Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 33246, Reuben Wheeler, N.H.

SERVICE
Wheeler, Reuben
NUMBER _____
S. 33246
CONTENTS

7341
Massachusetts
Reuben Wheeler
of Berkeley — in the state of Massachusetts who was a private — in the regiment commanded by Colonel Gillam — of the N. Hampshire line, for the term of 3 years .
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts — at the rate of 8 — Dollars per month, to commence on the 19 — of May, 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 5 th — of May 1819 and sent to Hon D. W. White Mass.
Arrears to 4th of Mar 1818 — 9 mo 1/2 — 75 — 35
Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 th Sep 1819 — 48 —
$123.35
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Confirmed
October 18. 1820 Robt. Callender Clerk Salem Mass. U.S.

33 2 46 Pay INVALID.
File No. 33, 2 46
Reuben Wheeler
Rev Rev War
Act: 18 th March 1818 th
Index:—Vol. 9 , Page 450
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Reuben Wheeler
Beverly - Mass:
Reuben Wheeler (private) Gileys New Hampshire
Reg from 1777 three years
Samuel
Date of declaration
May 19. 1818.
Residence of Reuben Beverly - Mass.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts ss.
On this nineteenth day of May A D 1818, before me the undersigned, Judge of the Court of Probate for the County of Essex, in said Commonwealth, Personally appeared Reuben Wheeler, aged sixty one years, resident in Beverly, in the County and Commonwealth, aforesaid, who being by me first duly sworn, acor- =ding to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the late 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:" viz-
That he the said Reuben Wheeler, enlisted as a private soldier, in the year 1777, in Captain Jason Wait's Company, Col. M c Millen's Regiment, Genl. Poor's Brigade; that he continued to serve in said Corps three years from the time of his enlistment, and was discharged in Dan- =bury, State of Connecticut - That he was in the battle of Still Water, with Brngoyen's Army & present when his Army surrendered; and in several skirmishes with the Indians with Genl Sullivan - That he is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support: that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services. Reuben Wheeler.

The within was subscribed & sworn to before me the day & year aforesaid.
D. S. White
I Daniel S. White Esquire Judge of the Court of Probate for the County of Essex, as aforesaid, do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Reuben Wheeler did serve in the revolutionary War as stated in the foregoing declaration a- gainst the common enemy; and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me to the Secretary of the Department of War pursuant the directions of the aforesaid Act of Con- gress.
Given under my hand and the seal of said Court this nineteenth day of May 1818.
D. S. White

7341
Reuben Wheeler
5 March 1819
cont. pp 25. 1820
Beverly
Can
Reuben Wheeler
Waverly
Reuben Wheeler
Waverly
on this
the last of the said Court, as shown in said Court of Essex, in testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal at the said Court this 5th day of March 1819.
copy exhibited in the above entitled matter.
The opinion of the said Court, that the total amount in value of the property of the record of the said Court, and I do further certify that it is free of all encumbrances, and subject to the Court's jurisdiction, as herein contained.

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, Reuben Wheeler resident in Beverly in said Circuit, who is named in Pension Certificate No. 7,341 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, Reuben 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 eight dollars per month, to commence on the nineteenth day of May - one thousand eight hundred and eighteen fifth day of March one thousand eight hundred and nineteen 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, ( no real estate)
a wooden hut, 10 by 19 1/2 feet, standing on land of Deacon Dodge in Wenham, built nineteen years ago but never finished $25.00
He owes Deacon Dodge a note of hand for fifty dollars & two years interest given for the rent of the land on which the hut stands, and also owes other debts - He is sixty four years old, and is lame, having an open sore on the right leg which has disabled him from working much the last four years - He is a day laborer, and has a wife aged 48 years, two sons, Augustus aged 9 years & Henry aged 7 years, and a daughter Pamela aged 18 years who is sick much of the time & he is obliged to pay the Doctors bills - The

house furniture consists of,
a case of drawers which cost six and nine pence $1.12
8 old chairs - tongs - no shovel - and irons - - - - 1.00
pewter & earthen plates - chests - - - - - 4.50
$2.62
He served three years from Jan: 1777 in Capt. Waits company in Col. Gilley's Regiment in Newhampshire line -
Reuben Wheeler

and at the same time he produces to the Court here the following Oath, taken and subscribed by him, before the Hon. Wm Wetmore a Judge of said Court as aforesaid, to wit,
I, Reuben 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.
Reuben Wheeler
Essex, ss. C. C. C. P. June, Term, A. D. 1820.
Then the abovenamed Reuben Wheeler took and subscribed the aforeswritten Oath before me
Wm 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
dollars nothing
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 17th day of July , — A. D. 1820
Attr. Ichabod Tucker, Clk