Transcription: Application by widow of James Hooper for payment of his accrued pension

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 (transcribed separately).
The significant genealogical data within this transcription includes

exact death date of James Hooper,
fact of James Hooper's Dekalb County residence for 11 years before his death,
mention of James Hooper's prior residence in Franklin County, Georgia
given name of the widow
Inline comments, explanatory notes, or questionable readings are enclosed in [] square brackets.


[page 1, outer cover of application]	[page 2, inside cover of application (obverse of page 1)]
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 --	Fr The U States	To the widow of James Hooper A pensioner on the Savannah (Georgia) Roll under the Act 7th of June 1832.
Reqn no 1560 dated March 22^d 1839 for Eight Dollars & eleven cents to be remitted to William Morel atty Savannah, Ge^o	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
8.11	Act 6^thApr 1838	Treasury Department Third Auditors Office. March. 19. 1839. Stated by Jaslbinne.	Second Comptrollers Office Examined by L. A. Hayward Mar 20. 1839.
Sent to Treasury 23 March 1839

[page 3, affidavit made by Elizabeth Hooper. Line breaks of original are not retained here.]

State of Georgia
Dekalb County

Be it known that before me 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 was a pensioner and is now dead, and to whom a certificate of pension was issued of which the following is a true copy "War Department Revolutionary claim I certify that in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7^th June 1832 James Hooper of the State of Georgia who was a private in the war of the Revolution is entitled to receive Fifty three dollars and thirty three cents per annum during his natural life commencing on the 4^th of March 1831 and payable semiannually on the 4^th of March and fourth of September in every year

Given at the War office fo the United States this 24^th day of May one thousand eight hundred & thirty three
Lew[is] 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 Franklin County in said State
Elizabeth ^{her mark} Hooper

Sworn & subscribed this 4^th day
of January 1839 before me
William Ezzard
William Lathimer JP

[page 4, Appointment of attorney. Line breaks of original are not retained here.]

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 pensions in the state of Georgia the balance of said pension from the 4^th day of March 1836 to the 28^th day April 1836 being the day of his death.

Witness my hand & seal this 7^th day of January 1839

Sealed & delivered
in presence of
William Ezzard
William Latimer JP Elizabeth _her
x
^mark Hooper LS

State of Georgia
Dekalb County

Be it known that on the 7^th day 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

[page 5, continued certifications]

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 16^th 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 evidence 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 28^th 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 16^th 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.]

[page 6, obverse of page 5]

State of Georgia
Chatham County

Be it known that on the 13^th 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 attorney and made oath that the same was not given him by reason of any sale transfer or mortgage of the pension or arrearage the pension therein authorized to be received by him.

[page 8, original certificate of pension issued to James Hooper. This was a printed form with blanks for handwritten insertions.

[wax seal]	Given at the War Office of the United States, this 24^th day of May one thousand eight hundred and thirty=three
	Lew[is] Cass Secretary of War
Examined and Countersigned	}
	J L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions

Sworn and Subscribed the day and year last above mentioned before me	W^m Morel
Joseph Felt JP

James Hooper Accrued Pension Documents

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