From Revolutionary War Pension Application of Christopher Cooper, Jane [Brown] Cooper's husband:
State of Tennessee } SS.
Green County }
On this 18th day of March one thousand eight hundred and fifty two I John Kidwell Sr. an acting Justice of the peace in and for the county and state aforesaid, attended at the residence of Jane Cooper aged eighty four years a resident of Green County and state of Tennessee, she being unable from bodily infirmity to attend court for the purpose of making her declaration: who first being duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benifit of the provision made by acts of Congress passed June 7th 1832, July 4th 1836, and July 7th 1838, To Wit: That she is the widow of Christopher Cooper who was a soldier in the war of the Revolution in a company commanded by Capt [blank] in the Brigade commanded by General Stephens [sic: Edward Stevens], he volunteered in the County of Bottetourt [sic: Botetourt] & State of Virginia, and served during the last five years of the war of the Revolution and was at the surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown in Virginia [19 Oct 1781], she has no documentary evidence in support of her claim, and she states to the best of her recollection the traditionary evidence given her by her husband in his life time – She has often heard her husband tell over the names of his officers and incidents of the war, but from old age and consequent loss of memory has forgotten them. Further states that in 1829 her husband commenced having his claim prepared, but died on the 29th day of May 1830 aged seventy seven years when he died, proceedings then stoped till the present time. Declarant states that she was married to the said Christopher Cooper in the County of Bottetourt and State of Virginia on or about 20th day of October one thousand seven hundred and eighty six and remained his widow ever since his death. She state that Zaffa Johnston [sic: Zopher Johnson, pension application S1840] whose affidavit is hereto annexed was a Revolutionary Pensioner and is now dead, and does not know of any living witness by whom she can prove the services of her said husband and must depend upon his general reputation and such other evidence as she may be able to procure. She was married after the year 1783 and before the year 1794 as stated in the foregoing declaration She further states that she has heard her husband state that he acted as commissary in the company in which he belonged.
[Signed] Jane Cooper
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