Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 33243, Richard Wheeler, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
Wheeler, Richard
S. 33243
CONTENTS

Paid at the Treasury under the act of the 1 st April 1818: from 4 March 1817 to the 11 th May 1817, the day of said Pensioners death. Age notified 20. June 1818.
Paid at the Treasury under the act of the 1 st April 1818: from 4 March 1817 to the 11 th May 1817, the day of said Pensioners death. Age notified 20. June 1818.
3710!
Massachusetts Roll
Richard Wheeler, private. 4
New York Line In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 18 th of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 17 th of Oct r 1818 and sent to Sam l Putnam Esq r . Salem Massachusetts
  Arrears to 4th of Sept 1818 $6.53   Semi-ann. all ee ending 4 Mar 1819 48.00   4 mo \frac{17}{30} $84.53 
Continued
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
(Six years
Headshead
Essex Co.

Commonwealth of
Massachusetts.
Be it remembered, That Richard Wheeler of Marblehead in the County of Essex, in the Commonwealth aforesaid, doth make upon oath the following DECLARATION , to wit,
That I the said Richard Wheeler was a Soldier in the American Revolutionary war and in January Seventeen hundred & Seventy Six I enlisted for the term of one year in Cap t Perys Company Col t Sargents Regiment and went from Cambridge to New York and in January Seven- teen hundred and Seventy Seven I was honourably discharged at Fegskill and again enlisted in Cap t Charles Grunes Company Col t Cortlands regiment for and during the war, and that I was in the Battle at the taking of General Burgoyne Army, and at the end of the war I was honourably Discharged -
That I this Declarant received Certificates of Discharge and have lost the same by time and accident
That I am Sixty years old
That the Declarant is infirm; that from his reduced circumstances in life he is now in need of assistance from his country for support; and that he hereby relinquishes his claim to every pension heretofore allowed him by the laws of the United States.
his Richard Wheeler mark
Signed before S. Putnam J. S. J. C.

AFFIDAVIT.
I George Melzard of Marblehead in the County and Commonwealth aforesaid, fisherman do on oath depose and testify,
That In the year Seventeen hundred and seventy six I belonged to Cap t Scotts Company Col d Sargents Regiment and I will know that the within Named Richard Wheeler belonged to Cap t Perys company in said Col d Sargent Regiment and that he served the whole of the year Seventeen hundred & seventy six and I verily believe that what he has within declared is true George Melzard

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
ESSEX, ff.
On this Eighteenth day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, personally appeared before me
Samuel Putnam one of the Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court for the Commonwealth aforesaid
the aforesaid Richard Wheeler & George Melnard and in my presence severally subscribed and made solemn oath to the aforesaid Declaration and AFFIDAVIT , by them respectively made as aforesaid:—And it appearing to my satisfaction, that the aforesaid Richard Wheeler served more than NINE MONTHS, to wit, from the month day of January A. D. 1776 to the day of June A. D. 1777 at one period of the Revolutionary War, on the Continental Establishment, against the common enemy, I do hereby cer- tify the testimony in the case, and the proceedings had thereon, to the Secretary of the Department of War.
Given under my hand, and the seal of the Court a- foresaid, at Marblehead , this Eighteenth day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
S. Putnam Just S. J. Court of Mass ts }

Richard Wheeler
Esq d Counsel
John D. Sleeper
Esq d on the
New York Bar
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Essex ss
I Ichabod Tucker clerk of all the Judicial Courts of said State in & for the county of Essex do certify that the Hon Samuel Putnam is a judge of said Supreme Judicial Court, that the within signature is his proper handwriting & that the seal hereto affixed is the seal of said Court
Salem April 20 1818
Atts Ichabod Tucker Clerk

3710.
Richard Wheeler Oct 1819
Massachusetts
3710
worth $10
Mar 1819

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
ESSEX, ss.
At the Circuit Court of Common Pleas of the Middle Circuit, begun and holden at Salem, within and for the County of Essex, on the third Monday of June, A. D. 1820.
Present, Hon. SAMUEL DANA, Chief Justice.
Hon. WILLIAM WETMORE, and
Hon. STEPHEN MINOT, Associate Justices.
In open Court here, being a Court of Record for said Circuit, proceeding according to the course of the common law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, keeping a record of its proceedings, and having the power of fine and imprisonment, Richard Wheeler resident in Marblehead - in said Circuit, who is named in Pension Certificate No. 3,910 - now in his possession, of which the following is a true copy, to wit,
"WAR DEPARTMENT.....REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM."
"I certify that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th March, 1818, Richard Wheeler - - - late a private in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Massachusetts Agency, at the rate of eighty - - - dollars per month, to commence on the eighteenth day of April - - - one thousand eight hundred and eighteen ."
***** * L. S. * *****
"Given at the War Office of the United States, this seventeenth day of October - - - one thousand eight hundred and eighteen ."
J. C. CALHOUN, Secretary of War."
appears, and exhibits to the Court here a Schedule, subscribed by him, as follows, to wit,
SCHEDULE,
containing his whole estate and income, his necessary clothing and bedding excepted, to wit,
He has no Real Estate.
Pine table made by himself.
Three chairs -
Looking-glass -
Iron pot & teakettle
Fry-kettle - cups - Saucers,
Spoons, knives & forks, Bible,
bedlines and gaffs for his own use - - $10.00
He declares he is sixty three years of age - formerly a Mariner. now has the rheumatism - His family consists of his wife aged 48 and David Avery son of his wife by her former husband, aged 16.

(a) 8 6 years & 5 months in Graham's Company in Col. Cortland's Regiment in New York Line.
He served as a year's man in all 1776 in Capt. Perry's Company in Col. Sargents Regiment in Massachusetts Line. (a)
Rich. his X Wheeler mark
Sworn to and declared before
W m Wetmore, Judge within named.

and at the same time he produces to the Court here the following Oath, taken and subscribed by him, before the Hon. W m Wetmore a Judge of said Court as aforesaid, to wit,
I, Richard Wheeler do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the eighteenth day of March one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner whatever, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," passed on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property, or securities, contracts, or debts, due to me; nor have I any income, other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed. So help me GOD.
Rich d his X Wheeler mark
Essex, ss. C. C. C. P. June, Term, A. D. 1820.
Then the abovenamed Richard Wheeler took and subscribed the aforewritten Oath before me
W m Wetmore Judge of said Court.
I, ICHABOD TUCKER, Clerk of the Court aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing Oath, and Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said Court ; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is
ten dollars
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, at Salem, in said County of Essex, on this 17 th day of July A. D. 1820
Attr.
Ichabod Tucker Clerk

Treasury Department,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
June 15. 1838.
Sir.
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," the widow of Richard Wheeler deceased a Pensioner on the Roll of the Massachusetts Agency, at the rate of 22222222 eight Dollars and 11111111 Cents per annum , under the law of the 18 th March 1818 has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of March 1837 to the eleventh of May 1837 the day of said pensioner's death -
Respectfully, yours,
Albion K. Parris Comptroller
To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS, Present.

33 243 Rev INVALID.
File No. 33, 243
Richard Wheeler
Rev Rev Mr
Act: 18 th March 1818 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 57
[Arrangement of 1870.]