Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 347, Joseph Cole, Va.

SERVICE
Va.
bole, Joseph Sarah
NUMBER
W 347
CONTENTS

5835
Sennese
Sarah Cole widow of Joseph Cole
who served in the Revolutionary Va war, as a Sergeant
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 120 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the Ninth day of Jan y 1852 and sent to
B. Bryan of Ala Present
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 287 Vol. 5
[Signature]

State of Tennessee: Wilson County
On this 24 th day of May Eighteen Hundred and fifty one, personally appeared before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County & State, Sarah Cole, a resident of the aforesaid County and State, aged Ninety one, years, who being first duly sworn according to law doth, on her oath, make the following Declaration, in order to obtain the benefit made by the Acts of Congress passed, "July 4 th 1838" March 3 rd 1843; June 17 th 1844; and February 2 nd 1848" for the benefit of certain Widows, That she is the Widow of Joseph Cole, who was an orderly Sergeant, in the service of the United States, during the Revolutionary War, from the State of Virginia, that her husband the said Joseph Cole entered the service as an enlisted Soldier for a term of three years, and was placed under General Washington, that she can not now recollect the names of his captain, or colonel or the number of his Regiment, although she has often heard her husband give their names, she has no doubt, but distinctly remembers hearing her husband say that after his enlistment, which she thinks was in the latter part of the year Seventeen Hundred and Seventy Six (1776) he was marched to the North under General Washington, where he was engaged in various battles, among which she remembers having heard him speak often of Germantown, and Brandywine, she also thinks that he was at the Battle of Princeton, having always understood from him that he was among the first enlisted Soldiers from Virginia, that she has often heard him speak of the hardships, which he suffered while stationed with General Washington at Valley Forge, during one of the Winters in which he was in the service, that he spoke of the troops stationed there, having been almost without clothes or shoes, that he himself suffered greatly from cold, so much so that knots were raised upon his breast as large as

chestnuts, which he said were occasioned by exposure while in camp that he continued in service until the termination of his engagement, when he was honorably discharged, that during his service his father removed from the State of Virginia to the eastern portion of the Territory of North Carolina they called Tennessee; that after his discharge he came out to his father's in Sullivan County, Tennessee in the early part of the year Seventeen Hundred and seventy nine, where Declarant became acquainted with the said Joseph Cole, She further declares that she was married to the said Joseph Cole in said Sullivan County on the 30th day of November Seventeen Hundred and seventy nine, that her husband, the aforesaid Joseph Cole shortly after their marriage, (the Indians and Tories being very bad on the Frontier), was drafted or volunteered to guard the Frontier for three months, under Captain Martin, that at the expiration of the three months tour he returned home, this was in the year Seventeen Hundred and eighty (1780), after which he remained at home but a short time when he was again called out for another three months tour under Captain Martin, which he performed against the Indians and Tories on the Frontier; this was also in the year Seventeen Hundred and eighty (1780), that after he returned home this tour, he remained at home some two months, when the Indians became very troublesome, when he again went out against them as captain of a volunteer company which he raised for a tour of three months, which tour he faithfully performed, she thinks that in this tour he was under command of Colonel Sevier, and that it was in the year Seventeen Hundred and eighty one (1781) she further states that prior to her marriage with the said Joseph Cole, her name was Sarah Barton, that the first child of her self and her husband aforesaid was born on the 21st day of December Seventeen Hundred and eighty (1780), she further states that her husband the aforesaid Joseph Cole died on the 28th day of November in the year Eighteen Hundred and twenty two, and that she has remained

a Widow ever since that period, as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed, that she was married by one William Wallace a Justice of the Peace, she further declares that she has no record, or other documentary proof of her marriage, or in support of her claim, except her old original Family record, which was taken many years ago to the Western Part of this State by her daughter Mrs Bloodworth, in whose possession she supposes it is still, but does not know, and that all other original papers left by her husband at his death have been destroyed by her children and grandchildren and that she has never before applied for a Pension. Sworn to & subscribed before me the day & year first above written L. W. Robertson for Wilson County
Sarah X Cole mark
State of Tennessee Wilson County
I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with Sarah Cole who has this day sworn to & subscribed the foregoing Declaration, and have been for more than twenty years, that she is a person of respectability and veracity, and that from old age, and bodily infirmity, she is incapable of attending County Court for the purpose of making her Declaration. Witness my hand this 24th day of May 1857 L. W. Robertson for Wilson County
State of Tennessee : Wilson County May 24th 1857.
Know all men by these presents That I Sarah Cole do hereby constitute & appoint Smith Hanes of Nashville Tennessee my true and lawful attorneys in fact, for me, and in my name to prosecute my claim to a Revolutionary Pension, as Widow of Joseph Cole dec'd against the United States, Witness my hand and seal this
Sarah X Cole mark seal
acknowledged before me this 24th day of May 1857. L. W. Robertson for Wilson County

State of Tennessee Wilson County ss.
I Josiah J. McClain, clerk of the County Court of Wilson County, in the State of Tennessee, do hereby certify that Lewis W. Robertson Esq., whose signature appears officially to the foregoing Declaration, Certificate and Acknowledgment, is and was at the time of signing the same an acting Justice, of the Peace, and of the County Court in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified according to law, which Court is a Court of Record and has by law a public Seal, and that the signatures thereto purporting to be his are genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of Office at Office in Lebanon on this 26 th day of May in the year Eighteen Hundred and fifty one.
J. J. McClain Clerk
Ms. A. 1. 6 v. 9 p. 6
upon the book reported by John H. Smith of Va Joseph Coles name appears as a three years man & entitled to Land & to which we respectfully refer Smith & Jones

History of Joseph Hale's Will

I Joseph Cole being weak in body though of sound & disposing mind make this my last Will and Testament, to wit, I give to my wife Sally Cole one hundred fifty acres of land & now living on, including the plantation, to be laid off in such a manner as to make it convenient, I also give her a negro man by the name of Dick, a woman by the name of Rachael, and a girl by the name of Charity. I also give to my wife all my household and kitchen furniture and six head of choice cattle - two horses Roan & Charley and all my stock of hogs, all the geese, a sufficient quantity quantity of corn to serve her the ensuing year, all of which my wife is to have & enjoy during her life and after her decease to be equally divided between all my children.
I give to my daughter Frances Bloodworth a negro girl by the name of Selby. I give her children two girls one by the name of Charlotte and one by the name of Lucina. I give to Frances Bloodworth one hundred forty three dollars which I loaned William Bloodworth - the above girl Selby to be equally divided between Frances Bloodworth's children after her death.
I give to my daughter Emma Ford one negro girl by the name of Susanna. I give to my son Elisha Cole a negro boy by the name of Bob, one bed & furniture, one cow and calf.
I give my son David Cole a negro boy by the name of Robin which is to be divided between his children after his death decease. I also give David Cole a horse worth fifty dollars.
I give to my son James Cole a negro boy by the name of Simon one bed and furniture one cow and calf.
I give to William Cole, two daughters Sally & Frances a negro girl by the name of Kitty, and a bed & furniture I give to each of them which is intended as the full share of my estate to William Cole.
It is further my Will that the following negroes shall be sold at a twelve months credit, to wit Sam, Fanny, Fanny,

Cherry and June all the horses and cattle which I have not sold away, and also the balance of the tract of land which I now live on after laying off one hundred and fifty acres deeded to my wife, and one other hundred acres ad. joining the same I wish sold. I hereby authorize my Executors to convey to Benjamin Winford forty six acres of land lying on Pond Creek and in the County of Union. I also authorize my Execu- tors to convey to Jacob W Killings the tract of thirty seven and one half acres where Killings now lives. It is further my will that the proceeds of the above property directed to be sold shall first be applied to the payment of my just debts, the balance then to be divided between all my children except William Cole in such a way as to make all their parts equal in all I have deeded them. And such other things belonging to my estate as is not herein contained and applied as above. I hereby nominate and appoint William Wood and William Bloodworth my executors to execute my will, given under my hand this 22nd day of November in the year of our Lord 1823 Joseph C Cole mark
John K Wynn John Turner Elisha Cole
State of Tennessee Hobson County Court 3 December Term 1823
The last Will and Testament of Joseph Cole was produced in open Court and duly proven by the oaths of John K Wynn & John Turner Sub- scribing witnesses thereto, and ordered to be recorded
Said John Allen Clerk of said Court

State of Tennessee Wilson County
I Joseph M c Blain Clerk of the County Court of the County of Wilson aforesaid hereby certify that the within and foregoing is a true copy from the records in my office of the last Will and testament of Joseph M c Blain deceased and of the probate of the same.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of my office at office this 26th day of May A D 1837
J. M c Blain Clerk of Wilson County Court

29 th august 1760
Sary Cole was born
Elizabeth Wood was born

Mr West was Born January 29 th 1786
Jemima Wood was Born August 9 th 1788

No 7749
Sarah Edm, mid- of Joseph Linn
Settled July 1836
Joseph Bryan of H. H.

State of Tennessee Wilson County } } }
On this 29 th day of May AD 1881, personally appeared, before the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, Femi ma Word, aged sixty three years next August, a resident of Wilson County aforesaid, and made oath in due form of law, that she is the fourth (4 th ) child of Joseph Cole, late of said County, and his wife Sarah Cole, the identical Joseph Cole, who, as she always understood both from her father, her grandfather, and grandmother, was a Soldier in the Revolutionary War, from the State of Virginia or the State of Maryland, she does not now remember which, as she always always understood from her father, that he originally moved from the State of Maryland to the State of Virginia, and from Virginia, to Tennessee, Sullivan County, but whether the service was performed while he was living in Maryland, or while he was living in the State of Virginia, affiant does not recollect having heard him explain, but has, from her earliest recollection, a hundred times heard her father say that he was a Soldier in the Revolutionary War under General Washington, that he was a regular soldier, and served several years, but affiant does not recollect the precise number, that she has often heard him speak of, and tell, various hardships, that he underwent while he was out in the service, that he was marched to the North, and suffered greatly from cold, the soldiers that he was in the Battle of Princeton being without shoes and clothing, that she recollects having heard him tell that the soldiers had to march over the frozen ground, when they might have been tracked by the blood from their feet, she also understood from her father, that his father removed from Maryland to Virginia, at a very early day, but affiant does not recollect what County, she settled in, that during the Revolutionary, her father removed from

the State of Virginia, to Tennessee, then a Territory, and settled in Sullivan County, where that affiant understood that after her father's term of service was out, he came out to his father's in East Tennessee, where affiant always understood, he was married to Sarah Barton, the date of which, affiant of course, can not say any thing of, but understood that it was in the year Seventeen Hundred and seventy nine, (1779) which she supposes must be so, as the oldest child of her father and mother, to wit, William Cole, was born, if she recollects correctly , the old family record, in the year Seventeen Hundred and eighty or Seventeen Hundred and eighty one, affiant has also frequently heard her father say that he performed various short tours of duty against the Indians and Tories on the Frontier, the particulars of which she can not now recollect, she further states that her father and mother removed from Sullivan County Tennessee to Wilson County Tennessee, when affiant was about ten years of age, where they remained until his death which occurred in the year 1828, that since his death, her mother has not again intermarried, but still remains the widow of him, the aforesaid Joseph Cole, affiant further states that she distinctly recollects, the original family record of her father and mother, but does not know where it now is, although she thinks that it was taken by her sister Mrs Bloodworth to the Western Part of Tennessee, where she removed there several years ago, that she has no part of said record, except the date of affiant's own birth, and the birth of her mother Sarah Cole, which was copied from the old original family record, many years ago by affiant's husband, and which she attaches hereto, known to be subscribed before me, the day & year
Jemima her S Word (Seal) mark
first above written
W. J. Harris (S) J
I do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Jemima Word the

above named affiant, and have been for many years, and that she is a person of veracity, and highly reputable in all respects. Witness my hand this 29 th day of May 1851.
W m T. Harris
I do hereby certify that the interlineations in the 6 th line from the bottom 1 st page of the foregoing affidavit of the words "that he was in the battle of Princeton" also of the word "father" in the 1 st & 3 rd line of the same page, and the word "correctly" in the 8 th line and 2 nd page of the foregoing affidavit were made and done before the same was executed before me. Witness my hand this 29 th day of May 1851.
W m T. Harris
State of Penn syl Lebanon County } }
I, Josiah J. McBlain Clerk of the County Court of said County State do hereby certify that William T. Harris, whose genuine signature appears to the foregoing affidavit and certificate is and was at the time of signing the same an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said State & County, duly elected commissioned and qualified as such according to law.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Seal of Office at office in Lebanon this 3 rd day of June A.D. 1851.
J. J. McBlain Clerk of the County Court of Lebanon County

THIS IS TO CERTIFY, That it appears from a list in this office of such Officers and Soldiers of the Virginia Continental Line as settled their accounts and received certificates for the balance of their Full Pay, according to an act of assembly, passed the November session 1781, directing the Auditors of Public Accounts to settle and adjust the pay and accounts of the said Officers and Soldiers from the 1st January 1777, to the 31st December 1781, (see Hening's Statutes at Large, vol. 10, p. 462,) that a settlement was made on the 19 th day of June 1783 in the name of Joseph Leole as Soldier of Infantry and evidence of the indebtedness of the State to him for £ 20. 0. 11 and was delivered to himself and was given, as appears by a copy of the settlement on file in this office, for services from the _____ to _____ _____ _____
Given under my hand at the First Auditor's Office, Richmond, this 7 th day of June 18 57
Page 114 [No Seal of Office.]
G. W. Chittenden Act. Auditor

Sarah Cole, mrs of Joseph Turner
Ad 7 July 1838
Ad 2 yrs Sep. $120
for annu from 4 March 1836, after 2 years.
Ad by the Court
Cert unit to Joseph Bryan of Ala - Prunier

State of Tennessee Sullivan County, ss. I Thos P Ford Clerk of the County Court for said County do hereby Certify that William  the duly sealed my offer for the Marriage License of Joseph Calh & Sarah Barton and cannot find them in this office in which money whereof I have hereunto set my hand
and offered the seal of my offer at office in Blountville this 7 th day of June 1851
Thos P Ford
[Signature]

Pension Office December 29. 1851.
A reexamination of the case of Sarah Cole shows conclusively that she is not entitled under the Act of 4 July, 1836. There is nothing tending to show that her husband after his marriage, which was in place after the termination of his 3 years' enlistment. She claims, indeed, that he was subsequently in the North Carolina service, but brings no evidence, parole or record, to sustain the assertion. The only reason, then, to inquire whether his service in the Virginia line is proved.
My previous letter shows that I do not regard the testimony as precluding sufficient inherent force to do this. But it is contended that this testimony is sustained by the probatibility of the case, since her statement is supported to be sustained by the certificate of the Auditor of Virginia. But it does not

so strike me. She alleges that her husband served a 3 years' engagement, terminating in 1779, early enough for him to return to Tennessee and to marry in that state before the expiration of that year. The first 3 years enlistments in the Virginia State Troops of which I have any knowledge, terminated in March, 1780. It further appears that the soldier spoken of in the certificate of the Auditor of Virginia received his disbursement certificate in person on the 19 th June, 1783, at which time the claimant's husband must be presumed to have been in Tennessee. A journey thence, through the midst of Indian hostilities, to Virginia in order to receive a certificate for £20. can hardly be credited. I am constrained to adhere to my former decision.
Very Respectfully
Yours Affec ly
J. Bryan of Sta te Present
Wilson for Com y of Pensions

Washington
July 1 st 52
I have known George F. Whipple for many years and have no hesitation in saying that he is a man of unquestionable integrity; any statement made by him would be worthy of full and unflinching confidence.
I understand that his holding in the case of Mrs. Cole is a question of some importance. I do not know anything of the merits of the case of Mrs. Cole but would believe anything that George F. Whipple would say about it.
James C. Jones

July 9 th 1857
App d of Mrs Sarah Cole wid of Joseph
Joseph Bryan Present

Washington City July 8. 1851
Jas E. Heath Esq Council Jii.
I have the honor to submit the behalf of Mrs. Smith Jones attorneys in fact as per letter of July herewith the claim of Mrs. Sarah Jones for Revolutionary Pension for the services of her husband. I have respectfully to ask that the claim be examined and allowed.
Very respectfully. Gerrit Smith Joseph P. Ryan
[Faint, illegible handwritten marks or bleed-through from the reverse side of the page]

Report of Mr David to Com s in regard to the Rev: Henson claim of Sarah Cole widow of Joseph
act 7 July 1838
to be filed with case

Pension Office Jan 7/11 th 1857.
Sir.
In accordance with your request, I have examined the evidence in the case of Sarah Cole widow of Joseph, claiming a pension under the Act of July 7. 1838 and am of opinion that the claim may be allowed, with great propriety.
The claim as set forth in the declaration is that Joseph Cole the ancestor of the claimant served for three years in the Virginia or Maryland Line, and that at the termination of the service he went to join his father who had previously migrated to and settled in the then Territory of Tennessee. That he there met with and married his present widow, and subsequently to his marriage performed several tours of service against the Indians.
Of these latter terms of service there is not the shadow of evidence and it is therefore proper to put them out of the question at once. With reference to the three years service in the Virginia Line, it appears from the record as certified by the Acting Auditor of Virginia that a Joseph Cole had

received, in person, a final settlement certificate for $20.0.11 in consideration of service performed in the Continental Line of that State as "soldier of Infantry". This cannot have been the Joseph Cole mentioned in the declaration who, as it is alleged, served in the State Line as orderly Sergeant.
The certificate of the Register of the Land Office of Virginia states that Joseph Cole "is mentioned by Mr John H Smith in his report to the Legislature of Virginia 1834.5 as a Sergeant of State Infantry", and that "no warrant appears to have been issued from this office for the services of Joseph Cole who was a private of the Continental  State Line".
From this certificate it is evident that there was in the Virginia State Line a Serg d named Joseph Cole who is mentioned in Mr Smith's report &c, which, you will remember, contained the names of none except such as were entitled to Bounty Land, but that he had never received a warrant.
So much for the evidences of service as furnished by the records. The next point to be settled is the question of identity, or in other words whether the husband of the claimant was the Joseph Cole who served as above stated. On this point we have the evidence

of George H. McWhorter, 64 years old whose credibility is at- tested in the strongest manner by the Hon. J. G. Jones U. S. Senator from Tennessee, who swears that he had known Joseph Cole and his wife Sarah Cole from the year 1813 up to the time of Joseph Cole's death in 1822, nine years, that from affiant's earliest acquaintance the said Joseph Cole was always reputed and believed to have been a revolutionary soldier from the State of Virginia for three years, that affiant has often heard him state this himself , and heard him narrate various circumstances which occurred while he was in the service, one par- ticular occurrence which affiant recollects is that he lost one of his eyes while he was engaged in some battle with the enemy, but affiant does not recollect what battle "fe" and "that affiant has often heard him tell that he was an Orderly Sergeant for three years and that he was entitled to Land Bounty but that he had never received it "fe"
Here we find that the claimant's husband claimed to have been an Orderly Sergeant for three years and entitled to Land Bounty in his own opinion, at a time previous to the enactment of any pension law except the act of 1818, under which he could not expect a pension inasmuch as he had

property, and consequently from no sinister motive.
We next have the testimony of M r Mass, whose credibility is strongly attested, aged 62 years, who had known Cole and wife from the time he was five years old and who says "he has always understood both from Joseph Cole himself and from others that he was a regular soldier in the Revolutionary war and was so reputed and recognized, that he has from his earliest recollection heard the said Joseph Cole relate various details of his service in said war more than fifty times and never heard them doubted by any one. (See deposition marked A.)
These two depositions go to identity in my opinion Joseph Cole the husband of the Claimant as the Joseph Cole who was a Sergeant for three years and who is named in Smith's return as "a Sergeant of State Infantry."
This may be termed hearsay evidence, it is true, in one sense of the term, but it is entitled to weight inasmuch as the statements made to the witnesses could not have been influenced by interested motives, and in the absence of direct testimony to the contrary, should receive full consideration.
On the score of marriage the testimony is such as to show that the parties

lived together as husband and wife and were recognized as such, long prior to 1794.
The claimant alleges that she was married to Joseph Cole in 1799, and William Moss swears that he has often heard Sarah Cole, the claimant, and affiant's mother speak of the said Sarah being two years older than affiant's mother, who were the now living would be eighty nine years of age and has also repeatedly understood both from his mother and from the said Sarah Cole that on the day upon which affiant was born the first born child of the said Joseph and Sarah Cole was seven years of age which child was named William Cole." Now if we deduct 62 from 1831 the date of the deposition we find that the witness was born in 1789. If we further deduct from 1789 seven years, it will appear that William Cole was born in 1782 a little more than two years after the time of the marriage 1799, and 12 years before the 1 st of January 1794.
If the claim were urged under the Act of July 4 th 36 it would be proper to require the production of the original record said to be in the hands of Mr. Bloodworth but under the Act of July 7. 1838 this is not necessary. Added to the above we have the deposition of Jennie Wood fourth Child of Joseph and

Sarah Cole, who produces a memorandum which she had preserved of her own birth taken from the original record above mentioned, according to this memorandum she was born in 1788, six years prior to January 1 st 1794. The William Cole above named appears to have been the oldest child of Joseph & Sarah Cole and the time that intervened between his birth and that of his sister Feninca appears to have been 6 years.
In conclusion I would remark that although not free from doubt this case seems to be one in which a pension as Sergeant for 2 years may be safely allowed, as the parties appear to be respectable and while the service is sustained by record proof the identity of the claimant's husband as the soldier who served is so established as clearly as it can be by any other than the direct testimony of persons who had seen him while in service
very Resp y Yr Ob t Serv t J. H. Davage Esq
J. E. Heath Esq Comm r of Pensions.

Virginia Land Office
Richmond Dec. 17 th 1851
No Warrant appears to have been issued from this Office for the services of Joseph Cole, who was a private of the State Continental line. He is mentioned by Mr. John A. Smith in his report to the Legislature of Virginia 1834-5. as a sergeant of State Infantry. Doc. No. 44 pa. 10.
S. H. Parker Reg. L. Office

347
Very WIDOW, &c.
File No. 347
Sarah Cole. Widow Joseph Cole. Surg't Rev. War.
Act: Feb 2, 1848.
Index:—Vol. A , Page 141
[Arrangement of 1870.]

9135 Tennessee
Sarah Cole widow of Joseph who was a private Sergeant in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 180 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 7 day of May June 1852 and sent to
J Bryan of Ala Ornt
[Acts of March 3, 1843, & June 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book A Vol. 2 Page 190

Ms. 490 No. 7419 A
Sarah Cole widow of Joseph Tenn
Act 4 th July 1830 transferred to act of 8 th July 1832 to 2 nd Bryan Oct. 23. 1857 Sum Due 29. 1857
See for above correspond- ence entry under act of 4 th July 1830-
transferred to act 7 th July 1838-

No 14490
Sarah Cole widow of Joseph
Tenn
Act 7 th July 1838

11.2241
Tennessee Nashville
Sarah Cole
widow of Joseph who died on the 28th November 1822 of Wilson Co in the State of Tennessee who was a private in the Co commanded by Captain of the commanded by in the line for
Inscribed on the Roll of Nashville at the rate of 20 Dollars ~ Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 7th day of January 1852 and sent to J Bryan of Ala Post
Arrears to the 4th of Semi-annual allowance ending
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act July 7, 1838. }
Recorded by A. M. MacLanahan Clerk, Book A Vol. 1 Page 343

State of Tennessee Wilson County
On this 26 day of May 1851, personally appeared before the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County and State, William Mop, a resident of said County & State aged Sixty two years (with whom I have been personally acquainted for many years, and who, I certify, is a person of veracity and good standing) and made oath in due form of law that he was well acquainted with Joseph Cole and his wife Sarah Cole since his earliest recollection, say, from the time affiant was five years old, which was about the year Seven hundred and ninety three, that they were then living in Sullivan County East Tennessee together as man and wife, and had several children, from which time until the day of the death of the said Joseph Cole, they lived together as man and wife, and as such raised a family of children, that the said Joseph Cole died in Wilson County, in the State of Tennessee, sometime in the year Eighteen hundred and twenty two, (1822), that from his earliest recollection as above stated, he was well acquainted with the said Joseph Cole and his wife Sarah, that from affiant's earliest recollection, he has always understood both from Joseph Cole himself and from others that he was a regular Soldier in the Revolutionary War, and was so reputed and recognized, that he has, from his earliest recollection, heard the said Joseph Cole relate various details of his service in said War, more than fifty times, and never heard them doubted by any one, that he was in all respects a reputable and truthful man, affiant has also heard him speak of serving under General Washington, of having been marched North, of his having been engaged in the battle of Brandywine, and other battles the names of which he does not now recollect, affiant also heard him speak of his having been

originally from Maryland, but does not recollect whether his service was performed from Virginia or Maryland, that is to say, he does not recollect whether the service was performed in the Maryland or Virginia line, said Col. Father having, as affiant understood, removed from Maryland at an early day, affiant's first acquaintance with them was (as before stated) in Sullivan County Tennessee, that affiant has no hesitation in saying that he believes the said Sarah Cole to be now about ninety or ninety one years of age, from the fact, that he has frequently heard the said Sarah Cole, and affiant's mother speak of the said Sarah being two years older than affiant's mother, who, were she now living, would be eighty nine years of age, and has also repeatedly understood both from his mother, and from the said Sarah Cole, that on the day upon which affiant was born, the first born child of the said Joseph and Sarah Cole was seven years of age, which child was named William Cole, affiant has also understood, that after the said Joseph Cole removed to the eastern part of Tennessee, he performed various tours of service against the Indians and Tories on the Frontier, that he has heard his own father say, that about that time, he himself was called upon to go to the Battle of Kings Mountain, but that before they reached there, the Battle was fought and the troops returned home, affiant can not say whether the said Joseph Cole was a captain or not during any of his said tours of service on the Frontier, but knows that the said Joseph Cole was called "Captain Cole" from affiant's earliest recollection, that he has no doubt that the said Joseph Cole, after his marriage with the aforesaid Sarah did perform various tours of service, but of course, can not state it from his own knowledge. Affiant further swears that since the death of the said Joseph Cole, his wife Sarah has not again intermarried, but still remains his Widow and  E                      E                      E                      e                      E

lives in the County of Wilson and State of Pennsylvania, and that she is in all respects a truthful and reputable woman.
Sworn to & Subscribed before me the day and year first above written
Wm Mose
Jas Arrington for wils on County
JP
State of Tennessee Wilson County
I Joseph S. McLain Clerk of the County Court of said County of Wilson hereby certify that James Arrington herein whose genuine signature appears to the foregoing Affidavit made by William Moss before him now is and was at the time of signing the same an acting justice of the Peace within and for the County & State aforesaid duly commissioned and sworn. I further certify that I am personally acquainted with the said William Moss and that he is a highly respectable citizen of this County.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of my official office in Lebanon this 28th day of May 1867
J. S. McLain Clerk of Wilson County Court

Mr. Farah Lolo mason of Joseph Lolo
Tempe Oct 30 1838 Ch. Clerk
Joseph Bryan of the

15157-00007 State of Tennessee Davidson County ss.
On this 23 rd day of September 1851, personally appeared before me Joseph H. McEwen a Justice of the Peace in and for said County and State, George F. McWhister (with whom I am well acquainted and who I certify, is a man of veracity and respectability) aged Sixty four years, a resident of Davidson County Tennessee, and made oath in due form of law that he knew Joseph Cole, and his wife Sarah Colewell, from about the year Eighteen Hundred and Thirteen (1813) up to the time of the said Joseph Cole's death which took place in Wilson County Tennessee sometime in the year Eighteen Hundred and twenty two (1822), that from affiant's earliest acquaintance, the said Joseph Cole, was always reputed and believed to have been a Revolutionary soldier from the State of Virginia for three years, that affiant has often heard him state this himself, and heard him narrate various circumstances which occurred while he was in the service, one particular occurrence which affiant recollects, is, that he lost one of his eyes, while he was engaged in some battle with the enemy, but affiant does not recollect what battle it was, which wound he repeatedly shewed affiant, stating that, he had lost it in battle, that the eye was entirely gone and useless, that affiant has often heard him tell that he was an Orderly Sergeant for three years, and that he was entitled to Land Bounties, but that he had never received it, that the said Joseph Cole was a truthful and reputable man, and that affiant always believed his statements relative to his service; Affiant further makes oath that at the time of his death, he left a widow Sarah Cole, who still survives him and lives in Wilson County Tennessee, to which County the she removed with her husband the said Joseph Cole, from East Tennessee, and from the State of Virginia the said Joseph Cole removed to East Tennessee, that the said Sarah Cole has not again intermarried but continues the widow of the said Joseph Cole, & that she is in all respects a truthful and reputable person, Affiant can not state anything about the legality of the marriage, but never heard anything

relative to it, but that they were legally married, Affiant is also acquainted with their children, and that from the appearance of the oldest child, affiant would suppose that he was sixty years of age or upwards, sworn to & subscribed before me the day and year first above written J. H. McEwen (J.P.)  George F. McWhorter (Seal)
State of Tennessee § Davidson County §  I J. W. Schuchard clerk of the Court Court of said County do hereby certify that J. H. McEwen esq. whose name is subscribed to the above affidavit is now & was at the time of signing the same an acting Justice of the peace in for said County duly elected & qualified and that the signature thereunto subscribed to be his & genuine In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at office in Nashville this 22 nd day of September A. D. 1857 J. W. Schuchard clerk