Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 2439, James Coon, Continental (R.I.)

SERVICE
NUMBER
continental (R.I.)
boon, James
R. 2439
brandall, Sarah
or brandell
CONTENTS
Former widow

State of New York } Madison County }
On this 16 th day of February 1847 personally appeared before the subscribers a judge of Madison County Court it being a cause of Sarah Sarah Crandall a resident of Markfield County of Madison and State of New York aged eighty one years of age who being first duly sworn according to law do hereby make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed July 7 th 1838 entitled an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows the act of August 1842 the act of 1843 and 1844 extending the same That she is the widow of Jasper Crandall but was formerly the widow of James Coon who was a soldier of the Revolution. That he enlisted as a private soldier as early as seventeen hundred and seventy nine at Hopkinton State of Rhode Island as a private for three years as she has always been informed by him and others which she believes to be true and continued in the Army three years he was a part of the time on the northern and western frontiers at Fort Stanwix in the State of New York and was in General Sullivan's Campaign throughout the western country That he often told her various stories that occurred while he was in the Army but the particulars she cannot distinctly recollect. She further declares that she was married to James Coon the above named Revolutionary soldier in Peterborough Madison County and State of New York in May one thousand seven hundred and eighty nine by Eldon Williams Coon Pastor of the Seventh day Baptist Church of that place. That her husband the aforesaid James Coon died in the year one thousand eight hundred and at Peterborough and ninety nine That in the year one thousand eight hundred she was married to Jasper Crandall at Peterborough performed by Eldon Hull a Baptist minister of that place That Jasper Crandall her last husband died on the fifteenth day of March one thousand eight hundred and forty four and that she still remains his widow and resides in Markfield County of Madison and State of New York That she has no documentary evidence on family record That she was not married to the said James Coon prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the first day of January seven hundred and ninety four at the time where she was married two years before the birth of her eldest child who is in his fifty sixth year of age her sworn and subscribed on the day & year above Sarah Crandall mark written before me
Hiram H. Green Judge of Madison County Court
I further certify that from old age and infirmity the above named Sarah Crandall cannot reasonably attend court and for the same reason cannot write her name and that the foregoing account of the said Peterborough aforesaid was made before signing
Hiram H. Green Judge of Madison County Court

State of New York Madison County Clerks Office Es. J. A. Scott Sloan Clerk of the said County and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said County hereby certify that Hiram St. Green Esq., before whom the foregoing declaration of Sarah Brandall purports to have been subscribed & sworn, was on the day of the date thereof a Judge of the County Courts of Madison County duly commissioned and qualified That I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Judge and verily believe that his signature thereto is genuine. In testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court & County this 18 th day of February 1847
J. A. Scott Sloan Clerk

State of New York Chenango County ss
Jonathan Coon of the Puyter County of Madison State of New York being duly sworn says he is eighty three years of age that he was born in Ulster County of Washington and State of Massachussetts and lived there until he was twenty one years of age he then moved to Peterborough Rensselaer County and State of New York where he resided until the year 1802 he then moved into De Puyter where he now resides That he was acquainted with James Coon who was his cousin and was born and bred up near him in Ulster and lived near him in Peterborough when the said James Coon died. That he the said James Coon was a soldier of the Revolution and has often heard him mention that he had lost three years time in the Army of the Revolution but he cannot tell the names of his officers but always understood from him and others. That he enlisted for three years or during the war and served the full time of his enlistment. That he lived near by said James Coon in Peterborough Rensselaer County where he was married to Sarah Clough. That he cannot recollect the exact time of the marriage but feels sure it was as much as sixty years past. That some time before deponent moved from Peterborough to De Puyter said James Coon died and that after the death of said James Coon his widow married Jasper Crandall. That said Jasper Crandall died in this town. That said Jasper Crandall died two or three years past leaving his widow who still survives him and lives in Brattlefield County of Madison and State of New York as he has been informed and believes.
Jonathan Coon sworn and subscribed this 14th day of December 1856 before me Gonydon B Burdick Justice of the Peace I further certify that the above named Jonathan Coon sustains a good character for truth and veracity Gonydon B Burdick Justice of the Peace

STATE OF NEW-YORK. Chenango County Clerk's Office, } ss,
I, Benjamin D. Smith Clerk of said County, do hereby certify, That Corrydon F. Smith whose name is subscribed to the certificate of the proof or acknowledgement of the annexed instrument, and thereon written, was at the time of taking such proof or acknowledgement a Justice of the Peace in and for the said county of Chenango, dwelling in the said county, commissioned and sworn, and duly authorized to take the same. And further, that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of such Justice and verily believe that the signature to the said certificate of proof or acknowledgement is genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County, the fourth day of February A. D. 184 7 ,
B. D. Smith Clerk.

State of New York Madison County
William Barrett being duly sworn says he is ninety years of age that he lived during the Revolutionary War in Hopkinton State of Rhode Island that he was well acquainted with James Coon who was then his neighbor that he was present at Hopkinton aforesaid when they were enlisting soldiers for three years or during the war that they beat up for volunteers when said James Coon turned out and remarked that everything was not as usual and that he had no notice of the plan he understood that said James Coon went into the army and remained during the time of his enlistment that after his return he was married to Sarah Cloutier in Franklin County State of New York that more than forty years past said James Coon died that some time after said Coon died he married Sarah Condonell who this deponent has been informed and believes died some time past and that his widow is still living and resides in Broadfield County of Madison and State of New York
Sworn and subscribed this 19th day of August 1845 before me
William Barrett
Thomas Keith Justice of the peace
I further certify that the above named William Barrett is of a good character for truth veracity and piety and retains his mental faculties to a remarkable degree
Thomas Keith Justice of the peace
I further certify that the above named William Barrett is of a good character for truth veracity and piety and retains his mental faculties to a remarkable degree
Hiram H. Green Judge of Madison County Court of the Peace
a good character for me

William Morris Common Pleas of the County and State of Pennsylvania

State of New York Chenango County
Pardon Coon being duly sworn says he resides in De Witt County of Medwin and State of New York and is seventy one years of age that he was born in Hopkinton State of Rhode Island and lived there until the year nineteen hundred and eighty five he then moved with his father to Petersburgh Herkimer County and State of New York where he lived until about forty five years past he then moved into De Witt where he now resides that he was well acquainted with James Coon who was his cousin and resided near his father in Hopkinton he said that he distinctly recalls that at or near the close of the Revolutionary War James Coon came to his father's house having been a soldier in the Revolutionary War and having always understood from James Coon and others that he was in the service three years on more of which he has not the least doubt and some after time that time found said James Coon returning his adventures in the army that soon after James Coon returned from the army to Hopkinton he moved to Petersburgh in the State of New York where this deponent moved with his father soon after and a near neighbor and this deponent worked one year for the said James Coon and lived near by him until he died that he the said James Coon died about forty eight years ago that soon after said James Coon moved to Petersburgh he married Sarah Clark that his widow afterwards married Josiah Crandall who died in this town five years past leaving his widow now living who now resides in Schoharie County of Medwin and State of New York and remains a widow that more than forty years past the mother of James Coon believed him entitled to bounty land and employed John Green Esq of Petersburgh who was a member of the Legislature of New York to make the claim but could not learn that he was entitled to land that he has no relatives on acquaintance that one all owing to which his sense or who he could learn from personal knowledge that said James was a man of truth and veracity and first respectable that he has found said James Coon was in the army at Fort Stoneville now County of Oneida and State of New York while that place was infested with savages and that he was under General Schuyler and discharged this 20th day of October 1887
before me Corydon B Burdick Justice of the Peace
Pardon Coon
I further certify that I am well acquainted with Pardon Coon the above named deponent who sustains a good character for truth veracity and respectability the said Pardon Coon subscribed to Corydon B Burdick Justice

State of New York Chenango County } ss
James Coon being duly sworn says he is eighty years of age that he was born in Hopkinton County of Washington and state of Rhode Island on the first day of July 1767 and resided there until six years after the close of the Revolutionary War he then moved into Easton Washington County State of New York and for the last twenty five years he has resided where he now resides in Seneca County of Chenango and State of New York that he was well acquainted with James Coon who was his Cousin from his child hood until after the Revolution were who was his near neighbor in Hopkinton afore said That some time after the declaration of Independence James Coon enlisted into the army of the United States he believes from his best recollection for three years or more and went into the army and served out the length of his enlistment but the name of his officers he served under he could not recollect neither can he recollect where he served for he went immediately away from Hopkinton and did not return there until the close of his service and it is near the close of the Revolution That soon after the close of his service in the army he moved to Petersburgh State of New York and soon after married Sarah Clarke who was then a deponent's wife and resided there during his life That said James Coon died about forty eight years past leaving his widow him surviving she afterwards married Jasper Crandall That said Jasper Crandall died in De Ruyter in the adjoining town to this deponent he thinks four or five years past leaving his widow him surviving who now resides in Poughkeepsie County of Dutchess and State of New York and remains a widow That this deponent is the oldest relative of said James Coon living from his best knowledge and belief and that he does not know of any of his former neighbors of Hopkinton as old as deponent or who would one old enough to recollect the particularities of James Coon since that from his recollections he has not the least doubt that said James Coon served as a soldier in the Revolutionary war were at least three years the word War understood here before signing known and subscribed this 21st day of October 1848 James Coon before me Goydow B Burdick Justice of the peace I further certify that I am well acquainted with the above named James Coon and that he possesses an excellent memory for truth and accuracy and that he retains his mental and intellectual faculties to a remarkable degree Goydow B Burdick Justice

State of New York
Trentham County
William Crondell being duly sworn says he is sixty five years of age that he was born in Westerly State of Rhode Island and lived there until about fifty four years of age he then moved with his father to Petersburg Tennessee County and State of New York where he lived about twenty years he then moved into De Kalb County of Madison and State of New York where he now resides that he was well acquainted with James Coon in Petersburg aforesaid until he died who was his neighbor that he has often heard said James Coon relate his adventures in the Revolutionary war and more particularly his adventures amongst the Indians against whom said Coon had strong prejudices on account of various relations mentioned by them that he has always understood from said Coon and others that he was in the army of the United States as a soldier for three years in none of which he was not the least hurt that said James Coon was a man of truth and veracity and respectability that said James Coon married Sarah Clark in Petersburg aforesaid that said James Coon died about forty eight years ago leaving his widow him surviving who some time after married Joseph Crondell that said Joseph Crondell died in De Kalb he thinks three or four years past leaving his widow him surviving who now remains a widow and resides in Mansfield County of Madison and State of New York that he does not know of any power in Rhode Island who was his neighbor then or in Petersburg & who is alive enough to recollect the affairs moving under whom the said James Coon served on when he entered  William Crondell  sworn and subscribed this 21st day of October 1897 before me George B Brindick Justice of Peace.
I further certify that I am well acquainted with William Crondell the above deponent who is my neighbor residing within one mile of me in or adjoining town that he sustains a good reputation for truth and veracity and respectability and enlighten  George B Brindick Justice

Chenango County Clerks Office
J. P. P. Andrews Clerk of the County of Chenango do hereby certify that Gerry Clark T. P. Burdick was a Justice of the peace at the time of the taking the foregoing affidavits duly qualified according to Law and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing and his signature to the affidavits is genuine.
In Witness Whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and affixed the Seal of said County this 30th day of October 1847.
J. P. P. Andrews Clerk

State of New York
Rensselaer County 3 d p Sylvia Saunders being duly sworn says she was fifty three years of age the sixth day of February one thousand eight hundred and forty seven that she is the daughter of James and Sarah Coon. She was born in Petersburg Rensselaer County on the sixth day of February one thousand seven hundred and ninety four and has always resided since in Petersburg Berlin and Stephentown in Rensselaer County & Brookfield in Madison County & State of New York That she has always understood that her Mother's first child died in infancy That her Brother James Coon is their oldest child living and is fifty seven years of age now resides in Wisconsin Territory That their next child was Sarah Coon who married Wil- iam Coon who died who died eight years past in the County of Herkimer She if living would have been fifty five years of age the next child was this deponent who is fifty three years of age That her Brother James is four years older than this deponent and her sister Sister Sarah Coon deceased was two years older than this deponent that she has always understood from her father and mother that they had been married about two years when her Brother James was born The following is her family re- cord which has been kept in her Bible for fifty nine years past

She further declares that her father the aforesaid James Coon died in Petersburg aforesaid in the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety nine That he was buried in Petersburg and a Tomb-Stone was erected at his grave more than forty Seven Years past on which was inscribed at the time the following J. Coon died seventeen hundred and ninety nine She further declares that about one year after the death of her father her mother married Jasper Brandall that about four years past Jasper Brandall died in Derryter Madison County and State of New-York leaving her Mother him surviving who still remains a widow and resides in Brookfield County of Madison and State of New York That she always understood from her father and others that her father was a soldier of the revolution for three Years or more and was through the Indian Country under General Sullivan but she does not recollect hearing the names of the other officers with him That she has heard aged people relate the daring exploit of her father while in the army, one in particular killing an Indian while standing sentinel where several of the guard had been killed by the Indians in the night time
Sworn and Subscribed before me this 2 nd day of June 1847 D. D. Green Justin Pease
Sylvia Sues
I certify that the above deponent sustains a good character for truth and veracity D. D. Green Justin Pease

Clarke was my father James Coon Jr - born March 4 th 1729 fourth Day of James Coon Jr was born March 23 rd 1790 and on the fourth Day of the month of March 1792 the said James Coon was weak James Coon was on the fifth Day of March 1794 James Coon was
STATE OF NEW-YORK, RENSSELAER COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE, } ss. I, AMBROSE H. SHELDON, Clerk of said County, do hereby Certify, that D r B. Green before whom the annexed affidavit and whose name is there- was made Justice of the Peace unto subscribed, was at the day of the date thereof a Justice in and for said County, and duly authorized by law to take the same; and that I am well acquainted with the hand- writing of the said Justice and verily believe that his signature to the said affidavit is genuine. In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said County, this thirteenth day of June 1847 A. H. Sheldon CLERK.

James Cook Jan 1st 1800 James Cook 1800 James Cook 1800 James Cook 1800

James Coon was born in the year 1790 in the Month of May 8 th I was born

Dear Governor — Apr 28
Price 11
Joseph Clark Esq Brookfield Madison County N.Y.

Wisconsin Territory Dodge County
James Coon being duly sworn says he was fifty six years of age on the 3 rd day of May 1846 and is the son James Coon and Sarah his wife and their oldest child living, although he has always understood that their first born child died in infancy, that he has always understood or been informed by his Father and Mother that they had been married about two years when he was born, that he was born and lived with his Father James Coon in Petersburg in Rensselaer County State of New York during the life time of his Father, That his Father died when he was about nine years old His Mother married after the death of his Father Jasper Crandall and a short time afterwards moved to Brookfield County of Madison and State of New York and resided until about six years Past when they moved to DeRuyter County State of New York where the said Jasper Crandall died about three years Past leaving his surviving Widow, Who now resides in Brookfield County Madison and State of New York. That the leaf herunto attached is his family Record and has been for more than twenty years Past and was written by him the deponent, - who now resides in Fairfield Dodge County Wisconsin Territory. - That he has always understood from his Father and others that he (his Father) was a soldier of the revolution for three years or more
sworn and subscribed before me } James Coon this 23 rd day of April 1847 }
Moses Bryant Justice of the Peace
I further certify that the above named James Coon sustains a good character for truth and veracity.
Moses Bryant Justice of the Peace

Wisconsin Territory } County of Dodge }
I hereby Certify that the within named Moses Bryant was duly elected a Justice of the Peace for the County of Dodge Wisconsin Territory, on the 7 th of April 1846 and that he was qualified accord- -ing to Law to administer oaths &c., and also that the within signature of his name is gen- -uine
John Lowth
Clk Board of County Supervisors
Fairfield April 23 rd 1847.

S. 284
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES.
MAY 5, 1856.—Ordered to be printed.
Mr. SEWARD made the following
REPORT.
[To accompany Bill S. 284.]
The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the memorial of heirs-at-law of Sarah Crandall, deceased, widow of a revolutionary soldier, report:
That a special act was passed for the relief of Sarah Crandall, and approved July 24, 1854, granting her a pension at the rate of $96 per annum, from January 1, 1848, during her life. She died, it seems, before the issue of the certificate, and before any payments were made under said special act. The heirs-at-law now ask the passage of an act to pay to them the pension granted by the special act of July 24, 1854, from January 1, 1848, to the date of Sarah Crandall's death. This seems to your committee but reasonable and just, and they therefore herewith report a bill.

S. 340 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES.
(APRIL 18, 1854.—Ordered to be printed.)
Mr. JONES, of Iowa, made the following
REPORT.
[To accompany Bill S. 340.]
The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Sarah Crandall, widow of James Coon, for a pension, beg leave to report :
That this case has been before the committee at three several times since the year 1849, and in each instance has received a favorable consideration, and a bill for the relief of petitioner has as often been reported and passed the Senate, but failed in the House. The committee fully concur in the views of the report made in 1849, and adopt the same as part of their report, and submit a bill for her relief.
IN SENATE.—JULY 26, 1852.
The Committee on Pensions, to whom was presented the petition of Sarah Crandall, report :
That there have been two reports made to the Senate from the Committee on Pensions favorable to the petitioner, accompanied by bills for her relief. With said reports (one dated February 20, 1849, the other January 9, 1851,) the committee concur, and recommend the passage of a bill for her relief.
IN SENATE.—JANUARY , 1851.
The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Petition of Sarah Crandall, widow of James Coon, report :
That they concur in the views expressed by the committee in the report made on said petition the 20th February, 1849, and adopt the same as a part of their report, and submit a bill for her relief.
Paper

FEBRUARY 20, 1849.
The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Sarah Crandall, widow of James Coon, for a pension, report:
The proofs in the case show that the petitioner was married to James Coon as early as the year 1790; that the said Coon died in 1799; that his widow afterwards married Jasper Crandall, who died a few years since, leaving the petitioner again a widow.
It is claimed by the petitioner that James Coon, her first husband, was a soldier in the revolutionary war, and served in Colonel Warner's regiment, which was raised principally in Connecticut, and that he enlisted for three years, and continued on duty during that time.
The certificate of the comptroller of the State of Connecticut shows that, according to the records in that office, James Coon served in the revolutionary war and in Warner's regiment twenty-three months and ten days.
The Commissioner of Pensions rejected the petitioner's application for a pension under the general laws, on the ground that the proof was insufficient to identify her husband with the James Coon above mentioned, who was shown by the record to have served nearly two years.
It appears from the records in the comptroller's office that there were two individuals bearing the name of James Coon on the roll of Warner's regiment—one was a lieutenant, and the other was denominated "fifer." The first application of the petitioner to the Pension Office stated that her husband enlisted as a private soldier at Hopkinton, Rhode Island. Her papers were found defective, and it became necessary for her to seek record evidence of the services of her husband. She applied at the office of the comptroller of Connecticut, and received a certificate of the services of James Coon, the lieutenant, which she presented to the Pension Office as proof of the services of her husband. It was subsequently ascertained that the lieutenant was a resident of Salisbury, Connecticut, and not of Hopkinton, Rhode Island, where petitioner's husband resided at the time of his enlistment. She was then notified that there was another James Coon attached to Warner's regiment, who appeared by the rolls to have been a musician. The Commissioner of Pensions required her, in order to prove the identity of her husband with the James Coon last mentioned, to produce the testimony of "two or more witnesses who were themselves in service with him, and whose names were found on the same rolls." This testimony could not be procured. It will be observed that the petitioner was not married to Coon until after the close of his services in the army; that she resided both before and after the marriage in the State of New York, at a distance from the place of his enlistment and services; and that he died nearly fifty years ago. It is not surprising, therefore, that she should have supposed that the first certificate of the comptroller related to the services of her husband.
The committee have examined a large mass of testimony filed in the case, and are satisfied of the services of the petitioner's husband in the revolutionary war, and of his identity with the James Coon last above mentioned. William Barret testifies that he was present at Hopkinton,

Rhode Island, when they were enlisting soldiers for three years or during the war; that petitioner's husband enlisted and went into the army, where he remained during the term of his enlistment. Isaac Whittlesey testifies that he was present at the same time and place, and that said James Coon enlisted, as above stated, for three years; that the person who had the enlisting orders was from Connecticut; and that Coon joined Warner's regiment, was gone more than three years, and after his return married the petitioner. Many witnesses also testify to their knowledge that petitioner's husband was absent and in the army for three years or thereabout; they recollect his departure to and his return from the service, and his removal, soon after his return, to the State of New York, where he was married to the petitioner.
The committee being satisfied by the testimony filed in the case, in connexion with the record evidence above mentioned, that the facts set forth in the petition are substantiated, and are such as to entitle her to a pension, herewith report a bill for that purpose.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES.
APRIL 18, 1854.—Ordered to be printed.
Mr. JONES, of Iowa, made the following
REPORT.
[To accompany Bill S. 340.]
The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Sarah Crandall, widow of James Coon, for a pension, beg leave to report :
That this case has been before the committee at three several times since the year 1849, and in each instance has received a favorable consideration, and a bill for the relief of petitioner has as often been reported and passed the Senate, but failed in the House. The committee fully concur in the views of the report made in 1849, and adopt the same as part of their report, and submit a bill for her relief.
IN SENATE.—JULY 26, 1852.
The Committee on Pensions, to whom was presented the petition of Sarah Crandall, report :
That there have been two reports made to the Senate from the Committee on Pensions favorable to the petitioner, accompanied by bills for her relief. With said reports (one dated February 20, 1849, the other January 9, 1851,) the committee concur, and recommend the passage of a bill for her relief.
IN SENATE.—JANUARY , 1851.
The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Petition of Sarah Crandall, widow of James Coon, report :
That they concur in the views expressed by the committee in the report made on said petition the 20th February, 1849, and adopt the same as a part of their report, and submit a bill for her relief.

FEBRUARY 20, 1849.
The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Sarah Crandall, widow of James Coon, for a pension, report:
The proofs in the case show that the petitioner was married to James Coon as early as the year 1790; that the said Coon died in 1799; that his widow afterwards married Jasper Crandall, who died a few years since, leaving the petitioner again a widow.
It is claimed by the petitioner that James Coon, her first husband, was a soldier in the revolutionary war, and served in Colonel Warner's regiment, which was raised principally in Connecticut, and that he enlisted for three years, and continued on duty during that time.
The certificate of the comptroller of the State of Connecticut shows that, according to the records in that office, James Coon served in the revolutionary war and in Warner's regiment twenty-three months and ten days.
The Commissioner of Pensions rejected the petitioner's application for a pension under the general laws, on the ground that the proof was insufficient to identify her husband with the James Coon above mentioned, who was shown by the record to have served nearly two years.
It appears from the records in the comptroller's office that there were two individuals bearing the name of James Coon on the roll of Warner's regiment—one was a lieutenant, and the other was denominated "fifer." The first application of the petitioner to the Pension Office stated that her husband enlisted as a private soldier at Hopkinton, Rhode Island. Her papers were found defective, and it became necessary for her to seek record evidence of the services of her husband. She applied at the office of the comptroller of Connecticut, and received a certificate of the services of James Coon, the lieutenant, which she presented to the Pension Office as proof of the services of her husband. It was subsequently ascertained that the lieutenant was a resident of Salisbury, Connecticut, and not of Hopkinton, Rhode Island, where petitioner's husband resided at the time of his enlistment. She was then notified that there was another James Coon attached to Warner's regiment, who appeared by the rolls to have been a musician. The Commissioner of Pensions required her, in order to prove the identity of her husband with the James Coon last mentioned, to produce the testimony of "two or more witnesses who were themselves in service with him, and whose names were found on the same rolls." This testimony could not be procured. It will be observed that the petitioner was not married to Coon until after the close of his services in the army; that she resided both before and after the marriage in the State of New York, at a distance from the place of his enlistment and services; and that he died nearly fifty years ago. It is not surprising, therefore, that she should have supposed that the first certificate of the comptroller related to the services of her husband.
The committee have examined a large mass of testimony filed in the case, and are satisfied of the services of the petitioner's husband in the revolutionary war, and of his identity with the James Coon last above mentioned. William Barret testifies that he was present at Hopkinton,

Rhode Island, when they were enlisting soldiers for three years or during the war; that petitioner's husband enlisted and went into the army, where he remained during the term of his enlistment. Isaac Whittlesey testifies that he was present at the same time and place, and that said James Coon enlisted, as above stated, for three years; that the person who had the enlisting orders was from Connecticut; and that Coon joined Warner's regiment, was gone more than three years, and after his return married the petitioner. Many witnesses also testify to their knowledge that petitioner's husband was absent and in the army for three years or thereabout; they recollect his departure to and his return from the service, and his removal, soon after his return, to the State of New York, where he was married to the petitioner.
The committee being satisfied by the testimony filed in the case, in connexion with the record evidence above mentioned, that the facts set forth in the petition are substantiated, and are such as to entitle her to a pension, herewith report a bill for that purpose.

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IN THE SERVICE OF THE UNITED STATES

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES,
JANUARY 9, 1851.
Mr. HALE, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted a report, [No. 231,] accompanied by the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading.
A BILL
Granting a pension to Sarah Crandell.
1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represen- 2 tatives of the United States of America in Congress 3 assembled , That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he 4 hereby is, directed to place the name of Sarah Crandell, 5 widow of James Coon, on the list of revolutionary pen- 6 sioners, and pay her during her life, at the rate of eight 7 dollars per month, to commence on the first day of Janu- 8 ary, one thousand eight hundred and forty-eight.

State of New York } Madison County }
John Millard being duly sworn says he is eighty years of age that he was born and lived in Charles Town State of Rhode Island and lived there until he was twelve years of age he then moved to Petersburg Rensselaer County and State of New York where he lived until thirty two years past when he moved into Plattsburgh County of Clinton and State of New York where he now resides That he was well acquainted with James Coon in Petersburg upon said That James Coon married Sarah Clark of Petersburg upon said as near as he can recollect fifty seven years ago The time he calculates from the fact that said James Coon's second child by the said Sarah Clark was about three months old Then one of deponent's children who is fifty five years of age That said Sarah Clark was a sister of This deponent's first wife That he went after Elder William Williams Coon who was pastor of the Seventh day Baptist Church in Petersburg to marry the said James Coon to Sarah Clark upon said & read him their names in Bible That said James Coon died forty two years past from the last of his recollection That some time after the death of said James Coon his Widow married Jasper Cronnell of Stephen Town State of New York That said Jasper Cronnell died about three years past as he has been informed and believes That his widow still survives him and lives in Brookfield County of Madison and State of New York That he has often heard said James Coon say that he served in the Revolution three years or during the War & has heard him say that he was at Fort Stowe State of New York That he heard him say that he was in Capt. Seaborn's Company on Seaborn's The name of the other officers he cannot recollect That he has no doubt said James Coon served three years in the army of the Revolution
John Millard
affirmed and subscribed before me this 24th day of January 1847
Thomas Keith Justice of the peace.
I further certify that the above named John Millard sustains a good character for truth & veracity
Thomas Keith Justice of the peace

State of New York Madison County Clerks Office } ss } A D Scott Sloan Clerk of the said County & Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the said County do hereby certify that Thomas Keith Esq before whom the foregoing affidavits of William Barrett & John Millard purport to have been subscribed & sworn, & by whom the certificates of good character subjoined thereto are signed, was on the days of the dates thereof a Justice of the Peace of said County duly elected and qualified. That I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice & truly believe that his signatures thereto are genuine. In testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my seal of Office this 18 th February 1847 A D Scott Sloan Clerk

State of New York Rensselaer County
John Clark being duly sworn says that he is was eighty three years of age the twentyeth day of February last past that he now resides in the town of Petersburg in the County of Rensselaer and State of New York where he now resides and have resided there sixty two years last past and my father Moved to the said town of Petersburg the next year after I did and resided in the same place during his life. That I was well acquainted with James Coon who formerly lived in Petersburg aforesaid. That said James Coon was Married to Sarah Clark sister to this deponent by Elder William Coon in my presence at my fathers House in said town of Petersburg but I cant tell how long ago the said James Coon was married to my sister Sarah but according to the best of my recollection it must be about fifty seven years last past. James Coon died in Petersburg aforesaid and was buried on my premises, but I cant tell the day or year that he died but I do know that James Coon died soon after he made his Will and that was made on the 18 th day of November 1899 I was appointed his Executor and the Will has been in my hands ever since the death of the said James Coon. That about one year after the death of said James Coon his Widow married one Jasper Crandall who then lived in Stephentown in the County and State aforesaid. That said Jasper Crandall died about three years ago last past in Driker County of the State aforesaid as I have been credibly informed and believes leaving his Widow him surviving who now resides in Brookfield County of Madison and State of New York as I have been credibly

And this deponent further saith that he has always understood from the said James Coon that he enlisted as a soldier in the Revolutionary War for three years or during the War that he served the full term of his enlistment, I do not recollect who James said the names of his officers was only one he always said to me that he was under General Sullivan James Coon further told me that he lost his health in the service and never regained it while he lived, and further this deponent saith not sworn and subscribed before me this 7th day of February 1847 Nathan Nott justice peace
John Clark
I further certify that the above named John Clark retains a good character for truth and veracity Nathan Nott justice peace
I hereby certify that according to the Records of the Seventh day Baptist Church of Berlin Rensselaer County N.Y. that the Reverend William Coon was pastor of said Church from the year 1783 up to his death which occurred in the year 1801
STATE OF NEW-YORK, RENSSELAER COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE, } ss.
I, AMBROSE H. SHELDON, Clerk of said County, do hereby certify, that Nathan Nott before whom the annexed affidavit was made and whose name is thereunto subscribed, was at the day of the date thereof a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, and duly authorized by law to take the same; and that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of the said Justice and verily believe that his signature to the said affidavit is genuine.
Church Bk
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said County, this 12th day of February 1847
A. H. Sheldon
CLERK.

And this deponent further saith that he has always understood from the said James Coon that he enlisted as a soldier in the Revolutionary War for three years or during the War that he served the full term of his enlistment, I do not recollect who James said the names of his officers was only one he always said to me that he was under General Sullivan James Coon further told me that he lost his health in the service and never regained it while he lived, and further this deponent saith not sworn and subscribed before me this 7th day of February 1847 John Clark Nathan Nott justice peace
I further certify that the above named John Clark retains a good character for truth and veracity Nathan Nott justice peace
I hereby certify that according to the Records of the Seventh day Baptist Church of Berlin Rensselaer County N.Y. that the Reverend William Coon was pastor of said Church from the year 1783 up to his death which occurred in the year 1801
John Whitford Church Clerk

13277.
Sarah Brandee formerly widow of James Coon
NY
act 7 July 1838
1

Office of Secretary of the U. S. Senate,
FINANCIAL ROOM,
Washington, October 13 th , 1880.
Hon. O. P. G. Clarke, Acting Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Sir,
In compliance with your request of the 12 th inst., I enclose herewith original papers in the case of Sarah Crandall, applicant for a pension,
Respectfully
Thos. C. Brant Secretary of the Senate,

W 39
P. O. _____
Sarah Crandall Service: formerly widow of James Coon
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
REJECTED
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

V p W 13277 Sarah Crandall NY
Hon. W. J. Hough, Michigan H. Rep. to same June 12 '47 to same July 30 '47
Set to Hon. J. A. Dix Oct 1. 1847 - Rec'd to Hon. J. A. Dix Dec 29 '47
act of July 1838
Gratuitous to Continental Pension of Sarah Crandall act of July 1838
John H. Hough Pension due to same a pension N.Y. State July 7 '56 - in use in

Hon. Geo. W. Jones Senator Jan. 2, 1886.
Respecting Sarah Brandel,
Paper sent Jan. 7, '86
Yours truly on behalf of Geo. W. Jones Jan. 7, '86

Washington, Jan. 3/36
Sir:
The committee on Pensions of the Senate have directed me to request of you, the papers, or copies thereof, sent to your office with a special act of Congress passed July 27/1834, for the relief of Sarah Crandall. A petition has been ref'd to the Com. for an amendment to the act, & said papers are necessary to a proper understanding of the subject.
Yours obedt Servt Geo. V. Jones Chairman
Honf. Mind Com'te Pensions:

Hon. Henry Johnson U. S. Senator Washington D.C.

March 3 Jan y 47 Dear Sir,
In reference to the Memorial in behalf of J. Dorr, late of the Army you will greatly oblige me by informing me, - provided you should consider addition- al evidence to be needed.
With much respect I am, Sir, Yours. -
Francis, O. Dorr

Jan 10, 1850.
From Compt r of Pensions to Hon Geo. M. Jones, relative to claim of Sarah Crandall
Recommends the adoption of Report of 20 th Feb. 1849 - favorable.

Pension Office Jan y 10. 1850
Sir,
In the case of Sarah Brandall who as the widow of James Coon prays a pension for his services in the Revolutionary War, I would respectfully recommend to the Committee, the adoption of the report made to the Senate on the 20 th February 1849. The papers in the case are herewith returned.
I have the honor to be very respectfully Your obed t serv t .
J L Edwards
Comm te of Pensions
Hon. Geo. W. Jones. Chairman of the Committee on Pensions U. S. Senate.

Pension Office December 29th 1847.
Sir,
I have the honor to enclose, herewith, for the use of the Committee on Pensions of the Senate, the papers in the case of Sarah Brandall, formerly widow of James Leon, numbered from One to five, inclusive; and in the case of James Warmley, numbered from One to four, inclusive, and have to request the acknowledgment of the receipt of the same.
The enclosed Copy of my report to the Hon. W. S. Hough, dated 31st December, 1846, in the case of James Warmley, and to Hon. J. A. Dief, of the 1st inst. in the case of Mrs Brandall, will furnish you with the grounds of the objection to the admission of these Claims under existing laws.
I have the honor to be, Sir, Very respectfully, Your Obedt Servt. J. L. Edwards
Hon. Henry Johnson, Chairman of the Committee on Pensions, Senate United States.

Brookfield Nov 12th 1847
Dear Sir
I have procured and inclosed additional evidence to sustain the claim of Sarah Crandall to a pension under the act of Congress of 1838 for the services of her first husband James Egan which I wish you to present to Mr Edwards which I trust must be satisfactory to him. When you receive her certificate please forward it to me. I have procured the testimony of every person I can find who were acquainted with James Egan who were old enough to recollect any thing about him & all agree he served three years or more as a enlisted soldier in the Provost-Marshal's service. The testimony of William Barrett of known by Mr Edwards would be satisfactory he was over 93 years of age and one of the most correct and conscientious men I ever knew. I have been personally acquainted with him more than forty years & have no doubt he would lose his life sooner than state a falsehood on a matter of fact. Mr Edwards has had an opportunity to test his veracity and recollection he made application for a pension about two years past and eleven services during the war for 9 tours as a drafted Militia man from Hopkinton Rhode Island and the longest tour 30 days & in all but about 7 months he could not find a person living that was in the service with him. I have procured the testimony of one man who recollects seeing him in the army two or three times he gave the name of the officers under whom he served in each tour. Mr Edwards stated the militia officers were appointed in Rhode Island for one year only & required me to show by the records of Rhode Island that every officer in each tour of his service was in commission at the various times alleged. To my astonishment he was sustained by the records in every instance and Mr Edwards admitted every tour and gave him a certificate for $20.00 per annum. He is now dead. He testified that he was present at Hopkinton City Rhode Island when the militia was called out at which time a recruiting officer appeared with orders to enlist soldiers for three years or during the war. That I was prepared to beat up for volunteers. The service mentioned recollect but no one turned out that afterwards formed

Coon stepped out & said it should not be said Brurkey brook bays were all ewerds (the name of a settlement or creek) in those words he said he recollects as distinctly as if uttered yesterday that Coon enlisted for three years or during the war and went immediately into the army and served the full term of his enlistment he could not tell the officers he served under as he went immediately away and did not return until the end of his enlistment. He was his near neighbor and war partner. John Clark & John Millard both testified that Coon was their brother in law and married Sarah Clark in Petersburg. both were present at the wedding which I believe was in 1788. but they had no records of the marriage but both testified to facts and circumstances by which they knew the time & both testified that Coon died in 1799 which was sustained by the inscription on Coon's tombstone they both testified that they had all along understood from Coon and others that he served as a soldier in the Revolution three years or more and stated the assertions of Coon in the army amongst the Indians but understood & believed he was with Genl Sullivan in his town through the Indian Country. I have procured a certificate from the Church Clerk that the minister who married Coon was the pastor of the church at that time and that there was no records of marriages at so early a date. This was in two certificates from the Clerk. I then procured the family record of James Coon the only son of Abrahams first husband who resided in Wisconsin properly authenticated which showed him to be now 58 years of age with this as the that he had all along understood from his father and mother that they had been married about two years when he was born. and likewise the family record of Abrahams only daughter by Coon who lives in Rensselaer County showing the same facts both testified they had all along understood from their father that he was a soldier in the Revolution three years or more of which they had no doubt as to other facts in the case: Mr Edwards

required the service established by the military records of Rhode Island as an intance in that state but his name could not be found there. I was then informed there was another man living who was present when Coon enlisted. He testified he was present the same as Mr. Barrett, but he unfortunately stated that Coon was in the Connecticut line and seemed positive he was in Brown's Regiment. I took his affidavit and carried that with the additional evidence when Gen. Hough advised me to send to Connecticut & get a certificate & send to him before he presented the papers I did so & received a certificate that James Coon was a S t Justin's State in Brown's Regiment. The first information I had of Brown's Regiment except Whittier's testimony I sent the papers & Mr. Edmonds could not place the services of S t Coon but remarked it might be proved that another James Coon who was in the same service was from Hopkinton feeling positive that James Coon of Lincoln, R. Island was a soldier for three years or more & admitted the proof was satisfactory that the S t was not the man but believing the other was from circumstances regarded a certificate for the other. To that Mr. Edmonds required proof from respectable persons where names were born on the rolls of Brown's Regiment that Coon was a resident of R. Island. This I knew was impossible & I believe two men who served together in the Revolution and were acquainted there cannot be found in the United States much less in this case as Coon left his residence in R. Island immediately after the war & went into the wilderness, more than 60 years ago and died about fifty years ago. He would not likely be remembered like one spending his days in the same place. I read a letter to the pension office from the pastor of the church in Hopkinton the same church of which Coon was a member who was born and now lives in the same place who is about 60 years of age who states he has called on all the aged persons in that place & cannot find a person that recollects any thing about James Coon that persons old enough

to remember one nearly all dead & if one is old enough they are incapable of testifying. Jonathan Coon of De Kalb this County over 50 years of age testified that he was born and lived during the Revolution in Washington that James Coon was his cousin and enlisted three years or more & served the full term of his enlistment. I have now procured the testimony of James Coon of Shelbyville Monroe County who testifies that James Coon his cousin enlisted in the Revolution for three years or more & served his time and he is now eighty years of age and the oldest relative that he has no relative old enough to recite the affairs under which he served neither does he know of any person living who was acquainted with James Coon to testify to the affairs: Ponder Coon of De Kalb testifies to about the same but states he worked one year for James Coon in Petersburg & soon after the war that more than 40 years past John Green a member of the Legislature from Petersburg made application for bounty land for the children of Coon and found he was not entitled this must be evidence evidence that he was a soldier three years or more after the war his services must be known & they would not apply for land if he had not been in the Continental line but I believe no soldier was entitled to land unless entitled to 7 years or during the war. I have likewise procured the testimony of John Brantley and John G. Ginn whose testimony goes strongly to sustain all the other evidence finally I have got the testimony of every man I could find old enough who were acquainted with Coon all sustain the same declaration & establish his claim beyond any possible doubt I am well acquainted with most of the witnesses & can say without any hesitation that the testimony of all one can be impeached. I have no doubt Mr. Littlejohn present when Coon enlisted & that he was confident he was in Patten's Regiment but I know but little about him but the first stated to me that his seniority had been tested & found good before him in every way that he was present when Coon enlisted I have not a doubt Mr. Patten is aware that even 15 years past the most capable could not tell under whom they served at the time it would not do to add more to his fully established than I will give you on an I said Col. Nathaniel Marshall of this town.

formerly of this town but now dead with whom I presume you are acquainted he was a man of talents & of respectable he made application for a pension in 1832 made his declaration for nine months service in the continental line that he enlisted for nine months stating the day he enlisted when discharged gives the name of his Col & Captain that he was stationed at West Point & was one of the guard that conducted Maj. Andre. to execution. I sent this declaration to Mr. Edwards who replied that M c Kill was not sustained by the records & must produce other evidence I then produced the testimony of M c Kill's brother and a Sergeant of his company they both testified they enlisted with M c Kill in Springfield Mass. and gave the very day company and Regiment M c Kill had I sent them to the Pension office & Mr. Edwards returned for answer that the testimony was unsatisfactory and rejected the claim I gave it up it had a powerful effect on Col. M c Kill that his veracity was doubted and while Genl. Fuller was our representative I wrote him on the subject he went to the war office a search the records of the Regiment under which he declined his service was rendered but could not find his name but he contended the search & found his name in another Regiment that enlisted & was discharged on the very day alleged and his certificate came I mention this fact to show that men of the strongest mind even fifteen years past could not recollect the Regiment they were in when in but one town & that nine months they can recollect their services but a few facts they have but little recollection of in fact it seems all most imaginary & the rules that was applied in 1832 would at this late day be fatal in every case more especially where the decision depends

The Seniors had been dead fifty years & having his corona number sixty five years past - In this case it does seem to me that no man on perusing the evidence can doubt for a moment I have tried in vain to find where the other James Coon resided before he went into the Seniors and what became of him afterwards & can get no information about it - but whether this is the one or not it is possible he removed three years & his name is some where on record but to identify under the rules established 15 years past is impossible I therefore am unwilling to believe for one moment that Mr. Edmonds will have a doubt with the enclosed additional evidence I must close by referring you to the papers now on file in the Pension office: I have very hastily here over this case but have here although lengthy unable to give you all the facts
With great respect I am your friend Joseph Blocher
Thos John Atkin United States Senator Washington City

Clarksville May 28 th 1849
Gen William J. Naylor
Dear Sir
Your communication including the letter of James S. Belmonds Esq. dated of Pensylvania of March 4 th 1847 was duly received, requiring further evidence of the service of James Coon the first husband of Sarah Cronnell on affidavit for a pension under the act of 1838 and likewise record or documentary evidence of her marriage to said James Coon. in return to Coons service in the Revolution I can say at this late day it is allmost impossible to find positive parole evidence in any one case Coon formerly lived in Neshannock Island in the adjoining town to where I was born and lived until 1799. I was well acquainted with some of his relatives there although he left there more than sixty years past before I was born yet his relatives lived there since my remembrance and one of my brothers married the daughter of the said Sarah Cronnell more than thirty years past with whom she and her last husband lived more than fifteen years in the village with me when about seven or eight years past he moved to DeFryter where Sarah Cronnell her husband died about 4 years past that soon after the death of Sarah Cronnell my brother moved into the Territory of Wisconsin and the widow Sarah Cronnell returned to Knoxfield and resides with the Rev Thomas Keith who likewise married her daughter. I have been well acquainted with the said Sarah Cronnell more than forty years and she has often told me her first husband was a lieutenant in the Revolution &

a long time in the army my brother likewise wrote to me from De Puyte soon after the act of 1888 to arrest him in obtaining a pension as he was informed she was entitled to a pension notwithstanding her last husband was living he then stated he was a Lieutenant in the army so has always been my understanding after her return to Brookfield she requested me to aid her in obtaining her pension but I found she had lost her records in a measure & could recall but very little but when asked if her husband was an officer in the army she would always answer in the affirmative I then called on William Barrett a man over ninety years of age who was one of the most respectable & intelligent men I ever knew of his age who testified he was present when said former Coon enlisted for three years or during the war went immediately away and served the full length of his enlistment he used the very expression Coon did when he enlisted. I asked him if Coon was an officer he replied he always so understood but did not know neither could he tell where he went or what officers he served under but he knew he served his full time of three years or during the war. Mr. Barrett was one of the most virtuous old men I ever knew & he made application for a pension about two years part was presented his papers he was passed and served 9 years making about 7 months since the longest over 80 days he had no further proof of one term one

man was all I could find who ever saw him in the army I believe he testified he saw him in the service 3 times but was not in his company but his declarant was sustained by all the circumstances connected & Mr Edwards allowed all he claimed This man was all I could find That could testify that they was present when he entered with John Clontz of Petersburg and John Millard of Pleasant both brother in law to each testified they always under- -stood that Coon was in the Army three years or more & was with Genl Sullivan through the indian country but one of them thought one of his Captains name was Seaborn or Seaborn. Jonathan Coon of De Peyster testified he was cousin to James. That he enlisted for three years or less the war & served his time and nearly as the war was over he was discharged They understood he was a Lieutenant some part of the time at least but could not tell particulars. with this evidence I sent to the Secretary of Rhode Island for a Certificate of his service and stated to him that Coon was undoubtedly a Lieutenant at least a part of the time I received a letter from the Secretary stating that he had made a thorough search of the Proosthoosy records and the name of James Coon was not to be found and that the rolls was probably in the War Office I then sent all my proofs & the letter of Mr Edwards of 4th month is the only one I then sent to Wisconsin to the eldest child living of the said James Coon where affidavit is enclosed with his family record which establishes the fact of the marriage as early as alleged. I was likewise informed that Isaac Whittle

of Brookfield was Coons nearest neighbor & was present when he enlisted and talked of enlisting with him I called on Whittlesey who told me all the particulars as in his affidavit included that he enlisted under officers from Connecticut & was in Col Horners Regiment & that if I would let him reflect until the next day he could say who his captain was I called on him the next day & he said he could not recollect the name of the left & then took his affidavit and lay your testimony to me to have the records of Connecticut searched and obtain a certificate of all the facts before I sent the papers I have done so & received the enclosed certificate which restores Mr Whittlesey fully. I have no doubts it is all correct & trust it will be satisfactory to Mr Edmonds I never had the least doubts that Coon served three years or more & that he was a well known some part of the time at least & had no doubts of finding the record in Rhode Island & when I failed in that and at the Adon office I was completely confounded but Mr Whittlesey knew how it was & has put me on the right course Without his testimony I should have been still left in the dark for Coon having left Hopkinton more than 60 years ago & dying about 50 years past it is not natural to hope for proof. It cannot be found in Hopkinton by a single care there is none to be found in Hopkinton that are more than lonely recollections that James Coon once lived there nearly all of his former acquaintances moved into Petersburg Brookfield & Deighton & but few of them are left enough to know much about him The proof will show for itself please forward the papers to Mr Edmonds very respectfully Yours Joseph Colburn

No 13277 Sarah Brandall formerly Widow of James born
NY
act 7 May 1838
2439

Washington 27 Nov. 1847.
Dear Sir:
Will you be good enough to decide the case, to which the enclosed papers relate & send me your decision? They were prepared by the Hon. Joseph Clark, late a Senator in our State Legislature, who has I believe often been before you, and who, I am quite sure, would not present a case, which he did not feel sure of bringing within the provisions of the law, or, at least, without feeling confident that it was just. —
I am, Sir, Respectfully Yrs. John A. Dix.
J. L. Edwards Esq.
(Over)

P.S. The letter enclosing the paper is from Judge Clark to myself. I have not had time to look at the paper, as he requests, and should not deem it necessary if I had time, as you will see thin hear- ings much more readily than myself.

Senate Chamber, Dec. 23 d , 1847. —
Sir,
The Committee on Prisons request that you will be pleased to furnish such information as your Office may afford in regard to the petitions herewith transmitted. —
Very respectfully, your obed. Servt. H. B. Johnson
The Hon.
Rev. Edwards, Commissioner of Prisons. —

Brookfield July 3 d 1848
Hon Wm J. Hovey
Dear Sir
Your note inclosing a letter from Mr Edwards of the 12 th Regt was duly received in due season and I immediately wrote to the Comptroller of Connecticut to ascertain if possible where James Coon the St merited & when appointed St. and likewise where James Coon the musician resided & have just received the inclosed note from him which is conclusive evidence that St Coon was not the applicant's husband as it appears he then had a former but I am fully persuaded the other James Coon was the husband of Mrs Crandall that James Coon the husband of Sarah Crandall served three years I have not a particle of doubt & I have no doubt the St was a relative which induced him to enlist which in my opinion accounts for the general belief that he was a St for the he was undoubtedly a musician & exempt from standing guard as it appears he did & killed the Indians many of the witnesses testify. Isaac Whittlesy testifies that he was present when Coon enlisted for three years or during the war & was in Housons Regiment. This affidavit was made before I had any knowledge that the name of James Coon was to be found in Housons Regiment Mr Barrett testifies he was present when James Coon enlisted for three years or during the war & was the words of Coon when he enlisted that he served the full time of his enlistment but he could not name the officers he served under Mr Barrett was one of the most precise and respectable men ever known & I do not believe he would misrepresent to save his life.

& he had the most ardent memory of any man of his age I ever saw & from the fact of his not knowing who his officers were when he was going out of the state he was in the army & I have no doubts in Hoppers Regiment but at this late date it is almost impossible to prove the service of a Revolutionary Soldier in this case in particular, as immediately after the war he left Rhode Island about 60 years past and died nearly fifty years past in the State of New York I include a letter from the Revd John Green of Hopkinton further on of the Seventh day Baptist Church in that place who is nearly sixty years of age was born there and has always resided in the same place except a few years when he was hired to preach over the Church in this place of the same order it is in the immediate neighborhood where James Coon resided, in the case of Mr. Benedict who resided in the same neighborhood for many years after the Revolution he could find but one man who could recollect any of his services but not one that could recollect James Coon it is almost the age of man, since he left Hopkinton, I have taken a great deal of pains to procure all the facts in this case with a firm belief that he served three years which I feel as confident of as that I have on another subject he was discharged at the close of the war about of three years - Jonathan Coon of the First testified that he served three years in during the war and stated at the time he was not in the Rhode Island line I understood him to say he was in the New York or Connecticut line but the Justice who took the affidavit says he said he was in the Connecticut line I write nothing about that differing at the time as he entered in Rhode Island the records would be there

I have totally sent for his affidavit & am informed he has totally died Mr Barrett likewise died last fall so that Isaac Whittlesley is undoubtedly the only witness living who was present when he enlisted Mr Edwards will find a certificate from the Church Clerk that William Coon who married James Coon to Sarah Clark was pastor of the Seventh day Baptist Church for many years before and after the marriage & subsequently he testified that there was no records of marriages in that church during the time said John Coon was pastor Mr Edwards has the written testimony of John Clark the brother of Applicant and John Millard the brother in law who from facts I saw they were married as early as 1779 I likewise sent in my last the affidavit of James Coon the son and eldest child with his family record that shows the marriage must have been as early as 1779. I now enclose the affidavit of Sylvester Townsend with his family record showing the same fact inasmuch as this affidavit must be sufficient evidence on that head finally I have done all I can do to obtain all the facts & hope this will be satisfactory to establish the claim for a pension. There is one other fact I have omitted when I wrote Whittlesley's affidavit I began and wrote as he told it to me that when they prepared to beat up for volunteers James Coon who was in the habit of playing with the music marched around with them and played no one then out when said Coon stopped and remarked they should know all we are not cowards but often waiting some more I see it would make it very lengthy & was immaterial I omitted it This is another reason for me to show he was a murderer Mr Edwards has the muster rolls of Gurney's Regiment & will satisfy himself. I thought that James Coon the father

was the husband of the applicant at all events I have done all I am able to to establish the claim & believe her husband was a commissioned officer until I received the last note from the Comptroller of Connecticut but if Mr. Edwards should come to the conclusion that neither was the husband he must be satisfied he served long enough to give her a full pension --
Truly Yours
Joseph Clark
Mr. William J. G. Hough

(Copy)
Pension Office, Dec r 1 st , 1847.
Sir,
I have the honor to return, herewith, Mr. Clark's letter and to inform you that the additional evidence in the case of Sarah Grandsall, formerly widow of James Coon, does not remove any one of the objections to the admission of her claim, heretofore communicated to Mr. Clark. Mrs. Grandsall, in her original declaration, alleged that her husband enlisted as a Private from the Town of Upton, R Island, for three years; But did not specify the Company, Regt. or Line to which he was attached. She was required to remedy this defect in her declaration, and to establish the service for which she claimed a pension by record proof; or by the testimony of two or more witnesses who were themselves in the Army. To meet this requisition the Certificate of the Comptroller of Connecticut showing the service of James Coon as a Lieutenant and Quarter Master, in Col. Warner's Regt. was produced. But it has subsequently been proven by the certificate of the Comptroller that that Officer belonged to Salisbury, in Connecticut and of course could not have been her husband.

In a letter from this Office to Hon. W. S. Hough in this case, it was stated, that there was a James Coon attached to Warner's Regt. who was a Musician. So soon as this was made known Mrs. Grandsall got up a claim for that service, and it is the identity of that soldier with her husband that she is now attempting to establish. We have no knowledge of any portion of any Col. Warner's Command was composed of men from Rhode Island and the Department fully justified under the circumstances which attend this claim to require claimants identity as the widow of that Musician, to be established by the testimony of two or more witnesses who were themselves in service with him, and whose names are found upon the same rolls.
The testimony now adduced does not furnish that proof, as no one of the witnesses had any personal knowledge of Coon's service.
The proof as regards the date of the marriage is still defective.
Wm. J. A. Dix Deputy A. Staff.
(Signed)
I have the honor to be Very resp. y. Servt. &c. J. D. Edwards

33 Cong. 1 Sept. 3 ✓
Document in support of the claim of Sarah Crandall, widow of James Coon to a pension
1857 Feb. 13 Referred to the Com: on Pensions.
✓ April 18. File S. 340 Report
Jones.
Mr. Seward

Provo, Utah Feb 7th 1849
Dear Sir
Since writing you yesterday I have found the report & bill in the case of Sarah Crandall which I thought I would forward to you to enable you to bring up the case with the trouble you will see the bill allows the pension from 1848 I do not see why it should commence after 4th of March 1836 I believe the proof in her case showed her married immediately after her return from service I know it was before 1839 to bring her under the act of 1838 consequently her pension must commence on the 4th March 1836 I do hope you will be able to amend this bill as above & be able to pass it at this session and likewise the case of James Farmer
Very Respectfully, Joseph C. Hill
Green River United States Senate Washington City

Pension Office, January 7. 1836.
Sir,
Herewith I enclose the papers in the case of Sarah Randall, as requested by your letter of the 3 d inst.
I am, with much respect, Your obedient servant, Griswold Commissioner.
Hon. George W. Jones, } Ch m Committee on Pensions, } U. S. Senate. }

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in favor of the amendment of the act of July 27, 1854, for the relief of Sarah Crandall, since deceased.
1855. Dec. 17, Referred to the Com = =mittee on Pensions.
Asked Mr. S. to have old papers refd Dec. 26/.
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Mr. Seward.
Thomas Kirt - Son in law of the Widow Sarah Crandall
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Brookfield Dec 12th 1855
Governor Seward
Dear Sir
I am requested by Hon Thomas Keith Son in law to Sarah Crandall deceased to ask your assistance in obtaining an amendment to the act for the relief of Sarah Crandall approved July 27th 1854 That act give her a pension of eight Dollars per month commencing on the 1st January 1848, about one month and a half after that time she died so that for one and a half pay it would not pay the trouble of getting and no pension certificate has ever been issued. She was entitled to a full pension under the act of 1838 to commence on the 4th of March 1838 but from the technicalities in the Department Mr Edwards thought he could not allow it there was particular proof by parole of his service in the continental line but the records could not be found there was no grounds for a doubt of his service. but the rules in the continental line requiring second evidence was the only difficulty she was a worthy old lady but deceased for years before her death and it was very expensive to bring some of her children here or two son in laws Hon Thomas Keith and my brother Mr  Keith could take place she would be allowed from 1838 but if 1840

or if five years back it would be something worth attending say to commence Jan 1 st 1843. It appears to me there would be no objections to that, and if you have the goodness to present the case before your exertions to procure its passage you will confer a great favor on a few very worthy and respectable persons some of them who have been the binder and needy.
Faithfully your friend Joseph Clark
You will find the case in the Review Law of 1854
Page 70.

April 5, 1852
Letter to Hon Mr Seward.
20 Shirley Seward pension

Brookfield April 5th 1852
Hon William H. Seward
Dear Sir
You will recollect I wrote you early in the present session of Congress, that bills for the relief of Sarah Crondall for the Revolutionary service of her first husband James Carr and likewise for the relief of James Hornsby a Revolutionary soldier had been reported favorably on by two Congresses, but never reached in full session. The last bills were reported by Mr. Tole giving $880. to Mrs Crondall & $40 to James Hornsby per annum commencing back but a few years my correct desire was that the bills should be amended by giving further back Hornsby should go back to 1831 at $20 per annum Sarah Crondall back to 1836 at $80; knowing that you had on all occasions been a friend to these old patriots I believed something could be done for them you would do it. You informed me that you would attend to it. & I presume you have unless from the press of important business I slept your mind. Seeing that the Senate have passed many private bills. I have been looking for these cases but as my papers seldom mention the name of the applicant I could not learn any thing from them. Will you have the goodness to inform me how the case is If they pass the Senate I am anxious to know it as soon as possible & I am Mr Bennett

venge them through the other cause - There has never been a doubt I believe of the justice of the claims by the New River department but honestly that they did not come under the rules of the department, Mr Edmonds admitted. Workings entitled for six months was paid for six months but was mistaken out of the service a few days before the expiration of the 6 months one day short of that although paid for the whole six months but it was of no avail, as the law says a period not less than 6 months. They are both just cases Brownsley on extreme bond one he has had no relatives to support him and has been a heavy tax on a Baptist Church who are poor & have had to pay three dollar per week for board and taking care of him for years with other heavy charges. If it is possible I hope they may both pass at this session Please inform me what is likely to be done at this session at your earliest convenience
Truly your old friend
Joseph Coloubr
Pardon me for troubling you so much when I assure you that you are the only one on whom I rely in the estate being a slavery to all others

Sarah Crandal.
Memo.
Act passed for her relief July 24/34, upon report of Com. giving her pension from 1 st Jan 1848, during life, at 8 per month. She died, it seems, before the issue of certificate, & of course before any payment was made. A letter, not very clear in its statements, nor explicit in its suggestions, is ref'd to Com. It appears that the desire of the writer is to have the act of 34 for relief of dec'd so amended as to pay to her legal heirs pension arrear from 1836, or 1840, to date of her death. If the admissions of Com. in former report are correct, and the husband of dec'd served in the Continental line, the pensions laws would certainly have given to the widow, arrear from 1836, had she proved her case up to the satisfaction of Com'r. This she could not do - nor are the proofs before Com. very clear. The Com. seem to have acted in view of the probabilities of the case, and a desire to aid an aged & infirm relic of a revolutionary soldier. How may for the same reasons may determine the committee to so, for the benefit of heirs at law.

is now the question:
Mean.

To the Honorable the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States in Congress assembled Your Petitioner respectfully represents that he is the agent of Sarah Crandall formerly the widow of James Coon presented a claim to the Pension Department two on the years past for a pension for said widow for the services of her first husband James Coon and proved by William Barrett and Isaac Whittier two respectable witnesses that they were present in Hopkinton State of Rhode Island when a recruiting officer presented enlisting orders to enlist soldiers for three years or during the War that being training day with the Mettaw in Hopkinton they beat up for volunteers when James Coon turned out and enlisted for three years or during the war and went immediately into the army and served the full length of his enlistment three years or more and died the very words of Coon when he enlisted Barrett the first witness could not tell the name of his officers or of the recruiting officer This witness was at least ninety three years of age and the most enlightened and respectable man of his age and of unblemished character of which the Department was aware having recently allowed him a pension for nine years as a daughter's mettaw man making in all at least seven months service on his own declaration being sustained by the appointment of the officers under whom he alleged to have served in each term with the testimony of one witness who saw him in the army two or three times but was not with him & could not tell how long he served I proved by two witnesses three mornings brother-in-law of said Coon who were present. I produced the certificate of the Clerk of the Church that the Clergyman or war portion of said church at the time

and that there was no records of marriages in said Church. I Then produced the family record of the only son James Leon properly authenticated showing his birth with his admission under oath that he had always understood from his father and mother that they had been married about two years when he was born which agreed precisely with the affidavits of the witnesses present I likewise produced the family record of Sylvia Sanderson showing the same fact that one of her children living by said Leon both testified they had always under- -stood from their father that he was a soldier of the Revolution for three years or more I likewise produced by Jonathan Leon and James Leon whose names occur in affidavits thereof that he enlisted and served in the Revolutionary War three years or more four witnesses testified to a knowledge of his enlistment and service three years or more two of them present and said him enlist Pardon Leon a cousin testified that when James Leon returned from the army he arrived at his father's house in Hopkinton which was the first residence he had of said James Leon he then had his pack on his shoulders that said James Leon soon afterwards into his father's house and said that his father soon after moved to the same place and he worked for said James one season and always understood and believed he served in the Revolution three years or more Pardon Leon testified in addition that application was made for baccary land for the estate of said James believing him entitled more than forty years part but that he was not entitled. That at that date his son's & officers could easily be proven. That your petitioner believes that no soldier was entitled to baccary land who did not enlist for five years or during the war which he believes was for three years only other witnesses who knew him after the war all substantially corroborate the fact that he enlisted and served three years

As no record of his services could be found in Rhode Island your petitioner was informed that Isaac Whittaker was present when Coon enlisted and that he was in the Connecticut line but before I called on him I wrote to the controller of Connecticut for the name of James Coon. He informed me that there was a James Coon who was a soldier in the Revolution but he could not find what office he was when last that Genl Sedgwick was a General at the time I then called on Whittaker who declared unhesitatingly that he was present when Coon enlisted that he was in Dorrance's Regiment in the Connecticut line & that Coon was promoted to the office of S t before he left the Army that he and James his Captain's name had forgotten it I took his affidavit which was the first information I had of Dorrance's Regiment I afterwards sent to the controller of Connecticut & he gave me a certificate of the service of S t James Coon in Dorrance's Regiment I sent this to the Pension Department & was informed I must prove S t James Coon was from Hopkinton by two witnesses whose names were known on Dorrance's Regiment but that there was a James Coon a musician in Dorrance's Regiment it might possibly be shown that he was from Rhode Island I have made all the enquiry from Connecticut in my power and am unable to find any person who could give any light on the subject or tell any thing about him before or since the War. Mr. Edwards still requires the testimony of two or more witnesses who were in service with Coon to establish his claim which is in impossibility and in fact your petitioner believes there is not too soldiers of the Revolution now living who were in the army together and

acquainted in the army I have examined the testimony of every person I can find who was acquainted with Coon who is now old enough to recollect any thing about him & all agree many of them of the very first serpentine lately and the proof is as strong as Holy writ that he served three years on mine last year Honorable body is aware of the difficulty in this case where the service was performed nearly seventy years past the soldier immediately left the place of his childhood moved into the wilderness and died about fifty years past and whether he was in Housers Regiment or not the service was actually performed and that the rules of cadets prescribed fifteen years past in the pension department will exclude every applicant at the present time for a more particular statement of the fact in this case your petitioner is with respectfully before your honorable body to the papers on file in the pension department Your petitioner therefore humbly request your honorable body to pass on act allowing Sarah Crondall a full pension for the services of her first husband James Coon and your petitioner will ever pray
Brookfield Dec 8th 1847
Joseph Clark Agent of Sarah Crondall
No. 41 158
32nd Cong. 3rd Sess. S. 4175
Petition
of Sarah Crondall, widow of James Coon a soldier in the Revolutionary war with Great Britain for a pension.
1847 Dec. 14. Referred to the Com. on Pensions.
1848 Aug. 5. 11. Com. on Pensions.
1848 Dec. 12. Referred to the Com. on Pensions.
Feb. 20, 1849. Bill S. 475 & report
1849 Dec. 24. Referred to the Com. on Pensions.
1851 Jan. 4. Bill S. 402 & report
1852 April 12. Referred to the Com. on Pensions.
1853 July 28. Bill S. 49 & report
1855 Dec. 17. Ref. to Com. on Pensions
1856 May 5. Bill S. 284 & report
Mr. S. ...

Comptroller's office June 27 1847
Mr Joseph Clark
Sir
Your favor of 21 st inst is received & in reply have to say that I have reexamined the books of this office but as yet have been unable to find the date of the commission of Lieut Coon. But the books show this that there were two persons of the name of James Coon in Warner's regiment, one was Lieutenant the other was a fife. I have searched some State papers that have been preserved with some Can & I find in a list of names, headed "An alphabetical list of the names of the officers and soldiers in the Connecticut line who have received Family supplies from the several towns for 1780"
   "Names" Rank Yours to which they belong Ant Sandy supplies value of money ledger     * W. Coon James Lieut Salisbury £ 12. 11. 3 £ . 2 10  
Under this head is cal
* meaning Warner's Regiment. The other Coon's name is not on

on this list from which it would appear that that he in life either did not have a family at the time or used no supplies & that the Secret Coon belonged to the town of Salisbury & used supplies -
In an other list I find it under the heading of "A list of all who are to be allowed their the depreciation of their wages in the continental service by the State of Connecticut for the year 1780 disposed Alphabetically by regiments" under Warner's Regiment I find as follows
Chapman for Capt Coon James Lieut D.M. Clap Nathan Chapman Thos Sergt Coon James Fife
10 7 0 7 6
James Coon fife nearly two years as appears from our book,
11 11 2,
12
23 Months 14 days
Hoping this may be of some service to you I remain yours A. Collins
I have not ascertained nor can I tell from what town the fife came or to which he belonged A.C.
The term of commencement service was in Jan. 1780 so far as our books show

There were two men named James Coon in Col. Seth Warner's regt. See Conn. records pages 257 and Westman p. 170 for the Lieut who was killed near Fort George Sept. 6. 1780.
See Conn. p. 258 for James Coon fifer who was in service in 1781.
AW. Oct. 28, 1914

Wip sent  5 Mr., Joseph Clarke Esq Brookfield Madison Co New York
Hopkinton R.I. } June 15 }
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Mr Joseph Clarke Esq
Dear sir your patience may be almost worn out but I assure you it is no trifling affair to get evidence for Pensions among all I have visited I have found but one who could recollect any thing at all about Father Burdick's being in the Army Thomas Rights evidence I hope is a good one I shall send it forward as soon as I can get the county Clerk's signature I have sent it to day to Kingston for that purpose I have not as yet found a single individual who can remember any thing of James Loon neither do I expect to the very old people are either dead or very near lost their intellect I had a very hard time last Winter for Mr Basset and fell in debt at last one one dollar after riding a number of days over this country 75 cents more at this time besides the County Clerk's I do not know what it will be I have to promise for you to three men who are not willing to work for nothing I shall charge nothing for myself more than the dollar you sent me
My family are in common health
Yours Affectionately John Greene
Hopkinton June 14 D 1847

State of New York Morrison County
Job Spencer being duly sworn says he was seventy two years of age in April last. That he was born in West Greenwich in State of Rhode Island and lived there until he was seven years of age he then moved with his father into the town of Petersburgh Rensselaer County and State of New York where he resided until he was twenty three years of age he then moved into Saratoga County of New York and State of New York where he now resides That he was well acquainted with James Coon of Petersburgh aforesaid who was his neighbor from soon after the close of the Revolutionary War during his life That he has often heard said James Coon relate his services in the Revolution That he related the good ships he underwent That by over exertions while he was a soldier he received injuries by over exertions which rendered him unable to labor. which injuries deponent believes rendered his existence which was generally believed by his neighbors that he has often heard said Coon say that he was through the western part of New York across the Onondaga Lake at Fort Schuyler and other places amongst the Indians That he was with a part of the American forces in the wilderness when they complained of Indians to guide them and when said Indian led them astray the Indians bore the name of Captain John: That he has no doubt from the information given him by said Coon and others That he served three years on mine. That deponent's wife is the daughter of Jasper Crandall by his first wife who was the last husband of the Widow of said James Coon. That said James Coon was a man of strict integrity veracity and respectability That said James Coon died about forty eight years past That within one year after the marriage of deponent the father-in-law of deponent that said Jasper Crandall died nearly four years past That his widow still resides and remains a widow and resides in Brattlefield the adjoining town to deponent's

residence. That he has not a doubt that said James Coon served three years or more sworn and subscribed this 11 th day of John Spencer of November 1847 before me Thomas Keith Justice of the Peace
I further certify that the above named John Spencer sustains a good character for truth and accuracy Thomas Keith Justice of the Peace
State of New York Madison County Clerk's Office } ss } I Robert Sloan Clerk of said County hereby certify that Thomas Keith Esquire before whom the foregoing deposition was subscribed and sworn to who signed the above certificate was was on the day of the date thereof a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly elected and qualified. That I am well acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe that his signatures above written are genuine. In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my official seal this 11 th day of November 1847-
Robert Sloan Clerk

State of New York } Madison County } 1/2
Isaac Whittelsey being duly sworn says he is eighty four years of age resides in Brookfield County of Madison and State of New York. That he was born about one and a half mile from a small village called Hopkinton City in the town of Hopkinton near County of Washington and State of Rhode Island That he lived during the Revolutionary War at the same place which was within a few rods of the line between Stonington in the State of Connecticut and Hopkinton in the State of Rhode Island That he was well acquainted with James Coon who was his near neighbor and an intimate friend That he well recollects that the militia was called out at Hopkinton City on account of the situation of our forces near New York which from his last recollections was in the fall of 1776 That while the militia was out at Hopkinton aforesaid a gentleman from the State of Connecticut appeared with orders to enlist soldiers for three years or during the war. a proposition was made to beat up for volunteers. but as no one turned out James Coon remarked that it should not be said they were all cowards. and enlisted for three years or during the war and went away very soon into the State of Connecticut he thinks to Hartford and was gone more than three years and he feels sure it was near the close of the war before he returned he knows he went into the State of Connecticut to join the army

and was under officers in Connecticut he was in Housners Regiment. but his Captain's name he does not recollect all through. He once stated that he knows he was in the Connecticut line - When said Coon enlisted respondent had a strong inclination to enlist with him as he was his near neighbor and for whom he had a high regard but was prevented from it on account of being too young. That said James Coon was appointed to office as the ensign or Lieutenant after he joined the Army and was at some time before he left the Army a Lieutenant and some daring adventures was performed by him while a Lieutenant one in particular he recollects while the Army was infested with savages at a certain fort the guard had been killed in the night the fort became so dangerous that the soldiers became alarmed and said James Coon volunteered to stand guard and killed the Indian. The said James Coon was a respectable young man much esteemed and very courageous. That he always understood that said James Coon went through the Indian country under General Sullivan. That soon after said James Coon returned from the Army he moved into Petersburg Bennington County and State of New York and married Sarah Clarke and died there nearly fifty years ago that his widow afterwards married Joseph Cornwall some few years after said Cornwall moved into Brookfield where this respondent now lives.

and resided here more than twenty years that afterwards said Crandall moved into De Peyster Madison County where he died about seven years past as he was informed and believes having his widow here now who now resides in Brookfield and remains a widow
Dear Whittleser
sworn and subscribed this 4th day of May
1847 before me
Walt Clarke Justice of the Peace
I further certify that the above named deponent sustains a good character for truth and veracity Walt Clarke Justice of the Peace
I certify that I am well acquainted with Walt Clarke Esquire the Justice of the Peace before whom the above affida- -vit was taken and that he was at the time of taking the same a Justice of the Peace in the town of Brookfield, in said County of Madison and duly authorized to take such affida- -vit. I am also acquainted with his hand writing and certify that his signature to the first of the foregoing affidavits is his own proper hand writing. Wm. J. Hough Date - N.Y. State - N.Y.
Dated Canajoharie N.Y. May 31. 1847.

State of Connecticut Comptroller's Office
Hartford 18 May 1847
I certify that on application for evidence of the service of James Coon, in the War of the Revolution, I have examined the settlement made with the Connecticut Line of the Continental Army, the Record of which remains in this Office, and find, under the head of "Settlement with Colonel Seth Warner's Regiment before January, 1780," the name of James Coon, who is stated to have commenced service January 1 st 1777, and to have served until 31 December 1779—3 Years, as a Lieutenant—the last month of which period, as Quarter Master also. Am t . of Wages £291.12.0 & £3.18.0 in addition as Quarter Master.
Also, in another settlement with the same Regiment and Colonel, "for the year 1780"—James Coon is entered as serving from January 1 st to September 6 th 1780—8 months and 6 days, as Lieutenant and Quarter Master. Amount of Wages £98.
Abijah Gatling Comptroller

I hereby Certify that at the time the Reverend William Coon was pastor of the Seventh- day Baptist Church of Berlin there was no Record of Marriages on the Church Book Kept. Dated at Berlin this 15 day of May 1847
John Whitford Clerk of Church
STATE OF NEW-YORK, RENSSELAER COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE, } ss.
I, AMBROSE H. SHELDON, Clerk of said County, do hereby Certify, that
before whom the annexed Affidavit was made and whose name is there- unto subscribed, was at the day of the date thereof a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, and duly authorized by law to take the same; and that I am well acquainted with the hand- writing of the said Justice and verily believe that his signature to the said
Affidavit — is genuine.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said County, this Seventeenth — day of
May
1847
A. H. Sheldon
CLERK.

State of New York Rensselaer County
John Clark of the town of Petersburgh in the County of said being duly sworn deposeth and saith that I was well acquainted with James Leon he married my sister Sarah. She was married fifty eight years agone or upwards to the said James Leon. The reason why I make up my mind that James Leon was married to my sister Sarah fifty eight years or upwards according to my and knowledge my son John Clark was fifty six years old the 20th day of February last past and that when my sister Sarah was married to James Leon previous to the birth of my son John Clark but how long previous I can't say I further say that when James Leon died my sister had up the said James five children and the youngest of the five was two years old or upwards at the death of his father. James Leon died I think in November one thousand seven hundred and sixty five I was present when he was buried went to his grave he was buried on the farm that I now reside, there is letters and figures cut on James grave stones The letters is J. G. Leon and the figures is (1799) that is all the letters or figures that is or appears on his grave stones I was present at the marriage of my sister to James Leon I have no means of knowing the time of her marriage that I now recollect of only what I have stated above
Decon. & subscribed this 15th day of May 1847 Before me Nathan Walton Justice Peace
his John X Clark mark