Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 9745, for Isaac Sheldon Smith, Massachusetts
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SERVICE Comm Smith, Isaac Sheldon NUMBER R 9745
SERVICE Mass
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8363
In the matter of
Isaac Sheldon Smith
of the county of Wash
ington State of New
York an applicant
for a pension
Smith
Cyrus Stephens
Salem
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Sate of New York
Washington County to on this 30th day of August
in the year 1832 personally offering in open court before the Honorable John Willard
first Judge & Charles F Ingalls & Benjamin
F Skinner John [illegible] & David Woods [illegible]
lawyer of the court of common [illegible]
have writing at the court have in the
town of Salem in said county of
Washington Isaac Sheldon Smith 
a resident of the town of White Creek in said
county of Washington afore said in said
state of New York aged sixty seven years
who being first duly sworn according to
Law doth on his oath [illegible] the following
declaration in order to obtain the benefit
of the act of congress from June 7th 18[illegible]
that be entered the service of the united states
under the following named officers & bound of
[illegible] states.
[illegible] after the battle of Bunker Hill &
in the war in of June 1775 this document
entitles into the continue [illegible] of serving at the 
town of Roxbury in the state of Massachuetts
for six months that the company in which
this document in titles served was commanded
by Captain Peters of Oxford in the state of Massachuetts
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Seth Smith of [illegible] state of connecticut the 
father of this defanant Lieutnant in said company. this defanant does not now recollect
the names of any of the regimental officers
that this defanant served the said six months
as a waiter to his said Father that this defanant
remained at the station at Roxbury Dorchester
& Cambridge untill some time in the winter
of November according to the cert of this defanant
recollection at this time, in the said year 1775
when this defandants said Father was sent on
the recuiting service to Suffield & Hartfield in
Connecticut when this defanant accompanied
him that there was is battle during the [illegible]
service of this defanent except saw skirmishes
between the american troops & small parties of
british troops that came out of Boston. this defanent recollects of serving General Washington when
he came to Cambridge in July of that year to take command of the American officers for us.
Said this defenant further [illegible] that
in the [illegible] of May 17[illegible] the year before
New London was burned by General Arnoldthis defenant enlisted into the Continental
service at the time of Suffield in the 
state of Connecticut for the term of
six months That at this time this
defanent took the place of a man who
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had been drafted but when name this defenant
can not now recollect that this defenant 
said father said the arrangment or adjustment
for this defenant to became the substitute for
this person why had been drafted. that this defenant during said fact mentioned term served as
a common soldier at Mumford, Faintneer,
New London in Connecticut. That the regiment
inwhich this defenant served as last [illegible]
was commanded by Colonel Hezekiah Willis
of Hartford state of Connecticut that
Major James Clarke of Lebanan state of Connecticut was the major of said Regiment
that the company in which this defenant served
was commanded by this defenant said
Father as Leuitenant that Seth P Sheldon
was as of the [illegible] of said company.
that during said Connecticut service this defenant
was sent several time by the said Colonel
Willis with dispatching to Govenor Trumbull
at Lebanan. That after this defenant has 
served out said last mentioned term of six
months he was honorably discharged with
the rest of the regiment in the fall of the year 
after it was [illegible] to be is [illegible] that it was believe
the British wanted [illegible] [illegible] any attempt before
New London that year
And this defenant further [illegible] that his
said Father died on the 16th day of July 1819
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& was a [illegible] when he died that [illegible] of the
 said [illegible] herein before [illegible] under whom
this defenant serve as [illegible] before states have
[illegible] as this defenant is informed &
believes this defenant knows of [illegible]
now living [illegible] served with him  or by whom
became from said service
To the question where I in what year
were [illegible] born This defanent answers that
he was born in the town of Suffich in the state of Connecticut on the 11th day of
April 1765 as he has always been informed
& believes
To the question Have you any record of
your age & yes where is it This defanant
answers That he is informed & believes
that the time of his borth is recorded in the 
town clerk office in said [illegible] of Suffield
that six or seven years since this defedant 
obtained an extract from the records in
said town clerks office which extract is in
the record & figures following Seth Smith &
Rebecca Sheldon married June 20th 1764 Isaac Sheldon
Smith their son  was born April 11th 1765 Josiah born
July 16th 1766 Dudley born [illegible] 1st 1769 Nancy July 1st 17[illegible] Rebecca Dec 20th 1775 that Seth Smith 
married in said record is the father of this
defenant & Isaac Sheldon Smith therein
maintains is this defanant
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To the questions Where were you living when
called into the service Where were you live
[illegible] the Revoluntionary War & where do 
you now live This defanant answers
that he is in Suffield in the state of Connecticut
when he was first called into the service
that after the Battle of Bunker Hill this defenant
said Father who was then in Roxbury sent
for this defedant that after this defanant
got to Roxbury he [illegible] as sure in before 
remained by the consent of thid defanants said
Father that the next year after the close
of the Revolutionary was this defanant
remained with his Fathers family to the 
town of Dorset  state of Vermont Washington 
County that this defanant lives in said county
of Washington until the year 1814 where
he remains to still water in the county of
Sarasota in the state of New York where he 
lives until 1816 where he remained to the
town of Whitecreek in the county of 
Washington state of New York where
he now resides
To the questions How were you called into service
were you drafted did you Volunteer or were
you a substitute & if a substitute for whom
This defanant answers that for the first
six months he was a Volunteer as herein before
states & for the [illegible] six months he was a
substitute as here in before states went to service
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of the person  for whom he was unto substitute this defanant was forgotten & cannot was recollect
To the question of requirements state the names 
of name of the regular officers who were
with the troops where concerned such continental   
& recruting requirments as can can recollect &
the unusual circumstances of said service
This defenant answers that he cannot state
the reasons fully or particulary that he has
service before Jan
To the question Did you ever recieve a discharge
from the service & yes by whom was it given
& what has become of it. This defanant answers
that he never said recieved any discharge formally
but supposes his said Father recieved the proper
& nessecary discharges for this defanant as he
recieved this documentary as such soldier
and this defanant further [illegible] that Lysamore
Smith of Van Buren of Whitecreek & Walter Van Vechtanof the town of [illegible] in the county of Russelaur both
live in the neighboorhood of this defnant & can
& will as this defanant for veracity & their 
 belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution
and this defanant hereby relinquishes every claim
whatever to a pension or annunity except this 
present and declare that his name is not on
the pension roll of this agency state of any state
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Sworn to suscribe the day & year aforesaid J S Leigh Clerk
Isaac S Smith
We Lysamore Smith of the town of Whitecreek & Walter Van Veghtan of the town of [illegible]
hereby certify we are well acquainted with
Isaac Sheldon Smith who has suscribed &
sworn to the above declaration that his 
character for truth & veracity is fair that we
believe him to be sixty seven years of age that
he is [illegible] & believe in the neighborhood where
he resides to have been a soldier of the revolutionary
& that we concur in that opinion
sworn & subscribed the day & year afore said in open court J S Leigh Clerk
Lysamore Smith
Walter VanVeghtan
And the said court do hereby declare their
opinion after this investigation of the written
& after hearing the interrogations prescribed by
the war department that the above
named applicant was a revolutionary
[illegible] soldier & served as he states. And the
Court further certifies that it offers to them that
Lysamore Smith is a resident of the town of White Creek &
Walter VanVeghtan is a resident of the town of [illegible] battle of
[illegible] have signed the said preceiving certificate are
credible [illegible] & their statement is entitled to credit
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I Jesse S Leigh clerk of the court of [illegible]
[illegible] of the county of Washington in the
state of New York do hereby certify that
the foregoing contains the original drawings
of the said court in the matter of the
application of Isaac Sheldon Smith for a pension
In testimony whereof I have documents
set my hand & affixed the seal of said court this 30th day of August 18[illegible]
J S Leigh Clerk
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9745
P P [blank]
Isaac S Smith
Service[blank]
Enlisted Rejected 18
Discharged Rejected 18
Application filed [blank] 18
Alleges[crossed through] The printed list of 1852
gives cause of suspension as
Re enlisted[through] follows 
Rec must give
the details of his service and ap
ply to the Secretary of Sate at Boston
for an inspection of the Mass rolls
Attorney [blank]
P O [blank]
[blank] Recognized [blank] Contr
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Rev
Isaac S Smith
New York
Suspended [illegible] 7 [illegible] 32
letter 5 Nov 1833
Cannot be found
Cyrus Stephens
9745
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State of New York
Washington County [illegible] On this 26 day of June
the year one thousand eight hundred
& thirty three, personally appeared before me
John Willard Surrogate of the said County
of Washington in the said state of New
York, Isaac Sheldon Smith to me
personally known to be the identical
person who made subscribed & swore
to the original declaration hereto annex
& who after bring duly sworn by me
according to law, doth depose & say that
the reason he did not procure the affida
of a clergyman to his original declaration
[illegible] annexed, was & is, that he did not
at the time of making said declaration
nor does he now know of any  clergyman
now living who knew of the revolutionary service
of this document or who could or would
testify to those serving That there is no
settled clergyman in the town of Whitecreek
in the said County of Washington in which
town this diplomat has resided since the
year 1816 as stated in this document &
original declaration hereto annexed
Sworn in open court this
day & year above written
John Willard
Isaac S Smith