Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 39330, Gideon Corey, R.I.

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SERVICE
R. I.

Corey, Gideon

NUMBER
S39330
B.L.Wt. 1837-100

CONTENTS

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5475
Rhode Island
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Gideon Corey
Col Angel
R. I. 
Private
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War
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Inscribed on the Roll of   Rhode Island
at the rate of  8 Dollars per month, to commence on
the   27th of April 1818.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 26th of Jan^y 1819
and sent to 
Benj Correll, Esq
Providence [word marked out] R. I.
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Arrears to 4th of Sept 1818. 4 [illegible] 8/30....$34.13
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4th Mar 1819..................$48. =
.............................................................................$82.13
R?. Id. line
1776 to '83

Revolutionary  Claim ,
Act 18th March, 1818

North Kingston, R. I. [underlined]

[handwritten faintly across bottom]
Continued

[[left side of page written faintly]
[illegible] [illegible] sent Sept 27th 1820 to Benj
Cowell Providence R.I.

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Gideon Corey
Correct
writing to faint to read
Admitted
dead to his [illegible]

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I Gideon Corey of North Kinstown [sic] in the state of Rhode Island being now fifty two years old on solemn oath do disclose & say that in the year 1776 I enlisted as a private soldier in Capt Dexters Company & Col Angells regiment in the Continental  army of the United States in the Rhode Island line. --In which service I continued untill [sic] the close of the war in 1783, my discharge now lost -- I further declare that I am now in reduced circumstances & stand in need of the assistance of my Country for support.
his
Gideon Corey
X
Mark

Rhode Island District [illegible]

Be it remembered that on this twenty seventh day of April 1818 came before me the above named Gideon Corey & made solemn oath to the truth of declaration to which his mark is affixed.  In witness whereof I have hereto set my hand & have caused the seal of the Court to be hereto affixed --
David Howell
District Judge

The signature of the Judge and the seal of the Court [illegible]hereto affixed.
Witness
Benjamin Cowell
[illegible]

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Gideon Corey
5.475 [underlined]

March [illegible]

[faintly written]
Con

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State of Rhode-Island & Providence-Plantations.
Washington, SC - Court of Common Pleas, Special Term A.D. 1820 on this Fifth day of July 1820, personally appeared in open Court, being a Court of Record within and for the County of Washington, in the State of Rhode-Island, &c. Gideon Corey aged sixty five years residing in the Town of North Kingstown in said County who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his Oath declare, that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows:
that served as a private upwards of seven years in Col. August and Col. Olney's regiments of the Rhode Island line.

The he made a previous Declaration on the 27th day of April 1818, and that he has received a Certificate of Pension being No. 5475. And in pursuance of the Act of Congress, passed May 1st, 1820, I do solemnly swear, that I was a resident Citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner whatever, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it, as to bring myself within the provisions of an Act of Congress, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818; And that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts or debts, due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed.
Gideon Corey X His Mark

A Schedule of Property and Income, (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) of Gideon Corey said Gideon declares that he has no property of any description whatever that before he received his pension he was supported by said Town of North Kingstown as a pauper and should pension be discontinued he must depend on the same charity.
Gideon Corey X His Mark

Sworn to and declared, on the 11th day of July 1820 before said Court.
Sam Helme, Clerk of said Court

Washington, sc. Clerk's Office of the Court of Common Pleas AD 1820

I Samuel Helme Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, for the County of Washington, in the State of Rhode-Island, &c. do hereby certify, that the foregoing Oath, and the Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the Records of said Court; And I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the amount in value of the Property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is nothing.  In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my Hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this Sixth day of July 1820.
Sam Helme Clerk of said Court.

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Gideon Corey
N. 1837

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DEPARTMENT OF WAR.
Regulatons for the heirs of Officers and Soldiers of the Revolutionary Army,
who were slain by the enemy, or who have died since the War, and have not
received Land from the United States.
By an Act of Congress, of the 16th September, 1776, it is provided, that the Officers and Soldiers who engaged
and continued to serve, during the War, or until discharged by Congress, and the heirs of such Officers and Soldiers as
shall be slain by the enemy, shall receive land in proportion to their rank.
N. B. Those who engaged for three years, or for any other period than during the war, or who died of sickness,
fatique, or casualty, are not entitled to land from the United States.
The following declaration and enclosed blank form of heirship must be filled up and signed by the proper authorities.
State of Rhode Island
County of Washington
North Kingston March 1st 1832
John Corey son and heir at law of Gideon Corey
do upon oath testify and declare, to the best of my knowledge and belief, that said Gideon Corey
did enlist in 1775, for the term of during the war, and served in the Regiment No.
the command of Colonel Jeremiah Olney of the Rhode Island line; and
that he continued in the service aforesaid until the end of & during the Revolutionary war
I further declare, that I have never received a warrant for the Bounty Land promised to my said father
Gideon Corey on the part of the United States; nor do I believe that he ever received it, or transferred
his claim to it in any manner whatsoever: therefore,
Know all men by these presents, that I, John Corey
aforesaid, do hereby
constitute and appoint Dutie J Pearce Esqr [illegible] to be my true and lawful
attorney, for me and in my name to demand and receive from the Secretary of War of the United States, a warrant
for the quantity of Land due to me as aforesaid; and my said attorney is hereby fully authorized and empowered to
constitute and appoint one or more substitutes or attorneys under him, for the special purposes above expressed.
Attest
Jon Reynolds
John Corey
State of Rhode Island & Washington County A. North Kingston March 1st 1832
Personally appeared to the above named John Corey subscriber
to the
foregoing declaration, and in my presence acknowledged the power of attorney thereto subjoined to be his
free act and deed, for the purposes therein mentioned.
Attest,
Jon Reynolds Justice of the Peace
State of Rhode Island &
Washington 
& Providence Plantations
In testimony that the above-written Jonathan Reynolds was a magistrate
authorized to administer oaths, and take acknowledgments, &c., in the State of Rhode Island
at the
above date, and that his name there subscribed appears to me to be his usual signature, I have hereunto affixed the
county seal, and subscribed my name and quality, at South Kingstown this Ninth day
of April
1832
Sam Helme Clk C.C.
& [illegible] of the Peace
Clerk fees. 25 Cents

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from my knowledge of the family of
the late Gideon Cory I have state
that the
within named John Cory is the only [illegible]
children to my knowledge
Washington April 21st 1832
Dulu J Pearse

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of

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Inv. File #29330. COPY
Rev. War.
L. M. H.
March 26, 1906.
Mrs. D. H. Corey,
Lock Box 144.
Plainville,
Massachusetts.
Madam:
In response to your letter dated March 21, 1906 and
received March 22, 1906, you are advised that the enlistment
papers and discharge certificate of Gideon Corey are not on
file in his above noted claim for pension.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

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[Stamp} & N. Div. Mar 23 1906
Plainville, Mass. Mar. 21, 06
V. Warner
I received the records of the
pensions of Gideon Cory which
you sent me and as far as it
goes it is satisfactory, but I will
like to ask you where to write to
get a copy of his discharge papers
also a copy of his enlistment
papers, there must be some
records of them in existence
he served seven years in
the revolutionary war and
must have been discharged
at close of the war

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If you will kindly tell me
who to write to for them you
will greatly Oblige.

Mrs. D. H. Corey
Plainsville
Mass
Lock Box 144

[round stamp]
PENSION
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U. MAR S.
22 1906
OFFICE.
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Plainville Mass Mar 6 '06
Federal Commission of Pensions
Gentlemen,
I write to you to
get the Revolutionary War 
record of Gideon Corey and
also who his parents were.
I want his full record of
him and who Son he was.
Will you forward me the
record just as soon as possible
as I am in a hurry for it.
Very Respectfully

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Mrs. D. H. Corey
Plainville, Mass.
Lock Box 144

P.S. who shall I write too to
get birth records of -?

seal of Pension Office

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initials OWM in upper left 
seal of Old War & Navy Files, Mar 14, 1904

Dear Sir,
Please send me such information as
your records contain concerning one Gideon Corey-
a Revolutionary soldier and a pensioner, residing
in Rhode Island about 1820.
Very truly,
James F. Savaage

For the
Hon. Commissionr of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.

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39330
INVALID
Revy
File No. 39,330
Gideon Corey
Pri Rev War
Act: 18th March 18 [19?]
Vol. 3, Page 93

Mch 25, 1904 - Hist ti
Mr. Jas. Savage, Lowell, Mass
Mr. & Mrs. D. H. Corey, Mar 15, 1906
1906 Mar 2 Mrs. D. H. 
Corey verified enlistment
and dis papers not on
file aw

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It appears by the Regimental Book, that the bearer, Gideon Coery,
to me well known entitled a Private Soldier, to serve during the War
on the twenty fourth day of October 1776-that he served from that
time in the character aforesaid in the Regiment successully commanded
by Colonels James Mitchel Varnum, Israel Angell, Christopher Greene
and Jeremiah Olney in the Rhode Island Line on the Continental
Establishment until the fifteenth of day of June 1783, when he received
a fulough which by its condition on the arrival of the defiinitive
Treaty of Peace became an absolute discharge from said Regiment
Doctor & Major [illegible] & only surviving
Field Office of said Regiment.
Providence April 27th 1818

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New deposition of Samuel Brayton of North
Kingston in the County of Worthington & state of 
Rhode Island who being engaged according to 
law testifies & says - that he personally well 
acquainted with Gideon Corey of said North Kingston
an applicant for a pension & with his circumstances.
This Department is one of the overseers of the
poor is said town & is well knowing that said
Corey  is [illegible] by said town, being so destitute
of property that said Corey is now an old man-
& certainly  incapable of supporting himself & deserving 
the assistance of his counrty according to the provision
of this late act of congress guaranteeing pensions to poor soldiers.
Samuel Brayton [signature]

Rhode Island District  SS
I certify that on this seventh day of January 1819 personally
appeared before me the above Samuel Brayton & made oath to
the truth of the depositon by him above subscribed.
Notary Benjamin Cowell
Commissioner of District Court 

Rhode Island District 8 January 1819
I am well satisfied that P. S. Brayton is 
in [illegible] circumstances and needs the
assistance of his [illegible] for his support.
David Howell
District Judge

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Johnn Corey is the  Son
to Gideon Corey
Regiment of Colonel Jeremiah Olney of the
Rhode Island line in the Revolutionary War
this 12th day of March 1832
Ezbon Sanford Judge of Probate