Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 22843, Nicholas Cobia, S.C.

SERVICE
NUMBER
S.6
Gobia, Nicholas Ann.
N. 22843
Born in S. Q.
CONTENTS

38145 South Carolina
Nicholas Gobin
of Charleston in the State of South Carolina who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Simons of the regt commanded by Col Simons in the South Carolina line for fourteen months
Order to pay. 30 Aug 1838.
Inscribed on the Roll of South Carolina at the rate of 46 Dollars 66 Cents per annum. to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 1 st day of Sept 1835 and sent to Mrs. Mary Charles
Arrears to the 4th of March 1835 $ 186.64 Pemi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept 23.33 $209.97
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by David Boyd Clerk, Book 6 Vol. 6 Page 66

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* Reputed July 12, 1839.
№ 2706. South Carolina Ann Lobia.
widow of Nicholas Lobia, Dec who died on the 29th: October, 1838. of Charleston in the State of South Carolina who was a private in the company - commanded by Captain Livingston of the Regt - commanded by Col: Simons in the South Carolina line for 14 Months, —
* on roll, act 7 June, 1839 —
Inscribed on the Roll of South Carolina at the rate of 46 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 1st day of March, 1839 . 30th: October, 1838 —
Certificate of Pension issued the 29th day of June 1839 and sent to P. Cant- -well, Charleston, S.C.
Arrears to the 4th of Mar: 1839 $16.15 Semi-annual allowance ending 14 Sept 23.33
$39.48
{ Revolutionary Claim, Not July 4, 1836, Section the }
Recorded by Book A
H. H. B.
Clerk,
Page 173

The United States of America. State of South-Carolina. } ss.
Charleston District } On this twentieth — day of June —, in the Year of our Lord One thousand Eight hun- dred & thirty five, Personally appeared before me Geo. Lee . Dist. Judge for S. Carolina.
Nicholas Bobia, a resident of the City of Charleston, in the district of Charle- ston, & State of South-Carolina aforesaid, aged Seventy Five Years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the fol- lowing declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision, made by the Act of Congress, passed June 7 th 1832. That he was born in the City of Charleston aforesaid, on the 8 th day of December, 1759, to the best of his knowledge & belief, that he has no record of his age, that he was liv- ing in Charleston aforesaid when he went into service, & has resided there ever since & still resides there — that he attached himself to and acted with the German Fusilier Company as a volunteer private, & in that capacity did duty therein during the war of the Revolution — that he served as aforesaid in the said Corps and did actual service there- in for the space of one month & a half, in the City of Charleston a- foresaid, while the battle of Fort Moultrie was pending, for the space of one month & a half in the expedition to Beaufort, under Gen- eral Moultrie & Capt. Livingston, in the Spring of 1779, and for the space of two months at the siege & battle of Savannah under the same Captain & Col. M. Simons; for the space of more than five months from December to May, in Charleston, under Capt. Stu- bel, when General Lincoln was in command; and for the space of for the space of four months with Gen. Marion, in the expedition to Black Swamp, by order of Gov. Matthews; and he positively swears that in the different expeditions & tours of duty in which he was engaged, he was fourteen months in actual service, as a volunteer private in the Company aforesaid, & for such service, he claims a pension; and that during the periods when such ser- -vice was performed, which was always in the field & not in gari- -son, he was not employed in any civil pursuit — that besides the officers above named, he recollects Pulaski — that he has never received
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a discharge from the service - that Col. Jacob Saps, an officer in the said German Fusilier Company, during the War of the Revolution, now living in Charleston, & receiving a pension from the United States, under the act of Congress as aforesaid, is well acquainted with this deponent's character & can testify thereto & to the fact of deponent's services as a revolutionary soldier, as above set forth, & that the Rev d John Bachman, John Hume, Stephen Thomas & Job Palmer are, among other persons, residents in deponent's neighborhood, who are acquainted with his character for veracity & can testify thereto & to their belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution. And this deponent hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity, except the present, & declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any State.
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Geo. Lee D. P.
} Nicholas Cobia
The State of South-Carolina
Charleston District } On this twentieth day of June , in the year above named, personally appeared before me Geo. Lee Dist. Judge of U. States Col.
Jacob Saps, who being duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he was a lieutenant in the Company of German Fusiliers, of the City of Charleston & State aforesaid, during the War of the Revolution, & that he is now resident in the said City, & receiving a pension from the United States for his revolutionary services - that he is well acquainted with the above named applicant Nicholas Cobia & his character for veracity & believes him to be a man of veracity, & seventy five years of age, & knows that he was a soldier of the Revolution - that the said Nicholas Cobia did duty as a volunteer private in the said German Fusilier Company, at several periods during the revolutionary war - that to deponent's knowledge said Nicholas Cobia did actual service in & with the said Corps, in Charleston, during the

period of the Battle of Fort Moultrie, in the Beaufort expedition, at the siege of Savannah, & again in Charleston while Gen. Lincoln was in command, but as to the expedition to Black Swamp under Gen. Marion this deponent cannot speak, as he was absent on that occasion; and although deponent cannot recollect the particular period & duration of each term of service, he can & does swear that in different expeditions the said Nicholas Cobia  was was in actual service with said company of German Foot Artillery for Fourteen Months, in the War of the Revolution.
Sworn & subscribed the day & year
above written
W. L. D. J. Daniel Cobia
Jacob Saff
We, John Bachman a Clergyman, residing in the City of Charleston aforesaid, & Jacob Saff. residing in the same place, do hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Nicholas Cobia, who has subscribed & sworn to the declaration first foregoing; that we believe him to be a man of veracity, & Seventy Five Years of age; that he is reputed & believed in the neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, & we concur in that opinion.
Sworn to & subscribed the
day & year above written
W. L. D. J.
Daniel Cobia
Jacob Saff
And the said Court doth hereby declare the opinion after the investigation of the matter, & after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant, Nicholas Cobia, was a Revolutionary Soldier & served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that John  Daniel Cobia Bachman, who has signed the preceding certificate, is a Clergyman, resident in the City of Charleston aforesaid, & that Jacob Saff. who has also signed the same, is a resident of the same place, & is a credible person, & that their statement is entitled to credit.
W. L. D. Judge S. Carolina
I, Francis Grew, Clerk of the District Court of the U. S. for the District of S. Carolina do hereby certify that

The foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Nicholas Cobia for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of the said Court at Charleston the Twentieth day of June A.D. 1835.
James Lawry.
Seal
Comptroller General's Office Charleston August 8 1835
I hereby certify that I have examined the Records in this office, and do not find the name of Nicholas Cobia among those who received Indents for military services during the Revolutionary War. The want of this evidence is by no means conclusive against the Claims of Mr Cobia, as Indents were issued only to those who prefer d their Claims for compensation.
W. Laval Comptroller General
33032 Nicholas Cobia June 29. S.C.
In the Matter of Nicholas Cobia.
Admiral on parole 14 march 1861
Enclosed by James Lawry Clerk of Court Charleston SC
James Lawry

State of South Carolina District of Charleston In this 22 d day of January 1839 personally appeared Mrs. Ann Cobia, widow aged 74 years, a resident of Charleston, who being duly sworn, according to Law, doth on her Oath, make the following Declaration in order to be entitled to the benefit of the 3 d section of the Act of Congress of the 4 th July 1836, that she was married to Nicholas Cobia, late of Charleston, deceased, who was a private soldier during the War of the Revolution, and served in same under Arms, as Deponent has reason to believe, 12 Months & more, Deponent saith that her said husband was a Revolutionary pensioner, and received on account of his said services $46 66 / 100 - per Annum, as will appear by reference to his Certificate bearing date the 1 st September 1835, issued by Lewis Cass Secretary of War, & Examined & Countersigned by James P. Edwards, commissioner of Pensions - N o 30, 145, recorded in pension Book, C. Vol 6. page 66, by Danl Boyd Clerk. Deponent further declared she was married to the said Nicholas Cobia in the Year 1780, while he was so in the service of the United States as aforesaid, and that her husband, the aforesaid Nicholas Cobia, died on the 29 day of October 1838, and that she is now his Widow.
Sworn to, and Subscribed before Me the day and Year above mentioned and I also Certify the Credibility of the Affidavit
Ann Cobia
Wm Lee Dist r Judge of U.S. for S th Carolina

"Marriages in 1780"
"Feb:
"8 Nicholas Cobia & Ann Rumph
"[Spn] Mar."—
I hereby certify that the above is a true extract from the Register book of Marriages, of S. Philips' Church, in Charleston S.C. Witness my hand C E Gadsden Rector of said Church Charleston Jan'y 29. 1839.

Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 22,848
Anne Cobia
Wid. of
Nicholas Cobia
Priv. Bur. War
Act: July 4 th 1836.
Index:—Vol. A , Page 46-0
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Nicholas Cobia S.C. Jan 7 32 When paid H.H. died 29 Oct '38 p 46,611 Paid to 29 Oct. '38 - in 1st q 1839. D.H. Kile

in Cobia 4342
Ann Cobia
Wid of Nicholas
Sc
Ad July 4. 1836
Mamma 1780
daa Oct 29 1838
Allan $46. 16 3/4
pr am from Oct 29 1838
Pleasant
Charleston

State of South Carolina on this 2 nd day of February Dated at Charleston } 1839 Personally appeared before
the undersigned Mr Henry McCampbell aged 69 years a resident of the city of Charleston, who being duly sworn according to Law Deposith. That he was well acquainted with the late Nicholas Cobia of the City of Charleston, that he also knows his brother Mr Simon Cobia an appleman upon a former occasion, that he has been intimate in their family for fifty years. That they were ever regarded by their connections and neigh- bours as a respectable married couple, that Dept has reason to believe they were married in the year 1780, that said Nicho- las died in the year 1838, and that the statements of Mr Cobia are entitled to full credit
Henry McCampbell
Subscribed before me The day & year above written & sealed
Certify the Credibility of the affiant J. Hartridge not Not. P.M. for Charleston Dist. S.C.

Planty Mechanic Bank Charleston 22 Jan 1838.
J. L. Edwards Esq Comr: of Pension, Washington Sir:
Forward herewith for authority to pay, Voucher of Nicholas Cobia
I am Respectfully Your Ob Serv.
K. Spears Gen Agent

State of South Carolina District of Charleston } 1
Office Court Common pleas: Charleston.
Charles C. Strohecker Clerk of the Courts of Commonpleas for Charleston Dist S.C. Hereby certify that Patrick Cantwell is a Magistrate and that the signature attached to the annexed papers purporting to be his is genuine. Further certify that the Rev. C. E. Gaddins Rector of St Phillips Church of this city, and Mr & Mrs Mackenbach witnesses in this case are respectable. In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of my office & subscribed my name this 6 th day of February 1839 Charles C. Strohecker
Clerk of the Court of Common pleas for Charleston Dist S.C.

Wm Cobia affid Rg McInerney

State of South Carolina } on this 2 day of February District of Charleston } 1839 personally appeared before the undersigned W m . F. M c Grath aged
65 a resident of the City of Charleston, who being duly sworn according to Law Deposits, that she was well acquainted with Nicholas Cobiac and is acquainted with his widow Mrs. Anne Cobiac aged about 74 years, of this City, that she has known them as a respectable married couple for nearly fifty years, that she has every reason to believe said Anne married said Nicholas in the year 1780, and that said Nicholas died in the month of October 1838, and that said Mrs. Anne Cobiac is regarded as a respectable lady whose statements are entitled to Credit.
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day & year above written & I also Certify the Credibility of the affiant the word "Fifty" in line 4th is interlined A. S. Hill
Not Public & Rejoinder @ 100/10
De Muckenfuss
80 100/10