Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 11,383, Joshua Wheeler, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn
Wheeler Joshua
R. 11,383
CONTENTS

11404 Joshua Wheeler's Declaration
Geo. Park Agent Binghamton N.Y.

DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
STATE OF NEW-YORK, } ss. Broome — COUNTY, }
On this 30th day of August 1832 personally appeared in open Court, before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, now sitting, Joshua Wheeler a resident of Vistle in the County of Broome and State of New York, aged 73 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 entered the service of the United States in January 1775 as a drafted recruit for the term of two months (while living at New London) in Capt. Richard Deshon's Company and Col. Jonathan Latimer's Regiment of Connecticut State troops and was stationed at New London occasionally working on the Fort building at that place, and guarding the town - Afterwards (time not recollected) he enlisted for 6 months in Capt. Griswold Avery's Company, John Hillhouse Lieut. and marched to White Plains where he remained three months and returned to N. London and was engaged with the enemy at the time they made an attack upon & burnt N. London. - He further states that in consequence of an arrangement made with the Militia he served 6 months in each year at regular periods of two months each for 4 or 5 years - he has no documentary evidence of his said services and knows of no one whose testimony he can procure except John Rogers whose affidavit is herewith exhibited, to prove his said services

He was born in New London in the state of Connecticut in the Month of January A.D. 1759, and that he has no record of his age - He further states that at the close of the war he lived at Fort Miller in Washington County where he lived until the year 1811 when he removed to Deste Broome County where he now resides
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.
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
B. Marvin Clerk
Joshua Wheeler
We, Woodruff Barnes a Clergyman , residing in the town of Deste and Timothy Clark residing in the same town hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Joshua Wheeler who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 73 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 day and year aforesaid.
B. Marvin Clerk
Woodruff Barnes Timothy Clark
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 Woodruff Barnes who has signed the preceding certificate, is a Clergyman, resident in the town of Deste Broome Co. and that Timothy Clark who has also signed the same is a resident in the same town - and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, B. Marvin Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, of the County of Broome N.Y. do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Joshua Wheeler for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this 30th day of August 1832.
B. Marvin Clerk

1 st Brief
No 1804
Soshua Whulda.
4514.
7 Dec 1832
No 39.
Geo Park Rushampton N.Y.
Entered in the case of of in the State of (See No 1804)

BRIEF in the case of Joshua Wheeler of Lisle, County of Broome in the State of New York. (Act 7th June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge?
In Open Court.
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he?
73 Years.
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     July In 1795. 2. private Gen. Schuyler, Col. J. Salomon   6. Capt. G. Avery.   Served 4 & 5 Years of periods of 2 months each.  
5. In what battles was he engaged?
Attack on New London.
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service?
New London, Conn.
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?
By our living Witnesses.
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?
X  Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
James Odell
Examining Clerk.

R
11383
Oswego, N.Y.
July 15th, 1904.
Pension Agent.,
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:-
Will you please favor me with the Revolutionary record of the following;
James Jerrett,
Joshua Wheeler. ✓ The first mentioned
I think, was stationed at Fort Miller for a time.
Thanking you in advance for this information
I am,
Very respectfully,
Mrs H. L. Bensteel

Proof of only 5 Mo. Ser- vice established
only 5 Mo. service established,
Alleged other ser- vice but could not prove it.

11383
Joshua Wheeler
New York
Act 7 th June 1832
Rejected See
letter to Geo. Pat.
April 10 th 1833
do same March 3, 1841.

aug. 4, 1904. Hist. to Mrs. H. L. Bonsteel, Oswego, N.Y. 1915 Mar 25. Hist. to Mrs. L. N. Talbot. 417 E. 21st. Indpls Ind
Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
P. O. 11.383
Service: John Wheeler
REJECTED
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

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Rev Sec
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No 2-
the only one
Indianapolis Ind.
March 15 th 1915-
My record of the "Whirler" family - on my mother's side who was Isabella Whirler. - Daughter of ③ Mason Whirler m. Elija Tabor - Oct 3 - 1837  His father - ② Geo. Arnold Whirler m. Phoebe H. Whirler - Nov. 4 - 1802 - His father ① Joshua Whirler m. Rebecca Snow - May 4 - 1774  This last couple were married in New London Co. Conn. Both born and died in Conn. - (East Haddam) (Married in village of Westchester Conn. Was he in the Revolutionary War? Did he draw Pension - Will you please send me copy of his record -
My mother (Isabelle Whirler) & her Father lived in East Bloomfield N.Y. Think it was in Ontario Co. (near Canandaigua N.Y.) - Very truly -
Mrs. Laura N. Talbot 417 E. Tenth - first fl. Indianapolis Ind.

Comptroller's Office October 30 th 1833
I Elisha Phelps, Comptroller of Public Accounts of the State of Connecticut, do certify that there is charged upon the books of the Pay Table under date June 22 nd 1776 to Capt " Richard Deshon, Seldens Reg t , To order " on Treasurer $580, 0, 0; & under date 27 th May 1783, there is also credited charged to the United States "By premiums on State arms in " Capt Deshon's company Seldens Reg t 1776 " $15, 14, 0.
But I find no roll of his company, nor any evidence of the duration of its service.
E. Phelps
|||||    580.0      333      17 40      17 40      1740      1931.40       400 ) 1931.40 ( 4.82      1600  4726 days     331.40      3200      1140      800      240     1 ) 331.40        331.40 ( 26      26      71  

Binghamton Jan'y. 19. 1841
Sir
I take the liberty of enclosing some proofs in the case of Joshua Wheeler of Lisle in the County of Broome N.Y. whose declaration under the act of June 7. 1832 was filed with the Department (I believe) in January 1833. Mr. Wheeler having lately procured the testimony of Mr. Avery, which is with some other proofs previously obtained, herewith enclosed, respectfully submits the same to the decision of the Commission of Pensions
Very respectfully
Your Obedt Servt
Geo. Park

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Joshua Wheeler which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides?
Yes.
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides?
Yes.
III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so?
_____
IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served?
No.
V. * Has he mentioned 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?
No. a detailed statement of each call & four reg d
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations?
Yes.
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832?
Yes.
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion?
Yes.
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate?
Yes.
X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal?
Yes.

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service?
Yes.
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
Yes.
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?
XIV. † If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? No And is the official character and signature of the magistrate certified by the proper officer under his seal of office?
Yes.
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
Yes.
XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?
Yes.
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
Yes.
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. 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."

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 19____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Joshua Wheeler a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Wester 74- 2 mos. Pvt. Richard Dushon Selden Conn   81 3 mos. Brissold Avery Jonathan Lathimer        
Battles engaged in, when New London was burned
Residence of soldier at enlistment, New London Conn.
Date of application for pension, Aug 30 1832
Residence at date of application, Lisle, Broome Co. N.Y.
Age at date of application, New London Conn. Jan. 1709-
Remarks: No data as to family
This claim was rejected on the ground of insufficient proof of six months service as required by the Act of June 7, 1832 under which he applied for pension. The above is the only Joshua Wheeler found etc.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.
note (I did not use Jan 75 as there were no troops in service at all then & I used Selden as shown by Comp Report as P. D. never was capt in Saltonstall's regt)

State of New York
Broom County ss. John Rogers of Barker in the county of Broom being duly sworn deposeth & saith that he was acquainted with Joshua Wheeler in the year 1775 and from that period till the close of the war knows of his having served in Capt. Dishon's Company of State troops in Col. Jonathan Dathes Regiment stationed at New London, and that his services were by periods of two months at a time, his actual service being about 6 months in a year during the war and that the said Joshua Wheeler is the same person now making application for a pension under the Law of June 1832 and that he now resides in said Town of Barker Broom Co. State of NY
Henry Coffey that John Rogers who has signed & made oath to this affidavit is a credible person. Geo. Park Justice of the peace.
Sworn & subscribed this 23 d day of August 1832 before me
John Rogers
Geo. Park Justice of peace
State of New York Broom County ss
I P. Marvin Clerk of said court do hereby certify that George Park Esq. before whom the foregoing affidavit purports to have been taken was on the date thereof a Justice of the peace in and for this county and further I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said Justice and justly believe his signature is genuine In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal this 23 d day of June 1832
P. Marvin Clerk of Broom county

State of New York Broome County ss.
Seth Edson of Colesville in the County & State aforesaid being duly sworn deposes & states that he was a Revolutionary Soldier & is a Pensioner of the United States, that in the year 1781 when this deponent was engaged in the service of the United States at New London in the State of Connecticut he saw Joshua Wheeler whom he knows to be the same person who now is a resident of the town of Barker (formerly a part of Lisle) in said County of Broome and an applicant for a pension under the act of June 1832. That in said year 1781 the said Joshua Wheeler was a soldier in the service of the United States at New London and according to the best of this deponent's recollection and belief in the month of September, but this deponent cannot state how long he had served previous to that period, or how long afterwards, neither does he recollect under what officers the said Joshua Wheeler was then doing duty.
Seth Edson
Personally appeared before me the undersigned a justice of the peace in and for said County of Broome the said Seth Edson whom I certify to be a credible person and made oath that the matters contained in the above affidavit by him subscribed are true. Given under my hand this 18th day of September 1835.
Geo. Park justice of the peace
State of New York Broome County ss. I John C. Moore, Clerk of said County, do hereby certify, that George Park, Esq., whose name appears to the above affidavit or certificate thereof, was at the time of swearing or taking said affidavit a justice of the peace in and for said County, duly authorized to take the same, And I am acquainted with his handwriting, and believe his signature above to be genuine. Witness my hand and seal of office, at Binghamton, in said County, this 6th day of January, A.D. 1841.
John C. Moore, Clerk
(Signature of John C. Moore)

State of New York Broome County } ss
Personally appeared before me the under- signed, a Justice of the peace in and for said County, Joshua Whelen of Lisle in said County, who being duly sworn saith, (in amendment to his original Declaration made before the Court of Common Pleas of said County on the 30th of August 1832) that by reason of old age and the consequent loss of Memory he cannot swear positively as to the precise time or length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than two years and six months in the Revolutionary War as a private, and that for such service he claims a pension, of which time two months was in Dishon's Company Col. Salomon's Regiment in the Winter of '75 when he was stationed at New London and working on a Fort - Three months in Capt. Avery's Com- pany in Salomon's Regiment which was about the time that Genl. Tryon of the British Army invaded and burnt New Haven, and as the deponent believes in the summer of '79 in this tour he was stationed a part of the time at White Plains, N.Y. and the remainder of the tour at New London - The remainder of his service was in Capt. Dishon's Company where he stood as a minute man during the War, and was called out at reg- -ular intervals of two months - Thus serving as a minute man in the years 79, 80, 81, 82 and a part of 83 - he cannot at this time give a more detailed statement of his service as a minute man than to say on his oath aforesaid that his service was principally working on "Town & Hill Fort" south of N London, and on Fort Gwynedd and in keeping garrison -
Joshua Whelen
Sworn & Subscribed this 19th. January 1833 before me
Geo Park Justice

State of New York } Bloom County } ss } B. B. Marvin clerk of said county do certify that George Park Esq. before whom the within affidavit purports to have been taken was on the date thereof a Justice of the Peace in and for said county. Also I am well acquainted with his hand writing and believe the signature to be genuine
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and official seal this 19. day of Jan. 1853
B. Marvin clerk

State of Connecticut New London County ss
Mentville October 24 th 1840
On this 24 th day of October 1840 Before me the subscriber, a justice of the Peace for the County of New London, personally appeared Griswold Avery of the town of Mentville in said New London County aged Seventy six years, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath depose and say That during the Revolutionary War, to wit in the year 1779 he was a private in the company commanded by Griswold Avery father of deponent, that he will remember Joshua Wheeler then of the town of New London in that part of the town now Waterford that Joshua Wheeler was also a member of said Griswold Avery's company in the year 1779 which said company was during the summer and in the fall and early part of winter of that year stationed at New London and in the vicinity of said town and belonged to Colonel Litchfield's Regiment, that said Joshua Wheeler was in service with deponent in said Company for six months in the year 1779 at New London and vicinity. Deponent cannot state positively as to the precise time when said company was called into service, but according to his recollection, it was in the early part of the summer of the year 1779 and that the company was discharged, according to the deponent's recollection in the month of December of that year, that said Joshua Wheeler was a member of said company and in service with deponent during said period.
Deponent further deposes and says that subsequently, to wit, in the year 1781 he was again in service in the company commanded by his father, Griswold Avery and was stationed at said New London, that said Joshua Wheeler was also in service with deponent in

Said Company at said New London, that the Company was called into service in the spring or summer of the year 1781, was stationed at New London and continued in service until some time in the fall of the year 1781 when the Company was discharged, that said Company was in service on the 6 th September 1781 when New London was burnt. That said Joshua Wheeler was during all the time the company was stationed at New London during the period aforesaid a member of the Company and did duty therein during the time aforesaid. Said company was drafted for six months, but was discharged at the end of five months during which period said Wheeler served therein.
In presence of William Beeck John R Wheeler Griswold Army
Sworn & subscribed this day & year aforesaid
Before me
William Beeck justice of the Peace
I, William Beeck a Justice of the Peace for New London County, do hereby certify that Griswold Army who has subscribed the foregoing deposition is a credible witness and that his statement is entitled to credit
William Beeck justice of the Peace

State of Connecticut.
New London County ss.
City of New London October 26 1840
I Henry Douglass Clerk of the City Court of the City of New London the same being a Court of record. hereby certify that William Buck of the town of Fellowsville in said New London County is a Justice of the Peace for said County, duly appointed and sworn and that the signature on the proceedings page are genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the Seal of said City Court the day and year above written
Henry Douglass Clerk of City Court

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Wheeler, Joshua or Joseph GRADE Private "in the Invalids" LINE "Invalids"
WARRANT NUMBER 13918 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED November 15, 1792 To Jonathan Tuttle, assignee
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.