Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 10036, Leonard Foreman, Md.
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(3-1776)
Service 
Number 
Md.
Foreman, Leonard
W. 10036
Ann C. 
B.L. Wt. 26972-160-55
CONTENTS
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Md.  Foreman, Leonard W 10036
Ann C. B.b.Wt. 26972-160-55
N 11.794
Maryland
Leonard Foreman
of Baltimore Co. in the State of Maryland
who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Owings of the Troops commanded by Genl Smallwood in the Maryland Troops live for 6 months Private $20.00
Inscribed on the Roll of Maryland
at the rate of 20 Dollars - Cents per annum,
commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension
issued the 21 day of June
1833 and sent to Jas. F. Bruce
Namapolis M.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833
40.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sep. 1833 
10.00
50.00

Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by D. Brown
Clerk,
Book E.
Vol. 5
Page 105

copies of paper sent to a
Yearley Dec 6, 1841.

Reg 142283 [] 160 NE 26972
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6.1
Maryland
Ann Foreman
widow of
Leonard Foreman
who served in the Revolutionary war, 
as a private

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate
of 20 dollars
00 cents per annum, to commence on
the 3d February, 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued
16th day of May 1857
Evans & Shanetts
Present

Died
Sept. 6, 1858
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February 3, 1853, Page 206 Vol. H
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142.203 - Act Mar 3 55
May 19 33
Ann Foreman widow
of Leonard Foreman
Capt
P.
Col
McMill

Revolutionary war

MD Anne 32-11494
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.
Wm Colton Esq
Baltimore City
MD

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Cer. W. Colton Feb 2 21/56
Vol. F. 100.
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State of Maryland
Baltimore County City of Baltimore Sct:
On this twenty fifth day of May in the year of our Lord
One thousand Eight hundred and thirty three, personally
appeared before the Orphans Court for
Baltimore County Leonard Foreman a resident of Baltimore City, in the County aforesaid and State of Maryland, aged Seventy five 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 served under Captain Caleb
Owings; that he was drafted he thinks it was in
the summer or early in the fall of 1777 for six
months; that the troops to which he was attached were first marched to Baltimore thence to the Susquehanna and afterwards passed into Pennsylvania, and thence in the direction of Philadelphia. Deponent states that the whole service performed by him while under the command of Captain Owings was through that section of Country, that
he was in no battle; that at the time of entering the service he resided in Anne Arundel County Maryland, that he has no documentary evidence and that he knows of no person whose testimony
he can procure who can testify to his service that
he was born in the year 1758 in Anne Arundel
County Maryland, that General Smallwood commanded the troops to which he belonged. Deponent ┃
(States)
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States that Captain Charles Robinson of the City of Baltimore can testify as to his services previous to his being drafted and knows of his having been drafted and that he served out the term for which he was drafted (six months)

The said Leonard Foreman 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 any Agency

Sworn and subscribed this
day and year aforesaid
(his mark)
Leonard Foreman

James Harwood
Henry Payson
Benjul. Kidgate
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The following interregations were then________ to the applicant.
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Md.
Foreman, Leonard
Ann G.
W.10036
B.L.Wt 26972-160-55
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Ann Foreman Widow of Leonard Foreman Aug 3, [illegible] 1853. Filed May 1st 1854
Lee [illegible] happy for honor of marriage [illegible] and fun [illegible] (16[illegible] No 26972 Evans & Sharretts Washington City.
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State of Maryland
City of Baltimore

Declaration in order to obtain the benefits of 
of the Second Section of the Act of 3rd February 1853.

On this 29th day of April one thousand eight hundred and fifty seven, personally appeared before Samual G Spicer a Judge of the Court of Baltimore City in and for the City and State aforesaid Anne Foreman, widow of Leonard Foreman, deceased, (Who is unable to appear in [illegible] Court, by means[?] of bodily infirmity) aged seventy nine years, who being first duly sworn according to land[?], doth, as her oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the Act of Congress, [illegible] on the 3rd February 1843, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War; that she is the widow of Leonard Foreman, who was a private in the company of [illegible] Caleb [Carrings], who was pensioned under the Act of June 7th 1832, at twenty dollars for amend. She further declares that she was married to the said Leonard in October 1818, in [illegible] [illegible] County Maryland, by the Rev. Robert Welch, a local preacher in the Methodist Episcopal Church, and that said Leonard died in the City of Baltimore, in the month of August 1841, and [illegible] a pension [illegible] to the day of his death. For further proof as to the marriage, and death of said Leonard she refers to her papers as filed under the
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the acts of March 3rd 1855, upon which the obtained a warrants of an 160 acres of land, No.26.972. that she has not married to him [illegible] to the second of January 1800, but at the time before stated 
her X mark  Ann Forman.
Sworn to and subscribed as the day and year before written 
Test -  N Hickman  Samuel G Spicer
State of Maryland
(this section - crossed out)
City of Baltimore
Clerk of the Courts of
in and of [illegible] City and State a foresaid [illegible] hereby certify that (blank space) before whom the foregoing declaration has sworn to and subscribed is a Judge of the courts of (blank space) in and for the City and state aforesaid and that his signature apphended thereto is genuine.  Given under my hand and this seal of said Courts in the City of Baltimore this (blank) day of A.D. 1857

Maryland [illegible]
I hereby certify that Samuel G Spicer Esq. who has subscribed the aforgoing certificate was at the time of so doing one of the Judges of the Orphans Court of Baltimore City
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in the State aforesaid duly elected commissioned and qualified according to Law. 

In testimony whereof thereunto subscribe my name, and affix the seal of the said orphans court for Baltimore City this thirtieth day of April in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred and fifty Seven. 

Test[?]: N. Hickman Register of wills for Baltimore City
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142,203
Application of
Ann E. Foreman
Widow of Leonard

Revolutionary War

Act of 3rd March 1855
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Printed and Sold by J. Robinson, 125 Baltimore street

WIDOW'S DECLARATION FOR BOUNTY LAND.

Stte of Maryland, Balt City ss.

On this 16 day of May 1855 personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace within the City and State aforesaid Ms. Ann C. Foreman aged 70 years, a resident of Balt Ciy - in the State of Maryland who being duly sworn according to law, declares hat she is the widow of Leonard Foreman, deceased, who was a  _____ in the Company commanded by _____ in the ____ Regiment of ______ commanded by _____ in the war with Great Britain, declared by the United States on the 18th day of June 1812, that her said husband* ______on or about the ___ day of ____ A.D. 18__  for the term of ___ and continued in actual service in said war for the term of ___ and was honorably discharged at ____ on the __ day of __ A.D. 18__.
She further states that she was married to the said Leonard Foreman in Anne Rundel City on the __ day of October A.D. 1816 by one Rev. Robert Welch, a Methodist Minister and that her name before her said was was Ann C. Fowler,; that her said husband died at Baltimore on the __ day of August A.D. 1840 and that she is now a widow.+
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the "
Act aproved March 3, 1855." 

                                  Ann C. Foreman

We John Fowler and Rebecca Frantum residents of Balt City - in the State of Maryland, upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledge by Ann C Foreman, 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.

                               John Fowler
                                Rebecca Frantum

 The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me, on the day and year 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.

                        R.A. McAllister J.P.
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At the same time & place John Fowler & Rebecca Frantum was sworn - Rebecca Frantum swears that she was at the 
wedding in Anne Arundel County, an eye witness of the same - The Ceremony was performed by Rev Robert Welch - a Methodist Minister. John Fowler & Frantum both knew them before they were married, knew them intimately until Mr. Foremans death, has known the widow ever since, and swears she is now the Widow of Leonard Foreman Dec'd who was a Revolutionary Soldier - and a Prisoner at the time of his death.

                           Rebecca Frantum
                           John Fowler
                           RA McAllister

STATE OF MARYLAND
BALT CITY

I hereby certify that Robert A. McAllister Esq., before whom the annexed declaration and affidavit were made, is and was, at the time of taking the same, and acting justice of the peace within and for the County and State aforesaid, duly commissioned and qualified, and that his signature above is genuine.

           In testimony whereof, I have hereto set 
           my hand and affixed the seal of my office
           at ____ this 16th day of May 1855

                    Ellen _______   Clerk

                           NOTES.

*Entered, volunteered or was drafted.
+This declaration must be accompanied by satisfactory proof of the marriage, of the husband's death, and the present widowhood of the claimant. If there be a public record of the marriage, a duly certified copy of it should be forwarded, if possible.  If there be none but a private or family record, such family record, or a certified copy of the same, should be forwarded, with the affidavit of some disinterested persons proving the genuineness of the orginal and the correctness of the copy. If no public or private record of the marriage exist, or can be procurred, that fact should be set forth in the declaration; and in such case, other evidence--such as the testimony of persons who knew the parties in the lifetime of the husband, and knew them to cohabit as husband and wife, and to be so reputed--will be admissible.
__ In no case, however, will the mere statement of witnesses that the claimant is the widow of the deceased be taken as evidence of the marriage; but the witnesses must state facts and circumstances from which they derive their knowledge or opinion that she is the widow of the deceased.
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No. 25351
Leonard Forman Baltimore
City Maryland

admitted.
6 mo Private $20

[illegible] F Brice Annapolis
Md
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
183
Sir
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned
The following is a statement of
your case in a tabular form.
On comparing these papers with the following rules, and
the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed,
before a pension can be allowed. the notes and the regulations will shew what is
necessary to be done
Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed,
you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: })
You will, when
you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and
you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your
claim.

A Statement, showing the Service of Leonard Foreman Baltimore County Maryland
Period when the service was rendered
Draft 1777
Duration of the claimant's service
 6
Rank of claimant
private
Names and rank of the Field officers
under whom he served.
Genl Smallwood
Cap owings
 Age at present and place of abode when he entered the service.
75 years June Arundal County Maryland
Proof by which the declaration is supported.
Traditionary evidence & one witness papers correctly attached
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J.L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia" and "volunteers, all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who
were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are
also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops.
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.
4. Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, mucicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
Sate, Territory district of } ss.
County of
On this day of personally appeared (a) before
A. B. a resident (b) of in the county of and State, Territory or District of aged (c) 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 provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d), with and served in the (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers:

[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged,
and the country through which he marched. 03 This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of
& c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 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 days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
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 certifies, that it appears to them that A.B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original
proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of aplication for pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of & c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration,(l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his
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alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be exexpected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
6. {To a Soldier. To an officer {
Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it?
Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what
To an Oficer has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct
proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform,
and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: "
Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and 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, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: For year
months, and days I served as a. For months and days, I served as a; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months, is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil
pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the court is always required.
[h] The clerk must give his certificate in every case
[i] The Clerk must suffix his seal, and no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public
seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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26.972

Mes Opry
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Ann Foreman widow of Leonard Baltimore City. - Maryland. {illegible] 3/53 at rate of $20 hr.  Annum Commencing at date Paid [illegible] Husband private of Infantry 6 mos. 
Pay widow 
Certificate at Evans & Sharratts 
Present
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Pension Office, May 4, 1837

The Third Auditor will please certify the date
of which neither named pensions was paid and name of his widow if she [illegible] [illegible]

Very respectfully,
S. Cole
Chief Clerk

[illegible]

3d Auditors Office
May 12. 1837
Sir
Leonard Foreman Md 7 June 1832, at $20. per ann, appears to have been paid in full
[illegible]
to March 4, 1840.
Very Respy
Rob Jamison
Auditor
Geo. C. Whiting Esq.
Commr of Pension
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Pension Office, May 4, 1837

The Third Auditor[?] will please certify the date
of which neither named pensions was paid and name of his widow if she [illegible] [illegible]

Very respectfully,
S. Cole
Chief Clerk

[illegible]
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Revy WIDOW, &c.
File No.10036
Ann Foreman
Wid
Leonard Foreman
Prvt Rev. War
Act: Feb 3d 1853
Index: Vol. A Page 2616
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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State of Maryland Balt [Baltimore] City

Be it remembered that on this twenty fourth day of May in the year eighteen hundred thirty three before me Amy Boxie Notary Public of the State of Maryland, legally commissioned and duly qualified residing in the city of Baltimore and State of [illegible] personally appeared ^(at his [illegible], he being unable from [illegible]) Charles Robinson [illegible] known to me for many years, as a person deserving full faith and credibility and made oath on the Holy Evangelists of Almighty God that Leonard Foreman, now in my presence and before him, is the identical person who served in the Maryland Militia, during the Revolutionary War, in a company commanded by Cape Francis commander of Ann Arundle [Arundel] County and State aforesaid, [illegible] said company the said Charles Robinson was Lieutenant, that the said Leonard Foreman was afterwards drafted that is [illegible] in the year  seventeen hundred + seventy seven, the same year he was under my command, and proceeded to near Philadelphia in the state of Pennsylvania, and served until he was discharged.

[illegible] testimony whereof the said notary have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my notarial seal the day and year aforesaid, 

[illegible] 
Notary Public
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Leonard Foreman

25351
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We John Valliant a Clergyman residing in the City of Baltimore, and Richard H.Merriken also a Clergyman residing in said City, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Leonard Foreman, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be about seventy five 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 to and subscribed this day and year aforesaid

John Valliant
Richard H Merriken
James Harwood
Henry Tayson
Benjamin C Kidgate

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 certify that it appears to them that the Rev. John Valliant and the Rev, Ricard H Merriken who have signed the proceeding certificate are residents in the City of Baltimore and are creditable persons, and that their statement are entitled to credit.

James Harwood
Henry Tayson
Benjamin C Kidgate 
Judges the Orphans Court Baltimore County
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I david M. Perine Register of Wills for Baltimore County do hereby certify that the aforegoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Leonard Foreman for a pension
[crossed out seal?]
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my Hand and affixed my seal of office this twenty fifth day of May in the year Eighteen hundred
and thirty three
D. M. Perine, Register of
Wills for Baltimore County
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Mrs. Ann Forman - widow of Leonard, deceased, is on the 3rd day of May 1857 - "79 years of age "was married in Oct 181 - In Anne Rundel County Md by the Rev. Robert Welch - a Local Preacher of the E Church
Mr. Foreman Died in August 1841 Balt City Md - and drew a pension up to his Death.
On the 21st day of May 1855 I filed an application for a Land Warrant - The annum [illegible] gave the No.142,203 - we received a warrant for 160 acres No 21,972 for Mr. Foreman's service in the Rev War

Respectfully,

William Colton
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Memorandum from which I drew the declaration of Ms. Ann Foreman - This account for the influence[?] of dates between the [illegible] in the pension and fronts land claims.

Washington May 15, 1854. [illegible] S. Evans

For true dates see grants[?] land claim warrant No. 26.972 - 160 acres.
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Washington May 1st 1857
George C Whiting Esq
Com of Pensions

We herein to enclose the papers in the case of Ann Foreman, Widow of Leonard as to February 3d 1853 as this case is perfectly clean, we hope soon to receive the Pension Certificate
Very respectfully
Evans & Sharratt
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Leonard Forman, Md Acts 7th June
1832 .  $20.00 per annum
11794  Evans Sharretts
March 29th 1857
March 28/57
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[stamp in black ink] Dec 2
Dec 3 1841
Leon Forman
Mary Rolle [?]
Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
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Dec. 3 1841
Leon Foreman 
Mary [illegible]
J. L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
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Baltimore Dec 2, 1841
J. L. Edwards Esq
Comt of Pensions
Sir,
Mrs Ann C Foreman, of this
City, widow of Leonard Foreman, decd, who was a Pensioner of U. States as a private in the Revolutionary War, State of Maryland, Pension paid in Baltimore
20$ per annum. She was not married to Mr Freeman in time to entitle her to pension from the United States
under existing laws-- But she may obtain a pension from the State of Maryland--And in order to enable
me to aid her therein--We ask the favor of you to send me a certified copy of the proof exhibited by him, of his military services, on account of which
his pension was granted from the U. States
Your Compliance will oblige
Your Obt Servt
Alexr Yearley

*Mr. Foreman died in Baltimore
August 1840 and I am inclined to think
as the Pension certificate is Still in
her hands, that there is a balance due her
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Brief in the case of Ann Foreman, widow of Leonard Foreman
Baltimore City and State of Maryland act
February 3, 1853
Claim, original)
Proof exhibited, (if original)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband of Claimant was a pensioner
under act of June 7, 1832, at rate of $20 per annum, and was paid to 4th March 1840. as per 3d Auditors Certificate--He died in August 1840, as shown by parol.
Marriage, (in 1816,) identity of claimant
as the widow of above named pensioner
and her present widowhood proved by two Credible witnesses -
Claimant has received land (Warrant
for 160 acres. No 26. 972) under act of March 3. 1855.
Messrs Evans & Sharritts,
Washington, D.C.
Name and residence of Agent

R. G[e]ddes 
Examining Clerk
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Be it known that I hereby constitute and appoint James F. Price of the City of Annnapolis, my ____and lawful Attorney, to obtain, from the General Government, and pension or provisions, to which I may be entitled, and to do all and any act or act in relation thereto as fully as could be done by me. As ____ my hand and ___ this twenty fifth day of May 1833.

Witness
Richard _. _______    Leonard Mark Foreman
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State of Maryland
      City of Baltimore

On this 16th day of May 1855 before the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace in __ for Balt City personally appeared Ms. Ann C.Foreman age 70 years a Resident of Balt City of State aforesaid - who upon being duly sworn according to Law declares that she is the Bride of Leonard Foreman. ___ ___ a Revolutionary Soldier - from Anne - Rundle County, Md. That she was married in Oct 1816 by Rev. Robert Welch a Methodist Minister, that her name before she was married was Ann C. Fowler, that her husband died in Balt City in Aug 1840 - That before his death he was all owed a small pension of $20 a year which was paid him until his death. that since his death she has never married but is still his widow and makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which she may be entitled under the Act of March 3, 1855

Ann C. Foreman