Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 29,099, David A Coryell, New Jersey

SERVICE
NUMBER
New Jersey
Coryell, David A.
S. 29,099
CONTENTS

Michigan 19642
David A. Correll.
of Washtenaw in the State of Michigan who was a Private in the C o commanded by Captain Schling of the R g commanded by Col o Crawes in the Hoopey- line for two years.
Inscribed on the Roll of Michigan at the rate of 80 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 9 th day of Aug t 1833 and sent to Miss A. A. A. A. A. A.
Arrears to the 14th of March 1833, 160.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 th Sept. 33. 40.00 $ 200.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Wm. P. Dabney Clerk, Book 8 Vol. 8 Page 93

In the Matter of Daniel A. Conger for a pension
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th A.D. 1832 Territory of Michigan } County of Washtenaw } On this fourth day of December A.D. 1832 personally appeared in open court before the Court of Probate now sitting Daniel A. Coryell a resident of Saline Township in the County aforesaid aged 74 years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of an act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832
That he was born in Somerset County in the State of New Jersey on the 29 th day Dec 1758. That he took a copy of a record kept by his Father in the family Bible which he brought with him and which is now in the possession of his Daughter in the Village of Monroe in the Territory of Michigan. That in the fall of 1776 he was drafted from the Militia of the State at the County of Somerset in the town of Barnards for one month to protect the settlement of Cape May along the Jersey Shore on the North River the incursions of the British Army who then had the possession of the City of New York were attached to the Regiment of Col. Israel Richey That his (Deponant) Father was Lieutenant of the Company under Capt. Ralph Sebring commanded Marched down to Westfield under Capt. Sebring was stationed there about 4 weeks returned to the

Seven of Ban ards and remained a short time when the country was alarmed by the approach of the British when Capt. William Moffit (who had succeeded Capt. Sebring) called out all of his company (in which he was then enrolled) and marched to Springfield in Essex Co. U.S. where an engagement took place between the Regiment of Gen. Ingleling- -ning and the British. That he and his Father who was Lef t as a foray were both in the engagement and Capt. Moffit, Capt. McCoy and several other Companies. The British returned over the river and the Militia were marched back to Somerset and were discharged verbally was out about 4 weeks on the tour. That he thinks it was in the Spring of 1778 in March his Father removed into Middlesex Co. within 6 Miles of New Brunswick where he was enrolled in a company Commanded by Capt. Rop of Col. Crows Regiment Lef t Col. Webster Maj. Boise - was enrolled as a Minute Man in the Militia was out on several alarms and was on duty most of the time until the close of the war. When at Amboy under Capt. Rop he and Sam l . Bleekford when on patrol took two prisoners, who had in their possession a bundle of Letters with them for the British Commander one of them was a Refugee and the other was a British Soldier that had been taken prisoner and was escaping

The prisoners and the letters were sent to Trenton the then head quarters of Gen. Washington - From Amboy went to Woodbridge the then quarters of Americans includ- ing Col. Owens Regiment, do not recollect the name of the name of the General was in an engage- ment at Elizabethtown under the command of Capt. McKee - was most of the time after his last enrolment for eighteen months in actual service guarding the Horses at Westfield, Elizabethtown, Runway Amboy, & Woodbridge. Thinks he was more than two years in actual service as a Militia Man. That he was always compelled to go as a minute man or was drafted from the company. That from the time the the British landed in New York until the close of the war he was either in actual service or in hourly expectation of being called out - That Gen. Freelinghausen commanded the troops at Elizabeth- town when General Washington when the American Army lay between the mountains in Somerset County. That he never had a commission while in the service. That the discharges he received were all verbal. That he has no documentary evidence, and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service. That he is acquainted with Ira H. Mead Ypsilanti Washtenaw County

Michigan under Smith Howard of Saline in said Co. That after the close of the war removed into the town of Ovid County of Seneca State of New York remained there about eight or nine years removed from there to the town of Pottsville in the County of Schuylkill said State lived there about 10 years removed from there Romulus in said State where he lived 10 or 12 years removed there to Niagara County in said State where he remained until he removed to the town of Saline Washtenaw County Michigan Territory where he now resides removed to this Territory in June 1831
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the Pension Rolls of the agency of any State or Territory in the United States Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
James Kingley Judge of Probate of David A. Congell
We Jas. M. Weeks a Glycerian residing in the town of Ypsilanti and Smith Howard of the town of Saline in Washtenaw County Michigan hereby certify that we are well acquainted with David A. Congell who has sworn to and subscribed

to the above declaration, that we believe him to be 74 years of age that he is respected and beloved in in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the Revolution that we concur in that opinion
In witness whereof the day and year aforesaid James Kingsly Judge of Probate Isaac W. Weaver Smith Howard
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogations prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a Soldier of Revolution and served as he states And the Court further certify that it appears to them that Isaac W. Weaver who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman resident in the Town of Ypsilanti and that Smith Howard who has also signed the same is also a resident of Saline in Washtenaw Co. and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit James Kingsly Judge of Probate Court

I John Allen Register and Clerk of the Court of Probate in and for the County of Washtenaw aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Daniel A. Congell for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this fourth day of December A.D. 1832. John Allen Register Clerk as aforesaid
Deposition of Michigan } Personally appeared before County of Washtenaw } me, the undersigned, a Justice of the peace in and for said County. Daniel Congell, who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith that in reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the pre- cise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the period mentioned below, and in the following grade For two years service as a private; and for such service I claim a pension -
He further states that "after the lapse of so many years" he knows of no "contemporary survivor" by whom he can prove that he ever served in the revolutionary war, and that "to require this of him would be to deprive him of the benefit of the law" and further saith not Sworn and subscribed } Dany J. Allen before me the 22 d day }

of May 22 d 1833.
John Allen Justice of the peace
Secretary of Michigan.
Washburn County ss. I James T. Allen Clerk of the County of Washburn aforesaid do hereby Certify that that John Allen Esq r . the Justice before whom the foregoing affidavit was made is and was at the time said affidavit was made an acting Justice of the peace in said said County, duly authorized by law to take take affidavits, and that I am acquainted with the hand writing of said Justice and believe the above signature to be his
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County at Ann Arbor the 20 th June 1833
Ja s . T. Allen Clerk

21651
19642
David A Goryell Michigan Territory
Plum 5.
adm 2 years pr
John Allen Esq Ann Arbor Washtenaw Co Michigan Ter

BRIEF in the case of David A Coryell County of Washtenaw in the State of Territory of Michigan (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? In open Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 74 years  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.     Drafted In 1776. fall 1 As a private Gen. Capt Sebring   Enrolled he thinks in March 1778 he thinks he was more than two years in actual service as militia man minute man His father Lieut Capt Moffit Col Crane Major Bouse Capt Rofs  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Springfield, with a companion took two prisoners, Elizabethtown  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service?  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditional evidence  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Examining Clerk.

MS Q1 Cai
July 24, 1928
Dr. Louis D. Coriell 111 W. Monument St. Baltimore, Md.
Sir:
I advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 29099, it appears that DAVID A. CORYELL was born December 29, 1758, in Somerset County, New Jersey.
While a resident of Bernard, Somerset County, New Jersey, he enlisted in the fall of 1778 and served one month as a private in Captain Ruliff Sebring's Company in Colonel Israel Richey's New Jersey Regiment. The father of David A. Coryell (his name not stated) was the lieutenant in said company.
See Officers & Men of N.J.
Shortly after this service David A. Coryell enlisted and served one month as a private in Captain William Moffatt's New Jersey Company; his father was lieutenant in said company and they were both in the battle of Springfield.
See "Officers & Men of New Jersey"
In March, 1778, he moved with his father to Middlesex County, New Jersey, to a place within six miles of New Brunswick, and David A. Coryell served at various times from then until the close of the Revolution, as a private with the New Jersey troops under Captains Ross and Moffatt and Colonel Crow and he was in the battle of Eliza-

bethtown.
His entire service amounted to about two years.
After the Revolution he lived in Ovid, Seneca County, New York, Pulteney, Steuben County, New York, Romulus, New York, Niagara, New York, and Saline, Washtenaw County, Michigan.
He was allowed pension on his application executed December 4, 1832, at which time he was living in Saline, Michigan, having moved there in June, 1831.
In 1832 David A. Coryell referred to his daughter (her name not stated) who was then living in Monroe, Michigan.
There are no further data on file relative to the soldier's family.
This is the only soldier by the name of David Coryell that is found on the Revolutionary War records of this bureau and there is no record of a David Corriell or a John Coryell.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner

Dr. Louis D. Correll 111 W. Monument St. Baltimore
Baltimore, Md., September 16th, 1927.
The Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:
only
Can you give me the date of enlistment, and term of military service in the Revolutionary Army of David Corriell of Middlesex County, New Jersey, and, also, the military record of Major John Coryell.
Thanking you in advance, I am,
Very truly yours,
Louis D. Correll
LDC/H

29099 Rev INVALID.
1928 July 24. h. at to D. E. S. and D. Correll m c s
File No. 29,099
David A. Correll
Rev War
Act: June 1 st 189 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 82
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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