Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 43,745, for Daniel Osborn, New York
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(3-1776) 

SERVICE 
New York 
Osborn, Daniel, 

NUMBER 
S 43.745 

CONTENTS
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Notification sent Nov 11th  1820 to Edmund G. Patton Ithaca N. Yk

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4.960
New York. 
Daniel Osborn, private
 Dubois N.Y. New York line 3 years 
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War 
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence the 5th of May, 1818. 
Certificate of Pension issued the 19th of Decr 1818 and sent to the Hon. W. Comstock House of Reps U.S.
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1818. 4 mo 32.00 
Semi-anl, all'ce ending 4th Mar 1819 48.00 
[total] $80.00 
d. Oct. 10, 1845
{Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818} 
Tompkins County 
Continued 

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Lett to Hon. E. Risley May 1, 1850.
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT. 
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE. 
March 11 1854 
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An Act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States,” and the third section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions from the Pension agents, 
the child of Daniel Osborn, dec. a Pensioner on the Roll of the Albany Agency, at the rate of and eight Dollars per month under the law of the 18 March 1818 has been paid at this Department, from the 4” of Sept. 1845, to the 10" Oct. 1845 
Respectfully, yours, 
[signed] J. M. Brodhead 
Comptroller. 

To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS, Present.
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A schedule of all the property of Daniel Osborn a Revolutionary pensioner named in the annexed.
Real property - None 

1 Cow  $10.00
6 Cups & saucers  .25
1 small iron pot  .75
1 small kettle  .75
1 5 pail kettle  3.00
1 Tea Kettle  1.00
1 small pr. Tongs  .25
[subtotal] 16.00
4 knives & 3 forks  $0.25
7 Earthen plates  .50
5 Spoons  .25
1 Old Table  .25
4 chairs  1.00
[subtotal] 2.25
[plus] 16.00
Value at $18.25
[signed] Daniel Osborn
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Daniel Osborn 
Oath of Schedule
Valuation $18.00 
No. 4960 
Claim 1829
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STATE OF NEW YORK. 
Tompkins COUNTY, } ss  
On this Twenty Eighth day of September 1829 personally appeared in open Court, being a Court of Common Pleas, holden in and for the said county, in said State, constituted a Court of Record, by the laws of said State, with power to hear, try and determine, all actions real, personal, and mixed, arising in the said county, and also all transitory actions, although the same may not have arisen within the said county, and with other powers, Daniel Osborn aged sixty nine years, resident in the town of Hector in the said county, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare, that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows: 
that he Enlisted in the year 1776 at New Burgh State of New York to serve three years in Capt Philip Dubois Bevier Company in the fifth New York Regiment commanded by Col Lewis Dubois that he served his said Term & was discharged at Cooperstown in said State, that he made his Declaration to obtain his pension on the fifth day of May 1818 & his pension certificate is numbered 4.960 

And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the 18th day of March, 1818, and that I have not since that time by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so 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 and naval services of the United States in the Revolutionary War," passed on the 18th day of March 1818; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts or debts due me, nor have I any other income than what is contained in the schedule hereunto annexed , and by me subscribed. 
That he has a wife sixty five years of age who is dependant upon him for support that he is a shoemaker by trade but has been unable to work at the same for some time past on account of the loss of Eyesight That from his advanced age & his reduced circumstances he needs the assistance of his country for support.
[signed] Daniel Osborn
Sworn to & declared in open Court September 28. 1820 before me.
[signed] Richard Smith First Judge Tompkins County
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Tompkins County 
Clerks office }  I George P. Frost Deputy Clerk of the Court of Com Pleas of the County of Tompkins do hereby certify that the foregoing oath & schedule are truly copied from the Record of said Court And further that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property Exhibited in the said Schedule is Eighteen dollars & twenty five cents.  In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & Affixed the seal of said Court the Sixth day of October 1820 
[signed] Geo. P. Frost Deputy Clerk


Daniel Osborn
Oath of Schedule
Valuation $18.00
No. 4960
[illegible] 1829
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In the Matter of Daniel Osborn revolutionary Soldier
Declaration &c

Admitted
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State of New York Tompkins County ss  on the fifth day of May 1818 before me the subscriber one of the Judges of the Court of Common pleas of the said County personally appeared Daniel Osborn a resident of the town of Hector in said County aged 69 December 30th 1817 who being by me first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provisions made by the late act of congress entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval services of the United States in the revolutionary war that he the said Daniel Osborn enlisted into the revolutionary services in the State of New York in the company commanded by Capt Philip Debois [Dubois] Bevier, in the fifth regiment of the New York line in the regiment then commanded by Col. Lewis Debois that he continued to serve in the said corpse [corps] or in the service of the United States for three years when he was discharged from service at Otsego Lake in the State of New York, that he was in the battle at fort Montgomery, Commanded by [illegible] James Clinton and that he is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support, and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said Services, Sworn to and declared before me the day and year aforesaid 
[signed] Thomas White
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I Thomas White Judge of the court of common pleas in the County of Tompkins as afforesaid, do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Daniel Osborn did serve in the revolutionary war as stated in the preceding declarations against the common enemy, and I now transmit the procedings and testimony taken and had before me to the Secretary for the department of war pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of congress 
[signed] Thomas White
Dated Covert May 5th 1818 
I Thomas White Judge as aforesaid, further certify, that from my own formal knowledge, Daniel Osborn, named in the preceding declaration and certificate, is in reduced circumstances and absolutely stands in need of the assistance of his country for support 
[signed] Thomas White June 26 1818

State of New 
Tompkins County } ss:  I Archer Green Clerk of said County, do certify, that the above named Thomas White Esqr. before whom the aforesaid declarations have been taken, was on the 5th day of May 1818. and also on the 26th day of June 1818, a Legal acting Judge of the Court of Common pleas in and for said County of Tompkins, and that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said Thomas White Esqr and believe the signing of his name to said Certificates is his own proper hand writing .
Witness the seal of said County, hereunto affixed this 26th day of August 1818 
[signed] Archer Green  Clerk.
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I Thomas White Judge of the Court of Common pleas in & for the County of Tompkins as aforesaid do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Daniel Osborn did serve in the Revolutionary as stated in the preceding [illegible], against the common enemy; and that it appears to my satisfaction, from the testimony of respectable witnesses, to me personally known, this day Exhibited before me, that the said Daniel Osborn is in reduced circumstances and absolutely stands in need of the assistance of his Country for support, and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony, taken and had before me, to the secretary for the Department of War pursuant to the aforementioned act of Congress. Dated Covert June 26th 1818 – 
[signed] Thomas White
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION. 3.525 
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR. 
BUREAU OF PENSIONS. 
Washington, D. C. 19 
S. F. 43.743
In reply to your request of __, received __ for a statement of the military history of Daniel Osborn a  soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired formation as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. 

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DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.   |  LENGTH OF SERVICE.   |  RANK.  |   OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. CAPTAIN.  |   COLONEL.  |   STATE.  |
1776  |  3 yrs.  |  Pvt.  |  Philip Dubois Bevier  |  Lewis Dubois  |  N.Y.  |
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Battles engaged in, Fort Montgomery
Residence of soldier at enlistment, enlisted at Newburgh, N.Y.
Date of application for pension, May 5, 1818 This claim was allowed
Residence at date of application, Hector N.Y. Tompkins Co
Age at date of application, born Dec 30 1749 or 1751
Remarks:  In 1820 his wife was 65 years old name not given *  He died Oct 16 1845 a child is referred to but name and sex are not stated 
Respectfully, from 
Commissioner.

* from A. B.
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43745 
Rev INVALID. 
File No. 43,745 
Daniel Osborn 
Pri Rev War 
Act: 18 March 18 
Index: -- Vol. 3 Page 373 
[Arrangement of 1870.] 

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1919 Apr. 23 Hist. to Mrs. Susannah H. Dunlap.
1919 Nov. 14 Hist. to Mrs. Belle H. Lloyd
1920 June 1, S. H. Dunlap told to apply to Aud Int. for soldiers last residence & name of person paid AW
1924 Dec 2. Tombstone data to Hon. Daniel O. Reed for Mrs. G.H. Christy - See letter Carbon in Eslon Gregory S.29189.  AWF
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[illegible, Pens?] act / 53  NY
[signed] Boynton
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The Bureau of Pensions 
Washington D.C.

[stamped] U.S. Pension Office May 12 1920

[postmarked] Fort Atkinson Wis  May 10  7 - PM
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Ft. Atkinson Wisconsin May 10, 1920 
Pension Office 
Dear Sirs, 
Will you tell me where the Rev. soldier Daniel Osborn, of New York State lived at the time you paid the last pension. Your record says at Hector when he applied and rec’d pension.
Thanking you sincerely  (Mrs) S. H. Dunlap
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Rev Sec
Ft. Atkinson Wisconsin April 11, 1919 
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C. 
Dear Sir:
Have you any record of a soldier of the Revolutionary War by the name of Daniel Osborn, regarding his death or his wifes name. I am a descendant and am very anxious to obtain these particular facts, The War Department has the record of a Daniel Osborn enlisted June 25, 1776
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for three years, but said you might be able to give me the desired information concerning his death and family. 
Daniel Osborn served in Capt. Philip D. Beveer’s co. 5th New York Regiment Commanded by Col. Lewis Duboys.
Any further information will be greatly appreciated 
Yours truly,
(Mrs) Susannah H. Dunlap
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Rev. War Section. 
June 1, 1930. 
S. H. Dunlap. 
Fort Atkinson, Wis. 
Sir: 
In reply to your letter of the 10" ultimo, you are advised that for the date of last payment of pension, last known residence of soldier and name of person to whom last payment of pension was made in the Revolutionary War pension claim of Daniel Osborn, you should apply to the Auditor for the Interior Department, Washington, D. C. citing all of the following data: Daniel Osborn, Certificate No. 4,960, issued Dec. 19, 1818, rate $8 per month, commencing May 5, 1818, Act of March 18, 1818, New York Agency. 
Very respectfully 
[signed] G M Saltzgaber
Commissioner.
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2 ct Stamped Env
Rev Sec  SW
565 West 144th Street, 
New York, N. Y., November 3, 1919 
Bureau of Pensions, 
Washington, D. C. 
Gentlemen: 
I am endeavoring to locate some information regarding some of my ancestors and am making this appeal to you for your aid.
I had an ancestor in the War of the Revolution by name Daniel Osborn who enlisted in that war from New York presumably, Newburg, N.Y. and I would like you to send me his complete War Record, that is – 
NAME OF NEXT OF KIN 
Where he enlisted and from where; 
Time of service; 
At what time his pension ceased or date of death; 
His wife's name and date of marriage if given: 
Names of issue of this marriage 
Also if given, Daniel Osborn's father's name; also mother's name 
Dates
I have tried a good many ways to get this information and have succeeded in tracing another Daniel Osborn but as he hailed from Massachusetts or Connecticut he evidently is not my great-great-great grandfather, although the other Daniel Osborn seems to have had one son who has the same name as my own grandfather's father had. 
Perhaps you also could direct me to some one who keeps these records at Newburg -- there must be some record some place where our Daniel Osborn lived. 
My sisters and myself are most anxious to join the Daughters of the American Revolution and need the above information and they with me will feel honored if you will so favor 
Us.
Respectfully yours, 
(Mrs) Belle H Lloyd
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES Form VAM-51 12-5-41
Division of Veterans' Administration Archives 
BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD* 
NAME Osborn, David  GRADE Private  LINE Massachusetts
WARRANT NUMBER 4791   ACREAGE  100    ISSUED  May 8, 1792 to Benj Haskell

*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.