Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 22,681, Tunis Cox, Penn. 1776 N.J. Residence

SERVICE
NUMBER
Penn.
Cox, Junis
S. 22,681
1776 N.J. residence
CONTENTS

Reproduction 22681 INVALID.
File No. 22,681
Louis Cox
Sergt New York
Act: June 7 th 89 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 78
[Arrangement of 1870.]

18.524
Pennsylvania
James Cook
of Bucks Co in the State of Pennsylvania who was a priv Sgt in the Company commanded by Captain Peat of the Regt commanded by Col Kelly in the Pa. Res. line for Home S. of 7 u 15 ds. for }
Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of 105 Dollars 00 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 10 day of Sept 1833 and sent to Hon. G. A. Smith Doylestown
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1833. $262.50 Semi-ant. allowance ending March 34. 52.50 $315.00
Revolutionary Claim, } Not June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk, Book Vol. 5 Page 9

80 25.00 105
Adm rs
16 mos. def. 7 " 15 3/4 per. -
210 1/2 52 1/2
L. Edwards Esq.
Hon. S. Lewis Smith Doylestown
Pension Office
Washington
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Doylestown May 4 th 1833
J. L. Edwards Esq
Dear Sir
Enclosed you will receive the application of James Cox for a pension under the recent act of Congress. For any further information on the subject you will please address. The Hon. William Long  Monroe Bucks Co Pa
Will you have the goodness to inform me what progress has been made in relation to the application of St Abraham Washburn application This old man is blind - and in a destitute situation his friends are very solicitous to him in relation to his application
I am Sir
Very Respectfully
your obedt Servt
Samuel A. Smith

State of Pennsylvania } Bucks County ss }
On this Twelfth day of April A.D. One thousand Eight Hundred and Thirtythree personally Appeared before William Longrigg One of the Associate Judges of the Courts of Common pleas in and for the said County of Bucks James Cox a Resident of Nockamixon Township in the County of Bucks and State of Pennsylvania aged Seventy five years last November who being first 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 Spring of 1776 I Turned Out a Volunteer under Capt n Maxwell of Greenwich Township Sussex County and State of New Jersey, I met the Capt n at Harkets Town N.J. Then joined Col n Thomptons Regiment Marched from there To Morristown from there to Elizabeth town for thence to Amboy After being Out about One Month provisions became Scarce I was Verbally Discharged and Returned home to my Fathers in Mansfield Township Sussex County N.J. Soon after My Return home I Moved to Northumberland County Buffalow Valley Pennsylvania. In the Month of June 1777 I was Called Out in the Militia In Capt n Joseph Greens Rifle Company and Marched from Buffalow Valley and Marched to Fort M c Clay I was Out in Actual Service in That Four Two Months I was then Verbally Discharged, Early in the Spring following I think the first of April 1778. I was Called Out in the Militia again Under Captain Pott in Col n Kellys Regiment I was Appointed first Sergeant we Marched to Peters Fort I Staid there Two Months and was again Verbally Discharged and Returned to Buffalow Valley, In the Month of June 1778 I went Out in Service first Sergeant under Captain Green In Col n Kellys Regiment and was Sent with others to Guard M c Clays fort in Buffalow Valley I was Sent Out frequently in Scout- -ing parties to watch the movement of the Enemies after Wyoming was Taken by the Indians I was Out Six Months in Actual Service at this time before I got my Discharge In March 1779 I went Out with the Militia under Capt n Greens, In Col n Kellys Regiment we went again to M c Clays fort we were frequent Sent to Guard along the Frontier the line of Our Enemies I was Sent with a party of men

To Buffalo  Buffalo Fort on the forks of Susquehannah River from thence side Marched to M c Clays fort in Buffalo Valley, I was in Actual Service at that time Eight Months I was Verbally Discharged Some time in the Month of November 1779, I went Out again in August 1780 a Volunteer In Captain Edward Grahams Company and Marched from Buffalo To Fron- tiers on the lines of Our Enemies in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania after being Out One Month was again Verbally Discharged, I then went to Lancaster County Pennsylvania to live There was a Call for the Militia from that place and I went Out a Substitute for John Spile under Capt n John Hardeluder we Marched from Lancaster Some time in July 1781. To Sunbury from thence to Buffalo Valley after being Out Two Months I was Discharged and went home to Lancaster County, after my Return home; In the Month of Septem- -ber or October 1781 not Certain which Month there was another Call of the Militia from Lancaster and it fell to my Draft to be  it I went Out again, a Substitute under Captain Care beard we Marched to Lancaster Town from thence to Newtown Bucks County Pennsylvania from thence to the four lanes end in Said County then we were encamped until we heard the News that Cornwallis was Taken I was then Verbally Discharged I was Out at that time One Month and fifteen Days I then went home to Lancaster County, Pennsylvania — I was Born In Raritan Township Somerset County State of New Jersey November 25 th 1757 The record of my Age I have in a Book in my Possession Entered I was informed by my Father slaid In Mansfield Township Sussex County and State of New Jersey when I first went Out in the revolutionary War and I have Lived Since in Buffalo North- -umberland County, Pennsylvania, Bucks County Pennsylvania I Now live in Northampton Township Bucks County, When in service I was out part of my Time a Volunteer, Part of my Time a Militia Man & part of the Time a Substitute for a man in the Name of John Spile, The Officers that I Served under were Capt n Mansfield, Capt n Green Capt n Hardeluder Capt n Care beard & Capt n Grahams and others Field Officers that I recollect were Colonel Kelly, & Colonel Hunter the General Officers I do not Recollect I Never Received a Written Discharge, there is No English Clergyman In the Neighbourhood That I live, They are all German and I Not understanding the German Language therefore does not belong to their Church and is Not known by them is the Reason I have Not got a Certificate from a Clergyman — I am well Acquainted with Col n Jacob Hunter late Sheriff of Bucks County and Abraham Mill who will Testify to my Character for Veracity and their belief of my Services I could Name Several Others of Necessity — I have No Documentary evidence of my Service Neither do I know of any living witness by whom I can prove my Services as a Soldier Sworn & Subscribed this 12 th day of April 1833 before me the Subscriber William Long Associate Judge of the Court of Common Pleas

He hereby relinquishes every Claim whatsoever to a pension or an Annuity Except the present and he Declares that his Name is not on the pension list or Roll of any Agency in any State Sworn and Subscribed this 12 th day of April 1833, before me the Subscriber Junis Cox
William Song one of the Assistant Judges of the Courts of Common Pleas Bucks County
We Jacob Rintner and Abraham Mills Residing in the Township of Nockamixon in the County of Bucks and State of Pennsylvania do Certify that we are well Acquainted with Junis Cox who has subscribed and Sworn to the above Declaration that we believe him to be Seventyfive years of age That he is reputed and believed in the Neighbourhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that Opinion Sworn & Subscribed this 12 th day of April 1833 Jacob Rintner " " " William Song. A Judge Abraham Mills
And The said Judge doth hereby declare his Opinion after the investigation of the matters 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 Said Judge further Certifies that he is well Acquainted with Jacob Rintner and Abraham Mills who has Signed the preceding Certificate are Residents in the Township of Nockamixon in the County of Bucks and are Creditable persons and that their Statements is entitled to Credit - And that Junis Cox the above Named Applicant is not able to Travel to the Court by Reason of Old age and Infirmary William Song A. Judge

Bucks County ss
On the 12 th day of April A.D. 1833 personally appeared before me the undersigned One of the Associate Judges of the Courts of Common Pleas in and for the County of Bucks Tunis Cox the within Named Applicant who being Duly Sworn deposeth and Saith that by Reason of Old age and consequent loss of Memory he cannot swear positively to the precise length of his Services but according to the best of his recollections he served Not less than the period Mentioned below and In the following Grades One year & four Months an Orderly Sergeant & four Months a private Malitia man and Three Months and fifteen days a Substitute as before stated for such Service He claims a pension making in the whole One year Eleven months and fifteen days
(Tunis Cox)
Sworn & Subscribed this 12 th day of April 1833
William Long one of the Associate judges
Bucks County ss
I William Purdy Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Bucks and State of Pennsylvania Do hereby certify that William Long Esqr before whom the above oath was taken was
at the time of taking the same and now is a regular commissioned Associate Judge of the said Court and I believe the signature to his
affidavit whereof I have hereunto set my hand affixed the said Court at Doylestown this Twelfth Day of May in the year of our Lord Anno domini 1833
Wm Purdy Prothonotary