Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 15325, for Jeremiah Sherman, Massachusetts
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(3-1776)
SERVICE                                      NUMBER
Mass.     Sherman, Jeremiah     W.15325
Eunice
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CONTENTS
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21464
Massachusetts
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Jeremiah Sherman
of Hampden in the State of Mass
who was a Private in the Company commanded
by Captain Charles of the Rgt commanded
by Col Robinson in the Mass
line for 6 months
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Inscribed on the Roll of Mass
at the rate of 20 Dollars 00 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 21 day of Sept
1833 and sent F.B.
Stebbens   Brimfield Mass
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1833     $50.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar 34     10.00 [figure double underlined]
$60.00 [figure double underlined]
{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by D.D. Addison Clerk,
Book E Vol 2 Page 80
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1270
Massachusetts
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Eunice Sherman
widow of Jeremiah Sherman decd
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832
and who died on the 14th August 1836
of Hampden in the State of MS
who was a Private in the company commanded
by Captain Charles of the Regt commanded
by Col Robinson in the Mass
line for 6 months
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Inscribed on the Roll of Mass
at the rate of 20 Dollars --- Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831 [5 words crossed out] 14th
August 1836
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Certificate of Pension issued the 1st day of Decmr
[smudge]38 and sent J
Willard   Springfield MS
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Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1838  $42.00
Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Mar '39   10.00 [figure double underlined]
$52.00 [figure double underlined]
{Act July 7,}
{1838}
Recorded by D.D. Addis[damage]
Book A [damage]

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Paid at the Treasury under
the Act of the 6th April 1838
from 4th March 1836 to 14 Aug
1836 the day of his death. Agt
Notified 5 June 1839
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Jeremiah Sherman
Mass
Private 6 months
16th of
May 18 1833
P 404
15165
F.B. Stebbins
Brimfield
Mass
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BRIEF in the case of Jeremiah Sherman
Co of Hampden in the State of Mass
(Act 7th June, 1832)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court of a Judge? Open Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? 
3. How old is he? 62
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
[Follows is a table consisting of 4 columns indicated by |   |   |]
line 1 = Period.   |Duration of Service.   |Rank.   |Names of General and Field Officers
line 1.5 = under whom he served.
line 2 = ---   |Years, Months, Days.   |As a   |Gen.
line 3 = Decm In 1776 drafted   | --- 3   ---   |Private   | Cap Charles   Col Robinson
line 4 = July   1777 volunteered   | --- 3   ---   |"   |Cap Winchester   Col Woodbridge
5. In what battles was he engaged? Battle of Saratoga
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Brimfield   Mass
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by
incidental evidence, or by the rolls? traditionary and two living witnesses
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? The papers are
not [illegible] agreeably to the regulations
one of the witnesses is Certified Credible the other not
I Certify that the foregoing statement and answers agree with the evidence in the case above
mentioned.
George [illegible]
Examining Clerk.
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Jeremiah Sherman's
application for a Pension
15165
terms of service
3 months proved by T. Charles Dep
3 do. proved by T. Kibbey
6 months
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the act of
Congress passed June 7. 1832
State of Massachusetts}
County of Hampden} ss
On the fourth day of October
in the year of our Lord 1832 personally appeared in open
court before Hon Oliver B Morris Judge of the court of Probate
within & for the county of Hampden now sitting Jeremiah Sherman
a resident of Holland in the county of Hampden and State of Massachu
setts aged Eighty two 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 act of Congress passed June 7. 1832
that entered the service of his country in the Revolution in
Dec 1776. that he was drafted from the militia from Brimfield
Massachusetts where he then lived to go three months to Ti=
conderoga that he [inserted] was in a Company commanded by Capt Aaron
Charles in the Regiment commanded by Col Robinson that
they marched to Albany & then marched up to Ticonderoga
going part of the way [2 words inserted] on the lake Champlain which was frozen over
that he served at Ticonderoga for the term of three
months & was dismissed. & that this service is proved by
the deposition of Thomas Charles, that in the summer
of the year 1777 he thinks, in July he volunteered to
serve three months in the Northern Army that he marched
in a company commanded by Capt Winchester of
South Brimfield (now called Wales) in Hampden County
that they marched through Bennington where Capt
Winchester remained & the command of the company was
taken by Lieut Joseph Hoar that the Regiment
to which he belonged was commanded by Col Wood-
bridge, that he served three months with the army
under Gen Gates & was there at the Battle of Saratoga
that he was stationed with a detachment at a block house
or fortification on the left flank of the American Army
at said battle & that after Gen Burgoyne surrendered
he marched with his Regiment down the river to White
Plains near which place they were dismissed
that Gen Arnold was with the army in that battle
and was a very brave & active Officer and
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that he was born in Brimfield in Hampden County
June 12. 1750 & that he lived there till about thirty
five years ago when he moved to Holland where
he has lived ever since, that there if a record of
his birth in the town records of Brimfield
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a
Pension or annuity except the present & declares
that his name is not on the Pension Roll of
any State
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year
aforesaid    Jeremiah Sherman

We Washington Munger a Clergyman residing in the
town of Holland and County of Hampden & John
Wallis residing in said Holland hereby certify that we
are well acquainted with Jeremiah Sherman who
has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration
that we believe him to be Eighty two years of age
that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where
he resides to have been a Soldier of the Revolution
& that we concur in that opinion & we further state
that he sustains a good character for truth
Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Washington Munger
John Wallis

And the said Court after investigation of the matter
& after putting the interrogatories proscribed by the War
Department do hereby declare their opinion that the
aforementioned Applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and
served as he states---And the Court further certifies
that Washington Munger who has subscribed the preceding
certificate is a Clergyman residing in said Holland and 
that John Wallis who has signed the same certificate is
a resident in sd Holland & is a credible person and
that their statement is entitled to credit
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I Justice Willard Register of said Court of Probate
do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the
original proceedings of said Court in the matter
of the Application of Jeremiah Sherman for a
pension
In testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand & the seal
of said Court this fourth day of
October in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and thirty two
Justice Willard
Register [illegible]
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1620 [underlined]
Eunice Sheramn
admitted
Pr 6 mo $20
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts}
County of Hampden} SS
On the eleventh day of September
one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight
personally appeared before the Hon. Oliver B.
Morris Judge of the Probate Court within & for said
County in open Court held at Monson in
said County Eunice Sherman a Resident
 of Holland in said County aged eighty five
years who being first duly sworn according to
Law doth on her oath makes the following
declaration in order to obtain the benefit of
the provision made by the act of Congress
passed July 7th 1838 entitled "an act granting
half pay and Pensions to certain Widows"; that
she is the widow of Jeremiah Sherman who
was a private in the army of the Revolution and
served in the Army as proved by the evidence
on file at the Pension Office he having drawn a
Pension under the act of June 7 1832 as appears
by the annexed certificate [crossed out] copy of his certificate, the original having been sent to  [illegible] [11 words inserted] She further declares
that her maiden name was Eunice Lombard
and that she was married to said Jeremiah
Sherman on the twenty eighth day of November
seventeen hundred and eighty two---that her
Husband the said Jeremiah---died at Holland
in said County on the fourteenth day of August
eighteen hundred and twenty six and that
she has remained unmarried ever since that time
that she was not married to him prior to his
leaving the service but the marriage took place
previous to the first of January seventeen hundred
& ninety four Viz. at the time above stated
Sworn to & subscribed on        Eunice Sherman
the day & year above written
before   Oliver Morris Judge of Probate
for said County
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And the said Court do hereby declare then
opinion, after the investigation of the matter and
after putting the interrogatories required in the
case, that the above named Jeremiah Sherman
was a Revolutionary soldier & served as
, that he died at the time above declared
and that the said Eunice Sherman was
married to the said Jeremiah at the
time above stated and that the still
remains his widow
Justice Willard Clerk of the
Probate
Court within and for said County do
hereby certify that that the foregoing and
the annexed
Papers contain the original
proceeding of said Court in the matter of
the application of Eunice Sherman for a Pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed the seal
of said Court at Springfield this
eleventh day of September AD 1838
Willard Clerk
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Marriage Certificate
of
Jeremiah Sherman
Eric Lumbard
New Viz 2
& parrum per 1
and In
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
County of Hampden
Ss. I Ebenezer
Knight. Town Clerk of the Town of Brimfield
in the County of Hampden, certify that the
following is a transcript of the records
in my office as to the marriage of
Jeremiah Sherman and Eunice Lumbard
except the day of the month and the year
which are in figures, which are added
after the transgift and before the signature
viz " Married November the twenty eight
One thousand seven hundred & Eighty two
Jeremiah Sherman and Eunice Lumbard
November 28, 1782.
Brimfield Sep. 5th 1838
Ebenezer Knight Town Clerk
the
Ebenezer Knight Town Clerk above named
depose and say that I hold the office of
Town Clerk in the Town County & State
aforesaid, and that the above is a true
●
extract from the records of said Town
with the exception above named
as certified by me
Eben Knight Clerk of the Town of Brimfield
Hampden ss. Sept. 5, 1838. Personally appeared the above
named Ebenezer Knight & made oath to the truth of
the above certificate & deposition before me
Festus Foster, Justice of Peace
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts  SS
County of Hampden
Justin Willard Clerk of the
Probate Court within and for said County
do hereby certify that Foster Foster, before whom
the foregoing depontion of Eben Knight purport
to have been executed was on the fifth day
of September instant a Justice of the Peace within
and for said County and that his signature
subscribed to the certificate of said execution there
is genuine
In testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and
affixed the seal of said Court
at
Springfield this eleventh day
of September AD 1838
Justin Willard Ann
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War Department
Revolutionary Claim
I certify that in conformity with the law of the
United States of the seventh of June 1832 Jeremiah
Sherman of the State of Manateenett who was a
private in the army of the Revolution is intitled
to receive twenty dollars per month annum
during his natural life, commencing on the 4th
of March 1831 & payable semiannually on the 4th
March & 4th of September in every year
Given at the war office of the
United States this twenty first day
of September one thousand eight
hundred and thirty three
Lew Cass
Examined and 
Secretary of War
County and I
J L Edwards
Commonsioner of Pensions
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Levina Fletcher of Holland in the
County of Hampden and Commonwealth of
Massachusetts of lawful age being duly sworn
supose & say that I am in this son in law
Mrs Annie Thomson the widow of Jeremiah
Shuman late of said Holland decd who was a
Revolutionary Pensioner, that I have lived in the same
house with him for about fourteen year part
& with her said Hurbain Jeremiah Harman up to
the time of he decase & I know that he died
said Holland on this fourteenth day of
August AD 1836 and that the said End
has remained his widow from that time to
the promis & is now his widow, immen
Zebina Fletcher
AD 1884 then the above named Februa Kelton
personally appeared in open Court & subscribed and
made oath to the foregoing deposition before me
Moore Judge of Probate
and I certify that the said Fletcher is a credible
witness
River Morris Judge of Probate
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WIDOW, &c.
No.
15325,
Eunice Sherman
Widow of
Jeremiah Sherman
Pri Rev. War
Act: July 7th 1838
Index: V. Page 27
Arrangement of 1870.}
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Jeremiah Sherman Mass. Act 7 June 1832
to what time paid
Pen: Office
Nov 29, 1838
to 4 March 1836
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1816
Jeremiah Shean
Francis
R Stebbins
Brimfield
Miss
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those
Senah Sherman which require
further proof or explanation.
answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of
1. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides?
by
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?
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? 94
VIII. 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
XII.
their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary
service?
If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtain
ing 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? yes
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? Yes one no one
---
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? No. The affiant
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
"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 objection
able. 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.
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of J S Edwards Cry
Commisioner
I
Penn
Wathampton
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J L Edwards by
Springfield Sep 13 1838
Commisioner
the certificate of a
should be granted, desired & he
sent to me at this place
Mrs Emma Furnay an
for a Pennon hath founded
Respectfully
J. Willard
the
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Sir:
A DEPARTMENT.
Second Comptroller's Office,
May 6th 1839
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838 entitled "An
act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain
Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury
of the United States. The widow of Jeremiah Sherman,
Pensioner on the Roll of the Massachusetts Agency, at
the rate of Twenty Dollars and
Cents
per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832, has
been paid at this Department from the 4th of March, 1836.
the 14th August, 1836, the day of his death.
Respectfully, yours
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Prent
Jane
ting Comptroller
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Thomas Riley of Shutesbury in the
County of Franklin and Commonwealth of
Massachusetts do depose testify and say
that I am well acquainted with Jeremiah
&
Sherman of Holland in the County of Hamp
den & Commonwealth aforesaid and that the
said Jeremiah Sherman
served in
the Massachusetts Militia, three months in
the American Revolution that we were
the company commanded by Capt Winchester
and in the Regiment commanded by Col
Woodbridge, that the
said Sherman served
this three months in
the year of our Lord
one thousand seven Hundred & seventy
seven and was at the surrender of
General Burgoyne
Thomas
Kisbey
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Hampden ss Personally appeared the above
named deponent, Thomas Tibbey, and made
oath to the truth of the deposition be
him
subscribed before me
Brimfes 11th Sept Lewis Williams Justice of the Peace
1832
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Hampdenss
June 24th 1833 I hereby certify that the above named
Thomas Riley is a man of truth & veracity
Lewis Williams Justice of the Peace
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
County of Hampden SS.
I
Justice Willard Register & Clerk
of the Court of Probate within & for said County of
Hampden, the same being a Court of Record
do hereby certify that Lewis Williams Esq. before
whom the foregoing & the annexed Depontions
were verified is a Justice of the Peace within and
for said County, & that I believe his name subscribed
to the certificate thereof to be his own proper signation
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed the seal
of said Court this fourth day of
October in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and
thirty two
Justin Willard
Deposition and as he
before the
taken before the
means to send
another certificate from the
Register he
S
therefore
to
on the
Stalia
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I Thomas Charles of Brimfield in the Coun
ty of Hampden and Commonwealth of Massachusetts
do testify, depose and say that I am well acquainted with
Jeremiah Sherman of Holland in the County
aforesaid and that the said Jeremiah Sherman was a
soldier in the Massachusetts Militia during the
Revolutionary War that the said Sherman entered
the service in December Seventeen hundred and
seventy six in the company commanded by Capt
Aaron Charles in the Regiment commanded by
Sherman
Col. Robinson and that said Marched with the
Company to Albany - thence to Ticonderoga and remained
in the service three months, dated at
Brimfield this eleventh day of September 1832-
Thomas Charles
Hampden ss September 11th 1832 Personally appeared
the above named Thomas Charles and made
Oath to the truth of the Deposition by him sub
scribed before me
Lewis Williams Justice of the Peace
I hereby certify that the above named Thomas
Charles is a man of truth & veracity & credible
Witness in the premises
Lewis Williams Justice of the Peace