Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 44794, Henry Cool, N.Y.
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Service: N.Y.
Cool, Henry
Number: S. 44794
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New York 
18,081 
Henry Cool 
of Montgomery Co in the State of New York 
who was a private in the Regiment commanded by 
Colonel Goose Van Schaick of the New York 
line, for the term of 10 months 

Inscribed on the Roll of New York 
at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence 
on the 7 of April 1818.

Certificate of Pension issued the 26 of Mch 1821 
and sent to Jno: L Lobdell 
Johnstown, NYk.

Arrears to 4th of March 1821 	    279.43
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 Sept 1821 48. 
[=] $327:43
(34 24/30 4/31)

{Revolutionary claim,} 
{Act 18th March, 1818.}
{1 May 1820} 
Vol. 5
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Crosswise: Henry Cool 

Montgomery County}
State of New York ss} 
On the seventh day of April in the year of Our Lord, One thousand Eight Hundred and Eighteen Personally came before me Daniel Redford Esquire one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Montgomery & State aforesaid Henry Cool who being duly Sworn deposeth & saith; that he served in the continental service in the army of the United States against the common enemy in the revolutionary as a private Soldier in the manner following that that to Say: he enlisted in the Town of Stilwater in the Now County of Saratoga & State of New York as a private Soldier under Captain Job Wright in Colonel Van Schaick's Regiment & Line of New York Some Time in March 1776 For Ten Months which Term of Ten Months he Served in the service aforesaid against the Common Enemy and was honourably discharged by a written discharged (which is now Lost) at Albany with the Company Some time in January 1777.
The deponent Further deposeth & Saith that he is an inhabitant of the Town of Oppenheim County of Montgomery and State of New York and is a citizen of
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the United States & he further deposeth and saith that according to the best of his Knowledge and belief he was Sixty two years old on the 10th day of September 1817 and owing to his age and infirmities of Body and Misfortune in Life is now in Such reduced circumstances as to property that he is in need of Assistance from his Country for Support. 
Henry (X his mark) Cool
Subscribed & sworn to this seventh Day of April 1818 
Before Me  
[Signed] Daniel Bedford one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Mongomery & State of New York 

State of New York }
Montgomery County ss.}  I Aaron Harring Judge of said County certify that it to my satisfaction from the affidavit made before Daniel Bedford Esqr. and the Testimony of Holt Dunham and Simeon Rockwell that the said Henry Cool did serve in the Revolutionary War as stated therein against the common Enemy for the term therein expressed, that it also appears and I am satisfied from testimony that the said Henry Cool is a very poor man not possessing more property than about twenty seven Dollars Real or personal and of course comes within the provisions of an Act of Congress of the 18th March 1818 - that his Honor Judge Bedford is dead and has not been a Judge for two years last past, and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me, Judge Bedford, and Judge McCrea to the Hon. the Secretary of War pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned Act of Congress - Given under my hand at Johnstown this 30th day of December 1820-
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Ref'd. & Adm'd.
26 March 1821
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State of New York} 
Montgomery County} 
I John McCarthy Clerk of the said County do certify that Daniel Bedford before whom the declaration of Henry Cool hereto annexed appears to have been subscribed and sworn to was a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for the said County on the Seventh day of 1April 1818. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official Seal the 30th day of December 1820 
[SEAL]
[Signed] Jno. McCarthy
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Henry Cool

Recd. 28 Feb: 1821.
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Present the Honorable Aaron Haring Esqr first Judge. Montgomery County ss. 
Be it remembered that on the thirteenth day of February in the year of Our Lord One thousand eight hundred and twenty one personally appeared in the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Montgomery and State of New York in open Court the said Court being a court of Record for the said County of Montgomery proceeding according to the course of the common law with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount keeping a record of their proceeding and having power of fine and imprisonment Henry Cool aged Sixty four years resident in Oppenheim in the County aforesaid who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath declared that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows: that he enlisted at Stillwater in the State of New York on or about the tenth day of March One thousand seven hundred and seventy six for one year in the Company commanded by Captain Job Wright in the Regiment of Colonel Goose Van Schaick and New York line and served for the space of about Eleven months when he was discharged at Albany in said State. And that his original declaration is dated the seventh day of April One thousand eight hundred and eighteen. And I do solemly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 day of March 1818 and that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any  part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and Naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War, passed on the 18 day of March One thousand eight hundred and eighteen and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or
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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; to wit. 
Henry (X his mark) Cool
Subscribed & sworn to in open Court the 13th day of February 1821. 
[Signed] Jno McCarthy Clk 

Schedule Two small shoats, five sheep, and Bake pan, one small Dish Kettle ,1 broken Do. 1 broken frying pan, One Small churn, one old tin Pail, 3 small broken pots, earthen, one small looking glass, one pair small steelyards, Seven table spoons, one small piggin, one broken Callender, One broken table, One broken tin Kettle, two flat irons, One tin Canister, One wire sieve, One pr Scissors, one old Satchell, One old chest & one old Half bushel measure. 
I have a wife named Margaret aged fifty nine years very weakly and has been a number of years & one Daughter named Polly aged 16 years for whom I provide. I am by Occupation a Labourer and Farmer but am troubled with the Rheumatism & Salt Rheum so as to prevent my working but little and further saith not 
Henry (X his mark) Cool
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I, John McCarthy Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in the County of Montgomery in the State of New York, Do hereby certify that the foregoing declaration and the schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the records of the said Court; and 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 five Dollars 
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court this 13th day of February 1821.
[Signed] Jno McCarthy
[SEAL]
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Rev.&1812 Wars Section. 
ADY 
MMNF
September 6, 1929. 

Mrs. Musette Billings, 
654 East Monroe Street, 
Little Falls, New York. 

Dear Madam: 
I advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 44794, it appears that Henry Cool was born September 10, 1755, place not stated. 
He enlisted in Stillwater, Saratoga County, New York about March 10, 1776 and served ten months as a private in Captain Job Wright's Company, Colonel Goose Van Schaick's New York Regiment. 
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 7, 1818 while a resident of Oppenheim, Montgomery County, New York. 
Early in 1826, information was received by the bureau that after the expiration of this soldier's service in the American Army as stated above, he went to Canada, enlisted and served about five years, or to the close of the Revolution in the British Army, therefore his pension was suspended and the records show date of last payment of pension on March 4, 1826.
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In 1821, his wife, Margaret was aged fifty-nine years, and a daughter, Polly, aged sixteen years. There are no further family data. 
This is the history of the only soldier surnamed Cool, under any spelling of the name, who served in the New York Troops that is found on the Revolutionary War records of this bureau. 
Very truly yours, 
E. W. MORGAN, 
Acting Commissioner.

Agency Book gives date of d. as Aug. 11-1834, not used in this hist as there is no record that he was restored to the roll, and that date may pertain to some other soldier. 
Did not say "upon investigation it was found" - British serv, etc, as no other evidence is on record than letter of Jan. 30-1826.
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44794
INVALID.
Revy
File No. 44794
Henry Cool
Priv. Rev War
Act: 18th March 1818.
Index:-Vol. 3, Page 96
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Crosswise:
1929 Sept 6. Hist to Mrs. Musette Billings. A.D.Y.
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State of New York,} 
Montgomery County} SS. 	Isaiah Nossle of the Town of Oppenheim in said County being duly sworn says, that he has been told by Henry Cool that he the said Henry drew a pension from the government of the United States for & on account of services rendered to the United States -- that he this deponent believes that the said Henry still draws a pension -- that he this deponent in the year Eighteen hundred & Sixteen, as this deponent thinks, he had a Conversation with the Said Henry (who also lives in the said Town of Oppenheim) who then informed this Deponent that he the said Henry had served in the service of the United States or the State of New York  as a Soldier Enlisted for about nine months -- & also in said convesation [sic] informed this deponent that at the Expiration of said nine months he the said Henry had been solicited to Enlist again in the army of the United States or of this State, but that he the said Henry did not do so, but that he the said Henry went to Canada & that he had served the British faithfully during the Revolutionary war after he had left the service of the United States - & that he the said Henry whilst in the British Service Came into the United States with a party of British men or soldiers & this deponent thinks the said Henry also told him that he the said Henry painted himself & this Deponent has had a conversation with his neighbors as well as those of Henry Cool who informed this Deponent that the said Henry had made the same confession to them as to this Deponent. The said Henry further informed this Deponent that he had been [?] as aforesaid in the service of the British during the Revolutionary War for about five years & during which time he had Served the British to the End of the war.
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and also said that he had lands in Canada for Such his Services to the British obtained from the British Goverment [sic] & the reason of this Deponent in making this affidavit is that he conceives it his duty as a Citizen of the United States & that the Said Henry is not entitled to a pension from the goverment of the United States -- & further says not.
[Signed] Isaiah Nessle

Montgomery County, ss.  personally appeared before me the Subscriber one of the Justices of the peace in the Town of Oppenheim in the County of Montogmery, Isaiah Nessle & made oath that the above affidavit by him Subscribed in my presence was true & correct & the said Isaiah Nessle is well known to me the said Justice and the person who Subscribed the said Affidavit.	 January the 20th 1826
[Signed]  Peter Black Justice of the peace -
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Saratoga County ss. 		Simon Rockwell of the town of Malta in the said County being Sworn deposeth and Saith that Henry Coll late a private in the Revolutionary army of the United States but now of Upporghain [Oppenheim?] in the county of Montgomery as is said enlisted in a Company commanded by Captain Job Wright in a Regiment commanded by Colonel Goese Van Schaick of the Newyork like some time in the month of March in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and Seventy Six for one year and continued in the said Service during the said time and was discharged on the first day of January one thousand seven hundred and Seventy Seven
[Signed] Simeon Rockwell 
Sworn the 17th day of October 1820} 
before me James McCrea Judge }
of Saratoga Cp}

 Saratoga County ss.		Holt Dunham of the town of Stillwater in the county of Saratoga in the State of Newyork being Sworn did depose and say that he was a Lieutenant in a Company commanded by Capt. Job Wright - Late of the Revolutionary Army of the United States in a Regiment commanded by Colonel Goesse Van Schaik of the Newyork line and enlisted Henry Coll as a private in the said company some time in the Month of March in the year of Our Lord one thousand Seven hundred and Seventy six and the said Henry Coll continued in the said company until the Month of January in the year of our Lord one thousand Seven hundred and Seventy Seven in the year following when he was dismissed from the service aforesaid.
[Signed] Holtum Dunham
Sworn the 1th day of October 1820}
before me James McCrea}
Judge of Saratoga Com. Pleas]

Saratoga County ss.		Elihu Roe of Ballston in the county aforesaid being sworn deposeth and Saith that he is well acquainted with Simeon Rockwell of the Town of Malta and Holtum Dunham of the Town of Stillwater in the above affidavits mentioned and has been acquainted with them for Several years past and has always considered them as Men of truth and veracity and believes them to be Such and has understood that to be their character and reputation in the neighbourhood of their residence. [Signed] Elihu Roe
Sworn the 24th day of November 1820
before me James McCrea Judge of Saratoga Com. pleas
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I James McCrea one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Saratoga Do Certify that I am well acquainted with Elihu Roe of Ballston in the aforementioned affidavit Stated and have been for several years past and know him to be a Man of truth and veracity. Given under My hand this 24th day of November 1820 [Signed] James McCrea 

Lewis D [?] Van Antwerp of Ballston Spa being Sworn deposeth and Saith that he is well acquainted with Simon Rockwell and Holtum Dunham the persons Mentioned in the aforesaid affidavits and whose names appear Subscribed to the same and has resided in the neighbourhood of their residence for Several years and knows them to be men of truth and Veracity and that full faith and credit May be given to declarations under oath and that they are esteemed and reputed as honest and credible man.
[Signed] Lewis D. Vanantwerp
Sworn the 24th day of November 1820 }
before me James Judge of Saratoga Com. Pleas-}

Upside down:
Saratoga County}
Clerk's Office} ss.	I Hunloke W Palmer deputy clerk of said County do certify that James McCrea was at the time of taking the within affidavits a Judge of the Court of common pleas in and for said county authorised to take affidavits &c. duly commissioned and sworn and acting under the authority of the State and that the within are his signatures.
In Testimony whereof I have hereto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said Court this 17th day of October 1820
[Signed] H.W. Palmer Dep. Clerk
[SEAL]
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I James McCrea one of the Judges of the court of [stricken]

I James McCrea one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Saratoga Do Certify that from the evidence I have before me and other information I am satisfied that Simeon Rockwell of Malta and Holtum Dunham of Stillwater the persons mentioned in the Annexed affidavits and who Subscribed the same are Men of truth and Veracity and that full faith and credit are to be Given to their declarations under Oath 
Given under My hand this 24th day of November 1820.
[Signed] James McCrea 

State of New York}
Saratoga County Clerks office} ss.  I Hunloke W Palmer Deputy Clerk of said County Do Certify that James McCrea was at the time of taking the preceding affidavits a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County authorized to take affidavits &c in and for said County acting under the authority of this State, Duly Commissioned and Sworn and that the above and within are his signatures.   In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said County this 24th day of November 1820.
[Signed] H.W. Palmer Dep. Clerk
[SEAL]
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Montgomery ss. Benjamin Lyon being duly sworn says that he is personally acquainted with Henry Cole of Oppenheim in said County an applicant for a pension as a Revolutionary Soldier and is also well acquainted with his the said Henry's pecuniary situation & ability: And knows him to be a person in very indigent circumstances & believes he has no lands, & that he together with William Altenburgh examined his personal property, and that in the deponents & said William Altenburgh's opinion and according to the best of this deponent belief & knowledge the said Henry's personal property did not exceed in value the sum of twenty nine dollars 
[Signed] Benjamin Lyon
Subscribed & sworn to}
this 26th day of Decr 1820}
Before me,  Aaron Haring First Judge of Montgomery N. York State

State of Newyork ss.
Montgomery ss. 	William Altenburgh of Oppenheim in said County being duly sworn says that he is personally acquainted with Henry Cool of said Town an applicant for a pension as a Revolutionary Soldier and is also well acquainted with the pecuniary situation & ability of the said Henry and knows him to be a person in very indigent circumstances and this deponent further says that he is as certain as he can be that the said applicant owns not any lands and that he together with Benjamin Lyon examined the applicants personally [sic] property &  that in this deponents & the said Benjamins opinion & according to the best of this deponents Judgment and belief the said Henrys personal property does not exceed in value the sum of twenty nine dollars, & that he has lived near him more than seven years. 
[Signed] William Altenburgh
Subscribed & sworn to} 
this 30th day of Decr 1820}
Before me, Aaron Haring First Judge of Montgomery County Newyork State 
I certify that the witnesses Benjamin Lyon and William Altenburgh are credible persons Decr 30th 1820. [Signed] Aaron Haring
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State of Newyork ss. 	I Aaron Haring First Judge of Montgomery County in said State do certify that it appears to my satisfaction from the declaration of Henry Cool & the testimony taken by Judges Bedford & McCrea hereto annexed that the said Henry served in the Revolutionary war as stated by him in his annexed declaration against the Common Enemy and that unquestionably he is a person in indigent circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his Country for his support and that his aged appearance forbids the probability of his being capable of supporting himself by his manual labor. And I now transmit the proceedings & testimony taken and had as well before the said Judges as myself to the Secretary for the Department of War pursuant to the directions of the said act of Congress and I further certify that the said Daniel Bedford has departed this life. Given under my hand this 30th day of December 1820.
[Signed] Aaron Haring

State of New York}
Montgomery County}	 I John McCarthy Clerk of the said County do certify that Aaron Haring whose name appears subscribed to the above certificate and before whom the within affidavits appear to have been taken is first Judge of the Court of common pleas for the said County. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal the 30th day of December 1820.
[Signed] Jno. McCarthy
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Henry Cool
Recd. March 23, 1826
On New York Roll
Sept. 1821

Hon H. Markell
H.R.

(Caveat)

Crosswise:
James L. Edwards
Pension Office
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H. Markell
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Suspended.
See Caveat filed within
and letter to the Pension
Agent 25 March 1826. [stricken?]
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Postmark:
Revolutionary & 1812 Wars Section
AUG 17 1929
Bureau of Pensions
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Aug. 14, 1929 

Gentlemen,
Please would you send me a copy of all men inlisted in Revolution war in New York state by the name of Cool the first one I beleive spelled it Khul and also the names of all those that Drew pensions by the name Cool and is there any record of one being Massacred in what
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is now Ephratah Fulton County than [then] Tryon County I thought it was Philip but some now say it was William as am in doubt if you have no record could you advise were to find one.
Yours Respectfully,
Mrs. Musette Billings
654 E. Monroe st.
Little Falls, N.Y.

Historian Gray Cool reunion.
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A telephone message from General Accounting Office on Aug. 26, 1929 gave information that this soldier was paid from Sept. 4, 1825 to March 4, 1826 and no further payments were made to him.
MMNF
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COPIES.
War Dept.,
Pension Office,
March 25, 1826.

Hon.H. Markell,
H.Repr.

The caveat against Henry Cool, forwarded by you to this office, has been received, and I have to state, that the Pension Agent in N. York, has been this day directed to suspend the payment of his pension, until further instructions from this Department. 
JLE 
**********************
War Dept.,
Pension Office,
March 25, 1826.

Isaac Lawrence, Esq.,
Prest. U.S.Br. Bk. &
Agent for paying Pensioners,
New York.

Sir: 
You will be pleased to suspend further payment of the Pension of Henry Cool, a revolutionary Pensioner of your Agency, information having been received at this office, that after his period of ten months service in Colonel Van Schaick's Regiment had expired, he then enlisted in the British Service, and served till the end of the War.
JLE
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES 	              
Form VAM-51
12 - 5 - 41 
Division of Veterans' Administration Archives

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Cool, Hyman (Wyman- In pencil only) | GRADE Private | LINE Connecticut
WARRANT NUMBER 5560 | ACREAGE 100 | ISSUED Nov. 10, 1792 to ____- not shown- 

The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Form VAM-51
12 - 5 - 41 
Division of Veterans' Administration Archives

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Cool, Isaac | GRADE Private | LINE Connecticut
WARRANT NUMBER 5611 | ACREAGE 100 | ISSUED Nov. 10, 1792 to- not shown- 

The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.