Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 43,316, Denison Whedon, Continental Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental Mass.
Whedon, Denison Whedon
S 43,316
CONTENTS
K-7-21

Date of death not on Q.B. 1824
11,838 New York
Denison  Wheeldon Wheeldon
of Onondago - in the state of New York who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Learned - of the Mass'ts line, for the term of 1 year
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 4 th of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 10 th of June 1819 and sent to Joshua Dorman Esq.
Onondago Hollow New York
Arrears to 4th of Mar: 1819 10 mo 24 4/ 30/31 $7.44
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 Sept: 1819 48.11
$135.44
{ Revolutionary claim, { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Cont d and notification sent 20 Oct: 1825 to James R. Lawrence, Camillus, N.Y.

State of New York
Onondaga County } Sp: Daniel Gunn of the Town of Brutus of the County of Onondaga aged sixty four years being duly sworn saith that he is personally knowing & well recalls the fact that Dennon Wharton of Onondaga in the County of Onondaga was a soldier in Captain Parks company in Col. Saunders Regiment in the Massachusetts Line - from the first of January in the year 1776 until after the evacuation of New York when he left the Regiment with the  the wounded to the best of his recollection he understood he had gone with the wounded to the Hospital - that this Dennon was a soldier all that period until the first of January 1777 in the same company & does not recollect to have seen him after he went away as aforesaid - which was about the time of the battle of White Plains - & further saith not -
12.1.
Subscribed from the first day of September 1810. before me Joshua Forman
Daniel Gunn
First Judge of Onondaga Court Sessions
I do hereby certify that I am acquainted with the above named Daniel Gunn & that he is in my judgment a Credible Witness - Sep. 1 1810.
Joshua Forman
First Judge of Onondaga Court Sessions

11/11/1840 Dennis Wheaton
Watson Brooks J.M.
See remarks in the case of Paul Day
(Vern D. P. H.) Rev. J. P. H.
22 July 1840
Judge's certificate as to indi- gence wanted.
Adm o ?
The Judge, at Onondaga Hollow, N. Y.
...of the town of... ...of Onondaga County, N. Y. ...of the County of Onondaga, in the ...of the town of...

State of New York } Onondaga County } ss: Denison Wheaton being duly sworn saith that some time in November in the year 1775 he enlisted into the company commanded by Captain William Parks in Col. Barnes Regiment in the Massachusetts line at Roxbury before Boston for one year that he continued to serve in said Corps until on or about the first of November in the year 1776 when he was discharged from service at North Castle in the State of New York - that he was in the siege of Boston till the evacuation thereof by the British forces then marched to New York & was in the retreat from New York & was in the action at Long Point just before the Battle at White Plains & on the day of the battle at White Plains was attached with the wounded of the regiment to North Castle where he remained until he was discharged - that he is aged fifty eight years & resides in the Town of Onondaga & County of Onondaga & from his reduced circumstances in life stands in need of the assistance of his country for support - Further saith not
Sworn before me this tenth day of April 1810.
Denison Wheaton
Joshua Forman First Judge of Onondaga Co. N.Y.

State of New-York, } ss :— Onondaga County. }
I, Joshua Forman, First Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County of Onondaga, in the State of New-York, do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction that Dennison Wheaton — of the town of Onondaga — in said county, did serve in the Revolutionary War, against the common enemy, as stated by him in his declaration on oath hereunto annexed, made before me 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 Revolutionary War:" And I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforesaid act of Congress.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the seal of the said Court to be affixed, this fourth — day of April — in the year 1818.
To J. C. Calhoun, Esq. } Secretary for the Department of War of the United States. }
Joshua Forman
I Joshua Forman first Judge &c as aforesaid do further certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Dennison Wheaton is in reduced & hands in need of the assistance of his country for support — May 11 th 1819.
Joshua Forman

Denison Whedon's Declaration. v. e to be continued on the Pension Roll
returns to be forwarded to J. R. Lawrence Canajoharie N. Y.

Declaration in order to be continued on the pension list under the act of May 1 st 1820.
Onondaga County ss
On this twenty seventh day of September 1825 personally appeared in open court being a court of record for the said County of Onondaga in the State of New York Denison Whedon resident in said County aged sixty five years, who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following declar- ation in order to obtain the provision made by the acts of Congress of the 18 th March 1818 & the 1 st May 1820, That he the said Denison Whedon enlisted for the term of Eight months on or about the month of May 1775 or near as the Defendant recollects at Westfield in the State of Massachusetts in the Company commanded by Captain Henry in the Regiment commanded by Col. David Brewer in the line of the State of Massachusetts on the continental establish- ment - That he continued to serve in the said Corps until the expiration of the said Eight months, but just before the expiration of the said Eight months he again enlisted for the term of one year at Roxbury in the State of Massachusetts (where he was stationed) in the Company commanded by Captain Weyman Parks in the Regiment commanded by Col. Larned in the line of the State of Massachusetts on the continental es- tablishment - That he continued to serve in the said Corps eleven months, when he was honorably discharged from the service by Genl. Glover at East Chester in the State of New York - That he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension except the present - That his name has been placed on the pension list. - That the number of his pension certificate, he does

not know, but his certificate is dated the tenth day of June 1819, & that he never exhibited a schedule of his property before the last term of this court (& those papers have been adjudged incomplete in form by the secretary of war) because he was at the time his pension was stopped in pretty good health. He thought he could make out to support himself & wife by his own industry with a little assistance from his chil- dren. He determined not to call on the govern- ment so long as he could get along & support himself in that way. But he now has the rheumatism in so much that he is unable to work & has been so for a long time. He is utterly unable to support himself unless by the charity of his friends. — And in pursuance of the act of the first of May 1820 I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the eighteenth day of March 1818 & that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of act of congress entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & naval service of the United States in the Revolution any war" passed on the 18 th day of March 1818 & 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 They are subscribed viz. one horse, one cow, one two year old heifer Eliza Shuk four hogs two beds & Common bedding for the same one bed one table eight chairs one great wheel one little wheel one cupboard one chest four tin pans ten white plates, two pewter plates, two pewter basins, two bowls, three tea cups five saucers four knives, four forks, one six sail kettle one tea pair kettle one dish kettle one small pot & one small kettle; one tea kettle one wooden two iron basins one shovel one pair tongs one wooden clock two spades two hoes one small looking glass one steel candlestick one cow bell one pair shuttles one pair of shoes. —
That since the 18th of March 1818 no changes have taken place in my property except as follows that since that day I have had various kinds of provisions & clothing suitable & necessary for myself & family for our support & not beyond that but I am now unable to set forth the amount of such provis- ions & clothing but no change whatever has taken place in my other property to my recollection Defendant is a farmer & his family consist of a wife & one son whose name is Samuel who is thirty three years old & never walked in his life he is a cripple & is crazy & never was able to do any work thing for his support
Denison Wheaton
Sworn to & declared on the twenty seventh day of September 1825 before me Schuyler H. Smith First Judge of Onon. Co. N.Y. pleas
I Daniel Mosely Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Onondaga & State of New York do hereby certify that it ap- pears to the satisfaction of the Court that the said Denison Wheaton did serve in the Revolutionary War as stated in the preceding declaration against the Common Enemy for the term of Eleven months under one engagement on the Continental establishment. I also certify

that the foregoing Oath & the Schedule thereto annexed are truly Copied from the records of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is One hundred & three Dollars & twenty One Cents. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the said Court on the 13 th day of October 1825
D. Mosely Clerk

January 26, 1934.
W. W. Candler 551 East Vernor Hy. Detroit, Michigan.
BA-J/ILL Denison Whedon S. 43316 Rufus Whedon S. 35721
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of Denison Whedon, Edmund Whedon, Rufus Whedon and Abraham Whedon.
Because of the great demand for Revolutionary War data and the limited clerical force available for furnishing such information, it has not been possible to comply with each request which requires such an amount of time and research. The records of Denison Whedon and Rufus Whedon, variously spelled, are furnished you herein as found in their respective claims for pension based upon service in the Revolutionary War.
DENISON WHEDON -S. 43316.
This was our Malcolm but since it is Mala-chi in claims we can use only the initial M. next time Denison Whedon, while a resident of Westfield, Massachusetts, enlisted sometime in May 1775, for eight months as a private in Captain Malcolm Henry's company, Colonel David Brewer's Massachusetts regiment and was in the Siege of Boston, and, while stationed at Roxbury, just before the expiration of said enlistment, he re-enlisted, served as private in Captain Warham Park's company, Colonel Learned's Massachusetts regiment, was in the engagement at Trog's Point, just before the battle of White Plains, and was discharged at the expiration of about twelve months.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 7, 1818 at which time he resided in Onondaga, Onondaga County, New York.

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Denison Whedon, the soldier, was then fifty-eight years of age, the date and place of his birth and names of his parents not shown. In 1825, he resided in Camillus, Onondaga County, New York, at which time his wife, whose name is not shown, and his son, Samuel, aged thirty- four years, completed his family at home. Children were referred to but no names given, other than that of Samuel.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name of person paid, and, possibly, the date of death of the pensioner, you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, citing the following:
Denison Whedon Certificate #11838 Issued June 10, 1819 Commenced April 7, 1818 Rate $8 per month Act of March 18, 1818 New York Agency.
*****
RUFUS WHEDON -S. 35721.
Rufus Whedon, while a resident of Connecticut, volunteered in 1776, served six months during which he was in the battles of Long Island, Harlem Heights and White Plains, officers not stated; he enlisted April 25, 1777, in Branford, Connecticut, served as private in Captain Samuel Barker's company, Colonels William Douglas and Return J. Meig's Connecticut regiment, was in the battles of Danbury, Short Hills, Scotch Plains and Fort Montgomery, and on February 1, 1781, was appointed sergeant, Colonel Zebulon Butler's 4 th Connecticut regiment, once took command of his company during the absence of one of the officers, served in Captain Stillwell's Connecticut company, and in Colonel Heman

Swift's Connecticut Regiment, and was discharged June 16, 1783.
Rufus Whedon was allowed pension on his application executed October 29, 1818, at which time he resided in Guilford, New Haven County, Connecticut. He signed his name Rufus Whedon. In July, 1821, the soldier had moved to Claremont, Cheshire County, New Hampshire; he was then fifty-nine years of age, the date and place of his birth and names of his parents not shown. His family then consisted of his wife, aged sixty-one years, her name not shown, and the following children: his daughter, Polly, born in January 1796; his son, Rufus Washington, born in October 1799; and his daughter, Cornele, born in June 1805. In 1821, the soldier helped to support an aged mother, eighty-five years old, her name not shown. In 1828, the soldier resided in Pittsford, Rutland County, Vermont.
In 1821, soldier's son, Rufus Washington Wheaton, was living in the same house with his father in Claremont, Cheshire County, New Hampshire. He signed his name Rufus W. Wheaton.
If you are interested in the last payment of pension of Rufus Whedon, you should address the Comptroller General, and furnish the following data:
Rufus Whedon (as his name was borne on the pension roll) Certificate #10731 Issued May 15, 1819 Commenced October 29, 1818 Rate $8 per month Act of March 18, 1818 Connecticut Agency.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER, Assistant to Administrator.

43 316
INVALID.
May, 8-1902 C. M. McFadden M. Pawlet, Vt
934 - Jan. 26 - Int. to N.Y. Chandler - L. L. H.
File No. 43,316
Denison Sheldon
St. Peter, Vt
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index: — Vol. 8 , Page 560
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Detroit Michigan 551 E. Vernor Hwy. Jan 15 1934
Commissioner of Pensions United States Department of Interior Bureau of Pensions Washington D. C.
Dear Sir:-
Will you kindly furnish me the Pension records of the following men who fought in the Revolutionary War,
all in file Denison Wheeldon enlisted in the Massachusetts line and died in Onondaga Co N. Y.
Edmund Wheeldon enlisted in New York Militia.
Rufus Wheeldon sergeant in Connecticut Line
Abraham Wheeldon private in Connecticut Continental Line
Any information such as land grants, date of death and etc will be appreciated
Yours truly W W Candler

11 May 1828 N. H.
Denison Threlkeld
James R. Lawrence Camilleus, N. H.
Recd 20 June 1828
Trans. States of the City of Washington Secretary

To the Secretary of War of the U. States
Camillus (Onondaga Co. N.Y.)
June 13. 1825
Sir
I enclose you the pension papers of Denison Theadon, a revolutionary soldier. —
He is already on the pension Roll , — These papers are in compliance with the requi- -sitions of the law of Congress, & will entitle him I presume to draw his pension from the time of the passage of the law, (from which time he has not drawn any thing) —
Please send returns to me, at this place — with great respect I am Sir y r ob t serv t
James R. Lawrence

10 Bowd 1 May 1825
William Lloyd Esq. H.H.
Denison Whedon Esq.
James R. Lander Camillus, N.Y.
Rev. 28 Oct. 1825 City of Washington
free

Sir
Enclosed are the papers of Denison Wheaton, made out according to the directions you sent me
I hope these will be satisfactory for this is the 3 d time we have made the application — please send returns to me at this place — Respectfully y r ob d serv t .
D. R. Lawrence Camillus N. Y. Oct. 14. 1825
Sec of War City of Washington

State of New York
Ontario County ss
On this 16 th day of March 1819, before me Stephen Phelps a Judge of Ontario Common Pleas came Elijah Morgan of the town of Lima in said County and State who being by me first duly sworn, deposed to and saith that in the year 1776 he the deponent was a soldier in the Company commonly commanded by Capt. Warham Park, in the Regiment then commanded by Col. Darned in the beginning of said year, but afterwards commanded by Col. M c Shep- -ard, of the Massachusetts line, That while in said Corps he was acquainted with Devison Whedon who was then a private in said Corps, and that said Whedon served in said Corps until November or December 1776 when he was discharged, from service as this deponent then understood and believed, And that he the deponent was knowing to the said Whedon's serving nearly one year in said Corps, and he verily believes that said Whedon served the full term of one year, while in the service aforesaid - And further this deponent saith not
Sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid
before me
Stephen Phelps a Judge of Ont. Com. Pleas
I certify that I am Personally acquainted with Capt. Elijah Morgan the afore- said deponent and know that he sustains a reputable character as it respects truth and veracity
Stephen Phelps

State of New York Ontario County ss On this 16 th day of March 1819, before me Stephen Phelps a Judge of Ontario Common Pleas, came William Shepard, of the town of Canandaigua in said County and State, who being by me first duly sworn, deposes and saith, that in the year 1775 he was personally acquainted with Denson Wheaton then a resident in West- field in the State of Massachusetts, and that said Wheaton enlisted in the fall of said year in the company com- manded by Captain Warham Park in the Regiment commanded by Col. Sarnes but afterwards commanded by Col. W m Shepard, (the father of this deponent,) of the Massachusetts line. That the said Wheaton was absent about One year from the time that he enlisted, and on his return he the deponent understood and believed that he served out the full term of his enlistment and was then discharged. And that this deponent has often heard his father the said Col. Shepard and several other persons, speak of the said Wheaton being in the service at the time aforesaid and of his serving his time faith- fully while in the service. And this deponent further saith that he has no doubt of the said Wheaton having served the full term of One Year at the time and in the corps aforesaid - and further this deponent saith not
Wm Shepard
Sworn to & subscribed this 16 th day of March 1819 before me
Stephen Phelps Judge of Ont. Com. Pleas
I certify that I am personally acquainted with W m Shepard the aforesaid Deponent & know him to be a credible witness Stephen Phelps

Ontario County } Clerks Office } ss
In testimony that Stephen Phelps whose name is subscribed to the annexed certificates was on the day of the dates of the same a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County and that the same is his signature I hereunto Subscribed my name and affix the County seal at Canandaigua this Sixteenth day of March AD 1819.
J. M c Neil Atty

State of New York Onondaga County ss
On the twenty seventh day of May 1825 personally appeared in open court in the court of Common pleas in and for the County of Onondaga being, a court of Record proceeding according the course of the Common Law with a Jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount and keeping a Record of their proceedings, Denison Whedon aged sixty five years, resident in Camillus in said County, who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows, in the company of Captain Malachi Henry in Col. David Brewers Regiment of Infantry of Massachusetts for eight months in the year 1775 and in the year 1776 he enlisted and served one year in the company of Captain Warham Parks, in Col. Learned's Regiment of Infantry in the Massachusetts line and that he was in the same company and Regiment when dischar- ged: That he now holds a pension certificate.
And I do solemnly swear that I was a Resident Citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March 1816 and that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner disposed of my property or

any part thereof with intent thereby to diminish it so 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 18 th day of March 1818 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, hereunto annexed by me subscribed.
Schedule.
one horse, one cow, one two year old heifer, eleven sheep, four hogs, two beds & common bedding for the same one bedstead one table eight chairs, one great wheel, one little wheel, one cupboard, one chest four tin pans, ten white plates, two pewter plates, two pewter basins, two bowls, three tea cups, five saucers four knives, four forks one six pail kettle, one three pail kettle, one little cloth, one tea small pot, one small kettle, one tea kettle, one spider two iron basins, one shovel one pair of tongs one wooden clock, two pails two bags, one small looking glass one steel candle stick, one cow bell one pair of steel yards six geese. Denison Wheaton

Subscribed & sworn in Open Court this 27 th day of May 1825 before me Nathaniel H. Carll first Judge of Onon. Com. Pleas
Onondaga County Court of Common Pleas of May Term 1825 I Daniel Moseley Clerk of the County of Onondaga and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said County in the State of New York do hereby certify that the said Court is a Court of Record, proceeding accor- ding to the course of the common law, having a clerk and seal with jurisdiction unlimited in amount of its cognizance and keeping a Record of its proceedings and that it is the opinion of the said Court that Denison Wheeler the above deponent served in the Revolutionary War in the Continental establish- ment for the term of one year at one enlistment and eight months at the other enlistments, and further that the foregoing declaration and the schedule to the same annexed are truly copied from the Records of the said Court and that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule

is not more than one hundred & three Dollars and twentyone cents. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court on this twenty seventh day of May eighteen hundred and twenty five
Daniel Mosely Clerk