Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 10,755, Daniel Goodwin, N.H.
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(3-1776)
Service  Number
NH
Goodwin, Daniel
S10755
carded
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15081 
New Hampshire 
--- 
Daniel Goodwin 
of Rockingham in the State of N. H. 
who was a Private in the Compy commanded 
by Captain Calf of the Regt commanded 
by Col Mooney in the N H. 
line for - 6 months & 15 days
 
Inscribed on the Roll of New Hampshire 
at the rate of 26 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, 
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. 

Certificate of Pension issued the 23rd day of May  1833 and sent to James Kelly Exeter N.H.

Arrears to the 4th of Mar 1833    $43.32 
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept. $10.83 
- --- 
$54.15 

⎨ Revolutionary Claim, act June 7, 1832. ⎬ 

Recorded by Jno W. Clagett Clerk, 
Book E.  Vol. 20, Page 88.
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letter 6 July 
Ap(ri)l 30, 1838
(faint) 
Mark on ? the body 
The Aribitrate?

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Date of death not on AB
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Application for a
Pension

Daniel Goodwin

24652

{Some text crossed out}

Communicate, if 
agreeable, upon the
receipt of this Application
with John Kelly Exeter
NH
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7, 1832 
State of New Hampshire} 
County of Rockingham }  Js. 
On this tenth day of April AD 1833 
personally appeared in open Court before the Judge of Probate in the County of Rockingham now sitt ing at Exeter in said County Daniel Goodwin a resident of Newtown in the said County of Rockingham and State of New Hampshire aged eighty four years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated 
That he volunteered his service to the United State in the month of October 1775 and marched to Portsmouth in New Hampshire under the command of Robert Stuart of said New town a Militia Captain and Benjamin Hoyt of said Newtown was Lieutenant that on his arrival at said Portsmouth he was put under the command of John Calf of Hampstead who was an older captain than the said Captain Stuart and served under the said Captain Calf fifteen days and was then discharged without any written discharge of this service - he has no documentary evidence but has the affidavit of Samuel Goodwin and Thomas Elliot which is hereunto annexed
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That the last of March 1776 he enlisted for six months in the service of the United States at Exeter in said State and County into a company of Infantry commanded by the above mentioned John Calf of said Hampstead and William Cooper of Southampton was Lieutenant and Meshack Bell of Newcastle was ensign of said Company that he passed muster at said- Exeter and immediately marched to Portsmouth in New Hampshire and was stationed on great Island (as it was then called) and attached to the Regiment commanded by Colonel Pierce Long Mooney was Lieutenant Colonel Hodgdon was Major; McClure was adjutant of said Regiment the given names of the said Moony - Hodgdon and McClure is forgotten that he commenced working upon the fort on said -- Island in April 1776 and worked upon said Fort until it was finished, and he served in said Company and Regiment until the first of October of the same year making some days more than six months in the last mentioned time of service of said service and discharge he has no documentary evidence but has the affidavit of Samuel Goodwin which is hereunto annexed- 

He was born in Newtown aforesaid and has always resided there except when in the service as aforesaid, and occasional absences-- he is not certain whether his services one on the continental establishment of, in the militia of New Hampshire - but is certain that the services were performed as above stated-
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He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State 

Daniel {his X mark} Goodwin  

Sworn to and subscribed the 
day and year aforesaid 
John Kelly  Res'r Probate

And the said Court hereby declare its 
opinion that the above named applicant 
was a revolutionary soldier and served 
as he states 
John Harvey Judge of Probate 
 
John Kelly Register of Probate and 
Clerk of the Probate Court for said County of Rockingham do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Daniel Goodwin for a pension 
In testimony, whereof I have 
hereunto set my hand and 
the seal of said Court of Probate 
this tenth day of April AD 1833 
John Kelly Reg'r Probate
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24652 
Daniel Goodwin 
N. H. 

Private
6 mos 15 days 
{illegible}
on roll of Line 

James Kelly 
Exeter 
N.H.
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
Pension Office,
183
Sir,

The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. the notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed,
you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.

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Statement, showing the service of Daniel Goodwin N.H.

Period when the service was rendered.
Oct 1775 vol(unteered) inlisted? and March 1776 8? mo(nths) and some days over

Duration of the claimant's service. 
Years 2
Months 6 
Days 15

Rank of the claimant 
Private (ditto)

Names and rank of the Field officers
under whom he served.
C(a)p(tain) Stuart & C(a)p(tain) Calf
C(a)p(tain) Calf - Col(onel) Mooney 
Leiut(enan)t CH  Major Hodgdon

Age at present, and place of abode
when he entered the service 
84 -born in Newton N H
entered in said place
now lives there

Proof by which the declaration is supported.

2 Surviving witnesses proves all the Service


I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers, all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c.   Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.

Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops.
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.
4. Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, mucicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.

DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory.  or District of}
County of }
On this (blank) day of (blank) personally appeared (a) before (blank) 
A. B. a resident (b) of  (blank)  in the county of  (blank)  and State, Territory or District
of (blank) aged (c) (blank)  years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) (blank) , with (blank) and served in the (blank) (e) regiment of the (blank) line, under the following named officers: (blank) 
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged,
and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]

He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of (blank) 
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.

[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states  (blank) of the Court of  (blank) 
do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of  (blank) for a pension.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this  (blank) 
day of  (blank) & c.

If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the (blank) and C.D. residing in (the same) hereby certify,  that we are well acquainted with (blank), who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be  (blank) years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.

[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A.B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the (blank) and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the (blank)  and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.

I, (blank) 
Clerk of the Court of (blank) do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of (blank)  for a pension.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal
of office, this (blank) day of  (blank)  &c.

Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.

If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
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will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted
; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected.   All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his
case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war , and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute?
And if a substitute, for whom?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services. 
6. To a Soldier} Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given,  and what has become of it?
To an Officer}  Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it? 
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons--one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from
their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion.
If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is
his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.


(a(The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
(b)The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.  
(c)The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.  (d)The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.  
(e) Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be laid.  Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled.  In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, 
he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: "Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to  the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: --For---year----months, and days
, I served as a . For months and - days, I served as a ; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months, is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years
in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority
; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.

(f)The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
(g)The opinion of the Court is always required.
(h) The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
(i)The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the
papers.

Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.

Proof of Service.
(j)In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and
the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.

? The notes from (a) to (i) are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule ?(j) applies to continental troops only.
(k)This traditionary evidence is indispensible in militia cases.  
(l)If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact
(m)The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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October 26, 1938

BA-J/AWF 
Daniel Goodwin 
S. 10785

Mr. C. Wesley Patten 
Ashburton Place 
Boston, Massachusetts 

Dear Sir:   

Reference is made to your letters in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Daniel Goodwin of Rockingham County, New Hampshire. 

The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in claim for pension, S. 10755, based upon the military service of Daniel Goodwin in the Revolutionary War. 

Daniel Goodwin was born in Newton, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, date not given, nor were the names of his parents stated. 

While a resident of said Newton, Daniel Good win volunteered sometime in October, 1775, served about fifteen days as private in Captain John Calef's company. He enlisted the last of March, 1776, served six months in Captain John Calef's company, Colonel Peirse Long's New Hampshire regiment, and assisted in erecting a fort in Great Island. 

He was allowed pension on his application executed April 10, 1833, at which time he was aged eighty-four years, and living in Newton, New Hampshire. 

The papers on file in this claim contain no
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reference to wife or children of the soldier, Daniel Goodwin. 

One Samuel Goodwin who was in 1833 a resident of Loudon, Merrimack County, New Hampshire, stated that he served in the Revolution with the above named Daniel Goodwin, but did not claim any relationship. 

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name and address of person paid, and possibly the date of death of this pensioner, you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D. C., and furnish the following data: 

Daniel Goodwin 
Certificate #15061 
Issued May 23, 1833 
Rate $21.66 per annum 
Commenced March 4, 1831 
Act of June 7, 1832 
New Hampshire Agency. 

Very truly yours 

A. D. HILLER 
Executive Assistant 
to the Administrator
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(letterhead)
The National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution
ORGANIZED APRIL 30, 1889
INCORPORATED BY ACT OF CONGRESS JUNE 9, 1906
NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS, 1227 16TH STREET, N. W., WASHINGTON, D. C.
(letterhead continues)
President General
MESSMORE KENDALL
WASHINGTON'S HEADQUARTERS
DORBS FERRY, NEW YORK
Vice-Presidents General
HOWARD E. COE
WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT
HARRY F. BREWER
SUMMIT, NEW JERSEY
ALEXANDER H. LORD
SEAFORD, DELAWARK
TOM MOORE
NORFOLK, VIRGINIA
ARTHUR A. DE LA HOUSSAYE
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA
CLARENCE L. COOK
INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA
WALLACE C. HALL
DETROIT, MICHIGAN
STERLING F. MUTZ
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA
PAUL P. PINKERTON
SAND SPRINGS, OKLAHOMA
PAUL P. NEWLON
DENVER, COLORADO
CARL G. BROWN
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA
MARQUIS DE ROCHAMBEAU
PARIS, FRANCE
Secretary Registrar General
FRANK B. STEELE
WASHINGTON, D. C.
Treasurer General
GEORGE S. ROBERTSON
BALTIMORE, MARYLAND
Historian General
ALBERT C. McDAVID
SAN ANTONIO, TExAS
Chancellor General
LOREN E. SOUERS
CANTON, OHIO
Genealogist General
C. WESLEY PATTEN
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS
Chaplain General
REV. HENRY L. DARLINGTON.
NEW YORK, N. Y.
Librarian General
DR. LOUIS CHARLES SMITH
WASHINGTON, D. C.
Executive Committee
LOUIS ANNIN AMES
NEW YORK, N. Y.
HON. TOM CONNALLY
MARLIN, TExAS
HON. WILBUR L. CROSS
NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT
FERRY K. HEATH
WASHINGTON, D. C.
HON. HERBERT HOOVER
PALO ALTO, CALIFORNIA
HENRY D. LINDSLEY
DALLAS, TExAS TENN.)
ARTHUR M. McCRILLIS
PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND
HON. ARTHUR H. VANDENBERG
GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN
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(receipt stamp)
OCT 22 1938

1938 - 1939

Please address reply to

9 Ashburton Place,
Boston, Mass.,
October 21, 1938.

Veterans Administration, 
Revolutionary Pensions Section 
Washington D.C.

Gentlemen:
Fearing that my letter to you of September 21st
has gone astray as no reply has been received,
I take the liberty of repeating my request for
information.

In the New Hampshire State Papers by Batcheller, Volume 30, Revolutionary Documents, page 356, is a statement showing the names, rank, etc. of persons residing in Rockingham County, New Hampshire
, who had, at the time the list was made,
been inscribed on the pension list under the Act of Congress passed June 7, 1832.

In this list appears the name of Daniel Goodwin, private, New Hampshire Militia, whose name was placed on the pension roll April 8, 1833 with commencement of pension dating from March 4, 1831, he being at that time seventy-five years of age.
I would appreciate it very much if you would be kind enough to send me a copy of the pension record of this man, which presumably shows the service he claimed to have performed. This will be of material 
assistance to me in settling a question which has arisen within our Society by reason of the fact that several members have joined through descent from various Daniel Goodwins.
Thanking you in advance, I beg to remain
Yours very truly,
(signed) C. Wesley Allen
Genealogist General.
CWP/agw
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(letterhead)
The National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution
ORGANIZED APRIL 30, 1889
INCORPORATED BY ACT OF CONGRESS JUNE 9, 1906
NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS, 1227 16TH STREET, N. W., WASHINGTON, D. C.
(letterhead continues)
President General
MESSMORE KENDALL
WASHINGTON'S HEADQUARTERS
DORBS FERRY, NEW YORK
Vice-Presidents General
HOWARD E. COE
WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT
HARRY F. BREWER
SUMMIT, NEW JERSEY
ALEXANDER H. LORD
SEAFORD, DELAWARK
TOM MOORE
NORFOLK, VIRGINIA
ARTHUR A. DE LA HOUSSAYE
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA
CLARENCE L. COOK
INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA
WALLACE C. HALL
DETROIT, MICHIGAN
STERLING F. MUTZ
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA
PAUL P. PINKERTON
SAND SPRINGS, OKLAHOMA
PAUL P. NEWLON
DENVER, COLORADO
CARL G. BROWN
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA
MARQUIS DE ROCHAMBEAU
PARIS, FRANCE
Secretary Registrar General
FRANK B. STEELE
WASHINGTON, D. C.
Treasurer General
GEORGE S. ROBERTSON
BALTIMORE, MARYLAND
Historian General
ALBERT C. McDAVID
SAN ANTONIO, TExAS
Chancellor General
LOREN E. SOUERS
CANTON, OHIO
Genealogist General
C. WESLEY PATTEN
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS
Chaplain General
REV. HENRY L. DARLINGTON.
NEW YORK, N. Y.
Librarian General
DR. LOUIS CHARLES SMITH
WASHINGTON, D. C.
Executive Committee
LOUIS ANNIN AMES
NEW YORK, N. Y.
HON. TOM CONNALLY
MARLIN, TExAS
HON. WILBUR L. CROSS
NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT
FERRY K. HEATH
WASHINGTON, D. C.
HON. HERBERT HOOVER
PALO ALTO, CALIFORNIA
HENRY D. LINDSLEY
DALLAS, TExAS TENN.)
ARTHUR M. McCRILLIS
PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND
HON. ARTHUR H. VANDENBERG
GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN
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(receipt stamp)
SEPT  24 1938

1938 - 1939

Office of the Genealogist General 
9 Ashburton Place,
Boston, Mass.,
(handwritten -- address as above)

September 21, 1938.

Veterans Administration, 
Revolutionary Pensions Section,
Washington D.C.

Gentlemen:

In the New Hampshire State Papers by Batchellor, Volume 30, Revolutionary Documents, page 356, is a statement showing the names, rank, etc. of persons residing in Rockingham County, New Hampshire
, who had, at the time the list was made,
been inscribed on the pension list under the Act of Congress passed June 7, 1832.

In this list appears the name of Daniel Goodwin, private, New Hampshire Militia, whose name was placed on the pension roll April 8, 1833 with commencement of pension dating from March 4, 1831, he being at that time seventy-five years of age.
I would appreciate it very much if you would be kind enough to send me a copy of the pension record of this man, which presumably shows the service he claimed to have performed. This will be of material 
assistance to me in settling a question which has arisen within our Society by reason of the fact that several members have joined through descent from various Daniel Goodwins.
Thanking you in advance, I beg to remain
Yours very truly,
(signed) C. Wesley Allen
Genealogist General.
CWP/agw
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1938 Oct(ober) 26 list : C Wesly Patten any

(sideways) Rev War  
10.755
INVALID

File No.  10, 755

Daniel Goodwin 
Pri(vate) Rev(olutionary) War

Act: June 7th (18)32
Index:--Vol. A Page 166

[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Jas. Kelly

Ap(ri)l 30, 1836

G. C. 

Record  7 31(circled) page 421
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War Dept. 
Pension Office 
Apl. 30. 1836. 

Sir:
A certificate of pension was issued for Daniel Goodwin, under the act of June 7, 1832, on the 23 May 1833 and sent to you. I will be obliged to you if you will cause it to be returned to this office in order that an omission may be supplied. 

James Kelly, Esq, 
Exeter 
N.H.
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I Thomas Elliott of Newtown in the County of Rockingham in the State of New Hampshire, depose and say- that some time in the month of October in the year 1776 I volunteered my service in a company commanded by Capt. Robert Stuart of said Newtown & Benjamin Hoyt of said Newtown was lieutenant, and marched to Portsmouth in said county and was put under the command of Capt. John Calef of Hampstead in said county, and was stationed on a place called great Island at Portsmouth harbour, and was there in service fifteen days and then discharged, and I further say that Daniel Goodwin of said Newtown volunteered & enlisted with me and served the same time at the same place & under the same officers 

Thomas {his X mark} Eliot 

Rockingham Js }
March 9th 1833 ⎬ Then personally appeared the above named Thomas Eliot and made solemn oath that the above deposition by him subscribed was the truth before me Matthias Bartlett Justice of the peace 

Rockingham Js   }  I hereby certify that Thomas  March 9th 1833 }. Eliot who signed the above deposition is a man whose character for truth & veracity is good 
Matthias Bartlett Justice of the peace 

State of New Hampshire of Rockingham Js ⎬ I John Kelly Register of Probate and Clerk of the Court of Probate for said County do hereby 
certify that Matthias Bartlett is a Justice of the Peace for said County and that his signatures to the above certificates are as I believe in his own hand writing. In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court this tenth day of April AD 1883 John Kelly Reg'r Probate
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I Samuel Goodwin of London in the County of Merrimack and State of New Hampshire of Caufield age do testify and say that I was knowing to Daniel Goodwin of Newtown in the County of Rockingham and State aforesaid volunteering his service to the United States I think in the month of October in the year 1775 and marched to Portsmouth in New Hampshire under the command of Robert Stuart of said  Newtown a Militia Captain and Benjamin Hart of said Newton was Lieutenant and after arriving at Portsmouth was put under the command of John Calf of Hampsted and I further depose and say that I served with said Daniel Goodwin under the said Capt Calf two weeks and was then discharged and I further say that the said Daniel Goodwin enlisted with me the last of March on the first of April in the year 1776 as a soldier in the service of the United State under Capt John Calf of Hampsted and {illegible} of Southhampton was Lieut and Meshack Bell of Newcastle was ensign and I do further say the the above named Daniel Goodwin enlisted with me for the term of six months and were stationed on the great Island at Portsmouth and served six months and was then discharged me 

John Patchell  }.        {his X mark} 
Sargent Heath }.    Samuel  Goodwin
          
State of New Hampshire 
Merrimack Js   Landon February 21 1833 Personally appearing the above named Samuel Goodwin and made solemn oath that the above by him subscribed is true before me 

John Batchelder Justice of the Peace 

Merrimack Js  February 21st 1833 
I hereby certify that Samuel Godwin who signed the above affidavit  is a man whose character for truth and veracity is good - John Batchelder Justice of the Peace
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State of New Hampshire
Secretary's Office Concord February 21. 1833.
I hereby certify that the within named John Batchelder is a Justice of the Peace in and for our County of Merrimack, duly constituted and sworn, and that his signature to the foregoing instrument is genuine.
In Testimony whereof I have herewith affixed the seal of the said State the day and year aforesaid.
Joseph Robinson Dep. Secy. of State.