Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 43,572, Fortune Freeman, Continental Mass.

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Service                                                       Number
 Continental        Freeman,Fortune              S43572
Mass

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868
New York
Fortune Freeman
Capt Danforth
Private
Massachusetts line 1776 to 1783-7
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War

Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 8~Dollars per month, to commence on the 2nd of May 1818~
Certificate of Pension issued the 5th of June 1818 and sent to the pensioner, care of R Riker Esr.   New York

Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1818- $32.80
A lce: :32 yr                          -$32.80

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Fortune Freeman
Soldier

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State of New-York, ss.           Printed by E. Conrad     Frankfort-street.
To the Hon. Richard Riker
Recorder of the City of New-York, and one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, called the Mayor's Court of the City of New-York, which is a Court of Record of the State of New-York.
The Declaration under Oath of Fortune Freeman a Black formerly a Patriot Soldier --- engaged in the Service of the United States during the Revolutionary War, now a Citizen of the United States, and resident of the City and County of New-York, respectfully sheweth,
THAT the saith Fortune Freeman --- sometime in the [illegible]ing of the year 1780 he enlisted as Boston in Cast Damford &

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the testimony in the case, and the proceedings had thereon, to the Honorable the Secretary of the Department of War, to the end that such relief may be had in the premises, as is by law in such case made and provided. And in support of the facts above set forth, the said, [Fortune Freeman] [handwritten] refers to [his Honorable Discharge hereunto [?] [?] the affidavit of John Coleman
Fortune X Freeman [Signature]

City and County of New York, ss. Fortune Freeman [handwritten] of the City and County of New-York, being duly sworn, saith, that the matters by him set forth in the foregoing Declaration, are in all respects just and true.

Sworn before me this day of April 25th 1818,}
Fortune x Freeman [Signature]

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City and State of New-York, ss.

BE IT REMEMBERED, That on this Twenty fifth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen before me Richard Riker Recorder of the City of New-York, and one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, called the Mayor's Court of the City of New-York, which is a Cort of Record, personally appeared the aforesaid Fortune Freeman

who being by me duly Sworn & examined as to the truth of the facts stated in the foregoing Declaration and [illegible] John Coleman to me personally Known and whose affidavit is hereto [illegible].

WHEREUPON I being satisfied that the said Fortune Freeman a Black man did serve in the Army of the United States as a Private Soldier in the Revolutionary War, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months and longer, to wit: for the term and the manner stated in the Declaration of the said applicant is fairly and justly entitled to the benefit of the Act aforesaid. THEREFORE I DO HEREBY CERTIFY and transmit the testimony in the case, and the proceedings had thereon, as before set forth, to the Honorable the Secretary of the Department of War.

GIVEN under my Hand and Seal of the said Court, in the City of NEW-YORK, this 25 day of April in the Year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen - 
R Riker

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State of New-York.
CITY AND COUNTY OF NEW-YORK, SS.
I, Benjamin Ferris, Clerk of the City and County of New-York, and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the sad City and County.

Do hereby certify, That Richard Riker, Esq. before whom the annexed Affidavits were made, and who hath subscribed his name to the Certificate also hereto annexed, was on the day when the said Affidavits were made and the said Certificate signed, Recorder of the City of New-York and a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, called the Mayor's Court of the City of New-York, and duly commissioned and sworn. And further, that the said Court is a Court of Record of the State of New-York, and that the signature of R. RIKER subscribed to the said Certificate, is the proper hand writing of the said Richard Riker.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the sad Court, this Second day of May 1818

Banj. Ferris
Clerk

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Service
[handwritten] Continental Freeman, Fortune  
S 43572
Mass.

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New York Mayor's Court
In the court of common pleas, called the Mayor's court of the city of New York, held at City-Hall, in and for the said City, before the Judges of the same court of october-term, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty
Present the honorable Peter A Jay, Recordor 
City of New-York,ss.  Be it Remembered, That on the sixteenth-day of October- in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred twenty personally appeared in the Court of Common Pleas, called the Mayor's Court of the City of New-York in open court, the said court being a court of record for the city and county of New-York, according to the charter of the said city and the laws of the state of New-York, Fortune Freeman- aged about sixty five-years ,resident in the city and county of New-York, who being first duly sworn- according to law, doth on his oath declare, that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows: viz. That he enlisted in the United States service in Boston, Massachusetts, in Captain Danforth's company of Infantry in Col. Nixon's Regiment: That he continued in the service of the United States, on the continental establishment until after the capture of Gen. Cornwallis and until after the peace: That he was at the capture of General Burgoine's army in Saratoga, at the battles of Brandywine and mammouth at the former of which places he was wounded in the thigh; and finally, during the campaign in which Lord Cornwallis was captured.
and that his original declaration is dated the second- day of May- one thousand eight hundred and eighteen and that his pension certificate is No. Eight hundred and sixty eight-

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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, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen: 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, 

(begin handwritten portion) And I do also solemnly swear that 
I have one child named Mary, aged eighteen
years, who is bound out to service, and that I 
have no other family; that I am infirm, and unable
to labour, except in doing light work in which I can
only obtain casual employment, and for which I
and obtain scarcely more than mere nominal 
wages. and that I have no other means of 
obtaining a subsistence except the pension allowed
by Congress, and do actually need the assistance of
my Country to prevent my being dependent on 
charity for support.

Sworn to in open Court                                  Fortune Freeman   
this 11th day of October AD                           X his mark
1820 Benjn Ferris (signature)

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I, Benjamin Ferris - Clerk of the city and county of New York,
and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, called the Mayor's Court of the city of New York,
Do hereby certify, That the foregoing definition and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the records of the said Court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is not exceeding ten dollars__
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, this eighteenth_ day of October_ 1820
Benjin Ferris (signature)

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Fortune Freeman
4 Co-
FREEMAN, FORTUNE
(CONT. - MASS.)
S.43,572

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By the Honourable
Major General KNOX,
Commanding the American Forces on Hudson's River
Fortune Freeman Soldier in
the fourth Massachusetts Regiment
Being inlisted for Three Years, is hereby honorably DISCHARGED from
the Service of the United States

Given in the State of New York,
the thirty first Day of December
1783
By the General's Command, Knox M (signature)

Registered in the Books of the Regiment,
Sh.. V Condy Adj M (partially illegible)

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43 572
INVALID.
[Illegible]
File No. 43,572
Fortune Freeman
Div Rev War
Act: 18th March 18th
Index:-Vol. 3, Page 179

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[vertically on the left of the page]
407 
Fortune Freeman
868

John C. Calhoun
Secretary of the War Department
Washington

[stamped "NEW-YORK OCT 21]
[stamped "FREE"]

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New York Oct 20. 1820 - 

To
The Hon: the Secr of State - 

[illegible]
I am requested by the soldier named in the enclosed proceedings, to forward the same to you, and to request, if they are found to be correct, that the requisite certificate to enable him to attain his pension, may be returned to me from your Department.

Very respectfully
I have the honour to be 
your off Servt
Isaac M. Ely