Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 2463, Benjamin Cox, New York Pann.

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York Penn
Cox Benjamin
S 2463
CONTENTS
Carded

Late died in Ingham, Nov. 15-35
1798 Ohio.
Benjamin Ross
Warren in the State of Ohio. who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain William of the Ohio commanded in the N.E. Mills for seventeen months & five days.
My. m. P. L. R. Records corrected Jan'y 9th 39
Entered on the Roll of Ohio at the rate of 5 Dollars 32 Cents per annum, commence on the 5th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 26th day of Nov. 1833 and sent to Nathan Sharp Lebanon
Ohio to the 1st of Nov. 1838. 14.44 Seminal allowance ending 31st Decr. 1838 28.61 43.05
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Wm. Palmer Clerk, Book 6 . Vol. 8 . Page 100 .

1808
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[Faint, mirrored handwritten text, likely bleed-through from the reverse side of the page. The text is mostly illegible but appears to be a formal letter or account.]

State of Ohio
Warren County ss
On this Third
day of October
1832 personally appeared before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas now sitting in the county of Warren aforesaid Benjamin Cox resident of the said county, in the 72 nd year of his age, who being duly affirmed according to law, doth on his solemn Affirmation make the following declaration to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7 th 1832. That at the commencement of the Revolutionary War this Applicant resided in Orange county, state of New York (the place of his birth) in the year 1777, whilst the British army was in the city of New York, he was called out in the Militia & served as a private in the Company of Capt. Fox (or Knapp) for the space of two weeks. That a short time afterwards he served three months under the same Captain during which time the British attacked Fort Montgomery & took it, but that he, this Applicant, providentially made his escape without other injury than contracting a deafness which, more or less, has continued ever since. The night before Fort Montgomery was attacked this Applicant recollects that, although indisposed from the effects of the measles, he was on guard when Major Logan with a party went out as spies, but this Applicant stopped them & forbade them to pass; they were in hurry & insisted upon passing the Guard, but this Applicant said he would fire on them unless they presented themselves to the Officer of the Guard. After some parley & a considerable alarm the Officer came & gave them liberty to pass but not without justifying this Applicant in stopping them; & Major Logan, on the spot, told his men that this Applicant had done his duty. That in the morning when relieved this Applicant, worn out & fatigued with watching & with nothing to eat for eight or forty hours, laid himself down in the Barracks to get some rest & slept until he was aroused by the attack & was called out to meet the assailants; the party to which this Applicant was attached sallied out & lay in ambush & fired several times & then retreated in the Fort where he continued till after dark when he made his escape with Genl. Clinton who went on before him. That he

Then went home without his gun & with scarcely any clothes & in the course of two days returned recruited, & joined the broken Regiments & served until for about three weeks when he was discharged. — That afterwards, in the year 1778, he was out on another tour of duty, which lasted one week under Capt. Dail, in a campaign against the Indians; that after- wards, in the same year he served for one month under Capt. Teltner, & was stationed for the most part of this term in keeping guard in the Garrison; that afterwards, in the same year, he served for one month under Capt. Killford, whose company, during this campaign, took prisoners some Refugees on the river Delaware, where this Applicant, with his companions, was almost starved to death; that after- wards, in the same year, he served another month under the command of Capt. Owens; that afterwards in the year 1779 he served a campaign of eight months except about two weeks under Capt. Faulk- ender (or Falkner); that afterwards about the year 1782 he served two months under Capt. Keith, in Pennsylvania; & that afterwards he was out one month under Capt. Emstow. He states moreover that besides the services herein recapitu- lated he was frequently out in the Militia for a week or ten days at a time. — That when he was drafted under Capt. Keith he resided in Bedford where he continued his resi- dence for about one year & then removed to Orange Co. New York & lived there until about the year 1812 when he removed to Franklin County Ohio where he resi- ded about five years & then removed to his present residence in Warren County where he has continued ever since. — He further states that he is in the 73 rd year of his age, and that he has no more evidence of it than had he any discharge or other documentary evidence of his service now- days, he knows of any witness by whom he can prove his service in the Revolution. That there is no close person in his neighborhood to whom being known; but that he is well known to Nathan Sharp, Henry Valentine, Francis Rundle of his vicinity, by all or none of whom he can prove his character for veracity. That it has his generally reported & believed, that he is still applying for a pension of the Revolution as a due to his family, refusing any other solution to a pension or annuity except the present

and declaring that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state
Sworn to & subscribed in open Court this day & year ago J. H. Wilds clk
Benjamin Cox
Henry Valentine We Nathan Sharp, Henry Valentine & Francis Biddle residing in the County of Warren & State of Ohio and in the neighborhood of Benj. Cox the above applicant for a pension do hereby subscribe and swear to the above declaration hereby certify that we are well acquainted with said Benj. Cox and that we believe him to be upward of seventy years of age; and that he is respected and beloved in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that one and all are in that opinion & that he is a man of veracity
Nathan Sharp
Sworn to & subscribed in open Court this day & year ago J. H. Wilds clk
Francis Biddle
Henry Valentine
And the said Court as hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogations prescribed by the War department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as such soldier in the said Court for the certify that it appears to them that Nathan Sharp, Francis Biddle & Henry Valentine who have signed the foregoing certificate are residents of the neighborhood in which the said Benj. Cox resides in said County of Warren and that they are credible persons & that their statement is entitled to credit.
I Jonathan H Wilds clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said County of Warren do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Benj. Cox for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 5th day of Octo 1832
J. H. Wilds clk

15088 Benjamin Cox Warren Co. Ohio
7735 new No.
Debited for 17 Mo 85 days from 1797
 40.  4 13.33  D 3.33  5 56   57.22 
1797 - $57.22
Nathan Sharp Lebanon Ohio

DECLARATION in the case of Benjamin Cox of Warren 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? 72  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.     Drafts In 1777 3 14 Capt. Faulkner   1778 1 7 Revised Capt. Feltner Maj. Logan   1779 About 17 14 Capt. Killford   1782 2 Capt. Owens   Capt. Faulkner   Capt. Rush   Capt. Rouslow  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Fall of Fort Montgomery  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Orange county, N.Y.  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? Perfect 
I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned,
T. G. Bradford. Examining Clerk.

Rev. and 1812 War Section.
Ans Ans
December 1, 1922
Mrs. Bleecker Lane 351 B St. N. E., Apt 22 Washington, D. C.
Madam:
I have to advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 3463, it appears that Benjamin Cox was born in Orange County, New York, date not stated.
While residing in said county, he enlisted and served as a private in the New York Troops, as follows-
In 1777 about four months in Captain Faulkner's Company; in 1778, one week in Captain Vail's Company; one month in Captain Feltner's Company; one month in Captain Killiford's Company; and one month in Captain Owens' Company.
In 1779, eight months in Captain Faulkner's Company.
While residing in Bedford, in 1782 he served

two months in Pennsylvania, under Captain Rush; and later he served one month under Captain Enlow.
He was allowed pension on his application executed October 3, 1832, while a resident of Warren County, Ohio, in the seventy-second year of his age.
There is no data on file as to family.
Owing to a lack of clerical force available for the purpose, only two histories are furnished each inquirer.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.

2463
INVALID.
File No. 2463
Benjamin Ray St. Stephens
Age: June 11 1832
Index - Vol. 14, Page 73
[Amended Oct 1870]
W. M. Beale Clerk Records of the House
Not on Census Roll Benjamin Ray

REITER objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Benjamin Cox of Warren Co. Ohio 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? yes VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? Field Genl. Sherman not recd. VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1892? 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'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? all answered
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 shown 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.
REQUIRE 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.
REQUIRE 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.