Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 22857, Michael Cooper, Penn

SERVICE
Penn
Cooper, Michael Mary
N. 22857
CONTENTS

19.758
Indiana
Michael Cooper
of Washington Co in the State of Indiana who was a Private in the Regiment commanded by Captain Jos. Ervin of the regiment commanded by Colonel George Eagle in the Pennsylvania line, for the term of three years from the year 1776 to the year 1779
Inscribed on the Roll of Indiana at the rate of eight Dollars per month, to commence on the eighth day of September 1826
Certificate of Pension issued the sixth of April 1827 and sent to H. I. Livingston Esq Bedford Indiana
Arrears to 4th of March 1827 47. 16 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 1 st Sept 1827 48. 00
$ 95 16
{ Revolutionary Claim, Acts March, 18, 1818, and May 1, 1820. }

7325. Illinois
9th Oct. '45 - Reps to by letter. -
May Cooper, deceased, widow of Michael Cooper, who was a private, in the Pennsylvania line.
admitted under act of July - 1845 - since -
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843. Ending on June 25th: 1845, when she died
Certificate of Pension issued the 8th day of October, 1845, and sent to J. L. & A. T. Smith, Present.
[Act of March 3, 1843.] 4th June, 1845 -
Recorded in Book A, Vol. 2 - Page 225

18,592. Michael Cooper Application for pension.
John R. Porter Esq. Pashli, Indiana.

State of Indiana Lawrence County
This third day of September A.D. 1822 personally appeared in open court being a court of record by the laws of said State, Michael Cooper of the county and State aforesaid aged sixty nine years who being solemnly sworn according to law, doth on his oath, make the following Declara- tion to entitle him to benefit of the laws passed for the relief of persons soldiers who served in the revolutionary war, that he en- listed in the company commanded by Joseph Evers for three years in the fall of the year 1776, in the regiment comman- ded by Colonel Richard Butler, in the ninth Pennsylvania regiment, in the line of said State, that he was regularly and honorably discharged in the State of New Jersey in the the year 1779. that he was drafted out of the ninth regiment into the light infantry commanded by Colonel Schamman and Gen. Moxfield. that after he joined Head quarters he was in the skirmage at Strawberry Hill, in the state of New Jersey that he was in the battles of Brandywine and Germantown that at the battle of Germantown he was returned to his own corps, the regiment commanded commanded by Col Butler the battallion commanded by Gen. Conway, and that he has no further evidence of his service having lost his discharge thinking it of no use to him. And this declarant, on his oath aforesaid, further states that he has not, since the 1st of March A.D. 1818 by any sale or transfer of his property so disposed of it, to come within the provision of the laws of the United States entitled "An act for the relief of persons who served in the army and navy during the revolutionary war." And that he has no other property than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and that no person has in trust for him any any money or other property the benefit of which will accrue to him and that he has no money due or owing to him from any person. and that the following is an exact schedule of his property to wit one mare, twelve years old, and three hogs. And this declarant further states that he is by occupation a farmer, that his family consists of a wife and two  four children, two daughters two daughters, that his wife is aged about sixty seven years and unable

to perform any labor and at times to help herself, that the oldest daughter named Betty is in her twenty second year, that she is able to labor, that the youngest named Eliza is in her nineteenth year, and that she is able to labor, and this declarant further states that he is in such indigent circumstances that he will be unable to support himself and family and will be compelled to depend upon the charity of his friends as he unable to labor but a small part of the time.
Sworn and subscribed to the day and year before mentioned
Michael P. Cooper Mark
Before me -
John Lowrey CLK
State of Indiana Lawrence County
I John Lowrey Clerk of Lawrence circuit court, do hereby certify that the foregoing is an exact copy of the record of the application of said Cooper in my office, and I do further certify that the property mentioned in the foregoing schedule was valued by the court to twenty two Dollars.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court this 3 rd day of September A.D. 1822.
John Lowrey CLK
State of Indiana Fifth Judicial Circuit
William M. McR President
Judge of the circuit aforesaid certify that John Lowrey who signed the above attestation is a

was at the time of signing the same clerk of the circuit court of Lawrence county, and that his said certificate is in due form of law and properly attested by the seal of said court
In faith whereof I have here- unto set my hand at Palestine in Lawrence County and with in the circuit aforesaid this 3 rd day of September 1872
Wm H. Mier

no 8231 Mary Cooper of Michael Illinois

State of Indiana
Martin County
On this twenty fourth day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty two, personally appeared before me Earl Douglass, one of the associate judges of the circuit court in and for the county of Martin and state of Indiana, (said court being a court of Record, having a clerk and official seal, and so declared by the laws of the state of Indiana.) Mary Cooper, a resident of the said county of Martin, aged seventy seven years past, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed July 7. 1838, entitled "an act granting half-pay and pensions to certain widows." That she is the widow of Michael Cooper, who was a private in the army of the Revolutionary war, on the part of the United States. She further declares, that she cannot state accurately, the names of the officers under whom the said Michael Cooper served, nor the troops to which he belonged, nor any thing of an accurate history of his service during the war, but thinks he served about three years, & resided in the state of Pennsylvania when he entered the service; But that the said Michael Cooper, was wounded in the heel, while in battle.
She further declares, that her husband, the said Michael Cooper, resided in Harrison county, in the state of Indiana, in the year 1826, where he made an application for a Pension, on account of his services in the revolutionary war as aforesaid; And that the said Michael Cooper, her said husband, obtained a Pension upon said application, and was placed on the Pension Roll, in the Indiana Pension agency, then at Corydon in the state of Indiana, at the rate of ninety six dollars a year, and drew his said Pension

at Croydon aforesaid, until he died as hereinafter mentioned. This declarant, for further and more accurate description and  and certainty history of the services of the said Michael Cooper, in the revolutionary war as aforesaid, begs leave to refer the War Department and the commissioner of Pensions, to the declaration of the said Michael Cooper and the proof thereto annexed, on file in the War Dept. in the matter of the application of the said Michael Cooper, for his said Pension, for proof as to the services of her said husband the said Michael Cooper, in her behalf, in her application for a Pension herein.
She further declares, that she was married to the said Michael Cooper, on the _____ day of December, in the year seventeen hundred and eighty three, in the county of Orange in the State of North Carolina by one Eli M c Daniel, then a Justice of the Peace, of that county; in the Starfield settlement. That the said M c Daniel, who married them died in North Carolina about forty years since. That her husband, the aforesaid Michael Cooper died on the nineteenth day of January in the year eighteen hundred and thirty one, in the county of Harrison and State of Indiana: That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January, seventeen hundred and ninety-four, viz; at the time above stated. She further declares, that she cannot recollect the precise day on which she was married as aforesaid, but recollects, it was during the week, between Christmas & new year's days, of that year.
She further declares, that her said husband Michael Cooper and  lived together as husband and wife from the time of their said marriage until the death of the said Michael Cooper

as aforesaid, and that they resided first in North-Carolina, afterwards, in South-Carolina, then in North-Carolina, next in Virginia, next in Kentucky and lastly in Indiana . That she has never intermarried with any other person since the death of the said Michael Cooper as aforesaid, and that she is now living as his widow, in the county of Martin and state of Indiana.
She further declares, that she had born in Wedlock with the said Michael Cooper, after their said marriage as aforesaid, thirteen children, viz: Jane who was born on the 18 th of Jan y . 1785. who is now living in Illinois, then one that died in its infancy without being named, next William R. who was born Aug. 12 th 1788. who is now living Lawrence co. Ia. next John C. born 25 th Dec r . 1790. now living in Martin co. Ia. next James C. born Feby. 22 nd 1794. and one born dead between James & John. not named. Solomon born 27 th Aug. 1796. who is now dead. Moses, who is now dead, born about the 9 th of March 1799. Mary who is now living in Morgan county Indiana, born on the 26 th June 1801. Elizabeth now living in Martin county, Ia. born on the 3 rd of October 1803. next an infant which died without being named, born about the 15 th of June 1805. Sarah now living in Martin county, Ia. born on the 24 th of August 1807. & lastly Seely Kelly, who was born March 16 th 1810, who is now living in Indiana.
She further declares, that she is not certain but supposes, there ought to be some Record of her said marriage in Orange county North-Carolina, but is ignorant of any certain Record there of it. And that there, was no regular family Record, of her said marriage kept, either by her or her said dead husband.

She further declares, that there was not kept any regular family Record of the Births of her said children, by her decd. husband, but that a few months after the decease of her said husband, in the same year, this declarant got one William Briddle, to enter some of the names & dates of the births of some of her said children, in a leaf or leaves of a small family Bible, that belonged to their family, at the head of which entry of names & births is entered, the birth and name of this declarant, next her oldest daughter's name and birth, viz. Jane Cooper, & William R. John C. James C. Mary, Elizabeth, Sarah, & Seely Kelly. the others being then dead were not entered in said Bible. That said Bible is yet in the possession of this declarant containing said entry, as above described, which is the only family Record known by this declarant.
She further declares, that she does not know of any living witness, by whom she can prove her said marriage, that was present, at, & seen the marriage take place.
She further declares, that the reason she did not apply for a Pension sooner than this, is, that she had remained entirely ignorant of any provision or law of Congress, having been made for her relief in such cases, until recently.
She further declares, that she is the same identical person and widow of the said Michael Cooper, deceased, who made application and drew the arrearages of Pension due to the said Michael Cooper decd. at the time of his death as aforesaid, in the year 1831. All of which will more fully appear by Reference to the proof hereto annexed.
Sworn to & subscribed
3

before me this 24 th day of March A. D. 1842.
Earl Douglass
Mary h Cooper mark associate judge
State of Indiana } ss Martin county. }
I Earl Douglass, the associate judge before whom the above declaration of Mary Cooper, was made, sworn to & subscribed on this day, do certify, that the foregoing declaration was made before me, at said county, at the residence of the said Mary Cooper.
And I do further certify, that I believe, that the said Mary Cooper, the declarant, is unable to appear before a court of Record, in and for the said county of Martin, on account of her advanced age and bodily infirmity, & from her remote distance from the county seat, or place of holding courts, in said county. And I do further certify, that I believe her to be of the age of seventy seven years as she states.
Given under my hand at said county this 24 th day of March A. D. 1842.
Earl Douglass associate judge

State of Indiana } ss. Martin county. } On this 24 th day of March A. D. 1842. personally appeared before me James Earl Douglass, one of the associate justices of the circuit court in and for the county of Martin aforesaid, Sarah Cooper and resident of said county, aged thirty four years on the 24 th of Aug. last, who being by me duly sworn upon upon her oath, says, that, she is a daughter of Michael Cooper and Mary Cooper, that the said Michael Cooper her father, was a Pensioner of the United States, and placed on the Indiana Pension agency at Corydon Indiana, at

the rate of ninety six dollars a year, and drew his money at Corydon Indiana. that the said Michael Cooper, her father died in Harrison county, Indiana, on the 19th. of January in the year 1831. that she was present & seen him expire, and attended his funeral, the 24th day afterwards. that the said Mary Cooper her mother, and being the widow of the said Michael Cooper Deed. is now living in the county of Martin & state of Indiana, that she has never as yet intermarried with any other person, since the death of the said Michael Cooper, her husband, as aforesaid. And that the said Mary Cooper, is the same identical person and widow of the said Michael Cooper Deceased, who has this day made her declaration for a Pension before Earl Douglass, one of the associate judges of the circuit court of this county, above hereto annexed. That this affiant has Resided with her said father & mother, from her earliest recollection, up to the death of her father as aforesaid & with her said mother since the death of her said father as aforesaid. that she knows of no family Record of the marriage of her said father & mother ever having been kept. that a few months after her father's death, her mother got one William Briddle, to write in a small family bible the names and ages of her said mother & the children, that were then living; Mothers name having been entered first therein, & then the children's. on two leaves, of said bible, which said leaves, containing the names, & births of her said mother, & her living children, was this day taken from the family Bible, now in her said mother's possession, and is hereto below this deposition annexed.

(and) marked A, that the said Record, marked A, as aforesaid, was made in the hand writing of the said William Burdlee, (and) is the only family Record ever known as having been kept, by his said father & mother, or either of them.
Elizabeth Cooper was born October the 3rd 1703 Mary Cooper was born August the 24th 1704 Sarah Kelley Cooper was born March the 16th 1706  A
Mary Cooper was born April the 3rd 1707 Jane Cooper was born January 18 1708 William Cooper was born was born August 1709 John Cooper was born the 25th of December James C. Cooper was born February 1711 Sarah Cooper was born Jan. the 16th 1712  A

further oath not.
Sworn to & subscribed before me this 24 th day of March A.D. 1842.
Earl Douglass associate judge
Sarah her + Cooper mark.
State of Indiana } Sct.
Martin county. }
On this 24 th day of March A.D. (1842), personally appeared before me Earl Douglass, one of the associate judges of the circuit court, in and for the county of Martin aforesaid, John C. Cooper, a Resident of said county, aged fifty one years on the 25 th of Decr. last. who being by me first duly sworn upon his oath, says, that he is a son of Michael Cooper, and Mary Cooper. That his father the said Michael Cooper, was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States, & placed on the Indiana Pension agency, at Corydon, in the state of Indiana, at the rate of ninety six dollars a year. and drew his Pension money at Corydon, Indiana, up to the time of his death. That the said Michael Cooper, his father, died in Harrison county, in Indiana on the 19 th day of January in the year 1831, he thinks, that he was present at his death & burial. That his mother, the said Mary Cooper is the widow and Relict of the said Michael Cooper Deed.

that his mother, the said Mary Cooper, is the widow of the said Michael Cooper, Decd. and is now living in the county of Martin & state of Indiana, and that the said Mary Cooper has never as yet intermarried with any other person, since the death of the said Michael Cooper as aforesaid. that the said Mary Cooper, is the same person, whose declaration for a pension, is above hereto annexed, made before Judge Douglass, this day. that the record, taken from the family bibles of his said father & mother, referred to in the Deposition of his sister Sarah Cooper, hereto annexed, is the only family record, that this affiant knows, of ever having been kept in his father's family, of the ages or births of their children; that Jane Cooper, his oldest sister & eldest child of the said Michael Cooper & Mary Cooper, is now living, and is he believes of the age of fifty seven years on the 18 th of January last, that is her reputed age. That the said Michael and Mary, had the following named children, who are all now living, viz. Jane, William R. (this affiant), Mary, Elizabeth, Sarah, & Seely Kelly. his brother James C. died, a number of years ago. And that his said father & mother, lived together as husband & wife from his earliest recollection, up to the time of the death of his father as aforesaid. & that there is five others of his brothers & sisters now dead. further saith not.
Sworn to & subscribed before me this 24 th day of John C. Cooper

March 1842.
Earl Douglass associate judge
I Earl Douglass, the associate judge before whom the above Depositions of Sarah Cooper, and John C. Cooper, were taken subscribed and sworn to this day, do certify, that the said Sarah Cooper, & John C. Cooper, the deponents, are both persons, of truth, credibility and veracity, which I certify from my own personal knowledge.
Given under my hand and seal, at said county, this 24 th day of March 1842. Earl Douglass associate judge
State of Indiana, S t .
Martin county } I Rufus Brown, clerk of the circuit court in and for the county of Martin and state of Indiana, do certify, that Earl Douglass, whose official signatures appear to the foregoing Declaration of Mary Cooper, & his certificate of her bodily infinity, and to the foregoing Depositions of Sarah Cooper & John C. Cooper, and to the certificate of credibility thereof, as having been made, taken, sworn to & subscribed respectively, was on the day of the dates thereof respectively, one of the associate judges of the circuit court in and for the said county of Martin, duly commissioned and qualified, that full faith and credit are due to all his official acts, and that his said signatures thereto are genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the official seal of said court, at my office at Mt. Pleasant, this 24 th day of March Anno Domini 1842.
Rufus Brown Clerk M c L

sion on file in this Bureau. Michael Cooper W.F. 22857
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Feb 1776 Dec 1780 Pvt. Joseph Erwin Richard Butler Harmar Penn   was wounded in the head in battle none of which is not stated  
Battles engaged in, Strawberry Hills, Brandywine and Germantown. Residence of soldier at enlistment, Enlisted in Penn. Date of application for pension, Sept. 3, 1822. His el. was al. Residence at date of application, Lawrence Co. Ind. Land in Mich & Co. Ind in 1836 Age at date of application, Born Apr. 1753
Remarks: Soldier married Dec. 1783 in Orange Co. N.C. Mary Griffin Griffy or Griffith. He was allowed pension on an application executed Mar. 24, 1842. While a resident of Martin Co. Ind. 77 years of age. Children: Mary b. Jan. 18, 1785; William R. b. Aug. 12, 1788; John b. Dec. 25, 1790; James b. Feb. 22, 1794; Solomon b. Aug. 27, 1796; Moses b. Mar. 9, 1799; Mary b. Jan. 18, 1801; Elizabeth b. Oct. 3, 1803; Sarah b. Aug. 24, 1807; Seely, Kelly b. Mar. 16, 1810. Three children unnamed died in infancy. Died June 25, 1842 in Martin Co. Ind. In 1833 Soldier Refused to take his wife's name and age and to his daughter's. Very respectfully, Betsy in her 82nd year of her life in 19th year The above noted etc.
Commissioner.

State of Indiana Martin county } ss
On this 20 day of May A D 1843 personally appeared before me Thomas Gistell - one of the justices of the Peace in and for the county of Martin aforesaid John Cooper a Resident of said county who being by me duly sworn upon his oath says that his age is 52 years past that he is a son of Michael Cooper and Mary Cooper. That his father was a Revolution- ary pensioner at the rate of $96 a year & placed on the Indiana pension roll & agency That his father died on the 19 th of January A D 1831. That his mother Mary Cooper is now living a Resident of Martin county Indiana and is now aged 78 years past as he is infor- med and believes. That he made his affidavit as a witness in behalf of his Mother's pensi- on claim before Earl Douglas one of the associate judges of the circuit court of said county in March 1842 at the said time the said Mary Cooper made her declaration for a pension as the widow of the said Michael Cooper deceased. That he was present and witnessed the whole proceedings at the time the said declaration was made. That the declaration and accom- panying depositions of Sarah Cooper & this affidavit were made and by one Joshua M. Cooper Esq. an Attorney at law who resides at Marshall Clark county Illinois That the said Joshua M. Cooper is not in any way related to the family of the said Michael Cooper & Mary Cooper and was a stranger to us at the time having acci- dently been called upon by the said Mary Cooper to attend to her pension claim as &

was then passing through the country: That the two leaves accompanying the deposition of the said Sarah Cooper with the names of part of the births of the children of the said Michael Cooper & Mary Cooper was taken out of the family Bible of the said Michael & Mary Cooper: That in the possession of the said Mary Cooper by the said Sarah Cooper her Attorney in the presence of this affiant and attached to the deposition of the said Sarah Cooper as well as he now recollects; That the births of the children entered upon said leaves of said Bible, were entered thereon by one William Bridle about 11 or 12 years ago since the death of his father. That said Bridle was then living with the said Mary Cooper, that the record of said births of the children so sent to the department was made in the presence of this affiant and he knows it to be the hand writing of the said William Bridle. That the said record was made at the request of the said Mary Cooper & some of the children who were then present. That said record was made without any intention of its ever being used out of the family circle or acquaintance and that the Attorney for his mother as above named advised the said Mary, that she would be required by the department to exhibit such a record of her marriage or births of her children as she then possessed, that such were the rules of the department. That the said William Bridle has since said record was made left the family of the said Mary Cooper, to wit 10 years ago and has gone to parts unknown to the said Mary or any other person within her acquaintance as he is informed and believes that the

affiant and the said Mary & the rest of their children have made enquiry diligently for a number of years past for the said William Briddle and they have not been able to hear where he is, if he should yet be living, they suppose he is dead or he would have written to some of the family. The said family Bible of the said Mary Cooper out of which said Record was taken & sent to the Department or Pension office at Washington City & mailed at Mt Pleasant P.O. Martin county Indiana further saith not
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 20 th day of May
A D 1843
Thomas Cissell D.P.
John Cooper
I Thomas Cissell the justice of the Peace before whom the above affidavit of John Cooper was made this day. Do certify that the said John Cooper is a person of truth and credibility, so far as I am acquainted with him
Given under my hand this 20 th day of May A D 1843
Thomas Cissell J.P.
for no annuity to her pension claim as of

State of Indiana Martin County } ss
I Rufus Brown Clerk of the circuit court in and for the county of Martin aforesaid do certify. That Thomas G. Bell whose official signatures appear to the foregoing Deposition of John Cooper now is and was on the day of the dates thereof Respectively an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said county duly commissioned & qualified. That full faith and credit are due his official Acts & that his said signatures are Genuine In testimony whereof have herewith subscribed my name and affixed the official seal of said court at my office in Mt Pleasant this 20 th day of May 1843
Rufus Brown Clerk

Record Division. Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
April 23, 1908
Searched by L.D. Lamparter
Original No. _____
Certificate No. _____
Claimant, _____
Soldier, Michael Booper
Service, _____
Rev. War
Lived in Washington Co. Ind. in 1835-
Remarks: No claim was above
except Wid. # 22857
Lived in Washington Co. Ind. died Jan'y 19, 1831
_____ Chief of Division.

City Hall Census Population and Vital Statistics
Columbia Public Schools H. A. ... Superintendent

Kokomo Public Schools
R. A. Ogg, Superintendent
City Building Corner Washington and Walnut Streets
11. 4. 22857 53 Munden Street, Kokomo, Ind. April 16, 1908.
Bureau of Pensions Department of the Interior Washington, D. C. Gentlemen:—
Will you please send me the Revolutionary record of one Michael Cooper of Virginia, I think. According to a published list he was a pensioner and lived in Washington County, Indiana as late as the year

Kokomo Public Schools R. A. Ogg, Superintendent
City Building Corner Washington and Walnut Streets
2.
1835.
Thanking you for the favor, Very respectfully, (Miss) Kathleen M. Cooper.

Rev
1908 Apr. 23 Hist. Soc Michael Cooper S.M.
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 22857
Mary Cooper widow of Michael Cooper Pr. Rev War
Act March 3 rd 1843 & June 19
Index: Vol A , Page 150
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Agent notified let: 8 April 1842 to Pen agent See letter to J. P. Cooper 14 June 1842 - do. to L. Acree July 9. 1842 - do. to Hon. J. H. Cravens H. Rep August 19. 1842 - do. to J. P. Cooper 26 April 1843. as w A. Barlette July 10. 43 " " Oct. 14. 43 J. P. Cooper Oct 28 "
6610
Illinois
Mary Cooper
widow of Michael Cooper, dec. who was a pensioner under the Act of June 8. 1818. and who died on the 19 Jany 1831 at Martin in the State of Illinois who was a private in the comp commanded by Captain Irvin of the regt commanded by Col. Eagle in the Penn. line for 2 years.
Inscribed on the Roll of Illinois at the rate of 80 Dollars per per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 7: day of April 1842 and sent to J. P. Cooper, Marshall, Ill. Arrears to the 4th of March '41. 400. Semi-annual allowance ending
400.
{ Act July 7, 1838.
Recorded by Theo. Smoody Clerk Book A Vol. 2 Page 22

New certificate issued
10. May 1845 sent out to Archer Bartlett, Esq.
Marshall, Illinois H. H. Sylvester, Present.
Hon. J. A. Wright, Rock- ville, Indiana.
let to Pagan Aug 8 1845
" " J. L. of A. T. Smith Sept 4:45
(Duplicate)
Illinois 6610
Mary Cooper widow of Michael Cooper, dec d who was a pensioner under the Act of 1818 and who died on the 19. January 1831 of Martin in the State of Illinois who was a Private in the comp. commanded by Captain Irvin of the regt. commanded by Col. Nagle in the Penn. line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Illinois at the rate of 80 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 7 th day of April 1842 and sent to J. P. Cooper Marshall, Ill s
Total amount, — $ 400.
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by J. L. Moody Clerk, Book A. Vol. 2 Page 223

10
Mary Cooper decd Widow of Michael See
Acts March 1843 and 17 June 1844
At the Dyras per $80 per ann
Commencing on 4 March 1843 and terminating on 25 June 1845, the day of her death payable to William Cooper, John C. Cooper, Sarah Cooper, and Elizabeth Cooper only surviving children of Mary Cooper decd
J. L. & A. M c Lach Present

Washington 25 Dec 12 th 1844
Friend T. Edwards Sir
Your attention is requested to the within re admitted papers, in a copy of Army book, as it respectfully requested that you would give the same your early attention
Yours Respectfully
Jos. S. Wright

Nov 20 1843
Con.
May Cooper Inverness
Hon J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D.C.
avon 900 8
FREE

Marshall Ill Nov 10 th 1843
Sir
I understand from a letter from you to S P Cooper of this place that the certificate of allowance of Mrs Mary Cooper claim was once sent to S P Cooper of this place. I also understand that Mr Cooper has forwarded his affidavit to the Department stating that he never received the certificate and that he wishes if the certificate is forwarded again to be sent to him. Which Sir I am authorized by the claimant to inform you that she wishes you to forward the certificate if sent again to myself as she has discharged Mr Cooper as her Atty some time ago. As for the proof of my statement I refer you to Mrs Coopers letter accompanying the Bible that was forwarded to the Department about five months ago. I will also give you good reasons why Mrs Cooper discharged him as her Atty which are under my own observation said Cooper was employed about two years ago to prosecute the claim of Jane Archer for a Pension. (she is a Grand Mother of mine) The claim was allowed and the certificate was forwarded to Mr Cooper. He got a power of attorney from the old lady to draw the money when he came back from the Pension Agency he said he could not get the money and was doubtful whether it

could be obtained. And the old lady being very ignorant about the Business concluded that she could not get it. After five or six months a gentleman from this place began to suspect that Cooper had received the money and did not intend to let the old lady know it. He wrote to the Pension Agency at Springfield and received an answer that Cooper had drawn the money at the time he came on to make the draw. After the mystery was found out Cooper smuggled his property out of his possession and she has not got her money yet nor no probability of getting it. He also swindled two other old ladies in the same manner. Their names are Dippin and O'neel whose claims were allowed about the same time and they have not got their money yet and in all probability never will. The two last are now almost on the Brink of Starvation and cannot get a cent from the scoundrel that has stolen their money. He has also swindled numbers of other persons in about the same way. These are the reasons why Mrs. Cooper discharged him. He is without exception one of the grandest scoundrels and swindlers the country affords. As for the truth of these statements I refer you to Judge Harlan, Mr. Manly, James Lawrence, Newton Harlan, and W.B. Archer all of this place and Respectable Prominent persons as are in this county. The two former are attorneys at Law. In answer to your letter requiring more proof of Mrs. Mary Cooper's

Marriage. I have to inform you that I am unable to procure any more evidence. I hope the evidence already produced will be sufficient, as she is in very low circumstances and is very much in need of her Pension the rights &c. I have also written to Virginia for a Record of Susan Kin- -ney marriage but received an answer that there is no such Record in the County she states she was married in and can not procure any persons that knew her previous to the 1 st of January 1794.
With much Respect I am your Most Ob- servant Abner Bartlett
As for
Hon L d Edwards Comm ee of Pensions

House of Reps
August 18 - 1842
Sir,
I received, a few days since a communication from J. P. Cooper, an Attorney at Marshall, Illinois in which he states that he has forwarded to your office, the applications & proofs of several widows claiming pensions, under the act granting 5 years pension to widows of revolutionary soldiers, or under some one of the pension laws. He also states that he has been unable to receive any answer from your office, re: later to the applications he has sent on, & requests me to enquire, if any thing, & if so, what, has been done in the cases of Nancy Randolph of Vigo County, Indiana, Mary Cooper " Martin " Mary Robison " Clark " and the causes of their suspension.
You would much oblige me by examining into & informing me of the result of your investigation of these cases, at your earliest convenience.
I am Sir very respectfully Yours obedt servt
J. W. Graves
L. S. Edmonds Esq. Commr. of Pensions.

Pension Office, July 10. 1843.
Sir,
The Bible forwarded by you in the case of Mary Cooper appears to have been published in 1829, and, consequently, the paper purporting to be a family register, taken from that Bible, has been too recently made to be availing as evidence to establish the date of a distant event. If, as it is alleged, she was married as early as 1783, there must be old persons still living who, between that date and 1794, knew her as the acknowledged wife of the late pensioner.
I am very respectfully, Your Ob Servant. J L Edwards
Archer Bartlett, Esq. Mount Pleasant Martin County Indiana

State of Illinois, Black county, Marshall 28 th March (1842).
Hon. J. L. Edwards, Comm. of Pensions.
Sir,
I have the honor to be in enclose to you, & present, the Declaration & annexed proof, of Mary Cooper, the widow of Michael Cooper, now Deat. for a five years pension, under the act of July 7. 1835.
I have written to the Clerk of the courts of Orange county North-Carolina, requesting him, to forward to you, such proof, as the records of his office may furnish, of the marriage of the said Michael Cooper, & Mary, his present widow. If the records in his office furnish no proof, of the marriage, I presume the enclosed proof will be sufficient. Also, I enclose the depositions of John & Elizabeth Martin, & Mary C. Martin, in behalf of the claimant Mary Cooper. Please enclose to me at Marshall, Black county, Illinois, the Pension certificate that may be issued on this application, and address to me at the same place, all correspondence in relation to this claim.
I have not recd. as yet the Pension certificate of Nancy Randolph, widow of Henry Randolph Deat. of Vigo co. Ind. If it is not yet issued please inform me of the reason of delay. also, in the application of Mr. Jos. Sanacod, an invalid of the late war. May Respectfully, your most Oblt. servant.
J. L. Cooper
P.S. In the case of Mr. Sanacod, above alluded to; the papers were sent to the case of the Hon. F. Casey, Rep. from Ills. in Sess. last, to be presented to the comm. of Pensions, & have not been heard from since. Mr. Sanacod, is a Resident of Clarke Co. Ills. please say if it has been recd.

Confidential
J. L. Edmonds Esq.
Washington City D.C.

Marshall Clark Co. Ill. April 1. 1842
Confidential
Sir. I can not forbear pointing out to you the conduct of one Joshua P. Cooper of this place. He is a man of notoriously bad character - he is now on a mission of pension hunting in the State of Indiana - I do not know that he has or will present you a fraudulent claim but he is charged with acts involving the same principle - He is charged with swindling forgery & perjury and has been tried for all three twice for perjury, once in this county & once in Indiana in Vermillion Co - he has within the last year drawn pensions for Mrs. Archer Mrs. Knell & Mrs. Griffin of this county & steadily denies that he had received it until it was found out from the pension agent that it was paid. alleging all the time that the Agent told him he had no money -

out of $400 he has paid Mr. Griffin $50. & the other about in the same proportion. He invariably charges the appellant me half. Itself is an outrage in ordinary cases - It may be as well for the Government to grant Cooper a pension at once - it will cost the Government less money and do the appellant just as much good. It is with pain I mention these things because Cooper is an attorney & a neighbor & unless you will regard this letter as confidential I wish it may be returned to me. About the facts there is no doubt - I refer you for the evidence of his character to Judge John Pearson Jubit Ill. Judge Justin Harlan of Marshall Ill. Thomas Smith Esq. of Grandview Ill. - and I might in due refer to nearly all the prominent citizens of Illinois. Mr. Whitcomb formerly of the Land office had quashed the first indictment against him

In conclusion permit me to ask
Is it an offence to take the oath required of an attorney to draw money due to a pensioner that he has no sole mortgage or transfer. When he has at the same time a written contract with the pensioner by which he (the attorney) is to have one half after the pension when allowed?
Since writing the above Bob & Darryl in Inverness pensioner informs me that Looper drew his pension in Oct 41 and has most firmly denied it to the date. These things are all true, sir, and really it is a d---s grave to the country that they are true. R
me. Respectfully
St. Joseph
Did Edwards say P.S. I am told you have a 15 th century  to your Myrtle as a garden with wood for a 15 th century  to your lantern 15 th century lantern character.

(Confidential)
Hon. J. L. Edwards Comm. of Pensions Washington City D.C.

(Confidential)
Marshall M. 22 nd Jan ry 42
Sir. I had the honor to ad dress you a few weeks ago a confidential letter in relation to the conduct of Joshua P. Cooper - I apprehend the information recd from me or some one else has been acted upon as he gets no communication of late from your office - That letter was confidential & so I wish it recorded - not because the statements in it are untrue or even too highly colored but for the reason that he is a neighbor & I do not wish to subject myself to any possibility of injury which his feelings of revenge might prompt him to - Lest he should deny the charges or there should exist any doubt on the subject I beg leave to refer to the following persons

for his general character
Dr. Richard Blake Terre Haute Ind
Hon. J. Aaron Doss Hall Ill.
Col Thomas Smith Grandview Ill.
G. B. Chellady Esq. Paris Ill.
J. B. Gookins Esq. Terre Haute Ind
Hon. Chief Justice Tolson Cos. Ill.
A. J. Richardson Esq. Eugene Ind.
and for the manner in which he has conducted as pension agent
to Mrs. Jane Unsell Doss Ind.
Archer Boettger Portland Ind.
Mrs. Archer (pensioner) Marshall Ill.
Mrs. Boon (pensioner) Livingston Ill.
Prof. Doss " Marshall Ill.
whose money he still has in his hands or has spent it post redemption
Very Resp
Wm Manly
Hon. J. L. Edwards

P.S. Under the view of the case I shall regard as a matter of course that no offer will now be forwarded with a copy of my letter no information given as to who gave the information If the charge are false he can easily refute them by statements from those who owe money he has drawn - if true it can do no good to give him the information Wm May

167 Pleasant St May 20 th 1843
Free
Hon D L Edwards, Commis. of Pensions. Pension office Washington City D. L.

Mt Pleasant Martin Co Ind May 1943
Hon J L Edward Comr, of Pensions
Sir
Agreeable to your request of 2 nd Nov I have sent you the Bibles out of which the records of the births of some of my children was taken as enclosed to you with my declaration and depositions etc as the widow of Michael Cooper deceased. And Mr Archer Bartlett my late Attorney will send you a deposition of my son John Cooper concern- -ing the said Record. I wish all the correspondence hereafter concerning my claim to be done with Mr Bartlett my Attorney at Marshall Clark County Illinois. I have waited a long time on Mr Cooper at Marshall but he has not succeeded and I have now employed Mr Bartlett. I sincerely hope that you will find this last proof sufficient to establish my claim as I know of no other proof.
With much Respect I am I am your most O bt servant
attest John L. Cooper
Mary X Cooper mark

State of Indiana Martin County ss.
On this 30 th day of June 1842 - personally appeared Leonard Dore a justice of the peace in and for the said County of Martin Earl Douglass a Resident of said County of Lawfull age and he being by me so duly sworn upon his oath says that he is the same person as one of the associate judges of the circuit Court in and for the said County of Martin Before whom the deposition of Sarah Cooper of said County was taken subscribed and sworn to on or about the 24 th day of March 1842 - In the matter of the application of Mary Cooper of said County for a pension as the widow of Michael Cooper deceased and that the papers set forth in said deposition of Sarah Cooper purporting to be a Family record of the Births of the children of the said Mary and Michael Cooper was taken from the family Bible in the possession of the said Mary Cooper in my presents with the names of the children as there in set forth and by the said Mary Cooper and attached to and in the said deposition of the said Sarah Cooper and made a part of the said deposition in my presents and that the names of said children were entered in said family record when the Bible was perused at that it then appeared at a long time previously and the time that said family record was made and by whom was stated by the said Sarah Cooper in her said deposition
Subscribed and sworn to before } Earl Douglass me this 30 th day of June 1842 Leonard Dore (J.P.)

I Leonard Hare the justice of the peace Before whom the foregoing Deposition of Earl = Douglass was taken subscribed and sworn to on this day do certify, the said Earl Douglass is a person of credibility, truth and veracity. The given under my hand and seal this 30 th day of June 1842.
Leonard Hare J.P.
State of Louisiana
Parish of Jefferson
I the undersigned Clerk of the District Court do hereby certify that Leonard Hare whose signature appears to the foregoing deposition of Earl Douglass was at the time of signing the same a justice of the peace within and for said parish of Jefferson duly commissioned and qualified, and that the facts stated are true and ought to be given to all his official acts, and that his said signatures are genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office at New Orleans this 30 th day of June A.D. 1842.
Profus Berrien Clerk

State of Indiana Martin County June 30 th 1842
Hon J. L. Edwards Comm. of Pensions
Sir
The papers containing the family Record of the Births of my children accompanying my application for a pension as the widow of Michael Cooper Deceased from this county was furnished by me to Judge Douglass of this County and taken from the family Bible in my possession and embodied in the deposition of Sarah Cooper my daughter and sent with my declaration.
You will see by reference to my declaration and accompanying depositions that the family Record is just as genuine as it and these other papers purport to be to be that nothing untrue was or is intended by that Record.
You will please enclose my pension certificate to J. P. Cooper Esq. who is my Attorney at Marshall Clark County Illinois when my claim is allowed and this shall be your sufficient authority therefore
Having understood that the genuineness of the family Record was doubted by I therefore give the above explanation of it
Yours Respectfully Mary her Cooper mark
Attest Leonard Acre

Marshall Clark county Illinois May 24 th 1843
Hon. T. L. Edwards
Sir,
having been employed by Mrs Mary Cooper to attend to her Pension Claim that she presented by the hands of J P Cooper of this place I now send you a deposition of Mr John Cooper a son of the old Lady's concerning the family record and Bible that you desired. For J P Cooper I cannot follow your instructions entirely as the said William Bridle cannot be heard of. I had sent to the Bible from W th Pleasant La. I hope that this deposition will be sufficient for the allowance of the Claim as the said Bridle cannot be found With much Respect
I am your most obed t servant Archibald Bartlett

State of Indiana } Martin county }
On this 10 th day of April A D 1843 personly appeared before me Leonard Aere one of the justices of the Peace in and for the county of Martin and State of Indiana. Mary Cooper a resident of said county aged seventy eight years on the third day of April A D 1843 who being by me duly sworn upon her oath says, that she is the same Identical person and the widow of Michael Cooper Deceased, Who made her declaration for a five years pension as such widow, before Earl Douglass one of the associate judges of the circuit Court in and for the said county of Martin on or about the 22 nd 23 rd or 24 th of March 1842. That she was ignorant at the time she made her said declaration and ever was until recently since that her deceased husband Michael Cooper made such statement of her age knowingly, in his said affidavit and if her age is so stated in his said affidavit, that it is erroneously made, which error she believes was a clerical one She further states that her age as stated in her said declaration in March 1842 is correct and that she can give no other or further explanation as to the discrepancy between her husband's statement, and her own as to her age than is herein given which she hopes, may be considered sufficiently satisfactory; She further states that there did not exist in the year 1826 at the time her husband is supposed to have made said affidavit of her age, any family record of the births of her said children, set forth in her declaration; And that the family record exhibited with her said declaration of some of the births of her said children was made since the said affidavit of her said husband, viz. about the year eighteen hundred and thirty, by one William Biddle who was then a young man and lived with her family at the time. Which said William Biddle has since

left her family, viz, about the year eighteen hundred and thirty four and has gone to parts unknown to the declarant and that she has not heard any thing of of the said William Bridle about for the last three years past and that she is ignorant as to his residence if living. she further declares that she was advised at the time she made her said declaration that it was the rule of the department in such cases that she must state upon oath whether or not she had any family record of her marriage, or of the births of her children and if she had that it would be necessary to state the fact of the existence of such a record as she then possessed and to exhibit it to the department which she done without any improper motive.
Sworn to & subscribed before me this 10 th day of April A D 1848
Leonard Acre PB
her Mary X Cooper Mark
State of Indiana } ss Martin county }
I, James Brown Clerk of the circuit court in and for the county aforesaid do certify that Leonard Acre whose official signature appears to the foregoing declaration or affidavit of Mary Cooper now is and was on the day of the date thereof, an Acting justice of the Peace in and for the said county of Martin, duly commissioned and qualified that full faith and credit are due his official acts and that his said signature is genuine.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of said court at my office in No 7 Pleasant this 11 th day of April A D 1848
Nathaniel Brown Clerk

State of Illinois, Clark county Marshall 11 th Nov. 1843.
Hon. L. L. Edwards Comr. of Pensions.
Sir,
Yours of the 28 th Ultimo, in relation to the Pensions claim of Mary Cooper of Indiana, was duly Recd; which letter I herewith Return to you, with my affidavit upon the same sheet, which you will please see & examine: The certificate of the said Mary Cooper has never been Recd. although more than a year & nine months have elapsed since you say it was forwarded to me, on the 7 th April 1842.
You will please forward another certificate in this case, which I suppose may be done upon the accompanying affidavit; Please enclose to me at this place.
I am very Respectfully Your Obedt. Servt. J. F. Hooper

Mars Hall Ill. Aug 3 rd 1843 Hon S. L. Edwards.
Sir, I have just received a letter from Mrs Mary Cooper enquiring concerning her Pension Claim which she employed me to attend to establishing for her, but in which case she had employed S. P. Cooper of this place to make out her Declaration and send on for her some year or more ago but being tired waiting on him she concluded to employ me as I was going through that country. I saw a letter from the Department to Mrs S. P. Cooper concerning her Claim which required him to send on the Bible that the Record of the Births of her Children was taken out of and also the deposition of William Briddle in whose hand writing the Record is said to be in. I sent on the Bible some three months ago as required, and as I said Briddle was not in the country, I had taken the deposition of John Cooper a son of the old lady concerning the time when said Record was written and who it was written by, and forwarded it on a short time after the I sent the Bible. I have understood since I sent on said deposition that there was at the Department some suspicion concerning the Record being written at the time stated in the Declaration sent on by Mrs S. P. Cooper. If I had known that

There was such suspicion about said Record I would not have had any thing to do with her claim at all. All I know about what has been done is what the Old Lady informed me at at the time of taking said Deposition. The old Lady is in a miserable condition. And it was with the view of helping the Old Ladys Condition that I had any thing to do with her claim. As I thought and yet think from her statement and the statements of her children was justly her due, I must confess that I did not see any thing that was suspicious about what they informed me as relation to her claim. If there is any grounds for it I wish to know it so that I may not have any thing more to do with it.
Very Respectfully your Obedient servant Archer Bartlett
Hon J. L. Edwards, Commr of Pensions

18,592
Plus open Michael Coates, Washington Co. Md.
H. L. Livingston Bedford, Ind.
Recd Feb 1827
Bedford Ind. Aug. 24.
Handwritten signature
Vertical text: Washington Co. Md.

Bedford Lawrence County.
State of Indiana
January 24 th - 1827 Bedford Lawrence County
Dear Sir
I transmit to you the papers relative to the claim Michael Cooper to a pension, this is the third application on the part of this unfortunate revolutionary veteran who I doubt not has justly performed his duty as (stated in his declarations). This revolutionary hero, is surrounded with all miseries incident to old age and infirmity, is in extreme indigent circumstances, and deprived of all the necessary sustenance of life, other than that which he receives by the hand of charity. Whether Mr Cooper can establish his service as to come within the provisions of the pension acts, is uncertain, as the evidence which was in his power to procure I believe you will find in his Supplementary declaration , filed on the 8 th of September 1826. before the Washington circuit court . If there is any defect in the Supplementary declaration aforesaid - or any technical omission in the evidence I wish you to have the goodness to transmit return me the papers, with such instructions as you are authorized to transmit.
to the principal of Pension office
Respectfully yours &c
H. L. Livingston

Debut to H L Livingston Bedford Lawrence County Indiana

war Department.
Widow's Pension.
I certify that in conformity with the acts of March 3, 1843, & the 17 June, 1844, Mary Cooper, deceased, who was the widow of Michael Cooper, who was a private in the Revolutionary war, was able entitled to a pension at the rate of $80 per ann: commencing on the 4th March, 1843, and ending on the 25th: June, 1845, the day of her and died on the death ; which day of will be paid upon the production of the proper vouchers to Wm, John C, Sarah & Elizabeth is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of Cooper, only surviving children of Mary Cooper deceased. Dollars and cents per annum, commencing on the 4th March, 1843, and terminating on the 4th of March, 1844, unless the Pensioner shall marry or die before the last mentioned date; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage or death.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this — 8th: — day of October, one thousand eight hundred and forty-five.
Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned.
Commissioner of Pensions.

Sir,
Washington DC 2 August 1875
The certificate issued to Mary Cooper of Indiana, is made payable at Springfield, Illinois , by James F Reed Esq. Mrs Cooper resides within the Agency at Madison, Indiana , and did at the time the application was made.
Will you be pleased to give the necessary directions to pay her at the Indiana agency.
Very respectfully
Yr ob Servt. P. L. G. A. H. Smith
J L Edwards Esq. Commr of Pensions.
Ch to Mrs Wilson 11 Aug 45

State of Illinois, Clark county
Marshall 15 th April 1843.
Dear Sir,
Mrs. Mary Cooper, widow of Michael Cooper, deceased, of Martin county, Indiana, has just enclosed to me, your letter addressed to Leonard Hore Esq. of St. Reoaut Indiana, of date the 9 th of July 1842, also, an amended declaration, explanatory of the discrepancy in the statements of her age her husband, in relation to her age, as set forth & alluded to in your said letter: Which amended declaration I herein enclose to you, in her behalf, which it is hoped will be entirely satisfactory.
Why this letter & its contents have been so long kept from me, I cannot tell: It discloses a matter of importance, of which I had remained ignorant, & which I now suppose was the main cause of suspending this & other claims presented by me to the Department, which has been an injury to me in a small degree, and a very great one, to some of my pension clients: I hope the injury to both will now be removed, & this & other claims, presented by me, acted upon, as may be deemed & considered right by the Department, & such further suggestions made to me, in relation to them, as the nature & equity of the claims justly require: As I have stated before to the Dept. I am the attorney for Mrs. Cooper, in her present application for a Pension, but am not, in any other way related to her, either by consanguinity or affinity. Please enclose to me to this place, on the receipt of this, all such documents or other correspondence, in reply, to this & other claims, as in your opinion may seem right & they demand.
I am very Respectfully your most Obt. Servant,
Hon. J. L. Edmunds Comm. of Pensions.
J. L. Cooper.

State of Illinois, Black county Marshall 25 th June (1842).
Hon. Sir,
Yours of the 14 th inst. is recd. in relation to the claim of Mrs. Mary Cooper, widow of Michael Cooper Decd. of Martin county Indiana.
You say "before any further investigation of this claim can be had, it is desirable to know from whom I recd. the paper purporting to be a family Record of Births, which was sent by me to the Pension Office in support of this claim &c" As to to which I can only refer you, for satisfactory proof, to the declaration of Mary Cooper the declarant, & to the Depositions of John Cooper & Sarah Cooper annexed thereto, made before Judge Douglass of Martin co. In. which, if my recollection is right, speaks in clear & pointed terms, where that family Record came from, & I think, is fully as "genuine" as the Declarant & witnesses make it to be, or as it appears to be: It is not said to have been made by either the Declarant or her Decd. husband, but by another person some years ago, whose name is given.
I never seen or heard from the Declarant, or any of the family, until the day previous to the date of the declaration, when I was unexpectedly called upon, to attend to this case.

when travelling through the county where the claimant resides, when for the first time I ever seen the family Bible, the old lady presented it, in the presence of Judge Douglass with this record of births in it, those births were then & there taken from the Bible with the births of the children on them, in the presence of Judge Douglass, the parties & myself, and embodied in the Deposition of one of these witnesses, whose Deposition clearly speaks of the facts, about in this same manner.
I certainly take this to be sufficient, to satisfy you, "from whom this paper was recd." & as to its "evidence of genuineness."
I should be pleased to know the reason, why — the papers are suspended from me, in these other Pension cases sent by me to the Pension office.
I hope this will be a sufficient explanation in relation to these claims, and that the papers in relation thereto, will not be longer suspended, but forwarded to me on the receipt of this, as per former instructions.
Most Respectfully
Your Obedt Servant
J. P. Cooper
Hon. J. L. Edwards Comm. of Pensions.

8230
Mary Cooper of Michael Illinois
Admitted
Private 2 yrs $80. — Capt Irvin Col. Nagle, Pa
died 19 Jany 1830
Act 7 July 1838,
J. P. Cooper Marshall Ill.

State of Indiana } Green county. } ss.
On this 19 th day of November A. D. 1844, personally appeared before me John George one of the acting justices of the Peace in and for the county aforesaid. Alvin Hunter, a resident of said county, aged seventy two years past, who being by me duly sworn according to law, upon his oath, says, that he was born and raised in Orange county, North Carolina, that he resided in Orange county North Carolina until about eighteen years ago this fall, he removed to Green county Indiana, where he has continued his residence ever since, until now. That he was personally acquainted with one Michael Cooper and Mary Cooper his wife, in the said county of Orange and state of North Carolina, That he became acquainted with them the said Michael & Mary Cooper in said county of Orange about the year 1790, as well as he recollects now, and that he resided at that time within about one mile from the residence of the said Michael & Mary Cooper; That the said Michael & Mary Cooper were when he first knew them as aforesaid, living together as man and wife & had been married some six or seven years before that time as this affiant then understood, & had at that time two or three children. That the said Michael & Mary Cooper lived together in the said county of Orange for a number of years afterwards, perhaps near thirty years & then removed to either Kentucky or Indiana, and he forgot which. That they had several children in the mean time, That the said Michael Cooper drew a pension as he was informed, after he removed to Indiana, That the said Michael Cooper died in Harrison or Washington county Indiana about the year 1831, as he was informed and believes, And that the said Mary Cooper, his widow, resides in Martin county

Indiana, & was living there when he last heard of her about a year ago, and then yet remained the widow of the said Michael Cooper, without having again intermarried with any other person since the death of her said husband.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 19 th day of November 1844. Alma Hunter John George J.P.
I John George the justice of the Peace before whom the foregoing deposition of Alma Hunter was this day made, do certify, that the said Alma Hunter, is a man of truth, and veracity, and as such his statements are entitled to credit, which I certify from my own personal knowledge. Given under my hand this 19 th day of November 1844.
John George J.P.
State of Indiana
Green county.
I Samuel R. Cavins, Clerk of the circuit court in and for the said county of Green, do certify, that John George whose official signatures appear to the foregoing deposition of Alma Hunter, now is & was on the days of the date thereof, an acting justice of the Peace in and for said county duly commissioned and qualified as such, that faith and credit are due his official acts & that his said signatures thereto are genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the official seal of said court at my office at Bloomfield this 23 rd day of November 1844.
S. R. Cavins clerk

Marshall Ill., April 12 th 1874
Sir
I Received you the letter you forwarded to me! And in answer to it I have the honor to inform the Department that the old lady made Application for a pension some two years ago by an Atty by the name of Cooper of this place under the Act of July 7 th 1838. but becoming dissatisfied with Mr Cooper she discharged him and employed myself about eight or ten months ago to prosecute the claim for her. I Received a letter from the Pension Office requiring me to forward the Bible out of which the record of the births of her children was taken to the Pension Office. which I did. And which they acknowledged the receipt of. If you will inform them the time and Act under which Mrs Mary Cooper applied under I have no doubt but they will find her papers filed in the office. Please send me the certificate as allowed. And you will much oblige Your humble servant Archer Bartlett Hon Robt. Owens

Pension Office, October 28. 1843
Sir,
In answer to your enquiry I would inform you that the claim of Susan Kinney, of Indiana, has been asserted by Mr. Bartlett, and he has held a correspondence in relation to the claim of Mary Cooper whose Certificate was forwarded to you on 7 th April 1842.
I Am my respectfully, Your ob. Servant. J L Edwards
J. P. Cooper, Esq. Marshall, Clark County, Illinois.

State of Illinois } Sec.
Clark county. }
ss
On this 9 th day of November A. D. 1843, personally appeared before me Stephen Archer, a justice of the Peace in and for said county, Joshua P. Cooper, a resident of said county, aged thirty nine years past, who being by me first duly sworn according to law, upon his oath, says, that he is the attorney for and in behalf of Mary Cooper, of Martin county, Indiana, in her application for a Pension, and is the same person, as such attorney to whom the within letter is directed & named therein, by the Commissioner of Pensions, the Hon. L. L. Edwards. This affiant further says, that he has not as yet ever received the Pension certificate of Mary Cooper, named within, which is therein stated to have been "forwarded to him on the 7 th April 1842". That diligent inquiry has been made continually by him at the Post-Office at Marshall, Clark county, Illinois, for letters & documents directed to this affiant, and no such certificate has been received. That this affiant has also been informed by the said Mary Cooper, that she, nor any other person for her has never as yet received said certificate. And that if any such certificate has been forwarded, it is either mislaid, misdirected, lost or destroyed, by some means unknown to this affiant or the said Mary Cooper. further saith not.
Sworn to & subscribed by and before me this 9 th day of Nov. 1843.
J. P. Cooper
Stephen Archer J.P.

State of Illinois, Set.
Clark county ss. I. Darius Phillips, Clerk of the county Commissioners Court in and for said county, do certify that Stephen Archer, whose official signature appears to the foregoing deposition of Joshua P. Cooper, now is and was at the day and date thereof an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said county duly commissioned and qualified, and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said court at Marshall on the Eleventh day of November in the Year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and forty three
Darius Phillips Clerk

150 151 Sept. 17 1845.
be
filed by J L & A H Smith
May Cooper,
June 17, 1848.

State of Indiana } ss.
Martin county. } ss.
On this 8 th day of September 1845.
personally appeared before the subscriber a justice of the Peace in and for the county aforesaid, William Cooper, John C. Cooper, Sarah Cooper and Elizabeth Cooper, Residents of the said county of Martin, who being by me first duly sworn according to law, doth on their oaths make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed on the 3 rd day of March 1843. Granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war, and of the act of the 17 th of June 1844, entitled "an act to continue the pensions of certain widows." That they are the only children now living of Mary Cooper, who was the widow of Michael Cooper who was a private in the army of the Revolution, and served in the manner specified in his original declaration now in file at the proper office at Washington City. That the said Mary Cooper was a pensioner under the act of July 7 th 1838, at the rate of Eighty dollars per annum. That the said William Cooper, John C. Cooper, Sarah Cooper and Elizabeth Cooper, children as aforesaid, doth further declare, that the said Mary Cooper, widow as aforesaid, died in Martin county, Indiana on the 25 th day of June 1845, that she never intermarried after the death of the said Michael Cooper, her said husband.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 8 th day of September 1845.
J. P. Cooper
William his X Cooper mark
John C. his X Cooper mark
Sarah her X Cooper mark
Elizabeth her X Cooper mark
Attest.
J. P. Cooper

I certify that I was acquainted personally with the above- named Mary Cooper and with William Cooper, John C. Cooper, Sarah Cooper and Elizabeth Cooper, her children above named and am fully satisfied of the truth of the above statements. Given under my hand this 8 th day of September 1845.
J. M. [unclear] S. P. [unclear]
State of Indiana } Marion county. }
I Rufus Brown Clerk of the circuit court in and for said county, do hereby certify that Lewis R. Rogers, before whom the foregoing affidavit was sworn to, was at the date thereof, an acting justice of the Peace in and for said county, duly commissioned and qualified, that full faith and credit are due his official acts, and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his are genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the official seal of said court at St. Raphaels this 8 th day of September 1845.
Rufus Brown Clerk

State of Indiana } p.
Orange county } p.
I Jeremiah Wilson, Clerk of the circuit court of Orange county, holden at Paoli in and for the county of Orange and state of Indiana, do hereby certify that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited to said court, that Mary Cooper was a pensioner of the United States on the Illinois pension roll and agency at the rate of eighty dollars per annum; was a Resident of the state of Illinois, and died in the county of Martin and state of Indiana in the year 1845 on the 23 rd day of June. That she left the following four only children, viz; William Cooper, John B. Cooper, Sarah Cooper & Elizabeth Cooper who reside in the county of Martin and state of Indiana:
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the official seal of said court at my office at Paoli this 9 th day of September in the year of our Lord 1845. Jeremiah Wilson Clerk

The State of Indiana, Orange County to- Be it remembered that on this 28 th day of March A.D. 1842 personally appeared before me Leonard Green a justice of the peace within and for the county aforesaid John Martin and Elizabeth Martin a resident of said County aged Eighty seven years past, and Elizabeth Martin a resident of said County aged Eighty two years past who being by me first duly sworn, upon their oaths say that that about the year 1783 or 1784 they became acquainted with Michael Cooper and Mary Cooper his wife in Orange County in the State of North Carolina, just after the close of the revolutionary war, and that they lived together there as man and wife until about the year 1799 when these deponents removed from that Country and left them living there that the said Michael Cooper & Mary Cooper had been married in that County a short time before these deponents first became acquainted with them, these deponents recollect that the said Michael & Mary Cooper had three children that they recollect the names of (viz). Jane Williams, & John and the names of the other children not recollect that these deponents have understood that the said Michael Cooper & Mary Cooper removed to Harrison County Indiana, and that the said Michael was a Quaker there and that the said Michael died some years since and that his widow, the said Mary Cooper lives at this time in Martin County Indiana. These depo- nents further say, that it was reported and generally believed that the said Michael

Cooper, was a revolutionary soldier, that they frequently heard him say that he had served in the revolutionary war. That the said Michael Cooper and his wife lived in what is called the Newfield Settlement in Orange County North Carolina, and that they think that the said Michael & Mary Cooper were married by one Esq: M c Daniel a Justice of the peace, that lived in that settlement. That these deponents further say they think the said Mary's Maiden name was Griffin, or Griffey or Griffith, they cannot state certain which and further these deponents saith not.
John Martin
Elizabeth his Martin mark
Sworn to and subscribed before me the 28th day of March A.D. 1842
Leonard Green J.P. (Seal)
I Leonard Green the above named Justice of the peace before whom the above deposition of John Martin and Elizabeth Martin was taken, sworn to and subscribed on this day, do certify that that the said John Martin and Elizabeth Martin are now residents of the County of Orange and State of Indiana, and that they are persons of truth, veracity, and credibility, which I certify from my own personal knowledge, and I do further certify that I believe the said John and Elizabeth Martin to be of the age they respectively state. Given under my hand at said County the 28th day of March 1842
Leonard Green Justice of the peace

State of Indiana Orange County ss: I Thomas V. Thornton, Clerk of the Circuit Court of the county aforesaid, certify that Leonard Green Esq. whose signature appears to the within or foregoing depositions of John Martin and Elizabeth Martin and to the certificate of credibility respecting was on the day of the date thereof, an acting Justice of the Peace for the Coun- ty of Orange aforesaid, duly commissioned and qualified, and that his official acts in that ca- pacity are entitled to full faith and credit and that his said signature are genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, at Paoli the 28 th Day of March A.D. 1842.
Thomas V Thornton Clerk

State of Indiana Set -
At a Circuit Court continued and held for Washington County, at the Courthouse thereof in the Town of Salem the 30 th day of September 1824 -
On this day personally appeared in open Court Michael Cooper of the said County who being duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following supplemental declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the Act of Congress of March Eighteenth, Eighteen hundred and Eighteen and the first of May Eighteen hundred and twenty - That is to say that after he applied for a pension before the Circuit Court of the County of Lawrence in the said State, on the third day of September Eighteen hundred and twenty two he removed to the County of Washington in the said State in which he still resides and he further States that on the Eighteenth day of March Eighteen hundred and Eighteen he was a resident citizen of the United States - The said Michael Cooper further saith that from a conversation with Mr Thomas Flowers who served in the same Regiment with him, it appears that he was mistaken in some part of his statement before the Court in Lawrence County on the third of September Eighteen hundred and twenty two - that he now believes at the time of his enlistment his regiment was commanded by Lieut Col o George Eagle, and not by Col o Bullen who took the command of the regiment afterwards at the Valley Forge - further that he was finally discharged in Seventeen hundred and eighty and not in Seventeen hundred and seventy nine - he enlisted in Seventeen hundred and seventy six for three years that at the expiration of the time for which

he engaged he was detained in the service and continued to serve a year longer - and he would further state that when he was transferred from the ninth Pennsylvania Regiment to the light Infantry he was placed under the command of Major Harmon - tho' before he left the service Harmon became a Lieutenant Col o
(Signed) Michael his X Cooper mark
Thomas Flowers being duly sworn in Open Court, saith that on the twenty eighth day of April Seventeen hundred and seventy seven he enlisted in the Company commanded by Captain Matthew Henderson of the ninth Pennsylvania Regiment for the term of three years or during the war and was discharged in the City of Philadelphia on the twenty third day of September Seventeen hundred and Eighty three - his discharge has been forwarded to the department of war, where he supposes it is still to be found - that whilst the American Army was at the Valley Forge he became acquainted with the aforesaid Michael Cooper then a soldier in Captain Irvin's Company of the said Regiment - that he understood that sometime after the battle of Germantown, but before the army went into winter quarters - the said Michael Cooper was detached to drive a baggage waggon for the said Regiment and was placed under the direction of waggon master Maj r Smith and he knows that he continued with the said Regiment as a waggoner until he was finally discharged in New Jersey

a few days after Christmas Seventeen hundred and Eighty, - that he never saw the said Michael Cooper, from the time of his discharge until lately - that he appears to be an old man almost Blind - his memory very much impaired and incapable of much bodily exertion - he is very poor and must shortly become a county charge -
Signed Thomas Flowers.
John Thompson Attorney at Law practising before Court for the said County - Noah Wright high Sheriff of the said County and Beebee Booth merchant of Salem in said County appeared in Open Court and made Oath according to law that they have known the aforesaid Thomas Flowers for several years, and consider him a man of uprightness & integrity and entitled to the utmost credit.
(Signed) John Thompson Noah Wright Beebee Booth
Subscribed & sworn to in Open Court September 30 th 1824
Jonathan Lyon clerk
State of Indian Washington County yet
Jonathan Lyon clerk of the Circuit Court of the County aforesaid do Certify, that the foregoing transcript is a Correct Copy from the record of said Court of the supplemental declaration of the said Michael Cooper, and the affidavits relative thereto -
In Testimony whereof I have hereto affixed my signature and the seal of said Court at the Courthouse of said County in the town of Salem the 11 th day of October
1824 P
Jonathan Lyon

State of Indiana } Washington County } Yrs. Second Judicial Circuit }
I Henry W. Hackett one of the Associate Judges of the Circuit Court for the said County, and presiding Judge at the late term of the said Court for the said County, Do Certify that Jonathan Lyon who signed the within and foregoing Attestation, is and was, at the time of signing the same, Clerk of the Circuit Court of the said County, and that his said Certificate is in due form of Law and properly attested by the seal of the said Court.
In faith whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the said County and within the said Circuit this twenty seventh day of November eighteen hundred and twenty four
Henry W. Hackett
18592
Michael Coopers Supplemental Doct no on Application for Pension

H. Livingston - Bedford Lancaster County - Indiana

State of Indiana Washington County
Washington Circuit Court Feb. September Term 1826
Be it remembered that at a circuit court began and held at the court house in Salem, in and for the county of Washington aforesaid, before the Honorable John T. Ross President Judge of the Second Judicial circuit, in and for said county and the Hon- -orable Henry H. Cook, and the Honorable Ebenezer Patrick official Judges in and for said county, on the 8 th day of September in the year 1826. It being a court of record made so by the express words of the constitution, and the Statute law of said State, and having a seal, and which pro- -ceed according to the course of the common law, with a jurisdiction unlimited as to points of amounts, keeping a record of their proceedings, together with the power of fine and imprisonment, personally appeared in open court, Michael -all Coopers - resident in said county - aged Seventy three years last April who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following supplemental declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the acts of congress of the 18 th March 1818. and of the 1 st of May 1820. That he the said Michael Coopers enlisted for the term of three years, some time in the till of the year 1796. in the State of Pennsylvania, in the company commanded by Joseph Er- -vin, in the Regiment commanded by Lieutenant Col. George Nagle, afterwards commanded by Col. Richard Butler in the line of the State of Pennsylvania, that he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension except the present, that his name is not on the roll of any State except the State of Pennsylvania. and that the following are his reasons for not making earlier application for a pension. That previous to his having made application, before the circuit court of the county of Lawrence. on the 3 rd day of September A.D. 1822. his wife and two children, Betsey and Belia contributed to his support, and he was able to labour some little himself, but now owing to rheumatism pains and other bodily infirmities he is wholly unable to labour, that his wife is now seventy one years of age, and that owing to rheumatism pains and other bodily infirmities she is wholly unable to labour, and his daughters having left him, and being poor labourers, are unable and unwilling to support him, and thro' ignorance

He did not know until within about four years how to make application for a pension. —
And in pursuance of the act of the 1 st of May 1820. I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th March 1818. and that I have not since that time by gift grant sale or in any manner whatever 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 the 18 th March 1818. And that I have not, not has any person or persons in trust for me any property or security, or 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. —
Schedule. ~
One old crippled horse, one old cow and calf, one sow and seven shoats, one old bread stead, bed, and bed close,
One small oven, one small skillet, one slab table, six old earthen plates, two knives and forks, one washing tub, and one small piggins. one old plow and hoe. no money or debts due, and that since the 18 th March 1818. no changes have been made in my property
his Michael Cooper mark
Sworn to and declared, on the 8 th day of September 1826. before the Honorable John F. Ross President Judge of the second Judicial circuit in and for the State of Missouri, and the Honorable Henry W. Hackett, and the Honorable Ebenezer Patrick Associate Judges in and for said County, in term time, to wit, the September term of said court, in the year 1826.
his Michael Cooper mark

State of Indiana
Washington County } Washington circuit court, Ind.
September Term 1826
September 8 th 1826. Philip Austin being duly sworn in his open court saith, that he belonged to the Third Regiment and third Brigade of the Massachusetts line of troops, who were in June Seventeen hundred and eighty three, ordered by express from Wash- -points to Philadelphia to protect congress against the por- -tion of the Pennsylvania troops, which had mutinized on the fourth day of July 1883. we encamped about a mile from the City, and about the beginning of the September following I was in the city of Philadelphia, and then became acquainted with the said Michael Booper, mentioned in the foregoing declaration. I met said Booper in Market Street, and what attracted my notice in so particular a manner was his having on him an uniform coat, with buttons stamped with Pennsylvania ninth Regiment, at the same time I wore a different uniform, we commenced a conversation. I asked said Booper if he belonged to that part of the troops which had mutinized in order to visit the congress, he  the said Booper replied that he did not, and that he had an honorable discharge in his pockets, that he had received nearly three years ago, which said Booper wear Regimentals yet, said Booper replied that he only wore his milita- -ry coat when he went abroad, that he was then on a visit, and he could satisfy me, and then took from his pocket his discharge, which he handed me to read, I read his discharge (which did not state to the best of my recollection in what place he was discharged, and the date of said discharge was in the latter part of the year seventeen hundred and eighty - the particular day I do not recollect - it appeared that he was honorably discharged and had served under the continental estab- -lishment three years. It also appeared that he belonged to the company commanded by Capt Joseph Evans of the ninth Pennsylvania Regiment, under the command of Col Butler, said discharge was signed by said Col Richard Butler, I then invited said Booper to go with me to the camp, he accepted the invitation and continued with me twenty four hours, from my observation of said Booper in the city and in the camp and his conversation as above described, and my acquaintance with said Booper in this Western boundary for about a year I verily believe that the said Michael Booper named in the foregoing declaration to be the very same person named in said discharge, and do believe him to be the very person who handed me his discharge to read as above mentioned, Further more with reference to Col Butler my having heard so much

- of that officer in the army both before and after my acquaintance with said Cooper, that the recollection of that officer is still fresh in my memory -
And I think it not amiss to mention that during my conversation with said Cooper as aforesaid, that he told me he had served part of his time in driving a baggage Wagon - several other circumstances occurred in the course of our conversation in the city and in the camp, which induces me to believe that the said Michael Cooper above named, is the identical person named in the discharge above mentioned, and I do believe the said Michael Cooper to have been honorably discharged and to have served out his term of service as aforesaid.
Philip Austin
State of Indiana } Washington County } Washington Circuit Court, Set September term 1826,
September 6 th - 1826. Thomas Flowers being duly sworn in open court, on oath makes the following supplemental affidavit, and saith, that on the 28 th day of April 1877 he indicated, in the company commanded by Mathew Henderson of the ninth Pennsylvania Regiment, for the term of three years or during the war, and was discharged in the city of Philadelphia on the 23 rd day of September 1863. His discharge has been forwarded to the department of war, where he supposes it is still to be found, that whilst the American Army was at the Valley Forge, he became acquainted with the said Michael Cooper named in the foregoing declaration, that said Cooper was then an enlisted soldier, in Capt. Joseph Ervine's company of said Regiment, that sometime after the battle of Germantown but before the army went into winter quarters, the said Michael Cooper was detached to drive a baggage wagon, for the said Regiment, and was placed under the direction of Wagon Master Major Smith, and that he knows, that the said Michael Cooper continued with said Regiment, as a waggoner, until he was finally discharged in New Jersey a few days after Christmas 1780. And that he sincerely believes, that the said Michael Cooper named, in the foregoing declaration, is the very person with whom he was acquainted in the revolutionary army as aforesaid, and that the said Michael Cooper served in the revolutionary war, for the term of three years, under one engagement, in the continental establishment.
Thomas Flowers

I, Jonathan Lyon, clerk of the circuit courts, in and for the said county of Washington do hereby certify, that it appears to the satisfaction of the courts that the said Michael Booper did serve in the Revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy for the term of three years under our engagements, in the continental establishments, I do also certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule hereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of said courts, and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of said courts, that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the foregoing schedule is $17.87 1/2 dollars. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affix the seal of said courts, on this 8 th day of September in the year 1826.
Jonathan Lyon Clerk of the circuit courts of Washington county aforesaid
I John F. Ross, president judge of the second Judicial circuit in and for the said State of Indiana, in the county of Washington, being one of the counties composing said circuit, do hereby certify that the said Jonathan Lyon who signed the above declaration, is now and was at the time of this signing the same, and affixing the seal of our said courts thereto, clerk of our said courts, and that his certificate and attestation are in due form of law.
Given under my hand and seal This the 8 th day of September 1826.
John F. Ross
President Judge of the second Judicial circuit in the State of Indiana including the county of Washington in the said State of Indiana

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Cooper, Moses GRADE Private LINE New Hampshire
WARRANT NUMBER 2997 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED Mar. 25, 1796 to — not shown —
*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.