Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 45747, Daniel Emery, N.H.
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(3-1776)

SERVICE                               NUMBER
N.H.           Emery, Daniel     S45747

CONTENTS
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18,906
New Hampshire

Daniel Emery,
(List 1835)
see Merrimack Co.

of Grafton Co. in the State of New Hampshire who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Frye of the Regiment commanded by Colonel Dearborn in the New Hamp. line, for the term of 2 years.

Inscribed on the Roll of New Hampshire, at the rate of 8 dollars per month, to commence on the 1st of March 1823.

Certificate of Pension issued the 16th of Apl 1823, and sent to Joshua Darling, Henniker, N H.

Arrears to 4th of March 1823           $ 1"03
Semi anl. all'ce ending Sept 1823    $48"00
4/31                        [total]                 $49"03

{Revolutionary claim, Acts March 18, 1818, and May 1, 1820 and 1st Mar: 1823.}


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1887 Jary 4, T.S. Hopkins with history prior

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Date of death not on A.B.
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I Daniel Emery of Wilmot in the County of Hillsborough and State of New Hampshire depose and say that I enlisted into the service of the United States in the Revolutionary War on the Continental establishment in the latter part of March or first of April 1780 or 1781 for the term of three years, and served during said term, in Capt Ebenezer Frye's Company in Col. Henry Dearborn's Regiment in [1st?] New Hampshire until the expiration of my three years enlistment, when I received a regular discharge signed by the said Col. Dearborn in June 1783 or 1784, to the best of my recollection but have lost my discharge.
I further testify and say that I am by reason of my reduced circumstances in life very poor and I stand in need of assistance from my Country for support[.]  
May 4 1818                          
      Daniel Emery   X his mark
                                                     
State of New Hampshire 
Hillsborough SS ..... }    May 4th 1818
Then personally appeared the above named Daniel Emery and made oath that the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed by his mark is just and true, 
Before me [signed]  Joshua Darling }   One of the associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for the first District Hillsborough County New Hampshire
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Rejected see letter to Hon. W Harvey, No: Refrs. Dec 28 1829.

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Daniel Emery
affidavit on application for a Pension 
Wm Harvey H. R.  No. 56

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State of New Hampshire  
Hillsborough SS}   I Joshua Darling Judge of as 
aforesaid hereby certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Daniel Emery served in the revolutionary Army on the Continental establishment against the common enemy more than nine months at one period of continued service, and I further certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said applicant is in reduced circumstances in life & stands in need of assistance from his country for support.
Given under my hand and the seal of said Court this fourth day of May 1818
[signed] Joshua Darling


State of New Hampshire 
Hillsborough ss }    I Moses Eastman Clerk of the Court of C. Pleas for the 1st District in the County of Hillsborough and State of New Hampshire do certify that the Hon. Joshua Darling is a Judge of said Court that the above is his signature and that the seal affixed is the seal of said Court
[signed]  Moses Eastman Clerk
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State of New Hampshire
Grafton Co. ss.  
At the Superior Court of Judicature holden at Plymouth within & for the County of Grafton on this seventeenth day of November Anno Domini One thousand eight hundred & twenty one, being a county of record
Personally appeared Daniel Emery of Wilmot in said State aged fifty seven years being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath declare in open Court that he enlisted into the Service in the War of the Revolution on the Continental establishment in the latter part of March or first of April 1780 or 1781 for the time of three years & served during said term in Capt Ebenezer Frye's Company, afterwards commanded by Capt Bell in Col Henry Dearborn's Regiment in the New Hampshire Line untill [sic] the expiration of his three years enlistment, when he received a regular discharge signed by the said Col Dearborn in June 1783 or 1784 to the best of his recollection, but has lost his discharge.  That he never has been placed on the pension list, and of course has never had a certificate. 
My original Declaration was made before his Honor Joshua Darling one of the Justices of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Hillsborough in said State on the fourth day of May A. D. 1818.
And I solemnly swear that I was a resident of the United States on the eighteenth day of March 1818 - that I have not since that
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time, by gift, sale, or in any manner disposed of property or any part thereof with intent thereby to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an Act of Congress entitled an "Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land & Naval Service of the United States in the Revolutionary War["] passed on the 18th day of March A.D. 1818 -- and that I have not, nor has any person for me any property or securities, contracts or debts due to me, nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, & by me subscribed. --- My occupation is that of a farmer, but am now, by reason of the effect of a fever on my constitution unable to do much labour. --- My wife Mary is aged about fifty three years, & commonly in good health, & good constitution, occasionally having ill [turns?],  but worn out with hard labour.
My two youngest children live at home with me, viz Judith aged seventeen years & Timothy aged thirteen years.  My older children have gone out from my family & they are none of them under any obligation to support me.  [signed] Daniel Emery
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Schedule of Daniel Emery's property-----

1 Hog & pig worth.....$10.00
1 Axe.....1.34
1 Hoe.....0.50
1 chain.....2.50
Sundry Fowls.....2,00
1 Iron Pot (4 pail).....3.00
1 pail Kettle.....1.00
1 six qt. Kettle.....0.67
1 D.....0,75
1 Loom.....2.00
3 chairs.....1.50
1 broken Kettle & Spider.....0.50
1 Yoke......[0.]50
[Total].....$26.26
[signed] Daniel Emery 

Sworn to & declared before the Justices of o/said Court this 7th day of November, 1821.
Attest [signed] S. P. Webster  Clerk
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State of New Hampshire
Grafton ss.
I Stephen P. Webster Clerk of the Superior Court of Judicature within & for the County of Grafton do hereby certify that the foregoing oath & the Schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the records of said Court; and I do further certify that it is the opinion of said Court that the total amount of value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is twenty six Dollars, & twenty six cents. - 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, & affixed the seal of the said County this seventeenth day of November Anno Domini 1821. 
[signed] S. P. Webster  Clerk

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Daniel Emery's
Declaration & Schedule
with Depositions
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BA-J/ILL
Daniel Emery
S. 45747

Honorable David I. Walsh
United States Senate 
Washington, D. C.

My dear Senator:

Reference is made to your letter in behalf of Mr. Fred Smith of Cambridge, Massachusetts, whose letter you enclosed.  Mr. Smith desires the revolutionary War pension records of Daniel Emery, and Daniel Emery, Junior, of Jeffrey or Walpole, New Hampshire.

The Revolutionary War record has been found of only one Daniel Emery who applied for pension while a resident of the State of New Hampshire.  The data given herein were found in his claim for pension, S. 45847, based upon his service in that war.

Daniel Emery enlisted in the spring of 1781, served as private in Captain Ebeneser Frye's and Bell's companies, Colonel Henry Dearborn's 1" New Hampshire regiment, stationed first at Soldier's Fortune near West Point, and continued in service until the close of the war in 1783.  The soldier's residence at enlistment was not given.

He applied May 4, 1818, while a resident of Wilmot, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire for pension on account of the above noted service.  His claim was allowed.

In 1821, the soldier was aged fifty-seven years and his wife, Mary, was aged fifty-three years:  the dates and places of their births, names of their parents and date of their marriage are not shown.  His two youngest children, Judith, aged seventeen years, and Timothy,
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aged thirteen years, were living at home then.  The soldier's older children had left home, their names not stated.

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name of person paid and, possibly, the date of death of this pensioner, Mr. Smith should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following:

Daniel Emery
Certificate #18906
Issued April 16, 1823
Rate $8 per month
Commenced March 1, 1818
New Hampshire Agency.

Very truly yours,

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator.

1 encl.
Mr. Smith's letter.
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In reply to your request of [illegible], received [illegible] for a statement of the military history of Daniel Emery a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his application for pension on file in this Bureau.  S. F. 45,747.

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. -- March or April 1780 or 1781

LENGTH OF SERVICE. -- 3 yrs.

RANK. -- Pri [private]

OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN Ebenezer Frye
COLONEL Henry Dearborn

STATE -- N. H.

It is not stated that he ever served in the War of 1812

Battles engaged in, [check mark]
Residence of soldier at enlistment, not stated, Joined company at Soldier's Fortune near West Point
Date of application for pension, Wilmot, Hillsborough Co. N. H.
Age at date of application, 54 yrs.
Remarks:  Soldier's wife, Mary, was 53 yrs. old in 1821.  In 1821, he referred to his older children, names not stated, and to his youngest children, Judith, aged 17 yrs. and Timothy, aged 13 yrs.
Very respectfully,
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United States Senate
COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND LABOR
May 24, 1937
Respectfully referred to
General Frank. T. Hines, Administrator of Veterans' Affairs, Washington, D. C.
with thanks for such favorable consideration as the communication herewith submitted warrants, and for a report thereon, to accompany return of enclosure.

By direction of
[signed] David I. Walsh

[stamp]
Received 
May 25, 1937 
MAIL SUB.-DIV.
[illegible]
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3-871.

RECORD DIVISION

Department of the Interior,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.

Search by W.T.Conboye

Soldier Daniel Emery
Service 1812 War

REMARKS: No War 1812 Inv. or Wid. No O.W. Inv. or Wid. as above
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RECORD DIVISION
FEB 16
1909


45747
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U. S. PENSION OFFICE
A
Feb 15
1909
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Franklin, N. H.
February 13, 1909.

Pension Bureau
Washington, D. C.

OWIF 45747 Rev.
No. 1812 Claim

Sir:
Can you give me any information concerning Daniel Emery, a soldier under Capt. Eleazer Frye in Col;. Henry Dearborn's New Hampshire Regiment - 1st ?  What record I can find gives the date of his enlisting as March 1781, for three years service and his joining his company at a place called Soldier's Fortune

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near West Point.  Are these statements correct?  I think you will find a record of his service in the [year?] of 1812.  His home then was in Sutton N. H. Possibly this Daniel Emery may have been his son.
Will you kindly give me what information you can, and accept my thanks for your kindness in doing this favor.
Yours truly
[signed] Mrs, Mary W. Corser
67 Prospect Street,
Franklin, N. H.
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45747
INVALID.
Revy [revolutionary]
File no. 45747
Daniel Emery
Pri Rev War [Private, Revolutionary War]

Act.: 18 March, 1818
Index: - Vol. 3, Page 156

[in brackets]  Arrangement of 1870.

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1909, Feb. 26, History to Mrs. Mary W. Corser, 67 Prospect St., Franklin, N.H.

1937 - May 26 - Hist. to Hon. David I. Walsh -IL.L.
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James L. Edwards Esqr

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[On?] Depreciation Roll
[from?] 1777 to 1781
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Washington Feb 12 1823

Sir - Enclosed herewith are a number of papers in regard to a pension for David Emery
In your [note?] to me of the 28th Dec. last you stated that according to the "rolls" David Emery had not served nine months and therefore was not entitled to a pension -- He is certain that the rolls are not correct in this particular and refers to the affidavit of David Howe and Robert Wilkins
With much respect
I am your obb. sert. [obedient servant]
[signed] Matthew Harvey

James L. Edwards Esqr [esquire]
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Honble [honorable] Joshua Darling Esquire

[Hennicker?] N. H.


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S. P, Webster's Esqr.
Letter to J. Darling
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Haverhill January 22nd, 1823 - 
Honble [honorable] Joshua Darling Esqr [esquire]
Dear Sir, - 
I herewith send to your case Daniel Emery's papers as they were returned to me from the Pension Office.
You will see it is required that he should state the county in which he lives. - Perhaps by your sending on his original papers, which you perceive are required, the objection may be removed, - It seems by the Secretary; note that he is conditionally admitted, and I presume when you find the file with his original application, his name will be so entered - 
Since receiving the papers from the Pension Office I have communicated to him by letter & otherwise several times, but, untill lately, have heard nothing. - I hope he will obtain. -
I am sir, very respectfully your friend & very humble Servant
[signed] S. P. Webster
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Daniel Emory [sic]
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We David cross and Josiah Sternes [Stearns] both of Wilmot in the County of Hillsborough and State of New Hampshire Depose and say that we are well acquainted with Daniel Emery of Wilmot State and County aforesaid and we further depose and say that he is poor and incapable of supporting himself and family and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support further saith not
[signed] David Cross   Josiah Stearns } selectmen of said town
Wilmot August 1818

State of Newhampshire Hillsborough ss.
Wilmot August 18, 1818
then personally appearing the above named David Cross & Josiah Stearns & made Oath that the above declaration by them subscribed is just and true before me 
[signed] Jabez Youngman  Justice of the Peace
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Lt. Robt. B. Wilkin's
Affidavit, proof

Service of Danl. Emory [sic]

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Affidavit of
Lieut. Wilkins
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I Robert B. Wilkins of Concord in the County of Rockingham and State of New Hampshire depose and say in the spring of the year 1781 Daniel Emery joined Capt Ebenezer Frye's Company, which then lay at the (Soldiers fortune so called) nigh west point in the state of New York.  Said Frye's Company belonging to the first New Hampshire Regiment[.]  I further depose and say that I am well knowing to said Daniel Emery's serving as a private Soldier in said Frye's Company from the time of his joining said Company until June 1783, at which time I the undersigned served as a Lieut. in the New Hampshire line.  [signed] Robert B. Wilkins

State of New Hampshire -Grafton ss.
Grafton, June 1, 1821.  Then personally came before me Robert B. Wilkins subscriber to the above affidavit and made solemn oath that the foregoing facts above stated are nothing but the truth[.]
before me  [signed]  Nathan Johnson  Justice Peace

I hereby certify that I am acquainted with the above named Robert B. Wilkins and consider him to be a man of truth and veracity
[signed] Joseph Low  Notary Public
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Lieut. Robert B. Wilkins
Concord NH


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David Howe's 
Affidvt. [affidavit] proving
the service of
Daniel Emory [sic]
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I David Howe of Enfield in the County of Grafton and State of New Hampshire depose and say that in the spring of the year 1781 Daniel Emery joined Capt. Ebeneser Frye's Company, which than lay at (sholdiers [soldiers] fortune so called ) nigh West point in the state of New York, said Frye's Company belonged to the first New Hampshire Regiment [.]  I further depose and say that I am well knowing to said Daniel Emery serving as a private soldier in said Frye's Company from the time of his joining said Company untill June 1783 at which time I left the army and left him there doing duty. the reason of my knowing these facts is I served in the same Company with the said Emery all of the aforesaid time and I did the duty of a Sergeant the most of sd [said] time in said Company   [signed] David Howe

State of New Hampshire
Grafton ss. - May 10th 1821   Then personally came before me David Howe signor to the above affidavit and made solom [solemn] Oath that the facts therein [set forth?] are Just and true before me
[signed] Robert Cochran Jus. Peace

November 9th 1821  This may certify that David Howe Signor to the above affidavit is a man of truth and veracity Strictly so
[signed] Robert Cochran Jus. Peace
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Mr. David Howe's 
Affvt. [affidavit] proving 
Daniel Emory's [sic] service

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Selectmen of Wilmot, certificate of the poverty of Daniel Emory [sic]
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This may certify that we the subscribers are personally acquainted with Daniel Emery of Wilmot and do not consider him to be in the possession of or worth property to the amount of Twenty Dollars, but to the contrary the town has considered him so poor that he has never been [unknown] in this town though he has been a resident [this, crossed out] a number of years 
Wilmot [?]8th 1821
[signed]  Josiah Stearns [and] Daniel Tipton } Selectmen of Wilmot