Elizabeth Hooper Accrued Pension Documents

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 Box 72, File 12519, and is the claim on behalf of the heirs of Elizabeth Hooper of Dekalb County, Georgia for payment of all her pension benefits.
Mrs. Elizabeth Hooper, the widow, had applied for a widow's pension based on her husband's Revolutionary Service on the same day she had applied for payment of his unpaid accrued pension. That application for widow's pension will be transcribed separately.
Significant genealogical data within this transcription includes Inline comments, explanatory notes, or questionable readings are enclosed in [] square brackets. Line breaks do not necessarily match those in the original documents.
[page 1, outer cover of application]  [page 2, obverse of page 1]

Ent
No. 12,519

C|o
Elizabeth Hooper
admr. of
penr. Ga roll
Act of 4 July 1836

$487.71
15 June 1841
16 "    "

 Fr The U States         
To James Hooper      
admr. of Elizabeth 
Hooper, penr.   
Georgia Roll    
Act 2 July 1836-
For her pension from 4 March 1831 to 25 April 1840, the day of her death 9 53/365 years at $53.33 per annum, per voucher filed herewith
$487.71
Reqn no 8334 dated 17 June 1841
Sent to Treasury 18 June 1841		 Second Comptrollers Office
  Examined by J L Cathcart
              16 June 1841		Treasury Department
    3d Auditors Office.
     15 June 1841
      Stated by Jaslbynne

[page 3, original certificate of pension issued for Elizabeth Hooper. This was a printed form with blank spots for handwritten insertions.]

War Department
Revolutionary Claim

I certify that in conformity with the 3d section of the law of the United States of the 4th July, 1836, Elizabeth Hooper of Georgia, widow of James Hooper, who was a Private in the Revolution, is entitled to receive Fifty Three dollars and Thirty three cents per annum, during the time she may remain unmarried, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi=annually, on the 4th of March, and 4th of September.

[wax seal] Given at the War Office of the United
States, this First day of
June one thousand eight
hundred and thirty Forty.
J R Poinsett
Secretary of War
 
Examined and
Countersigned

}

 J L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions

[page 4, Attorney's statement. This was a printed form with blank spots for handwritten insertions. The lower part was never completed.]

State of Georgia, Chatham County-

Be it known, That on the 22d day of January 1841 before me a Notary Public in and for said County, duly authorized by the laws of said State to administer oaths, personally appeared William Morel the attorney named in the foregoing power of attorney, and made oath that he has no interest whatever in the money he is authorized to receive, by virtue of the foregoing power of attorney, either by any pledge, mortgage, sale, assignment, or transfer, and that he does not know or believe that the same has been so dispensed of to any person Whatever.

Sworn and subscribed the day and year last above mentioned.

Wm Morel

Before me,
James F. C Ray
      Notary Public

Planters' Bank of the State of Georgia,
Savannah,          1S

No.__
RECEIVED of _____ Cashier, Agent for paying Pensions, _____ dollars, being for _____ months pension, due to _____ from the _____ day of _____ 18 __, to the _____ day of _____ 18 __, for which I have signed duplicate receipts.
$

[page 5, Assignment of Power of Attorney. Obverse of page 4. A gold seal obscures several words.]

STATE OF GEORGIA,
Dekalb County

}

I, John Glen Clerk of the Superior Court, Court of the County aforesaid, do hereby certify, that the following facts were proved to the satisfaction of said Court, on the twenty Sixth day of September 1840 namely:

That Elizabeth Hooper formerly of said County, died on the twenty fifth day of April 1840; that the said Elizabeth Hooper was a revolutionary Pensioner of the United States, on the Roll of the Georgia Agency, at the rate of Fifty three 33/100 - dollars per annum at the time of his her death; and that she died leaving the following children Viz Milly Word of Franklin County Georgia, Mary Reid now of the State of Mississippi Thomas C Hooper, now of the State of Louisiana, Obadiah Hooper who went to Cuba about Seven years ago and has not been heard from Since and James Hooper of DeKalb [Coun]ty Georgia, the legally qualified administrator of the said [Eliza]beth Hooper deceased.
[gold seal] In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto offered the seal of said
[Superior] Court, and subscribed my name, this Eighteenth
[day] of January one thousand eight hundred and forty one.
John Glen CLERK.

[Kno]w all Men by these Presents, That I, James Hooper admin[obscured]ator of the Elizabeth Hooper [printed line lost in fold of paper] United States, late of Dekalb County, State of Georgia, deceased do hereby constitute and appoint William Morel my true and lawful Attorney for me and in my name to receive from the Agent of the United States for paying pensions, in Savannah, State of Georgia, the Pension due to the said Elizabeth Hooper deceased (for the benefit of Milly Word, Mary Reid Thos C Hooper, Obadiah Hooper and James Hooper the Children of the said Elizabeth Hooper deceased from the fourth day of March 1831 to the twenty fifth day of April 1840

Witness, my Hand and Seal , this 18th day of January 1841

SEALED AND DELIVERED
IN PRESENCE OF		James Hooper Adm
William Ezzard
John Glen clerk
 
STATE OF GEORGIA,
Dekalb County

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Be it Known, That on the Eighteenth day of January 1841 before the subscriber, Clerk of the Superior Court of DeKalb County, personally appeared James Hooper the legally qualified administrator of Elizabeth Hooper deceased above named, and acknowledged the foregoing power of Attorney to be his act and deed,

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand the day and year last above mentioned.

John Glen clerk

[page 6, Attorney's second letter]   [page 7, Attorney's first letter]

Savannah 11th June 1841

Sir
I now enclose the original pension certificate of Mrs Elizabeth Hooper deceased, which has just been received by me from the parties interested.
Some time ago I had the pleasure to forward to you several pension claims, may I ask if they have been received, and claim your early attention as the parties interested have written to me latterly respecting them

With much respect
Your obt Sert
Wm Morel

Peter Hagner Esqr

Savannah 25 Jany 1841

Sir
Herewith I hand the pension Voucher of the Administrator of Elizabeth Hooper deceased, which is now payable at the Treasury of the United States, Eight Months having elapsed since it became due Should the Voucher prove Correct please send the Amount to me at this place. I believe the original pension Certificate is with you or the Commissioner of pensions, fearing that I should be mistaken in this respect I have written to the administrator of Mrs H. for it

[page 8, attachment to printed form for appointing attorney (that was transcribed as page 5 above). This page must have darkened considerably over time, for the photocopy (made from the original) is almost totally black and unreadable. Only by holding the page in front of a strong halogen light could any of these words be deciphered. Fortunately, there seems to be no additional information of genealogical significance on this difficult sheet.]

--I Elzy B. Reynolds clerk of the court of ordinary in and for the state and county aforesaid do hereby certify that James Hooper of said county has been [this day?] appointed Administrator of the estate of Elizabeth Hooper late of said county deceased by this inferior court of said county this sitting for ordinary probate and that said James Hooper is now this [rest of line unreadable]
[two words] of the estate of the said Elizabeth Hooper decd [administer?]
In witness whereof I have set my hand and affixed the seal of the said [unreadable]
Subscribed my name this [??]th day of January

E B Reynolds

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