Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 647, Jehiel Freeman, New Jersey
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New Jersey
Freeman, Jehial
S647
carded
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9760
New Jersey
Jejiel Freeman
N. Brunsw. in the State of NJ
who was a Pri in the com. commanded
by  (blank) in the Reg commanded 
by Col. Wynn in the N Jersey State Troops 12 m 14

Inscribed on the Roll of NJ
at the rate of 41 Dollars 55 Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March 1831

Certificate of Pension issued the 14 day of June
1830 and sent to
(name and information crossed out)

Arrears to the 4th March '32.           $83.10
Semi-anl. allowance ending Sep 4. $20.77
          + J.F. Randolph                       $103.87
                Present

Recorded by ED Bullock Clerk
Book E vol. 3 Page 111
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7439

Jehiel Freeman application
for a pension


Certificate to be sent to Jno. L.
Blauvelt New Brunswick
New Jersey

ADMITTED
12 months & 14 days
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State of New Jersey
Middlesex County
      On this twelfth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared in open court before Robert McChesney Thomas Hance Josiah Ford Simon Mundy Joseph McChesney and others the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas of said county now sitting Jehiel Freeman a resident of the city of New Brunswick in said county of Middlesex in the (smudged word) seventy third year of his age who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of an act of Congress entitled "An Act supplementary to an Act entitled " An Act for the relief of certain surviving offers and soldiers of the revolution  passed June 7, 1832 viz that he was born in Morris Town in the State of New Jersey on the seventh day of October AD 1759 and has a record of his age in an old bible - that he entered the service (in the Militia) of the United States about the first day of July in the seventeen hundred and seventy six at Barkingridge in Somerset County under Capt. McRoy and performed one tour of duty at Elizabeth Town, Newark, and Bergen of one month -  in the fall of the same year he entered the service again under Capt. McKoy at Barkingridge and went thence with to Newark and while there Genl. Washington commenced his retreat through New Jersey and about one half of the company under the command of a Lieutenant whose name is not recollected to which deponent belonged  retreated with the army through New Brunswick to the Delaware River at Corryels Ferry after arriving at the Delaware and crossing, this part of McCoy's company marched up the Delaware some miles crossed and marched to Philadelphia in Somerset County New Jersey where they joined the other part of McLoy's company - McKoy then gave the men liberty for three days, which had not expired when a party of the Enemy's horse came to Barkingridge and took General Lee prisoner - deponent was there at house in Barkingridge and the company under McKoy was immediately mustered at Philadelphia, when deponent went and served including the former service about one month.  During the retreat the Militia (torn off here)...deponent thinks were commanded by Colonel Ephraim Martin who was on foot and carried his knapsack.  In the beginning of.....
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....the year 1777 deponent served a tour on three months. This was while the Enemy lay at New Brunswick and their services were principally or wholly performed in the neighborhood and Barnes (?) Brook Quibble Town and adjacent country - During this time they had a skirmish with some British troops from New Brunswick - Colonel Wynn commanded the whole and McKoy deponent's company - Deponent was the Battle of German Town, but has no recollection of it more -?- than is contained in Thomas Talmage's deposition hereto annexed.  Deponent performed two tours of duty of a month each against the Indians - In April 1777 he returned to Sussex County and belonged  to the Sussex Militia in the Battle of German Town his Capt. was Samuel Kirkendall - the duty performed against the Indians was in Kirkendalls company - A party of Indians and attacked a settlement near Laphawax (?) in the State of New York about thirty miles north of the Jersey Line Kirkendalls company was ordered out against them twice and each time remained a month - about the time of the Battle of Monmouth Kirkendalls company was ordered out to join Washington's army deponent went with his company and marched to the county of Middlesex and then about two miles south of New Brunswick they heard of the Battle of Monmouth having been fought, a day or two before and were ordered to Elizabeth Town and marched there and were under the command of General Freylinghuysen where they remained the -?- of the month and were discharged.  In the year -?- deponent removed to Piscataway and was out under Capt. -?- when Connecticut Farms and Springfield were attacked - don't recollect how long but thinks it was a month when the Pennsylvania line revolted deponent was ordered out.  Deponent by reason of infirmities is unable to give -?- and inconsequential amounts.  He was ordered out very frequently, much more frequently than is above mentioned.  Since the revolution deponent resided in Piscataway and New Brunswick for the last forty five years in New Brunswick.  He cannot undertake to mention the....
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.....names of the many officers in the regular service.  Has been commanded by Lieu. Stirling at German Town was commanded by Major Headly of the Sussex Militia, deponent in his services served his company being divided in two or three parts each first serving in turn, his regular turn with the other men, upon his own account and never as a substitute, sometimes the whole company was ordered out. Deponent never received a written discharge and has no documentary evidence of his services - Deponent was out very frequently during the war in the militia,  much time frequently than he can give account of.  -?- he was out at least two years though he is unable to give any  detailed account except as above set forth.  Deponent refers to Dr. Charles Smith Joseph W. Scott William Lapp James P. Nervis John Terl----- William Myer and the Reverend Joseph H. Jones as person who can testify as to his character for veracity and their belief of his service as a soldier of the revolution.  The only person living who knows the first and who saw him in the service of the United States is Thomas Talmage of Somerset whose affidavit is hereunto annexed and whose personally attendance before this Court could not be procured, due to his advance in years and quite infirmed and lives a considerable distance from New Brunswick.  Deponent hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares his name is not on the pension roll of agency of any State.
Jehiel Freeman

Sworn and subscribed the day and year first above written in open court

Joseph McChesney Judge
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.....We Joseph H. Jones a clergyman residing in the city of New Brunswick and Bergen M. Voorhus residing in the same place hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Jehiel Freeman who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be in the seventy third year his age.  That he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution, that we concur in that opinion.
Joseph H. Jones
B.W. Voorhus

Sworn and subscribed in open curt the day and year first written above
Joseph McChesney Judge

   And the said Court do further hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states and the court further certify that it appears to them that Joseph H. Jones who has signed the preceeding certificate is a clergyman resident of the City of New Brunswick and that Bergen M. Voorhus who has also signed the same is a resident of the city aforesaid and is a credible witness and that their statement is entitled to credit and the court further certify that Thomas Talmage who has subscribed and sworn to an affidavit hereto annexed is a person of good and unimpeachable character for truth and veracity and that he is entitled to credit and belief and that the said Thomas Talmage could not have been produced before this court without great inconvenience and expense and that the said Thomas is advanced in life and quite informed.
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Robert McChesney
Thos. Hance                 Judges
Jos Ford
N.Boordan

   I Ferdinand J Vanarsdalen Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas on the county of Middlesex, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in theater of the application Jehiel Freeman for a pension.
    In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 17th day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two.
        F.J. Vanarsdalen Clerk
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Somerset County
     Thomas Talmage of Bridgewater in the said County taketh oath and saith that he is well acquainted with Jehiel Freeman now residing in the City of New Brunswick in the County of Middlesex.  That he has known him from a boy, said Freeman was an apprentice to the deponent's father in the year 1776 when he was about sixteen years of age. That he entered into the service of the United States about the first of July in that year and performed a tour of duty for one month at Elizabethtown Newark and Bergen.  This deponent was on the same tour with him under the same Captain viz Capt. McKoy and our field officers were Col. Stephan Hunt and Major James Linn.  In the fall of the same year about the 1st of November said Freeman was on another tour of duty with said Freeman when Gen'l Washington retreated through New Jersey  - he was out about a month on this tour.  Again in the beginning of the year 1777 said Freeman volunteered at  Liberty -?- under Col. Wynn and was out for about three months while the British enemy lay at New Brunswick.  Shortly after he went out under Col. Wynn but was in a smart skirmish with the British at Spanktown (?) in New Jersey6.  About the middle of April 1777 said Freeman moved with deponent further into open country NJ and was attached to the Regiment commanded by Col. -?-, his Capt. name was Kirkendall  about the first October of that year said Freeman was ordered to Pennsylvania to the head Quarters at Yellow Spring Tavern near  Pleasant (?) Hill and he was in the Germantown Battle, under Col.Hankinson and Major Mecher and his Regiment was commanded by Genl. Freeman and said Freeman performed two / several tours of duty against the Indians...
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.....a month each time in 1778.  In the year 1780 deponent removed from Sussex County to Piscataway in Middlesex county and said Freeman with him into Col. Webster's Regiment and Capt. Hugh Durant company.  Said Freeman was out on duty at the time Connecticut Farms and Springfield was burnt under Col.j Bras. Hugh Dunn Capt.  Deponent know of said jFreeman well, and that he was a brave soldier who was always well equipped with a good musket and ammunition and always ready and willing to serve his country when called upon during the war - Deponent verily believes said Freeman was out on actual and -?- more than two years because he continued as an apprentice  to deponent's father until about the close of the war, and always knew when he was absent from home tours of duty and (smudged word) this deponent saith not.
Thos. Talmage

Sworn and subscribed before me Sept.6th 1832

Wm. B. Gaston one
of the Judges of the Court
of Common Pleas of Somerset
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New Jersey
Middlesex County
     Be it remembered that on this fifteenth day of May in the year our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three personally appeared before Josiah Ford Esq. one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said County of Middlesex Jehiel Freeman of said county the applicant for pension in the annexed papers mentioned who being duly sworn according to law on his oath saith that by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory  he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service but according to the best of his recollection and belief he served not less than the periods mentioned before and in the following grades - for two months he served as a private in Capt. McKoy's company as in the said application for a pension set forth and for three months he served in said McKoy's company as a private soldier in the winter of the year 1777 as is mentioned in said application - for three months he served in Kirkendall's company as is set forth at the Battle of Germantown served part of which time he was a corporal - he served at the time of the Battle of Monmouth for one month as a private soldier - for one month he served at the time of the Battle ofSpringfield as a private and for a fortnight at the time of the revolt of the Pennsylvania line - he served two months against the Indians as is also set forth in his application - He served was a private in all his services except at the Battle of Germantown where he served as a corporal.  Deponent was out very frequently and served generally a month some times longer, but he cannot speak particularly.  Thomas Talmage who has applied for and got a pension as this deponent understood was out with this deponent, they being then in said Talmage's father shop together learning the carpenter's trade.  Sometimes when the whole company commanded by McKoy was ordered out said Talmage and deponent went together, at other times they went by turns.  Deponent says he was in service as a private, in the military for two years at least but his recollection has failed him so that he cannot specify except as above is set...
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.....forth.  Deponent lived with said Thomas Talmage's father during the whole war and served throughout the  (smudged words) time in the whole -?- said Thomas Talmage as he thinks and for the above services he claims a pension.
Jehiel Freeman

Sworn and subscribed the day and year first above written before me
J. Ford
Justice of the peace

New Jersey
Middlesex County
     I Nicholas Boorman Clerk of the county of Middlesex do hereby certify that Josiah Ford Esq. before whom the above  affidavit is taken and attested is a Justice of the Peace in and for the county of Middlesex aforesaid duly sworn commissioned and sworn and that the signature of J. Ford thereto attached is the proper hand writing and signature of said Josiah Ford.
   In witness whereof I have hereto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of Office this fifteenth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three.
 N. Boorman (Booraem)  Clerk
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Rev. War

INVALID

File no. 647
Jehiel Freeman
Pri. N.J Troops

Act: June 7, 1832

Index:- vol A, Page 131
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Sir
    I herewith return the papers of Jehiel Freeman with an affidavit taken according to your printed directions.  I hope they will prove satisfactory
   I find  by inspection of the Pension Roll at Trenton that Thomas Talmage of whose mention is made in Mr. Freeman's application, has a certificate  for a pension of $100 per annum. Perhaps more light may be thown upon Mr. F's case by a perusal of Mr. Talmage's papers.
     There were thru other applications sent at the time Mr. F was sent of which I am very anxious to learn something.  I mean the applications of John Dunham Abrie Messeroll - I have wish to hear of them. They have been in the Pension Office for seven and a half months at least and not one and has been heard of them  I suffer (?) now to urge them upon your attention and request that they may be be acted upon at as early time as justice to other applicants will permit.
   Respectfully Your
         Obt. Sevt.
           J.T. Blauvelt
             New Brunswick N.J.  May 11, 1833

JL Edwards Esq.