Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 19,302, Daniel Fuller, Conn.
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
Conn.

Fuller, Daniel
Sarah

NUMBER
W.19.302

CONTENTS
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5279
NEW YORK

Daniel Fuller
of Alexander in the State of New York
who was a Private in the Company commanded
by Captain Stoddard of the Regt commanded
by Col Burwell in the Connecticut
line for 2 Years

Inscribed on the Roll of New York
at the rate of 80 Dollars - Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 7 day of February 1833 and Sent to Hon P. L Tracy
Ho Repres

Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832   $120.00
Semi=anl. allowance ending 4 Mar '33  40.00
[Total] $160.00

Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.

Recorded by Jno Cromwell Clerk,
Book D  Vol. 5  Page 88
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Daniel Fuller's

2d Afft. to explain
an Error in the 1st Afft
in the case of Sarah Fuller,
his mother -
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State of New York,
Chautauque County SS.

Daniel Fuller of Pomfret in said County, whose Affidavit is annexed to the Declaration of Sarah Fuller, made on or about the 27 April, 1840, being this day sworn, deposes and says, (in order to correct an Error, which was not explained to her attorney, Jacob Houghton, when her Declaration and the other papers were drawn:) That the Original family Bible of Daniel Fuller, (his father,) was lost - That in that Bible the following Record was made in the hand writing of his father, as near as he can now recollect, viz.-
"Daniel Fuller, born August 22d. 1759"
"Sarah Fuller, born August 22d. 1768"
"Daniel Fuller an Sarah McIntire was married October the 18th 1785"
"Daniel Fuller Jr was born March the 5. 1787"
"David Fuller was born February the 23. 1789"
"Polly Fuller was born December the 18. 1792"

And this Deponent further says that he purchased a Bible for himself before the above mentioned Bible was lost, & transcribed the above Record into his own Bible - which original Record he knows to be in the hand writing of his father - That after the loss of the old family Bible, this deponent's Bible was substituted in its place, and called the family Bible - And, as in his former affidavit, he says, that he is the son of Daniel and Sarah Fuller - that he was brought up in their family - that his mother then resided with him, and is now with him part of the time - And he says that the Record is a true copy from the Original in his father's hand writing - and that he makes this Affidavit to correct the Error above mentioned, viz. that the facts in relation to the family Record, were not explained to her Attorney, when his mother's Declaration and his first Affidavit were drawn -

Daniel Fuller

Sworn before me, the Subscriber,
a Justice of the Peace for the
County of Chautauque, N.Y.
May 13, 1845 -
Philo Orton J. P

I, the above named Justice of the Peace do certify that I am personally acquainted with the above named Daniel Fuller, and that he is entitled to credit for truth - May 13. 1845 -
Philo Orton J. P.
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State of New York
County of Chautauqua ss

I Alvin Plumb clerk of the County aforesaid do certify that Philo Orton is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly qualified to act as Such, that his term of office commenced on the 1st day of January 1845 and will expire on the last day of January 1848 and that his signature within written is genuine.

Given under my hand and the Seal of said County the 15 day of May 1845

Alvin Plumb Clerk
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found on
Meigs Regt

Danl Fuller 
of
New York

aomd

Hon P L Tracy
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BRIEF in the case of Danl Fuller of Alexander
Cy of Gennesee in the State of New York
(Act 7th June, 1832.)

1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge?  Court

2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?

3. How old is he? 72 - Augt 22 1832

4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.

[Table column headings:]
Period. | Duration of Service. | Rank. | Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.

[Illegible] In 1776
1 Year
As a Private
Capt Stoddard, Col Barwell, Genls Arnold & Sullivan

March 1777
4 Months
"
Capt Johnson, Genl Porter

fall 1777
4 Months
"
Capt Lawrence, Col Buel, Genl Putnam

May 1778
8 Months
"
Col Meigs & Butler, Genl Washington & Gates

[Total] 2 Years, 4 Months

5. In what battles was he engaged? Quebec

6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Litchfield County Connecticut

7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditionary

8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Departure Papers not attached as required

I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.

J S Wilson  Examining Clerk.
Jy 22 1832
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Daniel Fuller's
Declaration
18361

Please make returns to
Horace U Soper
Batavia
Genesee Ct
N.Y.

Examined

On Rolls Meigs
Regt
aomd
2 years pri
80$
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Declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832
State of New York
Genesee County, ss

On this fifteenth day of October in the year eighteen hundred and thirty two, personally appeared in open Court, before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas at the Court House in the Village of Batavia in and for the County of Genesee and said state of New York, now sitting, Daniel Fuller, a resident of the town of Alexander, County of Genesee & State of New York [the following had been written and marked out: Salisbury, County of Litchfield, Connecticut],
aged seventy two [Word 'three' had been written and marked out] years on the twenty second of August 1832, who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832

That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated.

That in the month of February 1776, but on what day he cannot recollect, while he resided in Salisbury, in the county of Litchfield Ct. he enlisted in the Connecticut State militia for one year under Captain Luther Stoddard and that Eleazer Claggon was Lieutenant and he was in Col. Barrell's Regiment - that Buell, of Salisbury, was Lieut. Col. and Sedgwich was Major - and that Arnold was the General, that he immediately marched to Albany and Capt Stoddart ordered his company directly to Quebec - that they marched to Chamberlee and remained there three or four days and then went down on the Sea in Carryalls to Quebec and stopped at Charlebour, opposite to Quebec - that the company was there billeted out and remained until we retreated - that while there, the Americans sent up the fire-ship to set fire to the British shipping - and that there was a continual firing kept up from the American and British Batteries - and one 84 & six frigates ship came up the River and landed a party of British who came out on the plains - The Americans marched out and concluded to retreat as the enemy was most numerous - that Lieut. Claggon was ordered back to Charlebour 3 miles from Rope Ferry, to bring the sick and he went back
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with him - when he got back to the Ferry, the British has passed and we were obliged to leave the sick on the [Illegible] - The British were on the other side of the River St. Charles and we were on the opposite side and [Illegible] our army that night - that we then marched through a swamp for three days and nights - and army was obliged to unpack on account of their [Illegible] and we suffered greatly from hunger. the swamp lies between Quebec and Point Rochambeau we then marched to Sorel and first made a stand and thinks he remained there 6 or 7 weeks until Gen Sullivan came and took his command and ordered us to Chamblee about [Illegible] miles from Sorel, he then helped to draw boats four days and nights up the [Illegible] - burnt the garrison at Chamblee and marched to St. Johns and then went in boats to Isle [Illegible] - where they remained about ten days and then went in boats to Crown Point and remained there four or five weeks - then received orders from Gen. Washington to send the sick to Fort George and for the remainder to march to Ticonderoga - and fortify Fort Mount Independence - that he labored there during the summer and fall and part of the next winter until about the 1st February 1777 when he received his discharge, which he has lost, and went home - that he served the whole year for which he mustered.

That some time in the fore part of March following 1777 he enlisted again in the State militia of Ct for four months under Capt Johnson and in Col. Porter's Regiment - his other officers he cannot recollect that he went immediately to Peekskill, where he remained about ten days and he was then sent to Fishkill to nurse those who were sick with the Small Pox, where he remained during all the time of his enlistment, four months, when he received his discharge from Col. Porter, which he has lost, and went home on or about the 1st of June.

That in the fall of 1777, but the precise time he cannot tell, he enlisted again in the Ct. State militia for 4 months under Capt. Lawrence does not recollect his other officer's names - marched to Peekskill and remained there until the British fleet had passed up the River [Illegible]est Point and cut the chain or chevaux-de-frise which had been sunk in the River, where he followed with the army under Gen Putnam and watched the enemy and west to Red Hook Bay -
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where he remained until Burgoyne was taken and he then marched down the River to Fishkill and remained in Fishkill Barracks until his time expired, having served four months - that he received his discharge from Col. Buell, which is lost and went home, which, he thinks was the last of December.

That in the month of May 1778, but the precise time he cannot tell, he enlisted as a substitute for Gabriel Dutcher, of Salisbury aforesaid, who had been drafted for nine months and did not wish to go out - that he cannot recollect the name of his Captain - that Claggon was Lieutenant and he was in Col Meigs Regiment - that he immediately marched to New Haven and remained there nearly a fortnight and then went to Peekskill and thence to White Plain and remained there under Gen Gates until Generals Washington and Sullivan came with their armies - that soon after his arrival at White Plain, he was taken out of Col. Meigs Regiment and was put into Col Butlers, which was one of the four Regiments that was styled the flying camp - that he served in this Regiment under Capt. Leavenworth during the summer until November when he was put back into his own Regiment again and then marched to Reading Woods where they built barracks - that soon after the barracks were completed the nine months then were discharged - that he received his discharge from Col Meigs, which is lost - that he had served but seven and an half months and thinks he was discharged about the last of November or the first of December 1778 - That he was called out frequently at other times for short periods. - that he has no documentary evidence of his services and knows of no person living by whom he can [Illegible] his services - that he was born on the 22d August 1759 or 60 in Bolton, Ct. that he has no record of his age except in his bible and that was torn out some years ago. that after the war, he lived in Teignmouth, in Rutland Co. Vt. about five years - at Basin Harbor on Lake Champlain in the town of Ferrysburgh about one year - then in Eden, Erie County, N.Y. about 28 years then in Alexander where he has resided ever since with the exception of a few months when he resided at Collins, Erie County N.Y. - that he has resided in Alexander upwards of twenty years - that Elder Nathaniel Brown & Josiah Newton
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reside in his neighborhood, are acquainted with him, and can testify as to his character for veracity and their belief in his services as a revolutionary soldier - And is also acquainted with Judge Cumings, who can certify the same. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the Agency of any State.-

Daniel Fuller

Sworn to and subscribed
the day and year aforesaid
in open court
Timothy Fitch Clerk

We, Nathaniel Brown a clergyman residing in the town of Bethany in the County of Genesee and State of New York and Simeon Cumings residing in the town of Batavia, in said county, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Daniel Fuller, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be seventy three 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.

Nathaniel Brown
S. Cumings

Sworn and subscribed the
day and year aforesaid.
in open court
Timothy Fitch  Clerk

And the Said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting [Illegible] 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 Nathaniel Brown who has Signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman residing in the town of Bethany county of Genesee and State of New York and that Simeon Cumings who has also signed the same is a resident in the town of Batavia in said County and is a credible person and that this statement is entitled to credit
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Isaac Wilson
Robert Earl Jr
William Mitchell

I, Timothy Fitch, Clerk of the said court, certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Daniel Fuller for a pension.

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this 15 October 1832.

Timothy Fitch  Clerk
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Reported
Feby 8/49

3752

New York Albany
Sarah Fuller
widow of Daniel
Conn.
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a private

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
80 Dollars -
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1848.

Certificate of Pension issued the
8 day of Feby 1849
and sent to
L. Jenkins
Albany
N.Y.

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February 2, 1848, Page 69 Vol. 4
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State of New York,
Chautauque County ss.

On this __ day of April 1840, before the Hon. Elisha Ward, one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Chautauque in the State of New York, (the same being a Court of Record,) personally appeared Sarah Fuller, a resident of the town of Pomfret in the said County of Chautauque, aged Seventy one years, on the 22d day of August last, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following Declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions 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 Daniel Fuller, who was a private in the service of the United States in the War of Revolution - That for his said services, the said Daniel Fuller received a Pension of Eighty dollars per annum under the Act of Congress, passed June 7. 1832, the Certificate of which is not in her possession, but she believes it is now on file in the War Office, inasmuch as that she drew about forty dollars [Illegible] his Pension, after his death - And for proof in the premises she refers to the Records and papers on file in the War Department -

She further declares that she was married to the said Daniel Fuller, on the 18th day of October,

[Appears image of document may cut off a bottom line of this instrument]
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August, 1836 - That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service; but the marriage took place previous to the first of January 1794, viz. at the time above stated - And she further declares that she has remained a Widow ever since the death of her late husband, the aforesaid Daniel Fuller, and still is a Widow - And she further says that before marriage, her name was Sarah McIntire - and as further proof of said marriage, the Record thereof with other things, is hereto annexed, taken from the family Bible of her said late husband, the said Daniel Fuller -

Sarah Fuller

Subscribed & sworn to
before me April 27, 1840

Elisha Ward Judge of
Chautauque Common Pleas

Chautauque County ss.

Daniel Fuller being sworn, says that he is the son of Daniel Fuller and Sarah Fuller named in the annexed Declaration - that his mother (the said Sarah Fuller,) now resides with him, at Pomfret, Chautauque County, N. Y. - that he is now in the 54th year of his age, & was brought up in the family of the said Daniel & Sarah, (his Parents-) - that the family Record hereto annexed was cut out of the family Bible; and that every part of his Mother's declaration hereto annexed is true, as far his knowledge & information extends, and as he does verily believe -

Daniel Fuller

Subscribed & sworn to
before me, April 27th 1840

Elisha Ward Judge of
Chautauque Common Pleas
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Rev. War Section.
an

This letter was 
delivered in person 
to Mr Fletcher Dennis 
Chief of Law Div.
an

Dec. 1, 1920.

Mr. William H. Fuller,
Palmer, Mass.

Sir:

In response to your letter of the 22" ultimo, addressed to Mr. Luther Fuller, which was referred to the Commissioner of Pensions for a reply, you are advised that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, Widow File No. 19,302, it appears that Daniel Fuller was born at Bolton, Connecticut, August 22, 1759, and lived at Salisbury, Connecticut, when he enlisted in the Connecticut Troops in February 1776 and served as Private for one year, in Captain Luther Stoddard's Company, Colonel Burrall's Regiment, he was in skirmishes at Quebec.
He enlisted in March 1777 and served four months in Captain Johnson's Company, Colonel Porter's Regiment.
He enlisted in the Fall of 1777 and served four months in Captain Lawrence's Company.
He enlisted in May 1778 and served nine months in Captain Leavenworth's Company under Colonel Meigs and Butler.
After the Revolution he lived at "Teignmouth", Rutland County, Vermont, (modern spelling Tinmouth) about five years. At Basin Harbor on Lake Champlain in the town of Ferrysburgh about
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one year, then in Essex, Essex County, New York about twenty-
T
eight years, then in Alexander, Genesee County, New York ever since, (except a few months in Collins, Essex County, New York) where he was residing on October 15, 1832, when he applied for pension, which was allowed.

He married at Vergennes, Vermont, October 18, 1785, Sarah McIntire, she was born August 22, 1768. He died at Alexander, New York August 27, 1836, and she was allowed pension on her application executed April 27, 1840, while living with her son Daniel in Pomfret, Chatauqua County, New York. A leaf from the family bible and the sworn statement of son Daniel show that their children were: Daniel born March 5, 1787, David born February 23, 1789 and Polly born December 18, 1792.

Very respectfully,

Commissioner.
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FULLER, DANIEL
(CONN.) W - 19302
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Daniel Fuller born
August 22 1759
Sarah Fuller born August
22 1768
Daniel Fuller and
Sarah McIntire was
Maried october the 18th 1785
Daniel Fuller was
born March the 5 1787
David Fuller was born
Febuary the 23 1789
Polly Fuller was born
December the 18th 1792
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Rev
WIDOW, &c.

File No. 19302
Sarah Fuller
widow of
Daniel Fuller
Pri Rev War

Act: Feb 2d. 48
Index :- Vol. A, Page 259

[Arrangement of 1870.]

1919 Mary 13. History to
Mrs. Helen F. Daily c.

1920 Hist. to Wm H. Fuller -
thro. desk of Mr
Fletcher Dennis.
aw
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V
7003
NY

Let: to Hon S. N. Clarke
Dec 28. '41

Let to Humphrey Smith Sep 8 1843
lt to S. Burche June 5. 1845 -
7

Act 7. July 38
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New York 7201

Sarah Fuller
widow of Daniel Fuller
who was a Private
in the Revolution for
2 years

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

Certificate of Pension issued the
Sixth day of August 1845
and sent to Samuel Burche
Present

[Act of March 3, 1843.]
[Illegible]1844

Recorded in Book A
Vol. 2 Page 75
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New York 9520
Sarah Fuller
widow of Daniel Fuller
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832
and who died on the 27 August 1836
of Chautauqua Co in the State of New York,
who was a Private in the Company
commanded by Captain Stoddard of the
Regiment commanded by Col Barwell in
the Connecticut line for 2 years

Subscribed on the Roll of Albany
at the rate of Eighty Dollars -
Center per annum, to commence on the 4th day
of March, 1836.

Certificate of Pension issued the Sixth day of
August 1845 and Sent to Samuel
Burche Esq Present

Total amount, $400.00

[Act of July 7, 1838.]

Recorded by Geo C Ames  Clerk,
Book D  Vol. 1 Page 157
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Sarah Fuller
Widow of
Daniel Fuller
&c.

No 7003
aomd
80$ pri

(802[Illegible] (781)
also act 43&44

Amt Resolution No (350)

Saml. Burche Esq
Present

[The following names written and crossed out:
Hon S. N. Clarke HR
Jacob Houghton
of Fredonia, N.Y.
{Illegible}]
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Chautauque County SS.

Jacob Houghton of Fredonia, Chautauque County, N.Y. being sworn says that he is personally acquainted with the Widow Sarah Fuller & her son, Daniel Fuller, named in the annexed papers - and that they are respectable in their neighborhood, & entitled to full credit for truth & veracity, as this deponent does verily believe - and he further says that the annexed family Record was cut out of the Bible by himself - and he has no doubt that the same is a true Record -

J. Houghton

Subscribed & sworn to 
before me, April 28, 1840

Elisha Ward Judge of
Chautauque Common Pleas

State of New York
Chautauque County SS.

I, Elisha Ward, one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Chautauque in the State of New York, do certify, that I have satisfactory proof that Sarah Fuller, whose Declaration is annexed, is the widow of Daniel Fuller, who was a Soldier in the War of the Revolution - and that her Declaration is true - and I do further certify that in my Opinion, the said Sarah Fuller cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the said Court of Common Pleas - Given under my hand at Pomfret in said County April 28th, 1840.

I further certify that the above named Sarah Fuller and Daniel Fuller, her son, & Jacob Houghton are entitled to credit for truth and veracity -

April 28th, 1840 -
Elisha Ward Judge of 
Chautauque Common Pleas
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State of New York
County of Chautauque ss

I George W. Tew Clerk of Said County certify that Elisha Ward Esq. was at the date of the foregoing proceedings a Judge of the County Courts of said County Commissioned & Sworn & that the Several Signatures "Elisha Ward" subscribed thereto purporting to be his are genuine -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto Set my hand & Seal of office this 30. day of April 1840.

G. W. Tew  Clerk


7003

R. P. Marvin,
[Illegible initial] R

J. Houghton, Agent
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State of New York
Chautauque County SS

Mary Brown, Widow of Ebenezer Brown, deceased, formerly of Vergennes in the State of Vermont, now of Pomfret, Chautauque County in the State of New York, in the 72d year of her Age, being duly sworn, doth depose and say, that in the month of October, 1785, she resided in the family of Samuel Strong at Vergennes aforesaid - and that she was present at the house of said Strong, and saw the marriage solemnized between Daniel Fuller & Sarah McIntire, in the Month of October, 1785, by Mr. Brush, a Justice of the Peace of Vergennes - but she does not recollect the particular day of the month on which they were married, nor the first name of Esqr Brush - and she further says that she knew the said Daniel Fuller & Sarah McIntire, before their marriage, & well remembers that on the day of their Marriage they crossed Lake Champlain from a town or place then called Willsborough N.Y. to Vergennes, and that after marriage they recrossed the Lake to Willsboro' - That she lives but about two miles from the said Sarah Fuller - has seen her lately, and knows that she is still the widow of the said Daniel Fuller named in the annexed papers

her
X
mark
Mary Brown

Subscribed & Sworn to before
me the Subscriber, a Judge
of the County Courts of
Chautauque County N.Y.
November 25, 1841

Francis H. Ruggles

State of New York
Chautauque County SS.

I, Francis H. Ruggles, the above named Judge, do hereby certify that the foregoing affidavit of Mary Brown was read to her by myself, to which she assented, & made solemn oath to the truth thereof before me as above stated, she having signed the same by making her mark & declaring that she never learned to write. - I further certify that she sustains a good character for truth & veracity.-  Dated No. 25, 1841

Francis H. Ruggles
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State of New York
County of Chautauque ss

I John G. Hinckley Clerk of Said County do hereby Certify that Francis H. Ruggles Esqr. was at the date of the foregoing proceedings a Judge of the County Courts of Said County Commissioned and Sworn and that the Several Signatures "Francis H. Ruggles" Subscribed thereto purporting to be his are Genuine.

In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and affixed my official Seal this 29th day of November 1841.

John G. Hinckley  Clerk
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Re No 7003  Dec 22, 1841
N_Y_

7 June 1832
$80. per Annum

John L. Edwards
Pension Office

Hon S. N. Clarke
Esq
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House of Reps
Dec. 22nd 1841

Dear Sir,

I enclose herein the declaration and papers of Mrs. Sarah Fuller, widow of Daniel Fuller, a revolutionary Pensioner, and here to request your early attention to them.

I remain very respectfully
Yr Ob Servt

S N Clarke
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July 19 '43
N.Y.

J L Edwards Esq.
Com of Pensions
Washington D.C.

Collins N.Y.
July 14
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Collins July 7th 1843

Hon Sir

Mr. Jacob Houghton Esq of Chautauque County NY made an application to the pension office in behalf of Sarah Fuller widow of the Late Daniel Fuller a Revolutionary pensioner Deceased for a pension under an act of Congress - granting half pay or pensions to Certain widows of the Revolutionary Soldiers. She says Mr Houghton told her that he had received a Letter from the pension office that informed him that the application Could not be Complied with on account of the witness who made the affidavit testifying to her marriage to the said Daniel Fuller being Signed by making a mark instead of writing the name at full Length.- in consequence thereof the old Lady has become somewhat dissatisfied with Mr Houghtons proceedings in the matter and has urgently requested me to write to the Department to Learn whether in fact that was the reason the pension was not granted. now in order to satisfy Mrs Fuller please to be so kind Sir as to Direct a Line to me at Collins post office in Erie County N.Y therein Stating whether that was the Case or not

Most Respectfully Yours
Humphrey Smith


J. L. Edwards Esq
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Pension Office
Decr. 28. 1841.

Sir,

I have the honor to inform you that the claim of Sarah Fuller, has been examined and her papers filed in this Office. The paper purporting to be a family register is too recently written to avail her as evidence as to the date of the marriage and the witholding all the circumstances under which it was made and by whom, is calculated to [Illegible] distrust.

The only witness who could know any thing respecting the date is unable to write, makes her mark and furnishes no data by which she ascertains the date with the necessary precision to justify her swearing to it.

She is required to prove that she is the widow of Daniel Fuller the late pensioner under the Act of 7 June 1832 and that she was married to him prior to January 1794.

I have the honor to be
Very respectfully 
Your Obed. Sert,
J L Edwards

Hon. S. N. Clarke
House of Representatives
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Mr. Edwards to Mr. Clarke,
Decr. 28. 1841.
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Washington, June 3. 1845

To Colonel James L. Edwards
Commission of Pensions -

Sir

An application for a pension was made in May 1840, by Sarah Fuller, widow of Daniel Fuller, a Soldier of the Revolutionary army.- It was laid over at that time for further proof of the marriage.

Daniel Fuller, himself received a pension during his life time, and his pension Certificate is now on file in your office.-

Owing to a misapprehension of Daniel Fuller Junior, the Son, the facts about the family Record, were not sufficiently set forth - and this remained unknown for four or five years to Mr Jacob Houghton, the widows attorney, and whose character as a conscientious & upright man is known to you - Mr. Houghton having just become aware of the misapprehension, has caused a Second deposition of Daniel Fuller the Son to be taken, which establishes, most Satisfactorily the identity of the marriage of his mother & father, by a Copy from the family Bible before it was lost or stolen.

My leave to renew Mrs. Fullers application & to hand herewith the Second affidavit of Mr. Fuller -

As the late husband of Mrs. Fuller recd a pension in his life time, all I presume that is partially necessary is to establish that the applicant is his widow, and that
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that She was married to him before the 1st Jany 1794 - This is proven 1st by the declaration of the widow herself - 2d By the affidavit of Mary Brown, who was present and Saw the marriage Ceremony solemnized, - and the Judge has certified to her good character. - 3d By the affidavit of Daniel Fuller, the younger, relative to the family record, and which is fully & clearly explained in the new Affidavit of the Same person, which I now Submit for the first time. -

I trust these papers will be Satisfactory and that the old lady (married as long ago as the 18th Octo. 1785) will receive the bounty provided by the munificence of the Government for the widows of those who atchieved the Independence of the Country.

Faithfully yr obdt

S. Burche
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Washington June 24. 1845

Sir -

In the case of Sarah Fuller, widow of Daniel Fuller - you informed me in your letter of the 5th [Illegible] that there was no evidence that She was living since 1841, and that if she is still alive she should make a declaration for the purpose of obtaining the benefits not only of the act of 1838 but of those of 1843 and 1844.

Mrs Fuller still surviving, and, in pursuance of the suggestion in your letter, made a declaration on the 14th the present month which I hereunto transmit to you.

I have been requested by the old Lady to say, that as she is in much need and 77 years old, She hopes you will act upon her application at the Earliest day your many duties will permit.-

With much respect
Your obedient Servant
S. Burche

Col. James L. Edwards
Comr of Pensions
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Sarah Fuller
Declaration to obtain benefit
of acts of 1838. 1843 & 1844.
made 14th June 1845.
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State of New York -
Chautauque County SS.

Sarah Fuller of the town of Pomfret in the County of Chautauque and State of New York, being duly sworn, doth depose and say, that on or about the 27. April, 1840, she made her Declaration before Elisha Ward, one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of said County, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed July 7. 1838, entitled, "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain Widows" - That in that Declaration, (which she believes remains on file in the Pension Office,) the following facts are stated and set forth, viz. - That she was then a resident of the said town of Pomfret, and was 71 years of Age on the 22d August 1839 - That she was the widow of Daniel Fuller, who was a private in the services of the United States in the war of the Revolution - and that for his services he received Eighty dollars per annum, under the Act of Congress passed June 7 1832 - That she drew about forty dollars of his Pension after his death - That she was married to the said Daniel Fuller on the 18th day of October, 1785 - and that he (said Fuller) died August 27th 1836 - and that she had remained a widow ever since his death - All which, amongst other things, will appear by reference to her said Declaration.

And she says that all the above mentioned facts are true - and that the Record from the family Bible is true, as explained in the affidavit of her son Daniel, made & sworn to on the 13. May, 1845, before Philo Orton, Justice of the Peace - And she says that she has not intermarried, but continues the widow of the said Daniel Fuller - and is a resident of the said town of Pomfret - And she now asks for a Pension under the Act of July 7 1838, of Eighty dollars per Annum, for five years, commencing on the 4th March, 1836, and terminating on the 4th March, 1841; and also that she may be allowed a Pension, under subsequent Acts of Eighty dollars per Annum, for five years, commencing on the 4th March, 1843, and terminating on the 4th March, 1848 -

Sarah Fuller

Sworn to and subscribed before me,
a Justice of the Peace of Chautauque
County, N.Y. June 14th 1845 -

Philo Orton Justice of Peace

Witness - Jacob Houghton

I certify that I am personally acquainted with the above named Sarah Fuller, and that I believe her statements true - and I note that the words "in that" are our hand - and that the words "he" - "Bible" interlined and part of the word "Daniel" written on erasure, in the affidavit - & "of his" interlined 

Dated June 14th 1845

Philo Orton Justice of Peace
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State of New York
Chautauque County Clerks Office ss

I Alvin Plumb Clerk of said County do hereby certify that Philo Orton whose signature is set to the Jurat of the foregoing affidavit. And also subscribed to the foregoing Certificate and thereon written, was on the day of the dates of said Jurat and Certificate a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly qualified according to Law. And further that I am well acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe the signature "Philo Orton Justice of Peace" subscribed to said Jurat and Certificate to be the hand writing of the said Philo Orton.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County this 14th day June 1845.

Alvin Plumb  Clerk
By J. H. Davis  Dept Clerk
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State of Pennsylvania
County of Warren SS.

On the eighteenth day of November in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty-eight, personally appeared before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for the county of Warren in the State of Pennsylvania Sarah Fuller a resident of the town of Deerfield in the said county of Warren aged Eighty years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following Declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the Act of Congress, passed on the 2d February, 1848, granting  pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War:

That she is the widow of Daniel Fuller, who was a Private in the War of the Revolution, and on account of whose service she was Pensioned under the Acts of Congress of July 7, 1838, 3d March 1843 & 17 June 1844 - and the annual amount of the Pension which she received under the Act of 17 June 1844, was Eighty dollars.

She further declares that she is still a Widow -

Sarah Fuller

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

Joshua W Thomson Justice of the Peace

I certify that the above Declarant is Personally known to me -
J W Thomson Justice of the Peace

State of Pennsylvania
County of Warren SS,

I, Thomas Clemons Clerk of the said county, do hereby certify that J W Thomas Esq was on the day of the date of the above Declaration, a Justice of the Peace in and for the said county, duly elected and sworn, and that the signatures to the Jurat of the above Declaration and to the above Certificate, purporting to be his, are genuine.

In Testimony whereof, I have hereto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of
the said county, this Eighteenth day of November 1848.
J W Clemons, Prothonotary
of Warren Co Penn -

[Circular seal at lower left]
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James L. Edwards Esquire
Commissr of Pensions
War Dept
Washington City
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Albany Novr 24, 1848

James L. Edwards Esquire,
Commissr of Pensions

Sir,

I enclose the declaration of Mrs Sarah Fuller, for the purpose of obtaining her Pension Certificate under the act of 2d February 1848.

Very Respectfully
Your obed Servt

Lemuel Jenkins
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ANNETTE BARRIDGE, Department Secretary 
6828 Stony Island, Avenue, Chicago, Ill. Phone Hyde Park 2806
OLA FAIRMON DEE, Department President 9922 Charles St, Beverly Hills, Chicago, Ill. Phone Beverly 1285
BERTHA TOWNSEND, Department Treasurer Somonauk, Ill.
HOLLY FINDLY DAILY, Chief of Staff
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KATE HINKINS, Chairman Relief Committee 
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LULA M. CARLIN, Chairman Organization Com. 6549 Lakewood Avenue Chicago, Ill.
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MILLIE WEBSTER, Patriotic Instructor 135 Willow Avenue, Joliet, Ill. 
FANNIE GASKILL 1105 14th Avenue, Moline, Ill.
April 27, 1919.
Dear Sir:---   rr.19.302
I wish you would send me the pension record of Daniel Fuller born August 22, 1759 Bolton, Conn. married Oct. 18,1783 Sarah McIntyre born August 1768. He died 1836 in Alexander Genessee County, N.Y. Lived in Salisbury, Conn. 1776-later in Vermont, then in N.Y.
S. 39,555
Also please send me the record of Seth Fuller. He lived in Hartford, Vermont Was at battles of Trenton and Princeton and discharged at Chatham, N.J.
Respectfully yours, 
(Mrs) Helien F Daily 
Regrut DAR Chapter
Aurora, Illinois