Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 980, David Cooper, New Jersey

SERVICE
NUMBER
New Jersey
Cooper, David
S. 980
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9:473 New Jersey Daria Cooper
Memorandum the State of New Jersey who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Fleming of the Puff commanded by Col. Wyckoff in the New Jersey Militia time for one year 3 months
Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey at the rate of 50 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 day of May 1833 and sent W. J. Brown Householder N.J.
Arrears to the 4th of Mar 1833 $ 100.00 Pens. and allowance ending 1/2 Sep 33 25.00
125.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by C. B. Whiting Clerk Book 6 Vol. 3 Page 105

David Cooper
No 3175
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State of New Jersey } On this 31 st day of July 1832 County of Monmouth } personally appeared in open court before the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for said County now sitting at Freehold New Jersey David Cooper a resident of the Township of Freehold in said County and State aged twenty one and upwards, who being first duly sworn agreeably to Law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated to wit, under Col. Arthur Mikel and Genl. David Forman and first entered the service in the Revolutionary War some time in the year 1776. in the Company of Capt. Jacob Fleming one month - after- wards in the same year under Capt. Thomas Chadwick two months - under Capt. James Green one month - in the same year under Capt. Stephen Fleming one month - under Capt. Bennet same year one month in State of Pennsylvania - under Capt. Fleming two months. Served again under Capt. Thos. Chadwick one month and under James Green Capt. Second time one month again served under Capt. Fleming one month - Afterwards served at different periods for several months making altogether a term of at least one year (does not recollect the time he left the service) At the time he entered the service he resided in the Township of Shrewsbury in the County and State aforesaid, and was a volunteer, he was principally confined in his services on the Penn-Board of New Jersey and marched in and through the State and was in the battle of Germantown under Capt. Bennet, who was under Genl. David Forman, an Col. was Col. Asaph Holmes - After the Battle of Germantown he marched to the Shop-Mills - from

thence to Shinton - From Shinton he  he marched to Allentown and from thence to Monmouth N. Jersey
Applicant has no documentary evidence -
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension Roll of the agency of any State - Interrogatories propounded by the Court to the applicant David Cooper -
1. Where and in what year were you born? -
Answer he was born in the Township of Freehold Monmouth County N. Jersey - in the year 1760. -
2. Have you any record of your age and where is it? Answer the record of my age is at the residence of my Uncle David Cooper is in the Township of Freehold aforesaid. -
3. Where were you living when called into service? Where have you lived since the Revolutionary War, and where do you now live? -
Answer I lived at the time I entered the service in the Township of Shrewsbury, Monmouth County N. Jersey - and since the Revolutionary War in the Townships of Shrewsbury, Howell and Freehold in Monmouth County N. Jersey - In the last mentioned Township I now live -
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute
Answer I always served as a volunteer.
5. Interrogatory to which he answers that he has already in his declaration before stated the names of the officers recollected -
6. Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, by whom Answer I never received any written discharge from the service.
7. I am known at present in my neighborhood

to William Hurley and David Cooper sen. who can testify to my character for veracity and their belief of my services as a soldier of the Revolution - Sworn to & Subscribed the day & year above written } his John Patterson } David Cooper mark
State of New Jersey } Personally appeared Monmouth County Yr. } in open Court John Cook a resident of said County aged upwards of seventy who being duly sworn says that he was well acquainted with David Cooper herein named in the Revolutionary War was with him in the Battle of Germantown also was together at the Vinton Falls Monmouth County New Jersey - when Capt. Dennis Mit- chell was there in Capt. Hendrick Donocks Company — Sworn to & Subscribed } John Cook this 31 day July 1832. } John Patterson }
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War De- partment that the above named applicant David Cooper was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states and that John Cook above named is a resident of the County of Monmouth is a credible person and that his testimony is entitled to credit - 31 July 1832. By the Court M. J. Downe

The Subscriber Clerk of the Inferior Court of common Pleas in and for the County of Mounmouth in the state of New Jersey Do hereby certify that the foregoing contain the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of David Decker
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said court at Freehold this twenty fifth day of March A.D. one thousand eight hundred & thirty three
W.H. Ellis Clk

Amendatory Declaration of David Cooper to his original Declaration of the 31 st July 1832. For a pension under the act of June 7 th 1832.
Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Monmouth, New Jersey David Cooper who being duly sworn deposeth and saith, that by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory he cannot swear positively the time & precise length of to all the different periods of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below and in the grade of a private soldier all the time (to wit, in the year 1776. he served six months - In 1777 five months In the year 1778. served four months - making altogether a service of one year and three months for which service he claims a pension -
Subscribed & sworn to this 29 th day January 1833.
W. J. Bowne
W. J. Bowne
His David X Cooper mark

Amendatory Decla- ration of David Cooper
I the Subscriber Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Mon- mouth in the State of New Jersey. Do hereby certify that William J. Browne whose name is subscribed to the within amendatory declaration of David Cooper and before whom the same was sworn to was at the time of the date thereof a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly commissioned, sworn and enrolled and that full faith and credit are due to his official acts -
For testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of the said Court and signed my name at Freehold New Jersey the 25 th day March 1833.
W. H. Ellis Clerk

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File No. 980 David Cooper Pa. N. J. etc.
Act: June 7. 1832.
Index:—Vol. a , Page 71
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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David Cooper
Monmouth
Militia
Dec 73
Capt Fleming Col Rychop
FOURTH VII. Form of application to the proper officer, under the seal of office.
The magistrate must be satisfied by the proper officer, under the seal of office, that the estate must occur to the credibility of the witness, and the official character and signature as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged, or the magistrate who may administer the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits in a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department.
FOURTH VII. Form of service.
indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.
the pensioner and the length of his service. The rate of the pension on death or after months is not
and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of
It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the applicant served.

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of
David Cooper further proof or explanation.
which require
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? No See Page 5 VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal?

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service?
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?
XIV. † If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility?
Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office?
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?
No, see Quere 16.
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
“Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: For _____ year _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension.”

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.
†QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
‡QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.