Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 20113, Henry Wakely, Cont (Conn)
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Cont (Conn)
Wakely Henry
W 20113


dis ctf of this man
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HEAD-QUARTERS, June 6th 1783.

THE with CERTIFICATE shall not avail the Bearer as a Discharge, until the Ratification of the definitive Treaty of Peace; previous to which Time, and until Proclamation thereof shall be made,  He is to be considered as being on Furlough.

GEORGE WASHINGTON.

Henry Wakelee

Henry Wakely
Cont. (Conn)
W. 20113
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BY HIS EXCELLENCY
GEORGE WASHINGTIN, ESQ;

General and Commander in Chief of the Forces of the United States of America.

THESE are to CERTIFY that the Bearer hereof Henry Wakelee Private in the  1st Connt  Regiment, having faithfully served the United States three Years and Eight Months, and being enlisted for the War only, is hereby DISCHARGED from the American Army.

GIVEN at HEAD-QUARTERS the 6th day of June 1783.

George Washington

By HIS EXCELLENCY'S
Command, 
J Trumbull [    ]

REGISTERED in the Books 
of the Regiment,

Lebb Loomis Adjutant,

THE above Henry Wakelee 
has been honored with the BADGE of MERIT  for three Years faithful Service.

H Colfax [ hard to read}  (but he was Washington's Commander of the Life Guard)
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By His Excellency George Washington Esq; 
General and Commander in Chief of the forces of the United States of America.

These are to certify that the Bearer hereof Henry Wakelee private in the 1st Connecticut Regiment having faithfully served the United States three years & eight months, and being enlisted for the war only, is hereby discharged from the American Army.

Given at Head Quarter the 6th day of June 1783
G. Washington

By HIs Excellency's
Command.
J. Trumbull Junr Secy

Registered in the Books of the Regiment
Lebb Loomis Adgt

The above Henry Wakelee has been honored with the Badge of Merit for three years faithful Service.
H. Colfax Capt. Commander
Commander Chief Guard.

Head Quarter June 6ht 1783

The within Certificate shall not avail the Bearer as a discharge until the Ratification of the Definitive Treat of Peace, previous to which time, & until proclamation thereof shall be made, he is to be considered as being on furlough.
George Washington
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State of Connecticut
Comptrollers office Sept 23d 1793

I hereby certify the within to be a true copy of Henry Walelee's discharge, which is deposited in this office as a voucher.

John Porter  Comptroller

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[(Writing at bottom of page crossed out]
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282
Mrs. Deborah Wakelee

$80 per annum

S Swift
Manchester
Vt
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State of Vermont}
Bennington County ss.}

On this 30th day of March 1843, personally appeared before the Subscriber a Magistrate within & for the County of Bennington aforesaid, Deborah Wakelee a resident of the town of Sandgate in said County, aged seventy two years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed on the 5th March 1843, granting Pensions to Widows of Persons who served during the revolutionary war, that she is the Widow of Henry Wakelin late of said Sandgate deceased, who was a Private in the army of the United States during that war,  & who enjoyed therefor a Pension during his lifetime, & for whose said service she also since his decease received a Pension of Eighty Dollars or about that sum, per annum, under the Act of July 7, 1838.   She further declares that she is still a Widow.
Deborah Wakelee

Sworn to & subscribed, the day & year above written, before me, 
 Desmond Prindle   Justice of the Peace
And I do hereby further certify that the above named Deborah Wakelee, the declarant is personally well known to me,  Desmond Prindle   Justice of the Peace

State of Vermont}
Bennington County ss.}

I, Saml. H. Backmer Clerk of the County Court in & for said County, do hereby certify, that Desmond Prindle is a Justice of the peace in & for said County, duly commissioned & qualified.  That his commission bears date from the 1st day of Dec 1842 & will expire on the 30th day of Nov 1843 & that his signature above written, I believe to be genuine.
In witness whereof I have hereunto affixed my hand & the seal of the said Court at Bennington this 6th day of April AD 1843 & of the independence of the the U. S. the 67th.

Saml H. Blackmer    Clerk
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November 24, 1936
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Mr. Willard Wight
Quarters 17-A
Fort Harrison, Indiana

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of James Waklee of Connecticut who died June 3, 1829, Thomas Walkes of Connectict born March 29, 1752, Henry Waklee of Connecticut who was taken prisoner in 1780, Daniel Beers of Connecticut born 1735 and died about  1820, also, date of death of Nehemiah Sherwood whose record was furnish you February 21, 1935, and names of witnesses in support of his claim for pension.

There is no claim for pension on file based upon service of a Thomas Waklee or Daniel Beers described above,  The records of Henry Wakeley or Wakelee and of James Wakeland of Wakelee are given herewith.

In the report furnished you February 21, 1935, you were informed that the papers in pension claim, S. 36309, showed that Nehemiah Sherwood died December11, 1823.  No one of this comrades in war made affidavit in his claim for pension.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator