Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 2163, John Coleman, New Jersey

SERVICE
NUMBER
New Jersey
Coleman, John Mary
TR 2163
CONTENTS

Pittsburgh Agency 26.215 John Coleman
of Beaver Co., in the State of Penn a who was a Sgt in the Company commanded by Captain Garson of the Regt commanded by Col Shyne - in the Brig line for Chillicothe -
1 Yr Br p 40.00
Inscribed on the Roll of Pittsburgh A at the rate of 40 Dollars 25 Cents per annum. to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 12 th day of April and Sept to 1834 Mrs B. Clarke, Beaver Co. Pa
Arrears to the 14th of March 34 120.00 Semiant. allowance ending Sept 20.00 p 140.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J. Sprague Clerk, Book C - Vol. 8 Page 13
Dead
Letter to Pension Agent to R. H. Denning 28 April 1845

Application of John Coleman for a pension
Wm B. Clarke Atty at Law Beaver Beaver County Penna
Adm 1. year
$40
30262

Pennsylvania Beaver County
On this sixteenth day of March Anno Domini 1834 Personally came before the Hon. John Bracken President and Thomas Henry and Joseph Humpfill Esquires associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of Beaver County John Coleman — a resident of North Beaver township in the County of Beaver and State of Pennsylvania aged eighty six years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 That in the first of May in the year 1776 he volun- teered in a company commanded by Captain Pearson and marched under the command of Captain Daigley that he resided in Nottingham township, Burlington County in the State of New Jersey, and marched in said company from Bordentown in the Army commanded by General Dickinson, to Egg Harbor, and remained there at least one month, and marched back to Bordentown, there being nothing to do at time we were discharged; and that about September of the same year he was drafted in the militia, and marched from Nottingham township under the command of Captain Robert Daigley to Sandy Hook and joined the Regiment commanded by Col. William Shreeve, in army he believes commanded by General Lee, and remained there about one month at which place he went over with a party in the night and brought off a British officer from Staten Island, and was there discharged having served one month. And that in December in the year 1776 he came to Trenton as a guide a party of militia and then joined a scouting party under Joseph Brady, and was between Trenton and Princeton during the Battle of Trenton, and was in the scouting party two months

and soon after the Battle of Princeton he volunteered in a company commanded by Captain Dugdaley, and marched from Nottingham township to Princeton and there joined the Army under General Putnam and lay there during the winter, Genl Morgan also commanded at the same place. And was discharged about the last of March 1777, but did not receive any written discharge, and served not less than three months, and soon after being discharged that he again went out as a militia-man in a company commanded by Capt. Dugdaley in the Army of General Heard, and marched with the Army through different parts of New Jersey until Genl Heard left the Army in harvest of 1777, and remained with the same Army at the  from the whole of the last time about five months, having served in whole at least thirteen months. And further saith that he has no written discharges or other documents nor never had, and that he does not know of any person now living who can testify to his services and that in consequence of the infirmities of age and the failure of memory he cannot state any particulars further than already given, And that there is no Clergyman whom he can procure to testify for him, the Clergyman to whose congregation he belongs, living at a great distance from the seat of justice.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any state. Sworn to and subscribed in open court the day and year aforesaid James Logan Pheasant

We John Nesbitt and Alexander Alcorn Residing in the County of Beaver and state of Pennsylvania residing do hereby declare and certify that we are well acquainted with John Coleman who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to eighty six years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier in the Revolution, and that we concur in the opinion, and further that he is a man of veracity, and that his statements are entitled to credit
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid James Logan
John Nesbitt Alexander Alcorn
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that John Nesbitt and Alexander Alcorn are residents residents of the county of Beaver in the state of Pennsylvania, and are credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit
I James Logan Clerk of the Court of Common pleas Beaver county do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application John Coleman for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 6 th day of March 1834 James Logan Pro

Declaration & papers of Mary Coleman widow of John Coleman
Act 17 th June 1844 sect 48
No 772. Mary Coleman widow of John Pa
aat 17 June 1844
Direct to L.M. Drury
Canandaigua NY.

State of Pennsylvania } County of Lawrence } ss.
On this 2 day of July of 1851 personally appeared before the subscri- ber a judge in & for said county Mary Coleman resident of the township of North Beaver in said county aged eighty years - who being first duly sworn doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of congress passed 7 th July 1838. 1 st June 1844 & acts subsequent thereto.
This declarant states that she is the widow of John Coleman deceased late a resident of North Beaver township in said co- unty a revolutionary soldier and a pensioner of the United States at the rate of $40.00 per annum. That the said John Coleman died on the 16 th day of August in the year eighteen hundred and forty six (1846).
This declarant further states that she was married to the said John Coleman in the month of January in the year seven hundred and eighty seven (1787) near the city of Trenton in the State of New Jersey by a Justice of the Peace named George Anderson and that from the time of said marriage to the period of the death of the said John Coleman she lived with him in lawful wedlock and had children born - the first one of whom was named Nancy & she was born in one year after this declarants said marriage.
This declarant further states that she has no record public or private of her aforesaid marriage and further states that since the death

of the said John Coleman she has not again married Sworn to & subscribed the _____ day of _____ in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty six Mary Coleman Mary Hardin J. B. Clarke Judge
State of Pennsylvania } County of Lawrence } I hereby certify that by reason of old age & bodily infirmities the above named declarant is unable to appear in Open Court, and I further certify that satisfactory evidence was adduced before me that the above named John Coleman died on the 16 th day of August 1846; and that the above named declarant still continues his widow. J. B. Clarke Judge
State of Pennsylvania } County of Lawrence } I James D Clarke Prothonotary of said county certify that Jacob Bear Esquire is now and was at the time of the date of the foregoing declaration a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas and Quartersessions held in and for said county duly commissioned and qualified to act as such, and to whose official acts full faith and credit are due - and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine - In testimony whereof
I have hereunto set my hand and official seal this 16 th day of October 1851. James D Clarke Pro

List of names found on Duplicates on file in the County of Beaver Virg.
  Year 1816 { Coleman John { 170 { Value {   238 Acres Land part $714.   3 Horses 90   1 Cow 12   816. Tax $2.40   1817 { Coleman William $20. .5   1 Horse   1817 { Coleman John Single Man   Occupation $75 .15 
State of Pennsylvania and County of Beaver ss
I Clerk to the Commissioners of said County certify that the above is a true extract from the Tax Duplicates of North Beaver Township for the years Eighteen Hundred and Sixteen (1816) and also for the year Eighteen Hundred and Seventeen (1817) as they now remain on file in this Office. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set My hand, and affixed My Official seal at Beaver, on this 2 nd day of September AD 1857
H. B. Anderson Clk. to Com. Rec ds

State of Pennsylvania } ss County of Allegheny }
Andrew Patterson of Mahoning Township Lawrence County, Pennsylvania being first duly sworn according to Law doth depose and say that he is fifty nine years of age and that he was intimately acquainted with the family of John Coleman late a revolutionary pensioner of the United States in Beaver County Penn a more than fifty years ago. Deponent further states that the said John & his wife Mary were living together as man & wife when he first knew them and at that time had five children born, who were born more than fifty years ago, that their names beginning with the first born were Nancy Coleman, Betsy Coleman, William Coleman, John Coleman & George Coleman. That William Coleman who as appears from the foregoing statement to have been taxed in 1816 & John Coleman in 1817, are the reputed lawful children of the before named pensioner & his wife Mary. That he has been intimately acquainted with the said family of Coleman ever since the period of his first acquainted aforesaid.
Deponent further states that he is confident that William Coleman aforesaid is older than this deponent. Deponent further states that he has a record of his own age as preserved by his parents.
Deponent states that Mary Coleman aforesaid, resided after the death

of her said husband in the County of Lawrence late Beaver County where he believes she is still living!
Sworn to & subscribed on this 20 th day of Nov 1851. Andrew R Patterson Before Me. marks
And. W. Master
Alan
I certify that the above marked affiant is a credible witness.
And W Master
State of Pennsylvania } ss County of Allegheny }
I Geo S Hays Prothonotary of the court of Common Pleas held in and for said County do hereby certify that And. W. Master Esq r is & was at the time of the date of the foregoing affidavit an justice of the Peace & Ex Alderman & ex officio justice of the Peace duly commissioned & qualified to act as such in & for the county of Allegheny aforesaid and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his are genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my official signature & annexed the seal of said court & county this 20 th day of November 1851.
Geo. S. Hays Pro

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of John Coleman a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau. R. File 2163
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     May 1, 1776 1 mo. Pri. Pearson ✓ N.J.   Sept 1776 1 mo. Robt. Duigley Wm. Shreve   Oct 1776 2 mos. Joseph Brady ✓   From after battle Trenton to last of Feb. 1777 3 mos. Duigley ✓   1777 5 mos. Duigley ✓  
Battles engaged in, ✓
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Nottingham Twp., Burlington Co., N.J.
Date of application for pension, Feb. 6, 1834 - Albany
Residence at date of application, North Beam Twp. Beaver Co. Pa.
Age at date of application, 86 yrs.
Remarks: Sol. mar. near Trenton, N.J., in Jany 1787 Mary Mahon, wed. Aug. 16, 1846 In 1851 she resided in North Beam Twp. Pa. was 80 yrs. of age Chb. ref. to Nancy & Jno. after their mar. Betsy, William, John & George. She was not here.
Very respectfully,
(no record proof nor satisf. parole testimony, of marriage -)
Commissioner.

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
RECEIVED
2163
Mch. 15, 1904, Hist. to Miss Charlotte Poole, Rochelle, Ogle Co., Ills. 1909 Sept. 27. to Mrs. Charlotte Fields
P. O. _____
Mary Coleman
Service: _____
widow of John.
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
u
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

Canandaigua. New York
March 14 th 1833.
Sir:
Enclosed You will find some papers in relation to the marriage of John & Mary Coleman in compliance with your letter of the 25 th June 1852.
You will perceive by the letter of John F. Burr Esq. County Clerk of Broome County N.Y. that no records of marriage exist in his office prior to the year 1801-
Application was made for an examination of the papers of George Anderson who married John & Mary Coleman, but you will perceive that the docket which is preserved begins 11. months after the marriage occurred & of course does not contain it.
But it is submitted that the testimony of William Patterson, before  were adduced, sufficiently establishes the marriage to have occurred prior to 1794. The records show that William Coleman was taxed in 1816. and no person is taxed till they he arrives at the age of 21 years - Supposing that he was taxed on his arriving at that age. (Though it is presumed from that he was older than that 21 years in 1816.) it would bring

the date of his birth in the year 1795 - and according to Patterson's statement there were two children older than William. This would bring the date of the mar- -riage before the 1 st of January 1784 - This testimony, it is submitted suf- -ficiently establishes the marriage -
Very respectfully
Pona 6th Nov -
L. M. Drury.
J. E. Heath Secy
Q uarter of Pensions
Washington
D. C.

No 772. Mary Coleman widow of John Pa
Sold Dury June 25 1852 Same " 23..1853
Act 17 June 1844

John Coleman, P. Pillsbury's Survey act 7 June 1832. $40 00 per To what time was he last paid Ms. b. 1. 4 Pension Office May 15 1850 August 16, 1846.

Mary Coleman widow of John
Act 17 th June 1844
Additional Testimony

Mt. Holly Feby. 1. 53
Dr. Sir
Your letter is at hand. We have no record of marriages prior to 1800. I find no John Coleman among the mortgages. Among the deeds I find two deeds, one to Mahlon & the other to wife Coleman both from John Coleman of Nottingham Township in this county. The grantor designates them as his sons and from that I suppose he was married at some period & then a widower. The deeds were executed in April & December 1800. If I can be of any further service to you, write freely -
Respectfully Jos. H. Beaver
P. S. Having spent a day in your place some years since I have a vivid recollection of it as the fairest of all country towns & I have no doubt it is still increasing in beauty -

Trenton N.J. July 28 th 1852.
Mr J. Rankin Jr.
Dear Sir
Your communications directed to any Justice of the Peace, Trenton was this day handed me - as I have made an engagement which requires my absence from home to-morrow and the next day - I have thought well to drop you a line; and say that I will attend to your business - immediately after my return.
I was well acquainted with George Anderson Esq - But he deceased some 10 or 15 years since - He has a son living on his old homestead about two miles from Trenton - From whom I can ascertain the facts provided his Father's Docket is in his possession but I fear it is not: as upon the decease of a Justice of the Peace his representatives are required to deposit his Dockets in the office of the County Clerk - He was a Justice for the County of Burlington, and the County Seat, is 20 miles from Trenton - so you will perceive that it may possibly take several days to arrange the matter, -
However I will give it my Earliest attention, and forward the result, as early next week as circumstances will admit; Respectfully & truly Yours,
Wm. C. Howell J.P.

extreme C. H. H. Trenton 28. 1852
Trenton N.J. August 9 th 1852.
J Woodhull Jr. Esq
Dear Sir
Presuming that you received my communication forwarded to you last week - I will state, that I went to the House of Mr James Anderson - Son of the late George Anderson Esq - deceased - He resides on his Father's old Homestead Farm two miles from Trenton near the Assanpink Creek - Mr. James Anderson is an intelligent Gentleman of the highest respectability - as was his Father before him:
At the time I went to his House, I did not find him at home - I left a note informing him of the object of my visit: - I afterwards met him in Trenton the same day - and informed him by word of mouth of my wishes - He said He had all his Father's old Papers and Dockets, that He had left, at the time of his decease - He promised to examine them to see whether any record could be found of the Marriage of John Coleman and Mary Mahon - I have seen him again this day, and He informs me that He has examined them but cannot find it: - He states that he cannot find any Docket of an older date, than one commencing in December 1787. which is some Eleven months after the Marriage But that He searched that Docket and others, thinking the parties making the information might be in error, as to the year; but has searched in vain - He further states that He has never seen amongst them at any time a Docket of an earlier date than 1787. - His Father was a Justice of the Peace from the year 1775 - to 1839. at which time He died aged 89 years - He says He does not know whether he kept any Docket previous to the one above mentioned - whether the Law required it previous to that time - My own impression is - that it did - and that the Docket is mislaid or lost.
The Family of David Lee & wife and Sons are all deceased except one Son who lives a few miles from Trenton who I have not been able yet to see - this son, is a man aged about 74 or 75 years I will make it my business to see him as soon as possible and if he can recollect any thing of it, will so inform you With due respect. Wm. H. Howell

Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
Washington, D. C., May 14 , 190 3
Madam
In reply to your communication of a recent date, you are informed that this Bureau is unable to furnish a history of the service of any soldier of the Revolutionary war or of the war of 1812 unless he or his widow was a pensioner or an applicant for pension or bounty land; and that under the rules such a history is furnished only to the soldier's descendants, and to them only when it is desired for historical or genealogical purposes.
The large number of inquiries made on this subject, and the length of time required to make a proper search of the records in each case, will not permit of information being given to any applicant concerning more than two soldiers.
In order that the soldier concerning whom you desire information may be identified, you are requested to furnish as much as possible of the data called for below.
As to Jno Coleman Revolutionary War.
Very respectfully,
Charlotte Boyle Rochelle Ills
J. L. Davenport Actg Commissioner.
Full name of soldier, John Coleman Where did he enter service? State of New Jersey. (Town, county, and State.) Under what officers did he serve? _____ Place of residence after service, Beaver Co, N. Beaver Township, Penna (Town, county, and State.) Approximate date of death, Between 1846 and 1849. Given name of widow, _____ Did either the soldier or his widow receive a pension? Soldier. Additional information, At time of death was over 90 years of age.
Signature, Miss Charlotte Boyle (Mrs. or Miss to be prefixed if a lady signs.)
Post-office address, including street and number, town, county, and State, Rochelle, Ogle Co., Illinois.

CF
Commissioner of Pensions Washington.
Dear Sir -
Will you please send me the Revolutionary record of John Coleman , Beaver Co. Penn. His widow received a pension. I want the record recorded in the Pension office.
Yours truly. (Mrs) Charlotte Fields. La Porte City Iowa.
Sept 19, 1909.

Mr E. T. Ware, Commissioner of Pensions Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir, —
Will you kindly look up the pension record of John Coleman , who fought in the Revolutionary War.
He lived in the state of New Jersey , and later in life moved to Beaver Co. N. Beaver Township , Penn. , where he received a pension until the time of his death which occurred between 1846 and 1849. In 1846 when my grandmother last saw

him he was over 90 years old. I cannot remember the county in New Jersey where he lived
Very respectfully, Miss Charlotte Boyle. Rochelle Ogle Co. Illinois
March 2, 1904.
It is possible that he enlisted in Penn. but she thinks he enlisted in New Jersey and moved to Penn. later.