Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 22,689, Richard Conkey, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
Conkey, Richard
S. 22,689
CONTENTS

Revolution
22689 INVALID.
File No. 22689
Richard Parker Rev War
Act: June 7 th 82
Index: — Vol. 2 , Page 78
[Arrangement of 1870.]

5480
New York
Richard Conkey
of Roxbury in the State of New York who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Gray of the Reg t commanded by Col _____ in the New York line for 9 months & 10 days
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 1 st April 1838 from 4 March 1837 to 4 Sept 1837. Age notified 13. June 1838.
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 31 Dollars 09 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 12 day of Febru- ary 1833 — and sent to Hon E Root Ho. Repre s
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832 $46.63 3/4 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Mar '33 15.54 3/4
62.18
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Ino Brownell Clerk, Book D Vol. 5 Page 158.

Richard Conkey
Pension.
paid 9 mo. 10 days

State of New York } Delaware County }
On this 9th day of October 1832 personally appeared in open court before the court of common pleas in & for the Superior Court of Delaware Richard Cooksey of the town of Roxbury in the County of Delaware & State of New York aged 70 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 Act of Congress passed June 7. 1832.
July or August 1780  1778 resided at Salem County of Washington State of New York & then & there was drafted for 9 months into a Company commanded by Capt. David Stockwell Lieut. Thomas Boggs He marched from Salem to Reinsborough now called White Hall & remained there until the taking of the Stone House which was used as a fort He and one James Whittier at the taking of the Stone House were absent in pursuit of deserters. All who were in the house except the Capt. & Lieut. were taken prisoners. The names of the deserters were Romage & Green. The house was burnt & after it was burnt the British & Indians retreated. After the enemy had retreated he returned to White Hall under the command of Capt. Stockwell  Long & continued under his command until he was discharged while under the command of Capt. Stockwell  Long he marched to Fort Edward from Fort Edward to Fort George from Fort George to Crown Point from Crown Point to Salem having served out the nine months for which he was drafted. He had no written discharge nor any other written or documentary evidence of his service.
June or July 1781 he resided at Salem & then and

Then volunteered to go to fort Ann under Capt Gray a Continental Capt marched to fort Ann was gone ten days & returned to Salem 18. or 20 militia soldiers volunteered at the same time & for the same service John London of Mendon Delaware County & State of New York was in the nine months service & knows that he could be drafted & served & there is no other person living within his knowledge by whom he can prove his service he was born at New Salem in the State of Massachusetts in the County of Berkshire & the of the in the year 30 January
1762 & since the revolution has has lived at Salem Washington County and State of New York and the town of Roxbury Delaware County his present place of residence where has resided for the last eleven years.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the Agency of any state.
Sworn to & subscribed, the day & year aforesaid.
Richard Conkey
C B Sheldon Clerk
We Jonas Mone residing in Roxbury aforesaid and John London residing in Salem in said County hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Richard Conkey who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy years of age that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution that we concur in that opinion - Sworn, & subscribed, the day & year aforesaid.
C B Sheldon Clerk
Jonas Mone John London

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter & after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier as he states. And the court further certifies that it appears to them that Jonas Moore & John Landon are residents of the town of Roxbury in the County of Delaware & that they are credible persons & that their statements are entitled to credit And it is the opinion of this court that a clergyman could not be produced in court by the said applicant without too much expense & inconvenience to him
I Cranford B Shidder Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Dela- ware, Do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Richards Conkey for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of office this 9 th day of October 1832
C B Shidder

Treasury Department,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
June 8. 1838.
Sir.
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States;" Richard Coorkey a Pensioner on the Roll of the Albany Agency, at the rate of thirty one Dollars and nine Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832 has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of March 1837 to the 4 th of September 1837
Respectfully, yours.
Abner K. Parrish Comptroller
To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS, Present.

Richard Conkey New York
cont.
Hono E. Root H. R.

BRIEF in the case of Richard Conkey of Delaware County in the State of New York (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? open court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 70  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.     In 1780 9 As a Private Gen. Capt David Schuyler   1781 10. " Capt Gray  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? none mentioned  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? County of Washington New York  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditional, and the living history  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? papers are not attached agreeably to the regulation. 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
George Taylor
Examining Clerk.