Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 1029, Wessel Cornue, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
Cornue, Hessel Christina
W. 1029 B.L.H. 9070-160-55
CONTENTS

New York 28. 7 39
Wessel Cornue
of Wayne Co in the State of New York who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Barker of the Regt. commanded by Col Wemple in the New York line for 9 1/2 months
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 31 Dollars 67 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 31 st day of May 1834 and sent to David McNeil Phelps N.Y.
Arrears to the 14th of March '34 $ 95.01 Semi-ant. allowance ending Sep r 4 '34 15.83
$ 110.84
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Sam l H. Page Clerk, Book E Vol. 4 Page 131
Dead Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6 th April 1838 from 4 March to 4 Sep 1840 Age notified 8 July 1841.

2671 New York Albany Christina Cornue widow of Wessel Cornue
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Private N.Y. Line!
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 31 Dollars 67
Cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued the 27 day of Octr / 53 and sent to
John T. Neely Present
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 70 Vol. a
Reg 3 m 55 47484
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47.484 } Act Mar 3/53- Recap 9/53
Christina Gornie wid of Wessel Gornie (private) Gornie
Private Pension Vol. Wemple's Regt T. Troops Revolution
NY. Feb 53-no 2691
Buxton Ad. 160 acs Oct 20/55- Dodge
W. Dickinson
Theodore Dickinson Newark N.J.
Cir. S. Dickinson Sept 12/55 Int. Same " 25 "
Vol. 12-8.

State of New York County of Cayuga ss.
Be it remembered that on this Seventeenth day of September A.D. 1832 before me Joseph — Wilcox a Justice of the peace of the town of Conquest in the County of Cayuga and State aforesaid personally appeared Abraham Vandice of the town of Conquest aforesaid who being first duly sworn by me according to law doth on his Oath depose and say that he is well acquainted with Wessel Cornue of the town of Arcadia in the County of Wayne in said State and has been so acquainted for a great length of time That he was so acquainted during before & after the Revolutionary War That the said Deponent knew that the said Wessel was in the service of the United States in the Militia in Captain Boonkers Company in Colonel Myerment Weylts That he has frequently seen him under arms in said service. That this Deponent served in the same Company with said Wessel for upwards of two years under the above named officers and saw him daily — That the Company some times lay in Schenectady some times employed in building Block houses pickets redoubts & other fortifications and standing on guard and were some times out of Schenectady and when in Schenectady were excused daily were permitted to lodge at home but were to be at roll call on the parade ground this was part time when not on other duty. The years that the said Wessel was in the service with this Deponent were the years A.D. 1780 1781 & 1782 That the residence of this Deponent and said Wessel at that

time was in Schenectady and further this Deponent saith not The second Regiment entered before sworn to Sworn to and subscribed the day of your last deposition Justin Joseph Wilcox ----- of the peace His Abraham Tansise Clerk
Cayuga County ss
I the under named Justin do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Abraham Tansise the person who has sworn to and subscribed the above affidavit and that he is a credible person and his statements may be relied upon as the truth
Joseph Wilcox Justice of the peace
State of New York Cayuga County Clerk's Office
I, Michael S. Myers, Clerk of the county of Cayuga, and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for said county. Do certify that Joseph Wilcox Esquire, before whom the fore- going certificate & instrument of writing purports to have been given, and before whom the foregoing affidavit purports to have been sworn was at the date thereof a Justice of the Peace in and for said county, duly commissioned and sworn, and that full faith and credit are to be given to his acts in that capacity. And I further certify that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice and verily believe the signature to the annexed affidavit & certificate to be genuine. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas of said county, and subscribed my name this twentieth day of September A.D. 1832 the interlineation over fifth line, made before signing this certificate M. S. Myers

State of New York,
Wayne County ss Be it known that before me Theodore Partridge a Commissioner of Deeds in and for said County personally appeared Christina Cornue and made oath in due form of law that she is the Widow of Wiprel Cornue, the identical person who was a pensioner and is now dead, and to whom a certificate of pension was issued of which the following is a true copy:
"War Department.
Revolutionary Claim. (28.739)
I certify, that in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June 1832 Wiprel Cornue of the State of New York who was a private in the Revolutionary Army is entitled to receive thirty one dollars and sixty seven cents per annum during his Natural life commencing on the 4th of March 1831 and payable semi annually on the 4th of March and 4th of September in every Year.
Given at the War office of the United States this 31st day of May one thousand eight hundred and thirty four.
Given at the War office of the United States this 31st day of May one thousand eight hundred and thirty four.
Examined and countersigned
Levi Cags Secretary of War.
J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.
That the deceased pensioner resided in Arcadia in the County of Wayne, in the State of New York for the space of Nine and a half Years before his death and that previous thereto he resided in Canajoharie in the County of Montgomery & State of New York.
Sworn and Subscribed
her
this 18th day of January 1841
Christina X Cornue mark
before me
Theodore Partridge a Commissioner of Deeds for Wayne County.
T. P. Partridge
1530/57

Know all men by these presents that I. Christina Cornue of Arcaadia in the County of Wayne and State of New York, Widow of Wessel Cornue a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States do hereby constitute and appoint Edmund B Doane of Newark in the County of Wayne and State of New York my true and lawful attorney, for me and in my name to receive from the Treasurer Agent of the United States for paying Pensions in the City of Albany in the State of New York the bal- ance of said Pension from the 11th day of March 1840 to the 11th day of September 1840 being the day of his death. The Word "Treasurer" was erased before signing Witness my hand and Seal this 18th day of April 1841. Sealed and delivered in presence of } Christina his Cornue Theodore Partridge } X mark V. C. Partridge
State of New York } Wayne County }
Be it known that on the 18th day of April 1841 before the subscriber a Commissioner of Deeds in and for said County personally appear- ed the above Christina Cornue and acknowledged the foregoing power of Attorney to be her act and deed. The Word "April" in the second line written on an erasure. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand the day and Year last above mentioned.
Theodore Partridge a Commissioner of Deeds for Wayne County. V. C. Partridge
1805

State of New York, County of Ulster ss.
On this 31 st day of March A.D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty five, personally appeared before me a Subordinate of the peace within and for the County and State aforesaid, Christina Cornue aged 70 years a resident of P'keepsie in the State of New York, who being first of sworn according to law declares that she is the widow of Muzel Cornue deceased, who was a private soldier in the Revolutionary war. (The Captain and Colonels name she does not know) And she further states that she is now in the receipt of a pension of thirty one Dollars and sixty seven cents per year. That the proof of her marriage of her name before her said marriage and also of the death of her said husband etc. is on file in the Pension Department.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the Act approved March 3, 1855.
Witness,
John H. Harder
Christina her Cornue mark
The Theodore Dickinson and Jacob P. Grant residents of P'keepsie in the state of New York upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Christina Cornue in our presence and that we believe from the appearance and statements of the applicant that she is the identical person she represents herself to be and we further state that we have been acquainted with the above named Christina Cornue for a number of years and know that she is now a widow.
Theodore Dickinson Jacob P. Grant

The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written; and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be. And that I have no interest in this claim. Schuyler H. Harker J.P.
State of New York, } ss. Wayne County Clerk's Office. }
I, Clerk of the County Court, in and for the County aforesaid, do hereby certify, that John R. Harker whose genuine signature appears to the annexed affidavit is and was at the time of signing the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid; duly elected and sworn, that all his official acts as such are entitled to full faith and credit; and that the aforesaid County Court is a Court of record, having general jurisdiction.
Given under my Hand and Seal of Office, (the seal of said Court and County,) at Lyons, this 5 day of July 1855.
Edward S. Smith Clerk.
47.484

14849 Nepel barnes
ei
Private man miss?
Admitted
Private 9 1/2 months
Admitted David McNeil Phelps Phelps , Ontario Co. N.Y.

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office.
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Wesee Cornue of Wayne County - New York
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     1780 serv'd till the close of the war as minute men Capt's Banker Col Temple None Stationed in Schenectady & its vicinity Schenectady New York aged 68 years Living Witness  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.
Date & length of each term of actual service required

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this _____ day of _____ personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of _____ in the county of _____ and State, Territory or District of _____ aged (c) _____ 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 provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) _____, with _____ and served in the _____ (e) regiment of the _____ line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c. ]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of _____
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I _____ of the Court of _____ do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this _____ day of _____ &c.
If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the _____ and C. D. residing in (the same) _____ hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _____ 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 the day and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
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 named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B.
who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the _____ and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the _____ and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, _____ Clerk of the Court of _____ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this _____ day of _____ &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person

will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following ( m ) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services. 
 6. { To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it?  { To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it? 
 7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons - one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, 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. 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. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
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 papers 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.
Proof of Service.
[j] 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 claimant's 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 official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[k] The notes from [a] to [j] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

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File No. 1029
Christina Corman Widow Messel Corman Ex-Rev. War
Act: Feb. 3, 1853
Index:—Vol. A , Page 1411
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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160 Acres

No. 47484
ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855.
Received Apr. 9, 1875
Vessel Cornice
Rev. War
Warrant 9070-160-58
Theodore Dickinson
Newark
N.J.

State of New York County of Wayne } ss.
On the 9 th day of September 1853 personally came before me Esbon Blackmar a resident of of Arcadia in said County and after being duly sworn according to law deposes and says that he was acquainted with Wessel Corman in his life time and know that he and Christina Corman his wife lived together as husband and wife for a long time and he further says that the said Wessel Corman died a number of years ago further this deponent sayeth not
Esbon Blackmar
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above written. Theodore Dickinson a justice of the peace for said County
State of New York County of Wayne } ss.
On the 9 th day of September 1853 personally came before me Theodore Dickinson a justice of the peace in and for said County of State. Elisha H. Rockwood and after being duly sworn according to law deposes and says that he is a practising physician in the Town of Arcadia in said County and that he was acquainted with Wessel Corman in his life time and that he attended upon him in his last sickness as his physician that the said Wessel Corman and Christina his wife lived together as husband and wife and that the said Wessel Corman died in the year 1840 as this deponent rightly believes further he sayeth not Elisha H. Rockwood
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above written. Theodore Dickinson

State of New York, Wayne County ss } I hereby certify that Theodore Dickinson Esq. before whom the foregoing Declaration was made and who has thereunto subscribed his name was at the time of so doing a justice of the Peace in and for this county, aforesaid duly commissioned. and sworn.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of my office as Deputy Clerk of the Supreme Court of said county this 9 th day of September A.D. 1853.
Lyman Lyon Deputy Clerk Wayne Co.

Washington D.C. Sept. 26 th 1853
Sir;
Enclosed please find the Declaration of Christian Cornue widow of Wessel Cornue a Revol. Sol. and Pensioner from State of New York. for a Pension under the Second Section of the act of. 3 rd Feb. 1853
Yours
Very Respectfully
M c Intire
To the Commissioner of Pensions

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
June 25 th , 1841.
Sir :
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," The widow of Wessel Coorne, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Albany N.Y. Agency, at the rate of Thirty one Dollars and 67 Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of March, to the 4 th Sept 1840. inclusive —
Respectfully yours,
William B. Parsons
Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.

Brief in the case of Christina Corwin widow of Wessel Wayne County and State of New York act of Feb 3 - 1853
Claim, ("original," or "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband a private in New York line 9 th mos & pensioner under act of June 7 1832. at $31 67 / 100 per annum (Paid to his death Sept 4th. 1840)
Allowed $31 67 / 100 per annum to annuity Feb 3 1853
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Marriage proved by Osbin Blackmar, Elisha H. Rockwood, residents of said county and Certified to be credible
Death by auditor's report
Identity & Widowhood by credible witnesses
Name and residence of Agent
J. H. Neely Present.
Examining Clerk.
H. Gray

Pension Office Oct 24/53
Sir Please report time of last payment to, or death of, within named pensioner
Respectfully &c
H. Burt Esqr
3 Aud
Present
J. Cole for comm ee
Wessel Corinne, act 1832 $31.67. p. an. — Paid to 4 th Sept. 1840, no date of death on our Books.
J. Burt Auditor. "

ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855. REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS.
PENSION OFFICE,
Sept 12
1855.
Sir:
The claim of Christina Cornue for bounty land under the act of the 3d of March, 1855, No. 47,484 has been examined and suspended.
The revolutionary service of Wessel Cornue the husband of the applicant, does not appear of record in this office. (in Col Wernple's N.Y. regt. 1780 to 1782)
The 3d section of said act requires a service of "FOURTEEN DAYS" to be established by "RECORD EVIDENCE."
Upon the production of such evidence of service, the claim will be favorably considered.
Very respectfully,
J. MINOT, Commissioner.
Theodore Dickinson Esq Newark Wayne Co N Jersey. N. York

Shrewsbury N.J. Sept. 21 st 1855
Sir
In reply to the annexed notice I have to say that Mr. Nessel Gorman was in the receipt of a pension at the time of his death and Christina Gorman his widow is now in the receipt of a pension consequently there must be evidence of death in the Pension Department. The old lady knows of no one now living that she can prove the same by
Truly Yours Theodore Dikeman Asst.
Wm. J. Minot Com. H.

Christina Corinne widow of Wessel
Additional Testimony
Theodore Dickinson

State of New-York,  COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE.
Albany, October 4 1855.
I Hereby Certify, That on searching the Records in this office for the Registry of Certificates issued in pursuance of a law, passed April 27, 1784, entitled "An Act for the settlement of the pay of Levies and Militia for their services in the late war, and for other purposes therein mentioned," I find the following, viz:
   NAMES. NO. OF BOOK. NO. OF CERTIFICATE. DATE. £ S. D. RANK AND NAME OF COMPANY OFFICER. RANK AND NAME OF FIELD OFFICER.     Vessel Cornue Private 5 21. 717 Oct. 29. 1781 " 5 4 Capt. Thomas Baucker Col. Abm Wemple   Wessel Cornue " 5 21. 798 Oct. 19. 1780 " 8 10 " Thomas B. Baucker " Th.   Wessel Cornue " 5 21. 880 Aug 10. 1780 " 3 6 2/3 " Tho s B. Baucker " Th.   Wessel Cornue " 5 22. 155 July 13. 1781 " 3 6 2/3 " Sissu van Slyck " Th.   £ 1 1 3 1/3  
I have examined the Rolls for the items above set forth, } and find them to be correct.
Chas. Chase Clerk.
L. M. Fox Comptroller.

State of New York } County of Wayne } ss
On this 7 th day of September 1853 personally appeared before the Judge of the County of Wayne Christina Cornue a resident of Arcadia in the County of Wayne aged 77 years who being duly sworn, according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of congress passed 3 rd February 1833 that she is the widow of Nessel Cornue who was a pension and draw thirty one dollars and sixty six cents per annum.
She further declares that she was married to the said Nessel Cornue on the 6 th day of May 1805 that her husband the aforesaid Nessel Cornue died on the 21 st day of September 1840 that she was married to him at the time above stated. She further swears that she was a widow at the passage of the act and is still a widow and that she has never before made application for a pension. Attest Theodore D. Paine, Christa+ Cornue Sworn to and subscribed on mark the day and year above written Seamer S. Ketchum County Judge
I hereby certify that in my opinion the above named Christina Cornue is entirely unable to appear in open court in consequence of feeble health and old age Attest Sept 7 th 1853 Seamer S. Ketchum County Judge

State of New York, Wayne County ss. I hereby certify that Alexander S. Ketchum Esq before whom the foregoing declaration was made and who has thereunto subscribed his name, was at the time of so doing the County Judge of said County, duly commissioned and sworn.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of my office as Deputy Clerk of the Supreme Court of said County this 9th day of September A.D. 1853
Lyman Lyon Deputy Clerk Wayne Co.

State of New York } On this 5th day of April 1833 Personally Wayne County ss: { appeared before me Theodore Partridge one of the Justices of the Peace for said County. Witnesseth Conne a residence of Newark County and State aforesaid who being first duly sworn according to Law on his Oath deponeth and saith - That on the first day of March 1781 He enlisted a private in Captain Thomas B. Bankers Company of New York Militia in Col. Abram Wimples Regiment and served a minute man in said Company during said year as follows - On the first day of March of said year 1781 He commenced his service in Garrison at Fort Schenectady at which place he resided, said Schenectady is situated on the Mohawk river in the then County of Albany, New Schenectady County and State of New York at which place he served until about the 20th day of March at which time this deponent with Captain Banker and his Company marched to Beavertown situated about 18 miles, south of Schenectady in pursuit of Tories, and succeeded in taking prisoners Eight of them which they found secreted in a Barn at Beavertown owned by a man named John Paul, and took them to Schenectady with us, from which place we sent them prisoners to Albany which consumed the remainder of the month of March, after his service in the month of March according to the best of his recollection he served in the month of April two weeks, and during the months of May June and July two weeks in each month at Fort Schenectady aforesaid and on the first day of August of said year He marched to Schoharie at which place he served in Company with a part of Capt. Bankers Company a part of Captain Mynderson Company of New York Militia under command of Capt. John Mynderson. One month the object of this Campaign was to guard the farmers in securing their harvest against the danger of the Enemy - On the first day of September of this year He returned to Schenectady and during the month of September he served one week at Fort Schenectady aforesaid under the command of Capt. Banker and three weeks in the month of October, and during the month of November two weeks - during this year a guard was continually kept at Fort Schenectady of eighty four men who took their stations there in number at each redoubt, the number of redoubts were seven He also deposes and says, that during the year 1781 He served a private in Capt. Thomas B. Bankers Company in Col. Abram Wimples Regiment of New York Militia, in the minute service as follows - During this year a guard was kept at Fort Schenectady, at which place he served, the most

4.16 of his time in Garrison, and at which place he resided as before mentioned) - His first service during this year was in the month of April 44 in Garrison at Fort Schenectady two weeks, in the month of May three 21 weeks in Garrison a part of the time and a part of the time on Scouts along the line of the Mohawk river and according to the best of the recollection of 214 this deponent two weeks, during the months of June July & August each the principal part of the time in Garrison at Fort Schenectady, and some of the time on Scouts near Schenectady, along the line of the Mohawk River, East and West of Schenectady, On the first day of September of this year this deponent under Capt. Barker marched for a place called Sunderland Creek by way of Ballston & Galloway which place is situated north of Schenectady about 30 miles. The object of this march was to drive back the Enemy which was said to be advancing towards Schenectady and who were actually marching towards Schenectady but retreated on finding us in presence of them without any action, during this campaign 1 this deponent was about one month, most of which time he quartered at Ballston - And during the months of October & November he served 12 two weeks in each month in Garrison, on guard at Fort Schenectady aforesaid - And this deponent further saith that in the year 1782 He served a private in Capt. Thomas B. Barker's Company of New York Militia in Col. Abraham Wemple's Regiment, as follows - In the month of 14 April He served two weeks in Garrison at Fort Schenectady and on Scouts of short duration along the Mohawk river, and in the months of May and June five weeks during both said months, the principal part of the time at Fort Schenectady and some of the time on Scouts East & West of Schenectady on the line of the Mohawk river - On the first day of July he marched under Command of Captain Garret Vedder who had Command of a detachment of men to march to Fort Plain, up the Mohawk river, west. about Forty Miles, from Schenectady at which place, and at Fort Plank 3 miles from Fort Plain they remained guarding the Inhabitants in Securing their Harvests, and on Scouts during the months of July and August - Col. Willets Regiment lay at Fort Plain at this time - and during the months of September, October and November He served two weeks in each month, at Fort Schenectady and on Scouts along the line

1-17 9-13 line of the Mohawk river - During this year (Winter excepted), a guard of Eighty Five men was stationed  kept out at Fort Schuyler, who were stationed 12 in number at each redoubt in the same manner as in the year 1780 - That since his first Declaration now on file at the War office, he is not able to hear of any other persons, who can testify to his service during the Revolutionary War - The Services above described, were all performed with an embodied Corps called into service by Competent Authority, and for which time the said service was performed, he was not engaged in any Civil pursuit - And for which said service he claims a Pension - Further this Deponent saith not -
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year aforesaid Theodore Partridge J.P.
Isaac Cornell
State of New York Wayne County ss
I hereby certify, that Theodore Partridge, Esqr. whose signature appears to the above affidavit, was, at the time the same purports to have been taken, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly elected and sworn, and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing, and verily believe his signature above written, to be genuine. Witness my hand, and seal of office, April 15. 1834.
Danl. Chapman, Dep. Clk.

W. P. C. Conn Application
14849 ✓
Passed

State of New York - Personally appeared before me the undersigned Wayne County ss: a justice of the Peace for said County Wessel Cornell, who being duly sworn deposes and saith, that he enlisted on the first day of March 1780 in Capt Thomas D. Barker Company in Col. Abraham Wemple's Regiment of New York Militia and served as a private and minute man until the first of October 1782 in garrison at Schenectady in the State of New York. He served at the garrison aforesaid during the whole of this period with the exception of the following tours which was performed on scouting as follows - In the year 1780 he left the garrison on three scouts, first in the month of May he marched to Burnerdam in the State of New York, and succeeded in taking prisoners a number of Tories, as will be seen in my Declaration herewith annexed Secondly thinks, in the month of July marched to Ballstown in the State aforesaid in pursuit of the enemy and succeeded in driving them back, through Galloway across Giandcross Creek towards Canada Thirdly in the month of September marched to Schoharie Fortification in the State aforesaid. The object of the march was to protect the inhabitants against the invasions of the enemy and guard them in securing their harvests - In the year 1781 in the month of August marched to Langhnewaga in the State aforesaid, for the purpose of guarding the inhabitants and driving away the enemy, was out of garrison this tour one month - In the year 1782 in the month of August marched to Fort Plank and Fort Herk in the State aforesaid on a scouting party was out of garrison during this tour one month - That from the first of March 1780 until the first of October 1782 he served as above stated in the service of his Country and was not employed in any Civil Service - and for such service I claim a pension for said service as performed in the embodiment corps called into service by Major General Sullivan Sworn to and subscribed before me this 27th day of May 1833
Theodore Partridge Justice of the Peace for said County of Wayne

State of New York, Wayne County ss. I Gullen Foster Acting Clerk of said County do certify that Theodore Partridge before whom the within affidavit purports to have been sworn, was at the date thereof a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, And that I am well acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name so subscribed is genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County this 12 th day of June 1833.
Gullen Foster

STATE OF NEW YORK,
ON this first day of October 1832,
Wayne COUNTY. } ss.
personally appears in open court, before the J. S. G. of the Court of Common Pleas for said County - now sitting
Wessel Gorne - a resident of Arcadia - in the county of Wayne and State of New York - aged Sixty eight years, who being 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 7th, 1832, That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated. That he enlisted in the month of March in the year 1780 in Captain Thomas D. Bankers Company of Minute Men in Colonel Abram Wemple's Regiment of New York Militia, and served until the Revolutionary War closed - resided at the time of his enlistment in Schenectady and State of New York marched first to Beavertown in the State of New York, in pursuit of some Tories, which were reported to be secreted at that place, and succeeded in making prisoners of eight of their numbers, which they brought with them to Schenectady - The most of his time was spent on duty at the fortification in Schenectady and the adjoining country from the time of his enlistment until the close of the war - The Tories and Indians in the neighbourhood of Schenectady and along the Mohawk were during the whole of his services very troublesome and required the most vigilant watching - He was born in Schenectady in the State of New York in the year 1764 - at which place he resided when he entered service That since the war he has resided in the State of New York That he now resides in the town of Arcadia, County of Wayne and State of New York - That He is well acquainted with Abraham Van Sice, who resides in the town of Conesville, in the County of Cayuga and State of New York, and knew him when in the service, and that his affidavit is herewith annexed - That he is also well acquainted with Joseph K. Francis a clergyman and Theodore Partidge who reside in his neighbourhood, who will testify to his character for veracity and their belief of his having served in the revolution That He has a record of his age in the Bible in his possession, made by his father
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 government.

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 day and year aforesaid.
Wesley Corne
We, Joseph H. Ware — a Clergyman residing in the Town of Arcadia. County of Wayne and State of New York
and Theodore Partridge — residing in the Town of Arcadia. County of Wayne and State of New York hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Wesley Corne who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be Sixty Eight 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 the day and year aforesaid.
Joseph H. Ware Theodore Partridge
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 named Applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states, and the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Joseph H. Ware is a clergyman residing in Arcadia, County of Wayne, and State of New York and also that Theodore Partridge is a resident of Arcadia, County of Wayne and State of New York and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I John S. Cuyler Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Wesley Corne for a Pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this fifteenth day of
October 1832
John S. Cuyler Clerk