Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 9496, for Thomas Sherman, Massachusetts

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(3-1776)
SERVICE                    NUMBER
Mass   Sherman, Thomas   R.9496.
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CONTENTS

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I, Zephaniah Allen of Bridgewater in the
County of Plymouth & Commonwealth of
Massachusetts, of lawful age to give testimony
do testify & say, that I am acquainted
with Thomas Shearman of Lebanon
in the State of Maine, formerly of
Bridgewater now East Bridgewater in said
County of Plymouth, that I was brought
up & lived with Anthony Shearman the
father of said Thomas Shearman till
I was twenty years of age--- &
during that time & ever since up to this date
I have known & been well acquainted with
said Thomas---I also well knew Water
Hatch who lived in the time of the
War in the neighbourhood of said Anthony
I remember that said Walter Hatch enlisted
in the war of the Revolution, I do not
recollect the year, but should think it
might be in the year 1778 or 9---to go
to Rhode Island, & that said Hatch went

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off into the army & was gone a while
& then returned home, & about the
time that Hatch returned, I recollect
that said Thomas Shearman left his
Fathers house to go to Rhode Island
to take the place of said Walter Hatch
who remained at home, said Thomas
went from home & was gone some time
cannot say how long, & returned home &
I understood at the time that said Thomas
was a soldier in the army stationed at
Rhode Island & was a substitute for said
Walter Hatch & did duty as a sergeant
Also I recollect that said Thomas enlisted
in the Private Expedition to Rhode Island
I think this was before he went to
R.I. for Hatch---I remember that uncle
Thomas Shearman (he being a brother to my
mother) went from home to go into the
private expedition, as it was called, & was
gone from home some weeks, cannot

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say how many, but am inclined to think
it was about three or six [2 words inserted] weeks. I recollect that
said Thomas was out with Capt. Abram
Washburn after Cattle & was gone from
home some time driving Cattle---
I also well remember that said Thomas
was out a number of other times during
the Revolutionary war, alarums &
short campaigns, but do not now remember
how long at any time, nor when, nor
where he went. I was young at that
time, being now nearly sixty seven years
of age.
Zephaniah Allen 

Plymouth ss Bridgewater November 15. 1833--- then
the above named Zephaniah Allen personally
appeared before me the subscriber & made oath
that the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed
is true in all its parts & I also certify that
I am acquainted with said Zephariah Allen
& that he is in my opinion, a person of truth
& veracity & is so considered in this neighbourhood.
Artemis Hale Justice of the Peace

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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Plymouth ss   I [2 letters illegible] Thomas Clerk of the Judicial Courts for the
County of Plymouth, hereby certify that Artemis Hale
Esquire before whom the foregoing deposition was sworn
is a Justice of the Peace for the County of Plymouth
and that his name thereto subscribed is his true
& proper signature   In testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the 
Supreme Judicial Court on this sixth day of March
1834 
Jno B Thomas

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Affidavit
Zephariah Allen [name underlined]

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Thomas Shearman ME [underlined]
Act 1832.--- pushd

AH Mackland

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State of Maine}
County of York} SS
Be it known, that on this twentieth day of October A.D. 1852 before me, the under-
signed, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared 1. Thomas Sherman
of Lebanon in said County of York
resident of 2. Lebanon in said County, and made oath according to law that 3. he is the legal heir
of the identical Thos Sherman who was a Soldier in the war of the Revolution, and who has heretofore made application for the benefit of 4.
the Pension Act of ---
that 5. he is directly interested as a claimant in said pension and makes this affidavit to be filed with such additional evidence or argu-
ments as my Agent may use in prosecuting said claim.
Countermanding and revoking all Powers of Attorney, and authority heretofore given, I hereby constitute and appoint C. W. ENNETT, of
Washington City, my true and lawful Attorney, to prosecute the claim of 6. Thomas Sherman late of in Lebanon for
any amount of Revolutionary Pension, or increase of Pension that may be due; and I hereby authorize my said Attorney to examine all papers or
documents in relation to said claim on file in the Department at Washington City, or elsewhere, to file additional evidence or arguments, and to receive
for my exclusive benefit, the certificate which may be issued for said claim, which certificate I wish may payable at the Washington City, D.C. Agency;
to appoint one or more substitutes under him for the purposes herein expressed, and to do all things that I might or could do were I personally present.
Hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said Attorney and Agent shall lawfully do in the premises.
7. Thomas Sherman
Sworn to, Subscribed and Acknowledged before me the day and year above written, and I hereby certify that I believe the said
8. Thomas Sherman to be directly interested in said claim as set forth, and to be the identical party
therein alleged. he being a son of Thomas Sherman the Revolutionary Soldier
who deceased on the 14th day of Feb 1846
9. Increse S Kimball Justice of the Peace

State of Maine}
County of York}
It is hereby Certified, that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited before me, Clerk of the Court ot [2 words crossed out] Judicial Courts for said County of York
that 8. Thomas Sherman the party who has sworn to, and
acknowledged the foregoing Declaration and Power of Attorney is the 10. child of Thomas Sherman the reputed soldier aforesaid. I further certify,
that 11. Increse S. Kimball Esq. before who the preceding affidavit and Power of Attorney were made and
acknowledged, was, at the time of so doing, a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, and that the signature purporting to be his, I believe to be
genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set may hand and affixed my seal of Office,
this twenty sixth day of October 1852
12. James O. McIntire Clerk
1. Claimant's name or names in full--- 2. Post Office address.
3. "That he is the identical man," or, "that she is the widow of the identical man," or, "that he or she is the legal heir of the identical man," &c, &c.
4. Leave this line blank---5. "He is," "she is," or "they are," ---6. Revolutionary soldier's full name.---7. Claimant's signature.---8. Claimant's name.---9. Magistrate's signature.
10. "Identical," "widow of," or, "child of," ---11. Magistrate's name.---12. Clerk's signature.
N.B. --Should two or more heirs join in the foregoing, the plural should be substituted for the singular number.

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Th[damage]s Sh[damage]man
for 
Pension
31.392

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Declaration for
Pension---
Thomas Sherman
9496

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State of Maine.
COUNTY OF YORK, SS
ON this twelfth day of February 1834 personally
appeared in open court, before the Justices of ---
the Court of Common Pleas now sitting at Alfred in York
County---Thomas Sherman a resident of Lebanon---
in the county of York and State of Maine--- aged
eighty in April next years, who first being duly sworn according to law, doth, on his
oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Cong-
ress passed June 7, 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers,
and served as herein stated. On the 19 day of April 1775
I the said Sherman marched as a volun-
teer in Capt Robert Orrs Minute Company
in Col John Baileys Regt where I remained as
a private four days we marched to Roxbury
In June of the same year I volunteered a
second time and marched a private under
Capt Nathan Allden in his minute Com-
pany in Col Edward Michells Regt---we
marched to Braintree Mass where we remained
four days I volunteered on the Sabbath and
started out of the meeting where I was attending
divine worship
On the first of December 1775 I the said Sherman
enlisted under Capt Robert Orr in Col John
Bailes Regt and marched forthwith to Roxbury Mass
where I served as a private six weeks  and returned
home the 19th of January 1776
In March 1776 I volunteered as a private in Capt
David Kingsman's Company & Col Edward Mitchells
Regt and marched to Squantum on an alarm where
I served six days
The first of October 1776 I enlisted in the Revolutionary
War in Capt Abram Washburn Company and Col
Halls Regt of infantry and forthwith marched to Newport
RhodeIsland where I served as a private two months [underlined] and
 returned home to Bridgewater where I lived, the first of
December 1776
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 or any
State, or (if any) only on that of the agency of the State of [12 words crossed out]
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid     Thomas Sherman
Ezekiel Whitman Chf Justice
of sd Court

We James Weston, a clergyman, residing in the town of
Lebanon and Hawley A. Keay [illegible]
[illegible] residing in the town of Lebanon hereby certify, that we are well
acquainted with Thomas Sherman who has subscribed and
sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be eighty in April next
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 to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.} James Weston
Before me Increse S. Kimball}   Hawley A. Keay
Jus Peace

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In June 1777 I the said Thomas Sherman
volunteered under Capt David Kingsman in 
Col Edward Mitchell's Regt and Marched to Bedford
Mass where I served as a private seven days
the enemy being off that place when I got there
In the Fall of 1777 I enlisted for two months
in the Company of Infantry commanded by Capt
Packard in Col Hawes Regt and marched to
Little Compton in the State of Rhode Island
where I served as a sergent three full months
The 23d of June 1778 Walter Hatch enlisted
in Capt Nathan Smith's Company of Infantry
and marched to Little Compton in Rhode Island
but in a few days came home and came to
me to take his place I agreed to serve in
his stead and forthwith went and joined the said
Company. The Company joined Col John
Jacobs Regt in which Company and Regt I served
according to the best of my recollection five
months But of the precise length of time
I served as a substitute for said Walter Hatch
I cannot swear positively but must be govern
-ed by the Certificate of Edward D. Bangs
Secretary of State for Mass which I here
-with send you
The first part of September 1779 I enlisted in
Capt Curtis Company of Infantry & joined Col
Hall's regt and served as a private six weeks
at Little Compton near Howland's Ferry in
the State of Rhode Island and returned home
the middle of October after
In October 1780 I enlisted in Capt Nathan
Aldens Company of Infantry and marched to
Little Compton in Rhode Island and joined Major
Carey's Regt where I served as a Sergeant two weeks
I had no written discharges from any of my
services as a soldier but was dismissed by my
Captains when my time was up. I have no
documentary evidence of my services except
that from Edward D. Bangs Sec of Mass which I
herewith send I was born at Rochester Mass April
18. 1754 on the records of which Town my birth is
recorded where I lived till I was 12 years old when 
my father moved to Bridgewater where I lived till
about 36 years old I then removed to Tamworth N.H.
 where I lived 19 years from thence to Lebanon Maine
where I now live where I have resided 13 years
 There is no person within my knowledge by whom
I can prove my [2 words illegible] services in the Revol War

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Personally appeared before me the under
-signed a Justice of the peace within & for
the County of York, State of Maine
Thomas Sherman of Lebanon in said
County, who being duly sworn, deposeth
and saith that by reason of old age, & the con
sequent loss of memory, he cannot swear pos
-itively as to the precise length of his services,
but according to the best of his recollection
he served not less than the periods mention[damage]
below, and in the following grades. For the
first, second, third, fourth and fifth tours
I the said Thomas Sherman served in the
Revolutionary War, See my former declaration
and the proof which accompanies it, as I can
make no statement in regard to them more
definite than I there stated. In June 1777
I the said Sherman volunteered under Capt David
Kingsman in Col Edward Mitchells Regt and
Marched to Bedford Mass where I served as [damage]
private one week, the enemy laid off that place
was the [illegible] of the militia making there ot[damage]
time. I know of no person living who was there
with me, but am positive I served as above
stated. In the fall of the year 1777 I the said
Sherman enlisted in a Company of Infantry com
manded by Capt Packard and joined Col Hawes
Regt and marched to Little Compton in R.I.
where I served as a Sergeant three months---whil[damage]
there I heard of the taking of Gen. Burgoin. I am
positive I served as a sergeant in Packard's Company
three months, but I know of no person now
living by whom I can prove this last names ser[damage]
 As it regards my being a substitute for Walter
Hatch, I have thought much about the length of
time I served in his stead since I made my for[damage]
statement and I now think I can safely swear
that said Hatch returned home at the expiration of
[damage] months after he marched and I took his place

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three months, [damage]
living by whom I can prove this last named ser[damage]
 As it regards my being a substitute for Walter
Hatch, I have thought much about the length of
time I served in his stead since I made my for[damage]
statement and I now think I can safely swear
that said Hatch returned home at the expiration of
[damage] months after he marched and I took his place
Where I served the remainder of the six month[damage]
[damage] time for which the Company enlisted. It was
agreed between Hatch and myself before said Hatch
enlisted, that if he would serve the first three
months I would serve the last three. I did so ser[damage]
and said Hatch now lives in Belfort Waldo
County Maine. I have written to him to send
me his deposition of my serving in his plac[damage]
but am informed credably that he draws for
the time I served for him in Nathan Smith[damage]
company, so he refuses to give his deposi[damage]
nor to answer my letter although I sent the
letter to Hatch by a near neighbor to said [illegible]
who handed mim the same. I have no proof [damage]
these service unless Hatch would swear to [damage]
truth, except what Allen recollects as [damage]
ted in his deposition herewith sent you
In the first  part of Sept 1779 I enlisted in Capt
Curtis Company and served as stated in my
former statement six weeks in Col Halls
regt at L. Compton. I know of no man
now living who served with me in Cur[damage]
Company---In October 1780 I served as a
sergeant in Capt Nathan Alden's Compan[damage]
and Maj Carey's regt thirteen days. I [2 words illegible]
no proof of this service    Thomas Sherman
York SS July 14, 1834  Then the above named
Thomas Sherman made solemn oath to the
truth of the above affidavit by him subscri[damage]
before me --- Increase S. Kimball } Justice 
of Peace

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State of Maine
County of York ss
I, Jeremiah Bradbury, Clerk of the Judicial
Courts for the County of York, certify that Increase S. Kimball
is a magistrate as within expressed and that  the signa
ture purporting to be his is genuine
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my
name and affix my official seal
the twenty fifth day of July A.D. 1834
Jere. Bradbury Clerk &c

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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 beforenamed applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And
the court further certifies, that it appears to them that James Weston
who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the
town of Lebanon, and that Hawley A. Keay, who
has also signed the same, is a resident in the town of Lebanon,
and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I Jeremiah Bradbury, clerk of the Court of Common Pleas
do hereby certify that the foregoing
contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of
Thomas Sherman for a pension.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this twenty first
day of February Anno Domini 1834
Jere Bradbury, Clerk

State of Maine
County of York ss
 I Jeremiah Bradbury Clerk of all the Judicial
Courts in said County certify that Increase S.
Kimball is a magistrate as before stated and that
the signature purporting to be his is genuine
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my name and affix
my official seal this twenty first day of February
Anno Domini 1834
Jere Bradbury Clerk &c

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1932 Mar 23 Photos mailed to Kate S. Curry & Account Div ntfd
9 N.Y.

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Acts of July 14, 1862 and March 3, 1873 [line crossed out]

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REJECTED

9496
P.O. ---
Thomas Sherman
Service: ---
Enlisted: ---,18---
Discharged:---, 18---
Application filed:---,18---
Alleges:---
Re-enlisted:---
Attorney:---
P.O.---
---Recognized.   ---Contract
---Cert of Dis.   Searched for---,18---

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[illegible]chded
Maine
Thomas Sherman
let to claimant
16 Augt 1834
17 Sept 1834 to
J.S. Kimball
same 6 March 1835
let J.S. Kimball, Oct. 30 /54
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act 7th June 1832

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Affidavit
ett
Matthew Gann
State of New Hampshire
Stafford County ss    I Francis Cogswell Clerk of the
Court of Common Peas for said County of
Stafford do hereby certify that James Blaisdell
Esquire before whom the within affidavit was
taken is a Justice of the Peace for said County
of Stafford and that I believe his name
thereto subscribed to be his true and proper signature
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set 
my hand and affixed the seal of said Court
this thirteenth day of January in the year
of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
thirty four---
Francis Cogswell Clerk

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[illegible] testify and say that Thomas
Sherman and I Matthew Gannett was
out in the service of the revolutionary war
in December AD one thousand seventy five [2 words crossed out]
seventy [crossed out] seven hundred and seventy five
enlisted and did duty under Capt Robert
Orr six Weeks in roxbury [inserted] Mass in Colonel Balys regimen
and also enlisted and did duty under Capt
Abraham Washburn two Months at New-
port Rhodeisland not remembering
what regiment we belonged to
Matthew Gannett
Newhampshire Stafford SS
February 23-1833---
Then the above named Matthew Gannett
appeared and made oath that the above
affidavit is true according to the best of
his remembrance   James Blaisdell Just Peac

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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
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Secretary's Office, Novembr 18th 1833.
I hereby certify, That, from an examination of the Books
and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of
the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears
that the name of Thomas Sherman [underlined] as a private
is borne on a Muster Roll of Capt Robert Orr's
Minute Company in Col John Bailey's Regt.
who marched on the Alarm of April 19th 1775
where he is allowed four days---  m.   d.
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Thomas Sherman's name is borne on a Muster
Roll of Capt David Kingsman's Company in Col.
Edward Mitchell's Regt. where he is allowed in March
1776 Alarm at Squantum six days---                     6
Thomas Sherman claims for services as a substitute
for Walter Hatch whose name is borne on a Muster
Roll of Capt Nathan Smith's Company in Col John
Jacob's Regt where he is allowed from June 23d 1778
Six Months and eight days         6=8 [underlined]
                                                    6 - 18
8 [circled] S.              Edward D. Bangs Ly

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I Joseph Chamberlain of East Bridgewater
in the County of Plymouth & Commonwealth 
of Massachusetts, of lawful age to give testimony
do testify and say that I am acquainted with
Thomas Shearman of Lebanon in the State of
Rhode Island [2 words crossed out] Maine formerly of Bridgewater
now East Bridgewater in said County of Plymouth
that I lived and was brought up in the neighbor-
hood with the said Thomas Shearman and during
the time the said Thomas Shearman lived in that
part of Bridgewater now East Bridgewater and ever
since up to this date I have known & been acquain-
ted with the said Thomas and have always believed
the said Thomas to be a man of good moral charac-
ter and a man of truth and veracity, I also recollect
that the said Thomas Shearman entered into the
service several times and also recollect of his return-
ing home but how long he was absent I cannot
now recollect---    Joseph Chamberlain

Plymouth Ss.   Nov 16. 1833   Then the above named
Joseph Chamberlain personally appeared before me
the subscriber & made oath that the foregoing affidavit
by him subscribed is true in all its parts. & I also certify
that I am acquainted with Joseph Chamberlain & that he
is in my opinion, a person of truth & veracity & is so consid-
ered in his neighborhood---
Welcome Young Jus. Peace

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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Plymouth Ss   I Jno W Thomas Clerk of the Judicial Court
for the County of Plymouth hereby certify that
Welcome Young Esq before whom the foregoing
deposition was sworn is a Justice of the Peace for
the County of Plymouth---And that I believe his
name thereto subscribed to be his true and proper
signature
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed the seal of the Supreme
Judicial Court on this sixth day of March
AD 1834
Jno W Thomas

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I Robert Young of East Bridgewater in the Coun
ty of Plymouth & Commonwealth of Massachusetts
of lawful age to give testimony, do testify and say
that I am acquainted with Thomas Shearman
of Lebanon in the State of Maine, formerly of Bridge
water, now East Bridgewater in said County of Plymou
th, and that I was well acquainted with the said
Thomas while he lived in that part of Bridgewater
now East Bridgewater. I recollect that said Thomas
enlisted into the service under Capt Robert Orr in
Colo Baileys Regiment in the winter of 1775 & 76 and
marched to Roxbury and served six weeks or
eight weeks I cannot now recollect certainly which
it was and that I was in the same Company with
him and served the same term of time---
I also recollect, that the said Thomas Shearman
served two months in the war of the Revolution at
Newport in the fall of 1776 in Capt Abram Wash-
burns Company, and that I served in the same
Company and the same term of time this was
in Colo Halls Regiment---
and I further testify and say that I was with the
said Thomas in two or three alarrums and marched
to different places but cannot tell now how long
we were out.
Robt Young

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Plymouth Ss   East Bridgewater November 16th
1833   Then the above named Robert Young
personally appeared before me the subscriber
& made oath that the foregoing affidavit by
him subscribed is true in all its parts---& I also
certify that I am acquainted with said Robert
Young and that he is in my opinion a person
of truth & veracity and is so considered in his
neighborhood---
Welcome Young Jus. Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Plymouth Ss    I Jno W Thomas Clerk of the Judicial Courts
for the County of Plymouth hereby certify that Welcome
Young Esquire before whom the foregoing deposition
was sworn is a Justice of the Peace for the County of
Plymouth---and that his name thereto subscribed is
his true & proper signature
In testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand & affixed the [ink smudge]eal of the Supreme
Judicial Court on this sixth day of March 1834
Jno W Thomas

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Lebanon July 29, 1834
Sir,
I have caused Mr. Sherman to make
an amendment to his declaration in which
you will perceive he is much more definite
as to time. Mr Shermans health has much
improved and his memory much better
than when he made his first application. In
fact his return his mental power far beyond
what is usual for so aged people---he is, and
for many years, has been a respectable member
of the Congregational Church in this town
and the [crossed out] perfect reliance may safely be placed
on what he states---As to his taking the place
of Walter Hatch you have his subsequent state
ment in which he tells you he has sent to
Hatch who declines giving any affidavit either
that he did take his place or did not--- Sher-
man is positive and says if he wuld go on
to Plymouth Mass. he wuld make it so [illegible]
ly proof of some of the old people there
he has no doubt
Respectfully yours
J. S. Kimball
Honr J.L. Edwards

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my Name not being on the Roll at the [illegible] Secretare office
at Boston [illegible, crossed out] I cannot obtain [illegible] any information
From the Secretarey I se[r inserted]ed three months & Eight
Days but Walter Hatch Draws the pay for
six months & eight Days [illegible] went to Boston
before I made out my [illegible] got but 3 other
information of my services to what I Expected to get
I have bin to a great Cost and Trouble to obtain
Evidence very soon [illegible] sucess as it was so long
a time since my service was Done so many are Dead
and many more moved at a great Distance
I have since we read --- your last letter
bin a long [illegible] way I heard of one Josiah Church[illegible] Churchhill is meant [3 words inserted]
That moved from Bridgewater to Newglosstur
State of Maine that was a sergent with me---
when I got there I was [illegible] he Died the winter
before this which I think you can find in
your Papers I have rode a Great Deal
after Evidence But I cannot go in search for
any more I am now over Eighty years of age

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Lebanon Feby 24 1895
J.L. Edwards Esqr.
Sir
Mr Thomas Sherman
who claims a pension for services in the
War of the Revolution & whose Statement
and evidence you now have, has sent me a
few lines which he wishes me to forward to
you & I herewith enclose the same though
he has forgotten to sign his name to the said
paper--- I can only say that Thomas Sherman
the applicant is a very respectable citizen
and has ever sustained a good moral character---
is a member on good standing in the Congrega-
tional church in this town & has been for many
years--- his character for truth & certainty was
never doubted--- a man of the Strictest integrity
and was ever reputed among his neighbors to 
have been a soldier of the Revolution---He
is now old and decriped  & not well able to go
in search of evidence of his service---beside
those who served with him are mostly or all
dead. he tells you he has taken a long
journey East expecting to find a Mr. Church-
ell who was his Sergeant but when he arrived
at New Glouster (Churchills place of residence) he
learned had died last winter. Churchill was
a pensioner, so [next 2 words illegible] you can learn
something as to the truth of Shermans story
by refering to Churchills application for a pension
his given name was Josiah---Mr Sherman is
very needy--- Please inform me soon of the con-
clusion you may arrive at as to granting a certificate
I am respectfully
Your Obt Sevnt
J.L. Edwards Esqr        J.S. Kimball

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Rev.& 1812 Wars Section [2 words crossed out]
BA-J/ILL
NO. 86
March 15   2
Rev.& 1812 Wars Section    541
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Revolutionary War pension claim of Thomas
Sherman, R. 9496     actual    1 of each page
45 cents    3 pages
Kindly leave margin of 1 1/2
inch at top of each page & return
papers in each case in folder with
corresponding name and number.         Chief, Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
The word "Omit" written in pencil
on those pages not to be copied.

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List to Kate S. Curry:
Zephaniah Allen s affid Nov. 15-1833 - 3 pages [line underlined]

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March 16, 1932.
BA-J/ILL
Administrator of Veterans Affairs
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
Please furnish me with uncertified photostatic copies of 3 pages
from Revo. War pension claim, Thomas Sherman,R. 9406.
Very truly yours,
Remitter Kate S. Curry
1420 Girard St. N.W.
Washington, DC.
Send to-
Miss Kate S. Curry
1420 Girard Street,N.W.
Washington, D.C.
Received payment: J.L. Lercle
45 cents
Rev. & 1812 Wars Section.