James Hooper Accrued Pension Documents
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This is a complete transcription from the National Archives and Records Administration's Record Group 217, "Records of the Third Auditor." The series title is "Settled Accounts for Payment of Accrued Pensions (Final Payments)." The following is from File 5460, in Box 63, and is the claim of the widow of James Hooper of Dekalb County, Georgia for payment of his accrued benefits.
Mrs. Elizabeth Hooper, the widow, herself applied for a widow's pension based on her husband's Revolutionary Service. Her application papers (in NARA Record Group 15) for the widow's pension include information from the Hooper family Bible. When Elizabeth died, her heirs applied for payment of her accrued benefits from the widow's pension. Their application is found in Box 72, File 12519 of Record Group 217 and will be transcribed separately.
Inline comments, explanatory notes, or questionable readings are enclosed in [] square brackets. Line breaks correspond to those in the original documents. All underlining is present in the original.
[page 1, outer cover of application]
Ent No 5460 C|o Of the Widow of James Hooper Pensioner per Act Act of 7 June 1832 Savannah Georgia $8.11 March 19 1839 -- 20 -- Reqn no 1560 dated March 22d 1839 for Eight Dollars & eleven cents to be remitted to William Morel atty Savannah, Geo Act 6thApr 1838 $8.11 Sent to Treasury 23 March 1839
[page 2, obverse of page 1]
Fr The U States To the widow of James Hooper A pensioner on the Savannah (Georgia) Roll under the Act 7th of June 1832. For his pension from the 4th March 1836 to the 28 April 1836, the day of said Hoopers death, 56 days at $53.33/100 per Annum, per voucher filed herewith. $8.11 Treasury Department Third Auditors Office. March. 19. 1839. Stated by Jaslbinne. Second Comptrollers Office Examined by L. A. Hayward Mar 20. 1839.
[page 3, affidavit made by Elizabeth Hooper]
State of Georgia Be it known that before me Dekalb County a justice of the peace in & for the county aforesaid personally appeared Elizabeth Hooper & made oath in due form of law, that she is the widow of James Hooper the identical person who waa a pen- sioner and is now dead, and to whom a certificate of pension was issued of which the following is a true copy "War Department Revolution ary claim I certifiy that in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June 1832 James Hooper of the State of Georgia who was a private in the war of the Revolultion is entitled to receive Fifty three dollars and thirty three cents per annum during his natural life commencing on the 4th of March 1831 and payable semiannually on the 4th ofMarch and fourth of September in every year Given at the War office fo the United States this 24th day of May one thousand eight hundred & thirty three Lew Cass Secretary of War Examined & countersigned J. L. Edwards Commissioner of pensions That the deceased pensioner resided in DeKalb County in the State of Georgia for the space of eleven years before his death and that previous thereto he resided in Fran -klin County in said State her Sworn & subscribed this 4th day Elizabeth x Hooper of January 1839 before me mark William Ezzard William Lathimer JP
[page 4, Appointment of attorney]
Know all men by these presents that I Elizabeth Hooper of Dekalb County & State of Georgia widow of James Hooper in the county of Dekalb & State of Georgia Revolutionary pensioner of the United States do hereby constitute & appoint William Morel my true & lawful attorney for me & in my name to receive from the agent of the United States for paying pen- sions in the state of Georgia the balance of said pension from the 4th day of March 1836 to the 28th day April 1836 being the day of his death. Witness my hand & seal this 7th day of January 1839 her Sealed & delivered in Elizabeth x Hooper [LS] presence of mark William Ezzard William Latimer JP State of Georgia Be it known that on the 7th day DeKalb County of January 1839 before the subscriber a justice of the peace in & for said county personally appeared the above named Elizabeth Hooper and acknowledged the foregoing power of attorney to be her act & deed In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand the day & year last above mentioned. William Latimer JP I Elzy B. Reynolds clerk of the Inferior court & court of ordinary in & for said county of Dekalb certify that William Latimer is a magistrate as above named, and
that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine, In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal of office and subscribed my name this 16th day of January in the year 1839 [embossed foil seal] E. B. Reynolds C.C.O. State of Georgia County of DeKalb I Elzy B. Reynolds clerk of the court of ordinary holden at the Town of Decatur in & for the county of DeKalb on the first monday in January in the year 1839. do hereby certify that satisfactory evi- dence has been exhibited to said court that Jam[es] Hooper late of said county was a pensioner of the United States at the rate of Fifty three dollars & thirty three cents per annum, was a resident of the county of Dekalb in the State of Georgia and died at his residence in said county in the State of Georgia in the year 1836 on the 28th day of April that he left a widow whose name is Elizabeth Hooper. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office at Decatur in said court this 16th day of January in the year 1839 [embossed foil seal] E. B. Reynolds C.C.O. 4 Mar 1839[Note: The clerk who certified the above documents was Elzy Baker Reynolds, who had been born 4 April 1792 in Wilkes County, North Carolina, to Francis and Anne (Blackburn) Reynolds. Elzy B. Reynolds himself was a veteran who had served in War of 1812 from Buncombe County, North Carolina. In addition to clerking for the Inferior Court and Court of Ordinary, Reynolds was the second postmaster for Marthasville (now Atlanta). He died 2 August 1863 and was buried in the Decatur (Georgia) City Cemetery.]
State of Georgia Chatham County Be it known that on the 13th day of March 1839 before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County personally appeared William Morel the attorney named in the foregoing power of attor ney and made oath that the same was not given him by reason of any sale transfer or mortgage of the pension or arrearage the pen sion therein authorized to be received by him Sworn and Subscribed the day and year last Wm Morel above mentioned before me Joseph Felt JP
[page 7, attorney's letter]
Savannah. 13 March 1839 Sir I enclose for your consideration the pension Voucher of Elizabeth Hooper widow of James Hooper private per Act of 7 June 1832 at the rate at the rate [sic] of $5333/100 per annum who claims pension due her late husband from the fourth day of March 1836 to the 28 day of April 1836Shouldthe day of the death of the said James Hooper Should the Voucher prove correct, please have the amt sent to me here. I also enclose the Original Pension Certificate Respectfully, Yr Obt Sert WmMorel Peter Hagner Esqr 3d Auditor War Dept Washington City 16 M 36 106.66
[page 8, original certificate of pension issued to James Hooper. This is a printed form with blank spots for handwritten insertions.]
War Department Revolutionary Claim I certify that in conformity with the Laws of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, James Hooper of the State of Georgia who was a Private in the war of the revolu= =tion is entitled to receive Fifty three dollars and Thirty three cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually, on the [4th o]f March, and 4th of September, in every year Given at the War Office of the United States, this 24 day of May [wax seal] one thousand eight hundred and thirty=three Lew[is] Cass Secretary of War Examined and Countersigned J L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions
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