Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 2457, Valentine Coosard, New Jersey

SERVICE
NUMBER
New Jersey
Coosard, Valentine
S 2457
Carded
CONTENTS

Pittsburgh Pa 7077. Ohio =
Valentine Coosard
of Portage Co in the State of Ohio. who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Snyder of the Regt. commanded by Col. Morgan in the M. I. militia time for 9 months from 17/6
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio at the rate of 30 Dollars 00 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 28 day of Feby 1833 and sent to Jno. Whittlesey Esq. Ravenna O
Arrears to 4th of March 1833. $ 60.00 Semi-ann. allowance ending 4/Sept '33. 15.00
$ 75.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk, Book E. Vol. 8 Page 4
Dec: 5. see let: to Cyrus Phoe- -tipp, Ravenna, Ohio —
Transf. to Pittsburgh Pa on 8. Feby 1834. from 4. September, 1833
Notification sent to Pensioner, care of Houle St. Loane, House of Reps.
Date of death not on ad.

9436 Valentine Coonack Coos Bay

The State of Ohio ss On this 27th day of August AD 1832 Portage County ss ss personally appeared before the Supreme Court of the State of Ohio Valentine Coosard a resident of Brimfield in the County of Portage and State of Ohio, aged eighty seven years, who first being duly sworn according to Law doth in his oath make the following declaration in order to attain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed June 7. 1832 -
that he volunteered into the Army of the United States in the year 1776, at Amboy in the State of New Jersey, for nine months - in the Company Commanded by Captain Snyder, in the Regiment Commanded by Colonel Magaw of the New Jersey Line, and served out said time under the said officers - there was also the usual officers but I have forgotten their names - I served at Fort Lee, and Fort Washington, was in the battle at the latter Fort where I was taken prisoner, carried to New York, and confined in the noted Sugar House at that place - two months - I received a discharge at Amboy, but I do not recollect who signed it, as I long since lost it - I do not know of any living witness by whom I can prove my services as most who were with me froze to death, and died in the Sugar house -
He hereby renounces every claim whatever to a pension, or annuity except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency of any State - that Signed in presence of John N. Skinner Valentine Coosard. Before me John N. Skinner Dept. Clerk S. Court. Where and in what year were you born?
I was born in Chambersburgh in in the State of Pennsylvania in the Year 1745
Have you any record of your age and if so where is it? I have a record of my age in my Bible at Brimfield
Portage County Ohio
Where were you called into service. Where have you been since the Revolutionary war and where do you now live? I lived in Amboy in the State of New Jersey and since that time I have resided in Brimfield Portage County State of Ohio How were you called into service. were you drafted and you volunteer or were you a Substitute I enlisted -

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 service
Ans I do not recollect of any but Colonel Magaw of the New Jersey Line. I also Remember that Colonel Bull command a Regiment at Fort Washington Battle
Ques Did you ever receive a discharge from the service and if so by Whom was it given
Ans. I did Receive a discharge by Whom it was given I cannot Recollect and the said Discharge I have lost
State the names of Persons to Whom you are known in your Present neighbourhood and who can Testify as to your character for veracity as to and their belief of your services as a Soldier of the Revolution.
Ans I give the names of Abner Moulton and John V Gardner of Brimfield Portage County and State of Ohio who can Testify as to my character for truth and veracity - Subscribed and sworn to before me this day and year aforesaid Valentine his A Coasard mark John Skinner Supt Clerk D.P.
State of Ohio } Mr Abner Moulton of Brimfield Portage Portage County } County and State of Ohio and John V Gardner of the same place do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Valentine Coasard who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be eighty seven years of age that he is reputed in the neighborhood where he at present resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion - and he is reputed to be a man of Truth and veracity. we also state there is no Clergyman residing in the Town of Brim- field.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this day and year aforesaid before me John Skinner Deputy Clerk of Supreme Court - { Abner Moulton John V Gardner

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 Abner Moulton and John V. Gardner who have signed the preceding certificate are residents in the Township of Brimfield in said County of Portage and are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I Geo. Kirkum Clerk of the Supreme Court of the State of Ohio in the County of Portage do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Valentine Coosard for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this first day of September A. D. one thousand eight hundred and thirty two.
Geo. Kirkum Clerk.

1,400 Valentine Coosard
Portage County
Ohio
from 1776 private 9 months $30.
John Whittlesey
   Period Duration of service Days Rate Form Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served      
3. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity.
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge?
RESERVED IN THE CASE OF of (For the June, 1835) in the State of

BRIEF in the case of  Valentine Coosard  of the County  of Portage  in the State of Ohio  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 87 years  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years. Months. Days. As a Gen.     Not listed In 1776. 9. Private Col Magaw, Capt Snyder N. J. line  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Fort Washington  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Amboy New Jersey  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? — Traditional  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Not defective. 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
H. S. Evans Examining Clerk.

Wm. C.
From the Pension Dept. Washington, D. C. JAN 31 1902
Will you inform me please if the name Boocord or Boozart is found on the list of Revolutionary soldiers or write me where I can get a list of Revolutionary soldiers.
Yours I. Herriff
Kent,
Ohio.
Jan. 26. 1902.

Reckon
2457
INVALID.
July 12, 1902 Miss Amy S. Merrif Kent Ohio
File No. 2457
Valentine Boosard
Pr. S. J. M.
Act: June 7, '32
Index: Vol. et , Page 72
[Arrangement of 1870]
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Ohio G Galen Crossan wishes a transfer of his Pension Please return an answer to J. Sloane of the House of Reps
Transfer
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Valentine Coosard which require further proof or explanation.
1. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? Yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? Yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? Yes V. * Has he mentioned 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? Yes VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? Yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? Yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? Yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? Yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? Yes

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? No — Two Citizens XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? No XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? Yes XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? Yes XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
 EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. 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 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 shewn 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.
QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
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 claimants 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.
QUERE XVI. 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 paper 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.
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, 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.

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Wm. L. Sloan H.R.

Application for A Transfer,
The State of Ohio Portage County } ss
on this 26 day of Dec r 1833-
before me the subscriber a justice of the peace for the said County of Portage personally appeared Valentine Coosard, of Brimfield County & State aforesaid who on his oath declares that he is the same person who formerly belong to the company commanded by Capt Snider in the Regiment commanded by Col Magaw in the service of the United States that his name was placed on the Pension roll of the State of Ohio (Cincinnati Agency) That he now resides in Brimfield Portage County Ohio where he intends to remain and wishes his pension payable hereafter at Pittsburgh State of Pennsylvania For the following reasons- First that Cincinnati is nearly three hundred miles distant and no direct communication- Secondly Pittsburgh is but one hundred miles and weekly communication besides a daily mail thirdly and lastly- that all the other Pensions of the county draw at the office at Pittsburgh consequently it will be more convenient for me to draw with them.
Sworn and Subscribed the day and year above mentioned before me Henry Root
Valentine his Coosard mark-
Justice of the peace
I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Valentine Coosard and know him to be the person who is described in the above affidavit and who has affixed his mark to the same -
Cyrus, Prentiss
State of Ohio Portage County } ss
I hereby certify that Cyrus Prentiss who subscribed the above certificate respecting the identity of Valentine Coosard is a person of truth and veracity
Sworn and Subscribed the
Henry Root
Justice of the peace
The State of Ohio Portage County ss. } ss
I Geo. Kirkum Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County, certify that Henry Root is a Magistrate as above and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his, are genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal of office and subscribed my name, this 26. day of Dec r in the year 1833. Geo. Kirkum Clerk-