Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 2,211, James Conklin, New Jersey

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(8-1776)
NUMBER
SERVICE
New Jersey
Conklin James
R.2211
CONTENTS

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State of New York
Orange County ss On this 31 day of October 1842 personally appeared beforethe undersigned a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said county James Conklin a resident of the town of Deerpark in the County of Orange and State of New York aged eighty five years and upwards who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the United Stated passed June 7th 1832  that in the commencement of the war he lived in the town of Haverstraw in the County and State aforesaid and belonged to a company of militia commanded by Capt John Gardner in Col A Hawks Hays Regt   That in 1776 and 1777 he done considerable of militia service along the Hudson River as a guard and up scouts under Capt Gardner in Hays Regiment but from old age and loss of memory he is unable to state the exact times or their length but in the two years must have done at least three months service
That on or about the first day of March 1778 he entered the service of his country as one of a class belonging to Capt Gardners company by volunteering into a company of nine months the men commanded by Capt Cybert Acker or Ackerson and in the Regiment commanded by Col Graham  What the said company rendezvoued at the Kakiatt [Kennett?] Meeting House on or about the first day of March 1778 and this declarant redezvoused with the rest of the company and they then marched to New City where there was a guard house and when the company established their headquarters

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from new City they went to Teppan and was there a short time and were moved about from place to place where were ever they were wanted sometime they were as high up the River as Haverstraw and some times were as how down as the English neighbourhood in New Jersey that the said company was continually on duty scouring the Mountains in pursuit of the tories and guarding the frontiers against the English soldiers that at one time during the summer while guarding along the Hudson River near Tappan they had a skirmish with the regulars and a young lad belonging to the company was wounded in the head with a musketball which made the young man crazy and he was discharged from the company  That in the month of November of said year the said company was out on a scout in the English Neighbourhood where they met an English scout and had a sharp engagement but the English were driven back and in the pursuit this deponent with some others overtook some of the English soldiers where one of them turned upon this deponent and stabbed him in the thigh of which wound he was sure been a cripple but the English soldier was at the same time run through the body with a bayonet by a man by the name of John Logier that this deponent was so wounded that he was unable to do duty afterwards that this happened just two weeks before his term of service expired and that he with the rest of the company was discharged on or about this first of December 1778 after a service of nine months the term for which they were raised but this deponent did not receive a written discharge

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From the nature of the wound which he received this declarant was excused from duty afterwards  That he does not recollect of serving with any of the Continental army nor with any of its officers although the regular soldiers were encamped in the neighbourhood where he served  That in the year 1779 when Gen Wayne made the attack upon Stony Point this deponent with several others amongst whom was a coloured man Jonica Wayne in the mountain at a place called the Devils coll and [illegible] as his guides untill they arrived at the Marsh near the Point when they were discharged but remained in sight untill after the Fort was taken this was the last duty that he done during the war One of the lieutenants name was Vanvort under whom he served in 1778 that in the service he served as a private That he has no documentary evidence to sustain his claim but relies upon the evidence that may be produced and what he believes is already in the pension office  That he was born in the town of Haverstraw County of Orange and State of New York on the 2d day of January 1757  That the record of his age was kept in the family bible kept by his father and the last he knew of it it was in the possession of his sister living in Pennsylvania  That he was a volunteer does not know that he served with any of the Continental Regiment or regular officers served only with Heayers militia
He refers to Benjamin Wright Daniel Booth John Hallock and William Hunter as people living in his neighbourhood who can testify to his character and their belief of his having been a soldier of the Revolution  He further declares that he soon after the law of 1832 made application

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before the court of common please in and for Orange County in order to obtain a pension but from some cause unknown to him a pension has never been granted and he now renews the claim and he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and that his name at present is not on the rolls of any Pension Agency in the United States   Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year before written

his x mark

SW Fullerton Judge of County Courts

State of New York Orange County  ss Stepan W Fullerson one of the Judges of the Court of Common Please in and for the said county do certify that James Conklin who made the foregoing declaration should be between and from enquiry and examination I believe he was a soldier as he has stated that from old age and the effects of the same he should be excused from attending the sitting of the court of record in and for the said county 
SW Fullerton Judge of County Courts

State of New York Orange Co  ss On the seventh day of November 1862, personally appeared John W Martin of the town of Mount Hope aged forty four years and Cornelius Hornbeck of the Town of Dunkark aged forty nine years and made oath as follows that they are acquainted with James Conklin who made the foregoing declaration and that they have never heard his services as a soldier disputed and we believe that he was a soldier as heretofore stated and we believe him to be as old as he has stated  sworn to and subscribed the day and year before mentioned  and I certify that they are creditable witnesses

John W Martin
Cornelius Hornbeck

John W Martin
SW Fullerton Judge of County Courts

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14 Nov 1842
D.C.
James Conklin

[stamp] GOSHEN N.Y.
NOV 11

Hon James L Edwards
Comms of Pensions
Washington D.C.

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James Conklin
NY

2211
act. 7 June 32 -

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J. W. Martin
Nov 28 '32

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Pen Off
Nov 28  42

Sir

The claim of James Conklin has been examined & his papers filed under the act of 7 June 32  He claims for various militia services in the Company of Capt. Gardner & Regt Commanded by A. Hawkes Hay of the Orange Co and for 9 mo service under Capt Ackerson of Col Morris Grahams regt of detached militia in 1778.
There was no Capt Ackerson in Graham's regt and if he mean Capt Sybert Acker, the roles of his company do not bear his name - nor is his name borne on the rolls of any other company of that regt  There is no evidence before the Dept that he was prefered a claim untill now.

John W. Martin Esq
Mt Hope 
Ny

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Mt Hope Nov 10 1842

Dear Sir

I have the honour of presenting to you for your decision the accompanying papers of James Conklin who it appears from his declaration and the affidavit of William J Babcock was a soldier in 1778 for nine months under Capt Ackerson and in Col Grahams Regiment. And it is believed that the name of the said James Conklin will be found on the rolls of Col Graham's Regiment supposed to be in the Pension Office

I am your obt servant
John W. Martin

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State of New York
Orange Co  On this 28th day of October 1842 personally appeared before the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County William J Babcock aged Eighty Two years and upwards a resident of the town of Warwick in said County and made oath to the following effect viz; That in the commencement of the Revolutionary War he lived in the town of Haverstraw Orange County and State of New York and belonged to a company of militia commanded by Capt John Gardner Col A Hawks Hays Regiment and that he was well acquainted with Janus Conklin who belonged to the said comopnay that he well recollects that in the spring of 1778 a company of nine months men were raised from Hayes Regiment by draft and volunteering and was commanded by Capt Cybert Ackerson and in Col Graham Regiment and he well recollects that James Conklin volunteered from a class in Capt Gardners company to serve for the said class under Capt Ackerson for the term of nine months  He further deposeth and saith that the said James Conklin joined the said company early in the spring of 1778 and served untill about the first of December of said year  This deponent did not belong to CCapt Ackersons company but was well acquainted with the services of said company that he saw the said company in service at Haverstraw Tapham and N Plaus during the said year and he allways saw the said James Conklin doing duty in said company  That the said James Conklin just previous to the expiration of his services was wounded in the thigh by a bayonet in a skirmish with some English soldiers as this deponent understands at the time and that this deponent saw the same

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James Conklin verry soon after he returned home and saw the wound in his thigh area knows that the said Conklin was confined for some time with the said wound  That he was will acquainted with the said James Conklin previous to his going into the said nine months service that he was acquainted with him while in the service and is satisfied that he served nine months, in said service and that he has been acquainted with him ever since and believes him to be a man about eighty five years of age and further he saith not  William his x mark Babcock

Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above written and I certify that he is a credible witness   B Howell Justice of the Peace

State of New York
Orange County  James Conklin of the town of

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------
of the Peace
State of New York
 [illegible] James Conklin of the town of Babcock in said county aged forty two years was 



STATE OF NEW YORK,
ss. 1, LEBBEUS L. VAIL, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for the County
ORANGE
the Orange, COUNTY, Do HEREBY CERTIFY, That J.B. Howell was subscribed
before whom the foregoing affidavit was subscribed and sworn, was at the time of taking the same, a Justice of the Peace in, and for said county,: and further, that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice and verily believe that the signature to the said Affidavit is genuine. 
 
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my Hand and Seal
the said County, the
31
day of October
1812
Lebbeus L Vail Clerk

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35.422
James Conklin
N.Y. 
Act 7 June '32

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State of New York
Orange County
ss On this 7th day of November 1842 personally appeared before the undersigned a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said county James Conklin aged 42 years Junior made oath as follows that his father James Conklin Sr now an applicant for a pension and that in the year 1834 the said James Conklin made a declaration before the court of Common Please in and for Orange County in order to obtain a pension but from some cause unknown this deponent he has never obtained one and he knows that the said James Conklin who now is an applicant for a pension is the same who made a declaration before the court of Common Please in 1836 and for Orange County James his x mark Conklin
Sworn to and subscribed by making his mark above written also I certify that the above is a credible witness.

STATE OF NEW YORK,
ORANGE COUNTY,
SS. I, LEBBEUS L. VAIL, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for the County
of Orange, Do HEREBY CERTIFY, That
a Stephan M. Fullerton
before whom
the foregoing affidavit
was subscribed and sworn, was at the time of taking the
same, a
Judge of county Counts
in, and for said county : and further,
thaw am well aquainted with the hand writing of the said Judge
and verily believe that the signature to the
said aaffidants & certificates
is genuine.
In WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my Hand and affixed the Seal of
the said County, the
10th
day of November
1812
Lebbeus I. Vail Clerk