Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 22980, for William Shufelt, New York
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[illegible numbers at top left]
SERVICE
New York
Shufelt, William
NUMBER
S.22980
CONTENTS
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4. 582
New York [crossed out]
William Shufelt of Green Co. in the State of N. York who was a Private in the Compy command by Captain Hermaner of the Rept command
by Col. Graham in the N. York line for 6 months
Pennsylvania
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Inscribed on the Roll of N. York at the rate of 20 Dollars per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 1 day of June 18[?]3 third digit of date illegible] and send [illegible]  Nathan
Cain
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Arrears to the 4th of Ma' '[illegible] 
$40
Seim-anl. allowance ending [illegible]
10
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$50 
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⎨ Revolutionary Claim,
{ Act June 7, 1832
Recorded by G.C. Stiles Clerk
Book E Vol. 4 Page 77
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To Pennsylvania 1837. 29 March 18 
Sent to M. S. Wilson [illegible] Penna
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22891
William Shufelt
Green County
New York
admitted.
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6 mo. Private
Amasa Mattoon
Caioo
N. York
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WAR DEPARTMENT. 
Pension Office, 
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim. 
A Statement, shewing the service of William Schufely Green Co.

[BEGIN TABLE]
Period when the service was rendered  |  Duration of the service Years. Months. Days.  |   Rank of the claimant.  |  Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served.  |  Rank of the General and Field officers.  |  Battles in which the applicant was engaged.  |  Country through which he marched.  |  Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period.  |  Evidence by which the declaration is supported.  |
Drafted 1780  |  5 Months.  |  pr  |  Capt Hermance  |  Col Graham  |    |  N.Y.  |  72 Rhinebeck N.Y.  |  Traditionary  |
1782  |  1 Month.  |  pr  |  Capt Hermance  |  -  |    |    |    |  Living Witness  |
[total] 6 [Months.]
[END TABLE]

I am, respectfully 
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832. 
The following regulations have been adopted: 
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service. 
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law: 
1. The Regular Troops. 
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers. 
3. Persons employed in the Naval service. 
4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record. 
DECLARATION. 
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832. 
State, Territory or District of County } ss.
On this ___ day of ___ personally appeared (a) before __ A.B. a resident (b) of ___ in the county of ___  and State, territory or District of ___  ages (c) ___ years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provion made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) ___  , with ___ and served in the ___ (e) regiment of the ___ line, under the following named officers: 
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers, the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he enered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which marched. [ ]This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.] 
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of ___
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. ____ A. B. 
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. 
I _____ of the Court of ____ do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of ___for a pension. 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this ___ day of ___&c. 
If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out. 
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
 (k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the ___ and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with ___ , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be ___ years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. 
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. ___ who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the ___ and that C.D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the ___ and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit. 
I ___Clerk of the Court of ___ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the applicacation of ___ for a pension. 
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this ___ day of ___&c. 
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction. 
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
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will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case. 
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia. 
1. Where and in what year were you born? 
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it? 
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom? 
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services. 
6.  {To a Soldier} Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it?}
6. {To an Officer.} Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?}
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that he answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant. 
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons -one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates. 
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject. 
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court. 
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature. 
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter. 
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned. 
[d] The declarant must in the period or periods of the war when he served. 
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. 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 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:--For __ year ___ months , and ___ days I served as a ___. For ___ months and ___days, I served as a ___; and for such service I claim a pension." 
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each 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.   Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority;  that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable. 
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required. 
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case. 
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers. 
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends 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. 
Proof of Service. 
[j] 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 claimant’s 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.
[ ] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops, The proof required by rule in note [j] applies in continental troops only.
[k] This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

R. Neunan Clk
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Matter of N H Shufelt
Application for Pension 

22891

Address Amasa
Mattoon Cairo, N.Y.
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Sate of New York
County of Greene

On this fifth day of February 1833 personally appeared in open court before the judges of the Court of Common Pleas of said county of Greene now sitting William Shufelt a resident of the town of Durham county of Greene and State of New York aged 72 years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832.
I William Shufelt entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated.
That in the year 1780 or 1781 I cannot recollect which year not the time in the year.

I entered into the militia of the state of New York as a substitute for a person drafted or enlisted for three months whose name I cannot now recollect into a company commanded by Capt. John Hermance in Colonel Graham's regiment joined the company at Rhinebeck where I then resided was marched down to West Point staid there but a short time then the regiment was marched to Fishkill then to Haverstraw then to Albany and then to Fort Edward did not stay long at either of the places aforesaid except Fort Edward as when the three months had expired we were at Fort Edward.
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cannot say how long. After the regiment was marched to West Point it was then commanded by Col. Harry Livingston who continued to command until discharged. When the three months expired, for which the troops were drafted or enlisted the regiment was at Fort Edward and could not be discharged until relieved by other troops, by reason of the Indians and tories who were in the neighbourhood and had a short time previous much ravaged the country and burnt the houses and killed the cattle & hogs in the neighbourhood, & in sight of the fort and had come so near as to alarm the garrison so that we continued in service two months in service after our time (three months) had expired before we were discharged, making in all five months service. I went once while my company stationed at Fort Edward with 5 others under command of a sergeant to Fort Stanwix on a scout to learn intelligence of the enemy & if in that quarter, slept in the woods nights - gone six days and returned to Fort Edward was discharged at Fort Edward with my company. entered the service as a private and faithfully served as such five months when discharged 
I cannot recollect the names of any other
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officers or circumstances of this service Afterwards and to the best of my recollection about two years after in the fall of the year I again entered the service in the New York Militia for one month as a substitute for one Joseph Mower he had been drafted or had enlisted into a company commanded by the same Capt John Hermance - was marched down to West Point stationed there a very short time, then marched to Fishkill where we remained until discharged I was discharged with my company at Fishkill after one months service entered the service as a private and regularly & faithfully served as such for one month - making in both services an actual service by me of six months as a private – I cannot recollect the names of any other officers nor circumstances of service I know of no person living by whom I can prove any of my services except by John Shufelt all of whose testimony appears in the affidavit hereunto annexed and is all the proof I can procure of his services 
In answer to the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department I answer 
1 I was born October 15th 1760 in the present town of Windham County of Greene and State New York as always informed & believed 
2 I have no record of my age 
3 I was living in the town of Rhinebeck County of Dutchess and state of New York at
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both times called into service and continued to live there through the war and until about 35 years ago when I removed to Hillsdale N.Y. & resided there until about 30 years ago when I removed to Durham N.Y. where I have since continued to, and do now reside 
4 I entered the service as a substitute as before stated 
5 Owing to old age and the consequent loss of memory and decay of mental faculties it is out of my power to give the names of any other officers, or of any other circumstances of my service than herein before stated 
6 To the best of my recollection I received a written discharge when discharged at Fort Edward if so such discharge has been long since destroyed as supposed to be of no consequence. I did not receive a written discharge when discharged at Fishkill 
7 I can state the names of an extensive circle of acquaintances in my present neighbourhood who know me and can testify as to my character for veracity and their belief of my service as a soldier of the revolution. I will mention Rev Hermon Hervey Rev Bela Smith Williams Avery Michael Boonhower Orren J. Cary Stephen Jones D B Harvey 
I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present an declare that my name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any
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state 
[signed] William Shufelt  + his mark
Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid in open Court 
[signed] William V.B. Heermance Clk 
Hermon Hervey a Clergyman residing in the town of Durham county of Greene and State of New York and Oween Bell residing in the same town do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with William Shufelt who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be 72 years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion 
[signed] Hermon Hervey  Owen Bell
Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid in open Court 
[signed] William V. B. Heermance Clerk 
And the Court do hereby declare their opinion, after investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Hermon Hervey who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman resident in the said town of Durham N.Y. Greene Co, and that Owen Bell
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who has also signed the same is a resident in the same town (Durham) and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit 
[signed] Perkins King  W W Polley  C. E. Daley  Judges of said Court

I William V.B. Hermance Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Greene do hereby certify that the foregoing is the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of William Shufelt for a pension – 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of Office this fifth day of February 1833 
[signed] William V. B. Heermance Clerk
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State of New York 
County of Greene } ss
On this 22d day of October 1832 personally appeared before me the undernamed Justice John Shufelt of the town of Ghent in the county of Columbia & state of New York who being first duly sworn according to law on his oath deposeth & says that he is well acquainted with William Shufelt the applicant for a pension, residing in the town of Durham & county of Greene. he & this deponent during the revolutionary war resided in the town of Rhinebeck county of Dutchess & state aforesaid - That in the year 1780 or 1781 deponent does not recollect which, the said William Shufelt & this deponent together entered into the service of the United States in the the militia of the State of New York for the term of three months in the company commanded by Capt John Heermance in Col. Graham’s regiment of Infantry, both served in the same company as privates - that said William went as a substitute for a person enlisted name deponent cannot recollect - That when the three months had expired they were detained until other troops came on two months longer, so that the said William Shufelt & deponent each served five months when they were discharged regularly - went from Rhinebeck were first stationed at West point, then the regiment marched to Fishkill, Haverstraw. Albany and to Fort Edward where said William Shufelt & deponent were discharged - After Capt Hermance company
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marched to West Point the regiment was commanded by Col. Harry Livingston. Afterwards deponent believes about two years the said William Shufelt went as a substitute for one Joseph Mower for one month under the same Captain Hermance to West Point & Fishill, and deponent has always understood & believes he served out the said month & was regularly discharged, as deponent resided in the same neighbourhood had he not have served his term he should have heard of it - Col Graham did not go into the service at this time but commanded the regiment of militia to which Capt Hermances Company belonged at home 
deponent is aged 70 years & further says not 
[signed] John Shufelt  + his mark
On this 22d day of October 1832 personally appeared before me the above named deponent John Shufelt & sworn & subscribed to the above in due form of law. And it further has been made to appear to me to my full satisfaction that he is a man of good character and his statements & affidavit entitled to full credit 
[signed] Wm Pierson justice the peace

State of New York 
Greene County ss. }  I William V. B. Heermance Clerk of the said county do certify that William Pierson Esq. before whom the foregoing affidavit was sworn was at the date of the same a Justice of the Peace of the said County and that his signature thereto is genuine
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Witness my hand and seal of office this fifth day of February 1833
[signed] William V. B. Heermance Clerk.
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free
J. L Edwards Esqr 
Commissioner of Pensions 
Washington City

Mar 7
Mr Evan

[postmark]
MONTROSE PA  MAR 3
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State of Pennsylvania 
Susquehanna County } ss.
On this first day of March 1838 before me the subscriber a justice of the peace in and for the County of Susquehanna personally appeared William Shufelt, who on his Oath declares that he is the same person whose name was placed on the Pension Roll of the State of New York (Commencing on the 4th of March 1831 as per Certificate given at the War Office of the United States dated June 1, 1833. Recorded in the Pension Office in Book E. Vol. 4 Page 77 by G. O. Stiles Clerk) 
from whence he has lately removed, that he now resides in the County of Susquehanna and State of Pennsylvania, where he intends to remain and wishes his pension to be there payable in future. The following are his reasons for removing from New York to Pennsylvania 
His son who he has been living with having removed his residence, has induced him to remove also 
[signed] William Shufelt + his mark
Sworn & Subscribed to before me the day and year aforesaid 
[signed] David Post J Peace 

Susquehanna County ss 
I Latham Gardner Certify that I am acquainted with William Shufelt who has subscribed his name to the above affidavit & know him to be the person therein represented and described 
[signed] Latham Gardner
Sworn & Subscribed before me the 1st day of March 1838 and I also certify that the witness Latham Gardner is a person of veracity 
[signed] David Post  J Peace
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State of Pennsylvania 
Susquehanna County } ss  I George Walker Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of Susquehanna County certify that David Post is a Magistrate as within and that the signatures purporting to be his are genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal of office and subscribed my name this first day of March A.D. 1838 
[signed] Geo. Walker Prot. Pr. Charles Avery Dept. 
If the foregoing is correct please answer if not give the necessary directions 
Respectfully your 
Obt. Servant 
[signed] M. S. Wilson 
Montrose Susquh Co 
Penna
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February 9, 1951
Rev & 1812 Wars Section
AWF:MLB
Mr. Henry D. Shufelt 
5389 Bourret Street 
Montreal, Canada 
Dear Sir: 
You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 22930, that William Shufelt was born October 15, 1760 in Windham, Green County, New York. 
While residing in Rhinebeck, New York, he enlisted and served as private with the New York troops, as follows: 
In 1780 or 1781, five months in Captain John Hermance's company, Colonel Graham's regiment, and later, one month in the same company. 
He was allowed pension on his application executed February 5, 1833, at which time he was living in Durham, Greene County, New York.
In 1838 he stated that his son, with whom he had been living, had moved to Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, and that he had moved there to live with him. The name of the soldier’s wife is not given and there is no further reference to children. 
The land bounty rights referred to by you have reference to land granted by the State of New York and it is suggested that you might find a record of same at Albany. 
Very truly yours . 
E. W. Morgan
Acting Commissioner
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22980 
Revolution INVALID. 
File No. 22,280 
William Shufelt 
Pri Rev War 
Act: June 7" 32”
Index: --Vol. 2, Page 363
{Arrangement of 1870.} 

1931 – Feb. 10 – Hist to Henry D. Shufelt see his letter John Shufelt W22188  [initials, ewf?]
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James L. Edwards Esquire
Commissioner of Pensions
War Dept
City of Washington

Mar 20
Mr Evans.
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MECHANICS’ & FARMERS' BANK, 
Albany Pension Agency, 
March 13. 1838 
JAMES L. EDWARDS, Esquire, 
Commissioner of Pensions. 
Sir, 
In reply to your letter of the 8th inst. I have to state, that William Shufelt a Pensioner under the Act of 7 June 1832 at $20 - Dollars per annum was last paid to the 4 day of Sept. 1837. 
I am, Sir, 
Very respectfully, 
Your ob’t serv’t,
Tho. W. Olcott
PRES'T, AND PENSION AGENT.