Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 34,607, Samuel Cooper, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Cooper Samuel
S. 34,607
CONTENTS

34 607 Rev INVALID.
File No. 34,607  am
Samuel Cooper
Rev War
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 8 , Page 84
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Massachusetts Roll.
1,577
Samuel Cooper,
Capt Day Private,
Mass. Line - 1778 - 9 months -
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 14 th of April 1818 .
Certificate of Pension issued the 30. of June 1818 , and sent to Mr. Hooker, Esq. Springfield, Mass.
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1818 .
Service - 11 months
4 months 21/30. $ 37.60
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818 }
Continued
West Springfield, Mass.
Resubmitted sent July 29 th 1820 to John Ingersoll, Springfield, Mass.

Samuel Cooperkins
14 April -
Correct Diff

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Hampton 3 County ss. On this 14 th day of April 1840 personally came & appeared before John Hooker Esquire Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Western Circuit in said Common- wealth including said County of Hampton. Samuel Cooper, a citizen of the United States, resident in West Springfield in said County who being duly sworn deposes & saith, that on or about the middle of March June 1778. He enlisted into the Army of the United States then called the Continental Army, into the Company commanded by Capt. Comstock in Col. Grayton's Regiment in the Massachusetts Line, for the term of nine months as a common soldier, - that he served during the whole of said term, & at the expiration of which term he was discharged by verbal order, near Crumbpond in New York - That in July 1780. he enlisted into Capt. Luke Day's Company, in Col. John Brooks Regiment in the Massachusetts Line, as a common soldier for the term of six ten months, that he served during said term last mentioned & was discharged by verbal order at Westpoint, - that his discharge was long since accidentally mislaid & that he has never been able to find it. - And this deponent further saith that he is in reduced circumstances in life & by reason thereof stands in need of his Country's assistance for support. — Samuel C. Cooper
I Samuel Barker, of West Springfield in the County of Hampton & Commonwealth of Massachusetts of lawful age do testify & say, that in the year 1778 I was a soldier in the Revolutionary Army & belonged to Capt. Barker's Company in Col. Meigs's Regiment - then stationed near White Plains in the State of New York - That during the months of June, July, August & September in said year 1778. I was personally acquainted with Samuel Cooper, & that I knew him to be in the Continental Service, & to belong to Col. Grayton's Regiment, & a Brigade commanded by one Gen. Rixon - That the said Cooper repeatedly told this deponent that he, the said Cooper was enlisted for the term of nine months - & that this deponent was personally ac- quainted with the said Cooper before said period above mentioned in 1778. & has been acquainted with him ever since that period & knows him to belong to West Springfield in the County of Hampton & Commonwealth aforesaid. & further this deponent saith not. — Samuel Barker

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Hampden ss.
BE IT REMEMBERED, That on the 14 th day of April A. D. 1818, came before me, JOHN HOOKER, Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Western Circuit in said State, and including the said county of Hampden the above named Samuel Cooper the Applicant & Sam d Barker severally
made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavits by them respectively subscribed, and hereto annexed. I do thereupon hereby declare, that it appears to my satisfaction, that the said Samuel Cooper the applicant did serve in the revolutionary war, against the common enemy, for more than nine months, on the continental establishment, as set forth in his affidavit aforesaid, and that he is yet a resident citizen of the United States, is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of assistance from his country for support. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the seal of the said Circuit Court for the said county of Hampden
to be affixed hereto, this 14 th day of April aforesaid
And I do therefore hereby certify the above as the testimony exhibited & transmit the said proceedings had before me in the said application to the Secretary of the Department of War of the United States.
John Hooker

Samuel Cooper
1577 West Springfield
June 1878
Con
Sep 1878

COMMONWEALTH OF
MASSACHUSETTS.
COUNTY of Hampshire ss.
ON this eighteenth day of July 182 0 , personally appeared, in open court, before the Circuit Court of Common Pleas the same being a Court of Record and so established by a Statute of said Commonwealth, said Court being now in session at Springfield within and for said county of Hampshire
Samuel Cooper aged sixty six years, resident in West Springfield Plantation who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows:
In Capt. Burnham's Company, in Col. Grayson's Regiment, in General M'Nair's Brigade in the Massachusetts line nine months, besides several services of from six to eight months duration.
My original declaration was made April 14, 1818 & My pension certificate is numbered 1.577.
I am by occupation a farmer, but the Rheumatism in my back & hip renders it impossible for me to acquire a living by this or other means. There are residing with me my wife Catherine aged 57 years who has not done a week's work for twelve months. My daughter Mercy aged fourteen years who earns as much as other persons of her age & I have been the subject of private charity.
And I do solemnly swear that I am a resident citizen of the United States, that I have not in any manner, disposition or part thereof, with intent thereby to diminish or evade the provisions of an Act of Congress, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States during the Revolutionary War," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property, or securities, contracts, or debts to me; nor have I any income, other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed.
SCHEDULE.
  one old table  one pair of shears    two old chests  Iron Ware    six chairs  glass ware    Crockery ware  two old tubs    Earthen Ware  three old beehives    Looking glass  brimstone & forks    Iron Ware  pail, - three tongs    Spoons  an old loom     loom tackling.  
Samuel Cooper
Sworn to and declared on the eighteenth day of July
before the Circuit Court of Common Pleas
John M'Gassell
Clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the County aforesaid do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said Court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is Nineteen Dollars and eighteen Cents.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, on this nineteenth day of July 182 0
John M'Gassell Clerk of the Courts for the County of Hampshire