Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 2405, John Cox, Va.

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
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box, John
R. 2405-
CONTENTS

The State of Alabama } 55 Clarke County }
on this the 5 th day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty two personally appeared in your court before me Samuel Wilkinson Judge of the County Court of Clarke County State of Alabama now sitting (which has a residence of the State of Alabama in the County of Clarke aged sixty eight years who being 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, 1832
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated That he entered the service in the Virginia Militia on the first of September Seventeen hundred & eighty one that he entered the service under the command of Captain William Gatewood and that shortly after he entered the service he was taken into a Grenadier company commanded by Col Mercer he further states that the troops that he served in was commanded by General Muder, and that he was at the time he entered the service in Essex County Virginia and that he was drafted to serve two months in the Virginia Militia and that he marched thro' King George County and into Middlesex County from there to Gloucester and that he served a total of two months he further states that he has no documentary evidence and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service I hereby relinquish every claim whatsoever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declare that my name is not on the pension Roll of the agency of any State
Where and in what year were you born I was born in Essex County Virginia in the year Seventeen hundred & sixty four
Have you any record of your age and if so where is it I have none
Where were you living when called into service when have you lived since the Revolutionary war and where do you now live
I lived when called into service as above stated in my declaration in Essex County Virginia from Virginia I moved to the State of South Carolina Pendleton District

and that he lived there nearly eighteen years, from there moved to Franklin County Georgia, lived there some years and from there moved to the Mississippi Territory (now the State of Alabama), Clarke County where he now lives — How were you called into Service? were you drafted did you volunteer or were you a Substitute, and if a Substitute for whom?
I was drafted in the Virginia Militia as above stated in my declaration. State the names of some of the Regular Officers who were with the troops where you served, such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect and the general circumstances of your service.
I was at Gloucester attached to the Militia under General Wayne. Many French Officers were in Gloucester at the time but do not recollect their names. Did you ever receive a discharge from the Service? And if so by whom it was given and what is become of it.
I received no discharge, was dismissed after Cornwallis was taken. State the names of the persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood and who can testify as to your character for veracity and good behaviour, your services as a Soldier of the Revolution — Matthew Cox and Malcomb Calhoun —
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid John his mark Cox
We Malcomb Calhoun a Clergyman residing in the County of Clarke State of Alabama and Matthew Cox residing in the same do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Cox who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be sixty eight years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a Soldier in the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid Malcomb Calhoun Clergyman Matthew Cox
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the Interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states and the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Malcomb Calhoun who has signed the preceding Certificate is a Clergyman resident in the County of Clarke State of Alabama and that Matthew Cox who has also signed the same is a resident in the County and State aforesaid and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to Credit
Samuel Wilkinson

Revolutionary Pension John Core
Usual New Year 5 00 29 th Musts forwarded 5 00 10 00
Alabama Box or heirs suspended Clarksville Clark 60 00 Alabama
Nov 15 1852 J. C. Hester
J. C. Hester

POWER OF ATTORNEY
For ascertaining whether any increase or arrears of Pension are due the Widow or heirs of Revolutionary Pensioners, &c.*
STATE OF Alabama
COUNTY OF Clarke
John A. Coate George Cox
Be it known that before me
a Justice of the Peace
personally appeared
aged 36
years, who being duly cautioned and
then sworn in due form of law, states that he
is the heir
of
John
Cox
who was a revolutionary†
in the State of Virginia
and that he died on the 25 th day of September 1842 and that his mother, named
Nancy
died on the
9 th
day of
October
1848 and that they were
married on the 6 th day of November in the year 1786
and that they were residents of Eden County
in the State of Virginia
and that they resided there
25
years, and that
He
resides in Clarke County, Alabama and that furthermore He
BY THESE
PRESENTS , constitutes, appoints, and fully empowers and authorizes, irrevocably and with powers of substitution, F. E. HASSLER, of Washington city, D. C., as his true and lawful Attorney for him and in
his name and stead, to examine into, to prosecute, to demand, and to receive from the U. S. Government and State officers his rights in all and in any manner of claim for increase or arrears of Pension or Land that may be due him as Heir of John Cox who died leaving the same undrawn, as in right of law he may be entitled.
In witness whereof, He has on this Twenty fifth day October 1852, hereunto signed His name, and affixed His seal.
George Cox
Witness: G. D. Mergerson
Witness: W. A. Bumpus
Signed, sealed, acknowledged, and sworn to before me; and I further certify, that George Cox has always by the community been known as the son of the heirs of John Cox . Dated on this 26 th day of October 1852.
John A. Coate
Justice of the Peace
State of Alabama
COUNTY of Clarke
to wit:
I hereby certify, That John A. Coate
Esq.,
before whom the foregoing affidavits and acknowledgment were made, and who has thereunto subscribed his name, was at the time of so doing, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, duly commissioned and sworn, and that his signature above written is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of Office of the County Court , this 25 th day of October one thousand eight hundred and fifty five
John A. Coate Justice of Probate Clarke County Ala
As applies, state "the date of marriage, and date of death of her husband." under what set pensioned, or when pension commences, if a pensioner—and amount of pension.

190114
John Cox
2 months
repeated.
Special letter
Terrele Powers Clerk Clarksville Clark County Fla

BRIEF in the case of  John Goy  County of Clarke  in the State of  Alabama  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? In open Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? Sixty eight years  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     Sep   Drafted  In 1791 2 As a Gen. Weedon Capt Wm. Gatewood Col. Hunter  
 5. In what battles was he engaged?  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Essex Co. Virginia  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? By traditional evidence  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.
John L. Watson Examining Clerk.
25 th Feb -

John Cox.
1901/14 ✓

I Tyrrel Powers Clerk of the County Court of Clarke County State of Alabama do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings in the matter of the application of John Cox for a Pension In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of Office this the fifth day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and thirty two—
By Tyrrel Powers Clerk Clarke County Court

Repeated See letter 15 th April 1823
To Terrell Forrens Esq. Clerk Clarkeville Clarke County Alabama
2405

2405
P. O.
John Cox
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
REJECTED
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contra
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of John Cox which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes 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? yes 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? yes VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes 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? yes

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? yes
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's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?
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? yes
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? yes
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 each 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. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
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 authenticates 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 ends 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.
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.