Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 12590, Jacob P Cole, New York

SERVICE
New York
bole, Jacob P.
NUMBER
S. 12590
CONTENTS
carded

Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 5 th April 1838 from 4 th Sep 1839 to the 5 th Febry 1840. — Age Notified 3 Dec 1840.
Dead
New York 41923
Jacob P. Cole
of Milan in the State of N. York who was a Private in the Comp. commanded by Captain Hoffmann of the Reg. commanded by Col. Harkness in the N. York line for 6 M s 20 d s .
Inscribed on the Roll of N. York at the rate of 22 Dollars 20 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4 th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 26 day of July 1832 and due to J. Rowley Upper Red Hook
Arrears to 4 th of Mch '33 $44.40 Semi-ann. allowance ending 4 Sep '33 11.10
$55.50
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Book 6.
Geo. C. Stiles Clerk, Vol. 3. Page 57

State of New York } County of Dutchess } ss. On this twenty fourth day of September in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared in open court, before the Judges of the Court of Common
pleas of the County of Dutchess. Jacob P. Cole a resident of the Town of Milan, in the County of Dutchess aforesaid and State of New York aforsaid, aged seventy eight 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 act of Congress passed June 7, 1832. That he entered the service of the
United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated.
In the year 177 4 or 1775, but which, he does not recollect, when he was about twenty one years of age, he signed what was called the association paper, the purport of which was an agreement to oppose the aggressions of Great Britain. In the year 1775, and as he thinks in the early part of the Fall, he enlisted as a volunteer minute man in a company commanded by Captain Herman Hoffman, First Lieutenant Andrew Hermance, under Colonel John Van Ness. He acted as such minute man in the aforesaid company about three or four months, and during that time held himself in readiness to turn out at a minute's warning, but was not, to his recollecion, called out in service, except to parade once or twice a week, during this time. Early in the year 1776, the minute men were disbanded and each one fell into his respective militia company. This applicant fell into the company of Captain David Van Ness in the Regiment of Colonel Morris Graham. In the month of June in the year 1776 he was called out and went to a place called the Hollow in the County of Dutchess to keep guard over the disaffected inhabitants who had been apprehended and were kept there. In this service he was engaged three days. He then returned home

to Rhinebeck (now Red Hook) in the said County of Dutchess & remained at home until the first part of the month of January 1776 when he was called out to go to Westchester County, and went in General Peter Van Brack's Brigade, in Colonel Morris Graham's Regiment and Captain David Van Ness' company. After proceeding as far as Rhinebeck Flats, they were obliged to return & find recruits, on account of the disaffection of many of the soldiers. They were engaged in this about a week & as soon as they had obtained a sufficient number of recruits, they proceeded on their march through Fishkill, the Highlands, Peekskill, Krumpond to Northcattle in Westchester County, where they remained several days. They then proceeded to Williams' where the head quarters were. How long he remained at this place, he does not recollect. He remembers that while here he was sent as one of a picket guard at one time to Delancey's mills two miles distant. From Williams' they retired in the night to Stephen Ward's, some miles north, and the next day continued retiring north to Garrison's Purchase. Here they halted and there being too many officers in proportion to the number of soldiers, a consolidation was made, by which this applicant fell into a company commanded by Captain Peter Westfall, Lieutenant, Cornelius J. Elmendorph. In this company he remained in service at that place for one month. They were then dismissed and returned home sometime in the latter part of February 1776, having been in service at this time at least one month and a half. After this and as he thinks, in the month of June in the year 1778 he was drafted to go to West Point and went there, in a company commanded by Captain Andrew Herimance and served for one month in the said company, during which time he was sent as one of a guard of fourteen men, under the command of Sergeant Conradt Barringer, this

applicant being corporal, to Robinson's on the east side of the river nearly opposite West Point, for the purpose of guarding the head quarters there. At the expiration of the month he was dismissed and returned home, and remained at home, as he thinks, about one year, when he was again drafted, in the month of June 1779, as near as he can recollect, to go to Old Fort Constitution in the Highlands opposite West Point, in the company commanded by Captain Abraham Rip, Lieutenant Ryer, Hermance. He went there in this company and remained in service two weeks, when the provisions became scant, and they were dismissed and returned home. After this, but at what particular time he does not recollect, the militia in that part of the County of Dutchess where he resided, was called out to go to the Highlands, and this applicant went in a company commanded by Captain Andrew Hermance, in the Regiment of Colonel Langdon as he believes, and remained for two weeks in this service, stationed at Bird's, in the Highlands on the east side of the Hudson River, when they were discharged and returned home. In the fall of the year 1779 and as near as he can recollect in the month of September, he was drafted again, for three months to go to Fishkill in Dutchess County, and went accordingly, in a company commanded by Captain Silas Husted, First Lieutenant Cornelius J. Cluendorf in a detachment from the Regiment of Colonel Morris Braham. Here he remained in service under the above named officers for two months and a half as near as he can recollect, when they were discharged and returned home. In addition to the different services above stated he was called out at one time in the spring of the year 1777 and was engaged for a week under Captain

David Van Ness in arresting disaffected inhabitants in the manor of Livingston, and taking them to Esopus Creek on board a brig, on board of which they were imprisoned. - At another time in the Spring of 1777 he was called out and engaged for two weeks at the house of Jacob Thomas in the town of Rhinebeck aforesaid, now in Red Hook, as Sergeant of a guard of the Court Martial held at that place. - At another time, but when he does not recollect, he was again called out & served for one week as Sergeant of the guard of a court Martial held at the same place. - In the month of June 1777 he was called out and went to the Town of Claverack, then in Albany County to transport prisoners from there to Esopus in Ulster County and was engaged in this one week. At another time, but when he does not recollect, he was called and engaged two days in going to Kinderhook then in Albany County on an alarm. - Again he was called out, at what particular time he does not recollect, and went under the command of Captain Andrew Deermance to Esopus and thence to Woodstock in Ulster County and was engaged four days in arresting disaffected persons and taking them to Saugerties in the same County, for trial.
This applicant was also called out and was in the service in behalf of the United States on several other occasions, but how often or how long he does not now recollect.
This applicant was born in the Town of Rhinebeck in that part which is now Red Hook on the 28 th day of January in the year 1754. - He has no record of his age.

He has always resided in the Town of Rhinebeck now Red Hook, both before, and at the time when he was called into the service, and has lived in the same town ever since, until about the middle of April in the year 1882 when he removed into the town of Milan in the County of Dutchess aforesaid, where he now lives -
The names of some of the regular officers who were in the service, with the troops where he served are. General Mc Dougal, General Scott. General Peter Van Buren, Colonel Morris Graham Colonel Langdon, Major Nicholas Fish, Major Paine -
This applicant never received any written discharge from the service, and has no documentary evidence of his service. He refers to Christian Allendorf, Gottlieb Martin Nicholas Benestael, Cornelius J. Allendorf who reside near him, who can testify to his character for veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier of the revolution -
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State -
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid }
Jacob P. Cole
Harry Brewster Clerk
We George A. Shufeldt and George Schoell, residing in the Town of Red Hook in the County of Dutchess hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Jacob P. Cole who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration. That we believe him to be seventy eight 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.
Yours Affectionately George Shatt
Sworn and subscribed
Henry Brainerd
[Faint, mirrored text from the reverse side of the page, visible through the paper.]

State of New York } Dutchess County } ss. Personally appeared before me the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace of said County Jacob P. Cole, who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his services, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades - For one month I served as a corporal For six months & twelve days I served as a Serjeant and for such service I claim a pension - And the said deponent further saith that for the reason above stated he cannot swear positively as to the particular periods of all his tours of service, but to the best of his recollection the different services rendered by him as Serjeant of the guard of Court Martial, as set forth in his declaration, were rendered in the year 1777 and the officer who commanded the company was Cornelius J. Cluendorf Lieutenant Commandant And further that the tour of service of two weeks in the Highlands as set forth in his said declaration was performed in the year 1780 to the best of his recollection - And further the service of four days in Scopus & Woostock as set forth in said declaration was performed in the spring of the year 1777 to the best of his recollection -
Sworn & subscribed before me May 28 th 1833.
W. Rowley Justice of the Peace
Jacob P. Cole

148621
Jacob, P. Bale
e.j.
adm d
John Rowley Upper Red Hook Dutcher's Barn

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
183
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Jacob P. Cole of Milan in Dutchess County New York
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     1774 only never called out a minute man Capt Hoffman Col Vansup through State of New York Rhinebeck Traditional   1776 3 3 Private None Dutchess County N.Y. Evidence of living witnesses   " 1 " Vansup Graham   1778 1 " Hermann   1779 14 " Elip   afterwards 14 Hermann   1779 2 15 Age 78   1777 7 " Vansup   " 14   again 7 "   Jan 1777 2 Hermann   again 4   6 20  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this _____ day of _____ personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of _____ in the county of _____ and State, Territory or District of _____ aged (c) _____ 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 provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) _____, with _____ and served in the _____ (e) regiment of the _____ line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of _____.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I, _____ of the Court of _____ do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of _____ &c.
If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the _____ and C. D. residing in (the same) _____ hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _____ 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 the day and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. _____ who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the _____ and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the _____ and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, _____ Clerk of the Court of _____ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this _____ day of _____ &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person

will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following ( m ) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it? { To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?  7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____ For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[k] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

Jacob B. Cole
additions disall
Adm d 6 mo. 20 ds

STATE OF NEW-YORK, County of Dutchess,
ss. I, HENRY I. TRAPER , Clerk of
the County of Dutchess, DO HEREBY CERTIFY , That John Rowley
whose name is subscribed to the annexed examination , was at the time of taking the same , a Justice of the Peace
in and for the County aforesaid, dwelling in the said County,
And Further , That I am well acquainted with the handwriting of the said John Rowley and verily believe that the signature to the said examination is genuine.
In Testimony Whereof , I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said county, the sixth day of June A. D. 1833
Henry I. Traper

STATE OF NEW-YORK, County of Dutchess,
ss. I, HENRY I. TRAPER, Clerk of
the County of Dutchess, DO HEREBY CERTIFY, That John Rowley
whose name is subscribed to the certificate hereto annexed, was at the time of making the same, a Justice of the Peace
and for the County aforesaid, dwelling in the said County,
And Further, That I am well acquainted with the handwriting of the said John Rowley and verily believe that the signature to the said certificate is genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said county, the sixth day of June A. D. 1833
Henry I. Traper Clerk

Rev War
12590 INVALID.
am
File No. 12,590
Jacob P Cole Rev War
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index:—Vol. A , Page 78
[Arrangement of 1870.]

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
November 24 th 1840.
Sir :
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," The widow of Jacob P. Cole, a Pensioner on the Roll of the New York City Agency, at the rate of Twenty two Dollars and 20 Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832. has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of Sept. 1839. to the 6 th Feb'y 1840, the day of his death.
Respectfully yours,
William B. Harris
Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions, Present.

State of New York }
County of Dutchess } ss - Nicholas Borested of
Redhook in the said County of Dutchess being duly sworn says that he is acquainted with Isaac P. Cole of Milan in the said County, and has been acquainted with him since the commencement of the revolutionary war, and this deponent knows him to have been in the service of the United States in that war.
This deponent knows that the said Cole was in the service in January & February in the year 1777 in Westchester County, as he believes for as much as a month & a half in a company commanded by Captain David Van Ness & by Captain Peter Westfall in Colonel Morris Grahams regiment. This deponent was in the same service.
This deponent further says that the said Cole was often out in company with deponent at other times in service, but how often, or how long he does not recollect.
The said Cole was always attached to the cause of the United States & ready to turn out in service when required.
This deponent believes the said Cole to be a man of veracity.
Sworn and subscribed before me September 22 d 1832
Nicholas Borested
Mr. Rowley Justice of the Peace

State of New York
Dutchess County } ss - Gotlope Martin of Red Hook in
the County of Dutchess aforesaid being duly sworn says that he is acquainted with Jacob P. Cole of Milan in the said County and has been acquainted with him since the commencement of the Revolutionary war. And this deponent further says that he knows by reputation that the said Jacob P. Cole was in the service of the United States in the Revolution, in Westchester County, and as this deponent thinks in the months of January & February of the year 1777 - this deponent having been a Lieutenant in the same company, which was commanded by Captain David Van Ness. This deponent proceeded with the company as far as Rhinebeck Flats, and was there dismissed on account of there being too many officers for the number of privates, and returned home. He saw the said Jacob P. Cole in the company at that place, & saw him proceed on the way towards Westchester County from there. And always understood & believes that he remained there during the term of service and he saw him return home, he having called at deponent's house in the town of Rhinebeck now Red Hook, on his return. He then resided in Rhinebeck aforesaid very near deponent.
During the time that the company remained in the County of Westchester this deponent received a letter from Captain David Van Ness, dated at White Plains requesting deponent to come & take command of the company as he wished to return home. Deponent went as far as Peekskill and there met Captain Van Ness on his way home & was informed by him that it was unnecessary for him to proceed any further - as the company was under the command of Captain Peter Westfall as a consolidation had been made, there being too many officers in proportion to the number of

State of New York } Dutchess County ss } Cornelius J. Elmendorph of the Town of Red Hook in the County of Dutchess aforesaid being duly sworn deposes and says that he is acquainted with Jacob P. Cole now of Milan in the said County of Dutchess, and has been acquainted with him since the commencement of the revolutionary war. And this deponent further says that he knows the said Cole belonged, during the revolution, to the same company of militia with deponent, and deponent knows that he was often out in service in behalf of the United States during the revolution but how often or how long he does not know. This deponent knows that the said Cole was always willing to enter the service whenever called upon. And this deponent further says that from incidents and circumstances related by the said Cole, this deponent verily believes that he the said Cole was in the service at one time in the winter of 1777 in Westchester County in a company of which David Van Ness & afterwards Peter Westfall was Captain & this deponent Lieutenant in Colonel Morris Graham's Regiment, in a tour of at least a month & a half, and afterwards in the fall of 1779 on a tour of service for about two months & a half at Fishkill in Dutchess County in a company of which Silas Husted was Captain & this deponent Lieutenant in a detachment from Colonel Morris Graham's Regiment but deponent cannot distinctly recollect having seen him. This deponent further says that the character of the said Cole for veracity is good.
Sworn & subscribed } before me September } 21 st 1832
Cornelius J. Elmendorph Geo. Rowley Justice of the Peace

State of New York County of Dutchess } ss. Henry Trator of the Town of Red Hook in the County of Dutchess aforesaid being duly sworn, deposes and says that he is well acquainted with Jacob P. Cole, now of Milan in the said County, and has been acquainted with him since the commencement of the Revolutionary war -
And this deponent further says that he knows the said Cole to have been in the service of the United States at one time during the revolution for one month as he believes, and as near as he can recollect in the month of June or July, or in the summer of 1778 at West Point & in the Highlands on the east side of the Hudson, at Robinson's, where he was sent as corporal of a guard - This deponent was in the same service & was one of the aforesaid guard -
This deponent knows that the said Cole was a decided whig during the revolution and always willing to assist in the struggle for independence when called upon -
This deponent believes that the said Cole was in the service at other times during the revolution
And deponent believes the said Cole to be a man of veracity -
Sworn & subscribed } before me September } 24 th 1832
his Henry Trator mark
Mr. Rowley Justice of the Peace

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And the court further certifies that it appears to them that George A. Blumfeldt & George Shook who have signed the preceding certificate are residents in the Town of Red Hook in the County of Dutchess and are credible persons & that their statement is entitled to credit. And the court further certifies that in their opinion the persons whose affidavits precede to wit Nicholas Bensted, Gottlob Martin Conzelin, J. Christopher Horny, Drator, cannot, on account of their infirmity, be produced in court without too much inconvenience.
I, Henry J. Trauer clerk of the County of Dutchess and of the Court of Common Pleas of the same, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Jacob P. Cole for a pension. And I do further certify that John Rowley before whom the four preceding annexed affidavits were made and taken was at the time of taking the same a Justice of the Peace of said County and that his signatures, annexed to said affidavits are genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 28 th day of September 1832.
Henry Trauer Clerk
14804 Jacob P. Cole

State of New York
Dutchess County } ss. I John Rowley a Justice of the Peace of the County of Dutchess aforesaid do certify that I am acquainted with Nicholas Bonesteel and Henry Trator whose affidavits are herewith annexed to the declaration of Jacob P. Cole, that they are credible persons and their statements entitled to credit. And I do further certify that I was acquainted with Cornelius J. Cluendorf and Gottlope Martin whose affidavits are also herewith annexed to said declaration, in their lifetime, that they were credible persons and their statements entitled to credit. Given under my hand June 6 th 1833.
J. Rowley Justice of the Peace