Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 9,463, for Daniel Quackenbush, New York
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE
New York

Quackenbush, Daniel
NUMBER
S. 9463
carded

CONTENTS
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24.256
New York
Daniel Quackenbush
of Saratoga in the State of New York
who was a Sergt. &c. in the Comp commanded
Captain Broome of the Regt commanded
by Col. Yates in the New York line for
3 months and 6 days
6 months Sergeant

Inscribed on the Roll of New York
the rate of 40 Dollars 66 Cents
commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 16 day of Nov
1833-
and sent to A. Nash
Ballston
Arrears to the 4th of Sep. 33 - $101.66
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar '34 -$20.33
[total] $121.99

Recorded by Geo. C. Stiles, Clerk
Book E, Vol. 4 Page 29
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See Letter to Aaron Nash Feb. 13, 1836
See Letter to Ezra Amos - Feb. 13, 1836
See Letter to Ashbel Palmer Esq. Apr 8, '36
See Letter to Hon. Jno Cramer, July 5, 1837
See Letter to L. Lawrence, 2nd Aug. 1837
See Letter to P. Agt., 2nd Aug. 1837
See Letter to Hon. M. White, August 1, '46
See Letter to Hon. M. White, August 21, '49
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Whereas I, John D. Quackenbush of Greenwich in the County of Washington N.Y. am a Son of Daniel Quackenbush deceased who was a pensioner of the United States at the rate of $40.66 per annum allowed him for his services as a Sergt &c in the war of the Revolution which said pension was, I am informed and believe, improperly suspended in or about the year 1835, and whereas I am advised that the children of the said Daniel Quackenbush are entitled to said pension in case it can be legally restored-- Now therefore I am hereby
constitute and appoint Vinal Luce Esq. of the City of Washington, N.Y., my true and lawful attorney for me and in my name, and
in the name and behalf of all the children of the said Daniel Quackenbush dec'd, to present and prosecute our claim to such amount of pension as we may be by law entitled to.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my
hand and seal at Fort Miller this 31st day
of July A.D. 1851-
[signed] John D. Quackenbush (X) his mark
Executed in presence of
of S. T. Shepherd
Geo H Bragg P.M.

State of New York
Washington County } ss:
On this 31st day of July AD 1851 before me Samuel T. Shepherd a Justice of the peace
in and for said County, personally appeared
John D. Quackenbush above named and
to me known and acknowledged
the foregoing power of Attorney to be his
act and deed.
Sam'l T. Shepherd
Justice Peace
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State of New York
County of Washington } ss:
John D. Quackenbush of the Town of Greenwich in said County being duly sworn according to law doth depose that he is a son of David Quackenbush who was a pensioner of the United States & whose pension was suspended in or about the year 1835, and that he is directly interested as are the children of the said Daniel Quackenbush dec'd in the claim and application about to be made for a
restoration of said pension by virtue of the within Power of attorney.
[signed] John D. Quackenbush (X) his mark
Sworn to and subscribed on
this 31st day of July A.D. 1851
before me
Saml T. Shepherd
Just Peace

State of New York
Washington County } ss: I, Henry Shipherd
Clerk of said County do hereby certify that on the 31st day of July 1851, Samuel T. Shepherd Esq was a Justice of the Peace in and for said
County duly elected and sworn and that his signature within and above subscribed is genuine.
Witness my name and official
seal this 31st day of July 1851
H Shipherd Clerk

Power of Att'y
John D. [illegible]
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Daniel Quackenbush
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Admitted
Private 3 mo.  & 6 days
Sergeant 6 mo.
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10
30
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
Pension Office.

Nov 13 1833

Sir
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. the notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: } ).
You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your
claim.

A Statement, shewing the Service of

Period when the service was rendered./ Duration of the claimant's service. (Years/ Months/Days)
Name and rank of the Field officers under whom he served
Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service.
Proof by which the declaration is supported.

(1) 1776 - May - at least 4 months, 15 days - Private
Col. P. Yates in various tours; officers not specified for each tour
(2) May 1st 1777 - 6 mo. - Sergeant
Capt. Brown, Col. Yates
(3) May 1 1777, 3 mo. 6 days - Private
Capt. Brown, Col. Yates

[total] 1 year, 13 mo. 21 days
(less) 4 mo., 15 days disallowed - not specified
[total allowed] 9 mo. 6 days

I am, respectfully
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS.
Commissioner of Pensions.
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832. The following regulations have been adopted: This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops, "militia" and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c, Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service. Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law: 
1. The Regular Troops. 
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers. 
3. Persons employed in the Naval Service. 
4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record. 
DECLARATION. 
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832. State, Territory, or District of County of } ss. On this ___day of ____personally appeared (a) before __________A B. a resident (b) of____in the county of____and State, Territory or District of aged (c)____years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d)_____served in the_____(e) regiment of the_____line, under the following named officers: Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.] He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of _____. Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. A. B. [And then will follow the certificate of the Court] And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. I, _______of the Court of______ do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of______for a pension. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this_____day of____ & c. If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out. Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz: 
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the____and C.D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with_____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be______years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid. [And then will follow the certificate of the Court.] 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 it appears to them that A.B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the_____and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the_____and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit. I, Clerk of the Court of_____do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of_______for a pension. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this___day of____& c. Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction. If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his
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alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case. The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia. 
1. Where and in what year were you born? 
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it? 
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live? 
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom? 
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services. 
6. To a Soldier: Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? 
To an Officer: Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it? 
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant. The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons--one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates. The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the inquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject. Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court. Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature. No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter. 
(a)The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance. (b) The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule. 
(c) The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned. 
(d) The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served. 
(e) Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, 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. 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." 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 that 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 objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; places where the service was performed, that the applicant served with all 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. 
(f) The law makes the relinquishment indispensable. 
(g) The opinion of the Court is always required. 
(h) The Clerk must give his certificate in every case. 
(i) The Clerk must fix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he 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. 
Mode of authenticating papers. 
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 papers 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.
 Proof of Service. 
(j) 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 claimant's 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.
 [picture of a pointing finger] The notes from (a) to (i) are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note (j) applies to continental troops only. 
(k) This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases. 
(l) If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact. 
(m) The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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Daniel Quakenbush
for a Pension 27.573
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State of New York
County of Saratoga } ss:
On this 27 day of August 1833 personally appeared in open Court before the Court of Common pleas in & the County of Saratoga
now sitting Daniel Quakenbush of the Town of Malta in the County of Saratoga & State of New York, aged seventy three years 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 of Congress
passed June 7th 1832.  That he entered the service of the United States under the following named Officers and served as
in stated.
To the question, Where and in what year were you born?
He answers, In the Town of Schaghticoke in the then County of Albany, (now Rensselaer) and
State of New York 27th August 1760 which is recorded in his Father's his Family Bible now at Schaghticoke in the possession of my Brother Jacob Quakenbush.
To the question. Where were you living when called into service; where have lived since the Revolutionary War and where do you now live?
He answers. He lived in the Town of Schaghticoke in the County of Albany (now Rensselaer) where he continued to live until 1789 when he removed to the then Town of
Saratoga (now Malta), in the then County of Albany (now Saratoga) and State of New York where he has continued to live ever since and where he now lives.
To the question. How were called into service?
were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were
you a substitute? and if a substitute for whom?
He answers & says, that in May 1776 being then 16 years of age then residing with his Father at Schaghticoke aforesaid; he was enrolled in Captain John Fort's Company of Militia Infantry in Colonel Peter Yates' 
Regiment, when in May 1776 he was called out on
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(1) alarm, under the said Capt. T. Fort - Peter Acker was Lieutenant & Roswell Ray was Ensign.  He this deponent marched with the
Regiment under the said Officers (Colonel Peter Yates Commanded) through Stillwater & Saratoga to Fort Edward; Colonel Lewis Van Woert was there with his Regiment of Militia from the Town of Cambridge in said County and also Colonel Jacob Van Schaick from East Town in said County with his Regiment of
Militia were there. he this deponent does not recollect any other Troops being at Fort Edward while he was there.
he with his Regiment continued at for Edward not many days doing duty on guard &c. when we returned home to Schaghticoke aforesaid under the aforesaid officers where we continued but a few days when he was again called out under the aforesaid officers and performed a similar tour; about the same
number of Troops were at Fort Edward as in the 1st tour.
we continued at Fort Edward for several days doing duty under the aforesaid officers on Guard &c and further he was frequently called out in manner aforesaid on duty under the
aforesaid Officers, that from May 1776 to November of the same year (4 mo. 15 days) he was in constant service as a private
at least four months and fifteen days.
when in November of the same year at Stillwater he was verbally discharged by the said Captain T. Fort.
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(2) In May 1st 1777, when he resided in Schaghticoke aforesaid, he enlisted into Captain Jonathan Brown's Company of Infantry in Colonel Peter Yates' Regiment of New York
Militia and served for six Months in Manner
following, immediately after his said Enlistment he Joined his company in Tomhanuc [Tomhannock] now Pittstown in the then
County of Albany, Now Rensselaer. Thomas Williams was Lieutenant and Guysbert Williams, Ensign, we were stationed
at John Carpenter's & John Decline's alternately in Tomhanuc [Tomhannock] for several weeks and did duty on guard and
learning the Military Exercise. there was no Fort or Pickets at Tomhanuc [Tomhannock] nor any other Troops except those of our Company
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from Tomhanuc [Tomhannock] he marched with the said Company under the aforesaid officers through Schaghticoke to the Hudson River which we crossed in scows over to Stillwater; from there through Saratoga to Fort Edward then returned to Saratoga Barracks where we continued a few days and did Garrison duty, when orders were received from General Schuyler to retreat to Stillwater; from there we were ordered & re-crossed the Hudson River over to Schaghticoke where we encamped in open field.  We gathered Bushes & made huts or wigwams for shelter (there was no Barracks), the said Regiment under Col. Yates was the only troops stationed at
the place aforesaid & was placed there to prevent the Enemy from destroying Schaghticoke Town or advancing down the River, where we continued doing duty on guard &c at the place aforesaid until after the surrender of General Burgoyne's Army
to General Gates when our Regiment under Colonel Peter Yates aforesaid was ordered to cross over to Stillwater, when he this deponent marched with the Regiment under the aforesaid aforesaid officers, from Stillwater & conveyed Prisoners to Albany, and delivered them in the Barracks on the Hill.  While at Albany, he saw General Arnold conveyed to the Barracks of his wound; he was conveyed on a litter carried by soldiers.  When we returned to our old station at Schaghticoke, where we were stationed doing duty as aforesaid until
the full period of his enlistment was expired, having served six months in manner aforesaid and was discharged by the said Jonathan Brown at Schaghticoke aforesaid ( 6 mo.) & returned home.  my discharge has been lost long since.
there were no other Troops at Schaghticoke except Colonel Peter Yates' Regiment. But at Stillwater & Saratoga there were a great number of Troops of Militia and Continental of which he recollects Colonel Dickerson's
Regiment of Stillwater Militia & Captain Vernon and Captain E. St. John of said Regiment, he also recollects the following office were there. General Schuyler, Gen. Gates, Colonel Knickerbocker, Major Groesbeck, Captain John Van Antwerp.  the 3 latter were Militia officers - he also saw General Arnold after he was wounded & saw him when the soldiers
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Convey him on a Litter to the Hospital in Albany at the time I was there guarding the Prisoners from Stillwater as stated herein. He further states that during during the
aforesaid period of six months under Capt. Brown, he, this deponent, served as orderly Sergeant, that at the commencement of said service he received a Sergeant's Warrant
Signed by Colonel Yates which said Warrant has been long since lost.
In January 1778 he was again called into service by draft of every 4th man of the Regiment in which he was enrolled as aforesaid. he was drafted & served as a
private under Captain John Van Antwerp
in Colonel Peter Yates' Regiment aforesaid, in manner following: to wit, Marched from Schaghticoke where we were embodied, through Schenectady, Schoharie & Cobus Kill [Cobleskill] to Cherry Valley, where we were stationed & did duty on guard &c until after the Oriskany Battle; and then were discharged by Captain John Van Antwerp aforesaid & returned home.  that from the time he left home on this tour until his return
he was in constant service for at least three months and six days. At Cherry Valley, there were a great number of Troops of Militia & Continental but he he does not recollect the name or names of any of their officers. he has no documentary evidence of any part of
his services stated herein, nor does he know of any person now living who can testify to his services aforesaid or to any part of his said service.
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5. To the question. State the names of some of the Regular officers who were with the Troops where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect and the general circumstances of your service.
He answers and says, that he can answer no further than he has already stated herein.
To the 6th Interrogatory, did you ever receive a discharge from the service; and if so, by whom was it given & what has become of it, he answers and says, that in his service of 6 months In 1777 he did receive a discharge given by Captain Jonathan Brown as stated
herein. he does not recollect that he ever received any other written discharge but was discharged verbally as stated herein his said discharge has been long since destroyed or lost as herein stated. 
To the 7th question. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their
belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.  He names the Reverend Lebbeus Armstrong. Elder Mattias Swain, George Wiggins, Dennis Marvin, William
Marvin, John Quakenbush, Joseph Ogden, Gold Morehouse Supervisor of Malta, Dean Chase.

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.
Sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid
[signed] Daniel Quakenbush
In open Court
A Goodrich Clerk
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We Lebbeus Armstrong a Clergyman residing in the Town of Ballston in the County of Saratoga and State of New York and
George Higgins and Dean Chase residing in Malta in said County, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Daniel Quakenbush who has subscribed and sworn to the above
declaration; that we believe him to be 73 years of age: that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn & Subscribed the day
& year aforesaid
[signed] Lebbeus Armstrong
[signed] George Wiggins (X) his mark
In open Court
A Goodrich Clerk

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 it appears to them that Lebbeus Armstrong who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman
resident in the Town of Ballston in the County of Saratoga and State of New York and that George Wiggins & Dean Chase who have also
signed the same are residents in the Town of Malta in the County of Saratoga and State of New York are Credible persons and that their statement is entitled to Credit.
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 I, Alpheus Goodrich Clerk of the County of Saratoga do hereby certify that the
foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Daniel Quakenbush for a Pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office, this 27th day of August 1833
A Goodrich Clerk
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9463
Rev. War
INVALID.
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File No. 9463

Daniel Quackenbush
Sergt Rev. War
Act: June 7th /32

Index: --Vol. 1, Page 306
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Dan'l Quackenbush
NY
Act 32
Mr. Cole

[to] F.S. Evans, Esq.
Chief Clerk
Pension Office

by V. Luce
Aug 14 /51
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Cohoes 15 August 1849

Dear Sir

An old Revolutionary Soldier is sitting in
my office complaining of fraud and malice on the part of one John Van Antwerp in causing the pension Department to stop the payment of his pension. The name of the old man is Daniel Quakenbush, though it may have been spelled differently at the time of his application for a pension. He received a pension for
three years or thereabouts, when it was stopped for what reason he does not know. My object in writing to you is to learn the
reasons if any why the old soldier should not receive a full pension as he was disabled by a wound received at the Battle of Bemis Heights 
from a musket ball passing through the abdomen, causing a rupture of the most inconvenient size, & which I have examined. He appears to be a man of great simplicity, and honest, and nearly 87 years of
age. I feel great interest for the old man and sincerely hope you will favor me with all the evidence in your office, and such remarks as may be useful in supplying whatever deficiencies there may be in purporting the application. If there is no legal disability, I should suppose he would be entitled to a pension from the day it was suspended. He is now maintained by the County & an
inmate of the County house, and complains most bitterly of harsher and harsher treatment. I hope there is relief at hand.
Yours truly & Sincerely
Hugh White


To Hon J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions

P. S.

He served one year and nine months, under, first Capt. Peter Davenport; 2 weeks, 2nd John Van Antwerp; 6 months, 3rd,  Capt John Fort; 9 months, 4 Jonathan Brown; & till the close of
War (over)
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Col. Commanding Peter Yates; Maj. Richard VanVecktin.
The old man's memory is not quite as rigorous as it might have been in times past; yet he says that under Jonathan Brown he was orderly Sergeant, he enlisted as a private but was promoted to an Orderly. After receiving your reply I may be able to elicit from the old man such facts, as may be pertinent.
Yours &c.,
Hugh White
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For the Pension Office
James L. Edwards Esq
Comr of Pensions
Washington City
D.C.

FREE

Feb. 8  N.Y.

[circular stamp:  BALLSTON N.Y. FEB 2]

Daniel Quackenbush
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Ballston Spa Feby 1st 1836

J.L. Edwards Esquire

A Pension Certificate was obtained for
Daniel Quakenbush then of this County (through my agency) under the Act of June 7 1832, Dated November 16th 1833
at the rate of $40.66 per annum. at the time
of his application his claim appeared fair and
if entitled to such Pension, he may prove his services (if as I understand) several persons are now living in Schaghticoke who belonged to Capt Yates' Company at the period of the Rev. War and the rolls of said Company are now in the possession of John Van Antwerp at Schaghticoke who then belonged to
the same Company, where his claim is doubted.
Very Respectfully
Your Mo. Obt Servt
Aaron Nash
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Washington August 7th 1851

Sir
Herewith enclosed is a power of Attorney from
John D. Quackenbush.  It would seem that the
pension of his father Daniel Quackenbush deceased, was without competent authority and unjustly suspended in 1835.
I wish for an opportunity of an examination
of the papers in this case without delay.
Respectfully
Your Obt serv't 
Vinal Luce


J. E. Heath Esq.
Comm'r Pensions
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F. S. Evans, Esq.
Pension Office
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Thursday Aug 7 1851

Dear Sir,
I hope to have an examination of the papers in this case at the same time with those left with you yesterday. say Monday next
Yours &c
V. Luce


F. S. Evans Esq
Pension Office
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(Copy)
To the Hon: James L. Edwards Pension Agent Washington City D.C.

Dear Sir,
As a friend of our government I deem
it my duty to apprise you of some gross impositions practiced from this quarter upon the public treasure, and upon those officers having charge of the same - by worthless pretended Pensioners -- Congress
designed the pension act as a reward for the remnant of our meritorious soldiers who actually rendered their services in the defence
of our country - Hundreds, no doubt, now take advantage of the liberality of that law, who never faced the enemy, or even entered
the tented field!-
Among that class from this quarter, I have every reason to believe, is one Benjamin Mulliken of Stillwater in this Co. though
formerly from Massachusetts - Also one Daniel Quackenbush, either of the town of Malta in this Co. or the town of Schaghticoke in the 
Co. of Rensselaer (if he is not already stricken off the rolls) who it is said was a stripling Cow-boy, at the time of our revolutionary war. The 
procuring of whose certificate by one Nash at Ballston Spa, in the town of Milton, was a barefaced piece of imposition, highly disapproved of by Quackenbush's connections and others acquainted with the facts.
As to Mulliken, the circumstances are both ludicrous and ridiculous-- he having got his present wife in a delicate situation, chose at first rather to enlist as a soldier, than many her, and enlisted accordingly for three months service, when her friends at length prevailed upon him to hire a substitute & stay at home himself & many her, which he did-- and it is not known, but that his substitute may now be drawing a pension also, for those services, if
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he ever served his time out. Mulliken also sets forth services as a militiaman at West Point, but gives no name of his commanding officer, nor produces any record or certificate of any of his services.-
I have formerly heard him tell that he once went out to West Point as a drafted militia man, or among a few straggling volunteers, without being regularly enrolled or under any commanding officer on the way, where he says he served as waiter to some officer for a short time and returned. He also says he once belonged to a company of "Minute men,"
who were occasionally called out for exercise, but were never on duty in the field, or left home for a single night. He has no vouchers to any material point, except his own manifesto, of little worth-- and is now drawing a pension mostly on the incidence of his wife's maiden chastity!
I have no doubt that he is not justly entitled to it, and ought to be stricken from the rolls, until he produces more certain vouchers, and I
believe that some who assisted him to obtain it, are now of the same opinion.
Mulliken and Quackenbush are both hard rum drinkers, and make bad use of their money. These facts are so prominent & glaring that I deem it unnecessary to incur their ire, by giving my real name, though if necessary, address "Friend of Government" at
Bemis Heights, Saratoga Co. N.Y. and you shall have it confidentially -- or rather address the Hon. John Cramer, at Waterford, late member of Congress from this Co.
I am Sir
Very respectfully, yours &c
(signed) Friend of Government
Saratoga Co. June 24th 1837.
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House of Representatives
July 22d 1846

Hon J.L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions

Dr Sir
Herewith I forward the additional papers of Mr King as made out by Mr Yates and would ask your early attention.  Also, I would enquire
whether you have examined the claim of Mrs Van Emburgh* sent up to you on the 8 June and the enquiry respecting the cause of suspending the pension of Daniel Quakenbush, sent to your office on the 16 June.
Respectfully Yours &c
H. White

* Look at Reg
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Stillwater N.Y
March 28th 1836
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Hon. Lewis Cass
Sec. of War
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Washington
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P150
Daniel Quackenbush
2 April 1836
Pension Office
N.Y.
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Stillwater Saratoga Co. N. York
March 26th 1836

The undersigned pensioner on applying
for his semi-annual payment, learned from
the Agent that his pension was stopped -
the undersigned would respectfully request 
from the War Office the grounds on which his
pension was stopped; as it may yet be in his
power to have the same received  - 

for Daniel Quackenbuck
Ashbel Palmer


P150
Daniel Quackenbush
2 April 1836
Pension Office
NY.
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Pension Office

The Honorable
Lewis Cass
Secretary of War
Washington City
D. C
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Ballston Spa 4th September 1833

Sir

You will receive herein enclosed the papers
In the Matter of Daniel Quakenbush for a Pension under the Act June 7th 1832.  Have the goodness to examine & return to me the certificate or any decision which may be made in the case, as soon as any way convenient -
I am most Respectfully
your Obedient Servt
Aaron Nash

Hon. Lewis Cass
Secretary of War