Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 14433, for Peleg Sherman, Rhode Island
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(3-1776)
SERVICE                            NUMBER
R.I.         Sherman, Peleg   S.14433
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Carded [double line]
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931
New York 
[double line]
Peleg Sherman
of Otsego in the State of N. York
who was a Private in the Company commanded
by Captain --- of the Regt commanded
by Col Hauntenton in the Rhode Island
line for 2 Years---
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Inscribed on the Roll of New York
at the rate of 80 Dollars---Cents per [illegible]
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
[double line]
Certificate of Pension issued the 22d day of Octr
1832...and sent to 
S.C. Watsworth
[double line]
Arrears to 4th of Sepr 1832     $120
Semi=anl. allowance ending 4 Mar '33     40 [double underlined]
$160 [double underlined]

{Revolutionary Claim}
{Act June 7, 1832}

Recorded by Geo. C. Stiles, Clerk,
Book D   Vol 5   Page 140
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admitted
$80
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BRIEF in the case of Peleg Sherman
of Otsego County in the State of New York
(Act 7 June, 1832)

1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? before a Judge of the Court of
Common Pleas
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he? Eighty three years
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.

[table consisting of 4 columns indicated by   |  |  |  ]
Line 1= Period  | Duration of Service  | Rank  | Names of General and Field Officers
under whom he served
Line 2=  -- | Years, Months, Days  | As a  | Gen.
Line 3= Decemr In 1775  | -- 15  --  | Private  | Col. Stanton  Militia
Line 4= March 1777  | -- 12 --  | do  | Col. Tappins   "
Line 5= --  | States that he served  | Several  | --
Line 6= --  | months in the Militia  | --  | --
Line 7= --  | after the above  | mentioned  | --
Line 8=  --  | enlistments and  | Service  | --

5. In what battles was he engaged? none Stated
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Exeter, Rhode Island
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence,
by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditionary and living testimony
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? the papers
are correct in form and Authentication

I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case
above mentioned.
Wm Gordon Examining clerk.
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Peleg Sherman
D \ No. 1594
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State of New York
Otsego County SS   On the fourth day of
August AD 1832 Peleg Sherman of the
town of Edmeston in the said county and
state aforesaid aged 83 years Old [crossed out] and infirm
who being by me James C. Walworth a Judge
of the Court of Common Pleas of the said
County it being a court of Record first
duly sworn according to law doth on his
oath make the following Declaration in
order to obtain the benefits of the provisions
of the Act of Congress passed on June 7th 1832
that he was born in the town of Exeter in
the state of Rhodeisland in the year 1749 and
that he first entered the service by enlisting in
to the company of Captain Benjamin West and
Colo. Stantons Regiment of State Troops in 
the year 1775 in the month of April [crossed out] December [inserted] at the town
of Exeter aforesaid in the state of Rhodeisland
and that he so enlisting for the term of fifteen
months and went immediately into the
service and was stationed at Tivertown and
other places in the said State untill [illegible]
of the said term of 15 months and at the
day that his term was so out he this appli
cant again enlisted under the same 
Captain Benjamin West Company and
Col Tappins Regiment at Providence
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in the State of Rhodeisland aforesaid
for the term of one year and served the
year out under the same officers and was
discharged at Tivertown aforesaid on the
forth day of March thinks in the year
1779 but is not certain of the year verba
lly by Col. Tappin was in General
Sullivans Expedition on Rhodeisland
and saw all of that engagement
and previous to this he was one of the
forty that went on the Island in the
night under Col Barton and took General
Prescott in his quarters and brought
him off to the American lines in his
shurt in his [3 words crossed out] Shirt and was in several
Shur [crossed out] skirmishes and that he served several
months in this Militia after the enlistment
were out a guarding the shores
that there is a record of his age in the town
Exeter where he was born and that he
knows of no Documentary Evidence to proove
his services by that from his bodily infima
ties and advanced age and the distance
that he resides from the Courts of the said
County he cannot attend the Court it being
18 miles from his residence to the Court house
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and that he never received any written
discharge from the Army and that since
the War he has lived in the State of
Rhodeisland and Stephentown in Rensselaer
County and in Otsego County in the State
of New York and that he now resides
in the town of Edmenston in the said
County of Otsego and has for 16 years past

He hereby relinquishes every claim what
ever to a Pension or an Annuity except
the present and declares that his name
is not on the Pension Rolls of the agency
of any State
Subscribed and sworn the day and year
aforesaid    Peleg Sherman [an 'X' and the words 'his mark' are written over the signature]
Subscribed and Sworn
before me James
C. Walworth a Judge
of Otsego County Courts
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State of New York}
Otsego County} Ss  I Horace Lathorp Clerk of the
said County do certify that James C
Walworth before whom the preceding affidavit
purports to have been sworn was at the date of the
same one of the Judges of the Court of Common
Pleas in said County & that I am acquainted with
his hand writing & verily believe his name subscribed
to the said affidavit to be his proper hand writing &
Signature  Witness my hand & the seal of office this 13th
day of August 1832---Horace Lathorp
By Thos K Cory Deputy
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Otsego County}
Town of Laurens} S [damage] the 9th day of August 1832
personally appeared before me
Lory Jencks of the town of Oneonta in said County
and being duly sworn deposeth and saith that
he is well acquainted with Peleg Sherman of the
town of Edmeston and well recollects that in the years
1776 and 1777 This deponent served with said Sherman
under Capt West Col Stantons Regiment for the
term of fifteen months also under Capt West Col
Tappin's Regiment for the term of One year in 1778.
All of which time said Sherman served as a faith
ful soldier in United States Army [3 words crossed out] the State Troops
at Tivertown in Rhode Island And this deponent
believes said Sherman to be a man of truth and
veracity and entitled to full credit and further
saith not         Lory Jencks
Subscribed and sworn this
9th day of August 1832 before
me Samuel J. Cook Justice
of the Peace of the town and County
aforesaid
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State of New York}
Otsego County} Ss   I, Horace Lathrop Clerk of the
said County do certify that James C [2 words crossed out]
Walworth [crossed out] Samuel J. Cook 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 aforesaid County & further that
I am acquainted with his hand writing & verily believe
his name subscribed to the said affidavit to be his proper
hand writing & signature   Witness my hand & seal of office
this 18th day of August 1832  Horace Lathrop
By H.P.K. Cory Depty
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State of New York
Otsego County Ss     Joseph Labar of the town
of Edmeston in said county being first duly
sworn according to law deposeth and says
upon his oath that he has been well
acquainted with Peleg Sharman that
[illegible] the foregoing Declaration in his
presents that he thinks he is as old as he
so thinks himself to be that from his advan
ced age and bodily infirmities is unable
to attend the Court and presumes never
will be and that he is a man of truth
and veracity and entitled to belief
and further saith not
Subscribed and sworn
this 10th day of August     Joseph Labar [a '+' and the words 'his mark' are written over the name]
1832 before me 
James C Walworth
a Judge of Otsego County
Court
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I James C Walworth the said Judge Do hereby
Certify and declare my opinion after
a full and careful investigation of the 
matter and after puting the interrogato
ries prescribed by the War Department
that the the above named Applicant
was a Revolutionary Soldier and did
serve as he states and that Lory Jencks
and Joseph Labar are [illegible; 2 words crossed out] who have
Subscribed and sworn to two above affidavits
are Residents of the said County of Otsego and
Creditable persons and that are entitled to
credit and belief and I further swear it
is my opinion that the [crossed out] Peleg Sherman the
said Applicant from bodily infirmities and
his advanced age is unable to attend Court
and I the said Judge do Certify that I am
personally acquainted with Lory Jencks Esquire
that has mad the above Affidavit and that
he is a person of standing and Respectability
and entitled to full credit
In testimony whereof I have hereto
subscribed my name this 10th day of
August 1832
James C Walworth a
Judge of Otsego Common
Pleas
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State of New York,}
OTSEGO COUNTY} SS  Peleg Sherman aged Eighty being
duly sworn, saith, that he is a resident of the
town of Edmeston in the County aforesaid, and has served as a private soldier
in the war of the revolution against the common enemy, for the tern of Nine Months
and longer, at a certain period of the war herein after mentioned, on the Continental
Establishment, and is yet a resident citizen of the United States; and by reason of his
reduced circumstances in life, he is in need of assistance from his country for support.
And this deponent further saith, that he never has received any pension from the U.
nited States, and doth hereby relinquish his claim to every pension that may have been
heretofore allowed him the the laws of the United States, excepting and reserving to
himself the right of claiming, and he doth hereby claim a pension under an act entitled
"An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the
United States in the revolutionary war," passed 18th March, 1818. And this deponent
doth further declare under oath, that the time he entered the army of the United States
in the war of the revolution aforesaid, on the Continental Establishment, the officers
under whom he served, and the line to which he belonged, together with the time and
manner of leaving the service, are all correctly set forth, according to the best of his
knowledge and recollection, in the following manner; that is to say he the said
Peleg Sherman---did at Exeter in the State of
Rhode Island on the 16th day of January in the year
1776 enlist under one Captain Benjamin West in Colo
nel Tappins regiment belonging to the Rhode Island line
which enlistment was for three years--served said three
years in said regiment and was discharged at Tiver
town in the State of Rhode Island in the month of
January 1779 by Colonel Tappin---and further the de
ponent saith not---   Peleg Sherman [an 'X' and the words 'his mark' are written over the name]
Sworn & subscribed}
before me this 5th day}
of June 1818--}
John Russell
Judge of Otsego Com Pleas

Otsego County Ss   The above named Peleg Sherman being
sworn saith that at the time he made the above
declaration they were made according to his
best recollections at time [crossed out] the time but on
reflection and by conversing with Daniel
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Button and William Taber two of his fellow
soldiers he is now convinced that he was
mistaken as to the time of his service---And 
is now satisfied that the last inlistment he made
in Col Tappins regiment was for one year
commencing in the spring of 1779 & ending in
the spring of 1780 as will appear by the affidavits
of said Button & Taber hereunto annexed---
And this deponent further saith that he was
honorably discharged by Col Tappin at Tiver
town---
Sworn before me}   Peleg Sherman [an 'X' and the words 'his mark' are written over the name]
this 14th day of July}
1819}
John Russell
Judge of Com Pleas
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State of New York,}
OTSEGO COUNTY} SS   William Taber of the
town of Edmeston
being duly sworn, saith, that he is personally well
acquainted with Peleg Sherman---the applicant above
named, and has been so acquainted with him the said William [crossed out]
Peleg Sherman for forty years, and during that time the said Peleg
---has sustained a good character for truth and vera-
city, and he this deponent verily believes that full credit ought to be given to the de-
clarations of the said Peleg--- when under oath.
And this deponent further saith that he knew the said
Peleg Sherman to have served one year and six months
in Col. Tappins regiment being part of the time stated in
the affidavit of the said Peleg--And that the said
Peleg is in reduced circumstances in life and is in
need of assistance from his country for support
Sworn before me}
this 5th day of June 1818}   Wm Taber [a '+' and the words 'his mark' are written over the name]
John Russell
Judge of Otsego Com Pleas

State of New York,}
OTSEGO COUNTY} SS   I John Russell one of the
Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for
the County aforesaid, do certify that I am satisfied the said Peleg Sherman
---served in the revolutionary war as aforesaid, against the common
enemy, for a longer term than nine months, as stated in the affidavit of the said Peleg
Sherman---hereunto annexed---And I do further certify
that full credit is due to the depositions of the above named Peleg Sherman &
William Taber---and also that the evidence on which I have founded my
judgement is contained in the affidavit of the said Wil [crossed out] Peleg and William
and I am satisfied that the said Peleg is in reduced
circumstances in life and in need of assistance
from his country for support--- 
Given under my hand at
Cooperstown this fifth day of
June 1818---
John Russell
Judge Otsego Com Pleas
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State of New York
Otsego County Ss   I certify that I am satisfied that
Peleg Sherman by reason of his reduced circumstances
in life is in need of Assistance from his Country for support
Given under my hand this 7th day of May 1819
John Russell
Judge of Com Pleas

State of New York
Otsego County Clerk's Office Ss  I certify that John Russell whose
signature appears to the foregoing papers of Peleg Sherman
is one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for
the County of Otsego duly qualified as such at the date
of each signature and that the signatures are genuine
Given under my hand & the seal of the
Court of Com Pleas for the said County this
17th day of May 1819
Ariel Spoford Dep Clk
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Peleg Sherman 
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Private
Co. Toppins Regt
Rhode Island line
1776 -- 3 years

Col. Topham's regt (not Toppin's)
in Continental service from
April 1779 to April 1780 only
Rejected
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State of New York
Otsego County Ss   Daniel Button of Cheshire
in the State of Massachusetts, being duly sworn
saith that he joined Col. Topham's regiment
in the Spring of the year 1779 and continued
in said regiment till the Spring of
the year 1780. And at the time he joined said
regiment he became acquainted with one
Peleg Sherman who served as a soldier in Capt.
West's company -- Colonel Topham's regiment belonging
to the Rhode Island line. And he (this deponent) 
knows that the said Peleg Sherman served
in said regiment until sometime of
the Spring of 1780 when he was discharged at
Tivertown in the State of Rhode Island by
Col Topham. And this deponent further saith
that the said Peleg Sherman is the same
person now here present and who resides
in the town of Edmeston in the County of
Otsego & State of New York.    Daniel Button
Sworn before me}
this 14th day of July}
1819--      John Russell
Judge of Com Plea
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State of New York
Otsego County Ss   William Taber of the town
Edmeston in the County aforesaid being duly
sworn saith that he is well acquainted with
Peleg Sherman the applicant before named
and was acquainted with Daniel Button
(who made the foregoing affidavit) in Colonel
Topham's regiment and he, this deponent,
knows that the foregoing affidavit of
the said Daniel Button is substantially
true in all the material parts relating
to the Service and discharge of the said
Peleg Sherman---
Sworn before me}   William Taber [an 'X' and the words 'his mark' are written over the name]
this 14th day of}
July 1819}   John Russell
Judge of Com Pleas

Otsego County Ss  I certify that Daniel Button &
Peleg Sherman are credible witnesses---
July 14. 1819  John Russell
Judge of Com Pleas

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Peleg Sherman [name underlined]
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RECORD DIVISION   3-525.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D.C., ---, 190

In reply to your request of ---, received---
for a statement of the military history of Peleg Sherman
a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired
information as contained in his (or his widow's) [3 words crossed out] application for pen-
sion on file in this Bureau.   S.14.433

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Line 1= DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT   |LENGTH OF SERVICE   |RANK   | OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED   | STATE
Line 1.5=---   |---   |---   |CAPTAIN   |COLONEL   |---
Line 2= * Dec 1776   |15 mos   |Pvt   |Benjamin West   |Stanton   |R.I.
Line 3= Mar 1779   |1 yr   |---   |Benjamin West   |Topham   |"
Line 4= Served   |several   |months in the   |militia after above   |service guarding   |the shores
Battles engaged in, Sullivan's expedition to Rhode Island and several skirmishes
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Enlisted at Exeter R.I.
Date of application for pension, June 5. 1818 R.I.
Residence at date of application, Edmeston, Otsego Co. NY
Age at date of application, b. Exeter, R.I. 1749
Remarks: *Soldier was one of the party under Col. Barton who
took General Prescott prisoner. At one time--did not mention
he lived in Stephentown, Rensselaer Co. NY.  No family data.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
1565b3m10-08
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[left fold]
July 15, 1904. Hist to
Col. Fred C. Pierce
Chicago, Ill
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1912, Feb 29. Hist to
Frank Dempster Sherman
(Letter in [illegible] Christopher Sherman S. 22.988)
[line]

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14433
INVALID.
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File No. 14, 433
Peleg Sherman
Pri Rev war
[line]
Act: June 7th, 1832
Index:--Vol. 1, Page 339
'[Arrangement of 1870]'

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Rev War
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Sherman Historical Association

HON. MARK ROGER SHERMAN                                                    
A.B.-LL.B 
President
Vice-President Western State Bank

TO COMPILE AND PUBLISH [line underlined]
THE SHERMAN GENEALOGY [line underlined]
XXX

COL. FRED'K. C. PIERCE
Secretary and Treasurer
Member American Historical
Association and Society of Amer-
ican Authors, also author of the 
Field, Foster, Whitney, Fiske, Fisk-
Pierce, Peirce, Pearce, Forbes, For-
bush, Gibson and Batchelder Gen-
ealogies.

CHICAGO, ILL., P.O. Box 244   Jan 4 1904  [mail room stamp illegible]

[2 words illegible]
 Will you please give me a
copy of the pension papers
of Peleg Sherman of Otsego Co
NY, who served in the
Rhode Island militia and
was granted a pension in
1831 or 1832

Thanking you for your trouble
and the courtesy of an
early reply
Yours [illegible]
Fred'k C. Pierce

P.S. [underlined]
If the papers show his date & place of
birth, parents names wife & childrens
names please send.  FCP [pension office mail room stamp indicating receipt on Jan 6 1904]