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    1. [Q-R] Damage Claims
    2. Bob Cooke
    3. List, I was recently shown records of damage claims filed in Adams & York Counties, Pa., following the Civil War in 1868. The Quaker Jesse Cook in Latimore twp., Adams Co., filed a claim for $300.00, the most of all the Cook's listed. I've only seen these claims from the Revolutionary War on farms known to have been involved in some way. I do not know of any fighting in northern Adams Co., during the Civil War, so these records are probably for items stolen from the farm? Were Confederate soldiers roaming Adams Co., looking for supplies? Is anyone familiar with these claims and what they stand for? There was a claim filed for $175.00 by Josiah Cook (1805-1880) in Flora Dale (Quaker Valley) just west of SR 34, across the road from Cyrus Griest's farm "Springdale" and Thomas Evans Cook (1811-1878) filed a claim for $195.00 in Menallen twp., just east of SR 34. These three farms are less than a mile apart. Is it known if Confederate soldiers were stealing from the Quakers in Adams Co.? Thanks, Robert Cooke

    06/11/2013 10:49:39