Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 21972, for Lodowick Shearman, Rhode Island

SERVICE
NUMBER
R. I.
Shearman, Lodowick
S. 21972
CONTENTS

21. 784 Mr W. H. Hance Sodomack Sheuman of Washington in the State of Maryland who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Walker of the 1st Regt by Col. Hays in the Maryland line for 12 months Service 8 " Sergeants
Inscribed on the Roll of State Pensions at the rate of $3. Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 18 th day of Oct 1836 and sent to Newport
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1833 $233.33 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Mar - 46.67 $280.00
Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. it by N. H. Coburn Clerk Vol. 2a Page 130

22803
all of his money
Lodowick Sherman Rhode Island
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The witnesses who have testified to the claimant's service must be competent to be credible & disinterested.
The claimant must be more particular in setting forth the name of all the officers under whom he served & the place or places at which he served at each particular time & the nature of said service. He has not proved
Ino Hall 40 53.53 North Kingston R 95 53
93852 18666 4669 25333

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 subjjoined 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. These 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 Sedorek Sherman Washington B. R. Island
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Draf 1776 2 — — priv Col Babcock Col 73 years   Sub 2 — — d Major Rhode Island South Kingston Exeter Testimony   Draf 2 — — d d Newport Washington County Evidence   Sub 2 — — d d Rhode Island Rhode Island 12 witnesses   Draf 2 — — d d South Kingston   Sub 2 — — d d   Draf 2 — — d d   Sub 2 — — d d   Draf 1778 1 — — (Gen. Sullivan)   Sub 2 — — Payton Dillinger   Draf 1781 2 — — Gardiner Major   Sub 2 — —  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. 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 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 day 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 he 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 enquiry 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.

Deer Lodowick Shearman
I have
22 803.

State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations Washington Sc
On the 4th day of September 1882 personally appeared in open court before the court of common pleas now sitting in South Kingstown in and for said county of Washington Leachman Sherman a resident of said South Kingstown, in the said county aforesaid aged twenty three years in July 1882 who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of an act of congress passed June 7-1882 - That he entered the service of the united states and served under the following officers herein stated viz - In the spring of the year 1876 I then  the in which I was drafted in said Stephen Babcock's company of Matineus in said South Kingstown attached to Colonel Brown's Regiment, and served two months, about one month afterwards I was again drafted in said company and served two months and two months as a substitute for Moses Barber in guarding the stores in said South Kingstown, and was discharged; about one month afterwards I was again drafted in said company and served as a matineeman two months, and two months as a substitute for the said Moses Barber, about a month afterwards I was again drafted in said company and served two months, and two months as a substitute for said Moses Barber, and was discharged about one month, afterwards I was again drafted in said company and served two months, and two months, as a substitute for said Moses Barber, and was discharged

a week one month afterward I was again drafted in said company and served two months and two months as a substitute for said man Barker on guarding the stores in said South Hengstown about the first of August 1778 I was again drafted in said company and was marched on to Newport and was in the engagement in Sullivan Expedition and served one month and was discharged In the fall of the year 1780 I was attached to the main in company of Spencer Pagton I think Col Thomas Telfair Brigade Regiment and served two months on R. Road and have Thomas Telfair not discharged I served as a substitute for John Barker as a person by my discharge In the fall of the year 1781 I was drafted in the company of Capt Paris Gardner in South Hengstown Col Byers Reg- -ment and served two months and was discharged about two months afterward I was again drafted in said company and served two months and was discharged I have been frequently called out on alarms and other occasions sometimes two or three days sometimes a week and sometimes more and sometimes less I should think in the whole would amount to three or four months I have no documentary evidence until the certificate of discharge was mentioned, I was here in South Hengstown in the year 1759, I have no record of my age I am living in here in the said county of Washington I was born in the town of South Hengstown and lived there at the time of my services, and lived there I removed from South Hengstown to the town of North Hengstown and from North Hengstown to here where I now reside James Pugh of South Hengstown is somewhat acquainted with my services I know of no clergyman who is acquainted with my services Ladsworth Shearman

He hereby relinquishes any claim whatever to a pension or annuity, except the present and believes that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State.
Lodowick Shearman
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. Vtn. Sam. Helme Clk. Peleg Brown Esq. residing in South Kingstown residing in South Kingstown and Daniel Sunderland Esq. residing in Exeter residing in Exeter
hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Lodowick Shearman who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be 73 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.
Peleg Brown Daniel Sunderland
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. Vtn. Sam. Helme Clk. And the said court do hereby declare their opinion that after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogations prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a soldier of the Revolution and served as he states. And the court further certifies that it appears to them that
who has signed the foregoing certificate is a gentleman resident in the Town of South Kingstown & Exeter and are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit and Bowdoin. Evidence James Reynolds and Daniel Sunderland who have signed Depositions in this application are credible persons and their statement is entitled to credit.
I Samuel Helme, Clerk of said Court of Common Pleas do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Lodowick Shearman for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal at office this 24th day of September 1832.
Sam. Helme Clk.

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Inv File 21972
Rev War
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C., March 14, 1906
Sir
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of Lodowick Sherman , 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.     Mar 1776 8 mos. Subt Abial Brown Charles Dyer R. I.   Jan'y 1, 1777 3 mos. Pvt. do do do   May 1777 7 " " Stephen Babcock do do   Feb'y 1778 6 " " do do do   June 1779 2 " " Park Thomas Potter do   June 1780 2 " " Shamer Taylor Thomas Tillinghast do   June 1781 4 " " Paris Gardiner Thomas Potter do  
Battles engaged in, In engagement in Aug. 1778 in Sullivan's Expedition to R. I. Residence of soldier at enlistment, South Kingston R. I. Date of application for pension, Sept 4, 1832. His claim was allowed. Residence at date of application, Exeter, Washington Co., R. I. Age at date of application, Born July 1759, at South Kingston, R. I. Remarks: No other data
Very respectfully,
Mr. Louis Sherman Gardner Narragansett
R. I.
Commissioner.

Revolution
21972 INVALID.
Mch. 13, 1905 History to James L. Sherman, Providence R.I. Mar. 14, 1906. Hist. to C. S. Gardner 1911 Apl. 11. To Frank Campster Sherman, letter in S. file 21,480 Eber Shearman f.
File No. 21,972 Lodowick Levi Sherman Sergt Rev War
Act: June 7 th 1821
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 368
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Washington ss State of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations I, Tho s P. Wells Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court within and for the County of Washington and State aforesaid do hereby certify that, Sylvester G. Shearman Esq before whom the affidavit of Lodowic Shearman and deposition of Daniel Sunderlin was hereto annexed were taken is a Justice of the Peace of the Town of North Kingstown duly elected and qualified also that William Updike Esq before whom the dep- osition of Ebenezer Smith was taken is a duly qual- ified Justice of and for the Town of South King- stown both in said County of Washington and the signatures of both are in their own proper hands writing In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this 14 th day of September 1833
Tho s P. Wells Clerk

Washington Is. - In North Kingston
September 8 th 1833
Personally appeared before me, the undersigned Christopher G. Chapman, a Justice of the Peace, of the Peace, for the Town of North Kingston. I do hereby certify that I, the undersigned Christopher G. Chapman, of Exeter, in said County, who being duly sworn, depose & say, that I am of full age, and the consequent loss of Memory, he cannot answer properly, 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 & in the following grades. In the Month of March 1776 I first commenced being in the Company of Artillery, belonging to the Town of North Kingston where I then resided, of which Company, which Brown was Captain, James Barker 1 st & Barker Beckham Ensign. One mistake in my calculation, in stating that I think Barker was Captain that year, as he was not Captain, as I find, in more reflection, until the year afterwards. Charles Dyer was Colonel of the Regiment to which the Company was attached. I served as Sergeant, and was stationed with

The company through the Months of March and April Stationed at the House of Silas Gardner, near the South Ferry, in South Kingston. After return home and remained at home, with our Family, through the Months of May, and in June following, was again called out, and Stationed at the same place, under the same Officers, two Months following, through the months of June & July, when my own term was out, & took the place of one Moses Barker, and served as a substitute for him, through the months of August & September, when I was discharged. & remained at home, through the Months of October, Novem- ber & December. I again served two Months, in our Company, under the same Officers, Stationed at the same place. Making eight months, that I served in the year 1776 as Sergeant - On the first of January 1778 I took the place in said company, of the said Moses Barker, and served in his stead, under the same Officers, at the same place, the Months of January & February, when I was discharged and remained at home, one Month. In April 1777 I was again drafted, and served one Month in the same Company, at the same place under the same Officers. In May 1777 I took the place of one of the Captains of the Company, with Captain John & Captain Nathaniel Ladd, and served out three Months

under those Officers, and then took the place of the said Moses Barker and served two Months for him, and was then discharged the last of July or first of August 1777. In September 1777 I was again drafted and served a Month, under those Officers, stationed at the House of Colonel Robinson in Boston Neck; in October 1777 I served one Month, under the same Officers, at Chester & Little Compton, in the time of the expedition of General Shepard, & in November & December of that year I served two months, as a substitute for the said Moses Barker, at the House of Colonel Robinson in Bedford. Making ten Months service in that year as a private. In 1778 I served through the months of February and March, under the same Officers, and then served through the months of April & May a substitute for the said Moses Barker, at the House of Colonel Robinson. In the Month of August 1778 I was again drafted in said Compañy, and served one Month, on the Island of Rhode Island, in the time of the expedition of General Sullivan. Stephen Barker was still Captain of the Compañy, and in the fall of that year I served one month more, in said Compañy, at the House of Colonel Robinson; making six Months service as a private in 1778. In 1779 I served two Months in said Compañy, as a private, Barker being the Captain of the Compañy, & I served with him until

sent and Thomas Potter Colonel of the Regiment, one month we were stationed on the Island of Rhode Island, and one month at Bristol Neck, it was in the summer of that year. In the summer of 1780, I served two months as a private on the Island of Rhode Island, in a company of which one Frederick Taylor was Captain, attached to a Regiment commanded by Colonel Thomas Tillinghast, and then served two months more as a substitute for one Esdras Barker, a drafted Militia Man, and was then discharged, and had a discharge in writing, from the Colonel, which is now in my possession. In 1781, in the summer I was drafted for four months, in the company of Militia of which David Gordinier was Captain, attached to the Regiment of which Thomas Potter was Colonel, and served over to Newport, where I served out the time. Making my whole time of service, eight months as a Sergeant of trent, four months as a Private. I was in actual service, on duty and under arms, the whole of the time, above mentioned, and could not attend to any other private concern any part of the time, but was under the command of my General Officer the whole time, and taken from my home & business - The discharge from my service, was shown to the Court, after which my declaration was made, that I was entitled to be attached to and paid with the original company. Whereby relinquish every claim to any pension or

Summit, except the present, and declare; that my name, is not on the Pension Roll of the Army of any State, and for my General Pensions, I claim a Pension:
Lodowick Shearman
Washington P.O. New York
September 9th 1895-
Several appeared before me, the above entitled Lodowick Shearman, who after being sworn, duly examined, confirmed & was, made oath to the Affidavit, by him unsworn, which was read to him in his presence, & by him unsworn in my presence. The deponent states that the said Lodowick Shearman is well known to me, that his character for truth & veracity is good and said deponent is entitled to full & complete implicit credit.
Albester G. Shearman State of the Peace
Lodowick Shearman is Discharged he having done his Tower of Duty in the Room of John Baker Thos. Tillinghast A.C.C. Whom it may Concern
1788

Annuity, except the present, and decline; that my name is not on the Pension Roll of the Army of the State, and for my General Pension, I claim a Pension:
Isaac M. Shearman
Washington P.O. On State Highway
September 9th 1895-
Several appeared before me, the above entitled Isaac M. Shearman, who after being sworn, duly examined, confirmed & clear, made oath to the Affidavit, to him unknown, which was read to him in his presence, & to him unknown in my presence. The Affiant states that the said Isaac M. Shearman is well known to me, that his character for truth & veracity is good and said Affiant is entitled to full & implicit implicit credit.
Christopher G. Shearman Justice of the Peace

Daniel Sundelin of Exeter, in the County of Washington, on solemn oath, do testify and say, that I am (seventy) seven years of age, during the Revolutionary War, I was acquainted with Solomon Hebeman of said Exeter. He then lived in South Street, but we did not live more than two miles and a half apart. I was on Rhode Island in 1778, in the Month of August, then at the time of General Sullivan's expedition, I was doing duty, in a company of Riflemen, of which Robert Reynolds was captain. As I saw the said Solomon Hebeman, doing duty, as a Guide on the Island, at that time, in the company of Riflemen of which Stephen Saltonstall was captain, the company in which he served, belonged to the same Regiment  company , that my company belonged to, and the Regiment, were on Rhode Island at that time. I never saw him on duty, any where else, as a member. As far as I lived in the same neighborhood, I know that it was said that in the time of the war, in New Hampshire, that he served, every time it came his turn to do duty, which was one half the time, and also served as a Substitute for Moses Barker, when it was his turn, and I heard it also, from Barker, in the time of the war.
Daniel Sundelin

Washington J. - In North Kingston September 9, 1833.
Several appeared before me, the Sub-Deputy, one of the Brothers of the Peace. In said North Kingston, the Daniel Lunderlin, who had signed the annexed Deposition, who after being sworn, duly examined, confirmed the same, gave the annexed Deposition, which was then reduced to writing in his presence, and by him subscribed, in my presence. And I further certify that the said Daniel Lunderlin is well known to me that his character for truth & veracity is good, and that said Deposition is entitled to full & unqualified credit -
Sylvester G. Shearman Brother of the Peace

Ebenezer Smith of South Kingston, in the County of Washington, are Seventy six Years of Age, during the Revolutionary War, I knew Solomon Shearman of South Kingston, who now lives in Exeter, I belong to the same Militia Company, that he belonged to, and served in the same whenever I did duty, in the Militia, but as I was a little soldier, in the State and Continental Service, a great part of the War, I never served much in the Militia. In the Months of June 1778 1778, the Company was about 1778, the Company was stationed at the House of Silas Gardner in South Kingston, and the said Solomon Shearman and myself, served in said Company, stationed at said House, two Months, the said Solomon Shearman was discharged, about the last of April or a part of May, in the month of June following I enlisted as a Private, into a States Regiment and never served any more in the Company. In 1797, in the time of the expedition of General Greene, I saw said Solomon Shearman, on duty at Greystone as a Soldier, in Captain Peabody's Company of Militia, belonging to South Kingston, I was doing duty then, at the same place, as a Private, in Colonel Goddard's Regiment of State Troops, I saw the said Solomon Shearman, during said expedition, doing duty in said Company, and know that he did duty there at

that time, in said company, one Month. In 1778 I saw him, again doing duty in said company, on the Island of Rhode Island, at the time of the expedition of General Sullivan, in the Month of August. After was a private in Colonel Greene's Continental Regiment, and was served on the Island, and saw the said Solomon Skamman, oftentimes during the expedition, doing duty in said company, and know that he was, at that time one Month. In the summer of 1780 I again saw him, on duty on the Island of Rhode Island, in the company of Solomon Skamman in Colonel Silliman's Regiment. After he belonged to Colonel Greene's Regiment. I cannot state how long he was out that time he and his company, quartered near our Regiment one Month, when they were moved to some other part of the Island. When I served with him in 1778 at Star Garden, he served as Sergeant. I had near the said Solomon Skamman, immediately after the war, and I always understood from him and from Moses Barker, and from many others that he always served as a volunteer in the said Moses Barker, whenever it came his turn to do duty.  Test to Ebenezer Smith Signature William Updegraff  } } }  Ebenezer in Smith mark

Washington Is - In South Kingston
September 14 th 1888 -
Personally appeared before me, the Subscriber, one of the Justices of the Peace for said South Kingston, Ebenezer Smith, whose signature is affixed to the annexed Deposition, who after being sworn, duly examined, cautioned and sworn gave the annexed Deposition, which was read over to reading in his presence. And he being unable to write, made his mark in my presence, and I wrote his name, in his presence. And I further certify that the said Ebenezer Smith is well known to me, that his character for truth is good and said Deposition, entitled to full & implicit credit -
William Updegraff Just. Peace

I James Reynold of Charleston in the county of Washington and State of Rhode Island the being of lawfull age and in good according to law on solemn oath testify and say that he is well acquainted with Deborah Sherman of Exeter in said county of Washing- ton have been acquainted with him before and during the revolutionary war and am acquainted with him now I know that he served in Capt Paves for some time of Malitia in South Kingston I was a unit of the same company at the same time for some time or there about this James Reynold Sworn to me Oath Court. Sept. 4. 1832 Wm. Sam. Helme Clk

James Dugdale Disposition

Benjamin Cardin

I Benjamin Forcum of North Kingston in the county of Washington and state of Rhode Island do on solemn oath testify and say that that I was acquainted with Ladouch Sherman of Peter in the county of Washington before at the time and since the Revolutionary war and am now acquainted with him I believe him to be seventy three years of age and a man of good character so with and veracity I know have seen his declaration and frequently heard of his services in the revolutionary war and always under stood that he was a soldier and served as such and have no doubt his declaration is true
Benj n Forcum
Sworn to on Open Court September 4. 1832 Wm. Sam l Helme Clerk

Bequest Donald Henderson

I Daniel Sunderlin of Grafton in the county of Washington and State of Rhode Island do hereby certify and say that I was on solemn oath do testify and say that I was well acquainted with Nathaniel Laddourck Sherman of Grafton before the Revolutionary war at the time of the revolutionary war and have been acquainted with him ever since and am personally acquainted with him at this time. I know he was a soldier in the revolutionary war and was attached to Col Byers Regiment and I know he was on Rhode Island in Sullivan's Expedition as I was attached to the same Regiment, I have known him to serve as a matelassier and as a substitute for others in guarding the shore in South Kingstown and other places I have no doubt that he served in the whole time as much as two years & more. I have always understood his character as to truth and veracity to be
Good
Daniel Sunderlin
Sworn to in Open Ct.
July 4 - 1832
With Saml. Helme Clk

Warwick
Rhode Island.
March, 8, 1906.
To Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.
Dear Sir
Will you please look up the matter of the enlistment of one Lodowick Sherman who served in the Revolutionary war. Born in South Kingston R.I.

July 30, 1759. and died in Warwick R.I. Feb. 4, 1847. The information for which I ask may be on file in your office as he drew a pension for a number of years. Kindly look the matter up and give me as full an account as possible, anything concerning his ancestors or himself will be very gratefully recieved
Yours Respectfully
Louis Sherman Gardner
Warwick, Rhode Island.

OWTN
City Hall,
Providence, R.I.
Feby. 16, 1905.
Hon. Commission of Pensions
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:- I would be pleased to have you send me a copy of the war record (Revolution) of Ladsworth Sherman of Rhode Island, and also amount of his pension. He died in Warwick R.I., Feby. 4, 1847. I desire this record for a family history, and for no other purpose.
Please oblige
Yours very truly,
James Lewis Sherman

Ans
City Hall, Providence, R.I., February 24, 1905.
Hon. Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:-I desire a copy of the Record of Lodowick Sherman, a Pensioner of the War of the Revolution, from the State of Rhode Island.
Date of his birth-July 30, 1759-South Kingstown, R.I.
Date of his death-February 4, 1847-Old Warwick, R.I.
This Record is for a family history, and for no other purpose.
Yours most respectfully.
James Lewis Sherman.

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Lodowick Sherman 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.  S. No 21972
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     1776 6 mos. Sergt. Abiel Brown Charles Dyer R. I.   1777 { 3 " Private Abiel Brown Charles Dyer   1777 { 7 " " Stephen Babcock ✓   1778 6 " " " " ✓   1779 2 " " Barker Peckham * Thomas Potter   Jan. 1780 4 " " Spencer Taylor Thomas Tillinghast   " 1781 4 " " Paris Gordinier Thomas Potter  
Battles engaged in, Battle of Red Bank, Sept. 26, 1777, which is stated. Residence of soldier at enlistment, South Kingston R.I. Date of application for pension, Sept. 4, 1832. His claim was allowed. Residence at date of application, Exeter R.I. Age at date of application, in July 1757 at South Kingston R.I. Remarks: No family data on file. He had 6 dead & 1 wounded.
* see wills etc R.I. book, _____
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.