Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 3185, Stephen Cooke, New Jersey New York

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Service New Jersey 
Cooke, Stephen 
Number S.3185
New York 
or Cook
carded

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[ Down left side of paper]

No. 5596
New Jersey

Stephen Cooke

of Morris Co. in the State of N. Jersey
who was a private in the company commanded
by Captain Ward of the Regt. commanded
by Col. Ford in the N. Jersey Mil.
line for 7 months. --

Stephen Cooke, NY & NJ Line Records ok, Feb 11 04

Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey
at the rate of 23 Dollars 33 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 12 day of Feby.
1833 and sent to Hon. L. Condict.  H. R.

Arrears to 4th Sept. 1832  
Soms =anl. allowance ending 4, March 1833}

34.99
11.66
_______
$46.65


{Revolutionary Claim Act June 7, 1832}

Recorded by D. Brown Clerk
Book D. Vol. 4 Page 145


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Order to pag. 1 h Sept. 1839.

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 D. Feb 22 - 1845  [illegible

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Stephen Cooke
No 4,632

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Declaration, In order to Obtain the Benefit of the Act
of Congress, Passed June 7, 1832

State of New Jersey, County of Morris} ss.

On this sixth day of August 1832, personally
appeared in open court, before the Judge of
the court of Common Pleas now sitting
Stephen Cook a resident of Hanover Township in the
County of Morris and State of New-Jersey, aged eighty nine
years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following
declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.

That he entered the service of the United States, under the following named Officers,
and served as herein stated:

Sometime in the summer of 1775 a British fleet appeared
off Montauk ^ Long Island, New York [end insert] and it was thought were about to carry off cattle, and this deponent was called out in a Company of [“Minute men” crossed out] Militia under the command
of Captain Jno. Sanford-  Captain Hulbert was present ^ & commanded the Minute Men [end insertion] & Major Jona 
Dr. Buel was present under arms accounted as a soldier.  In April 1776 he 
 removed to Hanover, Morris County, new Jersey, and was soon after called out
under Capt. Isaac Halsey employed on guard duty upon the lines & at first first a
he thinks for one month.  He was out nearly all the time in the Fall & winter
of ’76 & ’77, when Washington retreated through New Jersey and the British came over
from New York he retreated with Washington as far as [inserted] N. [end insertion] Brunswick, and
was out nearly all winter at the battle of Bloomfield, at Second River, &
forded the River at Slotter Dam and went into the huts that had been
occupied the night previously by the British went on the Aquacanock & from
there to Newark. He is quite unable to say how long he was out upon these
[“engagements” crossed out] occasions.  He was at a skirmish at Springfield he thinks it was
In the ’76 or ’77 when Colonl Ford had command of the battalion-
He was also stationed at Newark a number of times. he re^members that
Lieutenant Colonel Bott was in command also at the Springfield skirmish
He was also at Morristown under Captains Ward, Baldwin, Hall &
Josiah Crane, and once at Morris under Hiram Smith who had
Command of the Guard.  He was out in service at the when
The Pennsylvania troops, became disaffected and were about leaving the
Army.  During the several tours above – mentioned this deponent was with his
Company for the most part employed in keeping guard to prevent
Enemy from landing on the Jersey shore and to prevent the
Plunder.  He was in many towns under Colonel Bension Hathaway &
General Winds.  The Militia was called outby Classes one half of a Company
one month, and the other part the next month, and upon any alarm the
whole [illegible word crossed out] was called out –
See the two annexed affidavits
12 months [illegible]

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From the commencement of the war in ’75 to the close until the
Capture of Cornwallis that deponent with the Militia of his neighborhood
was a great part of the time in active service – but from great
defect of memory this deponent is entirely unable to specify the
particular monthly tours or to state with minuteness either the dates
or the officers under whom [begin insert] they [end insert] were performed further than he has done in the previous part of this declaration.

This deponent was born in Suffolk county Long
Island on the 25th day of December 1752 as appears from the
family record now in his possession where he remained until April
1776 when he removed to Hanover Morris County N. Jersey where he
Has since resided.

For testimony to his character for veracity he refers
to Deacon John Ball, his former Ensign, & to Jerimiah Howell, both of 
whom are his neighbours & have known him well for more than 50 years &
to them he refers for his character for truth, & in regard to a general belief in
the neighbourhood, that he was a revolutionary soldier.

He never received a written discharge nor a communication
Besides the officers who commanded his company, he remembers Col Bott,
Col. Ford, Col. Suly & Col. Frelinghuysen.  Col. Hathaway also
He remembers being out under command of General Winds & probably under
Heard also. --  And he verily believes, that in all his terms of Militia service,
he has served as much as fifteen months. --  In corroboration of a part of   
his service, he refers to the deposition of Hiram Smith Esq, John Ball,
& Jerimiah Howell, attached by seals to this deposition, & which he desires
May be considered a part thereof. --

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Newjersey Morris County} SS; Be it remembered that
on the thirty first day of July A. D. 1832
before the Inferior court of Common
Pleas in & for the County of Morris
Personally appeared Col. Hiram Smith
of Hanover in this said County who
being duly sworn according to law
on his oath Saith that he has been
acquainted with Stephen Cook
of Hanover in said County since
the year 1776 – knows that the said 
Stephen Cook served as a private
in the militia in the revolutionary
War – deponent was [crossed out "an"] the commanding
officer of the guard he thinks in the
month of July 177 – at Morristown
in said County & the said Stephen
Cook then served under ^ him one
Month at Morristown aforesaid.
 
Sworn & Subscribed
 in open court on the
day and year above written} [signed] Hiram Smith

[signed] Jesse Upson

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Morris Com. Pleas, July & August Special Term 1832 –
Personally appeared this day in open Court, on this 6th day of August, 1832,
John Ball, of Hanover in said County, well known as a
credible witness by this Court, who having been solemnly affirmed
doth declare – that he served on several tours of Militia duty
in the war of the revolution, under command of Capt. Isaac
Hallsey, & was out upon duty alternate months more or less
nearly during the whole period of the war & generally under the same
Captain Halley, & believes he was out as much as twelve months on
different occasions, – serving at Elizth…town – at the points – Mending
places in that neighbourhood  -- at Newark -- at Bergen, Acquackanak,
Hackensack, Wardsesson (now Bloomfield)  Springfield, - in the retreat
with Genl. Washington’s army thro’ the Jersies, called Mud rounds, & at
various other times not now remembered.--  That he lives in the same
n^eybbourhood with Stephen Cook & Jerimiah Howell, & knew
them both very well - that they both lived within the bounds of the 
same Militia Company with his Deponent , & performed the same
tour of duty with this Deponent, under Capt. Isaac Hallsey &
General Winds. -- He believes that said Stephen Cook, now an applicant
for a pension under the law of Congress of June 7th 1832, was
associated with this Deponent upon almost every tour & has no doubt he was
on duty as aforesaid as much as nine months & more probably twelve
months, at different tours.--  This Deponent was a ensign in Capt
Hallseys Company & acted as such .  See his original Commission
accompnaying his Declaration in the War office. --   Further saith not.

[signed] John Ball

Affirmed in open Court, August 6th, 1832 
before me [signed] Stephen Vail

Jerimiah Howell of said County, well known to this Court as a 
reliable witness, being also duly sworn declares, after hearing the forgoing deposition
read,  that he was living in the same neighbourhood with Stephen Cooke &
Ensign Ball, both of whom he knew then & still knows – that he also served tours 
of duty above spoken of & has a distinct remembrance,  that his neighbour
Stephen Cook, was in the same company with him, doing duty for a period of
9 months & probably 12 months if summed together.

[signed] Jeremiah Howell

Sworn in open Court before me, August 6th 1832.
[signed] Stephen Vail

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He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension annuity except the present,
and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State, [crossed out "is only
on that of the Agency of the State of New Jersey.

Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
[signed]  Stephen Veil   [signed]  Stephen Cooke

We, John Ball & Jerimiah Howell
residing in the County of Morris
hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Stephen Cooke
who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be
seventy nine years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the
neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur
in that opinion
Sworn and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.

[signed]  Stephen Vail  [signed] John Ball

[signed] Jerimiah Howell

And the said court do declare their opinion, after investigation of the matter,
and after putting interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above
maned applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states.  And the court
further certifies, that it appears to them, that John Ball and Jeremiah
Howell
who have signed the preceding certificate, are
residents in the Township of Hanover in
the County aforesaid, and [crossed out illegible word 
"who has also signed the same is a resident in the
and"] and are credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit.

[signed] Stephen Vail

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Steohen Cook

No 4651

New Jersey

Lusp.  7.  [illegible]. `833

Obj. 5.14.16

[illegible] L. Condict

28 Jany 1833
Obj. 5.14.16

P 197

P 223.

Admitted
7 months
$22.33

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BRIEF in the case of Stephen Cook of Hanover
County of Morris in the State of New Jersey
(Act 7th June, 1832.)

1.  Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge?  Court

2.  If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? 

3.  How old is he?  89

4.  State his service, as directed in the form annexed.

[Column headings:  Period.  Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.]

[a]  in 1775 nearly all fall and winter of 1776, 1777. Private. Capt. Sanford. Capts. Ward, Baldwin, Halsey, Hal & Crane.

[b.] bal. of 1776 out all Winter Battle of Bloomfield. 1 [month]. do. Cols. Ford & Hathaway.

5.  In what battles was he engaged?

6.  Where did he reside when he entered the service?

Morris County New Jersey

7.  Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by
incidental evidence, or by the rolls?

Living & Traditionary

8.  Are the papers defective as to form or authentication?  and if so, in what respect?  Defective
papers not attached or service stated as required

I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above
mentioned.

He states "From great defect of 
memory this Deponent is entirely
unable to specify the times or
officers}

[signed] Joel Wilson Examining Clerk.

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April 11, 1932

BA-J/AWF
XXXXXXXXXXXX
Stephen Cooke
S. 3185

Mr. Allen L. Stokes
New Brunswick, P. O. Box 397
New Jersey

Reference is made to your letter requesting
information in regard to Stephen Cook of Morris
County, New Jersey, a soldier of the
Revolution.

The data furnished herein were obtained from
the papers in pension claims, S. 3185, based
upon Revolutionary War service of Stephen Cooke.

He was born December 25, 1752 in Suffolk Couty,
Long Island.

While residing there he served in 1775 in
Captain John Sanford’s company of New York militia under
Major Jonathan Hedges, length of service not stated.

He moved to Hanover, Morris County, New Jersey,
and served from sometime in April 1776, at various
times as a private with the New Jersey troops, under
Captain Isaac Halsey, Ward, Baldwin, Hall, Josiah
Crane, Hiram Smith, and Colonels Ford and Benoni
Hathaway, was in the battle of Springfield, and skirmishes
at Bloomfield, Second River, and several until the close
of the war, amounting in all to fifteen months.

He was allowed pension on his application
executed August 6, 1832, then a resident of Hanover
Township, Morris County, New Jersey.

He died February 22, 1845.  [“A. B.” inserted]  There are no data as
to his family.

Very truly yours

A.	D. Hiller
B.	Assistant to Administrator

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[left half of paper]
Mch 2, 1896
S. Cook pensioner to
Miss H. W. Cook
Topeka Kan
~
1932 – April 11 – licst to me
Allen L. Stokes

[left side of paper]

Rev War

3185 INVALID.

File No. 3185
Stephen Cook
Privt Rev War

Act:  June 7” 1832
Index:-Vol. A, Page 73
Arrangement of 1870.]
Stephen Cooke, N.Y. & N. J. Line.  Records corrected
Feby 11 649

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P.O. Box New Brunswick, N.J.
Mar 5 – 1932

Commissioner of Pensions
Washinton, D. C.
Dear Sir,
At your convenience, please
advise me whether anyone ever received
a pension on the Revolutionary War
service of Stephen Cook, Morris Co., N.J.

very truly yours,
Albert L. Stokes

[upside down oval date stamp for the “Revolutionary & 1812 Wars Bureau of Pensions” for Mar 7, 1932]

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[illegible] Bank
Pension Office
Septem 12, 1839

Sir:
The Enclosed voucher requires your
special attention for payment
[illegible] your Obts
W. P. Hunt for
P. Dickinson, Pns