Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B.L.Wt. 655-100, George Cook, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Cook George cooke or
B.L.Wt. 655-100
CONTENTS

No. 635.
George Cook. Hisfer Connecticut Line.
Warrant issued under date the 23 d April 1816, to Eunice Dummer, (wife of Stephen Dummer) Sister of Heir at Law, &c. — and transmitted in a Note to the Hon. ble David Daggett. S. U. S. to the Senate Chamber. —

Know all men by these presents That we Stephen Dummer and Eunice Dummer husband and wife of the town and county of New Haven in the State of Connecticut, Do nominate constitute and appoint Stephen Dummer Jun r of the City & State of New York our true and lawful attorney for us and in our name and in our behalf to procure and re- ceive from such Officer, person or persons as shall be legally authorized to grant the same, a Land Warrant for Bounty Land from the United States for military services rendered in the Revolutionary War by George Cook a Soldier or Musician in the 4 th Connecticut Regiment, - (Said Eunice being the only legitimate heir at law) And we do further hereby empower the said Stephen Dummer Jun r , to do and perform all such acts and things and to give such a receipt or receipts or execute such instrument or instruments in writing as shall be required in as full and ample a manner as we could ourselves do were we personally present. -
And we do further empower him to constitute and appoint an Attorney or Attorneys under him for the said purpose and

and also at pleasure to revoke same; and do further hereby ratify and confirm whatever our said Attorney or his said Attorney or substitute shall lawfully do in the premises.
In testimony whereof, we have hereunto set our hands and seals at New Haven this 17 th day of Feb y 1816. Stephen Dummer Eunice Dummer Signed sealed and delivered in presence of Notable Dummer Elisha Munson
(State of Connecticut.) New Haven County, ss. New Haven Febr y 17 th 1816 personally appeared Stephen Dummer and Eunice Dummer his wife, signers and sealers of the foregoing instrument and ac- knowledged the same to be their free act and deed. Before me Elisha Munson Just ice Peace
State of Connecticut ss. City & County of New Haven I John D. Lynde Clerk of the County of New Haven in said State do hereby certify that Elisha Munson Esq: before whom the above acknowledgment was made is Just ice of Peace for said County & that the above is his signature
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court this 17 th of Feb y 1816. J. D. Lynde

I know all men by these presents that I Stephen Dummer Jun r of the City of New York Attorney of Stephen & Eunice Dummer by the prefixed Power fully constituted and appointed do by virtue of the power of substitution with which I am thereby invested expressly make constituta and appoint David Daggett Esquire, _____ my lawful substitute and Attorney for the purposes therein mentioned; and do hereby authorize him to do and per- form all acts and things necessary in and about the premises as largely and amply as I might or could do if I were personally present. In witness whereof I have here- unto set my hand and seal, this just day of March 1816.
Sealed & Delivered in the presence of M c Ulshoffer
Stephen Dummer Jr

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, } ss. STATE OF NEW-YORK. }
By this Public Instrument, Be it known to all whom the same doth or may concern, That I,
Michael Ulshoetter, — a Public Notary, in and for the State of New-York, by Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the said State, duly commis- sioned and sworn; and in and by the said Letters Patent invested "With full power and authority to attest Deeds, Wills, Testaments, Codicils, Agreements, and other instru- ments in writing; and to administer any Oath or Oaths, to any Person or Persons;" DO HEREBY CERTIFY, That
on the day of the date hereof personally came and appeared before me Stephen Dummer Jr. the person named in, and who h and who hath executed the annexed power: who ac- knowledged before me that he executed the same as and for his voluntary act and deed for the uses and purposes therein men- tioned, and desired it might be taken as such,
In Testimony Whereof,
I, the said Notary, have subscribed these presents, and I have here- unto affixed my Seal of Office, the first day of March , in the year one thousand eight hundred and sixteen , and of the Independence the fortieth .
M. Ulshoetter Not. Public

I Certify that it appears by the Register of the Connecticut Line that George Cook enlisted 1 Feb. 1777 for the War, and it appears by the Register of final Settlement Certificates No 4126, that he served to the End of the War.
Dep. of War Auto Office Apr 22. 1826
P. Hagner Chf. Clk.
Ex. 2. 6. Stephen Dummer, in Right of Catherine George Cook.

Hon d David Daggett Esq r Senator in Congress Washington City

New York (N o 112 Broadway) March 2 d 1816
Sir
Presuming upon the knowledge which you probably have of my Father's Family, I take the liberty of addressing to you the enclosed documents, requesting your kind assistance in the attainment of their object; Which you will perceive is a land warrant, for Military Bounty Land, accruing to the Heirs, of George Cook, for his services during the War of the Revolution.
I have lately been in Washington, where on calling at the Land Office I obtained such written instructions, as served for a guide to my Attorney in drafting the enclosed certificates which it is presumed are all that will be found necessary to substantiate a claim of this description
If these are presented at the General Land Office by a Member of Congress nothing further is required by the Department I believe than his receipt for the title
By giving this subject so much

of your attention as is necessary to ensure us success in the attempt you will confer a lasting obligation on
Sir
Your Most
Obedient Hum-
ble
Hon ble David Daggett Esq r .
Stephen Dummer

I Timothy Mix of the Town and County of New Haven in the State of Connecticut of lawfull age depose and say that I held a Commission as Lieutenant in the 2 d Regiment of Artillery commanded by Col Larned in the Revolutionary War - That I was acquainted with George Cook as a Soldier or Officer in the fourth Connecticut Regiment, that said Cook enlisted to serve during the War, and that he continued in the service of the United States till the close of it (and according to my best recollection) was honorably discharged in the character of Brevet Major. And further the deponent saith not. - Timothy his Mix. mark
(State of Connecticut) New Haven County ss New Haven February 10 th 1814. Lieut. Timothy Mix made solemn Oath to the truth of the several facts as stated in the foregoing deposition by him subscribed and he being a credible witness full faith may and ought to be given to his testimony - This Deposition is taken at the request of Stephen Dummer & Wife, to be improved on an application by them made to the War Department of the United States. Sworn before me Elisha Munroe Just of Peace.

B.
I Ebenezer Townsend of the Town and County of New Haven in the State of Connecticut of lawfull age depose and say, That my wife was the mother of George Cook, that said George enlisted as a Trifer or Muscumen in the late Revolutionary War, that he continued in the service of the United States during the continuance of the War and (according to the best of my know- ledge) was honorably discharged at the close of it — said George died in New York on the 25 th day of October 1784. — The only surviving child of Eunice Cook the (born before her marriage to the deponent) mother of said George is — Eunice Dummer the wife of Stephen Dum- mer of said New Haven. And further the deponent saith not
Ebenezer Townsend
(State of Connecticut) New Haven County ss New Haven Feb y 14 th 1816. Personally M c Ebenezer Townsend and made solemn oath to the truth of the several facts contained in the deposition by him subscribed He being a known to the subscribing authority as a credible respectable witness, full faith may and ought to be given to his testimony. This deposition is taken at the request of Stephen and Eunice Dummer husband & wife on an application to be by them made to the War department of the United States. Sworn before me Elisha Munson Just of the Peace

I John Mansfield of Wallingford in The County of New Haven in the State of Connecticut of lawful age depose & say, That I held a commission of Lieutenant in The fourth Connecticut Regiment, in the Revolutionary war; That I was well acquainted with George Cooke a soldier and Sijer or Munimac in said Regiment; That he was enlisted to serve during the war; and continued in the service of the United States until the close of the war; and did actually serve to the close of it.
Further the deponent saith not. John Mansfield
State of Connecticut ss. County of New Haven, Wallingford Feby 3. 1816 Then personally came Captain before me George M c Stanley Esquire a Justice of the Peace for said County; John Mansfield of said town whose name is subscribed to the above written deposition; to whom testimony full faith may be given he being an credible witness; He made oath that the several facts contained in his said deposition are true — This deposition is taken by request of Stephen Durfee (Dummer) husband & wife, or as application to be by them made to the War department of the United States — George M c Stanley Jus. of Peace

State of Connecticut ss-
I John B. Synae Clerk of the County of New Haven, in the State of Connecticut, do hereby certify that Elisha Munn Esq: before whom the affidavits written on the foregoing numbered pages Martin A. & B. appear to have been taken is that the contents of said affidavits was a true & just of Peace for the County of New Haven and that his name subscribed to the certificate following said affidavits is in his own hand writing - I also certify that George W. Stanley Esq: before whom the affidavits written on the other side of this half sheet, appear to have been taken, is also a Justice of Peace for the County of New Haven & that his name subscribed to the certificate following said affidavits is in his own hand writing -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the County Court of said County. This fifteenth day of February A.D. 1816 -
J. B. Synae

Oliver Goodrich Esquire Judge of Probate in for the District of Middlesex in the County of New Haven and State of Connecticut do hereby certify that Eunice Dummer of New Haven wife of Stephen Dummer is the sister & sole heir of George Cook late of said New Haven and a Musman in the fourth Connecticut Regiment in the revolutionary Army of the United States
Given under my hand & the seal of said Court this 15 th day of February A.D. 1816 Oliver Goodrich

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Cook, George GRADE Private LINE New York
WARRANT NUMBER 6920 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED Oct. 12, 1790 to — not shown —
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.