Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 41316, Samuel Witherell, Mass.
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Witherell, Samuel
Wetherell
Service Mass.
Number S. 41316

Contents
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41316
INVALID
Revy

File No. 41.316
Samuel Witherell
Pri Rev War

Act: 18th March '18
Index: Vol. 3, Page 537

[Arrangement of 1870]
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R 7205
Vermont
Samuel Wetherell
Witherell
of Shoreham in the state of Vermont
who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Shepard of the Mass. line, for the term of 2 years   

Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 1 of April 1818

Certificate of Pension issued the 5 of March 1819 and sent to Judge Smith
 Orwell, Vermt. 

Arrears to 4th Mch 1819 11 mos. 4/31     89.3
Semi anl. all'ce ending 4 Sept. 1819  48.00
$137.3

{Revolutionary claim
Act 18th March, 1818}

Continued

Notification sent July 19, 1820
Samuel Swift clk of Addison County Vermont
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BY THE HONOURABLE
MAJOR-GENERAL KNOX
Commanding the American Forces on Hudson's River, Samuel Witherell Soldier in the fourth Massachusetts Regiment being inlisted for Three Years, is hereby honourably discharged from the Service of the United States.
Given in the State of New-York,
the thirty first Day of December 1783

By the General's Command
H. Knox M. Genl

Registered in the books of the Regiment,
Thom. H. Condy, Adj. PJ
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State of Vermont Rutland County Ss
I Samuel Witherell of Shoreham in the County of Addison and State of Vermont depose and say that I was born in Hanover in the State of Massachusetts the year 1762. that in Sept. 1817 I was fifty five years old. That in the month of January or February in the year 1781 I enlisted a soldier in the Continental service under Capt. Banister, a Mr. Wood first Lieut. who commanded the company as Capt. Banister was mostly t Springfield doing the duty of Masters Master.Iin March 1781 I joined the army at West point under Colo. Shepherd and General Patteson;s Brigade. Colo. Millen commanded the Regiment which was called the fourth Regiment of the Massachusetts line and in the last part of my service Colo. Jackson commanded said Regiment. 
In October 1781 I was taken prisoner and carried into New York and detained a prisoner eight months and two days and then exchanged and again joined my Regiment. I remained in the service without ever having a furlough or returning home at any time until the 31st of December 1783 when I was honorably discharged from service by Majr. General Knox in the State of New York. I am now Destitute of any kind of property either real or personal except a very small share of clothing and a very small share of household furniture am poor and indigent and in reduced circumstances and stand in great want & need of assistance from my country for support. And further this deponant saith not.
My discharge I request to be enclosed & herewith transmitted. that I have no other evidence now in my power of my said services.
Saml. Witherell
Sworn before me at Onsell in the County of Rutland and State of Vermont this first day of April AD 1818
Pliny Smith Chief Judge of Rutland County Court

I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with the above named Samuel Witherell. the he lives in an adjoining town and but two and half miles from my residence in Onsell. that the facts as above stated and sworn are sufficiently proved to my satisfaction by the oath of the said Samuel and I believe he is as poor and destitute of property either real or personal as he has represented and in poor and indigent circumstances and in real want of assistance and I further certify that on this day he has shown & presented to me his printed discharge from the army in the following words and figures to wit--By the honourable Major General Knox commanding the American forces on Hudson's River Samuel Witherell soldier in the fourth Massachusetts Regiment being inlisted for three years is hereby honorably discharged from the service of the United States. given in the State of New York the thirty first day of December 1783. By the Generals company
H Knox M.Genl.
Register in the books of the Regiment 
Thos. H. Condy Adj. P J

Attest Pliny smith Chief Judge of Rutland County Court
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Saml. Witherell
Shoreham Addison Cy.
Jan or Feby 1781
to 31st Dec 1783
4th Mass. Regt. commanded successively by
Cols. Miller & Jackson

Correct F.B.  E.C.
Pliny Smith Esq. Judge

William H. Crawford Esqr.
Secretary of the War Department
City Washington

Correct
Whiting April 4th

Mr. Boyd
Submitted to the War Department
MHC
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I Phiny Smith Judge of Rutland Couty Court as aforesaid do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Samuel Witherill did serve in the revolutionary was as stated in the preceding Declaration against the common enemy and in my opinion comes clearly within the provisions of the late law of Congress passed for the relief of the old revolutionary officers and soldiers and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me to the Secretary for the Department of War pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress and have caused the Seal of Rutland County Court to be hereunto affixed this 1st day of June 1818
(Seal)
Phiny Smith Chief Judge of Rutland County Court

By order of Judge Smith
R. Temple, Clk
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Saml. Wetherell
Shoreham
9208
5 Mch '19
C
Sep 1819
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STATE OF VERMONT
County of Addison, ss.  On this 12th day of June 1820, personally appeared in open Court being a Court of record (having the power of fine and imprisonment) for the said County Samuel Wetherell aged 57 years, resident in Shoreham in said County, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary was as follows: from March 1781 for three years under and enlistment for that period in the 4th Massachusetts regiment commanded by Col. Shepard in Capt. Bannisters Company.
That the date of his original declaration is the first of April, 1818, the number of his pension certificate is 7208.
And I do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States, 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 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, securities, contracts or debts due to me, nor do I have any income other that what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed.
5 sheep & 3 lambs purchased with 
pension money........6.00
 1 knife & fork .12
 3 butcher knives .50
 1 shovel & tongs  .75
  4 iron spoons  .17
1 stone hammer.25
 2 cider barrels .67
 2 meat barrels  .75
 1 wooden pail  .25
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                      $9.31
1 hog 2.00
1 axe  .75
1 hoe  .20
1 scythe  .75
1 stone hammer  .25
1 case drawers 2.50
3 common dining chairs  1.50
1 rocking chair  .75
1 maple table  .75
1 pot-cracked  .50
1 dish kettle  "  .34
1 spider  "  .34
1 tea kettle  "  .25
2 pewter plates  .50
2 milk pans, 1 tea pot  .30
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              11.68
Saml.   X  Wetherell
his mark
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And the said declarant on his oath aforesaid, further states, the he is by occupation a farmer; that his health has been good & he has been able to labour until last fall--when endeavouring to pry up a rock he slipped & fell about 11 feet on to a rock, & thence among the rocks four & five feet & was so bruised & injured, that he was a long time confined to the house & has never since been able to perform any labour,and he has reason think, he shall never recover from the effect of that injury; that he has in his family depending upon him for support, two children. Calvin aged 18 years who for eight years has been deranged & insane & has thereby occassioned this declarant constant care & expense & has never been able to take care of himself, & Rachael 7 years which he has to have boarded at considerable expense. That by means of the sickness & distress of his family he has unavoidably contracted debts to a considerable amount, which he has found no means by his best efforts to discharge & now owes to Hon. Charles Rich about 60.
Jarvis Rich about 10.
Doct. Blin for medical aid, a large sum, but how much he is not able to state.
Sworn to & declared the 12th day of June, 1820, before the Court aforesaid.
Saml. Swift, Clerk
(seal)
I Samuel Swift, Clerk of the County Court for the County of Addison in the State of Vermont, do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the record 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 and 99 cents. In tesimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court on this 7th day of June 1820
Saml. Swift Clerk of the County Court for the County of Addison