Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 11800, Daniel Wixsom, New York
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(3-1776)

SERVICE 
New York 

Wixsom, Daniel 
or Wixon 

NUMBER 
S. 11800 
carded 

CONTENTS
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New York 14797 – 
Daniel Wixon 
of Kent Co in the State of N.Y. who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Scribner of the Regt commanded by Major Smith in the [blank] line for 6 Months
N.Y. Line 
Daniel Wixsom July 12/05. Records corrected

Inscribed on the Roll of N.Y. the rate of 20. Dollars -- Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. 

Certificate of Pension issued the 26 day of June 1833 and sent to J Morehouse, Clerk Com Pleas, Putnam Co

Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 40.00 
Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept 1833  10.00 
[total] $50.00 

{Revolutionary Claim 
Act June 7, 1832.} 

Recorded by Francis F. Franciosi Clerk, 
Book E.  Vol. 4  Page 38.
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11348 
Daniel Wixon 
Kent 
Putnam Co 
N York 
614 
P. 183 
24 Dec 1832
J Morehouse 
Clk Co Com pleas 
Putnam C NY 
no agent
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Brief in the case of Daniel Wixon, Kent, Co of Putnam 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? 75 years
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 

[BEGIN TABLE]
Period.   |   Duration of Service. Years, Months, Days.  |  Rank.  As a  |  Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.  Gen.  |
Oct. 8 in 1776  |  3 Months  |  private  |  Capt. M Scribner, Majr M. Smith  |
May 1777  |  3 Months  |  private  |  Capt. E. Townsend  |
[END OF TABLE]

5. In what battles was he engaged? 
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Carmel, (then Fredericksburg)
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Witness & Trad.y
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned
[signed] W. Fawcett Examining Clerk.
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State of New York
County of Putnam ss. On this 12th day of September in the year 1832 Personally appeared before the Court of Common pleas of the said County of Putnam Daniel Wixsom a resident of the town of Kent in the County of Putnam and State of New York aged seventy five 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 entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein after stated that he enlisted on the Eighth day of October 1776 for three months in a company commanded by Capt Nathaniel Scribner and that he made the said enlistment in the now town of Carmel then town of Fredericksburgh in said County, The Lieutenant of said company was Joseph Fields. That Mclankton [or Mclaukton?] Smith was the Major that commanded the Batalion to which the company was attached. That the rendesvous was at the town of Carmel until the December following the said company was ordered to Peekskill in the county of Westchester where we remained until the last of December when the company was ordered to Pines bridge on the first of January and then joined the Batallion commanded by Major Smith and on the first day of January we then marched to North Castle Church in Westchester aforesaid and remained there until the 7th day of January and was on that day ordered to Bedford in said Westchester County when we were marched on the 8th of January and discharged
This deponent further saith upon his oath that some time in the month of May 1777 he was drafted & was one of a class to serve three months and that he served the three months in a company commanded by Capt. Elijah Townsend and that John Berry and Nathaniel Sagger were the Lieutenants and we were stationed at a place called the Red Mills in The County of Putnam for the purpose of guarding Government stores and that the company was frequently sent out for the purpose of
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catching tories That he faithfully served the said three months and was dismissed but had no written discharged. The deponent hereby relinquishes all claims to a pension or annuity except of present & that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state
That he was born in Fredericksburgh in the year 1757, there is a record of his age on the family record kept in the family of his brother. That he lived in said Fredericksburgh when he was entered into the service as above stated, that since the revolutionary war he had lived in the part of country now called the town of Kent in Putnam County, & for the last forty years in the place where he now lives. He inlisted into captain Scribners company for three months. Which was the mode of his entering into the service, that his second service as detailed in his declaration was rendered in consequence of being one of a class who were required to furnish a soldier, he was the soldier furnished by the class That he saw & knew by right General Washington General Putnam when he was in the service in Westchester County, he knew Capt Elijah Townsend, Capt Nathaniel Scribner, He never received any written discharge from the service 
That he is known to Bennet Boyd one of the judges of this court & to James Smalley who resides in the town of Kent & he believes can certify to his character for veracity & their belief that he was a soldier of the revolution 
That he has no documentary evidence of his service & no other evidence besides the affidavits hereto annexed. 
[signed] Daniel Wixsom
Sworn in open court
September 12th 1832 – [signed] J Morehouse Clerk
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Putnam County ss Reuben Gansny [or Ganong or Ganary?] of the town of Carmel in the County of Putnam being duly sworn doth depose & say that he is seventy four years of age, that he knows Daniel Wixon who has subscribed & sworn to the preceding declaration that he was acquainted with him in the revolutionary war That the deponent was a soldier enlisted for three months in the company commanded by Capt Nathaniel Scribner & knows that the said Daniel Wixom was a soldier & served as he has stated in the said company, that deponent was with the said company for the whole period of three months, & the said Daniel Wixon was also a soldier for the whole of the said term & performed his services as a faithful soldier.
[signed] Reuben Ganong X his mark
Sworn & subscribed September 12th 1832 
[signed] J Morehous Clk 

Putnam County ss  John Russell of the Town of Kent in the County of Putnam, being duly sworn doth depose & say that he is acquainted with Daniel Wixon named in the preceding declaration & who has subscribed & sworn to the same, that he has heard the same read, & knows that that part of the declaration which details three months service under the command of captain Elijah Townsend is true. This deponent was in the same company as a soldier for the said three months & knows that the service was rendered as is therein stated. The said Daniel Wixon performed the said service faithfully & was called a good soldier. that deponent now lives within four miles of the said Daniel Wixon & has lived within that distance ever since the revolution 
[signed] John Russell + his mark
Sworn & subscribed Sepr 12th 1832 
[signed] J Morehouse Clk.
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We Bennet Boyd and James Smalley residing in the town of Kent in the County of Putnam do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Daniel Wixsom who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be Seventy five years of age that he is reputed & believed in the neighbourhood where he lives to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion 
[signed] Bennet Boyd   James Smalley
Sworn & subscribed in open court September 12th 1832 
[signed] J Morehouse Clk 

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 further certifies that it appears to him that Bennet Boyd who has signed the above certificate is one of the Judges of the court that the said James Smalley who has also signed the same is a resident of Kent in Putnam County and is a credible person and their statement is entitled to credit
[signed] Frederick Storr first judge Samuel Washburn Judge  Bennet Boyd Judge 

State of New York 
Putnam County } ss. I Jonathan Morehouse Clerk of the Court of Common pleas in & for the County of Putnam do hereby certify that the foregoing in its present condition contains the original procedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Daniel Wixon for a pension 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this fourteenth day of September in the year of our Lord 1832. 
[signed] J. Morehouse Clk
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Rev War
11.800 INVALID. 
File No. 11,800 
Daniel Wixon *
Priv. Rev. War 
Act: June 7 1832 
Index: - Vol. A,  Page 411 
(Arrangement of 1870.)
Daniel *Wixsom. Records corrected July 12/05.
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State of New York 
Putnam County } ss. I Jonathan Morehouse Clerk of the Court of Common pleas in said County & also clerk of said County do hereby certify that Daniel Wixon who has signed the explanatory affidavit hereto annexed & also annexed to his original declaration swore to the same before me I being a Justice of the peace in & for said County, and I do further certify that Reuben Gansny & John Russel, who have respectively signed an affidavit which is attached to the original declaration of said Daniel Wixon, which are also hereto annexed, swore to the same before me as Clerk of said Court and I do further certify that the said Reuben Gansny & John Russell are credible persons & their testimony entitled to full credit 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my seal of office this fourteenth day of February in in the year of our Lord 1833 
[signed] J Morehouse
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11348
Daniel Wixon
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Daniel Wixon which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? It does
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? He did
III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? 
IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? He has
V. *Has he mentioned 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 amout of pension he is entitled? He has
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? No
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? He has
VII. Has the Court given their opinion? Has
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? He has
X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? It is, & is so distinguishable
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? 
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? 
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? 
XIV. If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? No
Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office? court
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? It has
XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? They are.
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? They are.
EXPLANATORY NOTES. 
*QUERE V. 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 ___ days, I served as a ___ For ___ months and ___ days, I served as a ___ and for such service I claim a pension.
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It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. 
QUERE XIV. 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 credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
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11348 
Daniel Wixon 

Admd, 
6 mo. pri 
20 $
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State of New York 
Putnam County } ss. Personally appeared before me the undersigned a justice of the peace in & for the County of Putnam Daniel Wixom who in explanation of his declaration which is hereto annexed says, that in relation to the service in the revolution as a soldier, as stated in his declaration as having been performed in the year 1776 in Capt Nathaniel Scribners company, it was performed in the County of Westchester & Dutchess. that the company was never united to any other body of troops & no other officer of a grade higher than Captain had the charge of them & declarant cannot tell whether the company when in the service was attached to any or what regiment, & he knew neather officers in the service on this occasion than those of the company to which he belonged, that during this service the soldiers drew one dollar and a half each a week in mony & found with it their own provissions, this money was in addition to the regular pay of the soldiers 
That when in service in the year 1777 in the company commanded by Capt Elijah Townsend, & stationed at the Red Mills to guard the public stores, that said Townsends company was the only body of troops at that place for the said three months & declarent knew no other officers in the service on this occasion than those belonging to the company in which he served, the soldiers drew their rations whilst in service from the provisions supplied by the public, That when Capt Townsends company were dismissed, other troops came to defend the place & [illegible] there collected, but old age & the loss of memory has so much erased from the mind of the declarant the circumstances & occurrances of that time, that he cannot now detail with more particularly his service & his officers than he has done in his declaration & in this explanation 
[signed] Daniel Wixom  + his mark
Sworn and subscribed February 8th 1833 before me [signed] Jonathan Morehouse Justice of the place of Putnam County