Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 30,199, Samuel Wheeler, Mass.

SERVICE
Wheeler, Samuel
NUMBER _____
S 30. 199
CONTENTS

21189 21.1
Wakawacka
Samuel H. H.
of New Hampshire in the State of Me who was a Private in the Co. 1  Regt of the Infantry of the Me  Vol. under the command of Col. Paton in the Me  Exp.
Enlisted to Laban Mary Dec 4. 1832
for 10  Years .
26
81 Hampshire
Received on the Roll of Me at the rate of 32 Dollars 33 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 23 day of Aug 1833 and Rev. L. Marcy Commissioner
to the 4th of Mar '33  $66.66 Pension allowance ending 4th  16.66 $83.33
Revolutionary Claim, June 7, 1832.
Recorded by J. O. Atty Book E Vol. 2 Page 93

Samuel Wheeler Dec 62
[Faint, mirrored handwriting from the reverse side of the page]
- 1821.11
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Declaration.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the seventh of June A.D. 1852
State of Massachusetts } ss. County of Hampshire }
On this fifteenth day of August in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred and thirty two personally appeared before the Court of Probate then in session in and for the County of Hampshire Samuel Melton, a resident of the town of Greenwich, in said County of Hampshire and state of Massachusetts; aged seventy nine 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 7 th 1852 —
That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in April, in the year of our Lord Seventeen hundred and seventy five for the term of eight months with Nahum Powers and served in the regiment commanded by Col. John Patterson in the Massachusetts line (the number of the regiment he cannot now remember) that he served under Capt. Samuel Melton, Lieut. John Bacon, & Nahum Powers, Gen. Washington was in command at the same time; served in the town Charleston and Roxbury in said Massachusetts the whole time that he resided in said town of Greenwich at that time, and has continued to reside there ever since that he marched from Greenwich where he enlisted through Hardwick Worcester &c. directly to said Charleston; that he was discharged at Cambridge in the latter part of December of the same year; that he served the full term of eight months.
He on oath as aforesaid further testifies, and declares that on the first of October 1776 he again entered the service of the United States as a substitute for Robert Cutter, marched from said Greenwich through Hartford New Haven & Newfield in Connecticut to East Chester in the state of New York; thence to White Plains and

North Castle and was there dismissed the last of November in the same year; that he served the term of two months, and he thinks in Gen. Slocum's Brigade; in Capt. John Thompson's Company, first Lieut. Wilson Second Lieut. Smith, and in the Massachusetts Militia of the line of Massachusetts.
Questions put by the Court to Samuel Wheeler
1. st When, and in what year were you born?
Answer. I was born in Western; in the year 1758
2. nd Have you any record of your age? if so, where is it?
Answer. I have no record of my age.
3. rd Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
Answer. In Said Greenwich.
4. th How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? and if a substitute, for whom?
Answer. The first term of service I enlisted, the second I was a substitute for Robert Cutter, who now resides in the town of Amherst.
5. th 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 service.
Answer. I have already stated most of the circumstances I remember, except that I recollect that Genl. Washington, Patnam, Lee, & Warner were at Charleston, and nearly the same at the last named places of service.
6. th Did you ever receive a discharge from the service and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it?
Answer. I never had any discharge in writing.
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 Before me Samuel H. Winckley, Judge of Probate for P. County

We Joshua Crosby - residing in the Town of Enfield and Laban Mearns - residing in Farmington hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Samuel Wheeler, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy nine years of age; that he is respected and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a Soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in the opinion.
Joshua Crosby Laban Mearns Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid Samuel H. M'Kelley Judge of Probate for said County And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the inter- rogatories 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 Joshua Crosby who signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman resident in the town of Enfield and that Laban Mearns who signed the same is a resident in the town of Enfield and is an credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit. Samuel H. M'Kelley Judge of Probate
I Sam. F. Lyman Register of the Court of Probate do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court, in the matter of the appli- cation of Samuel Wheeler for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this fifteen th day of August A.D. 1832
Sam. F. Lyman Register
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sworn

Samuel Wheeler Map
Plats 10 marks
8520
1406 May 8 1895
P. 382 Laban Marcy Laban Marcy
Greenwich Map
Laban Marcy
Agent

anty  BRIEF in the case of Samuel Wheeler of Hampshire in the State of Massachusetts (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? open court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 79  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. As a Gen.     In 1778 - 8 private Col. Walter Col. Patterson   1776 2 " Col. Gutter Gen. Lincoln  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? no Battle  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Greenwich Mass  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? traditional and one living witness  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? correct 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
George Dayton
Examining Clerk.

September 9, 1935
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BA-J/MCS Samuel Wheeler, S.30199
Mr. Kenneth Larson Malad City, R.F.D.#1 Idaho
Dear Sir:
The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, S.30199, based upon the Revolutionary War service of Samuel Wheeler, the only soldier of that name who stated in his application for pension that he enlisted at Greenwich, Massachusetts.
Samuel Wheeler was born "in Western", state not given, in 1753. The names of his parents were not given.
While a resident of Greenwich, Massachusetts, he enlisted in April, 1775, and served eight months as private in Captain Samuel Kilton's company in Colonel John Paterson's Massachusetts regiment. He enlisted the first of October, 1776, and served two months in Captain John Thompson's company in Colonel Howe's Massachusetts regiment.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 15, 1832, at which time he was living in Greenwich, Hampshire County, Massachusetts.
The papers in this claim contain no data relative to the soldier's family.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator
See Mss. Soldiers & Sailors for
spelling of these names.
Death not on 9.13

30199 INVALID. Rev
1935, Sept. 9. Hist. to Mr. Kenneth Larson. See cover in Randie Wheeler p. 225-19 -mch
File No. 30799
Samuel Wheeler
His Rev Mrs
Act: June 7 th 89 th
Index:—Vol. 9 , Page 469
[Arrangement of 1870.]

85-20 Samuel Wheeler
Laban Marcy E Greenwich Mass

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Samuel Wheeler which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yy II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yy 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? yy 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? yy VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yy VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yy VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yy IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yy 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? yy

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? 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? yes  NO Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been 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 except 2 d
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.”

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the 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 is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.
†QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
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 claimants 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.
†QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end 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.

Adams
PAID.
RECEIVED Nov 19
Hon Lewis Cass Secretary of War Washington City
21-159
Pennal Office
Nov 23. 1833

GREENWICH Nov 19
PAID
Hon Lewis Cass Secretary of War Washington City
21-157
Nov 23. 1833 Penns va Office

Greenwich Nov 1833
Hon Louis Cass Secretary of War
In a certificate for a Pension for Samuel Wheeler of this town dated 25 th August last for $33:33 has been received by him for life annually; he made application for his money at the Bank at Boston and could not obtain the money on account of the return to the office at Boston being different from the certificate in his possession. The one returned to the Pension office in Boston is for $33:33 per year. I suppose there is a mistake, and the money cannot be drawn by Wheeler until the matter is set right. Please advise me on the subject Sam
And oblige your humble serv t Samuel May

To the Hon. Secretary of War.
Dear Sir, Some weeks after I sent the application of Samuel Wheeler for a pension I obtained the Deposition of Henry Chandler of Wilmington Vermont, to prove his service as a substitute for Robert Butler, and forwarded it to your office, and now remind you of it, that it may go into his papers, tho' sent subsequently to them.
Yours respectfully
Laban Mear
Greenwich May 24. 1833.

I Joseph Bullard of Springfield in the County of Hampden and Commonwealth of Massachusetts of Lawful age do testify and say that I served as a fife eight months in the Revolutionary War as a fife in a company commanded by Captain Samuel Nelson and in the Regiment commanded by Col John Patterson of the Massachusetts line and that Samuel Wheeler now resident in Greenwich in the County of Hampshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts also served in the same company at the same time as a private, it being in the Year 1775 and that said Wheeler and myself were discharged at Cambridge Massachusetts the latter part of December of the same Year - I further Testify that I then knew the said Samuel Wheeler and that he served as a soldier faithfully during the aforesaid eight months, and that he is still living and is the same Samuel Wheeler who makes application for a Pension from Government as resident in Greenwich Massachusetts Furthermore Your deponent saith not November 28 th 1831
Joseph Bullard
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Hampden ss November 28 th 1831 Then Joseph Bullard affirmatively appeared and made solemn oath that the foregoing Deposition by him subscribed contains the truth
Before me Richard D Morris Justice of the Peace Hampden ss May 22, 1833. I further Testify that I am well acquainted with Joseph Bullard the aforesaid deponent and that he is a resident in Springfield in said County of Hampden and that he is a credible person and that his statement is entitled to full credit Richard D Morris Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Wampanoag Is. vs John Ingersoll a Clerk of the
Common Pleas Court being a Court of Record in the County of Hampshire do hereby certify that Richard D. Morris Esq. before whom the within Deposition was verified is a Justice of the Peace for the County of Hampshire and that his name thereunto subscribed is his true & genuine Signature
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the Seal of the said Common Pleas Court at Springfield on this first day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred thirty two
John Ingersoll Clerk

September 9, 1935
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Mr. Kenneth Larson Malad City, R.F.D. #1 Idaho
BA-J/MCS Re Samuel Wheeler, S. 30199
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to that part of your letter of August 11, 1935, in which you request the records of Revolutionary War soldiers, Benjamin Brownell and Randall and Samuel Wheeler.
Revolutionary War data furnished by this office are obtained from claims made to the United States for pension and bounty land based upon the military service of soldiers in that war. A careful search of the records fails to show such claim on file on account of the service of a Benjamin Brownell.
You are furnished herewith, the records of Randall and Samuel Wheeler.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

GREENWICH Sept. 15 1855
to @ Hon Lewis Cass. Secretary of War Washington City
additional copies to Samuel Wheeler Esq.

Sept. 15 1855
Hon. Lewis Cass. Secretary of War Washington City
additional enclosure Samuel Wheeler
To the G.

I Henry Chandler now residing in Wilmington in the County of Windham & State of Vermont of lawful age do Testify & Say, that in the year A. D. 1776. I was then residing in the Town of Amherst Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and was drafted as a soldier in the Revolutionary Service for the term of two months or more, & was annexed to the company of Capt. John Thompson of Pelham adjoining said Amherst under Lieutenants Smith & Wilson, in the Regiment commanded by Col: Howe, - about the first of October of the same year, we were ordered to march to Horse-Neck, - but were stopped at Fairfield in the State of Connecticut, & there remained a few days, & then ordered to Horse-Neck, from thence we marched to East Chester, & were there at the time the British Army lay at Kings-Point, & there remained until the British Army removed to Kings-Point, where Gen: Lee had a Battle with an advanced party of the British Army, we then removed in several directions, until we arrived at White Plains, - & was there at the Battle of White-Plains, when the Town was Burnt - from thence we removed by several marches until we arrived at North-Castle, and there remained until we were dismissed. and that, a Man by the name of Samuel Wheeler of Greenwich Massachusetts, was there, as I believe, & served in said company & Regiment the full term of two months - and further the Deponent saith not - Signed Henry Chandler
State of Vermont Windham County ss } Wilmington September 5 th A. D. 1832. Then personally appeared Henry Cha- ndler subscriber to the foregoing Affidavit, & after being questioned & duly cautioned made solemn oath to the truth of the same -
Before me, Jairus Hall Justice Peace

I hereby certify that Henry Chandler who has subscribed & sworn to the within affidavit sustains the character of a Man of truth and veracity in the Town & vicinity where he now resides — — — Jairus Hall Justice of Peace
State of Vermont.
Windham County Court Clerk's Office, New Haven, September 6. A.D. 1832.
I certify that Jairus Hall, Esquire is one of the Justices of the Peace within and for the County of Windham at oresaid, and that the above are within and his signatures.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said County Court on the day and year above written.
James Elliot, Clerk.

Vergette will be out Sept 7 -
10
95 cents to pay
Mr Judah Clark.
Amherst,
Mass.
First Class Amherst Mass
Single
Hon Secretary of War Sir I send to you a draft in a package of the Service of Samuel Wheeler after attending since I sent his first proposal it may be of use Yours sincerely Sept 14. 1832 yours sincerely J. many