Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of congress passed June 7, 1832.

 

State of New York

County of Cayuga

        On this twenty first day of September in the year A.D. 1832 personally appeared in open court before Joseph S Richardson Asohel Fitch, Gresham Morse and Augustus F. Ferris Esquire the Judges of the court of common pleas that now sitting Obediah Cooper a resident of the town of Conquest and the State of New York aged seventy three years and who being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7, 1832.  The he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated.

        That he entered the service of the United stated under Captain Vedder Lieutenant James Burnsides and ensign TenEyck in Colonel Quackenbush’s Regiment of Militia as a volunteer in the month of October as he thinks in the year 1775 at the Town of Bethlehem County of Albany in the State of New York at which place he then lived and was discharged in the month of November or December there after and was out from home about a month and a half – That he was marched from said Town of Bethlehem to Fort Edward and there laid until discharged – this was at the time the Americans were retreating from Canada.

        That he again entered the service of the United States under the aforesaid named officers as a volunteer in the month of May or June in the year 1776 as he now thinks at Bethlehem aforesaid where he then lived and was discharged in about four weeks – That the whole regiment was out at this time and were marched to Saratoga where he lay till discharged aforesaid. 

        That he again entered the service of the United States in the month of July 1777 under the aforesaid named officers at Bethlehem aforesaid where he then lived and was discharged in the month of October or the fore part of November – That he entered this service as a volunteer and was out between three and four months – That he was marched to Saratoga and then lay till the taking of Burgoyne and was in the battle of Bemis Heights.  

        That in the spring of the year and or he thinks in the month of April 1778 he entered the service of the United States again under Captain Ostrum Lieutenant Irving Hogan in colonel Butlers Regiment, Colonel Butler he thinks was a regular officer the Captain was a militia officer that he resided in Bethlehem aforesaid where he entered the service and was discharged in May as he thinks of same year and was out a month that soon after he entered this service marched to Schoharie at the Middle fort so called and there laid till discharged.

        That he again entered the service of the United States in the month of August or September and he thinks in September of the year 1779 under Captain Van Wie and Lieutenant Devoe in Colonel Staats Regiment and was discharged in September or October and thinks in October – that he was out from home twenty five or six days – that he lived at Bethlehem aforesaid where he entered this service and marched to the Lower For in Schoharie.

        That he again entered the service of the United States and served as herein stated in the year 1780 the Tories came to plunder his father’s house in said Town of Bethlehem and afterwards threaten his father’s life and the lives of his family and the Town Committee called on his father and brought a guard from Albany taken from Colonel Van Rensselaer’s Regiment – And he was to work at Albany then as a teamster for the army and the  committee called on him and directed him to go to his father’s as one of the guards accordingly he went and joined the guard and did duty as a guard and a scout till the month of January 1781 when he was discharged and the rest of the guard was also then discharged – That during the whole of this service drew rations at Albany once a week for a weeks rations – That he went into this service in for part of June 1780 and was discharged first January 1781 and was employed about seven month in this service,

        That he again entered the service of the United States under Captain Veeder Lieutenant Burnside Ensign Irving Hogan in colonel Vandenberg’s Regiment in the fall of the year 1784 and he thinks in September or October and was discharged about a month after he went into this service – That he was marched from Bethlehem aforesaid where he then lived to Saratoga and there remained till discharged as last aforesaid – He entered the service as a volunteer.

        That he again entered the service of the United States in the year 1782 and he thinks in the month of August under Lieutenant Burnside who acted as Captain at Bethlehem aforesaid where he then lived and marched to Fort Hunter in Schoharie laid till discharged and was out on this service a month or there about – entered this service as a volunteer.

        That he has no documentary evidence of any of the above service – That he know of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his served except the testimony of Thomas Cooper and Uzziah Conger.

        He Hereby relinquishes ever claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension of the agency of any State.

Sworn to and subscribed the

Day and year aforesaid                               Obadiah Cooper

 

 

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State of New York

Cayuga County

        On the Eleventh day of September 1832 before me Benjamin Conger Justice of the Peace of the Town of Ira in the County of Cayuga aforesaid personally appeared Uzziah Conger of the town of Ira in said county who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he is well acquainted with Obadiah Cooper of the Town of conquest County of Cayuga aforesaid – That in the Revolution this deponent and said Obadiah lived in the town of Bethlehem in the County of Albany in the state of New York that he cannot certainly recollect of seeing the said Obadiah in the service but by conversing with the said Obadiah he mentions circumstances that took place which if the said Obadiah had not been present he would have been ignorant of, particularly at Saratoga – And deponent further saith that he believes that that their were soldiers stationed at his the said Obadiah’s Father’s house – this he thinks was after Burgoyne was taken – And deponent further saith that he believe the said Obadiah was a true man for his country in the Revolution – And further this deponent saith that he is seventy four years old and further this deponent saith not.

Sworn to before me

Benjamin Conger                                                                         Uzziah Conger

 

 

 

State of New York                         Amended declaration of Obadiah Cooper

County of Cayuga

        Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace of the Town of Meutz in and for the said County Obadiah Cooper of the Town of Conquest in said County who being dully sworn deposeth and saith that by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory he could not swear positively as to the precise length of his service but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the period mentioned below and in the following grades – For not less than one month and fifteen day served as a corporal in captain Veeder’s Company commencing as near as he can now recollect in the month of October 1775 and terminating in the month of November or December 1775 – For not less than twenty four day I served as a Sergeant in the months of May and June 1776 in said Captain Veeder’s company – For not less than three months and fifteen days I served as a Sergeant in Captain Veeder’s Company aforesaid commencing in the fore part of July 1777 and terminating the latter part of October or fore part of November 1777 –

        For not less than One month I served as a Sergeant in Captain Ostrum’s Company commencing according to his best recollection in the month of April 1778 and discharged in the month of May 1778 according to his best recollection -

        For not less than One month I served as a Sergeant in Captain Van Wie’s Company commencing according to his best recollection in the month of September 1778 and termination according to like recollection in October of the year 1778 –

        For not less than twenty four day I served as a Sergeant in Captain Van Wie’s Company commencing according to my best recollection in the month of September 1779 and terminating in the month of October according to my like best recollection in the year 1779 –

        For not less then seven months I served as a Sergeant and as a Sergeant of the guard at my father’s house – as set forth in my original declaration commencing the fore part of June 1780 and terminating in the month of January 1781

        For not less than one month I served as a Sergeant in Captain Veeder’s company in the year 1781-

        For not less than one month I served as a Sergeant in the Company commanded by Lieutenant Burnside – commanded out at that time commencing according to his best recollection in the month of August 1782 and terminating according to my like best recollection in the month of September 1782 –

        And that for not less than one month and fifteen day I served as a Corporal as first above in this amended declaration named –

        And for not less than one year and four month and three days I served as a Sergeant as above set forth.

        And in the whole I served not less than one year and five months and eighteen day as a Corporal and Sergeant as above set forth and for such service I claim a pension

        And this applicant saith that he is not acquainted with any clergymen now in his neighborhood who is sufficiently acquainted with him to certify as to his belief of my service from report in any neighborhood of my services in the Revolution and that at the time he made his original declaration the clergyman who resided in the society to which he belonged had but just came in and he was entirely unacquainted with said clergyman and has had but little acquaintance with him since.

        That he was born in the City and county of Albany in the year 1759 on the 13th day of March – And had a record of his age in the family Book of Records which was kept by his father in his lifetime and is now in the possession of his son in the town of Conquest in the County of Cayuga aforesaid –

        That he never received a written discharge from any of his above named services –

        That I am acquainted in my present neighborhood with the Honorable Augustus Ferris Esq. a Judge of the Court of common Pleas in the County of Cayuga – George Caas Esq, Benjamin Conger Esq., Doctor John B. Hoxy – Mr. Samuel Campbell, Mr. Samuel Wood, Mr. Benjamin Haros and James Quackenbush – and who can testify as to my character for veracity and their belief of my services as a soldier of the Revolution –

        That after the Revolution he resided in the Town of Bethlehem in the County of Albany aforesaid in the State of New York until Eighteen years ago last May when he moved to the Town of Cato in said County of Cayuga – And he’s lived in the Old Town of Cato ever since and now live in the Town of Conquest which is a part of the Old Town of Cato.  Cato being divided since he moved into said Cato.

        That for the further history and particulars of the above named serves reference may be had to the original declaration of this applicants hereto attached by a tape – and which this deponent has this day heard read and that the same is in every particular the same now as where he signed and swore to the same before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Cayuga at the time of September 1832.

Signed and sworn before me

This 16th day of Feb. 1833                                                Obadiah Cooper

William Mince Justice of the Peace  

 

 

 

 

Transcribed by Charles F. Luke

 

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