Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 2565, Henry Freeman, New Jersey
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(3-1776)

SERVICE | NUMBER
New Jersey | Freeman, Henry | S.2565
carded
CONTENTS
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right side of page: 
Reported (reprinted?)
Much 3 _?_

left side of page - bottom right slightly torn off:
32.635
New Jersey 
Henry Freeman of Essex Co. in the state of N. Jersey who was a pri (private?) in the company commanded by Captain Freeman of the regt. commanded by Col. Webster in the Middlesex Militia for 9 mo_?_. (9 months??)

Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey at the rate of 30 Dollars ----Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 3rd day of Mch 1819 and sent to
Hon. John Van Dyke  (illegible abbreviation)

Arrears to the 4th of ___
Semi-annual allowance ending ____

Revolutionary Claim
Act June 7 1832
Recorded by Leo Jenkins Cle--(page torn) Clerk?
Book E  No. 2   Vol. 4   Page 129
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left side:
Very faint writing at top:
Make out or _?_ certificate in this case
_?_ (signature)

on margins of certificate  
for -  L 15
               1.12
                  12
_______________
  L 17.4 equal to 209 days or 6 mo. 29

Admd.
  6 mo. as pri (private?)
_________
$23.11.            40
  23.22             20

2322.             __3.33___
   admitted      $63.33
   private 19 months

Hon. Joseph F. Randolph
Freehhold, N.J.

right side:
7524
New Jersey

Application of Henry Freeman of Essex Co., N.J., for the benefit of the law of June 7, 1832

See deposition of Ross Lothes filed in Moses Dunns...
(two lines heavily crossed out)

1 mo rejected
19 Nov

W. Faley

Hon. Theodore Frelinghuysen
N.J. Senate

James (Joseph?) F. Randolph   Agent
Above heavily crossed out
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Declaration of Henry Freeman of the County of Essex, New Jersey in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of June 7 1832.

State of New Jersey, Essex County, Borough of Elizabeth:  On this third day one thousand and eight hundred and thirty four before us the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the Borough of Elizabeth, State County afd (aforesaid?) being a Court of Record, personally appeared in open court now sitting Henry Freeman (underlined) of said Borough, in the 73rd year of his age, who first being duly sworn, on his oath makes the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of June 7, 1832.  He was born on the 9th day of July 1761 as appears from a record of his age now in his possession, in the township of Woodbridge, County of Middlesex, New Jersey, and lived there until the Spring of 1800, when he removed into the county of Essex NJ where he has ever since lived now resides.  Before he was old enough to be liable to militia duty he was two or three times volunteered for short periods in rendering assistance to remove property beyond the reach of the enemy.  He makes no estimate of this service however as he cannot pretend to fix the precise duration of his tours.  He would be under the same difficulty in his after service, when regularly called upon if he had not the certain history which the laws afford as the length of tours.  He cannot be mistaken as to those tours, nor will he transcend the number which he performed but he claims the privilege of filling up his statement only according to the best of his recollection.  He finds it impossible to swear positively as to the captain under which he served on each tour and as to all the particulars connected with his service.
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His whole service was in the capacity of a private as soon as he was sixteen, which was in July 1777. He was regularly (?) enrolled in the company commanded by Capt.  M. Freeman + in Col. Webster regiment of Middlesex militia, and was immediately there after put into active service as a guard and night patrol on the lines between Amboy Woodbridge. this was his station during the whole of the war, and the service of patrol or guard his principal service, except as he was occasionally called out the the manner and at this times he will mention. Being very ardent in the cause, he was very seldom at home, and really did nothing but the duty of a soldier for several years. Such indeed was the case with a good many young men of that day, whose fathers could afford to spare their service. During the year 1777 her performed not less than three tours of a 3 month each all under Capt Freeman as he believes in the service of guard, night + day, on the lines, between Amboy + Woodbridge, Hebeth acting as Colonel. In the year 1778 he served at least four tours of a month each. One of the tours, as he recollects, was with Cap Ross, immediately preceeding, and at the time of the battle of Monmouth.  Upon that occasion he remembers the death of two brave and excellent soldiers of the names Brice and Saize (?).  He helped to bury them.  One Stetle (?) F.Randolph was also terribly cut and mangled, was left for dead on the field.  The other three tours was at his station in Woodbridge, in guard of the lines (small print between lines) under Capt. Freeman.  In 1779 he performed not less than four tours of a month and all under Capt. Freeman in Woodbridge, in guard of the lines.  On one of these tours, a small party of his company went over to Staten Island in the night, the moon shining brightly, so that they could.... (continued on next page)
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...see the sentinels at some distance, and captured from fifteen to twenty of the enemy, who're ported in a house.  The enemy was taken by surprise and every man of his party took his prisoner.  Col. Webster and Lieut. Col/Crow were superintending the whole of the year.  In 1780 he performed at least four tours of a month each. One of these was the Battle of Springfield where a day or so previous in which he saw Washington sitting under a tree engaged in writing.  This tour was under _?_ Frazee of Capt. Freeman's company.  The other three tours were under Capt. Freeman on the lines in Woodbridge, as a guard and night patrol.  In 1781 he did at least four tours on only a month each.  All on the Woodbridge station, in the service of guarding the lines.  These tours were all under Frazee, as he thinks, who for that year assumed the command of the company in consequence of Freeman having taken command of some five months or nine months men.  In 1782 he also continued to perform regular tours though he thinks quite so frequent.  In this year he did not less than three tours of a month each, all but one under Capt.Freeman and on the Woodbridge station, in guarding the line.
(small writing added here between lines)
That one was under Capt. Shaw as he well recollects from a wound which he accidentally gave himself in his left boot at his  _?_.
In all his services, except at Monmouth and Springfield Co.. Crow and Webster were superintending.  He was never, he thinks, placed  immediately under the command of Continental officers, but both at Monmouth and Springfield here were a good many of them there. Washington was at Monmouth and Springfield or close by Springfield at the time of the skirmish there in 1784.  He recollects also at Springfield Green, Lee (or Greenlee), Dayton, Ogden,  and Ansel (?), and Shreve. He never received a written discharge from the service no _?_ discharge was he thinks being usual in the case of the monthly militia, or "minute men" as they .....
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...were called.  For testimony as to his character for veracity and their belief of his revolutionary services he refers to the Rev. Thomas Morrell, a clergyman of the Borough, and Elihu Britain, one of his neighbors, and for their knowledge of his revolutionary services he offers the affidavits of Joseph Freeman, Gabriel Mundy, and James L. Dunn revolutionary solders.  Than whom he knows of no others upon whom he can call.  His captain and other officers are all dead as far as he knows and believes.
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.
Henry Freeman

Subscribed sworn to the day and year aforesaid.

(illegible - a name?)
We Thomas Morrell a clergyman presiding in theBorough of Elizabeth, and Elihu Britain of the same place, do hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Henry Freeman who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration, that we believe him in the 73rd year of his age, as he declares, that he is reputed and. believed in the neighborhood where he. resides, to have been a revolutionary soldier, and that we concur in that opinion.
Thomas Morrell
Eliju Brittain

(same illegible name as above)

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter...
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....and after putting the _?_ prescribed by the War Department, that the before named Henry Freeman was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.  And the Court further certify, that is appears to them that Thomas Morrell, who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman,  resident of the Borough of Elizabeth, and the Elihu Brittain who has also signed the same is a resident in said Borough, and is a credible person, and that these statement is entitled to credit.

(illegible signature)
Edward Sanderson    Alderman
Amndw. H. Clark        Alderman

County of Essex
Borough of Elizabeth
I Francis Chetwood, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the borough of Elizabeth, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original application in the matter of the application of Henry Freeman, an applicant for pension.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of Office this third day of June eighteen hundred and thirty four

J.B. Chetwood Clk.
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Copy of Letter
Pen. Off.
Mar 23, 1842

Sir
   I have the honor to transmit to you copies of the papers in the cases of.....Henry Freeman...and to make the following report.....
There were two Henry Freemans from N. Jersey who asserted successfully claims under the Act of 7 June '32 on for 19 months and the other for 20 months aspirates.  One died on 29 Jan '35, and the other is supposed to be dead as he has not drawn his stipend since 4 Mar 1838.  It does not appear that any widow has presented a claim for the service of either.

to Hon. J. Matthiot
Com. Rev. Pens.
HR
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Rev. and 1812 
Wars Section
AWF/ee1
AM

October 25, 1929

Honorable Davis Freeman
P. O. Box 140
Savannah, Georgia
Dear Sir:

I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S.2565, it appears that Henry Freeman was born July 9, 1761, in Woodbridge Township, Middlesex
County, New Jersey.

While residing in Woodbridge Township, New Jersey, he enlisted and served as a private with the New Jersey Militia as follows:

From in July, 1777, three months in Captain M. Freeman's Company in Colonel Webster's Regiment; in 1778, four months in Captains Ross' and Freeman's Companies; in 1779, four months in Captain Freeman's Company; in 1780, four months in Captain M. Freeman's Company and was in the battle of Springfield; in 1781, four months in Captain M. Freeman's Company; in 1782, three months in Captains
Shaw's and Freeman's Companies.

He was allowed pension on his application executed
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June 3, 1834, at which time he was residing in the Borough of Elizabeth, Essex County, New Jersey.

He died January 29, 1835.

He was survived by children, but their names and the name of his wife are not given.

Very truly yours,
EARL D. CHURCH
Commissioner.
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sion on file in this Bureau.   S.F.2565.

[Table, column headings as follows:]
(1) DATES OF
ENLISTMENT OR
APPOINTMENT.

(2) LENGTH OF
SERVICE.

(3) RANK.

(4) OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. [sub-headings:  CAPTAIN, COLONEL

(5) STATE

[text under each heading:]
(1) July 1777
1778
1779
1780
1781
1782

(2) 3 mos
4 "
4 "
4"
4"
3 "

(3) Pri.
"
"
"
"
"

(4) [CAPTAIN]
M. Freemen
Ross and Freeman
Freeman
M. Freeman
M. Freeman
Shaw and Freeman
[COLONEL]
Webster
[other lines blank]

(5) N.J. Mil.
[other lines blank]

[lines underneath table:]
Battles engaged in,___Springfield______
Residence of soldier at enlistment,__Woodbridge Twp. Middlesex Co., N.J._____
Date of application for pension___June 3 1834 His claim was al.___
Residence at date of application,___Borough of Elizabeth, Essex Co. N.J.___
Age at date of application,___ {Born July 9, 1761, Woodridge Twp, Middlesex Co. N.J____
Died Jan 29, 1835___

Remarks:
Children survived soldier, names not stated,
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O.W. & N.                     ISC

I.2565: Rev. War.         June 28, 1905.

Sir:

In reply to your communication dated June 13, 1905, and received June 14, 1905, I have the honor to advise you that there appears to have been only one Henry Freeman who was born July 9, 1761, in Woodbridge Township, Middlesex Co., N. J., where he resided until the spring of 1800, when he removed to Essex Co., N. J., and resided in the Borough of Elizabeth,
said county, June 3, 1834, the date of his application for pension.

He died January 29, 1835, and his pension was paid to his children, whose names are not mentioned.

Copies of these papers, which were subsequently filed under I. No. 2225, upon which a certificate was also issued, have been consolidated with the original case, I. No. 2565.

Very respectfully,

Commissioner.

To the Adjutant General of New Jersey,
Trenton, N. J.
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$30 per annum
Act 32

Hon. Jno Van Dyke

Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
D C
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7524
New Jersey 
Revoy.

Henry Freeman

Suspended

Let (letter?) to Hon. F. Frelinghuysen June 17 1834 - do to _?_
Jan 29 1835 
Let (letter?) to J. F. Randolph _ Nov 1835
"" L. Cass 2 7 App 36


(Illegible) June _?_ (date)
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left side paper:

See let (letter?) to Pen. Act & J.F. Randolph _?_
227836
See Let to J.F. Randolph
June 1st 1837 - do. to _?_
10 June 1837
Let. to Hon Jos. F. Randolph 4 Oct. '37

right side of paper:

New Jersey 30.883
Henry Freeman
of Essex county in the state of NJ who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Freeman of the Rgt. commanded by __(blank)____. in the NJ line for 6 mos 29 days

Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey at the rate of 23 Dollars and 22 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.

Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1836   $127.71
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar '37 $11.61
                                                        ____________
                                                        $139.32

{Revolutionary Claim
Act June 7, 1832

Recorded by D.D. Addison Clerk
Book E2 Vol 3 Page 129
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left side of paper:

Died 29 January 1835
Pen. Agent - Oct 26, 1837
Letter to Hon. J. F. Randolph 19 April 1838
do. to Pen Act & Hon. J.F. Randolph 24 April 1838.
do to P. Agt. & Hon. J. F. Randolph HR May 17, 1838
Let. to Hon J. Mathiott
March 23rd 1842


right side of paper - paper torn at top

_ew Jersey - 30.883
Henry Freeman
__ex county in the state of N. Jersey
a private in the company commanded by Captain Freeman of the rest commanded by _(blank)_ in the New Jersey --ne (line) for 19 mos private

(very faint writing) ___from $23.22/100

Inscribed on the Roll of N. Jersey at the rate of 63 Dollars and 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March 1831/

Arrear to the 4th day of Sept 1837 = $411.64
Semi-anl allowance ending 6 Mar 38=$31.66
                                                             __________
                                                                  $443.30
{Revolutionary Claim
  Act June 7, 1832.   }

Recorded by S.A. Elliot   Clerk
Book E2 Vol. 3 Page 129
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Henry Freeman NJ $63.33 out 7 June ' 32 - let pd.?     paid to widow or children ?
Died 29 Jan 1835 _?_ that priced to the children
21 March 1842

GWC
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State of New Jersey
Middlesex County

On the tenth day of October 1834 before me a Justice of the Peace in and for the county aforesaid, personally appeared James T. Dunn, Gabriel Mundy, and Garret Nafey, known to me to be credible persons in whose statements entire reliance may be placed, who being severally sworn on their respective oaths does and say, that they are soldiers of the Revolution, and all of them in the receipt of pensions as such - that understanding that some questions _?_ at the Pension Office as to the nature of the service in which Henry Freeman the foregoing deponent and applicant for a pension was engaged, they testify of their own knowledge that he was in the regular militia service, acting in obedience to the laws of the state in the performance of the monthly tours required by those laws, and under officers commissioned by the state that from the beginning to the end of the war, the station at Woodbridge and the whole boundary of New Jersey from Sandy Hook to Paulen (Pauley) Hook was particularly expanded (exposed?) to the incursions and depredations of the enemy, who had possession of the City of New York and the whole of Staten Island from 1776 to 1783 - that much of the service ___ed on this boundary was of a very arduous kind, being a great deal of it night service (underlined) that being the time chosen by the British and their Tory guides to make their blundering excursions. Henry Freeman to their personal knowledge was.....
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in this service which was the regular trait of
the militia, and stands in all respects, precisely
on the same footing with all the other militia
of the State. These deponents all served on that
station, and in the same service, and they know
that they were, in so doing, complying with the
laws of the State, and the order of superior
officers, and subject to all the rules & regulations in force for the government of the militia of the state.

James T. Dunn
Gabriel Mundy
Garret Nevins

Subscribed & sworn the
day & year aforesaid
before me
Peter Runyon
Justice of the Peace

State of New Jerry
Middlesex County SS   I Nicholas Booraem Clerk of the Court of Common pleas in & for the County aforesaid do certify that Peter P Runyon before him the foregoing depositions were taken other was at this time a Justice of the peace in and for said County duly commissioned & sworn and that I am acquained with his hand writing and believe his signature above subscribed to be Genuine

Witness my hand & Seal of office this 15th day of October AD 1834
N. Booraem
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Affidavits in the case of Henry Freeman of Elizabeth N.J. an applicant for a Pension.

State of New Jersey
Midl County }. SS.  
On this sixth day of June 1834 before me a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, personally appeared Joseph Freeman, Known to me to be a credible person, whose testimony is entirely to be relied upon, who been duly sworn on his oath saith, that he is a soldier of the Revolution & now in the receipt of a pension as such- that he is & has been from childhood well acquainted with Henry Freeman formerly of the County of Middlesex & now of the Borough of Elizabeth
in Essex County, N.J. recollects him distinctly
in the war of the Revolution, lived a near neighbor throughout the whole of that period, belonged to the same company with him, and served with him often though not always. Remembers him in 1777 as an active and efficient soldier and that he continued to serve faithfully to the end of the war.  Knows that he did several tours--not less than four to six -- in each of the years 1778, 79, '80, '81, & 82, that these tours lasted a month at a time, which was the law, which no man could disregard with impunity. Has no doubt that said Freeman did nearly or quite two years of actual service in all. Besides his regular tours, he volunteered often, and was in many extraordinary tours.  Said Freeman was fond of the service 

Jos Freeman

Sworn Subscribed the day &
year aforesaid, before me
Peter P. Runyon
Justice of the Peace
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State of New Jeney
Middlesex County ⎬ SS.
On this Seventh day of June one thousand Eight hundred and thirty four, before me a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, personally appeared Gabriel Mundy, known to me as a credible person, whose statement is entitled to credit, who being duly sworn on his oath says, that he is in the 76th year of his age, a soldier of the Revolution, and now in the receipt of a pension as such- that he is well acquainted with Henry Freeman of the Borough of Elizabeth, & an applicant for a pension has known him since boyhood, lived a neighbor to him during the whole of the Revolution, knows
of the services of said Freeman at that period
served with him frequently-- Knows that said
Freeman was a true & faithful soldier, and served a great deal-- recollects him from the
time he entered the service in 1777, to the close
of the war - that he was out on several tours
in each and every year from '77 to '82 or '3 inclusive; and has no doubt that he served
nearly or quite two years all together. Said
Freeman is known to him as a most respectable man, & his statements in regard to his revolutionary services is entirely to be relied upon.

Gabriel Mundy

Subscribed & sworn the day
& year afsd before me
Peter P. Runyon
Justice of the Peace
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State of New Jersey
Mid(dlesex) County //

On this Seventh day of June Eighteen Hundred and Thirty four before me, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, personally appeared James T. Dunn, known to me to be a credible person whose statement is to be fully credited, & being sworn did on his oath say that he is a soldier of the Revolution and
in the receipt of a pension as such - that he is & has been for upwards of Forty years well acquainted with Henry Freeman, [crossed out: late] formerly of the township of Woodbridge, County of Mid(dlesex), and now of the Borough of Eliz(abeth), N. Jersey, lived within a short distance of him during the War of the Revolution.

Knows that said Freeman served in the Revolution, that he commenced in '77 and continued to serve regularly & faithfully in each and every year thereafter, several tours in each year, to the inclusion of the war. Was out with him several times, though did not belong to the same company. Recollects
him well on the Woodbridge Nation in keeping guard. Has no doubt, from the highly respectable standing character of said Freeman that his account of his service is rendered with fidelity & truth.
s/ James T. Dunn

Subscribed & sworn the day & year aforesaid before me.
s/ Peter P. Runyon, Justice of the Peace
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State of New Jersey
Middlesex County //

I, Nicholas Booraem, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County aforesaid do hereby certify that Peter P. Runyon, before whom the foregoing
affidavits of Joseph Freeman, Gabriel Mundy & James Dunn were taken, is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned Sworn, and that the signature of said Justice [crossed out: appended] affixed to said affidavits [repeated: to said affidavits] is genuine.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & put the Seal of said Court, this Seventh day of June Eighteen Hundred and Thirty four.
s/ N. Booraem. Esq.
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FREE

J.L. Edwards, Esq.
Com(missioner of) Pensions
Washington

Henry Freeman
N.J.

Sylvester says both these cases stand on the same ground & that both should be rejected - per Mr. Edwards.

June 25
Reoff. Henry Freeman
of New Jersey
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New Brunswick, June 21, 1834.

Sir,

I have your favor of the 17th last acknowledges the receipt of the supplemental papers in the case of Henry Freeman and requesting the original papers.

Upon inspection, it will be perceived that the papers in hand are the original papers. He has never, to my knowledge, made a supplemental declaration. A Henry Freeman of the County of Middlesex is now a pensioner. The present application comes from Henry Freeman of the County of Essex in no ways related to the other that I know of.

Very Respectfully
s/ Tho(mas) H. Randolph

J.S. Edwards Esq.
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[illegible]
Tho(mas) H. Randolph
to
Sec(retary) of War

Rec(eived) from 2nd
Company 21 Ape
See letter of that date.
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Sir,

May I ask for an order or draft for the payment of the balance due (to) H. Freeman, Pensioner at his death as appears by the written papers

Yours tr(uly),
s/ Tho(mas) H. Randolph
H.R. Apl 20, 1834

A.K. Parris, Esq.
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J.L. Edwards, Esq.
Com(missioner of) Pensions
Washington

Apl. 18
from att(ached)
W. Evans
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Dear Sir,

I enclose a certificate and Power of Atty. in the case of Henry Freeman, who is dec(eased). By some recent regulations, a special order is required to pay the amount from some quarter, I know not exactly from whom. I think for transmit through (sp.) to your Department.

Yours,
s/ Tho(mas) H. Randolph
H.R. Apl. 17, 1838

J.L. Edwards, Esq.
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House of Representatives
March 2, 1849

Sir

Hereunto I transmit the [crossed out: records] files of the House Certified copies of the pension papers in the case of Henry Freeman. Please address a letter to the Clerk of the House requesting these papers, as I have taken them without an order of the House.

Yours tr(uly),
s/ John Van Dyke

J.L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
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FREE

J.L. Edwards, Esq.
Com(missioner of) Pensions
Washington City

Henry Freeman
N.J.
Additional
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New Brun(swick), Oct. 16, 1894

Sir,

Will you please make an examination of these additional papers, in the case of Henry Freeman yourself.

Very Respectfully,
s/ Tho(mas) H. Randolph

J.L. Edwards, Esq.
Com(missioner of) Pensions
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Henry Freeman

Payments to be made at Trenton, N.J. Pres(ident) Trenton Bkg. Co., 
Agent for paying Pensioners in the Agency of New Jersey.

New cert(ification) for 17 mo(nths).

Recorded in the Pension Office in Book C2, Vol. 3rd, Page 179 by D.D. Addison, Clerk.
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(3-1776)

SERVICE.                                       NUMBER


New Jersey.   Freeman, Henry.  S2565

Contents.                        Carded
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Supplemental proceedings in the case of Henry Freeman of New Jersey

State of New Jersey
Middlesex County SS ⎬ On this first day of September 1834, before me a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, personally appeared Henry Freeman, of Elizabeth town Essex County, N.J. who being duly sworn, on his oath saith, that he is an applicant for a Pension under the act of June 7 1832; that he understands some difficulty exists to the admission of his claim on the ground of a doubt whether his services are provided for by the act in question. He thought he had been sufficiently explicit in his former statement, in deposing the nature & character of his services, and that no doubt of this kind could have been entertained. He expressly stated, or intended to
state, that he belonged to a regularly organized
militia company, commanded by regularly
appointed & commissioned officers, and
was employed in tours required by the laws
of the State. If he did not clearly convey this
meaning, he now declares unequivocally that
as soon as he was of an age to be required to do Militia duty, he was enrolled in a militia company, that he did duty in that company
(and also in other companies under other officers) under the regular & proper officers of the company & that this duty consisted in part of monthly tours in the Woodbridge station, in guarding the lines from the enemy on the opposite shore, and in patroling, as it was called, a going the rounds in execution of that duty. His service was the same precisely as the service of all the other
⎬
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Militia on that station/ and a great many was
constantly employed, from the beginning to the
and of the war/ and, from the circumstance
of his residence being in that neighborhood, he
did a great deal of additional duty, on occasions of alarm. He, however, was not at all exempted from the performance of his regular monthly tours, demanded of all by the laws of the State. To thesre calls he uniformly answered by a prompt & willing obedience. His services were, therefore, much more constant & arduous than the services of those lines in other sections of the State, less exposed to the enemy. He can truly say, that if any part of the militia of New Jersey, deserve the compensation allowed by the law of 1832, those then living & doing duty in Woodbridge are eminently entitled to it. He subjoins such affidavits of his interested witnesses as to the character of his services, as are at present within his reach, which he trusts, with his own explanation, may be considered sufficient to establish his claim to the benefit of the provisions of the law of 1832. He will add,
that having come to New Brunswick for the purpose of attending to his claim, & collecting testimony, he was advised that he might make this supplemental statement before a Justice of the Peace in Middlesex County, and for the purpose of convenience, he has done so.

Henry Freeman

Subscribed sworn to the day/
year aforesaid before me
Peter P. Runyon Justice of the Peace
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Declaration of Henry Freeman, of the County of Essex New Jersey, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of June 7. 1832.

State of New Jersey, Essex County
Borough of ElizabethSS.  }. On this third day of June, one thousand Eight hundred and thirty four, before us the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the Borough of Elizabeth,
State & County afd. being a Court of Record personally appeared in open Court now sitting, Henry Freeman of said Borough in the 73d year of his age, who being duly sworn, on his oath
makes the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of June 7, 1832. He was born on the 9th day of July 1761, as appears from a record of his age now in his possession, in the township of Woodbridge, County of Middlesex New Jersey & lived there until the Spring of 1808, when he
removed into the County of Essex N.J. where he has ever since lived & now resides. Before he was old enough to be liable to Militia duty, he two or three times volunteered for short periods in rendering assistance to remove property beyond the reach of the enemy. He makes no estimate of his service, however, as he cannot pretend to fix the precise duration of his tours. He would be under the same difficulty in his
after service, when regularly called upon, if he had not the certain history which the laws afford as to the length of tours. He cannot be mistaken as to those tours, nor will he transcend the number which he performed, but he claims the privilege of filling up his statement only according to the best of his recollection.  He finds it impossible to swear positively as to the captain under which he served on each tour, and as to all the particulars
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connected with his service. His whole service was in the capacity of a private. As soon as he was sixteen, which was in July 1777, he was regularly enrolled in the company commanded by Capt. M. Freeman & in Col. Webster's regiment of Middlesex Militia, and was immediately thereafter put into active service as a guard and night patrol on the lines between Amboy and Woodbridge. This was his station during the whole of the War, & the service of patrol or guard his principal service, except as he was occasionally called off in the manner and at the times he will mention. Being very ardent in the cause, he was very seldom at home, and really did nothing but the duty of a
soldier for several years. Such indeed was the case with a good many young men of that day, whose fathers could afford to spare their services. During the year 1777, he performed
not less than three tours of a month each all under Capt Freeman, as he believes in the service of guard, night & day, on the lines
between Amboy & Woodbridge, Webster acting as Colonel. In the year 1778 he served at least four tours of a month each. One of these tours, as he recollects, was under Capt. Ross immediately preceding, and at the time of the battle of Monmouth. Upon that occasion he remembers the death of two brave and excellent soldiers of the names of Boid & Sain. He helped to bury them.  One Stelee & Randolph was also terribly cut & mangled, was left for dead on the field. The other three tours was at his station in Woodbridge, in guarding the lines under Capt. Freeman.  In 1779 he performed not less than four tours of a month,
and all under Capt Freeman, in Woodbridge, in guarding the lines. On one of these tours, a small party of his company went over to Staten Island in the night, the moon shining brightly, so that they could see the sentinels at some distance, and captured from fifteen to twenty of the enemy who were
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posted in a house. The enemy was taken was taken by surprise & every man of his party took his prisoner. Col. Webster & Lieut Col. Crow were superintending the whole of the year.  In 1780 he performed at least four tours of a month each  One of these was at the battle of Springfield. Where on a day or so previous
to which, he saw Washington sitting under a tree engaged in writing. This tour was under Lieut. Frazer, of Capt. Freeman's company. The other three tours were under Capt. Freeman on
the lines in Woodbridge, as a guard & night patrol.  In 1781 he did at least four tours of duty of a month each, all on the Woodbridge station, in the service of guarding the lines. These tours were all under Frazer as he thinks, who for that year assumed the command of the company in consequence of Freeman having taken command of some five months or nine months more. In 1782 he also continued to perform
regular tours, though he thinks not quite so frequent. In this year he did not less than three tours of a month each, all but one under Capt. Freeman and on the Woodbridge Station, in guarding the lines. That one was under Capt Shaw as he well recollects from a wound which he accidentally gave himself in the foot at the time. In all his service, except at Monmouth and Springfield Col. Crow or Col. Webster was
superintending. He was never, he thinks, placed immediately under the command of Continental officers, but both at Monmouth & Springfield there were a good many of them there.  
Washington was at Monmouth and Springfield or close by Springfield at the time of the skirmish there in 1780. He recollects also at Springfield, Green, Lee, Dayton, Ogden, Angel & Shreve.  He never received a written discharge from the service, no such discharge as he thinks being usual in the case of monthly Militia, or "minute men" as they were called. For testimony as to his character
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for veracity and their belief of his revolutionary services he refers to the Rev. Thomas Morrell, a Clergyman of the Borough, and Elihu Brittain one of his neighbors, and for their knowledge of
his revolutionary services he offers the affidavits of Joseph Freeman, Gabriel Mundy & James T. Dunn revolutionary soldiers, than whom he knows no others upon whom he can call. His Captains & other officers are all dead so far as he knows and believes.

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.

Henry Freeman

Subscribed & sworn to the
day & year aforesaid

Wm Chetwood Mayor &c

We Thomas Morrell a clergyman residing in the Borough of Elizabeth, and Elihu Brittain of
the same place, do hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Henry Freeman who has subscribed & sworn to the foregoing declaration; that we believe him in the 73d year of his age, as he states; that he is respected & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a revolutionary soldier, and that we concur in that opinion.

Thomas Morrell
Elihu Brittain

Sworn & subscribed the day
& year last aforesaid-

Wm Chetwood Mayers

And the said Court, do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter,
and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War
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Department, the before named Henry Freeman was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certify, that it appears to them that Thomas Morrell, who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman resident in the Borough of Elizabeth, and that Elihu Brittain who has also signed the same is a resident in said Borough and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.

Wm Chitwood Mayor
Edward Sanderson, Aldermany
And H. Clark Alderman

County of Essex N.J.
Borough of Elizabeth }   I Francis B. Chetwood, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, of the Borough of Elizabeth, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original application in the matter of application of Henry Freeman, an applicant for a pension.

[hand-written seal on left "Seal"]

In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand & seal of Office this Third
day of June Eighteen hundred & thirty
four.
F.B. Chetwood

Supplemental proceedings in the case of Henry Freeman of New Jersey

State of New Jersey
Middlesex County. SS.  }
On this first day of September 1834,
before me a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid,
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personally appeared Henry Freeman, of Elizabethtown, Essex County, N.J. who being duly sworn, on his oath saith, that he is an applicant for a pension under the act of June
7 1832; that he understand some difficulty exists to the admission of his claim on the ground of a doubt whether his services are provided for by the act in question. He thought
he had been sufficiently explicit in his former statement,  in defining the nature & character of his services, and that no doubt of this kind could have been entertained. He expressly stated, or intended to state, that he belonged to
a regularly organized Militia company commanded by regularly appointed & commissioned officers, and was employed in tours required by the laws of the State. If he
did not clearly convey this meaning, he now declares unequivocally that as soon as he was of an age to be required to do militia duty, he was enrolled in a Malitia [militia] Company,
that he did duty in that company (and also in other companies & under other officers) under the regular & proper officers of the company & that his duty consisted in part of monthly tours in the Woodbridge station, in guarding the lines from the enemy on the opposite shore, and in patroling, as it was called, a going the rounds, in execution of that duty. His service was the same precisely as the service of all the other Militia on that station (and a great many) were constantly employed, from the beginning to the end of the war and from the circumstance
of his residence being in that neighborhood, he did a great deal of additional duty on occasions of alarm. He however, was not at all exempted from the performance of his regular monthly tour; demanded of all by the laws of the State. To these calls he uniformly answered by a prompt & willing obedience. His service was therefore more constant & arduous than the services of those living in
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other sections of the State, less exposed to the enemy. He can truly
say, that if any part of the Militia of New Jersey, deserve the
compensation allowed by the law of 1832, those then living & doing
duly in Woodbridge are eminently entitled to it: He subjoins
such affidavits of disinterested witnesses as to the character of his
services, as are at present within his reach, which he trusts, with
his own explanation may be considered sufficient to establish his
claim to the benefit of the provisions of the law of 1832. He will add
that having come to New Brunswick for the purpose of attending
to his claim, & collecting testimony, he was advised that he might
make this supplemental statement before a Justice of the Peace
in Middlesex County, and for the purpose of convenience he
has done so.
Henry Freeman
Subscribed & sworn to the }
day & year aforesaid before me }
Peter P. Runyon Justice of the Peace }

State of New Jersey }
Middlesex County } ss
On this tenth day of October 1834 before
me a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid personally
appeared James T. Dunn, Gabriel Mundy & Garret Nafey known
to me to be credible persons in whose statements entire reliance
may be placed, who being severally sworn, on their respective oath
depose and say, that they are soldiers of the Revolution and all
of them in the receipt of pensions as such that understanding
that some question is raised at the Pension Office as to the nature
of the service in which Henry Freeman the foregoing deponent 
& applicant for a Pension, was engaged, they testify of their
own knowledge that he was in the regular Militia service, acting
in obedience to the laws of the State, in the performance of the
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98
monthly tours required by those laws, and under Officers 
commissioned by the State, that from the beginning to the end of
the war, the station at Woodbridge, and the whole boundary of
New Jersey from Sandy Hook to Paulin Hook, was peculiarly
exposed to the incursions and depredations of the enemy, who
had possession of the City of New York & the whole of Staten Island
from 1776 to 1783 that much of the service rendered on this
boundary was was of a very arduous kind, being a great deal
of it, night service, that being the time chosen by the British
& their tory guides to make their plundering excursions. Henry
Freeman to their personal knowledge was in this service, which
was the regular service of the Militia, and stands, in all respects,
precisely upon the same footing with all the other Militia of
the State. These deponents all served on that station, and in
the same service, and they know that they were, in so doing,
complying with the laws of this State, and the orders of superior
officers, and subject to all the rules & regulations in force for the
government of the Militia of the State
James T. Dunn
Gabriel Mundy
Garret Nevins
Subscribed & sworn the }
day & year aforesaid }
before me }
Peter P. Runyon }
Justice of the Peace }

State of New Jersey }
Middlesex, County } ss
I Nicholas Boorden Clerk of the Court
of Common Pleas in & for the County aforesaid do certify that
Peter P. Runyon before whom the foregoing depositions were taken
was at the time a Justice of the Peace in and for said County
duly commissioned & sworn and that I am acquainted with
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his hand writing and believe his signature above subscribed
to be genuine
(seal)
Witness my hand & seal of Office this 15th
day of October A.D. 1834
N. Boorden Clerk

Affidavits in the case of Henry Freeman of Elizabeth N.J.
an applicant for a Pension
State of New Jersey }
Midx County }
On this sixth day of June, 1834 before
me a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid personally
appeared Joseph Freeman, known to me to be a credible person,
whose testimony is entirely to be relied upon, who being duly
sworn, on his oath saith, that he is a soldier of the Revolution,
now in the receipt of a Pension as such that he is & has
been from childhood well acquainted with Henry Freeman
formerly of the County of Middlesex & now of the Borough of
Elizabeth in Essex County, N.J. recollects him distinctly in
the war of the Revolution, lived a near neighbour throughout
the whole of that period, belonged to the same company with
him, and served with him often though not always. Remember
him in 1777 as an active and efficient Soldier and that 
he continued to serve faithfully to the end of the war. Know
that he did several tours not less than four to six in each
of the years 1778, '79, '80, '81 & '82, that these tours lasted a month at
a time. Such was the law, which no man could disregard
with impunity, has no doubt that said Freeman did
nearly or quite two years of actual service in all. Besides his
regular tours he volunteered often, and was in many extraordinary
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extraordinary tours, Said Freeman was fond of the service
Jos Freeman
Sworn & subscribed the day & }
year aforesaid before me }
Peter P. Runyon Justice of the Peace }

State of New Jersey }
Middlesex, County }
On this seventh day of June One
thousand Eight hundred and thirty four, before me a Justice
of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, personally appeared
Gabriel Mundy known to me as a credible person, whose statement 
is entitled to credit, who being duly sworn on his oath
.says, that he is in the 74th year of his age, a soldier of the Revolution
and now in the receipt of a pension as such that he is well
acquainted with Henry Freeman of the Borough of Elizabeth,
& an applicant for a Pension, has known him since boyhood,
lived a neighbor to him during the whole of the Revolution, knows
of the services of said Freeman at that period, served with him
frequently. knows that said Freeman was a true & faithful
Soldier, and served a great deal - recollects him from the time
he entered the service in 1777, to the close of the war that he
was out on several tours in each and every year from '77 to '82
or 3 inclusive, and has no doubt that he served nearly or quite
two years altogether. Said Freeman is known to him as a most
respectable man, & his statement in regard to his revolutionary
services is entirely to be relied upon.
Gabriel Mundy
Subscribed & sworn the day }
& year afd before me }
Peter P. Runyon }
Justice of the Peace }
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State of New Jersey}
Middx County } ss
On this seventh day of June Eighteen
hundred and thirty four, before me a Justice of the Peace in
and for said County, personally appeared James T. Dunn
known to me to be a credible person, whose statement is to be
fully credited & being sworn, did on his oath say that he is a
soldier of the Revolution and in the receipt of a Pension as
such that he is & has been for upwards of sixty years well 
acquainted with Henry Freeman formerly of this township of
Woodbridge & County of Midx and now of the Borough of ElisB
N. Jersey, lived within a short distance of him during the
War of the revolution knows that said Freeman served in
the Revolution, that he commenced in  '77 and continued
to serve regularly & faithfully in each and every year thereafter, 
several tours in each year to the conclusion of the war was
out with him several times, though did not belong to the same
company. Recollected him well on the Woodbridge Station in
keeping guard. Has no doubt, from the highly respectable
standing & character of said Freeman that his account of
his services is rendered with fidelity & truth.
James T. Dunn
Subscribed & sworn the }
day & year of before me }
Peter P. Runyon }
Justice of the Peace }
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State of New Jersey }
Middlesex County }
I Nicholas Boordeen Clerk of the Court
of Common Pleas in and for the County aforesaid, do hereby
certify that Peter P. Runyon before the foregoing affidavits of
Joseph Freeman, Gabrill Mundy & James T. Dunn were taken,
is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly commissioned
sworn, and the signature of said Justice aforesaid to said
affidavits is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set
my hand & put the seal of said Court this
seventh day of June Eighteen hundred and
thirty four.
A. Boordeen Clk
(Seal)
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Jany 29/49
Comr
Hon Jno Van Dyke
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In behalf of Henry Freeman at present of
the County of Middlesex and State of New Jersey
an applicant for a pension under the act
of Congress
of June 7, 1832, I agree to accept
as & for such pension the sum of thirty dollars
per year commencing on the fourth of March
1831 and do hereby receive the same in full
satisfaction of all claims of said Freeman against
the government of the United States for pension
or otherwise, and hereby discharge the said United
States from all & every claim whatsoever made or
to be made in his behalf
Washington January 26, 1849
John Van Dyke [illegible]
4th Cong Dist New Jersey
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No 7,524
Henry Freeman
N J
Act 7 June 1832
Henry Freeman
Adm 9 mo / [illegible]
$30 S
on 4 March 1831
Hon. John Van Dyke
House of Rep
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I hereby certify, That the accompanying pages
numbered
from one to twelve, inclusive, are truly copied from the original
papers in the Office of the Commissioner of Pensions, Department
of War
J. L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.

Be it remembered, That James L. Edwards, who has signed
the foregoing certificate, is Commissioner of Pensions; and that to
his attestations full faith and credit are and ought to be given.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto
subscribed my name, and caused the seal
of the Department to be affixed, on
this eighteenth day of March
in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and [thirty crossed out] forty-two
John G. Spencer
Secretary of War.
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DAVIS FREEMAN
JUDGE
CITY COURT OF SAVANNAH.
Dear Sir:
August 24, 1929
Commissioner of Pensions
Bureau of Pensions
Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
I am seeking information with reference to
Henry Freeman, born in Woodbridge, Middlesex County,
New Jersey, July 9, 1761, who was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. I have found a statement in a letter
written in 1909 by a recent correspondent of mine to
the effect that on June 3, 1834, this Henry Freeman
made an application for a pension as a soldier of that
war and that the application was granted. He was then
living in the borough of Elizabeth, Essex County, N. J.
If this information is correct, may I ask you to
send me two certificates covering the facts?
Of course, I shall be glad to pay any charge incident to the search and certification.
Yours truly,
Davis Freeman,
P. O. Box 140
Savannah, Ga.

(stamped)
U.S.
PENSION
OFFICE
AUG 
27
1929
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By request of the writer, an
old and cherished friend of my
School days at Lewisburg Pa,
this letter is forwarded for such
favorable consideration as
can properly be given it
W.S. Shallenburger
Rochester, Pa.
Aug. 20/09
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60 Wall St New York N.Y- 19. Aug. 1909.

The Honorable Commissioner of Pensions - Washington, D.C.
Sir
For some considerable time I have been engaged in working up the genealogy
of my mother's (the Freeman) family and in this connection write to ask for or 
statement of the military history of ALEXANDER FREEMAN as indicated by his application
for pension, which according to my record was made in the year 1833,
at which time he was residing in Niagara County, N. Y. presumably in or near
Lockport. Said applicant is represented as having been b. in Woodbridge, N.Y. in the
year 1762, and as having served in the Revolutionary war in the Middlesex County
N. J. Militia as private
At what date was pension granted and for what amount per month?
Can you inform me if a pension was granted to HENRY FREEMAN (i.e. 
to himself, to his widow or other heirs?) He served as private in the Middlesex Co.
N. J. Militia during the Revolutionary war. His date of birth was July 9, 1761.
and that of his death Jan. 29, 1835.
This request is forwarded by the kindness of Wm. S. Shallenberger, now of
Rochester, Pa. but for many years Second Asst. P.M. General
Respectfully,
Freeman Loomis,

(stamped)
U. S. 
PENSION
OFFICE
A 
AUG
21
1909
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STATE OF NEW JERSEY,
OFFICE OF ADJUTANT GENERAL.

(stamped)
[FIRST
DEPUTY COMMISSIONER
AUG 11 1905
U. S.
PENSION OFFICE]

G. P.
Trenton, August 10, 1905.

Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.
Sir:
When I wrote you on August 9 for certain information I
desired relative to Henry Freeman a soldier in the Revolutionary War
from Middlesex County, N. J. I was unaware that I had before
written for this information. This morning I find your reply
of June 28, therefore you may cancel my letter of yesterday.
Respectfully,
R. Heber Breintnall
Adjutant-General.
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STATE OF NEW JERSEY,
OFFICE OF ADJUTANT GENERAL.
(stamped)
[U. S.
OLD WAR & NAVY
FILES 
P. B.]

G-P
Trenton, August 9, 1905.

Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington,
D. C. 
Sir: --
We have transcripts of a couple of Revolutionary War pension
cases obtained from the files of your office, relating to the
service of one Henry Freeman of the Middlesex County New Jersey Militia
one in Invalid 2225 and the other is Invalid 2565 I am
under the impression that these two pension applications relate to
the same person; however that may be, I would thank you to inform
this office by return mail when and where each pensioner lived at the
time he made his application and and date of their death if the
Agency book shows it.
Very respectfully,
R Heber Breintmall
Adjutant-General.

(stamped)
U. S.
PENSION 
AUG
10
1905
OFFICE
Page 59

(stamped)
U. S.
OLD WAR & NAVY
JUN 14 1905
FILES
P. B.
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STATE OF NEW JERSEY,
OFFICE OF ADJUTANT GENERAL.

(stamped)
[FIRST 
DEPUTY COMMISSIONER
JUN 14 1905
U.S.
PENSION OFFICE]
C-P
Trenton, June 18, 1905..

Commissioner of Pensions,
Pension Bureau,
Washington, D.C.
Sir:
We have on the files of this office two transcripts of
the Revolutionary pension case of Henry Freeman of Middlesex County,
New Jersey Militia, taken from the files of your office. The
numbers of these cases are given as Invalid 2225 and Invalid 2565.
The services of these two men appear to be almost the same, but
I am unable to determine whether they are the same man.
Will you please refer to the Agency book and let me
know when these soldiers died, and if that is not shown, where
they resided when they made their application for pension
Very respectfully,
R Heber Breintnall
Adjutant-General.
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3 -- 871.
RECORD DIVISION.
Department of the Interior,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Briefed by F.W.
Claim No.
Certificate No.
Claimant
Soldier Henry Freeman,
Service New Jersey.
Additional Service.
Rev. War
No [checked] claim, State records [checked] , 190
No claim, combination records [checked] , 190
REMARKS:
No Surv, Wid. or Reg
Claim for above
except Sur. F. 875.
and Sur F. 2565
D-8 Chief Division
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June 28, 1905 Letter to Adjt Genl
of New Jersey, Trenton.
Aug. 27, 1909. History to
Freeman Loomis F.W.
1929, Oct 5 Hist to Davis
Freeman auy

Rev War
2565
INVALID.
Henry Freeman
Pri Rev. War
-
Act: June 7, 1832
Index: - Vol. A, Page 131
Arrangement of 1870.}
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Rev War
2225
INVALID. 
See File 2565
File No. 2225
Henry Freeman
Privt Rev War
Act: June 7, 1832
Index: -- Vol. A, Page 131
[Arrangement of 1870.]