Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 9817, Richard Cozzens, R.I.
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R.I.
Cozzens, Richard
W. 9817
B.L Wt 334-60-55
Julia
B.L. Wt3045-100
Issued Nov. 4, 1794
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6244
Rhode Island
Richard Cozzens
Musician
Rhode Island Line
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War
Inscribed on the Roll of Rhode Island at the rate of 8 dollars per month, to commence on the 1st of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 1st of Feb'y 1819 and sent to Benjamin Cowell Providence R.I.
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1818, 5 mo.       $40.06
Semi-anl all'ce ending 4th Mar 1819.   __8___
                                                                    48.06
Revolutionary claim,
Act 18th March, 1818

Notification sent to Benjamin Cowell Providence R.I.
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366
Rhode Island
Julia Cozzens
widow of Richard
who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Musician R.I.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 96 dollars 
00 cents per annum, to commence on the 3rd day of May 1853 and sent to B. Cowell Providence R.I.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act July 29, 1848, Page 49, Vol. A

1818
Date of death not on AB
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258.860 Act March 3/55
October 6/56
Julia Cozzens widow of Richard Cozzens deceased
Richard Musician
Julia widow of Richard Cozzens
musician
Colonels Green and Kray
Admitted: 60 [illegible] 7th January 1857
Boynton
Revolutionary War
Febuary 53-366
3045. 4 November [17]94
[illegieble] number 3048 issued November 4, 1794 for 100 Act  July [illegible] in Rhode Island Continental Line
Benjamin Cowell
Providence Rhode Island
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Richard Cozzens
Musician
Greenes Regiment
Rhode Island Line
Declaration 1 April 1815
March '[17]78 to June '[17]83
Judge Stowell
Benjamin Crowell Esquire Clerk District Court
Providence Rhode Island
Service admitted 
The judge's certificate of indigent circumstances admitted.

Received June 2, 1818
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I certify that the bearer hereof Richard Cozzens, a man of colour, on the fifteenth day of March 1778, enlisted for and during the War, into the Regiment Commanded by Colonel Christopher Greene in the Rhode Island Line on the Continental establishment.  That he served as Fifer or Musician in said Regiment while commanded by said Colonel Greene and afterward by Colonel Jeremiah Olney from the time of his said enlistment until the fifteenth day of June 1783 when he received a Furlough granted in presence of a General order issued by General Washington the second day of June 1783, which eventuated in a discharge from said Regiment then commanded by said Jeremiah Olney, at Saratoga in the State of New York.  All which appears by the Regimental Book of Occurrences now in my possession.
Providence March 30th, 1818

John Dexter 
Major of said Regiment

Rhode Island District 22 Jan. 1819. I certify that I Mr. Cozzens is a poor negro as are others persons of colour here about
David Howell
District Judge.
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I Richard Cozzens of Providence in the District of Rhode Island a man of color on oath do declare and say that the facts contained in the within certificate are true. I also further declare that I have lost my discharge. I also further declare that I am now in reduced circumstances and stand in need of the assistance of my country for support.
Richard Cozzens - X his mark

Rhode Island District ss
Be is remembered that on this first day of April AD 1818 came before me Richard Cozzens subscriber to the above declaration and made solemn oath to the truth thereof.
In witness whereof I have hereto set my hand and have caused the seal of the District Court to be hereto affixed.
David Howell
District Judge

The signature of the Judge once the seal of the District Court of the United States are hereto affixed.
Attest Benjamin Cowell Clerk of said Court
Providence 1 April 1818
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United States of America. Rhode-Island District.
Providence, sc. District Court, Special Term, June 12th A.D. 1820
On this twelfth day of June 1820, personally appeared in open Court, being a Court of Record, within and for said District Richard Cozzens (a man of colour) aged 70 years, residing in the town of Providence in said District & County who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare, that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows: That he served about five years in Col. Greenes Col. Olneys regiment in the Rhode Island Line. that he made a previous declaration on the first day of April 1818, and that he has received a certificate for a pension, being No. 6244. And I do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the Untied States on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen; and that I have not since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner whatever, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it, as to bring myself within the provisions of an Act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States,  in the revolutionary war," passed on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen: that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts or debts, due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed.
Richard Cozzens - X his mark

A Schedule of Property and Income (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) of Richard Cozzens. 
Saith that he has no estate of any kind whatever and this declarant further saith that he is unable to work being so old and infirm that he is entirely dependent on his pension for support without which he must depend on charity.
Richard Cozzens - X his mark
RHODE-ISLAND DISTRICT
District Court
Sworn to and declared in open Court on the Twelfth day of June 1820 before David Howell District Judge
Rhode Island District
Clerk's Office of the District Court, A. D. 182
I, Benjamin Cowell Clerk of said Court do hereby certify that the foregoing oath, and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said court; and I further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule in nothing.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this
thirteenth
day of June
1820
Benjamin Cowell, Clerk of said Court
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State of Rhode Island ss County of Providence
On this fourteenth day of February AD 1853 personally appeared before me Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the state of Rhode Island Julia Cozzens resident in the city of Providence in said state aged eighty one years who being duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the 2d Section of the Act of Congress passed February 3d AD 1853 granting pensions to the widows of officers & soldiers of the Revolutionary army, vis that she is the widow of Richard Cozzens late of said Providence deceased who served as a private in the Continental army in the Rhode Line in the Regiment commanded by Col. Olney. That her said husband was a pensioner of the United States under the Act of Congress March 18 1818 & May 1 1820 at the rate of $96 per annum payable at the pension agency in said Providence which pension he drew up to the
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time of his death. That he died on the twenty fourth day of December AD 1829 & since that period she has remained a widow & is now a widow & she further declares that she was married on the fifteenth of September AD 1801 to the said husband but she has no record of her marriage but it is amply proved by the evidence hereto annexed. She was a widow at the passage of the act & is now a widow & never before made any application for a pension except when her said husband died she received as his widow all the arrears of pension due him at the time of his death.
Julia Cozzens - X her mark
Attest RW Greene

County of Providence ss in the city of Providence in said county on this 14th day of February 1853 the above declaration was sworn to before me & I further certify that personally & informity the said Julia is unable to attend court.
Before me Richard W. Greene
Chief Justice Supreme Court
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State of Rhode Island ss County of Providence ss
On this third day of October one thousand eight hundred fifty six personally appeared before me Henry L. Bowen a Justice of the Peace in said County Julia Cozzens of the city of Providence in said state aged 85 years who being sworn according to law, makes the following declaration. She declares she is the widow of Richard Cozzens who was a musician in the Rhode Island Regiment of Continental Troops in the war of the Revolution which was commanded by Colonel Greene & Col Olney. That he served to the end of the war & was honorably discharged when the  Continental Troops were disbanded. And she further states that she was married to said Richard Cozzens on the fifteenth day of September AD 1801. That when she applied for a pension under the act of February 3d 1853 she produced all the evidence that was necessary to prove her marriage as above stated which was sufficient to obtain her pension and which is now on file in the Department of the Interior & to which she now refers as evidence on this claim, and she further declares that her said husband died on the twenty fourth of December AD 1829 and she is now a widow. Her name before marriage was Julia Kimmut.
She makes this declaration for the purpose
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of obtaining the Bounty Land to which she may be entitled under the act of Congress of March 3d 1855.
Julia Cozzens - X her mark
Witness Henry L. Bowen

We John Nelson Smith and Willard Mark Sayles residents of the city of Providence in said state upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed & acknowledged by said Julia Cozzens in our presence and that we believe from the appearance & statements of the applicant that she is the identical person she represents herself to be.
John Nelson Smith
Willard Sayles

In Providence October 3d 1856
The foregoing declaration & affidavit were sworn and subscribed before me on the day & year above written and I certify I knew the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be & that I have no interest in this claim.
Henry L. Bowen
Justice Peace
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The State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. Providence, SC. Clerk's Office, Court of Common Pleas, Providence, October 3d A.D., 1856
I, Amasa S. Westcott Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said State, within and for the County of Providence: 
Do Hereby Certify, That Henry L. Bowen is a Justice of the Peace in and for the aforesaid County of Providence duly appointed and qualified, and authorized to administer oaths and take depositions and the acknowledgment of deeds and instruments, and that the signature to the annexed Certificate, purporting to be his, is genuine.
In Attestation Whereof, I hereto subscribe my name, and affix the Seal of said Court, the day and year above written.
Amasa S. Westcott Clerk
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The National Archives
Form VAM-51 12-5-41
County Land Warrant Record Card*
Division of Veteran's Administration Archives
Name Cozzens, Richard Grade - Line Rhode Island
Warrant Number 3045 and Wt. 334-60-55 Acreage 100 Issued Nov. 4, 1794 Wt. 3045 - F.O. Tschiffely, Gen'l Ld. Office Wt. Certified, June 12,1817

*The information concerning the issuance of Warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 8, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in Genal Land Office records in The National Archives.
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Revy Widow, &c.
File No. 9814
Julia Cozzens Wid Richard Cozzens
Mus. Rev., War
Act: July 3d 1853
Index: Vol. A, Page 146
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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March 7 185__
Appl. of Julia Cozzens widow of Richard
R. Island 1818
Act 3d Feby 1853
Revy
Benj. Cowell
Providence R. Island

FREE
Jas E. Heath Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington DC

Providence Mar 3
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S58,860
FREE
Hon J. Minot
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington DC

Providence R.I. Oct 3
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334
[illegible]
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258,860
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Providence Oct 15 1856
Sir
I herewith enclose the claim of Julia Cozzens widow of Richard Cozzens for Bounty Land under the act of March 3d 1855.
I am Respectfully Your obt sevt
Benja Cowell

Hon J. Minot
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I Anne McKay of Providence in the county of Providence & state of Rhode Island of the age of seventy five years on affirmation do pen and say.
That I am acquainted with Richard Cozzens formerly  of said providence now deceased and Julia Cozzens his widow. I have known them for more than fifty years. I lived on the same street close by them. I have a distinct recollection that about September AD eighteen hundred and one the said Richard married the said Julia. Her name before she married Richard Cozzens was Spears. He was a cook in Mr. Ives family about the year 1799 and I was frequently in the family of Mr. Ives. I used to sew for them. About two years afterwards they were married & I understand by Wheeler Martin a Justice of the Court. They always lived together as man and wife up to the time of his death. He was a pensioner of the United States
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at the time of his death. He died I think about twenty years ago. Since his decease Julia has I believe remained a widow. He was a man of color.
Anne McKay - X

State of Rhode Island Providence
In the city of Providence this fourteenth day of February AD eighteen hundred and fifty three, personally appeared Anne McKay and made affirmation to the truth of the above statement by her signed. I also certify that the statements of the said Anne McKay are entitled to full credence & that I have no interest in Julia Cozzens claim for pension.
Before me Thomas C. Greene
Justice of the Peace
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I Anne Haskill of Providence in the county of Providence and state of Rhode Island aged seventy nine years in oath depose and say.
That I was well acquainted with Richard Cozzens late of said Providence deceased and the husband of Julia Cozzens now his widow. I have a distinct recollection of her marriage to said Richard. I myself was married in the year eighteen hundred and I well remember that Richard Cozzens married Julia Spears the year following and according to my best recollection in the month of September in the year eighteen hundred and one. They always lived together as man and wife until his death, and brought up a family of children. Three of whom are now living. I remember that the said Richard was a pensioner at the time of his death. He died about twenty years ago. Since then the said Julia has remained a widow, and
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is still the widow of the said Richard Cozzens.
Ann Haskill

State of Rhode Island
Providence Town

In the city of Providence this twelfth day of February A. D. eighteen hundred and fifty three, personally appeared Ann Haskill and made oath and the truth of the forgoing statement by her name. 

I also certify that the statments of the said Anne Haskill as entitled to full credence.

Before me,
Thomas C Geene
Justice Peace
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I Albert Cozzens of Providence in the county of Providence & state of Rhode Island of the age of forty five on oath depose and say.
That Richard Cozzens late of said Providence deceased was my father, and Julia Cozzens his widow is my mother. My father died twenty three years ago or thereabouts and since then my mother has remained and still is his widow. I am the second child of the said Richard & Julia. My eldest brother Anthony Cozzens is dead. My father was a pensioner of the United States some years before he died and drew a pension up to the time of his death.
Albert Cozzens

State of Rhode Island Providence ss
In the city of Providence, this twelfth day of February AD eighteen hundred & fifty three personally appeared Richard Cozzens and made oath to the truth of the foregoing statement by him signed. I also certify that the statements of the said Albert Cozzens are entitled
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to full credence and that I have no interest in Julia Cozzens claim for pension.
Before me Thomas C. Greene
Justice of the Peace
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Julia Cozzens
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State of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations Providence sc
I Amasa S. Westcott Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within & for the county of Providence aforesaid being a Court of Record, do hereby certify that Richard W. Greene before whom the declaration of Julia Cozzens was sworn, is Chief Justice of the Supreme Court for said state, that by law he is authorized to administer oaths, & that his signature to said declaration is genuine. And I further certify that Thomas C. Greene before whom the statements of Anne McKay, Anne Haskill and Albert Cozzens were sworn is a Justice of the Peace for the city of Providence. That by law he is authorized to administer oaths, take depositions & &c. and that his signatures to the same are genuine.
In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of said Court at the city of Providence this second day of March A.D. 1853
Amasa S. Westcott Clerk
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City Clerks Office Providence
February 15 1853
I Albert Pabodie do certify that I hold the office of City Clerk of the City of Providence and have custody by virtue of my office of the record of marriages, which have seen solemnized in said city and I further certify that after thorough examination, I cannot find the record of the marriage of Richard Cozzens to Julia Spears, and I further certify that I believe many marriages took place and have taken place in said city which are not brought to be recorded.
Albert Pabodie, City Clerk

State of Rhode Island Providence ss.
Subscribed and sworn to this twenty first day of March AD eighteen hundred and fifty three, by Albert Pabodie known to me to as the city clerk of Providence in said county of Providence.
Before me Thomas C. Greene
Justice of the Peace
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Number 429
Julia Cozzens widow of Richard Rhode Island
Act 3 February 1853
$96 per annum
Commencing 3 March 1853

B Cowell
Providence Rhode Island
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Providence March 3 1853
Sir
I herewith enclose the application of Julia Cozzens widow of Richard Cozzens for a pension under the act of February 3d 1853. This act as published does not specify the time when pensions are to commence, but I have reason to suppose they will commence on the 4th of March 1848, it being in effect a supplemental act to that of July 29 1848. This latter act provides that "no widow married after the first of January one thousand eight hundred, shall be entitled to receive a pension under this act" and the act of Feb 3/53 simply provides that all such "widows shall be entitled to a pension in some manner as those who were married before that date". The former act provides for widows married before the year eighteen hundred, & the latter for widows married after that time and as the former act provides that pension, shall commence on the 4th of March 1848 it seems just & proper that pensions under the latter act should commence at the same time, and the language used
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in this latter act "in the same manner as those who were maried before that date" I am to indicate that the Legislature intended the pensions should commence at the same time as under the former act.
Similar to this was the construction given to the act of July 9 1836 granting pensions to widows, this act did not specify the time when pensions were to commence but simply provided that a certain class of widows might receive the same pensions their husbands would have been entitled to under the act of June 7, 1832 and as this act authorised pensions from the 4th of March 1831 so the widows were allowed pensions from the same period by the 3d section of the act of July 4th 1836.
I have taken the liberty to make these few suggestions, not having been informed, that any decision has been made by the Department as to the time when pensions under the act of Feb 3/53 are to commence.
I am very Respectfully your obt sevt
Benja Cowell
'
Jas E. Heath Esq
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Providence March 21st 1853
Sir
On the 3rd instant I forwarded to the Pension office the claim of Julia Cozzens widow of Richard Cozzens a soldier of the Revolution under the act of Feb 3rd 1853. The enclosed certificate was intended to be annexed her papers but was not done so through mistake. I have now to request that it may be filed with her other papers. The official character of the Justice before whom it was attested was duly certified as will be seen by reference to said papers.
I am Respectfully your obedient servant
Benjamin Cowell

charged to Massachusetts March 7/53

J E Heath Esquire
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Brief in the case of Julia Cozzens widow of Richard Providence County and State of Rhode Island
Act 3 February 1853
Claim, ("original")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? if either, state the substance.
Husband was a pensioner under the Act of 18 March 1818, at $96 per annum.
Proof of marriage  - Parole testimony
and [illegible] certified to be credible
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed sine the admission of the claim? If so, what?

Name and residence of Agent
B. Cowell, Providence Rhode Island

S. Cole, Examining Clerk