Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 42133, Richard Cooper, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
Cooper, Richard
S. 42133
CONTENTS

Richard Cooper, trans. from Penn a to Ohio Pitt y . from 4 Sep r 1833 on 17 Feby 34.
Notification sent to Penn a Cleveland, Ohio.
Dead. See letter to James Cooper, Jan. 5. 1837.
Paid at the Treasury under the act of the 6. April 1838 from 4 Sep r 1835 to the 28 th Feby 1836 the day of his death - age notified Nov 1838.
Ohio Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Richard Cooper
of Wells in the state of Pennsylvania who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Dubois of the New York line, for the term of three years
Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 27 th of May 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 1 st of April 1819 and delivered to Van Land & Rockwell Washington City
Arrears to 4th of March 1819. $ 74. 32 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 th Sep r 1819. $ 48
$ 122. 32
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued
Bradford County
Roll D. Vol. 2 Page 12

Rich d Cooper,
Parole
Parole
Admitted
Admitted
Gettysburg
19. Van Zandt

State of Pennsylvania Bradford County
On this twenty first day of May in the year of our Lord One thousand Eight hundred and Eighteen before me the Subscriber one of the judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County of Bradford in the said State of Pennsyl- vania personally appears Richard Cooper late of Haverstraw Orange County in the State of New York but now of Wells in the County of Bradford and State of Pennsylvania aged seventy three years who being by me first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the provisions 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 revolution- ary war." That he the said Richard Cooper enlist- ed in Haverstraw in the State of New York in the Company commanded by Captain Amos Hutchins in the fifth Regiment commanded by Col. Lewis Dubois in General James Clinton's Brigade in the New York line under the continental establishment on the fourteenth day of May in the year of our Lord One thousand Seven hundred and Seventy Eight that he continued to serve in the said Corps in the service of the United States until the fourteenth day of May in the year of our Lord One thousand Seven hundred and Eighty One when he was honorably

discharged from service in Rocky Hollow in Morris town Morris County State of New Jersey - That he was in the Army of the United States at the Battle of Fort Montgomery and assisted in the defence of the said Fort when taken by the British - was in the Battle of Hogback in Tioga County in the State of New York under General Sullivan against the Indians - And that he is in reduced Circum- stances and stands in need of the Assistance of his Country for support - And that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said Services and that his aforesaid Discharge has been lost by accident
Richard Cooper
Sworn to and declared before me the day and year first aforesaid
John W. Rawn Judge of Common Pleas County of Tioga State of New York
I John W. Rawn Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County of Bradford and State of Pennsylvania as aforesaid do certify that it appears to my satis- faction that the said Richard Cooper did serve in the revolutionary war as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy and now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me to the Secretary of the Department of War pursuant to the directions of the aforesaid

Act of Congress John M'Kean Judge of Common Pleas Bradford County State of Pennsylvania Plated May 27. 1818
and I do also certify that it attests that it appears to me that the reason of reduced circumstances in life the said John M'Kean has found it necessary to leave his country for support John M'Kean Judge of Common Pleas Bradford County
State of Pennsylvania Bradford County
George Scott Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Bradford aforesaid do certify and make known that
John M'Kean Esq. is and was at the time of signing and taking the foregoing declaration and testifying the same, Associate Judge of the County of Bradford in the State of Pennsylvania that the signature is his proper hand writing and that full faith and credit are due to his acts as such. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office at Meersville in the County of Bradford aforesaid the second day of June A. D. 1818
George Scott Prothon.

State of Pennsylvania } On this Eleventh day of September 1820 County of Washington } Personally appeared in open Court being a Court of Common Pleas held in & for the said County regularly Constituted a Court of Record by the laws of said State for the trial of all actions Real Personal & Mixed. Richard Cooper aged Twenty five years & upwards resident of the town of Wells in the said County who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revo- lutionary War as follows: He enlisted under Capt. Amos Hutchins at Haverstraw State of New York for three years an or about the fourteen the day of May 1775 that he served in the Regiment Commanded by Col. Dubois & was regularly discharged on the fourteen the day of May 1778 at Harrisburg at a place called Jockey Hollow after having regularly served three years being the time for which he enlisted that his Decla- ration was made on the twenty seventh day of May one thousand eight hundred & Eighteen that his Certificate is number 8656 that Capt. Hutchins resigned - he was then in Lieut. Henry Van Dornburgh the Resider of his term - And I do solemnly swear that I was a Resident Citizen of the United States on the 18 th 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 to diminish it or to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land & Naval Service of the United States in the Revolutionary War passed on the 18 th day of March 1818 and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or Securities Contracts, or debt due me nor have I any other income than what is contained in the Schedule herunto annexed by me subscribed - that he has no family whatever that from his advanced age he is incapable to support himself without the aid of his Country that he has no property to inventory either real or personal & no income by the pension granted him by the above recited act that he used to work in a forge but his Eyesight became so bad that he could not pursue it for a living that he has but the light of an Eye

altogether
Real estate none
Personal property none
George Scott Sept 16 1820
Richard Cooper
Sworn & subscribed in open court this 11 th day of Sept. A. D. 1820
George Scott Brother notary B.P. 11
State of Pennsylvania Bradford County S.S. 61 1/2
9598
George Scott Brother notary of the Court of Common Pleas in & for said County do hereby certify that the foregoing oaths & schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the records of said Court & I 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 - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the said Court on this 16 th day of Sept. A. D. 1820.
George Scott Brother notary 11

Richd. Cooper Esq Cleveland Ohio
APPLICATION FOR A TRANSFER.
County of Cuyahoga ss. On this tenth day of January 1838
before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said County of
Cuyahoga personally appeared Richard Cooper
who, on his oath, declares that he is the same
person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain
Henry Vandeburn in the Regiment commanded by Colonel
E Dubois in the service of the United States; that
his name was placed on the pension roll of the State of Pennsylvania
from whence he has lately removed; that he now resides in the State (District
or Territory,) of Ohio and County of Cuyahoga where he intends to
remain, and wishes his pension to be there payable, in future. The follow-
ing are his reasons for removing from the State of Pennsylvania
to the State of Ohio viz being blind and not able
to take care of my self and living with my son
who took care of myself and he wishing to remove
to said state of ohio it was reasonable that I
should remove with him
Sworn and subscribed to, before me, Richard Baughm J Peace (Seal)
the day and year aforesaid. Richard Baughm J Peace (Seal)
Richard Baughm J Peace (Seal)
The oath to be taken before a duly qualified Magistrates, whose official character and signature must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office. The county Clerk, Secretary of State, or some other officer, must certify, under his seal of office, that the officer who administered the oath is a Justice of the Peace, Judge, Mayor, Alderman, or Notary Public, as the case may be, and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine.
The oath must be supported by the testimony of some respectable person, as to the Pensioner's identity. He must swear that the person who has taken the above oath is the person described in the affidavit. The Magistrate must certify, that the witness is a person of veracity; and the affidavit must also be authenticated in the manner above directed.

January 11 th 1834 Personally Came James Cooper Son of the within named Richard Cooper who being Duly Sworn Deposeth and saith that the within named Richard Cooper is the Identical person set forth in the within affidavit and it is hereby Certified that James Cooper this Deponent is a man of truth and veracity and the words may be relied on Sworn to before me this 11 th day of January 1834 Richard Vaughan J Peace
The State of Ohio } I Henry Weldon Deputy Clerk of the Court of Common Cuyahoga County } Pleas within and for said County do hereby certify and make known that Richard Vaughan Esquire before whom the affidavit of Richard Cooper within named was taken, was on the date thereof and now is a justice of the peace within and for said County duly Commissioned and qualified, and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine, and that he was a justice on the date of the taking the deposition of James Cooper as to the identity of the said Richard Cooper, and that the signature thereto annexed is his and is genuine. In testimony whereof I hereunto Sign my name and affix the Seal of said Court at Cleveland this 15 th day of January A D 1834. H Weldon Dep Clerk

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Richard 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. S. 42,133
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     May 14. 1778 { May 14, 1781 { Amos Hutchinson Lewis Dubois 5 N.Y.   Henry Vander Burgh                                     
Battles engaged in, Fort Montgomery with Indians at Hoback, Vigo Co. Ky under Gen. Sullivan Residence of soldier at enlistment, Haverstraw, Orange Co., N.Y. Date of application for pension, May 27, 1818 - Allowed. Residence at date of application, Wells, Bradford Co., Pa. Age at date of application, 73 yrs. Remarks: Soldier died at Brooklyn, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio, July 28, 1836, and the arrears of his pension were paid to his surviving children John, William, & James Cooper, and Nancy Bates.

21 st January. 1834.
Richard Cooper Esq. transfer John P. Noble Ohio Falls Ky
Denn
Free
Edward Count of Pension City of Washington

Treasury Department,
Second Comptroller's Office,
Oct r 30. 1838.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," John William & James Cooper & Nancy Bates, Children of Richard Cooper a Pensioner on the Roll of the Pittsburgh Pa Agency, at the rate of Eight Dollars and Cents per month, under the law of the 18 th March 1818 has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of Sept. 1835 to the 28 February 1836 day he died.
Respectfully, yours,
William B. Parrish Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.

Salem Lee Dec 7/16
Free
Hon L. L. Edwards
War Department Pension office Washington City D.C.
Dec 31
Richd Coles Sept 29
Sept 29
extra for n

Dec 10 th 1836
Salem Marion County Illinois
Mr I. L. Edwards Esqr Sir my honored Father Richard Cooper late a private in the Army of the Revolution inscribed on the Pension list roll of Pennsylvania.
Died on the 28 th day Feby 1836 in Brooklyn Cuyahoga County Ohio in the Ninety first year of his age, and at the time of his death had money due from your office as a Pensioner
He left at the time of his death but four heirs as we know of and two of them are living in the Eastern States
Preious to his Death he lived with me and for many years past has been under my care and supported by me for his pension at his request. I took care of him during his last last sickness paid all the charges for the doctor Bills &c.
This is then fore
This is therefore to request you to inform me whither I can now obtain the money due from his Pension and what way for me to proceed
I have removed since his death to the State of Illinois to the Town & County a fore Said
Sir I enclose you to you the certificate as testimony in part of the above statements
The last money Richard Cooper drawn was at Pittsburg Pa.
The last draft My Father made was at Pittsburg P.,a.
I am Sir your most obediant &c.
James Cooper

1911 June 6. Hist. to Mrs. Mary Gilmore letter in W. File 282 Zarah Curtis
H 2 133
INVALID.
Rev
File No. H 2 138
Richard Cooper Rev
Act: 15 March 18
Index:—Vol. 3 , Page 94
[Arrangement of 1870.]