Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 9456, for Conrad Sheely, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
Sheely, Conrad or Sheely, Elizabeth
R 9456
CONTENTS

New York 11.2.11
Conrad Sheely
of Ulster - in the State of NY who was a private in the Compt. commanded by Captain Hartenburgh of the Regt. commanded by Col Clinton in the NY line for 2 years -
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 80 - Dollars - Cents per annum to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 16 th day of May 1833 - and sent to - Graham J. Hardenbergh. Marystown. Ulster Co NY
Arrears to the 14th of March 1833 . . $160.00 Semestral allowance ending 14 July 1833 . . 40 $200.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Not June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by George Taylor Clerk. Book E, Vol. II, Page 76.

237/60 Conradt Sharp State of New York
Small fees Bills - July 18. 1775 must left 28. " the bills paid June 1776
Henry Hardenbergh Marbletown Ulster Co. NY New York

BRIEF in the case of  County of Ulster
Conrad Shady in the State of State of New York (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Judge  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? Yes  3. How old is he? 78 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.   Years. Months. Days.     Enlist In 1775 " 5 " Private Gen. Montgomery   " 1776 " 1 " " Gen. Smith capt. Bonser   Discharged 1777 " 3 " " Col. Clinton capt. Heard brig. Genl   " 1777 " 3 " " Col. Putnam & Lyons col. Putnam   " 1777 " 3 " " Col. St. Leger Col. Heimbach   " 1777 " 3 " " Col. Barren etc. " Sawyer etc.   " 1780 " 3 " " Col. St. Leger " Graham   2 2 mo 20 days Col. Brook " Pauling  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? White Plains  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Town of Ulster Co. Pa  Ulster Co NY  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? by living witnesses  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.
Conrad Shady  John [unintelligible] Examining Clerk

State of New York Ulster County ss.
On the third day of November One Thousand Eight Hundred and thirty Seven personally appeared before me the undersigned one of the Justices of the peace in and for said County Abraham V. C. DeWitt who is an Elder of the Reformed Dutch Church in the Town of Rochester in said County being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he is a keeper of the Records of said Church in said Town that it appears from said Records that Coenradt Sholey and Elizabeth Hoornbeck were married in said Town on the twenty eighth day of November one Thousand seven Hundred and seventy seven and he verily believes them to be genuine and correct and further this deponent saith not
Abm V. C. DeWitt
Sworn and Subscribed } before me the date above } written }
Jacob J. Roosa Just d Justice of the peace
I Certify that Abraham V. C. DeWitt above named deponent is a credable person for truth and veracity
Jacob J Roosa Just d Justice

Ulster County,
Clerk's Office 8 th p.
I certify that Jacob J. Rose Surin Esq. the Justice within named, before whom the within affidavit was taken, was at the date thereof a Justice of the peace in and for the County of Ulster aforesaid duly commissioned and sworn.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Ulster aforesaid this fourth day of November 1837.
R. Clapp Dep. Clk. Ulster County

3046
3046
8/14
Smith -
Private 2 years
Entered service to the
Sept 1861 -
(Service of the war)
to the end of the war
Stephen Reynolds Esq. Circleville, County of Sullivan New York.

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the third section of the act of Congress of the 4 th of July 1836 State of New York } Sullivan County } S.S.
On this 20 th day of November 1836 personally appeared before me Gabriel H. Ludlum one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of said County of Sullivan Elizabeth Sheely a resident of the Town of Newburgh in said County of Sullivan and State of New York aged ninety nine years who being first sworn in due form of Law doth on her Oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed July 4 th 1836 that she is the Widow of Coenraet Sheely late of the Town of Wawarsing in the County of Ulster and State of New York who was a Soldier of the Army of Revolutionary War and at the time of his death a Pensioner of the United States She further declares that she was married to the said Coenraet Sheely on the 28 th day of November 1777 by the Reverend Martinus Schoonmaker in the Town of Roseshe in the County of Ulster aforesaid That her husband the aforesaid Coenraet Sheely died on the 8 th day of December 1836 and that she has remained a Widow ever since that period as will more fully appear by reference to the proof herunto annexed and she further swears that her said husband served as a Soldier in the Army of the Revolution, after their marriage

foresaid as she supposes will appear by the proof in his behalf now at the war department
Sworn to & subscribed Elizabeth H Sheely before me the day and year above written G. M. Williams First Judge Subiaw Common Pleas
Sullivan County - N.Y.
I certify that Elizabeth Sheely the above named applicant is from old age and bodily infirmity unable to appear  attend in open court
Given under my hand this 29 day of Nov 1837
G. M. Williams First Judge Subiaw Com Pleas 4

whereas said as she supposes will appear at the
by
STATE OF NEW-YORK, SULLIVAN COUNTY, } ss.
I, WILLIAM E. CADY, Clerk of the County of Sullivan, Do hereby Certify, That J. W. Judson Esq whose name is subscribed to the Certificate of the acknowledgment of the annexed Certificate and endorsed thereon, was on the day of the date of the said Certificate, a Judge in and for said County of Sullivan, dwelling in the said County, Commissioned and sworn, and duly authorized by law, to take the proof and acknowledgment of Deeds and Discharges of Mortgages, &c. And further, that I am acquainted with the hand-writing of the said Judge and verily believe that the signature of J. W. Judson subscribed to the said Certificate, is the proper hand-writing of the said Judge
by the old be to
J. Nov-
himself Com Pleas
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my Hand, and af- fixed the Seal of the said County, this 13 th day of December 1837
William E Cady CLERK.

Conrad Shirley

State of New York
County of Ulster: On the fourteenth day of March in the Year of our Lord, One thousand eight hundred and thirty three personally appeared before me Abraham H. Vanderveer one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County of Ulster, being a Court of Record having by a Law a Clerk and a Seal Conrad Scherley , a servant of the Court of Ulster in said County of Ulster, and State of New York said Deputy Clerk, who being first duly sworn, to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832. - that he received the service of the United States in the following named Officers, and served as a private soldier -
In the Year 1775 in the Month of July Lieut Thomas D'Witt came to said applicant where he was mowing in the field, and asked him to enlist for five months to go to Canada; that said applicant then and there to wit in the town of P'keepsie after being enlisted as a private for said term of Five Months - That a few days afterwards the Company was mustered at Kingston in said County of Ulster, that after having been billeted there for about two Weeks, the Company marched to Hudson River under the Command of Lieut Col. Bowne Capt. Thomas D'Witt First Lieut. & Hon. Pauling Second Lieut. we went on board of a Schooner to Albany - there the Regiment was formed under Col. James Clinton - & W. D'Witt Lieut Col. - said applicant does not recollect the name of our Maj. - after staying about eight or ten days in Albany, the whole Regiment marched on to P'keepsie & P'keepsie; here we remained for some time waiting for Cannon, ammunition, Bombs, Kettles and provisions which were sent on from Albany - when said Stores were ready we embarked with the same on a large Schooner on board of Boats and proceeded on our way to Canada - landed near St Johns, and there joined the army under Genl. Montgomery, we then built breast Works and forts, and surrounded the fort of the British, and kept guard all around. Cannonaded them for a short time & threw in Bombs - after we laid here and invested said fort for six Weeks the British Capitulated, and gave up, and a great many prisoners were taken, (among whom was Col. Ritzema) and sent on to Albany - after this we were marched directly on to Montreal, - when we came to the River, we

Encamped for a few days, and then understood that the British had left the place — that some of our officers, among whom was Genl. Montgomery himself embarked on board of a Boat and went across the River, and were welcomed by the Inhabitants — that said applicant was one of the men who rowed said Boat — that then the whole army came over and marched through the Town into the Barracks — that while we laid in said Barracks the time of enlistment of said applicant expired some time in December; when said applicant was discharged after serving as a private the said term of Five months — see the affixing of Com. Duck & Duck's Warrant to same.
90. In the Year 1776 in the Month of March said applicant voluntarily re-enlisted for the term of Nine Months in the Continental Army, in a company commanded by Capt Cornelius Hardenburgh, Edward Lounsbury first Lieut - one Winckel Second Lieut - mustered at Kingston in said County and as we were put on board of a Sloop and went to New York, there we joined the Regiment commanded by Col. Pitzgema — after some time Capt Hardenburgh was dismissed from the Service, and Lieut Lounsbury was put in his place — we were employed in keeping guard, and were exercised and Manoeuvred almost every day, by Col. Pitzgema who was an experienced officer — this was in the first part of said term — afterwards we went out to Long Island, and at one time when said applicant was alone, we took twenty one prisoners — our army was encamped near the Fresh Water pump in the upper part of the City — that when the British came across the East River said applicant was on guard at a Battery — that about day break he saw a British coming across, which immediately gave a broadside with Grape-shot — and turned again another, that said applicant was then called from his post by a Sergeant, and was obliged to make his way while the Grape-shot rattled against the houses around him — that after he came to his Regiment the British Army marched in plain sight of our Encampment, our order was not to fire — after they had passed, we took up our tents, baggage etc and retreated to what was then called the Cedars about Three Miles — and from thence to Kingsbridge, and so on to White Plains, where here

when the battle was for it - Lived there for some time, and from thence to Peekskill - where my time expired, and was there discharged after serving as a private the said term of Nine Months - was discharged late in December, said applicant well recollects that it was Home New Year - after the British took New York Col. Putnam went over to them - and then Col. Weynsett commanded our Regiment - In this campaign saw Genl. Washington, Putnam, Hamilton, Scott - & several others whose names said applicant does not now recollect - See the Affidavit of Cornelius Durick hereto annexed
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In the Year 1777 in the Winter said applicant entered the service, and did serve for the term of three months as a Substitute for Benjamin Brugh in a company of militia commanded by Capt. Northright in Col. Armstrong's Regiment; marched by land through Ulster and Orange Counties to a place in New Jersey then called Kachack - the British were in Hackensack - we were engaged in keeping guard and scouting round the Country, & protected the Inhabitants - was discharged at said place after serving said term of three months in the latter part of April or May, at a place called Kachack - The Regiments or officers that laid there - said applicant was a private - See the Affidavit of Cornelius Durick hereto annexed
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In the same Year (viz 1777) in the Month of May said applicant again entered the service, and did serve for the term of three months as a private as a substitute, in a Company - marched by land through Ulster and Orange Counties to Fort Montgomery - served in a Company of militia commanded by Capt. John Hartbreck in Col. Armstrong's Regiment - was employed in keeping guard and scouting out - was discharged at said place in the Month of August after serving said term of three months - See the Affidavit of Cornelius Durick hereto annexed
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In the same Year 1777 immediately after his return from Fort Montgomery said applicant volunteered and enlisted for three months to go to the North Ward - enlisted and served as a private in a Company of militia commanded by Capt. Northright - went on board for several tours to the knowledge of said deponent

of a shot to Albany - was ordered from Thence to Fort Stanwix - marched on to Schenectady - here we halted and waited for our Field officers - Col. Van Schaick's Regiment was there - said Regiment was then ordered and marched for Fort Stan- wix - and the company to which said applicant belonged, was marched to Van Schaick's Island near Watford - here our Regiment was formed under Col. Graham - Lt. Col. Goffin and Major Van Santine - we were attached to Genl. Glover's Brigade, marched up to Stillwater and joined Genl. Gates Ar- my - when said applicant was in a skirmish with the King- dom, we took their Guned Horse and burnt it - was on many occasions - when Genl. Burgoyne surrendered - then the army was re- organized and marched to Saratoga County and there remain- ed some time after it was burnt by the British - after having served said term of three months - I saw Genl. Lincoln, Arnold and Genl. Paterson in the campaign - See the affidavit of Council Quick here's annexed
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In the Year 1780 in the Month of August I volunteered and en- listed for the term of three months, and did serve and here as a private in a Military company of Pioneers, which was enlisted by Capt. Derick Westbrook in order to guard the frontier - our Head Quarters were at P'keepsie in Ulster County, and we were engaged daily in scouting about on said frontier from P'keepsie to Ballston being a distance of eighty or one hundred Miles in great danger - there were twenty four men in the company and we were subject to the orders of Col. Robert P'keepsie - we were discharged at said P'keepsie after having said term of three months late in November in said Year 1780 - See the affidavit of Capt. Hoornbeek

Said affiant has also served for several short periods over month and left in the Militia Service on said frontier in the town of Warren and Rochester on scouting parties and on alarms on account of the frequent incursion of Indians and Tories - which he cannot now particularize, but is pos- itive that he has served the several terms within state, and has served his country in the Revolutionary War for more than two years - He has no documentary evidence of said services, and on diligent inquiry has not been able to pro- cure or find any witnesses by whom to prove said services except Commissary Peck and Capt. Hootubuck whom affiant is cer- tainly assured.
And in answer to the interrogatories put to him by the said Judge as required by the War Department said applicant on his oath states 1 st that he was born on the 15 th day of October 1753 at Warwick in the County of Ulster and State of New York 2 nd that he has no record of his age 3 rd that he was living at said Warwick when called into service, has lived there since the Revolution any War, and still resides there — 4 th that he served said several services as a volunteer and a Subaltern as within 20 years — 5 th that he was within 20 years according to the best of his recollection in the service of the regular Army who were with the troops when he served, and such continental & State Regiments, and other irregulars of the service as far as he remembers him — 6 th — Never received any but a General discharge except when he served the three months, within 20 years, when he rec d a written discharge, does not recollect who had signed it — Burned shortly after the Revolution, when my house with all its contents was destroyed by fire — 7 th he can state the names of John, De- Witt and John Brant in his present neighborhood, who can testify to his character for veracity, and their belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution. And said applicant on his oath states that the Clergymen in his neighborhood are Young men, who have not lived long in the Country — that he is but

Partially acquainted with them and they with the said applicant - He has there- fore produced as witnesses before the said Judge, Johannes Hoornick and Cornelius Dofey respectable inhabitants of said town of Warrenton and members in good standing in the church who are well acquainted with the applicant -
He hereby certifies that every claim against the said applicant is just and that the amount due to him is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state -
Sworn to & subscribed the day and year above stated before me
Conrad
+ his mark Shelby
John G. Hardin one of the Judges of Ulster Common Pleas -
And I the said Judge do hereby declare my opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war depart- ment that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and deserves a pension - and I do further certify that it appears to me that Johannes Hoornick and Cornelius Dofey who have signed the annexed cer- tificate are residents in the town of Warrenton in said County of Ulster and are credible and reliable persons and that their statement is entitled to credit - I do also certify that from bodily infirmity the said Conrad Shelby cannot attend Court -
John G. Hardin one of the Judges of Ulster Common Pleas -

We Johannes Hoornbeek, and Cornelius Lepsey, residents of the Town of Warrenton in the County of Ulster, hereby Certify that We are well acquainted with Conrad Sheely who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be Seventy Nine 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 this day Johannes Hoornbeek and been affirmed before Cornelius Lepsey
me J. H. Hoornbeek
One of the Justices of Ulster Common Pleas —

Ulster County Clerks Office
ss: I. Jacob Snyder Clerk of the Court of Common pleas in and for the County of Ulster in the State of New York do hereby Certify that Abraham G. Hardenbergh Esquire was on the date of the foregoing proceedings in the matter of the appli- cation of Conrad Sheely for a pension one of the Judges of the Ulster County County Court of Common pleas and that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said Judge and verily believe his signatures to the foregoing proceedings to be genuine.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this twenty third day of March 1833.
Jacob Snyder

State of New York Ullrich Quiech of the Town of Neversink in said County being sworn doth depose and say that he was well acquainted with Conrad Sheely in the time of the Revolu- tionary War - that he well knows that said Sheely en- -listed in the Continental Army some time in July in the Year 1775 in order to go to Canada. that he said Sheely returned back in the Winter following - that he and said Sheely were Neighbours at that time - that he then understood that he enlisted and served for Five months in said Campaign - that in the Year 1776 in March he the said Deponent and said Sheely enlisted for the term of Nine months in a Company commanded by Capt Cornelius Harnbough in Col. Putnam's Regiment, that that during said term they served in New York, Kingsbridge White Plains, and Peekskill and were discharged after said term of Nine months was expired - that in the Winter of 1777 said Deponent and said Sheely did serve for the term of Three months in New Jersey at a place called Rahway in Capt Kortright's Company of Militia in Col. Hornbeck's Regiment and were discharged after serving said term - that in the summer of said Year said Quiech and said Sheely did serve for three months at Fort Montgomery in Capt John Hasbrouck's Company in Col. Levi Pawling's Regiment of Militia, and were discharged at the same time at said place after serving said Three months - that after leaving returning, he the said Deponent and said Sheely did enlist and serve for three months in a Company of Capt Benjamin Kortright and served at Stillwater and Saratoga in order to stop the progress of Burgoyne, that they were there till after his surrender and were discharged after serving out said term of Three months - that said Sheely has also served for several Terms to the knowledge of said Deponent

on the frontiers in Ulster County to stop the incursions of the Indians - and from his knowledge of the services of said Shultz he is positive that he has served his country in the Revolutionary War for more than two years -
Cornelius Quick
Sworn this 30 th day of Nov r 1832 before me
John G. Hardenburgh one of the Judges of Ulster Com. Pleas -
State of New-York, ss. ULSTER COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE:
I, Jacob Snyder, Clerk of the County of Ulster, and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Ulster County, Do hereby Certify - That Abraham G. Hardenburgh - Esquire, was on the day of the date of the Certificate to the annexed Affidavit a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County of Ulster duly authorized to take affidavits, &c.; and further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Judge and verily believe the signature of "Abraham G. Hardenburgh" subscribed to the Certificate is the true annexed affidavit to be genuine to wit of Jacob Snyder & Cornelius Quick. In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the Seal of the said Court and County, this twenty third day of March - 1833
Jacob Snyder
of the Revolutionary War - that they were near Poughkeepsie that he knows that said Shultz was almost continually out in the service of his country - knows that he went to Canada in the year 1775 - that he served in the year 1780 for three months under Capt. David West-brook in guarding the frontiers against the cruelty of the Indians - that altho' he was not with him he knows that he was out in the service at the times above mentioned - and frequently at other times during said War -
Jacob Schoonbeck
Sworn this 31 st Dec r 1832 before me
John G. Hardenburgh one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas -
State of New-York
ss. On the 31 st day of Dec r 1832 before me, the undersigned, a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Ulster, personally appeared Jacob Schoonbeck, who being first sworn, deposes and says that he is the person described in and who executed the foregoing several affidavits - and that the facts stated in each of said affidavits are true to the best of his knowledge, information and belief -
John G. Hardenburgh

on the frontiers in Ulster County to stop the incursions of the Indians - and from his knowledge of the services of said Shultz he is positive that he has served his Country in the Revolutionary War for more than two Years -
Cornelius Quick
Sworn this 20 th day of Nov r 1832 before me
H. G. Hadenburgh one of the Judges of Ulster Com. Pleas -
State of New-York, ULSTER COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE:
{ ss.
I, Jacob Snyder, Clerk of the County of Ulster,
do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of the same as shown to the Hon. the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Ulster.
Ulster County ss: Jacob D. Hoornbeek being sworn says that he was well acquainted with Conrad Shultz in the time of the Revolutionary War - that they were near Neversink that he knows that said Shultz was almost continually out in the service of his Country - knows that he went to Canada in the Year 1775 - that he served in the Year 1780 for three months under Capt. David Westbrook in guarding the frontiers against the cruelty of the Indians - that altho he was not with him he knows that he was out in the service at the times above mentioned - and frequently at other times during said War -
Jacob Hoornbeek
Sworn this 31 st Dec r 1832 before me
H. G. Hadenburgh one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas -
State of New-York
Ulster County ss: On the 31 st day of December 1832 before me, Jacob D. Hoornbeek being sworn, deposes and says that he is well acquainted with Conrad Shultz, who being by profession a miller, and having resided in the County of Ulster, New York, for many years, is well known to him, and that he, the deponent, has been well acquainted with said Shultz, and that he, the deponent, knows that said Shultz served in the Revolutionary War, and that he, the deponent, is well acquainted with the services of said Shultz during said War - and that he, the deponent, is well acquainted with the services of said Shultz during said War - and that he, the deponent, is well acquainted with the services of said Shultz during said War -
H. G. Hadenburgh

Ulster County Clerks Office
ss: I. Jacob Snyder Clerk of the Court of Common pleas in and for the County of Ulster in the State of New York do hereby Certify that Abraham G. Hardenbergh Esquire was on the date of the foregoing proceedings in the matter of the appli- cation of Conrad Shuly for a pension one of the Judges of the Ulster County Court of Common pleas and that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said Judge and verily believe his signatures to the foregoing proceedings to be genuine.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this twenty third day of March 1833.
Jacob Snyder

State of New York
Ulster County ss. Cornelius Quirk of the Town of Rochester in said County being sworn with deponent and say that he was well acquainted with Conrad Sheely in the time of the Revolutionary War - that he well knows that said Sheely enlisted in the Continental Army some time in July in the Year 1775 in order to go to Canada. that he said Sheely returned back in the Winter following - that he and said Sheely were Neighbours at that time - that he then understood that he enlisted and served for five months in said Campaign - that in the Year 1776 in March he the said Deponent and said Sheely enlisted for the term of nine months in a Company commanded by Capt. Cornelius Hartenbergh in Col. Fitzman's Regiment, that that during said term they served in New York, Kingsbridge White Plains, and Peekskill and were discharged after said term of nine months was expired - that in the Winter of 1777 said Deponent and said Sheely did serve for the term of three months in New Jersey at a place called Rahway in Capt. Kortright's Company of Militia in Col. Hornbeck's Regiment and were discharged after serving said term - that in the summer of said Year said Quirk and said Sheely did serve for three months at Fort Montgomery in Capt. John Hartwick's Company in Col. Levi Pawling's Regiment of Militia, and were discharged at the same time at said place after serving said three months - that after serving returning, he this Deponent and said Sheely did enlist and serve for three months in a Company of Capt. Benjamin Kortright and served at Stillwater and Saratoga in order to stop the progress of Burgoyne, that they were there till after his surrender and were discharged after serving out said term of three months - that said Sheely has also served for several terms to the knowledge of said Deponent

October 19, 1938.
Reverend V. L. Fulmer Newberry South Carolina.
BA-J/ILL Conrad Sheely R. 9456
Dear Sir:
The data which follow are found in the papers on file in pension claim, R. 9456, based upon service in the Revolutionary War of Conrad Sheely.
Conrad Sheely was born October 15, 1753, in Wawarsing, Ulster County, New York; the names of his parents are not shown. He resided there during the Revolutionary War.
Conrad Sheely enlisted and served as a private in the New York troops, at different times, shown as follow: from July 1775, in Captain Jacobus S. Bruyn's company, under Colonel James Clinton, engaged in the expedition to St. Johns, Ticonderoga and Montreal during which he assisted in building forts under General Montgomery, length of this service five months; from March 1776, in Captain Cornelius Hardenbergh's company under Colonel Ritzema, afterwards in Captain Lounsberry's company, Colonel Weissenfels' regiment, engaged near New York, assisted in taking a large number of prisoners on Long Island, was in an encounter with a British vessel, was in the battle of White Plains, and was discharged at Peekskill, having served nine months; in the winter of 1777, three months in Captain Kortright's company, Colonel Hoornbeck's regiment; from May 1777, three months in Captain John Hasbrouck's company, Colonel Levi Pawling's regiment; immediately afterwards, three months in Captain Benjamin Kortright's company, was in a skirmish near Stilwater and at the surrender of General Burgoyne; from sometime in August 1780, three months in Captain Dirck Westbrook's company, Colonel Albert Pawling's regiment, engaged against the Indians and Tories on the frontier; and subsequently, on short tours on various alarms.
He was allowed pension on his application executed March 14, 1833, at which time he resided in Wawarsing, Ulster County, New York.

His name was borne on the pension roll as Conrad Sheely; however, he was referred to as Conrady Sheley and Sheeley; The soldier died there December 8, 1836.
The soldier married November 28, 1777, in Rochester, Ulster County, New York, Elizabeth Hoornbeck; they were married by the Minister of the Dutch Reformed Church of Rochester. The soldier's name was recorded on the records of that church as Coenrady Sheley.
In 1837, Elizabeth Sheely, the soldier's widow, was a resident of Neversink, Sullivan County, New York, aged seventy-nine years. The date and place of her birth and the names of her parents are not given. No reference was made to children of this soldier.
In 1833, Johannis Hoornbeck and Jacobus Hoornbeck, both of Ulster County, New York, stated that they were acquainted with the soldier, Conrad Sheely, during the time of his service in the Revolutionary War; no relationship to Elizabeth was stated.
One James Davenport , of Sullivan County, New York, in 1837, stated that he was present at the marriage of the soldier and Elizabeth Hoornbeck in Rochester, New York; no relationship to the soldier's family was stated.
Very truly yours ,
A. D. HILLER, Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

1928 Oct. 19. Hist. to Rev. V. L. Fulmer L&L
Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
RECORDED 7456.
P. O. _____
Elizabeth Shively
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____ _____ _____
Re-enlisted: _____ _____ _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____ _____ _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

Y. book
Elizabeth Sheely Rejected
Letter to H. Reynolds, B. Jan. '38.
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New York Role
Conrad Shively a pensioner under the act of June 7 th 1832 at the rate of $80 per ann. to what time paid?
Yours &c V. Lucas
John H. Barry Esq.
3 d Auditor, Office

Payments to be made at the City of New York by the Pr. d of the Pr. d Dist. 115 Agent for paying Pension- ers, in the Agency of N.Y.
Recorded in the Pension Of- fice, in Book E. Vol. 1/ Page 76 by George Taylor Clerk.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
Revolutionary Claim.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, Conrad Sheely of the State of New York who was a private in the Army of the Revolution
is entitled to receive Eighty dollars and _____ cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March, and 4th of September, in every year.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this 16 th day of May one thousand eight hundred and thirty-
Lou. Chap.
Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned. §
J. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.

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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Conrad Shuly which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? Yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? Yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? Yes V. * Has he mentioned 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? Yes VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? Yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? Yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? the jury has IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? Yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? Yes

 XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? 2 Citizens  XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? No  XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? Living witnesses  XIV. If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? Yes Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? Yes  XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? Yes  XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? Yes  XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? Yes 
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. 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 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.
QUERE XIV.  Proof of Service.
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 claimants 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.
QUERE XVI.  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 paper 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.
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, 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.

State of New-York Sullivan County ss on the 8 th day of December 1837 personally came before me Nathan Grant one of the Justices of the peace in and for said County William Clarke & William De Witt Justices of the peace in said County and being first duly sworn according to Law Depose and state that they are acquainted or was acquainted with Emanuel Sheley and Elizabeth
the 8 th day of and at his Sheley I was not known to be Seaker Jones
STATE OF NEW-YORK, SULLIVAN COUNTY, ss
I, WILLIAM E. CADY, Clerk of the County of Sullivan, Do hereby Certify, That Nathan Grant Esq whose name is subscribed to the Certificate of the acknowledgment of the annexed Certificate and endorsed thereon, was on the day of the date of the said Certificate, a Justice in and for said County of Sullivan, dwelling in the said County, Commissioned and sworn, and duly authorized by law, to take the proof and acknowledgment of Deeds and Discharges of Mortgages, &c. And further, that I am acquainted with the hand-writing of the said Nathan Grant Justice and verily believe that the signature of Nathan Grant subscribed to the said Certificate, is the proper hand-writing of the said Justice.
Subscribed and sworn to before me at pres. of the peace
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my Hand, and af- fixed the Seal of the said County, this 13 th day of December 1837
William E. Cady CLERK.

State of Luzerne County ss on the 8 th Day of December 1837 personally came before me Nathan Grant one of the justices of the peace in and for said County William Dethle & William Dethle junr of the town of Sheseldick in said County and being first Duly sworn according to Law Deposeth and saith that they are acquainted or was acquainted with Emanuel Shely and Elizabeth Shely and that said Emanuel Shely died on the 8 th Day of Dec 1836 and that they were present at his Death and at his funeral and further says that the said Elizabeth Shely Remains his widow to this Day and further says not known and subscribed before me the Day above written William Dethle Nathan Grant } Justice of the peace William Dethle junr
Luzerne County ss I certify that William Dethle and William Dethle junr the above named Depositors are persons of good moral character and of undoubted truth and veracity as a Witness
Nathan Grant justice of the peace

War Department Pension Office
Jan 3. 1838
Sir, The papers relating to the claim of Elizabeth Shulys widow of Conrad Shulys have been examined & filed. Those widows whose husbands died after the passage of the act are not thereby provided for It appears that the claimants husband died on the 8 th of December 1836 - Those widows & whose husbands died on the after the 4 th of July 1836 are not provided for by the act - Mrs Shulys claim cannot be allowed
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Stephen Hofmeier Reynolds Esq., Newburgh County of Sullivan N.Y.

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STATE OF NEW-YORK. SULLIVAN COUNTY, }
I, WILLIAM E. CADY, Clerk of the County of Sullivan. Do hereby Certify, That Nathaniel Frank Esq whose name is subscribed to the Certificate of the acknowledgment of the annexed Certificate and endorsed thereon, was on the day of the date of the said Certificate, a Justice in and for said County of Sullivan, dwelling in the said County, Commissioned and sworn, and duly authorized by law, to take the proof and acknowledgment of Deeds and Discharges of Mortgages, &c. And further, that I am acquainted with the hand-writing of the said Justice and verify believe that the signature of Nathaniel Frank subscribed to the said Certificate, is the proper hand-writing of the said Justice
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IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my Hand, and af- fixed the Seal of the said County, this 13 th day of December 183 7
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William E. Cady CLERK.

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Yours & Queenport mark
Nathan Grant & Sons
Nathan Grant & Sons

July 14 Dec 28. 1837 Pension Office.
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2 Frederick Hillside County • York In the Secretary of War Enclosed is the evidence of Elizabeth Shockey in support of her claim to a Pension on account of her deceased husband's services. The affidavits of her said husband's widow are enclosed. Some persons have been employed in the matter the said Elizabeth Shockey. You will please to direct your return to me.
Yours Respectfully
Stephen Reynolds

Newberry, South Carolina August 26th, 1938
Veterans Administration, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
Will you please send me a list of the Shealy (Sheely) soldiers who served in the Revolutionary war? And also any other information which will help us in determining the Services rendered by the Shealys. Were any on the Pension Roll? Were any killed or died in the War? We will appreciate information such as you may be able to furnish.
Thanking you in advance for your kindness, I am,
Yours sincerely,
V. L. Fulmer V. L. Fulmer.

October 19, 1938.
Reverend V. L. Fulmer Newberry South Carolina.
MLHF BA-J/ILL Conrad Sheely R. 9456
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request a list of all soldiers of the Revolutionary War with the surname Shealy, Sheely, etc., and to know whether or not any soldiers with that surname received pensions, and whether any died in service.
Unless a claim for pension or bounty land was made to the United States based upon service in the Revolutionary War of any particular soldier, the Veterans Administration does not have a record of that soldier. Revolutionary War data furnished by this office are obtained from such claims.
The Revolutionary War records of this office have been searched and the record found of one soldier only with the surname Sheely, under any spelling. It is that of Conrad. His record is furnished you herewith.
The Adjutant General, War Department, this city, is custodian of Revolutionary War military records.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER, Executive Assistant to the Administrator. Mr. Conrad Sheely