Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 17359, Samuel Cobb, Va.
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(3-1776) NUMBER

SERVICE

Va. Cobb, Samuel S. 17359

Born in Del. carded

Contents
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Missouri 22. 842
Samuel Cobb
of Montgomery County in the State of Missouri who was a Private in the co commanded by Captain Craven of the Reg. commanded by - in the Virginia line for 9 mo.
22342 of no

I inscribed on the Roll of Missouri at the state of 30 Dollars 00 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 17 day of Oct, 1833 and sent to the Clair Keitley, Columbia, Boone Co. Mo.

Arrears to the 4th of Sept 33 - 75.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 may 34 15.00
$90.00

Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by Wm R Palmer Clerk
Book 6 Vol 8 Page 80
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State of Missouri
County of Montgomery
Circuit Court of Montgomery
Sct.
I Samuel Cobb of the County of Montgomery and state of Missouri depose and say that as I am informed and believe I was was born in the state of Delaware in the County of Sussex and now about seventy two years of age, When an infant my parents moved to Augusta County in the State of Virginia where I remained until the year after Colonel Lewis engagement with the indians at Point Pleasant as I now believe in the year 1775 - I then think in 1776 became a soldier, under Captain Robert Cravens and went with him to the forts, in Leggir Valey called Friends fort, Wilsons fort, Westfall's fort & Adanack's fort & remained in the servie three months when I returned to Augusta & remained that fall & winter & in the next spring I again entered the service under Captain George Jackson & went with him to the forts on the west fork of Monongahala river & remained in the service three moths, more when my time was out I afterwards remained at the forts until the end of the revolutionary war during which time I served another tour under Captain Joseph Gregory
After the war I lived a short time in York or Yohagary river at a place called the big glades
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in Maryland. I then moved to Chrees river in Virginia in what is now Randolph County & remained there about 4 years & moved into Mongaliala County & remained there about the same length of time & then moved to Flemming County in Kentucky & lived there about 22 years & about 11 years ago moved to this county where I have resided ever since.
In my first expedition under Captain Cravens I became a substitute in Augusta County Virginia and took up the line of march from that place I think in May our rendezvous was at Colonel Abraham Smiths, where our pack horses & flour was furnished here Abraham Smith Jr. joined us as manager of the pack horses, went into us to the forts in Leggon Valley & then returned with the pack horses. From Smith we proceeded on our march & crossed the two forks of Shenandoah river, went through Blocks gap on the divide between Shenandoah & the South branch of the Potomac river, crossed that & the divide between it & the north branch of the Potomac crossed the waters of that high up, when we passed up what was then called the tory settlement then crossed the Allaghany mountains on the waters of Chest river & to the Rev. Wilson's fort. We rested here one day & the whole company was marched to the
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upper or Warracks fort. Captain Cravens on the day after our arrival at the upper fort marched back to the lower fort dividing and leaving a part of the company in each of the four forts, marching after we left Westfalls Fort in the night on account of our number being lessened and for fear of the indians. I was stationed in Wilsons fort & served (the ballance of my three months there. In this company Jerry Cravens was Lieutenant & was left at one of the upper forts. The captain staid at Warracks fort & Ben Wilson who was then called Colonel had this charge of the fort in which I was stationed.
In my second expedition under George Jackson, we started from Nutters fort in the west fork of the Monongalia where I had went from Augusta) & proceeded by water in canoes to Morgans fort (near Morgantown) where we were joined by the Legger Valley Company, then under Joseph Friend who not having a full company went back to Leggon Valley to raise the ballance, leaving his men under Captain Jackson.
Friend never returned to us. We proceeded in canoes from Morgan's fort down to the new store at the mouth of York river with Colonel Zachariah Morgan, where we were joined by General Clark with as I now think about 400 regulars. Here we drew our lent clothes, camp kettles, ammunition, & provisions. Here we were divided in
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to fatigued companies, to take flour boats down to fort Pitt, (now Pittsburgh) In this we had much difficulty on account of the river being low, particularly at Braddocks riffle through which it took us three days to get the large flour boat I was assisting with. We remained in Fort Pitt two days when we were moved down about three miles to W. Keys bottom at the mouth of Whitley Creek where we remained about two weeks, on account of the lowness of the water. Just before we left this place three regulars I believe of Captain Cherry's company went out to kill squirrels, & while out got to shooting at a mark, while they were thus engaged I went to where they were shooting & we were fired on by seven indians as was supposed from the Sign, the three regulars were killed & I alone escaped to the camp. John McKey from whom the bottom was named & who had lived there for some time without being interrupted by the indians, who suspected for harbouring these indians, And on the next day by the order of Colonel Gipson, as was said, General Clark had McKey taken up and sentenced to receive on his bear back one hundred lashes with the cat & nine tiles, which I saw inflicted, being detailed as one of the guard on the occasion.
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From McKeys bottom we started down to Wheeling fort & when we reached we reached fort McIntosh, thirty miles below Pitsburgh, I with three others was detailed to remain for an artillery man, who reached us on the second day & on the third we proceeded to Wheeling. We staid two days at Wheeling & then crossed over to the island just below the fort, where we intended to kill the six remaining bovines we had. The boats crossed over leaving a few months to start the beavers to [illegible] the river. They were started in above Wheeling creek, & the men stripped & started in after them. And from the hallowing noise of the men the beavers became frightened swam down the river came out on the same side below the creek, & the men being stripped & unable to follow them through the nettles they made their escape & we saw no more of them. Here the time of the Militia expired but General Clark by much persuasion prevailed on us to accompany him as far as the mouth of Little Kanawa to help guard the boats through the long reach of the Ohio which from the narrowness of the river there was considered a dangerous place. At the mouth of the Little Kanawa such of us as wished it
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were discharged and went home, a few proceeding with General Clark to the falls of the Ohio among whom were Colonel Morgan and Captain Jackson. 
In my third tour I volunteered at Thomas Nutter's fort as it was called on the west fork of Mongahala river under Joseph Gregory who was called Captain & said he had a commission but I never saw his commission & it was doubted by some whether he had one but being young and careless about that matter, I never pestered myself about it. Our whole duty this tour of three months, making in my three tours nine months all as a private consisted in guarding this fort spighing through the country & guarding the people while they were at work in their little fields. I will here state that although I was in no general engagement with the indians, I had while spighing frequently to run from them I have no written record of my age nor do I know of any in being, nor is there anyone as far as I know in the Cunty or accessible to me by whom I can prove the above services. I had a written discharge from Captain Cravens that have lost it. Colonel Morgan promised to write discharges for his men when he got home
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but he died shortly after he got home & I never received mine from him. From Gregory I received no discharge, I have never and know of been placed on any pension list, have received from the United States no pay or pension whatever for the above services & hereby relinquish all right and title to the same except what I may of right claim under an act entitled An Act supplementary to an Act for the relief of certain surviving officers & soldiers of the revolution passed at the last session of Congress.
Saml. Cobb x his mark
Sworn to in open Court 6th day
of May in the year 1833
Jacob L. Sharp Clerk
State of Missouri
County of Montgomery Sct.
On this day of May 1833 personally appeared in open court before the Honorable Priestley H. McBride Judge of the circuit court within and for the County of Montgomery aforesaid now sitting Samuel Cobb a resident of the county of Montgomery & State of Missouri aged Seventy two years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath, make the foregoing declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832
That he entered the service as is therein stated. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present,
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I declare that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State.
Sworn to and subscribed, the day & year aforesaid in open Court.
Jacob L Sharp Clerk
We, Jabez Horns, a clergyman residing in County of Montgomery & William G. Rice, residing in the county of Montgomery, Absolum Hays, now residing in the adjoining county of Warren, and Joseph Hays now residing in the adjoining county of Rally, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Samuel Cobb, who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be seventy two years of age; that he is reputable & believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn to & subscribed, the day & year aforesaid in open Court
J. L. Sharp Clerk & Jabez Horns
Absalom Hays
Joseph Hays
Wm G Rice
And the said court do hereby declare its open in after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogation prescribed by the war department, that the above applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And the court further certifies, that it appears to it that Jabez Horns, who has signed the preceding certificate; is a clergyman, resident in the County of Montgomery, and that Absalom Hays, Joseph Hays, & William G Rice who have also signed the same are resident in the county in their said certificate mentioned, & are credible persons and
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26. 852
22. 842
Samuel Cobb
Missouri

Adm 9. Months
$30

Sinclair Kirtley
Columbia
Boone County
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,

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 compiling with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.

A Statement, showing the Service of Samuel Cobb
Period when the service was rendered.
1770
1777
Duration of the claimant's service.
Year
Months.
3
3
3
Days.
Rank of the Claimant.
pris
Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served.
Cap Cravens
Jackson
Cap. Gregogry
Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service.
72 years
Augusta
Na
Proof by which the declaration is supported
Traditionary

I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner 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 how 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 officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record 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 County of } ss.
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 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 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, in 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 of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to an subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.

{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) hereby s=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. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the - 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 produce 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 produce 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
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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 of 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 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?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, 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 those 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 inquiry 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 a 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 male 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.

[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 confrming 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 satisfactory examination of the claims cannot be had. Every claimant must stat, 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. 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 the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the 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 - -. 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 place where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by-competent authority; that he was neither 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 ribbon, 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 twi 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 must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[ I.] The notes from [a] to [i]i are all 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 witnesses cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and went to the War Department, with the declaration.
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September 30, 1938

BA-J/AWF
Samuel Cobb
S. 17359

Mrs. William M. Sweeny
126 Franklin Street
Astoria, Long Island
New York

Dear Madam,

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Samuel Cobb who applied for pension while a resident of Montgomery County, Missouri.

The data furnished herein were obtained from papers on file in pension claim S. 17359, based on the military service of Samuel Cobb in the Revolutionary War.

Samuel Cobb was born about the year 1761 in Sussex County, Delaware. The names of his parents were not given. His parents moved to Augusta County, Virginia, when he was an infant.

While residing in Augusta County, Virginia, Samuel Cobb served in 1776, three months as a private in Captain Robert Cravens' Virginia company, and marched to the Forts in the Tygart Valley. He served the next spring, three months in Captain George Jackson's company, under Colonel Zachariah Morgan, and marched to the Falls of the Ohio. He served another tour of three months in Captain Joseph Gregory's company, dates of this service not given.

After the Revolution he lived at the "Big Glades on Yohogany River", then to Cheat River in Randolph County, Virginia, where he lived about four years, to
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Monomgalia Count, lived about four years, to Fleming County, Kentucky, lived about twenty-two years, thence to Montgomery County, Missouri.

The Soldier, Samuel Cobb, was allowed pension on his application executed May 6, 1833, then a resident of Montgomery County, Missouri.

The papers on file in this claim contain no discernible data relative to his family.

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name, and address of person paid, and possibly the date of death of this pensioner, you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D.C., and furnish the following data:

Samuel Cobb
Certificate #22342
Issued October 17, 1833
Rate $30.00 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1831
Act of June 7, 1832
Missouri Agency.

Very truly yours

A.D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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Pension Claims
May 29
26.857
852
Free
The Honorable The Secretary of War
City of Washington
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17 359
INVALID
File No. 17359
Samuel Cob
Pri. Rev War
Act: June 7 32
Index :- Vol. / , Page 440
[Arrangement of 1870.]

January 3 - 1900
W. C Pander Marting C5
Mo. - Serence
1911 Oct. 4. To Mrs S.W. Foster
from card catalogue
1927 - Jan 5 Hist to Miss Nettie
Cobb awf
1931 - Jan 30 - Hist to Mrs Clay
Clayton F. Daugherty. awf
1938 Sept 30. hist to Mrs Wm M Sweeny awf
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26. 852
Samuel Cobb
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that their statement is entitled to credit,
P.H. Mc Bride Judge 2nd J. Cir
I, Jacob L Sharp, clerk of the circuit court within & for the County of Montgomery & State of Missouri, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Samuel Cobb for a pension. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal office this 7th day of May 1833
Jacob L. Sharp
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Columbia Boone County Miss May 16th 1833

The Officers of the Pension office

The two claimants whose declarations are herewith sent would be favored by directing the communications on the subject of their pensions to me at this place. Acting as their attorney, the communication from the department will be earlier recd. and attended to by me here than if directed to them in Montgomery. The suggestion is made supposing this course is not in opposition to the views or customs of the department. Its decision will however be cheerfully acquiesced in.

Very respectfully,
Sinclair Kirtley
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126 Franklin Street,
Astoria, long Island, N.Y.,
August 24, 1938.

Mr. A. D. Hiller
Veterans Administration,
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:-
Kind send me the record of the military services in the War of the Revolution of Samuel Cobb, a soldier who applied for a pension from Montgomery County, Missouri, October 17, 1833.

Yours very respectfully,
Lenora Higginbotham Sweeny
(Mrs William M. Sweeny)
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CLAYTON F. DAUGHERTY
1610 WEST CHURCH STREET
CHAMPAIGN. ILL.

War Dept.
Dept Revol. War Pensions.
Gentlemen,
I am very desirous of finding out whether any Revolutionary War Records and Pension Records you may have, show any Revolutionary War Record or Service for the following listed men. We are desirous of joining the D.A.R and must have exact proof. Old Bible Records, family tradition, etc. shows that these men partook in the Revolutionary War.
They are:
(1) David Noble of Pennsylvania, who, after the war, went to Kentucky and fought the Indians with Daniel Boone on many occasions.
(2) Samuel Portwood of Virginia, who later went to Kentucky and was one of the early settlers of Madison Co, Ky.
(3) Samuel Cobb, of either Virginia or North Carolina. We are not sure whether he was living in Va or No. Car. at the time of the War. his wife, Frances Cobb, cooked cakes for the American soldiers who fled in at the front door, took cakes hot off the griddle, and passed out the back door, eating as they marched.
I thank you in advance for your attention, and sincerely hope that you may be able to help us establish the war records of these ancestors of ours - of whom we are very proud.

Very sincerely,
Mrs Clayton F. Daugherty
Champaign, Il.
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F.J.M.-ORD
1st Ind.

War Department, A.G.O., January 15, 1931.-To the Commissioner of Pensions.

1. A reply to a duplicate letter, addressed to the War Department, has been made this day.

CH BRIDGES
Major General,
The Adjutant General,
by BR

RW
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Oct. 30, 1926.

Pension Dept.
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir: Will you please send me the pension record (Rev. War) of Samuel Cobb of Va. Pen. record Pen. 3 No: 3. (Ll.) (2 Va Reg) W.D. 34: S; W.D. 35: 1; W.D. 44: 1. Taken from 9th annual report of Library board of State of Va. 1911-12- pg. 21.
Also Hezekiah Boyles - Sec of War 1835. Pen 3. Ala. 18.
Many thanks for doing this.
Yours truly,
c/o Westbrook Hotel Ft. Worth Tex. Miss Nettie Cobb.
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Record Division 3-1865
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
Washington September 18, 1911

Mrs. S. W. Foster,
711 Peachtree Street,
Atlanta, Ga.

Madam:
In reply to your letter dated the 13th and received the 15th instant, you are advised that in order to identify the alleged Revolutionary War pensioners, John Booth and Samuel Cobbs in addition to their correct names, some of the following data is essential: names of some officers under wom they served, places of residence at enlistment and after discharge, approximate dates of birth and death, given names of their widows.
Owing to the lack of clerical force available for such a purpose, this Bureau is unable to furnish full copies of papers on file, but any person designated by you will be allowed to examine and copy the papers in the above cited claims.

Very respectfully, 
V. DAVENPORT

Dear Sir - Replying to above will say  that if I knew the "essential data" you mention there would be no need to send to you for the records of above to send to you for the records of above men. John Booth was living in Mobile, Ala about 1850, and this is all in a list of pensioners of Ala
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published in Executive Document no 74 of the 31st Congress as a "Sergt Major" - 1814 - It is desired to know whether he served in the Revolutionary War or War of 1812. Samuel Cobb of the Va militia was living in Montgomery Co. Miss in 1833, aged 74, according to the Lists of Revolutionary Pensioners published 1833 and 4, and his descendants are trying to find out his place of residence in Va and under whom he served. Hoping you can send me an extract of the main points contained in above papers. I am

Yours Very Truly,
Mrs. S. W. Foster
711 Peachtree St
Atlanta, GA
September 25, 1911
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January 30, 1931

Rev.& 1812 Wars Section
AWF:MLB

Mrs. Clayton F. Daugherty
Champaign, Illinois

Dear Madam:

You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 17359, that Samuel Cobb was born in Sussex County, Delaware, date not stated, and moved when an infant to Augusta County, Virginia, with his parents whose names are not given.

While residing in said Augusta County, he enlisted and served as a private in the Virginia troops, as follows:

From May, 1776, three months in Captain Robert Cravens' company; from the spring of 1777, three months in Captain George Jackson's company under Colonel Zachariah Morgan, and marched to the Falls of the Ohio. He served another tour of three months, under Captain Joseph Gregory, dates of this service not given.

He was allowed pension on his application executed May 6, 1833, while a resident of Montgomery County, Missouri, aged seventy-two years.

There are no data on file as to his family.

Very truly yours

E.W. MORGAN
Acting Commissioner
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Rev. and 1813
Wars Section.

January 5, 1927

Miss Nettie Cobb
c/o Westbrook Hotel
Fort Worth, Texas

Madam:

I have to advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 17359, it appears that Samuel Cobb was born in Sussex County, Delaware, date not stated, and moved, when an infant, to Augusta County, Virginia, with his parents, whose names are not given.
While residing in said Augusta County, he enlisted and served as a private in the Virginia Troops, as follows-
From 1776, three months in Captain Robert Cravens' Company.
From the spring of 1777, three months in Captain George Jackson's Company, under Colonel Zacariah Morgan, and marched to the Falls of the Ohio.
He served another tour of three months, under
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Captain Joseph Gregory, dates of this service not given.
He was allowed pension on his application executed May 6, 1833, while a resident of Montgomery County, Missouri, aged seventy-two years. 
No data on file as to his family.

Respectfully,

WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner.