Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 22,204, for Asa Sheldon, Rhode Island

SERVICE
NUMBER
R.I.
Sheldon Asa Anna
N. 22,204
CONTENTS

21400 Phoebe Holland Asa Sheldon of Providence the State of R.I. who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Smith of the R.I. commanded by Col. West in the R.I. line for 16 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Phoebe Holland at the rate of $53 - Dollars 33 Cents per annum to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 19th day of Sept 1833 and sent to Asa Sheldon R.I.
Arrears to the 14th of Sept 1835 $133.33 Semis-ant. allowance ending Feb 1835 26.67 $160.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by N.W. Johnson Clerk Book E Vol. 3 Page 129

Report
Rhode Island 4506 Anna Sheldon widow of Asa Sheldon R.S. who died on the 21st Jan'y 1846 of Providence in the State of R.I. who was a Private in the Com. commanded by Captain Smith of the Reg't commanded by Col. West in the Providence line for 16 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Providence at the rate of 53 Dollars 33 2/3 Cents per annum, to commence on the 24th day of March, 1846
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 day of Jan'y, 1848 and sent to Wm. A. C. Green U.S. Sen. & C. Arcars to the 4th of Semi-annual allowance ending
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the 3rd }
Recorded by H. L. Rankin Clerk Book C Vol. 1. Page 101.

No 18864
Asa Sheldon Providence County Rhode Island
Photo 16 Months
5-06.
July 10 1835
5335
5335 10666 2667 13355
S. A. Atwell Gloucester Rhode Island

BRIEF in the case of Asa Sheldon County of Providence in the State of Rhode Island (Act 7th June, 1839.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Justice of the Court Com. Pleas.  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 76 years  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. Rhode Island Regt.   Years. Months. Days.     Enlisted In 1775 June - 5 - private Capt. J. Gorton, Col. Mitchell, Col. C. Cornell, V. J. Angell Major   Drafted - 1776 December - 1 - private Capt. C. Smith, Col. Wells, Major   Drafted - 1777 July - 1 - private Same Company   Drafted " October - 1 - private Same Company, Genl. Spencer   Left - 1778 Aug t time not stated private Capt. Cornell, Genl. Sullivan   Drafted 1778 - 1 - private Same Company   " - 1 - private Capt. C. Smith  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Quaker Hill,  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Scituate Rhode Island  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditional, no documentary certificate  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.
   Period Duration of service Rank Names of Genl and Field Officers under whom he served   Years Months Days As a     1780 } - 1 - private Capt. Cornell, at Warwick Richd. G. Wall, Examining Clerk.   1781 } - 3 - private Capt. Cornell, Rhode Island   1781 to 1782. - 1 - as before Capt. Cornell, Pawtucket R. Island  

State of Rhode Island County of Providence
On this 26 day of September A.D. 1846 personally appeared before me Jeriah Webb Associate Justice of the Court of Common Pleas in & for said County Anna Sheldon now resident in Burrillville in said County and 87 years of age who being duly sworn according to law doth on her oath in like the following decla- ration in order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress entitled "an act granting half pay & pension to certain widows" passed March 3 1838 & also to an act of June 17 1844 - in said Anna declares that she is the widow of Asa Sheldon late of said Burrillville who was a soldier of the war of the Revolution, and a pensioner of the United States

that when the act of Congress was passed of June 7 1832. granting pensions to applicants for and obtained a pension under said act, as to the duration of services which he made at that time now in the Pension office at Washington the refer for the amount of services & his right to same pension which his said husband obtained and the further declares that she was married to the said Ezra Sheldon on 21 st day of December A.D. 1780 as will appear by the original certificate of marriage hereto annexed. That his said husband died on the 21 st day of January A.D. 1846 & since then she has remained a widow she was not married to him prior to his having the services but the marriage took place previous to the first day of January seventeen hundred & thirty four to wit at the time above mentioned Attest. Josiah Westcott.
Anna H. Sheldon mark

Anna Sheldon
13105
RS
act 7 July 1838
Married 1780
Husband died Jan'y 1846
Rebecca & Almo ad 4 Aug 1836

These may certify whome it may concern that Assa Skelton son of Erickel Sheldon of Gilicute Beceast. And Anna Mackdanel Daughter of Barek Mackdanel of Johnston were Lawfully joynd togethr in marriage in Gilicute December 21 st 1780 By me Samuel Winsor Elder of the Baptis Church of Christ in Johnston
That the said Anna
and informity is unable to attend church, and that she is a credible witness and her statement is entitled to full credit. Before me Josiah Westcott p 66 Phe

State of Rhode Island V6 Providence Brattleville September 26, 1846.
Personally appeared. Before me the Subscriber Anne Sheldon and made oath to the truth of the foregoing Declaration by her Subscriber, And I further certify that the said Anne Sheldon, by reason of her great age and infirmity is unable to attend herself, and that she is a credible witness and her statement is entitled to full credit.
Before me. Josiah Westcott J. 66 P.M.

I Ellis Shidder of Brimfield Twp 63 years of age do hereby certify and say that the before named Anne Shidder is my mother, and my Father Asa Shidder died on the 21 st day of January 1844 and my Mother remains the widow of the said Asa Shidder, who was a Citizen of the United States.
Attest - Josiah Westcott.
Ellis Mr Shidder mark
State of Rhode Island V.
Brimfield September 26 th A.D. 1846
Subscribed and sworn to before me this September. And I certify that the said Ellis Shidder is a credible witness. Josiah Westcott. J. C. C. Phoe
State of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations.
Providence, for
J. Albert Greene, Clerk of
the Municipal Court of the City of Providence, in the County of Providence and State of said, do hereby certify that Josiah Westcott who has signed the two preceding Certificates, was on the day of signing the same a Justice of the Court.

of Common Pleas, within and for said County of Providence, duly elected.
In attestation whereof, I have here- unto set my hand, and have affixed the seal of said Municipal Court, this seventh day of November, A.D., 1846
Albert Greene, Clerk.

3 Seal of the court-- Attest. Wm Watson Clerk of Court of Com- Pleas County of Providence.
State of Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations.
PROVIDENCE, SC.
I WILLIAM R. WATSON, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, within and for the county of Providence in the State of Rhode-Island, do hereby certify, that Dra P- Evans _____ is a Judge of the court of Common Pleas afore- said, which court is a Court of Record; that the signature to the annexed document purporting to be his, an in the proper hand writing of the said Evans - ; and that full faith and credit are due to the official attestations of the said Evans -
In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of said Court, at Providence this eighth day of November - in the year of our Lord 183 2 -
Wm R Watson
November 1832. When I was discharged. Wm R Watson

State of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations County of Providence.
In Superior Court, 13 th day of September 1832 before me Mr. Pierson a Justice of the Court of Common Pleas in & for said County personally appeared Mr. Nelson A. Brimblecomb in said County of Providence aged 76 years who being first duly sworn according to law, on oath makes the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7 th 1832. I the said declarant was born in Scituate on the 29 th July 1756. I believe there is a record of my age in the town records of said Scituate. I lived in said Scituate when first called into service, since the revolution I have lived in Johnston & Brimblecomb in said County & now live in said Brimblecomb. In June 1775 I enlisted as a soldier in Capt. Israel Gorton Company Col. Pitcairn's regiment R. I. troops, which regiment belonged to the Army of Observation raised by the then Colony of Rhode Island. Colonel Gorton was Lieut. Col. & Israel Gorton Major of our regiment & James Williams Lieut. Colonel Chaplain. The Company under the command of Lieut. Williams marched from Rhode Island to Eastport Hibernia Port Royal, N. J. & joined the Regiment Stationed at that place. We were Stationed there some time when I was taken sick & was removed to the Hospital where I remained until sometime in the month of November 1775 when I was discharged. While I was

Sick at the Hospital Doctor Schuchts our principal Physician turned traitor, was detected & sent to prison. The British had possession of Boston. After I was discharged I returned home. In December 1776 I was drafted in Capt Loonis Smiths Company Col. Motts regiment R.I. militia & was stationed in Warwick R.I. one month. In July 1777 I was drafted in same Company & was stationed at said Warwick one month. In October 1777 I was drafted in same Company & joined the troops under Genl. Spencer at Tiverton R.I. & was stationed there & at Little Compton one month. We were called out to attack the British on Rhode Island, but failed in our purpose. Shortly after this I joined the independent Company of light infantry called the "Skituate Hunters" under the command of Capt. Loomis. & in August 1778 I went as a substitute for William (Browning) in said Company & joined the army under Genl. Sullivan. We marched to Tiverton & then passed the ferry to Rhode Island. We first encamped near Burrill Hill. After the storm we marched down to the lower line where we remained until my time as a substitute was out when I was immediately drafted in the same Company & remained at said lower line until the day before the battle when we retreated back to Burrill Hill where the enemy attacked us on the 29 th of August. We then had a severe engagement & repulsed the enemy. The next night we retreated along the ferry to Tiverton R.I. where we remained a short time & then

I was discharged - Got Must for Livingston Col from Col Mark Genl Connell for Sullivan New York the troops on the island - I served one month in the same Company I was stationed at Bristol R.I. I also one month in said Capt Connell's Battery Company I was stationed at the same place. The date of these services I do not recollect but I remember the last of my performing the duty from the Circumstances that on one occasion Capt Connell Smith took a watch belonging to one of the inhabitants of said Bristol & while I was in Bristol Company went up one quarter in the meeting house in Warren near said Bristol. I also served one term of one month in said Company & was stationed at Warwick R.I. I was three months on Rhode island as a soldier in said Company, at different times, after the British left the island I while the French were there in 1780 & 1781. I recollect of seeing a bear chained up while there & that one of the French officers was dressed in deerskin. I served in said Company one month & was stationed at Pawtucket R.I. I think it was in '81 or '82. I was Cook for the mess. I had a written discharge from Kitchener's Regiment but have lost it. I do not recollect who signed it. I have no documentary evidence & the testimony of such surviving witnesses. I know of no persons deceased. Major Sherman, Lyman Roger, Benito City, Genl John L. Sullivan are persons who resided in my vicinity who can testify as to my character for veracity & their belief

of my Services as a Soldier of the Revolution. I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or any annuity except the present & do declare that my name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State
Asa Sheppard
Sworn to and Subscribed the day & year aforesaid
before me
Ira P. Evans Justice C. C. Pleas
We Seth Dows & Asa J. Britton now residing in said Pownalville hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Asa Peterson of said Pownalville who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be 74 years of age; that he is respected & beloved in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the Revolution & that we concur in that opinion
Seth Dows Asa J. Britton
Sworn to & Subscribed the day & year aforesaid
before me
Ira P. Evans Justice C. C. Pleas

And I the said Ira P. Boars Justice of the Court of Common Pleas as aforesaid do hereby declare my opinion after the investigation of the matter & after hearing the evidence therein described by the War Department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier & served as the States. I further certify that both Messrs & Asa N. Brattle — are residents in said Brattleboro & are credible persons & that their statement is entitled to credit. I do further certify that there is no clergy- man residing in the vicinity of said applicant & that the said applicant is unable from bodily infirmity to attend the sitting of the Court which by law sit- in Providence 26 miles from his place of residence. I further certify that the foregoing contains my original proceedings in the matter of the application of Asa Therborn for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand at Greenfield aforesaid this 13th day of September 1832.
Ira P. Boars Justice C.C. Mass

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.,
File Ms file 72204 Rev War
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of Asa Sheldon , a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     June 1775 5 mos. Pvt. Israel Horton Hitchock R.I.   Dec. 1776 1 mo. James Smith West   July 1777 2 " " "   1 Aug. 1778 1 " Cornell's "Scituate Strangers"   1780 1 " Conner Smith   1781 1 " Cornell   1781 or 1782 1 " Cook "  
Battles engaged in, Green Hill
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Scituate R.I.
Date of application for pension, Sept 3 1832. Allendale.
Residence at date of application, Burrillville Providence Co. R.I.
Age at date of application, Born July 29. 1756 at Scituate R.I.
Remarks: was the son of Ezekiel Sheldon of Scituate R.I. - and  was married at Scituate R.I. Dec. 21. 1780 Anna dau. of  Barack Mackdaniel of Johnston. Sol died Jan'y 21, 1846.
Ms appln - Sept. 26. 1846 at 87 res. Burrillville R.I.
Son Ellis was 63 yrs old in 1846
Asa Sheldon 63 yrs old Very respectfully,

8 '98
Miss M. L. Dupuis Savannah, Ills.
1906 Oct. 25 History to Mrs. W. M. Welch.
1912 Sept. 21. List to Mrs. Darling
1928 Nov. 20 Photos to Florence Mac Rae. ADY.
Rev
WIDOW, &c.
Sept 1
File No. 22204
Anne Sheldon
Wid of
Dea Sheldon
Brn Rev. nar
Act: July 4 th 186
Index:—Vol. 16 Page 209
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Anna Sheehan 6960 Rhode Island Mtl. to Benj. Lowell July 10. 47. Ret. to same Oct. 17. 47
Ad at 4th July 1836.

V No 13105- Anna Sheldon Rd St. & B. Corral December 2 1846
Act 7 July 1838

Asa Sheldon R.I. act 7 June 1832 $ 53 33 /pr am
To What time was he last paid? G. B. L.
Pension Office January 17/47
Died 21 st Jan. 1816. Paid to his death.
B. B. 18 th

No. 6960 Anna Sheldon wid of Asa R.I.
act 24 July 1836
about 16 mo per of 53 33 per ann from 21 st Janry 1826.
Hon A. C. Green Senate N. States

Sir
Providence Nov 15 1847
In answer to your letter of July 19, last respecting the claim of Anna Sheldon under the act of July 4, 1836 I herewith enclose another declaration made by her on which the Judge has certified that its contents are fully understood & comprehended by her as required. as the official character of the Judicial officer has already been certified in her former declaration I supposed it unnecessary to have it again certified In this As the only objection to her claim has now been obviated I hope it may now be allowed —
I am very Respectfully your obedt Servt Benja Fowell
J. L. Edwards Esq

Sir
Providence June 28 1847
In reply to your letter of Dec 2 1846 respecting the claim of Anna Sheldon widow of Asa Sheldon, I herewith enclose her declaration under the act of July 4 1836. She made a mistake in her first declaration in stating her husband performed no service after the marriage, which mistake she has now corrected, upon the question being put to her distinctly whether her husband served after their marriage. She well remembers he did I have never seen this woman & when her friend first applied to me to assist her I took it for granted that she was entitled to a pension under the act of July 7 1838. have I examined her, the mistake would not have occurred. Such a mistake is not, however, surprising after a lapse of sixty years & especially as her husband's services were principally in the Militia, & as all the old soldiers are dead. She can not produce any further evidence of service. She must rely therefore on the evidence produced by her husband, at the time he applied for a pension under the act of June

7, 1832, what that evidence is I do not know as I was not his Attorney & agent at the time. I am very Respectfully Yours at best Bray & Lowell
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Providence Nov 9 1846
Sir
I herewith enclose the application of Anna Sheldon in case of her Sheldon for a pension under the acts of Congress of July 7 1838 March 3 1843 & June 17 1844 -
I am respectfully your ob't Serv't
Bryant Foulk
J. L. Edwards Esq.

Providence Jan'y 8 1848
Dear Sir
I enclose to you a letter from the Pension office respecting the claim of Anna Sheldon & also the affidavit of Judge Westcott before whom her several declarations were made. About a year ago I was appointed to assist her in obtaining a pension & prepared her declaration, but being after informed as to the facts in her declaration having seen her I drew it up under the former act, I drew it under the act of July 7, 1838 instead of July 4, 1836, according to the form under the first of these acts, she is obliged to make oath that no services were performed after the marriage, when this declaration was sent to the pension office I had no doubt that such was the fact, but upon examining the declaration of her husband who had been a pensioner in his lifetime it was found that he had declared & claimed for several terms of service which were after the marriage. This caused her claim to be disallowed.

Upon receiving this information I drew up another declaration under the act of July 4 1836. which ought to have been done in the first instance or sent it to the pension office As this declaration contradicted her first declarations the Commissioner would not grant it unless the Judge would certify that she was of same mind as I therefore drew a third declaration of Mary Westcott went to her home & she attested to it, This was in substance the same as her second one except she explained how the mistakes had happened In answer to third statement I have received the enclosed letter, in which you will see what they required - I have never seen the claimant myself, but Judge Westcott has she has drawn the enclosed affidavit which I think will be satisfactory, if you will certify to his good standing as a Judge as a citizen as which I have no doubt you will do. In consequence of my never having examined the woman there has been a chapter of mistakes from the beginning to this time Please say what you can & send it to the Commissioner of Pensions I think he will be satisfied & grant

the claim, she is a poor enemy I understand but means to be honest in all her transactions
With respect to I am Respectfully your obed servt B. B. Lowell
Please return the enclosures
Nov 16 Green

Wm L Edwards Esq
Comm ee of Review

State Chamber
Washington Jan'y 11 th 1848.
Sir
At the request of Benjamin Bowell Sec'y of Providence R.I. (the Collector of that Port) I forward to you an affidavit of Jonah Westcott in relation to the claim of Anne Sheldon for a pension.
I also enclose you Mr. Bowells letter to me.
I am personally acquainted with Judge Westcott, and have been so for many years, and have no hesitation in saying that he is a gentleman of standing and respectability on whose affidavit I should place full reliance.
I have the honor to be,
Very respectfully
Yr. obedt. Servt.
Abt. Jones
Wm L Edward Esq, Comm'r of Pensions

Heath of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations I ascribe Westcott Justice of the peace of Barrington Please notice and for the county of Providence do Testify and say that I have been to the house of Anne Sheldon of Burrillville widow of Asa Sheldon deceased. There several times to administer the money due to her on her Declaration which she has made to obtain a pension on account of the military services of her late husband during the war of the Revolution I attended at her house at the request of Benjamin Gannell Esq. of Providence who was her agent and attorney and who prepared her papers. I have no doubt She is the person whom she affirmed her self to be to wit the widow of Asa Sheldon late of said Burrillville deceased a Soldier of the Revolution and that she was married at the time set forth in her Declaration and was of the age she declared she was, I believe 80 years what I observed from her general appearance and also from an attendant of her daughter who was over sixty years of age which was seven to fifteen more at the same time and I further testify that I have no doubt that the mistake She made in her first Declaration that her husband imposed no services after their marriage was wholly unfounded She supposing that her papers had all been properly made out by her attorney. because when I attended at her house the second time and stated the objection that was made to her claim she promised at once her mistake and said she was Rather afraid of having

which was the cause of said mistake which I found to be the case in conversing with her. She then stated to me that She well recollects that her husband had died after their Marriage and mentioned several circumstances respecting such Service. and I have no doubt she spoke the Truth. I believe there was then and has been no design to persecute lest what she was meant in all she said. For such an old woman her memory and understanding was remark- able good I believe said Anna was the only wife of said Asa Shelden and from the age of her daughter and beginning of a number of aged people both in Brattleboro and the Town of Johnson where they were both born and brought up and from her personal appearance I have not the least doubt she must have been married as early as 1780. agreeable to the tenor of the original extract produced as evidence Josiah Westcott...
Providence January 8 th 1848. I own to and submitted before me by said Josiah Westcott known to me as a justice of the peace of lawful power within and for said County J. A. Jencks Justice of the Peace

Anna Sheldon deterioration

State of Rhode Island.
County of Providence On this 10 th day of August  November 1847 personally appeared before me Josiah Westcott Associate Justice of the Court of Common Pleas within & for said County Anna Sheldon of Burrillville in said County aged 89 years who being duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress of July 4 1836 viz that she is the widow of Asa Sheldon late of said Burrillville deceased who was a soldier of the Revolution that when the act of June 7, 1832 was passed he applied for and obtained a pension under the act of the Revolution which said act & to the declaration which he made to obtain the same she now refers for a specification of his services & the officers, names under whom he served she has a distinct recollection that some of his services were performed after the marriage that her first anteda- tum, that "she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service" was a mistake but not intentional on her part, had she been properly questioned at the time she took the oath she should not have made

it. and she the said Anna further declares that she was married to the said Asa Sheldon on the 21 st day of December A D 1780. as will appear by the original certificate of marriage which is now among her papers in a former claim - that her husband the said Asa died on the 21 st of January A D 1846 and since that period she has remained unmarried wherefore she requests that a pension may be allowed her according to the provisions of said act of July 4 1836.
Adaline Sheldon Josiah Westcott.
for Anna X Sheldon mark

State of Rhode Island Providence Be it remembered, at Broullville on this 10 th day of December A.D. 1847, personally appeared before me the within named Anner Shuldan and made oath to the truth of the above declaration by her signed. And I further certify that from her age and information she is unable to attend herself, and I further certify that I have carefully acquainted her with the contents of the Declaration and that it is made fully understanding and comprehending the same and that her mind is good except that it is impaired by age and I further certify that her statements are entitled to full credit.
Before me Josiah Westcott J. 66 Plain

Anna Skultun
R 9? 6960
Act 4 July 36
Marrid 1780
Mistuna dued 21 st Janz 46

State of Rhode Island
County of Providence
On this 19 th day of June AD 1847 personally appeared before me Josiah Westcott a Justice of the Court of Common Pleas within & of said County Anna Sheldon of Burrillville in said County aged 88. years who being duly sworn doth make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress of July 4 th 1836 viz That she is the widow of Asa Sheldon late of said Burrillville deceased who was a soldier of the Revolution and served in the army of the United States as a private That when the act of Congress of June 7 th 1832 was passed granting pensions to those who served in said Army, her said husband applied for & obtained a pension according to the provisions of said act & to the declaration he made to obtain said pension she refers for the specification of his services, the names of the officers under whom he served, & the times & places where her said husband served, Some of his said services were performed before her marriage to him & some after their marriage of this fact she has now a distinct recollection but she cannot remember the officers names she was mistaken in stating in her former

under the act of July 7 1838. declaration that all his services were performed prior to her marriage and she now corrects her said statement. She is very old & her memory poor, & she was not aware of the mistake at the time. And she further declares that she was married to the Rev. Asa Sheldon on the twenty first day of December 1780 by Rev. Samuel Winslow as will appear by the evidence in her former declaration to which she refers that her said husband died on the twenty first of January AD 1846 & since then she has remained a widow as will appear by said evidence in her first declaration. Wherefore she requests that she may be allowed a pension according to the provisions of the 2 d Section of said act of July 4 1836 and her name placed on the Pension Roll of pensions in the City of Providence
That Josiah Westcott.
Anna J. Sheldon
James P. Westcott
mark
Deponents in Providence June 19 AD 1847. Personally appeared before me the Subscriber Anna Sheldon and made oath to the foregoing declaration by her subscribed, and I hereby certify that by reason of her great age & infirmity she is unable to attend court and that she is entitled to a full pension & her statements are entitled to full credit Before me Josiah Westcott J. C. C. Please

I Ellis Shidon of Brattleville in the State of Rhode Island aged Sixty four years do hereby certify and say that Anne Shidon the widow of Asa Shidon deceased is my mother and that I now reside with her and that my Father the said Asa Shidon died at said Brattleville on the 21 st day of January 1834 I being present at the time, and my mother the said Anne Shidon has received a midwife in him that time Abel Josiah Westcott Ellis for Shidon James P. Westcott mdk
Present in Brattleville June 19 th 1834. personally came and appeared before me Ellis Shidon and made oath to the truth of the foregoing statements. And I certify that she is a credible witness. Before me Josiah Westcott J.C.L. Pierce
State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. Providence, ss. I Albert Greene, Clerk of the Municipal Court of the City of Providence in the County of Providence, in said State, do hereby certify that Josiah Westcott who has signed the two foregoing certificates, was, on the day of the date thereof, a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas within and for said County of Providence. Subscribed. In attestation whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and have affixed

Marshall the seal of said Court, this twenty eighth day of June, A.D. one thousand, eight hundred and fifty seven.
Albert Greene Clerk.
Anna Shulman
1292 6960
Act 4 June 36
Marshall 1780
Marshall and 21st century 46

Application { for of { Mrs. Sheldon { pension
18804
testimony & additional affidavit, Cupp's
J. A.

To the Hon ble Lewis Cass Secretary of War
Humbly represents
Asa Saltonstall of Burnsville that he was a Soldier of the Revolution as will appear by the documents herewith filed. He therefore requests that a pension may be granted to him in conformity with the provisions of an act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832
and as in duty bound he will
pray Asa Saltonstall
by his Atty
Sam l G. Stevens
Please address me at Gloucester R.I.
S. G. Stevens

State of Rhode Island
Providence
In Providence this Ninety fourth day of July A.D. 1833 before me Samuel G. Atwater a Public Notary in & for said County duly Commissioned & sworn & authorized by laws to administer Oaths & take Acknowledgments personally appeared Asa Sheldon a resident of said Providence who being duly sworn on oath says in amendment of his application for a pension under the act of June 1832 that he served as a private soldier, during the different periods mentioned in his declaration, that in the year 1775 he served as a soldier in Capt. Gorton's Company Col. Batchelder's regiment a period of at least five months as set forth in said Deed. That in August 1778 he served as a soldier in Capt. Loomis's Company called the Providence Key Stone Battery at least one month on both drafts as set forth in the same. That by reason of his age & the consequence of memory he cannot remember positively as to the precise period of each his services as a soldier of the revolution but according to the best of his recollection he served as a soldier in the same in the whole not less than sixteen months the particular of which services are detailed in his said Declaration & he last served in claim a pension
Asa Sheldon
Sworn to & subscribed before me. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my seal of office the day & year first mentioned Sam l G. Atwater Pub. Noty

I Simon Place of Boston in the County of Middlesex State of Massachusetts aged 80 years being first duly sworn according to Law on oath do testify & say that I was a Soldier of the Revolution & am now a pensioner of the United States under the act of June 1832. I further say that I well know S a Sheldon now of Bennington in said County formerly of Scituate. I knew him as a Soldier in Capt Gorton's Company Col. Ditchburn's regiment - Portland Troop, in the summer of 1775 the said regiment was stationed at Prospect Hill near Boston, Mass. Said Sheldon was a Soldier in said Company & I was a Soldier in Capt Blackman's Company same regiment at that time - all which is to the best of my recollection Simon his Place X mark Attest J. G. Atherton " "
State of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations I, Samuel G. Atwell, do hereby certify that the within copy of the foregoing is a true and correct copy of the original thereof now on file in my office and of the whole thereof. Given under my hand and the seal of said office this twenty third day of July A D 1833 Samuel G. Atwell Public Notary

I David Kelly of Gloucester in the County of Providence State of Rhode Island aged 91 years being fully aware on oath as to the truth I say that I was a Soldier of the revolution & am now a pensioner of the United States under the act of June 1832. I further say that I well know Nathaniel of Bennington in said County. I knew him as a private Soldier in Capt. Gorton's Company 1st Rhode Island Regiment P.R.I. Troops in the Summer of 1775. The Regiment was then stationed at Prospect Hill near Boston Mass. I was at that time a Soldier in Capt. Blackman's Company same Regiment. Gorton's Company was under the command of Lieut. Williams & joined the Regiment in the latter part of June 1775. Said Nathaniel was a Soldier in said Company during the Summer of 1775. & according to the best of my recollections was confined a part of the time by sickness in the Hospital where I was a waiter. I afterwards knew said Nathaniel as a Soldier in Genl. Greene's expedition into Bristol 1777. I think he was in Capt. Simon Smith's Company. I was a Soldier in Capt. Wilmarth's Company in said expedition. We were stationed at Tiverton R.I. on mount. & I saw said Nathaniel there several times during said period as a Soldier.
Attest J. S. Tourtelle
David X Kelly mark

State of Rhode Island &c.
Providence sc. In Gloucester County the twenty third day of July A.D. 1808 before me Samuel G. Atwell a Public Notary in & for said County duly Commissioned & sworn & authorized by Law to administer Oaths & to take depositions personally appeared David Kelley who being first duly sworn on oath says that the foregoing deposition by him signed is just & true in all its parts. I further certify that the said Kelley is well known to me, that he is a credible person & that his statement is entitled to credit. Said deposition was by said Kelley submitted in my presence. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my Seal of Office the day & year aforesaid.
Sam l G. Atwell Pub. Notary
State of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations Providence sc. I Dexter Randall Clerk
of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Providence in said State do hereby certify that Samuel G. Atwell before whom the foregoing affidavits were sworn, was at the time and now is a Public Notary within and for the County of Providence, and duly authorized by Law to administer oaths, and take depositions and that the signatures to the annexed documents purporting to be his, is in the proper hand writing of the said Atwell.
In witness whereof.
Dexter Randall Clerk.

I hereunto set my hand and affix the Seal of said Court, at Providence this Twentieth day of July in the year 1833.
Dexter Randall

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W. L. DARLING ST. PAUL, MINN. 737 Ashland Ave
September Thirteenth 1912
U. S. Commissioner of Pensions, Washington.
Dear Sir:
Will you please give me what information you have relative to Asa Shelden, who was a private in Rhode Island State Troops, and Ezekiel Shelden, in Col. Cleary's regiment, both of whom were Revolutionary pensioners.
Yours truly,
A handwritten signature in cursive, appearing to read "W. L. Darling", is written in dark ink below the closing "Yours truly,".

Mr. V. Warner
Commissioner of Pensions
Dear Sir.
The enclosed Record I think can not be my ancestor as he resided at the time of his death in New Marl- borough Mass.
I am not sure he is -listed from Conn; but

the limited data I have gives the family residence at near Watertown Conn. before moving to Mass. I have heard it said he was in the Cavalry. It seems to me there must have been more than one John Woodruff in the War of the Rev.
Will you please see if there is any record of the service of Asa Sheldon in the same War. or tell me where to write to get the information. I have heard it said so often that my Ancestor John Woodruff aided a per- -son, so I supposed there would be no trouble in proving my claim, but

the genealogist of the D.A.R says the John Woodruff whose record you so kindly sent me is not my ancestor.
Any information you can give me will be greatly appreciated.
Yours Truly
Jeannette D. Welch (Mrs. W. H.) 548 Moore Ave Rogers Pk Chicago Ills.
Oct 21-06

Mr D th Savanna Ills.
June 21, 1898.
Col. H. Clay Evans.
Washington D.C.
Dear Sir.
Please send me the record of Michael Dupuis, who was a corporal in the Black Hawk war, and whose widow now receives a pension for his services.

Please state where and at what date he enlisted and where and what date he was mustered out.
I should also like a record of the services of Asa Sheldon, of the Mass. troops, Revolutionary war, and of Capt. Cole of the Con. troops, Revolutionary war. I do not know that these two received pensions and may be wrong in applying to you, but I should be very glad of any re-

formation concerning them.
Yours very truly,
Marie S. Dupuis.

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November 14, 1928
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
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Finance Division
Nov. 15 1928
Chief ... Rev. 71812 Wm. section Division.
at copies of 4 pages (positive & Revolutionary War pension claim of widow, Anna, W. 22204.
I have this day received from Miss Florence MacRae Cash in the amount of $1.20, requesting photostat copy as per letter herewith.
Miss MacRae, Burlington Place, Boston, Mass.
G. J. RANDALL
Chief, Finance Division.
ion
Photos mailed & Fin. Div. mtd. Nov. 20, 1928. A.D.Y.
miss Kate Cury

November 14, 1928
Commissioner of Pensions Washington, D. C.
Sir:
I desire photostat copies of 4 pages (positive & negative) from the Revolutionary War pension claim of Asa Sheldon and of his widow, Anna, W. 22204.
Miss Florence MacRae, 9 Ashburton Place, Boston, Mass.
Recd payment $1.20 Rev. & 1812 Wars Section Antonia W. Ford.
Requested by Miss Kate Curry

DUPLICATE.
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Requisition for Duplicating, Addressograph, Photostat, and Blue Print Work.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR WASHINGTON
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November 14, 1928 2
Please furnish work specified below.
Bureau ordering PENSIONS
Deliver to Room No. 5033
(ALL COPY FOR DUPLICATING WORK SHOULD BE PLAIN AND WRITTEN IN ELITE TYPE, EXACTLY LINE FOR LINE AS IT IS TO APPEAR ON FINISHED JOB.)
Title and description of job photostat copies of 4 pages (negative & positive) from the Revolutionary War pension claim of Asa Sheldon and of his widow Anna, W. 22204.
No. of copies 2 of each  negative & positive Shall form be kept standing? days
For further information see M.M.H. Finch
5033 Room No. 541 Phone No.
Approved:
Chief Clerk of Bureau.
Chief XXXXXXXXXX Rev. & 1812 Wars Sec.
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