Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 17801, John Cunningham, New Jersey

SERVICE
New Jersey
Cunningham, John Sherman, Rebecca
NUMBER
N. 17801
(Former widow.)
CONTENTS
This woman's other husband was pensioned. See case of William Sherman, R.S., S. 49212.

3677
New York Albany
Rebecca Sherman widow of John Cunningham
who served in the Revolutionary
R.S. war; as a Private N.J.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 5 day of Feb 1849 and sent to
J. P. Shingerland Barnerville Seneca Co NY
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 187 Vol. 4
Reported Feb 5/49
745-

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by an act of Congress passed July 7, 1838 &c.
State of New York Jefferson County ss.
On this fourteenth day of March - Anno Domini (1848) Eighteen hundred and forty Eight, personally appeared before me Robert Cummings County Judge of the County Court in and for said County of Jefferson, Rebecca Sherman , formerly a resident of Demerestville in Canada West, but now a resident of the Town of Henderson in said County aged Eighty four years, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by an Act of Congress passed July 7, 1838, entitled "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain Widows," and also its supplements.
That she is now the Widow of William Sherman, who died a Revolutionary Pensioner in the Town of Orleans in said County of Jefferson on the third day of August Eighteen hundred and thirty four.
That she was married to her late husband the aforesaid William Sherman, on the Seventeenth day of March Eighteen hundred and thirty One by the Rev. William Morrison in Houndsfield in said County of Jefferson.
That previous to her marriage to said William Sherman she was the widow of John Cunningham who died in the Town of German Flats in the County

of Herkimer in said State of New York on the first day of November Eighteen hundred and nine!
That she makes this application on account of the Revolutionary services of her first husband said John Cunningham.
That her first husband the aforesaid John Cun- ningham was a soldier of the United States during the War of the American Revolution, that during said War he resided in Salem in the State of New Jersey from whence he entered the service and served for a number of years in the New Jersey Line as a regu- lar soldier in the Company of Captain Firkhan or Forman and in the Regiment of Colonel Ogden. That he entered said service in the early part of said War and continued to serve therein until the close thereof. That he was in service and engaged in the Battles of Brandywine, Germantown, Mon- mouth and Trenton, and was out in the expedition against Cornwallis and was present at his Cap- ture at Yorktown. He served at the numerous pla- ces and at the different posts to which his Regi- ment was called to serve throughout the said War.
Owing to age, disease of body, and consequent loss of memory Declarant is now unable to relate all of the particulars of his services in said War, but has heard her said husband relate on numerous oc- casions the particulars of his said services, the dif- ferent places at which he served and the differ- ent routes he marched and pursued while in said service; suffering as he did most of the time the most incredible hardships through toils and fatigues, and for want of proper food & clothing

And Declarant further saith that she was married to her first husband the aforesaid John Cunningham, on the Twenty fifth day of April Seventeen hundred and Eighty four at the residence of Adam Mowers, in the Town of Salem in the County of Salem and in said State of New Jersey by the Rev d William Worth who then lived and preached in said place and at the Baptist Church at Pittsgrove.
That the following persons were present at her marriage, to wit, John Horn, Adam Mowers, John Mowers, Jacob Mowers, George Smith, Adam Mowers junr. and a number of other persons.
That previous to her marriage as aforesaid to said John Cunningham she resided in the aforesaid Town of Salem and bore the maiden name of Rebecca Taylor.
That in the fall of the year Eighteen hundred and Thirty six Declarant went from Houndfield aforesaid, to live with her daughter in Gomerstville in Canada aforesaid and shortly thereafter entirely lost the use of her limbs by Rheumatic complaints, and since which time she has been confined to her bed entirely helpless. Shortly after the passage of the laws granting pensions to widows her friends from the States informed her of the passage of those laws, and Declarant then employed an Agent to collect the necessary proofs and some time since did obtain evidence in support of her claim, as the accompanying affidavits will show. Declarant has since the passage of said pension laws endeavored to return to the States in order to make her application but owing to the reasons aforesaid was unable to do so, and

to bear the fatigues of such journey, until about the first of November last when her daughter paid her a visit in Demerestville afore- said when with extreme difficulty Declarant returned home with her said daughter to Hen- derson aforesaid with whom she now resides and is still confined to her bed in a helpless con- -dition. Not having therefore been able to make the application sooner, owing to reasons aforesaid and being still confined to her bed and in much need of said pension to which she considers her- -self justly entitled, she prays that the same may be allowed her without delay and that her name may be immediately enrolled among the United States Pensioners. Subscribed & sworn before me } the the day and year first aforesaid } Rebecca X Sherman Robert S. Linsley } of Hedges, Saff. Co. } Mark N. Y.
I hereby certify that Rebecca Sherman the fore- -going Declarant is unable to attend Court by reason of bodily infirmities & disease which ap- -pears to have been pressing upon her system for a number of years past. She is now confined to her bed. And further that the foregoing Declaration by her subscribed before me was by me read to her and by her declared to be true and correct before execution.
Robert Sinsley County Judge of Jefferson County State of New York

N. Y. I hereby certify that Rebecca Sherman the foregoing Declaration is unable to attend Court by reason of bodily infirmities & disease which appears to have been gnawing upon her system for a number of years past. She is now confined to her bed. And further that the foregoing Declaration by her subscribed before me was by me read to her and by her declared to be true and correct.
STATE OF NEW YORK, } ss. Jefferson County Clerk's Office, }
I, James G. Lynde, Clerk of said County, do hereby certify, that
Robert Sansing before whom the annexed affidavit purports to have been sworn, and declaration taken was at the date of the same (County Judge)
_____ 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 in the year 1845
21
day of
March
J. G. Lynde Clerk.
Verily Correct J. G. Lynde

State of New Jersey } County of Camden } ss.
John Coombs a resident of the village of Camden in said County aged seventy two years & upwards being duly sworn according to law deposeth & saith that he formerly resided in the Township of Pittsgrove in the County of Salem in said State of New Jersey and then held the office of Deacon and Trustee in the Baptist Church of Christ in Pittsgrove aforesaid of which Church the Revd. William Worth was formerly and many years ago Pastor. While Deponent was Deacon of said Church as aforesaid he received from his predecessor in Office the Records of said Church which was the Marriage Register of said Revd. William Worth which Register Deponent still holds in his possession. That he has examined said Records or Register in order to find evidence of the Marriage of John Cunningham to Rebecca Taylor which is reputed to have occurred soon after the close of the War of the Revolution and that the following is a true and exact Copy from said Register viz: "An account of persons married by Mr. Worth" 1784 April 25 th John Cunningham to Rebecca Taylor"
From whence it appears that John Cunningham was duly married to Rebecca Taylor according to the rites of said Church on the twenty fifth day of April Seventeen hundred and Eighty four by the Revd. William Worth, and that the date of said marriage is expressed upon said Register in fair legible figures.
Sworn and Subscribed this tenth day of November A.D. 1846 before me J. H. Cooperworth Justice of the Peace
John Coombs
I certify that the above deponent John Coombs is a man of good standing and a creditable witness J. H. Cooperworth

State of New Jersey Camden County ss
I Thomas B. Wood, Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas of said County of Camden, do hereby certify that John P. Campbell Stewart, the Justice of the Peace be- fore whom the aforesaid affidavit hath been taken, was at the time of the taking thereof, and now is, a Justice of the Peace of said County duly appointed, commissioned and affirmed into Office as such, - and to all his official acts as such, full faith and credit is due and ought to be given, as well in court of Judicature as thereout. And that the signature is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of said Court at the City of Camden, in the said County of Camden, this tenth day of November Anno Domini Eighteen hundred and forty Six - 1846.
Thos B. Wood Clerk

State of New York Herkimer County ss.
Margaret Denison a resident of the Village of Herkimer in the aforesaid County of Herkimer being duly sworn according to law deposeth and saith that she is aged sixty two years and over and is a daughter of John Cunningham and Widow Rebecca Sherman. That her mother said widow Rebecca Sherman now resides with Deponent's sister in the Town of Henderson in the County of Jefferson in this State with whom she came to live last fall from Demerestville in Canada West where she had been living from 1836, with a sister of this Deponent. That her said father and mother formerly lived on German Flatts and about one mile distant from the residence of Deponent in said Village of Herkimer and that her said father John Cunningham there died at his residence in said German Flatts in the month of November 1809, at the age of sixty years. That as Deponent has always been informed by her said parents and others they were married to each other in Salem in the State of New Jersey soon after the close of the War of the Revolution by the Rev. Mr. Worth and soon thereafter moved from thence to the State of New York where her said father died as aforesaid and left her said mother a widow who in about two years after his death moved to Boonfield in said County of Jefferson and in March of 1831, was there married to William Sherman whose widow she now remains. Deponent has on numerous occasions heard her said father relate, while living, that during the War of the Revolution he lived in Salem in the State of New Jersey from whence he enlisted into the United States Army and as he was accustomed to express it in his own language served, "through the whole of the war of the Revolution".

Deponent is not positive but thinks that he called the name of the Colonel who commanded his Regiment Ogden, This was the name of one of the Officers under which he served, She has heard him state that he was in many battles and was at the Capture of Lord Cornwallis at Yorktown &c, That he was a regular soldier of the Jersey Line in said War in which he suffered many hardships, That before her said Mother was married to her said father she resided in Salem aforesaid and bore the maiden name of Rebecca Taylor And further saith not. Subscribed and sworn before { me on this sixth day of June { Margaret Denison 1848.
Alfred Putnam Justice of the peace.
I hereby certify that the above named Deponent, Margaret Denison, is person of good standing and is a very intelligent and credible witness. I myself knew Widow Rebecca Cunningham she is now nearly Ninety years old — Alfred Putnam Justice.

Wenzel DeLison, is person of good standing
STATE OF NEW-YORK, } ss. Herkimer County, }
press nearly
I, STANDISH BARRY, Clerk of the County of Herkimer, do certify
that Alfred Putnam Esquire, whose name is subscribed
to the certificate of the proof or acknowledgment of the annexed instrument in writing and endorsed thereon, was at the time of taking such proof or acknowledg- ment  That said Alfred Putnam
Peace & Justice of the in and for said county, dwelling in the said county, and duly authorised to take the same; and that I am well acquainted with his hand-writing, and verily believe his name subscribed to the said certificate to be his genuine signature.
In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said county at Herkimer, this 6 day of June A. D. 184 8
Standish Barry
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In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of John Cunningham a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau. W. File 17801
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     1777 several years until the close of the War. Forman Ogden N. J.                                                   
Battles engaged in, Trenton, Brandy. Germ - Mon - sur. of Cornwallis at Spottsylvania, Residence of soldier at enlistment, Salem, New Jersey. Date of application for pension, by widow. Mch. 20. 1848. Residence at date of application, Henderson, Jefferson Co., N.Y. Age at date of application, 84 yrs.
Remarks: He m. at Salem N.J. Apr. 25, 1784, Rebecca Taylor; he died Nov. 1, 1809, at German Flats, N.Y. as at 60 yrs. She m. Houndsfield, N.Y., Mch. 17, 1831, William Sherman who d. Aug. 3, 1834 at Orleans, N.Y. In 1848 dau. Margaret Denison over 62 yrs. of age was the only child whose name was stated.
Very respectfully,

Mrs. Mary St. Vincent, N.Y. M.E. Bishop Letter,
Rev WIDOW, &c.
Left 2 6/10 Hist. to O. Hurd, 5 Hobart, N.Y. 12/87. John G. Cum N.Y. City 1911 June 15. to Mrs. B. Burdell
File No. 17801
Rebecca Sherman Widow of John Cunningham Dis. Rev War
Act: Feb 29 48
Index:—Vol. M , Page 207
[Arrangement of 1870.]

No 13607 Rebecca Sherman N.Y. J. Wm. G. A. Starkweather April 25th 1848
act 7 July 1838

10449
Reported
New York
Rebecca Sherman for
Widow of John Cunningham who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832 and who died on the 1834  1839  1839 of officers in the State of N.Y. who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Gadon of the Reg't commanded by Col. Lippincott in the Revolutionary line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 80 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 8th day of July 1848 and sent to Mem. G. A. Starkweather
Total amount, No. 3 of Report $ 400.00
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by Th. Ransom Clerk, Book D Vol. 1. Page 195

New York  8371  Albany
Report
Rebecca Sherman for widow of John Cunningham who was a Private in the Revolution Husband died in 1834
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 8th day of July, 1848 and sent to
Hon. J. C. Starkweather Secy of Reps
[Acts of March 3, 1843, and June 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book 86 Vol. 2 Page 86

State of New York Herkimer County ss.
I John Meahan being duly sworn according to law do depose and say that I am a resident of the Village of Herkimer in the said County of Herkimer & am Sixty Nine years of age, That I was well acquainted with John Cunningham and his wife Rebecca who formerly lived within a mile of said Village of Her- kimer on German Flatts and of my residence. They then lived together and passed as husband and wife and sustained all the relations of such husband & wife until the death of said John he having died at his residence in said German Flatts in the fall of the year 1809, leaving his wife the said Rebecca a wid- ow. It was then currently reported and believed in in this place that John Cunningham & his said wife came from Salem in the State of New Jersey where they had been living and were married to each other shortly after the close of the War of the Revo- lution. They raised a family of children one of which is Margaret Denison who resides in this village and is over Sixty years of age. It was then also currently re- ported and believed in this the said neighborhood that said John Cunningham had been a soldier of the War of the Revolution having served for a num- ber of years in the New Jersey Line and in the service of the United States. I myself have heard said Cunningham relate many instances, narratives & facts of incidents that occurred while he was in said service but not having charged my mind with them & after so long an elapse of time I am now unable to relate them. At the time said

John Cunningham died as aforesaid he was at least Sixty years of age. A short time after the death of said Cunningham his widow said Rebecca moved from said German Flatts to the County of Jefferson in this State where as I was afterwards informed she married William Sherman who as I have since been informed died in there in 1834. He left the said Rebecca a widow surviving him and I have further been informed that the said widow Rebecca now lives with one of her daughters in the Town of Henderson in said County of Jefferson and is an applicant for a pension and from my long and intimate acquaintance with the said John and Rebecca having lived a near neighbor to them and from the current and common report and belief of the older inhab- =itants of this place I verily believe her justly en- =titled to said pension.
Subscribed & sworn before me } John Mahon This 6 th day of June A.D. 1848. }
Alfred Putnam Justice of the peace
I hereby certify that John Mahon the above Deponent is a highly respectable person. He has respectively held the office of County Clerk, Sheriff &c. and was for some years a Judge of Herkimer County Court, and a man in whom the public have placed the most im- =plicit confidence being a man of strict truth and veracity.
Alfred Putnam

State of New York Jefferson County ss. Samuel F. Hooker of the village of Lackett Harbor in the town of Homersville County of Jefferson State of New York being duly sworn according to law deposes and saith that he was acquainted with John Cunningham then living in the town of German Flats in the County of Herkimer State of New York. From the year 1802 to the year 1808 same was also acquainted with the wife of the said Cunningham then residing with him. That in the year 1808 deponent came from the County of Herkimer to reside where he now lives at Lackett Harbor. In one or two years after deponent came to reside at Lackett Harbor he recollects of being to the County of Herkimer on business or visiting his friends. That said John Cunningham died while deponent was there. Some years after his death his widow came to reside in this County. and deponent saw her frequently at that time she resided within about three quarters of a mile of this deponent. That afterward it was a common report that the widow Cunningham was married to William Sherman which this deponent believes to be true for that deponent has frequently seen her since and that she went by the name of Mrs. Sherman and that at the time she resided within three quarters of a mile of deponent at Lackett Harbor she was called the widow Sherman - and from his recollections of the said John Cunningham at present he could think he was about fifty years old at the time of his death - and further deponent saith not.
Sam. F. Hooker
Subscribed & sworn this 21 st day of May 1848 before me
Samuel Boyden Justice of the peace of the County of Jefferson

I testify that the within named Lemuel J. Hooker is a resident of the village of Gatchito Harbor & a man of truth and veracity whose statements may be relied on as being true. Lemuel Boyden Justice of the peace

1 1 \ 1 State of New York Jefferson County } ss.
Rev. Elisha Morgan, was -ident of the Town of Adams and of lawful age, being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he is well acquaint- -ted with Widow Rebecca Sherman, who now lives with her daughter in the Town of Henderson in the County aforesaid. That he himself married said Rebecca Sherman to said William Sherman on the 17th. day of March 1831, said William Sherman died in the Town of Orleans in said County about three years after his said marriage to said Rebecca who she left a widow, and who went to live in Demerestville in Canada West where she remained until last fall when she came back to this County to live with her said daughter in Henderson. Said Widow Rebecca Sherman is reputed to have been married to John Cunningham as he was her first husband (and died in German Flatts in Herki- -mer County N.Y. in 1809) in Salem in New Jersey. She is reputed to have been married to John Cunningham shortly after said Cunningham was discharged from the United States Army in which he was reputed to have served in the New Jersey line as a regular soldier for some years during the War of the Revo- -lution. This has always been the common and current report and from the character and authenticity -of this report I verily believe it to be true and correct. Deponent has been a minister of the Gospel in this County for some years past. Said John Cunningham was at least sixty years of age in 1809, when he died as aforesaid, and his widow said Re- -becca was about seventy years of age when Deponent

married her to said William Sherman in 1831 as aforesaid, and is now very aged and infirm. (Subscribed and sworn before me) Elisha Morgan on this 23rd day of May A.D. 1848.) O. H. Rundell
Justice of the Peace
I hereby certify that Rev. Elisha Morgan is now, and long has been a Minister of the Gospel and of good standing in this County and of the Baptist persuasion.
O. H. Rundell
Justice of the Peace

State of New York } Jefferson County }
I Harvey Hubbard being duly sworn according to law do depose and say that I am a resident of the Town of Henderson in said County and am of lawful age. That I am now and long have been well acquainted with Widow Rebecca Sherman who now lives in said Town of Henderson. Said Widow Rebecca was duly married to William Sherman in Hooosfield by the Rev. Mr. Morgan in the Spring of the year 1831. Said William Sherman died in the Town of Orleans in said County a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States in the month of August 1834. and about three years after his marriage to said Rebecca. Previous to her marriage to her last husband said Widow Rebecca Sher- man was the Widow of John Cunningham to whom it has always been currently reported and believe she was married at or about the close of the war of the Revolution in Salem in the State of New Jersey from whence she and her said husband came to live in Germ- an Flats on the Mohawk River in the county of Herkimer in this state where her husband John Cunningham died in the year 1809 aged 60 years and was reputed and believed then and there to have been a regular soldier in the Army having served for a number of years or through the war in the New Jersey Line of soldiers, she having been ma- rried to him in Salem in New Jersey soon after he was discharged from the Army and before they came to live in German Flats. After the death of Mr. Sher- man and in 1835, this Widow Rebecca went to Demerestville in Canada West on a visit to one of her daughters who was living at that place and where

she arrived safely but was soon after attacked with Rheumatic complaints which deprived her of the free use of her Limbs, she was consequently confined to her bed, and compelled to remain with her daughter in Canada until last fall when one of her daughters from this Town went over to pay her a visit and succeeded in bringing the old lady Widow Sherman home with her and the old lady now lives with this daughter in this Town but is still confined to her room not having recovered the use of her limbs, I have lived near the above named persons for many years and know them all well and their families
Subscribed & sworn before } Harvey Hubbard me this 22 nd day of May A.D. 1898 } John H. Harman } Justice of the peace
I hereby certify that Harvey Hubbard the above Deponent is a resident of this Town a man advanced in years and age and a person of integrity, truth and veracity whose statement may be taken and relied upon as true and correct
John H. Harman } Justice of the peace

State of New York } Jefferson County } ss
I J. W. Harman being duly sworn according to law do depose and say that I am a practising Physician and a resident of the town of Henderson and County aforesaid and am well acquainted with Widow Rebecca Sherman to whom I have rendered professional aid and assistance. She now lives with her daughter in this town and is confined to her room through inability caused by rheumatic complaints. She is reputed to have been married in Harnesfield in 1831 to William Sherman who died in 1834. She is also reputed to have been the widow of John Cunningham previous to her marriage to William Sherman and that she was married to John Cunningham her first husband in Salem in the State of New Jersey in which state the said John Cunningham lived during the war of the revolution and served as a regular soldier through most of the war and soon after receiving his discharge from the army the widow was married to him. Widow Rebecca Sherman has recently returned from Canada where she had been living with one of her daughters for some ten or eleven years past. She came back to live with her daughter in this town last fall.
From the acquaintance I have with Widow Sherman and the current report and belief of the inhabitants of this town I verily believe the above statements true and correct
Joseph W. Harman

The within signed & sworn to by the within named Joseph W. Harmon this 23 rd day of May 1848 before me
Francis Walley Justice of the Peace of Jefferson County State of N.Y.
I certify that the above named Joseph W. Harmon is a Practising Physician of good standing in this village of Sacketts Mills in the town of Windsor in the County of Jefferson N.Y. Windsor May 23 rd 1848
Francis Walley Justice

The within subscriber & I were to inform me this 23 rd day of May 1888

State of New York } ss Jefferson County }
On this 24 th day of May 1848 personally came before me the undersigned justice of the peace. James Larman aged Eighty years and a resident of the town of Henderson and county aforesaid and who being by me duly sworn deponeth and saith that he is well acquainted with the Widow Rebecca Sherman who now lives in the town of Henderson County aforesaid with her daughter that the said Rebecca Sherman was married to William Sherman in 1831 in the county aforesaid and that the said William Sherman died in this county in 1834. and that the said Rebecca Sherman before her marriage with the said William Sherman was the Widow of John Cunningham the said John Cunningham was reported to have been a soldier in the war of the revolution from the state of New Jersey and the said Rebecca is reported to have been married to him in Salem New Jersey soon after he was discharged from the Army and they came from New Jersey to the state of New York and the said John Cunningham died in German Flats Herkimer County in 1809 aged nearly sixty years. in 1836 the said Rebecca Sherman went from this County on a visit to one of her daughters in Leicester ville Canada West. and from there she came to live in Henderson where she now resides with her daughter. When she was in Canada she was taken sick and in consequence of said sickness and old age she has lost the use of her limbs and is unable to help herself. This deponent further saith he has been for many years past past well acquainted with said Widow Rebecca Sherman and from his knowledge of some of the facts and others by information from respectable persons who were well acquainted with the several persons herein mentioned believes them to be true. Subscribed before me this 24 th day of May 1848 James Larman Jason Phelps Justice of the Peace

I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Mr James Lanman the within deponent and know him to be a very respectable man & credible witness Given at Haverstraw May 24 th 1848
Jason Phelps Pastor of the Gospel
State of New York } Jefferson County } ss
James G. Synae clerk of the aforesaid county do hereby certify that Jason Phelps Esq r before whom the within deposition purports to have been sworn & executed and also that Samuel Boydell, H. Rundell, John H. Tenman and Francis Wetley Esq r before whom the annexed Affidavits purports respective- =ly to have been sworn and executed were each and all of them acting Justices of the peace at the respective dates of said Affidavits in & for said County duly elected and qualified and authorised by law to take the same And further that their respective signatures to the jurats and certificates of said affidavits are genuine and in their own proper handwriting
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said County this 14 th day of June A. D. 1848
J. Synae Clerk

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress of 2 nd February, 1848, entitled "An act making further provisions for surviving widows and soldiers of the Revolution."
State of New York Jefferson County } ss
On this Twelfth day of September A.D. 1848, personally appeared before me John H. Harman a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly authorized by law to administer oaths, Rebecca Sherman, widow of William Sherman, and former widow of John Cunningham, who is a resident of the Town of Henderson in the aforesaid County of Jefferson, aged 84 years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress passed on the second of February 1848, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War. That she this Declarant is the widow of said William Sherman, & was formerly the widow of the said John Cunningham who was a Private in the New Jersey Line in the Regiment of Colonel Odeon, and who died on the first day of November 1869. That Declarant drew a pension of Eighty dollars per annum, under the act of 17th June 1844, &c. She further declares that she is still a widow,
Subscribed and sworn to before me the day and year above written
Rebecca Sherman her mark
John H. Harman Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Jefferson aforesaid

I hereby certify that Rebecca Sherman the within Declarant is personally known to me, She is the identical person who drew a pension under the act of 17th June 1844 &c. as the former widow of John Cunningham, She is now unable to write her name owing to the infirmities of age, and is therefore obliged to make her mark or cross!
John H. Harman Justice of the Peace
STATE OF NEW YORK, } ss. Jefferson County Clerk's Office, }
I, James G. Lynde, Clerk of said County, do hereby certify, that
John H. Harman 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 29 th day of Sept r . in the year 1848
J. G. Lynde Clerk.
R.S. aa 8971
J. S. Kingsland Barnesville NY

No 13607
Rebecca Sherman former wife wid of John Cunningham
MS
act 7 July 1838
Married 1784
Widowed and 1809
Second Married and 1834.
[Faint handwritten text, likely bleed-through from the reverse side of the page] Inverness, Nov. 1838 Dear Col. Dr. [?] I am [?]
[Faint handwritten text, likely bleed-through from the reverse side of the page] Submitted to [?]

13607 April 11 48
Rebecca Sherman Ames
John Cummings Entered July 15 77 alias Nov 13 78 mislaid on a Grand Decur deserted 1979 mislaid June 17 Recd Bents Sept 198
Geo. A. Starbuck

State of New York Jefferson County ss on this Twenty Third day of December 1847 Came before me Mary Ann Field and being by me duly Sworn deposes and says that She was well acquainted with William Sherman when he was living and She knows the time when he died it was in August 1834 and that the time it was the Third day of that month and that She was Present at his funeral and that he was her grandfather his wife was her Grand mother and that her Present Name is Rebecca C. Sherman and that She is now the widow of the above named William Sherman that he died in the Town of Orleans in the County of Jefferson & State of New York
Sworn and Subscribed before me this 23 rd of December 1847 Jason Phelps Justice of the Peace
Mary A Field

State of New Jersey County of Salem } ss
On this seventh day of November A. D. 1846 personally appeared before me the subscriber one of the Justices of the Peace in & for said County of Salem John Brown a resident of the Township of Singborough in said County aged Ninety & upwards, and a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States, and well known to me to be a reputable person and a credible witness, who being duly sworn according to law deposeseth & saith that in the year in which the Battle of Brandywine was fought (which was in the year 1777) Deponent enlisted into the Company Commanded by Captain Cummings in the Regiment Commanded by Colonel Ogden in the New Jersey Line of Troops and served therein until the close of said War, Deponent was in the service in said Company and engaged in the Battles of Brandywine, German Store, Monmouth, Trenton, and at the capture of Cornwallis &c, Deponent was well acquainted with John Cunningham who entered said service from said County of Salem and served in the Company Commanded by Captain Thomas in said Regiment of Colonel Ogden in the year in which Deponent entered said service, to wit, the year in which the Battle of Brandywine was fought (in 1777) and served therein with Deponent in and through the above stated service, said John Cunningham was a brave faithful and good soldier during said service, Deponent was also well acquainted with Rev. Mr. Worth a Baptist Clergyman who lived and preached during said War as Deponent verily believes in Pittsgrove in said County of Salem and who as Deponent has been informed and verily believes time married said John Cunningham to Rebecca Taylor immediately or very soon after said John was discharged from the service of the said Army which was at the close of the said War of the Revolution,

Subscribed and sworn before me this Seventh day of November A.D. 1846 the day & year first aforesaid,
Robert Guest Justice of the Peace
his John X Brown Mark
I hereby certify that the above deponent John Brown is unable to write his name owing to old age & bodily infirmities and further that the above deposition was declared by him to be true and correct before execution,
Robert Guest Justice of the Peace
State of New Jersey } Thomas Dickinson Junior Clerk Salisbury County S.S } of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Salem Do hereby certify that Robert Guest before whom the above affidavit of John Brown was taken is now and was at the time of taking said affidavit, one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the County of Salem aforesaid duly commissioned and qualified according to law and as such Justice hath full power to take such affidavit and that full faith and credit are and of right ought to be given to all his lawful acts as such Justice of the Peace, and that the above signature purporting to be his is genuine In Witness Whereof I have set my hand hereunto and affixed my seal of office this Seventh day of November Anno Domini Eighteen hundred and forty six
Thos. Dickinson J. Clerk

No 13607 Rebecca Sherman

act 439472 N 13607
Rebecca Sherman pmz wid of John Cunningham N
act 7 July 1838
Adm Dyan pm $80 00 pnam Mar 4 March 1836
Adm acts 3 March 1843 and 17 June 44 $80
pm 4 March 1843
Hen G A Starkweather Husey Mich

Hon. J. L. Richards Washington

Washington 29 th June 1846
Hon J. L. Edward
Esq.
I enclose to you the additional proof in the case of Re- becca Sherman agreeably to your letter of the 25 th of April last - This proof covers the whole ground as stated in your letter & must I think prove entirely satisfactory - Please inform me of the result at your earliest convenience Respectfully Yours
Geo. A. Matthews

REVOLUTIONARY SERVICE. O. W. & N. DIV. MEMORANDA.
Please supply as much as possible of the data called for below.
Full name of soldier:
John Cunningham
Place of residence before service: (Town, county, and State, if possible.)
Ireland
Place of residence after service: (Town, county, and State, if possible.)
German Flats, Herkimer Co., N.Y.
Date of death (as near as possible):
About 1811 or 1812
Christian name of widow:
Rebecca
Did either he or his widow receive a pension?
Widow
Remarks:
Pension was gotten as back-pay years after his death when children had grown and could attend to it. I have little or no other knowl- edge pertaining to Revolutionary matters. cannot obtain Your name and address: any
Mary Oades Keene 5 Hobart St. Utica N.Y.

O. W. & N.
F. S.
Div.
Ex'r.
Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
Washington, D. C., Mar. 15, 1895.
Respectfully returned to
Mrs. Mary O. Hurd,
5 Hobart St.,
Utica, N. Y.
For purposes of identification please fill out the enclosed slip as fully as possible and return same to this Bureau with your letter of Jan. 9th.
A. Lochren
Commissioner.

5 Hobart St. Utica, September 11 '95
W m Lochner Dr Sir
I inclose Blank filled as I feel to the best of my ability Please let me know if it proves of any value
Very Respectfully (Mrs.) Mary Oades Heurk
Mrs. D. C. Heurk

338 Broadway
C.W.W. Division
N.Y.C. New York Aug 5/97
Domine J. Murphy Commissioner
Sir
I desire to call your attention to the age of Mrs. Cunningham at date of application for a Pension - I was born in 1825. When about 10 or 12 years of age I saw my Grand Mother at her Daughters House in Henderson. I never saw her again. My Aunt said John here is your Grand Mother She gets a Pension of $8 00 Dollars per Month. This could not have been later than 1835 to 1838. Will you kindly inform me if there has been a mistake in Coffey's Yours John S. Cunningham

JAS. B. BURDELL. PETALUMA, CALIFORNIA.
June 8, 1911.
Department of the Interior, Bureau of Pensions, 6 - W. & N. Division, Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:
I am seeking information respecting the application of Mrs. Rebecca Cunningham seeking a pension for her husband's services in the Revolutionary War. The application was made on March 20, 1848. She at that time lived at Henderson, New York,. What I am desirous of knowing is, at the time she made application for this pension were there any references on the application blanks as to her place of birth, her mother's maiden name, their residence, etc. etc. Also as to any data pertaining to her husband, John Cunningham, where he was born, etc.
I am a descendant and am seeking information in order to trace and make a family tree. Any information that you can give me on this subject would be greatly appreciated and any expense that would be incurred, if not too great, would be pleased to pay.
Respectfully yours,
Jas B Burdell

This Bureau can furnish the military record of only such Revolutionary soldiers as were pensioned or whose widows were pensioned for their services.
Such of the original muster and pay rolls of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 as are now in the possession of the Government are on file in the Record and Pension Office, War Department. Original rolls and other records pertaining to service in the Revolutionary War may also be found on file in the archives of many of the original States.
O. W. & N. DIV. REVOLUTIONARY.
M. E. C. Id. 17,801.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C.,
August 12, 1897.
Sir:
Replying to your communication of a recent date, you are advised that the information concerning John Cunningham, a soldier of the Revolutionary war, furnished under date of September 26, 1895, appears to be correct, as shown by the papers on file in the claim for pension of his widow, Rebecca.
Very respectfully,
Acting Commissioner.
Mr. John G. Cunningham, 338 Broadway, New York City.

O. W. & N. Division.
F. S.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Bureau of Pensions,
M.E.C.
Washington, D. C., September 26, 1895.
Madam:
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of --- John Cunningham --- a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     His widow stated in her declaration that he entered the service in the early part of the war and continued therein until its close; that he was in the battles of Brandywine, Germantown, Monmouth, and Trenton, and was present at the Surrender of Cornwallis. He pension was allowed, however, for his actual services as a private in Capt. Forman's company, Col. Ogden's New York regiment, for the period of two years, he having enlisted in that company and regiment on Feb. 15, 1777.  
Battles engaged in,
As above.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Salem, N. J.
Date of application for pension, by widow, March 20, 1848.
Residence at date of application, of widow, Henderson, N. Y.
Age at date of application, of widow, eighty-four years.
Remarks: The soldier married Rebecca Taylor, April 25, 1784, and died at German Flats, N. Y., Nov. 1, 1809.
Mrs. Mary O. Hurd, 5 Hobart St., Utica, N. Y.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
Division of Veterans' Administration Archives
NAME Cunningham, John GRADE Private LINE Laub's Artillery (New York)
WARRANT NUMBER 7004 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED Aug. 20, 1790 to William Cumming, assignee
*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.