Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 46,433, David Cobb, Continental Mass.

SERVICE
Cobb, David
NUMBER
Continental Mass.
S. 46,433
P.L.W. 331-500-lob. Issued Apr. 20. 1790. No papers, an entry opposite this warrant reads "N.B. This warrant lod. at the War office and a Certificate inscribed on the back of it Dec. 18. 1810".
CONTENTS

Nov 1890 To Philip L Cobb Cleveland Ohio (See Inv OW 6354) 1917 Sept. 25. Hist. to Mrs. F. M. Burwash. $
1920, Dec. 14 Hist. to Ida L. Marshall - Ev-
[3-230.] Cert.
No. 162
Re-Issues.
Henry
1164133
Name: David Cobb Rank: Lieut. Colonel Comp'y: _____ Reg't: 5 th Mass Line
Agency.
RATE PER MONTH, AND DATE OF COMMENCEMENT.
1st Issue. { _____ Comm'g _____ 2d Issue. { _____ Comm'g _____ 3d Issue. { _____ Comm'g _____
DATE OF CERTIFICATE, AND TO WHOM SENT.
1st Issue. { _____ Sent to _____ 2d Issue. { _____ Sent to _____ 3d Issue. { _____ Sent to _____
Act 14th July, 1862. Bk. G., Vol. _____, Page _____
Registering Clerk: _____
Allowed Oct 1828.
Disability. { _____

Rev 1-8836
Mount Pleasant Mich. Sept. 21, 1917
U S Pension Bureau Washington
Is it possible, through this department, to gain information relative to the life, family, and the service to the government, during the War of the Revolution, of General David Cobb of Farnsworth, Mass.
Any information will be gratefully received
Sincerely
Mrs F. M. Burwash

Res Acc Issued
Macdon Center N.Y.
6-1920
one 28 stamped more red ok
Dept. of Interior Washington D.C. Res.
Please send me the Rev. War record of Colonel Cotts who served on Washington staff as aid. Given name not known.
David L. Marshall.
Recd stamped envelope
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46.433

Taunton June 13. 1828.
Sir
I herewith transmit my declaration to authorise the payment by your Department of the amount due me under the late "Act for the relief of certain surviving Officers and soldiers of the Army of the Revolution" - accompanied by my Commission as Lieut. Col. - By transmitting the sum due me, by mail, directed here you , will oblige
Your O be d t Servant David Cobb
By returning my Commission when registered, you will confer a favour. Not on file in Pension Bureau, Sept 25, 1917.

not on file in Pension Bureau - Sept. 25, 1917. & Commission in favor of David Cobb as Lt Col; in Col. Jackson's Regt. to rank from 1 Febr y 1799 & dated 26 Oct r . 1780. —

No. of orig Pay 162
178
{ Allowed act 1828
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
10 July 1828.
David Cobb of Gouldsborough in the County of Hancock — in the State of Maine — has applied to the Secretary of the Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled "An Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the army of the Revolution," approved on the 15th of May, 1828. He states that he was as an officer on the Continental line, and served as such to the end of the war,
at which period he was a lieut Colonel commandant in the fifth regiment of the Massachusetts line; and that he received commutation certificates for the five years full pay granted by the resolve of 22 March, 1783; and, further, that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of March, 1826, Nothing . dollars, paid to him by the agent in the State of
The Third Auditor is requested to report how far these several statements are corroborated by the records in his office.
By order of the Secretary, A. Dickinson.
# 2271 P. outfit
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE, 11. July 1828
It appears by the records in this office, that final settlement certificates have been issued for the commutation of five years full pay to David Cobb - Colonel - - in the Massachusetts line, amounting to Forty five Hundred - dollars.
It further appears that David Cobb - not is now on the pension list of the any - - - agency, and has been since the 3 d March 1826 at the rate of  not per month.
Wm H Agner Aud
No Record not
Nov 12/30
correct/ 3550

For the purpose of obtaining the benefits of an Act, entitled, "AN ACT FOR THE RELIEF OF CERTAIN SURVIVING OFFICERS AND SOLDIERS OF THE ARMY OF THE REVOLUTION," approved on the 15th day of May, 1828, I, David Cobb, of Taunton in the County of Bristol in the State of Massachusetts do hereby declare, that I was an Officer in the Continental Line of the Army of the Revolution, and served as such to the end of the War: I was a Lieutenant Colonel attached to the Ninth Massachusetts Regiment and so remained till January 1783, when I was promoted to the command of the Fifth Regiment in the Massachusetts Line: - in which last Command I remained till the Army was disbanded in June 1783: - but the Commission constituting me Lieut. Col. Commandant, I never took from the War Office. I afterwards remained in the Family of the Commander in Chief as his Aid till the last of December 1783, when he retired: - My Commission as Lieut. Colonel is herewith transmitted
And I also declare, that I afterwards received Certificates (commonly called Commutation Certificates) for a sum equal to the amount of five years' full pay; which sum was offered by the resolve of Congress, of the 22d of March, 1783, instead of the half pay for life, to which I was entitled under the resolve of the 21st of October, 1780.
David Cobb
BEFORE ME, Francis Baylies of Taunton in the County of Bristol and in the County of Bristol in the State of Massachusetts personally appeared, this day, Alfred Williams Esq. and Thomas Weatherby Esq. of the said County, who did, severally, make oath, that General David Cobb, by whom the foregoing declaration was subscribed, is generally reputed and believed to have been an Officer in the Army of the Revolution, in manner as therein stated, and I further certify that the above-named witnesses are personally known to me and are men of veracity. Witness my hand, this Thirteenth day of June in the year of our Lord one Thousand Eight Hundred and Twenty eight. Francis Baylies Justice of Peace for said County of Bristol

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Bristol ss.
I James Osnoat. Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County of Bristol, do hereby certify that Francis Baylies, Esquire, before whom the foregoing affidavits were sworn, was, at the time, a Justice of the peace, and duly qualified to administer oaths.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court of Common Pleas this twelfth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight, J. Osnoat.

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of David Cobb a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his ( or his widow's ) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau. S. 46,433
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     July 1, 1777 to Jan'y 1783 Lieutenant Colonel Henry Jackson Mass.   Jan'y 1783 to June 1783 Lt Colonel commanding 5 th Regt "   + continued to last of Dec. 1783 on General Washington's staff.  
Battles engaged in, ✓
Residence of soldier at enlistment , enlistment date not stated : Goldborough, Hancock Co., Me.
Date of application for pension, June 13, 1828. His claim was allowed.
Residence at date of application, Taunton, Bristol Co., Mass.
Age at date of application, not stated.
Remarks: X the is no family data whatever on file.
X He at one time lived in Goldborough, Hancock Co., Me. data not stated
David Cobb Jan'y 77 - July 80 Lt. Col. H. Jackson's ad. July 80 - Jan'y 81 " " 16 th Mass. Jan'y 81 - Jan'y 83 " " 9 th " Jan'y 83 - June 83 Commanding 5 th " June 83 to camp to Washington Jan'y 81 - Jan'y 83.
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Respectfully,
Commissioner.