Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 10,015, for Daniel Skinner, Pennsylvania
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SERVICE   
New Jersey
New York
Penn.
Skinner, David
NUMBER  S.10.015
carded
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New York   28.762 
Daniel Skinner 
of Orange Co. in the State of New York who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Hopkins of the Regt commanded Col Brodhead in the New Jersey* line for 11 months *N.J., Pa., and N.Y., Jany 16, 1905  Records corrected JS  
Inscribed on the Roll of New York the rate of 36 Dollars 66 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. 
Certificate of Pension issued the 10th day of June 1834 and sent to J Chattle Mt Hope N.Y 
Arrears to the 4th of March ‘34    $109.98 
Semi-anl. allowance ending Septr 4  ‘34  18.33 
$128.31
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by Sam H. Page  Clerk  
Book  E   Vol. 4 Page 124 
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6th April 1838 from 4 Sep 1839 to 4 March 1840. Agent notified 26 Mar ‘41
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David Skinner
Pension papers
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State of New York
Orange County  SS  On this fourth day of September 1832. personally appeared in open Court before Samuel S. Seward John Hallock Jr. Nathaniel T. Hill & Horace W. Elliott Judges of the Court of common pleas in and for the County of Orange and State of New York now sitting Daniel Skinner a resident of the town of Calhoun in the course and sale aforesaid aged eighty four years on the twenty second day of September Instant 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 Congress passed June 7 1832.   
That he entered service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated.  He was called out in the Militia at Sussex in the State of New Jersey the first year of the Revolutionary war and served six months in Capt Peter Hopkins' Company in Col. Brodhead Regiment Peter Deriel was Lieut  the Regiment [unreadable] for Elizabeth Town and twenty went well and were detached he served his months returned home In September he moved to Wayne County in the state of Pennsylvania and was there called out in the Militia to protect the inhabitants from the Indians who were then getting troublesome he served in Capt Bazaliel Tylers company nearly one year he was in a small fight with Indians at Peenpack in   Orange County New York when Mr Swalward and other inhabitants were killed by the Indians this applicant was taken prisoner by the indians, but soon escaped from them and came to New York State Orange County, he has not been to his home in
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Pennsylvania and his property there was all destroyed by the Indians four or five hundred worth; he stayed in Orange County was and is there called out in the Militia and in Capt Newkirks Co in Col. Newkirks Regiment at Westbrook Fort in Ulster County protecting his house (then a garrison) against the Indians  John English was here Archidel McBride Ensign, he was called out most continually afterwards in the Militia until the war was over some times he served a month or more at other times a week or a few days he think all his services in the Revolutionary War was four years or more, all in the Militia - he has no written or printed evidence of his service and knows not one man living by whom he can prove any part of it   Hezekiah Woodward served a short time with him he was a private all the time except six months he was Sergeant  he was born in Sussex New Jersey  in 1748 and lived there until he entered the service as aforesaid  he has seen a record of his age in his Fathers of Bible does not know who has it his parents are dead - he has lived in Orange County New York ever since the Revolutionary War except a few years  he lived in the adjoining County of Sullivan he knows all the residents there Frances Finch,  Revd Amos Harding Elisha Reeves Esqr.  He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state. 
Daniel Skinner
Subscribed and sworn on the 4th day of September 1832
Asa  Dunning Clerk
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Orange County SS  
Hezekiah Woodward of Calhoun in said County being sworn saieth  that he served in the Revolutionary war one month with Daniel Skinner who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration and has went out in various other times and has heard of his being in the service of the United States at different times during the Revolutionary war, and he was a soldier and served in the Militia  he has no reason to doubt but that he is served as above stated and that he believes he is of the age above stated 
Hezekiah Woodward
Subscribed & Sworn in open Court the 4th day of September 1832 
Asa Dunning Clerk 
Orange County Ss  A Register of the Gospel Amos Harding of Calhoun in said County being sworn saith he has been acquainted with the above named Daniel Skinner ever since the  conclusion of the Revolutionary  war and has heard it and in the neighborhood where he resides that he was a revolutionary soldier and that he has no reason to doubt that he served as he has stated and be believes he is of the age above stated. 
Amos Harding 
Subscribed and Sworn in open Court the 4th day of September 1832 
Asa Dunning Clerk
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Daniel Skinner
12.265
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 a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And the Court further certifies that Amos Harding who has signed and sworn to the preceding certificate is a Clergyman resident of Calhoun in our County and that Hezekiah Woodward who has also made affidavit is a resident of the same place and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit. 
I Asa Dunning Clerk of the Court of Common pleas in and for the County of Orange Do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings in the matter of the application of Daniel Skinner for a pension 
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this fourth day of September 1832 
Asa Dunning
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Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the peace in and for the County of  Orange and State of New York Daniel Skinner who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below and in the following grades For six months as a private in Peter Hopkins company in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy six,  I served in Captain Bezaliel Tylers Company as a private one year in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy seven and seventy eight.   I served in Captain John Newkirk Company of Militia as a private for two years in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy eight and one thousand seven hundred seventy nine and eighty.   I saved in Captain Nether Nelles Company six months as a private in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty one and to the close of the war - all his service were four years, as explained that all his service were with an embodied Compy called into service by competent authorities and that he was in the field or Garrison and for the time during which the service was performed he was not engaged in any civil pursuit. and for which service I claim a pension 
Daniel Skinner
Subscribed and sworn on this 4th day of April 1833 before me 
John Penney  Justice of the Peace
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Daniel Skinner
Pension papers
State of New York
Orange County} SS  I Asa Dunning Clerk of the said County do certify that John Penney Esq before whom the within affidavit was sworn was at the date of the same a Justice of the peace in and for said County and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name subscribed to the said affidavit to be his genuine Signature – 
Witness my hand and seal of office this 20th day of April 1833 
Asa Dunning Clerk
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Children of Daniel Skinner N Y
Act June 5, 1832
Papers 
J. D. Woodward Atty
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State of New York County of Ulster SS
On this 20th day of December 1854 before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County personally appeared Isabella Carmichael a resident of the town of Marbletown in said County aged Forty Eight years and made oath according to law that she is directly interested in action against the United States for certain arrears increase of pension, supposed to be due to her as one of the Children of Daniel Skinner a Pensioner under act of June 7 1832 
and she hereby appoints J. DOUGLAS WOODWARD, Counsellor at Law, of Plattsburg, N. Y., her Attorney to prosecute said claim, and examine all papers and documents in relation thereto, on file in any of the Departments at Washington City or elsewhere, and to receive from the officer authorised to issue the same, a certificate for any arrears or increase of pension to which Deponent may be entitled, and to do all other acts and things in and obtaining such arrears or increase of pension as Deponent might or could do, were the personally present at the doing thereof; and she hereby revoke all former powers of any inconsistent with the above, and authorizes her said Attorney to appoint Attorneys, one or more, under him, for any or all the purposes aforesaid, hereby ratifying and confirming whatsoever Deponent's said Attorney or those appointed under him shall lawfully do or cause to be done in the premises. In witness whereof the said Deponent has hereunto set her hand and seal the day and year first above written. 
In the presence of James H. Elmendorf I Isabella Carmichael her mark
Sworn to, Subscribed and Acknowledged, before me, on the day and year first above mentioned, and I believe the Deponent to be directly interested in the claim above mentioned, and the identical person therein alleged and described, and I have no interest in the result of said claim and am not concerned in its prosecution. 
James H Elmendorf Justice Peace 
State of New York County of Ulster . I, the subscriber, certify that James H. Elmendorf before whom the above affidavit and Power was sworn and acknowledged on the 20 day of December 1854 was at said time a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly qualified, and that I verily believe his signature above written to be genuine; Witness my hand  this 23 day of December 1854. 
R. W. Stark Notary
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12.265
Daniel Skinner
Mar 19
Oby. 4.5.6
P. 305
Com
Joseph Chattle
Mount Hope - N.Y.
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BRIEF in the case of Daniel Skinner of Calhoun in the State of N. York 
(Act 7th June, 1832.) 
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Open Court 
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? 
3. How old is he?    
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
Period. Not specified  Duration of Service. 6 months   Rank.  Sergeant   Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.  Capt Peter Hopkins Colonel Brodhead  New Jersey Militia
Period.  Not specified   Duration of Service.   12 months   Rank.  Private   Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Capt B. Tyler
Further Service is stated but Wholly undefined.
Says that he thinks all his Services during the Revolutionary war “were four years or more”
5. In what battles was he engaged? none stated 
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Sussex - N. Jersey 
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditionary evidence, and one living witness, who testifies to his knowledge of 1 month service only 
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? they are properly authenticated 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.  
Wm Gordon  Examining Clerk
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Record Division
December 4, 1909
Mrs. Mary E. Hickok, 
812 South Main Street, 
Wilkes-Barre, Pa. 
Madam:. 
In reply to your letter dated the 20" and received the 23" ultimo, 
{search made July 19, 1910 gives Wid File 24,976 com also}
Daniel Skinner, Sur. File No. 10,015, was allowed pension on his application executed September 4, 1832, at which time he resided at Calhoun, Orange County, New York. It is stated that he was born September 22, 1748 at Sussex, New Jersey, where he was called out in 1776, as private in Captain Peter Hopkins' company of Militia under Colonel Brodhead, and served six months. 
Soon after above he removed to Wayne County, Pennsylvania, and was there called out in 1777, in Captain Bazaliel Tyler's company of Militia, he was in a skirmish at Peenpack, New York, with the Indians and was captured , but soon made his escape, survived one year. 
In Orange County, New York, in 1778, he entered Captain John Newkirk's company, Colonel Newkirk’s regiment of Militia, and served two years. 
In 1780 and 1781 he served in Captain Matthew Neely's company for six months.
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Our File No. 10,015. -- 2. 
In Orange County, New York, in 1781, he also served in Captain Westfall's company, Colonel Baldwin's regiment; length of time not stated. 
On December 30, 1854, Isabella Carmichael aged forty-eight years, a resident of Carleton, New York, stated that she was one of the children of Daniel Skinner, but did not give the names of the others. 
The date of soldier's death is not shown, and there is no reference whatever to his wife. 
Very respectfully, 
Commissioner
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New York
Revo:
Danl Skinner
Suspended
Let to J Chattle 8 Aug 1833.
Let to  Hon C. Bodle May 6. 1834-
Act 7 June 32
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8 p Rec
U.S. PENSION OFFICE D OCT 25 1921
Commissioner of Pensions
Dear Sir: 1 Will you please tell me what is recorded in your office concerning Daniel Skinner (1748 - ) who served during the Revolutionary War in the 2nd Regiment Ulster County New York Militia under Capt John Newkirk
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(Land Bounty Right) etc. He was a very old man at the time of his application for a pension.
RECORDS DIVISION OCT 26 1921
Thanking you 
Yours Sincerely
(Miss) Grace Rockafellow 
244 South River St. 
Wilkes Barre Pa
Oct. 24-1921.
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CONGRESSIONAL 
JUN 18 1910
U.S. BUREAU OF PENSIONS
RECORDS DIVISION JUL 18 1910
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COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS. 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES UNITED STATES. 
WASHINGTON, D. C. 
Hon J.L. Davenport 
My Dear Commissioner, 
I should appreciate the enclosed matter of be looked up 
Respectfully
S. Bennet
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1909 Dec. 4, Hist. to Mrs. Mary E. Hickok 
1910 July 19 Hist to Mr John M. Dolph Thru Hon Wm S. Davenport
1910 Dec. 19. Mrs. Mary E. Hickox advised no letter filed by Isabella Carmichael C
1921 Nov 16 Hist to Grace Rockafellow 
Rev War  10015 INVALID. 
File No. 10.015  
Daniel Skinner 
Pri. Rev. War 
Act: June 7th 1832 
Index: -- Vol. 1, Page 343 
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Daniel Skinner
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Daniel Skinner which further proof or explanation. 
1. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? Yes 
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? Yes 
III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? 
IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? No  
V. *Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? No No
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? No 
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? Yes 
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? 
Yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? Yes 
X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? Yes
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? Yes 
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? 
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? 
XIV. If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? 
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses the Court has 
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? 
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? See short Brief 
XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?  Yes
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? 
EXPLANATORY NOTES. 
QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: "Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For year -- months, and --- days, I served as a . For months and days, I served as a ; and for such service I claim a pension.
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It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served. and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite , and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objection able. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit. 
QUERE XIV. Proof of Service
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office. 
QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate. In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT. 
Second Comptroller's Office, 
January 9th 1841 
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States, Daniel Skinner a Pensioner on the Roll of the New York City Agency, at the rate of Thirty Six Dollars and 66 Cents per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the of 4th of Sept. 1839. to the 4th March 1840 Respectfully yours, 
Albion K. Parris 
To the Commissioner of Pensions Present.
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT. 
Second Comptroller's Office, 
January 9th 1841 
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States, Daniel Skinner a Pensioner on the Roll of the New York City Agency, at the rate of Thirty Six Dollars and 66 Cents per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the of 4th of Sept. 1839. to the 4th March 1840 Respectfully yours, 
Albion K. Parris 
To the Commissioner of Pensions Present.
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OWN 
Record Division. 
December 19, 1910.
Mrs. Mary E. Hickok, 
812 South Main Street, 
Wilkes-Barre, Pa. 
Madam: In reply to your letter dated the 12" and received the 11" instant, relative to the pension claim of Daniel Skinner, Sur. File No. 10,013, Rev. War, you are advised that there is no letter on file in the case from Isabella Carmichael, but a printed affidavit, executed in Ulster County, New York, December 20, 1854, setting forth that she was forty- eight years of age, a resident of Marbletown, and one of the children of Daniel Skinner." 
Very respectfully, 
Commissioner.
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U.S. PENSION OFFICE
D DEC 14 1910
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To the Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.C. 
Dear Sir 
I wrote you Nov. 20th 1909. asking the the history of Daniel Sherner found on the record of pensioners of the Revolutionary War which you kindly & promptly sent over - & mentioning also that in Dec. 20th 1854 Isabella Carmichael aged forty eight years a resident of Marbletown, New York, stated that she was one of the children of Daniel Skinner-- that was correct & Isabella Carmichael was my very own grandmother 
Now what I wish to know is this. Will you please give me a copy of that letter. I would greatly appreciate the [unreadable] if you will or can comply with my request 
Sincerely yours 
Mary E. Hickok 
Dec. 12 - 1910 
812- So, Main St. 
Wilkes Barre Pa.
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RECORDS DIVISION
NOV 28 1909
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Rev War
812 So. Main St. 
Wilkes Barre Pa 
Nov. 20-1909.
Secretary of Pensions, 
Can you give me the birth & age of Daniel Skinner who was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. Who died Nov. 3rd 1846. a pensioner at the time of his death. Can this department give me the maiden name of his wife & how many children there were
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Will you give me his record
as a soldier
Sincerely
Mary E. Hickok
U. S. PENSION OFFICE 
A NOV 23 1909
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GREENE NY JUN 4
FREE
Hon. John L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Pension Office
Washington City
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Mount Hope Orange Co June 2nd 1834 
Sir  I send you an Afft [affidavit] of Daniel Skinner to be added to his papers in your office he has good proof of ten months service whatever he may be allowed pension to forward me a certificate for – 
Yours with Respect
J. Chattle
J. L. Edwards
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Daniel Skinner
additional testimony
to be annexed to his
Pension paper on file
in the Pension office
Washington City
J. Chattle Mount Hope
Orange County N. Y.
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State of New York 
Ontario County SS  David Parshall of the town of Canandaigua in the said county, aged seventy one years, being duly sworn deposes that he is well acquainted with Daniel Skinner of Mount Hope in the County of Orange and State aforesaid; and that this deponent knows that the said Daniel Skinner was a soldier of the Revolution, and that he, this deponent served with him at a place called Peenpack, and a place called Barker Low in the said County of Orange, in Captain Westfalls company in Colonel Baldwin’s Regiment in the year 1781. That this deponent served in the army of the Revolution, under the said Captain, at one of the other of the above mentioned places for the term of nine months, and according to the best recollection of this deponent the said Daniel Skinner said with this deponent in the same company during the said term of nine months; that this deponent believes the said Daniel Skinner to be more aged than this deponent
David Parshall  
I certify that on the 7th day of March 1834 before me, a Justice of the Peace of the said County, personally appeared David Parshall who has subscribed the foregoing affidavit before me, and makes oath that the same contains the truth and nothing else: That I know the said David Parshall to reside in the said town of Canandaigua, that he is credible, and his statement is entitled to credit 
Jeffrey Chipman  J. P.
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State of New York 
Ontario County SS}     I Charles Crane, Clerk of said County, do hereby certify that Jeffrey Chipman, whose name is subscribed to the within certificate of affidavit, is a Justice of the peace in and for said county; and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing, and verily believe the said signature to be his proper act and deed 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal that this seventh day of  March A.D. 1834- 
Charles Crane
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Orange County SS.  I Daniel Skinner of Mount Hope in the County of Grange and State of New York being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he is the same persons who made his original declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of the 7th June 1832, and additional affidavit annexed thereto both which this deponent is informed are now on file in the Pension Office in the City of Washington and that he is the same person referred to by David Parshall in his Affidavit hereto annexed and this deponent says that when he made the said declaration he did not know that the said David Parshall was living he many years ago left this County as this deponant hath been informed were to some part of Pennsylvania and that this deponent did not know where the said David Parshall dwelled or whether he was living until he received the annexed Affidavit which was sent by him to this deponent by a friend they [unreadable] says he told the said David Parshall that the said declarant was applying for a Pension, and wanted proof and this deponent & further says he was well acquainted with the said David Parshall during the Revolutionary war and for one years afterwards until he left this country and this deponent saith that he does not know of any other for be at one he can prove his services except those before procured
Sworn and subscribed this 2nd  day of April 1831 before me 
Daniel Skinner
J. Chattle Commissioner of deeds 
State of New York 
Orange County Asa Dunning Clerk of the said
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County Do Certify that Joseph Chattle Esq before whom the person affidavit purports to have been Sworn was at the date of the same a Commissioner of Deeds in and for said County and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name subscribed to the said affidavit to be his proper hand writing and signature 
Witness my hand and Seal of office this 4th day of April 1834 
Asa Denning 
Daniel Skinner 
Additional testimony 
to be annexed to his Pension Papers on file Washington City 
J. Chattle Mount Hope
Orange County N Y