Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 36,991, David Cook, Continental (Mass.)
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(3-1776)
SERVICE
Continental (Mass.)

Cook, David

NUMBER
S.36.991
{ B.L.Wt.355_300.Capt.
Issued Jan. 26, 1790 to
John May assignee.
no papers
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CONTENTS
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7.445
Maine
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David Cook
of Westbrook in the Dist. of Maine
who was a Captain in the regiment commanded by
Colonel Crane of the Mass'tts
line, for the term of during the War.
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Inscribed on the Roll of Dist. of Maine
at the rate of 20 Dollars per month, to commence on
the 29 of April 1818
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Certificate of Pension issued the 6th of March 1819
and sent to Jn'o. Mussey Jr. Esq
Portland, Maine
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Arrears to 4th of March 1819
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 Sept 1819
Am't. to 4 Sept. 33.99
Semi-an allow 120
[sum] $153.99
{ Revolutionary claim,
Act 18th March, 1818. }
J. P. @ 16.66 2/3
Inv'd pensioner
Continued

[right side]
Ent'd

[written downward at right]
Notification Sent to John Massey Jr Age 14 July 1820.
Portland Me
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David Cook
Lieutenant & Captain
Col. Knox -- Mass line.
Nov '75, 1 year
Col. Crane regt. Artillery
1776. 7 years
29 April. 1818.
Correct
See the Judges certificate on file
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
MAINE DISTRICT, ss.

I David Cook a resident of Westbrook in the District of Maine & Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged sixty five years being duly sworn do depose & say that I was commissioned in November 1775 as Lieutenant in Capt Stevens' Company in Col. Knox's Regt Massachusetts Line of the Continental Establishment & served one year when I was commissioned as Captain of Artillery in Col. Crane's Reg't of the Continental Establishment and served until the month of November 1783 when I was discharge I further declare that I was wounded in the battle of Monmouth on the 28th June 1778 and on account of the same disability received a pension of sixteen & two thirds dollars per month by virtue of the Act of Congress passed for my relief on the 16th December 1792 and that I am the same person named as Captain David Cook in said Act. I further declare by reason of my reduced circumstances I am in need of the assistance of my country for support and hereby claim the benefit of the late Act of Congress making provision for certain persons engaged in the land & naval service of the United States during the  Revolutionary War passed the 18th March 1818

David Cook

Subscribed and sworn to this twenty ninth day of April one thousand eight hundred and eighteen
Before me

Albion K. Parris
Judge &c
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Know all men by these presents that I David Cook a resident of Westbrook in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, who subscribed the within declaration do hereby relinquish and quit claim to the United States of America all my right to the pension allowed me by virtue of the Act of Congress passed the 16th December 1792 hereby claiming to receive of said United States in lieu thereof the pension allowed Revolutionary Officers by the Act of Congress passed the 18th March 1818

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this twenty ninth day of April one thousand eight hundred & eighteen

David Cook

Signed sealed & delivered in presence of
Albion K. Parris
John Mussey Jun

Cumberland April 29th 1818 Then the above named David Cook personally acknowledged the foregoing instrument by him signed & sealed to be his act & deed

Before me J. Mussey Junr Just. of the Peace

I John Mussey Jun Agent of the United States for paying the Pensions of Invalids &c within the District of Maine being duly sworn do depose & say that David Cook who subscribed the preceeding instrument is the identical David Cook to whom the payment of the pension granted by the Act of Congress of December 16th 1791 has been heretofore made by me as Agent

John Mussey Jun

Apr. 29

Subscribed and sworn to this twenty ninth day of April one thousand eight hundred and eighteen

Before me
Albion H. Parris
Judge &c
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
MAINE DISTRICT, ss.

BE IT REMEMBERED, That on the twenty ninth day of April in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, personally came David Cook the applicant named in the papers hereunto annexed, and after being duly cautioned and examined, made oath that the several statements by him made in the annexed application, signed in my presence, are wholly true.

And the said applicant in the written instrument by him signed and sealed on the back of his declaration, voluntarily relinquished the claim to the pension allowed him on account of disability received while a Captain in the Revolutionary Army & to which he was entitled by the Act of Congress passed the 16th December 1791; and also offered in evidence the declaration under oath of John Mussey Jun'r Esq'r that he is the identical person entitled & who has received the pension aforesaid and it also appears for said Cook's declaration under oath that by reason of his reduced circumstances in life he is in need of the assistance of his country for support

And it appearing to me in the examination here had, that the several persons above named are credible witnesses, I do hereby admit the annexed declarations as evidence, and certify the same as being satisfactory proof to me that the said David Cook the applicant, served as a Captain in the revolutionary war, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months and upwards in continuation on the continental establishment. And I do further certify, that from the declaration of the applicant made before me, under oath as aforesaid, it does appear that in consequence of his reduced circumstances in life, he is in need of assistance from his country for support; all which I do hereby certify and transmit to the Secretary of the Department of War, agreeably to the provisions of an Act of Congress, passed March 18, 1818, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war."

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused my Official Seal to be affixed the day and year first mentioned.

Albion K. Parris
Judge of the United States in and for the District of Maine.
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N108. David Cook.
Copy
[pointing hand] County of Cumberland
Att. J. Mussey Jnr Clerk
Contin'd
7445
6 March 1819
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
DISTRICT OF MAINE, ss.

At a District Court of the Unied States begun and holden at Portland within and for the District of Maine, on the first Tuesday, being the sixth day of June and by adjournment from day to day, on the ninth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty, before the Honorable ALBION K. PARRIS, Judge of said Court.

On this ninth day of June, in the year above written, personally appeared in open Court, the same having "the power of fine and imprisonment," and being a Court of Record for said Maine District, David Cook aged seventy years, resident in Westbrook in said District, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows, viz. as a Captain in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Crane, in the line of the State of Massachusetts on the Continental Establishment, as is more particularly mentioned and described in his original declaration, made on the 29th day of April A. D. 1818, and on which said declaration his Certificate of Pension, numbered 7445 was granted. And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818; and that I have not since that time by gift, sale, or in any manner disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an Act of Congress, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War,” passed on the 18th day of March, 1818: and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts, or debts due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed; that my occupation and ability to pursue the same, together with the number and other particulars of my family, are in fact and in truth as is particularly described on the back hereof, also subscribed by me.

David Cook

Sworn to and declared, on the ninth day of June A. D. 1820.

BEFORE Albion K. Parris { U.S. District Judge for the District of Maine.
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SCHEDULE of the real and personal estate, (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) belonging to me the subscriber, viz:

Real estate -- none, Personal estate -- none,
except my pension, on which I have lived and
depend for a support. I have no income,
nor have I any family

David Cook

Sworn to Before
Albion K. Parris
U.S. Dist: Judge
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MAINE DISTRICT, ss.

I, JOHN MUSSEY, Junr. Clerk of the District Court of the United States for Maine District, do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath, and the schedules thereto annexed, are truly copied from the Record of the said Court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule, is one dollar and no more.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this ninth day of June A. D. one thousand eight hundred and twenty.

John Mussey Junr { Clerk of the U. States District Court for Maine District.

$1--
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36991
Revy INVALID.
File No. 36,991
David Cook
Capt Rev War
Act: 18" March 18"
Index:-- Vol. 2, Page 92
[Arrangement of 1870.]