Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 6,715, John Cooper, Penn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Penn.
Cooper John
No. 6,715
Ann Barbara
or Anna Barbara
CONTENTS

To Indiana from 8729 Virginia Roll
John Cooper,
of Montgomery Co. in the state of Virginia who was a Drummer in the regiment commanded by Colonel Adley of the Penn a line, for the term of three years. 11/6
Inscribed on the Roll of Virginia at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 2. of June 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 1. of April 1819, and sent to John Floyd, Esq. Newbern, Virginia.
Arrears to 4th of March 1819 . . . . 72. 76 Semi-anl. all'ce ending Sept. 4. 1819. . . 48. " Am d 8m s : 29/30- 4/31. $120.76
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued -
19 Sep 22 2 22 21
Notification sent 19 Sept 1822 to James Kilb. Treasurer
Disbursed with interest since 1818 Nov 2 1822 and sent to James Kilb. Treasurer for the

1182.
Virginia Rich d
Ann Barbara Cooper
widow of John Cooper
who was a Drummer
in the Penn. line
for 12 months
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 44 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 th day of July, 1843, and sent to
M c L. Montague Montgomery P.A. Virg a
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book 4. Vol. 1. Page 147.
rate of 44 dollars per annum

Virginia
An account of quarter Sessions, heard and held for the County of Montgomery at the court house on Tuesday the 22 nd day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and 1818.
It is ordered to be certified to the Secretary of the Department of War, That John Cooper appeared before this court which is a court of Records and made oath that he enlisted as a Drummer, in April 1776 in Chester County, Pennsylvania, in a company commanded by Captain Marshall, which company shortly afterwards fell to the command of Captain McClain. That he marched from Chester County attached to the Regiment commanded by Col. Saley on to Philadelphia, thence to Ambury Amboy, near to Staten Island, thence to New York head quarters, thence to Long Island, that he was in the Battle of Long Island, and was the first Drummer that beat the Alarm, thence to a Station near Fort Washington, that he was at the Battle of Hell Gate, thence back to Fort Washington, where he was detained in service until he was taken prisoner by Genl. Howe, detained two months in close confinement where he was paroled. That after he was paroled, he was at the Battle of Brandywine and Germantown, that he was honorably discharged by Col. Walter Stewart, at Valley Forge on the first day of January 1778 or 1779, that he served as Captain against the Indians near Fort Wayne. That he is about Seventy years old, that he has resided in the State of Virginia about Twenty eight years, Seventeen of which he has lived in Montgomery County, that he is infirm and in very reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his country for his support. Michael Henderdite also appeared here and made oath that he became acquainted with the said John Cooper in the year 1777 that he was then a Drummer in the Regular Service, that he was honorably discharged on the first day of January 1778 or 1779 at Valley Forge.

The said John Cooper States that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said Services
Virginia
Montgomery County To wit,
I Charles Taylor clerk of the County aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true transcript of the Records of said Court, In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of my office this Second Day of December one Thousand eight hundred and eighteen and in the 43 rd year of our foundation.
Charles Taylor clerk
State of Virginia
Montgomery County To wit
I Daniel Rowe presiding Justice of the county court of Montgomery County in the State aforesaid do hereby certify that the attestation hereto annexed made by Charles Taylor clerk of the said court is in due form and by the proper officer appointed by the laws of the said State for that purpose and that full faith and credit is due thereto in every court or office in the United States given under my hand at the county of Montgomery in the State of Virginia aforesaid this seventeenth day of December in the year one thousand

eight hundred and eighteen and of the independence of the united states the Forty third
Daniel Horne Esq co
Virginia, Montgomery March Court 1819
On the application of John Cooper who served as a Drummer in the last revolutionary war and who at the last June Court of this County made a statement of that fact on oath, and also of his being in reduced circumstances that he required the aid of his Country for support and having also proved by Michael Binderliter that he had served as a Drummer in the revolutionary war; This Court do now Order that it be certified that from the statement made by the said Cooper & said Binderliter that they have no doubt but the said Cooper did serve as a Drummer according to his statement; they do further certify that the said Cooper is in reduced circumstances and requires the aid of his Country for his support; And it is further Ordered that this certificate be annexed to the Order made at the last June Court of this County and transmitted to the Secretary of the War Department of the United States
Virginia Montgomery County, Court
I Charles Taylor Clerk of the Court of the said County do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy from the records of the said Court. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the said County this 9 th day of March one thousand Eight hundred and nineteen
Charles Taylor
My George

Virginia Montgomery County, to wit:
I Daniel Howe presiding justice of the peace in and for the said County do hereby certify that the within attestation of Charles Pay as Clerk of the County Court of Montgomery is in due form. Given under my hand seal this 21 st day of March 1879
Daniel Howe Seal
Joseph Belair
This

Schedule
District of Indiana } Dearborn County } Set Dearborn Circuit Court }
On this eighteenth day of February 1822 personally appeared in open court in the Dearborn Circuit Court it being a court of Record in and for the County of Dearborn John Cooper, aged Seventy four years some months, a Resident citizen in the said County of Dearborn who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his solemn oath declare that he served in the revolutionary war as follows, to wit: That he served in the Regiment commanded by Col. Walter Stewart in the Pennsylvania line on the continental establishment; and in a company of light Infantry commanded by Capt. Anderson that he enlisted in the year 1776 and served one year and nine months; whereat  he was honorably discharged by the said Col. Stewart - That he was present at, and fought in the Battles of Long Island Fort Washington, Brandywine and Germantown - - and I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States of America on the 18 th day of March 1818, and that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any other manner disposed of my property or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within 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 in the revolutionary war" passed on the 18 th day of March 1818 and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities contracts or debts due to me, nor

having any income other than what is mentioned sustained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed and that I have received a pension from the United States of eight dollars per month but my original certificate being lost or mislaid I cannot now give either its number or date. That that I have no property of any kind or description except my wearing apparel, that the number of my family is true, myself and wife aged sixty two years, healthy. That my occupation is that of a farmer, but from age and infirmities totally unable to pursue that calling.  his John Cooper mark
Sworn to declared and subscribed by the above named John Cooper on the 18 th day of February 1822 in open court, before the Honble Miles C. Eggleston circuit and president Judge of the third Judicial Circuit in the state of Indiana and the Honble Solomon Adams and John Livingston associate Judges of the Dearborn Circuit Court -  State of Indiana } Dearborn County } Set
I James Dill Clerk of the Dearborn Circuit Court do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the records of the said court and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said court that the said John Cooper has no property of any value.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court on this sixth day of March 1822
James Dill Clerk of the Dearborn Circuit Court

Am B. Cooper 7354 Wid of Ino vs Ad July 1838
ms 7354,

State of Virginia, Montgomery County Sch.
On this 19 th day of September 1840 personally appeared before me, John Grillo (a Justice of the peace for Montgomery county who is duly authorized to administer oaths), Anna Barbara Cooper a resident of said county, aged about ninety years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision, made by the act of Congress passed July 7 th 1838 entitled "An act granting half pay, and pensions to certain widows". That she is the widow of John Cooper, who enlisted as a drummer in April 1776 in Chester county Pennsylvania, in the company commanded by Capt Marshall, which company shortly afterwards fell to the command of Capt McCland that he marched from Chester county attached to the Regiment commanded by Col o Adley, to Philadelphia thence to Ambury near to Staten Island, thence to New York headquarters, thence to Long Island, that he was in the battle of Long Island, and was the first drummer that beat the alarm, thence to a station near Fort Washington that he was at the battle of Hell gate, thence back to Fort Washington, where he was detained in service until he was taken prisoner by Genl Howe, detained two months in close confinement, when he was paroled; That after he was paroled, he was in the battle of Brandywine, Germantown That he was honorably discharged by Col o Waller Stewart at Valley Forge she thinks on the 1 st of January 1779, she is not certain, She further declares that she was married to the said John Cooper on the day of February in the year of 1780 or 1781 (she cannot now remember which of those years), that her husband the aforesaid John Cooper died on the day of in the fall of 1825, perhaps in the month of November; That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first day of January, one thousand seven hundred and ninetyfour, viz at the time above stated, She further declares that she was married to the said John Cooper in the county of Chester in the state of

Pennsylvania about the time before stated by Elizabeth Hoag who was a magistrate, that no license was obtained for their marriage; that after the marriage ceremony was performed, they started home, and had proceeded but a short distance when M rs Elizabeth called to her hus- band and asked him, if he did not want a certificate of said marriage, but the weather being remarkably cold (it being in the month of February), he replied that it was so cold he would not wait for it then, but would get it some other time, which was never done; That she has by her agent written to Chester county with a view of obtaining some evidence of their marriage, but can get no information on the subject; she is therefore left without any documentary evidence, nor does she now know of any living person by whom she can establish her marriage. her Anna Barbara x Cooper mark
Sworn to and subscribed before me a Justice of the peace for said county the day and year aforesaid by Anna Barbara Cooper , who is not able at this time to attend the court of this county, from bodily infirmity.
John Grills.
Virginia, Montgomery county Set
I Rice D Montague Clerk of the County court of said county in the state aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the original declaration of M rs Anna Barbara Cooper , which was sworn to and subscribed before John Grills Esq on the 19 th Inst. who is a Justice of the peace in & for said county, duly commissioned & qualified, and who is duly authorized by the laws of Virginia to administer oaths and I do also certify that his signature to the original affida- vit attached to said declaration is genuine.
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office this 19 th day of September 1840.
R. D. Montague. C.

Montgomery County, Virginia. sc This is to certify that, some thirty years ago, John Cooper lived on a tract of land belonging to my father, as a tenant, and that Barbara Ann, or Anna Barbara, the applicant herein for a pension lived with him as his wife, during the tenancy, and even after as such until the decease of said Cooper. She is now living in this county, and has several children also residing in the county. I have never heard it even whispered that they were not man and wife legally. Given under my hand the 19 th day of Sept. 1840.
Robt. Craig. M. C.

December 31, 1935
John Cooper-W.6715
BA-J/ANT
Mrs. C. H. Sturtz 3014 East Sixth Street Kansas City, Missouri
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to John Cooper, pensioned in June, 1818, either Floyd or Montgomery County, Virginia, Charles Simmons of Bedford, Montgomery or Floyd County, Virginia, and William Shelley who served in Virginia, soldiers of the Revolutionary War.
Revolutionary War data furnished by this office are obtained from claims for pension and bounty land made to the United States, based upon service in that war. A search of the records fails to show such claims on file on account of the Revolutionary War service of any Charles Simmons, or of a William Shelley who served with the Virginia troops. These surnames were searched under similar spellings.
It is suggested that as a possible means of securing information relative to the military records of Charles Simmons and William Shelley, that you apply to The Adjutant General, War Department, Washington, D. C.
The record of John Cooper furnished herein were were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, W. 6715, based upon his service in the War of the Revolution.
The date and place of birth of this soldier are

not given, nor are the names of his parents shown.
John Cooper enlisted in Chester County, Pennsylvania, sometime in April, 1776, served as drummer in Captains Marshall's, McClure's, Anderson's Companies, Colonels Atlee's and Walter Stewart's Pennsylvania Regiments; he was in the battle of Long Island and "was the first Drummer that beat the alarm", battle of "Hell Gate", was taken prisoner at Fort Washington held two months then paroled, after which was in the battles of Brandywine and Germantown, and was discharged at Valley Forge by Colonel Walter Stewart, January 1, 1778. He stated that he served as captain against the Indians, no further details of this service given.
He was allowed pension on his application executed June 2, 1818, then aged about seventy years and living in Montgomery County, Virginia, where he had lived seventeen years, and had lived twenty-eight years in the state of Virginia.
He was living in 1822 in Dearborn County, Indiana; he died in the fall of 1825.
The soldier, John Cooper, married in February, 1780 or 1781 (definite date not shown) in Chester County, Pennsylvania, Ann (Anna) Barbara Trout.
The widow, Ann (Anna) Barbara Cooper, was allowed pension on her application executed September 19, 1840, then a resident of Montgomery County, Virginia, aged about ninety years.
Reference was made to several children, only name stated was, Jacob Cooper aged about fifty-eight years in 1840 and a resident of Montgomery County, Virginia.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

Sir)
I again return John Coopers papers with a hope they will be attended to as early as practicable - as there can be no person in greater need - you will please enclose his certificate
to your best Service
James Dill
Lancaster
Ind. 25 July 1822

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very much and matter - things I believe that some people are very much - I hope to see you soon very much in - many things
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for Thomas Hebrew Aug 1820 city
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3014 East Sixth St. Kansas City Mo. Dec. 21, 1935.
Veterans Administration, Washington D.C. Gentlemen:-
On Nov. 14 I wrote you a letter, asking for some information and up to date have received no reply. so am repeating.
John Cooper filed for pension June 1818; enlisted as a drummer, Chester Co Pa. in company commanded by Capt Marshall. Age not stated. He made application, I believe either in Floyd, Montgomery county Virginia.
Do you have any records of Charles Simmons who lived in Bedford, Montgomery or Floyd county Virginia? Also William Shelley who served in Va.
I am trying to compile my mother's family history, and would appreciate any information you could give me concerning these men.
Thanking you, I am,
Very truly yours,
Mrs C H Sturtz
Mrs C H Sturtz

3014 East Sixth St. Kansas City, Mo, Nov. 14, 1935.
Veterans Administration, Pension dept. Washington, D.C. Gentlemen:
I have found the following notations, for which I would like some information.
William Shelley (I. V. R.) W.D. 5, 1--Rev. Sold. Va. by Eckenrode.
John Cooper filed for pension June 1818; enlisted as a drummer, Chester County Pa.. in company commanded by Capt. Marshall. Age not stated.
Chas. Simmons -- acct. com. safety 1775-6, 37 P 401. Rev. Sold. in Va. by Eckenrode.
If you will give me the war record of William Shelley and Chas Simmons, as I need them to complete my family history. I am sure that Chas Simmons is the ancestor that I seek, but am just trying to find out about Shelley as I think he was a soldier from one of the southern states in the Rev.
I will ask the pension dept. to give me the data concerning John Cooper.
Thanking you for your help, I am,
Very truly yours,
Mrs C H Sturtz
Mrs C H Sturtz
Pension Dept. If you can give me any data concerning these men I will appreciate it very much. C H S

1915 Dec. 31. link to Mrs. P.H. Stultz out
Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 6715
Ann Barbara Cooper Wid
John Cooper Messrs. Par. line
Act: Mch. 3rd/18
Index:—Vol. A , Page 143
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Virginia. Montgomery Co House October 28 th 1840
Dear Sir
In reply to your letter of the 19 th Inst. returning the papers of Mrs Barbara Cooper for a pension, requiring proof of his services &c. I would beg leave to refer you to the declaration of her late husband John Cooper, which was made before the county court of this county at June 1818. - Mr. Cooper was a pensioner under the act of 1818, and perhaps there may be some proof of his services with his declaration. With regard to the precise date of her marriage, it will be impossible for her to remember it, at this late period, unaided by any document or memorandum, neither of which she has, she states that she was married in the

month of February in one of the years of 1780 or 1781 - she could not remember which, that she has applied to me, to endeavour to get some documentary evidence of her marriage and I made the effort, by writing to the Postmaster, at Olinburg in Pennsylvania but I have never been able to get any answer. I suppose the main object of the date of the marriage is to show that it took place before the year 1794, she was married as she states by a Magistrate by the name of Olingan - in Chester County Pennsylvania and the reason why her husband took no certificate is accounted for in her declaration. her name was Anna Barbara Trout previous to her marriage -
Yours &c
R. D. Montague

Evidence in support of Mrs Anna B Leopards claim for a pension

Virginia, Montgomery county Set.
This day John Gardner of said county, personally appeared before me John S. Brockett — a Justice of the peace in and for said county, and being first duly sworn according to law, states that he is well acquainted with Jacob Cooper, who is a putative son of John Cooper (now deceased) and Barba Ann or Anna Barbara Cooper, that he has known the family for many years, that this affiant is fifty eight years of age, and he is well convinced that the said Jacob Cooper is older than this affiant. Gardner
Sworn to and subscribed before me by the above named John Gardner, who is a person entitled to full credit upon oath. Given under my hand this 16 th day of November 1840
witness my hand
John S. Brockett
John S. Brockett
Virginia Montgomery county Set.
I Rice D Montague clerk of the county court of said county do hereby certify that John S. Brockett last before whom the above affidavit was taken, is now and was at the time of making the same, an acting Justice of the peace in and for said county, duly commissioned & qualified according to law.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 16 th day of November 1840.
R. D. Montague. Clk.
Montgomery County s. I have known Jacob Cooper, of this county for very many years, he is, and always has been, believed to be the son of John and Anna Barbara Cooper who many years ago lived on my father's land. — and I certify it to be my opinion that the said Jacob Cooper is between fifty five & sixty years of age. He is a very respectable citizen. Given under my hand this 16 th of Nov. 1840 R. L. Craig. M. C.

Montgomery County
Sir
I enclose you Mr Cooper's papers to enable him to procure his pension - when they were presented by myself during the winter they were not considered in proper form - the defect has been remedied - He requests the certificate to be enclosed to me when it shall issue
I am Sir very respectfully
your obt. Servt
John Floyd
March 20 th 1819

Ann Barbary Cooper
Wid of Gen M c G
Lt. R. D. Montague 1912
Oct 1840—
to same 5 Nov. 1840

M c Cooper d 1825-
Am s B c Cooper m 1780 S.
76 drum. Marshall. Penn line & M c Cloud
taken pris. at N. Washington Nov. 1776 par. N o 2 nd — dis
m 1779 Jan.
No prof of service at of many

Sir)
I am really amongst the last who would intentionally give unnecessary trouble to any of the departments of the general government, but the case of John Cooper a poor, old, worn down soldier of the revolution appears to me to be unnecessarily delayed - The old man is now 75 years of age totally dependent on a son who is as poor as himself and is really in a starving condition - It will be recollected that in his last application he swears to the loss of his original certificate. It will therefore be necessary (with his certificate of continuance) to forward him a duplicate of his original certificate - and permit me to hope, if it is intended that the

pension is to be of any service to the old man. during his life, that it will be attended to imme- -diately -
Yr obedt Servt
James Dill
Lawrenceburg
Inda 5 th Sept 1822
J. L. Edwards Esq m

APPLICATION FOR A NEW CERTIFICATE.
County of Dearborn ss.
On this Fourth day of November 1822; before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said county of Dearborn — personally appeared John Cooper — who, on his oath, declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain Anderson — in the regiment commanded by Colonel Walter Stewart — in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the pension roll of the state of Virginia — that he received a certificate of that fact, under the signature and seal of the Secretary of War; which certificate, on or about the 5 th or Sixth day of March 1820, at or near Manchester in Virginia he lost or so mislaid that he has never since had possession of it, nor does he know where it is or what became of it that he has never since had possession of it, nor does he know where it is or what became of it. Sworn and subscribed to, before me, the day and year aforesaid. John Cooper marks
David Hagerman J.P.
NOTES. The last four blanks are left for the applicant to set forth the time, place, and manner of the loss or destruction of the original certificate.
The oath to be taken before a duly qualified magistrate, whose official character and signature must be properly authenticated.

State of Indiana Dearborn County } Set
I James Dill Clerk of the Dearborn Circuit Court in the Third Indi- cial Circuit of the State of Indiana do hereby certify that Daniel Hagerman before whom the within deposition of John Lauffer was made and who has certified the same was at the time thereof and now is a Justice of peace in and for the said County of Dearborn and full faith and credit are due to all his official acts of this date as such
In witness whereof I have hereunto affixed the Seal of said Court November 4 th 1822 James Dill Clerk
Notes: The last four blanks are left for the applicant to set forth the time, place, and manner of the loss or destruction of the original certificate. The age to be taken before a duly qualified magistrate, whose official character and signature must be properly authenticated.

Virginia 5916
Ann Barbara Cooper widow of John Cooper
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1818 and who died in the year 1825 of Montgomery Co. in the State of Virginia who was a Drummer in the company commanded by Captain Marshall of the regt, commanded by Col. Adley in the Penna. line for 12 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Richmond, Virginia at the rate of 14 3/4 Dollars ————— Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 24 th day of Nov. 1840 and sent to R. D. Montague Montgomery C.H. Va.
Arrears to the 4th of Apr. 1840 198.00 Semi-annual allowance ending 4th Mar. 40 22.00
$220.00
{ Act July 7, } 1838.
Recorded by D. Brown Book 7. Vol. 2.
Clerk, Page 184

State of Virginia. Montgomery County ss.
On this twenty ninth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and forty three, personally appeared before the subscriber as Justice of the Peace in and for said county in the state aforesaid, Mrs. Anna Barbara Cooper a resident of the said county aged about Ninety three years who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress passed on the 3rd March 1843, granting Pensions to widows of persons who served during the revolutionary war. That she is the widow of John Cooper who enlisted as a drummer in the war of the Revolution and who served as set out in her declaration made in September 1820. She received a pension under the act of 7 th July 1838, but as it was all or nearly all received at the same time, she does not now remember what it was annually. She further declares that she is still a widow.
Anna Barbara her Cooper mark
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written by Anna B. Cooper who is personally known to me, and I do hereby certify that she is still a widow. John Grills.
Virginia. Montgomery County ss.
I, R. D. Montague Clerk of the county court of said county, in the state aforesaid, do hereby certify that John Grills sent before whom the foregoing declaration was subscribed, and sworn to, is now and was at that time an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said county duly commissioned and qualified according to law, and that the foregoing is a true copy of the original declaration of Mrs. Cooper filed in my office on the 1st day of May 1843, and that the signature of said Grills to the said declaration is genuine.
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 11 th day of July 1843.
R. D. Montague. Clk
All communications to be directed to R. D. Montague. Christiansburg Montgomery County Virginia

State of Virginia Montgomery County Set.
On this twenty ninth day of April one thousand eight hundred & forty three, personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the peace in and for said county, in the state aforesaid Mrs Anna Barbara Cooper a resident of the said county, aged about Ninety three years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress passed on the 3rd day of March 1843 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the revolutionary war: That she is the widow of John Cooper who enlisted as a Drummer in the war of the revolution and who served as set out in her declaration made in September 1840. She received a pension under the act of 7 th July 1838 but as it was all or nearly all received at the same time she does not now remember what it was annually.
She further declares that she is still a widow.
Anna Barbara her X Cooper marks
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written by Anna Barbara Cooper who is personally known to me, and I do hereby certify that she is still a widow.
John Grills.
Virginia Montgomery County Set.
I Alice D Montague clerk of the county court of said county in the state aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the original declaration of Mrs Anna Barbara Cooper, filed in my office on the 1st day of May 1843, that John Grills before whom the same was taken and sworn to is now and was at that time an acting Justice of the peace in and for said county duly commissioned and qualified according to law, and that his signature to said certificate is genuine. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of my office this 9 th day of June 1843.
A. D. Montague. C