Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 7980, John Wyman, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Wyman, John
S. 7980.
CONTENTS
Carded

Ohio 25.731
let to Pen ag c . May 24. 1834 order to pay -
John Wymann of Athens Co in the State of Ohio - who was a Dr in the Company commanded by Captain St of the Inf commanded by Col D in the Regt Infantry Troops -
9 Mo Dr - $30.00
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio - at the rate of 30 Dollars - Cents per annum. to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 27 th day of Dec r and 1833 New Jan Dr  to  the  Heir of the  Deceased
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1833 75.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Nov '34 15
$ 90.00
5 Revolutionary Claim, Oct June 7, 1832.
Recorded by J. P. Ferguson Clerk Book E - Vol. 8 - Page 29

Declaration of John Wyrmann
(A. Brown Athens Ohio)

State of Ohio, Athens County, ss.
On this 12 th day of November, in the year 1883, personally appeared, in open Court, before the judges of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for said County, now sitting John Wymann, a resident of Elk Township, Athens County, and State of Ohio, aforesaid, aged seventy 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 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.
As well as he recollects, he enlisted in a Company raised and commanded by Capt. Alton in a Regiment commanded by Col. Hand, as a volunteer for three months, in the Spring, of the year 1779, he thinks the first part of April. Said Company was raised from the Towns of Charlton, Oxford & Sutton in the County of Worcester, State of Massachusetts, and marched to Claverack, where they joined Col. Hand's Regiment, and marched thence to West Point; where, after about half of said term of three months had expired, said Company was detached to White Plains, as a Guard to Col. Garrison's Light Horse, where they continued till the expiration of their term of service in the beginning of July. The Detachment then, with about half of said Capt. Alton's Company, re-enlisted in the Regular Service, in the said Col. Garrison's Regiments for a term of six months, and continued on duty, at and about White Plains, until some time in January in the succeeding Winter, when he was regularly discharged, and returned home in company with 8 or 10 others from the Town of Charlton where his parents then resided, among whom he recollects the names of John Davison, Artemas Ward, Abijah Lamb and Robert Kelley. He well recollects that during the time he was in the service, and lying at White Plains, Major Andre was taken; and he also recollects that the Adjutant of the Regiment in which he served, was employed to convey the papers found with Andre to the headquarters. He was in no battle during his service, and in but one skirmish, when the detachment to which he belonged was attacked and obliged to retreat on account of the superior number of the enemy. He resided in the Town of Charlton, Worcester County, Massachusetts, at the time of his first enlistment for three months, and was at White Plains when he enlisted the second time for 6 months. He does not recollect the names of any of the officers under whom he served, except, Captain Alton, Col. Hand & Col. Garrison above named, and Lieutenant Wood of Alton's Company. He recollects seeing Gen. Arnold often, while at West Point. He has no documentary

evidence, and he knows of no person now living, whose testimony he can procure, who can testify to his services. And in answer to the interrogatories prescribed by the Department of War, he deposes and says:
1 st That he was born, as he has been told by his parents, in the Town of Oxford, County of Worcester, and State of Massachusetts, November 27. 1763.
2 nd That he has no record of his age, nor was any ever made to his knowledge.
3 rd That he was living, in Charlton in said County of Worcester at the time he first entered the service of the United States, for a term of three months, and did not return home until the expiration of his second term of six months, having been about more than nine months that after the war he continued to reside in Massachusetts and Connecticut about 6 years, after which he resided in New York about 25 years, since which he has continued to reside in Ohio 19 years.
4 th That he entered the service as a volunteer, in the Spring of 1779, he thinks the beginning of April, being then as he remembers only in his 16 th year, as a volunteer for a term of 6 months, and again as a volunteer about the first of July the same year, for a term of 6 months, making in all not up than 9 months.
5 th That he served under Capt. Alton & a Lieut. Wood in a Company of volunteers or Militia, in a Regiment commanded by a Col. Hand, and afterwards in a Company belonging to a Regiment commanded by Col. Garrison, but the officers of said company being all strangers to him, and he being very young at the time, he cannot recollect any of their names, and he recollects no particular circumstances which would be material, attending his services, other than those he has already related in his declaration.
6 th That he received a discharge at the close of his service, from his Colonel or Captain, he cannot distinctly remember which, and that the same officer signed a kind of journal which he the deponent kept, during his service; that he left both papers with his father on removing from Massachusetts, and is unable to tell further what became of them.
7 th That he is known to Ephraim Pratt & James Shadden Fuller, Soldiers of the Revolution, and to others in his neighborhood to whom he has often in years past mentioned his services, and also to Rev. Asa Stearns, Peabody Mass Esq., Deacon B. Lottridge Esq. who are in court and can testify as to his character for veracity, and their belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution.
(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 or Territory.)
Sworn to & subscribed, this day & the year aforesaid.
Henry Bartlett Clerk
John Hymus

We, Asa Stearns, a Clergyman, residing in the County of Athens, State of Ohio, and Peersly Brown residing in the same County, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with John Wyman who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 70 years of age; that he is re- puted and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a Soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. Asa Stearns Sworn & subscribed the day and } Peersly Brown year aforesaid. Henry Bartlett Clerk }
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 certify that it appears to them that Asa Stearns, who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman, re- sident in the County of Athens, and that Peersly Brown, residing in the same County, hereby who has also signed the same is a resident in the Township of Elk, County of said and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I Henry Bartlett, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of John Wyman for a Pension.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office, this twentieth - day of November, in the year, one thousand eight hundred and thirty three.
Henry Bartlett Clerk

August 20, 1934.
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Mr. Charles A. Perkins Piankeshaw Pl., Hoopeston, Illinois
BA-J/ady John Wyman S.7980
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter relative to one John Wyman, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.
The data contained herein are obtained from the papers on file in the Revolutionary War claim for pension, S.7980, based upon his military service in that war.
John Wyman was born November 27, 1763 in Oxford, Worcester County, Massachusetts.
While residing with his parents, their names not given, in Charlton, Worcester County, Massachusetts, he enlisted in the first part of April about 1779, served one and one half months as private in Captain Allton's Company, Colonel Rand's Massachusetts Regiment, was then detached and served one and one half months as a guard in Colonel Jamieson's Light Horse at White Plains and was in a skirmish. He enlisted about the first part of July 1779 and served six months in Captain Allton's Company, Colonel Jamieson's Massachusetts Regiment.
After the Revolutionary War he lived in Massachusetts and Connecticut about six years, then moved to New York, and about twenty-five years later moved to Ohio.
He was allowed pension on his application executed November 12, 1833 while a resident of Elk Township, Athens County, Ohio, in which state he had lived nineteen years.
No other claim for pension was ever made to the United States on account of this soldier's service in the Revolutionary War. This soldier's pension certificate was No. 25731.
There are no family data.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator
Date of death not on a/b.

1934 Aug. 20. Hist. to Charles A. Perkins, A. N. Y. 1924-Sept. 10. Ad. Mr Chas A. Perkins to apply to C. G. for date of death etc - etc
Rev. War
7980
INVALID.
File No. 7980
John Wymann Prin Rev War
Act: June 7 th 1932
Index:—Vol. 1st , Page 418
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Plankeshaw Pl., Hoopston, Ill.
Veterans Administration, Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:
Referring to your letter of Aug. 20th., BA-J/ady, John Wyman, S. 7980.
Should the records on file in your office give the death date of the Revolutionary War soldier John Wyman of Athens county, Ohio whose pension certificate was No. 25731. If you haven't the exact date wouldn't the date of last pension money sent him supply the year and month of his date. I wish to identify him as the same John Wyman buried at McAthur, Ohio and from Oxford, Massachusetts.
Thanks.
Very truly,
Charles A. Perkins
Charles A. Perkins
September the 2d., 1934

Plankeshaw Pl., Hoopston, Ill.
Bureau of Pensions, Rev. War Department, 19th & Constitution Ave., Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:
Are there records on file in your office regarding John Wyman a Revolutionary War soldier and pensioned by the Ohio Agency as No. 25731. He resided in that portion of Athens county which later became Vinton county. He is buried at McArthur, Ohio. Did his widow receive a pension following his death.
Thanks.
Very truly,
Charles A. Perkins
August the 3d., 1934

September 10, 1934
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BA-J/REL
Mr. Charles A. Perkins Piankeshaw Place Hoopeston, Illinois
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the date of death of the Revolutionary War soldier, John Wyman, S.7980, whose history was furnished you on August 20, 1934.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of person paid and possibly the date of death of the Revolutionary War pensioner, John Wyman (S.7980), you should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data:
John Wyman, Certificate No. 25731, issued December 27, 1833, rate $30 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1832, Ohio Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator.

28 28.627 25.731
John Wyman Athen E. Ohio
Adm 9. Months $30
Hon Sam l H. Norton Ho of Rep.

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
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 subjained 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. Those 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
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.              
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
JAMES 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
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[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 days 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 the 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 inquiry 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 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 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 , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years 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 [i] 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.