Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 5190, Daniel Howey, New Jersey New York
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New Jersey
New York
Howey, Daniel
Howey, Jane
R. 5190
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Filed by J Warner
Woodhull
Steuben _ Co
NY
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State of New York}
County of Steuben} ss
Town of Troupsbury}

William Howey Being by me duly sworn on his oath declares that he is the only surviving child of Daniel Howey and Jane Howey his mother (and the wife of said Daniel Howey) "both Deceased" — that the said Daniel Howey his father entered the service of the United States in the revolutionary "war" under General Maxwell of the State of New Jersey and into a troup of Cavalry as a Lieutenant and continued in said service for the term of seven years and three months — That his father was a resident of Hacketts Town[illegible, smudged] County of Sussex N.J. at the time of Entering said service and was dischargd up the Delaware River in "Orange County" N. York at the Close of said war — that he Commanded a Scouting party in pursuit of the Indian Enemy at the time of his discharge, Deponent further says that in the winter of 1832 or 1833 the said Lieutenant his father Through the agency of Atphius[?], Ingham of Bradford County State of Pennsylvania filed in the pension office at Washington his application together with the evidence for a pension on account of his service in said war and that he died the 9th of September following and that soon after his death said Ingham his agent died — That Deponent was informed and believes that his fathers case was a proper one and that his certificate was sent on, but that his Mother the said Jane Howey never made application for a pension That his mother was married to said Daniel Howey previous to the year of 1790 and that she was entitled to full pay pension from the 4th day of July 1836 to the time of her death and that she died on or about the 15th day of February in the year of 1842 at Goshen in the County of Orange State of New York — That there is no
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Record evidince of their marriage but that they lived together a great number of years as Husband and wife and the question of their marriage was never raised 
Deponent hereby makes application for such pension as his mother was entitled up to the time of her death as his [smudged] widow and refers to and claims the proof made in his case by his father at the time and manner before stated      William Howey [signature]

Subscribed and sworn to the 16th day of September in the year of 1857 and I Certify that deponent is a credible person and that I have no interest in this Claim    - C.[illegible] Justice of the Peace

State of Pennsylvania } ss
County of Tioga  }
Town of Clymer }

Robert, Teeple of the Town County, & State afore said Being by me duly Sworn an oath declares that they[crossed out] were[crossed out] he was well acquainted with Daniel Howey and, Jane Howey the before mentioned persons for a great many years as the parents of said William Howey and that no question was ever raised of their marriage that they was reputed to be Husband and wife and lived together as such and that they both died on or about the time stated by deponent William Howey and that he is their only surviving child
Robert Teeple [signed]

Subscribed and sworn to this 15th day of Sept in the year of 1857 and I further certify that deponent is a credible person and that I have no interest in the above claim  Mr[?] A. Douglass [illegible] P [signature]
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State of Pennsylvania }
County of Tioga } ss
Town of Brookfield }

Wheeler Hubbell of the said Town County & State Being by me duly sworn on His oath says that he was well acquantid with Daniel Howey and Jane Howey—the persons named in the declaration of the above William Howey—That they were always reputed to be Husband & Wife and no question was ever raised to the contrary and that said William Howey is the only surviving child of said Daniel & Jane Howey and that said Daniel Howey & Jane Howey both died at or about the time set forth in William Howeys affadavitt according to^ the best information William Howey is the only surviving Child of Daniel and Jane Howey        Wheeler Hubbell [signed]

Affirmed Sworn[crossed out] and subscribed before me this 16 day of Sept in the year of 1857 and I certify that said Wheeler Hubbell is a credible person well known to me and that I have no interest in the above Claim    S.D. Seely J.P. [signed]
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Tioga County, P.
I John F. Donaldson, prothonotary [?] of the Court of Common Pleas of Tioga County, Pennsylvania do certify that William A. Douglss and Suman D. Seeley Esqrs are and were at the date of the within affidavits acting justices of the peace in and for said county, duly authorized by law to administer oaths etc. and that the written signatures purporting to be them are genuine - In testimony whereof I have herewith set my hand and affixed my seal of office this 29th day of September 1857. J.F. Donaldson, Prothony.

State of New-York,
Steuben County Clerk's Office, ss:
I, SAMUEL M. ALLEY, Clerk of said County and the Courts thereof, do hereby certify that C.M.  Griswold Esq., before whom the annexed instrument was proved or acknowledged, was, at the time of taking such proof or acknowledgement, a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, elected and sworn, and duly authorized to take the same; and that I am well acquainted with his hand-writing, and verily believe that the signature to said certificate or proof of acknowledgment is genuine.  And I further certify that said instrument is created and acknowledged according to the Laws of the State of New York [this line is crossed out]
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name, and affixed the Seal of said County, at Bath, this 18 day of Sept 1857 
S.M. Alley [signature] Clerk.
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For the purpose of obtaining the benefit of an act entitled "an act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the army of the revolution" approved on the 15th of May 1828. I Daniel Howey of Asylum in the County of Bradford in the State of Pennsylvania do hereby declare that I was an officer in the Continental Line of the Army of the revolution and served as such to the end of the war, at which period I was a Lieutenant in the 3rd Regiment of the New Jersey Line. (commanded by Col. Stout) And I also declare that I afterwards received a Certificate (commonly called a commutation certificate) for a sum equal to the amount of five years full pay, which sum was offered by the resolve of Congress of the 22nd of March 1783 instead of the half pay for life to which I was entitled under the resolve of the 21st of Act 1780. And I do further declare that I have never received of the United States any money as a pensioner.
Asylum October 6th, 1828
Bradford County P
Before me Thomas Ingham a justice of the peace in and for said County in the State of Pennsylvania personally appeared this day James Quick and John Bats of the said county who did severaly make oath that Daniel Howey by whom the foregoing declaration was subscribed is generally reputed and believed to have been an officer in the army of the revolution in manner as therein states. Witness my hand this 8th day of October in the year AD 1828. Tho. Ingham J Peace
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Pennsylvania
Bradford County P. [bracket]
I George Scott Prothonotary of the County of Common Pleas in and for the County of Bradford do certify that Thomas Ingham before whom the within deposition was taken, was at the time of taking the same one of the Justices of the peace in and for said County duly Commissioned and qualified and that full faith and credit are due to all his official acts in that capacity. In testimony where I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the Said Court at Towanda this 15th day of Nov A.D. 1828. - George Scott Prothonotory [underlined]
[there is a seal affixed to the document]
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Daniel Howey Ord [?]
Penn a [a underlined twice]
Lit. S. Warner Oct 17/57
Danl Howey 5190
Act May 15, 1828.
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[handwritten across top of form]
Rejected
-----Ex'r OLD WAR.
File No. 20386 [check mark] [stamped] REJECTED
[printed and crossed out by hand]
Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
[handwritten]
Daniel Howey
Lieut.
N.J. Line
Revy War
_____other claim.
_____, 187 . _________ Clerk.
[handwritten perpendicular to form] Act 1828. [underlined]
[printed] Application filed: ______, 18  .
Attorney: __________
P.O. ________
[written perpendicular to form and underlined]
Not allowed.
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[printed across top of card and crossed out]
Acts of July 14, 1862 and March 3, 1873.
[stamped] REJECTED
[handwritten] 5190
P.O. Daniel Honney ['n' crossed out] or Howey
Service:_____
Enlisted: _____, 18  .
Discharged: __________, 18  .
Application filed: ______, 18  .
Alleges: ______
Re-enlisted:________
Attorney:______
P.O. ________
[handwritten] No Good for N.J. CY
______Recognized. ________Contract.
_______ Cert. of Dis.    Searched for ______, 18  .
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Daniel Howey _ Lieut. 
N. Jersey line.
Penn_
Ex of Act Ind. Ref & old Books.
Wid. No Record
LDS
[check mark] Not allowed Act 1828 Nov 5/[illegible]
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owry
#20,386 [underlined]
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Hon
Com of pensions
The enclosed claim is founded on the fact that Daniel Howey was entitled to a pension and his wife after him said claimant being the only surviving child the man who went with the revolutionary pensioner to obtain the evidence is yet living 
From the best information I can get I think said claim is a good one if the evidence was filed as claimed to be. [ink smudge] A Brother of said Alphius Ingham thinks it was and was admitted as proper and sufficient. Please address
S. Warner Woodhull Stueben N.Y.
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[top of page and first word torn] [letters missing]da  Nov 28th1828
Dear Sir
Enclosed are the papers relative to the services and claims of Daniel Howey, an old soldier and officer of the revolution. If the provisions of the late Act of Congress can in fact [underlined] as well as form [underlined] be [smudged] applied to the case of any old soldier, I think it should extend to the relief of Mr Howey; for his services and sufferings have been great in behalf of our Country, and now at the age of 80 he is dependent solely upon the daily labor of his own hands for the support of himself and wife. Upon an examination of the Act, and the evidence here enclosed, I believe his claims are as fully and clearly made out, as can be done in any one case in a hundred of those whom Congress intended to relieve. But if this proof is deemed insufficient by the Department to which it is referred, the consequence to Mr. Howey will be despair of obtaining any reward from government for the comfort of his remaining days, which will be few, at most. John H. Scott (whose deposition relative to the services of Mr Howey is enclosed) was a Quartermaster in the Regt in which Howey served. At the time his deposition was taken Mr Howey was present with him before the Justice, which was the cause of the omition to identify him in terms more fully in the deposition. But in addition to this, his identity I think is sufficiently proved by the concurring testimony of Daniel Brown, James Quick, and John Bates. And I do hope and trust for the sake of suffering merit - for the honor of our country, and the credit of the late law of Congress (if it be not in=)
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-tended to be a dead letter) that his name may be put upon the pension list -
With the hope that you will be kind enough to inform me as soon as convenient of the result
I remain Respectfully
Your friend etc
Genl Saul (Saml?) McKean, Alpheus Ingham
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Bradford County P
Personally appeared before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County in the State of Pennsylvania Daniel Howey of said County who being duly sworn according to law did depose and say that he enlisted in the army of the revolution at Bowman's Creek in the State of New York in September 1775 into Captain Yeates' Company, Colonel Campbell's Regiment, for one year, and served thirteen months. That he went to Quebeck in the army with Montgomery and was in the battle at that place. This deponent further saith that in the month of March AD 1780 he again enlisted in the Continental Line of the Army of the revolution for and during the war. That he received at the same time a commission [crossed out] Lieutenant's commission in Captain Anderson's Company, in Colonel Stout's Regiment in the New Jersey Line of infantry, and served until the 3d of October 1783, and was regularly discharged. That this deponent received upon the back of his commission a recommendation from Genl William Maxwell (or Maxfield) which, after having been preserved many years, is now lost. That this deponent according to the best of his knowledge is now in the eightieth year of his age, that he is poor, and dependent on his daily labor for his support. That he made application before Judge Frisbie in Delaware County in New York, he believes, in the year 1818 or 1819 in order to obtain his pension, and has since that time been endeavoring to obtain the necessary proof of his said services - and further saith not - Sworn and subscribed this 9th day of Oct AD 1828 before me Tho. Ingham, J Peace 
[swirls of ink] Daniel Howey
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Bradford County P
Personally appeared before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County in the State of Pennsylvania - Daniel Brown of said County who being duly sworn according to law did depose and say that he knew a Lieutenant Howey in the army of the revolution, sometime after the "massacre of Wyoming". That said Howey was then in Sullivan's Army near Wilkesbarre in Pennsylvania. That this deponent was then young; and that after a lapse of more than 40 years his recollection is not perfectly clear, but he believes that Daniel Howey who now resides in Asylum Township, in the County of Bradford in Pennsylvania is the same Lieutenant Howey whom this deponent saw in the army of the revolution at the time and place aforesaid. And further saith not. [signed] Daniel Brown

Sworn and subscribed this 8th day of Oct AD 1828 before me, Tho. Ingham J Peace
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Pennsylvania
Bradford County P 
I George Scott Prothonotary of the Court of Common pleas in and for the County of Bradford do certify that Thomas Ingham before whom the within deposition was taken was at the time of taking the same one of the Justice of the peace in and for said county duly Commissioned and qualified and that full faith and credit are due to all his official acts in that capacity. In testimony whereof I have here unto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court at the Borough of Towanda this 15th day of Nov. A.D. 1828
George Scott Prothonotory
[seal visible on left hand side]
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Wayne County P
Before me Jacob W Welsh, a Justice of the peace in and for the County of Wayne in the State of Pennsylvania personally appeared this day John Homan of the said county who being duly sworn according to law did depose and say that in the years 1781 and 1782 he was well acquainted with Daniel Howey, who now resides in Asylum Township, Bradford County Penna. That said Howey was then a Lieutenant in the Army of the revolution and at the time aforesaid was in the State of New Jersey that the said Howey was enlisted, as this deponent believes for during the war. That this deponent knew that the said Daniel Howey served as a Lieutenant in said army for two years, and deponent believed a much longer time. That this deponent was then a Quartermaster in said army. That this deponent afterwards said the commission and discharge of the said Daniel Howey at Maidenhead in New Jersey and that the Daniel Howey who now resides in Asylum Township Bradford County Penna, and is about making application for his pension by declaration dated in October 1828, and further saith not. Sworn and subscribed this 12 day of January AD 1829 before me [ink swirls] John Homan Jacob W Welsh, J. Peace
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Towanda, PA  Free
Nov 29th [bracket]
Hon. Saml McKean
Representative
Washington City 
[written sideways]
Mr Ingham
Capt B Clark
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Wayne County P
Before me Jacob W Welsh a Justice of the Peace in and for the said county in the State of Pennsylvania personally appeared Abigail Cole of the said County who being duly sworn according to law doth depose and say that she was well acquainted with Daniel Howey in the year AD 1788 that this deponent at that time resided in the same house with the said Howey and frequently saw the commission of the said Howey as a Lieutenant in the army of the revolution. That the said Howey, as this deponent believes, was enlisted for during the war. And that the said Daniel Howey, here alluded to, is the same Daniel Howey who now resides in Asylum Township in the county of Bradford in Penna and who, as this deponent understands, is about applying for his pension, by declaration dated in October AD 1828 and further saith not. [signature] Abigail Cole
Sworn and subscribed this 12 day of January AD 1829 before me. 
[dotted underline] Jacob W Welsh, Justice of the Peace.
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Pennsylvania
Wayne County P
John Howard of Scott - in the county of Wayne and state of Pennsylvania being duly Sworn doth on his oath depose and say, that in the years 1781 and 1782 he was well acquainted with Daniel Howey, that said Howey was then a Lieutenant in the Army of the revolution and at the time of one mentioned was in the state of New Jersey - that this Deponent knew that said Daniel Howey served as a Lieutenant in Said Army for 2 years and deponent believes a much longer time - That this deponent afterwards saw a discharge of the said Daniel Howey dated in the year 1783 at MaidenHead in New Jersey and further saith not.
Sworn and Subscribed this 19 day of April AD 1827. Before the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County of Wayne PA 
Jacob W Welsh JP
[faintly written] It must be certified by the clerk that he is a Justice of the Peace.
This is to certify that the above name Thomans apperd before me & was Duly sworn to the above.
Jacob W welsh JP
April 19 - 1227
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Pennsylvania
Wayne County [bracket] P
I Solomon Moore Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Wayne, do certify that Jacob W. Welsh before whom the within Deposition was taken was at the time of taking the same one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said County duly Commissioned and qualified, and that full faith and credit are due to all his official acts in that capacity. 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court at Bethany the twenty-first day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty seven.
Solomon Moore\
Prothonotary
[swirled ink marks]
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1373[written in the upper right corner]
Revolutionary Claims.
Under the act, entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution," approved 15th May, 1828. 
[line]
Treasury Department, 
27 Dec 1828. [handwritten]
The annexed paper, relating to the claim of Daniel Howey [handwritten] under the abovementioned act, is respectfully referred to the Secretary of War, with a request that he will be pleased to cause me to be informed whether it appears, by any records in the War Department, that the claimant has received, or is entitled to receive, the bounty in land granted by Congress for service in the Continental line of the Army of the Revolution; and, if so, whether he became entitled to the same by service to the termination of the war, or in what other manner. 
R. Ruth [signature]
The Hon. the Secretary of War.
[the section below is handwritten] 
War Depart:
Bounty land office
The Records of this office do not show that Daniel Howey as an officer of the New Jersey line ever received or is entitled to bounty land of the United States. 
Robert Taylor
30 Dec 1828
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Revolutionary Claims.
Treasury Department,
20 Dec 1828. [handwritten]
Daniel Howey [handwritten] of Asylum [handwritten] in the County of Bradford in the State of Pennsylvania has applied to the Secretary of the Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled "An Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the army of the Revolution," approved on the 15th of May, 1828. He states that he was as an officer on the Continental line, and served as such to the end of the war [time period is handwritten], at which period he was a Lieutenant  [handwritten] in the [blank] regiment of the New Jersey [handwritten] line; and that he received commutation certificates for the five years full pay granted by the resolve of 22 March, 1783; and, further, that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of March, 1826, nothing[handwritten] . [struck out] dollars, paid to him by the agent in the State of [blank]
The Third Auditor is requested to report how far these several statements are corroborated by the records in his office. 
By order of the Secretary.[handwritten]
F A Dickins.[handwritten]
Treasury Department, 
Third Auditor's Office, 
23 December 1828 [handwritten]
It does not appear by the records in this office, that final settlement certificates have been issued for the commutation of five years full pay to Daniel Howey, Lieutenant in the New Jersey [handwritten] line, [struck out] amounting to [blank] dollars. It further appears that Daniel Howey [handwritten]--- is not [handwritten] on the pension list of the [the struck out] any [handwritten] ---------- agency, and has not [handwritten] been since the 3_March 1826 [date handwritten]. [the following is struck out] at the rate of [blank] per month. Peter Hagmr And [ink swirls] [illegible ink at bottom]