Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 2,287, Ebenezer Coon, D. Penn. 1831

SERVICE
NUMBER
Coon, Ebenezer Amy
P. 2,287
d. Penn. 1831
CONTENTS

No 7000 Mary Boorn wid of Ebenezer Pr
act 4 July 1836
2287

State of Pennsylvania Westmoreland County
Personally appeared before the undersigned a Justice of the peace in and for said county Hiram Herbert of Cannelloville Township in the county of Fayette and state aforesaid and and are his solemn oath taken before me in due form of law saith that he is a cabinetmaker by trade and that Dennis Coon the heir to Elineser Coon and the present applicant for pension did on the fourth day of July 1831. apply to him to make a coffin for Elineser Coon his father and i made or had said coffin made and was at the burying of said Elineser Coon and he was buryed on the fifth day of July 1831 having died on the day previous or the 4th of July 1831 and said Dennis Coon his son paid me for the same and further said Dennis Coon Did apply to me for to make a coffin for his Mother Amy Coon, the widow of said Elineser Coon. she having remained a widow from the death of her husband Elineser Coon till she died which was on the 29th day of December 1836 at which time said Dennis Coon her son applied to me to make her coffin and i was at her burying on the 30th day of Decm 1836 these facts i know by reference to my book of original entries kept by me for that purpose, and i do know that said Elineser Coon was reputed in the settlement as a revolutionary soldier, at the time said Amy Coon was buryed i enquired her age and was informed that she was 88 years of age sworn and subscribed before me the 25th day of September 1847
Moses Sterrett J. P.
Hiram Herbert J. P.
I do certify that Hiram Herbert the above deponent is in good standing in society for veracity and truth and is to be believed on oath to the best of my knowledge and belief Moses Sterrett J. P.

State of Pennsylvania } Westmoreland County } ss
Personally appeared before the undersigned a justice of the peace in and for said county, duly authorized by law to administer oaths. Dennis Coon of Bullskin Township, Fayette County, and on his solemn oath taken before me saith that he is the son of Elineser Coon who served a term of duty in the revolutionary war with Great Britain and as the heir at law of the said Elineser Coon and Amey his wife, he makes this application for and on this grounds claims the right to their pension as the heir at law of said Elineser & Amey Coon. That he has frequently heard his father say that he served in the revolutionary war with Great Britain and he said his general was Wines if i understood him right but the names of his other officers i have forgotten and he further stated that he was in the war seven years, from the time he first entered until he left it, having as i understood him obligated himself to serve during the war, and he said he was in the battle of Long Island and several others and would have been in the battle of Monmouth only he was prevented by sickness. The deponent also produces a leaf of an old Family Bible it being the leaf on which the Marriage record of said Elineser Coon and Amey his wife is entered which he says is in the handrite of said Elineser Coon and was taken out of the bible for the purposes now intended to prove their Marriage and the date of it which was in the year 1777 on the 5th of July, and that said Elineser Coon died on the 4th of July 1831 and Amey Coon his Widow never afterwards married but remained his widow until she died which was on the 29th day of December 1836 and that neither Elineser Coon, nor Amey his wife ever received any patent for land or any pension on account of the services of said Elineser Coon his father and he the said Dennis Coon the son and heir at law of said Elineser & Amey Coon Born June 17th 1779 as the records on the same family Bible leaf above mentioned record will show kept in said Elineser Coons own proper hand write will fully show or satisfy, now under this heirship feels himself entitled to the lands and pension that was justly coming to said Elineser Coon and Amey his wife during her widowhood on account of the

revolutionary services of the said Elineser Coon according to an act of Congress in such cases made and provided and hereby makes application for the benefits of the provisions in such case made and provided in hopes that his legal claim to the same as the son and heir at law of the said Elineser Coon and Amey his wife may be granted him sworn and subscribed before me the 7 th day of August 1847 Moses Sterrett J. D. Dennis Coon
I do certify that Dennis Coon the above deponent presented a leaf out of a Bible which leaf bears on it the following to wit - Edinburgh printed by Alexander Kincaid his Majesty's printer dated 1771 and also on the other side the record of the Marriage of Elineser Coon and Amey his wife dated July 8 th 1777 which record also contains the record of the births of their children and dates the birth of the deponent and applicant Dennis Coon on the 17 th day of June 1779 which said leaf containing said record is now in my possession Moses Sterrett J. D.
State of Pennsylvania Westmoreland County ss
I David Frewwood Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Moses Sterrett is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly commissioned and qualified that his commission was dated on the 11 th day of April 1813 and will expire on the 11 th day of April 1818 and that his signature above written is genuine
Given under my hand and the seal of said County this 28 th day of September A D 1847
David Frewwood

Sep 15, 481
Rep. Daniel Lorenzo
Amy Leon No Ana M. Skord
Mr. J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Pension Office Washington City D.C.

6 W. L. Edwards sir with pleasure i received the Statement presented by you through Mr Jobe Mann and herein send you the declaration of W Dennis Coon taken before the Open Court and will state with it as my opinion that you should be satisfied with the record proof of their Marriage as it stands recorded on that bible leaf we sent you as it certainly is the original record past dispute and i venture to say that you would hardly hesitate or scruple it a moment on any other occasion in your letter of Jan 7th 48 you say that there is an obstacle in the way it being apparent that the entry of Sarah born 1787 1787 to Reuben in 1801 was made at a much earlier period than the entry showing the date of the Marriage and then you state that the date or entries of Marriage or birth of the two children first named does not bear that age that would make them availing now sir i contend that Mr Dennis Coon is the only proper person to prove have this matter and he has set it forth as the original and genuine. clear and if so it will date the age of of the children back of 1794 and of course availing in this case as it is no odds when the marriage took place if it was prior to 1794 and if you do not take the evidence of one of the old mans sons to prove the entry or record true i am at a loss to know who would be taken as he Dennis Coon was the son and only proper person to have a knowledge of his fathers record you complain first of the entry of Sarah in 1787 now sir Dennis Coon was 8 years old when Sarah was born and saw his fathers record on that leaf before ever she was born or existed and as well might reason conclude that strangers such as you or i could know of their record as any other save the oldest children now sir Dennis Coon is the only proper person to prove that record who does it amply in this declaration and he distinctly remembers Sarahs Birth in 1787 and does know it to be in that year and then added to the then existing record and this would extend far back of the date in the act of 1796 which is 1794 for Marriage. but to conclude i hope we may now have done with pretty caviling come to fair chance on both sides as we live at a distance and drawing implicit confidence in you i trust to have a fair investigation i would have made the above statement in his declaration but common judgment will show that Dennis was 8 years old at Sarahs birth hence i concluded it only necessary for him to say it was original & genuine. in hopes it will satisfy your honor on that point

and the specifications now made before the court filling one point of law, the record established proving marriage the Evidence of the undertaker Mr Hiram Herbert proving both their deaths i hope we have nothing to do but with the tour and length of Chinesecoon services till said claim is amply sustained which can be done i presume if you examine by the records, but if your honor think fit Dennis Coon will make oath yet and send it on that Sarah Coon his sister was born in 1787 and that he was present in the family when she was born and that his father & Mother was then living together as man & wife and did live so till his death
P.S your statement to Mr John Mason informs him to direct me to your former answers for the state & condition of all the claims prescribed by me to your honor for investigation stating that since that time no Evidence additional has been received on this point i state that the Evidence of Captain Whaley additional of his former statements in the case of Robert Smilie amply sustaining his claim and corresponding Evidence in the same case by both the Lieutenants Huey & Albery of the same Company were sent since and no answer also additional Evidence in the case of Wm Pollins by one of his officers and all the papers in support of the claim of Andrew Crise well certified by the physician and the Evidence of his only surviving officer Robert Cunningham and i do hope if there is any benefit arising from the governments sympathy for the suffering soldier it may be granted soon to allay their wants as it is as useless for a packap to remove the government by wits as for man to present proof in any case to sustain a claim in my opinion if these last above named are not made out and if any sympathy i may have for the destitute soldier will have any influence on your mind i beg of you for gods sake to grant what is their due by the government acts of law or appeal and annul the provisions made at once for it appears to me just like starving men with loaves of bread in their sight which they have dearly earned many years ago by the toils of battle and at the time of starvation prove said bread absolutely theirs. but it is useless to touch your feelings you have the reins and can grant or withhold at pleasure let proofs be

never so strong but had our soldier withheld their aid in the day of battle where would we be now and i do trust that i profess more honour than to present before you an unjust claim or an undeserving and therefore pray your honour to give me a fair chance for my clients who are in indigent circumstances and looking up to you through me to you for the provisions in such cases made and provided in hopes then of a satisfactory answer in these cases referred to which are not answered as yet i remain your humble and obedient servant looking to the fountain head of honour and sympathy for them to be supported yet in old age &c
for J. L. Edwards
Persian office Washington city D. C. By Miss Gerritt

W.W. Allen
Mr. S. D. Howards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington City, D.C.
Paul

Mr. J. L. Edwards sir it appears from the latest communication that your Honour object to the bible record in support of the Marriage of Ebenezer Coons & Mary his wife being sufficient to prove in support of the marriage an account of the date of the youngest child being in conflict with the former dates i have lately ascertained that child was none of his but a sisters son, who lived with him and requested him to preserve his age by an entry among his records you will please mail that bible record leaf to me at Pennsville Bullskin T.P. Fayette Co, Pa so we can take further evidence on its veracity in support of their marriage as we are now able to establish it to be a just and true record in Ebenezer Coons own proper handrite of the Marriage & births. and this being done i presume as you have already intimated the rolls will show the tenor of service and close the proof S. B. I have urged and still urge an examination of the proofs and certificate in the case of Nicholas Wallace of Brown County Ohio sent by me for examination a year ago and as yet no answer. He is blind and decrepit otherwise entirely and can do nothing and has nothing and is I suppose the greatest object of charity i know of i wish you would not delay his case especially as it is so clearly made out that no cavil can exist in any opinion. also the cases of Peter Brown Andrew Price were sent by me a year ago & no answer i suppose through your string of business neglects also the case of Robert Smilie in the additional evidence sent some time ago of his capt & lives & James Reagan all testifying in that case you will please answer the import of the above as soon as you can convenient as it is peculiarly urgent inasmuch as i remain yours
Truly Moses Kerrett Esq
Rev. Mr. James L. Edwards Esq Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D.C. July 23 d 1879

THE NEW TESTAMENT
Of our LORD and SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST,
Newly translated out of the ORIGINAL GREEK;
And with the former
TRANSLATIONS
Diligently Compared and Revised,
By His MAJESTY's Special Command.
Appointed to be Read in Churches.
EDINBURGH:
Printed by ALEXANDER KINCAID, His Majesty's Printer.
MDCCXXI.

Abenethy Born and Honey married Married July 8 day 1777
My son Dennis Born June 17 th
My daughter Born Dec r 16 1778
My daughter Elizabeth Born Dec r 16 1778
Sarah Born June 1 th 1787
Lois Born April 12 th 1790
John Born May 29 1795
Lydia Born March 19 th 1797
Abel on my birth Born October 7 th 1801
Robert Born December 21 st 1805
Being four years two months and 24 days old
Lydia B. ... 1806 ... 8 years ... months ...

Oct 3 rd 1897
Mr J. H. Edwards dear, Sir, i send you a document in support of, and to commence the foundation, of the claim of Dennis Coon, the son and heir at law of Ebineser Coon who was a revolutionary war soldier, and served 7 years, as near as we can get at it, the case is this said Ebineser Coon served a tour of duty in the war, and was married in 1777, and died having never received any lands, or sum to which all the revolutionary soldiers were entitled, nor did he receive any pension, he being ignorant of the plans, or way to make an application for a pension, on account of his services, and died in the year 1831 July 4 th , leaving a widow, who was also entitled to half pay, or pension, for, and during the time she lived a widow, which was five years and near six months, having lived till Decm 29 th 1836, during which time, she did not receive anything, for want of some person to make an application, thus being ignorant of the plans, or regulations, to be complied with, in order to get their just dues, for his services, they lingered on, in destitution, and poverty, and would have been a county, or township charge, for many years, had not Dennis Coon, their son, and only heir at law, now living that we know of, took them in, with him, though very poor, and laboured to support them, and did so, without any compensation, for many years, for which assistance together with what we believe his legal claim, as the son and heir at law, of the said Ebineser Coon, his father, & Amy his mother, now claims, by virtue of the services of said Ebineser Coon during the revolutionary war with Great Britain, all the land pension, that would legally be coming to said Amy Coon, the widow, during her widowhood, and also what land & pension would have been coming to Ebineser Coon, seeing neither of them ever drew any pension, or land, on account of said services, i have the record of their Marriage, and Birth of the Applicant, now in my possession, on the leaf of their family bible, and will send it on if necessary, when i send in this case, you will send me by mail, the directions, or at least a list of all the points, we must have proven, to sustain the claim of the applicant, for i am

now an advocate for the support of his claim, if he has any legal claim to the money and lands refered to, as he is poor and did keep his parents from becoming a county charge, he has now applied to me to make an application, and i drew up the paper, pater, containing his declaration, & the evidence of Mr Herbert, when i drew Herberts evidence, i seen the book of original entries he refers to, and believe them correct, you will answer me, and state all that will be nesissary to prove more, in order to support this claim, & oblige, yours, affectionately for J. L. Edwards, Commissioner of pensions, Washington City D.C. by Moses Gerritt Esq. P.S. you will please
7,000 P.S. 11/47 Pennsylvania Ave W. of Ebenezer ad 4 lines 186
Mr J. L. Edwards, Commissioner of pensions. Washington City. D.C.
paid 15

Jan'y 31. 1881

Dennis Coon son of Amey Coon, widow of Ebenezer Coon, — Claim under Act of 1838 &c. Pennsylvania. Filed about 2 years ago.
Feb 5, 51 = Ex by Mr. Coon

1750 J. Isaac Manning Boston
to Six Shovels
to Gunring two used
to two Days driving
L S D 0 10 0
£ 1
   L S D     0 10 0   0 10 0   1 10 0  
1751 Jacob Smally Boston
to hooks and things in old way
L S D 0 4 0 or
Continental 15 0 0
to two honours in old way
0 1 0 or
3 15 0
to two honours in old way
0 1 0 or
3 15 0
to making a steel thing old way
0 0 9 or 0 6 4
3 0 0
A Ballance settled the bill of all Accounts
£ 25
10 0
1750 J. Ischoford
Dr
L S D 1 1 8
to work on your Gun Lock. 1749 and forward to with kinship 1/10 gunsway to one new show cart =
3 7
to mending chain March 16 to one horn and wood o/g =
1 6
to mending bush back used

Dr  Cr  Dr
1782
Moses Coon Credited
to your horse to Ridgely Springfield —
0 2 6
March 5
to your horse to go to mill —
0 1 0
June 29
to your horse to go to mill —
0 5 0
July 5
to Iron Lent Sise pound —
0 8 0
Nov 23
to a Bee weighed 16.8 at 3 3/4 per lb —
0 9 0
By a Bushel and a half of Potatoes —
0 5 3
By a half a gallon of Spirits —
0 2 6
By Cash —
2 10 0
1784
By Cash —
0 15 0
April 7
By order upon Kobendo Little excepted —
0 15 0
April 17 th
By Sise Shad and Eight Boiled each —
0 4 6
October 7
By ton order upon Benjamin Coon —
1 2 6
10  9  9

Van 7000
May Committee
for S. C. & S. Church
Oct 21 '37
256 pages
Jan 17 '38
Set back from
August 30 '38
10 pages added
to 2nd part
Act 14 July 1836

Denis Coon Dr
To Hiram Herbert
1831
July 5 To coffin for his Father $6.00
1836
Dec 30 To coffin for his Mother - 5.50
Nov 5th 1847
I do hereby certify the above a true copy of the original entries taken correctly from the Book of Mr Hiram Herbert concerning the coffins for both Ebenezer & Amy Coon and that he an oath before me taken did declare that he did attend to each of their funerals at or about the times to which the above dates refer
Moses Sterrett J. P.

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
2287
P. O. _____
Amy Coon
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
REJECTED
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
No service
_____ Recognized. _____ Contra
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

Pennsylvania Berks County
Personally appeared before the Court of Common Pleas of Berks County State of Pennsylvania Dennis Coon who makes the following declaration in order to obtain the amount of pension due him in right of his mother Amy Coon under the act of July 4 th 1856 that he is the son and lawful heir of Amy Coon and of Ebenezer Coon who was a revolutionary war soldier that he is the son and heir at law of the said Ebenezer Coon and Amy Coon and that he has frequently heard Ebenezer Coon say that he served in the revolutionary war and that his General was Wines by name I think the names of his other officers I have forgotten and that he served in the revolutionary campaign nearly seven years in all and was in the battle of Long Island and several others and would have been in the battle of Monmouth only he was prevented by sickness and that there is a record of the Marriage of said Ebenezer Coon and Amy Coon on a leaf of their old family bible belonging to them and that they were married on the 8 th of July AD 1777 and that the said Dennis Coon has seen said record leaf in the bible which belonged to his father a number of years before it was taken out and is positive and certain that it is the original record kept by him for that purpose and the only one he ever kept for that purpose and that it is the original record and in his father Ebenezer Coon's own proper hand write and that he died on the fourth of July AD 1831 and said Amy Coon ever after remained his widow never after marrying till she died which was on the 29 th day of December AD 1836 and that they never received any patent for land or any pension on account of the services of said Ebenezer Coon and that he Dennis Coon is their legal son and heir at law as the same family record will fully show Born June 17 th AD 1779 and that he the said Dennis Coon is the only heir now living to the best of his knowledge and by virtue of the same makes this declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the pension laws in such cases made and provided for the heir or heirs of a revolutionary

soldier or widow of a revolutionary soldier and further that the leaf of the bible containing the record of the marriage of said Amy Coon & Elineser Coon and the date of the births of their children the original is now on file in support of this claim in the department to the best of his knowledge it being sent there for that purpose.
The word "nearly" in the fourteenth line in the foregoing page erased before signing. I have and Subscribed in open court Sept 12 1848 D. Kane Prothonotary
Fayette County, ss: I Daniel Kane Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of Fayette County Pennsylvania certify that the foregoing affidavit of Clement Coon was made in open court at a court of common pleas of said county held at Union Town on the 12th day of September A.D. 1848, before the judges thereof. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of said court at Union Town the said 12th day of September 1848 D. Kane Prothonotary

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Coon, Israel GRADE Private LINE Virginia (Lee's Legion)
WARRANT NUMBER 11991 and 12965 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED September 9, 1790 to Israel Coon No information concerning location of this warrant was found among Gen. Ld. Office Records in the National Archives. This was located
*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.

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Coon, Jacob GRADE Private LINE New York
WARRANT NUMBER 6925 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED Aug. 28, 1790 to Tellis Yates - assignee
*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.

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Coon, James GRADE Private LINE Connecticut
WARRANT NUMBER 5591 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED Oct. 22, 1792 to — not shown —
*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.