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 1836
Should the 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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