Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B. L. Wt. 1799-300, for John Sluman, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental (Mass.)
or
Suman, John
B.L. Mt. 1799-300
Sleuman
CONTENTS

Application for Bounty Land by the Heirs of John Capt n Sherman

DEPARTMENT OF WAR.
STATE OF Rhode Island } ss. COUNTY OF Newport }
at Law, to John Shuman — I Mary Burnett, daughter and heir deceased, do, upon oath, testify and declare, that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, John Shuman — aforesaid, about, or in the Year, 17 — entered, or enlisted into the service of the United States, for the term of "During the War:" and, that, he served in Regiment No. One of the Artillery. Mass. — Line, commanded by Colonel Grane — ; and that, he continued in the service aforesaid, until the close of the War, when he was regularly discharged from the Artillery Regiment of the Massachusetts — Line, commanded by Colonel Grane .
I further testify and declare, that my Father, the aforesaid John Shuman , deceased, was a — Captain in the Artillery of the Massachusetts Line , — in the Army of the Revolution , and that he was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States , at the time of his death, and that he departed this life — I further declare, that I have never received a Warrant for the Bounty Land promised to John Shuman aforesaid, on the part of the United States, nor do I believe he has ever received it, or transferred his claim, in any manner, whatsoever:—
this life on the 12 day of July 1836.
THEREFORE KNOW
All Men, By These Presents, that I Mary Burnett aforesaid, do hereby constitute and appoint Reuben Baldwin of Greeneville, in the State of New-York, to be my true and lawful Attorney, for me and in my name, to demand and receive, from the Secretary of War, of the United States, a Warrant for the quantity of Land due to me and to the other heirs of John Shuman , decd — as aforesaid. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my mark — and seal, this fourteenth day of November 1831.
Sworn to, and Subscribed } Mary Burnett Mary Burnett making } mark her Mark. E. Brewster
COUNTY of Newport ss.
Personally appeared before me George Brewster — a Justice of the Peace, in and for the County aforesaid, Mary Burnett — subscriber to the above declaration, who acknowledged the power of Attorney thereto subjoined, to be her free act and deed; and likewise made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing declaration. Dated this fourteenth day of November — 1831.
E. Brewster Justice of the Peace.
STATE OF Rh. Island } ss. COUNTY OF Newport }
E. Brewster, Esq. was a Magistrate, duly authorized to administer oaths, and take acknowledgments, &c. in the State of Rhode Island at the above date, and that his name there subscribed, appears to be his usual signature; I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Court and subscribed my name, at Newport this Sixteenth day of November 1831.
H. G. Branton

John Sluman e N. 1799

Probate Certificate In the Case of the heirs of Capt John Shuman

State of Rhode Island &c
Newport Jr
Newport November 16 th 1831
Court of Probate, Clerks Office.
Whereas Satisfactory Evidence was this day adduced to this Court to prove that Mary Burnett resident in this town is the daughter and one of the heirs at law in fee of Capt John Shuman late of said Newport deceased, and that Martha Shuman alias Elizabeth Barlow and Clarissa Shuman are the children of John Shuman Jun r dec d and the Grand Children of said Capt John Shuman, and that George Brownell and James Brownell are the children of Olive Brownell dec d , and Grand Children of the said Capt John Shuman, being all the known heirs of said Capt John Shuman; And also that said Capt John Shuman dec d was a Revolutionary Officer in the Artillery of the Massachusetts line, and was a Revolutionary Invalid pensioner at the time of his decease, and drew his pension at Boston in the State of Massachusetts, and that said Capt John Shuman died at said Newport the twelfth day of July A D 1816. Eighteen hundred and sixteen. And also that the said Capt John Shuman was personally known to most of the members of this Court.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set My hand and affixed the seal of said Court the day and Year first above written.
Sealed and sealed by order and in behalf of said Court.
Bluff B. Howland Probate Clerk

Old register of Invalid pensioners shows capt. John Sleuman paid at Mass. Agency, monthly allowance $25. No papers and no further data in regard to above.
A. E. P. Feb. 3, 1912.