Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 9460, for John Sheetz, Virginia

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va.
Sheets, John.
76.9460.
Sheets
Sheets.
CONTENTS

John Shultz (Declaration)
19125
220

State of Virginia, } County of Rockingham } ss.
On this 19 th day November 1832, personally appeared before the Justices of the County Court of Rockingham County now sitting, John Sheets, a resident of Rockingham County and State of Virginia aged 77 years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to claim the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832.
At the commencement of the revolutionary war, he resided in Shenandoah County, State of Virginia. Early in the war, but he cannot say positively what year, he enlisted under Capt Long a recruiting officer, in Shenandoah County, Va. and marched under Capt. Roush to Head Quarters near Philadelphia. He does not know what regiment he was attached to at this period, but he carries a musket. Shortly after he joined the army, Genl. Washington, as he understood, permitted Genl. Morgan to select men from the ranks of the army to form a rifle corps, and he was one of the number selected, he being very tall and athletic. He continued to serve under Genl. Morgan the remainder of his term of enlistment, of two years. He served in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. was engaged in the capture of the Hessians at Trenton, and was in an engagement at Schuylkill, where he received a slight flesh wound in the thigh. He served two years and was discharged at a small town in New Jersey, the name

of which he cannot recollect, and he has lost his discharge, and has forgotten the name of the officer by whom the discharge was signed? His memory has failed so much that he cannot say with any certainty the time of his enlistment or discharge, but he knows he served two years.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the any the pension roll of any agency in any state.
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
John his  X Sheetz marks
On this the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I Henry J. Gambill Clerk of the Court of Rockingham do hereby certify, that thereby , the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of John Sheetz for a pension.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this 26 th day of November in the year 1832.
H. J. Gambill Clerk of Rockingham County Virginia
I Henry J. Gambill Clerk of the Court of the County of Rockingham and state of Virginia, do hereby certify, that Richard P. Fletcher and Isaac Thomas whose names are attached to the annexed Certificates are acting Magistrates of the said County, and that the signature purporting to be theirs are genuine.
In Testimony whereof, I have offered my Seal of Office and subscribed my name this 18 th day of February in the year 1832.
H. J. Gambill Clerk of Rockingham County Va.

State of Virginia
Rockingham County } ss
This day John Sheetz personally appeared before the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, and made oath in due form of law, that while he was in the army during the Revolutionary War, as set forth in the accompanying Declaration, he was some times called John Sheetz and sometimes he was called John Shooz and when he served in different companies, at the roll-call his name was called Sheetz, or Shooz, his name being a German one, and he supposes was differently spelled by different officers.
John X Sheetz mark
Given under my hand this first day of July 1835.
Richard P. Stotcher S.P.P.
Rockingham County to wit:
This day Nancy Skinner aged sixty-two years personally appeared before the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, and made oath in due form of law, that she well recollects that some time after the commencement of the Revolutionary War, perhaps two or three years afterwards, her brother John Sheetz marched from Shenandoah County, as a Soldier in the Company of Capt. Rice or Reusch, as it is sometimes pronounced, she knows that he was now absent a considerable period, she supposes not less than a couple of years.
Nancy Skinner mark
on the 25 day of September 1835.
Sworn and subscribed before me by the said Nancy Skinner a respectable person whose statements on oath are entitled to implicit confidence and credit. Given under my hand
Isaac Thomas

7.19125
John Shultz
Rockingham Co. Virg
and an order
Return of m.
H. J. Gamble C.M.
Garrisonburg
Rockingham Co.

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office.
16 th May
1839
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 subjoined 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, showing the Service of John Shultz Roedingham 6 th Virg a
   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.     Entitled 2 Private Col. Shultz Col. Robt. H. Lee Gen. Washington Gen. Morgan Benton Schuyler Brandywine Phil a Pens a N. Jersey 77 Shenandoah  
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 the _____ and C. D. residing in (the same) _____ hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _____ years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the 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 the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons -one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the 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.
[1] 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.
[2] 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 [1] applies to continental troops only.
[3] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[4] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[5] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

October 1, 1915.
Mrs. Bertie Staggars, 124½ West Main Street, Chanute, Kans.
Madam:
In response to your letter dated the 23 rd ultimo, you are advised that in the papers in claim R. No. 9460, Rev. War. of John Sheetz or Snoots, it appears that on November 19, 1832, he was a resident of Rockingham County, Virginia, aged seventy-seven years. He alleged that at the commencement of the Revolutionary War he resided in Shenandoah County, Virginia, and enlisted under Captain Long, a recruiting officer, and marched under Captain Roush or Rice to Head Quarters near Philadelphia; that shortly after he had joined the army he was one of the men selected from the ranks for General Morgan's Rifle Corps; that he was in the battle at Trenton and in an engagement on Schuylkill River near Philadelphia, where he was wounded in the thigh; that he served 2 years.
The claim was never allowed as the soldier failed to furnish satisfactory proof of his service.
Very respectfully,
J. M. [unclear] Commissioner.

1915 Oct. 1: History to Mrs. Bertie Slaggen S M 3 H 1920 Janu. 15. To Mrs. John Collin. 4. 1937 Mar 20 - etc. etc. etc. 1941 - etc. etc. etc. or children in care - D.R.B.
P. O. John Slaggen Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: List of suspended claims printed in 1852, shows cause of Re-enlisted: suspension as follows, "For further proof."
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

Mr Sheets
vs
Suspended per
let Allen & Bryan
July 25 1836
Same 18 March 1836
1836
let 7 June 36

This is to Certify, That it appears from a List in this Office of such Officers and Soldiers of the Virginia Continental Line, during the Revolutionary War, as settled their Accounts, and received Certificates for the balance of their Full Pay, according to an Act of Assembly, passed the November Session, 1781, that a Certificate issued on the 8th day of May 1782 , in the name of John Shovts as a Soldier of Infantry for £36. 0. 0 , which Certificate appears to have been delivered to M c Cunnigham and was given for services prior to the 1st January, 1782.
{ No Seal of Office. }
Given under my hand at the Auditor's Office, Richmond, this
6th day of May 1834.
J. H. Beall
AUDITOR.

Charlottesville Rockingham County Virginia
February 22 1826
Sir, I herewith submit the report of John Sheets of the County as as an application for a pension. You will observe the "Clerk's Certificate" of the official character of the magistrates, who took the affidavits of Sheets & his sister Mrs. Sheets on the opposite half of the sheet.
Mr. Sheets could easily obtain abundant proof of his respectability, moral veracity, and of the universal belief of his neighborhood in his services. He could obtain certificates to that effect from men who to our representative in Congress would inform you are no doubt satisfied as any in his district - but I did not deem it necessary for him to take that trouble, as I presumed the accompanying evidence would be amply sufficient.
Yours respectfully, John Sheets John Edwards Esq. Helen C. Bryan

Mark Ryan Jr
St. Louis
Commissn of Genl Edward G. Washington
Eng H.W.

Harrisburg Pa March 5
Free
Rev. Supt
J. A. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D.C.

Charlottesville, Buckingham County Va. March
2 nd 1836.
Sir, I have received your communication of Feb. 25 th informing me that the identity of John Shultz not  his wife also established, as the same person who stated  has with the claim of his son in 1832 as John Shultz, and take the liberty of replying you with out any communication on the subject. - There are two difficulties suggested in your communication which can easily be removed. In my opinion. It is said that as Mr. Shultz is rejected by the auditor of public money he is not entitled to bounty land. He must have served 3 years. Whereas he only alleges in his declaration he served seven or two years. When Mr. Shultz applied to me to procure his raising, in order to secure a pension, under the law of June 1 st 1832, he claimed that he was entitled to bounty land. That land was promised him when he enlisted, and has been promised ever since. most positively. He only swears to two years service in his declaration because he was not entirely certain  certain from want of money - and wishing to be under

rather than over the period. I recollect well that when his habits were drawn, he complained of great failure of memory - and as I expected confidently that his name would be found short list which would show the main fact that he had served, and as two years service entitled him to as large a pension as longer service he considered it safest only to swear, virtually to two years. I recollect well that no choice of minutes took place afterwards but I did not deem it necessary to include them as they required different kind of evidence and could not increase the amount of pension.
It is asked why Mr. Sheetz did not apply for a pension under the law of March 18 th 1818. As I recollect that law rightly, it only applied to very indigent persons and Mr. Sheetz was not of that description although not rich. But I presume there were many who were not aware of that law or that they were entitled to its provisions until publick attention was more generally drawn to it by the more general law of June 1832. I recollect a case in this county of James ... who was entitled under the law of

1828 & of 1832, but just as  as shily until after the law of 1832, and then applied under that law, and failing to prove agreement to the rules, and finding evidence of Richmond, applied & succeeded under the law of 1828 - and I was repeatedly told me of his getting
Richmond, after I received a letter from Mr. Sheedy had repeatedly told me of his getting a certificate which was receivables in payment of taxes before I obtained the Auditor's Certificate he knew that the name of John Sheedy was found at Richmond in the records - and I am inclined to think though I am not positive that no mention the name of Cunningham as concerned with the ... to the last
I am willing to make oath to the facts stated herein as of my own knowledge. I believe that a certificate can be obtained from the whole neighbourhood in which Mr. [unclear] has resided as to his integrity and good character. But I do not consider it necessary to swear put oath to every particular without first ascer- taining whether there is any likelihood of mischief. I should think if the facts herein mentioned by me of Mr. the always claiming bounty have been set as fact on examination given by him of his failing to obey under the law of 1818, in a general certificate of the whole neighbourhood as to character, taken in connection with his sister's oath and the auditor's certificate, - it ought to be sufficient. Very respectfully etc. J. S. [unclear]
Very respectfully & truly yours Alan C. Bryan.

Dept. of War
P. C.
May 25 - 1836
Sir
I have rec d the declaration & explanatory statement of John Sheets, but do not find the latter satisfactory. He says nothing in his original declaration of his having been called by any other name than Sheets. And If he applied for the balance of his full pay in 1787 in the name of Shootz, why did he not apply for his pension under the same name, or state that he was known by both  and if he had applied for his pay in the his proper name by his agent, Mr Cunningham in the auditor's certificate , the name of Shootz would not have appeared upon the pay roll.
The certificate therefor of the Auditor showing that John Sheets was a soldier in the V th continental line, cannot be rec d as evidence of service of Mr Sheets. It is barely possible, but not probable that the name of  Sheets and Shootz was intended for Sheets. The name of Sheets is quite a common one; several of that name appear upon the various rolls in this office, and two are upon the pension roll. If Mr Sheets did in fact serve as he has alleged, why did he not apply for a pension under the act of 18 March 1818? He will be required to give his reasons for thus delaying his application.
The name of Mr Shootz is represented by the Commission at Richmond, as being entitled to Bounty land, and must of course have served three years; yet the applicant, Sheets, claims for two years service only.
Upon a full review of the subject, the evidence of the claimant's identity does not seem to be satisfactory.

Whitcomb L. The papers remain on file, awaiting further proof.
Can
Allan Bryan 25 Apr 30 22
Allan C Bryan Esq Hanesburg 7-

Allan C. Ryan
March 1818 K.
OC
Rev. Mr. S. ...

Copy statement of all in Pension Office March 15 th 1882.
111
I have rec d your letter of 10 th inst ant upon the subject, of the claim of John Sheehy. The proof of his indebtedness is not satisfactory to the Department. As far as you observe, Mr Sheehy resided under an agreement of bounty land from the State of V t . why was he not applied for it, having always resided in the State since the termination of the war? A fact of such public notoriety and the fact of his having resided in a very strong presumption against his admissibility. It does not appear that he ever did apply for bounty land , that he ever  resided here the deduction, alluded to the fact of the having rec d the last balance of the full pay after the war. or And what is still remarkable is that if re- quired to be now alleged for the pay in his own proper name that it shall have the interest upon the stock in the name of an other person  not  Sheehy The claim will remain suspended, awaiting further proof.
18th
William C. Bryant Esq. Honorable Sir, Ackd. B. J. n.
It has not been applied to

✓ 2 ct. stamps, envelope enclosed. JB.
Rev. Dr. Caleb
John Green Iowa
Jan 3-1920.
Commissioner of Pensions Washington. D.C.
Kind Sir.
I have on hand papers stating that a John (Henry) Sheets of Rev War has claim. R. No 9440. How would you please let me know what you have on this matter as I am very desirous of finding what the wife's maiden name & date of marriage were.

Would be very grateful if you could let me hear from you as soon as possible on this matter.
Yours Respectfully Mrs John Collins Ida Grove
P.O. Box 724
Iowa.

Mrs. Margaret McGauhy 723 West Seventh Street Anderson, Indiana
April 11-1932
Pension Bureau: Washington D.C.
Gentlemen:
Will you please see if John Sheets (or Sheetz ), whose Pension No is 9460 and who enlisted in Rev. War from Shenandoah Co. Va. early in the war, has any children mentioned in the pension record. He was born in 1755 and died about 1832

in Rockingham Co.
Also, Is there a James Parker in Capt David Scotts Co. who were paid off at Pittsburg early in Rev. You have given me the information on the James Parker from Hampshire Co. whose Pension No. is W-1853.
Thanking you for any information on these two
Sincerely
Margaret M c Guire 723 W. 7 th St Anderson Ind.

Sept 23 '18
111 Red Wing
Bureau of Pensions
Please see if you can furnish me any data or record of John H. Sheets , Res. pt. in various Cos of 11th Va. Reg't. commanded by Daniel Morgan. Enlisted about Aug 5-1776 - Last date known is May 16-1777 - under Capt. Long's Co. Reg't. dated at Camp. near Burnside Brook. The War Department required me to you for further data as He (John Sheets) was my great, great grand father.
Yours truly.
Bertie Staggens. 124½ W. Main. Chanute, Kan.

May 20, 1932
BA-J/LLB
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John Sheetz, Sheets or Shoots R. 9460
Mrs. Margaret McGaughy 723 West Seventh Street Anderson, Indiana
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter requesting family data shown in pension claim, R. 9460, of John Sheets or Sheetz, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.
The papers on file in pension claim, R. 9460, filed on November 19, 1832, by John Sheetz, Sheets or Shoots, on account of his service in the Revolutionary War, do not contain any reference to wife or children.
In 1835, Nancy Hinaker, soldier's sister, aged seventy-two years, made affidavit in his claim for pension in Rockingham County, Virginia. The given name of her husband is not shown, and there are no further family data.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator

Rev. War Section.
3-1864
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
WASHINGTON
January 15, 1900.
Mrs. John Collin, Ida Grove, Box 734. Iowa.
Madam:
In response to your letter dated the third instant, you are advised that from the papers in his claim R. File No. 9450 Rev. War, it appears that John Sheetz, (Sheets, Shoots) applied for pension November 10, 1873, while a resident of Rockingham County, Virginia and seventy-seven years of age.
It is stated that at the commencement of the Revolution he resided in Shenandoah County, Virginia where he enlisted early in the war, under Captain Long a recruiting officer, and marched under Captain Boush or Rice to headquarters near Philadelphia; (being very tall & athletic) shortly after he joined the army he was selected from the ranks for the to form a rifle corps, and continued to serve under General Morgan the remainder of his term of enlistment of two years; he was engaged in the capture of the Hessians at Trenton, and in engagement on Schuylkill River near Philadelphia where he received slight flesh wound of the thigh.
His claim was never allowed for the reason that he failed to furnish satisfactory proof of his alleged service.
There is no reference to his wife or children.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.