Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 2678, Archippus Wheelock, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Nass.
Wheelock, Archiphus No. 2678. Julia B.L.M. 26178-160-5.
B.L.W. 26178-160-55
CONTENTS

11.598 R New Hampshire
Transferred to Vermont from 4 March 1828 and Notified Pension sent to Salmon D. Rye Esq., Irasburgh, Vermont.
Archipus Wheelock of Littleton in the state of N-Hampshire who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Stephen Wack of the Massachusetts line, for the term of One year & 6 mos
Inscribed on the Roll of New-Hampshire at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 9 of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 5 of June 1819 and sent to Ezra Bartlett Grafton - New Hampshire.
Arrears to 4th of March 1819 - 10 224 / 304 86.86 Semi-annual all'ce ending 4 Sep 1819 48.
$134:89
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
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Pension sent to Ezra Bartlett Grafton N.H. 11.598 R

I Joseph Willis of Sudbury in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts do depose and say that I joined the American revolutionary Army the first of January A.D. 1783 at Newberg in the state of New York in Capt. Simon Learned's Company and Col. Henry Jackson's Regiment, and served in said service the whole of said year, that is to say, the whole of the year 1783, And that Ephraim Wheelock then of Lancaster in the County of Worcester in said Commonwealth, but now of Littleton in the County of Grafton and state of New Hampshire, served in the same company and same Regiment that I did during the whole of said year, that is to say, the year 1783, and when I was discharged I left him there Joseph Willis
Middlesex fr. September 16 th A.D. 1818 Then personally appeared the above named Joseph Willis, and made Oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him subscribed. —
Before me Ashbel Hidderv justice of the Peace
Middlesex fr. September 16 th A.D. 1818 I hereby certify that the above named Joseph Willis is a disinterested witness, and that his Affidavit is entitled to full faith and Credit. —
Ashbel Hidderv justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middlesex ss. I Abraham Biglow Clerk of the Judicial Courts within the County of Middlesex, do certify that Abiel Kimball Esq r before whom the within affidavits appears to have been taken is a Justice of the peace acting under the authority of this Commonwealth & his name set to the within Certificate is his own proper signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of the Supreme Judicial this 22 d day of Sept r 1818.
Abel Biglow

STATE OF VERMONT, Washington COUNTY, ss. } the above attestation is a true copy of the original
I, George Rich, Clerk , within and for the County aforesaid, do hereby certify, that George Rich before me known to be the person described in and who executed the foregoing instrument, is a true copy of him duly qualified, acting under the authority of this State, and that his name subscribed hereto, is his own proper sig- nature. In witness whereof, I hereunto set my hand, and seal seal, at Montpelier this 23 rd . day of January in the year of our Lord, one Thousand Eight Hundred and Nineteen
George Rich Clerk

Hezekiah Tinkham off.
1800 1801 1802 1803 1804 1805 1806 1807 1808 1809 1810

State of Vermont, } Hezekiah Tinkham of Montpelier Washington County } in the County aforesaid, being } duly sworn, deposes & says, that he is acquainted with Archippus Wheelock of Littleton in the County of Coos & State of New Hampshire, for whose benefit this affidavit is taken, in order to support his declaration for a pension under the provisions of the act of Congress of the 18th day of March 1818, and does well recollect, that in December 1782 the said Wheelock joined Capt. Simon Newcomb's Company of Col. Henry Jackson's Regi- ment of the Massachusetts Line, - in which Company said Tinkham was a Sergeant - said Wheelock remained in said Company & Regiment until after the end of the war in June 1783 when this Deponent left the service. - Said Wheelock had previously belonged to Col. Tappan's Regiment of the Mas- sachusetts Line. - This Deponent fully believes that P. Wheelock did serve in P. Regiment against the common enemy for more than nine months, altho' this Deponent did not serve the whole of the time with P. Wheelock.
Hezekiah Tinkham
Sworn & Subscribed before me this 22. day of January A.D. 1819. And further certify that said Deponent is a credible witness in my opinion.
George Rich Justice of the Peace

Archippus Wheelock Colonel's Jacksons and Tuckers Regt. Maple line 1782 to 1783
Admitted C.P.
now in his power of his said services
stands in need of the assistance of his country for
and
that he was in the battles of
when he was discharged from service in
the said corps or in the service of the United States
of the
in the State of
enlisted in
the United States in the revolutionary war; That he the
make the following declaration in order to [redacted] provision made
in the said State, who being by me first duly sworn according to
aged
years resident in
Personally appears
subscribed one of the judges of the
day of
181 before me the
ss.)
STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.

STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
Grafton ss.)
ON this ninth — day of April — 1818, before me the subscriber, one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for
said County — personally appears Archippus Wheelock
aged 52 years, resident in
Littleton in the said State, who being by me first duly sworn according 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:" That he the said Wheelock — enlisted in May 1782 for three years in the State of Massachusetts
in the company commanded by Captain Thomas Francis — of the 10 th M t Regiment commanded by Col. Tufts until 16 th Dec r 1782 when the 10 th Reg t was disbanded & he was placed into Col. Simon Larned's company in the 4 th M t Reg t com- manded by Col. Henry Jackson
That he continued to serve in the said corps, or in the service of the United States, until the 31st day of December 1783. —
, when he was discharged from service in West-Point State of New York — ; that he was in the battles of
and that he is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support; and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services.
Sworn to and declared before me, the day and year aforesaid.
Ezra Bartlett
I, Ezra Bartlett, Judge of the Court of Common Pleas —
as aforesaid, do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction, that the said Archippus Wheelock is in reduced circumstances & stands in need of assistance from his country for support and did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the com- mon enemy; 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 aforementioned act of Congress.
February 2 nd 1819. —
Ezra Bartlett

Copy Elisha W. Wheeler -
Continue 11598.
5 June 1819.

District of New Hampshire  County of Grafton
At the superior Court of Judicature of the State of New Hampshire held at Hanover within & for said county of Grafton being a Court of record by the laws of said State on the 30 th day of May in the year of our Lord 1820 personally appeared in open Court Archibald Wheeler aged fifty four years resident in Littleton in said county, who being first duly sworn according to law doth depose on his oath and say, that he served in the revolutionary war as follows viz - a private soldier in Capt. Thomas Francis's company in Col. Tufts's regiment N o 10 Massachusetts line, that his original declaration was made & dated the 9 th day of April 1818 that he has received a pension the certificate of which is numbered 11598 - and I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March 1818 - 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 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 & 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 hereto annexed & by me subscribed - as follows - to wit -
  Viz - 3 cows worth not more than - - - - - $15.00   Then 2 years old steers - - - - - 24.00   1 yearling heifer - - - - - 4.00   1 old horse twenty years old worth - - - - - 10.00   1 old saddle & bridle worth - - - - - 3.00   2 Hogs worth - - - - - 8.00   1 plough & a Harrow worth - - - - - 10.00   a few articles of kitchen furniture worth not more than - - - - - 10.00   $114.00   Two sucking calves worth - - - - - 3.00   $117.00 

All my estate real & personal not being worth over three hundred & seventy dollars - and that I am at this time owing at least one hundred dollars, and I further declare, that I am by occupation a farmer in firm & unable to labor more than half the time, my children are aged & named as follows viz -
Hannah Wheelock aged 21 years
Catharine Wheelock aged 19 years
Abel Wheelock aged 14 years
Asa Wheelock aged 10 years -
The three eldest are able to support themselves in health, the youngest quite unable being sick & in a weakly way - My wife is aged 57 years feeble & unable to work but little, my health is very precarious having the rheumatism often so as to be laid up for weeks. I have no land, I live in a house belonging to Mrs. Little & my property would not pay my debts if now disposed of for money, nor could I keep my family together without it. I have no other means of support & depend on my pension for my subsistence -
Archippus Wheelock -
We the subscribers selectmen of said Littleton do hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with said Archippus Wheelock & believe the above to be a fair inventory & valuation of his property it being our appraisal of the same -
Michael Fitzgerald } Selectmen of N. Rix Junior } said town of Littleton -
Grafton 8 May 29th 1820
Sworn to before me -
Joseph Robbins Just. Peace -

Sworn to & declared before the Justices of the Superior Court of Judicature for the State of New Hampshire in open Court on this 30 th day of May 1820
Attest J. P. Webster Clerk
I Stephen P. Webster Clerk of the Superior Court of Judicature for the county of Grafton do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath & the schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the record of 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 and cents. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the said Court on this 31 st day of May Anno Domini 1820
J. P. Webster Clerk

2,393 Massachusetts
Sula Wheelock widow of Archipus Wheelock
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a private Mass Line
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 96 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence the 3d February, 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued the 11th day of October 1853 and sent to
Drew Newcomb Derby Vermont
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under February 3, 1853, Page 117 Vol
info
Reg 3 m 55-65955

State of Massachusetts.
Worcester County, ss. } On this eighteenth day of May A.D. 1853. personally appeared before the subscriber, Thomas Farni- cutt, Judge of the Court of Probate within & for the County of Wor- cester, in the State aforesaid, Lydia Wheelock, a resident of Gardner in said County, aged sixty five years, who being duly sworn according to law doth, on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the Act of Congress passed on the third day of February, A.D. 1853. That she is the Widow of Asaphus Wheelock, who was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States at the rate of Ninety six dollars per annum - that her said husband was a resident of Newport in the County of Orleans and State of Vermont at the time of his decease, and that his name was on the roll of the Montpelier Vermont Agency. She further declares that she was married to the said Asaphus Wheelock on the twenty sixth day of January, A.D. 1840 - that her husband, the aforesaid Asaphus Wheelock died on the sixteenth day of February A.D. 1845. - that she was married to him at the time above stated - She further swears, that she was a Widow at the time of the passage of the Act aforesaid - & is still a Widow - and that she has never before made application for a pension.
Julia Wheelock mark
The foregoing declaration was sworn to and subscribed by the above named Julia Wheelock on the day and year first above written, before me, she being by me known

of bodily infirmity unable to appear in open Court. And I certify that I have no interest in the result of this cause, or am not, or have not been engaged or employed as counsel therein.
Not taken in court. Judge of Probate }
Commencement of this cause etc.
Worcester ss. I, Charles G. Brewster, Register of the Court of Probate for said County of Worcester, do hereby certify, that the undersigned is the Judge of said Court, duly commissioned and qualified - and that the above signature, purporting to be his is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I do hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court this eighteenth day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand, eight hundred and fifty three.
Chas. G. Brewster, Register.

State of Vermont } Orleans County ss. } I Seymour Dane of Newport in the County and State aforesaid, of lawful age dispense and say that I hold the office of Town Clerk of the town of Newport aforesaid, and that the marriage of Mr. Archipus Whelock and Mrs. Julia Goodwin is recorded on the records of said town of Newport, in the words and figures following, to wit,
"State of Vermont } Orleans County ss. } Be it remembered that at Newport in the County aforesaid on this 26. day of Jan. 1840, Mr. Archipus Whelock & Mrs. Julia Goodwin both of Newport, were duly joined in marriage by me
Isaiah Jasin Justin of Penn A true record. S. Dane T. Clerk.
And I certify that the foregoing is a true and literal copy of the record of said marriage as it appears on the records of said town of Newport. Seymour Dane Town Clerk
Sworn to and subscribed this 15th day of April A. D. 1853.
Before me Orren Newcomb Notary Public.

State of Vermont } Orleans County ss. } I Hubbard Hastings Clerk of Orleans County Court, hereby certify that Orem Newcomb, before whom the foregoing affidavit was sworn to was at the date thereof, a Notary Public within and for the State of Vermont duly authorized to administer oaths, and that his signature thereto is genuine.
In witness whereof I hereunto set my hands and the Seal of said Court this 27th day of April A.D. 1853, Hubbard Hastings Clerk

65.955 } Act March 3/55 April 13 "
Lula Whelock wid of Archippus Whelock. P.H.
Claimant states that she is a pensioner under the Act of Feby 3. 1853 - No. of Certificate 2.393
Payable at Boston Mass Agency
No Map Feb 53-2393
Boston Will 16011/56 B.P.R.
Samuel Leo Hampton Mass
Am. S. Soc. Oct 11 th 1853, let. " " " 26 th "
Vol 101. page 146.

Julia Wheeler
1868-89

State of Massachusetts County of Worcester ss
On this sixth day of April 1855 before the undersigned a Justice of the Peace within and for said County of Worcester, personally appeared Julia Wheelock aged sixty eight years a resident of Gardner in said County and made oath in due form of law, That she is the widow of Archipus Wheelock who was a private soldier in the Revolutionary War - That she is the identical Julia Wheelock to whom under the provisions of the Act of the 3 d of February 1853 a pension of 96 Dollars per annum has been allowed her for the services of the aforesaid Archipus Wheelock - She further states that her pension certificate under the aforesaid Act of February 3 d 1853 is numbered 2393 and bears date the Eleventh day of October 1853 - and is made payable at the Boston (Mass) Agency - She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the County bond to which she may be entitled under the Act of 3 d of March 1855 never having received or known herself entitled or made application under any previous Act of Congress - In evidence of her identity and proof of service of her husband, she respectfully refers to the proofs heretofore adduced now on file in the Pension Office, and upon which her annuity as aforesaid was granted, and to the accompanying affidavits - and she requests that the certificate thing may be sent to Samuel Lee.
Julia Wheelock
Attest Kiziah Howe
Sney Glazier
Sworn to, subscribed and acknowledged before me the day and year above written, and I hereby certify that I know the aforesaid Julia Wheelock to be the identical person she alleges herself to be - a pensioner of the United States, and that I am not interested in the claim -
Samuel Lee. Justice of the Peace

State of Massachusetts County of Worcester } - On this sixth day of April 1855 before me a Justice of the Peace within and for said County of Worcester personally appeared Keziah Howe and Lucy Glazier residents of Gardner, in said County known to me as credible persons who made oath in due form of law that Julia Wheelock who in their presence has sworn and subscribed to the foregoing declaration is to their per- sonal knowledge the identical person to whom under the provisions of the Act of February 3. 1853 a pension of 60 dollars per annum has been granted for services performed by her husband as a soldier in the revolutionary War - That they have known her for fifty years and derive their knowl- -edge from the following circumstances - having lived in the immediate neighborhood of her residence - and having seen her pension certificate and her having drawn her annuity from Boston. - - They further state that they are disinterested witnesses
Keziah Howe
Lucy Glazier
Sworn to, and subscribed before me the day and year above written.
Samuel Lee. Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
WORCESTER COUNTY, ss.
I, Joseph Mason
Clerk of the Judicial Court
for the County and Commonwealth aforesaid, do hereby certify, that Samuel Lee on the sixth day of April A.D. 1855 was and still is
a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified, and authorized by the laws of this Commonwealth, to take the acknowledgement of deeds, and administer oaths, and that his signatures to the certificates of oath upon the declaration and affidavits hereunto annexed are genuine.
Given under my hand, and the seal of said day of April , hundred and fifty- five .
County, this ninth , in the year of our Lord one thousand eight Jo. Mason Clerk.

I Jesse H. Goodwin of Gardner in the County of Worcester and State of Massachusetts, of lawful age depose and say that I am the son of Julia Julia Wheelock, whose application for a pension has been sent to the Department by Orson Newcomb Esq. of Derby Vermont, and I further say that my mother the said Julia  Julia Wheelock is the widow of Archippus Wheelock, who was a revolutionary pensioner of the United States at the rate of Thirty six dollars per annum. And I also further say that my mother the said Julia  Julia Wheelock is the identical person named in the certificate of Marriage given by Seymour Dorr Esq. Town Clerk of the town of Newport in the State of Vermont. — I also further say that my mother the said Julia  Julia Wheelock, was living with me at the time of her marriage with the said Archippus Wheelock, and has lived with me ever since the decease of said Wheelock.
Jesse H. Goodwin
Sworn to and subscribed before me this twenty eighth day of August A. D. 1853, and I certify that the above deponent is well known to me and that he is a person of credibility.
Rufus Norton Justice of Peace.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
WORCESTER COUNTY, ss.
I, William A. Smith, Assistant Clerk of the Judicial County,
for the County and Commonwealth aforesaid, do hereby certify, that Rufus Newton, on the twenty fifth day of August, A.D. 1853, was, and still is
a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified, and authorized by the laws of this Commonwealth, to take the acknowledgement of deeds, and administer oaths, and that his signature to the certificate of oath upon the deposition
hereunto annexed is genuine.
Given under my hand, and the seal of said County, this twenty sixth day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-three.
W. A. Smith. Asst. Clerk.

May 27, 1913.
W 2678
Hon. Ira C. Copley.
House of Representatives.
My dear Mr. Copley:
In response to your letter dated the twenty-fourth and received the twenty-sixth instant. I have the honor to advise you that from the papers in the claim W. File No. 2,678. It appears that Archippus Whe e lock was allowed pension on his application executed February 2, 1819, while fifty-two years of age and a resident of Littleton, Grafton County, New Hampshire.
He states that he enlisted in May 1782, as a Private, and served in Captain Thomas Francis' company, Colonel Tupper's regiment, and served until December 16, 1782; was then placed in Captain Simon Learned's company, Colonel Henry Jackson's regiment, Massachusetts Line, and served until December 31, 1783, when he was discharged at West Point, New York.
Soldier married January 26, 1840, at Newport, Vermont, Mrs. Julia Goodwin, and died February 16, 1848. She was allowed pension on her application executed May 18, 1853, while sixty-five years of age and a resident of Gardner, Worcester County, Massachusetts.

W. File No. 2,678. - 2
In 1820. he referred to his children: Hannah, twenty-one years; Catherine, nineteen years; Abel, fourteen years, and Asa, ten years of age.
Very respectfully,
Gm Saltzman Commissioner.

APPLICATION FOR A TRANSFER.
County of Orleans - 88.
On this Eleventh day of February 1828, before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said county of Orleans - personally appeared Archippus Wheelock who, on his oath, declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain Frances of Watertown in the regiment commanded by Colonel Dupfer in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the Pension Roll of the State of New Hampshire - from whence he has lately removed; that he now resides in the State (District, or Territory,) of Vermont - where he intends to remain, and wishes his Pension to be there payable, in future; and that his reasons for removing to the State of Vermont were that he was infirm and needed the care and assistance of a son who lived in Vermont with whom he now resides - Sworn and subscribed to, before me, the day and year aforesaid. S
Archippus Wheelock
Salmon Hays Justice of Peace
NOTES.—The oath to be taken before a duly qualified Magistrate, whose official character and signature must be proved by the certificate of the proper officer, setting forth that the person taking the testimony is a Justice of the Peace, Judge, or Notary Public, as the case may be, and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine. The Pensioner's oath must be supported by the evidence of another person as to identity. The person must swear that he well knows him to be the same person described in the above affidavit. The Magistrate must certify that the deponent is a person of veracity. This oath must also have the authentication as above required.

State of Vermont Orleans County p 3
I Ira H. Allen Clerk of Orleans County Court do hereby certify that Solomon May Esquire before whom the foregoing affidavit was sworn and subscribed is a Justice of the peace within and for the County of Orleans and that his signature annexed to the same is his own proper signature —
In testimony whereof I have unto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of the Court at Irasburgh this 12 day of Feb. 1828 —
Ira H. Allen Clnk O.C. Court

Orleans County ss.
On this Eleventh day of February 1828 before me, the subscriber Justice of the Peace for the said County of Orleans, personally appear- -ed Edmund Sleeper of Newport, who on his oath declares that he is well acquainted with Archippus Wheelock the signer of the fore- -going affidavit and well knows him to be the same person therein described as that he has knows that s d Wheelock at the time herein in Hampshire -shire and that he now resides with his son in Coventry Ver- -mont.
Sworn and subscribed before me the day and year aforesaid.
Edmund Sleeper
Salmon Nye Justice of Peace
I hereby certify that the signer of the above affidavit is to the best of my knowledge a man of veracity -
Salmon Nye Justice of Peace

Pension Office
Oct. 7, 1853
Sir,
Please certify the time to which the within named pensioner was last paid; and, if in Your power, the date of his death.
Very respectfully,
Your Obedt. Servt.
J. Cole For Commission H. Burt Compt 3d Auditor Present
( see other side. )

Archippus Wheelock, Act 1818, $8.00, p. an. - Died 16 th Feby 1847, Paid to his death.
F. Burt August 1847

Hon. L. D. Waldo Commissioner of Pensions Washington City
FREE TWO CENTS
Julia Wheeler

PAID
Hon. S. P. Waldo Chairman of Pensions Washington City D.C.

FREE
Julia M. Lock
St. Michael's
St. Croix
St. John
Hon. L. P. Waldo
Commission of Pensions Washington City D.C.

Julia App. of Isabella Leechlock widow of
Archipus Norcutt Co
Draps: 241 1818 1.19
Act 3 d Feby: 1853
Rev:
Amount $96 per annum commencing 3 d Feby 1853
Green Howland Derby Vermont
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Pension Office, Official Business

Vol. 11 p 50
Julia Judith Wheelock, widow of Archipus Wheelock (R.R. Gen. Adm. Aug 11. 1853 Same Sept. 5/53
Rev?
Act 3 rd Feb. 1853

Julia Mullock Worcester Co
Married 26 Jan 1840 Town Rec
Died 16th Feby 1848
G. C.

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26. 1/78
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Rev Amos

I Peter Wheelock of Newport in the County of Orleans and State of Vermont of lawful age, depose and say that I am the son of Archipus Wheelock, who was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States at the rate of Ninety six Dollars per annum, and that my father the said Archipus Wheelock died in Newport in said County of Orleans on the 16 th day of February A.D. 1848. Peter Wheelock
Sworn to and subscribed this 15 th day of April A.D. 1853. Before me O. Newcomb Notary Public.
I hereby certify that the above deponent is well known to me, and that he is a person of credibility. O. Newcomb Notary Public.

State of Vermont } Orleans County ss. } I Hubbard Hastings Clerk of Orleans County Court hereby certify that Orem Wascomb, before whom the foregoing affidavit was sworn to, was at the date thereof a Notary Public within and for the State of Vermont, duly authorized to administer oaths, and that his signature thereto is genuine.
In Witness Whereof I have unto set my hands and affix the seal of said Court this 27 th day of April A.D. 1853. Hubbard Hastings Clerk

Rev Man
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 2648
Julia Wheelock Widow Archippus Wheelock Pr. Rev Man.
Act: Feb 3 d 1853.
Index:—Vol. M, Page 328.
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1913, May 23. To Hon Ira C. Copley that plan of soldiers will is not stated. Fr.
1913, May 27. To Hon Ira C. Copley History of claim. Fr.
1913, Dec. 18. To A. C. Sleeper. Fr.

Jr Rev. War Section.
December 18, 1913.
Mr. A. C. Sleeper,
Newport, Vermont.
Sir:
In response to your letter dated the 10 th and received the 12 th instant, you are advised that from the papers in the claim W. File No. 2,678. It appears that Archippus Wheelock was allowed pension on his application executed February 2, 1819, while fifty-two years of age and a resident of Littleton, Grafton County, New Hampshire.
He states that he enlisted in May 1782, as a Private, and served in Captain Thomas Francis' company, Colonel Tupper's regiment, and served until December 16, 1782; was then placed in Captain Simon Learned's company, Colonel Henry Jackson's regiment, Massachusetts Line, and served until December 31, 1783, when he was discharged at West Point, New York.
Soldier married January 26, 1840, at Newport, Vermont, Mrs. Julia Goodwin, and died February 16, 1848. She was allowed pension on her application executed May 18, 1853, while sixty-five years of age and a resident of Gardner, Worcester County, Massachusetts.
In 1820, he referred to his children: Hannah twenty-one years; Catherine, nineteen years; Abel fourteen years; and Asa ten years of age.

Wheelock. - 2
The above is the only Archippus Wheelock found in the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau.
Very respectfully,
G. M. Saltzgeber.
Commissioner.

F.W.
May 23, 1913.
Honorable Ira C. Copley, House of Representatives.
My dear Mr. Copley:-
In response to your letter dated the twenty-first and received the twenty-second instant. I have the honor to advise you that in the pension claim of Archippus Wheelock. W. File No. 2678, Revolutionary War, the place of the soldier's birth is not stated.
Very respectfully,
J. L. Davenport Commissioner.

IRA C. Copley 11TH DISTRICT, ILLINOIS
House of Representatives U. S. Washington, D. C.
May 21, 1913.
Hon. J. L. Davenport, Commissioner of Pensions.
Dear Mr. Davenport:
Will you kindly advise me if the records of the Pension Bureau show the birth place of ARCHIPPUS WHEELock, who served in the Revolutionary War. I am advised that he was born January 22, 1765, and was a pensioner of said War. His descendants are anxious to secure information as to his place of birth.
Very truly yours,
A handwritten signature in cursive, reading "I. C. Copley". The signature is written in dark ink and is positioned above a faint circular postmark.

IRA C COPLEY 11TH DISTRICT, ILLINOIS
House of Representatives U. S. Washington, D. C.
May 24, 1913.
Hon. J. L. Davenport, Commissioner of Pensions.
Dear Mr. Davenport:
Referring to your letter of May 23rd, relative to Archippus Wheelock, W. File No. 2678, Revolutionary War, will you kindly advise me in what organization the soldier served or the state from which he enlisted.
Very truly yours,
A handwritten signature in cursive, reading "Ira Copley", written in dark ink on the right side of the letter.

NEWPORT, VERMONT, December 10, 1913.
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Sir:-
Will you send me a transcript of the Military record of one Archipus Wheelock, a Revolutionary soldier, and whose name, as I believe was borne on the rolls of your office as drawing a pension. I cannot tell in what from what part of the country he enlisted from, or in what regiment or under whose command.
The said Wheelock was my grandfather and I am desirous of completing the family tracing. I have already called upon the Adjutant General for this information, but am informed that no record exists in his department and upon his suggestion I am addressing you.
Thanking you in advance for the information, I am,
Respectfully,
A. V. Sleeper

Derby Vermont 25 th . May 1853
Hon. L. P. Waldo.
Dear Sir,
Enclosed I send you the declaration of Judith Wheelock for a pension under the act of Feb. 3 rd 1853. You will, please make the pension payable at the Boston Mass. agency. — The certificate, when issued, you will forward to me. —
Yours very Respectfully
Orem Newcomb

Torreyston (Meaf.) April 11 th 1855
Dr. P. Waldo Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
Herewith you will receive the Applications of Elizabeth Rugg - Rebecca Haskell, Louisa Bruce and Julia Wheelock. for Bounty Land, under the Act of March 3 d 1855. - When Warrants are issued. Please forward them to me.
Respectfully your
Friend Servt. Samuel Lee

Brief in the case of Julia Wheelock, widow of Archippus Worcester County and State of Massachusetts act 3 d February 1863
Claim, ("original," or "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband was a pensioner under the act of 18 th March 1818;
Marriage proved by duly verified copy of Town Records
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Orson Newcomb Esq Derby.
Name and residence of Agent Vermont
Stodd
Examining Clerk.

Derby Vermont 30. Aug. 1855
Hon. S. P. Waldo.
Dear Sir,
Enclosed I send you the affidavit of Jesse H. Goodwin the son of Wm. Julia Wheelock, which I presume will be satisfactory to prove her identity, More evidence to that point being required by yours of the 11th. inst. -
Very respectfully yours
Oren Newcomb

Derby Vermont, 3. Oct-1853
Hon. S. P. Waldo.
Dear Sir.
Agruably to the requisition of the Department I now forward two additional affidavits to prove the identity of Widow Julia Whulock - I trust they will be satisfactory.
I am Sir very respectfully Yours
Oren Newcomb

Hon: James Barbour Sir,
I herewith send you the affidavit of Archippus Wheelock in which I believe he has complied with the form prescribed and hope a favorable answer may be returned as soon as may be consistent with the business of the department.
With due respect your
Grasmere Feby 12 th 1828
Obt. Servt.
Salmon Hays

I George W. Kendall of Newport in the County of Orleans and State of Vermont, of lawful age depose and say that I was well acquainted with widow Julia Whelock both before and after her marriage with said Whelock, that she lived a near neighbor to me at the time of her marriage. I also further say that from reliable information I believe the said Julia Whelock now resides in Gardner in the State of Massachusetts, and that she is the identical widow of Archippus Whelock who was a revolutionary pensioner of the United States on the roll of the Vermont Agency. Geo. W. Kendall
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 30th day of Sept. A. D. 1853, and I certify that I am well acquainted with the above deponent, and that he is a person of credibility.
O. Newcomb Notary Public

I Charles Seas of Newport in the County of Orleans and State of Vermont, of lawful age depose and say, that I lived a near neighbor to Widow Julia Goodwin at the time of her marriage to Archippus Wheelock, and that widow Julia Wheelock, who now resides, as I believe from reliable information, in Gardner Massachusetts, is the identical widow of Archippus Wheelock who was a revolutionary pensioner of the United States on the roll of the Vermont agency.
Charles Seas
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 30th, day of Sept. A. D. 1853 and I certify that I am well acquainted with the above deponent, and that he is a person of credibility.
O. Newcomb Notary Public

State of Vermont- } Orleans County ss. } I Hubbard Hastings, Clerk of Orleans County Court, hereby certify that Orson Newcomb, before whom the foregoing affidavits were taken, was at the date thereof a Notary Public, within and for the State of Vermont, duly authorized to administer oaths and that his signature thereto is genuine.
In witness whereof I hereunto set my hands and affix the Seal of said Court, this first day of October A.D. 1853-