Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 25,511, John Darrow, New York
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Service 
New York. 

Darrow, John 
Martha

Number
W 25511

Contents
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18525
Pennsylvania
John Darrow
of Susquehanna in the State of Pennsylvania
who was a private in the Compy commanded
by Captain __ of the Reg't commanded
by Col Willet in the N.Y. [illegible]
line for 18mo's
Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania
at the rate of 60 Dollars 00 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 10 day of Sept
1833 and sent to
Asa Dimock
Arrears to the 4th of Septr. 1833. $150.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 March 34 $30.00
$180.00
{Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk,
Book C Vol. 5 Page 13.
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Sep - 26,
John Darrow
Pension application

16627
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State of Pennsylvania
Susquehanna County Ss}
On the tenth day of September AD 1832 personally appeared in open Court before ^ Hons, Wm Thomson and Davis Dimock Associates, Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of said County, now sitting. John Darrow of Middletown township in the County of Susquehanna and State of Pennsylvania, aged sixty eight years who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated - to wit. That in the month of May 1777 at the town of New Concord, in the County of Columbia and State of New York, he entered the service of the United States, as waiter to his father, George Darrow, Adjutant of a Regiment of Volunteers commanded by Colonel McInster, the Regiment to which he belonged marched from New Concord to Bennington in Vermont - was stationed at that place about four weeks, when the Battle of Bennington was fought in which his father was engaged, but he (being but a boy) remained during the engagement in the rear of the main army The battle commenced in the afternoon, the Americans were forced to retreat before the enemy to a place called Bemis Heights. was stationed at Bemis Heights, as near as he can recollect about five weeks. during which time the Battle of Bemis Heights was fought. during the engagement he, with other waiters was constantly employed in carrying water to the men engaged with the enemy. The Americans remained masters of the field, the British retreated the same night to Saratoga. The whole of the American forces pursued them
on the following morning to Saratoga, found them entrenching themselves and preparing to make a bold defense. the
American Army immediately commenced throwing up intrenchments, planting batteries, and redoubts, and in the meantime, reinforcements came in until the enemy were
literally surrounded.-- Frequent skirmishes took place-
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between the two armies. The armies lay at that place (as near as he can recollect) about a month, when a smart action took place between a part of the American Army commanded by General Arnold- and the enemy- and on the next day, the whole British army under General Burgoyne surrendered prisoners of War. That he went with his father to Albany to guard the prisoners, who were taken to that place- After the arrival of the army at Albany, & about the first of November he, with his father were discharged and returned to New Concord- having been in the service five months.

And the said John Darrow further saith- that, in the month of March 1781 at the town of New Concord in the County and State aforesaid, he enlisted in a company commanded by Captain James Cannon, for the term of nine months, marched to Albany, where he remained about three days-- the company to which he belonged was there attached to a Regiment under the command of Colonel Merinus Willett which regiment marched to "Fort Plain", on the Mohawk River, he remained
with the Regiment at Fort Plain until (as near as he can recollect) about the first of November, when a battle was fought
between a party of British troops and the Americans at Johnstown in which he was engaged, the enemy were repulsed and driven from the field, and sometime in the month of December 1781. he was discharged by Col Willett at Fort Plain, and returned back to New Concord.

And the said John Darrow, on his oath, further saith. That in the latter part of March 1782, at the town of New Concord in the County and State aforesaid, he enlisted a volunteer in a company commanded by Captain Whelps, for the term of nine months, went to Claverack that the company to which he belonged, was attached to a Regiment of State troops under the command of Colonel Van Skoyk, he marched immediately to West Point on the North River, was stationed at West Point, (according to the best of his recollection) about four months; that then the company -
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to which he belonged was removed to a place called "Smiths Clove" (as near as he can recollect) about eight miles distant from West Point, back from the river, he remained at that place in garrison, until the expiration of the term of his enlistment and was there discharged about the first of January 1783. and returned to New Concord.

And the said John Darrow, on his oath, further saith that he does not now recollect the names of regular officers under whom he served (other than herein stated) except General Gates and General Arnold, who commanded at Saratoga, both of whom he well knew-- He further states that he has no documentary evidence, and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure, who can testify to his services.-

He hereby relinquishes every claim to a pension or annuity except the present; and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any State to his knowledge. 
John Darrow [signature]
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid, in open Court
Asa Dimock N Proty [Prothonotary] [signature]
We Davis Dimock Clergyman residing in the township of Bridgewater in the County of Susquehanna and State of Pennsylvania and Daniel Curtis of the Borough of Montrose in the county and state aforesaid hereby certify that we are acquainted with John Darrow who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration, that we believe him to be about 68 years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion-
Davis Dimock [signature]
Daniel Curtis [signature]
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid, in open Court
Asa Dimock N Proty [signature]
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And the Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War department; that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And the Court do further certify that it appears to them, that Davis Dimock who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman resident in the township of Bridgewater before said, and that Daniel Curtis, who has also signed the same is a resident of the Borough of Montrose and credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit-
By the Court
Asa Dimock N Proty

State of Pennsylvania
Susquehanna County
I Asa Dimock N. Protonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of said
County, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of
the said Court in the matter of the application of John Darrow for a pension.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and
Seal of Office, at Montrose the tenth day of September A.D. 1832
Asa Dimock N Proty
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State of Pennsylvania
Susquehanna County  Ss}
Personally appeared before me David Post one of the Justices of the peace in and for the County of Susquehanna aforesaid, John Darrow, of the township of Middletown in said County, an applicant for a pension under the act of Congress of the 7th June, 1832, and being duly sworn according to law; in answer to the interrogatories prescribed in the regulations of the war department under the act of Congress aforesaid, doth depose and say-

1st That he was born in the town of New Concord, in the County of Columbia and State of New York, in December 1763-
2nd that he has no record of his age, other than traditionary - he is certain of his age as the birth of his eldest son of whose age he has a record and by which he is positive as to the correctness of his own age and the year in which he was born.
3d That he lived with his father in the town, County and State aforesaid when called into service. That he resided in the same place three years, after the close of the Revolutionary War-- removed from thence to Cherry Valley in the County of Otsego in the State of New York, where he resided seven years, removed from thence to Luzerne (now) Susquehanna County Pennsylvania, where he now resides.
4th That in his first tour of five months service, he went into the service as waiter to his father who was an Adjutant in a Regiment of volunteers under the command of Colonel McInster, that in his second and third tours of nine month each he entered the service by voluntary enlistment, in the New York State troops.
5th That he recollects General Gates, General Arnold, Colonel McInster Colonel Herrick & Colonel Waterman-- all of the whom he saw in his first campaign, and knows- That he was well acquainted with Colonel Van Shayke [Van Schaick] at the time he was stationed at West Point in the year 1781- and also with Colonel Marinus Willett and Major Rowley at Fort Plain on the Mohawk, in his last campaign in the year 1782.

that as to the "general circumstances of his service" and in addition to them as set forth in his declaration here, on his oath further saith that in his first campaign as a waiter he entered the service well armed and mounted, and that during the said service of five
months, he was always punctual in discharged of his duty and (although a boy of but fourteen years of age) - served his country faithfully.
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That in his second tour of service in the company commanded by Captain James Carmon, in Colonel Willetts Regiment in the year 1781 for the term of nine months, he marched to Albany, and from thence to Fort Plain where he remained until about three days previous to the battle of Johnstown, where an express arrived with news of the advance of the enemy the Regiment was ordered to march and meet them, that this deponent went on with said Regiment, a distance of about twenty miles and met the enemy at Johnstown, when an engagement took place. That this deponent was in the right wing of the American forces- the Regiment having been divided and a part of them under Major Rowley sent around thro [through], a piece of woods. that the party under Col. Willett in which this deponent was first engaged with the enemy, and those under Rowley not coming up at the time as was expected, the Americans were obliged to retreat a short distance; in which they lost a field piece which fell into the hands of the enemy-- but they soon rallied-- made a charge and retook the field piece - which they found spiked and useless-- The enemy were repulsed and driven from the field. That the day following a part of the American troops pursued the enemy and overtook them at Canada Creek where a second engagement who had in which a British Captain (Butler) and several others were killed and the party dispersed. That in his third and last tour of service under Captain Whelps in 1782 in Colonel Van Skoyks [Schaick's] Regiment for the term of nine months, the company to which he belonged remained stationed at West Point about four months. It was then sent on, to "Smith's Clove" a distance of ten miles from West Point where he remained in garrison till the expiration of the term of his enlistment.

6th That at the expiration of his first tour of service- he received no written discharge - That at the expiration of his second tour of service, he received a written discharge from Colonel Willett and also at the expiration of his third tour of service, he received a written discharge from Captain Whelps - which discharges were put among his father's papers, where he left them when he removed from New Concord-- and that he has no further knowledge of them.

7th That in addition to the names of Rev'd Davis Dimock and Daniel Curtis whose testimony as to his character for veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier of the revolution
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which accompanies this declaration, he states the names Asahe Gregory Esquire, Andrew Canfield Philo Bostwick Esquire,
Joseph Ross and Amos Canfield - persons to whom he is well known in his neighborhood, and all of whom he verily believes would testify to the same.
John Darrow [signature]
Sworn and subscribed before me by the said John Darrow (to me well known, and whose statement is entitled to credit) at Montrose the Sixth - day of June A.D. 1833-
David Post Peace [signature]

State of Pennsylvania
Susquehanna County Ss} 
I Asa Dimock N. Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of said County do certify that- David Post, Esquire, whose signature in his own proper hand writing appears subscribed to the attestation of the foregoing affidavit of John Darrow, is an acting Justice of the peace in and for Susquehanna County aforesaid (residing at Montrose) duly commissioned and qualified as appears of record.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of said County at Montrose, the sixth day of June A.D. 1833-
Asa Dimock N Proty
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16627
John Darrow
Susquehanna County
Pennsylvania
Admitted
18 months
$ 60.00
Asa Dimock
Montrose
Susquehanna
Pennsylvania
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
Pension Office,
183
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 shew what is
necessary to be done. Those 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.
Statement, showing the service of John Darrow Susquehanna Co. Penn
[columns] Period when the service was rendered | Duration of the claimant's service - Years./Months./Days. | Rank of the claimant. | Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. | Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. | Proof by which the declaration is supported.

vol. May 1777 | 5 months | waiter | Col. McInster | Age 18, New Concord Columbia Co. N. York | Traditionary
enlist March 1781 | 9 months | - | Col Willett | - | - 
vol March 1782 | 9 months | - | Col Van Skoyk [Schaick]| - | - 

I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army,
and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia" and "volunteers, all
persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who
were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to
Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are
also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged
in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1.
The Regular Troops.
2. ┃
The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.
4. Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claim
in the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, mucicians or privates, will, in the first
instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of
Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is
considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State Terriory is
County of
On this
day of
personally appeared (a) before
A. B. a resident (b) of
in the county of
and State, Territory or District
of
years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the
following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed
June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d)
and
served in the
(e) regiment of the
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he servunder
more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the
town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged,
and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons
who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he
declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of
the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
And then will follow the certificate of the Court.
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary
soldier, and served as he states.
of the Court of
do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of
the application of
for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this
day of
& c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be
found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia,
except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and
subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the
hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with
and C. D. residing in (the same)
who has
subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be
years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier
of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
And then will follow the certificate of the Court.
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after
putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary
Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B.
who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the
and that C.D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the
and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
1
Clerk of the Court of
do hereby certify that the foregoing
contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of
for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal
of office, this
day of
& c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission
; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if
possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services
of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light
upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will
also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful
in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his
alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
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will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case The facts stated will afford one of the principal
means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted
; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be exexpected
. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and
there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his
case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of
service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State
troops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war
, and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute?
And if a substitute, for whom?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such
Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services
{To a Soldier
Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it giv-
, and what has become of it?
Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what
Office has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify
as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are
requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court,
without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons--one of whom should be
the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from
their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed
and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion.
If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character
and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the
enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before
required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper
county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform.
and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record,
or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper
Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a
Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is
his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before
the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the
declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure
, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period
of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the
opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will ta
low the rule laid down for his guidance.
The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. The should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not
conforming to the rule.
The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel
under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the
claim cannot be had. Every claimant must
state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so
definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the
loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason
of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his
recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:--For year
months, and --
months and - days, I served as a
and for such service I claim a pension."
in all cases determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law
into the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four month
directs the pension
name, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years
in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration in
highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement;
the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent
thority; that he was either in the hold or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any
pursuit.
The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
The opinion of the Court is always required.
The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no pubseal
of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the office character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the
papers.
Mode of authenticating paper.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which comin
the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which men
pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
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 credit to witnesses
who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well
in the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the wilnies
, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
The notes from to are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in
note applies to continental troops only.
Callam
The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration
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4504
Pennsylvania Phila
Martha Darrow
widow of John Darrow NY
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
60 Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence
on the 4th July, 1854. [3d February 1853 - crossed out]

Certificate of Pension issued
14th day of Septr 1857
and sent to L. F. Fitch
Montrose Pa:
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February 3 1853, Page 103 Vol A
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State of Pennsylvania 
Susquehanna County SS
On this first day of
September A D. one thousand Eight hundred and fifty four personally appeared before the Court of Common pleas in and for said County and State Martha Darrow a resident of Bridgewater township in the County of Susquehanna & State aforesaid aged Eighty nine years, who first being duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by Congress granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war; That she is the
widow of John Darrow who was a Revolutionary pensioner under the act of Congress of the 7th of June 1832, and whose name is inscribed upon the list of Pensioners under said act for the State of Pennsylvania, at the rate of Sixty dollars per
annum payable semi annually at
Philadelphia, that from her old age and
failing memory she cannot now describe
the particulars of her said deceased husbands services, but she respectfully refers to the evidence already on file in the Pension Department at Washington in his said case for the proof thereof
She further declares that she was married to the said John Darrow on the second day
of May AD one thousand eight hundred
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and Eighty one; and that her said
husband died on the fourth day of July
AD one thousand Eight hundred and fifty
four; that she was not married to him
since the second day of January Eighteen hundred,
but at the time above stated. She
further declares that she is now a widow
and has no record or other evidence of her marriage.
  Martha Darrow  her X mark
Attest FM Williams L.F. Fitch

Sworn to and subscribed before me clerk of
the Court on the day & year first above written.
F. A. Ward Clerk
F. M. Williams

I DD Warner one of the Judges of the
Court of Common Pleas in and for the
County and state herein before mentioned
do hereby certify that for twenty five years.
and upwards last past. I have personally known John Darrow late of said Susquehanna County deceased, have long known him to have the reputation and have believed him to be a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States, for many
years past, and that during all the period
of my knowledge of him he has been married and lived & cohabited with the before mentioned Martha Darrow as his wife, and he has been known & reputed as such by their neighbors and
from my own personal knowledge I believe her to have been such, and that she is now his widow; Witness my hand at Montrose
this fourth day of September AD 1854
And I also hereby further certify that
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by the affidavit of David Green and
Phebe Green hereto attached satisfactory
Evidence was furnished to said Court
that he the said John Darrow died in
said County on the fourth day of July
AD One thousand Eight hundred & fifty four
and that the said Martha Darrow is now
unmarried and his widow.
September 4th AD 1834
D. D. Warner
Judge
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State of Pennsylvania,
County} ss.
F. A. Ward Prothonotary of the Court of Common
Pleas in and for said County, do hereby certify that
Hon. Davis D. Warner whose genuine signature is attached
to the within facts set forth, was at the date thereof
one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas
of said County duly commissioned and qualified as such, and
further that Charles Avery Esquire before whom the annexed affidavits
was subscribed and sworn to was at the date thereof an acting Justice
of the Peace of said County duly commissioned and qualified, to administer
oaths, and his signature thereto is genuine.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed
the seal of said Court at Montrose the fifth day of September A.D. 1854.
FA Ward Prothy
F. M. Williams
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State of Pennsylvania
Susquehanna County ss
On this second day of
AD one thousand Eight hundred
and fifty four personally appeared before
me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County Phebe Green aged fifty
three years, a resident of Jessup
township in Susquehanna county and state
aforesaid, and David Green, aged fifty
nine years, a resident of Jessup township
in said County and state, both of whom
being duly sworn according to law, doth say that for upwards of forty years prior to his death they know & was well acquainted with John Darrow - late of Bridgewater township in said County deceased, during all this period He was a resident of said County, and for the last ten or fifteen years a pensioner of the United States & perhaps longer. That during all this time that they have this known him he has been living with Martha Darrow whose
application for pension is unto appended
as his wife and she has been known and
called such by all their neighbors, and has
raised a family of children by him,
That he the said John Darrow died at his
son in laws residence in Middleton township ^ County aforesaid, on
the fourth day of July AD 1834, That they
saw his body after it was laid out, they
attended his funeral and burial, and know
that he died on the said fourth day of July
AD 1854 - and that the said Martha Darrow
above named is his widow and has been
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unmarried since the time of her said husbands
death They further swear that
they have no interest, in her application
for pension-
Phebe Green
D Green

Sworn and subscribed before me this
day & year first herein before mentioned
and I hereby certify that the said David
Green and Phebe Green are credible witnesses whose statements are entitled to belief and that I believe they are of the age above stated-
Note the name "Daniel Darrow" erased and "Phebe Green"
interlined before execution.
Charles Avery JP [seal circled]
-
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May 15, 1940

BA-J/AWF
John Darrow
W. 25511

Mr. Ralph D. Phillips
76 Charles Street
New York City

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to you letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of John Darrow of Columbia County, New York, and of Joshua Darrow of New York.

The Revolutionary War records of this office have been searched and no claim for pension or bounty land found based upon service of Joshua Darrow, under any spelling of that surname.

The data which follow in regard to John Darrow were obtained from papers on file in claim for pension, W. 25511, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.

John Darrow was born in December, 1763, in New Concord, Columbia County, New York. He was the son of George Darrow, name of his mother not given.

While residing in New Concord, New York, with his father, John Darrow went as a waiter to his father who was adjutant in a regiment of volunteers commanded by Colonel McKinstry with the New York troops; they marched to Bennington, Vermont, there when the battle was fought, then Bemis Heights, and after the surrender of Burgoyne, he went with his father to Albany to guard the prisoners, and was
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discharged about November, having served about five months. His father was discharged at the same time. John Darrow enlisted sometime in March, 1781, served nine months in Captain James Cannon's company, Colonel Marinus Willett's New York regiment, and was in the battle of Johnstown. He enlisted sometime in March, 1782, served nine months in Captain Whelp's company, Colonel Van Schaik's New York regiment.

Three years after the close of the Revolution, John Darrow moved from New Concord, New York, to Cherry Valley, Otsego County, New York, lived there seven years when he moved to Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania.

He was allowed pension on his application executed September 10, 1832, then living in Middletown Township, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania.

He died in Middletown Township, Pennsylvania, July 4, 1854, at the residence of his son-in-law, whose name was not stated.

John Darrow married May 2, 1781, Martha. The date and place of her birth, and names of her parents were not given.

The widow, Martha Darrow, was allowed pension on her application executed September 1, 1854, at which time she was eighty-nine years old, and a resident of Bridgewater Township, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania.

They reared a family children, their names were not designated.

The papers on file in this claim contain no further discernible family data.

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name and address of person paid, and
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possibly the date of death of the widow, Martha Darrow, you should apply to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and furnish with the following data:

Martha Darrow, widow of John Darrow
Certificate #4504
Issued September 14,1854
Rate $60.00 per annum
Commenced July 4, 1854
Act of February 3, 1853
Pennsylvania, (Philadelphia) Agency.

Very truly yours

A.D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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Revy WIDOW, &c.

File No. 25511
Martha Darrow
Wid. of
John Darrow
Priv. Rev. War

Act Feb. 3rd, 1853.
Index: Vol. A, Page 173

[Arrangement of 1870.]
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1929 Nov 21 "illegible"
1930 Jan 16 historical copy NY
"illegible"
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4504
Pennsylvania Phila
Martha Darrow.
widow of John
who served in the Revolution-
ary war, as a private

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate
of 60 Dollars 00
cents per annum, to commence
on the 3d February, 1853.

Certificate of Pension issued
13th day of Sept 1852
and sent to
L. F. Fitch
Montriose
Pa

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February 3, 1853, Page 103 Vol. A

(1832)
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John Darrow
Pa   ad 1832
[stamp] FREE
[stamp] FREE

L P Waldo
Comr of Pensions
Washington D.C.
[stamp] MONTROSE Pa  SEP 6

[Cole?]
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blank page
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Sept 8" 1854
No 5.013
Martha Darrow
wid of
John
Susquehanna Co: Pa:

Act/53
$60.00 per An:
Com: [Feby 3 1853 - crossed out]
July 4" 1854
Revy:

L.F. Fitch
Montrose

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Pension Office, Official Business
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Hon L P Waldo Comr &c
Dr Sir
Enclosed I send you application
for Pension for Martha Darrow widow of John Darrow decd a Revolutionary Pensioner from the state of Pennsylvania. When Certificate is issued please send to my address & oblige
L. F. Fitch
Montrose
Penna
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Pres: [profe?] certifies to 25 yrs: ref: & Co: & is now a [illegible] &
widow of soldier two wit: to 40 yr: rep: & Co; raise [illegible]  fam child Soldier's death 4" July/54 & [illegible]
Boynton
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Pen Off:
Sept: 9"/54
Ss: 
4 Mar 54
Please Certify the time to which the within named pa [Sidr - soldier] was paid, or the date of his death.
 Very Respy:
  L P Waldo
 Comissionr

Mr Randall
W.H.G. Taylor Esqr
[illegible], Peas}

[on side] Boynton
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John Darrow, Paid to 4 March 1854
-
W.H.G. Taylor
Actg 3d Auditor
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[Cancelled written across paper]
Payment to be made at Philadelphia by
Daniel Sturgeon Esq Agent for paying Pensioners, in the Agency of Pennsylvania
Payable on the 4th September and 4 March
Recorded in the Pension Office on the Roll of Pensioners under act February 3d, 1853, Page 103, Vol. A.
G. T. Getty Clerk.
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[Initials top left corner, illegible]
[Cancelled written over certificate]
Department of the Interior.
WIDOW'S PENSION.
I certify that in conformity with the 2d section of the act of February 3, 1853, Martha Darrow, widow of John Darrow, who was a private in the revolutionary war, is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of Sixty dollars [and cents crossed out] per annum, commencing on the 3d of February, 1853, and continuing for life, unless she should again marry; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage.
Given at the Department of the Interior, this thirteenth, day of September, one thousand eight hundred and fifty four.
K M Clellan
Secretary of the Interior.
Examined and Countersigned,
L P Waldo
Commissioner of Pensions.
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Brief in the case of Martha Darrow, Wid. of John
Susquehanna County and State of Pa
act 3d Feby:1853
Claim, (original)
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance,
Husband was pensioned under the act of 7 June, 1832, at the
rate of $60 per An: Marriage proved by certificate of President proper
of the Court that the parties he has known for 25 years & they were always
to this time reputed to be married & cohabited to father & the affidavits
of two credible witnesses that the parties raised a large family of children
& were reputed for 40 years to be married Pensioner died 4" July 1854, as per the affidavits of two credible witnesses. Widowhood & identity, established by the certificate of the President pro ? of the
Court & from his own personal knowledge
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed in the admission of the claim? If so, what?
L.F. Fitch Esqr
Montrose
Name and residence of Agent
Pa:
"Boynton"
Examining Clerk
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PUBLISHERS OF
HISTORIES
GENEALOGIES
BIOGRAPHIES
HERALDRY
John
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of
Burial was
EIGHTY EAST
the
TELEPHONE TURVES AS
NEW YORK.
January 28th, 1926.
Hon. Commissioner of Pensions,
Bureau of Pensions,
Department of the Interior,
Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:-
IN RE: Revolutionary War Records.
I desire to secure copies of any
records on file in your Bureau which relate to
the military service of one John Darrow, of northern
Pennsylvania, who is said to have served with distinction
and to have been wounded in the Revolutionary
War.
Any information regarding the said
John Darrow, his war record, and pension claims
(if any), will be greatly appreciated.
I am not advised as to your regulaations
in matters of this kind, but I shall be very
glad to advance the necessary charges for the copies
hereby requested.
B
WOR FRF
all
Very respectfully yours,
Roberts
Roberts,
HISTORICAL SOCIETY, INC.
Associate Editor.
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99 Lafayette Ave,
U.S. Commissioner of Pensions,
My Dear Sir,
Passaic, N.J.
1
Sept. 30, 1929
I am anxious to join the D.A.R.
and have all the data except the service of my ancestor
John Darrow who was born 1229 1759 in Connecticut and
.
died 74-1854 in Montrose, Pa.
His daughter Pheobe Darrow Green
received a pension until her death 2-81888.
If possible will you please send me this
data.
Mrs
T.C.
Very Sincerely,
May Whitney Lever
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MEMBER.
N. Y. GENEALOGICAL AND
BIOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY
Pension Bureau,
Veterans Adm.
Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:
RALPH DAVID PHILLIPS
76 CHARLES STREET
NEW YORK CITY
GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH
April 8, 1940.
in
GENEALOGIST:
KISSMEN OF THE PRESIDENTS
OF THE UNITED STATES
Will you kindly inform me as to whether or not you
have a pension record for the following two men.
Capt. John Darrow, b. 1755; d. 1813; of Town of
Canaan, Columbia Co., N. Y.
Joshua Darrow, b. ca 1750; perhaps of the same
County.
If it is not too much trouble, and you do not find
Joshua in Columbia Co., N. Y., would you mind looking for
him in New London or Hebron, Conn. Joshua had a son, Jonathan
, born in 1773, and who resided in New York City in
1821.
Very truly yours,
Phillips
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Rev. and 1812
Wars Section
AWF feel
Mrs. T. C. Levar
99 Lafayette Avenue
Passaic, New Jersey
Dear Madam:
November 21, 1929
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War
pension claim, W.25511, it appears that John Darrow,
the son of George Darrow, was born in December, 1763, in
New Concord, Columbia County, New York.
While residing at said New Concord, he enlisted in
May, 1777, and went as a waiter to his father who was
adjutant of a regiment of volunteers commanded by Colonel
McKinstry with the New York Troops. They marched to ennington
, Vermont, were there when the battle was fought,
then went to Bemus Heights, and after the surrender of Burgoyne
, he went with his father to Albany to guard the prisoners
and was discharged about November 1, having served
five months. He stated that his father was discharged at
the same time.
He enlisted in March, 1781, and served nine months
in Captain James Cannon's Company, Colonel Marinus Willett's
New York Regiment and was in the battle of Johnstown.
He enlisted in March, 1782, and served nine months
in Captain Whelp's Company, Colonel Van Schaick's New York
Regiment.
About three years after the Revolution, he moved to
Cherry Valley, Otsego County, New York, and lived there
seven years when he moved to Middletown Township, Susquehanna
County, Pennsylvania.
He was allowed pension on his application executed
September 10, 1832, at which time he was residing in Middletown
Township, Pennsylvania. He died there July 4, 1854.
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The soldier married May 2, 1781, Martha, her maiden
name is not given.
water Township, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, aged
eighty-nine years.
A family of children is referred to, their names are
Very truly yours,
She was allowed pension on her application executed
September 1, 1834, at which time she was living in Bridge
not designated.
EARL D. CHURCH
Commissioner.
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February 2, 1926,
Walter C. Roberts,
American Historical Society,
80 [Illegible] St.
New York City.

Sir:
I have to advise you, that if you wish photostat copies of the paper in the Revolutionary War pension calim, W. 25511, of John Darrow of the New York Troops and his widow Martha, [illegible] of whom resided in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, the same will be furnished you at the rate of fifteen cents a page, with twwenty - five cents extra, for certification, if that is desired. 
The number of pages to be copied is thirteen.
The proper amount should be forwarded to this Bureau by money order drawn to the order of the Secretary of the Interior.
Respectfully, 
Winfield Scott
Commissioner.
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Rev. and 1812
Wars Section
AWF/eel
January 18, 1930
Mrs. Grace B. Johnson
Montrose
Pennsylvania
Dear Madam:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W.25511, it appears that John Darrow, the son of George Darrow, was born in December, 1763, in New Concord, Columbia County, New York.
While residing at said New Concord, he enlisted in May, 1777, and went as a waiter to his father who was adjutant of a regiment of volunteers commanded by Colonel McKinstry with the New York Troops. They marched to Bennington, Vermont, were there when the battle was fought, then went to Bemis Heights, and after the surrender of Burgoyne, he went with his father to Albany to guard the prisoners and was discharged about November 1, having served five months. He stated that his father was discharged at the same time.
He enlisted in March, 1781, and served nine months in Captain James Cannon's Company, colonel Marinus Willett's New York Regiment and was in the battle of Johnstown.
He enlisted in March, 1782, and served nine months in Captian Whelp's Company, Colonel Van Schaick's New York Regiment.
About three years after the Revolution, he moved to Cherry Valley, Otsego County, New York, and lived there seven years when he moved to Middletown Township, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania.
He was allowed pension on his application executed September 10, 1832, at which time he was residing in Middletown Township, Pennsylvania. He died there July 4, 1854.
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The soldier married May 2, 1781, Martha, Her maiden name is not given.
She was allowed pension on her application executed September 1, 1854, at which time she was living in Bridge- Water Township, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, aged eighty - nine years.
A family of children is referred to, their names are not designated.
Very truly yours
Earl D. Church
Commissioner.