Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 2,280, William Cook, Md.
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Service
MD

Name
Cook, William

Number
R.2280
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Wm Cook
for Declaration
a pension

207

Tho Boyde
Wyth C.H. Va
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State of Virginia
County of Wythe to wit

On this 11th day or November in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-four personally appeared before the county court of the said county of wythe, William Cook, a resident of the county of Wythe and state of Virginia aforesaid aged seventy-two years (as he believes, having no record of his age) who being first duly sworn in open court 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 into the army of the United States in the year 1779 in the month of July or August at the age of between sixteen and seventeen with Captain John Lynch and served in the 5th regiment of the Maryland regulars on the continental line, under the following name officers: Colone John E Howard, the commander of the regiment. Major Egleston, Captain Lynch above named, Lieutenant Philip Reed and Ensign Reasons (or a similar name). He served all the latter part of the fall of the year 1781 upwards of two years. He has made three applications for a pension before the present two under the act of congress of 18th March 1818 and one under the act of congress of May the 15th 1828 of the two first named one was made in the late Superior Court for the said county of Wythe on the 13th day of May 1826, the other was made in the county court of the same county on the 13th day of November 1832 and the last above named was made before an acting magistrate of the same county within the present year in the latter part of August 1834 - Having made these former applications, he finds that the war department does not require him by the rules under the act of June 7th 1832 to make a full
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declaration but a statement referring to his former declarations and showing his residence at the time of each application aforesaid. He would therefore refer to each of his above named declarations and particularly to the last in the Treasury Department in which will be found a very full detail of his whole services. His last application it seems has been rejected because the time at which this applicant was released from service has been considered prior to the close of the war by the Secretary of the Treasury, although that time was subsequent to the surrender of Lord Cornwallis which this applicant always considered substantially and virtually the close of the revolution.

His place of residence at the time of each of the above-named applications was in the aforesaid county of Wythe.

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any state.

William Cook

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year first aforesaid.

And the said court do hereby declare their opinion that the above-named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states.

I John P Mathews clerk of the county court of Wythe County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of William Cook for a pension.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office the 15th day of November 1834.

J P Mathews Clerk of the Court of Wythe County

By A.B. Moore D.C.

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32493
William Cook
Virginia
Suspended

Letter 29 Jan 1835
Thos J Boyde
sent to Hon. G. W. Hopkins
Dec 14th, '44

H G Fane - May 26/55
[illegible] to G. Green
Clark July 24/55
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Washington City Dec 11th 1844

[illegible] J.L. Edwards

Sir

Enclosed herewith the declaration of William Cook of Washington County and ask your early examination of it.

I am sir
very truly yours
Geo W Hopkins
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Wm Cook Md Line  Bounty Land?
Did he receive it himself?
GWC

I find one soldier of the Maryland Line named William Cook whose warrant for bounty land was granted on the 7th Feby 1792 - no record returned.

W.G.
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Have searched all other claims under name of William Cook or Cooke, and fail to find declarations dated May 13, 1826 and Nov 13, 1832.

ACM
July 11, 1911
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2280
William Cook
REJECTED
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May 11, 1851
Rel: To papers of Wm Cook

Green Green & Clarke
Resent

Hon James E Heath
Comm. of Pensions
Washington
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Washington 10 May 1851

Hon James E Heath
Comm of Pensions

Sir:

We are informed by one of the heirs of William Cook that he served in the Revolutionary War in the company commanded by his brother John Cook & with the Virginia and No. Carolina regiments under Genl Lincoln and that his papers were sent on to this city by the Hon. Thos. F Marshall of Kentucky about the year 1843 - Shortly afterwards William Cook died, and the matter of his pension has been since neglected by his heirs who ware now anxious to recover the papers sent on by Mr. Marshall.

Will you please inform as whether any such papers are on file in your office & oblige?

Your obt servant
Grean Grean & Clarke
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Land Office, Annapolis, Jany 27th 1835

Sir

The declaration of William Cook has been examined, he states that he enlisted in 1779 and served in the company commanded by Capt. John Lynch of the 5th Regiment and was discharged in 1781 - On the muster and payrolls of the revolution in this office, I find the name of three William Cooks - the first enlisted in the 3rd Maryland Regiment, and was discharged the 7th December 1778, as an invalid - the 2nd enlisted as a private in Capt. Hynes's Company of the 6th Regt. on the 1st of June 1778 and on the 16th of August 1780 was missing - the 3rd appears only upon the payroll to have received the gratuity and pay up the close of the war, this last mentioned one is the person I presume that obtained the warrant from the United States for Bounty land, as stated by the applicant in his declaration - On comparing the declaration with the rolls, I am of opinion that they afford no evidence whatever of the applicant's services - the declaration is herewith returned.

In haste - I am very respectfully
Your obt servant
G.G. Brewer

J.L. Edwards, Esq.
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William Cook
2280
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State of Virginia
County of Washington

On this 22nd day of July 1844 personally appeared in open court before the court of Washington County now sitting William Cook resident of said county of Washington & state of Virginia aged about eighty-five or eighty-six 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 passed June 7th, 1832.

That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated:

That he enlisted in the regular army of the United States in June 1779 at Annapolis in the state of Maryland - under Captain Lynch that he marched in the course of a few weeks to join the army on the North River at West Point where he was attached to the 5th regiment under Col. Howard. On this station he remained until the troops went into winter quarters near Morristown. The brigade to which his regiment belonged was the 1st brigade (he thinks) commanded by General Smallwood. The ensuing season the regiment to which he was attached marched to the south - there took water at the head of Elk in Maryland and landed at Petersburg, Va. They marched on into North Carolina and at Deep River de Kalb gave up the command of the army to Genl Gates who overtook the army at that point - on the occasion these was great rejoining in the army. Then the army took up their line of march for So Carolina and near Camden the battle was fought which resulted in the defeat of the Americans. This declarant was in this engagement - after it was over the American troops were dispersed in
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in every direction - This declarant after this was then ordered away into North Carolina, and on his return met with a force raising to make head against the Tories - To this expedition he attached himself as a volunteer and served in it three months under the command of Capt. Wooldridge and Col. Lewis - General Armstrong commanded the militia of Surry County, this expedition took place in Sept of 1780 - shortly after the termination of this tour the declarant engaged as a volunteer under the same officers for twelve months to go on service against the Tories and remained in that service until the news came of the surrender of Lord Cornwallis. This declarant got a discharged from this service it was signed by Captain Gordon in October 1781. This declarant was in the battle of the Shallow Ford of the Yadkin - when Col. Campell commanded - he was also in another skirmish at Richmond when Col Williams held the command - This declarant has long since lost his discharge and he has no record of his age. This declarant has no documentary evidence of his service, nor does he now know of any living witness by whom he can prove his services.

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatsoever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.

Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid.

William Cook
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We James Keys a clergyman and N Snead both residing near the residence of William Cook in the county of Washington & state of Virginia do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with the said William Cook, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be eighty-five or eighty-six years old, 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.

James Keys
N. Snead

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 James Keys also has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the county of Washington - and that Dr. N. Snead who has also signed the same is a resident in the county of Washington and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit.

I Jacob Lynch clerk of the court of Washington County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of application of William Cook for a pension.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 29th day of July 1844.

Jacob Lynch - C.C.

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William Cook's
Declaration
for a pension
32,493

Transferred to the
Pension Office as
requested.
Treasury Department
15 Jany 1855
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Rec'd 26 Sept 1834
State of Virginia
Wythe County to wit

Undre the Act of Congress of 15th of May 1828
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Before me, Randolph Fugate an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Wythe in the state of Virginia personally appeared William Cook a resident of the county of Wythe aforesaid, known to me as a person of good repute and entitled to credit, who first being duly sworn, does on his oath say that he enlisted into the service of the United States in the town of Annapolis in the state of Maryland in the month of July or August in the year 1779. He rather thinks it was July or if in August very early in that month. He enlisted for the term of during the war from & after the time of his enlistment. He was required by a man by the name of Chambers who was a silver smith by trade in Annapolis, and he received as a bounty the sum of two hundred dollars in Continental paper. He was sent from Annapolis to Baltimore and was immediately marched with other recruits to Philadelphia. He does not recollect the name of the officer who accompanied them to Philadelphia. From Philadelphia they served regular troops whom they found in that city were marched with about three hundred prisoners partly by water and partly by land to Elizabethtown in New Jersey where the prisoners were left and this declarant thinks there exchanged or permitted to return on board of a British vessel. From Elizabeth town this declarant was marched to a place on the Hudson Rier about two miles below West Point where a large number of the American forces were stationed - he arrived on the Hudson River he thinks in the latter part of August of the first of September of the same year (1779). This declarant was here attached to Captain John Lynch's company in the regiment commanded by Colonel John A. Howard in the Maryland state line on the continental establishment. He thinks the number of the regiment was the 5th - as well as he now recollects his lieutenants name was Philip Reed - his Ensigns William Reasons or a name very similar - the orderly sergeant Thomas Jones - the name of the Major of this regiment was Garner or Gardner his Christian name he does not recollect. This major was taken prisoner by the British shortly afterward succeeded in command by Jamor Egleston - He recollects the following officers who belonged to other regiments viz Gol Gunby, Colonel Adams, Major Anderson and Captain Horatio Claggett. This declarant with the troops on the Hudson as above named were marched from that place late in October of the year (1779) he thinks to a small town in New Jersey called Morristown, where the troops were quartered through the following winter. Early in the Spring of 1780, they were marched from this town to Elk River in Maryland where they took water and
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were carried to Petersburg in Virginia under the command of General DeKalb. From Petersburg they were marched into South Carolina having been met by General Gates on their march through North Carolina who took command of the forces. They arrived in South Carolina a short time before the first battle at Camden and were at that battle which he thinks was fought about the middle of August of that year (1780) and in which the American Troops were defeated by Cornwallis. This declarant was also at the battle of the Cowpens where Tarlton's troops were defeated by the Americans then commanded by General Morgan. This battle was in the January following (1781). This declarant was in several skirmishes but in no other general battle. He heard of the battle of Guilford immediately after it was fought but was in South Carolina at the time it took place. He thinks this battle was fought early in the Spring after the battle of the Cowpens. The troops with whom this declarant marched from the North into the south were frequently separated and sent to different places in detachments and they thus several times were under different officers. This declarant while in the south was under the following officers whose names he now recollects viz. Col William, Col Joseph Lewis, Captain Wooldridge and Captain Gordon. There were others he thinks whose names he cannot now recollect. This declarant was kept moving mostly while in the South sometimes in South Carolina and sometimes in North Carolina. He continued in service according to his term of enlistment to the end of the war and was discharged late in the fall of 1781 near Hillsboro in North Carolina after the troops with whom e then was had heard of the surrender of Lord Cornwallis - At the time of his discharge he was commanded by Captain Gordon in Col Lewis' regiment but Col Lewis he thinks was not with the troops at the time they were disbanded - when they were disbanded this declarant received from Captain Gordon a writing which said Gordon told him was a furlough without date and said Gordon also told him that if he was needed he would be called into service again and if not needed that the furlough was anedswer for a discharge. He was never again called on. After his discharge he remained in North Carolina. He married in that state about tow years after his discharge and continued to live there till about the year 1794 as when he removed into the County of Grayson in the state of Virginia where he resided till about eighteen years ago - where he removed from Grayson into the County of Wythe and has resided in Wythe County ever since. This declarant received some pay for services about the time he was marched from the North to the South as above stated in Continental paper, but he does not recollect the name of the paymaster from whom he received that pay. He thinks he never received a cent of pay after that.
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time. He has never received any bounty either from the United States or any state except what he received as above stated from the United States at the time of his enlistment. He has long since lost his written furlough or discharge above spoken of. He has never received a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars. He has never received any bounty in land. He has lately been informed however that it appears in the War Department that a warrant for one hundred acres of land issued in 1790 in his name. He declares he has no recollection of ever having received a warrant nor of ever having authorized or requested any person to apply for or receive a warrant for bounty land for him. He says he has never been out of the state of North Carolina and Virginia since the revolution and therefore he would not have applied himself in person. He says he has twice before applied for a pension under the acts of congress of 18th March 1818 & May the 1st 1830 but has never been allowed a pension. His first application was made in the Superior Court of Wythe County aforesaid on the 13th day of May 1826 - his second application was made in the county court of the same county on the 13th day of November 1832.He says he knows no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his services.

And in testimony whereof he has hereunto annexed his signature.

William Cook

Witness my hand this 27th day of August in the year 1834.

Randolph Fugate - JP

State of Virginia
Wythe County
to wit

Before me Randolph Fugate an acting Justice of the Peace in the county of Wythe in the state of Virginia personally appeared this day Peter Moore and Spencer Breeding residents of the said county persons know to me as credible witness who did severally make oath that William Cook by whom the foregoing declaration was subscribed is generally reputed and believed to have served in the revolution in manner as therein stated.

Peter Moore
Spencer Breeding
His X Mark

Witness y hand this 27th day of August in the year 1834.

Randolph Fugate - JP

State of Virginia
Wythe County to wit:

I John P Mathews clerk of the county court of the county
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of Wythe in the state of Virginia do hereby certify that Randolph Fugate before whom the foregoing affidavit was sworn was at the time an acting Justice of the peace in and for said county and duly empowered to administer oaths and I believe the signature annexed to the same and purporting to be his to be genuine.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affied the seal of the said court this 28th day of August 1834.

J P Mathews - Clerk of the Court of Wythe County

By A.B. Moore - D.C.

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