Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 1028, Roger Cooley, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Cooley, Roger Electa
Nr. 1028 B.L.W. 1115-160-55-
CONTENTS

94 Hampden
15.805 Massachusetts Roger Cooley
of West Springfield in the State of Massachusetts who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Leonard of the Regt: commanded by Col. Hadley in the Mass s (m v ) line for 7 1/2 mo.
Coult & M c
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 25 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 29 day of July 1833 and sent to Sam t . Lathrop West Springfield
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $ 50.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept. — 12 50 $ 62.50
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk, Book — Vol. 2 Page 12

2636
Massachusetts Oleta Cooley, widow of Roger Cooley, who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Pirate Mafs Mil.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 25 Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued the 24 th day of Oct 53 or sent to
J. M. Crocker Springfield Massa
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 38 Vol. A
B 2
Date of death not on A 13

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Act. March 3/85.
Electa Boody widow of Roger Boody Dec d , Fri. Capt. Day Mass. Mil. Revolutionary War
Adm d 160 acres
Warrant No 1115 for 160 acres Yrs e June 15/85 I sent to
James W. Crook Springfield, Mass.
June 16/85 Still to Cash. Rev. June 17/85
Vol. 62 - 1.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts County of Hampden
ss.
On this Twenty seventh  eighth day of August 1832 personally appeared in open Court, before the Judge of the Court of Probate for the County of Hampden, now sitting, Roger Cooley, a resident of West Springfield in said County of Hampden & Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged Seventy two years in September next, 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 & was as herein stated. That in the latter part of July or early in August in the year 1779 he enlisted as a militia man in the service of the United States for the term of one month, & went to New London in the State of Connecticut, & continued there for about six weeks. When the period of our enlistment expired, he, with the rest of the company to which he belonged were urged to remain for a longer period, & they continued there in discharge of the duties required of them, for about two weeks after the term of their first enlistment. Preserved Leonard of West Springfield was the Captain, Enock Cooper of the same town, was the Lieutenant, & one of the of Westfield was the Ensign of the company to which he belonged. Elisha Porter of Hadley in this State was the Colonel of our Regiment. That he returned home from New London immediately after he was discharged, & reached home some time in September & after the expiration of the month, but at this distance of time, & not having any memoranda of dates to refer to, cannot state the day on which he enlisted, or on which he was discharged. He never received any written discharge.
That he was born in the town of West Springfield on the fourth day of September 1760, that there is a record of his birth in the old family Bible account book of his father, now in his custody, where the names & the times of the birth of all the family are recorded, & he believes that his birth is also on the records of the town of that Springfield. That he has always lived in the town of West Springfield, & that he went into the service by voluntary enlistment.
The said Roger Cooley further declares, that he enlisted in the army of the United States in the month of June 1780 for the term of six months, with Jake Ely, Timothy Hopkins, Samuel Black, Simon Ely & others from this town and served in the Seventh Regiment of the Massachusetts line commanded by Col. John Brooks under the following named officers, viz, Luke Day was Captain. was Buffington was Lieutenant & Elyah Day was Ensign of the company. That he enlisted in West Springfield, & was placed under the charge of two Sergeants, then in Springfield, who had come from some town in this State farther East, with some troops under their care, & soon

marched under their charge to West Point, where he was attached to the company commanded by the officers above named. That he passed the greater part of the summer & fall in different parts of the State of New Jersey, but had no engagement with the enemy. That he was present at the execution of Major Andre. That he returned to West Point in the latter part of November, for winter quarters, & that he was sent, about three miles from West Point & took quarters in some huts which had been built before, which were called the Yorktown huts. That at the expiration of his term of service he was discharged and returned home the latter part of December, but that he did not receive any regular discharge in writing. That at the time of enlistment, the soldiers informed that those who should who should furnish their own knapsacks & blankets, would be paid for them, & we were requested to take them with us. That he did take his own knapsack & blanket, & having an opportunity of seeing the Captain of the company to which he belonged in February 1701, he procured from him, a certificate of his having furnished those articles, which original certificate is hereto annexed. & this is the only original document in my possession, relating to my services during the war.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, & he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any State.
Sworn to & subscribed, the day & year aforesaid.
That he is well known to Sherman Day, Samuel Lathrop & Justin Ely Esquires, and to Caleb Rice & Elias Root Esquires, who can testify to his character for veracity & to their belief of his services as a soldier of the revolution.
Sworn to & subscribed, the day & year aforesaid.
Roger Cooley

We Simeon Smith & Samuel Lathrop residing in the town of West Springfield hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Col. Roger Cooley, who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration - That we believe him to be Seventy two years of age - That he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a Soldier of the revolution & we concur in that opinion -
Sworn to & subscribed, the day & year aforesaid
Simeon Smith
Sam Lathrop
And the said Court - Present the Hon Oliver B. Morgan Judge, do hereby declare their opinion - after the investigation of the matter & after putting the interrogations 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 Simeon Smith and Samuel Lathrop who have subscribed the preceding certificate are residents in said West Springfield, and are credible persons & that their statement is entitled to Credit
I Justin Willard Register of said Court of Probate, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of Roger Cooley for a Pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand on the seal of said Court this twenty seventh day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two
J Willard Register

I Roger Cooley do further declare that the Clergyman of the Parish in which I live had been settled here, at the time of making my declaration, but little more than two years. at the time of  untill his settlement was a stranger in this part of the country. And as my infirmities do not permit me to attend church, I was almost a stranger to him, & he probably knew nothing concerning the general belief in my neighborhood relative to my revolutionary services.
Roger Cooley
Warriden J. May 6. 1833 Then the above named Roger Cooley made oath to the truth of the foregoing declaration by him subscribed. Before me Sam Lathrop Justice of the Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Warriden ss. I John Ingersoll Clerk of the Common Pleas Court being a Court of Record in the County of Hampshire do hereby certify that Samuel Lathrop Esq. before whom the above declaration was verified is a Justice of the Peace for the County of Hampshire and that his name therein subscribed is his free & genuine signature.
1779 - 1 1/2 months New London 1780 6 - 21 New Jersey
Roger Cooley
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In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Common Pleas Court at Springfield on this seventh day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty three
John Ingersoll Clerk

State of Massachusetts } County of Hampshire } ss.
On the thirteenth  fourth day of September A.D. 1833 personally appeared before the Hon. Oliver D. Morris Judge of the Court of Probate the same being a Court of Record, in & for said County of Hampshire & State of Massachusetts Electa Cooley, a resident of North Springfield in the County of Hampshire & State of Massachusetts aged eighty years, who first being duly sworn according to law, did then and there oath, & makes the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the pro- vision made by the act of Congress passed on the 3 d February, 1833, granting pension to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War, - that she is the widow of Roger Cooley, late of North Springfield of said County, who was at the time of the War of the Revolution & served in the Continental Line & Militia of Massachusetts & for such service received a pension under the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832 at the rate of twenty five dollars per annum and duly inscribed on the Pension Roll & Catalogue issued thereon dated July 29 th 1833 -

that she cannot specify the exact person & would respectfully refer to the original description of her said husband's own file in the Pension Office at Washington on which such pension was granted & certificate issued.
That she was married to the said Roger Cook on the 22 nd day of March A.D. 1812 at said West Springfield then seven since her marriage, by the Rev. Dr. Joseph Lathrop, at that time for more than half a century the settled ordained minister of the Gospel over the First Parish & Society in said town.
That her said husband died at said West Springfield on the 24 th day of May A.D. eighteen hundred & forty three.
That she was not married to him prior to the second of January, eighteen hundred, but at the time above stated, to wit, on the twelfth day of March, in the year eighteen hundred & twelve.
She further declares that she is now a widow, and she averages her right to the evidence of her marriage, as also the original Certificate of her said husband, where he made his pension, and she requests that she may receive such amount of pension as may be due.

been and at the death of her said husband, to wit, from the 4 th day of March 1843 to the 14 th day of May 1843 on which last mentioned day he died.
Subscribed and sworn to the day and year first above mentioned, before me
Elizabeth Cooksey
and I do certify that the said Elizabeth Cooksey by reason of age and infirmity is unable to attend the court, and that I have no interest in the result of this application, be witness whereof whereof I do hereunto set my hand and cause the seal of said court to be affixed
NANCY MORRIS judge of the court of Probate for said county of Hampshire
Attest
Anna Smith Register of Probate.

I Enoch M Smith, of West Springfield in the County of Hampden & Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Town Clerk of the said Town duly chosen & qualified. depose & say, that, as such Town Clerk I have in my possession & custody the Record Books of said Town; that one of said Books is named & called the Record of marriages solemnized in said Town, by the persons legally qualified to solemnize such marriages & to make return of the same to the Town Clerk; that there is borne upon said Record Book of Marriages a Certificate and entry of the Marriage of Bob Roger Cooley & Miss Electa Smith of said Town, which entry is in the following words, letters & figures-
to wit 1812 1812
"March 12. 1812. Bob o Roger Cooley & "
"Miss Electa Smith both of West."
"Springfield. by me joined in
"marriage by me.
(Signed)
Joseph Lathrop
And I the said Town Clerk hereby certify that the above named Joseph Lathrop was at the time of said marriage & long afterwards the settled, ordained minister in said Town.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
HAMPDEN, ss.
J Geo Morris
I, RICHARD BLISS , Clerk of the Judicial Courts of the Commonwealth, for the County of Hampden, do certify, that James W Crooker Esquire, whose signature is affixed to the certificate on the paper hereto annexed, was at the date thereof, one of the Justices of the Peace, within and for said County, duly commissioned, and acting under the authority of this Commonwealth; and that full faith and credit are and ought to be given to his acts and attestations done in that capacity; and that I am acquainted with the hand-writing of the said Crooker and believe his signature to said certificate is genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas for said Commonwealth, this twenty Sixth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty three
Geo Morris
Clerk.

And I certify that the foregoing abstract is a true & exact copy of said Marriage Record, and that the same is a true copy of the day, month & year, in letters, words & figures, in exact conformity with the original.
And I the said Enoch M Smith above named depose & say, that I hold the office of Town Clerk of the said Town of West Springfield in the Town, County & Commonwealth aforesaid & that the above is a true extract & exact copy from the Records of said Town in words & figures & date, day, month & year.
Enoch M Smith Town Clerk of the said Town
Hampden ss. Sept. 20. 1853
Subscribed & sworn to by the said Enoch M Smith before me.
James W. Litchfield Not Public
(Sealed)
Not Public

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State of Massachusetts } County of Hampshire } ss.
On this seventeenth day of March A.D. one thousand Eight hundred & fifty five, personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace within & for the County. I State of mind Electa Cooly aged eighty two years a resident of West Springfield in the said County of Hampshire & State of mind, who being duly sworn according to law deposes that she is the widow of Roger Cooly deceased who was a private in the Army of the Revolution & received a pension from the United States for his service in said War, at the rate of twenty five Dollars per annum & had a Certificate therefor which was returned to the office of the 3 d Auditor after my said husband's decease by whom the balance due was paid; that she cannot now state particularly the amount of service performed but begs leave to refer to his description on file in the Pension Department or other proper office at Washington. She further states that she is a pensioner of the United States at the rate of twenty five Dollars per annum on account of the services of her said husband in the War of the Revolution & received a Pension Certificate dated October 24. 1833. which is now in her possession

She further states that she was married to the said Hayer Cooley in said West Springfield (where she has resided during her whole life past) on the twelfth day of March A.D. 1812 by the late Rev. Dr. Joseph Satherop then minister of the Gospel in the Third Parish in said town and that her name before her said marriage was Eliza Smith; that her said husband died at said West Springfield on the fourteenth day of May A.D. 1843 and that she is now a widow. and she further states that satisfactory evidence of her marriage & the death of her said husband was produced before the Court where her declaration for a pension was authenticated & said evidence was a part of her declaration & the papers accompanying the same & were transmitted to the Commissioners of Pensions, to all which she most respectfully begs leave to refer.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty bond to which she may be entitled under the "Act approved March 8 th 1855." Sarah M c Roberts Esq. is authorized to prosecute this claim & receive the warrant for me.
We Ralph Cooley and Jeremiah M c Auliffe residents of West Springfield in the County of Hampden & State of Massachusetts upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed & acknowledged by Eliza Cooley in our presence; and that we believe, from the appearance & statements of the applicant, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be.
Ralph Cooley
Jeremiah M c Auliffe

The foregoing declaration & affidavit were sworn to & subscribed before me on the & year above written; and I certify that I know the affiant, to be a credible person; that the claimant is the person who represents himself to be, & that I have no interest in this claim.
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
HAMPDEN, ss.
I, George B. Morris, Clerk of the Judicial Courts of the Common- wealth, for the County of Hampden, do certify, that James
W Brooks Esquire, whose signature is affixed to the certificate on the paper hereto annexed, was, at the date thereof, one of the Justices of the Peace, within and for said County, duly commissioned, and acting under the authority of this Commonwealth; and that full faith and credit is, and ought to be given, to his acts and attestations, done in that capacity; and that I am acquainted with the hand-writing of the said Brooks
and believe his signature to said certificate is genuine: also that the instrument hereto annexed, purports to be duly executed and acknowledged, according to the laws of this Commonwealth, for the purposes therein expressed.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas, for said Commonwealth, this Seventeenth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty five
Geo B Morris
Clerk.

The foregoing declaration & affidavit were sworn to & subscribed before me on the 2 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, & that I have no interest in this claim.
James M. Cook, Justice of the Peace

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Roger Cooley
Trust 7 Mo 18 days
16. 4 16 06
Apr 26 1833
P 357.
23 33 1.66
Land Salthrop West Springfield Mass.

BRIEF in the case of  Roger Cooley  of West Springfield  in the State of  Mass;  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Open Court.  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? Seventy two years.  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days. As a Gen.     enlisted In 1779 July, in Aug. 1 1/2 Capt Leonard, Col Hadley.   " 1780 June 6 Capt Day, Col Brooks  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? none  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? West Springfield.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? A certificate of Capt Day dated 18 Feb 1781. Two persons certify to traditional evidence. Luke Ely, proxy the 7 1/2 mo service.  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? 
X  Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
J. Knapp Examining Clerk.

April 29, 1931
War Department Office of Quartermaster General Memorial Branch Washington, D. C.
Rev.& 1812 Wars Section AWF:MLB Con
Dear Sir:
You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 1028 , that Roger Cooley was born September 4, 1760 in West Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts.
While residing in West Springfield, he enlisted in July or August, 1779, and served six weeks as private in Captain Preserved Leonard's company, Colonel Elisha Porter's Massachusetts regiment. He enlisted in June, 1780 and served six months as private in Captain Luke May's company, Colonel John Brooks' 7 th Massachusetts Regiment.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 27, 1832, at which time he was living in West Springfield, Massachusetts.
He died May 14, 1843 in West Springfield.
The above noted Roger Cooley is the only soldier of that name that is found on the Revolutionary War records of this bureau.
Very truly yours
Sonstone Data
Sol. mar. March 12-1812 in W. Springfield Mass. Miss Electa Smith? They were both of she was al. pen on her appl. ex. Sept. 26-1853 res. W. Springfield Mass. 80 yrs. Their son Ralph was a res of W. Springfield in 1853
E. W. MORGAN Acting Commissioner

Roger Cooley (Mass) 96-11028

West Springfield 18 th Feb y 1781
This certifyes that Roger Cooley six months man serv d himself with his own Horses and Blanket.
Luke Day Com r . 7 th Mass s Reg t .

I Jube Ely of West Springfield in the County of Hampshire & Commonwealth of Massachusetts of lawful age, depose & say that Roger Cooley of this town, enlisted, as a militia man in July or August 1779 for the term of one month, & went to New London in Connecticut. We both enlisted at the same time & went together & returned in company. When our time of enlistment was out, at the urgent request of our officers & the inhabitants, we remained about two weeks longer, when we were discharged. Preserved Leonard was Captain & Eniah Cooper Lieutenant of our Company. — Porter of Hadley in this State was our Colonel.
In June 1780, the said Roger Cooley re enlisted into the Continental service for the term of six months. We both enlisted at the same time. The said Cooley, with many others, was marched from Springfield under two Lieutenants in the United States service from Springfield to West Point. I was ordered to assist in taking an drove of horses which belonged to the public, & when I arrived at West Point, I found the said Cooley there. We were there both attached to the company of which Luke Day was the Captain, — Buffington, Lieutenant, & Elijah Day Ensign. We served out the period of our enlistment, & passed the greater part of the time in different parts of the State of New Jersey. We were both present at the execution of Major Andre. The said Cooley was discharged & permitted to return a very few days before me, and I reached home, the latter part of December or beginning of January 1781. — John Brooks was Colonel of the Regiment to which our Company belonged. — Jube Ely
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Hampshire ss. On the twenty fifth day of July in the year of our Lord 1782, the above named Jube Ely, with whom I am well acquainted & who sustains a good character for truth & veracity, personally appeared & made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed. Before me, Sam Lathrop Justice of the Peace

Request for Southstone data - for Roger Cooley of West Springfield Mass.

WAR DEPARTMENT OFFICE OF THE QUARTERMASTER GENERAL WASHINGTON
4/22 19 31
MEMORANDUM TO:
Bureau of Navigation, Navy Department, Washington, D.C.
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Commandant, U.S. Coast Guard, Treasury Building, Washington, D.C.
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The Surgeon General, Washington, D.C.
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In order that headstones properly inscribed may be furnished, it is requested that the "Service" of the decedents named on the enclosed applications be verified and returned as soon as practicable to this office.
The regulations provide that the name of the State from which the decedents came be inscribed on the headstones. It is requested that this information be given and that any corrections be made in red ink on the form.
* * * * *
The Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
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The General Accounting Office, Washington, D.C.
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In order that headstones properly inscribed may be furnished for the graves of the decedents named on the enclosed applications, it is requested that you furnish this office the correct spelling of the names and complete designation of the organizations.

Perkins
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 1028
Electa Cooley Widow
Roger Cooley Prin. Res. War
Act: Feb. 3, 1853
Index:—Vol. A , Page 141
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Submitting data to memo
1870-1872

No. 7044
ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855.
Received _____, 187
Electa Cooley wid of Roger Cooley Revolutionary War.
Warrant No. 1115-160-53
Jas M. Cook Springfield Mass.

No. _____
ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855.
Received _____, 187
Warrant No 534
Cancelled June 15/55
See No 1115 for 16200,

534 - to differ
Roger Cady Seal
WR
Hon. L. P. Waldo
Commission of Pensions Washington D.C.

1115
160 ames

Wales P. Wales P. Wales P. Wales

FREE
Electa Cowley
and
Rolls of 3 m 552 no 7044 and maps 53-902536
Penitence L. P. Waldo Conmission of Pennies Washington D.C.

7044 Act Mar 3 rd /55 March 20 th /55
July 53-2636
Electa Cooly widow of Roger Cooly priv
Pensioner Luke Day, Capt. 7 th Mass. regt War 1812
Boylston Admit 160 acres m ch 11 th /55 J. W. N. Jr.
Wadsworth 134 th Inf try 11/55
James W. Cook Springfield Mass.

Register No. 7044
Oct. 3 Mar. / 55 Roger Cooty Dec. Mass. Revolutionary War.
Warrant. 534 for 160 acres cancelled June 15/55. See No. 1115 for 160 acres
Vol. 2 - 1.

Springfield June 4. 1855
Dear J. P. Waldo
Ever of Benin
Work ~ I this day send a Dorothy Small amount 150 cents for Eliza Colley Widow of Roger Colley and.
The late Col. Roger Colley was a Private in the War of the Revolution & drew a pension as such - as also did his widow since his decease, drew a pension -
I suppose there must be an error in the description of the War & the amount paid. reads, Eliza Colley Widow of Roger Colley Private War 1812.
Perhaps I ought to return the same amount forthwith, but on the whole continue to advise you of the facts stated.
Please say whether I shall return this to be cancelled or otherwise disposed of; & if all right, or well enough, shall it be loaned or sold & signed -
I am very respectfully Yours Ob. H. H. John M. Brooks

Springfield Jan 12. 1855
Sir
According to your suggestion in letter of the 7 th inst. I herewith return Mrs. Eliza Crosby's Land Warrant for correction, and will thank you to hand it back to me or error, as may be practicable.
I am respectfully your obedt Servt
Samuel H. Brooks
Hon. J. P. Weld Caminus from J. P. Weld

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Springfield March 18. 1855
Sir -
I enclose the declaration of Mrs. Eliza Lodge a Pensioner of the United States, on account of the service of her late husband in the War of the Revolution who was also a Pensioner. I have endeavored to conform to the law & the Regulations & if I have misapprehended in any particular I shall regret the more, or much delay may be incurred.
I beg leave to enquire, if a general statement by a widow who is a Pensioner & whose husband also was a Pensioner is in all cases sufficient to entitle her to the bounty bond provided in the Act of March 3. 1855 — also, if it is not sufficient to refer to the proof of marriage on file, as part of the evidence by which she obtained a pension, in order that she may obtain bounty bond.
I wish to comply with the requirements of the Department. I am very Respectfully
Hon. L. P. Waldo Commissioner of Pensions.
Your Affec. Servt James M. Works

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA  Bounty  Land  160 ACRES.  of the Interior  160 ACRES.  Department OFFICE - COMMISSIONER - PENSIONS   It is hereby Certified that under the Act of March 3 rd 1855, entitled, "An Act in addition to certain Acts granting Bounty Land to certain Officers and Soldiers who have been engaged in the Military Service of the United States,"  for the services of 160 acres  is entitled to locate  ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY ACRES,  at any Land Office of the United States, in one body, and in conformity to the legal subdivisions of the public lands, upon any of the public lands subject to sale at either the minimum or lower graduated prices.  Given under my hand and the Seal of the Department, this 11 th day of May 1855  No 534  Commissioner  FRANKLIN PIERCE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES  J. C. DOBBIN SECRETARY OF THE NAVY    Boulton, Wright, Hunt & Edson, New York.
Note. You can locate this Certificate at any of the United States land offices, or it will be located for you by the General Land Office on the return of it, with your request to that effect endorsed thereon, specifying the State and Land District in which you wish the location made. If you locate it, fill up and sign the following application.  To the Register of the Land Office at _____  I locate this Certificate, in the _____ Township _____ of _____ Range _____  18 _____  _____ Register.

Oct 5, 1832.
Appl. of Shela Cooley, agent of Roger.
Hampden co.
Mass.
15805
act 1/3 D 4
Rev. J. D. Root
N. Bedford
Mass.
Mass.
FREE
Comm. of the Rev. J. D. Root N. Bedford Mass. W. H. Furness J. H.

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Roger Bookey
properly attached to the certificate.
has under the seal of office of the certifying officer, as to the present any paper, document or certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or cord, upon the certificate written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper attached thereto. In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authorized the same is not
FORM No. 17. Mode of authentication papers. of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer under the seal of office. for the same must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and standing well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may authorize the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to be found in their affidavits in a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he FORM No. 18. Proof of Service. indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.
the pensioner, and the length of his service. The use of the phrase "about that time," or words of and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of it is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the applicant served.
Samuel Lathrop West Springfield Mass

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Roger Cooley which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yy
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yy
III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? yy
IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yy
V. *Has he mentioned 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? yy
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yy
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yy
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yy
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yy
X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yy

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? no
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? no
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? no
XIV. † If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? yes
Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office? no
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? yes
XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? no
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? answered
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. 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, deposeth 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 the 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.
†QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
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 claimants 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.
†QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end 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.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT, SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
Nov. 5, 1853.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled, "An Act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States;" and the third section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions from the Pension agents,
the widow of Roger Cooley, dec. a Pensioner on the Roll of the Boston Agency, at the rate of Twenty five Dollars and Cents per year, under the law of the 7 th June 1832 has been paid at this Department, the arrears due from from the 4 th of March 1843 to the 14 th May 1843.
Respectfully, yours,
J. M. Broadhead Comptroller.
Wrd act 1853
180 2636
To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS, Present.

Eliza Cooley.
dearest

Brief in the case of
Electa Cooley widow of Roger
County and State of
Massachusetts
act
7 February 1833
Claim, ("original," or "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband pensioned at 1832 at $25 per ann.
Marriage proved by copy of town record. Identity of widow established by possession of her deceased husband's pension certificate (which return with instructions to draw annuity), also by testimony of the son of himself & Roger Cooley (If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
The son also proves his father's death in May 43 in his house.
Name and residence of Agent
J. M. Crook, Esq., Springfield, Mass.
M c Kae Examining Clerk.

Am Off Oct. 20. 53.
Sir, P Please certify date of Roger Cooley's death, Pension at $25.— Oct 1832, Man. roll. Respy.
F Burt Esq r  for Commr 3d Audr.
Roger Cooley, Oct 1832 $25. p. an. — Paid to 4 th March 1843, no date of death on our Books.
F Burt Auditor.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
HAMPDEN, ss.
J. G. Morris
I, Richard D. Webb Clerk of the Judicial Courts of the Commonwealth, for the County of Hampden, do certify, that James W. Cooks Esquire, whose signature is affixed to the certificate on the paper hereto annexed, was at the date thereof, one of the Justices of the Peace, within and for said County, duly commissioned, and acting under the authority of this Commonwealth; and that full faith and credit are and ought to be given to his acts and attestations done in that capacity; and that I am acquainted with the hand-writing of the said James W. Cooks and believe his signature to said certificate is genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas for said Commonwealth, this Third day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty Three ,
J. G. Morris Clerk.
looly, whose widow she now is

I Ralph Cooley of West Springfield in the County of Hampshire I State of Massachusetts on oath declare testify & say; that I am the son of the late Col. Roger Cooley, died a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States, - that he died at my house in said West Springfield on the 14 th day of May 1843; - that I was present at his death as was also my mother Electa Cooley, whose widow she now is & who now applies for a pension under the laws of the United States for his services in the War of the Revolution Ralph Cooley
Hampden Mass. Sept. 26. 1853
In witness to & subscribed by the wid Ralph Cooley on the day & year above written - and I certify that I am well acquainted with the said deponent & that he is a credible person. Before me Samuel H. Goadby Justice of the Peace

No 3340 Massachusetts Electa Galey widow of Roger
Act 3 Feb. 1853
Abn. $25 - Pr. ann, from 3 Feb. 1853.
(Pension Certificate of husband's (with let. to J. W. Crooks - Oct. 22. 53)
J. W. Crooks Esq Shirfield P Mass.

Springfield Oct 3. 1853
Hon. L. P. Waldo
Commissioner of Pensions
I enclose the declaration of Mrs. Eliza Cooly, & accompanying papers for a Pension, on account of the services of her late husband Col. Rufus Cooly, deceased.
As the evidence of service is in your office, I suppose nothing further is necessary on my part, than evidence of marriage & return of the certificate, the papers being duly authenticated, the widow's declaration stating the facts.
I will thank you to cause an early examination of the case as may be practicable & if action thereon is favorable to forward the certificate to me according to her request.
The arrears, 2 months & 10 days, due Col. Cooly, from 4 th month 1843 - to the 14 th May 1843, will be paid in such manner as you may direct.
I am your obedt. Servt. Stearns W. Brooks