Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 4829, Solomon Truman, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Class.
Truman, Solomon      No. 4829 or Truman      B.L.Wt. 29043-160-55
B. L. Wt. 29043-160-55
CONTENTS
Lodema or Lodema
This Envelope Includes
FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER
Received from GAO

Dead Paid at the Treasury under the act of the 6 th April 1838 from 4 Sept 1836 to the 18 Dec 1836 the day of his death. Aged No. 16 Jan 1837. —
died in Dec. 1836
24870
New York
Solomon Newman of Lewis Co in the State of New York who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Bacon of the Regt commanded by Col Fellows in the Mass. line for 13 months.
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 43 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 17 day of Mar 1834 and sent to Hon A (Mann) Ho. Rep.
Arrears to the 4th of Mar 34 $129 99 Semi-ann. allowance ending 4 Sep 34 21.66 $151.65
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Jno Cromwell Clerk, Book E Vol. 4 Page 82

State of New York County of Lewis } ss
On this 20 th day of September 1832 person- ally appeared before the Judge of the Court of common Pleas Solomon Tuman a resident of Watrous in the County of Lewis and state of New York aged Seventy five years who being duly duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the Year 1775 with Captain William Bacon and served in the Regiment commanded by Col Ezra Fellows in the Massachusetts line under the following Officers Viz Col Ezra Fellows Major Tupper Capt W m Bacon, Lieut John Hubbard and Ensign Michael Loomis under which Officers he served nine Months . And this deponent further says that he again entered the Army as a substitute for Simon Willard who was drafted and served under the following Officers. Viz Major Rosette Capt Enoch Noble, Lieutenant Jeremiah Hovey & Ensign Asa Ken Hubbard, under which Officers he served three Months — That he again entered the service as a Min- ute Man upon an alarm under Capt Ephraim Fitch and served one Month but was not attached to any particular Regiment — and that he again enlisted as a teamster to transport government Stores under Capt Oliver Rice and served one year — That he resided in the town of Egremont County of Berkshire & State of Massachusetts at the several different times that he entered the service — That he left the army at the expiration of his first engagement at Roxbury near Boston in Massachusetts on the 1 st of Jan y 1776. at his second engagement he believes he entered the service

in April 1777 about the time of the destruction of Danbury — That he was in several skirmishes — was near the White Plains at the time of the battle there but was not in any general engagement. That in his first campaign he was in the vicinity of Boston. That in his second campaign he marched to Danbury in Connecticut. From thence to Horse Neck. From thence to Voluntine Hills where Gen Washington was met with his Army from New York. From thence to the White Plains & its vicinity where he remained until the expiration of his engagement. That in his third engagement in the service (being as a teamster) he transported a Hogshead of Rum from Old Hadley in Massachusetts to Ticonderoga in New York and returned with a load of Hides belonging to government to the City of Albany — Also carried a load of Flour from Sheffield in Massachusetts to Paultit in Vermont. Transported from Salisbury in Connecticut to Albany aforesaid a quantity of Cannon Balls &c. and from Sheffield aforesaid to Albany aforesaid at various times a quantity of provisions consisting principally of Flour & Pork and some Beef together with such other transporting as he was directed to perform from time to time by his Captain for the term of one year agreeable to enlistment. but cannot remember whether the same was in the Continental or State troops. — That the time of his fourth engagement in the service (being as a Minute Man) was spent in and about the aforesaid Town of Egremont; And further this deponent says that he was afterwards several times partially engaged in the service by Alarming to the precise time so spent not being recollected. And said deponent further states that he

was born in the Town of Egremont County of Berkshire and State of Massachusetts aforesaid on the 13 th day of Feby 1757. That he knows of no record of his age That he resided in his native town at the several different times he entered the service and that he has resided in many different places since the revolutionary war among which are Hillsdale Colum- bia County N.Y. Paris Oneida Co N.Y. and now in Watrous Lewis Co. N.Y. That he was first called into the service by enlistment Secondly as a substitute for Simon Willard - Thirdly by enlistment as a teamster . Fourthly as a Minute Man and fifthly by alarms &c. That he cannot now particularise by number any Continental or Militia Regiment to which he was attached altho he distinctly recollects the regimental officers above mentioned - That he thinks Gen Sullivan commanded one Brigade at the battle at Brooklyn and is sure that Gen Putnam was with the army while he (this deponent) was at Boston - and further that this deponent never received a written discharge & knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his services and that he has not now any documentary evidence of the same - and that he mentions the names of the Rev Isaac Clinton and Esq Benjamin who can testify to his character for veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity except the present. & declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the Agency of any State Sworn to and subscribed } Solomon Drown the day & year aforesaid } Carlos F. Scott Clerk

We Isaac Clinton a Clugyman. residing in the Town of Powville Lewis County W. And Jesse Benjamin residing in the town of Martinsburg same County (And Revolutionary Soldier) hereby certify. That we are well acquainted with Solomon Truman who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be Seventy five years of age. That he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides. to have been a revolutionary soldier. And that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn. and Subscribed the day & Year aforesaid Carlos P. Scovel Clerk
Isaac Clinton Jesse Benjamin
And the said court do hereby declare this opinion. After the investigation of the matter. and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department. that the above named Applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And the court further certifies. that it appears to them that Isaac Clinton who has signed the preceding certificate is a clugyman resident in Powville aforesaid & that Jesse Benjamin who has also signed the same is a resident in the town of Martinsburg aforesaid and is a credible person and that this statement is entitled to credit.
I Carlos P. Scovel Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Solomon Truman for a pension.
In testimony whereof. I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of Office this 20 th day of Sept 1832.

Charles P. Loring Clerk
State of New York
Saris County
} ss.
I certify that on the 20 th day of May 1833 personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace of said County, Solomon Truman who being duly sworn, deposes and saith that by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below and in the following grades - That he served as a private nine months at one time, three months at another time and one month at another & subsequent time and as much as two months called out at different times on alarms as a private, as stated (except as to the time called out on alarms) in his declaration. Solomon Truman
I certify that on the 20 th day of May 1833 personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace of the County of Saris Solomon Truman and made oath in due form of law to the truth of the preceding affidavit
Orin Wilson Justice Peace

Clerks Office Lewis County pp
I Carlos P. Leon Clerk of the said County do hereby certify that Onis Walker Esq. before whom the within affidavit purports to have been sworn was on the day of the date of the same said affidavit a Justice of the peace in and for said County dwelling in said County duly commissioned and sworn and further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said Justice and only claim that the signature Onis Walker Subscription within to be his own proper hand writing - Given under my hand and seal of office this 27 th day of May 1833
Carlos P. Leon Clerk
12.211
12.211

Reported
1806, P.H. 4806
Ohio
Lodema Truman widow of Solomon Truman who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 43 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 14th day of May, 1849 and sent to
J. Heathaway Chardon, Ohio.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 364 Vol. 4

N 7631 Lodema Truman
New York
7 July, 1838
v 1836 Z Knoxatty Lowville N.Y.
Act 7 July 1838.

State of Ohio Wayne County ss
Before me John Paul one of the Justices of the peace for said County personally came Shubal Chapman who being duly sworn according to law deposeth and saith that sometime in the year A.D. 1791 I Shubal Chapman was present at the Marriage of Solomon Truman with Loderna Chapman I witnessed the ceremony I lived near neighbor to them and knew them to live together as man and wife for many years I knew the above named Solomon Truman to have been in the vicinity of a person from the United States for 2 or 3 years previous to his death.
The marriage above reference to took place in the Town of Spencer in the State of New York
And further this deponent saith not
Shubal Chapman
Sworn to and subscribed before me at the County aforesaid this 12 th day of Nov. 1837
John Paul Justice of the peace

The State of Ohio Wayne County ss
I Samuel V. Vorah Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said County of Wayne, do hereby certify that John Paul Esq. before whom it appears the within Affidavit was taken, was, at the time of taking the same an acting justice of the peace within and for said County, duly Commissioned and qualified according to law, and that full faith and credit is, or of right ought to be given, to all his official acts, given as such, as well in courts of law as thereout.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of said Court, at Wooster, this 19th day of November A.D. 1839.
Samuel V. Vorah Clerk

State of New York County of Livingston ss. On this 23 rd day of July in the year 1840. Personally appeared before the Hon. Amasa Dodge Jr. a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of the said County. Lodema Truman a resident of Canaan in the County of Wayne and State of Ohio aged sixty eight years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 7. 1838. entitled "an act granting half pay and pension to certain widows":
That she is the widow of Solomon Truman who was a Pensioner of the United States under the act of 1832. & drew the sum of Forty three Dollars and thirty three cents as near as she can now recollect.
She further declares that she was married to the said Solomon Truman on the 12 th day of October in the year One thousand eight Hundred and ninety one and that her husband the aforesaid Solomon Truman died on the 18 th day of December 1836.
That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the Service but the marriage took place previous to the first of January Eighteen Hundred & ninety four or at the time stated.
She further declares that she has no Records evidences of her marriage & must rely on the evidence of her brother Shubal Chapman hereto annexed.
That she was married in Spencertown, in the State of New York by the Rev. Nathaniel Kellogg. That said Kellogg has since removed from said town & that she does not know where he resides or whether

he is living, at this time -
Subscribed & sworn to day & year above written }
before me Amasa Doolittle Jr. a Judge of Lewis County Court
Sodema his Freeman mark
I certify that on the 23 rd day of July 1840 personally appeared before me Sodema Freeman above named who would be unable to appear in open court to make a declaration by reason of age & consequent infirmities, & subscribed & sworn to the above declaration - Amasa Doolittle Jr.

State of New York
Seneca County ss. Thomas Puffer of Watson in said County being duly sworn doth depose & say that he was well acquainted with Solomon Furman who formerly resided in said Town of Watson, and died in the State of Ohio on the 18 th day of December 1836. & that he was acquainted with him for many years & knows that he was a Perseverer of the United States. That Solomon Furman was as this deponent verily believes his lawful wife. & that she still remains his widow having never married since his death.
Thomas Puffer
Subscribed & sworn this 23 rd day of July 1840 before me Amasa Doolittle a Judge of Seneca County Courts
I certify that Thomas Puffer herein who has subscribed & sworn to the above affidavit is a person of truth & veracity & his statements entitled to credit. Amasa Doolittle

State of New York Lewis County ss Clerks Office
I Carlos P. Scovel Clerk of said County and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said County do hereby certify that Amasa Dodye Jr Esquire before whom the within Declaration & affidavit was made was on the day of the date of the same a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Lewis at said Commission & sworn & duly qualified and further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said Judge and truly believe his signature subscribed to said Declaration & affidavit is genuine - Given under my hand & seal of said County & Court this 28 th day of July 1840 C. P. Scovel Clerk

Cu: D.L. Blakeslee, Feb: 5/5 6 1878 apr 27. to Painesville & Green City - see insert
Vol. I. 139. - 0
126.6/76 } Act. Mar. 37 Sodoma } May 10 18/55
Sodoma Truman, wid of Solomon Truman, Prior
Capt. Truman. Col.
Widow has been pensioned Rev. 4.806. c
✓ Rev. War,
Ohio Feb 48-4806
W. Woodall, M.D. 250/52 [Signature]
Daniel L. Blakeslee Lodi Medina Co.

State of Ohio County of Medina On this 1 st day of May A.D. 1855 personally appeared before me Justice of the Peace within and for said County and State Lodowica Freeman aged 83 years, a resident of Harrisville in Medina County and State of Ohio, who being duly sworn according to law declares that she is the identical person named in the original certificate in her application of which I certify the following is a True Copy.
Department of the Interior Widows Pension
I certify that in conformity with the Act of February 2 nd 1848, Lodowica Freeman of Ohio widow of Solomon Freeman, who was a private in the Revolutionary War, is inscribed on the Pension list at the rate of forty three dollars and thirty three cents per annum, commencing on the 1 st of March 1848, and continuing for life unless she should again marry; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage.
Given at the Department of the Interior this 14 th
Seal No 4806 day of May one thousand eight hundred and forty nine
Countersigned
J. L. Edwards, Commissioner of Pensions
T. Ewing Secretary of the Interior

Recorded in the Pension Office on the Roll of Pensioners under act February 2 nd 1848 - Page 364 Vol. 4.
She further State that she is still a widow as will appear by the affidavits of Albert Brainerd and Polly Brainerd their being my public or private record of marriage - She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which she may be entitled under the act of March 3 rd 1855 for the military service of her said husband in the War of the Revolution, for which she has never received nor applies for any Bounty Land under this or any other act of Congress.
L. Lodema Tushman
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year before written. And I hereby certify that I personally know said Lodema Tushman was that she is the identical person named in the original certificate described and copied on the foregoing page. Also that I have no interest in said claim. Frederick Daniel Justice of the peace

We Albert Brainard and Polly Brainard residents of Harrisville in Medina county, Ohio upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Solomon Truman in our presence and that we personally knew Solomon Truman while living and that for many years he lived with said Solomon Truman as her husband and are fully believe they were married about the year AD 1798 from which time they lived together (as we believe) till his death which was on the 18 th day of December AD 1836 and that she is still a widow, and that she is the identical person named in the original Certificate in her possession of which a copy is given on the foregoing pages also that we have no interest in her said claim.
Albert Brainard Polly Brainard
The above affidavit was sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year before written, and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons. Frederick Daniels Justice of the peace

126.6/6.
The State of Ohio ss I Oscar S. Woodring Clerk of the Medina County P. Court of Common Pleas of the county and State aforesaid do hereby certify that Frederick Daniels whose genuine signature before appears is and was at the time of signing the same a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly commissioned and sworn and authorized to administer oaths for general purposes & that full faith and credit are due & should be given to all his official acts & that the aforesaid Court is a Court of Record having general jurisdiction I also certify that I have no interest in the result of the case and am not concerned in its prosecution Given under my hand and the seal of our said Court at Medina the 11th day of May AD 1855 Oscar S. Woodring Clerk
Any communication touching this claim please send to
Daniel L. Blakeston
Lodi Medina County Ohio

(DUPLICATE.)
Pension Agency.
Cleveland, March 27 th 1863
Received of AUGUST THIEME, Agent for paying Pensions at Cleveland, Ohio, Twenty one Dollars 86 Cents, being for 6 months, 10 days pension due to Lodema Truman from the 10 day of Septm 1862 to the 10 day of March 1863, for which I have signed duplicate receipts.
George C. F. Hayne
No. _____
State of Ohio } CUYAHOGA COUNTY, SS. }
BE IT KNOWN, that on the 27 th day of March
1863, before me, August Thieme , PENSION AGENT, duly authorized by law to administer oaths, personally appeared George C. F. Hayne the Attorney named in the foregoing power of Attorney, and made oath that he has no interest whatever in the money he is authorized to receive, by virtue of the foregoing power of Attorney, either by any pledge, mortgage, sale, assignment or transfer, and that he does not know or believe that the same has been so disposed of to any person whatever.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year last above mentioned.
Geo C. F. Hayne
Before me, A. Thieme Pension Agent.

FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER
Received from GAO

No 3. 2 $21. \frac{66}{100} Widow's Claim. Act Febr. 2. 1848. Lodema Freeman from Sep 20. 1862 to March 4 1863.
FISCAL PAYMENT VOUCHER
Received from GAO

State of Ohio
Medina County ss
Be it known that before me Mr. W. W. Prentice a justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, duly authorized by Law to administer Oaths, personally appeared Sedema Freeman and made Oath in due form of Law that she is the identical person named in the original Certificate in her possession of which, I certify, the following is a true copy
Department of the Interior. Widows pensions I certify that in conformity with the act of February 2 nd 1842, Sedema Freeman, of Ohio Widow of Solomon Freeman who was a Private in the Revolutionary War is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of Forty three Dollars and thirty three cents per Annum, Commencing on the 4 th of March 1842, and continuing for life, unless she should again Marry in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such Marriage
(LS)
Given at the Department of the Interior this 14 th day of May, one thousand eight hundred, and forty nine!
T. Ewing Secretary of the Interior
Examined and Countersigned J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions
That she has not intermarried, but continues the widow of the above mentioned Solomon Freeman. And that she now resides in the Township of Harrisville in Medina County and State of Ohio and has resided there for the space of about eight years past, and that previous thereto she resided in the Township of Lafayette County and State aforesaid

of the truth of which statements I am fully satisfied, In presence of { P.O. Lodi, her Sodema X Freeman Albert R. Brainerd Medina Co. O. marks Polly Brainerd sworn to and subscribed this fourth day of March A.D. 1863. before me Wm W. Prentice J.P.
Know all men by these presents that Sodema Freeman of Garusville a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States do hereby constitute and appoint George C. Mayal my true and lawful Attorney for me and in my name to receive from the Agent of the United States for paying Pensions in Cleveland, State of Ohio. My Pension from the fourth of September 1862. to the fourth of March A.D. 1863. Witness my hand and seal this 4 th day of March A.D. 1863. Sealed and delivered in presence of { Albert R. Brainerd { Polly Brainerd { Sodema her X Freeman marks
The State of Ohio Medina County, fs. Be it known that on the 4 th day of March 1863 before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly authorized by Law to administer Oaths per- sonally appeared Sodema Freeman above named and acknowledged the foregoing power of Attorney to be her act and deed. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand the day and Year last above mentioned - Wm W. Prentice J.P.

State of Ohio, Harrisville Township, Medina County p. 8.
I do solemnly swear that I will support, protect, and defend the Constitution and Government of the United States against all enemies, whether domestic or foreign, and that I will bear true faith, allegiance, and loyalty to the same; any ordinance, resolution, or law of any State Convention or Legislature to the contrary notwithstanding, and, further that I will do this with a full determination, pledge, and purpose without any mental reservation or evasion whatsoever, and, further, that I will well and faithfully perform all the duties which may be required of me by Law. So help me God,
Lodema his X Freeman marks
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 14 th day of March A.D. 1863 Wm W. Prentice J.P.
The State of Ohio Medina County ss
Asaph Sweraw Jr Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of State aforesaid do certify that Wm W. Prentice is a Justice of the Peace duly Commissioned & qualified. That his Commission was dated on the 12 th day of April A.D. 1861, and will expire on the 12 th day of April A.D. 1864, and that his signature above written is genuine.
Given under my hand and the Seal of this Court this 9 th day of March A.D. 1863
Asaph Sweraw Jr Clerk
FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER
Received from GAO

13 2A Truman St. Louis Mo. St. Louis Mo. Lewis 6" N.Y. etc.
5
P. 371
4 May 33
I. Jarvis Lowville Lewis co. N.Y.

BRIEF in the case of Solomon Freeman of Lewis in the State of New York (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Open Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 75 years  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days. As a Gen.     In 1775— 9 Private Capt Bacon Col. Follens   " 3 " Capt Noble Col. of Rofett   Sub 1777 1 — " Capt Fitch Col. of Rofett   1 " Teamster   Team service not allowed  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? None  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Berkshire Co Mass a  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditionary  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct. Report not attested 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Richard Mott Examining Clerk.

✓ 29.043
5 New Am

7631.
Lodema Truman
N. York.
Let. to L. Knapp, Feb. 26, 1841.
let. to April '42 Hon.
E. Dean
Rejected
See let 13 June 1842 C.
Houghton.
to same 27 March 1843. let to Am. J. M. Beck Mar 3 1846.
Art 7 July 1838

New York Rev.:
Solomon Freeman Suspended lot. to Classis 12 Augt. 1833.
letter 20 p. 34 to Hon a man
adm d
Act. 7 June 32

No 7631
Sodema Truman NY
Respectfully Set to L. Knott July 26 th 1841 " " Hon E. Dean April 15 '42 " " O Houghton June 13. '42 " " Same March 27 '43 " " Hon J. M. Root March 3 '46 Hon. D. R. Field. July 1. 1846 abt to H. Canfield Sept 11. 1846. to Jasus Hallaway Feb 15 '47 at to Same Sept 13 '47 Act 7 July 1838

Columbia County, } ss. Clerk's Office, }
I, James Storm
Clerk of the County of Columbia,
Do hereby certify, That Sara Winslow
before whom the affidavit purports to have been sworn, was on the day of the date of the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County. And further, that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice, and verily believe the name of the said Justice subscribed to the said affidavit, to be his proper hand writing and signature.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my name and affixed the Seal of the said County, this 5 day of August 1847
James Storm Clerk.

126.676.
Free
To the Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
D. C.

Report
8524 Ohio File
Lodena Truman widow of Solomon Truman who was a Private in the Revolution Husb. b. c. 18 Dec. 1836
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 43 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 14th day of May, 1849 and sent to
J. Hathaway, Chardon, Ohio.
[Acts of March 3, 1843, & June 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book a Vol. 2. Page 210.

10640 Ohio
Reported
Lodema Truman
Widow of Solomon Truman who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832. and who died on the 18th Decr. 1836. of St. Wayne in the State of Ohio who was a Private in the Comp. commanded by Captain Bacon of the Regt. commanded by Col. H. H. H. in the Revolution line for 13 Months.
Inscribed on the Roll of Pittsburgh. at the rate of 1,3 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 14th day of May, 1849 and sent to J. H. H. H. Chardon,
Total amount,
$ Ohio.
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by T. D. Rumph Clerk, Book D. Vol. 1 Page 397.

Wm Webster
Lodema Townshend Aldershot Solomon Townshend Rev War
Re Land warrant about 1886.
To whom was the warrant sent. and what is the number Caled for. Berby & Gun March 14. 1878.
Please answer the letter - as soon as practicable. O. H. B.
Apr 26/ 78
Over

Solomon Freeman
Solomon Freeman

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Solomon Freeman and Lewis G. Wyatt which require further proof or explanation.
# Solomon Freeman
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? pt II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? pt III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? pt V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? pt Applicant required to furnish the date & length of each term of service with the names of officers under whom rendered, with the best evidence he can obtain to support his declaration. Team service not allowed. VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? pt VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? pt IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? pt X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? pt

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? yes XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? yes XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? yes XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? no yes XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? yes
 EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: "Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____ For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
QUERE XIV.  Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
QUERE XVI.  Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 4829
Lodena Truman
Wid.
Solomon Truman
Brk Rev War
Act: Feb. 2 nd 18
Index:—Vol. MS , Page 280
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Massachusetts Solomon Freeman on Semo 75 Solomon Freeman — vol 14 p 27
1775 0 9.0 Capt William Bacon. Col Follows
1775 0 3.0 " Enoch Noble
1775 0 1.0 " Ephraim Fitch
on capt Fitch roll 1 mo 15 days vol 19 p 61

TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
Second Comptroller's Office, January 12 th , 1839.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1833 entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," The Widow of Solomon Truman, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Albany, N. York, Agency, at the rate of Forty three Dollars and thirty three Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June, 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of Sept., 1836, to the 18 th December, 1836, the day of his death.
Respectfully, yours,
Wilson B. Parrish Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions, Present.

Apr 14 42 Lodena Frederick Ohio
Hon J. L. Edwards Commissioner of pension Washington City DC
H. E. Dean WM

Washington City April 13 1842
Dear Sir
Will you have the goodness to inform me, what has been the result of the application of Mrs Loduna Freeman, the widow of Solomon Freeman a Revolutionary Soldier, for a pension; whether it has been granted or rejected, and if rejected for what cause.
Yours Respectfully
Hon J. L. Edwards
E. Bean

No of Rep! Washington Feby 27. 1846—
Sir
I am requested by Mrs. Lodema Toleman to ask for her application for a pension and the accompanying papers that she may complete the proof of her marriage to
Respectfully
J. M. Root
The Court of Pensions
As the papers cannot be had will you send me copies thereof Root

Sept 11 46
PAID
10
c.
A. L. Edwards Comm. of Pensions Washington D. C.
Lodema Truman Ch to Dr. 23 June

Medina Sept. 3. 1846
J. L. Edwards Esq.
Mr. Sir
About the first of June last I transmitted to Hon. Saml. R. Selden some additional papers in the application of Lodema Newman for a pension. Mr. Selden informed me that the papers sent were filed in the Pension Office and since that time I have heard nothing further about the matter.
Mrs. Newman resides in this County (Medina Co Ohio) and has requested me to make enquiry to ascertain what has been determined in regard to her application and for her I now make the enquiry.
Yours Respectfully Herman Canfield

Guilford March 9
Mar 10 '43
Dear Sir, I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 9th inst. and in reply to inform you that the same has been forwarded to the proper authorities for their consideration. I am, Sir, Your obedient Servant, J. L. Edwards Commissaire of Pension Washington City D.C.
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Guilford Medina County Ohio March 24 th 1846
Sir
Mrs Lodema Teuman widow of Soloman Teuman formerly of Stark and now of this County has requested me again to address you in reference to her pension - your letter to me of June 18 th 1842 stated that the attorney Gen had decided that she was not entitled to the benefits of the act of July 7 th 1838 but I am informed that Congress has made arrangements to meet her case will you be so good as to inform me by mail the situation of the claim Yours with esteem Oliver Houghton
Hon J. L. Edwards

add. p. 22 Solomon H. Newman
New York Sept. 29 th 1833
Dear Sir
Hon. James L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Washington

Lowville Lewis Co N.Y. 26 th Sept 1833
Dear Sir
Fortunately for Mr Solomon Truman he has by much enquiry, travel & expense found three of his fellow labourers in the revolutionary war, whose affidavits, testifying, to the services rendered in the revolutionary war, by Mr Truman I herewith send you, enclosed, together with his own deposition, to the examination of which and your reply you are respectfully solicited.
Will you also have the goodness to inform me of the disposition of the application of Jonathan Austin for a Pension under the late act, And, will you also inform me whether a person now receiving the pension allowed a Private can, by relinquishing the same and producing satisfactory evidence of having served in the Revolutionary Army as a Commissioned Officer, receive a pension agreeable to the rank he held
I am dear Sir Yours Respectfully
Rene Jarvis
James L. Edward Osar Commission of Pensions

August 25 th 1847.
Sir
In compliance with the requirements contained in your letter of Feb y 15 th /47. in the case of Mrs Sodena Tremain I herewith forward to your office, the certificate of the Secretary of War, showing that Solomon Tremain was in the eight months service in the year 1775 under Capt Bacon & Col Fellows and 19 days under Capt Ephraim Fitch in Col Hopkins Regt. for service at the Highlands in 1776 and said certificate further shows that there is not any rolls of Capt Noble for 1776 in the Secretary's office. - Also forward the affidavit of Judge Tremain showing that he knew Solomon & Sodena Tremain both before and after married and that he knew them living together as husband & wife prior to 1792 states that he left the neighborhood of said Solomon & Sodena in 1792, his affidavit shows that there is not any publick records of said marriage all of which I trust will be satisfactorily. Mrs Tremain says that when she made her first and 2 d Declaration she did not remember the date of the year of her marriage but well remembered her age when she was married and the discrepancy in her statements was by a mistake in arriving at the date of her marriage by her age. It appears to me that Daniel Tremain, Benjamin Chapman & Reuben Tremain who have  testified in the case have stated as clearly the grounds upon which their recollection of the date of said marriage was based as could be expected. - I request a reexamination of Mrs Tremain's books now on file in your office in connection with these proofs, believing all will be satisfactory and that she will be allowed the same amount of pension that her husband drew per annum, when these proofs are acted upon please to make return to me

Very Respectfully your most O.B. Servant,
James Hathaway Chardon Geauga Co. Ohio.
Hon J. L. Edwards Com of Pensions Washington City D. C.

Jan 25, 1847 Suppe die
Lodumia Inuman
[Faint signature or mark]
YK
Hon J. L. Edwards Comr of Pensions Washington City D. C.

Chardon Geauga Co. Ohio. January 19 th 1847.
Sir
I herewith submit for your consideration the Declaration of Mrs Sodema Tremain and further proofs of her marriage it appears by papers & letter in my hands that Mrs Tremain has made two Declarations which are now on file in your office which was made under the act of July 7 th 1838 only, and that her claim was not allowed on account of her marriage as of not being satisfactory I have made search for record proof of said marriage but without success, and it is well known to the department that it is a hard matter to obtain marriage proof from either church or town records in the state of New York the affidavit herewith enclosed shows conclusive that said marriage took place a long time prior to 1794, and will without doubt will be satisfactory to the department.
Very Respectfully Your Obedt Servant
James Hathaway
Hon J. L. Edwards Comr of Pensions. Washington City D. C.

Chardon Geauga Co. Ohio September 22 nd 1848.
Sir
I herewith transmit to your Office the Declaration of Mrs Sodemia Tremain, made under the act of February 2 nd 1848, and the affidavit of Justin Tremain, in further support of the marriage of Solomon & Sodemia Tremain. Said Justin states that he well recollects the time when said Solomon & Sodemia, were married although he was not present remembers that his father and mother was at the wedding and that said Solomon had a son Reuben three months younger than himself and that he was about 10 years old when the said marriage took place and that he the said Justin removed to the State of New York in the winter of 1781, and that the said Solomon & Sodemia also removed to New York about one year afterwards, it seems that this witness whose credibility is duly certified to by the justice before whom he made his affidavit cannot be impeached in the date of the cohabitation as husband and wife of the said Solomon & Sodemia, prior to the winter of 1791 To wit; the time of the removal of said Justin to the State of New York, take the statement of this witness in connection with the affidavits now on file in your Office to wit; Benjamin Chapman, Reuben Tremain, And Augustus Tremain, without saying anything about the other witnesses in the case and it appears to me (as it is well known to the department that there was no Record of Marriages kept either in the Town or County Records in the State of New York) to require more proof of the cohabitation prior to 1794 of the said Solomon & Sodemia Tremain, of the Claimant would be gratuitous oppression, It is expected that Claimant will receive the benefit of the joint Resolution of Congress approved July 1 st 1845 her application herewith sent was made before she had knowledge of said Resolution she will expect the same amount of pension per annum, that was allowed

her husband under the act of June 7 th 1848.
Very Respectfully Your most Obedient Servant.
J. Heathway
Hon J. S. Edwards Com. of pensions Washington City.
D. C.

State of Ohio Weldina County ss.
I Oliver Houghton being duly Sworn do depose and say that sometime since, the year I do not now remember I drafted some papers for Lodemia Truman in regard to her application for a pension as the widow of Solomon Truman a revolutionary soldier, which papers as papers I suppose to be on file in the Pension Department, that I heard both the said Lodemia & Sheelah the Chapman speak on state as to the time of her marriage with said Solomon, & I heard heard on hearing them to disagree as to the time, though I cannot now remember the date they stated the marriage took place, at the time I drafted the affidavit of Sheelah Chap- man it was drafted in haste, as I well remember, I was just starting from home & was delayed until I could write it, & the time or date was fixed by both from the age of each at the time of her marriage the birth of her oldest child and other circum- stances & as I understood the said Chapman fixed it at the same date that the said Lode- mia had stated it, and as it was written by me as before stated in haste or in a hurry the year might have been stated wrong
O. Houghton
Sworn & subscribed to before me this 20 th day of May 1846. I also certify that the said O. Houghton is a respectable person and a

person of truth and veracity. I also certify that the interlineation of the word "never" in the foregoing affidavit was done before signing —
Wm H Canfield Just. Peace
The State of Ohio Medina County
ss I Edward S. Warner Clerk of the Court of common pleas of the county & state aforesaid do hereby certify that William H. Canfield is a justice of the peace in & for said County duly commissioned & qualified that his commission is dated on the 11 th day of April A.D. 1844 & will expire on the 11 th day of April A.D. 1847 & that his signature above written is genuine —
Given under my hand & the seal of said Court This 9 th day of June A.D. 1846
Edward S. Warner Clerk

at 4396.227 631. a Lodena Trumer, Ohio.
admitted P. $43. \frac{33}{100} per ac, com 4 work 1836,
under act of July 1838, and supple- mentary acts,
at 7 July 1838
J. Nathan Chardon Ohio

State of Ohio } Wayne County ss. } On this 14 day of July A. D. 1848.
Personally appeared before me
George N. Cady a justice of the peace in and for said County Lodema Truman, a resident of Canaan Township, in the County & State aforesaid aged about 75 years, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed on the 2 d day of February, 1848, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war. That she is the widow of Solomon Truman who was a private soldier in the war of the Revolution and a Revolutionary pensioner at the rate of about $43. per annum, that she never has drawn a pension, but that she has applied for a pension, that she now has a Declaration on file in the pension office at Washington, City D. C. which was made under the acts of Congress passed July 7 th 1835 March, 3 d 1843 & June, 17 th 1844. She further declares that she is still a widow.
Executed in presence of us, Geo N Cady Polly Truman
her Lodema X Truman mark
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written. And I further certify that the above declarant is personally known to me to be the identical person that she represents herself to be in the above Declaration.
Before me. George N. Cady Justice of the Peace Canaan Township
THE STATE OF OHIO, } Wayne County, ss. }
I, SAMUEL L. LORAH, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for said County, do hereby Certify that George N. Cady Esq. before whom the foregoing Affidavit was taken, and who has thereunto subscribed his name Officially , in his own proper hand writing,
was at the date thereof, and now is an acting Justice of the Peace within and for said County, duly Commissioned and qualified according to law, and to all whose official acts full faith and credit are, and of right ought to be given, in judicature and thereout.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF , I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the SEAL of said Court, at Wooster, this 18 day of July A. D. 1848.
Samuel L. Lorah Clerk. By W. H. Cullerton def.

State of Ohio Medina County ss.
on this 7 th day of April A.D. 1846 personally appeared before the subscribers of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Medina aforesaid, Lodema Tru- man a resident of Westfield in said County of Medina aged 73 years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on her oath the make the following additional State- ment to her declaration now on file in the Pension Department, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed July 7. 1838 entitled an "Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows"; that she is the widow of Solomon Trueman who was a soldier in the Army of the Revo- lution, that she was married to the said Solomon on the 12 th day of October in the year 1789, that her husband the said Solomon died on the 18 th December A.D. 1836, that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the mar- riage took place previous to the first of January seventeen hundred and ninety four, viz: at the time above stated - and she further de- clares that she was married to said Sol- omon in the town of Spencer, Columbia County, in the State of New York, that she is informed & believes that no public record was kept of marriages at that time in said State, that she has not any record or written

memorandum of the time of her marriage & that she is enabled from various circumstan- ces to remember or fix the year of her marriage & one, which is, that she was married in October next after she arrived at the age of seventeen years & that her own birth as she was always informed by her parents was on the 16 th July 1772 - And she further states that she does not know of any record of her marriage -
In presence of Miss Baufield Charles Castle
her Lodema X Truman mark
Sworn & subscribed to, on the day & year first above written Charles Castle associate Judge of the Court of Common Pleas
State of Ohio Medina County ss.
On this 7 th day of April A.D. 1826 before the subscriber, one of the Judges of the court of Common Pleas for said County, personally came Shrubab Chapman, of Lafayette in said County, who being first duly sworn ac- cording to law, deposes and says, that he is a brother of the above affiant Lodema Tru- man, that he was present at her marriage with Solomon Truman, that said marriage took place in the town of Spencer in the County of Columbia, State of New York, in the month of October in the year seventeen hundred & eighty nine (1789), that he has no record of said marriage, neither does he know

I say, that he has always kept it in mind that it did take place in said year, that he also remembers and can fix upon the year correctly from many circumstances, among which that he has a record of his own birth, made out by himself when about thirty years of age & taken from his father's bible by by which he, this deponent, was born on the 27 th Sept. 1767, that he was he 22 years of age age at the time of the marriage of said Sodema, that he was married seven years after said Sodema, in September 1796, the said Sodema  then having three children - and said deponent further states that said Sodema was born on the 16 th July 1772 as it was recorded by his father in his bible & this deponent well remembers that she was seventeen years old, at the time of her marriage -
And this deponent further declares, that he has never disagreed in remembrance with the said Sodema as to the time of her marriage and that if the same does so appear in any affidavit he has heretofore made, that it must have arisen by a mistake of the magistrate in drafting the same, and misunderstood by him, the said deponent when read over to him when he signed it, as this deponent has been partially deaf some years & hears with some difficulty
Shubel Chapman
Sworn & subscribed to before me this 7 th April 1846. - I also certify that the above affidavit Shubel Chapman is a perfect

able person, a person of truth & veracity and his statement entitled to credit — I further certify that the interlineations of the words "in", "therein", "at the time", "so" & "the said defendant" in the foregoing affidavit was made before signing
Charles Castle Associate Judge of Court of Common Pleas
The State of Ohio } Medina County } ss Edward S. Warner Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County & State aforesaid do hereby certify that Charles Castle is an associate judge of said County duly commissioned & qualified that his commission is dated on the 9 th day of March A.D. 1846 and will expire on the 9 th day of March A.D. 1853 & that his signature above written is genuine — Given under my hand & the seal of said Court this 9 th day of June A.D. 1846 Edward S. Warner Clerk

State of Ohio } } I Justine I remain a resident of Kelso Huron county } } field Township in said county & state of Ohio being first duly sworn according to law do on my said oath depose & say that I shall be seventy years old the second day of next November - That I was acquainted with Solomon Green and Sedima Chapman before and since their marriage, & well recollect the time of their said marriage from the fact of My Parents having an invitation & going to their wedding and that I was about 10 years of age at the time that My Father visited in Hillsdale county in the state of New York, that they were married in said Hillsdale county & state last above mentioned. That I was not at their wedding, that I well knew & to my certain knowledge have living together as husband & wife for over 40 years and that I have known and understood that My Father lived in the same neighborhood at the time of said marriage & that the said Solomon & his wife Sedima were frequently at My Father's house soon after their marriage & that they were then considered to be lawful husband & wife & My Father moved from said Hillsdale in the winter of one thousand seven hundred & ninety and to Paris & Medina county Ohio and about a year after My Father's said removal the said Solomon & his wife Sedima with their family moved into said Paris, county & state last above mentioned, they lived in My Father's house some time after their removal into said Paris, they came to said town about a year after My Father's arrival to said town. That I never had any dispute their marriage but that they were always con- sidered to be lawful wedded husband & wife That said Sedima was his second wife & that he had a son & daughter by his first wife who was about three months younger than myself & that I was about 12 years old when My Father moved to said Paris.

That I well recollect of one Jonathan H. Clegg who lived in the neighborhood at that time (who was a Baptist Clergyman) that is, at the time of the marriage of Solomon T. Tremain & Louisa Chapman and further this deponent saith that "Justin Tremain"
Sworn to and subscribed this 11 th day of Sept r A D 1848 and I hereby certify from my own person- al knowledge that the above deponent is a person of truth & veracity. Before me Levi Gifford Justice of the Peace
State of Ohio Huron County
I Henry Brown Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for said County of Huron do hereby certify that Levi Gifford Esq. is a lawful Justice of the peace within and for the said County of Huron duly Elected Commissioned and sworn according to law and that the above signature purporting to be his is his genuine Signature In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Norwalk
this 11 th day of September A D 1848
H. Brown Clerk

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston:
April 16 th 1847.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of Solomon Tremain (Suspect) is borne upon a Muster Roll of Capt William Bacon's company, in Col John Fellows's regt. in the eight Months service, as a private of Enlistment from May 8 th to August 1 1775. 3 Months and 1 day. Upon a Return of Capt William Bacon's company, in Col Fellows's regt. as a private of Enlistment no service named. Said return is dated Dorchester October 6 th 1775. Upon an order of said company for coats dated Dorchester December 19 1775. Upon a Pay Roll of Capt Ephraim Fitch's company, in Col Hopkins's regt for service at the

Highlands N. York as a private from July 15 to August 3 1776, 19 days.
Not upon rolls of any Capt Noble - Not upon roll of the rolls of Capt Noble for 1776 Said Capt Fitch for service in 1777.
Name as spelt in the Commissioner's letter not found.
And I further Certify, That, before search made for evidence of said facts, the Commissioner's letter of February 15 1847. was filed in this Office; that the search was made by myself and my clerks alone; and that said letter, and the certificate above set forth, contain all the facts and circumstances within my knowl- edge, pertaining to the case.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
John G. Palfrey.
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

State of New York
Columbia County ss }
I Augustus Tremain a resident of the town of Hillsdale in said County being duly sworn according to Law do on my said Oath depose and say that I am aged Seventy one years and that I have resided in said County all my life time and that I was well acquainted with Solomon Tremain who was a resident of said town of Hillsdale reputed to have been a revolutionary soldier and also reputed to have married Sodema Chapman for his second wife, and that I was well acquainted with said Solomon and Sodema both before and after their marriage was not present at their marriage but to my certain knowledge knew them living together as husband and wife prior to the year of our Lord one Thousand seven hundred Ninety four, I lived in the same neighborhood at the time of their marriage but left it in the spring of Seventeen hundred Ninety two, a few years after this date, Solomon Tremain moved from the town of Hillsdale to the west. I was well acquainted with Nathaniel Kellogg who was a Baptist Clergyman living in the same neighborhood at the time of the reported marriage of said Solomon Tremain to said Sodema Chapman, but has long since removed from this town and is now reported to be dead. I am satisfied from enquiries which I have made that said Kellogg kept no official records of marriages where he officiated. The congregation or church of which he was Pastor, is now extinct and no records of its doings to be found. Solomon Tremain had a son by the name of Reuben by his first wife before his marriage with Sodema Chapman with whom I was well acquainted. Said Sodema had two brothers with whom I was well acquainted namely Benjamin and Shubal and I well remember a sister, Sovie, who married a Mr. Nicholson. Her deponent saith that his Father Gaius Tremain and said Solomon Tremain were first cousins further this deponent saith not.
Augustus Tremain

Subscribed and sworn this 6 day of August 1847 and I further certify that I am personally acquainted with the above deponent and know him to be a person of truth and veracity has been a member of a un- censored assembly of the Legislature
John Winslaw Justice of the Peace

State of Ohio Wayne County ss. On this 3 rd day of January, 1847, Personally, appeared, before me George H. Cassidy a justice of the peace in and for the County and State aforesaid Lodema Truman now residing in Cannaan in said County, aged 74 years, who being by me duly sworn according to law, doth on her said oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the acts of Congress passed on the 7 th day of July, 1838, March 3 rd 1843, & June, 17 th 1844, granting pensions to widows of Revolutionary Soldiers. That she is the widow of Solomon Truman who was a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States , at the rate of a little over forty three dollars per annum, that she was married to her said husband in the Town of Spencer in the County of Columbia and State of New York about the 12 th day of October 1789 by a Clergyman whose name was Nathan- iel Kellogg, that her said husband died in Cannaan in the County of Wayne and State of Ohio on the 18 th day of Decem- ber, 1836 aged about 79 years , that she was the second wife of her said husband, his first wife died in the spring of the year and she the said Lodema was married to him the next fall and went to keeping house the same fall and that her hus- -band had six children by his first wife, two of which are now supposed to be living to wit; Reuben who was the oldest and Joseph the youngest the other four are now dead, Reuben now lives in Rochester New York and Joseph is now supposed to reside in Adams County in the State of Illinois. that she made an application for a pension under the act of July 7 th , 1838, soon after the passage of said act and in April, 1846. she made an additional statement before Charles Leavitt an Associate Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Medina and State of Ohio which was made in said County of Medina. She now makes this Declaration for the purpose of obtaining her pension under the acts of March 3 rd 1843, & June, 17 th 1844, in addition to her pension

under the act of July 7 th 1838, and that she has not intermarried since the decease of her said husband and now remains a widow and prays that the pensions due her may be granted. And she further states that her name was before married to the said Solomon Furman Loden a Chapman, She claims under the Resolution of January 23 d 1845 Lodema F Furman mark
Sworn to and subscribed before me this the 5 th day of January, A. D. 1847. And I certify that the following words was interlined in the foregoing Declaration before signed to wit; "States, Years, a child I further certify from my own personal knowledge and common report that the said Lodema Furman is a person of truth and veracity & from bodily infirmity unable to attend court. George H Cady Justice Peace
The State of Ohio, } WAYNE COUNTY, ss.
I, Samuel S. Horak Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for said County, do hereby certify that George H. Cady — before whom the foregoing Affidavit & Declaration was taken and who has thereunto subscribed his name officially, in his own proper hand-writing, was, at the date thereof, and now is An acting Justice of the Peace within and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified according to law, and to all whose official acts full faith and credit are, and of right ought to be given, in judicature and thereout.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, at Wooster, this 5 th day of January, A. D. 1847.
Samuel S. Horak Clerk.

State of New York Ontario County ss.
I Benjamin Chapman, a resident of East Bloomfield, in the County of Ontario and State of New York, being first duly sworn according to law do on my said Oath Depose and say, that I am aged eighty two years, and upwards, and that I am a brother to of Mrs Lodemia Truman, widow of Solomon Truman a Revolutionary Pensioner, who died in Ohio, about the year 1836, and said widow Truman now lives in Ohio. When I was about twenty three years old, my said sister was married to said Solomon Truman, at the house of my Father, in the town Spencerville in the County of Columbia, and State of New York, by Nathanial Kellogg; it was in the fall of the year, and they went to keeping house the same fall in Hillsdale, in said Columbia County. Mr Truman was a widower, he lost his wife the spring before, he had two children by his first wife, that are now supposed to be living. Reuben Truman a resident of Rodman, St Lawrence County and State of New York, and Joseph C. Truman, now supposed to reside in Adams County, Illinois, said Joseph C. Truman was an infant, or very young, when Mrs Truman died and the said Reuben was about six years old, when his mother died. I was frequently at their house, after they commenced house keeping, and during the time they lived in said Hillsdale. Three or four years after their marriage, they moved to the town of Paris, in the County of Oneida, and State of New York and lived there until about the year 1800 or 1801, and then moved to Lowville, which is now in Lewis County, and State of New York, where they resided until 1836, and then moved to Ohio. I certainly know, that said marriage took place a long time before 1794, for this good reason, they lived in my own house in said Hillsdale, several years after their marriage, and then moved to Oneida County, prior to 1794.
Benjamin Chapman
Sworn and subscribed before me, this 24 th day of December 1846, and I hereby certify from my personal knowledge, that the said Benjamin Chapman is a person of truth and veracity
Samuel D. Marble Justice of the Peace in and for said County of Ontario

State of New York Ontario County Clerk's Office } ss. I hereby certify that Samuel D. Warble Esquire before whom the within Affidavit was subscribed and sworn, was at the time the same purports to have been so subscribed & sworn a Justice of the peace in and for said County duly elected, sworn and authorized to act as such. And further that I, am well acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his signature to the within Certificate is genuine
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & Seal of said County at Canandaigua this 26th day of December in the year 1840
Reuben Murray Jr Deputy Clerk!
Clerk absent

State of New York Jefferson County ss } I Bruben Truman of Rooman in the County and State aforesaid being first duly sworn according to law do on my said oath depose and say that I was sixty seven years old the eighteenth day of last February and am a son of Solomon Truman a Revolution- ary Soldier and Pensioner who died in Wayne County state of Ohio in the year 1835 or 36 or near that time My mother died the April after I was nine years old and my father broke up house keeping and I went and lived with my grand parents father Benjamin Truman a part of the time and part of the time with an old man by the name of Dote in the same neighborhood untill the ensuing fall of the same year my said father was married to Lodema Chapman of the town of the County of Columbia in the State of New York as I heard related and it was so believed in the neighborhood, which was in the year seventeen hundred and eighty nine, I was not present at the said marriage but I am certain that my father and the said Lodema commenced keeping house together as husband and wife in the fall of 1789, for my father took me home the same fall to live with them, I never doubted it doubted but what they were legally married, I never doubted it, I do not know of any record of the date of said marriage, my said father and step mother first went to keeping house in Hillsdale or Green River in the county of Coll- umbia and State of New York, the winter I was thirteen years old my said father and step mother with all the family except my brother Joseph moved to Paris in the county of Oneida and State of New York and resided there till 1801 or about that time then moved to Low- ville in Lewis county N.Y. I have been a resident of said Rooman ever since 1804 but made a point to visit my said parents in Lewis county twice a year they moved from there to Ohio in the year or about that time 1835 or 36 and my father died the same year as I was in Rooman

number of years Before they removed to Oniider county New York cannot say how many years But should think some three or four years as I did not see the said Solomon & Sodema Married yet from the facts of My living within one or two Miles from them at the time and from My own knowledge of their living together as Man and Wife and from the reports at the time I have no hesitation in saying that I Believe they were Married. I Was also acquainted with Nathaniel Kellogg Esq. who lived in the same Neighborhood and the Maiden name of the said Sodema was Sodema Chapman The said Solomon Truman Was reported to have a Revolutionary soldier. I know him in fact to have been for he was with Myself a short time in the army and that the said Solomon died in Ohio and his Widow the said Sodema Truman now resides in Ohio as I have been informed and believe) Daniel Freeman
Sworn to and subscribed before me this the 29 th of Dec one thousand Eighteen hundred and forty six And I hereby certify from My own personal knowledge that the said Daniel Freeman is a person of truth and veracity Gorin Miller A Justice of the peace in and for the county of Chenango

State of New York Ontario County ss.
I Benjamin Chapman, a resident of East Bloomfield, in the county of Ontario and State of New York, being first duly sworn according to law do on my said Oath Upon and say, that I am aged eighty two years, and upward, and that I am a brother to of Mrs Lodemia Truman, widow of Solomon Truman a Revolutionary Pensioner, who died in Ohio, about the year 1836, and said widow Truman now lives in Ohio. When I was about twenty three years old, my said sister was married to said Solomon Truman, at the house of my Father, in the town Spner in the county of Columbia, and State of New York, by Nathaniel Pellazz; it was in the fall of the year, and they went to keeping house the same fall in Hillsdale, in said Columbia County.
Mr Truman was a widower, he lost his wife the spring before, he had two children by his first wife, that are now supposed to be living. Keuben Truman a resident of Rodman, St Lawrence County and State of New York, and Joseph C. Truman, now supposed to reside in Adams County, Illinois, said Joseph C. Truman was an infant, or very young, when Mrs Truman died and the said Keuben was about nine years old, when his mother died. I was frequently at their house, after they commenced house keeping, and during the time they lived in said Hillsdale. Three or four years after their marriage, they moved to the town of Paris, in the county of Oneida, and State of New York and lived there until about the year 1800 or 1801, and then moved to Lowville, which, is now in Lewis County, and State of New York, where they resided until 1836, and then moved to Ohio. I certainly know, that said Marriage took place a long time before 1794, for this good reason, they lived in my own house in said Hillsdale, several years after their marriage, and then moved to Oneida County, prior to 1794.
Benjamin Chapman
Sworn and subscribed before me, this 24 th day of December 1846,, and I hereby certify from my personal knowledge, that the said Benjamin Chapman is a person of truth and veracity
Samuel D. Marble Justice of the Peace in and for said County of Ontario

State of New York Ontario County Clerk's Office ss. I hereby certify that Samuel D. Warble Esquire before whom the within affidavit was subscribed and sworn, was at the time the same purports to have been so subscribed & sworn a Justice of the peace in and for said County duly elected sworn and authorized to act as such. And further that I, am well acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his signature to the within Certificate is genuine In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & Seal at said County at Canandaigua this 26th day of December in the year 1846 Reuben Murray Jr Deputy Clerk. Clerk absent

State of New York Jefferson County ss } I Reuben Truman of Rodman in the County and State aforesaid being first duly sworn according to law do on my said oath depose and say that I was sixty seven years old the eighteenth day of last February and am a son of Solomon Truman a Revolution- ary Soldier and Pensioner who died in Wayne County state of Ohio in the year 1835 or 36 or near that time My mother died the April after I was nine years old and my father broke up house keeping and I went and lived with my grandparents in father Benjamin Truman a part of the time and part of the time with an old man by the name of Dole in the same neighborhood untill the ensuing fall of the same year, my said father was married to Lodema Chapman of the town of in the County of Columbia in the State of New York as I heard related and it was so believed in the neighborhood, which was in the year seventeen hundred and eighty nine, I was not present at the said marriage but I am certain that my father and the said Lodema commenced keeping house together as husband and wife in the fall of 1789, for my father took me home the same fall to live with them, I never doubted it doubted but what they were legally married, I never doubted it, I do not know of any record of the date of said marriage, my said father and step mother first went to keeping house in Hillsdale or Green River in the county of Coll- umbia and State of New York, the winter I was thirteen years old my said father and step mother with all the family except my brother Joseph moved to Paris in the county of Oneida and State of New York and resided there till 1801 or about that time then moved to Low- ville in Lewis county N.Y. I have been a resident of said Rodman ever since 1804 but made a point to visit my said parents in Lewis county twice a year they moved from there to Ohio in the year or about that time 1835 or 36 and my father died the same year as I was in former

and of which I have no doubt, my Brother Joseph C. Trunkun was an infant when my mother died, he is now supposed to reside in Payson in the county of Adams and state of Illinois, I can now well remember when my own mother died and that I was nine years old the eighteenth day of February before she died I can also well remember at the circumstances of my living with my grandparents and the date of the year, and of my father going to keeping house with the said Lodema the next fall after my mother died and of hearing it related at the time that my father was married to Lodema Chapman and of my father teaching me to call her mother which I have ever since done.
Reuben Freeman
Sworn and subscribed before me the 19th day of December 1846 and I hereby certify that I have been acquainted with the said Reuben Freeman thirty six years and have ever considered him a man of truth and veracity and that he is now a minister of the gospel of good standing of the
State of New York, } ss. Jefferson County Clerk's Office. }
E. Charles B. Board, Clerk of said County, do hereby certify, that Wm M. Winslow before whom the annexed affidavit purports to have been sworn,
was at the date of the same a Justice of the (Peace) in and for said County, and duly authorized to take the same; and further, that I am well acquainted with his hand writing, and verily believe his name subscribed to the same to be his proper hand-writing and signature.
WITNESS my hand, and seal of said County, this 21 day of Dec. in the year 1846
E. B. Board Clerk.
By J. B. Board, Deputy
Reuben Freeman is also affidavit of the
Black River Association, the same body to which I belong
David Spear Patron of the C. Ch. Redmen
Signed & certified before me the 21 st day of Dec 1846
Wm M. Winslow Justice of the peace

and of which I have no doubt, my Brother Joseph C. Dushman was an infant when my mother died, he is now supposed to reside in Payson in the county of Adams and state of Illinois, I can now well remember when my own mother died and that I was nine years old the eighteenth day of February before she died I can also well remember at the circumstances of my living with my grandparents and the date of the year, and of my father's going to keeping house with the said Lodema the next fall after my mother died and of hearing it related at the time that my father was married to Lodema Chapman and of my father teaching me to call her mother which I have ever since done
Reuben Dorman
Sworn and subscribed before me the 19 th day of December 1846 and I hereby certify that I have been acquainted with the said Reuben Dorman thirty six years and have ever considered him a man of truth and veracity and that he is now a minister of the gospel of good standing of the Congregational order
W. M. Winslow
Justice of the Peace
I hereby certify that I have been intimately acquainted with Rev Reuben Dorman more than thirty eight years, & believe him to be a man of unquestionable veracity. He is also a minister of the gospel of unimpeachable character, & a member of the Black River Association, the incorporated body to which I belong
David Spear
Pastor of the C. Ch. Rodman
Signed & certified before me the 2 nd day of Dec 1846
W. M. Winslow Justice of the Peace

State of New York } Chenango county } p 3
Greene December 29 th 1846 I Lovicy Tilton of Greene Chenango county & State aforesaid
Being duly sworn according to law do on my oath depose and say that I am aged Seventy two years that I formerly Resided in the town of Hills- dale or what might be called Spencerville in Columbia county & State aforesaid and well acquainted with Solomon Freeman and his Wife Lodema both before and after their marriage Solomon Freeman was a widower and had children by his first wife I think four had one by the name of Reuben I think some 8 or nine years old one by the name of Joseph C who was an infant when his mother died and I think two others do not recollect what time in the year she died the said Joseph C the infant when his mother died was I think given to one Peter Smith with whom he lived I cannot say how long I am a sister of the said Lodema and lived with my father at the time of the said Solomon & Lodema was married I do not recollect of seeing them married I think they were not married at Spencerville at my father's I recollect the time that they were said to be married from the fact and circumstance of my father being very much opposed to their being married I know that they went to house keeping very soon after they were said to be married Within a few rods of my father's house where they lived some time When they moved about a mile from my father's in Columbia county where they lived until they moved to Paris Oneida County I know they lived together as man and wife after they were married until they moved to Oneida County I think the said Solomon and Lodema was married about the year 1789 or fifty seven years ago I cannot distinctly recollect the exact year - But plan my knowledge

of the facts from the circumstance of My future being opposed to their marriage and My age now and My age when they were married I may be mistaken a year or two But think I am nearly correct about the time and from My personal knowledge of the facts and circumstances I believe them to of have been married and that the said Solomon's mother's name was Solomon Chapman. That the said Solomon died in Ohio and his widow the said Solomon Truman now resides in Ohio as I have been informed and Believe further the deponent saith not
Lovicy Tilton
Sworn to and subscribed before me this the 29th day of December 1846
And I hereby certify from My own knowledge that the said Lovicy Tilton is a person of truth and veracity
Simon Miller
a justice of the peace in and for the county of Chautauqua
State of New York Chautauqua County Clerk's Office
I B B Andrew Clerk of said County do hereby certify that Simon Miller is a justice of the peace in and for said County duly commissioned and qualified at the time of taking the acknowledgments of the above and foregoing instrument and further that I am well acquainted with his hand writing and that his signature to the above acknowledgment is genuine
My Witness Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said County this 30. December 1846, B B Andrew Clerk

Daniel Truman,
(affidavit)

State of New York Chautauqua County } ss. p: Rev. Nathaniel Kellogg of the town of Green County aforesaid, being duly sworn, doth depose and say, that in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three this deponent with Roybury in a company commanded by one Captain Bacon of Sheffield and Colonel Fellows regiment in the latter part of the month of April, that this deponent and said Solomon Thuman remained at Roybury and Dorchester until the next New Year, and further saith not. Dated September 17. 1833.
Nathaniel Kellogg
Sworn to before me and I do certify that I am well acquainted with the above named deponent, that he is a clugy man, a credible person and that his statements are entitled to full credit and belief.
William Gray V.D.

Rev. Nathaniel Rellog
(Affidavit)

Daniel Newman,
(affidavit)

State of New York Chautauqua County ss
Daniel Thuman, of the town of Greene County, afixed being duly sworn doth depose and say that in the year 1831, this deponent, and one Solomon Thuman, of Cummington Berkshire County and State of Massachusetts, volunteered in a company commanded by one Ephraim Fitch, of Cummington, County and State, afixed to go to Peksikill. That this deponent, and said Solomon Thuman, marched with said company to Peksikill and remained there one month, were discharged, and returned home. Dated Greene Chautauqua Co. September 17, 1833.
Sworn & Subscribed and before me. and I do certify that I am well acquainted with the above deponent, and that he is a credible person and that his statements are entitled to full credit and belief.
Daniel Thuman
Warren Gray S. P.
State of New York Chautauqua County ss
I, Lewis K. Pike Clerk of said County do hereby certify that Warren Gray before the above affidavit of Daniel Thuman and also before whom the annexed affidavit of Nathaniel Kelloggs purports to have been sworn was at the date of the same one of the Justices of the peace in and for the said County: that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name subscribed to the said affidavits to be his genuine hand writing and signature.
Witness my hand and seal of office this 18th day of September, 1833
P. B. Middle Dep. Clerk.

B. Loomis affidavit
Team service & unspecified set- vice as allowed Enlargement of memo in supplement not admissible
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State of New York Living County ss
3 Solomon Truman of Pownville in said County of said late of the Town of Watkins in said County being duly sworn according to Law deposes and saith that he is the identical person of Solomon Truman named in the annexed Affidavit of Benaiah Loomis of Offord Chenango County New York. Daniel Truman or Tremain and Rev. Nathaniel Kellogg both of the town of Green in said County of Chenango. And this deponent further saith that in the time of the Revolutionary War his name was frequently spelt "Tremain" as it is in the affidavits or signature of Daniel Tremain hereto annexed but that since by usual pronunciation and common custom of his family and others it is now almost universally spelt "Truman".
And this deponent further saith that he served Nine Months in the year 1775 under Capt Bacon as is stated in the annexed Affidavits of Benaiah Loomis and Rev. Nathaniel Kellogg when he marched to Roxbury, Boston &c.
Also that he served one Month in 1776 under Captain Fitch as is stated in the annexed Affidavits of both the said Loomis and Daniel Tremain when he marched to Peekskill.
Also that he served one Month under the said Capt Fitch in 1776 when he marched to the Manor of Singerton Columbia Co NY as stated in the affidavit of said Loomis.
Also that he served three Months in 1777 under Capt Noble as a substitute for Simon Willard in the vicinity of Danbury as is stated in his this deponents declaration.
Also Five Months in 1777 (or more) under Capt Fitch when he went to Fort George as stated in the affidavit of the said Loomis continuing with the Army as he verily believes until the Month of December in 1777 not having left the Army for the purpose of hunting or anything else during the campaign.
Also that he served Twelve Months under Capt Fitch as herein commencing in December 1777 as stated in his this deponents declaration.
And that after which he was frequently called during the war by Alarms under Capt Fitch aforesaid the

whole length of time so spent in the service this deponent can not recollect but be verily believes he was so engaged the additional time of Two Months Making the whole term of service during the war when added Two Years and Nine Months
And this deponent further states that he believes the name of "Ezra Fellows" as mentioned in his (this deponent's) declaration as being the Colonel commanding a Regiment in which this deponent served should have been "John Fellows" And that he believes "Ezra Fellows" was the name of the General Commanding the Brigade
And this deponent further saith that by reason of age and infirmity many events which transpired at the period of his service as well as names and places have been forgotten or but imperfectly recollected. And further this deponent saith not Solomon Truman
I certify that on the 25 th day of September 1833 personally appeared before me the above named Solomon Truman and made oath in due form of law to the truth of the preceding affidavit
Omni Wilbur Justice Pease
Clerks Office Leeds County
I Carlos P. Doolittle Clerk of said County do hereby certify that Omni Wilbur Esq. before whom the foregoing affidavit purports to have been sworn was on the day of the date of the same a Justice of the peace in and for said County dwelling in said County Commission area duly sworn and further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said Justice and verily believe that his name subscribed to said affidavit is genuine - Given under my hand and seal of said County this 25 th day of September - 1833
Carlos P. Doolittle Clerk

State of
Co
State of New York } Chautauqua County } ss
Benajah Loomis of the Town of Oxford in said County of Chautauqua, aged eighty one years, being duly sworn, according to Law saith, that he was acquainted with Solomon Inman (who he is now informed is a resident of the Town of Watson, in the County of Lewis and State of New York) while said Inman resided in the Town of Egremont, Berkshire County Massachusetts, previous to and during the Revolutionary War. That in the year 1775, this deponent was one of a Company under the Command of Captain William Bacon, in a regiment commanded by Colonel John Fellows, in the Brigade of General Webb. That said Solomon Inman was also one of said Company, and enlisted at the same time that this deponent did. That the Company were marched to Boston, and were stationed at Roxbury and Dorchester, for nine months, at the expiration of which time the Company were discharged, and they returned home. That said Inman served nine months at that time & returned to Egremont, in Company with this deponent. That in the year 1776, and in the month of June as this deponent believes, he with others in said Town of Egremont volunteered their services, (upon an alarm being given) to go to Peekskill in the State of New York. That a Company was raised in said Town Commanded by Ephraim Fitch as their Captain and that said Solomon Inman was one of that Company. That they joined the Regiment under Colonel Mark Hopkins and were attached to the Brigade of General Fellows, were marched to Peekskill and there served one month & were discharged. That said Inman served at this time one month, and returned to Egremont with this deponent. That in the month of September 1776, Captain Fitch's Company was called out, and that this deponent and said Solomon Inman were members of said Fitch's Company, from the time it was first organized until

the Close of the War. That at this time they marched to the Manor of Livingston in the County of Columbia & State of New York, and from there to the town of Kinderhook in said County, watching the Iona - that this deponent served at this time one month and believes that said Solomon Durnan was with them and served for the same period of time - And this deponent further saith, that in the month of June, in the year 1777, the Company under Captain Fitch, before mentioned, volunteered their services and marched from the Town of Egghampt to Fort George. That said Solomon Durnan was with them at this time - That they remained to the north until the Surrender of Burgoyne, when a part of the Militia were allowed to return to their homes, to do their harvesting. This deponent did return, but whether said Durnan returned with this deponent he cannot state. That this deponent staid at home one week and then joined the army again at the Stillwaters, but cannot state how long said Durnan served at this time - And further this deponent saith not -
Sworn & subscribed this 5th day of September 1833, before me, and I do hereby certify that Benaiah Loonis who has subscribed the above affidavit is a credible person, and that his statement is entitled to full credit - Warren Gray V. D.
Benaiah Loonis
State of New York
Columbia County ss. I, Iams R. Pike, clerk of the said County do hereby certify that Warren Gray before whom the foregoing affidavit was sworn to have been known to me at the date of the same one of the Justices of the peace in and for the said County, and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name subscribed to the said affidavit to be his genuine handwriting and signature.
Witness my hand and Seal of Office this 16th day of September A.D. 1833 P. B. Mitchell Clerk

State of Ohio ) April 27 th 1842 McClain County ) Personally appeared _____ Skubell Chapman
Who being first duly sworn deposed and says that he saw Loderna Terman widow of Solomon Terman a revolutionary pensioner married to said said Solomon Terman on the 12th day of October 1788 at Spencertown Columbia County New York by Nathaniel Hollings a baptist minister
Shabel Chapman
Sworn to and Subscribed before me this 27 th day of April A. D. 1842 -
I further Certify that I am personally acquainted with the above named Shubel Chapman and believe him to be a man of truth and veracity.
John Bubb S.P.
The State of Ohio } Medina County ss } I William N Purdie clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the county of Medina and State of Ohio Do hereby certify that John Bell is an acting Justice of the Peace within and for said County duly com- missioned and qualified, and that his signature above written is genuine. In testimony whereof I herunto sign my name and affix the Seal of said Court at Medina this 12 th day of May A D 1842. William N. Purdie clerk

Hon. J. S. Edwards
Dear Sir please address Oliver Houghton Guilford Medina County Ohio in future and make payments payable at Pittsburgh Pa

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Trumbel, John GRADE Private LINE Massachusetts
WARRANT NUMBER 5138 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED Dec. 6, 1791
to Stephen Thon, assignee (Thorn)
*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 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.