Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 21,337, for Cornelius Kollock, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Kollock, Cornelius
S. 21,337
CONTENTS
Carded

Order to pay 21. Sept 1837. see letter to C. Hlocum V.P. Agt Aug. 19. 1839. To Pen- sioner & Pension Agent, October 31. 1839 - (payment resumed)
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of Rev. War. April 1838 from 4 Sept 1838 to 4 March 1839. Age notified 19. Nov 1839.
15763
Massachusetts Cornelius Hollock
of Wrentham in the State of Massachusetts, who was a Sergeant in the Company commanded by Captain Bullard of the Regt. commanded by Col. Haws in the Mass. militia line for 8 mo 5 ds pr 5 gts 2 mo 21 ds. 2 mo 11 ds.
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 125 Dollars 27 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 29 day of May 1833 and sent to J. Ware Deoham
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $250.54 Pension allowance ending 4 Sept 62.63
$313.17
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. I. Williams Clerk Book E Vol. 2 Page 45

BRIEF in the case of Cornelius Brattle  of Wrentham  in the State of Mass.  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Open Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 75 years  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     31 May In 1775 7 - Private Gen. Gage Col. Brattle Col. Prescott   25 Sept 1777 - 1 5 " Gen. Howe Col. Harkness   21 May 1779 1 6 14 Q-Master Gen. Gates   Died July 1772 2 21 Sergeant Gen. Howe Col. Harkness  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? None  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Wrentham Mass.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Documentary & living witnesses  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? None 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Richard D. Lutter  Examining Clerk.

C. K. H. K. Esq.
2 1/2 15.215

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
County of Norfolk ss. On this twenty first day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two, personally appeared in open court before the Honorable John D. Sleeper of the Probate Court of the County of Norfolk now sitting at Dedham in and for said County, Cornelius Wallack a resident of Wrentham in said County, aged seventy five , 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 passed June 7th A. D. 1832.
THAT he was born at Houghton near Dedham on the 13th day of January A. D. 1755, and that there is a record of his birth at Houghton : that he was in the United States service from the 31st day of May A. D. 1775, to the first day of Jan. A. D. 1776 as a Private in the Massachusetts Militia : that he was residing at Wrentham ,
when he entered the service; that he volunteered as a Private and served for the period aforesaid under the command of Capt. Nathl Bullard in Col. Reed's Regiment
: that he marched from Wrentham to Roxbury , from to from to
: that he served at Roxbury with none of the regular troops; and
no regular officers were known to him: that he was in no battle and at the end of his service received no written discharge: that since the Revolutionary war he has resided at Wrentham
ALSO: that he was in the United States service from the 25th day of Sept. A. D. 1777, to the 30th day of October A. D. 1777 as a Private in the Massachusetts Militia : that he was residing at Wrentham
when he entered the service; that he marched to Little Compton R.I. and served for the period aforesaid under the command of Capt. Samuel Grewell in Col. Mawdsley's Regiment and remained the whole time at said Little Compton : that he marched from
, from to from to
: that he served at Little Compton with none of the regular troops; and
no regular officers were known to him: that he was in no battle and at the end of his service received no written discharge.
ALSO: that he was in the United States service from the 23rd day of May A. D. 1779, to the 1st day of Dec. A. D. 1779 in the Massachusetts Militia : that he was residing at Wrentham
when he entered the service; that he volunteered as a Quarters Master and served for the period aforesaid under the command of Col. John Jacob at Providence, Warren, Bristol and Newport
: that he marched from to
, from to from to
: that he served at those places with none of the regular troops; and
no regular officers were known to him: that he was in no battle and at the end of his service received no written discharge.

also He served as a Sergeant Banks at Pawtucket R.I. in June & July 1778 under the command of Lt H z - Nicholas Ware - who served also also under the com- mand of Capt Joseph Daniels at Warwick R.I. in the months of November and December - he has no documentary evidence relative to these campaigns and knows of no person living at that who served with him or can testify to his service in either of the last mentioned campaigns. recalls that he was at Pawtucket on the 11 th of July 1778 during the final campaign and at Warwick during Christmas the ocean steam passenger
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 the agency of any State.
Sworn to and Subscribed the day and year first aforesaid.
W. Charles  Charles
Cornelius K. Hattuck a clergyman, residing in the
and I Josiah J. Fisk residing in Wrentham hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Caroline Hall who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy five years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood, where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed as aforesaid.
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 abovenamed applicant was a revolutionary Officer and served as he states. And the court further certify that it appears to them that Charles Tinker , who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the town of Warrenton ; and that James J. Tinker who has also signed the same is a resident in Warrenton and is a credible person; and that their statement is entitled to credit. J. M. Williams, J. C. G.
I Francis H. MacClusky of the County of Common Pleas do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Cornelius Kollers for a pension.
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and seal of office on the day and year first aforesaid.

Aug. 19 AT 14 MS
Can-
Col. Hollister Maj. Genl.
J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Washington DC

West Medway Mdp 14 th Aug 1839
Hon J L Edwards Commissioner of Pensions
Sir Having recently had occasion to make enquiries among the old pensioners of this vicinity for evidence &c I learned from three of them in the vicinity of Shurton that one by the name of Cornelius Skellock of Shurton receives a larger pension than he asked for or expected; and has not seen fit to notify the Pension department of the fact: saying as do others who know of the circumstance "The Government have money enough say nothing about it let him have it" This is a principle which I can not "carry with" The question is not whether the Government have or have not money enough but is it justly due: This principle and this alone prompts me (for I do not even know the man) to suggest to you in the circumstance which as told to me is as follows Org Skellock in his declaration claims a pension for revolutionary services a part of which were rendered as an officer or some grade above a private The mistake is said to be that his pension is paid him as an Officer the whole of the time which my informants say is more than he claimed I make these suggestions as a friend to right and justice as well as the Government
Very Respectfully Sr.
Your Obe d Servant Christopher Slocom

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
NORFOLK ss.
I, JAIRUS WARE , Clerk of the Judicial Courts, being Courts of Record, within and for the County of Norfolk, hereby Certify that
— Josiah J. Fisher & Ebenezer Blake Esquires.
are Justices of the Peace in and for the County of Norfolk aforesaid, duly appointed, commissioned and qualified to discharge the duties of said office, and that his signature to the annexed affidavits respectively are genuine and true.
In Witness Whereof, I have subscribed my name and affixed the Seal of the Supreme Judicial Court of the Commonwealth aforesaid at Dedham, this twelfth day of September A. D. one thousand eight hundred and thirty two .
Jairus Ware.

I Elisha Fiske a clergyman in the town of Wrentham hereby certify that I am acquainted with Cornelius Holloick Esq of said Wrentham in the County of Norfolk and Commonwealth of Massachusetts; That I believe him to be seventy five years of age; That he is respected and beloved in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and I concur in that opinion
Elisha Fiske
Sworn to and Subscribed Sept. 18. 1832.
Before me Josiah J. Fiske Just Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Norfolk ss.
I George Blinn of Wrentham in said County of Norfolk & Commonwealth of Massachusetts being about Seventy four years of age, do testify and say that I was a private soldier in the Eighteenth Service in the year 1775 in Capt Seth Buttrick's Company in Col Joseph Reed's Regiment. I enlisted about the 27th day of May and served in said Company and Regiment until the first day of January 1776 when I was discharged, and Cornelius Trask then of Medfield in said County, Now of Wrentham Wrentham in said County was a private soldier in said Company. I enlisted in said Company about the thirty first day of May 1775 and served until the first day of January 1776 when he was discharged.
George Blinn
Norfolk ss. the the Eighteenth day of Sept 1832 Then the above named George Blinn being a credible witness made oath to the truth to the foregoing deposition by him signed before me
Ebenezer Blake Justice of the peace

35  75. Ballard 7mo 5 days. 84.77 76. Caneel - 1. 5. 30.55 Private 77. In Martin - 6. 11 5.32 78. Ware $24 - Sergt. Daniels 2 - Sergt. 8mo. 10 pri 2. 24 Sergt. 6. 11. In Martin

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
Nov. 16 th , 1839.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," Cornelius Kolloek, — a Pensioner on the Roll of the Massachusetts Agency, at the rate of One hundred 25 Dollars and twenty seven Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 1 st of Sept. 1838, to the 4 th March, 1839.
Respectfully, yours,
Wilson B. Parris Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.

Wrentham Norfolk County, Mass a , Oct 28 th 1839.
Having Served Eighteen months in the Army of the Revolution without any Compensation and having nothing to protect but my person, and being highly gratified that the excellent Government under which I do live, had passed an Act in 1832 to give or make some Compensation to the few remaining Soldiers who spent of the prime of their life to protect their Country, and now at my advanced age when myself and wife are past the age to support ourselves or doing any business living on a very little property, and depending on the kindness and of our friends and Administration. I hope it will not be thought improper for me respectfully to ask the cause of the Suspension of my pension at the time I first stood in need of it.
Yours with the greatest respect your dependent servant
Cornelius Helleck
To his Excellency J. L. Edwards Esq., Commissioner of Pensions, &c.
As I have some time since been at considerable ex- pense to Boston after my hard earned pension.

Wrentham Mar 24 th 1851
To the Commissioner of Pensions Dear Sir
Mr DD Addison of the City of Washington is hereby authorized & empowered to act as my Attorney in establishing my claim to an increase of Pension. Should he desire to refer to my papers on file in your Office under the act of June 7 th 1832. you will confer a favor on me by permitting him to do so. The amount which may be found due, I wish payable to myself. by the United States Pension Agent at Boston in the State of Mass Witness Benj Hawes
# Cornelius Killoch
H Intended for Cornelius Killoch Map roll age 32 admiral

6. Kollon Map 32 D
E. b. ad. ad. d. d. June 12-51

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Sept 4
1832.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of Cornelius Skollock is on the Pay Roll of Capt Samuel Gowell in Col Benj. Haines Reg. in the Secret Expedition - Time of service from Sept 25 1777 to Oct 2 1777
d 35
Thirty five days
also
On the Roll of Capt Seth Bullard Company Col Read's Regiment - Time of enlistment May 31 1775 - Time of service on that Roll to Aug 1 1775 two months and six days
mo 2. 6
Edward D Bangs. Secy
also
On the roll of Col John Jacob's Field and Staff Officers - entered service as Quarter Master May 21 1779 - Time of discharge including time to return home one day for 20 miles December 1779 - Time of service six months and eleven days at Rhode Island
6. 11
Edward D Bangs. Secy

Commonwealth Bank Pension Department, Boston 13 th Sept. 1837.
Sir
Be pleased to inform me if the amount due Cornelius Kollok Esq. who had neglected to draw his pension for 18. months can be paid on the enclosed vouchers. —
I am, very respf.
Your Obt. Servt.
John R. Simpson Special Pension agent.
J. L. Edwards Esq. Compt. of Pensions Washington D.C.

State of Massachusetts Bay
The Major Part of the Council of the Massachusetts Bay in New England
21337
To Cornelius Kollok Gent: . . . Greeting
Whereas special Trust & confidence in your Ability, Prudence & Fidelity Do by these Presents Constitute & Appoint You the said Cornelius Kollok to be Quarter Master of the Regiment of Foot whereof John Jacobs Esq: is Colonel raised by this State for the Defence of the State of Rhode Island - You are therefore Carefully & diligently to discharge the duty of a Quarter Master in said Regiment according to Military Rules and Discipline in pursuance of the Trust reposed in You for which this shall be your Sufficient Warrant
Dated at the Council Chamber in BOSTON this Twenty first day of May A.D. 1779 And in the Third Year of the Independence of the United States of America
By Order of the Council John Soery D.D.

Resolutions
21337 INVALID.
File No. 21337
Caroline K. Lock
Surgeon Genl
Act: June 7 th 89 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 226
[Arrangement of 1870.]