Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 10.699, William Fream, Md.
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(8-1776)

SERVICE
Md.

Fream, William
or
Freame

NUMBER
S. 10.699
carded

CONTENTS
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11.896
Pennsylvania
William Fream e*
of Somerset Co in the State of Pennsylvania who
was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Wiley of the regt; commanded by Col
Smallwood in the (   ) line for 7 mo 3 d

William Fream*
Febr.20/05.
Records corrected 8

Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of 23 Dollars 65 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 11 day of July 1833 and sent to J. L. Black. Somerset

Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $47.30
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept - 11.82
$59.12

Revolutionary Claim, 
Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk
Book E Vol. 5 Page 19
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19154
William Freame*
30th March 1831
Return ob. (  )
P 306
William Fream* Feb 20/05.
Records corrected. J
May 1, 1833
See letter to G. C. Brewer

Obj. 24thMay 1833
14.
P.405
Adm @
7 mos 3 days
$23.45
G. L. Black
Somerset Pa
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BRIEF in the case of William Freame
County fo Somerset in the State of Penn
(Act 7th June, 1832.)

1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? a Judge

2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? yes

3. How old is he? 72 year-

4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.

Period.
Fall In 1778
(illegible) July 1781 - 

Duration of Service.
Years,
Months, 2 -
8
Days.

Rank.
As a Private
"

Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.
Gen.
Capt Wiley
Capt Boyer, Capt Gaiter,
Col' Smallwood

5. In what battles was he engaged? Yorktown -

6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Frederick C. Maryland

7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?
By living witnesses

8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?
The papers are not (illegible)

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

Richard Cutts
Examining Clerk.
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State of Pennsylvania
Somerset County P

On the fifth day of April one thousand eight hundred and thirty three personally came before me the subscriber one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of Somerset County aforesaid William Fream a resident of the county aforesaid aged seventy three age and and one - month. Who after being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832 - (illegible)

That he entered the service as a drafted militia man in the Maryland line in the fall of 1778 in Frederick County Maryland under the Command of Captain Wiley to guard prisoners at Fort Frederick on the Potomac and was and that town sixty days and received no pay whatever. On the eighth of July 1781 he this declarant was drafted a second time in Frederick County Maryland and marched to Annapolis under the command of Captain Boyer of Frederick Town. The company to which the declarant then (crossed out) belonged was then put under the Command of Captain Gaiter who declarant recollects was afterwards deprived of his Commission for striking two men with his sword. Afterwards the same company was put under the Command of different other Captains whose name the declarant does not now remember
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The regiment to which he belonged was called the Fourth Regiment of the Maryland Line and was commanded by Smallwood. he does not recollect whether he was General or colonel. Afterwards they were put under the command of a French officer who he believes was General La Fayette. He marched under him to Yorktown in Virginia where he was during the siege of that place and an the time of the Surrender of Cornwallis on the 19th of October 1781. After the surrender of Yorktown and Gloucester this deponent guarded prisoners until he came to Frederick Town Maryland Afterwards he was taken to Annapolis where he was discharged.  His discharge he trampled under his feet as all persons considered the war at an end He got some continental money he does not remember how much He was and about six months at that time. He remembers a French fleet lying in York river at the times of the siege and believes it was commanded by De Gragse.

He hereby relinquishes all claims whatever to any pension or amnesty except the present and declares that his name is not on any pension roll of any agency in any state in the United States.

William Fream
his mark

Sworn and subscribed
the day and year aforesaid
Before me -
John Kurtz
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Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania
Somerset County Pa

I John Kurtz Esquire and of the Judges of the Court of Commons Pleas of Somerset County Pennsylvania before whom the foregoing declaration was made to certify that William Fream the foregoing declarant at the time of making the foregoing declaration was not able to attend court an account of a paralytic disease which confines him to his house In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this fifth day of April A.D. 1833.

John Kurtz
Seal

Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania
Somerset County, P

Before me the subscriber a justice of the peace in and for said county personally came personally came Mary Leanders aged about sixty eight who being sworn according to law deposeth and saith that her brother William was drafted in the fall of 1778 in Frederick County Maryland and that he was out as a militia man sixty days and she understood guarding prisoners at Fort Frederick. That in July 1781 the said William Fream was drafted a second time and taken as she understood to Yorktown in Virginia
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and she (deponent) saw nothing of him until the winter when he returned but she thought he after-wards went off again - does not recollect how long he was absent then and further saith not.
Mary Landers
X her mark

Sworn & subscribed
5th April 1833
Before me -
R. Marshall

Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania
Somserset County Pa

Before me the sub- (illegible) a justice of the peace in and for the said county Moses Fream
who having sworn (crossed out) a man of good character & a credible witness brother of William Fream aged about sixty two years who being sworn according to law saith that he remembers his brother William Fream was drafted in Frederick County Maryland and that he was out some time does not recollect how long but heard the family say it was about two months - does not remember the year. Further he remembers that William Fream was drafted the second time in Frederick County Maryland in harvest - heard is often said that his said brother was at the taking of Cornwallis's army at Yorktown
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This deponent did not see his brother from the time he was drafted the last mentioned time until the winter - Deponent recollects that William Fream stated when he came home that he was not discharged and that he had to go to Annapolis to get his discharge and surrender up his arms and that he was again absent at Annapolis but does not know how long and further saith not

Moses Fream

Sworn & subscribed
this 5th day
of April 1833
Before me -
R. Marshall

Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania
Somerset County Pa

Personally came before the (illegible) a justice of the peace in and for said County Daniel Stoy Esquire (illegible) Graham of Stoystown in the County aforesaid both being sworn do say that they have been personally acquainted with William Fream who had subscribed and sworn to the above declaration for thirty six years past. That they Know him to be a man of good character for truth and honesty that they believe him to be a (illegible)
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of Seventy years of age and that he further believes he has served in the army of the revolution as he has stated above in his declaration, and further saith not

Daniel Stoy
George Graham

Sworn & Subscribed
this 5th day of April 1833
Before me
R. Marshall

Somerset County P. I Rogers Marshall Esquire a justice of the peace in and for said County of Somerset and the Magistrate before whom the foregoing affidavits were taken and made Do hereby Certify that Mary Landers Moses Fream Major George Graham and Daniel Stoy Esquire are persons of good character and credible witnesses. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the day and year aforesaid to wit the fifth day of April 1833

Rogers Marshall  seal
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Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania
Somerset County for

I John Kurtz Esquire Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Somerset County aforesaid before whom the foregoing declaration was made Do hereby certify that the foregoing Declaration of William Fream is just and true from the declaration itself - from the satisfactory manner in which he has answered the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department and from the foregoing affidavits of witnesses I believe that he was a soldier in the Army of the Revolution as stated by him --

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the fifth day of April 1833.
John Kurtz
seal

Somerset County (illegible) Before law the (illegible) a justice of the peace in and for said County of Somerset personally came John Peterson who being sworn saith that he has been being in the neighborhood of William Fream's residence and knows that there is no (illegible)man resident in that vicinity and further that no one has resided there since the settlement of the county to the knowledge of this deponent.

John Peterson

Sworn & subscribed
5th April 1833
Before me
R. Marshall
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Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Somerset County of

I Chauncey Forward Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of Somerset County in the State of Penn-Sylvania do hereby certify that the Honorable John Kurtz Esquire before whom the Foregoing decla ration was made was at the time
and yet is a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of said County, and that his signature to the said declaration and to the several foregoing certificates to which it is affixed are his genuine signatures. And further I hereby certify that Rogers Marshall before whom the foregoing affidavits were made was at the date thereof and yet is a Justice of the Peace duly Commissioned and Sworn and that his signatures to the said affadavits and to the several foregoing Certificates to which it is affixed are his genuine Signatures

In Testimony whereof I have here unto set my hand and Affixed the seal of said Court at Somerset this 19th day of April AD 1833 C. Forward
Krolley

N. 19154
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10699
Rev. War
V
INVALID.

File No. 10,699
William Freame
Priv. Rev. War

Act: June 4th, 1832
Index:-Vol. V
Page 132
[Arrangement of 1870.]

William Fream
Febr. 20 65.
Records corrected. R.
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Pa June 15
(illegible)
June 12

FREE

J.L. Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
D.C.
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On the subject of the enclosed applications you will assess

J.S. Black
Somerset 
Penna
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Land Office, Annapolis, May 4th 1833

I certify, that it appears by list or pay rolls remaining in this office headed as follows, "An Alphabetical List of Discharged Soldiers of the two Battalions of Militia raised to serve 9 months, or until the 10th day of December 1781," That the name of William Fream, appears upon said list to have been discharged on the 11th day of December 1781, and to have received L10..6..8"

George G. Brewer
Mag. L. Off. W. S. M.