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William Cook

born: 15 October 1763, Halifax County, VA

Locations:  Halifax Co, VA; Dobbs Co, NC; South Carolina; Caldwell County, KY

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WILLIAM COOK - b. 15 Oct. 1763, Halifax Co. (Pittsylvania 1767), VA. Moved to Dobbs Co. (Greene 1791), NC.  Volunteered for Rev. Sept. 1779 under Capt. Bohannon & Lt. Brice Martin of Dobbs (Greene) Co., NC.  Also served under Cols. Shelby, Seveir & Christie.  Discharged Spring 1782.  Moved to SC (where?) for 18 yrs and then to Caldwell Co., KY by 1810 where Reuben, John & Robert Cook were also.

William was on the 1830 Graves Co., KY census with JOSEPH & Louis.  A known brother of Joseph, JOHN, was in Trigg Co..  William then applied for Rev. pension 15 Nov. 1832 & received his first pension check in 1833 in Graves Co., KY.  Spouse: Unknown.

NC                           COOK, WILLIAM           S10480

COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY GRAVES COUNTY

On this 19th day of November in the year 1832 personally appeared before Mathias Travis, Benjamin McGee, Thomas B. Brown, Daniel T. Cargill, William Armstrong, C. Anderson & Levi Calvert______justice of the Graves County court   Now sitting William Cook resident of the said county of Graves and commonwealth aforesaid aged sixty nine years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of an act of Congress passed June 7th 1832  That he entered the army of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated That he volunteered in the North Carolina Militia about the 1st of September 1779 under Capt Bohannon & Lieut Brice Martin of Green County North Carolina.

This applicant then being a resident of said county that he marched under said officers to the Long Island of Holsten River for the purpose of opposing the indians that at this place he was in a battle between the companies of Capt Bohannon & Clark and the indians in which engagement the indians were defeated.  That about 10 days after arriving at Long Island the said companies were joined by a Regiment from Virginia under Colonel Christie who took the command 

He states that he marched under said officers through the Cherokee nation first to an Indian town called Chickamauga then to another town Highwasse on the Tennessee waters  That the indian towns were destroyed together with their Corn Cattle He then marched under said officers back to Long Island  He states that he remained a few days at this place where he marched with the regiment for Carolina with his forces and the British  He states on the way his regiment fell in with Cols Shelby and Sevier both when they proceeded onward till they arrived at the top of Cumberland Mountain when they were overtaken by Capt Clark from Long Island who begged the said Cols Shelby Seveir and Christie to let him have a company of men to go back to Long Island station for the purpose of guarding the frontier which was left unprotected. 

He states that Clark preocured sixty men of whom he was one and that he marched back to the Station at Long Island at which place he was kept under Capt Clark & Martin for the purpose of Ranging the Country and protecting the frontier till the month of June 1781 when he received a discharge from Capt Martin having served constantly from the time he entered the service in the first of September 1779 up till June 1781. 

He states that after remaining home about six weeks he again volunteered under Capt Brice Martin & Brent McFarland under whom he again marched back to Long Island Station when he joined a Regiment under Col Joseph Martin  He states that in this town he served nine months remaining at the station and performing about the same service which he performed in his former town. 

He states that at the end of his tour he was discharged by his Capt Brice Martin & got home in the later part of the Spring 1782  He states that his discharges were both burnt in his father's house which was consumed by fire about ten or fifteen years after he received them.  He has no documentary evidence of his service nor does he know of any living witnesses whose evidence he could procure to testify to his services. 

He was born in Pittsylvania county Virginia on the 15th of October 1763 and migrated to North Carolina during the Revolution.  After which he moved to South Carolina where resided about 18 years from which state he moved to Kentucky where he has resided ever since.  He states that his neighbors to wit:  William Holyfield, Henry Wheeler, Moses Morris, William Scott, James Boyd, Wilson Boyer, Joseph Campbell, and others who are well acquainted with him will bear ample testimony as to his character for veracity as well as to his reputation of having been a Revolutionary Soldier .

He hereby Relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the hearing Roll of the Agency of any state whatever
Subscribed Jno. Anderson egu
{Seal}                                                  WILLIAM COOK

We Wm Holyfield a clergyman residing in the county of Graves and Henry Wheeler also a resident of the county and state of Kentucky hereby certify that we have been well acquainted with William Cook who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration  that we believe him to be sixty nine years of age that he is reported and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion entertaining no doubt whatever
Subscribed and Sworn                      Wm Holifield
in open court                                    Henry Wheeler
Attest  Jno Andrerson egu

And the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogations presented by this department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states  And the court further certifies that it appears to them that William Holyfield who has signed the proceeding certificate is a clergyman resident in the said County of Graves and State of Kentucky and that Henry Wheeler who has signed the same certificate is also a resident of the same county and State and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to be given under our hands in open court and is justice of Said Court this 15th day of November 1832

Wm Cook                                      M Travis JP
>From 1779                                     Ben McGee JP
2 year service                                Thos B Brown JP
$80.00                                           Dan'l J Cargle JP
                                                      Wm Armstrong JP
                                                      Levi Calvert JP
                                                 Crawford Anderson JP

I, John Anderson, clerk of the County for the county of Graves do hereby certify that the fore going contains the original proceedings of the said course in the matter of the application of William Cook for a pension.  In testimony where of hand here unto set my hand and seal of office this 15th day of November 1832  John Anderson

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