Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 16,229, John Cooley, N.H.
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
N.H.
Cooley, John
Dorothy

NUMBER 
W.16,229

CONTENTS
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7315
New Hampshire Roll
John Cooley
of Ossipee in the state of N. Hampshire
who was a Corporal in the regiment commanded by
Colonel Beedle of the New Hampshire
line, for the term of Nine months.
Inscribed on the Roll of New Hampshire
at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on
the 27th of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 5th of March 1819
and sent to the Honable Judge Badger
Stratford of N. Hampshire
Arrears to 4th of March 1819 10 Mon h/30 + h/31 82
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4th Sept 1819 48
130.9
{Revolutionary claim,
Act 18th March, 1818.}
Continued
Notification sent to A. Eastman
Dover New Hampshire 6th Sept 1820
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Letter to Hon. J.A. Eastman
10 March 1842}
Dead
Paid at the treasury under Act 6th
April 1838 from 4th March to
11th September 1840. Ag notifd April
20th 1842
4803
New Hampshire
Dorothy Cooley 
widow of John Cooley decd
who was a pensioner under the Act of [illegible]
and who died on the [illegible] March 1823
of Strafford in the State of N.H.
who was a Corporal in the Company commanded
by Captain Everett in the regt commanded
by Col. Bedel in the N.H. line
line for 9 mo. 12 days
Inscribed on the Roll of Portsmouth
at the rate of 34 Dollars 50 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 1st day of January
1840, & sent to Hon. J.A. Eastman,
H. of Reps.
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1839 $120.75
Semi=annual allowance ending 4 Mar 40 17.25
=
138.00
{Act July 7,
1838.}
Recorded by D.M. Curdy___ Clerk
Book A, Vol. 1, Page 37.
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State of Newhampshire
County Strafford ss} On this day of April AD, 1818
before me the subscriber one of the judges of the Court
of common pleas for said county personally appears
John Cooley aged eighty three years resident in the 
Town of Ossipee in the County and State aforesaid who
being by me first duly sworn according to law doth
on his oath make the following declaration in order
to obtain the provision made by the late act of
Congress entitled An act to provide for certain persons
engaged in the land and navel service of the United
States in the Revolutionary War. That he the said John
Cooley sometime in the month of January 1776 enlis-
ted and entered the aforesaid service of the United States
as a Corporal in the Town of Tamworth in said
state he was enlisted by Lieutenant Chamberlain into
the company commanded by Captain Everett
and joined the regiment commanded by Cole Beedle
Newshampshire line that he continued to serve in said
service of the United States in said war on the continent
tal establishment from the time of his enlistment
until the twelfth day of November following as
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will appear by the accompanying discharge when he was
discharged from service at Ticonderoga in the State
of New York that he was dismissed before his time was
out on account of sickness in his family that he served
about ten months and a half that he was in the
battle at the cedars. And that he is in reduced cir-
cumstances and stands in need of the assistance
of his country for support.
Sworn to and declared before me the day and year
aforesaid William Badger
I William Badger Judge &c. as aforesaid do certify
that it appears to my satisfaction that the said John Cooley
did serve in the revolutionary War as stated in the pre-
ceding declaration against the common enemy and 
that he is in reduced circumstances and stands in need
of the assistances of his country for support and I now
transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had be
fore me to the Secretary for the Department of War pursue
and to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my
hand and have caused the seal of said Court
to be hereunto affixed this 24th day of
July 1818 - William Badger
Attest Dan Waldron clerk of
the Court of Com Pleas for
said County of Strafford
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State of Newhampshire
Strafford for On this 27th day of April 1818 before me the 
subscriber one of the Judges of the Court of Common pleas for said
County personally appears Jonathan Philbrook of Tamworth County
and State aforesaid who being by me first duly sworn [illegible] to
law doth on his oath make the following declaration to be used 
in support of the preceding declaration made by John Cooley of Ossipee
County and State aforesaid. That he the said Jonathan Philbrook
served in the Newhampshire regiment commanded by Col. Timothy
Beedle in the year 1776 and is well knowing that the above named John
Cooley served more than nine months from the first of February
1776 agreeably to his enlistment as stated in the preceding declaration
Sworn to and declared before me the day and year
aforesaid - William Badger
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63
John Cooley
7315
Sept 9
1 feb '76 de
Nov 76
9.12
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To the Justices of the Court of Common Pleas now sitting at Wolfbrough within and for the County of Strafford
and State of New-Hampshire. on the second Tuesday of July, 1880.
John Cooley aged about 87 years, resident in Ossipee in said County, comes
into court, and in pursuance of an act of Congress passed on the 1st day of May, 1820, brings with him, and in his
proper person exhibits to said Court a Schedule by him subscribed, containing his whole Estate and Income - his
necessary clothing and bedding excepted - as follows: - 
not any property or income John Cooley
And the said John Cooley in pursuance as aforesaid produceth to said Court the
following oath by him duly taken and subscribed:--viz.
I John Cooley do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the
18th day of March, 1818, and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner disposed of my
property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it, as to bring myself within the provisions of an act
of Congress, entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United
States in the revolutionary war," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, nor has any person in
trust for me, any property or securities, contracts or debts due to me, nor have I any income other than what is con-
tained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed.
John Cooley
And the said John Cooley doth here in Court further declare on oath, that he served in the rev-
olutionary war as follows, viz.
he enlisted Jany 1776 under Capt Everett in Col Beedles
Regiment New Hampshire line and served therein ten
months and was honourably discharged in November 1776
was in the battle at the Cedars - in June or July
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Wherefore he prays the opinion of the said Court as to the value of the property contained in the said schedule,
and that the same, together with a copy of the premises be duly certified to the Secretary of War.
Sworn and declared before the said court the
11th day of July - 1820} John Cooley
Attest, A. Peirce, Clerk.
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State of New Hampshire    )
County of Strafford, SS.      )

On this first day of June 1838 personally appeared before Henry B Rust one of the Judges of the court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Strafford and State of New Hampshire Dorothy Cooley a resident of Ossipee in the County of Strafford and State of New Hampshire aged Eighty two years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 4gth 1836  That she is the widow of John Cooley who was a soldier of the Revolutionary army and was a pensioner under the act of Congress passed 1818  She recollects that her late husband John Cooley inlisted in the first part of the was of the Revolution and came home and married her and then went away in the army and was gone several months, but she does not recollect what year he inlisted nor whom he served under

She further declares that she was married to the said John Cooley September 20th 1777 and that her husband the aforesaid John Cooley died on the 6th day of March 1823 and that she has remained a widow ever since that period as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereunto annexed
Dorothy X her mark Cooley

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before
Henry B Rust )Judge of the C.C. Pleas

I here by certify that the above named Dorothy Cooley from age & bodily infirmity is unable to appear in Court and I further Certify that the before mentioned Dorothy Cooley is a person of good morral character.
Henry B Rust  (Judge of the C.C. Pleas
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4V3603
Dorothy Cooley
Vhd of M
N H
Act July 4 1826
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State of New Hampshire Strafford County.
I Francis Cogswell, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said county hereby certify that on the first day of June instant Hon. Henry B Rust was a Judge of said Court of Common Pleas and that the within signatures purporting to be his are genuine - 
In testimony where of I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court this sixth day of June Anno Domini 1838-
F. Cogswell, Clerk
Court of Com. Pleas

Seal [left side of page at the bottom]
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Evidence of Marriage
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The following is an extract from the records of the Town of Gilmanton in the County of Strafford & State of New Hampshire - 
"John Cooley & Dorothy French were joined together in Marriage September twenty third in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy seven By Rev. Mr. William Parsons"
I hereby certify that the above is a true copy of the Record with the exception of the date which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures as follows "Sept. 23, 1777"
Josiah Parson Town Clerk of Gilmanton
I Josiah Parson above named depose and say: that I hold the office of Town Clerk in the town of Gilmanton County of Strafford & State of New Hampshire and that the above is a true extract from the Records of said Gilmanton, with the exception above named as certified by me
Josiah Parsons Clerk of the town of Gilmanton
State of New Hampshire Strafford Sept.19th 1839-Personally appearing Josiah Parsons above named, who is a credible witness made solomn affirmation that the above affidavit by him subscribed is true -- Before me
Ira A. Eastman  Justice of the Peace
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Washington 30th December 1839.

I hereby certify that I administered to Josiah Parsons the within oath and that at the time I was a Justice of the Peace duly commissioned within & for the said county of Strafford.
Ira A Eastman
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June 7, 1938
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BA-J/EHL [illegible handwritten initials]
John Cooley-W.16229

Mrs. Abbie R. Kimball
#30 Atkinson Street
Dover, New Hampshire

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of John Cooley, born in 1733, served as corporal in said war, and died in 1823, in Ossipee, New Hampshire.
The data which follow were obtained from the papers filed in pension claim, W.16299, based upon the military service in the Revolutionary War of John Cooley.
The date and place of birth and names of the parents of John Cooley are not shown.
John Cooley enlisted at Tamworth, New Hampshire, February 1, 1776, served as coporal in Captain Everett's Company, Colonel Timothy Badel's New Hampshire Regiment, went on an expedition to Canada, was in the battle of "The Cedars" and was discharged at Ticondaroga November 12, 1776.  Hew was is the service in August, 1777, and marched to Bennington but it was not stated whether or not he participated in that engagment.  It was stated that he was, also, in the recruiting service and that he served throught the war, dates and names of officers for the two services last named are not shown.
He was alloed pension on his application excuted April 27, 1818, while residing in Ossipee, New Hampshire, aged eithy-three years.  In 1820, he stated that he aged eighty-seven years.
He died March 6, 1823, at Ossipee.
The soldier married September 23, 1777, Dorothy French, date and place of her birth and names of her parents not shown.  Soldier had been previously married and had a child by this

[The following is hand-written in the right margin -- Found sol in lst serv. in N H. book VOLI, pages 279 & 288. Found a John Cooley in serv. in 1777 but caned not tell whether it was this John Cooley.]
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marriage, name of wife and child not shown.  John Cooley was married to Dorothy French by the Reverend William Parsons and their marriage was recorded on the town records of Gilmanton,
New Hampshire.
Soldier's widow, Dorothy, was allowed pension on her application executed June 1, 1838, at which time she was aged eighty-two years and resided in Ossipee, New Hampshire.
She died September 11, 1840, place not stated.
John Cooley and his wife, Dorothy, had at least three children but no names are give.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension and the name and address of person paid in the case of the Revolutionary War pensioner, Dorothy Cooley, widow of John Cooley (W.16229), you should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data:
Dorothy Cooley, widow of John Cooley
Certificate No.-4803
Issued January 1, 1940
Rate, $34.50 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1836
Act of July 7, 1828
New Hampshire Agency.

Very truly yours
A.D. Hiller
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator.

[The following is handwritten in the right margin at top of page]
made no ref. to the statement that "Dorothy Cooley went to housekeeping with sol's child & "one of her own" as this child may have been a child of John Cooley, too & not by a previous marriage.
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of hearing from My Family, Consisting of my Wife and five Children

Now I hope your Honour will take my Cafe in consideration & Grant me a Discharge Otherwise my 
[bottom left 1/4 of the page is torn off and missing]

[words missing] Suffer.
Your honored
[words missing] request will Lay your  
[words missing] Moft Formidable Obligation
John Cooley

[Stamp affixed to the right of the above signature]
THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES
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John Cooley Corporal in Capt Everetts Company in the late Colo. Bedels Reg't is hereby Discharged from the Service of the United States of America--
Noember 1776
Ticonderoga 12
Horatio Gates

COOLEY, JOHN
(N. H.)
W - 16229
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I Joseph hobbs Aged Sixty nine years Depose & Say that I have been acquainted with John Cooley forty years ago and lived near him from that time til he died and from the earlyest acquaintance with him, I frequently heard him Say that he enlisted in to the United States Service During the Revolutionary war and Served til the close of the war except when he was at home on a furlow which was three times I think and was at home on a furlow when peace was ["declared" stricken out] proclaimed

I further Depose and Say that I was knowing at the time of his making aplication for a pention that his witnesses by whom he made proof lied now they knowing only of about nine or ten months Service but at the same time said that he enlisted during the war but as his officers were dead & he having no papers to that affect Should you no further as to proof
Osifee December 14th 1838
Joseph Hobbs

I hereby certify that the subscriber Joseph Hobbs is a credible person
Johnson D. Quimby

Strafford  fs  
State of New Hampshire

Subscribed and Sworn to before me Johnson D. Quimby Justice of the Peace
Ossipee December 14th 1838

State of New Hampshire
Strafford County fs.

I Francis Cogswell Clerk of the Superior Court for said County hereby certify that Johnson D. Quimby Esquire is a Magistrate as within and that the signatures to the annexed affidavits purporting to be his are in my belief genuine.

Witnefs my name and Seal of said Court this third day of January AD 1839--
F Cogswell, Clerk

[Illegible seal affixed to the left of the above paragraph]
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I Deborough Aldrige aged Seventy eight years Depose and Say that I lived with my mother in Ossipee in the year Seventeen hundred and Seventy Seven about the first of the Summer or in the Spring of the same year; John Cooley came to my Mother and agreed with her to take care of a young Child for him as his wife the child mother was Dead and he then a Soldier in the Army  She agreed to keep the child a short time and I took almost the whole care of the child Mr. John Cooley while in the Service of the United States to come and take the child away  he likewise came home and married so was said to Dorothy French and Sometime in the Fall of the Same year then his Wife took the child with one of her own and commenced housekeeping in Osipee and he said John Cooley immediately left home for the Army as he said at the time   I cannot recollect how long he was absent or in the service after marrying noted his Wife Dorothy Cooley with this first child about one year after the Marriage I have lived a near neighbour to Said John Cooley & Dorothy Cooley ever since til he died and the Said Dorothy Cooley is the same woman that was married to said John Cooley before his leaving home for the Army as above said
Deborough Aldrige

[following is stricken out]
I hereby certify that the above subscriber Deborough Aldrige is [illegible] Johnson D. Quimby

State of New Hampshire   Strafford Co.
Subscribed & Sworn to [illegible stricken out] before me Johnson D. Quimby Justice Peace
December 14th 1838  Osipee

I hereby certify that Deborough Aldrige the Subscriber is a credable person
Johnson D. Quimby
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DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, of the 7th July, 1838, entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows."

STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
STRAFFORD SS.--

On this twelfth day of September 1839 personally appeared before the [illegible stricken out] Judge of the Court of Probate Dorothy Cooley a resident of Ofsipee in the County of Strafford, aged Eighty three years, who, being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed July 7, 1838, entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certian widows:"  That she is the widow of John Cooley who was a Private in the Revolution and a pensioner 

She further declares that she was married to the said John Cooley in the fall of the year ["day of in the" stricken out] year seventeen hundred and Seventy Seven as will appear by the certifiaty of her marriage & that her husband, the aforesaid John Cooley died ["on the" stricken out] in March 1823 ["day of" stricken out]  that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January, seventeen hundred and ninety-four, viz:  at the tie above stated.
Dorothy X her mark Cooley

Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year above written, before
Warren Lovell  Judge of Probate

I hereby certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the court.
Warren Lovell, Judge of Probate
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[written vertically in the left margin]
6535

The State of New Hampshire
Strafford SS.

I Winthrop A Marston, Register of the Court of probate within and for said County of Strafford hereby certify that the within named Warren Lovell is Judge of Probate within and for said County and that the within signature purporting to be his genuine--

In testimony whereof i have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court of Probate on this twelfth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine
W.A. Marston, Register

[illegible seal affixed to the left of the above paragraph]
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John Cooley & Dorothy French were joined together in Marriage Sept 23 1777 pr. Rev'd Mr. William Parsons

I hereby certify that the above Marriage of John Cooley to Dorothy French is a true Copy of the Record as appears on the Book of the record of Marriages in the town Clerk's office at Gilmanton N.H.
Attest  Josiah Parsons Town Clerk
Gilmanton  May 15th 1838---

State of New Hampshire
Strafford County  fs--

I Francis Cogswell Cler of the Superior Court for said County hereby certify that Josiah Parsons is and for some years past has been the acting Clerk of the town of Gilmanton in said County and that I believe the above signature purporting to be his is genuine--

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this sixth day of June AD 1838--
F. Cogswell, Clerk, Sup. Court

[illegible seal affixed to the left of the above paragraphs]
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Dorothy Cooley
widow of John
Cooley
[illegible--scan is too dark to read remainder of this section]

I Ebenezer Cook aged 80 years Depose and say that I knew John Cooley who lived in Ossipee or near there and was with him in the United States Service in the year Seventeen hundred and Seventy Seven in August of that year I think till he [illegible] the day we were on our way to Bennington
Ebenezer Cook

Taken by Jonson D Quimby Justice of peace
and Sworn

Then certify John Coole Enlisted into Capt ["Company"] Everetts Company in Bedles Regt the first of February 1776--then March from Newhampshire to Canada & then to Mt Independence, & there continued till November 12th & then were discharged 
Attest  Thomas Danford
Ofsipee  April 25th 1818---
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2.41     3   Aug't 8.

August.8.1839.
Pension Office.
NH

Capt.  Sandwich NH
Aug't 1

War Department    free
Washington City
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Sandwich  July 30th 1839

Dear Sir

it does seem to me that the evidence I have furnished in favour of the Widow Dorothy Cooley is sufficient to intitle her to a pention; but as you do not please to give her a pention under the late act although she has declared under the former act and that I do verily believe is true, therefore ought not to debase her under the date  now Sir you have the evidence of this Marriage and when. pledge to inform me what she must do to obtain a pention under this act if anything

Yours Truly
Johnson D. Quimby
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J D Quimby

Apl 16  '39

OC
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259

Depart of War
Pension Office
Apl 16  1839

Sir,

The additional proof intended to establish the service claimed for by the widow of John Cooly subsequent to her intermarriage with him, has been examined and placed with his papers.  The testimony of Joseph Hobbs and Deborah Aldridge is vague and unsatisfactory, neither having any personal knowledge of the fact of which they testify.  If Mr Cooly performed any service after the year 1777, it must have been in the militia as his name is not found on either of the rolls of the continental line of N.H.

Unlefs therefor, the names of the Officers can be given, no succefsful examination of the Militia rolls can be had, nor can the claim be allowed unlefs that is done
[illegible]  Act July 4 36
3603

Johnson D. Quimby
Sandwich NH
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I Dorothy Hobbs of age testify and say that I have lived in the family with john Cooley and Wife Dorothy Cooley five or six years before his death and with Dorothy Cooley said John Cooleys Widow ever since his said John Cooley's death.  I do further depose and say that I have heard said John Cooley say before his death that he got a furlow from his office while in the United States service to come home two or three months before his third child that he had by said Dorothy Cooly was born  I further depose and say that he said John Cooly deceased March 6th 1823.  I do further testify and say that said Dorothy Cooly is now a Widow and and has never been married since the death of her husband John Cooly 
Ossipee June 2d 1838
Dorothy Hobbs

Signed in presence of us
Johnson D. Quimby
Corbin D Hobbs

Strafford fs   Sworn & Subscribed to ["before" stricken out] the day and year above named before me
Johnson D. Quimby Justice Peace

I hereby certify that the above named Dorothy Hobbs is a person of good Moral character.
Johnson D. Quimby  Justice Peace
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State of New Hampshire
Strafford County  fs.

I Francis Cogswell Clerk of the Superior Court for said County hereby certify that Johnson D. Quimby Esquire is a Magistrate as within and that the within signatures purporting to be his are in my belief genuine.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court this sixth day of June A.D. 1838
F. Cogswell Clerk
Sup. Court--

[illegible seal affixed to the left of the above paragraph]

Henry

[written upside down at bottom edge of page]
2.168.
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War Dept
Pen: Off
Oct'r 11  38

Sir

In reply to yours of 2 inst in the case of Mrs. Dorothy Cooley widow of John Cooley dec'd I have to inform you that the papers of her late husband under the act of 18 March 1818 refer to no other service than [stricken out] mo. 12 days in '76 which was sufficient to obtain his pension---The widow having afserted upon oath that her late husband was in the Service after her marriage with him, necefsarily limits her claim to the act of 4 July 1836 which provides for those widows who were married before the service expired---It is not therefore competent for her to swear as required by the regulations under the act of 7 July '38, that the service was prior to her marriage---The alleged  ser-
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[ser]vice subsequent to the marriage should be duly set forth & established---

[written vertically on the left side of page]
JD. Quimby
Oct 11  '38

O.C.


J.D. Quimby Esq'r
Sandwich
N.H.
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Cooley

Court Sandwich NH
U A 4

free

War department
Pention Office
Washington City

[written vertically on left side of page]
Oct 10.
Pri at  NH
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Sandwich   October 2d 1838

J.L. Edwards Esq

Sir

I rec'd yours of July 6th in which you inform me that the claim of the widow of John Cooley was not allowed in consequence of their marriage not taking place before his discharge or the days of his Service as there was no discharge, please to notice the affidavit of Mrs Hobbs to what she heard John Cooley say about his returning from the Service not long before his third or second Child was born  I can produce other testimony to the same effect that they heard him John Cooley say while living that he enlisted during the War and that he continued in the service until the close and at that time was on a furlow home & that he was married while in the service of the United States and left his Wife the present Claimant and went to the army and returned home again before the war closed.  it appears that John Cooley was in the recruiting busness the principle part of the time therefore it was the more difficult to prove to you at the time he obtained his war pention his material service proved only enough to obtain his pention & then stop'd.  I have no doubt that he was in the service of the United States at the time of his marriage to Dorothy Cooley the widow & Claimant & til the close of the war & if you will have patience & tel me how far you will admit of his own Statement while alive.
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I will furnish you what I can.  the old people that were alive at the time of his service are most all dead Then just naught be made from what young people heard him say I Suppose that she is intitled to a pention by the late act of Congress  please to help us to that or if there is any thing more for us to do tel us what  let her have this as She is needy & we will be making for the proof on the other.

Yours Truly
Johnson D. Quimby
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Commr. of Pensions--

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22
11
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450

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420

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Cooley
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House of Reps.
Washington 30th Decr.  1839--

Sir,

I send herewith the papers of Dorothy Cooley for a Pension-- She is the widow of John Cooley of N.H. a pensioner-- It is among the suspended cases I believe and a new [underlined] declaration is now sent--
Yours respectfully
I.A. Eastman
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John Cooley Corp'l--N.H. act 1818--when last pd?
G.W.C.

Oct 16.  38

Died 6 March 1823 pd to that period
IH
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State of New Hampshire
Strafford fs.  September 12th 1839.

I Joseph Hobbs of the town of Ofsipee in said County aged Sixty two years depose and say that I am well acquainted with the Widow Dorothy Cooley of this town and that she has not married since the death of her husband on account of whose service a pension is claimed under the law of the United States of July 7, 1838--
Joseph Hobbs

Sandwich [underlined]
State of New Hampshire Strafford fs
Sept 12th 1839

Personally appearing Joseph Hobbs above named who is a credible witness made solemn oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed is true.
Before me
Johnson D. Quimby  Justice of the Peace
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State of New Hampshire
Strafford fs.   September 12th 1839

I Joseph Hobbs of the Town of Ofsipee in said Couty aged Sixty two years depose and say that I was well acquainted with John Cooley of this Town that he lived in the same house with me five years prior to his death and that he Died March      in the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty three
Joseph Hobbs

Sandwich [underlined]
State of New Hampshire  Strafford  fs.
Sept 12th 1839

Personally appearing Joseph Hobbs above named who is a credible witness made solemn oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed is true---
Before me
Johnson D. Quimby  Justice of the Peace
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State of New Hampshire
Straffor County  fs

I Francis Cogswell Clerk of the Superior Court for said County hereby certify that Johnson D Quimby Esquire is an acting Justice of the Peace within and for said County duly commissioned and qualified that his Commission was dated on the third day of June 1835 and will expire on the second day of June 1840 and I have no doubt his signatures to the annexed affidavits are genuine--

Given under my hand and Seal of said Court this 23d day of November 1839--
F Cogswell, Clerk--

[illegible seal affixed to the left of the above paragraph]
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Jno D. Quimby
Augt 16th '39

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Departt of War                         346
Pension Office
Aug 16 1839

Sir
I enclose herewith a blank form of a declaration under the act passed July 7 1838, and also the certificate of Mrs. Dorothy Cooley's marriage, in order that we able of May 11, may be complied with.
Whenever Mr. Cooley present, her claim under that act, it will receive the attention of the Departt
JD Quimby

Jno D Quimby Esq       
Sandwich                    
NH

OC
July 4. 1836
3683.
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
March 2d, 1842,

Sir:
Under the date of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States,"  the admr of Dorothy Cooley, Decd, a pensioner on the Roll of the Portsmouth, N. H. Agency, at the rate of thirty four dollars and fifty cents per annum, under the law of the 7th July 1858, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of March, to the 11th September 1840.
Respectfully, yours,

Albion K. Parris
Comptroller

To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.
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6538
Dorothy Cooley
ltrd of Enc.
NH
Act July 7 1838

Married  1777
Died       1823
Allow 9 mo 12 dr
as Corporal Capts Everitt Colonel Bedel  Nathnl
$34.50 per ann

Hon Isa A Eastman
HR
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[envelope]
Free
I. A. Eastman
H L B

J. L. Edwards Eq
Comr. Pensions
Washington

[written on side]

Mar 9 42
Will be copd [copied]
Jn Cooley 
Sam Hidden
I A Eastman
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House of Representatives
Washington  8th March 1842.

Sir,
The enclosed scraps of paper have been sent to me with the request that I would see if any further service of John Cooley of New Hampshire, (late a pensioner of U. S. for nine months) can be found from the records in your office.  Will you please inform me?
I am also requested by the friends of Rev Samuel Hidden late of New Hampshire deceased to obtain a copy of his declaration for a pension on file in your office.
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They are making out some biographical account of his life and wish this copy to aid them.
If it is consistent with your rules I will copy it myself if the papers can be furnished to me.
Your Obdt Serv.
I. A. Eastman

J. L. Edwards Esq.
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To whom it may concern.
We the subscribers selectinen of Ossipee in the County of Strafford and State of New Hampshire give it as our opinion that Mr John Cooley of this town is a poor man not having only visible property and stands in need of assistance from his Country 
Ossipee May 11th 1914
Samuel Quarles
Nathl Ambrose
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[stamp] Received May 17, 1938 Mail Bus Div Vet Adm 44

Kimball
30 Atkinson Street
Dover, N.H.

May 16, 1938

Dear Sir.
I am writing you to see if you can give me any information on the family of John Cooley (Corporal) who was a soldier in the Revolutionary War.  He was born in 1733 and died March 6, 1823. he died in Ossipee N. H.
Any information you could give me would be very welcome.
Sincerely
Mrs. Abbie R. Kimball
30 Atkinson St.
Dover N. H.
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[Left side]

1938 June 7 Hist for Mrs. Abbie R. Kimball, E

[Right side]

Rev WIDOW, etc.

File No. 16229
Dorothy Cooley wid of John Cooley  Corpol. Rev War
Act July 4th /38
Index:  Vol. A , page 149