Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 12569, Joseph Cone, Conn Continental

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SERVICE
Conn
Continental

Cone, Joseph

NUMBER
S. 12569
carded

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8422

Letter to Pensioner 9. Nov. 1838

New York
Joseph Cone of N. York in the State of N. York who was a Corporal of Dragoons in the Company commanded by Captain Talmadge of the Regt. commanded by Col. Sheldon in the N. York [crossed out] Conn. line for 2 years a Corporal of Drag[cut off] 
Conn. and Continental. 
Oct. 17/05
Records corrected 8.

Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 120 Dollars - Cents [crossed out] per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 8th day of April 1833 - " - and sent to J. N. Taylor
Nassau

Arrears to the 4th of Ma '35 $240
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sep '[illegible] $60
$300

{Revolutionary Claim,
{Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by G. C. Stiles Clerk
Book E. Vol. 4 Page 16

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11.313

The application of Joseph Cone for a pension.

admd
2 Years Corporal 
of Dragoons

$120 [illegible]

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Joseph Cone Capt. Talmadge ES Sheldons Dragoons, enlisted 31st Jany. 1777 for the War - omitted March 1778

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State City and County of New York ss: On the 6th day of September A.D. 1832 personally appeared before these Justices of the Marine Court of the City of New York in open court Joseph Cone a resident of the said City who being first duly sworn according to law doth upon his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress Passed June 7th 1832. That he was 77 years of age on the 13th day of May last past. that he enlisted in the army of the United States early in the month of January 1777 in the Connecticut line in Colonel Elisha Sheldon's Regiment of light Dragoons in the Company commanded by Captain Benjamin Talmadge to serve for and during the war. that he continued in said service until the end of the war. that he served under Captain Talmadge one full year when he was transferred by General Washington to Count Pulaski's Independent Legion and served with him as one of his guard about two years - after which Pulaski appointed him the Commissary of his legion in which capacity he acted two full years - that when he was in said Captn. Talmadge's Company he was appointed by him the second sergeant of said company & that he served as such during that year - that when he was transferred to the said legion Count Pulaski appointed him sergeant major & he served as such for 2 years. that his pay when sergeant and also when sergeant major was $15 per month. that during the first year of his said service he was at the battles of Short Hills, Brandy wine and German Town - that under Count Pulaski he was engaged in a skirmish at Little Egg Harbour

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in 1778. that in November 1778 after his said appointment as Commissary he went under Pulaski to Minnisink on the Delaware where he remained in garrison (most of the time) until the end of the war - the he does not remember of having ever received a written discharge, but if he did it has been lost. that when he first enlisted he resided at Middletown in the then County of Hartford Connecticut - & that his company were all raised in said County. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency of any state except on that in the City of New York. Sworn and subscribed this 6th day of Sepr. 1832
John Barberie  Joseph Cone
Clerk

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states. By the Court.

I, John Barbarie Clerk of the Marine Court of the City of New York do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Joseph Cone for a pension In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand & seal of office this 6th day Sept. 1832.

John Barberie

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Joseph Cone

Cont
13.229

Islip
Suffolk Co

Sept. 19

Not on N Yk. roll

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State of New York Suffolk County Ss On this 3d. day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & Twenty-7 personally appeared in open Court at the Court House in Riverhead in & for the said County of Suffolk being a Court of Record by the Constitution & Laws of the State of New York with power to hear try, & determine according to Law all actions real personal & mixed arising within the said County and also all transitory actions altho the same may not have arisen within the said County Joseph Cone aged Sixty six years resident in the Town of Islip in said County who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath declare as follows viz
I Joseph Cone do swear & declare that I enlisted the 13th day of May 1775 in the Company commanded by Capn. Ebenezer Sumner in a regiment commanded by Colonel Willis & continued in service seven months Also the 14th day of May 1776 in the Company commanded by Capn. Jonathan Johnson in the Regiment commanded by Col Phillip Burr Bradley & continued in service Eleven months part of which time was a prisoner being taken at Fort Washington Also the 31st day of January 1777 in the Company commanded by Capn Benjamin Talmadge in the Regiment commanded by Col Elisha Sheldon & continued in service during the war on the continental establishment, that I was placed on the pension List by Virtue of the Act of Congress of March 18th 1818 the Certificate whereof is numbered 13,229 And 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 disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring my self within the provisions of the Act of Congress entitled "an Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land & naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War passed the 18th day of

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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 that what is contained in the following Schedule hereunto annexed & by me subscribed And I do further swear that I am by occupation a Cordwainer & that I am lame & otherwise infirm so as to be unable to work much at my trade, my family consists of myself & wife aged sixty five years also infirm & I do further swear that I am unable to support myself by means of my property & the exertions of myself & family without the aid of Government except by private or public charity
Sworn to & declared this 3d day
of October 1820 in open Court  Joseph Cone
before the Judges thereof
Charles A Floyd Clerk

A schedule of the whole estate & income of Joseph Cone named in the above affidavit his necessary clothing & bedding excepted ~
Real estate - none
Personal estate viz
La Baums Campaign in Russia
Shoemakers Kit of Tools - one Chest - 1 Eel spear
2 Razors shaving Box

I owe to Luther Soper - $40 ~
Do to Whaler Cooper - 28 ~

There is owing to me - - %51 ~

Joseph Cone

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Suffolk County Ss I Charles A Floyd Clerk of the court of common Pleas of the County of Suffolk do hereby certify that the foregoing Oath & the Schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the Record of the said Court
And I do further certify that it is the Opinion of the said Court that the Total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is Forty three Dollars ~
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the said Court on this 3d day of October 1820 ~ Charles A Floyd Clerk

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April 15, 1933.

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BA-J/ADY
Joseph Cone
Mr. Edmund E. Freeman,  S.12569
15 Woodmere Road,
West Hartford, Connecticut.

Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the record of Joseph Cone, S.12569, and David Clark, R.2015, soldiers of the Revolutionary War, and in which letter you state that the record furnished you on January 10, 1933, is not that of the David Clark in whom you are interested.
As the name Davis Clark is found on the Revolutionary War records of this office many times, it would seem that the most direct way to obtain the record of your ancestor, should it be on file, would be for you to furnish information descriptive of him, as it cannot be determined from the numbers under which the claims are filed. Please furnish as much as possible of the following data in regard to him and a search of the records will be made in your behalf: approximate dates of birth and death, places of residence at enlistment and after service and given name of widow.
The record of Joseph Cone, S.12569, the only soldier with that name found on the Revolutionary War pension records of this office, is given below as found in the papers on file in pension claim, S.12569, based upon his services in that war.
Joseph Cone was born May 13, 1755, place not stated.
While a resident of Middletown, Hartford County, Connecticut, he enlisted May 13, 1775 and served eleven months in Captain Ebenezer Sumner's Company, Colonel Wyllys' Connecticut Regiment. He enlisted May 14, 1776 and served in Captain Jonathan Johnson's Company, Colonel Philip Burr Bradley's Connecticut Regiment, part of which time he was a prisoner, being

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taken at Fort Washington. On January 31, 1777 he enlisted and served as second sergeant in Captain Benjamin Tallmadge's Company, Colonel Elisha Sheldon's Second Light Dragoons and was in the battles of Short Hills, Brandywine and Germantown. On January 28, 1778 he was transferred to General County Pulaski's Legion, served as sergeant major, was engaged in a skirmish at "Little Egg Harbor" and later he was commissary of Pulaski's Legion and served to close of the war.
He was allowed pension on his application executed May 28, 1818 while a resident of Islip, Suffolk County, New York.
[handwritten in right margin] Date of death not on 9B,
In 1832 he was living in New York, New York.
In 1820 soldier's wife was aged sixty-five years, her name not given. There are no further family data.

Very truly yours,

A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator.

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L. W. B.
I. 12569.

This Bureau can furnish the military record of only such Revolutionary soldiers as were pensioned or whose widows were pensioned for their services.
Such of the original muster and pay rolls of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 as are now in the possession of the Government are on file in the Record and Pension Office, War Department. Original rolls and other records pertaining to service in the Revolutionary War may also be found on file in the archives of many of the original States.
O. W. & N. DIV.
REVOLUTIONARY.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C.,

August 17th, 1899.

Sir:-
In response to your recent communication you are advised that Joseph Cone made an application for pension on May 28, 1818, at which time he was 63 years of age and residing in Islip, Suffolk County, New York, and his pension was allowed for two years' actual service as a corporal of Dragoons in the Conn. troops, Revolutionary war. Place of his enlistment not stated. He served under Capt. Talmadge and Col. Sheldon.

Very respectfully,

Commissioner.

Mr. Henry D. Paxson,
506 Walnut Street, Philadelphia,
Penna.

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12.569
Rev. War
INVALID.

File No. 12,569
Joseph Cone
Corp: Rev War

Act: June 7th 1832
Index:-Vol. A, Page 78

[Arrangement of 1870.]

[right page] Aug 17'99
H'y. D. Paxon
Phila Pa
1933 April 15. Hist. to
Edmund E. Freeman,
A. N. Y.

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LAW OFFICES OF
HENRY D. PAXSON,
506 WALNUT STREET.

PHILADELPHIA June 2. 1899.

Bureau of Pensions
Washington D.C.
Gentlemen-
I am desirous of learning something of the military service of a Revolutionary soldier by the name of Joseph Cone [underlined]. He was a private soldier and was a pensioner in 1818, residing in New York. Can you give me any data as to the history or military service of this man.
If I am not addressing the proper Department will you kindly refer my letter to them.

Yours truly
Henry D. Paxson

[stamp] PENSION
H
JUN
U. 3 S.
1899
OFFICE.

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WEST HARTFORD
WASHINGTON BI-CENTENNIAL COMMITTEES
Celebration to be held on September 16-17, 1932
B. I. MILLER, General Chairman
HERBERT E. JOHNSON, Clerk

[circular stamp, numbered around edge 1-12] RECEIVED
MAR 31 1933
MAIL SUB-DIV.
VETS. ADM.
READER [illegible] 10

[left margin] Executive Committee:
Frank J. Sparks, Chairman
Robert S. Cruttenden
William F. Ladd
E. E. Freeman
L. I. Corliss
C. A. Boyce
Ellis Gilbert
L. H. Bugbee
Ward E. Duffy
C. G. Nichols
Mark Davis
W. Wallace Thomson

Historical Committee:
Robert S. Cruttenden, Chairman
Mrs. H. W. Schorer
F. J. Castonguay
C. Frederick Beach
C. Frederic Morway

Military Committee:
Wm. F. Ladd, Chairman
Mrs. W. H. Gladwin
John M. Shaw, Honorary
H. E. F. Tiesing
Frank H. Smith
Herbert G. Bailey

Program Committee:
E. E. Freeman, Chairman
Mrs. R. E. Gerth
A. M. Hitchcock
James A. Reid
R. L. Loomis

Transportation Committee:
L. I. Corliss, Chairman
Mrs. A. A. Shute
D. F. Ahern
O. W. Hjerpe
R. J. Dillon

Finance Committee:
C. A. Boyce, Chairman
Mrs. C. W. Collier
N. W. Larkum
F. R. Fuller
W. F. Reardon

Church Committee:
Ellis Gilbert, Chairman
George G. Guinness
Wm. F. Odell
Ludvig Pehrson
A. J. Feldman
Chas. K. Tracy

Schools Committee:
L. H. Bugbee, Chairman
Mrs. E. H. Lorenz
W. H. Hall
H. E. Johnson
T. D. Faulkner

Publicity Committee
Ward E. Duffy
Mrs. Mary Buckland
Roy C. Webster
Harrison W. Parker
J. T. Dunn, Jr.

Lodge & Club Committee:
C. G. Nichols, Chairman
Mrs. David Connell
H. E. Shaw
D. N. Case
F. R. Wheeler
Alvin Schwerdtfeger

Music Committee:
Mark Davis
Mrs. C. H. Latham
E. E. Dissell
C. Walton Deckelman
Chas. B. Beach

Decoration Committee:
W. Wallace Thomson, Chairman
Mrs. Allen B. Judd
Morris Older
Victor Brodeur
J. W. Connor

March 20, 1933

Veterans Administration
Washington, Conn.

Gentlemen;
Will you kindly send me the family record of the following revolutionary soldiers.
Joseph Cone [underlined, checked off] S12569
David Clark [underlined, checked off] R 2015.

The David Clark record your recently sent me was not the one I was looking up.

Very truly yours,
Edmund E. Freeman
17 Woodmere Road  Edmund E. Freeman

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13,229
New York

Joseph Cone 4
of Islip in the state of N York who was a Dragoon private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Sheldon of the * line for the term of 6 years 1777-

Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 8- Dollars per month, to commence on the 28 of May 28. 1818

Certificate of Pension issued the 21 of July 1819 and sent to Hon: Tredwell Scudder Islip, Suffolk Co. NY

Arrears to 4th of March 1819. [illegible] 8/31  74.6
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 Sep 1819. 48 -
$122.6
Revolutionary claim,
Act 18th March, 1818.

Connt
Conn and * Continental.
Records corrected Oct. 17/65.[illegible]

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Notn. sent Apl. 28th. 1821 to Charles H. Havens, Esqr.
Smithtown, New York-

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[sideways down right side] amd. at the Bounty Land Office and Respectfully referred to the Pension Office
Nov. 5th 1838

Jos: Cone,
N. Y. roll
Act 1832

Patchogue Oct 29

Mr William Gordam
Washington
Department of War

[sideways down left side] Rd. Nov. 1st 1838

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Patchogue Island Suffolk Com
William Gordon as I have yours before me from Oscar Johnson Whare you inform me of your finding name in Colo Sheldon Regt of Dragoons but nothing [illegible, crossed out] Sadisfactory to prove that he served to Close of the war 1783 - I shold, have, said in the Regt the [illegible] of the war but was by General Washeton Transfer'd to join Count Polaski Core of Troops S Chevalier's C Infantry to [illegible] of the General Solder from the sd Regt to [illegible]
I was the first as a Sergeant of Dragoons it appears But my [illegible] has Cut me short of the Bounty Land I Pay it may not Cut me Short of my - Pention giving his Congress, that the Dragoon should draw his full pay segt pay was 15 Dollars per month you honor will please to Right me a few lines to inform me how I am geting pension or I am at alos which way to proceed - Report o to som Court - if your honour will put me in the way how to proceed you will let a poor old man all but 84 - I
Willm. Remain [illegible] Sert.
W. Gordon
Washington  Joseph Cone

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Hartford County Ss State of Connecticut
May 27th 1818-

I certify that Joseph Cone formerly of the Town of Middletown in the State of Connecticut served in the year 1776 in a Regiment commanded by Phillip Burr Bradley Esquire in which I served as a Lieutenant - and on the 31st day of January 1777 enlisted in the 1st Company in the 2nd Regiment of Cavalry commanded by Elisha Sheldon Esquire to serve during the War - he served in said Company faithfully untill the 28th day of January 1778 when he was transferred to a select Corps commanded by Genl Count Polaski - as appears by a Copy of a Return of said 1st Company now in my possession -
Ezek P Belden late Captain of the 1st Compy - 2d Regt. Cavalry in the service of the United States

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29 June 1819
Wrote to T Send to forward Joseph Cones Certificate in a few days - sent back declaration of Robt [illegible, crossed out] Nicolls. informal & Josiah Hand for proof of service -

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To the War Department of the United States
Pension Office
Washington D.C.

[sideways down right side] 11312  Sept 22d.
11313 New York

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New York Sept 6th 1832.

Enclosed are the applications of Anderson French & Joseph Cone for pensions under the Act of June 7th 1832. French had never been on any pension roll Cone received $8 per month at present ^as a private but makes this application under the impression that the Act intends to give him the same pay he received during the war which was (he being a sergeant of Dragoons) $15 per month - For information respecting the writer of this & several other recent applications he begs leave to refer the Department to Mr. E. Herring of the Indian office. hopes that such reference will prevent any [illegible] that might by possibility occur in the Department from a want of confidence in the person through whom the application is made -
The result of the applications & the certificates will please be sent to.
John N Taylor
3 Nassau St.

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Joseph Cone
Connect line
Col Sheldons R.
1777-War
Correct
Conn

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State of New York | Personally appeared before
Suffolk County ss | me Joshua Smith on of the Judges of the Court of common Pleas in & for said County Joseph Cone of Islip & being by me sworn on the holy Evangelist of almighty God deposeth & saith: that, he served as a soldier in the revolutionary war between the United States & Great-Britain on the Continental establishment: that in the year 1776 he enlisted under Capt. Ebenezer Sumner in the Connecticut line: that in 1776 he enlisted under Capt. Jonathan Johnson: that [underlined] in 1777 he enlisted in Capt. Benjamin Talmadge's Company in Col. Elisha Shelden's Regt. light dragoons, in which he continued untill the close of the war ~ Further this deponent saith not ~
Joseph Cone
Smithtown
Subscribed & Sworn to
28th May 1818, before me  Joshua Smith Judge

State of New York | I Joshua Smith on of the
Suffolk County ss. | Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for said County: certify [underlined] that I am personally acquainted with Joseph Cone the above deponent: that [underlined] he is poor & indigent and needs assistance from his Country for support
May 28th 1818  Joshua Smith Judge

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State of New York | I Charles H Havens Clk of
Suffolk County ss. | Suffolk County Certify, [underlined] that Joshua Smith is one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for said County as appears by the Records in my office, Witness my official Seal this 29th day of May AD. 1818 ~
Chas, H, Havens

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NATIONAL ARCHIVES  Division of Veterans' Administration Archives
Form VAM-51
12-5-41  BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*

NAME Cone, Joshua GRADE Private LINE Connecticut

WARRANT NUMBER 5622  ACREAGE  100  ISSUED June 26, 1789
To James Percival -

*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.