Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 38638, Paul Cook, N.H.
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SERVICE  N. H.

Cook. Paul

NUMBER  S.38638
B. L. Wt. 2016-100
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10,018
Vermont
Paul Cook of [blank]in the state of [blank]  who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Reid of the New Hamp line, for the term of 4 years 1779--

Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont, at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 1th of April, 1818.

Certificate of Pension issued the 30 of April, 1819
and sent to Judge Howe, Darby, Vt.

Arrears to the 4th of March 1819 -  85,83
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 Sept 1819  - 48.--
10mo 15/30  4/31
[total]  $133.83


{Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818.}

Continued, notification sent Sep 29th 1820 to Ira H. Allen Esq
Irasburg Vt

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Worthburn ^ Marsh, Mch 17/58

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Declaration of Paul Cook
April 16, 1818
79 to 83
Reid's Regt.
New Hampshire Line
Admitted

No. 11
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State of Vermont
Orleans Cy ss
On this 16 day April AD 1818 before me the subscriber one of the Judges of the  county Court within & for the county of Orleans aforesaid being a court of Record personally appeared Paul Cook of Glover in the county of Orleans aforesaid aged Sixty years resident in Glover in the said county of Orleans, Vermont aforesaid who being by me first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war That he the said Paul Cook enlisted in the town of Epson in the State of New Hampshire in the month of April or May AD 1779 into Capt Amos Merrills Company and marched in said Merrills Company as far as East town in the state of New jersey where he was transferred  into Capt Cloyes Company in Col. Geo. Reads Regiment and Gen Poor Brigade from East town he went into the Indian Country as it was called under Genl Sullivan
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and was in some skirmishes where his captain Cloyes was killed he was then under the command of Capt Chase in the same Regiment & same Brigade we Returned to Danbury in Connecticut and there [wintered?]
In Chases Company I faithfully served my country against the Common Enemy untill I was honorably discharged at Newburgh in the State of New York in the fourth day of June AD 1783  My discharged was signed by Genl Geo Washington [.]  the two last years of my service I was a Drummer and was so discharged but my discharge I transferred in [illegible] to obtain [illegible] Bounty lands but never did receive any lands nor have I since seen my discharge.  
and that he is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of assistance of his country for support and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said Service
[signed] Paul  Cook

Sworn to and declared before me the day and year aforesaid
[deposed?]  sworn & declared before me
[signed] William Howe Judge
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State of Vermont
Orleans Cy ss
Be it Remembered that on this sixteenth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred & eight[teen] came before me William Howe chief Judge of the Court of Common pleas duly qualified within and for the County of Orleans and State of Vermont the said Court of Common pleas being a Court of Record Paul Cook of Glover in the County aforesaid and made solemn oath that the foregoing declaration by him subscribed is true and it appearing to my satisfaction from the declaration aforesaid as well as the testimony accompanying the same that Paul Cook the applicant aforesaid did serve in the Revolutionary war in the continental establishment against the common enemy for the term of nine month at least to [?] as he in his declaration hath more fully set forth and that by reason of his reduced circumstances is he is in need of assistance from his country for support All which I do certify as my opinion and do hereby have sent the testimony in the case and the proceeding thereon held to the secretary of the Department of War
In testimony whereof I have to [?] my signature and caused the seal of said Court of Common pleas to be affixed at Derby of said County of Orleans this sixteenth day of April in the year of our Lord 1818
[signed] William Howe Judge
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State of Vermont
Orleans County ss
I certify that the Hon. William Howe above named is Chief Judge of the County Court of this County and that the foregoing is his signature.
Att. [signed] Ira H. Allen  Clerk & Notary Public

HV

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Paul Cook
Declaration
April 16, 1818
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State of Vermont
Orleans [?] ss
Brownington April 16. 1818
Personally appeared before me William Howe of Derby in said County of Orleans Chief Judge of the Court of Common Pleas within & for the County of Orleans Duly qualified, Nath Glynes of Derby aforesaid and after being duly sworn deposed & said that he belonged to the same Brigade with Paul Cook signer of annexed Declaration and was well knowing to him, the said Cook serving the time that he in his Declaration hath specified and was present when said Paul Cook was discharged & knows that he [?] an honorable one in testimony where he has offered his mark the day & year aforesaid
Nath Glynes  X his mark

Sworn & subscribed before me this 16 day of April A D 1818 and I further certify that the said Nath Glynes is a credible witness and to be believed
[signed] William Howe Judge
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State of Vermont
Oleans Cy ss
Darby  this fourth day of May AD 1818
Personally appeared before me Silas Fox being duly sworn deposed & said that he was and is now well acquainted with Paul Cook who is [mentioned?] in the annexed document and well knows him to be the same person who enlisted into and joined the service of the United States for the term mentioned in his Affidavit knew him in the year of 1779 1780 & 1781 and that he was in Col Reed Regiment in the New Hampshire line and I believe he served his country faithfully as a continental soldier in the time he in his affidavit hath mentioned
[signed] Silas Fox

Sworn and subscribed before me this fourth day of May 1818 And I certify that the whom deponent is a credible witness
Before me
[signed]  William Howe Judge
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Paul Cooke's declaration
Glover, Orleans County, Vermont.

N 10018

Apl 19

Sep 19

29 Sep 1820
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Paul Cooke's declaration
Glover, Orleans County, Vermont.

N 10018

Apl 19

Sep 19

29 Sep 1820
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District of Vermont
Orleans County ss}  At Irasburgh in said Orleans County on this 30th day of June A.D. 1820 Personally appeared in open Court, being a court of record for said County of Orleans, and constituted such by a Statue Law of the State of Vermont, having unlimited jurisdiction, and power to fine and imprison, Paul Cook, aged sixty two years, resident in Glover in said Orleans County, who being duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath declare, that he served in the Revolutionary War, as follows; in a regiment commanded by Col. George Reed, in a company commanded by Captain Chase, of the Newhampshire Line, as by his original declaration by him subscribed and dated on the sixteenth day of April A.D. 1818, and on which he received a Pension Certificate dated 30th April 1819 and numbered 10,018.
And I do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March A.D. 1818, and that I have not since that time by gift or 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 any 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 for me in trust, 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, viz, one cow- three chairs - 1 Pail Pot- 1  six quart Kettle- 1 Pewter Platter- 5 small earthen Plates - 4 Tea cups & saucers-- 1 Tea pot- 1 white bowle- 3 spoons, 1 Tea Spoon- 5 knives- 1 shoe Knife- [1 doz(en)?] awls- 1 shoe Hammer- 1 Table - 1 Chest with [9?] draws- 1 Hoe - 1 sickle, 1 Scythe & Smith-- My occupation a day- labourer - and owing to infirmities am unable to labor more than one third of my time-- my family consists of myself, a wife named Rhoda, aged sixty two years, very feeble, and a son of the name of Jacob Cook aged twenty two years, an idiot and wholly unable to labor from his birth-- I have no income other than what I recieve from Goverment on account of the law passed on the 18th March 1818 and am owing about forty Dollars
[signed] Paul Cook
Sworn and declared in open Court this 30th day of June A.D. 1820
[signed] William Howe Judge of Orleans Orleans County Court
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I Ira H Allen Clerk of Orleans County Court do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the records 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 twenty four dollars.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court on this 8 day of July 1820
[signed] Ira H Allen Clerk of the Court of the County of Orleans
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Paul Cook
No. 2016


Recd. Mar 4, 1834
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State of Vermont
County of Orleans ss
I Paul Cook of Glover in the County  of Orleans and State of Vermont aged Seventy five years do upon oath declare and say that about or in the year  one thousand seven hundred and seventy six I enlisted into the service of the United States for the term of three years in Col Hales Regiment New Hampshire line and served out the time for which I enlisted-- I then enlisted into the same regiment for the term of during the war and served in that and Col Geo Reids regiment of the New Hampshire line until the close of the war when I was regularly discharged from the said Regiment commanded by said Col George Reid, and when I was a private. I do further declare that I have never received a warrant for the bounty land promised me on the part of the United States, and that the same is now due to me from the United States
[signed] Paul Cook

Sworn to and subscribed this 15th day of February A.D. 1834--before me
[signed] John H. Kimball Justice Peace

I Aristides Huestis of Barton in the County aforesaid aged Fifty nine years, do upon oath declare that I am well acquainted with Paul Cook who has subscribed the above declaration in my presence, and I do well know him to be the identical person he therein represents himself to be, and I do believe that he did perform
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the services as a soldier of the Revolution therein stated
[signed] Aristides Huestis

Sworn to and subscribed this 15th day of February A.D. 1834
[signed] John H. Kimball
Justice Peace

I also certify that the above named Paul Cook and Aristides Huestis are both to me well known to be men of respectability and truth-
[signed] John H. Kimball
Justice Peace

Know all men by these presents that I Paul Cook aforesaid do hereby constitute and appoint Stephen Haight of Burlington Vt my true and lawful attorney for me and in my name to demand and receive from the Secretary of War of the United States a warrant for the Bounty land due me from the United States, and my said attorney is hereby authorized and empowered to constitute and appoint one or more substitutes under him for the special purposes aforesaid
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 15th day of February A.D. 1834
[signed] Paul Cook

Signed Sealed and delivered in presence of
[signed]  Wm Weston
H. F. [?]
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State of Vermont
Orleans County ss
Glover February 15th 1834
Then personally appeared before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Orleans Paul Cook the signer and sealer of the foregoing written instrument and acknowledged the same to be his free act and deed
[signed] John H. Kimball
Justice Peace-

State of Vermont
Orleans County ss
I Ira H Allen Clerk of Orleans County Court do hereby certify that John H. Kimball who has signed the foregoing acknowledgments and affidavits is a magistrate duly commissioned and authorized by law to administer oaths, and that his signature thereto is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the official seal of said Court at Irasburgh Vt. on this 15th day of February A.D. 1834
[signed] Ira H. Allen Clerk
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38638
INVALID.
Revy
File No. 38638
Paul Cook
Pri. Rev War
Act:  18 March 18 
Index:  Vol. 3, Page 93
[in brackets]  Arrangement of 1870
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Hon George C. Whiting
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.
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Woodstock Vt.  February 13. 1858.
Dear Sir:
It has become desirable to know whether at any time within four or five years a pension has been allowed and paid to or in behalf of Rosanna Cook, widow of Paul Cook late of Weathersfield Windsor County,Vt., if anything was granted and paid, we desire to know how much the sum was, and to whom it was paid and at what time it was paid, or about what time.
It has become a matter of some importance to a person interested to know about the business, and we therefore write to you, at his request for information. The last that has been known by him is that quite an effort was made to get a pension. Mrs Cook, soon after died, and nothing has been heard of the pension or the money since.
Will you please [confer?] upon those interested the favor to furnish us with the information sought for above
Very Respectfully yours,
Washburn & Marsh


Hon George C. Whiting
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D.C.