Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 2,247, Thomas Cook, N.C.

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
N.C.
Cook Thomas
P. 2, 247
Ann
CONTENTS

State of North Carolina } ss County of Iredell }
On this 18 th day of August A.D. 1856, personally appeared before the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions in and for the County and State aforesaid, now in session , John F. Cook, only son now living of Thomas Cook, deceased, and the legally constituted Administrator of his Mother Ann Cook, deceased, aged 73 years, a resident of said County and State declares as follows viz= That he and his sister Sarah Cook (She never having been married) of Iredell County, North Carolina are the only children now living of Thomas Cook, and Ann Cook his wife, and that the former died in the year A.D. 1809 on the 31 st day of August, and the latter on the 24 th day of January in the year 1844. He further declares that his father the said Thomas Cook served as a Soldier in the Militia "during the Revolutionary war"; That the said Thomas Cook entered the service of said War in the County of Rowan, and State of North Carolina, the day, month and year of his father's entrance into the service is not known - That he has heard his father say that he served in a Company Commanded by Captain David Crawford, and was at the Surrender of Charleston South Carolina in the Spring of 1780, and that he the said Thomas Cook was taken prisoner at said Surrender of Charleston, and that he afterwards entered the service of his Country in said war and served to its close - That his said father the said Thomas Cook served as a soldier a period of two years or more "during the war of the Revolution", and thereby became "authorized to receive out of any money in the Treasury of the United States, not otherwise appropriated, the amount of his full pay in the

said service, according to his rank." H. Had he been living at the passage of the act of Congress entitled "An act supplementary to the act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolution," approved June 7 th 1832 (vide Stat. at Large, vol. 4, p. 528, ch. 126). He also declares that his said father and mother the said Thomas and Ann Cook were married in Henrico County, in the State of Virginia on the 18 th day of August in the year A.D. 1768, by an Episcopal Minister and published by the Barnes, and that their marriage was recorded in the Prayer Book of his said father, which book is still in the possession of his sister Sarah Cook - that owing to the long continued use of said book in the family of his said father, and also of many of his neighbours the date of said marriages and births of all the children have been worn out, but that said marriages and births of himself and sister have been transcribed in his own Family Bible - That said marriage took place "prior to the commencement of the Revolutionary war" and before the expiration of the last period of his, the said Thomas Cook's, "service" in said war, and that his said mother the said Ann Cook remained unmarried from the period of the death of said Thomas Cook as aforesaid, to her death as aforesaid, she having deceased in her one hundredth year, was entitled to receive of and from the Government of the United States a pension from the 4 th of March, 1831, to the 24 th day of January 1844, the date of her death, under the Act of Congress approved July 4, 1836, section 3. (vide Stat. at Large, vol. 5, p. 128, ch. 362,) which provides "that if any person who served in the war of the Revolution, in the manner specified in the

Act passed the 7th of June 1832", entitled "An act supplementary to the act for the relief of Certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolution," have died, leaving a widow whose marriage took place before the expiration of the last period of his service, such widow shall be entitled to receive, during the time she may remain unmarried, the annuity or pension which might have been allow- -ed to her husband, by virtue of the act aforesaid, if living at the time it was passed." He also declares that his said Mother the said Ann Cook, either from ignorance of her rights as afore- said, or from some other cause not known to him, did not make application for, nor receive said annuity or pension, nor any portion thereof from the Government of the United States. He now makes this declaration in order to obtain the annuity due to himself and sister Sarah Cook only surviving chil- dren of the the said Thomas and Ann Cook, which annuity or pension was due to his said Mother under act of 4. July 1836 as aforesaid,, and in support of the justness, and the successful termi- nation of this claim he herewith transmits with this declaration, his father's old parole which shows that his father the said Thomas Cook was taken prisoner at Charleston S.C. in May 1780- and which parole has always been in his possession since his said fat- her's death, and which was also in his father's possession during his life time. He also declares that neither he nor his sister has ever before made application for pen- sion nor is not entitled under any other act of Congress.
his John F X Cook Mother

Personally came Sumpter Hoover and John Murdock residents of the County of Iredell in the State of North Carolina, who upon oath declare that they are personally well acquainted with John F. Cook, who made the foregoing declaration, and who was on this 18th day of August 1856 qualified to the same in open court, saw him make his mark to the same, and that they know him to be the identical person he represents himself to be, and that we have no interest in this claim.
Sumpter Hoover his mark John Murdock his mark
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to, and subscribed before me in open court on this 18th day of August A.D. 1856, and I do hereby certify as Chairman of said court now in session that the claimant John F. Cook, and the two witnesses, John Murdock and Sumpter Hoover are highly respectable and credible persons of our said County, and that I have no interest in this claim.
J. H. McLaughlin J. P. Chairman of the court
State of North Carolina } County of Iredell } ss
I. M. F. Freeland, clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, in and for the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that at a term of said court, begun and held at the Court House in Statesville on the 18th day of August 1856 the following proceedings were had, of which I certify the following is a true and correct transcript of the same, viz - "At a term of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, begun and held

at the Court House in the County of Iredell and State of North Carolina, on the 18 th day of August A.D. 1886, it was proved to the Satisfaction of said Court by John Murdoch, aged 65 years, a very highly and respectable resident of said County and State, that he was well acquainted - personally acquainted with Thomas Cook, deceased and Ann Cook, deceased wife of Thomas Cook, he having been born and raised in the same immediate neighborhood, where the said Thomas and Ann Cook, deceased, lived - that he knew personally with all the children of the said Thomas and Ann Cook deceased whose names were William, Ann, Mary, Rebecca, Thomas, Nancy, Sarah, Robert, Margaret and John F. Cook, and who are all dead except Sarah and John F. Cook who is the youngest child, that the said John F. Cook and Sarah Cook are the only surviving children of their said parents Thomas and Ann Cook deceased. It is further proved to the satisfaction of this Court by the said John Murdoch that the said Thomas and Ann Cook, are both dead, the former deceased in the year 1889, and that Ann Cook survived her husband the said Thomas Cook deceased and remained unmarried until her death. It is also proved to the satisfaction of this Court by the testimony of Sumpter Hoover and Robert S. Cook, that they have often times seen the marriage of the said Thomas and Ann Cook as recorded in an old Prayer Book, in the possession of the family, and also the births of their children, which have been worn out of said Book. It is also proved by the said Hoover & Cook, that Sarah Cook daughter of

Thomas and Ann Cook dec d has never married, and that they were present at the death of Ann Cook, widow of Thomas Cook, the Mother of John F. Cook and Sarah Cook and that she departed this life on the 24 th day of January in the year 1844, at a very advanced age. I also certify that John F. Cook was this day qualified as Administrator of Ann Cook dec d and gave bond in the sum of Two Thousand dollars, and that J. H. McLaughlin Esquire, before whom the foregoing declaration and affidavit was made, was at the time of it being done, a justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, duly Commissioned and qualified by law, to administer oaths, and that he is Chairman of the Court now in session, said Court being a Court of record, having general jurisdiction, and that his signature above written is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of my office on this 18 th day of August 1836
W. S. Freeland Clk.
State of North Carolina } County of Iredell } ss
On this 13 th day of September A. D. 1856 personally appeared before me a justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid Elizabeth Murdoch aged 84 years now in her 85 th year a resident of said County, who being duly sworn according to law, declares that

she was born and raised in the immediate neighborhood in which Thomas Cook and Ann Cook his wife lived and that she was well acquainted with all his the said Thomas Cooks children, and that John F. Cook and Sarah Cook are the only children now living of the said Thomas & Ann Cook. That John F. Cook is the youngest child of the said Thomas and Ann Cook. she further declares that she has often heard the said Thomas Cook deceased father of John F. and Sarah Cook say that he served in the Revolutionary war and was in several skirmishes, and that she has also often heard him say that he was in the service of his country in the City of Charleston South Carolina that he and a great many other soldiers were taken prisoners at that place - she also recollects of having heard her father who was also in the Revolutionary war, and the the said Thomas Cook often speak of their services in said Revolutionary war. She also declares that she has no interest in making this affidavit.
Attest: W m Mears sg Elizabeth her X Murchison Attest: Martha L Mears mark
Sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written; and I do hereby certify that Elizabeth Murchison who made the above affidavit is a highly respectable citizen of our said county and entitled to the highest credit she having been a member of the Presbyterian

Church of high standing for the past fifty years, and I do also certify that the two witnesses who attested her signature were this day qualified that they saw her make her mark to the foregoing affidavit, and that I have no interest in this claim. A. M. Walker J. P.
State of North Carolina } ss County of Iredell }
I, M. F. Freeland, Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions in and for the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that A. M. Walker Esquire before whom the foregoing affidavit was made, was at the time of it being done a justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, duly Commissioned and qualified before to administer oaths, and that his signature above written is genuine.
The testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of my office on this thirteenth day of September in the one thousand eight hundred and fifty six
M. F. Freeland Clerk

I DO hereby acknowledge myself to be a Prisoner of War, upon my Parole, to his Excellency Sir HENRY CLINTON, and that I am thereby engaged until I shall be exchanged, or otherwise released therefrom, to remain at my Plantation in the Parish of St Lukes - in the County of New - in the Province of North Carolina.
and that I shall not in the mean Time do, or cause any Thing to be done, prejudicial to the Success of His Majesty's Arms, or have Intercourse or hold Correspondence with his Enemies; and that upon a Summons from his Excellency, or other Person having Authority thereto, that I will surrender myself to him or them at such Time and Place as I shall hereafter be required.
Witness my hand this 19 th Day of May 1781 Thomas Cook
Witness Geo. Hamilton
I do hereby Certify that the above is a true Copy of the Parole this Day signed. May Stuart Comm'r P.W.

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Ann Cook
Service:
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
REJECTED
Application filed: _____, 18
Debtages:
Re-enlisted:
Attorney:
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Recognized.
Contract.
Cert. of Dis.
Searched for
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1916 July 23: (2 yrs) Photostat copy of bank of $10000 to Ann Cook furnished Miss Grace M. Pierce, Columbia Col. Nat. Hist. Soc. (see receipt for payment in Henry James papers. Com. Cont. 11245.) cal

Washington Sept. 22 d 1856
Hon J. Minot Sir
You will find herewith the application of the surviving Children of Ann Cooke Widow of Thomas, for a pen- -sion under the act of 4 July 1836, due their Mother at the time of her death.
Claimants state that their Father Thomas Cook served in the war of the Revolution under Capt Daniel Bradford and others from Rowan Co more than 2 years that he was taken prisoner at the siege of Charleston, and released on parole, that after his return home, he again entered the service and continued therein until the close of the war. that their Father and Mother were mar- -ried before the commencement of the war of the Revolution, that they had ten Children that their Father Thomas Cook died in 1808 and their Mother Ann Cook died on 24 June 1814
The Copy of Cook's parole which I now present shows that he belonged to Ft Sullivan Parish in the County of Rowan and that he was a prisoner of war in 1780. Also the testimony of several witnesses prove that they had ten Children, and that the

Youngest John T. Leach who makes the declaration him is now 73 years, this would show the Mar- riage to have taken place prior to the Com- mencement of the War.
I have written for evidence from the Comptroller's Office at Raleigh to show how long Cook served. If any is found I will file the Certificate of the Comptroller so soon as it is received.
I have also written for the family records, referring to me the several Affi- davits. Particularly the original form which it is alleged the one in their possession was made of any portion of it is still in existence and will file it with the other papers so soon as it comes to hand.
The papers of Thomas Leach show clearly that he was in service and that he belonged to Newnan County. And the testimony of the witnesses prove clearly that the Mar- riage of these parties took place before the War of the Rebellion commenced. If we can find evidence to show that Cook was in service as much as 6 mo we will ask a pension under the act of 4 July 1836.
Very Respectfully Your obed Servt Geo L. Jones

As Ann Cook died widow of Thomas N. Barstow
As C. Anna Sep 24/1855.
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July 4/1830

Ann Cook dec. Widow of Thomas N. Carolina.
Act July 4/1836