Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 14449, for Nathaniel Sheldon, Vermont
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Service Green Mt Boys Vt
Sheldon, Nathaniel
Number S 14449
carded
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(8-1776)
SERVICE 
Green Mt. Boys.  Vt.
Sheldon, Nathaniel
NUMBER
S. 14449
learded
CONTENTS

Stephen in the State of New York who was a sergeant private in the Company commanded by Captain Cofeir of the Regiment commanded by Col. Allen in the P(????) Militia for one year 3 months
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Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 71 Dollars 66 Cents per annum.
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In the matter of Nathaniel Sheldon - application for a pension
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State of New York Steuben County Nathaniel Sheldon the applicant named in the annexed declaration being duly sworn saith that by reason of old age and consequent loss of memory he cannot swear positive as to the precise day when he entered or when he was discharged from the service  at the ?? times set forth by this deponent of his said Declaration, or the precise length of each term of serve but according to the best of his recollection he served no less than the periods mentioned below and in the following ?? for one year and one month I served as an artiltery sergant  and for two months I served as a private and such service I claim a pension and this deponent further saith that from the time of his first entering the service under Col Allen to the time of his discharge after his return from Quebec as  in said declaration stated  he was engaged all the while in the service, although under different inlistments_ that when he first volunteered with Allen he engaged for no particular length of time, but generally until the particular object of the expedition should be  accomplished_ that at the time of such accomplishing instead of taking his discharge he enlisted in Captain Coffies Company as said Declaration  stated, that Col Eason was commanding officer of the regiment and that one __ Brown was ?? and this deponent for this saith that while he was so engaged as aforesaid he was acquainted with Genl Schugler Col Allen Col Warner Capt James Eason and a Capt Allen besides the officers his own regiment_ and this deponent further saith that the several short terms of service set forth in said declaration are as particularly set forth as this deponent is now able to do so, and that this deponent has included them in his above statement of the time of his service as his service for two months as a private. that at the time the said service was rendered this deponent was a regular member of a Militia company commanded by Capt Fawcett but was required to do actual service ?? when there was an enemy  in the neighborhood Sworn and ?? this 21st day of March 1833 before me Henry W. Rogers Justice of the Peace [signed] Nathaniel Sheldon
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Steuben County Clerks office sI Aaron C. Switzer deputy Clerk of the said County do hereby certify that Henry W Rogers Esquire before whom the within affidavit purports to have been sworn was at the date of the same one of the Justices of the peace in and for the said County of Steuben and that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice and verily believe his name subscribed to the said affidavit to be his proper hand writing and signature Witness my hand and seal of office this twenty first day of March A D 1833 A.C. Switzer
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Oneida County:

Nathan Daniels of the Town of Marshall County of Oneida and State of New York, being duly sworn says that he has been for many years well acquainted with Nathaniel Sheldon family a resident of the State of Vermont, but at present a resident of Bath, County of Steuben & State of New York - that this deponent was well acquainted with said Nathaniel Sheldon at the time when he so resided in Vermont as aforesaid, during which time the said Sheldon entered the service of the United States as a volunteer under Col. Ethan Allen in 1775 and operated in the taking of Ticonderoga, crown Point and St. Johns - immediately after that the said Sheldon enlisted into the service of the United States, under Col. Easten - that the company to which said Sheldon belonged was commanded by Capt. Robert Coffen and said Sheldon was an orderly sergeant in said company that saw Sheldon was among the troops engaged in taking Montreal under Gen. Montgomery, and that said Sheldon after his said enlistment continued in the service for nine months, being the term for which he enlisted - 

And further this deponent saith not - 

Nathan Daniels (signature)

Sworn this 17th day of
Jany. 1832 before me,

Reuben Bacon Justice of
the Peace
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State of New York
Clerk Office

Oneida County:  I George Brown Clerk of the said County do hereby certify that Reuben Bacon Esquire before whom the written affidavit purports to have been [unknown] was on the day of the date of said affidavit one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the County of Oneida and duly authorized by law to act as such Justice and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe the Signature "Reuben Bacon" Subscribed to said affidavit to be genuine - 

Witness my hand and seal of Office at Utica this 27th day of October 1832

Geo. Brown Clerk
Joseph B Read Depe Clk
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State of New York
Steuben County
On this sixteenth day of October A.D. 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Court of Common Pleas of the said county of Steuben, [] saith Nathaniel Sheldon resident of the [Illegible]
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(Written on the side)
In the Matter of
Nathaniel Sheldon -
Application for a 
pension - 

Certifies that it appears to them that David Higgins has signed the preceeding (sic) certificate is a clergyman residing in the town of Bath where the appellant lately resided, and that John Stephens who has also signed the same is a resident in the Town of Greenwood and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit

I Martin S. Ramsey deputy clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the said County of Steuben do hereby certify that the foregoing contained the original proceeding of the said Court in the matter of the application of Nathaniel Sheldon for a pension - 

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this sixteenth day of October one thousand Eight hundred and Thirty two - 

M. S. Ramsey Dep Clk
Steuben County
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Rev War

INVALID.

File No. 14.449

Nathaniel Sheldon

Pen. Rev. war

Act: June 7th 1832.

Index:-Vol. 1, Page 340

[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Nathl. Sheldon
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Nathaniel Sheldon which require further proof or explanation. 

I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides?
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides?
III. If the application did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so?
IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of war when he served? --no--
V. Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amout of pension he is entitled? no - Patrol service not embraced by the ref. Each other lesson actual of service should be [illegible] set forth in an applicat.
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? no - 
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than one under the Act of June 7, 1832?
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion?
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate?
X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal?
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service:
 XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it: 
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? 
XIV. If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office? 
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? 
XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct 
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? 
EXPLANATORY NOTES. QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: "Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: Foryear months and - days, I served as a- For months and days, I served as a ; and for such service I claim a pension."
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It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. QUERE XIV. Proof of Service. In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office. QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers. In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
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Secretary of War
City of Washington D.C
Revolutionary Claims
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[illegible document]
send the papers of Marance
Shadin an applicant as amended
as the old mans my will
timed
do not understantalistant
the seried of the war" mentioned
in the fourth objection he time of
service is stated in declaration
& if this is not sufficient please
let me know what is necessary
to be done to it probation.
Your
Humble
William Woods
Bath N York 22 March
1833