Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 33641, for William Sheldon, Massachusetts

SERVICE
Sheldon, William
NUMBER
S 33641
CONTENTS

14.707 Massachusetts
William Sheldon of Ashby in the state of Mass ts who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Sergeant of the Mass ts line, for the term of one year
Inscribed on the roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 1st of April 1819
Certificate of Pension issued the 6 th of Sep r 1819 and sent to Solo Sharn Esq r Worcester Massachusetts
Arrears to 4th of Sep r 1819  37.60 Semi-ann. all'ce ending March 1820  48.00 June 1/30  $85.60
{ Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818. }
[Handwritten signature/initials]

I Amos Sheldon of Fitchburg in the county of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged fifty nine years, testify and say that I am well acquainted with William Sheldon of Ashby in the county of Middlesex and Commonwealth aforesaid, and that said William Sheldon entered as a private soldier into the service of the United States on the continental establishment on the 1 st day of January in the year of our Lord, one thousand seven hundred and eighty six and served accordingly and uninterruptedly for the term of one year then next following, being the term for which he engaged. He served in Capt. John Trull's company, in Col. Sargant's regiment. I entered the service on the same day and in company with the said William and personally know all the facts above stated. Amos Sheldon
Subscribed to July 5, 1819. Personally appeared the above named Amos Sheldon and made oath, that the above deposition by him subscribed contains
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
WORCESTER, ss.
I, ABIJAH BIGELOW, Clerk of the Judicial Courts holden within and for said County of Worcester, certify, that Calvin Wheelwright Esquire, before whom the annexed affidavit hath been made, is a Justice of the Peace within and for said County, duly qualified for the purpose, acting under the authority of this Commonwealth, and that his name subscribed thereto is his own proper signature.
IN testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the County seal, this nineteenth day of July A. D. 1819.
Application of William Sheldon.
Abijah Bigelow, Clerk.

I, Amos Sheldon of Pittsfield in the county of Hancock and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged fifty nine years, testify and say, that I am well acquainted with William Sheldon of Ashby in the county of Middlesex and Commonwealth aforesaid, and that said William Sheldon entered as a private soldier into the service of the United States on the continental establishment on the 14 th day of January in the year of our Lord, one thousand seven hundred and seventy six, and served enduringly and uninterruptedly for the term of one or thereabouts, following, being the term for which he engaged. He served in Capt. John Austin's company in Col. Sargant's regiment. I entered the service on the same day and in company with the said William and personally know all the facts above stated. Amos Sheldon
Witness my hand this 5 th day of July 5, 1819. Personally appeared the above named Amos Sheldon, and made oath, that the above deposition by him subscribed contains the truth and nothing but the truth.
Before me, Calvin Willard, Juge. De Paix.
I certify, that Amos Sheldon above named is well known by me, and that his character for truth is beyond the reach of suspicion. Calvin Willard

William Sheldon.
Mass line
Col. Sergeant
176-1092
[Faint, illegible handwriting]
Admiral

I Gedeon Russell of Lyndonville in the County of Hillsborough and State of New Hampshire, of Lawfull age, do hereby certify that in the year 1776 I served as a Soldier in Capt. John Stintings Company in Col. Sargents Regt. and further say that William Shetling then of Keene, in the State of Massachusetts, was a Soldier in the same Company, and belonged to the same mess with me; we enlisted for one year and I am knowing that the said Shetling served his time out faithfully.
Gedeon his X Russell
Stat of New Hampshire Hillsborough ss January 11 th 1819, then the above named Gedeon Russell, Personally appeared and made solemn Oath to the truth of the above statement. Before me, Daniel Putnam - Justice Peace
U.S.B. The above witness is considered by me to be a man of Truth and Veracity.
Daniel Putnam
State of New-Hampshire Hillsborough ss
In testimony that the signature of Daniel Putnam to the above certificate is his hand writing & that he is an acting Justice of the Peace within the County of Hillsborough I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the Superior Court of Judicature of the State of New-Hampshire of which I am Clerk for said County - at Concord 10 th day of June Anno Domini 1819 - French

Mr William Sheldon
Esq
Massachusetts

State of Massachusetts . I, William Sheldon , of a Citizen of the United States, now resident at Asby in the County of Middlesex in the State aforesaid, do on oath testify and declare, that in the War of the Revolution, on the first day of January , in the year, seventeen hundred and eighty six
I entered and was engaged in the land service of the United States on the continental establishment, and served accordingly from that time to the thirty first day of December , in the year of our Lord, seventeen hundred and eighty six . —
as a private soldier against the common enemy, without any interrup- tion or absence: that I belonged to Capt. John Vinton's company in Col. Frazar's Regiment in the Massachusetts line
and that I left the service on or about said thirty first day of December in the year last aforesaid and that, by reason of my reduced circumstances in life and poverty, I stand in need of assistance from my country for support, being now of the age of sixty years . —
And I hereby relinquish all claims to every pension heretofore allowed me by the laws of the United States, if any may be or hath been so allowed.
Wm Sheldon
BE IT REMEMBERED, That on this fourteenth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and nineteen pursuant to a law of the United States, entitled, "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War," made and passed on the 18th of March, A. D. 1818, personally appeareth before me, John Strong, Judge of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Western Circuit, Massachusetts.
the abovenamed William Sheldon and after due examination and caution to testify and declare the whole truth, he maketh oath to the declaration aforesaid, and subscribes the same in my presence; and, on examination du- ly made by me the said Judge, it appeareth to my satisfaction that the said declaration is true.
--- Given under my Hand and the Seal of said Court, the day of the date aforesaid.
John Strong

I certify that William Sheldon within named is in reduced circumstances in life, poor, and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support.
Solo. Strong Judge a special.
William Sheldon.
Miss Lane
Public Service
1760-1840
James
Admiral

This Bureau can furnish the military record of only such Revolutionary soldiers as were pensioned or whose widows were pensioned for their services.
Such of the original muster and pay rolls of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 as are now in the possession of the Government are on file in the Record and Pension Office, War Department. Original rolls and other records pertaining to service in the Revolutionary War may also be found on file in the archives of many of the original States.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C.,
O. W. & N. DIV.
REVOLUTIONARY.
April 30, 1897.
Sir:-
Replying to your request for information concerning William Sheldon, a soldier of the Revolutionary war, you are advised that he made an application for pension on April 14, 1819, at which time he was 60 years of age and residing at Ashby, Mass., and his pension was allowed for one year's actual service as a private in the Mass. troops, Revolutionary war; a part of the time he served under Capt. Vinton and Col. Sargeant. He enlisted at Keating, Mass.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Mr. C. G. Burgess,
Hotel Hamplon,
Chicago, Ills.

33 641 Rev INVALID.
Apr 30. 1897 - History to Mr. C. G. Burgess - Hotel Hampden Chicago, Ills.
File No. 33, 131
William Sheldon
Dis Rev War
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index: — Vol. 2 , Page 866
[Arrangement of 1870.]

WORKS OF EAST CHICAGO FOUNDRY CO. EAST CHICAGO, INDIANA.
DUCTILE CAST IRON
Chicago Ill. Nov 20/91
Dear Sir, Pension Bureau Washington D.C.
Please send me a copy of certificate of William Ruldon service in the Army of the Revolution on pension list roll of Mass. State Agency dated 5th of Sept 1819 - and oblige
Yours truly
H. S. Burgess Chicago Ill. Hotel Hampton. Cor 39th & Lamon Ave.