Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 15,385, Samuel Cook, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Cook, Samuel
S 15,385
CONTENTS
Carded

Vermont . . . N o 28,328
let to H m P Dillingham Jr, Jan 8 1845.
Samuel Cook . . . of Glover . . . in the State of Vermont who was a private in the Co m y commanded by Captain Wis . . . of the Reg t commanded by Putnam - in the Massachusetts line for 6 months.
Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont at the rate of 20 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 8 th day of May 1834 and Hon. B. F. Dennis, H. of R.
Arrears to the 4th of Mar. 1834 . . 60.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 th Sep t " . . 10.00 $ 70.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by R. Burdine Clerk, Book E . . . Vol. 3 . . . Page 88.
N o 22,845-

State of Vermont } At a Probate Court held Orleans District County } at Preston in the District County on this 10 th day of December A.D. 1832 Present the Hon. John Kimball Judge. Personally appeared in open Court Samuel Cook a resident of Glover in the County of Orleans and District aged 69 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 th 1832
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named Officers and served as herein stated
That he was enlisted at Old Hadley in the County of Hampshire in the State of Massachusetts about the first of July in the year 1780. by Capt. Dike who at that time was at said Hadley as a re- cruiting Officer for the term of one year - James Johnson, Ethan Briggs & John Gilman all of said Hadley all enlisted at the same time with me and for the same term of service, and all of us as privates we marched immediately after our enlistment to Springfield where we passed muster from Springfield we marched with (as I believe) about fifty other soldiers to Westpoint where we all joined Col. Rufus Putman Regiment and I joined Capt. Joshua Prentiss Company - my Lieut. name was Holland and the name of Ensign was Sawle - from Westpoint we soon after I joined my company we were marched into the State of New Jersey where we spent the Summer (but before we entered the State stopped a short time at Haverstraw) then to Hackinsack from there to Pataway where we were laying when Gen. Arnold the Traitor left Westpoint and went to the British) from Pataway we went to Crangetown where Maj. Sibley was hung for a spy while we were there - after that being late in the fall of the year we were marched back to Westpoint where we continued a few weeks where in the month of December I was detached from my company with Jonathan Herriman of the same company and marched with one or two hundred others who were detached from other companies to New Windsor where we were employed in chopping fire wood and timber for Barracks until about the first of April (as near as I can recollect) the rest

of the late war party returned to West Point but a part of the number were retained for getting out timber for Barracks and at that time I having acquired the use of the broad axe was detained with (as near as I can recollect) about forty others where I continued until August being one one Month after my years enlistment had expired. The Officers who commanded our party during the winter their names I do not recollect as none of them were from the company to which they I belonged and the officers seldom made any visit stay where we were at work except to enquire how we got along but one of the Officers I recollect was named Parks who was a (Lieut.) but the Person who had the special command of our party was a Sergeant by the name of Hambleton from Lyndon from Capt. Grandner's Company of the aforesaid Putman's Regiment — When I returned to West Point in August as above written I was dis- charged (by waiting) by Col. Hewell who was Lieut. Col. of the Regiment, to which I belonged then having left West Point and gone to the South — I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declare that my name is not on the pension roll of the Agency of any late Sworn and subscribed to the day and year aforesaid —
Samuel Cook
We Reuben Mason Minister of the Gospel and Pastor of the Congregational Church and Society in Glover and Charles Hardy Representative of the Town of Glover and Dan Gray Postmaster all residing in said Town of Glover in the County of Orleans certify we are well acquainted with Samuel Cook who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be 69 years of age that he is respected and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion — and we further state that said Cook is a man of good character whose statements are entitled to full credit —
Reuben Mason
Charles Hardy
Dan Gray
Col

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion That the above named applicant was a Non-Residing Soldier and served as the State. And the said Court further certify that it appears to them that Reuben Mason who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the town of Gloucester witnesseth that Charles Hardy and Dan Gray Esquires who have also signed the same are residents in said town of Gloucester and are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit -
I John H. Trimball Register of the Probate Court for the district of Orleans do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Samuel Cook for a pension -
In testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this 10 th day of December A.D. 1837 -
John H. Trimball Register
Samuel Cook electoral 23189

23189
Saw book of Vermont
disbanded
Ha. B. F. Deming
Kimball John H. Marshall Regis
Orleans Dist. Vermont

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
27 June 1833
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 subjjoined 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 Samuel Cook. Orleans District Vols.
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     July '80 1 1 pr Capt Dixon " Benson Col. Putnam Albany N.Y. 60 Hampshire Tradg. Partnership To 9 mo of this term.   6 mo  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.

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 and State, Territory or District A. B. a resident (b) of in the county of 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 A. B. Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[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) 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 day 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
There is a man on the rolls of Putnam's Regt. for a short name of the applicant - It does not appear that there is for that proof therefore is required to substantiate this claim

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 he 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 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 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 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 places 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.
[k] The notes from [a] to [i] 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. }
W. L. H. [unclear] and [unclear]
term of enlistment of the [unclear] in any enlistments in 1780 in the Reg't in question for one year

15385 INVALID.
File No. 15385
Sammel Book
Pri. Rev. War
Act: June 7" 32
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 439
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Vermont
Saml Cook
Suspended
An Ltr to Hon. Mr. Deming March 5 th 1834.
Admitted as a private 6 mo. p 29
Hon P. H. Deming H. R. D.

24. March 1884 Vermont. repf. Sam. Cook. Mar 18 Hon. J. J. Phelps Commissaire of Pensions Washington City D. C.

Barton Vt March 17-1834
Hon J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions
Sir Samuel Cook, whose application for a pension is on file in your office. Requests me to write to the you and accepting of a pension for six months - agreeably to your letter to the Hon. B. F. Benning M. C. (which has been forwarded here.)
Your obedt Servt
John H. Kimball -
on also 22.845
Vermon t Samuel Cook
was paid

House Rep Norhyten 6. July 1845.
Hon J. A. Edwards Com. of Pensions
Sir Last book of Morristown Vermont, under the act of 7 Jan 1832 applied for & received pension. Will you refer to his declaration , and inform for what service, and in what ca- pacity, grade, or rank, he claimed to have served? & much obliged your obedient servant P. Sillingshaw Jr.

This belongs to Capt. Lamb's Book
Lamb 9 belongs to Lamb 1507 1741 1742
Paul Boeckus official seal
111. No. 10th Street
1

State of New York
Washington County
Paul Rogers of Whitehall being duly sworn saith that he this deponent served in the Com- pany of Captain Branson in the fifth Massachusetts Regiment from about the first of August in the year seventeen hundred and eighty, being the same year Major Andre, was executed, until about the first of February being for the full term of six months, that his time being out under that engage- -ment this Deponent joined Captain Pike's Com- pany in the third Massachusetts Regiment commanded by Colonel Graton and served in that Company about six weeks - that during all the time he so served he this Deponent was acquainted with Samuel Cook now of Lewis in the County of Essex & State of New York, that for the first six months the said Cook was Writer to Captain Branson and this Deponent was writer to Lieutenant Henry Holland of the same Company & the remaining time the said Cook served in the ranks and this Deponent left him there, when he this Deponent left the service & returned to Old Hadley in Massachusetts, that about the last of June 1781 the said the said Cook came to Hadley aforesaid in his Regimental & this Deponent supposed supposed he was honorably discharged and that he served until about that time Sworn this 18 th day of February 1826 Paul Rogers before M c K. Parkhurst Clerk

State of New York Washington County ss J. V. D. S. Leigh Clerk of the County Courts in & for the County of Washington do Certify that William H. Parker Esq r whose name is sub- scribed to the Jurat of the within affidavit was on the first day of February 1826 a Justice of the Peace in & for the County aforesaid duly appointed and sworn - And that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice and verily believe that the signature of W. H. Parker subscribed to the Jurat of the within Affidavit is in the proper hand writing of the said Justice - In Witness Whereof I have hereunto subscribed My name & Affixed the Seal of said Courts This 11 th day of October 1826 J. V. Leigh CLK

Andrew Bradford, Affidavit

I Andrew Bradford of Springfield in Windsor County and State of Vermont of lawful age testified enlisted into the Service of the United States in the Revolutionary War in 1780 some time in the forepart of June and joined the Army at West point in the New Hampshire line and soon after I became acquainted Samuel Cook a private soldier in Col s Putnam's Regiment and Capt s Benson's Company and I saw him repeatedly through the summer and fall, and in 1789 I enlisted in 1789 for three years in the winter, and in the spring I joined the Continental troops on or near West point and I found said Cook in Putnam's Regiment and in July I saw him again and I think he was discharged about that time on Westpoint
Andrew Bradford
State of Vermont } Springfield April 6 th 1832 - Before Windsor County ss. On me William Dyer a justice of the peace in and for the County aforesaid Personally appeared Andrew Bradford and after being duly cautioned and carefully examined made solemn oath that the above Affidavit by him subscribed contains the truth I further certify the deponent is a credible witness before me - William Dyer Justice Peace
State of Vermont } Woodstock County Clerk's Office 12 th April 1832 Windsor County ss. } I Benjamin Swan Clerk of Windsor County Court Do hereby certify, that William Dyer is one of the Justices of the Peace within your said County and that the above is his Signature In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of said Court, and subscribe my name the day and year last above. -
Benj l Swan