Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 34,609, Jacob Cooper, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Cooper, Jacob
S. 34,609
CONTENTS

Con 18-259 R
Massachusetts
Jacob Cooper
of Needham in the State of Mass who was a Private in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Greene of the Mass line, for the term of nine months
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 8 of June 1819
Certificate of Pension issued the 10. of Sept 1821 and gentle John Ingenuity Springfield, Mass
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1821 215. 20 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 March 1822 48 —
26 mo 24/8 20 8 1/30 7.20 215.20 $ 263.20
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
May 1. 1820
odd 2. pa. 72
Transferred to Connecticut to take effect from 4 Sept. 1828, and noti- fication sent to Pensioner, case of Hon. E. Phelps. H. R. 10 Feb. 1829.
Hampden

Jacob Cooper of Westfield in the County of Hampden & Commonwealth of Massachusetts - Yeoman aged fifty six years, upon oath makes the following declaration that in the first part of August in the year 1779 he enlisted as a common soldier in the Company commanded by Capt. Cornston - he was a member of the Company commanded by Capt. Joseph Morgan of West Springfield when he was enlisted on the twenty second day of August of the same year he marched from West Springfield to Springfield & thence to West-point, where he was selected & from voluntary choice entered the said Capt. Cornston's Company in Col. Grayson's Regiment in Genl. Hixon's Brigade in the State of New York then stationed on the Highlands in the State of New York - that he remained in said Company & Regiment during the period of service hereafter mentioned - though he was detached from time to time to keep garrison & do other transient service - that he remained in said service for & during the space of nine months & with - until the twenty first or twenty second day of May 1780 - in said capacity of common soldier & was then honorably discharged at Westpoint in writing - that he has not seen his discharge to his recollection for thirty years & verily believes it to be lost - that he went from Fish-kill to Westpoint to get said discharge, but he cannot say or swear that he has seen it since - that by reason of his reduced circumstances in life he stands in need of his Country's assistance for support - that he hereby relinquishes his claim to every other pension heretofore allowed him by the laws of the United States - & that he makes this declaration to obtain the benefit of an act of Congress passed March 18. 1818 - entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & naval service of the United States in the Revolution any war." - Jacob Cooper.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Hampden ss. On this eighth day of June A.D. 1819. Personally appeared the above named Jacob Cooper before me John Hooker Esquire Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the western Circuit in said Commonwealth including said County of Hampden - & in my presence subscribed & made oath to the truth of the above declaration by him subscribed & it appearing to my satisfaction that the said Jacob Cooper did serve in the revolutionary army in the continental establishment as set forth in the above declaration - & it also appearing to my satisfaction that the said Jacob Cooper is in induced circumstances in life afterwards in need of assistance from his Country for support, I do hereby transmit the foregoing to the Secretary of the Department of War. John Hooker -

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Hampden ss.
I John Ingersoll, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts of said Commonwealth for said County of Hampden do certify that the within named John Hooker is Clerk Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas within named - that the signature to the within written certificate is in his hand writing & that the seal hereunto affixed is the seal of said Court. - this 21 st day of June in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred & Nineteen John Ingersoll Clerk
Jacob Cooper
The judges certify that he is satisfied the app- rove of all stated wanting
The deposition of one dis- interested person of service only taken sanctioned required to prove service.
Enclosed is a form for a new & correct declaration.
(Handwritten signature)
Jacob Cooper

Jacob. Cooper
mass line
3 rd Pmt Col. John Greaton
Cap t . Cumstocks Comp y
22 August 1797
Due by 22 May 1798 } 9 mo
Correct by Roll
Com: June 8, 1819

COMMONWEALTH OF
MASSACHUSETTS.
COUNTY of Hampshire
ss.
ON this twenty fourth day of March 1821, personally appeared, in open court, before the Circuit Court of Common Pleas the same being a Court of Record and so established by a Statute of said Commonwealth, said Court being now in session at Springfield within and for said county of Hampden
who being Jacob Cooper aged fifty seven years, resident in Westfield in said County first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows: In the former part of August 1779 he enlisted into the Company commanded by Capt Joseph Morgan at West Springfield that on the twenty second of the same August he joined the Company commanded by Capt Cornston in Col. Graytons Regiment in Genl. Hipsons Brigade in the Massachusett line then stationed on the Highlands in the State of New York that he remained in said Company & Regiment untill the twenty first or second of May 1780 when he was honorably discharged in writing at Westpoint but he has not seen his discharge for more than thirty years and has no doubt it is lost — that he is a Farmer by occupation, but his leg was broken six years since and his nerves have been affected so that he can do no labor — I have a wife Rebecca aged forty eight she has Consumption Complaint which disable her from working — I have Children residing with me as follows — one son Edwin aged twenty two who works and for himself William aged Seventeen — one daughter Nancy aged thirteen, Elizabeth aged fifteen, Helen aged thirteen, Sumner aged Eleven, Martha aged Nine — Warren, Seven, The two oldest of these are soon going to leave me — My original application is dated & was made June 8 th 1819 and was returned for proof of Service which is herewith forwarded
And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the 18th day of March, 1818; And that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby 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 18th 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 hereto annexed, and by me subscribed.
 SCHEDULE. 
   Iron Wallaro $4.00  Shoe, tongs, crane & hand irons $3.50  $9.50    Grill Iron $1. an Iron Oven $1.  Stelyard. 03 cents  2.03    Coke & pin $1. Corn harrow $1.75  Chains $3.00  5.75    Sled $1.75, Dung fork $0.75  fanning mill $4. Shovel $0.50  6.50    Pitch fork $1. Spade $0.33  three old hoes $0.50  1.03    one old hot tub $1. Shave & paw $0.75  Old hand saw $0.50 hammer $0.33  4.50    Old Iron $1. Old hammer $0.33  Six old Scissors 1.  2.33    2. old candle sticks $0.17  three old tables $3. three old chairs $3. foot & great stool $3  9.17    ten chairs $3.33  Old cupboard $1. Old tables & tubs $6.25  10.50    Portion plates $2.10  three Easton Bawl $1.33 Tea pot $0.50  2.93    Teacups & saucers $0.42  Teaspoons $0.20, tablespoons $0.50. Sugar dish & creamer $0.20  1.32    One Gal. Bottle $0.75  three Stone jugs $1. one lantern $0.33. one looking glass $1  3.00    one Brahe $0.67  one half bushel $0.33. one grindstone $0.50 - 2 pails $0.50  3.00    Scotts Bible in 5. Vol. $10.  two small bibles $1. other books $3. Glass Bottles $0.50  22.50      $85.90   
§ 05.90
5.90 Jacob Cooper
Sworn to and declared on the seventy fourth day of March
before the Circuit Court of Common Pleas at the session of John Sangersoll Clerk
At John Ingersoll Clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the County aforesaid do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said Court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is Eighty five Dollars and Ninety Cents.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, on this twentieth
and Court, on this twentieth John D. Ingersoll
day of April 1825 { Clerk of the Courts for the County { of Hampton

How Secretary of War

APPLICATION FOR A TRANSFER.
County of Hartford
ss. Suffield Feby 2 d 1829
On this second day of February 1829, before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said county of Hartford personally appeared Jacob Cooper who, on his oath, declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain Comstock in the Regiment commanded by Colonel John Grayson in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the pension roll of the State of Massachusetts from whence he has lately removed; that he now resides in the State, (District, or Territory,) of Connecticut where he intends to remain, and wishes his pension to be there payable, in future. The following are his reasons for removing from Massachusetts to Connecticut - being destitute of a habitation & living on hire, he could accommodate himself & family better in Connecticut than in Massachusetts.
Jacob Cooper
Sworn and subscribed to, before me, } Wm Gay Justice of the Peace the, day and year aforesaid.
Personally appeared before me the subscriber on this 2 d Day of February A.D. 1829 Joseph Pease . I made oath that the person, who has taken the above oath, is the Jacob Cooper , described in the affidavit & further certify that the deponents are both persons of veracity. Wm Gay Justice of the Peace
☞ The oath to be taken before a duly qualified Magistrate, whose official character and signature must be properly authenticated. The county Clerk, Secretary of State, or some other officer, must certify, under his seal of office, that the officer who administered the oath is a Justice of the Peace, Judge, Mayor, Alderman, or Notary Public, as the case may be, and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine. ☞ The oath must be supported by the testimony of some respectable person, as to the Pensioner's identity. He must swear, that the person who has taken the above oath is the person described in the affidavit. The Magistrate must certify, that the witness is a person of veracity; and the affidavit must also be authenticated in the manner above directed.
Coop

I, Thomas Day, Secretary of the State of Connecticut, and Keeper of the Seal thereof, do hereby certify, That William Gay Esq. whose name is subscribed in his proper hand-writing to me well known, to the foregoing Certificate, is and for more than one year last past, has been, a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Hartford in said State, duly appointed, commissioned and sworn; and that full faith is due to his official acts and attestations.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said State, at Hartford, the fourth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty nine.
Thomas Day

Rev.. & 1812 Wars Section..
January 4, 1924..
Mrs. J. Frank Hufbauer, 221 North Walnut Ave., Newkirk, Okla.
Madam: :
834609 I have to advise you that from the papers in the pension claim S.34609 it appears that Jacob Cooper enlisted at West Springfield, Massachusetts, early in August 1779 in Captain Joseph Morgan's Company, re-enlisted August 22, 1779, and served 9 months as a private in Captain Cumpston's Company, Colonel John Greaton's Third Massachusetts Regiment.
He was allowed a pension on his application executed June 8, 1819, while living at Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, aged 56 years..
In 1821, he referred to his wife, Robena, aged 48 years,, and his children,- Edwin, aged 22 years, Nancy 19 years, William 17 years, Elizabeth 15 years, Alden 13 years, Sumner 11 years, Martha 9 years, and Warren 7 years.
Respectfully,
Acting Commissioner..

I William Farnsworth of Hanley in the County of Franklin Commonwealth of Massachusetts, being of lawful age do testify and say, That I was well acquainted with one Jacob Cooper and am knowing that the said Cooper was a soldier in the Army of the Revolution and did perform duty as such in the Company to which I belonged, commanded by Capt. Comstock in the Third Massachusetts Regiment commanded by Col. John Grafton, and that he joined Company in the year A. 1779 at or near the Highlands near West Point, and served at or near W. Point for the space of nine Months, and that I was knowing to said Jacob Cooper being discharged in the year A. 1780
Hanley December 19 th 1820.
William Farnsworth
Franklin J. December 19 th 1820.
Then personally appeared the above named William Farnsworth and made oath to the truth of the above Deposition by him subscribed.—
Before me Edmund Langley Jr. Justice of the Peace
Franklin J. December 19 th 1820
I hereby certify that the above named William Farnsworth is a person of credibility.—
Edmund Langley Jr. Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Franklin ss
I Elijah Alvord, Clerk of the Judicial Courts of the County of Franklin aforesaid, do certify that Edmund Longley Junr. within named is a Justice of the Peace for the County aforesaid duly qualified and acting under the authority of this Commonwealth and that the within caption is subscribed with his own proper hands.
In testimony whereof I do hereby affix the seal of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the said County this tenth day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty one Elijah Alvord

J. L. Edwards Esq d Pension Office War Department

H of R. Feb 9 th 1829
Sir Jacob Coopers application to have his pension payable in future at Haelford, I send you; & wish to be informed, if he can receive his next March payment at that place. I am very respectfully Yr Servt D. Phelps -

REVOLUTIONARY WAR NOV 10 1975 SECTION

MRS. J. FRANK HUFBAUER 221 NORTH WALNUT AVENUE NEWKIRK, OKLA.
Nov. 16 th 1923
Pension Office:
Did Jacob Cooper of Rev. Period draw a Pension? He was a Private- soldier in Capt. Edward Cumptons Co., 3 rd Mass. Reg. Commanded by Col. John Cretton. He enlisted Aug. 22 nd 1779. This is for D.A.R. Material, and I will surely appreciate all the information, you can give me, that the Records show dates , places of residence, deaths, marriages births , family, etc.,
Trusting I may hear soon, I am
Very gratefully yours Mrs. J. Frank Hufbauer 221 N. Walnut Newkirk Okla.

34 609 Rev INVALID.
1924 Jan. 4 - Visit to Mrs. J. Frank Hufbauer. — um.
File No. 34.609
Jacob Cooper Rev Rev Rev
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index: — Vol. 2 , Page 84
[Arrangement of 1870.]