Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 33242, Abner Wheeler, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Wheeler, Abner
S. 332 42
CONTENTS

6,451 Massachusetts.
Oliver Wheeler of Bedford - in the state of Massachusetts who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Mount - of the Massachusetts line, for the term of 3 years . Mar
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts - at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 8 of April, 1818 .
Certificate of Pension issued the 29 th of Jan. 1819 and sent to Hon. J. Davis, Boston
Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1818 - 4 th / 30 - 39.20 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 th Mar. 1819 . 48. - $87.20
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued E. & G.
Petification sent to Wm Bigelow 3 rd Oct. 1820 Cambridge Ms

MASSACHUSETTS DISTRICT, ss.
Boston June 26 A. D. 1818.
IT appearing to my satisfaction, that Abner Wheeler subscriber to the annexed declaration, sworn to before me, did serve in the revolutionary war against the common enemy, as stated in said declaration, I now transmit the testimony in the case, with the proceedings had thereon, to the Secretary of the department of war, pursuant to the directions of the Act entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war;" the testimony and proceedings in the premises being the declaration aforesaid, with the accompanying documents marked 1 together with this certificate.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the District Court of the United States for this District to be hereunto affixed.
M c David } Judge of the District Court U. S. Massachusetts District.
MASSACHUSETTS DISTRICT, ss.
Boston January 18 1819.
I AM satisfied that the above named, Abner Wheeler by reason of his reduced circumstances in life, is in need of assistance from his Country for support.
TO THE SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF WAR. M c David } District Judge U. S. Massachusetts Dist.

No 245 abner wheeler
This will be admitted if the Judge will testify as to the circumstances of the Claim- ant. —
Admitted

United States
State of Massachusetts
I Alner Wheeler a citizen of the United States now resident in Bedford in the County of Middlesex in the State aforesaid do on oath testify and declare that in the war of the Revolution in seventeen hundred and eighty one I entered and was engaged in the land service of the United States on the Continental establishment and served accordingly from that time for the term of three years as a soldier in Capt Charles Sickton's company in Col. Massachusetts Line Sprouls Regiment against the common enemy without any interruption or absence that I left the service in the year 1784 and that by reason of my reduced circumstances in life and poverty I stand in need of assistance from my country for support being now of the age of fifty seven And I hereby relinquish all claims to every pension heretofore allowed me
affidavit
Alner his Wheeler mark
Massachusetts District
Boston 8. April 1818
Sworn to before me
M c Davis dist Judge
Wells district

188
Abner Wheeler
No. 451.
Residence
March 10/19.
Am

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
MIDDLESEX, ss.
At the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Middle Circuit, begun and holden at Concord, within and for the County of Middlesex, on the second Monday of June A. D. 1820
Before the Hon. SAMUEL DANA, Esquire, Chief Justice, and
WILLIAM WETMORE, and } Associate Justices STEPHEN MINOT, Esquires, } of said Court.
In open Court here, being a Court of Record for said Circuit, proceeding according to the course of the common law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, keeping a record of its proceedings, and having the power of fine and imprisonment, Abner Wheeler resident in
Chelmsford
in said Circuit, who is named in Pension Certificate No. 6457 now in his possession, of which the following is a true copy, to wit,
“ WAR DEPARTMENT.....REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM. ”
“ I certify that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th March, 1818, Abner Wheeler late a Private in the army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Massachusetts Agency, at the rate of eight dollars per month, to commence on the eighth day of April one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
“ Given at the War Office of the United States, this twenty ninth day of June one thousand eight hundred and nineteen
J. C. CALHOUN, Secretary of War,”
appears, and exhibits to the Court here a Schedule, subscribed by him, as follows, to wit,
SCHEDULE,
containing his whole estate and income, his necessary clothing and bedding excepted, to wit,
  11 old cows 17 1 swine 5 77 00   1 plough 100 1 hoe 50 1 50   1 scythe 33 1 shovel 33 1 00   1 old wheelbarrow 30 1 table 75 1 05   1 chest 50 1 looking glass 33 0 83   6 chairs 150 1 pair handdivs 100 2 50   Shovel & tongs 50 1 porridge pot 50 1 00   1 tea kettle 50 1 dish kettle 50 1 00   1 Spider 33 1 tub 33 1 91   1 earthen dishes 125 7 pewter plates 75 1 25   1 knife & fork 50 1 spoon 33 0 66   1 pewter basin 33 3 milk pails 30 0 61   1 tumbler 6 1 pail 25 7 75   Old Cart 6 00 chairs 75 age 50   Abner Wheeler $ 36 56 
And said Wheeler says that he served three years as a private Soldier in the war of the Revolution.

in Col Sprout's Regiment in Major Gibb's Battallion and that thro' infirmity and forgetfulness he does not recollect his Captain's name he was discharged at West Point after the Peace, And said Wheeler further says, that his family consists of himself aged sixty three, his wife Anna aged sixty five and his daughter Lydia aged twenty, that his daughter by reason of mental inability is wholly dependant on him for support, and he has no means of support- ing his family excepting his occupation which is that of a labourer, which he is for the most part un- able to pursue, by reason of a bad wound about three years since.                                    Abner Wheeler"

and at the same time he produces to the Court here the following Oath, taken and subscribed by him, before the Hon. Stephen Minot , a Judge of said Court as aforesaid, to wit,
11 I, Abner Wheeler do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner whatever, 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 and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," passed on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, 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 and by me subscribed. So help me GOD.
Abner Wheeler
Middlesex ss. C. C. C. P. June Term, A. D. 1820
Then the abovenamed Abner Wheeler took and subscribed the aforeswritten Oath before me,
Stephen Minot Judge of said Court.
I, ABRAHAM BIGLOW, Clerk of the Court aforesaid, do hereby certify, that the foregoing Oath, and Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the 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 Twenty six dollars fifty six cents
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, at Cambridge, in said County of Middlesex, on this 20 th day of July , 1820.
Attr. Abner Wheeler

33 242 Rev  INVALID.
File No. 33,242
Abner Wheeler
His Gen. Int.
Act: 18 th March 1818 th
Index:—Vol. 9 , Page 550
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Simon Miller Soldier in the American Regiment, being enlisted for Three Years, is hereby honourably DISCHARGED from the Service of the United States.
Given in the State of New-York, the Twelfth Day of June
1784
By the General's Command,
Charles Seldon
REGISTERED in the Books of the Regiment,
Charles Seldon Adjutant