Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 809, David Cooper, New Jersey
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New Jersey
Cooper, David
S809

carded
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17,134 New Jersey
David Cooper
Freehold in the State of N. J.
who was a private in the com commanded
by Captain [blank] of the Reg commanded
by Col Holms on the N J
line for Troops 21 mo

Inscribed on the Roll of N J
at the rate of 70 dollars  00 cents per annum, 
to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 30 day of July 1833 and sent D B Ryall Freehold N J

Arrears to the 4th of March 33.  $140
Semi-anl. allowance ending Sept 4 33 $3.50
                                                   $175.00

Recorded by E D Bullock Clerk,
Book E Vol [illegible] Page 103
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Monmouth Pleas
of July Term 1832
Declaration of David
Cooper - No 4088

P.O.

no paper

admit
21 in o private
Cd Holmes
$70

Daniel B Ryall Esq
Freehold
NJ
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Declaration of David Cooper in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832-
State of New Jersey County of Monmouth S.S.

On this thirty first day of July Anno Domini 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County of Monmouth now sitting at Freehold [Township] in said County David Cooper a  resident of the township of Freehold County of Monmouth and State of New Jersey aged ninety three years on the fourteenth day of May last, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath makes 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 entered said service as a militia man in the company commissioned by Captain Joseph 
Stillwell about the first day of June 1776, being about a month before the British landed on 
Staten Island and he continued in the service doing his duty every other month until the close of the war and the independence of our country was achieved excepting in two instances in which he served as a Substitute for one month in each instance, that the whole time he was in the service under the monthly drafts or called was two years at least, that the name of the Captains under whom he served during said period after Captain [Joseph] Stillwell
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were Stophel Little, John Smock, Henry Smock, & Jacob Flemming in that order here named to the best of his recollection and that the names of the field officers under whom he served were Major Thos. [Thomas] Seabrook, Col. George Taylor who afterwards joined the enemy and Asher Holmes Colonel, that it is impossible for him to more particularly specify the times he entered the service or to specify the particular monthly tours of service he performed, he does not recollect the name of but one of the substitutes he employed, his name was Jacob Hart, he was employed for one month by him just at the close of the war, the other was he thinks employed by him for his tour of duty for one month ending the September 1777- that he resided in the township of Middletown in the County of Monmouth when he first entered the service, that in the monthly draft or calls he performed the before spoken of duties that he was not in any battles during the war, that the County through which he marched extended from South Amboy in Middlesex County to Rumson Neck in Shrewsbury township Monmouth County guarding the intermediate points and places from the records of the British and Forces, that he never served with any Continental regiments or companies, and he was not acquainted with any of the Regular officers except Capt John Burrows who after being in the State service of New Jersey entered the Continental Army as a Captain, this he thinks was about the
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fall of the year 1777 when he entered the
Continental service, that he has no documentary evidence of his service, and that
he knows of no person except William Hays whose testimony he can procure to testify to his service. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever 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.

David Cooper

Sworn to & subscribed this day
and year aforesaid
John Patterson
New Je

New Jersey Monmouth County SS. I William
Hays of the township of Howell in said
County do hereby Certify that I am well
acquainted with David Cooper who has
subscribed & sworn to the above declaration
and that I believe him to be ninety three years of age that I know him to have been a soldier of the Revolution having served with him as such on several occasions during the war, but cannot
specify the particular time or officers under whom they served that from his knowledge of his services he has no doubt he was out in actual services at least two years during the revolution, that he is not only reputed to be a soldier of the revolution in the neighborhood in which he resides but he this deponent knows
him to be such, that he is a credible person and his statement & declaration is entitled to full credit.-

           his
William   X  Hays
          mark

Sworn to & subscribed the day
& year aforesaid
John Patterson
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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 William Hays who has signed the preceding certificate is a resident of the County of Monmouth and was a soldier himself of the revolution and that he is a credible person and his statement is entitled to credit.

By Order of the Court  W.J. Bowne
Judge 

I Daniel H Ellis Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Monmouth in the State of New Jersey  Do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of David Cooper for a pension-

In Witness whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and seal
of office this thirty first day of
July in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred
and thirty two.
D.H. Ellis Clk

I Daniel H Ellis Clerk of the Court of Common
Pleas in and for the County of Monmouth
in the State of New Jersey Do Hereby Certify
that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said David Cooper for a pension on the thirty first day of July last part
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In witness whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and seal of office
at Freehold this eighth day
of July in the year of our
Lord one thousand Eight
hundred and thirty three-

D.H. Ellis Clk
[seal affixed at left]
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Supplemental declaration of David Cooper
for a pension under the act of June 7 1832.

New Jersey Monmouth County SS: Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the peace of the County of Monmouth and
State of New Jersey, David Cooper who being
duly sworn deposeth and saith, that he
made his original declaration for a pension
under the act of June 7th 1832 on the thirty
first day of July last part before the Judges
of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas of the
County of Monmouth, that by reason of old
age and the consequent loss of memory, he
cannot swear positively 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 four months in the year 1776 I served as a
private in four monthly tours of one month each, being the months of June August October and December in Captain Joseph Stillwell's Company, one Joseph Brown he thinks was Lieutenant Colonel George Taylor being the first Colonel and after he joined the enemy at the close of this year Col Asher Holmes commanded this company were stationed at the Guard House opposite the Light House on Sandy Hook their duties were to guard the coast and watch & look out for the enemy these
tours of duty commenced about the first
of the respective months above named and
ended about the first of the intermediate
months; for five months in the year 1777 I 
served as a private in five monthly tours 
of one month each, being the months
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of February, April, June, October, and December, the forepart of the year in a company commanded by Captain Hendrick
Smock and the latter part commanded by Captain John Smock, Col Asher Holmes was their colonel, their duties were as before stated to guard the shores of the County of Monmouth from the enemy, in the monthly tour ending in September this year I had a substitute whose
name I have forgotten it was while Captain John Smock commanded the Company the reason was I had just moved my family from Middletown to Freehold in Monmouth County and I wanted some time to settle up my business in Middletown, these monthly tours this year began about the beginning of the months above named and ended about the beginning of the intermediate months; for four months in the year 1780 I served as a private in
four monthly tours of one month each in Captain Jacob Flemmings Company their duties were as before mentioned, the months were June August October and December, in the intermediate time between the tours of this year and those ending in 1777 I was mostly engaged
in boiling Salt at Manasquan along the sea coast and during the time I was so engaged I was exempt under the laws of New Jersey from Militia duty which fact I forgot to mention in my original declaration, as it was considered the same as doing militia duty by those who were engaged in it under the laws of New Jersey there was
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however I believe at least two monthly
tours of duty done by me in Captain
John Smocks Company but I cannot
pretend to specify the months or whether
in the year 1779 or 1780; For four months
in the year 1781 I served as a private
in four monthly tours of one month
each in Captain Jacob Flemmings
company, the duties were to guard
the shores and Coasts of Monmouth
County from the British and Tories
namely the months of April, June, August
and October; For four months in the
year 1782 I served as a private in four
monthly tours of one month each
in the last named company, being the
months of February April June and
August, one Jacob Hart being my
substitute in one of the after months
of this year but which I cannot now
state, three monthly tours commenced
in the before named months about
the first and ended about the first
of the intervening months, the field
officers during this period were Major
Thomas Sabrook Col Asher Holmes
and Genl David Forman, and that for
such service I claim a pension, that
he never received any other than a
verbal discharge at the end of his
monthly tours, none in writing being
given, that I was born in the township
of Middletown in said County of Monmouth
on the 14th day of May 1739 where I
resided when I entered the service and
removed to Freehold in said County in
the year 1777 where I have ever since lived
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and where I now reside, that he has no record of his age, that he was not a Volunteer or substitute, but performed his monthly tours of duty under the monthly drafts or calls under the laws and ordinances of New Jersey that during the time he was in the service he was in the field and not in garrison and was not employed in any civil pursuit
David Cooper
Sworn and subscribed before }
me this 8th day of July }
this 8th day of July
AD 1833-
Thos C Throckmorton Justice

Mr John D. Barkalow a Clergyman residing in the township of Freehold County of Monmouth and State of New Jersey and Cornelius J. Barkalow residing in the same hereby certify
that we are well acquainted with David Cooper who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be ninety four 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.

John D Barkalow
Cornelius J Barkalow

Sworn and subscribed }
before me one of the Justices }
of the Peace in & for the County }
of Monmouth this 8th }
day of July AD1833
Thos C Throckmorton Justice
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And I the above named Thomas C. Throckmorton one of the Justices of the Peace of the County of Monmouth and State of New Jersey before whom the above named declaration of David Cooper and Certificate of John D Barlow and Cornelius J Barlow now satisfactorily described and sworn to do hereby certify that it appears to me and that I know the fact that John D. Barlow who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the township of Freehold County and state aforesaid, and that Cornelius J. Barlow who has also signed the same is a resident in the same place and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit; and also that the said David Cooper is a credible person and that his statement is entitled to credit.
Dated July 8th 1838
Thos. C. Throckmorton Justice

I David H. Ellis Clerk of the Superior Court of Common Pleas of the County of Monmouth and State of New Jersey do hereby certify that Thomas C. Throckmorton Esquire whose name  is signed to the [illegible] above amended declaration of David Cooper and certificate of John D. Barlow and Cornelius J. Barlow and the last above certificate of the said Thomas
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C. Throckmorton himself was at this time the same name respectively subscribed and sworn to and now is, one of the Justices of the Peace of the said County of Monmouth duly commissioned and sworn, and states full faith and credit as made and due and ought to be given to all his official acts, and that the name signed Thomas C Throckmorton to the draft of the said amended declaration and Certificate, and to the Certificate last above of the said Thomas C Throckmorton are respectively his proper handwriting. -

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this Eighth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eighteen hundred and thirty three. -

D. H. Ellis , Clk
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Rev. War
INVALID.
File No. 809
David Cooper
Rev.  N.J Line
Act  June 7, 1832
Index:--  Vol. A, Page 71
[Arrangement of 1870.]