Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 3179, John Cooke, Va.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va.
booke, John
S. 3179
carded
CONTENTS

13981
West Tennessee
John Cooke
of W m unkt in the State of Tennessee who was a Sgt in the Company commanded by Captain Sylvanus of the regiment commanded by Col Richardson in the Virginia line for 9 months private 3 months Sergeant
Inscribed on the Roll of West Tennessee at the rate of 45 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 19 day of July 1833 and South 684 Naval War Department
Arrears to the 4th of March  90.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending Feb  22.50
$112.50
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Dan Bryan Clerk,
Book 8 Vol. 7 Page 74

Declaration of John Cook
11968 ✓

State of Tennessee Williamson County
In this 4 th day of September 1832 before the Hon Thomas Stuart Judge of the cir- cuit court for the fourth judicial circuit for the State of Tennessee now sitting John Cooke a resident of the county of Williamson and State of Tennessee 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 an act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States as a drafted militia man in the Spring of 1780 under the follow- ing officers Captain Sylvanus Walker Lt Col John - rest of John Cooke  John Cooke  Major  Major  William  William  Shivett  Shivett  commanded by Col. Wm. Richardson Lieutenant Col. Lewis Burwell and Major John Boyd and attached to the Brigade commanded by General Stephen and marched from Lynchburg Court house Virginia to Hillsborough North Carolina at which place General Gates joined us and we took up march and continued south & crossed Pedee River at Boyd's Ferry and sent Colonel Walker near the  at which place he was taken sick and was left behind and did not join the army again until after Gates defeat and then Stationed at Guilford Court house North Carolina and there Stationed until last of November at which time he received a discharge and

returned home having served six months he received a discharge but has lost it he was in no battle during this campaign. he recollects that he served with General Gates and Captain William Lytle of the Regulars - does not remember the number of any Regular or Continental Regiments or companies
He entered the service of the United States a second time as substitute for Charles Patterson in May 1781 under the following officers Capt. William Ragdale Lieutenant Jacob Spence Ensign Baxter Pool in the Regiment commanded by Col. — Lundy Major John Overstreet and attached to the Brigade commanded by General Robert Lawson. and marched over the following Country. from Lunenburg Court House Virginia to Prince Edward Court House to Bartons ferry on James River and to Rappahannock River above Fredericksburg and there joined the Army under the command of General Lafayette and to Rappahannock River and met Major General Wayne and his troops - to Orange Court House and discharged in Hanover County Va. in August 1781. making a term of upwards of three months he received no discharge for this campaign. he was in no battle during this campaign but in several skirmishes &c. he recollects that he was in service with and under Generals Lafayette - (Wayne - & Lawson the other officers he does not recollect nor the number of Regiments of Regulars & Continental Troops
This sheet evidently torn from the other half by William
He again entered the service of the United States as a drafted militia man and served under the

following officers to wit Captain Thomas Jones rest of company officers not remembered in the Re- giment commanded by Col. Lewis Burwell attached to General Stirlingburg's Brigade and marched over the following country. From Linnburg County to Petersburg and to and towards east of river over to Gloucester side under Genl. Man- Yorktown, and there remained till after the Surrender of Cornwallis. He entered into this campaign in the summer of 1781 the month he does not recollect returned home in the last of November or first of December same year 1781 making a term of four months together with the other two a period of thirteen months. At the siege of Yorktown he knew General Washington General La Fayette General Lincoln etc. he received no discharge for this campaign.
He was born in Virginia - Linnburg County on the 25 th June 1763 - according to his register taken from that of his father. When he entered the service of the United States he resided in the County of Linnburg Virginia. Since the Revolution he resided in same County till about 1789 - in Halifax for the till 1822 and since that time he has resided in Williamson County Tennessee.
He has no documentary evidence in his possession by which he can prove his services but he can prove by Henry Cook his brother who was with him in the first and last campaigns mentioned in his declaration that he served as he has stated and that in the said Henry

also knows of his having served the Second as Substitute for Charles Patterson. he can also prove by him that he served as Orderly Sergeant the Third Campaign.
We hereby Relinquishes all 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.
Sworn to and Subscribed the 8 John Cook day and year aforesaid Preston Kenzelk Secy
I Henry Cook of the County of Williamson and State of Tennessee do hereby certify that my brother John Cook who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration is a resident in William- son County Tennessee and that he is sixty nine years old that I served the first and second and third campaigns mentioned in his declarati- on; in service with him the first of which he was commanded by the offi- cers and marched over the country as mentioned in his said declaration. that he was taken sick at Spates Ferry on Pedu River and did not Join the army again till after the defeat of General Gates. after which event we were stationed at Guilford Court house in North Carolina until some time November at which time we were discharged & returned home. This campaign I believe was commenced in May 1780 and the Troops discharged in November following.
I also served the third Campaign with him (the said John Cook) as mentioned in his declaration. Comm- encing some time in the latter part of the summer of 1781. and ending some time in November or December 1781.

That we were marched from Lynchburg Courthouse Va. to Petersburg and to Yorktown and there remained until after the surrender of Cornwallis and were dis- charged as aforesaid. Making a period of ten months  that I served with him in actual service of the United States. Six months the first campaign and 4. the last. I also further certify that he was substituted for one Charles Patterson and was absent three or four months as mentioned in his declara- tion it being the second campaign that he served. And that I believe that he was in the service of the United States as mentioned in his said declaration. and also that at the time of his returning the service as severally set forth he lived in Lynchburg Va. and that his residence since the Revolution are correctly set forth in his said declaration and that he served in the capacity of an orderly sergeant. The third campaign mentioned in his sworn to and subscribed in his declaration - open court. The day and year aforesaid. R. Neay clk.  R. Cook
We Garner McCown a clergyman residing in the county of Williamson and State of Tennessee and also Stephens residing in the same county and State aforesaid hereby certify that we are well ac- quainted with John Cook who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration. that we believe him to be sixty nine years old that he is respected and beloved in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in

that opinion sworn to and subscribed in open court the day and year aforesaid P. Hays clk etc 3
James M'Combie J. Stephens
And the said Court does hereby declare 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 soldier of the Revo- lutionary war and served as he states. And that the Court further certifies that it appears to him that James M'Combie who signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman resident in the County of Williamson and State of Tennessee and that Silas Stephens who also signed the same is also a resident in Williamson County Tennessee and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit And further that Henry Cook whose certificate is above given is also a resident in Williamson County Tennessee and that his statement is entitled to full credit Thos Sheart Judge etc
I Preston Hays clerk of the Circuit Court for the County of Williamson in the State of Tennessee do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original and proceedings in the matter of the application of John Cook for a Pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto

Set my hand and private seal, there being no seal of office at office in Franklin, this 24 th day of September A.D. 1832
P. Hays Seal

11968.
John Cooke
Tennessee
from 1780 private to sergeant 1 year.
Private 9 months. 30. — Sergt 3 " " 15 — $ 45. —
can only allow for three months during last term.
Rich. L. Andrews
Franklin of Tennessee

BRIEF in the case of  of Williamson in the State of  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
John Cooke of the County of Tennessee.
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge?
Court.
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he?
Sixty nine.
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     Drafted In 17 80. " 6 " private Gen. Stephens, Col. H. Richardson   Substitute " 81. May upwards of 3 " Lieut Col. Lewis Burwell, Major John Boyce, Capt. Sylvanus Walker.   Drafted " 81 4 " orderly sergeant Gen. Rob. Lawson, Col. Lindsey, Major John Overstreet, Capt. Wm. Pagdale, Lt. Gideon Spencer.   Gen. Muhlenburg, Col. Burwell, Capt. Thos. Jones  
5. In what battles was he engaged? Skirmishes only mentioned - Siege of Yorktown
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service?
Leesburg of Virginia.
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? a living witness &
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? defective - Papers not attached properly to the seal - Clerk's seal private -
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
J. H. Duncan
Examining Clerk.

I John Andrews of the county of Williamson and State of Tennessee do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with John Cook who has subscribed and sworn to his declaration that I served a campaign with him in the service of the United States during the revolutionary war beginning about the first of May 1781 under Captain William Ragsdale Lieutenant Jacob Spencer Ensign Baxter Pool in the Regiment commanded by Col. Lindsay and Major John Purvis and attached to the Brigade commanded by Gen. Robert Lawson. We were marched from Lunenburg County North Carolina to Prince Edward County North Carolina to Carters Ferry on James River. then to Rappahannock a small river flowing in the Rappahannock above Fredericksburg and formed a junction with the main army commanded by Lafayette. were marched to Hanover County and discharged some time in August same year 1781 making a term of about four months at least upward of three months. I also know that he lived in Lunenburg County Virginia when he entered the service. I also talked with him and know that he remained the service above described and I know he served another tour or two but I did not serve with him.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 21 st day of September 1832. John Allison
John Andrews

The State of Tennessee, Williamson County.
I Thomas Hardeman clerk of the court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for the county of Williamson aforesaid, do hereby certify that John Allison Esquire, before whom the within affidavit was made, is and was at the time the same was made, an acting Justice of the Peace, duly commissioned and sworn; and that full faith and credit are due all his official acts as such. In testimony whereof I have hereto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said court, at office in Franklin this 24 th day of September A.D. 1832. ~
Thos. Hardeman By his deputy Wm. Hardeman

Revised
3179
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File No. 8179
John Cooke Sergt. War Line
Act: June 14/93
Index:—Vol. 4 , Page 73
[Arrangement of 1870.]

John Cook
 carrying off the spoil accompanied the battle. 
FOR THE YEAR 1888. BY THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE.
ГЛАВЫ XIII. Проф. И. Гуревич продолжает свой доклад.

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of John Cooke which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yes V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? yes VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? No distinguishing seal, & not authenticated

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? yes XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? no XIV. †If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? one witness If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? Certified by court Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? yes XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? yes XVI. ‡Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? No XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? yes
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: "Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, 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 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 shewn 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.
†QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
‡QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the 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.
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, 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.

State of Tennessee
I hereby certify that Preston Hoag whose name appears as clerk of the Circuit Court for William County Tennessee of record to the declaration of John Lee is and was at the time of making said declaration clerk of said court before whom said declaration was made and that the signature is that of Preston Hoag and in his writing and also that there is no seal of office pro- for said court given under my hand this 11 th day of April 1833
Felix Grundy