Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 2258, Jacob Cook, New Jersey

SERVICE
NUMBER
New Jersey
Cook, Jacob
R 2258
CONTENTS

33.543 Jacob Cook Illinois
Declaration
in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832
State of Illinois } County of Putnam } ss
In this 9 th day of December 1835 personally appeared in open court before the Hon. the County Commissioners Court of Putnam County, now sitting, Jacob Cook, a resident of the aforesaid County of Putnam and State of Illinois, aged seventy four years last January, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declara- tion, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832.
That he was born in the City of New York on the 2 nd day of January in the year 1761. according to his recollection of the in- formation given him when young, he having no record of his age, but that he distinctly recollects, that shortly after the death of his father which happened when he was young, his mother removed with him to Hunterdon County in the State of New Jersey, and was then placed under the care of Walton B. White of said County, where he remained until the commencement of the Revolutionary war, and that about the first of May 1776 he volunteered his services as a drum- mer in the regiment commanded by Colonel Dayton and Lieutenant Colonel Walton B. White, a son of Col Dayton was Paymaster of the regiment, William Norcross was Quar- termaster, and Lewis Dunham was Surgeon. The regiment to which he belonged was called the Jersey Greys, there were five companies in the regiment, of which he well recollects the captain's names, one company was commanded by Capt Potter, a second by Capt Dickinson, a third by Capt Redding a fourth by Capt Bloomfield, & fifth by Capt Patterson. The regiment rendezvoused at Morristown, from which place it marched to Fort Stanwix on the Mohawk river, where he remained with the regiment until the fall of that year, when he marched

with the regiment to Ticonderoga, and there joined the main army under General Gates, and there remained in service until the Spring of 1777, when the regiment to which he was attached marched to Saratoga, where the regiment was dismissed, the time having expired, to wit; one year , for which it had volunteered, he received no discharge, as the Colonel thought it unnecessary to give any.
Shortly after his dismissal from his regiment, Colonel Milan and Lieutenant Col W.B. White accepted commissions for the purpose of raising a regiment of Light Horsemen which they succeeded in doing, he and he volunteered into that regiment as a Trumpeter , in which regiment he continued to serve as a Trumpeter until the Battle of Monmouth in June 1778; he states he joined the regiment at Trenton, from which place it marched to Brunswick, where it remained some time, then marched to Mount Holly, where it continued to guard the line between the two armies until the Battle of Brandywine, which happened in September 1777, to which place the regiment marched, and joined in that engagement with the enemy, in which engagement Lieut Col White received a wound. After the engagement, he with the regiment returned to Trenton and continued to guard the line from that place to Brunswick, until the Battle of Monmouth, in which Battle his regiment was engaged, and in which he received a wound on the head, from a bullet , which so far disabled him as to prevent his continuing in the service any longer, and has since caused me nearly the loss of the sight of his left eye; And he further says he has no documentary evidence of his services rendered in the army of the revolution, and that he knows of no person by whose testimony he can prove the same. But states that to the best of his recollection, his services in the army of the revolution were in all for the term of something more than two years.
He further states that after the close of the war, he

continued to reside in the aforesaid County of Huntington until the year 1782, after which he resided in the neighborhood of the city of New York for a short time, then in Brunswick New Jersey about two years, and after a short residence in some few other places, Settled in the County of Steuben in the State of New York where he remained until about the year 1816, when he removed to Green County in the State of Ohio, where he remained till the first of April 1835 when he removed to Putnam County Illinois where he now resides.
He states as a reason why he has not before applied for the Pensions granted by Congress to the Survivors of the Revolution that it was in consequence of the want of a knowledge how to proceed, but that his indigent circumstances and growing infirmities have of late caused him to seek the information, and use his exertions to a greater extent to obtain it. Having no documentary evidence as before stated to prove this declaration, He refers to the Rev. Edward Hall a minister of the Gospel residing in his neighborhood also to Timothy Sears & Job Sears who are intimately acquainted with him while living in New York and Ohio, and who are now his neighbors.
We 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.
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid Jacob X Cook mark H. Warren, Atty.
I Edward Hall, a Clergyman, residing in the County of Putnam and State of Illinois hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Jacob Cook who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that I believe him to be Seventy four years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a Soldier of the Revolution, and that I concur in that opinion. and Timothy Sears & Job Sears residing in the County of Putnam and State of Illinois hereby certify that

well acquainted with Jacob Cook who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that they believe him to be seventy four years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he now resides, to have been a Soldier of the Revolution; that while he resided in the State of New York, and also in Ohio, he was reputed and believed to have been a Soldier in the Revolution; and from frequently having seen the scar of the wound, which he has mentioned in his declaration, and his uniform statements on that point, as well as the different scenes through which he passed, we concur in that opinion. Having lived a Neighbor to him in New York and in Ohio
Subscribed and sworn to this day and year aforesaid Allan Warren, Clk.
Edward Hall Timothy Scarf Job Scarf
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 Edward Hall who has signed the preceding Certificate is a Clergyman resident in the County of Putnam, Illinois; & that Timothy Scarf & Job Scarf who have also signed the same are credible persons, and that their statements are entitled to credit.
Isaac Hargrove Haron Payne } Judges of W m M c Stewart } the County } Com Court } of Putnam Ct
I Hooper Warren Clerk of the County Commissioners Court of Putnam county and State of Illinois, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Jacob Cook for a pension; that the above named Haron Payne, W m M c Stewart, and Joel Hargrove are judges of said Court, and that the above are their proper signatures. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 9 th day of December AD 1835.
Allan Warren, Clk.

Jan 4 Memphis Tenn April 11th Dear J. L. Edwards
Miss
Commissioner of Pensions Washington City

Hennepin Putnam Ct. Illinois
December 11 th 1835
Dear Sir
Enclosed I send you the declaration of Jacob Cook of our County for your consideration on the subject of a Pension I have endeavoured to have it made out as near in conformity to the first Instructions as possible not knowing of any alteration having been made by the department.
I am aware that impositions have been practiced upon the pension Department in obtaining them but I think from his appearance the manner in which he related his narrative and the clearness of recollection about those events when some of a more recent occurrence were less plain to his recollection induced me to believe them correct although a stranger to me until lately. The Witnesses are all Elderly Persons one of which to wit Edward Hall is now a Pensioner on your Pension list and he after expressed his opinion from conversation with Jacob Cook about the events of the war very strong in favour of his belief of his having rendered the services as set forth in the declaration you will please inform me of the disposition that is made of it as soon as the circumstances of the case will permit at this place
yours Respectfully.
Hon J L Edwards Joseph M c Fairfield

Jan 4 1862 Hampton Ills. Dec 14 th 1861 Hon J. L. Edwards Comt of Pensions Washington City
Jacob Wilson

Hennepin December 12 th 1835
Dear Sir
I take this early opportunity to Explain some things to you relative to the application of Jacob Cook to your department in order to obtain a Pension from Government for Services during the Revolutionary War. In the first place I have learned since the forwarding of that paper that the name of the County in New Jersey where he resided at the time of Entering the Service should have been Spelled "Hunterdon" in stead of Huntington. This was in consequence of my misunderstanding his pronunciation and as it was my intention to give it in his own words I did not refer to the list of Counties in that State to see what there names were or how they were Spelled and the person who had occasion to copy the one first drawn by myself Spelled the name of that County the same as I had done you will see by the other names of places mentioned that Hunterdon County, was the one intended. In naming the length of the time of Service it is expressed as being something more than two years which he said was the case exclusive of the time he lay in the Hospital yet he was willing if the department wished a

certain period of time he would say Two years positively as I have taken the liberty to say so much to you upon this subject perhaps it would not be amiss for me to refer you to our Representatives in Congress particularly Mr May & Gov Reynolds should you wish to inform yourself as to my character &c yours very respectfully Joseph M. Fairfield
Hon J L Edwards Comm of Pensions

Rejected.
See letter 19 Feb 1856 to Capt. M. Fair field.
too young.
2258

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
7258
P. O. _____
Jacob Crook
Service: _____
REJECTED
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contra
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18