Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 23,168, Amasa Cook, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Maes
Cook, Amasa
S. 23.168
CONTENTS

5797 New York
Amasa Cook
of Hoosick in the State of New York who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Parker of the Regt. commanded by Col. Brown in the N.Y. Artillery time for 3 1/2 Months a private 3 " " Corporal 4 6 1/2 " " Sergeant
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 53 Dollars 50 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 22 nd day of Jan'y. 1833, — and sent to Col. Amasa Cook
  Arrears to 4th of Sep. 1832  $80.25    Pemi-anl. allowance ending 4th '33  26.75     $107.00  
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by Geo. C. Hild Clerk Book D , Vol. 5 , Page 158
Deed. See letter to T.A. Tomlinson March 28. 1835 — do. to T.W. Olcott Apr. 10. 1835 — do to J.P. Butler Aug 23. 1843.
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of 6. April 1838, from 4. March 1831 to 22. Jan'y 1833. Age retified 80 Sep '44

State of New York } On the 18th July 1832 Essex County ss } personally appeared before
Ambrose Mason one of The judges of the court of common pleas of the said County of Essex Amasa being a resident of the Town of Moriah in said County of Essex and State of New York aged Seventy three 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 th 7th 1832
Says that he entered as a volunteer in the service of the United States on or about the 12th day of August in the year 1777 under the orders of Captain Enos Parkhurst of Adams in the County of Berkshire and State of Massachu- setts and marched direct to Bennington and there was engaged with the Enemy on the 16th of the same month and continued under the orders of the same Captain Parkhurst performing various services (acting in the capacity of a corporal) until the surrender of the British Army under the command of the British General Burgoyne at or Saratoga Stillwater in the month of October of the same year during which time that section of the country was in a continual state of alarm and the claimant further says that he entered under the command of Captain William White at Adams aforesaid for the term of one month and marched for the defense of New Haven and the sea coast and continued in service near two mo- nths which he thinks must have been in the months of July and August in the year 1779 - and this claimant further says that he entered under Captain Asa Barnes of Lanesborough in the County of Berkshire aforesaid and marched to Poughkeepsie (now Hudson) and from thence to Albany in the State of New York where he remained for the period of his enlistment which

and this claimant further states that he afterwards entered under the aforesaid Captain White at Albany aforesaid for three months and marched into the State of New York to Albany thence to a picket fort called Fort Paris at a place called Stony Crab Crabia near the Mohawk River from thence to Fort Stanwix and returned again to Fort Paris near which was in the Battle fought between the British troops Tories and Indians under the command of Colonels Johnson, Brandt and Butler and a detachment of American troops under the command of Col John Brown in which said Battle Col Brown was killed with many others of the detachment, and that he continued in service for some time after the expiration of his engagement and this claimant says that he volunteered under Captain Stockwell and marched from Grandville in the State of New York to White Hall in same State where he did Garrison duty and went out in scouting parties along the Border of Lake Champlain for the space of one month and that he volunteered at an other time for a short period and scouted near Fort Edward on the Hudson River but cannot recollect in what year these latter services were performed but thinks they were performed in the year 1780 and 1781 and further says that he per- formed various other services at different times during the revolutionary war being a corporal and sergeant for the term of more than two years in the companies commanded by Captain Parson and White as a minute man; and further that he owes no pension under any law whatever. Amasa Cook
Subscribed & sworn to this 21 day of July 1832
Before me —
Ambrose Mason Atty

I Ambrose Mason one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Essex and State of New York
Do certify that I have been personally acquainted with Amasa Cook who has sworn & subscribed to the above declaration for about twenty four years that he is a man who has ever sustained a good character for truth and veracity; that he has for several years past has been laboured under a severe affliction accidented by a fever sore on one of his legs which was lately amputated above the knee which circumstance renders it very difficult for him to attend before the Judges of our Court at their regular sessions his residence being about twelve miles from the place of their sittings over a rough mountainous part of the Country
Ambrose Mason Judge
The following interrogatories being by me propoun- ded to the Applicant he gave the answers as they stand connected with interrogatories
Question. When and in what year was you born
Answer In the town of Wallingford in the County of New Haven and State of Connecticut in the year 1754
Ques. 2 Have you any record of your age and if so where is it
Ans. I know of none
Ques. 3 Where were you living when you was first called into service
Ans. In Adams County of Berkshire State of Massachusetts

Ques. 4 How were you first called in to service
Ans - I was a volunteer under Capt. Enos Parker and marched to oppose a party of Britons who came out from Fort Edward to destroy the military stores at Basington St. and was engaged in the battle which ensued
Ques. 5 State the names of some of the field Officers who were with you in that service such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect
Ans Gen. John Stark, and Col. Seth Warner were our acting officers there I being then but young both in years & service could know but little of the organization of the army and the long lapse of time since has erased the recollections of many circumstances from my mind
Ques. 6 Did you ever receive a written discharge from the service by whom was it given and what has become of it
Ans - I think I did receive written discharges from Capt. Barnes & White but they have long been thrown by as useless papers and I cannot now tell any thing about them
Herberton R. Shipman Esq. and Dea. Jonas Rice and the Rev. Gershom Dorr are persons of respectability with whom you may communicate for further confirmation of the facts above stated if necessary
As which is respectfully submitted
Amos Mason Judge

We John L. Edgerton a Clergyman of the town Union in the County of Essex and State of New York and Nathan Sherman Esq of the same place do certify that we are well acquainted with Amasa Cook who has sworn to the above declaration: that we believe him to be twenty three years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opin- ion
Sworn & subscribed to, this John L. Edgerton 21 st day of July 1832 — Nathan Sherman
Before me
Ambrose Mason a Judge of Essex Common Pleas

William Meacham of Moriah in the County of Essex and State of New York aged Sixty one years testifies and says, that he has been acquainted with Amasa Cook who now lives in Moriah aforesaid since his earliest remembrance and that the said Cook lived in his Father's family in Massachusetts in the year 1776. and well remembers that the said Cook went with Capt Enos Packer to the Battle of Bennington in 1777 and that he afterwards enlisted or volunteered at several different times in the service of his country, recollects his going to Fort Stanwix up the Mohawk River and understood that he was in the Battle near Stanwix Arabia where Colonel Brown was killed, and this deponent further says, that some time in or about the year 1778 his family connection removed from Massachusetts to Grandville in the State of New York and that the said Cook came there soon after, and that place being then on the northern frontier was almost continually in a state of alarm and every man able to bear arms was enrolled under proper officers and were subject to be called out at a moment's warning and were often called out for a week or a month at a time for the space of more than two years the British having command of Lake Champlain at that time and Grandville being then the nearest settlement to the south end of the Lake only 12 miles distant from White Hall where the enemy often landed and made excursions into the country - and this deponent further says that he recollects that the company to which the said

book belonged which he resided at Granville was called out to White Hall at one time to repel the landing of a party of Tories and Indians, and remained at the Fort for some time under the command of Captain Stockwell - this deponent also remembers Captain Enos Pashley and Captain William White Officers under whom the said book served as a noncommissioned Officer - And further this deponent saith not
William Macnam
State of New York } Essex County - }
Sworn and subscribed to, before me this 21 st day of July 1832
Ambrose Mason a Judge of Essex Common Pleas
I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with William Macnam who has subscribed and sworn to the above affidavit and that he is called a man of truth and veracity and that his statements therein contained are believed to be true.
State of New York
Ambrose Mason a Judge of Essex Comm. Pleas.
Essex County ss. I Leonard Stone Clerk of the said county & Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said county do hereby certify that Ambrose Mason whose name is subscribed to the above & foregoing affidavits or parts of the foregoing affidavits & before whom the same affidavits to have been sworn was on the day the same affidavits to have been taken one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of said county duly appointed sworn & authorized by Law to administer oaths & further I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Judge and truly believe his name subscribed to the said parts of the said affidavits is in the proper hand writing.

Signature of the said Judge
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my seal of Office this 25 th day of July in the year
Leonard G. Howland
I forward the inclosures being the best testimony I can procure under my situation, being a cripple (having lost a leg) and being destitute of all means of traveling to places where any of my companions in arms now live. I do not at present know of more than two or three that are still living and they are very distant from this place. Should I be so fortunate as to procure a pension shall feel ever gratefull to a Government that remembers the services of those who assisted in procuring the liberties we now enjoy — any communication that will be necessary to make to me may be directed to me at Norwich Chap. County N.Y. - care of Wm. Meacham Esqr. Post Henry Post Office N.Y. —
Respectfully yours
Amasa Cook

5119 Amasa Cook
admitted
5.7 14.16
No letter Nov. 6. 3 rd
P 19
Et.
Monah Essex N.Y.
 5.00  3 3/4   9.99  1.66   11.65  3.66 2  5 6 1/2   10.98  11—  32.50   7 $ 53.50  26 3/4 

BRIEF in the case of Amasa Cook of Monah Essex Co. - in the State of New York (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? a Judge  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? yes  3. How old is he? 73 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.     enlisted on about the 12 day of August 1777 Cont d in service till Oct r of same year Corporal Gen. Cap Enos Parker   Thinks in 1779 - enlisted for the term of 1 month and continued in service near 2 months Cap William White   Enlisted for three months - don't recollect the year Served - 3 months Sergt. Cap Asa Barnes   Enlisted for 9 months and continued in service sometimes after expiration of his engagement 3 months Col John Brown   Volunteered as a servant 1 month Cap Stockwell  
5. In what battles was he engaged? Bennington, was in a battle with the British & Indians.
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Adams Mass
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Living Witness - William Meachum
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Not authenticated
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Anthony Reintzel Examining Clerk.

Resolution
23 168 INVALID.
File No. 23 168
Almasa Park
Corp Rev War
Act: June 7 th 89 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 78
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Aug 22 nd '43
Hon
Amasa Cook N.Y. Mills
Massachusetts
Com of Finance
Washington City D.C.
FREE

Moriah 17 th August 1843 Gen Co N.Y.
Mrs. Edwards
Dear Sir I wish you to communicate some information in relation to a pension granted to Amasa Cook in the year 1832 or 1833.
The circumstances of the case as I have them are as follows. viz.
A certificate of his having been placed upon the pension rolls was sent from the Department. and arrived here some time in the month of January 1833. and a short period after his death which happened in said month.
An application was made by Amasa Cook to draw the amount due - But failed by reason of some irregularity in the execution of the Papers and was returned from the Department.
Subsequently the Certificate was lost together with the Power of Atty.
Will you be pleased to inform me how much then was due said Cook at the time of his death (January 1833.)
Also whether the amount due can be drawn by an administration duly appointed and qualified without an application for a new certificate - by Proof of its loss -
Yours with respect
James P. Butler

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
Oct. 18 th 1843.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An Act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," and the third section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions from the pension agents, The Adm: of Amasa Cook, decd., a Pensioner on the Roll of the Albany, N. York, Agency, at the rate of Fifty Three Dollars and fifty Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of March 1831, to the 20 th Jany 1833.  Respectfully, yours,
William L. Harris Comptroller.
To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS, Present.

Clerks & Farmers Banks Albany Pension Agency. April 3. 1835.
James L. Edwards Esquire Commission of Pensions,
Sir, Application has been made by Thomas A. Tomlinson Esq. a respectable Gentleman & a Member of the Legislature of this State, on behalf of the children of Amasa Cook deceased for the arrears of pension due to him at the time of his death - The application is founded upon the enclosed documents, which, as will be seen on inspection, are defective in several particulars; - especially in the omission to furnish the Certificates of the Clerks of Courts of the official character and the signatures of the Magistrates before whom the power of Attorney from the other children to Jeremiah Cook purports to have been acknowledged - And also in regard to the appointment by Jeremiah Cook for himself & the other children, of Mr. Tomlinson, as their Attorney - But whether these defects are not in part remedied and supplied by the Certificate of the Clerk of the Court before which the proof of the death of the Pensioner &c. was made, and whether under the circumstances of the case, as stated in the enclosed letter from Mr. Hand to Mr. Tomlinson are not such as to warrant the payment of the claim, I am requested by Mr. Tomlinson, to submit for your consideration and decision - Have the goodness

to instruct us in regard to this claim, as soon as convenient, as the Legislature will probably adjourn sine die, in the course of this month -
I am, Sir, very respectfully
Your ob t Serv t
Thos. M. Cleland

Amasa Cook, Albany Ill, act June 7. 1832, at $53.50 per annum.
Be pleased to say to what time payment was last made.
Pension Office, } Aug 23. 1843. }
Amasa Cook $53.50, does not appear on our books as being paid any portion of his pension.
H. H. Bryan