Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 20130, for John Sherlay, New Hampshire
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SERVICE
N.H.

Sherlay, John

NUMBER
R.20130

CONTENTS
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For the purpose of obtaining the benefit of
an act for the relief surviving officers & soldiers
of the revolution approved on the 15th of May
1828 I John Sherlay of the County of Ohio
in the State of Kentucky do hereby declare that
I entered in the continental line of the army
of the revolution for and during the war and
continued in its service untill its termination
at which period I was a private in Captain
John Spraigs Company in the 15th Regiments
the New hampshire line and I also declare
that I afterwards received a certifi
cate for the reward of eighty dollars to which
was entitled under a resolve of Congress passed
the 15th of May 1778 and I further declare
that I was not on the 15 day of March
1826 on the pension list of the United States
Signature of John 9his X mark) Sherlay
Signed and sworn to before me this Mark
12th July 1828
R Walker J P
Before me Richard L Walker a Justice
of the peace in the County of Ohio & State of
Kentucky personally appeared this day Thomas
Taylor Dr George Madison of the said
County who did severally make oath that
John Sherley by whom the foregoing declaration
was subscribed is generally reputed and
believed to have been a soldier of the
army of the revolution in manner as there
in Stated
Witness my hand this 12th day of July
1828
R Walker  POC
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Know all men by these present John
Sherlay of the County of Ohio, & state of Kentucky, do hereby [illegible]
and appoint Harrison D Taylor of the town of
Hartford in the County of Ohio State of
my true and lawfull attorney with a power
of substitution for me in my name to receive
the from
the United States the amount of
pay now due to me under the act for the
relief of certain officers & soldiers of the
revolution approved 15th May 1826 as a private
in the 15th Regiment of the Newhampshire line
of the army of the Revolution
Witness my hand and seal this 12th day
of July 1828
sealed in
sealed and delivered
Signature of John (his X mark)
Sherlay
in the presence of
Geo Madison
5th
Before me Richard Walker
a Justice of the peace in the County of
while in the State of Kentucky personally
appeared before this day John Shearer
subscribed
whose name is annexed to the foregoing power
of attorney & acknowledged the same to be
his act and deed
Witness my
hand 12th day of
July 1828
R. Walker
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Before me Richard L Walker a Justice of the peace in the County
Ohio & State of Kentucky personally appeared this day Harrison D Taylor 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
Seisure by any
legal process whatever of
the pay therein authorised 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 this 12th day of 
July 1828
R Walker JP
I Charles Henderson Clerk of the Court
of the County of Ohio in the state of Kentucky 
do hereby certify that Richard L Walker
before whom the foregoing affidavits were
Sworn
was at the time a Justice of the
peace for the County & State aforesaid
only empowered to administer oaths
In testimony whereof I have here
unto set my
hand and affixed
the seal of sd (said) Court this
4th day of July 1828
Signature of Ch Henderson
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No. 20130
Ex'r  REJECTED
INVALID
John Sherley
P.O.
Service:  Pri 15th N.H. Line
[The following fields are left blank]
Revy War
Enlisted: 
Discharged: 
Application filed: 
Alleges: 
Re-enlisted: 
Attorney: 
P.O.

[Handwritten text written on document]
Evidence insufficient
Act 1828
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No. 20130
____Ex'r.
[REJECTED stamped to right]
OLD WAR WIDOW,
John Sherley
Died at
Service  Private 15th N.H. Line
Revolutionary 
Evidence insufficient
act, 1828, _________Clerk.
Application file:  
Attorney: 
P.O. 

[Handwritten text on document]
New Jack
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ow Rej
#20,130
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John Sherlay     Pot
N. Hampshire line

Ketucky
No Record Ref 3519 or old Books
Wed.  File No. 8719
[illegilbe]
old Rej Files
$95`9
Case not new in Ky files
[illegible]
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Hartford Ky 
July 18

Revolutionary Claims

Richard Rush
Secretary of Treasury
Washington City 
D.C>
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713

J. Sherlay
recd July 39 1828
ackkd Aug 15
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Hartford Kentucky 17th July 1828
Sir
Enclosed I send you an application
in behalf of John Sherley to be place
on the revolutionary pension list I have
drawn up the declaration in the form pre
scribed by you I however was not certain
that you requsted the name of the
company & regiment at the time of
entering the service on at the time of
discharge I have inserted the
father
he however states that he entered 
the service was first enrolled in John Starks
company in the 15th Regiment of the newhampshire line belonged to Gen
Putnams division and was in the
battle of Bunker hill where he recd
a slight wound in the knee which
he shall shows I have given you
this detailed accounts thinking that it
probably might afford some clue by
which you could obtain satisfactory
information should the declaration
not be sufficient. as
the applicant
is old and entirely unable to collect
proof and having
lost his discharge
cannot transmit it to you
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The applicant is generally reputed by every
person in the country to have been an and
soldiers his manners and
habits show it but there is no person in
the section where he now lives that saw
him in actual service and he is unable
to have to travel a great distance to procure
such testimony should the documents
herewith sent not be sufficient
you will please to write me what
else will be necessary
should his claims be admitted
you will transmit the amount
due him to me at Hartford Ky
or make it in any manner payable
at the U. S. Branch bank in 
Louisville, Ky as you will discover
from the power of attorney that
I am authorized to receive it
very respectfully yours
Signature of Harrison D. Taylor
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713.       721
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 Sept 1828.
The annexed paper, relating to the claim of John Sherlay, 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.
Richard Ruth
The Hon. the SECRETARY OF WAR.

War Department
Bounty Land Office
9th Sept 1828
John Sherlay of the New Hampshire Line, is not
returned as being entitled to land from the United States
, nor at a Warrant issued for him
E Stephens
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REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
Aug 15. 1828
John Sherley of______in the County of Ohio
in the State of Kentucky
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 Revolution,” approved the 15th of May, 1828. He states that he
enlisted in the Continental line of the army of the Revolution, for and during the war, and
continued until its termination, at which period he was a private in Captain
Spraig's 
company, in the regiment of the New Hampshire line;
and that he received a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars, provided by the resolve of
the 15th of May, 1778; and further, that he was not on the 15th day of May, 1828, on the
pension list of the United States, and that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of
March, 1826, nothing
The Third Auditor is requested to report how far the several statements are corroborated by the records in his office.
By order of the Suntary,
A. Dickins

TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE.
23. August 1828

[Crossed out: It appears by the records in this office, that a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars has been issued to]

It further appears that John Sherlay cannot on the pension list of the
agency, and has been so since the 3 March
1820
The name of John Sherley cannot be
found among those of the New Hampshire line  
whom Certificates for the gratuity of Eighty Dollars
were issued

Peter Hagner Att