Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 43,486, Daniel Denton, Conn.
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Service - Conn.

[Name] - Denton, Daniel

Number - S 43,486
                  B.L.Wt. 1747-100
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15,776
New York    R

Daniel Denton
[of] Wallkill in the State of New York who was a Corporal in the regiment commanded by Colonel Durkee of the Connecticut line, for the term of Seven Years

Inscribed on the roll of New York at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 17 of September 1819

Certificate of Pension issued the 8 of Nov. 1819 and sent to Messrs. Booth & Stark 
Goshen New York

Arrears to 4th of Mar 1820        44.76
Semi-anl. all'ce ending
mo. 14/30  4/31                        $44.76

{Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818}
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Daniel Denton
December
Corporal
76 to 83

Durkee Connecticut

Sept

Admitted
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State of New York County of Orange}
On the seventeenth day of September in the year one thousand eight hundred and nineteen before me the subscriber one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County aforesaid personally appeared Daniel Denton to me well known, aged sixty two years, resident in the town of Wallkill in said County who being by me first duly sworn according to law doth in his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Bougies - entitled in act to provide for certain [illegible ] engaged in the Land and  Water Service of the United States during the Revolutionary War - that he the same Daniel Denton enlisted at a place called Wyoming now in the State of Pennsylvania in the month of February in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy six into a company commanded by Captain Robert Durkee into a Regiment commanded by Colonel John Durkee of the Connecticut Line or forces to serve during the War - that he continued to serve in said Corps until the end of the Revolutionary War and that he is the same Daniel Denton mentioned in, and to whom the discharge Certificate accepted which this said Daniel
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now present to me, was originally given. That he was in a battle at Millstone River in another at Bounbrook [Bound Brook]- in another at Germantown - that he was in Sullivans [illegible] that he was discharged from said war West Point in good state and further that is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the sustance of his country for support - Daniel Denton

His {illegible} was [illegible] declared and now to close see the day and year aforesaid - 
                      Stephen Jackson
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Stephen have and Benja
my
---
in beare both of the town of Wallkill
in the County office
 and being duly sworn
say that they and each of them and personally
acquainted with David Denton of said
to see the applicant for a Pension in the
annexed declaration and statement in
and with his instances and will
know him
to be in  reduced circumstances
in to stand in need of the assistance of
his country for support-
Sworn the 17 day of
Stephen Crane
September 1819 before
Benjamin Crane
me
Stephen Jackson
Orange County I Stephen Jackson one of the judges
of the Court of Common Pleas for Orange County
do hereby certify that I am acquainted with
Stephen Crane & Benjamin Cram named in
the above affiant and that they are credible
Witnesses and that it appears to my satisfaction
that the said Daniel Denton named withe
annexed declaration did serve in the Revolutionary
was as therein mentioned against the common
Enemy. And also that the said Daniel Denton's

in reduced circumstances and stands in
need of the assistance of his country for his
support
Dated 17 Sept 1819
Stephen Jack
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State of New York
Orange County ⎬
s,
I James W Wilkin Clerk of the
the
County of Orange and Clerk of the Court
of Common pleas in and for the said County Do hereby
certify that Stephen Jackson was on the
Seventeenth day of September 1819 one of the judges of the Court of Common pleas for the said County of
Orange. Commissioned and sworn and duly
authorised by the laws of the said State of New
York
administer Oath And further that I am
acquainted with the hand writing of the said Stephen Jackson and do verily believe the signature
"Stephen Jackson" subscribed to the affidavit
and certificates hereunto annexed is the proper handwriting of the said Judge

In Witness Whereof I have hereunto set
my hand and affixed the seal of said Court
County this 29th day of October 1879
Jas  W Wilkin Clerk
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have
Officeof

New Surrogate
Orange County ⎬ ss: I certify that satisfactory evidence
was adduced to me to prove that Shubal B Benton, Daniel
Denton Junior, Neheimiah Denton, Thomas Denton and  Samuel Denton and Deborah now the wife of Samuel Van Fleet all the children and heirs at Law infacto-
Daniel Denton deceased formerly a Corporal --in
the Connecticut line of the Army of the Revolution and
that the said Daniel Denton deceased hath left four grand children, and that the above are the only heirs at Law in fee to the said Daniel Denton deceased and that ┃ the
said four grand children are minors

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed
my name and affixed my seal of office
at Goshen in the County of Orange aforesaid
this twenty fourth day of June in the year

of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty one
Daniel H. Tuthill
Surrogate
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Daniel Denton
No 1747
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PRINTED AT THE ENVOY OFFICE, HUDSON,( N. Y.)
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DEPARTMENT OF WAR.

STATE OF New York

COUNTY OF Orange {bracket follow with } SS.
Shubael B Denton Son-- and heir
at Law, to Daniel Denton
deceased, do upon oath, testify and
declare, that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, Daniel Denton aforesaid, about, or in the Year, 1777 entered, or enlisted into the service of the United States, for the term of ""During the War:"" and, that, he served in Regiment No. one --
of the Connecticut Line, commanded by Colonel Meigs
and that, he continued in the service aforesaid, until the close of the War, when he was regularly
discharged from the first
Regiment of the Connecticut Line,
commanded by Colonel Meigs; I further declare, that my Father the aforesaid
Daniel Denton was a Corporal; and further that he was admitted
to the Pension list Roll under the Act of Congress of the 18th of March
1818, but discontinued under the act of 1st of May 1820; and that he
departed this life on the 30th of March 1826, in the Town of Wallkill
in the aforesaid County of Orange,
I further declare, that
I have never received a Warrant for the Bounty Land promised to Daniel Denton
aforesaid, on the part of the United States, nor do I believe he has ever received it, or
transferred his claim, in any manner whatsoever:---
THEREFORE KNOW
All Men, By These Presents, that I Shubael Denton aforesaid, do hereby
constitute and appoint Reuben Baldwin of Greeneville, in the State of New-York, 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 and
to the other heirs of Daniel Denton as aforesaid.  In testimony whereof 
I have hereunto set my hand and seal this twenty 
 witness H.W. Elliott
Shubal B. Denton


COUNTY of Orange S. Horace W Elliott
Personally appeared before me of
a Justice
of the Peace, in and for the County aforesaid Shubale B Denton subscriber
to the above declaration, who acknowledged the power of Attorney therto subjoined, to be
his free act and deed; and likewise made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing
declaration. Dated this twenty fourth day of June
1831.
H W Elliott


STATE OF New York
S
COUNTY OF Orange

In testimony that the above written Horace W Elliott
---
was a Magistrate, duly authorized to administer oaths,
and take acknowledgments, &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 Seal of the County and subscribed my name, at Goshen
this Twenty fourth day of June
1831.
Asa Dunnine Clerk of the
County of Range
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April 30, 1936

Mrs. P. H. Howard
Box 192
Barnwell, South Carolina


BA-J/EEL
Daniel Denton-S.43486
John Denton R. 2888
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the records of James, John and Daniel Denton, of any New England state
or of Georgia, who served in the Revolutionary War; also information in regard to any soldier of Georgia, with the surname Wyche.

There are no claims for pension or bounty land on file based
upon the service in the Revolutionary War of a James Denton or of
any soldier with surname Wyche. Such claims are the source of the data furnished by this office.
The records have been found of a Daniel Denton, who served
in a Connecticut regiment during the Revolution and of a John Denton.
who served in a Virginia regiment and applied for pension while residing
in Hancock County, Georgia. These records are furnished you herein, as found in the respective claims for pension.
Daniel Denton
S. 43486
The date and place of birth and the names of the parents 
Daniel Denton are not shown.
Daniel Denton enlisted in Wyoming, Pennsylvania, February 17,
1776, served in Captain Robert Durkee's Connecticut Company, and 
as corporal in Colonel John Durkee's Connecticut Regiment, was
in the battles of Millstone River, Bound Brook and Germantown and
in General Sullivan's expedition, and was discharged June 9, 1788,
by Lieutenant Colonel Ebenezer Huntington, 1 Connecticut Regiment.
He was allowed pension on his application executed September
verified
17, 1819, at which time he was aged sixty-two years and resided in
Wallkill, New York.

Handwritten notation:  verified all service in Conn  book
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Daniel Denton died at Wallkill, New York, March 20, 1826.
The names of the following children are shown. There are
no data in regard to soldier's wife.
Michael B. Denton in 1831, living in Orange County,
Daniel Denton, Junior New York.
Nehemiah Denton
Thomas Denton
Samuel Denton
Deborah Denton in 1831, the wife of Samuel Van Fleet.
Four grandchildren also survived the soldier; their names are
not given.
John Denton
R. 2888
The data which follow are obtained from the papers on file
in Revolutionary War pension claim, R.2888, based upon the military
service in that war of John Denton.
John Denton was born in Brunswick County, Virginia, May 7, 1762.
The names of his parents are not shown.
After the Revolution, he lived in the state of North Carolina,
from January, 1726 until 1792, then moved to South Carolina and lived
two years; thence to the state of Georgia.
On February 18, 1833, while a resident of Hancock County, Georgia,
John Denton applied for pension and alleged that while residing in
Brunswick County, Virginia, he enlisted August 16, 1777, served as
an artificer in the Virginia Regiment of Artillery, under Captain
Lieutenant Laurence House, and Colonel Thomas Marshall and was discharged August 24, 1780, that he afterward served under Captains
Crawley, Hawes and Allen, and William Spiller, Major Elias Edmunds and
Colonel James Wilson Bradley in the Virginia Troops, was in
the battles of Guilford Court House, Petersburg, at the siege at
Yorktown and surrender of Cornwallis and that afterward he guarded
prisoners bound for Albemarle Barracks as far as Falmouth, Virginia.
His claim was not allowed as he failed to furnish proof of
service of six months as required by the pension law.
There are no data as to soldier's family
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant
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BY HIS EXCELLENCY GEORGE WASHINGTON, ESQ; General and Commander in Chief of the forces of the United States of America.
THESE are to CERTIFY that the Bearer hereof [handwritten] Corporal Daniel Denton[end handwritten] in the [handwritten] 7th Connecticut [end handwritten] Regiment, having faithfully served the United States [handwritten] from February 17th 1776 [end handwritten] and being inlisted [enlisted] for the War only, is hereby DISCHARGED from the American Army.
GIVEN at HEAD-QUARTERS the [handwritten] 9th June 1783 [end handwritten] 
G. Washington [signature]
By HIS EXCELLENCY'S Command
J Trumbull Junior Sy
REGISTERED in the Books of the Regiment, Lebb Loomis Adjutant,
THE above Corporal Daniel Denton has been honored with the Badge of Merit for [handwritten] Six [end handwritten] Years of faithful Service. [handwritten] Jed Huntington Lieut. Col Command [end handwritten]
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HEAD-QUARTERS, June [handwritten] 8th [end handwritten] 1783.
THE within CERTIFICATE shall not avail the Bearer as a Discharge, until the Ratification of the definitive Treaty of Peace; previous to which Time, and until Proclamation thereof shall be made, He is to be considered as being on Furlough.
GEORGE WASHINGTON.
[illegible text, possibly imprinted from another document]
[handwritten] Daniel Denton c.43486 Conn. S.43486
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Veterans Administration.        Received APR 18                                                                                                                                        1936
     Washington D.C.
Dear Sirs,
                  Will you kindly address if there are James, John, or Daniel Denton of any of the New England States or Georgia who served in Revolutionary War, if so please state service etc.
Information regarding family Wyche, from Ga. -   is also fought
Beg to state this information is asked for freely for membership D. A. R. I shall appreciate Very Much your kind assistance and thank you in advance.

                        Very truly yours,
                          Mrs P. H. Harvard
                          Box 192 -
Apr 16 - 1936 - Barnwell
                                     S.C.
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1936 Apr 30- HIst Tho
Mrs. P. H. Howard EL 
43486 
INVALID
Revg
File No:  43486
Daniel Denton 
Corp Rev War
Act: 18 March 18
Index - Vol3, Page 126
(Arrangement of 1870)