Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 38639, Alexander Cooper, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Cooper, Alexander
S. 38639
CONTENTS
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7733
Maine.
Alex a Booper 4
of South Berwick the Dist  State of Maine who was a priv t in the regiment commanded by Colonel Wigglesworth of the Massachusetts line, for the term of three years.
Inscribed on the Roll of Dist. of Maine at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 15 th of April 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 16 th of March 1819 and sent to Hon Ben: Greene Judge South Berwick, M e .
Arrears to 4th of March 1819 — 85.29
Semi-anl. all ce ending 4 Sep r 1819 48 —
10 1/30 4/31 $ 133.29
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued under Law 1 st May 1820
Notified here with to Genl Wenchebick Maine Dist 31 st July 1820 Head Qrs

38639
By INVALID.
File No. 38639
Alexander Cooper Di Pro Was
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 3 , Page 98
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Alexander Cooper (Private)
Wiggleworth Mafit. Regt.
21 st May 1777 for 3 Years
15 th April 1810.
Correct

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
YORK, ss. }
ON this Fifteenth day of April A. D. 1818,
before me the subscriber, Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the first Eastern Circuit in said Commonwealth, personally appears Alexander Cooper aged Seventy two resident in South Berwick in said county of York, who being by me first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the late 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:"
That he the said Alex: Cooper on the twenty first day of May Seventeen hundred & Seventy Seven enlisted as a private soldier in the Continental Army under Capt Daniel Pillsbury of the Regiment commanded by Col. Wigglesworth  of the Massachusetts line for the term of three years and continued to do his duty in said Company and Regiment from the whole term for which he had enlisted had expired, when he was honorably discharged but has long since lost his discharge and the said Cooper states (a fact substantiated by the Selectmen and overseers of the Poor of the town of South Berwick )
That he is reduced in his circumstances and needs the assistance of his country for support, and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services.
Sworn to and declared before me the day and year above said.
Brig: Greene
I, BENJAMIN GREENE, Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the first Eastern Circuit, in the Commonwealth aforesaid, do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Alexander Cooper did serve in the revolutionary war against the common enemy, as he has stated in his declaration aforesaid—and that he is reduced in his circumstances, and needs the assistance of his country for his support.—And I do now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the before mentioned act of Congress.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this twenty fifth day of June Anno Domini, 1818.
Brig: Greene
Alex: Cooper wishes placed on Pension at Boston

Alexander Cooper
7733
Am
Sept 10/19
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STATE OF MAINE.
York ss....At a Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the first Eastern Circuit, begun and holden at York, within and for the County of York, on the first Tuesday of July, being the fourth day of said month, and by adjournment from day to day, on the fifth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty, before the Honorable Benjamin Greene, chief Justice Judge of said Court.
ON this fifth day of July in the year 1820, personally appeared in open court,
the same proceeding according to the course of the common law, having jurisdiction unlimited in amount, keeping a record of their proceedings, and having "the power of fine and imprisonment," and being a Court of Record for said County, Alexander Cooper, aged seventy four years, resident in South Berwick in said County, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows, viz. as a private in the company commanded by Capt. Pillsbury in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Wigglesworth in the line of the State of Massachusetts, on the Continental Establishment, as is more particularly mentioned and described in his original declaration, made on the fifteenth day of April A. D. 1818, and on which said declaration his Certificate of Pension, numbered 7733 was granted. And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818; and that I have not since that time by gift, sale, or in any manner disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an Act of Congress, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818: and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts, or debts due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereunto annexed, and by me subscribed; that my occupation and ability to pursue the same, together with the number and other particulars of my family, are in fact and in truth as is herein particularly described, also subscribed by me.
his Alexander X Cooper mark
Sworn to and declared, on the fifth day of July - A. D. 1820. }
BEFORE
Benj. a Greene, Ch. Justice } One of the Judges of the said Court.
Attt. Daniel Sewall, Clerk.

SCHEDULE of the real and personal estate, (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) belonging to me the subscriber, viz :
No property but my pension certificate.
SCHEDULE of the family residing with me Alexander Cooper who, by occupation am a farmer which I am unable to pursue by reason of the infirmities of age.
   NAMES. AGES. Capacity of each to contribute to their support.     Patience my wife 71 y rs  a cripple & very infirm.  Alexander  his  + Cooper  mark.   
STATE OF MAINE.
I, York ss. Daniel Sewall, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for said Circuit , within the county of York do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath, and the schedules thereto an- nexed, are truly copied from the Record of the said Court ; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule, is nothing. dollars and cents. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this twentieth day of July , A. D. one thousand eight hundred and twenty.
Daniel Sewall, { Clerk of the said Circuit Court for the County of York.