Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 5536, for Cornelius Phelps, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Phelps, Cornelius
W. 5536
Philena
B.L.W. 11284-160-55
CONTENTS

8,532
New York
Cornelius Phelps 4
of Naples in the state of New York who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Webb of the Connecticut line, for the term of 8 years
Subscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 16th of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 29th of March 1819 and sent to Stephen Phelps Esqr Jr's Canandaigua New York
Arrears to 4th of Mar: 1819 10 mos 15/20 3/4 = 85.37 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Sep: 1819 48. $133.37
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Not entitled
Notification sent the 20th June 1820 to Stephen Phelps, Esqr Canandaigua
M. Phelps

New York 2,605, A. B.
Philena Phelps, widow of Cornelius Phelps who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private of Line
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 96. Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued the 22 day of October 1853 and sent to
Sam l Lake Buffalo N.Y.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 85 , Vol. A

96418 det mar 3
Apel 24 } 55
Philena Phelps widow Cornelius Phelps Priv:
Christie Collett
Leonard Linn Ent } Linn }
Rev. Linn
Rev. Pensioner 1848 Feb 53 - 2605
No. D. 160 acres Dec 1/55
Lodge
WW
Samuel Lake
Buffalo
N.Y.
Vol P. page 78.

State of New York
Eric County ss. Dudley Phelps being duly sworn according to law on his oath says, that he is a son of Cornelius Phelps deceased, that he died in the town of Evans in said County of Eric on the month of March 1843. The deponent was present at the death and funeral but he cannot remember the day of the month. The deponent further says that his widow Philena Phelps now resides in Carrollton in Cattaraugus County as he is informed and believes. That the said Cornelius Phelps was married to her in Gorham Ontario County in the month of April 1814. as he always understood and believes, and that her name before her marriage to the father of the deponent was Philena Warren Warner and that they, after that date, lived together and sustained family relations. The deponent was not present at the marriage but has no doubt of their legal marriage and has no interest in making this application or this deposition — Sworn and subscribed this 21 st day of May 1853 before me and testify the deponent is a credible witness.
Dudley Phelps
Samuel Lake Commissioner of Deeds for the City of Buffalo

State of New York
Genesee County ss. Nancy Johnson being duly sworn according to law, on her oath says that she was present at the marriage of Cornelius Phelps and Philena Warren, that they were married in the Town of Seneca (or Rochester) in the County of Ontario in this State on or about the 26 th of April A.D. 1814 by a Presbyterian Clergyman by the name of Merrill, that the Deponent is a Daughter of the said Philena Warren now the Widow of Cornelius Phelps.
That the said Cornelius Phelps was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States and has been dead for (10) years this Spring. That he died in the town Evans in the County of Erie, as she has always understood and believes to be true, at the time above stated. Sworn and subscribed,
This 17 th day of May 1853
Before me and I certify the deponent is a credible
Nancy Johnson
Witness —
Horace B. Houghton a justice of the peace in and for said county of Genesee
State of New York
Genesee County ss My Commission
I certify that H B Houghton is a Justice of the peace in and for said county as above written and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is his genuine signature
Witness whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my official Seal this 18 th May 1853
M. G. Loper atty

State of New York, {
ERIE COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE.
ss.
I, WILLIAM ANDRE, Clerk of said County, and of the Courts thereof, certify that Samuel Lake before whom the annexed affidavit was taken, and whose name is subscribed in the certificate of proof thereof, was at the time of taking the same, a commissioner of deeds, in and for the City of Buffalo, in said County, duly sworn and acting as such, and authorized to take the same: and further, that I am well acquainted with his hand writing, and verily believe the signature thereto, to be his genuine signature.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of said County and the Courts thereof, the 23 day of May
A. D. 185 3 .
W Andre Clerk.

Claims of Cornelius Phelps April 16 th 1828
Connecticut Colt. S. D. Webb 1781 — War
Connect by a Duke of... J. S. ... The Honorable Secy of War
Adm c

State of New York Ontario County } ss
Cornelius Phelps of the Town of Naples in the county of Ontario and State of New York formerly from the town of Lima in the County of New London and State of Connecticut being duly cautioned and sworn does on oath depose say and declare that he is a native citizen of the United States and that he served this country in the War of the Revolution and that he enlisted in the Town of Lima in the State of Connecticut in the Spring of the year 1781 as a private soldier in Capt. Bissell's company (as he believes) afterwards commanded by Capt. Douglass in the 3 d Connecticut Regiment commanded by Col. Webb and that he the deponent served until the end of the War and then received an Honorable discharge which is herewith transmitted - And the deponent further saith that he is Fiftyseven years of age in the incipient circumstances and in need of support from Government and therefore prays that his name may be placed on the pension list pursuant to an Act of Congress passed March 18 th 1818 - entitled An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval Services of the United States in the Revolutionary War" and further the deponent saith not
Cornelius Phelps
Sworn to and subscribed taken before this Sixteenth day of April 1818 before me
Stephen Phelps A Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Ontario

State of New York Ontario County ss
I Stephen Phelps a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Cornelius Phelps did serve in the Revolutionary War as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy and I now transmit the proceedings and testi- mony taken and had before me to the Secretary for the Department of War pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned Act of Congress
Canandaigua April 18 th 1818
Stephen Phelps
I do further certify that the the said applicant Cornelius Phelps is personally known to me and that I have no doubt of his being in reduced circumstances & in need of the assistance of his Country for Support
Stephen Phelps a Judge etc

(2) The Honorable Secretary of War if my claims are allowed will please to forward a certificate of the same to Stephen Phelps Esq. who is my agent April 16 th 1878
Cornelius Phelps

State of New York Ontario County } ss: Clerks Office
In Testimony that Stephen Phelps whose name is subscribed to the foregoing Certificates was on the day of the date of the same one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Ontario & that the same is his signature I hereunto subscribe my name & affix the County Seal at Canandaigua this 2 nd day of July A.D. 1818
Am c McNair C ly

Philena Phelps Revolutionary Pension Claim Act 3, Feb. 1853
Samuel Lake Atty Buffalo NY

State of New York Cattaraugus County ss
Daniel Warner being duly sworn according to law on his oath says that he resides in the town of Carrollton in said County, that he is aged forty five years, that he was personally acquainted with Cornelius Phelps in his lifetime who was a pensioner of the United States at ninety six dollars per annum. That the said Cornelius Phelps died in the month of March 1844 at the town of Evans in the County of Erie New York as this deponent is informed and verily believes that this deponent was not present at his death or funeral. That the said Cornelius Phelps and Philena Phelps his widow who made the annexed declaration lived and cohabited together as husband & wife at the time of the earliest recollection of deponent and at the time of the death of the said Cornelius in the year 1844 and they were reputed such among their neighbors. This deponent further says that the said Philena has not been married since the death of her said husband but still remains a widow and now resides in the town of Carrollton in the County of Cattaraugus New York -
Sworn & subscribed this 18 th day of May 1853 before me & I certify that the deponent is a credible witness -
Daniel Warner
Chester Home
County Judge & Surrogate

State of New York Cattaraugus County ss. On this Eighteenth — day of May — A.D. 1853. personally appeared before me a Judge of the County of Cattaraugus and of the Courts thereof, in said State. Philena Phelps, a resident of the town of Carrollton in said County, aged Seventy Seven years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the Act of Congress, of the 3 d of February 1853, granting pensions to widows of persons who served in the Revolutionary war; that she is the widow of Cornelius Phelps, deceased who was a soldier in the Revolutionary War, and a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States at the rate of Ninety Six dollars per Annum, at the time of his death, not being in the possession of the pension certificate she cannot state the act under which the pension was granted.
She further declares that she was married to the said Cornelius Phelps on the twenty sixth day of April on thousand eight hundred & fourteen (1814) in the Town of Gorham Ontario County in this State, by a Minister of the Presbyterian Church by the name of Merrill; that her said husband died on the 20 th day of March (1844), Eighteen hundred and forty four; that she was not married to him prior to the second of January eighteen hundred, but at the time above stated, she further declares that she is now a widow.
Philena Phelps
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me. Chester Howe
County Judge Thurgate

Samuel Lake of the City of Buffalo is hereby appointed my legal Attorney to obtain my Pension Certificate. To whom I request all reports made, and the certificate when issued to be sent to him. Truly - Philena Phelps
Cattaraugus County ss. I hereby certify that Philena Phelps who has made the foregoing declaration before me, in consequence of bodily infirmity is unable to attend Court. - -
Chester Hove County Judge of said County
State of New York,
Cattaraugus County, Clerk's Office, } ss.
I, Eno S. Southwick, Clerk of said County and of the courts thereof, do hereby certify that Hon. Chester Hove, before whom the foregoing declaration was sworn to and subscribed, and whose name is subscribed to the certificate thereof, was, at the date thereof, County Judge and Surrogate, in and for the county aforesaid, duly elected, sworn and authorized to perform all the duties of county Judge & Surrogate as aforesaid and to administer oaths & affirmations. And further that I am well acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe that his signature above written is genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal at Ellicottville May 20th. 1853.
Enos S. Southwick
Clerk.

State of New York, Cattaraugus County ss. Philena Phelps being duly sworn according to law, on her oath says, she is the widow of Cornelius Phelps deceased, and as his widow, made application for a pension under the Act of 3 rd February 1853. That in addition to the facts therein stated, the deponent says she has no certifi- cate of her marriage or record thereof. That her declaration was made before the Hon. Chester Howe Judge of said County & of the Courts thereof, on the 18 th day of May last — Sworn and Subscribed } Philena Phelps This 8 th day of June 1853 Before me — (Daniel Warner Justice of the peace)
Note. This should have been stated in her declaration but was omitted —

State of New York County of Cattaraugus
Clerk's Office } ss. I, Enoch H. Southworth Clerk of said County and of the Courts thereof, do hereby certify that Daniel Warner Squibb before whom the foregoing Dec- laration was sworn to and subscribed and whose name is subscribed to the certificate thereof was at the date of the same a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid dwelling in the said County duly elected sworn & authorized to administer oaths and affirmations. And further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said Justice of the Peace and verily believe that his signature above written is genuine. - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal at Ellicottville June 13. 1853 Enoch H. Southworth Clerk (att.)

Application for Bounty Land.—ORIGINAL CLAIM.
State of New York ss. COUNTY OF Cattaraugus
On this 16 day of April A. D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty five personally appeared before me Phoebe Fuller a Justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid Philena Phelps aged 81 years, a resident of Carrollton in the state of New York who being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of Cornelius Phelps deceased, who was a Soldier in the Company commanded by Captain not known in the in the war with Great Britain declared by the United States on the 18th day of June, 1812  called the Revolutionary War For the proof of her marriage and death of her husband she refers to her application for her pension that her said husband Served in the Revolution
and continued in actual service in said war for the term of several years and was honorably discharged at the close of his enlistment that he was a Revolutionary Pensioner at his death and reference to his application will show service She further states that she was married to the said Cornelius Phelps in the town of Goshen New York on the 26 day of April A. D. 1814 by one Rev Mr Merrill and that her name before her said marriage was Philena Warner that her said husband died at Evans in Erie Co NY on the 20 th day of March A. D. 1844 and that she is now a widow and a Pensioner of the United States her pension Certificate is No 2605 and dated the 22 nd of October 1853 She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which she may be entitled under the Act approved March 3d, 1855. Samuel Lake of Buffalo NY is hereby appointed my Attorney to prosecute my claim and receive any Warrant which may be issued thereon.
Applicant Philena Phelps mark
We James Gillett and Howley White residents of Carrollton in the State of New York upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Philena Phelps in our presence, and that we believe from the appearance and statements of the applicant that she is the identical person she represents herself to be.
James Gillett Howley White
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written: and I certify that I know the Affiants to be credible persons; that the Claimant is the person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim. The applicant can not write and signed by making her mark and fully understands the contents J. P. Higinbotham Justice of the Peace Cattaraugus County

insert names of witnesses
State of New York
Cattaraugus County ss. James Scuff and Horacy White being duly sworn according to law, on their oaths say that they reside in Carrollton in said County and are not interested in the claim of the said Philena Phelps. That they are well acquainted with the said Philena and have been intimately acquainted with her since the death of her husband Cornelius Phelps. That she is still the widow of the said Cornelius Phelps and has not been married since his death.
Sworn and subscribed this 16 day of April 1855 Before me and I certify that the deponents are credible persons
James Scuff Horacy White
Chase Fuller Justice of the Peace of said County
State of New York County of Cattaraugus Clerk's Office
U.S. vs. Moses H. Southwick, County Clerk, and Clerk of the County Court in and for the County aforesaid. do hereby certify that Chase Fuller Esquire whose genuine signature appears above, was at the time of signing the same a justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, duly elected, sworn, and authorized, and that all his official acts as such Justice are entitled to full faith and credit and that said County Court is a Court of Record having general jurisdiction. I also certify that I have no interest in the result of this case and am not concerned in its prosecution. Given under my hand and official seal at Ellicottville in said County the 18th day of April A.D. 1855
Moses H. Southwick County Clerk of Cattaraugus County
96418

In the matter of Cornelius Phelps a Pensioner

In the matter of Cornelius Phelps a Pensioner

State of New York
County of Ontario } ss
On this twenty third day of May 1823 personally appeared in open Court (being a Court of Common Pleas in and for said County and constituted a Court of record by proceeding according to the course of the Common law with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount and keeping a record of its proceedings and recognized as such Court by the laws and judicial decisions of said State) Cornelius Phelps resident in said County aged sixty five years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the acts of Congress of the 18th March 1818 and the 1st May 1820, that he the said Cornelius Phelps enlisted for the term of one year on the - day of April in the year 1781 in the state of Connecticut in the Company commanded by Captain Bissell in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Saml. Webb in the line of the state of Connecticut on the Continental establishment that he continued to serve in the said Corps until 26 th April 1782 when he was discharged from the said service in West point in the state of New York that his name has been placed on the pension list and dropped therefrom on account of his property And in pursuance of the act of the 1st May 1820 I do solemnly swear that I was a resident Citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818 and that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War" passed on the 18th day of 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 what is contained in the Schedule hereunto annexed and by me subscribed. Viz 1 - 10 qt. Iron pot 1.50 1 Iron kettle 75 2.25 1 Frying pan 25 3 small casks 75 1 :

  Sundry old worn out articles 1.   1 old barrel & 50 lbs poor meat 1.50   4 old knives & forks .12 1/2   1 hand saw 25 1 old square 25 .50   1 old gun barrel 1.25 1 shaver 12 1/2 1.37 1/2   1 chest 37 2 small trunks 75 1.12 1/2   1 axe $1 one sheep $1 - 1 Trammel $1 3.   1 pot Tongs .62 1/2   25 lbs of Iron from an old one horse waggon 1.55   $11.12 1/2 
That by occupation I am a Carpenter but owing to infirmities unable to work at my trade that my wife aged fifty years resides with my Brother in law but being in a state of decline has not been able to do but little work for eight years that my son Charles aged five years also resides with my wife at this time that since the exhibition of my first schedule the following changes have been made in my property Viz An article for seventy five acres of land given up, the article having run out on which one hundred dollars was paid out of my first pension money 2 horses since dead and 2 Cows killed for the support of my family, as also a few small articles
Sworn before me a Judge Cornelius Phelps of the courts of Common Pleas in said County this the 23 rd day of May 1823 Moses Atwater
State of New York Ontario County } ss I Ralph Sester Deputy Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said county do hereby certify that it appears to the satisfaction of the Court that the said Cornelius Phelps did serve in the Revo- lutionary War as stated in the preceding declaration

against the common enemy for the term of nine months under one engagement on the Continental establishment I also certify that the foregoing oath and 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 fourteen dollars and three cents In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court this 28 th day of May 1823
Ralph Sester Clp CLK

Case of Cornelius Phelps
0,532
169.68
(Sept 1819)

base of Cornelius Phelps
0,532
169.68
Sept 1819

To the Hon. the Court of Common Pleas of the county of Ontario, holden at the Court House in Canandaigua, in and for said county, of the term of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty—
I, Cornelius Phelps being an actual resident of the town of Naples in said county, having been placed on the Pension List of the United States, by virtue of the act, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War," passed the 18th day of March, 1818, do hereby, pursuant to the act in addition to the act above mentioned, passed May 1st, 1820, exhibit to said Court the following as a Schedule containing my whole estate and income, (my near wearing apparel and bedding excepted) that is to say:—
   Two Cows $32. — One Calf 2.00 $34   One old Horse 5. — part of an old Waggon 12   four pigs 4. — two Sheep 2.00 6 50   One old Chest .50 — 1 Small Trunk 1.00 1 50   Sundry Articles of kitchen furniture 4 68 3/4   1 Broken Kettle 2. — 1 Small Kettle 1.00 3 00   1 Saddle (old) 6.00 1 Small brass Kettle 2. — 8   An article for 75 Acres of land for which   I have paid one hundred dollars out of my pen- 100   —sion money heretofore received 169 68  
I do on my oath further declare that I am fifty nine years of age and that I served in the revolutionary War in the company commanded by Capt. — in the Regiment commanded by Col. Samuel B. Webb in the Connecticut line as set forth in my original declaration bearing date the sixteenth day of April 1818 and that I received a pension Certificate No 8532. And further that I am by occupation a farmer and that by age and infirmity I am able to perform but little manual labour and that my family consists of my wife 46 years old and very feeble 3 Children 3, 10 & 15 years of age, and that I am indebted thirty six dollars and liable to be called on for the same and which is over and above what is due on the abovenamed law
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name this 22 nd day of May 1820
Cornelius Phelps
The foregoing exhibit inventory and Statement of facts sworn to in open Court the 22 nd day of May 1820

I, Cornelius Phelps do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner whatever, disposed of my property or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War," passed on the 18th day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, 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 what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed.
Sworn this 22 d day of May 1820 in open Court } Cornelius Phelps
AT a Court of Common Pleas, held at the Court-House in Canandaigua, in and for the County of Ontario, before the Judges of said Court, on the 22 d day of May of the term of May in the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty.
PRESENT— Nathaniel W. Howell Stephen Bates Micah Brooks Moses Atwater } JUDGES.
EX PARTE In the matter of Cornelius Phelps } The said Cornelius Phelps a Pensioner residing in the town of Naples in said County. } of the United States, having exhibited a schedule subscribed by him, containing his whole estate and income, (his wearing apparel and beds and bedding excepted) in pursuance of an act of Congress of the United States, entitled "An act in addition to an act, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War," passed on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, passed May 1st, 1820; and having taken, subscribed and produced to this Court the oath or affirmation by said act required, and said Court having heard evidence of the nature and value of the property mentioned in said schedule and duly considered the premises, are of the opinion that the property contained in the said schedule is of the value of One Hundred and Sixty nine dollars and Sixty eight cents, and they hereby order their Clerk to certify the same in due form.
Ontario County, } I, John Van Hosen Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Ontario county, do hereby certify the foregoing schedule and copy of the oath or affirmation of Cornelius Phelps are true copies of the original schedule and oath or affirmation now on file in my said office, and also that the above opinion and order of said court touching the value of the property set forth, is a true copy of the minutes of said court in the case of said Cornelius Phelps a United States' Pensioner.—In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County, this 22 d day of May 1820
John Van Hosen CLK

Rev. and 1812 Wars Section
AWF/HMM
October 17, 1929.
Mrs. Edna Thompson Bice 450 East Madison Street Franklin Indiana.
Dear Madam:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 5536, it appears that Cornelius Phelps enlisted in Lyme, New London County, Connecticut, in April 1781 and served as a private in Captains Bissell's and R. Douglass' Companies, Colonel Samuel B. Webb's Connecticut Regiment and was discharged December 29, 1782.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 16, 1818, at which time he was living in Naples, Ontario County, New York, aged fifty-seven years.
He died March 20, 1844 in Evans, Erie County, New York.
The soldier married April 26, 1814, in Seneca or Gorham, Ontario County, New York, Philena Warner. She was allowed pension on her application executed May 18, 1853, at which time she was living at Carrollton, Cattaraugus County, New York, aged seventy-seven years.
In 1820 the soldier referred to three children as aged two, ten and fifteen years. No names were given. His son Charles was five years old in 1823.

The soldier's son, Dudley, was alive in 1853.
One Stephen Phelps was Judge of the Court in Ontario County, New York in 1818. No relationship shown.
There are no further family data.
Very truly yours,
EARL D. CHURCH Commissioner.

1905 Oct 6 First to Miss Edna L. Reed 1907 Oct 17 First to Miss F. Edith Graft V.L. St. Later in 1907 Thos. Frink 1923 Dec 19. Hon Daniel A. Reed given date of death. See letter to carbon in Nathan Hatches S. 21798 1929 Oct 17. High La Mrs. Edna J. Rice and S.
Very
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 5536  Phoebe Phelps  Widow  Cornelius Phelps  Pvt. Rev. War   Act: Feby. 30/53 Index:—Vol. 16 , Page 127 
[Arrangement of 1870.]

No. 96418
ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855.
Received Apr. 24 th 1875.
Cornelius Phelps - Pri. Sec. Col. Webb.
Comm. Lend
Rev. War
11284 - 160 - 55 -
Samuel Lake
Buffalo
N.Y.

New York
Conklin Phelps
Private
1781 end of the war
Aged 85 years by occupation a Carpenter, but owing to infirmities unable to pursue the same, wife aged 50 years resides with the applicants Brother in Law. Son aged 5 years lives also with his Brother in Law. His wife is in very bad health.
Schedule dated 22 May 1820
Real Property 75 Acres of land purchased with his pension money valued at $100.00 Personal Property 69 58
$169.58
owes $36 for the above mentioned lands.
See letter March 13, 1837, to E. Goss Esq.
Schedule under March 1823
Dated 23 May 1823
Real Property none
Personal do in amount $16.03
Accounts for the decrease of his property as follows. viz.
The Article of agreement between the applicant and E.W. Cleveland he as has resigned to the said Cleveland, not being able to comply with them, and the time has expired when he should have complied with them. See Authenticated Copy of the Article of agreement filed within. 2 Horses dead 2 cows killed for the use of his family
and the affidavit of the said Cleveland 27.54
Restored 20 Augt 1823
Seymour Esq
(See letter to E. Goss, March 13, 1837)
Canandaigua
Nov 1836

Application in the Act March 1. 1823. Suspended Re-letter to O. Seymour Esq June 20. 1823.

✓ M. 284
9
Ver Ance

Nov. 24. 1853.
Appel 2 Phelena
Phelp invent
of 6 pages
buttarangon
or
has
11/19
Waldo Ag
case of pensions
Washington
Dec

On OH Oct 18. 53
Sir
Please certify date of Cornelius Phelps death, 196 - act 1818, New York roll.
Resp y
J. Burdick & Miles 3. Aud. Commr.
Cornelius Phelps, #8. p. m. - act 18 th Mar. 1818. - Paid to 4 th Sept. 1844. Part no date of death on our Books.
J. Burdick Auditor.

Conn. 1
Cornelius Phelps
M. 5-5-36
Discharge Cert.

Cornelius Phelps, M.D. Conne.
Richardson New York
Miss. Ely Br So out Snowing Point to thirty-shackled

Cornelius Phelps a the soldier in the 7 th Comp y 3 d Comp t Reg t when term of service expire The 31 st Inf t is recommended for a Discharge
West Point 29 th 1782
By your Most Ob t Serv t
A. Douglass Capt o
Col. Webb
The above named Cornelius Phelps is hereby discharged from the Army Sam l M c Watt Colonel Commanding Brigade
West Point (Dec r 29 th 1782)

No. 3.310
New York
Phoebe Phelps wife of Cornelius
Oct 3. Feb. 53
Adm. J. W. Mann. from Oct. 1853
Alb.
Samuel Lake Pittsfield M. M.

Rec d 4 Aug 1823.
March 1823.
NY.
Commissioner of the Genl.
Edwards By War Department Washington City

Canton Aug 28 July 1823
Dear Sir
I enclose a copy of the article of agreement between Cornelius Pheeps & Mr. Cleveland agreeable to the instructions contained in your Letter of the 20 th June
I am very respectfully Y r M c V. Kent O. Seymour Canton

Philena Phelps

Brief in the case of Philena Phelps wid o of Cornelius Cattaraugus County and State of New York act 3 February 1833
Claim, ("original," or "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband pensioned Act 1818 at $96 — marriage identity proved by parol evidence there being no record.
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Name and residence of Agent Sam d Lake Buffalo N.Y.
M c Rea Examining Clerk.

State of New York County of Ontario ss
Personally appeared before me the within named Cornelius Phelps and E. W. Cleveland who after being duly sworn by me declared that the original article of agreement of which the within is a copy was relinquished about three years ago and given up
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 22 nd day of July 1823 Harvey Pettibone J.P.
E. W. Cleveland Cornelius Phelps
State of New York Ontario County ss
I certify that Harvey Pettibone whose signature appears to the above certificate was on the 22 nd day of July 1823 a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly appointed and sworn In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County this 28 th day of July 1823
Ralph Lester Dep. Clk

State of New York County of Ontario ss
Personally appeared before me the within named Cornelius Phelps and E. W. Cleveland who after being duly sworn by me declared that the original article of agreement of which the within is a copy was relinquished about three years ago and given up
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 22 nd day of July 1823 Harvey Pettibone J.P.
E. W. Cleveland Cornelius Phelps
State of New York Ontario County ss
I certify that Harvey Pettibone whose signature appears to the above certificate was on the 22 nd day of July 1823 a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly appointed and sworn In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County this 28 th day of July 1823
Ralph Lester Dep. Atty

Articles of agreement made and concluded this 29 th Sept r 1819 between E.W. Cleveland of the town of Naples County of Ontario and state of N. York of the one part and Cornelius Phelps and state of the town County and state aforesaid of the other part as follows the said E.W. Cleveland agrees to sell to the said Cornelius Phelps, seventy five acres of land from the north end of lot 30 & 8 in the 9 th range of lots in township 80 in the 4 th range of lots in Phelps & Gorham purchase bound on the east north and west on the original lines of the lot and on the south by a line to be now parallel with the north line sufficient to contain seventy five acres of land and in consideration for the above the said Cornelius Phelps agrees to pay the said E.W. Cleveland two hundred and fifty dollars to wit fifty dollars in merchantable pine boards in thirty days from date of this article fifty dollars in merchantable nut stock under seven years of age In two years from the above date; fifty dollars in three years from the above date the half in said nut stock and the other half in first rate of pine boards and in four years from the above date fifty dollars in cash together with animal interest on the whole from the date of the above written agreement and on the payment of the above contract according to the above agreement the said E.W. Cleveland agrees to give to the said Cornelius Phelps a good and sufficient immediate deed of the above mentioned and further the said E.W. Cleveland is to have the use of the pasture and mowing land this fall and what is sown with wheat until the crop is harvested he also reserves a messuage of Appletrees on said premises for two years - And for the due performance of the above covenants and agreements the said parties do bind themselves their heirs executors administrators and assigns in the penal sum of five hundred dollars firmly by these presents In witness whereof the said parties to their presents have hereunto set their hands and seals the day and year above written: Signed sealed and delivered in presence of
Agnes Viles Colum V. Luther
Cornelius Phelps E.W. Cleveland Isaac Watkins Security
I certify that the above is a true copy of an original agreement Naples Feb y 22 nd 1823 Henry Pottacum Justice of the Peace

14 Feb
Ephraim Goff Care Caroline Phelps Revolutionary Claims Ms Ans March 13 1837.
papers
77
Hon. J. S. Calhoun Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.

Hon J. S. Edwards
Tottington July 6. 1837.
Dear Sir
I send enclosed the petition of Cornelius Phelps with his claim to entitlement to a restoration to the pension Roll as of the day he was struck from the same. I hope any small defect in form will not prevent the papers from passing at this time as Mr. Phelps has been put to considerable expense & trouble to procure the affidavits of his witnesses who reside at some distance from him -
Should there however be any defect in form or substance which will prevent render it necessary to have new papers you will please advise me & return the enclosed as soon as is consistent with your the pressing duties of your station.
Respectfully your ob't Servt.
William Lloyd.

State of New York Cattaraugus County ss. I certify that on or about the 18 th day of May last Philena Phelps widow of Cornelius Phelps deceased (who as is alleged was a revolutionary Pensioner) made her declaration before me in order to obtain a pension under the act of the 3 rd February 1853 and that in addition to the facts certified by me I further certify that I have no interest in the claim and am not concerned in its prosecution
In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 19 th day of September 1853.
Chester Howe
County Judge Prorogate.

J. P. Waldo Esq Comr. of Pensions
Buffalo Sept 22 d 1853
Sir I send the Claim of Widow Phelps with the proofs One of the witnesses was sworn before me - I am not interested in the pension to be obtained by the Applicant, whose son has agreed to pay me for preparing the proofs -
Respectfully Yours Samuel Lake

State of New York Monroe County 3 25
To J. S. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions,
The Petition of the undersigned would respectfully represent, that he is a pensioner of the United States under the Act of 18 th of March 1818, that his pension Certificate is dated the 29 th day of March 1819, that he drew by virtue of said Certificate on or about until the 20 th day of January 1820 when he was stricken from the Roll on the ground that he had in his possession some real Estate, that he purchased said real estate & agreed to pay for it out of his pension, that he never paid any thing toward said real estate for the reason that he was stricken from the Roll and therefor lost it that he was not worth any thing at the time he was stricken from the Roll even to the value of a Cow, that he was restored again to the Roll on the 30 th day of August 1823, and that the following is a true copy of said Restoration -
War Department
Pension Office 30 th August 1823.
Sir,
In Conformity with the law of the United States of the 1 st March, 1823, authorizing the Secretary of War to restore the names of certain persons to the list of pensioners, You are hereby notified, that your name has been this day restored to the pension Roll of the New York Agency, and that agreeably to the provisions of said Act your allowance as a pensioner will commence from the 23 rd of May 1823 the day on which the evidence was closed upon which you obtained a restoration to the list.
To Mr. Cornelius Phelps United States Pensioner Care of O. Weymouth Esq. Canandaigua
I am Respectfully
Your Obedient Servant
J. S. Edwards.
W. B. Ladd

That his pension Certificate is in the usual form that payable at the rate of Eight Dollars, per month, that he does not recollect the precise time when he was stricken from the Roll but that he thinks it must be on the Records of the Pension department and that, whole time that he was so stricken from the Roll according to his best recollection is three years and seven - months ten and that the prayer of your petitioner is that he be restored to the pension Roll as of the day when he was stricken off and that he be allowed to draw from the time last agreed to the day of his restoration at the rate of Eight Dollars per month which as the undersigned computes it amounts to three hundred & forty six Dollars & sixty six cents and your petitioner hopes that inasmuch as he was unjustly stricken from the Roll the Government will cheerfully extend to him the necessary relief and grant to him his reasonable request.  Cornelius Phelps
State of New York Monroe County } ss
On the 23 d day of December 1836 before the Subscriber a justice of the Peace in and for said County personally appeared Cornelius Phelps above named who being duly sworn deposed and said the facts set forth in the foregoing petition are true according to his best knowledge and belief and I further certify that I am well acquainted with the said Cornelius Phelps and that he is a credible person and that his statement is entitled to credit.
Ephraim Goss Justice of the Peace.
State of New York Monroe County ss. I certify that Ephraim Goss Esq. was on the day of the date of

The above certificate by him subscri- bed, a Justice of the peace in and for said county, and that I am well acquainted with his handwriting and verily believe that the above sig- nature, purporting to be his, is genuine Witness my hand and official seal this twenty fourth day of January 1837 Samuel G. Andrews clerk
State of New York Ontario County } ss
Otis Fuller being duly sworn deposes and says that he is well acquainted with Cornelius Phelps the signer of the Annexed Petition, that he is a credible person and that his statement is entitled to credit, that he was acquainted with his circumstances at the time he was stricken from the Roll as mentioned in his petition and that he was then worth no property even to the value of a Cow.
Otis Fuller
Subscribed and sworn this 17 th day of January 1837 before me
Cornelius W. Cleveland Justice of Peace
State of New York Ontario County } ss
Lyman Cummings being duly sworn deposes and says that he is well acquainted with Cornelius Phelps the signer of the Annexed Petition that he is a credible person and that his statement is entitled to credit that he was acquainted with his circumstances at the time he was

Stricken from the Roll as mentioned in his Petition and that he was then worth no property to the value of a Cow Lyman Cummings
Subscribed and Sworn this 17 th day of January 1837 before me
Ephraim W. Cleveland J. Peace
State of New York
Ontario County clerks office p. 3 I hereby certify that
Ephraim W. Cleveland before whom the affidavit last above written was taken, was on the day of the date thereof a justice of the peace in and for said County Elected and Sworn And duly authorized to take the same and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe the signature of the said justice to be genuine and further that his term of Office commenced on the 1 st day of January 1835 and will expire on the 31 st day of December 1838.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court of Common pleas of said County this Eighteenth day of January 1837 Edmund A. Griswold Dep Clerk
Cornelius Phelps Petition etc 1836

RECORD DIVISION.
Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Briefed by L. D. L.
Claim No. _____
Certificate No. _____
Claimant _____
Soldier Cornelius Phelps
Service N.Y.
Additional Service Rev. War
No _____ claim, State records _____, 190_____
No claim, combination records _____, 190_____
REMARKS:
No claim. Try Wid. # 5536

MRS. EDNA THOMPSON BICE 450 EAST MADISON STREET FRANKLIN, IND.
July 29 th /29
Commissioner of Pensions Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir,
Do you have a record of the services of Cornelius Phelps who served in the Revolutionary War, with the Connecticut Troops. If so will you please send the same. And oblige
# 450 E. Mrs. Edna T. Bice Madison St. Franklin. Ind.

Buffalo Sept-23/908. 282 Lexington Ave.
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington D.C.
Dear Sir:
Will it be possible to send me the complete record of Cornelius Phelps - a Revolutionary Soldier buried at Evans Center, Erie Co - N.Y. Was this the same Soldier

who was living in Hawore, Chelanque so - in 1840?
Information also desired of Agatha Wm Clark of Colchester, Conn.
Hoping for a reply, I am Yours truly.
Annie C. Reed -
(Mrs Edward S.)

as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- in this "r" n. l
   DATE OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Apr. 178 2y 7m 2d Pvt. { Bissell R 11 Douglas Samuel B. Webb Conn.   2y 7m 2d  
one Stephen Phelps was judge of the court in Ontario Co. N.Y. in 1818
Battles engaged in,
Residence of soldier at enlistment, at New London Ct.  Enlisted at New London.
Date of application for pension, Apr. 16. 1818. He was a...
Residence at date of application, at Ontario Co. N.Y.
Age at date of application, He died at New London Ct. N.Y. Feb. 20. 1844.
Remarks: Soldier married at Seneca or Syracuse Ontario Co. N.Y. April 6. 1814. Philena or Philena Warner. She was allowed pension on an application filed May 11. 1853 which a record of her enlistment in Co. A. N.Y. aged 77 yrs. In 1820 she had 3 children. Charles was married in 1823. Mr. Dudley was alive in 1853. Nancy Johnson was the daughter of Philena. No other names of her children.
Very respectfully,