Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 10480, William Cook, N.C.

SERVICE
NUMBER
N. 6.
book William
S. 10480
Born in Va -
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Sept. 27-1901 L. R. Eastman Nashville Tenn
Reuben
10480 INVALID.
File No. 10480
William Cook
Paris, Ky. war
Act: June 7th 1832.
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 17
[Arrangement of 1870.]

4692
Kentucky.
William Cook.
of Graves - in the State of Ky. - who was a Pvt. in the Compy commanded by Captain Bohannon of the Regt. commanded by _____ in the N.G. - line for 2 years from 1779.
Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky - at the rate of 80 - Dollars - Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 th day of Jan: 33. and Supt. H. R. M. Johnson. House of Reps. -
Arrears to 4th of Sept - 1832 120. Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 th Mar: 33 40-
$160.
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Nathan Rice - Clerk Book (2) Vol. 9 Page 34.

Commonwealth of Kentucky
Graves County
ss 
On This 15 th day of November in The year 1832 personally appeared before Mathias Travis, Benjamin Glee, Thos B Brown, Daniel Cargill, William Armstrong and Anderson & Levi Calvert justices of The Graves County Court now sitting William Cook a resident of The said County of Graves and Commonwealth aforesaid aged sixty nine years who being first duly sworn according To law doth on his oath make The following declaration in order To obtain The benefit of an act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 That he entered The army of The United States under The following named Officers and served as herein stated
That he volunteered in the North Carolina Militia about The 15 th of September 1779 under Capt Bohannon & Lieut Brice Martin of Gran County North Carolina This applicant Then being a resident of said County That he marched under said Officers to The long Island of Holston River for The purpose of opposing The Indians, that at this place he was in a battle between The companies of Capt Bohannon & Clark and The Indians - in which engagement The Indians were defeated That about 10 days after arriving at Long Island The said companies were joined by a Regiment from Virginia under Colonel Christie who took The Command He states That he marched under said Officers through The Cherokee Nation first To an Indian Town called Chickamauga Thence To another Town High Waspe - on The Tennessee water - That The Indian Towns were destroyed together with Their corn cattle &c when he marched under said Officers back To Long Island He states That he remained a few days at This place when he was marched with The Regiment for Carolina

To oppose the Tories and British. He states on the way his Regiment fell in with Cols Shelby and Sevier with whom they proceeded onward till they arrived at the top of Cumberland Mountain where they were overtaken by Capt Clark from Long Island who begged the said Cols Shelby Sevier and Christie to let him have a company of men to go back to Long Island station for the purpose of guarding the frontier which was left unprotected. He states that Clark procured sixty men of whom he was one and that he marched back to the station at Long Island at which place he was kept under Capt's Clark & Martin (for the purpose of Ranging the country and protecting the frontier) till the month of June 1781 when he received a discharge from Capt Martin having served constantly from the time he entered the service in the first of Sept 1779 up till June 1781. He states that after remaining at home about six weeks he again volunteered under Capt Price Martin & Lieut McFarland under whom he again marched back to Long Island station where he found a Regiment under Col Joseph Martin. He states that in this tour he served nine months remaining at the station and performing about the same service which he performed in his former tour. He states that at the end of his tour he was discharged by his Capt Price Martin & got home in the latter part of the spring 1782. He states that his discharges were both burnt in his father's house which was consumed by fire about ten or fifteen years after he received them. He has no documentary evidence of his services nor does he know of any living witnesses whose evidence he could procure to testify to his services. He was born in Pennsylvania near County Virginia on the 15 th of October 1763 and emigrated to North Carolina during

The Revolution after which he moved to South Carolina where he resided about 18 years from which State he moved to Kentucky where he has resided ever since. He states that his neighbours to wit William Holyfield Henry Wheeler Moses Morris William Scott James Boyd Wilson Boyd Joseph Campbell and others who are well acquainted with him will bear ample testimony as to his character for veracity as well as to his reputation of having been a Revolutionary Soldier.
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.
William Cook
Subscribed and sworn to in open court
Attest Jno Anderson Cged
We Mr Holyfield a clergyman residing in the said county of Graves and Henry Wheeler also a resident of the County & State of Kentucky hereby certify that we have been long and well acquainted with William Cook who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be sixty nine 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 entertaining no doubt whatever.
Subscribed and sworn to in open court
Wm Holyfield Henry Wheeler
Attest
Jno Anderson Cged
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 Revolution ary soldier and served as he states in the Court further certifies that it appears to them that William Holyfield who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the said

County of Graves and State of Kentucky and that Henry Wheeler who has signed the same certificate is also a resident of the same county and State and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit Given under our hands in open court and as as justices of said court this 15 th day November 1882
Mr. Cook
from 1779 [promised] a year $80.
McGinnis J.P. Ben. McCree J.P. Thos B Brown J.P. Dan'l Bargall J.P. Wm Dunscomb J.P. Juri Calvert J.P. Crawford Anderson J.P.
Hon R. M. Johnson
To John Anderson clerk of the county court for the county of Graves do hereby certify that the fore- going contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of William Cook for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have here unto set my hand and seal of office this 15 th day of November 1882 John Anderson