Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 14763, Daniel Vanfleet, New York
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(3 - 1776 )
SERVICE
New York
Vanfleet Daniel
NUMBER
S14763.
Carded

CONTENTS
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14858 New York
Daniel Vanfleet
of Owasco in the State of New York 
who was a Pr. & Sergt in the Compy commanded by Captain_____of the Regt commanded by Col. Tarlton in the New York
line for 9 months Sergeant
15 months Private
Inscribed on the Roll of New York
at the rate of 95 Dollars 00 Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 22 day of July
1833 and sent. A Gould, Auburn N.Y.
Arrears to the 4th of Mar '33 $180.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sep '33  $47.50
[total $227.50]

{Revolutionary Claim
Act 1832}
Recorded by Jno. (illegible)
Book E, Vol. 4

[written sideways - first line illegible]
E. Ames, P. Agt -  10 "
A. Gould - 28 May 1835
Same - 17th June 1835
Same - 10 Oct. 1835
Same -  22 Oct. 1835
Hon. N. F. Doubleday - 16 June 1836
Geo. Pollit - 18 Nov. 1837
Hon. Wm. Taylor - 22 Dec. 1837
Same - 4 July 183?

H.S.D. 19.18
Let. to Hon. H.S. Conger
Feb. 28 '48
Let. Hon. H.S. Conger March 6/50
H.H. Bostwick - June 29, 1953
Let. same  - Nov. 27/53
H.H. Bostwick - 14th Dec. 1853
Same Dec. 31, 18??
Same Jan 11/
Same -Jly?
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Daniel Vanflect
11741
adm'd.
2 years
viz.
9 mo. Sergt
15 mo -  pri
[total] 24.
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State of Ohio, ss: Huron County 5th September A D 1832
Personally appeared before me Timothy Baker one of the Judges of Huron Com. Pleas,
Captain John Brooks of Florence in said County & State aged Seventy six years, and after being duly sworn did testify & declare That in the Revolutionary war he was well acquainted with Daniel Vanfleet now of Owasco in the County of Cayuga State of New York.  That he always understood & has been informed that in the year A D 1776 said Vanfleet was drafted & served in the Militia of the State of New York at Fort Constitution & West Point for six months & was assisting in building said Forts.  That the
Deponent saw him at West Point in October 1776 serving in the service of the American cause - that he did not know his Company or Regimental officers - but he knew him to be in the Brigade commanded by Brigadeer James Clinton. That in the year 1777 the said Vanfleet served in the same Regiment with the Deponent for nine months at Fort Montgomery and Fort Clinton in the militia in a company commanded by Captain John Fetter; James Wilkins first Lieutenant William Now
second Lieutenant. Ensign John English-- that he knew him to be at Hackensack, at Ramapo, at Paramus at the English Neighborhood. That said Vanfleet was in a battle with the Indians up the Delaware river at Lackawaxen when the Deponent was with him & the Deponent was wounded in three places in his Body
where Colonel Thurston was killed.  That after the above the said Vanfleet remained on the Frontiers in Gunough Fort from A D 1781 to the close of the Revolutionary War.  He
served under Jacob Dewitt Captain of the Company, Robert Cooke & Samuel King were first & second Lieutenants
Timothy Coleman Ensign -
[signed] John Brooks
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State of Ohio
Huron County 
Norwalk, Sept  5th 1832

The within affidavit subscribed &
Sworn to by the within named John Brooks before me
Timothy Baker
Judge of Huron Com Pleas

P.S. the word "has"-- 7th line, & the words, "the deponent," 23rd line interlined before
signing

State of Ohio
Huron County } ss:

I David Gibbs Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in said County do certify that Timothy Baker Esq is an associate Judge of said Court & the above signature above purporting to be his is genuine. In testimony whereof I have
hereunto subscribed my name & affixed
the seal of said Court at Norwalk this 5th day of September AD 1832.
Dv. Gibbs Clerk H.C.P.
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State of New York
Cayuga County } ss: 
On this 24th day of September AD 1832
personally appeared in open Court before the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Cayuga & State of New York now sitting Daniel Vanfleet of Owasco in the County of Cayuga in said State aged seventy-seven 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 under the following named officers and served as herein stated.
That about the first of April AD 1776 then being a resident of the town of Goshen in the County of Orange State of New York he entered the service of the United States but (the names of his company or field
officers he does not now remember) that he marched to a place called Fort Constitution on the Hudson River where he was stationed a term of three months (3) that his services consisted of building barracks & clearing and making preparations to build fortifications
and in performing the necessary duty of
guard. He further declares that about the last of July in the same year he again entered said service in the company of militia commanded by Captain Tilford as he believes and Lieut Faulkenter for a term of three months (Tilford 3) that he marched with said company to Fort Constitution at and near which place he continued to serve in said Company during the whole of said term, that he was employed in building certifications and in keeping guard
during said term - that he was employed part of the time in building fortifications on the West Point side of the Hudson River, that whilst at said place he saw frequently Gen James Clinton and thinks that he was
under his command during said term. He further declares that very early in the spring of the year 1777 about the month of March as he believes he again entered said service in the company commanded by Captain John Fetter or Faulkenter; James Wilkins first & William
Rose Second Lieutenant and John English Ensign [note in margin:  no such company in service]
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that he marched with said company to fort Montgomery at which place and fort Clinton he continued to serve as orderly Sergeant under the command of Gen George Clinton & James Clinton until fort Montgomery was taken by the enemy on the 17th October following.  That fort Montgomery was
commanded by Gen George Clinton and fort Clinton by Gen James Clinton during most or all of said term; that when Fort Montgomery was taken he escaped therefrom and returned home, spent two or three days there and returned to the Hudson River and entered
the militia Company of Captain Abraham Cudderback where he continued to serve as Sergeant over one month (1) as he believes, that his whole time of service during this season was nine months according to his best recollection. That during said month the militia were all called out to watch the motion of the British shipping, as it sailed up the the Hudson -  that he was stationed during said month in the vicinity of Newburgh & New Windsor - that the General place of rendezvous was the house of Gen Geo Clinton between Newburgh & New Windsor.  He further declares that early in the spring of the year 1778 he volunteered to hold himself in readiness to go out in said service upon the frontiers of Orange County during the year. that during the forepart of
the season he was under the command of Captain Abraham Cudderback, and occasionally during the Summer and fall under Captain Abraham Westfall, that during said term he was almost constantly in said service as a guard upon the frontiers, in scouting parties and as an Indian spy and that his whole time of was spent as a guard upon the frontiers when not engaged in scouting
parties and as an Indian spy. He further declares that immediately after Minisink was attacked & burned by the Indians and Torys under the command of Brandt, a part of the militia of Orange County were collected and he among the number, to pursue
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them, that he entered the company of Captain Abraham Westfall in Col Tustons Regiment and under Major Samuel Meeker and marched with said detachment to the mouth of the Lackawack or Lackawaxen River where they were attacked by the Indians and after an engagement were defeated with considerable loss. that Col Tuston was killed in said battle, that this was in the month of July 1779. [note in margin:  1779 - not on rolls].  He further declares that soon after this he was drafted and entered said service in the company of Captain Abraham Westfall as a guard upon the frontiers. that he continued to serve until the commencement of winter a term of about four months. (4) He further declares that from
this time until the close of the war he was frequently in said service as a guard upon the frontiers, in scouting parties and as an Indian spy. that the country was kept in a constant state of alarm by the frequent incursions of the enemy, so that the inhabitants attended to no kind of business labour except so far as to provide for the actual necessaries of life-- that they were accustomed to collect in the Piquet [picket] forts along the frontier for safety and from thence send out parties to range the woods and give notice of the approach
of the enemy, and that he was frequently engaged in said excursions. He further declares that in the fall of 1776 as he believes he entered said service in the Regiment commanded by Major Philips and Col McClaughry, that the name of his company officers he does not now remember; that he marched to Hackensack at & near which place he continued to serve until the following winter a term of about three months, (3) that the enemy lay at Hackensack at this time, which place they evacuated about Christmas, from thence they retreated to the English neighbourhood and from thence to New York as he believes, that he did not
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return until after snow had fallen. He further says that his memory fails him so that he is unable to state the names of his officers as correctly as he could wish, but that he has named them according to his best recollection. that he recollects the different tours distinctly as above stated and their length. That he never received a written discharge from said service and has no documentary evidence thereof except the accompanying. That he saw Col Dubois with his regiment at Hackensack, that he saw Gen Putnam at fort Montgomery-
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He hereby relinquishes all claim to a pension except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any State or territory.
[signed] Daniel Vanfleet
Sworn  & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Asahel Fitch Judge
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State of New York
Cayuga County  } ss: 
On this 24th day of September AD 1832 personally appeared in open Court before
the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Cayuga now sitting Martin Cuykendall of Owasco in said County who being duly sworn says that he is sixty nine years of age, that he is well acquainted with Daniel Vanfleet of Owasco in said County and was well acquainted with him in the
time of the Revolutionary War. that they both
resided in the County of Orange in the town of
Goshen & State of New York at that time & immediately on the frontiers of Orange County.  that the said Daniel was engaged in service most part of the time during the war
as he was informed and verily believes, that he
resided on the frontiers and was engaged during the last years of the war frequently as a guard, in scouting parties, and as a spy to watch the motions of the Indians - that he judges of said services from having seen said Daniel frequently engaged, and from the situation of the country, it being exposed
for about the distance of fifty miles, through the County of Orange and Ulster, to the depredations of the Indians, and being guarded for most of the time by the militia. -
[signed] Martin Cuykendall
Sworn and Subscribed before 
me date above
Asahel Fitch Judge
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We Henry Van Etten & James Van Fleet do
certify that we are well acquainted with Daniel
VanFleet mentioned in the foregoing affidavit,
were well acquainted with him during the Revolutionary war, that we have heard the said
affidavit read and concur with the said Martin
Cuykendall in the statement therein made.
[signed] James Van fleet
[signed] Henry Van Etten
Sworn & subscribed in open Court the day & year aforesaid
Asahel Fitch Judge

And the Court certifies that the aforesaid witnesses are men of truth and veracity
Asahel Fitch Judge
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We, Archibald McNiel a clergy man residing in Owasco in Cayuga County and Simeon Swartout residing in Owasco, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Daniel Van Fleet who has subscribed and sworn to the preceding declaration; that we believe him to be 77 years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a Soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
[signed] Archibald McNeil
[signed] Simeon Swartout
Sworn, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid
Asahel Fitch Judge

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 Archibald McNeil who has signed the preceding certificate, is a Clergyman resident in Owasco and Simeon Swartout  who has also signed the same, is a resident in Owasco and is a credible person, and that their statement
is entitled to credit.
Asahel Fitch Judge

I, Michael S Myers Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of
Cayuga and State of New York, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original
proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Daniel Van Fleet for a pension.
Witness my hand and the seal of
said Court the 24th day of September
AD 1832
M. S. Myers
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State of New York
Cayuga County } ss:
I Michael S Myers Clerk of
the Court of Common Pleas in and
for said County do certify that
Joseph L Richardson before whom
the annexed affidavit was
made on the 13th day of April 1833 was
on the day of the date of the same first
Judge of said Court - that I am well acquainted
with the hand writing of the
said Judge and believe his signature
to the said affidavit to be genuine
Witness my hand and seal of office the 13th
day of April 1833 
M.S. Myers Clerk
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State of New York
Cayuga County } ss:
Personally appeared before me the undersigned first Judge of the Court
of Common Pleas in and for said County Daniel Van fleet who being duly sworn says that by reason of old age and consequence of
old age and the consequent loss of memory
he cannot swear positively as to the precise
length of his services but according to his best
recollection he served not less than the periods
mentioned below and in the following grade -
For nine months I served as Sergeant and
for two years and five months I served as a
private soldier and for such service I claim a
pension - that in the spring of the year 1780 he
was a soldier in the company of Militia Commanded by Captain Wilhelmus Westfall, first Lieut. Elijah Van Auken & Second Lieut. Levi Van Etten. in the Regiment, commanded by Col Hatfield & Mjr. John Decker, that said company & regiment lived immediately upon the frontiers and was left there to guard the same; that he was a soldier in said company for upwards of two years and during the years 1780 & 1781 about eight months during the spring summer & fall of each year the said company & regiment were kept constantly in service guarding said frontiers; that scouting parties from said company & Regiment were kept constantly in service ranging the woods to give warning of the approach of the enemy - that he was frequently engaged in said Scouting parties and when not so engaged he was stationed on the frontiers to guard the lines. And that his term of service during said two years would amount to sixteen months as he believes, being eight months in each year
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He further says that he was born in the
town of Goshen in the County of Orange & State of New York in the year 1756. and has no record of his age as he knows of - that when he was first called into said service he resided in the County of Ulster in said State of New York & continued to reside there until the year 1778 when he removed to Orange County in said State where he continued to reside until the year [page cut off] when he removed to the County of Cayuga where he has resided ever since, that he was drafted, at each time that he entered said service as set forth in his declaration, except the service performed during the years 1780-1781, that whilst in said
service he saw Gen George Clinton. James Clinton, Major Hatfield, Col Duboys and others that when fort Montgomery was taken by the enemy he served in company with continental troops but what particular Regiment he does not now remember -  that his whole term of Service particularly set forth excepting the two years service in 1780 & 1781 amounts to nine months as a Sergeant and one year and one month as a private soldier.
[signed] Daniel Vanfleet
Sworn & subscribed the 13th day
of April AD 1833-
J. L. Richardon
first Judge of Cayuga

I certify my opinion that the said Daniel Vanfleet is a man of truth and veracity
J.L. Richardson
first Judge of Cayuga
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POWER OF ATTORNEY AND CERTIFICATE.
Know all men by these presents, That I,
Sarah Van Auken of the County of Cayuga and State of New York do hereby constitute
and appoint H. H. Bostwick, of Auburn, N. Y., my true and lawful attorney, irrevocable, for me and in my behalf, to prosecute my claim for back pay or unpaid pension on account of the military services of Daniel Van Fleet in the military services of the United States of America; 
and to receive such certificate as may be issued, and to appoint one or more attorneys under him for the purposes aforesaid, hereby revoking any power of attorney which may have been heretofore given, and
confirming all things that my attorney, the said H. H. BOSTWICK, may lawfully do in the premises.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this Fifteenth day of October
A. D. 1853.
[signed] Sarah Vanauken
Acknowledged before me the day and year last above written and I do herby certify that the said Sarah Van Auken is one of the heirs of Daniel Van Fleet, deceased.
Justin Mason JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.

STATE of New York
County of Cayuga } ss:
I, E. B. Marvin Clerk of the court of Record
within and for the county and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Justin Mason
before whom the foregoing acknowledgment was taken, was at the date thereof an acting justice of the peace, duly elected and authorized to take the same.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court this
12 day of November A. D. 1853.
E.B. Marvin, Clerk.
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Daniel Van fleet
11741
Obj. 4.5.7
p. 318

Adm'd 
x

Ap. 2 7'

A Gould
Auburn
N. York
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BRIEF in the case of Daniel Vanfleet
of Cayuga Co. in the State of N York
(Act 7th June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Open Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
How old is he? 77 years
[page cut off ] his service, as directed in the form annexed.

(1) Period. -April in 1776
Duration of Service  3 mo. 3 days
As a private
Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served. - Officer not remembered.

(2)  July 1776 - 3 mo.
Private
Capt. Tilford 

(3) Spring 1777 - 9 mo.
Sergeant
Capt. Faulkenter, Gen. Clinton

(4) Spring 1778 - 1 mo., 10 days
Sergeant
Capt. Cudderbank

(5) Many other times, about 4 mo. in 1779 and 3 mo. in 1776, and officers not stated
Capt. Westfall, Col. Tuston

5. In what battles was he engaged? None
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Goshen N York
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? - By living witnesses
8.  Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct

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

1775_6_
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14763
INVALID.
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Rev. War
File No. 14763
Daniel Vanfleet
Pri & Sergt Rev. War
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Act June 7th 32
Index: - Vol. 1, Page 389
[Arrangement of 1870.]

July 31, 1905 History to
Miss Lillian T. Strong
Wauseon Ohio.
1911 June5.  above-notif
date of Marriage & name of 
wife not shown.  [cents symbol]

1918 Feb. 21 Hist. to M. H. Van Fleet
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Wauseon Ohio July 7-'05.
Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Pensions
Washington D.C.

Kindly give me the Revolutionary
War service of Daniel Van Fleet
New York man

Thanking you in advance
I am yours truly
Miss Lillian T. Strong
Wauseon, Ohio

[circular stamp U.S. PENSION OFFICE A
JUL 10 1905]
[rectangular stamp WAR & NAVY FILES
JUL 11 1905 P.]
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B.

Dan'l Vanfleet
N.Y. [illegible] 32
[circular stamp AUBURN N.Y. DEC 20]

Hon. J.P. Waldo
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.

FREE
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[circular stamp:  AUBURN N.Y. NOV 12]

Nov. 15, 1853 

In the mil - to no [illegible] certain
information
[illegible] in case of Danl Van Fleet dec'd

H.H. Bostwick
Auburn N. York

Hon. L.P. Waldo
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.
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Nov. 28, 1853
Let. in case of Dan'l Van Fleet, dec'd.

H.H. Bostwick
Auburn
N. York

Hon. L. P. Waldo
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D.C.

[circular stamp:  AUBURN N.Y. NOV 25]
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[circular stamp: AUBURN N.Y. JAN 21]

Dan'l Vanfleet
N.Y. d 32

Hon. L.P. Waldo
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.

FREE
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April 2. 1853

Rel:  to case of Dan'l Van-Fleet
N.Y.

H.H. Bostwick
Auburn 
N. York

Commissioner of Pensions
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[circular stamp:  AUBURN N.Y. JAN 4]

Dan'l Vanfleet
NY 32

Hon L. P. Waldo
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D.C.

FREE
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Pension Office
Decr 28. 1853 

Sir
Please state at what date 
the payment of the pension of
within named Danl Van Fleet was
Suspended, whether payment was
returned & if so at what rate and
date of last payment.
Very Respectfully
S. Cole
for Comm'r

Fr. Burk Esq
3d Andr. &c

Daniel Vanfleet, Act 1832
$95 per annum. Paid to
4 Sept 1834, date of suspension
not known: payment not
resumed.
F. Burk, Auditor

Only specifies
about 18 or 19 mos in all when 
claim & summed up his service he estimated it at 9 mos. Serg't. & 13 mos. private.
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Benjn Depuy makes about 1 yr
Jacobus Swartwout makes about a year
Wm A Cuddeback-Son of Vano Capt. - 8 mos. 
Sergt & other service
The testimony of P. Baker does not justify
an allowance for more than 12 mos - 8 mos.
Sergt & 4 private
Adam Branon proves the 7 or 8 mos. service
in '77 as described by Baker
for 8 mo service
Asa Brown make out about 12 mos or more
Wm Makes, also testifies
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H. [illegible]
Gct papers

Col. J.L. Edwards
Comm. Pensions
Washington D.C.
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666 x 4 = 26.64

40 + 13.33 = 53.33

95.00 - 53.33 = 41.67 x 3 = 125.01 + 20.83 = 145.83
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Pension Conf. jacket
badly torn
Important index on back, of which there is no duplicate
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Auburn, N.Y.  Jany 4th 1854

Hon. L.P. Waldo
Comr of Pensions

Sir
Yours of the 31st ult. is recd. In reply to mine of the 19th ult, relative to the suspended Pension of Daniel Van Fleet, from which it appears that there would be something due his heirs upon an equitable adjustment of the case.
He died May 19th 1840. and his claim was
suspended Feby 10th 1835, in effect from Sept 4th 1834.
Please state what course is necessary to
he pursued, to enable the heirs to realize the
amount of whatever may be awarded them.
and whether one of the heirs can draw the
money for the whole. this would be desirable
inasmuch as they are scattered widely apart,
and residents of different States.
Yours truly
H.H. Bostwick
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Wauseon Ohio, May 28 - 1911.
Department of the Interior
Bureau of Pensions
Washington D.C.

Sirs-
In 1905 I obtained from the
Department of the Interior the
war record of my Great Great
Grand Father Daniel Van Fleet.
Upon receipt of the same, and
other important data. I had
hoped to join the D.A.R.
but in looking over my material
found two missing links - one
being the date of this ancestor's
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Marriage, and the other,
the wife's maiden name.
As Daniel Van Fleet was a
Pensioner, thought perhaps
you would have the date of
his marriage & the wife's name
on record.  He was a resident
of Ulster Co. N.Y. at time of
enlistment in May 1775
and at time of his application
for pension Sept 24 1832 he
resided at Owasco, Cayuga Co. N.Y.
Perhaps this number will help you
in searching his record; I.S.C.
Inv. 14.763 Rev. War.
If you can give me this
desired information I will
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be duly grateful or if the
date of Marriage & the wife's
name are not recorded, could
you please tell me where
I might be able to find Same.
Thanking you very kindly
in advance for your trouble
I am Respectfully yours
Miss Lillian Strong
Wauseon
Ohio
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[note at top of letter:  no mention of his being dropped on Agency book]

Auburn. N.Y. Nov 24th 1853
Hon L P Waldo
Comr of Pensions

Sir
Yours of the 22 ult. relative to the case of Daniel Van Fleet, is rec'd, from which, together with the Copy of letter from R Edwards to A.J. Wade, Esq.  I perceive that Danl Van Fleet was a pensioner under the act of June 7th 1832. that his pension was suspended upon reexamination, and additional proofs required; that these proofs were furnished on the 9th of July 1838, and the result communicated
to the Hon'l Wm Taylor.
It does not appear however when, or at
what date, his pension was suspended.
nor how long it continued in suspension,
nor whether in fact it was allowed on the
reexamination, though I infer it was
from the fact that the requirement was
complied with.
Please state whether it was allowed upon 
reexamination. How long the suspen-
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sion continued, whether the amount of
pension he would otherwise have drawn
was made good to him, for the time of
suspension; the amt of pension per
annum, originally allowed him, and
whether it appears that there is anything
due his heirs in his account.
Sarah Van Aken, is a child of the said Daniel Van Fleet.

Please also furnish me with a copy of the letter to the Hon Wm Taylor, mentioned in the letter from R Edwards Commissioner to W.L. Wade Esq -
Yours truly 
H. H. Bostwick
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Dan'l Vanfleet

Hon. J.L. Edwards
Comm'r of Pensions

Mr. U.F. Doubleday, H.R.

June 13
N.Y.

U.F. Doubleday
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Washington June 11, 1836
I have the honor to transmit
the enclosed, which please return
with your answer as soon as convenient.

I have the honor to be
Respectfully your obt Serv't
U. F. Doubleday

Hon. J. L. Edwards
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Auburn, June 4 1836
Dear Sir

Mr Daniel Vanfleet of Owasco was
placed on the pension roll under the
act of 1832. In July 1835 his pension was
Suspended on account of some supposed
defect in his original application, and
further & explanatory affidavits were called
for, which were furnished. They were
forwarded as will appear from the letters
enclosed. The rolls of his company it is
said do not agree with his statement
and therefore suspicion is cast upon
his claim altho his proof is very full.
The old gentleman is far advanced in
life and his memory much impaired &
his ideas confused on account of
age and debility. The old man says that the
discrepancy between his statement and
rolls is occasioned by the fact that there
was another men of his name (Daniel Vanfleet)
the same company, who served occasionally.
Will you have the goodness to examine the
subject and call upon Mr Edwards & see
what can be done-- If you can bring
about no arrangement for the allowance of the
claim please obtain copies of all the
declarations made by him, and send them
me in order that we may see
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where the difficulty is. I send the
letters in order that you may understand
the business, which I wish you to pursue &
return to me.
Please ascertain the precise
difficulty in the case and see
what can be done-M Cuykendall Esq
of Owasco is one of his witnesses
Respectfully yours
A. Gould
Honl F Doubleday
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Dec. 1. 45

Dan'l Vanfleet
N.Y. roll
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Rose New York
Nov 26th 1845

Sir,
Permit me Respectfully, to request such information from your Office, as will give me a knowledge of the objections, to the claim of Daniel Vanfleet whose claim for a pension was allowed, under act of 7th June 1832, [crossed out 'for some years'] but which has been withheld for some years past,
Please give me a statement of the services, as
claimed to have been performed by him.

I have the honor to be,
Very respectfully,
Your humble Serv't
W. G. Wade

Hon J L Edwards
Com'r of Pensions
Washington D.C.
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Daniel Van Fleet
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Sir
I will thank you to give the enclosed
papers an examination in connection
with the case to which they belong so as to
give me an answer before I leave for home.

Respectfully yours
W. Taylor

Hon. J. L. Edwards
House Representations
July 3d 1838
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Auburn N.Y. Jan 20th 1854
Hon'l L P Waldo
Com'r of Pensions,

Sir
In reply to your letter of the 11th inst. relative to the claim, by virtue of the revolutionary services of Daniel Van Fleet, I would earnestly urge a more liberal consideration of this case.
An imputation or reflection of fraud should
not be permitted to be made upon a Revolutionary Soldier because he could not prove ['prove' is underlined] the term
of service claimed by him to have been performed. The difficulty of proving Revolutionary services, and the imperfection of the Records of the Revolutionary war, should induce a favorable ['favorable' is underlined] construction of the declarations made
by the soldier. It were better to grant pension
to ten who were not entitled to it, rather than
exclude one who was deserving ['one who was deserving' is underlined].
In the Copy of Letter to Hon H Conger
accompanying your letter, I find reference
again ['again' is underlined] made to the Report made upon the additional evidence filed on the 9th of July
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1838 and communicated to the Hon'l Wm
Taylor, a copy of which was furnished Mr
Conger.  This report has not been given
me, (or a copy thereof) as requested in my
former letters. A copy of one previous ['previous' is underlined] to that report
was given. but not the one of subsequent
date ['subsequent date' is underlined]. If the one in question is on file, I would be glad to have a copy of it-
If a favorable view of the case as its proofs present it, without embarrassing it with
the consideration of a possibility ['possibility' is underlined] of fraud, with admit of granting the claim after deducting the repayment for the portion of term claimed but not subsequently proved, ['will admit of its
being' - crossed out] I trust you make a favorable adjustment of the case.
Please let me hear further from you
relative to it. And if expedient, I will see
that a Declaration is duly made by an Administrator.
Very respectfully
Yours
H H Bostwick
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Washington May 20, 1850

Sir
Will you please do me the favor to comply with
my requests in the following named cases!
1.  Daniel Van Fleet of N.Y. was a pensioner, but has been struck from the rolls. Why was he dropped!
2.  Ruth Branch of NY. widow of Samuel, is an applicant under law of 29 July 1848. What is the objection to granting her a pension. A copy of your report is asked.
3.  David Rowland of N.Y. is a pensioner at about $32. He thinks he is entitled to increase, I would like a copy of his alleged service or what else that shall show whether he can assert a claim for increase.
4.  Peter Ball of N.Y. has been struck from the rolls.  For what reason?
5.  Asa Cheesebrough of N.Y. is an applicant
under the law of 1818. What is the objection?
6.  William Gillispie's widow of N.Y. married
her second husband Jonathan Ellsworth. Pension certificates were issued to her, but were withheld.  Why was this done & what is the objection to granting her a pension?
7.  Susanner Raymond of N.Y. widow of Enoch
late a pensioner is an applicant.  What is the objection!
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8.  Timothy Windsor of N. Y. an applicant under the law of 1832. What is the objection
9.  Oliver Wooster widow of John of N.Y.  Is she not entitled to pension? If the husband was a deserter, was he not restored? It is said that his name does not appear in Boston as a deserter
10.  William Foster of N.Y. What was the annual amount of his pension!  Was he invalid or Revolutionary pensioner!
11.  Joel Tiffany of N.Y. late a pensioner but
struck from the rolls. If he was deserter was he
not restored! When the pension was granted was not his restoration admitted! Ought he not to be restored to the pension list, or if dead his widow or children.
12.  Samuel Morehouse of N.Y. an applicant
under the act of 1832. What is the objection?
I have the honor to be yours, &c.
H.S. Conger


Col J. L. Edwards
Com'r Pensions
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Washington March 7. 1830

Sir

You inform me that you do not feel at liberty to
furnish me with copies of the alleged service of Peter Ball & Daniel Van Fleet, as requested by me, unless you know for what purpose copies are desired.
I desire copies simply that the cases may be reviewed with a view of asking further action in
them in case it shall be thought they show a good claim.  I trust therefore you will [have] no objection to obliging me
I have the honor to be
very respectfully Yours
H.S. Conger

Col J L Edwards
Com'r Pensions
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House Representatives
Feby. 7. 1848

Hon J. L. Edwards
Dear Sir: A constituent writes me
as follows, to wit.
Daniel Van Fleet of Cayuga County N.Y. was a pensioner; his pension was probably suspended in 1833 & never restored. I ask the cause or reason of such suspension. Also a copy of the alleged "service said to have been performed by him."
Please give me a reply to the above at your earliest convenience.
I am respectfully yours
H.S. Conger
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Auburn N.Y.
March 23d /53
J. H. Bostwick
Recd Mar 28th 1853
Ans. Mar. 31th /53
Reply referred to
the Com'r of
Pensions, to
write to inform
3d Auditor's Office
March 31 1853

Mr. Randall
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Auburn N. March 23d 1853

To the 3d Auditor
of the Treasury }

Sir
Please inform me as to what proofs of service were made in the case of Danl Van Fleet a
pensioner, formerly of Lysander, Onondaga Co.
N.Y.  Under what law he drew a pension, and what amount per year.

and oblige
Yours truly
H.H. Bostwick
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Auburn, N.Y. Nov 11th 1853

Hon L P Waldo
Com'r of Pensions

Sir
On the 23d of March I addressed a communication to the Third Auditor, asking information in the case of Daniel Van Fleet, which was referred to your office.  And
on the 29th of June a communication
from you was addressed to me, relative to the matter, and saying that whenever I would file
Power of Attorney in the Case the desired information would be furnished.
Enclosed I send the Power of Attorney required.
Yours truly 
H H Bostwick
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Pension Office
10th Decr 1853

New York Rolls
$95- per annum
Act 7th June 1832

Daniel Van Fleet.
To what time paid?
When did he die?
J.P. Waldo, Comm'r

To:  Francis Burt, Esq.
Third Auditor


Daniel Vanfleet act 1832
$90 per annum, Paid to 4 Sept. 1834
No date of death on the Books
F. Burt
Auditor
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Auburn N.Y. Dec 19th 1853
Hon'l L P Waldo
Comr of Pensions.

Sir
Yours of the 14th inst. in reply to mine of the 24th ult. is rec'd.; together with Copy of a letter to the Hon Wm Taylor, bearing date
Dec 22d 1837, relating to the suspended claim of Daniel Van Fleet.
I had, also, on the 24th ult. rec'd yours of the 22d ult, in reply to mine of the 11th ult: together with a copy of a letter to W S Wade
Esq. bearing date Nov 3 1845, in the same Case, alluding to a letter from Comm'r Edwards to the Hon Wm Taylor, as communicating the result of a re-examination of said claim upon evidence filed on the 9th of July 1838.
Allow me to call your attention to my letter of the 24th ult, above mentioned, and to the copies of the letters above referred to, from which you will perceive that the "result
communicated to the Hon'l Wm Taylor
there (in my letter) alluded to was upon a re-examination of the case, after the additional
evidence required had been furnished; and
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that such additional evidence was filed on the
9th of July 1838, subsequent to the date of the
letter to the Hon'l Wm Taylor, (a copy of which
accompanied your last letter.)  And, that the
letter to the Hon Wm Taylor alluded to in that
of Com'r Edwards to W S Wade Esq of Nov 3d
1845, must have been of subsequent date to that of which a copy has been furnished me.
Please examine the case further, and
reply more definitely to my letter of the 24th 
ult.  Your early attention to the subject will much oblige
Yours truly
H H Bostwick
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION.
3 -- 525

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C.,

Aud
S.F. 14763

In reply to your request of_______ , received____
for a statement of the military history of Daniel Vanfleet, a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired 
information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.
May 1775

LENGTH OF SERVICE. - Served at various times; 14 mos. as Pvt; 8-1/2 mos. as Sgt. , to close of war
RANK.

OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.:  Tilford; John Fetter or Faulkner; Abraham Cuddeback; Wilhelmus Westfall; Abraham Westfall; Jacob DeWitt; Joseph Woods
COLONEL. - McClaughry; Tuston; Hatfield
STATE. - N.Y.

Battles engaged in, Ft. Montgomery, Minisink
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Goshen, Orange Co., N.Y.
Date of application for pension, Sept 24, 1832.  His cl. was al.
Residence at date of application, Owasco, Cayuga Co., N.Y.
Age at date of application, born in 1756 at Goshen, N.Y. died May 19, 1840.
Remarks: In 1853, Sarah Van Auken is referred to as a child of Daniel Vanfleet. There is no other data on file as to his family
* It is also stated that Soldier was a resident of Peenpack, Mamakating Precinct, Ulster Co., N.Y. during the war.

Respectfully,

Commissioner.

Heitman says Col. Tuston was killed at Minisink
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Record Division.

June 5, 1911.


Miss Lillian Strong,
Wauseon, Ohio.

Madam:

In reply to your letter dated the 28" and received the 31" ultimo, you are advised that the papers in the pension claim of Daniel Vanfleet, Sur. File No. 14763, fail to show the date of his marriage or the name of his wife.
It is possible that his marriage may be of record in Orange County, New York, where he resided from 1778 to 1810.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
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Rev Sec  H 2 MA

THE J.S. BROWN MERCANTILE CO.
WHOLESALE GROCERS
DENVER, COLO.,

[Oval stamp:  DEPT. OF THE INTERIOR FEB 15 1918 TO BUR. PENSION]

IN REPLYING REFER TO_____
Alamosa, Feb. 10, 1918

Franklin K. Lane,
Secretary of the Interior,
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir:
Will you kindly give me the Revolutionary War standing of Marshall H. Van Fleet ; whose father was Garrett B. Van Fleet in the Civil War; whose father was Levy Van Fleet, in the War
of 1812; whose father was Daniel Van Fleet, in the Revolutionary War from New York State, Orange County,
Yours truly
M.H. Van Fleet

P.S. Also give the rank held in the War.
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State of New York
County of Ontario } ss:

On the twenty second day of May 1838, before me Horace Pennell, Justice of the Peace in
and for said county came Asa Brown of the town of Bristol in Ontario County aged eighty three years, who, being duly sworn by & before the said Justice doth on his oath
depose and say that he was well acquainted with Daniel Van Fleet in the Revolution war, who now resides in the town of Lysander County of Onondaga and is an applicant for a pension under the act of June 7th 1832-
That deponent then lived in the town of Minisink & County of Orange, & said Daniel Van Fleet then lived in the town of
Mamakating, County of Orange, & said deponent says he knows that the said Daniel Van Fleet did duty as a militia man under Capt. Abram Cuddeback in the year of 1775 &
1776 on the frontier as guarding the inhabitants and as one of scouting parties after the Indians & Tories, and in the year 1777 saw the said Daniel Van Fleet in Fort Montgomery in Capt. Cuddeback's company in the latter part of the month of September of that year before said fort was captured by the British Army -- and deponent says that he further knows that the said Daniel Van Fleet did duty under Captain Abram Westfall in the years of 1778 & 1779, in guarding the inhabitants on the frontiers in the town of Minisink -- and
further knows that he saw the said Daniel Van Fleet on the morning of the day before the battle on the river Delaware in the town of Minisink at which time, he saw him, the
said Daniel Van Fleet -  start in pursuit of the Indians and Tories under the command of Col. Tustin -  and he further knows that the said Daniel Van Fleet did, and performed duty as a militia man from the
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time last mentioned until the close of the war
and deponent further says that he believes that the said Daniel Van Fleet served under the command of the officers above named to the amount of three years or upwards, and that the said Daniel Van Fleet was counted a faithful and true soldier in defence of his country and was so called by his fellow soldiers.
[signed] Asa Brown (X) his mark
Sworn to and subscribed the
day and year first above
written before me
Horace Pennell J.P.

I certify that I am well acquainted with Asa Brown, the above deponent and know him to be a credible witness and his statements are entitled to belief and the reason why he made his mark is because  of his infirmity & blindness.
Horace Pinnell J.P.

State of New York
County of Ontario } ss:
I, Thomas Hall Clerk of the Common Pleas
Court of the County and State aforesaid do hereby certify that Horace Pennell is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly elected and qualified, that his term of Office commenced on the first day of January
1836 and will expire on the thirty first day of December 1839 and that his signature above written is genuine.
Given under my hand and the seal of said County this twenty third day of May AD. 1838
Thomas Hall Clerk
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State of New York
Cayuga County } ss:   Adam Brunon of Owasco in said County being duly sworn saith that he is aged Seventy seven years on the second day of February last. That he is well acquainted with Daniel Van Fleet now of the town of Lysander in the County of Onondaga and State aforesaid and that he knew the said Daniel
Vanfleet in the time of the Revolutionary war --That deponent was a private Soldier in Col. Dubois' Regiment during three years of
the revolutionary war.  That in the year 1777, deponent was stationed in Fort Montgomery on the banks of the Hudson River, from the fifth day of April / the day of his enlistment/ untill about the fifth day of October of the same year, that is, untill the said Fort was captured by the British Army.   That said Daniel Vanfleet served that year in Fort Montgomery
in Col. McClaughery's Regiment of Militia. Deponent recollects that he saw the said Daniel Vanfleet about the time that Col. McClaughery's Regiment arrived at the Fort which deponent thinks was in the month
of May in the same year, that deponent then became acquainted with the said Daniel Vanfleet, and that the said Daniel Van Fleet
remained there doing duty as a Militia man untill the Fort was captured - deponent saw him there on the day the Fort was Captured. and further deponent saith not-
[signed] Adam Branon (X) his mark
Subscribed and sworn to
January 5th 1837 before me
Cornelius Cuykendall Justice of the peace

I certify that I am well acquainted with Adam Branon, the above deponent, and that he as a witness is entitled to credit
C. Cuykendall -
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W. Taylor

Hon. W. Taylor
H.R.
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Cayuga County Clerks Office ) ss:
I, B Franklin Hall, Deputy Clerk of said County do hereby certify that Cornelius Cuykendall Esquire before whom the within affidavit was
affidavit taken, was at the time of taking such
a Justice of the peace for said County, commissioned and sworn and duly authorized to take the same and further, that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said Justice and verily believe his signature within to be genuine.
Given under my hand and the seal of the Court
of Common Pleas of said County this 25th day
of September 1837.
B Franklin Hall
Deputy Clerk.
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State of New York
Orange County } ss:
Thomas Van Etten of the Town of Deerpark in said County being duly sworn saith that he
is sixty nine years of age that he was well acquainted with Daniel Van Fleet formerly of the Town of Minisink, County of Orange but now of the County of Onondaga and Town of
Lysander and recollects of the said Daniel Van Fleet doing duty as a minute man in the revolutionary war in the fall of seventeen
hundred seventy nine for the space of three months; said Daniel Van Fleet was encamped in said deponent's Mother's house and assisted in building a fort and the said Daniel Van Fleet lived on the west side of the Shawangunk
Mountain at the time he assisted in building the fort.
[signed] Thomas Van Etten
Subscribed and sworn
Oct 3rd 1837 before me
Cornelius Gray Justice

I certify that I am well acquainted with Thomas
Van Etten the above deponent and that he is a witness entitled to Credit 
Cornelius Gray-Justice

the foregoing affidavit subscribed and sworn, was, at the time of taking the same, a
Justice of the Peace in and for said county; and further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice and verily believe that the signature to the said affidavit & certificate is genuine.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said County, the 12th day of October 1837.
Lebbeus L. Vail, Clerk
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State of New York
Onondaga County } ss:
-
On this 24th day of January 1838 before me Myron L Mills one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said County came William Mapes of the town of Marcellus, County of Onondaga
and State of New York aged Eighty four years who being duly sworn by and before me the said Justice doth on his oath depose and say that in the year 1777 he was well acquainted with Daniel Van Fleet who now resides in the town of Lysander in the County and State afforesaid and is an applicant for a pension under the act of June 7th 1832; that this deponent then lived in the Town of Wallkill in the County of Orange in said State and that said Daniel Van Fleet then lived in the town then called Mamakating in the same County; that this deponent was a soldier under Capt Vail of the Militia and was at fort Montgomery from the Month of May untill the forepart of October or the Surrender of the fort in the year 1777; that the said Daniel Van Fleet was a Sergeant in the Company of Capt Abram
Cuddeback which was at fort Montgomery;
that some time in September this deponent was transferred to said Cuddeback's company and he well recollects that said Van Fleet was the Orderly Sergeant in said Company and drew their provisions; this deponent cannot tell the time that said Van Fleet came to Fort Montgomery but he is certain he was there in Capt Abram Cuddeback's company some time in the month of September and served untill after the Surrender of the fort which this deponent believes was on the 6th of October and
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that the said Company under Capt. Cuddeback were of the New York Militia and were drafted for the service as this deponent understood and believes.
[signed] William Mapes (X) his mark

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year first above written and I certify that I am well
acquainted with William Mapes
the above deponent and know him
to be a credible witness and his
statements are entitled to belief
Myron L Mills
Justice of the Peace

I certify that the reason of the above deponent
making his signature by mark is that he
is old and quite infirm and unable to write
his name so as to be Legible
Myron L Mills
Justice of the Peace

State of New York
Onondaga County
Clerks Office } ss: 
I, William M. Clarke Deputy Clerk
of the said County, do certify that Myron L.
Mills before whom the preceding affidavit
purports to have been sworn was at the date
of the same one of the Justices of the Peace
in and for the said County and that I am
acquainted with his hand writing, and verily believe his name subscribed to the said affidavit to be his proper hand writing and signature. In testimony whereof I have here unto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said County this 26th day of June 1838
W.M. Clarke Dep. Clerk
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State of New York
Orange County  } ss:
William A. Cuddeback of the town of
Deerpark in said county, being duly sworn, saith that he is seventy seven years old, that he was well acquainted with Daniel Van Fleet, formerly of the town of Mamakating in Ulster County, but now of the County of Onondaga and town of Lysander, and recollects of the
said Daniel Van Fleet starting out on two tours to the forts on the north river near west point. But more particularly in the spring of the year of 1777. The said Daniel Van Fleet, started with his father Capt Abraham Cuddeback to go to Fort Montgomery on the north river
and acted as a Sergeant in his company, and recollects that said Van Fleet was not at home again until after the fort was taken by the British in October, and then was home only a day or two, when he again started with
others to the north river near Newburgh, that said Daniel Van Fleet's family lived but a short distance from his father's house, and that said deponent frequently assisted Van Fleet's family when he was absent on duty; and that said Van Fleet was out frequently during the war in
scouting parties, on the frontiers, and also recollects that said Daniel Van Fleet started with his father, Capt. Abraham Cuddeback, in July 1779, in pursuit of the Indian warrior
Brant, the day before the battle of Minisink, at Beaver Brook, and that after the battle he returned, and was out on duty he thinks most of the time, from that time to the close of the war, and further saith not.
[signed] William A Cuddeback
subscribed and sworn to
October 2nd 1837 before me
William Cuddeback Justice of peace

I certify that I am well acquainted with
William A. Cuddeback the above deponent, and that he as a witness is entitled to credit
Charles C Boyd Justice of peace
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STATE OF NEW YORK
ORANGE COUNTY,  } ss.
I, LEBBEUS L. VAIL, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for the County
Orange, Do Hereby Certify, That Charles C Boyd before whom the foregoing affidavit
was subscribed and sworn, was at the time of taking the same, a Justice of the Peace in, and for said county:  and further, that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice and verily believe that the signature to the said affidavit & certificates is genuine.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my Hand, and affixed the Seal of the said county, the 12th day of October 1837.
Lebbeus L. Vail, Clerk

STATE OF NEW YORK
ORANGE COUNTY, } ss.
I, LEBBEUS L. VAIL, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for the County
of Orange, Do Hereby Certify, That William Cuddeback before whom the foregoing affidavit was subscribed and sworn, was at the time of taking the same, a Justice of the Peace
in, and for said county: and further, that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice and verily believe that the signature to the said affidavit is genuine.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my Hand, and affixed the Seal of the said county, the 12th day of October 1837.
Lebbeus L. Vail, Clerk
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State of New York
Onondaga County } ss:
On the twelfth day of April 1838 personally appeared before me, Squire Munro, one of the
Justices of the Peace of the town of Lysander
the County aforesaid, Benjamin Depuy of the said town of Lysander who being duly sworn did depose and say that he is now in the 74th year of his age; that before and at the time of the breaking out of the Revolutionary War he was personally acquainted with Daniel Van Fleet who was then a neighbour to him (the deponent) in a place called Peenpack, Present
of Mamakating, Ulster County, State of New York and who now resides a neighbor to said deponent in the said Town of Lysander: That in the beginning of of the War the said Daniel Van Fleet was a militia man in Captain Abraham Cuddeback's company, of which King
and Hardin were first and second lieutenants and Samuel Depuy, Ensign. That said deponent lived about half a mile from said Daniel Van Fleet; that in the year 1775 or 1776, there was a call for some of the Militia to go to the Hudson River and said deponent understood that said Daniel Van Fleet was gone, how long said
deponent does not recollect; said deponent believes that said Daniel Van Fleet turned out year after year to the Hudson River and in 1777 was at Fort Montgomery when taken, and was in the battle; that said Daniel Van Fleet lived about half a mile from said deponent till about June 1778 when said Daniel moved south
about five miles and was reported to be a good and faithful soldier all the time he was in Captain Abraham Cuddeback's company which was about three years.  In 1779 said Daniel Van Fleet was in Captain Abraham Westfall's company and remained there till the close of the war. When on the frontiers and when
the Indians and Tories destroyed Minisink said Daniel
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Van Fleet turned out and pursued the Indians and Tories and was in the battle up Delaware river as said deponent understood and believes and was accounted a brave soldier in the service of his country and was so reported by his fellow soldiers that served on that frontier: and said deponent understood and believes that said Daniel Van Fleet after
he moved and was in Capt Abraham Westfall's
company was the greatest part of his time in
the neighbourhood called Minisink from 1778 to 1783 at the close of the war and was on duty during that time as said deponent understood and believes-
[signed] Benjamin Depuy
Subscribed and sworn before me this
12th day of April 1838
Squire Munro Justice of the peace

Resworn before me this 31 day of May 1838
after altering the name "Van Vleet" wherever it occurs into "Van Fleet."
Squire Munro Justice of the peace

I certify that Benjamin Depuy is a resident of
the Town of Lysander and is a man who is to
be believed as a witness
Squire Munro
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Onond.

State of New York
Onondaga County
Clerks Office  } ss:

I,  William M. Clarke Deputy Clerk
of the said County, do certify that Squire
Munro before whom the preceding affidavit purports to have been sworn was at the date of the same, one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said County and that I am acquainted with his hand writing, and verily believe his name subscribed to the said affidavit to be his
proper hand writing and signature. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the
said County this 26th day of June 1838
W. M. Clarke Dep. Clerk
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N.Y.

Van Fleet


Hon. W. Taylor H. R
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State of New York
Orange County   } ss:
Jacobus Swartwout of the Town of Deerpark in said County being duly Sworn Saith that he is Eighty three years of age that he is was well acquainted with Daniel Van Fleet formerly of the town of Mamakating in Ulster County but now of the county Onondaga and town of Lysander and recollects of the said Daniel Van Fleet doing service on the frontiers in the town of Deerpark and on the Delaware river and at Cochecton in the years of 1775 & 1776 and I and Daniel Van Fleet went on a tower [tour] as Sagering [soldiering] to Fort Montgomery on the Hudson river in the Spring of 1777. I knew Daniel War Fleet to go with the militia in a tower [tour] above New Burgh a few days after Fort Montgomery was taken how long he stayed there I do not know. I and Daniel Van Fleet went a tower [tour] a Sagering [soldiering] in the State of New Jersey;  we was there several months in the Latter part of the Summer and winter of the year of 1778 I think but I may not be correct about the year and we left about the first of January and came home I think our captain was by the name of Faulkner
we was stationed at Paramus in New Jersey.
We Daniel Van Fleet and myself went to Fort Montgomery under Capt. Cuddeback.
[signed] Jacobus Swartwout
Subscribed and sworn October the 3d 1837 before me
Charles C. Boyd, Justice of the peace

I certify that I am well acquainted 
with Jacobus Swartwout the above
Deponent and that he as a witness is entitled to Credit
Charles C C Boyd Justice of peace

Charles C. C Bayd Jesse
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Daniel Vanfleet

Oct 20
N.Y.
[oval stamp:  AUBURN N.Y. OCT 15]

Hon. J.L. Edwards
Comm of Pensions
Washington D.C.
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Auburn NY Oct 14 1835

Sir
Your communication of the 10th instant
in relation to the claim of Daniel Vanfleet is
received. In answer I would state that
from all I can learn Mr Vanfleet will not
be able to furnish and [any] further proof than
he has done. He can furnish more of the same
kind. If he is thought by the department to be entitled to any thing you will please issue his certificate for such amount as you think him entitled to.
He thinks he has done all he can do
He has attempted to give all the information which he was able. What he has done
has been done honestly. If he has erred it has
been from failure of memory
Please give an answer to this as soon
as convenient
Yours very Respectfully
A Gould

Hon J L Edwards
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Daniel Van Fleet

No

Oct 5
N.Y.
[oval stamp:  AUBURN N.Y. SEPT. 15]

Hon J.L. Edwards
Com'r of pensions
Washington 
D C
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Auburn NY Sept 30 1835

Sir
In pursuance of the suggestion contained
in yours of the 17th June last on the subject of
the claim of Daniel Vanfleet I have procured
another aff't. from him which he says gives
all the explanation which he is able to give.
You will please examine it. I think there
must have been some misapprehension upon
your part in reference to the facts contained
in his previous declarations. He has no
recollection of having made the statements
which you say he has in your letter.
He says that his three days service in
1776 of which you find evidence must have
been upon a scout or in case of alarm but
he has no recollection of it -
Will you please re-examine the matter
and allow him so much pension as
you think him entitled to.  He is aware
that his age & forgetfulness will be
the means of depriving him of the benefits of services which he knows he has performed
but he must submit to the misfortune &
be content with whatever you choose
to give him
Very Respectfully
Your Obt Sert
A Gould


Hon J L Edwards
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June 15.
N.Y.
Daniel Vanfleet

[oval stamp:  AUBURN N.Y. Jun 9]

Hon. J.L. Edwards
Com'r of pensions
Washington D.C.
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Auburn NY June 8th 1835

Sir
Enclosed I send another declaration of Mr
Daniel Vanfleet explanatory of his supplemental affidavit agreeably to the direction contained in yours of the 28th May last.  He has also set forth 2-1/2 months more service which he did not then remember.  I hope the papers will now he considered satisfactory to entitle him to be reinstated on the pension roll.
Please send returns to me
Your Respectfully
A Gould


Hon J L Edwards
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Daniel Vanfleet
Supplemental aff't.
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State of New York
Cayuga County }  ss:
I Daniel Vanfleet of Owasco in said County do hereby make the following declaration
explanatory of the circumstances under which I
served in companies other than that of Capt
Abraham Cuddeback from the year 1776 to the
20th of July 1799. In my tour of service
to Hackensack and other places stated & set forth in my supplemental affidavit I served under Col McClaughery & Major Philips, two of the field officers of the Regiment to which Capt Cuddeback's company belonged. At this time according to my best recollection a call was made for a certain number of men from said Regiment to meet which call said Regiment was called together, and all of the soldiers present who would were requested to volunteer to perform said service. And if a sufficient number did not volunteer the regular steps were taken to procure the requisite number of men. I volunteered in this service and I think that said Capt Cuddeback neither volunteered or was drafted at this time, but
the reason of his staying at home I do not
now remember. That Capt Cuddeback's
company was always as I believe at home and
not on duty when I entered service in companies other than his, and when at home and having no call to active service in my own company I was accustomed to enter service as a volunteer in other companies as stated in my said supplemental affidavit. I don't remember that I was ever classed, but I entered service as a volunteer most commonly, when a call was made for soldiers, and this was the manner in which my services were performed. In the summer of the year 1779 I removed from the beat of said Capt Cuddeback's company a distance of about
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five miles from my former residence, into the
beat of Capt Westfall's company in the same
Regiment.  Soon after my said removal I
was called into service in said company and
was stationed on the Neversink river about one
mile above its mouth where I continued to serve two months and a half as a private soldier, and as a guard upon the lines. The last mentioned service was not stated and set forth in my said supplemental affidavit, having been omitted through forgetfulness-- That Capt. Cuddeback's company was a company of militia and only bound to perform its regular tours of service as other militia companies in that section, so that the soldiers of that company were much in the habit of performing service in other companies when not called upon to serve in their own, either as substitutes for others or as volunteers-
[signed] Daniel Vanfleet
Sworn this 8th day of June
1835 before me
J. L. Richardson
first Judge of Cayuga

I certify my opinion that said Daniel Vanfleet is a man of truth and veracity
J. L. Richardson
first Judge of Cayuga

State of New York
Cayuga County Clerks Office } ss. 
I certify that Joseph L Richardson Esquire is first Judge of said county; and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing and
verily believe that the signatures subscribed to the foregoing affidavit & certificate, purporting to be his are genuine.
Given under my hand and the seal
of said County, this eighth day of June A.D. 1835
M. S. Myers Clerk
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Daniel Vanfleet

Agent
A Gould
Auburn
N.Y.
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State of New York
Cayuga County  } ss:
On this twelfth day of May 1835 before me Joseph L Richardson first Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of said County appeared
Daniel Vanfleet of Owasco in said County
who being duly sworn doth on his oath
make the following declaration in order to
be reinstated upon the pension roll
of the United States under the act of June
7th 1832. That about the month of May 1775
he entered the service of the United [States] as a volunteer for a term of five months. that he
marched to a place on the Hudson river
called fort Constitution, directly across the
said river from West Point where he continued
to serve during the whole of said term
when he was dismissed. That he was
engaged in clearing the ground & fitting it for building barracks for soldiers and in performing duty as guard to protect the workmen whilst at work upon the said barracks. That when he arrived at said fort, one building for a barrack had been raised, and in a course of completion and when he left four barracks were in progress. That he does not now remember the names of any of his officers. That they were then strangers to him and their names he cannot now recall to mind.
That it is his impression that there was stationed there at the same time one Capt Tilford and Major Harden and that he was under their command at times but he is not certain.
He further says that in the spring of the
year one thousand hundred and seventy
six he again entered said service as a
volunteer as he believes in the company of
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militia commanded by Capt Abraham Cuddeback for a term of three months. that
he marched in said company to West point
where he was stationed during the whole of
said term when he was dismissed & returned
home. He further says that he does not
now remember with certainty the names of
any of his field officers but is of the impression
that there was a Major Wood in command there at the time. That he was employed
during said term in keeping garrison and building the fort at West point.
That about the tenth of July 1776 he again
entered said service as a volunteer for a
term of five months in a company of militia,
but the names of his company officers he
does not now remember in the Regiment
commanded by Col McClaughery and
Philips. That he marched first to Paramus
about 15 miles from Hackensack at & near which place he was stationed until
the about the month of December when said
Regiment Marched to Hackensack in order
to attack the British stationed there. That the
enemy fled upon our approach and re-entered Hackensack. That in the morning after our arrival at Hackensack, we were joined by the Regiment under the command of Col Duboys. The same evening after our entry into Hackensack we returned to Paramus. That about the 25th of December we marched toward the English neighborhood to drive the enemy from that place. That when about five miles from that place, being informed that the
enemy had been reinforced we retreated
back to Paramus where he remained
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until he was dismissed and returned
home where he arrived on or about the
10th day of January following, having served
six months, one month longer than the
time for which he entered service.
That early in the spring of the year 1777 he
again entered said service as an orderly
Sergeant in the company of Militia commanded by Capt Joseph Wood as he believes for a term of three months. That he marched to Fort Montgomery where he was employed in keeping Garrison
and repairing said fort during said term.
That he does not remember the name of
his Colonel but remembers that he was under the command of Gen James Clinton when in
the fort.  That said term of service closed about
the first of June when he returned home
That he had been at home but a few days
when he again entered said service in the
company commanded by Capt Abraham
Cuddeback in the Regiment commanded by
Col McClaughery. that he marched to fort
Montgomery where he remained until said
fort was taken by the enemy, when he in
company with a number of others escaped
from said fort and he went home, where he
remained one day to have his clothes
washed & repaired and then returned and
joined his said company at New Windsor,
from thence he marched to Murders creek
from there back to New Windsor and from
thence to Newburgh, where he remained
until the British returned from Esopus
and until he was dismissed about the last
of November following, having been in service
about five months and fifteen days as he
believes. that he served during this time
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as Sergeant.  That this declaration is intended
to be explanatory of one now on the files
of the pension office under which he has
received a pension. That his whole term
of service as above stated, he believes, amounts to fourteen months as a private soldier and and eight months and a half as a
Sergeant. That he has set forth his
services agreeably to the requirements of
the commissioner of pensions according to
his best recollection and believes should
any discrepancy appear between this and
his former declaration that this is correct
in as much as he has had more time
to reflect upon his said service since
making out his first declaration.
[signed] Daniel Vanfleet
Sworn this 12th day of May 1835 before me
J. L. Richardson, First Judge of Cayuga

I certify my opinion that said Daniel Vanfleet is a man of truth and veracity and that his
foregoing statement may be relied upon
J. L. Richardson
first Judge Cayuga

Cayuga County Clerk's Office } ss.
I certify that Joseph L Richardson Esquire
is first Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in
and for said County, duly commissioned and sworn and that I am well acquainted with his
hand writing, and verily believe that his signatures to the above affidavit and certificate are genuine. Given under my hand and the seal of said County the twelfth day of May AD 1835
MS Myers Clerk
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State of New York
Cayuga County } ss:
Daniel Vanfleet being duly sworn makes the
following declaration explanatory of 
his former declarations and statements in order to obtain the benefit of the act of June 7th 1832 and to be reinstated on the pension roll under said act. That he never was in a
company of minute men commanded by Capt
William Tilford at any time, neither has he
any recollection of having ever stated that
he was in a company of that kind. He
thinks that in his former declarations he
may have stated that he thought whilst stationed at Fort Constitution previous to his enrollment in Capt Cuddeback's company he was part of the time under Capt Tilford. That he remembers seeing Capt Tilford who lived a
distance of forty miles from the resident of
him the said Vanfleet.  He says he does
not recollect distinctly that he ever was
under the command of said Tilford
That in the year 1776 previous to his commencing his service of about five months as heretofore stated by him he might have been out a short time in Captain
Cuddeback's company but he has no distinct
recollection of being out. That he has forgotten the name of the Captain and other company officers under whom he performed said service.  That they were strangers to him and did not as he believes belong to his company or Regiment whilst at home. That he volunteered about the month of July out of Capt Cuddeback's company, and as he believes was not embodied or enrolled in any company until he arrived at Paramus, that he remembers the names of his field officers as stated in his last declaration.
He further says that he has no recollection
that Capt Faulkner had command of a
company of nine months men in 1777.
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That he has no distinct recollection of being in
Capt Faulkner's company during this year 1777
but according to his best recollection he served about five months in said Capt Cuddeback's company during this season, altho the latter part of the time he
was not under his immediate command. That
his service continued until about two weeks
after Burgoyne was taken according to his best
recollection.
[signed] Daniel Vanfleet
Sworn this 19 day of September 1835
before me 
John P Hulbert
Justice of the Peace

I certify my opinion that said Vanfleet is a
man of truth and veracity
John P Hulbert
Justice of the Peace

State of New York
Cayuga County Clerk's Office } ss:
I certify that John P. Hulbert Esquire is a Justice of the Peace in & for said county; and I am well
acquainted with his hand writing and
verily believe that his signatures subscribed to the foregoing affidavit & certificate are genuine.
Given under my hand & the seal of said County this 19th day of September A.D. 1835
A. L. Miller Dep Clerk
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Hon W Taylor
H.R.