Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 17,659, John Cooper, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
Cooper, John Lydia.
Nr. 17659
CONTENTS
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Copies of papers sent to Hon. D. Russell, Apr. 16. 1838.
Albany 30,721
John Cooper of Washington Co. in the State of N. York who was a Pr. & Sergt. in the company commanded by Captain Wells of the Regt. commanded by Col. Schuyler in the N. York line for Pivots 2 months 6. 66 2 / 3 Sergt. 10 " 50. 00 $ 56. 66 2 / 3
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 56 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 24, day of June 1836, and sent to John J. Putnam North White Creek. N. Y.
Arrears to the 4th of March '36, 283. 33 Semi-ann. allowance ending 6. Sep. '36, 28. 33 $ 311. 66
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk, Book E. 2 Vol. 4 Page 11

New York (A.) 25.
Lydia Cooper,
widow of John Cooper, decd.
N.Y. who died on the 13 th Sept. 1832;
of Washington in the State of N. York who was a priv. & serg t in the company by Captain Wells - of the Reg t by Col. Schuyler in the N. York line for Private - 6. 66 - 2 mos. Serg t - 50: 00 10 mos. 66.66
Inscribed on the Roll of New York (A.) at the rate of 56 Dollars 66 Cents per annum to commence on the 14 th day of March, 1832, day after her husband's death.
Certificate of Pension issued the 10 th day of Sep r 1838 and sent to E. G. Howland North White Creek, N. York
Arrears to the 14 th of Sept. 1838 = $338:00 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Mar. '39 - 28.33
$366.39
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the 3 - }
Recorded by S. A. Elliott Clerk Book Vol. 2 Page 106
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6 th April 1838 from 4 Sept 1838 to 4 Sept 1839. Age notified 3 June 1840

J. Lloyd Dev
Mr. Matthew John Casper
J. W. ...
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State of New York Washington County ss
On this 29 th day of August 1832 personally appeared in open court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas at the Court House in the town of Salem now sitting John Cooper a resident of the town of White Creek in the County of Washington and State of New York aged eighty 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 seventh 1832 —
That he was born at Pottarara in the County of York in the State of Pennsylvania in the year one thou- sand seven hundred and fifty two — That he has a record of his age in the hand writing of his Father as he believes and present him in court —
That he lived when called into the military ser- vice in the war of the revolution in the town of Cam- bridge County of Washington (then County of Albany) and State of New York that he has lived in the same town part of the time since the revolutionary war and part of the time in the town of White Creek (formerly a part of the said town of Cambridge) and that he lives in the said town of White Creek now —
That he was first called into such service as a volunteer in a company of minute men commanded by Captain James Wells of Cambridge organized in the autumn of 1774 and drilled and trained for expect- ed service in a regiment of militia commanded by Col. Lewis Van Woert and he believes in General Van Broeck's Brigade —
That in January or February 1775 he was ordered in said Company with other militia to Johnstown

Montgomery County New York to disarm and disperse a party of highland tories who had risen under one John Johnson as he believes - That he went in said service, helped to disarm about three hundred of the tories and returned - Went to Johnstown through Albany and up the Mohawk river about twenty five miles - That he was engaged in said service about ten or twelve days and believes a Col. Schuyler commanded the party -
That in the Spring of 1775 latter part of April or first of May as he believes he was ordered in and with said company to Tienderoga, Crown Point & St Johns on Lake Champlain to meet Cols Arnold & Allen - That they marched under their Captain to Crown Point where they met Cols Benedict Arnold Ethan Allen & a Col Easton he thinks - The Colonels quarrelled about rank and Easton went away - That he was employed in the ordinary duties of the camp and part of the time as a carpenter hewing & preparing timber for Cannon carriages and other uses and cutting & bringing timber from Chimney Point on the East Side of the Lake - That he served at this station and at the above time two months -
That about the first of March or last of February 1776 he enlisted in a company of New York levies or state line troops commanded by Captain Robert Edmondston and in the regiment commanded by Col. Van Schaick - That he enlisted as second serjeant in said company and served as such during the campaign - That he served as a recruiting officer for some time after his enlistment and till the said company was filled - That the latter part of April or first of May he thinks he marched from Albany up the Hudson River to the Lakes George & Champlain to

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2.11 met General Montgomerys army then retreating from Canada - That Col. Van Schaick did not go on with them but Col Peter (he thinks) Gansevoort commanded the regiment on the march up and indeed till he got back to Fish Creek on the Hudson then he thinks Col. Schuyler took the command - That they went as far as somewhere between St Johns & La Prairie & began to meet that part of the American army which retreated by the lakes in small parties and halted and waited till it was necessary for all to retreat then retreated from time to time to Niagara thence by Lake George to Fort George at which place he with the said regiment arrived on the fifteenth day of July - That he lay at Fort George till some time in the fall of 1776 then the regiment left there and marched to Fish Creek and stayed there till late in the fall or beginning of winter and then were marched to Albany and there billeted out in different places till after Christmas when he with the rest of the said company was discharged without writing -
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That from that time to the time he was in rolled in Captain John Whitesides company in the spring of 1778 he was a scout or indian spy early in the spring of 1777 and about the month of may went by the order of Col Lewis Van Worent to Fort Edward and from there was ordered to Salem in said County of Washington where he helped picket the fort round the Meeting house in that place which was afterwards burned by the enemy and was three weeks in that service then he was a volunteer in service principally as a scout till the middle of July when he took his brother Williams place in the company of Battletown commanded by Captain Van Avery & employed transporting provisions & munitions from
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1 0 11 Albany up the Hudson to Gen. Gots army and other 11.11 posts in which service he continued as boat or batman 10.21 man or otherwise till after the first of January 1770 When he was discharged without writing and was in + actual service during said year at least eight 0 months —
That in the spring of 1770 he became a member of a company of militia in Colonel Lewis Van Morts regiment commanded by Captain John White side — That he was in actual service in said company at Tienderoga and on the march there and back fifteen ✓ 15 days under the immediate command of Governor George Clinton on his expedition to that place but at what particular time he does not positively recollect
That he was in 1770 in service in said company on an alarm from Saratoga three days —
That from the 27 th to the 30 th March 1800 ✓ 4 inclusive he was in actual service on an alarm from Fort Edward —
That he was in actual service in said company ✓ 11 at Tienderoga from the 20 th May to the 7 th June 1770 inclusive eleven days — and in the same year he was in such actual service in said company from the 11 th to ✓ 4 the 14 th of October inclusive four days in an alarm from Fort Edward —
That the same year he was in actual service in said company from the 27 th of October to ✓ 7 the 2 nd of November inclusive seven days at Granville in said County of Washington —
✓ 8 That in 1770 he was eight days in actual service in said company about the middle of Nov r 1770 and served as Lieutenant there —
That he served last preceding tours of duty Stephen Moss

He performed in Captain John Whitesides company as appears by the pay and muster rolls of the same service in the possession of the said John Whitesides and which the said John Cooper has examined and believes correct.
That from the time he joined Capt Whitesides company for three years thereafter he was in actual service as a volunteer in any party that was going out, in any scouting party which was raised or in any service which could be beneficial to his country and verily believes and has no doubt that he was during that period in actual service over and above that stated above more than one third of the time but under what particular officers he cannot now recollect and that he often times had the command of a party assigned to him.
That there were part of the campaign of 1776 above mentioned some continental officers with them but he does not recollect their names except one who he believes was a continental a General De. Wolff who died at Fort George and was buried with great pomp the twenty ninth day of July that year.
That early in the year 1781 he was enrolled in a company common in a regiment commanded by Colonel Joseph Caldwell James Lawden was then the Major and afterwards in the same year John McClung was appointed Major. At this time the territory or state of Vermont claimed the said town of Cambridge as within her jurisdiction and organized the militia accordingly. That in the said John Cooper was soon chosen Lieutenant of said company and on the 10 th day of August following was duly

elected Captain and took the command of it as such That he acted as such to the end of the military service or would did considerable actual service but how much he is not able to state but there was not so much there to do in that section as in former years - That whether his commissions either of them were received him or not he cannot positively say - He cannot find them among any of his old papers nor any proof of the fact relating thereto except the insinuated papers hints annexed which are in the hand writing of the persons whose names are subscribed thereto and were made at the time and for the purpose therein specified - That he believes verily that he was in actual service as Captain as soon as all of them months -
That he never received any writing discharging him from the service - That he has no documentary evidence other than that above specified and knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his services other than is specified in the affidavits annexed - That there is no clergyman in his neighbourhood who can testify for him or require by law and account of the short time they have resided in his neighbourhood not being known to him or her. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state -
Sworn and Subscribed the day and year aforesaid J. S. Leigh C.M.C.
John Cooper
We John O'Putnam residing in the town of White Creek. County of Washington and State of New York and Daniel Wells of the town of Cambridge County and State of said hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Cooper who has sub- scribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be eighty years of age. That he is up- on and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides

to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion
J. P. Putnam
Daniel Wells
Sworn & Subscribed in open court this 29 th day of August 1832
J. S. Leigh CLK
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion of the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories presented by the war department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as in states - And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that John P. Putnam who has signed the preceding certificate is resident in the said town of White Creek and that Daniel Wells who has also signed the same is a resident in the said town of Cambridge and are credible persons and their statement is entitled to credit
I Yose S. Leigh Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the said County of Washington do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings in the said court in the matter of the application of John Cooper for a pension -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of my office this 29 th day of August in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty
True
J. S. Leigh CLK

State of New York County of Washington
On this 12th day of July A.D. 1838 personally appeared Luther H. Hovee one of Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of Said County being of the degree of barrister at Law of the Supreme Court of Said State. Lydia Cooper a resident of the town of White Creek in said County and State of New York aged 86 years who being first duly sworn by said Judge according to Law, doth on her oath make the following declara- -tion in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 4. 1836. That she is the widow of John Cooper who was a private and Sergeant in the army in the war of the revolution, and who is the same identical person named in the declaration & papers copies of which are hereto annexed, and who is also named in an Original Pension Certificate a Certified copy of which is also hereto annexed, - That to the best of her knowledge and belief the names & rank of the field & company officers under whom said John Cooper, her husband served are correctly set forth in the said declaration & papers copies of which are hereto annexed, and also the day, month & year when the said claimant's husband entered the service, and also the time when he left the same, and the services performed by him & the engagements in which he was concerned with the different periods of his service, and the rank & names of the officers under whom the
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37/11 Service was performed, the town, County & State in which she claimants husband resided when he entered the service, whether he was drafted, was a volunteer or substitute, the battles of any in which he was engaged, the country through which he marched, are all set forth in the declaration & papers copies of which are hereto annexed as full, & correct according to her best knowledge, recollection & belief as she can or could state the same, and more so, That she has no documentary evidence other than what is hereto annexed in support of her claim to her knowledge. That the original pension Certificate in his possession at the time of his death was surrendered to the Agent for paying pensions in the City of Albany as a part of the evidence on which she drew the balance of the pension of her husband which was due at the time of his death, a copy of which said Certificate is hereto annexed. She further declares that she was married to the said John Cooper on the 19th day of December (A.D. 1780,) in the year Seventeen hundred & Eighty, that her husband the aforesaid John Cooper died on the 23th day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty two and that she has remained a widow ever since that period, and now is such widow, as will more fully appear reference to the proof hereto annexed. That before her said marriage her name was Lydia Almy and that she lived with her said husband John Cooper from the time of her said marriage to the time of his death. 13 Dec 1832 Lydia J. Cooper mark

Joseph Cropper Copy of Marriage Lehaghtikote - 1780-19 Dec
Mr Lyman Smith
White Creek

I certify, that as appears from the record of marriages, solemnized in the Protestant Reformed Dutch church of Schaghticoke in the County of Rensselaer in the State of New York John Cooper was married to Lydia Almy in the nineteenth day of December, one thousand seven hundred and eighty; and that the following transcript of such record of said marriage is in exact conformity with the original, the date being expressed in fair legible figures.
1780 John Cooper en Lydia Almy Decem. 19.
And I depose and say, that I hold the office of Pastor of said church, and as such have the custody of said records.
H. M. Boyer
Subscribed and sworn this twenty fourth day of February 1838 before me H. M. Van Vughten
Justice of the peace in and for said town & county.

of New York Rensselaer County I Henry R. Bristol Clerk of the said County do hereby certify that William Van Vranken Esquire before whom the within affidavit purports to have been sworn was at the date of the same a Justice of the peace of the said County elected and duly qualified as such Justice and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing, and verily believe his name subscribed to the first of the said affidavit to be the proper hand writing & signature of the said Justice.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of the said County this 12 th day of July 1838
Henry Winston Duke
State of New York New Bedford County ss I, Clerk of the County and State of New York do hereby certify that William Lloyd Right, whose name is subscribed to the foregoing Petition, is a qualified Commissioner of the Court to the said Petition, and that his commission and qualifications have been filed in my office and that he is now duly qualified as such Commissioner. In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this 10th day of January, 1888.

COOPER, JOHN N.Y. W-17659
To Public Service
John Cooper or the officer commanding that Company
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Sir I desire that the Return of your company is not come in but if you have not elected your officers it must be done before Tuesday next as I have appointed that day for all the officers of the Regt. to meet at James Cowans to define the companys in order to be commissioned
Cambridge 10 th Aug. 1774
Joseph Caldwell Col l
To Lt. John Cooper or the officer commanding the company formerly commanded

Capt. John Cooper COOPER, JOHN (N.Y.) W-17659
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Sir agreeable to my Last orders you are hereby Directed to March to White  East without Loss of time in John M c Clung Major Camp 25 October 1781 Colonel John Boyd

Capt John Clegg Cambridge
COOPER, JOHN (N.Y.) W-17659
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Cambridge Sep 19 th 1705 To Capt John Cooper - for you will send me to New Bedford Next Monday by nine o'clock. I think orders is Come for all the men Rose If you Haven't got all your men pray Bee as faithful to collect them as soon as possible from Yours to Serve — James Cowden S er
To Capt John Cooper Cambridge

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COOPER, JOHN (N.Y.)
W-17659

Cambridge August 13 th 1781
You are hereby Directed to warn all the men in your Quarters to meet on Saturday the 18 th Inst, at ten oclock in the fore noon at the usual place at the mill to choose a Captain and other officers Downward Likewise two able Bodied men for Scouting on our frontiers three weeks fail not to warn them all to meet punctually at the hour I am Sir,
John Cooper
John Sump 17.0.0 £17 0 0
Simpson Simpson

Rev
WIDOW, &c.
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File No. 17659
Lydia Cooper
Wid. of
John Cooper
Sergt - Rev. War
Act: July 4, 1836
Index: —Vol. 14 , Page 154
[Arrangement of 1870.]

State of New York Washington County
William Cooper of the Town of Cambridge in said county being sworn saith that he is Brother to John Cooper of the Town of White Creek in said County - That he knew the said John Cooper in the war of the revolution - That this deponent has read the affidavit of Captain John Whiteside of Cambridge herunto annexed and this deponent saith that in addition to the terms and times of actual service of the said John Cooper in the said war of the revolution as deposed to by the said John Whiteside in the said annexed affidavit he this deponent does know that the said John Cooper was in actual service at Polletstown in the fall of 1779 under the command of Major James Ashton for fifteen days - That the said John Cooper was also in actual service two weeks in the month of March at Skeneborough (now White Hall) when that post was taken by the Indians and that the time of said John Epperd and he left the place a day or two before it was taken - Said John Powell & Ensign Henry Cooper commanded - That the said John Cooper was also in actual service in a company of Bat- talion men commanded by Capt Van Alstyne some time between four and five months in the summer and fall of 1777 - That when the company in which the said John Cooper was enrolled for the time being was not in actual service during said war the said John Cooper was generally engaged as a volunteer or spy or scout after Indians when there was any service to perform That this deponent verily believes from that the service of the said John Cooper as stated in the said affidavit of

the said John Whiteside was actually prepared by him most of that in view this document also well recollections - & further this document will not sworn before me this 9 th day of August. 1832 H. Whiteside, Justice of the Peace.
William Cooper
I J. S. Leigh Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the said County of Washington do certify that Henry Whiteside Esq r before whom the preceding affidavit of William Cooper purports to have been sworn was at the date of the same a Justice of the Peace of the said County and that I am acquainted with his handwriting and verily believe his name subscribed to the said aff d to be his proper hand writing & signature In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of the said Court this third day of September 1832 J. S. Leigh Clerk
Mr. Cooper J. S. Leigh

State of New York Washington County ss - John Whitside of the Town of Cambridge County and State of said being duly sworn deposeth and saith. That he this deponent served in the war of the Revolution more or less each year from the year 1775 to the close of the war - That during that time and from thence hitherto in this deponent has been well acquainted with John Cooper of the Town of White Creek in said County - And this deponent further saith that the said John Cooper in the year 1775 belonged with this deponent to a company of minute men as they were then called commanded by Captain James Wells of the said Town of Cambridge - That in January or February 1775 the said Company the said John Cooper being one went from Cambridge to Johnstown now Montgomery County State of New York to disarm and disperse a party of high- land Tories then assembled - That they found the said Tories about three hundred in number disarmed them and let them go except some hostages as this deponent believes which were brought to Albany where General Sir Brock then the Brigadier resided - That in this service the said 10 John Cooper was engaged about one week or ten days - That in the Spring following May this deponent believes the same company of minute men the said John Cooper being one of them went from said Cambridge to Ticonderoga & St Johns - They had no officer higher than their Captain till they arrived at Crown Point - Then they met Colonels Benedict Arnold Ethan Allen and a Col. Easton this deponent believes - That in this service the said John Cooper was engaged from six weeks to two months - That Early in the Spring of 1776 the said John Cooper enlisted in the state line service in Captain Robert Edmondston's Company and in which Michael Ryan was Lieutenant in the regiment

2 10 commanded by Colonel Van Schaick and served during the campaign of 1776 on the northern frontier on Lake Champlain nine or ten months 2 according to the best recollection of this deponent — And this deponent further saith that between the end of the said campaign of 1776 and the fourth April 1770 which was the most busy period of the war in these parts being the period in which Gen. Burgoyne was taken this deponent well recollects both from personal knowledge and from facts related to him by brothers of this deponent who were frequently out with said John Cooper and from the current reports of the day that the said John Cooper was in actual service in Captain Elias Goldens Company of Militia in Col. Van Waerts Re- giment. and in the Battle service in Captain Van Alstyne's Company and as a volunteer or indian scout or spy 10 the whole or nearly the whole of the campaign of 1777 according to the best recollection of this deponent — That this deponent was on the fourth day of April in the year 1770 duly commissioned captain of the com- pany formerly commanded by said Elias Goldens. That the said John Cooper was then a member of said com- pany — That the said John Cooper was in actual service in said Company as a volunteer  in said year in this deponent believes still in Col. Van Waerts Regiment and under the personal command of Governor George Clinton from ten to fifteen days on the north- 15 ern frontier — That in 1770 the said John Cooper was in actual service on an alarm as appears from the payrolls of the said company now in the possession of this deponent and which were at the time made by this deponent and which he believes correct then days but where does not appear from said rolls — That the said John Cooper was also in actual service in said company 4 in the year 1700 from the twenty seventh to the thirtieth

day of march inclusive as appears from said rolls but which does not thereby appear - That the said John Cooper was also in actual service at Piacentia 11 from the twenty eighth of may to the seventh of June 1780 inclusive and the same year he was in such service in said company from the eleventh to the four- 14 teenth of October inclusive in an alarm & at Fort Edward That the same year the said John Cooper was in actual service in said company from the twenty seventh of October to the second of November inclusive at Granville in said County of Washington - That in the year 1777 said roll the part of all the last mentioned terms of service appear credited to the said John Cooper in the handwriting of this deponent which he has no doubt is cor- rectly stated - That in the year 1778 from the eleventh to the eighteenth of November the said John Cooper was in actual service in said company as the Regiment thereof as appears by the said pay rolls and this deponent believes correctly lists that the said John Cooper had a commission or not this de- ponent does not recollect but believes he was afterwards appointed Lieutenant and Captain in a regiment commanded by Col. Joseph Caldwell of Vermont at the time that State or territory laid claim to the said town of Cam- bridge - That the said John Cooper was also in actual service with this deponent stationed at Salem two weeks 14 at the time one of the churches there (that lately Mr. South's) was picketed and helped in that work - And this deponent further saith that from April 1778 to the close of the war he has no doubt from his best recollection of conversations and information held with or derived from the said John Cooper and others at the time that the said John Cooper was in the actual service of his country most more time than that specified above by this deponent but how much this deponent is not able

to state but he this deponent does well recollect that the said John Cooper was a very zealous partisan and was generally engaged in the service of his country during said war as a volunteer or otherwise when there was any thing for such men to do All which facts are true according to the best recollection & belief of this deponent and further saith not
John Whitfield
Sworn before me in open court this 29th day of August 1832
J. H. Whitfield Justice of the Peace J. S. Leigh Clerk
Whitfield off

In the matter of John Lauper a Pensioner
P 21885
J. P. Putnam
John

In the Matter of John Cooper
Declaration
Adm and deul See Certificate 21005
Admitted Page 10 mo Private 2 u -
Certificate to be issued to Lydia Cooper - Widow of the Prisoner
for the use of said all the time 23 Feb '76 and 23 Feb '76
J.W.P. Putnam North White Creek Corners New York

State of New York Washington County ss The John Whiteside and William Cooper whose several affidavits are her unto annexed and which were made about the time the declaration of John Cooper hereto annexed was sworn & subscribed being severally duly sworn say and each of us for himself saith that the said John Cooper died about the last days of Sep- tember or first week in October last past. That in addition to the facts stated by us respectively in said affidavits we further say that we lived in the same neighbourhood with the said John Cooper during the whole period of the war of the Revolution That we severally had every opportunity of know- ing the service of the said John in said war which any could have had not constantly with him - That we did often serve with him and that the movements of each individual of the neighbour- hood were constantly examined and to the general generally & commonly known - That by reason of the infirmities of age and the consequent loss of memory we cannot as clearly set forth the facts relating to said service as at former periods of our lives but according to the best of our recollection and belief respectively and in this we think we cannot be mistaken the said John Cooper declared served as a private one year one month and seven days - That he also served as a sergeant at least nine months in the campaign of 1776 and that he served as a captain Lieutenant at least eight days, and that he also served as a Captain for three months And further the de- ponents say not
Subscribed and sworn the 27th day of June 1833 before me
John Whiteside. William Cooper
John Putnam justice of the peace -
Washington County ss I the undersigned do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with John Whiteside and William

before the persons who have subscribed and sworn to the preceding affidavit and also to the affidavits by them respectively made and which are hereto annexed. And I do further certify that they are and each of them is a resident of the town of Cambridge in the said County and also that they are credible persons and that testimony is entitled to full credit.
John P. Putnam Justice of the peace.
Washington County, ss. I John Willard Surrogate of the said County do certify that I am well acquainted with John P. Putnam whom signature appears above & that he is a justice of the peace of White Creek in the said County. In witness whereof I have this 27 June 1833 signed my name & affixed my seal of office at the knot of the ribbon binding these papers together. John Willard.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
May 13 th 1840.
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," Lydia Cooper, — a Pensioner on the Roll of the Albany M c . Agency, at the rate of fifty Six Dollars and Sixty Six Cents per annum, under the law of the 4 th July 1836, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of Sept. 1838, to the 4 th Sept. 1839.
Respectfully, yours,
William H. Parris
Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.

State of New York      Henry Shiphead Deputy Washington County ss. I Edward Dodd Clerk of said County do certify that Luther Hove before whom the annexed declaration of Lydia Cooper purports to have been sworn, and before whom the annexed affidavits of Mariah Van Buskirk & Elizabeth Cornell purport to have been sworn, and whose name is subscri- -bed to the annexed Certificate respecting the said Lydia Cooper. Mariah Van Buskirk & Elizabeth Cornell, was at the date of the same, a Judge of the County Courts of the said County duly Commissioned and qualified, and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing, and verily believe his name subscribed to the first of the said affidavits of the said Mariah Van Buskirk & to the first of the affidavits of the said Elizabeth Cornell & to the said Certificate, to be the proper hand writing and signature of the said Judge
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the Seal of the said County this 21 st day of July 1838 Henry Shiphead Deputy Clerk

State of New York Washington County ss. Maria Van Buskirk of the town of Cambridge in said County aged 77 years being duly sworn depose & saith that she was well or acquainted with John Cooper & Lydia Allen in the year 1780 & previous to that time at Cambridge in said County that they were married at Schuyler in the County of Rensselaer in said State on the 19th day of December 1780 and that they resided together as husband & wife from that time till the time of the death of the said John Cooper on the 13th day of September in the year 1832 at the town of White Creek in said County of Washington, that the said John Cooper was at the time of his death a Reformed Presbyterian and the same person named in the annexed Certificate a copy of which is hereto annexed, and that the said Lydia Cooper has remained a widow ever since the death of her said husband & now is such widow, and is a neighbor of this deponent & has been ever since the year 1780. That this deponent was present and witnessed the said marriage of the said John Cooper to the said Lydia Allen, at the time & place aforesaid, and that the said Lydia is the same identical person who subscribed & swore to the annexed declaration to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed July 4. 1836. and that the said marriage was solemnized at the house of the father of this deponent. All which facts are true according to the best of this deponent's recollection & belief,
The words "at Schuyler in the County of Rensselaer State," erased & the words "at Cambridge in said County," interlined before subscribed & sworn to & executed
Maria Van Buskirk
Subscribed & sworn before me July 12. 1838
Luther J. Hovey a Judge of Wash. County
Cambridge N.Y.

State of New York Washington County, Elizabeth Cornell of Cambridge in said County aged 80 years being duly sworn saith that in the year 1780 she was acquainted with John Cooper & Lydia Hovey that she is a sister of the said Lydia that the said Lydia Hovey was married to the said John Cooper on the 19th day of December in the year 1780 that this deponent was present at the said marriage - that she has lived near the said John Cooper & Lydia his wife who lived together as husband & wife till the time of his death in 1832 - That the said Lydia has remained a widow ever since the death of her said husband and now is a widow that the said John Cooper was a Revolutionary pensioner at the time of his death and is the identical person named in the pension certificate a copy of which is hereto annexed, and the said Lydia his widow is the same identical person who subscribed & swore to the annexed declaration this day before Luther Howe, and that Mariah Van Buren was present at the said marriage according to the best recollection and belief of this deponent.
Subscribed by Elizabeth Cornell                      Elizabeth her Cornell (by her mark, she being unable from                      mark bodily infirmity to write her name & requested me to write it for her) and sworn before me this 12th day of July 1838 Luther J. Howe a Judge of Wash. County Court B.P.C.

Subscribed & sworn before me this 12th day of July 1838 Luther Hovea a Judge of Mark County Court -
I Luther Hovea a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Washington in the State of New York being a Court of Record, hereby certify that on the 12th day of July 1838 at the town of White Creek in said County Lydia Cooper appeared before me and subscribed the foregoing declaration by making her mark, being unable to write her name from age & bodily infirmity, and at the same time made oath to the truth of the said declaration before me according to Law, and I further certify that she is from & by reason of bodily infirmity wholly unable to attend Court to make such declaration & unable to walk or to ride, and to sign her name, and that she is a person of truth & veracity - that I have been well acquainted with John Cooper her deceased husband & with the said Lydia Cooper for about fifteen years, that they resided together as husband & wife until the 13th day of September 1832 when he died, and that she has ever since his death remained a Widow & now is such Widow That John Cooper the husband of the said Lydia was the same identical person named in the original pension Certificate, a copy of which is hereto annexed That I was present at one of the Judges of the Court when the said John Cooper made oath to his original application for a pension under the act of the 7th June 1832, a copy of which is hereto annexed, and I know him to be the same person named in said applic

- ation & Certificate, and that the said Lydia Cooper who subscribed and swore to the foregoing declaration to be the widow of the said John Cooper named in the said original application or declaration, Pension Certificate & other papers, copies of which are hereto annexed. And I further certify that I am well acquainted with Mariah Van Buskirk & Elizabeth Cornell who have subscribed & sworn to the foregoing affidavits and that by reason of age & bodily infirmity they are respectively unable to attend court, and the reputation of each of them for truth & veracity is good and their statements are entitled to credit, & I believe them to be of the age stated in their respective affidavits and I have no doubt from the appearance of the said Lydia Cooper she is at least 86 years of age and that her statement may be relied on as true in all respects.  July 12th 1850.
Luther J. Hovey a judge of Washington County Court. Chancellor N.Y.
Lydia Cooper widow of John Act. July 4th 1836
Admitted Pensions 2 mo - $6.66 Supt. 10 " - 30.00 1 year 36.66
Process to commence 1st September 1832
L. J. Hovey Esq North White Creek New York

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I HEREBY certify, that the accompanying pages numbered from One to seventeen inclusive , are truly copied from the originals in the Office of the Commissioner of Pensions, Department of War.
J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.
BE IT REMEMBERED , That JAMES L. EDWARDS , who has signed the foregoing certificate, is Commissioner of Pensions; and that to his attestations full faith and credit are and ought to be given.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name, and caused the seal of the Department to be affixed, on this fourteenth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty Eight .
S. Cooper ae - Secretary of War.

State of New York Washington County, fs.
On this 29 th day of August 1832. personally appeared in open court before the Judges of the court of Common Pleas at the Court House in the town of Salem now sitting John Cooper a resident of the town of White Creek in the County of Washington and State of New York aged Eighty years, who being first duly sworn according to law to the on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June seventh 1832.
That he was born at Utavia in the County York, he thinks, and State of Pennsylvania in the year one thousand seven hundred and fifty two. That he has a record of his age in the handwriting of his father as he believes, and present here in Court.
That he lived when called into the military service of the war of the Revolution in the town of Cambridge County of Washington (then County of Albany) and State of New York, that he has lived in the same town part of the time since the revolutionary war and part of the time in the town of White Creek (formerly a part of said town of Cambridge), and that he lives in the said town of White Creek now. That he was first called into such service as a volunteer in a company of minute men commanded by Capt. James Wells of Cambridge organized the autumn of 1774. and drilled and trained for expected service in a regiment of Militia commanded by Col. Lewis Van Noort and he believes in General Ben Broecks Brigade. That in January or February 1775. he was ordered in said company with other militia to Johnstown Montgomery County New York to disarm and disperse a party of highland tories who had risen under Sir John Johnson as he believes

That he went into said service helped to disarm about three hundred of the Tories and returned. Went to Johnstown through Albany up the Mohawk river about seventy five miles march. That he was engaged in such service about ten or twelve days and believes a Col. Schuyler commanded the party. That in the Spring of 1775 latter part of April or first of May as he believes he was ordered in and with said Company to Siconderoga, Crown Point & St. Johns, on Lake Champlain to meet Col. Arnold & Allen. That they marched under their Capt to Crown Point, where they met Col. Benedict Arnold Ethan Allen & a Col. Easton he thinks. The Col. quarrelled about rank and Easton went away. That he was employed in the ordinary duties of the Camp and part of the time as a Carpenter hewing and preparing timber for cannon carriages and other uses and cutting and bringing timber from Chimney Point on the east side of the Lake. That he served at this station and at the above time two months. That about the first of March or last of February 1776 he enlisted in a Company of New York Series or State line troops commanded by Captain Robert Edmondston and in the regiment commanded by Col. . . . . Van Schaick. That he enlisted as second sergeant in said company and served as such during the campaign. That he served as a recruiting Officer for some time after his enlistment and till the said company was filled. That in the latter part of April or first of May he thinks, he marched from Albany up the Hudson River to the Lakes George & Champlain to meet Genl. Montgomery's Army then retreating from Canada. That Col. Van Schaick

did not go on with them but Col. Peter (he thinks) Gansevoort commanded the regiment on the march up and indeed till he got back to Fish Creek on the Hudson then he thinks Col. Schuyler took the command. That they went as far as somewhere between St. Johns & La Prairie & began to meet that part of the American Army which retreated by the Lakes in small parties and halted and waited till it was necessary for all to retreat then retreated from time to time to Siconderoga thence by Lake George to Fort George at which place he with the said regiment arrived on the fifteenth day of July. That he lay at Fort George till some time in the fall of 1776. then the regiment left there and marched to Fish Creek and stayed there till late in the fall or beginning of winter and then were marched to Albany and there billeted out in different places till after Christmas when he with the rest of the said company was discharged without writing. That from that time to the time he was enrolled in Captain John Whiteside's company in the Spring of 1778. he was a scout or Indian Spy early in the Spring of 1777 and about the month of May went by order of Col. Lewis Van Noort to Fort Edward & from there was ordered to Salem in said County of Washington where he helped picket the fort round the meeting house in that place which was afterwards burned by the enemy and was three weeks in that service. Then he was a volunteer in service principally as a scout till the middle of July when he took his brother William's place in the company of Batteauxmen command by Capt. Van Avery & employed transporting provisions & munitions from

Albany up the Hudson to Genl. Gales army and other forts in which service he continued as a boat or batteau man or otherwise till after the first of January 1778 when he was discharged without writing and was in actual service during said year at least eight months.
That in the Spring of 1778 he became a member of a company of Militia in Col. Lewis van Hoert's regiment commanded by Capt. John Whiteside. That he was in actual service in said company at Piconderoga and on the march there and back fifteen days under the immediate command of Governor George Clinton on his expedition to that place but at what particular time he does not positively recollect. That he was in 1778 in service in said company on an alarm from Saratoga, three days. That from the 27 th to the 30 th March 1780 inclusive he was in actual service on an alarm from fort Edward
That he was in actual service in said company at Piconderoga from the 28 th May to the 7 th June 1780 inclusive eleven days. And in the same year he was in such actual service in said company from the 11 th to the 14 th of October inclusive four days in an alarm from fort Edward. That the same year he was in actual service in said company from the 27 th of October to the 2 d of November inclusive seven days at Granville in said county of Washington. That in 1778 he was eight days in actual service in said company about the middle of November and served as Lieutenant thereof. That the seven last preceding tours of duty he performed in Captain John Whitesides company as appears by the pay and muster rolls of the same service in the possession of the said John Whiteside and which the said John Cooper has examined and believes

correct. That from the time he joined Capt White- sides company for three years thereafter he was in actual service as a volunteer in any party that was going out in any scouting party which was needed or in any service which could be beneficial to his country and verily believes and has no doubt that he was during that pe- riod in actual service over and above that stated above more than one third of the time, but under what particular officers he cannot now recollect and that he often times had the command of the a party as- signed to him. That there were part of the Cam- paign of 1776 above mentioned some continental officers with them but he does not recollect their names except one who he believes was a continental a General De. Wolf who died at Fort George and was buried with great pomp the twenty ninth day of July that year. That early in the year 1781 he was enrolled in a company in a regiment commanded by Col. Jo- seph Galdwell James Ganden was then the Major and afterwards in the same year John McElung was appointed Major. At this time the Territory or State of Vermont claimed the said town of Cambridge as within her jurisdiction and organized the militia accordingly. That the said John Cropper was soon chosen Lieutenant of said company and on the 18 th day of August following was duly elected Captain & took the command of it as such. That he acted as such to the end of the military service or war and did considerable actual service, but how much he is not able to state, but there was not so much then to do in that section as in former years. That whether his commissions either of them ever reached him or not he cannot positively say. He cannot find them

among any of his old papers nor any proof of the fact relating thereto except the imperfect papers herunto annexed which are in the hand writing of the persons whose names are subscribed thereto, and were made at the time and for the purpose therein specified. That he believes verily that he was in actual service as captain as aforesaid all of three months. That he never received any writing discharging him from the service. That he has no documentary evidence other than that above specified and knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his services other than is specified in the affidavits annexed. That there is no clergyman in the neighborhood who can certify for him as required by law and account of the short time they have resided in his neighborhood, not being more than one year.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the Agency of any State.  Sworn and subscribed the day John Cooper. and year aforesaid.
J. S. Leigh. blk.
We John P. Putnam residing in the town of White Creek county of Washington and State of New York & Daniel Wells of the town of Cambridge county and State aforesaid hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Cooper who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be eighty years of age. That he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution

and that we concur in that opinion
Sworn & subscribed in open court
this 29 th day of August 1832
J. P. Putnam
Danl. Wells
J. S. Leigh Clerk
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that John P. Putnam who has signed the preceding certificate is resident in the said town of White Creek and that Daniel Wells who has also signed the same is a resident of the said town of Cambridge and are credible persons, and their statement is entitled to credit.
I Betsy S. Leigh Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the said County of Washington do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings in the said Court in the matter of the application of John Cooper for a pension.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of my Office this 29 th day of August in the year One Thousand Eight hundred and thirty two.
J. S. Leigh, Clerk
Sir
Agreeably to my last orders you are hereby directed to march to White Creek without loss of time Cambridge 25. October - - 1781. Captain John Cooper
John M c Clung Major

Sir
I admire that the return of your company is not come in but if you have not elected your officers, it must be done before Tuesday next as I have with me the advice of the other officers appointed that day for all the officers of the Regt. to meet at James Cowan's to Dignify the company in order to be commissioned
Cambridge 18 th Augt. 1781.
Joseph Caldwell
To Lt. John Cooper or
Colonel
the Officer commanding the company formerly commanded. —
Cambridge August 13 th , 1781.
You are hereby directed to warn all the men in your Quarter to meet on Saturday the 18 th Inst. at ten o'clock in the forenoon at the usual place at the Mill to choose a captain and other Officers downward. Likewise two able bodied men for scouting on our frontiers three weeks fail not to warn them all to meet punctually at the our
I am Sir,
John Cooper
Cambridge Sept. 19 th , 1781.
To Captain John Cooper.
Sir
You will send all your men to my house that you have got in order to march with me to Head Quarters next Monday by nine o'clock strike orders is come for all the men raised. If you hant got all your men pray be as faithful to elect them as soon as possible from your to serve.
To Capt. John Cooper Cambridge
James Cowden. Mass.

State of New York Washington County } ss
William Cooper of the town of Cambridge in said County being sworn saith that he is brother to John Cooper of the town of White Creek in said County. That he knew the said John Cooper in the War of the Revolution. That this deponent has read the affidavit of Captain John Whiteside of Cambridge herunto annexed and this deponent saith that in addition to the terms and times of actual service of the said John Cooper in the said War of the Revolution as deposed to by the said John Whiteside in the said annexed affidavit he this deponent does know that the said John Cooper was in actual service at Palmerstown in the fall of 1779 under the command of Major James Schuler for fifteen days. That the said John Cooper was also in actual service two weeks in the month of March at Skeneborough (now White Hall) when that post was taken by the Indians and that the time of said John expired and he left the place a day or two before it was taken. Lieut. Wm Powell & Ensign Henry Loupe commanded. That the said John Cooper was also in actual service in a company of Batteau men commanded by Capt. Van Every some where between four and five months in the summer and Fall of 1777.
That when the company in which said John Cooper was enrolled for the time being was not in actual service during said war the said John Cooper was generally engaged as a volunteer or spy or scout after Indians when there was any service to perform. That this deponent verily believes that the service of the said John Cooper as stated in the said affidavit of the said John Whiteside

were actually performed by him most of what services this deponent also well recollects & further this deponent saith not.
Sworn before me this 9 th day of August, 1832.
William Cooper
H. Whiteside. Justice of the Peace.
I, Betsy S. Leigh Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the said County of Washington do certify that Henry Whiteside Esq before whom the preceding affidavit of William Cooper purports to have been sworn was at the date of the same a Justice of the Peace of the said County, and that I am acquainted with his handwriting and verily believe his name subscribed to the within affidavit to be his proper handwriting & signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of the said Court this third day of September 1832.
B. S. Leigh Clk
State of New York Washington County } ss
John Whiteside of the town of Cambridge County and State aforesaid being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he this deponent served in the war of the Revolution more or less each year from the year 1775, to the close of the War. That during that time and from thence hitherto he this deponent has been well acquainted with John Cooper of the town of White Creek in said County. And this deponent further saith that the said John Cooper in the year 1775 belonged with

this deponent to a company of minute men as they were then called commanded by captain James Wells of the said town of Cambridge. That in January or February 1773 the said company the said John Cooper being one went from Cambridge to Johnstown now Montgomery Coun- ty State of New York to disarm and disperse a party of high- land Tories there assembled. That they found the said Tories about three hundred in number disarmed them and let them go except some hostages as this deponent believes which were brought to Albany when General Ben Brack the then Brigadier resided. That in this service the said John Cooper was engaged about one week or ten days. That in the Spring following May this deponent believes the same company of minute men the said John Cooper being one of them went from said Cambridge to Ticonderoga & St. Johns. They had no officer higher than their captain till they arrived at Crown Point. There they met Col- onels Benedict Arnold, Ethan Allen and a Col Easton this deponent believes. That in this service the said John Cooper was engaged from six weeks to two months. That early in the Spring of 1776 the said John Coop- er enlisted in the State line service in Captain Robert Lamondstone's company and in which Michael Ryan was Lieutenant in the regiment commanded by Colonel Van Schaick and served during the campaign of 1776 on the Northern frontier on Lake Champlain nine or ten months according to the best recollection of this deponent. And this deponent further saith that between the end of the said cam- paign of 1776 and the fourth April 1778 which was the most busy period of the war in those parts being the period in which Genl. Burgoyne was taken this deponent well recollects both from personal

knowledge and from facts related to him by brothers of this deponent who were frequently out with said John Cooper and from the current reports of the day that the said John Cooper was in actual service in Captain Elias Golden's company of Militia in Col. Van Horrt's Regiment, and in the batteau service in Captain Van Everey's company and as a volunteer or Indian scout or spy the whole or nearly the whole of the campaign of 1777 according to the best recollection of this deponent. That this deponent was on the fourth day of April in the year 1778, duly commissioned Captain of the company formerly commanded by said Elias Golden. That the said John Cooper was then a member of said company. That the said John Cooper was in actual service in said company in said year he this deponent believes still in Col. Van Horrt's regiment and under the personal command of Governor George Clinton from ten to fifteen days on the Northern frontier. That in 1778 the said John Cooper was in actual service on an alarm as appears from the payrolls of the said company now in the possession of this deponent and which were at the time made by this deponent, and which he believes correct three days but where does not appear from said rolls. That the said John Cooper was also in actual service in said company in the year 1780, from the twenty-seventh to the thirtieth day of March inclusive as appears from said rolls but where does not thereby appear. That the said John Cooper was also in actual service at Siconderoga from the twenty-eighth of May to the seventh of June 1780 inclusive and the same year he was in such

service in said company from the eleventh to the fourteenth of October inclusive on an alarm and at fort Edward. That the same year the said John Cooper was in actual service in said company from the twenty-seventh of October to the second of November inclusive at Granville in said county of Washington. That in the said roll the part of all the last mentioned terms of service appear credited to the said John Cooper in the handwriting of this deponent which he has no doubt is correctly stated. That in the year 1778 from the eleventh to the eighteenth of November the said John Cooper was in actual service in said company as the Lieutenant thereof as appears by the said pay rolls and this deponent believes correctly but that the said John Cooper had a commission or not this deponent does not recollect but believes he was afterwards appointed Lieutenant and Captain in a regiment commanded by Col. Joseph Caldwell of Vermont at the time that State or Territory laid claim to the said town of Cambridge. That the said John Cooper was also in actual service with this deponent stationed at Salem two weeks at the time one of the churches there (that lately Mr. Bombs) was picketed and helped in that work. And this deponent further saith that from April 1778 to the close of the war he has no doubt from his best recollection of conversations and information held with or derived from the said John Cooper and others at the time that the said John Cooper was in the actual service of his country much more time than that specified above by this deponent, but how much this deponent is not able to state but he this deponent does well recollect that the said John Cooper was a very jealous partizan and

was generally engaged in the service of his country during said War as a volunteer or otherwise when there was any thing for such men to do. All which facts are true according to the best recollection & belief of this deponent, and further saith not  Sworn before me in John Whiteside open Court this 29 th day of August 1832.
G. G. Leigh. Clk.
State of New York
Washington County, ss.
We John Whiteside and William Cooper whose several affidavits are hereunto annexed, and which were made about the time the declaration of John Cooper hereunto annexed was drawn and subscribed being severally duly sworn say and each of us for himself saith that the said John Cooper died about the last days of September or first week in October last past. That in addition to the facts stated by us respectively in said affidavits we further say that we lived in the same neighborhood with the said John Cooper during the whole period of the war of the Revolution. That we severally had every opportunity of knowing the service of the said John in said war which any could have had not constantly with him. That we did often serve with him and that the movements of each individual of the neighborhood were constantly examined and talked of and generally commonly known. That by reason of the infirmities of age & the consequent loss of memory we cannot as clearly set forth the facts relating to said service as at former

periods of our lives! but according to the best of our recollections and belief respectively and in this we think we cannot be mistaken the said John Cooper deceased served as a private one year one month and seven days. That he also served as a Sergeant at least nine months in the campaign of 1776. and that he served as a Lieutenant at least eight days and that he also served as a Captain for three months and further the deponents say not
subscribed and sworn the 27 th day of June 1833 before me
John Whiteside William Cooper
John P. Putnam Justice of the Peace
Washington county ss.
I the undersigned do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with John Whiteside and William Cooper the persons who have subscribed and sworn to the preceding affidavit and also to the affidavits by them respectively made and which are hereto annexed. And I do further certify that they are and each of them is a resident of the town of Cambridge in the said county and also that they are credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to full credit.
John P. Putnam Justice of the Peace
Washington county Surrogate's Office ss.
I John Willard Surrogate of this said county do certify that I am well acquainted with John P. Putnam whose signature appears above & that he is a Justice of the peace of White Creek in the said county. In witness whereof I have this

27 th June 1833 signed my name & affixed my seal of office at the end of the ribbon binding these papers together.
John Willard.
Washington County, ss.
Thomas Scott being duly sworn saith that he was well acquainted with John Cooper late of the town of White Creek County of Washington and State of New York deceased. That he is a son in law of the said John Cooper deceased. That the said John Cooper died on the thirteenth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two and that he left a widow who is still living and the name of her said widow is Lydia Cooper and further saith not
Subscribed & sworn the 2 d day of Dec r . 1833 before John P. Putnam
Thomas Scott.
Justice of the Peace
And I do also & further certify that I am well acquainted with Thomas Scott of the town of White Creek in the County of Washington & who subscribed & swore to the foregoing affidavit and that the said Thomas Scott is a credible person and his statement is entitled to credit. Dated Dec r . 2 d , 1833
John P. Putnam. Justice of the Peace.
State of New York
Washington County ss.
I Jesse S. Leigh Clerk of the said County do certify that John P. Putnam Esquire before whom the within affidavit purports to have been sworn was at the date of the same

a Justice of the Peace of the said County elected and duly qualified and that I am well acquaint- ed with his hand writing and verily believe his name subscribed to the jurat of the said affidavit and to the certificate of the credibility of the with- in mentioned Thomas Scott to be the proper hand writing and signature of the said Justice  In Testimony whereof I have here unto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of the said County this 20 th day of May 1834.
J. G. Leigh, Clk
State of New York Washington County, f s
I Jesse G. Leigh Clerk of the said County do certify that at a term of the Court of Common Pleas of said County held on the third day of September instant, witnesses were introduced sworn and examined in Open Court by which it appeared and was proved to the satisfaction of the said Court that John Cooper late of the town of White Creek in said County died on the thirteenth day of September One Thousand Eight Hundred and Thirty Two and that he left a widow by the name of Lydia Cooper who is still living and that the testimony adduced to prove the said facts was satisfactory to the said Court.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto sub- scribed my name and affixed the seal of the said Court of Common Pleas the 4 th day of September 1834.
J. G. Leigh, Clk.

War Department.
Revolutionary claim.
I certify that in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, John Cooper of the State of New York who was a Private and Sergeant in the War of the Revolution is entitled to receive Fifty-six dollars and sixty-six cents per annum, during his natural life commencing on the 4th March, 1831, and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March and 4th of September, in every year.
L. S.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this 24th day of June one thousand eight hundred and thirty six
Lew Cass Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned.
J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions.

I certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the Original on file in this Office Treasury Department, Third Auditor's Office, June 26th 1838 - P. H. Agm. Aud
12 months 12 months $6.60 3/4 August 10 - do 50. - 12 mo $36.60 Due Jan to Commence See V. 6 p 4 Capt. White 30, 721.

New York, Albany
John Cooper a pensioner under the act of June 7 th 1832 at the rate of $56.66 - It is what time was. His widow paid
Yours &c R. Luce
John Harry Ely 3 d Auditor's Office
He was paid to the 4 th March 1838 - If he is Dead we have no evidence of it -
JH

John Cooper on the Albany roll whose certificate bears date 24 th June 1836 Died 13 th Sept r 1832 & paid to that period
JH
John Cooper whose certificate was issued on the 12 th Sep. 1833 was paid to the 4 March 1838
JH

S Lydia Cooper wid John NY Married Mar 19/57 38 or 36 ad ad 36 - 2313

Dear J. L. Edwards.
I send you herewith an application for a pension for your investigation. Will you have the goodness to communicate to me the result of your deliberation thereon, and if there is any defect in the evidence or papers state the same to me specifically. Aug 8. 1838.
L. J. Hoame Pill
North White Creek
Wash. County N. York

Apr 11. Birmingham
J. L. Edwards Esq. D.G. H. Russell AR

Harris of Reps D.C. April 8 th / 1836.
J. L. Edwards Esq r
Dir r I have the pleasure of acknowled- ging the receipt of yours of the 6 th inst. in answer to mine of a former date (30 th Ult.) and regret to be under the necessity of troubling you again on the subject. my correspondent John P. Patram Esq r was not very particular in his communication to me, but from what he wrote I gathered understood that he had sent to you papers claiming in behalf of the Widow of John Cooper late a prisoner in Washington Town County New York , the arrest here at the time of his death, and tho' the claim had been rejected by you by reason of some want of form or substance in the papers - it was for information in relation to those papers that I inquired to inform. If I wrote book I intended Cooper , allow me again to solicit your attention to the papers of Widow Cooper and ask for an answer
I am Respectfully D. R. Updegraff

State of New York
Washington County } ss; I Jesse S. Leigh Clerk of the said County do certify that at a term of the Court of Common Pleas of said County held on the third day of September instant, witness- es were introduced sworn and examined in open Court by which it appeared and was proved to the satisfaction of the said court that John Cooper late of the town of White creek in said County, died on the thirteenth day of September one thousand eight hundred and thirty two and that he left a widow by the name of Lydia Cooper who is still living and that the testimony adduced to prove the said facts was satisfactory to the said Court.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto sub- scribed my name and affixed the seal of the said Court of Common Pleas the 4 th day of September 1834.
J. S. Leigh Clerk

Washington County ss Thomas Scott being duly sworn saith that he was well acquainted with John Cooper late of the town of White Creek county of Washington and State of New York deceased - That he is a son in law of the said John Cooper deceased. That the said John Cooper died on the thirteenth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hun- dred and thirty two and that he left a widow who is still living and the name of his said widow is Lydia Cooper and further saith not Thomas Scott Subscribed & sworn the 2 day of Dec r 1933 before John P. Putnam justice of peace
And I do also further certify that I am well acquainted with Thomas Scott of the town of White Creek in the county of Washington & who subscribed & swore to the foregoing affidavit and that the said Thomas Scott is a credible person and his statement is entitled to credit - dated Dec r 2 nd 1933 - John P. Putnam justice of peace

State of New York Washington County, ss; I Jesse S. Leigh Clerk of the said County, do certify that John P. Putnam Esquire before whom the within affidavit pur- ports to have been sworn was at the date of the same a justice of the peace of the said County elected and duly qualified and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing and only believe his name subscribed to the jurat of the said affidavit and also to the certificate of the credibility of the within mentioned Thomas Scott, to be the proper hand writing and signature of the said Justice
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of the said County this 20 th day of May 1834. J. S. Leigh C lerk
Hon. H. C. Manlove Clerk

Mar 26
Mr Cooper My Dear Sir
Copies promised Mar 28, 1838
J. L. Edwards Esq.
Wm Russell H. R.
Pension Office D.C.
2 papers in hand of Taylor March 30, 1838

House of Reps. D.C. March 24 th 1838.
J. L. Edwards Esq m
Sir
Will you have the goodness to send me the Copy of the papers on which the Pension was granted & and the pension certificate in the case of John Cooker late of the County of Wash- ington in the State of New York, your early Attention is Respectfully Solicited -
I am Respectfully
D. Ruple

Clark Rice & Dec 8 J. Cooper NY
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J. L. Edwards Esq. Commissarius of Pensions Washington City D. Columbia

Cambridge Washington County N.Y. July 8 th 1884 -
Sir
I enclose you the amended papers in the cases of John Cooper deceased and Clark Rice - I send the original affidavit of Prof Scott to you in the case of Cooper before me so that you may have it on file with the other papers if necessary - I send also in the same case the certificate of the court as to the date of Cooper's death and the name of his widow as directed in your note to Hon H. C. Martinchok of the House of Representatives of the 18 June last which I enclose and to which I refer you -
I also took the depositions in the case of Clark Rice into open court at the last term and they then were again sworn to said affidavits as you will see by the certificate of the Clk. In your letter addressed to me on the subject of Rice's claim dated 5 th Nov 1883 after suggesting the objection as to Rice's age which he insisted you add "In order to a favorable decision in this case it must be clearly shown that there were circumstances in this case which make it an exception to the rule" Those circumstances I hope Sir are clearly developed in the affidavits and from the knowledge I have of the family I have not the least doubt of the verity of the statements. You will perceive that Moses Durkee is a deponent in the case of Rice - He is also an

applicant for a pension and his papers were forwarded to the department something more than a year ago - In my last letter which came to you through the hands of Mr. Mackintosh I inquired in his behalf if the papers had been received and what was the decision in the case but in your answer proba- bly from haste you omitted to mention the case - Will you be so obliging as to inform me on the subject as soon as convenient
I am Sir respectfully Your Most Obedt Servt
John F. Putnam
J. L. Edwards Esq. Committee of Pensions.

1838
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J. L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions City of Washington D.C.
Ch. to his father 21889
John Cope

North White Creek June 17 th 1836
J. E. Edwards Esq.
Sir
Two or three years since I prepared and sent to the War Department a declaration in behalf of Moses Durkee an applicant for a pension & the same papers named in the enclosed papers. That set of papers was returned to me by you with objections making incomplete. They were afterwards finished and again mailed by me for your office. I wrote the Hon David Russell M.C. wishing him to enquire for to the result of Mr Durkee's application &c. In your note to Mr Russell of the 8 April last you say "That it does not appear by our books that any papers have been received from Mr Putnam in the case of Moses Durkee, nor are his papers to be found among the pending cases of New York" — I have therefore prepared other papers which I enclose and hope they will be found so full & correct that a certificate will be issued upon them as soon as time will permit their examination. The old man will never see the beauty of his country if bestowed as he has become totally blind within the past year but it would be a great comfort to him as he is very poor — Mr Russell writes me you are willing to issue a Pension certificate in behalf of the widow of John Cooper for the time clearly allowed and leave the question open for her to show cause why the allowance should be increased — With this understanding please issue the certificate and enclose to me at North White Creek Washington County N.Y. She is old infirm & poor and will

probably never make any further effort — I am Sir very respectfully Your obed t servant John D. Putnam