Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 19359, for Asa Sherman, Massachusetts

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Mass   Sherman, Asa   W.19359     
                         Polly

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10241
Massachusetts
Asa Sherman
of Plymouth in the State of Mass who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain      of the regt commanded by Col Cotton in the Mass line for 11 mos
[illegible]
Inscribed on the Roll of Mass at the rate of 36 Dollars 66 Cent per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 25the day of [illegible] 1833 and sent J H Loud  Plymouth Mass
Arrears to the 4th of [illegible] 1833  $73.32
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept  18.33
$91.65
Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by J H McBlair   Clerk,
Book E   Vol 2   Page 76

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1313
Massachusetts
Polly Sherman
Mafs
widow of Asa Sherman
who was a Private
in the Mass. line for 11 months

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 36 dollars & 66 cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.

Certificate of Pension issued the 3rd day of August, 1843 and sent to J H Loud Plymouth, Mass.

[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A
vol. 1 page 54

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Asa Sherman,
Mafs

Private 11 months

$36.66.

13035

J. H. Loud
Plymouth
Mafs

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Brief in the case of Asa Sherman
60 of Plymouth in the State of. Mafs
(Act 7th June 1832.)

1.  Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge?, before a judge

2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily injury? yes

3.  How old is he? 76

4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. [printed table follows]

Period  |  Duration of Service (Years, Months, Days.) |  Rank. (As a)  | Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served. (Gen.)

Fall 
in 1775 [illegible]  |  months 1  |  private  | Cap Brigham Col Cotton

1776 [illegible]  |  months 4  |  "  |  Cap Harlow

July . . . "  "  |  months 5  |  . . . . . .  "  Capt, " Col Corie

1777 . . " . |  months 1 . . .  | . . . "  |  Cap Sampson " Cotton

5. In what battles was he engaged? Battle at Harlam

6. Where did he reside when he entered the service?  Plymton Mafs

7.  Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?  traditionary, living witness

8.  Are the paper defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?

I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.

George Payton
Examining Clerk.

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Asa Sherman Plympton
Mafsachusetts 13.035

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No 013

REVOLUTIONARY PENSIONERS

Commonwealth of Massachusetts

County of Plymouth, SS

On this twentieth day of August, 1832, personally appeared before Hon. Wilkes Wood Judge of the Court of Probate for said County at [crossed out much text] and for said County of Plymouth, Asa Sherman a resident of Plympton in said County of Plymouth, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged seventy-five -- years, [above is illegible other than the phrase "his name"] 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.  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 the agency of any State.  That is to say, that he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated.

(month) 
I enlisted in company commanded by Capt Bridgham in Colo Cotton Regiment and served one month in said company of [?]bury Mafsachusetts in the Fall of 1775

(4 months)
in February 1776 I enlisted in company commanded by Capt Jessey Harlow and served four months in said comnpany stationed at Plymouth Mafsachuetts and a part of the time on the Gurnott in the outer harbor of Plymouth building a fort.

(5 months)
I enlisted sometime in July 1776 for five months in company commanded by Capt Hames Harlow and Cols. Corce's Regiment.  Marched to New Haven Connecticut there went on board sloop then to New York by water. Stationed there a short time then went up the river and was in [illegible] of the Battle of Harlem. From thence went to the White Plains and was there the time the British Light house Com up.

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I was [illegible] out on what was called a Private Expedition in Capt Sampson Company and in Colo Cottons REgiment and served one month at Rhode Island Station at Howland Ferry and in Fall River in the year 1777.

(1 month)

In the above Enlistment I served eleven months and lived in the Town of Plympton Mafsachusetts and have lived in Plympton to the current time. My berth was October `1th 1756 and recorded in Town Records in Plymption, Never {illegible] any wrote is Discharge, said Described Companies I believe was States service sto Colo Johanson to Capt William Stephens of Plymouth Thomas Cobb Eq Carver, Peleg Wright of Plympton

Sworn to and Subscribed the Day and year aforesaid

Asa Sherman

Sworn & subscribed to the day and year aforesaid

Wilkes Wood J Prob.

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We, Elijah Dexter a clergyman, residing in the town of Plympton and Lewis Bradford Town Clerk residing in the Town of Plympton Mafs hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with the said Asa Sherman who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy-five years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and we concur in that opinion.

Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid. 

Elijah Dexter
Lewis Bradford
Wilkes Wood J. Prob.

And the said Judge does hereby declare his opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that eh abovenamed applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.  And the same Judge further certifies that it appears to him that Elijah Dexter who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the town of Plympton aforesaid and that Lewis Bradford who has also signed the same, is a resident in the same Plympton and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.

Wilkes Wood

[printed text at bottom of the page is crossed out by hand]

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this twenty second day of September in the Year of our Lord one thousand and eight hundred & thirty two

Jacob H. Loud

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"The following 18 marriages were consummated by ye REv. Mr. Howland.

Asa Sherman to Polly Stephens Decembr ye twethy-eighth one thousand seven hundred and eighty four."

"Asa Sherman died in Plympton October thirteenth, one thousand eight hundred and thirty six."

I certify that the above is a true copy of the Record with the exception of the dates, which are expressed in the Record in fair legible figures, as follows, viz. Decembr ye 28 1784, and October 13, 1836.

Lewis Bradford { Clerk of the Town of Plympton in the County of Plymouth and Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

I Lewis Bradford abovenamed, depose and say: that I hold the Office of Clerk of the Town of Plympton in the County of Plymouth and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and that the above are true extracts from the Records of said Town of Plympton, with the exception abovenamed as certified by me - 

Lewis Bradford { Clerk of Plympton as above stated.

I also further certify, that to my knowledge, the aforesaid Polly Stephens, now the widow of the said Asa Sherman, is yet living in said Plympton, and has not been joined in marriage since the time she was joined in marriage with the said Ava Sherman.

Lewis Bradford { Town Clerk of the said Town of Plympton,
Plympton, August 9, 1838

Commonwealth of Mafsachusetts
Plymouth County SS Plympton August 10th 1838 there personally appeared before the subscriber the above names Lewis Bradford Town Clerk of Plympton and made oath that the above statement by him subscribed is true before Me Jonathan Parker Justice of the Peace

Plymouth Y. I Jacob H Loud, Register of Probate for said County do hereby certify that Jonathan Parker Esq is a Justice of the Peace & for said County & that the above is his true & genuine signature.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of the Court of Probate for said County this thirtieth day of August 1838.

Jacob H. Loud

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1002, 1844
Polly Sherman

admitted
Pr. $36.66/100

papers at [illegible]
J. H. Loud

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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Plymouth ss. On this seventeenth day of August the year One thousand eight hundred and thirty eight before the Hon. Willis Wood Judge of Probate for said County
personally appeared Polly Sherman a resident of Plympton in said County, Widow aged seventy five 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 7. 1838
entitled "An Act granting half pay & pensions to certain Widows"" That she is the widow of Asa Sherman late of said Plympton deceased who was a soldier of the Revolution & served as is particularly set forth in his Declaration on file in the Pension Office at Washington for
which services he was a pensioner under the act of June 7. 1832 his pension certificate having bore date March 25 1833.

She further declares that she was married to the said Asa Sherman on the twenty eighth day of December in the year Seventeen hundred & eighty four by Rev. Mr Howland that her husband the aforesaid Asa Sherman died at
said Plympton on the thirteenth day of October in the year Eighteen hundred & thirty six; that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the first of January in the year Seventeen hundred & ninety four viz at the time above stated.
Polly Thomas

Subscribed & sworn to the day & year first above written Before me & I certify that said Polly Sherman is unable by reason of advanced age & infirmities to travel to attend Court

Willis Wood

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Plymouth SS. I Jacob H. Land Register of Probate for said County this hereby certify that Hon. Willis Wood is Judge of Probate for said County & that the within signature purporting to be signed by him in his true genuine signature

In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand & the seal of the Court
of Probate for said County this thirtieth
day of August 1838

Jacob H. Lord

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For a statement of the military history of Asa Sherman, soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow’s) application for pension on file in this Bureau. Mass 19339 

Date of Enlistment or Appointment 
Fall ’75
Feb ’76
July ’76
’77

Length of service
1 mo.
4m
5m
1m

Rank
(Blank)

Officers Under Whom Service Was Rendered

Captain
Bridgham
Jessie Harlow 
James Harlow
J. Samson 

Colonel
Cotton
Casey
Theophilus Cotton


State
Mass.

Battles engaged in, Harlem, White Plains 

Residence of soldier at enlistment, Plympton Mass

Date of application for pension, Aug 20, 1830 [Illegible] Claim was allowed

Residence at date of application, Plympton, Plymouth Co Mass

Age at date of application, 75, October 12, 1756, Plympton Mass

Remarks: Sol. Man at Plympton Mass [Illegible] 28, 1784 Polly Stephens. 

She was al. pen on op. ch. Aug 17 1838 res. Plympton [Illegible] The above is the only [Illegible] Sherman found in the Rev. War Pension records 

Very Respectfully

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[doc is printed, written, folded & damaged]

[left fold]
Rev
WIDOW, &c.
[line]
[damage] No. 19359
Polly Sherman
Widow of
Asa Sherman
Pri  Rev War
[line]
Act: March 3d 43
[damage] ex:-Vol. M, Page [illegible] 08
"[Arrangement of 1870]"

[right fold]
1907 Dec 16. Hist
to Grace F. Sherman
by order Mr. Daven
1" Dep Commr.
1917 Oct 30. Hist to Robt. M
Sherman

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Massachusetts - 1002
Polly Sherman, widow of Asa Sherman, dead, who was a pensioner under the Act of 7 [Illegible] 1832 and who died on the 14th October, 1836 of Plymouth Co in the state of Massachusetts who was a private in the county commanded by Captain [Blank] of the rest commander by: Col Cotton in the Massachusetts line for 11 [Illegible]

Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 36 Dollars 66 cents per annum, to commence on the 15 day of October, 1836

Arrears to the 4th of the Sept. 1838 = $69.32
Semi-annual allowance ending [Illegible] ’39 -18.33

$87.85

Act July 7, 1838.
Recorded by S. A. Elliot Clerk
Book 8. Vol 1. Page 129

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Massachusettes 1009

Polly Sherman Widow of Asa Sherman 

Who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832 and who died on the 14 October: 1836 of Plymouth in the State of Mass who was a Pri: in the Company commanded by Captain of the Regt. Commanded by Cotton in the Mass line for 11 months


Inscribed on the Roll of Mass at the rate of 36 Dollars 66 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836 ending 14 Oct 1836

Certificate of Pension found the 14 day of [Illegible] 1843 and sent to Elijah Clarke esq. Brighton Mass

[Illegible] to the 4th of Semiannual allowance ending 

[Act July 7, 1838]

Recorded by Theo L. Moody Clerk

Book A Vol. 1 Page 129

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[doc is written]

Asa Sherman Mass. Act 7 June 1832
to what time pd
Pens Office
Due 13th Oct 1836 pd    Nov 12, 1838
to that period
JH

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[doc is written]

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Plymouth County Ss.
august 6th 1832 the Personally appeared
the within Named Jonas Bryant before the Subscriber and made
oath that the within Deposition by him Subscribed is true
Said Deponent is a credible witness
Jonathan Parker Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Plymouth Ss.  I Jacob H. Loud Register of the Court of Pro
bate for the County of Plymouth do hereby certify that
Jonathan Parker Esq is a Justice of the Peace for said County
and that his name Subscribed to the several annexed
certificates are true & genuine signatures. 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand & the seal of said Court
this twenty second day of September
in the Year of Our Lord one thous
and eight hundred & thirty two
Jacob H. Loud

[written vertically along left margin]
Jonas Bryant for Asa Sherman

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[doc is written]

I Jonas Bryant of Plympton in the County of Plymouth
and State of Massachusetts of the age of eighty years [6 words inserted] Testify and Say that I was in the war
of the american Revolution and was at Plymouth Nine Months
and on the [illegible] building a Fort in Capt Jessey Harlows
Company as a Drummer for Said Company I Further testify and
Say that I knew asa Sherman of Plymouth who was in Said
Churchills Company in the year 1776
always I have known Said Sherman who has always Resided
in Plymouth
Jonas Bryant

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[doc is written]

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Plymouth County Ss.
July 25th 1832 Then personally appeared
the within Named gideon Sampson before me the Subscriber
and made oath the the within Deposition by him Subscribed is true
Said Sampson is to be believed and a man of truth
Jonathan Parker Justice of the Peace

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I Gideon Sampson formerly of Plympton now of Halifax in the County of Plymouth and State of Massachusetts aged seventy three years certify and say I was a solider in the Revolutionary War and won at Rhode Island at what was called Bristol Expedition one month at the time the English were on the Island in Col [Illegible] company Co Cotton’s Regiment in the year 1777

I further certify and say as a townsman of Plymouth was in Asa Sherman Company and served one moth which was the time of Enlistment 

July 25th 1832

Gideon Sampson

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[doc is written]

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Plymouth County Ss.  august 6th 1832  Then Personally appeared the within
Named Perry Bradford before the Subscriber and [inserted] affirmed the within Deposition
By him Subscribed is true
Said Deponent is a credible Witness
Jonathan Parker Justice of the Peace

[written vertically along left margin]
Perry Bradford for asa Sherman

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I Perry Bradford of Plympton in the County of Plymouth and state of Massachusetts of the age of seventy five years testify and say I was in the war of the American Revolution and was at Roxbury in the year 1775 in Capt. John Bradford Company Colo. Cotton’s Regiment. I further testify and say I knew Asa Sherman of Plymouth who was in Capt. Brigham’s Company and Cotton’s Regiment at the same time but how long a time I do not know. I have always known said Sherman [Illegible] and has resided in Plymouth 

Perry Bradford

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I John Bribe of Plympton in the County of Plymouth and State of Massachusetts of the age of Seventy Six years testify and say that I was a solider in the war of the American Revolution in the year 1776 at New York in Capt. [Illegible] Company Col Carey Regiment at the time Boston Battle was. I testify and declare I knew of a Sherman of Plymouth was a solider in said [Illegible] Company and continued throughout the engagement which was five months, from July to December. I have since known said Sherman and has resided in Plympton ever since 

John Brisbe

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[doc is written]

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Plymouth County Ss
July 25th 1832 Then Personally Appeared the
Witness Named John Bisbe before me the Subscriber and made
oath that the Witness Declaration by him subscribed is true
I Further Certify he is a Credible Witness
Jonathan Parker Justice of the Peace

[written vertically along left margin]
Asa Sherman
John Bisbe for

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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those
answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of
Asa Sherman which require
further proof or explanation.
I. 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 amount of pension
he is entitled? Yes
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? Yes
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of
June 7, 1832? Yes
VIII. 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 revolu-
tionary service? Yes
XII. 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
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? Yes
[line]
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 recol-
lection 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 in-
definite, 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; and 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 em-
ployed 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 magis-
trate 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 cer-
tificate 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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1199

Polly Sherman
$36.66 per an

J.H. Loud
Plymouth
Mass

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Declaration In order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress of the 3d of March 1843 granting pensions for one year to certain widows who have received pensions under the act of July 7th 1838 Commonwealth of Massachusetts Plymouth County SS. On this third day of May Eighteen hundred and Forty three personally appeared before the Subscriber a Justice of the peace in and for said County of Plymouth Polly Sherman a resident of Plympton in the County of Plymouth aged Eighty one 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 provisions made by the act of Congress passed on the 3d of March 1843 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the revolutionary war that she is the widow of Asa Sherman late of Plympton Deceased who was a private in the army of the revolution and she received a pension of thirty Six Dollars and Sixty Six cents per annum under the act of July 7th 1838 She further declares that she is still a widow. The above statement I believe to be correct and said Declarant is personally well known to me [unclear name] Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written Before Me Jonathan Parker Justice of the peace

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Commonwealth of Massachusetts Plymouth Ss I Jacob H. Loud Register of Probate for said County do hereby certify that Jonathan Parker Esq. is a Justice of the Peace in & for said County duly Commissioned & qualified & that the within is his true & genuine signature. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of the Court of Probate for said County this seventeenth day of May 1843 Jacob H. Loud Register

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Polly Sherman Mass. Act 7 July [unclear text] from 4 March 36 to 14 Oct. '36 Elijah Clarke Brighton Mass.

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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
County of Plymouth Ss
On this twenty ninth day of December eighteen hundred
and forty two, Personally appeared before Me Wm. H. Schule
---a justice of the Peace in and for the County of Plymouth
Polly Sherman a resident of Plympton in said County
eighty one years of age who being duly sworn according
to law doth on her oath make the following Declar-
-ation in order to obtain the amount of pension which
she claims from the fourth of March 1836 to the fifteenth
day of October eighteen hundred and thirty six from which
period she has been already paid under the Act of the
seventh of July 1838 and the declarant further alleges
that she is still the widow of Asa Sherman who was a
private in the Revolutionary War that her pension was
allowed at the rate of thirty six dollars and sixty six
cents per annum and was paid to her at the agency at
Boston in the State of Massachusetts and further she saith not.
Polly Sherman
Sworn to and Subscribed on the day and year above
written Before Me Wm. H. Schule Justice of the Peace
Plymouth Ss  29th Decr 1842
I hereby Certify that the above named Polly
Sherman who hath signed the above declaration
is the widow of Asa Sherman deceased and that she
has formerly received a pension from the United States
Wm. H. Schule Justice of the Peace

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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Secretarys Office January 2, 1843
I hereby Certify that at the date of the
within attestation Wm. H. Soule was a Justice of
the Peace for the County of Plymouth.
Witness the Seal of}     John P. Bisom
the Sate}    Secretary of the Comth

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 TELEPHONE 1227W DIRECTORS Rev H The Fitchburs Phoernix Lighting Company OWNERS OF PATENT RICHTS TO MANUFACTURE AND OPERATE The Phoenix Lighting System ALSO AGENTS FOR INDIVIDUAL GAS GENERATORS OR STORAGE TANK SYSTEMS FOR THE COUNTRY HOME DIRECTORS  R. M. SHERMAN M. V. SHERMAN . F. H. LANE FITCHBURG, MASS, October 25, 1917. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D. C. Gentlemen:- My great-grandfather, Asa Sherman of Plympton, Mass., served in the Revolutionary War. He fought at The Battle of Bunker Hill for one battle and I would very much like to know what other battles he fought in and to know all that can be found out from the records. May I ask if you will kindly let me know in the enclosed stamped envelope, whether or not your office is the proper place for me to apply for the information? If not, could you please let me know the proper address and if you have the information I wish, could you kindly let me know the charge for looking this up for me and letting me have a copy of his discharge. Thanking you kindly in advance for your attention, I remain, R. M. S. Respectfully yours, Robert M. Sherman 114 Lammer Street

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