Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 42,278, for Job Sheldon, Rhode Island
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I Job Sheldon of New Milford, County of Litchfield & State of Connecticut, being duly sworn do declare, that I served as a sergeant in the War of the Revolution against the common enemy on the Continental establishment for five years and twenty-two days,  that I enlisted for the War in the Month of May 1777 into the Rhode Island line, in the Regiment then commanded by Col. Israel Angel, [illegible] by Capt. William Allen, that said regiment was afterward commanded by Col. Jeremiah Cluey [illegible] Company by Capt., Ebenezer [illegible], that I continued in said service till the 15th day of June 1783 when I was honorably discharged as will appear by my original discharge, under the hand of the Commander in Chief, hereunto [illegible].  And I further declare that the means of my reduced circumstances in life, I am in need of assistance from my County for support.

Job Sheldon

[illegible] at Litchfield
this 8th day of April 1818
Ap. 8 1818 Sworn before me,
James Gould, a Judge of the [illegible] Court.