Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 2140, John Cochran, N.C.

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(3-1776)
SERVICE | NUMBER
N.C. | Cochran, John | S.2140
Born In Va. | carded
CONTENTS

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Letter to Hon R. Cheatham + 3 auditor 15 May 1838.

Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6. April 1838 from 4 March 1831 to the 24th January 1833 the day of said Pensioners death. Agent notified 28 June 1838.

Let. sent A. C. Burnett Jan 24/57

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31.117
West Tennessee John Cochran of Robertson Co in the State of Tennessee who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Summers of the regt. commanded by Col. Clark in the N. Carolina line for two years + six months from 1776
died 24 Jany 1833 grant paid to the children

Inscribed on the Roll of North Carolina at the rate of 80 Dollars  - Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 7th day of June 1837 and sent to W. Seal, Esq. Springfield, Ten.

Arrears to the 24 Jany 1833-

{Revolutionary Claim. Act June 7, 1832}

Recorded by Wm. S. Allison Clerk, Book E,2 Vol. 7 Page 85

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State of Tennessee}
Robertson County}

Circuit Court October Term 1832. On this 9th day of October 1832 personally appeared
in open Court John Cochran a resident of Robertson County & State of Tennessee aged Seventy four years last December, who first being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of an act of Congress passed 7th June 1832

That he enlisted in the service of the United States as stated in his discharge & served & Such which discharge is here attached & seald  to this declaration. He would state that he was in the battle of Brandywine, also at the battle of Germantown, also at the battle of Guilford
Court house; He conceives this will be sufficient accompanied with his discharge, he would state that some time after his discharged he again entered the service under Capt Cole as a volunteer in Caswell County State of North Carolina, and marched through Rockingham County on to Gilford Court house when he had the fight above [illegible] to, and the next morning Col William Moore told the volunteers, that they might go home
that Genl Green wanted their services no 
longer, among which No he was one. He
hereby relinquish my claim to a pension or annuity whatever except the presents and
declare that [page torn] name is not on the pension

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Rool of any agency of any State or Territory
He states that he was born in the County of
Hanover Virginia, in the year 1757. He lived
the State of North Carolina, untill he moved to
this state where he has resided ever since, and
in the County of Robertson about thirty years
He has a record of his age in his bible as taken
from his for this bible – John Cochran

I Parry W Humphry Judge of the fifth Judicial Court setting for Robertson County do hereby Certify my opinion to be that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier & that he served as he has stated

Parry W Humphreys.

I Will H Dortch Clerk of the tenant Court
for Robertson county do hereby certify that
foregoing declaration contains the original
proceeding in the matter of application of John Cochran for a pension

In Testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand & private seal having no public seal of office this 9th day of October 1832

[ H is circle] Will H Dortch Clk of said Court

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15176
John Cochran
I am well acquainted with the said [illegible]
of W. H. Dortch who was the Clerk of the present
Court of Robertson County at the time of his signature to the within certificate which is signed in his own proper hand writing is the usual mode of authentication of Record of Court
C. Johnson

15.[illegible]
Jno Cochran pension papers Tennessee

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State of Tennessee
Robertson County} Sct

Henry Cochran personally appeared before me Henry Frey an acting Justice of the peace for said County makes oath that his father John Cochran died on the 20th day of January 1833 and that his mother died several years before that time that his brothers Wm Cochran & Lewis Cochran are the administrators of his father estate.

Henry Cochran

Sworn to & subscribed before me this 5th Sept 1836

H. Frey justice of the peace

Also James W. Hunt being duly sworn deposeth that he resided in the same neighborhood with John Cochran in his life time knew him will that he died in the month of January 1833 but cannot recollect the precise day.

J W Hunt

Sworn to & subscribed before me this 6th Sept 1836
H. Frey a Justice of the peace

I Henry Frey acting Justice of the peace for said County certify that the above affidavits her signed & sworn to before me in due form of law that the said witnesses are respectable citizens of Robertson & entitled to full credit
Sept 5th 1836

H. Frey a Justice of the peace

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State of Tennessee}
Robertson County} Court February Term 1833

The Worshipful John Hutchin, Henry Frey
William Wisener, William C. Conrad 
James Sawyers Esquires Justices presiding.

Letters of Administration is granted to William
Cochran & Lewis Cochran on the estate of
John Cochran Decd and they entered into
bond with approved security in the sum of seven thousand dollars conditioned as the law direct
& qualified agreeable to law.

State of Tennessee
Robertson County Court February Sessions 1833

Whereas it appears to the Court here that John Cochran is dead and having made no will
or Testament and application being made by Wm Cochran & Lewis Cochran to have Letters of Administration granted to them on the estate of the said John Cochran Deceased,
they having given bond and security as by law
in such as is required, whereupon the Court order that they have letters accordingly.

These are therefore to authorize and empower
you the said Wm & Lewis Cochran to enter into & upon all and singular the goods and chattels, rights and credits of the said Jno. Cochran Decd and the same into your possession take wheresoever to be found in this State and a true and perfect inventory thereof make and return into our ensuing County on oath and all the just debts of
the estate pay so far as the said estate will
amount or extend the residue thereof deliver
to those who have a right thereto by Law.

Herein fail not. Witness William Seal Clerk of
said Court at office the second Monday in February 1833.

W. Seal

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State of Tennessee
Robertson County ⎬

I William Seal, Clerk of the County Court for the County aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains a true copy of the order of Court granting letters of Administration to Wm & Lewis Cochran on the estate of John Cochran Decd, together with a copy of said Letters as appears of record in my office. I do further certify that Henry Frey Esqr whose name purports to be signed to the foregoing affidavits & certificate is a Justice of the peace for said County & that his signature thereto is genuine.

In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at office this 5th day of September 1836.

W. Seal

[Image of a seal, which is illegible]

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State of Tennessee
Robertson County Court Jany Term 1837

Be it known that Thomas Miles and William Felts of lawful age appeared in open Court who are credible persons who being first
sworn depose and say that John Cochran
a citizen of the County and State aforesaid died some time in the month of January 1833
that he left no widow, that he left ten children to wit, Jeremiah Cochran, Lewis Cochran, Henry Cochrane, James Cochran, William Cochran, Nancy Cochrane, Elizabeth Cochran, Rebecca Cochran, Susan Cochran who is dead
leaving one child Mary Ann Folks, Sarah Cochran who is dead leaving two children Benjamin Felts and John Felts.

Also personally appeared Lewis Cook said in open Court a credible person who being seven depose and say that John Cochran departed this life in the 24 January 1833

Sworn to & subscribed in open Court this
2 day of Jany 1837
Test W. Seal Clk

Thomas Miles
William Felts
Lewis Cochran

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State of Tennessee
Robertson County ⎬

I William Seal Clerk of the County Court for said County do hereby certify that the foregoing proceedings was had and done in open Court.

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court in
Springfield this 2nd day of January 1837

W. Seal

[image of a seal, which is illegible]

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In reply to your request of [left blank], received [left blank] for a statement of the military history of John Cochran, 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.

S.2140

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. |LENGTH OF SERVICE | RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENEDERED. CAPTAIN. | COLONEL. | STATE
May 19, 1778 – Nov. 19, 1728

May 19, 1776 | Philip Taylor | 6" N.C. Battlin.
Jany 8, 1778 6 Nov. 19 1778 | John Summers | 1" N.C. "
[check mark] | + | {check mark} Cole | William Moore

Battles engaged in, Brandywine, Germantown, 
Guilford Court House
Residence of soldier at enlistment, North Carolina
Date of application for pension, Oct. 1832
Residence at date of application, Roberson Co Tenn.
Age at date of application, born in Hanover Co. Va.

Remarks:
Soldier died Jany. 24, 1833, leaving no widow but the following children: Jeremiah, Lewis, Henry, James, William, Nancy, Elizabeth, Rebecca, Susan, Sarah. In 1837, it was stated that Susan had died leaving one child: Mary Ann Folks and Sarah had died leaving two children: Benjamin & John Felts. Soldier's wife died several years before he did.

Respectfully,
Commissioner

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Treasury Department,
Second Comptroller's Office,
June 26, 1838

Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled
"An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," The heirs of John Cochran, Pensioner on the Roll of the Nashville, Ten. Agency, at the rate of eighty Dollars per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832, has been paid at this Department,
from the 4th of March 1831 to the twenty fourth of January 1833,
the day of said pensioner's death.

Respectfully, yours,
Albion K. Parris
Comptroller

To the Commissioner of Pensions
Present.

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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of
John Cochran, which require further proof or explanation.

I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? Yes
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? Yes
III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so?
IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? No
VI. Has he mentioned 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? No
VII. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? (The first tour he has not, the second he has)
VIII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of
June 7, 1832? Yes
IX. Has the Court given their opinion? Yes
X. Has the Clerk given his certificate? Yes
XI. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seat? No

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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? No

XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? No

XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? documentary

XIV.
If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath,
certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? -
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? -

XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? No witnesses

XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? No

XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? Y

EXPLANATORY NOTES.
QUERE V. 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.

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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 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 shewn 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 authority; 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.

+QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
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 their affidavits the time of the claimants 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 witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.

QUERE XVI. 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 contains the affidavit, or other paper 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.
[Image of a finger pointing to the right] In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of
office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

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5 pension office D Te May 6}
Free

J. L. Edward Esqr
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City

May 7
Jno Cochran
Tenn.

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Springfield Ten. 4 May 1837
Dear Sir, the delay of the enclosed was
in consequence of having been misplaced
amongst the office papers on filing the
papers I discovered & have now forwarded it

yours +
W. Seal

J. L. Edwards

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Com of Pension office

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H Rep
18th May

Dr Sirs
I enclose you the papers with the certificate. There is no other evidence as to the service of Cochran and the only reason for not applying
under the act of 1818 was probably his ignorance of the right given him he was poor
ignorant + the verry honest man - if therefore he will be entitled under the papers as now presented be pleased to inform me - if he is not entitled under the we need not further trouble his representatives
Wm [illegible]
[Illegible]

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This is to Certify that the Bearer hereof John Cochran a Soldier formerly in Capt Phillip Taylors Compy of the Sixth No. Carolina Battalion & Transferr'd Jany the 8th 1778 to Capt John Summer's Company of the No. Carolina Battalion has served in said Battalion and Companies for the space of Two years six
Months and Two Days, and for the reasons before mentioned Discharge'd from said Battalions & Companies He having recei'd 
his pay arrears of pay all his [illegible] and all just demands from the time of his Enlisting into said Battalion and Companies to this
Day of his discharge having enlisted himself
the Nineteenth Day of May 1776 for the term  of Two years & a half and no longer as appears by a certificate from under the hand of Capt Taylor and to present any [line is illegible, possible crease in the document]
charge by its falling into the hands of any other Person -  Here follow a Description of the above Mention Cochran aged Twenty years five feet + three quarter inches high Dark brown hair, dark eyes, brown complexion, born in the State of North Carolina, Orange County, a common labourer - Given under my hand at Camp Kings Ferry November the 
19th 1778

T. Clark Col Contl [illegible]

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I, John Cochran, do acknowledge to have rec'd
my pay, arrears of pay Cloathing of all sorts and all just demands from the Day of my Enlisting into the said Battalions to the day of my Discharge-
 
John his X mark Cochran

Witness David Craven

John Cochran
S.F.2140 NC

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[Document is highly illegible; these are the legible words]
Dec 2 M
sent home Oct 11 1778
P Thompson
for four days G Davis

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[illegible] the Bearer John Cochran to proof he enlisted State of No. Carolina he {illegible] his discharge

The Commission [illegible line] furnish him with Revolutionary Pensions while [illegible] journey Camp Kings Ferry Nov the 19th day 1778 [illegible]

State N York 

John Cochran S.F. 2140 NC

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1917 Feby. 11. Hist. to Mrs. Horace M. Brown

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Rev War [check mark]
2140
INVALID.
File No 2140
John Cochran Pri Rev War.
Act: June 7. 1832.
Index: -- Vol. A, Page 72
(Arrangement of 1870.)

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FCG 24 [illegible] Env Recd OS Marl K

Gaffney S.C.
Jan, 21, 1917

Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir,

[Stamped, round, containing: PENSION US JAN 23 1917 OFFICE]

Have you the record of one John Cochran who served in the Revolutionary War as a member of Capt. John Summers Company 1st North Carolina Regiment. He is said to have enlisted May 19, 1776. Can you tell me who he married + the names of his children + who they married? and dates?

Also, one John Cochran

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who served in Rev War as member of Capt. Elisha Rhodes Co. 1st N. Carolina regiment. He is said to have enlisted June 5, 1780. Can you also give me the name of his wife & the names of his children + who each one married + all you know about they both I mean both soldiers or let me know where I can find out same.

Also have you the record of any other Rev. soldier named Cochran from N.C. or near there? I will surely appreciate any information you can give me. And oblige Mrs, Harace M Brown Gaffney S.C.