Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 6744, William Cooley, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
Cooley, William Nancy
W 6744 B.L.Wt. 26376-161-55
CONTENTS

13035
Ohio
William Bookey
of Butler in the State of Ohio who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Nite of the Regt commanded by Col. Phillips in the New York line for Militia on year 2. M o 24. day
Letter to Com Hunt Oct 3/57
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio at the rate of 49. Dollars 33. Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 3 rd day of May and sent to Luc. Woods 1833. Hamilton Ohio
  Arrears to the 4th of Mar 1833  $ 98.64    Semi-ann. allowance ending 1 st Sep. 33  24.66     $123.30  
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Geo. B. Whiting Clerk, Book 4 Vol. 8 Page 4

Let Hon T. M. Howe. May 22/5-2
5772 Ohio. Lin Nancy Cooley widow of William NY Cooley who served in the Revolutionary war, as a private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 49 Dollars 83 . Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 24 day of Oct 1851 and sent to
Wm Hunt Present
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 334 Vol. 1

129.527 club 3/03 May 11/53
Nancy Cooley W. J. William Cooley Phil
Ms 26 376 L. May
Steve War
Aurora
Ohio Feb 48-5772
Will 16000 May 22/53 B D Y L A D
Miller & Brown Present
Miller & Brown 11/18/56
Vol. No. 22

The State of Ohio Butler County ss
On this thirtieth day of July One thousand eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared in Open Court before George L. Smith President  Honorable the Special judges of the Court of Common Pleas now sitting in said County William Booey a resident of Mulford Township in the County of Butler State of Ohio aforesaid aged Seventy Six, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath state the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7th 1832.
That he was born in the State of New York on the third day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty Six and in the town of Goshen and that he had no record of his age other than one made by himself. Deponent States that in nineteen hundred and seventy three or four he belonged to the Militia of the State of New York and its Common with all the Militia of said State, belonging to the County of Orange was ordered into the service of the United States which he entered in the fall of one the above named year - This Deponent further States that he entered said service under the Command of Capt Isaac Neil and whose Company belonged to the Regiment of Col Moses Philips - Said Regiment together with others were commanded firstly Brigadier Genl James Clinton

and were subsequently placed under the command of Genl George Clinton of the Regular Standing Army of the United States - Deponent remained in the Service aforesaid for the period of 12 months during which period he assisted in the building and garrisoning of Fort Montgomery on North River and also assisted in the constructing the building and training the said North river opposite to said Fort which was called " the big chain " Deponent states that previous to having assisted in the building of said Fort and in training building of said chain that he marched through a part of New Jersey and was at the towns of Paramus & Hackendock at the latter of which places it was expected to have a battle with the enemy - Said Deponent states that he was drafted into said service and that when he was discharged he received no certificate of such discharge, Deponent further states that he was frequently called into the service for short periods of time after his first discharge and was from time to time in the service of the United States for at least a period of eighteen or twenty months between the year aforesaid and the year seventeen hundred and seventy nine - Deponent further states that he has no documentary evidence to prove his service in the nor does he know of any person resident in this country - by whom he can prove said service - He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present - and declares that his name is not on the

petition of the Agency of any State
I am to subscribe myself the day and year afore said
John Reily Clerk William Cooley
I John Sutherland residing in the County of Butler and State of Ohio hereby certify that I have been well acquainted with William Cooley, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration for about thirty years - that I believe him to be seventy six years of age - and that from reports that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resided to have been a soldier of the revolution and that his statement is entitled to credit  (sworn to subscription open to the day of year afore said) John Reily Clerk
I Henry Taylor residing in the County of Butler and State of Ohio hereby certify that I have been well acquainted with William Cooley who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration for about twenty eight years - that I believe him to be seventy six years old that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood in which he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that he is a credible person and that his statement is entitled to credit  Further that in our early acquaintance as Cooley informed me that he belonged to the Revolution and that he assisted in building the fort at Miami, across the North river -  (sworn to subscription open to the day of year afore said) John Reily Clerk  Henry Taylor
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War department, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier

and served as he states — And the Court further certifies that John Sutherland & Henry Taylor who have signed the preceding certificates are residents of Butler County and are credible persons and that their statements are entitled to credit
I John Reily clerk of the Court of Common pleas of the County of Butler aforesaid. do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the Original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the ap- plication of William Cooley for a pension
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of Office at Hamilton this fourth day of August. One thousand eight hun- dred and thirty two.
John Reily
2364
William Cooley
A Revolutionary Soldier
PO

Declaration of Nancy Booley widow of the late William Booley of Darr Town, Ohio a Revolutionary Pensioner Applies for a Pension under the Act of July 7. 1838 also for the back pay from the death of her husband in August 1837
Attorney William Hunt Washington City D.C.

State of Ohio } ss. 1 County of Butler }
On this 25 th day of February 1857, personally appeared before the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Butler, State of Ohio, being a Court of Record, Nancy Cooley, a resident of Darr Town in the County of Butler, State of Ohio, who was born on the 22 nd day of December 1773 and is now 77 years of age, who, being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision of the act of Congress passed July 7, 1838, entitled: "An act granting half pay to certain widows"; that she is the widow of William Cooley, who was a private soldier in the New York Militia during the Revolutionary War, who was a Revolutionary Pensioner, and whose proof of service may be found in the Pension Office, where it was sent accompanying his application for a pension.
She further declares that she was married to the said William Cooley, at the house of one William Hopkins in Madison County, State of Kentucky, by one Reverend Fethergill Adams, a Baptist Minister, in the presence of a number of witnesses, on the eighth day of January, one thousand seven hundred and ninety three, being a little more than two weeks after she had attained her twentieth year; that her name before marriage

was Nancy Jones, and that she is quite positive that the marriage took place at the date aforesaid. She also declares that the said William Cooley, previous to the marriage, lived at Downey's Fort, Madison County, Kentucky, and that she lived five miles from John Logan's Fort, within half a mile of the line between Madison County, and the County of which Danville was the seat of Justice; also that the certificate of the marriage was taken, shortly after the marriage, to a Justice named Moses Dooley.
She further declares that her husband, the aforesaid William Cooley died on the eleventh day of August one thousand eight hundred and thirty seven, near Darr Town, Butler County, Ohio; that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first day of January, seventeen hundred and ninety four, viz. at the time above stated; that she has not again married since the death of the said William Cooley, being still a widow. She further declares that she has no certificate of the marriage, nor any family record of the same, as in the first settlement of the country, bibles were very scarce. She further declares that she has resided

with her late husband, she said William Cooley, in the state of Ohio for nearly fifty years, that all his deeds were signed by her, as his wife, and in his last will and testament she is acknowledged as his wife; also that they never had any children. Nancy Mr Cooley Attest Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year first above written
I James McBride Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Butler and State of Ohio now in Session do hereby certify that the foregoing proceeding was had in open Court and the Appellant was as above stated.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office at Hamilton this 2 nd day of March AD 1857
James McBride Clerk.

Know all men by these presents that I Nancy Cooley of Darr Town, Butler County State of Ohio, the widow of William Cooley, a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States, do hereby constitute and appoint William Hunt of Washington City, District of Columbia, my true and lawful attorney to present my application for the benefit of the act of Congress passed July 7 th 1838 entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows", also to receive from the Commissioner of Pensions, or other proper officer, any sum or sums of money which may be due to me as the widow of my late husband William Cooley.
Witness my hand and seal this Eighth day of March 1851
Witness
Joel H Harris Judge of Common Pleas State of Ohio } S.
County of Butler
Be it known that on this Eighth day of March 1851 before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace, in and for the State and County aforesaid duly authorized by law to administer oaths personally appeared the above named Nancy Cooley and it

being read over to her, she acknowledged the foregoing power of attorney to be her act and deed. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the day and year
THE STATE OF OHIO, BUTLER COUNTY, SS:
I, JAMES McBRIDE , Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the county of Butler, in the State of Ohio, do hereby certify, that James L. Chambers
_____ Esquire, before whom the within or foregoing Acknowledgment appears to have been taken or made, was, at the time of subscribing the same, an Acting Justice of the Peace, duly commissioned and qualified to keep the peace, within and for the said county of Butler: That full faith is due, and ought to be given, to all his official acts as such, and that his name subscribed thereto is of his own proper hand-writing.
In Testimony whereof, I, JAMES McBRIDE , Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said county of Butler, have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of our said Court, at Hamilton, the tenth _____ day of March _____ One Thousand Eight hundred and fifty. One
_____ James McBride Clerk.

being read over to her, she acknowledged the foregoing power of attorney to be her act and deed. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the day and year above written. James P. Chambers
name subscribed thereto is of his free act and deed and that the said James P. Chambers is of the age of twenty one years or more and is not under any duress or constraint of signing the same and that the foregoing power of attorney was acknowledged before me this day personally by James P. Chambers to me known to be the person described in and who executed the foregoing instrument and known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the same and acknowledged before me this day personally by James P. Chambers to me known to be the person described in and who executed the foregoing instrument and known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the same.
James McBride Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the county of THE STATE OF OHIO BULLOCK COUNTY SS:

129.524
WIDOW'S CLAIM.
BOUNTY LAND CLAIM,
OF
Nancy Cooley
For Services in War of Revolution
MILLER & BROWN, Attorneys for Claimant, WASHINGTON, D. C.

THE STATE OF
Ohio
SS.
Butler
COUNTY.
On this Twenty fifth day of April , A. D., 1855, before me a A justice of the peace of and for the county and state aforesaid, personally came  Nancy Cooley , aged 82 years, a resident of the county of Butler in the state of Ohio , who being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the Widow of  William Cooley deceased, who was a private in the Company commanded by captain  in the regiment of commanded by in the war of the revolution and a pensioner  some years before his decease and that she  the said Nancy Cooley as widow of said William Cooley  has been a pensioner since 4th of March 1848 that she is so recorded  That her said husband in the pension office on the Roll of Pensioners under act of February 2nd , A. D., 1848, for the term of page 336 Vol 4  and received actual service in said War for the term of , and was honorably  discharged on the day of A. D., 1855
She further states that she was married to the said William Cooley on the  day of , A. D., 18 37 , by one Sethergill Adams a  Minister , and that her name before her said marriage was Nancy Jones ; that her said husband died at Butler County Ohio on the 11th day of August , A. D., 1837, and that she is now a widow.  of the said William Cooley deceased never  having intermarried
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the additional Bounty Land to which she may be entitled, under the act approved March 3, 1855. She also declares that she has never applied for nor received Bounty Land under this or any former act of Congress.
She hereby constitutes MILLER & BROWN, of Washington, D. C., her Attorneys, to prosecute her claim and procure her warrant. Hereby authorizing them to obtain from the war department or elsewhere, any and all such copies of records or any other evidence which may be necessary to establish her claim, and revoking and countermanding all other authority that may have been heretofore given for said purpose.
Nancy X Cooley Mark

We James M Elliott and Jeremiah J Fowler residents of, Butler County , in the State of Ohio upon our oaths declare, that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Nancy Cooley in our presence, with whom we are personally ac- quainted, and that we believe from the appearance, statement of, and our acquaintance with the applicant, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be, and that we are disinterested witnesses.
James M. Elliott Jeremiah J. Fowler
We James A Fowler and Stephen Rendall residents of Butler County upon our oaths declare that we were personally ac- quainted with William Cooley and Nancy Cooley during the life-time of the said William Cooley husband of the said Nancy Cooley and we know that the said William Cooley and Nancy Cooley lived together as husband and wife, and were so re- garded and reputed by their neighbors; that the said William Cooley is dead, that the said Nancy Cooley is still his widow, and that we have no interest in this claim.
James A. Fowler Stephen Rendall

The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written; and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be; and that I have no interest in the result of this claim.
James L Chambers J.P.
STATE OF Ohio COUNTY OF Butler } ss.
I, M. C. Ryan Clerk of the Court of said County, Certify that James L. Chambers is and was at the time of making the foregoing signatures, (which I certify to be genuine,) an acting Justice  of the peace in and for said County, having been duly Commissioned and sworn.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto affixed the seal of said Court, and subscribed my name this 7 th day of May 185 5
M. C. Ryan, clk Butler Ohio

Darr Town C. N. Sept 27 th
Paid 3
William Hunt Esq Attorney at Law Washington D. C.

Darr Town Wis Sept 27 th 1851- William Hunt Esqr Dear Sir
If you can possibly stir up that Commissioner to decide upon the case of Nancy Cooley relict of William Cooley dec? M. D. Pensions before the 9 th Proximo it would be quite an accommodation to all parties as I expect to leave here on the 15 th & would be pleased to arrange the business previous to my departure.
Very Respectfully
Yours
John M c Mechan

Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 6744
Nancy Cooley Wid.
Wm Cooley Port. Rev. War
Act: Feb. 28/48
Index:—Vol. 4 , Page 144
[Arrangement of 1870.]

William Cooley, Rev. Pension Ohio Act 1832
When & at what rate paid, & to what time?
Died 11 th Aug st 1837. Pension paid to that date at 49.32 1 / 100 in the 4 th quarter of 1837

Wm Cooley. Ohio. Pension Office Oct 2/51 Act June 7. 1832. To what time paid -
Died 11 th August 1837.
pd to his death.
Please return by bearer
W.H.
H. H. Davige Esq.
Mr Bogan

Brief in the case of Nancy Cooley Rutler County and State of Ohio act of July 7. 1838 p er
Claim, ("original," or "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Parole testimony shewing that previously to 1799 - they were living as man and wife and recog- nized as such. see depositions of Mary Hendricks and Eliz th Massie Husband died Aug t 11. 1837.
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Name and residence of Agent.
Wm Hunt Washington D.C.
J. H. Davis
Examining Clerk.

No 13,035
Nancy Cooley wid. of Wm Ohio
Accts July 7. '38 fr ~~~~
Adm d G. m. d. Priv. 1. 2. 24
$49.33 ~~~~
from Aug 7. 1837. time of husband's death.
Nancy Cooley.
Wm Hunt Washington D.C.

Pension Office Oct 2 d 1857.
Sir.
The additional testimony in the case of William Moore, deceased, has been examined and the claim allowed under the Act of May 15. 1828 provided the
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✓ 26.376
J Rev Amy

Nancy Cooley wid. of Wm Ohio
Act July 7. 1838.

11,180
Ohio
Nancy Cooley
Widow of Wm , who was a pensioner under the Act of — and who died on the — of — in the State of O. who was a lieut in the — commanded by Captain — of the — commanded by — the — line for —
Inscribed on the Roll of bin 5 at the rate of 49 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836. 11 Aug 1837.
Certificate of Pension issued the 4 day of Oct 1837 and sent to Wm Hunt Present
Total amount, $
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by A. E. Robinson Clerk, Book D Vol. 1 Page 385

W. Cooley.
Error explained on previous application and statement made by applicant on oath.
W. am Merrimack
QUARTER 24. Proof of Service.
for the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the affidavits must be properly as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrates who may administer the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits in a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he is required to set forth the particulars of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.
the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the applicant served.

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of William Cooley which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? Yes
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? Yes
III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so?
IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? No
V. *Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? No and the Rev War did not commence until 1774
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations?
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? Yes
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? Yes
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? Yes
X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? Yes

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service?
No Clergyman
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
No
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?
Yes.
XIV. † If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility?
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?
Yes
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
Yes
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
“Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: For _____ year _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension.”

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.
†QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the affidavits must be properly authenticated, as above directed.
‡QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.

Pension Office Sept 6. 1837
Be so good as to state up to what time the pension of William Cooley of Ohio under the Act of June 7. 1832 has been paid
Resp y
J. H. Davage
Sept 11 th Aug. 5 1837. Rec d .
3 rd Auditor Pension part to that day.
3 rd Auditor's Office Sept 5 1837

9078 Ohio, Cin. Nancy Cooley widow of Wm who was a private in the Rev. M.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 49 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 4 day of Oct '57 and sent to
Wm Hunt Present
[Acts of March 3, 1843, & June 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book  A Vol.  2  Page  202

Letter to Communion

Hon James B Heath Commissioner of Pensions.
Washington City, D. C. June 12. 1851.
Sir. To the Attorney of Nancy Cooley of Butler County, Ohio, I herewith present her application for a pension, under the Act of July 7, 1838, on account of the services of William Cooley, a Revolutionary Soldier, who, as such, received a pension until his death on the 11 th day of August 1837, he having been placed on the pension roll under the Act of 7 th June 1832. Said pension appears to have commenced in May 1833. She also applies for the back pension due to her as the widow of the said William Cooley from the date of his death.
It will be seen that the claimant gives all the particulars of her marriage, which she declares took place on the 8 th of January 1793; and that she is positive as to the date from the fact that the wedding took place a "little more than two weeks after she had attained her 20 th year. Every effort which promised success, has been made to procure the testimony of persons who were present at the wedding, but as it was 58 years ago, no such testimony could be procured. All the county clerks in the vicinity have been applied to and paid, but no record of the marriage can be found. Your attention however is called to the affidavits made by
John Clark, a Representative in the Ohio Legislature Richard Scott Executor of the Will of the deceased Morton Irwin, for 21 years, Justice of the Peace Rev Mahlon Morris, a Baptist Minister, and several others, all well acquainted with the claimant, and who speak highly of her character for veracity.
In addition to the above, are the affidavits of Elizabeth Mason and Mary Hendricks, who testify to the fact that the said Nancy Cooley and the deceased William Cooley lived together as husband and wife previous to the year 1800.
All of which is respectfully submitted by
Your Obedt Servt William Hunt
Attorney.
If the evidence shall not be deemed sufficient to place her under the act of 1838, she will then claim under the act of July 29. 1848.
W. H.

Affidavit of Elizabeth Clapier

State of Illinois } Will County } So.
On this third day of May 1857 personally appeared before me a Justice of the peace in and for the State and County aforesaid Elizabeth Massie a resident of the State of Illinois County of Will who being duly sworn according to law declares that Nancy Cooley an applicant for a pension is the widow of William Cooley deceased a Revolutionary pensioner that she the said Elizabeth Massie in the year seventeen hundred and ninety nine in the fall months of said year and during the life time of General Washington was in the employment of the above named William Cooley dec d and Nancy Cooley his wife who is now a resident of Darr Town Butler County Ohio that she the said Elizabeth Massie spun flax in the house of the said William Cooley deceased in the neighborhood of Pleasant Run in the County of Hamilton and State of Ohio that she knew them to be husband and wife by their own acknowledgement and to be so reported that she the said Elizabeth Massie knows the time to

be in the fall of 1799 by the fact that General Washington Died the ensuing winter and also by the fact that the the said Elizabeth Massie was married in the summer of 1800 immediately succeeding the year in which she opened for the said William Cook Deacon and his wife Nancy Cook, also that I am a disinterested witness, Witnesses
Her Elizabeth X Massie mark
Sworn to and subscribed before me this third day of May in 1857, and I hereby certify that the person whose name is signed as above is a credible witness G. D. A. Parks L.P. Seal Mie County, Illinois.

State of Illinois & County of Will ss I Oscar Le Keanley Clerk of the County Court in and for the County Will do. certify that Talcott D. A. Davies whose Name is subscribed to the foregoing Certificate of Affi- -davit and Application was at the date thereof an Acting Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid duly commissioned therein and and authorized to execute the same full faith and credit are therefore due to all his Official Acts as such and further the Signature purporting to be his hereby believe to be genuine
In testimony Whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the Seal of said Court At Lockport in said County this 3 rd day of May A D 1857 O L Keanley Clerk

Affidavit 2 Mary Hendricks

State of Iowa } S. County of Muscatine }
On this tenth  eleventh day of May 1857 personally appeared before me a justice of the peace in and for the state and County aforesaid Mary Hendricks a resident of the state of Iowa County of Muscatine who being duly sworn according to law declares that Nancy Cooley an applicant for a pension is the widow of William Cooley deceased a Revolutionary pensioner that she the said Mary Hendricks was during the fall months of the year seventeen hundred and ninety nine a resident in the house with and spun flax for the said William Cooley deceased and his wife Nancy Cooley who is now a resident of Darr Town Butler County Ohio, that she the said Mary Hendricks lived in the house with the said William Cooley deceased and his wife Nancy Cooley during the said year 1799 and that they were residents just then of Pleasant Run Neighborhood in the County of Hamilton and state of Ohio and that they the said William

Cooley deceased and Nancy Cooley his wife were during the year seventeen hundred and Ninety Nine known by her the said Mary Hendricks to him together as husband and wife and to be so reputed and the said Mary Hendricks also declares that she knows the time of her residence with the said William Cooley deceased and Nancy Cooley his wife to be in the fall of 1799 by the facts that it was during the life time of General Washington and that the death of Washington took place the ensuing winter and also by the fact that my sister Mrs. Elizabeth Majorie was married in the next year to wit; the summer of the year 1800 & they both worked together during the fall of 1799 in the house of the said William Cooley & Nancy Cooley his wife also that I am a disinterested witness, Witness Mary Hendricks mark
Subscribed and sworn to before me this the tenth tenth day of May 1857 and I hereby certify that the person whose name is signed as above is a credible witness Edmund McWhee justice of the peace in and for Muscatine County and State of Iowa

The State of Iowa Muscatine County } ss
I Wm Leffingwell Clerk of the District Court of Iowa within and for said County, do hereby certify that Edmund Mc Kee before whom the foregoing affidavit appears to have been made was at the time of taking the same and is now an acting justice of the peace within and for said County duly elect and qualified as such, and that full faith and credit are due to all his official acts as such justice of the peace in testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of our said Court this at the City of Muscatine this 24 th day of May A.D. 1857
Wm Leffingwell Clerk of the D. C.

Testimony in support of the application of Nancy Cooley, widow of William Cooley deceased of Dan Town Ohio
W Cooley was at appears pensioned under the Act of 7 June 1832 =
Died 11 Aug 1837 =
Mary William Heard Washington City D.C.

State of Ohio } S. County of Butler }
On this Eighth day of March 1851, personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace, within and for the state and County aforesaid, Doctor John M c Mechan, the Deputy Post Master at Darr Town, in the state and County aforesaid, who, being duly sworn according to law, declares that Nancy Cooley, an applicant, for a pension as the widow of the late William Cooley, a Revolutionary soldier and pensioner of the United States, who, with the said Nancy Cooley resided in the State of Ohio nearly fifty years; that he has the most entire confidence in the statement of the said Nancy Cooley as to the date of her marriage, she being a person for a great many years well known to the people of Darr Town, and sustaining a high character for truth and morality; that in the deeds executed by the said William Cooley, she affixed her signature as his lawful wife, and that in his last will and testament he speaks of her as his wife, that her husband the said William Cooley died near Darr Town Butler County Ohio, and that she is still a widow. He also declares that as an act of kindness to her he has written to the Clerk of the County

Court of Madison County Kentucky for a copy of the Certificate of marriage, and that the said Clerk has answered to the effect that no record, at all, is on the books of said Court, of said marriage.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this Eighth day of March 1881 and I hereby certify that the said Doctor John M c Mechan Deputy Post Master is a credible witness; and I also certify that Nancy Cooley has lived near this place a great many years and that she is a person of high character and respectability and whose statements are entitled to the fullest confidence. James L Chambers of Placid

State of Ohio } ss. County of Butler
On this Eighth day of March 1857, personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace, for the state and county aforesaid, John Clark who has been a Representative in the Legislature of Ohio and for six years a Justice of the Peace in Butler County Ohio Richard Scott Executor of the last Will & Testament of William Cooley dec. Morton Irwin for 21 years a Justice of the Peace in Butler County O. Rev. Mahlon Morris a Baptist Minister, Stephen Kendall Church Clerk and Ebenezer Morley and John Irwin residents of the state of Ohio, County of Butler, who being duly sworn according to law, declare that Nancy Cooley an applicant for a pension, is the widow of William Cooley deceased, a Revolutionary Pensioner, that the said William Cooley died near Darrtown, in the County of Butler aforesaid, on the eleventh day of August one thousand eight hundred and thirty seven, and that she is still a widow; They also declare that they were well acquainted with the said Nancy Cooley and William Cooley, during the life time of the latter, that they knew them to live together as man and wife and to be so reputed; that in the deeds executed by the said William Cooley the said Nancy Cooley signed them as his lawful wife, and that in the last Will and Testament of said William Cooley, she is named as his wife. They also declare that they have

full confidence in her statement as to the date and place of marriage, and they swear that they are disinterested witnesses
John Clark Richard Scott Morton Brown Stephen Knowdell Mabel Morris
Subse of March names are
THE STATE OF OHIO, BUTLER COUNTY, SS: I, JAMES MCBRIDE, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the county of Butler, in the State of Ohio, do hereby certify, that James Chambers _____ Esquire, before whom the within or foregoing _____ appears to have been taken or made, was, at the time of subscribing the same, an Acting Justice of the Peace, duly commissioned and qualified to keep the peace, within and for the said county of Butler: That full faith is due, and ought to be given, to all his official acts as such, and that his name subscribed thereto is of his own proper hand-writing.  In Testimony whereof, I, JAMES MCBRIDE, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said county of Butler, have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of our said Court, at Hamilton, the tenth _____ day of March _____ One Thousand Eight hundred and fifty. One.  _____ James McBride Clerk.

full confidence in her statement as to the date and place of marriage, and they swear that they are disinterested witnesses
John Clark Richard Scott
Morton Irwin Stephen Knowell Maldan Morris Enoch Scudder Elzenege Watson
John Irwin
Subscribed and sworn to before me, this eighth day of March 1851, and I hereby certify that the persons, whose names are signed as above, are credible credible witnesses.
James L. Chambers Notary
State of Ohio, County of Franklin, ss. I, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the said County of Franklin, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of the original now on file in my office and of the whole thereof. Given under my hand and the seal of said Court this 10th day of March, 1851. JAMES L. CHAMBERS, Clerk.

William Cook A Revolutionary Soldier
and was in the service of the United States during the war. He served between fifteen and twenty years and left the service in 1815. as the General American General the "Old Guard" and "Washington" and "the Old Guard".

The State of Ohio § Butler County §
Personally appeared before me one of the Justices of the peace in for said County of Butler William Leahy the above declarant who being duly sworn deposits and saith - that he may have been mistaken as to the year in which he entered the service of the United States - being at the time but about nineteen years old and having no memorandum by which to assist his memory which is now much impaired - Deponent well remembered that he entered the service after the destruction of Tea which took place in Boston Harbor he cannot be certain as to time but thinks he was first mustered under by Captain David Neil the full pre- ceding the destruction of said tea - that in the said Regiment commanded by Col Moses Phillips he remained for the period of six months and was discharged - Some time in the Spring at at a town in New Jersey called Paramus where Moses Phillips Regiment was stationed during the Winter - Deponent well remembered that Genl George Clinton was stationed at the same time at Paramus and remained principally at said town during said Winter, which was in the first six months of Deponents service - Deponent states that in the Summer succeeding he was again compelled to leave the Harvest field and march to the place where Fort Montgomery was built under Capt Faulkner - He remained out about six weeks and believes that in was during this term of service that he was at the building of Fort Montgomery Deponent was again drafted to serve for the term of

six months and he was marched he believes again to Fort Montgomery where he assisted in building the "Big Chain" across the North river opposite said Fort Deponent states that he served out said term of six months, which he thinks was in Seventeen hundred and seventy six and was discharged in the fall of said year — Deponent states that Genl George Clinton was the commanding officer of the forces at and near the Fort of Montgomery and that he served again under him in the Company of Capt. Neil — Deponent cannot now state with more particularity his services, owing to his frail memory, but has stated them in as full and ample a manner as he can — He has stated his services with more accuracy and in a more regular order in this affidavit than he was enabled to do at the time of making the above declaration Deponent states that he was not acquainted with any clergyman whose certificate he could procure at the time of making the above declaration — that there is no one resident in his neighborhood and that he had but slight acquaintance with any resident in the County — that he is somewhat deaf and that he had but little intercourse with those around him owing to his deafness, old age and constitutional habits
Deponent further states that about the time Fort Montgomery was taken he was called again under Capt Neil to prevent the British Fleet from ascending the North River and from landing to commit depredations upon the inhabitants of the that at the same time the British Fleet removed

the "Big chasm" and ascended said River as high as the town of Hudson - I therefore serve a true copy about six weeks and is satisfied that he served between fifteen & twenty months in the Army of the United States during the Revolution- ary War.
W. Bloom Cooley
Sworn to & subscribed before this 23 rd day of November A D 1832
William Hunter J P
The State of Ohio Butler County Jo.
I John Reily, clerk of the court of common pleas of the county aforesaid Certify that William Hunter Esquire, before whom the within stated deposition of William Cooley was taken, was at the taking thereof a judge duly assigned to keep the peace in the said county of Butler and that his signature thereunto annexed is his genuine signature.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and Official seal at Hamilton the sixth day of December, One thousand eight hun- dred and thirty two.
John Reily