Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 2376, Jacob Covell, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
Covell, Jacob Electa
R. 2376
CONTENTS

Isabi Lowell's Pension Application.
Address pension certificate if allowed, to
P. B. Rundle Norwich 18252 Chenango Co. N. Y.

Amended Declaration
State of New York Chenango County ss:
Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Judge of Chenango County Courts, Jacob Covell of Preston Plymouth in Chenango, to me known, who being sworn, says, that by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot recollect positively 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, to wit
4 mos. 15 days. For four months and 15 days I served as a private in Capt. Hodges Company under Col. Van Rensselaer, as stated in my declaration.
6 mos. For six months I served as a private in Capt. Brown Company, under Col. Van Wirt
5 mos. For five months I served as a private in Capt. Hodges Company under Col. Van Wirt -
3 mos. 15 days. For three months & 15 days I served as a private in Capt. Brown Company under Gen. Schuyler -
2 mos. 15 days. For two months & 15 days I served as a private in Capt. Brown Company under Col. Van Rensselaer as stated in my declaration and for the above period of time combined, I claim a pension -
All the above services were in the New York Line of State Troops as stated in my declaration - I was engaged in the military service during all the above time and was not employed in any civil employment.

during any portion of the time - the caps was in each instance an embodied caps called out by competent authority of this State -
He cannot state with any more particularity than he has done, the names of his officers or particular of his services - and further says that he knows of no witness living whose testimony he can produce to testify to his services - and further saith not -
Subscribed and sworn to this 3d June 1833 before me, J. A. L. L.
Charles York Judge of Onondago County Court
State of New York Onondago County ss. I James H. Rice Clerk of the said County do certify that Charles York before whom the preceding and within affidavit was made to have been sworn was at the date of the same one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County. And that I am acquainted with his hand writing and really believe his name subscribed to the print of the said affidavit to be his genuine hand writing & signature
Witness my hand and seal of office this 3d June 1833 J. H. Rice Dep. Clerk
Cowell

State of New York Chenango County ss:
On this ninth day of October A.D. 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Court of Common Pleas of said County, now sitting, Present
Jno: Hays Nathan Taylor Levi Bigelow Charles York Deseriah Reed } Judges
Jacob Covell of a resident of Plymouth Chenango County New-York - aged Seventy Years and upwards 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 7th 1832
That he entered the service of the United States under the following na- med officers and served as herein stated:
That in the year 1776, on the 10th June at Miloomack, N-York. he was enrolled into a Company of New York State Troops, under the command of Capt. Hodge of Miloomack and Lieutenant Ablegatt - John Van Rensselaer was Colonel of the Regiment - Adjutant Jacob Holbeck. Adjutant - under General Schuyler
About a fortnight after he enlisted was en- rolled, he marched with his Company to Fort Edward where he lay stationed with his Regiment, three months - In going from Miloomack he went to the North River - up the River to Fort Miller and from there to Fort Edward - While at Fort Edward a Company of about 200 marched out to Saratoga Patent about 18 miles distant where they
not employed in any civil employment.

at the time he was - served with him during the whole trip and were discharged with him -
In the next year 1777 - he volunteered at Hillsborough - about the first of May as near as he can remember - for six months in a company of New- York Troops under the command of Captain Brown of Tomhennick & Lieutenant Abbott - Col Van Klief was Colonel of the Regiment and Jacob Holleck Adjutant - under General Schuyler - a short time after his volunteering he joined his company and marched to Fort Miller - stayed about a week and then marched again to Fort Edward
This deponent's memory does not serve him to enable him to state the date at which events

happened during his service or the order in which they occurred - but he does recollect perfectly that he was in the Battle of Bennington and afterwards in the Battle of Saratoga. The British were commanded at Bennington he thinks by Baum and the Americans by General Stark -
He recollects that after the Battle of Saratoga, he and not long after the surrender of Burgoyne, he was discharged at Saratoga by Major Groesbeck - He received a written discharge - Asa Stark: Samuel Judson and Nathan L. Christopher Stark was orderly Sergeant - they all entered with him - served with him and were discharged with him.
In the year 1778 at Miloonac about the 1 st June he volunteered in a company of the New York Troops, commanded by Captain Dodge & Lieutenant Abbott - Col. Van Rensselaer (he thinks) was General - soon after they volunteered, he marched with his company to Fort Edward remained there till sometime in the summer. When a party of Boers was raised and detached under a major whose name he can't recollect to go to a place called Palmerstown, now called (he thinks) Rathenberland to protect the inhabitants and keep a look out for the enemy: they remained at Palmerstown till some time in October (he thinks) when they returned to Fort Edward where they continued until he was discharged about the first of November by the Captain no written discharge this time - Asa Stark - Samuel Judson were out this year also with him and also not employed in any civil employment.

during any portion of the time - the Capt was Jas. Gilbert - after his discharge he returned home to his father at Miloomsac
In the next year 1779, in June at Miloomsac aforesaid, he volunteered in the New York Troops in a company under as he thinks Capt Brown - Don't recollect who was Colonel thinks Jacob Golleck was adjutant - Schuyler was General - He marched again with his Company to Fort Edward where they stayed till about the first days of October when they were dismissed at Fort Edward and went home to Miloomsac -
While at Fort Edward a company of Continental Soldiers was there a short time and marched off to Fort Edward Road There were five companies at Fort Edward at this time he was there. Had no written discharge
In the next year 1780, at Miloomsac he volun- teered (in July he thinks but is not positive as to the time) in the New York Troops - in a company commanded by Capt. Brown & Lieut. Abbot - Col. Van Rensselaer - and Schuy- ler the General - They marched after he volunteered to Fort Miller where they lay a few weeks and then started for Fort Edward but were ordered back before they reached it to Fort Miller where they were dismissed in September towards the last of the month by the Captain -

In answer to the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department to be put to ap- plicants for Pensions, by the South, he states:
1st: He was born in Dover, Dutchess County N.Y. on the 2nd day of August 1762
2nd He has no record of his age - He had one in his Family Bible, which was burnt at the time his house was burnt in Cambridge Washing- ton County, N.Y.
3rd He lived at Milosmeac each time he entered the service - Since the Revolutionary War he has lived in Milosmeac - in Shoreham (vt.) in Allegany County N.Y. and for the last two years in Plymouth, Chenango County, his present residence
4. He was enrolled (as was termed) the first time and every other time he volunteered as above stated
5th He knew General Benedict Arnold & General Gates at Saratoga - He also knew General Stark - & General Schuyler. He cannot answer this question more fully than it is already answered in the body of his declar- ation
6. He received discharges as stated, but they were burnt at the time his house was burnt at Cambridge, when all his papers were lost

and declared and every thing he had burned
knows the name of the Rev Luther Clark Holmes David Evans Zadoek Adams Aldrich of Plymouth as men living in the present neighborhood to whom he is known and who can testify to his character for veracity and to their belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution.
He has no documentary evidence of his services and knows of no person whose testimony he can pro- duce to testify to his services.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the Pen- sion Roll of the Agency of any State.
Given under my hand the day and year aforesaid
Jacob Covell
P. B. Prindle
Dep Clerk
We Luther Clark a Clergyman resident of the town of Plymouth in said County and Blanch Aldrich residing in the same place do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Jacob Covell who has subscribed and sworn to the preceding declaration and that we believe him to be 70 years of age and that he is respected and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opin- ion. And that we have never heard any doubts expressed by any person as to his having been such soldier.
Subscribed and sworn to the day of year aforesaid
L. Clark Blanch Aldrich
P. B. Prindle Dep Clerk

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 Certifies that it appears to them that Luther Clark who has signed the preceding Certificate is a Clergyman resident in the town of Plymouth Chenango County N.Y. and that Almon Aldrich who has also signed the same, is a resident of the same town and is a credible person and his statement as also that of the Rev Luther Clark is entitled to credit
They read { Judges of the Court of Common Pleas Charles York of Chenango County N.Y. Levi Biglow
State of New York Chenango County p: I, James H. Pike Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said County do hereby cer- tify that the foregoing contains the original pro- ceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Jacob Covell for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this ninth day of October A.D. 1832
R. B. Pundle Dep Clerk

Electa Cook
Susannah did come from New York.
Jacob Cowell N B Jan 82
June 1852
By Robert W. Young.
atty

State of New York
County of Chenango
} ss.
Be it known, that on the 24 day of March A. D. 1852, before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for said county, personally appeared Electa Lovel and made oath according to law, that she is the the  Widow of a Private Jacob Lovel deceased, widow of (who was of the of the War of the Revolution,) that she has reason to believe that she ought to receive a pension, and that she is directly interested in the same, and makes this affidavit to be filed by her attorney, with any additional evidence or arguments he may deem necessary in the prosecution of said claim.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year last above mentioned, before me,
Smith Johnson
Justice of the Peace.
Electa X Lovel Mark
State of New York
County of Chenango
} ss.
Be it known, that before Smith Johnson a Justice of the Peace in and for the said county, personally appeared Electa Lovel who being duly sworn according to law doth depose and say, that she is the the  Widow of Jacob Lovel deceased, widow of (who was a Private in the war of the Revolution,) that she now makes this declaration to recover any increase and arrears of pension, that may be due, on account of the services of Jacob Lovel as aforesaid, for the benefit of Electa Lovel under any acts or resolutions of Congress applicable to the case.
Sworn and subscribed this 24 th day of March 1852, before me,
Smith Johnson
Justice of the Peace.
Electa X Lovel Mark
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, That I Electa Lovel  Widow  of  Jacob Lovel deceased, widow of (who was a Private in the War of the Revolution,) do hereby constitute and appoint Robert W. Young, Washington, D. C., my true and lawful attorney for me, and in my name to prosecute my claim to any increase and arrears of pension that may be found due on account of the services of said Jacob Lovel as aforesaid; and I hereby authorize my said attorney to examine all papers and documents touching my claim, on file in the departments at Washington, or elsewhere, and file any additional evidence or arguments he may think proper, to ensure the recovery of the same.
Witness my hand and seal this 24 day of March A. D. 1852
Signed and sealed in the presence of
WITNESS, B. B. Andrews
WITNESS, R. A. Brumh
Electa X Lovel Mark { L. S. }
State of New York
County of Chenango
} ss.
On this 24 day of March A. D. 1852, before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for said county, personally appeared Electa Lovel and acknowledged the foregoing power of attorney to be her act and deed. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand the day and year last above mentioned.
Smith Johnson
Justice of the Peace.
State of New York
County of Chenango
} ss.
Be it known, that on the 8 day of April A. D. 1852, before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for said county, personally appeared Ezra Nickerson and Benjamin H. Simpson two disinterested and respectable witnesses, and made oath according to law, that they were well acquainted with Jacob Lovel deceased, widow of (who was a Private in the Revolutionary War,) and that Electa Lovel is the Widow of Jacob Lovel and that she the said Jacob Lovel departed this life on the 18 th day of May A. D. 1845
Sworn and subscribed the day and year last above mentioned, before me,
M. N. Mason
Justice of the Peace.
Ezra Nickerson Benjamin H. Simpson
I Horace S. Read clerk of the Supreme Court in the County of Chenango and State of New York do hereby certify that Smith Johnson & W. N. Mason before whom the foregoing papers were executed, was at the date of the same a Justice of the Peace in and for said county duly authorized by law to administer oaths, and his name thereunto subscribed in his genuine signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal this 8 day of April A. D. 1852.
Horace S. Read Clerk.

No 18262.
Jacob Lovell Chemung County New York
no Witness
ee
Suspended
P. Prindle Morich Chemung County New York -

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
183
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Jacob Covill Chinango County New York
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Enrolled June 1776 time not stated private Capt Hodge Genl Schuyler Col Van Rensselaer No battles Marched to Fort Edward, to Fort George, Marched to Fort Miller & to Fort Edward 70 years Chiloomsack New York traditional, clergyman Hartnup's certificate credible. papers not properly attached.   Vol. May 1777 - 6 - private Capt Brown Col Van Wirt Bennington Saratoga Marched to Fort Edward   Vol. 1 st June 1778 - 5 - private Capt Hodge Col Van Wirt No battles Marched to Fort Edward   Vol. June 1779 time not stated private Capt Brown Genl Schuyler Marched to Fort Edward,   Vol. July 1780 time not stated private Capt Brown Genl Van Rensselaer Marched to Fort Miller, to Fort Edward,  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this _____ day of _____ personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of _____ in the county of _____ and State, Territory or District of _____ aged (c) _____ 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 provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) _____, with _____ and served in the _____ (e) regiment of the _____ line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of _____
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I _____ of the Court of _____ do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this _____ day of _____ &c.
If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the _____ and C. D. residing in (the same) _____ hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _____ who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _____ years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
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 certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the _____ and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the _____ and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, _____ Clerk of the Court of _____ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this _____ day of _____ &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person

will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it? { To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it? 
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, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that he answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, 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. 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 that 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 shown 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.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he 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.
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 papers 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.
Proof of Service.
[j] 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 claimant's 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.
[k] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

Jacob Covell's Amended Declaration V o
Certificate of Character to
The seal of Chenango County, was altered from the old to the present one on the 12th Oct: 1833 - in pursuance of Laws of N.Y. of 1833 - page 19 - all Seals after that date must be like the present one
P. B. Pundle Dele Clerk

State of New York
Chenango County ss: Jacob Covell, of Plymouth in the County of Chenango, being sworn says, that in answer to the objections to his claim for a pension contained in a letter from the Commissioner of Pensions, dated September 24 th 1833 — he is unable to procure any proof of his military services: that he does not know of any person living whose testimony he can procure of such service =
That a number of years since, when there was an impression that a pension act would be passed by Congress, he went down into the County where his services were performed and endeavored to find some of his old comrades and obtain if possible some evidence of his service — but he could find none whom he had known in the time of the Revolution. They had removed or were dead and gone
That on receiving the letter from the Commissioner of Pensions, he requested his agent P. B. Prindle to write to the persons whom he had served with, in the Revolution, for proof and try and find some — that his agent informs him that he has written for such proof and can find none, and that respondent does not believe that it is possible for him to obtain any —
He is an old man and infirm & quite poor and it is impossible for him to make a journey to the scene of his services to hunt for proof, it being a distance of about 250 miles — and further says not —
Jacob his X Covell mark
Sworn before me this 2nd December 1833
Smith M Purdy first judge of Chenango County Court
Chenango County ss: Philander B. Prindle, of Norwich in said County, being sworn says, that he is the Agent of the above named Jacob Covell, to make out his pension paper, &c. That on the 18 th day of October last, at the request of the said Covell he addressed letters to the several persons named in the declaration of the said Covell as

having served with him in the Revolutionary War; at the places where they then resided, to obtain some proof of the services of the said Covell: That this deponent has not procured any any proof or answer from the said several persons and no information from them - That this deponent also at the same time addressed letters to the Postmasters at Cambridge Shesheaw Y and other places where the said Covell performed services, to learn if there were any persons living in their respective vicinity by the names mentioned in the said declaration, who could remember the said Covell's military services - and that he has received for answer that there are not now any such persons residing there, and that they do not know of any such persons proof that can be obtained upon the subject
And this deponent states he has made every reasonable effort in his power to obtain the proper proof without success - And further says not
P. B. Philbrick
Sworn before me this 3rd
December 1833 and I certify that
the said Philbrick is known to me to be
a credible person -
Smith M. Purdy first judge of Chenango County Court.
Chenango County ss: We the undersigned, residents of the town of Hymouth, Chenango County, New York do certify that we are acquainted with the within named Jacob Covell, and that his character as a man of truth and veracity is good and irreproachable and that we would place the most implicit confidence in any statement he may make - And that his has always sustained so far as we have heard, the reputation of a Revolutionary soldier, and that we believe his statements as to his services are entitled to full credit
Silas Holmes

Subscribed and sworn before } Merick L. Clark Me At. Plymouth Chenango County } Gad Hall This 3 rd day of December 1833 } Almon Aldrich Erastus Froot Justice of the Peace } Dexter Phillips } Nathan Colwell
I hereby Certify that the persons whose names are affixed to the above certificates are Men of Truth and Veracity & further that the Statements in the above certificates are in every respect Just & True Dated at. Plymouth This 3 rd day of December 1833
Erastus Froot Justice
State of New York Chenango County ss: I Sawin H. Pike Clerk of the said County do certify that Smith M. Purdy Esq. before whom the preceding affidavits of Isaac Covell and Philander B. Riddle purport to have been sworn was at the date of the same the First Judge of the County Court of the said County and that his signature to the same is his genuine handwriting And further that Erastus Froot before whom the preceding certificates of the Rev. Merick Clark  Gad Hall , Almon Aldrich , Dexter Phillips and Nathan Colwell purport 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 his signature to the seal of their affidavits and the certificates of their credibility is his genuine handwriting of S. H. Pike Clerk Witness my hand and the seal of the said County this 10 th December 1833

Dec 13 Moonshine Dec 6
for
my
J. L. Edwards Esq Comm of Pensions Washington D. C.
full amt

Morrisville (Madison County) N.Y. Dec
Dr Sir
I some time since wrote you at request of Jacob Cozell, asking for the reason why a Pension was not granted him, but have rec d no answer to my communication.
A Gentleman by the name of Prina was the agent in the preparation of his Pensions & Cozell wants my aid in endeavoring to obtain a Pension for him - Of course I can do nothing for him, unless I know how the case stands - Cozell is now in the Firehouse of the County & if he is entitled to a Pension I trust every facility will be given him by your department as obtained.
He belonged to the New York State, I suggested in my former communication that you might have some Records for Archives of the State, which will throw light upon his application.
Respectfully yours Otis P. Granger
J. L. Edwards Esq
P.S. Hannah Shepard cannot adduce additional proof of her husband's service (Shepard) & if a Pension cannot be granted upon her husband's Papers, she must abandon application - If no Pension is granted, none of course return the family Bible.
Otis P. Granger

FREE
Jacob South
James L. Edwards Esq. Court of pensions City of Washington D.C.

additional papers on pension Claim under 1832 June 7.

March. Chemung Co. N. Y.
Oct: 2. 1834.
J. L. Edwards, Esq.
Sir,
I enclose you an additional affidavit of Mr. Jacob Covell in his application for a pension and also upon the same paper a letter from the Hon. Henry Mitchell Representative in Congress.
These papers I trust will be satisfactory to the Department upon the subject of Mr. Covell's application -
Very Respectfully
Yr. Obt Servant,
C. B. Mudgett

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J. L. Edwards Esq Counr of Pension Washington D. C.
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Morrisville (Madison Co) N.Y. Nov 2 nd . 1836
Sir,
Will you have the goodness to state to me the objections to granting a pension to Jacob Covell an applicant under the act of 1832 - He has the day called upon me & desires me to aid him in procuring his pension - He says he applied some three or four years since & made his declaration before the Court in Chenango County & Mr. Prindle was his agent - He states that he has not been able to find any further proof of his service, there is a file in your apartment & he works that his papers may be re-examined, hoping that a pension may be granted him on the proof & papers already exhibited - Have you not some papers from the archives of this State that will throw some light on the subject? Covell no doubt was much in the service during the war, but he is quite poor & has no relation to aid him in looking up testimony &c
J. L. Edward Esq
Faithfully yours Olin P. Granger

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1872.
93703
D. Jacob Carr
Service:
Listed: _____, 18
Discharged: REJECTED _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Pages: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
D. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

New York
Revol =
Jacob Coull
2376
See letter to
P. B. Prindle
24 Sept. 1833
See let to D. May
29. 1834
let to Hon. W. Mitch. see June 13. 1834.
Oct 7. June '32
Oct 16 P. B. Prindle Oct 9. 1834
" to Oth. P. Young Dec. 3. 1835

State of New York Chenango County ss:
Jacob Covell, of said County, being duly sworn, says that in answer to the letter of the War Department respecting his claim for a pension under the Law of 1832, he has endeavored to comply with the requirements of the Department as far as he is able. That in pursuance of the suggestions of the Department he has written to Captain Whiteside of Washington County N.Y. and others who he supposed and believed would be most likely to know and recollect something of his services, but he has not and cannot procure any proof whatever of service from them or others. This Deponent is an old man and is very poor and unable to go personally to the quarter where he rendered his services, but all that can be done by letters and inquiries to people there has been done. He further says his memory is weak feeble and he cannot now particularize his tours and places of service any better than he has done in his previous papers and declarations. And further says not.
Jacob Covell
Sworn before me this 2nd Oct. 1834
Smith M. Purdy first Judge of Chenango County Court
Chenango County ss:
I certify that Smith M. Purdy Esquire, whose name is signed to the preceding affidavit was at the date of the same the First Judge of the said County. That I am acquainted with his handwriting and believe his name subscribed to the said affidavit to be his genuine handwriting and signature. Witness my hand and seal of office this 2nd day of October 1834 P.S. Mudd Clerk

James V. Edwards, Esq.
Sir,
I take this occasion to say, at the request of Mr. Covell, that I have some acquaintance with him and have no doubt that he is honestly and justly entitled to a pension for the services he has rendered to his country, in the Revolutionary War.
His memory is much impaired and weakened by age and its infirmities. His inability to state the particular times and places of his services, or some inaccuracy in his statements, should not shake your confidence in the general truth of his declaration. There can be no doubt, from the concurrent testimony of all his neighbors that he was a soldier as he states and it is hoped his pension will not be withheld because his memory is imperfect and he cannot procure the necessary proof of service.
He is an old and very indigent man and his pension is needed to keep him and his companion from being thrown upon the cold charity of the world for maintenance and support. I trust that in this case, which is peculiarly hard, the rigor of your rules may be relaxed and the heart of the old soldier be made glad for the brief remainder of his days.
Respectfully Your Obt Servt
Worcester Oct: 2nd 1834.
Henry Mitchell M.C.
On Jacob Covell's application for pension.