Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 11383, for Jeremiah Sherril, New York
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New York
Sherrill, Jeremiah or Sherrill
S11383
carded
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21-048
New York
Jeremiah Sherrill
Declar ... the state of New York was a private in the ... commanded by Captain Davies or the Regt commanded by Col - in the New York line for 18 months
Jeremiah Sherril
May 2/05
Records corrected

Inscribed on the roll of New York at the rate of 60 Dollars - Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March 1831

Certificate of pension issues the 22 day of Oct 1833 - and sent to M. Johnson 
Claimant Franklin

Arrears to the 4th of Sept '33 $150
Semi-ant. allowance ending ...  30
                                                  $180
{Revolutionary Claim Act June 7. 1832}
Recorded by G. C Stiles Clerk Book C Vol 4 page 87
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No 18294
Jeremiah Sherrill Deleware
County New York
e.j.K. l.m.

Admitted
Private 18 months

Capt Hartman
1775
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Sir
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832 has been examined, and the papers are here with returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form.  On comparing these papers with the followings 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 show what is necessary to be done.  These points to which your attention is more particularly directed you will find marked in the marginewith a brace. }. 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. 

A statement, showing the service ofJeremiah Sherrill Delaware County NewYork
Enlisted March 1775 /9 months /Private / Capt Hallebert /Gen Schuyler Col Livingston /Marched to Montauk Point & to Albany & to Ticondaroga / 77 years Easthampton Suffolk Cnty Long Island /traditionary our witness no certified credible
same officers /
Enlisted 1776 / 9 months / private/ Cap Davis / marched to Fort ... on North River. Marched to Montauk Point to River Head to Saybrook to New Haven / 77 years Easthampton Suffolk Cnty Long Island / The papers not properly attached - no clergyman thereas or ...

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, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, 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.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of County of }ss.
On this day of personally appeared (a) before A.B. a resident (b) of in the county of and State, Territory or District of aged (c) 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 provision 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 entered 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.
I 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 and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with , 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.
I, Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify 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, this day of &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but it neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if 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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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.
6. To a Soldier. Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it?
To an Officer. Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what 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 the 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. If 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 before 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.
[a] 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. [b] 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.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] 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 claimant 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 bis 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 mouths 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 au embodied corps called into service by competent authority that lie 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.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must 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 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.
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 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.
[j] 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 [a] to [j] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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State of New York
Delaware County } ss
On this ninth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared before the Court of Common Pleas held in & for the County of Delaware now sitting Jeremiah Sherril a resident of the town of Franklin in said county of Delaware & state of New York aged seventy seven years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed Jun 7th 1832.  That he enlisted in the army of the United States in the year 1775  for the term of nine months with Jacob Hicks Jonathon Miller John ... & Abraham Sherril .. of Regt not recollected of the New York line under the following named officers - General Schuyler, Colonel Henry B Livingston Capt John Hallibut Lieutenant John Davis & Edward Conklin.  That he was born in 1755 and at the time of his enlistment resided at Easthampton Suffolk Co Long Island.  That he enlisted in the month of March in the year of 1775 under the above named  officers and marched to Montauk Point where he remained till Sept following from thence he went with his regiment to Albany where he remained a few weeks (does not recollect exactly how long) marched from there to Ticonderoga where they arrived soon after the battle & from there they returned to fort constitution on the North River where he staid tll Dec. when his time expired.
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having been in actual service nine months when he returned home to Long Island - That in the year 1776 he enlisted under Capt. John Davis William Havens Lieut. & Edward Conklin Ensign that he went to Montauk Point where he remained till Sept under the same field officers in the first campaign mentioned above - That (they were then driven from thence by the British)  They then marched  to River Head (in) about thirty miles west in order to join the main army when they were informed that the Island was given up to the British & hence they passed over the Saybrook Conn where they remained about a month as near as he recalls.  While there he was engaged with other troops in escorting families from Long Island (from) to  Saybrook..  From thence he went to  New Haven where in the month of December he was discharged having served a second term of nine months.  And he further states (that)(that) he has long since lost his discharge - That till lately he has continued to be a resident of Easthampton his native place on Long Island & that he herewith encloses the affidavit of Peleg Miller who is knowing to the facts stated above & is the only evidence in his power at present who is acquainted with the particulars of his service.  That he has no record of his age.
(Sworn and subscribed the day and year referenced )
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He hereby relinquishes every claim 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.
Jeremiah Sherrel
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year as aforesaid }
C. B. Sheldon Clerk
And the said Court do hereby declare this opinion that that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier  and served as he states.
I Crawford B. Sheldon Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the county of Delaware do hereby certify that and annexes the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the application of Jeremiah Sherril for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this ninth day of Oct in the year one thousand eight hundred& thirty two.
C. B. Sheldon Clerk
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Hon. J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.

(Sideways on left side ) 
Aug 15 1840
Jer Sherril
NY


free
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Delhi, Aug 12, 1840

Hon. J. L. Edwards,
Dr Sir,,
Permit he to address you upon the subject of the arrears of pension due Jeremiah Sherrill who was a private in the Revolutionary Army and to whom a certificate of Pension was granted.  Oct. 25, 1833 at the rate of $60 per annum.  He died Jan 141840 & there was due him at the time of his death his allowance from Sept 4 1839 to Jany 14 1840 4 mo 10 days equal to $16.66/100
The deceased penionier has lived in Franklin for some time with his daughter Vashty Edwards who took care of him in his old age.  He left other children who reside in different states in the union, and the expense of getting them to sign the necessary papers to procure the arrears would exceed the amount due.  Mrs. Edwards claims to receive it  (to which there will be no objection from any other heir) having supported him for a long time & having the custody of the original certificate which will be delivered up.
The papers I have caused to be made out & they were rejected because they did not state Mrs. Edwards to be the  only child of Jeremiah Sherrill and that the proof was insufficient as to her identity and that the deceased pensioner left no widow.
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Will you inform me if she can obtain the balance due by establishing any other face save her being the only child?
With much respect
Your obt Servt
Peter P. Wright
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION.

3 - 525
[penciled initals]  DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
S.F. 11.383 [in pencil] Washington, D. C.
19.
In reply to your request of
received.
for a statement of the military history of Jeremiah Sherril or Sherrell
a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired
information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension
on file in this Bureau.
DATES OF
ENLISTMENT OR
APPOINTMENT.
Mch 1775
Mch 1776

LENGTH OF
SERVICE.
9 mos
9 mos

RANK.
Pvt

OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
John Filbert
John Davis

COLONEL.
Henry B Livingston
Henry B Livingston

STATE.
N.Y.

Battles engaged in,
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Easthampton, Suffolk Co  Long Island
Date of application for pension, Oct 9, 1832 His [illegible] was allowed
Residence at date of application, Franklin Delaware Co. NY
Age at date of application born in 1755 at Easthampton Long Island died  Jany[??] 14, 1840
Remarks:
Soldier lived in Franklin with his daughter  Vashty Edwards.
He left other children who resided in different states but their names are not stated nor is the name of his wife given

Respectfully,
Commissioner.

J--2856
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11383
INVALID

File No. 13,388
Jeremiah Sherrill *
Priv. Rev. war

Act: June 7th 1832
Index:- Vol A, Page 339

[Arrangement of 1870]
Jeremiah Sherril*
Records corrected May 2 ....

(left side of page)
Mary Hubert Hist to Capt C.m. Files
... of Pensions C
Jan 14/89 Nut.hist 6
John T Coughlin .713 Bismark St
N W Washington D.C.
June 16/94 Letter to  John Coughlin
1626  6th ... N. W. City  m...
1917 July 18 Hist to Mrs. Noble C Shamarry
1918 Nov 20 Hist to Mrs. E.L Rowell
1921 Sept 20 "" "" Herbert L Fordham - En
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State of New York
County of Delaware ss
I Crawford B Sheldon Clerk of the county of common please in and for the county of Delaware do certify the annexed contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Jeremiah Sherril for a pension  had in the aforesaid Court on the 9th day of October 1832.  And further that Amos Douglass Esquire, before whom the annex & affidavits  purports to have been sworn on the 10th day of June 1833 - was at the date of the  same one of the Judges of the  Court of Common pleas  in and for the county of Delaware, duly commissioned and sworn, and that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of the said Judge and verily believe his name subscribed to the said affidavit to be his proper handwriting and signature -  In testimony whereof  I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of office this 12th day of August in the year 1833
C B Sheldon Clerk
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State of New York
Delaware County }
On this tenth day of June in the year of our ord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three personally appeared before me Amos Douglass one of the Judges of the Court of Common please and for the said county of Delaware,  Jeremiah Sherrill the declarant named in the annexed declaration, and makes oath ...couty
That he
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In the matter of 
Jeremiah Sherrill 
18294
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State of New York
Delaware County }ss
Peleg Miller of the town of Franklin in the County of Delaware being duly sworn upon his oath testifies that he has seen the declaration of Jeremiah Sherril for a pension made on this ninth day of October 1832 before the Court of Common Pleas to which this is annexed  held in and for the County of Delaware & that he believes the same to be true - that he was born in the same town of Easthampton on Longisland (& has known) & has known the said Sherril from his boyhood.  That he knew of the said Sherrill enlistment for the terms of nine months each, as in said declaration mentioned, and that he knew the officers  therein named under whom the said Sherril enlisted that he is also acquainted with many of the facts therein related& has understood & believes that the said Sherril served the full term of both enlistments.
Peleg Miller
Subscribed & sworn in open court this 9th day of October 1832 before me 
C B Sheldon Clerk
I certify that the above named Peleg Miller is to me well known, and that he is a credible witness and this his statement is entitled to credit
C B Sheldon Clerk
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Hon. Hugh Halsey
Bridgehampton
Suffolk County
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State of New York
County of Suffolk }ss

Personally appeared before me Jonathon S Conklin a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, Abraham Sherril Junr who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he enlisted as a private in the continental line of troops in the service of the United States in the Revolutionary War under the following named officers Gen Schuyler, Col. Henry Livingston, Capt. John Hurlbert, Lieut John Parks and Edward Conklin.  That he enlisted the service in the month of March 1775 under his first enlistment he then residing in the town of Easthampton in the county aforesaid, he marched to Montauk Point on the East end of Long Island, where he remained as a soldier until the month of September following, from thence to Albany, thence to Ticonderoga, thence by way of the Hudson River to Fort Constitution, at which place he was discharged from the service in the month of December following,  after having continued in the service of his country nine months which was the term of his enlistment that he again enlisted for another period of nine months in the year 1776 in the month of March, and again marched to Montaug, alias Montauk Point under Capt John Davis, Lieut William Havens, Ensign Edward Conklin where he staid until September following under the same field officers as in the first Campaign he marched from thence to Riverhead in the county aforesaid, where they learned that Long Island was given
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given up to the British, from thence they marched to the Northern part of the town of South old, from thence ... the Sound for SayBrook in the State of Connecticut from SayBrook they marched to New Haven in the last mentioned State, where he was discharged in December following, having served nine months the term of period of his second enlistment.  That he is well acquainted with Jeremiah Sherrill, who was then an inhabitant of the town of Easthampton aforesaid, and that the said Jeremiah Sherril enlisted into the service of the United States at the times that he , the deponent did, and served the same periods, namely nine months under the first and also nine months under the second enlistment, and under the same officers as he the deponent did, and further the deponent saith not
Abraham Sherril Junr
Sworn to, and subscribed the 12th day of July 1833 before me 
Jonathon S Conklin, Justce
I, Jonathon S Conklin a Justice of the Peace in & for the county of Suffolk and state of New York, do hereby certify that I am well acquainted  with Abraham Sherril Junr who has sworn to, and subscribed the above deposition, and that I hknow him to be a person of truth and veracity and that his statements set forth in the foregoing affadavit are entitled to credit - Given under my hand at Easthampton this 13th day of July in the year of our Lord 1833 
Jonathon S Conklin Justice
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Suffolk County 
Clerk Office }
I Joseph Huntting clerk of the court of common pleas for the county of Suffolk do hereby certify that Jonathon S Conklin before whom the annexed affidavit of Abraham Sherril  Jun was taken is a Justice of the Peace for said county that I am acquainted with his hand writing and believe the same genuine.  Setting my  hand and seal of office this  1st day of August  1833
Joseph L Huntting
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State of New York
Suffolk County - ss
Silvanus Halsey of the town of Southampton in the county of Suffolk and state of New York being first duly sworn  deposeth and saith - That early in the spring of the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy six he entered the service of the United States as a volunteer in the continental linesearned that the Island was given up to the British. They t under the following named Officers John Davis, Captain William Heurefont Lieutenant Edward Conklin second Lieutenant  Sylvanus Conklin ensign - And Henry B Livingston Colonel.  That  the company to which he belonged first marched to and was stationed at Montauk Point on the East end of Long Island that the company remained there until the last of August of that year.  At which time they were ordered to march to Brooklyn on Long Island. That they  marched as far as Riverhead in the county of Suffolk where they lhen marched to Starting  in the town of Sauthelet - And there embarked on board of a sloop and went to Saybrook in the state of Connecticut.  Continued there till some time in October of the same year when they embarked on board a sloop and went to New Haven.  While stationed at New Haven the company to which the present deponent belonged crossed Long Island Sound in boats to under the Command of Colonel Henry B Livingston  to Setauket on Long Island where they held a skirmish with the British.  Lost  one man killed and had one man wounded - took twenty eight prisoners.  And captured two sloops laden with wood and carried them to New Haven that the company to which the deponent belonged marched from New Haven the last of November or first of December through Danbury to Fishkill barracks.  Thence to Fort Constitution and hence to Fort Montgomery in the state of New York when they staid about two months and were there discharged from the service in the month of March 1777 - And this deponent
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further saith that he enlisted in the service in the town of Southampton aforesaid - and at the time of said enlistment he was well acquainted with Jeremiah Sherrill who was then a resident of the town of Easthampton in said county of Suffolk. That the said Jeremiah Sherrill enlisted with the same company as the deponent in the early part of the spring in the year 1776.  And continued in the service with deponent and the same company and marched with them to Montauk, thence to Riverhead, thence to Sterling thence sailed to Saybrook thence sailed to New Haven - thence crossed the sound to Setauket thence back to New Haven.  And that he was during all this time in service with this deponent - until the deponent left New Haven for Fort Montgomery - And this deponent further saith that he cannot recollect whether the said Jeremiah Sherrill marched with them to Fort Montgomery - as whether  he was discharged at New Haven - And this deponent further saith that the said Jeremiah Sherrill was in service in the campaign above mentioned as the ... ... for the period of nine months - And deponent further saith that the said Jeremiah Sherrill now resides as he has been informed and believes in the county of Delaware in the state of New York - And further saith not - 
Silvanus Halsey
Sworn & subscribed before me this 4th day of July A D 1833
Hugh Halsey one of the Judges of the Court o Common pleas for the County of Suffolk 
I Hugh Halsey one of the Judges of the Court of Common pleas in the county of Suffolk do certify that I am well acquainted with Silvanus Halsey who has subscribed and sworn to the above and ... affidavit. And do further certify that he is a credible witness and that full faith and credit is to be given to his statement as set forth in said affidavit -that he is a man of fair character and apparent integrity 
Hugh Halsey Judge
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Suffolk County
Clerk Office } 
I Joseph L Huntting clerk of the common pleas in ... for the county of Suffolk  do hereby certify Hugh Halsey Esq before whom the foregoing deposition of Silvanus Halsey was taken  is one of the Judges of the Court of Common pleas for said county that I am well acquainted with his hand writing and believe  the same genuine Witness my hand and seal  office this 1st day of August 1833
Joseph L Huntting
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3-872
RECORDS
CHANGES TO BE MADE
Name Jeremiah Sherril

Jeremiah Sherrill
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Bureau of Pensions
Any other
Jeremiah Sherrill 
besides 11383?
No.I.No W.

Any Pen for Soloman Day?

Any record of Abraham Sherrill 
War 1812
BL or Pen?

not 1812 D
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Rev.Svc
Herbert L Fordham
Oak Farm
Greenport, Long Islane
August 22, 1921
Pension Office
Washington D.C.

Dear Sirs:

Will you please send me a complete record of the services during the Revolution of my ancestor Jeremiah Sherrill of East Hampton, N>Y. who seems to have been granted a pension in October, 1832.

Very truly yours,
Herbert L Fordham
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Record Division
August 27 1921
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Franklin, New York
November 11, 1915

Department of Revolutionary Records
Washington D.C.

I wish to investigate the Revolutionary record of Jeremiah Sherrill (Sheril?) who was a pensioner of the Revolutionary war. Can this department furnish me any information concerning his service, age, etc?  I shall be very grateful for any data received.
Very truly
Mrs. C.L Rowell
Franklin
Delaware Co
New York
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Chicago Chapter of the daughters of the American Revolution
Mrs. Noble Clemons Shumway, Registrar
4486 North Robey Street
Telephone Edgewater ...
Chicago, Illinois

July 12, 1917

Bureau of Pensions
Washington D.C.

Please send me copy of the Pension certificate of Jeremiah Sherrill born 1750 in Easthampton NY.  He served in 1775 in Capt Hulbert's co Col. Clinton's Regt.  This he died in Franklin N.Y.  Facts in regard to wife and family necessary to prove papers for admission to the D.A.R.
Thanking you in advance
I am very truly yours
Frances E Shumway (Mrs. Noble C)
Registrar
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Shumway

U. S. Pension Office
July 14 1917
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Sherrill's service was the war of 1812 & you will please find enclosed a statement of the service of Soloman Day as desired.

Department of the Interior
Bureau of Pension
Washington D.C.

(form)
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Referring to you communique on behalf of your ... Mr. Chas H Sherrill Jr additional info relative to the name and family hist of Jeremiah Sherrill a soldier of the Rev War you are advised that his pension papers have been carefully examined and it appears that this particular soldier was born in the year 1755 (probably in East Hampton N.Y.) and died Jan 14, 1840 in Franklin NY where he had been living for some time with his daughter Vashty Edwards.  No other points of relativity have been discovered.
Owing to the pressure of other and more important work of the Bureau it would be impractical to furnish copies of the papers.
A careful search has been made and no other Rev person bearing the name Jeremiah Sherrill has been found, neither has any record been found of Abraham
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Sirs:
Referring to your communication ..., in behalf of your correspondent, Mr.Charles P. Sherrill, additional information relative in the military and family history of Jeremiah Sherrill, a soldier of the Revolutionary war, you are advised that his pension papers have been carefully examined and it appears that this particular soldier was born in the year 1750 (probably in East Hampton, N.Y.) and died January 14, 1840 in Franklin, New York where he had been living for some time with his daughter, Vanti Edwards.  No other points of identity have been discovered.
Owing to the pressure of other and more important work of the Bureau it would be impracticable to furnish copies of the papers.
A careful search has been made and no other Revolutionary pensioner bearing the name Jeremiah Sherrill has been found: neighbor has any record been found of Abraham Sherrill's services in the war of 1812.
You will please find enclosed a statement of the services of Soloman Day, as desired.

Very Respectfully,,
Acting Commissioner 

Mr. John T. Conghlin
1626 6th St. N.W. , City