Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 27858, for Peter Shearman, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
or
Shearman, Peter Sherman
W. 27858
Martha
CONTENTS

Reported
294.
alt.
New York
Martha Shermay
widow of Peter Shermay
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March , 1848.
4 th December
Certificate of Pension issued the 10 th day of August 1848, and sent to
Hon. M. A. Vachette Seneca Falls N.Y.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 4 , 1848, Page 545 Vol. 1
July 29 th
Book D.

Peter Sharmian Born October 18 th 1762 And Married to Martha hait on March 1 st - 1784 e e e e e e e Martha hait Born October 29-1763
Bought 1813 Price $ 40 Dollars

Nicanor
II. MACCABEES.
is slain.
34 So every man prays toward the heaven the glorious Lord, saying, Blessed be he that hath kept his own place undefiled.
35 He hanged also Nicanor's head upon the tower, an evident and manifest sign unto all of the help of the Lord.
36 And they ordained all with a common decree, in no case to let that day pass without solemnity, but to celebrate the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which in the Syrian tongue, is called A-dar, the day before Mardocheus day.
37 Thus went it with Nicanor: and
from that time forth the Hebrews had the city in their power. And here will I make an end.
38 And if I have done well, and as is fitting the story, it is that which I desired; but if slenderly and meanly, it is that which I could attain unto.
39 For as it is hurtful to drink wine or water alone; and as wine mingled with water is pleasant, and delighteth the taste; even so speech finely framed delighteth the ears of them that read the story. And here shall be an end.
Siler
Delaware 13
THE END OF THE APOCRYPHA.
Siler Sherman Born in Salem, Mass Westerly, R.I. New York October 18-1783 and Married to Martha Hunt the Daughter of Daniel & Martha Hunt in Hudson in March 24. 1784. Delaware & Stanford town the year 1786 Moved to Delaware and the year 1800 Moved to our Seneca County State of New York

No 410 Macha Sherman wid of Peter NY ad 29 May 1848
Marr'd before 1800 Husband died 4 Decm 1848
Adms $80-prn pm 4 Decm 1848
[Faint, illegible handwriting] 15 May 28, 1848 N 862
Hon W A Sackett Seneca Falls NY

For the purpose of obtaining the benefit of "An Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the army of the Revolution" approved the 15 th of May 1828, I Peter Shearman, of the town of Ovid in the county of Seneca, in the state of New York, hereby declare I enlisted in the continental line of the army of the Revolution for and during the war and continued in service until the termination of the said War of the Revolution, at which period I was a private in Captain Hicks' Company in the first New York Regiment commanded by Col. Van Schaick, in the New York Line - I further declare that I afterwards received a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars, to which I was entitled under a resolve of Congress passed the 15 th of May 1778 - And I further declare that on the fifteenth day of March 1826 I was not on the pension list of the United States, nor have I ever been on said pension list nor received any pension from the United States -  Peter Shearman.
State of New York } ss. Seneca County }
Before me, Hulah Gregory a commissioner duly authorized by law to administer oaths in the county of Seneca in the state of New York

personally appeared this day Jonathan Thomas and Barnet D. Sibbets of the town of Ovid — of the said county, who did severally make oath that Peter Shearman, by whom the foregoing declaration was subscribed, is generally reputed & believed to have been a soldier in the Army of the Revolution in manner as therein stated. —
Jonathan Thomas Barnet D. Sibbets
Witness my hands this 15 th day of July in the year 1828.
Alvah Gregory a Commissioner of the County of Seneca appointed to take affidavits.
State of New York Seneca County } ss.
I, Mather Marvin Clerk of the county of Seneca in the state of New York do hereby certify that Alvah Gregory, before whom the foregoing affidavits were sworn, was at the time a Commissioner, and duly empowered to administer oaths —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of the said county this fifteenth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty eight.
Mather Marvin Clerk
C.M.M. # 27858

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 29th July 1848
State of New York,
Seneca County ss On this 27th day of March 1849 personally appeared before the subscriber the County Judge of said County Martha Sherman of said county aged eight five years, who being first duly sworn, according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed 29th July 1848 - That she is the widow of Peter Sherman late a prisoner of the United States - She further declares that she was married to the said Peter Sherman on the 4th day of March 1784 that her name before marriage was Martha Wait, that her husband, the aforesaid Peter Sherman at the died on the 4th day of December 1848 that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the first day of January 1794 & of course prior to January 1800 to wit at the day & date above mentioned & set forth
Subscribed & sworn before me this 27th day of March 1849
Richardson Compt Judge of Seneca Co.
I certify that the above named Martha Sherman is a respectable person, that she cannot from bodily infirmity and the court to make her declaration.
J. K. Richardson Compt Judge of Seneca County
State of New York,
County of Seneca ss Dr Richard K. Wheeler whom I certify is a respectable person, after being duly sworn, according to law deposes & says that he attended as a Physician Peter Sherman late a prisoner, in his last sickness, & that on referring to a book he ascertained the said Peter Sherman died the 4th day of December 1848 leaving his widow Martha Sherman the above named applicant for a pension & that she is a widow
Subscribed & sworn before me this 7th day of March 1849
Richard K. Wheeler
Fayette Allen
Justice of the peace of Seneca County

State of New York,
Seneca County ss Leonard Ferris whom I certify is a respectable person after being duly sworn according to law, deposes and says that he has been from a child personally acquainted with Martha Sherman, widow of Peter Sherman late a pensioner of the United States, the said widow is now an applicant for a pension, that this deponent from his first recollection, remembers well that the said parties were at his first recollection, and some years before 1800 living together as husband and wife, of which fact this deponent has no doubt, as a further data this deponent depose, says that in the year 1800 the said parties Peter Sherman & his wife Martha removed into Seneca County New York, that they had been married for many years previous to that date, as this deponent very well knows, that the said Peter Sherman the said pensioner died on the 4th day of December 1848 leaving his widow the present applicant for a pension, the said Martha Sherman and who still remains his widow
Subscribed and sworn before me this 7 th day of March - 1849
Leonard Ferris
Gayette Allen. Justice of the peace of Seneca County
State of New York,
Seneca County ss Rebecky Blue whom I certify is a respectable person, after being duly sworn according to law, deposes and says that she removed into Seneca County New York in 1806 that she at that time became personally acquainted with Martha Sherman, widow of Peter Sherman deceased late a pensioner the said parties were then living together as husband and wife that this deponent well recollects at that time, & at her first acquaintance with the said parties in 1806 to have heard & believed that they had at that time been married more than twenty years, this circumstance and data is fully impressed upon this deponent's mind from the fact that the said parties had no children, & yet had then been married twenty years, that the said Peter Sherman died on the 4th of December 1848 leaving his widow the said Martha Sherman the said applicant for a pension, who still remains a widow
Sworn before me this 10 th day of March 1849
Rebecky Blue
John Quigley Justice of the peace of Seneca County

State of New York Seneca County, Clerk's Office ss, } I certify that James H. Richardson Esq. before whom the annexed declaration of War the Sherman was made & whose name is subscribed to the certificate thereto subjoined was at the date of the same, the County Judge of said County; that Sayette Allen before whom the annexed Affi- davits of Richard K. Wheeler & Leonard Ferris were made, respectively, & whose names are subscribed to the deeds thereto subjoined; and that John Quigley Esq. before whom the annexed affidavit of Rebecca Blue was made & whose name is subscribed to the deed thereto subjoined, were at the date of the said proceedings Justices of the Peace of said County, that the said Judge & Justices are severally sworn at the date afore- said duly qualified & authorized by law to take affi- davits, &c. & that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of the said Judge & Justices & verily believe their signatures to the said annexed proceedings are respectively genuine.
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the Seal of said County this 25 th day of March 1849. H. Montgomery Dep. Clerk
above named appearance Subscribed & sworn before me this 7 th day of March 1849 Sayette Allen - Justice of the Peace of Seneca County
Richard H. Smith

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Peter Sherman 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.
W. 27858
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     ✓ June 8, 1783 Private Hicks Van Schaick N.Y.                                                   
Battles engaged in, ✓ Residence of soldier at enlistment, ✓ Date of application for pension, July 15, 1828. His claim was allowed. Residence at date of application, Ovid, Seneca Co., N.Y. Age at date of application, born Oct. 16, 1743 at Salem, Washington Co., N.Y.
Remarks: He married Bedford, — Mch. 4, 1784 Martha Hilt (born Oct. 29, 1763, daughter of Daniel & Martha Hilt). Sol. died Dec. 4, 1845. She was allowed pension on her application executed Mch. 27, 1849 while a resident of Seneca Co., N.Y. at 85 yrs. of age. There is no further family data.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.
Witness refers to the fact that they had no children.

1918 Jan. 2. Hist. to Mrs. S. L. Kellerman
Ray
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 27858
Martha Sherman
Wid of
Peter Sherman
Rev. War.
Act _____
Index: Vol. _____, Page _____
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Martha Sherman of New York Under law of July 1848
Report the within to me Mr. S. S. Smith M. C. Seminole
Capt. H. C. H. Col. Van Church. Reprint of same

Discharge from Washington to Peter Shearman Private N Y line Date 8 June 1783.

Martha Hail the Poet
Martha Hail was born March the 29 th 1763
Martha Hail was married March the 26 th 1784

THE NEW TESTAMENT OF OUR LORD and SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST,
Translated out of the
ORIGINAL GREEK: AND WITH THE FORMER TRANSLATIONS
Diligently Compared and Revised, By His MAJESTY's Special Command.
APPOINTED TO BE READ IN CHURCHES.
O X F O R D:
PRINTED AT THE CLARENDON PRESS, By W. Jackson and A. Hamilton , Printers to the University; And sold at the Bible Warehouse, Paternoster Row , London.
MDCC LXXXI.
CUM PRIVILEGIO.

Peter Sherman, Seneca County, NY, act 25 May 1828. p 80-
To what time was he last paid?
Pension Offered August 8 1849 To be paid to 4 th Sept 1848. B. B.

No. 1 Original Report to the REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS.
1466
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
29 Jan 7 1829.
Peter Shearman of Ovid — in the County of Seneca in the State of New York has applied to the Secretary of the Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled "An Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolution," approved the 15th of May, 1828. He states that he enlisted in the Continental line of the army of the Revolution, for and during the war, and continued until its termination, at which period he was a Private in captain Hicks — 's company, in the first regiment of the New York line; and that he received a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars, provided by the resolve of the 15th of May, 1778; and further, that he was not on the 15th day of May, 1828, on the pension list of the United States, and that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of March, 1826, Nothing .
The Third Auditor is requested to report how far the several statements are corroborated by the records in his office.
By Order of the Secretary, T. H. Dickinson.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE,
2 nd February 1829
It appears by the records in this office, that a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars has been issued to Peter Shearman — in the New York line
It further appears that Peter Shearman — is now on the pension list of the army — — — agency, and has been so since the 3 rd March 1826 at the rate of  dollars per month.
John H. Agn. Jr. Secy
See H 27.858 Hilt. Mts " A 39.838 " D. 100
Admitted
Jan 1829

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