Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 43404, Samuel Coe, Conn.

SERVICE
Conn.
Coe, Samuel
NUMBER
S. 43404
CONTENTS

9138 New York R
Samuel Coe
of Lisle in the state of New York who was a Serjeant in the regiment commanded by Colonel Willis of the Connecticut line, for the term of Two year & 10 months, 1777-
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 25 of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 12 of Apr 1819 and sent to Jona Lewis Esq Lisle, Broome Cty New York.
Arrears to 4th of March 1819 10 6 / 30 82 03 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Sept 1819 6 mos 48.
$130.03
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued
Specification cont. for 1818 to 1819 to Jona Lewis Esq Lisle, Broome Cty New York

New York 559
Sarah Coe
widow of Samuel Coe who was a Pr. & Sergeant in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 29 Dollars 27 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 24 th day of June 1843 and sent to David Pye Clarkstown, N. York
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A. Vol. 1. Page 103.
Reported
Act
Wm McKim
Apr 11/51
See Elizabeth Coe widow Saml. W. N.Y. due 1838

State of New York, Broome County ss. On this 25 th day of April A.D. 1882 before me the subscriber, one of the Judges of the Court of common Pleas in and for the County of Broome, personally appears Samuel Goe, aged Sixty three years, resident in the town of Lisle County of Broome aforesaid, who being by me first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the 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" that the said Samuel Goe enlisted about the first day of January A.D. 1777, at Peshokee in the State of New York, in the company commanded by Capt Henry Chapman, under the command of Col Samuel Willis of the Connecticut line, that he continued to serve in said corps about two and a half years when he received a commission in the Quarters Master General's department and continued in said office in the service of the United States, until December A.D. 1782, when he was discharged at Soper Bay in the State of New York - that he was in the Battle at White Plains & many other skirmishes - that he is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his Country for support - and that he has no other means now in his power of his said services -
Samuel Goe -
Sworn to and declared before the subscriber Jon a Lewis one of the Judges of the Court of common Pleas in & for said Broome County -
Jon a Lewis
I Jon a Lewis judge as aforesaid do certify that I am personally acquainted with Samuel Goe above mentioned and have seen him in reduced circumstances and believe him to stand in need of the assistance of his Country to make himself & family comfortable
Jon a Lewis

Broome County ss Caleb Hyde and James Stoddard of the town of Lisle County of Broome aforesaid, being duly sworn, saith, that they have been personally acquainted with Samuel Coe, the person within named, and believe the statement set forth in his foregoing affidavit to be correct as it relates to his circumstances —
Personally appeared Lisle April Caleb Hyde
8 th 1818 Before me Caleb Hyde James Stoddard & James Stoddard and made oath that the above affidavit by them subscribed is true
Jonathan Lewis
Judge of Broome Common Pleas
I Jonathan Lewis Judge as aforesaid do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Samuel Coe did serve in the Revolutionary war as stated in the preceding Declaration against the Common Enemy and I have transmitted the proceedings and Testimony taken by before me to the Secretary of the Department at war Pursuant to the directions of the aforesaid act of Congress
Ad 1818 Jonathan Lewis
Judge of Broome Common Pleas
Broome County ss.
I hereby certify that Jonathan Lewis above named at the time of signing the above was a judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County and that the signatures are in the proper hand writing of the said Jonathan Lewis. —
Samuel Coe
Cor Sam
Broome Clerks Office July 13. 1818
A. Doreback Clerk

Schedule.
State of New York Cortland County ss.
On this 12 th day of September 1820 personally appeared in Open Court, being a Court of Record by the laws of said State for the said County of Cortland Samuel Coe aged Sixty five Years resident in the town of Virgil in the said County of Cortland, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows. That he enlisted during the war in 1777 in Capt. Henry Champions Company in Col. Saml. Willis Reg. N.Y. Gen. Samuel H. Parsons Brigade in the Connecticut line & served four Years. that he was appointed in the Staff, annexed to the New York Troops and served in the Brigade commanded by Gen. Samuel Clinton for three Years. that the date of his original application is on the 20 th of April 1818. and the Certificate of place thereof is numbered 9138.
Samuel Coe 9138 Cortland NY
And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th 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 18 th 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 hereto annexed and by me subscribed. Real property I have none. I am possessed of one middling Cow. 2 Yearling Hogs. 9 Sheep. 1 plough. 1 Sythe. 1 Sickle. 1 old Table. 2 old Chests. 6 old chairs. 1 Cradle. 1 pr. old Shovel & Hoes. 1 Set old Knives & Forks. 1 Set Cups & Saucers and a few small articles old Worn in amounts worth probably three Dollars.
Samuel Coe
And the said Samuel Coe further declares he is by occupation a farmer that he is unable to perform hard labor being old & debilitated & unable to support himself. that he has a wife named Mary aged Sixty five a cripple unable to labor at all, having had both her legs & one arm broken. that he has a

Daughter living with him name Betsey aged Twenty Six who contributes much to his support & without whom he could not support himself. One boy ten Years old name Michael Brown bound by the Dower of Virgil to him until of age who is unable to perform labor other than errands & the like. That he was in the Battle at Long Island in 1777: in the battle at Kingsbridge on the retreat from Long Island in the Battle at White Plains, and in the storming of Stony Point & in various skirmishes, besides being in Sullivan's Campaign against the Indians. That he served in the revolution- ary War not for emolument but the love he bore his Country. That he has since the War been appointed under Governor Clinton & Tomkins to various posts from Major to Brigadier Genl from which station he retired has served as a Military Officer in the Militia for upwards of Twenty Five Years. That he is now old & extremely poor and turns with anxiety from his penniless state to the magnanimity of his Country believing that his long & faithful services during the stormy period of the revolution ought to be rewarded and that he ought not to be left in old age to penury & want.
Sworn to & Declared on this 13th day of September 1820 before.
Samuel Coe
Edward C. Nade Sarah Niles
Oliver Wiscoll } Judges of both the Common Pleas
I Joshua Ballou Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Cortland do hereby certify that the forego- ing oath and the Schedule thereto annexed are truly copies from the record of the said Court & 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 Forty Four Dollars. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court on this Thirteenth day of September 1820
William Billings Clerk

Copy of Will of Mary Coe
additional probate.
No name or service given
Recd July 1. 1864

In the name of God amen I Mary Coe of Oakland Township Venango County and State of Pennsylvania late of the State of New York. being in good health of body and of sound mind memory and understanding (praised be God for for it) Considering the certainty of death and the uncertainty of the time thereof and to the end that I may be the better prepared to leave this world whenever it shall please God to call me hence do therefor make and declare this my last will and testament in manner following (that is to say) first and principally I commend my soul into the hands of Almighty God my Creator. and that my funeral shall be conducted without pomp unnecessary parade or ostentation and that the expenses thereof together with all my just debts be fully paid Second. I give and devise to my second daughter Hannah Hackett of the State of New York. one dollar. Third I give and devise to my youngest daughter Amy Crain the like sum of one dollar Fourth I give and devise unto my oldest daughter, Jane Fuller her heirs and assigns forever, the sum of three hundred and Eleven dollars and

and Eighty Seven Cents now in the hands of Sidney Fuller also Fifty dollars that he has already received besides all my property real personal or mixed of what ever nature or kind soever, and when- soever, the same shall be at the time of my death or any legacy or bequest, that may at any time become due or owing unto me from any of my relations or other persons And do Nunnally constitute and appoint Sheldon Fuller of the County of Warren, and State of Pennsylvania Executor of this my last Will and Testament hereby revoking and making void all and every other will or wills at any time heretofore by me made and do declare this to be my last Will and Testament And whereas there is a sum of fifty dollars due me from Rufus Huntley of the State of New York. It is my Will and true Meaning and I do hereby direct, that the same immediately after my death shall be discharged of the said debt by my Executor In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the Eleventh day of February

One thousand Eight hundred and fifty one Mary. Coe
The same was duly probated } before A Coburn Regr 19th April 1857.
Trumbull County ss
I do hereby certify that the within is a true and correct copy of said Will as recorded in Will Book No 3. page 46. In testimony of which I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 21st day of June AD 1864 H B Logan Rev for Johnston Heep

State of Pennsylvania
Venango County
David Fuller of Oakland Township in County aforesaid Being duly sworn deposes & saith that he was acquainted with Samuel Cae of Virgil Cortland County N.Y. in his lifetime and that he died same time in the summer of 1824 and Deponent further saith that Mary Cae was the wife of Samuel Cae and that he was present and witnessed the marriage of Samuel Cae and Mary Cae and Deponent further saith that Samuel Cae was a pensioner and that he died leaving Mary Cae poor and without the means of supporting her self Deponent further saith that he is seventy four years of age and further saith that Samuel Cae died in the Town of Virgil Cortland County and State of New York and Deponent further saith that Mary Cae lived previous to her death with her daughter Jane Fuller in the Town of Oakland County and State aforesaid and that Mary Cae died on the ninth day of April 1857 David Fuller sworn and subscribed before me this 22 nd day of June AD 1864
N.B. Neely Justice of the Peace
State of Pennsylvania
Venango County
Corline Cutter of Oakland Township said she is her

State of Pennsylvania Venango County ss
Caroline Cutter of Oakland Township said County being Duly sworn Deposed & saith that she was acquainted with Mary Lee and that she died on the ninth day of April AD 1851 and that she was of the Town of Virgil Cortland County and State of New York and said to be the wife of Samuel Lee deceased and Ruben before me this 22 nd day of June AD 1864
N. B. Neely J.P.
Caroline Cutter
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, PROTHONOTARY'S OFFICE, VENANGO COUNTY, SS:
I, C. E. Lytle, Prothonotary of the said County, do hereby certify that N. B. Neely Esqr whose name is subscribed to the Certificate of Proof or Acknowledgment of the annexed instrument in writing, and endorsed thereon, was, at the time of taking such proof or acknowledgment, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, dwelling in the said County, and duly authorized to take the same; and that I verily believe that the signature to the said certificate of proof or acknowledgment is genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal, this 25 th day of June AN 1864 C. E. Lytle Prothonotary.

Mr. Charles H. Coe, Langdon, D.C.
In reply to your request of 5th inst, received 5th inst for a statement of the military history of Samuel Coe, S.F. 43404 a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Jan 1. 1777 2 1/2 years Sgt. Henry Champion Samuel Wyllys Conn.   then Commissioned as Quartermaster General's Dept. N.Y. Troops under General James Clinton, and served until Dec 1782. Since After the Revolutionary War served under Governors Clinton and Tompkins as Major General and Brigadier General of Militia for 25 years.  
Battles engaged in, Oct 1776 White Plains, Aug 1776 Long Island, Jan 1777 Kingsbridge, 1779 Stony Point. and in 1779 Sullivan's campaign against the Indians.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Enlisted at Pehpkil N.Y.
Date of application for pension, Apr 25, 1818. His claim was allowed.
Residence at date of application, Dirlo, Broome Co. N.Y.
Age at date of application, 63 years: died July 15. 1824 at Virgil Cortland Co. N.Y.
Remarks: In 1820, sol. referred to his wife Mary, aged 68 years, daughter Betsey, aged 26.
Mary Coe died Apr. 9, 1851. There were two daughters Jane
Fiddler, Fanny, and Amy Coe.

43.404
INVALID.
Perry
File No. 43.404
Samuel Coe
Seiz Her Inv
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 8 , Page 96
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1909. Aug 18. First to Charles H. Coe. m.13.11

N. York Sarah Coe mt. to D. Pye 15 Feb. 1840
Act July 1838

Samuel Sergeant  Love  Love Lisle, Broome County, New-York.
January 1777 - 2½ years in Col. Wyllys regmt. Connecticut line afterwards in M aj . Department, until December 1782.
April 25, 1818.
ad Jonathan Lewis, judge Lisle, Broome Co. New-York.

Sand Cove N.Y. Rev file Act 1818 No. 9138
Treasury Department,
2 D AUDITOR'S OFFICE,
July 3 -14 1864
Respectfully referred to the
Commissioner of Pensions
E. B. Lynch
Auditor.
C.H.F. Prin.

State of New York, Cattaraugus County, ss:
Rufus Huntley of Little Valley, in said county, being duly sworn, deposes & saith that he was acquainted with Samuel Love of Virgie, Cortland county, N.Y., in his lifetime, and that he died on or about the fifteenth day of July, 1824, and that he attended his funeral; and deponent further says that Mary Love was the widow of Samuel Love, and that he was present & witnessed the marriage of Samuel Love & Mary Love; and deponent further says the said Samuel Love was reported to be a pensioner, and that he died leaving Mary Love poor & without the means for supporting herself.
Deponent further says that he is sixty- eight years of age. Deponent further says that Samuel Love died in the town of Virgie, Cortland county, New York. Sworn and subscribed
before me this 6th day of June, 1864. } Rufus Huntley
H. Bucklin,
Justice of the Peace.

State of New York, Cattaraugus County, ss:
Tammy Hunsley, of Little Valley, in said county, being duly sworn, deposes and saith that she was acquainted with Samuel Love in his lifetime, that he died on or about the fifteenth day of July, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-four (1824), and that she attended his funeral, that he died in the town of Virgil, Cortland county, N.Y., and deponent further says that Samuel Love was reported to be a pensioner, that Mary Love was his widow, that she witnessed the marriage of Samuel Love & Mary Love, and that Samuel Love left Mary Love, his widow, in needy circumstances. Deponent further says that she is sixty-five years of age accor- ding to the best of her knowledge. Sworn and subscribe before Tammy Hunsley me this 6th day of June, 1864.
Miller Bucklin, Justice of the Peace.
State of New York, } ss. Cattaraugus County Clerk's Office.
THOMAS A. E. LYMAN, Clerk of said County, and of the Courts of record thereof, do hereby certify that
Miller Bucklin Esq.
before whom the annexed affidavit were was taken, and whose genuine signature appears to the Jurat thereto, was at the date of the same a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly elected and sworn, and authorized to administer oaths and affirma- tions and to take affidavits.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of said County and Courts, this day of June A. D. 1864.
Thomas A. E. Lyman Clerk.

CHARLES H. COE, LANGDON, D. C.
Hon. Louis Pavesi Washington, D.C.
Aug. 19, 1909
Dear Sir: Two weeks ago I wrote you asking for information ( all the Bureau could give me ) relating to the following persons:
1- Samuel Coe, who served in the Revolution in Conn. line. 2- William Coe, who served in Revolution in Maryland line.
Was my request unreasonable?
If I could obtain the inf. elsewhere I would not now be bothering you again.
Yours truly, Charles H. Coe.

CHARLES H. COE, LANGDON, D. C.
Aug. 5/09.
Com'r Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir: Please give me all  information you have on the following, and greatly oblige:
1) Samuel Coe, sergt. Conn. line; pensioned in 1849.
2) William Coe, corp. Md. line; pensioned in 1818 Off. 423
3) Any references to Humphries , Va. , before, during, or immediately following the Revolution.
Anything reliable that you may be able to send me will be thor- oughly appreciated. Yours truly, Charles H. Coe