Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 2,214, John Conklin, New York

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SERVICE  New York

Conklin, John
Rachel

NUMBER  R2214

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Declaration

In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7th July 1838 entitled "an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows"
State of New York
County of Tioga   ss On this 25th day of August 1843 personally appeared before this subscriber a Judge of the court in and for said County to Rachel Conklin a resident of the town of Oswego in said county and State aged eighty seven years, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the "Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows and also as pension"
Declaration In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 3 March 1843 granting pensions for a year to certain widows who have received pensions under the act of July 7, 1838.
That she is the widow of John Conklin - who was a regular, during the war  Soldier in the war of the revolution that he served under, as this deponent thinks & believes Lieut Jeb [illegible] Capt Hutchins Major [illegible] Col Hayes not mistaken Thomas Hayes int he Corps of Grenadiers that he served as this deponent always understood from her late husband the aforesaid John Conklin more than seven years in the war of the Revolution and at the close of the war received an honorable discharge entitling him to county land, that he probably enlisted in Orange Co New York. She further declares that she was married to the said John Conklin immediately after he received his discharge from the army in the year of our lord 1783. Seventeen hundred & eighty three, that her husband, the aforesaid John Conklin died on the 28th August 1825 eighteen hundred and twenty five; that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January seventeen hundred & ninety four, at the time above stated, & that she is still a widow.

Rachel her x mark Conklin

Subscribed & sworn before me this 25th day of August 1843
I certify that the above named Rachel Conklin is a respectable person that I consider her of the age represented by her, & that from her extreme age & infirmity she ought not to be required to appear in open court to make her declaration & application for a pension.
Alanson Munger
First Judge of Tioga County Courts

State of New York
County of Tioga ss Personally appeared before the subscriber a Judge of the County courts in & for said county Thomas Conklin of the town of Oswego - in said County aged fifty five years and on being duly sworn according to law deposeth & saith that he is a son of the widow Rachel Conklin above named & who is applying for a pension as the widow of John Conklin and that her late husband the aforesaid John Conklin is this deponents father, that his aforesaid father & mother as the legal fruit of their marriage had one son & one daughter older than this deponent, own brother & sister of this deponent & both of the same father & mother

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That this deponent aforesaid father & mother the said John Conklin late a soldier in the war of the revolution & the present widow Rachel Conklin further had as the legal fruit of their marriage one daughter born in 1790. that they had three older children than that daughter, that this deponents father and mother lived together as husband & wife from the first [illegible] of this deponent, & that the aforesaid John Conklin the late husband of the aforesaid widow Rachel Conklin died on the 28th day of August 1825 eighteen hundred and twenty five & that the aforesaid widow Rachel Conklin has not said married, but remains his widow.

Thomas his x mark Conklin

Subscribed & sworn before me this 25th day of August 1843
Alaucon Muncee

First Judge of Tioga County Courts
I certify that the above named Thomas Conklin is a respectable person
Alanson Muncer
First Judge of Tioga County Courts

State of New York
County of Tioga, ss Personally appeared before the subscriber a judge of the county courts in & for said county Fanny Bishop of the town of Owego in said County aged fifty nine years and on being duly sworn according to law deposeth & saith that she is a duaghter of widow Rachel Conklin who is applying for a pension as the widow of John Conklin late a soldier in the war of the revolution & that the said John Conklin is the deponents father, or was this deponents father, that this deponent is the eldest child of her said father & mother, the aforesaid John Conklin late a soldier in the war of the Revolution & the present widow Rachel Conklin, & that her before said father & mother were living together as husband & wife at the earliest recollect of this deponent which was as early as seventeen hundred and ninety & that they had as the legal fruit of their marriage three children younger than this deponent of the same father & mother, own brother & sisters of this deponent as early as 1790. that this deponents father the aforesaid John Conklin the late husband of the widow Rachel Conklin died & twenty five & that the widow Rachel Conklin above named & who is applying for a pension has not since married but remains the widow of John Conklin 

Fanny her x mark Bishop
Subscribed & sworn before me this 25th day of August 1843
Alisson Munger
First Judge of Tioga County Courts
I Certify that the above named Fanny Bishop is a respectable person
Alisson Munger
First Judge of Tioga
County Courts

Answer from Washington to be sent to Arad Joy Ovid

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State of New York
County of Tioga ss Personally appeared before the subscriber a Judge of the County Courts in & for said county James Bishop of the town of Owego in said county aged seventy four years & after being duly sworn according to law deposeth & saith that he has been acquainted with widow Rachel Conklin who is applying for a pension as the widow of John Conklin late a soldier in the war of the revolution for more than sixty years past, and that she is the very person, the identical person who was the wife of the aforesaid John Conklin sixty years since & that she is the identical widow of the aforesaid John Conklin who was a soldier in the war of the revolution, that this deponent was sixty years since & before that time personally acquainted with the said John Conklin & that from his first acquaintance with him he learned that he had been a soldier in the war of the revolution, serving through the whole war, and that the aforesaid John & Rachel Conklin had as the lawful fruit of their marriage four children all born before or as early as the year 1790 that their eldest child was born in 1784 seventeen hundred eighty four, & that the aforesaid John Conklin & the present applicant widow Rachel Conklin were living together as husband & wife sixty years since & that they then continued to live together as husband and wife, that the said John Conklin died on the 28th day of August 1825 eighteen hundred & twenty five & that the aforesaid widow Rachel Conklin has not since married but remains the widow of John Conklin

James his x mark Bishop
Subscribed & sworn before me this 25th day of August 1843
Alanson Munger
First Judge of Tioga County Courts
I certify that the above named James Bishop is a respectable person.
A Munger
First judge of Tioga County Courts

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State of New  York
County of Tompkins ss Personally appeared before the subscriber Justice of the Peace in & for said county Peter Bishop of Ithaca in said county aged eighty one years & over, and on being duly sworn according to law deposeth & saith that he has for more than sixty years been personally acquainted with widow Rachel Conklin who is applying for a pension as the widow of John Conklin & that the aforesaid applicant widow Rachel Conklin is the identical person & widow of the aforesaid John Conklin sixty years since, & that the said John Conklin was the identical person and soldier who served through the whole war of the revolution under that name that this deponent well recollects that the said John Conklin the late husband of the applicant for a pension widow Rachel Conklin was a soldier in the war of the revolution, & that he was married immediately after he got his discharge from the army & that as the legal fruit of their marriage, the said John & Rachel Conklin had one child born in 1784 seventeen hundred & eighty four and as the further fruits of their marriage they had three more children as early as seventeen hundred & ninety, and that they thus continued to live together & that the said John Conklin died on the 38th day of August 1825 and that his widow the aforesaid Rachel Conklin has not since married 
Peter his x mark Bishop

Subscribed & sworn before me this 14th day of October 1843
Justice of the peace

I certify that the above named Peter Bishop is a respectable person
[illegible] JP

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2214

Rachel Conklin

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9817
Oct 23  43

Rachel Conklin
widow of
John Conklin
NY
July 7 1838
Rachel Conklin

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Ovid Oct 19th 1843

Hon J.L. Edwards
Dr Sir - I have this morning read yours of Oct 14th, informing me, that an application under July 7th, 38 & March 3d, 43 with objections - 
It has always been my intention & it shall always be, to confirm strictly to your rules & requisitions, but it, including the application of March 3d, 43, I was not aware that it invalidated the application of under the law of July 7, 38 - during this ignorance of mine, I have made out, without intending to dis[illegible] your instructions, a number of [illegible] of papers, with that objectionable clause, for which I am very sorry, but I can assure you upon the honor of a Gentleman that since the rec'd of your letter, some 10 days since presently requiring a separate & distinct application in all cases under the law of March 3, 43, that I have fully & in every instance written my application, under the law of July 1838 - leaving out the one year application - I hereby relinquish in every case, & in every instance, where I have inserted a claim under the law of 30 March, all such claim in the applications & beg of you, as a special favor that you will error at such part form the applications & be so obliging as to receive them, as only an

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application for the 5 years pension - I enclose the papers of Mrs Conklin, with proof I had written it long before I was aware that there was objections to it the [illogical] of the claim under the law of March 3 ' 43.

I am respectfully your obd Svt
Arad Joy

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9817
Leet. Arad Joy 8 July '44
same April 10'45
same Aril 26 /45
Same Jany 6, 46
to Hon. S Strong, Aug 8, 46

Rachel Conklin.
NYork
July 7. 1838

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April 16, 1895
Recd Rachel Conklin

Hon J.L. Edwards
Com of Pensions
Washington DC

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Ovid April 9th 1945

Dear Sir

I beg leave respectfully to explain the care of Rachel Conklin, widow of John Conklin whose papers are on file under the law of 38 form N.Y. 
The widow had no directions about the furnishing the comptrollers certificate,She never intimated to me that her husband was of the militia, but she stated that he was of the regular army & a during the war man, or that he second as long as the disturbance continue, the proof of which I have a copy, would seem to back up her statement, that he did serve for during the war - Pardon me for furnishing the Comptrollers cert this I did without the knowledge of the widow, I did it all that time ignorantly, for I did not then know, but that all proof of service in this state was to come from the comptroller, or at least it did not occur to me that for regular service I must call at Secy office this being the truth of the case, I respectfully ask her case reexamined.

Respectfully
Your Obs Svt Arad Joy

Hon JL Edwards

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[illegible]
For to case of 
Rachel Conklin

Hon JL Edwards
Com of Pensions
Washington DC

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Ovid Nov 1 1843

Hon JL Edwards

Sir

I enclose a letter in aswer to mine, enquiring after the marriage of Rachel Conklin, it appears that no record can be formed - I hope Rachel Connklins case before you under the law of 1838 as to the marriage will be satisfactory.
Respectfully you obt svt
Arad Joy

Rachel Conklin of owego NY widow of John Conklin

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Hon JL Edwards
Com of Pensions
Washington DC

Rachel Conklin NY

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Ovid April 30 May 20, 45

Dear Sir

In yours of the 26 lb, you seem to misapprehend me, I do not wish a copy of the declaration of Rachel Conklin, as I have it, but I intended in mine of the 9th April to explain the declaration, & to show its propriety, as her claim is under the law of '38, where the marriage took place after service, & where it is not expected, or required (as I understand by your rules, that the widow state more fully that did Rachel Conklin in her declaration please re-examine
Respectfully yours
Your obs servt
Arad Joys

Hon JL Edwards
Court of Pension
Washington D.C.

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Nov 18 /45
Recd Rachel Conklin

Hon JL Edwards
Com of Pensions
Washington DC

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Ovid  Nov 13th 1845

Sir

May I ask you respectfully to plan to answer my letter of April 9th 1845 in the case of Rachel Conklin, widow of John Conklin under the law of 1838

Respectfully your obt servt Arad Joy

Hon JL Edwards
Com of Pensions
Washington DC

I do not ask for a copy of Mrs C Declaration that I already have, but my letter above referred to explained it HH

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183/4

Arad Joy Esqr
Ovid
Seneca County NY

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Haverstraw NY Oct 28th 1843

Dear Sir

I have rec'd your inquiry after the marriage of John Conklin to Rachel Hanley and am advised that no record was kept at the early of form 1770 to 1800 wich I belive to be true one of the oldest persons here says there was no record kept in the time of the Rev'd Mr Burnz marriages.

Respectfully yours

Isaac Sherwood
Arad Joy ESq

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John Conklin NY Pri  Bounty land from U.S. or N.Y.

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Apr 26 45
Rachel Conklin

Hon JL Edwards
Com of Pensions
Washington DC

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Ovid  April 22d 1845

Dear Sir

May I be allowed respectfully to state or to give you a copy of the declaration of Rachel Conklin, widow of John Conklin who applied under the law of '38 as I may be allowed to say that I had supposed that declaration to be full & all that your needs require "That she is the widow of John Conklin who was a regular during the war soldier  in the war of the revolution that he served under as this deponent thinks & believes Lieut [illegible] Capt Hutchings Maj Case Col Hay, if not [illegible] Thos Hay in the corps of Granadiers" pardon me for supposing that the history if as definite as you generaly require if it is not, for must the widow state the proof I please fully establishes the widow declaration.

Respectfully yours
Your Obt Svt
Arad Joy

JL Edwards
Comm of Pensions
Washington DC

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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 Levies and Militia, for their services in the late War, and for other purposes therein mentioned,” the following certificates have been issued at five per cent per annum, viz:
26th September 1780   John Conklin, Private  £ 8  10  8
21st September 1781   John Conklin, Private  £ 19 16 5
22 November 1779      John Conklin, Private  £  3   3   3
20th July 1780     John Conklin, Private  £  8   6     0
30th October 1779  John Conklin, Private  £  6  6  2
19th December D  John Conklin, Private  £ 1  13  9
14th December D. John Conklin, Private  £  3  7  6
1st December  D.  John Conklin, Private  £   2  9  9
4th December 1778  John Conklin, Private  £  1  3  1
28th December 1780  John Conklin, Private  £  5   17   4
30th November 1779  John Conklin, Private  £  2   16   7
17 September 1780  John Conklin, Private  £   1   8   5
14th December 1781 John Conklin, Private  £  0 14  2
28th December 1780  John Conklin, Private  £  0 7  1 ¼
28th May D.  John Conklin, Private  £  0  17   9  ¼
12 June 1779    John Conklin, Private  £   1  3   6

STATE OF NEW YORK
COMPTROLLER’S OFFICE, Albany  September 16th  1843}
I hereby certify the above to be true extracts from Book No. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 now remaining in this office, and that the service for which the certificates above named were issued, were performed under the following, vis:

First – under Captain Jonathan Lawrence in Colonel Albert Pawling Regiment
Second - under Captain Gilbert Livingston in Colonel Albert Pawling Regiment
Third – under Captain John Van Benschoten in Colonel Roswell Hopkins Regiment
Fourth - under Captain John Blauvelt in Lt. Gilbert Cooper Regiment
Fifth - under Captain John Bell in Colonel A. Hawk Hay Regiment
Sixth -- under Captain John Gardner in Colonel A. Hawk Hay Regiment
Seventh -- under Captain Johannes Blauvelt in Colonel A. Hawk Hay Regiment
Eighth -- under Captain Aurie Blauvelt in Colonel A. Hawk Hay Regiment
Ninth -- under Lt. John Lycher in Colonel A. Hawk Hay Regiment
Tenth – under Jon Lawrence in Lt. John Harper Regiment
11th – under George Sharp in Stephen T. Schuyler
12th – under John Shaver in Lt. Henry Livingston Regiment
13th-- under John Shaver in Lt. Henry Livingston Regiment
14th – under Michael Dunning in Lt. Cornelius Van Veghten
15th – under Michael Dunning in Lt. Cornelius Van Veghten
16th – under John VanBenschoten in Abner Brinkerhoff
Philip Phelps  Dept. Contr.

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9817 
Rachel Conklin 
John
NY
Act 7 July '38

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State of New York
To John Conklin

To my pay as a private in Captain James Cronkhils Company Col. Samuel Drakes Regiment militia during my capacity from 10th July 1779 to 10th Nov 1780 is 16 months  253/4
L42.13.4

Audited 1st April 1786
__________________
Pay Roll of Capt John Bells Company of Guards now commanded by Lieutenant John Stitcher belonging to Col Hays Regiment of Militia while on duty from April 3d May 1778 and Continued untill April 25th being 22 days on duty

Names of Rank John Conklin Private
No. of days 10
Wages per day 1/9/41
wages per month $6 3/3
Amount of pay  L0 P17 S 8 1/2

Pay roll of Captain John Belle Company now commanded by Lieutenant John Sitcher Col. Hayes Regiment of Militia while on duly from Sept 23 1778 & continued in service untill Oct 15th 1778 being 23 days then ordered out again 2 days in Nov Then called out again Dec 4th and dismissed the 7th day the days included the whole time in service being 29 days

Names of Rank John Conklin Private
No. of days 3
Wages per day 1/9/4
wages per month $6 3/3
Amount of pay  L0 P17 S 53 3/4

Comptrollers Office
Albany Sept 16 1843

I certify the above to be true extracts form Revolutionary accounts to now remaining in this office

Philip Phelps
Dept Comptroler