Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 18362, Samuel Copley, Conn.

SERVICE
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Copley, Samuel
S18362
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CONTENTS

13.368. Ohio Pittsburgh
Samuel Copley, of Guyahga in the State of Ohio, who was a Private in the Co. — commanded by Captain Brooks of the Regt. commanded by Col Crawford in the Connec't. time for 10 mo. & 27 days.
36 \frac{33}{100}
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio Pittsbg. the rate of 36 Dollars 33, Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 5 th day of July 1833 and sent to George Doadly, Cleveland, Ohio,
Arrears to the 4th of March, 1833. — 72.66 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept. 33. — 18.17.
$90.83
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. H. Palmer Clerk, Book E. Vol. 8 Page 108,

Sam l  entirely Gophy
20079

The State of Ohio { In the Common Pleas. Guysborough County } November Term 1832,
On this tenth day of November A.D. 1832 before the judges of the Court of Common Pleas now sitting personally came Samuel Copley a resident of Warrensville in Guysborough County & State of Ohio aged seventy four years on the 9th April last, who being first duly affirmed  sworn according to law doth on his said affirmation  oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of an act of Congress passed June 7. 1832 that he entered the service of the United States and served as follows to wit.
In the first part of February 1776 he enlisted as a soldier at New Milford Connecticut cut in the State troops under Capt. Ebenezer Brook, Col. Benfield, marched through Danbury to Norwalk, Stamford and on to New York, crossed East river to Brooklyn and built a Fort South on Brooklyn Heights called by others Fort Sterling, deserted in May and went home, was at home till first July. then called out again with the militia on a raid, went back to New York City, was there at the time of the battle on Long Island. served under General Wolcott of Litchfield Connecticut. was taken sick and went home on leave & on the 8th of September
In 1777 when the Americans had been removed a chain across the Hudson river at Fort Montgomery, there was an alarm and he was called out again and served until after the capture of Burgoyne in October. His service was on the North river above Fort Montgomery

As the British marched up the West side to Essopus which they burned, the Americans went up on the East side opposite to them - Served under Col. Increase Moseley of Woodbury for six weeks in the whole
The year of the battle at Trenton with the Hessians the applicant was drafted in the militia two months before the battle, marched to Horn Meek, to Boice and to Byram bridge - served two months and two weeks He afterwards served two months more on the same station under Lieut Joseph Guttery, but he does not recollect the year.
The applicant with another person hired a substitute for three years.
Oct 1. 1782 he removed from New Milford Connecticut where he was born to Clarendon in Vermont After six years he removed to Pittsford New York in Vermont - then to New Lebanon, New York, in 1802, where he continued seven years, then he removed to Paris, in Oneida County. In 1816 he removed to Madison, in Geauga County, Ohio, and in 1826 to Warrenville, his present residence. He has been for thirteen years a member of the community called Shakers. He does not know of any one living that served with him and he has no documentary evidence. There is no settled clergyman in Warrenville Rufus Davis an Elder, and Matthew Husted also an Elder can testify to his character, also Eliza Russell, a member of the same community -
He hereby renounces all claim to any pension or annuity except the present and declares his name is not on the Pension Roll of the agency of any state. Samuel Gofrey sworn to & subscribed in open Court Nov 10 th AD 1832
Horace Perry Clerk Com Pleas

We Rufus Davis an Elder and Elisha Russell a member of the community of Believers called Shakers residing in Warrensville, county of Cuyahoga State of Ohio do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Samuel Gopley who has just recited and affirmed to the foregoing declaration that we believe him to be seventy four years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and we concur in that opinion
Sworn to and Subscribed in Open Court Nov. 10. 1832 - Horace Perry Clerk Com pleas
Rufus Davis Elisha Russell
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the opinion 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 Rufus Davis & Elisha Russell who have signed the above certificate are residents of the County of Cuyahoga and are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit.
The State of Ohio, Cuyahoga County
I Horace Perry Clerk of the Court of Common pleas do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Samuel Gopley for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this fourteenth day of November one thousand eight hundred and thirty two. Horace Perry, Clerk &c

The State of Ohio { Cleveland April 29. 1833 Guyana County } Personally appeared before me George Hoadly Justice of the Peace for said county Samuel Bopley of Warrensville in said county who being duly sworn according to law deponeth and saith that by reason of old age and consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of time of his service but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below and in the following order -
1 st In the year 1776 he served at a private not less than three months, from February to May. In the same year he served again as a private not less than two months in July, August, and September.
In the year 1777 he served as a private 1 st five weeks as mentioned in the former declaration He also served two months and a half 2 nd the year of the battle of Trenton. And
He served two months more as private 2 nd enlarged in his former declaration - He always served as a private
There he served in the whole not less than eleven months for which service he claims a pension Samuel Bopley
Sworn to and subscribed Before me Geo. Hoadly Justice of the Peace

The State of Ohio } Cuyahoga County } I Horace Perry Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Cuyahoga in the State of Ohio do hereby certify and make known that George Boudly Esq r before whom the within acknowledgement was taken, was on the date thereof and still is a Justice of the peace within and for said County duly commissioned and sworn to all whose official acts as such full faith and credit is and ought to be given In testimony whereof I hereunto sign my name and affix the seal of said Court at Cleveland in said County this 29 th day of April AD 1833
Horace Perry Clerk

Cleveland, Ohio, May 2. 1833
J. L. Edwards, Esqr Commissioner of Pensions Sir
Enclosed I return you the pension documents in the case of Samuel Copley, with a supplementary Affidavit which it is hoped and believed will be deemed satisfactory.
We have been informed that the testimony of two Elders has been considered suffi- cient in application from some mem- ber of the community near Cincinnati in this state
Yours mo. obt servt
J. Howaly

20079
Samuel Copley Cuyahoga Co. Ohio
13.368,
Return 5.
Adm 10. Months & 27 days.
George Headly Cleveland Ohio

BRIEF in the case of  Samuel Copley  of  Cuyahoga Co  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? 74 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.     In 17 76 about 3. private Gen. Woolst   do. 2. Col. Crawford   1777. 1. 12 " Moseley   1778. 2. 15 Cap. Crouch   No period 2.  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? None stated  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? New Milford. Connecticut  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? Correct 
X Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Joseph Rowen Examining Clerk.

2. 18362
Samuel Copley
Mar. 10, 1832 Warrensville
Cuyahoga Co. Oh. 74 on apl 9 1832 b. apl. 9
Newmilford, Conn.
Newmilford Conn
Febry 1, 76 P. Capt Ebenezer Crouch Col. Canfield
3m
July 1, 76 P.
to Sept 8 or 9. 76
2m.
year of bat of Newton
2 1/2m
77 P.
until capt. of Burghorne) Capt -
Col Increase Moseley book
no year P. _____
2m.
11m
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O.H. x 2. 23 Park Place New Britain Conn.
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Comm' of Pensions Washington D.C.
Dear Sir,
Have you in your records any mention of Samuel Copley a Connecticut Revolutionary soldier?
Yours truly Geo. N. Copley
June 25, 1905.

9 18362 INVALID.
July 22, 1905 History to George N. Copley, New Britain, Conn.
File No. 18362
Samuel Copley
Pri Rev War
Act: June 7 th 82
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 440
[Arrangement of 1870.]

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Samuel Coffey. which require further proof or explanation.
I. 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? No 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? Two Citizens, Elders of his church
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? Yes.
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? 2.
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.