Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 15637, for Thomas Sherwood, New York
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(3 - 1776) SERVICE 
Conn 
Continental 
New York 

Sherwood Thomas

Number
S.15637
carded

CONTENTS
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22571 
Connecticut
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Thomas Sherwood 
Fairfield in the State of Conn 
who was a private in the com commanded 
by Captain Jones of the regt commanded 
by Col Mc Dougle  in the Connecticut 
line for 15 months and 15 days 
& Continental & N.Y

Nov 25 1838 
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Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut 
at the rate of 27 Dollars 66 Cents per annum 
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 4 day of [March] 1833 and Applican[*] 
Ridgefield 
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Arrears to the 4th of Sept  129.1 
Semi-anl allowance ending 4 March 23  25
                                                        $154.98
(Seal)
The National Archives of the United States

{Revolutionary Claim}
{Act of June 7, 1832}

Recorded by Danl Boyd
Book E Vol. 7  Page 42
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State of Connecticut }
County of Fairfield} SS. Ridgefield 

On this third day of Aug 1832 personally appeared in Open Court before the Court of Probate for the District of Danbury in the said County and State the same being a Court Record and now sitting at Ridgefield in the applicant  now sitting Thomas Sherwood a Resident of of said Town of Ridgefield Aged Seventy Nine years who being first sworn according to Law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832-- 
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein Stated viz. 
That about the first of January 1776 he enlisted into the service of the United States for two months  in a company under the command of Captain Ebenezer Jones in Connecticut State Troops -  that he enlisted as a private Soldier and served in the City of New York for the full period of the enlistment, and was verbally discharged by said Captain Jones..
The said Company among others was ordered to New York for the defence of the same under the apprehension of a speedy attack of the British as they about leaving the Harbor of Boston 
And this declarant further states that in the Month of April 1776, he enlisted as a private Soldier in a company under the command of Captain Cornelius Steward for one year in Colonel McDougal's Regiment at this time of the [crossed out - Connecticut]  New York State Troops. That said
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corps was mustered for service in the City of New York on or about the first day of May 1776. and encamped in the Bowery about five weeks, When I made an exchange with one Gilbert William belonging to a company under the command of Captain Leavenworth in Colonel Webbs Regiment, and was transfered from the company of Captain Steward to that of Captain Leavenworth, and proceeded soon to Harlem in said State of New York where we remained until the day previous to the surrendry of New York to the British - 
Then Marched to the White plains halting for a few days at the ["Walnuts”?] so called - when we remand about a month, thence to [Crumford?] thence crossed the Hudson River and marched to Morristown, thence under the command of General Lee. to Basking Ridge, where said Lee was taken prisoner by a party of the Enemy - Thence in a forced march of two or three days we arrived cold and fatigued at the Delaware river, and crossed over to Easton in the State of Pennsylvania - Thence marched to a place called Newton passing through the Moravian settlement at Bethlehem — passed them within about a mile of the Delaware River where the detachment encamped for a few days with provisions put up and canteens filled holding ourselves in readiness for a march at a moments Notice — 
were called into the field and found into a hollow square and heard read the orders which were “death, to leave the ranks”, and a prayer offered to the Throne of Grace, by the Chaplain Reverend  [illegible] Gandey then marched
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to the Delaware River and Immediately crossed over exhausted and fatigued and nearly frozen having been out in a severe storm of Hail and rain.
the Regiment to which this declarant belonged, being now with the main army under General Washington Marched in the direction of Trenton in New Jersey and having arrived within about four miles of the Town. The army halted and on resuming their march separated One division under Genl Washington taking the left and the other division with whom was this declarant taking the right -  
the said divisions to unite at said Trenton, the said division on the right having marched within about a mile of the Town was ordered to “halt” being now near day light in the morning  - the said division remained in a State of Uncertainty until the Artillery passed. Then formed into Platoons, and advanced rapidly upon the town and there arrived about the moment that a body of Hessian Soldiers had surrendered to the division under Genl Washington, 
when said Hessian prisoners were [secured?] the division to which this declarant belonged, marched back to the encampment on the west side of the  Delaware River and about one mile from the same having suffered incredible hardships from the cold and the fatigues of the March being without shoes or clothing or food and literally marking our path with blood, this being as this declarant believes on the morning of the 26 December 1776 the troops remained encamped at this place for
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about three days when the encampment broke up and the troops returned to Trenton and this declarant remained at said Trenton until the first day of January 1777. and the period of his enlistment having expired, viz nine months he was honorably discharged Verbelly and returned home - 
said Colonel Webbs Regiment was [illegible] State troops

And this declarant further states that  in the month of April 1777. when a party of the Enemy landed at [Compo?] and proceeded to Danbury and then destroyed the stores he was in the service as a volunteer followed the British from Danbury, and at Ridgefield he with a few others were standing hear General Wooster under cover of a [illegible] and was unexpectedly nearly surrounded by the enemy were hastily ordered by Gen Wooster to retreat as they were surrounded, And almost at the same moment he Genl Wooster recd a mortal wound-- And this declarant, narrowly escaped having been repeately hit by the British bullets The above tour occupying one week - 
And further that in the month of July 1779. this declarant volunteered as a private soldier to go to Norwalk in said County for the defence of that place. performed the service in a company of Militia under Captain Gray was on duty at said Norwalk when it was burned by the Enemy, and continued in said service one week 
And the Declarant further states that in the month of January 1779 while the Army of General Putnam Consisting of “[Poost?]”
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Parsons, and Huntingtons Brigade was encamped at Redding in said County of Fairfield he was employed as a superintendant of teams and served in that Capacity for three months and was discharged on the last of March 1779 

And this declarant states that prior to the last tour of service viz in October 1777, he was at [Greenspoint?] in the State of New York, and that he went as a volunteer in a company of Militia under the command of Lieutenant Hawley in Colonel Cookes Regiment to the rescue of Fort Montgomery on the Hudson River, and was on duty on the east bank of the River when said Fort was taken by the British under Genl Clinton. that soon after said troops marched to Fishkill, and encamped for a short period, when they marched down the River to the place of their former encampment opposite the Fort and finding all the Baracks destroyed, they were dismissed and this declarant returned home, having served in this tour half a month- 
And further that in the year 1779 (in the fall,) he was in the service of the United States, for two months, in a company of drafted Militia under the command of Captain Daniel Godfrey, said Company being stationed for a part of the above period at [Prescot?] farms in the County of Fairfield, and the remainder employed in guarding the coast from Stratford to Fairfield and that he served in said Company as a Private and was honorably discharged -
And this declarant further states, that in the year 1781. (as he believes) knows it was the same a that the French Fleet arrived in America
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he performed two tours of service in a company of drafted Militia as a private soldier, and the company to which he belonged, was stationed at Horseneck, watching the movements of the Enemy -  that while there a person was taken up on suspicion of being a spy. and this declarant with two or three others was sent to guard said suspected person and deliver him safely to the head quarters of the American Army then lying in the vicinity of West Point -  that they faithfully performed said duty and returned to Horseneck, 
and this declarant was soon after discharged having served in the two drafts one month and a half 
He states that he cannot at this late period recollect the names of the officers of his company or Regiment, and knows of no person now & living by whom he can prove such service and has no documentary evidence in relation thereto 
He further states that in the same year viz. 1781 he was drafted and served half a month in the Town of Fairfield, in a Sergeant guard (Militia) but does not recollect the name of the Sergeant nor does he know of any person living by whom he can prove such service, neither has he any documentary evidence relating to it 
That he was born in the Town of Fairfield 
aforesaid on the 24 May 1753 -  has no record of his age, but depends on the information received from his parents. - That he lived in Redding and Ridgefield - said County at aforesaid periods when he entered service as aforesaid that
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subsequent to the war of the Revolution he has resided in the Town of Ridgefield aforesaid and still resides in the same place. That he has no written or documentary evidence of his service, other than that transmitted herewith. That he is acquainted with Levi Brunson and Jesse S. Bradley and others and who can testify as to his character for veracity and their belief of his service as a soldier of the Revolution 

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or account except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State -  
Thomas Sherwood

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid 
Attest Edward Taylor Clerk  

We,  Levi Brunson a Clergyman residing in the town of Danbury in Faifield County and Jesse Bradley residing in Ridgefield Countyhereby certify that we are well acquainted with Thomas Sherwood who has subscribed and Sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be seventy nine 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 - 
Levi Brunson
Jesse S. Bradley
Sworn and Subscribed in open Court the day & year aforesaid New Brunson 
Attest Edward Taylor Clerk
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And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states 
and the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that Levi Brunson who has signed the preceeding certificate is a Clergyman resident in the town of Danbury and that Jesse S Bradley who has also signed to same is a resident of the Town of Ridgefield, and is a credible person and that then statement is entitled to credit 
Edward Taylor Clerk 

I Edward Taylor Clerkof the Court of Probate for the District of Danbury do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Thomas Sherwood for a Pension 

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of my said office this 3 day of August 1832 
Attest Edward Taylor Clerk
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State of Connecticut} 
County of Fairfield⎬ S.S. 

I, Reuben Booth of Danbury in the said County Judge of the Court of Probate, within & for the District of Danbury in the said County & State do hereby certify that Edward Taylor Esquire who hath signed & certified the foregoing proceedings of the said Court of Probate and the certificates of Caption of the annexed Depositions is Clerk thereof & was such Clerk, duly appointed & sworn, at the time the same purport to have been signed & certified by him. That the said signatures purporting to be the signatures of the said Edward Taylor are in his proper hand writing, and that full faith & credit are due to his attestations as such Clerk 
In testimony whereof
 I have hereunto set my 
hand in Danbury 
aforesaid this 8th day 
of August A.D. 1832-
 Reuben Booth Judge of 
the Court of Probate in 
the District of Danbury 
Connecticut
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We Samuel and Salmon Sherwood both of Ridgefield in the County of Fairfield and State of Connecticut, the former aged seventy years and the latter sixty years of age, being both first duly sworn do depose and say that Thomas Sherwood of Ridgefield, to them both personally known, according to them but from knowledge and belief was employed as superintendant of Teams in the first part of January 1779 in which capacity he acted until the close the month of month of March of the same year, making in all about three months it was in the spring of the year and latter part of the winter, while, Genl Parsons, [illegible] & Huntingtons Brigade lay at Red[illegible]  in Connecticut under the command Major General Putnam and verily believe said Sherwood performed said service- 
Samuel Burr 
Zalmon Sherwood
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State of Connecticuty} 
Fairfield County}        Ridgefield July 1832 

On the day and year above written personally appeared Samuel Burr and Zalmon Sherwood both to me well known as the persons who signed the foregoing deposition and also persons of truth and veracity, and severally made oath to the truth of the facts therein stated.

before me 
Jesse S. Bradley Justice of Peace
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I, Thomas Wilson of the town of Ridgefield County of Fairfield and State of Connecticut  aged seventy four years, being duly sworn according to law, depose and say 
That I am personally acquainted with with Thomas Sherwood to Ridgefield in said County of Fairfield, and know that said Sherwood served for two months in the militia at New York in the year 1776 in a company commanded by Capt Ebenezer Jones [crossed out-in the militia] also that in the same year said Sherwood served for nine months, viz five in the company commanded by Capt Steinrod and the remainder of the time in Capt Leavenworths Company to make up said period in Col Webbs Regiment and according to this deponents best knowledge and belief said Sherwood was dismissed or discharged honorably at the termination of each of said periods of service and further say not - 
Thomas Wilson

[illegible]
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State of Connecticut 
Fairfield County ⎬ Ridgefield July 20 1882 

On the day and year above written personally appeared Thomas Wilson to me well known as a man of truth and veracity and signer of the foregoing deposition and made oath to the truth of the service

before me Jesse S. Bradley Justice of Peace
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I Benjamin Lynes of Ridgefield in the County of Fairfield and State of Connecticut aged seventy three years, being duly sworn according to law, depose testify and say that I am well acquainted with Thomas Sherwood of said Ridgefield, and know that said Sherwood served in the fall of the year 1779 in the militia under Captain Daniel Godfrey for the space of two months, in guarding the coast from Stratford, Fairfield and Greens [Farms?] all in Connecticut and as this deponent thinks  and verily believes  sd Sherwood was honorably and verbally dismissed at the expiration of said service and farther saith not 
Benj Lynes 

State of Connecticut 
Fairfield County     Ridgefield July 20 1832 

On the day and year above written personally appeared Benjamin Lyne known to me to be the same person who subscribed the foregoing deposition and also a man of truth and veracity and made oath to the truth of the facts therein stated  

before me Jesse S Braley Justice of Peace 
July
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State of Connecticut} 
Fairfield County⎬ss 

I the undersigned a Notary Public within and for said County duly appointed, commissioned and sworn dwelling in Danbury in the said County as hereby certify that Jesse Bradley Esq.  [crossed out - before] who hath signed the certificates of [caption?] of the foregoing Depositions of an Samuel Burr, Zalmon Sherwood, Thomas Wilson and Benjamin Lynes, now is and was on the 20th day of July 1822 and ever since has been an acting Justice of the Peace within and for said County, duly appointed commissioned and sworn, and by the authority of said State authorized and empowered to administer oaths and take Depositions - that the signatures subscribed to said Certificate purporting to be his are in the hand writing of the said Jesse S. Bradley  and that full faith and credit are due his 
attestations as a Justice of the Peace-

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Notational seal at Danbury aforesaidthis 11th day of August 1832
Reuben Booth 
Notary Public
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We the Subscribers, Inhabitants of the Town of Ridgefield in the County of Fairfield and State of Connecticut hereby certify and declare that we are well and personally acquainted with Thomas Sherwood of said Ridgefield who hath made application for a pension for Revolutionary services, and for many years has been. That he sustains a good character for integrity and truth. That we have [have] heard read his declaration made before the Court of Probate for the district of Danbury for a pension and from our confidence in him as a man of integrity and strict regard to truth, we fully believe he served as he has there stated 
Samuel Stebbins 
Nathan Smith 
Jesse S. Bradley 
Matthew Olmsted 
Harry Smith 
Philip Kuber 

August 3d 1832 
Sworn & Subscribed in open Court and the said Court being well acquainted with the above named deponents who all reside in the town of Ridgefield do certify that they are all gentlemen of the first respectability & are credible witnesses 
Attest Edward Taylor Clerk
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[B?]

State of Connecticut }
Fairfield County⎬ ss Ridgefield 

On this 15th day of June 1833 personally appeared before me Harry Smith a Justice of the Peace for said County, Thomas Sherwood a resident [crossed out-for] in said County, aged Eighty years, who being sworn according to Law doth on his Oath make the following declaration. Supplementary to and explanatory of his Original declaration made before the Court of Probate for the district of Danbury in said County on the third day of August 1832, for the purpose of obtaining the benefit of the act of Congress of June 7, 1832 - 

In explanation of the nine months service this declarant states that on the first day of April in the year 1776 he enlisted into a company of New York State Troops under the command of Captain Cornelious Steinrod, in Colonel McDougals Regiment for One Year that  he joined the regiment in the City of New York at least as early as the 15th day of said April (the particular day he cannot particularly recollect, but is certain it was as early as above stated) 

That he with his Regiment lay encamped in the Bowery  in said City, four weeks, when this declarant being a Citizen of Connecticut and preferring Service in the Connecticut troops off[illegible] an Exchange with one Gilbert Wilson then a private in Captain Leavenworth Company of Connecticut troops, in Col. Charles Webbs  Regiment, that he immediately entered upon the service in the place of said Wilson -  this declarant further states that said
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Steinrods Company, and likewise said Sherwood were raised on the first of April the former for one year the latter for nine months so that although he enlisted for a year by exchanging Companies he received a discharge at the expiration of nine months from said first of April 

He cannot State with more precision the names of the Officer under whom he served. the several places where the service was, as aforesaid, that is stated in said Original declaration to which he would respectfully refer the department.- In the said Nine months service he was a private - and had served from said 15th April to the first of January following either in the field, on a march or in garrison, and was not engaged in any civil pursuit -  

As no objections appear against the other [illegible] (except [illegible]service), this declarant deemed it unnecessary to State further respecting them -  
Thomas Sherwood 

Sworn and Subscribed 
this 15th day of June 
One thousand Eight hundred 
And thirty three 

before me Harry Smith Justice of the Peace
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State of Connecticut}
Fairfield County} ss

I Thomas B Osborne Clerk of the County Court within and for the County of Fairfield in the State of Connecticut do hereby certify that Jesse Bradley Esquire, whose own proper signatures known to me to be genuine are annexed to the Certificates on the foregoing depositions of Samuel Burr & Zalmon Sherwood of Thomas Wilson and of Benjamin Lynes, was, at the dates of said Certificates, a Justice of the Peace for Fairfield County duly commissioned & duly authorized to administer oaths and take depositions & I further certify that Harry Smith Esquire whose own proper signature known to me to be genuine is annexed to the Certificate on the foregoing Deposition of Thomas Sherwood is now and was at the date of this said Certificate a Justice of the Peace for Fairfield County duly commissioned & duly authorized to administer oaths & take Depositions &c. In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand & affixed the Seal of said County Court in Fairfield this 15th day of July AD 1833 
Thomas B Osborne Clerk 
of said County Court
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January 27, 1938

BA-J/ILL 
Thomas Sherwood 
S. 15037 

Mrs. George Hildebrand 
111 Prindle Avenue 
Johnstown, New York. 

Dear Madam: 

The data which follow are shown in the papers on file in pension claim, S. 15637, based upon service of Thomas Sherwood in the Revolutionary War. 

Thomas Sherwood was born May 24, 1753, in Fairfield, Fair field County, Connecticut; the names of his parents are not shown. He resided in the towns of Redding and Ridgefield, both in Fairfield County, Connecticut, during the period of the Revolutionary War. 

Thomas Sherwood enlisted in January 1776, and served two months as a private in Captain Jones' Connecticut Company, engaged in the defense of New York City. He enlisted between the first and middle of April 1776, and served five weeks as a private in Captain Cornelius Steinrod's company, Colonel McDougal's regiment of New York troops, camped in the “Bowery” in New York City, then joined Captain Leavenworth's company, Colonel Charles Webb's Connecticut regiment, was with the troops at White Plains, marched through New Jersey, crossed the Delaware River with the main army under General Washington, suffered the incredible hardships of the winter, and was discharged January 1, 1777. He volunteered in April 1777, when Danbury was burned, and was so close to General Wooster when he was mortally wounded at Ridgefield, that he was hit by British bullets, length of this service one work; in the fall of 1777, he served one half a month under Lieutenant Hawley and Colonel Cook in the Connecticut troops at Fort Montgomery. From January 1, 1779, he served three months as superintendent of teams, Generals Parsons and Huntington's Brigades; he volunteered in July 1779, and served one week in Captain Gray's company, in the defense of Norwalk; he enlisted in the fall of 1779, and served two months as a private in Captain Daniel Godfrey's Connecticut Company. In 1781, he served several
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tours as private in the Connecticut troops, amounting in all to about two months, engaged in Horseneck and Fairfield, Connecticut, officers' names not given. 

After the Revolutionary War, Thomas Sherwood resided in Ridgefield, Connecticut.

Thomas Sherwood was allowed pension on his application executed August 3, 1832, at which time he resided in Ridgefield, Connecticut. He died November 25, 1838. 

No reference was made to wife or children of the above noted soldier 

Salmon Sherwood was a resident of Ridgefield, Connecticut, in 1832, aged then sixty years; no relationship between him and Thomas Sherwood was stated. 

Very truly yours, 

A. D. HILLER, Executive Assistant 
to the Administrator
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P 
15637 
INVALID. 
File No. 15.637 
Thomas Sherwood
Pri Rev War
Act: June 7" 32 
Index:- Vol. 1, Page 340 
[Arrangement of 1870.] 

1930 Apr 11 Photos mailed to Kate S. Curry & Fin. Div. ntfd.  A.D.Y.
1935 Feb. 25. Hist. to Mrs. Beatrice D. Carlson – J L.L.
1938. Jan 17 - Hist. to Mrs. Geo. Hildenbrand – J L L
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6309 
Thomas Sherwood 
Fairfield Co. 
Connecticut 
from 1776 private
15 ½ months.
$51. 66/100

applicant Ridgefield Con

Sherwood, Thomas
Conn – Cont- NY
S15637
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Thomas Sherwood which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? 
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? 
III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? 
IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? 
V. *Has he mentioned 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 amout of pension he is entitled? [Response illegible – too light]
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? 
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? 
VII. Has the Court given their opinion? 
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? 
X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal?
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? 
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? 
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? 
XIV. If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? 
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? 
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? 
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? 
XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? 
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? 
EXPLANATORY NOTES. 
*QUERE V. 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, and --- days, I served as a --- For --- months and ---- days, I served as a --- and for such service I claim a pension.
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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 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 shewn 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. 
QUERE XIV. 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 claimants 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.
QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper 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. 
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

[Handwritten response illegible – too light to read]
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[postmark]
JOHNSTOWN N.Y. JAN 18 1210 PM 1938

THIS SIDE OF CARD FOR ADDRESS 

U.S. Pension Office, 
Washington, D. C.

[stamp]
RECEIVED JAN 19 1938
MAIL [illegible] DIV.
VETS. [illegible]
READER NO 16
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111 Prindle Ave., Johnstown, N. Y. Jna. 17, 1938. 

U.S. Pension Office, 
Washington, D.C. 

Gentlemen:- 
Kindly send me copy of record containing data given on the pension application of THOMAS SHERWOOD, “CONNECTICUT, Cont, and New York”, file #S.15637. 
Also send me pension record of either HENRY Schaefer or John Schaefer (Shaffer) with wife, and one of the girls, Hannah Schaefer, married Henry Cronkhite. These Sanders served in Revolution in 15th Reg. Albany County Militia under Col. Peter Vrooman. It may possibly have been Jacob Shaffer (p.222)or Hendrick Shafer, (p.232)See N.Y. (p.129 p.186) in Revolution, also Supplement.(p.281-210)
Yours respectfully, 
Mrs. George Hildenbrand,

(Handwritten note)
See census N.Y. 1790 Canajoharie town 
Mont Co. N.Y. 
I know Hannah Schaefer Cronkhite = father & I think her husband served in Rev
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Apt. 412, "Blackburn,” 
4471 Olive Street, 
Saint Louis, Missouri, 
February 9, 1935. 

Ref:  S-15637
THOMAS SHERWOOD. 
REVOLUTIONARY WAR. 

The Commissioner of Pensions, 
Veterans' Administration, 
Washington, D. C. 
Dear Sir: Will you please advise me as to whether there is a record of the children of one THOMAS SHERWOOD, REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIER, who is recorded in your files under Claim No. 5 -156377? 

If the names of his children and the name of his wife appear thereon will you please favor me with a list of such and any dates referring to the same. 

Will you please, also, give me the dates of birth, marriage and death of THOMAS SHERWOOD, if you have them, and advise me if this is the THOMAS SHERWOOD who later removed to Canada? 

Thanking you in advance for your courtesy, I am 

Respectfully yours, 
Beatrice D. Carlson 
(Mrs. Beatrice D. Carlson), 
Apt. 412 " Blackburn," 
4471 Olive Street, 
Saint Louis, Missouri. 

(Office Stamp)

RECEIVED Feb 13 1935
[illegible]-Div
[illegible]/22
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SUBMIT IN DUPLICATE. 1-681 PHONE Branch 476 
All inquiries regarding this job should refer to Requisition No. 41781 
Requisition for Duplicating, Addressograph, Photostat, and Blue Print Work. 
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 
WASHINGTON 
CHIEF, Division of Publications, Room G 139.  Please furnish work specified below.
Apr. 4. 1930. 192 
Bureau ordering Pensions  Deliver to Room No. 5033

(ALL COPY FOR DUPLICATING WORK SHOULD BE PLAIN AND WRITTEN IN ELITE TYPE, EXACTLY LINE FOR LINE AS IT IS TO APPEAR ON FINISHED JOB.) 
Title and description of job 
__photostatic copies of seven pages from Revolutionary War pension claim of Thomas Sherwood, S. 15637__ 
No. of copies 
_1 of each page   
Shall form be kept standing? ___days 
For further information see M.M.H. Finch  Room No. 5033  Phone No. 541
Approved: 
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April 4, 1930

Commissioner of Pensions 
Washington, D.C. 

Dear Sir: 
Kindly send me uncertified photostatic copies of seven pages from the Revolutionary War pension claim of Thomas Sherwood, S. 15637. 
Kate S. Curry 
1420 Girard St. N.W. 
Washington, D.C.

Received payment 
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April 4, 1930 
N.C. Stokes 
Rev. & 1812 Wars Section 

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BUREAU OF PENSIONS
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List of pages to Miss Curry 
Soldier's appl. Aug. 3, 1832 - 7p
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January 27, 1938 

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

BA-J/ENL

Mrs. George Hildenbrand 
111 Prindle Avenue 
Johnston, New York 

Dear Madam: 

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the pension record of Thomas Sherwood, File No. 15637; also, records of Henry and John Schaefer, who served in the Albany County, Militia, all soldiers of the Revolutionary War.

Because of the great demand for Revolutionary War data and the limited trained clerical force available for furnishing rush information, it is impossible to comply in full with each request pertaining to soldiers of that war. The record of Thomas Sherwood, S.18457, is furnished you herewith. 
Very truly yours 
A. D. HILLER 
Executive Assistant 
to the Administrator.
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February 23, 1935. 
BA-J/ILL 
Thomas Sherwood 
S. 15637 
Mrs. Beatrice D. Carlson 
Apartment 412, "Blackburn” 
4471 Olive Street 
Saint Louis, Missouri. 
Dear Madam: 
Reference is made to your letter in which you request information regarding Thomas Sherwood, a Revolutionary War soldier, pension claim, S. 15637. 
The record of Thomas Sherwood is given herein as found in said pension claim. 
Thomas Sherwood was born May 24, 1753 in Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut; the names of his parents are not shown. He resided in the towns of Redding and Ridgefield, both in Fairfield County, Connecticut, during the period of the Revolutionary War. 
He enlisted in January 1776, and served two months as private in Captain Ebenezer Jones' Connecticut company, engaged in the defense of New York city. He enlisted sometime between the first and middle of April, 1776, and served five weeks as private in Captain Cornelius Steinrod's company, Colonel McDougal's regiment of New York troops, camped in the "Bowery" in New York city, then joined Captain Leavenworth's company, Colonel Charles Webb's regiment of Connecticut troops, was with the troops at White Plains, marched through New Jersey crossed the Delaware River with the main army under General Washington, suffered the incredible hardships of the winter, and was discharged January 1, 1777. He volunteered in April 1777 when Danbury was burned, and was so close to General Wooster when he was mortally wounded at Ridgefield that he was hit by British bullets, length of this service one week; in the fall of 1777, he served one half a month under Lieutenant Hawley and Colonel Cook in the Connecticut troops at Fort Montgomery. From January 1, 1779, he served three months as superintendent of teams, Generals Parsons and Huntington's Brigades; he volunteered in July 1779, and served one week in Captain Gray's company in the defense of Norwalk; he
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enlisted in the fall of 1779, and served two months as private in Captain Daniel Godfrey's Connecticut company. In 1781, he served several tours as private in the Connecticut troops, amounting in all to about two months, engaged in Horseneck and Fairfield Connecticut , officers' names not given. 
After the Revolutionary War, Thomas Sherwood resided in Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut. 
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 3, 1832, at which time he resided in Ridgefield, Connecticut. 
The soldier died November 25, 1838. 
There is no reference to wife or children of Thomas Sherwood. One Zalmon Sherwood was a resident of Ridgefield, Connecticut, in 1832, then aged sixty years; no relationship to Thomas Sherwood was stated. 
Very truly yours, 
A. D. HILLER, 
Executive Assistant to the Administrator.