Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 9,190, Moody Cook, Continental (N.H.) Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental (N.H.) Mass.
book Moody
8.9190
CONTENTS
carded

10.842
New Hampshire
Woody book
of Grafton in the State of N.H. who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain _____ of the regt commanded by Col Baldwin in the N.H. line for 13 (May 15 Days)
C. 10 8 4 2
from 10.000 to 11.000
Inscribed on the Roll of N.H. at the rate of 44 Dollars 99 Cents per annum. to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 29 th day of Sept 1833 and to Jonathan Miss Haverhill N.H.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $89.98 Semi-ant. allowance ending 21 Sept " 22.49 $112.47
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J. H. M c Blain Clerk Book 80 Vol. 1 Page 76
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Mooday Cook's Application
15652

DECLARATION
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
Grafton County of Grafton State of New-Hampshire, } ss.
On this 10th day of Septm 1832, personally appeared in open Court before the Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, now sitting, Moody Cook a resident of Crompton in the County of Grafton and State of N. H. aged 81 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 Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated - to wit - That he on the 12th of January in the year of our Lord 1776 - at Cambridge in the state of Massachusetts enlisted into the Company of Massachusetts State troops commanded by Captain Richard Dodge in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Jeremiah Bellows in service of United States, for one year - immediately thereafter entered said Company & served as a soldier therein for the said term of one year for which he so enlisted & that at the expiration of said term he with some others of said Company with the Captain & Lieutenant continued in the service until the 15th of February A.D. 1777 - being thirteen months & half from the time he entered the service as aforesaid - & that he faithfully served the whole of said last named term - That he was stationed first at Chelsea in the state of Massachusetts then marched to New London Connecticut & then went on to New York - that he staid at New York until the American forces were driven out - that he then marched to White Plains, through New Jersey into Pennsylvania & then back into New Jersey & was in the battles of Trenton & Princeton - that he was under Brigadier Genl. Heath, Maj. Genl. Lee until he was taken prisoner after which under Genl. Sullivan all which Officers he has collected & knows of no person whom testimony in evidence of his service - that he has no documentary evidence of his service except that of a Record of said Company & service - that he was born at Newbury Massachusetts November 9th 1750 old style & supposes that of his said enlistment he resided in Crompton New Hampshire where he now resides & has since the Revolutionary war with the exception of three years in the town of Thornton New Hampshire - that he had no written discharge but was regularly dismissed & did not leave and he names Ebenezer Bartlett & Col. Moody Cook persons of his wish here (there being no clergyman in said Crompton with whom he has been long acquainted) who can testify to his character for morality & the length of his services as a soldier of the Revolution -
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.
Moody Cook
Sworn to and subscribed, the 4th Sept. 1832 E. Woodward Clerk
We, Ebenezer Bartlett residing in Crompton N.H. and Moody Cook
residing in said Crompton hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with
Moody Cook, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be Eighty one 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
Ebenezer Bartlett Moody Cook
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 certifies, that it appears to them that Ebenezer Bartlett who has signed the preceding certificate, is resident in the Crompton N.H. and that Moody Cook, who has also signed the same is a resident in the Crompton and are credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
E. Woodward Clerk
I, George Woodward of the court aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Moody Cook for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, this 4th day of Sept. 1832
E. Woodward Clerk

13652
Floody Coop New Hampshire
Paid 13 Mo 15 days
Cash
$44.99.
Jonathan
James Bliss
Maverick Hill N.H.

BRIEF in the case of  Moody Cook  County of Grafton  in the State of  New Hampshire  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 81 years  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     In 17 76 1 " 1 — 15 privt Genl Heath Capt Dodge Col Baldwin  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Town of Frimpton,  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Conpton New Hampshire  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? traditional & living witnesses  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
D. Clapp Examining Clerk.

Rev. War
9190
INVALID.
File No. 9190
Woodbury Brook Brn. Rev. War
Act: June 7th 1852
Index:—Vol. 128 , Page 75
[Arrangement of 1870.]

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

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? Yes
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? No
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? Having Witness
XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? Yes
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? Yes
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? Yes
XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? Yes
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? Yes
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. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state 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 shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places 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.
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 official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
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.
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, 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.

Jacob Elliot - aff 4
(Chester N.H. June 25)
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M rs Moody book
Campton in the County of Grafton and State of New Hampshire

I Jacob Elliot of lawful age depose and say That Moody Cook of Campton in the County of Grafton and State of New Hampshire came to the Army at Cambridge in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the winter of the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy six and enlisted as a private Soldier in Captain Richard Dodge's company of Infantry and Colonel Loammi Baldwin's Regiment of Infantry for the term of one year on the Continental establishment, said Moody Cook served as a faithful Soldier during the whole of the year for which he enlisted and was honorably discharged. said Moody Cook then engaged to remain as a private soldier with the Revolutionary Army near Trenton and Princeton for the term of six weeks. He was in the battles of Princeton and Trenton and remained with said Army during said term of six weeks and was honorably discharged at Springfield in the State of New Jersey. The deponent was in the Revolutionary Army during the aforesaid term of one year and six weeks in the same company with the aforesaid Moody Cook, and further say that he was faithful Soldier Jacob Elliot Chester June 25 th 1832.
Rockingham ss. Chester June 25 th 1832. Then personally appearing the above named Jacob Elliot made solemn oath that the above deposition by him subscribed is just and true Before me Samuel Aiken Justice of the Peace
I hereby certify that the above named Jacob Elliot is a credible Witness, and that I have been personally acquainted with him for ten years last past Samuel Aiken Jus. Peace

State of New Hampshire Grafton County ss.
I Guy Woodward Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Grafton do hereby certify that I received Richard Elyon whose signature is affixed to the within cer- -tificate, as & was at the time of the execution thereof a justice of the Peace for the said county of Rockingham, duly authorized to administer oaths, & that I believe the signature purporting to be his to be genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of said Court This 11 th day of October A. D. 1832 -
Woodward Clerk