Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 12568, Daniel Coon, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
born.
Boon, Daniel
NUMBER D. 12568
carded
CONTENTS

2521
New York
Daniel Coon
of Salem in the State of New York who was a Priv & Sergt in the Company commanded by Captain Ruvins — of the Regt. commanded by Col Gay — in the Connecticut line for 13 1/2 months Private and 12 months Sergeant.
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 100 Dollars — Cents per annum, commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 29 day of November 1832 — and sent to Epeh Bil-lings, Salem N.Y.
  Wears to 4th of  Sept 1832  $150.00    Semi-ant. allowance ending  4 Mar '33  50.00      $200.00  
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by John Cromwell Clerk, Book D Vol. 5. Page 76

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832.
State of New York, Washington County ss. Be it remembered that on this 28 th day of August 1832, personally appeared in open Court, before John Willard Esq. first Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Washington County aforesaid and Charles F. Engell & Benjamin F. Skinner Esqrs. Judges of said Court - saying sitting Daniel Boon a resident of the Town of Salem, in said County and State aged eighty two years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832. He was born in the Town of Hopkinton in the State of Rhode Island in the year 1750. That his age, as he believes was recorded in the Town Clerk's office of said Town - and that he has it recorded in his Family Bible - That at the time he was called into service he resided in the Town of Sharon in the State of Connecticut - That since the Revolutionary war he has resided in the Town of Salem aforesaid and that he now resides in said Town - That he served in the war of the Revolution, part of the time as a volunteer and part of the time as a drafted Militia man - That he has no recollection of ever receiving a discharge from the service - That he is known in his neighborhood by the Rev. Doct r Alexander Woodruff, Anthony J. Blanchard, Aron Martin, Moses Martin, James G. Watson & others - That he knows of no person now living that he can obtain, who can prove his Revolutionary services - That about the first of February July 1776, he enlisted as a common Soldier, in the Town of Sharon, State of Connecticut, under a Capt. Lewis, in Col. Fishkill Gap Regiment of the Connecticut State Troops, for six months, and served as a Soldier in said Company & Regiment his time out - That immediately after enlisting he was marched to the City of New York, from thence to Long Island, then back to New York

From thence to Harlem heights - That during said Campaign, he was in every battle with the Army which was fought on Long Island and in that vicinity - That Genl. George Washington was present and commanded the American Army - That he was acquainted with Genl. Putnam, who was also with the Army - That Brigadier Genl. Wadsworth from Connecticut was present and commanded the Brigade in which he served during said six months -
That in the month of January 1777, he again enlisted in the Connecticut Line of State Troops, at said Town of Sharon, in Capt. Amos Chapplis. company, Col. Samuel Whetnags Regiment and Genl. Moxsters Brigade - That he was marched to horse neck, from thence to New Rochelle, where he remained in service as a soldier for three months , the term of his enlistment - That during said term he was engaged in no battles - That his duties consisted in guarding the lines, and protecting the Americans and their property from the British & Tories - That in the latter part of the year 1777, he was drafted in said Town of Sharon for three months , and actually served his time out, as a soldier in Capt. Frisbie's company - That the company were marched from Connecticut to West Point on the Hudson in the State of New York - That he was engaged at West Point in drill service and working on the Fort -
That during said year 1777, but what time he does not recollect, he was ordered out as a soldier by said Capt. Frisbie, and marched first to Rhinebeck, then to Pittstown, Lansingburgh and other places in the State of New York, for the purpose of securing Tories, and protecting the Whigs and their

property and that he was in actual service as a Soldier of the United States in the war of the Revolution as aforesaid, at that six weeks and more -
That in the Month of February, or March 1782, he enlisted again in the Connecticut line of State Troops, under Capt. Hodder, in Col. Gurnfords Regiment, for one year, and served the whole year as a Sergeant - That he performed military service that year at Hartford, in the State of Connecticut, and in that vicinity, and was employed in enlisting troops for the Army, in doing garrison duty, and in protecting the Country from raiding parties of the British - And that he did serve the United States, in the war of the Revolution, as a Soldier, two years, one and half months, and more as he believes - That some portion of the above services might have been in the Continental Army - but from the length of time and the infirmities of age, he cannot more tell. And he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity, except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the Agency of any State
Sworn to and subscribed the 3 } Daniel Coon day and year aforesaid J. S. Leigh att
We John Gray & Robert Pennock residing in the Town of Salem, County of Washington and State of New York, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Daniel Coon who has subscribed and known to the above declaration that we believe him to be eighty two years of age. That he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution

and that we concur in that opinion. Sworn and subscribed this day and year aforesaid in Open Court. J. S. Leigh C.R. John Gray Robert Pennell
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war department that the above applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that John Gray and Robert Pennell, who have signed the preceding certificate, are residents of the town of Salem in the aforesaid County, and are credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, John S. Leigh, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Washington and State of New York, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Daniel Coon for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this 28th day of August, 1832. J. S. Leigh C.R.
admitted 1 year length 13 1/2 mo private

State of New York
Washington County ss
Personally appeared before me the undersigned, first Judge of the County Courts of the County of Washington and Superior Court State of New York, Daniel Coon, whom I know to be the identical person, that made, subscribed and swore to the Declaration to which this affidavit is affixed, who being duly sworn, deposes and saith that by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear more positively than in his said Declaration; except, as to the following particulars, viz
1 st . The reason why he did not produce the affidavit of a Clergyman and another respect- able citizen on his behalf respecting his age and the general belief in his neighbor- hood relative to his revolutionary services, is, that the Clergyman who knew of his services has been dead more than ten years, and he did not, when he made his declara- tion, nor does he now, know of any Clergyman, by whom he could prove the 11 th allegation, or other than he has done in his said declaration To 13 th allegation, he swears that he has no documentary evidence of his revolutionary services, nor does he now, nor did he when he made his declaration, know of any living witness by whom he could prove them
To the 16 th Allegation, he swears that his said Declaration and the accompanying papers, seal, and certificate, are the identical papers certified by the Clerk of said Court; and that they have not been altered in any way or manner.

To the 17 th Allegation - he says, he never did to his knowledge, recollection or belief receive a discharge from service - he supposed that fact, explicitly stated by him on the first page of his said declaration - On the first page of my said declaration, I state that I never received a discharge from service, and that I know of no person, living by whom I can prove them Daniel Coon
State of New York Washington County. } ss. I John Willard Surrogate of the said County do certify that on the 19 day of November 1832 the above named Daniel Coon to me well known appeared before me in Open Court & made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 19 th November 1832 and I have also affixed my seal of office at the interstitial of the tape binding the paper together - John Willard

Reuben
12568 INVALID.
File No. 12, 568
Daniel Boon Sergt Rev War
Act: June 7 th 32
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 78
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Buf 2nd No 4864
Daniel Koon. —
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J. S. Billings Act.

No 4864
BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Daniel Coon  which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides?
Yes. —
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides?
Yes. —
III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so?
IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served?
Yes. —
V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled?
Yes. —
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations?
Yes. —
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832?
Yes. —
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion?
Yes. —
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate?
Yes. —
X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal?
Yes. —

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service?
No. Omitted
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
No. go
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?
No. — go
XIV. † If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility?
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XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
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XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?
no
Yes. Omitted
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
6 th Not answered. — Omitted
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EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words :
“Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____ ; and for such service I claim a pension.”

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.
† QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the affidavits must be properly authenticated, as above directed.
‡ QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.