Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 3274, Daniel Eighmey, New York
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Service New York 
Eighmey Daniel or Eighmay 
Number  R. 3274
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In the matter of Daniel Eighmey for a pension
[Illegible] 304

Rejected
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State of New York )
Delaware County)  ss

On this twentieth day of June 1833, personally appeared in Court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas now writing Daniel Eighmey a merchant of the Town of Middletown in the County of Delaware and State of America aged seventy-nine 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 preface June 7th 1832.  That he entered the service of the United States under the following service officers and services as herein stated.  I entered first (according to the best of my recollection) the army of the revolution in the year 1774 in the months of September or October.  That at the time of my entering the service I lived in Fishkill, Dutchess County and State of New York.  That I entered as a volunteer under Captain Thomas Lee.  The Lieutenant in Captain Lee's Company was Lieutenant Rescrever.  That the name of the division I do not recollect.  That Captain Lee's company was a commission of volunteering of the State of New York.  That I volunteered for five months.  That during the five months while at West Point I became employed in building a fort at that place most of the time.  That a few times during this time my company was ordered to Fishkill to the barracks at that place.  I do not recollect particularly the object of marching to Fishkill, whether it was to repair the barracks or not.  The Colonel of the regiment to which my company was attended I do not recollect.  That Major Strong was
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was the commanding officer at that time so far as I recollect.  That Continental Troops were stationed at West Point at this time but I do not recollect the names of any of the commanding officers.  That I saw General Washington a few times, who remained but in short time at this place West Point.  That at the end of said five months service I received a written discharge from Captain Lee at West Point in the months of January or February according to the best of my recollection.  That the discharge as aforesaid I herein lost.  That after being discharged referenced I returned home to Fishkill where I remained for a few weeks, when there was a call for soldiers to go to Bunker Hill in Massachusetts to oppose the British.  That I immediately volunteered under Captain Gideon Hall for that purpose for the term of five months.  I do not recollect the name of the Lieutenant or ensign for this company.  This company of Captain Hall former regiment that I recollect but marched for Bunker Hill.  That the time of my volunteering for this second purpose was in the Spring, May or June in the year 1775.  That my company marched from Fishkill to Dover and through Hartford in Connecticut towards Boston.  That my company arrived at Bunker Hill where we found the British, where the fighting had commenced already when my company was [illegible] [illegible], I believe the next day delivered into action, that in this engagement I was wounded by a musket ball in my left arm in the inside next to my body and the scar is to be seen at this time.  That this engagement was very [illegible] as both the Americans and the British forces seem near ease [illegible] then I was engaged in this slow [illegible] for several hours and that during the day I was
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Frequent engagements occurred in fighting the enemy. The British, afterward, retired towards their ships and remained there for three or four days. Word was then received that the British were moving up the Hudson River towards Peekskill in New York. We soon after marched in a large body through Massachusetts with Connecticut troops towards Fishkill, where we crossed the river and then marched down the main road toward Peekskill.

At Peekskill, the British had a force of about a hundred, and there were efforts to free them. Afterward, we moved through the Highlands. Expresses were sent from the American Army at Wicks Kill towards the British to monitor their movements. After staying here for a week or ten days, the British retreated down the Hudson River, and my company marched back to Fishkill.

While at Fishkill, I do not recollect the names of any of the commanding officers except General Putnam. I do not recall the names of the officers under whom my company marched back to Fishkill and Peekskill, except that while at Fishkill, I knew a Colonel Knox, who I think was in the service of the United States, but I do not recall which troops he commanded.

After returning to Fishkill, I remained there until the end of my five-month service. During that time, I was employed in no particular duty, except watching for any British attempts to pass up the river. At the end of my service, I received a written discharge from Captain Hall in October 1775. Unfortunately, I have lost this discharge.

After being discharged, I returned home, and shortly thereafter, I re-entered the service of the United States with other troops.
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[illegible] of my own and continued in the service as aforesaid for one year and six months until discharge, but by what officer I do not recollect.  That during this year and six months service I carried baggage, provisions, clothing for the army and between Fishkill and Boston and at various other places and around Fishkill, even that I was in the service of the United States where we served two years and four months.  That I was born at Fishkill, Dutchess County and State of New York in the month of June thirteenth day 1753-1754.  That I have no documents evidence of my services, nor do I know of any person living whose testimony I can procure that I remember and who set forth in my declaration or any part thereof, nor have I any records of my age at present.  Family say age was recorded in a Bible of my parents but it is torn out and lost.  That since the revolutionary war I have resided in the State of New York at Fishkill about twenty four years in the County of Montgomery, and thereafter in the Town of Middletown, Delaware County and I now reside in Middletown after service, and that I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and that my name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State and that the names of persons who are known to me where I  now live and who can testify to my character for truth and veracity and that belief of my services as a soldier of the revolution are John Buell, Justice of the Peace, James Mead, Clergyman, Matthew Halcott, Abraham Beadle, and Russell Stone.

Daniel Eighmey

Sworn and subscribed this 
20th day of June, 1833
before me in open Court

C.B. Sheldon
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The following are the Interrogatories propounded to Daniel Eighmey the applicant & the answers given by him. 
 1st:  Where and in what year were you born?
I was born in Fishkill  Dutchess County, & State of New York, the thirteenth day of June 1734

2nd: Have you any record of your age, & if so where is it?
I have none at present, but [afarnily?] there was a record of my age in my parents Bible, but the name is torn out & lost.

3d Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the revolutionary war & where do you now live?
I lived at Fishkill in the State of New York at the time of my entering the service & [illegible] the Revolutionary war in Dutchess Montgomery & Delaware Counties & now live in the  town of Middletown, Dutchess. County.

4th How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, & were you a substitute: and if a substitute for whom ?
I volunteered into the service & never was a substitute for any person.

5th State the names of  comm of the regular officers who were with the troops where you served war continental & militia regiments as you can recollect & the general circumstance of your service?
I can give no other answer to this Interrogatory than what is set forth in my declaration above.

6th Did you receive a discharge ever from this service & if so from whom was it given & what has become of it?
I [illegible] received two written discharges and from Captain James Lee & the other from Captain Gillan Hall but they are lost & a th[illeg] discharge verbally but from whom I do not [end of page]
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recollect.
7th. State the names of persons to whom you are [crossed out known] known in you present neighborhood & ; who can testify as to you character for necessity , & their beliefs of your service as a soldier of the revolution.

I state that of John Beadle, James Mead, Matteo Helcott, Abraham Beadle, Rupel Stone, Robert Stone & Joseph Avery.
20th day of June 1833 before me in open Court
 Daniel Eighmey X his mark

C B Sheldon Clerk.

We James Meerer a Clergyman residing in the town of Middletown Delaware County, & John Beadle Esquire of the town & County aforesaid hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Daniel Eighmey who was subscriber & sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be of the age of seventy nine years; that he is reputed and believed in the neighbor[illegible due to page fold] where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, & that we concur in that opinion.
James Mead
John Beadle
Sworn & subscribed the day and year aforesaid viz 20th june 1833 in open Court
 CB Sheldon, Clerk

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 revolutionary soldier & served as he states.  And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that James Meed who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman resident in the town of Middletown Delaware County & that John Beadle Esquire who has also signed the... {end of page]
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same is a resident in the town & County [last]  aforesaid, and is a credible person & that their statement is entitled to credit.
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I Crawford b Sheldon Clerk of the court of common Pleas in & for the County of Delaware do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings oof the senior Court in the matter of the application of Daniel Eighmey for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have herein to set my name and seal of office this thirteenth day of June in the year 1833.
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Rev. and 1812
War Section
AWF:MLB

October 11, 1930

L. Maude Shaeffer New
124 Maple Avenue
Ithaca, New York

Dear Madam:
You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, R. 3274, that Daniel Eighmey or Eighmay was born June 13, 1754, in Fishkill Duchess County, New York.

While residing in Fishkill, New York, he served in 1774 five months under Captain Thomas Lee and Major Strong. He enlisted in the spring of 1775 and served five months in Captain Gideon Hall's New York company, and was in the battle of Bunker Hill, were wounded by a musket ball in his left arm. A short time after this device, he went with his wagon and team and served one year and six months, carrying baggage, provision and clothing for the army.

He applied for pension June 20 1833, at which time he was living in Middletown, Delaware County, New York.

His claim was not allowed as he did not render six months  military service in the War of the Revolution. The service in 1774 was prior to the War of the Revolution, and the service in 1776, driving his own team, was not considered military. 

It is not stated that he ever married. 
Very truly yours

E. W. MORGAN
Acting Commissioner
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[upper left]
L. Maude S. New
124 Maple Avenue
Ithaca, New York


[Upper right]
DANIEL EIGHMEY
R3274
BA-J/MLB COM INITIAL

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter, herewith returned, in which you request information relative to Daniel Eight (Eighny or Eighmey) who was from Duchess County, New York, served in the Revolutionary War and was in the battle of Bunker Hill.

The record which was furnished you October 11 , 1930, is that of the only soldier named Daniel Eighmey,  under any spelling, found in the Revolutionary War records of this office. The papers on file in his claim for pension have been carefully examined and no further data found therein, than were contained in that record. 
Very truly yours
A. D. Hiller
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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124 Maple Ave
Ithaca NY
Sep 25, 1/30


Mr Earl D Church
Commissioner of Pensions:
My Dear Mr. Church. You have helped me very much heretofore for which I am most grateful and I am still seeking information. I wish to learn everything possible concerning one Christian Schoeffer and if his family is mentioned (various spellings Shaffer, Shaver, Shaver) of the Revolutionary War period. There is a tradition in the family that he was a Chaplain in Washington's Army. from New York or New Jersey.
Also:-
I would like any record of the Daniel Eighme family Z(Eighmy various spellings) of New York State. Also of Revolutionary period and possibly 1812. I am most anxious to complete these records and will be most grateful for any help
Very truly Yours
L. Maude Shaeffer New

[stamped]  pimston office U.S. SEP 26 1930
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[Printed header but crossed out]
Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 9, 1873

3274

P.O.  Daniel Eighmey
Service:______________
Enlisted: Rejected
Discharged:___________

Application filed _________18
The printed list of 1852 shows reasons for rejection
Alleges: " He did not perform

Re-enlisted_____________
six months military service"

Attorney:________
P.O. _______________


[Marginal note on right, sideways]
1930 Oct 11 Hish to L Maude S New awg.
1936 Aug. 6 L. Maude S New above that of only one MLB
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New York
Revol.
Daniel Eighmay

[next four lines struck through]
See letter to 
J. Beadle
19 Sept 1833
same Oct 31 '42

3274


Act 7 June 1832
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John Beadle
Oct 31, '42
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Oct 31, 42

Sir
In answer to yours of 21 [ illegible] in the case of Daniel Eighmay I would refer you to my letter to you of 19Sept 1832 in which you were informed that his claim was rejected because he had not by his own showing served as much as 6 months within the revoly war. His employment in 76 with his team is not military service. the alleged service in 74 was not within the term of the war and that of 75 ( which is not at all supported) is not sufficient to entitle him to a pension.

John Beadle Esq
Cloverville
Delaware Co 
NY
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Cloverville N.Y. 
Oct 21/42
John Beadle 
Pension for John Eighmey 

13382 Recllet 24/42
Pension Office
N.Y.
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John Beadle P.M
Coverville    Free

To the Hon
Secretary of War
Washington City
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Cloverville Oct. 21 1842
Honorable Secretary of Ware
Dear sir. Some 11 or 12 years past I forwarded papers containing a clame [claim] of Daniel Eighmey a privet [private] in the Revolution for a pension. His paper was filed in the pension office, and his Name entred [entered] on the pension Role for six months Service. but at that time Could not draw a pension for less than 9 months Cervice [Service] in Consequence never received his Cirtificate [Certificate]  Mr. Eighmey is yet living and wishes his Certificate forwarded to the P.O. office. if his Cirtificate [Certificate]  cannot be Sent by this Request plese [please] inform me what will be necessary for him to do. to obtain the said Certificate. I shal [shall] be hapy [happy] to hear [hear] form you on the subject as lon [long] as Convenient.
Direct your letter Cloverville PO Delaware County N.Y.
Yours Respectfully
John Beadle
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J. Beadle
19 Sept 1833
OC




Hon. M Johnson
re vol 107
pa 200
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War Depart--
Pension Off
19 Sept 1833

Sir
The claim of Daniel Eighmey has been examined & disallowed. Neither of his alleged service in 74 nor that as driver of his won team in 76 furnish any ground for a claim the benefit of the act of 7 June 32 which provides for actual military service during the revolutionary war. The remainder of his alleged service  (5 mo in '75)  is insufficient to bring his claim within the provisions of that act. His papers are placed on file.

act 7 june
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State of New York
County Delaware 55 
I Crawford B Sheldon Clerk of this Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Delaware do hereby certify that the foregoing annexed contains the original proceedings of the said court in this matter of the application of Daniel Eighmey  for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the Said Court this 29th day of June 1833
C B Sheldon  Clerk