Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 15,389, Luther Cooley, Mass.
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SERVICE Mass 
Cooley, Luther 
NUMBER S. 15,389 carded
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O. Pittsb'g of 18779
Luther Cooley of Fairfield in the State of Vermont who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain [blank] of the Regt command by Col Hale in the Mass'tts line for 8 mo. 

Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont at the rate of 26 Dollars 66 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. 

Certificate of Pension issued the 2 day of October 1833 and Sent to Clt Fairfield 

Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1833 $ 66.66
Semi-anl. allowance ending March 4. 13.33
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$80.00 
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Revolutionary Claim,  Act June 7, 1832. 
Recorded by W. L. Williams Clk 
Book C Vol. 3 Page 58 

Let to  Lewis  B. Sturges, Feby 16 '37 The same day - 
Transfd for Burlington Vt to O Pittsbg. 4 1836 - March 13th 37
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Luther Cooley 
Decl'n
No 5101.
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DECLARATION. 
Revolutionary claim, under an Act of Congress, passed June 7th, A. D. 1832. 
STATE OF VERMONT, DISTRICT OF GEORGIA, SS. Franklin County Probate Court, August 3d A. D. 1832. 

Personally appeared in open Court, being the Probate Court for the County of Franklin, and a Court of Record for said County, and State of Vermont, as will appear by the first section of a Statute Law of said State, entitled "An act constituting Probate Courts Court of Record, passed November 15th, A. D. 1821, [see 1st section of said act,] Luther Cooley aged 71 years, resident in Fairfield in said County, 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, A. D. 1832. 

He was born in the Town of Longmeadow Mass in the year 1761, and in the year 1777 was a substitute for his Father Stephen Cooley for two months, marched in May to Albany from there to Fort George and then to Ticonderoga arrived there in the month of May stationed at Mount Independence-- served under Lieut Cooper & Chapin Regiment commanded by Col Leonard - Lieut Col Hale Adjutants White & Colton-- stayed there untill July when the place was evacuated retreated in the night next morning arrived at Hubbardstown where we were overtaken by the British and a smart action ensued which lasted several hours  - continued our march to Bennington and then returned home being gone from home more than three months 

In the month of September 1777 he was drafted for one month under Capt Shaw ^sent to Com Colton & marched from Springfield to Saratoga - there stationed untill after Burgoyne was taken and then returned home 

Again in the year 1778 was drafted and marched from Springfield to Albany under Capt Scott who had charge of six loads of Powder for Albany - gone one month dismissed and returned home. In the year 1777 enlisted for one month under Capt
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from Springfield to Albany under Capt Scott who had charge of six loads of Powder for Albany - gone one month dismissed and returned home 

In the year 1777 enlisted for one month under Capt Brixton Lieut Chapin, Regiment commanded by Col Porter marched from Springfield to New London Connecticut --there stationed untill his time was out. 

In the year 1780 he again enlisted in the month of July for three months - marched to West Point from the Point to the nine partners (so called), there employed in chopping wood untill the time that Arnold left-- then returned to Fishkill, there stationed untill his time ended-- received no discharge Lieut Col Alan, Lieut John Colton

He has no documentary evidence whatever. 

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity, except the present,

Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid. Luther Cooley 

We Samuel Read residing in Sheldon near the residence of Luther Cooley and Samuel Barlow of St. Albans, formerly of Fairfield, here by certify that we are well acquainted with Luther Cooley, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy one 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. 
August 14th AD 1832. 
Sworn and subscribed before me Wm Bridges the day & year afs'd
Samuel Head  
Samuel Barlow 

And the court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the subject matter, and
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Personally appeared in open Court, being the Probate Court for the County of Franklin, and a Court of Record said County, and State of Vermont, as will appear by the first in for sa 4 

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And the court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the subject matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above name applicant was a soldier of the revolution & served as he states. And the Court further certify that it appears that Samuel Read who has signed the preceeding certificate has been Post Master in the town of Sheldon County of Franklin and State of Vermont and has heretofore been one of the Judges of the County Court for the County aforesaid - and that Samuel Barlow who has also signed the same has been a Justice of the Peace for sd County and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit 

And the Court do hereby declare their opinion, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. William Bridges Judge 

I, John Gates, jr. Register of the Court of Probate for the district aforesaid, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matters of the application of Luther Cooley for a pension.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 2d day of August A. D. 1832.
John Falls Register
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To the War Department of the United States 
Application for Transfer 

State of Ohio Huron County Ss. 
On this Twenty eight day of February A.D. 1837. before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace for said County personally appeared Luther Cooley who on his Oath declares, that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the Company commanded by Captains Cooper, Shaw and Chapin and in a Regiment commanded according to his best recollection by Colonels, Leonard & Hale - - in the United States revolutionary war and that he served as a Private 

That his name was placed on the Pension list on the roll of the State of Vermont; from whence he has lately removed. That he now resides in the Town of Clarksfield in said County, wherein he intends to reside in future and wishes in future that his pension may be payable at the agency at Pittsburgh Pennsylvania for this part of Ohio 

The following are the reasons for his removing to the State of Ohio from Vermont Viz. That his only son with whom he had resided for a number of years sold his possessions in the State of Vermont and removed to & has resided & settled in the Township of said Clarksfield and with whom he expects to spend the remainder
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of his days Luther Cooley

Sworn and subscribed before me the day & year aforesaid & Smith Starr Justice of the Peace 

State of Ohio Huron County SS 
Be it known that on the 28th day of February AD 1837 before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace for said County personally appeared Benjamin Davis and Luther Cooley Junr and on Solemn Oath declare that they are acquainted with Luther Cooley of the Town of Clarksfield in said County and that they know him to be the identical person who is named is a Pensioner of the United States as a Revolutionary Pensioner, in a Certificate of the War Department dated the second day of October one thousand Eight hundred and thirty three and Signed John Robb acting Secretary of War. and I also certify that the said Benjamin Davis and Cooley Luther Cooling Jun are persons of Veracity 
signed, 
Luther Cooley Jr
Benjamin Davis 
Jonathan Higgins 
} Signers to the Certificate of Veracity of Davis & Cooley

Sworn & subscribed before me Smith Starr Smith Starr Justice of the Peace 

The State of Ohio Huron County SS
I David Gibbs Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County of Huron do certify that Smith Starr is lawfull magistrate as above and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine. 
In testimony who hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said Court at Norwalk this 28 day of Feby AD 1837 
D Gibbs E.C. R
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3101 - Luther Cooley 

Admit 8 mos

Claimant Fairfield Vt
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WAR DEPARTMENT, Pension Office, 
May 9 - 1833 

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 shew what is necessary to be done. Those 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, shewing the Service of Duration of 

[table headings]Period when services were rendered. | Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. | Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. | Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. | Proof by which the declaration is supported.
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 I am, respectfully, Your obedient servant 
 J. L. EDWARDS, Commission of Pensions

Mr Luther Cooley
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2 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," allpersons 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 recognized 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, mucicians 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 Territors County of On this day of A. B. a resident (b) of personally appeared (a) before in the county of and State, Territory or District of 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 provision made by the act of Congress, passent June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) with served in the (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers: and Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and 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 Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. A.B. 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. 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 hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with and C. D. residing in (the same) 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 neighborhood 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 that their statement is entitled to credit. I. Clerk of the 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. to 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 period of his
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3 alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted ; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be exexpected . All applicants 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? 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 neighborhood, 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 neighborhood 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 a 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 or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature. No payments 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 neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter. 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. 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. The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned. The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served. 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, anddays , I served as a . For months and --- days, I served as aand 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 trade 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 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 place 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 The law makes the relinquishment indispensable. The opinion of the Court is always required. The Clerk must give his certificate in every case. 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 conin 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. 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 nesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office. The notes from to are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note applies to continental troops only. This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases, witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact. The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration)
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15389 INVALID
OWN
File No. 18389
Luther Cooley 
Pri Rev War - 

Act: June 7"" 32 
Index: -- Vol. 1 Page 439 
{Arrangement of 1870.}
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FREE
J.L. Edwards Esq
Comr of Pensions
Washington DC

[postmark: BURLINGTON FEB 24]
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Bank Burlington Feby 23. 1837 
J.L. Edwards Esqr
Com Pensions
Sir
Luther Cooley 
is inscribed on the roll this agency under the act of June 1832 at the City of Twenty Six at the rate of Twenty six 66/100 Dollars [er annum  was last paid to 4th Sept 1826 on the 20th of same month as appears by our Books 
Very Respectfully 
Your Obt Servant
E T Englesby 
Pension agent 
pr R B Cole
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Mar 13
Mr Bindsmith

J.L. Edwards Esq
Commisioner of Pensions
Washington DC
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Commissioner of Pensions Norwalk Ohio 4 March 1837 

Sir
Inclosed is an application from Luther Cooley for a transfer of his pension payment from Vermont to Pittsburgh Pa 
Respectfully yours 
Lewis B Sturges
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I Lucius Colton of Sheldon County of Franklin & State of Vermont aged sixty five years do testify and say that I am well acquainted with Luther Cooley of Fairfield in said County who in the year 1777 lived in the Town of Long Medow State of Massachusetts, said Cooley was a neighbor of mine from my boyhood till after the revolutionary war I was knowing to sd cooley enlisting as a soldier; my brother Enoch Calton enlisted at the same time and I think they both marched together and in about two month Cooley returned my brother was taken at Hubbardstown and according to my best recollection they enlisted for two months

afterwards (the year he does not recollect) he was knowing to his the sd Cooley enlisted and going into the southern Army - and I think he was gone three months or more and he is well satisfied that sd Cooley was out several times but does not know what length of time- 
Lucius Colton 

State of Vermont Franklin County⎬ Probate court August 2d AD 1832 
Personally appeared in open court Lucius Colton above named credible witness who did make oath that the facts set forth in the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed as therein contained are time according to his best knowledge information & belief 
Before me William Bridges Judge
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State of Vermont Georgia District SS

I John Gates Jr Register or Clerk of the Court of Probate within and for to district of Georgia, hereby certify that William Bridges before whom the within affidavit was taken and sworn is Judge of sd court and duly authorised to administer oaths and the signature purporting to be his signature is his proper hand writing- 

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the seal of said Probate court and subscribed my name at St Albans, in said district this 15th day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two 
John Gates for Register

Lucius Colton's testimony in support of Luther Cooley's claim
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DECLARATION In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 27th, 1832. 

STATE OF VERMONT, FRANKLIN COUNTY, SS. 
On this 6th day of August 1833, personally appeared in open Court, before the Court of Probate, now sitting, Luther Cooley resident of Fairfield in the county of Franklin, and State of Vermont, age 72 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. 

He was born in the Town of Long Medow Massachusetts in the year 1761, Has no record of his age, was a resident of Longmedow till after the close of the Revolutionary war removed from thence to Fairfield, his now place of residence where he has lived for forty years. 

In the month of May 1777 entered the service as a substitute for his Father Stephen Cooley for two months, march'd to Albany, from thence to Fort George, and from thence to Fort Ticonderoga, arrived there in the month of May and stationed at Mount Independence served under Lieuts Cooper & Chapin, in the Regt commanded by Col Leornerd, Lieut Col Hall, Adjt White & Quarter Master Colton, stayed there till July, when the place was evacuated, retreated in the night, and march'd from thence to Hubbardton Vermont, where they were overtaken by the British, a smart action ensued, which lasted several hours; continued their march to Bennington, and was there dismissed and returned home, having served two months.
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In the month of September 1777, he was drafted for one month, & served under Capt Shaw, Lieut Ebenezer Colton, Stebbins and Chapen, marched from Springfield to Saratoga and there stationed till after the surrender of Gen. Burgoyne, was then dismised, does not recollect under what field officers he served at this time, being on the outposts of the army, recollects, that an action took place in a few days after he arrived at Stillwater which was about the middle of the month of September. that in the month of October following one other action took place in which the Americans were successfull, that a number of Prisoners were sent from Gen Arnolds camp to be guarded by those encamped some distance from the main Army. that he was discharged about the twentieth of October, having served a few day over this time for which he was drafted 

Again (he thinks) in the month March 1778 was drafted and marched from Springfield to Albany under Capt Scott who had charge of six loads of Powder for Albany, was gone from the time he left same till he returned one month. 

In the year 1779 (he thinks) in the month of May or first of June cannot say which, know it was at the time Fairfield Ct was burnt he enlisted or volunteer cannot say which) for one month under Capt
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Burt & Lieuts Chapen & Colton, in the Regt commanded by Col Porter, marched from Springfield Mass to New London Connecticut and there stationed till his time expired & was dismised, 

In the year 1780, he again enlisted in the month of July for three months, marchd to West point, and from thence to the nine partners (so call'd) there employed in cutting wood untill the alarm, when Arnold left West Point, repaired immediately to FishKill and there stationed till his time expired, doing camp duty as a private does not recollect the name of his col. but thinks the Lieut Col name was Mun, was dismised at Fishkill, but received no written discharge at that or any other time-- 

The applicant states that he is well acquainted with the following named persons residing in Fairfield, who can testify to his character for veracity and their belief of his having been a soldier of the Revolution Viz Rev Benjamin Wooster, Col Bradley Barlow Post Master, Joab Smith Esqr Col Aaron Burr, John Leach Esqr, Hubbord Barlan, & Joseph Soul 

He has no documentary evidence whatever and knows of no person whose testimony he can procure (except the inclosed), who can testify to his services
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He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity, except the present, and declares that his not on the pension roll of the agency of any State. 
Luther Cooley

Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid. 

We Benjamin Wooster and Bradley Barlow residing in Fairfield hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Luther Cooley - - --- who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 71 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. 
Bradley Barlow 
Benj Wooster 

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation 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 that and the and Benjamin Wooster who has the preceding certificate, is a clergyman resident in the town of Fairfield, and that  Bradley Barlow who has signed the same, is a resident in the town afrs'd Post Master- -- and is a creditable and that their statement is entitled to credit. 
Stephen S Brown Judge 

I, Aaron S Beeman Clerk of the court of Probate , do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Luther Cooley for a Pension. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 6th day of August A. D. 1833. Aaron S Beeman Clerk
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State of Vermont Franklin CountySS⎬ St Albans June 12th 1833  Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace within and for the County aforesaid Luther Cooley 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 two months I served as a private. For one month I served as a private. for one month I served as a private for one month I served as a private. For three months I served as a private; and for such service claim a pension 
Luther Cooley 

Sworn & subscribed before me William Bridges Justice of the Peace 
I further certify that the deponent is a credible person
William Bridges Justice Peace
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State of Vermont Franklin County SS⎬ 

I Horace  Clerk of  Franklin County Court, do hereby certify that William Bridges who has affixed his name to the within is a Magistrate duly qualified, and that I believe the same to be his genuine signature 

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of said court at St Albans this 6th day Augt 1833 
Horace James Clerk
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16 Feb Luther cooley for L.B. Sturgis app for transfer Burlington

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J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.

Luther Cooley
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Norwalk Feby 6. 1837 
J L Edwards Esq Commmissioner of Pensions 

Sir I enclose an application for the Transfer of Pension from Vermont to Pittsburgh. when effected please enclose the Document to my case - I have recd your Letter of 14 Sett respecting Betsy Meades application I am much disappointed in the decision as mentioned by you if necessary I give notice that I shall at a future time remove for a reconsideration a review of the case. It appears then me that the Law of 4 July 1836 should provide only the cases you mention viz militia men were not for regular a Soldier who I should  suppose the most meritorious. Has not a Law been lately passed to continue a Pension to the widow of a Pensioner who has died who recd his pension to the time of his death. It would be very convenient if we could receive the Laws which have been passed respecting allowances to Soldiers. The Law of Congress are not published in this part of Ohio 

I am very respectfully Your. Obt. Servt 
Lewis B Sturges
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BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
Division of Veterans' Administration Archives

NAME Cooley, Owen
GRADE Private
LINE Hayon's Corps

WARRANT NUMBER 12893____ 

ACREAGE 100___ 
ISSUED September 27, 179? 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.