Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 36,470, David Copps, N.H.

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Service: N.H.
Copps, David
Number S. 36.470

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4.656
Roll of Connecticut
David Copps
Capt McGregore
Private-4
New Hampshire line
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.

 Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut
at the rate of eight dollars per month, to commence on
the 9th of April 1818

Certificate of Pension issued the 28th of Nov 1818
and sent to Augustus Pettibone Per
Judge Litchfield

Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1818. 4hr+26/30 = 3 d:93
Semi-anl, all'ce ending 4 March 1819 -----4 d:
                                                                  $ 86.93
Revolutionary claim,
Act 18th March, 1818
77 War
6 years
Continued
Winchester, Litchfield CT

Notification sent to Frederick Wolcott Esq
9 Oct 1820 Litchfield, Cont.

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Augustus Pettibone, Esq,
Judge;
Litchfield, Connecticut

David Copps,
New-Hampshire line,
Revolutionary Claim
Admitted
There are no rolls, or record,
in the pension office, of the
New Hampshire line, to
prove the statement made
by the applicant. The
testimony, on oath, of two
or more disinterested and
credible persons, to that
effect, is required.
The judge is desired to
certify, under the seal of
the court, that he is satisfied
 the applicant is in
indigent circumstances
and needs the support of
his country.

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State of Connecticut Litchfield County ss
April 9th day AD 1818 Personally appeared David
Copps aged sixty five years a resident in the
Town of Winchester in the County of Litchfield
and State of Connecticut who being by me
first sworn according to law doth on his oath make
the following Declaration in order to obtain the
provision made by the late act of Congress
entitled on Act to provide for certain persons
engaged in the land and navel Service of
the United States in the revolutionary war--
that he the said David Copps enlisted in the
town of Durham in the State of New Hampshire on the
7th day of May AD 1775 in the Company commanded
by Capt Wersban Adams and Col. Enoch Poors Regt.
and Gen John Sullivans Brigade in the New Hampshire
line went to Boston and served seven months
as an Orderly Sergeant being the term for which he
enlisted and that he was Discharged - that in the month
of March 1776 at Portsmouth in the said State of New Hampshire
he again enlisted into a company of Matrop raised
by the State of New Hampshire under the command
of Capt. Titus Salter for one year the company was
stationed at Portsmouth to guard that Harbour before
the year had expired and at Portsmouth he again
enlisted for three months into the Company Commanded
by Capt. John Arnold and in Col. Wingate's
Regiment and marched to Ticonderoga to Join and
reinforce the Northern Army where he served the
time of his enlistment and was discharged- and
then on the 13th day of January 1777 he again
enlisted for during the was in Capt John Drews
Company and Col Hale. Regiment and Enoch

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Poors Brigade in the New Hampshire line and served
continually and faithfully untill Discharged at Snakehill
State of New York on the 13th day of June 1783-when
he was Discharged Col. Geo. Reed Commanded the
Regiment and Capt. William M. Bell Commanded
the Company he belonged to--He was in the Battle
at Bunker hill. He was also in the Battle at Lake
Champlain where he was wounded with a musket
ball and buckshot which he has now in his limbs.
He was at the taking of Gen. Burgoyne and his army-
He was also in the Monmouth Battle-And lastly
he was at the taking of Cornwallis and his
Army at Yorktown Virginia - His discharges and
last and has no other evidence in Connecticut of
his service as aforesaid as he belonged to the State of
New Hampshire during the revolutionary war--
and that he is in need of assistance
from his country for support as he is almost
Destitute of property and very poor.--
Sworn to and declared before me the day and year
aforesaid.--
Augustus Pettibone Chief Judge

I Augustus Pettibone Chief Judge of the County
Court for the said County of Litchfield do certify
that it appears to my satisfaction that the said
David Copps did serve in the revolutionary was
as stated in the preceding Declaration against
the Common enemy, and I now transmit the
proceedings and testimony taken and had before
me to the secretary for the Department of war
pursuant to the Directions of the afore mentioned
act of Congress this 9th day of April AD 1818
Augustus Pettibone Chief Judge

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We the Subscribers do certify the within
mentioned David Copps has been an inhabitant
of the town of Winchester County of Lichfield
State of Connecticut two years and we do consider
him upon a par with men in general
as to truth and veracity.
Daniel Andrews
Micajah Hoyt
Moses Grant
Uriel B Brownson
Sam'l Hurlbut

I Frederick Wolcott, Clerk of
the County Court in the County of
Litchfield & state of Connecticut
certify that Augustus Pettibone, Esq.
is Judge of said Court-that the
signature of his name to the
foregoing certificate is his hand
writing, & that the seal hereto
annexed is the seal of said
Court. May 12th 1818
Frederick Wolcott, Clerk

State of Connecticut Litchfield County ss--
I Augustus Pettibone Judge do certify that from the evidence
had before me and from the Declaration of the applicant 
I am fully satisfied that the said David Copps is a
very poor man as to property and stands in need of 
assistance from his country for support certified here.
Augustus Pettibone Judge

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District of Connecticut ss. County of Litchfield, County Court.
On this 5 day of July 1820 personally appeared in open Court, being a court of RECORD for
said county in said district, having the power to fine and imprison Lancelot Phelps conservator of David Copps resident in Colebrook in said county, 
and declares in behalf of said Copps that he the
said Copps service in the Revolutionary war as follows:
he enlisted at Exeter in the State of New Hampshire
in the month of January 1777 during the war under
Capt John Drew & was attached to the Regiment commanded 
by Col. George Reid & General Enoch Poor's Brigade and
continued steadily in the service till the war
terminated and was honorably discharged at Snake
Hill in the State of New York, during the above term
he served under several captains & when he was discharged
he served under Capt. William M Bell his services
were performed in the New Hampshire line. He has
heretofore applied & obtained a pension under the
act of Congress of March 18th 1818 and his name is
inscribed on the pension list Roll of the Connecticut
agency at the rate of eight dollars per month
commencing on the 9th day of April 1818 - Pension
certificate dated the 28th day of November AD 1818
No. 4, 656.
And I do further declare that he the said Copps
was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March
one thousand eight hundred and eighteen; and that not since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner
disposed of his property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it, as to bring himself within the provision 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, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen; and that he has not nor has any person in trust for him any property, or securities, contracts or debts due to him; nor has he any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed.  he has not any property either Real
or personal necessary clothing & bedding & a set of
tools for the purpose of making a living
which excepted.-- The said Copps is by profession
a Wheelwright. for eighteen months past he has
been in extreme ill health & unable to perform

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any labour & is now unable to have his (illegible). Jemima
Copps his wife is aged sixty five years and enjoys
as good health as women in general of that age, which
is all the family he has.
Lancelot Phelps
Conservator of
David Copps

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Sworn to and declared
on the 5th day of July A. D. 1820
before said Court
Frederick Wolcott, Clerk


David Copps 4.656
1. Frederick Wolcott, Clerk of the County Court, in the county of Litchfield, and
State of Connecticut, do hereby certify that the foregoing Declaration and the
schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the court; and I do further
certify that it is the opinion of the said court, that the total amount in value of property
exhibited in the aforesaid schedule, is nothing.

In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said
court, on this 17th day of July 1820
(Clerk of the County Court for
the County of Litchfield- crossed out)
Frederick Wolcott Clerk

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Rev. & 1812 Wars Section 

Mr. Samuel C. Worthen 165 Broadway New York City

August 13, 1926

 I have to advise you that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 36470, that DAVID COPP of COPPS enlisted in Durham, New Hampshire, May 7, 1775, and served seven months as orderly sergeant in Captain Winborn Adams' Company in Colonel Enoch Poor's New Hampshire Regiment; he was in the battle of Bunker Hill. 

He enlisted in March, 1776, and served until late in 1776 as sergeant in Captains Titus Salter's and John Arnold's Companies in Colonel Wingate's New Hampshire Regiment; he was in the battle of Lake Champlain where he was wounded in the limbs by a musket ball and buckshot. 

He enlisted at Exeter, New Hampshire, January 13, 1777, served as sergeant in Captains John Drew's, Enoch Chase's and William M. Bell's Companies in Colonels Hale's and George Reid's New Hampshire Regiments, he was at the capture of Burgoyne, the battle of Monmouth and the siege of Yorktown and was discharged June 13, 1783. 

He was allowed pension on his application executed April 9, 1818, at which time he was sixty-five years of age and was a resident of Win-

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chester, Litchfield County, Connecticut.
In 1820 he resided in Colebrook, Litchfield County, Connecticut, and then referred to his wife, Jemima, as being sixty-five years of age.
In order to obtain the date of the last payment of the pension of David Copp or Copps, the name and address of the person to whom paid, and possibly the date of his death you should apply to the Record Section, Civil Division ,General Accounting Office, 1900 2 St., N. W. Washington, D. D.

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36470
Revy INVALID
File No. 36,470
David Copps
Priv. Rev. War

Act: 18 March 1818
Index:--Vol. 2, Page 91

(Arrangement of 1870.]

(second page)
1916 Oct. 7. Hist. to Warren C. Tudbury
letter with Aaron Copp &
1918 Sept. 18 Hist to Mrs. A. C. Jones
Letter in S.F. 3.394 Samuel Gilbert
1926 Ang 13 Just.
Samuel C. Worthen
W.C.S.
-

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[illegible initials]
Rev. War Section.
October 7, 1916.

Mr. Warren C. Tudbury,
631 Citizens National Bank Bldg.,
Los Angeles, California.

Sir: --

In response to your letter [handwritten note see Aaron Copp] dated the fifth ultimo, you are advised that the records of this Bureau show that David
Copps, S. File 36470 Rev. War, enlisted at Durham, N. H. in
1775, and served under various officers in the New Hampshire
troops until he was discharged June 13, 1783, from Captain
William M. Bell's Co., Colonel George Reid's regt.
In 1820, he resided at Colebrook, Litchfield Co., Conn.
was about sixty-seven years of age, and referred to his wife
Jemima aged sixty-five years. No children mentioned.

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GLEASON, MCLANAHAN, MERRITT & INGRAHAM
165 BROADWAY
NEW YORK
CARLISLE J. GLEASON
SCOTT McLANAHAN
WALTER GORDON MERRITT
HENRY A INGRAHAM
ALFRED ROELKER
SAMUEL C. WORTHEN
BURGESS OSTERHOUT
CHARLES F BAILEY
JOHN W. SIMPSON, 2nd
HOWARD OSTERHOUT

June 12th, 1926.
Revolutionary War Section.
NEW YORK


Hon. Winfield Scott,
Commissioner of Pensions,
Department of the Interior,
Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:- 
Will you kindly send me what data your records disclose about the service, family relationships and residence
of David Copp or " Copps", who served in a New Hampshire regiment and was a resident of Connecticut when
pensioned under the Act of 1818.
Also please send me the data required in order
to obtain a record of the last payment made.
Thanking you, I am

Very truly yours,
Samuel Copp Worthen
SCW:HL
[stamp] OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER JUN 14 1926 U.S. BUREAS OF PENSIONS

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We Theophilus Lovering and William Towle
both of Merymond in the County of Rockingham
& State of New Hampshire do testify & depose that
we were both Sargeants in Capt. William Morrells
Company in the second Regiment of the New Hamshire
line commanded by Col George Reed for
Six years during the ware of the revolution--
That we were well acquainted with David Copps
who was a sergeant in the company commanded
by Capt Enoch Cherry and afterward by Capt William
M. Bell in said Col George Reid regiment and
that said David Copps served for more than eighteen
month during the war of the revolution.
October 29-1818     (signed) Theophilus Lovering & William Towle

State of New Hampshire
Rockingham SS⎬
Merymond October 29 188

This certifies that I have no doubt of the
veracity of the above named Theophilus Lovering
and William Towle in this case and that
they made solemn oath to the truth of the
above deposition by them subscribed
Before me
Sherburn Blake Just Peace

I Peter Chadwick Clerk of the Court of Common
Pleas in the first district for the County of Rockingham
Do hereby Certify, that Sherburne Blake before whom
the above affidavits appear to have been made,
is a Justice of the Peace acting under the authority
of the state, and that the above is his signature.
In testimony Whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed the seal of
said Court this Second Day of November
Anno Domini 1818
P. Chadwick Clerk

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I Joseph Hobbs of Londonderry in the
County of Rockingham in the State of New
Hampshire, do testify and depose, that
I was a private soldier in the war of the
revolution in the second Regiment of the
New Hampshire line, commanded by Col.
George Reid for about two years--
That I was well acquainted with David
Copps who served as a Sargeant in the
company commanded by Capt. Enoch Chase
and afterward by Capt. William M. Bell in
said Regiment. And I do testify that the
said David Copps served as a sergeant
in said company in the regiment commanded
by Col George Reid, for more than
eighteen months during the war
of the revolution.  Joseph Hobbs
October 28.1818

State of New Hampshire Chester October 28th 1818
Rockingham ss
This certifies that Joseph Hobbs above
named is a person of veracity, and that he
made solemn oath to the truth of the
above deposition by him subscribed-
Before me John Ball Jr. Justice of Peace

I Peter Chadwick Clerk of the Court of Common
Pleas in the first District for the County of Rockingham
do hereby certify, that John Bell Jr before whom
the above affidavits appear to have been made 
is a Justice of the Peace acting under the authority
State, and that the above is his signature
(of the) State and that the above is his signature.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto
(set) my hand and affixed the seal of
Court this Second day of November
Anno Domini 1818
P Chadwick Clerk

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I Joseph Copps of Chester in the County of
Rockingham in the State of New Hampshire
do testify and depose, that I was a sergeant
in Capt. David McGregore's company in
the third Regiment of the New Hampshire
line, commanded by Colo Alexander Scammel
for three years during the war of the
revolution - That I was well acquainted with
David Copps who was a Sargeant
in the company commanded by Capt. Enoch
Chase, and afterward by Capt. William M. Bell
in the second Regiment of the New Hampshire
line commanded by Col George Reid.--
And I do testify that the said David
Copps served as a Sargeant in the company
commanded by Capt. Enoch Chase, and afterward
commanded by William M. Bell in the
Second Regiment in the New Hampshire
line commanded by Col George Reed for the
term of three years during the war of the
revolution-
Joseph Copp
October 28. 1818-

State of New Hampshire Chester October 28, 1810
Rockingham ss-
This certifies that Joseph Copps above
named is a person of veracity, and that
he made solemn oath to the truth of the
above deposition by him subscribed-
Before me John Bell Jr. Justice of Peace

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State of Connecticut
At a special Court of Common Pleas holden
at Litchfield, within and for the County of Litchfield
on the fourth day of July AD. 1820.
Lancelot Phelps of Colebrook in the County of
Litchfield, presented a memorial to this Court therein
representing that David Copp of said Colebrook
by reason of sickness hath become impotent, and
unable to take care of himself and his property,
praying this Court to appoint some meet person
his Conservator, as per memorial on file, dated
July 5th AD 1820. On due inquiry this Court
find the facts stated in said memorial to be
proved as true. And thereupon this Court do
appoint the said Lancelot Phelps, Conservator
of the said David Copp, to take care of his
Person & Estate agreeably to the Statute in such
case made and provided-
State of Connecticut ss
County of Litchfield, Office of the Clerk of
Common Plea, July 27th AD. 1820.
The above is a true Copy of Record.
Witness my hand and the Seal of said
Court the day above written.
Frederick Wolcott, Clerk