Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 10416, John Brooks, Mass.
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(8-1776)

        SERVICE                                    NUMBER

Mass.               Brooks, John              S. 10416



Contents                                     carded
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In Letter to   Pensioner     May 29, 1835
"      "       "    E. Amos Esq     "     "      "
"      "       "    S. Crippin     July 10    " 1835
"      "       "       same         Aug  7        "
"      "       "          "             Nov.  5       "
"      "       "          "               "     19      "

2268   New York
 
         John Brooks
of Worcester in the state of New York
who was a Private in the Company commanded
by Captain Bonney of the Regt. commanded
by Col Brewer in the Massachusetts
line for 9 1/2 months

may be admd
for 6 mo 12 days pri

Inscribed on the Roll of New York
at the rate of 31 Dollars 66 Cents per annum
[illegible] commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 22d day of November 1832 and sent to Schuyler Crippen Esq. Worcester, Otsego Co NY

Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832                     $47.49
Semi=anl allowance ending 4 Mar 33       15.83
                                                                   63.32


                                           {Revolutionary Claim,}
                                           {Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by John Cromwell Clerk
Book D Vol. 5  Page 69
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State of New York}
County of Otsego} ss
On this sixth day of September A.D. 1832
personally appeared before me Seth Chase a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Otsego, being a Court of Record with common Law Jurisdiction. John Brooks a resident of the town of Worcester in said County of Otsego, who first being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in addition to his declaration heretofore made in open court before the said Court of Common Pleas, the exemplification of the Record whereof is hereunto annexed in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7, 1832. that he was born in Amherst in the County of Hampshire in the State of Massachusetts in the year 1753, that he has not in his possession any record of his age but has always understood and believes that the time of his birth was recorded in the town clerks office where he was born. That he resided in Old Hadley at the time he was called into the service and during the whole period of the War of the Revolution and until twenty seven or twenty eight years since when he moved from Old Hadley in the County of Hampshire aforesaid to the town of Worcester in the County of Otsego and State of New York, where he has ever since, and now resides.
And he further declares that he never received any written discharge from the serve according to his present recollection or belief and that he has not any documentary evidence in his possession or power to prove the service3s rendered by him as a soldier in the War of the Revolution. And the said John Brooks further states that he is well know to George Dunham a Clergyman and Deacon William Stimson both residing in his neighbourhood[neighborhood] in the town of Worcester in the County of Otsego aforesaid. And he the said John Brooks hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension Roll of the agency of any state. 
Sworn and Subscribed the}       John Brooks
day and year aforesaid}
Seth Chase a Judge
of Otsego County
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Mr George Dunham a Clergyman residing in the town of Worcester in the County of Otsego and Deacon William Stimson of the same place hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Brooks of said town who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration. That we believe him to be seventy nine years of age as he has above sated, that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood [neighborhood] where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day}   George Dunham
and year aforesaid}                     William Stimson
Seth Chase a Judge
of Otsego County
And I the said Seth Chase one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Otsego and State of New York, do hereby [illegible] my opinion after investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that above named applicant was a Revolutionary solider and served as he states. And do further certify that it appears to me that George Dunham who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman resident in the town of Worcester in the said County of Otsego and that Deacon William Stimson who has also signed the same certificate is a resident in the same town and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to full credit. In witness where of I have hereunto set my hand this 6th day of September A. D. 1832.
                                                     Seth Chase
State of New York}
Otsego County} SS. 
I Horace Lathrop Clerk of said County do hereby certify that Seth Chase Esq. before whom the foregoing declaration and oath of John Brooks and the certificate of George Dunham and William Stimson purports to have been made and sworn to, and whose name appears to be signed to the above certificate was at the date thereof one of the Judges of Otsego County Courts duly commissioned and sworn as such and authorized to administer oaths and take affidavits and also that I am acquainted with his handwriting and verily believe his name subscribed Seth Chance a Judge of Otsego County to the said affidavit or oath and certificate to be his own proper hand writing and signature. Given under my hand and the seal of said County this 8th day of Sept, 1832.
                                     Horace Lathorp
                                By H B Cory Deputy
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The People of the State of New York by the Grace of God Free and Independent: To all to whom these presents shall come, or may concern, Greeting:
Know ye that We having inspected the Records and Proceedings remaining in the Clerk Office of Our Court of Common Pleas for Our County of Otsago, do find therein the Record of certain evidence and proceedings, in the words and figures following to wit:

State of New York}
Otsego County SS:"
                            "Of the Term of June in the year   
                             of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two. Be it remembered that on the 20th day of June A.D. 1832 personally appeared in open court, being the Court of Common Please in and for the County of Otsego and State of New York, and a Court [of Record] proceeding according to the principles of the Common Lay, with power of fine and imprisonment, John Brooks, aged seventy nine years of the town of Worcester in the County of Otsego aforesaid, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath solemnly declare in order to obtain a pension under the provisions of the Act of Congress passed June 7, 1832 entitled "An Act supplementary to the Act for the relief of certain surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Revolution" that in the year 1774 he the said John Brooks resided in Old Hadley in the County of Hampshire Massachusetts, and then and there enlisted as minute man in the militia in the War of the Revolution:  Sometime in the month of April 1775 an alarm was given and orders were received for the Soldiers or minute men belonging to Capt Foster's company to march immediately to Cambridge. This Deponent met the company at Cambridge as soon as it was possible for him to travel from Old Hadley to that place, and the company was there commanded by Capt Foster and this Deponent the said John Brooks remained there in actual service in said company for two months and was there discharged by Capt. Foster, and the Deponent returned home to Old Hadley: And the said John Brooks further States as aforesaid that in the  winter of 1776 he again volunteered as a militia man for the term of six weeks in a company commanded by Capt James Hendrick of Amherst in said County of Hampshire
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1.12 This Deponent marched with said company to Cambridge and there remained in service under the command of Captain Hendrick for the full period of six weeks, during the winter of 1776 and was then discharged, and returned home to Old Hadley. And also the said John Brooks further declares as aforesaid that in the summer of 1776 he enlisted as a volunteer for the term of five months in a company of militia commanded by Capt. Bonney of Chesterfield in Hampshire County Massachusetts, and Lieutenant Jeremiah Chapin of Granby in said county. This Deponent marched with said company and went into actual service under this enlistment sometime the last of August or first of September 1776. The company marched to Ticonderoga in the state of New York, where this Deponent was stationed and continued with said company in actual service for the full period of five months. The regiment to which Capt. Hendricks company belonged while at Ticonderoga was commanded by Col. Brewer and Lieutenant Col. Carlton. At the expiration of said five months service, this Deponent was honorably discharged, and again returned to Old Hadley, then place of his residence. And the said John Brooks further declares as to aforesaid that he again volunteered as a militia man at the taking of Burgoyne in the year 1777 and was then in actual service for the period of one month in a company commanded by Capt. Daniel White in a Regiment commanded by Col. Elisha Porter of Old Hadley aforesaid. That after the surrender of Burgoyne this Deponent was discharged from service and returned to the place of his residence at Old Hadley aforesaid. And the said John Brooks further declares in manner aforesaid, that he hath not at any time received any annuity or pension under any law of the United States providing for Revolutionary Officers and soldiers, and that he has never until now made any application for any such pension or annuity, and also he the said John Brooks further declares that he has no knowledge of any person now living, who is knowing to or recollects the services rendered by him for his Country in the War of the Revolution as above stated except as is set forth in the deposition of Margaret Brooks which is hereunto annexed, and further saith not.
Subscribed and sworn to in open   
John Brooks
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March 6, 1939.

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                                                      BA-J/ady
Mrs. R. C. Tyler                              John Brooks
Worcester                                     S. 10416
New York

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter relative
to John Brooks, a soldier of the Revolutionary
War.

The data contained herein were obtained
from the papers on file in the Revolutionary War
claim for pension, S.10416, based upon the military service of John Brooks in that war.

John Brooks was born in 1753, in Amherst, 
Hampshire County, Massachusetts, day, month, and names of his parents are not shown.

In 1774 he resided in Old Hadley, Hampshire
County, Massachusetts, and served as a minute man in the Massachusetts Militia. He enlisted in April 1775 and served two months as a private in Captain Foster's Massachusetts company. He enlisted in the winter of 1776 and served six weeks as private in Captain James Hendricks Massachusetts company. He enlisted in August or September 1776 and served five months as private in Captain Benjamin Bonney's company, Colonel Samuel Brewer's Massachusetts regiment. He enlisted in 1777 and served one month as private in Captain Daniel White's company, Colonel Elisha Porter's Massachusetts regiment.

He moved from Hadley, Massachusetts, to Worcester, New York.

He was allowed pension on his application executed June 20, 1832, at which time he was a resident of Worcester, Otsego County, New York, where he had lived twenty seven or twenty eight years.
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In 1832 one Margaret Brooks, aged eighty one
years was living in Worcester, New York, no relationship to soldier is stated. There are no further family data.

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name of person paid and possibly the date of soldier's death, you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington D. C., and cite the following data: John Brooks, Certificate No. 2268, issued November 22, 1832, and May 18, 1838, rate $21.32 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1832, Albany New York Agency.

Very truly yours


A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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Brooks, John
(Mass)
S 10416
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New York (A.) 2268
John Brooks
of Otsego Co in the State of N. York
who was a private in the cmpy commanded
by Captain Bonny of the Regt. commanded
by Col. Brewer in teh Masstts.
line for 6 mos. 12 days.
Reduced from $31.66/100 per ann.
Enscribed[Inscribed] on the Roll of New=York (Alby)
the rate of 21 Dollars 32 Cents per annum, 
commence on the 4th day of March 1831,deduct
amt. received at rate of $31.66/100 per ann.
Certificate of Pension issued the 18th day of May,
1838       and sent to Schuyler Crippen, 
Cooperstown, N.Y.
Arrears to the 4th March 1838}=$22.60
Semi=anl. allowance [illegible] 4 Sept.1838=        
                                                     10.66
                                                    $33.26

{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by S. A. Ellis Clerk
Book E2 Vol. 4 Page 7
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION.
3-525
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
D.F. 10416      Washington, D.C.,          , 19



In reply to your request of          , received
for a statement of the military history of John Brooks, a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR,
you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.

Dates of Enlistment or Appointment.
Length of Service.
Rank
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
Captain.             Colonel.
State.

[illegible] 1774
[illegible]
minute man
in the militia
Mass.

April 1775
2 mos.
[illegible]
Foster            [illegible]
Mass

Jany 13, 1776
6 weeks
[illegible]
James Hendricks      [illegible]
Mass

Aug. and Sept. 1776
5 mos.
[illegible]
Benjamin Bonney          Samuel Brewer
Mass

1777
1 mo.
[illegible]
Daniel White                Elisha Porter
Mass


Battles engaged in, [illegible]
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Old Hadley, Hampshire Co. Mass.
Date of application for pension, June 30, 1832 [illegible]
Residence at date of application, Worcester, Otsego Co. N.Y.
Age at date of application, born in 1753 in Amherst, Hampshire Co. Mass.
Remarks: There is a [case] on file as to his family.

Respectfully, 

Commissioner.

3-285C
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Received
Jan 25 1939
Index
Sub-Div.

Received
Jan 24 1939
General Records
Sub Div.
File [illegible] 2
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Mrs. Raymond C. Tyler
Worcester, New York                    No 801
                                                      1-24-39
                                                           gy
                                 Jan. 16, 1939.

Bureau of Pensions
Washingtonn [Washington] D.C.       
                                            insuff. info
                                             cant
                                             Ident
                                            1/21/39
  Gentlemen:                            DC
                                            SO I 1/23/39
When the census of war pensioners was
listed in 1840 there was listed a John Brooks
then living in Worcester, Otsego Co., N.Y.
age 87 years. At that time he was living with
Ira Lane. Will you please give us his war
record and all family data about him as given
in the Pension Bureau? I understand there will
be no charge for this. We thank you.

Yours truly, 

Mrs. R.C. Tyler

Worcester

Otsego Co.

N.Y.
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                                                            Rec. Sec.
                                                             [illegible]
109 Cornell St. Ithaca, N.Y.
April 5, 1919.

Pension Bureau,
Washington
D.C.

I desire information on John Brooks, Private, who served in the Mass. Continental, aged 76, when he applied for pension in 1832. He then resided in Otsego Co. N.Y.
I want name of Town, names of family.
Thanking you in advance, I am
Yours truly

(Mrs) Dora P. Worden.


Pension
    K
  APR
U.  7  S.
  1919
Office
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Rev War
10416
INVALID.
File No. 10,416
John Brooks
Priv Rev War

Act: June 7" 1832
Index:-Vol. A, Page 47
[Arrangement of 1870]
Born 1753
Amherst Mass


1919 Apr 12 Hist. to Dora P. Horden
1939 Mar, 6. Hist. to Mrs. R.C. Tyler. A D. Y.
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John Brooks
No 2268

Worcester N.Y.}                           Free
August 11[illegible]}

J.L. Edwards Esquire
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City

S N.Y. 
Aug 17
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Worcester Otsego County
N.Y. August 11th 1835

Sir
Enclosed I send you the certificate of the Secretary of State of Massachusetts in the case of John Brooks a soldier of the Revolution. You will be pleased to communicate to me the result of the case of Mr Brooks, at as early a day as convenient. 

Yours Respectfully [+C possibly etc]
Schuyler Crippen

J.L. Edwards Esq}
Commissioner of Pensions}
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Found in case of
Cornelius [illegible]
[illegible] 19,569
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Worcester N.Y.
November 11th 1835


J. L. Edwards Esq
Sir
In compliance with your direction under
date of the 3th instant I herein enclose you the pension certificate of John Brooks.
It appears by your letter
that his claim has been reduced to 6 months and a half and a new certificate will be issued accordingly.
I hope you will cause the same to be made out
and forwarded with as little delay as possible
on account of the extreme poverty of Mr Brooks
and the absolute necessity of his obtaining relief from some source soon to save him from
becoming a tenant of our County poorhouse.
I am yours
Schuyler Crippen
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Worchester NY
September 11th                           Free

Scht C.
NY
John Brooks

J. L. Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
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Worcester Sept 11th 1835

Sir

herein I enclose you the further certificate
of the Secretary of State Mass in support of the
claim of John Brooks to retain his pension.
I hope this may be satisfactory that Mr
Brooks is honestly entitled to his country's
bounty. It appears he did serve under
Capt Bonney in Col Brewers Regiment in the 
year 1776 and it appears from the former
certificate now in your possession that he
served under Capt Hendricks 1 mo. 12 days.
If Mr Brooks and other pensioners are now to
be called upon to produce record proof of their
services, or other evidence tantamount thereto, otherwise to be stricken from the pension Roll. The work of destruction may as well begin at once, and the Commissioner of Pensions be directed to withhold that which has once been decided and determined [illegible] to belong to the Veterans of the Revolution. Mr. Brooks is now old and very infirm, and whole destitute of support. Not only so but he is partially deranged in mind, and probably will so remain as long as he lives. Those who know him and have been his neighbors for many years testify to his veracity, and now to deprive him of the pittance which has been once awarded to him by the government looks cruel and is so viewed by those who are acquainted with Mr Brooks. I know he could not undertake to impose upon the government, he is incapable of such [illegible] his character forbids the idea that any such attempt has been made by him in obtaining his pension. 

Yours
Schulyer Crippen

J.L. Edwards Esq
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paid for 4 years $126.66
due "     "   "           85.28
          overpaid     $41.38


John Harry Esq
3 Auditon Office
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New York
Albany Agency

Sir
You will please state to what time the
pension of John Brooks a private, at the rate of
#31.66 per annum, has been paid.

Yours [illegible]
V. Luce

John Harry Esq
3 Auditon Office
Nov 19. 1835
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Missent[Miss sent] and forwarded

Schuyler Crippen Esq
P.M.
Worcester
Otsego County
N.Y.
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
   Secretary's Office, August [illegible] 1835.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of John Brooks is borne on a roll for Rations, of Capt. James Hendricks'
Company, to and from Camp, dated Charlestown
Camp No. 3 Jany. 13th, 1776, where he is allowed 100 miles. 16=8
John Brooks name is borne on a "Mileage abstract of Capt. Benj. Bonneys' Company, in Col. Sam [illegible] Brewers' Regt. who marched to reinforce the Northern Army the year past. Dated at Chesterfield March 13th A.D. 1777" where he is allowed 109 miles. 16=9
John Brooks claim for services under a Capt.
Foster in 1775. The roll of Capt Gideon Fosters'
Company, in Col. Mansfield's Regt. from May 6th
to August 8th 1775 and of Capt Thomas W. Fosters' Company, in Col. Gridleys' Regt. from April 19th to August 1st 1775 are found in this office, but the name of John Brooks is not borne on them.
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John Brooks also claims for services under Capt.
Daniel White in 1777, but the roll is not found in
this office.
for E.D Bangs Secretary
Wm.. Tufts, Ch. Clerk
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Schuyler Crippen Esq
P.M.
Worcester
County of Otsega
N.Y.


31.66
       4  [illegible] 31

21.32
      7
149.24-
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
   Secretary's Office, August 31, 1835.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remains in this Department, it appears that the name of John Brooks, as a private, is borne on 
"a Military abstract
"of Capt. Benjamin Bonneys' Company, in
"Col. Sam Brewers' Regt. who marched to
"reinforce the northern Army the year past.
"Dated at Chesterfield March 13th, AD. 1777.
                          "Test Benjamin Bonney Capt."
John Brooks claims for services under
a Capt. Bonney in 1776. The roll of Capt.
Benjamin Bonney's Company for services in
1776, is not found in this Office, except
the above mentioned Mileage Abstract.
Edward D Bangs. [illegible]
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Boston August 31st, 1835

Sir,
You will perceive by the certificate
now sent no further evidence of John
Brook's services under Capt Bonney in 1776
is found, than was stated in the Certificate
sent you August 1st. As the mileage 
abstract is dated in 1772 and states to be for
mileage for the year part. We support it would
be considered evidence for 1776, and therefor did not repeart he claimed under Capt Bonney for services in 1776. The trifling fee we charge
is all the compensation we have for devoting
our whole time in this office, and we 
cannot afford to examine and reexamine (after
having once thoroughly examined and made out
a Certificate according to the statement first given us.) unless paid for it.  
Yours Respectfully,
Ebeazer Homer
Henry White
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May 1.
[illegible]
Ny.
J Brooks
[illegible] new cert.
for 6 mo. [illegible]
$21.32
Schuyler Crippen
Cooperstown
N.Y.

J L. Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
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Cooperstown Otsego County NY
April 25, 1838

John L. Edwards Esq
Coms of  Pensions

Sr Sir

In your Letter of the 25th of May 1835
addressed to John Brooks of Worcester N.Y. a Pensioner, you state as follows to [wit] "on receiving the papers upon which your Claim to a pension was allowed it appears that the best evidence on the duly' est which is by the Regulations of the Department required in every case, was not produced A6" 
Your Letter required of Mr Brooks to obtain
a certificate from Mr Bangs Secretary of State of
Mass. establishing him the said Brooks service
in the Army of the Revolution, and the last
claim in your Letter is in the following [illegible]
to [illegible] "In the meantime payment of your
pension will be suspended"

The necessary measures were taken by me as the
Attorney of Mr Brooks to procure the proof
required by your Letters as above stated. The
certificate of E D. Bangs Esq Secretary of State
of Massachusetts was obtained under date 
of the 30th of August 1835, and forwarded by
me to the pension office. After which I received
from you a communication of which the
following is a copy, "War Department
                                  Pension office
                                   November 5, 1835
Sir, the certificate of E D. Bangs Esq Secretary of
Massachusetts under date of the 30th of August
has been examined. This claim may be
considered as established in regard to the five months time under Capt Bonsey in 1776
and the six months time in Capt Hendricks
company. Mr Brooks will return his 
pension certificate in order that a new
may be issued."  I am respectfully your
                                 obt servt, 
                  J. L Edwards"
Schuyler Crippen
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immediately on receiving your Letter of which the above is a copy I enclosed and forwarded to you, the Pension Certificate of Mr Brooks,
expecting that a new one would be opened. Since then I have heard nothing from the department on that [illegible]. If Mr Brooks
is entitled to any thing from his country for
services rendered by him in the War of the Revolution, he ought to have it without
delay, as he now depends upon the
cold hand of Charity alone for a 
subsistence. Be so good sir as to
give this case an immediate 
consideration and forward me an
answer to this communication with
as little delay as possible, direct to me
at Coopertown Otsego Co NY.

Yours Respectfully 96
Schuyler Crippen
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John Brooks pri. 31.66 N.Y, Albany act 7 June when cash paid?
LMC
May 5, 38

Paid to 4th March 1835, in 1st gr '35
S. H. H.
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John Brooks

Payments to be made
at New York
by the Presd. U.S. Br. Bk
Agent for paying 
Pensioners, in the Agency of


New York


Recorded by John Cromwell
Clerk, in Book D. Vol. 5.
page 6q
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
Revolutionary Claim.

I certify that, in conformity with the Law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, John Brooks,
of the State, of New York,
who was a Private in the Revolutionary Army.

is entitled to receive Thirty one dollars and
Sixty six cents per annum, during his natural life, 
commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi=annually on the 4th of March,
and 4th of September, in every year.

Given at the War Office of the United States,
this 22nd day of November
one thousand eight hundred and thirty two.

Lew Coss.
Secretary of War.

Examined and}
Countersigned.}
J.L. Edwards
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10.66    31.66    21.32
                    4          7
             126:64   149.24
                          126.64
                             22:60
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John Brooks, Act 7 June '32 Albany Agency,
To what time last paid?
To % 4 March 1832        S. A. C.
                      LH
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John Brooks
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                           Worcester Orsego County NY
                                June 29th 1835

J L Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Sir
John Brooks a revolutionary Pensioner [illegible]?
Your letter of the 29th [illegible] by which he is
informed that the papers upon which his claim to a pension was allowed had been reviewed and found wanting and refering [referring] him to the Rolls kept in the Office of the Secretary of State
Massachusetts, for the obtaining of further proof to [illegible] his claim to a Pension. And that his pension in the mean time would be suspended. In behalf of Mr Brooks, whose lamp of life is now flittering[fluttering] in its socket, I wrote to the Secretary Mr. Bangs, and have received the enclosed for an answer, and altho [although] it appears from the communication annexed to the circular of Mr Bangs that Mr Brooks was in the service in 1776 and belonged to Capt Bonnegs
Company, and the Rolls in the Secretaries office do show the fact to be, yet a tax of two dollars must be paid by this old solider before he can be furnished with the certificate of the Secretary of State. Such a charge in my review of the case is extremely unjust and oppressive and some method should be adopted to avoid its imposition upon that class of men who above all others are entitled to and ought to receive their countries bounty freely, without fee or reward. 
Pensions under the Act of 1832 are very generally of but a small amount, and to have them fritted away by by continued impositions, and acquiring that, which is next to impossible to be performed or obtained in order to entitle them to the pittance allowed, is unworthy of dust and liberal policy of which we do often boast. I have enclosed   you the communications nec. [necessary] from Boston in relation to the Case of Mr Brooks. And if you still decide that he must obtain the certificate, and pay the expense and charge thereof, he must submit to that decision. And you will be so good as to return me the Letter of the Secretary of that attached, as a direction for further steps to be taken.
           I am Respectfully yours, 
                    Schueyler Crippen
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In the matter of John
Brooks, a Soldier of the
Revolution

Exemplification
July 24 1832
Pension
Office

admitted
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Court before the Court of Common
Pleas of Otsego County the 20th day
of June 1832.
             Horace Lathrop Clerk.

State of New York}
Otsego County ss.} Margaret Brooks aged eighty one years now residing in the Town of Worcester in the County of Otsego being duly sworn doth depose and say that she was well acquainted with the said John Brooks whose oath and declaration is hereunto annexed during the period of the War of the Revolution, that he the said John Brooks then resided in Old Hadley in the County of Hampshire Massachusetts, and this Deponent resided within about three fourths of a mile of the said John Brooks during the time stated. This Deponent further states in manner aforesaid that she well recollects that the said John Brooks was a minute man in the year 1774 and that he went into the Army in the spring of the year 1775 according to the best of her recollection sometime in the month of April of that year. This Deponent then understood that the said John Brooks was stationed at Cambridge and was absent about two months in the service of this time and then returned to his residence in Old Hadley. This Deponent also saith that the next winter after being the winter of 1776 the said John Brooks again volunteered and went to Cambridge as a Soldier and was absent between one and two months when he again returned home. This Deponent further saith that she well recollects that sometime in the summer of 1776 the said John Brooks enlisted into the service of the Revolution and marched to Ticonderoga in the State of New York, and was absent and in the service this time for the period of about five months. This Deponent had several letters from the said John Brooks during the time he was stationed at Ticonderoga aforesaid, and well recollects his return from the Army, at the expiration of his term of service. And this Deponent further states that the said John Brooks again went into the service at the time Burgoyne came south from Canada and also at the time of his surrender and this Deponent
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recollects that it was well understood, at the time that the said John Brooks went to the State of New York to join the American Army to which Burgoyne afterward surrendered. And from the best recollection of this Deponent the said John Brooks was absent from his place of residence at this time not far from one month.
This Deponent further saith that she is unable to attend before the Court of Common Pleas of Otsego County, it being a distance of about
sixteen miles from her place of residence, and her health not being good with many infirmaties[infirmities] consequent from old age, [illegible] it very imprudent for her to attempt to travel to the Court House in said County. And further saith not.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this    her
18th day of June A.D. 1832      Margaret x Brooks
Seth Chase a Judge of                      mark
Otsego County

Otsego County SS: Seth Chase, a Judge of Courts of Common Pleas of Otsego County being duly sworn in open Court in the Court of Common Pleas in aforesaid County of Otsega, doth depose and say that he is well acquainted with John Brooks the person who has made the above declaration and oath, and that he the said John Brooks is a man of good character and fair standing in community, and entitled to full credit on oath or otherwise, and further saith not. 
Sworn to in open Court this 20th   Seth Chase
day of June A.D. 1832
              Horace Lathrop. Clerk

Otsego Com. Pleas.
State of New York}  Of the Term of June in the 
Otsego County ss.} year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred thirty two, We the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County of Otsego Do certify that John Brooks appeared before us in open Court at the present June Term of said Court, and made his declaration and oath in manner and form as above specified for the purpose of obtaining a pension under the provisions of the Act of Congress of June 7, 1832. And at the same time, produced before the said Court the deposition of Margaret Brooks
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taken before Seth Chase Esquire one of the Judges of said court, and which is hereunto 
annexed. And also Seth Chase a witness in further support of his declaration and oath, who in open court made oath to the deposition by him above subscribed. Which to us is satisfactory evidence of the truth of the declaration of the said John Brooks so made by him in manner aforesaid.
In witness whereof Me the said Judges have hereunto subscribed our names in open court at the court house in cooperation aforesaid this 20th day of June A.D. 1832.
                              Elisha Foote}
                                J. C. Morse}  Judges
                    James C Walworth}
Flied June 22nd 1832,,

All which we have caused by these presents to be exemplified and the Seals of Our said Courts of Common Pleas to be hereunto affixed. Witness George Morell Esquire, First Judge of Our said Court, at Cooperstown in the County aforesaid the 23rd day of June A.D. 1832.
                                     Horace Lathrop. Clerk