Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 43,338, Matthias Cobb, New Jersey

SERVICE
NUMBER
New Jersey
Cobb, Matthias
S 43,338
CONTENTS

Dead. to Pa. Ag c .
See letter Oct. 28. 1834
14-181
New York
Matthias Cobb
of Schen in the state of New York who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Payton of the New Jersey line, for the term of nine months
inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 20 of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 6 th of Sept 1819 and Nath l N. Nicholson Esq r Elizabeth, Co. H. 8 th County New York
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1819 $ 132.
Semi-ann. all ce ending 4 th Ma. 1820 48
16 mo. 15/30 $ 180
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued

4426 Matthias Cobb
Private
Dayton N-Jersey line
1778. 9. months
20. ap 1818
on Roll

State of New York County of Essex
DISTRICT OF  Essex , ss.
On this 14 th day of July 1818, before me, the subscriber, one of the  first Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County , personally appeared Matthias Cobb aged 38 years, resident in Schoon in the said County , 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 for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war:" That he, the said Matthias Cobb enlisted for the term of nine months on the 10 th day of March in the year 1778 at Valley Forge in the state of Pennsylvania in the company commanded by Captain Richard Coy of the Regiment commanded by Colonel Elias Dayton in the line of the State of New Jersey on the Continental Establishment; that he continued to serve in the said corps, or in the service of the United States, until the January following , when he was discharged from service in Elizabethtown state of New Jersey , that he was in the battles of Monmouth and Red Bank and Red Bank in New Jersey aforesaid and that he is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support; and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services.
Sworn to and declared before me, the day and year aforesaid.
Dan. Rofs first Judge
Matthias Cobb
I, Daniel Rofs Judge, &c. as aforesaid, do certify that it appears, to my satisfaction, that the said Matthias Cobb did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months at one time, on the continental establishment; and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me, to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress. I am also satisfied that he needs the assistance of his country for support. I also certify that he made a previous declaration
on the 20 th day of April 1818
Dan. Rofs first Judge
State of New York County of Essex ss.
I Ashley Pond Deputy Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County certify that Daniel Rofs  Esquire before whom the above affidavit or declaration was made was at the time the same was made first Judge of the Court aforesaid

And I do further certify that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said Daniel Rees and verily believe that his name subscribed to the said Declaration and also to the Certificate following the same is in his own proper handwriting
Witness my hand and the seal of said Court at the Clinetown this 18 th day of July 1819
Ashley Dorr Dep. Clerk

4426 Matthias Coos
Private
Dayton N-Jersey line 1778. 9. months
20. Apr 1818
on Roll

State of New Jersey Morris County -
Personally appeared before me Lewis Conditt one of the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas for the County of Morris aforesaid. Thomas Cobb, who being duly sworn, said that Matthias Cobb formerly of the State of New Jersey aforesaid, but now of the State of New York, was a nine months soldier regularly enlisted some time in the winter, or spring of seventeen hundred & seventy eight, as far as this deponent can recollect, at Valley Forge in Pennsylvania. In the Company of Capt. Richard Fox of the 3 d or Colonel Elias Dayton's Regiment of the Jersey Line (in the Revolutionary war) of which said Company & Regiment, this deponent was a Sergeant - and that the said Matthias Cobb continued to serve as a private soldier to this de- ponent's knowledge, the full term of nine months - and farther this deponent saith not.
Sworn & subscribed before me this 2 d of April Anno Domini 1819.
Thomas Covert
Lewis Conditt.
State of New Jersey County of Morris
I Robert H. M. Carter Clerk of the County of Morris do hereby certify that Lewis Conditt Esquire before whom the affidavit is made, is a person at the time of signing the same duly enrolled one of the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Morris and that full faith and credit is due to his official acts as such Judge. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County this third day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and nineteen -
Robert H. M. Carter

State of New York
Essex County ss. To Matthew Cobb of the town of Schoon in said county being duly sworn deposes and saith that some time in the month of April in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy eight at Somerset County in the State of New Jersey this deponent enlisted into the Continental service for the term of nine months that the company to which this deponent belonged was commanded by Cap- tain Cox and Regiment commanded by Colonel Dayton under General Mersfield in the New Jersey line and that this deponent faith- fully served the said term of nine months and that at Elizabethtown in the State of New Jersey some time in the month of Feb- ruary in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy nine this deponent was honorably discharged which said discharge is now now lost and further that this deponent by reason of his reduced circumstances is left destitute in need of

affidavit and report from his country and further this deponent says not
Given before me this 20th Matthias Cobb day of April 1818
Dan. Rofs first Judge of the Court of Common pleas for the county of Essex
Daniel Rofs, Esquire first Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the county of Essex do hereby certify that I do believe the facts contained in the within affidavit to be true and do accordingly transmit the testimony to the Honorable J. C. Calhoun Secretary of War -
Dated the 20th day of April 1818
Dan. Rofs
Matthias Cobb affidavit
N. York
Bayley, D. J. Regt.
Correct
N. Nicholson, Sec.

State of New York
Essex County ss } On the 28 day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & twenty personally appeared in open Court called a Court of Common Pleas held in & for the County of Essex before the Judges of the same Court it being a Court of record Matthias Cobb of the Town of Schoon in said County of Essex & State of New York aged 60 years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath declare & say that he served in the revolutionary war as follows in Colonel Dayton Regiment Captain Richard Cocks company (Christian name of the captain the declarant is not positive) in the New Jersey line & that the original declaration was made on the twentieth day of April 1818 & that he has received a pension under & by virtue of said certificate & that the number of his certificate is 14181 & that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th 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 & naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war passed on the 18 th day 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 & by me subscribed
Sworn before me this 28 day of September 1820 Thos. H. Stowe Clerk
Matthias Cobb
Schedule
1 Real Estate none either in law or equity 2 Personal Property one Cow one old Horse good for nothing one two year old Colt two Hogs not quite a year old eight hens twenty chickens four pigs one calf one old Table one old chest six chains six knives & six forks one Tin Coffee Pot teacups & saucers none except what are broken one Iron Pot one Dish Kettle one Tea Kettle two wooden pails one shovel one Plough one Draft chain two Axes two old Hoes nearly fifty bushels Oats not thrashed nearly twelve bushels Corn say fifty bushels potatoes not dug one ton Hay one quart of garden beans six table Spoons one old Sythe
Matthias Cobb

Debts owing by Declarant
  Elijah Woodworth in Note $ 20.00   to do on Account 10.00   Yuber H Platt on Account 9.50   Doctor Page 50.00   Randal Fan Note 30.00   William Rops probably 50.00   Joseph Gilbert Doctors Bill 70.00   John Potter 1.50   Josiah Pond 7.00   Theodorus Rops for 1 st of Babson Oil   widow Chellis 14.87   Abraham Reynolds 10.00   David Brannard 2.50   Safford Rawson 3. 00   Alexander Morse Doctors Bill 12.00   Rilla Turyl $1.00 1.00   Woleott Turyl 1.50   $ 212.87 
Debts due the declarant on credit
  Bonf. Moore $ 1.07   Elizer Phelps 5.00   $ 6.07 
The declarant is by occupation a Calien health very poor not having been able to labor but very little for five years my wife 58 years of age now lying at the point of death her life wholly dispained of my oldest son living at home Adorn by name aged 20 years has been sick something like six weeks of a Billious fever. one son by the name of John B. Cobb aged sixteen years generally healthy but now recovering from a lengthy sickness of the billious kind one other son by the name of Zachariah B Cobb not healthy one small girl living in my family at present sick with the billious fever
Matthias Cobb

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, and the name of person paid, you should apply to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D. C., and cite the following data: "Matthias Cobb, Certificate No. 14181, issued September 6, 1819, rate $8.00 per month, commenced April 20, 1818, Act of March 18, 1818, New York Agency".
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

March 13, 1940.
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BA-J/ADY Matthias Cobb S.43338
Mr. William H. Cobb 323 South Reeves Drive Beverly Hills, California
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter relative to Matthias Cobb, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.
The data contained herein were obtained from the papers on file in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S.43338, based upon the military service in that war of Matthias Cobb.
The date and place of birth and the names of the parents of Matthias Cobb are not shown.
Matthias Cobb enlisted at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, or at Somerset County, New Jersey, in April 1778, served nine months as private in Captain Richard Cox's Company, Colonel Elias Dayton's Third New Jersey Regiment and was in the battle of Monmouth and in a small skirmish at Elizabethtown, New Jersey.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 20, 1818, at which time he was aged about fifty-seven years and a resident of Schroon, Essex County, New York.
In 1820, his wife, was fifty-eight years old, her name not stated, his oldest son, Adam, aged twenty years, his son, John B., sixteen years old, his son, Zachariah B., his age not given, and a small girl was then residing in soldier's family, her name not stated.
In 1819, one Thomas Cobb, was of Morris County, New Jersey, his age and relationship are not shown. There are no further family data.
The soldier, Matthias Cobb, died July 9, 1832, place not given.
An a/B

20 Bread kind
Ulch. 28-19 Miss Murti M. Jamstown, N.Y. 1940 Mar. 13. Mtg. To Wm. H. Coffey.
43338 INVALID.
Rey
File No. 48,888
Matthias Coffey
De. John G.
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 8 , Page 95-
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Matthias Cob
1811 1812 1813
Con

State of New York Essex County ss. }
I Ashley Pond Deputy Clerk of the County of Essex & of the Court of Common Pleas in & for said County do hereby certify that the foregoing oath of Matthieu Cobb and the schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the records 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 the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is eighty dollars. And I do also further certify that the aforesaid Court is a Court of record having the power of fine & imprisonment & keeping a record of their pro- ceedings. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of said Court at Elizabethton this 8 th day of October 1820 in the absence of Thomas as Storer Clerk.
Ashley Pond Dep. Clerk

WILLIAM HOLMES COBB 323 S. REEVES DRIVE BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA
February 18th
1 9 4 0
Veterans Administration, Revolutionary Division, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sirs;
Will you kindly mail me all available information concerning Matthias Cobb and his family. He served in the Revolution as a Sergeant in the New Jersey Line (Somerset Batt). He was living in Essex County, New York, at the time his pension was approved April 20, 1818, and received pension Sept 6, 1819.
Thanking you in anticipation of an early reply, I am,
Respectfully yours,
W. H. Cobb

Commissioner of Pensions, - Dear Sir, -
I have been told that Matthias Cobb is on the Revolutionary Pension list , and as my great-grandfather's name was Matthias Cobb and I am trying to trace out my Revolutionary ancestors I am anxious to obtain an exact copy of the papers

Matthias Cobb presented their application for pension has made. —
Will you kindly attend to the matter at your earliest convenience and inform me of the amount of the customary fee for the trouble incurred —
Respectfully yours —
(Miss) Nettie M. Broadhead, 30 Warren Street,
Jamestown,
New York. RECEIVED MAR 24 1900 O. W. & N. DIVISION
March 19 th 1900.

43,338
Matthias Cobb
July Sept. 20. 1878
Schoon N.Y. 58
778 Valley Forge Pa. Somerset N.J. Richd Cox
Col Elias Dayton N.J. 9 mrs
Monmouth Elizabethtown