Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 43383, Conrad Coon, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
New York.
Coon, Conrad or Conradt
D. 43383
CONTENTS

15. 1819 New-York.
Conradt Coons,
of Albany Co. in the state of New-York, who was a private - in the regiment commanded by Colonel Van Schaick, of the New-York line, for the term of fourteen months.
Inscribed on the roll of New-York, at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 14. of August, 1819.
Certificate of Pension issued the 25. of Nov. 1819, and sent to Estes Howe, judge, City of Albany, New-York.
Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1819. $: 5.75
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4. March, 2 48 "
On mo. \frac{18}{31} 8 } 1820. $: 53.75 4/30. }
{ Revolutionary claim, { Act 18th March, 1818. }

State of New York
Tompkins County ss; Conrad Coon who was born in the city of Albany in the state of New York now resident of the town of Ulster in the County of Tompkins and state of New York being duly sworn depose and saith that he enlisted in the year one thousand seven hundred & seventy seven or thereabouts as near as he can recollect at the City of Albany as a private in the Company commanded by Captain Robert M c Lean in Colonel Goose Van Schoick's Regiment of the New York line in the Army of the United States on the Continental establishment against the common enemy for five years & he marched from Albany to Lake George at which place he remained until Burgoyne took Ticonderoga from thence to Stillwater from thence to Fort Stanwix & from thence to Albany after Captain M c Lean resigned & retired from the Army it was commanded by Captain Benjamin Nickels and when at Albany having the Rheumatism in one of his knees & otherwise unwell he hired a substitute to take his place who enlisted for during the war and upon his so enlisting & taking this deponent's place for a longer term of time & considering that he this deponent was in will he was duly discharged under the hand of Colonel Van Schoick after having served for more than three years in the United Army as a private soldier & that from the ill health

of this Deponent (and from his reduced circumstances he needs the assistance of his country for support - That he is not apprised of any pension having heretofore been allowed him by the laws of the United States - And that he hereby releases and relinquishes his claim to every pension heretofore allowed him by the laws of the United States -
Subscribed & sworn this 14 th day of April 1878 before me -
Conrad his Boon mark
John Ellis, one of the Judges of Common Pleas
State of New York Franklin County ss
Admitted
John Boon being duly sworn depones and saith that he is well acquainted with the above named Conrad Boon that he enlisted in the same Company with this Deponent served in the same Company under the same Colonel for more than three years or thereabouts against the common enemy - & that the above affidavit he believes to be in all respects just & true according to the best of his knowledge & belief -
Subscribed & sworn before me this 14 th day of April 1878
John his Boon mark
John Ellis, one of the Judges of Common Pleas

Conrad Coons
Declaration Aug t 16 th 1819
Col. Van Schaick's N. York Reg t
1777 - served about 14 days 14 Aug t 1819.
"Ester House, Esq." Albany N.Y.
Admitted.

State of New York } Albany County }
On this fourteenth day of August 1819 before me the subscriber one of the judges of the Court of common Pleas of the county of Albany personally appears Conradt Coons aged Sixty five years resident in Albany who being by me first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress entitled "An Act to provide to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War" That he the said Conradt Coons on the 10 th day of May 1777 enlisted for during the War at Albany in the State of New York in the Company commanded by Capt Robert M c Keen in Col t Gross Van Schaick's Regiment of the New York line, That he continued to serve in the said Corps until the 4 th day of October 1778 When he was discharged by me at Albany by Col t Van- Schaick in consequence of being unfit for duty by reason of the Rheumatism and also of a Cancer which came upon his face, That he had a written discharge which he has since lost That he is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of assistance from his country for support having actually been supported at the Alms house of the city of Albany six weeks of the last his years Sworn before me this Conradt Coons mark Sixteen the day of Augt. 1819 Ezra Hovey Judge Albany Co. Pleas

Albany Jd:
Archibald M c Inly being duly sworn. Saith That he was well acquainted with Conrad Coons who has made the foregoing declaration while in the service of the United States in the Revolutionary War. That the said Conrad did belong to Capt. M c Reyn's Company and Col. Von Schalk's Regiment and served as a good and faithful soldier from the Month of May 1777 when this deponent knew him at Fort George until the fall of the year 1778 when this deponent saw him in the hospital at Fort St. Mary's  St. Mary's unfit for duty and in consequence of the Rheumatism and some other disorders he was discharged from the service. That this depon- ent belonged to the same Regiment during the time and longer & positive knows that the said Conrad did duty as a private a- bout seventeen months and further saith not. Stated before me  his Archibald M c Reyn mark
On this sixteenth day of August 1819 came before me the above named Archibald M c Kinley to me known as entitled to credit & being a man of truth that the above affida- vit by him subscribed by his mark for his signature is true Esther Flower Knapp Albany Co. New

Albany ss:
William Talbot a person to me known to be a credible witness being duly sworn saith That he knew Coonradt Boon while in the service of the United States in the Revolutionary War. That the said Coonradt belonged to Capt. M c Rae's company of Col. Van Schaick's Regiment That deponent knew him at Fort George in the year 1777 about the month of May or June and also the next year towards the latter part of the summer This deponent knew him at Ft. Stanwix That this deponent knew him in the service one year or more but knows nothing of his discharge.
Sworn before me - This deponent being of Albany ss. D. 1819
William Talbot
Edw. Stone Judge Secy of the court
I Edw. Stone Judge etc. as aforesaid do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Coonradt Boon did serve in the Revolutionary War as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy - And further that the witnesses who have testified to the foregoing deposition I believe to be credible being acquainted with them and that the facts stated by them are true, and also that the said Coonradt Boon is really in reduced circumstances and stands in need of assistance from his country for support that it has been well certified to me by the Police Officers of the City of

Albany who gave the order to the Almshouse that the said Conradt was placed at the said Almshouse for some time last year and has at present no visible means for his support. And I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken & had before me to the Secretary for the department of War pursuant to the directions of the aforesaid Act of Congress.
Albany 14 th of August 1819
Ebenezer Howe

F Conrad Boon
Albany
C
12340
18 July 1819
Notification sent to
A Wendell
Albany NY
July 26. 1820
Agent

STATE OF NEW-YORK, Court of Common Pleas City and County of Albany
On this fifteenth - day of June - 1820 - personally appeared in open court, (being a court of record in and for the said County according to the solemn adjudications of the Supreme Court of this state, and being a court which proceeds according to the course of common law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, keeping a record of its proceedings, and possessing the power of fine and imprisonment) Conrad Coon Private - aged Sixty six - years, resident in the City of Albany - in said County who, being duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare, that he served in the revolutionary war as follows: in the Company commanded by Captain Robert McLean - Colonel Schenck's Regiment of Infantry, on the Continental Establishment, for the Term - and in the manner specified in his original declaration, on file in the Pension Office, at the City of Washington - dated the Fourteenth of April 1818 - that his certificate is numbered 12.346 - & is dated & was issued on the 18th day of July 1819 - And that he served, in the New York line - and had received his Pension up to the fourth of March 1820 -
And I do solemnly Swear - that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it, as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," passed on the 18th of March, 1818; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts, or debts, due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed. That I have no Wife, or Children - Nor No Occupation, and have been, in the Almshouse, of the city of Albany, for several years, owing to my not being able to support myself - that I stand in abundant need of assistance, from my Country for support - The following Schedule - contains my property viz: Real Estate, None - Personal Estate - my clothing -
Sworn to and declared, on the 15th day of June 1820 - Before me in open court -
H. A. Williams Depty Clk -
This Conrad + Coon Mark
STATE OF NEW-YORK, City and County of Albany
I Henry Truax - for the City and County of Albany
Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas
do hereby certify, that the foregoing affidavit and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said court, that the total amount, in value, of property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule, is worth nothing except exceptions dollars and cents. In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said court, on this 8th day of July 1820
Henry Truax Clerk.

12.346
New York
Conrad Coon
of Ulpes in the state of New York who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Van Schaick of the New York line, for the term of Three years 1777
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 14 of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 18 of July 1818 and sent to Edmund G. Teller Albany New York
Arrears to 4th of March 1819 - $103.75 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Sep: 1819 - 48 $133.50
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued
died 25 Apr 24 Apr. 25, 1824
Information sent to Mr. Wendell Esq. P. 26 July 1820 Albany New York

Conrad Coon, Declaration
14 th April 1818 -
Send Cer. to Edmund G. Pitton - Ithaca N.Y.
Conrad Coon
of the New York line
Call Creek Valley
August 11
Concluded -
The Credibility of the Witnesses must be established
Concluded -

State of New York
Tompkins County ss Be It remembered that on the 14 th day of April 1818 Conrad Boon & John Boon of the town of Ulster County of Tompkins & State of New York appeared before me John Ellis one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in for the County of Tompkins and did severally declare under oath that the facts contained in their respective affidavits by them submitted & hereto annexed are true so far as . And I the said John Ellis Judge as aforesaid being satisfied from the testimony contained in the foregoing affidavits that Conrad Boon served as a private soldier in the war of the Revolution upon the continental establishment against the common enemy for about three years. And do hereby certify the above affidavits as the Evidence and proceedings in the premises had before me in pursuance of the act entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land & naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war - And do certify that he is the only remaining Circumstances Debtors to the Assistance of his Country -
John Ellis, one of the Judges of Tompkins Com. Pleas

State of New York Simpkins County Clerks Office I Archer Green clerk of the County of Simpkins. do certify that the within named John Ellis Esquire is an acting Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County, and that he was such on the 14 th day of April and that I know the signature to be his own proper writing. In Witness whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of said Court. this 16 th day of April 1818 - Archer Green Clerk.
Conrad Coore 14 April not on Roll

State of New York
Tompkins County } John Sager being duly sworn say that he was a soldier in the Revolutionary war and served for about six years as will more fully appear from his Declaration now in the office of the Secretary of War - & that he was well acquainted with the brother named Conrad Coon at the city of Albany in said State before the war that the said Coon & his opponent were both brought up together & this opponent was knowing to his enlistment that he enlisted in the service of the United States in the New York line at Albany under Captain Robert M c Reew. In Colonel Goose Van Schaike's Regiment & that he was acquainted with the said Coon during the time he was in the army & has been convinced & that the said Conrad Coon did serve as stated in the above Declaration of the said Coon for the now three three years & that the said Coon is in reduced circumstances & stands in need of the assistance of his County for support
Subscribed & sworn before me This 21 st of November 1818
John Sager Mark
Edmund G. Pitton Comr. for taking Affdts &c
State of New York
Tompkins County Clerk's Office } I hereby certify that Edmund G. Pitton before whom the above affidavit was taken was on the day of the date thereof and still is a Commissioner duly commissioned & sworn to take such affidavit and that the above sig- -nature Edmund G. Pitton is his own proper hand writing. In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of this court this 23 rd November 1818. M c Shane Dep. Clk.

State of New York Tompkins County ss
I Edmund G. Pillsbury one of the Commissioners for taking Affidavits &c as within named do hereby Certify that John Sage was duly sworn before me & that John Booms was duly sworn in my pre- sence to the within Affidavits and I being personally acquainted with both of them do hereby Certify that they are credible witnesses & to be believed.
Edmund G. Pillsbury
Comr. for taking Affidavits

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File No. 43,383
Conrad Boon
Rev Rev Rev
Act: 15 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 8 , Page 96
[Arrangement of 1870.]