Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 24,006, Dimond Wheeler, Conn.

SERVICE
Wheeler Dimond
NUMBER
bonn
S 24.006
CONTENTS

28.824
Dimond Wheeler
St Lawrence in the State of New York who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Sherwood of the Regt commanded by Col. Abell in the Connecticut State militia for 15 mo
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 50 Dollars and Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 5 day of July 1833 and sent to J. L. Russell Canton
Arrears to the 4th of Mar: 34 150.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept 34 25.00 $175
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Geo. M. Greenup Clerk, Book E Vol. 4 Page 135
det. 5 July '34 to J. L. Russell

In the matter of Dimond Wheeler
Application for a Pension
25428
Team service not continental under enlist- ment & dis alled?
abn d
15 mo. fri
50A
sent to
L. Phelps
Canton
Harrison Co
N.Y.

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832 State of New York County of St Lawrence ss: On this twenty first day of May 1833, personally in open Court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of St Lawrence aforesaid now sitting Dimond Wheeler, a resident of the Town of Canton in the aforesaid County of St Law- rence and State of New York aged seventy two 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 7, 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated. He was born in the Town of Fair- field, County of Fairfield, and State of Connecticut on the 20 th day of April 1761. He has a record of his age in his family bible, which was taken from an old family Bible of his father, in which his birth was recorded.
In the forepart of the month of March 1778 (he cannot state the day of the month) at the Town of Fairfield aforesaid he enlisted as a pri- vate for the term of nine months in the Conne- ticut State Troops in a company under the com- mand of Capt. Andrew Wakeman, raised for a garrison guard at the Fort at Black Rock harbour. The other officers of the company were Lieut. Abner Osborne, and Ensign James Burr. He served in the said company under the same of- ficers (except his Captain) his full term of nine months from the first days in March 1778 to the first days in December 1778 when he was dis- charged at the Fort at Black Rock harbour, hav- ing been stationed there all the said term. Lieut. Osborne commanded the fort during this service

Captain Walker being confined at home by sickness and died shortly afterward. He did not receive any written discharge at the close of this service.
In the month of April 1779 (4 th or 5 th day of the month he thinks) he again enlisted at Fairfield aforesaid as private to serve for six months in the Connecticut Cut Troops raised to protect the Coast in a company under Capt. Joseph Sherwood; Lieut. Samuel Seeley, Ensign Joshua Hoit, in a regiment under Col. Abels, and Major Burr. He served his full term of six months in the said Company from the time of his enlistment until about the middle of October 1779 (a few days after his enlistment expired) when he was discharged at Norwalk by Capt. Sherwood, but did not receive any written discharge. His company was stationed during this service as a guard at a place called the Old Well in Norwalk, and a part of the time at Saugatuck. Fairfield and Norwalk were burned during this service. The applicant with his company was engaged with the enemy at both of these events. In July (he thinks) 1779 an alarm came to his company that the enemy had landed troops near Fairfield. The applicant immediately marched to join the militia collected under General Gould S. Silliman, and oppose the enemy. The next morning after they burned Fairfield our troops attacked them, and after a short engagement the enemy retreated to their vessels. In the engagement Lieut. Seeley, Ensign Hoit and Silas Hains a private were killed near the applicant, all belonging to the same company. A few days afterward, the enemy again landed at Norwalk and forcing our company to retreat burned the stores and village, and again retreated to their shipping.
In December 1779 (he cannot state the day of

the month) the applicant again entered the service at Fish Kill, for six months as a substitute for Thomas Hall, who had enlisted for one year and had served six months of his term, in a company under Capt. Taylor, who had the command of 24 Continental teams. The company of Teams was attached to Col. Huntingdon's Regiment, Gen. Poor's Brigade. He served under Capt. Taylor with the Continental teams of the said Regiment and Brigade his full term of six months to the until some time in June 1780 when he was discharged at Danbury and received a discharge in writing. His discharge was burned with all his papers in the year 1795 at which time the applicant's house was burned. He wintered with the Army during this service at the Town of Reading in Connecticut. His business was taking charge of a team transporting stores for the Army. The Public Stores were principally brought from Fish Kill. The applicant does not remember the names of any other officers or any other Troops who served with him. He well remembers the different terms and periods of service for which he claims the benefit of the said Act 1 st Nine months service at Black Rock fort 1778 2 d Six months service at Norwalk & Danatuck 1779. 3 d Six months service as Teamster with Continental Teams at Fish Kill, Reading and Danbury. He has no documentary evidence whatever of his services, and never received but one written discharge which was burned at Fairfield as above said. The applicant has made diligent inquiry for the last seven or eight months to ascertain if any living witness could be found who knew any facts in relation to his aforesaid services, and has been unable to procure any testimony from any witness who knew him during the revolutionary war. The only person whose residence he knew by whom he could prove any part of his services

he has recently ascertained, died during the last year.
From the close of the Revolutionary war the applicant resided in the said Town of Fairfield until the year 1795 when his house was burned and he removed to the Town of Stamford on the Delaware River in the State of New York; from Stamford he removed to the Town of Salisbury in Montgomery County and State of New York; and from the last place in the year 1811 he removed to the County of St Lawrence in the State of New York, and has ever since resided in the said County in the Towns of Rossie, Oswegatchie, and Canton, in which last Town he now resides. There is no clergyman residing in his vicinity. He is well acquainted with Doctor Elijah Baker, Henry Calhoun, Samuel Bruckshuff of the County of St Lawrence who can testify to his character and the reputation in his neighborhood of his age and services. 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.
I sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid J. M. C. K.
Simond Wheler
We Elijah Baker a physician and surgeon residing in the Town of Canton in the aforesaid County of St Lawrence and Elias Fernald residing in the Town of Rossie in the aforesaid County of St Lawrence do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Simond Wheler who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration.

brotherhood when he used to have been a soldier of the revolution and we do concur in that opinion, and further that the said Simond Wheeler sus- tains an undoubted character for veracity and integrity; and I the said Eliza Elias Teal do further certify that I was a neighbor of the said Wheeler the said applicant when he resided in Rossie aforesaid and also when he resided in the County of Montgomery aforesaid, having known him about thirty years.
In witness whereof the said applicant has hereunto set his hand the day and year aforesaid A. J. Low Clerk
Elias Teal Elijah Baker
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 there is no cler- gyman residing in the vicinity of the said ap- plicant, and also it appears to them that Elijah Baker who has signed the preceding certificate is a surgeon and physician resident in the Town of Canton in the aforesaid county of St Lawrence and is a credible person, and that his statement is enti- tled to credit, and also that Elias Teal who has also signed the preceding certificate is a resident in the said Town of Rossie in the aforesaid County of St Lawrence and is a credible person and that his statement is entitled to credit.
I Alvin C. Low Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of St Lawrence aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains

the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Simond Wheeler for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have unto set my hand and seal of office this twenty second day of May one thousand eight hundred and thirty three A O Sorrak

In the matter of Simond Wheeler for Pension
Testimony of Sett Wheeler

I doth Wheeler of Reading in the County of Berks and State of Pennsylvania aged about eighty eight years being fully aware to the best of my knowledge and belief that I am well acquainted with Simon Wheeler of Canton in the County of St Lawrence and State of New York and have known him from his birth. He is the son of my Brother. In the summer of the year 1778 I visited Black Rock then a small military post on the shore of Long Island found in said State of Pennsylvania. It was garrisoned by a company of State Troops under the command of Lieutenant Estlin. At that time I saw the said Simon Wheeler in actual service as a Private Soldier in the said Company. I have previously that he had enlisted in the said service and understood it was for the term of a year then: and surely believe he continued therein for and during the entire period of his enlistment: but did not see him in actual service on any other occasion than at the time above specified.
I further depose & say that in the latter part of the year 1779 the said Simon Wheeler entered the Continental service in the Brigade of General Howe in Colonel Huntingdon's Regiment. The said Brigade encamped about that time in the said Town of Reading where I then resided and remained there in winter quarters until the month of April or May in the spring following. During the said time the said Troops remained in said Reading. The said Simon Wheeler was actually engaged in the said service: I saw him frequently and I resided within three miles of the place

of the same person.
Sister Wheeler
State of Vermont Ripley County
Edward Taylor Clarke
The Court of Probate for the District of Cambridge in the said County & State do hereby testify that Revd. Mr. Meek the above named Depositor personally appeared before said Court on this 19th day of May 1834, and acknowledged the foregoing Deposition; and being duly sworn made solemn oath to the truth of the same.
And this cannot but certify that the said Johnston is due to know of the amount and a sum of several charges for the said account due money.
Given under my hand and the seal the said Court this 19 th day of May 1839, at Abercrombie in the said District
Attest Edward Layton Clerk

No 25428
Desmond Wheeler St. Lawrence County New York
J.
J. L. Russell Canton St. Lawrence County N. York

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
Aug. 10 1833
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 Dimond Wheeler St. Lawrence County New York
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Enlisted Mar 1778 - 9 - private Capt Wahumac 72 years Fairfield County Connecticut Traditionary papers properly attached   Enlisted Apr 1779 - 6 - " Capt Sherwood, Colonel   Continued Dec 1779 - 6 - sergeant Abel, Major Burr, Capt Taylor, Col. Poor,  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.
Oral proof showing that the applicant served in a corps of Continental Troops is required to substantiate that part of his claim

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 } ss. County of }
On this day of personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of in the county of and State, Territory or District of aged (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 provision 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 entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he 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 A. B.
Sworn to 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 (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) , who has 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 days 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 application 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
I cannot be admitted that the signature of the applicant in Phelps Esq. Comptroller of the State of Connecticut for war

alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person 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? { 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 the 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 traditional 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 the 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 and 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 mention 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 of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length 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 old 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 a 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 time 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.
[k] The notes from [a] to [j] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in state [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
inadmissible of proof - He is advised to apply to Eliza in his case - There are numerous applicants who prove in the same court

Resolution
24 006 INVALID.
File No. 24,006
Simons Thiele
Rev Rev Mr
Act: June 7 th 89
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 145
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Hon. J. L. Edwards Comm r of Pensions Washington D.C.

Canton N. Law. Co. N.Y. June 18. 1834
Hon J. L. Edwards Comt of Pensions
Sir
I herewith return the papers in the matter of the ap p of Dimon Wheeler for a pension - also send the testimony of three witnesses to his services - of James Sanford - Thomas Barnet, and Little Walker. Also a certificate of S. Phelps Esq Compt y of Com t . His testimony my will I suppose abundantly substantiate the claim of the ap t for pension for 21 mos. service. He has been at the expense of a journey to Com t for the testimony & has procured all the testimony of all the survivors of the Rev. Warrior with whom he was acquainted at the time of his service.
Respy your Obed t Servant M c Leish Russell

Hon. A. L. Edwards Com te of Pensions

Canton St Lawrence NY May 22 d 1833
Hon J. L. Edwards Com r of Pensions Sir
With this I enclose the application of Simond Wheeler for a Pension. He claims for the following services 3 Terms 9 months as private in garrison guard in Continental State Troops at Black Rock Fort in 1779 6 months as private in Con. Troops at Norwalk and Saugatuck in 1779
6 Months continental Service in 1779 & 1780 21 mos. as substitute for a private who enlisted for one year Capt. Sayton's Company of Kurns Col. Huntington's Regt. Gen. Poor's Brigade The applicant is unable to produce any living witness of any of his services - The only surviving witness he knew died last year. There is no Clergyman in his vicinity - He produces Elijah Baker a surgeon & physician of Canton NY his present residence to prove his character and the reputation of his services - and also Elias Teal a former neighbor of Roscoe in St Lawrence Co. and also in Montgomery Co. N.Y. who has known applicant 30 years.
Please communicate to me

the Decision of the Department on the application.
Very Respectfully,
Yours &c
Geo. Leslie Ruggell

In the matter of Dimond Wheeler
Certificate of Elisha Phelps Comp t Coun.
3
John L. D. L.

John Leslie Noyes Esquire Post Master Benton St. Lawrence County New York
In the matter of Driens Wheel Certificate of P.H. A. L. Phelps Comp't Comm.
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Comptroller's Office Sept. 23 rd 1833.
I Elisha Phelps Comptroller of Accounts of the State of Connecticut, do certify that it appears by the journal of the Council of Safety & other documents in this Office that Black Rock in Fairfield in this State was a military post in the revolutionary war.
In January 27 th 1777 Isaac Burr was appointed Lt of a guard of 25 men at Fairfield; but no roll of his guard has been found tho' their expense be was charged to the United States.
On the 4 th October 1778 Gen. Silliman was ordered by the Council of Safety "to make suitable provision to supply a proper guard for the battery at Fairfield; but no roll this guard has been found.
On the 1 st of February 1779 the Council of Safety sent blank commissions for two Lieutenants at Fairfield to Col. Davenport for him to fill up as; but no roll has been found.

I have not been able to find any particular account of the time service of this officer. It is believed that the details of this service will appear in the Quarters Master Gen l account at Washington if it can be found.
E. Phelps
post in the revolutionary war. On January 27 th 1778 General Howe moved off Philadelphia at 10 o'clock of 20 men at Trenton but no roll of his guard has been found to their advance to cross the Schuylkill to the Brandy Hills. On the 19 th of March 1778 Gen. Howe moved out of Philadelphia at 10 o'clock to move southward providing to supply a proper guard for the colony at Trenton; but no roll the guard has been found. On the 1 st of February 1779 the General of Philadelphia sent blank commissions for five lieutenants or ensigns to be appointed for him to fill up as, but no roll has been found.

I send all the corroborative evidence I can find in this office. The officer may be mistaken in the given name of the Burt -
He also commanded a Co. of Artillery at Fairfield in 1778 -
D. Phelps
Fair - Bt -
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In the matter of Simond Wheeler
Testimony of James Sanford

James Sanford of the Town of Redding County of Fairfield State of Connecticut 75 years old. Deposeeth & saith that he is well acquainted with Simon Wheeler of the Town of Canton County of Lawrence State of New York that he lived in the same neighbourhood with said Wheeler in the Town of Redding in the Revolution and he said Sanford belonged to a company of Gaud under command of Capt Thomas Nash & was stationed at Green Farms & Compe in the County of Fairfield on Long Island Sound in the year 1779 and remembers that said Wheeler was in Service keeping Gaud at Saugatuck & Norwalk in said Fairfield County the same time in Capt Sherwood's Company which company belonged to Genl. Lord Shelburne's Brigade That he remembers seeing him several times & firmly believes said Wheeler was in this campaign as long as 6 months - He also he remembers said Wheeler belonged to the Scam Service under command of Capt Taylor in the Winter of 1779 & 1780 which time was employed in transporting Stores from Fishkill to Redding in said County of Fairfield to supply Gen Poore's Brigade Col Huntington's Regiment. The reason that he remembers the above facts is they were neighbours & well acquainted with each other. That Mr Wheeler is a man of good character for Truth & Veracity - James Sanford

State of Connecticut } County of Stamford } Bridgeport May 31 1834
Personally appeared James Sanford before me & subscribed & made oath to the foregoing Deposition who is a person well known to me & who I certify is a credible witness
Isaac Sherman Justice of Peace
I Roswell S. Nichols Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Stratford in Stamford County State of Connecticut hereby certify that Isaac Sherman before whom the foregoing Deposition of James Sanford was taken is a Justice of the Peace in said County duly commissioned & that the signature purporting to be his is genuine — In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court this 31 st day of May 1834 Attest.
R. S. Nichols Clerk

In the matter of Dinmond Wheeler
Testimony of Thomas Bennet

Herkimer County ss
I Joseph Sabin do hereby Certify that I am Personally acquainted with Thomas Bennett the within deponent and have been for the last twenty years that he has and is considered as a Man of truth and veracity
Joseph Sabin
State of New York Herkimer County ss Julius C. Nelson
I Julius C. Nelson Clerk of the said County do certify, that Joseph Sabin before whom the within Affidavit purports to have been sworn, and also who has made the above certificate was and is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County and duly authorized by law to act as such Justice, and further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice and verily believe his name subscribed to the said affidavit and certificate to be his proper hand writing and signature
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and official Seal this Eleventh day of June 1834
Julius C. Nelson Clerk

I Thomas Bennett do hereby certify that I was born in the town and County of Fairfield in the State of Connecticut that I am aged seventy three years and upwards that I Resided in the County of Fairfield untill the year 1794 that I then Removed to the County of Montgomery in the State of NY where I lived untill the year 1829 that I then lived in Rome in the County of Oneida & State of New York that in December 1833 I Removed back to the County of Montgomery aforesaid where I now Reside that I was well acquainted with Dimon Wheeler the present Applicant for a Pension and have been well acquainted with him ever since, that I know him well in the Revolutionary War that he is upwards of seventy three years of age according to the Best of my knowledge & belief that he did duty as a Soldier when Fairfield and Norwalk was Burned in the year 1779 that he did duty in the State Troops as a Soldier on Guard in said County of Fairfield accor- ding to the Best of my knowledge and belief the time I cannot Recollect as to the Number of Months he was on Guard that I have been personally well acquainted with him for more than Fifty five years that he has always sustained the character of a Man of truth and veracity
and further this (Deponent says
Thomas Bennett
Sworn and Subscribed Before Me this tenth day of June in the year of our Lord 1834
Joseph Sabin J. P.