Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 39389, William Cummings, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
born.
bunnings, William
S 39389
CONTENTS

2169
Vermont.
William Cummings, Mylls's reg. private, Connecticut Line
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont , at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 17 th of April 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 8 th of Aug t 1818 and sent to Gilbert Denison Esq. Brattleboro' Vermont.
Arrearages to 4 th Sep t 1818. 4 mo. 18/30. $ 36. 80.
{ Revolutionary claims, { Act 18th March, 1818, }
3 Years - 1770.
Continued
Not dead Littonia 9 th Oct 5. 1826 to C. S. Swan Oct 6. 1826.

Wm Cummins, Com 17 Apr 1828. d. 8 Aug 18- Dummerslow - Windham Co. p. to 4 Mar 1836.

William C ummings. Application for Pension- Windham C ounty, Vermont. 17 th April 1818.
Correct
ex: annu.

State of Vermont
Windham County ss
On this seventeenth day of April 1818 before me the Subscriber Assistant Judge of the Hon. County Court of Windham personally appear William Cummings fifty nine years resident in Guilford in said County who being by me first duly sworn according to Law doth on his Oath make the following declarations in order to obtain the provisions made by the act of congress, entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and Navel service of the United States in the Revolutionary War that the said William Cummings enlisted at Con- nery in Connecticut in the month of February in the year 1778 as soldier for three years in the company of Capt Henry Champlin in the regiment of Col d Samuel Willis and Gen l Persons Brigade that he was in the Battle of White Plains and in the Battle of Brunswick and that he served the whole term of three years and was honorably discharged at Picks hill and his discharge was burned in his house in 1794 that he is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of assistance of his country for support and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services
William Cummings
Sworn to and declared before me, the day and year aforesaid
Gilbert Denison Asst. Judge of the County Court

I Judge of the Windham County Court afore said do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said William Cummings did serve in the revolutionary war as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy for the term of nine months and I now transmit the proceeding, and testimony taken and had before me to the Secretary for the Department of War pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress.
Brattleboro Windham County
April 17/1818
Gilbert Denison, Asst Judge of the County Court
State of Vermont .
Windham County Court Clerk's Office, Brattleborough, April 28. A.D. 1818.
I certify that the Honourable Gilbert Denison, Esquire, is one of the Assistant Jud- ges of the County Court aforesaid, duly commissioned and acting as such, and that the signatures of the foregoing and annexed certificates are in the hand writing of the said Judge.
Witness my hand, and the Seal of said Court, the day and year above written.
Attest.
James Elliot, Clerk.

To the Hon ble . Secretary of War of the United States.
I the undersigned Assistant Judge of Windham County Court - State of Vermont - do further certify that I am personally acquainted with the above named deponent W m Cummings - That I am well knowing that said William Cummings is and has been for a long time in indigent circumstances and that he stands in need of the assistance of his Country for support & maintenance.
Gilbert Dimond Asst. Judge

N o 125.
William Cummings.
Application for Pension.
Wincham County Vt.
[Copy]
2168 Guilford
Cow
Aug 18
Sep 18
3.65.
30 Sep 1890

STATE OF VERMONT.
COUNTY OF WINDHAM ss.
At the County Court, begun and held at New-Fane, within and for the County of Windham, on the second Monday of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty,.... and continued by adjournment to Brattleborough in said county on the third Wednesday of July in the year 1820.
PRESENT—Hon. PHINEHAS WHITE, Esq. Chief Judge. Hon. JOHN ROBERTS, Hon. GILBERT DENISON, Esqrs. } Assistant Judges.
ON this Nineteenth day of July  June , A. D. 1820, personally appeared in open court, being a court of record for the said county, proceeding according to the course of the common law, with a civil jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, keeping a record of their proceedings, and having, in certain cases, the power of fine and imprisonment, William Cummings aged 62 years, resident in Guilford in said county, who, being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows: Three years service in the Connecticut line Col. Samuel Willis Regiment Capt Henry Champion's Company
That he has received a pension under the act of the Congress of the United States of the 18th March, 1818, that the number of his pension certificate is 2189 and the date of his original declaration is twentieth day of April 1818
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: And that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts, or debts, due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed.
SCHEDULE of real and personal estate, necessary clothing and bedding excepted.
one Cow - - - - - $12- one Hog - - - - - 3- and a few old articles of old furniture consisting of old chains, old table and - 5- a few knives & forks - - - - - $20
William Cummings
AND I do also swear that my occupation is that of a Laborer , my wife is not able to labor any at all - William Cummings
SWORN to and DECLARED in open court on the Before
19th day of July  June A. D. 1820, Gilbert Denison JUDGE.
I James Elliott Clerk of the County Court for the County of Windham, in the State of Vermont, do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath, and the Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the files and records of the said Court: And I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is Twenty dollars, and — cents.
IN testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, in open Court, on this twentieth day of July  June 1820.
CLERK OF THE COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF WINDHAM James Elliott

39 389 INVALID.
Rev
File No. 39,389
William Cummings Rev
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 8 , Page 120
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1913, June 12. To Dr. Mr. Lend. U.S.A. Mark Dept. For Tombstone For
1913, June 20, Dr. Mr. Lend. informed that soldier served in Conn. Line, and that former report showed that he served in the Rev. For.