Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 11,666, Jeremiah Wilson, N. H.
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STATE OF VERMONT,
WINDSOR COUNTY, SS.
On this 3rd
day of October A.D. 1832 personally appeared
in open Court before the Judge of the Probate Court of Hartford District
now sitting, Jeremiah Wilson
a resident of the county of Windsor
and State of Vermont, aged Eighty Six - years, who being first duly sworn
according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain
the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers,
and served as herein stated. In the year 1775 he lived in
Bolton Massachusetts, some time in April or
May in the said year he enlisted in to the served
of the United States in Capt Jonathan Whitcombe
Company in Colo Reed, Regiment (Continental
or State Troops) went to Mistick Mass. staid then
a short time then went to Charleston Mass &
there Joined the Regiment, Staid there till after
the Battle of Bunker Hill, then the company went
to Winter Hill soon after he joined the Regiment
staid to Winter Hill till his time was almost
out having enlisted for Eight months
part of the time he was in the service he was imployed in hiring a team) about two week previous
to his time being out he was taken sick & by leave
of Capt Whitcomb he returned home
he has no documentary evidence & knows of no person
whose testimony he can procure who can testify
to his services except the testimony hereunto anexed
he was born in Bolton May the 28th day of
December AD 1746 where he thinks it is recorded
& he also recorded it in his Bible in 1780 he remard
to Dummonton Vermont staid one year then he
removed to Putney Vermont staid there till 1808 then
to Theron Vermont staid there two years then removed to Norwich Vermont staid about two years
then removed to Hartford Vermont staid there about 
two years then removed back to Norwich where he
has ever since lived & is known to many of the
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Inhabitants in that town & in Hartford a town
adjoining & to some of the inhabitants in the
town of Woodstock in perticular to Rev John
Hazen of Woodstock & David Whitcomb of Hartford
who can testify to his character for veracity & these
belief of his services as a soldier of the revolution

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present,
and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State.
Jeremiah Willons

Sworn to and subscribed the
day and year aforesaid:
L Marsh Register


We, Jasper Hazen a Clergyman residing in
Woodstock and David residing in Hartford do hereby certify that 
we are well acquainted with Jeremiah Wilson
who has subscribed
and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 86
years of age;
that he is reputed and believed, in the neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a
soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the
day and year aforesaid,
L Marsh, Register

Jasper Hazen
David Whitcomb
-
And the said Court do hereby declare their 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 other been Jasper Hazen
who has signed the preceding certificate, is a Clergyman, resident in Woodstock
and that David Whitcomb who has also signed the same, is a resident in
Hartford
and is a credible person, and that their statement is
entitled to credit.

I, Lyndon A Marsh, Register of the Court of Probate of the District
of Hartford, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings
of the said Court in the matter of the application of Jeremiah Wilson

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto
set my hand and seal of office this
third day of October
A. D. 1832
Le Marsh Register
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
June 6 1833
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has
been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of
your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and
the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed,
before a pension can be allowed. the notes and the regulations will shew what is
necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed,
you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }). You will, when
you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and
you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your
claim.

[Chart]
A Statement, shewing the Service of Jeremiah Wilson

Period when the service was rendered.
May 1775

Duration of the
claimant's service
Years
Months
8
Days

Rank of
the
claimant.
Private
Sergeant

Names and Rank
of the Company
officers under
whom he served.
Capt Whitcomb

Names and Rank
of the General
and Field officers.
Col Reed-

Battles in which  the applicant was engaged.
Bunker Hill

Country through which he marched.
marchd from Ollistak to
Charleston
to W winter hill

Place of abode
when he entered
the service, and age
at the present
period
86 years
Bolton
Mass

Evidence by which the declaration
is supported
.Traditionary &
Clergyman
livingWitness

I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
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Woodstock Vermont Jany 21st 1834
Dear Sir
enclosed with this is the papers relating
to Jeremiah Wilson in addition to the first papers
sent, is a Supplementary Declaration which is hoped
will be sufficient to entitle the applicant to a
Pension Certificate when an examination can be
had, I wish the return directed to me
Respectfully yours
Walter Palmer

Hon J. L. Edwards
Comm of Pensions
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I Abijah
Whitcomb of Swanzey in the County
of Cheshire and State of New Hampshire aged eighty
one years of age testify and say that in the year
1775. I was in the Revolutionary army in the Eight
months service in Capt Jonathan Whitcombs Compy
in Col Reeds Regt N.H. Troops, that Jeremiah
Wilson then of Bolton Massachusetts, and now as
I am informed of Norwich in the State of Vermont
was at the time I was in said service doing
duty as a waggoner to the Compy and regiment
and belonging as I understood to said Capt
Whitcombs Company- that he was submitted
with me while our company was stationed at
Mystic and Charlestown before the Battle of
Bunker hill-- and was afterwards with the Compy
at Winter hill-- doing duty as waggoner as
aforesaid - that he remained there in the service
when I left I am very certain.-- I left about
two weeks before the eight months have
expired and how much longer he stayed
I cannot say-
Abijah Whitcomb

State of New Hampshire
Chishire
Aug 28, 1832. Subscribed sworn to
Before me the M Edwards
Justice of the Peace
I certify that Abijah Whitcomb the
above
deponent is a credible person-
Th M Edwards Jus Peace

Cheshire . August 29th 1832
I Salma Hale Clerk of the Judicial Court in
said County certify that Thomas M. Edwards
is a Justice of the Peace in and for said
county, and that the foregoing are his own
signatures.-- In testimony whereof I hereunto
affix the seal of our Superior Court of Judicature
S. Hale, Clerk
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State of Vermont
Windsor County
Hartford Nov 20th 1833

Personally appeared before 
the undersigned a Justice of the peace within & for
the County of Windsor Jeremiah Wilson who
being duly sworn deposeth & sayeth that by
reason of old age & the consequent loss of
memory he cannot swear positively
at what time he was dismissed from the
service in 1775 when at Winter Hill but
according to his best recollection it was 15
days previous to the expiration of the eight
months service for which he inlisted
making his term of service as a private not less
than Seven Months and 15 days for which
service he claims a Pension, & for the time duly
which the service was performed he was not employed in any civil pursuit. that he served with an embodied
Corps called into service by competant authority &
performed the service as he has stated in his Declaration
which this is an addition thereto -

Jeremiah William

Sworn to & Subscribed the day & year first above
Written
John Strong Justice of the Peace

State of Vermont 
Winder County ss
 I Benjamin Swan Clerk of Windsor
County Court do hereby certify that
John Strong who has affixed his name
to the above is a Magistrate duly qualified
that the same is his Genuine Signature
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
affixed the seal of said Court & subscribed
my name at Woodstock this 6th day of
December AD 1833
Benj Swan Clerk
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[Stamp] U.S.PENSION OFFICE O SEP.4 1929

3008 Southern Blod.
Youngstown, Ohio
August 31 1929.

Interior of Pension Dept.
Washington D.C.

Gentlemen,-
Have you any record of a
Jeremiah Wilson C. Dec. 28, 1747 d. 1834,
in W. Hartford, Vt. as having served
in Revolutionary War? I do not
know his birthplace. Also the name of
his wife and children. He
had a son Nathaniel Wilson, who
married Joan
Also a grandson
Nathaniel C. 3-9 -18034 d. 1879 Mar
Betsey (Brockway) Wilson.
Thank you.
Vera S. Burn
(Mrs. L. H. Burn)
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Jeremiah Wilson alleges that he was
attached to Captain Jonathan Whitcomb's
Company in Colonel Reed's Regiment
during a part of the light as
service in 1775. Abijah Whitcomb
testifies that his service was performed
as a wagoner. It can not be taken
upon the facts stated, that the claimant
was in military service he was
probably employed under a civil
contract the perform transportation for
the corps. If he was in military service
; the roll of the company, which
is in the office of the Secretary of the
state of New out there will show
his
name. The papers are placed on
fill awaiting further proof."
copied from a letter addressed the Hon.
Elliott, many other names
in same letter
{aws}
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[Letterhead]
Board of Managers.
JNO. W. MOORE, U. S. N., President, Mare Island.
CALIFORNIA SOCIETY
SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION

R.S.GRAY Secretary
1063 Cere St., Oakland.
CHAS J. KING Treasurer, 323 Front Street.
E. BURKE HOLLIDAY 636 Clay Street.
A.W. CORLISS. U.S.A. Fort Robinson, Neb.
CHAS.H. WARNER, 322 Carlifornia Street.
FRANK K. UPHAM, U.S.A. Litchfield, Ill.

CHAS. E. BLAKE, Sr., Senior Vice-President. Crocker Block.
J.ESTCOURT SAWYER, U.S.A. Junio Vice-President, Presidio.
A.S. HUBBARD, Registrar, 819 Market Street.
W.S. MOSES, Marshal, Masonic Temple.
DANIEL CLEVELAND, San Diego.
J.R.ROBINSON, 738 Post Street.


San Francisco Cal. Aug 10 1892

Sir
Please furnish me with the Revolutionary War
record. of
Jeremiah Willson (probably of the Mass line
the Continental Army.)
as it appears on file in your department
He was granted a pension, and
lived and died in Norwich Vermont
Respectfully A.S. Hothard
Registrar
Genl G. B. Raum
Washington
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Board of Managers.
JNO. W. MOORE, U. S. N., President, Mare Island.
CALIFORNIA SOCIETY
SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION

R.S.GRAY Secretary
1063 Cere St., Oakland.
CHAS J. KING Treasurer, 323 Front Street.
E. BURKE HOLLIDAY 636 Clay Street.
A.W. CORLISS. U.S.A. Fort Robinson, Neb.
CHAS.H. WARNER, 322 California Street.
FRANK K. UPHAM, U.S.A. Litchfield, Ill.

CHAS. E. BLAKE, Sr., Senior Vice-President. Crocker Block.
J.ESTCOURT SAWYER, U.S.A. Junio Vice-President, Presidio.
A.S. HUBBARD, Registrar, 819 Market Street.
W.S. MOSES, Marshal, Masonic Temple.
DANIEL CLEVELAND, San Diego.
J.R.ROBINSON, 738 Post Street.


San Francisco Cal. Huly 17th 1893

Dear General
Will you have the kindness to record the pension herewith. to [illegible] with the military record of Jeremiah Wilson aRevolutionary Soldier. (war of 1776) had pensioner of the Vermont line - he died at Norwich a vermont in 1834-
Yours [illegible]
A.S. Hubbard.

Gen John K Cutting M.C.
Washington D.C.