Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 15,053, Jabez Cole, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
★ cole, Jabez
815,053
CONTENTS
Carded

15053 INVALID.
File No. 15.053
Liberty Calo Rev Rev war
Act: June 7 th 1832.
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 79
[Arrangement of 1870.]

New York N o . 24.905
Jabez Cole
of Onondaga Co. in the State of N. York who was a Private in the _____ commanded by Captain _____ of the Regt. commanded by Col. Webb in the Conn t . line for 1 year
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 40 Dollars _____ Cents per annum. to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 19 th day of March 1834 and sent to Hon. J. D. D. _____ W. Taylor W. R.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1834 120.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending 6 Sept. " 20.00 $140.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk Book E Vol. 4 Page 130

Jabez Galt
30.107
Jabez Galt
Rolls
Cont
W. H. Webb
On Rolls - Webb
15 apt '82 (12 mo).
acom
12 mo. pri
40 $
Hon W. Taylor -
Hon W. Taylor

State of New York Onondaga County } ss: On this 26 th day of February 1834 personally appeared James Cole (a Resident of the town and county of Onondaga) in open court before the judges of the court of Common Pleas in and for said county, and state of New York aged 74 years last past, 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 7 th 1832
That he enlisted in the army of the United States in the year seventeen hundred and eighty two. as a private soldier, for the term of one year, he thinks & served under one captain Hopkins, whose christian name he cannot recollect, into a regiment commanded by one Webb, whose christian name this deponent cannot recollect but thinks, it begins with an "S." of the Continental line, under the following named officers: that he enlisted in the spring of the year in the Town of Woodstock in the State of Connecticut,
That he cannot recollect the names of the officers in the company in which he served except the captain, he recollects of frequently seeing General Washington at Watpoint, recollects of seeing General Huntington at Ver Planks Point.
Applicant thinks that he served a part of the time under Charles one Eleazer Huntington. but he is not sure whether he was a colonel or not at

the time. That he passed muster at Windham, then he marched from there to the High lands on the Hudson River in New York, from there to Ver Plank's Point, then to West Point, and was discharged at the end of his term by General Knox. Thinks he had a written discharge but cannot say what has become of it.
Applicant states above that he entered in the spring of 1782. But on reflection he is not sure but it was in the spring of 1781. that he may have been discharged in 82. that his memory is much impaired from old age. That he knows of no living witness by whom he can prove any of his said services.
That 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 in any state.
1 That he was born in Swansea in Bristol County Massachusetts, in the year 1760
2 That he has no Record of his age
3 That he was residing in Woodstock in Windham County State of Connecticut when he was called into the service, That since the revolution he has resided in Woodstock aforesaid, in Adams, in Albany, in Malboro Vermont, in Stephentown N.Y. in Onondaga where he now resides,
4 When applicant entered the service he enlisted or volunteered,
5. 6.
7 That he is acquainted with Sterling Hall who resides in his neighborhood.

hood who can testify for him, as to his character for truth & veracity & their belief as to his services as a soldier in the Revolution That there is no Clergyman residing in his neighborhood who can testify for him The declarant further states that he has made frequent enquiries to find some living witness to prove his said services by but has been unable to find any.
Subscribed and sworn this 26 th day of February 1834 before open Court R. S. Hef clerk
Jabez Cole
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states
John Weston } George Pettet } Judges J. H. Allen }
I Reuben L. Heps clerk of the court of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the county of Onondaga do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings in the said court in the matter of the application of Jabez Cole for a Pension In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 26 th day of February 1834.
R. S. Hef clerk