Deposition of Peter Cooper, 1887, Dekalb County, Alabama. Service: Private, Co. B, 6th Georgia Infantry, Confederate, 1861-1862

This is a miscellaneous document from an unidentified pension application made by Peter Cooper. No other detail available except what I extracted here, from a copy of the document.

Deposition of Peter Cooper

Private, Co. B, 6 Regiment, Georgia Infantry
[Confederate States]
Deposition Date: 6 June 1887

Document Extract:

The State of Alabama, County of Dekalb.

Personally appeared before me, L L Cochran Judge of Probate in and for said County, Peter Cooper who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith that when a Private in Company B of 6th Regiment of Georgia Infantry and while in the discharge of his duty, on the 5th day of April 1862, at Yorktown in the State of Virginia he lost his left leg; that he was a resident of Alabama on the 25th day of February 1887, and is a resident at the date of this application; that he is engaged in the business of farming; and that his taxable property does not exceed one thousand dollars in value.

Sworn to and subscribed before me this 6th day of June 1887.

Peter [his X mark] Cooper

L. L. Cochran
Judge of Probate of Dekalb County

The State of Alabama, County of Dekalb } I hereby certify that the duplicate of the foregoing application and affidavit is on file in my office, and that I believe the statements made therein are entitled to credit.

Given under my hand this the 6th day of June, 1887.

L. L. Cochran
Judge of Probate of Dekalb County

Duplicate to be filed in the office of the Judge of Probate.

Wife - Malinda Cooper
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GENEALOGY DETAILS RELATED TO DOCUMENT:

Peter Cooper
Birth: 9 May 1843, Dade County, Georgia
Death: 22 March 1914, Jackson County, Alabama

Marriage: 28 August 1864, Dekalb County, Alabama

Wife: Malinda Elizabeth Sizemore

Biographies mention that the leg injury occurred at the Battle of Seven Pines, Virginia

Note: Name is usually given as Peter Cooper; sometimes Peter Issac Cooper or Peter Isaac Cooper.

Confederate States Military Discharge, 1862, for Peter Cooper, Co. B, 6th Regiment Georgia Vols

Confederate States Military Discharge for Peter Cooper, Private, Co. B, 6th Regiment, Georgia Vols

Ancestry Document ID: Cooper, Peter CW 20

Type of Document: This is a military Discharge document. The form is preprinted, with details filled in in cursive pen. Legibility: Varies; very good in places, poor in others. I could not read one officer's name.

[Extract]: 

I certify, That the within named Peter Cooper, Private, of Captain --- Company B of the 6 Regiment of Geo Vols, born in --- in the State of --- , aged --- years, --- feet, --- inches high, --- complexion, --- eyes, --- hair, and by --- a --- was enlisted by Maj. Elzy at Atlanta on the 17 day of May 1861, to serve 'for war' years, and is now entitled to discharge by reason of Surgeons Certificate of disability & Order of Capt [illegible].

The said Peter Cooper was last paid by R. Elzy to include the 31 day of August 1861, and has pay due from that date to the present date. There is due to him --- Dollars traveling allowance from --- , the place of discharge, to ---, the place of enrolment, transportation not being furnished in kind.

There is due him ----.

He is indebted to the Confederate States ---- Dollars on account of -----.

Given in duplicate at Richmond, this 30 day of May 1862.

Jno. H. W--der, Brig. Genl.

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[Voucher]:

For pay from 1 of Sept 1861, to 30 of May 1862, being 9 months and -- days, at 11 Dollars per month, - - - 99.

For pay for traveling from --- to ---, being --- miles, at ten cents per mile, - - 4 - Rations - - - .88

Deduct for clothing overdrawn, --- Amount - -

Balance paid, - - - 99.88.

Received of Capt. I Boohn Hill C.S. Army, this 30 day of May 1862, Ninety Nine Dollars and 88 Cents, in full of the above account.

(Signed duplicates.) Peter his + mark Cooper.

Witness: HPHill.

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Ancestry details:

Linked to Peter Issac Cooper (b. 1843; d. )

User/share date: eggerhouse originally shared this on 19 Aug 2013.

U.S. Headstone Application for U.S. Military Veterans: Peter Cooper, Georgia, C.S.A. Died 1915

Confederate (Tombstone application through U.S. Government, 1915)

United States Headstone Applications for U.S. Military Veterans, 1925-1949, Peter Cooper.

[This form is a preprinted application form, with details filled in with a pencil. Legibility varies: Good to Excellent. Form and details, as extracted]:

War Department, O.Q.M.G. Form No. 623. (form approval details skipped). Application for Headstone. C.S.A. 6391. Name: Peter Cooper. Rank: Private. Company: B (application had 'B or D', but B was marked out). State Organization: Georgia Inf.

Date of Death: May 9 1915 [9 May 1915].

Name of Cemetery: Moore's Chapel. City: Island Creek Long Island Ala. State: Ala. Division --. State --. Emblem: None (Options included Christian, Hebrew, or None).

To Be Shipped To: Mrs. Malinda Cooper Bridgeport, Ala. Jackson. Post Office Address of Consignee: Bridgeport, Ala. I hereby agree to accept the headstone at above destination, freight prepaid, and properly place same at decedent's grave.

This application is for the UNMARKED* grave of a soldier. It is understood the stone will be furnished and delivered at the railroad station or steamboat landing above indicated, at Government expense, freight prepaid, and agreed it will be promptly removed and set up at private expense. 

[Signed]: (Mrs.) Malinda [her X mark] Cooper, Applicant. Address: Bridgeport, Ala. Date: June 3 - 1936.

*Stones must not be requested for any grave at which a private stone, monument, or other permanent marker is already erected or is to be erected. [Clerical box has these receipt/shipping stamped dates]: June 16 1930. Tate, Georgia Oct 15 1930. Shipped Dec 11 1930. 

Selected Surnames (Cooper, Bryant, Howard, Littleton) on Confederate Memorial in West Hill Cemetery, Dalton, Whitfield County, Georgia

Selected Surnames (Cooper, Bryant, Howard, Littleton) on Confederate Memorial in West Hill Cemetery, Dalton, Whitfield County, Georgia:

Elisha J. Bryant, Co. E, 1st Ala. Cav.

Daniel C. Cooper, Co. A, 46th Ala.

John Cooper, Co. D, 41st Ala.

Robert Cooper, Co. D, 40th Tenn.

John Howard, Co. H, 22nd Ala.

John Littleton, Co. G, 41st Miss.

Subject: Death Records and Searches, Burials, Confederate Burials, Whitfield County Georgia

Link to Video: Old Confederate Veterans Giving the Rebel Yell

Alabama Pioneers, an LDS genealogy blog, had this wonderful video of old Confederate Veterans giving the Rebel yell. I hope the link to the blog page is permanent!

Alabama Pioneers: Blog Post with Vintage Video of Authentic Rebel Yell

Elisha Bryant: one Confederate, One Union (probably two different individuals, unless a conscript who deserted)

Links to two records for (apparently) two different persons named Elisha Bryant (one Confederate, one Union). These records probably relate to two different individuals, unless it is the case of a conscript who deserted and joined the other side, which did happen with many East Tennessee and North Georgia Rebels.

"United States Civil War Soldiers Index, 1861-1865," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XKJC-8Z2 : 4 December 2014), Elisha Bryant, Private, Company C, 43rd Regiment, Georgia Infantry, Confederate; citing NARA microfilm publication M226 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 8; FHL microfilm 821,707.
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Elisha Bryant, Company G, 3rd Tennessee Cavalry, USA, Civil War: "United States General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KDPG-JBS : 3 April 2015), Elisha Bryant, 1890.