Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 8628, Benjamin Cook, Ga. Va.

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Service
Ga.
VA.

Cook, Benjamin
Catharine

Number
W.8628

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let 10 May 4th     rep
to S.A. Spencer

Kentucky 3323

Catharine Cook, [handwritten] widow of Benjamin Cook Dec'd - [handwritten] who died on the ------ 1806 ----- [handwritten] of Green co. [handwritten] in the State or Kentucky [handwritten] who was a private [handwritten] in the compy [handwritten] commanded by Captain Morten [handwritten] of the regt [handwritten] commanded by Col. Cocke [handwritten] in the Virginia [handwritten] line for 14 months. Increased from 6 months.  [handwritten] 

Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky [handwritten] at the rate of 46 [handwritten] dollars 66 [handwritten] cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834. 
Increased from $20 [handwritten]

Certificate of Pension issued the 24 [handwritten] day of Feby 1841, I sent to [handwritten] and Hon. Willis Green H.R. [handwritten]

Arrears to the 4th of March 1841  $466.66 [handwritten]
Semi=annual allowance ending 4 Sept 41. 23.33 [handwritten]
Deduct for mon         $489.99
payments

{Revolutionary Claim,
Act July 4, 1736,
Section 3d}

Recorded by D McCurdy [handwritten], clerk, Book C. [handwritten] Vol. 1 [handwritten] Page 194.

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[vertical writing on the right]
4870 V 6217 [scratched out]
Catharine Cook
of Benjamin 
Kentucky

[letter addressed to]
Hon J.R. Poinsett
Secretary of War US
Washington City 
D.C.

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State of Kentucky Green County} S.S.

On this 23rd day of August 1839 personally appeared before the undersigned a Justice of the peace of the County Court of the County and State aforsaid Catharine Cook a resident of the County of Green in the State of Kentucky aged Eighty years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the Congress of the United States for the relief of the officers & soldiers & their widows who served in the Revolution War. She states that she is the widow & Relict of Benjamin Cook who is now Dec’d that she intermarried with said Benjamin Cook on the 25th day of December 1779 in the County of Charlotte in the State of Virginia. She states that about three years or a little upwards she thinks previous to her marriage with said Cook. he enlisted in the service of his Country in P. County of Charlotte under one Captain Walton and march immediately with him and as she has been informed through North Carolina & into South Carrolina and was as she is informed & believes in the Battle fought at Stono in said last named state in the year 1776  the time which said Cook served this tour was Twelve months as she believes; she states that of her own knowledge said Benjamin Cook enlisted in & marched from Charlotte County at the time above named with the Company then & there raised by said Walton which Company was raised for a Tour of Twelve months She states that from the time the s’d.
Benjamin Cook

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enlisted & marched with said Walton untill his return was Twelve months or upwards to
the best of her knowledge & belief and that it was universally reported & believed in the neighbour at that time s’d. Cook was in actual Service of his country as a Soldier during his said Absence and no one at any time has ever doubted it or ever even contradicted the report She states that about Two years after
the return of said Benjamin Cook from this service he intermarried with her the said Catharine (whose maiden name was Catharine Brewer) in the said County of Charlotte in the state of Virginia and so continued and lived together as man & wife untill the year 1806 when s’d. Cook Departed this life in s’d.
County of Charlotte immediately after whose death she the said Catharine removed from thence to the County of Green in the State of Kentucky where she now lives. She states that she is now in her Eightieth year of her age that she was born on the 13th day of September 1759 & that she intermarried with said
Benjamin Cook on the 25th day of December 1779. that the said Benjamin Cook was born on the 8th day of April 1758 and departed this life in month of March 1806 these facts as regards her birth & marriage & the Birth & death of her husband she is enabled to give from her family Bible which Bible she now has and which she has kept in her possession from the time of her said marriage or shortly threafter and in
which

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Bible the before named facts & dates are recorded and which she states she is satisfied is correct & true. She states that the Parson or Minister who performed the marriage Ceremony of herself & husband was by the name of Johnston or Johnson a preacher of the Gospel in that day & time & that the said marriage was under a License obtained from the propper authority for that purpose. She states furthermore that a little upwards of a year after her said marriage with said Benjamin Cook, to wit in the Spring of the year 1781 in the s’d. County of Charlotte in the s’d State of Virginia her husband Volunteered his services in a company raised by Captain William Morton & others for a Tour of Three months service and march immediately in said Company for Guilford Courthouse in the state of North Carolina and as she is informed through the counties of Hallifax & pitsylvania & was in the Battle fought at Guilford in March 1781. She states that she has heard many speak of this battle & all those who she did hear speak of it concured in the statement that her husband was engaged therein & that it was the universal belief of all that he was so engaged therein She states that the time which her husband served this Tour was Two months. She states that her said husband obtained Two discharges for his service. the first was for his services rendered in the year 1776 & 1777 and was for Twelve months. the last discharge was for the Two months service rendered in 1781. She states that her said husband kept said discharges in his possession untill his death and after

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his death they were kept by her for many years. She is not enabled to state by whom either of the above discharges were given to her said husband, that she thinks however the last one for Two months was given by Capt William Morton, and she thinks it probable that the first was given by Capt. Walton or Captain Harbersham. She states that each of the above name discharges are now lost. that she has made diligent search for them but have been and is unable to find either of them. She states that she has never been married but the one time and that she is still the surviving widow & relict of the said Benjamin CookDec’d. She states that her eldest Child whose name is Martha was about Two weeks old when her said husband Volunteered his service in the last Tour of duty, She states that the officers who commanded & served in the last Tour with her husband were Col. Cock  Majr Hubbard Capt Booker Capt William Morton Capt Gains Capt Thompson & Capt McDowell She states that these names are familiar and were familiar to her in that day as officers who were in the service of their Country in that time She is not enabled to state how many of the above officers were out on the first or how many on the last Service with her husband. Capt Walton was one she recollects that was out on the first and probably some of

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the above named also but as to this she cannot state She states that Captain Harbersham was she thinks one who was out on the first Tour with her husband & upon reflection she thinks it was him who gave the discharge for the 12 months service as before named She
states furthermore that from bodily infirmary she is unable to appear or attend in Court without great inconvenience and difficulty. She states that she hereby relinquishes & does hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that her name is not on the pension Roll of the agency of any State or Teritory 
[signed] Catharine Cook

Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and date first above mention,
James D Mottley J.P. G.C.

State of Kentucky Green County Set 

I James D. Mottley Justice of the peace in  & for the county & state aforesaid. Certify that the foregoing declaration was this day subscribed & sworn to by said Catharine Cook and I further certify that said Catharine Cook from age & bodily infirmity is unable to attend court for the purpose of making her said declaration in court and the said Catharine Cook is a person of undoubted veracity and her s'd statement is entitled to full credit & belief, the words. "upwards" or "Captain Habersham " & Jno' in s'd declaration now [illegible] before [illegible] with my knowledge In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name the 23rd day of August 1839.
James D Mottley J.P. G.C.

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Ben Cook 

Marra S. Bond

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firmly bound unto the Governor of the Common Wealth of Virginia in the sum of fifty pounds current money to which payment well and truly to be made to our said Governor and to his successors we bind ourselves our heirs etc firmly by these presents. Sealed with our seals & dates this 12th day of December 1779.

The condition of the above obligation is such that whereas there is a marriage suddenly intended to be solemnized between the above bound Benjamin Cook and Catharine Brewer (Spinster) daughter of Sackville Brewer of said County. If therefore there be no lawful cause to obstruct the same then this obligation to be void else to remain of full force and virtue.

Signed & sealed in presence of
Sacke brewer
Benjamin Cook
William Cook

State of Virginia Charlotte County, to wit:
I Winslow Robinson Clerk of the County Court of Charlotte in the State aforesaid do certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the original bond on file in my office - and I do further certify that the first book of the register of marriage amongst the records of this office. Commence the 29th of October 1782.
Given under my hand and the seal of my office this 14th day of September 1839

Winslow Robinson C.

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I do acknowledge to have received all my Pay, Arrears of Pay, Cloathing, and all other just Demands, from the Day of my inlisting into the said Regiment, to this Day of my Discharge.
[signed] Benjamin Cook

[Bottom Right, Vertical Writing]
N.J. 8.628
Benjamin Cook 
Ga & Va.

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By Colonel Joseph Habersham, of the First Battalion of Continental Troops of Georgia, in the Service of the United States of America. 

These are to certify, That the Bearer hereof Benjamin Cooke [handwritten] a private told us [handwritten] he served in the Regiment and in Captain Shadrack Wrighle [handwritten] Company, for the Space of Twelve [handwritten] Months, for which Term he insisted, and is hereby discharged from the said Regiment, he having received his Pay, Arrears of Pay. Cloathing, and all other just Demands, from the Time of his inlisting in the said Regiment, to this Day of his Discharge, as appears by his Receipt on the Bakc hereof. 

GIVEN under my Hand, and the Seal of the Battalion, at Savannah, this first [handwritten] day of Septem [handwritten] 1777.

To 
All whom it concerns
JO Habersham [signed]

31 [handwritten]

[black stamp]
The National Archives of the United States

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Catharine Cook
Kentucky
=
Suspended
______
See let 30th Dec:
1830 S.A. Spencer
let 14 Jan 1840 to
S.A. Spencer do 10 Feb 
1840

Act July 1836


[Second sheet]
See let 23 Jany 1841
to Sir Willis Green

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Let 15 Jan 1840 S.A.
Spencer


Kentucky 3323
Catharine Cook [handwritten] widow of Benjamin Cook deceased [handwritten] 
who died on the ____ ____ 1806, - [handwritten]
of Green Co [handwritten] in the State of Kentucky [handwrittn] who was a private [handwritten] in the Company [handwritten] commanded by Captain Morton [handwritten] of the rege [handwritten] commanded by Col. Cocke [handwritten] in the Virginia [handwritten] line for 6 months. [handwritten. 

Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky [handwritten] at the rate of 20 Dollars ___ Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831

Certificate of Pension issued the 20 [handwritten] day of May 1840, & sent to Hon. Willis Green, House of Reps. [handwritten]

Arrears to the 4th of Mar 1840  $180.00
Semi-Annual allowance ending 4 Sep 40  10.00
$190

{Revolutionary Claim, 
Act July 4, 1836}

Recorded by D. McGurdy [handwritten] clerk, Book A [handwritten] Vol. 2 [handwritten] Page. 179 [handwritten]

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Catharine Cook [handwritten]

Payment to be made at Lexington [handwritten] by Jas M. Grinstead [handwritten] 
Agent for paying Pensions, in the Agency of 
Kentucky [handwritten]

Recorded in the Pension Office, in Book A. [handwritten] Vol. 2 [handwritten] Page 179 [handwritten] by 

D. McCurdy [signed]

Clerk.

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War Department. 
Revolutionary Claim. 

[The word CANCELLED is written over the document]

I certify that, in conformity with the 3d section of the law of the United States, of the 4th July, 1836, Catharine Cook, a resident of Kentucky, [handwritten] widow of Benjamin Cook, deceased [handwritten] who was a private int he Revolution and died in the year A.D. 1806, [handwritten] is entitled to receive Twenty -- [handwritten] dollars and ---- cents per annum, during the time she may remain unmarried, commencing the 4th of March 1831, and payable semi=annually on the 4th of March and 4th of September.

Given at the War Office of the United States, this twentieth [handwritten] day of May [handwritten] one thousand eight hundred and forty. [handwritten]. JR Poinsett [handwritten]
Secretary of War. 

[faint outline of a seal]
Examined and}
Countersigned.}

J.P Edwards [handwritten]
Commissioner of Pensions.

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Revy [handwritten] WIDOW, & c. 

File No. 8628 [handwritten]
Catharine Cook 
Wid. of 
Benjamin Cook 
Pvt. Va. line

Act: July 4th/ 36, Sec 3d, [handwritten]
Index:- Vol. A [handwritten], Page 145 [handwritten]

[Arrangement of 1870.]

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4879
Catharine Cook
of Benjamin 
Kentucky
___

admitted 

___

Pr 6 mo $20
Cap Morton Col Cocke Va.

died _ 1806

Act, July 1836

Nm. Willis Green
H.R.

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Jan 22 1841

Ken 
[illegible]
Cook

[letter addressed to]
J L Edwards Esq.
Con Pensions
Print

J. Willis Green H.R.

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House of Representatives Jan 7 21st 1841

Sir 
Enclosed hereinto you will need the, amended declaration, of Mrs Catharine Cook, and the discharge of her deceased husband for twelve months service in the Revolutionary war. 
I was examine the evidence of her claim and return me answer
I obt ser yours respectfully 
Willis Green

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Catharine Cook
of Benjamin 
Kentucky

Pension increase
From $20 to $46.66
Per annum from 
4 March 1831, under 
act 4 July 1836, the
difference being $20 
per annum & to be deducted 
new certificate to be issued

From Willis Green
H.R.

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Greenburg Green Co KY Nov 7th 1839

Dr Sir
Enclosed is the marriage License Bond of Benjamin Cook for the marriage with his wife Catharine Brewer. Whose papers I sent on to you some time since to draw her pension for the service of the said Benjamin Cook in the war of the Revolution- please inform me at your earliest leisure what is the fate of Mrs. Cooks claim whether any they be wanting [illegible] to complete it 

Respectfully Yr ob sr

S.A. Spencer

Hon J. R. Poinsett
Secy of War

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[illegible signature]
L. 19
Jany 10 [seal] 1840
Pension Office 
Ken [Ben] Cook

[upside down writing]
[stamp] Free
[Stamp] Greensburg KY Jan 1

[letter addressed to]
His Excellency J.R. Poinsett
Secretary of War
Washington D.C.

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Greensburg Green Co Ky
Decr 31st 1839

Dr Sir

Some months ago I sent on to the War Department the declaration & proof for Mrs. Catharine Cook. Of this county with a review to draw her pension which she alleged she is entitled to for the service of her husband Benjamin Cook in the revolution war the papers were sent on from the office about the 7th of Octb. last I wrote this to request you if you please to inform me what the action has been had on her case if any & what the results. I presume you have been otherwise engaged busily away to the  meeting of congress if you can do so completely please let me know what I have here requested as early as practicable 

Also what has been done with Mrs. Harlows claim from this courts who sent

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just before Mrs. Cook. Your attention to this matter will be thankfully received 
by your most Obedient Servant

Saml. A Spencer
Post Master Greensburg
KY

Hon J.R. Poinsett
Secty of War

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Greensburg Green County Ky
Oct. 7th 1839

Dear Sir
I have send you the declaration of Mrs. Catharine Cook & her statements & proof of the service rendered by her husband in the revolution war I wish you to inform me at your earliest leisure the fate of her claim.
If any thing has been omited please inform me of what it is

Respectfully Yr Obt Servt
S.A Spencer

Hon J.R. Poinsett
Secty of War

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[Stamp]
Greensburg KY
Jan 25

[vertical writing on left side]
Feb 3, 1840

Ben. C. Cook

Free

J.L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
D.C.

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Greensburg Green Co Ky.
Jan.y. 25th 1849

Dear Sir
Your of the 14th first in answer to my inquiry draws the case of Ms. Catharine Cook widow of Benjamin Cook. for a pension has been duly read in which you refer me to a letter addressed to me of the 30th. Wch to leave the fate of her case- that letter has never been read at this office. it is now near a month since it was sent on & yet not come to hand- I am very anxious to hear the fate of her case and am sorry John to trouble you so often about it but under the circumstances I hope you will be willing to excuse me as I have no expectations now of that letter reaching her for we always return letters from Washington in 8 to 10 days. Will you please

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again give me the necessary information about Mrs. Cooks case. I am very desirous to know what it is. 

I write this early because I think it useless to wait longer for the letter you speak of to come than as it probably has been miscarried or lost please write me at your earliest leisure

Respectfully
Yr Obt Servt
S.A. Spencer

J.L Edwards Comss of Pensions

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[Top]
June 13. 1840
Ben. 
Catharine Cook
[Stamp]
Greensburg K.Y.
Jun 5

[Vertical writing on left]
From S.A. Spencer
on June 15, 1840

Free

[Letter Addressed to]
J.L. Edwards
Commissioner of 
Pensions 
Washington City D.C.

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Greensburg Ky June 4 1840

Dr Sir

I write this to request you on behalf of Mrs. Catharine Cook to inform me what has been the final results or determination of the Department in relation to her claim for a pension. her declaration & proof was last time since forwarded & an answer returned. pointing out some discrepancies in the statements. which was reflected to by Mrs. Cook since which she has heard nothing. please write me a line & let me know what is the fate of her claim & what is wanting further if any thing to establish her claim your compliance will greatly oblige a dependent & worthy old lady as well as your old humble serve
S.A. Spencer

J.L. Edwards Esq.
Comss. of Pensions

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Greensburgh KY April 30/[illegible]

Saml. A Spencer

[illegible] the Hon. W. Green of Ky
presented the pension claims of Adam Mitchell, Isaac Gibbons & Catharine Cook to Dept.

L224. Rec May 7, 1842
Pension Office 
Kentucky

waiting for asst letter from [illegible]

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Greensburg Green Co. Ky.
Apl. 30th 1842

To the Honorable John C Spencer Secretary of war of the United States 

Sir
I some time since forwarded on to the war Department. the declaration & petitions for Adam Mitchell, Isaac Gibbons heirs & Catharine Cook for Pension & Bounty Land. the documents were sent on to the care of the Hon Willis Green our representatives in Congress I sent these in July back & have written to him on the subject several times & can learn nothing from him. I wrote this to ask of you the favor to inform me whether Mr. Green presented these papers to the Department & if so what has been the action therein & what (if any thing who) will be necessary to sustain the claim etc. Your compliance will be thankfully received

I have the honor to be 
very respectfully 
your obt servt.

Saml. A. Spencer

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Mar. 5 1840
[Stamp] Greensburg KY Feb 26
[pencil writing] addl. proof Cath. Cook


[Letter addressed to]
J.L. Edwards Esq.
Coms of Pensions
Washington D.C.

Care of GM Greens Esq.

[illegible]
Hon Willis Green H.R. 

[stamp] Free

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Greensburg Ky Feby 25th 1840

Dr Sir

Yours of the 10th just in reply to mine of the 25th [illegible] in relation to Mrs Catharine Cook claim for a pension has been duly read by due cause of mail in answer to which I have enclose you her additional statement she states that she could not with certainty say when the Battle of Stono was fought that her statement of that event was from memory alone but that it was fought previous to her marriage with said Benjamin Cook & the year that that Battle was fought in was the year her husband enlisted & served

If the evidence she has furnished is not sufficient to establish 12 months

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service of her husband. she asks for the allowance of what is established. that is for 6 months as this is unable at this time to procure any additional proof of the 12 months service. You say that unless the most satisfactory proof be provided of the claimants husband having served as an enlisted soldier & for 12 mo in his first tour a pension cannot be allowed for more than 6 months. the acts she claimed under was that passed the 4th of July 1836 & that passed the 7th July 1838. The reason why she refers to these two acts was that the first service was performed before her marriage the last service afterwards the last period of his service. I mean was after his marriage she would therefore I suppose come under the act of the 4th July 1836. If she

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can not be allowed for the 12 months please send on her certificate for the 6 months or for as long a period as she has shown she is entitled to

Respectfully Yr Obt Srevt
S.A. Spencer

J.L. Edwards Esq. 
Comss of Pensions

P.S. The act she claims under is that [torn paper, obscuring word] the 4th of July 1836. If applicable if not to the act of 1838.
S.A. Spencer

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[Ink bleed-through from the reverse side makes some words difficult to transcribe.]

[vertical writing right side]
Hon W Green H.R. 

State of Kentucky Green County S8
Be it known that on this 13th day of January 1841 personally appearing before the undersigned a Justice of the peace of the county court of the county & state aforesaid Catharine Cook a resident of the county & state aforesaid aged 81 who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the acts of Congress passed for the relief of [scratched out] of soldiers of the Revolution war.
[paper folded, obscuring the first few words] Catharine Cook who some time since made application to the united states for a pension & whose declaration & proof is now on file in the office of the Commissioner of Pensions of the united states. which declaration & proof she makes parts of the declaration. She states that in making her said declaration the alleged that the original discharge which her husband accounts for the service he had rendered his county was [illegible] which she had made search for not had success & for want of s'd discharge she was allowed for only 6 months ser.

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[Ink bleed-through from the reverse side makes some words difficult to transcribe.]

=vice instead of Twelve months. She states that service the [illegible] of her said declaration & proof as aforesaid. She has facing the discharge of her husband the said Benjamin Cook which is here filed as part of this declaration which discharge is the sentenced one which she had in her possession from the time of the death of the s'd Benjamin Cook her husband. & which he the s'd Benjamin Cook had in his possession of her marriage with him. A discharge as decreed by Col. Joseph Habersham & is dated the 1st day of September 1777. She states that she refers to her former declaration made on file as before named for the proof of her identity. her marriage. the death of her husband. her age. & [scratched out] other statements made there that may be applicable. See the discharge her refers to shown concluding the time her s'd husband the s'd Benjamin Cook served his capacity on that tour which it [illegible] he drew was Twelve Months in s'd tour to which [illegible] her s'd husband serving two months in the tour at Guilford Court house & was in the Battle fought at that place on

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the year 1781 as mentioned in her said former declaration. Under these circumstances therefore she now thinks it last reasonable that she is allowed for the fourteen months service instead of the six months already allowed her & that she be placed upon the footing & pension of $46.66 2/3 per annum from the 4th of March 1831 instead of $20 for annum already allowed her & that she be allowed to draw the $26.66 2/3 for annum from the 4th of March 1831. being the remainder of what she is entitled to after deducting the amounts she has already drawn of the rate of $20 per annum. upon [illegible] therefore of her being allowed. The [illegible] time & such she releases all claim to the allowance already made her --she herein submits her whole case to the disposal of the Department to make what disposition of her claim they may she deserves.  
Signed Catharine Cook

Subscribed & Sworn to before me this day & date above written 
James D. Mottley JPGC

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[Ink bleed-through from the reverse side makes some words difficult to transcribe.]

State of Kentucky Green County [illegible]

I James D. Mottley a Justice of the Peace in & for the county & state aforesaid do certify that the foregoing declaration [illegible] by Catharine Cook was on this day subscribed and sworn to by the said Catharine Cook & that s'd Catharine Cook is a person of undoubted veracity & her statements entitle d to full faith & enacts & belief given under in hand this 13th Janury 1841. 
James D. Mottley JP GC

State of Kentucky Green County S8
I John Barret clerk of the county court of the county & state aforesaid do certify that James D. Mottley where named is signed to the foregoing certificate is now & was at the time of signing the law & [illegible] thereto an acting Justice of the peace in & for s'd county of Green & duly commissioned & qualified as such & hence his said signature is given & that full faith & credit is due  to all his official acts as such & that his certificate is in due form seen in on my hand & seal of office this 13th day of Janury 1841

John Barret

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Additional statement of Catharine Cook Widow of Benjamin Cook Dec'd in order to obtain the Benefits of an act of Congress passed the 4th day of July 1836 for the Benefits of the officers and soldiers & their widows who served in the Revolution War. 

On this 24th day of February 1840 personally came Catharine Cook before the undersigned a Justice of the peace in & for the county of Green & State of Kentucky & having duly sworn according to law doth on her oath state that in addition to her former statements the states that as it regards the length of service performed by her husband she thinks this is not mistaken in as it regards this term. She is unable to procure any additional proof. In relation to the time the Battle of Stono was fought she is not positive & is as she thinks mistaken in the date of said Battle. Then from she is

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satisfied of that said enlistment Battle & Service took place previous to her marriage with said Benjamin Cook & that the Battle at Guilford took place after her marriage with said Benjamin Cook & that to the best of his knowledge said Benjamin Cook was out on the last term two months & as she was informed war in service that length of time She is reasonable to state what General officer commanded in the fact service of her s'd husband. She thinks Genl. Green was in command of some of the forces at that time but can not say certainly which then her husband was under him possibly he might have been She refers to & makes a pact hereof - her former declaration in this case so far on the [illegible] is not unconssanible with the statement    Catharine Cook [Signature]

sworn to & subscribed before me 
This day & Date above [illegible] 

James D. Mottley JPGC

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State of Kentucky Green County let

I James D. Mottley a Justice of the peace in & for the county & state aforesaid certify that the foregoing statement were this day subscribed & sworn to by said Catharine Cook & I further certify that said Catharine Cook is a person of undoubted veracity & that her statement are entitled to full credit & belief In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name this 24th day of Feby 1840
James D Mottley JPGC

State of Kentucky Green County let

I John Barret clerk of the Green county court & state aforesaid do certify that James D. Mottley where name is signed to the foregoing certificate is & was at the time of said certificate a Justice of the peace for the county & state aforesaid.  duly commissioned as such & that full faith & credit is due  to all his official acts as such & that his certificate is in due form 
In [illegible]

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whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my seal of office this 24th day of July 1840 

John Barret

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State of Kentucky Green County To wit

On this 20th day of August 1839 personally appeared before the undersigned a Justice of the peace to the county court of the county & state aforesaid Thomas Gains a resident of the county and state aforesaid aged 80 years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following statement to wit that he was personally acquainted with Benjamin Cook who is now Dec'd and who was the husband of Catharine Cook now his widow and who is now living in the county & state above named and who is about to make application to the government of the United States for a pension under the laws passed by congress for the relief of the Officers & Soldiers & their widows of the Revolution war he states that he was well acquainted with said Benjamin Cook from his Childhood till his marriage with Catharine Brewer his now surviving widow and lived a near neighbor to him for upwards of twenty five years after his said marriage and until he had children grown that in the year 1776 in the Spring of that year and not long before the Declaration of Independence in the county of Charlotte in the State of Virginia (where said Cook was raised & where he lived & was married) the said Benjamin Cook enlisted in the service of his country under one Captain Walton for the term or tour of twelve months and marched immediately in the company raised by said Walton & others and as he understood through the state of North Carolina and unto the state of South Carolina and was int he Battle fought at Stono in that year in the said State of South Carolina he states that he frequently heard & did at that

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day frequently hear this Battle spoken of as also that the said Cook was engaged therein and in all the conversation and reports with and by those of that day he never heard it once doubted but on the other hand all who were commissioned in them times of that day and who professed to know concurred in the fact and statement that said Cook was engaged in said battle he is not entitled to state how long said Cook was out and served on this tour of duty but from the last of his recollection and knowledge and belief and from the general report of all who were acquainted with said Cook and this Campaign he is satisfied he must have been out on this tour twelve months. He states that although he did not serve himself with said cook during the Tour of twelve months (as he was serving in a different part of the country) as before named yet he knows of his own personal knowledge that said Cook enlisted and entered the service for a tour of twelve months and that he marched from his place of residence under said enlistment and was absent from his residence is the best of s'd Gaines Knowledge and belief for twelve months and that the universal report and belief of the neighborhood at that time was that the said Cook was in actual Service during his absence and no doubt to the contrary ever existed so far as he knows, or has heard or believes. He states that about Two years or something like that after said Cook returned from the above named service that he intermarried with the before named Catharine Brewer his now surviving Widow which marriage took place in the Year (the best of it he thinks) 1779 in the said County of Charlotte the S. State of Virginia he was not present at the Celebration of this said Marriage but from Report and from the information

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of those who new their parent and professed to know he is satisfied that they were legally married at any rate they were always reorganized and looked upon by every one in the neighborhood and who now acquainted with them as man & wife they lived together to his own personal knowledge as man & wife for upwards of twenty five years and earned a large & respectable family of children all of whom he was acquainted with - after said Cook Marriage as before named and in the year 1781. the said Benjamin Cook volunteered his services in the s'd county of Charlotte in the state of Virginia in a company raised by Captain William Morton and himself and others in said county and march in the spring of that year immediately after said company was raised from s'd county through the counties of Halifax and Pitsylvania to Guilford Court House in the State of North Carolina with us & said Company and was int he Battle fought at Guilford in March (he thinks the 16th day) 1781. the length of time said Cook served this time was two months the volunteers however now raised for three months service was proclaimed however by  Col. Reed the Col of Charlotte County at that time that those who would volunteer for the service should be enlisted and considered as having served a full tour of duty although they might be discharged sooner than that time The officers who were in command in this services was Col Cock Magr. Hubbard Capt Morton Capt Thompson Capt McDowel Capt Dawson and himself the s'd Gaines who actid on ensign and also

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as a [illegible] he is not enabled to state the name of any other officers who commanded. That he now recollects in the first service of B. Cook [illegible] that of Captain Walton as before named. he states that is the best of his knowledge said Cook was born some where about the year 1757 or 1758 and that he departed this life in the s. County of Charlotte in the year 1806 immediately after when death his widow the said Catharine removed from hence to the county of Green in the State of Kentucky where she now living. he states that s'd Catharine is now he things about 80 years old. That he himself is a man in his eighty first year of his age he was born in the county of Hanover on the S. State of Virginia on the 7th day of July 1759. at least his age & birth is so remred & is he thinks correct. that he lived with his father in that county until he was four or five years of age & then removed from that to the county of Charlotte in S. State of Virginia & then he the s'd Gaines lived until the year 1817. when he removed to Green County in the State of Kentucky where he now lives he states the said Catherine Cook the widow of dec'd Benjamin has never been married but the one time he has lived not far from s'd Catharine in the said county of Green enn service his [illegible] to said county and is certain of the fact of her yet remarry the widow of said Benjamin Cook Dec'd as it regards the discharge which said Cook received from the twelve months service on first consend by him he states that he knows nothing of his own personal knowledge least that he understood that said

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Cook had received a discharge for twelve months service; as to the discharge for the last serviced rendered by s'd Cook he states that said Cook received from Capt William Morton a discharge for two months service.

Tho's Gaines

Sworn to & subscribed before me the day and date first above written Mason W Sherrill J.P G.C.

State of Kentucky Green County let

I Mason W Sherrill a Justice of the peace in and for the county and sate aforesaid do certify that the aforesaid Thomas Gains this day personally appeared before me and made oath to the foregoing statement and I further certify that the said Thomas Gains is a man of credibility & truth and that his said statement in relation is the service of Benjamin Cook and the said Catharine Cook is entitled to the full credit & belief given under my hand this 20th day of August 1839.
MW Sherill - J.P. G.C.

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State of Kentucky Green County scts

On this 3rd day of October 1839. personally appeared before the undersigned a Justice of the peace in & for the county court of Green County & State aforesaid Benjamin Cook a resident of this county of Green & State aforesaid who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following statement to and that he is personally acquainted with Catharine Cook who is about to make application to the Government of the United States for a pension. He states that he has frequently seen the old family Bible which belongs to the said Catharine Cook and which now belongs to her and in which is recorded the age & death of her husband Benjamin Cook & the age of herself & her marriage with said Benjamin Cook as well as the ages & death of her family he states that the record in the said Bible there. that the said Benjamin Cook was born on the 8th of April 1758 in Hanover County Virginia & departed this life int he county of Charlotte in S. State on the 27th of March 1806 aged 48 years that Catharine Brewer now Catharine Cook wife of Benjamin Cook was born on the 13th Septm 1759 & that said Benjamin Cook & Catharine Brewer was married on the 25th day of December 1779 & that Martha M Cook eldest child of the said

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Benjamin & Catharine Cook was born on the 25th day of January 1781. he states that he has seen this recorded in said Bible for a number of years past & which was from long using & age much mutilated & defaced & which he himself transcribed with the science of preserving the same. 

Signed
Beny B. Cook

Sworn & subscribed before me this day & date first above written

Signed 
Thomas R. Barnett J.P. G.C

State of Kentucky Green County toul
I Thomas R Barnett a Justice of the peace in and for the county & state aforesaid do certify that the aforesaid Benjamin Cook this day personally appeared before me & made oath to the foregoing statements, I further certify that said Benjamin Cook is a man of credibility & truth & that his said statements in relation to the record as spoken by him is entitled to full credit & belief given under my hand this 3rd day of October 1839 

Thomas R. Barnett J.P. G.C.

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State of Kentucky Green County set

I John Barret Clerk of the Green County Court certify James D. Mottley and Thomas R Barnett whose names appear to the foregoing certificates are both Justices of the peace in and for the said county and two of the presiding Justices of the Green County Court duly commissioned and qualified as such and that the foregoing signatures purporting to the be theirs are genuine and that full faith and credit are due and ought to be given to all their official acts as such 

In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal of Office and subscribed my name this 4th day of October 1839

John Barret
Clerk of the Green County Court 
By Andrew Monroe his Deupty