Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 2,292, John A Coons, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
Coons, John A. or Koon, John
R. 2,292
CONTENTS

State of New York Columbia County } of City of Hudson } _____ }
On this fifth day of September one thousand eight hundred & thirty two personally appeared in open court before the Justice of the Peace Court in & for the said City of Hudson in said County which Court is now sitting it being a Court of Record having a Clerk and a seal John A. Coons a resident of the town of Poughkeepsie in said County of Columbia and State aforesaid aged seventy two years the eight of Last March, 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 seventh 1832, that he entered the service of the United States under the following named offices served as herein stated; at the time deponent entered the service he resided in the Town of Cananshore Montgomery County in the State of New York; In the Spring about the middle of March Seventeen hundred seventy five, a few days after deponent was fifteen years of age he volunteered in the Company commanded by Captain Van Alstyne of the Militia, Lieutenant Kreitner, in the Regiment commanded by Col. Klyce, General Berkmans Brigade and deponent with said Company was stationed in

fort Plank in said town of Canajoharie in Montgom- ery County estate offered and remained in that State until the first of May seventeen hundred and seven- -ty nine under the same Captain Van Alstyne & Leuten- ant Kreiter, and Col. Klyde, and under Gen. Herk- -ine until he was wounded in the battle near fort Sturges and died. deponent was not in any im- -portant engagement generally remained at the fort was out on several scouting parties after the Indians The first of May 1779 deponent was discharged and that summer moved to Dover in Dutches County in said State of New York, for about  eleven and remained there about eleven years and then moved into the Town of Claverack  Laughanall in Columbia County where he now resided there until he moved into the town of Poughkeepsie thirty years ago & more where he has ever since resided & still resides
John A. his Coons mark
Sworn & Subscribed the day & year first above mentioned
Hiram Wilbar, Clerk
Agency of any State
This deponent hereby relinquishes every claim what ever to a pension or annuity except the present I desire that his delists that his name is not on the pension roll of the John A. his Coons

Questions propounded by the Court
1 Where and in what year were you born
Answer I was born in the Town of Canajoharie in the County of Montgomery and state of New York the 8 th of March 1760
2 Have you any record of your age if so where is it
Answer, the record of my age was burnt up with the Church at or near Fort Plain, I have no other
3 Where were you living when called into service where have you lived since the Revolutionary war and where do you now live
Answer I was living in the town of Canajoharie in the County of Montgomery State of New York and in the summer of 1779 moved to Dover in Dutchess County in said State of New York and from there moved to Claverack and from there about thirty years ago to the Town of Poughkeepsie in the County of Colum- bia and State of New York and have lived there ever since and still reside there
4 How were you called into service were you drafted did you volunteer or were you a substitute
Answer I was a volunteer
5 State the names of some of the regular officers

who were with the troops where you served such continental Artillery Regiments as you can recollect the the general circumstances of your service -
Answer I do not recollect the names of any of the Regular officers at Fort Plank remember the name of Maj Capt Van Alslyne & Lieutenant Kretmer Colo. Klyde & Genl. Berkemine I was constantly stationed at Fort Plank to keep the fort -
6 th Did you ever receive a discharge from the service
Answer I never received a written discharge
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 & their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution -
Answer I am and have been well acquaint- ed for twenty years past with Adam I Shaver Christopher Yerker and John Johnson who are my neighbors & I know & subscribe to the names of the above who will testify as to my character for veracity and the belief of my services Hiram Wilbur, Clerk John A. Coons

State of New York Columbia County City of Hudson
we Adam J Shaver Christopher Yerker & John P Johnson all
residing in the town of Saugerties in said County of Columbia hereby certify that we are well acquainted and have been for more than twenty years last past with John A Coons, who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy two years of age passed, that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the Revolution & that we concur in that Opinion
Sworn & Subscribed this 5 th September 1832 before me - Nathan Chamblin Justice of the peace in for the City of Hudson -
Adam J Shaver Christopher Yerker mark John P Johnson mark
And the said Court do hereby declare their op- inion after investigating the matter and put- ting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named applic- ant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states and the Court further certifies that it appears to them Adam J Shaver

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Christopher York & John S. Soren who have signed the foregoing Certificate are Residents as by them stated and that they are credible persons & their statements en- titled to credit
I, Hiram Wilbur, Clerk of the Justice Court of the City of Hudson, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of John H. Coons for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of my office, this fifth day of September, 1832. Hiram Wilbur, Clerk
State of New York Columbia County } I, Joseph D. Monell Clerk of the said County do hereby certify that Nathan Chamberlain Esq. before whom the within Affidavit purports to have been sworn, was, at the date of the same, one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the said County, and that I am acquainted with his hand writing, and verily believe that his name subscribed to the said Affidavit, is his proper hand wri- ting and Signature — Witness my hand and Seal of Office this Seventh day of September 1832.
Joseph Monell

State of New York Columbia County } City of Hudson } } On this 29 th day of April 1833 personally appeared John A Coons in open court before the Justice of the Peace court in & for the City of Hudson in said County being a Justice of Peace having a Clerk in said court now sitting, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath say that he is the same John A Coons who did on the fifth day of September 1832 make the foregoing declaration before the above mentioned court and he does now upon his oath make the following additional declar- ation in order the more definitely & explicitly to satisfy the war department of his said services in the Revolutionary war and in answer to the sixth Eleventh twelfth & thirteenth Interrogatories in the brief from the war office. That he did in the month of March seventeen hundred & seventy four volun- teer in the Company commanded by Captain Van Alstyne Col. Klydes Regiment & General Berkhm brig

made as stated in his preceding declaration that said company. Regiment & Brigade was an embodied corps and was ordered out in the service of the United States and was commissioned by competent authority under the order and direction of the General in Chief of the American Army, and that the Company to which deponent belongs to wit Fort Riley was stationed in Fort Riley in the Town of Caneyferry Montgomery County and remained there and deponent with them in actual service until in May seventeen hundred & seventy nine having been in actual service four years and about two months. deponent further says that when he was in the service as above stated he wrote his name John Coons Junior and continued so to write his name until he moved into the Town of Tuskahoma Choctaw County, and then he dropped the Junior and put in the A. into his name and account of the buy of the men in that town by the same name. both John Coons & John Coons Jun

and in order to distinguish deponents name from others, he wrote it John A Coons and has ever since continued to do so - The reason deponent has not got the certificate of a Clergyman is that there is no one with whom deponent is sufficiently acquainted being I have been for many years in prison he has not some free house and is not acquainted with any clergyman who can give a certificate, deponent for the says that he has made great efforts and inquiries for some person who was in the prison with him or knew of his services at the time and has not been able to procure any person who is now living who can testify to his services deponent for the says to the first Interrogatory that he was born in the town of Canajoharie in the County of Montgomery and State of New York on the eighth day of March Seventeen hundred & sixty.
John A. Coons
Subscribed & sworn to the day & year aforesaid
Mark
J. Barker CLK

John D. Parker
NY.
Return here
State of New York Columbia County ss. I John D. Parker Clerk of the justices Court aforesaid do certify that the above amendment is the original proceeding before said Court in the matter of the application of John Hosses for a pension—
Witness my hand seal of office this 29th day April 1833—
D Parker Clerk

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John A. Coons
Not found
11. 17. 13. 17. 1.
Specification reg d
14 Dec. 18 36
P 151.
N. Chamberlin Hudson, Columbia Co., N. York

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BRIEF in the case of John A. Coons, - Taghkanic,  Co. of Columbia in the State of New York  (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? 70 years  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.     about midddle of March In 1775 'till 1 st May 1779 private Gen. Herkimer, Col. Klyde, Capt. Van Alstyne, Lt. Kirtner.  
 5. In what battles was he engaged?  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Caujoharrie, Ulster Co., New 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? 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
W. Fawett Examining Clerk.

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New York
Rev:
John A. Coons
Rejected
let. to A Chamberlin 7
Aug. '33
H. H. Markland
June 12/34
Act. 7 June '32

No 33.187
New York
John Boon
Suspended
Set to 66 feet time 25 Aug 1838
6052

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John A Coons New York
Jacob Coons, Sep 19 1855
2292
June 7 1832

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
REJECTED
6052.
P. O.
John Koon
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

N. D. Markland June 12/57

164 Pension Office, June 12. 1859.
Sir,
I have received and filed the certificate of the Comptroller of New York showing certain payments to a revolutionary soldier named John H Coons. The certificate shows alleges that the payments were made for service and different from that claimed by the applicant of the same name whose papers are on file in this office. The payments, are, moreover, insufficient, in amount, to cover a period of six months service. The claim, is therefore further suspended.
Very respectfully J C
A. N. Markland Esq.
Pusenk

N. Chamberlin
7 Aug 35
OC
Re vol 9
Pa 407

War Department Pension Off Aug. July 7 1833
Sir
The claim of John A Coons- has been examined & rejected. He alleged to have served at the place of his residence con- -tinuously from '75 to '79 (4 years & 6 mo) in an em- -bodied Militia Company - The militia at no time during the Revo y war in any part of the U States were embodied for such a term of service - His papers are placed on file
act T. June
N. Chamberlin Esq (Hudson)

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
2292
P. O. _____
John A. Coons
Service: _____
REJECTED
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
REJECTED
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18 .

Liverpool 12 th Sep
Hon A. Minot
Dr Sir
Application was made for a pension due to the heirs of John A. Coons a soldier of the Revolution sometime in 1854 by one - Rowley of Hudson. This Mr Rowley has removed from the country and we are now unable to learn what has been done with the matter.
Will you be kind enough to inform us what the state of the matter is and much oblige us
Very respectfully
Yours &c
Jacob Coons (son of said John A.) Liverpool N.Y.

Jacob Coons
Sept. 19/63.

Pension Office
Sep 19 1855
Sir
The case of your father John Alcoons of NY has been disallowed because he failed to show a service prove his alleged service, A record of some payments made, by the State of NY to John Coon , for military service has been filed, but if it were admitted that the John Coon of the record was the John Alcoons who claimed a pension, still the evidence would not justify an admis- sion of the case as the payments do not 1832 indicate a service of 24 months,
Jacob Coon Esq Liverpool NY

Add in case of John Coon, N.Y. 1832 Supt
Deob
A. H. Mackland

State of New-York, }
COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE.
I Hereby Certify, '
issued in pursuance of a law, passed April 27, 1784, entitled "An Act for late war, and for other purposes therein mentioned," I find the following,
   NAMES. NO. OF BOOK. NO. OF CERTIFICATE. DATE. £ S. D.     John Boon Private 2 5.489 Dec 25. 1779 4 17 9   John Boon " 3 11.232 Dec 3. 1779 2 14 10   £ 7 12   7                                    
I have examined the Rolls for the items above set forth, } and find them to be correct.
W. D. Haswell Clerk.

Albany, May 5 1854.
That on searching the Records in this office for the Registry of Certificates the settlement of the pay of Levies and Militia for their services in the viz:
RANK AND NAME OF COMPANY OFFICER. RANK AND NAME OF FIELD OFFICER. Capt. Robert Hunter Colo Albert Pawling " Pierre Van Evert Lt. Colo. David Blyde
J. Hubbs Comptroller.

War Dept. Pension Off. Aug 35
Sir,
The claim of John Koon has been examined & suspended. He alleges terms of 9 mo 6 mo. & 6 mo. in '76. '77. '78 in Capt. Van Eura's militia company. Numerous claims have been presented by residents of Montgomery Co for service under Van Eura & other militia Captains in Ely's regt all going to show that, while that part of the militia were actively engaged in defending themselves as settlers by temporary stockading & patrolling the roads, they were never called out & embodied by competent authority except for a few days at a time. Their service under these calls should be particularly set forth as to period-length & grade of each with names of officers &c. His papers are placed on file -
Philip Bottles case remains suspended. The interpretation you put on that part of his claim founded upon his appointment (more properly employment) "to take charge of 12 men" (less than a sergeants guard) "to protect

public properly discloses a service which is not provided for - If Mr. Bortle correctly states the facts respecting his Commission some record in the office of the Secy of that state would attest it - service in a particular grade is not conclusive that such grade was held by legal tenure -
The papers of Alex. McIntosh, if in this office at all, have been misfiled - Further search will be made for them but in the interim it is advisable that he renew them
C. E. Sperry 28 Aug 1835
P.C.
27 June
Rec. Vol. 38 pa. 26.
C. E. Sperry Livingston N. York

Aug 24
My. Engrace
Sivington N.Y. Aug 193
Free
J. L. Edwards Engrace Commissioner of Pensions Pension Office War Department Washington City
Aug 24 193

To S. L. Edwards Esq Clerk of Pensions
Sir
Enclosed I send You the Pension Papers of John Koon of Tazewell he has the proof thereof of his brother Peter Koon to most of the Service by 21 1/2 months, the other Service was rendered in Bedford County and is of a nature too uncertain and irregular to meet the Letter of the act No. it may be the Spirit for I have no doubt that the services rendered were important and highly useful to his Country
In the Case of Alexander McIntosh his papers were sent on some two years ago and I have not been able to ascertain what has been done in the premises If allowed will You forward to me the Certificate or voucher of allowance —
In the Case of Philip Bortle. I really think his Case is a hard one and would ask the Department whether they will take it for granted "that the Services rendered by Lieutenant Bortle were not rendered in obedience of any military duty imposed upon him by Law as a Militia Officer" The Department says "that the act provides alone for Military Service under Competent Authority" Now in reply to these objections with all due deference does not Mr Bortle in his declaration Expressly state that he was appointed to take charge of a Company of 12 men to guard Public Property of the U. States. That he rendered this Service in obedience to the Military Command of his Colonel and was it for him to enquire whether guarding public property was strictly a duty imposed upon him by Law? a duty which concerns to be of the highest importance and a duty which he rendered at the peril of his life and which has left him a cripple dependent upon the bounty of others. If it be not asking too much he wishes the Department would again re-examine his papers and if he should not be entitled to full Pay as Lieutenant

the consequence of having lost his Commission that you will allow him the pay of a Private)
The Department says that "It is not to be inferred that upon a further specification of additional items of service a pension could be granted without record proof of his Commission" it is this expression that I wish to understand. Mr. Bortle alleges that he was a Lieutenant and that his Commission or was sworn in or took his Commission before Peter Van Ness Esq. That this Commission was lost or was destroyed I don't recollect how the State. As to whether there were any records kept of the names of the Officers appointed or not I don't know - he has furnished proof that he was an officer & in what Company I think Mr. Smith states that fact as well as Mr. Bortle himself -
I am aware that the latter cannot be made to reach every case however I am quite sanguine in the belief that of the Department will examine the case they will find from the Declaration of Mr. Bortle & the proof accompanying the same that he performed service of the most essential kind in protecting the stores &c of the U.S. that he was appointed to this station by his Colonel and that during all this time he was engaged in no Civil pursuit whatever very different was his case from that of those who patrolled the Roads occasionally as their own fear or interest prompted them -
With Sentiments of Respect I am
Your Ob. Servt Wm. C. Cady Livingston Columbia County
N.Y.
Aug 13 1835
To J. L. Edwards Esq

In the Matter of John Koon an applicant for Pension under the act of 7 June 1832
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Adorp Chas. Ekelidya Livingston Columbia County New York
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State of New York County of Columbia } ss: u " u " u
On this 23 rd day of December in the Year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and Thirty four Personally appeared in Open Court before the Justices of the Hudson Justice Court now sitting at their Court Room in the City of Hudson John Koon a resident of the Town of Tazewell in the County of Columbia and State of New York aged Seventy four Years since the 8 th day of March 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 act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832
This Declarant John Koon says he was born on the 8 th of March 1760 in the Town of Canajoharie now County of Montgomery and resided there until he was nineteen Years of age when this Declarant removed from Montgomery County into the County of Dutchess. This Declarant says that as soon as this Declarant was sixteen Years of age he was duly enrolled in the Militia of the State of New York that this Declarant was called out and served as a Volunteer in a company of Militia commanded by one Captain Rhenier Vanorra. When Vanorra was Lieutenant and Cornelius Van Dorra was 2 nd Lieutenant and when James Linnane was Ensign until he was killed when one Henry Seramblin was appointed Ensign in his stead

This Deponent says that he lay with the American forces for nine months in Fort Plank and Fort Plain. This Declarant says that the Commander of the forces was General Stark until he was killed when Colonel Cline took the Command. This Declarant says that he served nine months as a volunteer soldier in the service of the United States in 1776 commencing as near as this Declarant can't state in the month of March 1776 -
This Declarant says that in 1777 in the Spring upon the breaking up of winter he believes in March 1777 he was again called out and did duty as a soldier in the United States militia for six months and a half. This Declarant lay half a month at Fort Plain and lay six months in Fort Plank. Colonel Cline Commanded the same Captain also Commanded the Company that this Declarant served with who had Commanded in 1776.
and This Declarant says that he also served for six months in 1778 as a soldier in the United States Service at Fort Plank from the middle of March till the middle of September 1778 under the same Officers that he had served under the previous Year. This Declarant says that while laying at the Fort he was repeatedly called out to go on scouting parties in pursuit of the Indians and once this Declarant came near being taken by the Indians who lay in ambush. This was while this Declarant lay at Fort Plank. This Declarant was at Fort Plank at the time that General Stark

was Killed This Declarant says he understood at that time That Colonel Gansvoort who commanded at fort Stanwix came to the assistance of General Starkimer. General Starkimer had the command of the forces that lay at forts Starkimer fort Plank. Fort Plain and fort Stanwix This Declarants Brother Jacob Koon was with General Starkimer at the time he was killed in this Battle. He was that James Leinaw was killed the Insign belonging to the Company of this Declarant. This Declarant says that the frontier duty performed by the troops of the United States to which this Declarant belonged was of the most dangerous and arduous kind continually exposed to sudden and unexpected attacks of turkish bands of Savages who were skulking about and springing from their ambush would cut off small parties of scouts that were daily sent out from the forts - none can imagine the extreme danger of living along a frontier and being stationed at Frontier Posts with a savage foe to contend with but those who have experienced the same during the Years 1776 1777 & 1778.
In 1779. This Declarant performed duty in that part of the State of New York now called Dutchess County in the Town of Dover was frequently called out to patrol the Road and take the Cow Boys located who came into Dover and stole cattle and horses and took the same to the British forces in New York This Declarant says

that the whole duty in 1779 - and till the close of the war at different times would amount to a months or more in each Year but this Deponent cannot state definitely the whole period of service the name of his Captain while in Dutchess County was Wheeler of the Colonel it was Van Duzee
And this Declarant says 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 service of any State
To the following Interrogatories put by said Court to the said John Root an applicant for a Pension, he answers as follows
1 st Qu: Where and in what Year was You Born?
Ans: I was born in Canajoharie County of Montgomery on the 8 th day of March 1760
2 nd Qu: Have You any Record of your age and to whom is it?
Ans: I have none except my recollection I was baptized in the Church at Canajoharie which was burnt by the Indians in 1777 or 1778 as I believe and the Records were burnt with it as I was informed
3 rd Qu: When were You living when called into service when have You lived since the Revolutionary war and where do you now live?
Ans: I resided in the Town of Canajoharie County of Montgomery during the years 1776, 1777 & 1778 and during the residue of the war I resided in

The County of Dutchess And since the War I resided a part of the time in Dutchess a short time and moved to Claarnek in Columbia County and have resided in the same County ever since for the space of upward of forty Years and this Declarant now resides in Columbia County in that part called the Town of Tazhkanie where this Declarant has resided for forty Years -
4 th Ques. How were You called into service; when you You drafted did You volunteer or were You a substitute?
Ans I always did duty as a volunteer for myself and not as a substitute -
5 th Ques. State the names of the Regular Officers who were with You & the troops when You served such continental regiments or Militia Regiments as You can recollect of the general Circumstances of your service
Ans. I recollect our General his name was Skutkimer our Colonel name was Clide our Captain name was Rhinier Vandera - Colonel Clides Regiment was the only Regiment that I recollect of staying in the same fort with us - Colonel Gansevoorts Regiment lay at fort Stanwix - There were no Continental troops that were at the forts in which I was that I remember. While in Dutchess County I was under Colonel Vandebury and as to the general Circumstances of my service I cannot state the same more fully than I have in this my Declaration hereto annexed -
6 th Ques. Did You ever receive a discharge from the service and if so what has become of it?
Ans. I never recd any written discharge from my officer but was always honorably discharged by my Captain after our return home from the forts

7 th Ques State the names of Persons to whom (you are known in your present neighbourhood and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution
Ans. I would refer to my Brother Peter Koon of the County of Green who knows of the services rendered by me in the Revolutionary war while I resided at Canajoharie in the County of Montgomery and as to my general character I would refer to William H Barringer one of the Magistrates of the Town of Tazewell -
Subscribed & sworn to this 23 rd Dec 1832 H. Menger Clerk John F Koon Mark
State of New York Columbia County
And the said Court hereby declare their opinion after investigating the matter & after putting the interrogatories prescribed by Law that the said John Koon was a revolutionary soldier & served as he states
I Henry Menger Clerk of said Court hereby certify the above is the original proceedings of the said Court of the City of Hudson in the matter of John Koon for a pension under the act of June 7 th 1832

In testimony whereof I set my hand and affix the seal of sd Court the day and year first above mentioned
S
H. Munger CWR
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State of New York ss. Greene County ss. Peter Koon of the town of Catskill in the county of Greene & State aforesaid, formerly of Canajoharie in the county of Montgomery, aged thirty-five years, being duly sworn saith, that he is the brother of John Koon, a revolutionary soldier, now of the town of Jagkane, in the county of Columbia & State of New York. That in the spring of the year one thousand eight seven hundred & twenty-six, the said John Koon was enrolled in a company of militia commanded by Abinier Van Evra, under General Herkimer, at Canajoharie in the county of Montgomery, that the said John Koon served at least nine months in Fort Plank, & at least one fortnight in Fort Plain, in the said county of Schoharie; that the said John Koon served at least six months, at Fort Plank, in the year one thousand, seven hundred & twenty-seven & that the said John Koon served at least six months, at the said Fort Plank in the year one thousand eight seven hundred & twenty-eight. Sworn & subscribed to this 17 th day of November 1834 before me Lewis Benton, a Commissioner for the county of Greene, and I certify that I know Peter Koon, who made the foregoing affidavit, & that he is worthy of belief  Peter Koon
State of New York Greene County ss. I William T. B. Hermance Clerk of the county of Greene do certify that Lewis Benton Esquire before whom the foregoing affidavit was sworn, was at the date of the same a Commissioner of deeds of the said county, and that his signature to the said affidavit is genuine Witness my hand and seal of office this Eighteenth day of November 1834.
William T. B. Hermance Clerk

State of New York Columbia County
I William H Barringer one of the Justices of the Peace of the County of Columbia being duly sworn says that he is intimately acquainted with John Koon of Tazewell in Fauquier County of Columbia who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration That this Deponent resides in the Town of Tazewell and has been acquainted with said John Koon above named many years and this Deponent has heard the Declaration of said Koon Read over and truely believes that he is aged seventy four years and upwards This Deponent further says that said John Koon is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and This Deponent fully concurs in that opinion and this Deponent further says that the character of said John Koon is fair and irreproachable —
Sworn before me this 23 rd day of December 1834
Chas. Speltyne
W m H Barringer
Witness my hand &c & take of affidavits
Columbia County: I Charles Speltyne do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with William H Barringer of Tazewell who was duly sworn before me that he is a man of good character and his statement is entitled to Credit and belief That I also know the applicant for a Pension whose Petition is hereto annexed that he is a credible person and his statement is entitled to credit In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 23 day of Dec 1834
Chas Speltyne

Columbia County, } ss. Clerk's Office, }
I, James Storm, Clerk of the county of Columbia, Do hereby certify That Charles Gesselstyn ..... before whom the affidavit purports to have been sworn, was on the day of the date of the same, a Commissioner of Peace Justice of the Peace in and for said county. And further, that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said Commissioner Justice, and verily believe the name of the said Justice subscribed to the said affi- davit, to be his proper hand writing and signature.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my name and affixed the Seal of the said county, this Thirtieth day of May 1835.
Jas Storm Clerk -