Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 12,038, for Phillip King, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
King, Phillip Rebecca
W 12,038
B.L.Wt. 12835-160-55-
CONTENTS

New York. Albany
502 Prov Act 15 th May 1828, NY
Philip King
private of Infantry
$80. per Annum.
Duplicate Certificate issued 13 th April 1841. and sent to Denison Robinson Esq. Post Byron, Cayuga County New York

102.580
Act. Mar. 31 Mch 27/53
Rebecca King, wid of Philip King (Pvt) Capt. S. G. Gault, line
Bergström's Pension Midd. has been Pensioned
12 60 ac. Dec: 14/55. Bergström
Rev. m
Porter Wethy. Port Byron N.Y.
Vol K. page 72,

5.002
New York A.
Rebecca King
widow of
Philip King
who served in the Revolutionary N.Y.
war, as a
Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80. dollars 11 11. cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853, 28 th Nov r , 1854.
Certificate of Pension issued 6 th day of March 1855.
and sent to
M. L. Murphy Locke New York
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act January 3, 1853, Page 20. Vol. 10
(9.8)

Julius Long
102. 5-80
Porter Shetley Attorney for Claimant Port Bynen Cagayan Co Viz.

State of New York County of Cayuga
} ss. REDACTED
On this 13 day of March A. D., 1855, personally appeared before me Joseph Gifford a Justice of the Peace in and for the County, and State, aforesaid Rebecca King aged 70 years, a Resident of Altaville in the County of Cayuga and State of New York Who being duly sworn, according to law, de- clares that she is the widow of Philip King deceased, who was a Soldier in the War of the Revolution, and was Pensioned under the act of May 15 th 1824 at the rate of $9.00 per annum, and that she has been pensioned under the act of January 23 rd 1849 at the rate of $4.00 per annum as the widow of the said Philip King deceased.
She further declares that she was married to the said Philip King in Altaville in the County of Cayuga and State of New York on the 10 day of February 1821
She further declares that her husband the aforesaid Philip King died in Altaville in the County of Cayuga and State of New York on the 28 day of November 1854 and that she is still a widow.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the act of March 13 th 1855.
Joseph Gifford Porter Kellogg
Rebecca King mark
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year above written, before me.
Joseph Gifford Justice of the Peace
I certify that I have no interest in the result of the case and are not concerned in its prosecution;
Joseph Gifford Justice of the Peace

State of New York
County of Cayuga
I do hereby certify that Joseph Gifford Esq. before whom the foregoing declaration and affidavit were taken is and was at the time of taking the same an acting Justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid duly commissioned and qualified and that his signature above is genuine. In testimony whereof I have here set my hand and affixed the seal of my office This 16 day of April 1855
E. D. Marvin Clerk Cayuga Co

State of New York
County of Cayuga
} ss
Personally appeared
Abiah J. Townsend
a resident of Port Byron Cayuga Co NY
and
Porter Whithy
a resident of Port Byron Cayuga Co NY
person whom I certify to be respectable and entitled to credit and who being by me duly sworn, say that they said  Abiah J. King  sign and acknowledge the foregoing declaration
and they further swear that they  that have every reason to believe from the appearance of the applicant and their acquaintance with her that she is the identical person she represents her self to be, and that these deponent do reside in the aforesaid Place
Abiah J. Townsend
Porter Whithy
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 13 day of March 1855, and I certify that I have no interest in the result of the case, and am not concerned in its prosecution
Abiah J. King Porter Whithy

State of New York, Widows Declaration COUNTY OF Cayuga
On this tenth day of February A. D. 1855, personally appeared before the undersigned County Judge within and for the county and state aforesaid Rebecca King aged Eighty years, a resident of the town of Mentz in the county of Cayuga and state of New York who being 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 of Congress approved the 3d day of February, 1853:
Who says that she is the widow of Philip King deceased, who was a Private in the war of the Revolution, and was pensioned under the act of 15th May A.D. 1828 at the rate of $ 80 per annum, and was paid at the N.Y. agency. She further declares that she was married to the said Philip King on the tenth day of February 1831 in the town of Mentz in the county of Cayuga in the state of New York
by the Rev John Jeffries a Baptist Clergyman That she has no record of her said Marriage or of her said Husband's death
She further declares that her husband, the aforesaid Philip King died in the town of Mentz in the county of Cayuga and state of New York on the 28th day of November A.D. 1854
That she was not married to him prior to the 2nd day of January 1800 but at the time above stated
She further declares that she was a widow at the passage of the act is still a widow, and that she has never before made application for a pension.
Witness Porter Kelley Henry Davis
Rebecca King her mark
2
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid, before me, Geo. Humphrey , County Judge of Cayuga County
I hereby certify that the above named deponent is unable to attend the sitting of the Court, in consequence of the infirmities of old age; and I further certify that I have no interest in the result of this case, and am not concerned in its prosecution.
Geo. Humphrey , County Judge Cayuga County

State of New York } County of Cayuga } ss.
On this 19 day of February A.D. 1855 Personally appeared before the undersigned a Justice of the Peace within and for the County and state aforesaid John P Davis aged 60 years a resident of Mentz in the County of Cayuga and state of New York who being duly sworn according to law doth depose & say that he is a son of the widow Rebecca King who is the widow of Philip King deceased who died on the 24 day of November A.D. 1854 and this deponent further swears that he saw his mother Rebecca Dodge married to her said husband Philip King on the tenth day of February in the A.D. 1831 in the town of Mentz County of Cayuga in the state of New York by the Rev John Pefferies a Baptist Clergyman and this deponent further swears that Philip King deceased was a Pensioner of the United States at the rate of $40 per annum payable at the New York agency and further that his said mother Rebecca King still remains the widow of Philip King deceased
Sworn & Subscribed } John P Davis the day & year } aforesaid before me }
W m Hays Clerk Justice of the Peace
I certify that the above named deponent is a reputable witness and I further certify that I have no interest in the result of this case where this is to be used and further I am not concerned in its prosecution
W m Hays Clerk Justice of the Peace Cayuga County

State of New York County of Cayuga } S.S.
On this 19 day of February A.D. 1855 Personally appeared before the undersigned Justice of the Peace within and for the County and state aforesaid Polly Davis aged 59 years a resident of Mentz in the County of Cayuga and state of New York who being duly sworn doth depose and say that she was well acquainted with Philip King deceased who died on the 24 day of November A.D. 1854 this deponent further swears that she saw the said Philip King married to Rebecca Dodge on the 10 day of February in A.D. 1831 in the town of Mentz County of Cayuga and state of N.Y. by one Rev. John Jeffree a Baptist Clergyman this deponent further swears that Philip King left Rebecca King his widow him still surviving and that she still remains the widow of said Philip King deceased.
Sworn & Subscribed } The day & year } aforesaid before me }
Polly Davis
Wm Hayden Justice of the Peace
I certify that the above named deponent is a reputable witness and I further certify that I have no interest in the result of this case where this is to be used and I am not concerned in its Prosecution
Wm Hayden Justice of the Peace Cayuga County

State of New York County of Cayuga } S.S.
On this 20 day of February A.D. 1855 Personally appeared before the undersigned a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Cayuga and state of N.Y. Ezekiel A King aged 54 years resident of the town of Mentz County of Cayuga state of N.Y. who being duly sworn according to law doth depose and say that he is a son of Philip King deceased who died on the 28 day of November A.D. 1854 and that he left his wife Rebecca King him still surviving and that said Rebecca still remains the widow of his father Philip King was a Pensioner of the revolution of the U.S. at $40.00 Per annum Payable at the New York agency
Ezekiel A King
Subscribed and sworn to this 20th day of February 1855 before me
Horace Perkins Justice of the Peace Cayuga County
I certify that the above named deponent is a reputable witness & I further certify that I have no interest in the result of this case where this is to be heard and I am not concerned in its prosecution.
Horace Perkins Justice of the Peace Cayuga County

State of New York Cayuga County Clerk's office ss. I do hereby certify that George Humphreys was at the time of taking the foregoing affidavit County Judge and Horace Perkins of William Hayden were respectively Justices of the Peace at the time of taking the foregoing acknowledgment of affidavits — And that the foregoing are their genuine signatures —
Given under my hand & official seal this 22 o day of February 1855
Edwin B. Marvin Clerk Cayuga County N.Y.

Phillip Krieg's Application to increase pension,
1891

State of New York } County of Cayuga } 80
On this thirteenth day of March in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty one before me a justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid personally appeared Philip King, a resident of the village of Port Byron in the town of Menty, County of Cayuga and State of New York aforesaid, aged eighty nine 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 acts of Congress passed June 7, 1832, and March 2 d 1833. That he entered the service of the United States in the Company and Regiment and under the following named officers, and served as herein stated: That he was born in the town of West Greenwich in the County of Kent and State of Rhode Island, but has no record of his age, and when he entered into the service he was living in the town of Lee in the County of Berkshire and State of Massachusetts; that he returned after the close of the Revolutionary war to the town of Fryingburgh in the said County of Berkshire, and there resided for the space of about four years, from thence he came to the town of Half Moon in the County of Saratoga and State of New York, where he remained until about the year 1798, and from thence he came to the town of Jefferson which has since been named and is now called the town of Menty as aforesaid where he has ever since and now resides, That he went into the said service by enlistment

and served for the term hereinafter mentioned as a private in the Company commanded by Captain Leonard Baker, in the first New York Regiment under the command of Colonel Van Schaick, and Lieutenant Colonel Van Dyck, that such service commenced according to the best of his recollection and belief in the month of February in the year 1782, and he continued in such service for the term of one year and four months, and until the month of June in the year 1783, at which time he was honourably discharged by order of General George Washington at Newburgh but such certificate of discharge is endorsed on the back thereof that such discharge should not avail the bearer until the ratification of the definitive treaty of Peace, and the time that this was made the declarant does not remember, until that time he was considered on furlough, that during such military service the declarant was engaged in no civil vocation or service. The declarant further makes oath that he is the identical person named in the duplicate of an original certificate, which duplicate is now in his possession, of which the following is a true & accurate copy, viz "Duplicate. Revolutionary Claims, Under the act entitled "An act for the relief of certain Surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution" approved 15 th May 1828. I certify that Philip King of Macon in the county of Cayuga in the State of New York is entitled to receive pay under the above mentioned Act as a surviving soldier in the New York line of the Army of the Revolution at the

rate of eighty dollars per annum payable during his life on the Third day of March and Third day of September in each year. It is provided by law that the said pay shall not in any way be transferable, or liable to attachment, levy or seizure by any legal process whatever. Issued in lieu of one dated 3 rd August 1829 and numbered 565 which has been lost or destroyed."
"Given under my hand and the Seal of the War Office of the United States, this thirteenth day of April one thousand eight hundred and forty one" "Jno Bell"
"Examined and countersigned"
"J. C. Edwards"
"Commissioner of Pensions"
(endorsed) "Payment to be made at Albany by T. N. Olcott Esqr Agent for paying Pensions in the agency of Albany New York." "Recorded in the Pension Office by F. S. Evans, Clerk." And the declarant further states that he has received a pension from the Government of the United States of only eighty dollars per annum since the said fifteenth day of May in the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty eight, as he has been permitted to do by the above copied duplicate certificate and believing himself to be entitled to the annual pension of ninety six dollars, he hereby makes application for the balance due him after deducting the said eighty dollars per annum, which he has received as aforesaid. He hereby

relinquishes every claim whatever, to a pension or annuity, except the said eighty dollars per year, which he has received since the 13 th day of May 1828, and the balance due him thereon claimed. And that his name is not on the pension roll of the Agency of any State except the State of New York.
Sworn and subscribed before me the day and year first above written
Philip Stine
Horace Perkins Justice of the Peace in Herk County
We Joseph B. Norman, a clergyman, residing in Port Byron, and Finlay M. King, residing in the same place, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Philip Stine, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be right nine 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 before me
Joseph B. Norman
This 13 th day of March 1851
Finlay M. King
Horace Perkins Justice of the Peace
And I the said Justice do hereby declare my 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, and served

as he states, And I further certify that I know that the said Joseph B d Hooman who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the village of Port Byron, and that Finlay Mc King is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand Horace Perkins Justice of the Peace
I know all men by these presents that I Philip King of the town of Mentz in the county of Cayuga and State of New York, a revolutionary pensioner of the United States, do hereby constitute and appoint Finlay Mc King my true and lawful attorney for me and in my name to receive from the Agent of the United States for paying pensions in Albany in the State of New York or from any other officer of Government authorized to pay the same, the balance due me for back pensions from the United States.
Witness my hand and seal this 13 th day of March 1851 Sealed and delivered Philip King
in presence of Horace Perkins John Mitchell
State of New York, Cayuga County ss
Be it known that on the 13 th day of March 1851 before the subscriber, a justice of the peace in and for said county, duly authorized by law to administer oaths, personally appeared Philip King above named, and acknowledged the foregoing power of attorney to be his act and deed. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand the day and year last above mentioned Horace Perkins Justice of the Peace

State of New York } Cayuga County } ss Be it known that on the 13 th day of March 1857 before me a justice of the Peace in and for said county, duly authorized by law to administer oaths, personally appeared Finlay Mc Kiern the attorney named in the foregoing power of attorney, and made oath that he has no interest whatever in the money he is authorized to receive by virtue of the foregoing power of attorney, either by any pledge, mortgage, sale, assignment or transfer, and that he does not know or believe that the same has been so disposed of to any person whatever.
Sworn and subscribed } Finlay Mc Kiern before me, the day and } year last above mentioned }
Horace Perkins Justice of the Peace.
State of New York
Cayuga County Clerk, ss: I hereby certify that Horace Perkins Esq before whom the foregoing Affidavits were taken is as respectfully at the times of taking the same a Justice of the Peace in for said County duly Elected and authorized to act as such and that the foregoing are each his genuine signatures
In Testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and Affix the Seal of the Courts of Record of said County this 18 th day of March 1857
Edwin V. Marvin Dep Clerk Cayuga County of the Courts of Record thereof (Clerk absent)
Philip Kiern's application to increase pension

February 11, 1913.
The Honorable,
The Governor of Ohio.
Sir:
In response to your letter dated the 8" and received the 10" instant. I have the honor to furnish you the military history of the only two "Philip Kings" found on the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau.
From the papers in claim, Wid. File No. 12,038, Rev. War, it appears that Philip King was allowed pension on an application executed June 27, 1828, while a resident of Mentz, Cayuga County, New York.
He stated that he was born at West Greenwich, Kent County, Rhode Island, (date not given) and resided at Lee, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, when he enlisted in February 1782, as a Private in Captain Leonard Bleeker's company, Colonel Van Schaick's 1st New York regiment, and served until June 8, 1783, when he was discharged.
He married at Mentz, New York, February 10, 1831, Rebecca Dodge; in 1851, he was eighty-nine years of age and a resident of (Port Royal) Mentz, where he died November 28, 1854, and his widow was allowed pension on her application executed February 10, 1855, while eighty years of age.
In 1855, her son John P. Davis aged sixty years, and soldier's son Ezekiel A. King aged fifty-four years, testified to the above marriage.

1910 Jan. 13. Hist. to Benj. Vesper - C. 1911 July 5 " " L. L. Moore & C. 1913 Feb. 11. The Gov. of Ohio - Columbus, C.
Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 12038
Rebecca King
Wid of
Philip King
Pris Rev. War
Act: Febray 1 st 1853.
Index:—Vol. a , Page 402
[Arrangement of 1870.]

12835
Nov Aug

Ph: Oct 7 th 1832. Maps Boston.

18919 INVALID.
Consolidated with DW wid. File 12,038.
File No. 18,919
Philip King
Dis New War NY line
♦♦♦♦♦ No 502
Act: May 15 th 28 on NY roll
Index:—Vol. 11 , Page 209
[Arrangement of 1870.]

FREE
Official Business
42.580
Hon J.P. Waldo Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.
Rebecca King

RECORD DIVISION.
Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Briefed by Geo M. Moore
Claim No Jan 11, 1910
Certificate No. _____
Claimant _____
Soldier Phillip King
Service N.Y.  Res
Additional Service _____
No _____ claim, State records _____, 190_____
No claim, combination records _____, 190_____
REMARKS:
No O.W.I. War R. as above except S.F. 18919 } consolidated N.F. 12038 }

March 3 d 1855,
No 3373 Rebecca King,
Wid: of Philip, Cayuga Co.
W.P.
Act 153 $80 Per An: Com: 28 th Nov: 1854,
"
Rev:
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Pension Office, Official Business,
Commissioner. M. D. Murphy Soke, Cayuga Co.

Rebecca Kim and
Philip
15 March 1828
No 32
Washington
Yours Sincerely Cond'g of Friends Washington D.C.

General John Bell Secy of War Sir
The enclosed Affidavits are supposed to be sufficient to procure a new pension certificate for Phillip King a Revolutionary Prisoner who had lost the certificate first granted him. If they are sufficient he will soon expect to receive a new one if insufficient you will please send such instructions as will enable him to make the proper affidavits.
Very Respectfully Yr Obt Servt
Delusion Robinson Fort Byron Bay, Co. N.Y.

Act 1828
Settled at
Treasury
Cons d with
Invalid file
# 18.919
C. [unclear]

664 502
Discharge by Washington in favor of Philip King dated 8 June 1783.

Whereas it appears that William  Livingston in the year in which he was captured  at  Red Bank  in  New Jersey  during  the  War  of  the  Revolution  approved  on  the  15 th  day  of  May  1778  to  Phillip  King  of  the  Town  of  Manly  in  the  County  of Cayuga  in  the  State  of  New York do hereby declare that I enlisted in the Continental line of the army of the Revolution for and during the War and continued in its service until its termination at which period I was a private in Capt Leonard Blaker's Company in the First New York regiment of the New York Line and I also declare that I afterwards received a certificate for the service of eighty Dollars & it is understood by this claimant that the certificate hereto annexed is the certificate here alluded to in the form to which I was entitled under a resolve of Congress passed the 15 th of May 1778.
And further declare that I was not on the fifteenth day of March 1828, on the pension list of the United States.
1. Berlin June 27. 1828
The King King
Before me William Minier Justice of the peace in the County of Cayuga in the State of New York personally appeared before me this day John Wetster and Edmund L Rud of the said County, who did soverally make Oath that Phillip King, by whom the foregoing declaration was subscribed is gen- erally reputed and believed to have been a private in the army of the revolution in manner as therein stated.
Witnessed our hands this the 27 th Day of June 1828.
Subscribed and sworn to
27 th 1828-
William Lloyd Jones Justice of the Peace }
John Webster
E. L. Reed

State of New York Cayuga County ss Clerks Office
I Abraham Gridley Clerk of the County of Cayuga & of the Court of Common Pleas of the said County, do hereby Certify that William Miner Esq. was on the 27 th day of June 1828 a Justice of the Peace duly commissioned and sworn as such Justice and further that I am well acquainted with his hand writing and that his signature subscribed to the within jurat, is genuine, and that he is duly authorized by the Laws of this State to take the same. In testimony whereof I have hereunto Set my name and affixed the Seal of said County this 28 th day of June A D 1828
A. Gridley Clerk

No. of Division 667-2
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
August 14. 1828.
Philip King , of Mentz , in the County of Cayuga , in the State of New York has applied to the Secretary of the Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled "An Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolution," approved the 15th of May, 1828. He states that he enlisted in the Continental line of the army of the Revolution, for and during the war, and continued until its termination, at which period he was a Private in captain Bleeker 's company, in the regiment of the New York line; and that he received a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars, provided by the resolve of the 15th of May, 1778; and further, that he was not on the 15th day of May, 1828, on the pension list of the United States, and that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of March, 1826, nothing .
The Third Auditor is requested to report how far the several statements are corroborated by the records in his office.
My order of the Secretary, A. Dickins.
64927
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE,
Aug. 19. 1828
It appears by the records in this office, that a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars has been issued to Philip King in the New York Line
It further appears that Philip King is now on the pension list of any agency, and has been so since the 3d March 1826 at the rate of  dollars per month
Chas Hagner Audt

State of New York
Cayuga County ss. On this the 21 st day of March 1841 before me the undersigned a commissioner of the court of Sessions in and for the said county of Cayuga personally appeared Philip King who on his oath declared that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain Leonard Blake in the first Regiment of the New York Line of the Army of the Revolution. That said Regiment was commanded according to his present and best recollection by Colonel Van Schaick and in which Regiment Lieutenant Colonel Van Dyke was Lieutenant Colonel in the service of the United States.
That his name was placed on the Pension Rolls of the State of New York. That he received a certificate of that fact bearing date according to a memorandum in his possession the third of August 1829 and numbered 565 and issued according to the best recollection of this deponent by the Secretary of the Treasury. That it was issued under the act entitled "an act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Army of the Revolution" approved 15 th May 1828. Which certificate this deponent had lost. That on or about the 4 th day of September 1840 this deponent had said certificate in his possession and went before the proper officer to make out his papers to draw his pension due on the third day of September 1840 for the six months then next preceding. That after making out said papers he took said certificate and according to his present and best recollection left the same with David B Smith of the Town of Menty in said county who had acted as agent for this deponent for procuring his pension for several years past. That on the fourth day of March instant this deponent called on the said David B Smith for said certificate and was informed by said David B Smith after a search for the same by said David B Smith that he the said David B Smith had not got said certificate and that if the same was left with him the said David B Smith the same was lost. And this deponent further says that he either left said certificate with said David B Smith or lost the same.

on the road from said David B Smiths residence to the residence of this deponent in the Town of Menty aforesaid or deposited the same in the desk of this deponent At his residence but that he verily believes he left the same with said David B Smiths That this Deponent had made diligent search for said certificate in all places where the same would likely to be and particularly in said desk and in all other places in his house where the same would be likely to be and the same can not be found by this deponent and the same is lost - That the first knowledge this deponent had of the loss of said certificate was on the 4th day of March instant -
Sworn and subscribed to before me the day and year aforesaid
the words "of" and "according" were erased and the words "of" and "in" "1840" substituted before signing the above paper
Phillip King
Ellison Robinson Comr of Breeds
I Ellison Robinson the above named commissioner of Breeds do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the above named Phillip King who has subscribed and sworn to the above affidavit is a reputable person and a man of veracity and that his statements may be relied upon as the truth -
Ellison Robinson Comr of Breeds
State of New York
Cayuga County ss - On this 12th day of March 1841 before me the subscriber a commissioner of Breeds in and for said county of Cayuga personally appeared David B Smith who on his oath declared that he is well acquainted with Phillip King of the Town of Menty in said county the

person described in and who executed the above Affidavit. That he has acted as agent for said Phillip Feing for several years last past in procuring his pension. That on or about the 4 th day of Septem- ber last past the said Phillip Feing brought to this Deponent the necessary papers properly authenticated for procuring his pension for the six months then immediately preceding that time and that with those papers he the said Phillip Feing brought with him an other paper which he the said Phillip Feing said at the time enclosed his pension certificate and laid the same upon the desk in the store of this deponent in said Town. That he has no recollec- tion of seeing the same since that time. That on the 4 th day of March instant the said Phillip Feing called upon this Deponent and asked for said Certificate to have his papers made out to draw his pension. That this deponent thereupon made a thorough and diligent search for the same and could not find it and had fully satisfied himself that he has not got the same. That if the same was left with him the same has been lost or destroyed.
Sworn and subscribed to before me the day and year aforesaid -
J. B. Smith
Oluson Robinson Commissioner of Brd.
I Oluson Robinson the above named Commission- er of Deeds do hereby certify that I am well acquaint- ed with the above named David B Smith who has subscribed and sworn to the last above Affi- -davit and that he is a reputable person and a man of veracity and that his statements are entitled to be received as the truth.
State of New York
Cayuga County ss. On this 12 th day of March 1841 before me the undersigned a commissioner of Brd in and for the County of Cayuga aforesaid personally appeared Walter H Smith who on his

oath declared that he is well acquainted with Philip King Mentioned in the first above affidavit that he well knows him to be the person described in the said first above affida- vit and has long known him as a pensioner of the United States That this Respondent is a clerk in the store of David B Smith mention in the next above affidavit That on or about the fourth day of September last past he saw the said Philip King have his pension certificate That he saw the said Philip King fold the said certificate in an old paper much worn and written upon That he saw the said Philip King lay the same up on the desk in the store of the said David B Smith and that he believes the same was left with the said David B Smith That all the papers in said desk were over hauled the winter last past and all the old papers which were thought to be useless were destroyed Sworn and subscribed to before me this day and year aforesaid Denison Robinson Comr of Bred
Walter H. Smith
I Denison Robinson the above named commissioner of Bred do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the above named Walter H. Smith who has subscribed and sworn to the last above affidavit and that he is a reputable person and a man of veracity and that his statements are entitled to be received as the truths.
Denison Robinson Comr of Bred

State of New York } Cayuga County } ss
I William Richardson Clerk of said County do hereby Certify that Dimson Robinson Esqr was at the time of taking the foregoing affidavits a Commissioner of Asses in and for said County duly qualified and that I know his hand writing and believe the several signatures on the annexed instruments purporting to be his autograph
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County This 15 th day of March 1841 W Richardson Clerk

Brief in the case of Rebecca King, Widow of Philip Cayuga County and State of New York act 31 July 1853.
Claim, ("original," or "for increase" )
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Substantive proof offered under the act of 15 May 1828, to the value of $80, per An. Three Witness Testif y they were present at the marriage. Evidence also 28 th November, 1854, as per the affidavits of three credible witnesses.
This Widow's Security is established by the affidavits of four credible Affiants.
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
M c L. Murphy Esq. Sooke Name and residence of Agent Cayuga Co. N.Y.
J. C. B. B. Examining Clerk.

Locke Cayuga Co N.Y. February 28 1855
Sir I send you herewith enclosed application of Rebecca King Widow of Philip King dec d for Pension under Second Section of Act Feb. 3, 1853. and when acted upon please forward result to me I am Very Respectfully Yours W. D. Murphy
Rev. A. L. Waldo, Comm ee of Pensions Washington D.C.

Philip King.
AM
Act 15 May 1828.
Let to Philip King
18 Nov 1851

Port B upon March 29/37
Mr Fin
Herewith I send off'r & power of atty of Philip King for increase of Pension to which please give early attention & oblige
Yrs Respg
Yr Mt Servt
Finlay McVey
James E Heath Esq Comr of Pensions Washington

GEORGE AUSTIN MORRISON JR., ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW
TELEPHONE 3079 JOHN.
MUTUAL LIFE BUILDING, 43 CEDAR STREET.
NEW YORK. 30th. June 1911.
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:-
One "Reuben King of Columbia County, (New York) who died 28th. May 1823" is on Pension List as of "Col. Van Schaick's Regiment in War of Revolution".
Can you inform me whether the papers show:-
1st. The names of his Father and Mother. 2d. The place of his birth and date.
Also one "Philip King of 1st. Regiment New York Line, living in 1828" is on Pension List.
This is the same man as "Philip King aged 78, residing with E. A. King at Mentz, Cayuga County, N. Y.", on 1840 Pension List.
Can you inform me whether the papers show:-
1st. The names of his Father and Mother. 2d. The place of his birth and date.
The information desired is for historical use and not to be used in prosecuting any pension claims.
Trusting to hear from you, I am,
Yours respectfully,
George Austin Morrison, Jr.,
By
L. L. Moore

VOSPER BROTHERS ATTORNEYS
BENJ. VOSPER JAMES VOSPER
VOSPER BROTHERS MANUFACTURERS OF CEDAR AND OTHER FOREST PRODUCTS
BENJ. VOSPER JAMES VOSPER
IONIA, MICH.
January 5 th 1909
To The Board of Pensions Washington D.C.
Dear Sir
Wife is endeavoring to establish kinship to some of the Revolutionary soldiers - and to that end claims that her ancestor, one Phillip King , was a soldier of the Revolution, and was thereby carried on the Pension Rolls for a year He enlisted from the  State Many years - what does the Records of your office, disclose relating to this Phillip King Any information how your lines were on the  offered Yours Truly Benj. Vosper

STATE OF OHIO EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT COLUMBUS
February 8, 1913.
My dear Sir:
I understand that you have on file in your office a number of records pertaining to soldiers in the Revolutionary War.
Will you please to ascertain the military record of one Philip King who served in that war?
I desire this information for the benefit of his descendants.
Very truly yours,
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Philip King a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau. Wid. File 12038
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Ny. 1782 disch. June 8, 1783 1 yr. 4 mos. Private Leonard Bleeker Vanderveer N.Y.                              
Battles engaged in, _____ Residence of soldier at enlistment, Lee, Berkshire Co., Mass. Date of application for pension, June 27, 1828 Residence at date of application, Westerlo, Coeymans Co., N.Y. Age at date of application,  born Westerlo March 10, 1743  and Nov. 28, 1854 at Mentz, N.Y. Remarks: In 1851 she was 89 yrs old and at that time in Mentz, N.Y. He said
Mentz, N.Y. July 10, 1831, Peterco Lodge  she was 88 yrs old and in her application given July 10, 1855 while 80 yrs old + a  new of Mentz. In 1855 her son John P. Davis was 60 yrs. + sol. son  Epiphil A. King at 54 yrs. testifies the marriage as above.
Very respectfully