Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 6047, for Johannes Koenig, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
New York
Koenig, Johannes Mariah
R 6047
CONTENTS

See letter 12 April 1821 to Albany agent Letter to Hon J. E. Carey Feby. 12, 1821
20262
New York
Johannes Kocing
of Cobleskill in the State of New York who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Gray of the Regiment commanded by Colonel Van Schuyler in the New York line, for the term of nine months from 1 April 1782 to 30 Jany 1783
Inscribed on the roll of New York at the rate of eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 1. day of November 1830
Certificate of Pension issued the 30 th of Novem- ber 1830 and sent to Henry Shaffer Esq. Cobleskill N.Y.
Arrears to 4th of Semi-annual all'ce ending 1 st March 1821 $33.03
$33.03
{ Revolutionary Claim, Acts March 18, 1818, and May 1, 1820. } 1 March 1823
Record Book D. Vol 5 page 104 (B.N.B.)

State of New York, Schuylkill County Surrogate Court ss:
I hereby certify that satisfactory proof was adduced before me in open Court, that Maria Koering late of the town of Cobleskill in the County of Schoharie died at said town on the twenty sixth day of March 1847. That at the time of her death she was the widow of one Johannes Koering late of said County, who died April the fourth A.D. 1844. That the said Johannes Koering was a citizen under the laws of the United States. That the following persons are the only chil- -ren and heirs at law of said Johannes and Maria Koering during the said deceased to wit, Diana the wife of Herkman Cary, Christina the wife of Nicholas Van Patten David Koering and Betsey the wife of John Smith.
In return whereof I have hereunto sub- scribed my name and affixed the seal of the Surrogate Court of the County of Schu- ylkill, at my office in Cobleskill in said County this thirteenth day of October A.D. 1854.
Dennathus Langdon, County Judge

State of New York } S.S. Schobane County }
before me the day of years above Milton and I hereby do hereby certify that I believe the said Hilda Ottman to be the person and wife of Peter Ottman and of the age above stated and is a highly respectable Lady & entitled to full credit and I further certify that I have read the above affidavit to her before she signed the same and also the attached proof of J. M. Brown, marked June 1 st 1893. which is in the hand writing of John M. Brown to me well known to be his hand writing and that I have personally known Hilda Ottman for a bout forty years past.
Henry I. Shoemaker Justice of the peace

Class of 1954 Wichita Rising SD 1954 for parents & friends
The Hairs of the Wichita Rising SD 1954

State of New York Schoback County ss
1
On this 8 th Day of October in the Year of our Lord one thousand Eight Hundred and thirty personally appeared in open being a court of record to wit a court of common Pleas held in and for said county Johannes Koenig a resident in the town of Schockville in the county of Schoharie aforesaid aged sixty seven years who being first duly sworn according to law Doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to explain the provision made by the acts of congress of the 13 th March 1818, and the first of May 1820; that he the said Johannes Koenig enlisted for the term of nine months on the first day of April 1782, in the State of New York, in the company commanded by captain Gray, in the regiment commanded by col. Van Schoick, in the line of the State of New York, on the continental establishment, that he continued to serve in said corps until the 3 rd day of January 1783, when he was discharged from the service in the city of Schenectady in the State of New York that he hereby relinquishes every claim whatsoever to a Pension except the present, that his name is not on the roll of any State except New York; and the following are the reason for not making earlier application for a Pension because I have always honestly supported my self and family by days or labour; but now I am getting old and unable to do hard labour, that I am in such indigent circumstances that I am in want of relief and in pursuance of the act of the first of May 1820 I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the united States on the 13 th day of March 1818; and that I have not on or since that time, by gift sale or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof with intent thereby to diminish it as to bring myself within the provision of an act of congress entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval services of the united States in the Revolutionary War; passed on the 14 th March 1818"

and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities contracts or debts due to me, nor have I any income other than is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed
I have rented a house and small lot for a garden & Korney man's house in the town of Cobleskill in the County of Schoharie
I have paid the yearly rent on the same the sum of $10; 00
I have no other real estate either in possession reversion or remainder either in law or equity
personal property
I have two cows at the value of $22; 00
I have 13 Sheep at the value of 13; 00
I have nothing else as my bed and bedding and clothing
I have a wife of sixty one years old quite weakly
I have no trade I have to support my self and family by day labour
I have a daughter which lives with me of the age of 18 years old she has no trade yet her support by day labour
I have a son of the age of 24 years old he has no trade he works out for his support; therefore I have no children that are able to support me
I have no debts due to me there has been no change in my real or personal property on or since the 18th of March 1818; because as I had none to dispose of either before or otherwise.
Johannes Roening
Sworn and declared on the 5 th October 1830 before me - John Gebhard Jr. Clerk
I John Gebhard Jr. Clerk of the court of common pleas of the county of Schoharie do hereby certify, that it appears to the satisfaction of the court that the said Johannes Roening did serve in the Revolutionary war as stated in the preceding Declaration against the common enemy for the term of nine months, under one engagement, in the continental establishment. I also certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the records of the said court; And I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is thirty three dollars - In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court on this 5 th day of October 1830 - John Gebhard Jr. Clerk of the court of common pleas of Schoharie County -

Schoharie County ss
Heinrich Schaperfuner of the town of Cobleskill in said county being duly sworn doth depose and say that he has been well acquainted with Johannes Koenig of the town of Cobleskill in the county of Schoharie ever since the American Revolution, that he the said Johannes Koenig enlisted on the first of April 1782, for the term of nine months in the State of New York, in the company commanded by captain Gray, in the regiment commanded by col. Van Schoenick in the line of the State of New York on the continental establishment, that he served out the time of his enlistment faithfully and was discharged on the first of January 1783 at the city of Schenectady in the State of New York
Subscribed and sworn the 14th day of September 1830 before me Henry Shaper. a Judge of Schoharie common Pleas
Heinrich Schaperfuner
I Henry Shaper a Judge of Schoharie common Pleas do certify Heinrich Schaperfuner who took the foregoing oath is man of credibility and to be believed upon oath Henry Shaper
Schoharie County ss.
Jacob Knauer of the town of Cobleskill in said county being duly sworn doth depose and say that he has been well acquainted with Johannes Koenig of the town of Cobleskill in the county of Schoharie ever since the American Revolution, that he the said Johannes Koenig enlisted on the first of April 1782, for the term of nine months in the State of New York, in the company commanded by captain Gray, in the regiment commanded by col. Van Schoenick, in the line of the State of New York on the continental establishment that he served out the time of his enlistment faithfully, and was discharged on the first of April 1783 in the city of Schenectady in the State of New York

Subscribed and Sworn the 14 th September 1830 before me Henry Shaper a Judge of Schoharie court of common Pleas
Jacob his Francis mark
I Henry Shaper a Judge of Schoharie common Pleas Do certify that Jacob Francis who took the within oath is a person of credibility and to be believed under oath Henry Shaper
Schoharie County ss.
Peter Bauck of the town of Cobles Kill in said county being duly sworn doth depose and say that he was acquainted with Johannes Koenig ever since the american revolution, that he the Johannes Koenig enlisted for the term of nine months on the first of April 1782, in the State of New York, in the company commanded by captain Gray in the regiment commanded by Col. Van Schuylers in line of the State of New York, on the continental establishment, that he served out his time of his enlistment, faithfully, that he was discharged on the first of January 1783, in the city of Schenectady in the State of New York, the said Peter Bauck testified further and says that he enlisted at the same time in the same company in same regiment when the Johannes Koenig was enlisted and was likewise on the same day discharged when the said Johannes Koenig was discharged
Subscribed and Sworn this 14 th day of September 1830 before me Henry Shaper a Judge of the court of common Pleas of Schoharie county
Peter Bauck
I Henry Shaper a Judge of Schoharie common Pleas Do certify that Peter Bauck who took the foregoing oath is a person of credibility and to be believed under oath
Henry Shaper

Schokaw County ss.
George Warner of the town of Cobleskill in said county being duly sworn doth depose and say that he was acquainted with the petitioner Johannes Kaenig ever since the American Revolution, that he is a poor old man has been always poor since the revolution, that he has a wife quite weakly, and that they have no trade, that he has no more property as it is stated in schedule that his children is poor and not able to support them.
Subscribed and sworn this 14 th Day of September 1830 before me Henry Shaper Judge of Schokaw common Pleas.
George Warner
I Henry Shaper a Judge of Schokaw common Pleas do certify that George Warner who took the foregoing oath is a man of creditability, and to be believed under oath and otherwise.
Henry Shaper
Schokaw County ss.
Henry Mann of the town of Cobleskill in said county being duly sworn doth depose and say that he is well acquainted with the petitioner Johannes Kaenig that the said Johannes Kaenig is a poor old man that he has no trade, that he has rented a small house and lot belonging to me; that he has no more property as it is stated in his schedule, that he has a wife quite weakly that he has no trade that his children has no trade, that his children are not able to support their father and mother.
Subscribed and sworn this 14 th Day of September 1830 before me Henry Shaper a Judge of Schokaw common Pleas.
Henry Mann
I Henry Shaper a Judge of Schokaw common Pleas do certify that Henry Mann who took the foregoing oath is a person of creditability and to be believed under oath.
Henry Shaper

State of New York Schenectady County ss. I John Gebhard Jr Clerk of the said county Do hereby certify that Henry Shaper before whom the preceding affidavits were taken, was at the time one of the judges of the court of common pleas in and for the said county and duly authorized by law to administer oaths &c. And further that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verify before the signature, "Henry Shaper" subscribed to the taking of the said affidavits to be his proper hand writing. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said county this 5 th October 1830.
John Gebhard Jr. Clerk
Schenectady County ss
Jacob Snance of the town of Cobleskill in the county of Schoharie who takes the within affidavit being duly sworn and says that he the said Jacob Snance was enlisted as a Private Soldier in the Revolutionary war and that he and the Petitioner Johannes Koening enlisted in the company commanded by Captain Gray in the Regiment commanded by Col Van Schaick and that he the said Jacob Snance and the said Johannes Koening served together in said company for the term of nine months as it is stated in the affidavit of the said Johannes Koening
Sworn and Subscribed the 20 th day of October 1830 before me Henry Shaper a Judge of the court of Schoharie common Pleas
his Jacob + Snance mark
Johannes Koening

Schoharie County ss.
Heinrich Schaper Jr. the owner of Colesville in the said county who took the within affidavit being duly sworn and says that he was enlisted as a Private Soldier in the Revolutionary war and that he and the Petitioner Johannes Kaenig enlisted in the company commanded by Captain Gray in the Regiment commanded by Col Van Schaick and that he the Heinrich Schaper Jr. and the said Johannes Kaenig and the said Jacob Finance who took the foregoing oaths served together in said company in said Regiment in the Revolutionary army for the term of nine months as it is stated in the affidavit of the said Johannes Kaenig
Heinrich Schaper Jr.
Subscribed and sworn
the 26 th day of Oct, 1830
before me Heinrich Schaper a Judge of Schoharie common Pleas
Schoharie County ss.
Peter Baurk of Colesville in said county who took the within affidavit being duly sworn and says that he was enlisted in the Revolutionary war and that he and the Petitioner Johannes Kaenig enlisted in the company commanded by Captain Gray in the Regiment commanded by Col Van Schaick that the said Peter Baurk the said Johannes Kaenig and the said Jacob Finance and Heinrich Schaper Jr. whom took the foregoing oaths served together in the company and Regiment aforesaid in the Revolutionary army for the term of nine months as it is stated in the within affidavits
Subscribed and sworn the 26 th day of October 1830
before me Heinrich Schaper a Judge of Schoharie common Pleas
Peter Baurk

Declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions made by an act of congress passed July 7 th 1838 entitled an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows of veterans the acts and resolutions amending the same.
State of New York Schuylkill County - ss
On this 3 rd day of Sept. 1844 personally appeared before me William Hays a Schuylkill County court of common pleas - in & for said county of Schuylkill & State of New York General Doering a resident of Summit in said county aged 75 years and upwards, 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 an act of congress passed July 7 th 1838 entitled an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows of the acts and resolutions amending the same. That she is the widow of Johannis Doering late a resident of the town of Summit in the county of Schuylkill and State of New York who was a physician of the United States and who departed this life on the 4 th day of April 1844. That in consequence of the services rendered by her said husband in the war of the rebellion her said husband was pensions to his death enrolled upon the pension list of the United States & received a pension of ninety six dollars per annum.

And this declarant further saith that her maiden name was Maria Borst. That she was married to the said Johannis Roening in the month May 1793 by the Rev. John M. Borren of the town of Carlse in the said county of Schenck who was at that time practicing justice of the peace and judge of the court. That she did not receive any certificate of her marriage and has no record thereof and does not know that the magistrate kept any record of the marriage. That Christian Brown & Jacob Brown were present at the marriage. That her husband the said Johannis Roening died as aforesaid on the 4th day of April 1844. That she was not married to the said Johannis Roening previous to his leaving the service but that her marriage took place before the first day of January 1794 though at the time and place stated & which was at the house of the said John M. Brown in the month of May but the day of the month this declarant cannot recollect. And that since the death of the said Johannis Roening as aforesaid she has remained his widow single and unmarried & is still unmarried.
Subscribed and sworn the day and year aforesaid before me and I certify that the declarant Maria Roening is unable to attend court by reason of old age and bodily infirmity.
Maria X Roening mark

John Morton Judge of Schuylkill County court of Common Pleas.

11386
Marah Koenig Mam of Hannah N9
Act 7 July 1838
Recd hist and 4 April 1844 } }
[Faint handwritten signature or initials]

11 State of New York } Jacob Brown of the Schoharie County } town of Carlisle in the county and State of New York being duly sworn doth depose and say that he has been in said town in the year 1783 and is the son of John M. Brown who lived for more than sixty years on the same farm where this de- ponent now resides and until his death which was in 1839. That he the said John M. Brown was an acting justice of the Peace and judge of the county courts of said county for about seventy years That this deponent was present when Johannis Roening was married to Mariah Bantz who is now the widow of the said Johannis Roening. That the marriage ceremony was performed by the said John M. Brown at his house in the presence of Christian Brown and others not by this deponent now re- -elected. That the books and papers of the said John M. Brown were left with this deponent but that this deponent after the most diligent search & inquiry cannot find any record of said marriage. & this deponent is confident that none now can be found if any ever existed which is doubtful. And this deponent further saith that at the time of said marriage he could not have been more than nine or ten years of age and from the best of his recollection the marriage must have taken place more than fifty years ago. and in the year 1793 or 1795. Subscribed and } Jacob Brown sworn before me this }

31 st day of July 1844 A.D. I certify that the said Jacob Brown is a credible witness to the Western margin of Schuylkill county Court of common Pleas

State of New York Scheneberville County 3 d B Jacob Warner of Cobleskill in the county and state aforesaid being under solemn oath do hereby certify that he is sixty eight years of age. That he has been a member of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Cobleskill ever since he was twenty of age and still is. That the brick church in Cobleskill belonging to the aforesaid Evangelical Lutheran Society of which this deponent is a member was built in the year 1794, and of this fact this de- ponent is positive both from his recollection as he was engaged in doing considerable work in the building and erection of said house and also from the fact - That the date or year that the house was built was placed or masoned into the wall of the house on the outer and front side of the house which figures are now perfectly legible and are made of cast iron and that these figures read 1794. And that this is the date of the erection & completion of said - Church or that it was completed the same year. And this deponent further testifies that he attended the said church when the first ceremony of infant baptism was performed in said church which was but a few weeks after its completion. That the Rev. Mr. Dietrich officiated at this baptism. And that one of the children baptized at this time was the daughter of Johannes Koening & Maria his wife. That this deponent has been informed by the said Johannes.

Koenig that he earned a pension of ninety six Dollars per year. And that his widow Mariah Koenig is now a claimant of said pension for services on a case by her late husband Francis Koenig in the war of the rebellion subscribed and sworn before me his Jacob X Mariah mark This 3 rd day of August 2. 1844 and I certify that the said Jacob Mariah is a credible witness and a true copy of the foregoing And I further certify that in the body of this affidavit the name of the widow was twice written Francis through a mistake which was rubbed off and Mariah wrote before signed John Weston Judge of - Salem County courts

State of New York Schuyler County ss
Christian Brown of Colesville in said county being lawfully sworn upon the and sayeth that he is sixty seven years of age. That he is the nephew of John E. Brown who was a Justice of the Peace and Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of said county. That this deponent is well and intimately acquainted with the late John Harris Hogg and with his widow Maria Hogg and that this deponent was present when the said John Harris Hogg was married by the said John M. Brown at his house in Schuyler county to Maria Borts his present wife. And that this marriage was in the year 1793 which fact he well recollects from his own age as he was then sixteen years of age in having been born in the year 1777. Subscribed and sworn before me this 3 day of August 1884 Christian Brown and I certify that the said Christian Brown is a credible witness I further certify that in the way of this affidavit the name of the witness was twice wrote Nancy through a mistake and that was rubbed off and Maria wrote before sayeth John M. Brown Judge of Schuyler County Courts

State of New York Schuylerville County } Clerk's Office
vs: I, Thomas M c Arthur Clerk of said County, Do hereby certify that John Westover Esq. before whom the within and annexed Affidavits & Declaration of Mariah Koenig, Jacob Brown, Jacob Warner and Christian Brown pur- port to have been sworn, was on the day of the date of the Jurats to said Declaration & Affidavits a Judge of Schuylerville County Courts, in and for said County, Commissioned and sworn, And that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Judge, and believe the signature subscribed to said Jurats, purporting to be his, is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and Official Seal the first day of October 1844.
Thos. M c Arthur, Clerk.

Col Mariah Roenig N.Y. Jan 1838

State of New York } County of Schenectady ss }
On this 13th day of September one thousand Eight hundred and fifty four before me the under signed a Justice of the peace in and for said County and State aforesaid appeared Sterna Vanpatten aged 52 years
who being first duly sworn according to law makes the following declaration and says she is the daughter of Johannes Koning and Hannah Koning and lawful heir to some money due her mother as a pensioner from the United States upon a declaration made by her mother in her life time for we as heirs of the widow do claim the said. Johannes Koning was a Revolutionary Soldier was pensioned at ninety six dollars per annum under the act of the 18th of March 1818
May the first 1820 and March 1823 a private in Capt Grays Company Colonel Van Schoicks Regiment in the New York Army we as heirs claim for three years and one month due my mother further we claim bounty Land as my Father never has received any bounty Land and was a during war Soldier as I have been informed by my Father
I do hereby authorize and appoint Severinus Browne my Legal attorney to act in my claim and in my stead as if I was present as I have full Power of all the heirs and I also claim for money due my Father under the first act passed for the Poor Soldiers
he being a Poor man and further such not sworn to and signed an acknowledgment before me this 13th day of September Sterna Vanpatten 1854 Peter S Van Tyl Justice of the peace

I Certify that I have known the individual who signed the within instrument and know her to be a woman of good character for truth and veracity. I have known her from my youth. I am forty years old and have no reason to doubt that she is the daughter of Johannes Rowany and I have no interest in the matter within stated in no manner or form.
Peter J Van Luyk Esq

STATE OF NEW YORK,
SCHOHARIE COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE.
ss:
I, ALMERIN GALLUP, CLERK OF SAID COUNTY,
do certify that Peter D. Van Tuel whose name is subscribed to the certificate of proof or acknowledgment of the annexed instrument, was at the time of taking such proof or acknowledgment a JUSTICE OF THE PEACE in and for the said county of Schoharie, sworn and duly authorised to take the same; and that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of the said Justice of the Peace, and verily believe that the signature to the said certificate of proof, or acknowledgment, is genuine, and that the same is executed according to the laws of this State.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official Seal the 18 . day of September 185 1
Almerin Gallup Clerk.

State of New York
Albany County ss
On the 15 th day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty nine John S Burst appeared before me the under named one of the justices of the Peace of said county and being by me duly sworn deposed and said that he is in the seventy eighth year of his age and that he was a brother of the widow Mariah King, the wife of John King that the said John King was a pensioner of the United States that said Mariah was married to said John King, in May in the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety three the year before the Reverend Mr. Brulman came to perform ministerial duties services in the town of Cobleskill in Schoharie County which was in the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety four and further said that he (deponent) has always lived within about twenty-two miles from said Mariah until the day of her death and at the time of the said marriage deponent and and the said John King and Mariah resided in the town of Cobleskill in Schoharie County and State of New York and further this deponent says not subscribed and sworn before me this 15 th day of March 1849 John S Burst Mark Amos Flint justice of the Peace of said county,
I certify that I have been acquainted with John S Burst for the nine years last past and that he is a man of good moral character and truth and veracity. Amos Flint

STATE OF NEW-YORK, } I, Charles McLean, Clerk of said County, do hereby certify, that Francis J. Hunt the person subscribing the foregoing Certificate & Aff. and before whom the same was taken, was, on the 13 th day of March 1849 therein mentioned, a Justice of the peace in and for said County of Otsego, and that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice and verily believe that the name subscribed to the said Certificate & Aff. is his proper and genuine signature.
In Testimony Whereof, I have caused the seal of the said County to be hereunto affixed this 20 day of March A. D., 1849
Chas. McLean Clerk.

Katharina Geh (Born) 8 th Nov. 1794 (Daughter) J. Johan König (John King) M. Maria König (Maria King) Zeug: (Sponsors) Jacob Boert Katharina Boert.
The above is a correct record which I found in the record of Baptisms, made by the Rev. Dr. Dietrich, then Pastor of the Evangelical Lutheran Zion Church of Cobleskill. The record is in German, the translation into English I have included in Parenthesis.
Cobleskill June 3 rd 1847 Subscribed and sworn to the 3 rd day of June 1847, before me Beck L. Laroye Justice of the Peace
M. J. Hoven Pastor of the above named Church having the records in my possession.

Johannis Koenig N.Y. Albany - 89/10 no act 18 March 1878 - last paid?
8 July '44
10 th & 11 th Sep 1840
2H
[Signature]

Summit October 11 th 1852.
Dear J. E. Heath.
D. Sir the heirs of Johannes & Maria Koenig. of this county have applied to me to obtain for them, some back pension. which they alledge are due them as heirs of Maria wife of Johannes Koenig they both being now Dead.
They alledge that the affidavits & papers are necessary to intitle them to the back pension of their Mother late Widow of said Johannes. is now at the Pension Office (the Pension claimed for Revolutionary services of said Johannes. Koenig)
Now my Dear Sir will you be so kind as to examine these papers on that subject. & see if they are all right. and if not inform me. What further prop and papers are necessary in the case to intitle them to such back pension. & you will much
Oblige Yours Respectfully Seymour Boughton

Hon J. L. Edwards
Sir
Enclosed I send you some Pension papers on behalf of one of my constituents. Will you please to examine them at your earliest leisure and inform me of your decision thereon.
Dated Jan 26, 1845
Yours & Charles Goodyear
P.S. Will you please to forward to me the papers on file in your office on behalf of the widow of Johannes Koering, a deceased pensioner, her name is either Mariah or Nancy I do not know which
C. Goodyear

No 11386 Marah Koenig Midw of Schenectady NY act 7 July 1838
Reported must. aud 4 April 1844
Jan 15. 1844
book
Ms. Koenig Johannis
L. Edwards Pension Office Washington
Eliza W.H.
Act 7 th July 1838.

Washington January 13 th 1844
Honble J. L. Edwards Comtee:
Sir-
On search, I have not been able to find the papers refered to in the enclosed letter of Gov. Bouch- on the files of Congress-
Are they in the Pension Office? If so, Can any thing be done to make the papers conform to the Laws & regulations of the Pension Office? Or is it a case for the action of Congress? And if so can I have the papers there for that purpose - If you can facilitate the application the Congress I would feel obliged to you to send me the papers for that purpose -
Yours respectfully
A. C. Cary

To the Hon Commissioners of Pensions Washington
Sir - I have employed Mr Charles D Lewis to prosecute the claim of my mother Maria King for Pension under the act of 1898 I beg your permission to allow Mr Lewis to examine the papers on the files of your department -
David his X King Mark
witness Liah Bshaw
I respectfully ask the permission of the Hon Commissioners of Pensions to allow Mr Robert W Young to attend to the above case in my stead -
Charles D Lewis
Newark Aug. 9 th 1893

Hon. John L. Edwards Sir
I received the enclosed papers last evening & from an examination which I have given them, I have come to the conclusion that the application was rejected upon the ground that no proof of the husband's services was furnished - By the law of this Session the necessity of such proof is dispensed with - The marriage seems to be very clearly proved, it would be improper therefore to refer these papers to Congress when there is a clear remedy by an existing law.
Will you re-examine the case in reference to the act of this Session & inform me of your decision thereon - Dated July 10, 1846
Yours & Chas Goodyear
P.S. At the request of a constituent of mine Mr. Seth Chase, I enclose to you a letter from him

To Mr. S. L. Edwards pension pension office Washington City
D.C.
Carlisle Pa April 9 th 1849
Rev. S. L. Edwards Dear Sir,
April 13/49

Mr W. L. Edwards
Dear Sir I hope you will Examine and look over these affidavits, as soon as possible if I understand your letter of the 4 th of March 1847 the objection is answered if it was necessary the credibility of George and Brown be established in the highest degree Carlisle April 5 th 1849 yours Respectfully
Mr W. L. Edwards, Severinus Brown Pension office

Albany September 8, 1853
Sir,
Johannes Koernig, late of the County of Schoharie N.Y. was a Pensioner at $36. per Annum, under act of 1818. and died on the 4 th of April 1846, leaving a widow named Maria, who in her lifetime applied for a Pension under act of 7. July 1838, her Claim was rejected — there are a number of children of the said Johannes & Maria, who desire to renew said application through an administrator, but having heard that one of said children had recently made such application, & being unable to obtain any information from him upon the subject, the daughters request me to enquire whether any such application has been made, If therefore, it is not inconsistent with the rules of your office, you will confer a favor on them by answering the above enquiry — I remain Sir
L.P. Welder Esq. Comm'mer of Pensions
Your Obedient Servt. M m H. Marks

English March 24 th 1858
Dear Sir: you say the Law has not been changed as to the necessary proof of the marriage of Deborah Loring the widow of John Loring a Revolutionary Pensioner Since the decision of your predecessor I hope you will now examine the affidavit which I sent to your Office of
Deborah Loring which was sent about the 2 nd of Jan 1858 which I think must be satisfactory and answer the objection in full please answer this as soon as you conveniently can
Yours Respectfully
John Loring Deborah Loring C. B. Merrill Attorney Attorney for Commissaire Chancery

Carlisle Dec 10th 1854
Dear Sir in Reply to yours of the 25th of Oct I would a- gain ask has Mr Thomas Mutton Sent in the affidavit of Eliza Utman in the case of Moriah Hon- ing the Widow of Johannes Honing Deceased and if so let me know how the case stands as I am the full agent in power he Mr Mutton was at my house about the 14th of Oct and went with me to take the affidavit of Mrs Utman in that case then told me he could make that full affidavit answer with out the Clerk, Scripuate and so I consented to have him send it on to the office now now Sir please let me know what has done Saw him ten days since he says he has not heard from it as yet if you will will let me know you will mark Obey your friend
Severus Brown att for claimant

Carlisle 18 th Oct 1854
Dear Sir I have had Mr Malden Tho Machin from Albany to arrest me in taking an affidavit of Alida Utman in the case of the or heirs widow Moriah Honing for the heirs of said Moriah which I think he has signed as the attuney you know that I was the attuney by Power of said heirs you will there for send the answer to me and Oblige your friend truly,
Severinus Brown attuney for Caimant
Hon, L. P. Waldo Committioner

pen: to com. Nov. 1. 1830
rec d from Cobleskill N. Y. Nov. 1. 1830

Gentlemen
I sent you herewith the papers in the case of Johannes Koenig. I hope the affidavits will be satisfactory evidence in this case.
Cubel Hill October 20 th 1930
I am respectfully Your Obedt Servt, Henry Sharper
Hope John G. Calong Samuel Edwards (Secretary of the War Department)

Hon J. L. Edwards
I herewith transmit additional evidence in the case of Marah King. Will you please inform the petition through me, of its effect -
I ad Feb 27. 1847
Yours & Chas Goodycar,

Oct 23 o 1844
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N.Y. July 1838, Mansfield, N.Y.
Admitted Vice 10 Oct 20
K. Edwards Com. of Pensions Washington City

Richmondville Schoharie County New York Oct. 14 th 1844
Hon. J. L. Edwards I Sir enclosed find you the decla- =ration of Mariat Roeing the widow of Johannes Roeing - who said that her claim was a pension of the United States at the rate of eight dollars per month, hoping they will receive your favorable consideration
I have the honor to be Most Respectfully and Truly Yours
John Westover
Pls. Please direct the certificate to the Subscriber at Richmondville Schoharie County N. York
Many further proof is required Please write to me as soon as possible pointing out the defects
J. Westover

Additional proof in case of the widow Henry Catherine Schoppe County New York

Schuylkill County ss: Thomas Laney of the town of Coalville in the County of Schuylkill on being duly sworn doth depose and say that he is acquainted with George William Brown and Jacob Brown sons of John M. Brown deceased and that such ac- quaintance has extended through thirty years according to the deponent's recollections. That he has known them as men of truth and veracity and should believe their facts stated by them under oath.
Sworn the 30 th day of July 1846 for form Dorsey that Prof. Laney is a respectable witness John Weston Judge of Schuylkill county courts Thos. Laney

State of New York Schoback County
George William Brown of the County of Onondaga in said State being duly sworn deposes & states that as he is informed and believes he is now in the thirty third year of his age. That in the year 1783 he became acquainted with Johannis Koenig and also with Maria Bort- who afterwards became his wife That for about two years previous to her marriage she resided with a man by the name of Christian Brown who was the uncle of this deponent at whose house this deponent frequently visited as he was a first cousin to which he was frequently sent when he came and became acquainted with the said Maria Bort. That this deponent was well acquainted with the said Johannis Koenig while he was courting the said Maria Bort and often saw him call at Christian Browns the home of this deponent as that Cousins. And that in the month of April or May in the year 1793- the father of this deponent whose name was John M. Brown and who was then an acting Magistrate was engaged at work in his shop at the waggon- making business and while so engaged there was a man called on the said John M. Brown the father of this deponent to go to the house of the said Christian Brown to solemnize the mar- riage between the said Johannis Koenig and Maria Bort. That the said John M. Brown went away with

The man and in his return said that he had married them and that this deponent was for many years after acquainted with the said Johann Roering and his wife Maria & knew that they lived together as man & wife and raised a family of children But this deponent further states that he knows it to be in the year 1793 that the said Johann Roering and Maria Bartuber married because it was the year before the brick church in Cobleskill was erected which was in the year 1794. and of this he is certain because the date or year of our Lord that said church was erected is placed in figures in the front wall of the church which is now legible He also knows that it was in 1793. that the said Johann & Maria were married because in this deponent was then nineteen years of age & the same year this deponent had his life insured. This deponent further states that he is and has been acquainted with Jacob Warner of Cobleskill since the ward the Revolution and that he was always considered a man of truth and veracity and that he was always considered as a capable for his retainer memory & that he would narrate what he had transpired years ago with the greatest accuracy Also that he was acquainted with Christian Brown and Jacob Brown and that he believes them to be men of truth and veracity.
Subscribed before me George William Brown July 1846. and that the said George William Brown is a English witness John Weston Mayor of Schoharie county court

N. York Carlisle Sept 17th 54
Dear Sir
will you have the goodness now to Look at the case of the widow Thoring She is the widow of Johannus Thoring who was a Revolutionary Soldier and drew a pension in my last from you you stated that the mode of testimony had not been changed since the decision of your predecessor I then went and got another affidavit of George M c Brown who makes an affidavit founded upon a date of a record in his possession which must be satisfactory to any reasonable man I think the affidavit was sent some time in Jan say about the 10 th and I have not had any answer there from please let me know as soon as as possible and Oblige yours
Respectfully
L. P. Waldo Commissioner
Severinus Brown Agent

Oswego County p.
George Wm. Brown, now resident of the Town of Constantia in said County, being duly sworn before me the one of the Justices of the peace in said County, deposes and says that he was born in the County of Tryon (now County of Schoharie) in the State of New York, on the 5 th day of April in the year 1776. That in the year 1793, the father of this deponent, John M. Brown by name, was an acting Justice of the peace in the County of Tryon (now the County of Schoharie). And this deponent, then seventeen years of age, lived with his father. And about April in the year 1793, this deponent was at the house of his Uncle Christian Brown, about four miles from his father's house, and that Mariah Burt was living at the house of his uncle as a hired domestic, and was courted at the time by John Koenig to this deponent well known, and that about April 1793, aforesaid, the said John Koenig sent this deponent from his Uncle's house when the said John Koenig and Mariah Burt there were, to the house of this deponent's father, John M. Brown aforesaid, to have the said John M. Brown

Came to the house of the Uncle of said depo- nent. And marry the said John Koenig to the said Mariah Burst - And this deponent further says that he went on that occasion as directed and told his father the said John M. Brown, his errand. And that his father immediately went away for the purpose, as he then stated, of performing the marriage Ceremony for the said John Koenig and Mariah Burst. And when his father returned home, this deponent heard him say that he had married John Koenig to Mariah Burst afore- said - And this deponent further says that he was well acquainted with the said John Koen- ig from that time forth until the time of his death, and that the said John Koenig ever after, lived and cohabited with the said Ma- riah Burst as his wife, and had issue several Children by the said Mariah Burst. And this deponent further says that he has now in his possession an account book kept by his father the said John M. Brown, in which is recorded the marriage of the oldest brother of this deponent, January 21 st 1794. And this deponent says that he positively knows that the said John Koenig and Mariah Burst were married about April the year previous to wit. 1793. And further this deponent saith not. Witness { C A Perkins S.D. Severine Brown George M his Brown mark

The foregoing affidavit subscribed and sworn to before me this 16 th day of December 1853
C. A. Perkins Justice of the peace in said county
I hereby certify that I have been acquainted with George W. Brown, the person who subscribed to the foregoing affidavit, for many years, and believe him to be a man of the strictest in- tegrity and fully entitled to credit.
C. A. Perkins Justice -
my dear Cous L. H. Walker home of persons
Mrs. Severina Brown Carlisle Schuylkill County Penns ty

STATE OF NEW YORK, Oswego County Clerk's Office. } ss.
I E. M. Hill Clerk of Oswego County, Certify,
That C. A. Perkins Esq., before whom the annexed affidavit was taken, was at the time of the taking such affidavit a Justice of the peace in and for said County, duly authorized to take the same, and further, that I am well acquainted with his hand writing, and verily believe that his signature thereto is genuine.
In Witness whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the Seal of said County, this the 19 th day of December 185 5
E. M. Hill Clerk

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
REJECTED
6947 aw
P. O. _____
Barick Koenig
Service: widow of Johannes
Enlisted: _____, 18 . .
Discharged: _____, 18 .
Application filed: _____, 18 .
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18 .

Rejected N 11381
Mariah Roening
NY Summit
Schoharie.
Let to John Westover 26 Nov 44
Papers sent to Hon C. G. Goryan
July 9 1846
Let to Hon C. Goryan 22 July '46
" " Same 4 March 47
Letter Severinus Brown 11 Aug - 49
Same June 21 '53
S. H. Clark, 4th October 1853.
act 7 July 1838.

11386
Mannah Root
N.Y.
Letter to John Westover. 26 Nov 1846.
Paper sent to H. C. Goodwin July 9. 48.
Letter to same 22. July 1846.
Id to same March 4. 47
act 7 July 183

11,386 Mariah Koenig 6047 N.Y.
John Westover 26 Nov 1844 (Papers sent to Hon C Goodyear July 9 1845)
Hon C Goodyear 22 July 1845
Same 4 March 1847
Severinus Brown 11 Aug 1849
Same June 21 1853
S H Marks 4 October 1853
Severinus Brown Sep 27 1852
" " Oct. 25/54
Let term Dec 15/54 Rejected.
Johannes a pensioner under Act 1818 and died 4 April 1844.
Mariah died 6 March 1847.
Did not survive passage of Joint
Resolution 3 d March 1851.
T. Ellsworth 7 Feb 1852.
July

1817 Mariah Rosenberg NY Jan 1838
FREE
J. M. Waldo Pension Office Washington Co DC

Sept. 10, 1853.
Left in charge of John and Evening, A.C.
Saml. H. Parker.
Washington D.C.
Val. A. Ely Campus of Russia Washington D.C.

Albany Nov. 6 th - 54
Hon. S. P. Waldo.
Sir Inland is the Certificate of the Secretary of Schenectady Co. as to the death of Maria Koning the Widow of Johannes Koning Decd a Revolutionary Pensioner: and the affidavit of Nicholas Ottmar as to there of Maria which I hope will be satisfactory. I have requested the Hon. John Rowe M.C. to see you on and behalf of the heirs, and who is authorized to attend to the same & should any thing further be required I hope you will have the goodness to let me or him know. I am Most Respectfully Your obedient Servt.
Thomas McKim Attorney for the Heirs of Maria Koning

KOFFMAN, DANIEL (OR)
COFFMAN, DANIEL