Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 15801, for Seth N Sherwood, New York
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Service: New York
Sherwood, Seth N.
Nos. 15801
Spouse: Ann
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See left to page Aprl 13, 1836.  More illegible.

20095-20098
New York
Seth N. Sherwood a [soldier] in the State of New York who was a sergeant in the Company commanded by Captain Sherwood of the Reg, - commanded by Col. Webster in the N.York line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of N. York at the rate of 120.00  zero cents per annum,  to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 2 day of Aug and [illegible]
Arrears to the 4th of Mar[] '83                = $240
[Semi-ant] allowance ending 6 Sep. '83   =    60
Equals $300
Revolutionary Claim, Act. June 7, 1832.
Recorded by P.C. Stiles, Clerk
Book: E, Vol. 3, Page 79
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Albany 1.728
Ann Sherwood, widow of Seth N. Sherwood who was a pensioner under the Act of 7. June 1832 and who died on the 6. June 1836 of Cayuga Co. in the State of N. York and who was a private in the company by Captain Sherwood of the Regt. by Col. Webster in the line for 9 months.
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 30 Dollars and zero cents per annum to commence on the 5. June 1836.  Original written date of 4th day of March, 1834 is lined out.

Certificate of Pension issued the 29th day of January 1839 and sent to H. Millard, Auburn, N.Y.
Arrears to the 4th of Sep. '38 =                  67.50
Semi-annual allowance ending 6 A[] '39= 15.00
Equals $82.50
Act July 7, 1838.
Recorded by D. Brown, Clerk
Book: A, Vol. 2, Page: 100
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State of New York, Cayuga County
[I] Truman D. Pitcher of the town of [Carleton] in the county of Orleans and state of New York, aged seventy-eight years, having duly sworn before the [ ] that he was a revolutionary soldier, and served in the revolutionary war; that he (Truman D. Pitcher) is well acquainted with Seth N. Sherwood, now deceased, who was a Sergeant in the war; and his wife Ann Sherwood; that said Seth N. Sherwood
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certify that I am well acquainted with the said named deponent Truman D. Pitcher & that he is a credible person & his statement entitled to belief & that I should think him seventy eight years of age
J H Bostwick
Justin of the Peace

State of New York
Cayuga County
I William Richardson, Clerk of the County of Cayuga do hereby certify, that James H. Bostwick is a justice of the peace in & for
said County, duly commissioned & qualified & that full faith & credit may be given to his acts as such Justice and that his signature above written is genuine
Given under my hand & the seal of the said
County this 20th day of November 1838
W Richardson Clerk
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State of New York
Cayuga County
I. Barney Caswell of the town of Perbern
in the County of Cayuga being duly sworn
deposeth & saith that he was well acquainted with Seth N. Sherwood, now deceased, having lived a neighbor to him at the period of the revolution in Kingsbury, Washington County
New York; that he this deponent was knowing to his being taken prisoner by the British forces at Burgoynes [ ] & according to the best of his recollection in or about the year 1778 &
carried as such to Canada, that thereupon, to escape from a similar to this deponent & family left Kingsbury & went to Dutches County & returned to the former place at the
conclusion of the war, or as soon as it was thought same to do so. I found said Seth N. Sherwood had returned there from
his captivity as aforesaid, at which time as well as at various other times he told this deponent he had been kept a prisoner at Montreal for a period of about two years; that the same was also a subject of general remark at the
time in the neighborhood & as well attested as any other went of equal prominence attending his service in said war that said Seth N. Sherwood always sustained a good character
for truth & veracity that more than this his memory will enable him to give dates
Sowrn & subscribed before me this 6th
day of December 1838. And I further certify that I am well acquainted with the said named
Barney Caswell & that he is a credible person & his statement entitled to belief
Barney Caswell
E. B. Cobb Justice Peace
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State of New York
Cayuga County
I Stephen J. Sherwood, a son of Seth
N. Sherwood, now deceased, being duly sworn
deposeth & saith that he has always understood from his father, & has often been so told by him during his life time that he was taken a prisoner in the revolution by the British
forces at Bangor is [ ] & carried as such to Montreal & there kept twenty five months; that it was always so understood & received in the family, as much so as and other fact of his service in the revolution aforesaid
Stephen J. Sherwood his mark

Sworn & subscribed before me this 6th day of December 1838. And I further certify that I am well acquainted with the said named
deponent Stephen T. Sherwood & that he is a credible person, & his statement is entitled to believe
Eb Cobb Just Peace

Attest: as to signature of deponent Sherwood
Henry Millerd
Bany Caswell

I, William Richardson Clerk of the County of Cayuga in the State of New York, certify that Ebenezer B. Cobb is a Magistrate as above, & that the foregoing signatures purporting
to be his genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal of office & subscribed my name this 6th day of December, in the year 1838
Geo Warren Foster Dep Clerk
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Ann SHerwood
Agent A Gould
Auburn NY
1728
M 1457
[ ] 2075
Admitted
Private 9 months
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State of New York
Cayuga County
On this tenth day of September one thousand
Eight hundred and thirty Eight personally appeared before John P Hulbert one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Cayuga Ann Sherwood resident of the town of Auburn Cayuga County aged seventy for years who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on her oath make 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 Seth N. Sherwood who was an orderly Sargeant in the Revolutionary Army that said Seth N. Sherwood was a pensioner under the act of Congress of
the 7th June 1832 and drew one hundred and twentyDollars annually 
the further declares that she was married to
said Seth N Sherwood on the fifteenth day of November in the year seventeen hundred and Eighty three that her husband the aforesaid Seth N. Sherwood died on the fourth day
of June Eighteen hundred and thirty six
That she was not married to him prior to his in
being the service but the mariage took place previous to the first day of January Seventeen hundred and ninety four [ ] at the time above stated. she further says that she has no [ ]
evidence of her marriage that she has raised inquiry and search to be made and the cannot learn that any such now exists or ever
did exist that she was married at Kingsbury in the County of Washington and State of New York that her name previous to said marriage was Ann Tapman and that she has no other
endence of her marriage then the affidavit of Truman D Pitcher hereto annexed that she the said Husband resided in Washington County during the whole of said was and her said husband served in the Company of Captain Dial Sherwood in Col Seth Sherwoods Regiment until he was taken prisoners in 1777 as she believes that she is unable to state his different tours particularly but would refer to the papers of said Seth N Sherwood now on the files of the
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Pension office for the full statement & the proof therein
Ann her mark Sherwood
Sworn & Subscribed the day & year
above written Before me
John P Hulbert Judge of
Cayuga County Courts

I certify that the above named Ann Sheron [ ] from bodily infirmity appear in open Court and that I am well acquainted with her and I believe her to be a woman of truth & seventy
John Hubert Judge of Cayuga County Courts

State of New York
Cayuga County Courts-
County Clerks Office

I William Richardson  Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Cayuga do certify that John P. Hulbert Esquire before whom the above Declaration purports to have been taken was on the day of the date thereof one of the Judges of the Court of Common
Pleas in and for said County duly appointed and commissoned to act in that capacity and that full faith & credits may be given to his as therein
And that I am acquainted with his hand writing  and that the signatures above are genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court of Common Pleas at Aubum
September Tenth 1838
Geo Warren Foster Dep Clerk
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State of New York
Orleans County 
Personally came before me the under signed a Justice of the Peace in & for the County aforesaid Truman D Pitcher who being by me duly sworn according to Law did depose & say that he is Seventy Seven years old past. that he was well acquainted with Seth N Sherwood of the Town of Kingsbury Washington County New York who was a soldier in the revolutionary war and afterwards drew a pension under the act of Congress of 7th June 1832, that this deponent was well acquainted with him and with his wife Ann, that Ann the wife of the said Seth N Sherwood lived in the said Town of Kingsbury with her parents whose names were John Anita Totman. that this deponent was present when the celebration of the Marriage of the said Seth N. Sherwood and Ann Totman, which took place at the house of John Totman in said Town of Kingsbury, as near as this deponent can recollect in the month of October or November in the year Seventeen hundred Eighty three and this deponent is very certain that it could not
have been taken than seventeen hundred
eighty four though he believes it was in 1783
and this deponent further says that he was present at the celebration of the Marriage of said Seth N Sherwood & Ann Totman & knows that they were there & then married town at
Kingsbury Washington County New York
State in the year 1783 or 1784. & after there days not
Sworn & Subscribed this 7th day June Ditcher
of September 1838 before me
A Hyde Cole a Justice of the Peace of Orleans Co. NY
I the undersigned Justice of the peace before whom the foregoing affidavit was taken hereby certify that I am acquainted
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with Truman D Pilcher who subscribed the foregoing affidavit that I should think him to be a manof 77 years of age & that he is a man whose statement is entitled to credit & a man of truth & veracity Dated September 6 1838.
A Hyde Cole a Justice of the Peace Orleans Co.

State of New York
Orleans County
Clerks Office ⎬ I Timothy C. Strong Clerk of
said County do hereby certify that A. Hyde Cole Esq a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly Commissioned and sworn and authorized by the laws of said state to act as such: that his Commission is dated January 1st 1837 and will expire on the 31st day of December 1840, and that his signature above written are genuine
-
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and pressed the Seal
of the Court of Common Pleas of said County
this 6th day of Sept AD 1838
T.C. Strong Clerk

Cayuga County 
Stephen G Sherwood of Auburn in said County being duly sworn says that he is the son of Seth N & Ann Shewood above named and is aged fifty two years
That the said Seth N & Ann Shewood
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lived together as husband & wife from
deponents earliest recollection until the
fourth day of June 1836 when the said
Seth N. Sherwood departed this life at Auburn &
aforesaid that said Seth N. Sherwood was a
pensioner of the United States under the act
of June 7 1832 and continued to draw a pension until the time of his death
And further deponent saith not
Sworn this 11th day of
September 1838 before me
Stephen T Sherwood
J H Bostwick
Justice of the Peace
State of New York
Cayuga County 
Clerks office

I William Richardson Clerk of the
County of Cayuga do hereby certify that James H. Bostwick Before whom the above affidavit purports to have been taken was on the day of the date thereof a Justice of the Peace in
and for said County duly Elected and commissioned to act in that capacity and that full faith and credit may be given to his acts as such Justice I further certify that I am acquainted with his hand writing and that
his signatures above are genuine
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed the seal of the
Court of Common Pleas of said County this
Eleventh day of September 1838
at Auburn in the County aforesaid

W Richardson Clerk
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Seth N Sherwood by Peter Millerd
21837
Service 9 Mo
Captivity 18 mo
[ ]
24 mo ser[ ]
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State of New York
Ulster County

On the thirteenth day of May in the year 1833 personally appeared before me the undersigned one of the Judges of the County Courts of the County of Ulster Seth N. Sherwood who being
first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration to his former Declaration in answer to the objections contained in the brief returned with his original Declaration To wit. To objection marked VI he the said applicant says that in consequence of old age infirmity and the lapse of time he does not recollect the different officers under whom he served but remembers Captain Isaac Moss under whom he enlisted in the spring of the
year 1777 and was stationed the greater part of the then [ ] near fort Edward and was a part of the time a commander of a Sergeants guard and also Lieutenant Bladshaw and was stationed part of the time near Lake George which he believes was in the year 1778 and also Lieutenant Balshaw and with whom he went on several scouts but does not recollect what year and also remembers Capt Dial Sherwood (who commanded a Company at Fort Ann and that
he this applicant was sent to reconnoiter the enemy and had the command of a number of men and that he in that scout was taken a prisoners which he thinks was in the fall
of the year 1780 the above named are all the officers he can at present recollect but was out for the geater part of of the time from the beginning of the year 1777 or in the spring of said untill he was taken a prisoner and that
he was a Sergeant during all the above periods of service and thinks the regiment was commanded by Colonel Webster
To objection marked XVII he canot recollect any save those stated already in his original declaration but in addition to those stated in his former declaration he knows Doctor Ebeneza Hall, Benjamin Hasbrouck Esqr. Justice of the peace in said town & Captain Vandebogart all
of his neighborhood who can testify as to his character for veracity and the general belief in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolutionary
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Sworn and was Subscribed this 13th day
of May 1833 before me Harry Wynkoop one of the Judges of the County Courts of the County
of Ulster
Seth N Sherwood his mark
I do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the above persons foregoing persons named by the in the above subscribed affidavit
that they are all credible persons residing in the neighborhood
of said applicant
Henry Wynkoop one of the Judges of the County Courts of Ulster County
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State of New York,
ULSTER COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE, I, Jacob Snyder, Clerk of the County of Ulster
and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Ulster County, Do hereby Certify
That Henry Wynkoop- Esquire, was on the day of the date of the Certificate to the  annexed Affidavit a Judge of the County Court of Ulster County in and for the said County of Ulster
duly authorised to take affidavits, to and further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Judge and verily believe the
signature "Henry Wynkoop subscribed to the Certificate of the said annexed affidavit to be genuine.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the Seal of the
said Court and County, this 16 day of May
1833.
Jacob Snyder
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Declaration in order to obtain the benifit of the act ofCongress passed the 7th June 1832
State of New York
Ulster County
on the Tenth day of October in the year of our 
Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared before Jacob Trumbour one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for Ulster County Seth N. Sherwood A resident of the town of Woodstock
in the County of Ulster aged Eighty nine years. who being first duly sworn doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed the 7th June 1832
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated That he was born in the Town of Stratford in the State of Connecticut, in the year 1743.
That he has no record of his age
That he lived when called into service in Kingsbury Washington County and State of New York, and that he has lived there and in Woodstock Ulster County since the Revolutionary war, and that he now lives in Woodstock aforesaid
That early in the Spring of the year 1776
he volunteered in the militia Service of the State of New York and was a Sergeant, and was in the company commanded by Capt O Hara, Lieutenant Sherwood & Stockwell Ensign Schudder, in Col Wynkoops Regiment under the
command of General Schuyler, for Nine Months
rendezvoused at Albany and marched from then to Ticonderoga continued there untill about August or September following marched from there to Whitehall and while there
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was under the command of Capt Van Vechten, continued there untill some time in the month of February following returned again to Albany and was there after a service of ten months or more discharged (received a written discharge, signed by Capt O'Harra and has lost it when a prisoner and
this applicant further declares that in the spring
of the year 1777, he again volunteered in the same service as aforesaid, as a minuteman, and from the variety of stations and other circumstances he is unable to particuclarize his officers. was stationed in Kingsbury Wash
-ington County, and continued to serve as such minuteman untill October in the year 1780, and untill he had received for his services during said time Certificate to the amount of (Eighty pounds) or two hundred and fifty dollars) and was then together with the rest of the
Company taken prisoner by a party of British and Indians to the number of from 7 to 800
and was retained by them as such prisoner untill in November in the year 1782, and was then taken to Whitehall and was there exchanged, and was a great part of the time confined in solitary confinement Saw
while a prisoner Capt Jeremiah Snyder, Elias Snyder Peter Miller also prisoners (and they were from Ulster County and that he and the said party were taken at Fort Ann near Lake George, and was conveyed to and confined
at the Provost at Montreal,
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Mr William Warren a clergyman residing in the town of Olive in Ulster County and Jeremiah J Snyder of the town of Woodstock in said County hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Seth N. Sherwood who has submitted and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be Eighty nine years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion
William Warren
Jeremiah J Snyder

Sworn & Subscribed
the day & year aforesaid before me
Jacob Trumpbour
One of the Judges of the County Courts of Ulster County
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Seth N Sherwood
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He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the Pension
Roll of any agency in any State,
Sworn to and Subscribed
the day and year aforesaid
Seth N Sherwood his mark
Jacob Trumpbour
one of the Judges of the County Courts of Ulster County
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And I the said Judge do hereby declare my opinion after the Investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories presented by the War Department that the above named
applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states and I do further certify that it appears to me that William Warren who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman
resident in the town of Olive in said County and that Jeremiah S. Snyder who has also signed the same is a resident in the town of Woodstock in said County and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit
and I do also certify that from bodily infirmity the said Seth N. Sherwood is unable to attend Court

Jacob Trumbour One of the Judges of the County Court of Ulster County
State of New York,
Ulster County  J. Jacob Snyder Clerk of the Court of Common pleas in and for the County of Trustee and Clerk of said County do certify that Jacob Trumbour was on the dates of the foregoing proceedings in the matter of the application of Seth N. Sherwood for a pension A. Judge of the Court of Common pleas in and for said County and that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said Judge and
verily believe the signatures "Jacob Trumpbour" subscribed to the foregoing proceedings to be genuine--
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of Office this ninth day of January 1833.
Jacob Snyder
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State of New York
Ulster County
Daniel Sherwood of the Town of Woodstock County of Ulster aged 64 years being duly sworn deposes and says that he is well acquainted with Seth N. Sherwood(being his father) a soldier of the Revolutionary war
and now an applicant for a Pension that this de
ponent lived with the said Seth N. Sherwood in the Revolutionary war in the County of Washington and Town Kingsbury near Lake Champlain and that this deponent saw the said Seth N. Sherwood volunteer in the Militia Service of the State of New York in the
Spring of the year 1776 in Capt Ohara Company in Col Wynkoop Regiment, that this deponent saw him leave his home as dopenent un
derstood to Join the Regiment at Albany and from there marched to Lake Champlain to a place called Ticonderoga that this deponent with his mother (being the wife of said Seth N Sherwood then went together to the said Regiment at Ticonderoga to wash the Soldiers clothes and also to sell various
articles to the said Regiment which the deponent & mother had provided and this deponent saw the said Seth N. Sherwood at said Fort Ticonderoga in the service aforesaid untill sometime in the fall when this deponent together with part of the said Regiment proceeded to White Hall and that the
said Capt Oharra left the service and the said
Seth N. Sherwood was transfered to Capt Sam
uel Vanvechtens Company in the said Regi
ment of Col Wynkoop, that sometime after this
deponent and mother left the army and went home that the said Seth N. Sherwood did not return home untill sometime in February following the said Seth N. Sheward called on deponents mother on his way to Albany as deponent understood
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to get his pay together with the said Company
of Capt Vanvechten and returned home a few days afterwards and as deponent then understood was paid for his charged and this deponent verily believes that the said Seth
N Sherwood served the full term of ten months in the capacity of a private Soldier Seyeant
And this deponent further say that in the spring of the year 1777 the said Seth N Sherwood again volunteered in the said service of the Militia of the State of New York in the capacity of a Sergeant in the company of Rangers or Minutemen which said corps was stationed at differant places in the County of Washington and along the frontiers near Lake George & Champlain to protect the Inhabitants from
invisions of the tories and Indians from Canada and this deponent saw the said Seth N. Sherwood in said service frequently and believes continued in said service untill sometime in the fall of the year 1780 this deponent understood that the said Seth N. Sherwood was taken a prisoner by a party of British Troops & Indian &bTories that the said Seth N. Sherwood for the said [ ]  as Rangers received certificates to the amount of $250 Dollars which deponent saw in the absence of
the said Seth N. Sherwood in the propesion of deponents mother and that the said Seth N. Sherwood and not return home in Washington County untill the fall of the year 1782 and always understood & verily believes &
that the said Seth N. Sherwood was detained
a prisoner in Canada for two years or more and
further saith not-
Daniel Sherwood
Sworn this 10th October
1832. Before me
Jacob Trumpbour one of the
Judges of the County Courts of Ulster
County and I do certify that I am acquainted with said Daniel Sherwood, and that he is a man of truth and veracity, and that his testimony is entitled to full credit-
Jacob Tumpbour
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State of New York,
ULSTEE COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE. ] SS 
I, Jacob Snyder, Clerk of the County of Ulster
and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Ulster County, Do hereby Certify That Jacob Trumpbor Esquire, was on the day of the
date of the Certificate to the annexed Affidavit a Judge of the County Court in and for the said County of Ulster duly authorized to take affidavits, &c; and further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Judge and verily believe the signature "Jacob Trumbpbour" subscribed to the Certificate
at the said annexed affidavit to be genuine.

In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the Seal of the
Court and County, this tenth
day of January
1833
Jacob Snyder
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State of New York
Onondaga County ⎬ I Peter Miller of the Town of Manlius County of Onandago a Soldier of the Revolutionany war aged 76 years being duly sworn deposes and says that he knew Seth N
Sherwood a Soldier of the Revolutionary war and now an applicant for a pension that this deponent was in the Militia Service of the State of New York and taken a prisoner in the County of Ulster and carried to Montreal in Canada and will knew the said Sherwood who was also a
prisoner in Canada at the same time
with this deponent that this deponent saw
the said Sherwood a prisoner for the term of
of one year or more in the years about 8185002
and deponent understood that the said Sherwood was taken a prisoner in the State of 
New York near Lake Champlain that he
has no seen the said Sherwood since they parted Montreal but verily believes
that it is the same person who was a prisoner
with deponent in the Revolutionary war
Sworn the 12 day of October 1832 before me J. Northam a Justice of the peace of the Town [ ] Onendaga Co
Peter his mark Miller

the said Peter Miller at the time of signing the above apepal by making his mark declared that he never wrote his name Oct 12. 1832
A. Northam C. [ ]
I do hereby certify that I have been acquainted with Peter Miller for many years that he formerly was a resident of Ulster County that his moral character was good and of strict integrity and that he was always spoken of as a whig of the revolution and one who had suffered much. May 16. 1833
Jacob Snyder Clerk of
Ulster County
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State of New York
County of Onendaga
Clerks Office
I. Alanson Edwards Junior Deputy
Clerk of the said County do hereby certify that
Alfred Northam before whom the within
affidavit purports to have been sworn was
at the date of the same one of the Justices of
the Peace in and for the said County and
that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name subscribed to the said affidavit to be his proper hand writing and signature Witness my hand and
Seal of Office this 12 day of October 1832
A Edwards Just Dep Clk
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NY
Per WIDOW, &c.
File No. 15801
Ann Sherwood
Wid of Seth N Sherwood
Priv Rev War
Act July 7th 1838
Index: Vol M Page 207
[ Arrangement of 1870. ]
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N York
Ann Sherwood
letter to the H Millerd. Nov 1838
" " Sec of War 17 Nov 1838.
to H. Millard, 27 Nov. 1838
Act 7 July 1838
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Seth N Sherwood
N York [] 20095
James L Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pension
Washington DC
New York Apr 8
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Mechanics Bank
New York 6th April 1836
Sir I enclose for your examination the voucher in
the case of Seth N. Sherwood, a Sergeant at $120 per annum under the act of 7th June 1832, who resides in Cayuga County, the attorney begs the favor of you to allow this payment to be made at this Agency, where he
has heretofore been paid as a resident of Ulster County.
I am very Respectfully
Your Obt Sert
Jno Fleming [ ]
James L Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which these answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of
Seth N Sherwood which require further proof or explanation.
Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides?
yes
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? yes
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? Yes
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? No
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes
VII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes

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? yes
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of 
a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? yes
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?
XIV. If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath,
certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? No as to one,
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? yes
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? yes
XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? yes
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
---
Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection
he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; Foryear
months, and days, I served as a . For months
and days, I served as a ; and for such service I claim a pension.
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It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the
applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
QUERE XIV. Proof of Service
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must
be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
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M 1545 3 Dec 11 1838
Pension Office
NY
[ ] 
Ann Sherwood
7 July No 2074
[ ]
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Auburn N. Y. Dec 6th 1838
Sir
Mr Edward's letter of the 29th [ ] was
duly received & enclosed I have the honor to transmit some further documents in support of the application of Mrs Sherwood for a pension - Hoping they may be found reasonably satisfactory, upon the point in question, under the circumstances of the case, the person interested desires a certificate for whatever may be allowed
I have the honor to be very
respectfully your most
obt servant
H. Millerd
on the Secretary of War.
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M 1311 Nov 8 1838
Pension Office
Ann Sherwood
N Y
2075 Oct 18h rec'd
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Hon. The Secretary of War,
Washington City
Auburn Oct 26 NY
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Auburn, N.Y. Oct 20th 1838
Sir
Sometime since I had the honor to enclose
to you the papers of Ann Sherwood in the matter of her application of a pension, & receiving no reply in the usual time, I addressed a letter to W. Edwards on the same subject, & have received as yet no reply thereto.
I beg leave to solicit your attention to the matter & and answer as early upon receipt hereof as may be consistent.
I have the honor to be very
respectfully your most
obedient servant,
H. Millerd
on the Secriting of War.
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24th
M 1525
28 Nov 1838
Pension Office
NY
[ ]
Ann Sherwood
Hon the Secretary of War
Washington City
Auburn Nov 20 NY
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Auburn, N.Y. Nov. 20th 1838
Sir
Since my letter of yesterday upon the case
of the application of Ann Sherwood for a pension, the son therein mentioned, has to day casually met with a witness to testify on the subject of his father's alleged captivity in
Canada, whose affidavit I have the honor herewith to enclosed
Very respectfully I have the
honor to be your most
obedient servant
H. Millerd
on the Secretary of War
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2075
M 1454 Sept 29 1838
Pension Office NY 7 July 1838
Hon The Secretary of War
Washington City
Auburn Sep 2[]
NY
Rec'd Oct 18h
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Auburn, N. Y. Sept. 25th 1838.
Sir
I have the honor to transmit enclosed the
papers of Ann Sherwood, in behalf of an application fora pension.
I learn that she has deceased since the [ ]
of the papers, by her & it therefore becomes rather on application in behalf of her son. Is there required from this circumstance any other a different form to her papers?
I have the honor to be very
respectfully your most
obedient Servant
H. Millerd
on the Secretary of War
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M. 1525
Hon. The Secretary of War
Washington City
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Auburn N. Y. Nov. 19th 1838
Sir
In reply to W Edwards letter of the 9th inst.
have the honor to state in reference to the application of Ann Sherwood for a pension; that her son, since the receipt of that letter has visted two revolutionary soldiers, at some
distance, to visit Isaac Parks & Can who were
supposed to have been in captivity with with the claimants husband at the period in question with the view of obtaining the requisite proof to supply that part of her claim. The [ ]
them however that one of them only saw
the husband, at a certain time while on his way as prisoner to Canada & the other saw him only at one time undergoing such captivity. Thus much however I am told they can prove, whether it would be sufficient is the question involved in the case
His superior officer at the period in question they State were as follows: General Schuyler Col Wyncoop & Capt. O'Hara
But be the case as it may, the son above mentioned,
requests that if her case, as it is now presented, should be decided to be insufficient for the whole time claimed, that a certificate may be forwarded for such part thereof as may be
allowed upon receipt hereof, & if the proof suggested above be sufficient for the remaining service, that he may be allowed to present it at such time as my be convenient hereafter
I have the honor to be, your
respectfully, your most
Obedient Servant
H Millerd
on the Secretary of War
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Oct 22
S. N. Sherwood [ ]
NY [ ]

James L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pension
Washington
New York Oct 20
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James L. Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
D Sir
The enclosed papers were forwarded so to collect in presenting the same, was informed that I recollect forward the same to you, to obtain your order for payment in this
City. the Pensioner formerly resided
in Dutches County in this State. this
papers have not been received  to the Albany Office

You will please forward
your older for payment in
Your very Respectfully
H. F. Tallmadge
New York 17 Oct 1836
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Oct 22
[ ] NY
J L Edwards Esq
comissioner of pensions
Washington City
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Auburn, N.Y. Oct. 15th 1838
Sir
Sometime since, I had the honor to enclose
the papers of Ann Sherwood to the Hon. the Secretary of War touching an application in her behalf for a pension, but have as yet received no reply. I beg leave therefore to call your attention to the subject, & Solicit such a reply as early as may be consistent.
Mary respectfully, your most
obident Servant
H. Miller
J. L. Edwards Esqr
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Auburn
Hon the secretary of war
Washington City
M43
Long 2H [ ]
Pension Office
N.Y.
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Auburn N. Y. Jan. 16th 1839
Sir:
On the 6th relti[ ] I had the honour
to enclose certain supplementary papers in the case of Mrs. Sherwood, desiring a certificate for whatever might he allow and since when no return has been received [ ] and therefore in behalf of the person interested, to
solicit the earliest attention to the premises which may be consistent
I have the honor to be very respectfully your most obedient servant,
H Millard
No 2075
-
Hon. the Secretary of War.