Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 34,599, Noah Cooke, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Cooke Noah Cook or
S. 34,599
CONTENTS

6,939 Massachusetts.
Noah Cook. 4
of West Hampton in the state of - Mass: who was a Sergeant - in the regiment commanded by Colonel Putnam - of the Massachusetts line, for the term of 3 years to 80
scribed on the Roll of Massachusetts - at the rate of 8 - Dollars per month, to commence on the 18. of May. 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 15. of Feby. 1819 and sent to Samuel Hinckley Esq N. Hampton, Me.
Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1818 - 3 mo 14/31 - $28.67 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 th Mar. 1819 - 48 - $76.67
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Discontinue
Notification sent to Hon. J. C. Bates, Northampton 29. May 1819
Resolving as if it be continued He will, in letter 15 Dec. 1828 Hon. J. C. Bates H. D.

Northampton ms June 2
Corr
Rev. Darius Samuel H. Hovey (Baptist) Northampton Mass Recd June 8 th 1838
Hon. J. C. Calhoun
Secretary for the Department of War
Washington
The application of said book to be placed on the Pension list of the United States - taken up & forwarded by me L. Hinckley, Justice -
Noah Cook Deputy Appl d 4/4 to Ap d 80 Putnam Mass s Rep d Admitted
Blister
Admitted

I Noah Cook of Northampton in County of Hampshire & Commonwealth of Massachusetts testify I enlisted as a soldier in the month of May 1775 in the Company commanded by Jon a Allen in the Regiment commanded by Col o . Fellows and I served eight months in P o . Corps near Boston, and on the third day of March 1776 into the Company of Capt. Israel Chapin & in the Reg t . commanded by Col o . Porter and we marched to Canada & I continued to serve in P o . Company & Regiment untill Jan y 1777 and was I was discharged at Elizabethton in New Jersey, and on the first day of April 1777 I enlisted into the Company of Capt. Nathan Goodale and in the fifth Massachusetts Regiment commanded by Col o . Myles Prentiss and I continued in said Company & Regiment untill my time of enlistment (three years) had expired and was then honorably discharged by Col o Small who was then Col o . Com d mand t . of 12 th . Reg t . (Which discharge is to be herewith forwarded to the Secretary at War), I was at the taking of Burgoyne, and in many other engagements - I was wounded injured in one of my Knees while I was in service and have been lame ever since I am now in my sixty second year of my age - I am in reduced circumstances & need the Assistance of my Country for support - I was during my three years service appointed a sergeant as stated in my discharge - I have never been placed on any pension list - May 10. 1818
Noah Cook
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Hampshire ss May 10 th 1818 Noah Cook Personally appearing before me the undersigned Judge of the Court of Probate of Wills &c within and for sd. County, being a Court of Record, and being carefully examined and cautioned to testify the whole truth made solemn oath that the foregoing declaration by him subscribed is the

truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth, and he having produced his discharge signed by Ezra Newhall Col o . Commandant of the Reg t . to which he belonged, that he had served three years in the Fifth Mass- chusetts Reg t . being the full term of his enlistment, which is herein transmitted to the Secretary for the Department of war, it appears to my satisfaction that he served three years in the Rebelious army against the common Enemy, taken & sworn to before me - The testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court the Day & year aforesaid
Samuel Brinkley Judge of the Court aforesaid
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Noah Cooks, Application for a Pension Copy of the Records
$700=
not entitled
Hon. J. C. Bates

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Hampshire County ss. March 17 th 1829
Seal
To Richard Heale, Ralph Clapp and Elijah King all of Northampton in said County Freeholders Greeting
You are hereby appointed to appraise all the real and personal estate of Noah Cook of said Northampton according to the present cash value thereof. You are to make return of your doings under oath - And also to estimate under oath the net yearly income of the same - given under my hand seal the day & year aforesaid
Samuel Hinckley Justice of the Peace for said County Hampshire ss March 24 th 1829
Personally appeared Richard Heale, Ralph Clapp and Elijah King named in the above warrant and made oath that they would appraise the Estate of the above named Noah Cook a Revolutionary Soldier according to the best of their judgment - and that they will estimate the net yearly income of the same and make their certificate thereof under oath as aforesaid - before me Samuel Hinckley Justice Peace
Northampton March 24 th 1829 We the subscribers in pursuance of our Warrant aforesaid we have appraised under Oath the real estate of Noah Cook above said at
573. -
and his personal estate at
127. -
700. -
and we estimate the net yearly income thereof at $50 and no more
Noah Cook
Elijah King Richard Heale Ralph Clapp
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Hampshire ss. On this 24 th day of March 1829 Personally appeared in open Court being a Court of record & Court of Common Pleas in and for said County Noah Cook of Northampton in said County aged 72 years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his Oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provisions made by acts of Congress of the 18 th March 1818 and the first of May 1820 as any other acts of Congress or rules established in the War Office since the last act of Congress aforesaid. That he the said Noah Cook enlisted for the term of three years, on the first day of April in the year

on June 1777 in the State of Massachusetts in the Company commanded by Capt Gundle in the Regiment commanded by Col Rufus Putnam in the line of the state of Massachusetts on the Continental establishment, that he continued in the service in said Corps until the first day of April 1780 when he was regularly discharged from the service at the Highlands in the State of New-York. his discharge is filed in his original certificate filed in the War office at Washington in N o 6939 in his original application - he did not apply for a renewal of his Pension on account of his having property, but he in the service had a wound in his leg which has ever since made him a cripple he is now old aged 92 years and unable to support himself by labor - signed Noah Cook
And in pursuance of the act of Congress of the first of May 1820. I do solemnly swear that I am a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March 1818 and that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner disposed of any 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 18 th 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 me, nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed
Noah Cook
Hampshire ss Court of Common Pleas March Term 1829 Sworn & declared in Court March 24 th
S Stockland Clerk
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Hampshire ss I the subscriber Judge of the Court of Common Pleas now held at Northampton in and for said County do hereby certify that in my opinion the annexed schedule contains the true estimate and value of property of said Noah Cook and that his decla- ration aforesaid as to his service in the Revolutionary War is true
March 24 th 1829
D Cummings

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Hampshire ss I. Solomon Stoddard. Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas -
Do hereby certify, that it appears, to the satisfaction of the Court, that the said Noah Cook did serve in the Revolutionary War, as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy, for the term of nine months, under one engagement, on the Continental establishment. I also certify, that the foregoing oaths and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the records of the said Court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is seven hundred Dollars.
And I further certify that Samuel Hinckley Esquire whose signature is affixed to the papers copies of which are hereto annexed, was, at the date thereof, one of the Justices of the peace within and for said County duly Commissioned, and acting under the authority of this Commonwealth. And that the signature to said certificate is known by me to be the handwriting of the said Samuel Hinckley.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas for said Commonwealth this twenty fourth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty nine.
S. Stoddard Clerk of said Court

COOKE, NOAH (MASS.)
S-34599

T HIS certifyeth, That Noah Cook - Sergeant , has served Three years in the Massachusetts Regiment, being the full Term of his Inlistment; has conducted himself as a good and faithful Soldier, and is hereby discharged the Service.
Given under my Hand, at Quarters Soldiers Fortune this first Day of April 1780.
Ezra S. D. Peckham S t Col Command t .

34599 Rey INVALID.
File No. 84,599
Noah Cook
Serg Rev War
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2, Page 84
[Arrangement of 1870.]