Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 2,279, Urijah Cook, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Cook, Urijah
72 2279
CONTENTS

Return to be made to Joseph Miller, Minister of State (7)
State of Connecticut County of Litchfield & Town of Barkhamsted
On this 24 day of Novr A.D. 1832 Personally appeared Submit Cook
in open court before the probate Court for the District of New Hartford now sitting, she being the widow of Urijah Cook deceased and she being and having been at his death a resident of Barkhamsted in said Litchfield County and State of Connecticut aged seventy six years who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on her oath make the following declara- tion in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832, in the words following viz "I Submit Cook of the residence aforesaid depon and say that my late husband Urijah Cook son of John Cook Esq r of Torrington in said County both now deceased died at Barkhamsted aforesaid on the 28th day of June 1832, that he would have been seventy eight years of age had he lived until September 1832. That he never received any pension for military services from Government, and if the disallowance your petitioner is mistaken, she hereby discharges all right the minor estate  the minor estate  as a substitute  that right that the said Urijah and myself were married in February A.D. 1779 — That I became acquainted with him and first saw him in April 1777 at which time in the same April he returned from the army — The letter marked A. here with inclosed, was found among my husband's papers since his death, and I fully believe that the
Urijah Cook 18914

Same is a genuine letter from John Cook Esqr my late husbands father to him. which letter shews that Urijah wrote to his father on the 22 nd day of August, and was answered by his father on the 3 rd day of Septm 1776, and also shews by the Supercription that said Urijah was in Capt Epaphras Loonise Company & in Col Epaphras Sheldons Regiment. The said Col Sheldon lived in Torrington of course and is long since dead, and belonged to the Connecticut Militia. Every of the persons named in or upon the letter are I believe dead, they at least cannot be found and most of them are known to have died. I have said that the said Urijah returned from the army in the fore part of April 1777. I am certain of the time from the circumstance of my first acquaintance with him commencing on his return. I had always before that time lived in another town.
My Husband has told me frequently that he had been in the army once and I think more than once before the time before mentioned sug gesting Allens Disposition. After the first mentioned return in April 1777 and before our marriage, my husband
was in the army as follows -
Once six weeks or two months being draughted - also two other times by draught, but the length of time has escaped me.
A little before our marriage in say January 1779 he was again draughted, but at that time he and his brother Elkan now dead joined in hiring a substitute for them during the war, the substitute was a negro man who then lived in Winchester in said County, whose name is forgotten, who did join the army and remained

until Peace, and was wounded in the cheek and neck by a ball, which wound I saw after the war was over. The reg't was a continental one in which the black man was reputed to have served but neither the number, nor the Colonel, nor the place of service is remembered tho' the impression remains on my mind that it was at the South and I have some indistinct recollections that he said he was wounded at Bandy's Creek - the black man did not
h. said he was wounded The lining of the Black man did not however eventually protect Mijwah & Aliku, they were often wards clapped with claps, and were more than once obliged to assist in processing a soldier ————— I have heard my late husband speak
I have heard my late husband speak of helping to take off the troops from Long Island to New York by boats in the night, he being a boat man on that occasion. The morning foggy.
Also of murre at horse neck Westport has been white plains fish kill at Danbury on the inauguration there, and I think West Point but of this not certain the only thing which is that my has been before
My full belief is that my acquaintance with him, was and during my acquaintance with him, was personally in the army as much as two years on nearly that time aside from the service of the substitute - was wholly or nearly
I believe his service was wholly or nearly wholly in the militia via the State troops and hands. Brothers and sisters are
My husband's Brothers are all dead. — Submit X look much Dk 83 Personally
state of mind that on the day of the last court of appeal was held as touching the sworn before me I am well
before me I saw Fellows Judge of Probate for the District of Southampton

State of Connecticut County of Litchfield ss Brattleboro the 24th Day Novr 1832 Personally appeared Joseph Miller as a man of the next hereafter deposition and made solemn oath to the matters and things therein contained that they were true as is above his signature expressed Before me
Isaac Tullough Judge of Probate for the District of Brattleboro
I Joseph Miller of Brattleboro in Litchfield County & State of Connecticut depose and say that I was at the house of the late Hiram Cook of Brookhaven after the law of the 7th of June 1832 had passed on the provisions of the law when said Hiram told me he should need my services in proving his title to a pension
I told him that there would soon be a form, and that I would write to Mr Huntington for it. He said he would and procure one - I did so - but in the mean time the said Hiram had died. He was then sick - At that time the said Hiram told me in detail the several terms & time of service which he had served in the Militia of Connecticut, I made no minutes, thinking that the history might be better had, when I should have procured the required forms - yet I do remember of noticing the times and length of times which he stated, and on putting them together I think they amounted to more than 24 months and to less than two years, the above I can say with much reliance in my own mind of the fact; but when about between 24 & 24 months I cannot say - The terms were made up
of a long term I believe 24 months months term, and a considerable number of shorter terms, one of which and I think the shortest was six weeks. and I suppose
He told of the retreat from Long Island, and remarked that he was boatman, and assisted in the last boat I think - At the request of Widow Subnet Cook I have been to Danbury in company with her and the writer & sister in taking Mr Joseph Allyn Allyn and Mrs Ann Taylor Depositions her after accompanying her Allyn & Mrs Taylor were well known to me for a long time and are persons of good character, Elizabeth, character I suppose to be equally good, but there had no acquaintance with her except what grew out of the call to take her deposition - Mrs Subnet Cook's character for truth is above suspicion. as was also the character of late Hiram Cook her husband been reported to have been a soldier - Joseph Miller

State of Connecticut Litchfield County, Is Bunk humped - On this 18 th day of October 1833 personally appeared Submit Cook in open court before the Probate Court for the District of New Hartford now sitting and under oath makes this her supplementary declaration that in review of her former declaration she would add that her husband Urijah Cook was a private soldier in the Connecticut militia line, and served as engaged in her former declaration at least twenty one months, tho' as there is a gap she believes more - The discharge or discharges of the said Urijah are not known to exist - For detail of services places & times see Joseph Allyn's deposition hereto annexed -
Seems to before me this 18 th day of October 1833
Samuel Phelps Judge of the Court of Probate for the district of New Hartford
Submit X Cook mark
This Cook son of Urijah Cook deceased of lawful age depon & say that the said Urijah Cook died on the Twenty Eighth day of June A.D. 1832. - Phoebe Cook
Sworn to before me Samuel Phelps Judge of the Court of Probate for the district of New Hartford

And said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after hearing the interrogatories presented by said Department, that the said Mary Ann Cook was a revolutionary soldier.
and that he served not less than twenty one months that in their opinion was the said Mary Ann served not less than twenty one months and said Court further certifies that Joseph Miller last year was, at the time a duly and sworn Justice of the Court to take depositions, and that at the time of taking the affidavits of the Judge Kellogg he was the judge of Probate for New Hartford District - And that the signatures of said Judge Kellogg & said Justice Miller are their genuine signatures.
I am cert. Phelps Judge of the Court of Probate for the district of New Hartford
I Hiram Goodwin Clerk of the Court of Probate within & for the District of New Hartford do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original & supplementary proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Submit Cook in behalf Mary Ann Cook her husband deceased for a pension - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of Office This 19. th day of October AD 1883 - Hiram Goodwin Clerk

Claim of Mijah Cook Act of June 1832
State of Connecticut County of Litchfield
Winchester March 4 th 1853
Be it known that on this fourth (4 th ) day of March A.D. eighteen hundred & fifty three before the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace in and for the coun- ty and State aforesaid, personally appeared Anson Cook, a res- ident of Winchester in said County, and made oath according to law, that he is the son of Mijah Cook, and Submit Cook wife of the said Mijah, deceased , late of Parkhamsted in said County and State; that he believes that the said Mijah Cook was a soldier in the war of the Revolution and thinks that he was entitled by his services in said war to a Pension from the Government of the United States, as was also Submit Cook widow of the said Mijah Cook, that he is directly interested as a claimant in the Pension which may be due, on account of the services of the said Mijah Cook and makes this Affidavit to be filed with such additional evidence or arguments as my Agent may use in prosecuting said claim. Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid before me } Anson Cook _____ Roland Hitchcock Justice of Peace
I Roland Hitchcock Justice of the Peace in and for said County of Litchfield, do hereby certify, that Anson Cook who executed the foregoing Affidavit is a respectable inhabitant of this County and is I believe directly interested in said claim as therein set forth.
Roland Hitchcock — Justice of the Peace

State of Connecticut } of Winchester March 4 th (fourth) County of Litchfield } Eighteen hundred & fifty three 1853
It is hereby certified, that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited before me Roland Hitchcock Judge of the Court of Probate for the district of Winchester that Uriah Cook, a soldier in the war of the Revolution died at Parkhampstead in said County and State on the 28 th day of June A.D. 1832 and that Submit Cook widow of the said Uriah Cook also died at Parkhampstead aforesaid, on the 16 th day of December A.D. 1844, leaving surviving, Philo Cook, Anson Cook, Huldah Cook, Sarah Cook and Rachael Russell, and that the said Philo Cook, Anson Cook, Huldah Cook, Sarah Cook, and Rachael Russell, are the only surviving children of the said Uriah Cook, and of his widow Submit Cook deceased; In witness whereof I have hereunto signed my name and affix the official seal of said Probate Court this 4 th day of March 1853
Roland Hitchcock Judge of The Court of Probate for the District of Winchester

18914 Uryah Cook Connecticut
Return this e.f.
Sussex
Joseph Miller Winchester Silkfield Co. Ca.

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
June 14 1833
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules and the subjjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Wryah Cook, (Deceased)  Litchfield Co Connecticut
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     777 Capt Commiss Sheldon 78 Years Revolutionary Assessment Papers not authenticated  
the length of time of his service is not stated, correctly as the Applicant has learned is dead.
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this _____ day of _____ personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of _____ in the county of _____ and State, Territory or District of _____ aged (c) _____ years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) _____, with _____ and served in the _____ (e) regiment of the _____ line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers, the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of _____
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I _____ of the Court of _____ do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this _____ day of _____ &c.
If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the _____ and C. D. residing in (the same) _____ hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _____ 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 we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
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 A. B. _____ who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the _____ and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the _____ and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, _____ Clerk of the Court of _____ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this _____ day of _____ &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness (stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant) and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person

will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. 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 services. 
 6. { To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it?  { To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it? 
 7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that he answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons -one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
(a) The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
(b) The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
(c) The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
(d) The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
(e) Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, 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. 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 that 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 shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or place 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.
(f) The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
(g) The opinion of the Court is always required.
(h) The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
(i) The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he 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.
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 papers 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.
Proof of Service.
(j) 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 claimant's 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.
(k) The notes from (a) to (i) are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note (j) applies to continental troops only.
(l) This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
(m) If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
(n) The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
claims When a widow for the services rendered by her husband, the proof of service must be official it is likewise necessary that his death should be proved in court

A
Uriah Cook at New York in Col. Stephen Ladd's Company in Col. Stephen Thompson Regiment Militia
COOK, URIAH (CONN.) R-2279

To Elijah Cook
Dear Son these are to Inform you that we are well as usual tho' the goodness of divine Providence hoping these Lines will find you To day! Jacob Strong and Sarg Aaron Toombs both died last Sabbath about two o'clock in the afternoon and were buried yesterday. My brother Francis was there together at the Burying yard and a Sermon Preached there by Mr. Knapp there is a good many people not well among us I do not know of any that are dangerous at Present we have a good deal of bad news from the your Camp yesterday day we heard that the enemy had driven our army off Long Island and that we had many Slain and a gain we hear that Trent Creek Company was all taken and we want to read the Society thereof Let Jonathan Coe and Joseph Beach see this Jonathan family were there. My Jonathan Father has the Camp rifle but not much powder yet. My Father family are as well as common no news from the northward of late of any importance we have heard the Sound is blacked up with the Enemy shipping no more for the present being in kept for fear of the post being gone To Remain yours loving Father John Cook
Date at Torrington
Sept 3 1776 P.M. Received yours of the 22 nd August

2279
Wujah
Submit Cook
Service: _____
Test: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
REJECTED
Application filed: _____, 18
Pages: _____
Enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

State of Connecticut County of Litchfield
ss. Winchester
On this 8 day of February
1873 personally appeared Asa son of the town of Winchester County of Litchfield or State of Connecticut or son of Abijah Book and of his widow Submit Book released before me, and acknowledged the foregoing Power of Attorney to be his act and deed for the purposes therein contained.
Samuel W. Doe Justice Peace
J. P.
State of Connecticut County of Litchfield and Noland  Hitchcock
ss.
I HEREBY CERTIFY, That Samuel W. Doe ESQ. before whom the foregoing affidavit and acknowledgement was made, and who has hereunto subscribed
his name, was at the time of so doing, Justice of the Peace, in and for the County aforesaid, duly commissioned and sworn.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and
affixed the seal of Litchfield County Court,
this 28th day of June
one thousand eight hundred and fifty three .
Frederick D. Beebe
Clerk.

Know all Men by these Presents,
That I Anson Cook of the Town of Winchester County of Litchfield state of Connecticut son of Uriah Cook and of his Widow submit Cook of the town of Barkhamsted County of Litchfield and state of Connecticut have constituted
and appointed, and by these Presents do constitute and appoint, J. S. JAQUA, of West Winsted, Ct. my true and lawful Attorney, irrevocably, with power of substitution, for me and in my name place, and stead to ask and receive of and from the United States any Bounty Land, extra pay, Pension, Money or Moneys that now is or are due to me on account of services rendered, disbursements made, or expenses incurred by him while in the service of the United States, or on any other account whatsoever, and in my name to give receipts and other sufficient discharges for such Bounty Land, extra pay, Pensions, Patents, and Money due as aforesaid and to attend to and prosecute any and all business of whatever nature I may have with or before any of the Departments of the Government or Congress, and, generally, to do any and every other other act or acts, that I myself might or could do, were I personally present at the doing thereof: hereby ratifying and confirming whatsoever my said Attorney shall do in and about the premises by virtue whereof.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto
set my hand and seal this
8 th day of February 1843
Signed, Sealed and Delivered in the presence of
} Two Witnesses
David Howe S. W. Lee
Anson Cook

Joseph Allyn of Torrington in Litchfield County, Connecticut having arrived to the age of 67 years in May 1832 before and say that I was brought up in Torrington next neighbor to Esqr John Cook father of Uriah Cook deceased that our fathers farms lay adjacent and I remember that during the war of the revolution said Uriah Cook went in the Connecticut Militia line into the army in the following order first two short terms of service I think three months each then a long term of service I think nine months, but dare not be entirely definite, and after that he was out two or more times in addition, which times were short and I think three months at a time; in the above named times I am certain of the I further apprehend
that he was gone more yet however I cannot say with that certainty that I could desire, when I affirm a part generally I do say that he was in the service very much of his time during the war, until his marriage — I have looked upon the letter marked A. here with accompanying and say that my belief is that the letter is the hand writing of said John Cook Esqr, & am confirmed in this belief also by comparing his hand writing in the letter with his hand writing as a register of Deeds in my possession he formerly having been Town Clerk. Uriah Cook I understand at the time did serve at Long Island, New York, Horse neck & Danbury, White Plains but the time is long past and I remember no more Joseph Allyn
State of Connecticut Litchfield County ss Torrington The 16th Day of May 1832 Personally appeared Joseph Allyn

Signer of the foregoing deposition before me the subscribing authority and made solemn oath that the matters and things therein contained are the truth the whole truth & nothing but the truth before me Joseph Miller Justice of Peace
I Elizabeth Allyn of Torrington in Litchfield County Connecticut aged seventy years in June 1832 depose and say that I knew Uriah Cook deceased in my youth living next neighbor to his father John Cook deceased and well remember that said Uriah went into the army reported to be at New York & Long Island and the navy about there a long time. I should think nine months or more at one time, he went into the army during other times, indeed was very much in the army from time to time until his marriage, was there more than almost any other person in my acquaintance.
Elizabeth Allyn
State of Connecticut } On 16 th day of November 1832 Litchfield County } Personally appeared Elizabeth Torrington } Allyn Signer of the foregoing deposition by her subscribed, and made solemn oath to the truth thereof before me Joseph Miller Justice of Peace

I Ann Taylor of Torrington in Litchfield County Connecticut being Eighty one years of age in Feb 1892 Depose and say that during the War of the rebellion I lived a part of the time a man neighbor of Abijah Cook son of John Cook Esqr and a part of the time I lived at a distance of 8 or 10 miles. That I had two brothers who went with Abijah Cook into the war at New York I cannot tell how long Abijah was gone, I believe he was drafted, and I think my brothers were not but went out on the occasion for a short time — She said Abijah was called out at other times in the war but the length of his service at any of the times, as well also as the number of times I cannot remember.  Ann Taylor
State of Connecticut County of Litchfield ss Torrington on the 16 th day of Nov 2 d 1892 Personally appeared Ann Taylor signee of the foregoing deposition and made solemn oath that the matters and things therein contained are the truth.  Before me Joseph Miller Justice of Peace
I James Banks a Clingman residing in Winchester in Litchfield County Ct I hereby certify that I have been long acquainted with Abijah Cook deceased, he having been more than 25 years my neighbor even up to his death, and also for the same length of time been acquainted with Mrs Submit Cook who has subsided and sworn to the above declaration, believe him the said Clingman to have died at an age above seventy seven years, that he  James Banks

was reported and believed in the neighborhood where he died to have been a soldier of the revolution and that I remain in that opinion. I also state that having been brought up in Farmington I am acquainted with Joseph Allyn, Elizabeth Allyn & Ann Taylor, and that they all are credible persons James Beach
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinions after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the said Brigadier Cook deceased was a revolutionary soldier and that he served between twenty one months and twenty four months and in their opinion twenty two months and one half as stated in the evidence herewith accompanying the Declaration of Mrs. Submit Cook and the Court find there evidences that it appears to it, that James Beach who has signed the preceding certificate is the parish clergyman of Bristol compound of Hartford & Bank deposited with in part thereof & the parish clergyman of the family of said Cook, and that Joseph Miller lives in the same parish, and that both are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit. and I certify that the afore- said Joseph Miller is a Justice of the Peace for Litchfield County qualified to administer Oaths and that the signature to the above foregoing Certificate is the genuine signature of the said Joseph Miller Esq. Isaac Tiffey Judge of Probate for the District of New Hartford James H. Holcomb, Clerk of the court of Probate for the District of New Hartford in Litchfield County Connecticut
do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Submit Cook for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this 24th day of November A.D. 1831 James H. Holcomb Clerk

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Cook, Warren GRADE Private LINE Connecticut
WARRANT NUMBER 5594 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED Sept. 9, 1790 to James F. Sebor
*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.