Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 2,302, Sion Cooper, N.C. S.C.
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(3-1776)
SERVICE  NC  SC 
Cooper. Sion 
Mary
NUMBER R2302
CONTENTS
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(Copy)
To the Honorable the President and other members of the Senate and the Speaker and other members of the House of Representatives of the State of South Carolina. The petition of Sion Cooper Humbly sheweth That he was during the War of the Revolution an inhabitant of the State
of North Carolina but was in the Army and served about half his time in this State. He served the half of two tours of three months each and one of eighteen in South Carolina. He served the first tour of three months under Captain [Martin] Lane and under the command of General [John] Butler – He served the second tour of three months under the command of Captain Bryant under Major [Lt. Col.] John Humphreys and under those officers at the battle of Eutaw [Springs] under General [Nathanael] Greene during the tour of eighteen months while he was in South Carolina peace was made. He saith that he was about sixteen years of age when he entered the Army. That he served about eighteen months, the tour of eighteen months he entered for he was discharged before that time was expired as peace was
made. He says he never received any pay or clothing or any compensation whatever for his services. He has resided in this State about twenty-seven years. That he is now about sixty-six years of age very poor, has no land and but little property of any kind as to labor hard to maintain
himself and wife and two daughters who live with him. He is not able to labor much now and has lost his hearing very much. He therefore prays your Honorable Body to grant him a pension or such other relief as in your wisdom & charity shall seem meet and in duty bound he will
ever pray. Sion Cooper x his mark
Pendleton 6th November 1826
In presence of Joseph Grisham 
The state of South Carolina Pendleton District before me
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me personally came Sion Cooper and made oath that the facts stated in the annexed petition are in substance correct & true sworn to 6th Nov 1826 Before
Joseph Grisham
Notary Publix & Ex officio Ju 2} Simon Cooper
his X mark
State of South Carolina
Spartanburgh District} Personally came Daniel Amos sen before me Joseph Camp one of the Judtices of the Peace for said District and after being duly sworn deposeth and saith that Sion Cooper was drafted as a soldier in the Revolutionary War in the state of North Carolina Wake County and served two three months towers and was again drafted in the eighteen months service and marched and this deponant states that he believes his service was rendered mostly in South Carolina but what officers he served under or the exact time he was drafted he cannot tell but it is his opinion it was sometime between 1776 & 1781 as well as he recollects sworn to and subscribed this thirteenth day of December 1825 before me Joseph Camp JP} Daniel Amos
I do hereby certify that the above named Daniel Amos is a man of honest character and has ever been called a man of truth therefore the utmost confidence is one to his testimony Joseph Camp JP December 13th 1825
State of South Carolina
Spartanburg District} Personally came Elizabeth Byars before me Joseph Camp one of the Justices for said District who after being duly sworn saith that Sion Cooper was drafted a soldier in the Revolutionary war in the state of North Carolina Wake County and she believes served a three months tower or two and was again dafted in the eighteen months service and marched but as to the exact time he was drafted or the officers he served under she cannot tell Sworn to and subscribed this 16th day of December 1825 before me Elizabeth Byars
her X mark
Joseph Camp JP
I do hereby certify that the above named Elizabeth Byars is a person of good moral character
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and the utmost credit is due to her testimony December 14th 1825 Joseph Camp JP The Committee on Pensions to whom was referred the petition of Sion Cooper praying for a pension respectfully report that the have considered the same and recommended to this House that the prayer of the petitioner be granted and that said Sion Cooper be allowed a pension December 1826 (signed John McComb chairman)
In the House of Representatives Decr 7 1826
Resolved that the House do agree to the report ordered that if he sent to the senate for concurrence
By order of the House (signed R Anderson CHR Senate Dec 18 1826 Resolved that senate concur ordered to be returned (signed Job Johnston CS To the Hou Members of the Legislature of the state of South Carolina The undersigned respectfully shews that she is the widow of Sion Cooper late of Pendleton District and a pensioner of the state on account of revolutionary services That she is aged & infirm and in indigent circumstances she therefore prays to be allowed the provision made by your Hon body on such occasions by receiving her amount of pension She also shews that she is the qualified executrix of the said Sion Cooper That he died on the sixth of March 1831 having received from the Treasury Department an order on the tax collector for Pendleton payable on the first of March preceeding but without having presented or received any part thereof she therefore prays that the Treasurer may be directed to pay to her as executrix the amount of pension one her testator Respectfully submitted vouchers in the hands of B Barton No 38 Treasury office Columbia Decr 1830 To Ezekiel Harris Esq Tax collector for Pendleton District sir, you will be pleased to pay to Syon Cooper sixty dollars and for one year annuity due 1st day of March next 182 not having pair any other from this office to him for the same time; and taking his receipt upon the back of this order you will be credited for the amount in the settlement of your next General tax return
$60 (signed) BH Saxon Treasurer upper division
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I James H Dendy ordinary of Pickens District do certify that Mary Cooper is the sworn Executrix of Sion Cooper decd November 7th 1831 (signed) James H Dendy OPD
The State of So Carolina 
Pickens District } Before the subscribing Justice of the said district personally came John Field sen and made oath & says on his oath that Sion Cooper a pensioner of this state who was a resident of Pickens Dist did depart this life on the 6 day of March 1831 sworn to & subscribed this 7 Nov 1831 before me (signed)
B Barto JP John Field Senr Also Mary Cooper appeared at the same time and place and made oath to the said fact sworn to and subscribed this day & date before written before me
(signed) B Barton JQ Mary X Cooper
his mark
I Bailey do certify that I am well acquainted with John Field lew & Mary Cooper who made the above affedaveds and that all faith & credit should be given to their vouchers
(signed) Bailey Barton JQ
The State of So Carolina
Pickens District} Before me the subscribing Justice for the said district personally came and appeared Mary Cooper and made oath in due form of law and sayeth that she is the widow of Sion Cooper decd Late a pensioner of this state and sayeth that all the property she is in possession of or was left in her possession at the time of the death of her husband will not amount to two hundred dollars and this deponent says she is the only wife that ever the said Sion Cooper cecd ever had and that she suffered with him in the glorious struggle for liberty sworn to this 7 Novr 1831 Before me Mary her X mark Cooper
B Barton JQ (signed)
I Baily Barton Esqr one of the Justices of the Quorum for Pickens district do certify that I have been long acquainted with Mary Cooper and do not hesitate to say she is a woman of good character and high faith should be given to her affadavd I also believe her schedule to be true as it consunder my knowledge
(signed) B Barton JQ
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The State of South Carolina
Greenville district
On this 27th day of April AD 1852 Personally appeared before the court of ordinary for Greenville district (It being the court nearest the abode of the applicant) in the district and State aforesaid, Ansell Cooper a resident of Pickens district int he state above mentioned aged seventy three years who being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath made the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of congress passed July 4th AD 1836 declares that he is the oldest son of Sion Cooper and Mary Cooper deceased late of the district of last mentioned and state aforesaid that Sion Cooper his father was a soldier of the Revolution and in his life time drew a pension of sixty dollars per annum from the state of South Carolina as the papers hereunto annexed sheweth that his father the said Sion Cooper aforesaid died on the 6th day of March AD 1832 That his mother Mary Cooper subsequent to the death of her husband was placed upon the pension roll of the state aforesaid and drew half pay up to her decease which occurred on the 8th day February AD 1852 that this deponant is the oldest child of the said Sion and Mary Cooper aforesaid and according to the tradition was born on the 16th of June in the year AD 1779 that he has brothers and sisters, children
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of the said Sion and Mary Cooper aforesaid as follows (viz) Lewis Cooper, Nancy Smith (formerly Nancy Cooper) Polly Filby (formerly Polly Cooper) Rahab Fields (formerly Rahab Cooper) and Delila Ferguson (formerly Delila Cooper)
That by tradition his Father and Mother the aforesaid Sion Cooper & his Mother whose Maiden name was Mray Brantley were married in the state of Virginia (the county he does not now remember) in the year AD 1778 by a man by the name of Picks he makes this declaration for the purposes of obtaining the arrearages of pension that Mary (yet) be due to his father and his widow deceased for the military services rendered by his father in the war of the revolution by the act of congress aforesaid Sworn to and subscribed before the court of ordinary for the district and state aforesaid the day and year aforesaid In the presence of Nelson Noris} Ansell Cooper 
his X mark
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion that Ansell Cooper the above named applicant is the son of the siad Sion and Mary Cooper deceased of the district of Pickens in the State aforesaid and that the said Sion Cooper was a soldier of the Revolution as he declares and that he the said Ansell Cooper is of the age he states and resides in Pickens district and that the 
over
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court of ordinary for Greenville district is the nearest court to the residence of declarant and that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of the said Ansell Cooper for the arrearages of pension due his Father for military services in the war of the Revolution In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 27 day of April AD 1852
LM McBee
Ordinary and Judge of the Court of Probate for Greenville District South Carolina
State of South Carolina 
Greenville district} 
I David Hoke clerk of the court of common pleas and General Sessions in and for the district and state aforesaid do hereby certify that Luttan McBee is Judge of the court of ordinary for the district of Greenville and state aforesaid it being a court of record and that the above is his genuine signature and his seal of office
Given under my hand and seal of office this 28th day of April AD 1852
David Hoke
CCP
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No 7832
Mary Cooper dec
widow of Sion
S Carolina
Ses ch Thompson Aug 1852
July 4 1836
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2302

Mary Cooper
wid of Sion
 REJECTED
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Sion and Mary
Cooper

16th day of June 1779
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The Committee on pensions to whom was refered the petition of Mary Cooper praying as Executrix for the arrearages of pension due to her late husband at the time of his death and to the placed out the pension list as his widow respectfully recommend that the Treasurer be authorised to pay to the petitioner her order the amount of arrearage of pension due to her said husband at his decese and that she be placed on the pension list and receive half pay as usual in the similar cases (signed) Peter J Shand
Chairman
The committee  on pensions to whom was refered the report of the House of Representatives on the petition of Mary Cooper Report and recommend that this House concur so far as to pay the pension due her deceased husband and disagree to that part of the report recommending the said Mary to be placed on the pension list December 13th 1831
(signed) J Richardson Chairman
In the House of Representatives Decr 16th 1831 Resolved that the House do agree to the report ordered that it be sent to senate for concurrence
By order of the House
(signed) Rt Anderson CHR
In senate 16 Decr 1831 Resd that senate do concur and to be returned to Ho of Representatives By order of senate (signed) Jacob Worley CS
Office of the Clerk of House of Representatives Columbia So CA
17th March 1852
I do hereby certify the foregoing to be true copies as taken from the papers on file in this office in the matter of the application of Sion & Mary Cooper for pensions For Clerk of House
Benjamin Hart
Librarian
/no seal of office/
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May 29/52
Revolutionary Pension Claim of
Sion & Mary Cooper decd of 
So Car
State pensioner
Filed May 29th
1852
M Thompson
Atty

No 7832 
Mary Cooper de
widow of Sion
S Carolina
July 4 1836
2302
M Thompson
Present
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State of South Carolina
Greenville district
On this 29th day of April AD 1852 personally appeared before me a Notary public in and for the district aforesaid Delila Roper a resident of Pickens district and state above mentioned who being duly sworn according to law declares that she was acquainted with Sion Cooper and Mary Cooper his wife, both now deceased for thirty seven years prior to the decease of the latter that Sion Cooper died about twenty years ago and Mary Cooper his widow died very recently in Pickens district State aforesaid that Sion Cooper was always considered a soldier of the Revolutionary War and was in his lift time a pensioner in the state of South Carolina and that his widow was also a pensioner on the pension roll of the state above mentioned after the decease of her husband the said Sion Cooper aforesaid that the said Sion and Mary Cooper lived together as man and wife for the period above stated and by reputation for many years prior to the acquaintance of this deponant with them and they
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were among the oldest inhabitants of the district aforesaid and raised a family of children (viz) Ansell Cooper, Lewis Cooper, Nancy Cooper (now Nancy Smith) Polly Fielby (formerly Polly Cooper) Rahale Fields (formerly Rahale Cooper) Delila Ferguson (formerly Delila Cooper) who have always been esteemed the legitimate children of the said Sion and Mary Cooper as aforesaid and she further declares that they the said Sion and Mary Cooper are the identical persons to which the annexed papers before the Legislature of South Carolina have referenced and who were on the pension roll in said state as aforesaid and she swears that she is a disinterested witness. 
Delila her X Roper mark
Signed in the presence of  A A Powell
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year aforesaid and I hereby certify that I well know the said Delila Roper and that She is a credible witness
Joseph Powell notary public and exofficio JP for the district and state aforesaid