Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 481, Jacob Cummings, Mass. Ri.
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SERVICE
Mass
RI

Cummings, Jacob
Hannah

NUMBER
n.481
B.L.W.-9495-160-55
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See letter to J. Parkhurst Aug. 26 1836
Let to Pen. Oct 5 1836
Tr[?] Ci[?]. Januy 28 ‘37

Transf &amp; to Albany [illegible] 4th
Sept. 1835-Feby 1st 1837

Letter 22 April 1837-Pen agent

Albany 4649

Pennsylvania


Jacob Cummings 
in the State of Pennsylvania 
who was a Private in the company commanded
by Captain Richardson of the Reg 
commanded by Col Topping in the Mass. 
line for 2 years Private $80.00 

Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of 80 Dollars ___Cents per annum, 
To commence on the 4th day of March, 1831 

Certificate of Pension issued the 25th day of January
1833 and sent to Hon. J. Ford
House Reps

Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1832 $120.00
Semi=anl. Allowance ending 4 March 1833 $40.00

[equation showing a total]

$160.00
Revolutionary Claim, 
Act June 7, 1832. 
Recorded by Vinal Luce Clerk, 
Book D Vol. [4?] Page 51
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[transcriber notes:  This page looks like it was originally a form, but has so many notes and scribbles on it that it is essentially a scratch pad and very hard to transcribe.]

79.936 Mar. 2. 1833-
Apr 18…

Hannah Cummings, widow of
Jacob Cummings, Priv.

Col. Topham,
R.I. Troops

[End?]
Dis.       110: [160 crossed out] acres Nov 18th/55.
Revolutionary War.

Pensioners. Pa [illegible] 53-1782
June 32-4649

Boynton
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New Certf issued with name corrected 
Sept 13th/53 & sent to J. M. Thayer
Boston Mass 
Pen Agt notified same day

1856 March 10. To W. Scott
“ “ 21 Cert to Pen Agt
“ “ 27 From Philadelphia to Albany N.Y. [?] 4 September 1855
note to W. Scott 

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1782
New York
[crossed out] Pennsylvania, Phila

Hannah Cummings
widow of Jacob

who served in the Revolutionary war, as a [written above “Majr”?] private

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars 00 Cents
Per annum, to commence on
The 3rd February 1853
Certificate of Pension issued the 7th day of Septr / 53
And sent to J.M. Thayer
Boston, Massa.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act [date crossed out] Page 163  Vol. A
Febry 3d/53 
E.2.5
1832
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No. 17527
Jacob Cummings

Admitted
2 years & more
$80.-

Hon J. Ford
Ho. Reps-
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BRIEF in the case of Jacob Cummings
Of Tioga Co. in the state of Pennsylvania
(Act 7th June, 1832.) 

1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Common Pleas 
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? 
3. How old is he? 69 years 
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 

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[Column Headings]

Period.; Duration of Service. Years,Months,Days; Rank.As a; Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served. Gen.

In 1777 June; till 1st Jany next (at least);  Private; Capt. Richardson, Col. Keys Mass State Troops
1778 Feb.; 1, “, “; “; “ Troffin, Col. Toppin, R.I. State Troops
[written through all columns “a few days previous to the expiration of said term he enlisted again under the same Col.”]
1779; 1; “, “’ “; Capt. Dyer
Immediately after till the 1st of Jany following; blank; blank; “ Law, Major Allen, 


5. In what battles was he engaged?  
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Attlebury, Mass.
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Living, traditionary, no clergyman near 
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? improperly attached 

Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above 

D. Brown 
Examining Clerk.
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State of Pennsylvania Tioga County Ss.

On this Twenty fourth day of September Eighteen hundred and Thirty Two personally appeared in open court before the of Honourable Edward Herrick, Ira Kilburn and Samuel W Morris Judges composing the court of Common Pleas now sitting- Jacob Cummins a resident of Farmington in said County of Tioga and State of Pennsylvania aged sixty nine years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the Benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832 

“That he was born in the Town of Coventry in the County of Kent and State of Rhode Island on the fourth day of April one thousand seven hundred & Sixty nine.  that he has a record of his age in his bible and also in another little [blank?] book which he has always kept as a record of the ages of himself and family and which he has Now in his possession.  that he enlisted in the service of the United States with the State Troops of Massachusetts in the month of June one thousand Seven hundred and Seventy seven and served thence untill the first of January next after that he enlisted as aforesaid in the Town of Attlebury in Massachusetts under Captain Caleb Richardson and that the Lieutenants of the company were the first one Jones and the Second Jacob Fuller In the regiment commanded by Colonel Keys and Major Wade and further this deponent states that during a part of the time of his service aforesaid he was stationed on the Narraganset Shore in the State of Rhode Island and according to this deponents recollection some time in Sept after his enlistment the Regiment was called away by order of General Spencer to Tivertown in the same State, and after leaving Tivertown that the regiment took up their winter quarters in Warren in said State and there he received a verbal discharge on the first day of January after his enlistment as above stated that after this discharge deponent returned to his home in Coventry County & State aforesaid
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and further this deponent states that some time in July after his discharge as aforesaid he enlisted again in the Town of Coventry aforesaid into the Rhode Island State Troops in the company commanded by Philip Troffin In the Regiment commanded by Colonel John Toppin.  Lieutenant Colonel Hogges &  Major - Phillips and the Brigade was commended by Ezekiel Cornall & Major General Sullivan that the regiment in which he served was stationed at Tivertown in Rhode Island for the term of Twelve months in August after deponent enlisted he went on an Expedition to the Island of Rhode Island for the purpose of driving off the British who then had possession of it on what was then called Sullivans Expedition that the regiment were obliged to Retreat without effecting their object and this deponent with the rest of the regiment returned again to Tiverton where he served for the remainder of the Twelve months. That late in the fall of Seventeen hundred Seventy eight during the time of the Twelve months service aforesaid this deponent went on another expedition with Major Talbot and took the British Schooner of Eight guns which lay in East [illegible] at Rhode Island.  and further this deponent states that a few days previous to the end of the campaign case mentioned he enlisted again in the same Regiment for the Same Term of Line under the same Colonel.  Lieutenant Colonel Menchek and in a company commanded by Christopher Dyer that during the Summer season he was stationed in the Town of Little Compton in the State of Rhode Island and remained there untill fall when the British evacuated Rhode Island and deponent and the regiment in which he served entered Newport. Major General Gates commanded at Rhode Island during this year and that said deponent remained in the service at Newport during the residue of the Twelve months and was then verbally discharged on the fifteenth day of March one thousand seven hundred & eighty- And further this deponent states that immediately after his discharge at Newport he went to the Town of Pownall in the County of Bennington & State of Vermont and then in the month of June was hired by a class of men to serve in the State Troops of Vermont untill the
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first day of January next after in a company commanded by Jesse Sawyer Battallion by Major Ebenezer Allen that he served the term of Line in the Tours of Pittsford State of Vermont, and was then verbally discharged. This deponent has no written or documentary evidence of his services aforesaid. But that Thomas Cummings of Westfield Tioga County Pennsylvania knows that this deponent was in the service during the Two first campaigns mentioned in deponents declaration and Elizabeth Wakely of Westfield aforesaid knows of deponent enlisting for the [three?] first campaigns mentioned in deponents declaration. This deponent further states that there is no clergiman residing within the Township where he lives that he is known in his neighbourhood by James Ford John Ryan Robert Tubbs This deponent hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State 
Jacob Cummings

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid 
Before Jonas Brewster Prathy 

On the same day as above Stated Personally appeared in the said Court Elizabeth C. Wakeley of Westfield in said County who after being duly sworn according to law deposed as follows 
That she is the sister of Jacob Cummings the above named applicant that she was born in the same Town with her Brother and is now in the sixty seventh year of her age 
that she knows that the said Jacob Cummings Enlisted into the United States Service at three different times as above set forth in his declaration. That she thinks she was about twelve years of age when her brother first enlisted that the Terms of time for which he enlisted in the Two last campaigns were one year each and that he was absent from home for the space of Two full years agreeably to the time for which he had enlisted

Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid in open Court
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that the Terms of time for which he enlisted in the Two last campaigns were one year each and that he was absent from home for the space of two full years agreeably to the time for which he had enlisted 

Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid in open Court 

On the same day and year above stated personally appeared in the said Court Thomas Cummings of Westfield Township in said County who after being duly sworn according to law deposed as follows 

That he lived in the same neighbourhood with Jacob Cummings and knows that he enlisted into the service of the United States about the commencement of the revolutionary war.  That this deponent saw the said Jacob Cummings in actual service at the time that General Spencer called out the Troops for the purpose of going to Rhode Island and that the said Jacob Cummings was to his knowledge in the year 1778 on Enlisted Soldier in a Regiment commanded by Col John Topping for one year in the State of Rhode Island 

Thomas Cammings 

Sworn and Subscribed in Open Court the day and year above Stated
Jonah Brewster Prathy
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[The?] Cyprian Right Newberry Close residing in the County of Tioga and State of Pennsylvania do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Jacob Cummings who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be Sixty nine years of age that he is reputed and believed in his neighborhood to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion 
Cyprian Wright
Newberry Close

Sworn and Subscribed the day & year aforesaid 
Jonah Brewster Prathy

and the said Court do herby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war department that the above mentioned applicant was a revolutionary Soldier and served as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Cyprian Right & Newberry Close who have signed the preceding certificate are residents in the County of Tioga aforesaid and that they an credible persons and their statements entitled to credit

I Jonah Brewster [Be?] the notary of the Court of Common Pleas of Tioga County Pennsylvania do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Jacob Cummings for a pension 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this 24th day of September one thousand Eight hundred and Thirty Two 
Jonah Brewster Prathy
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I certify that I am personally aquianted with Jacob Cummings and know him to be a man of good moral character and to be believed also that I have no doubt but the papers all passed through the court.
J. Ford M.C.

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Jacob Cummings
Application for Pension
17527
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State of Pennsylvania
County of Tioga
On this 5 day of April A.D., 1855, personall appeared before me a Justice of Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid Hannah Cummings aged 86 years, a Resident of Deerfield in the County of Tioga and State of Pennsylvania Who being duly sworn, according to law, declares that she is the widow of Jacob Cummings deceased, who was a Private in the War of the Revolution, and was Pensioned under the act June 1832 at the rate of $80 per annum, and that she has been Pensioned under the act of 3rd February 1853 a the rate of $80 per annum, as the widow of the said Jacob Cummings deceased. Proof of her marriage death of her husband and her widowhood is filed in the Pension office with her application for Pension under act February 3 1853 of which the (unreadable) a Pension(unreadable) at $80 per annum No 1782

She further declares that she was married to the said  ________ in the County of _____ and the state of _ on the day of _____. 
She further declares that her husband, the aforesaid Jacob Cummings died in the county of Erie and State of New York on the 10th day of September 1842 and that she is still a widow.  That she has never applied for the (unreadable) under this (unreadable)  Bounty Land Warrent

She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty land to which she may be entitled under the actor of March 3rd 1855

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year above written, before me.  E S Seeley   Hannah X Cummings

We Eleazer Clark and Elias H Clark, residents of Deerfield in the State of Pennsylvania upon our oaths, declare that the foregoing declaration was sigtned and acknowledged by Hannah Cummings, in our presence, and that we believe, from the appearance and statements of the applicant, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be,  
Eleazer Clark
Elias H Clark 

The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and y3ear above written; and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim.  ES Seeley
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State of Pennsylvania 
Tioga County Ss.
I John F. Donaldson Public notary of the Court of Common Pleas of said County, do certify that E.S.Seely, Esq. is and was at the within date acting justice of the peace in and for said County, as within, duly authorized by law to administer oaths &c. and that the within signature purporting to be his is genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto six my hand and affixed my seal of office the 15th day of April 1855 
J.F. Donaldson P Notary

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79.93-6
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Act 9d Feb 1853

State of Pennsylvania
County of Tioga ss.

Be it known, that on this twelth day of March, A. D. eighteen hundred and fifty three, before me the subscriber associate Judge in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared Hannah Cummings a resident of Deerfield Township in said County, and made oath according to law, that she is the widow of Jacob Cummings, who was a soldier in the war of the Revolution and a pensioner of the United States at the time of his death at the rate of Eighty dollars per annum- that she was married to the said Jacob Cummings on the 25th day of December eighteen hundred and twelve in the town of Pittsfield Otsego Co. and State New York that her said husband died on the 10th day of September eighteen hundred and forty two, that she makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining such amount of pension as may be due under any of the Laws, Regulations, or decisions that have been or may hereafter be adopted.

The said Declarent further states that she hereby constitutes and appoints John M. Thayer --- her true and lawful Attorney and Agent to prosecute said claim, with power of substitution, to examine all papers and documents in relation to it, and to do all things necessary and lawful in the premises; except drawing the money, which will be hereafter provided for.

Hannah Cummings
Her Mark [indicated by an “X”]

Simeon Power
Associate Judge

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid before {in presents of C. Bowman, M. Cummings}

I, Simeon Power Associate Judge, in and for the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Hannah Cummings above named is a respectable resident of this County, and is the same person she represents herself to be in the foregoing declaration as I believe; she has this day appeared before me and acknowledge the above Power of Attorney to be her act and deed. 

Simeon Power 
Associate Judge 

STATE OF Pennsylvania 
Tioga County, ss

I, John F. Donaldson Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify, that Simeon Power before whom the foregoing proceedings were had, was at the time of execution, an associate Judge of said Court in and for said County, duly commisioned and qualified; and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his, are genuine. 

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto affixed my seal of Office and subscribed my name, this 14th day of April in the year 1853
J . F. Donaldson [Prothy?] or County Clerk.
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In reply to your request of____, received_________for a statement of the military history of Jacob Cummings a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or is widow’s) application for pension on file in this Bureau.  W.F. 481

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[Column headings]

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT; LENGTH OF SERVICE.; RANK.; OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED…CAPTAIN/COLONEL.; STATE.

June, 1777; to Jan 1, 1778; Pri.; Captain Caleb Richardson; Colonel Keyes; Mass
Feb. 1778; 2 years; blank; Captains Philip Traffin & Christopher Dyer; Colonel John Topping; R.I.
Mch. 1780; to Jan. 1, 1781; Captain Jesse Sawyer; [check mark]; R.I.

Battles Engaged in, Sullivan’s expedition to R.I.
Residence of Soldier at enlistment, Coventry, R.I.
Date of application for pension, Sept. 24, 1832. His cl was al.
Age at date of application, B Apr. 4, 1763, Coventry, Kent Co., R.I.
Remarks:  He mar at Pittsfield, Otsego Co, N.Y. Dec 25, 1812, Hannah______; he died Sept. 10, 1842, in Erie Co. N.Y. and she was allowed pension on an application executed Mch. 11. 1853, while a resident of Deerfield Twp, Tioga Co, Pa, aged 82 yrs.

Very Respectfully,
Commissioner.

6-2856
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Feb 18, 1913 History to
Mrs. Louise K. Ward

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WIDOW &c.
Revy.

File No. 481
Hannah Cummings
Widow,
Jacob Cummings,
Pri. Rev. War.
Act:  Feb 3, 1853
Index: - Vol. A. Page 160
[Arrangement of 1870]
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[Image is of 2 pieces of paper]

[Top piece of paper]

9485
160 [illegible]

[Bottom piece of paper]

No. 1236
Hannah Cummings
widow of John
Penn.

Lot to J.M. Thayer
27th June / 33
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Pen Act of 53, Pa
Boynton
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The Certificate of the Secretary of State of Mass: files in support of the bounty land appli
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No. 79936
ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855.
Received Apr. 18th, 1855

Jacob Cummings Pri. Dec
Col. Topham
R.I. Troops
War Rev.

9495-160-55

E.W. Edgecombe
Cortland Village, [N.S.?]
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Pension Office
3rd Sept. 1853.

Sir.
Please certify the time to which the within named pensioner was paid or the date of his death.

Very Respectfully,

S. Cole
Acting Commissioner

Jacob Cummings, Act 32.
$80.00 p.an.-Paid to 4th Sept. 1842, no date of death on our Books.
F. Burt
Auditor

Francis Burt Esqr.
[illegible] Auditor Treasury
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Hannah Cummings
Pensioner of PA Law '53
from
Arad Joy
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State of Pennsylvania County of Tioga 
ss. Hannah Cummings being duly sworn according to the law, deposes and says that she is the widow of Jacob Cummings deceased, to whom a pension was probably due in said claim. as the widow of the (unreadable) Jacob Cummings. Sworn and subscribed before me this 17th day of October 1854 and (I do hereby certify that the said Hannah Cummings is a respectable person, and that I have full faith in the truth of the above statement sworn by her as being directly interested in the claim.)
Jacob Cummings my husband died the 10th day of September 1842 in the County of Erie State of New York
Know all Men by these Presents, That I Hannah Cummings widow of Jacob Cummings deceased, to whom a pension was probably due, 
do hereby constitute and appoint Arad Joy, of Ovid, N.Y., my true and lawful attorney for me and in my name as on directly and personally interested in in the claim or application for a pension as widow of J Cummings
(unreadable) Hannah Cummings
Witness and seal this 19th day of October 1854 Sealed and delivered in the presence of Mindwell G Bulkley
State of Pennsylvania, County of Tioga Be it known that the 17th day of October 1854 before the subscriber Justice of the Peace in and for said County and State, duly authorized by law to administer oaths and take acknowledgements, personally appeared Hannah Cummings above named, and duly acknowledged the above power of attorney and affidavit to be her act and deed.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand the day and date above mentioned. 
(unreadable) 17th, (unreadable) 1854 John K (unreadable)
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Cooperstown NY
March 17th 1856

Dear Sir

Pension application
of Hannah Cummings to be transferred from
Pennsylvania to the New York
agency at Albany.  I have
known Elizabeth Bailey for many years and
have no doubt of the truth of the
statements made by Hannah Cummings
Very Respectfully Yours
W Scott

Hon J Minot
Commissioner of Pensions
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[Received stamp at top of page reads:]

U.S. Pension Office
Feb 11 1918

Buffalo, N.Y.
Feb. 10- 1913

Bureau of Pensions,
Dear Sirs:-
In reply to your letter of Feb. 5. will say that from the very little data, I have the Jacob Cummings, whose record I desire must be W. File no. 481 pensioned at Clarence, N.Y.

Respectfully,
Louise Kelsey Ward
291 Ashland Ave.
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Brief in the case of Hannah Cummings, widow of Jacob, Tioga County and State of Pennsylvania. 
Act 3d Feby. 1853 

Claim, (“original") 
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state substance.

Husband was a pensioner, under the act of 7th June, 1832 
Parole proof of Marriage 

(If for increase.) 
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim?  If so, what?

J. M. Thayer, Esqr.
Boston, Mass:
Name and residence of agent:

J. C. Boynton, 
Examining Clerk.
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J.L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions 

Sir:
The enclosed certificate has not your name attached to it as having examined the same and countersigned it.  The Pensioner Jacob Cummings was advised by Mr Elisha Whittlesey to forward it back to you for your signature. should you sign it, be pleased to forward it to Jacob Cummings, Madison Geauga County Ohio-

Yours with sentiments
[Illegible] Jacob Cummings 

[Illegible] 27.1836
Geauga County Ohio.

Mr. Jacob Cummings, witness the certificate enclosed & sent to A.D. Matton, Unionville Geauga County Ohio-
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Mechs. & Farmer's Bank
Albany Pension Agency
March 30th 1837

James L. Edwards Esquire,
Commissioner of Pensions.

Sir,

Jacob Cummings and John Wilson
Pensioners under the act of June 7, 1832, each, claims pay from 4th Sept.1835 to 4th March 1837, or their respective vouchers herewith
sent- Jesse Read a Pensioner under the act of March 18. 1818, also claims pay for the same period, on his vouchers herewith sent-

I am, Sir,
very respectfully
Your obedt. Servt.
Tho. W. Olcott
Pr[?] & Pen. as.
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Pension Agency.
Phil alla, March. 25th 1856.

Sir:

Hannah Cummings, widow of Jacob, was last paid at the Agency on the 4th of September 1855.
Yours.
S.D. Anderson.
Pen. Agt:

To. J. Minot, Esqr.
Commissioner of Pensions.
Washington. D.C.
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Girard Bank
Philada Jany 30th 1837 

Sir

Your letter of the 28th Inst is Recd 
Jacob Cummings a pensioner under Act of 7 June 1832. at 80 dollars per annum was last paid to Sept. 4 1853.  No further payments will be made him by me & his name is now noted on the roll as transfered to the Albany Agency from and after that time.

I am Respectfully
Yr Obt Servant 
Jas Shott Pns

J. L. Edwards Esq 
Commissioner of Pensions 
Washington
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Cooperstown March 1st 1856

Dear Sir
Pension application of Mrs. Hannah Cummings a Pensioner of the United States to be transferred from the State of Pennsylvania to the State of New York.  She wishes her to be payable at the Pension Agency in the City of Albany.

Very Respectfully Yours
H Scott

J Minot Esq
Commr of Pensions
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Boston Mass Sept. 10/53,

Sir

I herewith return the certificate of Hannah Cummings. Her husbands name was Jacob
and not John Cummings.
I trust the correction
will be made without delay. 
It is the third certificate under act 3d Feb. 6, which I have been obliged to return
in order to have the names of the parties properly given in the certificate

Respectfully

J.M. Thayer
Boston
Mass.

Com. of Pensions,
Washington
D.C.
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Payment to be made at Philadelphia by Daniel Sturgeon Esq Agent for paying Pensioners, in the Agency of Penna. 
Payable on the 4th September and 4th March

Recorded in the Pension Office on the Roll of Pensioners under act February 3d, 1853, Page 103, Vol. A

Clerk:
H.R. Weightman
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
WIDOW'S PENSION

I certify that in conformity with the 2nd section of the act of February 3, 1853, Hannah Cummings widow of Jacob [crossed out : John] Cummings who was a private in the revolutionary war, is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of Eighty dollars [crossed out: and cents] per annum, commencing on the 3d of February, 1853, and continuing for life, unless she should again marry; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage.

Given at the Department of the Interior,
this Seventh day of September
one thousand eight hundred and fifty-three

Examined and Countersigned
L. Waldo
Commissioner of Pensions
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Hannah Cummings
Widow of Jacob
Penna [Pennsylvania]

Suspd. act 3d Feb.53.
Rev. Pen.
additional evidence

J.M. Thayer
Boston
Mass.
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State of Pennsylvania 
County of Tioga ss.

I Simeon Power Associate Justice of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County certify that the Declaration of Hannah Cummings Widow of Jacob Cummings, executed before me some three  months ago was executed at the house of Mattison Cummings in said County.  she the said Hannah Cummings not being able to attend in open Court by reason of bodily infirmity the same being made for the purpose of obtaining A pension from the United States.
And I further certify that I have been a practicing Physician for a period of thirty years and that I am well aware the said Hannah Cummings could not attend in open Court for the reason above assigned- As Witness my hand this eighteenth day of August 1833 
Simeon Tower 
Associate Judge
Power is already authenticated as Judge.
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Act 3d Feb 1853.
Revly Pen

Penna. [Pennsylvania]
Hannah Cummings
Widow of John
Cummings, who was a pensioner act 32
Penna. Roll

J.M. Thayer
Present,
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State of Pennsylvania 
County of Tioga ss .

Be it known that on this thirteenth day of April A.D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty three before me the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace duly authorized by law to administer oaths in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared Allen Frazer Jr, a resident of [illegible] Borough in said County, and made oath according to law that he personally knew Jacob Cummings twenty seven years ago, and that he lived and cohabited with Hannah Cummings as his wife for a period of twelve years after this deponent first knew them, or untill the said Jacob Cummings moved from the [Counesque?] to the State of New York, where it is reported, the said Jacob Cummings died, that the said Hannah Cummings is still living, and is now a widow- 
Allen Frazer Jr.

Affirmed to and subscribed before me this 13th day of April 1853. And I certify that I have no interest in the claim of Hannah Cummings as an applicant for a Pension and are not concerned in its prosecution 

J. E. White J.P.
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State of Pennsylvania
County of Tioga ss.

Be it known, that on this thirteenth day of April A.D. one thousand Eight hundred and fifty three before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace, duly authorized by law to administer oaths, in and for the state and County aforesaid personally appeared Henry Seely a resident of Knoxville Borough in said County and made oath according to law, that he knew Jacob Cummings twenty years ago, and that he lived with Hannah Cummings who was reputed to be his wife, and that they so lived together several years after this deponent first knew them, or until they moved into the State of New York where it is reported the said Jacob Cummings died, and that he still knows the said Hannah Cummings who is now living and reported to be the widow of Jacob Cummings.

Sworn and and subscribed before me this 13th day of April 1853. 
And I certify that I have no interest in the result of the case of Hannah Cummins as an applicant for a Pension and and not concerned in its prosecution 
J.E. White J.P.

Tioga County ss. 

I John F. Donaldson Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of the County and State aforesaid do certify that John E. White, Esq. is a magistrate in and for said County as above, duly authorized to administer oaths &c and that the foregoing signatures, purporting to be his are genuine. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and  affixed my  seal of office the 14th day of April 1833.

J.F. Donaldson, Prothoy.
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Elkland August 15th 1836
Mr. J.L. Edwards

Sir 

Permit me to Enquire agreeable to refference made by the Gerard Bank/Phila. to you as Commissioner of Pensions- I wrote some weeks since to said Bank as to the propriety of paying a pension power which had been delayed being presented over 90 days- the circumstances are thus- on the 14th March last Jacob Cummings made out to me a regular certified power agreeable to requisitioning
 of the Department having County seal & acknowledgement &c of his power was sent to New York City & the Individual returned it, on account of not being able to insert any came that could draw it in person & it not having been sent at the time it was dated was not able to get it to Philadelphia within the 60 days as I then supposed the necessary time- & therefore has not been paid Pension.  I have been in the habit of drawing Jacob Cummings pension as a matter of accommodation & I advanced him the money- a short time after he made the power he left this county in a mysterious manner some presuming him dead or gone far in to the western world where he had some relatives & where do not know  He took his original Certificate with him from the Justice office  he of Course supposes I have drawn his Pension as usual.  The date of Power was to draw from the 4th September 1835 to 4th March 1836- I prisume the Instructions of the Department are to prevent fraud & that the design is the
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Legal Attorney Should draw the money and that justice should be done to the Pensioner I appreciate [his?] intentions & would now respectfully enquire & request instructions to be forward to me to forward to the agent at Philadelphia what would be necessary in this particular case under these circumstances as I cannot obtain a new power-- I would suggest that the Certificate of the Justice who took the acknowledgement (Nathaniel Seelye Esqr) & was present when Jacob Cummings delivered me in person his power- to the effect that nothing has transpired to countermand the Power of attorney- that it was fairly obtained & no fraud -his Perfect willingness & desire that I should draw his money-- the object of the department will be to know that it is right that I should receive the avails of his Pension- of this I will cheerfully comply with any instructions may direct sufficient to place the matter beyond a doubt. Nathaniel Seely Esq is a name well known to the Pension agent Philadelphia in taking the acknowledgements of Pensioners for many years &c   the time has been wasted in writing to the Bank of the United States & they referring me to Girard Bank & they to your Honour- I am thus & can place this matter in the Clearest Light of the Justice of my Claim- you will please have the goodness to inform me per return of mail, as early as may be convenient in what will be required in this case

Very Respectfully
Your Obt Srvt
Joel Parkhurst

Hon J L Edwards 
Washington D.C.
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Honble. Lew Cass Secretary of War 

Sir-
I have changed my place of residence from Eastern Pennsylvania to Geauga County Ohio- and request your Honour to order my pension paid at Pittsburgh the agency for the Northern Counties in Ohio.
I am yours obedient humble servant 
Jacob Cummings, 


In consequence of Mr Edwards, the Commissioner of Pensions not having signed my certificate, I have not received my pension for the last year. I made out my application in March 1836, but it was returned for want of Mr Edwards name to my certificate.  I have enclosed my certificate to Mr Edwards for his signature.  I wish an order to get my back payments.

Your  Ordt. Srvt.
Jacob Cummings

Madison [illegible] 27. 1836
Geauga County Ohio
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State of New York
County of Otsego

March 17th 1856 

I Henry Scott a Notary Public in and for the County above named, duly authorized of Law to administer oaths, do hereby certify that I have the most satisfactory evidence Viz. the affidavit subjoined of Elizabeth Bailey to me well known, that Hannah Cummings who has appeared before me to take the oath of identity is the identical person named in the pension certificate which she has exhibited before me numbered 1782 and bearing date at the Department of the Interior the 13 day of September 1853 and signed by R McClelland Secretary of the Interior 
Given under my hand at Cooperstown NY on the day and year above written

H Scott Notary Public
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State of New York
Otsego County ss.

On this first day of March 1856 before me the Subscriber a Notary Public in and for the said County of Otsego Personally appeared Hannah Cummings, who on her oath declares that she is the widow of Jacob Cummings late a Pensioner of the United States.  that her name was placed on the Pension Roll of the State of Pennsylvania from which she has lately removed.  that she now resides in Cooperstown, Otsego County State of New York, where she intends to remain and wishes her pension to be there payable in future, and that her reason for removing to the State of New York is to reside with her Daughter
Hannah Cummings
Her Mark [indicated by an “X”]

H. Scott 
Notary Public

State of New York 
County of Otsego ss

On this 17th day of March 1856 before me the subscriber a Notary Public in and for the County aforesaid, duly authorised by law to administer oaths, personally appeared Elizabeth Bailey who being duly sworn deposeth that she is the Daughter of Hannah Cummings described in the foregoing affidavit and that she knows her to be the person therein described
Elizabeth Bailey
Her Mark [indicated by an “X”]

H. Scott Notary Publice

Chs. W. Smith Witness
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State of Pennsylvania 
County of Tioga ss .

On this fifteenth day of August eighteen hundred and fifty three before me the subscriber a Justice of the peace in and for the County of Tioga duly authorized by law to administer oaths -personally appeared Hannah Cummings and made oath in due form of law that she is the widow of Jacob Cummings who was a pensioner of the United States at the rate of eighty dollars per annum. That she is Still his widow not being married again. That she knows of no record evidence of her marriage in existence
Hannah Cummings
Her Mark [indicated by an “X”]

Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above written

In presents of C. O. Bowman

And I further certify under the solemnity of my official oath of a Justice of the Peace, that I am well acquainted with the above named Hannah Cummings, and that she is the person she represents herself to be in the foregoing affidavit- and that I knew Jacob Cummings above named who was a Revolutionary pensioner at the rate of $80 per annum
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that they the said Hannah & the said Jacob Cummings lived together as man and wife for the space of twelve years and were known and reputed as such in this community- and that the said Jacob Cummings is dead – J.E. White JP

And I further certify that Allen Frazer Jr. and Henry Seely who have given affidavits in this case are credible witnesses, as is also the following Witness Daniel Cummings – J.E. White JP

White is already authenticated as J.P.

State of Pennsylvania
County of Tioga 
On this the fifteenth day of August Eighteen hundred and fifty three personally appeared before me the subscriber a justice of the Peace in and for said County, Daniel Cummings (a cousin of Jacob Commings, the person named in the foregoing affidavit), who being duly sworn according to law says that he knew Jacob Coming in his lifetime, and that he was the husband of the said Hannah Cummings, and lived with her as such for a period of twenty years or more and that the facts set forth in the forgoing affidavit made by Hannah Cummings are true to the best of his knowledge & belief-- And further that he has no interest in the claim of the said Hannah Cummings in her application for a pension.
Daniel Cummings

Sworn and subscribed before me the day and year above written
J. E. White J.P.
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[This page appears to originally have been an envelope as it is addressed as such, but there are writings from various different times and in different directions]

Jacob Cummings
Penn to Albany

Clarence N.Y.
Jan. 21

Hon Lewis Cass   Pension Office
Secretary of War
Washington
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State of New York
Erie County

On the 16th day of January 1837 before me the subscriber or Justice of the Peace for the said county of Erie.
Personally appeared Jacob Cummings who on his oath declared that he is the same person who formally belonged to the company commanded by Captain Philip Traffin in the Regiment commanded by Colonel John Toppin of the state of Rhode Island in the service of the United States that his name was placed on the Pension Roll of the state of Pennsylvania from whence he had lately removed that he now resides in the town of Clarence in the county Erie and State of New York where he intends to remain and wishes his pension to then be payable in future. The following are his reasons for removing from Pennsylvania to New York that he has become infirm and unable to labour and has removed to Clarence for the purpose of residing with and near his brothers and other relatives. 
Sworn and subscribed to before me this 16th day of Jany 1837 Jacob Cummings
Edmund Hull Justice

State of New York
Erie County ss

Nathaniel Gallap of the town Newstead in the county aforesaid being duly sworn before me Edmund Hull a Justice of the Peace in and for said county, deposeth & says that he is well acquainted with Jacob Cummings who subscribed to the above application and has known him ever since the service above mentioned in the revolutionary Army, and that he is the identical person herein described.
Nathaniel Gallap
His Mark [indicated by an "X"]

Sworn and subscribed this 16th day of Jany of 1837 before me 
Edmund Hull Justice

This may certify that I am well acquainted with Nathaniel Gallap who made the above affidavit and that he is a person of truth and veracity.

Edmund Hull Justice
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State of New York
Erie County Clerk's Office sss:
I Horace Clark, Clerk of said County, Certify that Edmund Hull Esquire, whose name is subscribed to the within affidavit & Certificate and before whom the said affidavit was taken was at the time of taking and subscribing the same and now is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly elected and sworn and authorized to take said affidavit; and further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said Justice and verily believe the signature "Edmund Hull" subscribed to said affidavit & Certificate as aforesaid to be his genuine signature - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas for said County this 7th day of January A.D. 1837.
Horace Clark, Clerk
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To the Sec War
Sir I herewith send you
the application of Jacob Cummings for
a transfer of his Pension and enclose
his certificate. Please send to me at
Clarence N.Y.
Respectfully Your observant
Clarence Jan. 20 1837 Amos Wright