Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 42,281, for Adiel Sherwood, New York
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(3--1776) 
SERVICE New York Sherwood, Adiel 
NUMBER S.42,281 
CONTENTS [blank]
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4,633 New York Roll 
Adiel Sherwood 4 
New York line Lieut 78 to 15 May 1780 the army of the United States duing the Revolutionary Wa__ [right page edge missing] 
[left page edge missing] __ nscribed onthe Roll of New York at the rate of 20 Dollars per month, to commence the 11th of April 1818 
Certificate of Pension issued the 28th of Nov. 1818 and sent to the Hon. Mr Savage of the Ho. of Representatives 
Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1818 #96.00 
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 Mar. 1819. 120.00 
Arrs. 4 Mar 24 / 30. $216.00 
{ Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818. } 
Van Schaick 
Continu___ [faded, illegible] 

Notification sent 23 Jan 1822 to Hon: N. Pitcher D. [page torn]
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Adiel Sherwood Pensioner A copy
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State of New York Washington County } On this 11th day of August 1821. personally appeared before me John Baker on of the Judges of the County Court in and for the said county next to be holden at Salem in said county on the last Tuesday of August instan__ [right edge missing] 
being a court which proceeds according to the causes of Common Law with a Jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, having the power of fine and imprisonment and keeping a record of their proceedings Adiel Sherwood aged seventy one years resident in the town of Kingsbury in the said County who first being duly Sworn according to Law doth on his oath declare that he served in the revolutionary War. as follows (to wit) from January 1776 to November next following as Lieut. in the company commanded by Capt. Henry Oharey [O'Hare] , in Col Cornelius Wincop's [Tynkoop?] Regt. and in the fall of 1776 he was appointed 1st Lieut in Capt. John H. Windel's [Wendell] Company and Col. Van Schaick's 1st N. Y. Regt and continued to serve in sd Regiment until the 16th of May 1780. as Lieut and was then appointed Captain in Col. Morris Graham's Regt and served in said Regiment until the close of the War. 
And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States of on this 18th day of March 1818. and that I have not since that time by Gift sale or in any manner disposessed 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 18th day of March 1818. and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities contract or debts due to me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereunto anexed and by me subscribed (to wit)
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1 Table 
6 old chairs 
1 old pot & kettle 
2 dish kettles 
1 Tea Kettle 
1 pr. Andirons 
1 shovel & tongs 
3 Knives & Forks 
6 plates 
1 meat tub 
1 old cutter 
6 bowls 
9  gurs [??] 
2 bags 
[signature:] Adiel Sherwood 
And that he is in possession of 90 [10?] acres of Land which he now occupies on sufferance the same being mortgaged for nine hundred Dollars and the time of redemption expired likewise chargable and liable to be sold for one other [illegible letter: D?] Debt of $80. which said sums it is out of his power to pay or any part thereof and further the said property is now advertised on the above mortgage to be sold on the 3d Tuesday in September next [signarure:] Adiel Sherwood
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And further that he is by occupation a farmer and an entire cripple in consequence of Rheumatism and the dislocation of one hip which has never been reduced and has rendered him unable to work for more than three years past except when supported by two crutches and that he is very much infirmed by age and has a wife Sarah Sherwood, aged sixty six year who has been entirely unable to labor for several years past and she is wholly dependent on him for support and that he is in reduced and indigent circumstances and unable to support himself and family except he has the aid of Public or Private charity- [signature:] Adiel Sherwood 
Subscribed and Sworn the day and date above before me[signature:]  John Baker. Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Washington }
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State of New York Washington County I Matthew d. Danvers Clerk of the County of Washington do hereby Certify that the foregoing oath (or affirmation ) and the schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the original in the records of the said Court: And I do further Certify that it is the opinion of said Court that the total amount in value of the personal property exhibited in the foregoing schedule is twenty five dollars. And I do further Certify that it is the opinion of said Court upon due and deliberate consideration had of the premises that the real estate mentioned and specified in the said schedule is encumbered by being on the price [??] to its full value. In testimony whereof I the said Clerk have hereto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of the said Court at Salem in the said County the 29th day of August 1821. [signature: M. D. Danvers Clk
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M. E. E. 
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May 24, 1928
Mrs. E. C. Rodenhouser 
210 E. Underhill Street 
Peoria, Illinois 
Madam: I advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 42281, it appears that Adiel Sherwood was commissioned March 1, 1776, as Lieutenant, served in Captain Henry O'Hara's Company, Colonel Cornelius Tynkoop's [Wynkoop?] New York Regiment until November 1776 when commissioned First Lieutenant of Captain John H. Vendell's [Wendell?] Company, Colonel Goose Van Schaick's First New York Regiment, and served until discharged at his own request May 16, 1780. 
He was commissioned July 1, 1780, Captain of a company in Colonel Morris Graham's Regiment of New York Levies, was taken prisoner at the surrender of Fort Anne October [blacked out date] , 1780, and held in cpativity [captivity] at Isle Jesus, Lower Canada until September 1782 when released on parole. 
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 11, 1818, while a resident of Kingsbury, Washington Count, New York, aged sixty-eight years.
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Rev. War 
In 1821 he referred to his wife, Sarah, aged sixty-six years, and to numerous children, names not stated. 
The War of 1812 records of this Bureau fail to afford any information in regard to pension having been claimed on account of the services of Zadoc Martin. 
Respectfully, WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.
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va 42281 
Revy INVALID. 
Act: 18 March 18 
Index
File No. 42.281 Adiel Sherwood Lieut Rev War 
Act: 18 March 18 
Index [inkblot] - Vol. S, Page 458 
[ Arrangement of 1870. ]
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Apr. 30. 1897 [??] History to Mr. W. H. Peck - 16 - East Eagle at Buffalo N. Y. 
1817, Aug. 25. Hist. to Ida P. Sherwood. [illegible] 
1824, Mch. 20 - Hist. to Mrs. George Caleb. U. M. 
1928- May 24- Hist to Mrs. S. Rodenhouser, M. E. E.
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[right upper corner of page and left margin of the top part of the page are torn off] 
4,6 __ 
New York. 
Adiel Sherwood. Washington Co in the State of New York, __ho was a Lieut. in the Regiment commanded by __olonel Van Schaik of the New York ___e, for the term of 3 years. 
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 20 Dollars per month, to commence on the 11 of April 1818. 
Certificate of Pension issued the 28th of Novr. 1818 and sent to the Hon. Mr. Savage House of Reps. 
Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1818. $96.00 
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 2 Mar 1819. 120.00 
216.00 
4 mos. 
24 
30 
{Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818. } 
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The People of the STATE of NEW-YORK, By the Grace of GOD, FREE and INDEPENDENT; To Adiel Sherwood Esquire GREETING. 
WE reposing especial Trust and Confidence, as well in your Patriotism, Conduct and Loyalty, as [??] in you Valour and Readiness to do [??] us good and faithful Service; HAVE appointed and constituted, and by these Presents, DO appoint and constitute you the said Adiel Sherwood Captain of a Company of the Levies of this State to reinforce the army of the United States. 
YOU are therefore, to take the said Company into your Charge and Care, as Captain thereof, and duly to exercise the Officers and Soldiers of that Company in Arms, who are hereby commanded to obey you as their Captain and you are also to observe and follow such Orders and Directions, as you shall from Time to Time receive from our General and Commander in Chief of the Militia of our said State, or any other your Superior Office, according to the Rules and Discipline of War, in Pursuance of the Trust reposed in you; and for so doing, This shall be YOUR COMMISSION, for and during our good Pleasure, to be signified by our Council of Appointment. IN TESTIMONY whereof we have caused our Seal for Military Commissions to be hereunto affixed. WITNESS our trusty and well beloved George Clinton Esquire our Governor for our State of New-York, General and Commander in Chief of all the Militia, and Admiral of the Navy of the same, by and with the Advice and Consent of our said Council of Appointment, at Kingston the first Day of July in the fourth Year of our INDEPENDENCE, and in the Year of our LORD, One Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty - Passed the Secretary's Office, 1st. July 1780 By His EXCELLENCY'S Command, [signature:] Robt. Harper Depy. Secretary. [signature:] Geo. Clinton 
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THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IN CONGRESS ASSEMBLED To Adiel Sherwood Lieut Greeting. We, Reposing especial trust and confidence in your Patriotism, Valour, Conduct and Fidelity. DO by these presents constitute and appoint you, to be a Lieutenant in the first New York Regiment in the Army of the United States, to take rank as Lieut from the first day of March A D 1776 ; You are therefore carefully and diligently to discharge the duty of a Lieutenant by doing and performing all manner of things thereunto belonging. And we do Strictly charge and require all Officers and Soldiers, under your command, to be obedient to your orders, as Lieutenant And you are to observe and follow such orders and direction from time to time, as you shall receive from this, or a future Congress of the United States, or Committee of Congress for that purpose appointed, a Committee of the States, or Commander in chief for the time being of the Army of the United States, or any other your Superior Officer; according to the rules and discipline of War, in pursuance of the trust reposed in you. This Commission to continue in force until revoked by this, or a future Congress, the Committee of Congress before mentioned, or a Committee of the State. 
Witness his Excellency J. Landrey Esqr President of the Congress of the United States of America, at Philadelphia the 28 day of June 1779 [??] , and in the third year of our Independence. 
Entered in the War Office and examined by the Board Attest [signature:] P. [J??] Jenks Secretary of the Board of War 
[signature:] John Jay
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[illegible] Quartered Morris Town May 16th. 780 
Lieut. Adiel Sherwood of the 1st New York Regiment is hereby at his own request discharged from the service of the United States [signature:] G Washington 
copy 
Adiel Sherwood N Y. S. File 42,281. 
[stamp:] THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES
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Articles of Captiulation agreed upon between Major Carleton Commanding a detatchment [sic] of Troops from Canand & Capt. Sherwood Comm. of the Fort at Fort Anne- 
Aritcle 1st. The Troops are to deliever up their Arms to a Detatchment [sic] sent by Major Carleton in the Fort and Surrender themselves Prisoners of War - 
Article 2d. the Women and Children to Return [??] home without any molestaion - 
1 Signed [signature:] Adiel Sherwood Capt. 
[signature:] Wm. Johnston Lieut. 29th Regt. 
[signature:] J. Rickman Lieut. 29th Regt. 
[signature:] Chr. Carleton Major 29th Regt. &c [??] Reg 
Fort Anne Oct. 10. 1780 } 
Adiel Sherwood N. Y. S. File 42281.
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Answered April 18 1856 
Cape S___ [illegible] March 25 '56  
To the Commissioner of Pensions 
Dr. Sir: Please advise me if there is any record evidence of Adiel Sherwood of Charloote County New York ever having received a pension for military service in the revolutionary war. If so how much, and for what rank. He enlisted Sept. 29. 1770; as 1st Lieutenant in Colonel Co 1st Regiment. On the 21st day of Ma 1783 as Captain, he drew £641 S19 showing considerable service. If his name is upon record please send certified copy of all the evidence upon file in yur office I wish to obtain the bounty land to which he may be entitled. Forward list of fees, will send immediately, or refer you to Hon. Sam Carothers Very Respectfully Hom Parr
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In the Matter of Adiel Sherwood Revolutionary Officer Affidavit Certificate Jc- 
J Additional Testimony 
Adiel Sherwood, Lieut: New York line, Revolutionary Claim. 

[NOTE: the following has multiple line through it:] 
transmitted by Henry C. Martindale, Esq, Sandy hill, Washingn. County, New York. Not found on the New York rolls. Satisfactory testimony is required, that the applicant was on the Continental establishmt and served, as stated in his declaration. 

admitted
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In the Matter of Adiel Sherwood a Revolutionary Officer } Additional Testimony 
State of New York Washington County } Ss. Adiel Sherwood of the Town of Kingsbury in the County of Washington and State of New York being duly sworn saith that he is the same Person named in the Affidavit or Declaration herewith annexed, and who made and signed the same, and that he did in fact serve his Country as is therein set forth. And he further saith that since his said application for a pension was refuted and returned to him he has procured and obtained from his Nephew who lived in the western front of this State. the Commission and Discharge Endorsed thereon mentioned in the first mentioned affidavit by which it will appear that the statement in the said Affidavit was correct except as to the date of the discharge, which was made from memory and which it appears was the Sixteenth of May 1780. instead of the fifteenth of the same Month. The said Commission and Discharge are hereunto annexed. And this deponent furhter saith that he is still poor and in reduced Circumstances and needs the Assistance of his County for Support- [signature:] Adiel Sherwood 
Sworn this 29th day of October 1880 before Me [signature:] Henry C Martindale One of the Judges of the Washington Common Pleas - 
Washington County Ss. Be it Remembered that on the Twenty ninth day of October one thousand Eight Hundred and Eighteen before Me Henry C Martindale One of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Washington personally came
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Ariel Sherwood in the answer and preceeding Affidavit named and subscribed the same and being by Me duly sworn on his oath declared that the same was true And I Justice ratify that I have for many years been well acquainted with the said Ariel Sherwood and know him to be a man of good character as to truth and veracity, I also know him to be the same very decrepit and infirm and incapable of Labor. etc He has raised and supported a numerous family and has now a helpless and [illegible] Wife and a Daughter unmarried who are dependent on him for support and himself live with a Son in Law on whom he is  dependent such his said Wife and Daughter and though I am not intimately acquainted with his Circumstances I believe him to be destitute of property [signature:] Henry C Martindale
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State of New York Washington County } Ss. Adiel Sherwood of the Town of Kingsbury in the County of Washington and State of New York, being duly sworn on his oath saith that on the fourteenth or fifteenth day of January in the year of our Lord One thousand ["Eight" is crossed out] Seven Hundred and Seventy six he was commissioned as first Lieutenant in Capt. Henry O Hara's Company 4th Regiment New York Line Commanded by Colonel Cornelius Wynkoop for one year and served in that capacity at Ticonderoga and Skeensborough [??] until the November next following when under the Law of Congress raising a Standing Army he received a commission as Lieutenant in Captain John H Wendells Company 1st New York Regiment commended by Goose Van Schaick. That immediately thereafter ordered into the Recruiting Service and in January thereafter [illegible] with his Men to Fort Ann. that he served his Country in that capacity against the Common Enemy in the same Company and Regiment until the fifteenth day of May in the year of our Lord One thousand seven Hundred and Eighty when he was regularly discharged by his Excellency the Commander in Chief, which he received soon after at Albany. That several years past he delivered that Commission and Discharge to his ["Brother" is crossed out] Nephew who lives in a remote part of this State, and he has not yet received them back. 
That on the first day of July in the year of our Lord One thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty, he received a Commission as Captain of a Company of the Levies of the State of New York to reinforce the Army of the United States, signed by George Clinton then Governor of the State and which is hereunto annexed and herewith transmitted.
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That soon thereafter he was stationed with a detachment of Men at Fort Ann where he remained until the Tenth day of October one thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty, when the detachment were surprised and Taken prisoners under a Party of the Enemy Commanded by Major Chr Carlton and the Articles of Capitulation then made and entered into are hereunto annexed. That from thence he and the Party under his command were Conveyed by the Enemy aforesaid to the Province of Lower Canada and there detained as Prisoners of them at Isle Jesus in the said Provice until about the last of September One thousand seven Hundred and Eight two when he was permitted to return home on his Parol [sic] and so remained as Prisoner on Parol until the End of the War. That he is now and ever since the war has been a resident Citizen of the United States and now resides in the Town of Kingsbury in the County of Washington and State of New York aforesaid 
That he is now Sixty eight years of Age and laboring under many Infirmities of pain and broken constitution. That he has raised a numerous family in the Education and Support of whom he has expended his property and is now dependent on his Children for Support. That he is really poor and by reasons of his reduced circumstances stands in need of the Assistance of his Country for support. [signature:] Adiel Sherwood 
Sworn this 11th day of April 1818 before Me [signature:] Henry C Martindale One of the Judges of the Wash. Com. Pleas
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State of New York Washington County } Ss. Be it Remembered that on the Eleventh day of April in the year of our Lord One thousand Eight Hundred and Eighteen before Me Henry C Martindale one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Washington, personally came Adiel Sherwood named in the preceding Affidavit and being by Me duly sworn on his oath declares that the facts therein stated were true: and he also subscribed the same in my presence. And I further Certify that I have for many years past been personally acquainted with the said Adiel Sherwood and know him to be a Man of good Reputation as to his truth and Veracity and am fully satisfied that he served in the revolutionary War against the Common Enemy as stated in the annexed Affidavit, and [crossed out word] the facts therein set forth are true. And I further Certify that his Application to Me under the Late Law of Congress providing for revolutionary Soldiers &c was made on the third day of April Instant. [signature:] Henry C Martindale 
State of New York Washington County } Ss I Daniel Shepherd Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Washington do Certify that Henry C Martindale Esq who made the above certificate is one of the Judges of the said Court Acting under the authority of said State and that the above is his Signature In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the said or the said Court this 14th day of April 1818 [signature:] D. Shepherd
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[header:] New-York Printed by Childs and Swaine. This Indenture   No. 61 
Made the Twelfth Day of July in the Year of our Lord, One Thousand Seven hundred and ninety two between Adiel Sherwood of Argyle in the County of Washington of the first Part, and the New Loan-Officers of the County of Washington or the second Part, WITNESSETH. That the said Adiel Sherwood for and in Consideration of the Sum of Sixty pounds to him well and truly paid by the New Loan-Officers of the County of Washington aforesaid, HATH granted, bargained, fold, aliened, releasfed, enfeoffed, and confirmed, and by these presents DOTH grant, bargain, sell, alien, release, enfeaffe, and confirm to the New Loan-Officers of the County of Washington aforesaid, and their Successors and Assigns forever, ALL that certain piece or parl of land lying and being in Kingsbury and being part of lot number twenty seven bounded as follows. viz begining [sic] at a Basswood tree at the northwest corner of [blacked out letter] said lot runing [sic] thence North eighty seven degrees East forty nine Chains and twenty links to a beach tree at the North East corner of said lot then South three degrees East twenty six chains to the Northeast corner of Seth Sherwood land then South eighty seven degrees west forty nine Chains and twenty links to the west line of said lot - then North to the first mention bounds or place of begining [sic] containing one hundred and thirty acres of Land together with all, and all Manner of Improvements, Hereditaments, and Appurtenances whatsoever, to the same belonging, or in any wise appertaining; and all the Estate, Right, Title, Interest, Claim, and Demand whatsoever, of the said Adiel Sherwood of, in and to the above bargained Premises, and every part thereof: TO HAVE AND TO HOLD, 
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together with all, and all Manner of Improvements, Hereditaments, and Appurtenances whatsoever, to the same belonging, or in any wise appertaining; and all the Estate, Right, Title, Interest, Claim, and Demand whatsoever, of the said Adiel Sherwood of, in and to the above bargained Premises, and every part thereof: TO HAVE AND TO HOLD, the above bargained Premises, and every Part thereof, with the Appurtenances, unto the said Loan-Officers of the County of Washington and their Successors and Assigns forever, to the Uses and for the Purposes mentioned in an Act of the Legislature of the State of New-York, entitled, " An Act for Loaning Monies belonging to this State :" PROVIDED ALWAYS, and these Presents are upon the Condition, That if the said Adiel Sherwood his Heirs, Executors, Administrators, of Assigns, shall pay, or cause to be paid, to the New Loan-Officers of the County of Washington the Interest of the said Sum of Sixty pounds at the Rate of Six Pounds per Cent per Annum, on the First Tuesday of May, Yearly and every Year, and shall also pay to the said Loan-Officers of the County of Washington the said principal Sum of Sixty pounds with all the Interest then due for the same, when the same shall be by them demanded at any time after the first Tuesday of May, which will be in the Year of our Lord, One Thousand Eight Hundred and Two; then the above Grant, Bargain, and Sale, and every Article and Clause thereof, shall be void: But if Failure be made in any of the Payments above-mentioned, then the above Bargain and Sale is to remain in full Force and Virtue. And the said Adiel Sherwood for himself Heirs and Assigns, hereby agree to be absolutely barred of and from all Equity of Redemption of the Premises, after the Expiration of Twenty-two Days after such Failure. 
And the said Adiel Sherwood for himself Heirs, Executors, Administrators and Assigns, hereby Covenant, Grant, and Agree to and with the said Loan-Officers of the County of Washington and their successors, well and truly to pay to them the Interest of the said Sum of Sixty pounds at the Rate aforesaid, Annually, on the First Tuesday of May in every Year, and the said principal Sum of Sixty pounds with all interest then due thereon, when demanded as aforesaid, after the first Tuesday of May, which will be in the Year One Thousand Eight Hundred and Two, and that at the time of Sealing and Delivering of these Presents, the said Adiel Sherwood is Lawfully seized of the above bargained Premises, of a good, sure, perfect, absolute, and indefeasible Estate of Inheritance. And that the same now are free and clear of and from all former and other Gifts, Grants, Bargains, Sales, Leases, Judments [sic] , Recognizances, Dowers, Rights of Dower and other Incumbrances whatsoever. And also, That the above bargained Premises upon the Sale thereof, pursuant to the Directions of the said Act, will yield the Principal and Interest aforesaid remaining unpaid at the Time of such Sale, and until the First Tuesday of May next, after such Sale, together with Fifteen Shillings for the Charges of such Sale. In Witness whereof, the said Adiel Sherwood hath hereunto set his Hand and Seal, the Day and Year first above written. [signature:] Adiel Sherwood {Seal} 
Sealed and Delivered in the Presence of Us, [signature:] Roger Savige [signature:] Moses Holmes 
Copy
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Washington County New Loan Office } Ss. I the undersigned Loan Officer having carefully compared the foregoing Copy with the original do Certify that The same is a true copy of the original Mortgage now remaining in this Office and that the whole of the principal of one hundred and fifty dollars remains due together with Interest from the first Tuesday of May last. I further certify that by a Law of this State the Rate of Interest now, and has been for several years past at Seven per Cent. [signature:] Ebenr. Russell Loan Officer 
Given under My hand & the Seal of our Office at Salem January 8. 1822 } 
State of New York Ss. On the 3d Day of January in the Year 1822 Before Me Anthony J. Blanchard First Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Washington in said State Appeared Ebenezer Russell whom I know to be One of the New Loan Officers of the County of Washington And Acknowledges that he executed the Above written Certificate And Set thereto the Seal of the New Loan Office of the County of Washington, [signature:] Anthony J Blanchard
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No. 10 
This Indenture Made the twenty third Day of August in the Year of our Lord, One Thousanc Seven Hundred and eighty six between Adiel Sherwood of the township of Argyle of the County of Washington Esquire [??] of the one Part, and the Loan-Officers of the said County of Washington on the Part, WITNESSETH, That the said Adiel Sherwood for and in Consideration of the Sum of fifty one pounds by the Loan-Officers of the said County of Washington and their Successors and Assigns forever, ALL that Lot or parcel of Land situate lying and being in the township of Westfield lately Called the Artillery patent and known and distinguished in the Map of said patent by the name of lot number thirty nine Containing two hundred and fifty acres of land be the same more of less forfeited to the people by the atturnder [attender?] of Philip Skeone Esquire and Conveyed by Indenture bearing date the first day of June 1786 to the said Adiel Sherwood Esquir [sic] by the Commissioners of Forfeitures for the Easter District together with all and Manner of Improvements, Hereditaments, and Appurtenances whatsoever, to the same belonging, or in any Wise appertaining ; and all the Estate, Right , Title, Interest, Claim, and Demand of the said Adiel Sherwood to the above bargained Premises, and every Part thereof : TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the above bargained Premises to the Loan-Officers of the County of Washington their Successors and Assigns forever, to the Uses and Purposes mentioned in an Act of the Legislature of the State of New-York, entitled, " An Act for emitting the Sum of Two Hundred Thousand Pounds in Bills of Credit, for the Purposes therein mentioned." And the said Adiel Sherwood for Himself, hi Heirs, Executors, and Administrators, doth covenant, grant, and agree, to and with the said Loan-Officers of the said County of Washington and their Successors, that at and before the Time of the ensealing and Delivery hereof, the said Adiel Sherwood was lawfully seised of the above bargained Premises, of a good, sure, perfect, absolute, and indefeasible Estate of Inheritance in the Law, in Fee Simple, and that the same now are free and clear of all former and other Gifts, Grants, Bargains, Sales, Leases, Releasess, Judgments, Extents, Recognizances, Dowers, and other Incumbrances whatsoever. 
PROVIDED ALWAYS, and these Presents are upon this Condition, That if the said Adiel Sherwood his Heirs, Executors, Administrators, or Assigns, do pay, or cause to be paid to the Loan-Officers of the County of Washington the Interest, at the Rate of Five per Cent. of the said principal Sum 
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together with all and Manner of Improvements, Hereditaments, and Appurtenances whatsoever, to the same belonging, or in any Wise appertaining ; and all the Estate, Right , Title, Interest, Claim, and Demand of the said Adiel Sherwood to the above bargained Premises, and every Part thereof : TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the above bargained Premises to the Loan-Officers of the County of Washington their Successors and Assigns forever, to the Uses and Purposes mentioned in an Act of the Legislature of the State of New-York, entitled, " An Act for emitting the Sum of Two Hundred Thousand Pounds in Bills of Credit, for the Purposes therein mentioned." And the said Adiel Sherwood for Himself, hi Heirs, Executors, and Administrators, doth covenant, grant, and agree, to and with the said Loan-Officers of the said County of Washington and their Successors, that at and before the Time of the ensealing and Delivery hereof, the said Adiel Sherwood was lawfully seised of the above bargained Premises, of a good, sure, perfect, absolute, and indefeasible Estate of Inheritance in the Law, in Fee Simple, and that the same now are free and clear of all former and other Gifts, Grants, Bargains, Sales, Leases, Releases, Judgments, Extents, Recognizances, Dowers, and other Incumbrances whatsoever.
PROVIDED ALWAYS, and these Presents are upon this Condition, That if the said Adiel Sherwood his Heirs, Executors, Administrators, or Assigns, do pay, or cause to be paid to the Loan-Officers of the County of Washington the Interest, at the Rate of Five per Cent. of the said principal Sum of Fifty one pounds on the Third Tuesday of June next and yearly, until the Third Tuesday of June which will be in the Year of our Lord, One Thousand Seven Hundred and Ninety, inclusive; and if the said Adiel Sherwood hi Heirs, Executors, Administrators, or Assigns, shall pay to the Loan-Officers of the County of Washington the one Tenth Part of the said principal Sum of Fifty one pounds on the Third Tuesday of June which will be in the Year of our Lord, One Thousand Seven Hundred and Ninety-one, together with the Interest then due on the said principal Sum of fifty one pounds and one other Tenth Part of the said principal Sum, on the Third Tuesday of June which will be in the Year of our Lord, One Thousand Seven Hundred and Ninety-two, together with the Interest then due ; one other Tenth Part of the said principal Sum, on the third Tuesday of June which will be in the Year of our Lord, One Thousand Seven Hundred and Ninety-three, together with the Interest then due ; one other Tenth Part of the said principal Sum, on the Third Tuesday of June which will be in the Year of our Lord, One thousand Seve Hundred and Ninety-four, together with the Interest then due ; one other Tenth Part of the said principal Sum, on the Third Tuesday of June which will be in the Year of our Lord, One Thousand Seven Hundred and Ninety-five, together with the Interest then due ' one other Tent Part of the said principal Sum, on the Third Tuesday of June which will be in the Year of our Lord, One Thousand Seven Hundred and Ninety-six, together with the Interest then due ; one other Tenth Part of the said principal Sum, on the Third Tuesday of June which will be in the Year of our Lord, One Thousand Seven Hundred and Ninety-eight, together with the Interest then due ; one other Tenth Part of the said principal Sum, on the Third Tuesday of June which will be in the Year of our Lord, One Thousand Seven Hundred and Ninety-nine together with the Interest then due ; and the Remainder of the said principal Sum, on the Third Tuesday of June which will be in the Year of our Lord, One Thousand Eight Hundred, together with the Interest then due thereon, according to the true Intent and Meaning of the said Act ; then the above Grant, Bargain and Sale, and every Article and Clause thereof, shall be void : But if Failure be made in any of the Payments above-mentioned, then the above Bargain and Sale is to remain in full Force and Virtue. And the said Adiel Sherwood his Heirs and Assigns, agree to be absolutely barred of all Equity of Redemption of the Premises, at the Expiration of Twenty-two Days after such Failure. 
AND the said Adiel Sherwood for himself his Heirs, Executors, and Administrators, covenant, grant, and agree to and with the Loan-Officers of the County of Washington and their Successors, well and truly to pay to them all and every of the Sums of Money abovementioned, at the Times on which the same ought to be paid as aforesaid ; and that the above bargained Premises, upon the Sale thereof, pursuant to the Directions of the said Act, will yield the Principal and Interest aforesaid remaining unpaid at the Time of such Sale, and until the Third Tuesday of June next after the Day of Sale, together with Fifteen Shillings for the Charges of such Sale. In Witness whereof, the Parties to these Presents have interchangeably se their Hand and Seals, the Day and Year first above written. [signature:] Adiel Sherwood {Seal} 
Sealed and delivered in the Presence of [signature:] Honeywood [signature:] Samuel Waterhouse 
Copy
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Washinton County New Loan Office - Ss - I the undersigned Loan Officer having carefully examined and Compared the foregoing Copy with the original do Certify that the Same is a true Copy of the original Mortgage remaining in this office and I further certify that four Tenths of the principal sum has been paid and the other six Tenths come to Seventy six dollars and fifty cents due together with the Interest from the third tuesday of June Last I further certify that by a Law of this State that the rate of Interest now is and has been for several years past at seven per cent. [signature:] Ebnr. Russell Loan Officer Given under my hand and the Seal of our Office at Salem the 3d of January. 1822 } 
State of New York Ss. On the 3d Day of January 1822 Before Me Anthony J Blanchard First Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Washington in said State Appeared Ebenezer Russell whom I know to be One of the New Loan Officers of the County of Washington And Acknowledges that he executed the above written Certificate and Set thereto the Seal of the New Loan Office of the County of Washington [signature:] Anthony J Blanchard
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Registry of a Mortgage executed by Adial Sherwood to Nathan Monroe Mortgagor Adial Sherwood of Kingsbury in the County of Washington & State of New York of the first part Mortgagee Nathan Monroe of the town of Fort Edward in the County & State aforesaid second part Date Fourteenth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and nineteen Description & Boundaries of the Lands Tenements &c Mortgaged. And that certain piece or parcel of land situate in said Kingsbury being the north part of Lot twenty seven bounded as follows on the north by lands of the heirs of Russel Cole on the west by Lot number twenty eight on the south by the south part of said Lot No 27 and on the east by the east road from Fort Edward to Fort Ann and by land of Joseph Campbell supposed to contain ninety acres of Land excepting ten acres lying on the south side of said peace [sic] of Land heretofore conveyed to Asa Moss Mortgage Monies Six hundred & fifty Dollars at or before the expiration of four years from the date of these presents with the interest thereon which is to be paid annually Record of the Power of Sale But in case of the non-0payment of the said Six hundred & fifty Dollars or of the annual interest or any part thereof at the time above limited for the payment thereof then in such case it may be lawful for the said party of the second part his heirs executors administrators and assigns to grant bargain sell releas [sic] and convey the said premises or any part or parts thereof with the appurtenances at public auction or vender and on such Sale to make and execute to the purchase or purchasers his or their heirs and assigns forever good ample and sufficient deeds of conveyance in the law pursuant to the Statute in that case made and provided rendering the surplus monies if any there be to the said party of the first part his heirs executors or administrators after deducting the coasts and charges of such vender and Sale as aforesaid In witness whereof the party of the first hath hereunto set his hand and seal the day and year first above written. Adial Sherwood {LS} Sealed and Delivered in presence of Thos A. Sherwood Nathl Pitcher Be it remembered that on the fourteenth day of October one thousand eight hundred & nineteen at Kingsbury in the County of Washington & State of New York Adial Sherwood a person well known to me to be the person described in the within Deed of Mortgage & who executed the same came before me & acknowledged that he did sign seal deliver and execute the said within Mortgage as & or his free & voluntary act & deed All which I do hereby certify & allow the said Deed of Mortgage to be recorded given under my hand the day & year above mentioned. R Weston a Commissioner appointed to reform [sic] the duties of a Judge of the Supreme Court
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I Certify the preceding to be a true Registry of the original Mortgage with the Commissioner's Certificate of allowance thereon endorsed and Record of the Power of Sale therein contained Registered October 14th 1819 at 4P M [signature:] D Shepherd Clk 
S M 
State of New York Washington County Ss. I Matthew D. Danvers Clerk of the County of Washington aforesaid Do Certify that the foregoing is a transcript of the Original Registry of a Mortgage executed by Adiel Sherwood to Nathan Monroe duly registered and remaining of Record in this Office. In testimony whereof I have hereunto Affixed my Official Seal and hereunto Affixed my Official Seal and hereunto subscribed my name at the Clerks Office in Said County this 14th January 1822. 
[signature:] M. D. Danvers.
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I am well acquainted with Adiel Sherwood the within mortgager who has now applied to be continued on the Pension Roll of the U. S. I know him to be exceeding poor, have no doubt of the correctness of his Schedule and verily believe him to be justly entitled to the continuance of his Pension - Jany 23. 1822 Nathl. Pitcher M. C.
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Honorable Commissioner of Pensioners Washington, D. C. 
Dear Sir, Will you kindly send me the war record and family data of Captain Adiel Sherwood who served in the Revolutionary War. 
[not between lines:] he was a N Y Capt 
Thanking you, I am very truly Helen Moses Wright (Mrs. George Caleb)  3360 N. Meridian St., Indianapolis, Ind. Apt. F4 Feb. 18, 1924 
[circular stamp:] U. S. PENSION OFFICE L FEB 20 1924
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[rectangular stamp:] OLD WAR & NAVY APR 7 1897 FILES 
[circular stamp:] U. S. PENSION OFFICE. E APR 5 1987 
W. H. PECK. Pension and Claim Attorney 
[this line obscured by the rectangular stamp:] R __ C___ No. W E Ergin St. 
[a large S is written over the date:] S 

Buffalo, N. Y. April 3 1897 
Sir: One Abbial, or Addial Sherwood enlisted, and served in the vicinity of Buffalo. N. Y. in the war of 1812 as a Lieutenant. I am informed that after his death his widow was a pensioner. 
His daughter who resides in this city is anxious to learn his correct service. day and date of enlistment and discharge. and the number of widows Pension Certificate - &c. which she proposes to place in a permanent record to retain in the family- Can you B___ [illegible]  provide [??] me the same? Respcty. [signature:] W. H. Peck.
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Rev Sec an 
Newark N. Y. Aug 20 - 1917 
Commissioner of Pensions 
Dear Sir. I would like to Join the D. A. R. and write you in regard to the Percy Revolutionary war record can you give me any information about John Percy I think he was from Hoosick N. Y. I would also like any information you can give of Dyer Sherwood who served in the Revolutionary war. I.
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think he was from Fairfield. Conn. also Lieut Adial Sherwood, first Regiment, N. Y. Colony & State. and Samuel Sherwood Enlisted first Regiment N. Y. Colony & State any information you can give of these men or data I will be very glad to receive. Thank you for your trouble I remain Respectfully yours Miss Ida Percy Sherwood 34 W. Miller St. Newark New York
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[circular stamp:] 
U. S. PENSION OFFICE. O AUG 23 1917
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Illinois Federation of Women's Clubs PRESIDENT, Mrs. Walter Webster Seymour 7126 Euclid Avenue, Chicago 
Departments of Work 
American Citizenship Chairman, Mrs. H. C. Rodenhouser, 210 N. Underhill St., Peoria. 
American Home (The)Chairman, Mrs. Constant Church Hopkins, 942 Lincoln Ave., Highland Park. 
Art Chairman, Mrs. Albert J. Pohlman, 205 S. Scoville Ave., Oak Park 
Civil Service Chairman, Mrs. Frank S. Goodman, 816 W. Hill St., Champaign. 
Community Service Chairman, Mrs. F. O. Van Galder, 1010 20th St., Rock Island. 
Conservation Chairman Mrs. J. D. McKinney, 319 E. St., Alton. 
Education Chairman, Mrs. Grant Beebe, 4517 Magnolia Ave., Chicago. 
HEADQUARTERS EXECUTIVE SECRETARY, MRS. WILLIS J. BURGESS 127 NORTH DEARBORN ST., CHICAGO 
International Relations Chairman, Mrs. James W. Morrisson, 1431 N. State Parkway, Chicago. 
Law Enforcement Chairman, Mrs. William Harrison Cade, 2506 Aubert Ave., Chicago. 
Legislation Chairman, Mrs. John T. Mason, 64 S. Lincoln Ave,, Aurora. 
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Departments of Work 
Music Chairman, Mrs. Arthur G. Jackson, 7416 Yates Ave., Chicago. 
Press and Publicity Chairman, Mrs. John F. Decker 442 E. Stewart Ave., Park Ridge. 
Co-Chairman, Mrs. Robert J. Boylan, R. 15, Arcade Bldg., East St. Louis. 
Public Health and Child Welfare Chairman, Dr. Lena K. Sadler, 533 Diversey Parkway, Chicago. 
Public Welfare Chairman, Mrs. John W. Blacklidge, 6123 Indiana Ave., Chicago. 
Indian Welfare Committee Chairman, Mrs. J. Marc Fowler, 203 N. Waller Ave., Chicago. 
Co-Chairman, Mrs. Clarence L. Holtzman, 2129 Greenleaf Ave., Chicago. 
Mental Hygiene Committee Chairman, Mis Anne Hinrichsen, Alexander 
Aug. 19th 1927. 
Pension Bureau- Washington D. C. Rev. Dep't. 
Will you please send me the Pension Record of Adiel Sherwood Nat'l. No- 35882. He is the ancestor through which I joined the D. A. R. our State Registrar asked me to write you. Very sincerely Mrs H. C. Rodenhouser (Myrtle M. Rodenhouser) 210 N. Underhill St. Peoria Ill -
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Rev. & 1812 Wars Section.

Mrs. George Caleb,
3360 N. Meridian St., Apt.- F4.
Indianapolis, Ind.

Madam: 
I have to advise you that from the papers in Revolutionary War pension claim, 8.42261, it appears that Adiel Sherwood was commissioned March 1, 1776, as Lieutenant, served in Captian Henry O´Hara´s Company, Colonel Cornelius Wynkoop´s New York Regiment until November 1776 when commissioned Firat Lieutenant of Captian John H. Vendell´s Company, Colonel Gooae Van Schaiok´s First New York Regiment, and served until discharged at his own request May 16, 1780.

He was comissioned July 1, 1780, Captain of company in Colonel Morris Graham´s Regiment of New York Levies, was taken prisoner at the aurrender of Fort Anne October 10, 1780, and held in captivity at Isle Jesus, Lower Canada until September 1782 when released on parole.

He was allowed pension on his application executed April 11, 1818, while a resident of Kingsburry, Washington County, New York, aged 68 years.
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In 1821 he referred to his wife, Sarah, aged 66 years, and to numerous children, names not stated.

Respectfully,

Commissioner.