Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 15321, for Enoch Sherman, Connecticut
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SERVICE     |     |NUMBER
Conn     |Sherman, Enoch   W.15321
     |Catherine     |
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CONTENTS
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18.979
Vermont
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Enoch Sherman
of Rupert in the State of Vermont
who was a private in the company commanded
by Captain Munson of the regt commanded 
Col Swift in the Ct - Ms
line for 12 mos
[double line]
Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont
at the rate of 40 Dollars 00 Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.
[double line]
Certificate of Pension issued the 25th day of Novr
1833 and sent to
Nathl Pitchers - Sandy Hill NY
[double line]
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1833   |$100.00
Semi-anl, allowance ending 4th March 34     |20.00 [number double underlined]
     |$120.00 [double underlined]
{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act June 7, 1832}
Recorded by W.L. Williams Clerk,
Book C Vol. 3 Page 92
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Date of death not on A.3-- [written vertically along fold]

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5369
Vermont Burlingto[torn]
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Catherine Sherman
widow of Enoch Sherman
Conn
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Private
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Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
40 Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th [crossed out] 31st [inserted] day of March, 1848 [crossed out] 1849 [inserted]
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Certificate of Pension issued the
6th day of March 1850
and sent to
Hon Mr Henry
House of Representatives
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Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February 2, 1848, Page 88 Vol. 3
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of
the act of Congress of 2d February 1848--
State of Vermont}
County of Bennington} ss
On this 12 day of February 1850, personally appeared
before the subscriber a Justice of the peace in and for the
County aforesaid, Catherine Sherman a Resident in
Rupert in said County aged Eighty four years--
Who being first duly sworn according to Law
doth on her oath make the following declaration
in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made
by the act of Congress passed on the 2d February 1848,
granting pensions to widows of persons who served
during the Revolutionary War. that she is the widow
of Enoch Sherman who resided in Rupert aforesaid
who was a soldier in the Revolutionary War [inserted] and received
a pension of forty Dollars per annum under the act of
the 7th Jun 1832, he drew his pension up to the 4th
March 1849, the said Sherman died the 31st March 1849--
and that she was married to said Enoch Sherman
on the 12th day of December 1782 at North Fairfield
Connecticut by James Johnson Minister of that Parish
She further declares she is still a widow--
Sworn & Subscribed this day 
& year above written
before Nathan Burton Justice of the peace-- 
Catherine Sherman [an 'X' and the words 'her mark' written over name]

I certify that the above named Catherine Sherman is
personally known to me & that she is a widow
Nathan Burton Justice of the peace 

Washington City. Feb 23, 1850
I certify that Nathan Burton Esqr, whose
signature is above, is a Justice of the Peace for the
County of Bennington, in the State of Vermont
and that the signature is his own handwriting
William Helley Rep [illegible]
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3748  

New York*

*Resides in Vermont
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3748
BRIEF in the case of Enoch Sherman - Rupert,
Co of Bennington -- in the State of Vermont
(Act 7th June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he? 70 years
4. State his service, a directed in the form annexed.
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Period | Duration of Service |Rank |Names of General and field Officers
                                                             under whom he served
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         |Years, Months, Days  |As a   |Gen.
In 1780 June | -- 6 --  |Substitute   |{Lt Miller, Major Smith Col. I. Sherman
                     |             |                   |{Capt Munson, Lt. Hubbard, Col. H
                     |             |                   |{Swift, Major Cleft, Brg Majr Porter
                     |             |                   |{General Poor
                     |             |                   |
1781             | -- 6 --  |Private        | {Capt Hodge or Hodges, Col Sherman
                     |             |                   |{Lt Poindle, Br Maj. Haskel, Genl
                     |             |                   |{Hunting or Huntington
5. In what battles was he engaged?
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Stratford, Fairfield Co., Connt
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence,
by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?
X Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case
above mentioned.
W. Fawcett
Examining Clerk.
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pension case
Catherine Sherman
Daniel Seelys
affidavit &
family history [underlined]
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I Daniel Seeley of the Town of Trumbull in Fairfield County and State
of Connecticut being duly sworn depose and say that by the Statement of my
Honoured Mother that myself and five others were the Children of the late Lieutenant
Seele [crossed out] Samuel Seeley & wife Sarah Seeley all born in the house by him the said Samuel
erected in the Parish of North Fairfield in the Town of Fairfield in said County and
whose names and births were as follows |(Catherine born August 1765 do not recollect
|Jemima " May 26th 1767
|Jesse " 1st day April 1769
|Abijah " 11th August 1771
|Daniel " 14th October 1773
|Samuel " 13th Feby 1777
My Father the said Samuel being a Lieutenant (as stated to me by my Mother
in part & part by other persons who said they were there [inserted] & knowing to be facts.) in a Company
of Militia in [illegible] Company [crossed out] Parish of North Fairfield and being a staunch Whig and opposed
to British tyranny was on the 27th day of April 1777 with General Arnold at the
Town of Ridgefield with about 300 men in a Breastwork hastily made to oppose the
march of the British Troop under General Tryon & Sir George Collier after they had
destroyed the Continental stores at Danbury at which time an action commenced
the said British Troops coming up within about 40 Rods of said Breastwork the front
ranks as they came up fired & from the center after firing wheeled to the right &
left flanked the Breastwork before the Americans were aware of it and had to retreat
under a galling fire of the British Troops in which engagement my Father
being wounded in the hip and knee was not able to make good his retreat
when the British Tories came up and saw him firing his body through
with 14 Bayonet holes and blowing his brains out they leaving my Mother a
widow with 6 Children the Oldest not 12 years old and the youngest not [illegible] old
my Mother being a woman of great energy of Character although
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bourn down with such heavy bereavement and the care of  6 Children mostly small did
not despond but with extraordinary prudence directed the affairs out doors as well as
in the house and with the assistance of hired help and a Coloured man named
Fite or Fitiey who as my Mother informed me my Father bought a few years before
his death by which help my Mother farmed it considerable largly and kept her
Children under her own Care and roof till in the latter part of the fall or fore part
of the winter of 1782 when my said Sister Catherine was at the House of my Mother
being the house that my father built as [inserted] stated before was [inserted] married to Enoch Sherman of said
Northfairfield Parish by the Reverend James Johnson the settled Pastor of the
Presbyterian or Congregation Church in said Northfairfield Parish I was acquainted
with him from my [inserted] child hood [inserted] and who was the Revernd & highly respected Clergyman that [crossed out] who
on the 31st day of March 1803 married [inserted] me and my late wife whose Maiden name was Ruth
Silliman who died February 22nd of 1845, I being at the time of the marriage of
my said Sister Catherine to Enoch Sherman a little over nine years old and said little
Catherine a little over 17 years old the said Enoch and wife Catherine occupied a
part of said house and Farmed it with our People for about one year in which
in which [2 words crossed out] time my said sister Catherine had a son born before she was 18 years
old who they named Seeley after that they moved to said Enochs Father's House
where I should think they resided about 1 year in which time I visited them
more than once after which time my sister Catherine & Husband Enoch Sherman
moved to Sandge in Bennington County & State of Vermont at which place I visited
them [inserted] at two different times after I was 20 Years old at said living they had 6 Children
then living with them 4 sons & 2 Daughters whose names were as follows said
Seeley, Evi, Sterling & Isaac & Daughters names Catherine & Jemima. I visited
my sister Catharine & her Husband Enoch Sherman the latter part of September 1830
when they were living in Rupert in said Bennington County having moved there some
years previous as I was informed. I have not seen my said Sister Catherine since
said Septem 1830 but understand by Letter her Husband the said Enoch Sherman
died the 31st day of last March my said Sister Jemima & Brother Abijah
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and Samuel have been dead a number of Years-I recollect there was [inserted] a large number of Persons
at said Wedding, I recollect but 2 persons known to me being alive and at said Wedding (viz) Walker
Sherman an older Brother of said Enoch who is nearly 90 & Capt Ephraim French who I am informed
is 91 Years old and both so [illegible] minded as not to be able to give Testimony in a Correct manner
It being about 67 Years since said marriage took place most part having gone the way of
all the Earth, my said Brother Jesse Seeley if alive was 80 Years old the 1st day of April
last who as I was informed about 15 month ago was then living in Ballston Saratoga County
in the State of New York who I know was at said wedding other wise I know of no other person now living
that were at said Wedding - Further more the deponent saith not
Daniel Seeley
Franklin County ss Easton December 15th AD 1849
Personally appeared Daniel Seeley subscriber to the foregoing
deposition and made [inserted] solemn oath to the truth of the same
before me Eli Adams Justice of the Peace
I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the above
named Daniel Seeley and know him to be a man of
truth & veracity -- Eli Adams Justice of the Peace
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3768
Matter of Enoch Sherman
revolutionary soldier
f      NY
[double lines in pencil]
Enoch Sherman [in pencil]

[illegible] W. Wilson [in pencil]
Nathl Pitcher
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Declaration in order to obtain the
benefit of the Act of Congress of seventh of Jan
Eighteen hundred and thirty two

State of New York}
Washington County} ss
On this twenty Eighth day of
August eighteen hundred and thirty two, personally
appeared in open court, before the Judges of the Court
of Common Pleas of Washington County and State of
New York being a court of record, Enoch Sherman,
a resident of the town of Rupert, County of Bennington
& State of Vermont, aged seventy years on 
the fifth day of September next, who being first
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
Jan seventh eighteen hundred and thirty two---
That as a substitute for his brother Walker
Sherman who had enlisted but whose name he thinks
was not known in the army, he entered the service of the
United States as a soldier for the term of six months
in the year seventeen hundred and eighty with a
Lieutenant Miller, whose first name he does not now
recollect, in a Company that was called Major
Smiths, but now knew Smith only as Major and
served in Colonel Isaac Sherman's Regiment of the
Connecticut Line. That in a short time after
he was selected by the Baron von Steuben, and
placed in the light Infantry and served under
the following named officers. That he served in
Captain Munsons company, that according to the best
of his recollection the name of the Lieutenant of
the Company was Hubbard, that Heman Swift
was Colonel of the Regiment. Adjutant of the Regt
was Wilcox, according to the best of his recollection,
the name of the Major was Cleft, that the Brigade
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Major named Porter and that General Poor
commanded the Brigade, That he engaged and
entered the army at the town of Stratford, Fairfield
County, and State of Connecticut, at which place
he then resided--That in the month of June,
on what day he does not recollect, he
marched to Danbury in said State of Connecticut
and was there mustered, from Danbury he
marched to Nelsons Point in the State of New York,
when he joined the Army and was placed in
the light Infantry, under the Command of General La Fayette [preceding 7 words inserted] from Nelsons Point he
marched to Hackensack in the State of New Jersey,
crossing the Hudson River at Stony Point, That
the Infantry remained sometime at Hackensack, was
encamped at Paramus and at a place called
Totoway, from Totoway he marched to Elizabethtown
and was there encamped some time, was at
English Neighborhood, Cranes Neck, and at
Tappan Plains when Major Andre was hung,
was at, and passed through many other places
the names of which he cannot now recollect.
From Totoway he marched to the State of
New York recrossing the Hudson River at Stony
Point, to a place in the Highlands for winter
quarters, when after assisting in building huts
for the Army and joining his former Regiment
and Company, was regularly discharged
by Colonel Isaac Sherman, had a
a written discharge which is lost---was
not engaged in any battle during the Campaign---
And he further states and declares that in the
year Seventeen hundred and eighty one he enlisted
in the Army of the United States for the town of
Newtown, Fairfield County and State of Connecticut
for the term of Six Months with Captain Hodge
of Hodges and served in Colonel Isaac Shermans
Regiment of the Connecticut line under the following
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named officers--A man by the name of Peindle
he believed was Lieutenant of the Company, that
--Hodge or Hodges was Captain, that 
Aaron Benjamin was Adjutant of the Regiment,
does not recollect the name of the Major, that
Isaac Sherman was Colonel of the Regiment
that the name of the Brigade Major was---
Haskel and the Brigade was commanded by
General Hunting or Huntington [inserted] that he was not engaged
in any battle during the campaign---
And he further states that when he enlisted his
place of residence was at Stratford, Fairfield County
and State of Connecticut, that in the month of June he
thinks, he Enlisted for the town of Newtown, in the said
County of Fairfield and marched to a place called New
Fairfield & was then mustered, from thence marched
and joined the Army between Peekskill and Stony
Point in the State of New York, from thence he 
marched to a place then called Peekskill Hill and
sometimes Gallows Hill that he there continued
through the Summer with the exception of the time
when Arnold landed and burnt New [next word crossed out] London [inserted] when
he marched a part of one day towards New York [crossed out] London [inserted] and
returned back-- Thinks that in the month of
December he marched to the Highlands for Winter quarters
at which place after assisting to build some new
and repair the old huts, was regularly discharged
from the Service by Colonel Isaac Sherman,
he also states that he received a written discharge
which has not been preserved supposing it to 
be of no value--
I do hereby relinquish any claim whatever to a
pension or annuity except the present, and declare
that my name is not on any pension roll of any
agency in any State or Territory
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Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
in open court.  J.S. Leigh Clk---
Enoch Sherman [different handwriting]

And the said Court do hereby declare their
opinion that the above named applicant was a
Revolutionary Soldier [inserted] and served as he states.

I Jesse S. Leigh Clerk of the Court of
Common Pleas of the County of Washington do
hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original
proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application
of Enoch Sherman for a pension---
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set may hand and
seal of Office this [inserted] [illegible] eighth day of August one thousand
eight hundred and thirty two.
J. S. Leigh Clk

M. W. Slurman wishes, if consistent with the
rules of the department, to be inscribed on the pension
roll of the State of New York
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awf [written in pencil & underlined; upper right corner]

Rev. and 1812
Wars Section
AWF/eel
June 7,1929

Honorable C.C.Dowell
House of Representative
Washington, D.C.

My dear Mr. Dowell:
In response to your letter of the 4th instant in
which you request, for Miss Rachel Holt, of Des Moines
Iowa, The Revolutionary War record of Enoch Sherman, of
Connecticut, I have the honor to advise you that from the
papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W.15231,
it appears that Enoch Sherman was born September 5,1762,
place not stated, nor are the names of his parents given.
While residing in Stratford, Fairfield County, Con-
necticut, he served with the Connecticut Troops as follows:
From in June, 1780, as substitute for his brother,
Walker Sherman, in "Major Smith's Company", Colonel Isaac
Sherman's Regiment; a short time afterward he was placed
in Captain Munson's Company, Colonel Heman Swift's Regi-
ment and served six months; from in June, 1781, six months
in Captain Hodge's Company, Colonel Isaac Sherman's Regi-
ment.
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He was allowed pension on his application executed
August 23,1832, at which time he was living at Rupert,
Bennington County, Vermont.
He died March 31, 1849.
The soldier married December 12,1782, at North Fair-
field, Connecticut, Catherine Seeley. She was  born in
August, 1765, and was the daughter of Sarah and Lieutenant
Samuel Seeley. Said Lieutenant Samuel Seeley was killed
in the Danbury Raid in April, 1777.
The widow, Catherine, was allowed pension on her ap-
plication executed February 12, 1850, at which time she
was living at Rupert, Vermont.
Their children referred to are:
Sons, Seeley, Evi, Sterling and Isaac; daughters,
Catherine and Jemima.
Very truly yours,
EARL D. CHURCH
Commissioner.
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1937-Sept 23 hist to Mrs. M.M. Reno any

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WIDOW, &c.
[line]
File No. 15:321
Catherine Sherman
Widow of
Enoch Sherman
Pri Rev War
[line]
Act: Feb 2d 48
Index:-Vol. M, Page 207
'[Arrangement of 1870]'
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1906 Oct 3 - History to
Lewis Sherman MD. 
[line]
1911 Aug.28. Mrs. Arthur
R. Crary - &
1911 Oct 7 F.D. Sherman Esq
1929 May 3 Photos to Mae
McMichael Fin Div
ntfd. A.D.Y.
[line]
1929-June 7 - Hist to
Hon. C.C. Dowell for
Miss Rachel Holt awy

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WIDOW, &c.
[line]
File No. 15:321
Catherine Sherman
Widow of
Enoch Sherman
Pri Rev War
[line]
Act: Feb 2d 48
Index:-Vol. M, Page 207
'[Arrangement of 1870]'
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Saml. A. Nichols
Registars Certificate
C. Sherman.
pension Case [underlined]
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This may certify that I have searched the Records of births
and marriages of the town of Fairfield of which I am keeper
to find the marriage of Enoch Sherman and Catherine
Seeley but am not able to find any such marriage there
Recorded.       Attest  Samuel A. Nichols
Fairfield December 14th 1849   Register of sd
Town of Fairfield
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Payment to be made
at Burlington
by Presd W.S. B. Bank
Agent for paying Pension=
ers in the Agency of Vermont

Recorded in the Pension Of=
fice, in Book C Col. 3
Page 92 by W.L. Williams
Clerk
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United
States of the 7th June, 1832, Enoch Sherman
of the State of Vermont
who was a Private in the revolutionary war
is entitled to receive Forty dollars and
---cents per annum, during his natural life, com=
mencing on the 4th of March 1831, and payable semi=
annually on the 4th of March and the 4th of September, in
every year.
Given at the War Office of the United
States the Twenty-fifth day of
November one thousand eight
hundred and thirty-three
Lew Cass [different handwriting}
Secretary of War

Examined and}
Countersigned}
J.L. Edwards [different handwriting]
Commissioner of Pensions
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House of Reps 23 [illegible] 1852
Sir.
I send herewith, the application
of Catherine Sherman, for pension,
Your early attention will [illegible]
oblign [illegible]
Respecty
William Henry

J.L. Edwards, Esq
Comm [illegible]
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[left fold]
Catherine Sherman
pension case
Jesse Seeley
affidavit [underlined; preceding 4 lines written vertically along fold]

[right fold]
Catherine Sherman
widow of Enoch
Vt
Act 2 Feb 1848
Married 1782
Husband died 31 March 1849

Admd one yr pri
$40 per ann. comm
31 March 1849
Burlington[illegible]

Hon Wm Henry
H of R
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Saratoga County ss [both words underlined]
Jesse Seeley of Ballston in
the county of Saratoga State of New York
being duly sworn before me Samuel B. Edwards
one of the Justices of the peace of said
County does depose & say that he was Eighty
Years old the 3d day of April last & that the
widow Catherine Sherman is his sister & that
he was present when she was Married to 
Enoch Sherman in Northfairfield in Connecticut
by the Reverend James Johnson then a 
minister of that Parish & that he believes she
was Married in October 1782 that this
deponent was then 13 years old or about that
Jesse Seeley [different handwriting]

Subscribed & sworn
before me this 3d of January 1850
Samuel B. Edwards Justice of the Peace [preceding 4 words underlined]
-------
Samuel B. Edwards do hereby certify
that I am well acquainted with Jesse Seeley
who made the above deposition & that he is
a man of unquestionable truth & veracity
Dated Ballston 3 of January 1850
Samuel B. Edwards 
Justice of the Peace [4 words underlined]
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State of New York,}
Saratoga County Clerk's Office,} SS
I, JAMES W. HORTON, CLERK OF THE COUNTY OF SARATOGA, do hereby certify, That
Samuel B. Edwards whose name is subscribed to
the annexed INSTRUMENT, is a Justice of the Peace
of the County of Saratoga, dwelling in said county; duly qualified. And that I am well acquainted with
the hand-writing of the said Samuel B. Edwards
and verily believe that his signature to the annexed instrument is genuine. And that said instrument
is executed and acknowledged according to the laws of the state of New York.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my name and affixed the Seal of said County, this 4 day
of January in the year 1850
James W. Horton,  CLERK
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Catherine Sherman
pension case
Isaac Bennet's
Affidavit [underlined]
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I Isaac Bennet of the Parish of Northfairfield in the
town of Easton & State of Connecticut being of lawful
age depose and say-- that I was well acquainted with
the widows Sarah Seeley now decd and that she had a 
Daughter by the name of Catherine Seeley and that
the said Catherine was said to be married to Enoch
Sherman and that the said Sherman & Catherine
lived together as husband & wife in the same house
with the Widow Sarah Seeley for a considerable time
after said marriage--and that the Rev James Johnson
was pastor of the Congregational Church in the
Parish of Northfairfield at the time of the aforesaid
marriage & for a long time after--and the the Parish
of Northfairfield at that time belonged to the town
of Fairfield--and further the deponent saith not
Isaac Bennet-- [name underlined; different handwriting]

Fairfield County ss Easton December 15th AD 1849
Personally appeared Isaac Bennet the subscriber to
the foregoing deposition and made solemn oath
to the truth of the same Before me
Eli Adam Justice of the Peace

I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted
with Isaac Bennet the subscriber to the above deposition
and know him to be a man of truth & veracity.
Eli Adams Justice of the Peace
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Thomas Robinson.
Clerk Certificate [words underlined]
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State of Connecticut}
Fairfield County}ss
I Thomas Robinson Clerk of the County Court within
and for the County aforesaid and keeper of the seal thereof, and
of the Commissions of the Justices of the Peace for said County,
do certify that Eli Adams Esq of Easton in said County, is
a Justice of the Peace for said County, duly commissioned and
acting as such, and duly authorised by the laws of said 
State of Connecticut to administer oaths and take the
acknowledgement of deeds--that his commission is dated
the 20th day of June 1849, and will expire with the 3d day of
July 1850---In testimony whereof I have hereunto set
my hand and the seal of sd County
Court in Norwalk this 17th day
of December 1849
Thomas Robinson Clerk
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C.T. Prentice
affidavit
pension case---
Catherine Sherman
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[doc is written]
I, Charles T. Prentice of the town of
Easton Fairfield Co. state of Connecticut, being
of lawful age, depos & say, that I am
Pastor of the Congregational Church of North
Fairfield Parish in the town of Easton, and have
the Records of the Church during the time
that Rev. James Johnson was Pastor of said
church; that there is no record of marriages
therein from 1774 to 1783
Charles T. Prentice

Fairfield County ss. Easton December 15th AD 1849
Personally appeared Rev. Charles T. Prentice subscriber
to the foregoing deposition and made solemn oath
to the truth of same  Before me
Eli Adams Justice of the Peace

I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with
the Revd Charles T. Prentice the subscriber to the
above deposition and know him to be a man of
truth & veracity--Eli Adams Justice of the Peace  [preceding 2 paragraphs in different handwriting]
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3748
Matter of Enoch Sherman
revolutionary soldier [underlined]

on roles of Col Russell
Reg 5 mos & 5 day
On rolls of
Col Russell
5 yrs & 5 mo
Sdmitted
Private 12 mo

Nathl Pitcher
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit 
of Act of Congress of Jan seventh Eighteen
hundred and thirty two

State of Vermont}
Bennington County} ss
On this Seventeenth day of January
 eighteen hundred and thirty three personally appeared
in open Court, before the Honorable Myron Clark
Judge of Probate for the district of Manchester in
said County of Bennington and State of Vermont
being a court of record, Enoch Sherman, a resident
of the town of Rupert in said County, aged seventy
[word crossed out] years on the fifth day of September last, who
being first 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 Jan seventh eighteen hundred and thirty two.
That as a substitute for his brother Walker Sherman
who had enlisted but whose name he thinks was not known
in the army, he entered the service of the United States
as a soldier for the term of six months in the year
seventeen hundred and eighty with a Lieutenant Miller,
whose first name he does not now recollect, in a company
that was called Major Smiths, but never knew Smith
only as Major and served in Colonel Isaac Shermans
Regiment of the Connecticut Line. That in a short time
after joining the Army he was selected by the Baron
De Steuben and placed in the light Infantry and
served under the following named officers. That he
served in Captain Munsons company, that according
to the best of his recollection the name of the Lieutenant
of said Company was Hubbard, that Heman
Swift was Colonel of the Regiment, that Wilcox was
Adjutant, according to the best of his recollection, the name
of the Major was Cleft, that the Brigade Majors name
was Porter and that General Poor commanded the
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Brigade-- That he engaged and entered the army
at the town of Stratford, Fairfield County, and
State of Connecticut, at which place he then resided.
That in the month of June, on what day he does not now
recollect, he marched to Danbury in said State of
Connecticut and was there mustered, from Danbury he
marched to Nelsons Point in the State of New York,
when he joined the Army and was placed in the light
Infantry, under the Command of General La Fayette
from Nelsons Point he marched to Hackensack in the State
of New Jersey, crossing the Hudson River at Stony Point,
That the Infantry remained sometime at Hackensack, was
encamped at Paramus and at a place called Totoway,
from Totoway he marched to Elizabethtown and was there
encamped some time, was at English Neighborhood, Cranes Neck, and at Tappan Plains when Major Andre was hung,
was at, and passed through many other places the names
of which he does not now recollect. From Totoway he
marched to the State of New York recrossing the Hudson
River at Stony Point, to a place in the Highlands for
winter quarters, when after assisting to build huts for the
Army and joining his former Regiment and Company, was
in the Month of December regularly discharged by
Colonel Isaac Sherman, had a a written discharge
which is lost, was not engaged in any battle during
the Campaign---
And he further states and declares that in the year
Seventeen hundred and eighty one he enlisted in the Army
of the United States for the town of Newtown Fairfield
County and State of Connecticut for the term of Six
Months with Captain Hodge or Hodges and served
in Colonel Isaac Shermans Regiment of the Connecticut
line under the following named officers. A man by the
name of Prindle he believes was Lieutenant of the Company
that Hodge or Hodges was Captain of said Company
that Aaron Benjamin was Adjutant of the Regiment,
does not recollect the name of the Major, that Isaac 
Sherman was Colonel of the Regiment that the name of
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the Brigade Major was  Haskel and the Brigade
was commanded by General Hunting or Huntington the latter he believes. That he was not engaged in
any battle during the campaign---
And he further states that at the time he enlisted
his place of residence was at Stratford, Fairfield County
and State of Connecticut, That in the month of
June he thinks, he Enlisted for the town of Newtown, in
the said County of Fairfield and marched to a place
called New Fairfield & was then mustered, from thence marched and joined the Army between Peekskill and
Stony Point in the State of New York, from thence
he marched to a place then called Peekskill Hill
and sometimes Gallows Hill that he there continued
through the Summer with the exception of the time
when Arnold landed and burnt New London when
he marched a part of one day towards New London
and returned back-- Thinks that in the month of
December he marched to the Highlands for winter quarters
at which place after assisting to build some new and
repair the old huts, was regularly discharged by
Colonel Isaac Sherman, he also states that he
had a written discharge which has not been preserved supposing it to be of no value--
I do hereby relinquish any claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declare that my name
is not on any pension roll of any agency in any State or Territory
Sword to and subscribed in open Court
the day and year aforesaid  
Enoch Sherman [different handwriting]
Attest Henry Robinson Register---
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion
after the investigation of the matter and after putting the 
interrogations prescribed by the War Department that the above
named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as 
he states
Myron Clark Judge of Probate Court [name & title underlined]
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State of Vermont--Manchester Probate District ss [line is underlined]

I Henry Robinson Register of the Court of
Probate for the District aforesd do hereby
certify that the foregoing contains the original
proceedings of the said Court in the matter of
the application of Enoch Sherman for a Pension

I testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand & seal
of Office at Manchester this
Seventh day of January AD
1833---
Henry Robinson Register [name & title underlined]
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State of Connecticut}
Fairfield County} ss
Samuel Fayerweather being duly
sworn says that he is seventy two years of age
that in the year seventeen hundred and eighty he knew
Enoch Sherman that they both resided in the town
of Stratford Fairfield County & State of Connecticut,
that the said Enoch Sherman entered the service
of the United States as a Substitute for his brother
Walker Sherman in the month of June according
to the best of his recollection in a company commanded
by Captain Munson in Colonel
Heman Swifts Regiment and in General Poors
Brigade and that he served in the same company
with the said Enoch Sherman & knows that said
Enoch Sherman served in the service [crossed out] army [inserted] of the United
States the full term of six months & was discharged
in the Highlands after the army had arrived
at Winter quarters---
He further says that in the year seventeen
hundred and eighty one deponent served in the
Army of the United States in a Regiment commanded
by Colonel Isaac Sherman that Enoch
Sherman served as a soldier in said Regiment
in a Company Commanded by Captain Hodge
that according to the best of his deponents recollection
said Enoch Sherman joined the Army in the
Month of June near Peekskill and continued in
the service of the United States until the month
of December following and for the full time
of six Months and deponent further says that
said Enoch Sherman was discharged at a place
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called the Highlands after arriving at winter
quarters--- He also says that he had
no interest in any pension or annuity which
may be obtained by the said Enoch Sherman
for Revolutionary Services from the United
States
Saml Fayerweather [different handwriting]

State of Connecticut Fairfield County}
District of Stratford December 24th 1832}
Personally appeared before me Fitch
Wheeler Judge of the Court of Probate in
& for said Stratford District the above
named Samuel Fayerweather to me
well known to be a Credible Witne
& [next word illegible] & under oath [next word illegible] said above
Deposition by [illegible] subscribed---
Fitch Wheeler Judge

I R.S. Nichols Clerk of the Court of
Probate in & for sd District of
Stratford Co. [illegible] that Fitch Wheeler
is Judge of said Court that said
above is his signature in the
testimony aforegoing  I have hereunto
set my hand & affixed the seal
of said court thereto on this 24th
of December 1832--
R.S. Nichols, Clerk
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State of Connecticut}
Fairfield County} ss
Walker Sherman being duly
sworn says that he is seventy one years of
age, that in the year seventeen hundred and
eighty he enlisted into the service of the
United States at the town of Stratford,
Fairfield County & State of Connecticut for
the term of six months, that his brother
Enoch Sherman took his place as a Substitute
for him & Joined the Army in the month of
June, that in about three months after said
Enoch Sherman joined the Army, deponent
visited said Enoch Sherman at a place called
Totoway and found him doing duty in a 
company commanded by Captain Munson
in the light Infantry under the command
of the Marquis De La Fayette, that according
to the best of his knowledge & belief said Enoch
Sherman continued in the service of the United
States the full term of six months and until
he was regularly discharged, deponent further
says said Enoch Sherman was discharged
and returned home in the month of December.

He further says that in the year
seventeen hundred and eighty one said Enoch
Sherman Enlisted into the service of the United
States for the town of Newtown, in the State of
Connecticut for the term of six Months that
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according to the best of deponents recollection and
belief deponent visited said Enoch Sherman
at or near Peekskill & carried him Winter 
Clothes, that said Enoch Sherman was then
doing duty in the army and that he continued
 in the service of the United States until the
month of December following his Enlistment
and then returned home. He further says
that he has no interest in any pension or annuity
which may be obtained by the said Enoch
Sherman for Revolutionary Services from the
United States---
Walker Sherman [different handwriting]

State of Connecticut Fairfield County}
District of Stratford December 24th 1832}
Personally appeared before me Fitch Wheeler Judge
of the Court of Probate in & for said Stratford
District the above named Walker Sherman [name underlined]
to me well known to be a Credible Witness
& made solemn oath [remainder of line and next line illegible]
Fitch Wheeler Judge

I R.S. Nichols Clerk of said Court of
Probate for the District of Stratford in
Fairfield County Conn Certify that
Fitch Wheeler is judge of said Court that
the above is his Signature---In testimony
whereof I have hereunto set my
hand & affixed the seal of my [illegible
office on this 24th Day of December
1832----
R.S. Nichols Clerk
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Boone, Iowa Aug 19, 1911
Pension Bureau:
Can you give me
information as to
whether W.15321 [inserted] Enoch Sherman
a native of Connecticut,
but later of Sandgate and
Rupert, Vt. drew a pension
as a soldier of the
Revolution? He was
born in 1762 and died
in 1849. Our history
tells us he served under
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La Fayette and witnessed the
execution of Major Andre.
If he received a pension, can
you tell me in what
capacity he served?
Thanking You  I am
Yours truly
Mrs. Arthur R. Crary
528 S. Story St.
Boone
Iowa
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Pension
D
Aug
U. 23 S.
1911
Office

ack. aug. 26-11
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LEWIS SHERMAN M.D.
PHARMACIST
447 JACKSON STREET
448
MILWAUKEE, WIS. Sept. 20 1906

Hon. Commissioner of Pensions
Dear Sir: I desire information
in regard to my great-grandfather
Enoch Sherman, born Easton, Mass, resided
in Bridgeport, Ct Sandgate Vt & last
Rupert, Vt  If he was on the U.S. pension
roll will you please give me the facts?
Yours with thanks
Lewis Sherman
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PENSION
A
SEP
U. 21 S.

O. W. & N. DIV.
SEP
24
1906
FILED
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158 West 105th Street.
New York City, Oct.4.1911.
Dear Sir:
I beg to inquire whether there is a 
pension record of
Enoch Sherman [name underlined] - with wife Catherine [name underlined]
of Rupert, Vermont. [city & state underlined]
He is said to have served in the Revolutionary
War, under Lafayette, and to have witnessed
the execution 'of Andre'. He died, I think,
about 1849 [underlined] in Rupert, Vt.
If a record be found, I respectfully
request a copy.
Respectfully yours,
F.D. Sherman [name underlined]
Hon.
Commissioner of Pensions
P.S. Also --
Capt. Lemuel Sherman [name underlined], of Washington Co. N.Y.
Revolutionary Soldier
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PENSION
D
OCT
U. 6 S.
1911
OFFICE
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Des Moines, Iowa
Sept-10, 1937
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
Veterans Administration
Washington D.C.

[postmark]
[arrow pointing to 12 o'clock]
RECEIVED SEP 17 1937
[remainder of postmark illegible]

Dear Sir,
Please give me the
record of Enoch Sherman [name underlined]
who served in the Rev [underlined] war.
as private in Connecticut [underlined]
Continental line.
He was on pension role,
of Bennington [underlined]  Vt. [underlined] 1833 [underlined]
and oblige
Maud C. Reno
(Mrs. M.M. Reno)
5052 Ingersoll Ave
(5052)
Des Moines
Ia
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House of Representatives U.S.
COMMITTEE ON ROADS
Washington, D.C.

June 4, 1929

Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington,
D.C.

Dear Sir:---
I am just in receipt of
a letter from Miss Rachel Holt, of Des Moines,
Iowa, from which I quote the following;
"Could you kindly find out for me if
an Enoch Sherman, listed in the list
of levies that served in 1780 in 8th
Conn. reg't, from July 1780 to Dec. 12,
1780 was a pensioner. If he was is
there any record of who his father
and mother were, or if he had some
children?"
Will you kindly furnish me with
anything you may have on the above information, and
oblige,
Yours very truly,
C.C. Dowell

[illegible postmark in lower right corner]
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April 27, 1929.
Acting Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington,
D.C.

Cash - 90 cents [written]
[stamp] 
FINANCE DIVISION
BOOK-KEEPERS DESK
APR 27 1929
BUREAU OF PENSIONS

Sir:
Please furnish me photostatic copies of 6 pages from
Revolutionary War pension claim of Enoch Sherman, W. 15321,
Connecticut Troops, uncertified.
Respectfully,

Mrs. Mae McMichael
3032 "O" St. N.W.
Washington, D.C. [preceding 3 lines are written]

Received payment
90 c
April 27, 1929
Margaret M.H. Finch [signature]
Rev.&1812 Wars Section.
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List to Miss McMichael:
Sol's decl. Jan 7,1833 - 3p-
Daniel Seeley's affi'd Dec. 15. 1849
3p
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a so[damage] THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the des[damage]
information as contained in his (of his widow's) application for pen-
sion on file in the Bureau.   W. File 15,321 [file info written]
[following is a table consisting of 5 columns & 2 sub-columns; organized as follows:
Col1  |Col 2  |Col 3  | Col 4              |Col 5
         |          |           |SC 4a  |SC 4b  | ]

Dates of          |Length of |Rank  |Officers Under Whom Service Was Rendered  |Statf
Enlistment or  |Service     |         |Captain                |Colonel                                 |
Appointment  |                |         |                             |                                             |
*June 1780      |6 mos      | Pvt   |{"Major Smith's Co" |Isaac Sherman   |Conn.
short time after|              |          |{Munson     |Heman Swift   |
June 1781       |6 mos      |          | Hodge       |Isaac Sherman     |

*served as sub for his brother Walter [Walker written above] Sherman

Battles engaged in, none
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Stratford, Fairfield Co. [inserted] Conn
Date of application for pension, Aug 28, 1833, His claim was admitted
Residence at date of application, Rupert, Bennington Co. Vt
Age at date of application, b. Sept 5, 1762 [3 words illegible "age not given" inserted] died Mch 31, 1849
Remarks: Sol m Northfairfield Conn Dec 12, 1782 Catherine Seeley
b. in Aug 1765 Dau Sarah & Lt Saml Seeley* She was allowed pension Her application
Nov 17, 1850 while res Rupert, Vt  Ch referred to sons Seeley, Evi - Sterling & Isaac  dau
Catherine & Jemima   *who was killed in the Danbury raid Apr 77
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September 25, 1937

Enoch Sherman
W. 15321
BA-J/AWF

Mrs. M.M. Reno
5052 Ingersoll Avenue
Des Moines, Iowa

Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you
request information in regard to Enoch Sherman, who
served in the Revolutionary War from Connecticut,
and was pensioned while living in Bennington County,
Vermont.
The data which follow were obtained from papers
on file in pension claim, W.15321, based upon the
service of Enoch Sherman in the Revolutionary War.
Enoch Sherman was born September 5, 1762, place
not given, nor were the names of his parents stated.
While residing in Stratford, Fairfield County,
Connecticut, Enoch Sherman, served from sometime in
June, 1780, as a substitute for his brother, Walker
Sherman, under Lieutenant Miller and Major Smith, in
Colonel Isaac Sherman's Connecticut regiment, in a 
short time, he was transferred to Captain Munson's
company, Colonel Heman Swift's Connecticut regiment,
length of entire service six months. He enlisted
sometime in June, 1781, and served six months in
Captain Hodge's company in Colonel Isaac Sherman's
regiment.
He was allowed pension on his application exe-
cuted August 28, 1832, at which time he was living
in Rupert, Bennington County, Vermont. He died March
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2--
31, 1849
The soldier, Enoch Sherman, married December 12,
1782 at North Fairfield, Connecticut, Catherine Seeley.
She was born in the month of August, 1765, and was the
daughter of 'Lieutenant' Samuel Seeley and his wife,
Sarah, her maiden name not shown. The said Lieutenant
Seeley was killed at the battle of Ridgefield, April
27, 1777, and his widow, Sarah Seeley, was living in
North Fairfield, Connecticut, in 1782.
The widow, Catherine Sherman, was allowed pension
on her application executed February 12, 1850, at which
time she was living in Rupert, Vermont.
The following are the names of the children of
Enoch Sherman, and his wife, Catherine, as shown in
the claim:
Sons- Seeley, their eldest child, Evi (?), 
Sterling, Isaac; daughters- Catherine, and Jemima.
The names of the children of Lieutenant Samuel
Seeley, and his wife, Sarah, are also shown, as
follows:
Catherine   Born   August        ---, 1765
Jemima       "        May             26, 1767
Jesse           "        April               1, 1769
Abijah         "        Augusy         11, 1771
Daniel         "        October        14, 1773
Samuel       "        February        13, 1777
The above noted Jesse Seeley was living in 1849
in Ballston, Saratoga County, New York; and Daniel
Seeley was a resident of Trumbull, Fairfield County,
Connecticut, he stated that he married, March 13, 1803,
Ruth Silliman, and that she died February 22, 1845.
The soldier's brother, Walker Sherman, was
seventy-one years of age in 1832, then living in Fair-
field County, Connecticut.
The papers on file in this claim contain no
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3--
further family data. It was not shown that the Colonel
Isaac Sherman under whom Enoch Sherman served was a 
relative.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of
the pension, name and address of person paid, and
possibly the date of death of the widow, Catherine
Sherman, you should apply to The Comptroller General,
General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington
D.C., and furnish the following data:
Catherine Sherman, widow of Enoch Sherman
Certificate # 5369
Issued March 6, 1850
Rate $40.00 per annum
Commenced March 31, 1849
Act of February 2, 1848
Vermont, Burlington, Agency.
Very truly yours
A.D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator