Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 17353, Ichabod Cole, R.I.

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
R. F.
Cole Schabod
S. 17353
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31211.
Rhode Island
Schabod Cole
Bristol in the State of R.I. who was a Ensign in the company commanded by Captain of the regt commanded by Col Cook in the R.I. time for 8 (was 5 Days Ensign) 2 " Lieut 13 - 25 - Sergt
Inscribed on the Roll of R.I. at the rate of 177 Dollars 48 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 14 th day of Dec 1832 and June Jan y Hattie Warren R.I.
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832 $266.22 Semi-ann. allowance ending 4th Mar 33 88.74
$354.96
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J H Blain Clerk, Book D - Vol. 3 rd Page 106.

my hand and seal of W-
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Attest Isabella Davis Clerk
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Declaration.
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
The State of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations.
County of Bristol ss.
On this twenty eighth day of
July A. D. Eighteen hundred thirty two, personally appeared in open court, before the judges or justices of the Court of Common Pleas now sitting at Bristol within and for the county of Bristol in said State, Ichabod Cale, a resident of Warren in said county of Bristol and State aforesaid, aged eighty three years and upwards, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June the 7 th 1832.
That he entered into the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated, viz. At the commencement of the war of the Revolution he was enrolled as a corporal in the Company of Militia commanded by Captain John Child in said Warren county, on hearing of the the battle of Lexington said Company were ordered under arms, and he turned out with said Company and served a short time until said Company were dismissed. In the fall of the year 1775 said Company were again called out and he served as a corporal in said Company about twenty days in guarding the shores about Bristol in said State, Wallace with his fleet having come into Narragansett Bay. Said fleet continued in said Bay he thinks until June A.D. 1776, and from the fall of A.D. 1775 to June A.D. 1776 said Company of Militia were drafted or ordered out to guard the shores about said Bay, the members of said Company were ordered out by turns to perform guard service, and he served as a corporal of said Company in said guard service about the shores of said Bay about three months according to the best of his recollection, he cannot recollect the precise time nor the precise length of time of said service. During a part of said time Ezra Crossbee commanded said Company. When the British took possession of Rhode Island on or about the 8 th of December A.D. 1776 said Company of Militia were again ordered out and served in guarding the shores about Bristol in said State through that winter and until the spring of A.D. 1777, after said Company had been in said service about one month about one half of said Company were detached and relieved from service for a time and then again took the place of the other part of said Company and they way served by turns during the time aforesaid, and he the said Ichabod Cale served as Sergeant of said Company on said guard service about three months during said time according to the best of his recollection. During the summer and fall of the year 1776, said Company were from time to time ordered out to perform guard service about the shores of Narragansett Bay, and he served as sergeant of said Company in said guard service about three months more; from the nature of the service and the great length of time which has since elapsed he cannot recollect the precise period of each service but he is confident that he served three months or more in

in the summer and fall of the year 1776. In the year 1777 said Captain Ezra Ombbee's company of militia were ordered out from time to time to guard the shores in said County of Bristol, said companies were called out for short periods of time during the year 1777, and he the said Deborah Lole served as Sergeant of said Company in said Guard service whenever said Company were called out during said year, and that he served as Sergeant of said Company in said Guard service in the year 1777 in the whole five months or more; He served in the year 1777 about twenty days as Sergeant in Captain Daniel Bradford's Company in the Regiment commanded by Colonel John Cook in the expedition of Major General Spencer, said Company and Regiment rendered service at Fiverton in said State. In the Spring and summer of the year 1778 said Captain Ombbee's Company of militia were ordered out from time to time to guard the shores in said County of Bristol; he the said Deborah Lole served as Sergeant of said Company at different times in the Spring & summer of 1778 in said Guard service about  for about the 25 th day of May 1778 the British landed, marched to Warren and burnt the meeting house, magazines and other buildings and a large number of boats which had been prepared for the public service, and said Company turned out and pursued the Enemy.
on the 11 th of August A.D. 1778 he was appointed Ensign of said Company of militia and at that time he was drafted for twenty days in said Company, and served as Ensign of said Company for said term of twenty days on Rhode Island, and was in said service at the time of the Battle with the British troops. Curtis Lole was Captain of said Company and Thomas Easterbrooks was Lieutenant. said Company belonged to Col. Nathan Miller's Regiment. Major Genl. Sullivan commanded the troops during said service. Immediately after the expiration of said twenty days, said Company were again ordered out and he served as Ensign of said Company about fifteen days in Bristol, when said Company were relieved by a Regiment of State troops. From this time until late in the Fall of A.D. 1779, said Company were drafted or ordered out to guard the shores in said County of Bristol, they were drafted by detachments, a part of said Company serving for a length of time and then being relieved by another part of said Company; and he served as Ensign of said Company in said Guard service from time to time until late in the Fall of A.D. 1779. He does not recollect the precise period of each term of service, but he is confident that he served in said Guard service from the fall of A.D. 1778 to late in the fall of A.D. 1779 more than five months in guarding the shores in said County of Bristol. Curtis Lole was Captain & Thomas Easterbrooks was Lieutenant of said Company during said time. From this time to the close of the Revolutionary war said Company of militia were from time to time ordered out to perform Guard service about the shores in said County

for short periods of time; he cannot recollect the precise period of each service, but from the best of his recollection, he served as Ensign and Lieutenant of said Company in guarding the shores in said County from the fall of A.D. 1779 to the close of the revolutionary war four months or more. He was appointed Lieutenant in August A.D. 1781. From the peculiar nature of said service and the great length of time which has elapsed, he cannot recollect the precise period of each term of service or the precise times when he was called out, but he is very confident that he served in the militia as before stated during the war of the Revolution in the whole more than twenty nine months and a half.
The the said Ichabod Cale further declares, that he was born in the Town of Warren aforesaid on the seventeenth day of December A.D. Seventeen hundred forty eight, that his age is recorded in the Town Clerk's office in said Town, a copy of which record is here produced to the Court.
He lived in said Town of Warren when he entered said service, he has lived in said Town since the Revolutionary war, and now lives in said Town. He has no written discharge from said services, but was verbally discharged at the expiration of each period of service by the commanding Officer.
He knows of no person but Seth Cale and Benjamin Cale who can testify to his service.
He is known to the following persons in his neighbourhood, who can testify to his character for veracity, and their belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution, viz. Samuel Flicks & Martin Luther.
The Clergymen of his neighbourhood have resided there but a short time, and have no personal knowledge of his revolutionary services.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that he is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State.
Sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid. Ichabod Cale
Attest Ichabod Davis, Clerk
We Samuel Flicks residing in Warren aforesaid and Martin Luther residing in said Warren, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Ichabod Cale, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be eighty three years of age and upward; that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Samuel Flicks Martin Luther
Attest Ichabod Davis, Clerk

And the Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that Ichabod Cook the above named Applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And the Court further certify that it appears to them, that Samuel Hicks, who has signed the preceding certificate is resident in the Town of Warren aforesaid, and that Martin Luther, who has also signed the same is a resident in said Warren and are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Attest Ichabod Davis Clerk
I Ichabod Davis Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in the County of Bristol aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing containing the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Ichabod Cook for a Pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 24 day of July
AD 1832
Attest Ichabod Davis Clerk

State of Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations. } TOWN-CLERK'S OFFICE, WARREN, July 21— 1882 Ichabod Cole son of Isaac Cole and Sarah his wife, was born on the 17th day of December A. D. Seventeen hundred forty eight A true copy of record. Witness Samuel Randall Town Clerk.

The state of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations
Bristol ss. in Warrenton November the 24 th A. D. 1832.
This day personally appeared before me, the undersigned a justice of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Bristol in said state Ichabod Cole, of Warrenton in said County, who on the 28 th day of July A. D. 1832, made his declaration on his oath before said Court, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832, 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, (in the war of the Revolution in the manner stated in his said declaration), and in the following grades: For three months and twenty days, I the said Ichabod Cole served as a Corporal; and for fifteen months and twenty days, I served as a Sergeant; and for eight months and five days, I served as an Ensign; and for two months I served as a Lieutenant; and for such service I claim a pension.
Ichabod Cole
Sworn to and subscribed before me on the day & year above written
Daniel Bosworth Jus. Court C. Pleas
The state of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations. Bristol ss. I, Ichabod Davis Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Bristol in said state do hereby certify, that the above named Daniel Bosworth, who has certified the above written affidavit, is Chief Justice of the said Court, and that the signature above written is the genuine signature of said Daniel Bosworth.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office at Bristol in said County this 24 th day of November A. D. 1832.
I. Davis Clk

POWER OF ATTORNEY:—Revolutionary Pension Claim.
Know all Men by these Presents, that I, Roby Bosworth Wife of Buril Bosworth of Warren Rhode Island do hereby constitute and appoint D. D. Addison to be my true and lawful Agent and Attorney, to prosecute the Claim of the heirs of Ichobad Cole late of said Warren deceased for any amount of Revolutionary Pension, or Increase of Pension, that may be due; and I hereby authorize my said Agent to examine all the papers and documents of every description, in relation to said claim, that may be on file in the Departments at Washington City, or elsewhere; to file any additional evidence or arguments that can be obtained; and to receive the Certificate which may be issued for said Claim, which Certificate I wish made payable to Hezekiah Bosworth administrators on said estate ; to appoint one or more substitutes under him for the purposes herein expressed; and to do all things that I might or could do were I personally present. Hereby ratifying and con- firming all that my said Attorney and Agent shall lawfully do in the premises.
WITNESS my hand and Seal this 21st day May A. D., 1851.
Signed and Sealed in the presence of } Roby Bosworth
STATE OF Rhode Island &c } COUNTY OF Bristol } ss:
On this 21st , day of May A. D. 1851, before me, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, personally appeared Roby Bosworth and acknowledged the foregoing Power of Attorney to be her act and deed, for the purposes therein mentioned.
In testimony whereof, I hereunto set my hand and seal, the day and year afore- said.
Alfred Bosworth J. Peace.

State of Rhode Island & } Bristol County } etc.
Office of the Clerk of Probate Warren May 21st. A.D. 1857
I Samuel Randall of Warren in said county and State Clerk of the court of Probate for said Warren do hereby certify and attest unto whom it may concern, that Alfred Bennett whose proper signature is affixed to the certifi- cate of the aforesaid power of attorney, is a justice of the peace within and for said county, duly elected, commissioned, author- ized and qualified to act as such.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court at said Warren the day and year a- foresaid
Samuel Randall Clerk of Probate

82-18-57 Scholod Cole
Scholod Cole R. G. 232
Claim of Act of
STATE OF Rhode Island &c } ss: COUNTY OF Bristol }
Be it known, that on this 21st
day of May A. D. eighteen hundred and fifty one , before the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace in Bristol for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared Roby Bosworth a resident of Manton in said County, and made oath according to law that she is the daughter and one of the heirs of Scholod Cole late of Manton deceased
who was a Revolutionary Pensioner under the Act of 1817
at the rate of one hundred & eighty three /100 Dollars per annum; that she has been informed that the said Pension ought to be increased; that she is directly interested as a claimant in said Pension, and makes this affidavit to be filed with such additional evidence and arguments as her Agent may use in prosecuting said claim.
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid. before me, Alfred Bosworth J. Peace.
Roby Bosworth
I, Alfred Bosworth Justice of the Peace, do hereby certify that Roby Bosworth who has executed the foregoing affidavit before me, is a respectable resident of this County, and is, I believe, directly interested in said claim as therein set forth.
Alfred Bosworth J. Peace.
I, Samuel Randall Clerk of the Probate Court in the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Alfred Bosworth before whom the foregoing affidavit was executed, was, at the date of the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly authorized by law to administer oaths; and his name thereunto subscribed, appears to me to be his usual signatures.
In testimony whereof, I hereunto subscribe my name and affix the County Seal, this 21st day of May A. D. 1851.
Samuel Randall Clerk.

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BRIEF in the case of  Schabod Cole  Warren or Bristol  in the State of  Rhode Island (Act 7 June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? about  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? _____  3. How old is he? 83  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.     about the time of the battle of Lexington } fall of '75 20 Private Corporal about a short time of Capt Child do Same Company do   from fall of '75 to June '76 * 3 do do do do & Captain Ormsbee   1776-5 th Dec. till Spring '77 about 3 Sergeant do do do do   In the fall of 1776 and summer about 3 " do do do do   In the year 1777 5 Sergeant do do do do   do 20 do Capt D r Bradford - Col Cook   Spring & Summer of 1778 about 4 do Capt Ormsbee   August 1. " " 20 Ensign Capt Curtis Cole - Col Miller   immediately after 15 do do do   from fall of '78 to fall of '79 do do do   he is confident he served more than 5 do do do   from fall of '79 to Close of Revolution War he is as Lt & Ensign do do   Confident he served 4 he was appt d Lieutent in Aug t '81  
* to guard the shore - the Militia were called out in turn } same service throughout. } does not recollect the periods of each service

17353 INVALID.
File No. 17,353
Schabod Cole
Ensign Rev. War
Act: June 7 th 82
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 440
[Arrangement of 1870.]

By his Excellency William Greene Esquire, Governor, Captain-General, and Commander in Chief, of and over the State of Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations.
10 Ichabod Cole
Gentleman, GREETING.
YOU Ichabod Cole being by the General Assembly elected and chosen to the Place and Office of Lieutenant of the Second Company or Trained Band of the Town of Warren in the County of Bristol in the State aforesaid, are hereby, in the Name of the Governor and Company of the said State, author- rized, empowered, and commissioned, to exercise the Office of Lieutenant of and over the Company aforesaid: And to command, guide and conduct the same, or any Part thereof: And in Case of an Invasion or Assault of a common Enemy to infest or disturb this Plantation, you are to alarm and gather together the Company under your Command, or such Part thereof as you shall deem sufficient, and therewith, to the ut- most of your Skill and Ability, you are to resist, expel, kill and destroy the same, in order to preserve the Interest of the good People in these Parts. You are also to follow such Instructions, Directions and Orders, as shall from Time to Time be further given forth, either by the General Assembly, the Governor and General Coun- cil, or other your superior Officers. And for your so doing, this Commission shall be your sufficient Warrant and Discharge.
G I V E N under my Hand and Seal of the said State, the Twenty seventh Day of August in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty one and Sixth of Independence.
By his Excellency's Command, Henry Ward Secretary
W. Greene
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By his Excellency William Greene Esquire, Governor, Captain-General, and Commander in Chief, of and over the State of Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations .
TO Schabod Cole . ————— Gentleman, GREETING.
Y OU the said Schabod Cole , being elected and chosen to the Place and Office of Ensign ————— of the ————— Company or Trained Band of the Town of Warren ————— in the County of Bristol ————— in the State aforesaid, are hereby, in the Name of the Governor and Company of the said State, author- ized, empowered, and commissioned, to exercise the Office of Ensign ————— of and over the Company aforesaid: And to command, guide and conduct the same, or any Part thereof: And in Case of an Invasion or Assault of a common Enemy to infest or disturb this Plantation, you are to alarm and gather together the Company under your Command, or such Part thereof as you shall deem sufficient, and therewith, to the ut- most of your Skill and Ability, you are to resist, expel, kill and destroy the same, in order to preserve the Interest of the good People in these Parts. You are also to follow such Instructions, Directions and Orders, as shall from Time to Time be further given forth, either by the General Assembly, the Governor and General Coun- cil, or other your superior Officers. And for your so doing, this Commission shall be your sufficient Warrant and Discharge.
G I V E N under my Hand and Seal of the said State, the First Day of August ————— in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy-eight.
By his Excellency's Command,
W. Greene

I Benjamin Cole, of Warren in the County of Bristol in the State of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations, of the age of seventy two years and upwards, on solemn oath, do testify and say, that I have been well acquainted with Ichabod Cole of said Warren, for upwards of sixty years, that said Ichabod Cole was enrolled in the Company of Militia of said Town of Warren during the whole of the revolutionary war, and that a part of the time he was Ensign of said Company and a part of the time Lieutenant of said Company; said Company were from time to time drafted or ordered out during the whole of said war to guard the shores in said County of Bristol and to perform other services against the Enemy; and whenever said Company was drafted or ordered out said Ichabod Cole served in said Company during said war. I do not recollect the precise times or lengths of said services, but from the best of my knowledge and belief said Ichabod Cole served in said Company of Militia at different periods, & under different drafts or orders during said war in the whole or considerably more than two years. I have heard the declaration of said Ichabod Cole made on oath to the Court carefully read over, and from the best of my knowledge and belief the statement therein made by him relative to his said services is true and correct.
I was a member of said Company from the fore part of the year 1776, to the close of said Revolutionary war, and I served with said Ichabod Cole in said Company at different periods in said service during said war.
Benj. Cole
Sworn to and subscribed in open Court this 24 day of July A D 1832 Attest Ichabod Dyer Clerk

I Seth Cole, of Warren in the County of Bristol in the State of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations, of the age of seventy two years and upwards, on solemn oath do testify and say, that I have been well acquainted with Ichabod Cole, resident in said Warren, from my infanthood; and that when at home I have always resided in the same neighbourhood with said Ichabod Cole, that at the commencement of the Revolutionary war I was enrolled with said Cole in the Company of Militia in said Town of Warren, & belonged to said Company during the said war, when I was not employed in the public service in other military companies or services. Said Ichabod Cole was during the whole of the war a Member of said Company, and he was from time to time drafted or ordered out in the public service in the Militia. I have heard the declaration of said Ichabod Cole, made on oath, to the Court carefully read over, and from the best of my recollection and belief the statement therein made is true and correct; I served with said Ichabod Cole during a considerable part of the time recd in the same of the same services mentioned in said statement; and I am confident that said Ichabod Cole served in the militia at different times, he was stated more than twenty nine months and a half during the war of the Revolution.
Sworn to and subscribed in open court this 24 day of July A D 1832. Seth Cole
Attest Ichabod Dennis, Clerk
The Court hereby certify that Benjamin Cole and Seth Cole, who have subscribed and sworn to the aforesaid depositions are credible persons, and that their statements are entitled to credit.
Attest Ichabod Dennis, Clerk

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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 Schuyler Cole 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?
No
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 has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility?
Yes
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?
Yes
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?
Yes
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 the 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.
†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 affidavits must be properly authenticated, as above directed.
‡QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated 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 end 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.