Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 11,382, John T Wheeler, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn
Wheeler John T
R 11,382
CONTENTS

No 25.980
John T. Wheeler
Rejected
See Letter to Clamun dated July 19 th 1833
11382

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
P. O. 11.88 P. John T. Wheeler Service: _____
REJECTED
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

John T. Wheeler Nomad. Com. 6 Months 25980

State of Connecticut, } ss. County of Fairfield, }
Be it known
On this 25 th day of July A.D. 1832 personally appeared, in open Court, before the County Court for the said County of Fairfield the Court of Probate for the District of Stratford
now sitting, John T. Wheeler a resident of Huntington formerly Stratford in the County of Fairfield, and State of Connecticut, aged seventy one years, who being first 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.
that he enlisted in April or May 1780 at said Stratford in the company of Capt John St. John, in Col. Philip B. Bradley's Regiment & Genl Huntington's Brigade in the Connecticut line & continental army, for the term of six months, & served out his time faithfully and was regularly discharged at the highlands near West point in the month of November 1780, (I believe it was) - that he was all that time with the main army marching occasionally up & down the North River and other places in the State of New Jersey - I was at the execution of Major Andre, the British Spy, at Tappan in the State of New Jersey, which I think was in the autumn of 1780 - I have lost my discharge & cannot remember by what officer it was signed - I now reside in said Huntington, formerly a part of said of Stratford, where I was born & have always resided, except when I was in the army - I recollect I assisted in building a block-house at Dobb's Ferry on the North River, and there life was given bodies, gaffing logs etc. I was not in any general battle, but I have no documents in my possession to prove my services aforesaid, and no witnesses alive that I know of except Nehemiah Gorham & Asa Benjamin with whom I served in said Regiment the same Brigade, (and with the said Gorham in the same Regiment) whose depositions are hereto annexed -
I was born in that part of the town of Stratford in said County of Fairfield, now incorporated & known by the name of Huntington, in the year 1761; - and I am well known to Col. Ignatius D. Huntington & Samuel Wheeler & Abiel Babbitt both of Monroe who can testify to my character for veracity & belief of my services - Also Henry Loom of Monroe & all in said Fairfield County

I Nehemiah Gorham of Stratford in the County of Fairfield & State of Connecticut, do testify & say that I was a Lieutenant in the continental army in the war of the Revolution and am now on the United States pension roll & receive three hundred & twenty dollars a year for my revolutionary services - that I was acquainted with John T. Wheeler then of said Stratford (now Huntington in said County) while he served in the said continental army - that he served under Capt John St. John, in Colonel Philip B. Bradley's Regiment, the same Regiment to which I belonged, and in General Huntington's Brigade; and according to the best of my knowledge and recollection, the said John T. Wheeler served faithfully in said company & Regiment during six months in the year 1780. - and further the Deponent saith not - sworn to & signed by me this 17 th day of July A.D. 1832. — Neh. G Gorham
State of Connecticut - ss. Stratford, in the County of Fairfield - on the 17 th day of July 1832 personally appeared Nehemiah Gorham of said Stratford, to me well known, & of good character for truth & veracity and made solemn oath to the truth of the facts stated by him in the foregoing deposition by him subscribed in my presence - Robert Fairchild Justice of the Peace
I Asa Benjamin of Bridgeport in the County of Fairfield testify that I was well acquainted with John T. Wheeler above named in the continental army in the campaign in the State of New Jersey in the summer & fall of 1780, and know him to have been a private soldier in the same Brigade to which I belonged and which was commanded by General Huntington of Connecticut and think said Wheeler belonged to Col Philip B. Bradley's Regiment frequently saw him in service during said campaign through the whole of which I served in Col. Heman Swift's Regiment, & I have read said John T. Wheeler's declaration to which this deposition is annexed, and have no reason to doubt the truth of his statement therein of his revolutionary services

and believe the same to be true, though I cannot distinctly remember the day or month when he entered & joined said Army, but am confident that he was discharged therefrom in November or December 1780. — Witness my hand at Stratford this 23 rd day of July 1832. — Asa Benjamin
State of Connecticut ss. Stratford in the County of Fairfield — on the 23 rd day of July A.D. 1832 personally appeared Asa Benjamin of Bridgetport in said County, to me well known and of good reputation for truth, and made solemn oath to the truth of the facts by him stated in the foregoing Deposition by him subscribed in my presence, — before me
Robert Fairchild Justice of the Peace
E. R. S. Nichols Clerk of the Court of District for the District of Stratford hereby certify that Robert Fairchild Esq. before me known the foregoing Deposition of Asa Benjamin & Jeremiah York and where taken is a justice of the Peace in & for said Fairfield County & that the foregoing signatures by him made are known to me to be genuine — In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office on this 25 th day of July 1832.
R. S. Nichols, Clerk

The said John S. Wheeler 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. John S. Wheeler
We, Henry Linn  residing in the town of  Monee and Cyrus H. Beardsley residing in the same, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with John S. Wheeler who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 71 years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighbourhood 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.
Henry Linn Cyrus H. Beardsley
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 abovenamed applicant was a revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that Cyrus H. Beardsley who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the town of Monee and that Henry Linn who has also signed the same, is a resident in the town of Monee and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
John S. Wheeler
I, R. S. Nichols Clerk of Said Court do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of John S. Wheeler for a Pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of _____ Office, this 18 th day of April  1832  1833
R. S. Nichols, Clerk
I, John S. Wheeler, of the County of Onondaga, State of New York, do hereby certify that R.

Butcher is Clerk of D r Court & shall be paying of his Signature with the Seal of said Court - annexed - William Butcher
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