Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 15,248, Jesse Wheeler, Mass.

SERVICE
Mass.
Wheeler, Jesse
NUMBER
S. 15248
CONTENTS
carded.

24.894
New York
Jesse Wheeler
of Madison in the State of New York who was a Private in the Comp y by Captain Hamilton of the Reg t comd d . by Col Baccum in the Mass. troops time for 11 Mo. 8. day
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 37 Dollars 54 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 17 day of March 1831 and sent J. B. Eddy Mays Hamilton N.Y.
Arrears to the 4th of Mar 1831 $112:62 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept r 32 18:77
$131:39
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Geo. B. Whiting Clerk, Book 6 Vol. 4 Page 129

Declaration of X Jesse Wheeler
1809
It. requested to be made to J. B. Electridge Hamilton Masters in Law N. Y.
approved

Declaration of Jesse Wheeler
In order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832
State of New York ) On the eighth day of October 1832 personally appeared Jesse Wheeler in open court before the judges of the Court of Common Pleas of said County now sitting Jesse Wheeler a resident of the Town of Easton in said County aged seventy three years, who being first sworn in due form of Law doth on his oath make the following affidavit or Declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832
That he entered the service of the United States under the following names (affixed each thereof as here in stated).
That during the Revolutionary war he resided in the Town of Moreau in the State of Massachusetts That in the year 1776 he enlisted at Old Bullhead in Massachusetts into a company commanded by Captain Tremblain of Brookfield Captain The first Regiment was commanded by the 2nd Lieutenant and ensign not recalled That he enlisted for four months. That he was first mustered at Old Bullhead then so called, about the first days of July. That first marched up Cannine River for Bennington where they got into the Town of Warren as this defendant now recalls they were ordered to shift their camp. That they then returned down the river same route and then over the Green Mountain to Bennington in the State of Vermont and from there to Powny then to Skaneateles (then so called) near White Hall where they stayed one night and the next day till about noon they then went down the Lake in boats stayed one night at Fort Independence and then went to Ticonderoga where they got to Ticonderoga they were ordered to what was called the Old Mills where they went on shore and encamped. That the Troops then went to work and built themselves temporary barracks. That while there they belonged to a Regiment commanded by Samuel Brainerd Colonel Lieutenant Colonel and Major not recalled That Colonel Williams Regiment was stationed with them and there were other Troops stationed at Ticonderoga in the Fort among whom there was Colonel Woodbridge Regiment. That General Gates commenced there at that time. That while there this defendant went out train on a scouting

Partus That in the Fall this Bulerent was taken sick and went to the hospital where he remained for a long time and until he was discharged which was the first day of December, which was a few days previous to the expiration of the time for which he enlisted. That he was discharged by the Hospital Surgeon who gave him a written discharge as an invalid. When he was discharged he hired his passage by the way of Fort Anne, Fort Richmond, Fort Miller, Saratoga, Stillwater, that Mann went to Albany and from there through Pittsfield to Hartford where he got home to his Father. He was very much sick which proved to be the Small Pox that he had very severe and lost the sight of one eye by it. That the Spring and Summer following he was out of health and had the Ague fever and remained weak and feeble through the season. That in the year 1778 this Bulerent again enlisted into a company commanded by Enock Chapin of South Berwick Captain and a Lieutenant Smith. That they were mustered at Old Berwick in the month of July. They first marched to Springfield where they remained some time while there were troops called for to go to Rhode Island to guard four Regiments of Powder. That was taken to that place from Springfield and this Bulerent volunteered and went with the party that he went with was commanded by Captain Evert and Joshua Chubb a son of Colonel Chubb who commanded at Springfield at that time. That they marched from Springfield to Wallingford then Palmer, Westfield, to Brookfield near Parris, then to South Berwick where they encamped over night. The morning they took from a trail near there four wagons loads of Powder. There was a guard at the least Mountain place, after they got the Powder they went through Stockbridge, West Stockbridge, and packed where they staid over night, then to Providence, where they unloaded the Powder on Providence hill. They returned to Springfield the same route they came. When they returned to Springfield this Bulerent went into Captain Chapins Company and went directly again to Brookfield or South Berwick and continued to remain. The Guard at that place where they remained some time while there

he was permitted to take his station and quarter in a private house where he turned in the prairie and the family cooked it. The Mennon name was Juffs, after they had removed there some time they returned to Springfield where they continued until the first of January when the Regiment was again discharged. That he served this time six months, after he was discharged he returned to his Father who then lived in Germantown. That in the year 1779 in the month of August there was men called for to go to New London that a given number not now recalled, was required in the Town where then lived, and he volunteered as one of the members. That Ephraim Wheeler Brother of this Regiment Seth Benson and Joseph Latham, and two by the name of Bowers, volunteered at the same time and place that they marched directly to New London where they were stationed and made a breastwork that while there one night they were surprised and ordered to lay on their arms in the morning about daylight, they were surrounded in center of battle and the British had Lunched at that time at the light house. They remained under arms for some time when the British embarked. While at New London this time the Regiment boarded with his Mother at the house of a Doctor Gatt. That he served this time one month when he was discharged and returned home.
That he knows of no one that he can promise to testify to his Services except Israel Bane who resides in the Town of Madison, and that he has no documentary evidence of his Services. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatsoever to a pension or annuity except the present and ordinary that his name is not on the Pension roll of any agency of any State, The said Bane he has seen and finds his recollection so far impaired by age that he cannot recollect anything of long standing as exactly as intelligible.
Subscribed and sworn
October 8th 1832 A. S. Hoan Clk
Yoseph Wheeler
And the said Yoseph Wheeler did then and there upon his oath

Make the following answers to the several interrogatories put to him by the Court, as by the War Department prescribed.
1 st That he was born in Lenox in the state of Massachusetts in the year 1759
2. That he has no record of his age.
3 rd When called into service he was living in the Town of Old Bulland in the state of Massachusetts; from the Proclamation he first lived in Granville 15 or 16 years he then moved to the state of New York to Clarendon. From there he moved into the state of New York in the Town of Ithaca in the county of Onondaga, where he lived one year, then moved to the forks in the same county where he lived one year from there to Sherburne where he lived one year, from there he moved into the county of Schoharie where he has lived since the greater part of the time in the Town of Ecton where he now resides.
4 th That each time he was called into service he volunteered and no one was a substitute for any one.
5 th That he cannot state the officers under whom nor the Troops with which he served, nor the details of his service any further than they are set forth in his declaration.
6 th That he has no recollection of receiving any other discharge than the one mentioned in his declaration as given by the Hospital surgeon at Fredericksburg, which was lost or destroyed at the time he had the small-pox.
7 th That Doctor William Mace, Lewis Wellson and David Harkins with many others of his neighbors are acquainted with him and can testify as to his character for truth and veracity and as to its being reputed that he was a soldier in the Revolution.
Declaration of Jesse Wheler
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories, to which the said Jesse Wheler on his oath did give the answers last above (set forth) that the said Wheler was a soldier in the Revolution and served as he states. And the said Court further certifies that it appears to them that Doctor William Mace & Lewis Wellson and

David Harts horn who have subscribed and sworn to the certificate here to attached are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I Andrew J. Sloan clerk of the court of common Pleas of madison county do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings in the matter of the application of Pepe Wheeler for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand Seal of Office this 9th day of October 1832 -
A. J. Sloan Clk
We Enock Howell of Lebanon and David Harts horn of Easton in the county of Madison and State of New York do certify that we are acquainted with Jesse Wheeler who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration that we believe him to be seventy three years of age, that it is reported and believed in the neighborhood where he resides that he was a soldier in the Revolution and we came in that opinion, and we would further certify that the said Wheeler is a man of good character for veracity. Enock Howell Sworn and subscribed
David Harts horn
before me October 8th 1832
I then certify that the above deponents are credible persons and that their statements are entitled to credit.
J B Sedredge Judge

State of New York } County of Madison } I Andrew L. Sloan clerk of the said County, do certify that James B Eldredge before whom the within affidavit purports to have been sworn was, at the date of the same First Judge of the county courts in and for the county aforesaid, and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name subscribed to the said affidavit to his proper hand writing and signature
Witness my hand and Seal of Office This 9th day of October 1832 A. L. Sloan Clk

No 16091 Jesse Wheeler Madison Co N.Y.
i.j.
Admitted Private 11 mo & 8 days
J. B. Eldridge Hamilton Madison Co N.Y.

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
May 16 1833
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. These points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Izaak Wheeler
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     enlisted 1776 disch Dec 5 private John H. ... Capt ... Lieut ... Col ... Lieut Col ... Maj ... Rutland 73 years Evidence of   enlisted 1778 out Aug 1779 6 18 Chapman ... Lieut ... Capt ... Lieut ... Genl Gates Hapsburg Town of ... Hudson for year 1775 Joseph ... for year 1775   1 1 8 near ... river ... Monon ... Town ... Mountain ... Penning ... town ... mouth ... town ... near ... White ... of ... Hudson ... Island 76 years he has also an Original order see  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted: This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this day of personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of in the county of and State, Territory or District of aged (c) 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 provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) , with and served in the (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers, the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of A. B. Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of &c.
If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 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.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
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 A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the
and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person

will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it? { To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?  7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that he answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons -one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, 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. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of 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."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months, in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[k] The notes from [a] to [j] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
John N. Ashton

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15248 INVALID.
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File No. 15248
Jesse H. Hester Dist. Rev. War.
Act: June 9th B.B.
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 405
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Jan y 8 th 1834.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of Jesse Wheeler, as a private, is borne on a Pay Abstract for Capt. Nathan Hamilton's Company, in Col. Sam l Brewer's Regt. to return from Fort Edward, dated Feb y 6 th 1777, where he is allowed 170 Miles travel. —
Jesse Wheeler's name is borne on a Pay Roll of Capt. Enoch Chapin's Company, in Col. Jacob Gerrish's Regt. where he is allowed from July 15 th to Decem r 31 st 1778, for services and travel, five Months and eighteen days. — — — — m d 5 = 18 o
Jesse Wheeler claims for services under Capt. Hamilton, in 1776, the Pay Roll for the services of his Company is not found in this Office.
Edward D Bangs. Secy

FREE
J. L. Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
War Office
City Washington
New York, Feb 12 12. February, 1872
to the same with the sub. Estate
Information Mr. ...

146 Camillion Wardour St W3
January 21 st 1833
J L Edwards Esq Comr of Pensions
Sir enclosed are the papers of Jesse Wheeler in application for a pension including the certificates of Liberty Beings of Massachusetts. The Certificate varies the case from Wheeler's affidavit or declaration in the time the first service was performed, which I have not the least doubt arises from the want of distinct recollection in Wheeler as to the time he enlisted & was discharged. Wheeler being now very much reduced in body and mind by old age. He has made no further affidavits in relation thereto and as to the reason why he does not procure the affidavit of Alexander which he once possessed with his papers but which did not come within the rules of the War office for the reason that the Magistrate before whom the affidavit was taken did not certify as to the good character of Alexander the case is now put in the most favourable light Wheeler is at present able to put it & it is it will come within the rules established.
With respect I am Sir Yours &
J. B. Eldridge

State of New York } Jesse Wheeler being duly sworn Madison County } say upon his oath that when he made his declaration before the court at Comm- -on pleas of said County he had expected to have proven the testimony of Israel Buel of Madison who was a fellow-soldier with him in the Army of the Revolution and for that purpose called the said Buel and found that from extreme old age and the consequent loss of memory the said Buel was unable or unfit to make any affidavit in relation thereto that unbeknown to this deponent his son Merritt Wheeler by chance met with Joseph Cleveland who was a soldier with this deponent and as it appears the said Cleveland made an affidavit of the facts before Barnas Hubbard Esq of Onondaga County, and this deponent further sayeth on his oath that the said Cleveland does not reside in this part of the country and that he this deponent does not know where said Cleveland does reside nor how to obtain a certificate of the good character of the said Cleveland nor a new affidavit from him and this deponent further says that he knows of no one living that he can prove to testify to any part of his services that he is now infirm and nearly blind and that it is out of his power to make search for said Cleveland if he is to be found at all which he knows not. This deponent further sayeth upon his oath that he served in the year 1776 as a private soldier five months or more that in the year 1778 he served as a private soldier six months and in the year 1779 one month making in the whole one year or more that he served as a private soldier in the Army of the Revolution and for which he claims a pension which service is set forth in his declaration. Jesse his Wheeler Subscribed and sworn before me This 18th day of November 1833 James Beldredge J.P.

State of New York } David Harts horn being Madison County } duly sworn. Says upon his oath that he is intimately acquainted with Jesse Wheeler of Liberman and has near him that same over a year since he went with the said Wheeler to Israel Buel of Madison for the purpose of procuring the testimony of the said Buel in relation to the services of the said Wheeler the Revolutionary Army. That said Buel so far declined in body and mind that he was unable or unfit to make any affidavit, and this deponent further says that he has seen and partially known Joseph Cleveland named in said Wheeler's affidavit, and that the facts there stated by Wheeler as to the residence of the said Buel  Cleveland are correct, and that this deponent does not know where said Buel  Cleveland is with does he believe the said Wheeler knows neither does this deponent know of any that profess to know any thing of said Cleveland and further that said Wheeler is very nearly blind and much infatuated by old age, and from his infirmity and the want of necessary is unable to search for said Cleveland. Subscribed and sworn before David Harts horn Me this 18th of November 1833 James B Eldredge J.P.
State of New York } County of Madison } I Andrew S. Sloan Clerk of the said County do certify that James B. Eldredge before whom the above and within affidavits purport to have been sworn was at the date of the same a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County and that I am acquainted with his hand-writing and verily believe his name subscribed to the said affidavits to be his proper hand- writing and signature - Witness my hand and Seal of office this 23 d day of November 1833 A.S. Sloan. Clerk C. Barnard Dep. Clk.

State of New York Jesse Wheeler  being sworn in due form of Law Wallerian County ss. doth depose and say upon his Oath That since he has examined the Certificate of E. D. Bangs Secretary of Massachusetts he is inclined to believe in his declaration made in October 1832 before the Court of Common Pleas of Saratoga County he must have been mistaken in the time he enlisted under Captain Nathan Hemenway also as to the time and place of his discharge and that it was the first of July. He enlisted under Captain Isaac Chapin and under whom he served about five Months, for the reason that he served but one Campaign under either of them. That he recalls distinctly that one Campaign was for five Months and the other for six Months. That he recalls there is a discrepancy in his said declaration inasmuch as when he was taken subject to impressment he was sent to Fort George at the head of Lake George to the hospital at that place and that he is not certain but his discharge might have been dated at Fort Edward as the two posts were but a short distance apart and he recalls of being at Fort Edward on his return. That as to the name of the Colonel that commanded the Regiment to which Captain Chapin's Company belonged he thought to have been Churner and he still thinks Col. Churner had the Command part of the time but after he left Springfield they they might have been under Colonel Ferris tho' he don't recall it That from old age and the consequent loss of Mem- ory he cannot state positively as to the time he entered

and was discharged, and further saith not Subscribed and sworn before me January 29 th 1834 Jesse Wheeler Thomas Wylie justice of the peace
State of New York Madison County Clerk's Office } I, Andrew S. Sloan, Clerk of the said County, do certify that Thomas Wylie, before whom the foregoing affidavit purports to have been sworn, was, at the date of the same, One of the Justices of the Peace in and for the said County - And that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name subscribed to the said affidavit to be his proper hand writing and signature. Witness my hand and seal of Office this 29 th day of January 1834 - A. S. Sloan Clk.