Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 37677, Daniel Anderson, Va.

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SERVICE                                                       NUMBER
Va.                Anderson, Daniel               S37677

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15.8 97
Virginia
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A to 
Daniel Anderson
Shenandoah in the State of Viriginai
who was a private in the 
Virga riflemen Capt. Morgan Va
or the term of one Year
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inscribed on the roll of Virginia
the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on
9 of Feby 1819
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Certificate of Pension issued the 27 of Nov 1819
        Sent to Robert White Esq
                                     Virginia
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                                               1819

Notification forwd to Phillip Williams Page 23
Per Alton 14 Sept 1833 to J
Brown & Pa. Agt

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Adm. c
[See Resolve of Congress, June 14, 1775]
The date of the declaration
altered; it was not 
sent in Feb 1818,

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Admc
[See Resolve of Congress, June 14. 1775]
The date of the declaration
altered; it was not
made in Feb 1818.

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State and District of Virginia Frederick County
                          On this 9th day of February 1818, before me the subscriber, sole
and presiding Judge of the Superior Court of law for the said County and the said State
and district, personally appeared Daniel Anderson aged about sixty six
years, resident in Shanandoah  also by the said State and district,  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 Daniel Anderson enlisted in the Sd County in the state of 
Virginia Nearly in July in the year 1775 in the company of riflemen commanded by Captain  Daniel Morgan
raised to serve for one year in the army of the United
States by virtue of a resolution of Congress passed  hereby before that
time and shortly afterwards marched to Byton and from hence to
Jusbee where he was wounded and taken prisoner; that he continued to 
serve in the said corps, or in the service of the United States until the expiration of the said year
and afterwards till exchanged, when he was discharged from service in Elizabeth town in New Jersey
that he was in the battle of Storming Quebec
and that he is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of the assistance of his country for
support; and thatr he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services except the affidavits
of John Schultz and Peter Lauck hereto annexed 
Sworn to and declared before me, the day and year aforesaid. 
                                                                                                                                           Robt White
I, Robert White Judge, &c. as aforesaid, do certify, that it appears
to my satisfaction, that the said Daniel Anderson did serve 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 directions of the aforementioned act of Congress. And I do further certify that it
appears to me satisfaction from the testimony of two creditable witness
this day given before me, that the said applicant is in reduced circumstances
and hence in need of aid of his country for a support. In testimony by
all which I have hereto subscribed my name above the seal of the 
**************   County                                                         Robt White
* SEAL OF       *
*THE COURT *
**************

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State & District of Virginia a Frederick County 
Memorandum that on the day and year in the afore.
going declaration mentioned personally appeared before
me Robert White Judge & as aforesaid. John Schultz
and Peter Lauck men of respectability in the town of
Winchester in the County aforesaid and made as the
that  early in the month of July in the year 1775=they
and the aforenamed Daniel Anderson enlisted for one year
in a company of rifleman in the service of the United States
by virtue of an ordinance or resolution of Congress and 
commanded by Captain Daniel Morgan and marched
together from thence to Boston, and from thence to 
Quebec  where they were altogether taken prisoner
and continued in  captivity and in this move of the prolonged  until after the time of  truce
Service had expired when they were exchanged and
discharged from service.
Sworn to before me the day and year aforesaid.
                                                                             Robert White

Testo
JaKeith Clk F Cty

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Virginia Frederick County 
                                                  I Robert White Judge &c
as aforesaid do hereby further certify that the aforegoing
Declaration was made before me on the 9th day of February
in the present year 1819-and that by mistake and
oversight it is stated in the body of said declaration
to have been made on the 9th day of Feby 1818  Certified
under my hand this 2d day of Movr 1819
                                                                                     Robt White

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Daniel Anderson
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15.897
Paid at the Treasury
under the Act of the C
afore 1838 from 4 Sep to 
6 Nov 1840. Agt notified
25 Sep 1841

Plilip Williams, Clk.
Woodstock, Virga

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Shenandoah County State of Virginia
                                          On this day of August 1820 personally appeared
in the County of Shenandoah
in open court being a Court of record for said County, Daniel Anderson
aged 68 next April resident in said Shenandoah County who being
first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath declare that
he served in the Revolutionary War as follows  I went volunteer
in the year 1775 under Captain Daniel Morgan to Quebec was 
wounded in the breast and arm taken prisoner so that I am
not capable of making my living by my labour. In the
1777 joined Col Daniel Morgan Regiment under
Captain Porterfield of the 11th Virginia Regiment transferred to the 8th
Regiment commanded by Col Abraham Bowman under Captain
Thomas Barry and then transferred to the 4th Regiment commanded
by Col John Navel under Captain Delany Cooper was after
appointed Lieutenant under Colonel Crockett no in Captain Chap
=mans company which I served during the war, even at the battle
of Germantown, at the battle of Chesnut Hill and at Mon
=mouth, my originial declaration was made on 9 Febry 1819
received a certificate from the War office of the United States
numbered 15.897. I do solemnly swear that I was a resident
Citizen of the United States on the 18 day of March 1818 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 Revolu=
tionary War "paper on the 18 day of March 1818 and that I 
have not nor has any person in trust for me any property
or securities contracts or debts due to me nor have I any
income other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto
annexed and by me subscribed (except necessary bedding and
clothing, one mare and colt, cow and calf. 2 bulls 2 heifers
10 bags little and big, 2 shovel plows, 2 grubbing hoes 1 weeding
hoe, 2 pair gears 1 lock drain 2 tables, 2 chairs 2 (?)
arcer 8 white plates, 7 bowls 1 coffee pot, tea pot, set cups
saucers 3 knives and forks. I have but few debts due me
and I ows as much or more than is due to me

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A deed of trust from James Kendal to me to secure the 
payment of two hundred and forty six dollars for the 
benefit of my daughter who is a crippke, she being so much 
afflicted with Cancers that she has not been out of the house 
for 16 months
                                                                            Danl Anderson
I am by occupation by a farmer but owing to wounds and 
age I am unable to follow it, I have my wife living with
me aged 57 years 1 daughter aged 23 years a cripple and 
two dumb children, both simple one a girl 14 and the other 
a boy aged 27. 
         Sworn to and declared in open Court on the 9 day
of August 1820.
         I Philip Williams Clerk of the County Court of
Shenandoah in the state of Virginia do hereby certify
that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed
are truly copied from the records of the said Court
And I do further certify that it is the opinion of the 
said Court that the total amount in value of the 
property contained in the aforesaid schedule is One
hundred Dollars.
                                   In testimony whereof I have 
hereunto set my hand and affixed the 
seal of the said Court this 10 day of 
August 1820
                            P Williams Clerk of 
                         Shenandoah County
                                             Virginia

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Daniel Anderson
                                 Virginia

Act 1818
                        Admitted case

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State of Virginia          }
County of Page           }

Be it known, that on this third day of June A. D. 1853 before me, the under-
signed a Justice of the Peace, in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared Moses Wood and Catherine
Wood, his wife, formerly Catherine Anderson, & daughter of Daniel Anderson
deceased resident of Luray in said County, and made oath according to law that she Catherine Wood is the child of
the identical Daniel Anderson whose name, under Act of 
has been placed on the Virginia Pension Roll at the rate of Ninety six
Dollars per annum.
That they are credibly informed that the said Pension may and ought to be increased from its commencement and during
its continuance; that they are directly interested as a claimant in said increase, and makes this affidavit to be filed with such additional
evidence as my Agent may use in prosecuting said claim.
(?) all Powers of Attorney and authority heretofore given. I hereby constitute and appoint SAMUEL M. KNIGHT, of 
Washington City, my true and lawful Attorney to prosecute the claim of Daniel Anderson for 
any amount of Revolutionary Pension, or INCREASE OF PENSION that may be due; and for the purpose of establishing additional service by the soldier
for whose military duty in the Revolution the aforesaid Pension was granted, I hereby authorize my Attorney to apply for and obtain from State
archives or other sources, certified proofs of such service. To examine all papers or documents in relation to said service, on file in the Departments
at Washington City or elsewhere; to file additional evidence or arguments, and to receive for my benefit the Certificate for INCREASE which may be issued in satisfaction of said claim, which certificate I wish made payable at the Pension Agency of this State; to appoint one or more substitutes under him for the purposes herein expressed, and to do all things that I might or could do were I personally present. Hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said Agent and Attorney shall lawfully do in the premises. 
                                                                                                                                 Moses Wood           her
                                                                                                                                                 Catherine  X    Wood
                                                                                                                                                                     mark
Sworn to, Subscribed and Acknowledged before me the day and year above written, and I hereby certify that I believe the said
Moses and Catherine Wood to be directly interested in said claim as set forth, and to be the identical party
therein alleged, in whose claim I am in no wise interested.
                                                                                                                                        William C. C. Abbott J. P. 
State of Virginia       }
County of Pago        }

           I is hereby Certified, that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited before me, Clerk of the Court of Pago County and 
State of  Virginia that Daniel Anderson was a Revolutionary Pensioner of 
the United States, at the rate of $96 per annum, and that he died on the sixth day of November 
Eighteen Hundred and forty leaving surviving the following named children and none other, to wit:
Catherine and Jeruth
         It is further certified that William C. C. Abbott Esq. before whom the preceding affidavit and Power of Attorney
were made and acknowledged, was at the time of so doing a duly authorized Justice of the Peace in and for said county, and that the signature purporting to be his, I believe to be genuine; and further, that in the within claim for Increase of Pension I am in no degree interested.
                                                                                                                                                 In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of Office,
                                                                                                                                                        this Eleventh day of June 1853
                                                                                                                                                                                                      W W Mahon

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Rev and 1812
Wars Section
      AWF/HMM
                                                                     March 27, 1930
Mrs. V. B. Milbourne

Dear Madam:

            I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pen-
sion claim S. 37677, it appears that Daniel Anderson was born in
April 1753, place not stated.
            He enlisted in Shenandoah County, Virginia, in July 1775
and served in Captain Daniel Morgan's Company of Virginia Rifle-
men, marched to Quebec where he was wounded in the breast and arm,
taken prisoner and held until exchanged. He was discharged in 
Elizabethtown, New Jersey, having served twelve months.
            He enlisted in 1777 and served in Captain Charles Porter-
field's Company, Colonel Daniel Morgan's 11th Virginia Regiment,
was transferred to Captain Thomas Berry's Company, Colonel 
Abraham Bowmans. 8th Virginia Regiment; transferred to Captain
Cooper's Company, Colonel John Neville's 4th Virginia Regiment,
length of service not stated; after which, he states, he was ap-
pointed lieutenant in Captain Chapman's Company, Colonel Crockett's 
Regiment. He was int eh battles of Germantown Chestnut Hill and 
Monmouth.
             He was allowed pension on his application executed February
9, 1819, at which time he was living in Shenandoah County, Virginia.
            In 18 20 he referred to the following as being members of 
his family: Wife, aged fifty-seven years, daughter aged twenty-
three years; two children, a girl aged fourteen years and a boy
aged twenty-seven years. He did not state their names.
             The soldier died November 6, 1840, leaving the following
children: Jeruth (?) and Catherine, wife of Moses Wood.
                                                  Very truly yours,
                                                     E.W. MORGAN
                                                           Acting Commissioner.

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37677
INVALID

File No. 37.677
Daniel Anderson
Per Rev War
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Act: 18 March 18
Index:---Vol. 2, Page 18

[Arrangement of 1870]

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Daniel Anderson
            Va.



File Mch 20
Act 18 Mch 1818

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TREASURY DEPARTMENT
                    Second Comptroller's Office,
                                              Aug. 18 1841

Sir:
                  Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An
act directing the transfer on money remaining unclaimed by certain
Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury
of the United States," The child of Daniel Anderson
a Pensioner on the Roll of the Richmond, Va Agency, at 
the rate of Eight Dollars and             Cents (strikeout)
per month under the law of the 18th March 1818 has
been paid at this Department from the 4th of Sept.
to the 6th November 1840--------
                                          Respectfully yours,
                                           Albion K Parris
                                                                  Comptroller.

To the Commissioner of Pensions,
                                                                     Present.

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Snell, Va.
                                                       Jan. 27, 1930

Commissioner of Pensioners
          Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir,
           On Wednesday last I visited
the Revolutionary section of the
Pensions archives, and with my
sister, made note of declarations
made by pensioners of Page Co, Va.
          On examination, I find these
notes are defective in respect to 
the age and birthplace of Daniel
Anderson, one of Gen. Morgan Rifle-
men, 1775. Will you kindly supply
these facts, also his amount
of pension, and when it ceased;
           May I also ask if there is in

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Snell, Va.
                                                       Jan. 27, 1930

Commissioner of Pensioners
          Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir,
           On Wednesday last I visited
the Revolutionary section of the
Pensions archives, and with my
sister, made note of declarations
made by pensioners of Page Co, Va.
          On examination, I find these
notes are defective in respect to 
the age and birthplace of Daniel
Anderson, one of Gen. Morgan Rifle-
men, 1775. Will you kindly supply
these facts, also his amount
of pension, and when it ceased;
           May I also ask if there is in

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that room, any history of the War
of 1812 containing -------or; I should
say, from which the service of the 
24th Infantry of the U.S., in that
War, could be gleaned? I have the
military record of a great uncle in
Capt. Silas Stephen's Co., who is reported
to have gone to Canada in the army
and was discharged in April 1815.
at Mobile.
               Thanking you,
                       I am Respectfully-
                       (Mrs.) V. S. Milbourne
                                     Snell, Va.
                          (temporary address)

Permanent address
               Charles Town, W. Va,

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Just 
ask for full
name of her
uncle &  that
we will make
search.

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BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD

Name   Anderson, Darius   Grade Private     Line New Jersey



Warrant Number 8081                                  Issued June 16, 1789
                                                                                to Thomas Coyle, Assignee