Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 2,327, Jacob Cornell, New York

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New York               Cornell, Jacob              Number R 2,237

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State of New York            
Greene County, Ss
                               On this sixth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty and open court before Judges of the Court now Pleas in & for the County of Greene aforesaid  
said now sitting Jacob Cornell a resident of the town of Coxsackie in the county of Greene & State of New York aged seventy five 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 provision made by the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832  
       That he Entered the Service of the United States under the following named officers & served as herewith stated.  That in the Spring or Summer of the year 1780 but in what month or on what day of the month he does not recollect with certainty he enlisted as a Soldier in a Company of volunteers commanded by Captain John Lloyd in a Regiment commanded by Col Davis.  That he Enlisted for three years & continued in the service under the command of the Said Captain Loyd till the war was ended making a term of three years.  That at the time he entered the Service he resided in the town of Amenia in the County of Duchess.  The first year of his serviced he remained with the Said Company Fish Kill in the same County where the company remained until the close of the war.  That while the company was lying at Poughkeepsie they were drilled in preparation for service, but were not called upon to enter into any battles or engagement with the enemy.  That while at Fish Kill they were drilled and

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3327

Jacob Cornell

REJECTED

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State of New York            
Greene County, ss
                               
On this sixth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty four personally appeared in open court before the judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Greene aforesaid now sitting Jacob Cornell a resident of the town of Coxsackie in the County of Greene & State of New York aged seventy five 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 provision made by the act of Congress passed June 7 1832 -
That he entered the service of the United States ['in the year 1780' crossed out] under the following named offices & served as herein stated - That in the spring or summer of the year 1780 but in what month or on what day of the month he does not recollect with certainty he enlisted as a soldier in a Company of volunteers commanded by Captain John Loyd in a regiment commanded by Col. Davis - that he enlisted for the term of three years & continued in the service under the command of the said Captain Loyd till the war was ended making a term of three years - That at the time he entered the service he resided in the town of Amenia in the county of Duchess - The first year of this service he remained with the said company at Poughkeepsie in said county of Duchess  he then marched with said company to Fishkill in the same county where the company remained until the close of the war - that which the company was lying at Poughkeepsie they were drilled preparation for service, but were not called upon to enter into any battle or engagement with the enemy - that while at Fishkill they were drilled and

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engaged in carrying timber & building barracks & that he assisted in fastening a chain across the Hudson River for the purpose of preventing the British from passing up the river - that there were two or three other companies at Fishkill besides the one commanded by Captain Loyd - but he cannot recollect the names of the officers who commanded them - that at the close of the war he received a discharge from the said Captain Loyd, but he has now lost it & is unable to find it, and that he was no documentary evidence to produce of his services - 

The said Jacob Cornell makes the following answers to the questions propounded to him in open court - 

1. Where & in what year were you born?
Answer - I was born at what was called Croton River about fourteen miles from White Plains in Westchester County in the year 1758

2. Have you any record of your age & if so where is it?
Answer - I have no record of my age -

3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the revolutionary war & where do you now live? -
Answer - when called into service in lived in Amenia in Duchess County - ever since the war I have lived in the town of Coxsackie in Greene County where I now live - 

4. How were you called into service; were you drafted; did you volunteer or were you a substitute & if a substitute for who?
Answer - I volunteered -

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Jacob Cornell
31.046

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5. State the names of some of the regular officers who were with the troops where you served; such continental & militia regiments as you can recollect & the general circumstances of your service - 
Answer - I cannot recollect the names of any officers nor any other particular circumstances connected with my service than those mentioned in my forgoing declaration

6. Did you ever receive a discharge from the service & if so by whom was it given & what has become of it? 
Answer - I received a discharge from Captain John Loyd but I have lost it - 

7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighbourhood & who can testify as to your character for veracity & their belief of your services as a soldier of the revolution -
Answer - William Gay & Peter Cornell [illegible] Isaac N. Wicoff

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present & declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state

Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid in open court
William V. B. Heermance  clerk

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his 
Jacob + Cornell
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We Isaac N. Wicoff a clergyman residing in the village of Catskill in the County of Greene & William Gay & Peter Cornell residing in Coxsackie in said county hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Jacob Cornell who had subscribed & sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be seventy five years of age, that he is reputed & believed in the neighbourhood where

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he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution & that we concur in that opinion

Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid in open court
William V. B. Heermance clerk
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I. N. Wycoff
William Gay
his
Peter + Cornell
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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 & served as he states - And the court further certifies that it appears to them that Isaac N. Wicoff who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the village of Catskill in the county of Greene & that William Gay & Peter  Cornell who have also signed the same are residents in the town of Coxsackie in the county of Greene & are credible persons & that their statement is entitled to credit
Wm Polley
J Blanchard
P. King

I William V. B. Heermance clerk of the court aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Jacob Cornell for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office the sixth day of Feby. 1834
William V. B. Heermance clerk

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Jacob Cornell
Pension

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State of New York
Schoharie County

Samuel Palmer 2nd of said county
being duly sworn before me the undersigned, one of
the Justices of the peace of Middleburgh in said county
makes oath and says That in the time of the Revolu-
tionary War he was well acquainted with Jacob Cornell
in the county of Duchefo in said State, that he always
understood both from the said Cornell and others in the
said county who appeared tobe acquainted with the fact
that the said Jacob Cornell was a solider in the Army
of the United States and had enlisted for the term of three
years And he fully believes that he served in said Army
the time of his enlistment
Suscribed and sworn
February 3rd 1836 before
mr Harvey Watson Justice     Samuel Palmer 2

I the above named Justice of the peace do hereby certify
that the above named Samuel Palmer 2nd is a person well
known to me and that his affidavit is entitled to full
credit Harvey Watson Justice of the Peace

State of New York
Schoharie County I John Gebhard jr. clerk of the said county
do certify that Harvey Watson, before whom the above
affidavit purports to have been sworn, was at the date
of the same one of the Justices of the peace in and for
the said county - And that I am acquainted with
his hand writing and verily believe his name subscribed to the said
affidavit and the certificate of credibility, to be the proper hand writing
of the said Justice -  [illegible] my hand and seal of office this 3rd day of 
February 1834-
John Gebhard Jr. Clerk