Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 15382, Ebenezer Cox, Continental. Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
continental Mass
Box Ebenezer
S 15382
carded
CONTENTS

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W.H. 25 Ebenzer boy Declaration
Ebenzer

STATE OF VERMONT, WINDSOR COUNTY, ss.
On this 11 th day of August A. D. 1882 personally appeared in open Court before the Judge of the Probate Court of Hartford District now sitting, Eleazer Cox - a resident of the county of Windsor and State of Vermont, aged seventy three years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated. In 1776 he lived in Middleborough
Massachusetts he enlisted into Capt Isaac Wool Company in Colo Leonard Regiment continental Troops Massachusetts line the Regiment was afterwards commanded by Colo Shepherd that he enlisted for one year & joined the Regiment at Roxbury Mass, marched to New London Connecticut went on board of a Schooner & went to New York staid there about three weeks then encamped on Hudsons River about a mile from the City staid there until the battle on Long Island at which time he was on Long Island & then went to the encampment & remained until the British took possession of the City then went to White Plains staid there a short time then crossed the River & went to Peekskill where he was in Genl Lee Division at the time he was taken prisoner, that he escaped the Delaware River & recrossed to Trenton was in the Battle then recrossed the said River staid there three or four days then crossed the River to Trenton on the 2 nd of January 1777 was in the Battle at Trenton that his time expired the first of January he enlisted again for six months in the same Company the night after the Battle the Army marched to Princeton then to Morristown then to Chatham & was there discharged & then returned home in 1778 in the month of April he enlisted into Capt Tuckers Company State Troops for nine months marched to Trenton Rhode Island

was stationed then & served his time out then returned home in 1779 he was then called to France Haven where the British came up the Prince Sound at both turn ten or twelve days under Col. Nathaniel Wood & Capt. Garrison that he has no documentary evidence & knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his services except the testimony of his mother as she was born in Middleborough the 19th day of February A.D. 1759 when it is recorded & he also recorded it in his Bible in 1791 he removed to Woodstock Vermont where he has ever since lived - his passage to the wholeheartedly generally in particular to Rev. Father Hagen & Capt. Isaac Wilcken
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 to and subscribed the } day and year aforesaid. }
L. March Register
Ebenezer Gove
We, Jasper Hagen and Isaac Wilcken we are well acquainted with
a Clergyman residing in Woodstock residing in the same place, hereby certify, that
who has subscribed years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the } day and year aforesaid. }
L. March Register
Jasper Hagen Isaac Wilcken
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 Jasper Hagen who has signed the preceding certificate, is a Clergyman, resident in Woodstock and that Isaac Wilcken who has also signed the same, is a resident in Woodstock and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Lyndon March Register of the Court of Probate of the District of Hartford do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Ebenezer Gove for a Pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 11th day of August A. D. 1832.
L. March Register

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...greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
STATEMENT, showing the Service of Abner Lacy —
   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.     1776 Col. Learned aged —   1777 1 3 23 Private Col. Shepherd 73 years affidavit of   1778 lived in George Thomas   Massachusetts Seth Fuller &   when he Ebenezer Wood —   entered   the service  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.
Mr. Eleazar Cox

General Rules in 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 C. D. residing in (the same) _____, who has hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _____, 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 required, 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 evidences 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 the 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, deposes and saith, that, by reason of old 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 _____. 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 adverbials are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the time, 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, among other things, the period when he served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an organized 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 love 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 magistrates who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrates must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[k] 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.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Benjamin Cox a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his ( original ) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau.
6-15382
   DATE OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     May 1776 1 yr. 6 mos. Pvt. Isaac Root Richard D. D. D. Connect.   July 1778 6 mos. Topsey Mass.   1779 100 days Nathaniel Wood Faxon  
Battles engaged in, Battle of Trenton Dec 2, 1777 Residence of soldier at enlistment, Middleborough Mass. Date of application for pension, August 12 1832 His claim was allowed. Residence at date of application, Woodstock Vt. from 1811. Age at date of application, July 19 1759 at Middleborough, Mass. Remarks: No family data.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

O. W. & N. Division.
P.B.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.,
January 5, 1933.
REPI-
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of LEONARD COOK a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATE OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Dec. 1 1778 1 yr. 6 mo. Pvt. Isaac Reed LOCKWOOD Shepard N.H.   April 1 1779 2 mo. " Pupper "   ----- 1779 25 da. " Warranted Reed "  
Battles engaged in, TRENTON. Residence of soldier at enlistment, Windsboro, Mass. Date of application for pension, Nov. 11, 1822. Residence at date of application, Windsor, Ill. Age at date of application, Born, Middlesex, Mass., Dec. 13, 1759
Remarks:
Mr. Wm. R. Baxter, Box 1082, Chicago, Ill.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

BRATTLEBORO CHAPTER, DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, BRATTLEBORO, VERMONT.
Pension Bureau - Washington D. C.
May 9 1913
Gentlemen -:
Please send a copy of the pension record of Ebenezer Cox born in Middleboro Mass. Feb. 19- 1759- died in Woodstock, Vt. in 1835,

The record is required for reference; upon application for membership in the Daughters of the American Revolution.
Very respectfully,
(Mrs. W. F.)
Nellie G. Bond Foot Regent
47 Canal St. Brattleboro Chapter D. A. R.

REVOLUTIONARY SERVICE
A. W. & N. Div.
MEMORANDA AND DATA
Please supply as much as possible of the data called for below.
Full name of soldier:
Ebenezer Cox
Place of residence before service: (Town, county, and State, if possible.)
Wrentham or Hardwick Mass.
Place of residence after service: (Town, county, and State, if possible.)
St. Johnsbury, Barnard, Vermont.
Date of death (as near as possible):
Christian name of widow:
Did either he or his widow receive a pension?
He received pension
Remarks:
Was killed on Union Col. during Aug. 26, 1833.
Your name and address:
Wm. Forster Baxter P.O. box 238 Chicago, Ills.

  David H. Reily, Pa., Chairman.  Joseph C. Haney, N. Y.    Henry L. Rootes, Texas.  William A. Harkness, Ohio.    Charles J. Halpin, Ill.  Henry W. Blair, N. H.    John H. Crouch, Ky.  George W. Smith, Ill.    John C. Kirt, Miss.  H. Bates Powers, Va.    David T. Lockwood, N. Y.  William F. Herk, Ind.    Thomas A. B. Welles, N. H.  Harry A. Dyer, Vt.    Charles H. Bell, Wis.   
Committee on Pacific Railroads, House of Representatives, U. S. Washington, D. C.
Morrisville Ht
Dec 29 th 1894
To the Hon
Commission of Pensions.
Sir,
Some weeks since I requested the war record of James Payson and Ebenezer Cox and in response received the enclosed blanks to be filled with such data as will facilitate the search.
I enclose them filled out so far as possible and would like to have the records sent to Wm Porter Box 238, Chicago, Ill.
Respectfully
H. Bates Powers.

1875 May 8. S. West to Camp Baxter, Okla. 1913 May 16. Mother's own account
15-382 INVALID.
File No. 15-382
Orange Box
See also
Act: June 7 th 82
Index: Vol. 1 , Page 79
[Arranged J 1920.]

I Seth Fuller of Hartford in the County of Windsor and State of Vermont of lawful age do testify and say that from January 1776 to February 1777 including an enlistment of one year & an enlistment of six weeks in addition I was a musician in the Company of Capt. Isaac Woodruff the Regiment of Col. Larned, afterwards commanded by Col. Sheffield - and that during all the time of my being in said Company, I was acquainted with Ebenezer Cox now of Woodstock in the County of Windsor and State of Vermont - that said Cox was during all that period a soldier in said Capt Woodruff's Company regularly enlisted that he joined said Regiment in Roxbury - Mass in January 1776 - that he was in said Regiment at New York on the march thence - and was at Trenton - that the said Regiment was disbanded at Chatham in New Jersey in February A.D. 1777 - and that said Cox was then and there with said Regiment and dismissed with the said Regiment.
Seth Fuller
State of Vermont Windsor County ss. At Woodstock in said County this 18 th day of November A.D. 1819 Personally appeared Seth Fuller, known to me to be a man of truth & veracity and made solemn oath that the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed contains the truth & nothing but the truth. Before me, Pierce Burt Justice of the Peace
State of Vermont Windsor County ss.
Woodstock County Clerk's Office August 8 th 1832 - I Benjamin Swan Clerk of Windsor County Court Do hereby certify that Pierce Burt was at the date of the above Affidavit one of the Justices of the Peace within & for said County, and that this is his signature.
In Testimony whereof I hereunto affix the Seal of said Court and subscribe my name the day & year last above -
Benj. Swan

I George Thomas of Woodstock in the County of Windsor of State Vermont of Lawful Age Testify & say, that I am well acquainted with Ebenezer Cox of said Woodstock, and have well knowing to his enlisting a Soldier in Capt. Asa Ward Company, Col. Shepard's Regiment Massachusetts Line in the year 1778 for the Term of One year, and well know that said Cox served said Term of enlistment, and after the expiration of said Term he enlisted for six weeks longer
George Thomas
Sworn to, and subscribed before me, this 21 st day of February 1820, I do hereby Certify that said Thomas is a credible & disinterested witness
State of Vermont County of
Benjamin Swan Justice of the Peace
Woodstock County Clerk's Office August the 4 th 1832 Benjamin Swan do hereby certify that I was at the date of the above Affidavit by me subscribed and still am Clerk of the County Court & the of the Justice of the Peace for the County of Windsor and since taking the above Affidavit the said Thomas has deceased - In Testimony whereof I have affixed the Seal of said Court & subscribe my name countermand
Adolphus Brown

George Thomas & Seth Fuller offspring

Eleazer Wood of Woodstock County of Windsor State of Vermont of lawful testimony sayeth that that in the year 1777 or 78 I was acquainted with Eleazer Cox then of Middleborough Massachusetts that the said Cox served in Capt. Tupper's Company (State Troops) stationed at Twiston's Island three months or more that I served in the same Company with the said Cox — Further deponent saith not
Eleazer Wood
State of Vermont } Woodstock August 11th Windsor County } 3d 1832 Then Eleazer Wood personally appeared & made solemn oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed contains the truth & nothing but the truth before me & S. Hovey Esq. that the said Wood is a credible witness — — — — —
Walter Palmer Justice of Peace
State of Vermont } Woodstock County Clerk's Office August 16th 1832 I, Ben- Windsor County } jamin Swan Clerk of Windsor County Court, do hereby Certify that Walter Palmer is one of the Justices of the Peace within y s said County, and that the above is his Signature.
In Testimony whereof I hereunto affix the Seal of said Court and subscribe my name, the day & year last above.
Benj. Swan

State of Vermont } Woodstock June 11th A.D. 1833 - Windsor County } Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of peace within & for the County of Windsor Ebenezer Cox who being duly sworn deposeth & saith that by reason of old age & the consequent loss of memory he cannot swear posi- tively as to the length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the period mentioned below & in the following grades - For one year three months & twenty three days, I served as a Private & for such service I claim a Pension & for the time during which the service was performed I was not imple- aded in any civil suit that I served with an attached corps called into service by competent authority & performed the service as I have stated in my said declaration which this is an addition or amendment thereto -
I further depose & say that in the year 1778 when I enlisted into Capt. Tiffan Company & served at Newport Rhode Island the Company joined the Regiment, & I know not who the Col. was & therefore cannot state. - - - -
Ebenezer Cox
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year above written
Edw. Huntington Justice of peace

State of Vermont Windham County } ss I Benjamin Swan Clerk } of Windham County Court } do hereby certify that Edwin } Hutchinson who has affixed } his name to the within is an } a dlayed rule duly qualified } & that the same is his genui- } ne signature —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court at Woodstock this 11th day of June A.D. 1833
Benj Swan

Ebenezer box