Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 2,271, Nathan Cook, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
Cook, Nathan
R. 2,271
CONTENTS

In the Matter of Nathan Cook an applicant for a Pension
Nathan Cook N.Y.
Dr. N. Halsey

State of New York
Souphkins County ss: On this 31 st day of January in the Year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred & thirty four personally appeared in open Court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County aforesaid (being a court of Record) now sitting Matthew Cook a resident of the Town of Dryden in the said County of Souphkins & State of New York of the age of twenty two years on the 1 st day of February 1834 who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832 -
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated - That he first enlisted as a Fifer in said service in the town of Bridghampton near Sagg Harbor a Seaport on Long Island in the County of Suffolk and State of New York where he then resided in the latter part of the month of May 1776. for the term of Nine Months in Capt. Ephraim Rogers Company in Col. Smiths Regiment of New York State Troops. - He does not remember the Christian name of his Col. but in said Capt. Rogers Company one Edward Topping was 1 st Lieutenant, a man by the name of Post was Ensign, Matthew Saggan was a Sergeant and a Mr Post the brother of Ensign Post was a Drummer in said Capt. Rogers Company - Immediately after his enlistment as aforesaid, the said Regiment encamped under said Col Smith at Sagg Harbor on the N.E. Corner of Long Island, where said Reg t were stationed for the purpose of guarding the Harbor for which purpose they built a small fort at that place - They remained there under their aforesaid officers engaged in such service till about the middle of August 1776 when the British under the Command of Genl. Howe landed on Long Island near Flatbush at which time the declarant together with said Reg t were ordered to repair to Brooklyn opposite New York whence they marched speedily and there joined a main branch of the American Army under Genl. Washington & Putnam - They remained at & in the immediate vicinity of Flatbush for some time but the precise time he cannot state, during which they were present and engaged in a Battle at that place where Abraham Rogers a Cousin of the declarant & in the same Company was killed by a musket ball passing through his head and many others were killed & wounded in that engagement who belonged to the same Regiment with the declarant - They were in Fort Cobble Hill when it was attacked by the British - During their said service at and near Flatbush they dug an intrenchment about one mile in length from Fort Cobble Hill to another small Fort the name of which the declarant cannot now recollect -

That soon after the engagement at Flat Bush as aforesaid the American Forces under the Command of Genl. Washington including the aforesaid Regiment with this declarant marched in the night time to New York - On their retreat from Long Island as aforesaid the Island fell into the possession of the British - After remaining at New York a short time the aforesaid Regiment under the Command of said Col. Smith were ordered back on to Long Island to Saggy Harbor for the purpose of regaining some Stores and Ammunition which had been left at that place on their aforesaid departure - Accordingly said Regt including said Capt Rogers Company with this declarant marched from New York to Hors Neck in the State of Connecticut where they succeeded in procuring several small vessels by means of which they proceeded down the Sound to Saggy Harbor and regained a great portion of the stores and Ammunition aforesaid and deposited them in the night time at Sabook at the mouth of the Connecticut River - From thence said Regiment marched to New Haven Conn. about the first of Oct 1776 where they quartered for the ensuing winter - That in consequence of the decrease in the number of men attached to said Col. Smiths Regiment many of whom were killed at the aforesaid engagement at Flat Bush and some died of an epidemic which prevailed among the troops at that time and in consequence of said Col. Smith having been taken Prisoner by the refugees on Long Island & surrendered to the British in New York where he was confined for about one year, the aforesaid Regiment was Consolidated with Col. Livingstons Regiment from East Hampton also near Saggy Harbor and the declarant remained in said service in the aforesaid Company under Col. Livingston at New Haven during the winter of 1776 & 1777. but in the absence of said Capt Rogers Lieutenant Edward Topping commanded the aforesaid Company. The aforesaid Regiment with this declarant remained quartered in tents prepared for that purpose at New Haven until the last of February 1777 when his term of service had expired & this declarant with said Lieut Topping & others who had enlisted with this declarant received a written discharge and he returned home to his father in Company with said Lieut Topping who on this declarants enlistment had promised the father of this declarant to accompany him home at the termination of their term of enlistment - The declarant does not remember and therefore cannot state by whom his said discharge was signed but on his said return he delivered the discharge to his father & has not seen it since.
That after the return of this declarant as aforesaid he went to Hanover in the County of Morris & State of New Jersey by the direction of his father and there volunteered to

Served as a private in a Company of New Jersey Militia under the command of Capt. Isaac Halsey formerly from Woodbury Hampton on Long Island in Col. Sylvanus Selys Regiment where he continued to serve as such private in the aforesaid Company for the term of three weeks in the month of June 1778 - During the last aforesaid service this declarant was present and engaged with said Coops at a battle at Springfield at which time Springfield was burned by the British - And during the same service a clergyman & Patriot by the name of Culdner was shot by the British in the evening while sitting by his own fire side with his Lady near Elizabethtown N.J. at which time this declarant was in the service aforesaid in the same neighborhood -
That by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory he cannot swear positively as to the precise day of his entering into or being discharged from the service under his enlistments as aforesaid - but according to the best of his recollections he served not less than the periods mentioned below and in the following grades:-
For 9 Months I served as a Fifer in Capt. Rogers Company -
For 3 weeks I served as a private in Capt. Halsey's Company -
Making - 9 months & 3 weeks -
That he knows of no person or persons whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his said service other than those whose affidavits are herewith annexed.
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 -
In presence & subscribed in open court the day and year aforesaid.
William Cook
Isaac Halsey
(initials)

We, James Conger, a Clergyman, residing in the Town of Livingston, in the said County of Scituate, and Richard L. Conway, residing in the said County, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Nathan Cook, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be seventy two 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 & subscribed in open court the day and year aforesaid
James Conger Richard L. Conway
Samuel L. South
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 James Conger — who has signed the foregoing certificate is a Clergyman residing in the Town of Livingston in the said County and that Richard L. Conway, who has also signed the same is a resident in the same County and is an credible person and that their statement is entitled to full credit.
I, Samuel L. South, Clerk of the said Court of Common Pleas do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the original proceedings in the matter of the application of Nathan Cook for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal this 1 st day of February in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty four.
Samuel L. South

State of New York
Joseph Cook for Nathan Cook the Declarant named in the preceding Declaration as an applicant for a Pension for services rendered in the Revolutionary War, being further duly sworn doth on his oath depose and say that he served in the Revolution as stated in his said declaration. That the name of his Col whose christian name at the date of his said declaration he could not recollect, and under whom he served as stated in his said declaration was Col. Joshua Smith. That he always understood and believed and still believes that said corps was at the time of his said service among and constituted a part of the Enlisted Troops. And further this Declarant saith that when said Col. Joshua Smiths Regiment was originally raised it was raised for the express purpose of guarding Sag Harbor from inroads by the British. And that said Col. Youngs Regiment which was raised a short time before for the express purpose of guarding Montauk Point also on Long Island, in which said Col Youngs Regiment Burnet Cook, & Abraham Cook (now dead) enlisted & served in one Capt John Halberts company. That said Burnet Cook and Abraham Cook were the brothers of this declarant. And further this Declarant saith not.
Nathan Cook
Subscribed and sworn before me this 4 th day of Dec r 1834.
Frederick J. Stanley a Notary Public of said State

The following interrogatories were propounded by the court and the Applicant made answer thereto as follows:—
Question - Where & in what year were you born?— Answer - At Bridgewater Long Island N.Y. on the 11 th of Feb y . 1742.
Question - Have you any record of your age; and if so where is it?— Answer - I have no record now, my father's family record was left with my oldest brother in New Jersey.
Question - Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary War and where do you now live?— Answer - I was living at Bridgewater then, since that I lived in Morris County N.J. a few years from there and moved to this County, where I have lived since.
Question - How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer or were you a substitute? And if a substitute for whom?— Answer - I volunteered.
Question - 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 service?— Answer - I enlisted first in Capt. Rogers Company - under Col. Smith on Long Island, Genl. Washington, Genl. Putnam - Genl. Sullivan - was there when the British under Genl. Howe came to New Jersey.
Question - Did you ever receive a discharge from the service and if so by whom was it given and what has become of it?— Answer - I rec d . a written discharge and delivered it to my father on my return home and have not seen it since - I cannot say who signed the discharge.
Question - 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?— Answer - Jacob Pomeroy, David George Rev. Stephen Beager, Samuel Fox, Nathl. Halsey Esq. Rushmore County David Quiggy
James L. Smith

The following
The following interrogatories were propounded by the Court and the Applicant made answer thereto as follows:—
Question. Where & in what year were you born?—
Answer. At Bridghampton Long Island on the 11th of Feb. 1742.
Question. Have you any record of your age; and if so when is it?—
Answer. I have no record now, my father's family record was left with my old mother in New Jersey.
Question. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary War and where do you now live?—
Answer. Since living at Bridghampton, since that I lived in Morris County N.J. a few years from there I moved to this County and have been here since for 39.
Question. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer or were you a substitute? and if a substitute for whom?—
Answer. I volunteered.
Question. State the names of some of the regular officers who were with the Troops when you served; such Continental and Militia regiments as you can recollect and the general circumstances of your service?—
Answer. I enlisted first in Capt. Rogers Company - under Col. Smith on Long Island. Genl. Washington, Genl. Putnam - Genl. Sullivan and others - was there when the British under Genl. Howe came to Long Island.
Question. Did you ever receive a discharge from the service and if so by whom was it given and what has become of it?—
Answer. I recd. a written discharge and delivered it to my father on my return home and have not seen it since - I cannot say who signed the discharge.
Question. 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?—
Answer. Jacob Pownall, David George Rev. John Brainerd, Samuel Fox, Nathl. Halsey Esq. Richard L. Cowley, David Quigg.
Samuel Love

State of New York Tompkins County ss. Joseph G. Mosely of Ithaca in the aforesaid County being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he has been well acquainted with Nathan Cook named in & who has subscribed the annexed declaration for about truly five years last past - that during that time he has resided a near neighbor to the said Nathan Cook - And this Deponent further saith that ever since his first acquaintance with the said Nathan Cook he has understood in the neighborhood where he lived that the said Nathan Cook was a soldier in the Revolutionary War - that he has and ever has had since the first acquaintance of this Deponent with him the said Nathan the reputation of having served in the Revolutionary War - And this Deponent further saith that for the last truly five years he has frequently been present at fourth of July and other celebrations with the said Nathan Cook and that the said Nathan has ever talked with the Revolutionary soldiers on such occasions - That this Deponent has frequently heard the said Nathan spoken of as a soldier of the Revolution; that he has ever been reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he lived to have served in the Revolution - that in this Deponent's verily believes he was in such service; and that he never heard it disputed or contradicted in any way whatever -
Joseph G. Mosely
Subscribed and sworn before me this 21 st day of January 1834
Frederick G. Stanley a Commissioner to take affidavits in the Dept. of New York -
I certify that I am well acquainted with Joseph G. Mosely who has this day before me subscribed & sworn to the above affidavit, and that his reputation for truth & veracity is good, and that his statement is entitled to full credit -
F. G. Stanley a Commr.

State of New York
Souphrens County ss: Benjamin S. Cook of Athene in the said County of Souphrens being duly sworn deposes and saith that he was forty six years of age on the second day of January inst. and that he is the son of Nathan Cook the applicant for a pension within named - And this Dependant on his oath aforesaid further saith that he lived at home with his said father Nathan Cook until after he became of the age of nineteen years, that with the exception of about one year this Dependant has ever resided & still resides in the same neighborhood with his said father; that from the earliest period of the recollection of this Dependant down to the present time this Dependant has always understood and believed that his said father Nathan Cook was a soldier in the Revolutionary war as he states in his declaration annexed - that he has often heard the subject talked of among the neighbors and that in the said Nathan Cook has ever & still has had the reputation among his neighbors and acquaintances of having served in the Revolutionary Army and that he this Dependant never heard the same contradicted or doubted by any person whatever - And this Dependant further saith, that the said Nathan Cook has ever since the earliest recollection of this Dependant been invited and as often has attended various National Celebrations as a soldier of the Revolution and on such occasions especially has ever been reputed as such -
Subscribed and sworn before me this 22 d day of January 1834
B. S. Cook
Frederick G. Stanley, a Commissioner to take affidavits &c in Supreme Court of New York
I certify that I am well acquainted with the above named Benjamin S. Cook who has subscribed and sworn to the above affidavit, and that his reputation for truth & veracity is good and his statement entitled to full credit -
Frederick G. Stanley a Commissioner &c

State of New York Dompkies County ss:
Benjamin S. Cook of Ithaca in the said County of Dompkies being duly sworn deposes and saith that he was forty six years of age on the second day of January inst. and that he is the son of Nathan Cook the applicant for a Pension within named - And this Depo nt on his oath aforesaid further saith that he lived at home with his said father Nathan Cook until after he became of the age of nineteen years; that with the exception of about one year, this Depo nt has ever resided & still resides in the same neighborhood with his said father; that from the earliest period of the recollection of this Depo nt down to the present time this Depo nt has always understood and believed that his said father Nathan Cook was a soldier in the Revolutionary War as he states in his Declaration annexed - that he has often heard the subject talked of among the neighbors and that in the said Nathan Cook has ever & still has had the reputation among his neighbors and acquaintances of having served in the Revolutionary Army and that he this Depo nt never heard the same contradicted or doubted by any person whatsoever - And this Depo nt further saith, that the said Nathan Cook has often since the earliest recollection of this Depo nt been invited and as often has attended various National Celebrations as a soldier of the Revolution and on such occasions especially has ever been reputed as such -
Subscribed and sworn before me this 22 d day of January 1834
B. S. Cook
Frederick G. Stanley, a Commissioner to take affidavits &c in Supreme Court of New York
I certify that I am well acquainted with the above named Benjamin S. Cook who has subscribed and sworn to the above affidavit, and that his reputation for truth & veracity is good and his statement entitled to full credit -
Frederick G. Stanley a Commissioner &c

Tompkins County. Thomas Snell of Samson in the County of Tompkins. being duly sworn deponeth and saith, that he will be Sixty Eight years of age next April. that he was born in the Town of Southampton and County of Suffolk on Long Island, and remained there during the Revolutionary War, until he was twenty years of age, and removed from there to the Town of Roxbury in the County of Morris in the State of New Jersey and resided there about four years and then removed to this place where he has continued ever since. and this deponent further saith that he became acquainted with Nathan Cook when this deponent was about Seventeen years of age in the Town of Bridgehampton in said County of Suffolk and have been since acquainted with him as well in the State of New Jersey as in this County where I have been acquainted with him for about thirty nine years. and this deponent further saith that from the circumstances of this deponent being acquainted with one Abraham Rogers a private of the Army of the United States in the Revolutionary war during during his life at the Battle near Flat Bush on Long Island and other circumstances this deponent believes that the said Nathan Cook was a soldier in the United States service and was in that Battle, and this deponent further saith that the said Nathan Cook is a respectable person and his statements entitled to credit.
Subscribed and sworn this 15 th day of January 1834 before me Abijah Miller Commissioner
Thomas Snell
This may certify that I am acquainted with Thomas Snell and have been for more than thirty years and that he is a very respectable person and that his statement is entitled to full credit and belief.
Abijah Miller

Seneca County Clerks office
fs: I Samuel Love Clerk of said County and Clerk of the Courts in & for said County Do hereby Certify that Frederick G. Stanley Esq. before whom the preceding affidavits of Joseph G. Morley & Benjamin S. Cook severally purport to have been sworn and also before whom the the certificates thereto attached purport to have been made was on the date thereof a Commissioner of Deeds &c in and for said County, duly authorized by law to administer oaths &c. And I further Certify that Abijah Miller Esq. before whom the preceding affidavit of Thomas Judson purports to have been sworn and also before whom the Certificate therein purports to have been made was on the day of the date thereof a Commissioner of Deeds &c. in & for said County, duly authorized by law to administer oaths &c. And that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Frederick G. Stanley and Abijah Miller Esquires and verily believe the signatures to the said several affidavits and certificates to be in their own proper hand writing respectively -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office at Ithaca this first day of February 1834.
Samuel Love

Know all men by these presents that I Nathan Cook of Dryden Tompkins County, and State of New York, do hereby constitute and appoint George L. Ames Esq of Washington D. C.
my true and lawful Attorney for me, and in my name to prosecute the said claim of Nathan Cook of New York, for a Pension due him, and for a pension for life. And my said Attorney is hereby fully authorized to examine all papers in relation to said claim on file in the depart- ment at Washington D. C. and to do all law- ful things in relation to said claim that I myself might or could do, were I personally present. Revoking all other powers of Attorney.
Witness my hand, and seal this 7 th day of October 1852.
Nathan Cook
In presence of, Nathan Cook Sr Palmer B Fox
State of New York, } ss. On this 7 th day of Tompkins County, } October 1852, Personally appeared before the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, Nathan Cook to me known who acknowledged the foregoing power of Attorney to be his act and deed for the purposes therein mentioned.
Calib B Duthie J.P.

State of New York, } ss. Tompkins County Clerk's Office, }
I, HORACE MACK, Clerk of said County, and also Clerk of the Courts in and for said County, do hereby certify, that Caleb B. Drake Esquire, before whom the preceding declaration was subscribed and sworn, and whose name appears to the Jurat thereto, was at the date of the same an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly elected, sworn, and authorized to act as such, and to take the same: And further, that I am well acquainted with the hand-writing of such Justice, and verily believe that the signature to the preceding Jurat is genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I and Courts, at Ithaca, this
I have hereunto subscribed my name, and affixed the seal of the said County 7th day of October 1852.
H. Mack Clerk.
G. S. H. H.
Nathan Cook
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2271
No. _____
Nathan Cook
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
REJECTED
Application filed: _____, 18
Charges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Corney: _____
No. _____
Recognized. _____
Contract. _____
Cert. of Dis. _____
Searched for _____
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30.117
Nathan Cook N. York
Hon N. Halsey Mch 12 1835- J. Martin Apr 20 1843- same July 21 1843- same Aug 17 1843- A. Foy Oct 28 1843- same Nov 9 1843 Palmer, B. Foy June 2 1853- Hon Geo. H. Jones Feby 14 1856-
2271
June 7 1882

July 6, 1853.
Appel. of Nathan Cook,
A. York.
Examining Case
Act 7 th June, 1832.
Palmer B. Fox
Wayden,
Tompkins co.,
A. York.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, PENSION OFFICE, OFFICIAL BUSINESS

Nathan Cook, New-York, not allowed, I have credit of papers of the above name. Has any other of the same name applied? Don't find any other on file

30.117
New York
Rev.
Nathan Cook
Suspended
See Let to An. & Halsey
March 12. 1835
665 J.W. Martin apt 20, 1843
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Palmer B Foy June 2/53

Hon. J. Munt,
Cousin Prusious
Present,

N.Y. West Nyack, May 24th 1853.
Hon, L.P. Waldo.
Sir: Your Circular C. Date of May 18th 1853 has been received, in relation to the claim of Capt ain Calvin Bush, of Nyack, Tompkins Count, the letter was written by me for him, as it was and is well known his claim is a just one, I would also thankfully acknowledge the receipt of the Act of 3d February 1853, and the Act of March 22d 1852, and I have prepared a declaration agreeable to the form therein required and have procured the testimony of one witness to his service and the mileage to which he was entitled under the provisions of the said Act, and as soon as I can procure the other evidence, his claim will be again presented, With great thankfulness for your kindly consideration I remain Your, O'lt Servant
Palmer B Fox,
Commissioner of Pensions.
P.S.
Sir I would acknowledge the receipt of a Land Warrant of 160 Acres, Number 11,888, Issue 1 to Freeman Drake heir at Law of John S Drake Decd, I also had the privilege to present the Father's claim for pay and so forth to which he was entitled for his services in Mexico, as the claim was presented on the same sheet with his application for a Warrant, it may have been overlooked by the Department,
Yours. P B Fox,
1 st Waldo, Comr of Pensions.
Kree

Please also accept my acknowledgments, for the receipt of a Land Warrant for 40 acres, to Moses Dyer, of Sydney. March 159, 1881.
I would also beg leave to call the attention of the honorable Commissioner of Pensions, to the application of Nathan Cook of Sydney for a revolutionary pension. He says he enlisted at Sag Harbor, Suffolk County Long Island, in 1775, and served nine months, under Captain Stephen Rogers, Lieutenant Edward Topping, Colonel Joshua Smith. He was a Piper, and discharged at New Haven Connecticut, receiving an honorable discharge, which he says he gave to his Father on his return from the army, but it cannot be found. His first application was made in the administration of Andrew Jackson, and an answer was sent requiring a witness he knew of, but one man who served with him and went immediately to his residence some 40 miles or 50 miles from him. But the other old soldier had deceased a few days previous, and as he knew of no other living he gave up all hope, until the 1st of October 1852, when he again renewed his application or called it up again by Attorney. He is now upwards of 90, ninety years of age, and if his pension is ever awarded him, it will have to be done, quickly, his hearing is nearly gone, but his intellect remains good. I have been acquainted with him for thirty years, and lived within 2 miles of him most of the time, since and there is no doubt he actually served as stated by him. He says he never served

in any higher grade, but served a short time afterward in the Army, I think his to be a case which calls for speedy adjustment. as however demands a liquidation of his claim, The reason of my writing is that I drew up his power of Attorney, October 7th 1852, and actually believe his claim is just,
Palmer B Foy Commissioner of Pensions,

Nov 6 1843
Bloomfield
Dear J. L. Edwards Court of Pensions Washington D. C.

Quid Nov 2 nd 1843
Hon J. L. Edwards
Dr Sir
When I submitted the Comptroller's certificate of the service of Nathan Cook, I did so, as I did in the case of James Cranford of Chemung County, both of whom had made their application by another agent, but had recently employed me, in both cases I submitted the Comptroller's certificate to you, & for your decision; I have in numerous cases submitted the Comptroller's certificate of the service of a soldier, under the name of the applicant, but in all cases, I submit such Certificates as I obtain, & entirely for your decision, what else can I do; when James Cranford & Nathan Cook made their Declaration, they did it through another agent, & I could not have known what they had said, only from their story of it; as to the proof of the services of an individual, I have never, & God forbid that I should ever present a false claim, I have never done so knowingly, I have never taken hold of a case, unless I had good reason to suppose a pension was due, I have not merely given an opinion, when I have submitted a certificate, I submit them in support of the claimant's name, & entirely to your better judgement as to the facts

whether they alude to the individual in question or not, as in the case of James Crawford, on the rec d . of which in yours of the 14 th Oct, 43 you say "The Comptroller's Certificate evidently refers to some other James Crawford, as the names of the Officers mentioned are entirely different from those of the Commanders under whom the claimant says he served, In this state of the case the clearest evidence of identity will be required" The same decision you have often made, and no doubt with correctness, as you have the evidence before you, which I have not; But Dear Sir, what shall I do, when I write for a Certificate of the Service of an individual of the same, or of a certain name who claims services & obtain it, may I not present it for your better judgement & for your decision, if I may not, I shall not know, what course to pursue; Your Hon or , calls for documentary evidence, I write for it, & get the certificate in good faith I submit it to you to say whether it is such as you consider as referring to the case in question, if not, your Hon or decides against it & I submit at once; The most I generally say in my letter is that I inclose such or such a paper in support of such or such a claim, it is the evidence that I have obtained, now if it proves to be no evidence you reject it; I never intend to trespass upon your rules & regulations & I had rather never assert a claim for any man, or endeavor to

prove the claim, if I am liable to run into error & submit myself to chastisement; in the case of Nathan Cook, I might have written to the Comptroller of N.Y. for a Certificate of the services of Nathan Cook, & for him to forward the same to you, without ever seeing them, I do not see but that I should have been just as culpable, as to have ordered them sent to me, & I forward them to you; At any rate upon the honor of a Gentleman, a man of character & a man of honor, honesty & integrity, all of which I claim & have awarded to me, I will not present a claim, unless I have the assurance & believe it to be a recheous case & if I have in any case pursued a course, not such as you ap- prove in support of cases, I am sorry for it & if I can only know your rule, & know what I may or must do, I will endeavor to do so, I submit this as my apology for the part, & beg you from the date of this communication to notice whether I do not conform strictly to your rules & requisitions.
I Am Respectfully Your Obedt Servt. Asa D. Joy

July 26 '43
Friend Friend Thomas L Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D.C.   My Pleasure

Ats File Orange County New York July 22 43
Dr Sir
I this evening received from you a certificate in the case of Elijah Whiting a Sergeant in the Artillery in the Revolutionary War which is entirely satisfactory
I likewise received a letter from you dated the 21 st inst in relation to the case of Nathan Cook who made application for a pension in 1834 then living in Dryden Tompkins County. That the Nathan Cook who then made application for a Pension is the same that done the duty of a Corporal in Capt Westfall's Company  no doubt The service that he received under Capt Westfall was done after the two other services that your letter speaks of and it is said by some of the old inhabitants of this place say that Mr Cook came into the neighbourhood a transient person and after the war was over married and settled on a farm in the town of Mamakating County of Ulster where he lived for several years when he removed to the western part of the State of New York where he still lives he first settled in Seneca County, and after losing his wife moved and afterwards lived with one of his family in the County of

Compkins and after living sometime there he moved back to Seneca County. I only claim for the time he served as a corporal in Capt Westfalls company of Levees in Col Willetts Regiment. If you are satisfied that this evidence is sufficient for the term specified in your letter for seven months and three days you will please forward to me a certificate for the amount due him
I am Sir yours obedt St John W Martin
Hon James L Edwards Commr of Pensions

Olis Ville NY July 24 1843 July 24 1843 N.Y. Nathan Carr
Finer
James L Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D C

Albany New York July 20 1843
Dr Sir
In the early part of May last I forwarded to your office the Certificate of the Comptroller of the State of New York with an affidavit made by Samuel Brown showing the services of the Nathan Cook a corporal in Capt Westfall's company of Levees in the Revolution. Since that time I have not had a report on the case and yesterday I received a letter from Mr Cook wishing to know what was done in this case matter. If the above mentioned papers have reached you will you as soon as is convenient give Mr Cook's case an investigation and forward to me whatever the proof in the case may allow him. I am Sir your obed Servt John W. Martin
Hon James L. Edwards Commr of Pensions

Ottis Ville Orange County New York May 30 1843
Dr Sir
The accompanying affidavit and Certificate are forwarded to sustain the declaration and claim of Nathan Cook a Corporal in Capt Westfall's Company of Levies in 1780 which declaration was made in the County of Tompkins in New York in 1834 Mr Cook is now a very old man and is living with a son in the County of Seneca in said State Mr Brown whose affidavit is herewith presented is a man as yet of a good mind and is very clear in his recollection of Mr Cook and after the war lived a neighbour to him until he removed to the Western part of the State Please give the claim a reperusal and forward the result to me at the place above mentioned Your Oat St John W. Martin
Hon James L Edwards Commr of Pensions

Sept 2/42 add the card of Nath'l Cook
NY
Hon J. L. Edwards Comm. of Pensions Washington D.C.

Ovid Augt. 28th 1843
Hon J. L. Edwards
Sir
I inclose the Comptroller cert- -ificate of the Service of Nathan Cook —
I am the present Attorney for Nathan Cook who made application from Tompkins County some years since, under the Law of '32 I am not advised that you have been furnished with the inclosed proof — Respectfully Your Ob dt Servt Ara d Day

Request for Information. Respecting the bases. of Nathan Cook, of Dryden, And, Widow Susan Boyp. of Lansing N.Y. from Palmer B. Fox. West Dryden. Tompkins Co. N.Y.
answ'd Cal

West Dryden, April. 11 th . 1854.
Hon Sir:
It would be conferring a favor if you would be pleased to inform me if the Application of Widow Boys for a Pension for the Suffering and Death of her husband caused by Disease contracted at the Battle of Port Erie, War of 1812, has been received, and whether her case will be examined. The Testimony was completed June. 8 th . 1853, and placed in the Office Directed to the Com ee , of Pensions about the 13 th of June 1853, since which time no information has been Received. I think I have waited a reasonable time.
I would also call attention to the Application of Nathan Cook of Dryden Tompkins Co. N.Y. for Revolution Pension. As he Reported that he knew of no living Witness, I availed myself of the Form in such cases provided by the Widows of our Legislators in Congress, As I found them recorded in the Instructions under the Act of June 7 th , 1832, as recorded on pages 94, 95, 96, and 97. Pension Laws, published in 1849. The reason, he did not establish his claim when he first applied, was that, proof was demanded, and he went to the place where the only person resided who served with him, and he had deceased but a day or two previous. No doubt exists that he actually
Mc Cook Answered 17 th April 54
Col Anderson

served in the Revolution, And A hundred witnesses might be procured who can will- ingly testify to their belief, that he served as stated by himself. He has resided in Dryden over Forty years, and he has always been honored as a Revolutionary patriot, at the Independence Celebrations in Dryden, and Ithaca, our County Seat whenever he attended. And it seems hard to withhold the honest debt a Nation owes for his services, He might be ranked as a Gen'l Fencible from the time of the Invasion of the English upon Elizabethtown, New Jersey, until the close of the war as he stated he was all the time prepared for service and banded with a company for that purpose. It would be gratifying to know whether it has been received. His last application was Dated 25 th day of June, 1835, I trust his Application will receive that attention his years, and service require. His case would never again have been presented but for the concurrent opinion of all who know him, that he was, and now is, justly entitled to a Pension,
Palmer B Fox
To
Hon,
Com, of Pensions
Washington City, D.C.

Samuel Nathan Cook
My
Original Declaration This was an old
Hon. N. C. Halsey
House of Representatives
Washington D.C.
Hon. N. Halsey

Ithaca N.Y. Dec r 4. 1834
At the request of Mr. Cook I again send you his papers as an applicant for a Pension - He confides in you inasmuch as you were formerly from the same section of country with him, and as you are not only well acquainted with him but also were formerly acquainted with most of the officers under whom he served and also with the location of the country & other circumstances in relation to the service in the Revolution corresponding with his statement. He thinks if you will pay the subject a little personal attention you may be of great advantage to him in explaining & forwarding his claim - Please render him all the assistance in your power which may be consistent with your business & station and by so doing you will greatly oblige him & me.
Below I send you an abstract of his statement and circumstantial proof so far as he is able to procure -
   Period when service was rendered Duration of Claimant's Service - Rank of the Claimant Names & rank of officers under whom he states he served - Age when of service - when in service Proof by which Declarant is supported     1776 & 1777 9 months Fifer Col. Joshua Smiths Regt. Capt. Ephraim Coons Compy. 1 st Lieut. E. P. Topping Ensign - Post. Sergeant Matthew Lagger Drummer - Post 73 now Pondhookton Long Island N.Y. Aff g Strong Circumstantial - Joseph V. Mosely Benj. S. Cook (his son) Maj. Thos. Sudlow. Also Declarants further aff g . showing name of Col. &c -   1778 3. weeks. Private Col. Sylvanus Sullys Regt. Capt. Isaac Halley Compy. -  
Please let me hear from the subject as early as you shall have had time & opportunity to give his application a thorough hearing by the Department aided by such personal service as you shall be able to render -
Very Respectfully
Your Ob t Serv t
Sam l Crittenden
Hon. N. Halsey

In pursuance of a law passed the 27th of April, 1784, entitled "An act for the settlement of the pay of the Levies and Militia, for their services in the late War, and for other purposes therein mentioned," the following certificates have been issued, bearing interest at five per cent per annum, viz :
  30 th Nov r 1780 Nathan Cook Corporal £ 20 8 8    
STATE OF NEW-YORK, COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE, Albany, July 29 th 1843. }
I hereby certify the above to be true extracts from Book No. 2 , now remaining in this office, and that the service for which the certificates above named were issued, were performed under the following officers, viz :
  First—under Capt. W m Westfall in Col. Albert Pawling Regt.   Second, " " " " "   Third, " " " " "   Fourth, " " " " "   Fifth, " " " " "   Sixth, " " " " "   Seventh, " " " " "   Eighth, " " " " "   Ninth, " " " " "   Tenth, " " " " " 
Philip Schuyler Dep Comp.

In pursuance of a law passed the 27th of April, 1784, entitled "An act for the settlement of the pay of the Levies and Militia, for their services in the late War, and for other purposes therein mentioned," the following certificates have been issued, bearing interest at five per cent per annum, viz :
  30 th Nov 1780. Nathan Cook Corporal £ 20. 8. 8       7mo 30. Corpl. 
STATE OF NEW-YORK,
COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE, Albany, May 13 th
1843. }
I hereby certify the above to be true extracts from Book No. 2, now remaining in this office, and that the service for which the certificates above named were issued, were performed under the following officers, viz :
  First—under Capt. Abraham Westfall in Col. Albert Pawling Regt.   Second, " " " " " " "   Third, " " " " " " "   Fourth, " " " " " " "   Fifth, " " " " " " "   Sixth, " " " " " " "   Seventh, " " " " " " "   Eighth, " " " " " " "   Ninth, " " " " " " "   Tenth, " " " " " " " 
Philip Phelps  Deputy Comptroller

Campbell McCook

In pursuance of a law passed the 27th of April, 1784, entitled "An act for the settlement of the pay of the Levies and Militia, for their services in the late War, and for other purposes therein mentioned," the following certificates have been issued, bearing interest at five per cent per annum, viz:
  15 th Nov: 1781 Nathan Cook priv L 8 8 10     
STATE OF NEW YORK,
COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE, Albany, Augt 5 th 1843. }
I hereby certify the above to be true extracts from Book No. 1. now remaining in this office, and that the service for which the certificates above named were issued, were performed under the following officers, viz:
  First—under Capt. St Charles Stewart in Col. John Wisenfels Regt.   Second " " " " " " H. C. Hagg " Compt.   Third " " " " " " "   Fourth " " " " " " "   Fifth, " " " " " " "   Sixth " " " " " " "   Seventh " " " " " " "   Eighth " " " " " " "   Ninth " " " " " " "   Tenth " " " " " " " 
This was our books when I sent the other.

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Hon Nathan Cook My. Supt of Navy
James L Edwards Commr of Pensions Washington City D. C.

Albany April 8 th 1843.
Dr Sir
I have been informed by a friend of Nathan Cook of Seneca County New York that he the said Nathan Cook did some time since make application for a pension under the act of 1832 for services rendered in the Revolution and that the said pension had never been granted to him and wished to me to try furnish the evidence that might be necessary to satisfy the depart- ment of the justice of his claim.
Will you be so kind as to send me a copy of your last letter to his agent directed to me at Albany New York
I am Sir yours John W. Norton
Hon James L Edwards
Jan 34 - Dryden Tompkins Co NY

Nov 6. 1843
Bloomf
For
J. Bradburn Esq. Clerk
Col. d. Edwards Commr of Pensions Washington D.C.

Quincy Nov 3 p 1843
Hon J. S. Edwards
Dr Sir - If I may be allowed to say a very few words, in extenuation as a further apology for what you consider an error in me, I beg leave to remark that I was paymaster in the late war under Col Bloom & Genl Van Rensselaer, that I performed the duties in such a manner that I rec d from the District Paymaster a complimentary letter as having performed the duties better & more to his satisfaction than any one else - I was the Treasurer of Quincy Academy 5 years & upwards, till I declined the further service, when the trustees voted me a Resolution of thanks which are recorded very complimentary, I have been County Treasurer, in which office on an inspection of the affairs of my office, it was pronounced correct to a cent. I have been equally fortunate as Supervisor of my town - I have been a merchant on my own account more than 28 years, I never was sued, I never had a judgment against me, I never had a litigation of any name or nature with any man, I never appeared in Court as Plaintiff or defendant in a litigated suit; when I commenced in the pension business, I did so as a matter equally binding upon me to be as upright with the Government, as I had reason to believe the public gave me credit for being to them, & in a circular that I issued, I put in, in conspicuous letters "In all cases, he must be satisfied that there is Honestly and Justly a pension due before he will engage in it."

I have endeavored to conform fully to my circular, I have never, no Sir never, intended to present a false claim, I never will, & I most exceedingly regret that I have been so unfortunate before in your Hon ble estim- ation - if I can retrieve my character by any thing that I can do, it shall be done - I am truly Your Obl d Serv t Brad Joy

Examiné
Application of Nathan Cook aged, Ninety years, Act of June 7 th . 1832, Returns to West Dryden, Tompkins County, New York. Immediate attention is most respectfully solicited.
Palmer B. Fox, Attorney,

State of New York } Orange County } On this Eight day of May Eighteen Hundred and Forty Three personally appeared before me Cornelius Gray a Justice of the Peace in and for the said county Samuel Brown of the town of Warwick in said county aged Eighty four years and upwards to me well known as a credible witness and who should be believed when under oath or otherwise and made oath to as follows That in the Spring of 1780 he joined a com- pany of Levies under the command of Capt Abraham Mistall and in Col Paching Regiment and served in the said company from sometime in April of said year until about the first of January 1781 in the valley of the Neversink on the west side of the Shawangunk Mountains on the western frontiers of the counties of Orange and Ulster. That the said company Rencountered at Mistalls Fort and was afterwards divided into different detachments along the frontiers from Kingholls Block House on the Delaware River in Orange County to a place called Bashaws Landing in Ulster County He further depo- -seth and saith that he was well acquainted with Nathan Cook who was a corporal in said Mistalls company and Rencountered with the said company and served in said company as a Corporal from sometime in April 1780 until about the first of January 1781 and was discharged with the rest of the company at the expiration of the term of their enrollment into the said company That he was well acquainted with the said Nathan Cook after the war and that he lived several years after the war where Eli Roberts now lives there in the town of Mamakating County of Ulster now (Sullivan) and State of New York That when the said Nathan Cook left the above mentioned place he moved

as the deponent understands to Seneca County in the interior of the State between the Cayuga and Seneca Lakes and the last that he heard of the said Nathan Cook he was living somewhere in the County of Tompkins in said State This deponent further saith that he himself served in the said service under Capt. Westfall as a private and he is not mistaken in the said Nathan Cook being a Corporal in said company And further he saith not sworn to and subscribed before Samuel his Brown mark me by making his mark the day and year before mentioned Cornelius Gray Justice of the peace

STATE OF NEW YORK, } ss. I, LEBBEUS L. VAIL, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for the County ORANGE COUNTY, }
of Orange, Do HEREBY CERTIFY, That Cornelius Gray before whom the foregoing Affidavit was subscribed and sworn, was at the time of taking the same, a Justice of the peace in, and for said county : and further, that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice and verily believe that the signature to the said Affidavit is genuine.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my Hand and affixed the Seal of the said County, the 25 th day of May 1843
Lebbeus L. Vail, Clerk
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State of New York. County of Tompkins. } ss:
On this 25 th day of June A.D. 1853, personally appeared before the undersigned, a justice of the peace, within, and for, the county and State aforesaid. Nathan Cook, a resident of Dryden, in the county of Tompkins, and State of New York, aged thirty years, who being duly sworn, deposes and saith that by reason of old age, and consequent disability he is unable to attend the county court, and, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832;
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated: He volunteered at Sag Harbor, Suffolk County, Long Island, in the state of New York, May, first, 1776. And served nine months, as a Fifer, in the company of Captain Stephen Rogers. Lieutenant Edward Topping. Colonel Joshua Smith. First Lieutenant Edward Topping. acted as Captain, at the time of his dischar- ge. Captain Stephen Rogers, died while said Cook was in the service, He was organized at Sag Harbor and marched by land to Brooklyn, and was in the Battle at that place, under General Washington, and retreated with him, into New York City, in the night, leaving their campfires burning, and evacuated New York City, with Washing- ton, crossing Kings Bridge, into Connecticut State, to Danbury, and he was in the battle, near Danbury  where where , was killed, and marched from there, to

New Haven, Connecticut, and was honorably discharged at New Haven, February, First, 1777, and he returned to Southhampton, Suffolk County, his place of birth, and residence, on Long Island, he gave his discharge to his Father, and does not know what became of it. He afterward served as a Private soldier, about three weeks, at the time Elizabethtown, New Jersey was invaded by the British, under Captain Isaac Halsey, Commanded by Colonel Seely. He does not remember the year, in which he last served. He continued there in service until the English withdrew on board their shipping, and sailed off. He further asserts, that he has no documentary evidence; and, that he knows of no person, whose testimony he can procure, who can testify to his service. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever except the present; and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any state.
Nathan Cook was born February 1st. 1763, at Southhampton, Suffolk County, Long Island, in the State of New York. He has the record in a large Family Bible. He lived at Southhampton, when he enlisted first. He afterward lived at Morristown, Morris County, New Jersey. He afterward removed to Genoa, Cayuga County, New York, where he lived about 10 years, and removed to the town of Dryden in the year 1807, where he has ever since resided. He volunteered both times, the last time when he volunteered, he lived at Morristown, New Jersey. There were 2 regiments at New Haven, Colonel Livingston Commanded one; and Colonel Joshua Smith, the other. Captain

David Parsons, served at the same place under Col. Livingston. He never had a commission and never served as a commissioned officer or as an officer in any grade. The names of those in the neighborhood who can testify to his credibility and their belief of his services. He gives the following. Jedediah Thomas. Gamaliel Roe, Peter Snyder John Osborn. John H. Roe. Garret Schoonmaker. John Aldrich. Rev. William Spaulding.
Nathan Cook
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid before me.
George Woolcot Justice of the Peace
We William Spaulding, a clergyman, residing in the Town of Caroline, in Tompkins County, and Jedediah Thomas, both residing in the same neighbor- hood with Nathan Cook, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Nathan Cook, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be Ninety 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. William Spaulding Jedediah Thomas
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
George Woolcot Justice of the Peace
And the said Justice declares his 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, or justice

further certifies that it appears to them, that William Spaulding, who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman resident in the Town of Caroline, Tompkins Co., and that Sedediah Thomas, is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, George Woolcot, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Justice's court, in the matter of the application of Nathan Cook for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and seal of office this 25 th day of June 1853.
And the said justice, { George Woolcot J.P.
further declares that he does not consider Nathan Cook able to attend the County Court, by reason of old age and consequent disability.
and I further certify that I have no interest in the result of the case where this is to be used, and am not concerned in its prosecution.
George Woolcot Justice of the Peace
On the first page, on the first and second lines from the bottom, the words, when, Gen. Warren, was killed erased, and the words near Danbury, inserted by request of Nathan Cook, before the execution of this instrument, in my presence,
George Woolcot J.P.
Please send all returns to, Palmer B Fox, West Dryden, Tompkins County, N.Y. and oblige me, Nathan Cook
Witness George Woolcot

Philip George Wood
State of New-York Tompkins County Clerk's Office, } ss.
I, EZRA WEAVER, Clerk of said county, and also Clerk of the Courts in and for said county, do hereby certify that George Woolcut Esquire, before whom the preceding declaration was subscribed and sworn, and whose name appears to the Jurat thereto, was at the date of the same an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said county, duly elected, sworn, and authorized to act as such, and to take the same: And further, that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of such Justice, and verily believe that the signature to the preceding Jurat is genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name, and affixed the seal of the said county and Courts, at Ithaca, this Twenty fifth day of June 1858 Ezra Weaver Clerk.