Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 19,870, Zaccheus Wheeler, Mass.
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SERVICE
Mass.
CONTENTS
Wheeler, Zaccheus-
NUMBER
S. 19.870
carded
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Zaccheus Wheeler
Athol in the State of Mass
who was a Private in the company commanded
by Captain Putnam of the Regt commanded
by Col Holman in the Mass.
line for 11 mos and 21 days
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts
the rate of 39 - Dollars 04 Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
-
Certificate of Pension issued the 11th day of Nov
1832 and Delivered to G. Folsom of [illegible] Mass. 
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832 58.06
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 March 33 19.52
$78.08
Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by D. D. Addison Clerk
Book D Vol. 2 Page 93
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19870
Revolution 
Invalid.
File No. 19,870
Zaccheus Wheeler
Pri Rev War
Act: June 7th 32
Index: Vol 2, Page 447
Arrangement of 1870.
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Zaccheus Wheeler
$39.04
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DECLARATION, in order the benefit of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
COUNTY OF WORCESTER, SS.
On this sixth day of September in the year of our Lord, eighteen hundred and thirty
two personally appeared in open Court, before Nathaniel Paine Esq. Judge of the
Court of Probate now sitting at Worcester, Zaccheus Wheeler a resident of Athol
in the County of Worcester
and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged eighty two 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 7th 1832.
THAT he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated,
That he was, as he lives, born in Grafton in the county of Worcester aforesaid where he remained till he was about twenty five years of age. he then removed to Sutton in said county where he resided & is the and
he was about in the army, till he was about forty years of age then
moved to that, where he has resided [illegible]    the time he was absent in the army, till he was about fifty years of age. he then removed to Athol where he has resided till the present time.
In the year 1774 while he was a resident of Sutton, he with ninety nine others, all residents of said Sutton, Volunteered as minute men, ready to march
at any moment when their services might be called for. They trained once a
week, during the summer and Autumn. On the 20th of April 1775, the
morning after the battle at Lexington, he marched with said company of minute
men, under the command of Capt. John Putnam to Roxbury where he remained a soldier in the Massachusetts militia, about three weeks he then returned to Sutton.
Soon after he volunteered as a soldier and marched to Dorchester, where he
remained three weeks, but he cannot remember the names of any of the officers
who commanded; nor can he ascertain that any of the soldiers who were
with him during either of the above times, are now living. In July 1776 he enlisted as a soldier in the Massachusetts militia for five months under Capt
Bartholemew Woodbury. He marched to New York, and was stationed at [illegible] places in the State of New York. During this campaign he was in the battle of
White Plains and of Harlem Heights his company belonged to the
Regiment commanded by Col. Jonathan Holman; he was in actual
service during this company five months, but he cannot find
any person living who was with him at this time except Elijah [illegible]
from him accompanies this application. In the Spring of 1778 he volunteered as a soldier in said Militia under Capt Putnam for one month
and marched to Providence in the State of Rhode Island, and was stationed on
the river below Providence, til the expiration of said month, when he was discharged & returned to Sutton; he knows of no person now living in which he can 
more fully prove this service. In July of the same year he volunteered under
Captain Whiting of Dunlop for the term of two or three months, he cannot remember in which he was marched to Rhode Island and stationed on
the Island; he was in a battle there; General Sullivan commanded he cannot
remember the names of any other of his officers, except the Lieutenant
whose name was Southwood-- he cannot find any person living who served
with him, nor can he prove this service more fully than by the deposition
of Ebenezer Leland, which accompanies this application. In 1781, in the [illegible]
he again enlisted for three months and marched to West Point in New York; he was [illegible] most
of this time, in digging stones for building a [illegible] and for other purposes; he cannot remember the names of any of his officers of this time excepting Col. Drury and Adjt French - he remembers receiving his discharge from 
General McDougal and he was honourably [illegible] discharged in every instance, but his discharges and all the evidence of a written character which he had, have nbeen lost. 
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.
Zaccheus Wheeler his mark
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid,
before Nath'l Paine Judge of
Probate for the County of Worcester
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a Clergyman residing in the
testify that we are well acquainted with and who has subscribed and made the
above declaration, that we believe him to be  years of age, that he is reputed and believed lived in neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interogatories
prescribed by the War Department, that the above mentioned, applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
And the court further certifies, that it appears to them that Isaac Briggs who signed
the preceding certificate , is a clergyman, resident in the Town of Athol and that William H. Williams who has signed the same is a resident in the Town of Athol and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Nathan Paine Judge of Probate
for the County of Worcester
I Theophilus Wheeler Register as Clerk of the Court of Probate for the County of Worcester to hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Zacheus
Wheeler for a pension.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the Seal of the Probate Court for Worcester County, this
Sixth day of September
in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and thirty two.
Theophs Wheeler Reg of said
Court of Probate, in Massachusetts
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We Isaac Briggs a Clergyman of whose society the said Wheeler is a member and William H. Williams residing in Athol aforesaid hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Zacheus Wheeler who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be eighty two years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Isaac Briggs
Wm. H. Williams
Sworn ad subscribed the day and year aforesaid
before 
C. R. Miles Justice of the Peace.

Worcester August 31 1832
The aforesaid Isaac Briggs and Wm. H. Williams appeared and made oath to the truth of the aforesaid certificate by them subscribed before me.
Clough R. Miles, Justice of the Peace
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I David White of Douglas in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts yeoman aged seventy four years do testify and say that I was in the States Service at West Point in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred & Eighty one. That Zacheus Wheeler then of Sutton in said County was in the same company of Militia with me, that we marched from Douglas aforesaid on the twenty eighth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred & eight one; that we jo9ined the Regiment at West Point under the command of Col. Luke Drury of Grafton on the six day of September following and the said Zacheus Wheeler served in the Company Commanded by Rubin Davis at said West Point three months with me in the same company & Regiment and further the deponant saith not.
David White

Worcester SS September 14, 1832
Personally appeared David White above mentioned and made solom oath to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed, before me
Benjamin Craggin, Justice of the Peace.
I further Certify that I have been personally acquainted with the above named David White more than forty years and that he a man of veracity & is entitled to full faith & credit.
Douglas September 14, 1832 
Benjamin Craggin Justice of the Peace

(seal)
I Theophilus Wheeler Register of the Court of Probate for the County of Worcester in Massachusetts do hereby certify that this affidavit signed by David White and made before Benjamin Craggin was produced & annexed since my former certificate was made. I further certify that the said Benjamin Craggin is a Justice of the Peace in & for the said County and his signature is in his own hand writing.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this 29th day of September in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred thirty two.
theophilus Wheeler Regr. of said Court
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I Ebenezer Leland at present of Shrewsbury in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts formerly of Grafton in the same County Eighty three years of age, do testify and say that I was a soldier on the Island of Newport in the State of Rhode Island Captain Reuben Libby's Company of Militia Col. Whitney Regiment in the months of July and August 1778 for the term of six weeks and that I frequently saw Zaccheus Wheeler then of Sutton in said County of Worcester and at present of Athol in the same County, a Militia solder doing duty at the same time but do not now recollect what company or regiment he belonged to at that time. I also well recollect that the said Zaccheus Wheeler was in the same Brigade of Militia with myself in the five months service at New York in the summer and fall of 1776 and have no doubt he was out on several other terms of service during the war of the revolution, I was then and always have been well acquainted with the said Zaccheus Wheeler as were born and grew up to manhood in the fore-named Town of Grafton.
Ebenezer Leland

Worcester SS September 3th 1832
Then the above named Ebenezer Leland personally appeared and made oath to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed. Before me
Jona. Wheeler Justice of the peace

I further Certify that Ebenezer Leland above named who has signed & made oath to the above statement and acknowledged the same same before me is a man of truth & veracity and his statement is in my opinion entitled to full credit.
3th Septr. 1832
 Jona. Wheeler Justice of the peace
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Worcester, SS
I, Abijah Bigelow, Clerk of the Judicial Courts holden within and for the County of Worcester, do hereby certify that Jonathan Wheeler Esquire, before whom the foregoing affidavit of Ebenezer Leland was made and sworn to, Harry Woods Esquire before whom the annexed affidavit of Abijah Burnap was made and sworn to and Clough R. Miles Esquire, before whom the annexed Affidavit of Isaac Briggs and William H. Williams was made and sworn to are Justices of the Peace within and for the County of Worcester and that their signatures thereto appear to me to be in their own proper hand writings.
(seal)
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the County Seal this sixth day of September, A. D. 1832.
Abijah Bigelow, Clerk
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I Abijah Burnap of Millbury in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged seventy two years do testify and say, that in July in the year seventeen hundred & seventy six I enlisted in Captain Bartholomew Woodbury's Company of Militia and went into the service for five months, in Col. Jonathan Holman's Regiment. Zaccheus Wheeler then of Sutton in said County of Worcester now of Athol in the same County enlisted at the same time and in the same Company. We marched in the first place to New York and afterwards retreated to different stations in the interior of that State. The said Zaccheus Wheeler was with me in the same Company untill we were both discharged after performing five months service. We were in the battle at Harlem Heights and at White Plains. the Lieutenants of said Company were John Bancroft and Reuben Thayer, David Batchellor Ensign. We were discharged at a place called Cortland's Manor in the December following our term of service having expired. I have been acquainted with said Zaccheus Wheeler from that time and know he performed said service.
Abijah Burnap

Worcester SS August 10th 1832
Then the above named Abijah Burnap personally appeared and made oath to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed. 
Before me, Harry Wood, Justice of the peace

I further certify that Abijah Burnap the above named deponent is a man of truth and veracity and in my opinion is entitled to full credit.
Harry Wood Justice of Peace