Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 43137, for Daniel Shepard, New Hampshire
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(3-1776) SERVICE Continental N.H.
Shepard, Daniel
NUMBER S43137
CONTENTS
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7061
New Hampshire
Daniel Shepard
of Boseaen in the state of N. Hampshire who was a  private
in the regiment commanded by
Colonel Poor
of the N Hampshire line, for the term of 1 year
In scribed on the Roll of New Hampshire
at the rate of 8
Dollars per month, to commence on
the 3d of April 1818.
Certificate of
and sent to
Pension issued the 5th of Mar 1819
and sent to W Claggett
H of Reps
Arrears to 4th 1819 10 and 23/3/31 -  89.49
semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 Sep 1819 48.
$137.49
 
{Revolutionary claim,
Act 18th March, 1818 }
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Daniel Shepard

Not on Rolls

Admd Hon. W. Claggett,
H.R.
Date certific 5 March
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Daniel Shephard
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State of Newhampshire
Hillsborough
On this twenty third day of April AD 1818 before me
the subscribed one of the Justices of the Superior
Court of Judicature in said State personally
appears Daniel Shepard aged sixty years resident in Boscawen in said County who
being by me first duly sworn according to law
doth on his oath make the following declaration
in order to obtain the provision made by the
late act of Congress entitled an act to provide
for certain persons engaged in the land & naval
service of the United States in the revolutionary war
. That he the said Daniel Shepard in
listed in Boston in said County in December A.D. 1775 in the company commanded by
Captain Jeremiah Clough for the term of
one year and served on the services of the United States
one year and served that term in the Regiment
commanded by Colonel Poor when he
was discharged in December A.D. 1776 in
Albany in the State of New York that
he is in reduced circumstances and stands
in me of a distance from his country for
support and that he has now no other evidence
in his power of his said seven
in to and declared before me in the
day year aforesaid Daniel Shepard
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Sworn to and declared before me on the day and year aforesaid
[signature] Levi Woodbury As Jus Peace A. (N.H.)

I Levi Woodbury Judge he is  aforesaid do certify that it appears to my
satisfaction that the said Daniel
Shepard did serve in the Revolutionary war as stated in the preceding declaration
against the common enemy
for nine months on the
continental establishment and now
transmit the proceedings and
testimony taken & had before me
to the Secretary for the department
of war pursuant be directions
of the aforementioned act of Congress
[signature] Levi Woodbury A.J. S.C.
Feby 16th 1819 I hereby and to the above
certificate, that I am fully satisfied
that the above Daniel Shepard is in
such reduced circumstances as to need
assistance from his country for support
[signature] Levi Woodbury Ar. J,
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Copy 217
Daniel Shepard
7.061

con 
Sept 1819
7061
Augt 14th 1820
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To the Justices of the Court of Common Pleas now sitting at Hopkinton within and for the County of
Hillsborough and State of Newhampshire-
July 12. 1820
Daniel Shepard aged sixty two resident in
Boscawen in said County, comes into Court, and in
pursuance of an Act of Congress, passed on the 1st day
of May, 1820, being with him, and in his proper person, exhibits to said Court a Schedule by him subscribed
, containing his whole estate, and income
(his necessary clothing and bedding excepted) as follows
Real Estate None
Personal Estate
Household Furniture in all $20.00
One Cow  16.00
one yearling Heifer  7.
one last spring calf 3.50
46.50

He owes Bartlett Gerrish D 6.00
John Greenough 10.50
Nathaniel Webster 6.00
Samuel Elliot 2.17
Doctor Thomas Peach 5.12 29.79
Daniel Shepard

And the said Daniel Shepard in pursuance a
aforesaid produceth to said Court the following
oath, by him duly taken and subscribed, viz:
I Daniel Shepard do solemnly swear that I was a
resident citizen of the United States on the 18th of 
March 1818; and that I have not since that time
by gift, sale, or in any manner disposed of my
property, or any part thereof with intent thereby
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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, contracts or debts, due
to me; nor have I any income other than what
is contained in the schedule hereto annexed
and by me subscribed
[signature] Daniel Shepard

And the said Daniel Shepard doth here in Court
further declare on oath, that he served in the Revolutionary War, as follows, viz.
He enlisted as a private in the Continental establishment
into the service of his Country in the
month of November 1775 for one year in the Company command by Capt Jeremiah Clough belonging to Col. Poor's Regiment 
stationed at Winter
hill which Regt continued there till the Brittish army left Boston in March was then
marched said to New York to Canada and
back to Albany where where he was honorably
discharged in November 1776 but had no written discharge
That the date of his original declaration in
order to obtain a pension is the 3d of April 1818.
And the number of his pension certificate is
7.061
that his occupation is
That the number and names of
his family residing with him, and their ages
and capacities to contribute to their support
are as follows, viz.
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His wife Anna Shepard aged 57 weakly at all times
He is unable to labor by reason of age & infirmity
very lame. his left thigh bones has been fractured
as to make his left leg much shorter than the
other and without assistance cannot obtain his
support
Wherefore he prays the opinion of said Court as to
the value of the property contained in the said
Schedule and that the same together with a copy of the
premises be duly certified, to the Secretary of War.
[signature] Daniel Shepard
Sworn and declared before Hon Joshua Darling &
J. K. Smith Justices of said Court the 12th day of July
1820.-
[signature] M Eastman Clerk

Hillsborough Ss. Court of Common Pleas July 12 1820
the aforesaid Schedule and oath, and the above declaration
, duly subscribed and sworn by the said Daniel
Shepard having been by him exhibited in person and presented to the Court, and the same being
seen and considered:
It is the opinion of said Court, that the value of the property contained in said Schedule is $46.50 and the
said Daniel Shepard ores as above-- wherefore the
Court order that a copy of the premises with the proceedings thereon, be duly certified to the Secretary of War
Attest
[signature] M Eastman Clerk
State of Newhampshire
Hillsborough ss. J M Castman Clerk of the
Common Pleas within and for said County of Hillsborough
being a Court of Record do certify, that the foregoing Schedule and the declaration annexed, with the proceedings and
opinion of the Court thereon, are truly copied from the record
and files of said Court.
In testimony whereof I
have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of
said Court the 12th day of July 1820
[signature] M Eastman Clerk
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widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. See file 4 3137 Daniel Shepard
[Chart]


DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR
APPOINTMENT.
Nov or Dec. 1770

LENGTH OF
SERVIE.
1 year

RANK.
Pvt

OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
Jeremiah Clough
COLONEL.
Poor

STATE.
NH

Battles engaged in,
Residence of soldier at enlistment,
ent in Boscawen Vt
Date of application for pension,
Apr. 23, 1818
Residence at date of application, Boscawen, Hillsborough Co. N.H.
Age at date of application, 60
Remarks: wife Ann aged 57 in 1820
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43137
INVALID.
Revy
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File No.
43137
Daniel Shepard
Pri Rev War
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Act: 18 March 18
Index: -- Vol. 3 , Page 458
[Arrangement of 1870.]

1903 Dec. 29. Hist. to
Mrs J.G. Billings aw
1909 June 28 Hist to
Mrs. A. W. Sherwood
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3 - 871.
RECORD DIVISION.
Department of the Interior,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Brised by L.D. L.
Claim No.
Certificate No.
Claimant
Soldier Paul Shepard
Service N. H.
national Service Rev. War
No claim, State records , 190
No claim, combination records , 190
REMARKS:
No claim except
43137
Chief Division
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 Secretary's Certificate
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State of New Hampshire
Secretary's Office
Novemr 26th 1818
I hereby certify that Ezekiel Webster esquire
of Boscawen was on the nineteenth instant
and still is a Justice of the peace in & for
the County of Hillsborough in said State
A duly appointed and commissioned and that
to his official acts and attestations faith
and credit are due and to be given in and out of court within and out of the State-
In testimony whereof I have subscribed
my name & affixed the seal of the State to
these presents on the day of the date hereof
[signature] Saml Sparhawk Secretary
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329MONROE STREET
Allegan, Mich
June 17" 09

Pension Office
what information can
you give me on
Isaac in Israel
Shephard also a
Daniel Shepard all
there of these men
men in the Rev. War
am not in search
of a pension. I want
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their
application
record if there is
Any.
they came from
New Hampshire
I remain Resp
Mrs Arlen W. Sherword
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E.. Webster
Affidavit
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I Ezekiel Webster depose and say that I am
well acquainted with Daniel Shepherd of
Bowen N. Hamp. who has applied for
pension under the late Law of Congress &
that he is poor, is in reduced circumstances
and stands in need of the assistance of his
country for support- I am well acquainted
with his circumstances & have been
or many years & do not know of any
property that he owns to the amount of
Thirty dollars - By an enquiry what he
received by the falling of a bride he is
unable to perform much labor
[signature] Ezekiel Webster

State of New Hampshire
Hills July 2d 1810. Personally appearing
Ezekiel Webster made oath that the
foregoing affidavit by him subscribed
is just & true-
Before me [signature] Joseph Muggy Justice Peace
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Jonathan Johnson's Affidavit
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I Jonathan Johnson of Concord in the County
of Rockingham and State of New Hampshire Testify
that Daniel Shepherd of Boscawen in the County
of Hillsborough & State of NewHampshire, who has
applied for a pension, was a school boy with
me and that I have known him ever since
That at Boscawen in the month of November or
December AD. 1776 said Shepherd enlisted into
the continental service in the Company of
Jeremeiah Clough & into the regiment commanded
by Col Poor, and that he remained in said service
untill December AD 1766. having served one
year. I enlisted about the same time with him
and got home about the time he did-- I saw
him after while he was in the service & was in
Canada will him
[signature] Jonathan Johnson
State of New Hampshire
Hillsborough November 10. 1818. Personally appearing
the above named Jonathan Johnson and made solemn
oath that the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed
is just and true. Before me [signature] Ezekeil Webster Jus. Peace
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Daniel Flanders
Affidavit
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David Flanders of Boscawen in the County of
HIllsborough and State of New Hampshire Testify
in the year 1775. I live in Boscawen in said
County & that in Jany 1776 I enlisted for
went into Canada and on our retreat
from Canada I saw Daniel Shepherd in Col
Poors Regiment at Lowell in the month of [illegible]
new as I can now recollect and during that
summer I frequently saw him, doing duty as a
soldier in the company commanded by Jeremiah
Clough, and in the regiment commanded by
Col Enoch Poor. I understood at the time - that he
enlisted for one year & did see the time, that
he enlisted. In the fall of 1775 when I
understood he enlisted & was in the service at
Winter Hill -
[signature] David Flanders
State of New Hampshire
Hillsborough1818. Personally appearing the aforenamed
David Flanders & made solemn oath that the foregoing
affidavit by her subscribed is just and true-
Before Ezekiel Webster Jus. Peace
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Samuel Jackman
Affidavit
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Sam
I Samuel Jackman of Concord in the County
of Rockingham and State of New Hampshire, testify
that I have been acquainted with Daniel Shepherd
of Boscawen in the County of Hillsborough, who has
applied for a pension under the late Law of Congress
more than fifty years. That I was born in the same
town with the said Shepherd and live with
him in the same a great many years. That I was
well knowing to the said Shepherds enlisting for one
year in Boscawen into the Company of Captain
Jeremiah Clough, in the regiment commanded by
Col. Poor
in the month of November
or December in the year
ad 1775. and that the remained in the service
until the latter part of the month of December
ad 1776 - having served one year. I frequently
saw him during that time in the service- at Winter
hill-- at New York- Albany. St. Johns &
Lowell & at Montreal. I enlisted for one year in
the said month of November & returned home a
little before he did-
[signature] Samuel Jackman
State of New Hampshire
of Nov. 10. 1818. Personally appearing the above named
Samuel Jackman, made solemn oath that the foregoing
affidavit by him subscribed is just and true
Before [signature] Ezekiel Webster Just Peace