Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 34238, Willis Coy, Continental (Mass.)

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continental (Mass.)
Coy, Willis
S. 34238
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5370
Massachusetts
Willis Coy Capt Smith private
Massachusetts line X Continental .81 Three years
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence the 29 of Ap r 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 16 of Jan 1819 and sent to Sam l T. Dickinson Amherst Massachusetts
Arrears to 4th of Sept r 1818 - 4 30 33.60 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 th March 1818 - 48
.81.60
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Amherst Mass s

Willis Coy
29 ap r 1818 private
Col Smith Massachusetts Jackson .81 Three years Correct as to service
Willis Coy

I Willis Coy of Trunkent in the County of Hampshire & Commonwealth of Massachusetts do testify and say that I served as a soldier, in the war of the revolution on the continental establishment, for & during the several periods following, that is to say: I enlisted a soldier in the thirteenth regiment, commanded by Colonel Smith, & in the company commanded by Captain Ebenezer Smith, & marched from Monson in the County of Hampshire, in the month of June, or July in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred & eighty: & served during the summer, in the State of New York & New Jersey on the west bank of the Hudson- River. After a campaign of six months I received a discharge & returned to Monson aforesaid. The next summer in the month of June or July, which was in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred & eighty one, I enlisted in the continental service for the period of three years, & joined the sixth regiment commanded by Colonel Smith who, the preceding year, commanded the thirteenth regiment: the thirteenth & sixth having been united: the company to which I belonged was commanded by Capt. Clark: I served in the sixth regiment until the same was broken up. I then joined the second regiment, & was soon put into a company of light infantry commanded by Captain Bradford: which company formed a part of the battalion command- ed by Major Sumner, & Colonel Hull. I served in this company until the winter or spring of the year nineteen hundred & eighty four: when I joined the American regiment commanded by Colonel Jackson, & the company commanded by Major Haskell, in which regiment I served until the thirtieth day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred & eighty four, when I received a discharge, signed by Colonel Jackson

I Willis Coy of Trumbull in the county of Hampshire & Commonwealth of Massachusetts do testify and say that I served as a soldier in the war of the revolution on the continental establishment for & during the several periods following: that is to say: I enlisted a soldier in the thirteenth regiment, commanded by Colonel Smith, & in the company commanded by Captain Ebenezer Smith; & marched from Monson in the county of Hampshire, in the month of June, or July in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred & eighty; & served during the summer, in the state of New York & New Jersey on the west bank of the Hudson- River. After a campaign of six months I received a discharge & returned to Monson aforesaid. The next summer in the month of June or July, which was in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred & eighty one, I enlisted in the continental service for the period of three years, & joined the sixth regiment commanded by Colonel Smith who the preceding year, commanded the thirteenth regiment: the thirteenth & sixth having been united: the company to which I belonged was commanded by Capt. Clise: I served in the sixth regiment until the same was broken up. I then joined the second regiment, & was soon put into a company of light infantry commanded by Captain Bradford: which company formed a part of the battalion command- -ed by Major Sumner, & Colonel Hull. I served in this company until the winter or spring of the year seventeen hundred & eighty four: when I joined the American regiment commanded by Colonel Jackson, & the company commanded by Major Haskell, in which regiment I served until the thirtieth day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred & eighty four, when I received a discharge, signed by Colonel Jackson

& countersigned by C. Selden Captain & Adjutant: which discharge is hereto annexed.
And I do further testify that I am now destitute of property, & by reason of my reduced circum- -stances in life need the assistance of my country for support
Willis Coy
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Franklin ss. April 21 st A.D. 1818
Then personally appeared Willis Coy, Deigner to the foregoing Declaration and made solemn oath to the truth of the same Before me Jon a Leavitt Judge of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas
To the Secretary of the Department of War
I the Subscriber Judge of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Western Circuit in the Commonwealth of Massa- chusetts which includes the County of Hampshire aforesaid do hereby certify that from the testimony aforesaid and thereunto annexed it appears to my satisfaction that the before named Willis Coy served in the Revolutionary War against the Common Enemy as he has set forth in his Declaration aforesaid and that by reason of his reduced circumstances in life he is in need of assistance from his country for support
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the Court aforesaid this twenty ninth day of April A.D. 1818 Jon a Leavitt Judge of said

We Samuel F. Dickinson & Leona Dickinson both of Amherst in the county of Hampshire & Commonwealth of Massachusetts. of lawful age, testify & say, that we are acquainted with the aforesaid Willie Coy, & that he is in love circumstances & pending relief.
Samuel F. Dickinson
Leona Dickinson
Sworn to this twenty ninth day of April A.D. 1818
Before me J. H. Smith Judge etc

30-31 Willis Coy
5370. Amherst
Jan 1819
EM
May 1819

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
HAMPSHIRE ss.
At a Special Session of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Western Circuit, begun and holden at Northampton, within and for the County of Hampshire, on Wednesday, the fifth day of July, and de die in diem to the sixth day of said month A. D. 1820 :
PERSONALLY APPEARED, in open Court, being a Court of Record, within and for said County, created such by the Laws of the Commonwealth, Willis Coy , aged fifty six years, resident in Franklin in said County, who, being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows :
viz I enlisted in the Continental service in June 1780 and Smith's Regt & excepting an absence of four or five months as stated in my original application I continued in the service until one year after the peace and was then honorably discharged for which I have recd Pension Certificate No 5370 dated the 16th day of January 1819 he applied for his Pension on the 29th day of April 1818
And I do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the 18th 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 18th 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 following schedule by me subscribed.
two Great Chain 1.75 two do Cols 1.75 six old Chain 2.00 one table 1.00 another table 50 one small Cols 1.33 two Pts 75 one Tea kettle 25 pieces one broom 1.00 one bag 27.18
I further Certify that my wife is aged about 54 years and has been an invalid for sixteen years and able to do very little work. I have four children viz Deborah aged 28 years Sophia aged 23 years Patty aged 21 years who all live with me and they are all feeble & unable to support themselves. My Son Erasmus aged 18 is gone out to a trade & supports himself. my occupation is that of a husbandman & I earn my living by my daily labour. I have great difficulty to support myself & feeble family.
Willis Coy
Sworn to, and declared, on the fifth day of July 1820, before the said Court.
Attest,
Josiah Dwight Clerk,
I, JOSIAH DWIGHT, Clerk of said Court, do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath, and the schedule which follows it, are truly copied from the record of the said Court; and 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 twenty seven dollars, and eighteen cents.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this sixth day of July 1820.
Josiah Dwight

34 238 Rev. INVALID.
File No. 34,238
Miss Cox
Rev Rev Mo
Act: 18 th March 16 th
Index:—Vol. 9 , Page 84
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Willis Coy Athens, Mass.
Wanted a Copy of his Discharge -
Also, Copy of a statement of his Revolutionary Services made when he applied for a Pension - both of which are filed in War Department.
E. Leickinson

STATE OF
COUNTY. } ss.
Be it Known, That before me, a Justice of the Peace, in and for the County aforesaid, personally appeared and made Oath in due form of Law, that he is the identical original Certificate in his possession, of which (I certify) the following to be a true Copy.
named in an
War Department.—Revolutionary Claim.
I CERTIFY, That in conformity with the Law of the United States of the 18th of March, Willis Cooy late a Private in the Army of the Revolution, is
inscribed on the Pension List.....Roll of the MASSACHUSETTS AGENCY, at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence
on the 29 th day of April one thousand eight hundred and 18.
GIVEN at the WAR-OFFICE of the UNITED STATES, this 16 th
day of January one thousand eight hundred and 19.
J. C. CALHOUN, Secretary of War.
No. 5370.
That he is entitled to a Pension of dollars per month, on account of services rendered to the United States during the Revolutionary War, that he served in Captain Ebenezer Smith company of Infantry in the 13 th Regiment; That he now resides in Amherst and has resided there for the space of years past; and that previous thereto, he resided in
Sworn and subscribed this
day of
18
Before me,
Justice Peace.

the James M. [unclear] Corporal in Ames [unclear] ears, is hereby honorably DISCHARGED from
Given in the State of New York the 30 th — Day of June
By the General's
W. M. [unclear]
Col. [unclear]
the Books of the Regiment,
Adjutant
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