Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B.L.Wt. 1165-100, Ephraim Cooper, Va

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Va
Cooper, Ephraim
B.L.Wt. 1165-100
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Warrant N o . 1165 — is? to Charles Cooper & Mary Tison only heirs of Ephraim Cooper private of the Virginia line for 100 Acres of land
Feby: 23 rd — 1820 —
And - deliver'd To - David Trimble

Power of Attorney from Samuel Tilton & Mary Tilton to Henry Bartlett. —

Know all men by these presents that we Samuel Filson & Mary Filson (late Mary Cooper and one of the Heirs of Ephraim Cooper Dec d ) wife of the afo d Samuel Filson both of the County of Fleming and State of Kentucky - Have for divers good causes and Cons- iderations unto us moving, and we do by these presents appoint our Trusty Friend Henry Bartlett of the County of Frederick and State of Virginia for us and in our names and for our use to apply at the office of the Department of War ask and receive all unpaid Warrants that we may be entitled to as one of the Heirs and Legal Repre- sentatives of the said Ephraim Cooper Dec d . Who was a private in the Va. line in the late American Revolution. The said Land warrant or Warrants Rec d to give acquittances therefor in our names, and finally our said friend H. Bartlett to have full ample and complete power to raise one or more attorneys in fact under him if he deems it expedient for the purpose transacting said Business. Hereby vesting as ample and complete power in the said H. Bartlett to transact the said Business as we could or might do were we personally present hereby agreeing to ratify and confirm all acts or things which our said Attorney may do in & about our said said Business herein under our Hand and seal the 9 th day of August in the year of our Lord 1810
Samuel Filson (Seal)
Mary Filson (Seal)

State of Kentucky ss Fleming County to wit
This day Samuel Tison and Mary Tison wife of the aforesaid personally came before us the subscribers two of the Commonwealth's Justices of the peace for the county aforesaid and acknowledged the within Letter of Attorney to be their act and deed as the law in such case requires and desired the same might be certified given under our hand and seals this 9th day of August in the year 1810
Edward Dorsey J.P.F.C. (seal)
William P. Fleming J.P.F.C. (seal)
State of Kentucky
Fleming County to wit
I Joshua Stockton clerk of the county court of said county do certify that Edward Dorsey and William P. Fleming Esqrs, before whom the within Letter of Attorney appears to have been acknowledged, and who have thereto subscribed their names, are and were at the time of subscribing their names thereto two of the Justices of the peace in and for the county and Commonwealth aforesaid, duly and legally commissioned and sworn, and that to all certificates by them given as such due faith and credit is and ought to be given as well in courts of Justice as without. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said county at Flemingsburg the 9th day of August 1810 & in the 19th year of the Commonwealth
Joshua Stockton

I John Hart Presiding Justice of the County Court of the County and do hereby certify Joshua Stock- ton whose signature appears to the foregoing certificate is clerk of said Court & that the said certificate is in due form. Given under my hand the 9 th day of August in the year 1810
John Hart P. J. S. C.

Honble James Barbour Secretary of War Washington City

Hemingsburg Feby. 6 th 1826.
James Barbour Esq. Secretary of War U.S.
Sir
We as the heirs and legal representatives of the late Ephraim Cooper deceased request and desire you to hand to the Amblee David Trimble, Member of Congress now at the City of Washington, the Land warrant which we are entitled to as the heirs of the said Cooper deceased.
Respectfully Yours
Mary Cooper formerly now Mary Gilson
Samuel Gilson
Charles Cooper

March 16 th 1810.
Charles Cooper, — requesting that a Military-land Warrant may be issued to him: — enclosing sundry documents to substantiate his Claim. —————→
Rec d . March 21 st 1810.

Millwood March 20 th 1860
To the Hon. Mr. Justice Register of the land office Washington Mail City —

Mr. Custis -
Dear Sir I have Inclos d you my Papers in order to get my Land Warrant. due me on my Fathers acct. as a Sergeant in the Revolutionary War - you will be please to issue it and Inclose to Mr. A. Bartlett at Millwood Fredk. Cty. Va. any Expen ce thereon will be Remited you by Post. Immediately. I am Y r March. 16. 1870 Charles Cooper

Fred tk County Va. May 1 st 1810.
Charles Cooper, announcing the bearer, Mr. H. Bartlett, at his all.
The Hon. Wm. L. G. Register of the Land Office City Washington

W m Eustis Esq r .
Sir The Bearer Mr. H. Bartlet whome I appointed some time ago as my true and lawfull attorney to call at your office in the City of Washington to receive my land warrant due me for my late father services in the Revolutionary war. you will be Please to deliver the said Mr. H. Bartlet the warrant which he is otherwise to Receipt to you for the same. and you will oblige =
Fredk. G. County
your H ble Serv t .
Va May 9. 1870
Charles Cooper

Certificate from the County Court of Frederick County, Va. to establish the Identity of Charles Cooper and Mary Wilson as only children & legitimate Heirs to the late Christopher deceased.

Mem. o 7 th Dec. r 1810. W m Henry Bartlett presented himself at the War Office to receive the Land Warrant for the within Claim; but he was directed to produce further proof of its va- lidity: that is, the discharge of Eph m Cooper from the Service, or the Affidavit of two Persons who and another had served w th him & could attest his having enlisted for the War & served to the end of it, &c. He was likewise directed to have the affidavits legalized by the County Clerk; and to take back his power of Attorney from Ch s Cooper & have it legalized in like manner.
Wt. ipd No. 1165
Charles Coopers claim in right of his father Ephraim Cooper
Claim good
This claim is good, and no issue has been made: see letter to C. Cooper dated 23 d March 1810.
see letter 8 th Apr. 1810 to C. Cooper.
In issue on these papers is suspended until a power of Attorney is obtained from the sister of Charles Cooper. 10. May 1810.

Virginia, to Wit,
At a Court continued Stated for Frederick County the 9 th day of April 1807
It being proved to the Satisfaction of the Court, that Charles Cooper, and Mary Wilson, formerly Mary Cooper, are the only Children, Heirs, and legal Repre- sentatives of Ephraim Cooper, who was a Soldier in the Revolutionary War. It is therefore ordered that the same be Certified. In Testimony
Whereof I James Keith Clerk of the said County Court of Frederick have hereunto set My hand and Affixed the Seal of the said County the 9 th day of April 1807. And in the 31 st Year of the Commonwealth.
J. Keith.
Virginia Frederick County Set. I Charles M. Thruston presiding Justice in and for the county aforesaid do hereby certify that the fore- going certificate of James Keith clerk of the County aforesaid is in due form of law In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 9 th day of April 1807.
C. M. Thruston.