Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 4,926, Harmon Coykendall, New Jersey New York Penn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
New Jersey New York Penn
Coykendall, Harmon or Harman Catharine
N. 4926
CONTENTS

No 7.709.
Ohio
Harman Goughendale
of Delaware Co in the State of Ohio who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Little of the Regt commanded by Col Nichols in the New York Ho was for 2 years from 1776.
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio at the rate of 80. Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 22 day of March 1833 and sent to T. Reynolds Clerk of Delaware Co Ohio
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833. $ 160. 00 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sept " 40. 00 $ 200. 00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by H. S. Evans Clerk, Book E Vol. 8. — Page 4

457
Ohio, Cincinnati, Catharine Boyd Kendall, widow of Hannah Boyd Kendall N.Y. who served in the Revolutionary war, as a private
Separated died 19 Feb 54 let to S. Patrick R 31 July 1854
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 23 rd day of June 1848 and sent to
Joseph Patrick Newbury Ohio
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 336 Vol. 1

Harmon Coykendall Application for Pension

Harmon Royhendall of Kingston
The State of Ohio Delaware County, ss. 3 Be it remembered that on the twentieth day of November in the year eighteen hundred and thirty two, Personally appeared in open court before the judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Delaware & State of Ohio, Harmon Royhendall a resident of Kingston Township in the said County, aged seventy six 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, 1832.
I the undersigned Harmon Royhendall do hereby state that I entered into the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated, to wit:—
I was born in Orange County New York Sept. 17, 1756. In August 1776 I volunteered for five months and served under Capt. John Little N.Y. Militia Mustered at Goshen in Orange Co. the Regt. was commanded by Col. Nichols. We marched to New Windsor where we embarked on water and went to West Point where we stayed over night and the next day went to Ft. Montgomery where we stayed 8 days. We then took water and landed at Garrytown, and then marched to Kingsbridge where we were under command of Gen. Clinton. I was stationed at Kingsbridge upwards of three months until about the time of the battle of White Plains, when I was taken sick, after which I was taken over the river to Yappa where I was long time confined with what was then called the long fever. At the expiration of my 5 months I was discharged and returned home. The next spring I went to Wilksburg in Wyoming, and during that summer I did not bear arms. In April 1778 I was enrolled and called into actual service and served in a Company under the command of Capt. Daniel Gore. and was stationed at Ft. Callen Ft. Rosencrone. about

one mile above Forty Fort at Kingston, the Head Quarters of Col. Butler. We were employed as a guard to the Fort, until a day or two before the battle at Wyoming we abandoned it, Rosecrans and met to Forty Fort. On the day of the battle I was placed a sentry on the bank of the river about 400 yards below the Fort. I saw the troops march out to the battle being 375 men under Col. Butler; of whom only about 72 or 73 returned. The residue were all either killed or taken prisoners. The next day before the Ft. capitulated to the enemy
I, with a company of 4 or 5 men, and women & children making a company of about 50 persons, made our escape from Forty Fort, crossed the river and made our way for the settlements in New York. Almost in a state of starvation we traveled through the woods 33 miles to the first house. With great hardship and suffering we made our way to the Delaware river, and then to Orange Co. N.Y. In the spring of 79 I went to Super Co. New Jersey. I then volunteered and enlisted to serve 3 months. I served in Capt. Bechtel's Company and under the command of Col. Leonard. We mustered at Reading and marched to head quarters at Capt. Chambers on the Delaware. While stationed here I often marched with Party to Nanseink. After serving this 3 months I was discharged. I then served in the subsequent 11 months, 5 in the first campaign at Ring'sburg, 3 at Wyoming and 3 at Chambers on the Delaware.
In the fall of 79 I again entered the service and was employed in the Continental service where I was employed to drive a team in the service of the army. I was employed by Capt. Jonathan Pitney and belonged to the Foraging Brigade under his command. I served in this employment 18 months. Our principal head quarters was at Reading where we depended on forage. I was during this time with the army to Philadelphia and a number of times to Orange Co. I have lost my discharges and have no documentary evidence, and know of no person whose testimony I can procure who can testify to my service.
After the revolution I resided in Super Co. New Jersey

untill 1820 when I removed to Delaware County, Ohio, where I now reside. I hereby relinquish all claims whatever to any pension or annuity except the present, and declare that my name is not on the pension roll of the  any state.
Given & subscribed to, the day & year aforesaid.
Harman Coykendall
We the undersigned a Presbyterian clergyman of Delaware Township, and James P. Gregory of Berkshire Township, in said County and residing in the neighborhood of the above named Harman Coykendall do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with the said Harman Coykendall who has signed and shown to the above declaration & that we believe him to be seventy six years of age, that he is situated and has been in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolutionary war. That we concur in that opinion.
I now subscribe the day and year aforesaid.
James P. Gregory
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 certify that it appears to them that Abab Lunko who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident of the said County of Delaware and James P. Gregory who has also signed the same is a resident of Berkshire Township in the said County and both residing in the neighborhood of the above named applicant, and are creditable persons and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I Thomas Reynolds Clerk of the Court of Com. Pleas aforesaid, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Harman Coykendall for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of my office this 20th day of Nov. 1832.
T. Reynolds Clerk

State of Ohio Delaware County ss
Court of Common Pleas September Term A.D. 1838
On this eleventh day of September one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight personally appeared in open Court Catharine Coykendall a resident of Kingston Township in Delaware County State of Ohio aged seventy five 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 July the 7th 1838 entitled an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows. That she is the widow of Harmon Coykendall who was a soldier in the army of the Revolution. She saith that her husband the aforesaid Harmon Coykendall was pensioned by the United States under the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832 that he resided in Kingston Township Delaware County State of Ohio at the time said pension was granted. She further declares that she was married to the said Harmon Coykendall in the County of Sussex in the State of New Jersey by the Reverend H. Coykendall a clergyman of the Baptist Church in the month of August in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty one and that by reason of age and loss of memory the day of the month of her marriage with the aforesaid Harmon Coykendall she cannot tell that her husband the aforesaid Harmon Coykendall died on the twenty third day of July in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty three that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the first day of January one thousand eight hundred and thirty four at the time above stated.
Catharine Coykendall
Sworn to in open Court and subscribed this 11th day of September A.D. 1838

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said County. And I further certify that the word "and" in the twelfth line from the top on the first page was interlined before signing -
L. Reynolds  Alaska

State of Ohio Delaware County ss
Be it known that before the Subscriber a Justice of the peace in and for said County personally appeared Catharine Gaykendall who being duly sworn according to law deposeth and saith that she was married to Harmon Gaykendall in the Month of August in the year one thousand Seven hundred and Eighty one and that when she made her Declaration in Court she had her mind on the date of her Marriage and did not observe that it read Eight instead of Seven and that the word Eight in said Declaration referring to the date of her Marriage is a mistake and ought to be Seven
Catharine X Gaykendall Subscribed and sworn to this 11 th day of November 1838 before me Oliver Stark J P
State of Ohio Delaware County ss
Be it known that before the Subscriber a Justice of the peace in and for said County personally appeared Joseph Patrick who being duly sworn according to law deposeth and saith that he knew the Declaration of Catharine Gaykendall widow of Harmon Gaykendall and that the aforesaid Catharine Gaykendall told this deponent to write the date of her marriage in the month of August in the year one thousand Seven hundred and Eighty one and the word Eight in said Declaration referring to the date of said Marriage is a mistake and should have been written Seven
Subscribed and sworn to this 11 th day of November 1838 before me Joseph Patrick Oliver Stark J P
State of Ohio Delaware County ss
I Oliver Stark a Magistrate in and for said County do hereby certify that the word Eight in the declaration of Catharine Gaykendall widow of Harmon Gaykendall and which made said Declaration read one thousand Eight hundred and Eighty one was altered at her request in my presence making said declaration read one thousand Seven hundred and Eighty one

- and I further certify that the said Catharine Gay Kendall is a woman of good creditability in witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand officially this 11 th day of November 1838 & peace Oliver Stark justice of the
State of Ohio. Delaware County ss. I Thomas Reynolds Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County & State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Oliver Stark Esq., is a justice of the Peace in & for said County, duly commissioned & qualified; that his commission was dated on the 25 th day of June A.D. 1838 & will expire on the 25 th day of June A.D. 1841. & that his signatures before written, I believe to be genuine.
Given under my hand & the seal of said County, this 15 th day of Nov. A.D. 1838.
Thos. Reynolds Clerk by Wm. D. Hoein Dept.

State of Ohio Delaware County } ss
Be it known that on this fifteenth day of September A D 1888 personally appeared before the Subscribed Justice of the Peace in and for said County Peter Gaykendall who being duly sworn according to law deposeth and saith that he is the Second Child of Harmon Gaykendall and Catharine Gaykendall and that according to the record kept by Harmon Gaykendall this deponent was born the twentieth day of December one thousand seven hundred and eighty seven This deponent further saith that Harmon Gaykendall kept the dates of his the said Harmon Gaykendall's childrens births recorded on the blank leaf of a Psalm and Hymn Book which was written in the said Harmon's own hand writing and was partly Spelled in Dutch and partly in English and this deponent well remembers the aforesaid record for forty years past This deponent further saith that in the year one thousand eight hundred and eleven Harmon Gaykendall purchased for himself a Family Bible and Emanuel Gaykendall at the request of his Father the said Harmon Gaykendall transcribed the record of his the said Harmon's Childrens births from the leaf of the Psalm book to the record leaf of his the said Harmon's Family Bible This deponent further saith that the following is a true copy of the record of Harmon Gaykendall and Catharine Gaykendall formerly Catharine Beaman and their childrens recorded as aforesaid except the dates of the original record is in plain legable figures
Harmon Gaykendall was born fifteenth September one thousand seven hundred and fifty six
Catharine Beaman Was Born September nineteenth

day in the year one thousand seven hundred and sixty three Martin Gaykendall was born August twenty fifth day in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty five Peter Gaykendall was born December the twentieth in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty seven Emanuel Gaykendall was born May the Second day in the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety Katy Gaykendall was born March ninth day in the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety four Elizabeth Gaykendall was born October twentieth day in the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety six Charlotte Gaykendall was born January tenth day in the year one thousand eight hundred This deponent further saith that Harmon Gaykendall was a resident of the United States under the act of Congress passed Seventh day of June one thousand eight hundred and thirty two and that he died on the twenty third day of July in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty three and that Harmon Gaykendall never had any other wife than the said Catharine and the said Catharine never had any other husband than the said Harmon Gaykendall and she has remained a widow ever since the death of the said Harmon Gaykendall The interlining of the word births and the erasing of the word Eight was made before signing Sworn to and subscribed this fifteenth day of September 1838 Peter Gaykendall before me
Oliver Stark Justice Peace
I further certify that the dates of the foregoing affidavit was written wrong and altered from the sixteenth to fifteenth Oliver Stark J P before signing

State of Ohio Delaware County To all I Thomas Reynolds Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County & State aforesaid, do hereby certify, that Alvin Stark is a Justice of the Peace in & for said County, duly Com- missioned & qualified; that his Commission was dated on the 25 th day of June A.D. 1838, & will expire on the 25 th day of June A.D. 1841, and that his signa- tures before written, I believe to be genuine.
Given under my hand & the seal of said County this 21 st day of Sept r . A.D. 1838.
T. Reynolds Clerk

FAMILY RECORD.
BIRTHS.
Harmon Coykendall Was Born 15 th Sept r A.D. 1756
Catharine Beamer Was Born September 19 th day in the year 1763
Martin Coykendall Was Born August 25 th day In the year 1785
Peter Coykendall Was Born December 20 th in the year 1787
Emanuel Coykendall Was Born May 2 nd day In the year 1790
BIRTHS.
Caly Coykendall Was Born March 9 th day in the year 1794
Elizabeth Coykendall Was Born October 20 th day in the year 1796
Charlotte Coykendall Was Born January 10 th day in the year 1800

Martina was born August the 25 day 1785 died June 13 1795
Peter was born December 20 day 1787
Emmanuel was born May the 2 day 1790
Gally was born March the 9 1794 November 12 1796
October 20 1796
Sabasha was born January the 10 1800

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20120
Harmon Boykendall Ohio
Admitted for 2 years from 1776.
$80.—
Th Reynolds CR Delaware CR Ohio

County of Delaware  BRIEF in the case of Harmon Coykendall  in the State of Ohio  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 76  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     Vol In 1776 5 Private Gen. Clinton, Capt. Little, Col. Nichols   1778 3 " Capt. Gore, Col. Butler   1779 3 " Capt. Beckwith, Col. Lomax   Continental Service 1 6 Teamster Capt. Pitney  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? None  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Orange Co. N. York  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? traditional  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? correct 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Chas. Forrest Examining Clerk.

Ohio 1142
Catharine Coykendall widow of Haiman Coykendall.
who was a pensioner under the Act of June 7. 1832 and who died on the 23 July 1835 of Delaware Co. in the State of Ohio who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Little of the Regt. commanded by Col. Nichols in the N. York mil. time for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio at the rate of 50 Dollars ————— Cents per annum. to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 23 rd day of Nov. 1838 and sent to Joseph Patrick, Sunbury, Ohio.
Arrears to the 4th of Sep. 38 200.00 Semi-annual allowance ending 4th Nov. 39. 40.00 $240.00
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by D. Brown Book 4 Vol. 2
Clerk,
Page 216

Sunbury Delaware Co Ohio 20 July 1854 Mr Wallis
Sir Catharine Coykendall a pension at the rate of Eighty dollars per annum since in New place on the 11 th of February last leaving three children Mr Peter Coykendall Elizabeth Frick and Catherine Frick I presume these papers like the Certificates of the Court at the of Identity have not been for the purpose of obtaining the amount of pension due them as the children and heirs of Catharine Coykendall I enclosed with them the Russian Certificate and sent them by mail to the pension agent in Cincinnati hoping the postage & but it appears the papers is lost as the agent informs me they have not been received at the agency and the pension remains un-paid

now Sir I wish you would be so kind as to procure to obtain the Bellona place as it is a nice house with me and I am at a loss in the business &c
Yours truly
M c Walden Corn River
Joseph Patrick
P.S. I enclose several letters to the agent before he acknowledges the receipt of any of them &c
J. P.

At 4 1/2
Chas. H. ...
Catharine Coykendall widow of Haysman
widow 1875 $88 per ann
at July 7. 1838
no deduction
Ohio Roll Landcut: to Joseph Patrick Esq Sunbury, Ohio.
for the City of ...
Reserves
General
5th ...

Sunbury Ohio November 16 th 1838
Dear Sir I again send you the Declaration of Catherine Gaykendall corrected in the best possible manner I could devise and I must ask your pardon for giving you trouble by my blunders but I must offer as an excuse that Mrs Gaykendall did not know she was entitled to a pension till the commencement of the session of the Court and she resides fourteen miles from the County seat. She came to Delphi where I was summoned as Foreman of the Grand Jury and could get no one to do her business as every one was engaged and I drew her Declaration in the room of the Inn in hearing of the Contested Contested from fifty to sixty men and my mind was filled with serious and important business in waking the lives of my fellow men By two young men whom I indicted for Murder. do send me an answer as soon as convenient
I remain your obedient servant
Joseph Patrick
Honorable J L Edwards Commissioner of Pensions

State of Ohio Delaware County 8 th
Be it known that before the subscribers one of the associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County personally appeared George Boekhout who being duly sworn according to law deposes and says that he this deponent resided in the County of Sussex in the State of New Jersey in the same neighborhood with Harmon Coykendall at the time he said Coykendall was married to Catharine Beamer now Catharine Coykendall the identical woman that now resides in Delaware County Kingston Township State of Ohio the exact date of their marriage this deponent cannot tell but she is positive it was more than fifty years past this deponent also knew the Reverend Mr Cox the Clergyman that married said Harmon Coykendall to Catharine Beamer and saith that he was an angular Minister in the Baptist Church this deponent did not see Harmon Coykendall married to Catharine Beamer but he knows and believes they were lawfully married as much as a man can know any thing that takes place in his neighborhood that he does not see as they lived together as man and wife and had a family of children the oldest of which is now more than fifty years old this deponent has known the said Harmon Coykendall and wife from that time to this day and it was the identical Harmon Coykendall that resided in Kingston Township Delaware County State of Ohio and was pronounced under the act of Congress passed June the 7 th 1832 and the said Harmon Coykendall died in said Township about five years past and the before mentioned Catharine is his widow and she never had any other husband than the said Harmon Coykendall and the said Harmon Coykendall never had any other

wife than the said Catharine Coykendall the aforesaid woman that now claims the benefit of the said Harmon Coykendall Revolutionary Services. This deponent also believes that the said Harmon Coykendall was a soldier of the Revolutionary Army and he was always considered as such in the State of New Jersey and further he saith that and I also certify that George Bockoven is a very worthy man and of good repute Sworn to and subscribed this 11 th day of September 1838 George Bockoven before me
De Witt , Associate Judge of Delaware Com Pleas.
State of Ohio Delaware County, ss.
I Thomas Reynolds, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, for the County of State aforesaid, do hereby certify, that Ezra Ginnold is an Associate Judge of said Court of Common Pleas, duly Commissioned & qualified; that his Commission was dated on the 10 th day of February A. D. 1832, & will expire on the 10 th day of Feb. A. D. 1836, & that his signature above written is believed to be genu- ine.
Given under my hand & the seal of said Court this 21 st day of Sept. A. D. 1838.
T. Reynolds Clerk.

Kingston Delaware County Ohio
Sir I take this liberty of writing to you at the request of Catharine Coykendall Who is my Mother in law my wife being the daughter of Harmon & Catharine Coykendall is entitled to a pension by the late law of Congress her husband having been in the war of the revolution and was pensioned by the United States about five or six years ago we got Joseph Patrick to precompase her papers and send them to you which he says he did & he also says he has received no answer from you and he refused to write again to write again alleging the reason that you will not take pains to answer his letters
I can inform you that Mr Patrick is a very worthy man and one in whom the people of this county puts confidence in having for eleven years filled the most important offices in the County to the satisfaction of every one. If you have received Mothers papers and they are not. now right please to send them back to me or to Mr Patrick & he will charge nothing for them if the papers is right please be kind enough to write and let us know how the claim stands Mother Coykendall is poor and wishes to be to as little expense as possible but if necessary inform us & I will go to Delaware the distance is fourteen miles and employ a lawyer we had better give one half to get the other than to get nothing The Citizens of this part of the county esteem Mr P as as a correct & do business it costs us little.
If you write direct your letter to Sunbury Post office Delaware County Ohio or the same to Mr Patrick

For I am a poor Scholastic and have to get some body to write for me Isaac Finch

Stanbury Ohio Sept 26 th 1838
Dear Sir I send you the papers of Catherine Gray Graykendall widow of Harmon Graykendall I suppose that it is not necessary to prove the service of papers Graykendall as he was a non-resident since the act of 1832 do be kind enough to send me the law of 7 th July 1838 and much oblige your most obedient servant
Joseph Patrick
Hon. J. L. Edwards Cons. Pensions
By sent 10.

To what time was Harman Caykendall at June 7. 32, Ohio, last paid?
J. L. E. Nov. 23. 38
Discd 23 d July 1833 p o the price JH

Ohio 2747. line.
Catharine Coykendall widow of Warman Coykendall who was a Private in the N.Y. Militia line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 17th day of Nov. 1843 and sent to Joseph Patrick Newbury Ohio.
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book . 6 Vol. 1 Page 157.

1844. Apr. 22. Heirs to Hon. T. 13. Willis M.C. (letter in claim of Alex. Kingman S4731) aw.
Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 4926
Katharine Caykendall Will.
Harman Caykendall Rev. Rev. Pres.
Act: Feb. 28/48
Index:—Vol. 24 , Page 143
[Arrangement of 1870.]

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Harmon Coykendall which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? 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? 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? VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? 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?

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? XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? 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? XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? 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? XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? 2, 6, 7.
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. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state 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 shewn 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.
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 official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
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.
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, 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.

(Ms. 279)
Catharine (Seymour)
Admitted
Joseph Patrick Newbury Ohio

State of Ohio Delaware County ss
On this 12 th day of May 1848 personally appeared before me Almon Stark one of the associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Delaware Catharine Coykendall a resident of Hocking Township in Delaware County in the State of Ohio aged Eighty four years who being first duly sworn according to law, deposes on her oath that the following declaration is true to the best of her knowledge, information and belief in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed on the 2 nd February 1848 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war. That she is the widow of Harrison Coykendall who was a private in the army of the Revolution, and that the deceased received a pension of Eighty dollars per annum under the act of the 17 th June 1844. She being the widow of the aforesaid Harrison Coykendall, and she further declares that she is still a widow. Catharine Coykendall Sworn to and subscribed mark
on the day and year above written. before me Almon Stark Associate Judge of the Court of Common Pleas
I Almon Stark associate Judge as aforesaid do hereby certify that the above named Catharine Coykendall is personally known to me and that she is the same individual who represents herself to be the foregoing declarant given under my hand officially this 12 th day of May 1848 Almon Stark Associate Judge of the Court of Common Pleas

In the State of Ohio Delaware County ss. I, George W. Hart Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in & for said County do hereby certify that Almer Hart before whom the foregoing affidavit was made (in which the foregoing certificate was signed) is an one of the Special Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for said County and that the signatures thereon are genuine and true
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Delaware this sixth day of June A D 1848
George W. Hart Clerk

State of Ohio Delaware County ss
Be it known That on the Eighteenth day of July AD 1843 personally appeared before Oliver Stark a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, Catherine Coykendall a resident of Kingston Township in Delaware County and State of Ohio, aged Eighty years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision of the act of Congress passed the third day of March 1843, That she is the widow of Harmon Coykendall who was a private in the army of the Revolution and who obtained a pension of Eighty dollars per annum under the act of Congress of the 7th June 1832. The said Catherine Coykendall further saith that as the widow of the aforesaid Harmon Coykendall she received a pension from the United States of Eighty dollars per annum for five years from the 28th day of March 1836 to the 28th day of March 1841 under an act of Congress passed the 7th day of July 1838. She further declares that she is still a widow. Sworn to and subscribed the Catherine Coykendall 18th day of July 1843 before me.
Oliver Stark J.P.

State of Ohio Delaware County ss
I Oliver Stark a Magistrate in the County aforesaid hereby certify that I am reasonably acquainted with Catherine Gayhensall the abovenamed lady that Subscribed and Swore to the foregoing Declaration and know her to be the identical person she therein represents her self to be given under my hand officially this 18 th day of July 1843
Oliver Stark J.P.
State of Ohio Delaware County ss J. William DeHain Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County & State aforesaid, hereby certify, that Oliver Stark Esq r , is a justice of the Peace in for said County duly commissioned & qualified: that his commission was dated on the 15 th day of April AD 1841 & will expire on the 15 th day of April AD 1844 & that his signature above written, I believe to be genuine.
Given under my hand & the seal of said County at Delaware this 24 th day of July AD 1843
W. DeHain Clerk