Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 2,265, Joshua Cook, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Cook, Joshua Lucy
R 2,265
B.L.H. 36655-160-55
CONTENTS

S. H. a. Joy, apl. 7" 185
Aug 4 26/57 - Lett. to Arad Joy - Ohio - Seneca Co. N.Y. Information of wife and children of William
Vol. 62-30. 185
163,583 Settlement June 8/55
Lucy Cooke Widow of Joshua Cook & Jane
Mar of the Revolution
Claim refers to refers to evidence a on file for June 86.
Private Chap Mills Rev. War.
St. Louis June 32
Ad. 160 acs Aug 5/56 Dodge
Arad Joy Ovid N.Y.

Joshua Cook App. No. 512.

State of Vermont } On this sixth day of August A.D. 1832 Windsor County ss } Personally appeared Before the Probate Court for the district of Windsor & State of Vermont, in Open Court, now sitting - Joshua Cook of Chester in the County of Windsor and State of Vermont, aged seventy six years the first day of March last, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832.
That he was called into the service of the United States in the Revolutionary war, On the 17 th day of June 1775 - being then of the class called minute men in the State of Massachusetts, then residing in Cambridge now called Brighton Massachusetts joined the company to which I belonged at Cambridge commanded by Capt. Stephen Dana, there being an alarm on account of the Battle on that day at Bunkerhill, was detained two or three days, and then dismissed for that time.
Also some time in March 1776. he was again called into service joined the company (at Cambridge) commanded by the same Capt. Stephen Dana, and marched to Dorchester Hill, and served three fourths of a month in the Regiment commanded by Col. William Hammond, and was dismissed in April following.
That he again enlisted at Cambridge aforesaid, about the first of June, 1776. for six months in the Massachusetts line - in the service of the United States, under the following named Officers Col o Wheelock, Capt. Josiah Warren, Lieut. Tufts - & 2 Lieut. Tufts. Ensign Frothingham, entered service immediately marched through Keene and Charlestown N o 4 New Hampshire, and on the Old Brownpoint Road, Mrs. Vermont, to Mount Independence soon after he arrived there was ordered on an expedition to White Hall after Boats. on returning to Ticonderoga was then placed in an Artillery Company under Capt. Warren & stationed at Mount Independence under command of Major Vose, & Horatio Gates Gen l and was discharged on the twelfth day of December 1776 - without a written discharge.
That he again entered service in Dec r 1776 as a substitute for Josiah Sanderson in a company of Artillery destined for Rhode Island Marched to Boston, was under command

of 60 th Crafts, detained in service three one week & was dismissed. Served seven months in all. had no written discharge, & has no documentary evidence.
That the 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.
The following interrogatories, were then propounded by the Court aforesaid, to the applicant, and the following answers made.
Qu st 1 st Where, & in what year were you born?
Ans r At that part of Cambridge Massachusetts, now called Brighton.
In the year 1756. The 1 st day of March
Qu st 2 nd Have you any Record of your age; & if so, where is it.
Ans r . Have no record except a certificate in Proprietion - which agrees with the above.
Qu st 3 rd Where were you living when called into service; Where have you lived since, the Rev. war and where do you now live.
Ans r . When called into service I lived in that part of Cambridge Mass. now called Brighton, and since the Revolutionary war have lived in Chester Vermont, where I now live.
Qu st 4 th How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute.
Ans r . Belonged to the minute Company & voluntarily enlisted.
Qu st 5 th State the names of some of the Regular Officers who were with the troops when you served, such Continental & Militia Regiments as you can recollect, & the general circumstances of your service.
Ans r . Genl. Gales - commander - I do not recollect the number of the Regiment stationed where I served - Received payment for two months Cambridge - two months at Mt Independence - & for two months after discharge, at Brighton.
Qu st 6 th Did you ever receive a discharge from the service? & if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it.
Ans r . Did not ever receive a written discharge

Sworn & subscribed the days & year first herein mentioned.
Joshua Cook
Isaac Proctor Judge
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states.
Isaac Proctor Judge
I, Reuben Washburn, Register of the Probate Court, within and for the District of Windsor in the State of Vermont, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Joshua Cook for a Pension.
In Testimony, whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of said Court, this sixth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two.
Reuben Washburn. —

State of Vermont } On the first day of July A.D. 1833 Windsor County ss } Personally appeared before the Court of Probate for the district of Windsor & State of Vermont, in Open Court now sitting. Joshua Cook of Chester in the county of Windsor & State of Vermont; aged Seventy seven years the first day of March 1832, who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on his oath make the following amendment to his former declaration, bearing date the sixth day of August 1832; in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832: deposeth & saith, that by reason of Old age and the consequent loss of memory he cannot swear positively as to the precise time of entering service, and length of his service; — But according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below & in the following grades; For three Days I served as a Private in June 1775. For twenty three days I served as a private in 1776. — For six months I served as a private in the Artillery in 1776. — For seven days I served in Dec r 1776. — For such service I claim a pension; — That except the service of six months, he can find no living witness. That he served with an embodied corps, called into service by competent Authority that he was either in the Field, or in Garrison, and for the time during which the service was performed he was not employed in any civil pursuit. — ~ That in His original application, the 7 th Interrogatory question was omitted, as it was then expected evidence might be procured & supercede the necessity of using traditional evidence; which could not be procured he

regards, therefore, that particular amendment, herein to be inserted.
2 nd 4 th State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present Neighbourhood, & who can testify as to your character for truth and veracity, and their belief of your services as a Soldier of the Revolution. ~ ~ ~ ~
Ans d Rev d Rufus Bruce residing in Chester and Joshua Church Jr. of Chester who can testify in respect to my character.
* Joshua Cook
Sworn & subscribed the day & year first herein written. — — —
Jabez Proctor Judge
We Rufus Bruce a clergyman Residing in the Town of Chester in Windsor County & State of Vermont, & Joshua Church Jr. Residing in Chester in s d County hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Joshua Cook who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy six years of age, that he is reputed & believed in the Neighbourhood in which he resides, to have been a Soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that Opinion.
Sworn & subscribed the day & year first herein written. — — —
Before Jabez Proctor Judge.
Rufus Bruce Joshua Church
And I hereby further certify, that it appears to my satisfaction, that Rufus Bruce who has signed the foregoing certificate is a clergyman, Resident as aforesaid in the Town of Chester aforesaid, and that Joshua Church Jr. of s d Chester who has also signed the same is a

Resident in Chutes aforesaid and are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to full credit. ~
Jabez Proctor Judge
State of Vermont } Windsor County } I Reuben Washburn Register of the Probate Court within & for the County & district of Windsor in the State of Vermont; do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the proceedings of the said Court in the amendment to the declaration of Joshua Cook for a Pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of Office This first day of July in the Year of our Lord one Thousand eight hundred & thirty three. Reuben Washburn. —

That the said Pestma Cook petitioned for a pension some time in the month of July A.D. 1838, but subsequently deceased, and had never received a pension.
For proof of service see declaration of said Pestma Cook, & the accompanying affidavits as will appear on file at the pension department.

REVOLUTIONARY WIDOWS.
STATE of Vermont } ss. COUNTY of Windsor }
On this 24 day of April 1855, personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace, within and for the said County and State, Lucy Cook , aged 64 years, a resident of said County and State, who being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of Joshua Cook deceased, who was a Soldier of the Revolution and Pensioner of the United States, and  is in the receipt of a Revolutionary pension under the Act of  and is dated She further declares that she was married to the said Joshua Cook in the county of Windsor , and State of Vermont , on the 4 th day of July A.D. 1833 , by Elden Bruce , and that her name before her marriage was Lucy Snell , that her said husband died at Chester, Vermont , County of Windsor , on the 2 nd day of November 1853 , and that she is now a widow.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the Act, approved March 3, 1855. She also declares that she has never applied for nor received under this or any other Act of Congress, any bounty land warrant.
Sworn & Subscribed before me this 24 day of April 1855
Lucy Cook Lucy Cook
William Mason Justice of the Peace
We Almira Mason and J. Roberts residents of Chester in the County of Windsor and State of Vermont upon our oaths, declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Lucy Cook in our presence, and that we believe, from what we know of, and from the appearance and statements of the applicant, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be. These deponents further upon their oaths say, that the above named Lucy Cook is now a widow.
Sworn & Subscribed before me this 24 day of April 1855
Almira Mason J. Roberts William Mason Justice of the Peace
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written; and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim.
William Mason Justice of the Peace

STATE OF VERMONT,
WINDSOR COUNTY, ss.
I, NORMAN WILLIAMS, Clerk of the County Court of the County of Windsor, in the State of Vermont, do hereby certify that William Mason was, at the date of the paper writing to which this is attached, and still is, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly qualified to administer oaths and take the acknowledgment of deeds, and that his signature
— Foregoing — is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I hereunto subscribe my name and affix the seal of said Court, at Woodstock, in said County of Windsor, this 11 day of May A. D. 1855.
Norman Williams , Clerk.
165583

"State of Vermont, I do hereby certify that at Chester Windsor County ss. In the County and State aforesaid on the Fourth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty three, Mr. Joshua Cook and Miss Lucy Small both of Chester, were duly joined in Marriage by me,
Rufus Bruce Minister of the Gospel.
Received for Records Nov. 7 th 1833. & recorded
By Amos Heald Town Clerk."
Town Clerk's Office Chester Vt June 11 th 1855.
I certify the above is a true copy of the records of Marriage with the exception of the date, which is expressed in the rec- ord in fair legible figures as follows. "on the 4 th day of July in the year of our Lord 1833."
Prescott Heald Town Clerk.
I, Prescott Heald, above named, depose and say, that I hold the office of Town Clerk in the Town of Chester, Coun- ty & State aforesaid, and that the above is a true extract from the records of said Chester, with the exception above named, as certified by me.
Prescott Heald Town Clerk of Chester Vermont.
before me
William Mason
} Justice of the Peace.

STATE OF VERMONT,
WINDSOR COUNTY, ss.
I, NORMAN WILLIAMS, Clerk of the County Court, of the County of Windsor, in the State of Vermont, do hereby certify that
William Mason was, at the date of the paper writing to which this is attached, and still is, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly qualified to administer oaths and take the acknowledgment of deeds, and that his signature
Foreign
is genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I hereunto subscribe my name and affix the seal of said Court, at Woodstock, in said County of Windsor, this 28 day of April A. D. 1856.
Norman Williams Clerk.

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Porhua book
Ans: Amos Heald Mar 31-1934
Amos Heald Co Chester VT
to heron VT

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
April 27 th
1883
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Joshua Cook
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     June 1775 - - 3 Private Capt. Dana 77 years Testimonial   Mar 1776 - - 23 Do Col. Hammond Cambridge same   June 1776 - 6 - D r in Artillery Col. Wheelock same Life Pension. Affid.   Dec 1776 - - 7 Major Vose same   Whole No. - 6 33  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
Mr Joshua Cook Chester Oct

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this day of personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of in the county of and State, Territory or District of aged (c) 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 provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d), with and served in the (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the and G. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 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 and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
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 A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person

will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services. 
 6. { To a Soldier. Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? { To an Officer. Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it? 
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before the proper authority, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance. [b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned. [d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served. [e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of his age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension." It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase "about three or four months," is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or place where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable. [g] The opinion of the Court is always required. [h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case. [i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
The notes from [a] to [j] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases. [l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact. [m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

FREE
Henry Cook Hon. J. Murch Comr. of Pensions Washington D.C.
Additional evidence No 163,583

✓ 36,653
5 Rev Amm

Joshua Leake due 163.582 11/2/1832
Not on Sush files
Stanley D. Johnson All Wash and Iron
FREE
Charged to W. Ex Mch 3
36.655
160
Additional evidence No 163,583

Chad Cook
Orion
11/11
63583
Lucy Cook
Widow of Luskana
86655 - 160
Aug 9/58

FREE
Hon Geo C Whiting Clerk of Parl. Washington DC

Ovid N.Y. Augt 7. '87
Sir It would seem, that Lucy Cook widow of Joshua, a revolutioner, an applicant for bounty land, has not rec d your acknowledgement of her application - I mailed you her applica- tion for a pension & for bounty land at the same time, June 5. 1855 - a pension as the widow of Joshua Cook a revolution- er, & bounty land as such, you may have filed both applications as for pension I refer you to those papers - You say Joshua Cook was an applicant for a pension & her papers may be with his, I have not the N o of her claim as you never answered the application, I ask a report.
Respectfully yours Most Ob l Servt
Adad Joy
Hon G. C. Whiting Com d
} You called it Mary Cook } on claim in Lucy

Onid N.Y. May 3. '56
Sir
I inclose record evidence of the marriage of Lucy Cook N o 163,583,
Respectfully
Your Ob l Serv t
Abad Joy
How J. Mins Cent.

Ovid June 21. '56
Sir
On the 3 rd May I mailed to you the completion of the proof in the case of Lucy Cook of Vt No 163,583 Revolutionary Service, please answer
See your book of rec n of this proof under date of May 6-
I am respectfully Your Ob st Servt
Abad Joy
found ch d to Malcom How I think Johnson 23 rd May Can
Morris

163,589

Ovid N.Y. June 5th 1855
Sir
I inclose application for bounty land for Lucy Cook Revolutionary - I refer to her late husbands declaration on your letter of 24th Oct 1854
Most respectfully Your Ob st Serv t Abad Joy
Hon L. P. Waldo Can d .

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P. O. _____
Joshua Cook
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: REJECTED , 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____
Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. _____
Searched for _____
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Lucy back Garrison Dushkin Can't find Washington 24
No Papers of Lucy Cook found

Vermont
Joshua Cook
his kindred
Ans: Amos Heald
Mar. 31: 1834.
Same 5 Fdy 1835 arad Jay Octo 24 1852
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Ms. B. 1. 6 v. 1 p. 23

I, Nathan Coolidge, of Windsor in the County of Windsor and State of Vermont, of the age of Sixty-Six years, depose and say - that I have been acquainted with Jesse Johnson above named for more than Forty years and know him to be a respectable citizen and a credible person.
Nathan Coolidge
State of Vermont
County of Windsor ss.
At Windsor in said County of Windsor, on the twenty fourth day of July A.D. 1832 personally appeared the above named Jesse Johnson and made oath that the affidavit by him above subscribed contains the whole truth and nothing but the truth - and at the same time personally appeared the above-named Nathan Coolidge and made oath that the affidavit by him above subscribed contains the truth and nothing but the truth.
Before me Carlos Coolidge Justice of the Peace
And I certify that the said Nathan Coolidge is a credible person
C. Coolidge Jus. Pacis
And I also certify that the aforesaid Jesse Johnson is a credible witness
Carlos Coolidge Justice of the Peace

State of Vermont Windsor County
I Benjamin Swan Clerk of Windsor County Court do hereby certify that Carlos Coolidge who has affixed his name to the within, is a magistrate duly qualified and I believe the same to be his genuine Signature.
In Witness testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court at Woodstock Thirteenth day of August A.D. 1832.
Benj. Swan

John Johnson Affidavit

This was but a 5 th error in affixing my records to records.
I, Jesse Johnson, of Plainfield in the County of Sullivan and State of New Hampshire, of the age of Seventy Seven years, depose and say that I served six months in the Army of the Revolution, at Mt. Independence, in the company of Capt. Josiah Warren, in the Regiment of Col. . . Wheelock, from the 1 st of June until the 1 st of December 1776 - That during said term, I was well acquainted with Joshua Cook, who then resided in Cambridge in the State of Massachusetts, where I also resided at the time of our enlistment. Said Joshua Cook enlisted into the same company with me, and with me served during the term above mentioned, mustered with me, and was discharged with me in December aforesaid. Said Joshua Cook, who resides in Chester in the County of Windsor and State of Vermont, is now personally present with me, the same who served with me as aforesaid -
Jesse Johnson

STATE OF Vermont } ss. Lucy Cook — being duly County of Windsor } sworn according to law, deposes and says that she is the widow of Joshua Cook — deceased, to whom a pension was probably due , that this deponent is directly interested
in said claim. Sworn and subscribed before me this 4 th day October 185 4 and (I do hereby certify that the said Lucy Cook — is a respectable person, and that I have full faith in the truth of the above statement sworn to by her as being directly interested in said claim.)
Know all Men by these Presents, That I Lucy Cook widow — of Joshua Cook — deceased, to whom a pension was probably due,
— do hereby constitute and appoint ARAD JOY, of Ovid, N. Y., my true and lawful attorney for me and in my name as one directly and personally interested in the claim or application for a pension
Witness my hand and seal, this fourth day of October 185 4 —
Sealed and delivered in the presence of J. L. Babcock William Mason
Lucy Cook Mark
STATE OF Vermont } Be it known that on the 4 th day of October 185 4 County of Windsor } before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County and State, duly authorized by law to administer oaths and take acknowledgements, personally appeared Lucy Cook above named, and duly acknowledged the above power of attorney and affidavit to be her act and deed.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand the day and date above mentioned. William Mason Justice of the Peace

Ovid N.Y. Oct 20. 1854
Sir
I inclose power of attorney - Joshua Cook the late husband of Lucy Cook, (whose power I inclose) was an applicant for a pension from Vermont, under the law of 1832 - I ask for a copy of his alleged service
The widow made a declaration prior to the law of 3 d Feby. 1853, I ask if she will be required to make another declaration
Most respectfully Your Ob t Servt Adad Jay
Hon L. P. Waldo

in which the money was found on pay roll. of his service was found at the time of his discharge returned to me, with the
Gluster VA Mar 21 1863
Vernon L. Recd
28 March
Hon. Lewis C. Bates Secretary of War or J. S. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Washington City
Free
John A. Peabody
PAID 18 3/4

Chester Vermont Mar 20 th 1834
Sir
About the first of March I enclosed to your department the Certificate of E. D. Bangs respecting the Massachusetts Military Rolls & records — in which he states 5 Days service of Joshua Cook were found on pay roll. and that no further record of his service was found. It did not occur to my mind, at the time of sending it that the original papers were returned to me, with the instruction to forward the aforesaid certificate. — I now hasten to transmit the papers of the Original & subsequent Application with the evidence. — Joshua Cook the Applicant is now Dead having left a Widow — In regard to the proceedings of your department in such cases I am not informed — but have an idea as the proof of service & other things necessary, have been complied with as far as can be done. — the certificate will be granted as far as may been proved. — By referring to all the documents in the case, & Mr. Bangs certificate you will find that six months service of the Applicant is proved by the Affidavit of Asa Johnson — And altho he was not able to prove that service in the Artillery commanded by Major Vose on the time he entered that particular service. — yet he has by the Affidavit of Asa Johnson proved six months service in that season as a private in Capt Josiah Warren's Company (which Company was then organized into an Artillery Company) It would appear to entitle him to the pay allowed a private in the common Infantry — Now Sir if by the Rules of your Department the Applicant can be allowed, 6 months for the above service, & 5 days as stated in Mr. Bangs certificate as a common private it will be satisfactory to the Widow of the Deceased, & all concerned — Should the case require different proceedings please communicate. —
I am with due respects & consideration Yours &
Amos H. Field
Hon. Secy. of War or J. S. Edwards Esq. Com. Union

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, July 19 th 1834.
* hereby Certify, That from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of Joshua Cook, as a Private, is borne on a Pay Roll of Capt. Stephen Dana's Company, in Col. Sam l Thacher's Regt. where he is allowed from the 4 th of March 1776. five days. — — — — —
Joshua Cook claims for services under Capt. Stephen Dana in 1775 and '76. also under Capt. Josiah Warren in 1776. and under Capt. — Col Crafts in '76 & '77. But the rolls which he describes are not found in this Office. —
Edward D. Bangs. Secy

Chelsea Vt March 3
Yrs
Mass. att. Endorse for Post Office Card
Hon. Lewis Cass Secretary of War
J. S. Edwards Com. Pensions Washington City.
enveloped
ms. 31. 1834
* Second Series
Consecrated to the cause of the poor

Sir
I transmit to you this certificate, which I have obtained agreeably to the directions of your department. (The Rolls are acknowledged to be imperfect, and the name of Esther Cook is found on the payroll of Capt. Stephen Dana for 5 Days in March 1776. agreeing in date with his Affirmation by referring to the Testimony of Jesse Johnson which first accompanied his Affirmation. Six months is there proved & adding the 5 Days makes out six months & 5 Days service. The other services he is unable to prove. Therefore a certificate for the above service is all that can be expected. There now remains two other Applications, which I have transmitted of which I have not received any return (viz) John M. Goodrich & Ebenezer Brann.
With due Respect
Your Humble Servt.
Amos Heald Clerk D.P.
March 7 th 1834.