Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 21119, Job Cook, R.I.
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R,e,l
Cook, Job
S.21119
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21283
Rhode Island
____________________________________________________Job Cook
of Newport in the State of R.I.
who was a private  in the Companies commanded 
by Captain Cook of the Ret. commanded by Col Hark in the R.I.
line for 2 years
____________________________________________________
Inscribed on the Roll of Rhode Island
at the rate of - 80. Dollars __ Cents  per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
__________________________________________________
Certificate of pension issued the 29 day of Aug
1833 and seub M*
Ennis   , Newport R.I.
__________________________________________________
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $160.00
Semi-ant. Allowance ending 4 Feb   40.00
                                                      $200.00
_________________________________________________
Revolutionary Claim,
As June 7,1832.
Recorded by DD Addesen Clerk,
Book E Vol 2 Page 104
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State of Rhode Island
County of Newport

On this twenty sixth day of
April  A.D. 1833 personally appeared before Joseph Joslen Es
June, one of the Justices of the Court of Common Pleas with 
in and for the County of Newport afore said. Job Cook a
resident in the town of Middletown in said county. yeoman
aged nearly Eighty six years, who being first sworn according to law.
Both on his oath, make the following declarations in order to
obtain the benefit of the act of pensions June 7,1832.
That in December 1776, being then a resident in Tiverton
 in said county, as a private in Captain Isaac Cook's company,
in Col John Cook's Regiment of Rhode Island Militia, he
 was called out with said company to guard the shores of
 Tiverton, and during the whole time the British have possession of the island of Rhode Island, said company
 and this applicant were quartered every night (except
in very stormy weather when no apprehensions were entertained
of the landing of the enemy) near the shore as afore said.
emplored during the nights to guard and defend the same. That when spent
 Isa's etheditrim was pear*eado, he was, one of the picked men selected to accompany Col. Barton, who was to be the first, to effect a landing on Rhode Island. He was marched
to Fogland point in said town of Tiverton, but the night 
being clear and the morn shining brightly, before they could embark, they  were discovered by the enemy, who fired upon them from a port on Rhode island opposite to Fogland point
 arrived ******** one of their men. The expedition was then abandoned.  That when Sullivan's expedition was ar 
dent when, he was drafted with one reef of the said C**** Jary under the captain and bolo first afire, aid, was marched on to Rhode Island, and quartered for about three weeks at least on the Manchester farm near the center of said islands. After which period they returned to Tiverton.  He recollects that while the British were on Rhode Island that this applicant, with said company was ordered to repair to Fogland Point afore said, when on arriving, they found that three eighteen pounders had been brought , to arrive, and drive off, if possible, a British ship of war.
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which lay at anchor nearly opposite the Point last mentioned
, in the East papage, between Rhode Island and the main. They commenced firing  upon her about day light and with such good effect that she got under way crime
 diter. and was said to have sunk as she was entering the harbor of Newport. Your Applicant further declares, that he was born in Tiverton afore aid on the sixth day of July A.D. 1747.  as Appears by a record now prodiceeds before said Justice- that he never
received any discharge in writing from the service- that
he never served with any certain extal regiment or company
that he knew several continental officers, but is unable to recall the names of any of them except these of Cook , Barton and Dretor ***** who stayed for some time at the appli
cants house when he resided in Tiverton, During the revolu
tionary War- that he has no documentation evidence of his
services, I know of no persons who are cognisant of them, 
acept William Cook and Godfrey Phirng both said liven too, whose definitions are hereto anneted; and to the account 
carrying certificated signed by the Reverend Micheal Ed-
dy and the Hon. Justice of the Peace he refers for his character
 for veracity and their belief of his having been a soldier of 
the revolutionary :he further declares that there is ******-
tted clergyman in the town where he resides- that Mv,
Ecedy above named is the nearest clergyman, and that he has been a member of his church for twenty years-
that he is unable to state names , times and places with
greater precision than he has done, on account of his great
age  and bodily infirmity, by recount of which he is unable to of fear in  court, and by which he has been confined to his dwelling
for a year past.- that in his own behalf and as a ***
stitute for others whose names  he cannot remember. He served for two years at least in the Revolutionary war
and for such service he claims a pension- that in 1786 he ******** from Tiverton aforesaid to Rhode-Island on which he has resided ever since, in the town of Portsmouth, Newport and lastly in said Middletown, where he has lived for at last 6 years - He hereby retires ***** every claim to a pension or annuity except
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the present & declare that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State.
Job Cook

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Before me Joseph Joslen
Justice of C. C. P. Newport, R. I.

We, Michael Eddy pastor of the First Baptist Church in the town of Newport and Dutee J. Pearce both residing in said Newport hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Mr. Job Cook who has subscribed and sworn to the preceding declaration that we believe him to be nearly eighty in years of age; that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, & that we concur in that opinion.

Sworn & subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Michael Eddy
Dutee J. Pearce

Before me, Joseph Joslen, 
Justice C. C. P. Newport, R.I.

And the said notice of the Court of Common Pleas, for the Court of Newport aforesaid doth hereby declare his opinion after the investigation if the matter & after putting the interrogatories, prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier & served as he states, and he further states that Michael Eddy, who has signed the above certificate is a Clergyman and that Dutee G. Pearce who he also signed same is a member of Congress, & both resident in the town of Newport, & that their statement is entitled to credit.  And he also declares that in his opinion that the above named applicant is unable from bodily infirmity to attend in Court.

Joseph Joslen, Justice C. C. P. 
Newport, R. I.
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State of Rhode Island }
Newport

I Henry Y. Cranston, Clerk of the Court of  Common Pleas for the County of Newport in the State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Joseph Joslen Esquire is one of the Justices of said Court, & that the signatures on the preceding pages are his genuine signatures; and that Abner Simmons, for whom the annexed depositions of William Cook and Godfrey King purport to have been taken is a Justice of the Peace with in & for said County and that the signatures annexed to the certificates of said dispositions are his genuine signatures.      In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this twenty ninth day of April in the year Eighteen hundred & thirty three.
H. Y. Cranston  Clk





Job Cook
25134
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State of Rhode Island }
County of Newport    } ss

On this thirty - first day of July A.D. 1833 personally appeared before me, the undersigned a Justice of the Peace within & for the County aforesaid.  Job Cook of Middletown in sd (said) County yeoman aged Eighty-six years, who in order to amend his declaration made before Joseph Joslin Esquire one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas within and for said County on the twenty sixth day of April A.D. 1833, being first duly sworn deposeth and saith, that by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory he cannot give a 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 always as a private.  Fore one year and five months he served in the company of militia commanded by Isaac Cook, actually guarding the shores of the (illegible) during that time, for three weeks as a drafted man in the same company and under the same officer and during Sullivan's Expedition he served on Rhode Island.  For several months he served as a substitute for others whose names he is unable to remember in the same company under the same officer and on the same duty first above mentioned.  During said times of service he was not employed in any civil (illegible).  He further declares that all said service was rendered & between the Fall of the year 1776 & the winter of 1777 and that he cannot state facts with more accuracy than he has done in this & his previous declaration.
Job Cook

Sworn to & subscribed the day  }
and year first aforesaid before me }
Wm. Ennis Justice of the Peace
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State of Rhode Island }
County of Newport        July 31, 1833   I certify that the within named William Ennis is a Justice of the Peace within and for said County, appointed and qualified to act as such, according to law.
Dutee J. Pearce
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No 25134
Job Cook
Newport Co
Rhode Island

Private 2 years


Wm Ennis
Newport Co
R I
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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 readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will show what is necessary to be done. These 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, showing the Service of Job Cook Newport R. Island 

Period when the service was rendered 
Dec 1776 
-
States indefinitely that he served 2 at least

Duration of the claimant's service. 
Years. Months. Days. 
about three weeks 

Rank of the claimant. 
Private 

Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. 
Capt Cook. 
Col J. Cook 
Some Officers

Age at present, and place of abode when he entered service. 
86 years 
Tiverton
R. Island 

Proof by which the declaration is supported. 
- J. Godfrey for service from 1776 to 79. Wm Cook for service 78 to Fall 79 stated credible by the Court also had - evidence to that same effect.
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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 recognised 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, musicians 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 } ss. 
Country of } ss.
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 the 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 serviced under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, 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 -. 
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. 
I - 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 neighbourhood 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 their statement is entitled to credit. 
I, - Clerk of 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 periods 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 favourable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, of of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favourable decision can be expected. All applicant 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 now live? 
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 neighbourhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your 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, without 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 neighbourhood 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 or justice of 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, attend the Court. 
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or 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 Court of County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge of Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature. 
No payment can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, 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 neighbourhood 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 reason 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 or 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 or 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; and 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 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 may 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. 
The notes from [a] to [i] 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 interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration. 

[written signature]
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION   3-525

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, 
Bureau of Pensions. 
S.F. 21.119         Washington, D.C.  (year blank)

In reply to your request of __________, received ___________________ for a statement of the military history of Job Cook a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. 

Dates of Enlistment or Appointment - Dec. 1776
Length of Service - 1 yr. 5 mos. 
Rank - Pvt. 
Officers Under Whom Service Was Rendered.
    Captain - Isaac Cook 
    Colonel - John Cook 
State - R.I.  
 
Dates of Enlistment or Appointment - Dec. 1776
Length of Service - 3 weeks
Rank - Pvt. 
Officers Under Whom Service Was Rendered.
    Captain - Isaac Cook 
    Colonel - John Cook 
State- (R.I.)

Dates of Enlistment or Appointment - Dec. 1776
Length of Service - 7 mos. 
Rank - Pvt. 
Officers Under Whom Service Was Rendered.
    Captain - Isaac Cook 
    Colonel- John Cook 
State - (R.I.)

Battles engaged in - Expedition of Generals Spencer and Sullivan
Residence of soldier at enlistment - Tiverton, Newport Co. R.I. 
Date of application for pension - Apr. 26, 1833
his cl. was at
Residence at date of application - Middletown, Newport Co. R.I. 
Age at date of application - born July 6, 1747 at Tiverton R.I. 
Remarks - there is no data of file as to his family. 

Respectfully, 

Commissioner.
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I Godfrey King of Tiverton the county of Newport & state of Rhode Island aged eighty three years do testify & say that in the time of the revolutionary war & since I have been acquainted with Job Cook now resident in Middletown county & state abovesaid but in the time of the revolutionary war he resided in said Tiverton an applicant for a pension under the late act of Congress we were both enrolled in the first company of militia in said Tiverton under the commanded of Capt. Isaac Cook and from the time the enemy took possession of Rhode Island in 1776 until they left the same in 1779. I have been on duty with him at divers times & places employed in the service in guarding the shores of said Tiverton over periods of half of the time the enemy held possession of said Rhode Island according to the best of my recollection and further the deponent saith not. 
Godfrey King

State of Rhode Island
County of Newport
Be it known that on the 26th day of April 1833 & for said county personally appeared Godfrey King and made solemn oath to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed and I do hereby certify that the deponent is a credible person. 
Abner Simmons Justice Peace
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I William Cook of Tiverton of Tiverton in the County of Newport & State of Rhode Island, aged seventy seven years, do testify & say, that in the time of the Revolutionary War & since I have been acquainted with Job Cook now residing in Middletown, County & State abovesaid, but in time of the revolutionary war he resided in said Tiverton, an applicant for a pension under the late act of Congress;  In the Spring of the year 1885, I returned home to Tiverton out of the fifteen months service and was then enrolled in the first Company of Militia in said Tiverton under the command of Capt. Isaac Cook where said Job Cook was then enrolled;  from that time until the British Troops left Rhode Island in the Fall of the year 1779 I was with him on duty at divers times & places employed in the service in guarding the shores of said Tiverton from Fogland Ferry Northward to prevent the incursions of the enemy, our period of service were a month at a time and we served one half of the time until  the British left Rhode Island according to the best of my recollection & further the deponent saith not. 
William Cook 

State of Rhode Island
County of Newport
Be it known that on the 26th day April A.D. 1833
Before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County; personally appeared William Cook and made solemn oath to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed - and I do hereby certify that the Deponent is a credible person. 
Abner Simmons Justice Peace
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This Bureau can furnish the military record of only such Revolutionary soldiers as were pensioned or whose widows were pensioned for their services.  Such of the original muster and pay rolls of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 as are now in the possession of the Government are on file in the Record and Pension Office, War Department.  Original rolls and other records pertaining to service in the Revolutionary War may also be found on file in the archives of many of the original States. 

L.W.B. 
I. 21524,
I. 17426,
I. 21119.

O.W. & N. Div.
Revolutionary

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
WASHINGTON, D.C.

October 2nd, 1899

Sir: -

     In response to your recent communication, you are advised that Benjamin Tallman made an application for pension on July 11, 1832, at which time he was 89 years of age and residing at Providence, R.I., and his pension was allowed for one year's actual service as a major and Colonel in the Rhode Island troops, Revolutionary War.  Place of his enlistment not stated.  He served in the regiment commanded by Col. Richmond. 
     Benjamin Frye made an application for pension on September 14, 1832, at which time he was 72 years of age and residing at Newport, Rhode Island, and his pension was allowed for two years' actual service as a captain in the Rhode Island troops, Revolutionary War.   He served in the regiment commanded by Col. Richmond.  Place of his enlistment not stated. 
     Job Cook made an application for pension on April 26, 1833, at which time he was 86 years of age and residing at Middletown, Rhode Island, and his pension was allowed for two years' actual service as a private in the Rhode Island troops, Revolutionary war.  He enlisted at Tiverton, Rhode Island, and served under Capt. Isaac Cook and Col. John Cook. 

Very respectfully, 
Acting Commissioner

Mr. R.H. Tilley, State Record Commissioner, 
Newport, Rhode Island.
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(Letterhead) 

LONDON & LANCASHIRE INDEMNITY COMPANY
C.H. Bancroft
General Agent
No. 8 East Long Street
Columbus, Ohio

LONDON & LANCASHIRE INDEMNITY COMPANY
of America
Home Office, New York 

Columbus, Ohio
Jan. 30. 1918

(Addressed to)

The Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir - 
     I am informed that Job Cook of Rhode Island, Militia, was put on Revolutionary pension roll in 1833 at the age of 81. 
     Will you please inform me the name of his wife or his children from your records. 

Yours very truly
Mrs. E.C. Ensminger
117 Hamilton Ave.
Columbus, O.
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Office of State Record Commissioner
Newport, R.I.  March 1899

Commissioner of Pensions.

Dear Sir:   

Will you kindly send me the Revolutionary record of- 
Col. Banjamin Tallman, Prov. Co., R.I. Cont'l. Service, who was placed on the Pension Roll July 31, 1833, at the age of 91 years.   Also, of 
Capt. Benjamin Fry, Newport Co. R.I. Cont'l. Service, placed on the Pension Roll Dec. 29, 1832, at the age of 74 and of 
Job Cook, Newport Co., private R.I. Militia, placed on the Pension Roll, Aug. 29, 1833, at the age of 81. 

Yours respectfully, 
R. Hammett Tilley
State Record Commissioner

Dictated K.M.S.
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LEFT SIDE OF PAGE:

Revolution
21 119
INVALID
File No.   21.,119
Job Cook
Priv. (Private) Rev War

Act:  June 7, '32
Index: - Vol. 2  Page 76

Arrangement of 1870


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Oct. 2, '99
R.H. Tilley
Newport R.I. 
1918  (unintelligible) Hist. to Mrs. E.C. Ensminger
Page 20

Hon. J. L. Edwards

Sir, 
Have the goodness to direct that all papers touching the application of Job Cook should be directed to my care. 

Very respectfully, 
Wm. Ennis


Newport R.I.
April 27, 1833