Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 15586, Daniel Goff, Continental Va.
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(3-1776)
 
SERVICE
[handwritten] Continental  Va. [/handwritten]
[stamp of a star]
[handwritten]Goff, Daniel[/handwritten]

NUMBER
[handwritten]S.15586[/handwritten]

[handwritten] carded [/handwritten]

CONTENTS
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[Handwritten] 15586
INVALID
File No. [handwritten] 15586
 [handwritten]  Daniel Goff
 [handwritten] Pri Rev War
Act:  [handwritten] June 7" 32
Index: - Vol.  [handwritten] 1, Page  [handwritten] 147
Arrangement of 1870
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29.832
Danl Goff
Kentucky
from 1778 for 2 yrs
$80
Hon R.M. Johnson
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I John Bridges of the County of Boone 
State of Kentucky after being duly sworn
do depose & say that Daniel Goff was 
an enlisted soldier in the army of the United 
States & in the 15 Virginia Regt Commanded 
by Col. Trapper & fought at the Battle of Monmouth & served three years in the army (to wit) 1778, 79 & 80 to the best of my recollection   these were the years of his service.
John Bridges X his mark

The foregoing deposition was taken & subscribed to before me the undersigned justice of the peace of the County of Boone State of Kentucky this 23rd day of January 1833.
Chasteen Scott J.P. B.C.

I the said Chasteen Scott, justice of the peace as aforesaid do further certify that the deponent John Bridges is a man of credibility & is to be believed & credit ought to be given his deposition.  Given under my hand this 4 day of March 1833
Chasteen Scott
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Commonwealth of Kentucky
Boone County
I Willis Graves clerk of the County Court in and for said county of Boone do hereby certify that Chasteen Scott whose genuine signature is to the within certificate & before whom the within affidavit of Jno. Bridges purports to have made is one of the Commonwealth's Justice of the Peace in and for said county & he is one of the Justices of the Boone County court which is a court of Record.  & full faith & credit is due to [*]official acts as  such.
In Testimony whereof I do hereunto set my hand & affix the Seal of my sd. office this 5th of March 1833 & 41 year of the Commonwealth.
Willis Graves clk

*There is a seal bottom left of page partially obliterating the text.  Seal is illegible.
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The affidavit of James Taylor of Newport Kentucky made out to endeavor to procure Daniel Goff his pension.  This affiant states that he has been acquainted with the said Goff for upwards of Forty years.  That his first knowledge of him was in the year 1793 at which time he was living with {illegible] David [illegible] in the now County of Campbell.  That this affiant married the widow of the sd. [said] districts [illegible] after the said Goff came to live with him as a gardener & laborer, that he & Goff lived with him and near him for upward of twenty years & has resided not far distant from him up to the present time. That this affiant has had numerous conversations with said Goff as relates to his service and that his account of his services in the revolution have been uniformly the same, & from this affiants knowledge from history & the characters of many of the officers he, Goff, served with & a personal knowledge of some of these he confidently believes that he served as he has sworn & stated in his declaration made before the Boone County Court in the State of Kentucky.  This affiant many years ago advised the sg. Goff to apply for a pension & aided him to have his declaration made before one of the courts of record in Campbell County which was since sent on to the proper department and sent back to this affiant for further proof.  This affiant felt much for this poor colored man, who has become old & infirm. Goff ultimately found two men who testified to his services in this section, whose affidavits this affiant drew for him, [illegible] Matthew Gregg, who resides in Campbell County whom this affiant has known for many years as a [illegible] man
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of highly respectable connections, who stated in his affidavit that he knew the sd [said] Goff in the service that he was one or more battles with him that he knew he was an inlisted [enlisted] soldier for three years that he was convinced from his ^ [illegible] late conversations with him that he was not mistaken in the man from his knowledge of the battle field & many men's names they conversed about. Mathew Gregg was a
pensioner when he died he moved from Newport to Indiana & died there years ago. 
The other affiant he told ^ this affiant^ for said Goff in support of his service was that of John Scott, who was also a pensioner who resided in the State of Ohio. This affiant Ohio land warrants for each of the said Witnesses, for Greggs services for three years from Richmond for Scotts for the U. States bounty for the war. The substance of Scotts affidavit
was substantially the same of Greggs he [illegible] inlisted [enlisted] at or near Petersburg Virginia. This affiant saw him & Goff together heard them converse about their
service together, this affiant thinks were in one 
or more battles together this officiant is as fully convinced as he is of any fact not personally known to him, that the sd. [said] Goff was an inlisted [enlisted] soldier in the Virginia continal [continental] line & served out his time faithfully. [illegible] affidavits this affiant kept the [illegible] were were put with his ^Goffs^ former declaration & he expected to find them among the files of the
pension office or among the other offices in place but did not find them, this affiant testifies they were [Illegible] [illegible] more than were sent on & returned to him. This affiant has made diligent search among his papers at home but cannot find them. This affiant states that he was long acquainted with sd. [said] Scott knows [illegible] him as [illegible] industrious man, [illegible]
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some few years ago [unclear] from his residence about 20. miles from [unclear] This is some [unclear] part of the state or perhaps out of the state This applicant has made enquiry for him [unclear] to search for him without [unclear] if alive near 80 years old [unclear] is probable he is dead.
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of
Congress of the 7th of June 1832
State of Kentucky
County of Boone } stt
On this 4th day of February
in the year 1833 personally appeared before the 
Justices of the Boone County Court which is a court of 
Record Daniel Goff a resident of said county of 
Boone + state of Kentucky aged seventy nine years in June
next who being first duly sworn according to law doth
on his oath make the following declaration in order
to obtain the benefit of the procision made by the act
of Congress passed June 7th 1832
That he enlisted in the Army of the United
in the county of Chesterfield + state of Virginia where he then lived
States in the year 1777 with Capt James Harriss and
served in the 15th Virginia Regiment in continental
army + served in the regiment + line under Col Crafford
he enlisted [crossed otu] three years + served out the time of
his enlistment + after serving under Capt Harris apart
of the time He was put under Capt Welkes + served
under him apart of the time + when th troops
[unclear] which he was - was marchd to the South he 
was put under a Capt Dandridge - He in
the time of his enlistment was first marchd
to Williamsburgh Va + soon after marched to
the Northward in guarding some waggons to
Lancaster - + then went to the Valley forge + joined
the Army there under Genl Woodford + a major 
Wallace + went on into New Jersey + the North
and was on the battle of Monmouth after
which he was marchd Southwardly to Charleston
S.C. + there was under Capt Dandridge + served
there for some time + was put under a Capt Carter 
who went back to Va + this affiant
with him + was there discharged at the
end of the three years service [unclear] at
Chesterfiend Court house he recd a discharge
[unclear] Col Davis in his service he recollects 
to have seen [unclear] Genls Washington Scott
[unclear] [Muckleburgh?] - Lafayette at different times
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He hereby relinquishes every claim what
ever to a pension or an Annuity except
the present and he declares that his name
is not on the pension roll of the agency 
in any State - He has no evidence nor
does he know of any that he can procure
of his services except the affidavit of
John Bridges hereto annexed - The [unclear] has
no discharge - a number of years ago he gave
it to Genl Taylor to take to the City [unclear]
who has lost of mislaid it
so that this affiant cannot now get it
Sworn to and Subscribed the day
and year aforesaid
[unclear] Willis Graves Clk
Daniel X Goff his mark
And the said Court do hereby declare their
opinion that the above named applicant
Daniel Goff was a revolutionary soldier 
as he states - J Willis Graves Clerk of the County
Court of said county of Boone do hereby certify
that the foregoing contains the original proceed
=ings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Daniel Goff for a pension
[Large seal affixed] In Testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and seal of office
this 4th day of February in the
year 1833 and 4[ink smear] year of the Commonwealth
Willis Graves Clk