Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 4511, for James Sheridan, Pennsylvania
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Service
Penn.

Sheridan, James
                Mary

Number
W.4511
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Agent Notified

Date of death not {illegible}


3,690
Pittsburgh, Penn.

Mary Sheridan
widow of James Sheridan
Penn.
who died on the 17.May 1803
of Indiana Co. in the State of Penn.
who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Wilbert of the _________commanded by _______________in the Penn. line for 2 years

Inscribed on the Roll of Pittsburgh 
at the rate of 80 Dollars per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March,1831

Certificate of Pension issued the 19th day of March 1842 and sent to J.J. Young Esq.
Indiana, Penn.

Arrears to the 4th of Sept. 1842        920.00
Semi=annual allowance ending
                                           4 Mar. '63  40.00
                                                            _______      
                                                             960.00
{Revolutionary Claim,
Act July 4,1836,
Section the 3.}
Recorded by L. Brown   Clerk 
Book C. Vol. 1 Page 159
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Previously reg.
See No. 4951
Mary Sheridan
of James
Pennsylvania
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the third Section of the Act of Congress
of the fourth of July 1836
State of Pennsylvania
Indiana County ss
On this {illegible} day of {illegible} in the year
of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and forty personally appeared before the Subscriber one of the judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for {illegible} Mary Sheridan a resident
of Centre Township Indiana County & State of Pennsylvania aged about ninety six years who being a person of credibility and by reason of her extreme age and bodily infirmity is unable to appear in Court, and being duly sworn according to Law doth on her
oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by an act of Congress passed July 4th 1836.
That she is the widow of James Sheridan who enlisted as a private soldier during the continuance of the war in a company commanded by Captain Wilpert, Sergeant George Civil. The regiment was commanded by Colonel Wicklow-  the time when he enlisted I cannot now recollect distinctly but was sometime in the summer of the year after the burning of the Tea in Boston-- It was about harvest time and near Philadelphia when
he enlisted - I do not now recollect where he was ordered at that time. The first engagement my husband was in was the battle of the three Rivers which was after harvest -the year I do not remember. 
Sergeant Joseph Johnston of his company lost his right hand there. The battle commenced in the morning and ended in the defeat of the British before Evening-- I was then about a half a mile from them. My husband was wounded on the left leg below the knee when on a foraging party for horsefeed, his station was
then at or near Buttermilk falls-- I don't now recollect the
county through which we marched-- I was in both upper and Lower Canada with him and continued with him the whole of the war from within about a month of the time of his enlistment
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during all which time I washed for the soldiers and assisted in {illegible} their wounds. My husband received a printed discharge
on parchment by whom granted I do not now remember. It was granted I think by the 
officer  {illegible}. It had a stamped seal thereon. I had it about twelve years ago accounting it of no value it was
lost or destroyed. After my husband had been wounded he was placed in the hospital of Philadelphia when he shaved the wounded and I nursed and attended there for near two or three years. He then also done garrison duty and went errands.  Her husband and self was
also at a Battle fought at Westpoint. Captain Armstrong was killed there. I got his {illegible} Buckles and Stock Buckles and
gave them to his wife at Philadelphia. I washed General Washington's linen at West Point one winter he was there. After my husbands discharge from the army we moved into Shermans Valley and bought a piece of land. It was then Saville Township Cambria County- now I believe Perry County by division-
about five years ago I moved from Perry County to the place where I now live with my Grandsons. 
She further declares she was married to the said James Sheridan at Philadelphia by a Justice of the Peace by the name I think of Patton who owned an Iron works between
Philadelphia and the Yellow Springs. I do not now remember the year I was married in. It was the fall after the burning
of the tea at Boston-- It was about a month or so after my husband had enlisted. I was a widow when I married James Sheridan. My  former husband's name was John Campbell who died about 18 months before my second marriage to James Sheridan.
I had five children to my first husband. I had no children living or dead to James Sheridan who died about thirty six years ago
 and that she the said Mary has remained a widow since that period as will appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed. My husband James received a donation tract
of one hundred acres at the time of his discharge the right to which
be sold long before he died. Her husband James received a pension
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his life of about five dollars a month payable at Philadelphia. She has not now any documentary evidence of the fact or of her said husbands service in her possesion. She knows of no public Record of either of her former marriages to Campbell or to James Sheridan nor has she any private record of either marriage or of the age of her first husbands children and she needed none for children to her second husband. She further declares that she has stated all that is within her present recollection respecting the matter of this {illegible} application.

Mary Sheridan{signature with mark}

Sworn to and subscribed in the
day and year first above written
before me
Robt {illegible}
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State of Pennsylvania
Indiana County ss
Personally came before me the Subscriber
a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County of Indiana William Carson a person of credibility who being duly
sworn according to Law deposeth and saith on his Solemn Oath that he is well acquainted with Mary Sheridan widow
and {illegible} of James Sheridan deceased
who is an applicant for a pension under an Act of Congress passed July 4 1836. That this deponent knew
the said Mary and James Sheridan in Cumberland County in said State. That at the time this deponent lived in
Cumberland County which is about thirty  seven years ago the said James Sheridan then received a pension and
was then living with the said Mary Sheridan as his lawful wife and was reputed such by the neighbourhood {neighborhood} in which they lived; also, it was then and there reputed and believed by the same neighbourhood {neighborhood} that the said
Mary was his lawful wife during the Revolutionary war and that she the said Mary as his the said James' Wife accompanied him in one or more Campaigns previous to the peace in the year 1783 and further
saith not except that the said Mary received an annuity on account thereof from the State of Pennsylvania.

William Carson

Sworn and subscribed
before me this
The word "seven" interlined previous
to signing
F. Cannon
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State of Pennsylvania
Indiana County ss

I Robert Craig Prothonotary of the Court of Common  Pleas of the said County of Indiana Do Certify that the signature
of F. Cannon whose name is subscribed to the foregoing Deposition of William Carson is genuine and the proper hand writing
of the said F. Cannon and that he was at the time of taking
the said Affidavit or deposition and is now an acting Justice
of the Peace duly elected, commissioned and sworn as such in and for the said County of Indiana with full power and authority to take
such affidavits and act as such and to whose official acts full faith & credit are due.
 I the said Robert Craig do further certify that Robert Mitchell
whose name is subscribed to the foregoing Declaration of Mary Sheridan and before whom the same purports to have been taken
is an associate Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in for the said County of Indiana duly commissioned & sworn to act as such at the time of the making and taking
of said Declaration and is now, and that the signature of Robt. Mitchell is his genuine signature and the proper hand
writing of the said Honourable Robert Mitchell one of the Judges of said Court.
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand  and affixed the Seal of said Court of Common pleas at Indiana this 4th day of February 1841
 R. Craig Prothonotary
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August 7, 1934
XXXXXXXXX
BA-J/EEL
James Sheridan-W.4511

Mrs. R. E. Warden
Bliss Street, Southeast
Johnston, Pennsylvania

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to Mary Sheridan, of Perry County, Pennsylvania, a
pensioner; also record of Isaac Wiley, a pensioner of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania.
A careful search of the Revolutionary War records has been made in your behalf and no record found of a claim for pension or bounty land having been made to the United States based upon the military service in that war of an Isaac Wiley. Such claims are the source
of the Revolutionary War data furnished by this office. The pension to which you refer was granted by the state of Pennsylvania.
{handwritten notation next to the above paragraph: Isaac Wiley searched by Miss Ford}

The record has been found of a James Sheridan whose widow, Mary, was granted a pension on account of his services in the Pennsylvania Troops, War of the Revolution. His history is given herein the data for which were obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 4511, based upon his military service
in that war.
The date and place of birth and the names of the parents of James Sheridan are not shown in the papers in the pension claim.
James Sheridan enlisted near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at the beginning of the Revolutionary War, served as private in Captain
Wilpert's Company, Colonel Wicklow's Pennsylvania Regiment, was at
the battle of Three Rivers in Canada and also in a battle at West Point. While stationed at Buttermilk Falls, he went out with a
foraging party and received a wound in his left leg below the knee, after which he was placed in a hospital at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
 where he remained for two or three years and acted as an attendant, and also did garrison duty. He was afterward placed in the
Invalid Regiment.
After the Revolution, he moved to Sherman's Valley in Seville Township, Cumberland (later Perry) County, Pennsylvania.
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James Sheridan was allowed pension under the Act of June 7, 1785, at the rate of $60 per annum on account of disability resulting from
the above noted wound. The soldier received two hundred acres of land from the state of Pennsylvania.
He died May 17, 1803, place not shown.
The soldier married about the time of his enlistment, at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Mrs. Mary Campbell, widow of John Campbell,
who had died about eighteen months prior to her marriage with James Sheridan.
Soldier's widow, Mary, was allowed pension on her application executed June 3, 1840, at which time she was aged ninety-six years
and resided in Center Township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania, to which place she had moved about 1835 to reside with a grandson,
whose name was not given. She also received gratuity from the state of Pennsylvania.
At the time of her application for pension, the widow stated that she accompanied her husband, James Sheridan, from about the
time of his enlistment during the whole of his service; that she marched to Canada with him and was about a half mile away when the
battle of Three Rivers was fought and was with him at the battle at West Point; that she assisted in dressing the wounds of the soldiers
and washed for them: and that one winter, while at West Point, she washed General Washington's linen.
She stated that she had five children by John Campbell but had no children by James Sheridan. The names of her children by John
Campbell are not designated.
In 1827, one Robert Campbell made affidavit in Perry County, Pennsylvania; and in 1841, one John Campbell made affidavit in Indiana
County, Pennsylvania; no relationship of Robert or John Campbell to the widow was shown.  The above named Robert Campbell died about
1836.
There are no further family data.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator.
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Nov. 22 - 1901
Mrs. Thos. Liggett
Pittsburgh Pa.

1932 Aug 1 Hist to
Mrs. D.W. Derrick
EEL

1934 Aug 7. Hist to 
Mrs. R. E. Warden
EEL

Revy WIDOW, &c.
File No. 4511
Mary Sheridan
Wid.
James Sheridan
Pvt. Pa. line
---
Act: July 4/36, Sec 3d
Index: -- Vol. M, Page 204

{Arrangement of 1870.}
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Mary Sheridan
of James
Pennsylvania

Suspended

See let. 31 March '41
J.J. Young, let.: to
do 22 Sept '41
let.: to do. 15 Feb. '42

Act 4 July 1836
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4951
Mary Sheridan
of James
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
---
Admitted
Pa: 2yrs - $80-
Cap. Wilbert Invalid
Pa. Regt.

died May 17. 1803
List Preston's revolution,

Act 4 July 1836

J. J. Young
Indiana
Pennsylvania
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No 119.
Certificate for
£6-2 -2 Specie
We certify, that the State of Pennsylvania, is indebted to James
Sheridan private of the Invalid Pennsylvania Regiment, in the sum of Six pounds, two shillings & two pence, specie, with lawful Interest from the 10th day of April 1781 being the amount of the residue of the depreciation
of his pay. Pursuant to two Acts of Assembly, passed at Philadelphia the
18th of December 1780 & the 10th of April 1781.
Philadelphia June 9th 1781
                                         £6=2=2
Interest 4.8.3                     "1  14  2
                                           __________
                                          £7=16=4


J. Stevenson
Jno Nicholson     }  Auditors

Auditor Generals Office, Pennsylvania
Harrisburg July 23rd 1841

I certify that the foregoing is a correct copy of the original on file in this office. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office.
Geo. R. Espy Aud. Genl.
 per Jacob Brown
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State of Pennsylvania
Indiana County ss

Personally came before me a Justice
of the Peace in & for said County William Carson who being duly sworn according to Law doth deposeth & say that
in the matter of Mary Sheridan's application for a pension as the relief and widow of said James Sheridan deceased who was a pensioner that he believes there is no person living who could prove or testify at this present day of the fact of said Mary Sheridan being the wife of the said James Sheridan during the period of the Revolutionary War. That the deposition of Robert Campbell was taken some number of years ago before George Baker Esquire a Justice of the Peace in Perry County in the State aforesaid testifying to the fact of her marriage with the said James during the war. That the said Mary on application to the Legislature of the State aforesaid at the time of the taking of said deposition received a gratuity  on account thereof .That Robert Campbell died about five or six years ago. That he knew the said Mary & James Sheridan about forty years ago. That they lived as man & wife and it was {illegible} in the neighborhood where they lived
and so believed that they {illegible} and lived as such during the Revolutionary War & further saith not.

William Carson

Sworn and subscribed
before me 3d September A.D. 1841

F. Cannon
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State of Pennsylvania
Indiana County ss

Personally came before me a
Justice of the Peace in & for said County John
Campbell who being duly sworn doth deposeth & say that he knew Mary Sheridan and James Sheridan in Perry County about forty years ago, that they then lived as man & wife and was believed by every person there that she was his wife during the Revolutionary War and had been out with her husband in several Campaigns in the capacity of washerwoman. That he believes there is no person now living who could from their own knowledge otherwise than by hearsay so testify - that the deposition
of Robert Campbell taken some years ago now
at the War Department in Washington City attached to the said {illegible} application for a pension is the only testimony in existence on the subject- that the same deposition was obtained at Harrisburg where the same had been filed and on which she obtained a gratuity from the State aforesaid & further saith not.


John Campbell
Sworn and Subscribed 3d September
A.D. 1841 before me a Justice of the Peace
F. Cannon
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State of Pennsylvania
Indiana County ss

I Robert Craig Prothonotary of the
County aforesaid Do hereby certify that
F. Cannon before whom the foregoing
was duly acknowledged is a Magistrate
and the signature F. Cannon
purporting to be his is genuine. In testimony
whereof I have hereunto affixed my
Seal of office and subscribed my name
at Indiana this 3d day of September 1841
 R. Craig Proth.
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Return of the Pennsylvania Line
entitled to Donation Lands reported by the late {illegible} General

Names |  Rank|  Regiments| Acres |Nos.
James Sheridan| Private| Invalide|200| 1315
7th Dist

I do hereby certify that the above is a true
copy of so much of "Donation Land Book" as
relates to James Sheridan remaining in the
office of the Secretary of the Land Office of
the State of Pennsylvania

In testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and seal
of said Office at Harrisburg
the 23 day of July AD 1841-
for J. Klingensmith Clk.
Deed Land office
Geo Stroop
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State of Pennsylvania
Indiana County ss

In the matter of the application of Mary
Sheridan widow and relict of James
Sheridan a soldier of the Revolution, for a
Pension.
Personally appeared before the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, William Carson Senior aged upwards 
of ninety years, a person of credibility who being first duly sworn according to Law did depose and say that upwards of sixty five years ago, he saw James Sheridan, at the house of one Elliott near Philadelphia, in the dress of a Soldier, in the company
of Mary Sheridan who was reputed to be what is called his bedfellow. That he the said deponent at that time was waggoner of
baggage wagon of the same company. That
by reason of age and bodily infirmities and the consequent loss of memory he is unable to state further particulars.
William Carson{signature with mark}

Sworn and Subscribed before me
({illegible} at the time of taking the same, the said Deponent was {illegible}
 both in body and mind)
 this 2nd day of March
A.D. 1842
F. Cannon J.P.

State of Pennsylvania
Indiana County ss

I Robert Craig Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of said County Do Certify that F. Cannon before whom
the foregoing Deposition was taken is a magistrate and the Signature F. Cannon purporting to be his is true and
genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed
my seal of office and subscribed my name at Indiana this 2nd day of March A.D. 1842
 R.Craig Proth.
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{ stamp}-Indiana  PA Feb. 1
{handwritten}- Feb. 5 1842
pa.
Sheridan
mail



additional testimony in the matter of Mary  Sheridan claim for pension

FREE
J.L. Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City D.C.
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Indiana Jun. 28 1842

J. L. Edwards Esqr.

Dear Sir

Enclosed is the deposition of William
Carson in the matter of a pension prayed for
by Mary Sheridan.

Respectfully yours, 

J.J. Young
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{stamp} Indiana Pa. MAR 8

{handwritten} March 15 '42

Supplementary testimony in the case
of Mary Sheridan for Pension

FREE

J. L. Edwards Esqr.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
DC
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Indiana March 7th 1842
J.L. Edwards Esqr.

Dr. Sir
Enclosed is the Deposition of William
Carson re- taken in the Matter of the application of Mary Sheridan for a Pension.
I regret that the same had not been taken more carefully at a period when the Deponent enjoyed the full possession of all his faculties unclouded & free from the pressure of disease , as he could then have, as I am informed by a relation of facts, have satisfied the Department beyond a doubt of the Justice of the case submitted to
its consideration.

Very Truly Yours &c
J J. Young
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Jas. Sheridan
was discharged
11 January 1783

Deposition
of
Nicholas Ickess
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Perry County, ss.
Before George Baker, Esq. one of the Justices
of the Peace in & for the said County, Personally came Nicholas Ickes {Ikass}, who being first duly sworn according to law, did depose & say that he was acquainted with James Sheridan, Deceased, the late husband of Mary Sheridan, who is now petitioning for an Annuity. that he always understood, that Dec'd was a soldier in the Revolutionary War & that he was a pensioner; and that deponent brought a pension for Dec'd by his order from Philadelphia.
Nicholas Ikass

Sworn & Subscribed before me
at Saville township, the 24th
day of January A.D. 1827

Geo. Baker

Perry County ss.
Before George Baker Esq. one of the
 Justices of the Peace in & for the said county
Personally came Robert Campbell who
being first duly sworn according to law, did depose & say that he was acquainted with the 
late James Sheridan & Mary his wife, that
they cohabited for several years, during the Revolutionary War, previous to the discharge of the said James Sheridan, who was a Soldier
in said war-- And that Deponent served
five tours of Militia duty during the same
time, which gave him an opportunity of 
becoming acquainted with the above facts.

Robt. Campbell {signature with mark}

Sworn & Subscribed before me
at Saville Township, the
12th day of February A.D. 1827
Geo. Baker
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State of Pennsylvania
Perry County ss.

I Alexander F. Topley of the
Court of Common Pleas of Perry County do
Certify that the signature of Geo. Baker, Esquire,
 whose name is subscribed to
the above affidavit is genuine, and that he
was at the time of taking the said affidavits
{and now is} an acting Justice of the peace duly appointed, Commissioned and sworn
 as such in and for the County of Perry
with full power and authority to take such affidavits and administer oaths, and to whose official acts as such full faith and
Credit is and of right ought to be given throughout the United States and elsewhere.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and seal of said Court at Bloomfield the thirteenth day of November Anno Domini, one thousand eight hundred
and forty.
A. F. Topley
Prothonotary
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{stamp illegible}

See No 4951
already {illegible} Feb 22 1841
Pa.
July 4 1836
Mary Sheridan
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application for Pension
by Mary Sheridan under the
act of July 1836

FREE


J.L. Edwards Esqr.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
D. C.
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J L Edwards Esqr.
Commissioner of Pensions

Indiana Feb 15th 1841

Dear Sir
Enclosed are the papers of Mrs. Sheridan
for a pension under the act of Congress of the 4th July 1836.
Your immediate attention to the matter will confer a very great favour.{favor}

Yours very Respectfully
J J.Young
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In the matter of an application of Mrs. Mary Sheridan Widow of James Sheridan deceased for a pension.
Proof supplementary to the papers & application of Mrs. Mary Sheridan now on file as exhibited before the Comm.
of Pensions at Washington City

State of Pennsylvania
Indiana County ss

Personally appeared before me the subscriber
a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County of Indiana in said State, William Carson Senior a person of credibility aged about ninety four years being a resident of
Centre Township in said County who being first duly sworn according to Law doth depose & say that he was personally acquainted with Mary Sheridan, widow and Relict of James Sheridan, decd, that the said James Sheridan
 and wife Mary lived together and cohabited as man and wife upwards of sixty five years ago, that the said Mary Sheridan was always reputed to be the wife of the said James Sheridan.

William Carson Senior {signature with mark}


Sworn and subscribed this 28th day of January 1842

F. Cannon
Justice of the Peace

State of Pennsylvania
Indiana County ss

I Robert Craig Prothonotary of the Court of 
Common Pleas of the County aforesaid do hereby certify that F.Cannon is a Magistrate as above and foregoing signature purporting to be his is true and genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed
my seal of office and subscribed my name at
Indiana this 29th day of January A.D. 1842

R. Craig Proth.
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Pittsburgh Penna
November 16" 1901

Mr. J. Clay Evans
Commissioner of Pensions

Dear Sir,

Will you kindly furnish me 
{illegible} proof or copy of pension drawn by Mrs. James Sheridan whose husband served under Captain Powers during the Revolution.  I
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am under the impression the pension was paid
at Harrisburg, which would indicate a Pennsylvania regiment.
I desire the information to prove
 my eligibility and the {illegible} for the Daughters of the American Revolution.
If you need more explicit data will try to {illegible} for you.  Hoping I may hear {illegible} at your

{stamp- Pension Office Nov 18 1901}
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Earliest convenience and thanking you in advance for your courtesy.

 I am Very sincerely

(Mrs. Thomas) Anna S. Liggett
5928 Walnut Street
East  {illegible}
Pittsburgh
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Bliss St. Southmont,
Johnstown, Penna
July 6- 1934

Bureau of Veterans Administration,
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sirs:

Pennsylvania Act of Assembly, April 13, 1727
refers to pension granted Mary Sheridan of Perry County- $40 gratuity and $40 yearly. Perry County has no records referring to this, so I am writing you as I desire to learn anything possible regarding family of
above, i.e. husband's name, children's names and anything possible regarding the widow Mary?

Also Act of March 29, 1802 granted a pension to Isaac Wiley of Cumberland County who was wounded May 2, 1782 when serving under Capt. Sam'l Leaman, Col. Sam'l Hunter, defending the frontiers of Northumberland Co.. On account of his injuries he was unable to get a livelyhood {livelihood} and was granted an annuity of $40. I desire very much to learn of this man and his family, names of wife & children and anything else possible.

Sincerely appreciating your courtesy, I am
very truly yours
(Mrs. R.E.) Elsie E. Warden
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Mansfield, Louisiana
June 27, 1932

Pension Department
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sirs:
In Pennsylvania Archives
Vol. 23, Page 496, I find one James
Sheridan, pensioner of Rev. war, who
died May 17, 1803. I have every reason
to believe that he was the father of my
great-grandmother, Rebekah Sheridan,
who was born in Chester Co. Penn.
in 1779 and whose father was in
service during Rev. War.
Will you send me all data to be
found on his pension papers, as to
Reg. etc.?, also any information as to
date of birth, place of residence, members of
family - anything that would help
in placing him genealogically.
Thank you.
Mrs D. W. Derrick
101 W. Schley St.
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{stamp-RECEIVED Jun 1932
Receipt Section
Pension Files Sub-Division}
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August 1, 1932

James Sheridan-W.4511
XXXXXXX
BA-J/EEL

Mrs. D.W. Derrick
101 W. Schley Street
Mansfield, Louisiana

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to James Sheridan, a pensioner of the Revolutionary war.

 The data furnished herein are obtained from the papers on file in the Revolutionary War claim for pension, W. 4511, based upon the
military service of James Sheridan in that war.

James Sheridan enlisted near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at the
beginning of the Revolutionary War, served as private in Captain
Wilpert's Company, Colonel Wicklow's Pennsylvania Regiment, was at the battle of Three rivers and also in a battle at West Point.
While stationed at Buttermilk Falls, he went out with a foraging party and received a wound in his left leg below the knee, after
which he placed in a hospital at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he remained for two or three years and acted as an attendant, and
also did garrison duty. He was afterward placed in the Invalid Regiment.

After the Revolution, he moved to Sherman's Valley in Seville Township, Cumberland (later Perry) County, Pennsylvania.

He was allowed pension under the Act of June 7, 1785, at the rate of $60 per annum on account of disability resulting from the above
noted wound and was paid at the Philadelphia Agency. The soldier received two hundred acres of land from the State of Pennsylvania.

He died May 17, 1803. The date and place of his birth are not stated.

The soldier married about the time of his enlistment, at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Mrs. Mary Campbell, widow of John Campbell.
Said John Campbell died about eighteen months prior to her marriage
with James Sheridan.

{handwritten in margins: she said he enlisted in summer after the "burning of the tea" in Boston but as that {illegible} in 1772 Mrs. {illegible} said {illegible} "at the beginning of the war"
From {illegible} Vol. 2 page 50
she also said her man was in fall after Boston Tea Party}
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Soldier's widow, Mary, was allowed pension on her application executed June 3, 1840, at which time she was aged ninety-six years and resided in Center Township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania, to which place she had moved about 1835 to reside with a grandson, whose
name in not given. She also received gratuity from the state of Pennsylvania.
At the time of her application for pension, the widow stated that she accompanied her husband, James Sheridan, from about the
time of his enlistment during the whole of his service; that she marched to Canada with him and was about a half mile away when the
battle of Three Rivers was fought and was with him at the battle at West Point; that she assisted in dressing the soldiers' wounds and
washed for them; and that one winter, while at West Point, she washed General Washington's linen.
She stated that she had five children by John Campbell but had no children by James Sheridan. The names of her children by John
Campbell are not given. In 1827, one Robert Campbell made affidavit in Perry County, Pennsylvania; and in 1841, one John Campbell made affidavit in Indiana County, Pennsylvania; no relationship of either of the above named person with surname Campbell to the widow shown.
It was stated that the above named Robert Campbell died about 1836.

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator.


{handwritten in margins:  designated

dating her death not {illegible} }
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 {This record does not belong in this file}

Name Sheridan,Martin
Grade  Private
Line      Pennsylvania

Warrant Number 10471
Acreage 100
Issued April 30,1792 to ----not shown