Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 20432, for Thomas Sherman, Pennsylvania
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Penn.    Sherman, Thomas   R. 20432
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Thomas Sheman
Declaration

564

T. Sherman
rec'd  21 July 1828
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REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS.
A.
Form of a Declaration to be made by the Officers.

For  the purpose of obtaining the benefits of an act, entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution," approved on the 15th of May, 1828, I, Thomas Sherman of Mifflin Township, in the county of Columbia in the State of Pennsylvania, do hereby declare that I was an officer in the Continental line of the Army of the Revolution and served as such*

at which period I was a Lieutenant in Captain (Magoner)Company regiment of the Pennsylvania line.  And I also declare, that I afterwards received certificates (commonly called commutation certificates) for a sum equal to the amount of five years' full pay; which sum was offered by the resolve of Congress, of the 22 of March 1783, instead of the half pay for life, to which I was entitled under the resolve of the 21st of October, 1780.  And I do further declare, that I have received of the United States as a pensioner since the 3d day of March, 1826,†

Witness my hand this seventh day of July, in the year 1828

Thomas Sherman

Before me,† Samuel Harman one of the Justices of the Peace in the county of Columbia, in the State of Pennsylvania, personally appeared, this day, John Sherman and George Langenberger, of the said county, who did severally make oath that Thomas Sherman by whom the foregoing declaration was subscribed, is generally reputed and believed to have been an officer in the Army of the Revolution, in manner as therein stated.

Witness my hand, this Seventh day of July in the year 1828. Samuel Sherman

I, John Russell, Clerk of the Court of the county of Columbia, in the State of Pennsylvania
 , do hereby certify, that Samuel Harman, before whom the foregoing affidavits were sworn, was, at the time, a Justice of the Peace, and duly empowered to administer oaths.  In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the [L S.] said Court, this ninth day of July AD 1828 for John Russell, Clerk  A. Russel

Here insert, To the end of the war, or, (as the case may be,) to the time when the arrangement of the Army provided by the resolves of Congress of the 3d and 21st of October, 1780. was carried into effect;  and that I was reduced under that arrangement. † Here insert,the sum of      dollars, paid to me by the agent for paying pensions in the State of       .  If the claimant has not been a pensioner, this part of the declaration may be omitted.

†A Justice of the Peace, or other magistrate duly empowered to administer oaths, as the case may be.
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Rejected

Ex'r OLD WAR

File No. 20432

[crossed out] Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873,
Thomas Sherman
Lieut
Pa Line
RevyWar

ed at REJECTED

other claim
,187.     Clerk.
[written sideways] Evidence insufficient Act 1828
Application filed; , 18.
Attorney:
P.O.
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O W Rej

#20432
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Thomas Sherman - Lieut- [Lieutenant abrev.]

Act 1828
Penn. line
Evidence insufficient}
Penn- Act 1828}
Nov 13/79
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M. Drumhiller
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Treasury Office of Pennsylvania
December 15th 1828
I certify that Thomas Shearman of Columbia
County, was placed on the Pension List of this State
by virtue of an act of Assembly, passed 11th April
1825.
Witness my hand and Seal of Office
the date above written
[signature] A. Mahon
Star June
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Thomas Sherman
to A. Ogden &
[?]
Presented 21 July 1825
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Revolutionary Claims.
[C.]
Form of a Power of Attorney.
Know all man by these presents that I, Thomas Sherman
of Mifflin Township in the County of Columbia
in the State of Pennsylvania
do hereby constitute and appoint
 Aaron Ogdon [illegible] my true and lawful
attorney, with a power of substitution, for me, and in my name, to receive from the United States the amount of pay now due to me, under the act, entitled ""An act for the relief of
certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolution,” approved 15th May, 1828,
as a Lieutenant in the regiment of the Pennsylvania
line of the army of the Revolution.
Witness my hand and seal this seventh day of July in the year 1828
Sealed and delivered in the presence of}
in the presence of
Samuel Forman Thomas Sherman [L.S.]
To

Before me, Samuel Forman a Justice of the Peace in the county of Columbia
in the State of Pennsylvania personally
appeared, this day, Thomas Sherman whose name is subscribed to
the foregoing power of attorney, and acknowledged the same to be his act and deed,
and also declared that the same was not given by reason of any transfer, or of any attachment
, levy, or seizure, by any legal process whatever, of the pay therein authorized
to be received, but that the said pay is intended to enure wholly to his personal benefit.
Witness my hand, as seventh day of July in the year
1828
Samuel Forman
John Russell
Clerk of the Court of the county of Columbia in the State of Pennsylvania do hereby certify that
Samuel Forman before whom the foregoing power of attorney
was acknowledged, is a Justice of the Peace.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, this ninth day of July
in the year 1825
to John Russel Clerk
A. Russel
[D. ]
Form of Affidavit to be taken by Attorneys.
Before me, [illegible] a Justice of the Peace in the county of [illegible] in the District of Columbia
to
---
in the hat of Columbia
personally appeared this day, [illegible]
the attorney
named in the foregoing power of attorney, and made oath that the same was not
given to him by reason of any transfer, or of any attachment, levy or seizure, by any legal
process whatever of the pay therein authorized to be received, but that the said pay
is intended to enure wholly to the personal benefit of the person by whom the said power
was executed.
Witness my hand, [illegible] 21st day of July
in the year 1828,
[illegible signatures]

Clerk of the Court of the County of
do hereby certify, that
before whom the foregoing affidavits were
, was, at the time, a Justice of the Peace, and duly empowered to administer oaths.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the
said Court, this day of
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Revolutionary Claims.
Under the act, entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution," approved 15th May, 1828.
Treasury Department
3[r]d Sept. 1828
The annexed paper, relating to the claim of Thomas Sherman, under the abovementioned act, is respectfully referred to the Secretary of War, with a request that he will be pleased to cause me to be informed whether it appears, by any records in the War Department, that the claimant has received, or is entitled to receive, the bounty in land granted by Congress for service in the Continental line of the Army of the Revolution ; and, if so, whether he became entitled to the same by service to the termination of the war, or in what other manner. 
Richard Rush
The [indiscernible], the Secretary of War.
War Department
BountyLand [Bounty and Land] Office 
9th Sept. 1828
Lieutenant Thomas Sherman of the Pennsylvania Line is not return[e]d as being entitled to (l)and from the United States, nor has a warrant issued for him.
E. Stephens
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564.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS.
____________________
TREASURY DEPARTMENT
August 2, 1828.
Thomas Sherman, of Mifflin Township, in the County of Columbia, in the State of Pennsylvania, 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 army of the Revolution," approved on the 15th of May, 1828. He states that he was as an officer on the Continental line, and served as such to the end of the war,
at which period he was a Lieutenant in the regiment of the Pennsylvania line ; and that he received commutation certificates for the fives years full pay granted by the resolve of 22 March, 1783; and, further, that he has received as a pensioner since the 3[r]d of March, 1826, nothing, [The words "dollars, paid to him by the agent in the State of" have been crossed out.]
The Third Auditor is requested to report how far these several statements are corroborated by the records in his office. 
By order of the Secretary,
A. [Dickins?]

TREASURY DEPARTMENT
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE,
9th August 1828
[The words "(i)t appears by the records in this office, that final settlement certificates have been issued for the commutation of five years full pay to--in the--line, amounting to--dollars. It further appears that--is now on the pension list of the--agency, and has been since the --at the rate of--per month."]
The Revolutionary records in this Office furnish no information whatever in relation to the services of Lt. Thomas Sherman of the Pennsylvania line[.]
Peter Hagner [And?]
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(Addressed envelope)

Danville, Pa                       Free
   Dec. 16th

The Hon. Richard Rush Esq
Revolutionary Claim
Washington City

Rec 18 Dec 1828
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Columbia County
I[,] Rudolph Suhler[,] recorder of the County of Columbia, (d)o here by certify that Samuel Herman is an acting Justice of the Peace of Mifflin (T)ownship in the County aforesaid[,] duly commissioned and sworn as such, and that true faith to his acts as such ought to be given.
In (t)estimony whereof I have here unto this (s)ubscribed my name and affixed the seal of the said office at Danville this thirteenth day of December A.D. eighteen hundred and twenty eight.
Rudolph Suhler[,] Recorder

The Hon. Richard [Rush?]
I was requested by Samuel Herman[,] Esq[.] to forward to you the above certificate, certifying that he the (s)aid Samuel Herman was an acting Justice of the Peace of the County of Columbia relating to some revolutionary (p)ensioner claim which he had forwarded to you.
I (r)emain yours
Rudolph Suhler

Danville Dec 13th 1828.
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Depposition [Deposition]
of
Geo [George] Langenberger
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[St]ate of Pennsylvania
Columbia County
Personally appeared before me[,] the Subscriber[,] one of the Justices of the (P)eace in and for the County aforesaid, George Langenberger[,] aged 94y [94 years] and one of the Continental Soldiers. Whose credibility is unquestionable[,] (w)ho such duly sworn according to law (s)aid, that I am personally acquainted with Thomas Sherman[,] now an applicant to the United States for a pension[,] that the (s)aid Thomas Sherman is one of the Continental Soldiers, the (s)aid Thomas Sherman was at the Battle of Brandy wine [Brandywine], [indiscernible] and the (s)aid Thomas Sherman fought the Indians, (c)annot say how long the (s)aid Thomas Sherman was in the (s)ervice, (s)aid Sherman was a good and faithfull [faithful] soldier, a man of courage [indiscernible] and for this said now.

Sworn & Subscribed
before me this 10th day
of December 1828
Samuel Herman
Note the said Thomas Sherman frequently told me that he was a (l)ieutenant in the army.
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Richard Rush[,] Esquire
our revolutionary claim
Washington (C)ity

[In the lower right corner and upside-down.]
17 Dec[.] 1828
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Harrisburg Decm [December] 15 1828

R. Rush Esquire 
[Indiscernible words] by request of Samuel Herman[,] Esquire of Columbia County and [indiscernible] of Christian [indiscernible] and Thomas Sherman [an] old revolutionary of (s)aid (c)ounty. I enclose to you [the or this] certificate and documents in relation to these claims[.]
yours very [respectfully?]
Jacob [Indiscernible]