Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 38711, Charles Freeman, R.I.

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(3--1776)

SERVICE
R.I.

Freeman, Charles

NUMBER
S.38711

CONTENTS

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6241.
Rhode Island

Charles Freeman
Colo [illegible] Private 3 years, 1780 war
Rhode Island line
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.

Inscribed on the Roll of Rhode Island at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 2d of April 1818

Certificate of Pension issued the 1st of Feby 1819 and sent to Benjamin Cowell Esqr
Providence R.I.

Arrears to the 4th of Sepr 1818 5 mo 3/30 = 40" 80.
Semi-anl all'ce ending 4th Mar. 1819 = 48"
$88"80

{Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818.}
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Notification sent July 3d, 1820 to Benjamin Cowell Esq
Clk &c
Providence, Rhode Island

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Charles Freeman
Charles Freeman prvt
Angel's R. Island Regt
Service from '80 to '83
[illegible]
The judges certify that as to reduced circumstances [illegible]

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I certify, That the bearer, Charles Freeman, on the second day of March 1780 enlisted for and during the War, into Colonel Israel Angell's Regiment, in the Rhode-Island Line, on the Continental Establishment; That he served in said Regiment, while commanded by said Colonel Angell, afterwards by Colonel Christopher Greene and lastly by Colonel Jeremiah Olney, in the character or capacity of a Drummer or Musician, from the time of his inlistment [enlistment] as aforesaid until the fifteenth day of June 1783, where he received a furlough granted in pursuance of a General Order issued by General Washington on the second day of June 1783, which eventuated in a discharge from said Regiment then commanded by the said Jeremiah Olney at Saratoga in the State of New York; _ All which appear by the Regimental Book of Occurrences now in my profession.

Providence April 2nd. 1818. -
Jno Dexter Major of the Rh. Island
Regiment at the close of the War.

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I Charles Freeman of North Providence in the District of Rhode Island on solemn oath do declare & say that the facts contained in the with [within] certificate are true, that the furlough alluded to is now lost - which was all the discharge I received I further declare that I am now in reduced circumstances & stand in need of the assistance of my country according to the late act of Congress
Charles Freeman

Rhode Island District &c
Be it remembered that on this second day of April AD 1818 - came before me the above named Charles Freeman & made solemn oath to the truth of the above declaration by him subscribed -

In witness whereof I have hereto set my hand & have caused the seal of the District Court for said District to be hereto affixed.
David Howell
District Judge.

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The signature of the Judge and the seal of the District Court of the United States are hereto affixed -
Witness Benjamin Cowell
Clk of Dis Court

April 2 - 1818

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Charles Freeman
6241
1 Feby 1819

(March 1819.)

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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
RHODE-ISLAND DISTRICT.
Providence, sc.   District Court, [handwritten] Special [printed] Term, [handwritten] June Fifth [printed] A.D. 1820

On this [handwritten] fifth [printed] day of [handwritten] June 1820, [printed] personally appeared in open Court, being a Court of Record within and for [handwritten] said District  Charles Freeman [printed] aged [handwritten] 56 [printed] years, residing in the town of [handwritten] Providence [printed] in said [handwritten] District County [printed] who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare, that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows: 
[handwritten] That he served in Col. Angells [illegible] ...regiments in the Army of the United States. Rhode Island [illegible], about three years
[printed] that he made a previous declaration on the [handwritten] second [printed] day of [handwritten] [illegible] 1819 [9 crossed out], and that he has received a certificate for a pension, being No. [handwritten] 6941 [printed] And I do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen; and that I have not since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner whatever, 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 eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen: 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.

[signed] Charles Freeman

[printed] A SCHEDULE of Property and Income (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) of [handwritten] Charles Freeman [illegible] Other than the above I have no property and this declare and further saith that he is a Stone Cutter by profession, but in consequence of being partially blind, he has not been able to follow that business for nine years last past that is he dependent on the pension hitherto [illegible], he must depend on charity

[signed] Charles Freeman

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Revolutionary War Records Section
MMHS [handwritten initials]
S. 387# [handwritten]

3-525
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D.C., [handwritten] May 18, 1923

In reply to your request of ______, for the history of [handwritten] Charles Freeman, [typed] a soldier of the Revolutionary War, the following is taken from the [handwritten] soldier's [typed] claim for pension.

[table headers]
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.
LENGTH OF SERVICE.
RANK.
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
COLONEL.
STATE.

[handwritten]
Mch 2, 1780 to June 15, 1783
Drummer
[check mark under "CAPTAIN." heading]
Israel Angell
Christopher Greene
Jeremiah Olney
R.I.

[printed] Battles engaged in, [handwritten] none stated
[printed] Residence of soldier at enlistment, [handwritten] not stated
[printed] Date of application for pension, [handwritten] Apr. 2, 1818. [illegible]
[printed] Residence at date of application, [handwritten] North Providence, R.I.
[printed] Age at date of application, [handwritten] Aged 56 in 1820.
[printed] Remarks: [handwritten] No family data on file.

[printed] Respectfully, 
Commissioner.

Government Printing Office

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[handwritten upper left] E. A. Morse, M.E.L.

[handwritten] 38711

INVALID.
[illegible - Reery?]

File No. [handwritten] 38,711
Charles Freeman
Pri Rev War

Act: 18th March 18th

Index: - Vol. 3, Page 179

(Arrangement of 1870.)

[handwritten upper right]
Aug. 12/93
Canton,
23-May 18- Hi
McKinley

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May 7, 1923

Bureau of Pensions,
Washington,
D. C.

Dear Sirs:-
Will you kindly furnish the undersigned with a copy of the service record,which is on file in the War Department or in your particular Bureau, of Charles Freeman whom I understand was in the United States Army with a Rhode Island Regiment during the Revolutionary war. His residence at that time was Providence, Rhode Island.
Your courtesy in this connection will be appreciated.
Very truly yours,
Edward J
Assistant to the Income Tax Director

DJM/MFG

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The Deposition of Sylvester Sprague of Providence in the State of Rhode Island, who being engaged according to law says that he is personally well acquainted with Charles Freeman of North Providence in [illegible] State an applicant for a [illegible] - that from his knowledge of [illegible] Freeman, he verily believes him now to be in "indigent circumstances" and discovering his [illegible] of his country - that this [illegible] has known him for the last fifteen years - and during all that time he believes him to have been entirely destitute of property [illegible] Freeman has been industrious and hard working but never has been able to accumulate as this defendent believes, anything more than merely a living and hardly that, -

Sylvester Sprague

[second handwriting]
Rhode Island District L
I certify that on this twenty second day of January 1819 personally appeared before me the above named Sylvester Sprague and made oath to the truth of the above disposition by him above signed. 

Witness Benjamin Cowell
[illegible] of the Div. Court 
R.I. District

[third handwriting]
Rhode Island District 22 Jan 1819.
The appearance to us by the above deposition and otherwise that of Charles Freeman is in reduced circumstances and ready the [illegible] of his Country after his support.

David Howell
District Judge
Hon: Sec'y at War,