Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 33684, for Cuff Slade, Rhode Island
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SERVICE Continental R.I.
Slade, Cuff (colored)
NUMBER S 33684

CONTENTS [blank]
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11.699 R
Massachusetts

Cuff Slade of Somerset in the state of Massachusetts who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Greene of the Rhode Island line, for the term of 4 years - War
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 10th of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 17th of June 1819 and sent to Jairus Ware Esq
Wrentham Massachusetts

Arrears to 4th of Mar: 1819 : 10 [?]    $86.63
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4th Sep 1819 $48.-
__________                                                              $134.63
Died Apr 6, 1821
{Revolutionary claim, Act 18th Mar 1818}

Continued

[sideways on facing page] Notification sent Sep 15 1820 J.P. Sproat
Clk of Ct of Bristol Co Taunton, Mass
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Cuff Slade

[faintly written] Col Greens Regt Rev War [illegible] 1779

[crossed out: Deserted.]
[crossed out: Rejected.-]

Adm^d.
Additional Evidence
Maj. Dexters Certificate
enclosed -- J. Ware
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COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
Bristol ss.
On this tenth day of April 1818, before me the subscriber, one of the Judges of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Southern Circuit, personally appeared Cuff Slade aged [blank] years, resident in the said Circuit, who being by me first duly cautioned according to law, on his oath made the following declaration, by him signed, in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war."
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[illegible] to be as in his declaration stated

And I, the said Judge, do further certify, that it appears to my satisfaction, that the said Cuff Slade did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months, on the continental establishment; and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me, to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress.
[signature] Jairus Ware

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
ss.  1818.
I HEREBY CERTIFY, That [blank] is one of the Judges of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Southern Circuit, consisting of the Counties of Plymouth, Norfolk, Bristol, Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket in said Commonwealth - that the same Circuit Court of Common Pleas is a Court of record-that the signature to the above certificate is the true signature of the said Judge, and that the seal thereunto affixed is the seal of the said Court.
 
}Clerk of the Judicial Court for the County of [blank]
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I Cuff Slade of Somerset in the County of Bristol and Commonwealth of Massachusetts a free man of color and a private soldier in the War of the Revolution, on oath do testify and say that I enlisted during the war as a private soldier with the company commanded by Capt Slocum in the Regiment commanded by Col Greene on the Continental establishment Rhode Island unit and that I continued a private soldier in the War & fought against the Common Enemy till the close of the War and was then honourably discharged in writing, which written discharge I have lost. The time of my enlistment I do not certainly know, but according to my best knowledge & belief it was in the year 1778, or 1779. After my enlistment I was marched to Rhode Island, from thence to New York from there to the South and I was at the capture of Cornwallis.
I further testify and declare that I am in reduced circumstances and stand in pressing need of support from my Country.
Cuff Slade
his X mark
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Cuff Slade
No 11,499
June 1819
Cont^d Sep 15
1820

[scribbled initials]

[illegible] 19
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I. Cuff Slade, do say that I am not possessed of any property whatever, my houshold furniture and clothing, which is very inconsiderable, excepted: That my occupation is a daily labourer, chiefly at farming: That I am unable to perform a common day's labour, owing to my advanced age, and having my feet frozen in the Revolutiona[r]y service: That my family consists of myself and my wife, Parthenia Slade, who is sixty three years of age, and from her occupation, spinning and washing, is unable to contribute anything towards my support, and that I have no property whatever.
Somerset July 14th. 1820.
his 
Cuff X Slade
mark

[first line of next section is cut off] I made declaration of my services on the 10th day of April 1818, and of my circumstances, and that my Pension certificate bears No. 11,499.

[in left margin] {No Property} 
And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property, or securities, contracts, or debts, due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed. 
his
Cuff X Slade
mark
Witness O. Angier.

Sworn to, and declared, on the seventeenth day of July AD 1820 before Ja^s. Sproat. Clerk of the Courts Bristol Co.
[seal affixed to left side]
I, James Sproat clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the County of Bristol do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is --NO-- dollars and --NO--cents. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said court, on this twenty fifth day of July 1920.
Ja^s. Sproat, Clerk of the Court for the County of Bristol.
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SCHEDULE.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
BRISTOL SS. Circuit Court of Common Pleas July term 1820. having the power of fine and imprisonment
On this seventeenth day of July 1820, personally appeared, in open court, being a court of record for the said county, Cuff Slade, ages sixty three years, resident in Somerset, in said county, who, being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows:
That I was in the Company commanded by Capt Zephaniah Brown, and in the Regiment of Col. Jeremiah Olney, and that I made declaration of my services on the 10th day of April 1818, and of my circumstances, and that my Pension certificate bears No. 11,499.

[in left margin] {No Property}
And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property, or securities, contracts, or debts, due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed.
his
Cuff X Slade
mark
Witness O. Angier.

Sworn to, and declared, on the seventeenth day of July AD 1820 before Ja^s. Sproat. Clerk of the Courts Bristol Co.
[seal affixed to left side]
I, James Sproat clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the County of Bristol do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is --NO-- dollars and --NO--cents. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said court, on this twenty fifth day of July 1920.
Ja^s. Sproat, Clerk of the Court for the County of Bristol.
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33.684
Revy INVALID.

File No. 33,684
Cuff Slade
Pri Rev War

Act 18" March 18"
Index:-Vol. 2, Page 375

[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Major Dexters
certificate
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It appears by the Regimental Book, in which the Entries of Occurrence, and casualties from and after the 1st day of January 1781 were principally made by me, That Cuff Slade, a coloured Man, by me recollected, now residing in Somerset in the State of Massachusetts, in the Month of March 1778 inlisted into the service of the United States a Private Soldier,  to serve during the War; - That he did serve in the Regiment successively commanded by Colonels Christopher Greene and Jeremiah Olney in the Rhode Island Line on the Continental Establishment, from the time of his inlistment aforesaid. (excepting from the 8th day of July 1780 to the 1st day of March 1781, during which time he was absent from said Regiment and returned, "Deserted") until the fifteenth day of June 1783 - when he received a furlough, (granted in pursuance of a General Order of the 2nd of the same Month,) which on the ratification of the definitive Treaty of Peace became an absolute discharge from said Regiment. - 
[signature] Jno S Dexter Major of said Reg^t. at the close of the War.-

Providence May 15th, 1819.-
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February 1, 1933
BA-J/EEL
Cuff Slade-S.33684

[handwritten note in right margin] See R.I book page 187 named spelled "Slaid" See Heitman for officers

The data given below are obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, S.33684, based upon the military service of Cuff Slade in that war. 

Cuff Slade, a free man of color, enlisted, place not stated, in March, 1778, served as a private in Captain Slocum's and Zephaniah Brown's Companies, Colonels Christopher Greene and Jeremiah Olney's Rhode Island Regiment, was at the capture of Cornwallis and on June 17, 1783, received a furlough, which, upon the ratification of the Treaty of Peace, became an absolute discharge. 

He was allowed pension on his application executed April 10, 1818, while residing in Somerset, Bristol County, Massachusetts.

In 1820, he stated that he was aged sixty-three years, and that his wife, Parthenia Slade, was also aged sixty-three years. The date of their marriage is not given and there is no reference to children. 

He died April 6, 1821.

[underlined in left margin] AB
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This history to be sent if ever called for. It was written just to have a record of negroes.