Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 30963, Robert Cook, N.C.

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cook, Robert booke,
S. 30963
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25239 Kentucky
Robert Cooke following in the State of Kentucky who was a prisoner in the camp commanded by Captain Huggins of the reg t commanded by Col. Sterel in the Army line for 3 months pr of Cavalry 21 - " " " Infantry
Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky at the rate of 82 Dollars 38 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 14 day of Dec r 1833 and 1834
Arrears to the 4th of Sept r 206 25 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 March 41 25 $247 50
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Dan Boyd Clerk Book E Vol. 7 Page 6
Susp d see letter 4 Aug. 1835 to P. Col. W. L. Williams - (and papers in the case of Edward Barry, to Ken.) Let to Hon. J. L. Murray H.R. May 10. 1838
Geo Clark Robt Cook Ed. Barry

Commonwealth of Kentucky ss Galloway County ss
On this 23 day of Oct 1832 personally appeared in open court before Reginald Dridge
Judge of the Galloway Circuit Court
now sitting Robert Cooke a resident of the said County of Galloway aged seventy seven years who being first duly sworn affirming to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed Jan 7th 1832 That about the month of August 1776 he was drafted and entered the service in Mecklenburgh County North Carolina (The place of his residence) for a three months term To go against the Cherokee Indians under Captain Haggins That he with about 3500 men rendezvoused at a place called the pleasant gardens on the head of the Catawby River from which place they all marched under the command of General Rutherford to the Cherokee nation He states that he was in the battle of the horse-shoe where the Indians were defeated after a fight of two hours He states that they then marched through the nation, laid waste their villages burnt their houses cut up and destroyed their corn &c They then marched home and were discharged their term of three months having expired About the time following as well as he can recollect he enlisted and entered the service for the term of two years under Capt Michael Dixon Rendezvoused at a place called the Cross Roads on the other side the Catawby River from Mecklenburgh from whence under the command of Colonels Farnel and General Lick he marched to the Georgia frontier on the River Ogeechy Here the army was divided and put into a chain of forts 15 miles apart and 6 in number built and established for the purpose of keeping in check the Creek Indians and protecting the frontiers Here he remained till his term of service had expired which was two years when he was marched home & discharged in Camden About the time of Brims deft 1780 I was taken prisoner by some horse whilst I was acting as a spy by order of Major Dabey Carlton carried me to Camden distant about 50 miles & after questioning closely without getting any satisfaction he permitted me to
Galloway County Commonwealth of Kentucky ss

go home upon parole: When I immediately volunteered under Col Kimbrel and Capt Nettles and served six weeks against the British: by this time the Tories were so bad that I could not stay at home and I immediately proceeded to Rowan County and joined the army under Genl Davidson who was endeavoring to interrupt Cornwallis's advance towards Salisbury. I however staid but a few days as Genl Davidson advised me to go home to Mecklenburg and raise a company as a Volunteer Captain for the purpose of watching the Tories and British which I done immediately: I trained them for one year and kept them in service during that time: about the time I got up my company Genl Gates came along: I called on him at Lynch's Creek to know if he would accept of the assistance of my company: He told me he should be there during that night and the next day and that I might prepare to go with him I immediately departed and prepared my company but when I returned the next day to Lynch's Creek instead of finding Gates resting his men I met his men returning back from their defeat: during this year I kept my company principally in the woods while we secured the country and watched the Tories and British Our time was mostly spent in South Carolina on Lynch's Creek Black River and Watere. Shortly after Gates defeat I had a sharp engagement with the Tories near Waxhaw Creek on the road leading from Charlotte to Camden several were killed and my Lieut Peck was badly wounded. I served out my time one year and discharged my men. I was next drafted & entered the service in a company of light horse for three months under Capt Grimes & Lieut Polk. We encamped on Little River on the North side of the Yadkin. Here we were under the command of Genl Rutherford but Col Smith com- manded the horse. Our captain Grimes was promoted to the rank of Major and Polk became our Capt. We marched on towards Wilmington. The horse attacked about 80 Tories near that place & killed 25 of their number.
...just as the horse in and for the cause of the country... ...essentially of the horse... ...Lieut Peck who being badly wounded...

mile farther up we attacked the British and at the brick house opposite Wilmington we of conflict but could do nothing by way of dislodg- ing for want of a field piece: shortly afterwards a severe engagement with about 250 Forces at the raft swamp below Wilmington & defeated them We fired out our time and were discharged. This was the last campaign in Carolina. This applicant states that he was long since lost his discharges and that he has no documentary evidence of his services nor any evidence better than he here adduces. He states that he was raised in Mecklenburg County North Carolina. That he lived in that state in South Carolina and in Georgia till about 35 years ago when he moved to Kentucky in which state he has resided ever since. 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 whatever. J. Galloway - Robert Cook mark
We Hugh Gilbert a clergyman residing in the said County of Galloway and Commonwealth aforesaid and Arthur H Davis - residing also in the same County and Common- wealth hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Robert Cooke who has subscribed and sworn to the above decla- -ration that we believe him to be seventy seven 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 not having the least doubt but that he was Hugh Gilbert A H Davis
And the said court do hereby certify their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the
Galloway County Commonwealth of Kentucky

that we concur in that opinion not having the least but that he was
Hugh Gilbert A H B Davis
And the said court do hereby certify their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the
Galloway County Commonwealth of Kentucky
Personally appeared before the undersigned an acting justice of the peace in and for the County of Commonwealth aforesaid Robert Cook who being duly sworn deposits and saith that in relation to the objection of the War Department of his not having proved his service as a captain in the Revolutionary war he has only to say that he never was commissioned as a captain. That he merely served as a Volunteer Captain as stated in his declaration for one year without any commission. But he states that he claims no pension for serving as a captain and he hereby Relin- quishes every claim whatever to a pension for having served as a captain in the War of the Revolution provided the department will grant to him such pension as a private may be entitled to under the law of the 7th June 1832 which is all he asks and which will be all sufficient to support him in his old infirm & decrepit condition. He states that his services in the Revolutionary war as a private will amount to more than two years independent of his service as a captain as will appear from his dec- laration to which he makes this affidavit as an amendment and he hereby waives every claim which he may have against the government for having served as a captain as he has stated and requests all his service to be considered as the service of a private and prays the pension of a private for the services he has rendered his country in the Revolutionary war. He states that he was born in Halifax County Virginia in the year 1755 as he believes but is not certain; he doubts whether he is not older than this statement would make him. He has no record of his age; which was inserted in his father's bible at his birth but which he has not seen since the Revo- lutionary war. He states that he was raised in Halifax county where he was born till he was seven years old when he removed to Mecklenburg County North Carolina where he was raised & where he resided during

above named applicant was a soldier of the Revolution and served as he states And The said court do further certify That it appears to them That The said Hugh Gilbert who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman residing in the said county of Calloway and that Arthur H Davis who has also signed the same is also a resident of the same county is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit And The court further certifies That it appears to them That Hugh Gilbert who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman residing in the said county of Calloway and that A H Davis is also a resident of the same county and is a credible person and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit Given under my hand as judge of The Circuit Court aforesaid The day and year aforesaid Reyn D. Davis
State of Kentucky Calloway county & circuit set I William Curd, clerk of the calloway circuit court do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Robert Lee for a pension
testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 19th day November 1832
Wm Curd
14th account
such as such that full faith and credit is due to each such to be given to all in such and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his genuine in testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 26th day of November 1833 Wm Curd

The Revolutionary War in which state and the state of Georgia he continued to reside till about 36 years ago when he moved to Kentucky where he has continued to reside ever since He has resided in Gallaway County about four years and previous thereto he resided in Union County Ky He states that after having served his first term of three months under Captain Haggins as stated in his declaration he received a written discharge signed by said Haggins That after having served the two years (for which he enlisted) under Capt Dixon and Col Ferrel as stated in his declaration he received a written discharge signed by Col Ferrel That after having served six weeks under Capt Nettles and Col Kimbrel he received a written discharge signed by Col Kimbrel after which he returned home raised a company and served as a volunteer captain for one year as stated in his said declaration and which service he prays may be considered as the service of a private That after having served three months in the light horse as stated in his declaration he received a written discharge signed by Capt Polk all these discharges have long since been lost as he has before stated He knows of no living witnesses who will testify to his services but his neighbors to wit General J. H. Davis James G. G. David Hodges James Martin Thomas McCain Nelson Owens Henry Garmal George Miller and many others will bear ample testimony as to his character for veracity and as to his reputation of having served as a soldier of the Revolution for which services he now prays a pension sworn to and subscribed before Robert Cobb me this 21st day of November 1833  G. W. Frazer, J. P. C. C.
I William Card clerk of the court of said State of Kentucky, Fayette County, certify that G. W. Frazer whose name appears as above was at the time of signing the same an acting justice of the peace in and for said County, duly and regularly commissioned and qualified such as such That full faith and credit at and of right ought to be given to all his acts as such and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and affixed the seal of my said office This 26th day of November 1833  Wm Card

Robert booke
Jan 1777 6 Priests Gang & diff 274 Int 1. 21. 7
Pr. Can 3 - 12.50 B. Debitum 70 82.50 100
41 24 5 208 05 223
Jan 28. 33
No Rm John
Wm C. Lyon N.R.

BRIEF in the case of
of Calloway 6.
Robert Booke  Kentucky  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? a Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 77  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.     In 1776 3 Pt. Gen. Rutherford, Col. Hawkins.   1777 2 Pt. M c Dixon Col. Powell   1 12 Pt. Gen. Jack Col. Whittle, Col. Kimball.   1780 1 Capt.   3 Pt. Cavalry Col. Grimes Col. Smith.  
 5. In what battles was he engaged?  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service?  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? traditional  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Examining Clerk.

Robert Cook Galloway Co.
Lyons Ky

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Robert Booke which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? 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? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? 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? VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? 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?

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?
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
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?
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?
Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office?
#
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?
XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
1, 2, 6 & 7 not 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, deposeeth 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.
# The claimant should exhibit evidence of his having been commissioned as a captain and of his having served as such. If he received a commission he should state by whom it was signed.

30963 Rev  INVALID.
1918 May 10. Hist. to Hon. Wm L. Sycor, letter in S. 8233 Robert Cook. p.
File No. 30963
Robert Cooke
Dr Rev Rev
Act: June 1 st 1824
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 88
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Dec 26
Williamstown City 6 Dec 26
Miss
Jurleap Secretary of War or Lt General Comd of Pensions
3 Washington City D.C.

State of Kentucky } Calloway County } ss
November Term of the County Court 1835
Satisfactory Proof was this day made in Open court by the evidence of Sandy Bolin That Robert Cooke a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States departed this life on the 25 th day of January 1835 and that the said Robert Cooke was the identical Person named in an original Pension Certificate now here shown to the Court bearing date the 14 th day of December One Thousand eight hundred and thirty three, signed by Lewis Cass Secretary of War and numbered 25234. It was further Satisfactorily proven to the Court that Elizabeth Cooke is the widow of the said Robert Cooke and that she is now living,
I Edmund A Card Clerk of the Court of The County of Calloway do hereby certify that the above Transcript is a truly Copied from the Records of My Office
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto Subscribed my name and Affixed the Seal of said County this day of

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Cook, Roswell GRADE Private LINE Connecticut
WARRANT NUMBER 5593 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED Nov. 30, 1795
to Timothy Pitkin
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.