Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 2564, Phillip Freemen, New Jersey
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Service: New Jersey

Freemen, Phillip or
Freeman, Philip

Number: S2564
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Date of Death not on   AB

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5361
New Jersey

Philip Freeman
in the State of New Jersey
who was a private in the company commanded
by Captain Seeley (?) of the Reg't commanded
by Gen Wards in the New jersey
line for 12 mo. Private.                 $40.00

Phillip Freemen - Records corrected Jan (?)'04

Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey
at the rate of 40 Dollars and ---cents (crossed out) per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831 

Certificate of Pension issued the 8th day of Feb 1833 and sent to Hon.L. Condict   - House/Home Reps.

Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832.          $60.00
Semi=anl. allowance ending Mar 1833.  $20.00
                                                                ________
                                                            $80.00

Recorded by Final Luce Clerk
Book D Vol. 4 Page 137 (157?)
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Philip Freeman
No. 6109

New Jersey

Susp. 8 Jan. '33
Obj. 4.5.13.

Hon. L. Condict
Admitted
12 mo. Private $40

P-199
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Brief in the case of Philip Freeman of Chatham County of Morris in State of New Jersey 

1) Court

3) 81

4) 8 tours of duty amounting to 12 months 
     Private
     Capts. Seely, Layton, Roberts, and Anter
     Gen (?) Winds
    to waggon service

5) Ash Swamp -  Wingfield

6) Morris County N. Jersey

7) No documentary

8) -?-  periods of service required

Jas. Wilson Examining Clerk
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Declaration of
Phillip Freeman
N. 6109
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County of Morris
twenty seventh day of July  / court of Common Pleas / Phillip Freeman a resident Chatham Township in the County of Morris / eighty one years

Says he was born in Woodbridge in Middlesex County in the year 1751
has no record of his age -
When called into service he lived in the (now) Township of Chatham in Morris County
in this State and has lived in the same
neighborhood ever since -
He volunteered and served as a substitute in
the Militia of the State of New Jersey in the
Revolutionary War as a soldier -
he never received any discharge
1st. He served three months under Captain Silvanus Seely in and about Metuchen in the  County of Middlesex and was at the battle of Ash Swamp - does not recollect his Colonel.
2nd.  He served four months at and about Elizabeth Town under Captain Peter Layton half of this time he was a substitute for Cornelius Losy.
3rd.  He served half a month when General Greene went from Elizabeth Town to Staten Island does not recollect his captain.
4th. He served one month under Captain John Roberts at and about Elizabeth Town and went to Staten Island when Lord Sterling went over -
5th.  He was at the Battle of Springfield when that village was burnt under Capt. Roberts and served one month there and on the Short Hills above there.
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6th. He was one month under Captain John ruers when the enemy came over to Elizabeth town and went on to Newark and Second River.
7th. was out and about under Capt. Benjamin Carter at Van Hall about two weeks - and several other alarms a few days at a time
8th. He went with General Winds to the Delaware river against the Indians one month - does not recollect his Captain.
9th He served as a Waggoner with a waggon and four horses under Daniel Day was Waggon Master Six months at the time General Washington had his head quarters at Morristown.
he can not recollect so as to the particular dates
He received no pay except for the two weeks under Captain Carter
I refer t the Court for my veracity and character to the Honorable Lewis Condict and William Brittin.
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He 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, is only on that of the Agency of the State of New Jersey.
Phillip Freemen
William Brittin

We Lewis Condict & William Brittin residing in the County of Morris hereby certify that we we well acquainted with Phillis Freeman who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be Eighty one-- years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.

Sworn and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Silas Lindsey
Lewis Condict
William Brittin

And the said court do 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 certies, that it appears to them, that Lewis Condict ['& William Brittin' crossed out] who have signed the preceding certificate is a
resident in the Township of Morris in the
County aforesaid, and that William Brittin who has also signed the same is a resident in the County of Morris and are credible persons, and that their Statement is entitled to credit.
Stephen Vail
Silas Lindsly

I David Day Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, do hereby certify that the foregoing contain the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Phillip Freeman for a pension.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office the thirtieth day of
July in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and thirty two-
David Day Clk
[seal affixed at left]
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December 13, 1938

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Mrs. Estelle S. Clark
803 North Alfred Street
Los Angeles, California

PHILLIP FREEMEN
S. 2564
BA-J/MLB

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the record of Philip Freeman who served in the Revolutionary War from New Jersey.

You are furnished herein the record of the only soldier named Phillip Freemen, under any spelling of the name, who served from New Jersey

Phillip Freemen (as soldier signed) was born in 1751 in Woodbridge, Middlesex County, New Jersey. The names of his parents are not shown.

While residing in Chatham, Morris County, New Jersey, Phillip Freemen volunteered and served as private with the New Jersey troops, as follows: three months in Captain Sylvanus Seeley's company, and was in the battle of Ash Swamp; four months in Captain Peter Layton's company stationed at Elizabethtown, then one half month, names of officers not stated; one month in Captain John Roberts' company, and went on an expedition to Staten Island under Lord Stirling Colonel William Alexander); one month in Captain John Roberts' company and was in the battle of Springfield; one month in Captain John Roberts' company; two weeks in
Captain Benjamin Carter's Company; one month and went on an expedition to the Delaware River against the Indians under General Winds; also on several tours of a few days each on alarms, names of officers not stated.  He served, also, six months as a waggoner under Wagonmaster Daniel Day, of New Jersey. No dates of service were given.

The soldier was allowed pension on his application executed July 27, 1832, while residing in Chatham Township, Morris County, New Jersey.

There are no data as to the family of Phillip Freemen.
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In order to obtain date of last payment of pension, the name and address of the person paid and possibly the date of death of Phillip
Freemen, you should write to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data:

Phillip Freemen
Certificate #5361
Issued February 8, 1833
Rate $40 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1831
Act June 7, 1832
New Jersey Agency.

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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Philip Freeman.   $40
Febr. 8th, '33

Payments to be made
at Trenton New Jersey
by the (smudged) Trenton  BK Co
Agent for paying Pensioners
In theAgency of
New Jersey 

REcorde by Final Luce
Clerk, in Book D Vol.4
Page 151
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
Revolutionary Claim.

I certify that in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 7th June, 1832, Philip Freeman of the State of New Jersey who
was a Private in the Army of the Revolution
is entitled to receive Forty dollars ['and       cents' crossed out] per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March 1831, and payable semi-annually, on the 4th of March, and 4th of September, in every year.

Given at the War Office of the United States, this 8th day of February one thousand eight hundred and thirty three
Lew Cass
Secretary of War

Examined and
Countersigned. } J L Edwards
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April 20, 1937.

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BA-J/ady
Phillip Freeman
S. 2564

Mrs. Flora M. Freeman
1546 Park Avenue
Indianapolis, Indiana

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you
request to know the date of death of Phillip Freeman, Revolutionary War soldier, pension claim, S.2564.

In order to obtain the date of last payment of
pension, the name and address of person paid and possibly the date of death of Phillip Freeman, you should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data:

" Phillip Freeman, Certificate No. 5361, issued
February 8, 1833, rate $40.00 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1832, New Jersey Agency"".

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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October 13, 1936

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BA-J/EEL
Phillip Freeman-S.2564

Florence B. Chance
#1111 Grand Avenue
Connersville, Indiana

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request to know the date of death of Phillip Freeman, who was allowed a pension, July 27, 1832, while a resident of Chatham Township, Morris County, New Jersey.

The history of that soldier was furnished you April 10, 1936.  The name of soldier's wife is not shown in the papers in the pension claim, S.2564, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War and there is no record of any person applying for pension as the widow of that soldier.

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of person paid and possibly the date of death of the Revolutionary War pensioner Phillip Freeman (S.2564), you should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records
Division, this city, and cite the following data:

Phillip Freeman, Certificate No. 5361, issued February 8, 1833, rate $40 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1832,
New Jersey Agency.

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator.
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April 10, 1936

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BA-J/EEL
Phillip Freemen-S.2564

Mrs. Florence B. Chance
1111 Grand Avenue
Connersville, Indiana

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Phillip Freeman, of Morris County, New Jersey, who served in Captain Carter's Company.

The data which follow are obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, S.2564, based upon the military service in that war of Phillip Freemen.

Phillip Freemen was born in 1761, in Woodbridge, Middlesex County, New Jersey. The names of his parents are not shown.

While residing in Chatham, Morris County, New Jersey, Phillip Freeman [vol] enlisted and served as a private with the New Jersey Troops, as
follows: three months in Captain Sylvanus Seeley's Company and was in the battle of Ash Swamp; four months in Captain Peter Layton's Company: one half month, names of officers not given: one month in Captain John Roberts' Company and went on an expedition to Staten Island under Lord Stirling (Colonel William Alexander): one month in Captain Roberts' Company and was in the battle of Springfield; one month in Captain John Roberts' Company; two weeks in Captain Benjamin Carter's Company; one month and went on an
expedition to the Delaware River against the Indians under General Winds: also, on several tours of a few days each on alarms, names
of officers not stated; he served, also, for six months as a waggoner under Wagonmaster Daniel Day, of New Jersey. No dates of service are given.

He was allowed pension on his application executed July 27, 1832, while residing in Chatham Township, Morris County, New Jersey.

There are no data as to soldier's family.
[line hand written, illegible  except for 'Phillip Freeman']

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator

Date of death
not on AB
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803 N. Alfred St.
Los Angeles Nov. 1st 1938

To The Veterans Administration
Washington D.C.

Dear Sirs,
     I would like to have a record of the Revolutionary War services of Philip Freeman who was in Captain Carhart's 1st  Regiment of Monmouth, New Jersey.  If his record gives the names of parents or wife, I would like that information also - and when his pension stopped - that is when and where the past payment was made?  I will very greatly appreciate this information.
Very Respectfully
(Mrs. ) esteelle S>Clark

PS - I hope your records show when and where he was born.

Stamped / Marked:

 Received Nov 5 1938
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March 8, 1937

Veterans Administration
Washington DC

Gentlemen,
  Your letter of Apr. 10/36 to Mrs. Florence B. Chance, 1111 Grand Ave, Connersville, Ind is before me, with valuable information as to war (Rev.) record of Philip or Phillip Freeman.
   We are most anxious to obtain information as to the date and place of his death.
   Will you kindly give date....

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Ins rs:
BA - J/EEL
Phillip Freeman
S.2564
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...of last pension check sent him and address where sent?  Also date of his death if you have it?
Thanking you for this favor
Very Truly Yours
Mrs. Flora M. Freeman
1546 Park Ave.
Indianapolis
Indiana
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1111 Grand Ave.
Connersville, Ind.
Aug 3, 1936

Veterans Administration
Dept. of Pensions

Sirs,
  I am seeking some information about Philip Freeman who was born 1781 Middlesex Co. N.J.  He was allowed a pension July 21, 1832 while residing in chatham Tp. Morris Co. N.J.
Do your records show the date of his death and if his pension was allowed to his widow.  If so please give her name.
Very Truly,
Florence B. Chance
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1111 Grand Ave.
Connersville, Ind.
Mar 24, 1936

Sirs,
  From the War Dept. I learn that Phillip Freeman of Morris Co. N.J was a member of class no. 39, Capt. Carters Co. in 1778.
Do your records who's any further information about him?  If so I would be very glad mohave it
Very truly,
Mrs. Florence B. Chance
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1936 - Apr 10 - Hist to Mrs. Florence B.Chance - EF
1936 - Oct 13 - Ad. Mrs. Florence B. Chance to apply to -?- for date of sol's death - EF
1937 Apr. 20 - Ad Mrs. Flora M. Freeman to apply to C.G. for date of sol's death
1938 Dec 13 - Hist. to Mrs. Estelle S. Clark -  MLB

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Rev. War
2564
INVALID

File No. 2564
Philip Freeman
Privt Rev. War

Act: June 7 1832
Index:-Vol. A Page 131

Phillip Freemen Records corrected
  Jany 14 '04
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Form VAM-51
12-5-41

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*

Division of Veterans' Administration Archives

NAME __Freemoult, Robert ___ 
GRADE ___ Sergeant "in the __ LINE __Corps of Invalids ___

WARRANT
NUMBER __ 13099 ____  ACREAGE _ 100 __
ISSUED __ August 30, 179? (torn) to Eliza Freemoult, Admx. ___
------------------
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 9, 1800.
Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.