Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 8228, Charles Cock, Va.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va. _____
bock, Charles _____
88228 _____
CONTENTS
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4525- North Carolina
Charles Lock
of Lowell in the State of N.C. who was a prv. in the Company commanded by Captain  of the Regt commanded by Col Alcock - in the Va. line for 6 months from 17 81-
Inscribed on the Roll of North Carolina at the rate of 20 - Dollars -  Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 21 st day of Jan y 33 A.H. Sheppard and sent to Hon. J. H. House of Reps.
Arrears to 4th of Sept - 1832  30- Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 mar 33  10-
$40-
{ Revolutionary Claim, { Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by Nathan Rice - Clerk D Vol. 8 Page 50

North Carolina Gaston County.
Charles Lock
17893 V
f 1781 6 mths

State of North Carolina } Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions County of Caswell } Octbr Term 1832
On this the 9 th day of October 1832 personally appeared in open court before the Justices of the county Court of Caswell in Carolina now sitting. Charles Beck a resident of Caswell County aforesaid, aged 70 years last expired, who being first 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 th 1832 That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as privet soldier. In the first place. He was drafted in Capt Elijah Hirtley's company of the militia of Guilpiper County Virginia. in the latter part of the month of April in the year 1781. The regiment to which this company belonged was commanded by Col Robert E Lee Esq. and the Brigade of which this regiment was a component part was commanded by Brigadier Gen. Greene. The regiment under the command of Col. Hock commenced its march in mid October. in the direction of the City of Richmond. We met in the neighbourhood of Richmond not far from a place known by the name of Chickahominy Swamp with the English force under the command of Lord Cornwallis at first compelled to retreat for a short distance. but the English themselves were in their turn compelled to retreat before us as far as Chickahominy Swamp, which they crossed. we crossed likewise and continued our pursuit of Lord Cornwallis as far as a point called Mobile Hills, twenty five or thirty miles below the City of Richmond. At this point and in its vicinity we remained until the expiration of the three months. for which we were drafted and were discharged in the latter part of July in the year 1781. He has no written evidence in his

in his application at this time of the discharge now referred to. having had the misfortune about twenty years ago to lose his house and all of his valuable paper consumed by fire Nor is there any living man that he knows of who served with him in this tour, by whom he could establish his services he has therefore relied on his own oath and the good opinion of his neighbors. — Having continued at home scarcely a month after his discharge, he was again drafted in Capt. Wm. Watts. company at this time he cannot recollect of the regiment at this rather thinks it was the same who commanded them in the last tour To wit. Col. Alcock
We marched in the first place directly to Warrenton where this applicant was transferred from Capt. Watts. company to a company commanded by Capt. Charles Covington, We continued our march from Williamsburg directly to York Town — we had continued here for some considerable time about the City of Williamsburg before we set out to York Town. When we reached York Town this applicant thinks in the latter part of September the celebrated siege of that place had commenced When we got to that place (York) Genl. Washington and Genl. Greene were there and as this applicant thinks likewise Genl. Mullenbum, other Troops continued to arrive after we got to York but the memory of the applicant is not secure as to who they were. He this applicant continued with the other American troops at York during the siege and was in the entrenchments when Lord Cornwallis surrendered his army After the surrender he was sent as one of the guards of the captured army to the barracks of Winchester, and there he remained until near the 25 th of December, awaiting for a relief guard, which did not arrive until then. At this time

At this time he received his He received his final discharge from the service, and returned home having performed two tours of duty of three months each. The written evidence of this discharge was lost in the burning of his house above mentioned. And he has therefore to rely upon the testimony of his fellow soldier, Jacob Ehart, who served this tour with him and his own oath.
This applicant has no register of his nativity or age now in his possession but states that he was born in the County of Orange State of Virginia in the year 1762. According to his recollection of his father's statement, he was under five years of age when he left Orange and went with his parents to reside in Culpeper County Virginia. When he arrived at the age of twenty one years he returned to his native County of Orange and lived there for several years, he does not recollect with precision how long. He left Orange however and went to Bedford County in Va where he lived fourteen years that is to say until the year 1802. When he left the State of Virginia and came to Caswell County North Carolina where he has ever since resided.
He 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.
Subscribed the day & year aforesaid.
John Stadler, Mr. Richard Martin , a clergyman residing in the County of Caswell State of North Carolina and Hugh Walker of the County and state.

of said hereby certify that we are now acquainted with Charles Cook who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration. That we believe him to be of the age of 70 years that he is separated and believed in the neighborhood where he means to have been a soldier of the revolution and thus we concur in that opinion
Sworn and subscribed the day & year aforesaid Just Paul H. Haralson Clk
John Stadler Hugh Walker
And the said court do hereby certify and declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above applicant was a revolution-ary soldier and served as he states. And the court further certifies that it appears to them that Richard Martin who has signed the above certificate is a clergyman residing in the county of Caswell aforesaid and that Hugh Walker who has also signed the same is a resident in the said county of Caswell and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit,
I Paul H. Haralson clerk of the county court of Caswell state of N Carolina do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Charles Cook for a pension, - In testimony

Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office.
This the 9 th day of Oct r 1832
Paul A. Haralson Clk
I have looked over the foregoing declaration & find it all except the deposition in the handwriting of John Coon an attorney at law, & I doubt not that the whole is genuine nothing but what the Court papers & upon - The affidavits of Jacob A. Haralson & A. B. Shepherd I also believe to be genuine.
A. B.
29. May 1832

James L. Edwards Esq. Pension Office.

Sir:
In compliance with the request of the Hon: A. H. Sheppard, I communicate to you such information, as I possess, in relation to the character and standing of Jacob Ahart, who is a witness in the case of Charles Lock, an applicant for a pension, and who resides in Caswell County, North Carolina.
I have been personally acquainted with Mr. Ahart for some years past, and from the fair character which he sustains, for truth and integrity, I should place entire confidence, in his statements.
Senate Chamber. I have the honour to be, very respectfully &c
18 th January 1833.
B. Brown.

State of North Carolina } Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions Caswell County } October Term 1832
Personally appeared in Open Court (the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions of the County and State aforesaid,) Jacob Tharth, and being duly sworn. States That he was a soldier in the war of the Revolution; was at the Siege of Yorktown in the State of Virginia; That he well recollects Charles Cook who has applied and filed his Declaration in this Court for a pension; That the said Charles Cook served two years in the Militia of Virginia; and saw him & knew him well while in the service & that the facts as set forth & stated in his declaration are true.
Sworn to & Subscribed Jacob Tharth. in Open Court.
Test Paul L. Haralson Clk
State of North Carolina } Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions Caswell County } October Term 1832
I Paul L. Haralson Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions of the County and State aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing Affidavit of Jacob Tharth was duly subscribed and sworn to in Open Court at this Term.
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office this 9 th day of October 1832
Paul L. Haralson Clk

Charles Locke
from 1781. private 6 months $20.
Amended by Clerk of P. H. Chapman D. B. Brown
29. May 1853

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

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? 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 has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? no. 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? no. XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
 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.
† 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 affidavits must be properly authenticated, as above directed.
‡ 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.

Rev. way
8228
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File No. 8228
Charles Cook
Pr. New War.
Act: June 1 st 32
Index:—Vol. 102 , Page 74
[Arrangement of 1870.]