Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 27858, for Peter Shearman, New York
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(8-1776)
SERVICE New York
Shearman, Peter
or Sherman
NUMBER W. 27858
Martha
CONTENTS
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Reported
294
[illegible]
New York
Martha Sherman widow of Peter Sherman NY who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 dollars per annum, to commence on 4th December, 1848
Certificate of Pension issued the 10th day of August 184 and sent to Hon. W. A. Sackett
Seneca Falls N.Y.
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Peter 
Shearman Born October the 18, 1762
And Maried to Martha Hart
March the 1 1784

Martha Hart Born October the 29 1763
Bought 1813 Price $ & dollars
18
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In reply to your request of _, received_ 
for a statement of the military history of Peter Shearman
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
[illegible]
Length of Service
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1918 Jan. 2 Hist. to Mrs. S.L. Kellerman
Revy
Widow, &c
File No. 27.858
Martha Sherman
Wid of
Peter Sherman
Rev. War
Act
Index:Vol. Page
[Arrangement of 1870]
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Martha Sherman of NewYork
Under Law of July 1848
Resent the within to Mr. W [illegible]
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Discharge from Washington to Peter Sshearman private NY Line date 8 June 1783
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THE NEW TESTAMENT OF OUR LORD and SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST, Translated out of the ORIGINAL GREEK: AND WITH THE FORMER TRANSLATIONS
Diligently Compared and Revife, by His Majesty's Special Command

APPOINTED TO BE READ IN CHURCHES
OXFORD:
PRINTED AT THE CLARENDON PRESS,
By W. Jackson and A. Hamilton, Printerss to the Univerisity
And sold at the Bible Warehouse, Pataer[illegible] Row, London
MDCCLXXXL
CUM PRIVILEGIO
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Peter Sherman, Seneca County, NY Act 15 May 1828 $80
To what time was he last paid?
[illegible]
pd to 4th Sept 1848
BLB
Pension Office
August 8, 1849
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1466
No. of Original [illegible] 862
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
29 Jan 7 1829
Peter Shearman of Ovid in the county of Seneca in the State of New York has applied to the Secretary of the Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled "An Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolution," approved the 15th of May, 1828.  He States that he enlisted in the Continental line of the army of the Revolution, for and during the war,and continued until its termination, at which period he was a private in Captain Hicks company, in the first regiment of the New York line; and that he received a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars, provided by the resolve of the 15th of May 1778; and further, that he was not on the 15th day of May, 1828, on the pension list of the United States,, and that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of March, 1826, nothing.

The Third Auditor is requested to report how far the several statements are corroborated by the records in his office.
By order of the Secretary
FA Dickens

TREASURY DEPARTMENT
at the rate of
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE,
2nd February 1829
It appears by the records in this office, that a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars has
been issued to Peter Shearman in the New York line
It further appears that Peter Sherman
is not now on the pension
list of any agency, and has not been so since the 3d March 1826.
Peter Hagner [illegible]

See #27858  [illegible]
[illegible]
[illegible]
Act 1828
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PENSION O
DEC 21 1917
U.S.
OFFICE
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December 15th 1917
Commissioner of Pensions,
Rev. War Section,
Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
Will you please let me know if you have any Revolutionary service of Peter Sherman, NewYork Militia from Seneca County, New York, Ovid.  Or any other information concerning him or his family.
Yours very truly,
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