Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 9744, for Daniel Itneuer, Maryland
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE
Md.
Itneuer, Daniel
or
Itnise
NUMBER
S. 9744
CONTENTS
Carded.
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No. 11.796
Maryland
Daniel Itnise
Washington Co. in the State of Maryland who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Clapsaddle of the Regt. commanded by Col. Swope in the Flying Camp [illegible] for 9 months Private $30.00
Daniel Itneuer
cos  Md.

Jany 30, 1905.
Records correction

Inscribed on the Roll of Maryland
at the rate of 30 Dollars - per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 21st. day of June 1833 and sent to C. Ringold Esq.
Hagerstown  Md.

Arrears to the 4th of March 1833   60.00
Semi-anl allowance ending 4 Sep. 1833    15 00
[total]   $75.00

{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by D. Brown  Clerk,
Book  E.    Vol. 5   Page 109
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[very light - best effort]
Daniel Ituir[???]
25345
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State of Maryland Washington to wit
On this Ninth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three personally appeared in Open Court, before the County Court of the County aforesaid, now sitting, Daniel Itnire[???] a resident of the vicinity of Boonsborough in said County, aged upwards of seventy six 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 was born in Frederick County Maryland in the year 1756, but that he has no record of his age, that he was living in Washington County Maryland near Boonsborough when called into service - that since the Revolution he has lived in the said County & State - that he entered the service of the United States in the month of March 1776 as a recruit in a corps called the "Flying Camp" in the company commanded by Captain Clapsaddle and Lieut David Harry and that he served nine months in said Company - that a man by the name of Nye was fifer and another by name Morris was drummer - That they started from
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HagersTown Maryland and Marched via Little York Pennsylvania to Philadelphia thence to Trenton thence, after being informed to Amboy - thence to Fort Lee and there witnessed the taking of Fort Washington by the British - thence returned thro New Jersey to Philadelphia and were there discharged - that he served during the whole nine months as a private - that he was discharged by Captain Clapsaddle by an instrument of writing - but that he has lost it - that Jonathan Shafer - David Brookhart - Windle Schechter and George Neikirk, or persons to whom he is known in his present neighbourhood, can testify to his character for veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution

Your applicant hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the Pension Role of the Agency of any State

Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Daniel Itneuer
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Mr David Brookhart and Jonathan Shafer residing in Boonsborough Washington County Maryland hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Daniel Itnire who has sworn and subscribed to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy six years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighbourhood where he hides, to have be a solder of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
David Brookhart
Jona Shafer

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories presented 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 David Brookhart and Jonathan Shafer who have signed the preceeding certificate are resident in neighbourhood of the said applicant and are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit
[illegible] O. H. Williams  Clk. Wash Co. Ct. Md.
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I Otho H. Williams clerk of the Court of Washington County Maryland do hereby certify that the forgoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Daniel Itnire for a pension

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this Eleventh day of April 1833-
O. H. Williams  Clk
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No 25365
Daniel Itnise[??Itnire] Washington County
Maryland
admitted
9 mos. Private  $30
Cheston Ringold Hagerstown Md

[very light best effort]
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,

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.  One 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.  These points to which you 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.
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A Statement, shewing the Service of   Daniel Itnise  Washington County Maryland
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Period when the service was rendered.     Entered Mar. 1776
Declaration of the claimant's service.  Years. --  Months. 9  Days. --
Rank of the claimant.    private
Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served.   Cap. Clapsaddle,
Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service.   76 years  Washington County Maryland
Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Traditionary evidence & one witness  papers correctly attached

I am, respectfully ,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS, 
Commissioner of Pensions.
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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.
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[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 undavit 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 [illegible] 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; 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.

[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 affix 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.

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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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, mucicians 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) , with and 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. [image of finger pointing] 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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9744
Rev War
INVALID.
File No.  9744
Daniel Itnise
Pri  Rev War
Act: June 7th 32
Index: ---  Vol. 1, Page 188
[Arrangement of 1870]
Daniel ItneuerJany 30, 1905.
Record Corrected
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Daniel Itneuer
H
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State of Maryland Washington City To wit
On this ninth day of April 1833 personally appeared John Johns before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace of the State of Maryland in and for the County aforesaid and made oath on the Holy Evangely of Almighty God that he knew Daniel Itnise to have enlisted in a corps called the Flying Camp under Captain Clapsaddle and that he was gone with said corps nine months and that when the applicant returned he shewed this deponent his honorable discharge by Daniel Clapsaddle and Coll. Swope in the year seventeen hundred and seventy six --
Sworn before
Jona Shafer

We hereby certify that we believe the above deponent was in a situation and of such an age as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant service
Sworn and subscribed
David Brookhat
Jona Shafer
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State of Maryland Washington County, to wit:
I hereby certify that Jonathan Shafer, Gentleman before whom the within affidavit was sworn to, and who has thereto subscribed his name was at the time thereof, and still is a Justice of the peace of the said State in and for said County duly Commissioned and sworn, and to all his acts as such full faith and credit is due, as well in Courts of Justice as thereout. --

In Testimony whereof I hereto subscribe my name and affix the Seal of Washington County Court, this Ninth day of April Eighteen hundred and thirty three.--
O. H. Williams Clk
Wash. Co. Ct. Md.