Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 22,192, for David Sherman, Rhode Island
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(3 - 1776 )
SERVICE
R. I.

Sherman, David
Hannah

NUMBER
W. 22, 192
CONTENTS
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Let to HM E R Potter manl. 1845
Widow died Feb 22, 1845 (AB)

Rhode Island S.004
Hannah Sherman
widow of David Sherman decd
R.I.
who died the 7th August 1829
of Washington in the State of R.I.
who was a Private in the Company commanded
by Captain Babcock of the Regt commanded
by__in R.I. line for 6 months

Inscribed on the Roll of R. Island
at the rate of 20 Dollars -00- Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 14,th day of June 1837 and sent C. R.
Potter Esq Kingston R. I.

Arrears to the 4th of March 1837 $120.00
Semi-anl allowance ending 4 Sept. 10.00
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$130.00
Revolutionary Claim,
Act July 4, 1836 Section the 3.
Recorded by
D.D. Addison Clerk
Book A. Vol. 1. Page 117
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Recorded in records of South Kingston Nov. 14. 1836 
Mr. R. Wells

Sherman, David
R.I. W22192
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I Do Hereby Certify that David Sherman
and Hannah Sherman Both of So Kingston
in Kings County were joyned together in
Marraige according to the Law of this Colony
of this Rhode Island this 26th day of Nov:
AD 1775.
Wittness JP M Bl Just Peace
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V 864. 3. Sec
Hannah Sherman
widow of David 
R. I.
all by Comm

Please address (if necessary)
E.R. Potter, Kingston, R.I.

Kings County was before the Revolution
the name of what is now called
Washington County.
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the third section of the Act of Congress of the 4th July 1836
State of Rhode Island &c
County of Washington ⎬
On this
day of December A 1836 personally appeared

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Hannah Sherman a resident of South Kingstown in the County of Washington and State aforesaid who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit
of the provision made by the act of Congress of the 4th July 1836 - That she will be eighty one years of age on the 14th day of Dec. AD 1836 - That she is the widow of David Sherman of said South Kingstown who was a soldier in the American service in the war of the
Revolution.
That her said husband was drafted as a soldier and went on to Rhode Island by way of Tiverton in Capt Babcock and Col Dye at a time when
her son Thomas was but a few weeks old- that
when the British left Newport he was again
drafted to go on to Rhode Island and served there one month. She well recollects her said husbands taking the place of Clarke Albro in service but cannot particularly designate the time. She has often heard her said husband tell of his crossing with other soldiers over to Rhode Island across the bay in small boats in the night and going close by the British vessel Renown. She also well recollects the circumstance of cooking up and sending a quantity of provisions to her said husband while he was at Newport. The above times are all that she can state with sufficient particularity but her said husband was gone from home in military service a great part of his time, was often called out on duty to
guard the shores, but as she is aged and her
memory is failing she cannot particularice
the times
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She further declares that she was married
to the said David Sherman on the 26th
day of November in seventeen hundred and seventy four that her husband the aforesaid
David died on the seventh day of August
1829 aged seventy nine, and that she
has remained a widow ever since that period
as will all more fully appear by reference
to the proof hereto annexed.
Her Mark - Hannah Sherman
Witness
D Potter 
Lewis Kinyon

Witness __South Kingston Dec _ 1865 The 
Above named Hannah Sherman signed the above in my presence and made 
solemn oath in due form
of _ to the truth of the service - the interlineation
being _ before signing. Also I further
certify that from the advanced age and infirmity.
I do not concur that that said Hannah could
with reason be required to appear
at the regular session
of said Court of Common Pleas in open court.
Lewis Kinyon
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State of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations
Washington Sc. Clerks office of the Court of Common
Pleas for said County
I Asa Potter Clerk of said Court which is a
Court of Record hereby certify that Lewis Kinyon
Esq is associate Justice of said Court regularly
appointed and qualified to act as such, and
that the signature to the preceding certificate
purporting to be his is genuine.
I further certify that Elisha R. Potter Jr
is a Justice of the Peace in the County aforesaid
duly appointed and qualified to act in said
capacity and that the signatures to the several
certificate, on the papers hereto attached purporting
to be his are genuine. In testimony
whereof I have hereto set my
hand and affixed the seal of
said Court this fifteenth
day of December in the year
eighteen hundred & thirty six
Asa Potter Clk
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The deposition of Thomas Billington of South Kingstown Rhode Island who being duly sworn according to law on oath depose and says that he is now in the eighty second year of his age, that he was a soldier in the Revolutionary war
and was well acquainted with David Sherman of said South Kingstown whose widow is now applying for a pension that he often saw said David Sherman in service guarding the shores during the Revolutionary war on Point Judith Neck and Boston neck, that he believes (but cannot recollect positively) that he saw said Sherman on Rhode Island in Sullivans Expedition but that he cannot recollect the length of times
that said Sherman served, and said deponent believes that said Sherman must have done considerable service during the war as every body of suitable age was called out to serve for
particular periods of time, alternating, during said war, and also from the conversation of people generally and the general reputation of tack, he believes that said Sherman must have served at other times besides the
times the deponent actually saw him in service
Thomas Billington
his Mark
On this 18th day of October AD 1836 before the subscribed a Justice of the Peace for the Town of South Kingstown personally appeared Thomas Billington and made solemn oath to the truth of the aforegoing deposition which
was reduced to writing and by him signed in my
presence. And further certify that the character
of said Thomas Billington for veracity is good
and that his statement above given is in my
opinion entitled to credit 
E R Potter 

Justice of the Peace
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The Deposition of Timothy Peckham of South
Kingstown Rhode Island who on oath deposes and says that he was a soldier in the American service on the Island of Rhode Island in Sullivans
Expedition and that he saw David Sherman then
in said service. He does not recollect the month
particularly but believes it was near about
the time of the great French storm so called
Nor does he recollect how long said Sherman
staid there
Timothy Peckham
South Kingston Dec. 15. 1836. There Timothy
Peckham signed the above deposition in my presence and then also made solemn oath in due form of law to the truth of the same. I further certify that the character of the deponent for
truth and veracity is good and his
statement in my opinion entitled to
full credit
E R Potter
Justice of the Peace
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The deposition of David Sherman of South Kingstown Rhode Island who being duly sworn according to law on oath depose and says that he has frequently heard his father David Sherman now deceased talk of his services in the Revolutionary war as a soldier and the substance of his recollections of the conversation of his father is as follows-- That at
the beginning of the war his father belonged to
an Independent charter military company in the
town of South Kingstown in which he lived, that they did duty by turns, and that while a member of the independent Company he was drafted to go on to the Island of Rhode Island and served there six months in (the deponent believes) two separate terms.
Thinking the service very hand he left
the Independent Company and joined the militia
and the very first time a draft was made, he was
drafted to go on to Rhode Island and that while
in the Militia he was drafted three times to go
on to Rhode Island and always went. That he
was drafted two or three times to guard
the shores on Boston neck and while there was quartered at the Smith House so called, and was once drafted to guard the shores near the North Ferry in North Kingstown, & that while there, a Massachusetts Regiment or Company under (he believes major Samuel) Swan was there also and his father was placed under his command. He will recollects hearing his said father talk about his changing months with Clarke Albro to go on to Rhode Island and that while there Albro was
wounded. and that the term for which the
common Militia was drafted was mostly one
month.
The deponent further states that his Mother Hannah Sherman has always remained a widow since the decease of his father David Sherman. and that it appears from memoranda kept in the family and from the inscription on the tombstone that his said father was born Dec 25th 1750 and deceased Aug 7 1829
The deponent further states that he well recollects
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hearing his father David Sherman frequently
mention and talk about the following circumstances- that once when the troops were going round to Tiverton they had to cross a stream which was partly frozen over which the soldiers were unwilling to do, and that Col Dyre had to use considerable force to get them over
and that one time when troops were to
be sent on to Rhode Island some of them had the choice offered to them to go round by land
through Tiverton, or to go across the bay and
on the risk of being taken by the enemy ships,
and that his said father with some others chose
to go by water with muffled oars by night
and that they passed close by the British vessel
Renown without being discovered. And that
his said father was on Rhode Island in service
at the time of the capture of Gen Prescott
and that at the time the French fleet arrived
he was on a tour of duty guarding the shores.
The deponent further states that the accompanying certificate of marriage is the original certificate of the marriage of the deponents father and mother having been preserved among his fathers papers,
but which was never recorded until lately, when as the original certificate was to be sent on to the Pension office, the deponent procured the certificate to be recorded

David Sherman
Washington Sc. South Kingstown Nov. 29. 1836.
There before the subscribed a Justice of the Peace for said town personally appeared David Sherman and signed the above
deposition in my presence and made solemn
oath in due form of law to the truth of the same
And I further certify that the character of the
deponent for truth and veracity is unquestionable and that his statement ought to be entitled to full credit
E R Potter
Justice of the Peace
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December 28, 1934
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
DAVID SHERMAN
W. 22192
BA-J/MLB
Mrs. Ruby L Blyth
Macedon, New York
Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of __Patrick, of Albany, whose wife, Sally, was born in 1767 and died in 1857; Barnabas Horton, born
1742, had wife named Abigail and died October 16, 1819, at East Palmyra, New York; Humphrey Sherman, born 1760 in Tiverton, Rhode Island, married Mary Durfee of Tiverton, Rhode Island, born 1761 and died 1794 in Palmyra, while soldier died there in 1812; David Sherman, of Tiverton, Rhode Island, born about 1730 and had
sons Humphrey and David; William Spaulding, born 1733 in Dover, New York, married Mary Shedd who was born in 1740 and died in 1807,
had children Hiram, William, Zebulon, Martha, Polly and died August 15, 1802. You desire also the War of 1812 records of Jonathan Horton, born 1776, whose wives were Elizabeth, and Spencer Whipple and had children named Myron, Aratus, Mary, George W. and
Barnabas; and Hiram Spaulding, born September 9, 1765, in Sheffield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, married Berthana Holcomb of the same place, had children Joel, Silas, Henry, Jane who married Samuel Sackett, Sarah who married John Dokes, Albert who married Lois Ann Parrish; this soldier lived in Elba and Somerset, New York,
and died in Jackson, Michigan.
Revolutionary War and War of 1812 data furnished by this office are obtained from claims for pension made to the United States based
upon military service of soldiers in that war.
A careful search of the Revolutionary War records fails to show claims for pension on file on account of the service of a soldier with surname Patrick of New York whose wife was named Sally; of Barnabas Horton and William Spaulding as described by you, or of any Humphrey Sherman.
The War of 1812 records do not show a claim for pension on file based upon service of the Jonathan Horton described by you, or of
any Hiram Spaulding (all surnames have been searched under various spellings).
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The record of only one David Sherman was found in the Revolutionary War records of this office and it is given herein as shown
in the papers on file in pension claim, W. 22192, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War. The surname is also shown as Sharman.
David Sherman was born December 25, 1750; the place of soldier's birth and names of his parents are not stated.
While a resident of South Kingston, Kings County (which was later Washington County, Rhode Island, he belonged to an independent
company of South Kingston, commanded by Captain Stephen Babcock in the Rhode Island troops, which did duty by turns; he was called out and served as private in that company during the months of April, June, August and October, 1775, engaged in guarding the shores of
South Kingston; he served one month from February 8, 1777, under Captain Stephen Babcock and Colonel Dyer on Spencer's Expedition to Rhode Island; he served one month from about August or September, 1778,
under the same officers on General Sullivan's Expedition to Rhode Island; he served one month in the fall of 1780 as private under the
same officers as guard at Howland's Ferry.
He died August 7, 1829, place not given.
David Sherman married November 20, 1775, Hannah Sherman (relationship not shown) who was born December 14, 1755; at the time of their
marriage they were both residents of South Kingston, Kings County, Rhode Island, at which place their marriage was recorded in the town
clerk's office.
Soldier's widow, Hannah, was allowed pension on her application executed December 6, 1836, while a resident of South Kingston,
Washington County, Rhode Island. She died February 22, 1845.
The only children of David Sherman and his wife, Hannah, whose names are shown in the claim are Thomas born in 1777 and David ( date
of birth not given) who was residing in South Kingston, Rhode Island, in 1836.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator

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Susp'd
6 mo pn $20 per an
comm b 4 Mar 117

Let Kean D J. Pearce, Feb 23, 1837
do to E. R. Potter 6 April 1827

Act 4 July 1836
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David Sherman
W. 22. 192
R.I.
a pledge to form on
independent company in
Kings County subscribed to
by David Sharman and
Eighteen others, dated June 20,
1776. Meeting to be held
Aug. 17, 1776 at 2 o'clock PM
at Mumford's Mill in arms.
In order to David Shearman
Corpl 2 co. Militia in South
Kingston, Kings Co. R.I. to
give notice of a meeting at
the house of Robart inholder
in So. Kingston, Nov. 29. Signed
Barber Peckham Lieut; dated
Nov. 28, 1776.
The above papers have been
(over)
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removed from said
claim to be sent to the
War Dept
Sent to War Dept Jan 1913
May 2, 1911
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June 25th 1776 I engage to David
Sharman that he shall be discharge
from our Indpendant Company
when he dissrent he returning
again into the militia
with my hand James Parker
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David Sherman
W. 22,192
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Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 22,192
Hannah Sherman
wid of
David Sherman 
Priv Rev. War
---
Act: July 4th /36
Index: -- Vol. M Page 204
(Arrangement of 1870.}

1911 May 20 Hist to D Sherman
1934 Dec 28 Hist to Mrs. Ruby Blythe - KB
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Cap Babcock this are to inform you that my wife is on well so that I cannot leave her and I have change months with David Sharman South Kingston February the 8 Day 1777  Clark Albro
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This may certify that I received of Lieut Stanton Eight Pound, & Papence on account of a Note Sharman Babcock had on said Stanton - I also Received of Pay master Allen Ten pounds being money due to said Sharman - as a soldier in the Rhode Island State Servis and took from under the paymasters hand that was all that was due to him, and I paid the whole money to David Sharman Except Eight Dollars which I took for my trouble
Decr 30th 1779
James Parker
&C
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Original
Marriage Certificate
of
Soldier & wife
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Apr 6
Hon. James L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.

Kingston
April 3

Chw
Hannah Sherman R.I. Appl
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Kingston R.I. April 2. 1837
Sir
I recieved from Hon Mr Pearce several days ago
the papers relating to the pension claim of Hannah Sherman or at least a letter concerning them.
There are two witnesses living at a distance
from this place who might probably give some
additional evidence. But Mr Sherman in
his mothers behalf did not wish to go to the
expense of getting these evidence unless it
should prove indispensable.
It appears to me that nine months
of service are distinctly and definitely attested, besides evidence that he served at other times but without specifying the length of time. Mrs Sherman is aged and feeble and would be glad to know what the Department is willing to do
in her case as soon as convenient. If she waited for more proof she might not live
to see the end of it.
Yours very Respectfully
Elisha R. Potter Jr
Hon. James L Edwards
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Commissioner of Pensions
of
Washington City
D.C.

Mat June 8
-
R.I.
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Kingston R I June 2 1837
Sir 
I enclose another deposition relating
to the case of Mrs Hannah Sherman.
as this is all the evidence that can be
got without going to persons living at
considerable distance.
the department can decide immediately what to allow.
Very Respectfully
Elisha K Potter
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The Deposition of John Vallet of Richmond
aged about eighty one who being duly sworn
according to law on oath depose and says
that he was well acquainted with David Sherman
whose widow is applying for a pension and well
recollects having seen said Sherman often
in the service and recollect his being
at the Smith House in Boston Neck in
the service but from his advanced age
and infirmity cannot recollect the times
and places particularly
John Vallet

Washington sc June 2 1837 John Vallett
abovenamed appeared before the subscriber
made oath in due form of law to the
of the foregoing deposition and signed the same
in my presence- and I further
certify that said Vallett's character for
veracity and integrity is good and
that his statement is in my opinion
entitled to full credit
E R Potter
Justice of the Peace
Clerks office of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Washington State of Rhode Island &
I Asa Potter Clerk of said Court do
certify that Elisha R. Potter is a Justice of the Peace for said County appointed by the General Assembly at their may Session A 1837 and commissioned by the Governor bearing date the 8th day of May 1837 that he is fully authorized to act in said capacity and that the signature above purporting to be his is genuine. Witness my hand and the seal of said court this day of June AD 1837
Asa Potter Clk
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The deposition of Sylvester Wilcox now residing in Exeter Rhode Island aged seventy eight years who being duly sworn according to law on oath depose and says that he formerly lived in South Kingstown and was well acquainted with and lived a near neighbour to David Sherman of said South Kingstown whose widow is now applying for a pension, that the deponent was a
soldier in Sullivans expedition on the island of Rhode Island and knows that said David Sherman served there one month and he thinks it was in August from the size of the corn at that time.
That soon after the British left Newport the deponent was again serving on the island
as a soldier and that said David Sherman then served there one month in the same tent with the deponent but the deponent cannot recollect particularly what month of the year it was, that the deponent believes that said David Sherman always served his own time out every
other month, never procuring any one to be a substitute for him to the deponents knowledge, and that from the nature of the service and from the circumstance that all the people who were of suitable age were called out every other month alternately, and from what said deponent
has always heard and understood from others he has no doubt but that said David Sherman served every other month for the greater part of the war.

his
Sylvester Wilcox
mark
Witness 
E Potter
mark
William P Willcox
Washington sc Nov 29 1836 This day before the
subscriber a Justice of the Peace for the Town of
South Kingstown in said County personally appeared Sylvester Wilcox and signed the above deposition in my presence and made oath in due form of law to the truth of the same.
I further certify that the character of said Sylvester for veracity is good and
his statement in my opinion entitled to credit
E R Potter
Justice of the Peace
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The deposition of Ebenezer Smith of South Kingstown Rhode Island who being seventy nine years of age on oath depose and says that he was well acquainted with David Sherman decd whose widow is now applying for a pension, that the year 1775 the deponent lived in the Smith house so called on Boston neck near the South Ferry and was a soldier in the American service guarding the shores, that in said year said Sherman was a soldier in said service to the deponents knowledge during the months
of April June August and October and was
stationed at the same house with the deponent guarding the shore. That in the year 1777 the deponent knows that said Sherman served one month in what was called Spencers expedition but does not recollect precisely what month it was, that in the year 1778 in General Sullivans expedition the deponent knows that said Sherman served one month on Rhode Island
(he thinks it was the month of September) and the deponent was there in the same tent with said Sherman that in the year 1780 the deponent know that said Sherman served one month at Howlands Ferry in keeping guard against the enemy and the deponent was there at the same time and thinks it was in the Autumn. When said Sherman served at the Smith House the deponent believes he was in a company commanded by Capt. Stephen Babcock
That in the year 1778 said Sherman was with
the deponent on Connecticut at the time the
French storm so called took place at which time
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said Sherman was drafted for one month for
the purpose of defending the island and shores
against the enemy, said storm according to
the best of the deponents recollection took place
in the month of August his mark Ebenezer Smith
In presence of
E R Potter
John G. Larkin
South Kingstown Nov 16 1836 This day personally appeared Ebenezer Smith and signed the foregoing deposition and made solemn oath to the truth of the statements therein contained
before me and I certify that the character of said Smith for truth and veracity is good and his statement in my opinion entitled to credit
E R Potter
Justice of the Peace
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150 West 106th Street
New York, May 14, 1911.
Dear Sir: At the convenience of the Bureau may
I have copies of the records of the following
the Revolutionary soldiers:
Christopher Shearman - died Oct. 1830. W. Greenwich, R.I. W22192
David Shearman* - died, 1829, S. Kingstown, R.I. * His widow, Hannah, on Pension Role of 1840.
Residing with John C. Baker, D. Kingston, R.I.
839838 Peter Shearman (Mariner) - of Providence Co. R. I. Aged 69, in 1835
The above complete, I think, my somewhat
long list of Revolutionary pensioners of the
Shearmans in Rhode Island.
I am genuinely appreciative of the
kind attention given to my requests by the
Pension Bureau
Very respectfully yours,
Frank Dempster Sherman
Hon
Commissioner of Pensions

U.S. Pension Office May 15 1911
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RECORD  DIVISION
MAY 15 1911
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Harvey H. Sharp, Chairman
Durfee Hoag, Clerk
Board of Supervisors
1932 - 1933
WAYNE COUNTY
NEW YORK
Office of Ray G. Blyth
Supervisor Town of Macedon
Macedon, N.Y.

Rec'd Dec 15 1934
Mail Bus-Div.
Vets Adm Reader #4

Dec 13, 1934
Veterans Administration
Washington D.C.
Gentlemen,
Have you record of services
of the following in the Revolution
1st _?_Patrick of Albany, whose children
were Elizabeth (b. 1786)  John (1788) Benjamin
(1789) Robert & Abner (twins 1792) George (1796) Eber (1797) Zachariah (1800) He might
we come to Pittsford, Monroe Co. and
Wayne Co. I have reason to believe
wife was Sally- b. 1767 d 1857.
2nd Barnabas Horton who followed
Gen John Swift to Palmyra, Wayne Co
about 1770 from Wyoming, Penn & first
from Conn. Mass. or R.I.  Born 1742
d Oct 16, 1819 at E Palmyra, age 77 His
children were Caleb, Bethiah, Jonathan, (m. Eliz. Sherman) Deborah, Elizabeth (m - Lyon), Sally (m - Walker), Abigail (M- Truman)
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Harvey H. Sharp, Chairman
Durfee Hoag, Clerk
Board of Supervisors 1932 - 1933
Wayne County New York
Office of Ray G. Blyth
Supervisor Town of Macedon
Macedon, N.Y.

Experience, Mary, Patience, Mehatabel (m. _ Parker) a dau. m. - Goldsmith. His wifes name was Abigail - .
3rd Humphrey Sherman, a native of Tiverton, R.I. came to Palmrya from Washington Co. N. Y. in 1791, bought 1000 A. land from Gen. Swift. His children were Alexander, Gideon, Job, Betsy,
Samuel, Durfee, Stephen, Jacob, Ann,
other children by a second marriage
He married Mary Durfee of Tiverton R.I.
d 1760 died 1794 in Palmrya.
Humphrey Sherman was b. 1760. d 1812 (Pal.)

4th David Sherman of Tiverton, R.I.
b. about 1730, father & Humphrey, also David
5th Hiram Spaulding b Sept. 1, 1765 in
Sheffield, Berkshire Co, Mass. m. Berthann Holcomb of the same place. He resided in Elba, N.Y., Somerset N. Y. died in Jackson Mich
His children were Joel, Silas, Henry,
Jame (m. Sam'l Sackett) Sarah (M. John Dokes)
Albert (m Lou Ann Parrish)
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Rec'd Dec 15 1934
Mail Bus Div.
Vets Adm
Reader #4
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Harvey H. Sharp, Chairman
Durfee Hoag, Clerk
Board of Supervisors
1932 - 1933
WAYNE COUNTY
NEW YORK
Macedon, N. Y.
Office of
RAY G. BLYTH
Supervisor Town of Macedon

6th Wm Spraulding b. Dover, N.Y. 1733
d Aug. 5, 1802. Mary Shedd b. 1740 d 1807
His children were Hiram, William, Zebulon, Martha, (m Wm Hill), Polly (m. S. Slawson)
7th Jonathan Horton b. 1776 d Apr. 13, 1813
age 36. He served in the war of 1812.
was lame, went as a cook his
wife was Elizabeth Sherman. m
second Spencer Whipple. His children
were Myron, Uratus, Mary, George W.
Barnabas. Might have served under Gen John
Swift who recruited from Palmrya.
Yours truly
Mrs) Ruby L. Blyth
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REC'D DEC 15 1934 
MAIL BUS-DIV.
VETS ADM
READER #4
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Record Division.
Frank Dempster Sherman, Esq.
158 West 105th Street,
New York City.
May 20, 1911.

Sir:
In response to your letter dated the 14" and received the 15" instant, you are advised that a careful search of the Revolutionary War
pension records fails to show that a claim was ever filed for Christopher Shearman (Sherman) who died October, 1800, and that the following (see negative)
is a history of the only Hannah Sherman (Shearman) found on said records.
In the papers filed in claim Wid. File No. 22,192, it is alleged, that David Sherman was born December 25, 1750, and resided at South Kingston, Rhode Island, when he enlisted and served in the Rhode Island troops
under Captain Stephen Babcock and Colonel Dyer-
1775 - four months at Boston Neck,
1777- one month; in Spencer's Expedition,
1776 -two months; in Sullivan's position,
1789 - one month at Rowland's Ferry,
He married November 20, 1775, Hannah Sherman, born December 14, 1755;
He died August 7, 1829, and she was allowed pension on her application executed December 6, 1836, at which time she was a resident of South Kingston, Rhode Island.
Sons Thomas born in 1777, and David who testified in the claim in 1836, are the only children whose names are stated.
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Form VAM-51
12-5-41
Division of Veterans' Administ
BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
Name Sherman, Edmond Grade Private
Line Lamb's Artillery
(New York)
Warrant Number 7851
ACREAGE 100 Issued November 4, 1791
To - not shown - 


*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of ""Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800
registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776,
quent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in the National Archiv