Isaac Conover was also known as Issac Covenhoven. He was baptized on 24. Sep. 1758 at Dutch Reformed Church, Six Mile Run, Somerset County, New Jersey. He was the son of
Cornelius Covenhoven and
Hannah Schenck. Isaac Conover was born on 12. Feb. 1759. On an unknown date He served in the Revolutionary War in the 3rd Reg. of Tryon County Militia, commanded by Col. Frederick Fisher; according to his own statemetn, he entered service in May or June 1775, enlisting for a period of three months.
In May 1777, he moved from New Jersey to the Mohawk Valley, where he remained for four years. He married
Christina Marlet, daughter of
Mark Marlatt and
Eleanor Randle, c 1778 at Of, Montgomery County, New York; Issac's first wife. He returned to New Jersey in 1781 and resided in Cranbury for six years. Isaac Conover resided at at Montgomery County, New York, in 1787. He married
Ruth Frisbie c 1790. Isaac Conover "State of New York,
Montgomery County
On this 19th day of September 1832 personally appeared before in the open court before the judges of the Montgomery county court the said court now sitting, Isaac Covenhoven, of the town of Glen in the county of Montgomery and said State of New York aged ___ years, who first being 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 named officers, and served as herein stated:
In the month of May of June 1775 he served under Capt. Gardinier, about for three months, (he) served out the time and was discharged. During the above service he was at Forts Plain and Dayton performing guard duty at these places.
In the year 1776, (he) thinks in the month of May he was out under Capt Peter Yates and Lieut Geret Putman at the treaty held by Gen Schuyler with the Indians at Fort Dayton, (he) was one of the guards of Gen Schuyler at this time.
(He) Was out one month at the Fort at Johnstown and at Stollers (sp)? in October (and) One month again at Sir William Johnson's Hall near Johnstown and Sacandaga.
In the year 1777 in May (________?) month (he was) at Fort Plain under Capt Gardinier, served out the time and was discharged in June.
(He) Was out again again at Fort Plain, Fort Dayton to Fort Herkimer, and to Fort Schuyler. On the March to Fort Stanwix they were ambushed by the enemy at Oriskany where General Herkimer was killed in the battle. At this time he was under Col. Fisher and Major Newkirk. After the battle he returned home at the latter part of August, having been on this tour two months.
In October (he) was out again one month at Fort Hunter and the mill near Caughnawaga guarding those places. (He) Served out the time and was verbally discharged.
In the year 1778 in the month of April (he) went to Schenectady, (and) was in the service at that place two months, (and) while there assisted in building the Fort or Block House at that place. During this service (he) was under Capt Rose.
He returned home in July 1. (He) Was out again for two months commencing in August of this year at Johnstown and Sacandaga, (and) was under Col. Fisher and Major Newkirk. (The) Captain's name he does not recollect. While at Sacandaga (he) was employed in building the Fort at that place; while employed in the work (he) recollects the arrival of Col. Willit (H?e) , who gave the Fort the name of Fort Folley.
In the fall of this year in the company of his brother Abraham went to the state of New Jersey and in October joined Capt. Pyatt's Company of Light Infantry or Minute Men. (He) Mustered at Cranbury and marched up to Bennett's Island for the purpose of disarming the Tories at this latter place, to pick up a Cap.Stocton and deliver him up at head quarters. (He) Served under Capt Pyatt for six months during which time he was employed in doing guard duty at various places, (and) having served out the time was verbally discharged.
In May of 1779 he again returned to the Mohawk Country and in July was out one month at Fort Hunter, Fonda Mills, Nose Hill (so called) and at other places which he does not remember. (He) Was at home one month and out again for another month at Stollers and other places, and again was out at Johnstown, Sacandaga, and different places alternately month about for one month more.
In the year 1780 he was alternately month about for three or four months at Johnstown, Stollers, and at different Forts on the Mohawk River and, at other short periods of time and at different places.
In Feb 1881 he removed to the state of New Jersey and in the summer of that year he was drafted for three months to go to Tom's (sp?) River to guard the salt works at that place. (He) Remembers that while there a vessel was stranded on the coast and burnt. (He) Was out on this tour but two months when he returned home and was discharged, served a year and four months.
He was born on the 12th day of February, in the year 1759 at Windsor in the County of Middlesex and the state of New Jersey and in May 1774 removed to the Mohawk District, County of Tryon, now Town of Glen and county of Montgomery and state of New York. In the Year 1781 he removed to Cranbury in Middlesex county & state of New Jersey, from where, after residing there five or six years he returned to the town of Glen, County of Montgomery, and State of New York where he has since resided.
He may be mistaken as to the names of of the commanding officers at the particular periods mentioned but is not mistaken as to the account of the time spent in the service.
(He) has a record of his age in his Family Bible, taken from the family Bible of his father.
(He) has no documentary evidence of his service, (and) does not remember ever having received a written discharge. (The next entire sentence says something about the ".... evidence of his service except the different...")
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.
(signed) Isaac Covenhoven
(signed) Geo. D. Ferguson, Clerk. On 19. Sep. 1823. He died on 20. Sep. 1845 at Logtown, Montgomery County, New York, at age 86. He was buried at Hall Cemetery, Logtown, Montgomery County, New York.