Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 12567, William Cooper, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
Cooper, William
S. 12567
carded
CONTENTS

20.864 New York
William Cooper of Schenectady in the State of New York who was a Private in the Comp. commanded by Captain Defrest of the Regt. commanded by Col. V. R. Vanpelien the New York line for 9 months & 26 days
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 32 Dollars 86 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 10 day of Oct. 1833 and due to G. H. Yates Schenectady
Arrears to the 4th of Sep. '33 $ 82.15 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4th Dec. 16.43 $98.58
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J. C. H. Yates Clerk Book 8 Vol. 4 Page 93
Dead
Paid at the Treasury under the act of April 8 th 1838 from the 4 th Sept 1839 to the 22 nd Jan y 1840. Agt. Indorsed June 21 st 1842

State of New-York County of Schenectady } ss.
On this twelfth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirtytwo personally appeared in open Court before the Judges of the Court of common Pleas in and for said County, now sitting William Cooper a resident of the town of Glenville in said County & State, aged upwards of seventy years who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following dec- laration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 -
He was born in the township of Schoharie in the County of Albany now of Schoharie in the state of New York on the thirteenth — day of July 1762 He has no record of his age except that contained in the Register kept by the High Dutch Reformed Church of Schoharie —
When he was called into the service of the United States in the army of the revolution, he was living in Greenbush in said County of Albany — and since the revolutionary War he has lived in Greenbush aforesaid, from thence about six years ago he moved to Schaghticoke & from thence to Glenville & he now lives in the said town of Glenville & has lived in the aforesaid town of Glenville for the last two years —
He entered the service of the United States under the follow- ing named officers and served as herein stated.
On the first day of July 1777 he enlisted in Captain Jacob Defreest's Com- pany of militia in the Regiment Commanded by Colonel Henry Van Rensselaer. His other Company & Field Officers whom he recollects were

Jacob van Alstine Quarter Master. From said first day of July until and after the surrender of Burgoyne and his army, he was out in said Company with the Northern American Army at Fort Edward, Saratoga & the other posts in that quarter occupied by the American troops during the northern Campaign of that year, being for the term of more than three months. Colonel Van Rensselaer being wounded, he thinks in said month of July Colonel Stephen Schuyler succeeded him & continued to have the Command of said Regiment until the surrender of Burgoyne.
In the fall of the year 1778, he was drafted to go out in Captain George Sharp's Company of Militia or State troops under a Colonel whose name he does not recollect and served in said engagement for the term of three months at Fort Paris in Stone Arabia. In the year last named he performed garrison duty at Saratoga for the term of two weeks but cannot now recollect the names of the officers under whom he then served, nor yet the particular period of the year. He also mounted guard at Schenectady for the term of two months and an half he thinks in the year 1778 -
In the fall of the year 1779, he served again in said Company of Captain George Sharp in an expedition to Schoharie and remained about two weeks in garrison at the lower fort of that place and for the like term of two weeks in the Schoharie middle fort.
A few months thereafter he served under the same Captain in an expedition to Beaver-

dam in pursuit of about 150 Tories who rendezvoused at that place. He was from home in this expedition between three and four weeks. And thus the whole period of his services in said war was twelve months not including several short tours, the particular periods of which he cannot call distinctly to mind, and of which he makes no account.
He never during said war enga- ged in any battles, except an encounter with a party of Tories when he the Claimant was in a scouting party at Spiegeltown (now Lansingburgh) in New York State.

THE FOLLOWING are the names of some of the regular officers whom he knew, or who were with the troops where he served, and such continental and militia regiments or companies with which he served, or as he can recollect, viz :
Major Leonard Van Buren, General Gaenervoort, Colonel Van Schaijk, General Van Brock & others
He never received any written discharge from the service.
He has no _____ documentary evidence, and knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service except those whose depositions are hereto annexed
The following are the names of persons to whom he is known in his present neighborhood, and who can testify as to his character for veracity, and their belief of his services as a soldier of the revolution, to wit Derrick C. Groot and Henry H. Barringer -
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever, to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State.
Subscribed and sworn to the day and year first aforesaid
John S. Woerman
Clerk.
his Wm X Cooper mark
County of Schenectady ss.
(William Cooper the applicant before named being duly sworn saith that by reason of old age & the consequent loss of memory he cannot recollect all the tours in which he engaged, nor the number of days he served in each other than those enumerated in the preceding declaration & herein again specified to wit - as a private soldier - for three months in the northern expedition against Burgoyne, and at least ten days at Stone Arabia three months - at Saratoga two weeks at Schenectady two months and an half under command of his Captain

George Sharp - at Schoharie two weeks, viz at the lower fort, and two weeks in the middle fort of Schoharie - at Beaverdam four weeks - This Deponent served in a great many other expeditions the partic- ulars of which this Deponent cannot recollect and therefore he makes no account thereof, but for the aforesaid terms amounting in all to ten months and an half this De- ponent claims a pension -
Subscribed & sworn this } his 21 st June 1833, } William L. Cooper before me W m Strong } marks Justice of the Peace
I John S. Vrooman Clerk of said County, do hereby certify, that William Strong before whom the foregoing deposition of William Cooper has been taken, do hereby certify, that was on the day of the date thereof a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, and that the signature to the jurata of said affidavit purporting to be his, is genuine
Witness my hand & seal of office this 23 rd day of July 1833
John S. Vrooman Clerk

County of Rensselaer ss. Christopher Norton of the town of Clay in the County of Onondaga in the state of New York, maketh oath and saith that he is well acquainted with William Cooper of the town of Glenville in the County of Schenectady in said State an applicant for a pension under the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832, both before & in the time of the revolutionary war - that he this Deponent was in service with said William Cooper at Stone Arabia for the term of three months during said war, was also with him in Schenectady for the term of two months and two weeks - was also at Saratoga with said William Cooper for the term of one month - this Deponent does not remember to have done military duty with said William Cooper at any other places than those above stated during said war, and further this Deponent saith not -
Subscribed and sworn before me this 25 th day of June 1832 -
his Christopher X Norton mark
H T W Martin Justice Peace
County of Rensselaer ss. Cornelius Myers of the town of Lansingburgh in the County aforesaid, maketh oath and saith, that he is now, and was both before and in the time of the revolutionary war well acquainted with the above named William Cooper - that he this deponent was in service with said William Cooper during said war at Stone Arabia for the term of three months in the Company of Captain George Sharp - Fisher Commandant of said fort - that he also served with said William at Schenectady for the term of two months and an half that they were in service together at Saratoga about one month, also at Fort Edward for one month - also at the Schoharie forts for the term of one month - and was also with said William Cooper in an expedition to Beavertown for the term of three weeks and further this Deponent saith not.
Subscribed and sworn this 21 st day of June 1832 before me
his Cornelius X Myers mark
H T W Martin

County of Rensselaer } John Bloomingdale of the town of Greenbush in the County of Rensselaer maketh oath and saith that he is well acquainted with William Cooper bothe before and in the revolution and was with him at the time that Capt Sharp lay at Stone Robby was also with at Saratoga was with him at fort Edward and was was with at Bemus Height and other places probably not now recolled and verily believes that the statements made in the above depositions set forth are true John Bloomingdale I sworn & subscribed this 21 day of June 1832 before me H V W Master Justice Peace
State of New York Rensselaer County ss. I hereby certify that Henry V. W. Master Esqr. whose name is subscribed to the three last affidavits (signed by Christopher Norton, Cornelius Myers, and John Bloomingdale) as Justice of the Peace was on the day of the date that the said affidavits purports to have been subscribed and sworn, One of the Justices of the Peace in and for the said County of Rensselaer. And further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said Justice and verily believe the signature "H. V. W. Master" thereto subscribed to be his proper hand writing In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County this 21 st day of June 1832 Archibald Sull Clerk per N. Howard Junr Deputy

I, Henry V. W. Masten before whom the preceding depositions of Christopher Norton, Cornelius Myers & John Bloomendall were taken, do hereby certify that said Christopher Cornelius & John are men of credibility & that their statements are entitled to credit. Witness my hand this 6 th day of July 1833. I have no personal acquaintance with said Christopher, and therefore cannot positively certify as to his credibility, yet know nothing against or reputation or character, and believe him to be a credible person.
H. V. W. Masten Justice Peace
State of New York Rensselaer County ss. I Henry R Bristol Clerk of the said County do certify that Henry V. W. Masten Esqr. to whom the above Certificate of credibility appears to have been given was at the time of giving the same one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the County of Rensselaer that I am well acquainted with his handwriting and sincerely believe his signature to said Certificate to be genuine Witness my hand and Seal of Office this 6 th day of July 1833
Henry R. Bristol Clerk
Am Cooper side of no other witness

No 18443
Mr Cooper, NY
C. J.
Admitted
Private 9 mrs & 26 days
Giles F. Yates agent
Schenectady
New York

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
May 13 1835
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Wm Cooper, of Schenectady Co. New York.
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Enlisted 1777 over 3 Private Capt. Jacob DeForest Lieut. John Ponda Col. Henry Van Renselaer Major Simon D. Schuyler 3. Fort Edm. Saratoga Greenbush Albany Co New York - Aged 70 Testimony of Living Witnes?   Drafted 1780 3 Capt. George Sharp 2. Fort Paris Saratoga   1780 14   2   1779 14 Capt. George Sharp 3. Schenectady   1777 28 Capt. George Sharp 2. Beekman   9 26  
alleged Whole service was over 12 months
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this _____ day of _____ personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of _____ in the county of _____ and State, Territory or District of _____ aged (c) _____ 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 provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) _____, with _____ and served in the _____ (e) regiment of the _____ line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. [This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of _____
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I _____ of the Court of _____ do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this _____ day of _____ &c.
If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the _____ and C. D. residing in (the same) _____ hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _____ 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.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. _____ who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the _____ and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the _____ and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, _____ Clerk of the Court of _____ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this _____ day of _____ &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person

will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it? { To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?  7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that he answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, 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. 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."
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 , 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 shown 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.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he 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.
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 papers 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.
Proof of Service.
[j] 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 claimant's 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.
[k] The notes from [a] to [j] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

GEO. A. DAVIS FRUITS - GREEN ... AND DRIED MEXICO, N. Y.
U. JAN 16 1906 FILES. P. B.
STRAWBERRY HILL
Mexico, N. Y. Jan 13 1906
Mr. Pension Department Washington D.C.
Dear Sir:
Your favor of Will you kindly send me the Revolutionary War record of William Cooper of Poughkeepsie (or near there) N.Y. and Judah Hart (of Farmington at one time) Conn
Yours truly Mrs George A Davis Mexico. Oswego Co New York

7.B.7.
Reuben
12567 INVALID.
1906. Feb. 12. History to Mrs. Geo. A. Davis
File No. 12, 5-6, 7
William Cooper Dis. Rev. War.
Act: June 1 st 32
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 78
[Arrangement of 1870.]

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
SECOND COMPROLLER'S OFFICE,
July 11 th 1842.
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 administration of William Cooper, deceased, late a Pensioner on the Roll of the Albany, N.Y.
Agency, at the rate of Thirty two — Dollars and
86 Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June
1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of Sept. 1839, to the 22 nd Jan'y 1840.
Respectfully, yours,
John B. Harris
Comptroller
To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS,
Present.

18443 Wm Cooper applicant for a pension - Nov 23 rd - 1832.
No 47. To the care of Giles H. Yates Schenectady N.Y. perfect

To all whom it may concern
This is to certify that William, Son of Christian Cooper, was born July 13 th 1762 according to the records of our Church, which was made at his baptism Nov 27 th 1762. His sponsors at his baptism were Wm Raney and Elizabeth his wife
I testify to the above to be agreeable to the rec- -ords of our Church Paul Weidman Pastor of the High Dutch Reformed church Schoharie
Schoharie July 2 d 1832

WE Henry H. Barringer residing in the town of Glenville in the county of Schenectady aforesaid, and Derrick C. Groot residing in the town of Niskayuna in said County do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with William Cooper who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy 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.
Subscribed and sworn the { day and year aforesaid}
John S. Vrooman
Clerk.
Derrick C. Groot Henry H. Barringer
AND THE SAID COURT do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war department, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the court further certifies, that it appears to them that Henry H. Barringer who has signed the above certificate is a resident of said town of Glenville and that Derrick C. Groot who also signed the same, is a resident in the town of Niskayuna aforesaid - are both credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit. And the court further certifies that satisfactory evidence has been adduced to them to prove that the annexed certificate purporting to be signed by Rev. Wiedman a clergyman of Cohoes in said State of New York is genuine. I John S. Vrooman Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for the county of Schenectady do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of William Cooper for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this thirteenth — day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two.
John S. Vrooman Clerk.