Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B. L. Wt. 1804-300, for Daniel Neil, New Jersey
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(3-1776)
SERVICE
New Jersey
Neil, Daniel
NUMBER
B.L.Wt. 1804-300
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W.
Gordon
Bounty Land
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State of Georgia
County of Pulaski
We David Brooks Halsted & Robert
Wiley Halsted

Heirs at law of Isabella Halsted, deceased, one of the two
daughters and heiresses of Daniel Neil (who to the best of
our knowlege [knowledge] left but two children, the said Isabella, who
married Jonathan Halsted, and Maria Mallam Neil,
who married David Brooks of New York, do upon oath
testify and declare to the best of our knowlege [knowledge]and belief
that the above mentioned Daniel Neil entered the army of
the Revolution in the year 1776, as a Captain of Artillery in

the New Jersey line, and continued in the service
aforesaid until January 1777 when he fell in the battle of
Princeton. In confirmation of which we refer to
Marshall's Life of Washington, Vol. 2:page 509 and to
an extract from a letter of General Washington to the
President of Congress copied into the 3rd Volume of General
Washington's letters in the office of the Secretary of State
page 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9; And we do further declare that we
have never received a warrant for the County land promised
to the said Daniel Neil on the part of the United States,
nor do we believe that he ever received it, or transferred his
claim to it in any manner whatsoever, Therefore, Know
all men by these presents that We David Brooks
Halsted and Robert Wiley Halstead,
aforesaid, do hereby constitute
and appoint James G. Brooks of the City and State of
New York to be our true and lawful attorney, for us and
in our name to demand and receive from the Secretary
at War of the United States a warrant for the quantity
of land due to us as aforesaid, and our said attorney is
hereby fully authorized and empowered to constitute and
appoint one or more substitutes and attorneys under him
for the special purposes above expressed - In witness
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whereof we have hereunto subscribed our names -
David Brooks Halsted
Robert Wiley Halsted
Personally appeared the above named David
Brooks Halsted and Robert Willy Halsted
subscribers to the foregoing declaration and in my presence acknowledged the power of Attorney thereto subjoined to be their free act and deed, for
the purposes therein mentioned -
Attest
Daniel Cornwall Justice of the Peace
Ap. 23rd 1831
In testimony that the above written Daniel Cornwall
was a magistrate authorized to administer oaths and to
take acknowledgements &c in the State of Georgia at
the above date and that his name there subscribed
appears to me to be his usual signature. I have
hereunto 
[strike-through "affixed the county seal and"] subscribed my name and quality at Hartford this the twenty third day of April 1831

Joseph Camethers
Clerk of the County of Pulaski
and State of Georgia
N.B. No seal is used in the County of Pulaski
Georgia as will appear on
investigation.
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City
County and State of New York. I John
Van Dyke being duly sworn do depose and say
that I was a lieutenant in the company
of Artillery, commended by Captain Daniel
Neil at the time of the battle of
Princeton, January 1777, and that Maria
Mallam Brooks is one of the daughters of
the said Captain Neil.
Sworn before me that the
City of New York this
16th of June - ,1831 
1
John VanDyk
Jno T Irving
Judge of the Court of Com Pleas
for the City & County of New York
City, County and State of New York [illegible]

I, Maria M. Brooks, being duly sworn do
depose & say that David Brooks Halstead
and Robert Wiley Halstead, signers to the
accompanying document are children and
heirs of Isabella Halstead deceased, and that the
said Isabella Halstead and myself
were the only children and heirs of Captain Daniel Neil mentioned in the said
accompanying document.
Sworn before me at the
City of New York this
17th
June 1832 Maria M. Brooks
Jno T Irving
[more text follows but obscured by overlaid sheet of paper]
[Overlaid sheet begins "State of New York
City of and State of New-York
I, NICHOLAS DEAN, Clerk of the City and County]
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Sworn before me at the
City of New York
this 17th June 1831 Maria M. Brooks
Jno T Irving
First Judge of the Court of Com Pleas
for the City & County of New York
State of New-York
[following is from a separate page that was overlaid on this copy, the same page overlaid on previous page]
State of New-York
CITY AND COUNTY OF NEW-YORK.
I, NICHOLAS DEAN, Clerk of [obscured]
of New York, and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of
said City and County, DO HEREBY CERTIFY
That
John T Irving Esquire before whom the annexed
depositions were made was and is a first Judge
of the Court of Common Pleas for the City and
County of New York, and by law authorized to
administer Oaths. And I further certify that the
signature "Jno T. Irving" thereto subscribed
in the proper hand writing of the said Judge
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my Hand and affixed
the Seal of the said Court and County, this Eighteenth
day of June
1831
[illegible signature]
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[Same as page 6]
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State of New York City
and County of New York
I Maria Mallam Brooks, do depose upon
oath that the late Isabella Halsted of Georgia and
myself were the only children of Daniel Neil
who, to the best of my
knowledge and belief, entered
the army of the Revolution in the year 1776, as a Captain
of Artillery in the New Jersey line, and who
fell in the battle of Princeton, January 1777. In confirmation of which I refer to Marshall 's Life of Washington Vol. 2 page 509, and to an extract from a letter
of Genl Washington to the President of Congress
copied into the third volume of Genl Washington's
letters in the office of the Secretary of State, page
4,5,6,7,8,9, and I do further declare that I have
never received a warrant for the bounty land
promised to the said Daniel Bell on the part of
the United States, nor do I believe that he
or received it, or transferred his claim to it, in
day manner whatsoever. Therefore, Know all men
by these presents that I Maria Mallam Brooks do
hereby constitute and appoint James G. Brooks
of the City and State of New York to be my true
and lawful attorney for me and in my name
to demand & receive from the Secretary at War
of the United States a warrant for the quantity
of land due to me in connexion with the
heirs of my sister Isabella Halsted as aforesaid
and he my said attorney, is hereby fully authorized
and empowered to constitute and appoint one or
more substitute and attornies under him, for the
special purposes, above expressed. In witness
whereof, I have hereunto inscribed my name
June 18th 1831
Maria M. Brooks
City, County & State of New York. Personally appeared
before me the above mentioned Maria Mallam Brooks
subscriber to the foregoing declaration, and in my presence
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acknowledged the power of attorney, thereto subjoined
to be her free act and Deed for the purposes therein
mentioned. June 18th 1831
Jno T. Irving
First Judge of the Court of General
Pleas for the City & County of New York
City, County & State of New York City, County and State of New York. I James G. Brooks
legally constituted the true and lawful attorney of
David Brooks Halsted, and Robert Wiley Halsted
heirs of Isabella Halsted deceased and also of
Maria Mallon Brooks, do hereby constitute and
appoint Edward Van Ness of the City of 
Washington, District of Columbia, my substitute and
Attorney, to receive and demand from the Secretary
at war of the United States, a warrant for the
quantity of land due to the said David Brooks
Halsted, Robert Wiley Halsted, and 
Maria Mallam Brooks, as aforesaid June 18th 1831
James G Brooks
City, County and State of New York [illegible]. Personally
appeared before me, the above said
James G. Brooks, and in my presence acknowleged
the power of attorney, as above signed to be
his own free act and deed, for the purposes
therein mentioned. June 18th 1831
Jno T. Irving
First Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of illegible] for the City
County of New York
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Rev. & 1812 War Section
Bty Ld. Wt. 1804 -- 300
December 23, 1926
Mr. Edwin W. Hopson, Jr.
Ridgewood, R. F. D. 1
New Jersey
Sir:
I have to advise you that from the Revolutionary War records of
this bureau it appears that DANIEL NEIL enlisted in 1776 and served
a Captain of Artillery in the New Jersey line until he was killed
in the battle of Princeton January 3, 1777.
He left two children, Maria Mallam who married David Brooks
and was living in New York City in 1831, and Isabella who married
Jonathan Halsted.
Said Isabella Halsted died in Georgia prior to April, 1831,
and left two children, David Brooks Halsted and Robert Wiley Halsted,
On account of the Revolutionary War service of Daniel Neil
three hundred acres of bounty land were allowed on warrant 1804.
The Revolutionary War records fail to afford any information
in regard to a soldier by the name of Arthur Helmes.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner
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ISAAC A. SERVEN
President
265 SOUTH 2nd ST.
LAKE VIEW, PATERSON, N. J.
TEL. LAMBENT 8330
EDWIN N. HOPSON JR.
Secretary
R. F. D. NO. 1. RIDGEWOOD, N. J.
(ARCOLA, N. J.)
TEL HACKENSACK 4621-M
FRED W. WENTWORTH
Treasurer
140 MARKET STREET
TEL SHERWOOD 1818
The Captain Abraham Godwin Chapter
of the New Jersey Society
Sons of the American Revolution
[image of official seal]
Paterson, New Jersey
PATERSON, NEW JERSEY
DR. WM. H. RAUCHFUSS
Vice-President
36 BROADWAY.
TEL SHERWOOD 4588
DR. FRANK R. SANDT
Registrar
466 PARK AVENUE
TEL. LAMBERT 8069
ALBERT H. HEUSSER
Historian
740 EAST 16TH STREET
TEL LAMBERT 1762-R
REV. GEORGE W. LABAW
Chaplain
PREAKNESS, N. J.
October, 25, 1926
Pension Office
Washington, D.C.
Re: Revolutionary War Records
Gentlemen:
We would appreciate having you send us
any data you have on the following Revolutionary Soldiers
from New Jersey.
Capt. Daniel Neil (Neal, Neile), killed at Battle
of Princeton,January 3, 1777.
New Jersey. 
Capt. Arthur Helmes of Acquackanonk (now Passaic) New Jersey.
Thanking you for your cooperation, I am
Yours very truly
Edwin N. Hopson Jr
Secretary.
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Daniel Neil
No 1804
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County of New York
Surrogates Office Ss 1
James Campbell Surrogate of the
County of New York, do certify that
satisfactory evidence was adduced
me that Maria Malam Brooks
wife of David Brooks of New York
is one of the Daughters and Heiresses at
Law in [fee?] to Daniel Neil, deceased,
late a Captain of Artillery in
the New Jersey line of the Army of
the
Revolution
Given under my hand
and seal of office this
8th September 1831 -
James Campbell
Surrogate
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Division of Veterans' Administration Archives
Bounty Land Warrant Record Card
THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Form VAM-51
12-5-41
NAME Neil, Daniel
GRADE Private
LINE Virginia
WARRANT
NUMBER 12438
BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
ACREAGE
ISSUED February 18, 1793
to Robt. Means, assignee
The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are
registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent
dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800.
Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.