Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 15,789, Samuel Cooper, Continental (Mass.)

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental (Mass.) Cooper, Samuel
L 15,789
{ P.D.W. 358-200-Lieut. Issued Nov. 17, 1789. No papers.
Carded
CONTENTS

Samuel Cooper. dec d . 32144
of St. Louis, in the State of Missouri who was a Lt. Col. P.M. in the by Captain  of the artillery regt. command by Col.  in the  line for Continental Art. Am
deduct payments at $400 per ann as Licut. of Art. under act May 15. 1828.
Inscribed on the Roll of Missouri at the rate of 591. Dollars 96 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. & end 29 th August 1840, when he died
Certificate of Pension issued the 18 th day of May 1844 and sent to H. H. Sylvester Present
Arrears to the 4th of
Semi-ant. allowance ending
Amount paid under act May 15. 1828 at $400 per annum from 4 March 1831 to be deducted
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by D. Mearns
Clerk.
Book E. 2. Vol. 9 Page 50.
Payable to Samuel Cooper & Sarah Champey children of Samuel Cooper, and the legal Representatives of Jane Heaton & Maria Mix dec d . children who survived Samuel Cooper dec d .
apart to Agent See letter to P. Agt June 7. 1844 - Do. to P. Agt June 15. 1844 - Major Saml. Cooper Oct. 29. 44

Revolutionary Claims.
[ A. ]
Form of a Declaration to be made by the Officers.
For the purpose of obtaining the benefits of an act, entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution," approved on the 15th of May, 1828, I, Samuel Cooper, Capt. of Artillery in the Army of Production of City of New York , in the county of New York and _____, in the State of New York , do hereby declare that I was an officer in the Continental Line of the Army of the Revolution, and served as such* from the Twentieth day of April One thousand seven hundred & seventy four, until the First of May One thousand seven hundred and Eighty four. during all which period I never was absent from Duty more than six weeks. at which period I was a Captain in the 3 rd Battalion or regiment of the Artillery Commanded by Col l John Crane in line of the Continental Army . And I also declare, that I afterwards received certificates (commonly called commutation certificates) for a sum equal to the amount of five years' full pay; which sum was offered by the resolve of Congress, of the 22d of March, 1783, instead of the half pay for life, to which I was entitled under the resolve of the 21st of October, 1780. And I do further declare, that never I have received of the United States as a pensioner since the 2d day of March, 1826,  One cent in my Life
Witness my hand, this Fifth day of June , in the year of our Lord One Thousand eight hundred Seventy eight , and the Twelfth year of the Independence of the United States
Before me, † Judah Hummer  justing of the peace  of Ulster Co. N.Y. in the county of New York  justing of the peace  of Ulster Co. N.Y. , in the State of New York  justing of the peace  of Ulster Co. N.Y. , personally appeared, this day, - Elizer Stiner _____ and William - Peck _____, of the said county, who did sever- rally make oath that Captain Samuel Cooper _____, by whom the foregoing declaration was subscribed, is generally reputed and believed to have been an officer in the Army of the Revolution, in manner as therein stated.
Witness my hand, this tenth day of June in the year of our lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty eight.
I, Nicholas Dean , Clerk of the Court of the county of New York , in the State of New York , do hereby certify, that Judah Hammond , before whom the foregoing affidavits were sworn, was, at the time, a Justice of the peace and duly empowered to administer oaths.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the [L.S.] said Court, this tenth _____ day of _____
in the year of our Lord 1828
end of the war, or, (as the case may be,) to the time when the arrangement of the Army of Congress of the 3d and 21st of October, 1780, was carried into effect ; and that I was
_____ dollars, paid to me by the agent for paying pensions in the State of _____. If the claimant has not been a pensioner, this part of the declaration is not applicable. Subscribed and sworn to before me this _____ day of _____, 19____. _____ Notary Public, or other magistrate duly empowered to administer oaths, as the case may be.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 19____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Samuel Cooper a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Apr. 25, 1775 to Jan. 1, 1779 1st Lieut. rank and officers not stated   Jan. 1, 1777 Quartermaster Col. John Francis Mass. Regt of Continental Artillery   Adjutant   and served to May 1, 1784  
Battles engaged in, none stated
Residence of soldier at enlistment, not stated
Date of application for pension, June 5, 1828. His claim was allowed.
Residence at date of application, New York City
Age at date of application, not stated
Remarks: In 1837 he lived in the District of Columbia. He died Aug. 29, 1840 leaving no widow but the following children survived him, Jane wife of John Nelson, Maria wife of E. Mice, Sarah wife of Felix Champagne, and Samuel an Officer of the U.S.A. Name of soldier's wife is not stated
Respectfully,
Office note
6-2856
Col. said he was a Capt in 1784, but there is no Commissioner. record of it and he accepted his County land and pension as a Lieut. of Artillery

Transfer from N. York to District of Columbia for 4: Sept '36 - Mar 9 1837
led led
Dist. Columbia - 75-
Samuel Boope
of Qu. Col. - in the State of _____ who was a Lieut. Col. in the _____ command by Captain _____ of the _____ command by _____ in the _____ time for Act 15 th May 1828
56 M th
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 400 Dollars _____ Cents per annum to commence on the 14th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the _____ day of _____ and _____
Arrears to the 14th of _____ Semi-annual allowance ending
Transf d fr. N York, from 4: Sept '36 - Mar 9 '37 { Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by _____ Clerk Book _____ Vol. _____ Page _____
Act 15 th May 1828

Samuel Cooper, dec d Lieut. Adjutant & Quarter Master Col. Crane's leg t of Argyle, Mass. adm. etc. line - act 7 June 1832
Missouri Roll
$ 49:33 per annum mth.
to be paid to 29 August 1840 the day of said Cooper's death to Samuel Cooper, Sarah Champey, children of Samuel Cooper, and the legal represen- tatives of Jane Heaton and Maria Mix, dec d . children who survived said Samuel Cooper, dec d .
The amount paid to under the act of May 15. 1828 to be deducted, at the rate of $100 $400 per ann m -
H. H. Sylvester Present.

Samuel Cooper, an officer of the United States Army, deposes that he is the son of Samuel Cooper, deceased, who was a pensioner of the United States, under the Act of May 15 th 1828, as a Lieutenant of Artillery in Chouteau Regiment, Massachusetts line, and who died on the 29 th of August 1840, leaving the following children, to wit: Jane, the wife of John Heaton, Maria, the wife of E. Mirt, Sarah, the wife of Felix Champagne, and Samuel, this deponent, and that the only children now living, are the said Samuel and Sarah.
This deponent now applies to the Department of War, under the Act of Congress of June 7 th 1832, for an increase of his deceased father's pension, for his services as Adjutant in addition to the sum already allowed.
State of Missouri
S. Cooper
County of St. Louis } Samuel Cooper being duly sworn on oath saith that foregoing statement is true. Subscribed & sworn before
S. Cooper
me this 8 th day of March 1851.
W. Blair, Judge St. Louis Court of Common Pleas.

State of Missouri, County of St. Louis }
I Nathaniel Paschall Clerk of the St. Louis Court of Common within and for the County aforesaid do hereby certify that Montgomery Blair is now and was at the time of subscribing the foregoing instrument a Deposition Judge of the said Court of Common Pleas. and that full faith and credit are and ought to be given to all his official acts as such In testimony whereof I hereto set my hand and affix the seal of said Court at office in the St. Louis this nineteenth day of March A D 1844
Nathaniel Paschall Clerk
By Jas R Lockland Depty

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office: Boston,
May 4 th 1844
Sir,
In answer to the inquiry relative to the service of Samuel Cooper I reply - that he served in Colonel Giane's Artillery as appears on the books in this office, as 2 d Lieutenant from January 1 st 1777 to November 1 st 1778, at £10 - per month - and as Lieutenant and Quarter Master from November 1 st 1778 to December 31 st 1780 - at £14.16 - per month. It does not appear that he served as Adjutant.
I am respectfully Sir
Your m ost obed t serv t
W m S te fts. Dep y Secretary.
To
J. L. Edwards Esq r Commissioner of Pensions

Department of State, Washington City, May 14, 1844.
Sir,
The following extracts show the evidence found among the "Washington Papers" in relation to the services of Saml. Cooper, asked for in your letter of the 13th. Inst.
"Returns of the names of the Officers of the Regiments of Artillery. — Sept. 1778. — Colonel John Crane Jan'y. 1, 1777. — Second Lieutenants — Samuel Cooper Feby. 1, 1777."
"American Regiments of Artillery. — Colonel in Chief Henry Knox, Brig. Genl. and Commander of the American Artillery, 27 Dec. 1776. — Battalion — John Crane — Colonel Commandant. — Second Lieutenants — 2 o Samuel Cooper. — Note — all the above Commissions that have no particular dates affixed, are, by the Regulations of the Board of General Officers, to bear date the First of January 1777."
Weekly returns of the Corps of Artillery — West Point Sept. 12, 1783. — On y t Staff — 2 o Lt. Cooper.

Adjutant to Genl. Mass. Art'y ————— Knox M c Gen- eral Commanding the Artillery".
"Monthly Returns of the Massachusetts Corps of Artil- lery — West Point 30th. of August 1783." — (Then follows the returns signed) "Sam l Cooper, Adj t . — Genl. Brane, Col o . Artillery."
Return of the Officers who remain with the three years men, in the Corps of Artillery. — June 17th. 1783 — Samuel Cooper, 2 d Lieut. February 1, 1777. Adjutant. Genl. Brane, Col o . Mass. Corps Artillery."
I am Sir, Respectfully, Your Obedient Servant, J. C. Cushing
To,
Henry H. Sylvester, Esq., Washington.

May 16 '44
Adolph Van Kliefen and
Mr James L. Edwards Commissaire Poniat
H. H. Sylvester Prob

Washington City May 15. 44
Sir
Enclose a certificate of the Secy of State, showing something of the services of the late Samuel Cooper. Comparing this with that of the Secy of State of Mass, it appears that he was a Lieut in Crane's Regiment in 1777. Lieut. (as 2 d M c from 1778 to 1780, (as Lieut. (as Adjutant from that period to 1783.
I will be much obliged to you if you will place the two certificates together; and in behalf of Major Samuel Cooper one of the heirs I would respectfully ask that a certificate of pension may be issued to him (as the other heirs for the services of their ancestor as early as the business of your Office will permit. He has written me an urgent letter, in which I have replied that you would give his claim an early decision.
Yours Respectfully From the Secy
H. H. Sylvester
Mr J. Edwards

June 7 1845
Sam l Cooper M th ew
J. L. Edwards Esq. Comm r of pensions Washington City

Pension Agency at St. Louis Mo. May 28 th 1844
Sir
I am directed, by your letter of 18 th inst. to inscribe on the Roll of this Agency the name of Samuel Cooper, dec d ., as a Revolutionary Pensioner under Act 7 June 1832, and pay to his heirs, deducting what was paid to him under Act 15 May 1828 from the 4 March 1831 at four hundred dollars per annum.
In turning to the Roll in order to find the amount paid, I do not find his name, and conclude of course he must have belonged to some other district.
I am respectfully Your obed t serv t .
W m C. Anderson Agent
J. L. Edwards Esq. Comm ee . of Pensions Washington City

Mar 25. 1844
Samuel Cooper
act 1828
56
Rev J. P. L. Edwards Barnes
H. H. Sylvester P. R. S.

St Louis Mo. March 9 1844.
Dear Sir,
I received in due course of mail your letter of the 18 ulto and I now send you, enclosed, the disposition referred to, which I should have forwarded at an earlier day, but for the delay in obtaining the action of the Judge & Clerk of the court.
Please let me know the result of the application as soon as known.
I am yrs truly
J. Carson
— H. H. Sylvester Washington
D.C.

Rev. and 1812 Wars Section
mmh am 8,15789
April 29, 1924
Charlotte C. Jones 2004 West 101st Place, Beverly Hills, Chicago, Ill.
Madam:
I have to advise you that the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau fail to afford any information in regard to a Samuel Cooper of Massachusetts who was in the battles of Lexington, Bunker Hill, Germantown and Monmouth and at the close of the Revolution was a Major.
You were furnished November 13, 1919 the history of the only Revolutionary War officer of Massachusetts named Samuel Cooper , found on the records of this Bureau.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

EW
March 9, 1922.
Mrs. Edward H. Jones, 3310 West 63d Place, Chicago, Illinois.
Madam:-
In response to your letter received February 14, 1922, you are advised that you were furnished the history of Samuel Cooper, S. F. 15789, Rev. War, on November 3, 1919, and it is not the practise of this Bureau to again record twice to the same person, on account of a lack of clerical force available for such a purpose.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

2004
W. 101st Place, Beverly Hills, Chicago Ills.
Commissioner of Pensions, Dept. of the Interior, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
Will you kindly furnish me record of Samuel Cooper of Mass. who served at Battl les of Lexington, Bunker Hill, Germantown and Monmouth; -at close of war holding rank of Major.
Very truly yours,
Charlotte Edgar Jones
March twenty seven.

To The Honorable Washington Gardner, Department of The Interior, Washington D.C.
Dear Sir:
Will you please give me Rev. War Record of Samuel Cooper, whose name appears on Pension Rolls of New York, Third Mass. Artillery.
With thanks, and appreciation of all past favors, I am
Very truly,
Charlotte Cooper Jones.
From Mrs. Edward Hartie Jones,
8310. West 63d place.
Chicago, Ills. July 4

Chicago Ills  Rev 1-742 *
EVERY WEDNESDAY CLUB
MRS. EDWARD HART JONES, PRES. 3310 W. 63RD PLACE
MRS. W. A. COOK, TREAS 2150 N. RACINE AVE.
MRS. VICTOR E. FREEMAN, COR. SEC'Y. 4438 MALDEN STREET
Oct. 31st. 1919.
Department of the Interior, Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Kindly furnish me with War record of now as described Samuel Cooper, of Mass. Priv. under Kenda)l.
Enlisted July 12th. 1777. 2
Also of:
S 15789
Samuel Cooper - 2nd Lieut of 3d Con.
Artillery (Mass.) Enlisted Feb. 1st. 1777.
Very truly,
3310 W. 63d Pl.
Charlotte Cooper Jones (Mrs. Edw. H.)
Every Wednesday Club 33 Chicago 63d Pl. 1/0 *

17,897 INVALID.
File No. 17,897
Samuel Cooper Lieut Genl War Majt Genl
No 56
Act: June 7 th 32 on Dist of Col o roll XN.
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 440
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Corresponded with D. W. Jones. Filed 15,789.
15,789 INVALID.
File No. 15,789
Samuel Cooper Lt Adjt Genl War
Act: June 7 th 32
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 439
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1919 No. 13. History to Mrs. E. H. Jones 1922 Mar. 9 Letter to above - Recd and sent twice - En. 1924 Apr. 29. Mrs. E. H. Jones advised as other files give - other than the mislabeled W. Jones.

June 13 44
Sam Cooper Esq
J. L. Edwards Esq. Commrs of pensions Washington City
FREE

35667
Samuel Cooper dec d
D. b.
Act 7. June '32

W. Brum
Con. Authorizes the transfer to be made. J. D. M.

Pension Agency, St. Louis, Mo. June 3. 1844
Sir
By a closer examination of your instructions of the 18 th ult., in relation to the pension of Samuel Cooper, dec d , I find it was probably intended the deduction to be made of what was paid under the act of 15 th May 1828, should be for the whole time to the day of his death, without further advice as to the actual amount paid. Presuming this to be correct, a reply to my letter of the 28 th ult. will be unnecessary.
But allow me to ask, if in this case the admin r , Samuel Cooper, now Maj r Cooper, cannot draw, in lieu of the heirs, as a case coming under the act 19 th June 1843? I should have no doubt about this question but for an endorsement on a suspended voucher, No 12, 3 rd q r 1843, act 7 June 1832, in the following words: "The certificate of court should certify that there was "no widow" left by the pensioner - and further, the original certificate being surrendered, the pension should be drawn to the day of his death by his heirs."
Now, the want of the proof of "no widow", I am aware was a defect, and have had it corrected; but I had been in the habit of paying to the admin r .

in other case of final payment, and not to the heirs, unless the heirs themselves applied. And this I supposed to be the correct construction of the law of 19 th June. It was the admin r who applied in the case of the suspended Voucher.
I am very respectfully
Your ob. serv.
Wm. O. Anderson, Agent
J. L. Edwards Esq r .
Comm r of Pensions
Washington City

No of orig Pay 56.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
27 June 1828.
Samuel Cooper _____ of the City _____ in the County of _____ and _____ in the State of New York — has applied to the Secretary of the Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled "An Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the army of the Revolution," approved on the 15th of May, 1828. He states that he was as an officer on the Continental line, and served as such to the end of the war,
at which period he was a Captain in the third — regiment of the  Artillery . Mass's  line line; and that he received commutation certificates for the five years full pay granted by the resolve of 22 March, 1783; and, further, that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of March, 1826, Nothing . _____ dollars, paid to him by the agent in the State of
The Third Auditor is requested to report how far these several statements are corroborated by the records in his office.
By order of the Secretary, A. Jenkins.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE,
June 27. 1828
It appears by the records in this office, that final settlement certificates have been issued for the commutation of five years full pay to Lieut. Saml Cooper  Cramp. Arty in the Mass's line, amounting to Two thousand dollars.
It further appears that Saml Cooper  not is now on the pension list of the  army agency, and has been since the 3 March  1828  at the rate of per month.
John Hagner Aud

(Copy)
Westpoint March 29 th 1784 Received of John Pierce P st W th Genl his certificate Dated March 1 st 1784 A ct 36198 for Thirteen \frac{78}{90} dollars on interest from January 1 st 1780, being a balance due me on the settlement of my recruiting account of 1777-
Sam l Cooper Lieut t Capt o Artillery
Treasury Department 3 d Auditor's Office 3 d October 1829
I certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the original receipt on file in this Office -
Wm Hagner Aud t

For the purpose of obtaining the benefits of an Act, entitled, "AN ACT FOR THE RELIEF OF CERTAIN SURVIVING OFFICERS AND SOLDIERS OF THE ARMY OF THE REVOLUTION," approved on the 15th day of May, 1828, I, Samuel Cooper of the City and in the County of New York in the State of New York do hereby declare, that I was an Officer in the Continental Line of the Army of the Revolution, and served as such to the end of the war at which period I was a Captain in the third Regiment of Artillery in the Massachusetts Line commanded by Colo Crane
And I also declare, that I afterwards received Certificates (commonly called Commutation Certificates) for a sum equal to the amount of five years' full pay; which sum was offered by the resolve of Congress, of the 22d of March, 1783, instead of the half pay for life, to which I was entitled under the resolve of the 21st of October, 1780.
Witness my hand this fourth day of June 1828 before me Richard R Ward Commissioner Saml Cooper
BEFORE ME, Richard R Ward a Commissioner duly authorized to administer oaths in the City & County of New York in the State of New York personally appeared, this day, Ebenezer Dyer and William Peck of the said County, who did, severally, make oath, that Samuel Cooper by whom the foregoing declaration was subscribed, is generally reputed and believed to have been an Officer in the Army of the Revolution, in manner as therein stated.
Witness my hand, this fourth - day of June in the year 1828
Richard R Ward Commissioner
Handwritten notes: Eben Dyer, William Peck

State of New-York, } ss. CITY AND COUNTY OF NEW-YORK, }
I, NICHOLAS DEAN, Clerk of the City and County of New-York, and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said City and County, Do hereby Certify, THAT  Richard R. Ware Esqr before whom the annexed depositions were made, was on the day when the same were so made a Commissioner duly appointed and sworn and by Law authorized to administer Oaths, and take affidavits to be read in all Courts of Record within the State of New York
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my Hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court, this fifth day of June 182 8
N. Dean
Oct-1828
Rev. File
with
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Revolutionary Claims.
Under the act entitled an act for the relief of certain surviving officers & soldiers of the Army of the Revolution approved 15 May 1828.
I certify that Samuel Cooper of New York in the state of New York, is entitled to receive pay under the above mentioned act as a surviving Lieutenant of Artillery in the Massachusetts Line of the Army of the Revolution, at the rate of thirty three dollars & thirty three \frac{1}{3} cents a month, payable during his life on the third day of March, & third day of September in each year.
It is provided by law that the said pay shall not in any way be transferable or liable to attachment, levy or seizure by any legal process whatever.
Given under my hand & the seal of the Treasury of the United States this third day of August in the year one thousand eight hundred & twenty nine, of Independence the fifty fourth.
V. D. Engle Secretary of the Treasury
seal

I hereby certify that I am the person named in the within certificate: that I have received pay to the third of Septem r in 1836. & that I have removed from the city of New York where I was last paid, to the District of Columbia where I propose to reside
Sam l Cooper.
Georgetown D.C.
March 3 d 1837.
I hereby certify that the above is the signature of my father & that the facts stated by him are correct
S. Cooper Capt. U.S. Army
Washington
March 7 d 1837.