Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 43368, Richard Cook, Conn.

SERVICE
Conn.
Cook Richard or Cooke
NUMBER
S. 43368
CONTENTS
[Faint, illegible handwriting on the left side of the CONTENTS section]
[Faint, illegible handwriting on the right side of the CONTENTS section]

New York Roll (1437)
Richard Cook Capt 8th
Private. Connecticut line - 1778. 3 years In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 1 st of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 31 st of June 1818 and sent to Maria J Miller Esq. Utica Oneida Co. New York
Arrears to 4th of Sept r 1818 Semi-annual acct ending
4 mo 29/30 $39.73
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Wyllie June '32 - Lewis Oneida
See Richard Cook's papers under act June 1832. N. York Roll
June 12 545 (?)

40
Richard Cook.
Concord

State of New-York, } ONEIDA COUNTY, ss. }
I MORRIS S. MILLER, First Judge of the county of Oneida, do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction that the within named Richard Cook did serve in the Revolutionary War, against the common enemy, on the Continental Establishment, for the term of nine months or longer, as stated in the declaration hereto annexed. And I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me, to the Secretary of the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the Act of 18th March, 1818. Dated this 14 day of May 1818.
M. S. Miller First Judge of Oneida.
STATE OF NEW-YORK, } CLERK'S OFFICE OF ONEIDA COUNTY. }
I do certify that the above signature, and the signatures to the certificates, of the affidavits hereto annexed are in the proper hand writing of Morris S. Miller, the First Judge of the county of Oneida. In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of this Court.
Dated the 15 th — of May 1818.
J. Wm. Woodgood

State of New York } Oneida County } ss.
Richard Cook being duly sworn saith that he is a resident of the County of Oneida and State of New York - that he is Fifty five years old and upwards - that by reason of his reduced circumstances in life he is in need of assistance from his country for support - that he never had any pension allowed him by the laws of the United States that he served as a soldier in the war of the Revolution on the continental establishment for five years and upwards, that he entered in 1778 in Ellis Company, Willis's Regt. Connecticut line and served therein about three years, when he was transferred to Cliff's Company Hamilton Regt. after in which he joined Butler Regt. and was discharged at the close of the War honourably. His Discharge is lost Richard Cook.
Sworn 6. Apr. 1818 }
Before me. - }
H. S. Miller
First Judge of Oneida.
State of New York } Oneida County } ss.
Ebenezer Clark - being sworn saith that he knows the above named applicant Richard Cook — and believes him to be a man of truth and veracity - and that he this deponent fully believes the matters set forth in the above affi- davit to be true
Sworn this 6. Apr. 1818 } Before me. }
Ebenezer Clark
H. S. Miller
First Judge of Oneida.

for a statement of the military history of Richard Cook a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. Sur. I. H 3,368
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     1778 Eell Tryllys Conn.   Capt. Clift's co. Hamilton   Bentler   and served 3 years  
Battles engaged in, ✓
Residence of soldier at enlistment, ✓
Date of application for pension, Apr. 6, 1818. His al. was al.
Residence at date of application, Oneida Co., N.Y.
Age at date of application, 55 years.
Remarks: Soldier was presumed as Richard Cooke  For date of last payment etc +

Cooke.
To age of soldier.
E. Holmes.
43368
Rev INVALID.
File No. 48,868
Richard Cooke P.O. Box 100
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 3, Page 95
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Feb. 24, '08. Hist. to T. J.
Feb. 29, '08. To above, relative
Mar. 12, '08. Hist. to Rufus

RECORD DIVISION.
Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Briefed by S. D. Lamparter
Claim No. _____
Certificate No. _____ and afterwards in Capt. Eells's Co. A Col. Butler's regt. Claimant
Soldier Richard Booke
Service Conn.
Additional Service Rev. War
No. _____ claim, State records _____, 190_____
No claim, combination records _____, 190_____
REMARKS:
No claim as above except Invd # 12545 not ident. Service not as above. Invd # 43368

Record Division.
Sta
3-1865.
GCK
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C., March 3, 1908.
Mr. Rufus E. Holmes, Station A, Winsted, Conn.
Sir:
In reply to your letter dated the twenty-eighth ultimo and received the second instant, you are informed that the claim of Richard Cook cannot be identified without further data. Please give the letter of the company and number of the regiment in which the soldier served, the state to which the regiment belonged, the branch of service, - Infantry, Cavalry or Artillery, - and the number of the claim if known. If this information can be furnished a further search will be made and his post office address sent you if on file.
Very respectfully,
V. Warner
Commissioner.
loft

Rufus E Holmes, Henry Gay.
Holmes & Gay Real Estate Loans. Office at Hurlbut National Bank
Winsted (Station A), Conn. Feb 28, 1908.
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:-
Will you kindly send me a copy of your record of the service of Richard Cook, who, I am told, was a pensioner and lived in Chatham, Conn. - War of the Revolution
No of claim not known Private. Capt. Edw d Eells Co. 3 d Regt Conn. Line - Col Sam l Wyllys -
Yours truly,
Rufus E Holmes
Pray pardon for not having been more explicit. REH
Enlist d Mch 1778 Disch d Jany 1779 also 1 st Regt Conn. Line Col John Durkee Capt Edw d Eells Co. Paid from Jany 1781 to Dec r 20 1781

225 1/2 West Kennedy St., Syracuse, N.Y. Feb. 10-1908.
Commissioner of Pensions, Department of The Interior, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:—
Conformably to the regulations in such cases provided I desire hereby to respectfully apply for such information as is on file in your department concerning the military services of one Richard Cooke (sometimes spelled Cook), said to have been a pensioner of the Revolutionary War.
I am informed that he enlisted Mch. 8th, on May 19 th 1778, (both dates are given), as a private in the Company of Capt. Edward Bell's, Middletown, Conn., in the 3rd Battalion of Connecticut Troops, and suppose he was in service until as late as Aprl or May 1783, as his name appears on the muster roll of a Company of the 1 st Connecticut Regiment, commanded by Colonel Titus Butler, dated May 27-1783. I also learn that the records of the Attorney General's Office, State of Conn. show that he was a "Connecticut soldier of the Revolution, drawing a pension under the Act of 1818, residing in the State of New York." At the time of enlistment Mr. Cooke was probably a resident of Chatham Ct., but subsequently removed to Plainfield, Otsego Co. N.Y., where he died Aug. 13-1833.
The above pensioner was my great grandfather, and I am desirous of obtaining as complete an account of his services as the rules of your office admit, that I may include it in a family history in process of compilation.
Trusting my request may receive favorable consideration I am,
Yours Truly, J. J. Cooke.
S. 12,545.

225 1/2 West Kennedy St., Syracuse, N.Y. Feb. 26-1908.
Commissioner of Pensions, Department of The Interior, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:—
I am pleased to acknowledge yours of the 24 th inst, inclosing military record of Richard Cooke, sent in answer to my request of the 10 th inst.
Fully appreciating the favor thus granted, it is with some reluctance that I desire to respectfully call attention to one statement contained therein which is seemingly in conflict with what I have supposed was the fact.
After the printed form, "Date of application for pension", is written:— "April 6, 1818. His claim was allowed."
In the third line below, after printed form, "Age at date of application" appears:— "55 years". Accordingly the applicant was born in 1763, and was only 15 years of age in 1778—the date of enlistment.
Family and public records show that Mr. Cooke was born in Middletown, Conn. Mar. 17-1753, and that he died in Plainfield, Otsego Co., N.Y. Aug. 13-1833, at 80 years, and consequently was at date of making application (Apt 6 1818), 65 years of age instead of 55.
While it would seem more probable that an error of 10 years may have been made in the original application, I would deem it an especial favor if you would refer to the original on file, to determine that such is the fact, and that the discrepancy is not due to any error in transcription.
Thanking you for any favor conferred, I am, Very Respectfully,
H. J. Cooke.
P. 6.
Mr. Cooke's Cft according to report is No. 1437, issued June 30-1818.

J.W. Record Division.
February 29, 1908.
Mr. F. J. Cooke, 235 1/2 West Kennedy Street, Syracuse, New York.
Sir:
In reply to your letter dated the 26" and received the 27" instant, relative to the Revolutionary War pension claim of Richard Cooke, Sur. File No. 43,368, you are advised that his age as it appears in his application for pension, dated April 6, 1818, is fifty five years, expressed clearly in writing and not in figures.
The Certificate is numbered 1437, and was issued June 30, 1818.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

J.W. Record Division.
February 29, 1908.
Mr. F. J. Cooke, 225 1/3 West Kennedy Street, Syracuse, New York.
Sir:
In reply to your letter dated the 26" and received the 27" instant, relative to the Revolutionary War pension claim of Richard Cooke, Sur. File No. 43,368, you are advised that his age as it appears in his application for pension, dated April 6, 1818, is fifty five years, expressed clearly in writing and not in figures.
The Certificate is numbered 1437, and was issued June 30, 1818.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Cook, Richard GRADE Private LINE Massachusetts
WARRANT NUMBER 3902 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED Sept. 11, 1792 to — not shown —
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Cook, Richard GRADE Private LINE Massachusetts
WARRANT NUMBER 3902 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED Sept. 11, 1792 to — not shown —
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Cook, Richard GRADE Private LINE Massachusetts
WARRANT NUMBER 3902 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED Sept. 11, 1792
to not shown
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.