Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 20,926, for Daniel Provost, Connecticut
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE NUMBER
Conn. Provost Daniel S. 20, 926
carded
CONTENTS
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Connect
Daniel Provost, Private
Captain Brown's company of the Lt. Col.
Hoyt Regt. Army of the Revolution
Conn Regt
Ratio of disability, Total
Date of discharge,
Time of closing the testimony,
Inscribed on the Roll of New York
at Eight dollars per month, to commence on the
Formal Certificate of Pension issued on the 11th of Feb. 1824,
and sent to William Ovington Esqr
New York
Arrrears to 4th
Semi-an'l all'ce ending
Act of the
Transferred from the City of New York to  Connecticut 21
October 1831 to take effect from 4 September 1831
Notification thereof sent to Thomas B. Osborne Esq
Fairfield Connecticut - sent letter Nov 4 1831 to C Hawley or Hendley
to same N. Y. Agent Dec 6 1831- Dead ser letter 18 June 1834 to P Agt
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Transferred from the City of New York to Connecticut 21
October 1831 to take effect from 4 September 1831
Notification thereof sent to Thomas B. Osborne Esq
Fairfield Connecticut - sent letter Nov 4 1831 to C Hawley or Hendley
to same & N. Y. Pen Agt Dec 6 1831- Dead ser letter 18 June 1834 to P Agt
Connect
Daniel Provost, Private
Captain Brown's company of the Lt. Col.
Hoyt Regt. Army of the Revolution
Conn Regt
Ratio of disability, Total
Date of discharge,
Time of closing the testimony,
Inscribed on the Roll of New York
at Eight dollars per month, to commence on the
Formal Certificate of Pension issued on the 11th of Feb. 1824,
and sent to William Ovington Esqr
New York
Arrrears to 4th
Semi-an'l all'ce ending
Act of the
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Know all men by these presents that I Daniel Provost of Stamford
in the County of Fairfield & State of Connecticut an Invalid Pensioner
of the United States do hereby constitute & appoint Stephen
B. Provost of said Stamford, my true & lawful attorney [illegible]
in my name to receive from the agent of the United States for paying
pensions in the City of New York in the State of New York, my
pension from from the 4th day of March 1831 to the 4th day
of September 1831 (with power of substitution) Witness my
hand & seal this 17th day of March 1832
Daniel Provost his X mark
Sealed & delivered in presence of }
John Hawley
State of Connecticut, Fairfield County ss
Be it known that on the 17th day March 1832 [illegible]
subscriber a Justice of the peace in aforesaid County personally
appeared Daniel Provost above named & acknowledged the
foregoing power of attorney to be his act & Deed - [illegible] Testimony
whereof I have here unto set my hand the day & year [illegible]
[illegible]
Chs. Hawley Justice of Peace
State of Connecticut }
Fairfield County } ss. I Thomas B Osborne Clerk of the County Court
within & for the County of Fairfield in sd State of
Connecticut, do hereby certify that Charles Hawley Esq
before whom the foregoing Deposition of Daniel Provost was sworn & the foregoing
Power of attorney was acknowledged is a Justice of the Peace for sd Fairfield
County duly commissioned & duly empowered to administer oaths & take the
acknowledgement of Deeds &c I further certify that I am acquainted with
the hand writing of the said Charles Hawley & that the
foregoing signatures purporting to be his are genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed
the seal of said County Court in Fairfield this 17th day
of March AD 1832
Thomas B Osborne Clerk
of said County Court
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United States of America
State of Connecticut }
Fairfield County } ss
Be it known that before me Charles Hawley a Justice of the
peace in & for the County aforesaid personally appeared Daniel
Provost of Stamford in said County & made oath in due form of
and that he is the identical Daniel Proved named in an
original certificate in his possession of which (I certify) the
following is a true copy:
War Department
Invalid Pension
I certify that in conformity with the laws of the United States
Daniel Provost late a private of the Army of the
United States is inscribed on the pension List, Roll of the New York
agency, at the rate of eight dollars per month
Given at the War office of the United States
this eleventh day of October one thousand
eight hundred twenty one.
J. C. Calhoun 
Secretary of War
that he is entitled to a pension of eight dollars
here within on account of wounds & disabilities received [illegible]
services rendered to the United States during the Revolutionary War
that he served in Captain Sylvanus Brown's company of Infantry 
in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Joseph
Hoyt, (it number not being recollected) that he now resides
in Stamford in the County of Fairfield & State of Connecticut
& has resided therefor the space of thirty years part & [illegible]
thereto he resided in Pound Ridge in the State of New
York. -
Daniel Provost his X mark
Sworn Subscribed this 17th 
day of March 1832
Before me
(the word "now " having been interlined
before execution)
Chs Hawley Justice of Peace
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V.L.M.
Rev. War Section.
September 19, 1917.
Mr. Frank F. Gload,
2377 Jamaica Avenue,
Richmond Hill, New York.
Sir:
in response to your letter dated the 15" instant,
you are advised that from the papers in the Revolutionary 
War pension claim of Daniel Provost, S. File No. 20,926
 appears that he served in Captain Sylvanus Brown's Company,
Colonels John Chandler and Joseph Hoyt's Connecticut
Regiment, and was discharged from the Invalid Regiment
January 4, 1783, on account of wound in hip and consumption, 
for which he was pensioned from March 4, 1789, under 
the Act of June 7, 1785. In 1831 he was a resident of Stamford,
Connecticut, where he had lived thirty years; previous
thereto he had lived in Pound Ridge New York. He died December
14, 1833. The date and place of his birth are not
stated and there is no data on file as to his family.
Very respectfully,
[illegible]
Commissioner.
Date of death taken from
1835 List of pensioners
also act under which pension
was allowed
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See letter to J. H. Minor July 13
1831 do. to Pensioner Oct. 8
1831-
New York
Daniel Provost
private
In the Army of the U. States
Inscribed on the roll of the
New York agency at the
rate of $8 per month.
Formal Certificate issued 11th
October 1821 and sent to
Wm Ovington Esq. New York
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20926
INVALID.
File No. 20.926
Daniel Provost
Pri Rev War
Act: Invalid
Index: -- Vol.  2, Page 337
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1917 Sept. 19 Hist. to Frank F.
Gload
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APPLICATION FOR A NEW CERTIFICATE.
City of New-York, ss.
On this 24th day of September 1821; before me, the
Subscriber, a Notary Public for the state of New York, personally appeared
Daniel Provost who, on his oath, declares that he is the 
same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain
Silvanus Brown in the regiment commanded by Colonel
John Chandler in the service of the United States; that
his name was placed on the Pension Roll of the state of New York
that he received a certificate of that fact, under the signature and
seal of his Excellency Geo. Washington which certificate, on or about the 19th
day of May 1792 ,
was left in the Comptrollers office in the State of Connecticut
Daniel Provost his X mark
Sworn and subscribed to, before }
me, the day and year aforesaid. }
Wm Ovington Notary Public.
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BLANK
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G. H. TRYON, SECRETARY.
F. D. LAYTON, AST. SECY.
H. A. SMITH PRESIDENT.
S. T. MAXWELL, Asst. Secy.
C. S. LANGDON, Asst. Secy.
E. E. PIKE, Asst. Secy.
F. B. SEYMOUR, T, Treasurer
B.F. W.
Rev. Sect
COLONIAL FIRE UNDERWRITERS
BRANCH OF
NATIONAL FIRE INSURANCE CO.
OF HARTFORD.
CAPITAL PAID IN, $2,000,000.
FRANK F. GLOAD, AGENT.
2377 JAMAICA AVE.
RICHMOND HILL, N. Y.
September 15, 1917.
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen,
I would like to get whatever information  appears in your records concerning my great-
great-grandfather, Daniel Provost, who died December
14, 1832, and is buried at North Stamford Conn.
I would like to get information as to
the time and place of his birth, names of any antecedents
full particulars of his service in the Revolutionary 
forces, and names of widow and children, so that
I may identify my connection with the strain.
If there is any way of getting this information
in certified form, I should be very glad to
pay the charges therefor.
Respectfully,
Frank F Gload
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J. L. Edwards Esq
Pension Office
Washington
For
Transfer to new certificate
Recd 8 Oct 1821
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New York 6th October 1821
Sir
I take the liberty of enclosing to you
an application of Levi Goodrich for Removal
from the Connecticut Roll to that of the State  
of New York. And of Daniel Provost for a
Pension Certificate under the hand & seal of
the Secretary of War, to be forwarded to my
Care.
I am very respectfully
Sir your Obed Sent
Wm Ovington
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Office Bank U. States
New York June 13 1834
Sir
I Enclose the papers in the case of
Daniel Provost Dec'd being a claim for his pension
as an Invalid up to the 4th of Septr 1831 & consequently
requiring evidence of the continuance of his disability;
Bepleased to inform me whether the Surgeons
Certife is sufficient and whether the rule requiring
Powers to be presented within 90 days from date, will 
be waived The Papers were presented at this
Office on the 7th of January
last, when the Surgeons
Certife was informal
I am very respectfully
Sir Your Ob Srt
Isaac Lawrence Pust
Acting as Agent for Pensions
James L. Edwards Esqe
Commissioner of Pensions
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We, the Subscribers, practising (a) Physicians & Surgeons of the (b) Town of Stamford in
Fairfield County in the State of Connecticut DO HEREBY CERTIFY, that
after a careful examination in the case of Daniel Provost who is
now on the Pension Roll of the State of New-York, we are of opinion, that his disability
does (c) still continue, viz. (d) bodily infirmity arising from a
wound in his hip said to have been received from a musket ball
in the Revolutionary war & general bodily debility & infirmity
rising from whence fatigue & exposure in the service of the
United States during said war, the result of which is as we
believe a Slow Consumption under which he is gradually
wasting away
And further, that the degree of disability under which he labours at present is (e)
a total disability being (f) not less than the original degree
of disability for which he was placed on the Pension Roll.
Nathaniel D Haight
Saml Lockwood
Sworn and subscribed before me, }
this twentieth day }
of July 1832 }
[ He [illegible] "New York" acted & "Connecticut" }
{ inscribed before signature & oath }
Sworn & subscribed by Samuel Lockwood }
this twelfth day of September 1832 }
Haight duly hath subscribed & under oath
Jul, 20th AD 1832
Charles Hawley Justice of Peace & Notary Public
I CERTIFY, That I am acquainted with the Surgeons & Physicians who
have signed the above Certificate, and that they are respectable in their profession.
Charles Hawley Justice of the peace J. P.  
& Notary Public
( a ) Surgeons or Physicians, as the case may be.
( b ) County, city or town, "
( c ) Still, or not, "
( d ) Here describe the disability, "
(e) One half, one third, two thirds, &c. "
( f ) Here state the degree, or insert the word not.
Note. - The annexed Table will enable the examining Surgeons or Physicians to ascertain, by referring to the Certificate of Pension, the
degree of disability for which the pension was originally granted.
A TABLE, showing the amount of pay for each grade of Pensioners, according to the
ratio of disability.
DEGREE OF DISABILITY. / Lieutenant Colonel. / Major. / Captain. / First Lieutenant. / Second
Lieutenant. / Third Lieutenant. / Ensign. / Non-Commissioned Officer, Musician, or Private Soldier.
Total, / $30.00 / $25.00 / $20.00 / $17.00 / $15.00 / $14.00 / $13.00 / $8.00
Three fourths, / 22.50 / 18.75 / 15.00 / 12.75 / 11.25 / 10.50 / 9.75 / 6.00
Two thirds, / 20.00 / 16.66 2/3 / 13.33 1/3 / 11.33 1/3 / 10.00 / 9.33 1/3 / 8.66 2/3 /5.33 1/3
One half / 15.00 / 12.50 / 10.00 / 8.50 / 7.50 / 7.00 / 6.50 / 4.00
One third, / 10.00 / 8.33 1/3 / 6.66 2/3 / 5.66 2/3 / 5.00 / 4.66 2/3 / 4.33 1/3 / 2.66 2/3
One fourth, / 7.50 / 6.25 / 5.00 / 4.25 / 3.75 / 3.50 / 3.25 / 2.00
NOTE. -- The highest pension allowed is the half pay of a Lieutenant Colonel. All grades below that rate and not incluced in the above
Table, receive allowances proportioned to their monthly pay.
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State of Connecticut }
County of Fairfield } ss
On this 15th day of October AD 1831 before me the
Subscriber a Justice of the peace for the said County of
Fairfield, personally appeared Daniel Provost of Stamford
in said County who on his oath declares that he is the 
same person who formerly belonged to the Company commanded 
by Captain Sylvanus Brown in the Regiment
commanded by Colonel Joseph Hoyt in the service of the
United States; that his name was placed on the Pension
roll of the State of New York from whence he has lately
removed (viz; about thirty years since); that he now
resides in the State of Connecticut (viz; in the town of
Stamford in the County of Fairfield in said State of Connecticut} 
where he intends to remain & wishes his
pension to be there payable in future. The following
are his reasons for removing from said State of New York
to said State of Connecticut viz to reside upon a
place he had purchased in Connecticut [illegible] his
acquaintances, friends & conveying of this to live
more conformably to his wishes than he did before his
removal into and State of Connecticut
Daniel Provost his X mark
Chs Hawley Justice of Peace
State of Connecticut }
County of Fairfield }
On this 15th day of October AD 1831 I Davis
Lockwood of the town of Stamford in the County of Fairfield
& State of Connecticut do testify that I am
& for a long time have been well acquainted with
Daniel Provost of said Stamford an Invalid Pensioner
of the United States; & further state I saw
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State of Connecticut }
County of Fairfield }
on this 15th day of October Ad 1831 before me the subscriber 
a Justice of the peace in & for the said County
of Fairfield, personally appeared Davis Lockwood
of Stamford in said County of Fairfield maker of the
foregoing affidavit & subscribed the same in my presence
& made solemn oath that the same is true before
me & I certify that the said Davis Lockwood
is well known to me & is a person of veracity -
Chs Hawley Justice of Peace
State of Connecticut }
Fairfield County } ss I Thomas B Osborne Clerk of the County Court
within and for the County of Fairfield in said
State of Connecticut, do hereby certify that Charles Hawley
Esquire before whom the foregoing affidavits of Daniel Provost
and Davis Lockwood were sworn is a Justice of the Peace for
said Fairfield County duly commissioned & duly authorized
to administer oaths &c. I further certify that the foregoing
signatures to his official Certificates are both genuine and
in the proper hand writing of the said Charles Hawley. In
testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed
the seal of said County Court in Fairfield
this 15th day of October AD 1831
Thomas B Osborne Clerk
of said County Court
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Pension Papers
Honorable Lewis Cass
Secretary of War
Washington 
D.C.
Oct 21
PO
Transfer this man
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Fairfield October 15, 1831
Honorable Lewis Cass
Sir
It is the request of the applicant
that the result of his application may be
communicated to him, or to Charles Hawley Esq
at Stamford as soon as a decision is made in
the Case
very respectfully
yours Tho B Osborne
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6
March 17
Charles Hawley Esquire
Stamford
Conn
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Stamford Sept. 24. 1832
Sir
I am told that Danl Provost was directed by
the Pension agent in New York & forward the
enclosed papers to Washington - That and in [illegible]
be given per the payment of his pension since the
instalment on the 6th Sept. 1831 which he
has [illegible] Please give the necessary
directions as he [illegible] & needs the money
immediately
Very respectfully your friend
C. Hawley
Secretary of War
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Revolutionary claims
War Department
Washington
Sep 27
Invalid
asking on order
case of Danl Provost
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Stamford Mar. 16 1832
Dear Sir
Please certify my official capacity & signature
& return to me by mail - please occupy as little
space as possible with [illegible] certificate that there may be
room for another onto [illegible]
[illegible] truly
C. Hawley
T. B. Osborne Esq
this is to go to N. York & [illegible] & be returned to me
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By his Excellency General Washington
Commander in chief of the Armies of the United States &c
Daniel Provost inhabitant of Connecticut &
Soldier in the Regiment of Invalids having been certified
by a board of Officers appointed for the examination
of the Invalids of the Army as unfit for any farther
duty either in the field or in Garrison on account of
a wound & [illegible] disease is hereby discharged from
the service of the United States; & I do hereby certify
that he is entitled to the provision made by Congress
in such cases by their Resolve of the twenty third day
of April 1782
Given under my hand [illegible]
New Burgh this fourth day of January 1783-
Geo Washington
his Excellency's command
D Humphreys
State of Connecticut
Comptrollers Office May 19th 1792
The above is a true copy of the Record in this Office
Examined by A Kingsbury Comptr