Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 8632, William Cooper, Continental Md.
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Service
Continental
MD

Cooper, William
Polly

Number
W.8632
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[Written vertically]

[illegible] Alney McLean Esqr
Greenville, June 16 1821

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10,923 R
Kentucky 

Wm. Cooper
of [blank], in the state of [blank]
who was a Private in the regiment commanded by 
Colonel Rawlings of the Maryd.
line, for the term of 3 years

Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky 
at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on 
the 13 of July 1818

Certificate of Pension issued the 21 of May 
and sent to Henry P 
Brodnax, Hartford

Arrears to 4th of Mar 1819 61.73
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 Sept. 19 48
7 23/31 $109.73

{ Revolutionary claim, }
{ Act 18th March, 1818. }

Ohio Co Ky
Continued
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[Struck out: Dead. See letter to 
J. W. Crow, Feb. 12, 1839
Letter to P Agt JJ Ficklin, May 
23, 1839]

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1630
Kentucky

Polly Cooper 
widow of William Cooper decd
Md
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1818
and who died on the 3 July 1836
of Ohio Co. in the State of Ky
who was a Private in the compy. commanded 
by Captain ----  of the Regt. commanded 
by Col. Rawlings in the Md.
line for 3 years

Inscribed on the Roll of Ky 
at the rate of 80 Dollars --- Cents per annum, 
to commence on the [struck out: 4th day of March, 1836] 3d
July 1836

Certificate of Pension issued the 14th day of Jany
1839 and sent Hon E.
Rumsey H. of Reps.

Arrears to the 4th of Sept. 1838 $175.00
Semi-annual allowance ending 4 March '39 40.00
$215.00
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{ Act July 7, }
{ 1838. }

Recorded by D. D. Addison Clerk, 
Book A, Vol. 2d Page 210
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William Coopers 
Declaration 

Private 
Col Rollins Regiment 
Maryland Line
1776 - 3 years

[struck out: Certificate from the rolls 
of Maryland proving the 
service of this applict, wanted 
at the Pension Off
War Dept.
papers to be returned]

Admd.
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Commonwealth Kentucky 
Ohio County Sct

William Cooper states and declares 
that in the year 1776 at Hartford [Harford] 
County in the State of Maryland 
he inlisted [enlisted] under Capt Alexander 
Smith in Col. Moses Rollins 
regiment to serve three years in 
the continental line that he served 
out the full term of his inlistment [enlistment] 
and was honourably [honorably] discharged at 
Fort Pitt by Capt. Thomas Bell that he 
has lost his discharge that he knows 
of no person in this County by whom 
he can prove his service that he was 
never placed on the pention [pension] list 
and that from his reduced circum
stances he needs the assistance of his 
country for support
William Cooper

State of Kentucky }
Ohio [illegible] }

This day William Cooper 
personally appeared before me one 
of the Circuit Judges in & for the State 
aforesaid and swore on the Holy
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Evangelist of Almighty God that 
the facts contained in this statement 
are true to the best of his knowledge 
and belief. I do also hereby 
certify from the proof offered, that 
it is my opinion that William Cooper 
is a person in indigent circumstances 
and needs the assistance of his 
county. Given under my hand 
& seal this 13th day of July 1818.

Henry P. Brodnax
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State of Kentucky Ohio County Sct

I Charles Henderson Clerk of the Circuit 
Court holden for the County aforesd. do certify that Henry 
P Brodnax whose name is affixed to the foregoing 
Certificate is & was at the time of signing a presiding 
Judge in & for the Circuit Court aforesd. duly commissioned 
& qualified; and that the said Certificate is in his 
hand writing.
[Blurred seal of office] In Testimony whereof I have 
hereunto set my name and 
caused my seal of office to 
be affixed this 13th day of 
July 1818
Ch. Henderson
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Wm Cooper
Declaration
Admt 1820
(Copy)
10923
Con
Sept 1819
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State of Kentucky Ohio County

William Cooper on this fourteenth day of August 1820 personally appeared in open court being a court of record for the county of Ohio aged seventy years resident of Ohio County who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath declare that he served in the revolutionary war as follows - that he entered the continental service 1776 in Capt. Alexander L Smith's company of Rifle Regulars in Col. Moses Rawlings Regiment Maryland that he continued in the service for three years in the same company & regiment which was the time he listed for that he was in the battles of Trenton, Princeton, and a number of skirmishes near Morristown then he was in the battle of Brandywine, Germantown & Monmouth that he was discharged at Fort Pitt by Capt. Thos Beal in 1779 that he had been marched out into that country by a Lieutenant Tannahill that he has lost his discharge and I do solemnly swear that 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 other 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 & that I have not nor any person in trust for my any property securities contracts od debts due to me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed.
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Schedule
1 Horse - $50
1 Cow yearling & calf - $25

William Cooper
Sworn to and declared on before the court of Ohio County on the 14th August 1820.

J G Stevens - President of
the Cty Court
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I Charles Henderson of the County Court for the county of Ohio in the state of Kentucky do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed are truly copies from the records of the said court and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said court that the total in value of property exhibited in the foresaid schedule is seventy -five dollars.

Given under my hand this 3rd day of October 1820

Ch Henderson
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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 Kentucky
County of Ohio

On this sixth day of December 1838 personally appeared before the undersigned James C Rogers presiding Justice of the County Court of Ohio County Kentucky, Polly Cooper a resident of said county of Ohio aged eighty-four years old past who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of congress passed July 7th 1838 entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widow" that she ist he widow of William Cooper deceased who was a private in the regular army of the revolution that her said husband William Cooper deceased enlisted for three years sometime in the year 1776, that he served in the company of Captain Alexander Smith in the Rifle Regiment of Colonel Moses Rawling's in the state of Maryland and served three years as a private in said regiment, that he was in the battles of Trenton, Princeton, Brandywine, Germantown and Monmouth for the evidence of which she refers to the declaration of her said husband made before the Ohio County Court upon which together with the other evidence he was granted a pension of eight dollars per month payable semi-annually at Lexington State of Kentucky, that his pension certificate was signed by J L Edwards in the absence and in behalf of the Secretary of War and numbered 10923 and that her said husband by his attorney's drew his pension of eight dollars per month until the 4th day of March 1836 and that she as widow of said William Cooper by her attorney drew the balance due her in right of her deceased husband up to the 3rd day of July 1836. She further declares that the said William Cooper her deceased husband
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died on the 3rd day of July 1836 in Ohio County 
Kentucky. She further declares that she was lawfully 
married to the said William Cooper on the twentieth 
day of January seventeen hundred and eighty by a 
Presbyterian clergyman his name not now recollected 
in the Town of Frederick State of Maryland That she 
has no record evidence of said marriage nor does 
she now know that any does exist. That she was 
not married to the said William Cooper prior 
to his leaving the service but that the marriage 
took place previous to the first of January seventeen 
hundred and ninety four (viz) at time above stated
Polly her X mark Cooper

I James C Rogers presiding Justice of the 
County Court for Ohio County Kentucky do certify 
that the foregoing Declaration of Polly Cooper was 
sworn to and subscribed on this 6th day of 
December 1838 in said County of Ohio and do 
further certify that by reason of old age and 
bodily infirmities she is unable to go to and make her 
declaration in open Court.  Given under my 
hand as presiding Justice of the Ohio County Court 
said County Court being a Court of record this day 
and year above written.  James C Rogers 
Presiding Justice

State of Kentucky }
Ohio County } SS

I Charles Henderson Clerk of the 
Court of Ohio County certify that James C Rogers 
whose name appears to the above Certificate 
is presiding Justice of the Ohio County Court
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and that said County Court is a Court of record 
and that the foregoing signature purporting to be 
his is genuine
In Testimony whereof I have 
[Blurred seal of office] hereunto affixed my seal office 
and subscribed my name this 
7th day of December in the year 
1828.
Ch Henderson
Clerk of the Court of Ohio County
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August 16, 1934.

Flora Penner | BA-J/ILL
2030 Confederate Place | William Cooper 
Louisville, Kentucky | W. 8632

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the 
record of your ancestor, William Cooper, who received a pension 
in 1818, for service in the Revolutionary War.

The record of William Cooper is furnished herein as shown in 
the papers on file in pension claim, W. 8632, based upon his service 
in that war.

William Cooper enlisted in Harford County, Maryland, July 15, 
1776, served as private in Lieutenant Tannahill and Captain Alexander 
L. Smith's company, Colonel Moses Rawlings' Maryland rifle regiment, 
was in the battles of Trenton, Princeton, Brandywine, Germantown and 
Monmouth, and was discharged July 15, 1779, at Fort Pitt by Captain 
Thomas Beall.

He was allowed pension on his application executed July 13, 
1818, at which time he resided in Ohio County, Kentucky; he was then 
aged about sixty eight years, the date and place of his birth and names 
of his parents not shown.  He had moved from Maryland, about the year 
1798, to Ohio County, Kentucky.

The soldier died July 3, 1836, in Ohio County, Kentucky,

William Cooper married, January 20, 1780, in Frederick County, 
Maryland, Polly, whose maiden name was not shown; they were married 
by a Presbyterian minister. 

Pension was allowed on the application of Polly Cooper, the 
widow of William Cooper, which application was executed December 6, 1838.
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Said Polly Cooper was then a resident of Ohio County, Kentucky, aged 
eighty four years; the date and place of her birth and names of her 
parents are not shown.

She died December 30 or 31, 1838, survived by children, names not  
shown.

In order to obtain the name of the person to whom the last 
payment of pension was made, you should apply to The Comptroller 
General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city,
citing the following:

Polly Cooper, widow of William Cooper,
Certificate # 1630
Issued January 14, 1839
Rate $80 per annum 
Commenced July 3, 1836.
Act of July 7 1838.
Kentucky Agency.

Very truly yours,

A. D. HILLER, 
Assistant to Administrator.

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Auditor's Office, Annapolis, May 14th 1819

I hereby certify that it appears from the muster rolls remaining in the Auditor's Office that William Cooper enlisted as a private in the Rawlings Maryland Regiment on the fifteenth day of July 1776 and was discharged on the fifteenth July 1779.

Thos Karney - Aud. S. M.
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3862
Polly Cooper
Kentucky

admitted
Pr 2 yr $80

11 Jan

Hon E Rumsey
H.R.
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The deposition of William Phipps taken in 
Hartford Ohio County Kentucky on the 8th day 
of December 1838.  This deponent being first 
duly sworn according to law deposeth and 
saiyeth [saith], that he is eighty years old past 
that he has resided in the County of Ohio State of 
Kentucky for the last forty __ years and that 
previous thereto he resided in the State of Maryl
and That he was well acquainted with William 
Cooper and Polly his wife in the State of Maryland 
and believes they were legally married and that 
this deponent has lived near to the said William 
Cooper nearly forty years and was intimately and 
well acquainted with him and his wife Polly, 
and that for many years before the death of 
said William Cooper I believe and always 
understood he drew a pension from the United 
States for his services as a soldier of the Revol
utionary, and that the said William Cooper died 
in Ohio County on the second or third days of 
July 1836 and that the said Polly Cooper is 
the widow of said William Cooper and that 
she is now living in this County and that since 
the death of said William Cooper which 
took place as above (viz) the 2nd or 3rd days 
of July 1836, the said Polly Cooper has remained 
a widow ever since. William his X mark Phipps

Also the Deposition of William L Barnard 
a pensioner of the United States, aged seventy nine 
years old past, a resident of Ohio County Kentucky 
being first sworn according to law deposeth and 
sayeth [saith], That he removed to the County of Ohio 
and State of Kentucky about forty years ago and 
moved directly from the State of Maryland 
that he was intimately and well acquainted 
with William Cooper and Polly Cooper his 
wife
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wife some time before they were married some time, 
and that the said William and Polly were legally 
married as this deponent believes in the Town of 
Frederic [Frederick], Maryland, in January seventeen hundred 
and eighty, that he has been well acquainted with 
them ever since they were married having lived 
the greater part of the time since they were married 
in the same neighbourhood [neighborhood] with them, that the 
said William Cooper and Polly his wife and this 
deponent came to the County within a few years 
of the same time and lived in said County as acqu
aintances up to the period of the death of 
said Cooper which took place in said County 
on the 2nd or 3rd days of July 1836.  That the said 
William Cooper was a pensioner of the United 
States for many years previous to his death for services 
rendered during the War of the Revolution as a soldier 
and that said Polly Cooper is the widow of 
said William Cooper decd. and that she is now 
living in this County of Ohio, and has remained a 
widow since the death of said William Cooper 
which took place as above stated (viz) on the 2nd or 
3rd of July 1836, and further saith not
Wilm L Barnard

State of Kentucky }
County of Ohio } S.S.

I John Phipps a Magistrate of the 
County above named do hereby certify that the 
Depositions foregoing, of William Phipps and 
William L Barnard were taken sworn to and 
subscribed in Hartford Ohio County Kentucky 
on the 8th day of December 1838, and do further 
certify that the William Phipps and William L
Barnard are both persons of respectability and 
truth and as such to be relied on. Given under 
my hand this 8th day of December 1838
John Phipps J.P.
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State of Kentucky }
County of Ohio } SS

I Charles Henderson Clerk of the Court of Ohio 
County certify that John Phipps whose name appe
ars to the foregoing Certificate is a Magistrate as there
in stated and the foregoing signature purport
ing to be his is genuine
In Testimony whereof I have 
hereunto affixed my seal of 
[Blurred seal of office] office and subscribed my 
name this 8th day of December 
in the year 1838
Ch Henderson 
Clerk of the Court of Ohio County
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March 28, 1934.

Emma Dunn Mastin | BA-J/ILL
Box #435 | William Cooper
Owensboro, Kentucky. | W. 8632

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the 
Revolutionary War record of William Cooper, who made application 
for pension in 1820 in Ohio County, Kentucky.

The record of the above noted William Cooper is given herein 
as shown in the papers on file in pension claim, W. 8632, based upon 
his service in the Revolutionary War.

William Cooper enlisted in Harford County, Maryland, July 15, 
1776, served as private in Lieutenant Tannahill and Captain Alexander 
L. Smith's company, Colonel Moses Rawlings' Maryland rifle regiment,
was in the battles of Trenton, Princeton, Brandywine, Germantown and 
Monmouth, and was discharged July 15, 1779, at Fort Pitt by Captain 
Thomas Beall. [Note written in right margin regarding Maryland rifle 
regiment: at time of enl. Continental before service of sol. ended]

He was allowed pension on his application executed July 13, 
1818, at which time he resided in Ohio County, Kentucky; he was then 
aged about sixty eight years, the date and place of his birth and 
names of his parents not shown.  He had moved from Maryland to Ohio 
County, Kentucky about the year 1798.

The soldier died July 3, 1836, in Ohio County, Kentucky.

William Cooper married on January 20, 1780, in Frederick, 
Maryland, Polly, whose maiden name is not shown; they were married by 
a Presbyterian minister.

Pension was allowed on the application of Polly Cooper,
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the widow of William Cooper, which application was executed December 
6, 1838.  She was then a resident of Ohio County, Kentucky, aged 
more than eighty four years; the date and place of her birth and 
names of her parents are not shown.

Polly Cooper died December 30 or 31, 1838, survived by children.

In order to obtain the name of the person to whom the last 
payment of pension was paid, you should apply to The Comptroller 
General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, 
citing the following:

Polly Cooper, widow of William Cooper, 
Certificate # 1630
Issued January 14, 1839
Rate of $80 per annum 
Commenced July 3, 1836
Act of July 7, 1838
Kentucky Agency.

Very truly yours,

A. D. HILLER,
Assistant to Administrator.


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Louisville Ky
Aug 4th 34
[Circular time and date stamp]
Arrow pointing to 3:45
RECEIVED 
AUG 6 1934
MAIL SUB-DIV.
READER #19
VETS. ADM.

Veterans Administration 
Washington D.C.

Dear Sirs:  Will you kindly give 
me war record of my great great 
grandfather William Cooper of 
"Horse Branch" Ohio County Ky, 
private Maryland line.

I see the year book of the Ky. 
Society "Sons of the Am. Rev. 
1896" lists William Cooper 
private, Maryland line on 
July 13-1818 as 84 yrs of age 
and drawing a pension of $96 
he died-I think-about the yr of 
1824 at the age of about 90 yrs. 
Also find note of 200 acres of 
land granted under military "warrant 
1308" in Ohio County.

Thanking you in advance

Very Resply

Flora Penner
2030 Confederate Place 
Louisville
Ky.
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Owensboro, Ky.
March 10th, 1934

Bureau of Pensions, 
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sirs:

Will you please send me the pension record of 
William Cooper who lived in Ohio County, Ky. in 1829 and 
I think died there in 1835.

I have this information as a basis for the 
belief that he was a Revolutionary soldier:

"August term 1820. (The index shows - William Cooper decla
ration for pension page 178)

William Cooper came into court and made oath to his sched
ule of his property and declaration in due form which is 
ordered to be recorded and certified in due form."

Order Book No. 4, page 178.

Thanking you for the information, I am 

Yours very truly,

Emma Dunn Mastin
Box #435-Owensboro, Ky.
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[Left panel]

1934-March 28-Hist to Emma Dunn 
Mastin-ILL.
1934-August. 16-Hist to Flor Penner-ILL.

[Right panel]

Revy WIDOW, &c.

File No. 8632
Polly Cooper 
Wid. of 
William Cooper 
Pvt. Md. line

Act: July 7"/38

Index:--Vol. A, Page 145

[ Arrangement of 1870. ]
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William Cooper - Ken Act March 18, 1818
to what time paid?
Pen Office
Jany 11, 1839

Died 3 July 1836 paid
to that period.

JH
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FREE

Mail Stamp - Wilmington
May 17

J L Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City

May 23

Polly Cooper
Kentucky

1630
38
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Lexington Ky 16 May
1839

Dr Sir/

After sundry attempts to 
prepare the vouchers to draw the pension 
of the children of Polly Cooper, one 
deemed sufficient has arrived & the agent 
now finds your instructions to him 
is to pay from 23rd July 1836 & your 
Certificate dated 14th Jany 1839 directs 
pay to commence 3rd July 1836 [illegible]
You do me the favor of an 
order to the agent fixing the 
proper date.  Respectfully 
Yr Obt Servt
Joseph Ficklin
att

To J L Edwards Esqr
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Col J L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
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Housse Reps. Jany 2d 1839

Sir,

I enclose an application for a pension 
-Sally Porter of Christian County Ky.

Will you please give the case your early 
attention-inform me whether it be sufficiently 
made out-and if defective-in what par
ticulars &c.

Mr. J. W. Crow of Hartford Ky. 
advises me that he has sent to you, an appli
cation for a pension in behalf of Polly Cooper, and 
desires me to say to you that she was too infirm 
to attend in court - that the presiding Justice waited 
upon [illegible] & that all the signatures to the declara
tion &c are genuine.  Full reliance may be 
placed in Mr. Crow, and no impropriety could 
enter into the preparation of a case under his 
care.  Please let me be informed as 
to this last application also.

Respectfully 

Edward Rumsey
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12 Feb 1839

GC

Record of 48 page 59
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War Dep
Pension Office  Feb. 12, 1839
Sir
In answer to enquiries relative to the case of Mrs. Polly Cooper, dec'd. I have to inform you that the amount due up to the day of here death is payable to her children.  The enclosed printed sheets [illegible] show what vouchers should be sent to the Pension Agency.  The money cannot be paid before the 4th of March.
  [Illegible]
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Hartford, Ky
11th Dec '38

FREE

J L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City

mail

Dec 24

Ky
3862
7 July 1838
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Hartford Ky 9th December 1838

J L Edwards 
Commissioner &c

Dr Sir

Herewith you will receive 
the declaration of Polly Cooper for a pension for 
services rendered by her deceased husband 
William Cooper late a pensioner of the United 
States.  The proof in support of the application is 
annexed. If upon examination you are of the opin
ion she is entitled to any amt. please enclose her 
certificate by mail to me, and it shall be deliv
ered to her.  As also the form of the necessary vouchers 
to present to enable her draw the amt she may be 
entitled to. In as much as you have no acquain
tance with me, for information I refer you to E 
Rumsey and John Calhoun members of Congress.

I would further state that those 
two Gentlemen are personally acquainted 
with the deponents Phipps and Barnard.

Please inform me of the result 
of the application, so soon as your time will 
permit.

Very respectfully 
Your Obt Servt

J W Crow
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J Ficklin
May 23, 1839

GC

Record of 48 page 271
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War Dept
Pension Office, 
May 23. 1839

Sir,

In reply to your letter of the 16th 
[text illegible] that the pension 
of Polly Cooper decd. is payable from the 
3d July 1836.  The [struck out: agent] Pension Agent 
has been written to on the subject

J. Ficklin, Esqr
Lexington 
Ken.
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Hartford Ky
1 Feby '39

FREE

J L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City

Feb 12
Polly Cooper
Ken
1630
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Hartford Ky 31st January 1839.

J L Edwards 
Commissioner &c

Dr Sir

I this day received the pension 
Certificate of Polly Cooper, widow of William Cooper 
decd.  I deem it my duty to notify the Department 
that said Polly Cooper departed this life on the 30th or 
31st of December, fourteen days before the Certificate 
issued.  Will you please to inform me whether or not 
the legal representatives of said decedent is entitled 
to the pension or amount that she would have been 
entitled to if living at the time the Certificate issued 
and if they are so entitled, whether, her Administrators or 
children can receive the same from the paying agent 
If the department determines that her representatives 
are entitled to the amount due from the 3rd day of July, 
1836, to 30th day of Decr. 1838, please inform me whether 
the Admr. or the children should apply for payment, 
and in either case I must ask of you to forward to those 
who may be entitled to it, a blank form of the vouchers 
necessary to present for payments, by mail to me at this 
place.  Please Sir attend to this for me as early 
as your convenience will permit.

Very Respectfully your
Obt Servt

J. W. Crow