Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 21,703, Ebenezer Cook, Mass. N.H. Vt.
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(3-1776)
SERVICE NUMBER 

Mass
Cook, Ebenezer
S.21.703
N.H. 
Vt

CONTENTS
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No. 11.761
Vermont
Ebenezer Cook
of Orange Co in the state of Vermont who was a Sergt V. Lt. in the company commanded by Captain Stiles in the Regt commanded by Col Stark in the N Hampshire
me for 11 months Sergt. $55.00
7 " Lt. 86.66
=$141.66

Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont at the rate of 141 Dollars 66 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 14th day of June 1883 and sent to Thos. Jones 
Chelsea, Vt.

Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 283.32
Semi-ani. allowance ending Sep. 1833 70.83
=$354.15

Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk,
Book E. Vol. 3 Page 56
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, penned June 7, 1832.
State of Vermont. Orange County ss. on this 8th day of May 1833 personally appeared before Thomas Jones Assistant Judge of Orange County Court Ebenezer Cook a resident of Fairlee in said County of Orange and State of Vermont aged 88 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 Act of Congress penned June 7th 1832. That he entered the service of United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated on the report of the battle at Lexington, Mass. in 1775, he with sundry other persons marched from Keene New Hampshire, where he then resided, as a volunteer to join the troops near Boston, Mass-- that he left home in April 1775 and after he arrived at Mystick and some arrangements were made he enlisted in a company commanded by Cape. Jeremiah Stiles, Lieut. Holmes, Ensign Griggs- Field officer Col. John Stark - Lt. Col and Major not remembered; and he continued in said company and regiment until after Bunker Hill battle, in which battle he was engaged. soon after that battle he was transferred with said company to Col. Paul Dudley Sergeants regiment at Cambridge, Mass and continued in said regiment until the 15th day of January. AD 1776, when he was honorably discharged; but cannot say whether he had a written discharge. That when his time of enlistment expired, Gen. Washington requested him and others to stay until the new recruits came in, and he did accordingly remain in the service some time after the term of his enlistment expired but cannot state positively how long- that he enlisted and served as aforesaid for eight months- and was absent from home in the whole at this time not less than nine months - during all this time he served as a second seargent - a part of the time under the warrant of Col Sargent [illegible] annexed.- He was stationed at Mystick and Cambridge, Mass.
Early in July 1777 he again enlisted in the service as a sergeant for two months under Cape. Elisha Mark, Lieut. and Ensign not recollected and joined Col. Moses Nichols regiment at Bennington, Vermont in Capt. John Starks brigade- that he did duty during said two months as sergeant major- and was then honorable discharged, but does not recollect whether he had a written discharge. He marched from said Keene and was stationed at Bennington.
In April 1781 he again entered the service and served in the
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grade of Lieutenant in a company commanded by Capt J Batt- service not remembered. The regiment was first commanded by Col. Fatcher and afterwards by Col. Ebenezer Wallridge Major Ormbee - brigade commanded by [illegible] Rober Enos. He had a commision dated May 15, 1781 signed by Thomas Chittenden Governer of the State of Vermont - which is hereto annexed. He continued in the service in said capacity the middle of December 1781 and was then discharged at Skurburough, having served not less than seven months at this time. At this time he marched to [illegible] then to Skurborough, and sent ones with a flag of truce to Ticonderoga to carry provisions- On his return he was fired upon by the enemy and a ball grazed his cheek.
He further states that while he held a [illegible]
as Ensign in the militia of New Hampshire, dated April 11, 1780 and signed by M. Weare, and accompanying this declaration - in the year 1780 or 1781 he was ordered by the Col. of the Regiment to which he belonged to guard the gaol in Keene, N. H. where a tory was confined when it was believed the tories in that neighborhood intended to rescue. He accordingly called out a part of his company and guarded said gaol as much as ten days.
He was again called out when Ensign as afoursaid on an alarm and marched from said Keene to Haverhill N. H. and was in the service then as much as ten days.
He was [illegible] called out at the other times on alarms and was not in the whole as much as eight days on said alarm. -
He at no time had any written discharge that he recollects. He further states that by reason of old age, and consequent loss of memory he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his services - but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the period above stated and in the grades then stated.
That he was born in Plymouth, Mass. April 6, 1745 and resided in said Plymouth and Norton until he was about 18 years of age, when he removed to Keene N. H. and resided there till 1784, when he removed to Norwhich, Vermont - resided there eight or nine months, and then removed to said Fairlee, where he was ever since resided. The [illegible] of his age is - the Soun Clerk officer in said Plymouh ^or Pleaston That he has no documentary evidence of his services exept the paper above [illegible] and knows of no person living who can testify to his services except Samuel Bapett, Eliakim Nimm, Joseph Brown, and James Sawyer, whose affidavits accompany this declaration.
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He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever herein on annuity Exept the present, and declare that his name is no on the pension roll of the angency of any state. 
Sworn to said subscribed, the day and year of aforesaid
Before Thomas Jones Assistant Judge of Orange County Court 
We, Samuel Bliss a Justice of the peace and Moulton Morey both residing in said town of Fairlee hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Ebenezer Cook, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration: that we believe him to be 88 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
Samuel Bliss Justice of the Peace
Moulton Morey
Sworn and subscribed to the day and year of aforesaid.
Before Thomas Jones Assistant Judge of Orange County Court
And the said Thomas Jones does hereby declare his opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the Interogations surscribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And this Thomas Jones further certifies that it appears to him that Samuel Bliss who has signed the preceeding certificate is a Justice of the Peace in [illegible] said Bounty of Orange resident in said Fairlee, and that Moulton Morey who has also signed the same is a resident in said Fairlee and that they are credible persons, and their statement is entitled to credit - and the said Thomas Jones [illegible] certifies that it appears that no clergyman lives in the vicinity of the said applicant.
Thomas Jones Assistant Judge of Orange County Court

This certifies that the said Ebenezer Cook by reason of bodily informities is rendered incapable of appearing Open Court.
Thomas Jones Assistant Judge of Orange County Court
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And I this said Thomas Jones Judge of Orange County Court as aforesaid do hereby certify that the said Ebenezer Cook by reason of bodily informities is unable to attend and appear in open court to make his declaration [illegible] courts - which is the course of taking his Declaration out of Court agreeable to the act of Congress of the 7th of Jan 1832

Thomas Jones Judge of Orange County Court
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State of Vermont, Orange County Clerks Office
Chelsea May 10th A.D. 1833.

I Harry Hale, Clerk of the County Court for the County of Orange, do hereby certify that Samuel Bliss is and was at the time of certifying the within a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Orange aforesaid and that the writing purporting to be his signature is in my opinion genuine
[on the left of the page, written at 90 degrees to counterclockwise to the rest of the text "Ebenezer Cook 25221"]
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 10th day of May A.D. 1833.
Harry Hale Clerk.
State of Vermont, Orange County Clerks Office
I Harry Hale, Clerk of Orange County Court, do hereby certify that Thomas Jones is and was at the time of taking the written declaration a Judge of the County Court, for the County of Orange, said state of Vermont, and that the within writing purporting to be his signature is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office at Chelsea in said County, this 10th day of May A.D. 1833.
Harry Hale, Clerk
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
183

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

A Statement, shewing the Service of Ebenezer Cook Orange County Vermont
[column headings: Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's services, Years, Months, Days,. Rank of the claimant, Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.]
Vol. Apl 1775. 9 months. 2 Srgt. Cap Stiles, Col Stark, Col Dudley. 88 years Keene N Hampshire. Traditionary evidence certifies credible, living testimony and Documentary evidence.
Enlisted July 1777. 2 months. Sergt. Cap March, Col Nichols, Gen. C Stark.
Served Apl. 1781. 7months. Lieut. Cap Pratt, Colonel Fletcher, & Colonel Walbridge
Served 1780 or 1781. 10 days, 10 days, 8 days. 11 Sergeant, 7 Lieutenant. Battle of Bunker Hill

Guarding jails not provided for
I am, respecftully,
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 who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to
Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops.
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.
4. Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, mucicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of
County of
On this
day of
personally appeared (a) before
A.B. a resident (b) of
in the county of
and State, Territory or District
of
 aged (c)          years, who 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 and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
And then will follow the certificate of the Court.
-
C
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary
soldier, and served as he states.
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 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 exexpected [sic]. 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 live now?
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 you services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, wthout too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons-one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge of 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, atttend [sic] the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge of 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 County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is male, 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 reson for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, 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 of 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 the 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 of places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; ad 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 two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who many administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[an hand pointing to the right] The notes from [a] to [t] 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 witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatics must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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[initials hand written in the top right corner]
[a rip in the page removed some words]&1812 Wars Section

February 3, 1927

Mrs. Edward R. Campbell
9 Liberty St.,
Montpelier, Vermont

Madam:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 21703 it appears that Ebenezer Cook was born April 6, 1745 in Plymouth, Massachusetts and lived there and in Norton, until eighteen years of age.
While a resident of Keene, Cheshire County, New Hampshire he enlisted in April 1775 in Captain Jeremiah Stiles' ["Second" is written by hand, while "Sesondy" is crossed out] Company, Colonel John Stark's New Hampshire Regiment, was in the battle of Bunker Hill after which, he was transferred with said Captain's Company to Colonel Paul Dudley Sargent's Twenty-eight Massachusetts Regiment, was made Secong Sergeant of said company December 30, 1775 and was discharged January 15, 1776.
He enlisted in July 1777 and served two months as Sergeant Major in Captain Elisha Marks' Company, Colonel Moses Nichols' New Hampshire Regiment.
He was commissioned April 11, 1780 Ensign of the second Company, Sixth Regiment of New Hampshire Militia, and in
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that year, or in 1781, served ten days in command of a guard at Keene, New Hampshire, ten days on an alarm to Haverhill, New Hampshire, and on other alarms amounting to about eight days.
He again entered the service in April 1781 and on May 15, 1781 was commissioned Second Lieutenant in Captain Pratt's Company, Lieutenant Colonel Ebenezer Walbridge's Vermont Regiment and was discharged about the middle of December 1781.
In 1784 he moved to Norwick ["k" is crossed out with a hand written "h" about it], Vermont, thence to Fairlee, Orange County, Vermont where he was allowed pension on his application executed May 8, 1833. He died [written by hand "from A. B."] august 29, 1833.
There is no data on file as to his family.
Respectfully,

Winfield Scott
Commissioner.
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Dec. 2, 1926

Commissioner of Pensions

Dear Sir,

Please send me the Revolutionary service and any family data of Ebenezer Cook born Plymouth Mass. April 6, 15, married Sarah Nymes. After war he returned to Keene N.H. then to Norwich VT. then to Fairlee VT. and died past 88 years of age.

Also, any Revolutionary service of his son Ebenzer Jr.

Also, the Revolutionary service of William Preston who came to Bradford VT. from Rumney N.H.

Yours truly,
Mrs. Edward R. Campbell
9 Liberty St.
Montpelier Vermont
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Revolution
21703
INVALID.

File No. 21,703
Ebelezer Cook
Lieut Rev. War

Act: June 7th 32nd
Index: - Vol. 2, Page 77
[Arrangement of 1870]

1927 - Feb 3- [illegible] to Mrs. Edward R. Campbell -MNH
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I James Sawyer of Sullivan in the County of Cheshire and State of New Hampshire testify and say that in the year 1777 Ebenezer Cook then of Keene in said County of Cheshire, was in the two months service in, the army at and near Bennington and at the time of the Bennington Battle - in Captain Marks Company - in Col Nichols Regiment - in General Starks Brigade - that he served as sergeant major there - That I was in the same service, in the same company- and for the same term.-
James Sayer

State of New Hampshire
Chesire ss-
July 20. 1832. Subscribed and sworn to
Before me
Roswell Osgood Justice of the Peace
I certify that the above deponent is a credible witness.-
Roswell Osgood Jus. Peace

Cheshire ss. July 24, 1832
I Salma Hale, clerk of the Judicial Courts in County certify that Roswell Osgood is a Justice of the Peace in and for said county, and I believe that his name twice above subscribed is in his own hand writing the testimony whereof I hereunto affix [illegible] of our Superior Court of Judicialum
S. Hale clerk

[to the left on the page is a faded, round seal]
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By His Excellency
THOMAS CHITTENDEN, Esquire,
Captain General, Governor, and Commander in Chief in and over the State of Vermont,
To Ebenezer Cook gentleman - Greeting.
In Pursuance of your Election by the Honorable the Board of War, to the Office of Second Lieutenant in Capt [illegible] Company of Infantry
for the defense of [illegible] and in a Regiment Commanded by [illegible]  and to continue n Service until the 15th Day of December next, unless sooner discharged: I DO by these Presents, fully authorise and impower you to be second Lieutenant of said Company in the said Regiment. You are therefore carefully and diligently to discharge the Duty of [illegible] Lieutenant [illegible] by doing and performing all manner of Things thereunto belonging. ----And I do strictly charge and require all Officers and Soldiers under your Command, to be obedient to your Orders as second Lieutenant
And you are to observe and follow such Orders and Directions from Time to Time, as you shall receive from me the Governor of this state for the Time being, or any other your superior Officer, according to the Rules and Discipline of War, and the Laws of this State, in Pursuance of the Trust reposed in you.
Given under my Hand and the Seal of this State, this 15th Day of May 1781
By His Excellency's Command,
Joseph Fay Secretary
[to the left of the page is a small square paper with a faded round stamp on it]

Thomas Chittenden,

Entered in the War Office and confirmed by the Board.
Ira Allen
Sec'ry of the Board of War
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State of New-Hampshire}
The Government and People of said State.
to Ebenezer Cook Gentleman, Greeting.
We reposing especial Trust and Confidence in your Fidelity, Courage and good Conduct, Do, by these Presents, constitute, and appoint you the said Ebenezer Cook to be the Ensign of the second Company in the sixth Regiment of Militia in the state of New Hampshire.

[on the left of the page is a faded, square, elaborate stamp, underneath which is a hand written "21703"]

You are therefore carefully, and diligently to discharge the Duty of a Ensign in leading, ordering, and exercising said Company in Arms, both inferior Officers and Soldiers, and to keep them in good Order and Discipline; hereby commanding them to obey you as their Ensign and yourself to observe and follow such Orders and Instructions, as you shall from Time to Time receive from the Councl and House of Representatives of said State for the Time being, and in their Recess from their Committee of Safety, or any your Superior Officers for the Service of said State, according to military Rules and Discipline, pursuant to the Trust reposed in you. In Testimony whereof we have caused the Seal of Said State to be hereunto affixed: Witness M. Weare -Esq; President of our said Council at Exeter, the Eleventh day of April
Anno Domini 1780
M Weare
E Thompson
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I Samuel Bassett of Keene in the County of Cheshire and State of New Hampshire, aged seventy eight years - testify and say that in the year 1775, I was in the service in the revolutionary [word scribbled out], was in Captain Stiles Company, Col Stark's Regiment, a [illegible] Cambridge Mass [word scribbled out] marched from said Keene on the alarm of the Lexington fight, and enlisted at Cambridge for eight months, soon after, I think about first of May - and served during the term - the latter ^most of the term said Captain Stiles Ca was transferred to Col Sergeants Regiment - that Ebenezer Cook then of Keene, (now of Farly in the state of Vermont as I am told) ["marched" is scribbled out] served in the same company, during the same term - and was dismissed at the same time that I was - and that he was a sergeant of the Company - that we were both in the Battle of Bunker hill.-
that in 1777 we were both inhabitants of said Keene intimatily acquainted - that I well recollect that said Cook went in that year from home to join the army at the north, near Bennington that he was absent, the time I do not recollect, but understood after he returned, that he was on service in the army at the time of the Bennington battle.-
Samuel Bassett

State of New Hampshire
Cheshire ss. July 20th, 1832
Subscribed sworn to
Before me Thomas M Edwards
Jus. Peace.-
I certify that the above deponent is a credible witness.
Thomas M Edwards
Jus. Peace.-

I, Eliakim Nims of Sullivan in the County of Cheshire state of New Hampshire aged 80 years certify and say that I was in the Captain Stiles Company mentioned in the above deposition, in the service and for the term above stated, and know that Ebenezer Cook was in the company, and served the time as above stated, an was dismissed at the same time that given
I had known said cook before that service
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and have known him since.

-Eliakim Nims

Cheshire (S?)-
July 20, 1832 -
Subscribed + sworn to, 
Before me Thomas M Edwards
Jus. Peace

I certify that the above deponent is a credible witness. - Thomas M Edwards, Jus. Peace

I, Joseph Brown, of Keene County of Cheshire, N.H., aged 68 years, do testify and say that in the year 1781, I served in Captain Pratt's Company, of Chesterfield, N.H. as a corporal - the name of the Colonel of the regiment I don't recollect - that Ebenezer Cook, then of Keene aforesaid, now, I am told, of Harley, VT, was the Lieutenant of said Company. We served near Lake Champlain, were stationed a part of the time at Skeensboro.

Joseph Brown

Cheshire (S?)
July 20, 1832
Subscribed + sworn to 
Before me Thomas M Edwards
Justice of the Peace

I certify that Joseph Brown the above deponent is a credible witness.
Thomas M Edwards

Cheshire (S?). July 20, 1832

I Salma Hale, clerk of the Judicial Courts in said county certify that Thomas M. Edwards is a Justice of the Peace in and for said county, and that his name four times subscribed in this paper is in his own hand writing - In testimony whereof I hereunto office the seal of our Superior Court of Judiciature.

S. Hale, clerk

(On the bottom of the page, there is an inverted signature appearing to read "Sam Buffett", with an illegible word starting with d- above it, also inverted.)
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By Paul Dudley Sargent Esq.

Colonel

of the 20th Regiment of the Continental Army raised for the defence of the Colonies of North America.
Anno Domini 1775

To Ebenezer Cook

Greeting:

By Virtue of the Power and Authority from the Grand Congress of the continent to me given, I, Reprising Special Trust and Confidence in your Loyalty, Courage, and good conduct do by these Presences appoint you, the said Ebenezer Cook, to be Second Serjeant in the Second Company of the said Regiment, Commanded by Jeremiah Stiles, Captain, to act and use your utmost endeavors to discharge yourself in said office in all Departments thereto belonging and you are to be obey'd as such for which authority this shall be your sufficient warrent.

Cambridge Camp Dec. 30th, 1775
Paul Dudley

Consented to by Jeremiah Stiles