Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 19,298, Cuff Freeman, Conn.

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(8-1776)
SERVICE NUMBER 
Conn.  Freeman, Cuff (space) W 19,298 [handwritten]
Amelia

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2844 [handwritten]
New York City
Ameila Freeman
widow of Cuff Freeman [handwritten]
Conn
who served in the Revolutionary 
war, as a private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 
80 Dollars -
Cents per annum, to commence on 
the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 
6 day of Janury 1849
and sent to 
P.M Irving
New York City
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act 
February 7, 1848, page 69 vol 4.
Reflects Janury 6/49
(listed sideways) - Date of death not on AB

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State of Connecticut County of Litchfield} for Kent

On this 10th day of June AD 1840
Personally appeared before the Court of Probate for the District of Kent in e County and state aforesaid Amelia Freeman a resident of Kent in the County of Litchfield and State of Connecticut aged seventy four years who being first duly sworn according to law doh on her oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 7th 1838 entitled "An act granting half pay and Pensions to certain widows"

That she is the widow of Cuff Freeman formerly of said Kent who was a private in the war of the Revolution she further declares that she was married

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to the said Cuff Freeman in March in the year seventeen hundred and eighty nine. That her husband the aforesaid Cuff Freeman died on the Twelveth [twelfth] day of July Eighteen hundred. That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the first of January Seventeen hundred and ninety four (uz) at the time above stated

Amelia X Freeman [the words "her mark" are written above and below the X between Amelia Freeman respectively]

In the presence of 
Rollen Slade
Rufus Fuller Jr

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before
Matthew P. Perry Judge of Probate
for the District of Kent

[A stamp that says "KENT PROBATE" is on the lower left side of the page.]

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Extract from the Town Record of the Town of Kent in the County of Litchfield and State of Connecticut.

Cuff Freeman and Amelia were joined together in marriage March One thousand seven hundred Eighty nine by Jedediah Hubbal Justice of peace

Deriah Daughter to the above married persons was born February fourteenth seventeen hundred ninety.
Clarrissa their daughter born Nov. Twenty eight seventeen hundred ninety four.
Cuff Franklin their son was born July Twenty six Eighteen hundred.
Cuff Freeman departed this life July Twelveth [twelfth] Eighteen hundred.

I certify that the above is a true copy of the record with the exeption of the dates which are expressed on the record in fair legible figures as follows - "1789' - "14th 1790" - "28 1794" - "26, 1800" - "12th 1800" - Rufus Fuller Jun. Town Clerk of the Town of Kent

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I Rufus Fuller Jun. before named depose and say, That I hold the Office of Town Clerk in the Town of Kent in the County and State aforesaid, and that the foregoing on the preceding Page is a true extract from the records of said Town of Kent, with the exception on said Page, as certified by me.

Kent June 10th AD 1840 - Rufus Fuller Jr Town Clerk of the Town of Kent

Sworn before me Matthew T Barnum Justice of the Peace

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I, ROYAL R. HINMAN, Secretary of the State of Connecticut, and keeper of the Seal thereof, do here-by [hereby] certify and make known to whom it doth or may concern, 
THAT Matthew T Barnum Esq
is
and for more than six months last past, has been a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Litchfield in said State, duly appointed, commissioned and qualified, having full power and authority, by he laws of said State, to take the acknowledgment of Deeds and to certify the same; also to administer oaths to witnesses and to take Affidavits
and Depositions out of Court, and to give certificates thereof; and that full faith and credit may and ought to be given to the official acts and attestation of the said Barnum
in Court and Country.

In testimony whereof, I have, in my capacity of Secretary as aforesaid, hereunto set my Hand, and af-fixd [affixed] the Seal of said State, at the City of Hartford, in said State, the eighteenth day of June in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and forty.

And I certify that the signature of said Barnum
hereunto annexed is genuine.

[signature of Royal R. Hinman] Secretary.

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[underline] 7147 [/underline]

Hon. Jos. Trumbull
HR

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I Adonijah Pangman of Cornwall County of Litchfield and State of Connecticut being Eighty one years of age depose and say that I was formerly a Soldier in the Revolutionary War that I am a pensioner of the United States that I was formerly acquainted with Cuff - Freeman of Kent in the County and State aforesaid that I was well [unsure] with him while in the Revolutionary army that I knew of his serving in the Revolutionary Army for the period of three years that I served in the same Regiment with him the whole time and saw him almost daily during that period that said Cuff Freeman served in Colo Herman Swift's Regiment under said Colonel Swift and under Lieutenant Colonel Josiah Starr and Major Sedgwick that according to the best of my recolection under Captain Hall and Lieutenant Samuel Barnum that he returned to said Kent after and resided there some years.
[signature of Adonijah Pangman]
In presence of 
Asa Slade
Matthew Barnum

State of Connecticut County of Litchfield} Ss at Kent this 6th day of December AD 1839

Personally appeared Adonijah Pangman signer of the foregoing deposition known to me as a eriditable witness who after being duly cautioned and sworn  according to law made solem [solemn] oath to the truth of the facts therein stated -
before Mr. Matthew T. Barnum
Justice of the Peace

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Comptroller Office
Hartford Connt [Connecticut]
June 18, 1840

I certify that the following proof of service of Cuff Freeman in serving in The War of The Revolution is found on the records in this office.

Connecticut line of the Continental Service Vol. 1st Page 47

Settlement with the 7th Connecticut RegT [regiment] Hon [illegible] Swift Esq Col. [unsure] January 1780

Cuff Freeman private commenced service Sept. 4th 1777 Time of this settlement January 1st 1780
Term of service 2 years 2 months & 27 days until [word that follows is difficult to read due either to being intentionally crossed out or smudged] Draft 59 11 4 -

Vol. 1st Page 231

Cuff Freeman private commenced service January 1780 time of settlement January 1st 1781 Term of service 1 year until [illegible] 24 . 18 . 1 -

Henry Kilbourn Comptroller

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her WIDOW, &c.
[divider line]

[text partially cut off] le No. 19298
Amelia Freeman
widow of
Cuff Freeman
Priv Rev War

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Act Feb 2d 48
[partially cut off] ndex [Index]: - Vol. A, Page 254

[Arrangement of 1870.]

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Hon J Trumbull
AR

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New York - 689
City Agency
[divider line]

Amelia Freeman widow of Cuff Freeman who was a private in the Connecticut line

[divider line]
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 - Dollars [blank line] Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
[divider line] 
Certificate of Pension issued the 1st: day of July, 1843 and sent to P.M. Irving, 15 1/2. Wall Street
New - York

[divider line]
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A
Vol. 1 - Page 106

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5559
Connecticut
[divider line]

Amelia Freeman widow of Cuff Freeman, dec ? [crossed out] who was a pensioner under the Act of [/crossed out] and who died on the 12 July 1800 of Litchfield in the State of Conn. who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Hall of the regt commanded by Col Swift in the Conn. line for 2 years.
[divider line]

Inscribed on the Roll of Conn. at the rate of 80 dollars [blank line] Center per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
[divider line]

Certificate of Pension issued on the 25 day of June 1840, & sent to Hon Jos. Trumbull, House of Reps
[divider line]

Arrears to the 4th of Mar 1840 $320.00
Semi=annual allowance ending 4 Sep '40 $40.00
[sum line]
$360.00

{Act July 7, 1838.}

Recorded by D.M. Curdy, Clerk,
Book A. Vol. 1. Page 180.

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Hon.. Joseph Trumbull
Member of Congress

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[incomplete transcription]
West Hartford
June 18th 1840

Dear Sir

I forward you herewith the documents in support of the claims of Amelia Freeman the widow of Cuff Freeman for a pension under the Act of 1838 & wish you to do me the favor to submit it to the pension office and ask for me in as [unsure] action upon it.

It was just to me by a [unsure]

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New York, May 1, 1843

Sir

I herewith transmit application of Mrs A=melia [Amelia] Freeman for an additional year's pension under Act March 3, 1843. Mrs. F has removed from Connecticut to this pension district and wishes her pension to be made payable here.

Very respectfully
Your obedient servant
Pierce M Irving
15th Mar 12. 

J. L Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City

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Cuff Freeman d 1800
Amelia m '89 s

5 years .  Cat Swift
Cap Hall

on roll for war -

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7147

Amelia Freeman
and of Cuff
Conn
Act July 7, 1838
Married 1789
died 1800
[unsure of this word, "Allers"?] $80 per ann
2 p. Conn line 
on roll [illegible]

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Amelia Freeman
[separating line drawn]
Application for a pension under Act 2d February, 1848
[separating line drawn]

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State of New York Dutchess County ss}

On this 28th day of July in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty eight, before one, William Homan - a Justice of the Peace in and for said county, duly authorized by law to administer oaths, formally appeared Aemlia Freeman, a resident of the town of Fishkill in said county of Dutchess, aged about Eighty years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, [arth?] on her oath made the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the pension made by the Act of Congress, passed on the 2d February, 1848, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the revolutionary war: that this is the widow of Cuff Freeman who was a Private in the war of the revolution and that she received a pension at the New York city agency under the Act of 17th June, [1844?], of Eighty dollars per annum.

She further declares that she is still a widow. 

Amelia X Freeman
[the words "her mark" are written above and below (respectively) the X in between Amelia and Freeman]

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me
[signature of William Homan] Justice of the peace
[illegible] as well

I, the above magistrate, certify that the above named declarant is personally known to me, and that she is the same individual who anew [unsure] in as stated by her in the foregoing declaration.

[signature of Wiliam Homan] Justice of the peace

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[illustration of an eagle holding a banner that reads "E PLURIBUS UNUM" in its beak]

State of New York, County of Dutchess, ss.

I, Joseph T. Adriance, Clerk of the County of Dutchess, DO CERTIFY, that William Homan Esq whose name is subrscribed to the annexed Affidavit and certificate was at the time of taking such affidavit an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, dwelling in the said County, duly Elected & sworn and duly authorized to take the same

AND FURTHER, That I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice and verily believe that the signature to the said affidavit & certificate is genuine.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my Hand, and affixed the Seal of the said County, the twenty third day of August A. D. 1848 - 
[signature of Joseph T. Adriance], Clerk. 

[the faded Seal of Dutchess County, new York is visible on the lower left of the page]

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798

Admit, private $80.
New York City Agency
Send to
P.M. Irving
15 1/2 Wall Street
N.Y.

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[underline] Declaration [/underline]

In order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress of the 3d March 1842, granting pensions for one year to certain widows who have received pension under the Act of July 7, 1838.

[two lines drawn as a divider]

State of New York, Duchess County} js.
On this twentieth first day of April A D 1843 formally appeared before the subscribed, a justice of the peace of the said County. Amelia Freeman, formerly of Connecticut, but now a resident of Fishkill, Dutchess County, State of New York, aged Seventy Seven years, who being forth duly sworn, according to law, doth in her oath made the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the [pension?], made by the Act of Con=gress [Congress], passed on the 3d March, 1843, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War. That she is the widow of Cuff Freeman, who was a Private in the Revo=lution [Revolution], and died on the 12th day of July, 1800; that she received a pension of Eighty Dollars per an=num [annum] under the Act of July 7th, 1838, as will [unsure] fully appear by the certificate of pension hereunto annexed; that said pension was paid to her at the Connecticut Agency.

She further declares that she is still a widow. 

Amelia X Freeman
[the words "her mark" are written around the X in between Mrs. Freeman's first and last name]

Sworn to and subscribed on the day & year above written before me
William Homan [illegible] Hon.
Justice of the Peace

I hereby certify that I am formally acquainted with the above deponent, who is a colored woman, & that I know her to be the identical Amelia Freeman

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described in her affidavit. Dated April 21st April 1842
WM  Homan
Justice of the Peace

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[illustration of an eagle carrying a banner saying "E PLURIBUS UNUM" in its beak]

STATE OF NEW-YORK, County of Duchess.} SS.

I, Robert Mitchell, Clerk of the County of Duchess, DO HEREBY CERTIFY, That William Homan Esquire, whose name is subscribed to the Certificate of the attestation of the annexed affidavit was at the firm when its said affidavit purports to have been Subscribed & Sworn an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, dwelling in the said County, duly elected and sworn.

AND FURTHER, That I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice and verily believe that the signature to the said Certificate of attestation is genuine. 

In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the said County, the 21st day of April A.D. 1843
[signature of Robert Mitchell], Clerk.

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Payment to be made at Hartford by A.H. Pomroy Agent for paying pension=ers [pensioners], in the Agency of Connecticut


Payable on the 4th March and 4th September in each year. First payment to be made on the 4th day of Septr next.

Recorded in the Pension Office, in Book A. Vol. 1 Page 180, by 
D McCurdy
Clerk.

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WAR DEPARTMENT.
Five years' Pension.

I certify that in conformity with the act of July 7, 1838, Amelia Freeman of Connecticut, widow of Cuff Freeman, deceased, who was a private in the Revolution and died on the 12th day of July 1800, is entitled to receive five years' pension at the rate of Eighty dollars [crossed out] and [blank line] cents [/cross out] per annum, commencing on the fourth day of March, 1836; and in case of the death or marriage of said widow before the expiration of said five years, will cease on the day of such marriage or death.

Given at the War Office of the United States, this twenty fifth day of June one thousand eight hundred and forty.
[signature of J.R. Poinsett]
Secretary of War.

Examined and Countersigned.}
[signature of JL Edwards]
Commissioner of Pensions.

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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Form VAM-51
12-5-41

Division of Veterans' Administration Archives

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*

NAME 
Freeman, Cuffee (Cuff)
GRADE 
Private
LINE 
Connecticut

WARRANT NUMBER
5811
ACREAGE
100
ISSUED
Apr. 1, 1790
to - not shown -

[small straight line]

*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776 and subse-quent [subsequent] dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.