Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 18,395, Elihu Hecox, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Hecox, Elihu or Hickcox
W18,395
Wheeler, Sabrina
or Sabria Former widow
CONTENTS

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State of Vermont } Chittenden County } Charlotte Steele a resident of Hinesburgh in said county once state aged fifty six years after being duly sworn saith that her maiden name was Charlotte Hecox a daughter of Elizer and Sabrina Hecox born in Shelburne in this county and the same individual whose birth is recorded on the leaf attached to this affidavit - She further testifies that the record attached to this affidavit is the family record of the said Elizer Hecox made in an account book kept by deponent's father and in his own hand writing and is the only family record known to deponent and has been in the possession of the family since the death of deponent's father in A.D. 1809 Deponent has heard her father say he was a native of the Town of Granville Massachusetts and that he enlisted into the army of the revolution at an early pe- riod of the war and served for some time deponent does not remember how long he said he served but well recolle- cts that he often spoke of Col. Phippen and believed he said he was his Colonel - He often related incidents connected with his service among different deponent's recollects he told of having a distemper which was very prevalent in the army and of the manner in which he was cured - & that in battle he had a ball shot through his hat or cap but does not know what battle it was
Deponent further testifies that her mother for some time has claimed to be entitled to a pension and deponent was

advised that it would be necessary for some one of those intended to request of the Secretary of State of Massachusetts any evidence he might have of the service of the D. Hovey made the appl- -lication in behalf of her mother she being so deaf that it is very difficult to communicate with her. Deponent further saith that she has heard her father say that soon after he left the army he came to Williamstown Massa- chusetts where he lived a few years and then came to Shelburn Vermont - where he first became acquainted with my mother whose maiden name was Sabrina Constock a niece of Capt. Daniel Constock with whom she lived at that period - Deponent says that her parents lived in Shelburn several years and then moved to Georgia Vermont. In A.D. 1809 her father died - deponent further saith that some years after the death of her father her mother the D. Sabrina married Frederick Wheeler with whom she lived until his death - and that she is now his widow and resides with a sister of deponent in Milton Vermont And further saith not - &
Charlotte Steele
Personally appeared Charlotte Steele who has signed the foregoing affidavit and made oath that the same is true according to her best recollection and belief And I certify that I am acquainted with the affiant and that she is a person of truth and credibility
Subscribed at Hinesburgh June 5. 1848
John Wheeler Justice Peace

State of Vermont Chittenden County ss: 3 I, Edward A. Stansbury Clerk of Chittenden County do hereby certify that John Wheelock Esq. was on the 5 th day of June 1848 a Justice of the Peace within and for said County duly commissioned and sworn; That his term of office commenced Dec. 1 st 1847 & will expire Nov. 30. 1848. That I am well acquainted with his handwriting, & know his signature to the fore- going certificate as such Justice to be genuine. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the Seal of Chit- tenden County Court this 27 th day of July 1848
E. A. Stansbury Clerk ss.

Report
Date of widow's death not on AB
2252. Mont. Mont.
Climent
Sabina Wheeler widow of Elisha Wheeler Maf who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars —
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 1st day of Dec. 48. and sent to
Hon. G. P. Marsh
Secy of Reps
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 103 Vol. 3.

State of Vermont Chittenden County, ss
On this 28 th day of April A.D. 1848 personally appeared before the subscriber Judge of Probate for the district of Chittenden Sabrina Wheeler aged Eighty nine years and after being duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions of the act of Congress passed July 7. 1838. entitled an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows and subsequent acts relating thereto - and the Act of August 23. 1842. That her maiden name was Sabrina Comstock sometimes called Subra Comstock that she was married to Elisha Hecox on the 2 d day of March A.D. 1789. at Salem in the state of New-York by a clergyman his name she does not recollect. but believes it was Brundage - Said Elisha Hecox was a soldier in the revolutionary war and enlisted in the town of Granville Massachusetts and served as he said in Col Sheppards Regt. - declarant does not know how long he served but believes for some time - he had a written discharge which declarant saw. but does not know what became of it - said Hecox was a native of the town of Granville Massachusetts and after his service in the war lived a year or two in Williamstown Massachusetts. And came to Shelburne Vermont. it is believed by declarant in A.D. 1787. where she first became acquainted with him - declarant then lived with Capt Daniel Comstock - and the parties went to Salem N-York to have the marriage solemnized there, then being the residence of declarants mother who was a widow

Deleasant further states that her husband the said Elisha Hecox died in Milton Vermont in the month of December A.D. 1809
Deleasant further states that after the death of the said Hecox she was married to Zerbediah Wheeler on the day  month day of February 1819 with whom she lived until his death which occurred in the A.D. 1828 and that she is now his widow. She further declares that her eldest child Reuben Hecox was born in Shelburne Vermont on the 23 of May 1790. and resides in Monroe County N.Y. and her second child Charlotte Hecox was born May 7 th 1792 also in Shelburne of which facts she has a record. Deleasant now asks that the pension provided under the forgoing acts may be allowed her - And further that her marriage to the said Elisha Hecox took place prior to the first day of January 1894 to wit on 2 nd day of March 1889. as before stated
Lebrina Wheeler
The word "month," interlined and an error made on the fourth line from the top of this page before signing also the word "day," erased on the 5 th line. was erased -
C. Allouez Judge of Probate

13733 acc 23 9532 Sabrina Wheeler (only widow of Elisha H. H. H.) A. VI
Act 7 July 1838
Mumford before 1794 Mumford and 1809
Sabrina Wheeler Admrs. Dyer, per $80 00 per share On 4 March 1836
Admrs. A. Cl. March 1843, 17 June 44, 2 July 48 $80 00 per share On 4 March 1843
Rev. G. P. March House of Reps,
affixed the seal of said office

State of Vermont District of Chittenden
On this 28 day of April A.D. 1848 at Burlington in Chittenden county personally appeared Sabrina Wheeler and made solemn oath that the facts stated in the foregoing declaration by her signed by procurement and direction in her presence are true, according to her best knowledge, belief and I further certify that said Sabrina Wheeler is a person of good character and of truth and veracity
Charles Adams Judge of Probate

I, Bradford Risford, Register of the Probate Court within and for the District of Chittenden and State of Vermont do hereby certify that Charles Saum, the signer of the foregoing acknowledgement is the Judge of the said Probate Court, and that his signature herein is genuine genuine and in his own proper hand writing and that these proceedings were done in open Court this 28 th day of April A.D. 1848.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of said Probate Court and subscribed my name at Burlington this 28 th day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty eight
Bradford Risford Register
13433 cu 23 9532 Subj. to Wheeler's Power of Attorney A. D. Oct 7 July 1838 Premium before 17 3/4 Premium and 18 3/4 Adm. Express fee $80.00 per share Jan 4 March 1846 Adm. A. C. March 1847, 14 June 1841, 2 July 48 $80.00 per share Jan 4 March 1843 Hon. G. P. French House of Reps

July 23, 1938
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Mr. S. G. Gorsline Lock Box 430 Battle Creek, Michigan
ASA WHEELER W. 26621 ****
ELIHU HECOX W. 18395 ****
BA-J/MLB
Dear Sir:
The Revolutionary War records of Asa Wheeler and Elihu Hecox are furnished you as follow:
ASA WHEELER W. 26621
The data herein were obtained from pension claim, W. 26621, based upon service in the Revolutionary War of Asa Wheeler.
Asa Wheeler was born in 1763 in Acton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. The names of his parents were not given.
While residing in Carlisle, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Asa Wheeler enlisted and served from July 20, 1780, to October 26, 1780, as a private in Captain Porter's company, Colonel Tupper's Massachusetts regiment. He enlisted July 21, 1781, and served to November 30, 1781, as private in Captain Asa Drury's company, Colonel Turner's Massachusetts regiment stationed at Rhode Island.
The soldier moved from Carlisle, Massachusetts, to Plymouth, Windsor County, Vermont, where he was allowed pension on his application executed January 29, 1833. He died there March 8, 1837.
Asa Wheeler, while residing in Carlisle, Massachusetts, married March 27, 1783, or March 25, 1784, both dates shown, Polly Davis, in Acton, Massachusetts, of which place she was a resident. Their marriage was recorded in the Town Clerk's Office of Acton. The date and place of birth and names of the parents of Polly Davis were not stated.
Polly Wheeler was allowed pension on account of the Revolutionary War service of her husband, Asa Wheeler, on her application executed

December 4, 1838, at which time she was aged seventy-five years and a resident of Hartland, Windsor County, Vermont, where she was still living in 1843. She died in Windsor County about 1846.
No reference was made to children.
In order to obtain date of last payment of pension, the name of person paid and possibly the exact date of death of Polly Wheeler, soldier's widow, you should write to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data: Polly Wheeler, widow of Asa, certificate #5170, issued March 29, 1844, rate $27.22 per annum, commenced March 4, 1843, Act March 3, 1843, Vermont (Montpelier) Agency.
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ELIHU HECOX W. 18395
The data which follow in regard to Elihu Hecox were obtained from the papers in pension claim, W. 18395, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.
Elihu Hecox was a native of Granville, Massachusetts. The date of his birth, age, or names of his parents are not shown.
While residing in Granville, Massachusetts, Elihu Hecox (name appears Hicokco, also) enlisted, date not stated, served in Captain Keep's company, Colonel Shepard's Massachusetts regiment; he served three years in all, during which he was in a battle, location not stated, in which a ball was shot through his hat.
After his service, the soldier lived a year or two in Williamstown, Massachusetts, where he taught school one winter. In 1787 he moved to Shelburne, Chittenden County, Vermont, where he was engaged for a time in lumbering.
While living in Shelburne, Vermont, Elihu Hecox married Sabrina (referred to as Sabria, also) Comstock, niece of Captain Daniel Comstock with whom she was then living in Shelburne. They were married in Salem, New York, at the home of Sabrina's mother, name not designated, who was then a widow, March 2, 1789, and after marriage lived in Shelburne, Vermont, until the spring of 1796 then moved to Georgia, Franklin County, Vermont. The soldier died in Milton, Vermont, in December, 1809.
Elihu Hecox's widow, Sabrina or Sabria, married in February, 1819, Zebediah Wheeler who died in February, 1828.

Sabrina Wheeler applied April 28, 1848, for pension which was due on account of the Revolutionary War service of her former husband, Elihu Hecox or Hiccox. She was then aged seventy-nine years and living with a daughter, name not designated, in Milton, Vermont.
The following names of children of Elihu Hecox and his wife, Sabrina, are shown in the claim:
Reuben Hiccox, born May 23, 1790, in Shelburne, Vt., and in 1848 living in Monroe County, N. Y. Charlotte " " May 7, 1792, in Shelburne, Vt., married, date not given, Josiah Steele and in 1848 was his widow living in Hinesburg, Chittenden Co., Vt. Amanda " " February 28, 179-(?) not legible. Brinthia " " February 18, 1797 Sally " " December 28, 1798 Parna " " February 11, 1801
No reference was made to any children of Sabrina by her husband, Zebediah Wheeler.
In 1848, Elisha Comstock, aged seventy-seven years, son of Captain Daniel Comstock, was living in Shelburne, Vermont, on the farm on which his father settled in 1788. In the same year, one Jedediah Wheeler, aged fifty-three years, made affidavit that he attended the marriage of Sabrina Hecox to Zebediah Wheeler, but did not state any relationship.
Sabrina Wheeler's sister, name not stated, married Elisha Bartlett who, in 1848, was aged ninety-two years and a resident of Georgia, Vermont. They had a son, Orson Bartlett born September 20, 1794, who was their eldest son.
In order to obtain date of last payment of pension, the name of person paid and possibly the date of death of Sabrina or Sabria Wheeler, you should write to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data: Sabria Wheeler, former widow of Elihu Hecox, certificate #2252, issued December 1, 1848, rate $80 per annum, commenced March 4, 1848, Act February 2, 1848, Vermont (Montpelier) Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

Rev
WIDOW, &c.
1938 July 28 Hist Co B.G. Gorham. See his letter to Asa Wheeler, H. 2662/9 some notes on my search in Miss. Files under Y. M. S. This list by M. F. B.
File No. 18395- Sabina Wheeler (Former Widow of Eliza H. Cox Dis. Rev War
Act: Feb 2d 48 Index:—Vol. M , Page 322
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Kathleen Hickcox Born on the 23 rd Day of May 1770 on Sunday all two of the Clock in the Afternoon a very fair Day
Charlotte Hickcox Born 1792 May the 7 th on Monday at 10 o'clock Amanda Hickcox Born feby 25 on 1797 Sunday all 12 o'clock all in Noon
Brigitta Hickcox Born feby 18 on 1797 Tuesday all 3 of the Clock Morning
Sally Hickcox Born Decm 28 on 1798 Tuesday all 7 of the Clock Night
Parma Hickcox Born feby 11 on 1801 Tuesday all 9 of the Clock Morning

8433. Mass. Vermont
Pension
Sabina Wheeler widow of Elisha Wheeler who was a Private in the Revolution Husband died Dec. 1809
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 10 th day of Dec. 1848. and sent to
Hon. G. P. Marsh Weg of Reps.
[Acts of March 3, 1843, and June 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book a 68 Vol. Q Page 68

Reported
10507.
Vermont
Sabina Wheeler, for 9. Widow of Elisha Wheeler who was a pensioner under the Act of — and who died on the Dec r 1809 of Chittenden in the State of Vermont who was a Private in the Comp y commanded by Captain — of the Reg t commanded by — in the Revolution for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Montpelier at the rate of 80 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 1 st day of Dec r , 1848 and sent to Hon. G. P. Marsh Wesley H. Ropes Total amount, $
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by W. Dunshee Clerk, Book 2 Vol. 1 Page 143

In the case of Sabrina Wheeler former widow of Elihu Hovey.
N o 1. Declaration states that she was married to Elihu Hovey March 2. 1789. That he told declarant he was a soldier from Granville Mass. and served in Col. Sheppards Reg t .
Dated April 28. 1848
N o 2. Contains request of Mrs. Steele the daughter for search from Sec. 7. State Mass. in which she recollects hearing her father speak of his service in Capt. Keeps company Col. Sheppards Reg t .
Dated April 22. 1848
N o 2. Certificate of Sec. 7 of State Mass. of three years service of Elihu Hovey in Capt. Keeps company Col. Sheppards Reg t .
N o 3. Affidavit of Charlotte Steele with the record of her father of the age of his children. She states that she often heard her father speak of Col. Sheppards.
Dated June 5. 1848.
N o 4. Affidavit of Ruth Thayer. that she was present at the birth of Mrs. Steele the daughter in 1792.
Dated May 23. 1848
N o 5. Affidavit of Hon. Ezra Meech former Member of Congress testifies that Ruth Thayer, Elisha Comstock, Elisha Bartlett and Ichial Isham. are credible witnesses.
Dated July 25. 1848
N o 6. Affidavit of Elisha Comstock. traditional evidence of the service of Elihu Hovey and of his marriage to applicant.
Dated May 23. 1848

N o . 7. Affidavit of Jedediah Wheeler of the marriage of claimant to Jedediah Wheeler in Feby. 1819. Dated April 28. 1838
N o . 8. Affidavit of Elisha Bartlett containing traditional evidence of the service of Elisha Hoxey and his marriage to claimant and of her marriage to Jedediah Wheeler. Dated May 30. 1838
N o . 9. Affidavit of Abiah Isham. traditional evidence of the service of Elisha Hoxey. Dated July 6. 1838
N o . 10. Affidavit of Asahel Peirson. Traditional evidence. Dated July. 8. 1838
N o . 11. Affidavit of Joshua Doane sustaining character of Elisha Bartlett. and traditional evidence of Elisha Hoxey. Dated June 3. 1838
N o . 12. Certificate of Rev. Mr. Hally that there is no record of marriage in Salem New York. Dated May 23. 1838

No. 7
F
Whaler Affidavit

State of Vermont Chittenden County
Jehudiak Wheeler, a resident of Milton in this County & State, being duly sworn, says that he is 53 years of age, that he was well acquainted with Jehudiak Wheeler, and Sabrina Hoxie, the widow of Elkan Hoxie, for near five years previous to their marriage, which took place in the month February, 1829.
He was present and witnessed the ceremony, which was performed by Nathan M. Manly Esq. Justice of the Peace for the town of Milton. The said Jehudiak Wheeler died in the month of February 1828. and this deponent attended his funeral. He further saith that the said Sabrina is well known to him, and remains his widow. Subscribed & sworn to this 28 th day of April 1888. before me. Charles Adams Judge of Probate Jehudiak Wheeler
I Certify that Jehudiak Wheeler who has subscribed & sworn to the foregoing affidavit is well known to me, and that he is a man of character & good standing, and that his testimony is entitled to entire credit.
Charles Adams Judge of Probate

I, Bradford Risford, Register of the Probate court within and for the District of Chittenden and State of Vermont, do hereby certify, that Charles Adams, the signor of the foregoing acknowledgement, is the Judge of the said Probate Court, and that his signature within is genuine, and in his own proper hand writing, and that these proceedings were done in open court this 28 th day of April A. D. 1848
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of said Probate court, and subscribed my name at Burlington in said District, this 28 th day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty eight.
Bradford Risford Register

No. 9
H.
Admiral Dreyer

State of Vermont } Chittenden County }
I hereby declare that I, Ichial Isham a resident of St. George in said county and state aged eighty eight years once formerly a soldier in the war of the revolution after being duly sworn saith
That he became acquainted with Elisha Hecox about the A.D. 1788. who at that period resided in Shelburne in this county distant from the residence of deponent about five miles
The said Hecox was respected and believed by his neighbors to have been a soldier in the Revolutionary war and deponent concurs in that opinion - from the best recollection of deponent the said Hecox has been dead about forty years - and further saith not
Ichial his mark Isham
Respectfully appearing before the subscriber this 6 th day of July A.D. 1848. Ichial Isham who has signed the above affidavit and made oath that the same is true according to his recollection & belief. And I certify that he is a person of truth and credibility
Reuben Lockwood Justice of the Peace

State of Vermont Chittenden County p. } I, Edward A. Stansbury, Clerk of Chittenden County Court, do hereby certify that Reuben Lockwood Esq. was on the 6 th day of July 1848 a Justice of the Peace within and for said County, duly commissioned and sworn; That his term of office commenced December 1 st 1847, and will expire Nov r . 30 th 1848. That I am well acquainted with his handwriting, and know his signature as such Justice to the within certificate, to be genuine.
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the Seal of said Court, this 27 th day of July 1848.
E. A. Stansbury Clerk.

No. 6.
E.
Eliza Cookstock

State of Vermont } Chittenden County }
I Elisha Comstock of Shelburn in said County aged seventy seven years before and say that I am the son of Capt. Daniel Comstock deceased and now reside on the farm on which my my settled father settled in A.D. 1788 of which event I have a record. Sabrina Comstock a cousin of this deponent also removed to this town at the same time and was a member of my father's family Deponent further says that soon after their removal to Shelburn he became acquainted with Elihu Hox who said he was from Granville Massachusetts and had been a soldier in the revolutionary war and often related incidents connected with his service and of his acquaintance and customs in Granville. Deponent further says that the said Hox alleged that he lived in Williamstown Massachusetts for a year or more after leaving Gran- -ville before he came to Shelburn. He further says that about a year after his acquaintance with the said Hox he was married to his cousin the said Sabrina Comstock that after marriage he and his wife resided in this town for a number of years and near the residence of this deponent and had children born unto them the eldest of which was called Reuben Hox and the next they called

Charlotte Hecox who now resides in Hinesburgh in This County and is the widow of Josiah Steele Deponent further says that the s d Hecox and the s d Sabrina or Sabra as we usually called her lived together until the death of the s d Hecox which occurred in Milton in s d County about the A.D. 1809
This deponent further says that after the death of the s d Elisha Hecox his widow the said Sabrina was married to Zebediah Wheeler with whom she lived until his death which occurred as he thinks about twenty years ago - and he further says that the said Sabrina is now the widow of the s d Wheeler and resides in Milton in s d County of Chittenden. Deponent further says that he has recently examined papers of the date of 1793 & 1794 in which the name of Elisha Hecox is written and as deponent believes by himself and find some spelt Hickcox others spelt Hecox and further saith not -
The foregoing the fourth Elisha Comstock line made before signing
Lyman Hall J. Peace
Shelburne May 23 1848
Personally appeared before the subscriber Elisha Comstock who has signed the foregoing affidavit and made oath that the same is true. And I certify that I am acquainted with the affiant & that he is a person of truth and credibility
Lyman Hall, Justice of the Peace

State of Vermont Chittenden County ss. } I, Edward Stansbury, Clerk of Chittenden County Court, do hereby certify that Lyman Hall Esq. was on the 23 rd day of May 1848 a Justice of the Peace within and for said County, duly commissioned & sworn; that his term of office commenced Dec r 1 st 1847 and will expire Nov r 30. 1848 - That I am well ac- quainted with his handwriting and know his sig- nature as such Justice to the forgoing certificate to be genuine -
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of said Court this 27 th day of July 1848
E. A. Stansbury Clerk

No. 12.
St.
Rev. Mr. Harkness

I Certify that I am the present Pastor of the Associate Reformed Church in this town, said Church being the same which was under the Pastoral care of the Rev. James Proudfoot, and his Son the Rev. Alexander Proudfoot D.D. and that there are no Records of Marriages on the Church Books Previous to 1807.
Dated at Salem this 29 th of May 1848.
Ebenezer Hallery Pastor of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church Salem N.Y.

No. 11.
J.
Lashun D. ...

State of Vermont Chittenden County } Joshua Doane a resident of Burlington in s d county of lawful age hath is a saith That, he has been acquainted with Elisha Bartlett who now resides in Georgia Franklin Co. Vermont for more than forty years - That the s d Bartlett has ever been esteemed an upright and just man and his statements whether on oath or otherwise always entitled to credit. Deponent further says that he was acquainted with Elisha Hcox who at the time he became acquainted with Bartlett resided in the same neighborhood who was, as well as the s d Bartlett reported to have been a soldier in the Revolution - s d Hcox died a few years after his first acquaintance with him as he believes near forty years ago - and further saith not
Joshua Doane
Personally appeared Joshua Doane and made oath that the facts set forth in the above affidavit are true & justify he is a person of truth and credibility
Burlington June 3 d 1848.
D. B. Buckley Justice peace.

State of Vermont.
Secretary of State's Office. Burlington July 27 th 1848 }
I Elliot E. Kellogg, Deputy Secretary of State of Vermont, certify that D. B. Buckley, whose name is subscribed in his own proper hand writing to the foregoing affidavit, is & was at the date thereof a justice of the Peace in and for the County of Chittenden duly elected and qualified, and that to his official acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are under right to be given. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of this Office at the date above written.
Elliott E. Kellogg. Dep. Secy of State of Vt.

Washington Nov 27 '45
Si I enclose herewith papers in support of the claim of Sabrina Wheeler to a pension and annuity
Yours respectfully G. P. Marsh
Col. J. L. Edwards com Pen

No. 8.
9.
Elisha Bartlett

State of Vermont } Franklin County } Elisha Bartlett a resident of Georgia in said county and state being duly sworn saith. That he is ninety two years of age and a pensioner of the United States under the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832. That he moved into Charlott Chittenden County Vermont in the A.D. 1788. That he there became intimately acquainted with Elisha Hox of who then resided in Shelburne in said County and as he believes in the family of Capt Daniel Comstock. deponent and said Hox were engaged in lumbering for a winter soon after he came to said County. The subject of the Revolutionary war was often spoken of during their labor The said Hox stated that he too served in a Massachusetts regiment and that he was a resident of Grenville Massachusetts and that he was born there and served for the period of three years in the war and in the Massachusetts line. He often related incidents in which he was engaged and events that occurred during his service. That it was then and still is the opinion of deponent that he served as he stated as he was a man of credibility and related events known to have occurred. Deponent says it was the opinion of his neighbors that he had been a soldier and served as he stated. This deponent has heard the said Hox say that he lived in Williamstown for a year more after leaving Grenville and that he spent one winter teaching school there and related an occurrence that took place between himself and one Hurlbut who was his scholar. Deponent further saith that soon after his first acquaintance with the said Hox he was married to Sabrine Comstock who at that period lived with Capt. Daniel Comstock of Shelburne - was not present at the marriage as it was said to have taken place in Salem N.Y. when the mother

of the D Sabina Comstock then lived. Deponants wife and the D Sabina were sisters. After marriage the said Hecox and wife lived in Shelburn about ten years and had children born unto them the eldest of which Reuben Hecox was born in A.D. 1790 as he believes and Charlotte Hecox was the next born. Deponant well recollects the D Elisha Hecox had two children when his eldest son was born and by a record now before him Orson Bartlet was born Sept. 28 th 1794 he being deponants eldest son Deponant further says that he assisted the D Hecox to move to this town as he believes in the spring of 1796. and he with his fam- ily resided in a house belonging to deponant and situated near his own residence when he resided to the date of his death which took place as he thinks A.D. 1809. The funeral of the D Hecox was attended at the present residence of deponant. Further saith about ten years after the death of the D Elisha Hecox his wid- ow the D Sabina was married to Lebeciah Wheeler who he well knew with whom the D Sabina lived until his death which occurred about twenty years ago and she now remains his widow and resides in Milton Chittenden County Vermont And further deponant saith not
Subscribed to and sworn this 30 th day of
May 1848 before me
Truman Williams Justice Peace. Elisha Bartlet
This may certify that I am well acquainted with Elisha Bartlet who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing affidavit and do certify that full faith and credit may be placed in his statements whether on oath or otherwise and that he is a person of worth and credibility
Truman Williams Justice Peace

(note the word had on the opposite page introduced before signing Freeman Williams Justice Peace
State of Vermont.
Secretary of State's Office Burlington June 17, 1848 }
I Elliot E. Kellogg, Deputy Secretary of State of Vermont, hereby certify that Freeman Williams whose name is subscribed in his own proper hand writing to the foregoing certificate is and was at the date thereof, a Justice of the Peace within & for the County of Franklin, duly elected & qualified, and that to his official acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of this office, at Burlington on the day above written by me.
Elliott E. Kellogg. Dep. Secy. of State of Vt.

No. 425
D.

State of Vermont
Chittenden County } Ezra Meech of Shelburn in said county and state aged seventy four years after being duly sworn, saith
That he has been shown the application of Mrs Wheeler for a pension on account of the military services of her first husband Elihu Hoxie who formerly resided in this town - and said to have been a soldier in the revolutionary war - and among the names of those who have given affidavits in the case are Elisha Constock and Ruth Thayer of the town of Shelburn and Elisha Ba- rrett of Georgia and Silas Isham of the town of St. George all of whom are known to this deponent and are credible persons and their testimony entitled to credit
Ezra Meech
Personally appeared Ezra Meech who has signed the foregoing affidavit and made oath that the above facts set forth are true And I certify that the said Ezra Meech is well known to me and formerly a member of Congress from the state of Vermont
Dated Shelburn July 25. 1848
Asahel North Justice

State of Vermont Chittenden County }
Ruth Thayer of Shelburn in sd County deposes and says that she came to reside in Shelburn in A.D. 1785 That soon after she became acquainted with Elisha Hecox who afterwards married Sabrina Cornstock as report said deponent not being present and as she believes in A.D. 1789 and they cohabited together as husband and wife and had children born unto them the eldest of which was called Reuben Hecox and the next was called Charlott Hecox This de- ponent being present at the birth of the latter child and assisted in nursing the mother Mrs Hecox which event occurred in 1792 as she well recollects from her own marriage of which event she has a record. Deponent further says that the sd Hecox died about A.D. 1808 & his widow the sd Sabrina afterwards married Lebadiach Wheeler and who died about twenty years ago - and the said Sabrina is now the widow of the sd Wheeler - deponent first knew Sabrina Cornstock in the family of Capt. Daniel Cornstock & knows she is the same person who is now the widow of the sd Wheeler and formerly the wife of the sd Hecox
Ruth Thayer

Personally appeared before the subscriber on this 23 day of May 1848 Ruth Thayer who has signed the within affidavit and made oath that it con- tains the truth And I certify that I am well acquainted with the sd Ruth Thayer and that she is an aged and respectable lady and of unquestioned truth and credibility
Daniel Shelburne
May 23, 1848
Asahel North Justice of the Peace

State of Vermont
Secretary of State's Office Burlington July 27 th 1848 }
I, Elliot E. Kellogg, Deputy Secretary of State of Vermont, certify that Isahak Nash whose name is subscribed in his own proper hand writing to the foregoing affidavits, is and was at the date thereof a justice of the Peace within & for the County of Glinton, duly elected and qualified, and that to his official acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are & ought to be given. The above intimation was made before the signing & sealing.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of this Office, as in the foregoing written.
Elliott E. Kellogg. Dep. Secy. of State of Vt.

State of Vermont
Secretary of State's Office } Burlington July 27 th 1848 }
I, Elliot E. Kellogg, Deputy Secretary of State of Vermont, certify that Asahel Wash whose name is subscribed in his own proper hand writing to the foregoing affidavits, is and was at the date thereof a justice of the Peace within & for the County of Gluttonden, duly elected and qualified, and that to his official acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are & ought to be given. The above intimation was made before the signing & sealing.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of this Office, at the date above written.
Elliott E. Kellogg. Dep. Secy. of State of Vt.

No. 2.
B.
- Certificate of the Sec. of Mopamhasto

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston:
May 15 th 1848.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of Elihu Hovey is borne upon an Account in Army Books as a private of Granville in Capt Keap's Company Col Shepard's Regt. and there Credited by his service from March 1 1777 to December 31 1779. 34 Months at 40¢ per Month. — And upon another account in said Books, as a private of Granville in Capt Webb's Company Col Shepard's Regt. and there Credited by his service from January 1 to March 1 1780, 2 Months at 40¢ per Month. Enlisted for 3 years.

And I further Certify, That, before search made for evidence of said facts, the application hereto annexed was filed in this Office, in the form in which the same now appears; that the search was made by myself and my clerks alone; and that said application, and the certificate above set forth, contain all the facts and circumstances within my knowledge, pertaining to the case.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
W. B. Gailor,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Application for Certificate of Revolutionary services made by Charlott Steele child of Elisha Hox The party who rendered the service
The Secretary of The commonwealth of Massachusetts is hereby requested to furnish evidence of the service of Elisha Hox if such is to be found in his office of his services in the war of the Revolution
He was a native of the Town of Greenville Massachusetts and resided there when he entered the service as I have heard him say - This applicant has heard him relate many events connected with his service and believes he was in a company commanded by Capt Hox does not know what year he enlisted - believes he served in the war for three years - once often heard him speak of Col. Shepard but does not know as he said he was in his regt This applicant is fifty six years of age her maiden name was Charlotte Hox She is not able at this time to relate any incidents of her fathers service. She has heard her father say that soon after his service in the war he lived in Williamstown Ms and from there to Shelburn Vermont where he settled and where this applicant was born
Witness my hand this 24 day of April 1848
Signed by the said Charlott Steel in my presence John M'Clloch Justice Peace
Charlotte Steele

No. 10.
S
Annual Report

State of Vermont
Chittenden County } Usual Peirsons a resident of Shelburne in said county and state over fifty six years. And a son of Usual Peirsons who was a soldier in the revolutionary war after being duly sworn saith. That he was acquainted with Elisha Hecox who resided in said town in his boyhood and often saw said Hecox at deponent's father's and heard him relate incidents in which he was engaged in the Revolutionary war - Deponent well remembers he said he lived in Massachusetts during the war of the revolution - deponent well remembers he was called a soldier by the first settlers of the town and deponent verily believes he was a soldier as he stated. Deponent further states that the said Hecox married a niece of Capt Daniel Comstock. whose name he believes was Sabrina Comstock. and as he has been told and believes after the death of the said Hecox married a Mr Wheeler and is now a widow and resides in Milton in this county and further saith not Usual Peirson

Personally appeared Usual Peirsons who has signed the within affidavit and made oath that the same is true - and I certify the said Peirsons is well known to me and that he is a person of truth and credibility
Dated at Shelburne July 8. 1848
Hubbard Chittenden justice the Peace
State of Vermont Chittenden County ss. } I, Edward A. Stansbury, Clerk of Chittenden County Court, do hereby certify that Hubbard Chittenden Esq. was on the 8 th day of July 1848 a justice of the Peace within and for said County duly commissioned I know: That his term of office commenced Dec. 1 st 1847 and will expire Nov. 30 1848 - That I am well acquainted with his handwriting and know his signature to the above certificate, as such justice, is genuine.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court this 27 th day of July 1848.
E. A. Stansbury Clerk

July 28, 1938
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BA-J/MHHF:MLB
Mr. S. G. Gorsline Lock Box 430 Battle Creek, Michigan
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you state that you desire information in regard to the father of Mary (Polly) Wheeler, of Sheldon or Burlington, Vermont, your great-grandmother, whose name may have been Timothy Wheeler, said to have made gunpowder in his cellar for the Continental Troops, was crippled from rheumatism caused by dampness while engaged in his work, for which disability he received a pension. You request a list of all Wheelers who were pensioned in Vermont for Revolutionary War service and the date and place of death.
Because of the large number of requests for Revolutionary War data and the limited trained clerical force available for furnishing such information, this office has not been able to prepare lists of Revolutionary War pensioners for release. The records have been searched very carefully, however, in your behalf. The record was found of a Russell and Elizabeth Wheeler who had a daughter, Polly, who was born April 26, 1792, and died March 28, 1795. Said Russell served in the Massachusetts troops. He married Elizabeth Hix in 1787, in Richmond, New Hampshire, and died in 1825 in that state. Said Elizabeth was living in Calais, Washington County, Vermont, in 1840, and died in 1844. The date of death of their daughter, Polly, eliminates her as your ancestor. The record of an Asa Wheeler was found who applied for pension while living in Vermont as did his widow, Polly, also. Another record was found of a Sabrina (or Sabria) Wheeler, of Chittenden County, Vermont. Because she was of Chittenden County, Vermont, and because Asa's wife was Polly, those two records are furnished you herewith, in hope they will aid you in some way. No other Polly or Mary Wheeler of Vermont, than those named herein, was found in the Revolutionary War Wheeler pension records of Vermont.
There is no claim for pension or bounty land on file based upon service, or upon disability incurred in service, in the Revolutionary War of a Timothy Wheeler.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLIER Executive Assistant to the Administrator