Morrison's Pensions
Pension Application for Rudolph Cook
In the pension folder:
Cook, Rudolph
His name
appears on a list of applicants for invalid pensions returned by the District
Court for the District of New York, submitted to the House of Representatives
by the Secretary of War on April 25, 1794, and printed in the American State
Papers, class 9, page 92.
Rank: Captain
Regt. Col
Klock’s (1)
Disability:
Loss of sight, occasioned by having an eye struck out in assisting some women
to draw water out of a well at Stone Arabia ft.
When and
where disabled: July 1780, Stone Arabia fort. (2)
Remarks: There
are no militia rolls in this office.
Evidence
transmitted by the District Court incomplete.
Every document
and evidence wanting, except the reasons why he did not apply before.
Letter in folder:
Rev. and 1812 War Section
May 5, 1924
Robert C. Taylor
17 Stoneleigh Park
Westfield, NJ
Sir;
I have to
advise you that from the records of this bureau it appears that Rudolph Cook (3)
served as a Captain in Colonel Klock’s New York Regiment.
He applied
for pension on account of loss of sight occasioned by having an eye struck
out in assisting some women to draw water out of a well at Stone Arabia Fort
in July 1780, but the claim was not allowed as he failed to prove that the
injury was incurred in the line of duty.
There is
no further data relative to his services and no data on file as to his family.
Respectfully,
Commissioner [Not signed]
End Notes