Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 24,010, Reuben Wheaton, New York

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(3-1776)

SERVICE 
New York 

Wheaton, Reuben 

NUMBER 
S. 24.010 

CONTENTS 
See N. A. Acc No. 874 No. 050188 - Not Half Pay Reuben Wheaton

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24.405
New York 
Reuben Wheaton 
[of] Schenectady in the State of New York who was a Private in the Comp command by Captain Van Slacks of the Regt. commanded Col. Wemple in the New York line for 7 months and 9 days 

Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 24 Dollars 32 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. 

Certificate of Pension issued the 10th day of Dec 1833 - and sent to G. F. Yates Schenectady 

Arrears to the 4th of Sep ‘33  $60.80 
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 M ’34  12.16 
$72.96 
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.} 
Recorded by Geo. C. Stiles Clerk, 
Book E.  Vol. 4  Page 128. 

1858 Jany 26 Let to Hon C Cochrane

[calculations]

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State of New York
County of Schenectady 

On this Seventeenth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty two personally appeared in open Court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County now sitting Reuben Wheaton a resident of the town of Glenville in said County and State aged sixty nine years who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832.
He was born in the township of Schenectady in the county of Albany in the State aforesaid in the month of September 1763 he has no record of his age except that contained in his family Bible.
When he was called into the service of the United States in the army of the revolution he was living in said township and since the revolutionary war he has lived in said township.
He now lives in the town of Glenville aforesaid.
He entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated.
In the Spring of the year 1778 he was enrolled in Captain Jesse Van Slyck's Company of Militia in the Regiment of which Abraham Wemple was Colonel. His other company and field officer whom he recollects were Francis Veeder Lieutenant - Daniel McMichael Sergeant
Abraham Swits and Myndert Wemple Major

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The claimant served in said Company from this time of his enrollment until the end of this war.
During his engagement in said Company, being for the term of five years, he was in many expeditions against the enemy. But his memory does not serve him sufficiently well to specify them all. The following are the principal ones, and the time he served in most of them, but he cannot give dates.
He served in a scouting party to Ballston for about one week—on his return to Schenectady he mounted guard under Francis Veeder, Captain of the guard.
He served in a scouting party about eight days, and on this occasion marched to Beaverdam and took three prisoners and their baggage—on his return to Schenectady mounted guard under command of Robert Smith Captain of the guard.
He went out with scouts to the Middlebury, a place much infested with Tories. He was absent on this tour about eight days. On his return to Schenectady, remembers that Albert Mabee was the Captain of the guard there and he served under him.
In August 1780 he marched with a detachment of militia from said Regiment to Fort Plain and Fort Plank to repel the incursion made by the enemy under Brandt on this occasion. He was garrisoned at Fort Plank for the term of one month under command of Captain Abraham Oothout. Before he returned to Schenectady, he served with

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a party of soldiers who guarded the farmers in that vicinity while bringing in their harvest. On his returned to Schenectady he mounted guard under Lewis Barhardt Captain of the guard. 
In 1781, he was called out on an alarm to the lower fort of Schoharie & remained there performing garrison duty three weeks. On his return to Schenectady he mounted guard under Nicholas Yates Captain of the guard. 
In the year last named when Major Ross & Walter Butler made a descent on the Mohawk settlements, he served with the detachment from said Regiment eight days He was then attached to the party whose duty it was to guard the prisoners taken in the battle on that occasion to Schenectady 
When the tories and Indians under Sir John Johnson devastated Caughnawaga in 1780, he was on duty about one week 
He has been as a scout in pursuit of tories to Sacondaga & Heldebergh & other places where they rendezvoused not now particularly recollected. He has been with scouts twice to Schoharie besides performing sentinel duty there for three weeks as aforesaid. 
He was in the battle of Johnstown in 1781 –
The whole period he was on actual duty in the garrison & in the field, he has means of ascertaining to a certainty, yet knows it exceeds twenty four months.

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THE FOLLOWING are the names of some of the regular officers whom he knew, or who were with the troops where he served, and such continental and militia regiments or companies with which he served, or as he can recollect, viz: General Gansevoort, General Schuyler, Colonels Van  Dyck, Willett, Harper, Cortland & their troops, Adjutant Jellis A. Fonda & many others 
He never received any written discharge from the service. 
He has no documentary evidence, and knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service, except those whose depositions are hereunto subjoined 
The following are the names of persons to whom he is known in his present neighborhood, and who can testify as to his character for veracity, and their belief of his services as a soldier of the revolution, to wit; John Sanders & John S Vroman 
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. [signed] Reuben Wheaton X his mark
Subscribed and sworn to the day and year first aforesaid 
[signed] John S. Vrooman Clerk 

On the day & year first aforesaid personally appeared in open Court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for said County now sitting Nicholas G. Veeder of the town of Glenville in said County, who being duly sworn saith that he knows said Ruben Wheaton who has subscribed & sworn to the preceding declaration - was in military service as set forth in said declaration at Beaverdam Fort Plank, Fort Plain, at the Scotch Settlement, Stone Arabia, Caughnawaga -

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19 oct 
8 
19848 
In the matter of the application of Reuben Wheaton for a pension – 
Proceedings –
No 71  to the care of Giles F. Yates 
Schenectady N.Y.

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and other places & knows that said Reuben belonged to said Regiment of Colonel Wemple 
[signed] Nicholas G Veeder
Subscribed & sworn the day & year aforesaid 
[signed] John S. Vrooman Clerk 

County of Schenectady ss.
The aforesaid Reuben Wheaton being further duly sworn saith, that he served as set forth in his said declaration in the expedition to Ballston under command of Major Swits for the term of one week at the least on his return from this expedition mounted guard under Francis Veeder Captain of the guard for the term of three weeks at the least. In his expedition to Beaverdam he served not less than eight days, & on his return mounted guard at the Schenectady Garrison (for the term of three weeks) under command of Robert Smith Captain of the guard for twenty days at the least - He served under Captain Van Slyck or some other officer of his company at Heldebergh in pursuit of tories for seven or eight days & on his return mounted guard at said garrison under Albert Mabee Captain of the guard for at least Eighteen days - In August 1780, with a detachment of men from said Regiment under command of Captain Abraham Oothout he marched to Fort Plain - from thence to Fort Plank where he remained in garrison for one month after the expiration of which service of one month he was ordered to assist the farmers while bringing bringing in their harvest which they had before been prevented from doing & immediately on his return to Schenectady he again mounted guard there under Lewis Barhardt Captain of the guard - In this

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last tour including said one month's service he was under arms at least forty five days and then continued on duty at Schenectady for at least two weeks - In the year 1781, he marched with a detachment from said Regiment to the lower Schoharie fort an & performed garrison duty there at least three weeks. on his return he mounted guard at Schenectady aforesaid for several weeks, not less than three when he was ordered to Johnstown & that vicinity where Ross & Butler made their descent. In this last expedition he served eight days & more. In the spring of the year 1780, during the first attack of the enemy that year on the Mohawk settlements, he was under arms (marching to Caughnawaga) not less than one week 
He served twice as a spy to Schoharie & on several other occasions besides those before stated at the Heldebergh & Ballstown & other places where tories rendezvoused and when not out on distant expeditions performed garrison duty, at least one quarter of every year during said war at Schenectady & is certain that the term of such service in addition to that herein before enumerated exceeds four months and while thus employed he was not engaged in any civil pursuit & for the aforesaid service of more than ten months & eighteen days he claims a pension.
[signed] Reuben Wheaton X his mark
Subscribed & Sworn this 19th day of October 1833 before me 
[signed] Wm Strong Justice of the Peace 

State of New York County of Schenectady Clerk's office ss I hereby certify that William Strong Esq before whom the preceding deposition of Reuben Wheaton was taken was at the time thereof one of the Justices of the Peace in & for said County that I am well acquainted with his handwriting & verily believe the signature to the same purporting to be his, is genuine  Witness my hand and the seal of said County, this 15th day of November 1833. 
[signed] G. F. Yates Deputy clerk

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We John S. Vrooman residing in the City of Schenectady in the county of Schenectady aforesaid, and John Sanders residing in the town of Glenville in the county aforesaid do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Reuben Wheaton who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be sixty nine years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. 
[signed] John Sanders  John S. Vrooman
Subscribed and sworn the day and year aforesaid
[signed] John S. Vrooman Clerk.

AND THE SAID COURT do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war department, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the court further certifies, that it appears to them that John Sanders who signed the above certificate is a resident of said town & that John S. Vrooman who also signed the same, is a resident in the City of Schenectady & are both credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit, as also the statements of the Revd Jacob Van Vechten & of Nicholas G. Veeder whose deposition is prefixed – 
I John S. Vrooman Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for the county of Schenectady do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Reuben Wheaton for a pension. 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this Seventeenth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two 
[signed] John S. Vrooman Clerk.

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This Certifies, that as appears from the Register of Baptism belonging to the PROTESTANT REFORMED DUTCH CHURCH in the City of Schenectady, Ruben, Son of Joseph Wheton and Margaret his wife, was baptized on the 2nd day of October in the year, 1763.
[signed] Jacob Van Vechten V. D. M. 

CERTIFIED,
Schenectady, Sept. 25, 1832.

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No 19848 

Reuben Wheaton
 Schenectady Co N. York 

Admitted 
Private 7 mo & 9 days 

Giles F. Yates agt
 Schenectady N. York

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WAR DEPARTMENT. 
Pension Office, 
183

Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim. 
A Statement, shewing the service of Reuben Wheaton Schenectady Co. N, York

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Period when the service was rendered  |  Duration of the service Years. Months. Days.  |   Rank of the claimant.  |  Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served.  |  Rank of the General and Field officers.  |  Battles in which the applicant was engaged.  |  Country through which he marched.  |  Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period.  |  Evidence by which the declaration is supported.  |
Enrolled 1778  |  about 8 Days  |  Private or Guard and Scout |  Cap Van Slyck  |  Col Wemple  |    |  Ballstown  |  69 Schenectady Township Albany Co. N.Y.  |  Nicholas Veeder  |
  |  about 8 Days  |  Lt Veeder  |  Maj Smith  |    |  Schenectady  |    |    |    |
March 1780 with Militia  |  1 Month  |    |  Cap Smith  |  Maj Myndert  |    |    |    |    |
  |  7 Days  |  Cap Oothout  |  Gaanesvort  |    |  Beaverdam  |    |    |    |
Called out 1781  |  21 Days  |    |  Cap Yates  |  Gen Schuyler  |    |  Heldeburgh  |    |  Traditionary  |
1781  |  8 Days  |    |    |  Col Van Schaick  |  Johnstown  |  Ft Plain  Ft Plank  |    |    |
Turn at Schoharie  |  21 Days  |    |    |  Cortland Van Dyck Harper  |    |  Schoharie  Sacandaga  |    |    |
The whole period of actual duty on Garrison and field Exceeds two years as he says
[END TABLE]

I am, respectfully 
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832. 
The following regulations have been adopted: 
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service. 
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law: 
1. The Regular Troops. 
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers. 
3. Persons employed in the Naval service. 
4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record. 
DECLARATION. 
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832. 
State, Territory or District of County } ss.
On this ___ day of ___ personally appeared (a) before __ A.B. a resident (b) of ___ in the county of ___  and State, territory or District of ___  ages (c) ___ years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provion made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) ___  , with ___ and served in the ___ (e) regiment of the ___ line, under the following named officers: 
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers, the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he enered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which marched. [ ]This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.] 
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of ___
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. ____ A. B. 
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. 
I _____ of the Court of ____ do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of ___for a pension. 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this ___ day of ___&c. 
If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out. 
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
 (k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the ___ and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with ___ , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be ___ years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. 
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. ___ who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the ___ and that C.D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the ___ and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit. 
I ___Clerk of the Court of ___ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the applicacation of ___ for a pension. 
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this ___ day of ___&c. 
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction. 
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person

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will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case. 
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia. 
1. Where and in what year were you born? 
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it? 
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom? 
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services. 
6.  {To a Soldier} Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it?}
6. {To an Officer.} Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?}
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that he answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant. 
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons -one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates. 
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject. 
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court. 
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature. 
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter. 
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned. 
[d] The declarant must in the period or periods of the war when he served. 
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his 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. 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 age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:--For __ year ___ months , and ___ days I served as a ___. For ___ months and ___days, I served as a ___; and for such service I claim a pension." 
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 that 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 declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown 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.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable. 
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required. 
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case. 
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he 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.
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 papers 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. 
Proof of Service. 
[j] 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 claimant’s 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.
[ ] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops, The proof required by rule in note [j] applies in continental troops only.
[k] This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

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Mrs J. H. Hamlet, 
# 2060 North Illinois St. 
Indianapolis, Indiana 
Request (per J.C.H.) of May 8, 1915

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J.C. Hoffman.
Hotel St George.
Brooklyn, N.Y.

Personal request of May 8. 1915

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Revolution
24010 INVALID.
File No. 24,010
Reuben Wheaton Pri Rev War

Act: June 7” 32” 
Index: - Vol. 2, Page 448
{Arrangement of 1870.} 

1915 May 8. Hist. to J. C. Hoffman 
May 10. Hist to Mrs. J. H. Hamlet
1928 Dec. 10. Mrs. A. Robinson adv. wife’s name not stated & how to get date of death  AWY.

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…& 1812 
Wars Section 
AWF/eel 
December 10, 1928 
Mrs. A. Robinson 
421 County City Building 
Seattle, Washington 
Madam: 
I advise you that in the Revolutionary War claim for pension of Reuben Wheaton (S. 24010), it is not stated that soldier was ever married. 
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name of person paid and possibly the date of death of the above named Revolutionary War soldier, you should apply to the Records Division, General Accounting Office, Washington, D.C., citing all of the following data Reuben Wheaton, Certificate No. 24405, issued December 10, 1833, rate $24.32 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831 act of June 7, 1832, New York Agency.

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In reply to your request of ___ received __ _ for a statement of the military history of  Reuben Wheaton NY book as Weaton a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his application for pension on file in this Bureau.  S.24.010

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DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.  |   LENGTH OF SERVICE.   |   RANK.   |  OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. CAPTAIN.   |   COLONEL.   |   STATE.  |
Spring 1778 -1781, in short tours and scouting parties at various times, amounting to 2 years  |  Private  |    |  Jesse Van Slyck Francis Veeder Robert Smith Albert Mabee Abraham Oothout Lewis Barhendt Nicholas Yates   |  Abraham Wemple  |  N.Y.  |
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Battles engaged in, Johnstown
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Schenectady Twp., Albany Co., N.Y.
Date of application for pension, Oct. 17 1832. His claim was allowed.
Residence at date of application, Glenville, Schenectady Co., N.Y.
Age at date of application, born in Sept. 1763 in Schenectady Twp., Albany Co., N.Y.
Remarks: Soldier was baptized Oct. 2, 1763, son of Joseph and Margariet Wheaton. No date of death & name of etc.
Respectfully, 
Commissioner.

6-2856

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Dear Sir, 
Can you tell me without undue delay whether the records of the Revolutionary pensioners given below show anything further as to date of death and names of wife and children. 
I shall be glad to send some one to copy same if there is any information on record that would be helpful. 
It takes so long to get letters back and forth that I dislike to wait until you send slip out here etc if you can just answer this one question 
Respectfully, 
Mrs A Robinson [signed] A Robinson 
421 County City Bldg 
Seattle 

William Wheaton born 1757 - served R I and Mass - died Albany Co N Y 
Reuben Wheaton died 1842 or 1849 - Grenville, [sic] N Y. Children William, Elizabeth Hoffman, Sarah Rulefall, Jacob of Michigan, and Thomas of Illinois

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Hon S. Cole

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Washington Jany 25 1838 
Hon S. Cole 
My dear sir: 
I again trouble you by Enclosing a letter of Judge Johnson of my district, the first page is an inquiry addressed to your department. Will be so kind as to have examination made of the papers of this Mr Reuben Wheaton and inform me in regard to his claim and greatly oblige [illegible]
Clark B. Cochrane