Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 3,641, for Zebulon Parke, New Jersey
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(3-1776)
SERVICE
New Jersey

Parke, Zebulon

NUMBER
S.3641
carded
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CONTENTS
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4206
Pittsburgh Agency
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Zebulon Parke
in the State of Pennsylvania
who was a Serg't Hor. in the Company commanded
by Captain Patterson of the Reg commanded
by Col Dayton in the New Jersey
line for Surgent 10 mo 26 days $54.27
13 " 4 days -- 48.14
[sum] $102.41
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Inscribed on the Roll of Pittsburgh Agency
[at] the rate of 102 Dollars 41 Cents per annum,
[to] commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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[Certif]icate of Pension issued the 14th day of January
1833 and sent to Hon. R. Coulton
House Reps
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Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832 - $153.61
Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Mar 1833 - 51.20
[sum] $204.81

{ Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832. }

Recorded by Vinal Luce Clerk,
[B]ook D Vol. 2 Page 181

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dead - lib to Hon Job Mann
Apl 15 1849

[vertical]
Death not on Q. B.
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Zebulon Parke
3 yrs Corporal & Sergeant

Serge't 10 mo 12/31  54.27
Corporal 13 " 4 "  48.14
[sum] $102.41

Hon R. Coulter
Ho. of Rep's.

R. Coulter
Pa.
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BRIEF in the case of Zebulon Parke of the County
of Westmorland in the State of Pa.
(Act 7th June, 1832.)

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

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

3. How old is he? 75 years

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

[Table, presented here by column, letters indicating the row]
Period.
[a] In 1776 Jany
[b] " 77

Duration of Service. Years, Months, Days.
[a] 1 - -
[b] 3 - -

Rank. As a
[a] Private
[b] ditto & Serg't.

Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.
Gen.
[a] Col. Dayton, Capt. Patterson
[b] Same Reg't. & Officers

5. In what battles was he engaged? Brandywine, Monmouth, Crosswicks Bridge & other
places & with the Indians under Genl. Sullivan

6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Huntington [Hunterdon] County N. J.

7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by
incidental evidence, or by the rolls?
Documents filed in the War Office &
referred to, on a former application

8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?
No Clergyman and Certificate

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

Levin Belt
Examining Clerk.
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of
Congress of the Seventh of June 1832

Pennsylvania
Westmorland County ss

On this 24th day of August 1832 personally
appeared before the Judges of the Court of Common pleas for said
County Zebulon Parke a resident of the Township of Donegal in the said
County and State aged seventy five years of age last
January who being duly sworn according to law doth on his
oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the
benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed
7th June 1832.

That he enlisted in the army of United States in the
month of January seventeen hundred & seventy six for one year
in the company commanded by Capt Thomas Patterson, third
Regiment of the New Jersey line commanded by Col Elias Dayton
At the time I enlisted my Lieutenants name was Mott, second
Lieut McDonald, & Ensign Edward Patterson, during the year
we went from Newyork to Albany from there to Fort
Stanwix, at the head waters of the Mohawk River, and
rebuilt the fort during that year, in the fall we returned
to Albany and went to Ticonderoga into winter quarters
On the 2nd day of March 77 we left Ticonderoga and
joined the grand Army at Morristown. At the
Expiration of the one years enlistment, I enlisted again
in the same company and regiment for three years
and continued in the service until the 27th
day of May 1780, as this Deponent believes, during
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which time he served in the said Regiment. The deponent
was in the battle of Brandywine and after wintering
at Valley Forge crossed the Delaware and went before
the British, impeding their course, as much as possible
until the day before the battle of Monmouth. when
our Regiment joined the Corps of the Army commanded
by Lee at the commencement of the action. The Deponent
was in several other affairs with the british, first at Croswick [Crosswicks]
Bridge, The Deponent was on the Indian Campaign
under General Sullivan, we started from Easton to Wyoming
and from Wyoming we followed on Allhager [?]
Creek, from thence to Chemung, when there was an attack
upon us by some Indians in Ambush, from thence
to the ground where the battle was fought, on
the same day we left Chemung. Deponent believes
it was called Middletown. We destroyd their
towers of Corn, and in the fall we returned
and our regiment joined the grand army.
I was promoted to a Sergeant in the first year
of my last enlistment, in 1779 at Wyoming 1
received a warrant, as a Sergeant, which warrant
is now on file in the War department.
On the said 27th of May I
received a regular discharge signed by the said
Col Elias Dayton, which discharge is also on
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file in the war department, the said papers
having been sent there, with an application for a
pension before made by me, in the last summer
and sent to the War Department by my representative
R Coulter Esqr, which papers will testify to my
Character & services, I might relate many more
particulars of my service, if it was not attested by the
above mentioned papers, and I presume by the
rolls of the Army. I resided in Huntington [Hunterdon]
County & Hopewell Township in the State of New Jersey
when I enlisted and after being discharged, I returned
to the said County & State, and resided there some
three or four years after the war, when I removed
to Donnegal [Donegal] Township, Westmorland [Westmoreland] County in
Penna where I now reside. Deponent relinquishes
every claim whatever to a Pension or an Annuity
except the present and he declares that his name is
not on the Pension Roll of any agency in any State
Sworn to & subscribed the
day & year aforesaid -
Randal McLaughlin, Prot. [Prothonotary]

Zebulon Parke

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the
matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above
named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states

I Randal McLaughlin Prothonotary of the Court of Common pleas of Westmorland
County, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Do hereby certify that the
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foregoing contains the original proceedings in the matter of the application
of Zebulon Parke for a Pension.

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and
affixed the seal of the said Court, at my office in
Greensburgh this twenty fourth day of August in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two.

Randal McLaughlin Prot [Prothonotary]
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August 15, 1939
AW
BA-J/MCS
Zebulon Parks, S.3641

Mr. Ernest O. Kooser
Somerset
Pennsylvania

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your request for information relative to
Zebulon Parke who served in the Revolutionary War.

The data which follow were taken from papers on file in the pension
claim, S.3641, based on the military service of the only Zebulon
Parke, searched under all spellings of the surname, that is found in
the Revolutionary War records of this office. He signed in person as
Zebulon Parke.

Zebulon Parke was born in January, 1757, in Hunterdon County, New
Jersey. The day of the month on which he was born and the names of his
parents are not shown.

While a resident of Hopewell Township, Hunterdon County, New
Jersey, he enlisted in January, 1776, as private in Captain Thomas
Patterson's company in Colonel Elias Dayton's 3rd New Jersey Regiment.
After the expiration of one year's service, he immediately enlisted in
the same company and regiment and on July 1, 1779, he was made sergeant
in said company and regiment, the company then being commanded by Captain
Barber who was also the lieutenant colonel; Zebulon Parke was in the
battle of Brandywine, wintered at Valley Forge, was in the battles of
Monmouth and Crosswicks Bridge and during Sullivan's Indian expedition
he was in the battle of Chemung, and he was discharged May 27, 1780, by
Colonel Elias Dayton.

Zebulon Parke was allowed pension on his application executed August
24, 1832, at which time he was a resident of Donegal Township,
Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, having moved there from Hopewell Township three
or four years after the Revolution.
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The papers in this claim contain no data relative to the family
of Zebulon Parks and there is no claim for pension on file made by anyone
as the widow of this soldier.

No charge is made for furnishing the above information.

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension of Zebulon
Parke, the name and address of the person to whom it was paid and
possibly the date of death of this soldier, it is suggested that you
address the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records
Division, Washington, D.C., giving the following data:

Zebulon Parke, Certificate #4206, issued January 14, 1833, rate
$102.41 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1832,
Pittsburgh Agency.

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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2 Feb 09 [?] Hist to I.S. Fundenberg Pittsburg
Mch. 13-1900-Hist to Mrs. E. A. Kellogg
Ogden Iowa
1913 Mar. 28. Hist. to Mrs. Ada Rice
1931. June 26. hist. to Mrs F. R. Porter MCS.
1934. Jan 24, hist. to Mrs Madge Y. McCleary MCS
1935. May 31. hist. to Dr. Cyrus W. Truxal MCS
1939 Aug. 15. hist. to Mrs Ernest O. Kooser. MCS

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Rev War 3641,
INVALID.
File No. 3641
Zebulon Parke
Sargant Rev. War
Act: June 7, 1832,
Index:-- Vol. A, Page 286
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Wyoming July 6th [?] 1779
[illegible] Zebulon Parke
In confidence of your good Soldier like Behaviour, You are
Hereby Appointed A Sergeant in Col'o Elias Dayton's
Barbor's Company in the third Regiment Raised in
the State of New Jersey you are therefore to do
[illegible] and to be Respected
Accordingly
F Barber L Colo J Capt
S. File 3641
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Elizabeth Town May 27 1780
Zebulon Parks A Sergeant belonging to the third Jersey
Regiment haveing served honestly & faithfully for three
years the time for which he inlisted, is hereby discharged
from said 3d Jersey Regiment
Elias Dayton Col.
S. File 3641
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Zebulon Park
Penn. Revo.
Susp'd see letter to Hon.
R. Coulter, March
3d 1831.
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War Department
Pension Office
January 31, [missing]
War Department
Pension Office

Sir,
In reply to the enclosed letter
respecting the case of [Y?]
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Frm
R Coulter

James Edwards Esquire
pension office
War Department
Washington City

[written vertically]
Hon. Mr. Coulter
See old Papers in this case

[postmark] GREEN PA SEP 12
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Greensburg Sept 10 1832

Dr Sir

I enclose the application of Zebulon
Parke for a pension under the law
of last Session

his discharge is I presume on
file in your office, It was retained
upon occasion of a former application
by him for a pension in the spring
or summer of 1831

yours respectfully

J Edwards Esqr
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Hon Job Mann
Apl 13 '49
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184
Pension Office
Apl 13. 1849

Sir

I herewith return the certificate
of the Prothonotary of Westmoreland County
as to the death of Zebulon Parke, and
have to state that in order to obtain
the balance due, such Vouchers
as the enclosed printed sheets point
out, should be prepared and
enclosed to Peter Hagner Esq, Third
Auditor. The annual stipend
of the dec'd Pensioner was $102.41
and not $104.80, as stated in the
enclosed paper

Hon Job Mann
Bedford
pa

[crossed out:]
T. J Barclay Esq
Greensburgh
Pa
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Zebulon Parke
N.J S3641
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I do hereby Certify that there is four months
and twenty seven days pay due to Zebulon Parks
as a Sergeant in the late third regiment of New Jersey
(viz) from the first day of January one thousand
seven hundred and eighty until the twenty
seventh day of may ensuing
Given at Jersey Hutts [?] near
Morris Town - 12th August [illegible]
J Anderson Pay Master
of the late 3rd Regt Jersey

S.File 3641
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State of New Jersey
Somerset County ss.

Before me Andrew Howell one
of the Judges of the inferior Court
of County on pleas in and for
said County personally appeared John Stout esq
Citizen of the County aforesaid of lawful age
of respectable standing for truth and veracity
who being duly sworn on the holy evangelis[ts]
of Almighty God deposeth and saith he is
well acquainted with Zebelon Park and
has known him for many years past, the said
Zebelon and this deponent being born and
brought up together in the same neiborhood
in the County of Hunterdon and State of
New Jersey. This deponent recollects well
that the said Zebelon Parke in the year seventeen
hundred seventy six inlisted in the
Company commanded by Capt Thomas
Patterson, in the U. States Service for one y[ear]
and that after the expiration of this service
the said Zebelon again inlisted under
the same Cap. Patterson for the term of three
years to wit in the year seventeen hundred
and seventy seven- this company was attatched
to the third New Jersey Regiment commanded
by Colo Dayton and Lieutenant Col
Barber - in which regiment the said Zebu[lon]
Park served his term of three years: and fou[r]
months and some days, over, untill near [the]
end of the revolutionary war. And received
his discharge a short period previous to the
defeat of Lord Cornwallis.

John Stout

Sworn & Subscribed the
8 day of January AD 1825
before me
A Howell
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State of New Jersey
Somerset County I Isaac Southard Clerk of the Court
of Common Pleas of the County of Somerset aforesaid
do hereby certify that Andrew Howell Esqr before whom
the foregoing oath or deposition was taken was at the time
of the taking thereof a Judge of the Court of Common pleas
of said County duly commissioned as such, and that to
all his official acts full faith and credit is due and
ought to be given as well in Courts of Judicature as
elsewhere

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed the Seal
of my said office at Bridgwater
this Seventh day of January in the
year of Our Lord One Thousand
Eight hundred and Twenty five

Isaac Southard
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May 31, 1935
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
BA-J/MCS
Zebulon Parke, S.3641

Dr. Cyrus W. Truxal
410 Audubon Avenue
Wayne, Pennsylvania

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your request for the record of Zebulon
Parke, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.

The data furnished herein were obtained from papers on file
in the pension claim, S. 3641, based upon the military service of
Zebulon Parks, during the Revolutionary War.
(per. sig.)
He was born in January, 1757, in Hunterdon County, New Jersey.
The names of his parents were not given.

While a resident of Hopewell Township, Hunterdon County, New
Jersey, he enlisted in January, 1776, and served as private in Captain
Thomas Patterson's company in Colonel Elias Dayton's 3rd New Jersey
regiment. On July 1, 1779, he was made sergeant in said company and
regiment, the company then being commanded by Captain Barber who was
also the lieutenant colonel. Zebulon Parke was in the battles of
Brandywine, Monmouth, and Crosswicks Bridge, and during Sullivan's
Indian expedition he was in the battle of Chemung. He was discharged
May 27, 1780, by Colonel Elias Dayton.

[in margin, inserted after "Brandywine":]
He wintered at Valley Forge

He was allowed pension on his application executed August 24,
1832, at which time he was a resident of Donegal Township, Westmoreland
County, Pennsylvania, having moved there from Hopewell Township three
or four years after the Revolution.

The papers in this claim contain no data relative to the soldier's
family.

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator

No chge
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January 24, 1934
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
BA-J/MCS
Zebulon Parke, S.3641

Mrs. Madge G. McCleary
438 South Union Drive
Los Angeles
California

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your request for the record of Zebulon Parks,
a soldier of the Revolution.

The data furnished herein were obtained from papers on file in the
pension claim, S. 3641, based upon the military service of Zebulon Parke
during the Revolutionary War.

He was born in January, 1757, in Hunterdon County, New Jersey.
The names of his parents were not given.

While a resident of Hopewell Township, Hunterdon County, New
Jersey, he enlisted in January, 1776, and served as private in Captain
Thomas Patterson's company in Colonel Elias Dayton's 3rd New Jersey
regiment. On July 1, 1779, he was made sergeant in said company and
regiment, the company then being commanded by Captain Barber who was
also the lieutenant colonel. Zebulon Parke was in the battles of Brandywine,
Monmouth, and Crosswicks Bridge, and during Sullivan's Indian
expedition he was in the battle of Cheming [Chemung]. He was discharged May 28,
1780, by Colonel Elias Dayton.

He was allowed pension on his application executed August 24,
1832, at which time he was a resident of Donegal Township, Westmoreland
County, Pennsylvania, having moved there from Hopewell Township
three or four years after the Revolution.

The papers in this claim contain no data relative to the soldier's
family.

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator
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June 26, 1931
Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
MCS

Mrs. F. R. Porter
Grinnell
Iowa

Dear Madam:

You are advised that it appears from the papers in the
Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 3641, that Zebulon Parke
was born in January, 1757, in Hunterdon County, New Jersey.

While a resident of Hopewell Township, Hunterdon County,
New Jersey, he enlisted in January, 1776, and served as private
in Captain Thomas Patterson's company in Colonel Elias Dayton's
3rd New Jersey regiment. On July 1, 1779, he was made sergeant
in said company and regiment, the company then being commanded
by Captain Barber who was also the lieutenant colonel, Zebulon
Parke was in the battles of Brandywine, Monmouth and Crosswicks
Bridge, and during Sullivan's Indian expedition he was in the
battle of Chemung. He was discharged May 27, 1780, by Colonel
Elias Dayton.

He was allowed pension on his application executed August
24, 1832, at which time he was a resident of Donegal Township,
Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.

The papers in this pension claim contain no data relative
to the soldier's family.

The above noted is the history of the only soldier by the
name of Zebulon Parke that is found on the Revolutionary War
records of this bureau and said records fail to afford any
information in regard to the Reuben Taylor described by you or to
any soldiers named Elijah Dee and Benjamin and Nathan Lancaster.

Very truly yours,
E. W. MORGAN
Acting Commissioner
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In reply to your request of ___, received ___
for a statement of the military history of Zebulon Parke
a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired
information as contained in his application for pension
on file in this Bureau. S. 3641
[Chart, listed by column with letters indicating each row:]
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.
[a] Jany 1776
[b] July 1, 1779.
[c] discharged May 27, 1780.

LENGTH OF SERVICE.
[blank]

RANK.
[a] Private
[b] Sergeant

OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
[a] Thomas Patterson
[b] Barber
'
COLONEL.
[a, b] Elias Dayton

STATE.
[a, b]3 N. J.

Battles engaged in, Brandywine, Mon., engagement at Crosswicks Bridge & Chemung,
Sullivan's exped. against Indians.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Hopewell Twp., Hunterdon Co. N.J.
Date of application for pension, Aug 24, 1832.
Residence at date of application, Donegal Twp., Westmoreland Co., Penn.
Age at date of application, "75 years last January" born in Hunterdon Co, N.J.

Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
6-2856
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ERNEST O. KOOSER
JAMES O. COURTNEY
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
SOMERSET, PA.
August 4, 1939.

[date stamp:]
RECEIVED AUG 5 1939 MAIL SUB-DIV Reader No. 23 VETS ADM

Veterans Administration,
Washington, D. C.

Gentlemen:

Enclosed is copy of a letter I wrote some days ago
to the United States War Department asking for information
concerning the war record of Zebulon Parke, deceased.
In reply they furnished me what data they had, but referred
me to you for further information.

If you can find any information to answer the inquiries,
and enable us to get the inscription complete and correct,
I shall be very much obliged by your reply at earliest
possible date.

The report from the United States War Department was
as follows:

"The records of this office show that one Zebulon Park
(surname also borne as Parks and Parkes but not as Parke)
served in the Revolutionary War as a private in Captain
Thomas Paterson's Company, Colonel Elias Dayton's Battalion
of Forces raised in the State of New Jersey. He enlisted
October 26, 1776; was promoted to corporal November 1, 1776;
reenlisted February 4, 1777, for the war, in Captain Thomas
Paterson's Company, also designated Lieutenant John Kinney's
Company and Lieutenant Colonel Francis Barber's Company,
3rd New Jersey Regiment, commanded by Colonel Elias Dayton;
was promoted to sergeant July 1, 1779, and his name last
appears on the company pay roll for January and February,
1780. The records do not show the date or place of his
birth or death.

The 3rd New Jersey Regiment was encamped at Valley Forge,
Penna., in the winter and spring of 1777 and 1778."

Please enclose your bill with reply.

Yours very truly,
Ernest O. Kooser.

Encl.
PM
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COPY
ERNEST O KOOSER
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
SOMERSET, PA.
JAMES O COURTNEY
July 21st, 1939.

[Date stamp:]
RECEIVED AUG 5 1939 MAIL SUB-DIV Reader No. 23 VEWTS ADM

Department of War,
Washington, D. C.

Gentlemen:

The descendants of Zebulon Parke, late of Ligonier, Westmoreland
County, Pennsylvania, who was a Revolutionary soldier, have
consulted me concerning inscription upon a tablet they are having
made for a monument at his grave; and it is their desire that
absolutely correct data shall be used. The old monument contains
the following words and figures:

Zebulon Parke
Died July 4, 1846
Age 89 yrs. 5 months 10 days
---
Jane Burris
Consort of Zebulon Parke
who died Oct. 18, 1826.
Age 69 years.
---
The above on stones in Cemetery,
Pleasant Grove.

Other records state his services in the Revolutionary War
were as follows:

As Private, Corporal and Sergeant in Captain Thomas Patterson's
Company, from Hopewell, Hunterdon County, N.J. 8th February, 1776
to 27th May, 1780; fought at battles of Short Hills, N. J., Brandywine,
Del. Germantown, Pa. Crosswicks Bridge, N. J. Monmouth, N. J. and
Chemung, N. Y.

Another reads:

With three brothers, Zebulon Parke was among the first to enter
the service, being in January, 1776, as a resident of Hunterdon
County, N. J. He was a Private, Corporal, Sergeant, part of the time
in Captain Elias Dayton's New Jersey Regiment, and as Orderly
Sergeant under Washington at Valley Forge. He was in the battles of
Brandywine, Monmouth and Crosswicks Bridge, and wounded in the wrist
resulting in permanent injury. He was discharged finally 27th May,
1780. He made application for pension 24th August, 1832, which was
granted. There seems to be no discrepancy concerning the date of
his death, 4th July, 1846. One record says at the age of 89 years, 6
months 10 days, another at the age of 89 years, 5 months 10 days; and
records show a variance from the 20th, 24th or 25th of January, 1757 as
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Department of War. Page Two. 7/21/'32.

the date of his birth.

Another record states Zebulon Parke, born in Scotland,
7/4/1746, enlisted January, 1776 for one year as private in
Captain Thomas Patterson's 2nd Company, 3rd Battalion, 1st
Establishment, New Jersey Continental Line; served in the
expedition to Canada in operations before Quebec in May and June,
1776, made corporal 11/1/1776; discharged January, 1777; re-enlisted
1/10/1777, for three years as Corporal, same Company, and establishment,
promoted Sergeant 7/1/1779; served in Major General Sullivan's
Expedition against the Six Nations in Western Pennsylvania 5/11 to
11/5/1799 [1779]; fought in battle of Chemung, N. Y. 8/29/1779; discharged
at Elizabeth, N. J. 5/27/1780 at expiration of term of service;
widow, Margaret, nee Burris, pensioned.

I ask you to verify what you or of these data, or better send
me a complete copy of the military record of the soldier if you
have it. I want particularly to be sure of his service at Valley
Forge.

It is hoped to have the dedication of this monument on 27th
August. If you can furnish the information in time that the tablet
can be cast and set for that date, your attention will be greatly
appreciated.

I shall be glad to remit charges upon receipt of bill.

Yours very truly,
ERNEST O. KOOSER.
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CYRUS W. TRUXAL, M. D.
410 AUDUSON AVENUE
WAYNE, PENNA.
May 9, 1935.

[date stamp:]
RECEIVED MAY 11 1935

Bureau of Pensions,
Washington D. C.

Gentlemen:

The Philadelphia Chapter of the Sons of the
Revolution have requested that I furnish a copy of
Zebulon Parke's pension. Will you please send this to
me.

Zebulon Parke was born in Princeton, N. J. on
January 20, 1757, died at Ligonier, Pa. on July 4, 1846.
He entered the service of the Continential Army Jan. 1776
from Huntington County, N. J. as a private and was
discharges May 17, 1780 and pensioned.

Yours truly,
[signed] Cyrus W. Truxal
Cyrus W. Truxal M. D.

CWT-B
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438 South Union Drive
Los Angeles, California
January 15th, 1934

Bureau of Pensions
Washington D. C.

Gentlemen:

Re: Parke Genealogy

I have the Revolutionary War Record of
my great, great grandfather Zebulon Parke
from your - I.S.C. S.File 3641 and the fact
that he was wounded while in service and received
a pension, I would appreciate it very much if
you could supply me with his parent's names or
any other information that might have been on
his pension papers.

Thanking you very kindly, I am
Yours very truly,
(Mrs) Madge G. McCleary

[date stamp:]
RECEIVED JAN 19 1934 MAIL SUB-DIV. VETS. ADM. READER # 65
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Kansas State Agricultural College
Manhattan, Kansas
THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Mar. 17, 1913.

[date stamp:]
U S. PENSION OFFICE. C MAR 20 1913

Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington D.C.
Dear Sir:

Can you inform me in regard
to the pension records of certain
Revolutionary War soldiers?
I wish particularly to know if my
ancestor Zebulin Parke who served
seven years in the war and was with
Washington at Valley Forge ever received
a pension or any thing of that nature
because of his service in the War. I
think he enlisted from Pennsylvania
but I am not sure that it was not from
Maryland. I am looking up this record
with a view to entering the Daughters
of the American Revolution.

I should also like to know if you
can give any such record of Gideon
Rice Scarborough Maine and Zacheriah
Foss also of Scarborough Maine

Thanking you in advance for this
information, I am

Very truly yours
Ada Rice
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S.File 3641
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[Rectangular stamp:]
OLD WAR & NAVY FILES
MAR 9 1903
U. S. P. B.
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OWM

Ogden, Iowa
Feb 28, 1903
F Warr,
Commissioner of Pensions
Dear sir: I wrote
you a few weeks
ago concerning the
Revolutionary service
of my great great grand
Father Zebulon Parke.
You report being un-
able to find him on
your records. I am
in receipt of a com-
munication from
the Adjutant-General
of the State of New
Jersey from which
Zebulon Parke enlisted
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saying that their
records show that
this soldier drew
pension during [crossed out]
after the war. Making
application for his
pension in 1832
at which time he
was a resident of
Westmoreland County,
Pennsylvania.
With this information
might you not be
able to find him on
your records?
I think I reported him
from New Jersey without
mentioning his removing
to Pennsylvania
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I would greatly ap
preciate any in-
formation you might
be able to give me
concerning him.
Hoping to hear from
you again I am
Yours Respectfully
Mrs. E. A. Kellogg
Ogden, Iowa
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[oval stamp]
REVOLUTIONARY & 1812 WARS
SECTION
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
JUN 4 1931
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Grinnell, Ia. June 1, 31

Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D. C.

My Dear Sir

Will you send me the war records of Zebulon Parke
in the Revolution? He was born in Princeton, N.J. 1757 and D Liginier, Pa
in 1846. His wife was Jane Burris 1759 and they were married 1781.

Ruth Rogers Porter wants this information to complete her D.A.R. paper
and wants all the information on file in that office

Sincerely yours
(Mrs. F. R.) Olive K. Porter
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Z. Park

[rect. stamp]
[?] W. & N. NOV 20 1891 RECEIVED.

[round stamp]
U S PENSION OFFICE NOV 12 1891

[rect. stamp]
U. S. Army & Navy Survivors NOV 14 1891
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958 Penn Ave
Pittsburg Pa.

Pension Office
W. D. C.

Can you find
among your records,
one Zebulon Parke
who drew a pension as
a Revolutionary soldier
about 1830 to 43 - Pension
drawn at Pittsburg Pa.
He was supposed to be an
Orderly Seargent in a new
Jersey Regiment. Please
give the regiment and
company, together with
any information at
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hand.

If there will be any
delay in finding the above
please advise and oblige
yours truly,
W. H. Fundenberg
11/10/91 -