Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 21,487, for William Sloan, Massachusetts
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SERVICE
Mass

NAME
Sloan, WIlliam 

NUMBER
S.21,487

carded
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[page torn on left so words left off]

York 28.693
lliam Sloan
henaugot in the State of New York
he was a Private in the Company commanded
Captain Wine of the Reg.t commanded
y Col Simons in the Massachusetts
line for 9 months

Inscribed on the Roll of New York
at the rate of 30 Dollars - Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 15th day of May
1834 and sent to
Buttolph & Thorp Norwich N.Y.

Arrears to the 4th of March '34            $ 90.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending Sep.t 4'34 - 15.00
                                                               ________
                                                               $105.00
Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.

Recorded by Sam H. Page Clerk.
Book E  Vol. 4   Page 123
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Wm..Sloans
pension papers

82  18159.


adm d
9 mo. [illegible] 
30$
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State of New York
Chenango County
On this ninth day of October 1832 personally appeared before the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Chenango now sitting William Sloan a resident of the town of Norwich in the County of Chenango and State of New York aged eighty years who being first duly Sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to
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obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832 that he entered the service for the United States under the following named officers and served as herein Stated to wit, he
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first Enlisted as a volunteer in Massachusetts in Berkshire Co. town of Washington where he then resided in the militia for three month in October 1776 under Captain Uins & Colonel Simons of Williamstown in Massachusetts General Lincoln of Worcester Co after enlistments we first marched and encamped at Valentine hill about three miles north of Kingsbridge which was about four miles north of New York from thence he marched as one if the rear guards of the troops to White Plains up the river about thirty-five miles and remained in that vicinity until the three months expired _ directly after we arrived at White Plains a Skirmish took place with the british after the three months expired we returned home
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In the next year 1777 I enlisted in a volunteer Company of militia under Captain Whittlsey at the town of Washington under Major Brown of Pittsfield Massachusetts and marched to the outlet of Lake George (Burgoyne being below) at Lake George we took about three hundred british as prisoners who were left to guard about three hundred Americans who had been taken by the British and whom we rescued_  In this engagement I was wounded and was thereby unable to continue in Service an was released about three months from the time of my enlistment, about the time of Burgoynes Surrender of which I heard a few days afterward
I next enlisted in the Massachusetts militia for three months under Captain Clark of Williamstown
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Massachusetts Major Aaron Rowley of Massachusetts and marched to old Schoharie in New York on the Schoharie creek from thence to Cabusville and Turlaw and from thence to the Mohawks river at Fort Plain where we joined Colonel Willet and remained in the neighborhood of Fort Plain until a few days before our term expired we marched to Johnstown about fourteen miles down the river where we took about thirty british & tories and took them to albany where we were discharged  I should think about the last of October 1781 __I was a Sergeant in each of these campains I have mentioned
I have no documentary evidence of my service and I do not know of any person whose testimony he can procure except that of seth Rowley to a part of my service
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I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declare that my name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State
In the interrogatories required to be put by the war department he answers
1st-  Was born in the north of Ireland near Luehrgan in the County of Armagh in the year 1752

2nd - Has a record of his age in a bible which he left with his son in Indiana

3rd  When enrolled into the Service he was living in the town of Washington Berkshire Co Massachusetts since the revolutionary war he arrived first in Green Bush about 10 miles east of Albany in New York, he next removed to [illegible] Co. New York_ from thence to Hamilton Madison Co. New York _ from thence I went to live with one of my sons in Indiana from thence I came to Norwich Chenango Co. where I now reside with one of my sons

4th entered the service as a volunteer

5th  the names of some of the regular officers who were with the troops where I served were Captain Uins Colonel Simons General Sinclar - Sergt. General Washington at White Plains
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Captain Whittlesey - Majors Brown Captain Clark Major Rowley Colonel Willet_ the circumstances of my service are detailed in my declaration
6 does not recollect a discharge when we served our tour time we were dismissed dose not think discharges were handed to the Soldiers

7  He has lived in this County but not two years and has lived in Indiana for eighteen years previous he is he believes generally respected to have been a soldier of the revolution in Butternuts Otsego County and intends to procure persons from that town before this court visey that being the only place so near that he can expect to procure persons to prove his general reputation of a Soldier_
[signed on right] William Sloan

Sworn to and Subscribed the day and year first above written
[signed on right] J K Pike Clk
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I Daniel Eastwood a Clergyman residing in the town of Butternuts in the County of Otsego in the State of New York hereby certify that I am now and have been well acquainted with William Sloan who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing Declaration. That I believe him to be eighty years of age.  That I have been acquainted with him about thirty years, that he personally resided in the town where I now reside, that he moved from that place to the State of Indiana and from thence came to the town of Norwich in the County of Chenango where he was residing; further I understand and believe that the said Sloan has resided in Norwich aforesaid about two, being a distance of three or four miles from my my residence, That while he resided in Butternutts aforesaid he was reputed and believes his neighborhood to have been a Soldier of the Revolution and to have been a man of truth and veracity in the opinion of all which I concur
Sworn and subscribed in
open court this tenth day
of October 1832
J K Pike Clk
[signed on right] Daniel Eastwood
[signed vertically on right]
Wm Sloan
[illegible]
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And the Said Court do declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War department that the above named applicant William Sloan was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he stated, and the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Daniel Eastwood who as signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman, Resident of the Town of Butternutts in the County of Otsego in this State of very respectable character and that his Statement is entitled to full credit.

I Jarvis K. Pike clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Cherango do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of William Sloan, applicant for a pension.  In testimony whereof I have here unto set my hand and seal office this tenth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two
[seal on left]
[signature on right] P B Prindle
Deputy Clerk
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State of New York
Chenango County Ss:
Seth Rowley of the Town of Norwich in the County of Chenango deposeth he has been acquainted with William Sloan, and applicant for a pension to whose application my affidavit is annexed, upwards of fifty one years this deponent Served in theSame campaign with Said Sloan on the Mohawk in 1781 - this deponent was in the New York line under Colonel Merinus Willet this deponent first became acquainted with Said Sloan at Fort Plains at which place the Company to which Said Sloan belonged joined Colonel Willet this deponent knows Captain Clark was the Captain of Said
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Company and that said Clark was wounded at the engagement at Johnstown - this deponent well knew Major Rowley mentioned by Wm Sloan under whom Said Sloan Served, Said Rowley was an uncle of this deponent - this deponent recollects that soon after the battle of Johnstown the Company to which Said Sloan belonged was discharged -
This deponent before he removed to Greenbush in New York lived in Richmond Berkshire County Massachusetts this deponant knows Colonel Simons of Williamstown mentioned by Said Sloan and knew him to be as colonel in the Militia Service in Massachusetts this deponent knew General Lincoln mentioned by Said Sloan and knows he was a General as Stated by Said Sloan _ this deponent was well
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acquainted with Major Brown mentioned by Said Sloan who was killed in the Service at Stone Rabby on the Mohawk in the Service about 1778
[signed on right] Seth Rowley

Sworn before me
this 24th day of September 1832
[signed] Charles York Judge
of Chenango County Courts

State of New York
Chenango County Ss    I Jarvis K Pike Clerk of the said County do certify that Charles York Esq bofore whom the preceding affidavit of Seth Rowley [illegible] to have been sworn [illegible] at the State of the same one after Judges  of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County: and, that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name subscribed today said affidavit to be his genuine handwriting and signature
[seal on  left]
Witness my hand and seal of office
the ninth day of October
1832
[signed] P.B Prindle
Dep. Clerk
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Chenango County Ss
I Charles York before whom Seth Rowly was on the 24th day of September 1832. Sworn to the truth of the within affidavit by him subscribed do certify that I have been acquainted with the Said Seth Rowly for three years last past and have during that time believed him to be a man of truth and veracity and that his statement is deserving of credit
[signed on right] Charles York Judge
of Chenango County Court
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16159 
William Sloan Chenango Co 
New York 
Suspd 
Witness not certified
suitable

Apr 18 1834 Buttolph & Thorp Norwich Ny.
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WAR DEPARTMENT, Pension Office, May 15 1823 

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. 

Statement, showing the service of William Sloan Chenango County NY - 
[table headings]Period When the service was rendered | Duration of the claimant's service. Years | Months | Days | Rank of the claimant. | Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. | Names and 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 . 
[row 1]Volunteer 1776 | [blank] 3  | [blank] | Private sergeant | Cap Wine | Col Simons | White Plains | Valentine White Plains | 80 Berkshire Mass | Tradition & living witnesses
[row 2]Enlisted 1777  | [blank] | 3 | [blank]| do | Capt Whittlesey | Maj Brown | Lake George | [blank] | [blank] | [blank]
[row 3]Enlisted 1781 | [blank] 3 | [blank] do | Capt Clark | Maj Rowley | Johnstown | Schoharie & Mohawk to Fort Plain | [blank] | [blank]

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, claimin the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first in stance, 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. On this DECLARATION. In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832. Sate Territor of County of day of personally appeared (a) before A.B. a resident (b) of and State, Territory or District 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 he 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. 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 hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with and C. D. residing in (the same) 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. 1. 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 & 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, it 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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3 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. Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it givren and what has become of it? Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what Town Officer 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. 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 be fore 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. 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. 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. The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned. The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served. Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every clannant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what 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 old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:--For---year----months, anddays , 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 a 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. The law makes the relinquishment indispensable. ┃ The opinion of the Court is always required. The Clerk must give his certificate in every car. The Clerk must the 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 pubseal 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 conains 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. 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 to are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops, The proof required by rule in note 11 applies to continental troops only. This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases. If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact. The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration. . 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March 13, 1939. 
Grace I. Meola 12 Front Street Norwich, New York. 

BA-J/ILL William Sloan S. 21487 

Dear Madam: Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of William Sloan, who was a pensioner of Chenango County, New York. The data which follow are found in the papers on file in pension claim, S. 21487, based upon service in the Revolutionary War of William Sloan. 

William Sloan was born in the year 1752, near Lough Neagh, County Armagh, Ireland; the name of his parents are not shown. 

While a resident of Washington, Berkshire County, Massachusetts , he enlisted in October 1776, and served three months as sergeant in Captain Ewing's company, Colonel Simonds' Massachusetts regiment, engaged in the vicinity of King's Bridge and White Plains. He enlisted in 1777, served as sergeant in Captain Whittlesey's company under Major Brown in the Massachusetts troops, was in the battle at Lake George in which engagement he was wounded by musket ball in his right thigh, on account of which he had to return home length of this service three months. He enlisted in July or August 1781, served as sergeant in Captain Clark's company, under Major Rowley in the Massachusetts troops, went on the northern expedition, was at Schoharie, at Fort Plains, and in the battle of Johnstown with the troops under Colonel Marinus Willett, length of service three months. 

After the Revolutionary War, the soldier resided in Greenbush, about ten miles east of Albany, New York, then in Buttermatta Chenango County, that state, after that in Hamilton, Madison County, New York; he moved then to Indiana and lived there with one of his sons for eighteen years, after which he lived in Norwich, Chenango County, New York, with one of his sons. He did not state the names of these sons. 

William Sloan was allowed pension on his application executed
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October 9, 1832, at which time he resided in Norwich, New York. He had lived there for about two years. 

The name of the wife of William Sloan was not given, nor the date and place of their marriage. 

In 1833, one Amaziah Cornish was a resident of Greene, Chenango County, New York. He stated then that he resided in the family of William Sloan when he went into service under Major Brown, and was there when said William returned home to his family after he had been wounded. He did not state any relationship to the soldier's family. 

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name of person paid, and, possibly, the date of death of this pensioner, you should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, this city, and furnish the following data: 
William Sloan 
Certificate #28693 
Issued May 15, 1834 
Rate $30 per annum 
Commenced March 4, 1831 
Act of June 7, 1832 
New York Agency. 

Very truly yours, A. D. HILLER, Executive Assistant to the Administrator.
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In reply to your request for a statement of the military history  of William Sloan a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his [crossed out:(or his widow's)] application for pension on file in this Bureau. S File 21.487

[table headings] DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. | LENGTH OF SERVICE. | RANK. | OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. CAPTAIN. | COLONEL. | STATE. 
[row 1]Washington Mass
[row 2]Oct 1776 | 3 mos | Sergt | Erving | Simonds | Mass
[row 3]1777 | 3 mos | [blank] | Whittlesley | [illegible] | [blank]
[row 4]July enlisted 1781 | Clark | Genl Rowley | [blank]

Battles engaged in,Md
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Washington Berkshire Co, Mass
Date of application for pension, Oct 9 1832 allowed
Residence at date of application, Norwich, Chenango Co NYork
Age at date of application, born near Lough Neagh County Armagh 1752
Remarks:
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8 -- 595. 
O. W. AND N. DIVISION. 
BUREAU OF PENSIONS. 
Department of the Interior, Feb. 12. 1907. 
Searched by Gill 
Original No. 
Certificate No. 
Claimant, 
Soldier, William Sloan 
Service N.Y. Service Rev. War, 
Remarks: No claim as above 

Try Inv 21487 & West 19042
Chief of Division.
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Veterans Administration Washington, D.C. 
Norwich N.Y Jan. 29, 1939. 

Dear Sirs- I wish to receive the Rev. service of William Sloan. This soldier served in Mass. and received a pension in Chenango County New York 

If any family data is given would also like that Yours truly Grace S. Meola 12 Front Street Norwich New York.
[stamp: RECEIVED JAN 30 1939]
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21487
Revolution
INVALID
File No. 21,487
William Sloan
Pri Rev War
Act: June 7" 32"
Index:- Vol. 2, Page 373
(Arrangement of 1870.) 

1906 June 6. Hist to J. H. Pickett in W. File 7964 Michael Kern 

1907 Feby. 21. History to Miss Jennie M. Patten, Letter in Wid File 1942 Wm Sloan. 
1939 - Mar. 13 - Hist. to Grace I Meola JLL
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Secretary's Office, Feby 19th 1834 

I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the rolls of Capt. Ewen, in Col. Joshua Simond's Regt in 1774, as described by William Sloan, who claims for services under, are not found in this Office 

William Sloan also claims for services in 1778 and 76; But the rolls which he described are not found in this Office. 
Edward D Bangs Sy
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Chenango County
Town of Coventry Ss
I Amaziah Cornish of the Town of Greene in said County do depose and sworn  that I was a resident in the family of William Sloan then a resident of the Town of Washington County of Berkshire and State of Massachusetts a part of the time during the Revolutionary War and that the said William Sloan did enlist under a Major Brown and went into the service of the United States as an orderly sergeant under said Brown for the term of one year and said William Sloan went to Lake George and in the Battle at Lake George said William Sloan received a wound by a musket ball in his right thigh a little below the hip joint and that in consequence of said wound the said William Sloan was discharged from service and returned home to his family after and absence of nine months and I further depose and swear that the said William Sloan remained unable to labour for nearly One year after in consequence of said Wound and is still somewhat disabled in his right Leg
[signed on right] Amaziah Cornish
Subscribed and sworn at Coventry
this 19th day of December 1833
before me Z Hutchinson Justice Peace

Chenango County
Town of Coventry Ss  I the undersigned do hereby certify that I am and have been personally acquainted with amaziah Cornish the above named subscribed for the town of at least Ten Years past and do believe him a man of truth and veracity Dated at Coventry December 19th 1833
[signed on right] Z Hutchinson Justice Peace
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State of New York Chenango County ss: 

I certify that Zenas Hutchinson before whom the within affidavit purports to have been sworn was at the date of the same one of the Justices of the Peace for said County, and that his signature to the same and to the within certificate of credibility is his genuine hand writing and signature 
Witness my hand and seal this 26th day of February 1834 
P. B Prindle Dep Clerk

Wm. Sloan