Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 25389, Daniel Richardson Campbell, Mass.
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SERVICE 
Mass.
NUMBER 
Campbell, Daniel Richardson W 25389
or Richardson, Daniel    B. L. Wt. 1863-100
Maria    B. L. Wt. 56513-160-55
CONTENTS
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1637
For the purpose of obtaining the benefit of 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 Richardson of Catlin, in the county of Tioga and state of New York do hereby declare that I enlisted in the continental line if the army of the Revolution for and during the war and continued in its service until its termination at which period I was a private in Capt. Willows company in the regiment commanded by Col. Rufus Putnam of the Massachusetts line.   And I also declare that I afterwards received a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars to which I was entitled under a resolve of Congress passed the 15th of May 1778; and I further declare that I was not on the 15th day of May 1828 on the pension list of the United States; and that my discharge and certificate have long since been worn out and destroyed.
Daniel Richardson

Before me, William Maxwell, a Justice of the Peace in and for the county of Tioga in the state of New York personally appeared this day Pirl Campbell & Joseph Lewis of the said county who did severally make oath that Daniel Richardson by whom the foregoing declaration was subscribed is generally reputed ad believed to have been a private in the army of the Revolution in the manner as therein stated, witness my hand this 5 day of May 1829.
William Maxwell
Justice of the Peace for Tioga Co. New York
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I Samuel H Maxell, Deputy Clerk of the court of common pleas in and for the county of Tioga in the state of New York, do certify that William Maxwell before whom the foregoing affidavits were sworn was at the time a Justice of the Peace duly empowered to administer oaths.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court this sixth day of May 1829.
Sam.  H. Maxwell
Depy Clk
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From Jas Robinson
claim of
Danl Richardson
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State of New York
Tioga County
I, Daniel Richardson, aged seventy years do upon oath testify and declare that I entered the service of the United States on the twenty ninth day of May in the year 1781 for the term of during the war; and that I served in the company commanded by Captain Killum in the regiment number five commanded by Col Rufus Putnam of the Massachusetts line and was honorably discharged on the ninth day of June in the year 1783 from the regiment commanded b Col Putnam aforesaid.  I further declare that I have never received a warrant for the Bounty Land promised to me on the part of the United States; nor have I ever assigned or transferred my claim in any manner whatsoever, therefore, know all men by these present that I, Daniel Richardson, aforesaid do hereby constitute and appoint James Robinson to be my true and lawful attorney for me and in my name to demand and receive from the Secretary of War of the United States, a warrant for the quantity of land due to me as aforesaid, and my said attorney is hereby authorized and empowered to constitute and appoint one  or more substitutes, or attorney under him for the special purposes above expressed.
Daniel Richardson
Sworn and subscribed this 25th day of May 1832 before me
W Maxwell
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I James Robinson, aged forty nine years do upon oath declare that I have been long acquainted with Danniel Richardson who has subscribed the above declaration in my presence and well know that he is the identical person he therein represents himself to be; and further I do believe he did perform the military service therein stated.
James Robinson
Sworn and subscribed this 25th day of May 1832 before me
W. Maxwell JP

Before Me William Maxwell, Esquire, a justice of the Peace in and for the county of Tioga personally appeared the above named Daniel Richardson subscriber to the foregoing declaration and in my presence acknowledged the power of attorney thereto subjoined to be his [illegible] and deed, and likewise personally appeared James Robinson who hath subscribed the above certificate of identity both to me well known to be men of respectability and truth and made solemn oath to the truth of the depositions by them respectively.
Subscribed this 25th day of May 1832.
W Maxwell JP
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In testimony that the above written William Maxwell Esquire was a magistrate authorized to administer oaths and take acknowledgements &c in the state of New York at the above date and that his name there subscribed appears to be his usual signature.  I have hereunto affixed the county seal and subscribed my name and quality at Elmira this 25th day of May 1832.
Green M Tuthill, Clerk Tioga Co
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Elmira, Tioga County N Y
July 26, 1832

Sir, I have the pleasure to acknowledge the receipt of land warrant No. 1863 for 100 acres in satisfaction of the claim of Daniel Richardson who was a soldier of the fifth regiment, Massachusetts Line of the Army of the Revolution; which said land warrant bears date the 18th Instant.

I have the honor to be, Sir, with sincere respect, 
Your obt servt
J. Robinson, Atty
for Claimant
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4447
New York   Albany
Maria Campbell
widow of Daniel Richardson
alias Daniel Richardson
who served in the Revolutionary 
War (Mass.) as a private
Inscribed on the roll at the rate
of 80 dollars 00
cents per annum, to commence 
on the 3d February, 1853.
Certificate of pension issued 
17th day of August 1854
and sent to A G Shaw
Oneonta, N York
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February 3, 1853, page 72 vol.

1856 Dec 8.  Pension Agt. letter revised to 3rd and {illegible]
1856 Decm 15 To Pension Agt.

264468 [illegible]
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Declaration of Mrs. Maria Campbell widow of Daniel Richardson Campbell for Revolutionary Pension under the Act of February 3d, 1853.
State of New York
County of Otsego
On this 23rd day of June 1854 personally appeared before Samuel S Bowne, County Judge (in open court) of the county and state above named, Maria Campbell a resident of Oneonta county of Otsego in the state of New York aged 69 years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed February 3, 1853 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the revolutionary war. That she is the widow of Daniel Richardson Campbell who was a private in the Revolutionary War; that her husband Daniel Richardson Campbell was a pensioner at the time of his decease, but that her said husband was placed on the Pension Roll at the city of Washington by the name of "Daniel Richardson", and that his Pension Certificate was issued to him in and by the name of Daniel Richardson.  She further declares that as she has been often informed by her said husband which she verily believes to be true, the reason why her said husband was placed on the Pension Roll by the name of "Daniel Richardson" was because he enlisted as a private in said War two different times by the name of Daniel R  Cam[bell and was taken away by his father being a minor at said enlistment;  that afterward he enlisted as such private by the name of "Daniel Richardson Campbell". She further declares that she is unable to state under what act her said husband was pensioned, that the amount of his pension was eighty dollars per year that the pension was payable at the Albany agency, state of New York.  She further declares that she was married to the said Daniel Richardson Campbell on the twentieth day of April AD one thousand eight hundred and thirty three at [illegible] in said county and state above named by one Eliakim R Ford, a Justice of the Peace in said county, that her name before her marriage was Maria Houghtailing and that her husband, the aforesaid Daniel Richardson Campbell died at Westford in said county of Otsego in the month of Augus AD 1845 and that she has remained a widow since the death of her said husband.  That there is no Bible record of her marriage with the said Daniel Richardson Campbell nor is there any Bible record made of the death of said Daniel Richardson Campbell.
Maria (her mark) Campbell
Subscribed and sworn in open court this 23rd day of June 1854 before me
S S Browne, County Judge of Otsego County.
And she further says the reason why she signs her name with a cross is because she does not know how to write and cannot write her name.
June 23, 1854
SS Browne, County Judge, Otsego County
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STATE OF NEW YORK
Otsego County Clerks Office

I William C Fields, Clerk of said county, do hereby certify that S S Browne, Esquire was on the 23rd day of June 1854, County Judge in and for the said County of Otsego, duly authorized to act as such, and that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said County Judge, and that his signature to the annexed instrument is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and official seal of the said County, at Cooperstown this 11th day of July 1854.
Wm C Fields, Clerk
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CLAIM FOR PENSION

Act of Feb 3, 1853

Mrs. Maria Campbell
Widow of Daniel Richardson Campbell
Declaration
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(Duplicate copy of page 10)
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Act Mar 3
264,468
Nov 23/56
Maria Campbell [crossed out]
wid of
Dan Richardson Campbell [crossed out]
priv
Maria Campbell 
for: [illegible]
Daniel Richardson 
Priv
[illegible] Feb 7/57
Boynton
Revolutionary War
Feby 53 - 4449 [illegible] No 1863, issued for 100 
[illegible]
July 18, 1832
A G Shaw
Oneonta
Otsego Co
New York
[written sideways:]
56573 Feby 10/57
[end]

Vol R. 81
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Claim for pension
Act of Feb 3, 1853
Mrs. Maria Campbell
Widow of
Daniel R. Campbell
Declaration and accompanying affidavits


Send Pension Certificate to
A G Shaw
Oneonta,
Otsego, Co N Y
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Widow's Claim for Revolutionary Pension under the Act of February 3, 1856. State of New York County of Otsego:
I Eliakim R. Ford formerly a Justice of the Peace of the town of Oneonta in said County and State above named, and now a resident of the said town of Oneonta do certify that on an examination of his Record of Marriages kept by him of marriages by him performed as such Justice of the Peace, I find therein recorded under the date of the twentieth day of April in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty three the marriage of Daniel R. Campbell to Mariah Houghtailing and further certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the record with the exception of the date, which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures, as follows "April 20th 1833".
I Eliakim R. Ford, above named, depose and say that at the time of said marriage to wit the twentieth day of April, 1833, that I held the office of Justice of the Peace in the county, town, and state aforesaid, and that the above is a true extract from the records of marriages kept by him (which were performed by him as such Justice) with the exception above named as certified by me. 
And he further deposes and says that for a number of years next preceeding the death of the said Daniel R. Campbell he was well and intimately acquainted with the said Daniel R. Campbell, or "Daniel Richardson Campbell" as he was
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sometimes called, and that when he first became acquainted with the said Daniel R. Campbell the said Daniel R. Campbell was known by the name of "Daniel Richardson", that the said Daniel R. Campbell held a Pension Certificate issued to him in the name of "Daniel Richardson" (for services as a Soldier in the Revolutionary War) for the sum of Eighty Dollars a year, payable at the Albany Agency, state of New York; that he this deponent for several years previous to the death of the said Daniel R. Campbell drew the money for the said Daniel R. Campbell on his said Pension Certificate, that the papers needing to be executed and made for the purpose of drawing said pension were executed and made by the said Daniel R. Campbell in the name of "Daniel Richardson"; and that the said Daniel R. Campbell who was married to the said Mariah Houghtailing the twentieth day of April, 1833, by this deponent as such Justice of the Peace as aforesaid, is the indentical person who held the said Pension Certificate issued to and in the name of "Daniel Richardson" and for whom this deponent drew the money on said Pension Certificate.
And he further deposes and says that he has read the foregoing annexed declaration of Maria Campbell, made June 23, 1854 on her application for a pension as the widow of Daniel Richardson Campbell, and that the contents thereof he verily believes to be true; that whe is now the widow of the said Daniel Richardson Campbell of the said "Daniel Richardson" as he was named in the said Pension Cer-
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tificate which is the name of which this deponent first knew the said Daniel R. Campbell. Eliakim R. Ford
Subscribed and sworn that 24th day of June, 1854, before me. A.G. Shaw, Justice Peace.
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State of New York, }
Otsego County Clerk's Office. }
I, William C. Fields, Clerk of said County, do hereby certify, that A. G. Shaw --- Esquire, was, on the 24th day of June 1854 a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County of Otsego, duly authorized to act as such, and that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice, and that his signatures to the annexed instrument are genuine.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and official seal of the said County, at Cooperstown, this 11th day of July 1854
Wm C Fields Clerk.
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STATE OF NEW YORK,
Otsego County Clerk's Office.

I, William G. Fields, CLERK of said County, and of the Court of Record therein, do hereby certify that A G Shaw Esquire, was, on the 14th day of July 1855 a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County of Otsego, duly authorized to act as such, and that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice, and that his signature to the annexed instrument is genuine.

In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and official seal of the said County and of said Courts, at Cooperstown, this 30th day of July 1855

Wm C Fields Clerk
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State of New York }
County of Otsego } SS.

On this fourteenth day of July A.D. one thousand Eight hundred and fifty five, personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace, within and for the County and State aforesaid, Maria Campbell, aged 70 years, a resident of Oneonta, in the County and State above named, who, being duly sworn according to law declares that she is the widow of Daniel Richardson Campbell deceased, who was a Private in the service of the United States under the name of Daniel Richardson in the Revolutionary War, that she cannot tell the names of the Officers in command of the Company or Regiment in which her said husband served; that her said husband was a pensioner at the time of his death, that he was placed was placed on the Pension Roll at the City of Washington in the name of Daniel Richardson, and that his said Pension Certificate was issued to him in the name of Daniel Richardson; That she has applied for a Pension as the widow of the said Daniel Richardson (otherwise Daniel Richardson Campbell) and has been placed on the Pension Roll at the City of Washington, and a Pension Certificate issued to her bearing date August 17th, A.D. 1854 giving her Eighty Dollars a year as the widow of the said Daniel Richardson
She further states that she was married
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to the said Daniel Richardson Campbell on the twentieth day of April A.D. one thousand Eight hundred and thirty three at Oneonta aforesaid in the County and State above named, by one Eliakim R. Ford a Justice of the Peace in said County, that her name before her said marriage was Maria Houghtailing; that her said husband died at Westford in said County of Otsego in the month of August A.D. 1845, and that she is now a widow.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitle under the act approved March 3, 1855.
Maria her X mark Campbell
We Jacob Young and Eliakim R. Ford residents of Oneonta, in the County of Otsego in the State of New York, upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Maria Campbell in our presence; and that we believe, and from the appearance and statements of the applicant, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be.
Jacob Young
E. R. Ford

The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written: And I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be and that I have no interest in this claim.
A. G Shaw Justice Peace
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Revy Widow, &c.
File No. 25.389
Maria Campbell
Wid of
Daniel Richardson Campbell
Alias Daniel Richardson
Pri Rev. War

Act Feb 3d 53
Index: Vol A, Page 122
{Arrangement of 1870.}
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REJECTED [stamp]
8765
P. O.
Daniel Richardson
Service: ------------
Enlisted: -----------, 18  .
Discharged: ----------, 18  .
Application filed: ----------, 18  .
Alleges: ---------------------------
Re-enlisted: -------------------------
Consol. with Act 1828
[text written sideways:]
For papers see Act 1828
owad [?] Inv File
#46.505 jacket missing
see W. File #25,389
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No: 4872
Martha Campbell,
Wid of
Daniel Richardson
Set: to A. G. Shaw July 18/54
"     "   "    "    "       "      27/"
Act /53
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Danl. Richardson
Mass - line
N. York
Consol. Ref: #8765
with new case

2 Juval. -
[crossed out: Refr - #8765]
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[check mark]
56,513

No Amt
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New York

Revo:

Daniel Richardson

Papers filed. Claimant now drawing full pension under act 15 May 1828.

let. Saml. Gordon, Delhi,

27 May 1833.

8765

Act of June '32.
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Pension Office
August 15th 1854
Sir,
Please certify the time for which the within named pension was paid, or the date of his death.
Very Respectfully,
[written in between lines:] 80 D 30 Aug 1845
S. Cole
Acting Commissioner
[written in between lines:] Act 28

Francis Burt Esqr.
Third Auditor. Treasury
[left margin, vertical:]
“Boynton”

[right margin, vertical:]
Daniel Ricardson, Act 1828, $80 per ann
Died 30 Aug. 1845, paid.
W. H. S. Taylor
Actg. 3rd Audr.
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Widows Claim for Revolutionary Pension under the act of February 3, 1853.

State of New York
County of Otsego ss.

On this twenty fourth day of June 1854 personally appeared before H. Olney a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State above named Maria Campbell a resident of the town of Oneonta in the County & State above named aged forty one who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order that Maria Campbell widow of Daniel Richardson Campbell may obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed February 3, 1853 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war that the said Maria Campbell is the wife of the said Daniel Richardson Campbell. That her maiden name was Maria Young that she was married to James Young [illegible] that the said James Young totally died leaving her surviving a widow that she remained the widow of said James Young until the 10th day of April 1833 when she was married to the said Daniel Richardson Campbell and lived with the said Daniel Richardson Campbell as his wife until sometime in the month of August 1843 when the said Daniel Richardson Campbell died leaving her the said Maria Campbell his surviving widow and that she the said Maria Campbell has since that time and still does remain the widow of said Daniel Richardson Campbell.
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He further declares that in the lifetime of the said Daniel Richardson Campbell he this dis deponent was several times told by the said Daniel Richardson Campbell that he enlisted two different times as a soldier in the Revolutionary War in the name of "Daniel R. Campbell," and being a minor was soon after each of said enlistments taken away from his duties afrom [?] the said War by his father who claimed him as a minor son, that thereupon he enlisted into said War as a soldier (for the third time) in the name of "Daniel Richardson" leaving off the name "Campbell," all of which he this deponent verily believes to be true.
He further declares that he has seen the Declaration of Maria Campbell made June 23d, 1854 on her application for a pension as the widow of Daniel Richardson Campbell under the act of Congress passed February 3, 1853 and that he knows the contents of said Declaration and verily believes the same to be true.
Jacob Young

Subscribed to and sworn this 24th day of June, 1854 before me
A. G. Shaw Justice Peace
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Widows Claim for Revolutionary Pension under the Act of February 3, 1853 -
State of New York }
County of Otsego } ss.
On this ninth day of August 1854, personally appeared before A. G. Shaw a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State above named, Jacob Young, a resident of Oneonta, in the county and State above named, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath, make the following further affidavit to accompany the affidavit by him made June 24th 1854, in the case of Maria Campbell on her claim for a Pension as the widow of Daniel Richardson Campbell: --That, the said Maria Campbell is the widow of the identical Daniel Richardson who drew a Pension under that name in the State of New York, that he has seen the Pension Certificate of said Daniel Richardson Campbell and that he was named therein Daniel Richardson by which name of Daniel Richardson he drew a Pension by virtue of said Pension Certificate as above stated.
Jacob Young

Described and sworn to this 9th day of August 1854, before me
A. G. Shaw Justice Peace
And I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the said Jacob Young and that his character for truth and veracity is good and that he is entitled to credit in the neighborhood in which he resides
A. G. Shaw Justice Peace
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Widows Claim for Revolutionary Pension under the Act of February 3, 1853
State of New York }
County of Otsego } ss
On this ninth day of August, A.D. 1854, personally appeared before A. G. Shaw a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State above named, Eliakim R. Ford, a resident of the County and State above named, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following further affidavit to accompany the affidavit made by him the 24th day of June, 1854, in the case of Maria Campbell, on her claim and application for a Pension as the widow of Daniel Richardson Campbell: - That he knows the said Maria Campbell to be the widow of the identical Daniel Richardson who drew a Pension under that name in the State of New York, that for a number of years this deponent made out the papers for the said Daniel Richardson Campbell to draw his Pension at the Pension Agency in the State of New York, that the Pension Certificate issued in said case of issued to said Daniel Richardson Campbell under the name of Daniel Richardson, by which name of Daniel Richardson he drew a Pension by virtue of said Pension Certificate as above stated
Eliakim R. Ford
Sworn and subscribed to before me this 9th day of August, 1854.
A. G. Shaw Justice Peace
over
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And I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the said Eliakim R. Ford, that his character for truth & veracity is good, and that he is entitled to credit in the neighborhood in which he resides
A. G. Shaw Justice

State of New York,
Otsego County Clerk's Office.
I, William C. Fields, Clerk of said County, do hereby certify that A. G. Shaw --- Esquire, was, on the 9th day of August 1854 a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County of Otsego, duly authorized to act as such, and that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice, and that his signature to the annexed instrument is genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and official seal of the said County, at Cooperstown, this 19th day of August 1854
Wm C Fields Clerk.
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Treasury Department
Third Auditors Office
Decr. 12. 1836.
Sir:
Agreably to the request contained in your letter of the 8th inst, I return Mr Glen's letter & have to state that the voucher of Mrs Maria Campbell, to which he refers, has never reached this office, nor have we ever rejected any voucher in her case, & certainly will not do so now for the cause stated after the explanation you have given.
Very Respectfully
Your Obt. Servt.
Rob J Atkinson
Auditor

George C. Whiting Esqr.
Commissioner of Pensions.
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Mr Randall.
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Pension Agency. Albany. N.Y.
November 28th 1856.
George C. Whiting Esquire.
Commissioner of Pensions.
Sir,
Maria Campbell was inscribed on our roll, under 2d. Section Act 3d. February 1853. on the 17th day of August, 1854, at the rate of $80.-- per annum: The pensioner obtained the pension as "formerly widow of Daniel Richardson." In paying the amount due from 4th March 1856. to 4th September 1856. an error in the jurat was overlooked, and on being discovered was sent back by the Attorney for correction. She Swore "That she had not intermarried but continues the widow of the above mentioned Daniel Richardson." instead of "the widow of -------- Campbell, her last husband." &c.
The Attorney received the following answer, from the gentleman who obtained the pension for her, viz:
Oneonta. Nov. 1. 1856
Gents:
At the request of Messrs Ford and Cope, I answer the enclosed note for them, which they received from you, I also enclosed, return the affidavits and power of Attorney of Mrs. Campbell without any alteration or amendments. I obtained
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the pension for Mrs Campbell and know all about the case. She was never but once married an consequently never was in fact the widow of "Daniel Richardson." I will State to you the facts as they exist. Her husband Daniel R. Campbell at the age of 16 years old ran away from home and enlisted in the Revolutionary War, his father traced him out and took him home. He again ran away and enlisted for the 2d. time into the War, and was again traced out by his father and taken home. He then ran away the 3d. time, and this time enlisted as "Daniel Richardson" dropping his family surname or name of "Campbell" and assuming his double given name "Daniel Richardson" as his true name, thus eluding his father's diligence and served out his time. When put upon the Pension Roll he was placed there in the name of "Daniel Richardson" being the same name that he went by in the war, and as he was entered on the Muster Rolls, being obliged to drop his surname or name of "Campbell" in order to obtain his rightful and legal Pension. These facts will show you the true reason why she is described in her Pension certificate as being "formerly widow of Daniel Richardson" when in fact she is the widow of "Daniel Richardson Campbell."
Very Respy. Yours
A. G. Shaw

Mssrs.
Wm Watson & Co.
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The voucher as it now stands will in all probability be rejected at the Treasury Department as has been previously done, can any explanation be arrive at from the records in your office.
Very Respectfully
Your Obt. Servt.
Cornelius Glen, Clerk
in absence of Isaac Vanderpoel
Pension Agent, by reason of sickness.

Pension Office
Dec 8 1856
Sir,
The statement in the foregoing letter of A. G. Shaw Esqr. coincides with the documents on file , in the pension case of Maria Campbell. They show that she continued uninterruptedly the widow of the man who served by the name of Richardson.
The voucher therefore referred to by Mr. Glenn is correct in fact. Please return this letter with your decision as to its admissibility, which we will return to the Pension Agent. The error in fact is in the pension certificate which makes her "formerly" widow of Richardson, when there has been no husband since Richardson. This being an immaterial error we have not recalled the certificate, which can however be done if desired.
Your Obt Svt.
Geo C Whiting
Commr.

R. J. Atkinson Esq. }
3rd Audr. }
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Oneonta Aug: 11.1854
Dr Sir
Enclosed herewith I send you the affidavits of Jacob Young & Eliakim R Ford, proving that Maria Campbell is the widow of the identical Daniel Richardson who drew a Pension under that name in the State of New York — I believe they fill the objection raised by you to the claim of Maria Campbell — Send Certificate & oblige
Yours Respt:
A.G. Shaw
Hon: L.P. Waldo
Comr of Pensions
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Brief in the case of Maria Campbell widow of Danl. Richardson
Otsego County and State of New York.
act 3. Feby: 1853.

Claim, ("original," [crossed out: or "for increase."])

Proof exhibited, (if original.)

Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband was a pensioner under the Act of 15" May 1828.

Record evidence & parole proof of marriage.

(If for increase.)
has additional evidence been files since the admission of the claim? If so, what?

Name and residence of Agent
A.G. Shaw. Esqr.
Oneonta.
N.Y.
"Boynton,"
Examining Clerk.
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Oneonta July 20. 1854
Sir
Yours of 18th. inst. is Recd. stating that "the claim of Mrs. Martha Campbell for a Pension as the Widow of Daniel Richardson, has been received, Examined & suspended"
The word "identical" is not read in the Claimant's declaration or accompanying Affts. but "that she is the widow of the identical Daniel Richardson, who drew a pension under that name in the State of New York," (as you say in your letter,) I think is as fully proved as can or could be (without using the word "identical") except in multiplicity of evidence on the same fact — More evidence can be adduced if necessary, but the case being as strong as it is, I think it would be requiring a hardship on the part of the Claimant (an old lady) to be forced to again go a distance of 20 miles (without Rail Road or Steam Boat) and make a further declaration in open Court that she is the [crossed out] widow of the identical Daniel Richardson — If that addition of proof is required absolutely, the claimant will send it on if the Hon: Courts will accept of proof made by her [illegible]
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any other person on the point before a Justice of the Peace — I have herewith sent you a Certificate of the credibility of the wits Jacob Young & Eliakim R. Ford who made affts which accompanied the Declaration of Claimant — I omitted to do it not thinking about it, and I further think that I did not certify to the credibility of the persons who made afft in the case of Betsy La Rue widow of Henry La Rue who has been placed on the Pension Roll under the Act of Feb. 3. 1853, and that is a further reason I presume why it escaped my mind in the present case —
I am Respt
Yours, &c.
A.G. Shaw

To LP Waldo Esq:
Comr of Pensions
Washington
D.C.
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Maria Campbell
Claim for Bounty Land
Declaration & Affidavit —


Send Land Warrant 
to A.G. Shaw
Oneonta
Otsego Co: N. Y.
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State of New York
County of Otsego} ss.
I Eliakim R. Ford farmer by a Justice of the Peace of the town of Oneonta in said County and State above named, and now a resident of siad town of Oneonta: DO certify that on an examination of his Record of Marriage kept by him of marriages by him performed as such Justice of the Peace, I find therein recorded under the date of the twentieth day of April in the year One thousand Eight hundred and thirty three the marriage of Daniel Ric Campbell to Maria Houghtailing — And I further Certify that the foregoing is a true Copy of the Record with the exception of the date, which is expressed on the Record in fair legible figures as follows, "April 20th 1833" —
I Eliakim R. Ford, above named, depose and say, that at the time of said marriage to widow the twentieth day of April, 1833, that I held the office of Justice of the Peace in the town, County and State aforesaid and that the above is a true Extract from the Record of marriages kept by him (which were performed as such Justice) with the exception above named as certified by me —
E. R. Ford
Subscribed and sworn to this 14th day of July, 1855.}
And I further certify the said Eliakim R. Ford is a man of truth & veracity and that his statements are entitled to credit. 
A.G. Shaw, Justice Peace
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Mr. Dickins will please examine the within, and state whether the applicant is receiving pay under the act of 15th May 1828.
W. Gordon
Bounty L. Office
July 18th 1832


Yes
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James Robinson
for
D. Richardson
Recd 13 May 1829
naw
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Elmira, Tioga County N.Y.
May 7 1829
To the Honorable
Samuel D. Ingham
Secretary of the Treasury
Dear Sir,
enclosed is the application of another of our Revolutionary fathers who requests me to say to your honor that he is in a very destitute condition having had his "little all" burnt up not long since, and that he would be glad to hear from this application as soon as the business may permit —
The case of Decker under the the same act which I sent to Mr Secretary Rush on the 17 February last, I have not yet heard from, though I wrote to your honor upon the subject on the 10th last month
I have the Honor to be with your consideration
your obt Sert
James Robinson
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State of New York}
County of Otsego} Ss: I hereby certify that
I am well acquainted with Jacob Young
and Eliakim R. Ford, the persons who separately
and individually on the 24th day of June,
1854, made each of them an affidavit before me
the undernamed, then & at present a Justice
of the Peace in and for the County and State above
named, which affidavits were attached to the
Declaration of Maria Campbell widow of Daniel
Richardson Campbell a claimant for a Revision
under the provision made by the Act
of Congress passed February 3d, 1853, granting
Pensions to widows of persons who served
during the Revolutionary War; and that
they the said Jacob Young and Eliakim R.
Ford are each of them persons of good character
for truth and veracity, and entitled to credit and
believed in the neighborhood in which they
respectively reside.
Given under my hand at Oneonta,
in the County of Otsego and State of New York,
this 20th day of July AD. 1854.

A.G. Shaw, Justice Peace.
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Invalid paper in the
Treasury Dept Nov. 3d

Dr. Crump
N.Y.
no old paper referred to
Old Case


Free
Hon. Lewis Cass Secretary of War 
Pension Office
Washington
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Delhi Oct. 29 1832
Dear sir,
Herewith are sent to you the papers supposed
to be necessary for the enlargement of a pension
and for back pay agreeably to the provisions of
the act of Congress passed June 7 1832
Your communication upon the subject
of the declared you will please to address
to Mr.[?] Daniel Richardson at Delhi
Delaware county New York. If any
thing further may be requested to entitle
him to the enlargement of his pension
and the back pay you will give the necessary
instructions in your communication
Yours Respectfully
Samuel Gordon

Hon Lewis Cass
Sect of War
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Daniel Richardson
No. 1863
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Reasons for believing this to be a 
clear and honest application
which with all due deference are
respectfully submitted.
I have the honor to be
Sir, with great respect
your obt servt
James Robinson
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the identification of the applicant. I was 
his witness to that point without the
least hesitation or suspicion that it 
was inconsistent with the nature
of things that I should know the
fact though I was not present or
even in existence when the service
was performed. I derived my knowledge
of his identity from a long acquaintance
with him. his exemplary piety, with [?]
regard to truth and veracity having
a full belief in what he had uniformly
stated in the matter together with
common report upon the subject;
and last though not least from
having upwards of three years since
presented his application to the
Secretary of the Treasury under
the Act of May 15, 1828 for a pension 
and the prompt decision of that
department placing him upon the
pension list under the act aforesaid
without any other proof of service
whatever than what appears of the record.
This decision was conclusive knowledge
to me that there was no other
person of that name in that
particular company of the fifth
Massachusetts Regiment and therefore
I believed and still do believe
he performed the military service
as stated in his declaration
His pension has been paid
him at the Branch Bank U. States
in the City of New York. I have 
thus, briefly to be sure, given my
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June 28, 1832
Bounty Land Office
ELMIRA N.Y.
JUN 24
FREE FREE

Jas. Robinson
claim of Danl Richardson

Hon. Lewis Cass
Secy of War
Washington City

Rd June 29, 1832
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Elmira, Tioga County, N.Y.
June 21, 1832.
William Gordon Esqr
of the bounty Land office
D Sir, your letter of the
6th Instant acknowledging the receipt
of the application of Daniel Richardson
for bounty land I have had the honor
to receive. I shall take for granted
that the Law authorising the issue of
Land warrants of the Revolutionary
class will be revived and [illegible]
have respectfully to make a few
remarks in answer to the remaining
part of the letter.
By a copy of the Regulations
I had the honor to receive from the bounty Land Office as a guide
in the present case the witness
to be produced must establish
positively two facts and his belief
in a third, that he has been long
acquainted with the applicant
knows him to be the identical
person represented and believes
he performed the military services
as stated &c. I do not perceive
any thing in the regulations requiring
that this evidence should "come
from some officer or soldier"; nor 
is there any thing in the nature 
of the evidence required that places
a knowledge of the facts within the
peculiar province of that Class
of witnesses only. The great object
of the proof required is doubtful
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Daniel Richardson
Pension
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Pay certificate of
Daniel Richardson
Revolutionary Claims No. 944
Under the Act entitled An Act for the relief
of certain surviving Officers & Soldiers of the
Army of the Revolution: approved 15 May 1828.
I certify that Daniel Richardson of Collin in
the County of Tioga in the State of New York
is entitled to receive pay under the above mentioned
act as a surviving private of Infantry in
the Massachusetts Line of the Army of the
Revolution at the rate of six dollars and
sixty six 2/3 cents a month payable during his
life on the third day of March and third
day of September in each year.
It is provided by law that the said pay
shall not in any way be transferable or liable
to attachment levy or seizure by any legal
process whatever,
Given under my hand and the deed
of the Treasury of the United States
this second day of October in the
year one thousand eight hundred and
twenty nine and of Independance
the fifty fourth
S. D. Ingham
---
Secretary of the Treasury
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State of New York
Delaware County p. Daniel Richardson of the town of 
Davenport in said County of Delaware formerly of
the town of Catlin County of Tioga and State aforesaid now at Delhi in said County of Delaware for the purpose of making this deposition being duly sworn deposes and says
that heretofore while a resident of the said 
town of Catlin he made application for a 
pension as a soldier of the Revolutionary War
under the act of Congress of the 15 May 1828
and is now on the pension roll and 
holds a pension certificate now in his
actual possession and now produce the
name to the Justice of the Peace who states
this deposition of which certificate here annexed is an exact copy that his is the
same identical person mentioned in
said certificate and that the evidence of
his said service as [illegible] soldier is in the
departments of the General Government at
Washington. That he is desirous of having his 
pension enlarged agreeably to the provisions of the act of Congress entitled "an 
act supplementary to the act for the relief
of certain remaining officers and soldiers of 
the Revolution" passed June 7. 1832
That he considers that he is entitled to 
the pay of eight dollars per month from 
the fourth day of March 1831 and is desireous of obtaining the same that [he]
this deponent has drawn his pension
under said certificate up to the third day 
of September [illegible] at the rate per annum
mentioned in said certificate and further he saith not
Subscribed and sworn
before me this 24 day
of Oct 1832  Daniel Richardson
Jabez Hitchcolk Justice of the Peace
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State of New York
County of Delaware SS Crawford B Sheldon Clerk of the Said County do Certify that Jabez Hitchcolk Esq before whom the forgoing affidavits purports to have been Sworn was at the date of this Same one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the Said County, and that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of the Said Justice and verily believe his name Subscribed to the said affidavit to be his proper handwriting + Signature Writ in my hand and Seal after this 29th day of October 1832.
C B Sheldon Clerk.
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No. of Original payments - 963        1637
Revolutionary Claims
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT
13 May 1829.
Daniel Richardson of Gatlin in the county of Tioga in the State of New York 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 Revolution," approved the 15th of May, 1828. He states that he enlisted in the Continental line of the army of the Revolution, for and during the war, and continued until its termination at which period he was a Private ---------- in captain Killon ----------- 's company, in Col Putnam's regiment of the Massachusets line; and that he received a certificate for the reward of eighty dollaars, provided by the resolve of the 15th of May, 1778; and further, that he was not on the 15th day of May, 1828, on the pension list of the United States, and that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of March, 1826, nothing

The Third Auditor is requested to report how far the several statements are corroborated by the records in his office.
By Order of the Secretary.
F.A. Dickins
42894
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Third Auditor's Office,
May 15. 1829.
It appears by the records in this office, that a certificate for the reward of eight dollars has been issued to Daniel Richardson in the Mass Line.
It further appears that Daniel Richardson is now on the pension list of any agency, 
Peter Hagner, Aud