Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 2,264, Joseph Cook, Mass.

Mass.
Costa, Joseph
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Journal
Ohio
Act 7 June 1852
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State of Ohio } Huron County } ss. on this 29 th day of July A.D. 1842 for
personally appeared before the Subscriber Albert G. Sutton one of the associate judges of the court of Common Pleas of Huron County, Ohio, Joseph Cook a resident of Townsend in the said County, aged ninety three years who being 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 "Bridges" passed June 7. 1832; That he was a soldier of the Revolution, the volunteer. That he resided in New Marlborough, Berkshire County, Massachusetts. That he volunteered in June 1777 under Captain James Wheeler and Lieutenant Reuben Beman to go to the Hudson River and he went onto Tallman's Island to watch two British ships, the "Phoenix" and the "Rose". he went from them up a creek with the company of volunteers, about seven miles to watch the Tories and in September they went to meet Burgoyne; he was taken sick at Lansingburgh and was carried home. In 1778 he went to Stillwater under Captain Simon Adams and Lieutenant Spalding and that he was out a number of times during the war, (but in no engagements) as much as seven months in all, but his memory is so defective that he cannot give farther particulars. That he was born on the 27 th day of September 1751. That he has no documentary evidence and that he knows of no person who can testify to his services and that from the infirmities of age he is not able to attend the court in order to make his declaration.
That by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of time services but according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than seven months as a volunteer and for such service he claims a pension. 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 or agency of any state. Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid. before me Albert G Sutton. Joseph Cook
Judge of Huron County
We Records M. Vining a clergyman residing in the Township of Tursahund, Huron County, Ohio, and James Arnold residing in the same place hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Joseph Cook who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be ninety three years of age; that he is respected and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier in the Revolution; and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid, before me A G Sutton Judge of Huron County Records M Vining James Arnold
I Albert G. Sutton an associate judge of the Huron County, Ohio, Court of Common Pleas, do hereby declare my 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 I further certify that it appears to me that Records M. Vining who has signed the pre- ceding certificate is a clergyman resident in Tursahund in said County and that James Arnold is a credible person; and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Albert G Sutton Judge of Huron County

The Records W. Vining & James Arnold being duly sworn do depose & say, that affiant's memory was good Joseph Booth the foregoing applicant, has given as the particulars of more than seven months service in the Revolutionary war; that he was then & still is a man of truth & veracity and that within a few years his memory has become very much impaired and that his deaf- ness is such that he cannot attend court.
Subscribed & sworn to the day & year aforesaid. Records & Vining James Arnold
Subscribed & sworn to before me this 29 th day of July A.D. 1844. A. Galtatin Sutton Judge of Warren County
The State of Ohio } Warren County } I, Matthew Alling Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County of Warren do certify that A. Galtatin Sutton Esq. is a lawful Magistrate as above and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his are genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the Seal of said Court at Newark this 29 th day of July A.D. 1844 P. Alling Clerk, H.C.P.
Direct to East Spencerville Warren County. Ohio

POWER OF ATTORNEY—Revolutionary Pension Claims.
Know all Men by these Presents, That I, Aaron Cook son of Joseph Cook my Father, deceased, of Townsend Township of Huron County and State of Ohio do hereby constitute and appoint Samuel A. Pugh , of Washington City & District of Columbia my true and lawful Agent and Attorney, to prosecute the Claim of my Father to a Revolutionary Pension , or substitute of Pension , that may be due; and I hereby author- ize him to examine all the papers and documents in relation to said claim, on file in the Depart- ment at Washington City , or elsewhere; to file additional evidence or arguments; and to receive the Cer- tificate which may be issued for said Claim, which Certificate I wish made payable to the Henry Joseph Cook to appoint one or more substitutes under him for the purposes herein expressed; and to do all things that I might or could do were I personally present. Hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said Attorney and Agent shall lawfully do in the premises. & hereby rescinding all other powers made in the premises. Witness my hand and Seal this 13 th day January A. D., 1852.
Aaron Cook (S.S.)
Signed and Sealed in the presence of }
John G. String Miles P. Williams
STATE OF Ohio } ss: COUNTY OF Huron
On this Thirteenth day of January A. D. 1852 before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, personally appeared Aaron Cook and acknowledged the foregoing Power, of Attorney to be his act and deed, for the purposes therein mentioned.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I hereunto set my hand, } the day and year aforesaid.
O. H. Knapp J. Peace.
S. A. Pugh Washington D.C.

Claim of Act of
STATE OF COUNTY
ss.
Be it known, That on this day of A. D., eighteen hundred and fifty , before the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared a resident of in said County, and made oath according to law that he is the
who was a Revolutionary Pensioner
at the rate of Dollars per annum ; that has been informed that the said Pension ought to be increased ; that he is directly interested as a claimant in said Pension, and makes this affidavit to be filed with such additional evidence or arguments as my Agent may use in prosecuting said claim.
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid, before me. J. Peace.
Joseph Cook Ohio Sept. 2. cur 1852
I, Justice of the Peace, in and for said County do hereby certify that who executed the foregoing paper is a respectable resident of this County, and is, I believe, directly interested in said claim as therein set forth.
J. Peace.
I, Clerk of the Court in the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that before whom the foregoing papers were executed, was, at the date of the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly authorized by law to administer oaths ; and the name thereunto subscribed, is signature.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my official Seal, this day of A. D. 185
Clerk.

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Janu - 13 - 1900 Mil. Histy to A. J. Turner Portage Wis.
2264
No.
Joseph Cook
Service:
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
REJECTED
Application filed: _____, 18
Pages:
Re-enlisted:
Attorney:
No.
Recognized.
Contract.
Cert. of Dis.
Searched for
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OFFICE OF THE JURY COMMISSION, COLUMBIA COUNTY. Room with the Clerk of Circuit Court.
JURY COMMISSIONERS. A. J. TURNER, PORTAGE. H. A. LUEDER, COLUMBUS. R. N. MCCONCHIE, CAMBRIA.
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TERMS OF COURT— SECOND TUESDAY IN MAY. FIRST TUESDAY IN NOVEMBER.
Portage, Wis., Oct. 31 1899
To the Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.
Dear Sir:
For the purpose of perfecting some genealogical records, I desire to know —
1 — Is the name of Joseph Cook , who was a Sgt in Capt. Sloan's Company, Col. Patterson's Regt. enlisted in Adams, Mass., May 5, 1875, on the pension rolls? He was also in Capt. Sloan's Co. Lena's Parkhurst Co., Col. Symonds Regt.
2. — Is the name of Joseph Cook on the pension rolls? He was in Col. Hopkins' Berkshire Regt., and Col. Benj. Symonds Regt. Enlisted in Mass.
3 — Is the name of Byron Turner on the pension rolls? He was a private in Capt. Salmon White, Col. Woodbridge's Regt. Mass.
If their names appear, or either of them, I would be glad to know what the records show as to the date and place of their death.
I defer by permission to Hon. John C. Spooner, U.S. Senate. Very respectfully A. J. Turner

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston;
Feb y 27 1845.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of Joseph Cook is borne as a private upon a pay Roll of Capt n Lucas Wheeler, in Col. Hopkins' Reg t from Berkshire Co. — Service on an alarm to the Highlands, N.Y. from July 15 to Aug. 1. 1776 — 17 days, & 112 miles travel; (Reuben Beman was a serg t in the Comp y .) — Upon a pay Roll of Capt n Enos Parker's Comp y . Col. Benj a Simonds' Reg t , detached from the militia of the County of Berkshire to re-inforce the Continental Army, from July 1 to 31, 1777, with 2 days allowance for travel, 33 days; — Upon a pay roll of the same Comp y . & service from Aug t 14 to 19, 6 days; — Upon a pay Roll of Capt n Elijah Deming, in Col. Ashley's Reg t from the County of Berkshire, ordered to Stillwater, from Sept r 19 to Sept r 29. 1777, 10 days, with 60 miles "for travel out," & 60 "for travel home"; (Reuben Beman was in this Comp y also, as serg t .)

Upon a pay Roll of Capt. W m Fellows in from the County of Berkshire, (as Sergeant ) on an alarm from Oct: 15 to 17, 1780,
4 with allowance for travel, 4 days; —
Upon a pay roll of Capt. Simon Adams, Col. John Celler, (as a private) ordered out by Col. Ashley on an alarm at the North, from Oct: 13. to Oct: 20. 1781
with 4 days allowed for travel, 12 days.
Upon this roll, Reuben Beman appears as Lt. & Spaulding as Serg. The name of said Cook is further signed to an order on the Treasurer of this Commonwealth for pay for this last service
And I further Certify, That, before search made for evidence of said facts, the application hereto annexed was filed in this Office, in the form in which the same now appears; that the search was made by myself and my clerks alone; and that said application, and the certificate above set forth, contain all the facts and circumstances within my knowledge, pertaining to the case.
dated at New Marlborough May 23. 1782.
Lieut. Spaulding is upon a roll of Capt. Parker, under whom a portion of Jos. Cook's service was performed, but not at the same time.
No further service appear in the case.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
John C. Parsons
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

The war of the Revolution. He was a native of the town of Marlborough, in the county of Middlesex and state of Massachusetts. He enlisted from said town of New Marlborough in the year 1777 as a volunteer under Captain Gysbert Winkler and Lieutenant Reuben Beman, and went into Teller's Island in the Hudson River to watch the ships & the Row two British vessels. He went from there about seven miles up the River to watch the ships & in September he went to meet Burgoyne but was taken sick at Lansingburgh & was car- ried home. In 1778 he went to Stillwater under Captain Simon Adams & Lieutenant Spalding. That he was out a number of times during the war, but I am now ninety three years old & my memory does not enable me to state my services more fully than above stated.
Witness my hand at Lowville, Herk- County, Ohio this 13 th day of Jany A.D. 1845
Signed by said Joseph Cook in my presence
Aaron Cook Justice of the Peace

March 24, 1875.
Ada to case
Joseph Cook
FREE
Hon. J. L. Edwards Pension Office Washington D.C.

Sir
Milan March 18, 1845
Enclosed is some evidence from the records of Mass. in relation to the claim of Joseph Cook for a Pension. It will be seen that the old man's recollection of dates & particulars is considerably confirmed, but I told him I thought that any evidence whatever of service at any time under circumstances to induce a belief that his he aimed to tell the truth and showing that he was actually in the service, when taken with his declaration & the traditional evidence he adduced would be sufficient. There are a number of witnesses ready to swear that the old mans independence was the reason of the delay and that he did not apply until his property had been divided to a profligate son or son in law and entirely wasted & he reduced to want. The traditional evidence of the length of service could be multifid as well as the old mans indented character for truth. Hoping that the evidence when taken together will be satisfactory I will only add that the old man has always claimed that there was much of his service for which he never received any pay. Yours &c S. H. Sawyer