respectable person after being Duly Sworn according to Law Deposes and says that he was the agent for procuring the pension of Zebulon Coats, that he held the original pension Certificate which was granted to the said Zebulon Coats, that he has made thorough search but cannot find the said pension Certificate and presumes the same is not to be found, that the identical person to whom the said pension Certificate was granted is by the attached suplimented [supplemented] Declaration applying for a reinstatement of his pension, that he is the only one person of Eighty or over of the name of Zebulon Coats that he even knew in the said County of Niagara and that he is the identical person to whom was granted a pension Certificate and whose pension was suspended and the pension Certificate lost or cannot be found
L.A. Spalding
Sworn and Subscribed before me the 13th day of October 1847
Norman Shepherd
Justice of the Peace
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Niagara County clerks office
I Certify that Norman Shepher before whom the within affidavits were taken was at the time of taking the same an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the said County of Niagara & that his term of office commenced on the first day of January 1846 and will end the last day of December 1849 & that I am well acquainted with his hand writing and believe the signatures to the two within affidavits are his genuine official signature -
Given under my hand and official Signature this 14th day of October 1847
John VanHorn Clerk of Niagara, Co.
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State of New York County of Niagara &c
Zebulon Coats whom I Certify is a respectable person and aged Eighty four to Eighty six years old after being Duly Sworn according to Law Deposes and says that he is the identical person to who was granted a pension Certificate and to whom was addressed a Letter from the pension Department in 1835 informing him of the suspension of his pension that his Declaration upon which a pension was Granted as above mentioned contains the particulars of his Service probably more minutely than he could at this stage of Life State he therefore refers the Department to it
Zebulon Coats
Sworn and Subscribed before me the 13th day of October 1847
Norman Shepard
Justice of the Peace
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Copy
War Department
Pension Office
February 22, 1834

Sir,
On procuring the pension papers of Zebulon Coats it was found that he had been allowed for three successive tours of three months such in the Militia of the State of New York. The claim was inadvertently admitted. There does not appear to have been any such service rendered by the militia, at the period referred to and under the Officers mentioned, nor can the claim be again allowed without application.
A new pension Certificate was issued for Devi Pratt on the 30th November last and enclosed to the pension agent at Albany
I am, Very respectfully Your Ob. Serv.
Signed J. L. Edwards
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Rev War 12591
INVALID.
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File No. 12,591
Zebulon Coats
Priv Rev War
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Act: June 7th 1832
Index:---Vol. A, Page 78
[Arrangement of 1870.]

1906 May 28 - History to Mrs Waittie Davis - T
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In pursuance of a law passed the 27th of April, 1784, entitled "An act for the settlement of the pay of the Levies and Militia, for their service in the late War, and for other purposes therein mentioned," the following certificates have been issued, bearing interest at five per cent per annum, viz:

20 Nov. 1779. Zebulon Cotes [Coats] priv # 21510
30 Sept. 1780. Zebulon Coats Do 568
26 Oct. Do Do Do 262
[interest written out in math here, resulting in 13.03]
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STATE OF NEW-YORK,
COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE, Albany, 29th May 1847.
I hereby certify the above to be true extracts from Book No. 3 & 9 now remaining in this office, and that the service for which the certificates above named were issued, were performed under the following officers, viz:

First----under Capt. John W Schermerhorn in Col. Killian Van Reusselaer Reg't.
Second Jacob McLanding in Col. Morris Graham Reg't.
Third Do. Do.

Philip Phelps
Dep. Comp.
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Ser Let to E Ames Esq Aug 5, 1838
Pensioner
L. A. Spalding - Feb 4 1837
Same April 7th 1846
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Cred Day May 21, '47
same June 14th '47
to same July 11, '47

8378
New York
Zebulon Coats of New Fane in the State of New York who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Clark of the Reg commanded by Col Miller in the Massachusetts line for 11 months
Privateer, New York, and Mass.
Records completed Nov. 4, 1905 J.
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Transcribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 36 Dollars 66 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 5 day of April 1833 and sent to Joseph Center Lockport NY
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Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 - $43.32
Semi-anl. allowance end 4 Sep '33 - 18.33
[Total] $91.65

{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7 1832.}
Recorded by Jno Cromwell Clerk
Book E Vol. 4 Page 16
Page 52

8378 Ow 

3-2 Brantford Place
Buffalo
N.Y.
[Seal: O.W. & N. Div. May 23 1906]

To Commissioner of Pensions,
Will you please send me as soon as possible the record of "Zebulon Coats" of Niagara Co. N.Y. pension list - 1831.
& oblige
Mrs. Waittie Davis
May 19 - 1906