Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S45699, John Cockle, Continental Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental Mass.
Cockle John
SH5699
CONTENTS
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45699 INVALID.
Rev
File No. 45699
John Cockle
Pin Bar War
Act: 18 March 1818
Index:—Vol. 3 , Page 97
[Arrangement of 1870.]

5623 4
New Hampshire Roll
John Cockle
Private Colo Crane Mass
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War Continental.
inscribed on the Roll of New Hampshire at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 13 th of April 1810.
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 th of Jan y 1819 and sent to Elisha Furbey Esq m Judge M ch town - Chas. C o .
Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1818. 4 m. & 22 / 30 — 37:86 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 th March 1819 — 48:—
7 years
85:86
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued
Stated C o of Check.
Notification sent to John H. Sumner 600 in with N. H. July 21. 1820
see letter to Hon. H. Hub- bard. Jan. 6. 1830. do. to J. Mason Pen. Agt Dec. 30. 1831. do to Hon. H. Hubbard & J. Mason 2 March 1832

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE.
CHESHIRE COUNTY SS.
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.
ON this eleventh ————— day of July — 1820 — personally appeared in Open Court
being a court of record for said county, proceeding according to the course of the common law, having a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, and keeping a record of its proceedings, John Coakle aged seventy three years, resident in Alstead ————— in said county, who being first duly sworn, doth on his oath declare, that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows: that I enlisted the first day of the revolutionary war & continued in sd War to the last of the same, first in a company commanded by capt. James Sawin, col. Fry, reg't the rest of the term in a company commanded by capt. Nathl. Dole, in Col. John Cram's reg't of artillery in the Massachusetts line. That I served in sd Reg't the whole time mentioned above was regularly discharged
The date of my original declaration in order to obtain a pension is the thirteenth day of April 1818
The number of my pension certificate is 5023
And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March, 1818: and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it, as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war," passed on the 18th day of March 1818, and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts, or debts, due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed. whatever. — I have no particular occupation — I am very infirm — not able to labor — have no family and before I obtained my certificate, received relief from the town
John Coakle
Sworn to and declared at Charlestown in said County, on the eleventh day of July 1820 before
Nahum Parker } Judge of said Court.
I, SALMA HALE, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, for the County of Cheshire, do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said Court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property in the aforesaid schedule, is ————— dollars and ————— cents.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court on this 14 th day of July A. D. 1820
S. Hale

John Cockle
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(March 10/19)
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I John Cockle of Alstend in the County of Oxfordshire and State of New Hampshire Husbandman do make the following declaration upon oath I enlisted into the service of the United States during the war in the town of Dunstable and state of New Hampshire under Capt Nathl Dunnell and joined to the Third Regiment of Artillery in the Massachusetts line under the command of Col John Crane where I served under the Continental establishment about seven years and was discharged honorably at the close of the war in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred seventy eighty three by some means I have lost my discharge and cannot produce it I served as a private soldier
I further state that I am poor and stand in need of assistance assistance from my country, John Cockle
State of New Hampshire
Cheshire ss April 13 th 1818 Then before Elisha Huntley a justice of the court of common pleas in said County of Cheshire personally appeared John Cockle Before named and made solemn oath that the foregoing declaration by him subscribed contains the truth and nothing but the truth and it having been made to my satisfaction that the said John Cockle did serve in the revolutionary war against the common enemy in manner as by him is stated in said declaration hereby certify and transmit the testimony in his case being his oath as aforesaid
To the Hon ble John C. Calhoun
Secretary of war
Elisha Huntley
one of the justices of court of common pleas for said County
This May certify to the Hon ble Secretary of war that I have been sworn into the circumstances of the above named John Cockle and am fully satisfied that he is poor and completely and stands in need of assistance from his country for support
Wartland December 16 th 1818
Elisha Huntley
one of the justices of the court of common pleas for said County

Cheshire.
I Levi Chamberlain, Assistant Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County, hereby certify that the within is the signature of the Hon. Elisha H. Willey, a Judge of said Court, duly commissioned, and that no particular impression is used by said Court as a seal.
In witness whereof I have hereunto subscribed, and affixed a seal in form as used by said Court, this 20 th day of May A.D. 1875.
Levi Chamberlain
John Locke true Copy of the signature of the Hon. Elisha H. Willey Judge of the Court of Common Pleas

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Cockley, John GRADE Private LINE New York
WARRANT NUMBER 6916 and Wt. 14027 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED Oct. 5, 1791. to Samuel Stringer, assignee
*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.