Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 3193, Horatio Cook, Md.
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
Md.

Cook, Horatio

NUMBER
S. 3193

carded

CONTENTS
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[Two panels]
[Left panel]

Reported 22 Oct '33

[Right panel]

West Tennessee

Horatio Cook 
of Bedford Co in the State of Tennessee 
who was a private in the Company commanded 
by Captain Harris of the regt commanded 
by Col. [blank] in the Maryd. mil.
[struck out: line] for 18 months from 1777.
14457

Inscribed on the Roll of West Tennessee 
at the rate of 60 Dollars [blank] Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 11 day of Sep
member 1833 and sent to Hon J. K.
Pols, Columbia, Ten.

Arrears to the 4th of Sept. 33 $150.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mch 30.00
$180.00
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{ Revolutionary Claim, }
{ Act June 7, 1832. }

Recorded by Wm S Allison Clerk,
Book E Vol. 7 Page 75
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4910
Horatio Coop

[Written vertically left margin]
Hon Jas. K .Polk
H.R.
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State of Tennessee }
Bedford County } Ss

On this 14th day of August 
in the year 1832 personally appeared before 
John B Armstrong, John Niell & Samuel Philips 
[illegible], Justices appointed to hold the Court 
of Pleas & Quarter Sessions for the County 
& State aforesaid for the year 1832-Horatio 
Coop, a citizen of & resident in the County 
aforesaid & State of Tennessee aged seventy 
four years- who being first duly sworn 
according to law doth on his oath made the 
following declaration in order to obtain 
the benefit of the provision made by the act 
of Congress passed June 7" 1832.  Deponent states he 
volunteered in the service of his Country in the 
year [blank] under Captn. Robert Harris, of the 
Maryland line, for the term of nine months 
which he served, at the time he entered the 
service of his Country he was living in the 
County of Baltimore & State of Maryland 
at which place he entered the service.  After 
entering the service as aforesaid they were mar
ched to Philadelphia, and thence to Bruns
wick at the latter place we had an en
gagement with the enemy, after the 
battle, we were stationed at Brunswick 
until my term of service expired 
I was discharged at the expiration of 
said nine months, I returned home.
The officers who commanded the Americans 
at the battle above named were
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General George Washington 
I do not recollect any others & Robert Harris my Captain. 
I was some short time after my return 
home drafted for the term of 4 months 
& was marched from Maryland where I lived 
at that time, to Plumbpoint where I was 
stationed during this term of service.  The 
officers who commanded at Plumbpoint 
so well as I recollect were, Capt Cole 
Lieutenant William Davens, being the Capt & Lieutenant 
under whom I was placed & served during this tour. 
Having received my second discharge I again 
returned home, to Baltimore County State 
of Maryland where I remained until 
the year [blank] when I enlisted for three years 
in the regular or Continental line of the 
Maryland troops.  I enlisted under John 
Kane.  We were thence marched and stationed at 
the City of Baltimore where we remained 
until deponent was selected as driver of 
one of the forage waggons [wagons].  He continued during 
the term of his said enlistment to discharge 
this duty.  During the discharge of his duties after 
he was appointed to drive the forage waggons [wagons] 
as aforesaid he states he was at Philadel
phia and at the White Plains.  He had his 
[illegible] quarters at Middlebrook in the State 
of N Jersey the first year.  He then went to 
Valley Forge & continued there for another 
season.  We were marched from Valley Forge 
to Morristown where I remained until 
my term of enlistment expired, where 
I was discharged & returned home. 
He does not recollect the precise date or years 
when he volunteered, the different terms 
above mentioned, nor can he state with
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any precision the date he enlisted for 
the three years aforesaid.  He is confident 
that during the first tour of service as aforesaid 
for nine months, the battle or engagement 
aforesaid at Brunswick in New Jersey 
took place.  He was stationed during the 
four months tour at Plumbpoint & 
for that period he was in no battle or 
engagement.  Before any engagement after 
the period of his inlistment [enlistment], he was taken 
from the company and placed with the 
waggon [wagon] department, & was during his 
service as waggon [wagon] driver in no engage
ment.  Whilst I was engaged in the 
waggon [wagon] business as aforesaid, I was 
under the immediate direction of McDowel 
who as I suppose & believe was under 
the control of John Caton the business of this latter 
person [struck out: would] was to ascertain where 
the forage & provender could be had, & 
the other was to go with the waggons [wagons] 
& have the same lodged at the forage 
yard.  From the forage yard it was carried 
to the army under the direction & controll [control] 
of Colonel James Thompson and Major 
Fassett, I suppose the two latter persons 
were called commissaries, but of this I 
cannot speak certainly.  He further states 
that during this tour of service, he recollects that 
the battles of Brandywine, where the 
Americans were defeated, also the battle
between General Gates & Burgoyne 
in which the latter capitulated were fought & was 
in hearing of the artillery at the time
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this action took place.  He saw a great 
many of the British after that had surrendered 
& as they were marched from the battle 
ground.  He states he received his discharge 
from Major Fassett at Morristown 
in the State of New Jersey.  After returning 
home another call was made for men 
and I was then drafted for the tour of 
five months.  This took place in the 
County of Hartford [Harford] State of Maryland. 
He states he was sent to the City of Baltimore 
& was there put under the command of 
Joseph Webster as Captain, who carried 
us on to Anapolis [Annapolis] in Maryland, on 
our way to join the American forces 
against Lord Cornwallis, who depo
nent understood was in York 
Town.  He states that on the night 
the company arrived at Anapolis [Annapolis], he 
happened with the misfortune to have 
his wrist put out of joint, in con
sequence of which he was left 
the next day in the hospital, where 
he remained until his tour of service 
expired, which was sometime after 
the surrender of Lord Cornwallis.
He states he was finally discharged from 
the service at Anapolis [Annapolis] by General 
Smallwood.  He states he received 
written discharges for each and every 
tour of service above mentioned 
& as he believes had all of them in his 
packett [packet] book, the three years discharge
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he is confident was in his packett [packet] 
book, some considerable time after 
the war ceased his packett [packet] book and 
many other papers as well as his dis
charges were stolen out of his house 
and has never since been seen by 
him.  He believes this is the way his 
discharges have been all lost. 
He states the different periods of service 
above mentioned and which he 
served made four years & six months 
which he served his Country, all 
of which he did faithfully perform 
except the last tour of 5 months, the 
performance of which he was prevented 
on account of having his wrist put 
out of place.  He states, he knows 
of no person now living by which 
he can prove the facts of his service 
in any or all the foregoing tours 
of duty, except Richard Coop and Bara
chias Coop, both brothers, by them he 
expects he could prove many facts 
which are stated above, and which 
would be material.  Those persons live 
in different parts of the State of 
Tennessee, and in Blount County 
near Maryville, & is now as deponent 
is informed a pensioner, under the 
former law, that I have to seen 
him for the space of twenty seven 
or eight years, and about 200 miles from 
my residence.  The other Richard Coop 
lives in Sumner County Tennessee 
about 100 miles from my residence
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in Bedford County.  I have not seen 
him for upwards of 18 years. 
Deponent states he is old infirm and 
unable to go about, & that it is with 
much difficulty he was enabled to ride 
to Shelbyville to have this declaration 
made out.  That each of his brothers 
aforesaid are old infirm & as he is 
informed & believes could not attend to 
this business or to make an affidavit 
of the above facts before any Court 
of Record in this State.  He has no documentary 
evidence in his possession & he knows of no 
person except as aforesaid by whom he 
can prove, or can testify to [word struck out] his service 
He hereby relinquishes every claim what 
ever 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 in the United States.
Sworn to in open Court & subscribed  Horatio his X mark Coop
this 14 of August 1832
Jas McKisick Clk

Whereupon the Court propounded to said applicant 
Horatia Coop the following interrogatories viz

Where & in what year were you born?
A.  I was born in Baltimore County State of 
Maryland in the year 1758

2d. Have you any record of your age; & if so where 
is it
A. I have a record of my age, it is at my house 
in the family Bible, it is transcribed from 
the record kept by my father into my own 
family Bible, & still remains on the leaf, up 
on which it was transcribed.

3rd. Where were you living when called into 
service, where have you lived since the 
Revolutionary war, & where do you now
live
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A.  I was living in Baltimore County State 
of Maryland when first called into service 
I lived in N Carolina in the Counties of Orange 
& [struck out: Wilson] Caswell, for about seven years.  Since the war 
I then moved to Smith County Tennessee & from 
there I moved to Bedford County State of 
Tennessee where I now live, and have 
lived for more than 22 years.

4th.  How were you called into service
were you drafted, did you volunteer or 
were you a substitute, & if a substitute 
for whom?
Answer I was a volunteer in the first place 
for nine months, next was dated for 
four months, next enlisted for three years 
& finally was drafted for five months.

5th State the names of some of the regular officers 
who were with the troops where you served 
Such continental & militia regiments as 
you can recollect & the general [illegible] 
of your service. 
Answer. General George Washington was at 
the battle of Brunswick.  My other cam 
payins [campaigns] & services, being either at Plumb
point or with the waggons [wagons], I know but 
little of the [word struck out] officers attached 
to the army or their names.  I have no 
recollection of the names or numbers of 
the continental or militia regiments.

6th. Did you ever receive a discharge from the 
service, if so, by whom was it given 
& what has become of it.
Answer - I did receive discharges for every 
tour of duty I performed.  The first was 
given by Robert Harris, I recived [received] it at Phila
delphi although I was discharged at Bruns
wick.  The next was given by Wm Cole 
at Plumbpoint.  The 3rd. was given by
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Major Fossett at Morristown in the State 
of New Jersey & the fourth by Smallwood 
at Anapolis [Annapolis] Maryland.  They are all 
lost or stolen as above stated.

State the names of person who are 
acquainted with you in your present 
neighbourhood [neighborhood] & who can testify as to 
your character for veracity [word struck out] truth 
& their belief of your services in the Revo
lution?
Answer.  Many persons are well acquainted 
with me in my neighbourhood [neighborhood] & can 
state what my character is.  I know 
of [struck out: but five] none who can say anything 
of my services in the Revolution, as to their 
own knowledge-Rev'd Jon Mash, Wm Norville 
Esqr, Capt John Davis & many others 
can speak I presume as to my general 
reputation in this respect.
Sworn to and subscribed in open Court Horatio his X mark Coop
14th. of August 1832
Jas. McKisick, Clk

We John Mash a clergyman residing in the County 
of Bedford & State of Tennessee & William Norville 
residing in the same County & State, hereby cer
tify, that we are well acquainted with Horatio
Coop, who has subscribed & sworn to the above 
& foregoing declaration & interrogatories, that we 
believe him to be seventy four years of age 
That he is reputed and believed in the neigh
bourhood [neighborhood] where he resides, to have been a
soldier of the Revolution, that the same has 
never been doubted, and that 
we concur in that opinion
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Sworn & subscribed the day and year 
aforesaid.  John Mash
Jas. McKisick Clk  Wm Norville

And the 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 Horatio Coop was a Revolution 
ary soldier and served as he states, and the 
Court further certifies that John Mash who 
signed the foregoing certificate is a clergyman 
in regular standing in the Methodist Church 
living & residing in Bedford County Tennessee 
and that William Norville who has also signed said 
certificate is a citizen of  & resident in the 
said State & County, and that they are both cre
dible persons, & that their statement is entitled 
to full credit.
Jno L Neill
Samuel Phillips
John B Armstrong

I James McKisick, Clerk of the Court of Pleas 
& Quarter Sessions for the County of Bedford in 
the State of Tennessee, do hereby certify, that the 
foregoing contains the original proceeding of the 
said Court, in the matter of the application 
of Horatio Coop for a pension
[Blurred seal of office] In Testimony whereof I have 
hereunto set my hand and seal of 
office at office in Shelbyville this 
14th day of August 1832
Jas McKisick Clk
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION.   3-525

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., 3-10, 1922

In reply to your request of [blank], received [blank] 
for a statement of the military history of Horatio Coop 
a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired 
information as contained in his ([struck out: or his widow's]) application for pen
sion on file in this Bureau.
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DATES OF | OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. |
ENLISTMENT OR | LENGTH OF |______________________________
APPOINTMENT. | SERVICE. | RANK. | CAPTAIN. | COLONEL. | STATE.
__________________________________________________________________
Feb. 1, 1777 | 8 mos. | Pvt. | Robert Harris | Jas. Thompson | Md.
Vol-Nov. 1777 |
& May 1778 | 4 mos. | Waggoner | McDaniel; Cole | √  | 
May 17 or 18, 1778 | 3 yrs. | " | Jno. Kane | √  |
Summer 1781 | 5 mos. |" | Jos. Webster | √  |

Battles engaged in, Brunswick 

Residence of soldier at enlistment, Balto., Md.

Date of application for pension, Aug 14, 1832 Al.

Residence at date of application, Bedford Co., Tenn.

Age at date of application, b. 1758 in Balto. Co., Md.

Remarks:  It is not stated whether he was mar.

Respectfully, 

6-2856  Commissioner.
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An Amendment to the declaration of Horatio Coop 
made at August term 1832 Bedford County Court, in ord[page cut off]
to obtain the benefit of an act of Congress passed 7th June 183[page cut off]

State of Tennessee }
Bedford County }

Personally appeared before me, the undersigned a [page cut off]
Justice of the peace for said County, Horatio Coop, who 
being sworn, according to law, deposeth and saith, that by 
reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory he 
cannot swear, positively, to the precise periods of the war 
when he served, but according to the best of his recol
lection his first tower [tour] of duty commenced about the first of 
[repeated: of] February and ended about the first of November 1777, 
and his second tower [tour] of duty, was between that and the 
middle of May following; when his third tower [tour] of duty 
commenced about the 17th or 18th of May 1778, and ended 
in the early part of the year 1781, and his fourth and 
last tower [tour] of duty, mentioned in the declaration above 
alluded to, as near as he can now recollect, commencing 
in the summer of the year 1781 and ended in a 
short time after the surrender of Cornwallis.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 4th day 
of January 1833
Saml. Clay J.P.  Horatio his X mark Coop
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State of Tennessee }
Bedford County }

I James McKisick clerk of the Court of pleas and 
Quarter Sessions for said County, do hereby certify that 
Samuel Clay Esqr. before whom Horatio Coop was qual
ified to the foregoing amended declaration, is now and was 
at the time of qualifying him thereto an acting Justice of 
the peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and 
qualified, and that full faith and credit are given to all his 
official acts as such.
[Blurred seal of Court] In testimony whereof I have hereunto 
set my hand and affixed the seal of 
Bedford County Court at office this 9th 
day of January 1833.
Jas. McKisick clerk
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[Circular mail receipt stamp]
PENSION 
A 
FEB
U 11 S.
1922
OFFICE
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Feb. 7, 1922

U. S. Pension Dept.
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:

Any information 
you can give concerning 
Horatio Coop will be 
greatly appreciated.  He 
was pensioned by the 
government after giving 
seven years service in the 
Revolutionary War (I am told). 
He died in Bedford Co., Tenn. 
but enlisted from Maryland 
(not positive).
Very sincerely

Mrs. H. S. Finlayson
716 Noble Ave. 
Akron, Ohio.
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[Circular mail receipt stamp]
PENSION 
A
APR
U. 17 S.
1922
OFFICE
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2 ct stamped  Clarence Mo
√ envelope  April 12, 1922
enclosed
[illegible initials]

U. S. Pension Office:
Washington, D. C. 

[initials AW] Please send me records 
of Horatio Coop who fought 
almost seven years in the 
Revolutionary War and received 
a pension throughout the 
remainder of his life.

Mrs. H. R. Combs
Clarence
Mo.
[Circular mail receipt stamp]
PENSION 
A
APR
U 17 S.
1922
OFFICE
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1828 papers 
to be filed 
with Ad
on I file
#3193
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Horatio Coop - Pvt.
Maryland line -

Tenn

Act Inv. File No. 3,193
{ Act 1828 }
{ Evidence insufficient }
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Horatio Coops
Tennessee

[illegible]-private 
18 months
$60.
____

see Mr Polk letter filed 
within 

[illegible] J. K. Polk
Columbia
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,

May 22, 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 those papers with the following rules, and 
the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, 
before a pension can be allowed.  The notes and the regulations will show what is 
necessary to be done.  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, showing the Service of Horatio Coops
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| Duration of the | | Names and Rank | Place of abode | Evidence by
Period when the | claimant's service. | Rank of | of the Company | Name [illegible] Rank | Battles in which | Country through | when he entered | which the decla
service was | ___________________ | the | officers under | of [illegible | the applicant was | which he marched. | the service, and age | ration is sup
rendered. | Years. | Months. | Days. | claimant. | whom he served. | and [illegible] | engaged. | at the present period. | ported.
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

[No information is included in this section of the form]

I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant, 
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.

The following regulations have been adopted:

This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army,
and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all
persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered 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, claim
ing the benefit of this law as officers, non commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first in
stance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of
Record of the County where such applicant resides.  And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is
considered a Court of Record.

DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832,

State, Territory, or District of } ss.
County of } 

On this [blank] day of [blank] personally appeared (a) before [blank]
[blank] A. B. a resident (b) of [blank] in the county of [blank] and State, Territory or District
of [blank] aged (c) [blank] 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, passed
June 7th, 1832.  That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) [blank], with [blank] and 
served in the [blank] (e) regiment of the [blank] line, under the following named officers :
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers ; the time he left the service ; (and if he serv
ed 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 per
sons 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 [blank]
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. [blank] , 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 revolu
tionary solider, and served as he states.
I [blank] of the Court of [blank]
do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of
the application of [blank] for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this
[blank] day of [blank] &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 [blank] and C. D. residing in (the same)
hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with [blank], who has
subscribed and sworn to the above declaration ; that we believe him to be [blank]
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 day 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 Revo
lutionary Soldier, and served as he states.  And the Court further certifies, that it appears, to them that A. B.
[blank] who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the [blank]
and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the [blank]
and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, [blank] Clerk of the Court of [blank] do hereby certify that the foregoing
contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of [blank]
for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal
of office, this [blank] day of [blank] &c.

Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power.  This is the original discharge or commis
sion ; 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 ser
vices 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
alleged service, as they are known at the Department.  A very full account of the services of each person
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will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case.  The facts stated will afford one on the principal
means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be at
tempted ; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected.  
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.
 {To a Soldier. { Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it giv
6. {en, and what has become of it?
 {To an Officer. { Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what
{has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can tes
tify 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 char
acter 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
inquiry 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 be
fore 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 pro
cure, 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.

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[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity ; in which case the declarant will fol
low the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides.  If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not
conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served ; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the
claim cannot be had.  Every claimant must state, with  precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so
definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled.  In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the
loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason
of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his
recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:-For ___ year ____months, and ____
days, I served as a ____.  For ____ months and ____ days, I served as a ____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law
directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service.  The use of the phrase about three or four months,
is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.  Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years
in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service.  This form of a declaration is
highly objectionable.  It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served ; the duration of each term of engagement ;
the particular place or places where the service was performed ; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent au
thority ; that he was either in the field or in garrison ; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil
pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no pub
lic 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 con
tains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must
pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.

Proof of Service.

[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses }
who are required to set forth in the affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well }
as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged.  The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the wit }
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 [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops.  The proof required by rule in
note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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[Two panels]
[Left panel]

1922, Mar. 10 hist. to Mrs. H. S. Finlayson - Ew.
1922 May 26 " " Mrs. H.R. Combs [illegible]

[Right panel]

[Written vertically left margin]
Revy War

3193
√ INVALID.

File No. 3193
Horatio Coop 
Pvt. Md. Mila

Act: June 7"/32

Index:--Vol. A, Page 73

[Arrangement of 1870. ]
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[Envelope]

Pension Papers
_____________
Shelbyville T  FREE
July 6

Sanl D. Ingham.
Secty of the 
Treasury; Washington 
City.

Mail
Page 28

Recd. 20 July 1832

Shelbyville July the 5th 1831.

S. D. Ingham
Secty of the Treasury. &c.

Sir I enclose 
to your Depatmet [Department] the claim of Horatio Coops 
asking a pension under the acts of May th 15th 1828.
[page torn off] papers were forwarded some months since and 
[page torn off] has not hear a word from them, will 
you be so good as to write him the 
situation of his claim.  If objected to the objections 
so that he may be able to see them &c
Your early attention to this matter 
will confer a favor on your friend &c  As Yell

S. D. Ingham Esqr.
Page 29

Horatio Coops
Tennessee

GG. Brewers certfi
cate.

paper retd 22 May 33

J. McKisick 
Shelbyville 
Tenn.
Page 30

Land Office, Annapolis, March 16th 1833.

I certify that it appears by a roll or lists remaining 
in this office, endorsed, "Alphabetical list of Discharg
ed Soldiers of the two Battalions of Militia; raised 
to  serve 9 months; or until the 10th day of December 
1781," That the name of Horatio Coops, appears upon 
said roll to have been discharged on the 3rd day of 
December 1781, and to have received £4.5.0
George G. Brewer
Regtr. Ld. Off. W. S. Md.

[struck out:  I also further certify;]
I do not find the name of Horatio Coops upon any 
of the rolls of the regular troops.
G. G. Brewer
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War Department
Bounty Land Office
Nov. 5th 1829

The name of Horatio Coop cannot be found on the 
Records of the Maryland line, on file in this office, 
among those entitled to Bounty Land, or, to whom 
a Land Warrant ever issued.

Wm Gordon
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1760
Revolutionary Claims.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
30. Oct 1829.

Horatio Coop of [blank] in the county of 
Bedford in the State of Tennessee has applied to the Secretary 
of the Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled "An Act for the relief of certain surviving officers 
and soldiers of the Revolution," approved the 15th of May, 1828.  He states that he enlisted in the 
Continental line of the army of the Revolution, for and during the war, and continued until its termina
tion, at which period he was a Private in captain 
[blank]'s company, in the [blank] regiment of the Maryland 
line; and that he received a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars, provided by the resolve of the 
15th of May, 1778; and further, that he was not on the 15th day of May, 1828, on the pension list 
of the United States, and that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of March, 1826, nothing

The Third Auditor is requested to report how far the several statements are corroborated by the 
records in his office.

By Order of the Secretary 
F. A. Dickins

TREASURY DEPARTMENT, 
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE, 
31st October 1829

[struck out: It appears by the records in this office, that a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars has been issued to [blank] in the [blank]]

It further appears that Horatio Coop is not now on the pension 
list of [struck out: the] any agency, and has not been so since the 3d. March 
1826 [struck out: at the rate of] [blank] [struck out: dollars per month.]

The name of Horatio Coop cannot 
be found among those of the Maryland line 
to whom Certificates for the gratuity of 
Eighty Dollars, were issued.
Peter Hagner Aud

/correct./
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Respectfully referred 
to the Hon. Secy of the 
Treasury 

War Dept
Pension Office 
April 20 1831
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Recd 20 April 1831

State of Tennessee }
Bedford County }

For the purpose of obtaining the 
benefit of the act entitled "an act for the relief of certain 
surviving officers and soldiers of the army of the 
Revolution, approved on the 15th day of May 1828.

I Horatio Coop of the County of Bedford 
in the State of Tennessee do declare that I 
was a soldier in the Continental line of the army 
of the Revolution and served as such for the 
term of three years under the first enlistment 
my Col. was Thompson and my Majors 
were Pool and Fasset. After the expiration 
of my tour of service under the first enlistment 
I returned home and in the course of a few months 
again enlisted in the Continental line for and 
during the war and continued in its service 
until its termination.  The names of my officers 
I have entirely forgotten as my memory has almost 
forsaken me.  I recollect during this tour of 
service I was at the takeing [taking] of Lord Corn
Wallis and was discharged at the City of 
Anapolis [Annapolis] Maryland.  I think by Genl Small
wood.  The number of my regt. I cannot recollect 
nor the name of my Captain.  And I also 
declare that I was entitled to a reward of eighty 
dollars under a resolve of Congress passed 
the 15th of May 1778;

And I further declare
that I was not on the 15th day of 
May 1828 on the Pension list of the 
United States
Wm Murphee  Horatio his X mark Coop
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State of Tennessee }
Bedford County }

Before me Wilson Stule [illegible]
an acting Justice of the Peace in the County 
of Bedford in the state of Tennessee personally 
appeared this day Jeremiah Dial & Will Murphree 
respectable and credable [credible] citizens of said County 
and made oath that Horatio Coop by whom 
the foregoing declaration was subscribed is 
generally reputed and believed to have been a 
soldier in the army of the Revolution in 
manner as therein stated.
Witness my hand this [blank] day of  Wm Murphree
Feby in the year 1831 Jeremiah Dial
Sworn to before 
Wilson Stule [illegible]

State of Tennessee 

I James McKisick Clerk of the Court of Pleas 
and Quarter Sessions for the County of Bedford 
in said State do hereby certify that Wilson 
Stule & William Murphree Esquires before 
whom the foregoing affidavits were sworn to 
are acting Justices of the peace for said 
County duly commissioned and qualified 
as such.
[Blurred seal of Court] In Testimony whereof I 
have hereunto set my hand 
& seal of said Court at 
office in Shelbyville 22nd.
Febry 1831.  Jas. McKisick Clk
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Set my hand and affix the seal of said 
[Blurred seal of Court] Court at office this 12th day 
of January Ammo Domini 
1831 & in the 55th year of
[line illegible]
A H Douglass Clerk

State of Tennessee }
Sumner County }

I Thomas Anderson chairman of 
[struck out: of] the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions for the County 
of Sumner aforesaid do hereby certify that 
Alfred H. Douglass whose signature appears to the 
[illegible] certificate is Clerk of said Court, and 
that his attestation is in due form of law.
Given under my hand & seal this 12th day of 
January A.D. 1831.  Thos. Anderson [word Seal encircled]
Chm. S.C.C.
Page 37

State of Tennessee } This day Richard Cope personally 
Sumner County } appeared before Alexander D Dewal
an acting Justice of the peace for said County - who makes oath 
that a certain Horatio Cope now a citizen of Bedford County 
in this State was a soldier in the Revolutionary war he entered 
the service in the commencement of the war  he served a nine 
months tour under Captain Scott when that tour was out he 
then enlisted for three years or during the war & continued in 
service until the declaration of independence or close of the war 
and further states he was at the taking of Cornwallice [Cornwalllis] at York
Sworn to & subscribed  Richd Cope
before me on the 
10th Jany 1831
Alexander D Dewal JP

State of Tennessee 
Sumner County  I Alfred H Douglass Clerk of the Court 
of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for said County of Sumner 
do hereby certify that Alexander D Dewall Esquire before 
whom the above affidavit of Richard Cope was sworn 
to & subscribed on the 10th January 1831 is and was 
on that date an acting Justice of the peace in and 
for said County duly commissioned and qualified 
& that full faith & credit is due his official 
acts as such  In testimony whereof I hereunto
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State of Tennessee } I James Britain presiding Justice 
Bedford County } of the Court of Pleas and Quar
ter Sessions of the County of Bedford and State 
aforesaid do hereby certify that James McKisick 
whose name appears affixed to the foregoing 
certificate is Clerk of the said Court over which 
I preside and that his attestation is in [illegible]
form of law.  Given under my hand at 
office in Shelbyville this 22nd day of Feby 1831
} James Brittain
}Chairman [remainder illegible]
} County Court
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1760

For the purpose of obtaining the benefit 
of an act for the relief of certain surviving 
officers and soldiers of the army of the revolu
tion, approved on the 15th. of May 1828, I 
Horatio Coop of the County of Bedford in the 
State of Tennessee, do hereby declare that 
I enlisted in the Continental line of the 
army of the revolution for and during 
the war and continued in its service 
until its termination at which period 
I was a private in Captain [blank] compa
ny and attached to the command of 
Genl. Smallwood at the siege of Corn
wallis.  I enlisted in the regular service 
but was occasionally put under the 
command of militia officers holding 
superior rank.  At the siege of Corn 
wallis I was under the command of 
Genl. Lafayette but I cannot recollect 
the name of the Captain under whom 
I was discharged.  I received a regular dis
charge which I lost about thirty years 
ago in the State of North Carolina.  I kept 
it in a pocket book which was stolen 
from me, containing many valuable pa
pers & my discharge amongst the rest 
and afterwards received a certificate 
for the reward of eighty dollars to which 
I was entitled under a resolve of Congress
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passed the 15th of May 1778.  And I further 
declare that I was not on the 15th. of March 
1828 on the pension list of the United States.
I enlisted in Maryland was taken from 
there through the Jersies was at White 
Plains, thence through the State of New 
York &c. I was seventy years of age 
last April.  was crippled in the service 
& not able to work since to any ad
vantage and am now poor.
Signed  Horatio his X mark Coop

Personally appeared before me M. D. Mitchell 
an acting Justice of the peace for the County 
of Bedford in the State of Tennessee, the 
before mentioned Horatio Coop an aged 
and infirm man who being duly sworn 
according to law did depose and say that 
the foregoing declaration is just and true 
according to the best of his knowledge 
& belief.
Sworn to and subscribed the 29th. day 
of June 1829.
M D Mitchell J.P.
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Personally appeared before me M. D. 
Mitchell an acting Justice of the peace 
for Bedford County and State of Tennessee 
Jeremiah Dyal [struck out: a] who being duly sworn 
did say on oath that Horatio Coop who 
signed the above declaration has generally 
been understood & is now believed to 
have been a soldier of the American 
revolution in manner as herein stated.
Sworn to and subscribed  Jeremiah Dial
the 7 day of July 1829.
before me
M D Mitchell J.P.

Personally appeared before me M D Mitchell 
an acting Justice of the peace in & for Bedford County 
& State of Tennessee William Norvell who being 
duly sworn did say on oath that Horatio Coop who 
sign the above declaration has gennerally [generally] been 
understood & is now believed to have been a soldier 
of the American Revolution in manner as therein 
stated.
Sworn to & subscribed Wm Norvell
this 8th July 1829
before me
M D Mitchell J.P.
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State of Tennessee SS

I James McKisick Clerk of the Court of 
Pleas and Quarter Sessions for Bedford County in the 
State aforesaid do hereby certify that Marmaduke Mitchell 
Esquire before whom the foregoing affidavits was sworn to 
is and was the time they purported to have been [word struck out] sworn to 
an acting Justice of the Peace for said County duly commis
sioned & qualified as such and that full faith & credit is 
due to all his official acts as such, and that the signature 
of said Mitchell is genuine.
[Blurred seal of Court] In Testimony whereof I have hereunto 
set my hand & affixed the seal of 
Bedford County Court at office in 
Shelbyville 14th Oct. 1829

Jas. McKisick Clk