Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 5,030, Andrew Cole, Continental Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental. Mass.
cole, Andrew
S. 5030
CONTENTS
carded.

3020
Massachusetts
Andrew Cole
of Middlesex in the State of Mass who was a P t of Arty in the Company commanded by Captain  of the Reg t commanded by Col l Knapp in the Mass line for 1 Year P t of Arty 3 (Mar, 23 d Reg t of Infy 8 " 7 " P t of Arty
Mass s Continental Line Records
Inscribed on the Roll of Mass Apr, 29 th at the rate of 96 Dollars 28 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14 th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 12 th day of Dec r 1832 and due J H Lord Plymouth Mass
Arrears to 14 th of Sept 1832 $144.42 Semi-ann. allowance ending 4 Mar 33. 48.14 $192.56
{ Revolutionary Claim, { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J H Blain Clerk Book D - Vol. 2 nd Page 43.
Dead.
Paid at the Treasury under the act of April 6 th 1838 from 4 th Sept r 1840 to 20 th Jan y 1841. Agent notif d Sept r 1 st 1842

Declaration &c of Andrew Cole for a Pension
Andrew Cole
Private of Artillery 1 year Sergt of Inf'y 3 mo. & 23 d Private 8 mo. & 7 2 years
amt
$96.28
Return to be made to Jacob H Lond Probate office Plymouth
Jacob H Lond Esq Plymouth Mass

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of 7 th June 1832.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts County of Plymouth ss.
On this Eighth day of August A.D. 1832 personally before the Judge of Probate now holding office for the County of Plymouth present Mr. Wood Judge appeared Andrew Cole, a Resident of the Aldborough in the County of Plymouth & Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged seventy seven years who being first duly sworn, according to Law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of provision made by the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 - That on Eighteenth day of October 1819, he was put upon the Pension Roll of the United States under the act of March 18. 1818, and received a Certificate thereof from the then Secretary of War, which Certifi- cate is hereunto annexed, and that he was afterwards struck from said Roll on account of property & that he is the same identical person named in said Certificate - and he doth further on oath declare, that he entered into the service of the United States by enlistment for the period eight months on or about the month of April 1775 in the Company commanded by Capt Isaac Wood & belonged to the Regiment under the Command of Col. Theophilus Cotton, and was stationed at Roxbury in the State of Massachusetts & there served as a private during the period of eight months - That after the expiration of said eight months to wit on or about the month of December 1776, he enlisted for one year in the train of Artillery as a Gunner in

The Company commanded by Capt. Thos. M. Foster in Col. Knox's Regiment, that he served out the period of his said enlistment, and during the first part of said time, he was stationed at Cambridge & Dorchester Heights in the State of Massachusetts, but after the British evacuated Boston he marched to Long Island in the State of New York and was stationed on said Island & in the vicinity of the City of New York for the remainder of said year.
That in the year 1779 he enlisted as a private and in or about the month of July 1779 he marched from Springfield in the State of Massachusetts to West Point in the State of New York in the Company then commanded by D'Arches and afterwards by Capt. Timothy Dennick which belonged to the 12 Massachusetts Regiment commanded at first by Col. Brener & afterwards by Col. Sproat. And that this last enlistment was for the term of nine months and that he served out that time in the vicinity of West Point. And he further declares that he was in several other short campaigns. That at the time of his said several enlistments he resided in the Town of Middleborough aforesaid & that he ever since has and still does reside in the same Town - and according to the best of his recollection, residence of the services above mentioned are now in the Department of War, he having proved the same when he applied for a pension under the act of March 18. 1818.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to

a pension or annuity except the present & declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the agency of any State.
Sworn to & Subscribed the day & year aforesaid Andrew Cole
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Attest Jacob H. Lord Reg r of Court of Probate
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier & served as he states.
Attest Jacob H. Lord Reg r of the Court of Probate
I Jacob H. Lord Register of the Court of Probate for the County of Plymouth, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Andrew Cole for a Pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court of Probate this eighth day of Aug- ust in the Year of Our Lord One thou- sand eight hundred & thirty two.
Jacob H. Lord

Rev War
5030
INVALID.
File No. 5030
Andrew Cole
Rev War
Act: June 7 th 1832.
Index: Vol. M , Page 74
[Arrangement of 1870.]

15. 47 R Massachusetts
Andrew Cole
of Middlesex in the state of Mass: who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Rooy — of the Massachusetts line, for the term of one years
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of — 8 — Dollars per month, to commence the 18 th of Sep. 1819
Certificate of Pension issued the 15 th of Oct. 1819 and sent to Nahum Mitchell Esq. East Bridgewater Mass —
Arrears to 4 th of Sep 1819 portion of Semi-ann. all ce ending 4 th March 1820 — 44. 69
5 mo. 13/30 4/30
$ 44. 69
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18 th March, 1818. }

Andrew Cole from Col. Spots Regt volun 23 July 1779 - for 9 mos appd Sept 1 Jany 1780 - disch 23 April 1780 —

Andrew Gole. Middleboro' Mass.
on Roll
Bradford Certificate written,
Adm d
E Bridgewater, Mass

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
Plymouth
ss.
On this 18 th day of Septem r A. D. 1819, before me the subscriber, one of the Judges of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Southern Circuit, personally appeared Andrew Cole of Middleboro. Mas. aged sixty four years, resident in the said Circuit, who being by me first duly cautioned according to law, on his oath made the following declaration, by him signed, in order to obtain the provision made by the late 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."
I Andrew Cole depose set forth and declare that I enlisted into Thomas W. Foster's Company & Col. Knox's Reg t of artillery in the Mass. line in Dec: 1775 for one year and continued to serve faithfully therein till the first day of June 7. 1777 & was honorably discharged at Puckikill - afterwards in July 1779 I enlisted for 9 months in Capt. Lieut. Sim o Remick's Company & 12 th Mass. Reg t commanded by Brewer & afterwards by Shroat, & continued to serve out said 9 months faithfully & was honorably discharged at Fishkill but have lost my discharge. I also served other short campaigns - that from my reduced circumstances I need the assistance of my country for support. Andrew Cole

I Gershon Foster of Middleborough Mas. do solemnly depose testify & declare, that the said Andrew Cole served in the Company & Regt. and for the term of one year in the Artillery as he has since stated - I was Sergeant in the same Company, and he was gunner.
Gershon Foster
And I, the said Judge, do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction, that the said Andrew Cole did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the com- mon enemy, for the term of nine months, on the continental establishment; and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me, to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress, and I am satisfied the said needs the assistance of his country as he has sworn.
Nahum Mitchell
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
ss.
1818.
I HEREBY CERTIFY, That is one of the Judges of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Southern Circuit, consisting of the Counties of Plymouth, Norfolk, Bristol, Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket in said Commonwealth—that the same Circuit Court of Common Pleas is a Court of record—that the signature to the above cer- tificate is the true signature of the said Judge, and that the seal thereunto affixed is the seal of the said Court.
} Clerk of the Judicial Court for the County of

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT,
Sep r 25 th 1819
BY THIS I CERTIFY, That it appears by public, official documents remaining in this Department, that Andrew Cole served as a Soldier in Capt.  the Colonels' Company, and Col. Sprout Regiment, (being one of the Regiments in the Massachusetts Line, and on the Continental Establishment,) in the American Army, in the War of the Revolution, from July 23 d 1779 to April 23 d 1780 , being year and  nine months, the time for which he enlisted —
Wlden Bradford
Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
August 11 th 1842.
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 Executor of Andrew Cole, deceased, late _____ a Pensioner on the Roll of the Massachusetts Agency, at the rate of ninety six — Dollars and _____ Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 1 st of Sept. 1840, to the 20 th Jan'y 1841.
Respectfully, yours,
 Comptroller
To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS,
Present.

Andrew Cole Middleboro'.
Payable semi-annually. The first payment on this Certificate will be made on the 4th of March next, in Boston, at the Branch Bank of the U. S.
Bank

War Department.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I CERTIFY that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th March, 1818,
Andrew Cole . . . . . late a Private in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Massachusetts Agency, at the rate of eight . . . . . dollars per month, to commence on the eighteenth day of September . . . . . one thousand eight hundred and nineteen
GIVEN at the War Office of the United States, this 18 th day of October — one thousand eight hundred and nineteen
J. C. Calhoun
Secretary of War.

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Cole, Andrew GRADE Private LINE New Jersey
WARRANT NUMBER 8171 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED May 23, 1791 to Andrew Cole —
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.