Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 17,640, John Couch, Conn.

SERVICE
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Conn.
Couch, John Lois
No. 17,640
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Connecticut, 2009
Lois Crouch
widow of John Crouch who was a Private Conn. in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 23 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 16 th day of Sept. 1843 and sent to Nathl Perry New Milford, Conn.
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A. Vol. 1, Page 64.

Louis Camille
Dec. 1 st

State of Connecticut, County of Litchfield, Probate District of New Milford p.
On this 8 th day of September 1838 person- -ally appeared in Open Court before the Court of Probate for said District now sitting at New Milford in said District and County Lois Couch aged seventy four years, who, being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following de- -claration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 9 th 1838 entitled "An act granting "half pay and pensions to certain widows" That she is the widow of John Couch who was a private in the War of the Revolution He enlisted in the spring of the year 1776 for a period of six or seven months into a Com- -pany of Connecticut State Troops comman- -ded by Capt Elizer Couch. The company marched to Bannington, to Skaneborough and afterwards to Mount Independence and served out the time for which he enlisted. He was a fifer in said Company of State Troops - He served afterwards at different periods of the war the particulars of which she is not at present

able to state or to produce any evidence of I therefore makes no claim in this decla- ration for such subsequent service.
She further declares that she was married to the said John Couch on the ninth day of March in the year of our Lord one hundred and Eighty three, that her husband the aforesaid John Couch died on the 12 th day of June in the year Eighteen hundred and twelve ; that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January one hundred and ninety four and at the time above stated.
She further declares that her husband the said John Couch resided in said Stratford at the time he entered the service.
Lois Couch
Sworn to and subscribed on the day & year first above written before
Nathaniel Perry Judge
of said Court
I Noble S. Bennett Clerk of said Court of Probate do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the orig- inal proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of Lois Couch for a Pension
In testimony whereof I have here- unto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this 8 th day of September 1888
Noble S. Bennett Clerk

Lois Panch 2006 Country widow of John act 7 July 1838 dec 2 nd

State of Connecticut, County of Litchfield, Probate District of New Milford ss
On this 22 d day of September 1838 personally appeared in Open Court before the Court of Probate for said District now sitting at New Milford in said District and County Lois Cook a resident of said New Milford - who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on her oath make the following declaration supplemental to, and explanatory of a declaration by her made on the 8 th day of September instant in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed July 17 th 1838 - She now declares that her statement of the service of her late husband John Cook in 1776 in Capt Ebin n Cook's Company was a mistake - She further stated in her former declaration that he afterwards served at different periods of the War the particulars of which service she was not at that time

able to state and therefore made no claim in that declaration for those subsequent services - She has since ascertained from the Comptroller's Office that, that service was in the Regiment 3 d Regiment of the Connecticut line commanded by Col. Lebulon Butts and was for the period of three years 2 years and 10 mos. as private and 2 months as fifer - She was well aware when she made her former declaration that there was consider- -able service subsequent to that par- -ticularly stated in that declaration but could not then tell the particulars of it with sufficient certainty to en- -title her to the benefit of it - She now claims a pension for that portion of his service also and annexes hereto the certificate of the Comptroller as proof of it - She will forward this to the War Department with her Original Declaration
Leah Cook
Sworn to and subscribed on the day & year first above written before Nathaniel Perry Judge of said Court

I Noble S. Bennett Clerk of said Court of Probate do hereby certify that the fore- -going contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the appli- -cation of Lois Couch for a Pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this 22 d day of Sep- -tember 1838 —
Noble S Bennett Clerk

Louis Couper du Bk

State of Connecticut, County of Litchfield, Probate District of New Milford p:
On this 25 th day of May 1839 personally ap- peared in Open Court before the Court of Probate for said District now sitting at New Milford in said District & County Lois Cook a resident of said New Milford, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration supplementary to, and explanatory of two former declarations by her made for the purpose of obtaining the benefit of the provi- -sion made by the Act of Congress passed July 7 th 1838 —
The objection made by the Commissioner, as she understands, is, that she did not recollect & state the three previous when she made her first declaration —
She now declares that she did recollect & remember the series of her husband at a period subsequent to his term of six months under Capt Cook, but was not at that time sufficiently acquainted with the circumstances to state the necessary facts to enable the Department to find it, but she declares that she did expressly state in her first declaration that her said husband did come again afterwards but the particulars of which she was not then able to state — When she made her first declar- -ation she had before her the Affidavit of Josiah Hovey who was with her husband in

The six month term of service, and from that affidavit she was enabled to state the particulars of her husband's service —
She then stated in that declaration that her husband served afterwards but as she could not then state the particulars of it she claimed no pension for such subsequent service in that declaration, but on being furnished with the Certificate of the Comptroller she was enabled to state such particulars about it as would enable the Department to judge of its contents —
She knows of no person living who was with her said husband in Col. Butler's Regiment and she knows not who were his companions in that service and is unable to prove by living witnesses her husband's identity any further than her own declaration connected with the circumstances of the war will warrant. Yet she again repeats that she has the fullest confidence in the correctness of her statement of her husband's service in the Regt commanded by Col. Butler
Leah Cook
Sworn to, and subscribed the day and year first above written before
Nathaniel Perry Judge of said Court

I Noble S. Berritt Clerk of the said Court of Probate do certify that the foregoing con- tains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the supplemental Application of Mrs. Lois Cook for a Pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court this 25 th day of May 1839
Noble S Berritt Clerk

Sans banc du 8 th .

State of Connecticut County of Litchfield, Probate District of New Milford p.
On this 13 th day of February 1840 personally appeared in open Court before the Court of Probate for said District now sitting at New Milford in said District a County Court Clerk a Resident of said New Milford who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following de- claration supplementary to the declara- tions by her already made in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed July 1 st 1838 -
The now declares that her late hus- -band the said John Cook named in her former declarations, in addition to the service there stated, enlisted in the winter season early in the year 1776 into a Company of Connecticut State Troops commanded by Capt. Simeon Starr for the period of two months and served the full period of his enlistment and was discharged about the first of April

of the same year - She refers to the Affidavit of Corrie Bull now on file in the Pension Office for proof of this service She Respectfully asks that this service may be taken into consideration in fixing the Amount of Pension to which she is entitled - and she begs leave again to declare that her statement of the service of her said husband in Col. Tipton's Battalion Regiment is correct - Although she has not yet been able to obtain any proof of his identity - If the depart- ment on a reconsideration of the service be not satisfied with the proof of it as al- -ready furnished she reserves the privilege of hereafter submitting her application for it if she obtains satisfactory evidence
Leah Cook
Sworn to & subscribed in open court the day & year first above written - before
Nathaniel Perry Judge of Court
I Abbe S. Bonnett Clerk of the said Court of Probate do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original pro-

-cedings of said Court in the matter of the supplementary Application of Mrs Lois Cook for a Pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court this 13 th day of February A.D. 1840.
Robert S. Bennett Clerk

1 1 6 2 8 8 "Seventeen hundred eighty three March ninth John Gault married Lois Stone"
I Joel Camp of Washington County of Litchfield & State of Connecticut Clerk of the Congregational Church in the Society of New Preston do hereby certify that the forgo- ing is a true copy of the record with the exception of the date which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures as fol- lows: "March 9 th 1783" Joel Camp Clerk
I Joel Camp above named, do hereby certify that I hold the office of Clerk of the Church in New Preston Society in the County, town and State aforesaid, and that the above is a true extract from the records of said Church with the exception above named as certified by me - Joel Camp Clerk aforesaid
State of Connecticut } ss. Washington Sept 7 th 1838. County of Litchfield }
Sworn to, and subscribed by the said Joel Camp this 7 th day of September 1838 before me Noble Day Justice Peace

Rev WIDOW, & Co.
No. 17640
Low Branch
Widow of
John Branch
Rev New Mar
Lot: March 89 48
Index — Vol. 84 Page 151
[Arrangement of 1870.]

2006 Davis Couch Mtd of John Couch
Ad July 7/1838
Marr'd 1/83
dua 1892/
Allen Y and son
$23.33 per ann
Cann Melitia
Exp Can Couch
Walter Perry Esq New Milford Conn.

Lois Cook M 1783
Gr Cook a. 1812
Sp 76 607 Elv Cook
2 Dec. 3 y. Le Belle see 10 mo. a. p.m. 2 m. p.m.
3 Dec.
Mi. 76 2 m. Cap Harr
9 Dand Bull (alt.)
Allaco 7 mo.
H adun to 5 mo.

New Milford Conn. Sept 13 th 1839
Sir
Upon the tenor of your letter of the 17 th April I conclude the Department is satisfied with the proof of six months service of John Cook the late husband of Lois Cook in 1776
On inquiry after proof of the identity of her husband in Col Butts Regt (which I have not yet been able to find) I have ascertained that he served two months in Col Ward Regt in 1776 in Capt Josiah Storr's Company
I send enclosed the Affidavit of David Bull as proof of the service of 2 Mos. from the 1 st of February to the 1 st of April 1776 - Mr Bull is a very correct man & seldom, if ever, mistaken in his statements regarding Revolutionary services
This service is not stated in either of her declarations, and as she resides several miles from me I have not deemed it necessary to send for her to substantiate the statement made by the deponent -
You will please send a certificate for so much service as the Department

is satisfied with the proof of -
I hope the Department will alter their determination in regard to the service in Col Butlers Regt. - I have no doubt but that the John Canick in that Regt. was the husband of the present Applicant - She referred to the service in her first declaration but was not able at that time to specify it. I am not able to discover why there is not as much proof of identity in this case as in many others where pensions have been granted
Very Respectfully
Your Ob. Servt.
Stephen Perry
Hon. J. L. Edmunds Comm r of Pensions

New Milford Conn. May 29 th 1839
Sir I send herewith a supplemental Declaration of Lois Cook an applicant for a Pension under the Act of July 7. 1838 She is not able to prove the identity of her husband in Col Butlers Reg t and the objection there that is made that she did not state this service in her first declaration I think may be sufficiently explained and indeed I believe it is sufficiently explained by her in the declaration which I enclose - It cannot be expected that these Widows who were married subsequent to their hus- bands service can state all the particulars of the service without some information from others She was enabled to state the particulars of her husband's first service from the Affidavit of Mr Ferry - She then stated that there was subsequent service but could not then state the particulars of it. She afterwards ascertained in what Regiment that service was & made her supplemental declaration - I therefore think the objection that she did not remember this service when she made her first declaration cannot apply. because she did remember

and State Service but not the par- -ticulars of it - I think her claim & her identity as his widow are made out as strong as they are ordinarily made
Very Respectfully
Your obed Servt.
Nathaniel Perry
Hon. J. L. Edwards
Commr. of Pensions

New Bedford Jan. 19 th 1840
Sir I send enclosed a supplemental declaration of the Lord's Court for the purpose of covering the several testified s. by Mr David Burd. May I not ask your early attention to it
Yours Obedient Nathaniel Perry
Hon. J. L. Edwards Comm r of Pensions

Comptroller Office
Leavenworth June 19, 1887
I certify that on application for evidence of the services of John Couch as fifer in Capt D. Couch Company in 1776 - that no Pay Roll of Capt D. Couch has been found - that on Pay Table Book is the following entries Capt D. Couch's First Regiment, D.D. In order on order of Genl. Brimsfield's Brigade June 19 1776 £850.0.0. - balance of Acct his Account rendered July 20 1777 £152.6.0 - at a subsequent period I found John Couch in a settlement made with the 2nd Connecticut Regiment Deborah Butler Esq. Col. before Jan 1 1780 where he is entered as a Private March 1 1777 Time of settlement Jan 1 1780 Making 2.10 again same Regiment Commenced Service as Fifer Jan 1 1780 Time of settlement March 1 1780 Making 3 months
Henry Keiburn Compt

I David Buel of Norwalk, Litchfield County, State of Connecticut aged Eighty two years being first duly sworn according to law depose & say that in February 1776 I enlisted for two months into a Company of State Troops Conn- nietent State Troops, commanded by Col. Ward. I marched to New York & from thence to Long Island and was discharged the first of April having served 2 months - John Couch the late hus- -band of the wid. Lois Couch was a fifer in the same Company and served the same length of time that I did David Buel
State of Connecticut County of Litchfield,
Probate District of Norwalk ss:
Sworn to & subscribed in Open Court before the Court of Probate for said District and I certify that the said David Buel is a credible Witness. done this 31 st day of August A.D. 1809 -
Nathaniel Perry Judge of said Court

I Noble S. Bennitt Clerk of the said Court of Probate do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in taking the Affidavit of Maria Buel In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand affixed the seal of said Court this 31 st day of August A.D. 1839
Noble S. Bennitt Clerk

V. The book, volume of the Count since July 1838 at Paris 17/9/39 to 20/10/39 at Paris 20/10/39

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Connecticut
Lois Couch
widow of John Couch, deceased, who was a pensioner under the Act of April who died on the 12 June 1812 of Litchfield the State of Connecticut who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain C. Couch of the commanded by in the line for 7 months.
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 23 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 2 nd day of May 1840, & sent to Nattie Perry, New Milford, Conn.
Arrears to the 14th of Mar 1840 $ 93.33 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sep 40 11.66 $105.00
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by D. M. Condy, Clerk. Book A. Vol. 1, Page 172

23 22 Lois Couch
$23:93 per am
Nathl Perry New Milford Conn

State of Connecticut, } ss. County of Litchfield }
On this 21 st day of June 1843 personally appeared before me Katherine Perry a justice of the Peace within & for said County Lois Court of Stamford in the County of Litchfield & State of Connecticut aged 79 years; who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her Oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed on the 3 rd March 1843 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War.
That she is the Widow of John Cook who was a private in a Company of Connecticut State Troops commanded by Capt Ebenezer Cook in the War of the Revolution -
She also declares that she received

an annual pension at the rate of twenty three dollars & thirty three cents per annum under the Act of July 7 th  1838 1838
She further declares that she is still a widow
Lois the Cook mark
Sworn to & subscribed on the day & year first above written - before me and I certify that the said declarant is personally known to me to be the same person who received a pension under the Act of July 7 th 1838
In presence of Nathaniel Perry Justice of Peace Harriet Hungerford

STATE OF CONNECTICUT, } ss. Litchfield. LITCHFIELD COUNTY,
I Geo. C. Woodruff Assistant Clerk of the County Court of the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Nathaniel Perry Esq. &c. Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified, and by Law authorized to administer Oaths and to take the acknowledgment of Deeds. And that his commission was dated on the 8 th day of June A. D. 1843 and will expire on the 20th day of June, A. D. 1844 & that the preceding signature which purports to be his own is genuine.
Given under my hand and the Seal of said Court this 23 rd day of June A. D. 1843
Geo. C. Woodruff Assistant Clerk

I John Couch of Nutmilford, County of Litch- field & State of Connecticut aged forty seven, was being first duly sworn according to law depose and say that I am a Son of John Couch late of said Nutmilford dec d . That I was present at the decease of my father & attended his funeral He died at said Nutmilford on the 12 th day of June 1812 and left my mother Lois Couch his Widow him surviving. My mother the said Lois Couch has remained a Widow ever since the death of her husband the said John Couch dec d and is still unmarried
John Couch
State of Connecticut, County of Litchfield
Sworn to & subscribed this 8 th day of September 1838 before me & I certify that the said John Couch is a credible Witness Nathaniel Perry Justice of Peace

State of Connecticut, County of Litchfield p:
I Josiah Hovey of Mansfield in said County and State aged Eighty three years being first duly sworn according to law depose & say that in the Spring of the year 1776 I enlisted into a company of Connecticut State Troops commanded by Capt. Ebenezer Cook of Mansfield in said County now dec d . The company was attached to Col. Sherman Swifts Regt t and was raised for the period of six months or more. I am not certain whether the company was raised for the period of six or seven months - The company marched first to Bennington, thence to Skeneborough, thence to Mount Independence and was dismissed at the expiration of the time for which I enlisted being six or seven months - John Cook of Mansfield enlisted at the time I did into the same company and served the same length of time, which was not less than six months and my impression is that it was a rather longer period than

with the said John Couch from his youth to the time of his death. The said John Couch died about the year 1812. or 1813 The said John Couch was a piper in the Company of said Capt Elmer Couch during said period of his enlistment
Joseph Hovey
Sworn to and subscribed this 5 th day of September A.D. 1838 before me and I Certify that the said Joseph Hovey is a credible witness
George M c Naughton J. P. Peace

STATE OF CONNECTICUT, } ss. Litchfield. LITCHFIELD COUNTY,
I Origen S. Seymour Clerk of the County Court of the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that George H. Noble & Nathaniel Perry Esquire , are respective Justices of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified, and by Law authorized to administer Oaths and to take the acknowledgment of Deeds. And that their commission was dated on the 29 th day of May A. D. 1838 and will expire on the 20th day of June, A. D. 1839 & that the foregoing signatures purporting to be those of said Justices are genuine
Given under my hand and the Seal of said Court this 11 th day of September A. D. 1838,
Origen S. Seymour Clerk