Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 19463, for Samuel Shearman, Rhode Island
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(3-1776)

SERVICE                                          
Continental      
Privateer
R. I.

Shearman, Samuel  
or Sherman

NUMBER                                                   
S. 19463
carded

CONTENTS
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[printed form, blanks filled by hand]

24883
New York
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Samuel Sherman
of Onondega Co in the State of N York
who was a Dragoon in the Compy commanded
by Captain Lewis-- of the Regt commanded
by Col Baylor in the R Island
line for 2 years  Continental & Privateer
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Inscribed on the Roll of New York
at the rate of 100 Dollars --- Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 17 day of Mar
1834 and sent Hon W.
Taylor Ho Rep
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Arrears to the 4th of Mar '34                 $300.00
Semi-anl, allowance ending 4 Sep '34        50.00
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$350.00
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{ Revolutionary Claim Act June 7, 1832 }
Recorded by J's Cromwell Clerk.
Book E  Vol 4   Page 1[damage]
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W. Taylor of N.Y.

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1 Brief - No. 7807
Saml Sherman
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not on Rolls--
2 credible witness
required

[written diagonally]
17 Sep 1832
20 Nov 1832

A. Smith
Agt
Mari[ink blot]
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[printed form, blanks filled by hand]

No. 7807
BRIEF in the case of Samuel Sherman of Manlius County of 
of [crossed out] Onondaga--in the State of New York--
(Act 7th June, 1832)

1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Before a Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? ---
3. How old is he? 75 years---
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
[table with the following column headings]
Period
Duration of Service  Years   | Months   | Days
Rank
Names of General and field Officers under whom he served
[data presented in a narrative form]

Data line 1 = Entered service in 1775 May 1 served 9 months as a private under Capt Edmund Johnson, Colo Varnum
Data line 2 = Entered service in 1776 Jany 1st served 11 months 17 days as a private under Genl Washington
Data line 3 = Entered service 1776 Decr 17th served 3 years as a Dragoon under Capt Geo Lewis, Colo Baylor, Colo Wm Washington 
5. In what battles was he engaged? Battle of Brandywine -- Battle of Monmouth
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? at Coventry Kent County -- Rhode Island
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? By traditionary evidence
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? They appear to be correct

I CERTIFY that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case
above mentioned.
[signed] James Ord.  Examining Clerk
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7807
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act
of Congress passed June 7, 1832
State of New York
County of Onondaga ss  On the eleventh day of September
1832 personally appeared in open court before the Honorable Daniel
Moseley Execu Vice Chancellor of the seventh circuit of the State of
New York at a Court of Chancery now sitting at Onondaga in said County Samuel
Sherman a resident of Manlius in the County of Onondaga
State of New York aged seventy five 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 7. 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following
named officers and served as herein stated
On the first day of May 1775 at Coventry Kent County Rhode Island he
enlisted into the service of the United States against the British under
Captain Edmund Johnson for eight months, and served the whole
term in his Company in Colonel Varnius's Regiment, at first stationed
at Jamaica Plains near Roxbury on the evening of the Battle of Bunker
hill he volunteered to Prospect Hill and worked at fortifying a short time
and immediately after, he marched with General Greene's Brigade
to Prospect Hill, Where he was stationed doing Garrison duty till the
British evacuated Boston in March 1776--In the mean time on the
first of January 1776 he enlisted into the same Regiment under
Captain Gibbs, for one year, and served under that enlistment till
17 December 1776 as follows, till the evacuation of Boston, at Prospect
Hill, as before stated; soon after that and in March 1776 he was drafted
into General Washington's foot guard and served therein till 17 December
1776; marched through the country to New York where the British landed on York
Island retreated to Harlem, to Kingsbridge, White Plains & further [illegible] &
then across the Hudson River into New Jersey, was at Hackensack when
Fort Lee was taken, afterward marched through New Jersey closely
harassed by the British and crossed the Delaware at Trenton, and
was stationed near Coryells' Ferry, having been for about nine months
at Headquarters, where on or about the 17th December 1776. he enlisted
for three years as a dragoon in Captain George Lewis Company
in Colonel Baylor's Regiment, and served out the full period of
his enlistment as follows, staid at Coryells Ferry about a
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week until the spy had returned bringing intelligence as to the
enemy at Trenton, then just before the army crossed to attack
Trenton, he was ordered to quarter at Newtown Bucks County Pennsylvania,
where he was stationed during the winter buying horses
and provisions for services; In April 1777 he was ordered to enter
General Washington's horse guard, which at that time consisted of
a Sergeant, corporal, & fifteen dragoons and served therein till
September 1778. stationed all that period at Headquarters, which when
he joined said horse guard, were at Morristown, afterward at 
Wilmington till the battle of Brandywine, then retreated to Schuylkill,
and other places in the neighbourhood of Philadelphia in the
Battle of Germantown, he was on the Skippack road with the baggage was once sent express to Red Bank went into winter quarters at
Valley Forge, which he left in June 1778 crossing a new bridge erected
by the army over the Schuylkill. Marched through New Jersey
in pursuit of the British, was in the Battle of Monmouth
and staid there till after the time of General Lee; then marched
by Newark to Hackensack, when this deponent being sick was
left in care of a recruit in a school house, and was removed
to the house of one Van Wagener about two miles from Hackensack,
where he staid about ten weeks, and when he recovered
he went to headquarters then at White Plains and the latter
part of September was ordered to join Colonel Baylor's Regiment
then near Tappans the day before Baylor's Regiment was cut
off this applicant was with the baggage of the Regiment about
seven miles from Tappans and was ordered by Major Clough
to join the regiment and after proceeding about five miles the
[illegible] of the Baggage waggon broke and detained the party
overnight; early in the morning proceeding toward Tappans met 
a dragoon with a bayonet sticking in his arm who informed
the party of the fate of the Regiment; the party then returned
into the country, when some of the provisions were exchanged
the command of the Regiment was then taken by Colonel
William Washington, this applicant with the Regiment then
marched to Bristol Pennsylvania, afterward to winter quarters
in Fredericktown Maryland where he was stationed till
about 1 June 1779, then on an alarm, was marched
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to Fredericksburgh Virginia and was stationed there about
three weeks, and through the ensuing season was engaged
in marching about from place to place, the regiment after
the affair at Tappan not having been again furnished
with horses, was at Baltimore, in New Jersey, and at Bristol
in Pennsylvania and on the 17th December 1779 was
discharged at Schuylkill [illegible] near Philadelphia
by a written discharge from Colonel Washington which
discharge about ten years afterward this applicant
left with Joseph Hart near Coryell Ferry on the
Delaware above Trenton for the said Hart to get for this
applicant something for arrears of rations and for
arrears and depreciation of Pay, since which this
applicant has not received anything ever since
his discharge.
This applicant in answer to the interrogatories of the court
on his oath said that he was born at Scituate win the 
State of Rhode Island the 23d October 1756 that he has
a record of his age made by his own directions about
sixteen years ago in a bible; that when he was first
called into service he was living at Coventry in Rhode
Island, that after he was discharged in December 1779 he
resided nearly a year in Pennsylvania, then engaged in
privateering from Philadelphia, and the second day after sailing
he was taken prisoner carried into New York & put onboard the Jersey
Prison ship and kept about [next word crossed out] ten months, after
being discharged the next season he went privateering
from New London was again taken brought to New York and
put into Bridewell and kept prisoner about [next word crossed out] nine months [2 words inserted] and
he resided in Bucks County Pennsylvania a year in 1783
after the close of the war, he resided nearly a year at
Soomerchaick near Bennington, about seven [inserted] years at Galway in
Saratoga County, afterward about a year he resided at Saratoga, afterward about three years in Pawley, and since that time
in Manlius where he now resides for upward of thirty six years.
That his services were always on voluntary enlistment; that
having been long time stationed at Washington's headquarters
he knows many of the officers of the army and many others
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Generals Greene, Sullivan, Lord Stirling & Reed; Colonels Lee,
Milan, Sheldon, Baylor, & Washington of the Dragoons; & Colonels
Sumner and Hamilton aide of General Washington, that
this applicant served the first campaign under General
Greene & Colonel Varnum, afterwards for about two years and
a half he served as guard at Washington's headquarters nearly all
the time, and for the latter part of his time under Colonel Wm Washington; that he recollects the Regiments of Dragoons of the above named
Colonels and the Dragoons commanded by Palaski and many
other militia and continental Regiments; that he received as abo 
stated a discharge from Col Washington about 17 Dec 1779, which
discharge about ten years afterward he gave to a Joseph Hart
near Coryell Ferry Pennsylvania, and has not seen it
since; that Allen Breed a Clergyman and Azarial
Smith of Manlius
are persons to whom he is known in his present neighbourhood
who can testify to his character for veracity and their belief
of his services as a soldier of the Revolution; that he has no
documentary evidence, and that he knows of no person
whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a Pension or
annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on
the Pension Roll of the agency of any State
Samuel Sherman

Subscribed and sworn to the day and year aforesaid
the words "Daniel Moseley" at the beginning and
some words at other places interlined & written on [illegible]
[4 words illegible]    Daniel Moseley
Circuit Judge & Vice Chancellor
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We Allen Breed of Manlius a Clergyman
and Azarial Smith of the same place hereby
certify that we are well acquainted with
Samuel Sherman who subscribed & swore to
the above declaration that we believe him
to be of the age of seventy five years 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
Sworn and subscribed the        Allen Breed
day & year aforesaid                Azarial Smith
Daniel Moseley}
Circuit Judge}
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 Samuel Sherman
the above named applicant was a
Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states
And the Court further certifies that it appears
to them that Allen Breed who has signed the
preceding certificate is a clergyman resident
in the town of Manlius and that Azarial Smith
who has also signed the same is a resident in
the same place and is a credible person
and that their statement is entitled to
credit.    Daniel Moseley
Vice Chancellor
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Daniel T. Moseley Deputy Clerk of the Court of
Chancery
of the seventh district for the State of
New York do hereby certify that the
foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court
in the Matter of the application
of Samuel Sherman for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set
my hand and seal of office this 11th day of
September one thousand Eight hundred
and thirty two
Daniel  T. Moseley
Deputy Clerk

D.T. Moseley
Dep. Clerk
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September 22, 1934

Samuel Sherman [illegible]
BA-J/AWF

Mrs. Virginia Gibson
30 N. LaSalle Street, Room 1325
Chicago, Illinois

Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you
request the Revolutionary War record of Samuel Sherman,
who was born in Rhode Island and died in
Manlius, New York, November 19, 1834.
The data furnished herein were obtained from
the papers on the file in pension claim, S.19463, based
upon the military service of Samuel Shearman, during
the War of the Revolution.
Samuel Shearman, as his signature is found in
the claim, was born October 23, 1756 in Scituate,
Rhode Island; the names of his parents were not given.
While residing in Coventry, Kent County, Rhode
Island, he enlisted May 1, 1775, served eight months
in Captain Edmund Johnson's company, Colonel Varnum's
Rhode Island regiment. He enlisted January 1, 1776,
served until in March, 1776 in Captain Caleb Gibb's 
company in Colonel Varnum's regiment. He enlisted in
March, 1776 in General Washington's Foot Guards and
served until December 17, 1776, when he was placed
in Captain George Lewis' company, Colonel Baylor's
Regiment of Light Dragoons and served until in April,
1777. He served from in April, 1777 in General Washington's
Horse Guards, was in the battle of Monmouth, served
until in September, 1778 and from then to December 17,
1779 in Colonel William Washington's regiment.
After his discharge from the army, he resided about
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one year in and near Bristol, Pennsylvania, and the
greater part of the next two years, he was a prisoner
at New York, having been taken twice while inrving
as a privateer.
Samuel Shearman was allowed pension on his
application executed, September 11, 1832, at which time
he was residing in Manlius, Onondaga County, New York.
He died November 19, 1834.
There are no data in this claim relative to the
family of Samuel Shearman.
Very truly yours
A.D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator
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Rev War [written diagonally, upper left corner]
19,463
INVALID.

File no. 19,463
Samuel Sherman
Dragoon  Rev War
Act: June 7th '32
Index:--Vol. 2,   Page 363
'[Arrangement of 1870]'

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July 2 - 1904 - Hist
Miss Bertha Craine
Lockport N.Y.
1911 June 14 Hist to Frank D.
Sherman V.L.M
1925 March 3 Hist to Mrs W.G.
Jackson awf
1929 Oct 11 Hist to Miss
Mary E. Smith awf
1929 Sept 24 Advised Mrs Eva
R. Cripper - no family data
EEL
1930 Sept 26 Hist to Roy V.
Sherman awf
1934 Sept 22 Hist to Mrs
Virginia Gibson awf
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look for addl evidence
New York
Revo:

Saml Sherman
Suspended
letr to A Smith 15
Aug 1833
let Hon W. Taylor 7 Feby
1834
aomd
Act 7 June 32
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I Lemuel Coffin of Newburypost in the county of Essex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts
aged seventy seven years and upwards, on oath do testify and declare that I was well acquainted with
Samuel Shearman, who then belonged to the State of Rhode Island, and do declare that the said Samuel
 Shearman, was a soldier and served as such in the army of the revolution--I do know that he was drafted
into the Foot guards at Cambridge, in the month of March 1776--under the command of Caleb Gibbs and went
to Providence and from there to New York, and I do know that he served therein until the middle of December
of the same year, I do know also that just before or about the time his term of service in said Foot guards expired
he enlisted and entered the Virginia Regiment of Light horse, commanded by Colonel Baylor in Captain Lewis
company and afterwards joined Washington's Life Guards and served in that [illegible] Colonel Baylor's until sometime
in December 1779--I entered the service [2 words illegible] in Captain Perkins Company in Colonel Lesters Regiment
in which I served until drafted at the same time with the above named Sherman and served after
and was with him in said service, the whole time above mentioned, and cheerfully testify to his faithful
service, the whole time I have above stated.
Newburypost, Oct 2d 1833       Lemuel Coffin

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Essex Co. Town of Newburypost, October 2d 1833. Then personally came Lemuel Coffin above named and
made oath in due form of Law, to the truth of the above written declaration by him subscribed in my presence
I do further Certify that the above named Lemuel Coffin, is personally well known to me and that he is
 fully believed by me to be a credible witness.   W Woart Justice of the Peace
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Essex, ss  Probate office, October 8, A.D. 1833.
I Nathaniel Lord junior, register of probate
for said county of Essex, hereby certify, that William
Woart esquire, before whom the affidavit hereto annexed
purports to have been taken, is a justice of the peace for
said county, duly appointed, commissioned and sworn; and
that his signature thereto is genuine.

Given under my hand and seal of office the day and
year above written.
Nathl Lord jr.
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Addl evidence for
Saml Sherman
New York
16 Dec 1833

[upper right corner]
for

Hon. J.L. Edwards
Com Pensions
Washington City
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Manlius 11 Decr. 1833
Dr Sir,
I have herewith enclosed the affidavit of Samuel
Coffin of Newbury Port Mass, who after long & anxious search
for witnesses in the Case of Samuel Sherman or Shearman
has been found: we have many many enquiries be letter
some of which yet remain unanswered, but I am now fully
prepared to say that I do not expect to find another surviving
witness. I had observed that the instructions of the War
Department relative to the act of 1832 admit to relaxations and
had fully believed that to no applicant could a relaxation
be extended more properly than to Mr. Shearman.
I take the liberty to refer you for the character and standing of
Mr. Shearman to the Hon Wm. Taylor member from his
Congressional District, who will I hear no doubt satisfy
you that Mr. Shearman's statements alone [underlined] are fully entitled
to credit---Will you please give Mr. Shearmans case
with Mr. Coffins deposition a review and if not therewith
satisfied, Mr Taylor will I presume for his acquaintance
with Mr. Sherman readily communicate with
you on the subject--Your early answer will
confer a favor on Mr. S as will on yours truly.
A. Smith
J.L. Edwards Esq
Com Pensions
N.Y.
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State of New York County of Onandaga ss  On this 27th day of February
1834 before the undersigned Asa Nims a Justice of the Peace in and for
said county personally appeared Samuel Sherman of said
County, who being first duly sworn according to Law deposeth
and saith that in September 1832 he made application for a
Pension under the act of 7th June 1832; that at his leaving
the service of the United States, which was at Schuykill Branch near
Philadelphia on or about the 17th December 1779 he received a written
discharge signed by Colonel William Washington, which stated that
this deponent had served in the regiment of Light dragoons three
full years; at that time the Regiment there commanded by Colonel
Washington was going southward; this deponent further saith that
he kept the said discharge about ten years, possibly a little longer
that he then carried his discharge and made application at
Philadelphia soon after the Congress first went there under the
constitution, for arrears of clothing due him, and to be made up for depreciation
of Pay, that he obtained nothing, that Joseph Hart of
Coryells Ferry Pa accompanied him and on their return to Coryells
Ferry this deponent gave the said Joseph Hart a Power of
Attorney to obtain his arrears of clothing, depreciation of Pay
and possibly the Power contained further provisions not now recollected,
that this deponent then handed the said Power of Attorney and the
said Discharge to the said Joseph Hart and since then he has not seen nor [2 words inserted]
heard [inserted] from the same, nor has he ever from any quarter whatever received
any compensation of any kind for his revolutionary services, except
his pay at the time in continental money, that he never till he learned
this day from A. Smith, knew that the Legislature of Virginia made
any provision for compensation to the Virginia Line in the Continental
Army; This deponent further saith (as by reference to this deponents
said application will [illegible]fully appear) that after his discharge
from the army he resided nearly a year in and near Bristol Pa. then for
the greater part of the next two years he was a prisoner at New York, having
been twice taken a privateering, and that in the latter part of 1782 he removed
to Washington Co. New York & that being a [illegible] man he now labours as he
he it seems always has in relation to his revolutionary service from not
having served among troops from the same quarter where he was
known & where he has always lived except while in the army
This deponent further saith that the reason why he never
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received any compensation for his revolutionary services are
as above stated. 1. That he went to Philadelphia after it but could
get nothing; 2. that he employed Joseph Hart to get something, but has
not heard from him & 3. That he never knew of any provision made
by the Virginia Legislature on the subject; This deponent further
saith that when in December 1776 near Coryells Ferry he enlisted
under Captain George Lewis, who had previously been a Lieutenant
in the foot Guards of General Washington, to serve three
years in the dragoons, he did not know who was to command
the Regiment; that he was, as he recollects, mounted, armed & equipped
uniformed and mustered as a dragoon in Captain Lewis Troop
of Dragoon, in Colonel Baylor's Regiment; the Regiment not yet
full was early in the spring of 1777 marched to Morristown where
this deponent first saw Colonel Baylor to his recollection, that
when after serving in the horse guard some 16 or 17 months he was
in the fall of 1778 ordered to join the Regiment, it was just before the
Regiment was cut off near Tappan that after the affair the
Regiment was commanded by Colonel Wm Washington; this
deponent further saith that the said Captain George Lewis was, as he
then understood, a kinsman of General Washington; that during
the service of this deponent in the foot guards, one Captain Gibbs
commanded and the said Lewis, Lieutenant was generally with
the said guard; that soon after leaving Boston on the march to New York
when at or near Providence about March 1776, there was a
muster description list as to age size complexion eye &c taken
of this deponent, he being then in the said foot Guards under Captain
Gibbs; and this deponent does not recollect that any
other such muster description was ever afterward taken; This
deponent further saith that he does not recollect that Captain
Gibbs, whom he frequently saw at headquarters, had any command
over the horse guard which this deponent served therein
and he particularly recollects seeing him frequently in the
winter quarters at Valley Forge between the Campaigns of 1777
& 1778, but as this deponent recollects and believes, the said horse
guard in [next word crossed out] which this deponent served received their orders
direct from the Commander in chief and through his aide,
this deponent further saith that in his application for some
compensation at Philadelphia he was told as one
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objection to obtaining it, that he did not serve out
the full year for which he enlisted under Colonel Varnum
in the Rhode Island Regiment 1 January 1776, This
deponent further saith that about two weeks before
his said year expired, he enlisted as stated in his
declaration under Captain Lewis, and that he then
insisted on and obtained a certificate that his three 
years service should expire in three years from that
time, and that this deponent was immediately by the said
Captain Lewis sent from the vicinity of Coryells Ferry
to Newtown Pa. and that it was the condition of his three years
enlistment that it was to commence on the day of enlistment
which was over about 17th December 1776.
Samuel Shearman
Taken subscribed and sworn this
27th day of February 1834 before
me Asa Nims  Justice of the Peace

State of New York}
County of Onondaga} ss
I Hanson Edwards Junior Deputy
Clerk of said County do hereby certify that Asa
Nims Esquire before whom the preceding affidavit
purports to have been sworn was at the date of
the same one of the Justices of the Peace in
and for said County and that I am
acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name
subscribed to the jurat of said affidavit to be his genuine
Signature---Witness My hand and Seal of Office this
1st day of March 1834
H. Edwards Jr Dep Clk
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State of New York
County of Onondaga ss    Samuel Sherman of Manlius
in said County applicant for a Pension under the
act of 7th June 1832 being duly sworn deposeth
and saith that during the Revolutionary War, he
spelled his name "Shearman" until about thirty years
ago, when he found it convenient to spell it "Sherman",
this deponent further saith that he generally received his pay
during the time he served in the Horse Guards of General
Washington of the orderly Sergeant and understood at
the time that Captain Lewis in whose company this
deponent belonged, drew the money in the Regiment, and
as Captain Lewis spent much of his time at headquarters
it was convenient for him to get the money; this deponent
further saith, that among the men belonging to the said
Horse guard, were Sergeants Davenport and Druer, Michael
Titcomb, Zebulun Titcomb, Samuel Coffin, John Coffin,
Michael Caswell, Jesse Smith, Samuel Raymond also
Kidds & Bracket, and Jeramiah Low who was killed at
Monmouth Battle; This deponent confidently believes
that if the names of the above members of the guard are on
the Roll of Col. Baylors Regiment, the name of this deponent,
then written as Samuel Shearman, will also
be found, for he served with them & if their names are not found
it will show that the horse guards were not in the Regimental
Rolls---
Taken, Subscribed and         Samuel Shearman
sworn this 12th February
1833 before me
Asa Nims J.P.

State of New York}
County of Onondaga} ss    I, Rebuen S. Hess Clerk of the said County
do Certify Asa Nims Esquire before whom the
preceding affidavit purports to have been sworn
was at the date of the same one of Justices of the
Peace in and for said County and that I am
acquainted with his hand writing and verily
believe his name subscribed to the jurat of said affidavit to be
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his proper hand writing and Signature  Witness
my hand and Seal of Office the 13th day of Fevruary
1833.     R.L. Hess clerk
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Commissioner of Pensions
Pension Office
Washington,
D.C.
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Sir:
Kindly send me the pension
record of Samuel Shearman
(Sherman) of Providence R.I. He
removed to Cambridge, N.Y. in 1785
and died in Norway, N.Y. in 1822 or 1832.
Your early reply will be
appreciated.
Your truly
(Miss) Mary E. Smith
1120 Columbia Rd.
Washington, D.C.
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REVOLUTIONARY & 1812 WARS
SECTION
JUL 1 1929
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
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Long Beach. Cal.
June 25, 1923

Bureau of Pensions
Washington D.C.

Have you a record of
a pension applied for or
granted to the widow [underlined] of
Samuel Sherman [underlined] a Revolutionary
soldier whose Pension Certificate
number is 24883 Issued Mar. 17-1834?
I would like to have the widow's 
name, date of marriage & of death.
also
I would like to have the date of
death of Abner Price [underlined]-Certificate
number 28848.Invalid. date 1832.
Did Abner Price's wife receive widow's
pension? If she did-her name,
date of marriage & death, please.
Respectfully
Mrs. Eva R. Crippen
117 East 12th St. Long Beach Calif.
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158 West 105th Street
New York, June 12: 1911
Dear Sir:
I beg to ask whether the official
records contain those of the following
two soldiers of the Revolutionary War:
1. Bachelor [underlined] Sherman (or Shearman) not on N.Y.
2. Capt Lemuel [underlined] Sherman (or Shearman) "  " "
They were of Cambridge, Washington Co. NY.
If they were on the Pension Rolls, may
I have copies of their records?
Very respectfully yours,
Frank Dempster Sherman
Hon.
Commissioner of Records,
Washington, D.C.

P.S.
Also    S. 19463
3. Samuel [underlined] Sherman (or Shearman), of Manlius, NY
Served in "Commander in Chief's Guard".
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[doc contains a Pension Office mail room post mark dated June 13, 1911]
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Mr. G.D.M. Sherman} called Mch 2-1925 and
of Hotel Potomac, this City}
requested Ser hist of Samuel and Peleg [2 words inserted] Sherman, whose
birth etc, were included in a letter to him
from his sister Mrs. W.G. Jackson of 413
Emory St. Eau Clair, Wisc--who desired
a written history of Peleg & Samuel [2 words inserted] Sherman. He, Mr.
G.D.M. S--requested that her letter written to
him be returned to her with our reply to his
request. The letter was returned + with
the histories on March 3-1925
aws
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Karl W. Crecraft   Roy V. Sherman   David King

[mail room stamp upper left corner]
REVOLUTION & 1812 WARS
SECTION
SEP 10 1930
BUREAU OF PENSIONS

DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE
THE UNIVERSITY OF AKRON
AKRON, OHIO

September 8, 1930

Commissioner of Pensions
Revolutionary War
Department of Interior

Dear Sir:
I have a record of a Samuel Sherman [underlined] who enlisted
in the 12th Continental Infantry at Coventry, R.I. May
3, '75 for a period of eight months and re-enlisted Jan.
1, '76 for a year in the 9th regiment. At Cambridge, Mass.
he was transferred to Washington's Life Guards, and
discharged Dec. 14. He then enlisted for three years and
after various assignments was discharged at Schuylkill
Barracks, Phil., Dec. 13, '79. He applied from Manlius
New York for a pension in 1831. I should like to get
any particulars that may be recorded as to his wives
and his children, and his life in general.
Thanking you for your co-operation, I am
Yours truly,
Roy V. Sherman
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information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension
on file in this Bureau. Samuel Sherman or Shearman [illegible] 19463
[Table five column with headings:]
DATE ENLISTMENT or APPOINTMENT || LENGTH OF
SERVICE || RANK || OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED || STATE
September 1775 || 8 months || __|| Captain Edmund Johnson ||Colonel Varnum || Rhode Island
January 1, 1776 || March 1776 ||__||Captain Caleb Gibbs, Colonel Same regiment || __
March 1776 || December 17, 1776 || [illegible General [illegible], Fred George || Continental
December 1776 ||April 1777 || Dragoon || Captain George Lewis || Colonel Baylor || Reg [illegible] [illegible] [illegible]
Apr 1777 || September 1778 || __|| In General Washington's foot guards || [illegible]
September 1778 ||December 17, 1779 ||__|| __|| Colonel William Washington ||
After his discharge from the army he resided nearly a year in and near Bristol, Pennsylvania and then greater part of the next 2 years he was a prisoner at Fort Ticonderoga having been twice taken while privateering.
Battles engaged in, Monmouth
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Coventry, Kent County, Rhode Island
Date of application for pension, September [illegible] 1832. [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] [illegible]
Residence at date of application, Manlius Onondaga County, New York.
Age at date of application, born at Scituate Rhode Island October 23, 1756.
Remarks: Died November 19, 1834*
No data as to family.
* from agency records
Very respectfully
Commissioner.
3 [illegible] [illegible] [illegible]
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July 5, 1904.
Inv. 19463: Rev. War.

Madam:
In reply to your recent inquiry, you are advised that Samuel Sherman, residing at Mantins, New York, applied to pension September 11, 1832, alleging service as private and dragoon in the Rhode Island Line as follows: Eight months from May 1, 1776, under Captain Edward Johnson and Colonel Varnum; from January 1 to December 17, 1776, under Captain Gibbs, same colonel, and three years from December, 1776, under Captain George Lewis and Colonel Baylor. He was engaged in the battles of Brandywine and Monmouth. He was born October 25, 1756, at Scituate, R. I., and resided at Coventry, R. I., at date of enlistment. His claim was allowed. In early life he spelled his name Shearman. 
You are further informed that one Samuel Sherman (33657) residing at Plymouth, Massachusetts, applied for pension April 11, 1818, alleging service as a private in the Massachusetts Line as follows: Eight months from April, 1775, under Captain Thomas Mayhew and Colonel Cotton, and one year from December, 1775, under Captain Stephen Badlam and Colonel Knox. Age and place of residence at enlistment are not stated. No battles are mentioned. His claim was allowed. 
You are further advised that Abigail Farrar, aged ninety-three years residing at Lincoln, Mass., applied for pension July 8, 1837, as the former widow of Samuel Sherman, who served as a
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private in the Massachusetts Line, under Captain Russell and Colonel Brewer, eight months from April 25, 1775, and who again enlisted some time in 1776 and died in the service at Fishkill, New York, in the same year. Names of officers and place of residence at date of enlistment are not stated. No battles are mentioned. He married Abigail Worcester February 15, 1772, and died as stated. She remarried Zebediah Farrar, who died August 3, 1825, and she was pensioned as former widow of Samuel Sherman (14711) 
There is no record of Stephen. Sherman.

Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

Miss Bertha Crane, 
735 Market Street,
Lockport, New York.
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Rev. and 1812 
Wars Section
FFL


September 24, 1929

Mrs. Eva R. Crippen
117 Eat 12th Street
Long Beach, California

Dear Madam:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claims of Samuel Sherman, S. 19463, and Abner Price, S. 28848, it does not appear that either soldier was ever married.

Very truly yours,

Earl D. Church
Commissioner.
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[stamp] Received Aug 30 1934
Mail Sub-Div.
[illegible]

Chicago, Ill. Aug. 28, 1934.

Bureau of Pensions,
Veterans Administration,
Washington, D.C. 

Revolutionary War Section.

Gentlemen:-

Seeking to be appended to my application for D.A.R. the certificate of Pension on
SAMUEL SHERMAN, b. in Rhode Island, do not know on 23 Oct. 1756, died in Manlius, N.Y. 19 Nov. 1834, served 8 mos. in Capt. Edmund Johnson's Co.12th Reg.Cont.Inf. commanded by James M. Varnum, reenlisted, etc. etc.

Would appreciate the names of his wives, as he was married twice, one being given the name of Abigail _______ Would like the others name if stated on his affidavit to obtain pension.

Thanking you kindly for this, and I await your kind attention to my request. 

Sincerely yours,
Mrs. Virginia Gibson
Mrs. Virginia Gibson,
Room 1325,
#30 North LaSalle Street,
Chicago, Ill.
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Rev. and 1812
War Section.

March 3, 1925.

Mrs. W. G. Jackson,
413 Emory St., 
Eau Clair, Wisc.

Madam:
I have to advise you that form the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 19463, it appears that Samuel Sherman or Shearman was born October 23, 1756 at Scituate, Rhode Island. 
While residing in Coventry, Kent County, Rhode Island, he served as follows-
From May 1, 1775, eight month sin Captain Edmund Johnson's Company, Colonel Varnum's Rhode Island Regiment. 
From January 1, 1776 until in March 1776 in Captain Caleb Gibb's Company in above regiment.
From in March 1776 in General Washington's Foot Guards until December 17, 1776, when he was put in Captain George Lewis' Company, Colonel Baylor's Regiment of Light Dragoons and served until in April 1777.
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From in April 1777 in General Washington's Horse Guards, was in the battle of Monmouth and served until in September 1778 and from then to December 17, 1779 in Colonel William Washington's Regiment.
After his discharge from the army, he resided about one year in and near Bristol, Pennsylvania, and the greater part of the next two years, he was a prisoner at New York, have bene twice taken while privateering.
He was allowed pension on his application executed September 11, 1832, while a resident of Manlius, Onondaga County, New York.
There are no data on file as to his family.
Soldier died November 19, 1834.
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Rev. & 1812
Wars Section
ANF/ILL

September 25, 1930.

Mr. Rey V. Sherman
Department of Political Science
The University of Akron,
Akron, Ohio.

Dear Sir:
You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 19463, that Samuel Sherman, or Shearman, was born October 23, 1756 at Scituate, Rhode Island.
While a resident of Coventry, Kent County, Rhode Island, he served as follows: 
From May 1, 1775, eight months in Captain Edmund Johnson's Company, Colonel Varnum's Rhode Island Regiment.
From January 1, 1776 until March 1776 in Captain Caleb Gibbs' Company in the above regiment.
From some time in March, 1776, in General Washington's Foot Guards until December 17, 1776, when he was put in Captain George Lewis' Company, Colonel Baylor's Regiment of Light Dragoons and served until in April, 1777.
From in April 1777, in General Washington's Horse Guards, was in the battle of Monmouth and served until in September, 1776 and from then to December 17, 1779 in Colonel William Washington's Regiment.
After his discharge from the army, he resided about one year in and near Bristol, Pennsylvania, and the greater part of the next two years, he was a prisoner at New York, having been taken
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twice while privateering.
He was allowed pension on his application executed September 11, 1832, while a resident of Manlius, Onondaga County, New York.

He died November 19, 1834.
THere are no data relative to his family.

Very truly yours,

W. W. MORGAN, 
Acting Commissioner