Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 28875, for Daniel Shoemaker, Pennsylvania
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Penn.  Shoemaker, Daniel   S.28875
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3283 New York Daniel Shoemaker of Nichols in the State of New York who was a (Private-crossed out) Lieut in the Comp'ny commanded by Captain Dan Nether of the Regt. commanded by Col. Stroud in the Pennsylvania line for 6 months

Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 80 Dollars (crossed out) per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 14th day of Dec 1832 and sent to D. Shoemaker Nichols

Arrears to 4th Sep. '32 Semi=anl. allowance ending 4th De '33

$120
    40
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$160

Revolutionary Claim, Act  June 7.1832
Recorded by Geo. C. Stiles Clerk
Book D. Vol. 5 Page 204
 
Died Aug. 13, 1836    Agency book.

see let to Hon. A.Dana  Dec. 18, 1840
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Daniel Shoemaker
of Nichols
Tioga Co. N.Y.
1911
admitted
6 mo Lieut
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State of New York
Tioga County Ss

Personally appeared before me the undersigned one of the Judges of Tioga County Daniel Shoemaker 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 period mentioned below and in the following grade. For six months I served as a Lieutenant and for such service I claim a pension
Sworn and subscribed this Nov 27th 1832 before me
Elijah Shoemaker
A Judge of Tioga County
[signature of] Daniel Shoemaker

State of New York, County of Tioga Ss I [illegible] Turhill Clerk of the said county do certify that Elijah Shoemaker Esq before whom the above affidavit purports to have been sworn was at the date of the same one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said county and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name subscribed to the said affidavot to be in his proper hand writing and signature 
witness my hand and seal of office this 27th day of November 1832~
Green H Turhill
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At a Court of Common Pleas held at the Village of Elmira in & for the county of Tioga in the State of New York commencing on the first Tuesday in September 1832 the same being a court of Record declared to be such by the Constitution & Laws of the said State and having a seal and Clerk.
Present Hon.
Grant B. Baldwin     )    Esquires
Joseph S. Darling    )
Elijah Shoemaker    )    Judges
John R Drake          )

State of New York     )
County of Tioga        )fs.

On the 5th day of September in the year 1832 Personally appeared in open court before the above named Judges Daniel Shoemaker a resident of the town of Nichols in the said county of Tioga aged eighty ["and" stricken out] years who being duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of congress passed June 7, 1832.

That he entered the service of the United States as a Lieutenant of a company of Militia which was commanded by Captain John Van Nettin being a part of the sixth Battalion commanded by Col. Jacob Shand--That he then resided in Lower Smithfield township in the county of Northampton and State of Pennsylvania and was drafted and entered the service about the first of October in the year 1776 and went to Easton in said county and marched from there to Philadelphia where he was stationed
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for some time - That he was then marched to Trenton in New Jersey and from there to Princeton & from thence to the Dutch Church so called near New Brunswick which there he was taken sick in consequence of fatigue and hard service and was removed to Kingwood where he remained sick for some length of time (he thinks about two weeks) after which he was permitted to return home on account of his ill health he not being able to do duty any longer at that time it then being the latter part of March in the year 1777 having been from home on duty between six and seven months. 
In answer to the interrogations proposed by the War Department not included in the above he states that he was born at Lower Smithfield Township, Northampton County in the State of Pennsylvania in November 1751. That he had a record of his age in the family bible but
that it has been torn by some means from the said bible- that he was living at the place last above mentioned when called into service and continued to live at the same place until 1802 when he removed to where he now resides.-- That he does not recollect any other officers of the regular army than Gen Gates and Gen
Putnam. That he was at the funeral of Gen Messinger who was killed at the battle of Princeton. That he has no documentary evidence of his said service as his commission under which he acted was accidentally
last while he was in the service and that he does not know of any person now living by whom he can prove his services with any degree of certainty and that he may
received any discharge from the service-
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That the persons to whom he would refer for proof of the general reputation & belief in the neighbourhood of his residence in regard to his revolutionary services are Hon. Gamaliel H Barstow & Hon. Emanuel Cargill of the said town of Nichols in said County of Tioga. 
He hereby relinquishes every claim 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 -⎬
Sworn & subscribed on the day & year aforesaid 
Green M. Tunthill Clk

W Simeon R Jones a Clergyman residing in the Town of Southport in the said county and John R Drake resident of Owego in said County & Thomas Maxwell resident of the town of Elmira in said County do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Daniel Shoemaker
who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that his moral character is fair and unimpeachable that we believe him to be of the age he represents and that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where
he resides to have been an officer of the Revolutionaries and that we concur in that opinion.

Sworn & subscribed on the 5th day
of September 1832 before me
Green M Tuthill Clk
Simeon R. Jones -
John Drake
TH Maxwell
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And the said Court do hereby {crossed out certify} declare their opinion
after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories required by the War Department that the above
named applicant was a Revolutionary officer and served as he states.
And the Court further certify that it appears to them that Simeon R. Jones who has subscribed the above certificate is a clergyman residing in the said town of Southport and
that John R.Drake & Thomas Maxwell who have also signed the same are credible persons & that their statement is
entitled to credit and the said Court from their personal knowledge of the said applicant are satisfied with the truth of the same.

G. B. {illegible}
First {illegible}

I {illegible}M Tuthill Clerk of the said Court of
Common Pleas do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter
of the application of Daniel Shoemaker for a pension-
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
subscribed my name and affixed the
Seal of the said Court this 5th day of
September 1832.
{illegible} M Tuthill Clk
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November 20,1933.

Mr. Charles Cafferty
Apalachin, New York.

BA-J/ILL
Daniel Shoemaker
S. 28875

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Daniel Shoemaker, a pensioner of New York in 1832.
The record of Daniel Shoemaker is furnished herein as found in the papers on file in his claim for pension, S. 28875, based upon his
service in that war.

Daniel Shoemaker was born in November, 1751 in Lower Smithfield Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, names of his parents not stated.

While a resident of Lower Smithfield Township, Pennsylvania, he entered the service October 1, 1776, as lieutenant of Captain John
Van Etten's company, Colonel Jacob Stroud's Pennsylvania regiment and served six months.

The soldier resided in Lower Smithfield Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, until 1802, then moved to Tioga County, New York.

He was allowed pension on his application executed September 5,1832, at which time he resided in Nichols, Tioga County, New York.

Daniel Shoemaker died August 13, 1836.

 One Elijah Shoemaker was Judge of Tioga County Court in 1832, no
relationship to the soldier stated.

There is no reference to wife or children in this claim.

Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER,
Assistant to Administrator.
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28875
Revy INVALID.
File No. 28,875
Daniel Shoemaker
Lieut Rev War
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Act: June 7 " 32"
Index:-- Vol. 2, Page 365

Arrangement of 1870.


1915 Feb. 6. Hist. to Miss Mary
E. Finch letter in S. 23407 Lake
Sanders.{letter c with a vertical line through it}
1918 Sept. 23. Miss Lila J. Shoemaker
advised  of soldier's birth & death. {letter c with a vertical line through it}
1933- Nov. 20 -Hist. to Mr. Charles
Cafferty -ILL.
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Dec. 14,1840
{illegible} NY

Hon. J. L Edwards
Comm. of Pensions
Washington
Hon. A. Dana
HR
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House of Representatives
Dec. 12th 1840
Hon J L Edwards
Comm. of Pensions
Sir
Mr Daniel Shoemaker
of Chemung Co N.Y. writes me that his
papers on his application for a Pension
have been some {crossed out}  above four years in the office,
and he seems not to know whether a
decision has been made on his case.
Will you have the goodness to inform
me at your earliest convenience how
the matter stands and the defects in
his papers, if any.
Near the close of the last Session
of Congress I sent you the pension papers
of Mrs Elizabeth Smith (or Gibbs for I write
from memory only ) which were found to
be defective. Please return them to me that
I may present them to congress.
With great Respect
{illegible}
Amasa Dana
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Hon
Amasa Dana
Dec. 18. 1840.
Ge
Record (50) page 374
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Pension Office
Dec 18. 1840
Sir
In reply to that part of your letter of the 12th instant
relative to the application of Daniel Shoemaker
I have the honor to State
 that  it does
not appear from the register claims that 
any papers answering
the description have been  [seen?] at this office. Daniel Shoemaker of the Town of Nichols in the County of Tioga
 was allowed a pension on the 14th December 1832
and a pension Certificate transmitted to E. Shoemaker
by mail on that day

Hon Amasa Dana
Home Reps
NY
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421 Chemung St.
Waverly, N.Y.
Sept. 19, 1918
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir: Will you please see
whether the date of the death
of the Revolutionary War Pensioner
Daniel Shoemaker was Aug. 13,
1836 or Aug. 18, 1836

All my family records as well as
his tombstone (which I recently
saw ) give the date Aug. 18. But
I have the following record
of your department which differs
in that one date unless
it was from careless copying.
The following is the record
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referred to:
Sur file number 28875 Revolutionary War
Daniel Shoemaker was born in Nov. 1751
in lower Smithfield Township, Northampton
Co., Penna and served 6 mo. from Oct. 1,
1776 as Lieutenant of Captain John Van
Nettens (Vanetten) Co. Colonel Jacob Strouds
Penna Regiment. He resided at Nichols, N.Y.
in 1832 and died Aug. 13, 1836.
From my family records I can add
the fact that his birth date is Nov. 22,
1751. He is buried in the Asbury -Nichols Cemetery and his tombstone bears
the date Aug. 18, 1836. My family records
are fairly complete regarding the life
and military services of this patriot.
Respectfully
(Miss) Lila J. Shoemaker
421 Chemung St.
Waverly
New York
{date stamp U.S. Pension Office Sep 21 1918}
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{date stamp Received Nov 14 1933}
Apalachin,
Tioga Co. N.Y.
Nov. 12, 1933.

Veterans Administration,
Washington, D.C.
Mr. Hiller, Dear Sir:
Would you kindly give me copy of pension
application of Revolutionary soldier
Daniel Shoemaker
who may have been pensioned Dec. 14, 1832
while living at Nichols, N.Y. When he
inlisted {enlisted} I think he lived near Stroudsburg, Pa., in Smithfield township.
Yours Respectfully
Charles Cafferty
Tioga Co. Historian.
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In reply to your request of
received
for a statement of the military history of Daniel Shoemaker,
a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired
information as contained in his (or his widow's) {crossed out}application for pension on file in this Bureau.
S. 28.875
DATES OF
ENLISTMENT OR
APPOINTMENT.|
Oct. 1. 1776|
LENGTH OF
SERVICE.|
6 mos.|
RANK.|
Lieut.|
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.|
CAPTAIN.|
(Van Etten)
John Van Netten|
COLONEL.|
Jacob Stroud|
STATE.|
Penn.
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Battles engaged in,{checkmark}
Residence of soldier at enlistment,Lower Smithfield Twp. Northampton Co.,Penn.
Date of application for pension,
Sept. 5,1832. His claim was allowed.
Residence at date of application,
Nichols,Tioga Co.,N.Y.
Age at date of application,born in Nov. 1751 in Lower Smithfield Twp.
Northampton Co.,Penn.
Remarks:
He died Aug. 13, 1836 (Agency book.)
No family data

Respectfully,
Commissioner.
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bur. File No. 28875 Rev. War, Daniel Shoemaker was
born in November 1751 in Lower Smithfield Township, Northampton
County, Pennsylvania, and served six months from October
1, 1776 as Lieutenant of Captain John Van Nettens (Van Etten),
company, Colonel Jacob Stroud's Pennsylvania regiment. He
resided at Nichols, New York, in 1832, and died August 13, 1836.
Letter from Miss Mary E. Finch
in S. 23407 Luke Sanders &
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Rev. War Section.
Miss Lila J. Shoemaker,
421 Chemung Street,
Waverly, New York.
Madam:
September 23, 1918.
In response to your letter dated the nineteenth instant,
relative to Daniel Shoemaker, Survivor's File No.28,875 Rev.
War, you are advised that in his in his declaration for pension
which was duly sworn to in a Court of Record, he stated that he
was born at Lower Smithfield Township, Northampton County, in
the State of Pennsylvania in November 1751."
There is no communication on file in the claim relative
to the soldier's death, but the record of Pensioners paid at
the New York Agency, is endorsed " Date of death August 13, 1836."
Very respectfully,
{illegible}
Commissioner.
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