Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 14085, for David Paine, New York
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SERVICE
New York

Paine, David

NUMBER
S. 14085.

carded

CONTENTS
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[left side]
He died Dec 11
1842.

[right side]
14,123
New York
David Paine

Tompkins in the State of New York 
he was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Newell of the Reg [Regiment] commanded by Col Willet on the New York [line] for 9 months

Inscribed on the Roll of New York
the rate of 30 Dollars --- Cents per annum
commence on the 4th day of March, 1831

Certificate of Pension issued the 9th day of May 1833
and sent to Samuel Crittenden
Ithaca New York

Arrears to the 4th of March 1839.   $60.00
Semi-anl [annual] allowance ending 4 Sep. 4. 15.00

[Grand total]  $75.00

He died Dec. 11, 1842 
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Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.
[Re]corded by George Taylor Clerk
[Book] E Vol. 4 Page 70
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14725 
David Paine 
Tompkins Co 
N. York 
Samuel Crittenden 
Ithaca N. York
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BRIEF  in the case of David Paine of Tompkins in the State of New York
(Act 7th June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he? 70
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
Period.|Duration of Service.|Rank.|Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.|

Enlisted In 1781|9 Months,|As a | Capt Newell, Col. Willet

5. In what battles was he engaged?
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Columbia County, N. Y.
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? living witness & tradition
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? The seal impressed on each paper.
X Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above
F. Y. Bradford
Examining Clerk.
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David Paine
In the matter of the
Application of for
a Pension
---
Declaration &c.
14725
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State of New York
Tompkins County 
On this third day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight Hundred & thirty two personally appeared in open Court in a Court of Common Pleas in & for Tompkins Country to wit Andrew DeWitt Brugh Benjamin Jennings & Nicoll Halsey Judges of said Court now sitting at Ithaca in and for said County of Tompkins & State of New York David Paine a resident of the Town of Caroline in County and State aforesaid aged Seventy 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 7 1832
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated That in the month of April at a
place called Nobletown in the County of Columbia and State of New York he entered a company commanded by Captain Newell of the New-York
troops in the service of the United States in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Marinus Willet for the term of nine months as a volunteer. That
he served during the said term of him months and was discharged at
Fort Herkimer by the said Capt Newell
the forepart of January following. That after his so entering the Service he
was marched to Albany when he was mustered by Lieutenant Trotters from thence he was marched with his company to Fort Stanton &  thence to Johnstown & from thence to fort Herkimer.  That [illegilbe] the little Falls on the Mohawk where he was
engaged in several skirmishes with the british & Indians
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That he has nor documentary evidence of his said services that he never received to the best of
his recollection any written discharge. That he knows of no person living whom [illegible] persons who can testify to his said services other than
the one whose affidavit is hereunto annexed and that he never learned to write. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an
annuity except the present & declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State
David his X mark Paine
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Sworn & subscribed in
open Court before the Judges
thereof the day and year
aforesaid - Saml. Love 

We William Rounseville residing in the town of of Caroline - in the County of Tompkins and State of New York and Abratha G Rounseville residing in the same place and Edward Dodge a Clergyman of Dryden[?] hereby certify that we are well acquainted with David Paine who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration and that we believe him to be seventy years of age, that he is reported and
believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution that we concur in that opinion
Wm Rounseville
Abe Rounseville 
Edward E Dodge
Sworn and Subscribed on the [missing] day [illegilble] aforesaid [illegilble] Saml Love clk
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State of New York 
State of New York Tompkins County SS } Thomas Paine of Caroline in said County being duly Sworn says that he is Seventy three years of age that he is the brother of the said David Paine who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that he knows said David Paine in the year 1781 that then resided in in Nobletown in the County of Columbia in the State of New York and that he served with the said David & enlisted with him into said service at Nobletown in Columbia County. that he knows of the said David Enlisting & serving for nine months as stated in his said declaration in the State of New York - 
his X mark Thomas Paine 
Sworn & Subscribed before the said Court the day & year aforesaid - [signature:] Samuel Lowe clk 
And this said Court do hereby declare their opinion after this investigation of the matters & after putting the interrogatories prescribed y the war Department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier as he states. And this Court further certify that it appears to them that S. Lowe is a Clergyman of Dryden in said County and William Rounseville & Abraham
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G. Rounseville - & [illegible] __town of Carolina in said County who have signed the preceding certificate are residents of the ["Town" is crossed out] County of [illegible] & Caroline in the County of Tompkins are credible witness and that their statement is entitled to full credit 
I Samuel Lowe Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Tompkins Do hereby Certify that the foregoing contains the Original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of the said David Paine for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this 4th day of October A D. 1832 
[signature:] Samuel Lowe clk
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The following questions were prosecuted by the Court to the said above named applicant. 
1st. Where and in what year were you born? - 
Answer. I was born in 1762- 70 next March - was born in Freetown in the State of Massachusetts - 
2nd. Have you any record of your Age: And if so where is it? 
Answer- I have a record of my age at home in Caroline - 
3rd. Where were you living when called into service: Where have you lived since the revolutionary war, and where do you now live?- 
Answer- I was living when called into service at Nobletown in the State of New York - have since resided at Duanesburgh- moved from Nobletown to Duanesburgh and from thence to the town of Caroline Tompkins County where I now live & where I have resided for about 20 years- 
4th How were you called into service, were you drafted did you volunteer or were you a substitute? And if a Substitute for whom?- 
Answer- I volunteered for a Class- 
5th. State the names of some of the regular officers who were with the troops where you served, said continually [continental?] and militia regiments as you can recollect and the general circumstance of your service? 
Answer- Col. Willett - Adjutant Ferndy [???]  Capt. Newell and Lieut. Trotter- was not with the Continental Army much - 
 6th- Did you ever receive a discharge from the service & if so by whom was it given & what has become of it? 
Answer- I never received any militia discharge- 
7th. 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 in the revolution- 
Answer- [blacked out word] William Rounseville, Edward C. Dodge Nathaniel Toby, A. G. Rounseville, John A. Speed and Doctor Joseph Speed - 
All which the said Court hereby Certify- [signature:] Samuel Low clk
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Rev. and 1812 Wars Section   MMHI 
June 22, 1925
Flora S. Whiteman 
39 Genesee St. 
Cuba, New York. 
Madam; 
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 14085 it appears that David Paine was born in March 1762 in Freetown, Massachusetts. 
While a resident of Nobletown, Columbia County, New York he enlisted in April 1781, served as a private in Captain Newell's Company, Colonel Marinus Willet's New York Regiment, was in several skirmishes with British and Indians near Little Falls on the Mohawk River and was discharged early in January 1782.  - 
He was allowed pension on his application executed October 3, 1832 while living in Caroline, Tompkins County, New York. He died December 11, 1842, (from AB) 
It is not stated whether he was ever married. 
The above noted blacked out words] _he only soldier named David Paine (under any spelling of that name) found on the Rev- [Revolutionary] 

This is in [issue? Isaac?] Bridal [??] Co- & as she paid he send. Tompkins Co., I sent & said "only one etc. ,
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olutionary [Revolutionary] War records of this Bureau. 
Respectfully, Commissioner. 
Bro. Thos. a sol. in Rev-
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14085
INVALID
14. 085
Rev War
David Paine
Priv. Rev. War
Act: June 7th 1832
Index:- Vol. 1, Page 289
[Arrangement of 1870.]

1935 - June 22 Hist to F. S. Whiteman [illegible]
1929 July 5. Frank Grant Lewis adv. Cost of photos A.D. Y.
1929 July 24. Photos to Frank G. Lewis at Fin. Div. ntfd. A.D.Y.
1946 May 4. Hist to Mrs Charles H Winship [illegible
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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 David Paine of Tompkins Co N York which require further proof or explanation. 
I. 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? [blank] 
IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? Yes 
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? Yes 
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? Yes 
 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 or another respectable citizen as to 
their belief respecting his claim? and the general beliefs in his neighborhood relative to his revolu-
tionary service?
Yes
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtain-
ing 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 (yes - lined out)
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? No
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? yes
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? all answered.
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, made 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. H., 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 recol-
lection 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 laws 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 shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration
of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed. he was not em-
ployed 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 affiidavits 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 magis-
trate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
?QUERE XVI Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where 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 cer-
tificate 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 fro 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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March 30, 1940
Mrs. Charles H. Winship
80 Broad Street
Plattsburgh, New York
Stamp - Received
APR 1 1940 
MAIL SUB-DIV
Reader No. 25
VETS ADM
Bureau of Pensions
(Revolutionary War Section)
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
Can you give me any
information from the pension 
papers, if any, of the following
Revolutionary soldiers - 
1. Aron Esmon (or Ismon) who is 
listed in N.Y. in Revol. from Albany Co,
Land Bounty, 9th Regiment.
2. David Paine, same Regiment
3. John Swiger who served in Vermont
Troops. (His name might be Hamsinger but in Vt. Rev. Rolls it is Singer)
Thanking you for any information.
Very Truly.
Jane E. Winship
(Mrs. C H. Winship
80 Broad St, Plattsburgh, NY)
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S-049
Ex. Aut Div. Rev 148121 Seck (?)
Department of the Interior,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D.C., Mar 31, 1925
The attached letter is respectfully returned
with the information that the data furnished is
not sufficient to enable this Bureau to make intel-
ligent answer to the queries therein contained.
Please fill out such of the blank spaces below
as the information in your possession will permit, and return to this Bureau.
Sally Cornwall
First name of widow
Name of soldier. David Pain, Paine, or Payne?
P.O. address of soldier at enlistment & after service
Company ___
Regiment ___
State where enlisted Bristol Co, Mass.
Date of birth __
Date of death ___
If unable to furnish company and regiment give names of commanding officers
with General Yates
Return attached letter with reply.
Hayes Haupmaker (signed)
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39 Genesee St
Cuba New York
March 27, 1925
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
Can you find on your war 
records the name of David
Pain, Paine, or Payne who
was a soldier in the Rev-
olutinary war.
This information will be most thankfully (?) received.
Very truly yours
Flora S Whiteman
stamp - U.S. PENSION OFFICE
L
APR 21 1925
stamp - U.S. PENSION OFFICE
H
MAR 28 1925
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stamp
OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER
U.S. BUREAU OF PENSIONS
JUL 10 1929
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SUBMIT IN DUPLICATE 1-681 PHONE Branch 476
All inquiries regarding this job should refer to Requisition No 33718
Requisition for Duplicating, Addressograph, Photostat, and Blue Print Work.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
WASHINGTON
CHIEF, Division of Publications
Room G 137.  July 13, 1929.
Please furnish work specified below.
Bureau ordering pension Deliver to Room No 5033
(ALL COPY FOR DUPLICATING WORK SHOULD BE PLAIN AND WRITTEN IN ELITE TYPE, EXACTLY LINE FOR LINE AS IT IS TO APPEAR ON FINISHED JOB.)
Title and description of job photostatic copies of 6 pages from Revolution-
ary War pension claim of David Paine, New York Troops, S. 14085.
No. of copies1 of each Shall form be kept standing? __ __ days
For further information see Mrs, M, M. H. Finch 5033 541
Room No. Phone No.
Approved
AD Wilkinson (signed) Margarate M. H. Finch (signed)
Chief Clerk of Bureau Chief of Branch (xxxx)
NOTE: No order made "SPECIAL" unless statement showing necessity is written
below and approved by Chief Clerk of Bureau ordering ---
CHECK WORK DESIRED
Duplicate
Multigraph single or double space ? __ Facsimile signature? ___
Mimeograph One side or both sides? ___ Facsimile signature? __
Folding once or twice?
Assembing ---
Stapling Once? Twice? Side? End?
Electric typewriter Fill in addresses? ___ Dated? ___
Addressograph from lists
Envelopes, size __ Cards, size __
Proof list ___ Pay rolls ___
Labels (submit sample) ___ Corrections ___
Fill in letters ___ Tabulation sheets ___
Photostat X Size actual Official use? _ Repay? yes $ .90
Blue Print _ Size _ Official Use? _ Repay _ $ _
Remarks 
(OVER)
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NOTE: Routine changes of addresses made be made on this blank without formal 
reference through or initialing of chiefs of branches or chief clerks of
bureaus
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(Date)
INDICATE BY AN X IN PROPER SQUARE ACTION TO BE TAKEN.
(SQUARE) Make new addressograph plate
(SQUARE) Change present addressograph plate 
(SQUARE) Destroy present addressograph plate 
(carrat) On List ------
as follows:
Now read 1 ____
2 ___
3 ___
4 ___
5 ___
Should read 1 ___
2 ___
3 ___
4 ___
5 ___
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FOR USE OF DUPLICATING AND ADDRESSING SECTION
ADDRESSOGRAPH
The above change was made ___ 192_
Operator ___
MULTIGRAPH
Operator ___ Date ___ Type set by ___ Date ___
Remarks ___
MIMEOGRAPH
Operator ___ Date ___ Cut by ___ 
Remarks ___
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ORGANIZED NOV 5, 1853 PHONE CHESTER 3318 INCORPORATED DECEMBER 1, 1862
THE AMERICAN BAPTIST HISTORICAL SOCIETY
HEADQUARTERS: (lined out) 1703 CHESTNUT STREET, PHILADELPHIA
and
LIBRARY: CROOZER THEOLOGICAL SEMINAR, CHESTER, PA
OFFICERS VICE-PRESIDENTS
PROF. SPENSE B. MESSER, PRESIDENT The Secretary of each Baptist State convention is REV. LEMUEL CALL BARNES
REV. ELWOOD A. HARRAR, SECRETARY Vice-President ex-officio for his State DR. JOSEPH W. MAUCK
REV. DANIEL C. STEVENS, TREASURER PROF. ALBERT H. NEWMAN
REV. FRANK G. LEWIS REV. CHARLES A WALKER
Chester, PA, July 9, 1929
Mr. Earl D. Church, Comissioner
Stamp - M.O. #907750 - 90 Cents
FINANCE DIVISION
BOOK KEEPERS DESK
JUL 11 1929
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
Mr. Earl D. Church, Commissioner,
U.S. Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.
Sir:
In response to your favor of the 5th inst. I enclose
herewith U.S. Postal Money Order for Ninety Cents and 
shall be much obliged to receive a photostat copy of each
of the six pages of the papers on file in the Revolutionary
War pension claim of David Paine, of Tompkins County, N.Y.
Certification is not needful for my purposes.
Your request reference to
Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
MMHF
With appreciation of your courtesy,
Very truly yours,
(signature) Frank G. Lewis
Frank Grant Lewis
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Rev. A1812 Warns Section.
MMRF
Julu 5, 1929.
Frank Grant Lewis,
Croser Theological Seminary,
Chester, Pennsylvania.
Sir:
I advise you that photostatic copies of papers on
file in Revolutionary War pension claim of David Paine,
New York Troops, S 14085, will be furnished you, under
the provisions of the Act of August 24, 1912, at the 
rate of fifteen cents a page with twenty-five cents ex-
tra for certification if that is desired.
The number of pages to be copied is six.
The proper amount should be forwarded to this bu-
reau by money order drawn to the order of the Secretary 
of the Interior.
Respectfully,
EARL D. CHURCH,
Commissioner.
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ORGANIZED NOV 5, 1853 PHONE CHESTER 3318 INCORPORATED DECEMBER 1, 1862
THE AMERICAN BAPTIST HISTORICAL SOCIETY
HEADQUARTERS: (lined out) 1703 CHESTNUT STREET, PHILADELPHIA
and
LIBRARY: CROOZER THEOLOGICAL SEMINAR, CHESTER, PA
OFFICERS VICE-PRESIDENTS
PROF. SPENSE B. MESSER, PRESIDENT The Secretary of each Baptist State convention is REV. LEMUEL CALL BARNES
REV. ELWOOD A. HARRAR, SECRETARY Vice-President ex-officio for his State DR. JOSEPH W. MAUCK
REV. DANIEL C. STEVENS, TREASURER PROF. ALBERT H. NEWMAN
REV. FRANK G. LEWIS REV. CHARLES A WALKER
Chester, Pa., July 1, 1929 
U.S. Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, 
D.C.
Dear Sirs:
You may have papers in connection with an
application for pension by David Paine (or Payne) who was a Revolutionary soldier, probably enlisting from
Freetown, Mass., but lived during his later years in 
the town of Caroline, Tompkins County, N.Y. and died 
there, I think, in 1842.
If you have such papers, I shall be grateful 
for information as to the number of pages and the cost of 
one photostat copy of each.
With appreciation for your courtesy,
very truly yours,
Frank G. Lewis (signature)
Frank Grant Lewis
(stamp) US Pension Officer July 2 1929
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May 4, 1940
Mrs. Charles N. Winship BA-/ILL
80 Broad Street David Paine
Plattsburgh, New York.  S 14085
Dear Madam:
The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S. 14085, based upon service of David Paine in the Revolutionary War.
David Paine was born in March 1762 in Freetown, Massa-chussets; the day of his birth and the names of his parents are not given. At the time of the Revolutionary War, he resided in Nobletown, Columbia County, New York; his brother, Thomas, lived there also.
David Paine enlisted in April 1781, served as private in Captain Nowell's company, Colonel Marinus Willet's New York regiment, marched to Fort Hunter, thence to Johnstown, was in several skirmishes with the British and Indians near Little Fallas on the Mohawk River and was discharged early in January 1782, at for Berkimer. 
After his service, this soldier resided in Duanesburg, New York,  moved from there to Garbline, Tompkins County, New York.
David Paine was allowed pension on account of his service in the Revolutionary War on his application executed October 3, 1832. He resided then in Caroline, Tompkins County, New York, where he resided for about thirty years.
David Paine made no reference to wife or children. He died on December 11, 1842.
In October 1832, Thomas Paine (side note shows "his pension claim is in our file"), brother of this soldier, was a resident of Caroline, Tompkins County, New York, aged
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seventy-three years.
In order to obtain the name of teh persom to whom the last payment of pension was paid, you should address the Comptroller General, General Accounting Officer, this city, and furnish the following data:
David Paine
Certificate #14123
Issued May 9, 1833
Rate $30 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1831
Act of June 7, 1832
New York Agency. 

Very truly yours,
A.D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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May 4, 1940.
Mrs. Charles H. Winship
80 Broad Street
Plattsburgh, New York. 
BA-J/ILL 
David Paine 
S. 14085 
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your request information in regard to Aren Esmon (Ismon) and David Paine who served from New York in the Revolutionary War and John Singer (perhaps Honsinger) who served from Vermont in that same war.
A search of the Revolutionary War records of the Veterans Administration has been made in your behalf and no claim for pension or bounty land found based upon service of any Aren  Esmon or John Singer;  various spellings of the surnames Ismon and Honsinger were searched also. The record has been found of only one David Paine, under any spelling. 
who served from New York. His record is furnished you here- with pension claim, S. 14085. 
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER 
Executive Assistant to the Administrator.