Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 42063, Benjamin Wheeler, Continental (Va.)
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(3-1776)
SERVICE
Continental (Va.)
Wheeler, Benjamin
NUMBER 
S. 42063

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CONTENTS
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12.037R
North Carolina
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Benjamin Wheeler
of [blank] in the state of N. Carolina
who was a private in the regiment commanded by
Colonel Harrison of the Va. 
line, for the term of Eighteen months
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Inscribed on the Roll of North Carolina
at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on 
the 14 of May 1819
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Certificate of Pension issued the 18 of June 1819
and sent to J L Smith agt
Hillsborough N Carolina
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Arrears to 4th of portion of                $29.70
semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 Sep 1819
                                                            $29.70

{Revolutionary claim,}
{Act 18th March, 1818.}
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Benjamin Wheeler
Private
Colonel Harrison Regt
Virginia line
18 months
Admitted
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State of North Carolina
Orange County

Benjamin Wheeler being duly sworn on 
the Holy Evangelist of Almighty God deposeth & saith that
he enlisted in the month of May in the year [blank] in the 
Regular Army of the United Stated under Captain Singleton
of the first Regiment of Virginia Artillery at that time 
Commanded by Colonel Harrison.  that he enlisted for eighteen 
months served out his time.  That he was marched with 
the Regiment to South Carolina & was duly discharged at 
Ashley hill.  That owing to accident & length of time his 
said discharge has been lost or mislaid.  That he is in 
reduced circumstance & needs the aid of his county for 
his support.  

Benjamin Wheeler [his mark]

Sworn to & subscribed before me
F Nash one of the Judges of the Superior Court
of law & Equity in & for the State of North
Carolina this 14th of May A.D. 1819

F Nash J.S.C.L.E.

State of North Carolina
Orange County 

Williams Norris & Barnett Kemp being duly sworn on
the Holy Evangelist of Almighty God deposeth & sayeth that they
are well acquainted with Benjamin Wheeler that they knew
him while a soldier of the Continental line during the 
Revolutionary war & that they have ever understood that he was 
enlisted into Captain Singletons Company of the first Virginia Regiment of Artillery under Colonel Harrison.  That the term
of service was for eighteen months & that he was regularly
discharged after duly serving his time.  That the said 
Wheeler is in reduced circumstances & needs the assistance 
of his county towards his support.

William Norris [his mark]
B Kemp

Sworn to & subscribed before me
F Nash one of the Judges of the 
Superior Court of Law & Equity in & for the 
State of North Caroline this 14 of 
May 1819

F Nash JSCLE
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March 16, 19332

BA-J/AWF

Mr. L. Sid Wheeler
Monroe
Georgia.

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letter relative to 
Benjamin Wheeler of North Carolina, a soldier of the 
Revolutionary War.

You are furnished herewith the record of the 
only Benjamin Wheeler of North Carolina, that is 
found on file in the Revolutionary War records of 
this office.

The data contained herein are obtained from
the papers on file in the Revolutionary War
pension claim of Benjamin Wheeler, S. 42063.

He enlisted in May, and served eighteen months
in Captain Singleton's company in Colonel Harrison's 
Regiment of Artillery, and was discharged at Ashley
Hill, South Carolina, no dates given.

He was allowed pension on his application
executed in Orange County, North Carolina, on May 14,
1819.

The date and place of his birth are not given, 
nor are there any data as to his family.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator
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42063
INVALID.
Revy
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File No. 42.063
Benjamin Wheeler
Pri Rev War
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Act:  18 March 18
Index: - Vol. S, Page 559

[Arrangement of 1870.]

[notes in right upper margin are as follows]
1909 Jany 22 Hist to Harriet Talbot V.L.M.
1918 Sept. 18  Hist to Mrs. W. S. J. Byre
1921 Apr. 7  Hist to Mrs. Ethel [illegible - Rosher?]
1926 July 27  Hist to Mrs. [illegible due to smeared ink maybe W L Smith AWS??]
1932 Mch. 16  Hist to L. Sid Wheeler AWS
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3-871.
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RECORD DIVISION.
Department of the Interior,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
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Briefed by L. D. L.
Claim No. [blank]
Certificate No.  [blank]
Claimant probably taken prisoner at Charleston S.C.
Soldier  Benj. Wheeler
Service  Va.
Additional Service  Rev. War
No. [blank] claim, State records [blank]
No claim, combination records [blank]
REMARKS:
No claim
Try S # 32585  Mch. Ky. & Ind not prisoner
Try S. # 42063  send this

Chief Division
0-8 [form number?]
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Charlotte, N. C.
May 27, 1926

Bureau of Pensions:

One of my Revolutionary 
ancestors was Benjamin Wheeler
who married Penelope Spencer.
He was home in Culpepper Co., Va.
& there married.  In 1797 he moved 
to East Tenn. & settled at Wheeler's 
Gap.  He was pensioned for his 
Rev. War services while residing
in Orange Co., N.C.  I have 
some family records saying 
he was an officer, but I have 
no authority otherwise for it.  
Will you please be kind
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2
enough to send me copy of 
all the data you have concerning
Benjamin Wheeler & statement 
of his claim for pension?
I will greatly appreciate this 
information as soon as possible
as I wish to use it in my 
papers for the D. A. R. 

Sincerely & cordially,
Mrs. W. L. Butts
nee Jessie Wheeler)
2 Hermitage Court
Charlotte, N.C.
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Rev H

Sept 10, 1918.

Commissioner of Pension
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir;

Can you give me any
 information in regard Bejamin
Wheeler of Virginia serving in the 
Revolutionary War?  Did he draw
a Pension and for what service 
rendered?  

Many thanks,
Yours Truly,
Mrs. N. S. J. Bure
Marshall, Mo.
720 E. Eastwood
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[envelope from]
Department of the Interior
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
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If not [illegible] in 15[?] days return to
THE COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS
WASHINGTON, D. C.

[addressed to]
Mrs. Ethel Mosher
4432 Clifton Avenue
Chicago, Ill.

[postmarked]
Washington, D. C.
April [?] 1921

[rubber stamped]
Return to writer
Unclaimed
Edgewater Sta.
Chicago, Ill.

[handwritten sideways on the left end]
Opened by mistake
Mrs. Ethel M[illegible]
4430 Clifton Ave
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State of North Carolina
Orange County

Personally appeared before me Frederick
Nash one of the Judges of the Supr Court of law & Equity in
and for the State aforesaid.  The said Benjamin Wheeler
William Norris & Barnett Kemp who were  severally questioned 
before me to the affidavits to which their names are
affixed.  That I am satisfied as to truth of the facts
therein set forth & that the said Benjamin Wheeler is in 
reduced circumstances & needs the assistance of his county towards
his support.

May the 14th 1819

F Nash JSCLE
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Re. and 1812 War Section.

July 27, 1926

Mrs. W. L. Butt
2 Hermitage Court
Charlotte, N.C.

Madam:

I have to advise you from the papers in the
Revolutionary War pension claim S. 42063, it 
appears that Benjamin Wheeler served eighteen months [written in "lived in N C after Rev]
in Captain Singleton's Company, Colonel Harrison's 
First Regiment of Continental Artillery, and was
discharged at Ashley Hill, Scout Carolina, no dates stated.
He was allowed pension on his application 
executed May 14, 1819 in Orange County, North Carolina.
The date and place of his birth are not stated;
nor is there any data on file as to his family.

Respectfully,

WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner.
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[the top portion of this form cannot be seen due to a fold in the paper]
Bureau.  Benjamin Wheeler  Sur. File 42063
LENGTH OF SERVICE
18 mos.
CAPTAIN.
Singleton
COLONEL.
Harrison's Artillery 
STATE.
Va.
discharged at Ashby Hill S.C.

Battles engaged in, none stated
Residence of soldier at enlistment, no stated
Date of application for pension, May 14, 1819  His cl. was al.
Residence at date of application, Orange Co. N.C.
Age at date of application, not stated
Remarks:   *1st Continental Artillery
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F.W.S.
Rev.

Chicago, Illinois.
4432 Clifton Ave.

March 2-1921

Pension Department
Washington, D. C.

Sirs; --

An ancestor named Benjamin Wheeler served in the Revolution from 
North Carolina, and was drawing a pension in Orange Co. N.C. in 1819.
I think he was born about 1743 but very much wish to know where and the 
name of wife and children if given in his application which was made
in 1819.

I shall very greatly appreciate this information if you can and 
will give it to me.

Yours very respectfully,

Mrs. Ethel Mosher
4432 Clifton Ave.
Chicago, Illinois.

[date stamp]
U. S. PENSION OFFICE
MAR 5 1921
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C. P. CARMICHAEL             L. S. WHEELER
Carmichael Drug Company
The Rexall Store
Monroe, Georgia

Feb. 13th 1932

Pension Bureau
Washington, D.C.

Gentlemen - 

Will you please 
inform me if Benjamin Wheeler (or 
his widow) living in Granville Co. N.C.
in 1790 applied for or received a 
Pension for war service.

I will appreciate any information
you can give me.  Would very much 
like to know the names of his children. 

Thanking you, I am,
Yours truly
L. Sid Wheeler

[date stamp]
RECEIVED 
FEB 17, 1932 
PENSION FILES SUB-DIVISION

[handwritten in left margin]
only NC pen BW
Granville next to Orange Co.

[another stamp]
85 Received A. G. O.  FEB 16 1932
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Nashville, Tenn.
Jan. 7th 1909

Commissioner of Pensions:

Dear Sir: - 

I write 
to inquire if you have any record
of a Benjamin Wheeler during the 
Revolutionary War?

His descendants
have heard that he fought in 
that war, but they have no proofs
of it, and neither do they know
where he lived in Virginia; they 
are only certain that he was a 
native of the "Old Dominion"
and was living while that
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struggle was going on.

In my researches in lineage books; and 
histories, I find but one mention 
of a Benjamin Wheeler of that 
period, as follows: - 
"On the 7th of May
1781, one hundred and thirty-five
militia officers, prisoners on parole 
in Charleston, S. Carolina, were seized
and sent on board the prison-ships"
and Benjamin Wheeler's name 
appears among the list of those
who were put on board the ship
"Torbay".

This officer was seized
in S. Carolina, and yet, as he was 
a prisoner on parole when he
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was taken.  he may have enlisted in Virginia.

Please send me anything you may have 
about any Benjamin Wheeler during the Rev. War.

Respectfully,
Miss Harriet Talbot,
609 McGavock Str.
Nashville, Tennessee.

[date stamp]
U.S. PENSION OFFICE
JAN 11 1909
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION.    3-525
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C.

April 7, 1921

V. L. M.
S.F. 42063

Mrs. Ethel Mosher
4432 Clifton Ave.
Chicago, Ill.

Madam:

In reply to your request of Mch 2, received Mch 5
for a statement of the military history of Benjamin Wheeler
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.

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT
[check mark]
LENGTH OF SERVICE.
18 mos.
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.

CAPTAIN
Singleton

COLONEL.
Harrison's 1st Continental Artillery

STATE.
Va.

discharged at Ashby Hill, S.C.
Battles engaged in, none stated
Residence of soldier at enlistment, not stated
Date of application for pension, May 14, 1819  His claim was allowed
Residence at date of application, Orange County, N.C.
Age at date of application, not stated
Remarks:  There is no data on file as to his family

Respectfully, 
Washington Gardner
Commissioner.

S-2856 [form number?]