Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 16929, Oliver Cook, Conn.
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SERVICE 
CONN
Cook, Oliver    Number W16929
Submit
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Dead
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6th. April 1838 
from 4th Sept 1838 to 30 Dec 1838. Agt notified 5 May 1841.
Set to Benj. P. Johnson
Nov,2.41
New York 149-
Oliver Cook
 of Camden in the state of N. York
who was Private in the Comp commanded by Captain Buel of the Reg.commanded by Col. Sheldon in the Conn
line for  J Mouthy
Died Dec 30.1838
Inscribed on the Roll of N York at the rate of 30 Dollars ---- Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 th day of July 1833 and Lut M J. Southworth
Camden
Arrears to the 4th of Mar 33
Lemi - amt. allowance ending 4 Sep.33
$60 15 ____ $75
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832} Recorded by E.C.Stiles clerk, Book E. Vol. 3 Page 57
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3663
Albany New York
Submit Cook
widow of Oliver Cook dec
who dies on the 30th of December 1838
of Oneida Co. in the State of New York
who was a Private in the [illegible] commanded by Captain Buel of the Regt. commanded by Col. Sheldon in the front line for J North Conn.
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State of New Yor Oneida County} 
On this 16th day of August in the year of our Lord 1832 personally came before one Israel Stoddard Judge of the Court of Common Please of the County of Oneida Oliver Cook a resident inhabitant of Camden in said County of Oneida and (h.48 D) State of New York aged eighty three years who being first duly sworn according to law with on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress paged June the seventh 1832 that he entered the service of the United States as a volunteer in the Company Commanded by Captain Ard Buel, in Colonel Sheldon's Regiment Command: and that at the time he enlisted he lived in Litchfield  in the County of Litchfield in the State of Connecticut that he marched to [illegible] -------through the interceding County ------- where he embarked for New York wher he staid tell or forces left that place where he marched to New York Fort where he were unpaid [illegible] the enemy almost constantly how long he does not [illegible] recollect and that when he left that place and before reaching Kings Ridge we had a skirmish with the British, soon after their coming off of Long Island. That he is an old man and he had an appropriate shock and his memory is much impaired so that he can not recollect the order of time in which [illegible] took place so long ago but that he [illegible] Hook Fort there was [illegible] between the two forces for ( ) heavily {illegible} and that about time the British left
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Long Island and before arriving at the Kings Bridge an-other skirmish took place, and that he marched through Washington, New Milford, Newtown White Plains, and went to Horse neck And that he served under the first enlistment four months as a private and that at the completion of that time he again enlisted in Colonel A. Wilsons Regiment Connecticut in the Company  commanded by Captain Hodges and served three months, that he enlisted at Harwinton County of Litchfield, State of Connecticut, and continued in service until he was discharged at the expiration of the three months that the record of his age is made in an old family Bible belonging to my Father Cook deceased - that he has seen the Record of his age in the said Bible again many years ago---
And that afterwords there was a call for volunteering to go and meet the Enemy who had landed and were going to Danbury (I think that was the place) and this deponent then again volunteered and marched for that place under Captain Cobley but who were the other officers or to what Regiment his company belonged this deponent [illegible] but however  before he arrived at the place the Enemy had burned the meeting house store and a great deal of property there and that he continued there two months when he was discharged and returned home, that he has not had a written discharge at any time; that Samuel Cook my brother of Sheridan Chautauqua Co. N York aged 83 years & John Wilson are the only living witness I know of . To my service that he was born in the town of Old Windsor in the State of Connecticut and was living at the
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time he entered the service the first time above mentioned in the town of Litchfield County of Litchfield and State of Connecticut on that at the second and third time interested he was living in the town of Harwinton County of Litchfield and state aforesaid that he has a record of his age that he was born in the year 1750 October third and that he continued to reside in said town of Harwinton until about [ineligible] since when he moved to Camden  in the county of Onieda State of New York when  he  now resides and that he is well known to almost all the inhabitants of the [ ineligible] . Town of Camden being one of the oldest settlers in The town and that he is particularly known [ineligible] John Wilson who is acq wanted with the truth of most of my statement and with the whole of what is now living in my neighborhood and has lived here for thirty years last past and also that he is well acquainted with the Rev. Eliakim Stoddard who is the nearest clergy now to his deponent and who usually in my neighborhood now and has lived there for thirty years past and who may be acquainted with the deponent before ne came from Harwinton Connecticut (as was also
ineligible John Wilson) both of whom can testify to his character for truth and veracity and this belief of his said [ineligible ] as a soldier in the Revolution and also that the affidavit of Samuel Cook will further [ineligible] the said statement of this
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deponent And that he hereby equivocally every claim whatsoever to a pension or an annuity careful the present and he decries that his name is not on any pension roll of any agency in any state -
now to and subscribed that any and year of said before me 
Israel Stoddard} Oliver Cook
Judge of [illegible]
The Eliakim Stoddard a clergyman residing in Camden Oneida County NYork and John Wilson residing in the same place hereby certify that they are well acquainted with Oliver Cook who they subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that they were acquainted with him in Harwinton Connecticut before he came to Camden and that I the said John Wilson was knowing both entity as he has specified in this declaration and going in to  [illegible] again acquainted with him at the close of the war when he [illegible] and that Mr. Eliakim Stoddard & John Wilson believe that he is of the age of 81 years as stated in his declaration And that he is, and has alway been refuted and believed to be in his home Harwinton where he resides, a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion
John Wilson Eliakin Stoddard
from an subscribed the day & year aforesaid before me 
Israel Stoddard 
Judge of }illegible]
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No 5474
Submit Cook applicant for Pension 
under date of 1836
Widow of Oliver Cook 
a Pension under act 1832
Benj P Johnson
Agent Rome- Oneida 
NY
admi
9 mopri
30$
from 30 Dec 1832
 Hon. J.G. Floyd
H.R.
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DECLARATION
 In order to obtain the benefit of the third section of the Act of Congress of the 4th July,1836
State of New York,
County of Oneida.} ss.
On this sixth day of July 1841 personally appeared before the Cort of Common Pleas, of said county, Submit Cool a resident of Camden in the county of aforesaid, aged 89 years, who being first duly sworn according to the law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress, passed July 4, 1836:That she is the widow of Oliver Cook who was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States under the city 0832. Certificate No.14.926
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Oneida County
Martin Cook being duty sworn deputy and seryl(sp). that submit Cook witness married is still living and is the widow of Oliver Cook also Th married who was a Revolutionary pensioner of the at the time of his death also that he did as Union in the 30. day of December 1838-.
from before me this 6th day of July 1841 I certify that he is a man of credibility truth & veracity
Pomroy Jones 
Judge of Brieter Conn. Pleas
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State of New York
Oneida County 
Elizabeth Wilson of Camden in the said county aged 81 years being duly sworn deposed and  surly that she formerly resided in Harwington (sp) Litchfield County Connecticut, and that she was well acquainted with Oliver Cook and Submit Cogsdell in the year 1768 and from that time to the time of the said Oliver Cook's death--
that she resided within half a mile of the said Submit Cogsdell in the year 1768, and that in the month of February in that year but the precise day she does not now recollect, the said Oliver Cook and Submit Cogsdell were 
lawfully married by the Rev Mr Bartholomew who was the minister of that town-- that the father and Mother of the deponent attended the wedding and this deponent well recollects the circumstances and law the said Oliver and Submit the day after their wedding and has been intimately acquainted with them ever since- that said Oliver Cook died on or about the 30th day of December 1838 at Camden- being at the time a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States -and that the said Submit Cook still survives the said Oliver Cook and is still his widow-
from before me this 24th day of March 1841 and she is a woman of truth and veracity
"1768" on eranent (sp) party
Hubbard - [illegible] justice
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State of New York
Onieda County
I P Sheldon Root clerk of said County, do hereby 
certify that Pomeroy Jones within remained before whom the written declaration was taken, was a Judge of Oneida County Courts at the time the same was taken- and that his signature his to is genuine - I also certify that Hubbard Tuthill before whom annexed affidavit  [illegible] whose been taken was on the day of the date of the same- a justice of the Peace in and for said County, and his signature is genuine
In Testimony where of I have hereinto let my hand and affixed my seal of officer item 8th day of October A.D 1841.
P. Sheldon Root Cler.
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I Andrew Abernethy town Clerk of the town of Harwinton County of Litchfield and State of Connecticut do certify that I have carefully examined the records of marriage recorded in the records of said town and their is no marriage on record of Oliver Cook To Submit Cogsdell wilsuf my hand this 11th day of September 18[illegible]
Andrew Abernathy the Town Clerk Harwinton Litchfield County 11th day of September AD !841
Personally appeared Andrew Abernathy alone married and made Solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing certificate by him subscribed before me 
Abijah Cattin Just Peace
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Harwinton Litchfield County 11th day of September AD 1841
 Personally appeared Moses Beach named in forgoing certificate and made Solemn oath to the truth of the forgoing certificate by him Sas cubed before me Abijah Cattin Just Peace 
State of Connecticut 
Probate district of Harwinton}
I Lewis Cattin Clerk of the Probate District of Harwinton do certify that Abijah Cattin is a justice of the peace of the County of Litchfield State of Connecticut residing in the town of Harwinton in the probate district aforesaid duly 
commissioned qualified & sworn that his term of office will expire on the 20th day of June AD 1842
And that the signature to the two foregoing affidavits by him subscribed {illegible} to be his is genuine
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State of Connecticut
Litchfield County Probate District of Harwinton 
On this first day of January AD 1842
personally appeared before me Abijah Cattin
a justice of the peace in & for the county divide district aforesaid Roswell Cook of said Harwinton 
to the well-known as a person of truth and veracity and made the solemn oath that he has the custody posession and ownership of a family Bible from which he had taken and extracted the annexed family registry of the births of his Grandfather Samuel Cooks children. That he personally knows the same was his grandfathers bible that at the death of his said Grandfather it became the property of his (dependents) father Roswell Cook & remained in his possession till his death in 1827 that it then came into deponents possession thats ever since to remained that he is now thirty eight years old this known the bible & registry since his earliest recollections; that the left hand column contains the births of his grandfathers children & also his grandmother Sarah Wilsons birth & the right hand the births of his own father Roswell Cooks children that he knows of no other records of the same facts.
[illegible] to subscribed the day and year above written before me
Abijah Cattin Justice Peace
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State Of Connecticut Litchfield County} Probate district Harwinton
I Louis Cattin just Clerk of the Court of Probate of the County and State aforesaid do hereby certify that Abijah Cattin Esq is a Justice of the peace in fore said County duly [illegible} and qualified and by law authorized to administer oaths & to take the acknowledgement of deeds and that his corruptor was dated on the third day of Janu AD 1841 & will expire on the 20th of Janu AD 1842 &  the requalify of which purport to be that of said justice to the annexed Document in genuine  Given under my hand and seal of said court this first day of January AD 1842
Lewis Cattin Jr Clerk
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Births
Samuel was born th 29 April 1758
Oliver was born October th 3,1750
Dorothy was born July th 6 1752
Daniel was born February 17 1754
Thomas was born Sept 12 1756
Phinehas was born March 20 1758
Roxanna was born Nov 20 1761
Lucina was born Nov 18 1763
Esther was born Sept 290 1765
Roswell was born Aug 16 1767
Sarah Wilson April 12th 1772
Births
Sally was born Jan th 20 1795
Ursula was born Oct 8 1797
Honor was born March 8 1800
Olive was born March 8 1800
Roswell was born Aug 5 1803
Roxanna was born Aug 5 1808
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7185
Oliver Cook
5.14.1617 Aug 1 32
Nov 5 " 
p-19
Jas Southworth
Camden NY.
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7185
BRIEF in the case Oliver Cook
of Camden Onieda County in the State of New York (Act 7th June 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? a Judge
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? yes
3. How old is he? 84 years
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
Period.  volunteered  service- in 17 Culer tell  [inellgible} served volunteered
Duration of Service.
Years, Months, Days
4
3
2
Rank. As a private
Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.
Gen.
Cap. Ard Buel Col Sheldon Col Wilson
Cap Hodges

 5. In what battles was he engaged ? {illegible} Stated
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Litchfield Con
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Living Witnes- John Wilson knowing to declarant & enlistment as he has occupied
Samuel Cook - was well acquainted with him on the revolution & to his certain knowledge he was a volunteer in the Connecticut State troops 
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so in what respect? 
not authenticated 
X Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned. 
A Reintzel - Examining Clerk.
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In reply to your request [ cut off]
 for a statement of military history of Oliver Cook a soldier of the RVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. wid F. 16.929
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.
Spring 1776
            1776
Apr.      1777
LENGTH OF SERVICE.
4 mos
3"
2"
Rank.
Pri.
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
Ard Buel
       Hodges
       Cobley
COLONEL.
Selden
A Wilson
 -
State.
Conn
"
"
Battles engaged in, in skirmish near Kings Bridge
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Litchfield, Litchfield Co Comm.
Date of application for pension, Aug. 16,1832. His cl. was al.
Residence at date of application, Bat Old Windsor, Conn Oct 3, 1750. Died Dec 30,1838 at Camden N.Y.
Soldier was the son of Samuel Cook
Remarks:  and mar.  Feb. 14,1768 Submit Cogsdell
She was allowed pension on an ap. executed July 6, 1841 while 89 yrs old and a res. of Camden, Oneida, Co., N.Y.
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5474
NY
Rejected-
Let to Benj. P. Johnson 
Nov. 2. 41'
ail 4 July '36
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office.
 Apri; 30 the 1847.
 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 Oliver Cook  a Pensioner on the Roll of the Albany, N.Y. Agency at the rate of Thirty == Dollars and --- Cents per annum, under the law of the 7th of June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of Sept. 1838. to the 30th Dec. 1838.
 Respectfully yours, 
Albion K Parris 
Comptroller.
 To the Commissioner of Pensions, 
Present.
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Revolutionary 
Claim}                                 free

War Department
 Pension Office
 Washington City
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Camden Onieda NY
I Oliver Cook of Camden Onieda N York
a Revolutionary Pensioner inscribed on the Pension List Roll of New York Agency request to be transferred to the agency office at Utica being more convenient for me 
Yours 
Oliver Cook

To JL Edwards
 Com. of Pensions} Also the following pensions have made the same request & wish to have me give  notice for them to that effect 'Henry Williams Abner Comstock Daniel Orton of Williamstown Oswego Co. Azariah Orton of Florence Onieda Co. N.Y all of whom say it is more convenient for the, (& 20 is the fait) to draw this pay at the S.B Bank in Utica War. Eksewhere as they live within 40 miles of that place
yours respectfully 
Jas Southworth for
A . Williams et al
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Edwards 
mmt. of Pensions
Washington
in the pension office
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Rome Onieda Co. NY.
October 8th 1841
Hon. J. L. Edwards
[illegible] I find your papers in case of Mrs. Submit Cook. all application under the act of 1836._ I believe the proof is entirely as required by the Acts of Congress.
Return are respect  as requested  to the 
I am very Respectfully 
J L Edwards
Benj P Johnson
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House of Representatives
July 25,1842

Sir,

You enclosed additional proof in the case of Lyman Cook. I have rec from B. P. Johnson city of Rome. N. Y. who seems to sufficent under your letter of Nov. 2, 1841. I wish you to obtain a pension certificate from you.
   Respectfully
James L Edwards
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L>W>B>
W. 16929. B.L. 106674-160-1855.
DEPARTMNT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS. WASHINGTON, D.C., 
 April 5, 1897.
 Sir:-
Replying to your request for information concerning Oliver Cook, a soldier of the Revolutionary war, and of Solon Cook, a soldier of the war of 1812, you are advised as follows:- 
 Oliver Cook made an application for pension on August 16, 1832, at which time he was 83 years of age and residing in Oneida Co., N.Y., and his pension was allowed for nine months' actual service as a private in the Conn. troops, Revolutionary war;  a part of the time he  served under Capt. Buel and Col. Sheldon. He enlisted at Litchfield, Conn. From papers on file in the claim it appears that he had a brother named Samuel. His widow Submit, made an application and received a pension for the service of her husband as above set forth. 
 Solon Cook made an application for bounty land on October 25, 1835, at which time he was 71 years of age and residing   at Camden, N.Y. and his claim was allowed for his actual service as a private in Capt. John Smith's Company, N.Y. Militia, War of 1812. He enlisted at Camden, N.Y. Length of service not stated.
 Very respectfully,
Mr. M.P.B.Cook    Commissioner.
Lockport, N.Y.
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Incl. 1
Record & Pension Office 
Mar 9 1896
WAR DEPARTMENT 
443614
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O.W.& N. Division,
 W.D.C.
 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF PENSIONS WASHINGTON, D.C., FEB. 29, 1896.
 Sir:
In returning here with your letter of Feb. 17, I have the honor to advise you that the original muster pay rolls of the War of 1812 are on file in the War Department, and to that branch of the public service requests for the military record of soldiers who served in that war should be addressed.
 Very respectfully,
Wm Lochern
Commissioner.
 M.P.B. Cook Esq.,
128 Genessee Street,
Lockport, N.Y.
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Camden, N. York June 28, / 12
Commissioner of Pensions
Rero Dept Washington  D.C.
Rev Sec
My dear Sir
Will you kindly give me the Rero military service of Oliver Cook who is supposed to have Enlisted from Litchfield, Selchfield, Co. 
Thanking you for the same.
Respectfully
G F Traffen 
Camden
New York
 Oneida Co.}
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Chester. Pa. Feb 11th 1908
Pension Officer
Washington
D.C.
 Dear Sir
I understand that aa ancestor of mine, Oliver Cook, applied for a pension in 1832 from CamdenOneida Co. N.Y.
 He died December 30, 1838 age 88 years. His widow lived 8 years longer and died at 94 years 
Please tell me if Oliver Cook
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received the pension and if his widow received it the last 8 years of her life, you will oblige
yours truly
Mrs. Henry G Minnie L. Vedder
Chester Pa
[Stamp with text] PENSION OFFICE A U.S. FEB 13 1908
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Record and pension Office.
WAR DEPARTMENT.
 Washington, September 17, 1896.
Respectfully returned to 
Mr. M.P.B. Cook,
 No.128 Genesee Street, 
Lockport, New York.
 The name Oliver Cook has not been found on the rolls, on file in this office, of any Connecticut military organization in service during the war of the Revolution.
 It is proper to add, however, that the collection of Revolutionary war records in this office is far from complete, and that the absence therefrom of any name is by no means conclusive evidence that the person who bore the name did not serve in the Revolutionary army.
  It is suggested as a possibility that the desired information may be obtained from the adjutant general of the State of Connecticut.  
  As you were advised in a previous indorsement from this office, reliable reports cannot be made from the records of the War of 1812(recently transferred to the War Department) until they shall have been carefully indexed and arranged for use.
  The work of indexing these records has been much more difficult than was anticipated, and from various causes its completion has been unexpectedly delayed, but it is hoped that it will be completed about the first of February next.
 If you will renew your request after that date, such information as the records afford on the subject of your inquiry will be cheerfully furnished you.
By authority of the Secretary of War:
F.C. Ainsworth
Colonel, U.S. Army,
 Chief of Office. [two inclcaures.]
Rec'd back Feb 2 1897
1 add a inc
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Record and Pension Office
WAR DEPARTMENT,
Washington. February 3, 1897.
Respectfully returned to
Mr. M.P.B. Cook,
128 Genessee street,
Lockport, New York.
Inquiries of the nature indicated within should be addressed to the Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.C., who is the custodian of the pension records of all wars, and whose office is separate and distinct from the Record and Pension Office of the War Department.
Three inclosures.
BY AUTHORITY OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR:
F.C. Ainsworth
 Colonel, U.S. Army Chief of Office. 
Per
(300a)
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Pension Office,
DEPARTMENT,
Washington. Mch 9, 1896
 Respectfully returned to
Mr. M.P.B. Cook
128 Genessee St. Lockport. N.Y.'   
  The records of the volunteers of the War of 1812 have but recently been transferred to this Department from the office of the Auditor for the Interior Department (formerly 3d Auditor of the Treasury), and reliable reports cannot be made from them until they shall have been carefully indexed and arranged for use. This work will occupy several months and it is not probable that it will be completed before about the first of September next. If you will renew your request after that date such information on the subject of your inquiry as it may be practicable to obtain from the records will be cheerfully furnished you. 
BY AUTHORITY OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR: 
F.C Ainsworth
Colonel, U.S. Army, Chief of Office
 Per
(562)
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R 7 P.O. 443614 Feb 2 14
                  3
OLD WAR & NAVY
 FEB 9 1897
 FILES
 O.W. & N.
 Mar 20 1897
 RECORDS
PENSION  
FEB
   U.    6   S.
1897
OFFICE.
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Lockport. N.Y.
Feb.1-97
Chief of Office re.
Dear Sir: I herewith rec' the enclosed papers as they fully explain my purpose in writing, except in regard to the Samuel Cook who was witness in the matter of Oliver's application for pension, who testifies in 1832, the date of the application that he then resided in Sheridan Chau. Cayugay (sp) Co. N.Y. We wish to know, particularly, whether that Samuel mentioned was his brother or his Father. Connecticut, as far as I know, has a record of him as a soldier, although, A has, I think of his cousins Timothy Cook, Abel Cook, Wm Cook, who were sons of Theophilus Jr. I remember Oliver well and know he was a Revolutionary soldier of the War of the Revelation and pensioner.
 I would like all your records tell of him and the Solon Cook, who was a pensioner of the war with Great Britain 1812. 
Yours Respectfully
[illegible]
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R.& P.O. 443614 Sept 14 91
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Lockport, N.Y.
Sept 15 - 96
Chief of Record re, 
War Dept. Washington D.C.
Dear Sir,
 Please allow me to call your attention to the herewith enclosed papers and matter. My father Solon Cook was the grandson of Oliver Cook who was a soldier of the Revolutionary War from Conn. Was in the battle of Long Island the day before Washington evacuated New York and I think was in service during the most of the seven years having enlisted three times. I think you also have his record.
 Don't suppose I can hurry a reply I wish to use the record before the first of Oct. [illegible] if possible
Yours most truly-
M P B Cook
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Lockport. N.Y.
March -- 1896
Solon Cook 
war of 1812
 M.P.B. Cook
Ask for a copy of the record of above named man

1 incl
PENSION
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FEB
6
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OFFICE
OLD WAR & NAVY
FEB 9 1897
FILES
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LOCKPORT, N.Y.
Feb.17-96
Commissioner of Pensions
Olr was Jii.
Dept. Interiors

Sir, I would greatly like a copy of what your office can tell about Solon Cook, oldest son and child of Martin Cook. In the war with Great Britain 1812-13he served, I think as a substitute (not being old enough to be drafted) I think an aid to Capt. Higgens. I know but little about it but think the pension must have been procured by Grm. Lyman Curtis (he may have been in Curtis' command) .  In about 1830}
  A history is being written of the early settlers of Camden N.Y. and I wish the records of your office in that direction and as early as may be. 
Yours very truly 
M. P. Cook
Solon Cook may have been [illegible] Commissioned of Col. Israel Stoddard, from Camden, N.Y.

128 Genessee St.
Niagara Co. N.Y.
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August 1832 from Camden N.Y. and other papers.

The family (his descendants) so very large and widely spread throughout the country. He first enlisted from Litchfield Con. These are but few now living who could fill in the record and before it is entirely lost it seems to me fitting that it should be filled and recorded with the other papers for the benefit of interested posterity.
  The date of the death of Submit Cogsdell wife of Oliver Cook in her ninety fifth year, was July 20th, 1846.
  The children of Oliver were--
Martin - oldest and only son, born Mch. 3 1772 at Litchfield Cou. 
married Clara Rossiter (3 yrs his junior) Dec 23-1794 " " "
and died at Camden, Oneida Co. N.Y. Mch. 24th 1855.
  The daughters of Oliver and Submit were five as follows 
              where her father had moved about 1778/
Polly, married Samuel Brooker, Harwinton, Ct where the whole family moved in spring of 1800.
Chloe married Stephen Scovill, lived and died in Camden, N.Y.
Ursula married Amos Mix " " " " "
Anna married Joseph Scovill " " " " " 
Esther married Amos Soper " " " " Rome "
 Your office records say they removed from Harwinton Ct to Camden in about 1792. The facts are, Martin Cook and his brother-in-law J.  Scovill went on foot to Camden in the Spring of 1799 - chopped over five acres, hacked it in to corn, which they carried it with them., harvested and cribbed it in the Autumn, then footed it back to Harwinton, stayed through the Winter, then with a two wheeled ox cart and one horse they made it three weeks' return journey to Camden in the spring of 1800, the last nine miles from Tabery in Annsville, Oneida Co. there being only a foot path and they had to pick their way through the J[illegible] forest.
M.P.B. Cook
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Submit Cook
widow of 
Oliver Cook
Fie with widow
 no 16929
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Old war Div.
I.N.P. Ex'r
No. C Co Reg't 
DEPARTMENT of INTERIOR
Bureau of Pensions.
WASHINGTON, D.C.

Address your reply to the Commissioner of Pensions with return of this letter.  
October 15, 1890

Sir, 
  In accordance with your request you will receive enclosed, a statement, on separate sheets, of so much history of Oliver Cook who served in the Revolutionary war from Connecticut, as is contained in his application, and that of his widow, for pension which both have 
received, --
Very respectfully
 Green B Raum 
Mr. M.P.B. Cook
128 Genesee St
Lockport
Niagara County N.Y. 
Lockport N.Y. Jany. 27'1891.
  
I trust it may not be considered inappropriate that I send the two inclosed (sp)sheets to supplement the incomplete record of an honorable soldier of the Revolutionary War. 
  Many descendants of these early settlers are still to be found in Camden and vicinity, but the great majority of them are widely scattered, perhaps more of them are in Mich. than any other western state.
  I have made this investigation with the design of placing the name of my great- grandfather, Oliver Cook (a name we greatly revere and honor), on the rosters of the companies in which he served, and on the general catalog of the names of the names of those who honored Connecticut with their service in the "days that tried mens'souls, " where it of right belongs. And farther, if possible, to trace our family from its origin in the old country across the ocean. My first object is a success, but we have, so far, failed in the latter.
I would be pleased to hear what disposition you make of this. 
Yours very truly, M.P.B. Cook.
To Green B. Baum, Commissioner.
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do not accept this as part of claim not proved.

Lockport, Niagara Co. N.Y.\Jany. 27.1891.
Green B. Raum;(Commissioner of pensions, Washington, D.C)

Sir:
  In your reply of Oct.15.1890, to my letter of a previous date, giving to me the Bureau of Pension's his-tory of Oliver Cook, a Revolutionary Soldier from Conn- you say ; "There is no record of the children of Oliver - - Cook on file."
  I now write to supply the missing link &c. Oliver Cook (The revolutionary soldier) and second son of Samuel Cook had six children, one son and five daughters.
  Martin, whose wife was Clara Rossiter of Harwinton, Ct.
moved, with his father Oliver and his young family, from H.Ct. to Camden N.Y. in the spring of 1800. 
  Polly, married Saml. Brooker and remained in Harwinton. 
  Chloe, married Stephen Scovill of Camden N.Y.
  Ursula, married Amos Mix " " " " " " 
Esther, married Amos Soper " " " " " " 
Said Olver died Dec. 30th, 1838 aged 88 years.
Submit (nee Cogsdell) his wife, died July 20th, 1864 - A 94.

Martin Cook, son of Oliver, son of Samuel, had eleven children, as follows, viz:
 Martin Cook, born Sept. 30th,1795, died July 2'1876.
Solon Cook, born Sept. 30th, 1795, died July 2'1876.
Dotha born Dec. 15th, 1797, " Nov. 16th'1868
Didama " Dec 4th, 1799, " Mch. 6'1866.
Orson, born July 19', 1802, died July 25'1880 at Rockford Ill
Lucintha, " July 13th 1804, "Sept.3'1856.
Rebecca, " Oct.1st,1806, " Mch. 8'1882.
Oliver Wolcott " Jany. 12th, 1809 " Feb. 22' 1871.
Thomas, born Mch. 1' 1811, died in Mich.
Norris ' July 27th, 1813 died Mich.
Julius, Nov 10th, 1815 yet living in Camden, N.Y.
Olive' Jany. 6th, 1818. now a widow in ''

Solon married Elvira Byington of Camden, N.Y. for 1st. wf,
and Betsey E. Peck of Waterbury Ct. ''2 wf.
Dotha married Milen Barnes of Camden for 1st husband, 
and John Julia a Frenchman ' 2 '
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Orson married a Miss Doolittle of Conn, stock.
Lucintha married Isaac Northrup, ' Camden N.Y.
Rebecca married Pliny Barnes ' ' ' 
Oliver Wolcott married Sarah Winne  " " " Dutch descent.
Thomas married Mary Warring of Camden, New England stock
Norris married Syrena Warring   " " " '
Julius married Sally Elden " " " " 
 Olive married Alfred Barnes '" " " 
These all reared nice families, some of them quite large
Solon, son of Martin, son of Oliver, son of Samuel, had children as follows: by his first wife, Elvira Byington.
Charlotte born July 7th, 1816
Angeline born June 1st, 1817.
Clarissa, born Mch. 7th, 1820.
 By Betsey E. Peck his second wife:
Sophia born Aug.4th, 1826. Mary Aug 31st, 1825
Elizabeth Jane, born Oct.25th,1827.
Maria Janette, born Feb.19th,1830.
Melzar Peck Barnes, born Oct. 29th, 1832.
Martin Rossiter, born May 18th, 1834.
George Gerry, born Aug 25th, 1838.

Melzar Peck Barnes, son of Solon, son of Martin only son of Oliver, son of Samuel, has one son, viz:
Frederic Augustus, A.M. Ph.D. a graduate of Syracuse University; V. Pr. of and occupies the chair of ancient languages in Kansas Wesleyan University, Salina Ks. 
and one daughter,
Cora Frances, wife of W.W. Storrs, of the law firm of Ellsworth Potter & Storrs, of Lockport, N.Y.
So, the record stands, -
Melzar P.B. Cook, and Hattie C. (nee Sperry) his wife 2 children.
Solon Cook by his first wife, 3 "
By his second wife, 7"
Martin and Clara (nee Rossiter) his wife, 11 "
Oliver and Submit (nee Cogsdell) his wife, 6"
Samuel" 10
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LOCKPORT, N.Y
Aug. 18th, 1890.
COMISSIONER of PENSIONS, -
(Washington, D.C.)
Honored Sir;-
My Great grand- father, Oliver Cook, ( whom I well remember), was a pensioner of the "Revolutionary War and enlisted, (I suppose), from Harwinton, Ct.
I wish to know his full, military record, and any other information of record that you may have concerning him.
A few days since, I called upon judge L.P. Deming ^ Of New Haven, Ct. about the matter, (the revolutionary record of whose great- grand - father you furnished   to him a few weeks ago), who referred me to you, or to your department, as the only source of such information. 
Please give to me as timely a reply as will comport with your e a r l i e s t c o n v e n i e n c e, and greatly oblige, -
 Yours very sincerely,
 M.P.B. Cook.
(128 Genesee St.)
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5.1897 - History to 
M.P.B. Cook
Lockport. N.Y.
 68. Hist. to Henry C. Vedder.

1915, July 6. History to Mrs. G.F. Traffern.  F.W.

16-929
Rev WIDOW, & c.
File No. 16.929
Submit Cook
Widow of Oliver Cook
Priv. Rev. War
Act: July 4th 1836
Index:- Vol. A Page 149
[Arrangement of 1870.]
apr.
Mr.
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Feb.21, 
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7185
Oliver Cook
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7185

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Oliver Cook of Camden Oneida County New York which require further proof or explanation.

1. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? Yes

II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides: Yes

III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? 

IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? No

V. Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? Yes

VI. Has he given the names of the officers whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? Yes

VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? Yes

VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? Yes

IX.  Has the Clerk given his certificate? Yes

X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? Yes
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? Yes

XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?

XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?

XIV. If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility?  To, but one of them

XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have personal knowledge of the applicant's service? yes

XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? No

XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? 1st 2nd 6th
EXPLANATORY NOTES. 
QUERE V.  In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
 "Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A.B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that by reason of old age, and consequent loss of memory ,he cannot swear positively as to precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: For______ year_________ _______ months and __________ ______days. I served as a ______________; and for such service I claim a pension."
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It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the 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.
QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
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 claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as 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 affidavits must be properly authenticated, as above directed.
QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating Papers.
 In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end 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. 
 The Declarant did make in his sub. where he was born, to [illegible] , in the town of Old Windsor and that too in  Oct. 1750 and that he had never had a militia discharge and that the [illegible] age has in an old family Bible owned by his deceased father and that a great many years ago he saw it there- I have noted there statements in the margin of his declaration opposite the lines containing them - I do not know that it is papible for the old  to collect with any pension the period or periods of the war when he served than he has He has had an 
affoplect shook and it impairs his Memory  I know the man I have for 10 years he is honest & consistory  & what he does hate may be relied on- I sat down by him took his statement and left bounty for what more he might recollect & when I got the judge to him. I filled up the same by any future fact that he stated that abiut  for the
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different colour of ink- his neighbor who know all about him give him a fair character and have alway found him a man of integrity no doubt, are here entertained of the fact that he served in the states 
Jas. Southworth Jr
 Please don't answer to this application To Jas Southworth Camden Oneida Co. N. York

7185
Oliver Cook
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State of New York
Chautauqua County
Clerk's Office } ss.  I James L Sowry Clerk of the said County do hereby certify that Porter Phelps Esquire before whom- the annexed affidavit purports to have ben sworn & who make certificate of credit , was at the date of the same one of the Justices of the peace in & for the said County and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name subscribed to the said Affidavit & Certificate is genuine In Testimony whereof I have hereunto & set my name affixed the seal of the Court of  Common Pleas of said County this 13 th day of February 1833
James L Sowry Clerk
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State of New York
Chautauqua
[eligible] Before me Samuel Cook of the Sheridan state and county adjacent Being Duly sworn Deposition and suit that he was well acquainted with Oliver Cook of Camden in the County of Onieda and State of New York in the time of the Revolution and to his certain knowledge he was a volunteer in the Connecticut State too the time of [illegible] he does not recollect and further this  Defendant statement                   Samuel Cook
 Subscribed now sworn before me this 7th day of August 1732
Porter Phelps Justice of Pease
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State of New York
 Chautauqua County} I Porter Phelps a Justice of the Peace in Sheridan for the County & state do hereby certify that I am acquainted with Samuel Cook who subscribed & move to the mention affidavit in no revenue and that the said Samuel Cook is {illegible} of met & veracity
Porter Phelps Justice of the Peace 

Samuel Cook 
Affidavit
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The amended declaration of Oliver Cook the applicant named in the declaration hereto attached
__________________________________________________
State of N. York 
Oneida County} Js. 
___________________
Personally appeared before me James Southworth a Justice of The Peace residing in the Town of Camden, County & State aforesaid
Oliver Cook the applicant for a pension named in the declaration to which this is an amendment being duly sworn says; That he was born in old Windsor Conn in Oct.1750. That he enlisted in the company commanded by Capt. Ard Buel in the year 1776 in the spring served 4 months as a private and that afterwards in the same year he enlisted in Captain Hodges company for three months as a private and served that term of time. And that in April 1777 he volunteered under Capt. Cobley to go to Danbury Conn that he marched to that place and arrived soon after the place had been burned by the enemy and a great quantity of stores and other property had been destroyed, that he served under this last enlistment two months and was then discharged that he has never had any written discharge; and knows of no record of his age except the one mentioned his said declaration   made in an old family Bible but where that now is, he cannot state. that he will be eighty three years old the third day of Oct next, and that by reason of old age sickness and the consequent loss of memory
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he is unable to swear positively as to the precise times when he enlisted under each enlistment, but that the length of service under each enlistment he can swear was as in his declaration is set forth, and that for such service he claims a pension   Oliver Cook
Sworn & subscribed before me this 8th of April AD 1833 J. Southworth J.P.}

clerks office
 Oneida County 
I George Brown Clerk of the said county do certify that James Southworth Esq before whom the above affidavit of Oliver Cook forthwith to have been sworn was at the date of the same a Justice of the peace in and for said County and that I am well acquainted with his Peace within and verify believe the equantance J. Southworth above subscribed to be genuine witness my hand and Seal of Office this 16 day of April AD. 1833
Geo Brown Clerk 
Jos B Read Dep Clk
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Oliver Cook's
Pension Papers 
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-application- 
7185.

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jmopri
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30$
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And I the said Judge do hereby declare my opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant from [illegible] bodily infirmity and old age is unable to appear in the court and mite in human probability be left to at the next term thereof if he should [illegible] till that time and that the above named applicant war of revolutionary soldier as he states. And the laid Judge further states and certifies that he well knows that Eliakim Stoddard who has signed the pensioning certificate is a Clergyman [illegible] in the Town Of Camden and that John Wilson who has also signed the same in resident in the same town and a audible person and that their statement is entitled to [illegible] and that I the laid Judge am also acquainted with Oliver Cook who subscribed the above declaration and that I concur with the Laid Eliakim Stoddard as to the good character and age with an veracity of him the laid Oliver Cook, and the belief as this [illegible] as in Harwinton Connecticut where acquaintance with him that he has been a soldier of the Revolutionary on and did the service open find by him  in his said declaration 
 Israel Stoddard
Judge of Oneida County
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State of New York
Clerks office Oneida County I George Brown clerk of the said County do hereby certify that Israel Stoddard Esq before whom the foregoing affidavits purport to have been [illegible] was on the day of the date of said affidavits a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County & further that I am acquainted with his handwriting and verily believe the signature "Israel Stoddard " subscribed to the finals of same affidavits are his [illegible] hand writing and signature and a first [illegible] certify that the foregoing contained the original proceedings of the said Judge in the matter of the application of Oliver Cook for a pension
  In testimony whereof I have hereunto [illegible] my hand and seal of office this 30th day of August AD. 1832
Geo Brown Clerk
Joseph B Read (Deputy Clerk)