Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 25,678, for Dan Mallory, Connecticut
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(3-1776)

SERVICE: CONN

Mallory, Dan (negro) | Alice

NUMBER: W.25.678. | B.L.M.57646-160-55
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5941
Connecticut
Alice Mallory
widow of Dan Mallory who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 40 dollars 00.
cents per annum, to commence on
the 3d of February, 1853
Certificate of Pension issued 
10th day of Oct. 1836
and sent to 
C.B. Phelps Woodbury, CT
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February 3, 1853 
(Missing information, Paper torn from bottom)

Right side of paper
Noted with strikethrough
C.B. Phelps March 20, 1857

underneath
Date of Death not in AB?
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9834
Connecticut
Dan Mallory
of Litchfield in the State of Connect.
who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Goddard of the Regt. commanded by Col. Canfield in the Connecticut line for one year. 

Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 40 Dollars 00. Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834. 

Certificate of Pension issued the 19th day of June 1833 and be put to Matthew Restor Litchfield

Arrears to the 4th of March 33 80.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept. 1833, 20.00
$100.00
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832}
Recorded by Dan R. Palmer, Clerk,
Book E. Vol. 3. Page 27.
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266.    147       Act Mar 3 [illegible]
                         Dec 21. 16


           Alice Mallory  wid.
      
          Dan Mallory.     priv
                       Mallory. 

[Written diagonally across the above two sections is the following]
        57646 Ss  Feb 14/17

A[illegible] 160 ac, Feb. 10/57
                 [Signature][illegible]

Revy. war.

Pens.       act 7 June 1832
               Feby 5  3-5941


[illegible]        C.B. Phelps
                          Woodbury,
                                 Conn.

[Right side of page]

       [illegible]

          [illegible]  page 37
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       8736
Dan Mallory
Connecticut

Adm for 1 year

[illegible initials]


Nathan Preston
Clk Court Litchfield 
County, Connecticut
         Litchfield  [illegible]
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Top Right corner 
WAR DEPARTMENT
Pension Office
183

Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim under the act of June 7 1832, has been examined, and the papers herewith returned.  The following is a statement of your case tabular form.  On comparing these papers with the following rules and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which muct be removed, before a pension can be allowed.  The notes and the regulations will show what is necessary to be done.  Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: } ).  You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them ; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.

A statement, showing the Service of Daniel Mallory
Litchfield Co Connecticut

[column heading: Period when service was recorded. Duration of the claimant's service. Years. Months. Days. Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the applicate was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period Evidence by wich the declaration is supported.]

Enlist. 1783 | 1 | " | " | privt | Cap Studdarts | Col Campfield | some skirmishese | Horse Neck | 82 years Woodbury Connecticut | Transitionary Evidence [illegible] 

I am, respectfully, Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832

     The following regulations have been adopted:
  This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons, who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
        Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
               1.  The Regular Troops.
               2.  The State Troops, Militia, and 
                    Volunteers.
               3.  Persons employed in the Naval 
                    service.
               4.  Indian Spies.
As rolls of regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides.  And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.

                         DECLARATION
                In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
           State, Territory, or District of}
                       County of                 } ss.
On this          day of            personally appeared (a) before              A.B., a resident (b) of       in the county of                and State, Territory of District of           aged (c)          years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832.  That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d)          ,
with         and served in the          (e) regiment of the           line, under the following named officers: 
       {[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service, (and if her served more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched.  >This form is to be varied so as to apply to cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy ,&c]}

     He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
       Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.                                          A.B.
           {And then will follow the certificate of the Court.}
       And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
     I                        of the Court of        do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of               for a pension.
            In testimony whereof I have hereunto ser my hand and seal of office (i) this         day of                        &c.
     If, on examination of the proper record the names of the applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
     Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
        (k)  We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the                      
                  and C.D. residing in the (same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with                      
               , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be                  years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
                 Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
               {And then will follow the certificate of the court.}
     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 A.B.        who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the               and that C.D. who has also signed the same is a resident in the                          and  is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.  
      I,                       Clerk of the Court of                  do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application                   for a pension.
                         In testimony whereof, I have 
                         hereunto set my hand and 
                         seal of office, this     day of  &c.   
     Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power.  This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
     If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence of not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and is the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department.  A very full account of the services of each person
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will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated  will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case. 
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia. 
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you live now?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom? 
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect , and the genera circumstances of your services. 
6. {To a soldier. {Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it?
{To an Officer. { Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it? 
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that he answe4r to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant. 
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons - one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the  immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character an standing of other persons, giving such certificates. 
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject. 
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court. 
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such a person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature. 
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transit such evidence as they can procure, taken an authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter. 
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[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance. 
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule. 
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, an the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to cause the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: "Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and anith. that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: --For--year--months, and --days, I served as a --. For--year--months, and --days, I served as a --; and for such service I claim a pension." 
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four month, is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit. 
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable. 
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required. 
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case. 
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no deice or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of  a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers. 
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate. 
Proof of Service
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are require to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as ell as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature for the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office. 
The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia mon, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only. 
[k] This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases. 
[] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact. 
[m] The answe4rs to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with no declaration.
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[Crossed out] of Connecticut

Probate Court
of District of Woodbury
July 23 1832

On this 23 day of July 1832   Personally appears in open court before the Court of Probate within and for the District of Woodbury now sitting at Woodbury in Litchfield County Dan Mallory [underlined] resident in said Woodbury who being first  duly sworn according to law doth on his oath [word crossed out] make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7 1832.  That he  
[crossed out:] enlisted entered [crossed out] the Service of the United States under the following named  officers and served as herein stated.  That I was born in Africa and came to this country when I was about five years old as I have been informed, was [illegible] at Saybrook  in Connecticut and on a division of the Hale Cargo fell to the lot of Mr. George Stillman. I remember living at Middletown with said Stillman.  I was then sold to Stephen Beckwith of Colchester Connecticut where I resided four years and was then sold to Aaron Mallory of Woodbury Connecticut and remained at Woodbury until this day.  I have no memorandum of my age and no record exist that I ever heard of.  I am now Eighty two years old according to the best knowledge I have 
[large inkblot on lower L corner] year of the Revolutionary War as I [ink blot] was the last year that troops were [ink blot] enlisted at Woodbury about the [ink blot] April, for one year, into Capt. James
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Stoddards company, a Mr Bostwick of New Milford was Lieutenant, I believe his name was Oliver Bostwick.  A Mr. Cutler was Ensign.  This company was a State company raised by Connecticut tax.  Soon after I enlisted I went with the Company to [illegible].  While there Col. Samuel Canfield was colonel.  There was three companies there, besides ours, one was Capt Charles Miles Company, one was Capt Allens company, one was Capt [illegible] company.  We had some skirmishes with the cow boys, there were Br [crossed out] British rebels in the pound.  We remained at [illegible] the whole time of my service, sometimes out on fronts.  I staid out the year and was discharged on first of April 1781 as I believe. 
                        I secured a discharge but have lost it.  It was the next year after the hard winter  I was discharged at Stonebeck I do not know of any person now alive by whom I  can prove my services.  Neal Knapp I heard was alive but on inquiring I find he has removed to the [illegible] and I cannot procure his testimony if he is alive
                           I am acquainted with Rev Samuel R Andrew, Doct Samuel Steele  Mathew Minor family and Doct Rosewell Abernathy all of Woodbury.
                           I hereby relinquish any claim whatever to any pension or annuity [inkblot] present and declare my name is not on the Pension Roll of the agency of any
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State

                                    his
           [Signature] Dan  X  Mallory
                                   mark

Sworn to and Subscribed the day and year aforesaid 
           [Signature] Nathan Preston   Clerk

              We Samuel R. Andrew a Clergyman residing in Woodbury in Litchfield County Con
and Samuel Steele residing in the same place all hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Dan Mallory who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be Eighty two years [the word "old" is crossed out] of age   that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion 
Sworn and Subscribed the day and year aforesaid
                  [Signature]  Samuel R. Andrew
                  [Signature] Samuel Steele
                    [Signature] Nathan Preston   Clerk

[crossout]  And the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and 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 Samuel R. Andrew who has signed[?] the proceeding certificate is a clergyman resident in Woodbury aforesaid and that Samuel Steele who has signed the same is a resident of Woodbury and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I Nathan Preston
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Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Woodbury do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of Dan Mallory for a Pension.

                           In testimony whereof I have 
     SEAL              hereunto set my hand and the 
                           seal of said Court this 23 Day 
                           of July 1832
                    [Signature] Nathan Preston  Clerk

                Connecticut}  Ss  District of 
     [Inkblot]   Court          }   Woodbury
                                             Sept 5  1832
            On the day and year aforesaid [illegible] Sept 5th 1832 before the said Probate Court location at Woodbury in the County of Litchfield within and for the District of Woodbury personally appeared Dan Mallory ["Dan Mallory" is underlined] resident in said Woodbury and by way of Supplementary declaration ["Supplementary declaration" is underlined] to his declaration made in said Court on the 23 July 1832 declares and says (he has made further ongoing and from the information so obtained  & his own recollection) [crossout] that Col Lemuel Canfield was Colonel of the Connecticut Militia &  commanded the four companies by the applicant named in his declaration, and that Major Dana was a Major in said Regiment his christian name he cannot [crossout] ascertain & does not remember.  Jonas Baldwin [crossout] was paymaster  The Lieutenant of Capt Stoddard company was Oliver ["Oliver" is underlined] Bortwick and that he has
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made & caused to be made diligently enquiring ["to be made" is crossed out] for further proof, but [illegible insert from above] hear of no person alive whom he knew in said company 
said company was made up of enlisted men from various parts of the Country, nor can he find any further evidence to support his claim  Col Canfield and Major Dana were all the field officers that were in command while he was in said company
                                           his
                 [Signature] Dan  X  Mallory
                                         mark

Subscribed and Sworn
   on the day and year aforesaid in open Court

            [Signature] H[?] B Phelps  Judge of
                                       Probate District of
                                       Woodbury

[Identified in text as the  SEAL]   I Nathan Preston Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Woodbury do hereby testify that the foregoing contains the original & supplemental proceedings of the Court in the matter of the application of Dan Mallory for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 10th day of September 1832
                  [Signature] Nathan Preston Clerk
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                              Bounty Land
                                   Act of 1855
State of Connecticut
               Ss Woodbury
                     Be it remembered that on the twenty second day of August 1856 personally appeared before the Subscriber a Notary Public within and for said State duly qualified to administer oaths Alice Mallory of Woodbury aged Eighty nine years a resident of Woodbury aforesaid who being duly Sworn according to law declares that she is the Widow of Dan Mallory ["Dan Mallory" is underlined] formerly of Woodbury [crossout] said Dan Mallory was a private in the Army of the Revolution and was drafted in the Connecticut Militia and performed military duty for more than Six months in what was denominated the  Coast guard Service on the Northern Shores of Long Island Sound [illegible] in Fairfield County Connecticut for a more accurate description of his Service she refers to the original declaration written evidence ["written evidence" is inserted from above] of said Dan in the Pension office [illegible] the act of 1832  He was a Pensions [illegible] that act          said Alice further declares
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That she has never made any application for Bounty Land [illegible] the act approved September 20 1850 but makes this application to obtain Bounty Land under the act of 3rd March 1855  and that she was married to Dan Mallory in Sept 1814.  And Dan ["Dan" is inserted from above] died 5 Sept 1836 & I have not [illegible] marriage since Dan's Death 
                                            her
                   [Signature Alice  X  Mallory
                                           mark
In presence of 
[Signature] G. P. Allen
[Signature] Chad[?] B Phelps

Sworn and Subscribed before me on the 22 day of August 1856
              [Signature] Chat[?] B Phelps  Notary
                                                      Public
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        State of Connecticut
                       Litchfield County 
                            Ss Woodbury
                                2 October 1853

Be it remembered that on said day before me Chat B Phelps a Notary Public personally appeared Oliver Chatfield of Woodbury  [illegible] in he being duly cautioned & sworn on oath deposes as follows
      I was [crossouts] twenty two years of age on the 3 October 1855 and was born in Woodbury and have lived in the residence there  on this 4 October of [illegible] I lived with David Gates of Southbury near the Town [illegible] of Woodbury   I was well acquainted with Sarah a colored woman &[illegible] wife of 
Dan Mallory a colored man of said 
Woodbury   Sarah died as appears on the [illegible] list of mortality Woodbury on the 25 January 1814
               Before Sarah's death I was acquainted with Alice Little a colored woman now alive  she was a widow
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was living to New Haven
I know he's there in the spring or summer after Sarah death   She [illegible] to Woodbury to live with her daughter  Massa who is now dead   during the year 1814 Dan married Alice Little  The marriage was at the house of Benjamin Andrews in Woodbury   I was present at the marriage ceremony which was performed by the Rev HenryP  Strong then pastor of the Congregational Church in Woodbury  the marriage was on the spring[?] Benj Andrews [illegible] and his wife was present.   Eloria Certiss was present   They are all dead    David Buchier was present he is dead   I believe Abram Talts was present   he has moved away out West   whether he is dead or alive   I cannot say
     Dan and Alice lived together as husband and wife until Dan's Death
                  I have a very clear reoclection of this marriage
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after Jacobs death   There was a colored woman Rhoda Phillips a widow it was said she intended to marry Dan after Alice married Dan  Rhoda was very angry and sued Dan for a breach of marriage promise
          I have heretofore testified on this subject & since so testifying I have remembered that David Buchier was present
                  I believe a Termis Reynolds was there   I am not positive he was present at the marriage   he is dead.   Dan died in Feb

                            [Signature]  Oliver Chatfils

Sworn and subscribed before me
[Signature] Chat B Phelps Justice of Peace
                                and Notary Public

[SEAL or inkblot]
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I certify that from the passage of the first pension act granting pensions to widows   I have been often employed to [crossout] [illegible] pensions and obtain records[?] of marriages celebrated by clergymen & magistrates at Woodbury Town
     Before 1822 no law required the registration of marriages at the town [illegible] of marriages Births and death was to be found in the early Town Record down to about 1760     The marriages  by the Rev Mr  Bancoslet  a recent man[?] & his suspension the ministry were probably entered in a Book of births & marriages  [illegibles] all these written entries have again & again right after [illegible] and do not count 
        There is a  [illegible] 1760 &  [illegible] down to 1822
          I have inquired for written entries of this Mallory marriage    none can be found..
Nov 15 1856
                        [Signature] Chat B Phelps
                                     Woodbury
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I have examined the [illegible] Registry of Deaths in Woodbury from 1792 to 1856 & find  "Dan Mallory colored died Sept 5 1836"
[Signature] Chat B Phelps



[Bottom right of page, written vertically]

[illegible] 
[Signature] Chat B Phelps 
Woodbury Con
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Reply to 
[illegible] B Phelps
       Woodbury
            Con
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                     State of Connecticut
                              Probate Court
                              District of Woodbury
                              August 23  1836

Be it remembered that on said day personally appeared in said court Alice Mallory of Woodbury who being duly Sworn on oath declares for the purpose of obtaining the benefit of the Act of Congress passed on the third February 1833 granting pensions to the widows of persons who Served in the Revolutionary War as follows   I am [crossout] (89) Eighty nine years of age as near as I can ascertain and am the widow of Dan Mallory formerly of Woodbury now deceased  said Dan Mallory died at said Woodbury on the 5 September 1836
                        Said Dan Mallory Served in the army of the Revolution as a Private under the authority of the State of Connecticut in the Coast Guard Service upon the Northern shore of Long Island Sound in Fairfield County Connecticut and in the State of New York
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He was a Pensioner under the act of 1832 and Drew his pension to his death at forty - Dollars per annum   His Pension certificate was numbered 8736 as I am informed   I believe it was furnished to the Pension Office at [illegible] of said Dan's Pension
     For a more accurate  account of the place & time of said Dan service I refer to said Dan's original application for a Pension now in the pension office.
        I never saw Dan until long after the  close of the Revolutionary War   I was married to Dan at Woodbury aforesaid on the 25 Sept [crossout] 1814 as near as I can recolect certainly within that month 1814  by the Rev Henry P Shong at that time a Congregational Clergyman in Woodbury 
           Mr Stong removed from Woodbury in 1816 and is now dead as I am informed & believes I have caused diligent search
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to be made for written entries of said marriages and none case he  found nor case similar entries now be found made by his successor the Rev Mr Bocaonait{?]
     I am informed that for several years searches have been made for such entries in vain.
      I am not know that Mr Strong can make any entries of my marriage if made it is thought [illegible]
          The Banns of my marriage were publicly published by Mr Strong in the Pulpit before his congregation in the ordinary way
      I was married at the house of Benjamin Andrews in Woodbury
      I do not know of any living person present at the marriage that is now living except Oliver Chatfield     Dan & I have a Bible but after the house was sold by his administrator Saco not remember  to have seen it.  I was left without means & worked as long as I could and where I [illegible]  I am
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now a pauper maintenanced by public charity
       I have not contracted marriage since Dan's Death but remain his widow
Subscribed in presence of
[Signature] Geo. P. Allen
                                                   her
                        [Signature] Alice  X  Mallory
                                                  mark

Subscribed and Sworn in open court the same having been carefully read to said Alice Mallory by me
          I testimony whereof I have caused the seal of [illegible] Probate Court to be administered & affixed hereunto
                [Signature] Chat B Phelps  Judge
                                   of Probate for 
                                 District of Woodbury
 
SEAL
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[Much of this document is not transcribed due to the illegible nature of the material]


I Benjamin H Andrews [name is underlined] of Woodbury age 62 years depose as follows
    I was born in Woodbury and with the exception of [illegible]   
     I know Dan Mallory and Alice his wife they were respected to be husband & wife [illegible] family [illegible] community [illegible]
                        Alice was a [illegible]
                              


                                      June 10 1856
                [Signature] B H Andrews
Northern County of Waterbury10 June 1856
Personally appeared Brn H Andrews and made oath to the truth of the foregoing Deposition by him [illegible]
          [Signature] Chat B Phelps Notary Public
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[This document is not transcribed due to the illegible nature of the material]
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[Much of this document is not transcribed due to the illegible nature of the material]

                             [Signature] Mary Andrews

New Haven County Ss Waterbury
10 June 1856 Personally appeared Mary Andrews who subscribed the forgoing Deposition made to the truth thereof
{Signature] Chat B Phelps Notary Public
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                                State of Connecticut
                                 Litchfield County
                                 Ss Woodbury
                                 Sept 11  1856

Be it remembered that before me Chat B Phelps a Notary Public within and for the State of Connecticut duly authoried to administer oaths personally appeared Oliver Chatfield {name is underlined] of Providence ["of Providence" is inserted from above] a Colored man whom I certify to be a credible witness from an acquaintance of forty years was being duly cautioned and Sworn on oath deposes as follows
" I was born in Woodbury and have resided in said Town [illegible] I [crossout] worked for David Hiles [crossout] in Southling[sic] a few rod down the line  I was seventy two years old on 30 Day of April [crossout] last past     [illegible] Boyhood I was acquainted with Dan Mallory a Colored man who lived in [illegible] immediate neighborhood with my father
   I was acquainted with Dan's Wife Sarah, and attended her funeral, the time of her death
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I [illegible] by examining the catalogue of deaths appears to be on 25 Jan 1814  I knew Alice [crossout] Little before Jacob's death.  I knew all at New Haven she was a widow and the summer after Jacob's death she came with his [illegible] Music and during the year Jacob died Alice Married Dan.  The marriage took place at the house of Benjamin Andrews in Woodbury near Southbury [illegible] & about one fourth of a mile from David Hiles where I lived.  They were married in the evening at a Lecture by the Reverend Henry P Strong then Congregational pastor in this Town.   My recolection is very distinct on this matter because [illegible] Rhoda Phillips a Colored woman & widow, after Dan's Marriage to Alice was very mad [illegible]  Dan for a break of marriage contract
     Dan & Alice lived together many years until 1856 when Dan died as appears by the catalogue of deaths in Woodbury
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I was present at the marriage as was Benjamin Andrews & his wife & Eluisa Centiss whom I recolect, they have been dead Some years.  I believe Abraham Little was present.  Little moved away from Woodbury out West where I cannot say
       Dan and Alice have always been reputed to be husband and wife
      Alice is now living in Woodbury
                         [Signature] Oliver Chalfil

[illegible]  and Sworn before me in the 11 Sept 1856
[Signature] Artel B Phelps  Notary Public

[The bottom section of this document appears to be crossed out]
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                              State of Connecticut
                              Litchfield County
                                 Ss Woodbury
                               Town Clerk Office
                                 Sept 12  1856

I certify that upon the Record and files of said office there is no entry of the marriage of Dan Mallory and Allice Mallory
     The laws requiring such record was enacted some years after 1814


                                        State of Connecticut
                                        Litchfield County
                                         Ss Woodbury
                                         Town Clerk Office
                                            17 Sept 1856
                  Be it remembered that on this said day Personally appeared before the Subscribed a Notary Public with authority to administer oaths  Alice Mallory ["Mallory" is underlined] of said Woodbury who being first duly cautioned and Sworn on oath depose as follows   " I live in Woodbury
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and have lived there more than fourty years  I am the Widow of Reuben Mallory late of said Town now deceased   I was well acquainted with Dan Mallory of said place he was a colored man and a  [illegible] father and him made free   I know Sarah Dan's first wife and Alice Dan's second wife.   Soon after Sarah's death I think within a year Dan came to our  House said in my  presence [illegible] my husband he was about to marry Alice Little and wanted my husband to write a publishment and hand it to Rev Strong the Minister [illegible]   My husband wrote the publishment and send it to Dan and promised Dan to hand it to Mrs Strong  my husband also give it to Rev Strong and it was I and  as my husband told me loud not go to  meeting that day Dan was married that night
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as I understood I was not present   Dan and Alica lived together as husband and wife until Dan's death   [illegible] house near where we lived
       My [illegible]  Mr Strong when he went to marry Dan 
                                               her
                  [Signature] Olivia   X  Mallory
                                              mark
In presence of 
Maria {sic] S Phelps          Subscribed and Sworn before me   17 Sept 1856
[Signature]  Chat B Phelps  Notary Public

                       Woodbury
                                  17 Sept 1856
     I certify that Since 1832 I have more or less to do with maintaining possession of papers [illegible] first act of Congress giving possession to Widows   I have often been called to obtain record proof of marriages celebrated by the Congregational Clergymen of the first [illegible]   The Entries of the Rev Micah Bensant and of the Rev Mr Strong have been
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often sought   I have made several thorough examinations for such entries to no purpose   the notations in [illegible] of Mr Bensant inform such a Book [illegible] containing memorandums of the marriages celebrated by him up to 1823 when he died   That this Book went into the hand of Rev H B Strong [illegible].  Mr Strong maintained that relation about three years and some troubles between him in his parish termination in his  [illegible].
             I have never [illegible] that Mr Strong made any entries of his pastoral acts and [illegible] habits of the man.   I think each case would be more wholy to be omitted than performed.  In 1822 I think [crossouts] a statute was made requiring entries of marriages to be made in the Town
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December 30, 1937

Dan Mallory
W. 25678
BA-J/AWF

The Quartermaster General
Memorial Branch
War Department
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your request for the Revolutionary War record of Daniel Mallory of Cheshire, Connecticut, a pensioner from Litchfield County, Conneticut.

The date which follow were obtained from papers on file in pension claim. W. 25678, based upon the service of Dan Mallory in the Revolutionary War. This is the record of the only Dan (Daniel) Mallory, found on file in the Revolutionary War records of this office.

Dan Mallory (as his name is shown) was born in Africa, and when about five years of age, came to this country, and landed at Saybrook, Connecticut. On the divison of the "Slave Cargo", he fell to the lot of George Stillman, who lived in Middletown, Connecticut he was afterwards sold to Stephen Beckwith of Colchester, Connecticut. where he stayed about four years, and was then sold to Aaron Mallory of Woodbury, Litchfield County of Connecticut.

While a resident of Woodbury, Connecticut, Dan Mallory enlisted towards the close of the Revolution, and served one year as private in Captain James Stoddard's company, Colonel Lemiel Canfield's Connecticut regiment.

He was allowed pension on his application executed July 23, 1838, at which time he was a resident of Woodbury, Connecticut, and was aged eighty-two years. He
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died in Woodbury, Connecticut, September 5, 1836.

The soldier, Dan Mallory. married Sarah Davis, date and place of marriage not given; she dies January 25, 1814 in said Woodbury. He married in Woodbury, Connecticut, September 28, 1814, Alice Little, a widow, who had a daughter Maria, at the time of her marriage with Dan Mallory; it was stated that her name before marriage was Alice Davis, but it was not shown that she was related to the Sarah Davis referred to above.

The widow, Alice Mallory, was allowed pension account of the service of her husband, Dan Mallory, on her application executed August 23, 1856, then a resident of Woodbury, Connecticut and aged eighty-nine years. 

There is no reference to children of the soldier.

The application for headstone for Daniel Mallory is returned herewith. There was no correspondence enclosed,

Very truly yours

A.D Hiller
Executive Assistant 
to the Administrator
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51,646


[illegible]
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No  6496

Alice Mallory
Widow of Dan
             [illegible]



3 Feb 1853
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[This document appears to be an envelope]

                                                   FREE
 The Commissioner of Pensions

                                 City of Washington

[there is a round stamp which reads]

Woodbury 
Dec 25 

Bounty Land
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                                  Third Auditors Office
                                     October 2, 1856

Sir:

          Dan Mallory   Act 7th June 1832 at $40 per annum  died   5th September 1836 - his  pension from 4th March to 5th Sept 1856 paid to his widow Alice Mallory

                                    Very respectively
                                      your obt servt.
                            Signature] W. [illegible] Taylor
                                                  Actg Aud.

J.Minot Esq.}
Com.  Pensions}
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                           Pensions Office October 1, 1856

The Third Auditor will please certify Date of Death of within named pensioner, and name of widow, if she received arrears

                             Very respectfully
                              [Signature] J. Cole
                                 Chief Clerk


Geddis
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1937 - Dec  20   [illegible]

Revy    WIDOW, &c.
            ___________

File No.      25678
    Alice Mallory
      Widow of
    Dan Mallory
       Priv Rev War
           ____________

Act Feb. 3rd 1853

Index: - Vol. M,   Page 12

        [Arrangement of 1870.]
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Hon.  J Minot

                   When the Commissioner has taken action on this accompanying application 
                   Please [illegible] [crossout] reply to me      

                           [Signature] Chat B Phelps    
                                Woodbury
                                           [illegible]
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          To The Honorable J Minot
                         Commissioner of Pensions
     The application of Alice Mallory of Woodbury Connecticut [illegible] that she is the widow of Dan Mallory formerly a Revolutionary Soldier who was a pensioner at the rate of forty Dollars per annum under act of 1832
                      Her said Husband Dan Mallory died in Sept 1836  [crossout] We were married in 1824[?]
                     She is now a pensioner under the act 3 Feb 1853 and holds a pension certificate No 5941 created 10th October 1856 and she has rec'd[?] her pension from 3 Feb 1853 to 4 March 1837
                    Your Petitioner is [illegible] by the action of Congress have given a retroactive effect entitling the pensioner access the act 3 Feb 1853 to Draw a pension from February 2 1848
      And thus she respectfully asks the Commissioner to allow to her the pension from said last date of 3 Feb 1853  Since the interest [crosssout]
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and offer to her a certificate transfer and as  is duty bound [illegible].  [illegible] at Woodbury
9 Day March 1837
                      Alice Mallory
                          by her Attorney
            [Signature] Chat B Phelps
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Alice Mallory
Widow of Dan
           Cont
Adm. 3 Feby 1853
$40 a year from
the [illegible] page of the act.



Cert to
CB Phelps Esq
             Woodbury
                      Cont
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Brief in the case of Alice Mallory Wid of Dan
                County & State of Cont
                       act 3 Feby 1853
============================
Claim, ("original," [cross out])  [blank]

Proof exhibited, (if original,)  [blank]

Is it documentary, or supported by rolls?  If either, state the substance.
Her husband was a pensioner under the act of June 7 1832 at $40 a year and died in 1836 - 
           [illegible]
             [Cross outs]
                   [Cross out]
Cohabitation, general reputation of [illegible]. her identity as the pensioner's widow, his Death then present widowhood [illegible]

                  [Signature]  Thurston Triplett
                              Examining Clerk
Name and residence of Agent
[Signature] CB Phelps Esq
Woodbury
       Cont
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                                          Pension Office
                                          March 20, 1857

Sir,
      No act of Congress has been passed changing the construction given to the Act of Feby 3, 1853, by the late Secretary of the Interior.
        Allice Mallory's claim therefor, is disallowed.


              [Signature] C.B. Phelps, Esq
                                        Woodbury 
                                                  Cont