Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 6,712, Leonard Cooper, Va.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va.
Cooper, Leonard Christina
N-6,712
B.L.Wt. 1111-300
CONTENTS

11.301
Virginia
Leonard Cooper
of Shenandoah in the state of Virginia who was a Captain in the regiment commanded by Colonel Muhlenburg of the Virginia Line, for the term of nine Years
scribed on the Roll of Virginia at the rate of 20 Dollars per month, to commence on the 25 of May 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 4 th of June 1819 and sent to Hugh Holmes Esq. Esq. of the Gen. Com. Winchester a
  Arrears to 4 Mar. 1819 57.15   Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Sept 1819 120.00   $177.15 
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Prof pension to the 4 Mar. 1819 181    Valid pension do. $1389  129    Diff ce  57.15    Continued Sept. 19
Notification sent 9th Feb. 1821 to Hon. Isaac Williams, A.R.

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11. 11
13.89
20.00
  @ 7/31  3.14  } Recd 4/30  7/31  4.57    4/30  1.84  4/30  2.66    m:  41.67  3 mo.  60.     46.65  } 6 mo.   67.17    m:  83.34  120.     129.99    187.17        129.99        57.18  

to J. Kline 4 Jan 1835.
Months 38
Date of death not on AB
834
Virginia, Richmond Christina Cooper widow of Leonard Cooper who served in the Revo.
war, as a Captain
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 480 Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Date of Pension issued the 7th day of August 1851 and sent to
H. P. Norton Esq. Present
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act July 29, 1848, Page 122, Vol. 00.

With the Advice of the Council hereby certify That Leonard Cooper aged about 38 years late a Captain of the 4 th Virginia Regiment whose annual pay was One hundred and forty four pounds. was Disabled in the Service of the United States by a Wound which occasioned the amputation of his right Leg. and that he is allowed the sum of fifty pounds yearly. to commence from the first day of January 1787 Given under my hand as Governor of the Common wealth of Virginia at Richmond the 23 rd day of April 1787
J. Mervether
Edw. Randolph
The above is a true copy of an Original Certificate granted to Leonard Cooper
Given under my hand as Governor of the Common wealth of Virginia at Richmond this fourth day of March 1795
Robert Brooke
The above is a copy

Leonard Cooper Copy of the certificate

Know all that  the  fact  that I learned  as  the  fact  that and  the  fact  that the  fact  that of Virginia for the  fact  that the  fact  that the  fact  that the  fact  that 25 May 1878
Atkins  Robt  1819
John D. Rockefeller
Edward St. John
The above Alcazar being returned to me by the Secretary at War and the object of consideration having failed for which it was given I have drawn my pen across it that
The person may not be prevented from drawing his state pension
H. H. Thomas
Woodstock May 24. 1819

Leonard Cooper Esq. Moughlentings & a Regt 1776 to 1783 26 th May 1828 Raised for local defence - Frederick Frederick
John C. Botham Mowchurch May 28
Inc
Sunday at War
Wenham Colly

District of Virginia
, ss.
On this 25 day of May 1818, before me the subscriber, one of the Judges of the Circuit Court of the United States for the said district  General Court of Virginia , personally appears Captain Leonard Cooper aged 66 or 67 years, resident in Sherandoal County in the said district, who being by me first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the late 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:" That he the said Leonard Cooper  enlisted in  enlisted the regular service as an ensign the year 1776 in the state of Virginia in the company commanded by Captain Peter Muhlenberg  Richd Campble & Regt Col of the said State ; that he continued to serve in the said corps, or in the service of the United States until the year 1785 doing extra non duty at Black Point , when he was discharged from service in at New York Black Point state  state  of New York I sent home , that he was in the battles of Brandywine, Germantown, Monmouth and in a skirmish at Paramus  and lost his leg  Wounded and that he is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support; and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services, except that now enclosed  Sworn to and declared before me, the day and year aforesaid.
H. Holmes
I, Hugh Holmes Judge, &c. as aforesaid, do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction, that the said Capt n Leonard Cooper 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 had before me, to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress. Given under my hand and the seal of the County Court of Shenandoah this 25 th May 1818
H. Holmes

Dear Sir
Woodstock May 27. 1818
I have enclosed Capt n Cooper's Warrant or rather copy on which he draws a pension with a release thereon not knowing whether he is now a State or United States Pensioner I deemed it proper to take the release but if he is a state pensioner only the Law requires no release of such pension in that case please to send it back to me at (denoting my place of residence) & I will return it to him -
with much respect
Your Ob t Serv t
A. H. Holmes
The honorable
Mr. C. Colborne
Secy at War

Virginia
Shenandoah County
On this eighth day of August 1820 personally appeared in open court being a court of record for the said County Leonard Cooper aged either 66 or 67 years in May last a resident in said county who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows I was appointed an ensign in a company of a minute men in Virginia in the year 1775 and in January 1776 I was appointed an ensign in the 8 th Virginia Regiment in a company commanded by Capt d Richard Campbell the Regiment was commanded by Col o Peter Muhlenburg in the next year I was appointed a second Lieutenant and the next year being 1779 I was appointed a Captain in same Regiment the year following a 1 st Lieutenant in the same Regiment I was engaged in the battle of Brandywine and in the battle of Germantown and at Monmouth Court House my original declaration was dated the 25 th day of May 1818 my pension certificate is numbered 11.301 and I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March 1818 and that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner disposed of any 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 have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule thereto annexed clothing and bedding excepted and by me subscribed which is as follows two head of horses one of which is twenty two years the other is 14 years old thirteen head of cattle 3 of which are very old eight head of hogs all of young except one ten head of sheep two pair of old sleds 9 ears of

3 old saddles, 2 old bare horse plows 1 shovel plow 3 weeding hoes 1 chopping axe 1 log chain 1 double tree and 2 single trees 1 scythe and cradle 1 old Dutch mowing scythe, 1 drawing knife 2 walnut tables 7 old chairs 2 iron kettles 3 pots 1 cutting tree and knife 4 old flour barrels 2 suckling tubs 2 water buckets 1 washing tub 1 iron tea kettle 1 coffee pot 2 tea pots, 1 set cups and saucers 15 pewter spoons 3 plates 1 doz knives and forks 16 iron harrow teeth 1 loom and gear 1 wheel barrow 1 iron water cooler cupboard 1 old bureau 1 old tea table 1 old churn 1 new plate stove 1 shot gun 1 big spinning wheel 2 small wheels 1 check rule 1 barrel vinegar 2 leather chains and 2 collars 2 old plough bridles 2 old truck bands 2 old riding bridles 2 old bridle bands 2 old riding saddle 1 small horse slatcher 1 small hatchet 1 dung fork 3 wafers 1 candle mould to mould 4 candles 2 dozen large plates 1/2 dozen small plates 1 shade 1 small garden hoe 1 sugar bowl 2 large bowls 1 small ditto 1 stone pitcher 1 stone jug 1 knife box 1 sack plain 1 gouge 1 auger 4 chisels 3 hammers 1 old coffee mill 1 old brass candlestick 1 looking glass 1 pitcher 2 cream mugs 6 soap plates 1 pewter basin 2 pewter plates 3 bags 1 griddle and 1 flat heckle my family residing with me are as follows: my wife aged about 46 or 47 years at next Christmas my daughter Mary Cooper aged 19 years the 21 st December next my son Presley aged 18 years the 11 th day of this month my daughter Ellen aged 15 years the 15 th of March last my daughter Lettie aged twelve years the 8 th of December next my daughter Catharine aged 10 years the 20 th of March last my daughter Elizabeth aged 9 years the 19 th of April last my son John Henry aged 5 years the 28 th of December next my daughter Elizabeth aged 1 year the 23 rd of Feb y next none of whom are able to support themselves but my children Mary and Presley my property is liable to the payment of my debts amounting to about one hundred fifty dollars
Leonard his Skooper
Sworn to and declared in open court on 8 th day of August 1820

State of Virginia County of Frederick } ss
On this 31 st day of July 1851, personally appeared before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for said county, Christina Cooper, aged eighty six years, resident in the town of Middletown in said county, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions of the act of Congress passed 2 d February 1848. and for the commutation pay due her former husband Captain Leonard Cooper deceased.
This declarant states that she was the lawful wife of Captain Leonard Cooper deceased, who was a soldier and officer in the war of the revolution, and a pensioner on the Virginia roll of pensioners under the act of Congress of the 15 th March 1818, at the rate of $240 00 per annum for his service as a Captain in the Virginia Line, and who died in Shenandoah County, State of Virginia on the 21 st day of May 1821. She further states that her maiden name was Christina Troenberger, that she was lawfully married to the aforesaid Captain Leonard Cooper in the County of Shenandoah in the State of Virginia by the Rev William Foster, a Lutheran Minister, in the year seventeen hundred and ninety six (1796). that she has no record of her aforesaid marriage or knowledge of the existence of any such record either publick or private. that her said husband once had a family record of their said marriage and of their childrens ages, that said record was destroyed by fire in the burning of their house in the year eighteen hundred and twenty one. She further states that her

first child was born within twelve months of the time of her aforesaid marriage and on the 25 th of March 1797 that his name was Agnilla Cooper; that he died at the age of nine years and five months and that his death occurred in the month of August in the year eighteen hundred and six - Declarant states that she cannot be mistaken as to the age of the said Agnilla when he died from her recollection and from various circumstances; that she had at that time three children who were younger than Agnilla, whose names were Mary M, Abraham & Presley Cooper; and that her fifth child, whose name was Margaret, was born the year following the death of her sons Agnilla & Abraham, and that her said daughter Margaret has a record of her own age made many years since which shews her birth to have occurred on the fifth day of March the fifteenth, in the year eighteen hundred and seven - She further states that her knowledge of the time of the decease of her sons Agnilla & Abraham is based on another circumstance namely, that their deaths occurred during the time of the holding of the first campmeeting at Crisman's Spring which is stated in "Newcomers Journal" to have occurred in August 1806 - She further states that there was not less than two years difference between the ages of each of her children - That her second child by the said Cooper was born on the 21 st of December 1800, & was named Mary M Cooper that her recollection of date is sustained by the circumstance of her being married in the month of August prior to her becoming 21 years

of age and that it occurred in the same year in which her father the said Captain Cooper died. Declarant states that she lived in lawful wedlock with the said Leonard Cooper from the time of their aforesaid marriage up to the time when he died. That after his death she married a man named Patrick Carlin, with whom she lived in Licking County Ohio for a short time, when she came to know of his having another wife then living to whom he was married prior to her marriage with him. That after learning this fact she separated from him and did not again return to live with him, and from that time assumed her former name of Cooper by which she is now known & called. That the said Patrick Carlin is now dead; that he died in the County of Saint Clair in the State of Illinois on the twenty fourth day of February in the year eighteen hundred and thirty nine (1839). She further states that she has not again intermarried since the death of the said Carlin but is now a widow.
Sworn to & subscribed on the day & year first above written Before me Isaac D. White J.P.
Christina her X Cooper mark
State of Virginia County of Frederick } f
I hereby certify that satisfactory proof was made before me that Captain Leonard Cooper late a revolutionary pensioner of the United

States at the rate of $240 00 / 100 per annum died in the County of Shenandoah State of Virginia on the 21 st day of May 1821 leaving a wife named Christina Cooper who married a man named Patrick Carlin who died on the twenty fourth day of February in the year eighteen hundred and thirty nine (1839) -
That the said Christina has not again inter- married but remains a widow - and I further certify that the aforesaid declarant is personally known to me by the name of Christina Cooper and that she is not called by the name of Carlin - that she is a person of respectability and of sound mind - That she is unable to appear in Open Court from bodily infirmities -
Given at Middletown this 31 st of July 1851
Isaac I. White J.P.

State of Virginia to wit -
Among the records of the County Court of Shenandoah County is the following viz
To all whom it may concern
This is to certify that Patrick Garland & Christina Cooper came to me legally authorized and were by me legally and properly married on the 20 th of May 1824 in the town of Stephensburg Fred to Co Va
Given under my hand
Witness present
John Coon
Wm Dury
John Allemong
Minister of the M c E Church
I Samuel C Williams Clerk of the said County Court in the State of Virginia, certify that the foregoing is a true extract from the record of marriages in my office.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this 19 th day of December 1854 and in the 79 th year of the Commonwealth
Sam l C Williams Secy S ct

April 17, 1935
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BA-J/ XXXX /eel Leonard Cooper-W.6712
Mr. R.R.Lamb 931 E. 143 rd Street Cleveland, Ohio
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to Leonard Cooper, who served as a captain in the Virginia Troops during the Revolutionary War, and died May 21, 1821.
The data furnished herein are obtained from the papers on file in the Revolutionary War claim for pension, W.6712, based upon the military service of Leonard Cooper in that war.
Leonard Cooper was born in May, 1753 or 1754, place not stated.
In 1775, Leonard Cooper was appointed ensign in a company of minute men in Virginia, and on February 19, 1776, was appointed ensign in Captain Richard Campbell's Company, Colonel Peter Muhlenburg's 8 th Virginia Regiment; in 1777, he was appointed 2 nd lieutenant and in 1778, was appointed captain in the 4 th Virginia Regiment; he was in the battles of Brandywine, Germantown, Monmouth and in a skirmish at Paramus, where he was wounded, which wound caused the amputation of his right leg, and for which he was pensioned from January 1, 1787.
In 1818, he was a resident of Shenandoah County, Virginia, and on May 21, 1821, he was drowned in the Shenandoah River.
The soldier married in 1796, in Shenandoah County, Virginia, Christina Troenberger, who was born December 25, 1773 or 1774.
Soldier's widow, Christina, was allowed pension on her application executed July 31, 1851, while a resident of Middletown, Frederick County, Virginia.

The names of the following children of Leonard and Christina Cooper are shown:
  Aquilla Cooper.....  born  March  25,  1797,  died in August, 1808.    Mary M. or Mariam Cooper....  "  December  21,  1800,  married William Stevens.    Abraham Cooper .....  ---  ---  ---  ---  died in 1808.    Presley Cooper .....  born  August  11,  1805.     Margaret Cooper .....  "  March  15,  1807,  married -----Rhodes and in 1851, was residing at Middletown, Virginia.    Letitia or Latitia Cooper...  "  December  8,  1808.     Catharine Cooper.....  "  March  20,  1810.     Matilda Cooper .....  "  April  19,  1813.     Manuel Cooper .....  "  ---  ---  ---  deceased in 1821.    John Henry Cooper.....  "  December  28,  1815.     Elizabeth Cooper .....  "  February  23,  1820.   
Abraham Cooper, a nephew of the soldier, stated that he was born September 9, 1774, and that he was married in September, 1804, to Elizabeth Troenberger, a sister of the widow, Christina Cooper. Abraham Cooper and his wife, Elizabeth, were residing in Hampshire County, Virginia, in 1851.
In 1854, one David Rhodes, aged sixty-four years, was a resident of Frederick County, Virginia; no relationship to Margaret Cooper Rhodes, daughter of the soldier, was shown.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLERA Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

J. Heine
Middletown Va.
Dec 21/34
Encloses evidence in support of the claim of Ohnitzqua Cooper,
Respectfully referred to the Comm ee of Pension, & writes to inform.
D. L. Glee.
Dec 20/34
Dec 23/34
Wiles

Middletown Frederick County Va Dec 21 st 1854
I do hereby certify that I have been to Woodstock the county seat of Shenandoah County, and had the clerk of said county court to examine the records of Marriage bonds & certificates and could not find any that showed that Leonard Cooper was married at all, he examined from the year eighty three to ninety six and found neither marriage bond or certificate, I have conversed with several of the old citizens of Shenandoah County who knew both and they say that they never knew of Leonard Cooper being married and that they think that him and the woman who swears semiyearly that she still remains his widow just went together, I am Sir, J. H. WILSON
This Mrs or Widow Cooper as she calls herself is another mans Wife or Widow, she was married to an Irishman by the name of Patrick Garland on the 30 th day of May 1824. Which fact I know myself, but she says Garland is dead and she is his Widow, now I do not believe any such thing, I believe Garland still to be living, I have written to Fauquier County Virginia where I understood he was about three years ago for information of the matter, whether he is living or not.
Mrs Wilson she has certainly perjured herself and so has her Daughter Mrs Bades, I have conversed with say five eminent lawyers and the Clerks of Frederick & Shenandoah Countys and they all agreed in the same thing and say that she never could have got a pension unless that she swore she still remained Coopers Widow
She makes the people here believe that you all know that she was married to Garland in order that information may not reach you. I do not believe that she is entitled to any pension and that if it is properly attended to that it will be stopped and what she has will be taken from her, this is the opinion of all most all the citizens

of Middletown, I had like d to have forgot to state that this Mrs Cooper/Vice Carland said she was married to Cooper by a Minister of the gospel by the name of Foster, of which I could not gain any information any where so that all the circumstances go to prove that she was not married to Cooper at all, and that she was only his miss, (Leonard Cooper was drowned in the south Shenandoah river since 1815) I understand she has heard of my de- -sign in this matter and has employed a Brach Lawyer by the name of Ludwell Chipley to under try to clear her of the just penalties of the law,
I send you a copy of her Marriage certificate to Carland, and also a certificate of the Clerk of Shenandoah County court with the county seal affixed to the same, and send my certificate with my oath upon the same that she was married to P. Carland. Mr Wilson I wish you would attend to this matter immediately and let me know what can and will be done in this matter.
Yours respectfully
J. H. M.

Middletown Va. Dec 21
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Free
Mr John Wilson Commissioner of the General Land office. official Business Washington D.C.

Letter George W. Cooper 19 th Sept 1849

THE COMMITTEE OF SAFETY FOR THE COLONY OF VIRGINIA
To Leonard Cooper Esq r
B Y Virtue of the Power and Authority to us given, by an Ordinance of the General Convention, we, reposing especial Trust in your Patriotism, Courage, and good Conduct, do by these Presents appoint you, the said Leonard Cooper Esq r  of the  Company in the Eighth Regiment of regular Forces raised for the Defence and Protection of this Colony, whereof Peter Muhlenburg Esq r , is Colonel. You are therefore to act as Esq r in the Company of the said Regiment, by duly exercising the Officers and Soldiers under your Command, taking particular Care they be provided with Arms and Ammunition, as the Ordinances and Resolutions of the Convention direct. And you are to observe all such Orders and Directions, from Time to Time, as you shall receive from the Convention, the Committee of Safety, or your superior Officers, according to the Rules and Regulations established by the General Convention for the better Government of the regular Forces.
Edm d Pendleton
GIVEN under our Hands, at Williamsburg ——— this
13 th Day of February ——— ANNO DOMINI 1776.
John Page
Dudley Digges
Henry
Thos. L d Lee
To take rank of Ensign Thos. Callat of the 6 th & Ensign John Graves of the 8 th B att to give rank to Ensign Ed d Wood of the 4 th
Jos. Jones

INSTRUCTIONS
the of Virginia
in any of the United States of America...
the officers of a military...
the state of the King of Great Britain...
the war with Great Britain...
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1777
Leonard Cooper Va. W. 6712

RECRUITING INSTRUCTIONS
For St Cooper of the 8 Virginia Regiment of the United States
Y OU are hereby authorized to enlist in any of the United States of America all such able-bodied freemen, as are willing to enter into their service and pay, in the character of Soldiers, being within the descriptions, and upon the conditions, here- after annexed.
You are to enlist such freemen, above the age of seventeen and under that of fifty, of sufficient stature and ability of body to discharge all the offices of a private soldier; to be free from lameness, or other bodily infirmity, which may render them incapable to support the fatigues of a camp.
You are not to enlist any deserter from the army of the King of Great-Britain, nor any person of disaffected or suspicious character with respect to the American Cause.
You are to enlist them to serve during the war with Great-Britain, or for three years, unless sooner discharged by proper authority.
Every soldier enlisted, as soon as may be, to be engaged before a Peace-Officer, Judge-Advocate, or some of his Deputies, agreeable to the section of the Articles of War: Every person so engaged, to be mustered before the Muster-Master General, or some of his Deputies, if they be within a reasonable distance, if not, before some Major-General, Brigadier, or Colonel commanding a Brigade — a Surgeon to be present. — All the charge and expence of a soldier enlisted, that does not pass muster for defects pointed out in these Instructions, shall be paid by the officer that engaged him.
You are hereby authorized and impowered to give as a reward, and promissio, in behalf of the public, as an encouragement to every non-commissioned officer and soldier that shall enlist, over and above the pay and provisions already allowed, that they shall receive a Bounty of Twenty Dollars and a Suit of Cloaths; the cloaths to be given annually as long as they continue in the service: And at the end of the war, or the term of three years, every non-commissioned officer and private, that shall complete his service agreeable to his engagement, shall be entitled to One Hundred Acres of Land. The legal representatives of those that die, or are killed in the service, are entitled to the same.
As a further encouragement, you are hereby authorized to promise, That all who are unfortunately maimed in the service, and rendered incapable of getting a livelihood and support, shall receive half pay during their natural lives, agreeable to the Resolve of Congress in that case made and provided.
Given at Winchester under my hand this 20 day of July 177 6
To St Cooper at Camp. Midelbach
Richd Campbell Major of the 8 Virginia Regt

Sir
Augt. 21 st 1840
The Records, books, and papers relating to the issue of Military Land Warrants being in charge of this Office, your letter of the 11 th inst., addressed to the Commiss r of the Genl. P o Office, has been referred here, and we reply have to inform you that these Records furnish no evidence of the issue of a Land Warrant numbered 488, for 300 Acres in favour of a Revolutionary Officer named Leonard Cooper. It appears however, that Land Warrant No 8988, for 300 Acres issued the 9 th July 1825, to Presley Cooper, and the other heirs at law of Leonard Cooper who was a Captain in the Corps of Invalids, and belonged either to the Virginia or Maryland line. — In a former letter of yours to the Com r of the Genl. P o Office you annexed thereto, what purports to be a copy of a Warrant numbered 488 for 300 Acres in favour of Capt d Leon d Cooper of the Va. line and dated in the year 1798. This copy, furnishes the first indication either to them, or to the Genl. P o Office of the issue of Warrant No 488. — On the 8 th Nov r 1800, the War Office in this City, with all the books and Records relating to the issue of Military Land Warrants, were consumed by fire. Hence, it became necessary for the War Dept t to prepare a new Register of all Warrants known to have been issued prior to the 8 th Nov r 1800, and in order to effect this necessary was had to the Department. Were the original Warrants had been surrendered for the purpose of obtaining the Patents due thereon. — The Warrant No 488, alleged to have issued in 1798, never having been surrendered to the proper Dept t it was of course impossible to know (for the reasons above stated) of its existence. Consequently it was reasonable to conclude that no Warrant had ever been granted for the land due to Capt d L d Cooper; therefore, after the lapse of 27 years, and upon the application of the legal heirs of Capt d Cooper in 1825 a Warrant was issued in their favour for the land then appearing to be due and right.

of that Officer
The Depart. of War cannot now, under the circumstances, or consistently with its practice in similar cases, give relief to the alleged Apresnees of Capt Cooper, inasmuch as, they alone are to blame for their failure and unprecedented neglect to surrender the Warrants within a reasonable time —
J. L. E.
B. A. Lavender Esq. Winchester Va.

The house
John Calvin Adams
Century at the wings (It was the Continental Establishment.)
Must
Washington City

Winch. May 28 th 1819
Sir
Believing there has been some mistake in the rejection of Capt n Cooper's claim to be placed on the pension list I have returned his papers for reconsideration. I have been informed by a very respectable Officer of the 8 th Vays Reg t commanded by Col d Peter M c pherson in which Capt n Cooper served part of his time, that the Regiment was taken into continental pay and placed on continental establishment - and if so there can be no doubt about Capt n Cooper's claim - indeed the remarks of the War Dept t on the papers of many applicants belonging to that Reg t admit that there was no objection by reason of the character of the Corps but on account of defective proof, which has been since supplied and if these applicants (say Bly, Clance & Fetzer) belonging to the same 8 th Reg t shall be placed on the list, it will follow that Cooper ought not to be refused a place there -
I am inclined to think the reflections of the War Dept t were confined to the Committee from the "Committee of Safety" a local body providing for the safety of particular sections of country and hence the idea of raising for local defense but M c pherson's Reg t served in N th Carolina first & after d in Penn a & Jersey upon continental establishment if I am correctly informed
Very respectfully
yours
H. H. Holmes
The South
John C. Calhoun
Sec y at War

Ms. A. 9. 2. 10. 10
Wm. John C. Calhoun Secy of War Washington City

The heirs of Capt:
Leonard Cooper of the corps of Invalids -
at 6 a line -
lot 6th No - 1111 1 - " -

Woodstock Feb 7 th 1825
Sir
Enclosed I send you the official certificate of kinship of the heir of Capt. Leonard Cooper dec d late of the army of the revolution. You will please send to me a warrant for the Land to which the heir of said Leonard Cooper dec d are entitled Respectfully Yours.
Patrick Carland
Hon ble John C. Calhoun Secy of War.
Evidence of kinship sent to Mr Kelley - by his request March 22 1833
Returned Mar 23 rd

H. J. Stephensburg
Dec. 17 th /54
John K. Woods Esq.
Dear Sir:
An old lady of Middletown Freda County who is so old and decrepit that in the course of nature she cannot be expected to live but a few years, has made an enemy of a man by the name of Kline, and he has, I understand enlisted other persons with him to apply to the Commissioners to stop the Pension of the old lady, (Mrs. Kooper) The origin of this dirty affair was as follows: A relation of Kline by the name of Simmons was indebted to said Mrs. Kooper and although Mrs. Kooper applied to Simmons at various times to pay the money, yet he always failed to do so, the result was she gave the claim to said Officer

who pursued the proper course to make the money, this was the cause of all the ill feeling. I am told by a respectable Gentle- man, that a letter has been or will be written to the Department on the subject by those persons I understand further that those persons allege that since Mrs. Cooper was not married to her husband, with other state- ments that are alike devoid of truth and justice. I did not suppose for a moment that any persons could be found base enough to make an effort to injure a poor old innocent woman, who if she has a fault, it is her age and infirmary. The respectable portion of the Citizens, I am happy to say are her staunch friends and

denounced the course pursued by those persons.
Should a statement be made to the Department entitled to notice You will please inform me of the facts stated, which will enable me to pursue the proper course to bring the perpetrators of this base act before the proper Tribunal. In the event of their having already written to the Department on the subject in question, please give me a full and definite statement of the contents of the letter. I look upon it as but an act of common justice to protect the poor old Society in her just rights. Please do not fail to give me at the same time the names of the persons who have written on the subject.

I may be in error in stating that Kline is in relation of Emmons, I have since writing learned that the relationship is doubtful
Please answer this as soon as possible, as I am truly anxious to relieve her mind of trouble
Yours sincerely
L. C. J. Shipley

FREE
Honb le James Williams Washington City D o Columbia

Moodstock Feb 7 th 1825
Dear
Enclosed I send you a certificate properly authenticated of the handbill of the heirs of Capt. Leonard Cooper dec. I wish you would procure from the Secretary at War a warrant for the land to which they are entitled and forward the same to Patrick Carland in Newtown or bring it with you when you return.
Asp. of Your friend
Jared Williams Esq
J. Williams

Brief in the case of Christina Cooper, widow of Leonard Frederick County and State of Virginia act 29 July 1848
Claim, ("original," or "for increase." )
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband was a Pensioner under the act of 18 March 1818, at $240 per annum, The records shew that he was a Captain for more than two years. Proof of marriage — traditional and witnesses who knew the parties as "husband
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
and wife before the year 1800
Admitted at $480 per annum, commencing 4 March 1848.
Name and residence of Agent.
A. P. Norton Pittsburgh, Pa.
J. Cole Examining Clerk.

August 7 th 1851
Sir
Herewith I have the honor to lay before the Department the application of Christina Cooper of Virginia, widow of Capt Leonard Cooper deceased, (who was an Officer in the Virginia Line & a pensioner under the act of 18 th March 1818 at 240 75 per annum on the Virginia Roll.) for the benefit of the act of 2 nd February 1848, and for the commutation pay due her said husband at the time of his decease.
Captain Leonard Cooper served a period of about seven years as Captain in the Virginia Line during the war of the revolution; that he was a "wars man" and as such received a warrant from the State of Virginia on the 18 th of October 1784 for 4066. acres of Land, and since his decease his children have received a warrant from the United States for his bounty land amounting to 300 acres situated in the State of Ohio, which will more fully appear from the records of the Department.
Does not a late act of Congress provide for the settlement of the Virginia "Half pay" or Commutation Claims. Capt Cooper did urge the payment of his commutation, by application to the Department sometime prior to his decease. The reasons why his claim was

disallowed are unknown.
Is not the fact of his having been allowed county land by the United States an Virginia evidence of the validity of his claim for "half pay" and "commutation"
I have the honor to be, Sir, with great respect Your O bt Serv t A. P. Norton Pittsburgh Penn a
Hon J E Heath Com r of Pensions Washington D.C.

11,301.
46
Leonard Cooper. " "
Lm
Mr Edward. Suspended.
rec d 17 aug / ans d 23 rd Oct '20
Philip Williams, blk. Woodstock, Virg a

I Philip Williams Clerk of the County Court of Shenandoah in the state of Virginia do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the records of 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 two hundred and eighty seven dollars and sixty two cents
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court this 11 th day of August 1820
P Williams Clerk of Shenandoah County Virginia

February 10, 1936
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Mr. Hugh E. Naylor Office of John Marshall Highway Association Front Royal, Virginia
LEONARD COOPER W. 6712 BA-J/MMHF:MLB
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War and pre-Revolutionary War record of a Captain Leonard Cooper, other than the one whose record was furnished you July 11, 1932.
The record which was furnished you is that of the only Leonard Cooper found on the Revolutionary War records of this office.
This office does not have a roster of the Revolutionary War soldiers who served from Maryland, about which you inquire.
It is suggested that the record of the other Captain Leonard Cooper might be obtained from the Maryland Historical Society, Baltimore, Maryland, or from the Curator of Revolutionary War records, Annapolis, Maryland, and information in regard to his Revolutionary War service, not service in 1774, might be obtained from the Adjutant General, War Department, this city.
It is regretted that this time the Veterans Administration has no record to aid you further in your research.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

May 9, 1935
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Mr. R.R.Lamb 931 E. 143 rd Street Cleveland, Ohio
BA-J/MHHF/eel Leonard Cooper-W.6712
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you state that the record of Leonard Cooper, W.6712, furnished you on April 17, 1935, is not that of the Leonard Cooper in whom you are interested, who, you quote, "470-Leonard Cooper, widow- private- commenced January 29, 1815- $4 per month."
The record furnished of Leonard Cooper was that of the only soldier with that name found on the Revolutionary War records of this office. The War of 1812 records have been searched, also, and no claim for pension found based upon the service of the Leonard Cooper, last described by you. The pension which you cite may have been paid by the state from which the soldier served and not from the United States.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

May 8, 1934.
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Mr. Hugh E. Naylor Front Royal Virginia
BA--J/ady W.6712 Leonard Cooper
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the name of the company of minute men of which Leonard Cooper was ensign in 1775, also, the record of his father, Leonard Cooper in the French and Indian War.
The name of the company of minute men referred to above is not recorded in pension claim, W.6712, based upon service of Leonard Cooper in the Revolutionary War and whose record was furnished you, nor is the name of the captain of the company shown.
This office has no record of service rendered in the colonies prior to the Revolutionary War, hence no record of the father of Captain Leonard Cooper. It is suggested that his record might be found in the archives at Richmond, Virginia.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator.

July 11, 1932
RA-J/ RECORDED
Mr. Hugh E. Naylor Front Royal Virginia
Leonard Cooper-W.6712
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to Captain John Cooper, of Middletown, Frederick County, Virginia, who was wounded in 1778, and whose widow, Christina, was a pensioner until her death in 1865.
A search of the Revolutionary War records has been made in your behalf and no record found of such claims found having been made on account of the services of John Cooper, as described by you.
In a further search of the Revolutionary War records, however, the record of one Leonard Cooper has been found which in a measure corresponds to the record you seek and is furnished you herein as it may aid you in your research.
The data furnished herein are obtained from the papers on file in the Revolutionary War claim for pension, W.6712, based upon the military service of Leonard Cooper in that war.
Leonard Cooper was born in May, 1753 or 1754, place not stated.
In 1775, he was appointed ensign in a company of minute men in Virginia, and on February 19, 1776, he was appointed ensign in Captain Richard Campbell's Company, Colonel Peter Muhlenburg's Eighth Virginia Regiment; in 1777, he was appointed second lieutenant and in 1778, was appointed captain in the Fourth Virginia Regiment; he was in the battles of Brandywine, Germantown, Monmouth and in a skirmish at Paramus, where he was wounded, which resulted in the amputation of his right leg, and for which he was pensioned from January 1, 1787.
In 1818, he was a resident of Shenandoah County, Virginia, and on May 21, 1821, he was drowned in the Shenandoah River.

The soldier married in 1796, in Shenandoah County, Virginia, Christina Troenberger, who was born December 25, 1773 or 1774.
Soldier's widow, Christina, was allowed pension on her application executed July 31, 1851, while a resident of Middletown, Frederick County, Virginia.
Their children were:
Aquilla born March 25, 1797, died in August, 1808. Mary M. or Mariam " December 21, 1800, married William Stevens, Abraham " ----- --, ----, died in 1808. Presley " August 11, 1805. Margaret " March 15, 1807, married -----Rhodes and in 1851 was residing in Middletown, Virginia. Letitia or Latitia " December 8, 1808. Catharine " March 20, 1810. Matilda " April 19, 1813. Manuel " ----- --, ----, deceased in 1821. John Henry " December 28, 1815. Elizabeth " February 23, 1820.
Abraham Cooper, a nephew of the soldier, stated that he was born September 9, 1774, and that he was married in September, 1804, to Elizabeth Troenberger, a sister of the widow, Christina Cooper. Abraham Cooper and his wife, Elizabeth, were residing in Hampshire County, Virginia, in 1851.
In 1854, one David Rhodes, aged sixty-four years, was a resident of Frederick County, Virginia; no relationship to the family was shown.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator.
Date of her death not on 9 B

Rev. and 1812 Wars Section
March 26, 1924
Mrs. R. C. McCormick 1411 Thirty-first St., Des Moines, Iowa.
Madam:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim W. 6712 it appears that Leonard Cooper was born in May 1753 or 1754, place not stated.
In 1775 he was appointed Ensign in a company of minute men in Virginia, and on February 19, 1776 he was appointed Ensign in Captain Richard Campbell's Company, Colonel Peter Muhlenburg's 8th Virginia Regiment. In 1777 he was appointed Second Lieutenant and in 1778, First Lieutenant in the same regiment, and in 1779 was appointed Captain in the Fourth Virginia Regiment. He was in the battles of Brandywine, Germantown, Monmouth, and in a skirmish at Paramus where he was wounded, which resulted in the amputation of his right leg, and for which he was pensioned from January 1, 1787.
In 1818 he was a resident of Shenandoah County,

Virginia, and on May 21, 1821 he was drowned in the Shenandoah River.
Soldier married in 1796 in Shenandoah County, Virginia, Christina Troenberger born December 25, 1773 or 1774, and who was allowed pension on her application executed July 31, 1851 while a resident of Middletown, Frederick County, Virginia. Their children were:
Aquilla . . . . . born March 25, 1797, died in Aug. 1806. ✓ Mary M. or Mariam . . . . . " December 21, 1800, married in 1821 William Stevens. Abraham . . . . . " (no date) , died in 1806. ✓ Presley . . . . . " August 11, 1805. ✓ Margaret . . . . . " March 15, 1807, married . . . . Rhodes. ✓ Letitia or Latitia . . . . . " December 8, 1808. ✓ Catharine . . . . . " March 20, 1810. ✓ Matilda . . . . . " April 19, 1813. Manuel . . . . . " (no date). ✓ John Henry . . . . " December 25, 1815. ✓ Elizabeth . . . . . " February 23, 1820.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.
Did not give Aug. 1821 as date of Mary M's mar. as one record said mar. license was issued Sept. 10, 1821. Also used the mother's & sister's date of birth for her 1800 as she was
Miss Wilson said not say anything about widow's 2" mar. and to conclude the pension service with the wound as garrison service at West Pt. was not done as late as 1785.
I used date of widow's birth given by sol in 1820 instead of 86 yrs at ap. of her pen. cl.
man when 2/10/21

OFFICERS
JUDGE JOHN BARTON PAYNE Honorary President
HUGH E. NAYLOR President, Front Royal, Va.
JOHN T. RAMEY 1st Vice-Pres., Marshall, Va.
LAWRENCE MICHAEL 2d Vice-Pres., Clarendon, Va.
GEO. T. STROTHER 3d Vice-Pres., Markham, Va.
FRANK S. TAVENER, JR. 4th Vice-Pres., Woodstock, Va.
WILLIAM BEVERLEY 5th Vice-Pres., Broad Run, Va.
DR. WADE C. PAYNE 6th Vice-Pres., Haymarket, Va.
O. W. BORDEN Secretary, Front Royal, Va.
P. W. ANDERSON Treasurer, Marshall, Va.
DIRECTORS
Arlington County—
Arthur Orr Ashton C. Jones Guy Church Dr. Frank T. Stone Lawrence Michael Harry Fellows
Fauquier County—
Geo. T. Strother William Beverley John T. Ramey A. C. Reid A. V. Baird Thos. B. Glascock Dr. Richard Mason Wm. S. Strother C. C. Furr P. W. Anderson
Fairfax County—
Geo. W. Robey John Rust Dr. F. W. Huddleson Geo. F. Harrison
Shenandoah County—
Frank S. Tavener, Jr. H. B. Chapman R. S. Wright
Prince William County—
Thos. H. Lion Dr. Wade C. Payne Rolfe Robertson
Warren County—
C. L. Melton Hugh E. Naylor W. W. Sonner O. W. Borden George N. Buck Chas. B. Samuels Dr. Orville Van Deusen
OFFICE OF
John Marshall Highway Association Shenandoah National Park Highway
Washington, D. C., to Shenandoah National Park
First Link of John Marshall Coast to Coast Highway
FRONT ROYAL, VIRGINIA
Jan, 5, 1936.
Hon. A. D. Hiller, Assistant to Administrator, Veterans Administration, Washington, D.C.
Dear Mr. Hiller:
Have you a roster of veterans of the Revolutionary War, in the Maryland line? If so, will you please be good enough to inform me whether or not there was a Capt. Leonard Cooper who was in the service, and in 1774 came to the Shenandoah Valley, and joined Capt. Lewis in his campaign against the Indians lead by the Indian Chief Cornstalk, and took part in the battle of Point Pleasant, and settled near there on Cooper's Creek, in what is now Mason County, W. Virginia?
My great grandfather on my maternal side (my father's mother was Catherine Cooper), was Capt. Leonard Cooper, who was a resident of Shenandoah and Frederick Counties of Virginia, and was ensign in Capt. Richard Campbell's company in 1776, (and ensign in a company of minute men in 1775), in Col. Peter Muhlenbergg's 8th Virginia regiment; appointed 2d Lieut. in 1777; and in 1778 was appointed Capt. in 4th., Virginia Regiment; but the first above named Capt. Cooper with Col. Lewis was a different Capt. Cooper from my great grandfather Capt. Leonard Cooper, and I wish information concerning HIM.
If this information is not available in your office will you not please be good enough to inform me where I can find it?
You were good enough to give me the military record of my great grandfather Capt. Leonard several years ago, which I greatly appreciated, and am still indebted for same, and for which I am always thanking you in my heart.
Wishing you the season's greetings and hoping to hear from you at your early convenience, I remain,
Very cordially & sincerely yours,
Hugh E. Naylor

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The SHORT route to the Heart of the Shenandoah Valley, at Front Royal and Strasburg.
The SAFEST route to the Shenandoah National Park, the George Washington National Forest and the U. S. Remount Reservation because of lack of steep grades and almost total absence of fogs.
It intersects routes U. S. No. 3 to Richmond and U. S. No. 340 at Front Royal and U. S. No. 11 at Strasburg.
The IDEAL truck route to Washington and the east, with no mountains to climb.
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931 E 143d St., Cleveland Ohio.
Reference - BA/JMNHF/eeI Leonard Cooper.
Veterans Administration Washington D.C. Gentlemen:
My letter of April 3d, yours of April 17th - with regard to two pensioners of above name. From information received Capt. Cooper was not the correct one. Will you, therefore please furnish data on 1
470 Leonard Cooper - widow - private - commenced Jan.

29th, 1815, 84 00 per mo.
Your early attention will be much appreciated
Very truly,
R. R. Lamb.
May 6, 1935.

931 E 143d St, Cleveland, Ohio. April 3, 1935
Bureau of Pensions - Rev. Section, Dept. of Interior, Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:
In a publication covering pensions in effect 1818 - I find the following: Virginia items - 470 - Leonard Cooper . widow - private commenced Jan 29, 1815 - $4 00 /mo
Shenandoah County.
only one - Leonard Cooper, Capt. recd $166 66 /per yr { do do $240 00 /per yr { died May 21, 1821.
Is this one captain, or two?
May I have copies showing any members of families mentioned, parentage, children, etc?
Will greatly appreciate an

ly reply?
Very truly yours, R. R. Lamb.

P. M. Dalt 4/30/34 ~
Front Royal, Virginia.
April 28, 1934.
Veterans Administration, Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:
- only one -
I would like to have further information concerning the military career of my greatgrandfather, Capt. Leonard Cooper, who was a member of a Virginia company of Minute Men in 1775, an Ensign in Col. Bowman's company in 1776, Lieut. 1777, and Capt. in 1778, Col. Peter Muhlenburg's Regiment. He was in the battles of, Germantown, Brandywine and Monmouth. He enlisted in Shenandoah Co.
What I wish particularly to know is, the name of the company of Minute Men of which he was a member,
His father, Leonard Cooper, was in the French and Indian wars, in Virginia, and he was living in Frederick County, Virginia, I believe, as his will is recorded there in 1766, and in a history of Winchester, his name is recorded as a soldier in the French and Indian wars.
I would also like to have any information concerning the history of my great-great-grandfather as a soldier in the French and Indian wars if you have it. If you have none, can you tell me where I can get this information? and information concerning Capt. Cooper's company of Minute Men?
Thanking you in advance for the information, I am,
Very sincerely yours,
Hugh E. Naylor.

OFFICERS
JUDGE JOHN BARTON PAYNE Honorary President HUGH E. NAYLOR President ARTHUR ORR 1st Vice-President (Arlington County) GEORGE W. ROBEY 2nd Vice President (Fairfax County) THOMAS H. LION 3rd Vice-President (Prince William County) GEORGE THOMAS STROTHER 4th Vice-President (Fauquier County) FRANK S. TAVENER 5th Vice-President (Shenandoah County) THOMAS W. DUDLEY 6th Vice-President LAWRENCE MICHAEL Secretary O. W. BORDEN Assistant Secretary
DIRECTORS
Arlington County Arthur Orr, Clarendon Ashton C. Jones, Clarendon M. E. Church, Falls Church Dr. Frank T. Stone, Clarendon
Fauquier County
George T. Strother, Markham William Beverly, Broad Run John Ramey, Marshall A. C. Reed, Upperville A. V. Baird, Marshall Thomas B. Glasscock, Upperville
Fairfax County
George W. Robey, Fairfax John Rust, Fairfax F. W. Huddleson, Fairfax George F. Harrison, Herndon
Shenandoah County
Frank S. Tavener, Jr., Woodstock H. B. Chapman, Woodstock R. S. Wright, Strasburg
Prince William County
Thomas Lion, Manassas Wade C. Payne, Haymarket Rolfe Robertson, Haymarket
Warren County
E. H. Jackson, Front Royal Chas. L. Melton, Front Royal Hugh E. Naylor, Front Royal W. W. Sonner, Front Royal George N. Buck, Front Royal
OFFICE OF  John Marshall Highway Association Shenandoah National Park Highway  Washington, D. C., to Shenandoah National Park First Link of John Marshall Coast to Coast Highway FRONT ROYAL, VIRGINIA
July 16th., 1932.
File reference Leonard Cooper W.67I2.
Mr. A. D. Hiller, Assistant to Administrator, Veterans Administration, Washington, D.C.
My dear Mr. Hiller:
Referring to your esteemed letter of the 11th., inst., advising me that upon your investigation of the Revolutionary War records you could find no record of Capt. John Cooper as described by me, but in a further search of the Revolutionary War records the record of Leonard Cooper had been found which in a measure corresponded to the record I sought, I wish to thank you kindly for this information given in your letter concerning Leonard Cooper, as he is my ancestor in whose military record I am greatly concerned. I was mistaken about John Cooper, being my ancestor, because of faulty memory. My father furnished me the information concerning his maternal Grandfather Capt. Leonard Cooper, but I forgot the name Leonard, and substituted unintentionally John Cooper. My father has been dead many years and it has probably  been 40 years since since he last referred to the matter, so it was my faulty memory that caused me to make the error. The information contained in your valuable record corresponds exactly with the information I have concerning the history of our Capt. Leonard Cooper's family, and his military record as far as we knew it, and very much further than we knew. My father told me of his Grandfather Leonard Cooper having lost a leg in the Revolutionary War, and his having been a Pensioner for it, and after his death his Grandmother drew the pension. He also told me he rode a mare named which he had taught to kneel for him to mount with his wooden leg. He also told of his riding to Court and Muster days from his home to Front Royal, and on his last trip the mare came home riderless with the bridle reins dragging in the dust. Upon search, his body was found in the Shenandoah river. It was thought his mare stumbled in crossing the rocky ford, and threw him in the river where he drowned. I have a copy of my Greatgrandmother's will made in April 1859, and probated in Nov. Term Frederick County Court 1865, which gives the names of all her children as given in your records, and also of her Grand children. My father was her favorite grandson, who was one of her legatees, so all your

ONE
OFFICE OF John Marshall Highway Association Shenandoah National Park Highway
Washington, D. C., to Shenandoah National Park
First Link of John Marshall Coast to Coast Highway FRONT ROYAL, VIRGINIA
(Arlington County)
(Fairfax County)
(Prince William County)
THOMAS STROTHER
President (Fauquier County)
JOHN VENER
President (Shenandoah County)
JOHN DUDLEY
Vice-President
#2.
JOHN MICHAEL
Secretary
JOHN BORDEN
Assistant Secretary
DIRECTORS
Arlington County
Arthur Orr, Clarendon
Ashton C. Jones, Clarendon
M. E. Church, Falls Church
Dr. Frank T. Stone, Clarendon
Fauquier County
George T. Strother, Markham
William Beverly, Broad Run
John Ramey, Marshall
A. C. Reed, Upperville
A. V. Baird, Marshall
Thomas B. Glasscock, Upperville
Fairfax County
George W. Robey, Fairfax
John Rust, Fairfax
F. W. Huddleson, Fairfax
George F. Harrison, Herndon
Shenandoah County
Frank S. Tavener, Jr., Woodstock
H. B. Chapman, Woodstock
R. S. Wright, Strasburg
Prince William County
Thomas Lion, Manassas
Wade C. Payne, Haymarket
Rolfe Robertson, Haymarket
Warren County
E. H. Jackson, Front Royal
Chas. L. Melton, Front Royal
Hugh E. Naylor, Front Royal
W. W. Sonner, Front Royal
George N. Buck, Front Royal
information hooks up with the information I already have. It was so nice and accomodating of you to give me the new and further information about my Greatgrand father Capt. Leonard Cooper. Without it, I would have been completely at sea about his military record, and to think that you really went further into the detailed history of the right man I wanted to know about, without being asked is appreciated by me far more than I can express here. So, I will ask you to put yourself in my place, and imagine the pleasure you would have felt under the same circumstances. Again thanking you for your kindness, I remain,
Very sincerely and cordially yours,
Hugh E. Naylor

OFFICERS
JUDGE JOHN BARTON PAYNE Honorary President HUGH E. NAYLOR President ARTHUR ORR 1st Vice-President (Arlington County) GEORGE W. ROBEY 2nd Vice President (Fairfax County) THOMAS H. LION 3rd Vice-President (Prince William County) GEORGE THOMAS STROTHER 4th Vice-President (Fauquier County) FRANK S. TAVENER 5th Vice-President (Shenandoah County) THOMAS W. DUDLEY 6th Vice-President LAWRENCE MICHAEL Secretary O. W. BORDEN Assistant Secretary
DIRECTORS
Arlington County
Arthur Orr, Clarendon Ashton C. Jones, Clarendon M. E. Church, Falls Church Dr. Frank T. Stone, Clarendon
Fauquier County
George T. Strother, Markham William Beverly, Broad Run John Ramey, Marshall A. C. Reed, Upperville A. V. Baird, Marshall Thomas B. Glasscock, Upperville
Fairfax County
George W. Robey, Fairfax John Rust, Fairfax F. W. Huddleson, Fairfax George F. Harrison, Herndon
Shenandoah County
Frank S. Tavener, Jr., Woodstock H. B. Chapman, Woodstock R. S. Wright, Strasburg
Prince William County
Thomas Lion, Manassas Wade C. Payne, Haymarket Rolfe Robertson, Haymarket
Warren County
E. H. Jackson, Front Royal Chas. L. Melton, Front Royal Hugh E. Naylor, Front Royal W. W. Sonner, Front Royal George N. Buck, Front Royal
OFFICE OF  John Marshall Highway Association Shenandoah National Park Highway  Washington, D. C., to Shenandoah National Park First Link of John Marshall Coast to Coast Highway FRONT ROYAL, VIRGINIA
June 8th., 1932.
Bureau U.S. Pensions Revolutionary & 1812 Washington, D.C
Gentlemen:
My great grandfather, Capt. John Cooper of Middletown, Frederick Co., Virginia, was either in the American Revolutionary Army or the war of 1812, and was wounded, I think in the Battle of Bulltown Swamp, (battle of Savannah, Ga.) Nov. 17th., 1778, or some battle of 1812. This I know, my great grandmother his widow, was a pensioner until her death, in 1865. Her name was Christina Cooper. I would like to know just what your records show, in regard to Capt. John Cooper, his birth place, parents, his record as a soldier, the name of his Company, Regiment etc. and all the particulars you can give me concerning him. I do not know for sure whether he was a pensioner himself, but I do know that his widow was a pensioner. I would like a certificate of Capt. Cooper's record and will pay the charges for same, if any.
Thanking you in advance for the information in advance, and hoping to hear from you at your early convenience, I am,
Very respectfully yours,
Hugh E. Naylor

Feb 12th, 1924.
Bureau of Pensions. Dept. of the Interior, Washington, D. C.
Washington Gardner, Commissioner. Dear Sir--.
Will you kindly give me the military history of the following Revolutionary soldiers:
James Mc.Cormick I.P;D 94
John McCormick( Capt. Berkeley m.) Aud. Acct. -XVIII, 98.
Both enlisted from Virginia. Page 283 Rev. Soldiers of Va.
Va. State Library 1912.
Jacob Lewis, Middlebourne Tyler County West Virginia, 78
Va. Militia in Rev. Page 248.
✓ Leonard Cooper - 135 Pensioner Capt. 4th Va. Regt.
Heitmans Historical Register of Officers of the Continental Army.
Yours truly,
Mrs R. C. McCormick
1411 31st. Street. Des Moines, Iowa.
This Virginia wanted several 1812 records also. sent this one + one 1812 (Leonard Cooper H.O. 26802) + told her only 2 furnished etc

June 29. L to H for Hubs March 1861
1924-Mch. 26- Hist. to Mr. R.E. M...
1932 July 11- Hist. to Hugh E. Taylor
1934 May 8. Hugh E. Taylor further adv. a.d. 1934
1935-Apr 17- Hist to R.R. Land - Ecl
1935-May 9- Ad. R.R. Land Hist Jan. Apr 17/35 that of only Leonard Cooper on Rev. Harrows dr. m.n. & f.c.
1936-Feb. 10- Mr. Hugh E. Taylor no cels. Leonard Cooper
1874 4
Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 6712
Christina Cooper Wid:
Leonard Cooper Capt. Rev. War.
Act: July 29/48
Index:—Vol. A , Page 143

Winchester Va.
11 Aug 1843.
Ben. A. Lavender
Ack. the receipt of Commt. letter of 17 th ult o rel to land Warrant of heirs of Leonard Cooper. Can get no information of the original Warrant. Can he not get a new Warrant to be located upon proof of the validity of the assignments & affidavits of the loss of the original
Washington D.C. 444 Commissary of the War Dept. John N. [unclear] Esq. am o . Aug t 21 st 43 W. H. Heaton
Rec d 14 Aug t 1843 Referred to the Pension Office Aug t 18 th 1843 Rec d Aug t 19 th 1843

Winchester Va. Aug 11. 1843.
Thomas M c Plake Esq r
Dear Sir
Your favour 17 th ult came duly to hand relative to said Warrant to the heirs of Leonard Cooper I have since its receipt been endeavouring to get information of the original warrant assigned to us of which I sent you a copy but I have as yet not succeeded.
All the warrants obtained by Mr Spangler were sent out to Western Surveyors - where is it probable they may be found? Have you no books or documents that will show that that warrant was granted and located and if not located can I not get a new warrant to be located upon proof of the validity of the assignment and affidavit of the loss or want of knowledge of the original.
Respectfully
Rich d A. Sawin
Warrant N o 488. was ip d for the services of Capt n Leonard Cooper. " " 1111 ip d 19 th Feby 1825. to Presley Cooper & the other heirs of Capt n Leonard Cooper 300 Ac - located in Ohio - supposed to have been issued in lieu of 488, lost.

Warrant N o 111 - if ? - to Presley Cooper the heirs of Capt. Leonard Cooper for 300- acres of Land -
Febry: 19 th - 1825
and - delivered to Jared Williams

Leonard Cooper B. L. Mt. 1111 300

L d Warr t N. 1111. for 300. Acres if d the 9 th Feb y 1825. to Presley Cooper, and the other heirs at law of Capt d Leonard Cooper of the N. Carolina Line - deliv d to the Hon ble J. Williams The name of Leonard Cooper, is not returned on the list of Officers of the Virg a line among those intitled to bounty lands from the U. States - The list of Officers shew the name of Leonard Cooper, as a Captain in the Corps of Invalids and of the N. Carolina line -
Certificates for £645 - were issued in 1784. to Leonard Cooper, for the balance of his full pay as a Captain of Infantry of the Virginia Continental line
It appears from the list of issues of Military land Warrants by the State of Virginia that on the 18 th Oct r 1784. a Warr t for 4666 2 / 3 acres, was granted to Leonard Cooper, for 7 Years Service as a Captain in the Virg a Continental line, and again on the 13 th Decem r 1796, another Warrant for 4666 2 / 3 acres was issued to the same Officer for the same Services

State of Virginia
At a court held for the county of Shenandoah on Monday the 7 th day of February 1825. Satisfactory Evidence was adduced in court to prove that Mariam Stevens late Mariam Cooper the wife of William Stevens Presley Cooper, Margaret Cooper, Lolitia Cooper, Catharine Cooper, Matilda Cooper, John Henry Cooper & Elizabeth Cooper are the children & heirs at Law of Capt: Leonard Cooper late of the county of Shenandoah and that Christina Coarland late Christina Cooper now the wife of Patrick Coarland is the widow of the said Leonard Cooper deceased.
I Philip Williams Clerk of the county court aforesaid do certify that the above evidence is taken from the records in my Office. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my official seal this 7 th day of February 1825 & in the 49 th year of the Commonwealth.
P Williams Clerk

State of Virginia } County of Frederick }
David Rhodes of the County and State aforesaid, being first duly sworn according to law doth depose and say that his age is 64 years, that he knew the aforesaid Captain Leonard Cooper, & his wife Christina fifty years ago seventeen years ago, and that from his knowledge of them since that period and of their family, he, believes that the facts stated in the declaration of Christina Cooper hereto annexed, & in the accompanying affidavit of Margaret Rhodes to be substantially true. Sworn to & subscribed on this } 31 st day of July 1851. } David his Rhodes Before me. } marks Isaac Hite J.P.
I hereby certify that the above named David Rhodes is personally known to me and that he is an intelligent and credible witness -
And that the interlining opposite the letter A was done before the execution of this affidavit -
Isaac Hite J.P.
State of Virginia } County of Frederick }
John Carson being duly sworn doth depose and say that he was born on the 2 d of August 1792 & that he has a record of his age, and that he knew Captain Leonard Cooper aforesaid as long ago as he remembers any person, and that he was then living as man

and wife with his wife Christina, and deponent states that from his knowledge of the family of the said Cooper that they were married several years prior to 1800 and that they had one or more children born prior to that time, and from his knowledge of their family he believes that the foregoing statement of Christina Cooper, Margaret Rhodes & David Rhodes to be substantially true.
Sworn to & subscribed on the 31 st day of July 1851 Before Me
John Carson
Isaac P. White J.P.
I certify from personal knowledge that the abovenamed affiant John Carson is a credible witness
Isaac P. White J.P.

State of Illinois County of Randolph
Before the subscriber a justice of the Peace in and for said county, personally appeared Catharine Myres aged thirty five years resident in said county who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath state that Patrick Carlin formerly of the State of Ohio, died in the County of Franklin  St. Clair  the State of Illinois on the 22 nd day of February in the year eighteen hundred and thirty nine and that he came to his death from wounds & injuries received at a shooting match .
This deponent further states that at the time of the death of the said Patrick Carlin she was living with him as his lawful wife, and that she was lawfully married to him in the County of Licking in the State of Ohio in the month of February in the year eighteen hundred and thirty — and at the time of her said marriage to him, she the said Patrick Carlin represented to this deponent that he had been the husband of one Christina Carlin, formerly Christina Cooper, the  last  wife and who she represented was at that time deceased and which this deponent afterwards learned was not the fact —
Sworn to & subscribed on this 19 th day of May 1851.
Catharine Myres witness Patrick Carlin
Before me R.R. Servant Justice of the Peace
I certify that the testimony of the above named affiant is entitled to full credit & belief
R.R. Servant Justice of the Peace

State of Illinois County of Randolph ss. I John W. Gillips Clerk of said County do hereby certify that R. P. Servant Esquire is now and was at the time of the date of the foregoing affidavit a justice of the Peace duly commissioned and qualified to act as such in the county aforesaid. And that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his are genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and official seal this 19 th day of May 1851
John W. Gillips Clerk

State of Virginia County of Frederick } ss
Before the subscriber personally appeared Robert Rogers aged 72 years who being first duly sworn doth depose and say that he knew Captain Leonard Cooper deceased late of Shenandoah County from the year 1807 up to the time of his death in the spring of 1821, and assisted in taking his body out of the Shenandoah River where he was drowned. That he is certain of the fact that he became acquainted with Captain Leonard Coopers family in the year 1807 as that was the time he came to reside near by them - that at that time they had several children born one of which was named Mary & was a girl of about 6 or 7 years of age at that time.
He further states that the said Captain Cooper & his wife Christina lived together as man and wife from the time he became acquainted with them up to the time when she died.
Sworn to & subscribed on { Robert Rogers this 31 st day of July 1851 {
Before me - W. M. Hite S.P.
And I further certify that the said Robert Rogers is a credible witness - W. M. Hite S.P.

State of Virginia County of Frederick } ss
I Thomas Allen Tidball Clerk of the County Court of the County of Frederick, do hereby certify that Isaac F. Kite and Walker M. Kite are Justices of the Peace, that at the time of the date of Robert Rogers the foregoing affidavit of Robert Rogers and the declaration of Christina Cooper hereto annexed they were duly Commissioned and qualified to act as such in and for said County; And that the foregoing signatures purporting to be theirs are genuine.
In testimony whereof I hereunto subscribe my name, and affix the seal of said Court & County, the 5 th day of August 1851.
T. A. Tidball Clerk of Frederick County Court Virginia
on Rogers

POWER OF ATTORNEY.
State of Virginia County of Frederick } ss.
Know all Men by these Presents,
That I Christina Cooper of Middletown in said County do hereby authorize, constitute and appoint Anson P Norton of Pittsburgh Pennsylvania my true and lawful Attorney to prosecute for me and on my behalf, all and singular, claim or claims, I may have against the General Government of the United States, on account of the service of my husband Captain Leonard Cooper deceased, in the war of the Revolution; the said power of Attorney to be irrevocable for the space of three years from the within date: and the said Anson P Norton is hereby authorized to take all necessary and proper steps in the prosecution of said claim or claims on my behalf.
In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 31 st day of July 1851
Attest Isaac F. Hite J. P. David H. Rhodes marks
her Christina Cooper marks
State of Virginia County of Frederick } ss.
Be it known, That on the 31 st
day of July 1851, before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly authorized by law to administer oaths, personally appeared Christina Cooper above named, and on oath declares she is directly interested as one of the claimants aforesaid, and acknowledged the foregoing Power of Attorney to be her act and deed.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, the day and year last above mentioned.
Isaac F. Hite J. P.
State of County of } ss.
I
of the County and State aforesaid, do certify, that Esquire is now, and was at the time of the date of the foregoing, a Justice of the Peace, duly commissioned and qualified to act as such in and for said County: and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his, is genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and Official seal, this _____ day of _____ 18_____

Woodstock Va July 24 1861
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A. P. Norton Esq Washington City D. C.

State of Virginia Shenandoah County
I Samuel B Williams Clerk of the County Court of Shenandoah, certify that after a careful examination of the records in my office, I can find no bond or license for the marriage of Leonard Boerfer with Christena Freunkeiger, and that no certificate of such marriage is recorded therein -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this 4 day of August 1851 and in the 76 year of the Commonwealth Sam l B Williams T. S. C.

Belovstock N a
Aug 4 1851
Dr. Sir
I send you the certificate requested concerning Leonard Cooper & Christina Froenkeger, and after examination state that no evidence exists as to the precise day when William Stevens was married to Mariam Cooper. The license was issued on the 10 th day of September 1821, but no certificate has been returned yours with respect
Sam l C. Williams
A. P. Norton Esq.

State of Virginia } County of Hampshire } ss
Before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace duly authorized by law to administer oaths personally appeared Abraham Cooper a resident in the County of Hampshire in the State of Virginia who being first duly sworn doth depose and say that he was born on the ninth day of September 1774, that he has an old record of the time of his birth, by which he knows his age to be seventy seven years, on the 9 th of next month -
This deponent states that he is a nephew of Captain Leonard Cooper deceased late of Shenandoah County in said State of Virginia, that the said Leonard Cooper is the identical person who was a revolutionary pensioner of the United States under the act of 18 th March 1818 & who was drowned in the Shenandoah river on the 21 st of May 1821. This deponent states that he knew the said Leonard Cooper at the time when he returned from the war of the revolution, and was intimately acquainted with him from that time up to the time when he died. This deponent states that he knew the wife of the said Leonard Cooper, whose maiden name was Christina Froenberger prior & subsequent to her marriage with his said Uncle; and further states that the aforesaid Leonard and Christina were lawfully married by a Lutheran Minister several years prior to the year 1800, whose name was William Foster - Deponent states that they were married in Shenandoah County, that he was not present at their wedding, but heard of the circumstance at the time when it occurred. Deponent states that he resided in the family of his said Uncle eighteen months, and worked on his said Uncle's place; that while he lived with his said Uncle the third child of the said Leonard and Christina Cooper was born & out of regard for this deponent was named Abraham - that the two other children which the said Leonard & Christina had at that

time living were named Agrippa & Mary M. Cooper -
This deponent states that she was married to a sister of the aforesaid Christina Cooper, whose maiden name was Elizabeth Troenberger, that he courted his said wife at the time above stated when she was living with his said Uncle and that his marriage to her occurred at { in the month of September in the year 1803 in the year 1804, in which of said years he does not remember that they were married in Shenandoah County & in the town of Woodstock and when this deponent was 27 or 30 years old.
That she deponent is very sure that the said Leonard & Christina Cooper had three children born prior to the time of his own marriage aforesaid - That the said Leonard & Christina Cooper lived together in lawful wedlock as man & wife from the time of their said marriage up to the time when the said Leonard Cooper died - Deponent states that the said Christina Cooper is now living in the town of Middletown in the county of Shenandoah in said State - that she is called by the name of Cooper and not by the name of Carlin - that after the death of the decease of the said Leonard Cooper his widow married a man named Patrick Carlin and that she the said Christina left the said Carlin on account of the illegality of their marriage, as it became known that the said Carlin had a former wife then alive -
Sworn to & subscribed on this
4 day of August 1851 Before me
Samuel C. Burrgarner JPD
} Abraham his Cooper mark
I certify that the aforesaid Abraham Cooper is a person of respectability, a credible witness & of sound mind - I certify that the erasure in the lines opposite the letter A was done before the execution of the said affidavit by the direction of the said Abraham Cooper, done after examining his family record -
Samuel C. Burrgarner JPD

State of Virginia County of Hampshire
Elizabeth Cooper being first duly sworn according to law doth depose and say that she is sixty eight years old that she is a resident of the County of Hampshire in said State - that she is the wife of Abra- ham Cooper named in the foregoing affidavit - that she was married to the said Abraham in the month of Septem- ber in the year 1803  in the year 1804 - that prior to said marriage she lived in the family of Leonard & Christina Cooper named in the foregoing affidavit - that the said Christina is a sister of hers, and that at the time of her residing in the family of the said Leonard & Christina aforesaid, they, the said Leonard & Christina had three chil- dren born & then living, who were their lawful children by marriage, and whose names were Agnilla Cooper, Mary M Cooper & Abraham Cooper; that she is very certain that these three children were born prior to the time of her own marriage, and that the said Leonard & Christina were married several years prior to the year eighteen hundred (1800) and that they had one or more children born before that time - she further states that she & her said husband have a record of the time of the births of their children on which is entered the time, day and year, when each child was born, that the several entries on their family record were made about the time of their childrens births. She states that her first child was named Sarah Cooper and was born in the year eighteen hundred and five as appears by their record which she believes is true & correct. She further states that she cannot be mistaken about the fact of her own marriage having occurred on the 10 th day of September in the year eighteen hundred and four (1804), from the fact that her first child was born within twelve months of the time of her marriage. She further states that she is positive from the circumstances above stated & also from the ages of the children of the the children of

the said Leonard & Christina when she was married, as well as from what she has heard her said sister to relate many years ago that they, the said Leonard and the said Christina were lawfully married several years prior to the year eighteen hundred (1800) -
Sworn to & subscribed on this second day of August 1851 Samuel Bumgarner J.P.
Her Elizabeth L. Cooper mark
I certify that I am well acquainted with the aforesaid Elizabeth Cooper and know her to be a person of respectability, whose statement is entitled to full credit and belief - and that she is of sound mind -
And further certify that she has shown me her family record which she refers to, and that it has every appearance of having been long since made, and that I believe her statement respecting her family record & time of her first child's birth to be true -
Samuel Bumgarner J.P.
State of Virginia County of "Wampshire" } J.P.
I John B White Clerk of the County aforesaid do hereby certify that Samuel Bumgarner Esquire is and was a Justice of the Peace at the time of the date of the foregoing affidavits, and duly commissioned and qualified to act as such in and for said county - And that the foregoing signatures purported to be his are genuine -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & Official seal this fourth day of August A.D. 1851. John B White, clk.

No 971
Christina Cooper, widow of Leonard Va.
Act 29 July 1848
Married 1796
Hus d deed 1821
Adm rs 2 yrs Capt, $480 per annum Comg 4 March 1848
Rechn
A. P. Norton Present

are now in the enclosed
No payment whatever can be allowed, except so much as may necessarily reimburse the person who has the disposal of the Cash in respect and benefit of the decedent, as she did not leave sufficient funds to meet the expenses.

State of Virginia County of Frederick } } f
Margaret Rhodes of the Town of Middletown in said county being first duly sworn doth depose and say, that she is the lawful child of Christina & Captain Leonard Cooper, that she was born on the fifteenth day of March in the year eighteen hundred and seven (1807); that she has a record of her said marriage birth made many years since. She further states that her said father and mother had four children born prior to this deponents birth, whose names beginning with the first born, were Agnilla Cooper, Mary M Cooper, Abraham Cooper & Presley Cooper. That the said Christina & Leonard Cooper had six children born after the birth of this deponent, whose names were Letitia, Catharine, Matilda, Samuel, John H, and Elizabeth Cooper. That there was a difference of two or more years in the time of the births of her brothers & sisters aforesaid, or in the time of the births of each one. That she knows that her parents second child, Mary M Cooper, was born in the year 1800, from her recollection that her said sister was in her 21 st year when she was married, and knowing that her marriage occurred in August 1821, the same summer in which her said father was drowned. That her said father was a revolutionary pensioner of the United States at the rate of 240 Dollars per annum. She further states that she believes that her said parents were lawfully married in the year seventeen hundred and ninety six (1796).

She states that her mother was married to a man named Patrick Carlin after the decease of the said Captain Cooper, and that she separated from him after learning that he was the husband of another woman then living. That her said mother from that time assumed her former name of Christina Cooper, by which she is now only known and called.
Sworn to and subscribed } Margaret her Rhodes on this 31 st day of July } marks 1851 before me
Isaac H. Hite J.P.
I certify from personal acquaintance that the aforesaid Margaret Rhodes is the person she describes herself to be, and that she is a respectable woman & a credible witness.
Isaac H. Hite J.P.