Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 43386, George Cobb, Continental (Mass.)

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental (Mass.)
Bob, George
S. 43386
CONTENTS

10.611.
New-York
R
See letter 16 Oct 1831 to Albany Pension Agency
George Cobb
of Phelps in the State of N. York who was a private in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Knott of the Mass. line, for the term of one year - Continental
Inscribed on the Roll of N. York at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 1 st of Jan'y 1819 -
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 th of May 1822 and sent to Chas. Townsend Esq. Buffalo N. York.
Arrears to 4th of March 1822. 303.22
Semi-annual all'ce ending 4 Sept. 1822. 48.00
3 Yrs 1 Mo: \frac{20}{31}
$: 351:22
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818, }
21 May 1820 -
Ontario Co. -

State of New York Niagara County ss
On the eighth day of January in the year one thousand eight hundred and nineteen before me the subscriber one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County personally appeared George Cobb, late of the County of Ontario but now a resident of Welland, in the said County of Niagara who being duly first duly sworn, deposes and on his oath makes the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress entitled an act to pro- vide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War — That he the said George Cobb enlisted in Rochester in the State of Massachusetts in the company of Artillery commanded by Colonel Drury of the regiment commanded by Col. Hen- ry Knox about the 20 th December 1775 — That he joined the said Regiment on the 12 th day of January 1776 and that he continued to serve in said Corps or in the service of the United States until the first day of January 1777 when he was dischar- ged from service at Fiskhill in the State of New York — That he was in the Battle at Dorchester Heights — and at the defeat of Lord Sterling on Long Island

and in an engagement with the Enemy at White Plains — That he is in the circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his country for his part — And that he has not other evidence than that of Alvin Root in his former relating to his said services
Sworn to and declared before George Cobb on the 8 th day of January 1819 Ch. Townsend Judge of Niagara County
Niagara County ss — Alvin Root of William in said County being fully sworn sayeth that he has been personally acquainted with George Cobb for more than forty years — and is well acquainted with his circumstances That the said George in the year 1776 was in the United States Service in the Company of Artillery commanded by Capt. Brany — That he has for several years past been in very indigent circumstances, and at present owns little or no other property than two cows and a few sheep, and absolutely needs other assistance to support himself and wife and further sayeth not — Sworn to the 8 th day of January 1819 Ch. Townsend Alvin Root.

Niagara County ss - William Carpenter of the district being duly sworn sayeth he is well acquainted with the circumstances of George Cobb and that the facts stated in the preceding deposition of Alvin Burt relating thereto are in his belief true and correct and for this sayeth he sworn to Jan'y 8. 1819 Ch. Townsend
Charles Townsend Judge & as aforesaid Certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said George Cobb did swear in the revolution army as stated in the preceding decla- ration against the common enemy; and that he is now in indigent circumstances, and needs the assistance of his country for support and I now transmit the proceedings and tes- timony taken and had before me to the Secretary for the department of war pursuant and to the direction of the aforementioned Act of Congress - Ch: Townsend
State of New York ss I Frederick B Merrill Clerk of the County of Niagara County ss Niagara do hereby certify that Charles Townsend before whom the preceding affidavits and certificate appear to have been made was at the time and still is one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for said County acting as such under the authority of this State and that the same so signed is the proper hand writing of the said Charles Townsend In testimony of which I have here in set my hand & affixed the County seal at Buffalo this 8 th day of January A D 1819 H. B Merrill

Alvin Burt being duly sworn sayth that he knows that the within named George Cobb did serve  in Colonel Hays's Regiment as stated in his deposition for more than nine months in the year 1776 and that he this deponent has no interest in the claim of said Cobb for a pension. Alvin Burt sworn to and subscribed the 13 th day of August 1819 before me and I certify that in my opinion the said Alvin Burt is a credible witness Ch. Townsend Judge
George Cobb private Colonel Hays's Regt
Decr 1795 to July 1777
July 1819
Alvin Burt
Same person sub. for Alvin see letter to Agt. 15. Oct. 1821. "Chas. Townsend Esq." Buffalo, N. York

In the matter of George Cobb a Pensioner
(copy)
for Charles Townsend Esq. Buffalo (Viz 6")

State of New York Ontario County } ss On this twenty first day of February 1822 personally appeared in open Court being a Court of Common Pleas in and for said County and constituted a Court of Record by pro- ceeding according to the course of the common law with Jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount and keeping a Record of its proceedings and recognized as such Court by the laws and judicial decisions of of said State George Cobb aged sixty six years resident in the town of Phelps in said County who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows enlisted in the month of December one thousand seven hundred and seventy five in the Company commanded by Capt. Nathaniel Drowny who belonged to Col. Henry Knox Regiment of Artillery in the Massachusetts line and Continental Service of the United States in the Revolutionary War that he served in the same company and same Regiment the term of one year and was discharged at the Fishkill in the state of New York the first of January 1777 and that he has a wife sixty four years old and very infirm and totally unable to support himself and wife by his labor and that he made application for a pension on the eighth day of January 1819 And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the eighteenth day of March one thousand eight hundred and eighteen and that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to dimin- ish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War" passed on the 18th day of March 1818 and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities contracts or debts due to me not have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed Vv

  One Cow worth ————— $10.00   Six Sheep " ————— 6-00   One Kettle ————— 3-50   Two Spiders " One Bason ————— 1-50   One Pot & Bake Kettle ————— 2-25   Two pails ————— 62½   Table furniture ————— 2.50   One Soothing Iron & Table ————— 1-50   One Cheurn & one chest ————— 75   One tea kettle & pair of tongs ————— 1-75   Three chairs ————— 1.00   $31.37½ 
Sworn in Open Court the 21st of Feb y . 1822 before me M. Brooks } George Cobb
At a court of Common Pleas held at the Court House in Canandaigua in and for the county of Ontario before the Judges of said county on the twenty first day of February of the Term of February in the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty two
Present Nathaniel W. Howell Moses Atwater Micah Brooks John Price } Judges
Attest In the matter of George Cobb a person making application for a pension residing in the town of Phelps in said county The said George Cobb a person making application to be placed on the pension list of the United States having exhibited a schedule subscribed by him and containing his whole estate and income his necessary clothing and bedding excepted in pursuance of

an act of Congress of the United States entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war passed the eighteenth day of March one thousand eight hundred and eighteen and an act in addition to said act passed the first day of May one thousand eight hundred and twenty and having taken subscribed and produced to this court the Oath or affirmation by the said act required and the Court having heard evidence of the nature and value of the property mentioned in said schedule and duly considered the premises are of the opinion that the property contained in said schedule is of the value of thirty one dollars and thirty seven and half cents and they hereby order the Clerk to certify the same in due form
I Gavin S c Nicholas Clerk of the County of Ontario do hereby certify that the foregoing oath or affirmation and the schedule annexed are truly copied from the record of said Court and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is thirty one  seven dollars and thirty seven and a half cents In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court on this twenty first day of February 1822
Gavin S. Nicholas Clerk of the Court for the County of Ontario

a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. George Cobb Ser. File 45386
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Dec. 20 1776 Jan. 1 1777 Pvt. Ebenezer Dury Henry Knox Continental                                                   
Battles engaged in, Dorchester Heights, Long Island, White Plains
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Enlisted at Roxbury, Mass.
Date of application for pension, Jan. 8, 1819. He was alive
Residence at date of application, Hillside, Niagara Co. N.Y.
Age at date of application, 63 years.
Remarks: In 1820 soldier was living at Phelps, Ontario Co. N.Y. His wife was then 64 years old. Her name is not stated. For date of last payment of pension, the person to whom paid and the probable date of death, you should apply to the auditor for Interior Dept. Treasury Dept. citing the following data: George Cobb; Clp. No. 18611; Issued May 22, 1822, Act. Mar. 3, 1818, N.Y. Agency.
Very respectfully,

July 5-1899 - His J. H. Winblow
Jan'y 21 '99 Mrs. A. D. Pa St. Joseph 1909 Dec 27 Dick Chas M. Millard
story to Dr St Joseph Mich
Rev. Mich. V.2.14
43386
INVALID.
Rev
File No. 43,886
George Cobb
Dr. St. Joseph
Act: 18 March 18 th
Index: - Vol. 3, Page 96
[Arrangement of 1870.]

RECORD DIVISION.
Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Briefed by Geo M. Mann
Claim No. Dec 17 1909
Certificate No. _____
Claimant _____
Soldier George Cobb
Service _____ Res
Additional Service _____
No _____ claim, State records _____, 190_____
No claim, combination records _____, 190_____
REMARKS:
No O M I W or R as above except I.F. 43386.

Sylvanus Braman of Norlow in the County of Bristol and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Yeoman, being duly qualified to give evidence, do testify and say, that I served as a soldier in the Company of Artillery commanded by Captain Jonathan Drury, in the revolutionary war, that George Cobb who now resides, as I am informed & believe, in the town of Phelps in the County of Ontario and State of New York, enlisted as a Bombardier, and joined the company of said Drury in Roxbury in the State of Massachusetts, which company was attached to the regiment commanded by Col. Henry Knox, on the continental establishment. that the said Cobb continued to serve in said Company with from the first of January in the year One thousand seven hundred & seventy six, when he first joined said company as aforesaid, until the last of December then next following, when we were informed by our officers that they had no further occasion for our services, and we accordingly left the said service; that the said company remained at Roxbury aforesaid from the first of January aforesaid until March then next following when it proceeded to New York and remained in and about New York until we were dismissed as aforesaid. Sylvanus Braman
Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Bristol ss. On this seventh day of May in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and twenty one, before me John M. Williams, one of the Justices of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Southern Circuit, personally came the abovenamed Sylvanus Braman then well known and of good reputation and made solemn oath to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed.
John M. Williams, Jus. C. C. C. Pleas.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Bristol Jr.
I, Janus Sproat, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the County of Bristol, & in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts; do hereby certify, that John M. Williams, whose name is subscribed to the within instrument is a Judge of said Court, & that full faith & credit is due to his attestation as such. & that the name subscribed to the within instrument is his proper signature - In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, & affixed the Seal of said Court, this Seven the day of May, in the year of our Lord, Eighteen hundred & twenty one -
J. Sproat, Clerk, C.C.C. Pleas, Bristol

.. OFFICE OF .. F. A. WINSLOW, M. D.
awt
Jan 11 th 1897
Commissioner of Pensions Washington D. C.
Dear Sir
Will you have the kindness to furnish the war record of George Cobb who received his pension at Phelps, Ontario Co. New York.
This information is desired to qualify a lady here as a "Daughter of the Revolution"
An early reply will oblige
Yours very truly F. A. Winslow

This Bureau can furnish the military record of only such Revolutionary soldiers as were pensioned or whose widows were pensioned for their services.
Such of the original muster and pay rolls of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 as are now in the possession of the Government are on file in the Record and Pension Office, War Department. Original rolls and other records pertaining to service in the Revolutionary War may also be found on file in the archives of many of the original States.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C.,
O. W. & N. DIV.
REVOLUTIONARY.
January 21, 1899.
Madam:-
In response to your recent communication you are advised that George Cobb made an application for pension on January 3, 1819, at which time he was 63 years of age and residing in Niagara county, N. Y., and his pension was allowed for one year's actual service as a private in the Mass. troops, Revolutionary war. He enlisted at Roxbury, Mass., and served under Capt. Drury and Col. Henry Knox.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Mrs. R. D. Parker,
St. Joseph, Mich.

I. 43,386 L. W. B.
February 5, 1897.
Sir:
Replying to your request for information concerning the military record of George Cobb, a soldier of the Revolutionary War, you are advised that he made an application for pension on January 8, 1819, at which time he was 63 years of age and residing in Niagara county, N. Y., and his pension was allowed for one year's actual service as a private in the Mass. troops, Revolutionary War; a part of the time he served under Capt. Drury and Col. Henry Knox. He enlisted at Roxbury, Mass.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Dr. F. A. Winslow, St Joseph, Mich.

CHAS. M. WINSLOW REAL ESTATE AND RENTING AGENCY ST. JOSEPH, MICH.
Em
702 State St.
12-11-09
New Pension Board Washington D.C.
Can, and will you, give me information concerning the following:
George Cobb was a soldier of the War of the Revolution and a Pensioner for such service.
As near as I can find out he either entitled from, or drew Pension at Phelps, Ontario Co. N.Y.
Has been unable to find when he enlisted or died, and when he drew last Pension
Can you help us - it is to complete Family History, as well as some kind of a History for the A.S.R. Resp.
C. M. Winslow

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RECORD & PENSION OFFICE
JAN 6 536073 1899
WAR DEPARTMENT
St. Joseph Mich.
George Cobb,
My Rev. Wm
Mrs. R. D. Parker
Desires record of service
Address: "Chief of the Record and Pension Office, War Department, Washington, D. C."
Record and Pension Office,
WAR DEPARTMENT,
Washington. January 6, 1899.
Respectfully transmitted to
The Commissioner of Pensions.
On the 17th ultimo, this correspondent having stated that her ancestor was probably in receipt of a pension, it was suggested to her by this office that she apply to the Commissioner of Pensions for information relative to the service of the reputed soldier, and this letter is evidently a result of that suggestion.
No record of the service of the alleged soldier was found on the files of this office, and the correspondent was so informed.
BY AUTHORITY OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR:
J. H. Vincourt
Colonel, U. S. Army, Chief of Office.
Per (800c)

War and Pension Bureau
My ancestor George Cott of Phelps, Ontario Co New York is thought to have engaged a pension for his services in the Revolution. - Please send his service record as to officers and charges Wm R D Parker St Joseph Michigan