Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 21143, Oliver Cook, N.H.

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
W. H.
Book, Oliver
S. 21143
CONTENTS

9958 Vermont
Oliver Cook
of Windsor in the State of Vermont who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Weatherbee of the Regt; commanded by Col. Bedel in the M.H. Ma- tine for 11 mos 22 ds.
Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont at the rate of 39 Dollars 07 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 29 day of Jan 1833 and sent to
Applicant at Weatherfield
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $79.14 Semi-ant. allowance ending Sept " 19.53
$97.67
{ Revolutionary Pension Act June 7, 1832
Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk,
Book 6 Vol. 3 Page 56

Declaration of Oliver Cook
State of Vermont } County of Windsor } fs. . . . District of Windsor fs.
On this sixth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two personally appeared before the Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Windsor in the state of Vermont, now sitting, Oliver Cook a resident of Weathersfield in the County (and District) of Windsor aforesaid, aged seventy four years and upwards who being first duly sworn according 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 viz.
That very near the 1 st day of July, but he cannot certainly fix it on that day, in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy six, at Claremont in the County of Sullivan and State of New Hampshire where the declarant resided from 1774 to 1783, he enlisted for five months, into the company of Capt. Samuel Wetherbee, in the Regiment of New Hampshire State troops commanded by Col. Wyman, of Keene N.H. The other officers were Lieut. Howlett - Ensign Samuel Hubbard - There was another Lieut. in the company, whose name he cannot recollect - The other officers of the regiment were Lt. Col. Senter and Major Peabody) - A few days after his enlistment he marched with a part of his company, across the Green Mountains in Vermont by the "old Crown Point Road" then so called, to Siconduogo in New

- York and there joined his regiment. He was stationed on Mt. Independence during his whole term. His duty was that of building breast works, and picketing the works, and on guard. There were not any engagements in that quarter while he was out, There were there some Continental regiments - He recollects that Gen. Moxon was there and had some Jersey troops - some of the men were called "Jersey Blues" - Col. Wingate, with another Regiment of New Hampshire troops was there - He also remembers that Gen. Poor was on Mt. Independence at that time - also a a Major Gaily, or Gilly. He remained at that place until his five months expired, which was on or very near, the last day of November, and he was then discharged but received no written discharge.
The said Oliver Cook further declares, that at Claremont aforesaid in the spring of 1777, and as nearly as he recollects, towards the last of April, there was a call for men out of each company of Col. Benjamin Bellows' Regiment of New Hampshire Militia to go for six weeks, to Ticonderoga, to defend the post until the regulars could be filled up and get on. The declarant is unable to state whether he was drafted or volunteered; but sometime in May he entered the company of Capt. Abel Walker, and marched to Ticonderoga, by the same route he marched before; Col. Benjamin Bellows aforesaid commanded that part of the regiment that went - The officers of the company were Lieut. Broadstreet Spafford - - he cannot recollect names of any others. He remained at Mt. Independence, doing no other than guard duty until a very few days before the British came and took possession of the Post at Ticonderoga, when, other militia having been called in and his time being out, he was dismissed and returned home - During this term Gen. St. Clair commanded the post -

J. M. Cook She said Oliver Cook further declares, that something like three weeks after his return from "The Ti" last above mentioned in July as he thinks, at Claremont aforesaid he volunteered and entered the company of the same Capt. Abel Walker above mentioned. Lieut. Barnabas Ellis was an officer of the company - Gen. Starks commanded the Brigade - There was another company which, with his company, was put under command of Major ... Haywood and these two companies were stationed at Cavendish Vermont to guard the "Crown Point Road" until after the battle of Bennington when the two companies under Major Howard were sent for to join the army at Stillwater - He marched from Cavendish, by Peru and Manchester in Vermont, passed near the battle ground at Bennington, and joined his regiment at Stillwater. Here he remained until his two months expired, which was on the very day of the first battle with Burgoyne, when his regiment was dismissed, and had marched some eight or ten miles before they heard the cannon. They supposed the armies were engaged, but "there was men enough - there wasn't a quarter of 'em engaged" and they all went on and reached home. Gen. Gates was there - also Gen. Arnold and Gen. Lincoln. He then knew other officers of the continentals and Militia "by sight" but they have "gone from his mind" if he knew their names.
She said Oliver Cook further declares that he reached his home in Claremont, when the sun was about two hours high in the afternoon and found the militia company then assembled for a draft of men to go to Stillwater. Some one told him he (declarant) would be very likely to be drafted, whereupon he volunteered again, and the next morning turned about and marched for Stillwater. Capt. Oliver Ashley commanded the company "after the drafts got there". He marched to the

heights on the east side of the river over against Burgoyne's army then at Saratoga. At these heights he remained but a few days before he was ordered to Fort Edward, where they made a stand and remained until Burgoyne surrendered, immediately upon which he was dismissed and returned home, having been gone, as he is quite confident, as much as five weeks - During this short term, the same Col. Benjamin Bellows above mentioned commanded the regiment, or as many as constituted it, for it was not full -
The said Cook further declares, that in the latter part of the year 1777 an expedition to Canada was planned, but eventually abandoned. The declarant engaged under Capt. Joseph Taylor in the Regiment of Col. Timothy Brad, and was assured by said Taylor that when he should recruit a certain number of men and the regiment should come together he would be commissioned 2 d Lieut. The declarant was engaged for more than two months in recruiting and other transactions preparatory to the expedition; and on the fifteenth of December 1777 having recruited his number as agreed received from Capt. Taylor "a sort of a warrant for a commission" constituting him 2 d Lieut. to be made out regularly when the regiment should come together. It never did come together; the expedition was abandoned because, as he understood or heard, Gen. Lafayette found the stores deficient at Albany deficient. He received pay, as a Lieutenant for two months.
He was born in Hadley Massachusetts March Twelfth one thousand seven hundred and fifty eight. He believes there is a public record of his age in Hadley. He never had any documentary evidence of service.
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.
Oliver Cook

(Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid). —
Isaac Proctor Judge
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served, as he states.
Isaac Proctor Judge
I Reuben Washburn, Register of the Probate Court within and for the District of Windsor in the State of Vermont, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Oliver Cook for a Pension.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of said Court, this sixth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight Hundred and thirty two.
Reuben Washburn. —
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8795 Oliver Cook
Admitted 11 mos 22 days $ 39.07
Pensioner Alcatraz Island V=

BRIEF in the case of Oliver Cook  County of Windsor — in the State of Vermont  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court of Probate  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 74 years  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. As a Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     1 st July. In 1776. 5 Private Gen. Genl. St. Clair   Spring of 1777. 1 15 Private Capt. Westphalen — Col. Weyman   in 1777. 2 Private Capt. Abel Walcutt. Col. Bellows   in 1777. 1 7 Private Capt. Abel Walcutt.   in 1777. 2 2 nd Lieut. Capt. Oliver Ashley.   11 22 Col. Bellows. Capt. H. Taylor   Col. Timothy Bedel —  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Burington —  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Claremont, County of Sullivan State of New Hampshire.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Living Witness & Traditional  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Samuel P. Pills Examining Clerk.

8795-

I, Lemuel Hubbard, of Weathersfield in the County of Windsor and State of Vermont, aged eighty one years in October next, depose and say - That at Claremont in the state of New Hampshire, which was then the place of my residence, I did, in the latter part of June 1776, receive a commission as an Ensign in the Company of Capt. Samuel Weatherbee in the Regiment of New Hampshire state troops commanded by Col. Wyman of Keene N. H. which regiment was raised for five months. My company marched, about the first of July 1776, from said Claremont, across Vermont, to Mt. Independence and there was put under Gen. Poor, who commanded at Mt. Independence, Gen. Gates having then the chief command. I remained there until the 30 th day of November after, when the regiment was dismissed, having served five months.
I further depose and say - That I enlisted, into said company, Oliver Cook, then of said Claremont, now of Weathersfield aforesaid. The said Oliver Cook entered the company - went with me - continued to serve faithfully in said company from the time we marched until the five months expired - was dismissed when I was, and returned with me to Claremont: said Cook is now present before me —
I further depose and say - That the next year, 1777, sometime in the spring of the year, said Cook, who was then living with me, volunteered into Capt. Abel Walker's Company in "Bellows' Regiment" and marched to Ticonderoga, as I understood - He was gone about six weeks, as I remember it, and returned to my house -
Three or four weeks after the return of said Cook last mentioned, he volunteered again, and entered the same Capt. Walker's Company which, with another company, both under Major Haywood, marched, as I then

understood, to Cavendish Vt. and there remained some time, and thence went to join the army at Stillwater. Having been gone, according to my best recollection, about two months, said Cook returned to Claremont, and on the day of his reaching home, the company of militia, in which I was then an Ensign, was paraded for the purpose of drafting men to go to Saratoga. Said Cook then volunteered and the next morning returned to the scene of action which he had just left. Soon after the surrender of Burgoyne said Cook returned to Claremont. Col. Bellows commanded that part of the Reg t . that went out.
Samuel Hubbard
State of Vermont
Windsor County ss.
At Windsor in said County on the 8 th day of August 1832, personally appeared the above-named Samuel Hubbard and made oath that the foregoing affidavit, by him subscribed, contains the truth and nothing but the truth; and I certify that I have long known said Samuel Hubbard, and that he is a respectable and credible person;
Before me Carlos Coolidge Justice of the Peace
State of Vermont Windsor County ss.
Wootton County Clerk's Office Sept. 13 th 1832. I Benjamin Swann Clerk of Windsor County Court, do hereby certify that Carlos Coolidge is one of the Justices of the Peace within and for said County, and that the above is his Signature.
In Testimony whereof I hereunto affix the Seal of said Court, and subscribe my name, the day & year last above.
Benj. Swann

Revolutions 21143 INVALID.
File No. 21143
Oliver Cook
Pr. Rev. War
Act: June 7 th 82 nd
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 77
[Arrangement of 1870.]