Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 9402, Charles Cuffey, Va.

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(3-1776)
SERVICE  NUMBER
Va.  Cuffey, Charles  W.9402
        Cuffee                 73 L.Wt. 75038-160-55
                     Catharine
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CONTENTS
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20.242
Virginia
Charles Cuffey
of Princess Anne [sic] C. [county] in the State of Virginia
who was a  private in the Company commanded
by Captain Wallace of the Regiment commanded
by Colonel Bluforde in the Virginia
line, for the term of eighteen months
from 1780 to 1782

Inscribed on the roll of Virginia
at the rate of  Eight Dollars per month, to
commence on the 10th day of Sept 1830

Certificate of Pension issued the 11 of September
1830 and sent to Pensioner
Princess Anne Ct. [illegible]

Arrears to 4th of March 1831 $46.63
Semi-anu'l all'ce ending

$46.63
[Contained within large braces] Revolutionary Claim,
Acts March 8, 1818,
and May 1, 1320. [printing error, should be 1820]

Rec:  Book D.
Vol: 7. fol: 94

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6.280
[missing letter, presumed to be "R"] estoration
Virginia
_______
Catharine Cuffey
widow of Charles Cuffey
who [An "a" has been inserted] served in the Revolutionary
was, as a Private
______
Inscribed on the ["Richmond" has been inserted] Roll at the rate
of 96 dollars 00
cents per annum, to commence on
the [3rd  February 1859 crossed out and replaced with] 4th February 1860.
_____
Certificate of Pension issued
24th day of July 1867
and sent to R. W. Walker
Present
_______
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February 3, 1853, Page 158 Vol. II
[signed] J. N. Smith Clerk
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[Left page]
Act of March 3/55
Oct 20/54
282.792

Catherine Cuffey widow of
Charles Cuffey pvt.
Capt 75.038 [illegible, written on a right upward slant]  Va
Col  Nov. 19th/57 [written on a right upward slant]  Mil

Revolutionary War
Pen 1818
Av 53 . no 6280

[illegible], Nov: 18/57
[illegible initials]
[illegible]

Wm F. Dozier

Blssom [Blossom] Hill Princss [Princess] Ann
VA

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[written in the left center margin] June 18/67 Letter to R. W. Walker Esq. Present [illegible]

[written normally on the page]
Epd. P

[At the bottom]
Vol. C 2 - 162. -

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At a quarterly Session Court held for Princess Anne County the
7th day of June 1830.

On this 7th day of June 1830, personally appeared in open court, being
a Court of record proceeding according to the course of the Common
law, with jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount and keeping
a record of proceedings for the Courts of Princess Anne, Charles 
Cuffey resident in the said County aged seventy five years and
six months, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth
on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain
the provision made by the acts of the 18th March 1818 and the 1st
of May 1820; that he the said Charles Cuffey enlisted for the
term of eighteen months in the year Seventeen hundred and
eighty in the State of Virginia, in the Company Commanded
by Captain Adam Wallace in the eleventh Regiment Commanded
by Col. Abraham Bluford in the line of the State of Virginia
in the first Continental establishment; that he
continued to serve in the Corps until the expiration of the said
term of eighteen months, when he was discharged from the
service in Hillsborough in the State of North Carolina. That
he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension
except the present, that his name is not on the roll of any State,
except the State of Virginia; and that the following is the reason
for not making earlier application for a pension. Ignorance
of the provision until about two years ago, during which time
he has been exerting himself to get sufficient evidence to establish
his claim, and in pursuance of the act of the 1st May 1820.
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 gifts, 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

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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 that what is contained in the schedule hereto
annexed & by me subscribed, to wit; two old iron pots & the
bottom of one other, one iron pot for baking bread, one ax, two
hoes and nothing else; except my bedding and clothing,
that since the 18th March 1818, no changes have been
made in my property; that I am by occupation a farmer.
That my wife Katy and child Tom and myself together
reside. That my wife is about thirty years old and my child
between 12 and thirteen; that I am utterly unable to support
myself and depend mostly upon the labours [sic] of my
wife & child who get scarcely enough for their own support.
[signed with the note "his mark" and an "X"] Charles Cuffey.
The Court certify that the utmost value of the property in the
above schedule is ten dollars.

I, John J. Burroughs, clerk of the County Court of Princess
Anne aforesaid, in the State of Virginia, do hereby certify, that
it appears, to the satisfaction of the Court, that the said Charles
Cuffey did serve in the Revolutionary war, as stated in the
preceding declaration, against the common enemy, for the term
of nine months, under one engagement, on the Continental
establishment. I also certify, that the foregoing oath,
and the schedule therein contained, are truly copied from
the records 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 ten dollars.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand
and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this tenth
day of June 1830, and in the 54th year of the Commonwealth.
[signed] J. J. Burroughs Clerk of
the County Court of Princess Anne.
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Appl. [Application] for Bounty Land
Act Mch. [March] 3rd 1855.
______________________
322.739
Catharine Cuffee [name is underlined] widow
of Charles Cuffee who
was a Revolutionary soldier.
_______________________
Her address  _ she lives in Princess
Anne County Va. about 27 miles from
Portsmouth Virginia which is her nearest
P.O.
_____________________
Rec'd [Received] from E. T. Blamire
Portsmouth, Virginia.
______________________
Filed by R. W. Walker
Washington, D.C.
June 14, 67
______________________

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State of Virginia
County of Princess Anne}
On this 3rd Day of June 1867
before me Jno Woodhouse a Justice of the Peace
duly authorized by law to administer Oaths personally
came Catherine [sic] Cuffee aged 65 years a resident of
said County to me well known and being duly sworn
according to law declares that she is the widow of
Charles Cuffee deceased who was a Revolutionary
Soldier and who served in the War of the Revolution
and was honorably discharged. She further declares
that for his Services in said War she was placed on the
Revolutionary Pension Roll, and continued on said
Pension Roll until suspended in consequence of the
late rebellion, that she is unable now to name the
Captain of the company or the Regiment in which
he served, or the place of his Enlistment and Discharge
but for proof of the Services of her said deceased
husband, his Death and her Marriage she refers
to the testimony now on file in the Office of the
Commissioner of Pensions in support of her original
application for Pension and on which testimony her
Certificate of Pension was issued, and also the testimony
she has recently filed with her application for restoration
to the Pension Rolls as well as the accompanying affidavits.
She further declares that she still continues the widow
of the said Charles Cuffee Dec. [deceased] and that her name
before Marriage with said Cuffee was Catherine
Fuller.
She makes this declaration for the
purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which she is
entitled under the Act of Congress approved March 3,
1855. She further declares that she has not received or
applied for Bounty Land under this or any other Act
of Congress. She hereby appoints R. W. Walker of the
City of Washington D.C. her true and lawful attorney

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to prosecute this her claim to receive the same and
to do all their things necessary and proper to be done
that she might do if personally present.
[signed with the note "her mark" and an "X"] Catharine Cuffee
[signing as witnesses] W. T. Grigg
Thom Ward

The foregoing declaration and
Power of Attorney was acknowledged and subscribed
to before me on this 3rd Day of June 1867 and I further
certify that I have no interest in this claim.
[signed] Jnos Woodhouse J.P.

We Wm T. Griggs and Thom Ward residents
of the County of Princess Anne State of Virginia on our
Oaths declare that the foregoing declaration and Power 
of Attorney signed by Catherine Cuffee was done in our
presence, and we further declare that the said Catherine
Cuffee is well known to us as the Widow of Charles
Cuffee deceased who was a Revolutionary Soldier and 
that she is the identical person she represents herself
to be. We further declare that the said Catherine
Cuffee resided at her home in Princess Anne County
during the last rebellion, that she did not give
aid or comfort or sympathies with the cause, but was
loyal to the United States, that she still continues
the Widow of said Charles Cuffee, and that we
are disinterested witnesses.

[signed] W. T. Griggs
Thom Ward

The foregoing affidavit signed by Wm T.
Griggs and Thom Ward was sworn to and Subscribed
before me on this 3rd Day of June 1867, and I hereby certify
that the affiliates are known to me, that they are credible
persons, and that I have no interest in this claim.
[signed] Jnos Woodhouse  J.P.

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State of Virginia
Princess Anne County} towit.
I, John J. Burroughs clerk of the County
Court of Princess Anne aforesaid, in the State of Virginia, Do
certify that John Woodhouse esquire before whom the foregoing
declaration of Catharine Cuffee and the affidavits of William
T. Griggs and Thomas Ward were made, was at the time and
still is a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County of
Princess Anne, duly elected, commissioned and qualified
according to law; and that full faith and credit are due
to all his acts as such. In Testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand hand and affixed the seal of the said County
Court of Princess Anne, at the Courthouse
this tenth day of June in the year one
thousand eight hundred and sixty seven,
and the 91st year of the Commonwealth.
[signed] J. J. Burroughs, C. C.

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[Left side]
[written] 282.792

[printed] BOUNTY LAND.
ACT OF 3d MARCH, 1855.
claim (No. [blank field])
OF
[written] Mrs. C. Cuffey widow
of Charles Cuffey
represented by
Wm Dozier of
Blossom Hill
Princess Anne
County Virginia

William F. Dozier
Blossom Hill
Princess Anne 
County Virginia

[printed] ATTORNEY
Washington D.C. [crossed out]

[right side]
[printed] In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of [written] Princess Anne County
[printed] Court, for the County ["for the County" crossed out] aforesaid, this [written] 11th [printed] day of [written] September [printed] 185 [written] 7, [printed] in
[written] the 82nd year of the Commonwealth [printed and crossed out] State
[signed] J. J. Burroughs, Cle [clerk]

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State of Virginia
County of Princess Anne}
On this [illegible] day of August A.D. 1857, before me, the
undersigned, a [1] Justice of the Peace, duly authorized by law to administer oaths within and for the County and
State aforesaid, personally appeared [2] Catherine Cuffey aged 60 years, a resident of [3] [blank]
in the County of Princess Anne and State of Virginia; who, being duly sworn according to law, declares
that she is the widow of [4] Charles Cuffey deceased, who was a [5] soldier, in the company ["company" crossed out] Virginia 
commanded by Captain ["commanded by Captain" crossed out] [6] Continental Line in the regiment ["regiment" crossed out] [7] Revolutionary war commanded by [8] ["commanded by [8]" crossed out and replaced with] that her said husband was for some years pensioned to his
death, a pensioner of the United States at the rate of ninety six
dollars per payment, and that she defers to his business papers for
proof of Service. [illegible]
That her husband entered the service at [10] see pension papers about the [blank] day of [blank]
A.D. 18 [blank]; for the term of See pension papers and continued in actual service in said war, for the term of See pension 
papers and was honourably [sic] discharged at [11] See pension papers on the [blank] day of [blank]
A.D. 18 [blank].
She further states that she was married to the said Charles Cuffey in Princess Anne
Co. State of Virginia on the [blank] day of Dec. A.D. 1815 by one S. Brown
a Bt. [Baptist] Minister; and that he name before said marriage was Catherine
Fuller; that he husband died at said Co. [county] and State on first day of Oct.
A.D. 1844; and that she is still his widow; that there is no public record of her marriage; that there is no private record of her marriage
or of her husband's death, [12] ["[12]" crossed out and replaced with] but that she relies on evidence herewith presented to
substantiate this his Claim.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the [blank] Bounty Land to which she may be entitled on account 
of said service, and mileage under the Act passed March 3 1855. That she has never applied for, or received
any warrant under this or any other Act of Congress nor made any other application therefor.
She hereby appoints Nilson F. Dozier her true and lawful Attorney, with power of substitution,
to prosecute this her claim for land, to receive the Certificate or Warrant when issued, and to do all other acts necessary and proper in the premises.
Witnesses [signed] A. Smith & S. Brown  [signed with the note "her mark" and an "X"] Catherine Cuffey
Sworn to and Subscribed before me, on the day and year first above mentioned, and hereby certify that I [a word crossed and replace with] believe the said deponent
to be as is above stated, and that she of the age above stated; and further, that I am
not interested in this her claim as Attorney or otherwise.
[15] [Signed] Thomas S. Land J. P.

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State of Virginia
County of Princess Anne
["Town of" crossed out] } SS. On this 7 day of Sept.
A. D. 1857, personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the 
Peace, in and for said county Major W. Land
and State James Hargrow who are to me well known, and who are credible witnesses, and 
who being by me duly sworn, deposed and say, that they are each well acquainted with Mrs. Catherine Cuffey the above applicant
for Bounty Land - that they have known her for 30 years last past. That they were acquainted with Charles Cuffey
her late husband, having known him for [illegible due to ink smudge] years previous to his death; that they, the said Charles Cuffey
and Catherine Cuffey lived together as husband and wife, and were reputed so to be; that deponents never heard the fact
of their marriage disputed or questioned. That the said Charles Cuffey died on the first day of
Oct 1844 and the said Catherine Cuffey has been since that day, and still is reputed to be his
widow, which deponents believe to be the fact. That she has never married since her said husband's death, and still is his widow, and that her said husband
was the identical man mentioned as a soldier and a pensioner at $96 per annum in her declaration above, and further, that they were present and saw
[the following has been crossed out] [blank space] execute the foregoing affidavit by [blank space]
to the foregoing declaration and making oath thereto in due form of law, and further, that they, deponents, [end crossed out portion] do reside in the County aforesaid.

Witness,  [signed] Major W. Land
J. Hargrow

Sworn to and Subscribed before me, this the 7 day of Sept. A.D. 1857
[signed] Wm. T. Griggs

State of Virginia
County of Princess Anne } SS.
I hereby Certify, that Thomas S. Land and William T. Griggs Esq., before whom the foregoing affidavits
and Power of Attorney were made and acknowledged, and who have hereunto subscribed their names were at the time of so doing a Justices [the "s" was added by hand to the document] of the Peace, in
and for the County aforesaid, duly commissioned and sworn, and that their signatures thereto are genuine.

In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of Princess Anne County
Court, [the phrase "for the County" is crossed out] aforesaid, this 11th day of September 1857, in the 82nd year of the Commonwealth.

[signed] J. J. Burroughs C. C.

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Pension act of Feb.
3 1853 Revolutionary
war.
Mrs. C. Cuffey the
widow of Charles
Cuffrey Dec. [deceased] who was
a pensioner at $96.
per annum.
_______________________
Represented by
Nilson F. Dozier
of Blossom Hill
[two illegible initials] Princess Anne
County Virginia
______________________
[the following is very faint and difficult to interpret]
Charles Cuffey
Va. to 18 [illegible]
[illegible] /53

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[This document has a number of references to information previously submitted by Charles Cuffee in his original pension application and the phrase "see pension papers" in the document references that information.

State of Virginia
County of Princess Anne } S.S.

On this the 18 day of August 1857 personally appeared before me
a Justice of the Peace within and for the County and State
above mentioned Catherine Cuffey aged 60 years a
resident of the County and State aforesaid, who having being duly sworn
according to law declare on her oath and makes the following
declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision
made by the act of Congress passed on the 3rd day of February
A.D. 1853 granting pensions to widows of persons who served
during the Revolution War, that she is the widow of
Charles Cuffey dec. [deceased] who was a soldier in the Virginia
Continental Line in the Revolution war that her said
husband was for some years previous to his death, a
pensioner of the United States at the rate of ninety six
dollars ($96) per annum and that she refers to his pension
papers for proof of his service.
that her said husband entered the service at  see pension 
papers  and continued in actual service in said war for the
term of  see pension papers   and was honorably discharged 
at   see pension papers  on the [blank] day of [blank] A. D. 18 [blank]
and she cannot file herewith his certificate of discharge
for she does not know what has become of it.
She further states that she was married to the said Charles
Cuffey dec. in the County of Princess Anne and State of Virginia
on the day of 6 Dec. A.D. 1815 by one Samul Brown a 
Baptist Minister and that her name before 
her said marriage was Catherine Fuller that her said
husband died at Princess Anne County Virginia on the
first day of Dec. A.D. 1844. That she was not married to him prior
to the second of January 1800, but at the time above [illegible] and
she further states that there is no public nor private
record of her marriage. That there is no private record of
the death of her said husband and she further states
that she is now a widow.

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She hereby appoints Nilson F. Dozier of Blossom Hill Princess Anne Co,
her true and lawful attorney with power of substitution,
to prosecute this her claim for a pension to obtain the
Certificate when issued and do all other acts necessary
and proper in the premises and the she further state
that she has  never received any pension under this
or any other act of Congress and this is the first
time that she has made any application.
[signed with the note "her mark" and an "X"] Catherine Cuffey

We A. Smith and S. Brown 
residents of Princess Anne County in the State of Virginia
upon an oath declare that the foregoing Declaration
was signed and acknowledged by [blank] Cuffey
in our presence and that we Know that she is the
person that she represents her self to be and is still
a widow and that we have not interest in this claim.
[signed] A. Smith
S. Brown

Sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year
written on the last page and I certify that I know the 
applicant to be credible person and I hereby certify that 
I know the said applicant
and believe her to be as is above stated and I further certify
that the applicant is from bodily infirmity is
unable to attend Court and is still a widow
and that I have no interest in this claim.
[signed] Thomas S. Land J. P.

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State of Virginia
County of Princess Anne } S.S.

On this the 7 day of Sept. A.D. 1857 personally appeared
before me a Justice of the Peace within and for the
County and State above mentioned M. W. Land
and James Hargrow residents of the County and State
aforesaid who are to me well known, and who are
credible witnesses, and who being by me duly sworn,
depose and say that they are well acquainted with
Mrs. Catherine Cuffey the said applicant for a pension
that they have known her for 40 years last past,
that they were acquainted with Charles Cuffey dec.
her late husband, having known him for 
19 years previous to his death, that they, the
said Charles Cuffey and Catherine Cuffey lived
together as husband and wife, since and up to his
death, and were reputed so to be, that the deponents
never heard the fact of their marriage disputed or
questioned and there is no public record nor there is
no private record nor eyewitness of their
marriage as they know of. That the said Charles
Cuffey died in Princess Anne County and State of
Virginia on the first day Oct. 1844 and that the
said Catherine Cuffey has been since that day, and
still is reputed to be his widow which deponents
believe to be the fact. That she has never married 
since her said husband's Death and still is his
widow and that her said husband was the identical
man mentioned and a pensioner in her
declaration and that we have no interest in this Claim.
[signed] Major W. Land
J. Hargrow

Sworn to and subscribed before me this the 7 day of Sept. A.D. 1857
[signed] Wm T. Griggs J.P.

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State of Virginia, Princess Anne County, to wit;
I, John J. Burroughs Clerk of the County Court
of Princess Anne aforesaid, in the State of Virginia, do hereby
certify that Thomas S. Land Esq. before whom the foregoing affidavit
of Catharine Cuffey, and A. Smith and S. Brown were made
and signed, and who both thereunto subscribe his name; and
also that William T. Griggs Esq: before whom the within affidavit
of Major W. Land and James Hargrow was made, and who both
thereunto also subscribed his name, were at the times of so doing
Justices of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, duly commissioned
and sworn. In Testimony whereof I have have hereunto
set my hand affixed the seal of Princess
Anne County, this 11th day of September
1857, in the 82nd year of the Commonwealth.
J. J. Burroughs C. C.

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Revy WIDOW, &c.
File No.  9402
Catharine Cuffey
Wid
Charles Cuffey
Privt. Rev. War
_________
Act: Febry 3rd 1853
Index:- A, Page 161
[Arrangement of 1870.]

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v.
75.438

No Aeris

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[This is a fragment of a sheet of paper]
 No 6890

Catharine Cuffey
wid:
Chas.
Princess An Co.
Va:
[illegible] $96 per an: Comm Feb 
3rd.1853.

Act /53
Nilson F. Dozier Esq.
Blossom Hill
Princess Ann Co.
Va.

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2 to ref & co: for 20 years: 4 t line: & [illegible] 2 to death
1st Oct. 44

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6280
Virginia R.
Catherine Cuffey
widow of Charles
who served in the Revolutionary
was, as a private
_________________
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate
of 96 dollars 00
cents per annum, to commence
on the 3d February, 1853.
__________________
Certificate of Pension issued
4th day of Nov 1857
and sent to 
W. F. Dozier
Blossom Hill,
VA.

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February 3, 1853, Page 152 Vol. 6

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282792

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75038

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322.739 Act Mar 3rd 1855
June 15th 1867

Catharine Cuffee wid of
Charles Cuffee Private ["Private" is underlined]
(See Discharge &c. on file in original
Pension Claim)
Revolutionary War

R. W. Walker
Present ["Present" underlined]

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3rd Auditor Office
Oct. 20 1857

Sir:
Please certify
the time to which the within
named pensioner was paid or the date of his death.
Yours Respectfully,
[signed] Geo. C. Whiting
Commissioner

R. J. Atkinson, Esq.
Third Auditor,
Treasury,

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3rd Auditors Office
Oct. 30, 1857

Sir:
Charles Cuffy [sic]
Richmond Va., Act
1818, at $ 8 pr. mon.
appears to have been
paid Sept 4, 1846
Very Respy [Respectfully]
R. J. Atkinson 
Auditor

Geo. C. Whiting Esq.
Commis. of Pensions}

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Pension Office
October 24, 1857

Sir, In answer to your letter of the 20 1857.

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[Approve for Bounty Land.
Act: March 3rd 1855.

Jos. H. Barrett
Commissioner pf Pensions,
Washington,
D.C.

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322.739

[A date stamp] DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
JUN 15 1867
PENSION OFFICE

Catherine Cuffee
wid of
Charles Cuffee

[An illegible date stamp]

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[This is small note page]
1828 papers
to be filed
with all
[illegible]
#9402

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Charles Cuffey - Pvt.
Va. line

Virginia -
[Some writing crossed out and replaced with.]
Wids. File No. 9.402

[Lower sheet of paper.]
Princess Anne Court House
Sept. 7, 1830
Sir
I have now the honour [sic] to acknowledge the receipt
of your Letter of the 15th of June last and to enclose you the
affidavits of Robert Page and W. A. Patterson which I
[illegible] now prove satisfactory. I write just add not to
obtain these papers I had to beg my man on foot
from this place to the County of Chesterfield  and back
an estimate of upwards of Three hundred and fifty miles
and am now almost [illegible] down by the journey.
Respectfully
[signed] W. A. Patterson
[signed with an "X"] Charles Cuffey
To J L Edwards Esqs
Pension Office

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State of Virginia and County of Chesterfield to wit:
This day came Robert Page of the county aforesaid
before me W. A. Paterson one of the commonwealth justices of the peace
for the county of Chesterfield and made oath, at the request of Charles Cuffey
that John Shipwash of the town of Midlothian and county aforesaid, died 
on the first day of December 1828. The said Robert Page is the connection
by marriage of said Shipwash.
Given under my hand and seal this 19th August 1830.
[signed] W. A. Paterson J.P.

[Illegible due to an ink smudge] who calls himself Charle Cuffey has this day called
on me and requested the official taking of the affidavit above in
pursuance of directions from the Department of War of the United States,
and states that he believes [illegible] the magistrate before whom the affidavit
of John Shipwash testifying to his service as a revolutionary soldier
was taken about two or three years ago. It may be so, as I have some
recollection of seeing this man before me in connection with Shipwash of
this kind; but do not recollect the taking of supporting affidavit
before me. I knew Shipwash who died in this place about two years
since. I can scarcely think he was in any way interested in the obtaining
of a pension for Charles Cuffey or that he could have sworn falsely in
relation to such a matter, though of this I I cannot speak positively.
Joseph Monk who also testified to Cuffeys [sic] service I likewise know.
He is an inhabitant of the county of Chesterfield, is himself a pensioner
& deservedly too; and is respectable & credible able man. He resides

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a few miles from this place, and has frequently called on me for the
performance of official functions in the obtaining of his pension.
Given under my hand and seal in the town of Midlothian, County of
Chesterfield and state of Virginia this 19th August 1830.
[signed] W. Atkinson Esq. [a hand drawn seal.]

Virginia: Chesterfield County and Clerks office.
I Parke Poindexter Clerk of the county and of Chesterfield in the State of Virginia do
hereby certify that William A. Patteson esq. whose name is affixed to  the foregoing certificate
as now and at the time of signing the same an acting Justice of the peace in and for
the county of Chesterfield aforesaid, duly commissioned and qualified as such and the full
faith is due to his official acts as such.
[A seal is attached to the left margin]
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and
have caused the official seal of said county [a word crossed out] to be
hereto official this twenty day of August, Anno 
Domini: one thousand eight hundred and thirty and
in the fifty fifth year of our Independence.
[signed] Parke Poindexter Clerk

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State of Virginia
Chesterfield county to wit
Be it known that before me Anderson
Edwards a magistrate in and for the County aforesaid
personally appeared Joseph Monk and made
oath in due form of law that he was well acquainted
with Charles Cuffey a Revolutionary
Soldier and he the said Charles Cuffey was enlisted
and served in the company commanded by Adam 
Wallace in the eleventh Virginia Regiment on
Continental establishment wherein he continued 
to serve until the close of the Revolutionary war
when he was discharged at Hillsburrer [sic Hillsborough] North
Carolina. Sworn
and subscribed this seventh day of
May 1830 before me.}     [signed with the note "his mark" and an "X"] Joseph Monk
[signed] Anderson Edwards J.P.

Chesterfield county to wit
I Certify that I am acquainted with Joseph
Monk who has signed and sworn to the above
affidavit, and that he is a person of credibility.
Given under my hand this 7th day May 1830.
[signed] Anderson Edwards J. P.

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Virginia: Chesterfield county to wit:
I Parke Poindexter, Clerk of the county court of Chesterfield, in the State of Virginia
do hereby certify that Anderson Edwards, esquire, whose name is affixed to the [the word "above" is crossed out]
within certificate, is and was at the time of signing the same, an acting
Justice of the peace in and for the county of Chesterfield, duly commissioned
and qualified as such, and that full faith and credit are due to all
his official acts as such: - In testimony whereof I have hereunto
[The seal is to the left of this and the following text] set my hand, and have caused the official Seal
of my said county court to be hereto official
this eighth day of May in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and thirty, and in
the 54th year of our Independence.
[signed] Parke Poindexter, Clerk

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Treasury Department,
Third Auditor's Office
July 17, 1867
Sir,
In reply to your inquiry of the
12" inst I have to state that the
pension of Catharine Cuffey (Richmond
Virginia roll, act 3 February
1853, 2nd section) appears by the
books of this office to have been
last paid to 4 September 1860.
Very Respectfully
John Wilson
Auditor

Hon Joseph H. Barrett
Commissioner of Pensions

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[This is pre-printed form with blanks for hand written entries.]

Brief in the Case of [The word "Restoration" written above these words] Catharine Cuffey, widow of
Charles. Rev.  Portsmouth
Princess Anne County and State of Richmond
2nd hc [section] Act Feb 3, 1853.
____________
Claim for New Pension Certificate,
Proof Exhibited,

A suspended pension, roll of Richmond, at $96. per ann
paid to Sept. 4, 1860. The alleges that her pension
certificate is in the hands of of [sic] David Dowdge who refuses
to return it.
I  certify. Loyalty widowhood. known according to
the [illegible]. Properly certified.

Restored July 12, 1867, to a pension of $96 per annum.
Can [illegible] Sept. 4, 1860

Name and residence of Agent    [signed] W. E. Trask
R. W. Walker                                  Examining Clerk.
Present

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Brief in the case of Catharine Cuffey, wid. of Charles.
Princess Anne County and State of Virginia
act 3rd Feb: 1853.
_______________
Claim, ("original", or "for increase") [The words "or for 'increase'" crossed out]

Proof exhibited, (if original.)

Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Substance we, pensioned under the act of 18 March; 1818, & 1st May 1820 @the
rate of 96. per annum. Marriage proven by the affidavits of two credible
witnesses which show the parties lived & co habited together for over twenty years
& were generally reputed husband & wife, the pension call the claimant, his wife
"Kate" in his declaration under the act of 18 & 20. Pensioner died 1st Oct.
1846 as proved by the affidavits of two credible witnesses & report of the
this officiant.  Widowhood & identity established by the affidavits of four credible affiants
[The following two lines that follow the above have been crossed out.] (If for increase)
Has additional evidence been filed sine the admission of this clim? If so, what?

Name and residence of Agent
[signed] Nilson F. Dozier, Esq.
Blossom Hill, Princess Anne Co;
Virginia.
[signed] S. C. Boynton,
Examining Clerk.

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[This is a pre-printed form with blanks for written entries.]

[In the far right corner is] 603.

REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.

July 13, 1878

Charles Cuffey of [the word "in" crossed out] the County of
Princess Anne in the State of Virginia, has applied to the Secretary
of the Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled "An Act for the relief of certain surviving
offices and soldiers of the Revolution," approved the 15th of May, 1828. He states that he
enlisted in the Continental line of the army of the Revolution, for and during the war, and
continued until its termination, at which period he was a private in captain
Wallace's company, in the 11th regiment of the Virginia line; [the following has been inserted] commanded by Col. Buford [end insertion]
and that he received a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars, provided by the resolve of
the 15th of May, 1778; and further, that he was not on the 15th day of  May, 1828, on the
pension list of the United States, and that he has received as a pensioner since the 3rd of
March, 1826, nothing.

The Third Auditor is requested to report how far the several statements are corroborated by
the records in his office.

By order of the Secretary,
A. Dickins

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Third Auditor's Office.
July 23, 1828

[The scan appears to cut off the bottom of the document in which the words have been crossed out.]

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Princess Anne from [illegible] Va

Sir,

I have now the honor to acknowledge the
receipt of Letter dated Decemb. [illegible] 1829 in which
you returned by declaration and stated that I must
account for all the changes which now have taken
place in my property since the 18th March 1818
and also note I [2 illegible words] to your Department
the affidavits if [rest of sentence is illegible]
in years to my service which was returned
to me on the 25 July 1828 for the purpose of having
their credibility certified by the magistrate before
whom they were taken. I have made a new declaration
which I now inclose [sic] to you and hope it conform enter the
[illegible] form you [the rest of the sentence is unreadable]
to the [illegible] I have to state [2 illegible words] which
once returned to me & mentioned in your letter I
have [illegible] and thinking [rest of sentence unreadable]
to obtain now over I [2 illegible words] the way
from this place to the County of Chesterfield
John Shipwash and Monk resided to [illegible] them
Shipwash I [illegible] had deposed his wife
for I saw Monk and he gave me  which
I herewith enclose with my own affidavits for the facts
stated.
Respectfully [illegible]
Sir your [illegible]
[Signed with the note "his mark" and ann "X"] Charles Cuffey

To J. L. Edwards Esq.
Pension Office
War Department
Washington

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State of Virginia
Princess Anne County  to wit
Before me Jacob Hunter a justice
of the peace for the County of Princess Anne personally appeared
Charles Cuffey of the said county and made oath that he lost
the affidavit of John Shipwash and Joseph Monk in regard to his
service in the Revolutionary War which the War Department returned
to him on or about the 23rd July 1828 for the purpose of having
their credibility certified by the magistrate before whom they were taken
and not having been instructed by the War Department on the 31th
of December 1829 to transmit their affidavits to the Pension office
he sent to Chesterfield County where the said Shipwash and Monk
lived for the purpose of getting them to give him their affidavits
again. [illegible] he got the affidavit of the said Monk but
from said Shipwash had departed this life. Given under
my hand this 7th day of June in the year one thousand
eight hundred and thirty.
Sworn to and subscribed this seventh day
of June 1830 before me.  [signed with the, note "his mark" and an "X"] Charles Cuffey
[signed] Jacob Hunter J.P.

Princess Anne County to wit
I, John J. Burroughs, clerk of the County Court
of Princess Anne, in the State of Virginia, do hereby certify that Jacob
Hunter, esquire, whose name is affixed to the above certificate, is and was
at the time of signing the same, an acting Justice of the peace in and for
the County of Princess Anne, duly commissioned and qualified according
to law, and that full faith and credit are due to all his official
acts as such. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto
[Seal added] set my hand, and affixed the seal of the
said county, this tenth day of June
in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and thirty, and in the 
54th day of the Commonwealth.
[signed] J. J. Burroughs, clerk

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(Declaration to be made by the soldier)
For the purpose of obtaining the benefits of the
act entitled an act for the relief of certain surviving
offices [sic] and soldiers of the Army of the Revolution
approved on the 15th of May 1878, I Charles Cuffey
of [word crossed out] Bridge in the County of Princess Anne
in the State of Virginia, do hereby de clare [sic], that
I enlisted in the continental Line of the Army of
the Revolution, for and during the war, and continued
in its service until its termination, at which
period I was a private in Captain Adam
Wallace's Company in 11th Regiment commanded
by Colonel Bufort and I also de clare, that I 
never received a certificate for the reward of Eighty
Dollars to which I was entitled under a
resolve of Congress ratified the 15th of May 1778.
And I further declare that I was not on
the fifteenth of May 1828, on the pension list
of the United States. Witness my hand
this day of [blank field] in the Year
Test
[signed with the note "his mark" and an "X"] Charles Cuffey

Before me Dennis Mosley a Justice of the Peace
in the County of Princess Anne in the State of Virginia
personally approved Robert Warters and James Cuffey
of the said County, who did, severally,
make oath that Charles Cuffey wherein the
foregoing declaration was subscribed, is generally

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reputed and believed to have been a soldier
in the Army of the Revolution, in manner as
therein stated. Witness my hand this
day of July in the year 1828.
[signed] James Mosely Justice of Peace

I, John J. Burroughs Clerk of the Court of the County
of Princess Ann [sic] in the State of Virginia do hereby
certify that Dennis Mosely before whom the foregoing
affidavit were [sic] sworn, was at the time
a Justice of the peace and duly empowered to
administer oaths. In testimony whereof, I have
hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the
said Court this 14th day of July 1828
in the 53rd year of the Commonwealth.
[a seal is attached]  [signed] J. J. Burroughs
Clerk Pri.
Anne County Court

[some text is covered by the attached seal] Form Power of Attorney)
[some text covered by the attached seal] ll men by these presents that I
Charles Cuffey of Sammons Bridge in the County 
of Princess Ann [sic] in the State of Virginia, do hereby
constitute and appoint
my true and lawful attorney with a power of
substitution for me and in my name to receive
from the United States the amount of pay
now due to me under the act entitled "an Act
for the relief of certain surviving officers of the
revolution approved 15th May 1878, as a private
in the 11th Regiment of the Virginian line of the

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army of the Revolution. Witness my hand
and Seal this [blank] day of [blank] in the
year [blank]

Sealed and delivered
in presence of } Witnesses  
[signed with the note "his mark" and an "X"] Charles Cuffey [The word "Seal" is added.]

Before me [blank] a Justice of the peace
in the County of Princess Ann [sic] in the State of
Virginia personally appeared this day Charles 
Cuffey whose name is subscribed to the foregoing
power of attorney, and acknowledges the same
to be his act and deed, and also declared that
the same was not given by reason of any transfer 
or of any attachment levy, or seizure by any
legal process whatever of the pay therein authorized
to be received, but that the said pay
is intended to ensure wholly to his personal benefit.
Witness my hand this [blank] day of [blank]
in the year [blank]  [blank signature] J. Peace

I [blank] Clerk of the Court of the County
of Princess Anne in the State of Virginia do hereby
certify that [blank] before whom the

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foregoing power of attorney was acknowledged
is a Justice of the peace. In testimony whereof
I have hereunto set my hand
affixed the seal of [blank].

[signature is blank] Clerk of

(Form of the oath of the attorney)
Before me [blank] a Justice of the peace
in the County of Princess Anne and State of Virginia
personally appeared [blank] this day
the attorney named in the foregoing power of
attorney and made oath that the same
was not given him by reason of any transfer
or or any attachment levy or seizures, by
any legal process whatever, of the pay therein
authorized to be received, but that the said pay
is intended to ensure wholly to the personal
benefit of the person by whom the said power
was executed. Witness my hand this [blank]
day of [blank] in the year [blank].
[blank signature] J. Peace

(Then follow the clerk's certificate and deal of
office as before.)

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Application for Restoration
to Pension Rolls, Act Feb 4, 65.
______________________
Catharine Cuffee [name is underlined] widow of
Charles Cuffee deceased
Revolutionary soldier.
She was on the Rolls of the
Agency at Richmond, Va.
_____________________
Her address - she resides in
Princess Anne County about 27
miles from Portsmouth, Va. which
is her nearest P.O.
____________________
Rec'd from J. T. Blamire
Portsmouth, Va.
______________________
Filed by R. W. Walker
Washington, D.C.
June 14, 1867
__________________

[There are two date stamps, one of which is illegible]
[Upper stamp] DEPARTMENT OF THE [unreadable]
JUN 15 1867
PENSION OFFICE

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[This is a pre-printed Power of Attorney form with blank space for written entries.]

[printed] POWER OF ATTORNEY.
Know all Men by these Presents, that I [written] P. M.
Henry [printed] of the [written] city of Washington
[printed] in the State of["State" crossed out and replaced with a written "District"] Columbia,
[printed] have made, constituted, and appointed,
and by those presents do make, constitute and appoint [written] R. W. Walker
[printed] in the city of Washington [printed] my true and lawful attorney irrevocable, for
me and in my name, place and stand, [written] to present the claim of
Mrs. Catharine Cuffee of Princess Anne County, State
of Virginia for restoration to the Pension Rolls, (I
having retired from the Claims Agency business
and dissolve my connection with "Henry & Walker")
[printed] and to, from time to time, furnish any further evidence necessary or that may be demanded,
[a blank area crossed out]
giving and granting to my said Attorney full power and authority to do and perform all and
every act and thing whatsoever, requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises,
as fully to all intents and purposes as I might or could do, if personally present at the doing
thereof, with full power of substitution and revocation, and to receipt and sign all vouchers, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that my said Attorney or [written] his [printed] substitute may or shall awfully
do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

In witness whereof, I hereunto set my hand and seal, this [written] fourteenth 
[printed] day of [written] May, [printed] eighteen hundred and sixty [written] seven. (1867) 
[signed] P. M. Henry [a stamped "LS." added]

[printed] Witnesses: [Signed] W. F. Riddick.
James Selden.

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State of Virginia
County of Princess Anne}
On this 3rd Day of June 1867
before me personally came Catherine Cuffee widow
of Charles Cuffee Decd. [deceased] who was a Revolutionary Soldier
& a resident of this County and State above written to me
well known and being duly sworn according to law
declares that she was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the
United States and that her Pension has been suspended
since Jan. 1861 and that her original Pension Certificate
is in the possession of Daniel Dowdge of Princess Anne
County Va. and that he refuses to surrender the same
to her and therefore she cannot file it with her application
for restoration to the Pension Rolls.
[Witnesses]       [Signed with the note "her mark" and an "X"] Catharine Cuffee
W. T. Griggs
Thos Ward

The foregoing affidavit was sworn
to and subscribed before me on this day and year above
written and I hereby certify that the affiant is a credible
person and of the truth of the above statement, I am fully
satisfied.
[signed] Jno Woodhouse J.P.

Personally came before me Wm. T. Griggs 
and Thos Ward residents of the County and State
above written to me well known and whom I certify, to
be credible persons and being first duly sworn according
to law declare that they are personally acquainted with
Catherine Cuffee who signed the above afidavit [sic] in their
presence that they have known her for [blank] years and that
she is the widow of Charles Cuffee who was a Revolutionary
Soldier and that she still continues the Widow of the
said Charles Cuffee deceased. They further declare that
the said Catherine Cuffee did not participate in any
manner in the late rebellion or give aid or comfort

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or sympathyze [sic] with the cause, but has always been
loyal to the United States and that since the suspension
of her Pension her only means of support has been her
own exertions and the labour [sic] of her own hands. They
further declare they are disinterested witnesses.
[signed] W. T. Griggs
Thos Ward

The foregoing declaration was sworn to and subscribed
before me on this 3rd Day of June 1867 and I further
certify that the claimant is well known to me as the
person she represents herself to be, and that I have no
interest in this claim.
[signed] Jno Woodhouse J.P.

State of Virginia: Princess Anne County, to wit:
I, John J. Burroughs clerk of the County Court of
Princess Anne aforesaid, in the State of Virginia, Do certify that
John Woodhouse before whom the foregoing declaration of Catharine
Cuffee and the affidavits of William T. Griggs and Thomas Ward
were made, was at the time and still is a Justice of the peace of
the said County, duly elected, commissioned and qualified according
to law and that full faith and credit are due to all his acts as
such. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my
[the image of a seal is to the left of the following section of text] 
hand and affixed the seal of the said County
Court, at the Courthouse, this fourth day of June
in the year one thousand eight hundred
and sixty seven, and the 91st year of the
Commonwealth.
J. J. Burroughs Clerk

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State of Virginia
Princess Anne County } to wit:
On this 10th day of May 1867, before
me John J. Burroughs clerk of the official court in said County
and State which is a Court of Record, personally came 
Catharine Cuffee aged sixty five years, a resident
of said County, and being first duly sworn according to
law, declares that she is the identical Catharine Cuffee
who was a pensioner on the Roll of the Agency at Richmond
in the State of Virginia, and whose pension certificate she
intends to return when she gets it from Daniel Dowdge;
that she has since the first day of January 1861 and
previous thereto resided in the County of Princess Anne and
State of Virginia, and that she is now a resident of said County
and that during this period her means of support has been
her own exertions and the labour [sic] of her own hands; and that
she has not borne arms against the Government of the
United States nor has she in any manner encouraged the
rebels or manifest sympathy with their cause, and that
she was last paid her pension on the [blank field] day of [blank field].
This application is made for the purpose of securing a
restoration of her name to the Pension Rolls and of obtaining
a new pension certificate such as she may be entitled to
under existing laws, reference being made to the evidence
heretofore filed in the pension office to substantiate her
original claim. She hereby appoints P. M. Henry of
the City of Washington D.C. her true and lawful
attorney with [out crossed from "with"] revocation with power of substitution
to apply for and receive my certificate when
issued, and to do all other things necessary and
proper to be done that I might do if personally
present.
[signed with the note "her mark" and an "X"] Catharine Cuffee
Witness
[signed] Thos Ward
[signed] James Fentress

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The within declaration signed by Catharine Cuffee was
sworn to and subscribed before me, being first read in the
hearing of the Declarant, and hereby certify that I believe
she is the identical person she represents herself to be (to 
wit, the widow of Charles Cuffee deceased, a revolutionary
soldier) and that I have no interest direct or indirect in
the prosecution of this claim. In Testimony whereof I
[a seal covered by paper is attached to the left of the following text]
have hereunto set my hand and affixed
the seal of may  said County Court this
10th day of May A.D. 1867.
[signed] J. J. Burroughs Clerk

I Catharine Cuffee do solemnly swear in the presence
of almighty God, that I will henceforth faithfully
support, protect and defend the constitution of the
United States and the union of the States thereunder,
that I will in like manner abide by and faithfully
support all laws and proclamations which have
been made during the late rebellion with reference
to the emancipation of Slaves. So help me God.
Witnesses      [Signed with the note "her mark" and an "X"] Catharine Cuffee
[signed] Thos. Ward
[signed] James Fentress

Sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year
above written. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set
[An image of a seal is to the left of the following text]
my hand and affixed the seal of the said County
Court of Pr. Anne this 10th, day of May
A. D. 1867
[signed] J. J. Burroughs Clerk

State of Virginia
Princess Anne County}, to wit:
On this 10th day of May 1867 personally appeared
before me John J. Burroughs Clerk of the Court of the
County and sSate above written which is a Court of record came

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Thomas Ward and James Fentress residents of said County
to me well known and whom I certify to be credible persons
and being first duly sworn according to law declare
that they were present and saw Catharine Cuffee sign
and make oath to the foregoing declaration and they further
swear that they are personally and intimately acquainted
with the said Catharine Cuffee and know she is the
identical person she represents herself to be. They further
declare that they have known her for thirty years past, or
more and that she did not participate in the late rebellion, but
has always been loyal to the Government of the United
States, and further that they have no interest in the
prosecution of this claim and that she still continues
a widow.
[signed] Thos Ward
[signed] James Fentress

The foregoing affidavit signed by Thomas Ward and
James Fentress was sworn to and subscribed before me on the
day and year hereinbefore written and I hereby certify
that I believe the claimant is still the widow of Charles
Cuffee and that I have no interest in this claim. In testimony
[A piece of paper to the left of the following text presumably covers a seal]
whereof I have hereunto set my
hand affixed the seal of my said Court
this tenth day of  May 1867, and the 91st year
of the Commonwealth.
[signed] J. J. Buroughs Clerk