Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 42,141, Johnson Cook, Conn.
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Conn. Cook Johnson s. 42141 B.L.Wt.5572 issued Dec. 6. 1791
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6521
Ohio
Johnson Cook
of Fairfield Co in the State of Ohio
who was a Sergeant in the company commanded
by Captain Mansfield of the Reg commanded
by Colonel Meigs in the Connecticut 
line, for the term of 5 years
from January 1777 to January 1782.
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio
at the
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Letter to Pension records 134
Letter to Pensioner Aug 8 1849
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Ohio
act 3d March 1818
John Cook
Sergeant
of 1st Connecticut regiment
commanded by Col.
Butler, during the revolutionary war.

Inscribed on the Ohio Roll
at $4: per month, to commence
the 27th of November
1816, determined by 
the act aforesaid.

Certificate of pension issued
24th March 1817, and
sent to John Hamm, Esq
agent for paying invalid
pensioners Manesville, Ohio

arrears to     March 1817
3 months, 9      $13.16
semi anl
to 4th Sept       $24
                  ----------------
                      $37.16

1/2  one half



copy of the Invalid
papers within sent to
The Honble Geo.Kinnard
by J. D. Wilson some days since
[unk] and Johnson
[unk] letter returned
[unk] 29th Jany 1834
see letter to Hon. E. Whittler, H R 31
March 1834
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Original Discharge of 
Johnson Cook 
Sergeant
1st Reg, Connecticut Line
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Invalid Certificate
dated 24 March
1816 again
sent to him July
20, 1820 sent
to him at
Rushville
Fairfield, Ohio
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State of Ohio
Fairfield County ss.} October 10 A. D. 1818
On this 10th day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, before me the subscriber, one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for the County aforesaid, personally appeared Johnson Cook aged 57 years, resident in the County aforesaid, who being by me first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress, entitled "am act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war." First, that he has in his possession a certificate by which it is alleged that the said Johnson Cook is inscribed on the pension list, Roll of Ohio Agency at the rate of four dollars per month, bearing date the 24th day of March A. D. 1816, signed by Geo. Graham and countersigned by William Lambert, the payments of which pension to be made semi-annually, on the 4th March and 4th September by John Hamm Esq agent in Zanersville Ohio, and which pension the said Johnson cook hereby relinquishes, provided the pension is granted him for which he now makes application
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That the said Johnson Cook enlisted in New Haven in the state of connecticut on the [unk] day of January A. D. 1777 for during the war in the company commanded by Captain Mansfield in the 4th Connecticut Regiment commonly called the old fourth commanded by Lieut. Col. Deming afterwards by Col. Meigs and after served divisions and consolidations it became the first Connecticut Regiment Col. Butler by whom it was commanded until the close of the war. That he continued to serve in said corps in the service of the United States until the 15th day of June A. D. 1783 when he was discharged from the service in West Point state of New York, the serving in the company commanded by Captain Hart in the last mentioned Regiment commanded by the said Col. Butler. That he was in the battle at Brunswick and in many revy service skirmishes, the scenes of which were principally in the States of New York and New Jersey and that he is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support, and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services.
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Sworn and declared before me the day and year aforesaid.
Elnathon Scofield Judge Com. Pleas
I Elnathon Scofield Judge &c as aforesaid do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Johnson Cook did serve in the revolutionary war as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy for the term of nine months, on the continental establishment, and I do further certify that he is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support; and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me to the Secretary for the department of the war, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress.
Lamarton October 10th 1818
Elnathon Scofield Judge Com Pleas
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State of Ohio, Fairfield County ss.
I Hugh Boyle Clerk of the court of common Pleas for the county aforesaid do hereby certify that Elnathon Scofield Esq before whom the within deposition and certificate was made, was at the time of the making thereof one of the Judges of the court of common Pleas for the county aforesaid by lawful authority commissioned and sworn as such did that to his Judicial acts full faith and credit are due and ought to be given as well throughout the United States as elsewhere.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office at Lancaster in said county this 10th day of October in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and eighteen.
Hugh Doyle Clk
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Johnson Cooks
Fairfield County Ohio
$223.15
(6521)
(March 1819)
Sent June 30 1820
to Pensioner, at 
Rushville Ohio

[sideways]
Not entitled
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district of Ohio County of Fairfield on this nineteenth day of June 1820 personally appeared in open Court being a Court of Record for the said county made by the constestation and Laws of Ohio Johnson Cook aged 59 years resident in Richland township in said county and state who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows being inlisted the 30th of Jany 1777 in Capt Mansfield company in the old fourth Connecticut after consolation became the first Regiment in the Connecticut line on the Continental Establishment was discharged the 15th day of June 1783 the date of the original declaration is the 10th day of October 1818 and the number of the certificate if 6,521 and I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818 and that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner disposed of my propperty or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminsh it as to being myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled an act to proved for certain persons in the Land and Naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War passed on the 18th day of March 1818 and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities contracts or debts due to me now have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed.
Johnson Cook
A schedule of my personal estate a small mare 12 years old, a blind horse aged unknown, two cows, one heffer 2 years old, two yearling stears one calk nine sheep and 5 lambs four breeding swine and their pigs a tight waggon a set of horse gears for 2 horses one plow two axes two hoes a pair of strechers one iron wedge five shovel and tongs a dutch oven, a frying pan, three sugar brittles, two puter basons, six old puter plates, three tin plates, five cups and sassers, six spoons, one platter, a set of ole knives and forks four milk crocks, on jug holdon gallons, four small jars, a coffe mill, two pitchers, 2 anthorn, one [unk] jug, twp serverts seven bavils two meat tubs one wash tub, four close boxes, a set of old chairs, a looking glass, 3 bibles 1 hymn book Methodist disepline, one in voduction to Christannity one big spinning wheal, one bucket, one M part, two small jugs, one ceffe pot one barrell four one prunnel,
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A lease of twenty five acres of land subjeckt to pay rent of twenty dollars per year in cash. Mu occupation a carpenter unable to do any work at it my wife her name is Mary aged 53 My daughter Mary 30 years, Rachel is twenty one sickly, Thomas Jefferson is allmost 19 very healthy, Elisha 16 years not healthy, Meriah 14 yearsold, Justice 11 years old, Not able to do much deaf, Rosanah five years old healthy. A schedule of my debts
one to Dudley Woodbridge is 75 dolers
one to daniel is 50
to thomas Davis is 33
 Wingarner 20
to governor Meigs 20
to Barbery Bockman 9
to M taylor 4
There is due me from pension certificate $48.00
Johnson Cook

Sworn to and declared in open court on the 19th day of June AD 1820
I Hugh Boyle Clerk of the court of common for the county of Hartford aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and schedule hereto annexed  one copied from the original on file in said court, and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said court that the tital amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule two hundred and twenty three dollars and fifteen cents, and his debts to $231.00.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of the said court this 19th day of June AD 1820.
Hugh Boyle Clk
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Free
New Salem O
to
the Honble
Lewis Cass Secretary of War
Washington City
Private
June 4
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New Salem Fairfield County State of Ohio 31st of May 1833
Dear Sir, This a confidential communication, and of course I cannot conceive that refering these contents, to my sworn ennemy, for reply, to be Honnerable for any man High or Low in publick office, Mr Eroin, of Lancaster Ohio, writes them to me, that the Law of the Last Session, enables me to take the benifit of the act of 1832 without given up my present pension, that I was intitled to both, He wrote to me, to write to Him the fackts and for me, to state my former declaration, and time of my service, in the revolution, this request was complyed with, in a Lengthy Letter, and sent to the Eroin, the same He inclosed, and also wrote in my behalf to Mr Edwards the 6th of April, and as yet gets no answer, I made the following statement without aney dockements to go by, that my discharge was in the war office, that I inlisted in the United Stats service the 30th day of January 1777 and served during the war was discharged the 15th of June 1783 that I inlisted in the companey of Capt Joseph Mansfield in the Old fourth Connecticut Regiment and after consoladitions it became the first Connecticut Rigement the company of Captan Hart, and Colonel Butler commanded the Rigement, you have my discharge for proof, it is 18 year since I saw it yet I believe that my memory is correckt, by an act of Congress of the 3d of March 1817 I was plaved on the involid pension List at four dollars per month to commence the 27th of November 1816 I relinquished my pension as such the 10th day of October 1818 and was placed on the Revolutionary pension List at 8 per month in 1820 was stricken of the pension list and restored to my involid pension at 4 per months, in 1825 was retored to the Revolutionary pension List at 8 per month, this is the substance of my statement, that Mr Ervin sent to Mr Edwards it was good evidence, and will agree with the Records of that office of the War department if Mr Edward had have done his duty, or had any compassion on one of the most deserving of thise that fought and bled for independence He could have sent me a certificate, that I could have drawn my mony long since, I think, that this that served during the war has the 
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prior right to be first served, and espeselly thise that was and is made so misserable as I am, from the injureys received in that war Mr Cass, it is your indespensable duty to controle those of your subbordenate officers in the pension office, and compell them to do acts of justice and mercy, look at the doctoers report of the fate of the 15th of december 1822 ask Mr Edwards why he rekeckted so well an anthenticated claim [unk] if He will answer His worthey Marster, as He did Genl Beecher, that it did not prove the protension; jest exammin my schedule of the date of the 16th June 1824, the Regulation sheat sent from the office was fully complyed with the Evedence closed and sent to the war office, yet the receipt was denied, altho Gen Beecher received my 4 dollar pension certificate by the same Male, Herein Mr Edwards wronged me out of the sum of 298 dollars in not acknlleging the Evidence closed in 1824 Mr Barbour was led to an examination of that schedule and isued me a full Restoration Certificate yet Mr Edwards sent to the agent not to pay the arears due on my just claim under these considerations How can I reasonably excspect aney additional allowence, Unless the Honble Secretary of War in conformity of the Laws of the Congress Issues His certificate and also sens amedeately to the agent at Concinatti a pay Roll of the same, it is the opinion of sound Lawyers that it is the duty of the Secretary of War to cause the payment of arears to be paid me Mr glinn on the filing states in every year it is true Mr Edwards put duplycate on it yet have I drawn on anyone; a man if common sence must say it is really due me 248 dollars agreable to the exspress Letter of the certificate I believe that Mr E has been altogether to Long in the pension office He has been a scurge to the men of the Revolutioners I have not ronged him I shall exspekt a reply from your self 
Johnson Cook
Honbl Lewis Cass Secretary of War
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The National Archives
BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD 
Division of Veterans' Administration Archives

Name: Cook, Johnson Grade: Private Line: Connecticut

Warrant Number: 5572 Acreage 100 Issued Dec. 6, 1791 to Stephen Thorn

The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolution of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the application for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.
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Mrs. C. C. Follmer,
465 Fountain Street, N. E.,
Grand Rapids, Mich.
Madam:
May 26, 1921.
In response to your letter dated the 4" instant,
you are advised that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. F. 42. 141, it appears that Johnson Cook enlisted January 30, 1777, served in Captain Joseph Mansfield's Company, Colonel Meigs' Connecticut Regiment. He was transferred to Captain Hart's Company, Colonel Zebulon
Butler's Connecticut Regiment, was made Sergeant January 1, 1783, and discharged June 15, 1783. During his services he was engaged in the battles of Brunswick, Stony Point,
and one at White Plains in 1781, and also was in many skirmishes , and received seven wounds. He was pensioned for disability resulting therefrom on his application executed
November 9, 1814, at which time he was 54 years old and a resident of Adams, Washington County, Ohio. In 1820 he referred to his wife Mary aged 53 years and his family Mary,
aged 30, Rachel aged 21, Thomas Jefferson aged 18, Elisha aged 16, Meriah aged 14, and Justice aged 11 years. He
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then lived in Richland Township, Fairfield County, Ohio.
Very respectfully,
Washington Gardener
Commissioner

Rosanah aged 5 yrs is omitted because in 1824 soldier says "She lives with him but is not a relation."
This cl. is such because Connecticut records give him as the soldier from Wellingford who is asked for. aw
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Cook, Johnson (Conn.) S-42141
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6521
Ohio
Johnson Cook
of Fairfield Co in the State of Ohio who was a Sergeant in the company commanded by Captain Mansfield of the regiment commanded by Colonel Miegs in the Connecticut line, for the term of five years from January 1777 to January 1782

Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 10th day of October 1818.

Certificate of Pension issued the 2d of February and sent to the Hon. M. Beecher House of Representatives

Arrears to 4th of March 1819   38.70
semi-anl. all'ce ending    _________
$38.70

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{Revolutionary Claim
Acts March 18, 1818
and May 1, 1820

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certificate issued on the 25th October 1827 and sent on to the claimant near Rushville, Fairfield County, Ohio

See letters to J. Cook 14 April 1823 - 26th of January 1826 - July 14th 1826 - May 8, 1827 and Dec 19 1827.
Hon. B. Ruggles Senate U. S. 5 May 1828. See also letter to J. Cook Oct 6, 1828.
See letter to Hon. A. W. Irwin H. R. 22d Dec 1829 do to Johnson Cook 24th March 1830.
do to same 21 Jan 1832
do to same 20 June 1833 do to same & P. Agi March 15, 1841. do to J. Cook 12th May 1841

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West Point Camp 15 April 1783
We the under signers do certify that Serjeant Johnson Cook of the fifth Connecticut Regiment in the service of the United States of AMerica hath ben wounded in maney instances so as to greatly disenable him he has received seven wounds in actual service three of which demands our highest consideration Wee thefore earnestly recommend that him the said Serjeant Johnson Cook should be pentioned for Life.
Zebn Butler Col
Ebenr Gray Lieut Col
Noye Surgen
First Connecticut Reg
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To the Hon Smith Thompson Secretary at War
Washington City Private

Rushville 24th June

Rec 1 July 1823
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to the Honbl Smith Thompson
Secretary of War
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were returned to the commissioner bearing date the 26th of December 1822 and requiring the official character of the commissioner and my former certificate the commissioner sent to me and obtained my certificate and sent them on to that department and they must have ben received the 23d of Jany. I received a letter, from Gen. Joseph Vance with a letter of J. L. Edwards inclosed dated the 28th of december 1822 stateing that when my papers wer received again at that office the claim should be determined previous to this on the 9th of Jany 1822. I inclosed the letters of the 24th September and that of 6th November 1822 well knowing that unless he the said Edwards was checked for his unlawfull requirements I should still remain unprovided for by government the President must have transmitted the two letters alluded to to Mr. Edwards previous to my papers being again for the last time received in that office and in consequence thereof hid my papers as soon as they were received well knowing that on sight that Mr. Calhoune wood ordor a full pension certificate forwarded to me in this awfull gross act of injustice Edwards found him self in trouble he kept that certificate in his posesion untill the 14th of April 1822 how was I to draw the 4th of March if sir you can find them papers in that office you will do well to carefully exammine them without delay as I am determined unless a full pension certificate arives before the 4th of July to be carried in a horse litter to Lancaster Ohio and their apply for assistance to carry on a suit against that department and imploy Gen. P. Becher in the case as he is a member of the next Congress confident sir I am that your Excellency is not in any digree in the fault.
from your Hum. Servant
Johnson Cook

Hon. Smith Thompson
Secretary of War

P. S. Sir if you see fit to make any returns direct to Rushville Fairfield County Ohio
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Sir, I supose that the Copyes of the proceedings are on the files at Congress if so be that Edwards has destroyed the original.
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42141
INVALID
Revy
File No. 42,141
Johnson Cook
Serg Rev War

Act: 18th March 18
Index: - Vol. 5, Page 95
{Arrangement of 1870.]

1921 May 26 his to Mrs. C. C. Follmer, Letter in S. F. 15-851 Jonathan Gillett
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10461
Rev War
INVALID
File No. 10461
Johnson Cook
Sergt Rev War
Act: -----------
Index: - Vol. A, Page 16
[arrangement of 1870]
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Johnson Cook

Hon William Creighton

Hour of B
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Johnson Cook

Hon. William Creighton

Hour of B
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                                                Washington 
                                                          Jan'y 27


Sir-
With respect to Johnson Cooks intensions to be placed on the Pension List. I share that I know that Cook belonged to my Father's Regiment during a Part of the way. His Discharge signed by Gen. Washington is with W. Culling of the War Department & contains a certificate of his having received the Badge of Honor for his extraordinary conduct & courage. I have seen his wound & have known him for 15 years & as he advances in years he acquires additional Decrepitude from those wounds. I am confident that he has never been placed on any


*left margin faded text*
not found in pensioner claims or G.L. claim where his were flat filed
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Pension List- He has for some years been speaking of [illegible] to obtain a Pension but has not till recently applied for one, & that application he has been compelled to make by his increasing infirmity & inability to Labour. He had 2 Sons- who he permitted to enlist in the late war. 
                                        respectfully 
                                         yr srt.
                                       R. J. Meigs

Hon W Creighton
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es Copy

Rejected see letter to John Beckwith, Esq. 
Summet, Ohio. April
14th, 1823
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District of Ohio Perry County this 14th day of December 1822 we the under signers practicing physicians of the County aforesaid having been duly appointed and authorised by Commission from the honorable C. W. Byrd district Judge of the understates and on and for the district of Ohio to a seamin Johnson Cook an invalide pensioner of the United States and is inscribed on the pension list of the Ohio agency at the rate of four Dollars per month and an applicant for an increase of pension agreeable to order  Mr. Daniel Griggs and Daniel Kemper of the County of Perry and district aforesaid have this day diligently examined the body of said Johnson Cook and do find that he hath a scar on the back of his right hand which was a wound that he received as he saith in the revolutionary war the nature of the wound is thus as the [illegible] [illegible] from his fingers to his wrist being shortned is Liable to bring sprain which has been the case by the best information we can obtain ever since some time in May last and it is our oppoining that he is entirely reasonabled to gain his substained by manual labor and is fully [illegible] to a whole pension. We also found that he afflicted with an eruption which he saith he received in his right groin when he was in the in the service of the United States in the revolutionary war. We find that Kemper has increased to a large [illegible] it has got ruptured in his left groin and by his complaint most attend round his body he wears tied belts round his nacked body with fine bag truses attached there and withstanding all this [illegible] cannot be supported then true of it is such  that the gut falls closes the through the body and frequently is the case that it can not be restored without Physice it ovates pain, swelling of the body and sick stomach his disablement such which has a reason found that rupture that he  received with that war that it confines him at home are audoc as our assersion that the rupture was received during his servise in the revolutionary war and is the increasing in [illegible] he also saith that he had at back part of his head & postured which pains him very often he wears a [illegible] & himself received his head
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and saith that he often hath to [illegible] or he can not hold up his head and that the proof of this wound with the above mentioned was forwarded to Gen. Government years past that he received those wounds in the revolutionary war. he the said Johnson Cook for then saith that he was a prisoner of war in time of the revolution and that he was shut upon in a cold prison with the short allowance of a half a point of damaged oat meal and two ounces of pork per day [illegible] a window this fasting [illegible] & complaint of a scant each which has often laid him up from labour and then very painfull and [illegible] to him and Saith that he believes that the whole time that he has been laid up with this complaint & cannot come short of six years am oppouning  it that the fasting and hard usage was the cause of the above stated complaint.  We do certify that we have this day examined the aforesaid to his son Cook. Counting his wounds and do behind the same aforestated to be the true [illegible] of the said, and we do for then certify that he owing to the wound aforesaid the said Johnson Cook is Justly entitled to a full pension given under our hand this 14th day of December 1823. 
                                  Daniel Kemper (signature)
                                  Daniel Griggs (signature)

This state of Ohio Perry County Ss.
Before me John Beckwith duly commissioned by the honorable CW Byrd district Judge of the United States in and for the district of Ohio Specially for that purpose the above named Daniel Griggs and Daniel Kemper two reputable Physicians and Surgeons of Said county named in the enclosed Commission this day personally appeared and signed and sworn to the above Certificate. I do also certify that the above named Daniel Griggs and Daniel Kemper are respectable Physicians and Surgeons of said County. Given under say have this 14th day of December AD 1823.  
                               John Beckwith (signature) Commissioner by the honorable Judge aforesaid for Said purpose 


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I certify that foregoing
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I do certify the foregoing a true copy of the original. Given under my hand this 14th day of December AD 1822.
John Beckwith
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Hon T C Calhone
Secretary at Wat
at the
City of Washington
from Johnson Cook a wounded pensioner
Ohio


Schedules Ohio
recd 29 June 1820

Rushville O 21st June
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Hon Secretary at War
Sir
You will find the inclosed my declaration and that of Mr Kings the debts and demands against each of us is such that we know not how to get through [unk] deficulty unless the Returns can be made so as to be enabled to get the next full semi pament.
Rushville Fairfield County Ohio 21st June 1820
Hon Secretary at War
Johnson Cook
NB Sir it was the the opinnion of the Court that my pension due was not within the requirements of the act but for convenience sake I had it mentioned.
Johnson Cook
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No 2
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War Department
Pension Office
September 24th 1822
Sir,
In answer to your letter of the 3inst relt I have to inform you that the documents transmitted by you in order to obtain an increase of your pension have been examined and are herewith returned, there being no satisfactory proof that your present disability arises wholly from the wound you received during the revolution. You must swear to the time, place and manner of your having been wounded, and on that testimony the Surgeon's statement should be predicated. It must be borne in mind that no disability incurred other than from a wound received in action can authorize the Secretary of War to increase your pension. If you wish a new pension certificate, you must make an affidavit agreeably to enclosed form, and send the same to this Department (this was a misunderstanding of any meaning)
I am, respectfully, your obedt servt
J L Edwards
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Mr Johnson Cook
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Mr. Johnson Cook
At Addams town in the state 
Choi Mary alla Post office
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This may testify whom it may concern that Johnson Cook a Sergeant in the 1st Connect Regt of the line of the continental army in the revolutionary War, was ruptured if I remember in the scrotum, which occasionally rendered him unable to perform the services which his duty required, I have no doubt the rupture aforesaid was acquired by the serious and fatigues of his duty as a soldier, how bad his rupture is at present I am unable to say, as I have not seen him to my knowledge since the peace of 1783- certified by me
New Haven Sepr 26th 1814
Amas Monson Jr
Formerly Surgeons Mate
on the 1st Connect Regt
continental army
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New Haven Sept 26, 1814
Sir,
The annexed certificate is all I can say from recollection, in a lapse of time of nearly Thirty two years, the peculiar circumstances of a complaint that nature, it cannot be expected could be retained so as to recite the circumstances in detail, from so short warning, if I could see the returns of the Regiment made during your period of service, I could be more minute in my description.
I am Sir yours respectfully
Amas Monson Jr

Mr Johnson Cook
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Sir after inclosing the letter to your Honor. I have upon mature deliberation thought of an [unknown] which would be more finely to succeed that is for your Honner [Honor] to inclose your testimony and my Discharge and my Request that I have noted to the Secretary of War in one [unknown] [unknown] to some Member of Congress that your Exellencey is acquainted with to have them or him be to good as to go forward and urge out a Warrant [illegible] in this way it is not likely that I shall ever get my rights as I am not able to bear my experience of such A jurney for to obtain it. 
Mr. Meiggs Esq. 
Governor.                            December 27, 1813 
                              Johnson Cook (signature)
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I certify that I have been acquainted with Johnson Cook and his family have attended them in sickness, said Johnson Cook has informed me his suffering while a [unk] in the Revolutionary War was the cause of much pain & distress such as rheumatism &c.
Marietta Nov 9th 1814
Jabez Fine [unk]
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Sie will your Honor see fit to authorize me to cut off all the writing below the great seal of the United States and that of the signature of the Secretary of War which ought to be the conclusion of a certificate as their is in the New form such aditional requirements that the hole cannot be contained in one sheat if these unnecessary writings without signatures of official character being attacht theirto of which I have insert a coppy
this certificate is issued in lieu of one dated on the second of February 1819 suposed to be lost or destroyed which if it should be presented at the agency the agent if requested to return to the department
NB this appears to make a supposition of my affidavit as tho it is [unk] and had not ought to have ben a deforement of my certificate
Hon James Barbour
Secretary of War
Johnson Cook
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this is from one who vollenteered on all [unk] in the cause of independance and has been confined for it long space of time with the disabiltyes arising from the wounds received it fighting for Liberty.
Johnson Cook
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this is from one who vollunteered on all [unk] in the cause of undependance and has been confined for a long space of time with the disabilityes arising from the wounds received it fighting for Liberty.
Johnson Cook
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It has been twelve years, that I have ben under the nessesity, of haveing a large [unk] pillar, under my hips in my bed, that my body may be declincing on acount of the eneveaised disabillityes of a rupter, received in the cause of Liberty, this may weel account for my thinking hard when not justly dealt by
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The within is the Deposition
of Mary Cook taken the
twenty sixth
of December A. D. 1816
Amos Wilson J. of the P.
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the State of Ohio
Washington County
Before me one of the Justice of the Peace within and for the sd county personally came Mary Cook and being quallifyed according to Law deposeth and saith that Johnson Cook of the town of Adams and county of Washington and state of Ohio has been complaining by turn for the space of thirty three years of lameness and pains which originates from the wounds and disenable mento that he saith he received in the Revolutionary War the Deponent saith that the sd Johnson came in to the town of Wosleot in the State of Connecticut and resided at a nigh beibore of her farthers earley in the year eighty four and apprd to be in a low state of health and common report was he the sd Johnson could not live but a very short time by reason of his disenablements obtaind in that war and the Deponent saith that she saw the wound at that time on his right hand and it looked fresh lay up in a ridge and was often in a chafed raw state but he sd Johnson moved to Rutland in the state of Vermont and resided their about the space of nine years and then removed to Wooliet and from their to the state of Ohio and has resided in the town of Mariatta and Adams for the space of 21 year and has alternately followd for imployment hours [unk] and farming he is now unable to do but little work and cannot gain a subsistance by mannul Labor and the Deponent saith nor more.
Mary Cook

the subscriber personally appeared before me one of the Acting Justices of the peace of the county above mentioned and being qualified according to Law Iswear to the above.
Amos Wilson Justice of the peace
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Washington
Apl 16 1816
Sir
In regard to Johnson Cook who has petitioned for a Pension I have to observe that I examined his wounds last June suck his Disability is great- he is now 55 years old with a large family. I am well acquainted with Doctr Rehuiez & Doctor Hildreth who have certified they are of high respectability. Doctor Norton I have often heard of as an honest and respectable Surgeon.
Johnson Cook was a Sergeant in Colo Meigs at the storming
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of Stoney Point. His Discharge now in the War Office certified that e had recd the Badge of Merit for extraordinary service & is signed by General Zackery [unk].
Respectfully yr obt st
R J Meigs Jr.

Hon Wm Creighton
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The within is a Deposition of Nathan Abbot Hmn [crossed out- District  Justice of Peace] taken in Adams township and [unknown] by me November 10th 6th 1816
                            A. Wilson J. of the P.

State of Ohio 
Washington County Ss.
I Levi Barber Clerk of the court of Common Pleas for said County do hereby certify and make known to all to whom it doth or may concern that Amos Wilson Esq. whose name is affixed to the annexed certificate was at the time of his signing sealing and certifying the same for a long time has been an acting Justice of the Peace within and for said County duly elected Commissioned & qualified agreeably to the law of said state. 
 And that full faith & credit is and ought to be given to all his official acts and things done by him in his official capacity as well in Court of Justice as [unk] where

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand affixed my seal at [unk] this 3rd day of November in the year of our Lord One Thousand eight hundred & sixteen. 
L. Barber Uk
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personally appeared before me one of the acting Justice of the peace of the Adams Township and the County of Washington and State of Ohio. Nathan Abbot and being qualified according to the law deposeth and saith that he served as a soldier in the Connecticut line in the United States service in the Revolutionary War and was knowing to Johnson Cooks having several wounds & saith ways his being disabled while while he the D. Cook was in the line of duty in actual service of the United States in the Old Fourth Connecticut and first Connecticut regiment in the Revolutionary War and the deponent saith that he the sd Nathan and A number of soldiers were a driving [illegible] with a Cannonball on the parade at Robinson farms and that Johnson Cook was a going Across the parade to oil his gun which was on the gun bag and this ball was throwed [illegible] and stomach the said Johnson in the back part of his head and broken his [unknown] bone and this was the deponent was in the year seventy nine and the deponent saith that he was knowing to the said Johnson Cook his being in the forlorn Stone at the taking of Stoney Point fort that the sd Cook was [illegible] by a fall on a peace of cannon when he gunned down the walls of the enemy and this was in the year seventy nine and that the said Cook was wounded by an enemy near the White Plains in the year Seventeen hundred and Eighty one this wound was on the back part of his hand
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and the deponent saith that the said [illegible] was health of his [illegible] and in the year eighty two a vassing the huts at the Highland had his [illegible] passed and never after did duty and the deponent saith no more.
Nathan Abbot

The above deposition subscribed and sworn to before me one of the acting Justices of the Peace November 15th 1816.
Amos Wilson Justice of the Peace
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the within is the Deposition
of Johnson Cook taken Decr
26th 1816
Amos Wilson Justice of the Peace
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the State of Ohio
Washington Countey
Before me one of the Justices of the Peace within and for the sd County personally apperd and came Johnson Cook of the town of Adams County of Washington and State of Ohio and being quallyfied acording to Law deposeth and saith that he offerd his boddy and certeficates to the board of pensions at Newburg for examinanation about the 15th of April 1783 and that board behaved so impropperley towards him in Nither I received the certificate nor examinging his boddy that he the deponant was sufficiently discouriged from ever undertaking to get Justice done him untill finding that our government had past and nessesity obliged him to have recourse to this method to get his support from government for the deponant saith that he is not able to gain his subsistance by mannuel labor by reason of his disenablements that he unfortainateley received in actual service of the United States in the Revelutionary War while in the line of his duty and the deponant saith no more.
Johnson Cook
November 26th 1816 personally appeared before me one of the [unk] Justices of the peace of the county aforesaid Johnson Cook and swore to the above and subscribed name to it.
Amos Wilson Justice of the peace
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The deposition of Doctor Samuel P. Hildreth, taken and sealed by me.
Danl H. Buell Jus. Peace
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State of Ohio
Washington County ss:} I Levi Barber, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for said County do hereby certify and make known to all whom it doth or may concern that David H Buell Esquire who hath signed his name to the annexed certificate was at the time of his signing and certifying the matters and things in the said Certificate contained and now at this time is one of the acting Justices of the Peace within and for said County duly elected, commissioned and qualified agreeably to the laws of said State. And that full faith and credit is and ought to be given to all things by him thus certified as well in Courts of Justice as elsewhere.
In testimony whereof I do hereunto set my hand and affix the Seal of said Court of Common Pleas at Marietta in said County this twenty second day of November Anno Domini 1816,
Levi Barber Clerk
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The State of Ohio
Washington county } ss.
Before me one of the Justices of the peace within and for the county aforesaid, personally came Samuel P. Hildreth, a reputable practicing physician within said county, who made solemn oath that the statement within made, and by him signed, is true, according to the best of his knowledge and belief.
Given under my hand and seal at Marietta this 23st day of November 1816.
Danl H. Buell J. P.

It is hereby certified that I have been personally acquainted with Johnson Cooj for some years- and I am of the opinion the said Johnson Cook is unable to gain a subsistence by manual labour.
Danl H Buell
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This may certify that I have this day examined Johnson Cook, of Adams, in the County of Washington, and State of Ohio, touching his disability & infirmities, the result as he says of wounds received in the service of his Country & do find them as follows -viz- The extension tendons of the middle & ring fingers on the right hand have been divided, by a transverse cut; and can at this time be but partially extended, rendering that hand in a certain degree useless- I should say half useless. He is troubled with a scrotal hernia, which seems to be rather omental, than intestinal- for which he wears continually bandage or truss; & which he says is at times very troublesome & painfull, & prevents him from doing much labor on his farm- he has a scar on his thigh, occasioned he says by the thrust of a boyonet, & which appears to have penetrated the rastus exturnies muscle, & muscles beneath- this he says is very painful at night, especially in cold weather- he has several other scars, particularly one on the back of the head, over the occipital bone which, with the difficulties above stated, do in my opinion disable him from gaining more than half his livelihood by his labor.
J. P. Hildreth
Marietta Ohio Nov 27, 1816
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[the following 4 lines are written vertically from bottom to top along the upper left edge of the page]
deposition in the [illegible]
Johnston Cook [illegible]
the Committee on
2 Revolutionary [illegible]
The within deposition taken and sealed
up by me George Ring one of the acting
Justices for and with in the County of
Fairfield and State of Ohio George Ring J. S.
December Tenth one thousand Eight
hundred and Sixteen
Fairfield County Ohio Ss
I certify that the above named George
Ring Esqr. is a Justice of the peace in and
for the County aforesaid duly commissioned
and sworn as such and that a all his  
judicial acts due faith and credit ought to be given
In Testimony whereof I herewith set my hand
& seal of office this 12th day of Decr 1816 Hugh Boyle Clk [illegible]C.
[the following 4 lines are written in the lower left corner of the page from bottom to top]
are of
[illegible] to
[illegible]
arms
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Lancaster Fairfield County State of Ohio
December the tenth personally came William Cook of said town and county who is and must be considered of good repute and the strictest verassity who deposeth and saith he for a long time say twenty years has been acquainted with Johnson Cook of the town of Adams and County of Washington and State of Ohio and has often heard in the space of this time the sd Johnson complain of his wounds and disablements he received as he saith in service of his Countrey in the Revolutionary War and the deponent saith that he well remembers that for the space of twenty years that the said Johnson Cook has not cut any corn storks for reasons of his rupter being in his right side and in extending his right arm up he the sd Johnson said gave him pain and uneasy fealings and acording to his best belief has been a great hindrence to his obtaining his subsistance by mannual labor.
William Cook
State of Ohio Fairfield County
personally came the above subscriber and of him being duely sworn according to Law deposeth and saith that the above statement is just and true farther this Deponant saith not.
Sworn and subscribed before me this 10th day of December 1816.
George Ring J. P. for and within the County of Fairfield
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[the following 4 lines are written vertically alon the left edge of the page from top to bottom]
[illegible]
[illegible]
[illegible]
[illegible] of the [illegible]
To
Hon R J Meigs Esqr
Post Master gen
City Washington
Private
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Dear Sir I have inclosed what sertificates I can at presant obtain I believe they contain every messesary evidence that is wanted I have ben at great exspence to obtain them and hopw and trust that your goodness will use your influence in my favor Major Lewis tells me that your Presants at the commite of claims will be worth more to me than ton of the best certificates that possebley could be precured I have stated to the committe of claims that they will on sollid grounds of reason find the intrest as well as princepel one me Sir your goodness will onserve that I would not have obtaind that antiant sertificate from Col Butler and others unless I dit intend to make amedeate use of it to my bennefit  secundly I would not have sworn to that statement for all the cash in the National Chest if my statement was not founded on sollid truths thirdly my claim apears to be just on this ground that others who were much less disenabled than I have had their Pentions and it has ennabled them to grow rich while I have ben nessesated to labor when in great pain and distress I have for upwards of thirty years ben ether in pain from one or the other wounds I have been layd by in a great maney instances with the wounds which has been the cause of my poverty your goodness will recollekt when I was at work at your house at the Stockcade that I had a turn of the [unk] you asked me what I sopposed was the cause of it I told you that the auther of the complaint was my being short
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[unk] when a prisoner of war in a colo prison which was in hard winter weather the wind got into my blood your goodness may observe this to me committe which may be of some use Sir you may recolleckt that I have told you that I have maney years past sufferd greatley by my laim side you may recolleckt that a considerable maney years past you offered to assist mein getting a pention and I observed that I had at the close of the war mad applecation to the board of [unk] where I was used with impertinance they nither examamined the body nor the certificates this if you can recolleckt will be of great ise Dear Sir my little stock of propperty is a waisting away fast and I cannot avoid falling into a state of exsteme indegance. My futer existence depends on your goodness from your hunble servant
Adams 7 Novem 1814
Johnson Cook

Hon R L Meigs Esq
Postmaster Genl

NC
Sir I am urged by the inhabittants of this town some of Marietta to Rite to you concening Whelock whither their deppositions reacht you I wish you would [unk] me of fine Judge Buel has got into the wing house he would answer.
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War Department
Pension Office
November 26th 1822
Sir,
Your letter of the 4th inst has been received in in reply I have to acquaint you, that there are no papers on file in this Office that will authorize the increase of your pension, should the disability arising exclusively from the wound have increased, you must comply with the instructions forwarded to you at Somerset, on the 24th of September last, or no additional allowance can be made to you. 
I am, respectfully, your obedt servt
J. L. Edwards
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[illegible] of this [Licking??] County this 14 day of december 1822
We the undersigners practicing phisions [physicians] of the County  aforesaid having
be duly appointed and authorised [authorized] by Commission from the Honourable C W Byrd
district Judge of the United states and in and for the district of Ohio to Examine
Johnson Cook an invalid pensioner of the United states and is inscribed on the
pension List of the Ohio agency at the rate of four dollars per month 
and an applicant for an increase of pension. agreeable to Order [illegible]
and Daniel Kemper of the County of Pery [Perry] and district aforesaid have this day
diligently examined the body of the said Johnson Cook and do find that
hath A scar on the back of his right hand which was A wound that he
Received as he saith in the Revolutionary war the nature of the wound is
thus is the sinews that Lead from his fingers to his wrist being shortned [shortened]
is liable to bring spraint which has been the case by the best information we
can obtain Even since some time in may last and it is our oppinion [opinion]
enabled to gain his subsistance by manual labor
that he is intirely [entirely] disunabled [disabled] to gain his subsistance [subsistence] by manual labor
and is fully intitled [entitled] to a whole pension
We allso [also] find that he is afflicted with A rupture which he saith
he received in the his right grine [groin] When he was in the service of the
United states in the Revolutionary War We find the rupture has
increased to a Large Extent it has got Ruptured in his left grine [groin]
and by his Complaint must extend round his body he wears two
Belts Round his Naked body with five bag [illegible] attacht [attached] thereto
Notwithstand all this the Rupture cannot be suported [supported] the nature
of it is such that the gut falls closes the [illegible] through the body and
frequently is the case that it cannot be restored without
phisick [physic] it creates pain swelling of the body and Sick
Stomock [stomach] his disablement is such, which has arisen from the Rupture
that he received in that War that it confines him at home and it
our opinion that the Rupture was received during his
Service in the revolutionary war and is still increasing in extent
he also saith that he had the back part of his head fracterd [fractured]
Which pains him very often he wears A hankerchief [handkerchief] round
his head and Saith that he often has to titen [tighten] it or he cannot
hold up his head and that the proof of this wound with
the above mentioned was forwarded to Gen Government. Six
years past that he Received those wound in the
Revolutionary war Our opinion is that they were
received in the Revolutionary War
He the said Johnson Cook further saith that he
Was A prisoner of War in time of the Revolution and
that he was shut up in a Cold prison with the short
allowance of A half a point [pint] of damiged [damaged] oat Meal and two
onnses [ounces] of pork per day through A winter this [illegible]
brought A Complaint of A [illegible] which has
Often Laid him up from Labor and been very
painfull and distressing to them and saith
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that he verily believes that the whole time that he
has ben [been] Laid up with this Complaint Cannot Come
short of Six years Our opinion is that the fasting
and hard usage was the cause of the above stated
complaint
We do certify that We have this day examined
The aforesaid Johnson Cook on oath [illegible]
his wounds and do believe the Same as
before stated to be the true cituation [situation] of the said
Johnson and we do further certify that
owing to the wounds aforesaid the said
Johnson Cook is Justly entitled to a full
Pension Given under our hands this
14th of Decr 1822
Daniel Kemper
Daniel Griggs
The State of Ohio Perry County Ss
Before me [illegible] Beckwith duly
Commissioned by the honorable C W Byrd district
Judge of the United States in and for the district
of Ohio Specially for that purpose the above
named Daniel Griggs and Daniel Kemper
two Reputable Physicians and Surgeons of Said County
named in the inclosed [enclosed] commissions
this day personally appeared and signed and Swore to the above
certificate. I do also certify that the above signed
Daniel Greggs and Daniel Kemper are Reputable
Physicians and Surgeons of said County
Given under my hand this 14th day of December
AD 1822
John Beckwith
Commissioned by the
honorable Judge aforesaid
for said Purpose
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The State of Ohio Perry County ss
Before me John Beckwith Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County and duly commissioned by the honorable C W Byrd Esquire district Judge of the United States in and for the district of Ohio for the Special purpose of taking testimony in the case of Johnson Cook an applicant for an increase of pension as by said commission here inclosed will more fully appear on the 14th day of December AD 1822 personally appeared David Grigg and Daniel Kemper respectable Physicians and Surgeons of said county named in the enclosed commission and signed and swore to the foregoing certificate in the presence of the said Johnson Cook he being then examined by said Physicians. And I also further certify that the said Daniel Grigg and Daniel Kemper Esqs are reputable Physicians and Surgeons of said county and that they here with inclosed and transmit the same to the Secretary of the department of war pursuant to the 5th Section of the act of April 1806 as these [unk]. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court at [unk] in said county of Perry this 18th day of January AD 1823
John Beckwith Clerk
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Johnson Cook
Petision [Petition] for [illegible]
for [illegible] of
and increase of pension
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to the Honnorable [Honorable] Congress of the United States 
of America Comes Johnson Cook Petisioner [Petitioner]
praying for Relief he being an invalid pensioner at
the rate of four dollars per month On the Ohio agency and
has ben [been] an applicant for an increase of pension three years
the small Sum allowed has allways [always] been far short of his
exspences [expenses] which must arise continually for his Suport [Support] and
has been promised before it is Recieved by him and has not the
Comforts of Life to Subsist on the Certificates forwarded now
Accompanying this petision [petition] is suficient [sufficient] to Show what An
Object of distress your petisioner [petitioner] is he was much more Comfortable
When A captive in the New city hall at New York at an
allowance of half A point [pint] of damaged horse Meal per day and
two Ounces of pork he was young and could bear any harships [hardships]
but now he is old has not wherewithall to make him in
any degree comfortable he has to phisek [physic] so often on the account his
Rupter [Rupture] getting down which deminishes [diminishes] his blood and has not clothing Sufisient [Sufficient] for the Winter Season your
Never been able to get a bottle of wine to renew his God and
Petisioner [Petitioner] prayeth that it may be considered that he
lived without any pension for Upwards of thirty years
and often in the Course of that time ben [been] totally Laid by 
from Labor by Reason of the disablers to receive in that
War and in Consequence thereof has not acquired propperty [property]
for to suport [support] him in old age your petisioner [petitioner] is fully
persuaded that your honners [honors] will not think it 
unreasonable Request that he may have a small sum 
allowed him for amedeate [immediate] Releif [Relief] your Petisioner [Petitioner] is far from
being covittious [covetous] great things he does not want nor desire
for he brought nothing into the World and can carry nothing
& he is full sensable [sensible] that Government has A great many
demands to answer and could Wish that he was 
able live without any maintainence [maintenance] from Government and bestow
all his former services graittest [greatest??] to his beloved Country
from your Honners [Honors] humble Servant
thorntown                                   Johnson Cook
Pery [Perry] County Ohio
December 5th 1822
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Original Claim
United States
Ohio district, ss.
To C W Byrd                     [unk] of the district Court of the United States of America for the Ohio district; by authority of an act of Congress, passed the 25th day of April 1812, entitled "an act to revive and continue in force an act to provide for persons who were disabled by known wounds received in the revolutionary war and for other purposes" do hereby especially authorise and commission Colonel John Beckwith of the County of Pery and district of Ohio to take all evidence pursuant to the rules and regulations of the said act for substaneating the claim of Johnson Cook of Thorn township in the county of Pery and district of Ohio to be placed on the pension list of the United States, by reason of known wounds received in said War, or since as prescribed in fourth section of an act concerning invalid pensioners passed the 25th of April 1808; while in the actual service of the United and in the line of his duty and when the same shall be completed to return the evidence affidavits, certificates and proceedings has hereupon together with this commission to the Secretary for the department of War given under my hand and seal at West Union the 12th day of November in the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty two.
C W Byrd Esq
I do hereby certify that the foregoing is a correct copy of the original . Given under my hand this 14th day of Decr 1822
John Beckwith
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increase of pension
United States
Ohio district, ss.
to doctor Daniel Griggs of the county of Pery and doctor Daniel Kemper of the said county of Pery in said district, pursuant to an act of Congress of the United States, passed the 25th of April, 1812, entitled "an act to revive and continue in force an act to provide for persons who were disabled by known wounds received in the Revolutionary War, and for other purposes" you are hereby appointed and authorised to examine Johnson Cook who is inscribed on the pension list of the United States and is claimment for an increase of pension conformably to 5th section of the act of the 10th April, 1806, revivied; as aforesaid; and you are to report, in writing, and on oath or affirmation, your opinion of the nature of his disability and in what degree it prevents him from obtaining a subsistance by mannuel labor and in your proceedings in the [unk] you are to be regulated and governed by said act, given under my hand and seal oat West Union this 12th day of November in the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty two.
C W Byrd
district judge of the United States in and for the district of Ohio
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1006

Respectfully returned to
Hon: Joseph Vance,
No: Rept Decr. 28th 1822


Johnson Cook
aplicant for
increase of
pension
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the Honbl J C Calhoun Secretary at War
Sir the dockements now transmitted is as far authenticated as the nature of my case requires consistant with the act of Congress respecting those allready placed on the pension list of the United States as stated Dec 5th Mr Edwards wrote me a line which came with my papers dated pension office 24th September 1822 and stated to me that I must swear to the time and place that I was wounded this seems very unreasonable as the deposition of Nathan Abott and other so the time and place of my receiving the wounds is either in that Office or on the files of Congress should I comply with my broken memory and not agree as to the year and months as stated by the testeminey already produced wheir should I appear god forbid that I should so it at random. I hope you will consider me worthy of a full pension from your Humble servt 14th of December 1822.
Johnson Cook
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[illegible]
[illegible]
Mr. Johnson Cook.
Rushvill [Rushville] Fairfield County
Ohio
[the following is written along the left edge of the page from top to bottom]
[illegible] Return these to me
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Washington Jany 3rd 1823.
Mr. Johnson Cook
Sir enclosed you have the letter of [illegible]
Edwards When the Information sent
for to Ohio is received I will
let you know the result. I am with
respect yours
Jos Vance
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War Department
Pension Office
December 28th 1822
Sir,
The copies of papers relative to the application of Johnson Cook for an increase of pension, forwarded by you to this Office, a few days since, are herewith returned. The originals were received on the 21st inst. and returned for authentication &c, to John Beckwith Esq at Somerset, O. in the 26th, when these shall have been again received a decision will be made upon the claim. The informal certificates of Michael Cassidy, late a cornet of the spy corps in which Charles Ewing an applicant for pension, is said to have served in 1794 and of Dr. Aquila Toland, are not sufficient to enable the Department to determine whether said Ewing is, or is not, entitled to a pension- they are herewith returned, with the rule and regulations by which this applicant must be government in obtaining the testimony.
I am, respectfully, your obedt servt
J. L. Edwards


Hon: J: Vance,
House of Reps
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Dear Sir if them papers should be
Returned through impropper [improper] Returns
it is best to follow the directions of Mr
Edwards the 5th section Requires that
the docters [doctors] incloses [encloses] their Certificate and
[illegible] the Same to the Secretary of War
but when this is done Recolleckt [recollect] that
it is the duty of the Commissioner to
inclose [enclose] their proceedings with the other
papers and then to Write A short note
to the Secretary of the proceedings had
their on and direckt [direct] the hole [whole] in one 
inclosed [enclosed] to the Honbl J C Calhoun Secretary of 
War.
[illegible] by all means pay A particular
Regard to the direcktions [directions] of your
Comision [Commission] as the Law will Suffer them
24th Jany 1823
Coln John Becwith                     Johnson Cook
[illegible]
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War Department
Pension Office
Decr. 26th 1822
Sir,
The papers of Johnson Cook an applicant for increase of pension, were received under blank cover a few days since, and, not knowing by whom they were forwarded, they are herewith transmitted to you supposing it probable that you may know, in order that the signature and official character of the commissioner before whom the Physicians made affidavits may be certified to by the clerk of the court under his seal of office, and forwarded with Cook's certificate of pension to the Department. The 5th section of the act of April, 1806, requires that the report of the Surgeons "shall be transmitted by said Physicians, or surgeons, to the Secretary for the Department of War."
I am, respectfully, your obedt servt
J. L. Edwards

John Beckwith, Esq
Somerset
Ohio
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increase of pension
United States
Ohio district, ss.
to doctor Daniel Griggs of the county of Perry and doctor Daniel Kemper of the said county of Perry in said district, pursuant to an act of Congress of the United States, passed the 25th of April, 1812, entitled "an act to revive and continue in force an act to provide for persons who were disabled by known wounds received in the Revolutionary War, and for other purposes," you are hereby appointed and authorised to examine Johnson Cook who is inscribed on the pension list of the United States and is claiment for an increase of pension & formably to the 5th section of the act of the 10th April, 1806, revivied as aforesaid; and you are to report, his disability and in what degree it prevents him from obtaining a subsistence by manual labor; and in your proceedings in the premises you are to be regulated and governed by said act; given under my hand and seal, at West Union this 12th day of November in the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty two.
C W Byrd
District Judge of the United States
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Original Claim
United States
Ohio district, ss.
T- C W Byrd Judge of the district Court of the United States of America for the Ohio district; by authority of an act of Congress, passed the 25th day of April, 1812, entitled "an act to revive and continue in force an act to provide for persons who were disabled by known wounds received in the Revolutionary War, and for other purpose," do hereby especially authorise and commission Colonel John Beckwith of the county of Perry and district of Ohio to take all evidence pursuant to the rules and regulations of the said act, for substantiating the claim of Johnson Cook Thorn township in the county of Pery and district of Ohio to be placed in the pension list of the United States, by reason of known wounds received in said war, or since (as prescribed in fourth section of "an act concerning invalid pensioner," passed the 25th of April 1808) while in the actual service of the United States and in the Line of his duty and when the same shall be completed, to return the evidence, affidavits certificates and proceedings had hereupon, together with this commission to the Secretary for the department of war, given under my hand and seal at West Union the 12th day of November in the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty two.
C W Byrd
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[the following text overlies writing]
To the Honbl James Monroe
President of the United States
at
City Washington 
Rushvillle.0.10th Jany
[illegible] Edwards [written vertically along left edge of page from bottom to top]
[illegible writing vertically along right edge of page from top to bottom]
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read through I intreat [entreat] your Honor
to the Honbl James Monroe President of the United States
Sir believing that your honor is one of the best of 
friends to the old Revolutionary Soldiers I herein transmit
to your Honor the following statement founded on
Solemn truths finding utterly a fault in act intitled [entitled] an
act to provide for persons who were disabled by known
wounds received in the Revolutionary War passed the tenth
of April 1806 revived and continued in force from time to
time Ever since that date and not providing for those Who
Were Equally intitled [entitled] by Law of Reason of the [illegible] and
Support of government by reason of their disablements which
They Received in that War when engaged With our Common
Ennemy [Enemy] and far worse disabled than to have lost a leg or arm
Sir I give your Honor the following statement in truth
I served the United States faithfully upwards of six years
in the standing troops I suffered Captivity I received a wound
in buck shot of my hand I received A wound which broke
my skull in I was Rupterd [Ruptured] Likewise in that War and
the proof is on the files of Congress that I was Rupterd [Ruptured]
When Storming Stony Point Fort yet no allowence [allowance]
is made for me on that account the Commisiond [Commissioned]
docters [doctors] Report is at the pension office and A
Transcript of the Same on the files of Congress stating
me to be totally disabled. I am really so. the Rupter [Rupture] has [illegible] Round my boddy [body] I have Lain with my hips raised on
a Large piller [pillow] a Long Time I am obliged to take physick [physic] often
or not Live I am under very poor sercumstances [circumstances] I owe for the
bread we made use of the Last Summer and have not
Sufficient for the pursuant Winter I have A petition at Congress
praying for relief and increase of pension which stands at
four dollars per month and this is all promised before obtained
I pray Sir that your Honner [Honor] may Recommend to the
Honbl  Congress to pass an additional act for to provide
for those that were disabled when in an ingagement [engagement]
with our Common Ennemy [Enemy] in that war I have nothing
To depend upon but my Suport [Support] from Government
I have thought propper [proper] to forward to your Honner [Honor]
the inclosed  [enclosed] Notes as it is my gudgement [judgement] that the 5th 
Decr does not require those already on the pension List to
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[illegible] to the Time and place that they Received those
Wounds it may be Concidered [Considered] and that justly that
No man that was in that War Six years and in
the Course of that space of time was in a variety
of scurmishes [skirmishes] and ingagements [engagements] and so long A
space of time Relapsing Since that period Cood [Could] sware [swear]
to the year and month that he receivd [received] those
Wounds with any degree of presision [precision] altho [although] the
places or part of the Country that he was in at
the time he was wounded is within his memory
Which is not likely to be Eraced [Erased] in A much Longer
space of time   I write this Communication
on my bed which I am confined to on account of my Rupter [Rupture] Which falls Whenever my 
body is Ereckt [Erect]  I soon shall have to give an
account at the gudgement [judgement] Seat of Christ for all I say
or do this Belief Confines me to keep the truth
and the truth is Such that Government does
actuly [actually] Owe me my pension back from the 27th day
of November 1816 back to the peace of 1783 Which I have
often requested and now if they will give me one
fourth part of that Sum for pressunt [present] Relief I am
intirely [entirely] sattisfied [satisfied]   from your very humble servant
Honbl James Monroe               Johnson Cook
Thorn Town Pery [Perry] County Ohio
this 9th day of Jany 1823
NB 
gen Joseph Vance has my business to do at
Congress
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Hon J C Calhoun
Secretary of War
City of
Washington
Rushvile O 13th July



Mr Edwards
J. C. C.
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To the Hon. Secretary of War
Sir I received your Notice that you had struck me and mr. King from the pension list to be so kind as to forward me A pension Certificate agreeable to an act of Congress to that such as had Relinquished their former pensions has made it a duty of the Secretary of War to forthwith Restore them to their former pensions. Which Pension was four dollars per month commenced on the 24th day of November 1816 and was relinquished the 13th day of October 1818. Sir I am sorry to have it in my power to state that the Sate(?) doings of Congress has totally destroyed and intirely (entirely) left the publick (public) confidence and faith of a soveran (sovereign) of and in dependant country. Sir I will State the particulars of the surcumstances (circumstances) of Mr. King Not Long before the general out of Congress for the Relief of Soldiers of the Revolutionary War he was burnt out he saved nothing but their lives he was justly entitled to the pension he record it and has [illegible] Well with it he bought two acres of land has built him A Log house with the money because he has not gone and saved his pension money out at the [illegible] he is cut off. I will state my own case with my pension money I purchased with leave of twenty five acres of Land. I gave forty dollars for the same Lease expires 1822, ten acres of which was at the rent 20 dollars per year. I purch'd (purchased) two Cows with the pension money this unexspected (unexpected) cut off must shortly place me in very difficult surcumstances (circumstances) my former pension was found alltogether to low considering my disenablements (disablements) that I received in that war not one day fails of bringing misery to my body from the wounds I received in that war.
Hon. Secretary of War. from your humble servant Johnson Cook [signature] 

Rushvill Fairfield County Ohio
10th day of July 1820
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do return this to
me
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War Department
Pension Office
April 14th 1823
Sir,
Your letter of the 18th of January, enclosing a statement relative to the disability of Johnson Cook and also your letter of the 27th ulto. have been received. It is much to be regretted that no relief can be afforded to this applicant as his case appears peculiarly hard. It is stated that the increased disability arises from a rupture and not from the wound which he is said to have received during the Revolutionary War, and Mr. Cook has been informed by the letters from this Office of the 24th of September and 26th of November, last, which were transmitted by him to the President U. S. on the 9th of January and are herewith returned, that no additional allowance could be made to him unless the increased disability arose exclusively from the wound which he received during the Revolution. He can only obtain relief from Congress, there being no law under which it can be extended by the Secretary of War. Mr. Johnson's certificate of pension is herewith returned.
I am, respectfully, your obedt servt
J. L. Edwards

John Beckwith, Esq
Somerset
Ohio
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Before me this day personally appeared Johnson Cook an invalid pensioner of the United States who is inscribed on the pension list of the Ohio agency and an applicant for an increase of pension and made solemn oath that he while in actual service of the United States in the Revolutionary war was taken captive and imprisoned in New York and that he suffered in the exstream (extreme) for want of provisions which gave rise to a complaint of a sciattuca which he has afternately been afflicted with eer since he saith that he overly believes that at the [illegible] account he has been said by from Labor six years since that war he(crossed out) and the said Cook further saith that he was Ruptured in the Right grine (groin). When in actual service in said war and the ruptur (rupture) has increase nearly round his body and that the summoned past he has been sorely afflicted and has had to have his hips raised and his boldly diclined (declined) often in order to Restore the gut when fallen and that for the space of four months past he has sain a night with a pitter that was four pounds under his hips to prevent the rupture falling a nights the said Cook further states that he was wounded around the back of his Right Hand when in actual service of his Country  the proof whereof he saith as to the time and place was forwarded to Gen. Government six years past he saith that his hand and wrist is same which he saith has arisen from that wound and that he cannot do the lightest labor without suffering pain
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therefrom and is sometimes so lame he cannot cut his vittels or undress himself he further saith that he was wounded in the back part of his head which often pains him to a great degree and has to constantly ware a handkerchief tied tight round his head to prevent an extreme headache and if neglected his head will ache to that degree that he cannot hold up his head the proof of this wound he saith is either in the Secretary of War office or n the files of Congress together with the other proof of wounds that he the said cook received in the War of the Revolution and further saith not 
Johnson Cook

Sworn and subscribed before me John Beckwith with duly commissioned for that purpose by the Honorable C W Byrd district Judge of the United States in and for the district of Ohio, this 14th day of December 1822
John Beckwith
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1006
Johnson Cook
appl. for increase

Suspended. see letter to
John Beckwith, Esq. 
Somerset, Ohio Decr. 26th 1822

Rejected see letter to 
John Beckwith, Somerset
O. April 14th 1823
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Sworn and subscribed before me John Beckwith Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said county and duly commissioned by the honorable C W Byrd Esq district Judge of the United States in and for the district of Ohio Specially for the purpose as by the enclosed commission acct morefully appears on the 14 day of December 1822
Given under my hand and seal of said court at Somerset in the county of Perry this 18th day of January 1823
John Beckwith Clerk
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or franking
the signature of JC Calhowne (Calhoun) of the date of 6th of Novem'br is not the penmanship of that honorable Gentleman on that cover or inclsosing (enclsosing) sheat (sheet); Se (See) the present closing sheat (sheet) on the inside Franket as Smith Thompson but is Edwards hand writing of the date of 14th of April 1893 December 1814 I applied for an increase of pension and the house of Representatives voted me ten dollars per month so saith Gen. Beecher Should their be an increase allowed by the interposition of your Honner (Honor) see that  the date commences as far back as any reason can be found on the [unknown] of Congress as I am truly in need I have nothing left but my [unknown] [unknown] and a little truck, a few thread bare clothing and an intirely (entirely) confined I have no hopes to see another Session of Congress Neither have I a desire for it. I want just money sufficient from Government to ballance (balance) my debts and I would freely resign my breast to my dear Redeemer
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Sir when I wrote not long since to your honor I was not certain that my certificate and papers were received in that office but since I have received them their remains no doubt the very letters of Mr Edwards is convincing to my mind that his condukt towards me in my case from 24st to the 14th inst has ben filled up with crimes that cannot be wiped away from his wikedness has caused me to suffer in body and in mind to a great difree the poor man can suffer as well as the great and rich and ought to recover equal damages I shall not diminish my [unk] and I would not suffer what I have in consequence of Edwardses fraudelent condukt for a thousand dollars please to return my papers to Rusville Fairfield County Ohio
Pery County state of Ohio this 28th of May 1823
Hon'al James Monroe President of the U. States
Johnson Cook
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Free

Somerset
2d Mar 
Hon J C Calhoun
Secretary of War 
Washington City
D. C. 


Recd 5 Apl 1823
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Somerset 27th March 1823
The Hon J C Calhoun
Sir the papers of Johnson Cook an applicant for an increase of pension was returned to me in December last requiring my official character and said Johnston's original certificate to be certified and sent enclosed to the pension office, in consequence thereof I enclosed the papers directed to your honor in January last and not having any return from your Office and the anxiety of the said Johnston, I hope will be sufficient a case for my troubling you at this time. If the said Johnston is not to be plased on the pensione list of increased pensioners be so good as to enclose to me his former certificate so as to enable him to draw his present allowance together with what may yet be necessary for the old Gentleman to obtain any increase of pension which I believe he so much needs.
Your obt svt
John Beckwith
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Johnson Cook
Invd for increase

Recd 28 Jan 1823



J C Calhoun Esq
Secretary of War
Washington City
D C
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Somerset 18th January 1823

J C Calhoun Esq
Sir enclosed you will find the evidence affidavit certificate and processing had in the case of Johnson Cook an applicant for an increase of pension to gethe will this commission. I have delayed for the purpose of taking the evidence over again but found it impossible to get the commissioned Physicians together at present
Said Johnson appears to be more ailing at this time then when examined by the Physicians aforesaid. I hope what is here enclosed will suffice but should anything be wanting on the part of the old Gentleman the Physicians or myself that will bar the old Gentleman from his increase of pension name it and it shall be attended to
Yours &c in haste
John Beckwith
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Honorable J. C. Calhoun
Secretary at War
Washington, City


1 March 1823
Ohio
Johnson Cook
Recd 18 Dec 1824
P. Adler
Somerset Ohio
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Somerset, Ohio, Dec 10th 1824
Sir
You will herewith receive the application of Johnson Cook of this County for restoration to the Pension list under the Act, 1st March 1820. I am aware that your Department has been written to in a hasty and unbecoming manner by this applicant, age & bodily infirmity, can be his only excuse, from my own personal knowledge of him he is poor and suffering under the rupture mentioned in his application so as to be unable to leave his home. I have at his request endeavored  to place his papers in form, guided by a form sent him from your department, as I have not the acts of Congress on the subject there may be error. I hope however they may prove sufficient and that the extended bounty of his Country may meet his situation. If his application should be granted his papers may be forwarded to Rushville, Fairfield County, Ohio. I have written to Hon'ble P. Beecher, forwarding his present certificate should it be necessary to surrender the same.
I am resptfly yours
P. Odlin

Hon. J. C. Calhoun
Secretary of War
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State of Ohio Fairfield County this first day of december 1825 before Me one of the Justices of the peace for the county aforesaid personally appeared Johnson Cook a pensioner of the United States he being duly quallyfied acording to Law deposeth and saith that he has lain a nights with his hips on a large piller on acount of the disability of a rupter which he received in actuel service of the United States in the Revolutionary war for the soan of thre years and four months and that if in case he slips off the pillow an uneasyness follows and that he has to underfo a contrary ereckt position to get ease that he may rest and the deponant further saith that his claim for a full pension was well ethenticated in 1822 and that an act of cruelty and injustice was committed by J L Edwards in regeckting his claim as it appeard that Mr Calhoun was not nowing to it at that time as the franking was smith thompson and the deponant further saith he has heard members of Congress say that it was that Little Edwards which cut off so maney Revolutioners unjustly and not Mr Calhoun and the deponant further saith that he heard Peter Odlin state to Charles Hood Judge that he ws intermately aquainted with J L Edwards and that his gen charrechter was that he Mr Edwards had been quitley of the greattest acts of cruelty to pensioners and the deponent saith no more.
Johnson Cook

Sworn and subscribed before me this first day of December 1825
Elkanah Walter JP

NB Gen Beecher is knowing to Mr Walters being a Justice of the peace
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Cook Johnson 31 Dec 1825
10 January 1826 recd
Pension for himself

recd Jan 25 1826


Free
to the Honbl
John Quincy Adams
President of the United States
Washington City
Rushville O 3 Jany


From
Johnson Cook
Rushville, Ohio
ansd 26 Jan: 1826
Page 107

To the Honbl John Quincy Adams President of the U states
Sir it is to be regretted that a Revolutioner totally confined with disabillityes which has arisen from wounds received in the War of independence, should have just cause of complaint of being excluded from the benefits of the Enacktments of the Congress for no other cause than Retalliation for sundry abuses received from an Officer acting inder the athority of Genl government he has said that the doctors report of the 15th of december 1822 did not prove the pretention he also denied to Genl Beecher that he has received my schedule deem 1824 which in imposseble to be correckt as my pension certificate was inclosed in a letter direckted to Genl Beecher and at the same time my schedule was inclosed in a letter direckted to the Secretarey of War and both inclosed in a blank sheat  together direckted to Washington City a new coppy was sent to Gen Beecher and he presentted it to Mr Edwards who refused to determine my claim untill he had made and got printed a new regulation sheat and sent to peter Odlin Esq with further requirements and the result was that he commenced my pension from the date of May the fourth last the witness that was required was that   he on theyth day of February 1821 received payment of me the proppertey for a debt due him for ground Rent Mr Edwards states in his information to me that he has restored me which cannot be considered restoring Mr Odlen was at the pension office in the month of AUgust last and saith that he conversed with Mr Edwards on my case and Mr Edwards said that if I had not insulted him he would have given me my pay back to 1820 as he did to my neibor  king who was a short time in the cause of Liberty and has a house and land a healthy man Sir it is imposseble for me take aney step for to get Justice done as long as Mr Edwards has the mannegement of that office and also has withheld for some years a reasonable suport the presant pension would not answer the
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demands in six years as my case us of a singular nature I humbly intreat the president to recommend my case to the Congress with a view of looking back to the time of my [unk] as the contrackt of the Congress was that those who should be disabled in the caus of Liberty should be pensioned to commence at the date of their discharge it is a debt due me I made a greatter sacrefise and I my health; if the president shoudl believe that it would not be beneath his dignity to write me a note it would be thankfully received by your humble servant 
Johnson Cook
Honbl John Quincy Adams
President of the U States

A serjeant in the Revolution
Rushville Fairfield County Ohio
31st day of december 1825
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Rushville 17th of April 1826 
fairfield count
Ohio
Mr Edwards his reply saith that their is no power in that department for an earlyer commencement in my case yet he could find power in the case of Mr King to give him pay back as he tels Mr Odlen that is he had not been insulted by me he would have done by me as he did by Mr King
he states a memfest falsehood
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to Major Charles J Nourse
Chief Clerk of 
the War Office
at
Washington Cit

Pension Office
Octr 29th 1827

Somerset O
18 Octr
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dear Sir
please to present the inclosed letter to the Hon gentleman and be so kind as to see that a Certificate from under his official seal and signature is forwarded to me without delay as my papers has been sent back 3 times by the Ohio agent for defect
Respectfully yours 
Johnson Cook

Near Rushville October 1827
Major Charles Nourse
Chief Clerk of the War office
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to J L Edwards
the Pension Office War depart
Washington City

Thomville C
Septe 29th
Page 113

Sir the greatest Gentlemen, in ihio(Ohio) freely offers theri service, to obtain my Rights; to destroy you, would not, be so gratefying (gratifying), to me, as to have the Hatchet buried, if you should without delay forward instructions to James Reynolds agent to pay me the acreages due to me, and directed him, also to Notefy (Notify) Bellemy Stover Esq.; who is impounded by me, to apear (appear) at the agency, with my vouchers, for the payment; this may in some Measure induce me, to quit my claim on the Government for back pay as tho they are indebted to me A pension from 1818 back to 1783 A complyence from you will be much to your interest and Reputation as beter [unknown] affidavit is such that he inclosed (enclosed) my Certificate in A Letter to Gen. Beecher and my Schedule in A letter [unkown] to the War depointment, that, both were inclosed (enclosed) in a blank sheat (sheet) and sent to the Gen. post office Gen. Beecher received his and Cald (called) on your for a decision on the claim and Gen. Beecher said you claimed the receipt that Odlin Cald (called) on you in August 1825 to know why you did not restore fully as you did Mr. King of Rushville and that you said if I had not insulted you that you would have done much better by me, how will an affidavit appear of this kind that a Sacrifise (sacrifice) of the publick (publick) Will must be made to grattify your will of revenge. Thornville Perry County Ohio
this 25th of Septem. 1828 
Mr. J.L. Edwards

       Respectfully yours,
Johnson Cook (signature)



SB(?). Sir an memonstrance together with Witness will be preparing for the Senett (Senate) session of the Congress, shoould you comply, it will stop all proceeding of this kind.
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Hon'bl
James Barbour
Secretary
of War
Washington City

ans'd Dec 19. 1827

*Sideways text*
Pen. Office 
1 Dec.
Page 115

to the Hon'bl James Barbour Secretary of War
Sir Haveing (having) Received a pension Certificate of the date of the 25th of October 1824 to Commence the 10th day of October 1818. Except Sir, of my Humble and Sinceer (sincere) thanks for the measures taken Whereby A debt of Justice may be paid; yet Sir their is it want of instructions forwarded to the Agent James Reynolds for to Make the payment agreable (agreeable) to the expression of the certificate; I sent my vouchers of the date of the 21st of November Claiming my pension due the from the 4th of March 1820 up to the 4th of May 1825 and was answered by the Agent that he had no instructions for making the payment requested.
My wishes is that the Secretary of War would give me to understand whether their (there) is to be any resolution on the account of what I have received or Not, as this certificate is as finding as possibly, as one could be, for the hole  (whole) space of time and could be recovered; as it reads duplicate their (there) must be an objection as their (there) has not ben (been) two issued of the same date; whether I am Right in this I will leave with your Honner (Honor) to decide, an answer to this is Requested 
Hon'bl
James Barbour Secretary of War 
Thornville 3rd of Dec'br 1827
Perry County Ohio

from your Honners (Honors) Most Obedient servant
Johnson Cook
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Major Thornville O
Dec 10th                       Free
Charles J. Nourse Chief Clerk
of the 
War office
Washington City


recd 18 Dec 1827
Page 117

State of Ohio Pery (Perry) County this 3rd day of December 1827 
Sir Having received a Pension Certificate designed for which commenced the tenth day of October 1818 Which appears to be A full Restoration which binds the Secretary or War to divest the agent for paying pension to make the payments for every year that I did not draw. I sent my voucher papers of the date of the twenty first of November last to the Agent Mr. James Reynolds for my pension due me from the fourth day of March 1820 up to the fourth day of May 1825. My papers were returned with an answer that he Mr. Reynolds had no instructions to make the payment of my Request. Sir please see that directions are forwarded to the agent without delay and also please do let me know, by Letter from the Secretary of War; that the Measures are taken; whereby I may receive my just due.
If Real Justice has not ben (been) intended or rather ben (been) done in my case for want of A fair investigation of my papers that is the schedule Sir do me the Justice to say the papers before the Secretary of War in person and I am certain he will not hesitate A moment. I could make apollogy for my directing my letters to you, yet I forbare on  just Motives your name is very presious (precious) to me and I can place the Utmost Confidences in your influence with the Hon. Secretary of War and of the humain feelings that you are [unknown] I am Sir with due respect your Most obedient servant 
Johnson Cook (signature) 

Mail Charles Nourse
Chief Clerk in the War department

NB please to direct your letter of answer to this to Thornville
Perry County Ohio
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Sir Please to deliver the inclosed Letter to 
the Hon'bl Secretary of War and wait on him for an answer
                                      Johnson Cook (signature)

Mag't C. J. Nourse
Thornville, Perry County Ohio
this 2nd day of December 1827
Page 119

to the Hon'ble                          Free
Peter B Porter
Washington City
private


Pension Office 
11 March 1829

Thornville O
March 2d
Page 120

Thornville Gary County Ohio 25 of February 1829
Sir it is with please I have read your letter of the date of december 1828 directed to James L Edwards, the subscriber of which is truly meritorious, had the former Secretaryes of war ben actuated by the same humane principles as your self, Mr Edwards would not have ben sufferd to treat the fathers of the American Empire with such grose acts of cruelty as he has, bumbers he has landed in eternity by cutting them of from the pension list, at the same time retarned on thise less deserving, both from worth and want, combined together, Sir I deem it an absolute duty to make you acquainted with his base treatment to me he stated to me that I was stricken from the pension list from the amount of my propperty the schedule will bear evidence of the injustice of this act I was restored to my invalid pension, and applyed for an increase of pension in 1822 I received a regulation sheat and a blank commision for a commisioner and two doctors were commisioned by the Hon'ble Judge Bird to exammine and report which was done fully complying with the regulations then required by said sheat sent me they were sent and returned to me by Mr Edwards requiring me to swear to the time and place I received my wounds so sattisfactory evidence had ben produced to the Congress or they would not have pensioned me I considered this last requirement an absolute insult poor as I am I can be insul'ed as well as Mr Edwards the Commissioner went representative to the Ohio assembly one of the docters moved to Connecticut I was at the exspence of getting others commissioned and they came to an exammination on the 15th of december 1822 and their report Mr Edwards received, the 21st he dated the return on the 26th which was received by the commissioner Col Beckwith with a requirement for my pension certificate and that the commissioner must get the clerck of the Court of Pery County to certify of his official character notwithstanding his commission accompanyed the papers that were sent Mr Edward obtained my certificate and what was required of the commissioner these held in that office without deciding on the claim from January 1823 untill the 19th of April altho the commissioner repeattedly wrote to Mr Edwards to have him send me my pension certificate and stated to him that I had nothing to depend on but my pension to subsiston his heart was harder than a stone he rejected the claim, and he I fear will land his soul in Hell for that very sin which he committed in so doing, I nextly applyed to be restored to the Revolution pension list and receved a regulation sheat to be govered by in my processings my propperty was vallued at 15 dols
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and my schedule was inclosed in a letter direckted to the secretary of war by Peter Odlen Esquire of summerset this my pension certificate at four dollars per month, was inclosed in a letter and direckted to Genl Beecher at the same time and they were both inclosed in one blank sheat and direckted to washington city Gen Beecher cald on Mr Edward for a desison on the claim and Mr Edwards denyed the receipt of the schedule on other coppy was forwarded to Genl Beecher and he presented it with his own hands yet he would not decide untill he Mr Edwards got a new regulation sheat printed this Mr Edwards sent me which was complyed with and Mr Edwards placed me on the pension list to commence the 4th of May 1825 Mr Odler called on Mr Edwards in august and inquierd of Mr Edwards why he did not give me my pay back why says Mr Edwards cook has insulted me or I should have done as well by him as I did by his neighbor king how bare faced Mr King served nine months onely never, came to action with the British his property is a house and two acres of land tallied at 60 dollars worth 300 mine a bible, him book, and an introduction to Christannity and one kettle called by the court at 15 dollars their not worth that a pension certificate was issued by Mr Barbour stateing as follows
War department Revolutionary claim duplicate 
I certify that in conformity with the Laws of the United States of the 18th of March Johnson Cook late a derjeant in the army of the Revolution is inscribed on the pension list Roll of the Ohio agency at the rate of eight dollars per month to commence the tenth day of October one thousand eight hundred and eighteen given at the War Office of the United States this twenty day of October one thousand eight hundred and twenty seven payable every year on the back side written by Mr Glynn Clerk
James Barbour
Secretary of War
this certificate was considered by the best judges of Law to be a full restoration and due on it 248 dollars I made out my vouchers and sent them to the agent for payment Mr Edwards wrote to Mr Reynolds not to pay the arearige it is a sham eot the United States to publockly imploy such a man as Mr Edwards to deal out portions as he sees fit to men he is not worthy to wipe their shores the constetution is wantonly violated he has had the office 12 years if no more their is now Revolutioners that has yet retained their
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their mental powers such are the men who ought to have the care of the pension office and if not sure by your Honner can find one that posses the same human feellings of your self to be you assistant in lieue of Mr Edward I hope Sir that you may upon receipt of this send directions to Jame Reynolds of Conunattar agent to pay me the arrearridge from your humble servant
John Cook
Hon'ble
J B Porter
Secretary of War 
please to send me my
discharge Mr Edwards has no right to hold
it is my propperty



I served six years four months and 17 days I vollenteered 32 times in concequence I was captured suffered one winters impriseonment in new york and received 9 wounds
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to the
Hon'ble
John H Easton
Secretary of War
Washington City
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to the Hon'ble John H Eaton Secretary of War
Sir Mr Ervin states, to me, in a letter, that He has recently conversed with you, on the subject of my pension, and saith, that you, do not think, that you have power, to exstend, the payment, of my certificate, back to the period to which it speelyes Sir does not the Laws of the United States binf the presant Secretary of War to direckt the agents for paying pensions to make the prompt payments on all certificates issued by former Secretarys of War ageable to the stipulations set forth in the crtificates so issued, when Mr Barbour, issued my certificate he must have had a fair investigation of my sufferings from the services in the cause of Liberty and also of the wrongs in my case, or He would not have commenced my pension so early, Mr Glynn who recorded the same, on the files of my certificate payable in every year, He must have inderstood himself also, how had Mr barbour, the power, under, the act of 1823 to give Mr King of Rushville his pension back to March the 4th 1820 his propperty was prised at 60 dollars and mine at 15 dollars he served nine months I served during the War he sistained no injury I am coverd with wounds and I have not lain one night without a large pillow under my hips that my boddy may be declineing for the space of six years or more I have my head bound tight on acount of an awful wound received in the cause of independance
turn over
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their is not so great a sufferer in the United States no not one who served in that War Mr barbour sufferd no inconvenence for giving Mr king his pension back to 1820 and Mr Eids saith that if I had not insulted him he would have done as well by me as he dd by Mr Neibor king, how could he, have found power, so to do, I had hope, in getting a Republicin Government once more, to have obtained my right and still hope, Mr Eaton, that you may cause the arears due on my certificate to be paid the vouchers I sent you for the payment in November last was inclosed in a letter direckted to yourself and stated private in order to prevent being opened by any member of the War department and inclosed in a letter doreckted to asbury Dikens Esq Chief Clerk and desired him to diliver the letter with his own hands to the Secretary of war, it seems that the papers were interupted, I have full reason to look for an amedeate notice from the Hon'ble Secretary of War that dorections are sent to the agent at Cincinatti to pay the arears due on my claim, in so doing you will run no hassard, but an act of humanity and justice cals loudly for you to perform Sir I am respecktfully your Honners most Obedient servant
Johnson Cook
Hon'bl J H Easton Secretary of War
thornville Pery county Ohio 1st of March 1830
NB
Sir out of pure motives I wish you to point out some way that I can safely get a Letter to you and not be intercepted out of pure regard to you I really wish to give you a full statement that the curses and reproches may be taken of from the man of Honner that is in now is in the fault
Mr Ervin has a letter of mine sworn to which would be of great use could you obtain it
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I sent my voucher to Cincinatta they were returned and the agent states to me, that instructions were sent them not to pay the claim, and advised me to sent to Mr Barbour that he should direckt the payment to be made which I did and the letter was intercepted, and a reply from M Eds frantent by Mr Mc Lean
War Department
Pension Office
John Mc Lean
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State of Ohio
Fairfield County
27 of August 1823} ss. be it known that before me, John Peebels Justice of the peace in and for the county aforesaid personally appeared Johnson Cook a revolutioner and made oath in due form of law, that he is the certificate in his possession subscribed Johnson Cook of which I certify the following is a true copy.
John Peebels 
War department Revolutionary claim, duplicate I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States, of the 18th of March, 1818, Johnson Cook late a sergeant in the army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the pension list, Roll of the Ohio agency, at the rate of eight dollars per month, to commence on the tenth day of October one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, given at the War office of the United States, this twenty fifth day of October one thousand eight hundred and twenty seven.
James Barbour Secretary of War
Examined and countersigned J L Edwards that he is entitled to a pension of eight dollars per month on account of services rendered to the United States during the Revolutionary War, that he served sergeant in the company of Captain Hart in the first Connecticut regiment; that he now resides in Thorn township and has resided there for the space of seven years past; and that previous thereto he resided in Richland sworn and subscribed this 27th day of August 1829
Johnson Cook
before me John Peebels JP
State of Ohio
Fairfield Count
August 27, 1829} conformably to the regulations of the war department, of the 19th of June 1824 I, John Peebels a magestrate in the county above named do herby certify that I have the most sattisfactory evidence to wit, from personal acquaintence haveing heretofore adminnersted to him the oath of indentity for three semu payments that Johnson Cook who has this day appeared before me to take the oath of indentity is the identical person named in the pension certificate which he has exhibited before me numbered 6521 and bearing date at the ear office the 25th day of October 1827 that the said certificate was origenally issued for him; that he now holds the same in his possession, and claims all the benefits arising therefrom, given under my hand at Rushville on the day and year above written.
John Peebels JP
state of ohio
fairfield county
27 of August 1829} be it known that before me one of the Justices of the peace for said county personally appeared Johnson Cook a revolution pensioner and made oath that acording to the exspress letter of his pension certificate that their is a due to him of arrearrages two hundred and forty eight dollars from the 4th of march 1818 up to the 4 of May 1825
John Peebels JP
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I Hugh Boyce Clerk of the Court of Common Please for fairfield county certify that John Peebeels is a magestrate as above, and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his, is genuine, in testemony whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal of office and subscribed my name, this 31st day of august in the year 1829
Hugh Boyle Clerk of the court of common pleas for Fairfield county


No 1
September 4th 1829
Received of
two hundred and forty eight dollars it being for arrears of pension due to me a revolutionary pensioner from the 4th of March 1820 up to the 4th of July 1825 for which I have signed
duplycate receipts
dolls. 248
Johnson Cook
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Mr Johnson Cook
New Salem
Fairfield County
Ohio
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Lancaster 25 May 1833
Dear SIr
The law of the last [unk], enables you to take the benefit of the act of 1832, without giving up your invalid pension- you are entitled to both.
Very respectfully yr &c
Wm W Irvin
pension office may the 12th 1851
I have jest received a letter from J L Edwards in reply to a letter of mine to president Harrison and a letter to thomas Ewing secretary of treasury and one letter to the secretary of war; Mr Edwards in his reply to my complaints intemates that I had no cause to complain that I had ben paid in strickt comformity with the Laws this is altogether false as he hav said, that if I had not insulted him he would have dome much better by me this can be proved, by Mr Odlin who called on him to know why he did not do better by me, Mr Edwared sais that the agency cannot be removed from Coninatte to Lancarster (cannot) how did they remove the agency hertofore but this was done in ordear that placing the agency in the exstreem corner of the State, the pensioners would hae to put up with spurious B Bills
signed Johnson Cook
the publick officeers appears to have ben deceived by Mr Edwards
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War department, duplicate Revolutionary claim, I certify that,in conformity with the law of the United States, of the 18th of March 1818, Johnson Cook Late a Sergeant in the army of the Revolution, is is inscribed, on the pension list, Roll of the Ohio agency, at the Rate of Eight dollars per month, to commence on the tenth day of October one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, given at the war Office of the United States, this twenty fifth day of October one thousand eight hundred and twenty seven. James Barbour Secretary of War
Recorded by AG Glynn Clerk, in Book C, Vol 10 page 36 payable in every year- this coppy is to make it appear that their is due 248 dollars
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but what to get ease I have to raise my boddy wrong end upwards every day

the inclosed is truly a full restoration certificate and was ment so by Mr Barbour
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3 ,ass
C115
March 13, 1841
Pension Office


repy pension

Johnson Cook
Ohio Inv [unk]


to the Hon'ble
thomas Ewin a
Secretary of treasuary
at 
Washinton City
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New salem fairfield Count Ohio March the 4th 1841
Dear Sir I heartely congratelate you on your being premoted to fill so all important an office, as you are called to fill, I have often stated to my Vanburin neibors that you had rendered important servises in your official acts and that you would surely be premoted, and thanks be to God; my statement, and wishes, are joyfullyt reallised; and also I thank God that he has given Us, a wide and good President, I have ben well acquainted with his General charracter 46 years, may god bless him and give him strength to preform his duty better than aney president heretofore, ecpress, Sir as the the pensioners in this state will wait untill the agency is removed from Cincinatti I fondly hope that you will be the means oa haveing the agency at Lancarster I am senseble that the agent is appointed by the War department yet you can be the means of this desireable move it is a sollomn fackt that I never have received one dollar in space from the agency at Cicinatti, and the September last pension money is in bills that will not pass, by my takeing caster oil as i do every weak on account of my rupter I caould walk my horse, to Lancarster and back in a day I wrote the inclosed letter in order that the president could have fair investacation of the wrongs committed by the War department the president has power over the pension, and I rest assured that He will caise that the arrears due to me be paid me ameadeatly in such money as would do me I have a request that you will send me the inorgoril of the fourth of our good president and direckt to New salem fairfield county Ohio my place of abode is on the sime and of course for covenionce I parefer doing my official doings in fairfield county your most obedient servant
Johnson Cook
the Hon'ble
thomsd Ewin
Secretary of the treasury
of the United States

do be so kind as to lay by every consideation and read the inclosed to the good president
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New salem fairfield county Ohio March 4th 18??
dear sir what I herewith communicate to you, is founded upon sollemn truths, on the 30th day of January 1777 I inlisted for during the War, of the revolution I served faithfully untill the peace of 83 no man in that war could have received a severer wound and twe, than what I received, I can in truth say that I had not the least knowledge of the wound untill the 14th day after it was received, other wounds I also receved in that war, the proof of which may be found in the files of Congress, and my discharge in the pension office, which has ben for the space 25 years altho often demanded, as my propperty dearly earnt, which Mr Edwards has refused to let me have, in the year 1817 by an act of Congress I was placed on the pension list of involids at the rate of 4 dollars per month to commence the 27th November 1816 in 1818 good president Monroe found that the revolutioners must be provided for, I relinquished my involid pension and was placed on the involid pension list at four dollars per month In 1822 U applyed for an increase of pension and was degeated by my advesary shamefully as it may appear he after he Mr Edwards had received the docters report sent for my pension certificate and kept it in his custedy untill april and then returned to Cornel Beech with stateing in his letter that it is to be regretted that no relief can be had at this office as his case is truly hard for his disability has arisen from a rupter and not from the wound, it is said he received, brutal cruel and unjust, in Mr Edwards to act in so unfeeling a maner to a meretorious soldier of the revolution that is a comon saying in Lancarster and Sumerset was literly cut to peaces a fighting for Liberty; in 1823 the Congress pased, an act that thos revolutioners who had ben stricken from the pension List in the year 1820 should be restored back in case that that their property was not sufficient for their maintainence, and that their ecidence must be closed in 1824 in order that they would obtain the arears of pension back to 1818 if not no arears could be obtained; on the 15th day of June 1824 Judge Hood and Mr Odlin of Summerset came to my House in order to take or make out my
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schedule of my propperty I was asked by Mr Odler what had become of each item of my propperty which was in my schedule that I produced at the court of Lanceaster in 1820 that for which from the amount of my property I was stricken from the pension List Mr Odlin had ben latelu a resident at Wasington, and was well acquainted with Mr Edwards and generall correckter, was asked by gudge Hood what woas the generall charreckter of Mr Edwards at washington City, Mr Odlen answer was high and lofty mineded and was guilt of the freatest acts of cueltey to the Recolutionary pensioners, my shedule was fully made out before gudge Hood on the 15th day of June 24 the property was mainly gone for sustenence one item was in the former shedule was money in the hands of the pension agent at Chilecoffe this iten was believed by the Court of Lancarster as not intended by the Congress to be acounted for in the shedule, but as the requirement of the War department was aney money due me my concience forbid me to make oath to the shedule without this iten exibited Mr Odlen asked me what I did with the sau 50 dollars I paid it to thomas davis for ground rent this shedule was sworn to and presented to the Court at Summerset and forwarded to the War department in the year 1824 the evidence fully closed in May 1825 25 Mr Edwards wrote to Mr Odlen to get the evidenc of Mr thomas davise what the 50 dollars was paid him for it was done and sent on; this last requirement was wiked and unjust in 1827 I sent a letter to James Barbour Secretary of war and He sent a full restoration certificate to commence in 1818 payable in every year at 8 dollars per month Mr Edwards sent instrucktions to the paying agent at Cincinatti not to pay the arears due me agreable to my certificate I impowered Belly Storer to get my arears he wrote to me that Edwards had shamefuly wronged me- I dreamed 13 years since that we had a good president of the United States that in his first official acts ordered Edwards to come to my house and pay me in space 8 dollars per month from 1818 to the 5th day of May 1825 and the inrest of the same I saw in my dream two men come into my house for the intent the food president did this to humble the monster for his acts of cruel to me
Johnson Cook
Late a Sergent in the Revoluton
Genl Wiliam H H Harrison
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I do wish the President would cause the agency to be removed from Cincinatti to Lancaster the [unk] Mr garrity a good whig and an honest man and a true friend to your self, the agent should be near to the center of the State to accomodate the old men of the Revolution I will state an other case of exstreem cruelty within my own observation, a mr Barns, near summerset who was wounded in Battle of the rapids under Genl Wane one leg was was broke I think with two balls at the same instant I have seen him walk, I had more pitty for him than aney person I ever saw walk it will be onderved that once in two years the involids had to have the report how the diability was at the time the report by a blunder of the docters was not to so great a digre the original Mr Edwards direckted the agent Coln Craten of Chilieoffestotor his payment for two draughfort this was considered by the people of summerset to be an act of exstreem cruelty.

I have a son 32 years of age- has ben totally deaf 25 years yet reads and rites well he found that our Country was in danger of loosing our Liberty unless we could outdo the vans and git a change of government, and Sir your carreckter stood the highest in his istemation for President, he went to the pols and was regeckted on acount that he did not work the roads I threatned the Gudges all sanites that I would return them to Court unless they received his vote his being regeckted set so hard on him that he went crasy was taken to summerset and confind and chained on account of yourself being eleckted the lights and shouts if the people was so great He hallewed and sereamd to such a digre and said the day of gudgment was come the sherif went in took a slate and penceled that the people was regouring on account of your being eleckted President this intirely [unk] him down, all was right said he thank god he is now fast agitte his reason I believe by the fourth of March he will be totally wet
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I had forgot to mention that gen Beecher cald on Mr Edward to know why he kept me on so low a pension, and Mr Odlin cald on Mr Edwards on the same account why says Mr Edwards Cook has insulted me or I should have done much better by him; I supose that he was sworn into office I beleive he has violated his oath a spiret of revenge is his ruleing passion I said to him that he was fit for a companion with devil.


to his
Excelency
Wm H Harison
Presedent of the United
States at Washington
City
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Pension Office
March 15th 1841
Sir,
Your letters to the President of the United States and the Secretary of the Treasury, have been duly considered. In numerous letters from this Office you have been informed that your pension has been paid in strict conformity with the laws. This Department has no power to grant any further allowance to you.
The Agency for paying pensioners cannot be removed from Cincinnati to Lancaster.
I have written to the Agent at Cincinnati, informing him that you have complained that your pension has been paid wholly in Bank Notes. I will see that you are paid in specie or its equivalent.
I am, respectfully, your obt servt
J L Edwards

Mr Johnson Cook,
Fairfield,
Ohio
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the Hon'bl
John Bell
Secretary of War
at Washington City



[unk] John O
May the 3
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New Salem, Ohio
May 1, 1841
        7
Johnson Cook
In relation to his pension
complains of the Commr. Pension
& wishes the agency in Ohio removed
to Lancaster
C. 261
Pension Office
Johnson Cook
Ohio [unk] 1818
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New Salem fairfield County state of Ohio May the first 1841
dear Sir, I am, a revolutionary Pensioner, of the United States, and an justly intiteled to a Liberal suport from the General Government I have ben shamefully wronged by J L Edwards who has said that I had insulted him or he should have done much better by me I wrote to a whig James Barbour Secretary of War, in the year 1827 Mr Barbour ameadetly isued a pension certificate at 8 dollars per month restering me back to the tenth day of october 18 hundred and 18 & Mr barbour was premoted from that Office to the Court of Saint James as Minerster, Mr Edwards took the advantage of this step in order to nurish his spirit of revenge, sent to the agent at Cincinatti instructions not to pay my claim altho my certificate saith payable in every year, Sir I one more call on the Honerable Secretary of War to do Justice to one of the most deserving of revolutioners my discharge from Washinton is in the pension office, testemoney is within of faithfull servise for during that war, it is 12 years sine the agency has ben taken from a whig near the center of the state and given to a tory in the exstreem part of the state and not a dollar in space have I ben able to get from that agent altho demanded by my attorney, I have say that yout Honerabell knows the state of our baks our currency uncertain, that such old men of eighty and upwards cannot shift off a depreciated currence to any advantage do be so good as to order the funds, and payrole, removed to Lancarster and be intrsuted in the care of Mr gavrity caheire of Lanherster Bank he is a good whif and will do justice to the revolutioners, and their are considerable portion of that class in this vicinitym Mr Ewings can give you full information I have not made applycation for my March payment on account of the exspecktation of the agency being removed and shall not untill I get answer from the Hon'bl Secretary of War, as their is two Johnson Cook by name please to direck a letter to Johnson Cook Esq as I once was was n that to thatmark of distintion, with his repeck I am Sir your Honners most obedient servant.
Johnson Cook
the Hon'bl
John Bell 
Secretary of War
at Washington City
NB My evidence was closed for restoration on 15th of June 1824 agreable to the Law of 1823 and forwarded to the pension office Mr Edwards sent on and for the evidence of thomas davis on 5th of May 1825 that I paid him a sum of money the same I had sworn to in my shedule it will be undstood that closed their evidene in 1824 has all the arers of pension
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[unk] at Fairfield Columbiania County if the person adressed lives in your town hand this over to him as he dose not reside neer my office if not be so good as to send it to Fairfield Huron Co Ohio no doubt its contents is of value impor [unk[ to him I conclude it would be much better to serve it on than to retain it until forwaa as did letter.
Prune Co. Ohio
O. M.
May 12, 1841
Deadbtter
Johnson Cook


J. L. Edwards
Commr of Pensions
Mr. Johnson Cook
Fairfield Ohio


Returned from
North Hansfield
Huron Co Ohio
Missent 2 mo time
No Fairfield
Huron Co O

missent & Forwarded
from F. G. C. O. 
missent & Forwarded
from O Fairfield
Col Co O
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to
His Excellency
John tiler President
of the 
United States

New Salem O
May 21

Johnson Cooke
relating to his pension
P383 May 27/41
Pension Office

Johnson Cook
on M
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New Salem farfield county Ohio may the 23d 1841
to His Exelency, John tiler, President of the United States, Sir I have ben informed, that the Constitution, gives the the president, full power over the pensions, that in case of aney wrongs and abuses being comitted byu the funkshenarys who are authorised to take the forstring care of the pensioners, I have full reason to compain to our good president, of the maney wrongs and abuses, I have had from J L Edwards, this his wrongs to me, has, arisin from the course of my letters I wrote to Him, respekting, his strikeing my name from the revolutionary pension list in the year 1820, at that time I let loose all his unjust treatment to be ascribed from his not posseing a good and benevelent hart towards the men who were the sole cause of independence, in the course of that letter I demanded of him to forward to me my involid pension certificate at four dollars per month, which I had relinguhed in order to obtain the eight on the revolutionary pension list, this he, complyed with in the year 1823 a law was pased to restore those who was indegent I made oath to the scdule on the 15th of June 1824 this was the closeing evidence, it passed the santion of the Courtand was sent and Mr Edwards in order to nurish a spirit of revenge, was in a habbit of wanting more testemoney he let the papers lay untill the fifth of May 1825 and then sent me exension certificate to commence on the 5th day of May 1825 I drew money two years by a coppy in the vouchers, in 1827 hearing of Mr Barbour being Secretary of War I wrote to him a formal complaint Mr barbour made out a full certificate to commene on the tenth day of October 1818 payable in every year Mr Barbour was soon sent to te Court of Saint James, and I sent my applycation for the arears of my pension due me agreable to the express letter of my certaficate but Mr Edwards had took the advantage of the absence of Mr Barbour and sent instrucktion to not pay me my claim, others fot their arears sweet is the spirit of revenge to a wiked man I was discourged applying for my [unk]
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under a deep sence of the misrule of the two last presididents, yet I am fully presuaded that we have a just and good president who will befriend one of the most deserving of the revolutioners I would earnestly recommend that the president would lesson the number of office hollders maney of which are supernumerarys sountering and living I would refer to the consideration of the president my letter to president Harison that letter gives more fully an explanation of the conduckt of Mr Edward towards me with high consideration I am Sir His Excellenceys Most Obidient Servant
Johnson Cook
His Exellenceys
John tiler President
of the United States
PA I well remember a dream I had I think about 13 years past, that I was setting in the very room that I am now a setting in that two men passed a westwindow and in a short space of time they passed my North window they appeard degeckted with down cast eyes they stated that the food Presdent had ordered them them to come to my House and pay me the arears of pension due to me and the interest of the same, as a punishmishment to Him for his wiked deeds, and act of exsteen cruelty towards me
I had no such room at the time I dreamed nor had even thought of building such a room
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PAID
to J L Edwards, War Department
Commissioner of on
Pensions at Washinton City

Mar 11' 47
Mr Evans
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amanda township Fairfield County Ohio
this fourth day March 1827 Sir I have this day had a justice of the peace to write a copy of my pension certificate by one I had drawn two years past he came to a close he coud not sware me to certify that it was a true coppy I had no remains of the certificate that is intelligle but the nomber 6221 which was all Sir I wish you to send me on other pension certificate as soon as you can
yours Respecktly Johnson Cook
J. L. Edwards Commissioner on pensioners
NB Amande is a post town please to direckt your letter with my certificate to Amanda
as I have moved from Pery County to this place about two months since wher is my residence
Johnson Cook

to J L Edwards Esq Comisionar of
pensions
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Pension Office
May 9th 1848
Sir,
Your letter to the President of the United States, dated the 12th ultimo has been referred to this Office and in reply I have to state that it does not appear from our books and files that you have any papers before the [unk] & must in support of your claim to a pension or that any claim, in your name has been presented from Ohio.
If you will state the nature of your claim, the act under which it was asserted, the time it was presented, and the name of the Agent by whom it was transmitted, perhaps a more satisfactory answer can be given.
I am, very respectfully, your obt servt
F. S. Evans
for Comr of Pensions

Mr. Johnson Cook
Lancaster
Fairfield Co
Ohio
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To his Exellencey the Honbl James Monrow P U S
Sir I have inclosed and direckted these papers for the intent that your Honner may have fill testemoney to convickt J L Edwards of abusing the trust reproved in him it must be understood that I appointed Mr Edwards by writing to him a letter of reproof for rash and inconsiderate conduckt in cutting of Revolutionary pensioners when their debts they [unk] amounted to more than their propperty that they possesed this must have ben the cause that of Mr Edwards have sending me that insulting letter of Requirement dated the 24th of September 1822 in answer to which I have him to understand that their are testemoneys in that office or on files of Congress concerning my wounds and that I should be governed in my proceedings by the 5th section of the acts of Congress Mr Edwards sent me a letter in answer that unless I complyed with that of 24th of Sept 1822 that no additional allowence can be made; this I considered as an insult in the highest digree when sattisfaction had been made to Congress whereby they had passed into a Law that I should be plased on the pension list I conceived as I ought that I has an equal Right to the Bennefits of that act as aney morr as my papers havin ben returned from the War department Pension office in April and in September and in december lastly and for the first time decemer 26 Requiring my pension certificate this appears as promising an increase of pension vertain they at the War office could not have suposed that it would be aney adisional proof to or had an investigation of the claim and orderd the pay was back in with no other new than to obtain the old certificate and give me a new one as full as the Laws of Congress would suffer him to do it seems Sir that when these papers asked at the Ohio that your Exellencey must have sent the letter of the 24th of Sep and of the 5th of Novem 1822 to Mr Edwards with it is believed a repremand this must have increased the mallace of Mr Edwards for it is certain he did not fulfil his promise to Gen Joseh Vance as letter dated 28 of decem 1822 in order to obtain what is wanting Mr
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Cahoune must be consilted as my case is as uncommon one he must have a recollection of it the papers must have ben received in the pension office the 23d of Jany an no doubt concealled by Mr Edwards in order to exstend his mallace to the utmost he sirely was aware of his masters will but never let Mr Calhoune know that the papers wer again received in that office had that honnerable Gentleman have had known he wood have orderd my pension certificate forwarded to me so that it wood have ben in my possesion before the [unk] day Sir if Mr Thompson has agread with Mr Edward in deciding my lcaim against me it must be that it has ben a slighty examination of the Gentleman and that he has out two much confidence in the gudhement of Mr Edwards and knowing not of his mallece towards me, Mr Edwards states that the presant disability has arisen from a rupter and not from the wound that it is said he received in the war of the Revolution this is a falsehood and I will maintain it to be suchl as the docters state very pointed concerning the wound in my hand and that alone is sificient to justefy the Secretary of War to increase my pension, if Edwards has destroyed the papers the coppyes are on the files of Congress SIr if you Exellencey lets such a monster remain in that important office it will not be for want of crimes comitted by him to make him crimenel nor for want of a prossceuted in forwarding these letter of his own hand to convickt him I am not alone in complaining of Mr Rdwards conduckt three of the gentlemen of Congress in my hearing stated that Mr Calhoune was not to blame for cutting of so money from the pension list as it was that little Edwards that did ut I personally knew of some that sufferd thereby in exstreem and one of these was restored last session Please to return these papers to me and direckt to Rushville Fairfield County Ohio
from you Hunble servant
Johnson Cook

to Hon'bl
James Monroe P. U. S.
save me or I parish
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Will you Excellencey be pleased to read
this to J L Edwards before some
gentlemen of distinktion and it will
be easy to descover A gilt in him
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Well Mr Edwards how did you feel affected towards me on the 23d day of Jany last on the Receipt my of papers in that office went not my spirit in companey with them when you secritted them from the eyes of your Master well knowing the claim to be just and he was determined on increaseing my pension or he would not have sent for my former certificate you had forgot your prommise made to Genl Vance that when the papers were again received in that office the claim should be determined Oh what trying cervis I went through that day well knowing that I had an advasary in that office at the going down of the sum I kneeled down and poured out a prayer to god from my inmost soul for reeaffihening grace and I prayed for you too that god would have mercey on you and god has mercey on poor me and releived from this awfull pertubation of mind what apreitty mouth you must have made when you wrote to Col Beckwith stating that it was to be regretted that no relief could be given me from that office and snugged the petters that the president had sent you in reproof along side of the old certificate as a hint that they were the whole cause of my being defeatted in my application I truly do not covit your money but as a correction for you wiked and unjust conduckt towards me I demand one thousand dollars damages from you wothout delay hide yourself from an arest if you can un aney part of the United states you cannot defeat the purposses of all the great men in the United states of providing for one who is made miserable by the war that gave birth to the american independance it is well known that I attained to the first three in that war I fought well adn am still fighting for my countrey in bearing them up to a throne of grace duly and all the World of mankind Genl G Beecher will be at congress next session and he will take ou out of that office unless settled before
Johnson Cook
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Sir I wrote to you of the date of 31 of decmr last I stated to you hat Mr Edwards was an enemy to me and would not do n act of Justice as I had insulted him Who would have believed that instead of answer my letter you would have referred it to this Enemy for reply would it not have been justifiable in the president to have the Secretary at War to Examine the doctors report of the date of the 15th of decmbr 1822 and that he should act independent of Mr Edwards and do an act of Justice altho it could not discharge it debt of Justice at so late a date it would in some measure be a mitigation it still is in the power of the president to act the spirit of commiseration I ask nothing in any degree unreasonable had I not been disabled in the cause of independence. I would not made any demands on my country the contracted of the Congress of 76 was such that those disabled should be pensioned from the date of their discharge this contract has been awfully violated I really thought I was a writing to a friend of the Revolutioners you must one day mingle with you mother dust as well as I and must give a strict account of your stewardship I call God to witness that I bear you up to a throne of Grace dayley and also Mr Edwards that God would have mercy on his soul
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Sir to Examine the steps that Mr Edwards
has taken in my case is sufficient to fill the mind
of a good man with honor to send back papers
Well ethenticated with more requirements and to Reject my claim merely for my complaining to Mr Monroe of his unbounded Requirements and
still to pursue his Revenge when application
was made for me to be restored he denied the
Receipt of the schedule when he it is certain
did receive it. it was so evident to Gen Bucher
that he wrote back to Mr Odlin to send another copy and directed to him and would
be the bearer that they could not deny when
all was complyed with Mr Edwards would not
determine the same untill he had made
out a New Regulation sheet with more Requirements it has justly been observed that Government held out false cullers in suffering Mr Edwards to remain in that office so long a time the Constitution if not the respected, it is said that such an one is Secretary at war when in fact
it has been M Edwards and all cases has
been decided by his Nod A gentleman in Connecticut stated in a Letter to me that God will surely Undertake my cause for Vengeance belongs to him alone
yours Johnson Cook
John Quincy Adams President
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Johnson Cook
Payments to be made semi-annually, on the 4th March, and 4th Septr, in each year, by John Hamm, Esq; agent for paying invalid pensioners
Zanesville, Ohio.
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WAR DEPARTMENT

I CERTIFY, That in conformity with the Law of the UNITED STATES, of the third day of March, 1817# Johnson Cook a sergeant in the first Connecticut regimt comd by Colo. Butler, during the revolutionary war is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Ohio Agency, at the rate of four dollars, // cents per month, to commence on the 27th day of Novemr, one thousand eigh hundred and sixteen.

handwritten across the document's left side 
Relinquished in order to obtain [unreadable words] of the Act of the18th March 1818
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Aug 8/49
Johnson Cook
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Pension Office
August 8, 1849

Sir
In reply to your application for a new pension certificate in lieu of one lost or destroyed, I have to inform you that before a duplicate can be issued the enclosed regulations must be strictly complied with 

Mr Johnson Cook
U.S. Pensioner
Lancaster, Fairfield Co.
Ohio
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No 6

round stamp
WASHN CY
NOV
26

W
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to His Exellency                            president
the Hon'bl James Monroe. P.U.S
at 
Washington City 


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Johnson Cook
fwd
for [illegible]

Read 27 June 1823
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                                                     War Department
                                                        Pension Office
Johnson Cook Esq. I with the [illegible] despated 

John Beckwith, Esq.
                                            Somerset 
                                                         Ohio
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No 7
Sir the Enclosed Contain suficient (sufficient) proofs to authorise you to remonstrate in as strong terms as the coppey (copy) sent you NB when you have exammined (examined) the inclosed Returns  them to me as in case of failyer (failure) 
they will be usefull (useful) to me for later opperations (operations)

Cwm. John Beckwith.           Johnson Cook
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July 21/4_
President US..

Johnson Cook.
              Ohio

For Pension

P305, July 27, 148
Pension Office
for duplicate Certificate

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FREE
to James R. Poke (Polk?) President 
         of the United
States Washington City
his excelency


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Smith
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July the 8th 1848 Sir I have Recently Received  
Letter from JL Edwards Commissioner of Pensions he Mr. Edward seems to Loose (lose) site (sight) of the Records of the War Department this cirtificate (certificate) that I have lost a as Issued by James Barbour Secretary of War and War Recorded by of in Clerk of the War Office at Eight Dollars per month to Commence on the tenth day of October 1827 No 6221 pension agent James Hall and formally the name of agent was armstrong this is all that i can remember as to the A. Mast. Johnson Cook Esq. at Lancaster Ohio.

to his Exelency (Excellency) James R. Poke (Polk) President of the United States at Washington City
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State of Ohio}
Perry County} Ss. Personally appeared before me Charles C. Hood Senior associate Judge of the County of Perry aforesaid Thomas Davis Esq. who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that some time or ten years ago he leased to one Benjamin Hale, Twenty seven acres of Land situated in Section 27 Township 17 Range 17 in Fairfield County Ohio, that about eight years ago as near as this deponent can recollect. Johnson Cook of the County of Perry and State of Ohio, a pensioner of the United Stats for Revolutionary Services as this Deponent believes purchased said Lease of Benjamin Hale, as he believes, that this Deponent believes in February 1821. Johnson Cook tenant as aforesaid from whom this deponent had previously received the greater part of the rent for his term as aforesaid, having sued Johnson Cook for the rent, thereof, the said Cook declared that he would not stay on the lease if this deponent would not take it and complained that he had a hard bargain this Deponent did not want him to quit, but it was then agreed that the Lease should be cancelled and said Cook to quit in April 1st Day 1821, as Deponent believes then being this part to clear & the acres to be [illegible] in meadow and released to said Cook part of the claim against him what amount deponent does not recollect since which times he said Deponent has rented said land the 1st year for 27$ Cash 2nd year for 30$ half cash half work and two last years for 30$ each.  And for this deponent saith not.

Thomas Davis (signature)
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The State of Ohio 
Perry County Ss.           Personally appeared before me Charles C. Hood [illegible] of the associate Judges for Said County. the within named Thomas Davis who makes Oath that all the statements contained in the within and foregoing Deposition are Just and True according to the best of his knowledge and belief. 
                            In Testimony when of
                       I hereunto set my hand this 26th 
                                 day of April AD 1825
                          Charles C. Hood (signature)

The State of Ohio}
Perry County Ss  } I John Beckwith Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said county do hereby certify that Charles C. Hood Esquire before whom the foregoing affidavit appears to have been made was at the time one of the Associate Judges within and for said County duly commissioned and qualified.
                In Testimony whereof I have hereunto 
                set my hand and affixed the seal of 
                Said Court at Somerset in Said         
                County this 4th day of May 
                   AD 1825
                       John Beckwith Clerk (signature)
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Somerset 
5 May                                      Free
Hon'bl Secretary of War
Washington City
Dist. of Columbia

Restored Pen. to Com.
4 May 1825


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March 1823,
Ohio
__________
Johnson Cook
__________

P. Odlin 
Somerset, Ohio
_______________
Rec'd 12 May 1825
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                                       Somerset May 5, 1825
Sir
I rec'd a letter from your Department dated 17th Jan'y 1895, in relation to the application of Johnson Cook of this County, to be restored to the Revolutionary Pension List under the act of the 1st March 1823, and requiring him to exhibit the Affidavits of Thomas J. Cook and Thomas Davis in support thereof, the former resides in Indiana and cannot be obtained without much difficulty as I am informed. the latter being in this County I herewith transmit some time since a written form was sent to the applicant and he was required to conform to it has been done, and when sent on, another written in substance and form the same but requ[cutoff] more testimony under the same act is sent, this has also been complied with as far as testimony here with permit, and the applicant submits his case to the Department with the confident hope that the Bounty of his Country, will now be extended to him. 
                         Very Respectfully,
                                 James P. Oldin (Signature)
                                  For Johnson Cook

Hon'bl Secretary at War
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The Deposition of Emas Munsan Esq. taken at the request of Johnson Cook, to be made before the Committee of the Congress of U. States on Revolutionary claim & [illegible] up by me. 
Hew Haven 16th Sept. 1816
                Chs, Denison Just. [illegible]
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This May Certify whom it may concern that I Amas Monson Jr. of New Haven in the State of Connecticut was a Surgeons mate int he Connecticut line of the Continental Army, in the Revolutionary War, between Great Britain and America. That between the years of 1780 and 1783 I was repeatedly called on to Visit Johnson Cook who was a Sergeant in the First Connecticut Regiment in the Continental Army; The said Cook was afflicted with a Rupture in the side which occasionally extended down to the scrotum, and which on any ensued exurtion was attended with inflammation and secondary pain, I further certify that the disability above mentioned was contracted in the service of the United States for during the War between Great Britain & America. and my opinion (during the time I visited him the period above recited) ( I have not seen him since) was, his malady was incurable, and that he was procluded from
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obtaining a living by Manual Labour, I provided such remedies for him as I thought the urgency of his care required, what medicine I gave him, I cannot recollect the period of time, has extinguished the routine of practice from my memory. I recollect urging the necessity of his constantly making use of a Truss and informing him I though his life was in danger without he wore one. What situation the s'd Cook is now, or has been in, since the Peace of 1783, the Deponent Saith not.
             Amas Monson I formerly Surgeons mate
        In 1st Conec't Regiment of the Continental Army.

State of Connecticut, New Have County Ss. Sept. 16, 1816 
 Personally appeared Emas Monson Jr. Esq. to me well known & made oath to the truth of the foregoing Deposition by him subscribed before me.
                        Chs Denison Just. Peace
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                           Marietta, Ohio 8th Novem'r 1814
This may certify that we have examined Johnson Cook, former a Sergeant, in the United States Service during the Revolutionary War, and find that his right hand is disabled from the effects of a Sabre cut which appears to have divided several of the extension tendons. He is also troubled with.a rupture in his right side, which he say was produced at the capture of Stoney Point. it is at times very troublesome, which together with his other disabilities renders him unable to perform hard labor without severe pain.
                            S.P Hildreth. Surgeon of the 1st Reg. of Daves Ohio Militia 
                                  F.B. Rednier
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To the Hon. Committee of Claims
 Gentlemen I will give you a statement found on fackts (facts) in as short , concise and Explicit and as little tiresome to you as the Nature of the Case will admit of In the Early Part of my Life I entered into the Service of the United States of America as a Soldier my discharge if Laid before you will Evidence of my faithfullness for the space of six years and the badge  of Merit obtained by me Enexed (annexed) thereto in the Course of this service. I suffered Cold with in  Captivity and on an allowance of two ounces of pork and half a point of Oat Meal a day for the space of three months in Winter of 79 this pinching with hunger has ocationed (occasioned) me many a days distress by a cyattic seaseing (seizing) me in the breast and stomach. Which has at some time deprived me of speech. I had the misforting (misforture) of being wounded serverall (several) instance and three of which I feel myself inocent (innocent) before God to make sollem (solemn) oath that they are as great disenablements as I shall discribe (describe) I had a Contusion in the back part of my head with a cannon ball which fractured my scull (skull) I had know (no) knowledge of the wound for the space of fourteen days but remained in a state of Convalcence in the space of time this Wound
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I suffer great pain by turns especially a mornings and always in windy weather I received a wound in my right hand which lost three of my fingers in this wound I have alway suffered greatly by frequent cramps and often sprain and swelling follows and having no veins to give warmth I have suffered greatly in cold weather thereby as to the Rupture which doctor Munsons Certificate will bear evidence of disenablement he states that how bad the Rupture is now is more than he can say . I will State the present situation of it this rupture being in my right side cannot reach my right hand any considerable heighth without riping (ripping) the palm afresh and am unable to do but very little work in consequence of this great disablement in April 1783. I obtained a suficient (sufficient) number of sertificates (certificates) at West point garison with these I repaired to Newberry head quarters and presented my self before the board of surgeons then vetting for the purpose of determining Pensions as I entered the door I raised my right hand to take of (off) my had which ocationed (occasioned) my truss to slip up from my breach and let my entrails run down through the breach in this distressing situation I adrest  (addressed) the gentlemen.              turn over
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of the board in the following words which will ever be fresh with. me. Gentlemen of the board I hold in my hand a number of sertificates (certificates) of my disablements And here is my body I wish you to examine and see if my disenablement are sufficient for me to be pentioned (pensioned) for life. The president of the board answered in the following and unjust manner. What such a spritely youth as you think to get a pention (pension) no indeed you need not think of its this unexpected unjust treatment  roused within me the usual fire that a Solger (soldier) is generally posest (possessed) of I answered him in the following words which has and will remain in my Memory as long as I exist. Reply I think it is a pity that the United States cannot find a better man to preside over a board constituted for the purposes of makeing (making) some small amends to those made Miserable by the War and turned from them in a rage they nither (neither) took the certificates into their hands for examination nor even looked at the wounds. Gentlemen if you find this statement correct     
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and the truth of my claim verified by instruments laid before you, you will find due to me from the United States Sixty dollars a year since the fifteenth of June 1783 and the intrest (interest) of the same and sixty dollars anully as Long as I shall live and my certificates and discharge returned to me Adams Township  5th of November 1814 
County of Washington State of Ohio 
                   Johnson Cook (signature)

State of Ohio
Washington County Ss.  Marietta November 9th 1814
Johnson Cook this day appeared and made solemn oath that the foregoing statement is true before me. 
                   Dan'l H. Buell Justice of the Peace




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Statement
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To The Honorable the Committee of Claims
This may Certif [Certify] that I Doct Benjamin Norton
of the Town of Dams [Adams?] and County of Washington
and State of Ohio have examined the Wounds of
Johnson Cook Who Served as A Sergeant in the first
Connecticut Regiment in the United States Service
and Revolutionary War under Col Zebulon
Butler and find he Was Wounded as follows to Wit
he Recd Seven Wounds in actual Service at the
Storm of Stoney point he Recd a Wound which Caus'd
a Rupter [Rupture] in his Side Which is a great Detriment
To Bodily exertion also by a hesson [Hessian?] horsman [horseman] he Was
Wounded in the top of his head in his thigh and hand Which
verry [very] much Disabled the hand So that he cannot use it
much; also in the other thigh he received a Wound
With a Bayonet in his Right ear With a musket ball
also in his Leg with a musket Ball Which Broke the
main Bone of the Leg   he received a Wound in the
Back part of his head which fractured the occiput
or Back part of the Skull Bone Which contusion
is verry [very] injurious to him by Causing that part of
the head to pain him by turns I think gentlemen
that his Situation Calls for your attention misfortune
which is the Lot of us all has placed him in
Indigent Circumstances Which perhaps Would not have
Bin [Been] the Case had he not abin [have been?]wounded
I have also seen his Warrant under Col Butler
and his Recommendation from the Surgen [Surgeon] of the
Regiment I Give it as my Opinion that he ought
to Receive a pension and therefore Recommend
him to your Notice
Dams[Adams?] Oct 28th 1814
Doct Benjn Norton
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to the Hon'bl
James Barbour 
Secretary of War 
at
the City of Washington
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Application for new certificate 
United States State of Ohio
County of Perry

On this 17th day of October 1827; before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for said County of Perry personally appeared Johnson Cook A Revolutionary Pensioner. Who on his oath declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the Company Commanded by Captain Joseph Mansfield in the Regiment Commanded by Colonel Meigs and was the Old Fourth Connecticut Regiment and after different arrangements was placed in Captain Harts Company in the First Connecticut Regiment commanded by Colonel Butler in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the Revolution pension roll of the state of Ohio that he received a Certificate  of that fact, 
Joh Dudddleson signature and seal of the Secretary of War; which certificate, on or about the first day of January 1823 at or Near Thorntown he lost and has never saw it since and at that time  was an invalid pensioner and as it was of no consequence to him he made no account of the loss at the time as he was drawing his pension as an invalid and had a Certificate of that fact. 
                 Johnson Cook (signature)

Sworn and subscribed to 
before me, the day and year aforesaid}
John Duddleson Jus.


State of Ohio
County of Perry   this 17th day of October 1827

Conformably to the Regulations of the war department of the 19th of June 1824. I John Duddleson Magestrate of the county above
named, do hereby certify that I have the most satisfactory evidence viz/ from personal acquaintance that Johnson Cook who has this day appeared before me to take the oath of identity  is the identical person named in the notification of his being restored to the Revolution pension list bearing the date May the 13th 1825 which he has now in his possession and wishes for a new one that he was Compled with the new forms of Treasury Department
given under my hand at thorntown Perry county 
I also do certify  he has resided five years in this township.        
      John Duddleson JP (Justice of Peace)
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The State of Ohio}
Perry County Ss. }

I William P. Dant Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for said County hereby certify that John Duddleson Esq. is a Justice of the Peace as within and that the within signature purporting to be his is genuine. 

In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal of  office and subscribed my name at Somerset in said County this 18th day of October 1827.

W'm  P. Dant M.
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To the Hon'bl
James Barbour Secretary of War
Sir having lost my original certificate as a pensioner on the Revolution List of the Ohio Agency and have lately received a regobation sheat (sheet) of forms for pensioner to be  governed by as the Notification of my being restored to the list does not state the rate of allowance I am to have nor is it numbered, nor is it the original under such existing surcumstance  (circumstance).  I cannot comply with the Requirements of the treasury department without a new certificate from the Secretary of War. Sir please to send me one by the mail and direct it to Johnson Cook Near Rushville Fairfield County Ohio 
October 14th 1827 
              from your honner Hub'l Servant
  Johnson Cook (signature) late Sergant of the Revolution
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*left side*

Four Dollars
allowed commencing 
27
Nov. 1816


*right side*
Petition of
Johnson Cook
________________
Dec. 22, 1815
Ref'd to the Committee 
on Pension & Revolutionary 
Claims.
__________________
Post found it is no
further proof report 
against it.
19 March 1816
___________________
Dec. 18, 1818
Ref'd to Committee on Pension 
& Revolutionary Claims
=================
Gen. Greighton to procure
a certificate of this man 
name being on the Pension 
List it is his [illegible] allow 
[illegible] a half pension
 29th Dec. 
Creighton 12.18 Pension
commencing 27 Nov. 1816

Mr. Creighton
allowed


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Creighton 11.22 [unknown]
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To the Honorable the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America.
The Petition of Johnson Cook of Adams County of Washington and State of Ohio.
Respectfully & herewith.
 That your Petitioner served six years in the Army of the United states in the struggle which emancipated our Country from the thraldom of Britain and was regularly discharged in Seventeen Hundred and Eighty Three; during part of the six years as aforesaid your Petitioner served as a Sergeant in the First Connecticut Regiment commanded by Col. Zebulon Butler and as the termination of the war received the Badge of Merit.
Your Petitioner entered the Service a youth in full health and vigour, he endured those sufferings which were common in that day; and it will not
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be arrogant in your  Petitioner to say that his sufferings were many and peculiar. Hunger, Cold and Fatigue produced Sciatic and Rupture; as the end of the war his Constitution was worn out; his body scared by seven Honorable wounds several of them severe, received in his countries service. Since that period the bodily infirment of your petitioner have not ceased very  presently to deprived him of the power to labour. Your Petitioner is now Fifty Five years of age time has not diminished but accumulated his suffering; pain he must endure, but he confidently hopes that the sting of penny may not be super added to his sufferings and to his years. 
 Your Petitioner in full confidences trusts that although many years have passed since the war your Honorable body will not less regard this petition, his claim on his Country is no less just on that account he would now explain to prefer his claim, but his circumstances imperiously command him to resort to the Justice of his Country. 
 Your Petitioner having full confidence in the wisdom and Justice of Congress Respectfully prays leave to ask
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the half pay of a Sergeant from the fifteenth of April Seventeen Hundred and Eighty Three and further half pay during the Command of his days may be granted to him; or such other relief in the premises as Congress in their Wisdom  and Justice may consider for 
And as in duty bound he will pray dated at Adams in the County of Washington and State of Ohio. November 9th 1814

                      Johnson Cook (signature)
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State of Ohio }
Perry County }
On this fifteenth day of June 1824 Personally appeared before me Charles C. Hood Senior Associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Perry state aforesaid being a court of Record expressly made a court of Record by the laws of this state and having the power of fine and imprisonment Johnson Cook resident in said county aged sixty four years who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the pension made by the acts of Congress of the Eighteenth of March Eighteen hundred and eighteen and the first of May 1820 that he the said Jonson (Johnson) Cook enlisted for the term of the war on the thirteenth day of January 1777 in the State of Connecticut in the Company of Capt. Mansfield in the Regiment commanded by Col. Douglass who died before the Regiment was formed and marched under the command of Lt. Col. Demond he during commanded by Col. Meigs at the close of the war they were command by Col. Butler in the line of the state of Connecticut on the United States continental establishment that he continued to serve in said Corps until the fifteenth day of June 1783 when he was discharged from said service in West Point in the state of New York that his name has been placed on the pension list and dropt (dropped) there from on account of his property. 
And in pursuance of the Act of the 1st May 1820
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I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th of March 1818 and that I have not since that time by gift, sale, or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provision of an act of the United States in the Revolutionary War passed on the 18th day of March 1818 and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities, contracts or debts due to me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed by me subscribed.
One Bible
One Hymn book
One small tin trunk
One old Woolen purse
One 18 3/4 cents money
One One Kettle

Occupation a Carpenter where I am unable to persue (pursue) or follow in consequence of wounds received in Revolutionary war
.                              Johnson Cook 

"Family" The wife of this applicant aged  57 years his daughter Mary aged 34 not healthy Rachel 26 Consumption, Elisha, in his 21 year. Justice age 16 deaf, sickly, Rosanne Norton not a relative of this applicant aged 9 years healthy That since the exhibition of my first schedule the following changes have been made in my property.

Names of Persons to whom sold:
Thomas J. Cook 2 horse 
creatures mentioned in my first schedule and the gears attached to them 1 plough. 

Time of sale:
17th Apr. 182

Amount of money or property recorded:
For labor for applicants support
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Names of Persons to whom sold:
1 small light waggon ,2 year old heiffer, seven sheep & oxes ,2 hog, 2 pair of streatchers, 1 in wedge, one fire shovel and tongs , frying pan, 2 sugar kettles, 2 pewter basons, 2 tin platters, 1 platter, 1 jug holds 4 gallons, a coffee mill, lantron, 1 quart jug, 2 servers, 7 Barrells, 2 meat tubs, 1 wash tub, 4 cloath boxes, a sett of old chairs, a looking glass, 1 big spinning wheel, 1 milch pail & funnel

Time of Sale:
17th April 1823 

Amount of money or Property received:
For labour for this Applicant support
______________________________________

Name of Persons to whom sold:
1 Sugar kettle set to Geo. Williams

Time of Sale:
Fall 1820 

Amount of money or property received:
Shoe making 
________________

Name of Person to whom sold:
A lease of 25 acres of land subject to pay a rent of 20$ pr. year cash sold to Thomas Davis

 
Time of Sale:
7th Febr'y 1821

Amount of money or property received:
To satisfy a debt of 53$ due him as pr schedule and the back rent due said Davis on said Lease
________________________________

2 cows used for beef for family 2 yearly steer used for beef for family  1 calf exchanged for 4 sheep strayed and lost 2 sheep, 3 lambs strayed away and died. 4 Breeding swine and 3 pigs some fallen and used in Family the rest lost in moving. dutch oven broke, 6 pewter places  (old) worn out. 1 tin platter worn out, 2 cups and saucers broken, 6 spoon lost and worn out set of old knives and forks lost and worn out 4 milch [illegible] broken, 4 small Jars broken, 2 pitchers broken, 2 bibles incorrectly given 1 belongs to daughter, other to wife. Methodist discipline (mistake) in first schedule property of daughter 1 introduction to Christianity presented to son Elisha, 1 bucket worn out, 2 small jugs broken, 1 coffee pot worn out 1 [illegible] fan worn out
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The above is a correct account of the property exhibited in the first schedule and the disposition which has been made thereof. And this declarant further states on oath as aforesaid that he is unable to attend personally in court by reason of rupture round his body caused by the wound record at Stoney Point while service in the United States Army during the Revolution.
                                      Johnson Cook

State of Ohio} Ss 
Perry County}
I Char. C. Hood Senior Associate Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Perry holden in the County where the Declarant resides do hereby certify that the within named Johnson Cook is from decrease being a rupture wound the whole body with which I can credibly informed and believe he has been afflicted for the space of 45 years since the  Storming of Stoney Point which was occasioned by the wound recorded by said book there as I can informed by W cook and verily believe, unable to attend the court of which I am a Judge and I do think from present appearances that he will not be able to attend the court above named at hereto ment sepion.  I have therefore  in persuance of the act of Congress of the 1st March 1823 attended at his place of abode and administered the foregoing oath this 15th June AD 1824. 
                              Charles C. Hood (signature)
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The State of Ohio }
Perry County Ss.  }. I John Beckwith Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas and Supreme Court of said state for the County aforesaid Certify that Charles C. Hood Esq. before whom the above affidavit of Johnson Cook who was at the time sick and confined to his house, was made, is Judge as aforesaid. I also certify that the said schedule and oath have been admitted to the record of the Supreme Court aforesaid and that the same are truly copied there from and I do further certify that it is the opinion of said supreme court that the total amount in Value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule does not exceed Fifteen dollars. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Courts on this 9th day of December AD 1824. 
John Beckwith Clk. CCp
OSC. of PC
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22d CONGRESS.
2d. SESSION.
               H.R. 674.


Mr. Hubbard, From the Committee on revolutionary Pensions, reported the following bill:
 A BILL

To amend an act, entitled "An act supplementary to the act or the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the revolution."

1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives
2 of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That
3 the second section of the act, entitled "An Act Supplementary
4 to the act for the relief of certain surviving officers and sol-
5 diers of the revolution," apporved the seventh day of June,
6 one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two, shall not be bon-
7 strued to embrace invalid pensioners; and that the pensions of
8 invalid soldiers shall not be deducted from the amount re-
9 ceivable by them under the said act.
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Johnson Cook
placed on Ohio Roll
act 18 March 1818

certificate issued
February 1819
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*left side*

I for increase see letter to John Beckwith, 
Esq. Somerset, Ohio. 
December 26, 1822.

Rejected see letter to John Beckwith to Somerset , Ohio 
April 14th 1823

 
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Ohio
==========
Johnson Cook, 
Sergeant
late a revolutionary Pensioner under law of 18 of March 1818 and formerly an Invalid under Law of 3rd March 1817, whose pension as such has been discontinued  in consequence is stated in his schedule of the amount of his property made under Law of 1st May 1820, and dated 19 June 1820.
==================
Reinstated as an Invalid pensioner on roll of Ohio under law of 1st May 1820 at $4 per mo. Commencing 4th march, 1820.
======================
Certificate issued 20th  July 1820   & sent to the Pensioner, Rushville, Fairfield Co. Ohio.
===============
Amount 6 mo's ending 4 Sept'r 1820 $24.
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216.95
    344

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6521
Ohio
==========

Johnson Cook, 4
of Fairfield County, in the state of Ohiio
who was a Sergeant in the regiment commanded by Colonel Meigs of the Connecticut line , for the term of Five years.
==========

Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio
at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 10th of October, 1818.
=============

Certificate of Pension issued the 2nd of February 1819 and sent to Hon'ble W. Beecher
House of Rep. U. S.
===========

Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1819  and 21/31. 38.70


$38.70


{Revolutionary claim,
Act 18th March, 1818.}
Arr. to 4th mar 1819 as Rev'y War  38.70
Do from 4th Sept. 181818 to 9th Oct. 1818 as an Amd Rev. at $4. pr mo. $4.63

Total amount to be sent 1819  $43.33
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Zebulon Butler Esq.
Colonel of the first Connecticut Regiment
in the Service of the United States.
 To Johnson Cook Greeting.


Reposing Special trust and confidence in your Valour conduct and fidelity, I do by these presents conflict and appoint you to be a Sergeant in the first Connecticut Regiment you are therefore carefully and diligently to do that by duty by doing and performing all manner of things thereunto belonging And you are to observe and follow such orders and directions as from time to time you shall receive from me or other your  superior officers, according to the rules and disciplines of War, for which this shall be your sufficient Warrant.
Given under my hand this first day of Jan'y 1783. 
                            Zeb'n Butler Col.