Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 4457, James Hooper, Va.
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Va.           Hooper, James              W4457
                              Elizabeth
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Georgia 12.789
James Hooper
of DeKalb in the State of Georgia who was a Pri. in the company commanded by Captain Stokes of the Regt. commanded by Col. Morgan in the Virginia line for 16 months.

Inscribed on the Roll of Georgia at the rate of 53 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of pension issued the 24 day of May '33 and sent to Chas. Murphy Decatur C.H. Ga.

Arrears to the 4th of March '33 -         106.66
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept "      26.66 1/2

Revolutionary Claim
Act June 7, 1832
Recorded by Wm. Miller Clerk,
Book E.      Vol.6     Page 92. 

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Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6th April 1838 from 4th March 1836 to 28th April 1836, the day of his death.  Agt. Notified 3 April 1839.
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Georgia
Elizabeth Hooper 
(torn) of James Hooper,
(torn) on the 28th April 1836
(torn) DeKalb in the State of Georgia,
was a private in the company, commanded by Captain Stokes in the Regt. commanded by Col. Morgan in the Virginia line for 16 months.

Inscribed on the Roll of Georgia at the rate of 53 Dollars 33 Cents per annum to commence on the 29 April 1836 --

Certificate of Pension issued the 1st day of June 1840 and sent to Hon. M.A. Cooper House of Representatives

Arrears to the 4th of March 1840             $205.09
Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sept '40   26.66 1/2

                                                                 $231.75 1/2

                            Revolutionary Claim
                            Act July 4, 1836
                            Section the 3rd (smudge)

Recorded by Wm. C. Dantzinger, Clerk
Book C     Vol (illegible)    Page 18 (torn)

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Dead.  See letter to Wm. Morgan Oct. 9, 1840 --
Paid at the Treasury under Act of the 6th April 1838 (illegible) 4 March 1831 to 25 April 18(?) Agt notified 20 June 1840.


M 6 Jan 781
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Father & Mother
James Hooper Sr. was Born 25 October Seventeen hundred & forty Six --
Elizabeth Hooper was Born the 1st January Seventeen hundred & fifty three --
Milley H. Hooper was Born 20 December Seventeen hundred & Eighty one
Thomas C Hooper was Born 11 September Seventeen hundred and Eighty four
Polley Hooper was Born 9 Sept. Seventeen hundred and Eighty Eight
James Hooper Jr. was Born 14 September Seventeen hundred and ninety
Obediah Hooper was Born 25 January Seventeen hundred and ninety Two --
Elizabeth Hooper was Born 25 January Seventeen hundred and ninety four
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(This is written at the end of a Bible page, specifically Malachi 3:16 through Malachi 4:6.)

                   The End of the OLD TESTAMENT.

Janey Reid was born the 20th of December Eighteen Hundred & Six.
Thomas Jefferson Reid was born 10th of October 1808.
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
        Second Comptroller's Office,
        June 16th, 1841.

     Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States, "The adm. of Elizabeth Hooper, dec., a Pensioner on the Roll of the Georgia Agency at the rate of Fifty three Dollars and 33 Cents per annum, under the law of the 4th July 1836, has been paid at the Department, from the 4th of March 1831, to the 25th April 1840 --
                        Respectfully yours,
                        Albion K. Parris
                                  Comptroller.

To the Commission of Pensions,
                          Present.
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James Hooper
Va -
on the roll
Admly as private
for 16 mos. $53.33
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office
183

Sir:
     The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned.  The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form.  On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed.  The notes and the regulations will show what is necessary to be done.  Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }).  You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.

(The following is a chart with multiple columns.) 
(Heading across top of chart)  
A Statement, showing the Service of James Hooper

(Individual headings) 
Period when the service was rendered.
Duration of the claimant's service.  Years. Months. Days.
Rank of the claimant.
Names and Rank of the General and Field officers.
Battles in which the applicant was engaged.
Country through which he marched.
Place of above when he entered the service and age at the present period.
Evidence by which the declaration is supported.

(Line one)
1778, 1 - - Private, Capt. Stokes, Maj. Massey, Col Simms, General Weadon, -,  From Virginia to N York & Connecticut.
86 years, Lunenberg, Virginia, Traditionary, 2 witnesses

(Line 2)
3 months, -, Minute Man, Capt. Glenn, Capt Dixon, Col. Morgan, Col. Lewis

(Line 3(
1 month, 12 days, -, Capt. Wyatt, Maj. Cunningham, Guilford 
This was during 12 mos service.  see decl.

I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J.L. EDWARDS,
Commission of Pensions.
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 REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832
     The following regulations have been adopted:
     This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line,"  "State troops,". "militia", and "Volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c.  Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
     Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
       1.  The Regular Troops.
       2.  The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
       3.  Persons employed in the Naval Service.
       4.  Indian Spies.
     As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned offices, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides.  And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.

                                       DECLARATION
                         In order to obtain the benefit of the
                     Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832
State, Territory, or District of 

     On this _____day of______personally appeared (a) before _____A.B. a resident (b) of _____in the county of_____and State, Territory or District of _____aged (c)_____years, who first being duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of congress, passed June 7th, 1832.  That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d)_____, with_____and served in the _____(e) regiment of the _____line, under the following named officers:______

[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers;  the time he left the service; (and if he served, under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers:} the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service;  the battles, if any, if which he was engaged and the country through which he marched.  This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
      
     He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll or any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of _____.                         A.B.
     Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
     [And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]

     And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
     I_____ of the Court of _____ do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of ________for a pension.
     In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this ____day of ____ &c.

     If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
     Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
     (k) We, A.B., a clergyman, residing in the _____ and C.D. residing in (the same) herby certify, that we are well acquainted with _____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _____years of age;  that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
     Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
     [And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
     And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states.  And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A.B. and that C.D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the _____ and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
     I, _____Clerk of the Court of _____do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of ____for a pension.
                     In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my 
                     hand and seal of office, this ____day of 
                      _____&c.

Every applicant will product the best proof in his power.  This is the original discharge or commission;  but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
     If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he product such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department.  A very full account of the services of each person
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alleged service, as they are known at the Department.  A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case.  The facts stated will afford one of the principal means or corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted;  and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be ex-expected.  All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
     The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all  applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
     1.  Where and in what year were you born?
     2.  Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
     3.  Where were you living when called into service;  where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
     How were you called into service;  were you drafted, did you volution, or were you a substitute?  And if a substitute, for whom?
     5.  State the names of some of the Regular Officers who were with the troops, where you served;  such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect and the general circumstances of your services.
     6.  To a Soldier {Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it?
          To an Officer {Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
    7.  State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
     The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
     The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons--one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion.  If one of these persons is a clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
     The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party.  And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
     Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the court.
     Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of the Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
     No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the court upon the whole matter.

(The following are small type footnotes at the bottom of the page.)

[a]  The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b]  The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides.  If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c]  The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d]  The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e]  Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served;  otherwise a claim cannot be had.  In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
_____" Personally appeared before me, the undersigned a Just of the Peace, &c. A.B. who, being duly sworn deposeth and saith, that, by reason of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:  _____For_____year_____months, and_____days, I served as a _____, For _____months and _____days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension." 
     It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service.  The use of the phrase "about three or four months" is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.  Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service.  This form of a declaration is highly objectionable.  It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served;  the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
     [f]  The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
     [g]  The opinion of the court is always required.
     [h]  The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
     [i]  The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

               Mode of authenticating papers.
          In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbons, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
 
                         Proof of Service.
     [j]  In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department , he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged.  The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses , and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
     [j]  The notes from [a] to [i] are equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops.  The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
     [k]  This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
     [l]  If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
     [m]  The answers to the interrogatories must all be written and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

                                           Joseph Rowen
                                           Ex Ck
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Georgia DeKalb County 
On this ninth day of October 1832 appeared before the Inferior Court held in and for the County and State aforesaid James Hooper a resident of said County and State of Georgia aged eighty-six years the 5th day of November next who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed June the 7th 1832.  That he enlisted in the Army of the United 
States in the year 1778 with Captain John Stokes in the Battalion commanded by Major Massy in the Sixth Virginia Regiment commanded by Colonel Simms and under the command of General Weaton , Lieutenant Maborn was one of the subaltern officers of the company that he served twelve months in this tour of enlistment that he served another tour of about three months under an enlistment as a minute man for twelve months that he enlisted under Captain Glenn  who was promoted & he then served under Captain Dixon commanded by Colonels Morgan and Lewis that he resided in the County of Lunenburg State of Virginia that he served a six weeks tour in North Carolina that he was in the battle at Guilford North Carolina which was the only general engagement he was in during the war & this during his six weeks tour of service.  That he started to march from Lunenburg under the command of Captain Richard Wyatt a Militia officer, that joined Major Cunningham's detachment at a short distance
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and marched under Major Cunningham to Washington's Army at Valley Forge passed through Maryland, that he marched after he left Valley Forge through Connecticut and New York and moved about the various Lee according to 
the movements of the British Army.  This was during the twelve months service. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any state. The Deponent further saith that from his services of three months and six weeks he had no written discharge but a (illegible) verbal one from the officers commanding.  From his service of twelve months he had a written discharge which was given at Middlebrook, and signed as Deponent believes by General Washington – which discharge is lost.  Deponent knows of no individual now living by whom he can prove said services.  
                           James X Hooper
                              (X his mark)
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid 
W. T. Colquitt, JIC
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State of Georgia
County of DeKalb
On this Seventh day of January in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred & thirty nine, personally appeared before the court of ordinary in & for the State & County aforesaid Elizabeth Hooper a resident of the said county & state aged Eighty six years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the foregoing declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed July the 4th 1836.  That she is the widow of James Hooper who was a private in the war of the Revolution, and who performed such services in said war as one described in his declaration now of file in the war Department at the City of Washington for which the said James Hooper hath at the time of his death a pension certificate numbered 12.789 and dated on the 24th day of May 1833 and signed by Lewis Cass Secretary of War, and countersigned by J.L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions, by which it appears that the said James Hooper was entitled to receive the sum of fifty three dollars & thirty three cents per annum during his material life.  She further declares that she was married to the said James Hooper on the sixth day of January in the year 1781, that her husband the aforesaid James Hooper died on the 28th day of April in the year 1836 and that she has remained a widow ever since that period, as into more fully appear by reference to
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the proof hereto annexed.  She further states that she was married to the said James Hooper by the Reverend Parson James Craig in the county of Lunenburg in the state of Virginia from there she removed to & settled in Franklin County in the said State of Georgia where she remained with her husband & family until about fourteen years ago when her husband and herself settled in DeKalb County when her husband continued to live until he died and where she still resides.  She further states that there is no person within her knowledge in the State of Georgia by whom she can prove her marriage positively, but there are many persons who have long known her & her husband and have known them always living together as husband & wife.  She further states that she had eight children by her said husband & that the eldest a son was fifty seven years of age in the month of December last.
Sworn & subscribed on the day & year above written before us the judges of said court.
                           Elizabeth X Hooper
                               (X her mark)

Robert Jones J.O.C.
John N Balinger J.O.C.
James Limore J.O.C.
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(This is a Dept. of the Interior form.)

REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION 
3-525
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
Washington, D.C................., 19........

W4457

In reply to your request of ............., received............for a statement of the military history of James Hooper a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.

(These are the horizontal headings in a chart.)

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.
LENGTH OF SERVICE.
RANK.
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.  CAPTAIN.  COLONEL.
STATE.

(first line)
78, 12 mos. Prvt., John Stokes, Simms,Va.

(second line)
....., 3 mos., ....., Glenn & Dixon, Morgan & Lewis

(third line)
x 81, 6 weeks,....., officers not named

Battles engaged in, Guilford x
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Lunenburg Co. Va.
Date of application for pension, Oct. 9, 1832.  This cl was al --
Residence at date of application, DeKalb Co. Ga.
Age at date of application, born No. 2 1746 or Oct. 25 1746.  He d. April 28, 1836 in DeKalb Co. Ga.
Remarks:  Sol mar in Lunenburg Co. Ca. Jan 6, 1781 Elizabeth Chambers.  She was b. Jan.1, 1753 and died Apr. 25, 1840.  Her pension claim was al-  Their children were Milly H, b. Dec. 20, 1781__ Thomas C. Sept. 18, 1784.  Polley b. Sept 9, 1788, James Sept. 14, 1790.  Obediah b. Jan. 25, 1792.  Elizabeth b. Jan. 25, 1794.
                        Respectfully,
                                        Commissioner.
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Revy WIDOW, &c.

File No. 4457
Elizabeth Hooper
Wid.
James Hooper
Pvt. Va. line

Act:  July 4, 1836, Sec. 3d
Index: -- Vol. A, Page 342

[Arrangement of 1870.]

1921 Feb. 15.  Hist. to Kemp Malone  AW
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Eliz. Hooper, widow
of James -- Ga
Act 1836 - No 4931
Let to Hon. M A. Cooper
11 Marc '40 - Wm. Ezzard
16 Apl 1840.  clerk of 
the Co. Lunenburgh Va,
May 20, 1840
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                        Savannah 2nd October 1840

Sir
     Enclosed I have taken the liberty to honor the claim of the heir of Elizabeth Hooper deceased.  It purports to have been made under the 3d Section of an Act of Congress passed 19th June 1840 says "That in Case of the death of any pensioner whether male or female leaving children, the amount of pension may be paid to any one or each of them as they have prefer without the intervention of an administrator.  Be pleased to examine the voucher, and say whether the agent here would be authorized to pay it, he declines doing so as there is no preference inscribed in the voucher.  Should your opinion be reverse to this claim, will you have the goodness to inform me, as to the proper mode of preparing a voucher for the purpose of effecting payment.
     I am also requested to inquired if it be possible for a United States pensioner to sell his pension to the United States Government.  If yes how is it to be effected.
     I would not be deemed troublesome, but I am requested also to make enquiry at your department, as to the proof necessary to establish the claim of a widow of a revolutionary soldier, who was married to him previous to the year 1794.  The only difficulty in the Case I understand is the nature of the proof required to estab
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lish the marriage.  There are now no living witnesses of the marriage, but there are a number who knew the parties as married long previous to the year 1794.
     There is also a family Bible in which the marriage is recorded.  I have understood that, that would be sufficient.  Be so good as to give me all the information you can upon the subject.  I believe you have been written to before in the same Case.  I alluded to that of Mr. Lloyd of this State.
     Your Early answer will very much oblige.  Yours respectfully
                              Wm Morel

J.L,. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
DC
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(two stamps)
DECATUR GA
APR 6

FREE

(written vertically)
Ga.  Apl 14 1940

J.L. Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
War Department
Washington City
D.C.
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                       Decatur DeKalb County Ga
                       4th April 1840


Sir
     Your letter of the 11th March addresses to the Hon. Mark A. Cooper of the House of Representatives from the State of Georgia, on the subject of the application of Elizabeth Hooper widow of Hames Hooper a Revolutionary soldier of this County for a pension has been forwarded to me.  Mr. & Mrs. Hooper were married in Lunenberg County State of Virginia, and I am not informed whether in that State there is any record of marriage kept.  Mrs. Hooper has an old family Bible in which are recorded the ages of James Hooper & his wife Elizabeth Hooper & their six children, the eldest child was born on the 20th December 1781 --
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     These items in the Bible are in the hand writing of the old man James Hooper and can be proven if necessary.  If this record would be satisfactory it shall be forwarded.  The following is a transcript from said book.
James Hooper St. was born 25th October Seventeen hundred & forty six.
Elizabeth Hooper born the 1st January Seventeen hundred & fifty three.
Milley H. Hooper was born 20th December Seventeen hundred & Eighty one.
Thomas C. Hooper was born 18 September Seventeen hundred and Eighty four
Polly Hooper was born 9 Sept. Seventeen hundred & Eighty Eight
James Hooper Jr. was born 14 Sept. Seventeen hundred & ninety
Obediah Hooper was born 25 January Seventeen hundred & ninety two
Elizabeth Hooper was born 25 January Seventeen hundred & ninety four.
     If it is thought that this Register will be
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satisfactory, will it be necessary to send to the Department the bible itself, or will it be sufficient to send the paper leave of the Book containing the entries.
     The reason why I make these inquiries is because it is a large bible and could not therefore be sent conveniently by mail.  It is desirable to hear from you as early as convenient as the old lady is now very old & infirm and has lately been crippled by a fall so that she is unable to walk.
                                Yours very Respectfully,
                                 William Ezzard
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            TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
                 Second Comptroller's Office
                  20th March 1939

Sir:
     Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838 entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States".  The widow of James Hooper dec late a Pensioner on the Roll of the Savannah, Ga. Agency, at the rate of fifty three Dollars and thirty three Cents per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1839 has been paid at this Department, from the fourth of March 1836 to the 28th April 1836 the day of his death.
                                 Respectfully  yours,

                                  Albion K. Parris
                                        Comptroller.

To the Commissioner of Pensions,
                  Present.
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                          March 6th 1840

To the Pension Agent
Sir
Inclosed is a declaration of Mrs. Hooper whose husband I understand was a Pensioner.  Please Advise me of given action on it.
                             Mark A. Cooper
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Free

Lunenberg CH Va
May 1840

To J.L. Edwards
     Commissioner of 
     Pensions
     Washington City

(written vertically)

May 27, 1840
(illegible)
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                          Clerk, Office Lunenberg 25 May 1840

Sir
     Yours of the 20 instant asking information of the marriage of Elizabeth Hooper widow of James Hooper was duly received.  I was written to a few weeks since in the same subject and have made diligent search for the evidence of their marriage.  I can find nothing about it in my  office, neither marriage bond or (illegible) can be found.  They were married presume by Publication of laws as was often done about that time.
     That they were married I have no doubt.  I know Hooper, and always understood he married Elizabeth Chambers.  I am very respectfully your obedient servant.
                                  Wm. H. Taylor
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Elizabeth Hooper
Wid of James
Ga
Act July 4, 1836
Married Jan 1781
died 28 Apl 1836
Allow $53.33 per
an. from 28 Apl 1836.
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(2 stamps)
FREE

DECATUR GA
APR 27

(written vertically)
May 4, 1840

J.L. Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
DC
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                Decatur 25th April 1840

Sir
     Enclosed I send you the family Register of James Hooper dec which has been this day taken from the family bible.  Should this be anything yet wanting to place the name of Mrs. Hooper on the pension roll you will please inform me.
                           Yours Respectfully
                            William Ezzard
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Georgia
DeKalb County

Personally came and appeared before me Jonathan B. Wilson an acting justice of the peace in and for said county James Hooper who after being duly sworn deposeth & saith that he is the son of James Hooper Senior formerly of this county now deceased, who was a Revolutionary Soldier, that the deponent resides at the house of his said father from the time of his birth until his fathers death which happened on the twenty eighth day of April in the year Eighteen hundred & thirty six, that he has frequently seen him write & is well acquainted with his hand writing, that he knows the annexed paper to be a Register made by the said James Hooper deceased of the ages of himself, his wife, and his children that the same is in the hand writing of the said James Hooper deceased, and that the
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same has this day been taken from the family bible of the said James Hooper deceased and that he is fully satisfied from his knowledge of all the parties that the said papers is a correct Register of the ages of the said James Hooper dec., his wife Elizabeth Hooper and their six children, one of whom is the same deponent.
                               James Hooper

Sworn to & subscribed before me this 25th day of April 1840.
J.B. Wilson JP


Georgia
DeKalb County

I Jonathan B. Wilson a Justice of the peace in & for the county & state aforesaid do hereby certify that the annexed papers purporting to be a family Register was this day taken from an old Bible said to be the family bible of James Hooper late of this county dec. and which is now in the possession of his son James Hooper.  Given under my hand this 25th day of April 1840.

J.B. Wilson JP
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Georgia
DeKalb County

     I John Glen Clerk of the Superior Court in & for the State & County aforesaid do hereby certify that Jonathan B. Wilson whose name appears to the foregoing affidavit & certificate is an acting Justice of the peace in & for said county, duly commissioned and qualified, and that his certificate and attestation as such is entitled to full faith and credit.
     Given under my hand & seal of office at office this 25th day of April 1840.

                                 John Glen Clerk

(seal)
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State of Georgia
DeKalb County
     On this twenty seventh day of November 1851 before me John Y. Flowers a Justice of the Peace in and for said county personally appeared James Hooper and being duly sworn according to law declares that he is the son of James Hooper late of said county deceased, and that his father the same James Hooper was a revolutionary Pensioner at the time of his death at the rate of fifty three dollars and thirty three cents per annum and that he is as a son of the said James Hooper deceased, directly interested in the examination authorized by the within Power of Attorney then be made.
                                       James Hooper

Sworn to and subscribed before me the 27 day of November 1851 John Y. Flowers JP

and I hereby certify that James Hooper the above applicant is a son of James Hooper late of DeKalb County in the state of Georgia deceased and interested as above stated.  This 27 day of November 1851

                                  Samuel McElroy JP
                                  Samuel Welny (illegible)
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State of Georgia
County of DeKalb

Know all men by these presents that I, James Hooper of the state and county aforesaid have constituted and appointed and these presents do constitute and appoint, irrevocably L.B. True Esq. of Washington City DC my true and lawful attorney for me and in my name to examine the Declaration and proofs, submitted to the Commissioner of Pensions, by my father James Hooper, claiming a revolutionary pension under act of Congress issued 7th June 1832 under which he was allowed the sum of fifty three dollars & thirty three cents per annum commencing 4th March 1831 and continuing for life.  And to make the necessary proofs, and their receive any and all sums of money, which may on examination be found due me or one of the children of said James Hooper deceased, wither as increase of Pension, arrearage or otherwise, and generally to do for me and in my name all lawful acts and things touching the premises, hereby ratifying and confirming all and whatsoever my said attorney may in my name and for my use legally do or cause to be done in and about the collection thereof.  In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this twenty seventh day of November 1851 (paper is folded over words) and subscribed this 27 day of November 1851 before me.
                                   James Hooper LS
John Y. Flowers JP
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State of Georgia
DeKalb County
I, Alexr Johnson Clerk of the Superior Court in and for the county and state aforesaid do hereby certify that John Y. Flowers before whom the foregoing Power of attorney and affidavit were made, is and was at the time of signing the same a Justice of the Peace authorized by law to administer oaths and duly commissioned and sworn, and that his signature hereunto is genuine.

(seal)
Given under my hand and seal of office this 2nd December 1857
            Alx. Johnson C. (illegible)
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James Hooper
Rev. Pensioner
deceased
Power Att.y
Examining Papers
of D.L. True

Ex
June 1852

Presented 
Jan 14/52
per L.B. True
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4931
Hooper Elizabeth
widow of
James 
Georgia
Act 4 July 1836

Hon M.A. Cooper
H of R
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Georgia
DeKalb County
     I Elzy B Reynolds Clerk of the Court of Ordinary in & for the State & County aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application Elizabeth Hooper for a pension.  I do further certify that the said Elizabeth hooper is still living and is a resident of this county.
     In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 31st day of January 1840.

(seal)                           E.B Reynolds C.C.O.
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Georgia
Carroll County
     Personally came and appeared before me Mary Hooper who after being duly sworn deposed and saith that she was intimately acquainted with James Hooper late of DeKalb County deceased and also with his wife Elizabeth Hooper who is still residing in DeKalb County, & was acquainted with the said James Hooper before he was married.  I lived in the same County that him & his wife married in, which was Lunenburg county State of Virginia and I have known them for fifty years or upwards.  I was not at the marrage, but understood they were married by Parson James Cregg of that state & county aforesaid of said State of Virginia and that they lived togeather as man & wife from that time until the death of the said James Hooper which occured in the year 1836 to the best of my beleaf & raised a family of children--
                                        Mary Hooper
Sworn to & subscribed before me this 21st day of August 1839.
                                        Solomon Stishey J.P.


Georgia 
Carroll County
     I John Long Clerk of the Superior court in & for the county & State aforesaid do hereby certify that Solomon Stishey who has attached the foregoing affidavit, is now and was at the time of said attestation a Justice of the Peace in & fore said county, and that
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his certificate and attestation as such are entitled to full faith and credit and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine.
     Given under my hand and private seal at office, there being no seal of office this 9th day of December 1889.
               John Long Clerk S.C.     (seal)
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I Nathan Willford a citizen & resident of DeKalb County, state of Georgia, have been acquainted with the man named James Hooper for about thirty years during which times he has supported a character of perfect honest & integrity, and unquestioned veracity.  He was for many years a Representative in the state legislature (illegible) and county in said state and from my first acquaintance with him he has been respected & believed in the neighbourhood where he was regarded to have been a revolutionary soldier.  For myself I have as (illegible) of the facts and am agreeably satisfied that he is considerably upwards of eighty years of age.
                           Nathan Willford

Sworn in Open Court this 9 Octo. 1832
W.T. Colguitte  (illegible)

I Benjamin Plaster a Citizen and resident of DeKalb County have been acquainted with the said James Hooper for upwards of twenty years.  His character for truth & integrity has been perfectly proven & unimpeached -- and from my first acquaintance with him has been reported & believed to have been a been a revolutionary soldier.  In that opinion I certainly concur.  I also believe him to be eighty six years of age as he has stated.
                                Benj Plaster

Sworn to in open court 9, Oct. 1832 
W.T. Colquitt (illegible)
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And the said Court doth hereby declare by opinion after the investigation of this (illegible) & putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above annexed applicant, James Hooper, was a revolutionary soldier as he stated.  And the court further certifies that it appears that Nathan Willford who has given & deposed one of the foregoing certificates, is a resident and an acting Justice of the Peace of said county of DeKalb and that his statements are entitled to entire credit.  It also appears to the satisfaction of this Court that Benjamin Plaster who hath appeared another his foregoing certificates is a highly respectable citizen of said county and that his statement is also entitled to full credit - 

     I testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in open court this day & year aforesaid.
                                     W.T. Conquitt (illegible) CDS


Georgia
DeKalb County
     I Charles Murphy clerk of the Superior Court of the said County do hereby certify that the foregoing containing the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of application of James Hooper for a pension.  I do further certify that the honorable Walter T Colquitt who hath subscribed the certificate immediately preceding in the presiding Judge of said Court, and that his signature to said certificate is genuine -- In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and private seal (having no seal of office)  (illegible due to bleed through)  
                     C. Murphy Clerk (seal)

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James Hooper
16963
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                           Graduate College,
                            Princeton, N.J.,
                             Jan. 14, 1921

(handwritten)
Rev
EP

Dear Sirs,
      I should appreciate it if you would furnish me with what information you possess regarding James W4457 Hooper and Richard S16418 B. Hooper, soldiers of the Revolutionary War, and their widows.
     I am, Sirs,
               Very truly yours,
                       Kemp Malone

Bureau of Pensions,
Rev. War Records Section,
Washington, D.C.

(stamp)
U.S. PENSION OFFICE
JAN 17 1921

(written vertically)
both of Lunenberg Co. Va.
&
Ga.