Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 42,282, for John Sherwood, New York
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(8-1776)

SERVICE

Continental (Mass.)
Green Mt. Boys
New York

Sherwood, John

NUMBER

S. 42,282

CONTENTS
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2901.

New York.

John Sherwood.
Col Warner
Sergeant 

[Crossed out with hash marks: "New York"] line Vermont
May 77 till March 78- sick
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.

Inscribed on the Roll of New York
at the rate of -8 Dollars per month, to commence on
the 22d of April 1818. _

Certificate of Pension issued the 22d of Sept. 1818.
and sent to James Emott Esq
Poughkeepsie, N. York.

Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1818. 4. mo. 13/30.  35.46
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4th Mar, 1819.         48.00
                                                                  $: 83.46

Gansevoort

Revolutionary claim,
Act 18th March, 1818.

Continued 

Stanford, Duchess
 
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Continued under Act 1st May 1820 - Notification sent 16th
Sep: 1820 to Messrs. Ruggles & Hooker, Poughkeepsie N.Yk.

Lemuel Jenkins Esq
July 17, 48
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To the Honorable James Emott first

Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, of the
County of Dutchess which is a Court of
Record of the State of New York

The Declaration under oath of John Sherwood 
formerly a Sergeant engaged in the Service of the United States, during
the Revolutionary War, and now a Citizen of the United States, and resident of
the town of Stanford Dutchess County & State of New York
Respectfully Showeth, that the said John Sherwood in the month of
May in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy seven
at Poughkeepsie in Dutchess County enlisted in a company in the
American service [crossed out: "in a company"] commanded by Captain Thomas 
Dewitt in the third regiment of the New York line commanded 
by Colonel Peter Gansevoort for during the war of the revolution,
that he served in the said company as an orderly sergeant under
his said enlistment until some time in the month of December
following when he was taken sick and lay three months in the 
hospital when was sent home by his officers on furlough 
being unfit for duty, that some time in the spring following 
being still sick and unable to join his regiment he wrote to
his captain stating his situation and [crossed out: "shortly"] ^ [above crossed out word: "by the fall"] thereafter received a letter from his captain stating that he was discharged from
service, and need not return to his company- which letter he 
has lost -

And this Declaration further representeth that the said John Sherwood
is now a Citizen of the United States, and residing in Stanford aforesaid,
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and is by reason of his reduced circumstances in life, in need of assistance from his
country for support; and that he has never recieved any pension from the
government of the United States

Therefore he conceives himself entitled to the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 
United States, entitled, "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land
and Naval Service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War," approved,
March 18, 1818, and requests that your Honor will examine into the truths of the
matters aforesaid, certify and transmit the testimony in this case, and the proceedings had
thereon to the Honorable the Secretary of the Department of War, to the end that
such relief may be had in the premises, as is by law in such cases provided. And in 
support of the facts above set forth, he refers to the affidavit of himself
and of Isaac Hunting - hereafter set forth.
Dated the 22d day of April 1818 John Sherwood

County of Dutchess ss. John Sherwood
being duly Sworn says that the matters by him set forth in the foregoing 
Declaration, are in all respects just and true.
Sworn the 22nd day
of April 1818 before me,
James Smott

Dutchess ss. Isaac Hunting of Stanford in the County of Dutchess being 
duly sworn says that he knows the above applicant and that he has
known him for twenty years and upwards  that the said John 
is in low circumstances but always [?] he has known him have
a good character for truth and veracity: that he has
frequently heard the said John speak of the revolution war and 
of his serving in the army and is satisfied that the said John
was a soldier in the American army in that war. 
Sworn this 22 April 1818
before me -
James Smott 

Isaac Hunting
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State of New York
County of Dutchess} ss. Be it Remembered, That on the twenty second day
of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen
before me, James Emott first
Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, of the County of Dutchess-
which is a Court of Record of the State of New York personally appeared
the aforesaid John Sherwood Applicant, as is within confirmed
and made oath as is hereunto annexed and also produced Isaac
Hunting who also made oath as is hereunto annexed- 

Whereupon I being satisfied that the said Applicant did serve in the Army
of the United States, on the Continental Establishment, in the Revolutionary War,
against the common enemy, for the term of nine months and longer, to wit, for the term
and in the manner stated in the declaration of the said Applicant; and that he is 
fairly and justly entitled to the benefit of the Act aforesaid.
Therefore, I do hereby Certify and transmit the testimony in the case, and the
proceedings had thereon, as before set forth, to the Honorable the Secretary of the
Department of War.

Given under my Hand and the Seal of the said Court,
the day and year last above written.
James Emott 

I Jacob Van Ness Clerk of the County of Dutchess in the State of New York
Do hereby certify that James Emott before whom the proceeding affidavit and 
certificate was taken and made is first Judge of the Court of Common Pleas
of the said County acting under the authority of this State and that
the above is his signature. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my 
hand and affixed the seal of the said Court of 
Common Pleas this twenty second day of April
One thousand eight hundred & eighteen 
Jacob Van Ness
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In the matter of 
[underlined: "John Sherwood" a Pensioner 
of the United States
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At a Court of Common Pleas held at the Court House in
the Village of Poughkeepsie in and for the County of Dutchess
in the State of New York on Monday the twenty sixth day of 
June in the year one thousand eight hundred + twenty 

Present the Honorable James Emott First Judge 
Daniel C Ver Plank 
Abraham D. Van Wyck
Thomas Sweet 
[above three names bracketed together to the right] Esquires Judges

State of New York
Dutchess County ss: Be it remembered that on the twenty
sixth day of June in the year one thousand eight hundred 
& twenty, personally appeared in the Court of Common 
Pleas, in open court, the said Court being a Court of record 
for the County of Dutchess, in the State of New York,
John Sherwood, aged about sixty eight years,
resident in the town of Stanford in the said County
of Dutchess, who being first duly sworn according to
law, doth on his oath declare, that he served in the
revolutionary war as follows,-
On the ninth day of May in the year one thou
-sand seven hundred & seventy five, he entered the 
service as a common soldier, having volunteered for
that purpose under the Command of Col. Ethan Allen,
& the next morning, was at the capture of Ticonderoga 
Fort- From this time, this deponent remained 
with the army, & went through the Canada expedition
until the main army retreated out of Canada.
The first year that this deponent was in the service 
he belonged to the regiment called the green mountain
boys, commanded by Col. Seth Warner, after the 
Capture of Allen.
Sometime in the month of May one thousand 
seven hundred & seventy six, this deponent enlisted 
for the term of nine months under Captain John
Sloan, in a Boston regiment commanded by Col.
Patterson, & remained in that regiment until 
the period of his enlistment expired.
On the thirteenth day of May, one thousand seven
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hundred & seventy seven, this deponent enlisted as 
an Orderly Sergeant during the war, under the 
command of Captain Thomas Dewitt, in the 
third Battalion or Regiment of New York forces,
Commanded by Col. Peter Gansevoort, & remained 
in the service until sometime in the year one 
thousand seven hundred & seventy eight when from 
ill health this deponent obtained leave, by furlough 
from said Col. Gansevoort, to return home; & in
the latter part of the summer one thousand seven
hundred & seventy eight, this deponents ill health 
continuing, so that he was unable to return to duty,
he, this deponent, wrote to his said Captain, the said
Thomas DeWitt, informing of his situation, & in
December then next this deponent received a 
letter from his said Captain, that he this deponent 
was discharged from the service, & need not again
return, which letter this deponent has since lost.

And this deponent further says that his original 
declaration is dated, according to the recollection &
belief of this deponent the twenty second day of
April one thousand eight hundred & eighteen, &
that his pension certificate is No 2901.

And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident 
citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March
1818, & that I have not given that time by gift, sale,
or in any manner disposed of any property or any 
past thereof with intent thereby 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 & naval service of the United 
States in the revolutionary war" passed on the 18th
day of March 1818, & that I have not, nor has any persons
in trust for me, any property, or securities,contracts
or debts due to me, nor have I any witness, other 
than what is contained in the schedule hereunto
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annexed + by me subscribed to wit:

Real Estate. I have none + never had any.

Debt. I have none.

Personal property (necessary clothing + bedding exempt) to wit:

1. small swine - 8. Dunghill fowls. 1. Old table
1. Loom (old) 1. Cupboard (old) 1. Stand
9. Chairs (old) 6. Knives + forks 6. Earthen plates
1. Pewter Platter 4. small earthen bowls 1. small  chest
1. Meat cask  2. meal casks  1. iron pot
2. iron kettles (small)  1. iron tea kettle  1. old iron shovel and tongs
1/2 Doz. tea cups & saucers 1. small looking glass 1. pair bellows
1. pair andirons  1. Ax   1. Hoe
1. Large Spinning Wheel  1. Small Spinning Wheel 1. Earthen Tea pot
2. Iron Candlesticks  1. Wash Tub  1. Corn Basket
1. Water pail  4. Glass quart bottles 2. Small stone jugs
1. Stone pot  1. Small pickle tub  1. Old gridirons
1/2 Doz. pewter spoons



This deponent further says that before the revolutionary war he was but a farmer, and never had any trade or other employment, either before or since the war, that since the sickness, that compelled this deponent to leave the army, he has never been an able bodied man; and it has been with great difficulty that this deponent has been able to labor sufficient for his support and that of his family which he has brought up; and that from his age and increased infirmities, he is now hardly able to work at all. That the family of this deponent consists of the deponent and his wife aged about sixty year, who is also considerably infirm.

John Sherwood

Sworn and subscribed this 26th day 
of June 1820 in open court
W. Henry Bulkley Deputy Clerk
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I John Johnston
Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within &
for the County of Dutchess & State of New York
Do hereby certify that the foregoing oath
and the schedule thereto annexed are truly copied
from the records of the said Court: and I do further certify
that it is the opinion of the said Court that the
total amount in value of the property exhibited
in the aforesaid schedule is Twenty dollars

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my
hand & affixed the seal of the said Court this
sixth day of June 1820
John Johnston Clerk
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State of New York
County of Dutchess ss.

I John P. Tallman Surrogate of the County of Dutchess in the State of New York, Do hereby Certify that at a Surrogate's Court held before me, in my office in the Village of Poughkeepsie, on the 28th day of December 1847, appeared Sidney S. Lapham and Delia Lapham of Poughkeepsie in said county, who, being first by me duly sworn (and whom I certify to be credible witnesses) testified to and proved, to my duties function, the following facts - Viz. - That John Sherwood late of said Village died on the 29th day of November, in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty one - That at the time of his decease he was a pensioner of the United States, under the Act of 18th of March, 1818, at the rate of ninety six dollars per annum - That the said John Sherwood left no widow and that his only children now living are the following Viz.
Stephen A. Sherwood, residing in the City of Albany, and Jasper Sherwood, residing in the Town of Cooperstown, Otsego County, State of New York, and that they are each over the age of twenty one years - 

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my seal of Office this 28th day of December 1847.

John P.H. Tallman
Surrogate


State of New York
City and County of Albany, Clerk's Office ss.

I, L. Van Deusen Clerk of the City and County of Albany aforesaid, Do Hereby Certify, that Lemuel Jenkins was on the day of the date of the annexed Affidavit a Commissioner of Deeds in and for said County, duly appointed and sworn, and that the signature to the Jurat of said Affidavit, purporting to be his, is genuine.

In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my name, and affixed the seal of the said County, this eighteenth day of  February 1848.

L. Van Deusen Clerk
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To James L. Edwards Esquire, Commissioner of Pensions,
The Petition of the subscriber respectfully showeth that he is one of the children of John Sherwood, late of Poughkeepsie, Dutchess county, state of New York, now deceased.

That the said John Sherwood died at Poughkeepsie aforesaid, on the 29th day of November 1841, leaving no widow.

That at the time of his death he was a Pensioner for the United States, under the act of 18 March 1818, at the rate of ninety six dollars per annum. That his only children now living are the subscriber, residing in the City of Albany & Jasper Sherwood of Cooperstown in the County of Otsego, in said state, who are each over 21 years of age. All which will appear by the Certificate of the Surrogate of the County of Dutchess hereto as named.

That your Petitioner has been informed & believes that his Father, the said John Sherwood served in the Revolutionary War as a Sergeant and was entitled under the acts of 7 June 1832 to a pension at the rate of one hundred & twenty Dollars per annum, instead of ninety six Dollars per annum --

That your Petitioner, on behalf of himself & his Brother above named respectfully prays that an allowance be made of this amount to which his father was entitled under the act of 7 June 1832 for his services as a Sergeant as aforesaid, from the 4th day of March 1831, to the day of his death, viz. the 29th day of November 1841 - & that a certificate be issued according by, payable to your Petitioner & his Brother above named -
And Your Petitioner as is duty bound, will and pray for.
Stephen A. Sherwood

Dated Albany Feby. 18.1848
State of New York, City & county of Albany ss.
Stephen A. Sherwood, the above named Petitioner, being duly sworn , deposeth & saith that the facts set forth in the above Petition are true; according to the best of his knowledge & beliefs.
Subscribed this 18th day of February 1848 before me L. Jenkins Court of Death.

Stephen A. Sherwood
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State of New York,
City and County of Albany, Clerk's Office  ss

I, L. VanDeusen, Clerk of the City and County of Albany aforesaid, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that Lemuel Jenkins was on the date of the annexed Affidavit, a Commissioner of deeds in and for said County, duly appointed and sworn, and that the signature to the Jurat of said Affidavit, purporting to be his, is genuine.

In Testimony Whereof, I have hereto set my name, and affixed the seal of said County, this eighteenth day of February 1848.
L. Van Deusen, Clerk
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July 13, 1932
BA-J/ANF
XXXXXXXXXXX
John Sherwood
S. 42282

Mrs. John Smelzer
409 S. Albany Street
Ithaca, New York

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to John Sherwood , a soldier of the War of the Revolution.

The data contained herein were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S.42282, based upon the military service of John Sherwood, during the Revolutionary War.


He enlisted May 9, 1775 and served one year as a private in Colonels Ethan Allen's and Seth Warner 's regiment of Green Mountain Boys, was at the
capture of Ticonderoga and the expedition to Canada. He enlisted sometime in May, 1776 and served nine months as a private in Captain Sloan's company in Colonel Paterson's Massachusetts regiment. He enlisted
in Poughkeepsie, New York, May 13, 1777 and was an orderly sergeant in Captain Thomas DeWitt's company in Colonel Peter Gansevoort's New York regiment , he was taken sick sent to the hospital in December , 1777, stayed three months and went home on furlough , and was discharged in December, 1778, having never been able to return to the army.

He was allowed pension on his application executed April 22, 1818, then a resident of Stanford, Dutchess County, New York.

In 1820 he was sixty-eight years of age, and stated that his wife, whose name he did not give, was
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about sixty years old, and at this time referred to a family which he has brought up.

The soldier, John Sherwood, died November 29, 1841 in Poughkeepsie, New York, leaving no widow, but the following children survived him -- Stephen A. Sherwood a resident of Albany, New York and Jasper Sherwood a
resident of Cooperstown, Otsego County, New York.

There are no further data relative to his family.

The above history is that of the John Sherwood, who rendered the service as stated by you, however he is not the John Sherwood, whose personal record you state, consequently this history was not furnished you upon your
previous request.

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator
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42282


INVALID
Revy.


File No. 42,282

John Sherwood
Serg. Rev. War


Act: 18 March, 1818

Index:-Vol. T, Page 458


[Arrangement of 1870]


1922 April 24. Hist. to Mrs. F. Craven 
1932 July 13 Hist. to Mrs. John Smelzer
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Poughkeepsie Dutchess 
County N.Y. July 18th 1820


Hon:  John C. Calhoun

Sir:

Enclosed is a certificate of the Clerk of Dutchess County N.Y. procured in order to obtain a continuance of the pension of John Sherwood of Stanford in this County.
We will thank you to direct his certificate to be sent to us, and any communication necessary to be made in relation to this application may be made to us directed to Ruggles an Hooker at this place.

We have the honor to be 
sir, your most obedient servants
Ruggles and Hooker
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Albany Feb. 18, 1848


James L. Edwards Esquire
Commissioner of Pensions

Sir,

I enclose the Petition of Stephen A. Sherwood, on behalf of himself and his Brother Jasper, children of John Sherwood deceased, who was a Pensioner under the act of 18 March 1818, at $96 per ann:  but was entitled for his services as a Sergeant to a larger amount under the act of 7 June 1832.
I am informed that the evidence of his services as a Sergeant is on file in your office, and to that I beg leave to refer annexed to the Petition is the Certificate of the Surrogate of Dutchess County.

I am Sir,
Very Respectfully
Your obedient Servant,
Lemuel Jenkins
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At a Court of Common Pleas held at the Court House in the Village of Poughkeepsie in and for the County of Dutchess on Monday the twenty sixth day of June, in the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty

Present the Hon. James Smott First Judge

Following are Esquires and Judges
Daniel C. VerPlanck
Abraham D. Van Wyck
Thomas Sweet


State of New York
Dutchess County ss.

Be it remembered that on the 26th day of June in the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty personally appeared in the Court of Common Pleas in open court the said court being a court of Record for the County of Dutchess in the State of New York John Sherwood aged about sixty eight years resident in the town of Stanford in the said County of Dutchess, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the revolutionary war as follows on the ninth day of May in the year one thousand seven hundred seventy five he entered the service as a common soldier having volunteered for that purpose under the command of Col. Ethan Allen and the next morning was at the capture of Ticonderoga Fort - From this time this deponent remained with the army and went through the Canada expedition until the main army retreated out of Canada - The first year that this deponent was in the service he belonged to the regiment called the Green Mountain Boys commanded by Col. Seth Warner after the capture of Allen - Sometime in the month of May one thousand seven hundred and seventy six this deponent enlisted for the term of nine months under Captain John Sloan in a Boston Regiment commanded by Col. Patterson I remained in that Regiment until the period of his enlistment expired - on the thirteenth day of May one thousand seven hundred and seventy seven this deponent enlisted as a sergeant during the war under
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the command of Captain Thomas DeWitt in the third Battalion or Regiment of New York forces commanded by Col. Peter Gansevoort and remained in the service until some time in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy eight when from ill health this deponent obtained leave by furlough from said Col. Gansevoort to return home and in the latter part of the summer one thousand seven hundred seventy eight this deponent's ill health continuing so that he was unable to return to duty he this deponent wrote to his said Captain, the said Thomas DeWitt informing of his situation and in December then next the deponent receives a letter from the said Captain that he this deponent was discharged from the service and need not again return, which letter this deponent has since lost - And this deponent further says that his original declaration is dated according to the recollection and belief of this deponent the twenty sixth day of April one thousand eight hundred and eighteen and that the Pension Certificate is No. 2901.
And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United on the 18th day 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 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 to wit - 

Real Estate - I have none and never had any - Debts - I have none
Personal property  (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) to wit
1 small swine 8 Dunghill fowls 1 old table
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1 Loom (old)  1 Cupboard (old)  1 Stand
9 old chairs    6 Knives and forks  6 earthen plates
1 Pewter Platter  4 small earthen bowls  1 small chest
1 meat cask  2 Meal casks 1 Iron pot
2 Irons Kettles (small) 1 Iron Tea Kettle   1 Old Iron Shovel and tongs
1/2 doz. tea cups and saucers  1 small looking glass 1 pair bellows
1 pair andirons  1 ax   1 hoe
1 Large spinning wheel   1 small spinning wheel  1 earthen tea pot
2 iron candlesticks   1 Wash tub  1 Corn basket
1 Water Pail   4 glass quart bottles  2 small stone jugs
1 Stone pot 1 small pick and tub 1 old gridiron
1/2 Doz. Pewter spoons


This  deponent further says that before the Revolutionary war he was bred a farmer and never had any trade or other employment - 
either before or since the war - That since the sickness that compelled this deponent to leave the army he has never been an able bodied man and it has been with great difficulty that this deponent has been able to labour sufficient for his support and that of his family which he has brought up and that from his age and increased infirmities he is now hardly able to work at all - That the family of this deponent consists of the deponent and his wife aged about sixty years who is also considerably infirm - 

John Sherwood

Sworn and subscribed this 26th day of June 1820 in open court - 

W. Henry Bulkley Deputy Clerk

I William Henry Bulkley Deputy Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Dutchess in the State of New York Do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and schedule are truly copied from the Records of said Court, and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said court that the total amount in value
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of the Property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is twenty dollars - 

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court this twenty sixth day of June one thousand eight hundred and twenty - 

Wm.  Henry Bulkley
Deputy Clerk
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State of New York - Poughkeepsie

September 7th 1820


The Hon. Secretary of War

Sir,

About two months since James Hooker Esquire of the place enclosed to the war department the Inventory of John Sherwood a Pensioner under the law of last winter with a request that this certificated should be forwarded to the said Hooker but he has not heard a word upon the subject.  I therefore conclude his letter must have miscarried and in consequence have made another copy of his Inventory and I enclose it and will thank you to forward to me his certificate as soon as convenient.

Yours with respect,

Wm. Henry Bulkley
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Stamped Poughkeepsie
Sept. 7


Free

Secretary at War

Washington City
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Rec. Hampton Iowa
Mar - 20 - '22

Dear Sir - 

Kindly give me the Pension Record of John Sherwood, who died in Poughkeepsie N.Y.  - 1841, Nov. 29.
Aged ninety years was buried with military honors 
and oblige,

Mrs. T. Carver
Hampton
Iowa


Stamped Pension Office
Mar 23 1922
U.S.
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Stamped - Record
Mar 24 1922
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409 S. Albany St
Ithaca NY
June 7 '32



Veterans' Administration
Washington, D.C.

Gentlemen: - 

I refer you to reference file BAJ/ADY in reply to your letter of May 20th in regard to Revolutionary war data of John Townsend and John Sherwood.
Am sending copy of my previous letter gaining service of each ancestor, with a correction of year of death of John Sherwood and some additional information which I have marked with an X.

In a Townsend Genealogy it states that after the Revolution, John Townsend who fought in Ludentoris Regt. settled in Herkimer Co., NY.  
I wrote to Union City Pa., where John Sherwood is entered, and a relative there, Helen Sherwood, who is a great-great grand daughter of John Sherwood who rendered the service, I have stated in my letter.
Am sorry to make this extra trouble and will glad to repay you upon receipt of charges for same.
The refund check of $2 is received and I thank you.

Very sincerely,
Mrs. John Smelzer
Ithaca NY
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John Sherwood (b. 1749 d. 1790) He is interred in cemetery at Union City, Pa.
His wife was Anna (     ) Sherwood. She died in 1818 and is interred in Cemetery at Convert Seneca Co., NY.
John Sherwood, orderly Sergeant May 14, 1777
for the war.
Discharged on account of ill health Nov. 1, 1778
Stanford, Dutchess Co., Capt. Dewitt's Company
of the New York line, 3rd Regiment, commanded by Col. Peter Gansevoort.
New York state Library, state Archives Documents relating to the Colonial History of the State of New York Vol. 15 P.199
A return of the 3rd Regiment of the New York line of the sergeant John Sherwood sick in the Garrison of Ft. Schuyler 1st March 1778 Capt. Dewitt's Co. 
disease  - Convulsive asthma.  where sick in hospital 
"New York Historical Society - Collections 48:430."
Occurs on roll of the 6th Regiment Dutchess Co.
Militia under the Heading Land Bounty Rights 
"New York in the Revolution as Colony and State Page 250."
He is therefore credited with 1 year, 6 months active service from May 1777 until Nov. 1778.


John Townsend  (b.  , d.  ) of East Chester
Westchester Co., NY
His wife was Anne (Gedney) Townsend.
He fought in Ludington's Regt.
x After the Revolution John Townsend x
x settled in Herkimer Co. NY   x

_______________________________________

x John Sherwood was born in Dutchess Co. NY
Dec. 13, 1749 and died in Tompkins Co., NY in 1790
His place of residence during Revolution was
Stanford, Dutchess Co., NY Interred at Union City Pa.
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409 South Albany St.
Ithaca, NY
June 6, '32

Veterans Administration
Washington, D.C.

Gentlemen:

I refer you to reference file BA-J/ADY in replying to your letter of May 20 in which you kindly offer to make a search of your records for information regarding two Revolutionary soldiers for me - 
Will send you the record of service I have of each soldier and if you find more please send statement verifying it all.
and if in addition you find any family data given I will greatly appreciate a copy.
Will give you the data I have to aid you in searching.
If you have any time a little later on to aid me in the search of one or two more Revolutionary ancestors I will greatly appreciate your helpfulness - 
Am enclosing $2 and if not sufficient kindly let me know.
Thanking you for your great help. I am ,

Very truly yours,

(Mrs. John B. ) Nellie T. Smelzer
409 S. Albany St. 
Ithaca,
New York


Over


Copy sent to V. Administration
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3-525

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Pensions,

Washington, D.C.  4-24, 1922



In reply to your request of _______, received _______ for a statement of the military history of John Sherwood a soldier of the Revolutionary War, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. S 42282


Dates of Enlistment or Appointment - 
May 9, 1775
May 1776
May 13, 1777 - Dec. 1778
at Poughkeepsie Dec. 77 in last 3 months went home on ?
Dutchess Co., NY


Length of Service - 

1 year
9 months


Rank - Pvt.
Ord. Sgt.

Officers under whom service was rendered - 
Captain/Colonel - 

Capt. of 
Sloan
Thomas DeWitt

Col. Ethan Allen
Seth Warner
Patterson
Peter Gansevoort


State - 

Green Mt. Boys
Mass.
NY


Battles engaged at Ticonderoga

Residence of soldier at enlistment, not stated

Date of application for pension, Apr. 22, 1818

Residence at date of application, Stanford, Dutchess Co., NY

Age at date of application, 68 years 1820 ?

Remakrs:

In 1820 his wife name not stated was about 60 years of age.
Died Nov. 29, 1841 in Poughkeepsie NY leaving no widow but the following children survived him Stephen A. of Albany NY and Jasper of Cooperstown Otsego Co., NY