Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 20,897, James Cooley, Mass.

SERVICE
7 Mass
NUMBER _____
W. 20.897
Goodley James Mary
CONTENTS.

B. 305 H New York
James Cooley
of Stamford in the state of New York who was a Sergeant in the regiment commanded by Colonel Alsen of the Massachusetts line, for the term of Five Years , 1777
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 30 of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 29 of June 1819 and sent to Robert Clark Esq. Roseville Del Co. New York
  Arrears to 4th of Mar. 1819.  81.24    Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Sep 1819.  48.00    10 Mo. \frac{1}{30} \frac{4}{31}  $129.29  
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued.
Application sent Nov 10th 1820 to H. B. Phelps Esq. N. Y.

Albany 1178
Mary Cooley
widow of James Cooley
who was a pensioner under the Act of 18. March 1828 and who died on the 12. Nov. 1823 of Chenango Co. in the State of N. York who was a Fifer in the company commanded by Captain _____ of the Regt. commanded by Col. Allen in the Mass. line for 2 years
Date of death not shown on A.B.
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany
at the rate of 88 Dollars _____ Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 24. day of Nov. 1838 and sent to Henry R. Mygatt, Oxford, N. Y.
Arrears to the 4th of Sep. 38 220.00 Semi-annual allowance ending 4. Mar. 39 44.00
$264.00
{ Act July 7, } 1838.
Recorded by D. Brown Book A. Vol. 2
Clerk, Page 72

State of New York } Delaware County } ss
On the thirtieth day of April 1818 before me Robert Clark Esquire one of the judges of the Court of Common Pleas of said County came personally James Cooley aged fifty eight years to me well known and made the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act entitled an act making provision for certain persons engaged in the land and Naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war Passed in March 1818 (being first duly sworn by me according to law) That he enlisted in the town of North Hampton County of Hampshire and State of Massachusetts in Captain Luke Day's company company of Infantry in as a fifer he thinks the eighth regiment of Massachusetts line commanded by Col. — Alden for in the month of April 1777 for the term of three years That he continued in the service until the thirtieth day of May 1778 when he was taken prisoner by a party of hostile Indians at Cobleskill Schoharie County and State of New York and by them conveyed to Niagara from thence he was taken by the enemy and conveyed to Quebec in Lower Canada where he was confined a prisoner in close confinement until October 1782 and in the month following (to wit) November he was exchanged at Dobb's ferry on the Hudson river in the State of New York That he then joined his regiment near West Point then commanded by Col. — Brooks and received from the said Col. Brooks shortly after an honorable discharge which he has since lost — That he was engaged with the enemy in the memorable Battle of Saratoga and a number of skirmishes — That he is in such indigent circumstances as absolutely to require the assistance of his country for support And that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services { James Cooley Sworn to and subscribed the day and date above written before me Robert Clark one of the judges of Delaware Com. Pleas }
I Robert Clark one of the judges of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Delaware as aforesaid do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said James Cooley did serve in the revolutionary war as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and held before me to the secretary for the Department of War dated at Stamford Delaware County April 30th 1818 Robert Clark one of the judges of Delaware Com Pleas

I Robert Clarke one of the Judges &c as within do hereby certify that it appears to my satisfaction from my own personal acquaintance and and knowledge that the said James Coolie is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support
Dated in Stamford Delaware county — June 29 th 1818
Robert Clarke one of the judges of Delaware Common Pleas
In testimony that Robert Clarke was on the 29 th day of June last one of the Judges as aforesaid and that he subscribed his name to the foregoing affidavits & certificate
I have affixed the seal of said Court this 25. September 1818
H. R. Phelps Clerk

State of New York } County of Delaware } ss
On the twenty ninth day of May 1819 came personally before me the subscriber Nathan Hilton to me well known and he being duly sworn as the law directs doth depose & say that he is personally acquainted with James Cooley an applicant for pension mentioned in the application herunto annexed and that he does and has for some time past resided in the town of Stamford in the County of Delaware in this state
Sworn & subscribed before me the day and year first above mentioned Nathan Hilton Robert Clark Com de
State of New York } County of Delaware } ss
On the twenty ninth day of May 1819 came personally before me the subscriber James Cooley to me well known as the person mentioned and intended in the application herunto annexed and he being duly sworn as the law directs doth depose & say that he is and ever has been a citizen resident in the United States since his discharge from the Army of the United States in the year 1782 and that he now does and has for several years past resided in the town of Stamford in the County of Delaware & state aforesaid
Sworn & subscribed before me the day and year aforesaid Robert Clark Com de James Cooley
I do hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with the above named James Cooley and know that for several years past he has & still does reside in the town of Stamford in the County of Delaware
Robert Clark Com de

Honble J C Calhoun
Sir
I thought it unnecessary to put the applicant to the expense of obtaining the signature and seal of the court of the County Clerk, as my name has so often been sent to the war dept accompanied with the said seal & signature
Robert Clark

30 th April 1818.
James Cooley
Enl d as a Serf in April 1777. in Coll Alden's Mass t Reg t - in May 1778 taken pris. & kept till 1782 - when liberated & was discharged
Honble Robt Clark Judge
Service adm d but it must fully appear that the applicant is a resident citizen of the United States before the certificate can be granted
Admitted

James Cooley
4a
13305
Sept 11 1897
H. R. Kelpe. Delhi, N.Y. Nov 11 1897

State of New York County of Delaware - p 3
On this thirteenth day of August one thousand eight hundred and twenty, personally appeared before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas holden at Delhi in and for said County of Delaware, in open Court being a Court of record having the power of fine and imprisonment, a Common Seal, a record or registry of their proceedings and which proceedings are according to the course of the common laws and have been declared a court of record by the act in such case made and provided of the Legislature of the State of New York. aged sixty years and upwards, resident in the town of Providence lately set of from part of Stamford in said County of Delaware, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows, that he enlisted into a Company Commanded by Capt. Luke Day in a regiment Commanded by Col. Elden in the Massachusetts State line as a fifer for three years. This was in the month of April in the year 1777 then residing in Springfield in the County of Hampshire in the state of Massachusetts. That he served for a year and rising and was taken prisoner 30 May 1778. by the Indians and kept a prisoner for about four years when he returned to the American service and received his discharge in November 1782 signed by Washington from Col. Brooks. That the date of his application to the War department was the 30 April 1818 and the number of his pension Certificate 13,305
And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 day of March 1818 and that I have not since that time, by gift Sale or in any manner disposed of my property, or any part thereof with intent thereby to diminish so 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 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 have I any in common other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed.
James Sealey
Sworn in open court this 30 August 1828
H. R. Phelps, Deputy Clerk. Schedule - pitchfork, 1 gridiron, 6 sheep, 1 axe, 1 hoe, 1 sickle, 1 tea kettle broken, 2 or 3 cups & saucers, 3 or 4 knives & forks, 1 tea pot, 1 cherry table, 1 old bible, 1 old tobacco box, 1 trammel. —
I have no trace. I am by occupation a farmer. My ability and opportunity of pursuing that business is small. I am in very feeble health arising in a great measure from rheumatism. And I have no other chance of employment, than by days works abroad. The Charity of my daughter is my chief support. I have in my family only my wife Molly aged fifty years and rising infirm health unable to support herself. She lives chiefly upon the Charity of my daughter. I owe at present about fifteen dollars besides the costs of this application and have no other means of discharging the same than out of my property aforesaid and by means of my sufficient ability to labor.
James Sealey
I, Homer B. Phelps Deputy Clerk of the County of Delaware do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the Schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the original 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

said Schedule is right dollars and Seventy Cents —
In testimony whereof I have here- unto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the Court of Common Pleas of Prince County this 24th day of Septem- ber 1820 —
H. R. Phelps Clerk

1178.
2006
Act July 7. 1838
Ed Adams agt
Admission
For 2 years
Henry R. Mygatt Esq. Hford New York

State of New York
Chenango County ss. On this 14 th day of September 1838 personally appeared before John Tracy, Lieutenant and Governor and a Judge for the Court of the Correc- tion of Errors of the State of New York, Mary Cooley a resident of Oxford in the County of Chenango and State of New York, aged 78 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 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 James Cooley who was a soldier of the Revolution and a pensioner under the act of 1818. That as she has been informed, and believes true her said hus- band entered the Service early in the Revolu- tion, that he was taken a prisoner and re- mained a prisoner 4 years and 7 months. That her said husband was taken prisoner at Battleskill and that for the particulars of his Service, she would refer to the evidence under which he was pensioned. She further declares that she was married to the said James Cooley on the twenty fourth day of March in the year Seventeen hundred and eighty five, that her said husband the aforesaid James Cooley died on the twelfth day of November Eighteen

hundred and twenty three, at Boon's in Delaware County and State of New York. That She was not married to him prior to his leaving the Service but the marriage took place herein to the first of January Seventeen hundred and ninety four, viz: at the time above stated.
Now to wit it is hereby certified on the day and year above written before me, and I certify that said Mary Kelly Mary Cooley Cooley is unable to attend court from bodily infirmity
John Tracy Judge of the Court for the Corrections of Errors State of New York

State of New York
Chenango County ss. I, Maria Polly of South Oxford in said County of Chenango, being sworn. Says that she is 45 years of age and is the daughter of James Cooley and his wife Mary Polly Cooley. That from her earliest recollection said James and Mary Polly lived together as husband and wife and were reputed to have been married soon after the Revolution. That the said James Cooley was a prisoner under the act of 1777. That he died at Pownal in Delaware County the twenty-fourth day of November 1823 and that deponent was at his funeral. That he left the said Mary Polly Cooley his widow whose declaration is annexed. That she now lives with deponent and has not remarried since her said husband's death. That there is no family record of their marriage to the best of deponent's knowledge and belief.
Sworn to Sept. 14. 1824 Before me, and I here certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of the original now on file in my office. Polly is a credible person John Tracy Judge of the Court for the correction of errors State of New York

State of New York Chenango I, John Dornelly, Notary Public in and for said County of Chenango, hereby certify that John Isaac is Lieutenant Governor and a Judge of the Court for the correction of errors of the State of New York, and that the signatures to the within declaration are his and that they are true to the best of my knowledge to be his all genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed my hand and seal of office this 14th day of September 1852
John Dornelly Notary Public

the copy here sent is a true copy of the record in place of record Mr James Cooley and Miss Mary Lyon both of Wilbraham intend marriage are lawfully published twenty ninth of January Seventeen hundred eighty five J. Luther Bruner. Clerk of the James town of Wilbraham in the County of Hampden and State of Massachusetts do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the record, with the exception of the date which is expressed on the record in full legible figures as follows:
29 January 1785 here copy time exact from record
Luther Bruner } Town Clerk here sign your name } of Wilbraham
I, Luther Bruner above named depose and say: that I hold the office of town clerk in the town County and State aforesaid, and that the above is a true extract from the records of said town with the exception above named, as certified by me, that the same is the only record on the town books in my custody, relating to said marriage: that he has diligently searched the records of the Presbyterian church in Wilbraham for evidence of said marriage but can find no record thereof Sworn to September 10 th Before me Jesse W. Bliss justice of the peace
Luther Bruner here sign your name Clerk of the town aforesaid
State of Massachusetts Hampden County } ss. Sally Warner of Wilbraham in the County of Hampden and State of Massachusetts being duly sworn, says that she is seventy six years of age, that she was well acquainted with James Cooley and Mary Lyon in said town of Wilbraham, that she was present when said James Cooley was married to said Mary Lyon.

by the Revd Mr Ives of the Presbyterian church at Wilbraham aforesaid on the twenty fourth day of March in the year seven hundred and eighty five. and saw them married.
That she has been informed and believes true that said James Cooley is dead and that his widow lives in Chenango County and State of New York.
Sally Warriner Jesse W Rice Justice of the peace
Sworn to this 13 day of September 1830. Before me, and I certify that said Sally Warriner is a credible person.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts } ss County of Hampden } ss
I Justin Willard Clerk of the Probate Court within and for said County do hereby certify that Jesse W. Rice before whom the foregoing deposition of Luther Drown - also the foregoing deposition of Sally Warriner purport to have been verified, is a justice of the peace within & for said County has been so for more than two months last past and that I believe his signature subscribed to the foregoing certificates to said Depositions is genuine - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Springfield this twentieth day of September A.D. 1830
Justin Willard Clerk

Oxford, Chautauqua Co. N.Y. Sept 24. 1838
Sir,
I send declaration of Mary Bookey widow of James Bookey. for a pension,
James Bookey was a pensioner under act 1818. See Amanda Polleys affidavit.
Marriage, 24th March 1785.
See also Letter from
Sally Warner &
Amanda Polley
Death 12th November 1823,
Mrs Bookey expects that you will address me on the subject at the place above dated,
I am Sir
Very Resp t Yrs
Henry R. Mudgett
J. L. Edwards Esq,
Com d Pension
War Dep t
Washington City
D. C.

Ray WIDOW, &c.
File No. 20897
Mary Cooley Widow of James Cooley Fifteen Rev. War
Act: July 7th  1/38
Index:—Vol. A , Page 157
[Arrangement of 1870.]