Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 11733, Plomer Wheeler, N. H.

SERVICE
NUMBER
N. 16.
Wheeler, Plomer
S. 11733
CONTENTS
carded

6937 New Hampshire
Plomer Wheeler
Herewith in the State of New Hampshire who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Richards of the Regt commanded by Col  in the New Hampshire for 12 months
Enscribed on the Roll of New Hampshire the rate of 40 Dollars  Cents per annum commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 9 th day of March 1833 and sent to Sam M. Harper Esq.
  arrears to 14th of March 1831  80.00    Penizant. allowance ending 4 Sept  20.00     $100.00  
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by David Boyd Clerk, Book 2 Vol. 1 Page 194

Kirkham
11733 ✓ INVALID.
File No. 11733
Plomer Wheeler
Priv. Rev. War.
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 404
[Arrangement of 1870.]

6240
Plomer Wheeler
Sutton
22157
Ha I M Harper
PR

State of New Hampshire County of Merrimack ss
On this twentieth day of December A D 1832, personally appeared before me Samuel Green an Associate Justice of the Superior Court of Judicature in said State. Plomer Wheeler resident in Sullivan in said County of Merrimack, aged seventy eight years, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath say & make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 viz t
That he went into the service of the united States as a soldier of the Revolution in the year 1775, the particular month & day he is unable to recollect - that he enlisted at Dunbarton in said County of Merrimack, into the company commanded by Capt d Richards, whose christian name he thinks was Samuel, that the name of the Lieu t was Sible, thinks his christian name was Moses - that immediately after he enlisted he marched to Winter hill with the rest of the company, where in the neighbourhood, he remained during eight months, being the term for which he enlisted, & was during the time in the battle of Bunker hill, in the Regiment under the command of Col d John Stark - that at the expiration of said term of service he was regularly dismissed but did not receive any written discharge -
That he enlisted again at Dunbarton above mentioned, in the year 1776 & went to White Plains New York, & remained in the service four months when he was regularly dismissed, but had no written discharge - he is unable to recollect the names of any of the Officers under whom he served said four months -
That he knows of no person living who can testify to either of the foregoing terms of service - & further that according to information received from his parents, he was born in Salem in the County of Rockingham in said State of New Hampshire, in the year 1753, & lived there until fifteen years of age, when he went with his father's family to said Dunbarton, & lived in that Town until 1786, when he moved to said Sullivan where he has ever since resided - that in both the terms of service above mentioned he enlisted as a volunteer, & that he has no knowledge of any record of his age whatever - He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present & declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State.
Plomer Wheeler
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year first above mentioned Before me Sam d Green Ap o J us P er

Daniel Wheeler of Warner in the County of Merrimack State of New Hampshire, deposes & says that he is a brother of Plover Wheeler who has subscribed & sworn to the within declaration; that in the years 1775 & 1776 he lived in the same family with said Plover & well recollects its being said in the family & in the neighborhood, that said Plover had enlisted for eight months, & was going to Winter hill, that he left home for the purpose of serving said term & was absent during said eight months, that it was said & believed that he was in the battle of Bunker hill, of which I have no doubt from the various incidents which he related on his return, respecting the battle.
He also deposes that after said Plover's return home from said eight months service, he again was said to have enlisted for four months, & remember his leaving home to go to White Plains New York & was absent, as near as he can recollect, a little over the four months —
Daniel his Wheeler mark
Witness Stephen Pillsbury
Subscribed & sworn to the day & year first within mentioned — before me Sam Green Afsr. Jus. P.
We Stephen Pillsbury & Isaac Pease Clergymen residing in the Town of Sutton in said County of Merrimack, & Jonathan Proby residing in the same Town, hereby certify that we are well acquaint- ed with Plover Wheeler who has subscribed & sworn to the within declaration, that we believe him to be seventy eight years of age; that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resided to have been a soldier of the Revolution, & that we can concur in that opinion —
Stephen Pillsbury
Isaac Pease
Jonathan Proby
Subscribed & sworn to the day & year first within named Before me Sam Green Afsr. Jus. P.
And I the said Sam Green Afsr. Justice as aforesaid do hereby declare it as my opinion that the said Plover Wheeler was a revolutionary soldier & served as he states & that said opinion is formed after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War depart- ments & a full investigation of the whole matter —
And I do further declare that satisfactory evidence has been adduced to me, that Stephen Pillsbury & Isaac

Persons who have signed the preceding certificate are clergymen resident in said Town of Sutton & that Jonathan Roby who has also signed the same is a resident of said Town of Sutton & Daniel Wheeler who has subscribed with his mark within declaration was both in good standing as members of Baptist churches, are credible persons entitled to belief I also declare that the said Applicant is so informed as to be unable to attend any of the courts of record within the County in which he resides
Sam Green Affo: Pres't
State of New Hampshire Secretary's Office Dec: 20. 1832.
The above named Samuel Green is a Justice of the Superior Court of this State duly constituted and sworn, and his signature as such genuine. His testimony whereof I have here set the seal of the State.
Ralph Metcalf Secretary.

4240 Plomer Wheeler Private 12 Months Adm
To be returned
See letter 18 Oct 1832
Hon. J. M. Nash PVR
Joseph C. Hart Asst Concord N. H.

BRIEF in the case of  Plomer Wheeler  of Merrimack County in the State of New Hampshire  (Act 7 June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge?
Answer. It was made before a Judge
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
"From bodily infirmity."
3. How old is he? "Seventy six."
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.     In 1775 — 8 — Soldier Gen. Capt. Richards & Lieut. Little   In 1776 — 4 — ditto Does not recollect the name of any Officer in the second enlistment.  
5. In what battles was he engaged? Bunker Hill in the 1 st enlistment.
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? At Dunbarton in the County & State aforesaid.
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Only by his own Affidavit & the certificate of the Judge, that it is his opinion he was a Revolutionary Soldier & served as he has stated. None of any kind.
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? There is no defect in the form or authentication except the want of a clergyman's certificate, and the queries which are directed by the Court to be proffered to the claimant are not embraced in his declaration.
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Levin Belt Examining Clerk.