Pension Application of 1885
Pension Files of Peter Cooper Cooper
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APPLICATION FOR RELIEF BY SOLDIERS MAIMED OR DISABLED DURING THE LATE WAR.The State of Alabama, }
COUNTY OF Dekalb }
Personally appeared before me, John N. Franklin Judge of Probate, in and for said County, Peter Cooper , who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that when a Pirlet1 in Company B of 6th Regiment of Georga fanlentry2 he was wounded, {loss of left lege3} while in the discharge of his duty, on the 5th day of April 1862 , at York Town in the state of Va ; in consequence of which wound he has been rendered physically incapable of making a livelihood by labor; that he was a resident of the State of Alabama on the 17th day of February, 1885, that he is now a resident of Presink4 19 in Dekalb County, and State of Alabama, and is at present engaged in business as a Farmer ; that he does not own in his own name, nor does his wife own, two thousand dollars worth of property, after deducting the amount of all encumbrances thereon; and that he is entitled to relief under the act "Providing for the Relief of Soldiers Maimed or Disabled during the late war," approved February 17, 1885.
Sworn to and subscribed before me, this }
18th day of May 1885 }
John N Franklin Judge of Probate, }
of Dekalb County }
Peter [his x mark] Cooper
Applicant.
The State of Alabama, }
COUNTY OF Dekalb }
I hereby certify that the duplicate of the foregoing application and affadavit is on file in my office, and that I believe the statements made therein are entitled to credit.
Given under my hand, this the 18th day of May 1885
John N Franklin
Judge of Probate of Dekalb County.
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