Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 43377, Niles Coleman, Mass.

SERVICE
Mass.
Coleman, Niles
NUMBER
S. 43377
CONTENTS

Transferred from Massachusetts to New York 30 March 1829 to take effect from 12 February 1829
Berkshire
39.29
(OR)
From Massachusetts To New York
Niles Coleman.
of Windsor in the State of Massachusetts who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Ward of the Regt commanded by Colonel Wesson in the Massachusetts line, for the term of three years from January 1777 to January 1780
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 9th day of April 1818. and
Certificate of Pension issued the 26th of October 1818. and sent to Jonathan Seasell Esq. Greenfield Mass
Continued the Roll on 30th day of March 1829 and notification sent to George Reynolds Esq. at Royalton New York Pension commencing on the 13th of February 1829.
Amount due on 4th of September 1829
$ 53 63
{ Revolutionary Claim, Acts March 18, 1818, May 1, 1820.

Miss Coleman
Correct

I Niles Coleman a Citizen of the United States now resident in the Town of Windsor in the County of Berkshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts do on oath declare that I belonged to the Army of the United States in the Revolutionary War and served in the same against the Common Enemy.
I entered the service under of the Continental Establishment in the month of January in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy seven as a Soldier for the term of three years in a company commanded at that time by a Capt. Ward who died soon after my enlistment and Captain William Watson was appointed to command it in the Regiment commanded by Col. Weston in the Massachusetts line. I continued till the expiration of my enlistment of three years aforesaid in the service and was discharged at White Plains honourably discharged from the same.
When I left the service I received a discharge signed by General McDougal which I put into the hands of John Hastings Esq. of Sheffield in the County of Franklin  Berkshire and Commonwealth aforesaid to carry to Boston to procure pay for my expenses & accoutrements. This was about ten or twelve years since and I believe it is now lost as I have not seen it or had any knowledge of it since.
I am now seventy two years old. I am poor and in reduced circumstances in life and stand in need of assistance from my country for support.
Dated at Greenfield in the County of Franklin and Commonwealth aforesaid this ninth day of April
A.D. 1818
Attest Dame Mille G.
Niles Coleman

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Franklin ss. April 7 th A.D. 1818
Then personally appeared Niles Coleman signing to the within declaration and made solemn oath to the truth of the same
Before me J. Leavitt Judge of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Franklin ss. April 7 th A.D. 1818
I Benjamin Smith of Hatfield in the County of Hampshire and Commonwealth aforesaid one of the Justices assigned to keep the Peace within and for said County of Hampshire do testify and say that I have been acquainted with the above named Niles Coleman for more than forty years and do not believe him to be the owner of property to the amount of one hundred dollars - he is poor and stands in need of assistance from his country for support
Benjamin Smith
Sworn to the day and year above written
Before me J. Leavitt, Judge
To the Secretary of the Department of War
The Subscriber Judge of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Western Circuit in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts which includes the County of Berkshire aforesaid do hereby certify that from the testimony aforesaid it appears to my satisfaction that the above named Niles

Coleman served in the Revolutionary War against the common Enemy as he has set forth in his Declaration aforesaid and that  by reason of  his  pecuniary  circumstances circumstances in life and  and  as  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 ninth day of April A. D. 1818
Jonathan Leavitt

Con: pen: to com: 13 Feb 1829

State of New York } County of Niagara } Schedule
On this 10 th day of November A D 1827 Personally appeared before the Subscriber one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Niagara - Niles Coleman of the town of Somerset in said County aged Eighty three years last June who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following declarations in order to obtain the Pension made by the Acts of Congress of the 18 th March 1818 and the first of May 1820 That he the said Niles Coleman enlisted for the term of Three Years in the Month of December about the year Seventeen hundred and eighty nine in the State of Massachusetts in the Company Commanded by Captain Ward in the Regiment Commanded by Colonel Weston of the Continental Establishment. That he continued in said Service for the term of his enlistment Three Years and about Eight Months An, and was re- gularly Discharged from said Service at a place called West Point in the State of New York that he hereby relinquishes Every Claim whatever to a Pension except the present that his name has been placed on the Pension list that the number of his Pension Certificate is 3929. And that he never before exhibited a Schedule of his property Because living with his Son London in the State of Massachusetts on and before May 1820 to the Fall of 1820 and Being Old and infirm and Sick Most of the time He could not well attend to it and his Son refused being a disagreement between them and in pursuance of the Acts of the 1 st of May 1820 I do solemnly swear that I was a Resident Citizen of the United States on the 18 th 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 to diminish if 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 18 th day of March 1818 And that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or

Securities Contracts & Debts due to me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the Schedule here annexed and by me subscribed.
Subscribed viz z One old Cow with ten dollars one old Horse with Thirty dollars A Life Lease to 50 Acres of Land in the County of Berkshire State of Massachusetts about half Cleared - Poor land Yearly rent worth about 25 Dollars.
I am by Occupation a Farmer My Family Consists of My Wife & Self her age is Seventy Nine Years last August. Neither of us are now nor have been able to Labour for several years past Owing to Old age and Bodily Infirmities. Reside with My son Samuel Since the Eighteenth of March 1818 the following changes have been Made in my Property. viz One Cow Sold by My Son Samuel during My Sickness and living with him worth about Ten Dollars.
I am unable to attend personally in Court By reason of Old Age and Bodily infirmity
His Hills X Coleman Mark
Sworn to and subscribed on 10 th November A D 1827
Daniel Van Horn Judge of Niagara County Common Pleas.
1827. Before me Daniel Van Horn Esquire one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Niagara where the Declarant resides do hereby certify that the above Named Hills Coleman is from a Distinct Cause the said Complaint with which I am Quickerly informed and believe he has been Afflicted for Five Years past unable to attend the Court of which I am a Judge and I do not think from present Appearances that He will be able to attend the Court above Named at its next Session. I have therefore in pursuance of the Act of Congress of the 1 st of March 1823 - attended at his place of abode and administered the foregoing Oath.
Daniel Van Horn Judge of Niagara Com Pleas

This is to Certify that at the time Miles Coleman Made his Oath for his name to the foregoing Affidavit before me this date He said He made his Mark because his hands was unsteady He is old & feeble. Nov 10 th 1827. D Van Horn Judge of Niagara Court Pleas.
State of New York Niagara County Clerk's Office
I Henry Cullen Clerk of the County of Niagara do hereby Certify that it appears to the satisfaction of the Court that the said Miles Coleman did serve in the Revolutionary War as stated in the preceding Declaration against the Common Enemy for the term of Nine Months under an engagement on the Continental Establishment. I also Certify that the foregoing oath (or affirmation) and the Schedule thereto annexed are truly Copied from the records 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 Forty dollars Besides the yearly rent of the Life Lease mentioned in the foregoing Schedule. In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set My hands and affixed the Seal of the said Court on this 13 th day of February A D 1829. At Rochester.
Henry Cullen Clerk.
I Henry Cullen Clerk of the County of Niagara do hereby Certify that D r Van Horn before whom the above Affidavit of Miles Coleman who is now sick and confin'd to his house was made in Judge as aforesaid I also Certify that the said Schedule and oath have been admitted to the records of said Court and that the same are truly Copied therefrom. 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 Forty dollars - Besides the yearly rent of the Life Lease mentioned in the foregoing Schedule. July 13 th 1829. Henry Cullen Clerk

43377
INVALID.
Rev
File No. 43377
Niles Coleman
His Her and
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 8 , Page 96
[Arrangement of 1870.]

The enclosed papers have been transmitted to me directing me to send them to the office of the Secretary of War, I presume there are other papers having the good offices to examine them and see what can be done for the man yours & L. G. Barry
Mr. Edwards

Hartford MS Feb 16 B
Free
Pens. Office 25: Feb 1829.
Hon. Peter B. Porter Secretary of War Washington
Con: pen: to com: 13 Feb. 1829

Hon. D. B. Porter
Hoyt's Niagara County N.Y. Feb. 7th 1827
Secret War
I enclose the application of Mr. Coleman for a continuance of his petition. You will perceive from the date of the proper certificate that it has been a long time neglected. In fact the judge neglected returning it to me for a long time and I have encased it to your Office by Mr. Greenough. It was ret- urning to it not being admitted to the records of the court. Mr. Coleman is yet confined to the House & for ever will from appearance. His sons support him & his Wife at considerable expense. He is a very worthy man. I trust soon he will be placed in the pension roll. He has drawn from at least the time he made the application Dec. 1826 & 1827 and if can be from the time he was disabled. I am desirous on his account, to have his name placed in time to draw at N. York his portion the 4th March next — Therefore will be pleased to have an early decision as convenient on the subject under known to me. Truly Yr. Friend & Servt George P. Merrill

3929
Massachusetts Roll
Niles Coleman Mass t Line } Private 80 3 Years.
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 9 th of April 1810 -
Certificate of Pension issued the 26 th of October 1818 and sent to Jonathan Leavitt Esq. Judge Greenfield Mass
Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1818. 4m th  \frac{26}{30} - 38:93
Semi-ann. all'ee ending 4 th March 1819 - 48: -
$ 86:93
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
✓ Windsor, Berkshire (4 Mass)
to Hon D. Gainsay 8. Jany 1829.