Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 36,524, Chatham Freeman, Conn.

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(8-1776)
SERVICE
[handwritten] Conn
Freeman, Chatham [/handwritten]
NUMBER [handwritten] S.36,524 [/handwritten]
CONTENTS
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[handwritten] (2387) 
Connecticut Rolls 
Chatham Freeman
Col [illegible] Private
Connecticut Line[/handwritten]
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Subscribed on the Roll of [handwritten] Connecticut - [/handwritten] at the rate of [handwritten] Eight [/handwritten] Dollars per month, to commence on the [handwritten] 6th [/handwritten] of [handwritten] April 1818 [/handwritten]
ertificate of Pension issued the [handwritten]  16th [/handwritten] of [handwritten]  Sept. 1818 [/handwritten] and [handwritten] Sent to Simeon Baldwin Esq Newhaven -[/handwritten]
Arrears to 4th of [handwritten] Sept. - 4 mo. & 29/30 —— 39-7 [/handwritten]
semi-anl. all’ce ending [handwritten]  4th Sept. 1819 - 40 -     87-7
Died Feb 13, 1834 [/handwritten]
{Revolutionary claim,}
{Act 18th March, 1818.}
[handwritten] 3 years to 80
Meriden, New Haven County 
[illegible] [/handwritten]
[handwritten vertically on right of page fold] Certification sent  September 23d  1820 to Henry [illegible] Bagg New Haven, Connt. [/handwritten]
[handwritten, upside down at bottom of right side of page] Exam. d with reg. Rolls Aug. 1883: C.S.P. [/handwritten]

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Chatham Freeman
April 6, 1818
[illegible]

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State of Connecticut New Haven County 
I Chatham Freeman a resident citizen of the United States, of meriden in said County and State aforesaid, do on oath declare that I served my country as a soldier on The Continental establishment for the period of three years, during the Revolutionary war that on the 2nd day of June 1777 I enlisted as a private in Captain Leavenworths Company, in the fourth Regiment Connecticut Line, commanded by Col Meigy, in which company and Regiment, I continue faithfully to serve during the period of my enlistment of three years, at the expiration of which I was honourably discharged. But by time accident, my discharge is lost and cannot now be produced. I further declare on oath that by reason of my extreme poverty. I now need the assistance of my country for support. I therefore pray that I may be placed on the pension but, pursuant want to the provisions of the act of Congress passed March 18th 1818 
Dated at New Haven, April 6th 1818
Chatham Freeman

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New Haven County [illegible]  New Haven April 6, 1818
Then [illegible] informally appeared the within named Chatham Freeman, then made known to me by the  oath of Samuel Paddock Junr & made solemn oath to the [illegible] of the foregoing Declaration by him he said Freeman is my [illegible] by his mark before me
Simeon Baldwin a Judge of the Supr Court of Connecticut

I Samuel Paddock Jun.r of Meriden [illegible] say that I well know the above named Chatham Freeman that he is a free Negro man of good character as to truth & veracity - & by reason of his infirmities, of age & reduced circumstances in life he now needs the assistance of his country for support - April 6th 1818.
Samuel Paddock, Jr.
Sworn before me at the Date
Simeon Baldwin a Judge of the Supr Court

To the Hon. The Secretary of the Department of War
I certify that it appears to my satisfaction that Chatham Freeman the applicant served in the
revolutionary war as he has stated, against the
common enemy - I therefore certify & [illegible]
the testimony in the case on Apl. 6. 1818, 
Simeon Baldwin a Judge of the Supr Court of Connecticut

I certify that it appears to my satisfaction that
the applicant Chatham Freeman is an old, infirm, poor negro man who needs the assistance of his Country for support
Simeon Baldwin
Aug. 21. 1818

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[Complete statement is handwritten]
State of Connecticut
New Haven County of New Haven  April 16,1818

I Dyer White Clerk of the Superior Court of said State for said County and keeper of the Seal thereof do certify that the name Simeon Baldwin annexed to the fore going certificate and to the ammended certifying that Geo W Stanly Esq is a justice [line missing in fold of paper] handwriting form signature of Simeon Baldwin Esquire who is one of the judges of said Superior Court  In testimony thereof I affix the Seal of said Court

                             Dyer W White

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Chatham Freeman
2307   Copy
March 1819
[illegible]

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At a [handwritten] County [/handwritten] Court, held in and for the [handwritten] County [/handwritten] of  [handwritten] New Haven [/handwritten], in the District and State of Connecticut, on the [handwritten] 6th [/handwritten] day of [handwritten] July [/handritten] 182 [handwritten] 0 [/handwritten], the same being a Court of Record, and having a Seal, by virture of the laws of said State.
PERSONALLY APPEARED, in open Court, [handwritten] Chatham Freeman [/handwritten] a resident in the town of [handwritten] Meriden [/handwritten] in the County of [handwritten] New Haven [/handwritten] in said State, and exhibited and subscribed the following Schedule, and made [handwritten] Oath [/handwritten] that the same is a true and perfect Schedule of all his income and property, necessary cloathing and bedding excepted, viz.
[handwritten] One Old House & barn & one fourth of an acre land  $40
4 Acres Boggy Swamps “ “ “ 24
2 Do Plough land “ “ “ 20
4 Do [illegible] Do “ “ “ 20
3 Old Chairs 15  1 Iron pot 10 1 pail 25 - /“ 50
1 table 50  1 Chest 50 “ “ “ [underscored] /"[illegible] [/underscored]
$106.50
And I am indebted to Amos White in the sum of “ “ “ “ [underscored] 65 [illegible] [/underscored]
[underscored] $41 50 [/underscored]
his
Chatham X Freeman
marks

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District and State of Connecticut, ss.
Be it Remembered, That in the [handwritten] County [/handwritten] Court, held in and for the [handwritten] County [/handwritten] of [handwritten] New Haven [/handwritten], in the District and State aforesaid, on this [handwritten] 6th [/handwritten] day of [handwritten] July [/handwritten] 182 [handwritten] 0 [/handwritten], the same being a Court of Record, and having a Seal, under the Authority of said State, personally came and appeared in open Court, [handwritten]  Chatham Freeman [/handwritten] aged [handwritten] 70 _ [/handwritten] years, resident in the Town of [handwritten] Meriden [/handwritten] in the County of [handwritten] New Haven _ [/handwritten] in said State, and being [handwritten] Sworn [/handwritten] according to Law, doth on his Oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War, as follows: [handwritten] that he entered into the Revolutionary army at Meriden Connecticut into Capt [illegible] Company & Col Meigs Regiment in the month of June 1777 during the war of the revolution & served constantly in do Regiment untill June 1780 when he was Honourably discharged [/handwritten]
that the original Declaration made by him, for the purpose of obtaining a pension, under the Act of Congress of the 18th of March 1818, was dated the [handwritten] 6th [/handwritten] day of [handwritten] April [/handwritten] 18 [handwritten] 18 [/handwritten]; that in pursuance thereof he was entered in the list of Pensioners, and received a Pension Certificate No. [handwritten] 2387 [/handwritten]  And I do further solemnly [handwritten] Swear [/handwritten] 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, on 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.” past 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 hereunto annexed, and by me subscribed. And I do further declare that my occupation [handwritten] is that of a farmer but I am so infirm as to be unable to labour - [/handwritten] and that I have [handwritten]  in my [/handwritten] family residing with me [handwritten] my wife Maria Freeman who is in her Eighty first year of her age & is quite infirm & unable to but very little. [/handwritten]
all which is subscribed by me the day and year aforesaid.
[handwritten] his
Chatham X Freeman
mark [/handwritten]
Sworn to, and declared in the Court aforesaid. Whereupon said Court is, on satisfactory proof exhibited in Court, of opinion that the total amount in value of the property contained in the aforesaid Schedule is [handwritten]  106 [/handwritten] Dollars and [handwritten]  50 [/handwritten] Cents, and doth order these proceedings to be entered in the records of said Court.
[handwritten] Attest Henry C Flagg, Clerk [/handwritten]

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District of Connecticut, ss.
I, [handwritten] Henry C Flagg [/handwritten] Clerk of the [handwritten] County [/handwritten] Court in and for the [handwritten] County  [/handwritten] of [handwritten] New Haven [/handwritten] in the State and District of Connecticut, do hereby certify that the foregoing and the Schedule thereunto annexed, are truly copied from the records of said Court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of said Court that the total amount, in value, of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule, is [handwritten]  one hundred & six [/handwritten] Dollars and [handwritten] fifty [/handwritten] Cents.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of said Court on this [handwritten] 6th [/handwritten] day of [handwritten] July [/handwritten] 182 [handwritten] 0 
Attest Henry C Flagg CC [/handwritten]

I, [handwritten] Isaac Mills [/handwritten] presiding Judge of the [handwritten] County [/handwritten] Court in and for the [handwritten] County [/handwritten] of [handwritten] New Haven [/handwritten] in the State of Connecticut, do hereby certify that [handwritten] Henry C Flagg [/handwritten] is Clerk of said Court, and keeper of the Seal and Records thereof; and that the preceding Certificate, under his hand, and the Seal of said Court, is authentic, and in due form of Law.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in [handwritten] New Haven [/handwritten] this [handwritten] 6th [/handwritten] day of [handwritten]  July[/handwritten] 182 [handwritten]  0
Isaac Mills Chief Judge [/handwritten]

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36524
[illegible handwriting] INVALID.
[illegible vertical handwriting
File No. [handwritten] 86,324
Chatham Freeman
Pri Rev War [/handwritten]
Act: [handwritten] 18th March 18" [/handwritten]
Index:-Vol. [handwritten] 2 [/handwritten],
Page [handwritten] 145 [/handwritten]
[ Arrangement of 1870. ]

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I John Mansfield of Wallingford in the County of New Haven [insert] State of Connecticut [/insert], [illegible] and say that I am well acquainted with Chatham Freeman [insert] of Meriden in said County & State [/insert] a colored man [illegible] as soldier in the army of the United States; that he was an enlisted soldier; & served on the continental establishment, in the fourth Connecticut Regiment more than his years; in the Revolutionary war Vis a [illegible] of the United States.
Signed April 1. D. 1818.
John Mansfield
State of Connecticut
New Haven County [illegible] April 1. D. 1818
Personally appeared John Mansfield, whose name is mentioned to this foregoing deposition & made oath to the truth of the same
Before me George W Stanley Jus of Peace
I certify that the name Geo. W. Stanley is known to be the signature of Geo W. Stanley Esq as Justice of the Peace for New Haven County - Apl. 6. 1818
Simeon Baldwin a Judge of the Supr Court of Connecticut
this may certify that I the Subscriber did Serve as a Soldier in the afore Said Regiment for the term of three years and certify that the aforesaid Chatham freeman Served for the Like term Certified [illegible] me
Asaph Merrian Just of Peace for New Haven County