Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 4937, Ephraim Dains, Continental (Conn.)
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Continental (Conn)  Dains, Ephraim  W. 4937
                                  Irene B.L.Wt. 16128-160-55
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13827
Michigan
ew York
Ephraim Dains
of Jerusalem in the state of New York
who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Sheldon of the               line, for the term of three years 1780

Inscribed on the Roll of New York
at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 26 of May 1818

Certificate of Pension issued the 16 July 1819
and sent to L. B. Palliwar Esq
Geneva New York

Arrears to 4th of March 1819  $74.57
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 Sept 1819  48
9 mo 10 days                       -----------------
                                              $122.57

{Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818}


See letter to T. Rowland
July 1st 1830 do 28 Sept 1930
Trans to Michigan
2 Oct 1830 from 4th
Sept 1830 and notification
sent to T. Rowland
Detroit
Let 23 April 1839 to Henry Doty
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State of New York
Ontario County ss.} On this 26th day of May eighteen hundred and eighteen before me the subscriber one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of said County in and for sad State personally appeared Ephraim Dains aged fifty seven years, resident in the Town of Jerusalem in the County of Ontario in the said State who being by me first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war." That he the said Ephraim Dains inlisted in the County of Litchfield and State of Connecticut in the company commanded by Captain Webb in Colonel Sheldons regiment of the Connecticut line on or about the first of June seventeen hundred & eighty to serve during the war that he continued in the said service untill about the fourth of June seventeen hundred and eighty three when he was honorably discharged from service in the Town of Danbury in the said State of Connecticut- that he has since lost his discharge- and that he is now in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of the assistance of his Country for support; and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services.
Ephraim Dains

Sworn to and declared before me the day and year aforesaid.
Philetus Swift one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Ontario
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I Philetus Swift Judge &c. as aforesaid do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Ephraim Dains did sere in the revolutionary war as stated in the preceding declaration against the Common Enemy for the term of nine months, on the continental establishment- and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me to the Secretary for the department of War pursuant to the directing of the above mentioned act of Congress. Dated this 26th day of May 1818.

Philetus Swift one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Ontario

State of New York
Ontario County Clerks Office} ss. In testimony that Philetus Swift whose name is subscribed to the foregoing certificate was on the day of the date of the same one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Ontario and that the same is his signature. I hereunto subscribe my name & affix the County seal at Canandegua this 28th day of May 1818.
Hu McNair clk
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Case of Ephraim Dains
Sheldon



13827
16 July 1819

Sept 19
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STATE OF NEW YORK
ONTARIO COUNTY, ss.
On this twenty first day of August 1820 personally appeared in open Court, (being a Court of Common Pleas in and for said county, and constituted a Court of Record by proceeding according to the coarse of the Common Law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, and keeping a record of its proceedings, and recognized as such Court by the laws and judicial decisions of said State,) Ephraim Dains aged sixty years, resident of Jerusalem in said county, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath declare, that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows:
under Captain Webb in Colonel Elisha Sheldons Regiment in the Connecticut line commencing in May 1780 and continued to serve as a private in the above named Regiment three years and was regularly discharged in June 1783 and that he made application for a Pension on the twenty sixth day of May 1818 and that he received a Pension Certificate, No. 13827. And I do solemnly sweat that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818, and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contract, or debts due to me, now have I any income other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed, viz.
1 plough$3- one hog $2- one scythe 1.50=6.50
1 cradle 3.50- one iron kettle 1.50= 5.00
1 bake kettle .75- one axe $1= 1.75
six old chairs 1.50- one old table .50= 2.00
two pails .75- one chain .75= 1.50
1 spinning wheel $3.00- 1 broken tea kettle .25= 3.25
6 tea cups & saucers .25- five spoons .25= .50
four earthen plates .16- three earthen crocks .25= .41
five knives and forks .25= .25
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                                          $21.16
Ephraim Dains

And I do further swear and declare that I am by occupation a shoemaker and that my means of a disease in the stomach are able to do but little labour and my family consists of my wife aged fifty five years very inform and not able to do any kind of work, my daughter Margaret aged 15 years, my daughter Catharine aged 8 years, my son Ephraim aged 11 years and that I have not the means of subsistance without the aid of public or private charity.
Ephrain Dains
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Sworn and declared to this 21st day of August 1820 in open Court before me.
William Rogers
a Judge of Ontario Com Pleas



ONTARIO COUNTY, ss.
I, John Van Fossen Clerk of said county, do hereby certify that the foregoing oath, and the Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the Record of the said Court; and I farther certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule, is twenty one dollars and sixteen cents. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this twenty second day of August AD 1820.
J Van Fossen Clerk of the Court aforesaid, in and for said County
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State of New York
Ontario County} ss. Castle Dains of Jerusalem in the County of Ontario being duly affirmed saith that he is intimately acquainted with Ephraim Dains is his Brother- knows that in the year 1778 or 1780 he enlisted in the regular service in Col. C. Sheldons regiment to serve during the war- that he did continue in the service during the war and at the close thereof was honorable discharged- that he has frequently since seen his discharge- and that it is now lost- and the said Deponent further saith that the said Ephraim Dains is now in very reduced circumstances= and actually stands in need of the aid of his country for support.
Castle Dains

Subscribed, affirmed this 24th day of June 1819 before me Philetus Swift Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in Ontario County

I hereby certify that Castle Dains to whose name is subscribed to the above affidavit and Jonathan Dains whose manes is subscribed to the annexed affidavit are credible witnesses- and that [unk] satisfied that Ephraim Dains is in reduced circumstances and actually stands in need of the assistance from his Country for support. Dated 22 June 1819
Philetus Swift Judge of Common Pleas in Ontario County
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7339
Irene Dains
of Ephrain
Michigan
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Ephraim Dains was born
in the year 1752 July 4th
Irene Dains was born
Jan 3d 1771
Ephraim Dains and Irene
were married Dec 15 1789
Henry Dains was born Nov 25th 1791
Pru Dains was born Feb 2d 1793
Orpha Dains was born May 16th 1796
Samuel Dains was born March 2d [unk]
Irene Dains was born Sept 6th 1802
Margaret Dains was born Aug 6th 1805
Ephraim Dains was born April 6th 1808
Catharine Dains was born Dec 29th 1813
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THE
NEW TESTAMENT
OF OUR
LORD AND SAVIOR
JESUS CHRIST,
TRANSLATED
OUT OF THE ORIGINAL GREEK;
 AND
WITH THE FORMER TRANSLATIONS
DILIGENTLY
COMPARED AND REVISED.

HARTFORD:
PRINTED BY HUDSON AND CO.
1818
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7 July 1838 entitled, "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows."

District of Michigan}ss.
On this twenty first day of July 1840 personally appeared before his Honor Ross Willkins Judge of the United State Court not in session in the city of Detroit in the State aforesaid Irene Dains a resident of Redford in the County of Wayne aged sixty nine years who being first duly sworn, according to Law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 7, 1838 entitled, "an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows:" That she is the widow of Ephraim Dains who was a private in the army of the Revolution, was last on the Roll of the Michigan agency at the rate of eight dollars per month under the act of 18 March 1818. The certificate was surrendered to E. P. Hastings Agent for paying pension in said State at the time of the last payment, being up to the 8th day of July 1836.
She further declares that she was married to the said Ephraim Dains on the 15 day of December in the year seventeen hundred and eighty nine, that her said husband the aforesaid Ephraim Dains died in the second day of July 1836 (and that she has remained a widow ever since that period) that she was not married to him prior to his
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leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January seventeen hundred & ninety four viz. at the time above stated.
Irene Dains

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me
Ross Wilkins 
Judge of the District Court of the United States for the District of Michigan

Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Michigan}ss.
I certify that Leman Canfield and Irene Dains appears this day in open Court and proved that she is the widow of Ephraim Dains, that the Record of her marriage hereunto appeared near taken from the Family Bible and is the true record of the time of her marriage of all which the court are fully satisfied. Done in Detroit this 21 day of July 1840
Jno Winder
Clerk
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2784
Michigan
Irene Dains
widow of Ephraim Dains Conn
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a pri of Cavly

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
98 Dollars 20
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1848.

Certificate of Pension issued the 4 day of Jany 1849 and sent to E. P. Hastings
Detroit, Mich.

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February 2, 1848, Page 365 Vol. 2


Reported
Jany 4/49
Date of death
not on AB
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Act March 3
       May 12} 55
13177
Irene Dains
widow of
Ephraim Dains- pvt

Col. Sheldon ch. mil
Ent. Private 1775 or 6
Col Sheldon's Dragoons
Revolutionary War

Mich Feby 48-2784
ad 160acs Feb 12/56
Dodge

Nu 16128 of Feb 15/56
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130177
Irene Dains

application and
proof for Bounty
Land under act
passed March
3d 1855

J. H. Hartwell
Detroit
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Daily Democrat and Inquirer Job Office Print, Detroit

WIDOW'S DECLARATION
STATE OF MICHIGAN
County of Wayne} ss. On this 29 day of April A. D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five, personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid, Irene Dains aged about 90 years, a resident of the County of Wayne in the State of Michigan who being duly sworn, declares that she if the Widow if Ephraim Dains who was a Private in the Regiment of Cavalry commanded by Colonel Sheldon.
That her said husband enlisted in State of Connecticut in the year of 1775 or 1776 for the term of "during the war" and continued in actual service in said War for the term of seven years & six months and was honorable discharged but deponent is unable to say where at the close of the Revolutionary War. She further states that she was married to the said Ephraim Dains in Hudson, State of New York about five years after said war terminated by a minister of the Episcopal Church whose name she has forgotten and that her names before her said marriage, was Irene Stedman; that her said husband died at Redford, Wayne Co Michigan on the 7 day of July A. D. 1832 and that she is now a Widow.
That she is unable to be exact in many of her statements as a long time has elapsed since her attention was last called to this subject and as she was married to said Ephraim Dains after the close of the war; that she is the identical Irene Dains who drew a pension from the US agent for paying Pensions at Detroit Mich- amounting to the sum of $98.00 per annum. She makes this Declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which she may be entitled under the Act approved March 3rd, 1855.

Irene Dains

We, Ephraim Dains and Judson Dains residents of Redford, Wayne Co. Michigan in the State of Michigan upon our oaths declare, that the foregoing Declaration was singed and acknowledged by Irene Dains in our presence, and that we believe, from the appearance and statements of the affiant, that she if the identical person she represents herself to be.

Ephraim Dains
Judson Dains

The foregoing Declaration and Affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the say and year above written; and I certify that I know the affiants to credible persons; that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim.

Thomas Prindle
Justice of the Peace
Wayne County
Michigan

STATE OF MICHIGAN
County of Wayne} ss.
I HEREBY CERTIFY, That Thomas Prindle Esq., before whom the foregoing Declaration was made, and who has hereunto subscribed his name, was, at the time of doing so, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, duly commissioned and sworn, and that his signature thereto is genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto signed my name and affixed the Seal of the County aforesaid, this 9th day of May 1855.
E Hawley Jr Clerk
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Thomas H. Hartwell of Detroit, Michigan is hereby appointed my attorney to procure for me the Bounty Land to which she may be entitled under the act passed March 3d 1855.
Irene Dains

Attest
Ephraim Dains
Judson Dains

Pension Agency at Detroit
May 9, 1855
I certify that Irene Dains who executed the within is a Pensioner on the Roll of this Agency under Act of Feby 2d 1848 at the rate of $98.20 per annum.
Elisha Taylor
Pens Agent
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February 7, 1939
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Castle Dains, S. 46378
Ephraim Dains, W. 4937
BA-J/MLB

Mrs. Sabria Palmer Lamb
14555 Woodmont Road
Detroit, Michigan

Dear Madam:

The records of Castle Dains and Ephraim Dains are furnished you herein as found in the claims for pension and bounty land on file based upon their service in the Revolutionary War.

Castle Dains
S. 46378

The data which follows in regard to Castle Dains were obtained from the claims on file under S. 463778, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.

The date and place of birth of Castle Dains and names of his parents were not given.

While a resident of Litchfield County, Connecticut, Castle Dains enlisted sometime in 1776, for the Revolutionary War, and served to the close thereof, at which time he was a sergeant in Captain Avery's company, Colonel Elizur Warner's regiment.

The soldier was allowed pension in his application executed August 26, 1828, while residing in Jerusalem, Yates County, New York with post office at Penn Yan, same county, aged seventy-eight years.

Castle Dains was granted one hundred acres of bounty land, also, on account of his service in the Revolution, on Warrant No. 1508, issued May 13, 1829, while living in Yates County, New York. He died November 12, 1842.

It is not stated whether the soldier ever married.

In 1828, Castle Dain's brother, Jonathan Dains, was a resident of Jerusalem, New York. In the same year, on Ephraim Dains testified
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in Yates County, New York, in behalf of the soldier, Castle, but did not designate the relationship.

In order to obtain date of last payment of pension and name and address of the person paid, you should write to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data: Castle Dains, certificate #934, issued August 17, 1829, rate $80 per annum, Act 1828.

If you desire information relative to location of the land granted to Castle Dains, you should apply to the Commissioner of the General Land Office, Interior Department, this city, and furnish that official the number of the warrant, the acreage and date of issuance.
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Ephraim Dains
W. 4937

The data which follow in regard to Ephraim Dains were obtained from the claims on file under W. 4937, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.

Ephraim Dains was born July 4, 1752, place of birth not stated, nor were the names of his parents given.

As early as June, 1778, Ephraim Dains was a private in Captain Hoogland's company, Colonel Elisha Sheldon's Regiment of Cavalry; he served, also, in Captain Webb's company, in the same regiment, continued in service until about June 4, 1783, when he was discharged. He enlisted in Litchfield County, Connecticut.

The soldier was allowed pension on his application executed May 28, 1818, while a resident of Jerusalem, Ontario County, New York. In July, 1832, he had moved to Wayne County, Michigan, because he desired to live near his children who had moved to that territory. He died July 7, 1836, in Redford, Wayne County, Michigan.

Ephraim Dains married December 15, 1789, in Hudson, New York, or in Coxhackie, Greene County, New York, Irene Stedman or Stedmund who was born January 3, 1771; she was the daughter of Edmund Stedman or Stedmund.

Irene Dains, as widow of Ephraim Dains, was allowed pension on her application executed November 8, 1838, while a resident of Redford, Michigan. She allowed bounty land, also, for the service of her husband in the Revolutionary War. She made her application April 29, 1855, at which time she was living in Wayne County, Michigan.

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The following names of children of Ephraim Dains and his wife, Irene, are shown in the claim:

Henry Dains born November 25, 1791
Ira "  "  February 2, 1793
Orpha "  "  May 16, 1796
Samuel "  "  March 2, 1799
Irene "  "  September 6, 1802
Margaret "  "  August 6, 1805
Ephraim "  "  April 6, 1808
Catharine "  "  December 29, 1813

Ephraim Dains, the soldier, had brother, Castle and Jonathan Dains, living in Jerusalem, New York, in 1819.

One Samuel Dains made affidavit in 1839, in Wayne County, Michigan, that Ephraim Dains died July 7, 1836. One Abigail Show in 1839, a resident of Chester, Warren County, New York, stated that she was present at the marriage of Ephraim Dains and Irene Stedman. Epharim Dains and Judson Dains were residents of Redford, Michigan, in 1855. No relationship of any of these persons names in this paragraph to the soldier's family is shown.

In order to obtain the date of the last payment of pension, the name of person paid and possibly the date of death of Irene Dains, you should write to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data: Irene Dains, certificate #2784, issued January 4, 1849, rate $98.20 per annum, commenced March 4, 1848, Act February 2, 1848, Michigan Agency.

If you desire information in regard to location of the bounty land which was granted on account of service of Ephraim Dains in the Revolutionary War, you should apply to the Commissioner of the General Land Office, Interior Department, this city, and furnish that official the following data: Bounty Land Warrant No. 16128, for 160 acres, Act of March 3, 1855.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator

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Revy WIDOW, &c.

File No. 4937
Irene Dains
widow
Ephraim Dains
Priv. Rev: War

Act: Feby 2 " 48

Index:- Vol. A, Page 167

[Arrangement of 1870]
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1927-Apl 16- Hist to Hon. E. C. Michenor, see letter in claim of Castle Dains
MHF
1936- Aug 20- Hist to B. E. Malone-MMHF/JLL
1969 Feb 7- Hist to Mrs Sabria Palmer Lamb MLB
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6082
Michigan
Irene Dains
widow of Ephraim Dains
who was a Private of Cavalry
in the Conn Line

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
98 Dollars 20
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1843.

Certificate of Pension issued the
9 day of Sept. 1844
and sent to EP Hastings
Detroit
Michigan

[Act of March 3, 1843]
Recorded in Book a
Vol. 1  Page 183
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Michigan 6778
Irene Dains
widow of Ephraim Dains
who was a pensioner under the Act of March 1818 and who died on the 7 July 1836 of Detroit in the State of Michigan who a Pr. cavalry in the company commanded by Captain Wenn of the Regt. commanded by Col. Sheldon in the Con. line for 1 year, 11 mos. & 17 days

Inscribed on the Roll of Michigan at the rate of 98 Dollars & 20 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.

Certificate of Pension issued the 16 day of September 1842 and sent to E. P. Hastings Esq. Detroit, Mich.

Arrears to the 4th of March, 1841  $491.00

[Act of July 7, 1838]
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk,
Book A  Vol. 2  Page 227


Reported to Agent
Letter to E.P. Hastings 15 Nov. 1842
see inside
do to same June 14, 1843

Declr. (a March) retd. to EP Hastings
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Irene Dains
of Ephraim
Michigan
Rejected
see let 8th Dept. 1840
N Doty let. 21
July '41 Hon: A. S.
Porter
;let: 24 Augt. '41 to E.
P. Hastings let: to do
17th Sept. 1841
let: 21 June 42 Hon. A. S> Porter

Act 7 July 1838


Irene Dains
Michigan
Suspended
let 19 Sept 1839
N. Doty, do 13 May 1840

Act July 1836
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16128


Rev Army
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State of Michigan
County of Wayne}
On this ninth day of September 1848 before the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for said county personally appeared Irene Dains a resident of Redford in the county of Wayne aged seventy eight years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed on the 2d February 1848, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War. That she is the widow of Ephraim Dains who was a Private in Col. Sheldon's Regt. cavalry in the State of Vermont: that she is the same individual who drew a pension under the act of June 17, 1844 at the rate of ninety eight dollars and twenty cents pr. annum.
She further declares that she is still a widow
Irene Dains

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year first above written. Before me
George W. Ferrington
Justice of the Peace

State of Michigan
County of Wayne ss. I, Dewitt C. Holbrook, Clerk of the County of Wayne in said State do hereby certify that George W. Ferrington, before whom the foregoing affidavit was taken, was at the date thereof a Justice of the Peace in & for said County duly elected and qualified and authorized by the laws of said State to administer oaths, and that the signature to the jurat is genuine.
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal at Detroit, this 13th day of September A.D. 1848
D.C. Holbrook Clerk
(clerk absent) fr [unk] Reupelaer Dept Clerk
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V 4043
Irene Dains
of Ephraim
Michigan
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefits of the third section of the act of Congress of the 4th of July 1836.

State of Michigan ss.:
On this eighth day of November 1838 personally appeared before the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Michigan Irene Dains a resident of the Town of Redford and in the county of Wayne & State aforesaid, aged sixty eight years, who being first duly sworn according to law, Doth on her oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed July 4th 1836. That she is the widow of Ephraim Dains who was a private in the army of the Revolution, was last on the Roll of the Michigan Agency at the rate of Eight dollars per month, under the act of 18 March 1818, woes certificate was surrendered to E. P. Hastings agent for paying Pensions in the State of Michigan at the term of the last payment, being up to the 8th July 1836.
She further declares that she was married to the said Ephraim Dains on the fifteenth day of December in the year seventeen hundred and eighty nine, that her said husband, the aforesaid Ephraim Dains, died on the seventh day of July 1836, and that she has remained a widow ever since that period, as will more fully appear by the referance to the proof here unto annexed.
Irene Dains

Sworn to and subscribed on the day & year above written, before me in open Court
Jno Winder
Clerk
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Stephen Dains a witness [unk] that decd & Irene Dains were married & lived together to his personal knowledge thirty or forty years- he has no doubt Ephraim Dains is dead, such is the universal belief in his neighborhood.
Jno Winder
Clerk
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on roll Sheldon
dragoons for war
from June 17 1781
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State of New York
Ontario County ss. On the twenty sixth day of April in the year 1819 before me Moses Atwater a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in said County personally came Truman Pitcher of the Town of Richmond in said County and made solemn oath that he was personally acquainted with Ephraim Dains of Jerusalem in said County, and that in the year 1778 he this deponent knew that the said Ephraim Dains was enlisted in the service of the united States under the continental establishment for the time during the revolutionary War. That this Deponent in the same year to wit in June 1778, was put into the company commanded by Captain Hogeling and the regiment by Cor E Sheldon Connecticut Line at the place called [unk] Ridge in which company and regiment, this deponent [unk] the said Ephraim Dains in the said service, and this deponent further saith that in the year 1783 in the month of June at Danbury in the
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[unk] of Connecticut he this deponent was purport and saw the said Ephraim Dains discharged from the said service of the United States together with the Regiment to which the sd Dains belonged the war being at an end. And this deponent further saith that the said Ephraim Dains is now confined on the said Court of theis County for Debt, and verily believes him to be poor and in such indigent circumstances as to need the aid of his country for his support and that of his family, and further the deponent saith not.
Truman Pitcher

Sworn and subscribed the day and year first above written before me.
Moses Atwater a Judge
of the Court of Common
Pleas in said County
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State of New York
Ontario County Clerks Office} ss. In Testimony that Moses [unk] whose name is subscribed to the foregoing affidavit was on the day of the date of the same one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Ontario and that the same is his signature I hereunto subscribed my name and affix the County seal at Canandaigua this 24th dau of June AD 1819
Hu McNair Clk
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State of New York
Ontario County}ss. Jonathan Dains of Jerusalem in the said County being duly affirmed saith he well knows Ephraim Dains is his brother, knows that about the year seventeen hundred and seventy eight he enlisted in the regular service in the Regt commanded by Col. C Sheldon in the Connecticut Line to serve during the revolutionary war- that the said Ephraim Dains did continue in service until the close of the war and was then honorably discharged- that he has frequently seen his discharge- and he now believes it is lost- that the said Ephraim Dains is now in reduced circumstances and actually stands in need of the aid of his country for support.
Jonathan Dains

Subscribed & affirmed this 24th day of June 1819 before me
Philetus Swift Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in Ontario County
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State of New York
Ontario County Clerks Office} ss. In Testimony that Philetus Swift whose name is subscribed to the foregoing affidavit was on the day of the date of the same one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Ontario and that the same is his signature & hereunto subscribe my name and affix the County seal at Canandeugua this 24th day of June AD 1819.
Hu McNair Clk
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4884
Irene Dains
of Ephraim
Michigan
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the third section of the act of Congress of the 4th July 1836/
State of Michigan
County of Wayne} ss. On this eighteenth day of December 1839, personally appeared before the Circuit Court of the County of Wayne.
Ireney Dains, a resident of the Town of Redford & in the county of Wayne and State aforesaid aged sixty eight years & eleven months, who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 4, 1836.
That she is the widow of Ephraim Dains who was a private in the army of the Revolution was put on the Roll of the Michigan Agency at the rate of eight dollars per month, under the act of the 18 March 1818, whose certificate was surrendered to E. P. Hastings agent for paying pension in the State of Michigan at the time of the last payment, being up to the 8th July 1836. She further declare that she was married to the said Ephraim Dains on the Fifteenth day of December in the year seventeen hundred eighty nine, that her said husband, the aforesaid Ephraim Dains died in the seventh day of July 1836 and that she has remained a widow ever since that period as will more fully appear by referance to the proof hereunto annexed, and that she has produced in open Court the family Records of Births Marriages & Deaths.
Irene Dains

Sworn to and subscribed before the said Court the 18th day of December AD 1839.
Chas Peltier
Clerk
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State of Michigan
County of Wayne} ss.
On this seventeenth day of December 1839, personally appeared before me George W. Ferrington a Justice of the Peace in and for the said county, Samuel Dains and made oath that he was personally acquainted with the said Ephraim Dains, & knows that he died on the seventh day of July A.D. 1836, and that Irena Dains was the wife of the said Ephraim Dains & that she still remains a widow.
Samuel Dains

Sworn to & subscribed before me, the day & year above mentioned.
George W. Ferrington
Justice Peace

State of Michigan
County of Wayne} ss. I do hereby certify that the above named Samuel Dains is a person of truth & veracity.
George W. Ferrington Justice peace

State of Michigan 
County of Wayne} ss. I, Charles Peltier Clerk of the Circuit Court of the county aforesaid, do hereby certify that George W. Ferrington is a Justice of the Peace in and for said county, duly elected and qualified; and that his signature above written is genuine. Given under my hand and seal of said County, this eighteenth day of December 1839.
Chas. Peltier Clerk
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State of New York
County of Essex ss.} On this ninth day of November A.D. one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace in and for said County Abigail Shaw and made oath that she attended the wedding of Ephraim Dains and Ireney Danes on the fifteenth day of December one thousand seven hundred and eighty nine and that they were lawfully married.
Abigail Shaw

Sworn to and subscribed before me this 9th day of November 1839,
Edward Talbot Justice Peace

State of New York
County of Essex ss.} I do hereby certify that the above named Abigail Shaw is a person of truth and vercity.
Edward Talbot Justice Peace

State of New York
Essex County ss.} I Edward S Cuyler Clerk of the County of Essex and State aforesaid and clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County do hereby certify that Edward Talbot Esquire whose name is subscribed to the Jurat and certificate above was on the date thereof a Justice of the Peace in and for said County  duly commissioned sworn and authorized by Law to act as such & further that he signature of said Edward Talbot is the aforesaid Jurat & certificate is genuine that his commission is dated on the 1st January 1837 & will expire on the last day of Dec. 1840. Given under my hand & seal of said Court this 12th day of November AD 1839.
Edwd S Cuyler Clerk
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Detroit December 11th 1838
Sir,
Enclosed I hand you Mrs Irene Dains application for a pension under the act of 4th of July 1836.
The result of which you will please make known to me and much oblige.
Yours very respectfully
Henry Doty

To Hon. J. L. Edwards
Comr of Pensions
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Mr. Cole
FREE

J. L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
City of Washington
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Pension Agency
Detroit Sept 19, 1848

J. L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions

Sir,
I enclose the declaration of Irene Dains in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions of the act of Feby 2, 1848.

I am Sir respectfully your obedient servant
E. P. Hastings
Pension Agent
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7339
Irene Dains
of Ephraim
Michigan

Admitted
Pr: cav: 1 yr 11 mo. 17 days
$98.22
Cap: Webb Col Sheldon
Con

died 7 July 1836

Act 7 July 1838

E. P. Hastings
Detroit
Mich.
Page 46

J. L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
City of Washington


351 Aug 28/49
Irene Dains
March 3d/43
Mich.
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Pension Agency
Detroit Augt 20, 1843

J L Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions

Sir
I enclose the application of Irene Dains widow of Ephraim Dains for a pension under the act of March last.

I am Sir respectfully your
obt servant
E. P. Hastings
Pension Agent
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1239
May 18, 1843
Mich.
Mar 3d 1843
Irene Dains


FREE
J. L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
City of Washington
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Pension Agency
Detroit May 14, 1843

J. L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions

Sir
I enclose herein the declaration of Irene Dains a pensioner under the act of July 7, 1838 for the purpose of obtaining the benefit of the act of March 3, 1843.

I am Sir respectfully your obt servant
E. P. Hastings
Pension Agent
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Washington June 18, 1843

Sir
Will you do me the favor to look into the [unk] of the enclosed (which please return to me) and give me such information as will enable me to reply to it.
[unk] yr obt svt
A S Porter

J. L. Edwards Esq
Comr. of Pensions
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Detroit August 5th 1839

Sir
Enclosed I hand you widow Dains papers once more with the additions required in your last instructions. The additional proof of marriage together with the Clerks seal, all of which I send for your examination the results of which please to make known to yours.
Very respectfully
Henry Doty

Hon. J. L. Edwards
Comr of Pensions
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Detroit December 18, 1839

Sir
Enclosed I hand you (once more) Mrs Irene Daine, application for a pension- with all the necessary proof (as I understood the Law) attached.
We have been to some considerable trouble & expense in getting the affidavit from the State of New York, together with getting the old lady before the Court. She also produced in Court their old Bible containing the Record of their whole family- as the affidavit states.
All of which we lay before you for inspection & as early an answer as possible as to the results will much oblige.
Yours verry respectfully
Henry Doty

Hon. J. L. Edwards Esq
Comr of Pensions
City of Washington
DC
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Pension Agency
Detroit Sept. 8, 1843

J. L. Edwards Esq
Commisr of Pensions

Sir,
In the matter of the application of Irene Dains widow of Ephraim Dains I enclose the affadavit of the clergyman & Town Clerk showing that no record of the marriage can be hound. Of these papers are satisfactory please enclose the certificate to me.

I am Sir respectfully your obedient servant
E. P. Hastings
Pension Agent
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Pension Office
Nov. 15, 1843

Sir,
The name of Irene Davis was reported to you the 16th September last, as the widow of Ephraim Davis, who was a private of cavalry, at the rate of $98.20 per annum under the act of July 7, 1838. It should have been Irene Dains, widow of Ephraim Dains. Be pleased to make the make the necessary correction on your books.



E. P. Hastings, Esq.
Pensions Agent
Detroit
Michigan
Page 55

J. L. Edwards Esq
Commisr of Pensions
City of Washington
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Pension Agency
Detroit Augt 9, 1841

J. L. Edwards Esq
Commr of Pensions

Sir, I enclose an affidait of Leman Canfield in the case of Irene Dains widow of Ephraim Dains an applicant for a Pension under the act of July 4, 1836, made in conformity to your suggestion in a Letter to Hon. A. S. porter dated July 21, 1841/.

I am Sir respectfully your obt. servant
E. P. Hastings
Pension Agent
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State of Michigan
County of Wayne} ss.
Limond Canfield personally came before me George W. Ferrington one of the Justice of the Peace in and for said County and deposeth and saith that he Lemond Canfield copied the records of the marriage of Irena Dains widow of Ephraim Dains diceased from the original records some time in the month of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty six.
Lemond Canfield

Sworn and subscribed before me at Redford this 5th day of August AD 1841
George W. Ferrington
Justice of the Peace

I do hereby certify that I have been intimately acquainted with the above named witness for several years and I believe him to be a man of truth and veracity.
George W. Ferrington J.P.
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State of Michigan
County of Wayne} ss. I, Theo Williams Clerk f said Court do hereby certify that George W Ferrington, before whom the annexed affidavit purports to have been taken, was at the date thereof, a Justice of the Peace in & for said County, duly elected and qualified according to Law, and that the signature purporting to be his, I verily believe to be true & genuine.
In witness whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of said County and subscribe my name at the City of Detroit this eighth day of August, AD 1841.
Theo Williams
Clerk of Wayne County
Michigan
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State of Michigan
Wayne County ss.} I Lemon Canfield of said county do solemnly swear that the record of the marriage of Ephraim Dains and Irene Dains, was copied by me from an original record in the hand writing of Edmund Stedmund the Father of Irene Dains and at his request, which original record was found in a mutilated Bible not now to be found. The record made by me as aforesaid has been transmitted to the commissioner of Pensions at Washington and supported to be on file in his office.
Lemon Canfield

Sworn & subscribed this 13 day of July AD 1841 before me
E. P. Hastings
Pension Agent
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J. L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions 
Washington
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Pension Agency
Detroit July 31, 1840

J. L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions

Sir
I enclose the "declaration" and proof of marriage of Irene Dains widow of Ephraim Dains who has as I learn from Henry Doty of this City, applied for a pension and has lodged some papers in your Office. The enclosed have been prepared according to your instructions to him.

I am Sir respectfully yours
E. P. Hastings
Pension Agent

P.S. Should her application be granted the papers may be enclosed to me.
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Washington July 20, 1841

Sir
I enclose an affidavit an enquiry for information as to its [unk], allow me to ask a reply at yr early convenience.
Very Resp yr obt svt
A. S. porter

J. L. Edwards Esq
Comr of Pensions
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APPLICATION FOR A TRANSFER

Count of Wayne ss.
On this seventeenth day of July 1820, before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said county of Wayne personally appeared Ephraim Dains who, on his oath, declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain Hogan in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Sheldon in the service of the United States; that he name was placed on the pension roll of the State of New York from whence he has lately removed; that he now resides in the State, (District, or Territory) of Michigan where he intends to remain, and wishes his pension to be there payable, in future. The following are his reason for removing from the State of New York to the Territory of Michigan
His children had removed to the said Territory of Michigan and he wished to reside among them.
Ephraim Dains

Sworn and subscribed to, before me, the day and year aforesaid.
Benj F. Fox
Justice of the Peace


->The oath to be taken before a duly qualified Magistrate, whose official character and signature must be properly authenticated. The county Clerk, Secretary of State, or some other officer, must certify, under his seal of office, that the officer who administered the oath is a Justice of the Peace, Judge, Mayor, Alderman, or Notary Public, as the case may be, and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine.
-> The oath must be supported by the testimony of some respectable person, as to the Pensioner's identity. He must swear, that the person who has taken the above oath is the person described in the affidavit. The Magistrate must certify, that the witness is a person of veracity; and the affidavit must also be authenticated in the manner above directed.
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County of Wayne
Territory of Michigan} ss.
On this twenty first day of July 1830 before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace for the said County of Wayne, personally appeared Lemon Canfield who on his oath declares that the person who has taken the foregoing oath is the person described in the affidavit.
Lemon Canfield

Sworn and subscribed before me the day & year above written.
Benj. F Fox

I do hereby certify that Lemon Canfield the subscribing witness to the above affidavit is personally known to me and is a man of truth and veracity.
July 21st 1830
Benj. F. Fox
J.P.W.C.M.S

Territory of Michigan Supreme Court} ss.
I certify that Benj. F. Fox whose name is signed to the foregoing affidavit is a Justice of the Peace for the County of Wayne of this Territory & to his acts as such full faith & credit is due.
In Testimony whereof I hereunto subscribe my name and affix the seal fot eh Supreme Court of this Territory at Detroit this 30th day of July A.D. eighteen hundred and thirty.
Jno Winder
Clerk
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Pension Office
Oct 2d 1830


Transfer this & return
the Pen: cert:
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Detroit 20 September 1830

Sir,
I herewith transmit the certificate and affidavit of Ephraim Dains together with the additional affidavit required by your letter of 1 July- for the purpose of effecting a transfer from the New York Pension Agency to that of this Territory.

Very respectfully yr. obt. sevt.
Thomas Rowland


Hon. John H. Eaton
Sec. War
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3351
Irene Dains
[unk] act 1843

admd $98.20 per annum


E. P. Hastings
Pen agt
Detroit
Mi
Aug 26 44
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State of Michigan
County of Wayne} ss.
On this twenty second day of July one thousand eight hundred and forty three personally appeared before the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in said County residing in the County and State aforesaid Irene Dains a resident of the Town of Redford in the County of Wayne aged seventy three years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration,  in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed on the third of March, in 1843 granting pensions to widows of person who served during the Revolutionary War- that she is the widow of Ephraim Dains who was a private in Colonel Sheldons Regiment of Cavalry in the state of Connecticut and that she under the act of July 7th 1838 the annexed sum of ninety eight dollars & twenty two cents. She further declares that she is still a widow.
Irene Dains

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me.
George W. Ferrington
Justice of the Peace W.C. S.M.
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State of Michigan
County of Wayne} ss.
I, Geo R Griswold Clerk of said County, do hereby Certify, that George W Ferrington was, at the date thereof, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly elected and qualified according to Law, and that the signature, purporting to be his, I verily believe to be true and genuine.
In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of said County and subscribed my name, at the City of Detroit, this Fourth day of August A> D. 1843.
Geo R Griswold Clerk
P J Griswold Dep Clk
Clerk of Wayne County, Michigan
Page 70

see affidavit
of Abigail
Shaw with declaration under act
4 July 1836
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Minwell 21st June 1839
Abigail Shaw of Chester Warren County N. York this day came before me Edward Talbot of Mononia Essex Co and makes oath as follows to wit that she was present at the marriage of Irena Stedman to Ephraim Dains and that they were lawfully married. Subscribed and sworn this 21st day of June 1839.
Abigail Shaw

Edward Talbot Justice Peace


State of New York
Essex County ss.}
I Edward S. Cuyler Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for the County of Essex and State of New York do hereby certify that Edward Talbot Esquire whose name is subscribed to the certificate & Jurat of the annexed affidavit was at the date thereof a Justice of the Peace in and for said County directing there in. Commissioned and sworn and duly authorized to act as such & further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of such Justice & verily believe his signature aforesaid is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this 1st day of July 1839.
Edwd Cuyler Clerk
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Greene County ss. Jeremiah Searle minister of the Reformed Dutch Church in the town of Coxsackie in the County aforesaid; being duly sworn deposeth & saith, that he has examined the records of the Church at Coxsackie & that there is no record of the marriage of Ephraim Dains & Irene Dains to be formed on the records of said Church.
Jeremiah Serle

Sworn & subscribed before me this 28th day of April 1843.
Tallmadge Fairchild
Justice of Peace of Coxsackie, Greene Co: State of New York

Greene County ss: Andrew B. Houghtaling Town Clerk of the Town of  Coxsackie in the county aforesaid, being truly sworn deposeth & saith that he has examined the records of said town on file in this office and that their is no record of the marriage of Ephraim Daines & Irene Daines to be found on file among the records of said Town in the office of said Clerk.
Andrew B. Houghtaling

Sworn & subscribed before me this 9th day of June 1843
Tallmadge Fairchild
Justice of the Peace of Coxsackie Green Co & State of New York
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STATE OF NEW YORK
GREENE COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE}
I, WILLIAM PIERSON, Clerk of the County of Greene, do hereby certify that Tallmadge Fairchild Esquire, whose name is subscribed to the Certificate of the Proof or Acknowledgement of the annexed instrument in writing, and thereon written, was at the time of taking such proof or acknowledgement, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, dwelling in said county, and duly authorised to take the same. And that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice and verily believe that the signature to the said Certificate of Proof or Acknowledgement is genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said County, the 15th day of August 1843.
William Pierson Clerk
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DAINS

81 Waverly Ave
Highland Park, Mich
July 1, 1936

U.S. Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.

Gentlemen:
Would you please tell me the cost of making photostatic copy of the pension application of Ephraim Dains who served from June 18, 1781, to the end of the war in Sheldon's Connecticut Dragoons, Second Regiment. The pension application was made in or after 1818, somewhere in New York.
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2
Ephraim Daines' gravestone in the Pioneers' Cemetery in Redford (now a part of Detroit) says he died July 7, 1836, aged 84 years.
We would like to find from your records his childrens' names and his birth place, if possible. He had one son Ephraim, buried also at Redford, and a son Ebenezer who lived near Athens, O.
What he says of his service would interest us. It seems not to have been so very thrilling, as Sheldon's Dragoons
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remained mostly in western Massachusetts after E. Dains' enlistment.

Very truly,
B. E. Malone
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14555 Woodmont Road,
Detroit, Michigan
December 28, 1938

Veterans Administrator
Washington, D.C.
Have you any records of Ephraim Dains who served as a private in the Revolutionary War? Or have you any of Henry Dains or Castle Dains? Henry Dains was the Father of Ephraim and Castle. Would like to know where they were born or any other information you can give me.

Sincerely,
Mrs. Sabria Palmer Lamb,
14555 Woodmont Road,
Detroit, Michigan
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February 7, 1939

Castle Dains, S. 46378
Ephraim Dains, W. 4937
NA-J/MLB

Mrs. Sabria Palmer Lamb
14555 Woodmont Road
Detroit, Michigan

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you requested the record of Henry Dains, and the records of his two sons, Catle and Ephraim Dains, all soldiers of the Revolutionary War.

There is no claim for pension or bounty land on file based upon service in the Revolution of a Henry Dains under any spelling. Such claims are the source of data furnished by this office in regard to soldiers of the Revolutionary War. Information in regard to his military service might be obtained from the Adjutant General, War Department, this city.

Records have been found of only one Castle Dains and one Ephraim Dains, only, which are furnished you herewith.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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August 20, 1936

BA-J/MMHF/ILL
Ephraim Dains
W. 4937

B. E. Malone
81 Waverly Avenue
Highland Park, Michigan

Dear Madam:

Reference  is made to your letter in which you request to know the cost of photostatic copies of papers on file in Revolutionary War claim for pension based upon service of Ephraim Dains.

The papers on file in the claim for pension W. 4937, based upon service of Ephraim Dains are very frail indeed. The process of making photostatic copies is necessarily more or less injurious to them.

All papers in the claims made by this soldier and his widow, on file under W. 4937, have been examined very carefully and all data pertaining to residences, ages, services, family, etc., have been incorporated in a report enclosed herewith. These official reports have been accepted by various historical, patriotic and genealogical societies as authentic, and, it is hoped, will be just what you need in your research.

Very truly yours,


A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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August 20, 1936

BA-J/MMHF/ILL
Ephraim Dains
W. 4937

B. E. Malone
81 Waverly Avenue
Highland Park, Michigan

Dear Madam:

The data which follows were obtained from papers on file In Revolutionary War claims for pension and bounty land on file under W. 4937, based upon service of Ephraim Dains in the Revolutionary War.

Ephraim Dains was born July 4, 1752, place not stated.

As early as June 1778, Ephraim Dains was a private in Captain Hoogland's company, Colonel Elisha Sheldon's regiment of Cavalry; he served also in Captain Webb's company, in the same regiment, continued in service until about June 4, 1783, when he was discharged. He enlisted in Litchfield County, Connecticut.

He was allowed pension on his application executed May 28, 1818, while a resident of Jerusalem,  Ontario County, New York. In July 1832, he had removed to Wayne County, Michigan, because he desired to live near his children who had removed to that territory. He died July 7, 1836 in Redford, Wayne County, Michigan.

Ephraim Dains married December 15, 1789, in Hudson, New York, or in Coxhackie, Greene County, New York, Irene Stedman, or Stedmund, who was born January 3, 1771; she was the daughter of Edmund Stedman, or Stedmund.

Irene Dains, widow of Ephraim Dains, was allowed pension on her application executed November 8, 1838, while a resident of Redford, Michigan. She was allowed bounty land also for service of her husband in the Revolutionary War. She made her application April 29, 1855, at which time she was living in Wayne County, Michigan.

The names of the children of Ephraim and Irene Dains are shown
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as follows:

Henry Dains born November 25, 1791
Ira "  "  February 2, 1793
Orpha "  "  May 16, 1796
Samuel "  "  March 2, 1799
Irene "  "  September 6, 1802
Margaret "  "  August 6, 1805
Ephraim "  "  April 6, 1808
Catharine "  "  December 29, 1813

Ephraim Dains, the soldier, had brothers, Castle and Jonathan Dains, living in Jerusalem, New York, in 1819.

One Samuel Dains made affidavit in 1839, in Wayne County, Michigan, that Ephraim Dains died July 7, 1836. One Abigail Shaw in 1839, a resident of Chester, Warren County, New York, stated that she was present at the marriage of Ephraim Dains and Irene Stedman. Ephraim Dains and Judson Dains were residents of Redford, Michigan, in 1855. No relationship of any of these persons named in this paragraph to the soldier's family is shown.

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name of person paid and, possibly, the date of death of Irene Dains, you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following:

Irene Dains, widow of Ephraim Dains
Certificate #2784
Issued January 4, 10849
Rate $98.20 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1848
Act of February 2, 1848
Michigan Agency

In order to obtain information regarding the location of the bounty land which was granted on account of service of Ephraim Dains in the Revolutionary War, you should address the Commissioner of the General

2.
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Land Office, this city, and furnish that official the following Bounty Land warrant #16128 for 160 acres, Act of 1855.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator


3.
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typed  Rev.&1812 Wars Section

handwritten Cop for Mrs Finch

typed letter

April 16, 1927

Honorable Earl C. Michener
Adrian, Michigan

handwritten above letter body 
The data wh. follow were obtained from papers on file in Rev War dues, for per. & County Roll on file under W.4937 based upon per of Ephraim Davis in the RevWar

typed 
My dear Mr. Michener:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim W. 4937 it appears that Ephraim Danis was born July 4, 1752. (place not stated written after period)

typed
he enlisted in May or June 1780 in Litchfield County, Connecticut, served as a private in Captains Webb's and Hoogland's Companies, Colonel  Elisha Sheldon's Regiment of Cavalry and was discharged about June 4 1783. 

This paragraph was corrected by hand to read
As early as June 12778, Ephraim Dains was a private in Captain Hoogland's Company, Colonel Elisha Sheldon's Regiment of Cavalry; he ser. also in Capt. Webb's Co., in the same regt. continued in ser. until about June 4, 1783. He Enlisted in Litchfield where he was disc.

typed
He was allowed pension on his application executed May 26, 1818 while a resident of Jerusalem, Ontario County, New York. He died July 7, 1836 in Redford, Wayne County, Michigan.

This paragraph was corrected by hand to read
Co. Conn: He was allowed pension on his application executed May 26, 1818 while a resident of Jerusalem, Ontario County, New York. [illegible word] July 1830, he had removed to Wayne Co. Mich. because to desired to live near his chil. who had removed in that territory.

typed
Soldier married December 15, 1789, in Hudson, New York, or in Coxhackie, Greene County, New york, Irene born January 3, 1771; daughter of Edmund Stedman, or Stedmund. She was allowed pension of her application executed November 8, 1838 while a resident of Redford, Michigan..

This paragraph was corrected by hand to read
E. D. married December 15, 1789 in Hudson, New York, or in Coxhackie, Greene County, New York, Irene Stedman or Stedmund, horn January 3, 1771; she was the daughter of Edmund Stedman, or Stedmund. (Paragraph sign) Irene Dains as wid. of Ep. D. was allowed pension on her application executed November 8, 1838 while a resident of Redford, Michigan. She was allowed a Bounty land also for ser. of her husband in the Rev. War. 
for data of sol's death did not use 1832 s there is such a discrepancy & Agency book gives 1836


paragraph handwritten along left  margin of letter vertically
Miss Wilson use only the soldier's own statements as to service not witnesses & widow as Conn book does not place him encu as early as 1780
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handwritten notes at top of page

Made her appl. Apr29, 1855 as wh. time she was living in Wayne Co., Mich

The names of the chil. of E & Irene Davis ae shown as follows:

typed page

Henry born November 25, 1791.
Ira         "     February 2, 1793.
Orpha    "     May 16, 1796.
Samuel  "      March 2, 1799.
Irene      "      September 6, 1802.
Margaret "    August 6, 1805.
Ephraim   "    April 6, 1808.
Catharine  "   December 29, 1813.

Soldier had brothers Castle and Jonathan Dains living in Jerusalem, New york in 1819.

Very truly yours,

Winfield Scott
Commissioner.

handwritten notes at bottom of page

# One Samuel Dains made affid. in 1839, in Wayne Co. Mich., that Ephraim Dains D. July 7, 1836. ((but did not state that they were related) (crossed out)) 

One Abigail Shaw ((stated) crossed out)) in 1839, a res. of Chester, Warren County., NY stated that she was present at the mar. of Ephraim Dains & Irene Stedman, ((no relationship to him is shown) crossed out))

Judson Dains were residents of Redford, Mich. in 1855, no relationship of any of these persons named in this Jan., to the soldier's family is shown.

to [illegible word] for widow's death, to G. L. O. for inf. in re. to locating [illegible word]