Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 36,468, Abraham Cooper, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Cooper, Abraham
S. 36,468
CONTENTS

885
Connecticut
Abraham Cooper
Private 4 Connecticut line
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 25 th of March 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 6 of June 1818 and sent to Hon. S. Baldwin, New Haven, Con.
Arrears to 4th of Sept r 1818
Semi-ann. acct ending
5 months 7/31 to 4/30 - $42.86
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
77 War
Continued
Hampden New Haven Co.
Exam d with orig. Rolls Aug. 1873. Exp.
Notification sent Sept m 6 th 1820 to Henry G. Hagg New Haven Conn.

Abraham Cooper Capt David Humphrey's Co. 4 th Regt a Meigs - connect line.
Mar. 25. 1818
Correct

Connecticut
I Abraham Cooper of Hamden in New Haven County in the State of Connecticut do declare under oath, That I served my Country more than six years in the revolution- ary war - That I enlisted in the spring of the year 1777 under Capt. David Humphreys in the 4 th Regiment of the Connecticut line then commanded by Col. Meigs, on the continental establishment - That I was afterwards transferred into the first Regiment of the same line commanded by Col. Butler & to the company commanded by Capt. Benton to which I belonged when discharged - That I served as a private of soldiers till the close of the war & was then honor- ably discharged but having lost my discharge  and  under  the  reason of my reduced circumstances in life, I now need assistance from my country for support - I therefore pray that I may be placed on the pension list of the United States, according to the provision of the act of the Congress of the United States, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war."
New Haven Mar. 25 th 1818
Abraham Cooper

Connecticut — New Haven County ss. New Haven March 25 th 1818
Then personally Abraham Cooper within named a resident citizen of the United States to me well known & made oath to the truth of the foregoing declaration by him in my presence Subscribed before me
Simeon Baldwin a Judge of the Supreme Court of the State Connecticut —
I John Mansfield of Wallingford, late a Lieutenant in Col. Meigs regiment in the revolutionary war do depose that when in service I well knew the above named Abraham Cooper then a soldier in said Regiment & knew that he continued in the service in said regiment more than three years & I believe till the close of the war. — New Haven Apr. 1. 1818. Sworn before me Simeon Baldwin a Judge of the Supreme Court of Connecticut John Mansfield

To the Honourable the Secretary of the Department of war
I certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Abraham Cooper served in the revolutionary war against the common enemy as stated in his declaration - I therefore transmit to you the evidence & proceedings in the case - New Haven April 1. 1818.
Simson Baldwin a Judge of the Supr Court of Connecticut

Ston Cooper
805 Copy
Com
Sept. 10/10
long service

At a County Court, held in and for the County of New Haven, in the District and State of Connecticut, on the 5 th day of July 1820, the same being a Court of Record, and having a Seal, by virtue of the laws of said State.
PERSONALLY APPEARED, in open Court, Abraham Cooper a resident in the town of Hamden in the County of New Haven in said State, and exhibited and subscribed the following Schedule, and made Oath that the same is a true and perfect Schedule of all his income and property, necessary cloathing and bedding excepted, viz:
  1 Store of land with a house & barn on it owned by his Wife the whole value of which is — the use of which belongs to him — $170. —   12 Chairs $6 6 D o $1.25 1 Table $2 1 D o 75/100 — 10.25   1 Looking Glass $3 2 Trunks, cups & saucers 42 — 3.54   1 Wheel barrow $1 2 Pitchforks 75 — 1.75   1 Rake 17 1 Scythe & snath 75 — — 92   1 Floor beam $10 1 Yearling $5 1 Calf 2.50 — 17.50   Deducts the wife's interest subject to his use 203.96   Leaves clear estate — 120.96   $83.96 
Abraham Cooper

District and State of Connecticut, ss.
Be it Remembered, That in the County Court, held in and for the County of New Haven , in the District and State aforesaid, on this 5 th day of July , 1820, the same being a Court of Record, and having a Seal, under the Authority of said State, personally came and appeared in open Court, Abraham Cooper aged 66 years, resident in the Town of Hampden in the County of New Haven in said State, and being Sworn , according to Law, doth on his Oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War, as follows: during the whole war particularly in Mudge's regiments in the Connecticut line for several years
that the original Declaration made by him, for the purpose of obtaining a pension, under the Act of Congress of the 18th of March 1818, was dated the 25 th day of March 1818; that in pursuance thereof he was entered in the list of Pensioners, and received a Pension Certificate No. 885 And I do further solemnly Swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the 18th day of March, 1818, and that I have not since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it, as to bring myself within the provisions of an Act of Congress, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, nor has any person, in trust, for me, any property or securities, contracts or debts due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the Schedule hereunto annexed, and by me subscribed. And I do further declare that my occupation is that of a Shoemaker but owing to a bad rupture is unable to do but little work and that I have a family residing with me consisting of wife & one child married Olga aged 16 years
all which is subscribed by me the day and year aforesaid.
Abraham Cooper
Sworn to, and declared in the Court aforesaid. Whereupon said Court is, on satisfactory proof exhibited in Court, of opinion that the total amount in value of the property contained in the aforesaid Schedule, is 83 Dollars and 96 Cents, and doth order these proceedings to be entered in the records of said Court.
Mark Hovey & Flagg

District of Connecticut, ss.
I, Henry C Flagg Clerk of the County Court in and for the County of New Haven in the State and District of Connecticut, do hereby certify that the foregoing and the Schedule thereunto annexed, are truly copied from the records of said Court: and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of said Court that the total amount, in value, of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule, is
83 — Dollars and 96 — Cents.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of said Court on this
5 th day of July 1820.
Attest Henry C Flagg Clerk
I, Isaac Mills presiding Judge of the County Court in and for the County of New Haven in the State of Connecticut, do hereby certify that Henry C Flagg — is Clerk of said Court, and keeper of the Seal and Records thereof; and that the preceding Certificate, under his hand, and the Seal of said Court, is authentic, and in due form of Law.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in New Haven this 5 th day of July 1820
Isaac Mills Chief Judge

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Abraham Cooper , a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his ( or his widow's ) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau.
S. 36,468
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Spring 1777 6 years. Private David Humphreys Benton Meigs Butler * Conn. (6)          
Battles engaged in,
Residence of soldier at enlistment,
Date of application for pension, Mch. 25, 1818. His claim was allowed.
Residence at date of application, Hamden, New Haven Co., Conn.
Age at date of application, sixty-six years in 1820.
Remarks: 1820 he referred to his wife, name not stated, and child Eliza ae 16 yrs. No further family data.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

Stamp ret'd New Haven Conn. w one 2 c stamps rec'd March 21 - 1916
PSH
Rev Sec
Bureau of Pensions Off SSW
Will you kindly send me copy of pension of Abraham Cooper who was a private and served in the Revolutionary War . Was pensioned in 1818. - Reference
Connecticut in The Revolutionary
Respectfully
Mrs M. J. Kellogg 1162 Chapel St
New Haven Conn

New Haven Conn. June 3/15 Rec Sec C
Bureau of Pensions, Washington D.C.
Gentlemen, Will you kindly forward to my address any Memoranda, that you may have in regard to Abraham Cooper of New Haven Conn. who served in the Revolutionary War. He was also a pensioner, and would like anything pertaining to the same.
Thanking you, I am
Very Truly Yours
(Mrs.) Mabel N. Welton 35 Pierpont St. New Haven, Conn.

36 468
Rev INVALID.
1915 June 5. Hist. to Mrs. Mabel H. Melton. $ 1916 Apl. 4. Hist. to Mrs. M. J. Adams. $
File No. 36, 468
Abraham Cooper
Rev Rev D.D.
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 91
[Arrangement of 1870.]

14 Cases from Connecticut trans. by Ezra Baldwin of New Haven.
compar. there wanting the original discharge, with the rolls of the Connecticut Line S.B. Apr 7 1881.

New Haven April 2 d . 1818
To the Honourable The Secretary of the war Department.
Sir
I herewith enclose the declarations & evidence of the following applicants for pensions vizt.
  Benjamin Butler ✓  Ephraim Merriam    Leahuel Bradley ✓  Ebenezer Mansfield ✓    Abiah Bradley  Caleb Miller ✓    Titus Hall  David Rogers    Abraham Cooper  Herman Rogers    Jairus Harrison  Amos Warner. ✓    Samuel Bell  Samuel Wier. ✓  
And I certify that the signature of the name of Simson Baldwin annexed to the several certificates on each are my proper hand writing & signature made by me in my official capacity as a Judge of the Superior Court of Connecticut.
In testimony of which I have set my signature to this certificate & caused the same to be verified by the Seal of the Sup t Court of Connec- ticut for the county of New Haven.
Simson Baldwin a Judge of the Sup t Court of Connecticut.
Connecticut
New Haven County ss. New Haven April 2 d . 1818.
I Dyer White Clerk of the Sup t Court of Connecticut for the County of New Haven & the keeper of the seal thereof do certify that the signature of the name of Simson Baldwin to the above certificate is the signature of Simson Baldwin a Judge of the Superior Court, in his own hand writing well known to me.
In testimony whereof I have affixed the Seal of said Court to this certificate.
Dyer White