Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 24378, for David Owen, New York
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SERVICE
New York

Owen, David
or Owens
Martha

NUMBER
W.24378
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20.625
New York
David Owen

of Orange Co. in the State of New York
who was a private in the Comp. commanded by Captain Watkins of the Regt commanded by Col. Paulding in the New York line for 23 mos.

inscribed on the Roll of New York
at the rate of 76 Dollars 66 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 25 day of Sept 1833 and sent to J. Finch Finchville

Arrears to the 4th of Sept 32

$191.66
Semi-anl. allowance ending in 4 Mar '24  38.33

$229.99

Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1831.

Recorded by C Stiles, clerk,
Book E.  Vol. 4, Page 27
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New York City,     1470

Martha Owen
widow of David Owen
who was a Private 
in the N. Y. line 
for 23 months

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 
76 Dollars & 66
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1843.

Certificate of Pension issued the 14th day of August, 1843
and sent to 
Joseph Ellis 
Bloomingburgh
Sullivan City N. J.
Act of March 3, 1843.

Recorded in Book A
Vol. 1  Page 110.
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Mr. Stephen Moore
Finch-Ville
Orange County,
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I Hannibal M. Hopkins, Do hereby Certify that I am One of the Elders of the First Presbyterian Church in Goshen Orange County and State of New York, And that I am also the Clerk of the Session of said about named Church, and that I am in the possession of the Marriage Records of said Church, Formerly kept by the Rev. Nathan Kerr who was the Pastor of said Church from the year Seventeen hundred and Seventy three untill the year one thousand Eight Hundred and four.  And that I find the marriage record so kept by said Kerr of David Owen to Martha Armstrong on the 12th (twelfth) day of March 1782. (One thousand seven hundred and eighty two)  I further Certify that the above is a true Copy of the Record with the exception of the date, which is expressed on the Record in fair, legible figures, as follows.   Viz. Married on the 12 Mar.  A.D. 1782.  On the twelfth day of March One thousand seven hundred and [crossed out] seventy Eight [inserted] Eighty two.
The figures 12th & the word Eighty two were interlined before signing --

H. M. Hopkins Clerk of
Session of First Presbyterian Chuch 
in Goshen
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State of New York
Orange County

On the 10 day of Nov 1838 before me Horace W Elliott a Judge of Orange Com Pleas came Hannibal M Hopkins who upon his oath declared that the foregoing affidavit to which he has subscribed his name is true & I pers then certify that the said witness is reputable & worthy of credit
The word "come" erased before execution


J W Elliot Judge of 
Orange Com Pleas

State of New York, Orange county ss: I Albert S Benton clerk of the county of Orange and clerk of the court of Common Pleas in and for the said court of Orange duly certify that Horace W Elliott Esq before whom the foregoing affidavit was subscribed and sworn is in the time of taking the claim a fully {illegible} for the said county and further that he is well acquainted with the hand writing of the said man and and verily believe that the signature  to the said certificate to be genuine.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affidavit the seal of the said county the 12th day of November 1838AS Benton clerk
A Dunning deputy clerk
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1570   cert
Joseph Ellis

Bloomingburgh
Sullivan County NY



Martha Owen
$76.66 per an
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State of New York
Orange County

On this 17 day of May 1843 personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the peace in and for the county of Orange Martha Owen a resident of the town of Minisink in said County aged 79 years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her Oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed March 3 1843 entitled an act granting half pay & pensions to certain widows that she is the widow of David Owens who was a soldier of the war of the Revolution & that he applyed for & received a five year pension under the act of 1838 at the rate of $76. 66/100 per annum & that she still continues the widow of the aforesaid David Owens


Martha Owens
X her mark

Sworn & subscribed before
me the day & year above
written by making her mark


Simon M. Stoddard Justice of the peace

Adaline Moore Witness N. B. I certify that that the statements of Martha Owen verified by her oath is entitled to full credit, & also that she says the reason of her making her mark is in consequence of the infirmities of age.

Simon M Stoddard Justice of the peace
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State of New York
Orange County

On the 17th day of May 1843 Personally appeared before the undersigned one of the Justices of the Peace in said for the County of Orange Stephen Moore a resident of said County aged 53 year who being duly sworn according to law deposes & says that he was personally acquainted with David Owen died late of Orange County, who was a person of the United States at the time of his death, and with Martha Owen, his wife who is now his widow & signed the foregoing declaration and that she has not intermarried but continues the widow of the aforesaid David Owen

Stephen Moore

Sworn & subscribed before me 
the 17th day of May 1843

Simeon M Stoddard Justice of the peace

Adaline Moore Witness

I certify that I am acquainted with Stephen Moore and believe him to be credible 


Simon M Stoddard Justice of the Peace
Adaline Moore Witness
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STATE OF NEW YORK,
ORANGE COUNTY,

SS. I, LEBBEUS L. VAIL, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for the Count of Orange, Do Hereby Certify, That Simeon M. Stoddard before whom the forgoing Affidavits was subscribed and sworn, was at the time of taking the same, a Justice of the Peace in, and for said county : and further, that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice and verily believe that the signature to the said Affidavits is genuine.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my Hand and affixed the Seal of the said County, the 29th day of May 1843.

Lebbeus L. Vail Clerk
By H. Vail Dept. Clerk
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State of New York, Orange County} ss
on the third day of December 1832 personally appeared in open court before the Judges of the court of Common Pleas for the said county of Orange now sitting David Owen resident of the town of Minisink Orange County, State of New York aged sixty nine years.
who being first duly sworn according to law doth on the oath make the following declaration in order to claim the tight of the act of congress passed June 7 1832 that he entered in service of the United States under the following named officers and [  ] [  ]and the said David Owen deposeth and saith  he entered the services fo the United States in the year 1776 in Capt Samnuel Watkins company Col W. L. [  ] regiment at stationed at the West Montgomery marched about two hours before Minisink on the frontiers of Ulster county in [  ][  ] [  ] serving three months in the same year in capacity of Sergeant on an expedition against the Indians and Tories on the Delaware river and other areas killed  number of the enemy took prisoners [  ][  ] Capt Sweezey  [  ] company Col W Langelois regiment in Gen. [  ] division tree months in 1779 9 months and eight days stationed at Minisink on the Delaware and at Peekskill [  ][  ] frontier in Capt William Frielknops company, Col Pauldings regiment  this deponent further saith that he entered in Capt Watkins company and under several [  ] Captains in revolutionary war at Minisink [  ] Dickinson in the settlement of Peenpack on the Neversink and Nigel Weston and other places of the revolutionary war those {last sentence illegible}
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[first 3 lines to light to read] 
and that he his hereby relinquishes every claim to a pension accept the present
David  (his X mark) Owen
sworn to and subscribed on this day aforesaid in open court
Abm Dunning clerk
[rest of page too light to read]
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much of page is too light to read
below are parts that are readable:

and Aaron Howell
I James Finch a resident of the town of Calhoun in the county of Sullivan hereby certify that I am well acquainted with David Owens who has subscribed and sworn the above declaration that I believe him to be sixty nine years of age that he recollected and believed in the neighborhood where he resided to have been a soldier of the Revolution and [  ]  the said David Owen to be a man of truth and veracity and this deponent further saith that no [  ] sworn to and subscribed the annexed affidavit is a person to me well known to be a man of respected station in society and a man of truth and veracity and  also that he is a acquainted with the  [   ]   of Capt. William [  ] who signed the annexed certificate and believes it to be his writin and also that Col. Dewitt  was a man of truth and veracity and who is now dead
James Rock 
sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid in open court Asa Dunning clerk
and the said court do hereby declaration opinion after the investigation of the matter. and after further the interrogatories prescribed by the war department that the
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James Finch and Jacobus Linstroom, and Aaron Howell the preceding certificate residents of the town of Calhoun and Peenpack the said county of Orange are credible persons that their statement is entitled to credit
Asa Dunning clerk of the court of Common Pleas in and for the said county of Orange do hereby certify that they foregoing contains the original proceeding of the said court in the matter of the application of David Owen for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this third day of December 1832.
Asa Dunning clerk

I Aaron Howell a resident of the town of Minisink in the county of Orange hereby certify that I am well acquainted with David Owen who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration and that I believe him to be sixty nine years of age and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that I concur in that opinion and this deponent further saith David Owens is considered to be a man of truth and veracity and further saith that there is no clergyman at present residing in the congregation where the said David Owens resides that has any knowledge of the Revolutionary War
Aaron Howell
Subscribed and sworn in open court the third day of December 1832 before me
Asa Dunning clerk
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David Owen
Orange County
N.Y.

Admitted
Private 23 months

15777
  3871
________
19166

James Finch Agt.
Finchville Rd.
Orange County 
N.Y.
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War Department Pension Office 
May 28 1832
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 show what is necessary to be done. These 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 showing the service of David Owen Orange county New York
served 1176 2 mon, 15 days as private under Capt Watkins and Col McLaughlin, Stationed at Fort Montgomery  
1776 3 mon, private, Capt. Nicholson at Murdners (now Moodna) creek 
1778 3 mon, 15 days as private under Capt. Taylor at Warsink
1778 3 mon as private under Capt Mathias and Col McLaughlin at Delaware fiver and Ramapo 
1779 9+ mon, 8 days as private under Capt Faulkner and General Clinton and Col Paulding at Warsink, Delaware river Peekskill at Minisink and Peenpack on Neversink river, New Windsor
Lived in Orange county upon entry to service and age 69 at writing.
evidence collected by living witnesses and traditionary
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typed page of regulations under the act of June 7 1832
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typed page of regulations under the act of June 7 1832
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January 18, 1937.

/BA-J/ILL
David Owen
W. 24378

Mrs. Sarah Kirk
P. O. Box 555
Broken Bow, Nebraska.

Dear Madam:

The data given herein were found in pension claim, W. 24378, based upon service of David Owen in the Revolutionary War.

David Owen was born in the year 1763, in Wallkill, Orange County, New York;  the day of his birth and the names of his parents were not given.

While a resident of Wallkill, New York, he enlisted and served as private on different tours in the New York troops, amounting in all to nearly two years, some shown as follow:  in 1776, two and one half months in Captain Samuel Watkins' company, Colonel McLaughlin's (evidently meant for McClaughrey's) regiment, in the vicinity of Fort Montgomery, and three months in Captain Nicholson's company, Colonel Newkirk's regiment;  in 1778, three months in Captain Tyler's company on an expedition against the Indians, during which several of the enemy were killed and others taken prisoners, and a tour afterwards in Captain Samuel Watkins' company; from April 22, 1779 until January 1780, in Captain William Faulkner's company, Colonel Pawling's regiment.

After the war, David Owen resided in Wallkill and in Minisink, Orange County, New York.

He was allowed pension on his application executed December 3, 1832 at which time he resided in Minisink, New York.  He died there October 1, 1838.

The soldier married March 12, 1782, in Goshen, Orange County,
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New York, Martha Armstrong; they were married by the Minister of the 1# Presbyterian Church of Goshen.  The date and place of her birth and the names of her parents were not given.

Martha Owen, the soldier's widow, was allowed pension on her application executed May 17, 1843, at which time she resided in Minisink, New York.  She was aged then seventy-nine years.

In 1838, one Fanny Moore stated that she was present at the death of David Owen.  In 1843, one Stephen Moore, who was aged fifty-three years and a resident of Minisink, New York, stated that he was acquainted with the soldier before his death and with his widow, Martha, from that time; one Adaline Moore witnessed the signature of this Stephen Moore.  No relationship between these persons and the soldier's family was stated.

Very truly yours,

A. D. Hiller,
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator.
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B. Parsons  M.O.H.

WIDOW & C.
File No 24378
Martha Owen
 Wid of David Owen
 Priv N.Y. line
Act Mar 3rd 1843
Index: vol __, Page __
 [Arrangement of 1870]

1905 Dec 9 - history to Geo.
1925, Jan 17 - Hist to Mrs. C.J. Huyck,
 See let. in Cl, S. 43763
Jonathan Owen  UM
1936 - Feb 12. Hist to Mrs. M.M. Reno  ILL
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New York 7057

Martha Owen
widow of David Owen

who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832
and who died on the 1. Oct. 1838
of Orange Co. in the State of New York
who was a Private in the company
commanded by Captain Watkins of the 
regt. commanded by Col. Paulding in
the New York line for 23 months

Inscribed on the Roll of New York
at the rate of 76 Dollars 66
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day
of March, 1836.

Certificate of Pension issued the 1st day of March 1843 and sent to Hon. J. G. 
Clinton, House of Representatives

Arrears to the 4th of March 1841  $383.30
[crossed out] Semi-annual allowance ending

Act July 7, 1838.
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk,
Book A.  Vol. 2.  Page 96

Reported
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N. York

Martha Owen

let to Hon. [crossed out] N Jones 11 Jany 1839
Rejected
to James Finch Sep 19th
to Hon J G Clinton July 1840
[end crossed out]

Act 7 July 1838
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Hon J G. Clinton
July 8 1843
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128
Pen H
City    8    43
Sir
 I have the honor to inform you that since the rejection of Martha Owens claim the provisions of the act of 7 July 38 have been extended by the resolution of 16 Aug last to chose widows whos[e] husbands have  died since its passage - If Martha Owen is now alive or died since the 16 Aug last her claims may be successfully asserted under the above resolution

Hon J.G Clinton
  H R
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James Finch
 Sep. 19. '42
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Pension Office, Sept 19 1842
Sir, In the case of Martha Owen whose claim was rejected in January 1839 upon the ground that she was not a widow at the date of the act of 7 July 1838, no subsequent act of Congress has been passed by which she is considered
James Finch Esq.
Finchville, Orange Co. N.Y.
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House of Representative
Washington  Feb 3, 1843

Sir Permit me to call your attention to the case of Martha Owen widow of David Owen late of Orange Co. N.Y.  Her declaration statement was filed about the month of January 1839 and the answer received from your office was that she was not entitled to a pension because her husband died subsequent to the passage of the act.  As this difficulty is now obviated I hope on reference to her papers you will see proper to grant her a pension

Yours Respectfully
[signed]
Jas. G. Clinton

J.L. Edwards
Com of Pension
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Sept 19 1842

NY

Free

Martha Owen

[addressed]
Hon. James L. Edwards
Pension Office
Washington City
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FinchVille Orange County. N.Y.

Hon. J.L. Edwards

Sept. 15th 1842 --

Martha Owen, widow of David Owen late of this County dec'd pensioners of the United States made application to you for a pension on the 11th of January, 1839, as appears from your note inclosed .

I am informed that Congress has passed a Resolution extending the benefit of a pension to persons in her situation (if that is true) I wish you to examin her apers and inform me what is necessary for her to do, in order to obtain a pension.  Mrs Owen is a very poor woman & in a poor state of health.

Your Compliance with the above
request will much oblige your 
Obdt Serv.

[signed]
James Finch
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House of Representatives
Washington Feb 25. 1842

Sir

I enclose you a petition of Mrs Martha Owen for a pension.  Her case comes under the resolution of last session, being a widow whose husband died after the passage of the law.  Her declarations & papers were filed in 1839.

Yours Respectfully
[signed]
Jas. G. Clinton

Col. J. L. Edwards
Com of Pension
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War Department
Pension Office
January 11. 1839

Sir,

The papers of Mrs. Martha Owen, widow of David Owen, have been examined and filed.  The claimant's husband, it appears, died in the month of October last.  Widows whose husbands died after the date of the act of July 7. 1838 are not entitled to the benefits thereof.  The claim is therefore rejected.  

I have the honor to be
Very respectfully
Your Obed. Servt.
[signed]
J L Edwards
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Hon. N. Jones
11 Jan 1839

OC
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War Department
Pension Office
Jan 11. 1839

Sir

The papers of Mrs Martha Owen widow of David Owen have been examined and filed. [crossed out] Widows whose husbands died [end crossed out]  The claimants husband it appears died in the month of October last.  Widows whose husbands died after the date of the act. July 7. 1838 are not entitled to the benefit thereof.  The claim is therefore rejected

Hon Nathaniel Jones
House Reps
US
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House Reps.
Dec. 29. 1838

Hon. J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions

Sir

Martha Owen, widow of David Owen a Pensioner, whose papers are enclosed applied for a Pension under Act of July 7 1838.  Allow me sir, to ask your Report or Certificate early as your duties may allow

Your Obt. Servt.

[signed]
N. Jones
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Mt Hope N.Y.      Free

Feby 19

Hon James G. Clinton
Member of Congress
Washington City


Hon. J. G. Clinton
HR
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Jesse Finch Justice of the Peace

State of New York,
Orange County, 

I LEBBEUS L. VAIL, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas. in and for said County, and State aforesaid Do Hereby Certify that Jesse Finch is Justice of the Peace in and for Orange County, duly commissioned and qualified; that his Commission is dated on the 1st day of January 1842 and will expire on the 31st day of December 1845 and that his signature where written is genuine.

Given under my Hand and the Seal of said County the 18th day of February 1843.

[signed]
Lebbeus L Vail Clerk
by H. Vail Dept. Clerk

Hon. James G. Clinton

Finch-Ville 18th Feby 1843

I enclose you Mrs Owen's petition for her papers on file in the pension office are Satisfactory.  I wish you to procure her pension Certificate and forward the same to me as soon as possible as Mrs Owen is in very kneedy circumstances.  Dear Sir, Please to accept my unfeighned thanks for your kind interference in this business,

Your Obedt. Servt.
[signed]
James Finch
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To the Hon. James L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions

The Petition of Martha Owen of Orange County in the State of New York.

Humbley Showeth

That your petitioner is still living and remains the widow of David Owen deceased who was a pensioner of the United States - and I Presented any declaration together with the pension Certificate of my said husband and also the other vouchers necessary to obtain a pension and had then forwarded to your office in January 1839 (I believe) which was rejected on account that my said husband died after the passage of the Act of Congress, in that case.

I therefore wish you to examine my papers in that case, on file in your Office, and if they are satisfactory you will please to forward me my Pension Certificate by the Hon. James G. Clinton, the Representative in Congress from this County and your Petitioner as in duty bound will ever pray  

[signed]
Martha Owen
X her mark

In presence of 
[signed]
Jesse Finch

State of New York
Orange County

On this 15th day of February 1843 personally appeared before me Jesse Finch one of the Justices of the peace in for said County of Orange the above named Martha Owen who was by me duly sworn according to law deposeth and saith that the statement made in the above petition is Just & true and I further certify that Martha Owen a is creditable person

[signed]
Jesse Finch Justice of the peace
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3716

Martha Owen
N.Y.

Act 7 July 38
M 82, d 38
admd
23 mos pri
$76.66

Hon J.G. Clinton

[crossed out - Hon N. Jones]

H.R
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Payments to be made
at New York
by 
Agent for paying Pensioners, in the Agency of

New York

Recorded in the Pension office, in Book 3. Vol. 4, Page 34 by Go C Stiles
Clerk
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State of New York
Orange County

On this seventeenth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight, personally appeared before me Hulet Clark one of the Judges of the Court of Common pleas in & for the said County of Orange Martha Owen widow of David Owen late of the Town of Minisink in the said County of Orange deceased, who was a pensioner of the United States, said Martha Owen is a resident of said Town of Minisink in the said County of Orange, aged seventy five years who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on her Oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed July 7. 1838.  entitled an Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows, that she is the widow of David Owen who was a private in the Revolutionary war and pensioner of the United States whos pension Certificate is hereunto Annexed the proof of his services as a Soldier of the Revolutionary war was presented to pension office when said pension Certificate was obtained and doubtless remain on file in the said pension office.  and the said Martha Owen further declares that she was married to the said David Owen on the twelfth day of March 1782, and as will also appear from a Certificate of a copy of my marriage Record also hereunto annexed and that her husband the aforesaid David Owen died on the first day of October last past, that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the First January seventeen hundred & ninety four, viz. at the time above stated
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[written sideways] the word 'said' interlined before signing

And the ^ said Martha Owen further declares that she has not been married since the death of her said husband David Owen.  
[signed]
Martha Owen
X her mark

Sworn to and subscribed on the day & year above written before me.

And I further Certify that the said Martha Owen made the above foregoing declaration and is known to me to be the widow of the above mentioned David Owen who was a Pensioner of the United States and that she is a person of Truth and Veracity and I have satisfactory reason to believe the said Martha has not been Married since the death of David Owen her said husband

[signed]
Hulet Clark a Judge of Orange Co

And I further Certify in consequence of her feeble state of health she is not able to attend the Common Plea Court 

[signed]
Hulet Clark a Judge
of Orange County
Com Pleas

State of New York
Orange County

On this seventeenth day of December 1838, personally came before me Hulet Clark one of the Judges of the Court of Common pleas in & for the said County of Orange, Joel Baird & Fanny Moore who being by me duly sworn according to Law, deposeth & saith that on the first day of October last past that David Owen late of Minisink in the said County of Orange, a pensioner of the United States, died and
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that the said Joel Baird & Fanny Moore was present when the said David Owen died, and further saith that Martha Owen who has made the foregoing declaration is the widow of the said David Owen, and that they have strong & satisfactory reason to believe that the said Martha Owen has not been married since the death of her said husband David Owen

[signed]
Joel Baird
Fanny Moore
X her mark

Sworn to and subscribed the day & year first written before me.

[signed]
Hulet Clark a judge of
Orange County
Common Pleas

And I further Certify that the said Joel Baird & Fanny Moore who have sworn and subscribed the above affidavit are Persons of Truth & veracity and I further Certify the said Fanny Moore is not in the habit of writing her name.

[signed]
Hulet Clark a judge of
Orange County
Com Pleas
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State of New York
Orange County

I Albert S Benton Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Orange Do hereby certify that Hulet Clark whose name is subscribed to the foregoing declaration of Martha Owen and the affidavit of Joel Baird and Fanny Moore and before whom the same were subscribed and sworn was at the time of taking the same a Judge of the Court of Comm Pleas in and for said County.  And further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said Judge and verily believe that the signature to the said Declaration affidavit & the Certificates following the same is genuine.  In witness whereof I have here unto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said county the 25th day of December 1838
[signed]
A.S. Benton Clerk
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WAR DEPARTMENT.

REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.

I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, David Owen of the State of New York who was a private in the Revolutionary Army is entitled to receive Seventy-Six dollars and Sixty-six cents per annum during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semiannually on the 4th of March and 4th of September, in every year.

Given at the War Office of the United States, this 25 day of September one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three
[signed]
Lew Cass
Secretary of War

Examined and Countersigned.

[signed]
JL Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
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State of New York
Orange County

Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the peace in and for the said County of Orange, David Owen of Minisink in the said County, an applicant for a pension under the act of Congress of the 7th of June 1832, who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he served not less than the periods mentioned before, and in the following grade, as a private for two months, fifteen days, for three months, for three months & fifteen days, for three months, for nine months and eight days.  The term of service I stated in my declaration to be about two & a half months which appears to be objected to by the Pension department on mature deliberation I feel perfectly satisfied that my statement on that subject is covered, and that all my statements respecting my services in the Revolutionary war, made in my declaration to which this affidavit is annexed is just & true.

And this deponant further saith in its respects the last statement in his said declaration of services marched in Capt. Watkin's  Company and other Companies of the Militia.  This deponant gives the following explanation, that he served as a soldier in Capt. Watkins Company at sundry times during the Revolutionary war more than three months, in the years of 1778 & 1750, in my second term of service in Capt Nicholson's, it was in Col. Newkirk's Regiment and in my third time or term of service in Capt Tyler's Company it was in the same Regiment.  Capt Watkins Company was Col. McLaughlin's Regiment.  I feel the most unshaken confidence that my statement is Correct, and that I faithfully served the several terms set forth in my declaration and on this affidavit, and this deponant further saith that he served with an embodied corps called into service by Combatant Authority, that he was either
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in the field or in Garrison and for the time during which the service was preformed he was not employed in any civil pursuit.

[signed]
David Owen
X his mark

Sworn to and subscribed before me this 11th day of June 1833
[signed]
James Finch Justice
of the peace

State of New York
Orange County

I Asa Dunning Clerk of the said County do Certify that James Finch Esq before whom the preceding affidavit purports to have been sworn was at the date of the same a Justice of the herein and for said County and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and surely believe his name subscribed to the said affidavit to be his proper hand writing and signature

Witness my hand and Seal of 
office this 14th day of June 1833

[signed]
Asa Dunning
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Wallkill February 12 1833

I do hereby Certifie [Certify] that David Owens was a soldier in my Company from third of April 1779 until the first day January 1800
 William Faulkner

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State of New York
Orange County

On the 30th day of August 1832 personally appeared before me James Finch one of the Justices of the peace in aforesaid County Jacobus Swartout to me well known who being sworn before me deposes and saith he knows David Owen of Minisink in this County, and perfectly recollects that the said David Owen was a soldier in the nine months service in the Revolutionary war and he [illegible] recollects that the said David Owen frequently served as a soldier in the Militia in the settlements of Minisink Peenpack it being on the frontiers of the County of Orange that in the said Revolutionary war, and this deponent further saith that he is nearly eighty three years of age and much infirmed & feeble and that he is unable to attend the next Sitting of the Court in this County and further saith not.

[signed]
Jacobus Swartwout

Sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid

[signed]
James Finch Justice 
of the Peace

I Asa Dunning Clerk of the County of Orange NY and Clerk of the Court of common Pleas in the aforesaid County of Orange do hereby Certify that James Finch Esq before whom the preceeding affidavits of Jacobus Swartwout was sworn was at the time and now is a Justice of the peace in and for the said County of Orange and that the signature of James Finch subscribed to the said affidavit is his genuine signature

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of office this third day of December 1832

[signed]
Asa Denning Clerk
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I certify that Jacobus Swartwout, who subscribed & sworn to the within Affidavit before me, is a credible person and that his statement is entitled to credit.
[signed]
James Finch Justice of the peace

Mount-Hope. Orange
County. 5th June 1833
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[stamped]  Nov 23 1905 FILES

Monroe Nov 20th 1905 
Department of the Interior
Bureau of Pensions

Dear Sirs

Wishing to join the Sons of the American Revolution I would like to have the Military history of the folowing [following] Ancestors if you have them

1st John Armstrong of Warwick  Orange Co N. Y. He died in 1797
2nd His Son in law David Owen who Married Martha Armstrong who received a Pension and died in the Town of Greenville Orange Co N.Y. about 1843
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she drew a pension from either her Father John Armstrong or her Husband David Owen
3rd The military History of Robert Bridge of Morris Co N.Y.
4th The military History of William Owen who died at Washingtonville Orange Co N.Y. Oct 17th 1806

I would like to have all the dates and particulars possible

Truely your
P. O. address 
[signed]
George B Parsons
Monroe
Orange Co
N.Y.
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Wm Vail born about 1734
Private 3rd Regt
Orange Co. N.Y. Militia
served with sons Wm & Asa

David Owen No 724378
Private N.Y. Line
Married Martha Armstrong
Orange Co NY

Usher Moore
Mar. Patience or Sarah Vail
Minisink, Orange Co. N Y

request made for copies of all of these pensions about June 15th by Mrs E E. Curry
625 A St N.E.

[on side]
would like to have them this week before going away in order to complete work
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[all transcribed on previous page]
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1.  Samuel King born Glocester R.I. Sept 29, 1740 - died Ulster Co. New York Apr. 1810 
Served as Lieut., 6 Co. Col. James McLaughry's Reg. Ulster Co. N.Y.

2.  Thomas King father of Samuel.

3.  Abraham Harding born 6-4-1720 - died 1806 - served as 2nd Lieut. in Col McAllison's Reg. of N.Y. Militia

4.  John Harding son of Abraham born 10-17-1749 - d. 5-29-1813 married Rhoda King.

5.  Samuel David who married Hannah Mills - Ulster Co. N.Y.

6 Andrew Davis son of Samuel - he married Mary Ketcham - Ulster Co. New York

Born 5-9-1762
Died 12-12-1853

7.  David Owen m. Martha Armstrong had daughter Eleanor Owen Moore who grave is marked as a daughter of Rev. soldier.

He served under Col. James McLaughry in Ulster Co. N.Y.
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[stamped as follows] RECEIVED 
JAN 11 1937
MAIL BUILDING
[illegible]

Broken Bow, Nebr.,
Jan. 7. 1937

Veteran's Administration
Washington D.C.,

Dear Sirs:

I am very desirious of obtaining some data concerning some of my ancestors who were in Rev. War and wonder if your office can supply it.

Do you have any records of pensions claims for persons listed on enclosed sheet?

If you do I would surely appreciate obtaining it.

Sincerely
Mrs Sarah Kirk

P. O. Box 555
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Des Moines Ia
Jan'y. 25. 1936

Mr. A. D. Hiller
Executive Assistant Administrator,
Washington,

[stamped as follows]
RECEIVED 
JAN 29 1836
MAIL SUB-DIV.
VETS ARM READER #11

Dear sir:

I am seeking some advice as to service, family etc of the following pensioners -

James Owen
David Owen  Rev.
Orange Co. New York
Nathaniel and 
Jonathan Owen of
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Hector and Ulysses
New York - War of 1812

Please accept thanks for records send before

Yours truly
[signed]
Maud Reno

(Mrs. M. M. Reno)
5052 Ingersoll Ave
Des Moines Iowa

PS. also -
William Harvel - Pensioned N.C. 1832 Caswell Co.
John Money Pensioned
June 1-1840 84 yrs. of age
Columbia Co  North Carolina
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Washington, D. C., June 17, 1931.

To the Honorable 
Commissioner of Pensions,
Pension Office,
Department of the Interior, City.

Dear Sir:

Will you be kind enough to send me copies of the following pensions:

1.  Usher Moore enlisted in 1776 as a private in Capt. Wood's Company, Col. Nicoll's Regt.  He was probably a resident of Minisink, Orange Co. N.Y.  He married Patience or Sarah Vail.  Is there any evidence to show that his wife survived him, and if so, did she receive a pension?

2.  William Vail born about 1734, in Southold, Long Island, removed to Goshen, Orange Co. N.Y., and is said to have served in the 3rd Regt. Orange Co. Militia, with his sons William and Asa Vail.

3.  David Owen of Orange Co. N.Y., was a private in Capt. Watkins Co., Col. Paulding's Regt.  He married Martha Armstrong in 1782 and it is said that they both received a pension.  His daughter Eleanor Owen married Stephen Moore, son of Usher Moore.

If the widows had pensions also in these various cases I should like very much to have copies of them also.  Trusting that I may receive this information at an early date, and thanking you for your courtesy in the matter,
I am,

Respectfully,
[signed]
Annie F. Curry.
(Mrs. Elmer E. Curry)

525 A Street, N. E. 

[written in pencil]
These cases were copied July 9-'31
by Mrs Casanova for Mrs. Elmer E. Curry - as she wanted them before we could reach them.

[stamped as follows]
REVOLUTIONARY & 1812 WARS
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
SECTION
JUN 19 1931
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January 18, 1937

BA-J/EEL

Mrs. Sarah Kirk
P. O. Box 555
Broken Bow, Nebraska

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the records of Samuel King; his father, Thomas King; Abraham Harding; John Harding: Samuel Davis; Andrew Davis, son of Samuel; and David Owen, all soldiers of the Revolutionary War.

Because of the great demand for Revolutionary War data and the limited trained clerical force available for furnishing such data, it is not possible to comply in full with each request pertaining to soldiers of that war. The record of an Andries Davis who always lived in Ulster County, New York, and that of David Owen are furnished herewith.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator.
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Rev. & 1812 Wars Section.

January 17, 1925.

Mrs. C. J. Huyck,
West Brookfield,
Mass.

Madam:

I have to advise you that from the papers in Revolutionary War pension claim, W.24398, it appears that David Owen was born in Wallkill, Orange County, New York, in 1763.

While a resident of that place, he enlisted and served as a private in the New York Troops as follows:

From 1776 for two and a half months in Captain Samuel Watkins' Company, Colonel McClaghry's Regiment.

From 1776 for three months in Captain Nicholson's Company, Colonel Newkirk's Regiment.

From 1778 for three and a half months in Captain Tyler's Company, same regiment.

For three months in Captain Samuel Watkins' Company, Colonel McClaghry's Regiment.

From April 22, 1779, until January 1, 1780, in Captain William Faulkner's Company, Colonel Pawling's Regiment.

At various other times, amounting to about three months, in Captain Watkins' Company.
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He was allowed pension on his application executed December 3, 1832, while a resident of Minisink, Orange County, New York. He died there October 1 , 1838.
 soldier married March 12, 1782, in Goshen, Orange County, New York, Martha Armstrong. She was allowed pension on her application executed December 17, 1838, while a resident of Minisink, New York, aged 75 years.
 There is no further data on file as to family.
 Respectfully,
  Acting commissioner
[handwriting on right side]  her appl. on this date [pointing to December 1838] was not allowed. [Dal?] was living at times of passage of Act July 7 1838
[faint handwriting]
Note  Her death [illegible] have spelled  Wallkill as Capt Wm Faulkner spells it & that agrees with the Atlas tho according to the Atlas it is in Ulster Co. Omitted the date of soldier's 4th service as I wasn't sure whether it was in 1778 or 1779.
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February 12, 1936.

Mrs. M. M. Reno
5052 Ingersoll Avenue
Des Moines, Iowa.

BA-J/ILL
David Owen
W. 24378

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the
Revolutionary War records of David and James Owen of Orange County, New York, William Harvel and John Money who were both pensioners of North Carolina, and the War of 1812 records of Nathaniel and Jonathan Owen of Hector and Ulysses, New York.

Because of the great demand for Revolutionary War and War
of 1812 data, and the lack of a trained clerical force available
for furnishing such information, it is impossible to comply in full with each request pertaining to soldiers of those wars. The record of David Owen of Orange County, New York, who served in the Revolutionary War is given herein as found in the papers on file in pension claim, W. 24378.

David Owen was born in the year 1763, in Wallkill, Orange
County, New York; the day of his birth and names of his parents are not shown.

While a resident of said Wallkill, New York, he enlisted
and served as a private on different tours in the New York troops,
---
amounting in all to nearly two years, some shown as follow: in 1776,
two and one half months in Captain Samuel Watkins' company, Antonel
McLaughlin's (evidently meant for McClaughrey's regiment in the
vicinity of Fort Montgomery, and three months in Captain Nicholson's
company, Colonel Newkirk's regiment, in three months in Captain
Tyler's company on an expedition against the Indians, in which
several of the enemy were killed and other taken prisoners; and a
tour afterwards in Captain Samuel Watkins' company: from April 22,
1779 until January 1780, in Captain William Faulkner's company,
Colonel Pawling's regiment.

[Handwritten in left margin] Service verified was N.Y. Archives p. 299.
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After the war, David Owen resided in Wallkill and in Minisink, Orange County, New York.

He was allowed pension on his application executed December 3, 1832, at which time he resided in Minisink, New York. He died there October 1, 1838.

David Owen married March 12, 1782, in Goshen, Orange County, New York, Martha Armstrong, they were married by the pastor of the 1st Presbyterian Church of Goshen. The date and place of her birth and names of her parents are not shown.

Martha Owen, the soldier's widow, was allowed pension on her application executed May 17, 1843, at which time she resided in Minisink, New York. She was then aged seventy-nine years.

One Fanny Moore stated in 1838 that she was present at the death of the soldier, David Owen. In 1843, one Stephen Moore who was aged fifty-three years and a resident of Minisink, New York, stated that he had been acquainted with the soldier before his death, also with his widow, Marta, from that time; one Adaline Moore witnessed the signature of this Stephen Moore. No relationship to the soldier's family was stated.

Very truly yours,

A. D. HILLER,
Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

[handwritten] A letter herewith states that he married
Soldier's daughter[end handwritten]