Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 2,278, Thomas Cook, N.C.
Page 1

(3-1776)
SERVICE
N.C.
Cook, Thomas
NUMBER
R. 2,278
CONTENTS
[blank]
Page 2

The declaration of Thomas Cook in order to obtain the benefit of of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832
State of Indiana}
Bartholomew County}
On this seventeenth day of November in the year of our lord one thousand Eight hundred and thirty seven personally appeared before Thomas Overman a Justice of the Peace in and for Batholmew county and State of Indiana Thomas Cook a residend of Sand creek Township in Batholomew county and State of indiana aged Eighty two years - who being first duly sworn according to law doth - on his oath -  make the following declaration in order to obtain benefit of the act of congress passed June the 7th 1832 that - he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as hereinafter That - in the year month of January in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy six in the then county of Dobbs in the state of North Carolina (the day of said month - is not precisely remembered but - it was before the 15th day of said month) he volunteered as private soldier in the service of North Carolina in a company, commanded by Captain John Shepherd Lieut. William Faircloth and  Ensign Samuel Shepherd and the whole troop to which he belonged was commanded by Gen'l Richard  Caswell that he served until the 10th of March in the same year - is not positive as to the precise day of the month but believes it was the 10th when
Page 3

In answer to questions put to him by said Justice of the Peace he the said Thomas Cook further states that he was born in Dobbs County in the State of North Carolina on the 14th day of April 1754 That he has no record of his age that his father had one but that he dos not know where it is now is that he was living in Dobbs County North Carolina at the time he was called into service that he lived in what was then Dobbs County until about 18 years ago when he moved to edgcomb County whare he resided about two years since then he hs resided in bartholomew County State of indiana he was caled in to service as a volunteer his regular officers were the same as those stated in his declaration He never received a writen discharge his commission as Ensign was signed by Abram Shepperd. His commission as Captain was signed by James Glasgow. he is known to William Arnold and  Benjamin Ellis who attest to his veracity
Page 4

he returned home having been discharged  by Col. Shepherd, during their servcie he was in the Battles of Black river and mores creek bridge Gen McLoud the British commander - was killed in the latter battle about the last of March 1776 while being in said Dobbs county he together with his neighbors volunteered there services and the said Thomas Cook was by them elected their captain they marched under his command to Kingston - the then headquarters but their services not long wanted they returned home after an absence of about one week he said Thomas Cook sustained out of his money the expense and provisions for his company to Kingston about forty miles for which hw was never reimbursed in the month of April in the year 1776 he was commissioned an Ensign by the State of North Carolina and held the same for aoubt one year sometime in the month of August in the sae year he with his nighbours volunteered and marched about ten miles on Contentrey Creek to Meet the Torys after about ten days not finding any then they returned from which was all the service he performed during that period except sitting on court-martials in trying delinquents and ascertaining who was liable to perform, Militia duty and who was exempt in the Month of April 1777 the day of month he does remember  he was commissioned a captain by the same State and in a very few days thereafter he thinks not more than twenty by Col. James Glasgow orders he mustered his company for a draft of men which was done which was the last service he was called upon to perforn during the war he never received any written discharge.

[note - 3 mos. + 7 day + 10 days]
Page 5

he has no documentary evidence of his services but he believes he can prove some of his services by James Perishoe now a resident of Bartholomew county but knows of no other person by whom he can prove his services within his power to obtain his testimony 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 or Territory
Thomas Cook X his mark

Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Thomas Overman [seal]
Justicce of the Peace
[Signature]

I William Arnold a clergyman residing in Bartholomew county and state of indiana near the residence of the said Thomas Cook and Benjamin Ellis residin in sand creek Township Bartholomew County Indiana in the neighbourhood of hte said Thomas Cook hereby certify that we are well aquainted with Thomas Cook who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be eighty two 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.
William Arnold
Benjamin Ellis
[Signatures]
Sworn and Subscribed the day and year aforesaid 
Thomas  Overman J. P. [Seal]
[Signature]
Page 6

The declaration of Thomas Cook in order to obtain the benefit of of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832
State of Indiana}
Bartholomew County}
On this seventeenth day of November in the year of our lord one thousand Eight hundred and thirty seven personally appeared before Thomas Overman a Justice of the Peace in and for Batholmew county and State of Indiana Thomas Cook a residend of Sand creek Township in Batholomew county and State of indiana aged Eighty two years - who being first duly sworn according to law doth - on his oath - make the following declaration in order to obtain benefit of the act of congress passed June the 7th 1832 that - he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as hereinafter That - in the year month of January in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy six in the then county of Dobbs in the state of North Carolina (the day of said month - is not precisely remembered but - it was before the 15th day of said month) he volunteered as private soldier in the service of North Carolina in a company, commanded by Captain John Shepherd Lieut. William Faircloth and Ensign Samuel Shepherd and the whole troop to which he belonged was commanded by Gen'l Richard Caswell that he served until the 10th of March in the same year - is not positive as to the precise day of the month but believes it was the 10th when
Page 7

he has no documentary evidence of his services but he believes he can prove some of his services by James Perishoe now a resident of Bartholomew county but knows of no other person by whom he can prove his services within his power to obtain his testimony 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 or Territory
Thomas Cook X his mark

Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Thomas Overman [seal]
Justicce of the Peace
[Signature]

I William Arnold a clergyman residing in Bartholomew county and state of indiana near the residence of the said Thomas Cook and Benjamin Ellis residin in sand creek Township Bartholomew County Indiana in the neighbourhood of hte said Thomas Cook hereby certify that we are well aquainted with Thomas Cook who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be eighty two 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.
William Arnold
Benjamin Ellis
[Signatures]
Sworn and Subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Thomas Overman J. P. [Seal]
[Signature]
Page 8

The declaration of Thomas Cook in order to obtain the benefit of of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832
State of Indiana}
Bartholomew County}
On this seventeenth day of November in the year of our lord one thousand Eight hundred and thirty seven personally appeared before Thomas Overman a Justice of the Peace in and for Batholmew county and State of Indiana Thomas Cook a residend of Sand creek Township in Batholomew county and State of indiana aged Eighty two years - who being first duly sworn according to law doth - on his oath - make the following declaration in order to obtain benefit of the act of congress passed June the 7th 1832 that - he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as hereinafter That - in the year month of January in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy six in the then county of Dobbs in the state of North Carolina (the day of said month - is not precisely remembered but - it was before the 15th day of said month) he volunteered as private soldier in the service of North Carolina in a company, commanded by Captain John Shepherd Lieut. William Faircloth and Ensign Samuel Shepherd and the whole troop to which he belonged was commanded by Gen'l Richard Caswell that he served until the 10th of March in the same year - is not positive as to the precise day of the month but believes it was the 10th when
Page 9

In answer to questions put to him by said Justice of the Peace he the said Thomas Cook further states that he was born in Dobbs County in the State of North Carolina on the 14th day of April 1754 That he has no record of his age that his father had one but that he dos not know where it is now is that he was living in Dobbs County North Carolina at the time he was called into service that he lived in what was then Dobbs County until about 18 years ago when he moved to edgcomb County whare he resided about two years since then he hs resided in bartholomew County State of indiana he was caled in to service as a volunteer his regular officers were the same as those stated in his declaration He never received a writen discharge his commission as Ensign was signed by Abram Shepperd. His commission as Captain was signed by James Glasgow. he is known to William Arnold and Benjamin Ellis who attest to his veracity
Page 10

November 9, 1936

Thomas Cook-R.2278
BA-J/AWF

Mr. G. A. Barber
122-124-126 E. 58th Street
New York City

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letter in which you
request information in regard to Thomas Cook, born in 1756 in North Carolina, served with the North Carolina troops, and died in 1844 in Indiana. The data which follow were obtained from pension claim, R. 2278, based upon the service of Thomas Cook in the Revolutionary War. This is the record of the only Thomas Cook (Cooke) found on file in the Revolutionary War records of this office,
who served with the North Carolina troops, and later lived in Indiana.
Thomas Cook was born April 14, 1754 in Dobbs County, North Carolina, names of his parents not given. He lived in Dobbs County until about 1819, then moved to Edgecomb County, where he lived about two years, and moved to Bartholomew County, Indiana.
While a resident of Sand Creek Township, Bartholomew County, Indiana, he applied for pension, November 17, 1837, and stated that he enlisted sometime in January, 1776, served as a private in Captain John Shepherd's company, Colonel Abram Shepherd's
North Carolina regiment, until March 10, 1778, in the latter part of March, 1776, was elected Captain of a company and served about one month, in April, 1776 was commissioned Ensign by the State of North Carolina, served about ten days, and in April 1777,
Page 11

was commissioned Captain by the State of North Carolina that during this service, he was in the battles of Moore's Creek Bridge and Black River.
Thomas Cook's claim for pension was not allowed, as he did not furnish proof of six months' service, which was the shortest period of service, for which a pension was allowed under the Act of June 7, 1832, the Act under which he applied. The papers in this claim contain no reference to his family.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
Page 12

OFFICERS AND TRUSTEES
MYRON C. TAYLOR, F.G.B.S., 
Honorary President
HENRY ROOTES WINTHROP
President and Trustee
[Illegible (LFL) F.G.B.S.
1st Vice-President and Trustee
ABRAHAM HATFIELD, F.G.B.S.
2nd Vice-President and Trustee
WILLIAM HENRY WILLIAMS,
3rd Vice-President, Librarian and Trustee
LAWRENCE BOGART ELLIMAN,
4th Vice-President and Trustee
ALEXANDER MCMILLAN WELCH, F.G.B.S.,
Chairman of hte Exeuctie Committee, and Trustee
ELLSWORTH EVERETT DWIGHT, F.G.B.S.,
Treasurer and Trustee
H. MONOT PITTMAN,
Executive Secretary and Necrologist
AMOS CANFIELD, M.D.,
Registratr of Pedigrees and Trustee
WILLIAM HULL BROWNING, F.G.B.S., Trustee
NORMAN STAUNTON DIKE, Trustee
SAMUEL VERPLANK HOFFMAN,F..G.B.S., Trustee
FRANCIS LAURENS VINTON HOPPIN, Trustee
STEPHEN H. P. PELL, Trustee
ARTHUR TURNBULL, Trustee
LUCIUS WILMERDING, Trustee

PUBLISHERS OF 
THE NEW YORK GENEALOGICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD
67th year of is continuous existence
Quarterly, $6.00 a year.
Current Numbers, $2.00
_____
PUBLICATION COMMITTEE
H. MINOT PITMAN, Editor
ALEXANDER McMILLAN WELCH, Chairman of the Executive Committee, ex-officio
AMOS CANFIELD
SAMUEL COFF WORTHEN
WILLIAM J. HOFFMAN, F.G.B.S.
H. PRESCOTT BEACH
WILLIAM BECKER VAN ALSTYNE
ROSALIE FELLOWS BAILEY
MRS. RUSSEL HASTINGS
WILLIAM ALFRED ROBBINS
MRS. WILLIAM RAFFORD WHITE

Address all Communications to the Society.

The New York
Genealogical and Bigraphical Society
122-124-126 EAST 58TH STREET, NEW YORK CITY
Telephone, Wickersham 2-8532
[Seal - THE NEW YORK GENEALOGICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY INC. 1869.]


October 10, 1956.

Mr. A. D. Hiller
Executive Assistant to the Administrator,
Veterans Administration, 
Washington D. C.

Dear Sir:-
Would you kindly advise me whether you have any pension or bound land record for the following Revolutionary soldier?

THOMAS COOK (b. 1756 N.C.  d.Indiana 1844)/
Grade Sergeant
Organization: Cook's Company
Ninth Regiment, North Carolina Troops
Enlisted: 1777 for 3 years service.

Appreciating a reply, I am,
Yours very truly
[Signature]
G. A. Barber.

[note - only of N.C. service & went to land]

[stamp - RECEIVED OCT 13 1936 MAIL SUB.-DIV. VETS. ADM. READER # 23 12:.00]
Page 13

1956 - Nov. 9. hist to B. Ackers

2.278

Thomas Cook
Service: _______________________________
Enlisted: ______________________________
REJECTED
Discharged: __________________________, 18  .
Application filed: ____________________, 18  
The printed list of 1852 shows reasons for rejection - 
Re-enlisted: "He did not serve six months"
Attorney: ___________________________
P.O. ________________________________
___________ Recognized.  _____________ Contract
___________ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _________, 18
Page 14

Hon. W. Herod
July 9. 1845.
Page 15

Pension Office.
July 9. 1845.

Sir:

In answer to your letter of the 2d. inst.  I have to state that papers in support of the claim of Thomas Cook, of Bartholomew County, Indiana, were presented at this office by you in September 1838, and are now on file. His claim was rejected, as it appeared from his declaration that his alleged service did not amount to six months; and no one whose actual service fell short of that period is einhaul [inhaud] by the pension laws.


Hon. Wm. Herod
Columbu
Inda.

34598
Ind'a - 32
Page 16

Pension Office.
July 9. 1845.

Sir:

In answer to your letter of the 2d. inst. I have to state that papers in support of the claim of Thomas Cook, of Bartholomew County, Indiana, were presented at this office by you in September 1838, and are now on file. His claim was rejected, as it appeared from his declaration that his alleged service did not amount to six months; and no one whose actual service fell short of that period is einhaul [inhaud] by the pension laws.


Hon. Wm. Herod
Columbu
Inda.

34598
Ind'a - 32
Page 17

July 9 45

10

J. L. Edwards Esq.
Comm. of pensions
Washington 
D.C.

Tho. Cook
Ind'a.

[stamp - COLUMIBUS IND. JUL 3]
Page 18

Columbus Ia. July 2d 1845

Sir

Will you be so good as to inform me whether there is a a file in your office an application by  Thomas Cook of Bartholomew County Ia. for a pension for revolutionary services. If no such application is on file please send me the forms necessary to be followed in making such application He was in the malitia service in the North Carolina Militia & was a part of the time perhaps an officer. If an application has been made please state wherein the docu. is insufficient, I will be very much obliged if you will attend to this matter at as early a day as will suit your convenience & write me.
I am with much respect your obt. srvt.
William Herod
[Signature]
Page 19

[page too dark to transcribe]
Page 20

Sept. 29 -38
oc
Page 21

War Dept. Pen Office
Sept. 29 1838

Sir,

The papers in the case of Thomas Cook have been examined. He alleges several tours of service amounting in all to less than six months. The act of 7 June 1832 provides for none who did not serve six months. The claim has therefore been rejected and the papers filed in this office.

Hon. William Herod
Columbus
Indiana
Page 22

Columbus Inda. 19th Sept. 1838
James L. Edwards Esq.

Sir

I herewith enclose the pension papers of Thomas Cook a revolutionary soldier, who is too infirm to attend a court of record for the purpose of making his declaration therein . Your early attention and answer is respectfully salicited.
I am with great respect your obt. humble servt.
William Herod
[Signature]
Page 23

V34.598
Thomas Cook
Pension Papers
Page 24

State of Indiana} SS.
Bartholomew County}
On this tenth day of November in the year of our lord one thousand Eight hundred and thirty seven - Personally came before Thomas Overman - A Justice of the peace in and for Bartholomew county and State of Indiana who being first duly sworn saith that he remembered that Thomas Cook was in the service of the United States in the revolutionary war in the State of North Carolina and also remembers that said Thomas Cook was in some office but does not know what office but knows of his being out more than one time But does not know how long he served he further saith not the day and year above writen
James Perishoe X his mark
[Signature]
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Thomas Overman [Seal]
Justice of the Peace

State of Indiana}
Bartholomew County sck} I am S. Boardman Clerk of the Court of Bartholomew County certify that Thomas Overman is a magistrate as above and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal of office and subscribed my name this day of November in the year 1837
Isaac S. Boardman Clerk of the 
Court of Bartholomew County
[Signature]
[Seal]