Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 21477, for Remington Shearman, Rhode Island
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SERVICE
R.I.

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Shearman, Remington

NUMBER
S. 21477

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27392 27393
Rhode Island

Remington Shearman of North Kingston in teh State of R.I. who was a private in the Compy commanded by Captain Wait of the Regt commanded by Colo Dyer in the R.I. line for 6 Months private

Inscribed on the Roll of R.I. at the rate of 20 Dollars - Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 9th day of May 1834 and Sent to W. Updike Esqr Kingston R.I.

Arrears to the 4th of Mar 1834. $60
Semi=anl. allowance ending 4" Sep" 10
$70
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by George Taylor Clerk
Book E Vol. 2 Page 130.
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Application of 30714
Remington Shearman for a Pension. of North Kingston R.I.

Please forward the within papers and the certificate when granted to Wilkins Updike Esqr Kingston

[faint writing] Admd 6 Months pri
Capt Wait Col Dyer

W. Updike Esqr
Kingston R.I.
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I John W Shearman of North Kingston, in the County of Washington, on solemn oath do testify and say, that I am Seventy five years of Age - Remington Shearman of said 

[small certificate attached over the page]
State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations: Washington County Sc. 
I, Thomas P. Wells, Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court, within and for the County of Washington and State aforesaid; do hereby certify that I believe the signatures to the papers hereto attached which purport to be Wilkins Updike’s Esq. to be in his own prime hand writing; and I further certify that the said Wilkins Updike is a duly commissioned and qualified Justice of the Peace of South Kingston in said County.
In testimony whereof, I have hereto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court this 1st day of May in the year 1834 
Thos P. Wells Clerk
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John W. Shearman 
Washington Sc In South Kingston May 1st 1834 - Personally appeared before me [illegible], or Justice of the Peace for South Kingston.  John W Shearman, the signer to the above Deposition, who [crossed out] first being [/crossed out] was by me, duly examined, cautioned & sworn to [illegible crossed out word] the above Deposition, which was reduced to writing in his presence, and then read to him, and he signed the same, in my presence. And I further certify, that the said John W. Shearman is well known to me and that his character for truth & veracity is good, and that said Deposition is entitled to full & implicit credit- W. Updike J. Peace
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I John W Shearman of North Kingston, in the County of Washington, on solemn oath do testify and say, that I am Seventy five years of Age. Remington Shearman of said North Kingston, is my Brother. In August 1777, I belonged to an independent or chartered Company called the Kingston Reds, of which John Waite was Captain, and ^being [illegible] and unable to perform military duty, I procured him to take my place in said Company, and he was received as a substitute for me, and served in said company in my stead one Month, at the House of David Greene in North Kingston. I also know that he went on to Rhode Island, as a soldier in James Allens Company in August 1778, in the time of Sullivans Expedition. I also know that in March 1780, he volunteered to serve in said Company, of which Samuel Peirce was Captain, three Months on the Island of Rhode Isalnd, and know that went on to said Island, and was absent three months.
John Shearman 
Washington Sc. – In South [crossed out] North [/crossed out] Kingston 
May 1st 1834 - Personally appeared before me [illegible], or Justice of the Peace for South Kingston. John W Shearman, the signer to the above Deposition, who [crossed out] first being [/crossed out] was by me, duly examined, cautioned & sworn to [illegible crossed out word] the above Deposition, which was reduced to writing in his presence, and then read to him, and he signed the same, in my presence. And I further certify, that the said John W. Shearman is well known to me and that his character for truth & veracity is good, and that said Deposition is entitled to full & implicit credit- W. Updike J. Peace
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I William C Clark of South Kingston, in the County of Washington, on solemn oath do testify and say, that I am Seventy seven years of age. During the Revolutionary War, I knew Remington Shearman of North Kingston, in said County. In the Summer of 1777, in the Month of August, I was a Member of an Independent or chartered Company called the Kingston Reds of which John Waite was Captain, and was stationed at the house of David Greene in North Kingston one month, and the said Remington Shearman served in said Company, at the same place one Month.
William C Clarke 
Washington in South Kingston
May 1st 1834, Personally appeared before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace, for said South Kingston, William C Clark, the signer to the above Deposition, who being by me ^was duly examined, cautioned & sworn to the above Deposition, which was reduced to writing in his presence, and then read to him, and he subscribed his name there in my presence. And I further certify, that the said William C Clark is well known to me, that his character for truth is good, and that said Deposition, is entitled to full & implicit credit 
Wilkins Updike Just Peace
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June the 7th 1832-
Washington Sc - State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations 
Supreme Judicial Court, April Term AD 1834 
On this First day of May in the year 1834, personally appeared in open Court, the Supreme Judicial Court, for the State of Rhode Island, now sitting at South Kingston, within and for the County of Washington. Remington Shearman of [crossed out] South [/crossed out] North Kingston, in said County of Washington, aged Seventy three years, who being first duly sworn, according Law, doth on his oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June the 7th 1832- That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as  herein stated. He was born in North Kingston aforesaid on the twenty second day of April 1761, he has no record of his age. In the month August 1777, he resided in said North Kingston, and his Brother John W Shearman, who was older than he was then a member of an independent, or chartered company, called the Kingston Reds of which John Waite was Captain, George Tefft first lieut and Nathan Taylor second Lieut Samuel Eldreds Ensign and he ^being sick and unable to perform military duty, the said Remington Shearman, took his place in said company &  and was received as substitute for him and served in his stead one Month, as a private in said Company, stationed at the House of David Greene, in that part of North Kingston called Boston Neck, that month expired that September following. In the month of [crossed out] September 1778 [/crossed out] August 1778, he served one month on the Island of Rhode Island, in the time of the expedition of General Sullivan as a private in the
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Company of Militia belonging to said North Kingston of which James Albro was Captain James [illegible] Leiut & Samuel Paine Ensign attached to the Regiment of which Charles Dyer was Colonel. In the fall of the same year he served another Month, as a private, in the same Company, under the same officers stationed at the House of John Congdon in Boston Neck one Month. In March 1780, he returned to serve  in said Company of Militia as private, on the Island of Rhode Island, the Enemy having evacuated the same three Months, and he went on the said Island and served there three months, Lawrence Paine being then Captain of the Company, Henry Northrup Leiut & Bowen Carr Ensign. He never had any written discharge. This whole term of service was Six Months. He has resided in said North Kingston most of the time around the Revolutionary War. [illegible] [illegible] John Shearman is knowing to [illegible] of his services. He is not acquainted with any Clergyman in his vicinity, who can testify as to the tradition and belief is his said vicinity, of his having been a Soldier of the Revolution but he refers the Court to [crossed out is illegible] John T. Nichols & John R. Shearman who are acquainted with him, and will testify the same and also as [illegible] his character for truth & veracity. He hereby relinquishes every claim 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.
Sworn to & Subscribed in open Court, the day and year aforesaid { Remington Shearman X his mark
Witness Thos P Wells
John T Nichols & John R Shearman
We [crossed out] Robert Noyes & Benjamin Stanton [/crossed out] of South Kingston in the County of Washington
Hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Remington Shearman of said North Kingston, who has subscribed and swore to
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the annexed Declaration, That we believe him to be Seventy three years of age,  that he is reported and believed in the Neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution & that we concur in that opinion- 
Sworn to & subscribed in open Court the Day & year aforesaid Thos P. Wells Clerk { John T Nichols John R Sherman 
And the said Court, do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter & after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the said Remington Shearman, was a Revolutionary Soldier & served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them, that Robert F Noyes and Benjamin Stanton, who have signed the preceeding [sic] certificate, are residents of the Town of South Kington and are credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit. I Thomas Wells, Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations in the County of Washington, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original procedings of said Court in the matter of the Application of Remington Shearman for a pension
In testimony whereof, I hereunto set hand and the seal of said Court, this First day of May in the year 1834 
Thos P. Wells Clerk
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Revolutionary
21477
INVALID.

File No. 21,477
Remington Shearman
Pri Rev War

Act: June 7" 32"
Index: - Vol. 2, Page 363

[Arrangement of 1870]

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1911 Apl. 11 Hist to Frank Dempster Sherman letter in S. File 21480 Eber Shearman
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O. W. and N. Division 3-525.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C., ….. 190…
In reply to your request of …, received… for a statement of the military history of Remington Shearman a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his [crossed out] (or his widow’s) [/crossed out] application for pension on file in this Bureau.
S. File 21,477

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. | LENGTH OF SERVICE. | RANK. | OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. CAPTAIN. | COLONEL. | STATE.

Aug. 1777 | {Sub for John 2 yr older than Remington 1 Mo. | Pri. | John Waite : Indep. Co. “Kingston Reds” | R.I.
Aug. 1778 | 1 Mo. | “ | James Albro | Charles Dyer | 
Fall “ | 1 mo | “ | “ “ | “ “ | 
Mch. 1780 | 3 mo | “ | Lawrence Peirce [crossed out] Pearce | [checkmark] | 

Battles engaged in, [checkmark]
Residence of soldier at enlistment, North Kingston, R.I.
Date of application for pension, May 11 1834 Allowed
Residence at date of application, North Kingston, R.I.
Age at date of application, b. Apl. 22, 1761 – North Kingston, R.I.
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Very respectfully,
Commissioner.