Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 24,001, William Wheeler, Mass.

SERVICE
Mass.
Wheeler, William
NUMBER
S 24.001
CONTENTS

New Hampshire
William Wheeler 2 d
of Merrimack in the State of New Hampshire who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Monroe of the Regiment commanded by Colonel Biglow in the Massachusetts line, for the term of Three from 15 May 1777 to May 1780
Inscribed on the Roll of New Hampshire at the rate of Eighty Dollars per month, to commence on the 4 th day of March 1831
Certificate of Pension issued the 7 th of August 1832 and forwarded to D.C. West End Concord N.H.
Arrears to 4th of March 1832 80. Semi-annual all'ce ending Sept " 40
$120
d. Nov. 26. 1832
Recorded Book D Vol 1 page 193
{ Revolutionary Claim, Acts March 18, 1818, and May 1, 1820. }
7 June 1832

Wm Wheeler claim for a pension.
Col. Bigalows Regt.
Mass. line
3. years
On Rolls
Admitted

I William Wheeler of Landen in the County of Rockingham & State of New Hampshire. testify & declare that
in the 15 th day of May 1777 I enlis- ted into the Army of the United States in the revolutionary war against the Common Enemy. in the Company commanded by Captain Edmund Monroe in the Reg t commanded by Col o Bigelow in Massachusetts line for three years - which time I faithfully served & on the 15 th day of May 1780 I was honorably disch-
arged at a place called Soldiersfortuna which discharge I have lost I was in the Battle at Monmouth where my Captain was killed & at the taking of Burgoyne. I am now in the sixtieth year of my age.
Am in reduced circumstances in life & need assistance from my Country for support
Allenstown June 22 d 1819 William Wheeler
Taken & sworn to the day & year above before me H. C. Burghin { Judge of the Court of Com. Pleas for Rock- ingham County in the State of New Hampshire

State of New Hampshire Rockingham
Methuen June 22 - 1819
I hereby certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Wheeler did serve in the revolutionary War against the common enemy as he has stated in his former declaration by him signed & that he is in reduced circumstances in life & needs assistance from his country for support
Hall Burgin } a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for said Rockingham
Attest L. D. Merrill Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County of Rockingham

Merrimack Co. ss State of New Hampshire
Be it known that before the subscriber a Notary Public in and for said State, for the purpose of obtaining the benefit of the act of Congress passed 7 th June A.D. 1832 entitled an act supplementary to an act for the relief of certain surviving Officers and soldiers of the Revolution. Personally appeared William Wheler 2 d and made oath in due form of Law that he is the identical William Wheler 2 d named in the original certificate of Pension herunto annexed. Given at the War Office of the United States the sixth day of November A.D. 1819 & number 15,698 & signed J. C. Calhoun Secretary of War and that his name was struck from the Roll on account of Property - that he served as a Private in Col. Wigglesworth's Massachusetts Regt. that he now resides in Concord in the County of Merrimack and State of New Hampshire and that he resided in the same place when he applied for and obtained the Certificate annexed and now wishes his name to be enrolled on the Pension List agreeably to the act above named. For Proof of service hereto reference will be had to the evidence produced when I obtained the Certificate annexed
William Wheler 2 d
Sworn and subscribed to the Eleventh day of July A.D. 1832 -
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Notarial Seal at Concord in the County of Merrimack and State of New- Hampshire this Eleventh day of July A.D. 1832
Joseph Low Notary Public

War Department.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I CERTIFY that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th March, 1818, — " — " —
William Wheeler 2 d late a Private — " — " — in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the New Hampshire Agency, at the rate of Eight dollars per month, to com- mence on the twenty second day of June one thousand eight hundred and nineteen
Same
GIVEN at the War Office of the United States, this Sixth day of November one thousand eight hundred and nineteen .
J. C. Calhoun
Secretary of War.

Abel Wheelers Affidavit in the case of William Wheelers claim for a Pension

I Abel Wheeler of Canterbury in the County of Rockingham & State of New Hampshire testify & say that I well know William Wheeler now of London in said State. that he did enlist into the Revolutionary War of the United States in the month of May 1777 for the term of three years in the company commanded by Cap. Monroe (the Reg't I cannot tell) in Mass achusetts line & more than one year af- ter he enlisted & entered the service I saw him serving in said company & that he did not return home until the three years were expired at which time he returned & I saw his discharge from said war which was an honorable one Concord June 22-1819 Abel Wheeler

February 23, 1932.
BA-J/ILL Can
Mrs. Roland B. Hammond 9 Bradstreet Road North Andover, Massachusetts.
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter relative to William Wheeler of Concord, Massachusetts, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.
The data furnished herein are obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S. 24001, based upon his services on that war.
William Wheeler enlisted, place not stated, May 15, 1777, served as private in Captain Edmund Munro's Company, Colonel Timothy Bigelow's Massachusetts Regiment and in Colonel Wigglesworth's Massachusetts Regiment, was at the taking of Burgoyne, in the battle of Monmouth and was discharged May 15, 1780.
He was allowed pension on his application executed June 22, 1819, while a resident of Loudon, Rockingham County, (later Merrimack County), New Hampshire. He was then in his sixtieth year, the date and place of his birth not stated. He had lived formerly in Concord, Massachusetts. In 1832, he signed "William Wheeler, 2d".
The soldier died November 26, 1852.
It was not stated that he was married.
One Abel Wheeler of Canterbury, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, appeared in soldier's behalf in 1819, no relationship to the soldier stated.
The above record is that of the only soldier named William Wheeler who served in the Massachusetts troops found on the Revolutionary War records of this office.
Very truly yours,
A. D. MILLER, Assistant to Administrator.

Burlington
24001 INVALID.
File No. 24.001
William Wheeler
Rev Rev Rev
Act: June 29 '91
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 48
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1916 July 27 Hist. La Mrs. Willie L. Drummond
1982. Feb. 23 - Hist. to Mrs. Roland B. Hammond - L.L.R.

15692 R New Hampshire
William Wheeler 2 d of Loudoun in the state of New Hampshire who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Briglow of the Massachusetts line, for the term of three Years
Inscribed on the roll of New Hampshire at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 22 d of June 1819
Certificate of Pension issued the 6 th of Nov r 1819. and sent to Hon. Burgin Esquire Pembroke New Hampshire
Arrears to 4th of Sept r 1819 $19.46
Semi-ann. all ce ending 4 Mar: 1820 48.
2 Mo. 13 dys ar s .
$67.46
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
S. F. 24001
Washington, D. C., _____, 19_____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of William Wheeler a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     May 15. 1777 May 15. 1780 Edmund Monroe Bigelow Higginboth Mass.        
Battles engaged in, capture of Burgoyne, Monmouth
Residence of soldier at enlistment, not stated
Date of application for pension, June 22. 1819. His cl. was ad.
Residence at date of application, London I. H.
Age at date of application, "in 60th yr." date not stated
Remarks: {died Nov. 26. 1852*}
There is no data on file as to his family.
The above noted is the only soldier of that name who lived in I. H. other than William Wheeler R. F. No. 15. #77 a record of whose service was sent you May 6. 1916.
Respectfully,
* from A. B.
Commissioner.

OFFICE OF CLERK OF DISTRICT COURT DICKINSON COUNTY W. C. DRUMMOND, Clerk ORRISSA DRUMMOND, Deputy
Rev See bk
Department of the Interior Bureau of Pensions. Washington. D.C.
Spirit Lake, Iowa July 17th 1916
Gentlemen:-Your letter Dated May 6th"( W.R. 15477) " relative to the war record of one William Wheeler a soldier of the Revolutionary war, was received and very much appreciated, and I sent the data to the D.A.R. Registrar at Washington. D.C. who claims that the William Wheeler referred to in the Military history, which you sent me, is not the William Wheeler, through whom I am trying to, be admitted as a member of the D.A.R.s:
Would you please look up the record and see if there was one William Wheeler, of Salem. N.H. who served in the Revolutionary war, or if there is any other William Wheeler, either from Massachusetts or New Hampshire. who served during the war.
Awaiting your reply I Remain Yours Truly.
Mrs. Willis C. Drummond
P.S.If there are any charges for this information, please let me know and I will remit,

9 Bradstreet Rd., No. Andover, Mass.
Jan. 28, 1932.
Pension Bureau, Washington, D. C.
OK Dear sirs;
I am trying to identify a William Wheeler of Concord, Mass. a soldier of the Revolution. During the latter part of the war he moved to New Ipswich, N. H. As there are two William Wheelers from Concord, Mass. both serving there is a question of which is which. On visiting the room in the State house at Boston Mass. where the Archives are kept they informed me that a William Wheeler who had seen service in Mass. was on the pension list of 1820 in New Hampshire. I wonder if you will furnish me any information you can regarding this man or any other William Wheeler of whom you have any records who could in any way be likely to be the one. I thank you for past favors.
Respectfully,
Mrs. Roland B. Hammond.
W 15 477 - (NH pen) (NH Rec) one other W

Payable semi-annually. The first payment on this Certificate will be made on the 4th of March next, in Portsmouth at the Branch Bank
U.S. July 19 1802 Off
Record

I Joseph C West of Concord in the County of Merrimack and State of New Hampshire of lawful age do testify that I have been personally acquainted with William Wheeler of London in the State and County aforesaid for many years and know him to be the same Person named in the Pension Certificate herunto annexed number 15.691 and bearing date at the War Office of the United States the six day of November A.D. 1839 -
Joseph C West
Sworn and subscribed to this Eleventh day of July A.D. 1832. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Notarial Seal this Eleventh day of July A.D. 1832. at Concord in the County of Merrimack and State of New Hampshire.
Joseph Low Notary Public

We Ezekiel Miles & Charles Miles both of Concord in the State of Massachusetts tes- tify that we well know William Wheeler fam- ily of the said Concord now of London in the County of Rockingham & State of New- Hampshire & were formerly neighbours to sd. Wheeler, & in 1777 in May, we well know he did enlist into the Revolutionary war against the common Enemy for three Years & he was absent three Years & returned home having served his time out for which he enlisted Concord October 12 th 1819 Ezekiel Miles Charles Miles
Middlesex ss
Concord October 12 th 1819 The above affidavit sworn to the day & year above by the above signers before me William Parkman Justice of the peace

Concord Oct 13
25
Carried 15 5/8 20 3/4
Mr Hall Bergen
Allenstown NH
for Pembroke Post Office

Daniel Simonds, affidavit in the case of Wm Wheeler's claim for a pension

I Daniel Simonds of Beverly in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts on oath testify that in the month of May 1777 William Wheeler now of Landon in the State of New Hampshire did enlist as a private soldier (in the Revolutionary war against the common enemy) in the company commanded by Capt. Edmund Monroe (in which company I was a soldier at the same time) in the Regiment commanded by Col. Timothy Bigelow in Massachusetts line. Said William Wheeler continued in said Regiment & served as a good & faithful soldier three years & was honorably discharged at a place called Soldiers fortune
Daniel Simonds
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Efrey S. June 28. 1819 then the above named Daniel Simonds personally appeared and made solemn Oath that the above Affidavit by him subscribed was true before Me Jonathan Smith Justice of the peace —